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New 'Thor 2′ Pics Offer More Asgard, More Villains and More Loki!
Obviously, the superhero movie news of the month has to do with the casting of Ben Affleck as Batman. However, not to be outdone, 'Thor: The Dark World' released a large batch of new stills, which give us a much better look at the much-anticipated sequel.
The pics (courtesy of Empire Online) offer us some food for thought. Firstly, we get a really good look at Malekith (Christopher Eccleston), leader of the ancient race of Dark Elves that Thor and company must stop from destroying everything. We also see Thor (Chris Hemsworth) convening with Heimdall (Idris Elba), and even Loki (Tom Hiddleston); we get a peek at Dr. Selvig (Stellan Skarsgard) and Darcy (Kat Dennings) spying something big and scary. [UPDATE: Empire also released their new magazine covers, featuring the god of thunder and his mischievous brother.]
Marvel's 'Thor: The Dark World' continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel's 'Thor' and Marvel's 'The Avengers,' Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.
'Thor: The Dark World' opens on November 8.

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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 55 diseños de 24 diseñadores freelance.
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Also, it may help to know we love Paul Rand and Saul Bass. Our favourite font is Gotham. We hate Arial.
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Today (Fri) is a rest day and a chance to wash clothes and bodies as well as eat lots and watch a movie or two, we'll also have another quiz night tonight (each person comes up with 10 Q's for rest of team - good craic). This afternoon after a visit to the B.C. bakery (for some proper coffee and apple pie) we hung up a big Irish flag on the side of the mess tent and already two sets of Irish trekkers visited us. I also met a guy I used to work with in VF a couple of days ago here as a trekker and me and Ian met Prakesh who was our Everest B.C trek guide in 2006 the other day (he knew we were due back, he was here with another group so it was great fun to meet him).
On Tuesday (22nd) we went up to Camp 1 as you knew (shaved 2 hours off our previous time), had an overnight there, then trekked up to Camp 2 (only 3 hours) then back to Camp 1 for lunch (lovely trek back through the Western Cwm), another overnight there and back to B.C. on Thursday morning (shaved 1hr 15 mins off our previous descent).
We have another rest day tomorrow (Sat) and then on Sunday (27th.) we'll go back up to camp 1, overnight, then up to camp 2, overnight, trek to the base of the Lhotse face at 6,700m. We will return to camp 2 for the night and then all the way back to B.C. We will let you all know when the final six day stint will be at camp2 - 6,400m and up to camp 3 at 7,400m will be. After that we're not really sure but we might have one more trip up and back before our final summit push.
All the best - Graham & Ian


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This question is related to another question of mine. Let $X$ be a kahler manifold with $\dim_{\mathbb{C}}(X)=n$, let $\pi:E\rightarrow M$ be a holomorphic vector bundle of $rank_{\mathbb{C}}(E)=n-k$ over a kahler manifold $M$ with $\dim(M)=k$. Suppose there is a holomorphic embedding $\Phi$ of a neighborhood $N$ of the zero section of $E$ in $X$ that is $$\Phi:N\rightarrow X$$
What can be said about $X$? If $M$ is a point nothing, but what if $M$ is a higher dimensional manifold?


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Locals have been saying for days that the snow storm that hit the Sierra this past week is the biggest in decades.
Now we have numbers to back that up.
Alpine Meadows Ski Resort did a new measurement Wednesday morning and found 75-inches of new snow at its base lodge (elevation 6853') and 105-inches at its mid mountain snow stake (elevation 7500'). That is officially enough to make it the largest single storm to be recorded during the month of November in the resort's history.
Rachael Woods with Alpine said the mountain changed literally overnight. "We're thrilled with the snow conditions," Woods added.
Squaw is also using the words "snow totals" and "record" in the same sentence. A senior manager there who is head of the vehicles says he hasn't seen this much snow before Thanksgiving since 1973. The upper mountain received another 22-inches Tuesday bringing the cumulative total to a whopping 112-inches at 8,200'.
You can add Boreal Mountain Resort to the epic list. Workers there said Tuesday's storm ballooned its snow totals to a whopping nine-feet of new snow. The marketing guy is checking to see if that is a record, but how could it not be?
Regardless of the history, while the snow came down white, it is sure to bring lots of green to the entire snow skiing region of Tahoe. The timing could not be better for the coming four day weekend as Bay Area residents bring their hard earned cash up I-80 to celebrate an early ski season.


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Ahmad Faraz (Urdu: احمد فراز) born Syed Ahmad Shah (Urdu: سید احمد شاہ) on January 12, 1931 in Kohat, was a Pakistani Urdu poet. He was considered one of the great modern Urdu poets of the last century. Faraz is his pseudonym 'takhalus'. Faraz died in Islamabad on August 25, 2008.
Faraz has been compared with Faiz Ahmad Faiz, holds a unique position as one of the best poets of current times, with a fine but simple style of writing. Even common people can easily understand his poetry. Ethnically a Hindkowan, Ahmed Faraz studied Persian and Urdu at the Peshawar University. He later became lecturer at the Peshawar University.He was awarded Hilal-e-Imtiaz, Sitara-i-Imtiaz and after his death Hilal-e-Pakistan by the government.
Here you go "Ab Kay Ham Par Kesa Sal Para Logo" (Urdu: اب کے ہم پر کیسا سال پڑا لوگو), a beautiful Urdu Ghazal by Ahmad Faraz. I hope you will enjoy reading/ reciting it.


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As a fan of James Marsters, well-known for his role as Spike on Buffy The Vampire Slayer, I was anxious to see how this evil vampire would transform into a geeky nurdish Chris of the new hit play The Bells of West 87th. True of James, he did it marvelously, really getting into the character of the awkward poet boyfriend.
Written by TV/Film writer, Elin Hampton and directed by Richard Pierce, the play is executive produced by David Fury and produced by Raquel Lehrman with Victoria Watson as associate producer.
The humorous play about a dysfunctional family stars Carol Locatell as Ida, the Jewish nagging mother hiding out from her ex-husband and living with Cameron Meyer as her put upon daughter Molly. Molly, in her efforts at trying to bring peace between her mother and Robert Towers, her deaf father, Eli, living next door, sets up a series of bells so that Ida can keep track of when Eli goes out. Feeling trapped in her role as super in her parents apartment building, Molly longs to get out and finally has the courage to bring home her new boyfriend, Chris (James Marsters) to meet her ecentric parents.
The comedy ensues as Molly tries to ease this Gentile into her stereotypical Jewish family and finds she must also deal with Dagney Kerr as her sister Maxine's imminent divorce and her own feelings of suffocation.
Cameron Meyer charmed us as the frustrated daughter and Dagney Kerr played an excellent favored child.
The great sets were designed by Jeff McLaughlin and lighting by Michael Gend with costume by Susanne Klein and sound by Cricket S Myers. Michael Donovan cast the play while David Regal consulted on the magic in the show. John Freeland, Jr. was the production stage manager and assisted by Amber Bruegel.
Describing herself as a modern Neil Simon, writer Elin Hampton is well known also for her musical Who's Your Mommy? as well as numerous TV and film credits, has reunited several of the Buffy stars. Buffy fans might want to stick around for the performance on September 29, when there will be a Q & A with the cast. Her play was inspired by a friend who told her that her mother had kept track of her separated father by a series of bells. "It was so weird that I just had to write this," Hampton said. The characters were influenced by Hampton's own upbringing on the Upper West Side of New York City. For those interested in writing, she gives this advice, "Most humor comes out of character, not out of jokes. Write funny."
However, Bells is not just a Jewish story. It applies to any family with children trying to spread their wings and parents who are unable to let go. On a scale of 1-10, I gave it a 10.
The Bells of West 87th presented by Round Swamp Entertainment in association with Greenway Arts Alliance will be at the Greenway Court Theatre (544 N. Fairfax, LA 90036) until October 13, 2013. Tickets range from $34 -$50 (this price is for the ones with the post show of Q&A.) Call 323 655 7679 x100 for tickets or check out Greenway Court Theatre. While there is plenty of street parking, parking is available next door for $4.


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Windward Community College presents Tech Talk 2007 training conference & exhibition for high-growth & emerging industries
Event will feature free presentations, hands-on workshops & exhibitors from all 7 UH community colleges & various businessesUniversity of Hawaiʻi
Continuing Education & Training
Bonnie Beatson, (808) 235-7374
Office of the Chancellor
KANEʻOHE, HAWAIʻI — The latest technology and advanced communications resources keep business and commerce thriving around the world, but navigating this sea of innovation can be challenging. Windward Community College's Tech Talk 2007 offers one-stop shopping to those looking for innovative training, products and services for high-growth and emerging industries. The exhibition will be held Friday, February 9, 2007, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Hale Akoakoa Building at Windward CC.
Tech Talk 2007 will feature more than 30 presentations and workshops on topics ranging from internet security and teaching via podcasts, to working with various computer programs and buying and selling on eBay. The event brings together career and technology resources from the seven community colleges of the University of Hawaiʻi system in addition to local and national companies and entrepreneurs.
Seminars will be presented by industry leaders including Bill Cullifer, CEO, World Organization of Webmasters; Brent Norris, Webdesigns.com, WOW Techie Minute; Jon Blumhardt, Director, Honolulu Community College Educational Media Center; and various representatives from Apple Computer, Microsoft and Cisco Systems.
Tech Talk 2007 is free and open to the public and will include door prize drawings for an Apple iPod Nano (4GB) and more. Additional information about Tech Talk 2007, including a schedule of workshops and presentations and a list of exhibitors, is available by calling (808) 235-7363 or at http://ocet.wcc.hawaii.edu/techtalk.
For more information, visit: http://ocet.wcc.hawaii.edu/techtalk.


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Something has been afoot in Karazhan of late. First, dataminers noticed that Karazhan had been renamed Medivh's Big Birthday Bash on the PTR. In the rechristened raid, objects such as cobwebs and skeletons had disappeared. Then a later build renamed it Karazhan 2: Eclectic Boogaloo. Senior game designer Jonathan Craft tweeted that fellow designer Dave Maldonado was responsible. Maldonado later said that nothing is happening. It turned out to be a test to see if a phased quest could be set there, but sadly it didn't work.
Many players would be excited to return to Karazhan, and it would make sense to do this in Warlords of Draenor. After all, Karazhan is from the same expansion that took us to the shattered remnants of Draenor back in 2007. Hopefully Blizzard will find a way to feature some Karazhan-based content during the next expansion.
Karazhan remains one of Blizzard's most popular raid zones, and for good reason. But did it succeed too well for WoW's own good? Let's look back at what Karazhan offered us in its prime and how it impacted raid design in future expansions.


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by: Donald X. Vaccarino
Game Type(s):
Card Games
Players: 2 - 4
Age: 13 +
Game Length: < 30 minutes
Available Languages
Status: Out of Print
Stock Number: 370
You are a monarch, like your parents before you, a ruler of a small pleasant kingdom of rivers and evergreens. Unlike your parents, however, you have hopes and dreams! You want a bigger and more pleasant kingdom, with more rivers and a wider variety of trees. You want a Dominion! In all directions lie fiefs, freeholds, and feodums. All are small bits of land, controlled by petty lords and verging on anarchy. You will bring civilization to these people, uniting them under your banner.
But wait! It must be something in the air; several other monarchs have had the exact same idea. You must race to get as much of the unclaimed land as possible, fending them off along the way. To do this you will hire minions, construct buildings, spruce up your castle, and fill the coffers of your treasury. Your parents wouldn't be proud, but your grandparents, would be delighted.
We have created an insert for you to place down the center of your box to make it easier to organize and find the cards in your game. You can download the pdf of this file
Please note that the first editon of Dominion has been replaced by the 2nd edition.
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Shane Back In Lineup
September 27, 2007
Tonight's Lineup
Rollins, ss; Victorino, rf; Utley, 2b; Howard, 1b; Rowand, cf; Burrell, lf; Dobbs, 3b; Ruiz, c; Kendrick, p.
Kyle Loshe really stepped up last night, some big key hits and then the door was closed by the big three in the bullpen for a big win.
Now, we are on to tonight's game, a rookie (Kyle Kendrick) against a vet (John Smoltz).
What a race. Trying to figure out how the NL will end makes one dizzy. The AL is boring!
Rally towels will be back for each game the rest of the regular season. Daily News had a great headline on the Phillies game story, "TOWELELUJAH!" Fans were waving them throughout the night, including when the scoreboard posted five runs for Washington for a 7-6 lead in the fifth inning. The roar of the crowd at that time was something special. The fans are really into it and it certainly adds to the home field advantage.
Jimmy Rollins again started the game in electric fashion with his lead off triple. "MVP, MVP, MVP" is the fans' chant every time he comes to bat. Really cool.
How's this for some strange figures. After 462 at-bats this season, Pat Burrell is hitting .258, 29 homers and 95 RBI. After the same at-bats a year ago, the numbers are exactly the same.
Florida Instructional League
In the daily reports we receive from the FIL currently going on in Clearwater, FL, there was a note about RHPs Andrew Cruse and Ron Hill, "Andrew pitched a solid inning, Ron was a little rusty. Now they head for the Hawaiian Winter League."
Two young men going to Hawaii to play baseball! Such punishment.
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Nice to see Vic back in the starting lineup and Burrell in the six-hole.
It's definately an exciting time to be a Phillies fan…
I know many fans who would love to hear daily or weekly updates on the FIL. Any chance Phillies.com could put them somewhere on the page?
Are there any standing room tix left for tonite?


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These days farmed salmon is quite pricey but hubby loves salmon for his sushi rather than tuna.I understand wild salmon is better than farmed salmon but due to the pigmentation color and texture I still prefer to use farmed salmon.I used to soaked the salmon in vineger until I read an article in New York Times regarding Diphyllobothrium larvae in raw salmon.It's said the dangerous to consume fresh salmon unless that fish has been frozen first, it would be wise to pass.That's because a tiny tapeworm larva may lurk in the raw salmon flesh, just waiting for you to eat it so that it can take up residence in your digestive tract.Cooking fish or freezing it at minus 31 degrees Fahrenheit or colder for 15 hours will kill Diphyllobothrium larvae. Marinating will not. Freezing fish at slightly higher temperatures for longer periods will also kill the larvae but will likely diminish the quality of the fish.So for now I will only freeze my salmon first before thawed it to used as sushi.Better safe than sorry..right?
For making su-meshi/ vinegared rice
1 cup calrose rice/sushi rice
2 tbsp mixed sushi vinegar
1/4 cup water
1 pound farmed salmon ,removed skin and bones if any
1:Wash calrose rice ,change the water 3-4 times,then put the rice in rice cooker with water.Let it cook until it pop to warmer method.
2:Remove salmon from film wrapping and pad dry with paper towel before cut to pieces.Use a very sharp knife to cut salmon fillet into 8 x 5 cm or 3 x 2 in pieces,4-5 mm thick or use your own creativity to adjust the size.Placed the salmon on a tray or plate,cover with clear film ,then chill.
3:Remove the rice from rice cooker,then add in vinegared mixed into the rice.Mix well.
4:Ready a bowl of cold water on the side for moulding.This water is used for your hands while making nigiri-zushi
5:Wet your hand with the water and scoop about 1 1/2 tbsp su-meshi into your palm.Gently but firmly grip the su-meshi and make a rectangular block until all the rice finish.Do not squash the rice but ensure the grains stick together.The size of the blocks must be smaller than the topping(salmon)
6:Put the su-meshi block on a damp chopping board,take out the cut salmon from chiller and top each piece salmon on top of the rice block.Gently press it the salmon and form your palm into a cup shape nigiri-zushi to a smooth surfaced mound.Do not overwork,as the warmth of your hands can cause the topping to lose their freshness.
7:Repeat this process until all the rice and topping are used.Serve immediately with little shoyu(wasabi and soy sauce).
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Hindu College is run by the Hindu Educational Society which comprises a number of philanthropic and enthusiastic citizens of the town. Hindu college was established in 1911 as a Middle school, in 1916 it was upgraded in High school and latter in 1937 it was converted into Intermediate College. In 1949 and 1950 it was recognized as Degree and P.G. College, respectively. Till 1960 B.Sc., M.Sc. (Maths), Commerce and B.Ed. classes.
Hindu College was first affiliated to Agra University, and later to with the establishment of Rohilkhand University presently known as Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University in 1973.
Hindu college is situated in the heart of the city- STATION ROAD. The college is 0. 5 Km form Railway Station and 0.8 Km form Bus Stations.
Hindu College,
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- Keywords > access to medicines
- Keywords > health priorities
- Keywords > medicines policy
- Keywords > medicines strategy
- Keywords > pharmaceutical gaps
- Keywords > pharmaceutical innovation
- Keywords > pharmaceutical research - priorities
- Keywords > policy - priority issues
- Keywords > priority diseases
- Keywords > priority medicines
(2013; 102 pages)
This chapter provides an in-depth review of the various diseases or conditions that have been selected as part of this priority-setting exercise based on the methods described in Chapters 4 and 5. These conditions have been grouped according to the nature of the pharmaceutical gap(s) associated with them. Many conditions such as cancer fall into multiple gaps as mentioned in the Executive Summary.
The first series of conditions, infections due to antibacterial resistance and pandemic influenza, are associated with a pharmaceutical gap in that many pharmaceutical treatments for them are already ineffective and many others will soon become ineffective. Both pose enormous threats to global public health which will require major multisectoral responses.
The second series of conditions, cardiovascular disease (CVD), HIV/AIDS, cancer, depression, diabetes, pneumonia/diarrhoeal/neonatal conditions, malaria, tuberculosis, neglected tropical diseases and postpartum haemorrhage include chronic diseases with a clear "commonality of interest" in both Europe and the world (e.g. CVD, cancer, depression) and infectious diseases which mainly affect people in low- and middle- income countries (e.g., HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis). The characteristic that is common to all these conditions is their pharmaceutical gap. For these conditions, treatment exists but the delivery mechanism or the formulation needs to be more appropriate for patient use. For example, there continues to be a need for paediatric dosages of cancer medicines; antidepressants often cause side-effects; oxytocin, which is used to prevent postpartum haemorrhage, is not heat-stable, and nor is insulin — making them both difficult to use in developing countries, where they are needed most.
The next series of conditions are characterized by the third pharmaceutical gap: a treatment does not yet exist or the existing treatment(s) is insufficiently effective. These conditions are stroke, osteoarthritis, Alzheimer disease (AD) and other dementias, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), hearing loss, low back pain and rare (orphan) diseases. Despite substantial investments in research, progress towards developing curative treatment or medicines to slow or reverse the progression of these conditions has been disappointing. In addition, these are diseases where basic research is needed to establish biomarkers.
The final group consists, not of diseases per se, but global risk factors for disease. These risk factors are amenable to pharmaceutical treatment but such treatment is either non-existent or inadequate. These are treatments for cessation of tobacco use, alcohol use disorders and obesity.
This chapter should be read in conjunction with the background documents which provide additional details for all of the statements made in this summary chapter. In addition, some themes are revisited in Chapters 7 and 8.


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Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
from the palindromic-trolls-and-freudian-typos dept
We've got a tight cluster of top comments this week, with all four of the winners-by-vote coming from just two posts. Up first is our runaway champion of the week: an anonymous commenter who took Most Insightful by a wide margin, and also eked into the first place Funny slot by a few votes. Both of these were well-earned with one of the best comments in recent memory, responding to our post about the Internet Archive offering up records of free TV news programs. We wondered whether the project would meet the definition of "limited" that is required for the special copyright exception it seems to be leveraging, and this AC chimed in with some quippy legal analysis:
The Supreme Court said in Eldred v. Ashcroft that copyright terms can be retroactively extended to absurdity, and remain "limited" as per the constitution. By similar logic, it is mathematically certain that the Internet Archive is making available a limited number of copies. =)
As Mike said in response, this comment is full of win.
Up next, we've got a different anonymous commenter responding to the notorious bob, one of the more... um... unique detractors hanging around Techdirt. Bob showed up on our post about Hachette's increased prices for libraries to go on an anti-library screed, with a list of supposed "FAILS" to be found in the post. This garnered quite a few responses, the top-voted of which took apart bob's argument piece by piece:
Let me start off by saying your comment is more full of fail/stupid than any comment you've written to date. So on to putting your brand of idiocy in it's place.
"The only reason this blog likes libraries is because they offer a story line that helps the legal status of Big Search."
No, bob, the reason this blog likes libraries is because they offer anyone the opportunity to enrich themselves freely. You can check out a book and read it for free. You can go use their computers to do work. You can take your children for summer reading programs.
Basically, they provide a valuable service. One which the PUBLIC has no problem with. Hence the whole "public library" thing.
"FAIL#1: Libraries are the classic gatekeeper. No one reads anything unless the librarian buys it."
Oh my god. Only you would have the gall to call a library a gatekeeper. They are not gatekeepers. And I don't think you know what that word means. I'm not going to discuss this point further, but suffice it to say "YOU FAIL" on it.
"FAIL #2: Libraries take by force. No one chooses whether they participate in a library or not. The tax collector grabs the money from you whether you go or not. It doesn't matter whether you can't read or don't want to read, the library takes your money."
Libraries DO NOT take by force. Libraries are a public place/service. The tax collector also uses your tax dollars on parks, roads, schools, etc. Do you personally have children? Because I don't, yet my tax dollars go to funding public education. See what I'm getting at here? We all pay for things that are for the public good. But in no way are libraries directly taking money from my wallet against my will.
bob, I said it last week and I'll say it again, maybe YOU should go to a public library. Grab a few books, newspapers, etc and start fucking learning a thing or two. Your stupid scares me.
"FAIL #3: Libraries are anti-green. You've got to go to get the book."
And what do you think movies and cds are? You've got to go to the theater, you've got to go to Big Retail (as you'd put it) to purchase the physical discs, etc. And what about getting the products out to the market? Shipped using Big Trucking. Etc.
Again, this is another point that is so retarded I can't believe you tried to use it as a mark against libraries.
"FAIL #4: Librarians love their form of DRM. You want to lend a library book to a friend? You can't do it. You've got to bring it back and let them relend it."
Digital rights management (DRM) is a class of access control technologies that are used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders and individuals with the intent to limit the use of digital content and devices after sale.
That is the definition of DRM. In no way do libraries have DRM with the exception of their ebook offerings, and their use of DRM is done basically through force and at the behest of the publishers, otherwise they (the publishers, actual gatekeepers) will withhold content.
But you can still lend out a book. You can either do it by returning it and letting your friend check it out. Or, by handing it over to your friend anyway. There's no library police spying on you 24/7 to make sure you don't lend it out. It goes against the spirit of things but there's no one preventing you from doing so.
"FAIL #5: Librarians don't believe in anonymous lending. You've got to register to take out a book and you better live in the right neighborhood."
No, you don't have to live in the right neighborhood. Using my library card I can check out anything from any public library in all of South Texas. I don't live in all of South Texas. I live in one city, in one county. Yet I can check anything out from any other city in any other county (even some that are hours away).
And the whole point of "registration" is to get a library card. That's it. So it's not some nefarious thing to prevent anonymity.
"FAIL #6: Librarians sleep. The Internet is a 24 hour invention."
Jesus christ. I'm ignoring this "brilliant" point as well. Someone else deal with the stupid on this one.
But just fyi, there are libraries online. And by that I mean actual public libraries. You can check out or reserve content in advance and pick it up as soon as they open. So while you may not be able to go to your local library 24/7, you are free to access their content in a manner of speaking 24/7. For some that is. But slowly more libraries are going "online".
"There's no way around the simple economics. If you're going to share a book with N people, you've got to charge N times more to maintain the same revenue. If we're going to pay authors at the same level as before, we've got to raise library prices."
bob, there's no difference between a physical book and an ebook. Especially as it pertains to libraries. X amount of people will check them out. But the sale has been made. Or donation. You can't charge more for one than the other. It makes no sense. Especially when one is a digital file that cost next to nothing to produce.
"So we've got a choice: cheaper books with something like a Kindle or some odd forced communism where we spend a tax dollars for books we might not like. I"ll take the Kindle and its simple way of rewarding the authors who people like."
Wtf? Did you just bring up communism in an ebook price hike on libraries brought about by publishers? Seriously, seek professional help. You've got some serious issues.
I'm done with you. I think I'm going to see if I can get my brain scrubbed. I fear your stupidity may have destroyed more brain cells than all the alcohol I've drank in my life ever has.
And please. Like you'd use a Kindle. That's made by Big Hardware, and it's core operating system is built upon an OS provided by Big Search. Not to mention the fact that Big Retail (Amazon) is "forcing" you into their DRM system. Or were you not aware that Amazon uses proprietary formats to get you said content?
God I hate you. When the hell can we get Lion Day going, because some "brilliance" needs to be culled before it further spreads among the gene pool. Please, DO NOT HAVE KIDS. I'm aiming that at you bob.
...and that's all that needs to be said about that. For Editor's Choice on the insightful side, we'll start with a comment on our post about Peter Hirtle's look at some examples of copyright insanity like pre-1978 TV shows and even a letter from 1755 that is still under copyright. Peter himself showed up in the comments to offer some additional details:
I want to thank Mike Masnick for bringing my article to the attention of his Techdirt readers. It is clear from some of the comments here that either commentators haven't read it or I was unclear in my writing. I may have assumed that everyone knew that the rules for copyright pre-and post-1978 are radically different, but I should have been clearer about this.
Many commentators asked about the copyright status of television shows. Most pre-1978 court cases said that the performance of a television show did not constitute publication. This is currently embedded in copyright law in 17 USC 101. Selling a program to a network would probably not constitute an offer to the public, and so no publication would occur. The program would, however, be protected by state common law copyrights until such time as the copyright owner authorized publication, at which point the Federal copyright clock would start running. In the case of Star Trek, the first episode was broadcast n 1966, but it was not published with notice until 1978. It was not necessary to register a copyright to receive copyright protection, but Desilu Studios did do so, noting a publication date of 1978. As a work created before 1978 and first published between 1978 and 2003, this episode of Star Trek is subject to the copyright term specified by 17 USC § 303: 95 years from first publication or 120 years from creation, whichever is shorter.
State common law copyrights, BTW, were perpetual, which is why the copyright owner of the Adams letter could authorize its publication in the 20th century and receive the full 95 year term on the letter.
Hey... with another retroactive copyright extension or two, we could get Star Trek to fall into the public domain after the year the show is set in!
For the second Editor's Choice, we've got AJ on our post about the Amanda Palmer volunteer musician kerfuffle. One thing a lot of people seem to be forgetting in that debate is that Amanda does employ a bunch of musicians and other creative professionals—so the stance of the detractors is not so much "we think she should pay" as "we think she should pay slightly more than she is". AJ highlighted this, plus the fact that the money she's now paying to musicians had to come from somewhere:
Someone must have lost out, although we don't know who that was. If most of the money to pay the musicians came from the video budget maybe they're paying for fewer camera operators, or they'll be do less work in post-production so the result might be less polished. I'm not trying to find out the full details, but to imply that nobody has lost out because of the change is obviously incorrect.
Now on to the Funny! We've already seen the First Place winner, and in second place we've got another comment on our post about Hachette prices, from another anonymous commenter. This AC decided to highlight the absurdity of treating digital content like physical goods:
You fail to mention the recent eFont crop shortage due to the hot summer we had. That's the real reason for costs to spike. Just wait until eFont crops get back to normal.
For Editor's Choice on the funny side, we've got two nice little one-liners. First up is an anonymous comment on our post about the TPP delegates' ongoing false promises of transparency, pointing out some of the irony in their behavior:
For a bunch of people who claim to hate counterfeiting, they sure love to counterfeit transparency.
Next we've got a comment from MikeVx. We're always grateful when commenters point out typos in our posts here at Techdirt, but we're also occasionally embarrassed and rarely surprised—so on our post about the White House's draft executive order on cybersecurity, it was nice to start reading such a comment and then have our expectations subverted:
Mike, you let a typo loose in the entry title. There is no R in daft.
I'd rather be optimistic: assume the typo was on the White House's end, and while we're thinking this is a draft of the actual order, it's actually intended as an example to staff of how not to deal with cybersecurity issues. I look forward to a leak of the "Sensible Executive Order".


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Some of you have asked that I write about my unbelievable Torrey Pines story. At the risk of being golf's version of James Frey, here goes.
All of us at one time or another have played until dark. I was out one day after work with two or three golf buddies on Torrey's South Course when we ran out of daylight. We were in the middle of the back nine, so we just started walking in.
The sky was clear and there was a full moon. You could see your shadow in the moonlight.
When we got to the 18th -- the par five you've probably seen on TV with the pond in front -- I decided to tee it up just for yucks. I made my swing, it felt good, and we continued to walk in.
I wasn't going to look too hard for the ball -- after all, it was dark -- but there it was right in the middle of the fairway.
I pulled my three wood, aimed a bit right to avoid the pond, and took my swing. Again, it felt good, but I had no idea where it went.
Admittedly, this was a difficult shot to execute in the daylight with the pond in full view. I normally bailed out right. In this particular situation, I had no such concerns. I just kept my head down and made a smooth swing. We kept walking.
I walked on the line that I hoped my ball had traveled, but I had no expectation of finding it. There it was! It was on the fringe in two, a first for me. Now I'm definitely playing out.
I could barely make out the flag, so I walked on to the middle of the green to gauge slope and distance. I returned to my bag and pulled my 8-iron. I aimed right, knowing the chip would swing left. It was a total guess in the dark, but I hit a solid chip.
You've surely guessed by now what happened. I chipped in for eagle. I eagled #18 on Torrey South in the moonlight!
I had witnesses (or did I?). I thought about calling at least one of them who I haven't talked to in years to verify this account. After all, I don't want to end up on Oprah trying to defend this unbelievable story.
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Thursday, February 16
My Unbelievable Torrey Pines Story
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Great story. The game of golf is so stupid I believe almost everything I hear about it.
- Andrew said...
You know I can relate to this also..I was playing Coronado GC years ago under similar circumstances. It was a par 4 if I remember. It was a weird night, 2 other buds, we're just finishing up. I hit my drive..walked up and found it..hit a 7 iron..felt good. walked up on the green and found it..putt for a birdie..I really didn't think much about it at the time..ny frinds were more stoked then I was..I'll always remember it.
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The discovery of this Romano–British site is of tremendous importance; there is nothing comparable to it in Devon, and research on this site significantly contributed to our understanding of life in the Romano–British world on the edges of the Roman Empire. The initial geophysical survey of the site revealed many archaeological features lying below the ground, over an area of several acres. Because the geophysical results were so remarkable, the British Museum and the Roman Research Trust provided funding for an archaeological evaluation that took place in March 2011.
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The findings from this pilot survey revealed a Roman road, a square enclosure ditch of Roman date, and an Iron Age, Romano–British roundhouse. Many fragments of pottery were also recovered, including imported wares such as amphorae from Spain and decorated samian ware (reddish-brown pottery). More coins were found, along with a fragment of human bone, dating to the Roman period. The findings of the pilot survey confirmed the date and significance of the site but also revealed that there were even more potential archaeological findings than those detailed in the geophysical survey.
Devon is a beautiful, largely rural, county steeped in history. It has two stunning coastlines long associated with legends of pirates, smuggling, and shipwrecks, and two vast areas of wild moorland: Dartmoor National Park and Exmoor National Park. Both are rich in prehistoric heritage - Dartmoor is famous for its unique Bronze Age landscape, and it has numerous standing circles and standing stone rows.
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Jan 14, 2014 | ISBN 9780307985095
"It's a thriller, a whodunit, and an adventure, full of clues, codes, false trails, professional envy, whiffs of conspiracy, and heroic mercy. And it's all true! Thomas Craughwell has delivered an historical account that's breathtaking, page-turning, and inspiring." -Mike Aquilina, Executive Vice-President, St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, and author, The Fathers of the Church
"Religious legends sometimes have a funny way of turning out to be true. For many years, scholars believed that the 'five porticoes' in a healing story of Jesus in Jerusalem were just a pious legend–until archeologists unearthed a site with 'five porticoes,' just as the Gospels had said. The remarkable story of the supposedly 'legendary' remains of St. Peter's, and how they were found exactly where the 'legends' had them, is a fascinating one, especially in the hands of a gifted writer like Thomas Craughwell. His new book should give pause to all those who would dismiss similar stories as 'merely legendary.'" -James Martin, SJ, author of My Life with the Saints.
"Craughwell is one of our very best storytellers. In book after book, he makes history come alive. As I expected, St. Peter's Bones does not disappoint. It's amazing how Tom is able to tell a sweeping, important story in so compact a package. Highly recommended!" -Jon M. Sweeney, author of The Pope Who Quit and Francis of Assisi in His Own Words


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The odds of an innovation becoming successful are seven percent. Only six percent of patents are licensed to large manufacturing companies for production! The Innovator has an idea, but what is the next step? Thomas Edison experienced the same exasperation in the commercial market as inventors experienced today. When he could not find a buyer for his first patented invention (an electric vote counter) he formulated a lifelong policy: "Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent!"
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Moving Forward with Automated Acceptance Testing
In the last installment, I talked about the need for some level of automated testing. I'll reiterate that the goal is not to automate 100% of all tests. But, you do want to move in that direction. I've yet to encounter a team that has suffered from having too many tests. (I have worked with teams who have had too many poorly written tests.)
I also introduced the tool FitNesse. In this installment, you'll learn more about what FitNesse is. You'll download the tool, install it, start it up, and begin to learn about its editing capabilities. In the next installment, you'll specify a very simple test and build the support for it, both in an incremental fashion.
FitNesse combines two very powerful tools to create a whole greater than the sum of its parts. FitNesse combines the testing tool Fit (Framework For Integrated Tests) with the power of a wiki. Hopefully, you've had the experience of interacting with a wiki; if not, read this page at Wikipedia.org (which is itself a wiki). Simply put, a wiki is an open, collaborative web site.
The Fit tool, devised by Ward Cunningham, is a table-driven testing framework. It reads HTML data tables that it uses to drive interaction with an underlying application. Fit provides support for verifying application results through these tables. Programmers provide small, intermediary bits of code, known as fixtures, to interpret the tables and directly drive the application being tested.
FitNesse provides support for writing these fixtures in various languages. The primary FitNesse distribution supports Java out of the box. However, other developers have added support for coding fixtures in Ruby, C++, Delphi, Python, Smalltalk, Perl, or .NET. From the FitNesse.org home page, click on the link marked FitServers for more information.
Getting Started
You will download and install FitNesse. FitNesse contains a built-in web server, so you will not need to use Apache or any other web server. FitNesse does require you to have an installed version of Java; the latest version of FitNesse requires Java 5.
Even if you are not using Java 5 for production applications, there's usually no reason you can't install Java 5 just to support FitNesse. Ultimately, you will deploy FitNesse to a production server, one that gets backed up regularly and that is under other typical server controls. Depending on how heavy your testing needs end up, you may need to allocate a separate server to run FitNesse.
If you were unfortunately constrained to using older versions of Java, you could use the previous version of FitNesse. This version is dated July 31, 2005, and will run under Java 1.4.
FitNesse will run with no problems under either Windows or Unix(tm). Your walkthrough of the simple example below presumes you're using Windows.
Let's Go!
The first step is to download and install FitNesse, a reasonably painless process. Navigate to FitNesse.org and click the Download link.
Select the latest version of the distribution because you're running Java 5. Currently, this version dates to July 2006. Download the file named fitnesse20060719.zip.
Unzip the file onto your machine, into c:. The path information already includes references to the subdirectory fitnesse. Your entire FitNesse distribution thus ends up in c:\fitnesse. You could have chosen any other location into which to install FitNesse.
You now attempt to start the FitNesse server. To do so, create a shortcut on your desktop. When Windows asks you to "Type the location of the item:," enter:
Name this shortcurt FitNesse. Open the new shortcut to start the FitNesse server. (If you installed under Unix(tm), you would start FitNesse simply by executing the corresponding shell script, run.sh.)
Unfortunately, it turns out you already had something running on the same port that FitNesse defaults to, port 80.
C:\fitnesse>java -cp fitnesse.jar fitnesse.FitNesse FitNesse cannot be started... Port 80 is already in use. Use the -p <port#> command line argument to use a different port. C:\fitnesse>pause Press any key to continue . . .
To fix this problem, edit the properties for the shortcut, and change the Target so that it specifies an available port:
C:\fitnesserun.bat -p 8083
Now when we attempt to start the server, we see:
C:\fitnesse>java -cp fitnesse.jar fitnesse.FitNesse -p 8083 FitNesse (20060719) Started... port: 8083 root page: fitnesse.wiki.FileSystemPage at ./FitNesseRoot logger: none authenticator: fitnesse.authentication. PromiscuousAuthenticator html page factory: fitnesse.html.HtmlPageFactory page version expiration set to 14 days.
Success! This console window will stay around until you close it. You could also press ctrl-c to terminate the Java process.
The console window represents the executing FitNesse server. Normally, you won't see any other messages on this console.
The FitNesse wiki
Open up a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8083. (You could have omitted the port information had you been able to run FitNesse on port 80.) You see the FitNesse welcome page (see Figure 1).
Click here for a larger image.
Figure 1: The FitNesse welcome page.
|If you've used other wikis, such as Confluence, you'll note that FitNesse has a number of things in common with them. However, you'll probably notice that FitNesse is fairly bare-boned compared to other wikis. Its primary focus is on the ability of the wiki to support organization and entry of Fit tests, and not on the robustness of the wiki environment itself. Some of the wiki conventions that FitNesse uses may seem familiar to you; others may seem arbitrarily different. That's the downside of the proliferation of various wiki implementations!
As a wiki, FitNesse allows you to edit any page. You'll edit the first page and add a link to a new page in which you'll store your first test. Click the button marked Edit Locally, located on the left-hand side of the welcome page.
You see an Edit Page. Within the edit box, move to the end of the existing text, press Enter a couple times, and type in the name of your new page, TestSample. Your screen now looks like Figure 2.
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Figure 2: Editing the welcome page.
Press Save, and again you see the welcome page. The welcome page now shows your new text, TestSample, followed by a question mark that your browser recognizes as a page link (see Figure 3).
Figure 3: FitNesse found no page for our wiki word.
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Voodoo Queen
Captured in New Orleans Jazz Fest 2015. I was trying to shoot some images of this voodoo stick which was anchored in the mud. Suddenly this amazing woman jumped out of the tent and confronted me with a smile about my intentions with her voodoo stick. I took a good look at her and her voodoo stick and visioned the image I wanted in my mind. I navigated her into my
"studio" I used the tent as a backdrop and natural lighting from the cloudy sunshine. This image gives me feminine power. Death is just a transition, nothing less nothing more.
Nola Showers
Captured on Royal St. during a 15 min wash out. (If nobody told you the weather man is a liar). I was at the right place at the right time to capture this timeless image. This character on the bike is a New Orleans sword eater, if you will look closely you will find her sword and dog riding along with her.
Koffee Break
Koffee Break
This kooky image was captured in Cafe Envie
on Mardi Gras morning 2016 in New Orleans. I was just grabbing a cup of coffee - and there they were, as if they were waiting just for me. My favorite part in this photo is the reflection of one of the clowns face on the right side of the image. Yes. It is creepy. But you know you love it. :)
The Musician & The Pessimist
I invite you to guess which on is which! Look for the musical instrument in the photo.If you want to guess on your own stop reading now! The musician is on the left with his music case behind his chair. The man on the right is not looking that happy either- hens " Pessimist ". The back round of this image is symmetrical and metaphorically represents a day just like any other. The musician on the left seems like life is treating him well- he has a nice suit on - coffee in one hand - a book in the other and he is IN the picture. The pessimist on the right is not having a good day - he's seems as if he is feeling sorry for him self and he is CUT OUT of the picture because he can't see the whole picture - because of his attitude. We make choices every day who we want to be and how we want to feel and this image is a reminder of the result when we choose to be a "musician" in life. Then we can enjoy all the melodies that life has to offer.
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14 September, 2015
Today I pulled my resume from this site. I'm not sure where this domain/website will end up, but I hope to open the doors to other people who share the Jaggers name. News? Sites?
Please share any thoughts/suggestions about where we can take this page. If you want to start a public discussion then check out the Comments page. If you'd prefer to write me privately, you can go to the page titled "EMail."
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As you may have heard, there's a legal hearing taking place right now centered around whether the Northwestern University football players should be able to legally form an employee union. At the heart of the case is defining whether football players are, in fact, employees of the University — they are compensated in the form of tuition, room and board in exchange for their services on the field — or just students who are also football players.
This case has the potential to change college football as we know it. If players are allowed to unionize, they will have the power to make compensation demands, which will affect everything from player safety, recruiting, transfers, and product endorsements.
The whole thing stinks. Here's why:
Over the past 100-plus years, the popularity of college football has skyrocketed. Fan interest and television viewership has risen year after year after year. As great as the NFL is, there's just something special about seeing the college boys, draped in the colors of their beloved schools, battling it out on the gridiron.
There's a beauty to it that doesn't exist anywhere else in sports.
As the game has grown in popularity, so has the potential for exploitation and greed. The magnanimous nature of the NCAA and its member schools has been nothing short of extraordinary. It's hard to imagine, but the game as it exists today could look very different if it weren't for the dedication of the college game's stewards to keep it purely about football, school pride, and education.
Imagine for a moment how different the game would look if the elements of exploitation and greed were to find their way in. Imagine the offensiveness of turning on your TV one Saturday afternoon only to see that perhaps the signature collegiate uniform, the navy and gold jersey of Notre Dame, had been adorned with the tacky logo of an apparel company. Picture a college football landscape where, on a week to week basis, you had no idea what uniform your favorite team would be wearing - or if you'd even recognize them. Imagine how you'd feel if your team's uniform had been auctioned off to the highest bidder, an apparel company that would premier a new look each week in an effort to sell its own wares.
And what if exploitation and greed found their way into the coaches offices? We're used to a world where college football serves as a stage for coaches who coach for the love of the game, and as a proving ground for coaches who strive to coach at a professional level. But imagine a world where the sportsmanship compact between universities, coaches and players ceased to exist. Where coaches were rogue free agents, bouncing from school to school in pursuit of the highest paying contract. Imagine the absurdity of a coach making five million dollars per year surrounded by a team of players making nothing.
And greed wouldn't stop there. Imagine a world of college football where the corporate advertising wolves were free to roam. Where every last goalpost, scoreboard, beer cup, t-shirt, stadium, and shoelace had a corporate logo plastered all over it. Where the experience of being at a college game had been degraded so as to be indistinguishable from being at any other game from arena league to the NFL.
Imagine how the sports networks would act in this landscape. Imagine a behemoth network just heaving sacks of money at the colleges so they can cash in on the action. Imagine the corrupting power the large sports networks could have, to the point of dictating the match-ups and even realignment of entire leagues, all in the name of creating the highest-dollar advertising slots.
And finally, imagine a world where university presidents and the NCAA not just allowed this all to happen, but encouraged it, AND THEN turned around and told the student athletes that they are the only ones who are not entitled to a piece of the pie. Imagine the audacity of telling a college football player - the very person who goes out and risks his health for the benefit of all these exploitative, greedy entities - that he is the only one expected to remain loyal to the idea of the amateur athlete playing for the love of the game.
It's an absurd vision, of course.
It serves as a reminder of the type of situation in which it would be perfectly reasonable for college football players to unionize to protect their own interests. But since we currently reside in a world in which the sanctity of college football has been protected - a world in which every effort has been made to ensure that college football is not a product to be sold to the highest bidder - there is no need for college football players to protect themselves. Whatever small amount of money is made from college football is put back into the universities to increase the quality of the education those very players are receiving — for free, no less!
The game of college football has remained free of greed for over a century. I can only hope that these greedy football players are unsuccessful in their bid to unionize and that we can return next fall to the pure game that I know and love.


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Mar 20, 2012 | ISBN 9780812992816
Mar 20, 2012 | 390 Minutes
"An instruction manual for a life well lived."—The Wall Street Journal
"As if her 108 years of experience alone were not enough to coax you, there is the overarching fact that draws people to Herz-Sommer's story: She survived the Theresienstadt concentration camp and is believed to be the oldest living Holocaust survivor."—The Washington Post
"I have rarely read a Holocaust survivor's memoir as enriching and meaningful. Get Caroline Stoessinger's book, A Century of Wisdom, telling Alice Herz-Sommer's tale of her struggles and triumphs. You will feel rewarded."—Elie Wiesel
"A Century of Wisdom is a stately and elegant book about an artist who found deliverance in her passion for music. Caroline Stoessinger writes with a special purity, as though she were arranging pearls on a string of silk."—Pat Conroy
"As one of millions who fell in love on YouTube with Alice Herz-Sommer, a 108-year-old Holocaust survivor who plays the piano and greets each day with no hint of bitterness, I'm grateful to Caroline Stoessinger for writing a book that explains this mystery. You will be inspired by the story of Alice Herz-Sommer, who lives to teach us."—Gloria Steinem
"I walked on the cobblestones in Prague for thirty years wondering who might have walked on them before me: Kafka, Freud, Mahler. It feels like a miracle to have encountered, in Caroline Stoessinger's wonderful book, Alice Herz-Sommer, who walked with them all—with a heart full of music."—Peter Sis
"Caroline Stoessinger's celebration of music and life and of the meaning and legacy of Alice Herz-Sommer's remarkable, love-filled journey across the bitter, hate-filled years of twentieth-century madness is lyrical, compelling, and profoundly moving. This is an extraordinary, enchanting, entirely inspiring book—most timely and needed now."—Blanche Wiesen Cook
"A Century of Wisdom is universal and will enrich readers for generations to come."—Itzhak Perlman
"A treasure trove of insight and reflection. Herz-Sommer's life is a tribute to the purity of artistic endeavor under the most devastating circumstances, and her refusal to be bitterly defined or essentially reshaped by tragedy is a testament to moral and spiritual courage."—Booklist
"What Stoessinger's work reveals startlingly and firsthand are details of life in the concentration camp, especially how the musicians coped with the horrible conditions and even formed a vibrant community. . . . 'Every concert played there,' Stoessinger writes, 'became a moral victory against the enemy.'"—Kirkus Reviews