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Computer Science ColloquiumIm Rahmen des Informatik-Kolloquiums, das von den Instituten des Fachbereichs Informatik, der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Informatik (ÖGI), der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Datenverarbeitung (ADV) sowie der Österreichischen Computergesellschaft (OCG) abgehalten wird, spricht
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Fischmeister
University of Waterloo (Canada), Real-time Embedded Software Groupüber das Thema:
The Convergence of Safety and Security for Safety-critical SystemsZeit: Tue 10.7.2018, 15:00, 60 Minuten
Ort: JKU, Science Park 3, Room 218
ZusammenfassungFor decades, safety was the dominating topic for cyber-physical systems. Safety of a system ensures that in the case of faults, the system is still highly unlikely to cause harm to users, capital infrastructure, or the environment. With the advent of connectivity, security is now becoming an equally important topic as connectivity creates scalable attacks. Unfortunately, the complexity of today's systems prevents engineers from gaining a deep understanding of systems and consequently new approaches for safety and security approaches are necessary. The talk presents ongoing development of a framework for machine-based safety and security monitoring. The framework is based on specification mining, runtime verification, and anomaly detection using known but also novel data sources. The utility of the framework includes, besides online safety and security monitoring, providing insights to engineers, delivering prognostics and diagnostics, and demonstrating compliance with safety specifications. The results are promising and are supported by demonstrations on autonomous vehicles and other case studies.
VortragenderSebastian Fischmeister performs systems research at the intersection of software technology, distributed systems, and formal methods. His preferred application area includes distributed real-time embedded systems in the domain of automotive systems, avionics, and medical devices. Key highlights of his research include a framework for scalable location-based pervasive computing systems and tree communication schedules for verifiable but flexible real-time communication. He received the Dipl.-Ing. degree in Computer Science at the Vienna University of Technology, Austria, in March 2000, and his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science at the University of Salzburg, Austria in December 2002. He continued working at the University of Salzburg as researcher and lecturer and was awarded the Austrian APART stipend in 2005. He subsequently worked at the University of Pennsylvania, USA, as Post Graduate Research Associate until 2008. Sebastian Fischmeister is currently Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Canada.
Einladender: a. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Paul Grünbacher
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Oct. 19, 2009
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - SHOWTIME presents a rare opportunity to relive one of the most dramatic and memorable Olympics in recent history in the original documentary BUD GREENSPAN PRESENTS: BEIJING 2008 - AMERICA'S OLYMPIC GLORY.
With behind-the-scenes footage and a poignant narrative, this film presents Greenspan's signature brand of powerful storytelling set in Beijing, China - a land with a storied past and a vibrant future.
BUD GREENSPAN PRESENTS: BEIJING 2008 - AMERICA'S OLYMPIC GLORY will premiere on Showtime on Monday October 19th starting at 7:00pm EST/PCT. The two hour film features the stories of 6 American Olympians including swim team captain Jason Lezak whose thrilling world best final leg (46.06) in the 4 x 100 Freestyle relay earned the United States an upset victory over France. Gymnast Nastia Liukin, coached by father Valeri, a 1988 gold medalist for the Soviet Union, continued the family's Olympic tradition by winning the All-Around title 20 years later for the United States. Brenda Villa, a three-time Olympian in water polo, grew up in the Latino community of Commerce, California and captained her team to their third Olympic medal. The Women's 8-Oared crew had not won at the Olympics since 1984 but returned to greatness in Beijing defeating archrival Romania to capture their long awaited gold medal. Keeth and Erinn Smart, siblings from Brooklyn, New York and students at the Peter Westbrook Foundation since 1991; entered Beijing having overcome the loss of both parents and serious illness to win silver medals in the men's team saber and women's team foil competitions. Dawn Harper and Lolo Jones is the emotional story of two hurdlers' journeys to the same starting line in Beijing and the differing but inspiring results they achieved in the race they had spent a lifetime preparing for.
The film marks the 12th in a series of Olympic Games films by Greenspan and Cappy Productions, Inc. His previous Olympic documentaries beginning with 1984 Summer games in Los Angeles have chronicled every Olympics (except for 1992 Albertville) through the 2006 Torino Winter Games. Greenspan has been called the foremost writer/producer/director of sports films and one of the world's leading sports historians.
Lezak, who graduated from UCSB in 1999 and was a two-time Big West Swimmer of the Year, is a three-time Olympian and has won three gold and two bronze medals.

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Over the last few weeks we have been discussing about Szukajwarchiwach.pl, the Polish website for "searching in archives" of the 2.4 Million Archive Images of historical vital records. So today we will look at the Suwalki Archive (Archive #63, http://www.szukajwarchiwach.pl/63#tabZasoby), in particular the WIZAJNY parish in which this jester has previously plumbed (for NARKIEWICZ / SZCZESNY).
First off, please take note of the two red circles in the image. The first red circle around the drop down menu is set to '15' by default. I usually choose the drop down value '100'. This drop down menu controls how many 'Units' are displayed on each page. So in order to minimize the number of pages and to maximize the number of items on each page, I routinely pick the '100' from the drop down on each page.
Second, I was searching for WIZAJNY parish, But what I got/found was WIZAJNACH. You need to learn to recognize the root of the proper names/nouns in Polish. Fred Hoffman/Jonathan Shea call this applying the "chopping block" to get to the root of a word. So in the second red circle we find Wizajnach. That is the unit we wish to search.
Now notice the last column shows '5124' (on 3 April 2013). This number is the number of "sheets" that have been scanned. So you should think images. The concept to take away is that if you see a ZERO, then there is nothing scanned; Try again later. But in our case we should expect 5,124 images were scanned across the year range: 1808-1905.
If you want to follow along, I picked the year 1822 which 86 scanned images and selected '100' scanned images from the drop down which effectively shows all 86 scans one page. These 86 images are actually "thumbnail" images that you click on to see …
At the bottom of the image are two circles/icons. The 'Z' circle gives you a kind of magnifying glass for seeing a small part of the image, zoomed-in.
It is the other icon that we wish to click on (the square with the arrows at each corner, left of the 'Z'). This icon left of the 'Z' pops up a window of the image more full sized. This full-sized image can be interacted with, zooming or panning or dragging the image around the viewing window. Please, note that at the bottom of this pop-up viewer window is a link you can click on to 'Download' the scanned image to your hard-drive. So when you find your ancestor, you can download his/her scanned vital record.
Before I bring this post to a close. I wanted to point out how you can find the indexes (usually after the last record). This era of the 1820's, the indexes are usually alphabetical with one letter per index page. So these kind of indexes look as shown below. You need to find the 'Akt #' in the index and then go to the scan that has the image of this Akt. The Akt #'s are on the outside of each image. They are on the left for the left-hand page and on the right for the right-hand page in the image scans.
As I mentioned in a prior blog article, the Wizajny parish is amazingly complete. It was also interesting because its records switch over in mid-year 1868. So you can see the records in Polish in early 1868, then in Russian starting in mid 1868. There are no Wizajny or even Suwalki records in genealodzy.pl (Metryk or Geneszukach) databases.
Please note that in the Napoleonic era (about 1807-1829), the Catholic parishes in Poland were required to record the vital records for all faiths. So you will find Jewish birth / marriage / death records in the Catholic parishes books, if there were Jewish families in that area. For example, Akt #39 appears to be a Jewish birth record. Usually that is indicated in the text, but I did not see in Akt #39, BUT … if you look to the right of the record at the image on the left (you will see a 'Zydow' column with a '1' in it) …
Prior Related Stanczyk Articles …
A Guide for Using Szukajwarchiwach.PL Poradnik
Polish State Archives – Numbers


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Visit Nepal. Follow a 1930s Old West bank robber. Or enjoy animation.
You can do all that and more at Laguna Beach Film Society's "August Summer Shorts" at 7 p.m. Aug. 18 at South Coast Cinema in Laguna Beach.
All the films were made by current or former Laguna Beach residents. Some are student films, such as Samantha Willson's "Abre Tus Alas" ("Spread Your Wings"), a 1.5-minute animated film about a family of birds in Mexico.
Willson made the film while studying sculpture and animation at the Laguna College of Art & Design. The film features an appealing group of jungle birds. Willson, who graduated in May, is now living in Pasadena.
"Each frame of my film is drawn by hand on paper and colored digitally on a computer," Willson said in an email. "I used paper cut-outs for my backgrounds to give an added child-like quality to my film. My film was inspired by Disney-animated films like 'The Three Caballeros' and artists like Brittney Lee."
Filmmaker Galen Thorne graduated from Laguna Beach High School and is now studying for a graduate film degree at San Diego State University. His 24-minute film, "Scofflaws," was made in Arizona and follows a sympathetic bank robber "trying to make a better life for his wife and their future," according to press material for the film.
"I wrote the script, which is set up like an old Western film," Thorne wrote in an email. "'Scofflaws' is 24 minutes long and is in application for international film festivals. The cast and crew are San Diego and Los Angeles local professionals, students and friends. My father, a historian, helped with the props and costumes to help fit a classic 1930s look."
"Board Room" by lifelong surfer Maggie Franks features a longtime Laguna Beach local, Evie Fletcher, in a locally made film about two retired executives who hold weekly "board meetings" at Doheny Beach, and, in a humorous turnabout on the Beach Boys' song, are determined to "keep surfing until the kids take the car keys away."
"When my sons headed to high school, I enrolled in the UCLA screenwriting and film program," Franks wrote in an email. "As a result, I have written several award-winning feature film scripts. Currently, I have a big wave surfing feature film that is in development."
Grant Reed and Kai de Mello Folson's "Incest The Musical" explores uncharted celluloid territory as twin siblings of opposite sex realize "they're perfect for each other" as senior prom approaches.
In "Wash Me," by Winston Tao, a police officer tries to balance the complexities of his life and career.
Last but not least, filmgoers can see Laguna's own "goat lady," Rosalind Russell, in action as she dispenses goats and empowers women in war-torn Nepal.
Russell says the film, which is about nine minutes long, was made with the help of her adopted Nepalese son, Rabindra, from footage dating back to 2004. She says it doesn't portray the full scope of her work with women in Nepal, which since then has included the building of a school and planning for another.
"[The film] doesn't reflect our literacy classes for adult women in more than 28 villages with more than 2,000 graduates, or the cottage industry work we have in more than 29 villages," Russell said in an email.
The cost for the film presentation is $15. For $5 more, patrons can go to a reception with the filmmakers at 6 p.m. Aug. 18 at Wells Fargo Bank Community Room, 260 Ocean Ave. Tickets for the viewing only may be purchased at South Coast Cinema.
For more information about the Film Society, call (949) 494-8961, ext. 201 or visit https://www.lagunaartmuseum.com.


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No doubt you've seen the chart which we once dubbed the " Scariest Jobs Chart Ever" which shows how this employment market bust has been far worse than anything before seen in history.
Anyway, the Obama administration is out with a new economic report for Congress, and we came across this chart, which we hadn't seen before.
For one thing, as you can see, we've never experienced anything on this depth.
Also, if past busts are to be believed, then we're still a year or more from the bottom.
Of course, the third point is that housing busts are really rare in US history, so we're working with limited data.


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De Jure
On-line version ISSN 2225-7160
Print version ISSN 1466-3597
De Jure (Pretoria) vol.45 n.1 Pretoria 2012
A comparison between formal debt administration and debt review - the pros and cons of these measures and suggestions for law reform (Part 1)
'n Vergelyking tussen formele skuldadministrasie en skuldhersiening -die voor- en nadele van hierdie maatreëls en voorstelle vir regshervorming
André BoraineI; Corlia van HeerdenII; Melanie RoestoffIII
IBlur LLB LLM LLD Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria
IIBLC LLB LLM LLD Associate Professor Department of Mercantile Law, University of Pretoria
IIIBLC LLB LLM LLD Professor Department of Mercantile Law, University of Pretoria
Ongeveer 'n dekade gelede het die Departement van Justisie en Konstitusionele Ontwikkeling, na aanleiding van klagtes deur verbruikers oor die misbruik van die administrasieprosedure, 'n projek ter hervorming van hierdie prosedure van stapel gestuur. Hierdie projek is egter opgeskort vanweë 'n onafhanklike inisiatief van die Departement Handel en Nywerheid om verbruikerswetgewing, wat in 2007 op die Nasionale Kredietwet 34 van 20051 uitgeloop het, te hervorm. Ongelukkig het die wetgewer met die invoering van die skuldhersieningsprosedure ingevolge die Nasionale Kredietwet 34 van 2005 'n gulde geleentheid laat verbygaan om die reg insake skuldverligtingsmaatreëls behoorlik en volledig te hersien. Daarbenewens het die wetgewer ook nie die verhouding tussen skuldhersiening en ander bestaande skuldverligtingsmaatreëls, in die besonder administrasiebevele, behoorlik oorweeg nie. Die doel van hierdie eerste gedeelte van die artikel is dus om administrasie ingevolge die Wet op Landdroshowe 32 van 1944 en skuldhersiening ingevolge die Nasionale Kredietwet 34 van 2005 te ontleed en sodoende sekere positiewe en negatiewe aspekte rakende hierdie twee prosedures te identifiseer. In die tweede gedeelte van die artikel word 'n vergelyking tussen administrasie en skuldhersiening gedoen en voorstelle ter regshervorming gemaak. Die skrywers doen aan die hand dat Suid-Afrika 'n volledige hersiening van sy huidige skuldherskeduleringsmaatreëls benodig en dat die wetgewer vir een enkele maatreël wat op alle skuldherskeduleringsgevalle van toepassing is, voorsiening moet maak. Na aanleiding van die vergelyking tussen administrasie en skuldhersiening belig die skrywers die hoofpunte wat die wetgewer na hul mening in ag moet neem wanneer so 'n nuwe prosedure ontwerp word.
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1 'n Nie-amptelike vertaling van die Nasionale Kredietwet 34 van 2005 is beskikbaar by http://www.vra.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=3&Itemid=3 (red).
2 Since June 2007 there has been an on-going deterioration of the number of consumers in "good standing". At the end of December 2011, credit bureaux had records of 19.34 million credit active consumers, of whom 8.93 million had "impaired credit records". Thus, at present only 53.8% of credit-active consumers are in "good standing". A consumer is regarded to be in "good standing" where he or she has not missed more than 1 or 2 instalments and his or her record does not reflect a judgment or administration order or any "adverse listings" such as accounts which has been "handed over" and/or "written off"' - National Credit Regulator Credit Bureaux Monitor Fourth Quarter (Dec 2011) - available at http://www.ncr.org.za.
3 32 of 1944 (hereafter the MCA). For sake of being complete, the possibility of a repayment plan following an offer by a debtor ito ss 57 & 58 MCA must also be noted, but these procedures are not discussed for the purposes of this article.
4 24 of 1936.
5 Ss 3-7 Insolvency Act 24 of 1936 (hereafter IA).
6 See s 129(1)(b) IA.
7 See ss 6, 10 & 12 IA.
8 For more detail see Boraine "Some thoughts on the reform of administration orders and related issues" 2003 De Jure 21 7. [ Links ]
9 34 of 2005 (hereafter the NCA). For a discussion of the NCA, see in general Otto & Otto The National Credit Act Explained (2010).
10 Own emphasis. See also s 3(g) NCA providing for the "addressing and preventing of over-indebtedness of consumers, and providing mechanisms for resolving over-indebtedness based on the principle of satisfaction by the consumer of all responsible financial obligations" as one of the purposes of the NCA.
11 See ss 86-88 NCA.
12 See further as background Roestoff 'n Kritiese evaluasie van skuldverligtingsmaatreëls vir individue in die Suid-Afrikaanse insolvensiereg (LLD thesis UP 2002); Roestoff & Jacobs "Statutêre akkoord voor likwidasie: 'n toereikende skuldenaarremedie?" 1997 De Jure 189; Boraine 2003 De Jure 217.
13 Although the South African Law Reform Commission proposed another alternative formal debt relief measure in the form of a pre-liquidation composition, this process is not discussed as such for the purposes of this article, since the focus is on possible reform measures for debt administration and debt review, being the current procedures to be used for debt restructuring. See iro the Law Commission's proposal, Report on the Review of the Law of Insolvency (Project 63) Vol 1 (Explanatory Memorandum) and Vol 2 (Draft Bill) (February 2000) schedule 4. This proposal has also been included in the latest version of the Insolvency Bill contained in a working document of the Department of Justice dated 201006-30 - see clause 118 of the unofficial working copy, on file with the authors. In this document it is envisaged that the proposed measure be included in the proposed unified Insolvency Act and not in the MCA. The proposed measure is supposed to afford debt relief to debtors who are unable to show an advantage to creditors and are therefore excluded from the liquidation process (2000 Explanatory Memorandum 5). Where the composition is not accepted by the required majority of creditors, the court must, ito the latest proposal, declare that the proceedings have ceased and that the debtor is in the position that he was in prior to the commencement thereof. Alternatively the court must determine whether or not s 74 can be applied to the debtor and, if so, apply the provisions accordingly and within the discretion of the presiding officer (cl 11 8(22)(a) & (b)).
14 See Madari v Cassim 1950 2 SA 35 (D) 38; Barlow's (Eastern Province) Ltd v Bouwer 1950 4 SA 385 (E) 393; Volkskas Bank v Pietersen 1993 1 SA 312 (C) 315; Weiner NO v Broekhuysen 2003 4 SA 301 (SCA) 305; Fortuin v Various Creditors2004 2 SA 570 (C) 573; Ex Parte August2004 3 SA 268 (W) 271; African Bank Ltd v Weiner2004 6 SA 570 (C) 575 (hereafter African Bank v Weiner (C)).
15 See s 74(1)(b) MCA. The amount is determined by the Minister from time to time. See GN R1411 in GG 19435 of 1998-10-30 for the current provision. The order will not be invalid if the amount at some point in time exceeded the R50,000 limit - see s 74(2) MCA and Di Mata v Firstrand Bank Ltd 2002 6 SA 506 (W). The full amount of the judgment obtained and not merely the monthly instalment ito an emoluments attachment order should be included when determining what the total amount of all the debtor's debt due ito s 74(1)(b) MCA is - Jacobs v African Bank Bpk 2006 5 SA 21 (T) 24, 25 & 27.
16 See Harms Civil Procedure in Magistrates ' Courts (2011 update) par 48.2.
17 Should the debtor fail to make the payments as required by the administration order, the provisions of ss 65A-65L MCA shall mutatis mutandis apply. Where the court has in addition to the administration order authorised the issue of an emoluments attachment or a garnishee order and has suspended such authorisation conditionally and the debtor fails to comply with the conditions, the administrator may lodge a certificate to this effect with the clerk of the court and the clerk must thereupon issue the emoluments attachment order or garnishee order - cf s 74I(2) & (3) MCA.
18 See ss 74L & 74J MCA.
19 See s 74(1) MCA.
20 See Annex 1 Form 44 Magistrates' Courts Rules (hereafter MCR).
21 Ss 74A(1) and (2) MCA. For the sake of convenience Annex 1 Form 45 MCR may be used to set out all the required particulars. Form 45 may also be used where the application is made in terms of s 65I(2) MCA. The required particulars are briefly, the name and address of the debtor's employer; a list of the debtor's assets; the debtor's trade or occupation and income; a list of debtor's and his dependants' living expenses; a list of creditors and amounts owing to them; rights of security which creditors may have; full particulars of goods purchased under a credit agreement ito the NCA; mortgage bonds on immovable property; assets purchased under a written agreement other than a credit agreement ito the NCA; particulars iro previous administration orders; particulars iro the persons dependent on the debtor and particulars iro instalments which the debtor offers to pay towards settlement of his or her debts. Prescription with regard to any debt mentioned in the statement of affairs is interrupted on the date on which such statement is lodged, or where the debt is not mentioned in the statement, on the date when the claim is lodged with the court or the administrator - s 74V(1) MCA. Ito s 74V(2) MCA a debt cannot become prescribed until at least one year has elapsed since the date on which and administration order ceases to be of force and effect.
23 S 74(1)(b) MCA.
26 Ex Parte August supra 2 73.
27 See Fortuin v Various Creditors supra 575.
28 Ex Parte August supra 272. It is also not a pre-requisite for the granting of an administration order that the debtor should not be the cause of his or her own financial embarrassment - Ex Parte August supra 271.
29 Ex Parte August supra272; Fortuin v Various Creditors supra 575.
30 Ex Parte August supra 272. But see African Bank Ltd v Weiner (C) supra 575 where Griesel J observed that "it was never the intention of the Legislature that a debtor should be bound up in an administration order indefinitely, where there is no reasonable prospect of such order being discharged within a reasonable period of time. On the contrary, I am of the view that the mechanism of an administration order is intended to provide a debtor with a relatively short moratorium to assist in the payment of his or her debts in full and to ward off legal action and execution proceedings during such period".
31 Fortuin v Various Creditors supra 575.
33 S 74B(1)(b) MCA.
34 S 74B(1)(c) MCA.
35 S 74B(1)(e) MCA.
37 The content is regulated by s 74C MCA and the form by Annex 1 Form 51 MCR.
38 S 74C(1)(a) MCA.
39 S 74C(2)(a) MCA. When determining the "necessary expenses" ito s 74C(2)(a) MCA the income of the debtor's spouse may be taken into account. Where the debtor is married in community of property it may also be taken into account in determining the debtor's income - s 74C(3) MCA.
40 They are periodical payments which the debtor is obliged to make under a credit agreement ito the NCA or a mortgage bond or other written agreement for the purchase of an asset and periodical payments to be made ito an existing maintenance order - s 74C(2)(b)-(d) MCA.
41 See s 74C(2)(e) MCA.
42 Eg interest which has yet to accrue on a debt - Fortuin v Various Creditors supra 574.
43 See s 74C(2)(b)-(e) MCA.
44 The court may, however, in its discretion and in certain prescribed circumstances refuse to take into consideration the periodical payments with regard to a credit agreement or mortgage bond, eg where the goods ito the credit agreement are not exempt from execution ito s 67 MCA or where the court is not of the opinion that it is desirable to safeguard mortgaged property - see s 74C(2)(b) & (d) MCA.
46 S 74(1)(b) MCA and see also s 74C(1)(b) MCA iro aspects which may be specified in the administration order.
47 See s 74C(1)(b)(i) and also s 74K(1) and (2) MCA.
49 If such a person is to be relieved of his or her appointment, it is the court, and not the appointed administrator, that must sanction it and the new appointment or substitution should also be done by the court - Stander v Erasmus 2011 2 SA 320 (GNP) 324. The court in Stander also referred to the practice of appointed administrators establishing juristic persons through which files under administration are administered without the approval of the court. According to the court this practice raises serious concerns as the said juristic persons have not been appointed by the court and if payments are received by persons not appointed by the court the interests of the debtors and creditors will be compromised.
50 See Oosthuizen v Landdros, Senekal 2003 4 SA 450 (O).
53 See Boraine 2003 De Jure 231.
55 See eg s 74J MCA. Ito s 74M MCA the administrator is obliged, upon payment of the fees prescribed in the rules, to furnish any creditor on request by him or her with information regarding the progress made iro the administration. The administrator must also furnish any person applying therefore with a copy of the application ito s 74 MCA and a statement of affairs ito s 74A(1) or 65I(2) MCA or with a list of creditors or distribution account ito s 74G(1) or 74J MCA. Within the ambit of his or her duties, the administrator may in terms of section 74J(2) MCA where any debt or the balance thereof, amounts to less than R10 pay it in full if such a payment will facilitate the distribution of funds in his or her possession. Out of the moneys received, the administrator may also pay any urgent or extraordinary medical, dental or hospital expenses incurred by the debtor after the date of the administration order - s 74J(4) MCA.
56 See s 74G, H & J MCA; Annex I Forms 47-50 MCR.
57 Deviation is only allowed in two circumstances: where the creditors all agree, or where the court otherwise orders - s 74J(1) MCA and Weiner v Broekhuysen supra 309.
58 Providing for a deduction of the remuneration and expenses of the administrator.
61 See s 74G(1) & (10) MCA.
66 In such a case the provisions of s 74G(7)-(9) MCA explained above also apply. The creditor wishing to demand immediate payment will thus obtain a hypothec over the goods sold ito the credit agreement and may approach the court for an order authorising him to attach and sell the goods.
69 The procedure ito 74G(3), (4), (5) & (6) MCA explained above applies.
72 S 74L(1)(a) MCA.
73 S 74L(2) MCA; and see Weiner v Broekhuysen supra 312 et seq and African Bank Ltd v Weiner 2005 4 SA 363 (SCA) 369 (hereafter African Bank v Weiner (SCA)). Prior to these judgments, many administrators assumed free reign as regards the cost and remuneration they charged for managing an administration - see Boraine 2003 De Jure 217 231 and 233. Where a state official is appointed as an administrator, the remuneration accrues to the state - r 48(5) MCR.
75 S 74L(1)(b) MCA read with r 48(4) MCR. The 12.5% cap ito s 74L(2) MCA does not cover the "costs" ito s 74L(1)(b) MCA and they can be recovered separately - see African Bank v Weiner (SCA) 371 and 378.
77 Ie a debt which has been rejected ito s 74B(2) MCA. Such creditor may, notwithstanding the provisions of s 74P MCA, institute proceedings or proceed with an action already instituted iro such debt - s 74B(3) MCA. If judgment is obtained the amount of the judgment debt shall be added to the list of debts - s 74B(4) MCA.
79 Except a debt due under a mortgage bond or a debt ito s 74B(3) MCA.
82 When the court suspends the order, it may impose such conditions as it may deem just and reasonable - s 74Q(1) MCA.
83 An administration order may also be amended at the request of the administrator in writing and with the written consent of the debtor - s 74Q(2) MCA.
84 S 74Q MCA and Annex I Form 52A MCR.
85 S 74Q(3)(b) MCA.
87 See Madari v Cassim supra 38; Ex Parte Fortuin v Various Creditors supra 574; Ex Parte August supra 272.
88 See s 74U MCA discussed above.
89 See Boraine 2003 De Jure 217 249; Greig "Administration orders as shark nets" 2000 SALJ 622.
90 24 of 1936.
91 See s 86(1) NCA.
92 See ss 86(7), 86(8) & 87 NCA.
93 See s 8 read with s 1 NCA for the definitions of the different credit agreements ito the NCA. See also Otto & Otto 17 et seqfor a discussion of the scope of application of the NCA.
94 See s 6 read with s 78(1) NCA.
95 See s 86(6)(b) NCA.
97 S 88(3)(b)(ii) NCA.
99 See par 3 3 3 below.
100 R 1 Regulations made ito the NCA (GN R 489 of 2006-05-31) (hereafter CR).
101 For the registration requirements in respect of debt counsellors see reg 44 and 45 CR.
103 See Van Zyl in Scholtz (ed) Guide to the National Credit Act (2008) par 5 2 5.
104 S 79(1)(a) NCA.
105 2009 3 SA 363 (W) par 47.
106 Standard Bank v Panayiotts supra par 77.
107 In this regard compare iro the administration order procedure s 74C(2)(b) and (d) MCA.
108 See s 87(1)(a) NCA and the discussion in par 4 7 3 below. The magistrate's court is a creature of statute and is limited to exercise the powers ito s 87 NCA. The court will therefore not be entitled to order that the relevant credit agreement be excluded from the debt re-arrangement order.
109 See Van Heerden in Scholtz ch 11 and 14 for a detailed discussion of the debt review process.
111 See s 85 NCA, as discussed hereinafter.
112 See s 86(2) NCA.
113 2011 3 SA 581 (SCA) 590 par 9.
114 S 86(2) NCA provides that an application for debt review may not be made iro a particular credit agreement if, at the time of the application the credit provider under that credit agreement has proceeded to take the steps contemplated in s 129 NCA to enforce that agreement.
115 The s 129(1)(a) NCA notice is a letter which a credit provider must send to a defaulting consumer before such credit provider may commence legal proceedings to enforce the agreement.
116 Commentators interpret s 86(2) NCA differently. See eg Boraine & Renke "Some practical and comparative aspects of the cancellation of instalment agreements in terms of the National Credit Act 34 of 2005" 2008 De Jure 1 9 n186; [ Links ] Van Loggerenberg, Dicker & Malan "Aspects of debt enforcement under the National Credit Act" (Jan/Feb 2008) De Rebus 40; Roestoff et al "The debt counselling process - closing the loopholes in the National Credit Act 34 of 2005" 2009 PER 247 260; Coetzee The impact of the NCA on civil procedural aspects relating to debt enforcement (LLM dissertation, UP (2010)) 86. For a detailed discussion of s 86(2) NCA and its interrelation with s 129 NCA, see Van Heerden in Scholtz par 11 3 3 2.
117 Nedbank v National Credit Regulator supra par 14.
118 R 24(1)(a) & (b) CR. Alternatively, the following information must be provided to the debt counsellor: (a) Personal details, including name, initials, surname, identity number or passport number and date of birth, postal address, physical address and contact details. (b) All income, inclusive of employment income and other sources of income to be specified by the debtor. (c) Monthly expenses, inclusive of but not limited to taxes, unemployment insurance, pension, medical aid, insurance, court orders and others to be specified by the debtor. (d) List of all debts (not only credit agreement debt) disclosing monthly commitment, total balance outstanding, original amount and amount in arrears (if applicable) inclusive of but not limited to home loans, furniture retail, clothing retail, personal loans, credit card, overdraft, educational loans, business loans, car finances and leases, sureties signed and others to be specified by the debtor. (e) Living expenses, inclusive of but not limited to groceries. The aforesaid information must be accompanied by a declaration and undertaking to commit to the debt restructuring, a consent that a credit bureau check may be done and a confirmation that the information is true and correct - r 24(1)(b)(vi)-(viii) CR.
119 S 86(3) NCA read with r 24(1)(c) and (d) CR.
120 S 86(4) NCA and r 24(2)-24(5) CR.
122 S 86(5)(a) and (b) NCA.
123 For a discussion of the good faith requirement see Mercedes Benz Financial Services South Africa (Pty) Ltd v Dunga 2011 1 SA 374 (WCC).
125 S 86(6) NCA read with r 24(6) CR.
128 S 86(7)(a) NCA. This is the situation even if the debt counsellor has concluded that a particular credit agreement was reckless at the time it was entered into. The debt counsellor must provide the consumer with a letter of rejection, containing the information prescribed by r 25 CR.
130 S 86(7)(b) NCA.
131 S 86(8)(a) NCA.
132 S 86(8)(b) NCA.
133 See the discussion in par 3 3 3 below.
134 See National Credit Regulator v Nedbank Ltd 2009 6 SA 295 (GNP) 317 (hereafter National Credit Regulator v Nedbank (GNP)).
135 S 86(7)(c) NCA.
138 S 86(7)(c)(ii)(aa)-(dd) NCA.
139 Van Heerden in Scholtz par 11. See further SA Taxi Securitisation (Pty) Ltd v Lennard 2012 2 SA 456 (ECG).
140 No form has as yet been prescribed in the regulations to the NCA.
141 See Van Heerden & Coetzee "Perspectives on the termination of debt review in terms of section 86(10) of the National Credit Act 34 of 2005" 2011 PER 37 for a discussion of cases decided prior to Collett v Firstrand Bank Ltd 2011 4 SA 508 (SCA). See also Van Heerden & Coetzee "Wesbank v Deon Winston Papier and the National Credit Regulator" 2011 De Jure 463.
142 Par 6 and 14.
143 Ibid.
144 Idem par 17.
145 Ibid. See also Mercedes Benz v Dunga supra.
148 S 88(1)(a) NCA.
149 S 88(1)(b) NCA.
150 S 88(1)(c) NCA.
151 Thus, the provisions relating to over-indebtedness and reckless credit.
153 S 88(3)(a) & (b)(i) & (ii) NCA.
154 "Consolidation agreement" is not defined in the NCA.
156 Naidoo v ABSA Bank Ltd 2010 4 SA 597 (SCA). See further the discussion in par 4 10 below.
157 Firstrand Bank Ltd v Fillis 2010 6 SA 565 (ECP).
158 See the preamble to the NCA and s 3(g) NCA. In this regard the Supreme Court of Appeal in Collett v Firstrand Bank Ltd supra par 10 recently stated that "the purpose of the debt review is not to relieve the consumer of his obligations but to achieve either a voluntary debt re-arrangement or a debt re-arrangement by the Magistrate's Court".
159 In this regard Johnson & Meyerman Insolvency Systems in South Africa - Strengthening the Regulatory Framework (a publication produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development for Chemonics International Inc - December 2010) 25 state that the NCA, despite its aim to assist over-indebted consumers, only "perpetuates the over-indebtedness by not providing a simple debtor discharge mechanism".
160 These may include delictual claims, clothing accounts, professional services and municipal accounts where no interest is charged.
161 Secured credit agreements would include pawn transactions, instalment agreements, mortgage agreements and secured loans - see s 1 NCA for the definitions of these credit agreements.


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Almost to the end of my first 100 pounds of flour and I bought a Taylor and Brod proof box.
Things are starting to turn out the way I want them to. This loaf 1lb 14oz, baked in combo cooker.
Almost to the end of my first 100 pounds of flour and I bought a Taylor and Brod proof box.
Things are starting to turn out the way I want them to. This loaf 1lb 14oz, baked in combo cooker.
I love it when things turn out. Did you deviate from the written recipe in any way? The oven spring is phenomenal. I wish I could get holes like that!
better than what they sell in the bakery. Well done all the way around and now, with a proofer, you can bring the sour along too!
lucky co-workers! So you leave the dough alone (without folding) for the last 1-1.5 hours then shape and do an overnight cold proof. You bake straight from the fridge in the AM? Well, whatever you're doing, it is working! Congrats and thanks for sharing the insight.
Just curious.
You've done one of my faves justice for sure. Nice bake!
Mine was a little denser than usual. Chewier too.
Didn't realize you baked next day. But your crumb looks denser as well (compared to the top photo).
It it is amazing how many different ways you can bake this loaf and still get nice bread.
Beautiful crust & crumb! Darn near 2#, that is a very large loaf to me.
Great looking crust and crumb!
I agree, it looks better than the loaf I bought at the bakery!
Great looking loaf! I was wondering why it looked whiter than any other Tartine seen when I went back and noticed you had used white whole wheat. You definitely got less volume and height from the boule that had the extended bulk ferment and final proof. This is also consistent with my own experimentation. Which boule's flavour did you like the most?
Gorgeous loaves -- and impressive crumb! Hope it tastes as good as it looks!
i just made my first ever sourdough loaf and used the Tartine recipe as well. I had some serious hydration problems, so the loaves turned out poorly formed, but the taste is excellent! Can't wait to try again next weekend. Would love to get loaves as beautiful as yours!


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N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo talks gun violence, casinos, school reform at State of the State
ALBANY -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for closing loopholes on a state ban on assault weapons and ammunition magazines that carry more than 10 bullets as part of a wide-ranging gun control package he proposed in his State of the State speech Wednesday.
"Guns have both a noble and a tragic tradition in America and in New York state," Cuomo said. "They are a sign of our nation's fiercely defended independence and self-reliance ... (but) in the wrong hands, guns are also weapons of untold destruction and heartbreak."
The governor, who owns a shotgun and has hunted, said, "Gun violence has been on a rampage ... we must stop the madness, my friends ... The tragic events of just the last few weeks in Newtown, Conn., and West Webster, N.Y., have indelibly taught us guns can cut down small children, firefighters and policemen in a moment."
The state already has among the most restrictive gun control laws in the nation, and the governor noted that New York passed the nation's first handgun permit law, in 1911.
"Let's lead the way once again in saving lives," Cuomo said.
A deal is expected soon that could make New York one of the first states to pass gun control laws following the Dec. 14 shooting, in which 20 first-graders and six educators were gunned down with a powerful weapon at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. The shooter also killed his mother and himself.
New York's effort was hastened further by the Christmas Eve killings of two firefighters in western New York by a man who set his neighborhood on fire, lay in wait with a high-powered rifle for responders, shot them and killed himself. Webster residents related to the firefighters were honored guests at the State of State address.
"Some weapons are so dangerous and some ammunition devices so lethal that we simply cannot afford to continue selling them in our state," Cuomo said.
Cuomo would also require follow-ups for owners of handgun licenses to make sure they are still qualified to possess a gun based on criminal and other records. He would increase sentences for gun crimes including for using guns on school property and for gang activities.
Legislators were working Wednesday behind closed doors to reach agreement on the governor's demand for tighter controls on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines.
Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Republican Sen. Martin Golden agreed the closed-door talks have brought all sides to within 95 percent of a deal, which could be announced and acted on this week.
"New York leads the nation, it's time New York lead the nation in this," Silver said. His priorities are bans on assault rifles and high-capacity magazines of ammunition.
The state Legislature is expected this year to consider final passage of an amendment to the state constitution that would allow up to seven Las Vegas-style casinos beyond Indian land. If approved by lawmakers, voters could make a final decision on the amendment in November.
Cuomo said he would propose a "phase one" plan focusing on three upstate casinos. The governor said he wants to bring visitors from downstate and other states to upstate areas.
A gaming commission would pick the best locations and revenues would be split 90 percent for education and 10 percent for property tax relief.
In other priorities, Cuomo proposes raising the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $8.75 an hour, an idea he also pitched a year ago; and making possession of up to 15 ounces of marijuana seen in "open view" punishable as a violation.
"The current minimum wage is unlivable," Cuomo said, citing the costs of gas, child care and food. "My friends, it does not add up ... it is the fair thing to do, it is long overdue."
Cuomo's education package would increase "learning time" by at least 25 percent, while proposing higher pay for better teachers and recruiting top performers to teaching. The state would pay the cost of longer days or longer academic years, with local school districts deciding whether to opt in. That innovative idea could finally overcome the hurdle of expanding school years beyond 180 days and typically six-hour days, which would require more pay for teachers and other school employees.
Brian D. Backstrom, president of the Foundation for Education Reform & Accountability, was critical of the governor's proposal, saying it "does little more than nibble around the edge of real reform."
In addition, the governor would eliminate the Long Island Power Authority as part of measures to better protect New York City and Long Island and would "harden" the energy network that failed for millions of New Yorkers for as many as 21 days with the Oct. 29 superstorm. The governor said the Long Island Power Authority failed during the storm.
Other proposals include a statewide volunteer network of skilled New Yorkers, such as electricians and carpenters to respond to superstorms and other disasters, Cuomo said at a conference center in Albany.
The governor and legislative leaders are also in negotiations on restrictions on the New York City Police Department's stop-and-frisk procedures that critics say impinge on civil rights. Another Cuomo priority is legalizing casinos off Indian land.
Cuomo also sought to drum up support for a November referendum that could legalize casinos beyond a half dozen Indian casinos and more than two dozen electronic gambling games at race tracks.
Gamblers "now go to New Jersey, they go to Connecticut, why not bring to upstate New York?" Cuomo asked.


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Baby-faced teenager Matthew Fitzpatrick rounded off a dream week on Sunday by claiming the silver medal at the British Open as the leading amateur.
The 18-year-old from Sheffield, England, finished with a one-over 72 for a 10-over total for his four rounds over a Muirfield course that has separated the men from the boys this week.
After practising with American great Tom Watson on Wednesday, Fitzpatrick signed off after a round with former Masters winner Fred Couples who finished one shot better.
"I couldn't be happier with the way I played out there. It's been a really good day," said Fitzpatrick, who looks so young that he has regularly been asked to show his ID this week, told reporters. "I will miss it. It's back to reality."
Fitzpatrick, who is about to begin a golf scholarship at Northwestern University in Chicago where former world number one and fellow Briton Luke Donald studied, impressed Couples.
"He's not like one of these crazy bombers that you see. He's good. At 18 you should putt well. He's a good putter."
By making the cut at Muirfield, Fitzpatrick did far better in his first Open than Donald and world number Rory McIlroy, who both missed the cut, and he finished in front of twice former Open champion Padraig Harrington.


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File Systems
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Revision as of 03:27, 21 April 2006 by Uwe Hermann (Talk | contribs)
Conventional File Systems
- ext2, ext3
- ext2 was introduced with Linux. ext3 is a journaled version of ext2 which allows for speedy disk recovery after a crash.
- ffs
- The Fast File System used by UNIX, a variant of ufs that is faster and supports symbolic links.
- IBM's Journaled File System introduced with their flavor of UNIX (AIX)
- The New Technology File System, introduced by Microsoft with Windows NT 4.0. Now used on Windows XP.
- reiserfs
- A journaling filesystem for Linux.
- SGI's high performance journaling filesystem that originated on their IRIX (flavor of UNIX) platform. XFS supports variable blocking sizes, is extent based, and makes extensive use of Btrees to facilitate both performance and scalability. Additionally, support is also provided for real-time environments.
Cryptographic File Systems
Cryptographic file systems encrypt information before it is stored on the media. Some of these file systems store encrypted files directly. Others are better thought of as device drivers, which are then used to store some of the file systems discussed above.
- File Vault
- A clever user interface to Apple's encrypted disk images. Uses the ".sparseimage" extension on disk files.
- Matt Blaze's Cryptographic File System for Unix.
- http://www.crypto.com/papers/cfskey.pdf Key Management in an Encrypting File System], Matt Blaze, USENIX Summer 1994 Technical Conference, Boston, MA, June 1994.
- http://www.crypto.com/papers/cfs.pdf A Cryptographic File System for Unix], Matt Blaze, Proceedings of the First ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Fairfax, VA, November 1993.
- NCryptfs
- http://www.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu/docs/ncryptfs/ncryptfs.pdf NCryptfs: A Secure and Convenient Cryptographic File System], Charles P. Wright, Michael C. Martino, and Erez Zadok, Stony Brook University ,USENIX 2003 Annual Technical Conference.
- Transparent Cryptographic File System.
- http://www.tcfs.it/
- http://www.tcfs.it/docs/tcfs.ps
- Secure File System.
- http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~rebel/sfs/
See also Full Disk Encryption, which are disk- or applicance-based cryptographic file systems.


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The Others (1992-2004)
Ajira Flight 316 survivors (2007)
Charles Widmore's team (2007)
The Hydra • The Arrow • The Swan
The Flame • The Pearl • The Orchid
The Staff • The Tempest
The Looking Glass • The Lamp Post
The Hydra is a DHARMA Initiative zoological research station located on the Hydra Island, a few miles offshore of the the main island. The Hydra appears to be one of the larger, if not the largest of the DHARMA facilities: a sprawling collection of different buildings and underground facilities. The above-ground area of the station is surrounded by thick jungle, and is located relatively close to shore.
DHARMA Initiative
The Hydra was constructed at some point prior to 1977 and its original purpose was one of zoological research. The station contained research facilities for experimentation on polar bears and marine animals such as dolphins and sharks. Pierre Chang threatened Hurley with being sent to Hydra Island to weigh polar bear dung for the scientists there in their "ridiculous experiments." ("Some Like It Hoth") Personnel were carried to and from the station via the Pala Ferry which ran three times a day. (Barracks video)
The blast door map references the Hydra station with the statement, "Stated goal, repatriation, accelerated de-territorialization of Ursus maritimus (polar bear) through gene therapy and extreme climate change," suggesting the experiments may have been aimed at making polar bears less aggressive. A system found in one of the cages is similar to the experiments carried out by B.F. Skinner in conditioning. ("A Tale of Two Cities")
After the Purge, an unknown number of polar bears managed to escape their cages, and subsequently swam to the main Island. (Access Granted)
The Others
At some point after the Purge, the Others assumed control of the Hydra, which was used as a base of operations for a number of different types of projects away from their home on the main Island. ("Stranger in a Strange Land") One of these projects was the construction of a runway on Hydra Island that Kate and Sawyer were forced to work on. ("The Glass Ballerina") ("Every Man for Himself") ("I Do") Karl's imprisonment and attempted brainwashing in Room 23 also suggests that other psychological experiments may have been underway. The station may have also served as a makeshift prison or judicial center for the Others. Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Karl and Juliet were all imprisoned here, and a number of the Others traveled to Hydra Island specifically to watch Juliet's trial. Ben also had an office here.
After Ben's surgery, the Others abandoned the station and returned to the Barracks, fearing that the survivors might return. ("Stranger in a Strange Land")
Moving the Island
The Hydra Island is within range of the Island's magnetic phenomena and was moved along with it when Ben turned the frozen wheel. ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 2").
Ajira 316 survivors
In 2007, Ajira Airways Flight 316 made an emergency landing on the Hydra Island. The survivors shortly thereafter discovered the Hydra and moved their injured into one of the station's buildings. At least Caesar and Ilana explored the complex, looking for anything that might help them. ("The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham") ("Namaste")
Charles Widmore
Later in 2007, after Jacob's death, Charles Widmore and his people appear to have taken up residence in the Hydra station. His team appears to have been making extensive preparations, including surrounding the facility with a portable sonar fence and setting up a pair of giant solenoids in the yard behind the main building. Both Jin and Desmond were captured and brought to the Hydra. Jin was kept in "Room 23" for a short period of time and Desmond woke up in the infirmary. ("The Package") ("Happily Ever After")
In making preparations inside the solenoid chamber, Simmons was accidentally killed when the power was switched on. Widmore orders Desmond to be put inside. Jin objects, but Widmore explains that Desmond has survived such electromagnetic catastrophes in the past and their lives depend on whether or not he can do so again. Desmond survives the experiment and is left unconscious for a few seconds. During this time he appears to have had some form of contact with his counterpart in the flash-sideways timeline. ("Happily Ever After")
Orientation film
The Orientation film of the station, seen in "The New Man in Charge".
See main article: "Hydra Orientation film"
The Hydra station is quite extensive with areas located both above and below sea level. The surface area of the Hydra appears to be a fairly large compound composed of several buildings with interconnecting covered walkways. It is unclear exactly where some of these structures are located in respect to one another. The notable areas will be described here.
Outdoor areas
Sawyer's cage. ("A Tale of Two Cities")
The cages
See main article: Cages
In a central area of the compound are two large cages situated near a walkway with an overhanging canopy. The walkway leads into the main building: a large concrete and metal edifice.
Built into one of the cages is an experiment reminiscent of the works of B.F. Skinner in operant conditioning. Pressing the levers and buttons in a particular sequence provides the subject with a "reward" of food and water; pressing them in a wrong way gives a painful electric shock. It was revealed by Tom that the cages formerly housed polar bears. The Others used these cages as makeshift prison cells. Kate discovered in one instance that she was able to climb out the top of her cage by squeezing through the bars.
Located somewhere nearby the main building are a number of other smaller cages that most likely housed other species used in DHARMA's zoological program. ("A Tale of Two Cities")
Solenoid yard
Zoe takes Jin to the generator yard.
Out behind the main building is a large open yard. Charles Widmore and his people set up a large enclosed wooden structure here surrounding two massive solenoids with huge cables connecting it to the main building. When switched on, the solenoids generate an intense electromagnetic field. A large metal stairway leads up and into the main building from here. ("Happily Ever After")
Main building
The shower room. ("A Tale of Two Cities")
A large concrete and metal structure several stories tall, surrounded by the jungle. The main building appears to contain a set of locker rooms and shower facilities, an operating theater with an observation gallery. It can be assumed that there are X-ray facilities elsewhere in the building as well as surgical supplies and anesthetic.
Generator room
Located within one of the buildings is a massive electrical generator. It was probably the source of energy from which the entire station ran, and as of 2007 the generator was still functioning. ("Happily Ever After")
Operating theater
A sizeable operating room is located somewhere on the ground floor of the main building. Just outside the door is a small preparation area including a sink and a lightbox allowing doctors to look at X-rays. Across from the preparation area a small flight of steps leads up to a small obervation gallery overlooking the operating theater. Likely this area may have been used for teaching or observation during animal operations.
Ben noted that the operating theater is a fully equipped facility, with all of the tools, devices, and supplies a surgeon would need. However, it was later revealed by Juliet that the crash cart and cardiac paddles were broken. ("I Do")
Locker rooms
Up a flight of steps on the outside of the main building is a large locker room and working shower facility. ("A Tale of Two Cities") There likely are other exits.
Underwater section
The aquarium ("A Tale of Two Cities")
A large bunker-like room with reinforced walls and drains along the floor - partitioned in two by a thick transparent fiberglass wall. Both ends of the room have hatch-like doors leading into the adjacent corridor, opened by turning a wheel. Per Juliet, this chamber was used by DHARMA scientists who were experimenting on sharks and dolphins. DHARMA may have stamped the DHARMA logo on an unknown amount of sharks and dolphins. An example of this can be shown when Sawyer and Micheal are stuck on the raft where a shark with a DHARMA like logo attacks them. This shark could have been one of the aquatic creatures DHARMA was studying. ("A Tale of Two Cities")
Jack listening to Alex on the intercom ("I Do")
Animal subjects would be housed in one end of the room which contained a large metal table and a number of chains hanging down from the ceiling above. Likely this end of the room could be partially flooded during experiments. An intercom is set into one wall. Although Juliet told Jack it was non-functional, Jack appeared to receive several messages through it on several occasions. ("A Tale of Two Cities") ("Every Man for Himself") ("I Do")
The opposite end of the room beyond the glass partition appears to have been intended largely for observing scientists and contains a large desk, chair and an elaborate electronic soundboard. The soundboard is quite complicated and among other functions controls communication between the two ends of the room. Behind the desk a red emergency button affixed to the wall used to activate an emergency pumping system to flush water from this area of the station should it become flooded.
In 2004, the Others made use of this room as a makeshift prison cell; both Jack and Juliet were held here for a time. A television was brought in later to show Jack videos.
Both doors from the aquarium open into an adjacent corridor with at least two more doors (one at either end) and a ladder leading upwards. One of the doors at the end of the hallway is a large wheeled hatch, which, when opened by Jack during an escape attempt, caused this entire area of the station to flood with seawater. Presumably if somehow opened under controlled circumstances this would allow the aquarium tanks to be filled and could be used to bring in and/or release animal subjects.
Benjamin Linus in the surveillance room ("I Do")
Surveillance room
Also in the underwater section of the Hydra is a small observation room. Appearing similar in design to the bank of monitors at The Pearl station, the room has six monitors, each equipped with live video and audio. Each camera has its own control panel with two knobs, three switches and a small red light. From here one can monitor different areas of Hydra Island, including underwater rooms and, above-ground, the walkways, the operating room and the cages. A gun locker is located nearby containing 3 SKS rifles, three Walther P-38 pistols and several boxes of ammunition. This weapons locker is far smaller than that at The Swan. Tom referred to the area as "the surveillance room". ("Stranger in a Strange Land")
Aldo guards the smaller Hydra facility building. ("Not in Portland")
Other buildings
Room 23 facility
Elsewhere in the compound is another rundown building which appeared to be quite large. One room inside the building is known as "Room 23" where the Initiative experimented/interrogated captured Hostiles. Others were holding Karl while subjecting him to brainwashing. Karl was strapped to a chair with a drug-laced IV in his arm, wearing LED goggles and being forced to watch a looped video while subjected to extremely loud drum-and-bass music. The video contained a wild assortment of images and features short glimpses of Gerald DeGroot and Alvar Hanso. It also contained several religious statements, such as "God Loves You, As He Loved Jacob" and other subliminal messages. ("Not in Portland") ("The Package") Walt was also brought here previously and may have been subjected to the same treatment. ("Room 23")
In 2007, after Widmore arrived on the island in his submarine, Zoe and Seamus attack the Man in Black's camp on the main island and kidnapped Jin. Jin was placed in Room 23 until Zoe came in and asked him about his time with the DHARMA Initiative as a security guard and elctromagnetism. ("The Package")
Juliet in the deliberation room.
According to the Hydra Orientation film, the DHARMA Initiative's original purpose for Room 23 was to extract information from various captured Hostiles (who were unwilling participants) and then to erase their memories of the interrogation. ("The New Man in Charge")
Deliberation room
Also within the Hydra compound is a large meeting room with a lectern, likely used for discussion and lecturing. Juliet was seen here whilst on trial for Pickett's murder. ("Stranger in a Strange Land")
Ben's office
Ben in his Hydra office. ("Dead Is Dead")
Somewhere within the Hydra complex is Ben's office. The office contains a desk adorned with an animal skull and other samples, bookshelves and filing cabinets. ("Stranger in a Strange Land") Later Caesar searched this room and found issues of Life magazine from 1954 and several documents including maps of the Island and what appeared to be a photocopy of a page from Daniel's journal, showing a time-related diagram. He also found a sawed-off double barreled shotgun hidden under the desk. ("The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham") One drawer in the desk contained a picture of Alex. ("Dead Is Dead")
Somewhere close to Ben's office, is a similar-looking room that was used by the survivors of Flight 316 as a makeshift infirmary that may have been a resting quarters for DHARMA personnel. The room contained several beds, other furniture and boxes. ("The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham")
Lost: Via Domus
The advisory room ("Worth A Thousand Words")
In the video game Lost: Via Domus, several additional locations are revealed at the Hydra. These locations are considered canonical.
Depository ("Worth A Thousand Words")
Advisory room
The advisory room has a code name which is DIHS-AR16. Ben and Juliet were waiting inside when he arrived. The purpose of this room is unknown. It is likely that this is a restricted section of the Hydra, and can only be accessed by high ranked members of the Others. ("Worth A Thousand Words")
The depository is a storage room for the Hydra station. The room is equiped with various materials, including food and animal equipment. ("Worth A Thousand Words")
The shark tank ("Worth A Thousand Words")
Research lab
This room has a code name which is DIHS-R38. The room was used for various zoological research and experimentation. There are several animal cages, as well as laboratory equipment. There is also a wall that has x-rays from a shark. It is likely that many experiments with dolphins, sharks, and other marine animals were done in this laboratory. ("Worth A Thousand Words")
The zoology lab ("Worth A Thousand Words")
Staging tank
In this room there is a large aquarium that contains two large shark tanks adjacent to each other. Above the tank there is a large metal machine that can carry the sharks and suspend them in mid-air. The staging tank has a code name which is DIHS-ST1. ("Worth A Thousand Words")
Hydra Monster
- The names of the stations appear to be related to Apollo from Greek mythology. There is a story where Apollo sends his bird to fetch water. The bird is late in returning the water and because he fears Apollo, he captures the Hydra - and returns with it back to Apollo blaming the Hydra for his mistakes. Apollo sees through the deception and punishes them both.
- The Hydra itself is a many-headed monster from Greek myth, and was killed by Heracles as one of the twelve tasks he was given after a terrible crime. Theoretically it could not be killed - if a head were cut off, several more would grow in its place. Heracles and his friend Iolaus killed it by cauterizing the stumps of each neck as Heracles severed it except one head which was immortal that they buried.
- The monster was a sibling to Chimera and Cerberus. It is of note that in medicine a genetic Chimera is a product of both natural and artificial genetic mixing, and can relate to the Hydra Station's purpose in genetic experiments on animals.
- The word "hydra" also means "Any persistent or ever-increasing evil with many sources and causes"
- Hydra is also a constellation. "Hydra is the longest constellation in the sky and is also the largest in terms of area. It is so long that it takes more than six hours to rise completely. Along its northern side, we can observe the zodiacal signs of Cancer, Leo, Virgo and Libra.The stars in the serpent's head appear to be at the same distance but they are really very far away from each other. The northernmost of the six stars in the head of the serpent, Epsilon Hydrae, is a quintuple star - a system of five stars. Alphard (Arabic for "the solitary one") is Hydra's brightest star."
Hydra viridissima
- The Hydra is a genus of a freshwater invertebrate possessing radial symmetry and capability to regenerate amputated appendages, and biologically immortal. This sense of hydra appears to be the source of the station's symbol.
- The Hydra was a top-secret communications centre, located at Camp X, a special spy training facility during WWII located outside of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. It was used to intercept enemy signals, and transmitted information between North America and Britain.
- Ὕδωρ (hydor) is Ancient Greek for "water". The word Ὕδρα (Hydra) means creature of the water.
Notable visitors
Almost all of the Others have been seen at the Hydra because they work there.
|First visit
|Last visit
|Reason for Visit
|"Room 23"
|"Room 23"
|Was brought there by the Others for tests.
|"A Tale of Two Cities"
|"The Candidate"
|Was held prisoner in the aquarium where he conducted surgery on Ben. Jack was also held in Sawyer's cage above ground.
|"A Tale of Two Cities"
|"The Candidate"
|Was held prisoner in polar bear cages opposite Sawyer.
|"A Tale of Two Cities"
|"The Candidate"
|Was held prisoner in polar bear cages opposite Kate.
|"The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham"
|"The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham"
|Crashed on the Hydra Island on Ajira Airways Flight 316.
|"The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham"
|"The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham"
|Crashed on the Hydra Island on Ajira Airways Flight 316.
|"The Package"
|"The Candidate"
|Was held captive in Room 23 by Charles Widmore.
|The Man in Black
|"The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham"
|"The Candidate"
|The Man in Black visited the station as John Locke.
|"Happily Ever After"
|"Happily Ever After"
|Was held captive in the Hydra to do work for Charles Widmore.
|"Happily Ever After"
|"Happily Ever After"
|"Saved" Desmond from Widmore's team.
|"The Candidate"
|"The Candidate"
|Was held captive by Widmore's team after they arrived with the Elizabeth.
|"The Candidate"
|"The Candidate"
|Was held captive by Widmore's team after they arrived with the Elizabeth.
|"The Candidate"
|"The Candidate"
|Was held captive by Widmore's team after they arrived with the Elizabeth.
|Frank Lapidus
|"The Candidate"
|"The Candidate"
|Was held captive by Widmore's team after they arrived with the Elizabeth.
Hydra collar
- On the first official video podcast, the Hydra logo can be seen on Damon Lindelof's hat. This was shown before "A Tale of Two Cities" was aired, and was the first official mention of the station.
- The Red Hydra Logo has appeared on all of the Hydra gear on the ABC online store. Damon Lindelof was seen in the first video podcast wearing a hat with the Red Hydra Logo. The white Logo is considered canon since it appeared inside and outside the Hydra station.
The Red Hydra Logo
- In Greece, there is an actual island named Hydra, 38 nautical miles south of Athens.
- The Hydra symbol was found on a metal collar by Charlotte with a polar bear skeleton in Tunisia. ("Confirmed Dead")
- Lost: The Complete Third Season (DVD) Commentary: "Damon Lindelof: The DHARMA Initiative was doing all these experiments on animals, so is that room that Karl was in for humans, or what kind of animals were they showing those films to? Like, what was really going on there?"
- The playback device used to show Jack videos appears to be a U-matic format 1985 SONY UMATIC VO-5800.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
quite the colorless bento
We have apple slices, strawberry cereal bar and chocolate chip granola bar, SunChips, cheddar cheese and baby carrots.
A couple random food notes:
- SunChips bags are now completely biodegradable! You can stick it in your compost bin! The bags are made from vegetable based plant products. How cool is that? I'm stoked! I hope, wish, pray that other companies will soon follow suit.
- I always buy organic baby carrots because I found out a couple years ago that baby carrots are *chemically* peeled. I used to think they just ran through some sort of neat machine that peeled and chopped them up. But then I read an article that stated that the carrots actually sit in a chemical laden solution that disolves the skin off the carrots.
Hmmm. I just don't think that's a great thing to be eating. Call me crazy if you must. ;-)
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- Amy said... [Reply to comment]
Not sure where you read that about the carrots, but it doesn't sound quite right. Baby cut carrots are cut by machine, as you had thought. Almost all produce, including organic, is washed with chlorinated water to kill bacteria, thus extending shelf life and keeping you from getting sick.
- February 24, 2010 at 12:01 PM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
I read it from a Yahoo homepage article. I looked into it quite a bit at that time and found mulitple sources stating the same information.
Organic produce is not washed in chlorine. Organic baby carrots are rinsed in a citrus based non-toxic solution.
- February 24, 2010 at 1:08 PM
- The Planet Pink said... [Reply to comment]
Now this is what my bentos look like! LOL Cool about the Sun Chips - that's the only sort of chip we buy if we buy them at all.
- February 24, 2010 at 2:29 PM
- Jenn @ BentoForKidlet said... [Reply to comment]
Yay for sun chips! Ew for baby carrots. I always just chop up my own because of cost, now I feel even better about it!
- February 24, 2010 at 3:24 PM
- Susan B. said... [Reply to comment]
another yay for sunchips! that's great! ewww on the baby carrots. I quit buying them a few years ago because they always seemed a little wet/slimy and I just couldn't enjoy them. I've been buying local Alaska carrots (the BEST EVER). They are great even w/o peeling. ;)
- February 24, 2010 at 6:05 PM
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Georgia's football season started in a state of anticipation and ends in a state of disappointment.
And in the state of Florida, with a trip to the Capital One Bowl in Orlando, and nearby Disney World.
That may be appropriate, considering the season started with much of the Bulldog Nation visiting Fantasyland.
See, Georgia came into the season with a solid quarterback, an improving defense and a schedule softer than caramel.
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• Georgia started the season without an established running back. Gone the way of too many other Georgia players was Isaiah Crowell, not tackled by a strong arm of a defender but the long arm of the law. That left Georgia looking at two highly touted freshmen, neither named Herschel or Walker.
• As good as quarterback Aaron Murray has been, when you reflect on the quarterback's career, you have to consider the big games he has won. It's a sparse list, beginning with Florida last year and ending with Florida this year. He has never beaten South Carolina or won a bowl. Whether this says more about Murray or about Georgia is debatable, but what it does say clearly: a national title is a stretch.
• Two words: Offensive line. After two seasons of misery, the Bulldogs stabilized the offensive front this year. Murray had more time to operate, Todd Gurley had space to run. But against one of the weakest schedules in the SEC, Georgia didn't really push anyone around. Better results but at the end of the day, just better, not great. The line was overwhelmed by South Carolina's defensive front.
• The Bulldogs' defense has improved, true. At times, Todd Grantham's group is rock solid, and Jarvis Jones is the rock star of the group. At other times, it's soft as cookie dough, no matter how solid Jones is. Case in point: Southern Carolina 35, Georgia 7. The Bulldogs simply could not handle the Gamecocks on either side of the ball. Then there were the almost-as-inexplicable 44 points given up to Tennessee.
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Georgia played itself out of the SEC title race, then played itself back into it, and into the SEC title game. And that came after that demoralizing defeat to South Carolina that still has some wondering if the Gamecocks are the new Gators.
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But as impressive as that game against Alabama was, it was a 17-9 victory against Florida that stamped this team and its season as a huge success.
That game was Georgia's first real test after the meltdown in Columbia, S.C. It was a game against a Florida team unbeaten and on a roll, and a team that just didn't make a lot of mistakes. Those kinds of teams are hard to beat anytime, but especially for a team trying to recover from a shocking collapse.
It was game almost statistically dead even offensively, a game where the defense had to make a difference. And Georgia's did, getting four fumbles and intercepting two passes.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stock futures were nearly unchanged on Wednesday as investors considered corporate earnings and looked to the Federal Reserve's Beige Book of regional economic conditions.
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