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At the Black Hat and Defcon security conferences, security community volunteers announce two important new services for the security community and a new partnership for community-based security information sources. The first is the VulnDiscuss mailing list, a new full disclosure forum that compliments the existing VulnWatch accouncement list. VulnDiscuss is meant to foster the discussion of security issues and vulnerabilities by providing a forum for recent security announcements to be discussed. VulnDiscuss will be under moderator control to keep it topical, and access is open to anyone who wishes to participate or observe.
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And finally the third is a formal partnership between multiple community-based security information sources: PacketStorm, Open Source Vulnerability Database, Alldas.org, and VulnWatch. The partnership will come together under the Internetworked Security Information Services initiative (ISISi) title, which will remain a non-profit, vendor-neutral entity run by volunteers from the security community. All involved projects share the common goal of providing accessible information security resources useful for researchers, IT Professionals, and the general public, while adhering to a not-for-profit operation model. The initiative allows the projects to share resources and volunteers, eliminate redundancy, and provide a single organized access point to all information which is currently dispersed amongst the individual projects. Current ISISi information is available at www.isisi.org.
"[ISISi] allows us to pool our resources and increase the effectiveness of our respective initiatives while giving information security professionals co-ordinated, higher quality, open source security information than was possible previously." — Emerson Tan, Spokesman and Ideologue, Packetstormsecurity.org.
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The OpenMP standard was formulated in 1997 as an API for writing portable, multi-threaded applications. It started as a Fortran-based standard, but later grew to include C and C++. While the current version is OpenMP Version 3.0, this article is based on OpenMP Version 2.5, which supports Fortran, C, and C++. Intel C++ and Fortran compilers support the OpenMP Version 2.5 standard. The OpenMP programming model provides a platform-independent set of compiler pragmas, directives, function calls, and environment variables that explicitly instruct the compiler how and where to use parallelism in the application. Many loops can be threaded by inserting only one pragma right before the loop, as demonstrated by examples in this article. By leaving the nitty-gritty details to the compiler and OpenMP runtime library, you can spend more time determining which loops should be threaded and how to best restructure the algorithms for performance on multi-core processors. The full potential of OpenMP is realized when it is used to thread the most time consuming loops, that is, the hot spots.
Tackling the topic of OpenMP in a single article is an intimidating task. Therefore, this article serves as a bridge for you, allowing you to reach a point where you have a fundamental understanding of threading with OpenMP from which you can build your broader practical knowledge. The power and simplicity of OpenMP can be demonstrated by looking at an example. The following loop converts each 32-bit RGB (red, green, blue) pixel in an array into an 8-bit grayscale pixel. The one pragma, which has been inserted immediately before the loop, is all that is needed for parallel execution under OpenMP.
#pragma omp parallel for for ( i = 0; i < numPixels; i++) { pGrayScaleBitmap[i] = (unsigned BYTE) ( pRGBBitmap[i].red * 0.299 + pRGBBitmap[i].green * 0.587 + pRGBBitmap[i].blue * 0.114 ); }
Let's take a closer look at the loop. First, the example uses work-sharing, which is the general term that OpenMP uses to describe distributing work across threads. When work-sharing is used with the for construct, as shown in this example, the iterations of the loop are distributed among multiple threads. The OpenMP implementation determines how many threads to create and how best to manage them. All the programmer needs to do is to tell OpenMP which loop should be threaded. No need for programmers to add a lot of codes for creating, initializing, managing, and killing threads in order to exploit parallelism. OpenMP compiler and runtime library take care of these and many other details behind the scenes.
In the current OpenMP specification Version 2.5, OpenMP places the following five restrictions on which loops can be threaded:
- The loop variable must be of type signed integer. Unsigned integers will not work. Note: this restriction is to be removed in the future OpenMP specification Version 3.0.
- The comparison operation must be in the form
loop_variable <, <=, >, or >= loop_invariant_integer.
- The third expression or increment portion of the for loop must be either integer addition or integer subtraction and by a loop invariant value.
- If the comparison operation is < or <=, the loop variable must increment on every iteration; conversely, if the comparison operation is > or >=, the loop variable must decrement on every iteration.
- The loop must be a single entry and single exit loop, meaning no jumps from the inside of the loop to the outside or outside to the inside are permitted with the exception of the exit statement, which terminates the whole application. If the statements goto or break are used, they must jump within the loop, not outside it. The same goes for exception handling; exceptions must be caught within the loop.
Although these restrictions may sound somewhat limiting, most loops can easily be rewritten to conform to them. The restrictions listed above must be observed so that the compiler can parallelize loops via OpenMP. However, even when the compiler parallelizes the loop, you must still ensure the loop is functionally correct by watching out for the issues in the next section.
Challenges in Threading a Loop
Threading a loop is to convert independent loop iterations to threads and run these threads in parallel. In some sense, this is a re-ordering transformation in which the original order of loop iterations can be converted to into an undetermined order. In addition, because the loop body is not an atomic operation, statements in the two different iterations may run simultaneously. In theory, it is valid to convert a sequential loop to a threaded loop if the loop carries no dependence. Therefore, the first challenge for you is to identify or restructure the hot loop to make sure that it has no loop-carried dependence before adding OpenMP pragmas.
Even if the loop meets all five loop criteria and the compiler threaded the loop, it may still not work correctly, given the existence of data dependencies that the compiler ignores due to the presence of OpenMP pragmas. The theory of data dependence imposes two requirements that must be met for a statement
S and to be data dependent on statement
- There must exist a possible execution path such that statement
Sboth reference the same memory location
- The execution of
Sthat references
Loccurs before the execution of
Sthat references
In order for
S to depend upon
S, it is necessary for some execution of
S to write to a memory location
L that is later read by an execution of
S. This is also called flow dependence. Other dependencies exist when two statements write the same memory location
L, called an output dependence, or a read occurs before a write, called an anti-dependence. This pattern can occur in one of two ways:
Scan reference the memory location
Lon one iteration of a loop; on a subsequent iteration
Scan reference the same memory location
Scan reference the same memory location
Lon the same loop iteration, but with
Sduring execution of the loop iteration.
The first case is an example of loop-carried dependence, since the dependence exists when the loop is iterated. The second case is an example of loop-independent dependence; the dependence exists because of the position of the code within the loops. Table 1 shows three cases of loop-carried dependencies with dependence distance
d, where
1 ≤ d ≤ n, and
n is the loop upper bound.
Table 1: The Different Cases of Loop-carried dependencies.
Let's take a look at the following example where
d = 1 and
n = 99. The write operation is to location
x[k] at iteration
k in
S, and a read from it at iteration
k+1 in
S, thus a loop-carried flow dependence occurs. Furthermore, with the read from location
y[k–1] at iteration
k in
S, a write to it is performed at iteration
k+1 in
S, hence, the loop-carried antidependence exists. In this case, if a parallel for pragma is inserted for threading this loop, you will get a wrong result.
// Do NOT do this. It will fail due to loop-carried // dependencies. x[0] = 0; y[0] = 1; #pragma omp parallel for private(k) for ( k = 1; k < 100; k++ ) { x[k] = y[k-1] + 1; // S1 y[k] = x[k-1] + 2; // S2 }
Because OpenMP directives are commands to the compiler, the compiler will thread this loop. However, the threaded code will fail because of loop-carried dependence. The only way to fix this kind of problem is to rewrite the loop or to pick a different algorithm that does not contain the loop-carried dependence. With this example, you can first predetermine the initial value of
x[49] and
y[49]; then, you can apply the loop strip mining technique to create a loop-carried dependence-free loop
m. Finally, you can insert the parallel for to parallelize the loop
m. By applying this transformation, the original loop can be executed by two threads on a dual-core processor system.
// Effective threading of the loop using strip-mining // transformation. x[0] = 0; y[0] = 1; x[49] = 74; //derived from the equation x(k)=x(k-2)+3 y[49] = 74; //derived from the equation y(k)=y(k-2)+3 #pragma omp parallel for private(m, k) for (m=0, m<2; m++) { for ( k = m*49+1; k < m*50+50; k++ ) { x[k] = y[k-1] + 1; // S1 y[k] = x[k-1] + 2; // S2 } }
Besides using the parallel for pragma, for the same example, you can also use the parallel sections pragma to parallelize the original loop that has loop-carried dependence for a dual-core processor system.
// Effective threading of a loop using parallel sections #pragma omp parallel sections private(k) { { x[0] = 0; y[0] = 1; for ( k = 1; k < 49; k++ ) { x[k] = y[k-1] + 1; // S1 y[k] = x[k-1] + 2; // S2 } } #pragma omp section { x[49] = 74; y[49] = 74; for ( k = 50; k < 100; k++ ) { x[k] = y[k-1] + 1; // S3 y[k] = x[k-1] + 2; // S4 } } }
With this simple example, you can learn several effective methods from the process of parallelizing a loop with loop-carried dependencies. Sometimes, a simple code restructure or transformation is necessary to get your code threaded for taking advantage of dual-core and multi-core processors besides simply adding OpenMP pragmas.


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I am trying to produce a query that I can use across all workspaces, naturally using ISQLSyntax. The problem I'm having is that when using esriSQL_DelimitedIdentifierPrefix on a Oracle SDE instance it is returning a speech mark, whereas I'd expect it to return a blank string. When I use this code on a FileGDB or an MDB it works as expected, but on SDE I get the error:
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The error goes away if I remove the prefix and suffix, so there are no typos in the query. I don't want to do a select case SDE because it seems against the point of having ISQLSyntax.
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Yesterday, I covered eco-friendly diets for environmentalists looking to eat sustainably while dropping a few pounds after the holidays. Today, I ran across "The Poverty Diet," a post by Vanessa Barrington on EcoSalon about how she lost 7 lbs during her vacation — by living with a family in Guatemala, where she was studying Spanish.
Vanessa details the 3 meals she had in a typical day: Very simple menus including a couple eggs, a little beans and chicken, and mostly tortillas. "Though I was hungry some of the time, I was living quite well compared to most Guatemalans," Vanessa writes.
The menu actually sounds pretty yummy to me, except for the lack of veggies and fruits — but the meals certainly weren't big, and there were no snacks to be had. What I found especially striking about the Guatemalan "poverty diet" is that it's so different from what one might consider the U.S. "poverty diet." While Guatemalans subsist on relatively unprocessed, simple foods, poor Americans — thanks to our skewed agricultural and food systems — often turn to fast food and junk food (both of which are mostly government-subsidized corn).
In fact, the current economic downturn has U.S. dietitians worried that people will pack on more pounds! Time magazine reports that "in a recent survey of nearly 500 registered dietitians and nutritionists, 56% of respondents said they were concerned that the economic downturn would have a negative impact on their patients' ability to maintain or achieve a healthy weight. The reason? Junk food is cheaper than healthy fare. Plus, financial woes can be so distracting, people don't pursue nutritional goals."
The poverty = weight GAIN connection in the U.S. is something The Cancer Project's worried about too. The nonprofit, concerned that money-crunched people will turn to unhealthy "dollar menu" fast food items, is working to educate people about how to make better diet choices on the cheap.
I'm not sure where I'm going with this. I guess I'm mainly struck by the fact that the poor in Guatemala seem to be eating more healthfully than the poor in the U.S. Obviously, poverty anywhere is a sad thing (though I'll bet some readers are now tempted to do a Spanish immersion program to lose weight). Yet while Vanessa seems to have returned to the U.S. in relative good health, many of the poor in the U.S. will likely have to deal with totally preventable diet-related diseases in the future.
Read Vanessa's whole post to learn more about poverty in Guatemala, where "the cost of basic food items has gone up 40% in the past two years, pushing many people into poverty." And follow blogs like The Ethicurean to educate yourself about the problems with the agricultural and food systems in the U.S. — so you can get involved in reshaping it.
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Amazing showU2 is the best. This was a massive show but they still made it special.
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360 - Filling Up...Before the show, excitement is in the air...Doyou dare go to the bathroom? Nah...Fight your way up to the front!!!
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Good but not U2 goodThe concert was very good, but was the worst of the 8 U2 shows I have seen. It seemed like the set list was shorter than usual and although I do like a little political interjection, half the show was talking politics. I do like the indoor shows better, much more intimate. For the price we all paid for tickets we were kinda wondering - that's it? I would have liked to have seen another 5 songs or so - and Amazing Grace was a little over the edge - I mean we weren't in church, we were at a Rock N Roll concert. And I hate what they did with Crazy - If they want to go dancy, use discoteque. Anyways still probably the 8th best concert I've ever seen, only behind the 7 other times I've seen the best band ever.
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For me?My 8th U2 concert ....My 54th birthday, a present with a bow from my main men. We were 10 feet from the stage near the leg on the front right side..We stood in place for five and a half hours. No beer, no bathroom...A brilliant moon and brilliant sounds....Bono bringing the guy up onstage wearing a turban carrying an American flag....The two men danced and sang to 'Sunday Bloody Sunday'....We are ONE....!...The light suit and trapeze act at the end..My best birthday!
09 October, 2009
U2 landsForm the echoing intros of Major Tom (reminded me of Phili 1992 Zoo when they played a Bowie too, Young Americans), You knew the boys were about to land and new musical discoveries and rediscoveries were about to unfold. Highlights for this old fan were Magnificent, UnforgettableFire, was it Your Blue Room where Bono waved at the fan in the Round? (and the fan waved back) I'll Go Crazy Remix ( "I know we can get a groove on here tonight!) Moment of Surrender and why I came ULTRAVIOLET. The last song had such a deep meaning to me in 1991 when Actung Baby was released. I remeber being at The Zoo TV Outside Broadcast Philadelphia Veterans Stadium Sep 1992 drunk and everything else, lost and seperated from my friends. What else was there to do but look in at the ZOO screen. The Edges Head was on a huge screen and I yelled "Come on Baby LIGHT MY WAY:, a voice answered "are you out there?" through the sound system. Was it Bono?hmm (This is true, if you see Zoo archival footage, Kurt Loder was interviewing the band on the screens for MTV after the concert) I answered "Yes, and I am not leaving until you play Ultraviolet!" Little did I know , it would be 17 years later.. ha ha. BTW I also asked for One Tree Hill, then went and slept under a tree and went to the next nights show. Anyway U2 9/29 Fed Ex was as moving, Poingant and awesome as ever. Only downsides - Sound, not quite up to par with prior U2 standards, a little echoey and Bonos voice a little garbled. Also appreciated on the Vertigo tour the exercise of a few more long-unplayed tracks in the setlist (an cat dubh, etc) OVERALL WORTH EVERY PENNY , the 3 1/2 hr drive AND THE LAST HALF DAY OF VACTION I HAD! STILL THE BEST BAND IN THE WORLD!!
09 October, 2009
The most amazing musical experience of mI'm HUGELY influenced by music. My emotions, my physicality, my love... without music I would be lost. U2 is one of the most influential bands in my life, if not the most influential. The band as a whole has the ability to stir up every part of me into another state of mind. I can feel my whole body, my mind and my soul move with the music. THIS is why U2 is such a great band. It's not just Bono's voice and excitment, it's not Edge, Adam and Larry's amazing talent, it's not the lyrics... it's the FEELING. The U2 concert in DC was my first experience with U2 live. I have never been so excited in my life, and what felt like, to me, one of the most amazing nights of it. I felt my soul that night. It was surreal!! The odds were in my favor as the whole experience got better and better, I was 5' from the stage and the band. I took some amazing photos, saw the band up close and personal, sang and danced and smiled and cried. I took some amazing photos as well... I wish tehre was a place for a non-paid subscriber to host them as I think they are great shots of the band interracting!!!
08 October, 2009
I boycott the Washington PostNothing in my 31 years comes close to U2, especially live. This was my fifth concert, and I decided it was time. Time to devote a day. You say church doesn't do it for you? Try singing "Streets" with 83,00 people. God is right on your shoulder the whole time, and you can't help but walk out feeling like as bad as a day can get, you can look out for your brothers and sisters... take a chance... change a life you'll never see. Boys, I'll be petitioning for you canonization. By the way, I can't figure out why the Washington Post would have more to say about Lady Gaga and debauchery than this. Oh yeah, I can figure it out.
06 October, 2009
Visually StunningI attempted to submit a review several days ago but it wasn't posted so here it is again modified. Politics are so prevalent at U2 concerts that It's difficult to write an in-depth comment without referencing it. The concert was on a cool 50F's blustery day which tended to subdue to crowd a bit. The lead song, Breathe, was excellent and the best song of the concert and kudos to U2 for playing an initially relatively obscure song (track 10 of the new album), though no longer obscure. There are two basic song sets U2 are playing. Only three songs are interchanged, but the songs switched out are significant as they include Until the End of the World and Unknown Caller which has guitar leads to show off "President The Edge" (not President Edge) guitar prowess who was in absolutely superb form. Unfortunately some standards like I Still Haven't Found or Stuck in a Moment were transmuted from touching love songs. On the set list, in NYC where they added a song to their set list, here they unfortunately dropped a song from their new album, No Line on the Horizon. As someone who's owned every single major U2 album U2 put out, and continually played their albums, fresh U2 is a treat. At one point Bono brought an arab(?) on stage from the audience who was waving an American flag and singing along. Although the singing was off a bit, he certainly made up for it with gusto. I would definitely recommend going to see them. They still are a super group putting on a super show, and they're better live than nearly any band still playing. The beginning of Vertigo is a raucous ephoric moment, City of Blinding Lights and Vertigo are played better than on the CD and those song's visual effects are visual highlights of the show, and at the end of Stuck in a Moment, Bono extends the end by repeating 'and this moment, and this moment' several times so that for a few hair raising seconds you're right there focusing on the moment before 'this too shall pass.'
05 October, 2009
STILL Rock's Hottest Ticket!My first U2 concert was at RFK Stadium in DC in 1987 when Bono separated his shoulder and kept singing anyway. This was, as every U2 tour since has been, the best concert I've ever seen. LOVED the spider-monster stage thingy; I think I'll get one for the back yard. (Don't tell the zoning board in Baltimore City.) Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda, sat directly on the other side of the aisle from where we sat! Six days later, I'm still recovering my voice. Thank you, U2, for giving me the soundtrack to my life.
04 October, 2009
Alaska to DC - Blast OffNot only was it hot in the city, but U2 rocked! I brought my 13 year old niece and she we have a new fan for life. She was absolutely blown away by the space ship. She was moved by Sunday Bloody Sunday and the discussion about Iran. She was full of questions about political activism on the ride home to Fredericksburg. She is now a member of One! U2 helped me stay the coolest aunt in the world! Even when I dancing to Elevation. Thanks guys, from the club tours so long ago, my enjoyment know no measure. We have spent the week going through my old Propaganda fan mags. Thanks for the MUSIC!
03 October, 2009
OUCH!Talk about a great show! I had sooo much fun dancing and singing...teaching the next day was not a good idea! Ha! I couldn't talk or walk! One was absolutely amazing and powerful! It put tears in my eyes. Thanks for a great show guys! Thanks for the set list.....something that I will truly cherish!
03 October, 2009
U2 Elevated My SoulWhat an incredible show! My first time in the inner circle and being so close to the band was such a gift! Thank you to U2 for sharing your music with us and encouraging us to sing our hearts and souls out with you. When you play, all time seems to stop - yet it goes so quickly! You could've played for hours before the crowds were sated. And loved Bono's green guitar!
02 October, 2009
Great Show in DCI was there in DC, the first time I have seen U2 live after being a fan for 30 years. It was an awesome show, I want to see them again. I hope they return to the US in 2010. U2's music is inspiring, visionary, and invigorating. Some of their songs almost bring tears to my eyes. I will always remember this show.
02 October, 2009
Greatest concert in the whole worldThis was a dream come true for me and my wife. We traveled all the way from Honduras in Central America to FedEx Field for the U2 360 Tour. Is great to go to a concert of your favorite band of all time. I will never forget singing all the songs next to the love of my life, I wish that night could last forever. Stuck in a moment acoustic and see Larry with the dejmba was amazing. Tedd's dedication and the children at the stage are things I'll keep on my mind forever. The wait was long but it was worth it. You Know I'll go crazy if I don't go crazy tonight. Thanks for everything! I enjoyed singing all the songs with you guys!
02 October, 2009
WonderfulThe whole experience was great! LOVED it and can't wait for more (Raleigh and Oklahoma)! Loved the Crazy Remix and the way it was done. The sound just couldn't be better and is quite amazing in such a large venue. I'll echo what a couple of others have said, and that would be to have 'Bad' added to set list. Looking forward to the other shows I am lucky enough to get to see! Thanks!
02 October, 2009
Review of Washington, DCI had been looking forward to this concert so badly. Unfortunatey, I did not have good seats. I had the next to the last row in the stadium. The echo was so bad that when Bono spoke, I could not understand a single word that he said. It sounded garbled. I could tell what songs they were playing but it sounded terrible. I am so disappointed that I can't even explain. My husband and I have been listening to U2 for more than 25 years and they have been a big part of our lives. Our children enjoy hearing them and I still blast their music. I wish I could see the concert again with better seats.
01 October, 2009
Magnificent!I tried to post earlier, but it didn't seem to go through. This was my first time in the "inner circle", and it was an unbelievable experience. Loved all the songs -- hearing Unforgettable Fire and Ultraviolet were probably my two favorites, although I loved every moment! I will be in Raleigh with my 9 and 7 year old daughters for that concert (in seats high up this time -- so we'll enjoy the light show) and can't wait to experience U2 360 all over again! (Can I beg for "Bad" to be added to the setlist? I have never been to a concert where it has been performed, and it is my favorite... however, if nothing changes from DC, it will still be perfect!) Here's hoping for a second US tour leg...
01 October, 2009
Happy and SadIt was a great show it always is. The four of your are the greatest band in the world. I really enjoyed Unforgettable Fire and Your Blue Room. I would have loved to have heard Bad or October. What I was sad about is Bono came over to the red zone on Adam's side once. I brought my 11 year old and she was disappointed. In the past I have been by the catwalk and it was great. I feel it wasn't used to full capacity.
01 October, 2009
More than I could have imagined!Totally can't find the words to express my self for what an awesome show this was. Muse kicked serious butt but U2 was off the charts. Goosebumps for when Andy got up there and Bono gave him his glasses. Nice gesture! Go Crazy was just that...Frickin CRAZY!!!! Thank you for a night to remember
30 September, 2009
Thank you for the releaseAttended the show with my friend, we are both young and newly widowed 39 year olds. I lost my beloved on Feb.13, 2009. His name was Garien Hendrick Wycoff. He looked remarkably like Bono. The show in itself was jaw dropping, but the song selection was absolutely beautiful. Blue Room, Ultraviolet, Unforgettable Fire....Seeing Bono on stage shook me a bit at first, because it was like seeing Gary alive again. But the vision and the sounds allowed us to grieve and be joyful at the same time. I hope you boys realize it is not just your music that means so much to us, it is like you have been with us through everything. Much love, AnnMarie


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358: Dying of emotion when bound in the rain is such BS. A certain horse found Jia Jian.
1. 司徒昱稽首歸政: more specifically, handing the reins back to Emperor Mu (and not necessarily resigning from all responsibilities)
3. 能曳牛卻走 = walk backward dragging an ox
城無高下,皆可超越 = He was able to scale any city wall, high or low. (城's primary meaning is "city walls")
出入秦陳者四、五 = He rode into Qin's formation and out again, four or five times.
堅募人生致之 = Fu Jian asked for Zhang Qi to be captured alive.
鷹揚將軍呂光刺蚝,中之= The General of Hawkish Display, Lu Guang, thrust his spear at Zhang Qi and hit him.
鄧羌擒蚝以獻 = Deng Qiang captured Zhang Qi and brought him back to Fu Jian. (獻 = to offer, as in to bring him back to Fu Jian as a trophy)
The people of Qin called Zhang Hao: Zhang Qi (I keep saying Hao too)
4. 燕主俊遣領軍將軍慕輿根,將兵助司徒評攻馮鴦: Logically what you have isn't wrong, but this is more like "Murong Jun sent Muyu Gen to help Murong Ping attack Feng Yang. Murong Ping had set off first and was the leader of the campaign, which your translation doesn't reflect.
賊謂國家力止於此 = The enemies believe that our (the nation's) strength is limited to this
遂相固結,冀幸萬一 = and thus they will stand united with each other, hoping for a lucky break.
形勢方振 = our morale has just been boosted
皆有離心: "all of them have their hearts divided" sounds like each man was feeling conflicted within, but this means everyone was thinking of deserting or something
計慮未定 = (conjoined with previous clause) and they (the enemy) have yet to settle on a strategy.
從而攻之 = If we take aadvantage of this and attack them
鴦與其黨果相猜忌: 其黨 = his ilk? Not necessarily "partisans", just people in his camp. 果相猜忌 echoes the previous line about how everyone was just thinking for himself, so, "indeed, Feng Yang and his followers began to suspect one another"
其黨盡降 = and his followers all surrendered (Feng Yang didn't)
言鴦心僥倖於萬一可以保城也= This is saying, Feng Yang's heart held onto the hope that they might just be able to keep the city.
6. 訪於僕射王彪之: maybe use an active clause? "Sima Yu paid Wang Biaozhi a visit."
然溫居上流,已割天下之半,其弟復處西籓;兵權萃於一門,非深根固蒂之宜。人才非可豫量,但當令不與殿下作異者耳。= But Huan Wen is already in charge of the upper reaches of the Yangtze, and thus half of the realm; if you further place his younger brother on the western border, all military power of the realm would be concentrated into the hands of one family (一門)—this is hardly an advisable route to ensuring stability in the country. Of course, one cannot predict talented people; just ensure that you don't have someone who will defy you.
司、豫、冀、幷所統,皆僑郡也: see earlier note (a few years ago?) on "pretend provinces". This is saying that the provinces referred to are all "make-believe" ones.
7. 才流經通: defined by HSX in his notes: 言其才具可以經世,於時人流輩中爲通達也。"this phrase means he had the talents to managing the realm, and was perceptive and insightful among his peers"
使之處廊廟,固是後來之秀 = If he is placed in a position in the imperial court, he will surely become an outstanding character of the younger generation
今以之俯順荒餘,近是違才易務矣 = But now you have him go take care of ravished lands. This is almost like you're appointing him to the opposite of his abilities.
言邊郡兵民皆兵荒之餘,彫瘵未蘇而獷悍難調,當俯就而柔順之;今萬非其才而用之,則爲違才。以萬之才可以處廊廟,而使之處邊鄙,則爲易事。: This is HSX expounding on the previous line: "the text is saying, the people who live in the border commandaries, having just survived wars, were living in great destitution and thus were wild and difficult to control. So the proper thing to do would be to tame them by appeasing them and showing them kindness. Now, Xie Wan was not that kind of talent, but he was employed in such a position. This is what "違才" refers to. With Xie Wan's talents, he could hold his own in the imperial court, but instead he was sent to the distant borderlands. This is what "易事" means.
以君邁往不屑之韻: defined by HSX in "言其矜高不屑軍中之細務也"—"this is saying that Xie Wan held himself to be high beyond the mundane matters of running an army". The original line might be rendered as: "Sir, given that you are inclined to hold yourself to be above mundane matters,"
而俯同群碎,誠難為意也。然所謂通識,正當隨事行藏耳。= it is understandable that this matter is not to your liking, since you are now sent to be among the common people. However, the idea of being "insightful and wise" means one should adjust his behaviour according to the situation he is in.
8. Xie Wan became Inspector of Xuzhou: should be Yuzhou
堅減膳徹樂 : cut meals and abolished entertainment
開山澤之利 ,公私共之 = he opened up the lands in the hills and by the lakes, allowing them to be used by both the government and the public.
息兵: 兵 should be interpreted as "weapons, military activity". So this is more accurately "halted military activities" (which of course entailed the soldiers got some rest, but has other implications like reduced defence spending)
9. 王猛日親幸用事: Close, it's actually "gaining more favours and powers by the day"
不然,吾不處世!= literally, "Else, I will not live on this earth anymore!" (this has nothing to do with his name). Maybe "Else I'm not a man!"?
然後百寮可肅。= And then the other ministers will show respect. (implying to Wang Meng)
10. 欲中立以自固 = desiring self-preservation through remaining neutral.
陽騖攻昌別將於黎陽 = Yang Wu attacked one of Gao Chan's subordinates at Liyang
歷奔滎陽,其眾皆降 = Li Li fled to Xingyang, but his men all surrendered (Li Li didn't)
撫之: I haven't decided on a translation that I like, but this is closer to "comfort, pacify, settle" than "nurture". It's like he's supposed to go there and tell the people not to panic and life is all good, etc.
11. 略地河南,分置守宰。= He took over the lands of Henan, and assigned officials to the local governments.
後漢 = During the Later Han
陽平郡 = Yangping commandary
12. 令州郡校實見丁: HSX defines校實 in his notes: 檢校其實數也—"校實 means to check and verify the actual numbers". 見 is often used interchangeably with 現. So this is saying, "He ordered each province and commandary to check and verify the number of men currently living in each place.
寬其期日 = and granted an extension on the date
13. 时燕调发繁数 = At that time, numerous military drafts and levies were being conducted in Yan
自今非军期严急,不得遣使 = From now on, except for urgent matters relating to meeting military deadlines, let them not send messengers.
自馀赋发皆责成州郡 = Let the local offices ("the provinces and commandaries") be responsible for all other matters relating to drafts and levies
其群司所遣弹督先在外者,一切摄还。= Recall everyone that was sent by the ministries to inspect and hurry the local offices.
14. 固守亦不能免 = Even with defending, we can't avoid death. (the object of 免, "avoid", is omitted and implied; the customary suspects are "death", "downfall", loss", "Bad Things", etc.)
吾自結髮,志立功名,而每值窮厄,豈非命乎!= Since I have come of age (aka worn my hair in a topknot like a man), I had vowed to achieve something and make a name for myself. But at every turn (每) I am faced with insurmountable perils. What is this, if not fate?
我如欲逃,必不相遣 = If I had wanted to escape, I would not have sent you away.
今當為卿曹決鬥,若勢不能支,卿等可趣去 = Now I will go fight a final battle for your sake. But if my strength is insufficient to hold them off, you must hurry and flee.
晉自棄中華,非吾叛也: the tone is more like, "It's Jin who abandoned the Central Lands; I have abandoned no one."
民既無主,強則托命 = Since the people had no lord over them, they had to entrust their lives to whoever was the strongest.
既已事人,安可改節!= Now that I have pledged to serve someone, how can I bow to another?
吾束脩自立 = Ever since I began schooling and set my own path
羨復責之: 責 = to admonish, to chastise
堅發此言,江東將相其愧多矣 = These words of Jia Jian's should make Southland generals and ministers alike feel ashamed.
謂從師就學,便有志於自立: HSX's explanation of the phrase "束脩自立" : "This is saying that since he followed a teacher and began to study, he had decided to become independent (literally, to stand firm on his own)
慢羨而孩視之也= he was being arrogant to Xun Xian and treating him as a boy. (not his own child necessarily, just being patronizing) (I'm wondering in "Son, leave your old man alone", if it'd be better to use "boy" instead of "son", for the pejorative sense with less of a familial care tone)
言若駕御兒女然 = 御 means to mind the business of someone, like one's children
16. 荀羨疾篤 = Xu Xian became gravely ill
17. 段氏才高性烈 = Lady Duan was talented but of a fierce temperament.
段與慕容本抗衡之國,故自以爲貴姓 = The Duans and the Murongs used to be opposing states, and that's why she felt her name was of a high class.
為巫蠱: Not sure "magicians" fully conveys the meaning here—it's more like they were engaged in witchcraft (or voodoo, for black magic against someone)
俊收段氏及弼下大長秋、延尉考驗 = Murong Jun arrested Lady Duan and Gao Bi, and sent them to be interrogated by the Manager of the Empress's Palace and the Chief Justice
段氏及弼志氣確然,終無撓辭 = They were firm in spirit and admitted to nothing.
掠治日急 = The beatings and interrogation were growing harsher by the day
垂愍之 = Murong Chui felt sorry for them
人生會當一死 = Everyone must die eventually
何堪楚毒如此!不若引服。= Why continue bearing this torture? You might as well admit to it.
段氏歎曰:「吾豈愛死者耶!若自誣以惡逆 = Lady Duan sighed and said, "Am I one to begrudge death? But if I falsely admit to evil and traitorous acts..."
辯答益明 = From then on, her responses to her interrogators became even better and better (益) articulated
引服,自引而誣服也 = 引服 means to bear witness against oneself and to admit guilt wrongly.
後眾盡歸劉悉勿祈 =his followers who were left behind all joined Liu Xiwuqi


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(AP) -- Secretary of State John Kerry vowed Wednesday that the United States will not retreat from the world stage due to budget constraints or the complexity of global challenges.
Speaking after being ceremonially sworn into office by Vice President Joe Biden, Kerry said his military service in Vietnam taught him the cost of failed diplomacy. He said he was committed to working for peace but would not shy away from defending America, its values or ideals if they come under threat from "extremism, terrorism, chaos or evil."
The U.S. does "exceptional" things on which the world depends and it will continue to do so, the former Massachusetts senator said to applause from a large crowd of current and former lawmakers and national security officials in the State Department's ornate Ben Franklin Room.
"It's well-known that my experience in war shaped my experience of the human costs of failed diplomacy and the cost of conflict itself," he said in the roughly 20-minute speech that was short on policy specifics but long on outlines of his broad foreign policy vision.
"I am proud to take on this job because I want to work for peace, and because the values and the ideals of our nation are really what represent the best of the possibilities of life here on earth," Kerry said.
"But, I make clear today to those listening, while my preference is for a peaceful resolutions to conflict, my journey has taught me that when remedies are exhausted we must be prepared to defend our cause and do what is necessary to stand up to extremism, terrorism, chaos and evil. And we will continue to do so."
He noted several so-called soft-power projects that he said represented American values, such as U.S. contributions to AIDS treatment and prevention, pushing for the rights of girls and women, and childhood education. Yet, he stressed that successes may be endangered by technological advances, the explosion of youth populations and "unleashed sectarian strife and religious extremism."
"Unless we stay vigilant, these forces threaten to unravel whole nation states and create greater pockets of instability that we have seen in recent times," he said. "This is our challenge."
He closed with an exhortation to his new subordinates.
"America does exceptional things and we must continue to do those things. The world depends on us," he said. "This is not a time for America to retreat. This is a time for us to continue to lead."
"Let's get to work."
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Wednesday's ceremony was entirely symbolic as Kerry already had taken the oath in private on Friday and began working in his new job over the weekend.
His first few days in office have been dominated by introductory meetings with State Department and USAID staffers and phone calls to foreign officials, many of whom he already knows from his years as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
In the hours before Wednesday's ceremony, Kerry spoke by phone with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. On Tuesday, he spoke with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the foreign ministers of China and India, and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. He also has spoken with senior officials in Israel and the Palestinian territories, Britain, France, Germany, Turkey, Canada, Mexico, South Korea and Japan.
Aside from pleasantries and pledges to work closely together, those conversations have focused largely on the ongoing crisis in Syria, upcoming nuclear talks with Iran, North Korea's threats to test another atomic device and the evolving situation in North Africa, according to the State Department.
The department has released several statements in Kerry's name since Monday but only one so far, a reaction to an investigation into a deadly bus bombing in Bulgaria last year, has dealt with substantive policy matters. The others have been congratulatory messages to the people of New Zealand and Grenada on their national holidays and one to those, mainly in Asia, who celebrate the Lunar New Year.
Kerry also met on Monday with a group of visiting Afghan musicians and on Wednesday with a delegation of Burmese women's rights advocates.
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Here I will blog about my training and preparations for the Paris Marathon. Hope to see you there!
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Hey all!
I have a temporary new home at: Running Paris.
Here I will blog about my training and preparations for the Paris Marathon. Hope to see you there!
Amy K.
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Yesterday my sister and I went to a cooking class for her birthday present!! The class was at Chateau Elan. Where I took my dad wine tasting for Christmas and made famous by this YouTube video…
No there was no grape stomping involved!! Oh but there was wine.
The class started at 3:00, we arrived around 2:30 and were greeted with this beautiful spread..
And wine!!
Alright we didn't realize how matchy matchy we were until it was too late to change it 🙂
Once we started cooking, there was a waiter who hung around and his only job was to refill our glass after every sip! Ahhhhhh 🙂
They gave us chef hats and aprons that we got to bring home! Love my new kitchen apparel!!
First up we made Baked Brie with Rosemary and Pecans!!
Easy peasy to make. Place brie in middle of puff pastry and cover with chopped pecans, chopped thyme and drizzle of honey. Wrap up and bake until golden!
While the brie was baking, we started our main course: Chicken with Asparagus and Farro.
We sauteed the chicken with some herbs in crushed garlic and oil.
Green and white asparagus was added, along with carrots, tomatoes, the cooked farro, and veal stock.
We enjoyed our creations at a table set for us. There was a really sweet Australian couple who shared stories about their travels to Paris. And a nice women in town visiting family, she was cooking while her husband was hanging out at the hotel. We really enjoyed their company!!
Our Chef was Chef Bryan, a fellow Auburn Alum!!! He entertained us with tales from the kitchen.
Now for the flames!!
Our Pound Cake and Berry Compote was toasted and flambeed!! Chef Bryan gave us fair warning that the alcohol we were using was Bacardi 151, marked flammable and will probable create a significant flame.
He wasn't lying!
Holy Moly, somehow we survived to cook another day!
It was such a blast! We enjoyed every tastey minute of it!!
Happy Birthday Kay!!!
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We had SO MUCH FUN!! Thanks again for taking me. The pictures turned out great!
This looks like ti was soooo much fun!!!
Cooking class was a BLAST!! Trying to figure out how to upload pictures with this new blog theme… The working title for the post is: The Chef's Hat, The Apron, and The Bottomless Glass of Wine!
Getting ready to go chop, simmer, and saute with my sister at Chateau Elan cooking class!!! Happy Bday Kay 🙂
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I'm so excited!!! Thanks so much-what an awesome bday present!
Oh my muscles!! Recovery has been a little slow after the personal record breaking marathon 😉
Well…that and one of my new years goals is to lift more weights during the week. I bought my first ever workout DVD.
Let me tell you, girl is tuff!!
I am glad I can do this in the privacy of my own home, where no one can see me struggling to keep up! This just reaffirms my new years goal!! To heal my aching and pitifully week muscles. I am upping my protein intake this week.
I bought my very first protein powder! Yeah, I can't believe it either! What did I wait so long! 🙂
I am not a big meat eater but I though I would try and work some lean chicken into dinner. While unpacking boxes I found my long lost crepe pan and voila!
Chicken and Black Bean Enchilada Crepes!
Combine crepe ingredients, mix well and refrigerate until ready.
To make crepes: pour 1/3 cup of batter into heated pan and swirl around until evenly covered. Cook until set, flipping halfway through.
Fill crepe with about a tbsp of hummus, sprinkle with chicken, black beans and cheese to your hearts desire. Heat up filled crepe in pan. Serve warm and top with salsa.
My dad added this to his top 3 list of best things I ever made! Now thats a complement because it is a tight list!
Fun to make, and full of protein from the hummus and chicken. Plus, they are just so stinking pretty 🙂
What is your favorite protein? How would you go about adding more to your diet?
Hope yall have a fabulous week!!
Amy K.
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Hi I'm Marie and I just stopped by your blog. And these crepes look delicious!!! I have to admit I've never tried any kind of protein powder or bars before. maybe one day.
Tuna, Greek yogurt, and edamame are just a few of my favs. for adding protein into my diet!
Those crepes look yummy. Good luck with Jilian! 🙂
My goodness, its been a week since the Disney Marathon!!
Sorry for the late recap. We were stranded in Orlando until Wednesday night and I started my internship at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta on Friday!! And so the New Year begins!!
Last Thursday we arrived in Orlando after an easy breezy 8 hour drive south! Great friends and good old fashion Disney anticipation makes the hours fly! We checked into our pirate themed room at the Disney Caribbean Beach Resort!!
I slept oh so good in my pirate ship! 🙂
This themed room has ruined all other hotel experiences for me. How can I go back to plain bed spreads and solid color curtains?? 😉 Actually by the end of this Orlando adventure, I will have stayed in 3 different hotels!
We woke up bright and early to be at Universal Studios Islands of Adventure before the crowds!
We powered through the park to get to the Harry Potter section, stopping only breifly to take this picture. I was so glad to be in the company of fellow speed walkers!
It seemed like miles…we dodged slow walking families and first timers on a mission to make it to the Wizarding World. Then finally, in the distance…
Im not ashamed to admit that I regressed into an excited wide eyed kid as we entered Hogsmeade!
And fortunately I was in good and nonjudgmental company 😉
Highlight of the day was the Butter Beer!! It came in this sweet mug (Is it too nerdy to bring this mug to work with me!?)
It reminded me of cream soda with whipped cream on top. It was pretty sweet so I didn't drink that much, but it was well worth the experience!
After riding a few rides, we were off to the race expo at Disney's Wide World of Sports!
I LOVE expos! The excitement! The anticipation! The merchandise! 🙂
The next morning was the Half Marathon that Lauren F. and Kelly were running in! Unfortunately I don't have any pictures. The journey to see the race could be a blog post all to itself! Short Version: we took a bus, boat, and taxi and were only able to get there in time to see the girls after they finished the race!
The rest of the day we relaxed, saw a movie, and met the parents for a fabulous carb-filled dinner!! We tried to go to bed early but 3 am comes early regardless of when you went to sleep!! I actually popped out of bed. I was super excited and ready!
We caught the 3:45 bus for Epcot. Got there in time to stretch and hit up the bathroom (aka port-o-pot) before heading to the start. It was early and it was cold!!! My teeth chattered while I waited in my corral. Within the first half mile though I was settling in and the temp was actually perfect!
I spotted my parents a miles 2, 12, and the finish. They were holding up these orange and blue straws that helped me spot them!! It was so nice to have them there! It is amazing how much a support crew lifts you up and carries you on!
The race itself was a blast! We started off running through Epcot in the dark, underneath the big Epcot ball. This was probably my favorite part of the race. It was so beautiful lit up and it was fun running in the dark.
My first mile was around 9:45 and then once I got settled in I averaged around a 8:50 min/mile pace. I felt good, really good! I told myself that I would hold onto that pace as long as I was not hurting too bad.
The sun came up as I was running into the Magic Kingdom! We came through the super secret back lots and out onto main street. Looping around the park and through Cinderella's Castle!! Onward to Animal Kingdom where I ran past donkeys and the Tree of Life 🙂 Our final trek was through Hollywood Studios (we ran through the building where they make the character costumes! So stinking cool!). At this point, it was around mile 22 and I was a little tired of the whole running thing. But I knew the end was getting so close!
Marathon running is a mind game. Yes you have to do the training but no matter how much training you do, you have to keep your mind in a place to continue on for 26.2 miles. When your body is tired and telling you that you have exceeded the amount of miles that is reasonable. I was flying high not a care in the world until mile 13. Then I start thinking about the finish. I had to get my mind back to where I currently was. Mile 20, my legs are screaming. At this point I know looking at my watch that if I run every mile under 10:00 I can finish sub 4:00. This is HUGE! I had been keeping a stead pace but while running my brain power is concentrated on keeping myself moving forward, adding times and calculating pace is not something I am capable of.
With this knowledge I push forward. Hurt muscles heal, but sub 4:00 marathon!!! That is something I dream of!
From Hollywood studios we ran around the Epcot resorts and back into the park. Mile 24, mile 25….where the heck is mile 26???? Did I miss it, why is this mile so much longer than the others?! Did they measure this out right?! Finally I turn a corner and I see the 26 mile marker, then the finish is in sight. There are grand stands set up, I feel like I am running down the fairway of the 18th hole in Augusta! I run past the crowds and catch a glimps of orange and blue! I see my parents up front yelling and waving!
I know I have sub 4:00, I am almost done, my mickey metal is within reach. With that I speed across the finish line. 3:54:26!!!!!
What a feeling!! I was handed my metal (talk about race bling!) a mylar wrap, bottle of water and directed to the runners meet up section where I find my parents. I am almost speechless. I so far exceeded my expectations and despite my broken down legs, I feel GOOD!! We headed over to the finish to watch my brother Charlie and his girlfriend Erica finish. Then we met Lauren at the runners meet up section! Way to go Charlie and Lauren on completing their first marathon!!!
Aftermath: Pretty much right away I was having sharp pains in my foot. I was rocking a pretty significant limp the first few days. My knee was in bad shape too. A week later the knee is better, the foot is getting there. A day or two more of rest and hopefully I should be almost back to working order. But it was worth it! 🙂
We stayed that night at the hotel in Celebration. When ice covered the state of GA and all hopes of traveling back were postponed, we moved to the Embassy Suites until we were able to head back on Wednesday morning.
Thankfully they had a nice TV to watch the National Championship on!
Cheers and War Eagle!!! National Champs 2010-2011!!!
Finally we are back in GA, I started my internship and things are getting back to normal…
and now I get to begin planning for the Paris marathon in April!
Au Revoir!
Amy K.
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Oh my goodness! Congrats!!!! What an awesome time. And also congrats on starting the internship. CHOA is a lifesaver to us…literally for our little M. 🙂
Oh my – what a finish!! You sure rocked that race!
Make sure you take care of that knee…..and Paris?????? Double wow! Can't wait to hear/read all about it. 🙂
Thats what I am calling myself these days.
Gimpy, the Seven Dwarf's limp-a-long friend. The limp is the aftermath of a personal record shattering run. I ran the Disney Marathon in 3:54:26!!!!
The race was truly 26.2 miles of magic, and I enjoyed every theme park, pavement pounding moment!
I just got back into Atlanta after being stranded for 3 days due to a thick sheet of ice covering the whole state of GA! This gave me some time to relax, let my parents buy me things, and ice my knee!
This is what success looks like 🙂
I am working on a full recap of the race. To be continued….
Amy K.
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Wow – that is a FANTASTIC time – you go, girl!! Congratulations (and take care of that knee)!
Congrats Amy! You did so awesome and I'm so excited for your awesome time!!
…Its off to race we go
With compression sleeves up to my knees…
…shoes are in my pack, there's no turning back!
Hi Ho-Hi Ho-Hi Ho Hi Ho!!
This rhyme actually took me a long time! There is not a whole lot that rhymes with articles of race gear 😉 We are off to Orlando tomorrow!!
I will try to upload some pictures while we are there, if not then there will be a FULL recap when I get back. Did I mention that my friends and I are staying in a pirate themed room?!
M-I-C-K-E-Y (Y? because I love you!) M-O-U-S-E!!
Amy K.
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Thanks for commenting on my blog – I'm so excited to see that you're running Disney!!
Good luck – I can't wait to read the re-cap…. 🙂
Good Luck Amy! Plan on a post race turkey leg? Hope you get back in time for the BIG GAME.
How EXCITING!!! Good luck and have so much fun. 🙂
Less than a week.
5 days to be exact, I will be running my second marathon.
A friend of mine sent me the link to this article, written by a columnist for ESPN. It describes his first (and probably last) marathon. It is absolutely hilarious! You will enjoy it whether you have run a marathon, are thinking about it, or have ever been a greatly valued spectator 🙂
M-I-C (See ya real soon)K-E-Y
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Happy 2011 everyone!!
I love the beginning of a new year! All the hope and excitement that it brings! And for me it also brings A LOT of change!
New internship: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
New location: Roswell, GA
Graduation in May!!!
And exciting things!
Running a marathon at Disney (One week from today!)
Running a marathon in Paris!!
My sister is having a baby!
It also brought the purchase of a new Kitchen Aid Mixer!
Isn't it beautiful!!! I have wanted one forever, and with my discount at Williams Sonoma there was no better time to get it!
It came with an awesome glass bowl and even matched my fingernails!! 🙂
I tore open the box as soon as I got home! I decided that bread should be the first thing I make with it! The mixer comes with a sweet bread hook and really, what is better than fresh bread??
My foodie friend Jake gave me a recipe for Whole Wheat Cinnamon Raisin Bread!
The dough has to rise overnight. I will post the recipe and final product soon!!
One week from today is the Disney Marathon!!
My dad joined my brother Charlie and I for our 3 mile run today. Let the tapering begin!! I have a mix of 3 and 2 milers leading up to the race. I am getting so excited for Disney, I can't stand it!!
Our Plan:
Tomorrow I am going to find my outfit for the race, because the outfit is everything 😉
Amy K.
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I got a shout out in the blog!!!!!!
Harry Potter then the race?! That sounds great… you kids have fun!


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Wild Card: You and What Army - Part 1
(1) (Optional) Find Mr. House's hidden bunker, buried beneath the Legion Stronghold at Fortification Hill. (2) Explore the bunker. (3) (Optional) Upgrade the Securitron army, to use later for your own purposes. (4) (Optional) Destroy the Securitron army by overloading the bunker's reactor.
Important Items...[edit]
Pulse Grenades (x5), Plasma Grenades (x4), Plasma Rifle, Microfusion Cells.
This particular quest will force you into the very heart of Legion territory. Thus, you're going to have to have yourself sorted out with the Legion one way or the other. You don't have to necessarily be friends with the Legion to go through with this quest, but it will certainly make your life a lot easier. If not, expect that you'll have to do battle with droves and droves of Legion personnel, including with their entire leadership. But if you're friends with them, this will be a lot easier. For what it's worth, we weren't friendly with the Legion at all, so we definitely had our hands full. Either way, though, the first place you want to head to in order to get this misadventure underway is Cottonwood Cove, which is located at the far southeastern edge of the map, north of Smith Mesa Prospector Camp and Cottonwood Overlook.
Upon your arrival at Cottonwood Cove, you'll run into the small contingent of Legion characters that occupy this fortress. If you're friendly with them, you'll have no worries about getting through here, but if not, get ready for a bit of a fight! There are enemies not only running around outside, but also within the two buildings here, so you'll want to clear out those buildings (if things turn violent) in order to assure that you don't get flanked or otherwise unexpectedly attacked later on. What you want to focus on here, whether things turned ugly or not, is getting to the half-destroyed dock working into the water, where you should be given the option to access the Legion's primary fortress in the Mojave Wasteland, a location simply known as The Fort.
If you found peace at Cottonwood Cove, then you'll no doubt find peace at The Fort too, so long as you keep your weaponry holstered and go about your business in a quiet manner. But if you found violence at Cottonwood Cove, then expect to find a scene ten times worse at The Fort. Sure, you eradicated all of your enemies at Cottonwood Cove rather easily, but you won't have an easy go at the enemies at The Fort. These guys are the cream of the crop of the Legion's forces, and they're gonna come at you hard. We'll assume that you don't have a good relationship with the Legion, at least for the time being, so that we can somewhat prepare you for the ridiculous challenge that lies ahead for you. If all is well with the Legion, though, you can simply skip ahead.
There are essentially two segments of The Fort; one area on the outskirts, a more centralized area of the fort where most of the action will go down. If things aren't going well for you in the periphery, you may want to bulk-up elsewhere, reequip yourself, and then come back. That's because things get far more heated in the center of the camp than on the outskirts. The good news for you is that there's still a way for you to calm things down if you're having problems. The best way to do this, for starters, is to run around the periphery of the camp, only dropping through the initial drawbridge, and drawing out as many enemies here as you can. Unlike so many of the foes you're going to deal with at the camp's center, many of these foes are equipped with firearms, including the ultra-powerful 12.7mm Submachine Gun, which you can claim for your own if you so desire. You may think that foes with firearms are more difficult than foes with melee weapons, but as you'll find out when you do finally get to the camp's central area, you couldn't be any more wrong.
So, when things quiet down on the camp's periphery, go ahead and sleep in one of the many beds you've encountered to rest up. You may even want to bail out of here, fast-traveling to a location like the Gun Runners, so that you can sell garnered (but unwanted) equipment, and repairing damaged gear you're already using. Once you return, it's time to head up the partially-stepped hill at the center of The Fort to enter its epicenter. It's here where things are truly going to go off. Much of the Legion's leadership, along with their advanced guards and canine companions, will put up a hell of a fight. This includes Caesar himself. You may need to peek your head into the tent at the center of the area to draw everyone else out (and also explore the camp at the far end of the central area), but it's important that, if things have gone sour with the Legion, that you draw everyone out here and do them all in. Remember that you can theoretically bail out of The Fort's epicenter, retreat to the outskirts, and either sleep or quick-travel to a safe location to gather your thoughts before trying again. Damage dealt is saved, so you can take things in a metered, incremental fashion. Just keep in mind that some foes may try to follow you if you escape!


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A payday loan, also referred to as a cash advance or payday advance, is a small, short-term loan that is intended to cover a borrower's short term expenses until the following payday. Cash advances are intended for short-term financial relief and do not constitute long-term financial solutions. Loans over $1000 will be processed as Installment Loans. Special conditions apply. Consumers facing debt and credit difficulties should seek out debt and credit advisory help.
Legal Disclaimer:
This website does not constitute an offer or solicitation to lend. CashSolution.com is not a lender does not broker loans to lenders and does not make short term cash loans or credit decisions. Cashsolution.com does not constitute an offer or solicitation to lend CashSolution.com provides a service only and is not acting as a representative, agent, or correspondent for any service provider or lender. CashSolution.com aim is to inform users of possible lenders who may be able to satisfy the needs of a particular consumer. Not all loan applications or extension requests are approved. Due to state and verification requirements, not all applicants for online loans may be eligible for instant approval by their third-party lenders. CashSolution.com or third-party lender does not perform traditional credit checks as part of its credit transaction approval process, but does verify applicant information via national databases including, but not limited to, Clarity. If you have defaulted on past transactions, you may be declined for a payday loan. A payday loan or payday advance, is a small, short-term loan that is intended to cover a borrower's expenses until the following payday. Payday loans are intended for short-term financial relief and do not constitute long-term financial solutions. Consumers facing debt and credit difficulties should seek out debt and credit advisory help. Maximum funded amount for payday loans or installment loans depends on qualification criteria and state law. See Rates and Fees for details.