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How do I get more Oran Berries in Pokemon Heart Gold or Soul Silver to cure the Miltank above Olivine City from its illness? I did not create more Oran berries in my berry pots and have run out of my initial batch. Is there a Pokemon that might be holding it if I catch it?
3Rule of advice - NEVER use your last berry of a type for anything. This is true in every game, as a just-in-case sort of deal. – Shinrai Aug 26 '11 at 18:09
I thought of what @Shinrai, yet I gave my last Oran berry, hoping that it would be enough. I got an Oran berry by re-entering Ruins of Alph several times and rock smashing rocks, until I got a blue shard! – gsamaras Dec 14 '18 at 21:16
I know you will find another Oran Berry later in the game; I skipped the Miltank thing (it's not important for completing the game) and eventually came across another berry, though I don't remember exactly where.
You can get Blue Shards from smashing rocks, then trade with the Juggler in Violet City.
But probably the easiest way is to send a Pokemon to the Refreshing Field area on the Pokewalker. Once you have 300 steps in one day, use the Dowsing Machine and there is a good chance you will obtain an Oran Berry.
Once you have one Oran Berry, transfer it back to your game, plant it in your Berry Pot, and water it regularly (about every 4 hours). You should get several more, which you can replant again and again.
One more option: on Fridays, the Daily drawing corner has oran berries as a 3rd place prize. Costs 300 per drawing, can be done as many times as you have the money for it and is an easy way to rack up oran berries for the moomoo farm ahead of time.
I went on Friday to drawing corner and got anither berry. Rock smashing in Ruins of Alph again and again did the trick. – gsamaras Dec 14 '18 at 21:18
There are four ways to acquire Oran berries:
1. Catch a Pokémon which carries Oran berries.
In HeartGold/SoulSilver, the following Pokémon have a 50% chance to carry an Oran Berry when encountered. Capture them or use a Pokémon with the move Thief or Covet (while carrying no item) to take the berry:
- Pikachu (Viridian Forest, rare)
- Furret (Route 1, rare)
- Linoone (Many routes, while listening to Hoenn Radio)
The following Pokémon have a 5% chance to carry the Oran Berry:
- Sentret (Route 29, Route 1)
- Zigzagoon (In towers, while listening to Hoenn Radio)
Bibarel, Pichu, and Raichu also carry the berry, but cannot be caught anywhere in HeartGold/SoulSilver.
2. Get the Berry Pots item from the flower shop in Goldenrod City.
The Berry Pots is a key item which allows you to plant berries and grow new ones. Water them every four hours or more for best yield. The Flower Shop is easy to miss, as Goldenrod is a big city. Search all the back-streets until you find it.
3. Use the Pokéwalker.
If you unlocked the Yellow Forest route during the event, Pikachu caught on this route often carry Oran berries. Otherwise, they are commonly found as items on the Refreshing Field route. No other routes have the Oran berry.
4. Give blue shards to Juggler in Violet City.
Shards are acquired by using Rock Smash on rocks. The Juggler in Violet City will give you one Oran berry for each blue shard. The Pokéwalker routes Night Sky's Edge, Scary Cave and Warm Beach also carry blue shards as rare items.
5. Trade from another game.
Oran berries are easily grown in Pokémon Diamond/Platinum, and appear on wild Bibarel. Trading online for any of the Pokémon listed above as carrying Oran berries might show up some carrying the berry. Additionally, shards were easier to come by in those games.
It's pretty difficult to find specific berries in HeartGold and SoulSilver. Take as many Oran Berries as you can (if you have none, exchange a Blue Shard to the Juggler in the Violet City Pokemon Centre) and plant them in your Berry Pot. Keep planting until you have enough (which I believe is 10 berries).
There is an Oran Berry at the Ruins of Alph at the room with the Kabuto Puzzle. When you face the plaque at the end of the room, use the escape rope. That will open the plaque and you can enter the other room which contains four items. They are: Energy Powder, Heal Powder, Oran Berry, and Pecha Berry. Just plant the Oran Berry in a berry pot.
Using pokewalker, Blue shards, Mom buying you stuff etc.
You receive Oran berries when you receive the berry pots after fighting Sudowoodo. You can harvest more by using the berry pots.
One thing to keep in mind for the future is to never use your last berry. Always farm more in the berry pots first.
An easy way to get one if you didn't do it already is going to the ruins of alph, there is a puzzle to be solved in a ruin right above the research center. If you done the puzzle go to the wall behind it where there is something on the wall. If you stand in front of it and use an escape rope you can get to a secret room. There you'll find 4 pokeballs. One of them contains an oran berry.
Then grow some more and you're done!
Well, if you are in Kano already, you can get them on wild PIkachus pretty easy and if you get enough PIkachus you will get light balls, occasionally.
The best way to get an Oran berry is by growing them, but the fact is you can't get double them so you might as well use cheats.
Best way is to reproduce an oran berries in berry pot. Think wise, don' you ever throw or give away the last oran berry.


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They affect chemicals in the nervous system and brain to reduce communication
between nerve cells. This process improves sleep, relieves anxiety, and relaxes
muscles for some people.
These drugs generally are used to
treat anxiety, nervousness, muscular spasms, and seizures. Benzodiazepines may
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periodic limb movements. Low doses of benzodiazepines may also be used alone
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The Audi A5 captured two of those wins in the 2012 DTM Series; both with Italian driver Edoardo Mortara at the wheel. Mortara victories were the only Audi triumphs at the end of race weekends in the 2012 DTM Series. Compared to the 2011 season where Audi vehicles claimed a driver's and team championship, 2012 was probably not the year the German premium car brand was bracing for with the Audi A5 DTM. When it comes to current motorsport history, Audi's attention on the top spot has propelled the Le Mans prototype sports car program and most recently the Audi R8 Grand Am to success after relatively short struggles. Though the technical rules of DTM are frozen (preventing any mechanical or electronic enhancements to the Audi racecar carried over from 2012), the automaker believes a simple change in the vehicle's personality for 2013 could be the kick-start to a more successful DTM season.
Instead of representing the A5 coupe nameplate, Audi has chosen to brand the 2013 DTM Series racecar with the RS 5 badge. Largely a symbolic name change, Audi's choice for using the RS 5 on the 2013 DTM challenger actually relates more to the street-going model than it did to last year. Unlike with the A5 name, the RS 5 production car and the Audi DTM machine share the trait of V8 powerplants. While the engines differ by several degrees, the production and the race powerplants linked to the Audi RS 5 badge feature similar performance credentials. Belting out 450 horsepower, the Audi RS 5 coupe is separated by only a few horses from the DTM spec vehicle. In addition to engine power, both Audi vehicles are also equipped with sophisticated manual-type transmissions tailored to optimal acceleration and speed. All and all, the rebranding of Audi's DTM car is instantly effective against the presence of the BMW M3 and Mercedes-Benz's AMG moniker in the series.
Moving towards the start of the 2013 DTM season, the model name change is a good opportunity to highlight a major addition to the driving line-up of Audi Sport's DTM operation. Coming from the Mercedes AMG team, British driver Jamie Green will be campaigning with the Four Ring badge in 2013. A competitor in DTM since 2005, the McLaren Autosport Award winning driver has eight career victories in touring car series. Last year, consistency allowed Jamie Green to claim third-place in the overall driver's points behind teammate Gary Paffett and 2012 series champion Bruno Spengler.
Set to unleash a fleet of eight Audi RS 5 DTM cars at the May 5th series opening race at the Hockenheimring, Jamie Green joins an otherwise unchanged driver line-up. Green will be teammate to two-time DTM champion Mattias Ekström at Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline. Timo Scheider, Adrien Tambay, Miguel Molina, Mike Rockenfeller, Filipe Albuquerque and Edoardo Mortara are all set to return to Audi racecars now wearing the RS 5 nameplate.
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RIDGEFIELD, Conn, Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation today announced that it has published its first online Giving Report, which is available at http://givingreport.us.boehringer-ingelheim.com. The Giving Report summarizes through short stories, pictures and videos the four primary ways the Foundation makes more health: the donation of our medicine, our support of and engagement in community programs, the time and skills employees donate in our employee volunteer program, and our advocacy of social enterprise as an innovative way to solve problems and forge lasting change in our communities and society at large.
"Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation aims to make more health for people in need," said Lilly Ackley , President, Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation. "Our Giving Report provides an overview of the philanthropic programs and partnerships we invest in to help patients and their families and strengthen our communities."
In the report, visitors will learn about a variety of programs and profiles including:
About Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation
Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation is a private foundation with a mission to provide "more health" to patients, families and communities through its four major programs:
1) A Patient Assistance Program that makes our branded medicines available free of charge to patients without prescription insurance coverage who meet certain household income criteria
2) A Product Donation Program that donates BI medicines to approved nonprofit partners who meet certain standards, and who distribute the medicines around the world where there is tremendous unmet need
3) A Financial Contributions Program that provides financial support to Connecticut programs that improve access to healthcare and enhance math and science education for the underserved
4) A Volunteer Program through which employees choose causes that are important to them and donate their time to strengthen our communities
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The Boehringer Ingelheim group is one of the world's 20 leading pharmaceutical companies. Headquartered in Ingelheim, Germany, it operates globally with 145 affiliates and more than 44,000 employees. Since it was founded in 1885, the family-owned company has been committed to researching, developing, manufacturing and marketing novel medications of high therapeutic value for human and veterinary medicine.
As a central element of its culture, Boehringer Ingelheim has a demonstrated commitment to corporate social responsibility. Involvement in social projects, caring for employees and their families, and providing equal opportunities for all employees form the foundation of the global operations. Mutual cooperation and respect, as well as environmental protection and sustainability are intrinsic factors in all of Boehringer Ingelheim's endeavors.
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The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board adopted Thursday a bunch of new audit requirements for broker-dealers.
PCAOB adopted two attestation standards pertaining to audits of BDs designed to help protect customer funds by enhancing the quality of compliance information provided to the Securities and Exchange Commission and used in its regulatory oversight of broker-dealers.
The Board also adopted an auditing standard applicable when auditors are engaged to perform audit procedures and report on supplemental information that broker-dealers and others file with the SEC. Finally, the Board adopted related amendments to other PCAOB standards.
The Dodd-Frank Act amended the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to, among other things, authorize the PCAOB to oversee the audits of brokers and dealers registered with the SEC.
"The standards adopted today are an important step for the Board's oversight of audits of broker-dealers authorized under the Dodd-Frank Act. They will strengthen procedures for auditors and improve the reliability of annual reports required by the SEC for oversight of customer assets held by broker-dealers," said PCAOB Chairman James Doty, in a statement.
As the PCAOB explains, the two attestation standards cover the auditor's examination of compliance reports and the auditor's review of exemption reports.
The requirements for BDs to prepare compliance or exemption reports, and for PCAOB-registered auditors to examine or review such reports, are new requirements included in the SEC's recent amendments to Exchange Act Rule 17a-5. The compliance and exemption reports contain statements made by BDs regarding compliance with key SEC financial responsibility rules, including those involving the safekeeping of customer assets or with applicable conditions for exemption.
"Consistent with the requirements of Rule 17a-5, the attestation standards establish requirements for auditors examining certain statements in broker-dealer compliance reports and reviewing statements in broker-dealer exemption reports," PCAOB said.
The supplemental information standard establishes the auditor's responsibilities when engaged to perform audit procedures and report on supplemental information that accompanies the audited financial statements. Supplemental information includes the supporting schedules that broker-dealers are required to file with the SEC.
The Board initially proposed the attestation standards and auditing standard for supplemental information on July 12, 2011. The Board adopted these standards after consideration of comments received on the proposal and as a result of amendments made to Rule 17a-5 that were adopted by the SEC on July 30, 2013.
"Both attestation standards emphasize coordination between the examination or review engagement, the audit of the broker-dealer's financial statements and audit procedures performed on the supplemental information," said Martin F. Baumann, PCAOB Chief Auditor and Director of Professional Standards, in the same statement.
"This emphasis on coordination can promote overall audit effectiveness and avoid redundancy in the work performed."


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Jerry Spinelli can be counted to write heartfelt stories about good kids and their simple lives. Third Grade Angels, the prequel to Fourth Grade Rats, is no exception. This easy novel follows the adventures of Suds and his friends in their quest to earn halos from their teacher, Mrs. Simms.
While the premise is light, the novel brings up the question of if a child should do what is right, even if no one is watching. Ever the teacher, I am excited to see integrity being discussed in such a simple and relatable way. Speaking of teachers, I have to applaud Spinelli for always creating realistic educators in his books. Mrs. Simms is the third grade teacher that everyone deserves.
Third Grade Angels is a timeless story and could have been written thirty years ago, but for a few modern additions like Suds and his mom fist-bumping, and the new kid referring to a classmate as a "hottie". These almost felt anachronistic in the story, but will be appreciated by young readers.
Although my sixth graders wouldn't be caught reading a book with "third grade" in the title, I will be handing this book to my friend who teaches elementary school. I know her kids will gobble it up!


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We propose that a national disease registry will be critical in the illumination of genetic risk factors and mechanisms of immune dysregulation in PV that can be expected to yield relevant insights into general mechanisms of autoimmunity, and facilitate the development of novel therapies for autoimmune diseases in general.
Autoimmune diseases are a major cause of disease burden in the US, contributing to significant morbidity and mortality in the population. In fact, autoimmune conditions represent the 3rd most prevalent group of diseases in the US after cardiovascular disease and cancer.
Autoimmune diseases as a group are estimated to affect 5-10 percent of the population. Over 80 different conditions are thought to be autoimmune in nature. For reasons that are not well understood, a preponderance of individuals affected with autoimmune diseases are female. Autoimmune diseases are among the top 10 leading causes of death in females < 64 years of age, and contribute to significant vocational disability in males and females.


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Since Im going to be experiencing two winters this year, thought it would be good to document some things that make winters for me that little bit warmer...
1. Frank Ocean's CHANNEL ORANGE
I have exactly 25 days 5 hrs 42...41 secs till I embark on an adventure to the States, with NYC being my official first stop! Already booked a Gossip Girl Tour (lol), more than excited for my journey to begin!!! Could say a bajillion reasons why Im excited, but I'm sure ill post something more in depth about this later on... 23..22
[Warning I love my TV, like, love love love, all genres; big and small. I don't discriminate, and reality, or really faux reality is no exception...If you do not see or at least enjoy the art of crappy telly skip to #4]
3. Made in Chelsea S03
This show is so bloody brill. Its like 'The Only Way is Essex' except for instead of being so bad its good, its so good its bad... but o so good! My favourites are Caggie, Millie and Jamie... Spencer is a twat. I love most things about this show..the clothes are lush and preppy,the scenery makes me want to board a plane to LDN immediately & the drama is tinged with the perfect amount of scriptwriting. I just finished season 3 and I'm so sad/lost... the good news is my posh Chelsea-ian accent is on point!
4. Top knots
Love a good bun, my hairdresser said I've destroyed my ends from doing them too much.. so in a bid to gain some length I've embarked on the glum road of bun celibacy. RIP chignon.
SoKo- I THOUGHT I WAS AN ALIEN
I saw this cutie pie at a mini music festival near my apartment in Paris, along with the likes of IM FROM BARCELONA, METRONOMY and Aussies TAME IMPALA, with my mama last year. For some reason it has taken me this long to finally download her album (and follow her on twitter hehe @soKothecat)and Im so glad I have. At times her songs get a bit too abstract or just plain sad for me to listen to, but the majority are beautifully emotive and uplifting..just the way I like it.
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Even in the best of ensemble TV shows, there's almost always a clear star – an actor whose name comes first in the credits for playing (in most cases) a relatively stable character at the center of the action. Think Judd Hirsch in "Taxi," Alan Alda in "MASH" and Bea Arthur in "The Golden Girls," to name a scant few. Steve Carell filled the role on "The Office," save for the last two Michael Scott-free seasons.
"Glee," which marches – and dances and sings – to the beat of its own conveniently ever-present in-house drummer, is a pure ensemble show. It's produced breakout characters, to be sure, but there's no one headliner at McKinley High.
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Monteith's earnest man-child Finn bridged not only the worlds of sports and song, but of dreams and reality (as in the great "Grilled Cheesus" episode), and, during last season, youth and adulthood. Sadly, with his death, Monteith is helping the show broach the toughest, especially for the young, of life's passages.
Colasanto succumbed to illness at 61, while the others were all north of 70. Monteith's death in July at age 31 is more akin to the loss in 1977 of 22-year-old Freddie Prinze, another strong young performer who couldn't overcome his personal demons.
The tribute to Monteith and the death of Finn come in the third show of the season for "Glee," which opened with a two-part salute to the Beatles, who famously sang, "life goes on" in "Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da." As "Glee" prepares to push ahead while saying goodbye to an actor and a character who helped hold the show together, check out a promo for "The Quarterback" above:
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Julie waved down a lot of taxis, but none of them stopped. It was raining heavily, and she was getting late for work. Suddenly, a man in a black raincoat approached her and offered her his umbrella.
- Do you need a ride? he asked, smiling broadly My car is over there, next to the lamp post.
Julie thought it would be really impolite to refuse his offer, and so they both got into the car. The man started driving, but he didn't ask her where she was going. Before she could utter a word, another man appeared from behind her seat and covered her mouth with his hands. Julie cried with despair, but nobody could either hear nor see her, as the car had tinted windows. All of a sudden, the driver took a gun from his pocket, but before he could shoot her, Julie kicked him strongly, making him lose control of the car. They immediately crashed into a truck. Both men died in the accident, and Julie ended up in a wheelchair. This taught her a valuable lesson. She will never trust a stranger again.
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There is one thing on the FWB Sport that is a bit unusual: on the dovetails on top of the receiver, there are no holes for anti-recoil pins on a scope mount. Instead there are four horizontal grooves like the ones that are on the dovetails on my FWB 150/300 match rifle. You might be able to fit an anti-recoil pin into one of those grooves, but if the scope moves at all, it might mess up the finish on the rifle.
I decided to use a one-piece mount that has four Allen bolts to mount a Vortex scope, and I had not problems with movement of the scope or mount.
The FWB Sport locks up very snugly, so you have to slap the barrel near the front sight with the palm of your hand to get the action to break open. After that you can grab the barrel and crank it down and back to cock the action and open the breech for loading. I estimate the cocking effort is in the mid-30-pound range, and you'll hear a little bit of spring noise during the process.
Next, slide a .177 pellet into the aft end of the barrel and return it to is original position. Take aim at your target, push the safety forward to the FIRE position (there is a little red indicator for that), and squeeze the trigger. The first stage requires 1 pound 4 ounces of effort, and a 2 pounds even, the shot goes down range. The trigger is very, very crisp.
The action exhibits a little bit of vibration and a little bit of rattle when the shot goes off, but this is heard, not felt, at the shooter's position. There is no bucking on twisting, and that makes it easy to shoot this air rifle well.
The FWB sport launches 7.9 grain Crosman Premier Pellets at around 900 feet per second. The accuracy is simply excellent. At 13 yards, I put four pellets into a round hole about the size of a .22 caliber pellet and I yanked a fifth shot. At 32 yards, the FWB Sport put five pellets into a group that measured just 5/8 inch from edge to edge or .448 inch center-to-center. This is an air rifle that I would happily campaign in Hunter Class Spring Piston Field Target competition. Based on the way this air rifle shoots and feels, it inspires confidence when you get to the firing line, and that is critically important.
In the end, I think FWB has succeeded in creating a legacy air rifle. It looks and shoots great and should last for years.
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Dervent Valley, Pasabag, Avonos, Goreme Open Air Museum, Underground City
Pick up from Kayseri- Nevsehir airport or hotels. Our first real encounter with Cappadocia almost Martian landscape is in the Dervent valley. We visit Pasabag's ''fairy chimneys'', where the voice of wind harmonizes with songs of the fairies. From here we pause at Avonos center of terracotta art. After lunch we visit the famous Goreme Open Air Museum to see the best example of Byzantine art in Cappadocia. We complete the tour with a visit to the Underground city, where early Christians lived in fear and faith. The houses in the village are consructed around the nearly one hundred tunnels of the underground city, which is one of the most interesting underground settlement in Cappadocia. At the end we will visit hand made carpet co- operation to see how the carpets are made by hand.
Guest must be able to walk approximately 1.5 miles over uneven and cobblestone surfaces. Comfortable shoes, a hat and plenty of sunscren are recommended as shade is limited the order of the tour itinerary may vary in order to avoid congestion. Guests should watch their step at all times in order to avoid injuries.
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In order to boot Arch Linux, a Linux-capable boot loader such as GRUB or Syslinux must be installed to the Master Boot Record or the GUID Partition Table. The boot loader is responsible for loading the kernel and initial ramdisk before initiating the boot process. The procedure is quite different for BIOS and UEFI systems, the detailed description is given on this or linked pages.
Firmware types
A BIOS or Basic Input-Output System is the very first program (firmware) that is executed once the system is switched on. In most cases it is stored in a flash memory in the motherboard itself and independent of the system storage.
The BIOS loads the beginning 512 bytes (Master Boot Record) of the first valid disk in the BIOS disk order. Of these 512 bytes, the first 440 contains the first stage of a boot loader like GRUB, Syslinux or LILO. Since very little can be achieved by a program of this size, the second stage (residing on the next disk sectors) is loaded from here and looks up a file stored on the partition itself (the actual bootloader). This then loads an operating system by either chain-loading or directly loading the operating system kernel.
UEFI has support for reading both the partition table as well as understanding filesystems. Hence it is not limited by 440 byte code limitation (MBR boot code) as in BIOS systems. It does not use the MBR boot code at all.
The commonly used UEFI firmwares support both MBR and GPT partition table. EFI in Apple-Intel Macs are known to also support Apple Partition Map besides MBR and GPT. Most UEFI firmwares have support for accessing FAT12 (floppy disks), FAT16 and FAT32 filesystems in HDDs and ISO9660 (and UDF) in CD/DVDs. EFI in Intel Macs can also access HFS/HFS+ filesystems, in addition to the mentioned ones.
UEFI does not launch any boot code in the MBR whether it exists or not. Instead it uses a special partition in the partition table called EFI System Partition in which files required to be launched by the firmware are stored. Each vendor can store its files under
<EFI SYSTEM PARTITION>/EFI/<VENDOR NAME>/ folder and can use the firmware or its shell (UEFI shell) to launch the boot program. An EFI System Partition is usually formatted as FAT32 or (less commonly) FAT16.
System initialization
Under BIOS
- System switched on - Power-on self-test or POST process
- After POST, BIOS initializes the necessary system hardware for booting (disk, keyboard controllers etc.)
- BIOS launches the first 440 bytes (Master Boot Record) of the first disk in the BIOS disk order
- The MBR boot code then takes control from BIOS and launches its next stage code (if any) (mostly boot loader code)
- The launched actual boot loader
Under UEFI
- System switched on. The Power On Self Test (POST) is executed.
- UEFI firmware is loaded. Firmware initializes the hardware required for booting.
- Firmware reads the boot entries in the firmware's boot manager to determine which UEFI application to be launched and from where (i.e. from which disk and partition).
- Firmware launches the UEFI application.
- This could be the Arch kernel itself (since EFISTUB is enabled by default).
- It could be some other application such as a shell or a graphical boot manager.
- Or the boot entry could simply be a disk. In this case the firmware looks for an EFI System Partition on that disk and tries to run the fallback UEFI application
BOOTIA32.EFIon 32-bit systems). This is how UEFI bootable thumb drives work.
If Secure Boot is enabled, the boot process will verify authenticity of the EFI binary by signature.
Multibooting in UEFI
Since each OS or vendor can maintain its own files within the EFI System Partition without affecting the other, multi-booting using UEFI is just a matter of launching a different UEFI application corresponding to the particular OS's bootloader. This removes the need for relying on chainloading mechanisms of one boot loader to load another OS.
See also Dual boot with Windows.
Boot loader
The boot loader is the first piece of software started by the BIOS or UEFI. It is responsible for loading the kernel with the wanted kernel parameters, and initial RAM disk based on config files.
The kernel is the core of an operating system. It functions on a low level (kernelspace) interacting between the hardware of the machine and the programs which use the hardware to run. To make efficient use of the CPU, the kernel uses a scheduler to arbitrate which tasks take priority at any given moment, creating the illusion of many tasks being executed simultaneously.
After the kernel is loaded, it unpacks the initramfs (initial RAM filesystem), which becomes the initial root filesystem. The kernel then executes
/init as the first process. The early userspace starts.
The purpose of the initramfs is to bootstrap the system to the point where it can access the root filesystem (see FHS for details). This means that any modules that are required for devices like IDE, SCSI, SATA, USB/FW (if booting from an external drive) must be loadable from the initramfs if not built into the kernel; once the proper modules are loaded (either explicitly via a program or script, or implicitly via udev), the boot process continues. For this reason, the initramfs only needs to contain the modules necessary to access the root filesystem; it does not need to contain every module one would ever want to use. The majority of modules will be loaded later on by udev, during the init process.
Init process
At the final stage of early userspace, the real root is mounted, and then replaces the initial root filesystem.
/sbin/init is executed, replacing the
/init process. Arch uses systemd as the default init.
init calls getty once for each virtual terminal (typically six of them), which initializes each tty and asks for a username and password. Once the username and password are provided, getty checks them against
/etc/passwd, then calls login, which begins a session for the user, and executes the user's shell according to
/etc/passwd. Alternatively, getty may start a display manager if one is present on the system.
Display Manager
A display manager can be configured to replace the getty login prompt on a tty.
The login program begins a session for the user by setting environment variables and starting the user's shell, based on
Message of the day
The login program displays the contents of /etc/motd (message of the day) after a successful login, just before it executes the login shell.
It is a good place to display your Terms of Service to remind users of your local policies or anything you wish to tell them.
Once the user's shell is started, it will typically run a runtime configuration file, such as bashrc, before presenting a prompt to the user. If the account is configured to Start X at login, the runtime configuration file will call startx or xinit.
xinit runs the user's xinitrc runtime configuration file, which normally starts a window manager. When the user is finished and exits the window manager, xinit, startx, the shell, and login will terminate in that order, returning to getty.


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Coming out of last weekend, both teams went winless to slide their A-Sun records back two matches. Although their record didn't see any improvement, men's and women's head coach Andrew Harris said there were definitely positive results.
"Last weekend was certainly a challenge for everyone," Harris said. "Between the weather and the matches themselves, our program certainly went through some trials last week. However, it showed both teams that, when they play at a high level and focus on the intensity of the moment, good things can happen."
On the men's side, two close 4-3 losses last weekend to North Florida and Jacksonville dropped their A-Sun record to 3-4. As they prepare for Upstate and Campbell, Harris said the Bisons will once again need to focus on securing the doubles point and transferring that focus into singles.
"With both matches coming up this weekend, the guys definitely know they are going to have to bring their A-game," Harris said. "They have proven to themselves throughout the year they can compete with any team. The key right now is winning the doubles point and keeping their composure throughout the course of the match."
After failing to follow through last weekend, Harris said he has high expectations for the two upcoming matches.
"They struggled staying focused on the task at hand last week and it costs them," Harris said. "We addressed it with them on Monday and are expecting a better representation on Friday and Saturday."
Last season, the men fell to Upstate 6-1 and were swept by Campbell 7-0, but with a stronger line up this season, they expect a much more even match up.
For the Lady Bisons, after their win against Mercer to open conference play, a string of losses has brought their spirits down. With two more added on last weekend, a 5-0 loss to North Florida and 6-1 loss to Jacksonville, the Lady Bisons record plummeted to 1-6.
Harris said the Lady Bisons' level of competition remains strong, and he hopes to capitalize on the other team's weaknesses, particularly Upstate's.
"The ladies competed well this weekend," Harris said. "From the beginning, we have stressed the importance of competing, and they did that especially against Jacksonville. Going into the USC-Upstate match they have not been playing as well as they were looking to this year and having that intensity level will be critical going into Friday's match."
Last season, the Lady Bisons fell to Upstate 6-1 and were swept by Campbell 7-0.
Both teams head out Thursday for Spartanburg, S.C., to face USC-Upstate on Friday. The men will begin play at 10 a.m., and the women will start at 2 p.m.
The teams will then head up to North Carolina for a match with Campbell on Saturday.
Only one conference match remains following this weekend before the conference tournament.
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(REUTERS) - Park Sung-hyun eagled the par-four 15th hole en route to an "awesome" eight-under-par 64 and a share of the second-round clubhouse lead at the ANA Inspiration in Rancho Mirage, California on Friday (March 30).
South Korean Park, the US Women's Open champion, joined Swede Pernilla Lindberg at 12-under 132 on another morning of ideal conditions at Mission Hills.
Lindberg, the first round leader, followed her opening 65 with a bogey-free 67.
The leading duo had a substantial five-shot advantage over Englishwomen Jodi Ewart Shadoff (67) and Charley Hull (68) and American Amy Olson (68) with half the field back in the clubhouse.
Self-coached Park said she had not even been aware of her score.
"I just was so focused on my game today," she told reporters.
"I was super focused at the U.S. Open, and felt just as focused for today's round.
"Today the shots were awesome. I just felt really good about my driver."
But it was a wedge shot that brought about the highlight of her day at the 15th, where her approach from 102 yards landed beyond the hole, took a couple of bounces and then rolled back into the cup.
"I just felt really good about the distance and saw that it had really great backspin, but I didn't even see it go in," she said.
Not long after Park's eagle, American Morgan Pressel replicated the feat, her ball landing short of the hole and one-hopping into the cup.
Pressel shot 69 for one-over 145.
American Lexi Thompson (72) struggled on the greens but almost holed her eagle approach shot at the last, tapping in for birdie to trail by eight shots.
Thompson dominated pre-tournament media coverage thanks to a rules violation that effectively cost her victory last year, when she lost to Ryu So-yeon in a playoff.
That infringement had led to a four-stroke penalty - two for replacing her ball in the wrong spot for a tap-in putt, and two more for signing her third-round scorecard before the violation was brought to the attention of officials.
A more alert Thompson played the first two rounds this week with fellow American Michelle Wie (67), who made the cut in a nice comeback after an opening 75 during which she suffered dizziness.
She joked after her first round that blurred vision had left her seeing several balls as she stood over some shots.
"I definitely saw one golf ball today, which was good," she said, adding that she had tried to conserve energy. "I sat down every chance I could.
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A Lion Among Men: Volume Three in The Wicked Years
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The trust deficit among major political parties and their leaders continues to exist even after the election of the second CA and the new Prime Minister by the parliament last week. Leaders continue to spit venom at each other.
By Siromani Dhungana
By now it is clear that the consensus between two major political parties –NC and UML– has become an elusive pursuit. They have failed to win confidence of each other. Evidences suggest that their journey ahead will be full of distrust and discomfort. After the election of the second Constituent Assembly (CA), the two parties are at loggerhead over power sharing deal.
The all-powerful Home Ministry has become the bone of contention between two parties. Nepali Congress has been dismissing the UML claim that there was a 'gentleman's agreement' between the two parties to give Home portfolio to UML. NC's veteran leader Ram Sharan Mahat, who is the sole minister but without any portfolio in the Sushil Koirala cabinet, tweeted on Wednesday (12 Feb): Who says there was a 'gentlemen's agreement'? False news has been disseminated intentionally.
On the other hand, UML leader Bamdev Gautam who has been proposed as Home Minister by the party, continues to claim the existence of such agreement. In an exclusive interview with Setopati, he said: 'Congress dumped the gentlemen's agreement.' Continue reading Liars! Nepal's Politics Suffers from a Trust Deficit


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There is an important message buried in the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize not only to Al Gore but to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Science rarely comes from one person or one eureka moment.
We all love the myth of the maverick scientist, the patent clerk that works out the theory of general relatively. Most scientific advances don't happen that way, they come from gradual increase in the understanding of the different aspects of a problem. There are breakthroughs along the way, there are people that rightly receive recognition for those breakthroughs, but none of it would happen without the work that came before.
Our knowledge of climate change comes from the work of tens of thousands of scientists around the world conducted over decades, much of it thankless grunt work in the field, in the lab, or in front of the computer screen. The genius of the IPCC (and the UN Framework Convention) is the recognition that with an issue this important, the world requires a summary analysis of the work of the entire scientific community. It is unique in all of science. It is by no means perfect, but without it, we would be left without evidence of the strong consensus among the scientific community about climate change, evidence that is needed to advance public understanding and public policy.
As for Al Gore, the duel awarding of the Nobel Prize says that an issue or cause needs a figurehead, and the figurehead needs that large community of workers to hold him/her up.
Friday, October 12, 2007
Nobel Prizes for all
There is an important message buried in the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize not only to Al Gore but to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Science rarely comes from one person or one eureka moment.
Posted by Unknown at 8:28 a.m.
Labels: IPCC, science communication
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- Anonymous said...
As I've noted elsewhere, as far as I can tell, the last Nobel Peace prize to go to a scientist for doing science (as opposed to a scientist doing mostly something else, Like Linus Paulings nuclear test-ban efforts) was:
1970 Norman Borlaug
and unless I miss something, this is the first time they've given a Nobel Peace prize to a scientific organization for doing science...
However, I think calling Gore a figurehead has slightly wrong connotations, i.e., he took the time to talk to scientists and did a (mostly) good job of articulating what they said for a broader audience.
the way I'd put it is that one needs both to do the science and to communicate it.
The IPCC:Gore case could perhaps have a parallel with:
smoking researchers: Luther Terry, i.e., Kennedy's Surgeon General, who took an active role in pulling together a set of researchers (of whom 50% were smokers!) to do the 1964 report. Allan Brandt's "The Cigarette Century" includes a fine account of Terry's efforts to make that happen and get the word out, in the face of determined opposition (which of course continues). Anyway, Terry didn't do the research, but his political skills in making it happen were crucial.
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- DANIELBLOOM said...
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After the virtual menagerie of instruments (everything from flutes to saxophones to accordions, choirs and violins) that graced their previous album, Smorgasbord, "Mannsverk" finds Brimstone back as a 4-piece, with a tight, muscular and poetic sound as the result.
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In Bergen, Norway, in a small room on the docks, right on the edge of the great watery abyss that is the North Atlantic, sits a solitary figure illuminated only by two computer screens. The figure in question is Truls "Biff" Eriksen, bassist and in-house producer of Brimstone. It is the hour before dawn, and he really should have been back in bed several hours ago.
The reason for the delay is a strange noise his new sensitive microphones have picked up while recording the tracks for the new Brimstone album, Mannsverk. A high-pitched squeal; mournful and insistent in quality. At first he suspected that some of the band's original 60s equipment had malfunctioned, then the plumbing and wiring of the elderly waterfront storehouse where Brimstone have built their studio. But the sound is irregular, comes and goes, and is tinged with a certain sadness.
Biff is not a superstitious man, but at this dark hour of the night, known locally as the "wolf hour", and with the ocean mists creeping across the docks, it's hard not to suspect that some sort of spectral presence is the origin of the noise. Hurriedly he scampers off, making a hasty dash for the city centre of Bergen.
As he stops by a 7/11 he notices the morning edition of the local newspaper, a pilot whale had gotten lost among the islands, bays and small fjords surrounding Bergen. The sound had been the whale's vain attempt to signal it's way back to the open ocean and it's pod.
If one can imagine the sound of Brimstones "Mannsverk" emanating back across the water, one can hardly have designed a more apt soundtrack for the whale's final plight, laden with themes of estrangement, bewilderment and time running out as it is.
After the virtual menagerie of instruments (everything from flutes to saxophones to accordions, choirs and violins) that graced their previous album, Smorgasbord, "Mannsverk" finds Brimstone back as a 4-piece, with a tight, muscular and poetic sound as the result.
The album is also a return of sorts to the band's musical roots, with a strong late 60's/early 70's prog vibe evident throughout. The music easily transcends it influences though, and the end result is unmistakably Brimstone. The whole of the album was recorded in their own studio, enabling the band to really stretch out.
Many of the songs are well beyond the 6-minute mark, one almost 10 minutes and another well past 12 minutes long. The musicianship and precise arrangements of the songs ensure, however, that "Mannsverk" never descends into boring solos or fruitless jamming.
The individual identity of each player is clearly stamped across the album, but still contributing to the greater whole. Listen for instance to the effortless fusion between Biff's thundering bass lines and Thomas Grønner's relentless jazz- grooves, or the way Rolf Edvardsen's tasteful vocals and genial guitar work never clash with ivory tinkler Øyvind Grønner's arsenal of organs, pianos, mellotrons and synthesizers.
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Two friends, guitarist and singer Rolf Edvardsen and bassist Truls "Biff" Eriksen, are at an impasse. Looking for a new approach to music, something different from the metal and pop stylings of their previous bands, they ironically turn their attention to something very old; the glorious technicolor explosion that is psychedelic progressive music.
Buoyed by a steady diet of both old- school luminaires like King Crimson, 13th Floor Elevators and Pink Floyd and newer astral travelers like The Soundtrack of Our Lives and Supergrass they soon get their creative juices flowing and find themselves awash with exiting new songs and sounds. Two brothers, Thomas and Øyvind Grønner (drums and organ/guitar, respectively) complete the line- up and the band is named Brimstone.
From the get- go Brimstone is an impressive beast live, marrying impressive musicianship with high- energy performances and quality songwriting. They are soon in high demand as a live act, touring all over Norway and most of Scandinavia. Via the underground psych/prog network they also travel to Britain, Spain, France and Germany playing their own special brand of prog-a-delic space rock.
The first Brimstone studio product, "Going Out EP", was released in 2002, and spanned the radio hit "The Magic Dragon" an garnered very favorable reviews, as did their subsequent LPs "Solar Radiation Band" (2004), the country- tinged "Solstice" (2005) and the multi-instrument extravaganza that is "Smorgasbord" (2009). Their new album "Mannsverk" is scheduled for release in march 2014, and presents a meaner, leaner, hungrier and proggier Brimstone than ever.
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Kuroda, Yanks go quietly in finale loss to Tribe
Righty allows three runs in 4 2/3 innings; Ellsbury goes deep in ninth
NEW YORK -- It was understandable when the Indians' Corey Kluber, one of the American League's top pitchers this season, put the Yankees' bats to sleep Saturday. But it was quite puzzling, if not frustrating for the 46,152 in attendance, to see Carlos Carrasco produce the same result Sunday.
Making his first start since April 25, Carrasco, who was moved to the bullpen after just four starts this year, limited the Yankees to only two hits over five innings and 77 pitches. The Indians' bullpen then tossed four solid frames, and the Yankees dropped the rubber match to the Tribe, 4-1.
"We ran into some pretty good pitching this week," said manager Joe Girardi. "That's part of the game. You're going to go through that as an offense."
After a loud 10 runs on Friday, the Yankees' offense was baffled again by Cleveland's pitching staff, which produced 19 straight scoreless innings against them, dating back to the last two innings of Friday's game. Jacoby Ellsbury hit a solo homer in the ninth to break that streak, but the Yankees' fifth hit of the day was too little, too late.
"We haven't really been great all year," said Mark Teixeira, back in the lineup after missing some time with an injured left pinky. "We just need to try and do our best and scratch runs when we can and just pick it up a little bit."
Bad hitting, just like good hitting, can be contagious, and as the season hits the homestretch, the Yankees still seem confident that their recent poor offensive showings aren't symptoms of something much worse than a small slump. As Girardi attested afterward, these streaks can happen, but turning them around requires a broader perspective.
"If you've been in the game long enough, you know it's going to happen and you've got to deal with it," said Girardi. "I think we got caught up with seeing teams score 900 runs in the past. That's not happening. With things that have gone on in the game, with improved defense and the improved bullpens and pitching today, you're just not seeing as many runs."
To skeptics, that might seem like a tired excuse for the team's struggles, especially with all of its spending and acquisitions. But even hitting coach Kevin Long wasn't ready to debunk that theory in regards to the team's largely unmet offensive expectations this year.
"These guys are human," said Long. "It's not like they're going out not trying to compete or they're not prepared or they're not ready. It's a part of the game. If [the Indians'] starters throw the way they did, then that's just the way it goes.
"If runs are down in baseball, then that's a fact."
Sunday's lack of production made starter Hiroki Kuroda's early blemishes appear insurmountable by the time he exited in the fifth inning. For the second straight start, Kuroda, who allowed at least one baserunner in each inning of work, began to tire around 80 pitches. That came to a head with two outs in the fifth inning when Kuroda walked his last batter, Yan Gomes, who had two RBIs, with the bases loaded for the third run of the day.
"I'm good enough to get on the mound out there," said Kuroda, who allowed Michael Brantley to touch him for RBIs in the first and third innings. "Everybody look around. It's hard to find players 100 percent physically. So you've got to be able to respond with whatever you've got."
If there was any positive, it was rookie Bryan Mitchell, who made his Major League debut by tossing the last two scoreless innings.
"It's a big relief to get out there for the first time," Mitchell said. "I was nervous but ready at the same time. ... I was just glad I could throw strikes and get through two innings today."
After a second-inning single from Stephen Drew, the combination of Carrasco, C.C. Lee and Scott Atchison retired the next 15 Yankees hitters before Teixeira singled up the middle in the seventh. Keeping in line with the day, Carlos Beltran rolled over the next pitch for an inning-ending double play.
"You've got to give those guys credit," said Teixeira. "We've faced some really good pitchers the last two days, and they just got the best of us."
The Yankees know that for a homestand that started promisingly -- taking three of four from Detroit -- it ended on a sour note. They also know they've still been in nearly every game since the All-Star break, something they will take with them on the road against two tough division rivals in Baltimore and Tampa Bay, where they will hope to reignite their offense.
"We have to win at home, but we were hoping for better. You've got to move on," said Girardi. "[Baltimore] is a team we're chasing [and] it's very important we win a series. We have to play extremely well, because they're playing well."


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Monday, June 27, 2011
Crimes of Passion (Ken Russell, 1984)
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Damn, I feel like I should watch the movie before I read this whole thing but awesome post! Sounds like a worthy destination in film travels.ReplyDelete
It has been years since I first laid eyes on Kathleen Turner's stunningly gorgeous physique in "Crimes Of Passion". And yes, that woman had (and probably still has) a derriere that you could bounce a quarter off of, hoping that it landed in a mug of beer nearby.ReplyDelete
But it was Anthony Perkins that stole the show for me, if for no other reason than because he played the "psycho preacher" role with such conviction that one could imagine Perkins watching actual street preachers trying to reach out for converts in a red - light district in order to perform the role accurately.
Did you get mail today?ReplyDelete
I get Udo Kier mixed up with Udo Lindenberg. The latter was responsible for the goofy 80s song, "Germans."
Mr. Xploit, Esquire: Thanks, man. :)ReplyDelete
Oh, and yeah, I'm sorry if I gave too much away.
Matt: I've always been fascinated with the whole bouncing loose change off the bums of others phenomenon.
Karim Amir: Yep. My EW with one of the Super 8 kids on the cover came today!
You mean to tell me there's more than one Udo out there?!?
Germans! *saxophone solo/food fight* Germans!
Kudos to Udo for not shying away from the world war thing.
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Happy Canada Day, Yum! I celebrated by listening to Jian Ghomeshi interview Stompin' Tom Connors. The place in town that served poutine just closed its doors, so I guess I'll we'll have to get Canadian bacon on our pizza or something.ReplyDelete
And I've been watching YouTube clips of Lloyd Cole in T.O. He played Atlanta, where I've seen him play twice, but I didn't go this time. Good thing--new venue at which he played was not air-conditioned well. Malfunctioning air conditioning in the South? Not pleasant at all.
Happy Canada Day, K.A.! (I could hear fireworks going off in the distance as I typed that)ReplyDelete
You can't get anymore Canadian than Stompin' Tom Connors, so I think you're good as far as Canadian content goes. :D
Oh, yeah, I forgot, people film everything nowadays. You could probably watch the entire tour without ever leaving your couch.
I am loving your site. Crimes of Passion is one of my personal favorites. I actually wrote a paper on it a long time ago in a woman's studies course called "Images of Women in Popular Culture." I look forward to digging around in your archives. We seem to have similar tastes. Keep up the good work.ReplyDelete
Thanks, babyfivetongues. :)ReplyDelete
I love, love, love Crimes of Passion. Your reviews are hilarious and very enlightening. Great blog!ReplyDelete
I can't believe it took me so long (25 plus years) to watch this movie. Anyway, yeah, thanks, Ryan Clark. I'm glad you dig my blog. :)ReplyDelete
All this is very nice, but may I ask if the review was of the US theater release or the longer, better, uncut version? And does anyone know where that version is commercially (or otherwise) available?ReplyDelete


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Pit bull ban bringing protest to Denver city hall
On Jan. 21, critics of Denver's breed-specific legislation (BSL) barring pit fulls rom the city will hold a protest and demonstration from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. outside the City and County Building. Among the speakers will Shorty Rossi of "Pit Boss" on television's Animal Planet.
In pit bull circles, David Edelstein is known simply as Chef David.
Five years ago, Edelstein was pursuing a living as a chef and caterer in Southern California when he heard about a lost dog running loose in the canyons near his home.
"I decided to get involved," he said.
It wound up changing his life.
The dog turned out to be a 1-year-old pit bull mix and it was soon part of Chef David's household.
The dog and Edelstein quickly bonded and, like many new pet guardians, he went online to find out about his new companion. That's where he first learned about breed-specific legislation, in which breeds that are considered a public threat are banned.
The discovery would lead him to a new cause and, this Friday, it will take him to the demonstration at Denver City Hall that he largely organized.
Over time, Edelstein would go on acquire more pit bulls, which he considers good dogs that have been unfairly stereotyped and sometimes taken advantage of by unscrupulous owners.
When his catering business failed during the recession, he became more deeply involved in rescuing the canines.
Along the way Chef David's attention turned to Denver, where BSL legislation has been in force since 1989. Under the law, hundreds of pit bulls have been confiscated and killed.
As Edelstein's involvement grew he traveled around the country rescuing the dogs. One of his best-known was a pit bull in Denver named Forrest.
Forrest lived with his owner outside Denver until he escaped from his yard and ended up in the city. The dog was put on "death row" at the Denver Animal Shelter and became the focus of widely publicized efforts to free him.
Eventually, a deal was brokered to let Forrest go if he was taken out of Denver. The dog was picked up in 2008 by Chef David, who has since adopted him.
Edelstein, who recently moved to the Denver suburbs, believes the Mile High City is "the center of the universe for breed-specific legislation." Even though a number of other cities have BSL, he says Denver's is the most drastic. Several class-action lawsuits have challenged the ban.
Chef David believes stastistics used by the council to pass the ban in 1989 are now outdated and new stats paint a different picture.
"I came to Colorado to engage in BSL issues," he said last week. He is also focusing on breed-specific legislation subsequently adopted by Aurora.
The Denver pit bull controversy continues to bubble 21 years after the BSL ordinance was passed. Late last year, the city council declined to approve an exemption to allow pit bulls to serve as service dogs for injured military veterans.
Council members voiced concerns that the breed is unsafe and that approving the exemption would make Denver's BSL ban difficult to enforce.
The federal government has given Denver until March 15 to comply. At that time, a new provision in the Americans with Disabilities Act takes effect making the service dog exemption federal law.
While most council members continue to believe pit bulls pose a danger to the public, Chef David believes they have had a good record as service animals elsewhere and that hundreds of the dogs languishing in cages around Colorado can be trained as effective helpers for a long list of veterans waiting for canine assistance.
Though he disagrees with the council, Edelstein has invited council members to speak at Saturday's demonstration. "I believe no opinions or viewpoints should be squelched or censored," he wrote them. "We welcome and encourage the city to extend their ideals and viewpoints in enforcing a breed-specific ban."
Whatever the outcome, Chef David plans to continue speaking out against BSL in the belief that the law indiscriminately punishes all pit bulls, not just those that have been in aggressive incidents.
"I made a promise to Forrest in 2008," he said, "that I would one day be able to take him to Denver city hall."
In addition to the demonstration at 1437 Bannock Street, the weekend's events includes a Saturday "Pitfest" concert featuring heavy rock music at Bender's Tavern, 314 E. 13th Ave.from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. Admission is $10 and proceeds go to anti-Denver BSL efforts and pit bull rescue. Information: www.teampitafull.org.
The Dumb Friends League will hold its 13th annual Pledges for Pets Telethon on FOX31/KDVR from noon to 5 p.m. on Jan. 30. The League hopes to raise $300,000 during this year's telethon. It will be hosted by FOX31 on-air talent, including Melody Mendez, Mike Headrick, Shaul Turner and Ken Clark. Denise Plante and Murphy Huston of KOSI 101 will also help emcee. Information: ddfl.org or call (303) 751-5772. Pet lovers who are unable to watch the telethon can still make pledges online or by calling (303) 751-5772.
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Pa. Supreme Court to consider $75,000 Rivers Casino dealer fine
Matthew Eisenberg stole chips, gets punished under new state law
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has been asked to find that a mandatory $75,000 fine imposed on a Pittsburgh casino poker dealer who stole $200 worth of chips was "excessive" under the state constitution or "cruel and unusual punishment" under the federal constitution.
The case was argued before the six-member high court on Tuesday, a couple miles from The Rivers Casino, where Matthew Eisenberg, 27, was charged with sneaking $1 or $5 poker chips off the table and sliding them into his tip box on 108 occasions, for a total combined theft of $200.
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In Eisenberg's case, the fine was "375 times the value of what was stolen," Santicola argued before the court, which was sitting in Pittsburgh. Had Eisenberg pleaded guilty to stealing the same amount from anyone other than a casino, he would have faced no more than a $10,000 fine, with no mandatory minimum.
Santicola argued that the casino theft statute -- or at least the mandatory fine it carries -- is unconstitutional and should be struck down.
"We realize this is an uphill battle," Santicola told the justices, referring to his hopes they'll strike down the law. "But we think it is a walk worth taking."
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Allegheny County Assistant District Attorney Amy Constantine argued what her office has said ever since Eisenberg pleaded guilty and was fined in July 2011, nine months after he was charged with the thefts: "The fine clearly exists both to punish and deter thefts within casinos."
Constantine told the court she had researched the legislative history of the statute and was told by one lawmaker that the stiff fines were enacted to address concerns by lawmakers who opposed gambling and were concerned about its ill-effects in their districts. "They want to discourage any perception of illegality," Constantine said.
But Justice Max Baer noted that since the constitution spells out that some fines can be excessive, the question isn't whether the General Assembly can try to discourage behavior with large fines but, rather, whether it went too far in this instance.
"If the fine in this case were $750,000, would it change your argument?" Baer asked Constantine. "The challenge for this court is what constitutes an excessive fine."
Baer turned that question on its head in asking Santicola how small the mandatory fine could be before it wouldn't be excessive. Santicola suggested a mandatory minimum of $5,000 to discourage any casino thefts, and said larger amounts could be imposed depending on the amount stolen.
Santicola also argued that state lawmakers were wrong to single out casinos, noting, "If I stole $1 from a lottery machine, I'm not punished $75,000."
Chief Justice Ronald Castille cut to the heart of the case when he asked Santicola, "So, under your argument, we would have to declare the fine part of the statute unconstitutional?"
The justices made clear they don't expect to dictate a new limit, but would leave that to the legislature if they strike down the penalty.
"We're not going to solve it. We're going to let somebody else solve it if we rule in your favor," Castille told Santicola.
Justice J. Michael Eakin offered another option -- a sort of legal roulette -- in jest.
"I think you take the $200 bucks, put it on red, and let it ride until you get $75,000," Eakin said.


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