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Tycho / on Fri, Jan 18 2008 at 12:23 am
There are those who find something to love in the character of Div, persons who feel that our strip needs more drunken, mechanical bigot. His origin as a disgruntled Divx player is most likely lost to time, particularly since Divx means something very different now.
Divx players could play DVDs, but they could also play Divx discs, which were promoted as a something between a rental and a true purchase. The discs themselves were cheap, and allowed for the viewing of the film in a 48 hour period once you started it. You could then unlock the disc permanently for an additional "purchase" fee that took into account what you had already paid. The strangest part about it was probably the modem - yes, a modem - that it used to manage its DRM. I don't think we were using the term DRM in 1998, but that's how we would have described it. Divx was at the center of the first real flamewar I had seen online, citing things privacy concerns and the limitations it placed on the consumption of media. I'm not sure it was ever going to work. The idea that you could never really own these discs was a strong point of contention, but even with a DVD (called "Open DVD" by advocates at the time) your ownership isn't exactly absolute.
It may be that some people are really excited by devices like the Apple TV, certainly the device has seen improvements, but whenever Steve Jobs starts talking about this thing I go instantly into a coma. The duration of this coma is exactly the length of time that he discusses it, and once he moves on to something that is useful or important I am rejuvenated. It is funny, or perhaps sad, but the almost universally reviled Divx format was actually more lenient than today's digital downloads. The partial, limited-use, occluded ownership of the iTunes model is now so engrained that these rentals can be worse than bad, and no one remembers.
When Bizarre Creations dropped a demo for The Club in the mysterious east (by which I mean Europe and Australia), I felt confident that it would arrive here shortly. I picked up a magazine and began to leaf through it, certain that any moment a demo for The Club would emerge. It didn't, and still hasn't, on the PS3 or Xbox Live. Those regions get screwed over with some frequency, so I took this as a kind of karmic reversal. I quickly set about creating "Yuropn" on PSN, a version of myself who lives in a manor house in Congleton, Cheshire, a man whose noble blood would grant him rights to the demo. After playing it for several days, in every mode, multiple times, I think it makes up for the slights they must endure the rest of the year.
The subset of the game they have exposed is flawless. Imagine an incredible, high-fidelity shooter level, cut into distinct routes the way cities are in PGR or Ridge Racer. Add to this the classic play of a "shmup," where enemy patterns, precise control, and iterative strategy maintain full engagement throughout each level. Affix to this pristine Goddamn marvel an almost rhythmic combo structure that ties deeply into these other systems - one where killing at a certain rate is key. Art and technical execution are… perfect. That is the word. If I'd seen this thing months ago, I would have bought these fuckers, too.
I get probably fifty press releases a day, and I almost never pass them along. Since Odin Sphere, though, I've been paying very close attention to the stuff that comes through Atlus. Baroque (Wii, PS2) looks to be a kind of dungeon crawler, at least, as near as I can tell, but the fiction and art they've put together to communicate the setting really resonated with me. I started reading it near the end of the day yesterday, and by the time I looked up, everyone was gone and the lights in the office were off.
i'm gonna pin you down


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Dozens hurt in clashes between police, activists in Kiev
Supporters of former Georgian President and Ukrainian opposition figure Mikheil Saakashvili clash with police as they try to break into the building of the International Art Centre in Kiev, Ukraine, December 17, 2017. (REUTERS PHOTO)
KIEV, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Dozens were hurt on Sunday in clashes in central Kiev between police and activists during the protest calling for the impeachment of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, authorities said.
Zoryan Shkiryak, an adviser to Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, said in an interview to the local 112 TV channel that at least 30 law enforcement officers injured in the clashes.
Meanwhile, various Ukrainian media outlets reported that several demonstrators were also hurt during the skirmishes.
Earlier, the protest started peacefully at the Khreschatyk street, the central street of Kiev, and later turned violent, when the demonstrators tried to break into a nearby concert hall and set up a "protest headquarter" there.
The police cordoned off the building, where a jazz concert and a kids Christmas party were being held, and prevented the protesters from entering it.
According to the police, about 2,000 activists took part in the demonstration, while the organizers of the protest estimated the number of the rally participants at 5,000.
The protest was headed by former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, now a leader of a Ukrainian oppositional political party "Movement of New Forces".
In the recent weeks, Saakashvili has organized several demonstrations in Kiev against Poroshenko, accusing him of insufficient reform progress and corruption.
Saakashvili, 49, served two terms as Georgian president from 2004 to 2013. He was granted Ukrainian citizenship in May 2015 and appointed governor of Odessa region. On July 26, Poroshenko revoked Saakashvili's Ukrainian citizenship for allegedly submitting false information while applying for a Ukrainian passport.
Saakashvili faces investigation in Ukraine on charges of "aiding members of criminal groups and covering up their criminal activity."

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Q: how to add bandwidth limit in ubuntu grive? I use grive to sync folder with Google drive in Ubuntu, but I want to set a bandwidth limit on grive sync.
I use this command for sync in 50 kbytes speed limit:
grive -p /home/purval -U 50 -D 50

but it's not working.even not showing any error message.My grive version is grive version 0.5.1-dev

A: By default grive installation from github, upload & download speed parameters would not work even if you pass -U 50 or -D 50 , grive will use max upload / download bandwidth of your system.
Grive is using CURL under its hood for file transmission and there is parameter in curl which can control bandwidth while transmission i.e (curl_off_t) details here.

DESCRIPTION
Pass a curl_off_t as parameter with the maxspeed. If an upload exceeds
  this speed (counted in bytes per second) the transfer will pause to
  keep the speed less than or equal to the parameter value. Defaults to
  unlimited speed.

There is file named grive/libgrive/src/http/CurlAgent.cc in source code which contains

CURLOPT_MAX_SEND_SPEED_LARGE with mMaxUpload

as option for upload, mMaxUpload is the value in kbps which set by using grive with  -U 50   and

CURLOPT_MAX_RECV_SPEED_LARGE with mMaxDownload

as option for download, mMaxDownload is the value in kbps which set by using grive with -D 50
to control bandwidth just add (curl_off_t) like
static_cast<curl_off_t>( mMaxUpload ) instead of only mMaxUpload & static_cast<curl_off_t>( mMaxDownload ) instead of only mMaxDownload in above file & save it.
After saving file, compile the source code & run it as described in repository & after successful compilation you can now set upload & download bandwidth by -U 50 / -D 50 where 50 is kbps.

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'Fictive Inscaping': the 1990s fiction of Will Self
Katy Shaw
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Towards the end of the twentieth century, the critical claim that the novel has had its day began to shift. During the 1990s, a tide of mainstream realist novels began to turn in favour of a new wave of experimental British fiction. Making a play for the vitality of the novel at the end of the twentieth century and at the dawn of the twenty-first, they defined themselves against that which they sought to subvert. Employing fragmentation, discontinuity, metafiction and generic instability, experimental British novels of the 1990s attempt to expose the mechanisms of the novel form to move nearer to truth and reality. Moving on from its Modernist origins, the experimental fiction of the 1990s occupied a seemingly marginal category of literature. Through a process of blending – of fact and fiction, poetry and prose – experimental novels of the 1990s began to grapple with fiction itself as a medium and to question contemporary expectations about narrative. Motivated by a history of Joyce, Woolf and Faulkner, the legacies of later writers including Beckett and Pyncheon and a resounding will to innovate, contemporary authors such as David Mitchell, Will Self, Martin Amis and Julian Barnes used the novel form to explore an obsession with the shifting boundaries between fiction and reality. Marked by a self-consciousness of its own form, style and use of conventions, their work deliberately manipulating generic conventions to disrupt reader expectations, using parody, pastiche and intertextuality as ways of coping with a long tradition of the novel and a perceived exhaustion of the medium. Characterized by a profound skeptical about realism as a dated and naïve mode and a rejection of art as mimesis, these texts instead suggest the impossibility of authenticity. A highly self-reflexive approach produces an alienating and disquietening effect, as texts within texts and a knowing narrative voice conspire to distance and disorientate the reader. Questioning the centrality of 'the story', this chapter will explore they ways in which experimental British fictions of the 1990s tear apart narrative form re-imagine language and reconfigure form to foreground the original meaning of the word novel: new.
Decades Series: 1990s
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Continnuum
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Last Friday, Facebook announced measurement errors for the third time in recent months.
The latest issue reveals there may be miscalculations in counting reactions and shares in Facebook Live as well as the counts when you enter a weblink into the search bar of the Facebook mobile app. While users can react several times to a live video broadcast, Facebook's Page Insights tool has only been showing one reaction per unique user.
The news was announced on Friday afternoon (perhaps to avoid significant press coverage) in a Facebook blog post titled, Metrics FYI: Estimated Reach, Streaming Reactions and Graph API.
The WSJ reported in September that Facebook had been overestimating a video-advertising metric for as long as two years in some cases. Then last month, the company revealed it had found four more measurement discrepancies after undertaking an extensive audit of all of its advertising-related data.
We're guessing there could be some more announcements given their recent trend.


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My hemorrhoid treatment can comfortably be called the "best hemorrhoid treatment" and I am happy to explain why. It is quite simply to do with the function of each and every ingredient within my blend. Each and every ingredient serves a specific purpose that will help your problem to get relief and to heal quickly.
I use ginger to help your body to rid waste. This will enable your blood to flow better and your body to function better. If your sewage system, (forgive the phrase), is not able to properly dispose of, well, sewage, your body cannot focus on other important tasks such as healing itself. No remedy could be labeled as the best hemorrhoid treatment without an aid for disposing waste.
The ingredient witch hazel is well known for its anti-inflammatory effect upon the body. As you may or may not know, hemorrhoids are inflamed veins. And the best hemorrhoid treatment absolutely must have a potent component that can take care of that inflammation.
Cayenne is an ingredient that will help to move the bowels and also acts as a catalyst for absorbing nutrition into your system. If the body cannot absorb nutrition, it cannot heal itself. For any remedy to claim being the best hemorrhoid treatment, they absolutely must have an ingredient like this.
Two ingredients contained in my best hemorrhoid treatment are white oak bark and stone root. Each of these are used to strengthen your veins. Strengthening veins is absolutely critical for recovery. And the best hemorrhoid treatment could not exist without them. Hopefully this explanation helps you to understand why hemroid harry's remedy is the best hemorrhoid treatment out there.


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Q: ag-grid Infinite scrolling Angular 2 anyone happens to have a setup for ag-grid in Angular 2 for infinite scrolling ?
I don't know how to set it up.
I have two models, for the request ( filters ) and for the response.
In the request model I have a parameter "PageNumber" who must be incremented each time ag-grid makes the request ( on scroll ).
On the response I have a parameter called "HasMoreRows" and if this is false. That means that I have no more data to request.
Request model:
export class PersonSearchModel {
    Resident: boolean;
    IdPerson: number;
    Country: string;
    IdentityDocumentTypeId: number;
    Type: number;
    Name: string;
    Cnp: string;
    Cui: string;
    IdentityDocumentType: string;
    SortName: string;
    SortOrder: string;
    PageNumber: number;
    PageSize: number;
  }

Response model:
export interface PersonGridModel {
  HasMoreRows: boolean,
  Data: {
    IdPerson: number,
    Name: string,
    Type: string,
    CuiCnp: string,
    Resident: string,
    Country: string,
    IdentificationNumber: string,
    IdentityDocumentType: string,
    CreatedOn: string,
    CreatedBy: string,
    ModifiedBy: string,
    ModifiedOn: string
  }
}


I'm still on track to only go grocery shopping every 2 weeks (besides getting milk, bread, and fruit). This eliminates me being able to buy any junk food.
The weather is great so we haven't been turning the air on as much. It was on all weekend though, but that was one of the only times since the beginning on September.
I've been working out lately. I have weights at home and have been lifting at home (they're only 5 pounders, so I'm not going to be crazy muscle woman or anything.
My dogs still need to go to the vet and get shots.
One of my professors hates me and gave me a ZERO on my mid-term the other day. It was a multiple choice test and she won't give me my answer sheet back, so now I'm going to the Dean at my school to talk to him about the problems that I've been having with my professor. I'm positive I got a 100% on the test, and I don't think it's even possible to get a ZERO. I'm not really sure what her problem is, but for some reason she does not like me. She ignores me whenever I have a question, I always catch her rolling her eyes at me, calls me boy names (I'm not sure why, but she likes to call me Michael all the time) and other people in the class have noticed the other things that she does to me.
Ow. It is always so challenging when people that have some power over some part of you (boss, teacher, parents) just dont like you and exercise their power to make your life miserable. But that is definitely something you can take to the Dean and have your grades (and hopefully situation) fixed up straight. It is almost mathematically impossible to get a 0 in a multiple choice exam… best of luck getting that corrected!
Wow that professor definitely has a problem, hope your Dean can help you out. I can't believe they had the nerve to say you couldn't get your graded test back!
Thanks everyone. She hasn't replied to my numerous e-mails, so tonight will definitely be awkward when I see her. I really don't know what I did to make her hate me. Maybe she thinks I'm someone else?


There is no doubt that the Arab war of attrition that has been going on for more than a year along the Gaza Strip border fence against Israel has failed miserably, the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs reported on Wednesday.
But the return marches did not achieve their strategic goal, which was defined by the Hamas leadership as the realization of the "right of return" to areas within the 1948 borders of the State of Israel. Instead, just as Sinwar put it, over the past year, the March of Return has become a lever for pressure for tactical purposes only, achieving relaxation in the tension inside Gaza, increasing the number of hours of electricity supply, operating the crossings, introducing goods and increasing the fishing zone.
Thus, the return marches lost the main purpose for which they had been initiated.
The accelerated negotiations over the understandings of the truce tied the hands of the Hamas leadership, and the "million Gazans march" that was supposed to be the culmination of the year of the marches of return was a big show of force, but fiercely controlled and restricted by Hamas – without any attempt to penetrate Israeli territory.
Also, over the year, those Friday return marches became routine and the media lost interest in them.
Also, the campaign of the March of Return was supposed to be synchronized with parallel marches in Judea and Samaria as well as in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. But the PA and the Arab regimes did not allow their Palestinians to march and the Gaza Strip marchers remained isolated.
The IDF, for its part, succeeded in preventing infiltrations into Israeli territory, while, towards the end of the first year, a new protest movement of thousands of young Gazans called "Want to Live" began to turn the anger resulting from the enclave's economic misery at Hamas.
The Hamas leadership will find it difficult to admit the failure of the March of Return project, and therefore it is reasonable to assume that these marches will continue in the coming months – but in the Gaza Strip there is already talk of slowing down the march in the future in order to allow the Gazan population to take a break, and to save the costs to Hamas, which is in severe financial distress, of paying people salaries to show up at the border with bonuses for getting hurt.
According to Gazan figures, 270 Arabs were killed and 11,472 injured, 500 of them seriously, during the campaign. That's a lot of money that could have been spent on digging more tunnels or manufacturing more rockets.


On 9 November 2018, Nawakara celebrated its 22nd anniversary. As a pioneer in Indonesia's security solutions industry, the company has introduced numerous breakthroughs whilst maintaining its focus of four business lines: physical security, cash and valuables in transit, consultancy and training, and corporate support services. As the result, in the span of 22 years Nawakara's performance has been nothing short of satisfying. This is evident from, among others, the number of clients that has been increasing significantly in particular in the last four years.
According to Nawakara's President Director H.M. Hindarto, where change is resisted, the organization will be 'limping'. "The readiness to embrace change must be uniform across Nawakara," he said.
In Nawakara, that change lies mainly on individual competency building. In the security solutions business, measurable performance is key to clients' satisfaction. Professionalism is also vital – the lack thereof will only harm a company's ability to compete.
Nawakara envisages two main things with respect to change. First, there will be a shift from seniority-based to performance-based. Each individual will be trained according to their job positions, with quality and productivity as key underlying qualities. The other change is the vision to provide a combination of manned guarding and technology.
Nawakara operates six regional offices, which are in Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Makassar, Balikpapan, and Palembang to ensure its clients receive services quickly from their nearest service point. This operating model has delivered a significant increase in the number of clients to 140 this year from 70 in 2016. Revenues also rose to Rp1.04 trillion this year. Going forward, Nawakarga targets to grow by 7.5% or to Rp1.15 trillion with the support of its 11 thousand personnel and around 140 security projects.
"We hope that unity can be our strength and we can perform to our clients' expectations. From there, we gain their trust. That will be our driver of growth. Show our professionalism. Arrogance will only destroy us. Thank you to all employees for your good work," Bapak H.M. Hindarto remarked in front of the board of directors and hundreds of Nawakara employees at the company's anniversary celebration.


We've been having hints of fall's arrival with a bit milder temperatures, leaves slowly falling, and chillier mornings. Even with the weather's slow transition from summer, that still doesn't stop us from dreaming of the items that we want for the fall.
Mary Ann's list focuses on keeping it cozy. She's been on a Sezane kick lately; the Alicia Coat is her central piece for the Fall. The ocre color is a bold statement among the more neutral tones for the season. Mary Ann is also looking for more oversized shirts to get comfortable in. She's also a big fan of Girlfriend Collective leggings. If you haven't heard of Girlfriend Collective, check them out now. Their mission falls directly in line with her beliefs.
Adrienne's list is a reinvention of the classic staples with fresh details. She's looking to update her closet with fewer, but better pieces that are able to easily transition between seasons. Adrienne purchased the ALLsaints Leather Balfern Jacket a few weeks ago, and it is a beautiful soft leather that will last a lifetime.
What's on your Fall Wishlist? Anything that we should keep an eye out for? Let us know in the comments below!


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By Lee Tolliver
Hickory midfielder Kerrie Lightfoot works during practice on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. (Steve Earley)
Kerrie Lightfoot finally is seeing the fruits of her labor.
The Hickory senior and her teammates have been working hard since elementary school to build a playoff-worthy field hockey team. With last week's 2-1 overtime victory over defending PenSouth Conference champion Gloucester, it's clear that goal is being realized.
"We've worked hard over the summer and we're playing as a team," Lightfoot said. "We went to camps and we're all very committed to each other.
"And the difference from last year is conditioning. We're in so much better shape this year."
Hickory finished second in the conference last year and advanced to the playoffs under first-year coach Kathy Mustain. But just making the postseason isn't good enough this year.
"A bunch of us played on her middle school team so we know the system," said Lightfoot, who has eight goals this season despite playing the lead defensive role. "She pushes us and motivates us."
Lightfoot does the same for her teammates. Her position on the field helps make it easier.
"You can be vocal and help the people in front of you. Kind of like directing traffic, I guess," she said. "As a team leader, you can control the whole field from there."
But sometimes she wants in on the offense and pushes forward. Lightfoot also plays a key role in penalty corner situations.
The fourth-ranked Hawks (13-1), who have lost only to No. 2 Princess Anne, have outscored opponents 84-7.
Lightfoot is a big reason for the domination.
"She is a key player on our defense this year," Mustain said. "Last year she had two seniors playing next to her. So she has really taken over the backfield for us.
"She's a strong leader and she's very coachable. She's the big reason why we are doing so much better this year."
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Mustain said her defender is quiet, confident and humble, but often gets vocal when it's necessary.
A good student and one-sport athlete who loves the beach and hanging out with friends, Lightfoot is hoping her passion for the game turns into a college scholarship.
"I'm keeping my options open, but I've talked to a few schools," she said. "I want to study engineering, so ODU would be a pretty good fit."
Mustain, who won three NCAA national titles as a goalkeeper for Old Dominion, knows Lightfoot has what it takes to play at the top level.
"She's solid," Mustain said. "Some college is going to get very lucky with her."
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Seeing the many opportunities that CORD's Self Help Groups (SHG) provided, Shrishta Devi knew this was her only chance to solve her financial problems. The SHG in her community, called Chinmaya Bagala Mukti, consisted of women who gave 20 rupees of their savings each month into a joint account. With the leadership of a president and a secretary, the women managed the money and took loans as necessary. These SHG, a form of micro banking, allowed the women to access credit. Many times the poor are considered to be 'unbankable' because of their lack of collateral. They are unable to receive loans from traditional banks which keep them from accessing the money they need to start a business or make large purchases. They are forced to live day to day, and can only meet their daily expenses. Savings were unheard until these groups were introduced to the poor.
With access to credit, Shrishta Devi felt empowered to expand her small sewing business. She decided to specialize in making bags and took a loan from the group to buy raw materials. Although she was nervous about taking the loan, she had the support of her fellow grou p members. Shrishta Devi did not feel overwhelmed by the process or the interest she would have to pay on her loan. She increased her work significantly over the next couple of months.
Although Shrishta Devi had the sewing skills to make bags, she wanted to enhance her skills. She knew that by improving the quality of her products she could increase her reach in the market. She was introduced to the trainings and joined a one month sewing training led by Santosh Rana at CORD.
Shrishta Devi took her training very seriously and gave it her all. Before, sewing was a means of survival for Shrishta Devi, but with training and a new found confidence she began to think about how to be creative and expand her business. Through a loan from her SHG she bought a new sewing machine for 5000 rupees. Shrishta Devi noticed a need for school bags, and started to experiment. Soon, she was making 150-170 top-quality school bags each month. Schools began to her approach her with orders for school bags.
With the SHG loans, Shrishta Devi was able to drastically improve her economic condition. She increased her income to 4000-5000 rupees per month and now puts in 100 rupees a month to her SHG. This new entrepreneur has not only changed her own life, but the lives of her children as well. Shrishta Devi constructed a new home and is able to pay for the marriages of her children. As a result of her membership in a SHG, Shrishta Devi became empowered and confident in her skills. Although she appears simple on the outside, her mind runs like a professional business woman. Never in her life did she think she was capable of being financially literate to run her own business.


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Offbeat Koko the gorilla says "Show us your TITS!"
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Gorilla Foundation rocked by breast display lawsuit
Former employees say they were told to expose chests
Two former employees of the Gorilla Foundation, home to Koko the "talking" ape, have filed a lawsuit contending that they were ordered to bond with the 33-year-old female simian by displaying their breasts.
Nancy Alperin and Kendra Keller, both of San Francisco, are taking on the Woodside nonprofit and its president, Francine "Penny" Patterson.
Their lawsuit, filed Tuesday in San Mateo County Superior Court, alleges sexual discrimination, wrongful termination in retaliation for reporting health and safety violations, and failure to pay overtime or provide rest breaks.
It seeks more than $1 million total in damages for the two women.
The suit follows complaints filed by Alperin and Keller in January with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, in which they gave identical reasons for why they were fired: "I refused to expose my breast to perform acts of bestiality with one of the gorillas."
The lawsuit goes into more detail.
One example: "On at least two incidents in mid-to-late June 2004, Patterson intensely pressured Keller to expose herself to Koko while they were working outside where other employees could potentially view Keller's naked body. ... On one such occasion, Patterson said, 'Koko, you see my nipples all the time. You are probably bored with my nipples. You need to see new nipples. I will turn my back so Kendra can show you her nipples.' "
Todd Roberts, a partner in the Redwood City office of Ropers Majeski Kohn Bentley, which is representing the Gorilla Foundation, said the law firm was still reviewing the suit.
"But I can tell you that based on our review of the factual allegations and characterizations in the complaint, we deny those allegations," Roberts said.
A call to Patterson and the Gorilla Foundation was not returned.
The foundation, which has existed since 1976 to promote the preservation and protection of gorillas, is best known for Koko, who was born at the San Francisco Zoo on July 4, 1971, and began working with Patterson the following year.
Koko -- older sister of Kubi, who presided over the zoo's Gorilla World exhibit until he died last year -- now has a vocabulary of more than 1,000 words in American Sign Language, according to foundation claims that are much debated among scientists.
The subject of books, videos and documentary films, the hairy linguist participated in what was called the first interspecies chat on the Internet in 1998, attracting more than 8,000 AOL users.
San Francisco attorney Stephen Sommers, who is representing Alperin and Keller, has a transcript of that chat.
"There's a history with this nipple thing," he said, leafing through the transcript and pointing out the word "nipple" -- which he'd highlighted in pink -- each time it appeared.
The history, as such, might date back to Koko's mother, who reportedly did not have enough breast milk to feed her.
The suit, in any case, says that Patterson would interpret hand movements by Koko as a demand to see exposed human nipples. She warned Alperin and Keller that their employment with the foundation would suffer, the suit says, if they "did not indulge Koko's nipple fetish."
During at least three visits, the suit says, "Patterson communicated to Alperin that exposing one's breasts to Koko is a normal component to developing a personal bond with the gorilla."
The suit says the two women, who never did undress, also worked unpaid overtime and faced unsanitary conditions, including gorilla urine stored in the refrigerator where they kept their lunches, rodents in the food preparation area and exposed wires.
They notified the California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Occupational Safety and Health, which conducted an inspection last Aug. 5 and issued $300 in fines for various violations that have since been corrected, according to Cal/OSHA spokesman Dean Fryer.
The two women were fired Aug. 6.
Three-month employee Alperin, 47, has returned to social work and is seeking $719,830 in damages. Four-month employee Keller, 48, a longtime sign language interpreter, is asking for $366,192.
Gorilla expert Kristen Lukas, curator of conservation and science at the Cleveland Metro Park Zoo, said she'd never encountered a gorilla with a nipple fixation.
"This is absolutely a first," she said. "I've never heard of anything like it."
The zoo's publicist, Sue Allen, said, "Those of us in Cleveland would say: 'Only in San Francisco.' "
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Woodreaux
Original Dicksman
Incredible. I'd like to see their nipples, too. Maybe KoKo can be one the guest hosts for the next GirlsGoneWild!
Those two women are fucking bitches. This ain'T worth a million $ of damage..Stupid fucking whores. I hate people who take advantage of justice for their personal gain. Justice is supposed to protect people from injustice, not to be a tool for enrichment..
And I don't know shit about gorrillas, but the fact a gorilla expert never heard about a nipple fixation only means she never encountered a gorilla with a nipple fixation.
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EVERYBODY LOVE EVERYBODY!
Damn, No Pics. Shitty thread.
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I agree with the limiting of frivolous lawsuits. But if this is true they have a genuine complaint. As far as the amount they're asking, 700K and 300K is not that much. It's hardly enough to make you rich. Regarding the idea of suing for large sums of money (When justified), it's done to cause financial hardship to the defendant. A punishment for their wrongful actions. A deterrent to those who may in the future do the same thing. Retribution for those who have been violated.
These girls didn't spill hot coffee in their lap, If the courts decide that their story is true, they deserve some compensation.
dustinzgirl
Banned - What an Asshat!
mabye the monkey just wanted to make sure they were really women?
I think Koko wanted to make sure the women's breasts were real!
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maybe she just wanted a new set of squeak toys! WUBBA WUBBA!
Seriously though. For man or animal, no one should be made to do anything against their will. Gorillas will bond with whomever they feel comfortable with and there is no proof that a gorilla needs to see a naked human in order to feel close. I'm sure that one would have been diswcussed with Jane Goodall or whoever learned about gorillas in the past. They have a good lawsuit and it's not frivolous like spilling hot coffee in your lap is. There's a difference between you doing somethign stupid to yourself and then tryign to make a buck off of it and someone else making you do something stupid you don't want to do and you making a buck off of it.
fuck_you
gorrillas see more tites then me :-(
This thread is useless without pics.
fucktheliberals
Cheese Eater
why the hell would a gorilla wanna see a humans nipples?


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The Most and Least Expensive Cars to Own
Car value depends on purchase price, maintenance costs, and selling price. The Toyota Yaris, a discontinued model, costed $8000 less than in 2012.
by Steve Lang on
Money isn't everything. But then again, a car that constantly requires you to spend your money is really not worth having.
This is true from the moment you sign the papers and become a car owner, to that final fateful day you hand over the keys. There are three key ingredients to your cost of ownership: your purchase price, maintenance costs, and that final price you get for your car once you sell it.
Maintenance, what you pay between the buy and the sell to keep your car on the road, is the most important ingredient of all. Even with the same size vehicle, the difference in maintenance costs can be astounding.
We have chronicled the most common repairs and maintenance needs for over 500 models that are available in the new and used car markets - from Acuras and Audis, to Volvos and Volkswagens. The difference is in the quality.
Over 10 years of ownership, the Toyota Prius will likely cost you only about $4,300 in maintenance costs (repair and upkeep) while the Chrysler Sebring, which is similar in size can rack up over $17,000 in maintenance due to bad overall quality and expensive parts. That's about enough to pay for another older Prius!
The Toyota Prius doesn't have a laundry list of items that commonly go bad on a low-quality car such as the Chrysler Sebring. That's actually good news. Maintenance costs can be controlled by buying the right cars and taking care of the little problems before they become big ones.
We all age - people and machines. But we also need to make those investments in ourselves and our things last for the long haul. So what are the least expensive cars to own? The real answer is, "It depends."
There are tons of total cost of ownership studies, also known as TCO studies, that focus on a five year time frame for a brand new car. The problem is that most folks out there buy used cars by a greater than 2 to 1 ratio, and then, on average, keep it for approximately six years after that initial purchase. In fact, the overall average car on the road is now a jaw dropping 11.5 years old according to IHS Automotive.
Think about that. Over 11 years is just the average age for a car in the United States. If you decide to buy what you love these days, chances are you can easily keep it for a far longer period of time than just 11 years.
So, when you calculate your real, total cost of ownership, recent studies are well thought out, but they may not really apply to you at all. To find out the better answer to the question, "Which cars are the least expensive for me to own?", you need to give yourself a gut check and ask yourself a few uncomfortable self-guided questions.
Am I a trader? Or a keeper?
It's not a bad thing to sample a different car every few years if that's what brings joy in your life. But constant car shopping also happens to be an incredibly expensive hobby. Consumer Reports released a study that showed the average person who trades in their car after a few years pays several thousands more than the keeper who takes the long-term approach to owning and keeping one car.
Leasing in particular is always a losing proposition when it comes to ownership costs. Why? Because you're owning the car during the steepest period of depreciation and, as you will soon find out, it's depreciation that is the ultimate threat to your cost of owning a car.
Am I A-OK with an older car?
Depreciation is the mother of all automotive operating costs. Even if gas soars back to four dollars a gallon, depreciation still represents the biggest hit to the car owner's wallet.
In general, the older a car is when you first buy it and the longer you own it, the less your costs will be in the long run thanks to a lower purchase price. The equation is straightforward but if you ask yourself the right questions, you may be able to lower your costs even more than you first imagined.
Am I willing to hit 'em where they ain't?
The older and more unpopular a car is now, the less it may cost later thanks to that depreciation cliff. Take, for example, the Toyota Yaris: A small and unpopular Toyota model that is scheduled to be eliminated at the end of 2016 due to poor sales.
Four years ago, the then brand-new 2012 Toyota Yaris barely sold 30,000 vehicles a year and was labeled by auto enthusiasts as a boring car. It had a lot of wonderful qualities including outstanding reliability and impressive city fuel economy - but it was designed with families in mind instead of those owners who craved a sporty small car. These days it's often the escapist fantasy that sells a car better than the reality of daily ownership, and that's where you, the used car shopper, can hit the low cost sweet spot.
When new in 2012, the Yaris sold for $15,795. Today, after four years and 70,000 miles, it will likely sell for only around $7,000 according to Kelley Blue Book. That's a 55% drop in depreciation costs, nearly $8,000 in four years, for a car that likely has about 70% of its useful life ahead of it. As it ages, that annual depreciation cost will decrease by nearly 75% according to the Blue Book data.
Long story short, virtually all cars experience their greatest loss of value during their first four years of ownership. After that, you're only losing a small fraction of value, even if the car you buy is a Toyota, which is currently the most popular brand in the United States. If you're a truly frugal car shopper, though, you can do even better than that.
Am I willing to buy an unpopular brand that offers me a great car?
If you take a look at orphan brands, those brands that are no longer selling new cars, you can get an even better bang for your buck than that Toyota Yaris.
These have all become forgotten brands. This is because these brands are no longer selling new cars in the United States.
These brands are cheaper to purchase because nobody hears about them anymore. For example, a used Chevy Malibu is far more expensive to buy than a nearly identical Pontiac G6 or Saturn Aura because neither one of these two models is marketed as a new car anymore. The luxury side of the car market has the same value equation as well. An 8 to 10 year old SAAB luxury sedan, such as the 9-3 or 9-5, can surprisingly cost as little as a bare bones Toyota Corolla. While other upscale vehicles such as the Saturn Outlook and Mercury Milan are routinely hundreds to thousands less than their competitors.
So are you willing to take that even deeper dive into the less expensive side of the used car market? Well, there's even more value out there. All it takes is a willingness not to follow the herd.
Am I willing to buy an unpopular 'type' of used vehicle?
For nearly every four-door family sedan of 10 years ago there is now a two-door alternative that may be more appealing thanks to the fact that consumer's tastes have changed dramatically over the course of a decade.
Recently, I sold two nearly identical cars with similar mileage. They were both 2009 Pontiac G6 mid-sized vehicles with 80,000 miles - one with four doors and the other with two doors. The two-door model sold for $6000 in a matter of days. The four-door went for only $5400 and took months. The difference in values according to Kelly Blue Book mirrors this difference.
A different model name for what is essentially the same car underneath can also make the difference. Four-door Toyota Camrys sell for higher prices than two-door versions that are sold as Toyota Solaras, thanks in part to the Solara no longer being available in the new car market. Chevy Impalas carry a substantial price premium over a comparably equipped Chevy Monte Carlo which has also succumbed to changing tastes.
Is this the only niche out there?
Not at all. There are tons of them.
Large sedans that are not sold as Toyotas, like the Ford Crown Victoria, tend to go for far cheaper prices than popular midsize sedans or nearly anything else out there. Why is this a possible opportunity for lowering your costs? Because larger vehicles tend to attract an older, more mature clientele that drive conservatively and keep the cars well-maintained.
Most large cars, like other larger unpopular vehicles such as minivans and traditional station wagons, have steeper depreciation curves when new and therefore can be had on the cheap in the used car market.
If you want another level of security, consider getting the ultimate anti-theft device - a stickshift. Fewer folks than ever before know how to drive one, and this is an added perk if you're willing to buy a non-sporty car, like the full-sized Passat, that comes with a stickshift. The older and less sporty it is, the greater the buying opportunity.
So am I willing to invest in an older car?
Every car, popular or not, experiences what can kindly be called a brick wall of expenses. You may find that right between five years to eleven years, a long list of maintenance items and repairs need to be performed on your car, such as your tires, your timing belt, your brakes, and even the fluid inside your transmission.
That bill could come to as high as $2000 depending on what it is you're driving. So ask yourself: are you the type who is willing to invest $2000 a year into a car that is now worth only $6,000? How about when it has 180,000 miles and needs another $2000 in repairs?
This can be a tough question to answer for a lot of us. It depends on the car's condition and your willingness to handle maintenance issues instead of riding them out. There is also one more critical component that you need to figure out as well.
What do modern safety features and technologies mean to me?
In the last 20 years the number of fatalities per driver in the USA has gone down by over a third. Still, safety is always a matter of personal comfort.
There are those of us who only need a steering wheel, pedals, and a well-made car that was fairly safe for its time. Others want the latest and greatest no matter what and are willing to pay a steep premium to get it. The same is true with technology. Many cars now offer their own connectivity packages and infotainment features that make technology more seamless.
So where exactly do you lie on the safety and technology divide? Would you be perfectly fine with a safe car made 10 years ago? Or is there a need you have related to your kids, your loved ones, or even yourself? You may have all you need with your cell phone. Or maybe not? These are questions to consider.
So what is the least expensive car for me to own?
A Canadian named David Rock may have the ultimate answer: For $100, a 22 year old minivan bought this car with a stick shift and a diesel engine that gets its fuel from his handyman business. But chances are you're not following in his footsteps. That's why the answer to this question depends entirely on you.
What you buy, what you maintain, what you keep. Those ingredients dictate your long-term costs of owning any car. If you decide to be a keeper instead of a trader, and an investor who tries to hit 'em where they ain't, you're going to come out way ahead.
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Railey Beach, surrounded by immense limestone cliffs and backed by lush jungle, is one of Thailand's most beautiful beaches. Although it's on the mainland in Krabi Province, because it's only accessible by boat, it has a desert island feel. There are Railey beaches, West Railey and East Railey. East Railey is mud flats and mangroves. It's just a few minutes by foot to West Railey, but make sure you know which beach you're staying on.
Railey Beach is a small isthmus off of the mainland and is small enough that you can get around on foot. In fact, there are no cars or motorcycles on Railey.
Railey Beach is on the mainland but because it's separated from the rest of the country by mountains, you must get there by boat from Krabi's main beach, Ao Nang.
There are frequent longtail ferries that make the fifteen-minute trip from one beach to another during daylight hours.
Railey has very limited accommodations and there are only a few resorts and bungalows on West Railey, including the convenient and homey Railei Beach Club and the luxurious Rayavadee Resort. If you want to stay on this beach, make sure you book well in advance.
Although it's becoming more and more popular every year, Railey Beach is still laid back and quiet compared to other popular beaches in the area. There are a couple of bars on Railey but generally nightlife is limited and those seeking big parties might feel a little bored.
Sporty folks will love Railey because of all the activities available on the beach or around it. The are is known for rock climbing and there are hundreds of bolted routes available (beginners can sign up for lessons and advanced climbers can rent equipment easily), kayaking and snorkeling. If that's not your thing, it's a quiet beach for relaxing.


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Dubravka Šimonović (born 1958) is a Croatian jurist and specialist in human rights. She was appointed on 1 August 2015 as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, and is Visiting Professor in Practice  in the Centre for Women, Peace and Security at the London School of Economics.

Šimonović was born in Zagreb. She has a Master's degree and a doctorate in family law, both from the University of Zagreb.

Šimonović was questioned as to why she chose to visit Australia and the Bahamas, nations with low rates of violence against women or low population respectively, to investigate violence against women as part of her work as a UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women rather than nations with high levels of violence or large population.

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Warum offene Technologien? Und was haben sie überhaupt mit der Offenheit unserer Gesellschaft zu tun?
Why Open Technology? And What Does it Have to do with the Openness of Society?
Computer science has changed. It should no longer be understood as a purely technical discipline. Instead, the interaction with people who (inter)act with IT systems is becoming increasingly important. There has always been an effort to develop technologies in computer science, such as software, data and hardware, openly; the World Wide Web is one prominent example. But what social impacts exist regarding the decision to disclose the source code, data or circuits to society?
In this lecture series, we examine this question and discuss, among other things, to what extent the openness of technologies and the openness of a society are mutually dependent. When is a technology open? Can we understand the impact of this openness on society? To what extent do open technologies fit our ethical principles?
We look at these questions through different research, projects and initiatives to examine the interactions between these two areas. Together with the speakers from research and practice, the different perspectives on this topic will be pointed out to initiate a debate in which we question the importance of open technologies in the public and political perception.
The interdisciplinary lecture series aims to bring together the areas of research and civil society which are often separate. On the one hand, current research results will be presented which show the importance of open technologies for our society, for example, in the fields of Open Science and Open Access. On the other hand, civil society projects will be shown, for example, in the fields of Open Source Software and Open Infrastructure. The lecture series is intended to provide a forum in which practical experiences can be discussed, research approaches and results can be compared, and new ideas can be generated. We want to unite initiatives and interests existing separately to discuss the future questions of our society.


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Occurrence of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in soil from the central Loess Plateau, China: Role of regional range atmospheric transport
Meng, Xiang-Zhou, Pan, Zhao-Yu, Wu, Jun-Jie, Qiu, Yan-Ling, Chen, Ling, Li, Guang-Ming
Chemosphere 2011 v.83 no.10 pp. 1391-1397
ethers, loess, plateaus, principal component analysis, soil, soil sampling, China
Very few studies were conducted in highland and depositional areas in studying the transport and behavior of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). In this study, surface soils were collected from Huan County to investigate the level, profile, and potential influence of PBDEs via regional range atmospheric transport in the central part of the Loess Plateau (CLP) of China, one of the most extensive areas of loess deposition in the world. PBDEs were ubiquitous and log-normally distributed in soils from the CLP with mean concentrations of 0.91 and 0.54ngg⁻¹ for ΣPBDEs (sum of PBDE congeners except for BDE-209) and BDE-209, respectively. BDE-209 was predominated congener (43.5%), followed by BDE-47 (15.7%), 99 (10.7%), and 153 (7.5%). Further principal component analysis on congener profiles showed that PBDEs in the CLP originated from similar source(s). Additionally, significant differences in the ratios of BDE-47 to 99 and BDE-153 to 154 were found between soil samples and commercial products, indicating that they have undergone fractionation during the process of regional range atmospheric transport. The deposition of PBDEs in the CLP could be influenced by the sources from surrounding regions. For example, Xi'an may have potential influence to the CLP based on geographical analysis and concentrations comparison of PBDEs in gaseous. Therefore, more studies are needed to clarify the atmospheric transport and fate of PBDEs in this region.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.02.057
DOI (10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.02.057)
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US Banking Regulator Authorizes Federal Banks To Hold Reserves For Stablecoins
Bryan Seegers Joins Citadel Securities
Edgewater Markets Announces Senior Appointments to Its Tech Team
Edgewater Markets recently announced that it has made some changes to its senior technology team in its London office, with the technology provider adding Leo Furze-Waddock and Pietro Carrieri to its team.
Edgewater Markets is a provider of electronic foreign exchange (forex) workflow management solutions, as well as FX and precious metals optimisation software. The company provides its services to more than 350 global institutional clients.
Based in London, Furze-Waddock has been recruited to the company as Senior Full Stack Developer. In this role, he will be responsible for the oversight of the development of the firm's client-side application suite for the region.
Before he was part of Edgewater Markets, Furze-Waddock was employed at Gold Edge, where he was the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) until May 2016, his LinkedIn profile shows.
During the four years in between leaving Gold Edge and joining Edgewater Markets, he was a consultant for several high-profile firms, the statement from Edgewater said on Tuesday. As part of this, he helped the companies develop their personalised web and e-commerce solutions.
Speaking on his new role, Furze-Waddock said in the statement: "Edgewater is an exciting opportunity to innovate, working with some of the most challenging aspects of real-time, high velocity, UX focused, web applications."
Pietro Carrieri, on the other hand, joins the FX solutions provider as its Senior C++ Developer. In this position, he will focus on the company's low latency core engine.
Most recently, Carrieri was the Managing Director of Software Development and Quantitative Analyst at Analitica S.R.L. He kicked off his career at McGraw-Hill and earnt his Master's in Corporate Finance Technology from L'Università di Bologna.
"I was drawn in by the enthusiasm and passion of Edgewater's team in developing cutting- edge technologies that shape the industry, providing innovative solutions to its clients. I am delighted to be a part of the talented team," added Carrieri in the statement.
Edgewater Markets Invests in Company Development
The new appointments form a larger movement at Edgewater Markets, with the company adding resources to develop its operations in New York, Mexico City and in London.
"We are thrilled to be able to add such high-quality talent to our team," continued Mike Johnson, Edgewater Markets' Development Lead in the statement. "Leo and Pietro bring unique skillsets that will accelerate the advancement of our technology."
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While their building goes under a meticulous year long restoration, the shows are held around town at places like The Clarion University-Venango Campus. Show listings can be found at their website.
See all of the latest movies in digital projection. They have five screens and are open 7 days per week.
This Museum contains a collection of antique automatic musical instruments which number in the hundreds. They can be seen and heard April 1 through October 31 Tuesday – Saturday 11AM – 4PM Sunday 12:30 – 4 PM. Open by appointment November 1 through March 31.
Located at the corner of Seneca and Center Streets in the historic National Transit Building in Oil City, this ever-changing collection of pieces is on display to the public. The gallery is open all year Tuesday Thursday Friday Saturday 10 AM – 4 PM.
When construction was finished in 1905 the Beaux Arts style building that is now the museum was originally a post office. The building is now on the Registry of Historic Places and houses a cache of relics pertaining to the history of the area. Hours are Tuesday – Friday 10 AM – 4 PM Saturday 11 AM – 4 PM Sunday 2 PM – 5 PM.
Located in Titusville, the birthplace of the Oil Industry, Drake Well Museum and Park has a lot to offer. Tour the museum, walk the grounds and see the old machinery, and go for a ride on the Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad. The Oil Creek State Park bike and hiking trails also begin here. Winter hours are November through April Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 9 AM – 5 – PM. Summer hours are May through October Tuesday through Saturday 9 AM – 5 PM and Sunday Noon till 5 PM.
Pithole was an oil boom town that in its prime boasted 15,000 people, the third busiest post office in Pennsylvania ,and 57 hotels. The visitor center will be closed this year except for possible special occasions, but the grounds and trails are still open to explore. For more information contact The Drake Well Museum.
Stop in at the Crawford Center in Emlenton and see this collection of relics from the early oil fields of western Pennsylvania. Learn about the history of Emlenton and the oil and gas industry. Tours are by appointment only. Please call to schedule. Afterwards, take the short drive to nearby Foxburg for lunch or dinner at The Allegheny Grille. They have great food and a spectacular view of the Allegheny River. After your stomach is full, walk to the Foxburg Winery for some wine tasting.
Located on the second floor of the Club House, The American Golf Hall of Fame holds antiquated clubs and golf relics from the past few centuries. Play a round at the oldest course continuously in operation in the U.S.A, then check out the museum.
The Tyred Wheels Museum is located in Pleasantville close to Oil Creek State Park. They have a large collection of beautiful antique automobiles, planes, and tractors, along with 5,000 model vehicles. The museum is open from May 1 through October 31. Call for hours.
The Wild West Museum is located on the second floor of The Franklin Antique Mall in the old Franklin Armory Building. Showcased are knives, guns, Native American artifacts, and even relics that belonged to famous westerners. The museum is open Friday and Saturday 10 AM – 5 PM.


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Q: Convert php date to objective-c I'm trying to find the time interval since last move in a game. Normally, in objective-c, I do this and it works great:
    NSDate *now = [NSDate date];
    NSDate *before = [NSDate dateWithTimeInterval:-60 sinceDate:now];

    NSTimeInterval interval = [now timeIntervalSinceDate: before];

I store the lastTurn date in mysql database:
timestamp   -   ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP

When I try to get the date in objective-c, it seems to work:
    NSDate *lastTurn = match.lastTurn;
    NSLog(@"lastTurn: %@", lastTurn);

    Output: lastTurn: 2012-03-21 09:40:32

...however, when I try to do a time interval, I get the -[__NSCFString timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate]: unrecognized selector sent to instance error.
    NSDate *lastTurn = match.lastTurn;
    NSTimeInterval interval = [[NSDate date] timeIntervalSinceDate: lastTurn];

Any suggestions would awesome. Thanks
EDIT
I use ASIHTTPRequest to get the information from the database to the iphone.
The Match class is just a simple class that holds the variables:
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSDate *lastTurn;
etc...

... And I get the variable by doing this:
    [request setCompletionBlock:^
    {

     for (NSDictionary *dict in responseDict)
     {
             Match *match = [[Match alloc] init];
             match.lastTurn = [dict objectForKey:@"lastTurn"];

A: (disclaimer: I know nothing about objective-c, so this might be complete rubbish, only reading the documentation leads to dangerous superficial knowledge ;-))
My bets are on
NSDate *lastTurn = match.lastTurn;
NSLog(@"className of lastTurn is %@", [lastTurn className]);

prints className of lastTurn is __NSCFString and you have to convert that string into an instance of NSDate via e.g. dateWithString before using it like an instance of NSDate.

NSDate Class Reference says:The sole primitive method of NSDate, timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate, provides the basis for all the other methods in the NSDate interface.
Which means that timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate is called on both [NSDate date] and lastTurn.
The error message -[__NSCFString timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate] states (if I'm not mistaken) that the selector timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate has been sent to an instance of __NSCFString, i.e. a "flavour" of NSString, not an instance of NSDate.
Since [NSDate date] is most likely an instance of NSDate there's only lastTurn left.

My guess is that all entries in responseDict are strings and a simple NSDate *lastTurn = match.lastTurn; doesn't do any conversion, not even (duck-)type-checking.


The Rei Shimura series is a series of mystery and suspense novels written by the Agatha Award winning American author of historical fiction and international mystery, named Sujata Massey. This series is comprised of a total of 11 mystery novels, which were released between the years 1997 and 2014. All the books in this series revolve around the life of the fictional character known as Rei Shimura. Rei is depicted as a Japanese-American woman who wishes to become a dealer of antique items and set up her own antiques shop in Tokyo, Japan. But, due to the mysterious events happening around her throughout the series, she is intrigued to take up the role of an amateur sleuth. Later on, Rei uses her identity as an antiques expert to hide her other identity as a sleuth in order to solve the mysteries with the help of her own independent investigation. The character of Rei Shimura makes her debut in the first book of the series titled 'The Salaryman's Wife'. In this book, she goes on to solve the mystery related to the murder of a woman during a sightseeing trip.
Rei's birth takes place in San Francisco, California, and she spends most of her growing years in The United States. She was raised by her American mother and Japanese father before she decides to migrate to Tokyo. In Japan, Rei tries her hand at various jobs, beginning from working as a columnist for the daily newspaper Gaijin Times and finally settling down as an antiques dealer. The appearance of Rei Shimura has been described by author Sujata Massey as more Japanese instead of Caucasian. Whenever she is in the U.S., she is often mistaken by others to be of a complete Japanese ancestry. While living in Japan, Rei is often treated as a foreigner in spite of the fact that she can speak the Japanese language fluently. However, she does face difficulty in the writing part of the language. The mother of Rei is described as a member of the Howard family, which is very influential in the United States. In one of the later books, author Sujata Massey has described that only one member from the Howard family tries to reach to Rei when she shifts to Washington, D.C., and that is Kendall Howard. Rei's family from her father's side lives in Japan. Among them, Rei is very closely related to her aunt named Norie and her cousin named Tom Shimura.
The debut novel in the Rei Shimura series written by author Sujata Massey is titled as "The Salaryman's Wife". It was released by the HarperTorch publishers in the year 1997. At the beginning of this book, Rei is introduced as a 27 year old English teacher of the Japanese-American origin. She is described as living in one of the seediest neighborhoods of Tokyo, Japan. Rei does not earn much from her job as a teacher and somehow manages to take care of her needs. But, in spite of that, she does not show the willingness to go to return to her home in California even if someone offers her a free ticket. However, she is finally persuaded by her parents to move back to her hometown. But soon, her independence gets threatened when she gets involved in a murder case during a getaway into an old castle town. The victim, who was the beautiful wife of a powerful businessman, is first discovered by Rei in the snow and dead. Post this discovery, Rei decides to take charge and begins searching for clues, howsoever minute, in order to get to the bottom of the case and find the murderer. At first, she poses as a bar girl and crashes into a funeral. In the process, she gets pursued by the paparazzi and the police alike. Rei becomes successful in piecing together an ever-changing and strange puzzle. Later, she goes on to unravel this disgusting puzzle which is built on the basis of lies and held for so long by years of deception and sexual exploitation. Rei finally manages to find out the killer and hunts him down in order to make him pay for his crime. With the case solved, Rei feels satisfied that she was able to serve the justice with the help of her sleuthing abilities. The book went on to be nominated for several prestigious awards, including the Barry Award, the Macavity Award, the Agatha Award, and the Anthony Award. Its success knew no bounds as a numerous fans and readers as well as the critics appreciated the story and praised author Massey for her dedicated efforts.
One of the other books published initially in the mystery series is titled as 'The Flower Master'. This book was released by the Harper publications in the year 1999. At the start of this book, Rei, who is depicted by author Massey to be in her twenties, is shown as trying to adjust and find her place in the Tokyo society. But, she is unable to find any success. Also, her love life seems to be falling apart and she could not do anything to save it. To add to her problems, all her efforts in saving her new business in Tokyo go in vain. When her aunt insists her to enroll herself in an Ikebana course, Rei agrees. The course is related to the popular Japanese art of arranging flowers and Rei seems to enjoy doing it. But, she does not realize that the class is going to be very difficult for her. Soon, Rei comes to know that her instructor has been murdered. Once again, she decides to put her sleuthing abilities to use and track down the murderer. But before she could do anything, her home becomes the target of a post murder drama. Rei and her aunt get battered by press attention, police questioning, and some mysterious warnings.
As her family's closets get rattled by skeletons, Rei is required to brace herself for a dangerous family secret. In the end, it appears that Rei is in the middle of the excitement that seemed to have been missing from her life. The search for the reality in the murder case takes Rei through the twisting new levels of intrigue, murder, and romance. Now, everything lies on her shoulders as she is required to clear the name of her family as well as save herself from a deadly enemy, whose agenda does not seem clear. This novel proved to be a scintillating mystery with a fresh, unique, and a cutting edge touch to it. Just like the earlier novels of the series, this one too became very much successful. It was also nominated for prestigious awards like the Agatha Award and the Macavity Award in the category of the Best Mystery novel. Author Sujata Massey was once again praised for her efforts in writing down an intriguing mystery novel.
An American author who's been writing for a number of years now, Sujata Massey originally hailed from Sussex in the United Kingdom having been born in 1964 on the fourth of March, before moving across to America at the young age five, where she grew up to become a highly successful author of great repute. With a talent for building both suspense and intrigue, she's able to finely craft a well structured narrative alongside strong protagonists who have highly progressive narrative arcs over the series run. Attending and then graduating Johns Hopkins University in 1986, she then went on to write for the Baltimore Evening Sun, where she developed her love and passion for the written word, whilst honing and refining her craft. Building up a worldwide audience, she has managed to capture the imaginations of readers from all across the globe, reaching the top of the best-seller lists on a number of different occasions. With series such as her 'The Daughters of Bengal' franchise, which only consists of the one title 'The Sleeping Dictionary' so far, she's already created a legacy that is highly regarded in the industry. As more books are planned in this series, along with her ongoing and highly sought after Rei Shinura line of books, she has a career that's grown from strength-to-strength.
With the Rei Shimura series she has totaled eleven books so far and counting, as more are expected to follow very shortly, with further cases for the intrepid amateur sleuth to investigate. The lead protagonist herself is extremely down-to-earth yet headstrong, giving the readers someone who is easy to relate to and become invested in over time. In regards to Sujata Massey herself, this particular series is a perfect example of what it is that she does best as an author, with many of her trademarked themes, such setting itself in both Japan and Washington D.C., clearly evident here throughout. As more are expected to follow in this ever popular and highly influential line of novels, this series shows no signs of stopping any time soon, as it continues on into the foreseeable future.
Originally published in 1997, this was to be the first book in the Rei Shimura series that worked as an introduction to the character, as it provided backstory for the readers. Setting both the style and the tone of the world that she was set to inhabit for the subsequent novels, it works in setting up the premise quickly and concisely, before giving her her first adventure. With its clear sense of ambiance as well, Massey provides an extremely clear and articulate idea of what to expect almost immediately, as she is both succinct and to the point.
Teaching English in Tokyo, Rei Shimura is twenty-seven years of age living in one of the more seedier areas that the city has to offer, as she hopes to break away from it all. She doesn't plan to head back to her home in California either, despite her not making much money, as she's fiercely independent and remains stubborn sticking to her position there. Still she feels at somewhat of an impasse in life though, as she wants to move upwards and on-wards somehow and make more of herself, she just isn't sure quite how at the moment. That's when an opportunity presents itself to her, but it's not exactly the one she was hoping for, as she finds someone murdered lying face down in the snow. Finding that it's down to her to discover who killed this beautiful wife of a wealthy businessman, she quickly realizes that she doesn't have much time to find the culprit. With her investigating taking her through a series of hair-raising exploits, as she moves from one crazy situation to the next, she must keep her wits about her if she wants to remain ahead of the game. Will she find the culprit in time? Can she bring them to justice before they strike again? What exactly happened to the salaryman's wife?
Originally published in 1998 through the Harper Perennial publishing house, as opposed to HarperTorch from before, this was to be the direct follow up to the previous novel. Essentially diving straight into the action this time, it doesn't waste any time in getting to the heart of the story, as the character of Rei Shimura has already been well established in the minds of the readers now. Capturing the essence of what came before as well, it also manages to build upon the narrative and ambiance of the previous novel, developing it even further giving it an even greater level of depth.
Now successfully running an antiques business whilst living with her Scottish lawyer boyfriend, Rei Shimura is living the life she's always dreamed of. That's when she finds herself overpaying for a beautiful chest of drawers and the conman who sold them to her is subsequently found dead. It is then up to her to investigate his death, as she finds herself embroiled in yet another case, this time it being one that threatens her now idyllic life. Will she be able to find the real culprit in time? Where will they strike next? Can she keep a Zen attitude?
Winning a number of different awards such as the Agatha Award for the best debut novel when 'The Salaryman's Wife' first came out, along with the Barry and Macavity Awards for Best First Mystery novel and the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original, it's easy to see why she was so quick to rise in status as a writer. The character of Rei Shimura herself has become iconic in the minds of her audience over the many successful years, with her being a strong archetype to follow throughout her investigations. Starting out in 1997 all the way up to 2014, this character has a lot of life in her yet, as there are plenty more stories available on the horizon, something which Sujata Massey is clearly aware of, as she plans to carry on writing her novels for her ever eager fans and followers of the now very much beloved character; Rei Shimura.


I am having an issue with my case structure selector in my vi. I have it wired to select on/off/auto but it will only work after one cycle of my vi. i cannot select the value i want prior to running the vi. i tried attaching my vi but it wouldn't work so i have attached a screenshot.
is it something to do with having a flat sequence within my case structure?
We cannot tell from a truncated picture, you don't even show the case labels. Once the code is running inside the inner loop, the case selector will only get read again after the current iteration of the outer loop completes, and this can only happen once the inner loop and all other sequence frames have completed.
Judging from your code, you are making some serious beginner mistakes (overuse of local variables and sequence structure, for example). Also your selector should be an integer or preferably an enum. I doubt the "init to default" node is needed.
I would strongly recommend to go over the tutorials and learn the basics of dataflow.
Look into a simple state machine with a single outer loop containing a case structure, no sequences and no local variables. Attach your code and we'll show you how.
Yeah definitely making errors,this is my first exposure to programming so any advice is much appreciated. Unfortunately this assignment was thrown at me without much guidance at all.
No problem. we are here to help. what is the program supposed to do? Again, feel free to attach the VI.
You can also try to run with execution highlighting while looking at the diagram to see what's happening. What is your LabVIEW version?


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