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1985, Robbinsdale Area Schools was one of the first districts awarded a
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and continuing district contributions have made the CAPP Committee a
consistent presence in Robbinsdale Area Schools for 25 years. Throughout
that time CAPP's vision has remained consistent: All the Arts for all the Students.
This vision is guided by the CAPP Committee's four goals:
Goal #1: Promote a Comprehensive Arts Education for All Students
Goal #2: Communicate the Role of Arts Education in Our Schools
Goal #3: Strengthen Community Connections in the Arts
Goal #4: Advocate for Staff Development and Support in the Arts
CAPP Committee consists of community members, parents, teachers, school
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Education Service Center at 42nd and Winnetka. We are looking for
parents and community members who have an interest in strengthening our
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|Release: Feb. 5, 2008
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The Twisted Metal franchise has brought gamers everywhere years of outstanding car combat fun. Twisted Metal both created and defined the genre. The series has been wildly successful over the years, selling over 8 million copies worldwide. This success can be attributed to the action packed gameplay and an irreverent attitude that appeals to gamers' dark-sides. Twisted Metal released in 1995 for the PlayStation and became an instant fan favorite. The game represented the very best that the era had to offer and will go down in history as one of the first classic games to grace a Sony console. Twisted Metal: Head-On: Extra Twisted Edition follows this tradition and will be remembered as one of the last great titles for the PlayStation 2.
Series' co-creators David Jaffe and Scott Campbell have recently formed Eat Sleep Play Studios and have released the Extra Twisted Edition. Originally a PSP title, gamers will be treated to the exciting gameplay of the ported Twisted Metal: Head-On UMD that has become increasingly rare. Head-On is a very complete, very fun game in its own right with tons of levels, venues, and great multiplayer action. Thankfully, instead of simply porting the title and leaving well enough alone, the developers have tweaked gameplay a bit by adding weapon and car upgrades. They have also enhanced the graphics, added more unlockable vehicles, and even added an exclusive level for the PS2.
As if an improved core product weren't enough, a ton of extra content has been shoehorned onto the disk. The lost levels of the never-released Twisted Metal: Black sequel known as Harbor City can be played as a full bonus game. This additional content has been released to the public in memory of the six key members of the Twisted Metal: Harbor City development team that died in a plane crash after a celebratory skiing vacation in Colorado in 2005. Harbor City was going to bring some new concepts to the series. The title was to incorporate a series of interconnected highways that communicated every zone and arena to one another. The open gameplay really would have shaken things up. Sadly, the game was never published due to the tragic accident. However, the level designs were never scrapped, and they are now available to play solely on this special release without the innovative highway system.
The compilation also includes an in-depth look at the history of the Twisted Metal series called Twisted Metal: The Dark Past. This documentary pools together interviews with the creators and directors for some interesting insight. Additionally, there are a collection of movies from the original title you can watch that didn't make the final cut, and you'll get to test drive a portion of the third person on-foot adventure that was to follow the insane exploits of the infamous Sweet Tooth. This portion of the game is called the Sweet Tour, and it will have you searching for additional content clips that give you a behind the scenes look at the creation of the series. These clips are made up of a bunch of art stills and concept drawings that give you an idea of where the series could have gone. If you unlock everything, you'll be rewarded with a truly neat sneak peak. Finally, the game pack is to be bundled with an art book for your enjoyment. All of this comes at the bargain price of just $20.
The gameplay in Head-On and the Lost levels is classic Twisted Metal fun. The levels are well mapped out, and there are more vehicles, more venues, and more modes to play and unlock than ever before. Despite the additions, the core of the game hasn't changed much. If you're expecting a lot of innovation, then you're twisting up the wrong Metal. Wait for a possible PS3 release to unleash the innovation. Fortunately, the Head-On title was a great bit of fun for the PSP and the game is even better on the PS2. The controls are smoother and the graphics are just a touch better, though the frame rate seems to stutter at times.

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State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. has dismissed the second lawsuit filed by developer Jerome Williams and Lewiston Management Group against Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours and the Village of Lewiston.
The lawsuit, which was filed March 21, 2011, questioned the validity of an agreement between the village and WJBT. It asserted the Village of Lewiston violated Section 51 of general municipal law and was in violation of the public trust doctrine. The plaintiffs claimed a 2002 lease between the village and WJBT President John Kinney violated easement requirements, and inferred trustees illegally granted said lease. This action, the suit alleged, resulted in the "waste of public property" alongside Water Street Landing on Water Street, where WJBT operates.
In his decision dated Jan. 13, Kloch wrote, in part, "Plaintiffs claim a waste of property which imperils the use and enjoyment of the waterfront. Nothing could be further from the truth."
Kloch wrote the jet boat "rides provide a view of the Niagara Gorge and rapids that would otherwise be unattainable."
He added, "even if the Lewiston Jet Boat tours were to stop, the Jet Boat would continue to operate from its Canadian location. The Canadian launch facility is further downriver, meaning Jet Boat excursions from that location would be longer and therefore presumably, louder. Plaintiff's (sic) were not able to submit any material which raises a question of fact that the lease is a wasting of public property or in anyway deleterious to the environment or ecology.
"Curtailing or prohibiting the Jet Boat from the Lewiston location would merely move this tourist generating attraction from New York to Canada."
With regard to Section 51, Kloch explained the state of New York granted an easement to the Village of Lewiston for the use of the land in question "for the purposes of developing and expanding the Village's waterfront and waterfront activities (Kloch underlined that statement). That's exactly what they did."
"The easement was made pursuant to (section) 75 of the Public Lands Law and the lease from the Village is specifically authorized and allowed by the easement."
John Bartolomei, the attorney representing WJBT, filed a motion to dismiss the second lawsuit in November 2011. Kloch dismissed the first lawsuit on March 21, 2011. In that case, the plaintiffs claimed the Village of Lewiston's November 2010 sale of 197.23 feet of Water Street property to Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours for $1 was illegal and unconstitutional.
In dismissing the second lawsuit, Kloch wrote, "It appears, from oral arguments, that the plaintiffs resent the Jet Boat spoiling their view of the Niagara River," and "have some undefined animus toward the Jet Boat operation."
Village of Lewiston Attorney Edward Jesella said, "I think the judge is absolutely right."
"I don't believe this was an environmentally driven lawsuit," he added. "I think that's apparent. It was apparent with the judge. It was apparent with the village, and it was apparent with Mr. Kinney and Mr. Bartolomei."
Jesella said he understood "the honest concerns" of residents who spoke in favor of the plaintiffs, but "I think this is the only way the judge could've answered (the motion to dismiss)."
Williams was out of town, but his daughter, Bridget, said he would continue to fight.
"Obviously, we're disappointed," she said Thursday. "We're going to appeal this decision. We don't think the judge considered all aspects of this case."
In a letter to Kloch dated Nov. 29, 2011, obtained Friday by the Sentinel, Jerome Williams said the jet boat tours produce "destructive wakes," squealing loudspeakers and "the roar of the engines punctuating the enjoyment" of the waterfront for residents and recreational boaters.
"The Whirlpool Jet Boat operation jeopardizes the quiet enjoyment of the Lower Niagara River," he wrote. "Potentially limitless growth of this operation could mean declining property values and hesitancy on the part of citizens to invest in their waterfront property. It could mean buses roaring down Center Street in our village to take people to the Jet Boat, and then roaring straight back out."
In response to news of the appeal, Kinney said, "This is the type of situation that keeps Western New York mired in the economic condition we're in."
He said the lawsuits and appeal are "delay tactics for the sake of delay."
In fact, the court proceeings have delayed Kinney's development of a new, two-story headquarters for WJBT.
In January of 2011, he was granted permission to build a 2,580-square-foot structure for WJBT north of its current base inside Water Street Landing. The seasonal, mostly open-air facility would offer bathrooms for patrons and visitors, improved changing facilities and a street-level retail operation.
In November 2010, Kinney said the new headquarters would provide "a very clear and distinct entrance to the jet boat tour operations," which is presently connected to a series of doors leading into Water Street Landing.
"We're trying to create economic vitality in the village," Kinney said Thursday. He said a new headquarters would result in construction jobs, more hotel/motel room stays, and more tourists shopping and dining in Lewiston.
Kinney also said a new headquarters would increase the tax base in the village.
"All that is being put on hold," he said.
Without the lawsuits, Kinney said the new headquarters would have debuted this spring. Now, "There is no way this is going to happen for the 2012 season."
He said the legal action "ultimately hurts the taxpayers of the village," and said it's the residents of Lewiston who have to foot the bill for the village's defense in court.
"It's a shame," Kinney said.
For more on this subject, see:
WJBT proposed expansion: Village of Lewiston headed to court
Kloch denies motion to dismiss jet boat case
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On this Thanksgiving, I am thankful for my family and friends. Times have been rough, more so these past three years than possibly ever before. Those friends have come through for me in more ways than they could possibly imagine and for that, I'm grateful.
I am thankful for my great-grandparents getting out of Europe and Russia before the war started.
I am thankful to those of you who have forgiven me for doing that which will not be mentioned, although it gave me my first fifteen minutes of fame. If you don't know what I am talking about here, please message me appropriately. Strike that. In 2009, I was told by a friend of mine that used to be on mainstage at Second City that he loved it. These guys know what they are talking about. They do this for a living. It makes up for all the death threats that I recieved, whether those were done in a joking manner or not.
I am thankful for our troops serving us overseas even if I disagree with why we went over there in the first place, except for Afghanistan which was justified.
I am thankful to be living in a free country which allows the freedom of religion. On that note, I am thankful for the Anshe Sholom community for their warm welcome following my move from Kentucky to Chicago in 2008. And their warm welcome each and every time that I go back to visit until I can get back their for good.
I am thankful for the Jewish comedians of the vaudeville and Borscht Belt eras for paving the way for comedians like Jerry Seinfeld and Jon Stewart.
I am thankful for President Bush for providing so much comedic material along with Sarah Palin as well. She's self-destructing when she doesn't realize it.
I am thankful that shows like The Daily Show, Conan, The Late Show with David Letterman, Saturday Night Live, How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, NCIS, CSI: NY, Modern Family, Community, Parks and Recreation, The Office, 30 Rock, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Homeland, 2 Broke Girls, Suburgatory, Last Man Standing, Once Upon a Time, Revenge, New Girl, Ben and Kate, and The Colbert Report were approved by the networks so that I have television to enjoy.
I am thankful for the writing room of Caesar's Hour, considered to be the smartest and funniest room since Thomas Jefferson dined alone at the White House.
I am thankful for all my friends in the improv and sketch comedy scene, be it in Chicago, New York, or LA.
Last but not least, I am thankful that my first book, Turn That $#!+ Off! has been published. It's on sale via CreateSpace, Amazon, and Amazon Kindle as of now.
I am thankful for my appreciation of American history, which will be the basis for my second book.


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Facebook will hit 500 shareholders by next year and will either have to disclose financial data or go public by April 2012.
The 500 shareholders is the benchmark the Securities and Exchange Commission has about publicly disclosing private company information to protect investors, the Wall Street Journal reported. Most private companies hitting that number decide to have an initial public offering, or go IPO, which is what many believe will happen to Facebook. (After being hotly traded in secondary markets, it's understandable that its IPO would be just as enthusiastically awaited.) The SEC rule will be activated at the end of the fiscal year, Dec. 31 and Facebook will have 120 days to rectify it -- meaning it will either disclose its financials or go public by April 2012.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg has previously expressed no desire to go public. His actual words were "I tend to think that being private is better for us right now because of some of the big risks we want to take in developing new products."
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This article has remained unwritten for far too long. Despite encouragement from classmates, there always seemed to be something else more important to do. I realize now how foolish that was. I do not want it to sound like I am such an insightful person, or that when I speak, everyone should listen—far from it. It is the message, not the messenger, that needs to be heard.
I am an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. I cherish this title and am proud of what that represents. I am also a homosexual. Same thing goes. But most of all, I am a child of God, and that alone makes me special. The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) have decided to uphold a policy which suggests that, because I publicly identify as gay, I am unfit to be a leader in this organization.
In recent months this has gained much media attention from both sides of the issue, both for and against homosexuals in scouting. One particular group, which seems to be growing ever-larger, is the group of Eagle Scouts who have turned in their badges to the BSA in protest of their stance. I definitely support these individuals in their personal decisions and am encouraged by their public statements in protest. But I will NOT be turning in my badge, and I hope they can respect that as well.
I do not want anyone to think this is because I believe the BSA's current stance is correct, nor that I disagree with those who have made the decision to protest by turning in their badges. Above all, I certainly hope no one thinks this stance is because I am not passionate about the Boy Scouts or do not care about the issue—quite the opposite.
My decision is both to recognize that I, a child of God who happens to be gay, have rightfully earned the rank of Eagle. It honors all those who have been denied this honor because of their orientation. Even more, I hold on to my medal because I wish also to honor all those who earned this rank before and after me. Turning in my badge would, for me personally, disregard all those who worked so hard to earn this rank. I wish rather to honor those individuals, who include, among others, my brother, cousin, friends and role-models.
I anticipate a day when I may once again proudly don that scouting uniform, hold my right hand up proudly in the scout sign and join my voice with all the others in saying "A Scout is Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean and Reverent," and "On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; To help other people at all times; To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight." Until then, I will stand not only with those who protest the exclusion of homosexuals, but also with all those who still believe in and are proud of this organization and its scouts.


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Jan 12, 2011, 12:12 PM »
Hi all,
As I've been practicing aspects I find that there is still a gap between my conception understanding of them and my ability to practically apply them. I thought it would be helpful for myself and others if I attempted 2 examples 2 different pairs of planets in aspect to one another operating in the same aspect and phase. I know this is a bit lengthy, I greatly appreciate whatever kind of feedback/critique I do receive. Thank you.
Example one: Mercury and Pluto.
Mercury correlates to the deductive faculty of the mind, the left brain. How a soul perceives and organizes phenomonal reality.
Pluto correlates to the dual desires of the soul: to return or separate to the source. It thus implies the necessity for the soul to create confrontation in order to chellenge the fixated security and exhaust its separating desires.
The aspects between Pluto and Mercury imply the evolutionary requirement to challenge one's current intellectual organization of phenomenal reality. The soul must develop a deeper comittment to perceive (Mercury) things as they are, the underlying nature behind things (Pluto). Thus the capacity to develop a penetrating mind, that can perceive the bottom line of any thing it focuses upon. The evolutionary intention with these two planets is to release the security associated with one's current beleifs, based on what one has already concluded to be true and false, and to become a deeper questioner, to become more serious and focused in actually learning about what is.
New phase conjunction
Random experiences are engaged that will allow the soul to accumilate new information and data. The point would be to develop the ability to look deeply into that information, whatever one is learning at the time. The possibility of not knowing what one is "supposed to" learn is strong here as this is an entirely new cycle. Therefore it is necessary to embrace the randomness of the process. The temptation would be to "know it all" already, and more so to "know what to do" with the knowledge- this being reflected in the full phase polarity as having acheived concrete knowledge that then can be shared in a social context. Thus staying open minded, as true a beginner is key during this phase.
Example two: Neptune and the Moon
Neptune correlates to the transcendent impulse of the soul. It implies the neccesity for a soul to surrender to the all encompmassing truth that is. In that process it's beleifs and ideas about what reality is are disilussioned.
The Moon correlates to the ego, the human identity that the soul creates as a focusing agent for its evolutionary journey. It implies the necessity to become emotionally secure and intimate with one's own self in such a way that a soul can adopt to the changes that occur in life, on a moment to moment basis.
The evolutionary intention behind Neptune Moon aspects is for the soul to consciously realize itself (Moon) as the Truth (Neptune). This places a soul in a deeply vulnerable position whereby it is necessary to develop a relationship to home, to what provides security and safety on a subjective, personal level, that is also a direct experience of universal Love. This leads a soul to understand the unity of all beings, as children of God. Trancendence occurs through serving God through the emotional body.
New phase conjunction
This is a brand new cycle, and thus this soul will create many new experiences for itself with the purpose of discovering it's own emotional reality as linked with the truth of Love. This soul will not have developed an awareness of appropriate boundaries, techniques, forms etc of service- rather the intent at this juncture is to discover how service through the emotional body can happen. This will produce many random experiences that will teach the soul about who it is, and how it can serve others. For example, it's own home and family will provide many experiences whereby it will discover more layers of the truth, also the work that this soul seeks to do will be unfocused as it will try out many things. The temptation here is to want to have figured out oneself enough to have a clear social purpose. The insecurity of the new phase here is not feeling at home with oneself. Thus the attraction of the full phase "I know what I'm doing here, I have a social role to fulfill" would be a way of avoiding the random journey of the new phase that produces emotional insecurity.
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Hi Ari,
You are doing fine with this.
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Hmmmm? Could we try more of these?
I find this very vital information to understand, investigate and develop more.
Ari, this is really great to read.
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If You're retired and depending on Social Security, Why Would You Vote for McCain?
Why do so many of us seniors think McCain is so cool that we would vote for him and cut off our noses to spite our faces.
Well, it's probably because McCain hasn't told us about his plans to "rescue Social Security."
In short, McCain believes that if we give our money to an unregulated Wall Street, the money changers now currently occupying the Temple (Washington and Wall Street), will honestly look out for the rest of us.
Now that is the dumbest shit Weird Wally (WW) says he has ever heard.
See for yourself...
Published on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 by CommonDreams.org
McCain Would Privatize Social Security
by Dean Baker
The Republicans have already turned to sick sexual innuendo and nonsense about their vice-presidential candidate, pigs and lipstick in order to distract the public from the real issues in this campaign. One of the items that should be on top of the list of real issues is Senator McCain's plans to privatize and cut Social Security.
McCain has repeatedly expressed interest in privatizing Social Security along the lines proposed by President Bush. For those who have forgotten that nightmare, Bush's plan would have reduced benefits by approximately one percent a year for many workers.
Workers who retired 10 years after the plan was put in place would see a 10 percent reduction in benefits compared with the currently projected levels. Workers who retired 20 years after the plan was implemented would see approximately a 20 percent cut in benefits and workers who retired 40 years after the plan started would see their benefits cut by close to 40 percent.
This schedule of cuts would apply to workers who earn $100,000 a year. Workers who earn $60,000 a year would see cuts of about half this size.
The losses to retired workers could mean big benefits for the financial industry. Under some versions of the plan, the financial industry would rake in hundreds of billions of dollars in fees and commissions over the next 40 years.
According to a recent World Bank analysis, the financial industry pocketed 15-20 percent of the money paid into the privatized Social Security system in Chile, which has often been held up as a model by privatizers in the United States. Given the losses that the millionaire Wall Street bozos have incurred with the housing crash, it is understandable that Senator McCain would want to help the very rich needy.
Privatization would be especially painful coming now, in the wake of the collapse of the housing bubble. The huge baby boom cohort that is just now reaching retirement age has seen most of their wealth wiped out by the housing crash.
A recent analysis that I did with David Rosnick, my colleague at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, showed that a typical late-baby-boomer household (between the ages of 45 and 54) will have less than $100,000 in wealth in 2009 [1]. This figure includes 401(k)s, IRAs and other retirement accounts, personal savings and home equity.
A relatively small share of these late baby boomers has traditional defined-benefit pensions. In other words, these families are going to have very little to support themselves in retirement other than the Social Security that Senator McCain is so anxious to cut.
While the Bush-McCain crew has long been trying to whip up fears about Social Security's finances, the reality is that the program is financially solid. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently updated its analysis of the program's finances [2].
The analysis projects that Social Security will be able to pay all scheduled benefits through the year 2049 with no changes whatsoever. Even after 2049, when the program is first projected to face a shortfall, the payable benefit is projected to be more than 30 percent higher than what the average retiree gets today, and the payable amount would continue to rise from that level every year.
The privatizers have worked hard to convince the public that Social Security is on its last legs, but this is simply a lie. We are going to face many problems that dwarf the dimensions of the projected Social Security shortfall. For example, the annual costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are approximately three times as large as the annual revenue that would be needed to eliminate the projected Social Security shortfall.
The 2049 date when Social Security is first projected to face a shortfall is more than three decades after the latest date when the next president can leave office. John McCain will be 113 when Social Security is first projected to be unable to pay full benefits. In a country where millions of families are struggling to hang onto their homes, and tens of millions are struggling to pay for health care and child care, a distant and relatively minor problem like the projected Social Security shortfall hardly warrants center stage.
The public should know that Social Security is fundamentally sound today and is projected to be sound far into the future. The line about Social Security going bankrupt is just a scare tactic pushed by the privatizers.
The presidential debate must return to Social Security and other issues that affect people's lives. The sleaze that Senator McCain and his vice-presidential candidate throw out as a distraction should be left to the pigs.
Dean Baker [3] is the co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research [4] (CEPR). He is the author of "The Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer [5]." He also has a blog, "Beat the Press [6]," where he discusses the media's coverage of economic issues.
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The Air Force is eliminating the jobs of around 300 civilian fitness testers in an effort to save money. The cuts are part of a larger cost-saving exercise that will see at least 13,500 civilian jobs terminated in the next year, according to a story in the Air Force Times.
The Air Force hired the civilian fitness assessors to staff the fitness assessment cells (FACs) it created as part of the implementation of its new fitness standards in June 2010. The civilian positions were intended to reduce administrative burdens on squadrons and to guarantee impartiality of fitness testing.
Following the elimination of the civilian employees, the administration of the Air Force's bi-annual physical fitness tests now will return to the branch's physical training leaders.
The Air Force has not yet named a date for the termination of the civilian employees. Due to a hiring freeze that began in August, enlisted trainers already have taken over the physical testing process on several bases.


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One of the problems that the IRS's Modernized e-File team faced in performance testing was the ability to create a sufficient test load on the system to ensure it would perform under peak tax season use.
MeF Chief Engineer Terry Galloway said the goal was to create an environment that could drive the system at 200 tax returns per second.
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"One of the things we learned from industry is that they weren't pushing those types of numbers of transactions, or the size of the load we were pushing," Galloway said. "No one could give us an example of a system handling those sorts of numbers."
And it wasn't enough to just produce that sort of load in short bursts, said MeF Release Infrastructure Manager Debbie Cook. She added that the testing environment had to be able to sustain that for long periods of time.
"You still cannot exercise the system fully until you can sustain that load," she said. So IRS had to build its own system internally with help from vendors.
Galloway said it's often a challenge to explain to new executives who come into the IRS from the private sector just how big the agency's data processing load is.
"The argument they always make is that we're just like a financial institution," he said. "And my response to them is: Name a financial institution where every single taxpayer in the United States and every single company that sends funds through the U.S. is required to file documents in a specific time window. I don't know a bank that has every taxpayer going to them, one single bank that does that. So you can't compare those sorts of financial numbers to our requirements in a small window of time."
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Hi there, this is - I think - my third post on this subject, which means I was still not able to implement my proxy server.
For the people that did not read my other posts, I am trying to use the .NET framework to create a proxy server that intercepts all requests to a certain port and redirects them to an indicated address (indicates by me), appending all the correct credentials (and the purpose of all this thing is to handle the authentication, so that the clients dont need to worry about it). I created a class to implement the server, and I call it like this, inside a thread.
Inside the Start() method, I need to have some sort of listener, waiting for connections; on a first approach, I used a high level implementation that relies on httplistener class:Code:m_prx = new ProxyServer(this); System.Threading.Thread proxythread = new System.Threading.Thread(new ThreadStart(m_prx.Start)); proxythread.Start();
This relies on the threadPool, which means .NET handles the multithreading at OS level;Code:m_listener.Start(); System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("Listening socket on port " + m_port); while (true) { HttpListenerContext request = m_listener.GetContext(); ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(ProcessRequest, request);
The function Process Request is, in the essence quite simple: it issues a webrequest (actually httpWebrequest) and appends all the stuff (credentials, headers, etc); then,
Then, it grabbs the stream:Code:HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(address); //create cache object request.Credentials = AddCache(uri); request.ClientCertificates.Add(SisService.GetClientCertificate());
and it transfers it into the response:Code:buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE]; Stream instream = context.Request.InputStream; int incount = instream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length); while (incount > 0) { request.GetRequestStream().Write(buffer, 0, incount); incount = instream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length); } // Wait for Response WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
There is some missing code here, but this is pretty much the general idea.Code:// Transfer the body data from the WebResponse buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE]; Stream outstream = response.GetResponseStream(); int outcount = outstream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length); while (outcount > 0) { context.Response.OutputStream.Write(buffer, 0, outcount); outcount = outstream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length); } // Close streams instream.Close(); outstream.Close(); context.Response.OutputStream.Close();
It works pretty well, and it is quite fast. However, sometimes (and I believe it is when there are sycnhronous or almost syncrhonous requests from clients) it ends up in this situation (exception):
I thought it could be a problem with the server, so I tested it with a different server but no luck: same error, when multiple requests were thrown almost at the same time.Code:A first chance exception of type 'System.Net.HttpListenerException' occurred in System.dll An operation was attempted on a nonexistent network connection
(I also thought the firewall might be intercepting something here, so I disabled it but it also did not have any influence).
So I guess the problem would be with my code...
My perspective was that the httplistener class was not really tackling the multithreading, which I need to have working properly because of the simultaneous requests from clients...
After this, I tried different implementations:
- an asynchronous GetContext (beginGetContext)
- implementation with real sockets: TCPListener and finally raw sockets;
The implementation with sockets is more or less like this:
(I also use a ManualResetEvent here to send signals about the threads)Code:TcpListener listener = new TcpListener(IPAddress.Any, m_port); listener.Start(); DoBeginAcceptSocket(listener);
Then the callback:
Code:public static void DoBeginAcceptSocket(TcpListener listener) { // Set the event to nonsignaled state. tcpClientConnected.Reset(); // Start to listen for connections from a client. //Console.WriteLine("Waiting for a connection..."); // Accept the connection. // BeginAcceptSocket() creates the accepted socket. listener.BeginAcceptSocket( new AsyncCallback(ProcessSocket), listener); // Wait until a connection is made and processed before // continuing. tcpClientConnected.WaitOne(); }
And the callback "ProcessSocket", is a bit similar to "ProcessRequest", except that is a bit more complex; In the end, since we are not inside a while loop, I need to call DoBeginAcceptSocket again;
This approach, also did not got me out of the problem... now I get a different error, which I think is related to the same issue (except is a different class of exception):
(I also tried a version with the sinchronous "AcceptSocket", with the same results);Code:A first chance exception of type 'System.Net.Sockets.SocketException' occurred in System.dll An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.
I am runnning a bit out of ideas here, about what may be the problem... has anyone incurred into this before? I would really appreciate any tips/suggestions on this that could put me into the right direction...
I have to add that I am able to catch this error and carry on (even if I have to restart the listener) and in many cases is not a problem (apart from that the user does not see some output cause the requests didnt went trought...) however... not happy about this!
Thanks in advance and have a good weekend!


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Grand Masters Championships in Miami to Feature Senior Athletes in Historic Tournament
For 3rd degree black belt Roger Crocker, 65, of Tampa, Fl., age is not a factor in the world of competitive judo. Instead, judo is his own personal 'fountain of youth.'
Crocker has practiced judo since 1975 and credits the sport for his good health. "I think over the years judo has kept me young and happy," says Crocker. "Judo doesn't limit you. In fact, it is a sport you can do at 90 or even 100, as long as you are capable."
Crocker will join over 800 international competitors November 8 – 11 at USA Judo's Grand Masters World Championship at the Doral Resort & Spa in Miami. There he will spar with competitors from around the world, and employ the techniques – armbars, ippons, throws – he has perfected over the last 40 years.
Crocker, 66k, who this year alone took 1st place at the U.S. Open as well as the Senior Nationals in his weight category and age group, doesn't mince words: "At the Grand Masters I want to take 1st place in my age group and weight division." To prepare for the Masters, Crocker has trained for the past few months, three to four days a week at Sasaki Judo in Tampa, Fla.
This unique international event will feature fighters over the age of 30, with some, such as Crocker, well past 50 and 60 years of age. But, don't be fooled. These athletes are lifelong dedicated judokas who are in top form, and eager to face old rivals with moves they've sharpened over the years.
"Some of the younger ones at this tournament are close to their prime, but we've also got fighters who've been off the mats for a decade and they're getting back in shape just for this event," said Jose Rodriguez, CEO of the U.S. national governing body for the Olympic sport. "They just love judo, many of them were champions at one time and they want more!"
"It is one thing to be in great shape when you're 40 or 50 years old," said Rodriguez. "But it's an entirely different deal to be taking big falls on the mat and jumping up for more. Really, these men and women are amazing specimens."


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This Week's Theme: Trends That Will Stick
Oil Supply Is Limited, Demand Is Unlimited
Today's "trend that will stick": despite the current "head fake" of $2/gallon gasoline, petroleum supplies are still limited/in decline even as 2 billion new consumers gear up for their share of the energy-intensive Western lifestyle of autos, heat, air conditioning, malls, office towers, etc.
Today's entry will be brief because oil analyst Matt Simmons has stated the above case better than I could in a quick PDF slideshow which was recommended to me by longtime contributor U. Doran:
Understanding Energy Risk and Crisis.
Mr. Doran also recommended this detailed analysis from theoildrum.com website: The 2008 IEA WEO - Production Decline Rates. As always, there is a lot of cogent commentary by well-informed industry participants. The basic discussion is on just how fast production is declining.
Simmons effectively dismantles the optimists' arguments that oil will continue declining in price due to the global recession, and he also takes apart the optimistic view that there's nearly unlimited petroleum reserves in the form of tar sands, etc.
Even if you know all about Peak Oil or are a complete skeptic, I highly recommend this easy-to-read (lots of self-explanatory charts) 48-slide presentation by one of the industry's most astute and respected analysts. Bottom line: don't count too heavily on $2/gasoline when planning your future investments and actions.
Since we're on the subject, here's my "head fake" chart yet again:
And here is my original entry from May 2008 calling for the head fake: Oil: One Last Head-Fake? (May 9, 2008)
More comments on "Joshua Bell plays the subway." Readers found interesting things to say about A Ringing Bell: More Than Music at Play (The Politics of Experience) (November 15, 2008). (The original entry was Crowds Ignore World Renowned Violinist: What Does This Say? (November 13, 2008).
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An interesting essay on Josh Bell in the subway. I wonder, though: how many of those people didn't stop because they (at least in their own minds) didn't have a choice? The time chosen for the experiment was the morning "rush hour;" in the calculus of "should I stop to hear this beautiful music only to get chewed out for getting to work late?," I think many are going to be restrained from following their desires.
Among other things, I'm a recording engineer, specializing in classical music. Had Mr. Bell been playing in New York Penn Station when I passed through on my way to record a show, I'd probably have wung (okay, winged) a dollar coin into his case and kept going. Apprciating the music would have had little to do with it; fulfilling my responsibilities to my client would have had much."
Additional reader commentaries on Joshua Bell plays the subway: Readers Respond to "Bell Plays the Subway".
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Michael Jackson's estate is shelling out $86,804 per month in living expenses for his mother and children, the Associated Press reports.
Court documents released Thursday reveal that Katherine Jackson will receive $26,804 for personal expenses and control the $60,000 in monthly allowance for the children.
Payments from the estate began last month to cover expenses including a driver, assistant, utilities and clothing for Katherine Jackson and food, education and entertainment for the children.
U.S. & World
Jackson's mother, who is one of the primary beneficiaries of the estate, lives in the family's Encino, California home with her son's children Michael Joseph Jr., 12, Paris Michael Katherine, 11 and Prince Michael II, 7. She is the permanent guardian of the children.
Over the next year, Katherine Jackson and the children are set to receive more than $1 million in support from the King of Pop's estate. According to the Los Angeles Times, Jackson's estate is estimated at more than $500 million.
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A common topic in many gun enthusiast forums is "women with guns", "hot chicks with guns", "sexy girls with guns" etc etc. I would not claim to be above indulging in these threads as they consolidate random pictures of women with guns into a single location for enjoyment by those who enjoy such pictures, myself included. I am sure there are feminists who resent these pictures and the artistic merit of such photographs is certainly debatable but that's not what I want to discuss. Instead I want to look into one of the most common responses of viewers of these pictures when they are posted. That response is some variation of "She needs to get her finger off the trigger".
The "finger off the trigger" response is in reference to a common concept of gun safety known as trigger discipline. Trigger discipline is the idea that until the handler of a firearm is ready to shoot said firearm whether it be during target practice at a gun range or firing at a criminal in self defense, the shooters finger should not be on the trigger. It is a good safety rule and anyone who says otherwise is most likely a reckless fool. But is it really necessary to insist that a staged photo of a model holding a firearm for no other reason than the enjoyment of the viewer be bound by this rule?
Firstly I think it is important to recognize whether or not the enjoyment of the viewer is actually the point of the picture. In the many pictures included in girls and guns topics, you will see variations. You might see a photograph of a girl enjoying herself at the gun range. The picture, probably taken by her friend or boyfriend or whoever, might have the girl shooting the gun down range in which case it would be expected that her finger be on the trigger. If that same girl is then turned around and posing with her finger on the trigger while the gun is not pointed downrange, it might not be such a stretch for someone to recognize that her finger is on the trigger and that this is a safety concern. If I happened to be on another lane at that range at the time that photo was taken it might urk me to know that someone nearby was practicing poor trigger discipline. But let's consider the other type of picture. Models with guns.
For the sake of argument, lets go ahead and say that any girl holding a gun in a staged picture is a model. Commonly these pictures are taken for advertisements but they could also be the product of a company who produces sexy pictures. Another common reason might just be a girl taking the photo for herself or significant other to feel sexy. In all these cases we will refer to the girl as a model. So here it is. No range, no target, just the model and the gun. She is wearing a bikini and holding a semi automatic pistol. She isnt pointing the gun but instead holding it against her body provocatively staring either demurely off in to the distance or intently at the camera. Then you see it. It will probably be the last thing you notice, but there it is. Her finger is on the trigger. Of all viewers of the picture, a subset, whether it be quietly to themselves or publicly for all the net to see, will cry foul.
Why? I couldn't help but ponder this beyond "get over it, its just a picture". My hypothesis is that it might say more about the individual protesting the lack of trigger discipline than anything else. The concept of the Male Gaze is pretty well documented and I do believe it comes in to play here, but I think it goes beyond that even. Male Gaze of course is the fact that media favors the point of view of the male as a female being looked at by a male in a sexual way loses at least some identity as a person and becomes little more than an object being viewed and most likely as something to be obtained. Also in these photos we can consider the Female Gaze as well which is the understanding of the woman that she is being sexual objectified by a male and thus sees herself not how she appears to herself but how she assumes she appears to the man, men or women that are objectifying her. So if someone sees this type of picture and tries to enforce trigger discipline on the model I have to assume something different is happening.
One possibility is that the viewer is trying to deobjectify and rehumanize the model. I find this possibility extremely interesting and "Why?" once again comes to mind. I can't help but think that to comment on trigger discipline in this instance is exposing a self esteem issue with the viewer. I feel that the viewer must be frustrated with the fact that the model as an object has become unobtainable. Perhaps this is why the critique comes into play. I am sure that everyone has seen a tendency for someone who feels that an attractive woman is "out of their league" might suggest the beauty of the subject is questionable. They become overly critical to shift the inferred opinion of others that "they can't have that" to "they don't want that". This can become dangerous in a public forum however. If an objectively beautiful woman is accused of being unattractive, the accuser can expect to be challenged. If a hundred other people insist the accuser is wrong, perhaps with attacks against his objective ability, taste or maybe even his sexuality, he has not accomplished what he wants to which is to feel better about himself by proving he is better than and too good for the model in the picture. To instead attack the trigger discipline gives the accuser an opportunity to attack the model without the fear of his opinion being challenged.
Another reason to rehumanize the model is to make her obtainable. The viewer might feel that as the model has been globally objectified by all viewers that she can't possibly be obtained by any one person including himself. So to expose the mistake of incorrect trigger discipline knocks the model off the pedestal of the masses making the model obtainable as a flawed individual that can be courted by the viewer. Even more so, as it was the viewer who exposed the fault, he might even expect the model to be indebted to him for helping her improve and give herself to him as a reward.
I feel obliged to point out that I don't believe that this behavior is some life altering flaw these responders might have. Everyone experiences low self esteem at some point. I think, if I am even correct, that this behavior is simply indicative of the trait, not the severity. Still I am always intrigued to see the similarities in how these traits manifest from person to person regardless of the varying severity.
Now at the opposite end of the spectrum I can't help but ask. "Why does the model have her finger on the trigger?"...and she almost always does. I feel like there must be some level of research in how to properly frame a "girl with a gun" photo especially if the camera man is professional and perhaps has even worked with models with guns before. To this I could say nothing if I had not experienced this from the point of view of the photographer. What I found as the photographer is that the picture is sexier when the model has her finger on the trigger. I took a photograph of a girl holding two semi automatic pistols in a not threatening manner. I had double checked the magazines and chambers of the guns and knew they were not loaded, but my own trigger discipline still had me insisting to the model that she keep her fingers off the triggers. When I reviewed the photograph I took, I was less than enthusiastic and I wasn't sure why. Then I had her put her fingers on the triggers and retook the exact same pose. The difference was night and day. The photo was instantly sexier. Now this doesn't say that pictures of girls with their fingers on the triggers are automatically sexier. It just says that I myself believe this to be true. So I now know that this is my preference which again leads me to ask "Why?"
Even when asking myself why I might feel one way about something and another way about another I can only assume as I am constantly finding that I don't know myself as well as I think I do. So assume I did. One possibility is the model's act of having her finger on the trigger instills a more kinetic feeling to the photograph. If she is prepared, knowingly or not, to fire the gun, then the photo represents something that is happening or at the very least about to happen. Correct trigger discipline by the model can only create a photograph of something that might happen but then again might not. This is probably less interesting and less inciting of emotion to the viewer even if it is only recognized at a subconscious level. Certainly a woman on the verge of immediate action is more interesting than a woman who might perhaps maybe at some point choose to act maybe.
Still I think ultimately a successfully sexy photo of a woman, to me, requires that she be not necessarily unobtainable, but also uncontrollable. I feel that a model with her finger off the trigger is benign. She is nothing to fear and easily controlled. The simple act of putting her finger on the trigger visually promotes me to DEFCON 1. From what I know of myself and all the women I have been attracted to in my life, it doesn't surprise me that I find the more dangerous depiction to be the most stimulating. I want a challenging woman. The girl with her finger on the trigger, with no trigger discipline, will challenge me. The girl with her finger off the trigger is nothing to worry about and of no interest to me. If this is true, I am forced to revisit those guys who protest the models with no trigger discipline. Do these men prefer their women to be easily controlled? If so, is that a compliment or a supplement to the low self esteem hypothesis?
But I am done asking questions. I personally think some interesting research could be done here. Cross referencing personality tests with the results of men's preference of women's trigger discipline in pictures would be a good place to start. If my hypothesis is correct, women could show men a picture of them holding a gun with their finger on the trigger and know that if he complains about poor trigger discipline he is most likely going to beat her. If I am wrong we can just go back to saying "Get over it, its just a picture" and move on. Either way - Go science!


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Temperature for May 1961
In May 1961 the average high temperature in Bettles, AK was 0.0°F, and this was 54.7°F cooler than the average of 54.7°F. The hottest day in May 1961 was 0 May when the temperature reached 0.0°F. Overnight the average temperature in May is 33.9°F and in 1961 the average overnight temperature was 33.9°F cooler at 0.0°F.


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Metabolisable energy (ME Kcal/kg as served): 3950
INGREDIENTS (Europe):
Chicken meat (30.0%), brewers rice, ground maize, chicken fat, dehydrated chicken, dried egg, dried beet pulp, yeast extract, hydrolysed chicken liver, herbs (0.12%) (dried fennel, dried fenugreek, dried rosemary), DL-methionine, marigold extract, dried kelp, dried carob, dried ginger, dried turmeric, dried cayenne, rosemary extract, yucca schidigera extract.
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Chicken meal, brewers rice, ground corn, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), hydrolysed chicken, dried egg product, dried beet pulp, yeast culture, chicken flavor, lecithin, dicalcium phosphate, potassium chloride, salt, calcium propionate (preservative), citric acid, fumaric acid, malic acid, lactic acid, choline chloride, DL-methionine, yeast extract, marigold extract, dried kelp, dried carob, dried fennel, dried ginger, dried fenugreek, dried rosemary, dried turmeric, dried cayenne, rosemary extract, yucca schidigera extract, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), iron proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc methionine complex, zinc oxide, sodium selenite, vitamin E supplement, vitamin B12 supplement, copper proteinate, copper sulfate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, folic acid, niacin, calcium pantothenate, vitamin A acetate, riboflavin, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, biotin, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin K activity), calcium iodate, vitamin D3 supplement.
Protein 30.4 %
Fat 20.2 %
Fibre 2.5 %
Moisture 9.3 %
Ash 8.8 %
Copper (as copper sulphate) 25 mg/kg
Iron (as ferrous sulphate) 390 mg/kg
Zinc (as zinc oxide) 250 mg/kg
Selenium (as sodium selenite) 0.3 mg/kg
Manganese (as manganous oxide) 58 mg/kg
Vitamin A 20,150 I.U./kg
Vitamin D3 1,260 I.U./kg
Vitamin E 115 I.U./kg
Vitamin C 52 mg/kg
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First ingredient is a named meat source.
Uses brewers rice, beet pulp and corn as fillers.
The first ingredient in this food is a named meat source. Unfortunately, the next ingredient is brewers rice. Brewers rice is a low quality grain and by-product. The third ingredient is corn. That is a low quality grain that is difficult for dogs to digest and commonly causes allergy problems.
Chicken fat is the fourth ingredient. Whilst this food is not aimed at large breed dogs, it is worth noting that research at Purdue University has identified a fat in the top four ingredients of a dry dog food as a factor that increases the risk of bloat in large breed dogs. Smaller breeds are untested.
Beet pulp is another controversial ingredient it is a by-product, being dried residue from sugar beets which has been cleaned and extracted in the process of manufacturing sugar. It is a controversial ingredient in dog food, claimed by some manufacturers to be a good source of fibre, and derided by others as an ingredient added to slow down the transition of rancid animal fats and causing stress to kidney and liver in the process. We note that beet pulp is an ingredient that commonly causes problems for dogs, including allergies and ear infections, and prefer not to see it used in dog food especially so high on the ingredient list. There are less controversial products around if additional fibre is required.
We would prefer to see the use of whole eggs, and note the inclusion of yeast extract. This is certainly not a food we would recommend be fed to any animal that suffered allergies or yeast infections.
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Vintage discovery
There are places in the world that can turn everything upside down. The Lufthansa #LifeChangingPlaces campaign spotlights some of those places, including Burgundy, where Cici Li became a wine expert.Four our readers, she shares her favorite wine tips with us.
Her path was clear: First she would earn a good degree in biochemistry, and then pursue a career in the cosmetics industry. But in 2007, during a term abroad, in France, Cici Li's life was thrown into confusion. While studying in France, the young woman from China also explored Burgundy and Provence and returned home, enchanted by the fairy-tale beauty of those regions. But most importantly of all, she had fallen in love with the wines grown there: their full flavor, the great wealth of varieties, and the fascinating craftsmanship that goes into traditional wine production. Cici returned once more to France, but this time she came not for instruction in the laws of natural science, but in the mysteries of winemaking. After studying winemaking at the University of Burgundy, Cici worked at the Burgundia wine laboratory, and finally continued her training at the Château des Ferrages vineyard in Provence – and she was the only Chinese person to do so. After returning to her native China, she organized wine seminars there and gradually became a successful ambassador for French wine culture in China.
Selection: Cicic Li recommends
"The first wine I would recommend to anyone interested in sampling a burgundy is one produced in the village of Vosne. The special quality of the terroir (combination of earth, climate and viticulture practiced here) in Vosne makes it one of the top winegrowing locations and home to the world's consistently most expensive wine, Romanée Conti – one bottle costs around 10,000 euros. But the particular wine I would like to recommend comes from Domaine Robert Sirugue, which belongs to an old Vosne-Romanée family with a wealth of winemaking DNA in their blood; the branches of their family tree are closely interwoven with those of Burgundy's wine godfather, Henri Jayer. Soft tannins and cherry flavors are the defining characteristics of this wine, making it almost like a delicious smoothie."
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"Here comes my favorite wine, the Echezeaux 2015 made by Nadine Gublin, probably the most important female winemaker in the region. The vineyard is a grand cru, which means it has one of the best terroirs in Burgundy. It's still a little to early to drink the 2015 vintage, but it already has discernible notes of cherry and strawberry as fresh as newly picked fruit. These flavors linger long in the mouth – for more than three minutes! I can hardly wait for this wine to reach maturity; in five or eight years, it could certainly hold some big surprise."
"Burgundy is famos not only for its red wines made from pinot noir, but also for its white chardonnay. Some very good white wines are produced in the lesser-known village of Rully. The young winemaker Félix Debavelaere was awarded Young Talents Trophy for his Les Cailloux Blanc, which combines a distinctive minerality with flavors of stone fruits, and has a delightfully balanced finish."
"Burgundy wines are often very expensive, so it's always a pleasure to find a good one that's reasonably priced. The Monthelie-Douhairet-Porcheret family wine estate goes back 300 years, and the family knows it's land intimately and all there is to know about traditional winemaking. It's amazing how they lock pure fruit flavor into the bottle. This must be roughly how wine from Burgundy tasted 1000 years ago."
"Grand Boise is another winery that makes a very good rosé. Here, they even leave a cuvée to age in oak barrels, which is very rare in rosé production. Aging in barrels concentrates the flavors of the wine, lending it additional complexity, but also calls for great skill and intuition from the winemaker. The Cuvée Jade is a pleasing combination of fresh fruit and delicious texture."
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4 technologies to make you more safety-savvy
According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, around 800,000 children are reported missing each year in the United States and more than 10,000 are taken to the emergency room for food-choking-related injuries. Danger seems to be all around us, but you can use technology to be prepared and prevent a crisis.
To keep track of kids, try the Toddler Tag Child locator. It clips to their belt loop, and if they get lost, you just have to push a button and the gadget beeps up to 150 feet away.
A new app from the ASPCA can protect your pets from harm. The app Petoxins warns you which backyard and household plants are toxic to animals. It's $2.99 and can help you avoid a trip to the vet.
Be prepared in a crisis with the free American Red Cross S.O.S. app. Dr. Oz's voice explains step-by-step how to perform CPR, the Heimlich maneuver and more.
For those who love camping or hiking, an app for iPhone and iPad called Army Survival has tips on first aid, tying knots, finding shelter, and dealing with dangerous animals. It can be downloaded for $1.99.
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Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) delisted all contracts listed on the Singapore Mercantile Exchange (SMX) and "a period of business transition is currently in place in order for ICE to implement technology changes in consultation with the market regulator." According to Reuters, a re-launch is expected sometime later in 2014, and "new product opportunities include the potential for a variety of new cleared contracts to serve the Asian commodity and financial derivatives markets."
CME Group fined nine traders and clearing members for violating rules governing trades involving Exchange for Related Position transactions (EFRPs), a type of transaction which CFTC expressed concerns over in 2013, Reuters reported.
BME (Spanish Exchanges) general manager Javier Hernani stated that the bourse will not invest in Euronext, the FT reported. BME however, is willing to explore partnerships with an independent Euronext, whose parent ICE is looking to sell up to 30% stake in Euronext before a summer IPO.
European Commissioner Algirdas Semeta stated that a transaction tax deal for 11 euro zone countries could be introduced by May, and that there would be a "step by step" rollout.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) stated that UK firms will have to "have a detailed and realistic plan to achieve compliance" with EMIR regulations by April 30, the Financial News reported. FCA also added that its supervision of EMIR would "focus on timely confirmations, reporting of derivatives to trade repositories and readiness for reporting of mark to market exposures to trade repositories and the clearing obligation.


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Paths Not Taken
Publisher's Summary
"Recently, I found the most dangerous thing of all: the true identity of my long-gone mother. Turns out she's a being who's been around since beore the dawn of history. Then, she created the Nightside - and now, for her own warped reasons, she intends to destroy it. To stop her before she even gets started, I've got to do some hard traveling - back in Time, through endless eons, into the very distant - and probably deadly - past...."
Critic Reviews
"I was really, really impressed at how well the narrator, Marc Vietor, does in creating a believable cast of characters who each have their own distinctive voice." (Green Man Review)
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What members say
- Angela Vickery
- 26-10-17
Series going Downhill
Gotta love John Taylor, but the series is starting to slide downhill. The long periods of pontification is annoying.
3 people found this helpful
- Kindle Customer
- 23-09-10
Green Man Review's Review
I was once again really, really impressed at how well the narrator, Marc Vietor, does in creating a believable cast of characters who each have their own distinctive voice. I yearn to have him narrate all of the Raymond Chandler Philip Marlowe mysteries, as he would be the perfect person to give voice to those works!
This novel is entertaining look at the early history of the Nightside as initially John, Tommy, and Susie travel backwards in time with the assistance of Father Time. Later in the story, Tommy gets tossed back to present day Nightside, though John and Susie keep going backwards towards. . . . Oh, I'm not saying as you'll discover that yourself.
I will single out two highlights of the novel for me.
First, the look at the earlier incarnations of The Londinium Club -- where those with real power go to indulge in pleasures best not described here -- adds a nice touch to the texture of the Nightside story. I particularly like that the Doorman is apparently immortal! The Londinium Club is reflective of London as it grew around this magical place and Green revels in telling its story.
Second, and a real treat for me, was the long look at Herne the Hunter, His Court, and the Wild Hunt. (Yes, John being the prey. A truly bad idea for Lord Herne as John doesn't play fair. Indeed, Herne will suffer badly for taking on John.) I think I've said before that I considered the Nightside novels to be fantasy, but hearing them makes me think that they are more properly treated as classic English horror as the detailed descriptions of the beings herein and what they do is rather visceral when heard.
Suffice it to say the story, though not resolved, is advanced properly.And the usual high production values of everything Audible does is evident here.
Cat Eldridge / Green Man Review
3 people found this helpful
- Valerie Ng
- 08-02-09
The secret is out!
I am still enjoying this series and its good to finally know who John Taylor's mother is!! Normally, a long series tends to get tired, but I'm finding that the plots are still interesting and its nice to have a familiarity in the characters and watching them develop.
I find the narrator in this series to be excellent and I'll be getting the rest of the series.
3 people found this helpful
- Amazon Customer
- 30-08-18
The darkest and best yet! The birth of the Night Side.
There be dark magic in his words and I like it. Simon Green has the goods and he delivers. This is my favorite so far and I have listened to Deathstalker, Ghostfinders and the Secret Histories. All are good but the paths not taken, stands out amongst them and makes me shiver with it. Although, I would say that.
- William
- 05-05-16
Formulaic Plot, Amazing World and Characters
Would you consider the audio edition of Paths Not Taken to be better than the print version?
I have never read the print versions so I couldn't say.
What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
The most interesting aspect I think was the exploration how the Nightside looked various points in time.
What does Marc Vietor bring to the story that you wouldn't experience if you just read the book?
I'm not sure. As I've never read the books I can't truthfully say.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No. I generally listen to books as my time allows. Sometimes only for a chapter, sometimes for three hours straight.
- Rebecca
- 24-05-15
Glad I stuck with this series
I was horribly disappointed with the first novel in this series but I decided to keep reading just in case it improved. I didn't hold much hope. Book two isn't an improvement but book three was better and I am happy to say the series gets better. I look forward to finishing the entire series. The only downside is the constant references to The Nightside.
1 person found this helpful
- Heather
- 30-09-13
who's your mummy?
after many people giving John their best guess, he finally gets to find out who his mother is. Well done Simon!!
- melrailey
- 12-08-12
Time-Travelling John Taylor
Any additional comments?
This is a good addition to the Nightside series. I am always impressed with Green's ability to play on words and fiddle with history just a bit. I'm not too sure how I feel about this series become more of a mythology series than a Taylor solving the most recent mystery series. I feel now that it becomes imperative that each book be read in order and that I understand what's happening with all the characters because I might miss something in future books.
Marc Vietor is a wonderful narrator and I hope to listen to more of his work in the future. If you want some good, easy fantasy books to listen to during your commute or while working around the house, I'd recommend the Nightside series.
- Katherine
- 27-02-14
Visit the Nightside of the past
Originally posted at Fantasy Literature.
Warning: Contains spoilers for previous NIGHTSIDE books. If you haven't read them, please start at the beginning with Something from the Nightside. Otherwise you'll be lost.
Paths Not Taken is the fifth book in Simon R. Green's NIGHTSIDE series. In the previous installment, Hex and the City, John Taylor investigated the origins of the Nightside and discovered that Lilith, his own mother, was its creator. Now, in Paths Not Taken, John and Suzie Shooter travel back in time to discover why and how Lilith created the Nightside. That might help them figure out why she now wants to destroy it and how they might be able to stop her.
The best part of Paths Not Taken, as usual, is the setting. This time it's fun to learn what the Nightside was like throughout history, not just by being told, but by actually going back to experience it. (If you thought the modern Nightside was bad, you should have seen it in the 6th century!) As we go backward in time, the past mixes up with the possible futures John has already seen in a previous book (thus the title Paths Not Taken) and we see how John has been unwittingly influencing events all along. We get to visit some familiar people and places and we learn what happened to Merlin's heart, where the Lamentation came from, and how Suzie becomes disfigured in the future John has been worrying about. Green purposely creates all sorts of time paradoxes which will make your head spin. I'm just starting to realize how well he planned out the NIGHTSIDE series.
Paths Not Taken suffers from the same problems this series has had from the beginning, mainly the repetition of ideas and language within and between books. Green repeats himself so often that I wonder if he has certain phrases typed into a macro. For example, "… I opened up my inner eye, my private eye … and it was the easiest thing in the world to….", "… they all remembered they had urgent appointments somewhere else.") This was a real problem for me, so I've decided to take a break from NIGHTSIDE before revisiting it in the next book, Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth.
I'm listening to the fabulous audio production narrated by Marc Vietor. I wouldn't think of reading NIGHTSIDE any other way.
1 person found this helpful
- Joseph
- 08-05-10
not worth the listen or price
Mr. Green seems to have gotten trapped in his own nightmare. These novels are definitely redundant page after page, hour after hour to literally impossible unending mayhem and destruction.
There is some very dark humor that does at one time or another surface to keep the reader almost laughing, but otherwise the repition of personal histories goes on and on and on, much like the energizer bunny. I will not invest another hour or dollar in this series. Very disappointing indeed!
- Miss
- 08-08-14
The fun continues
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Any additional comments?
Mark Vietor continues to do a great job bringing to life the Nightside books.
However, he is starting to have problems with the English accent. His main 'voice' is great Another reviewer thought that his accent in the first Nightside book was a problem, but I did not agree at that point. However, when he tries to do the accent of someone a little "foppish", (case in point: Tommy Oblivion) he's not getting it right. It's neither the upper-class accent of today nor the upper-class accent as it was spoken in the days of the black and white movies.
However, I found that it did not interfere with my enjoyment. Possibly because of the artificial nature of the Nightside itself I was more accepting of one character who had a very phoney accent, Or maybe it was just that I found Mark Vietor did such a good job of the rest of it that I did not really mind.
I find the middle trilogy to be the weakest of the Nightside books (there is a lot of padding, and I just wanted the Lilith plot to be over already). Nevertheless, they're still a great way to pass the time for a few hours.
1 person found this helpful
- Chantal
- 08-07-13
Great series of books
Any additional comments?
This is a great book, with lots of fun action, clever banter and dry wit. I found myself laughing out loud often, or shaking my head at how cleverly the writer had twisted the plot. The main characters are interesting and really likable and I found myself missing them when one book was finished. I have all 12 in the series and cant' wait to listen to the next one.


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