何人かの参加者たちはその後、「酔っぱらっていて何を訴えたのよく覚えていない」と語り、エリイは、「歩いている時は景色がスローモーションでした。道路の向こうにみんなが居た時は神様に見えました。」と参加者にメールしている。 Starting around midnight of January 24th drinking and partying all night long, the next morning at half past 10am the whole crowd went out to the street to march as a demonstration. The demonstration took place from the famous Kabuki-cho district in Shinjuku, heading to West Shinjuku where Robert Indiana's notable public art "LOVE" is being placed. It was an attempt to reveal the public/private duality in a marriage event by organizing an outrageous party and a demonstration which was publicly permitted.
This action implemented many different aspects -the intimate "love" relationship between individuals and society, uniqueness of demonstrations in Japan where police surround the demonstrating party, unspoken public pressure towards marriage, demonstration as an act to reclaim public art to disalienate back to the public, looking at the Entertainment Business Law from a legal party on the street, a performance with unconditional love, the wedding parade by the royal family, the so called "foxes wedding" and whole other things- which closed during the pure madness resulting as participants' hangovers and Chim↑Pom member Hayashi's being interviews by police.


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Odds & Ends: Alvarez, Strasburg, Church, Rays
By Zachary Links | March 20, 2010 at 9:18pm CDT
Links for Saturday…
Pirates' GM Neal Huntington said that Pedro Alvarez will remain in the minors so he can get more at-bats against lefthanded pitchers, though Dejan Kovacevic of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette mentions that it could have to do with pushing his service time clock back.
ESPN's Keith Law broke down Stephen Strasburg's demotion to the minors, and says that "what he does need to improve is only going to improve in the big leagues."
Ryan Church spoke to MLB.com's Anthony DiComo about his opportunity with the Pirates, saying that "It's either reestablish yourself and be one of the main guys or just be a fourth outfielder from here on out."
Rays Executive VP Andrew Friedman says the club will explore internal and external options to replace J.P. Howell, tweets Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times. Tampa Bay hopes to have the lefty back by May.
Most players never shed the dreaded "4A" label, but the Pirates' Garrett Jones did, writes Tyler Kepner of the New York Times.
Tom Tango will be a big part of the Blue Jays' front office, writes Robert Cribb of The Toronto Star.
Indians closer Kerry Wood could miss up to two months with a strained back muscle. Brady Gardiner of SIRIUS XM tweets that this is a blessing for the Tribe as Wood's option for 2011 likely will not vest. The 32-year-old would make $11MM in '11 with 55 games finished in 2010.
Dodgers manager Joe Torre has confidence in Ronnie Belliard's ability to play first base, writes Tony Jackson of ESPNLosAngeles.com. This will likely leave first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz on the outside looking in as he jostles with Garrett Anderson for the club's left-handed pinch hitting spot. However, Belliard still must weigh in at 209 pounds or less at some point during Spring Training to guarantee his deal.
At the age of 47, Jamie Moyer has no interest in retiring, writes Jayson Stark of ESPN. Moyer is entering the final season of a two-year, $13MM deal.
Cleveland Guardians Doug Mientkiewicz Garrett Jones J.P. Howell Jamie Moyer Kerry Wood Los Angeles Dodgers Pedro Alvarez Philadelphia Phillies Pittsburgh Pirates Ronnie Belliard Ryan Church Stephen Strasburg Tampa Bay Rays Washington Nationals
The Dodgers' Fifth Rotation Spot
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Ian_Smell
We'd love to have you back in the Burgh Doug!
Danorage
Dodgers need to keep Doug! we have too many SS and 2ND basemen. Dewitt should play second and have Berrora play against lefties.
The Phillies actually owe Moyer 8 million due to incentives he hit last season for starts and innings pitched. He got bonuses last year and an increase in salary as a result. Talk about a sunk cost. That was why Moyer complained so vehemently when they removed him from the rotation. He could have ended up with much more owed. Way to go, Amaro.
Even if Kerry Wood was 100% healthy he still would get his option vested.
Patattack
What exactly are the terms to his option? Did he have to finish 55 games, or just appear in 55? Because if that's the case, the option is already picked up.
It was 55 games finished but injured or not the Indians weren't going to let him finish 55 games.
Zack23
How did Jones shed the 4A label after 314 ABs? Lets give him a full season or two and see how he adjusts to pitchers adjusting to him.
Jumping to conclusions after a SSS, what else is new.
mrsjohnmiltonrocks
He shed it because after hitting all of those home runs, even if he tanks this year, someone will give him another chance.
ryansiciliano
Kerry Wood is a merck. Talk about stealing money.
shockey12 2
If you really want to see a player stealing money you should see Vernon Wells
Not so fast. He's only been paid 1.5 million over the past two seasons. He still has a chance to live up to that contract. Is he going to? Not a chance. But he hasn't completely "stole money" yet.
Oliver Perez on the other hand has not lived up to his contract at all.
"$25.5M signing bonus ($8.5M payment each March 1, 2008-10)"
I think you missed that part in Vernon's contract.
Oh. Well then I guess I did.
twins33
I really like Jones. I didn't think the Twins gave him a fair shake while he was here. Obviously he wasn't going to get first base, but I was hoping he could stick in LF. 2006 was mostly Lew Ford. Stewart didn't play much due to injury, I believe. In 2007, I think we had Lew Ford, Jason Tyner and Kubel manning LF. I would have prefered Jones in LF and Kubel as DH. I don't think we had a primary DH then, still a rotation of guys. Kubel wasn't his normal self yet, but Jones/Kubel is better than Ford/Tyner/Kubel easily.
It's a bad sign when guys like Lew Ford and Jason Tyner get more time than you and you sit in the minors though you're clearly an upgrade over both. In four years, he only got 31 games in the majors. Shannon Stewart was there for half the time, but why not give him his chance for the other half? That's why I don't think he got a fair shake.
That being said, I think Jones is playing over his head so far. I don't think he can keep that up for a full season. Unless, he's just one of those guys that eventually emerges, it just takes awhile. Maybe he's better in the NL too. I hope the best for him though, I do like him.
Neal Huntington knows himself it's to push his service time clock back. Pedro Alvarez can hit lefties pretty well.
vtadave
Last year in Double-A:
.267/.320/.394 vs. LHP
.303/.408/.620 vs. RHP
Plenty of room for improvement vs. same-side pitching.
bigpat
This may be a dumb question, but what does games finished actually mean? Does it mean saves, because there's no way Wood gets 55 saves. Does it just mean how many games he pitches in the 9th inning?
I think it just means that he's the last pitcher to pitch for the team. It doesn't have to be a save situation.
galloway84
That is what the Rays get for not signing a guy like Kiko Calero. He is an efficient reliever that gets runners out. He signed for nothing with the Mets. Now, JP Howell's injury comes back to hunt them if they falter early in the season.
chuckmossfield
I love Dirty Doug – He plays with great intensity & love of the game, his big problem is that he can't stay healthy – he doesn't have great luck making it through a whole season without any time on the DL

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Ujjain Polytechnic College is located in Madhya Pradesh. The education institution was established in the year 1955. The College was affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal. It is approved by India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Ujjain Polytechnic College courses Diploma in Engineering. The college has a well developed infrastructure and facilities like computer lab, Auditorium, Sports and more. The college has well trained and experienced faculty members. Ujjain Polytechnic College address, contact number is provided in contact details.


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Bhagamandala est situé sur la rivière Kaveri et est au confluent de deux autres affluents, le Kannike et la rivière mythique Sujyoti. Le confluent est considéré comme sacré (kudala ou triveni sangam, respectivement en kannada et en sanskrit).

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From Civil War – to Indian Wars – to the war within War and hate for an enemy tears at souls until God intervenes to heal wounded warriors with forgiveness and mercy
In Wrath Remember Mercy: The Redemption of Torquil Dhu
By Aquila Dhu
GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO – May 11, 2021 – PTSD during the Civil War? In an action and adventure novel releasing today, action and human reaction combine with internal struggles for a young Confederate soldier, in a dual crisis of faith and struggle to overcome the effects of war.
While today the term PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) has become familiar and expanded to include all trauma, research shows even back to Civil War times and earlier the concept was recognized, as warriors have always paid a toll in spirit and body.
What was called a "wounded spirit" or being "overwhelmed by catastrophe" during the Civil War, also became known as shell shock and battle fatigue in subsequent conflicts.
However, there is also another element of this for the person of faith, and that is the effect of trauma and war on one's character and standing before God.
In her book, In Wrath Remember Mercy: The Redemption of Torquil Dhu, first-time author Aquila Dhu introduces us to a teenager who loves Virginia and his home on his family's estate there. While the family opposes slavery, they are committed to their home and to Virginia, so he and his father and brother ride out to fight for the Confederacy.
Thus Torquil Dhu Drummond begins a journey that will test and nearly destroy him.
His natural leadership abilities lead him to victories on the battlefield first in the Civil War, then with the U.S. Army fighting the Indian Wars during the settling of the western territories.
But the story takes the reader even more intensely through the internal journey of this young, wounded warrior, battling demons within while facing enemies without. After witnessing the murder of his only living family members, his father and brother, he vows vengeance but lives to regret it.
His faith in God is the constant foundation throughout Torquil's story and that faith rescues and redeems him, though at times the outcome is in doubt. He wrestles with leaving justice to God, but admits justice "puts things right and is like solid ground to walk on. "
After a fight tougher than any he experienced on the battlefield, he submits to God's justice, recognizing it is an exacting and higher standard based on God's eternal, perfect character. He learns the truth that God's justice goes beyond reward and punishment to offer mercy and redemption, which is offered but must be accepted.
Woven with historical accuracy through the author's years of study, the fictional account takes Torquil from a loving home in Virginia, to military service first in the Civil War, then to the west with the U.S. Army fighting the Indian Wars, returning at last to formal study at the Virginia Military Institute and home.
Yet moments of flashback suggest a personal knowledge of PTSD the author admits she has also experienced. Her own story of battling to forgive and live beyond the trauma is revealed in Torquil's own triumph.
"There is healing, and you learn to live with the memories, but I don't know if I'll ever completely get past it," author Aquila Dhu admits. "We must forgive the persons who hurt us, then forgive God for allowing it to happen, then reaffirm that forgiveness over and over again as necessary, until faith and trust in God's perfect plan become part of ourselves."
From her home on the western slopes of Colorado, author Aquila Dhu has intertwined her varied life experiences and knowledge of the wilderness and farming, along with her love for and extensive research into history, into the details of the story. In Wrath Remember Mercy is her first book.
In Wrath Remember Mercy: The Redemption of Torquil Dhu (ISBN-10 : 978-1-950892-79-2, $14.99) releases today from Carpenter's Son Publishing. It is available from selected bookstores and online retailers. For more information, visit http://inwrathremembermercy.com.
MORE ABOUT THE STORY:
Young Confederate soldier Torquil Drummond has a pure heart for God until a Yankee officer murders his family. His world is blown to pieces; he is traumatized; his rationality is overset. Berserk for vengeance, he's driven by his "daemon" toward spiritual and bodily destruction. He repents of vengeance and hatred and tries to walk righteously upon an earth that teeters under him, because he feels God has forsaken him and justice is dead. It is more a sacrifice for him to live than to die.
Man versus himself, man versus God, and man versus principalities and powers and spiritual wickedness in high places, are Torquil's battles to regain his original character and Christian faith. Through war and suffering, repentance, and striving but failing to overcome the "daemon," he finds that only God can truly heal and redeem. Torquil's redemption is told in three love stories: man and God, father and son, and man and woman.
For a review copy or to interview Aquila Dhu, contact Joni Sullivan Baker, Buoyancy PR, at 513/319-3231 or jbaker@buoyancypr.com.
Called "Inspired and inspiring": Debut author shares wisdom of horses: though without speech, they are not without a voice
Unseen becomes glimpsed by God's faithful as powers of darkness attack small-town southern Illinois; God's faithful rally and heaven's army hears their cries
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Victoria – Exactly one month after it opened, the Pandora Avenue Supervised Consumption site has officially been named "The Harbour" – reflecting the service's purpose to provide a safe place – or harbour – where people can use illegal drugs under supervision by trained health professionals and peer support workers.
The name was chosen by clients who use overdose prevention and supervised consumption services in Victoria, and in particular by clients who visited the overdose prevention unit at Our Place. The Our Place service closed on July 6 following a three week transition between the two services which were located immediately adjacent to one another. Early indications are that the transition has gone smoothly as The Harbour has seen 3, 378 visits since it opened, and is now averaging 158 visits per day, significantly higher than the 93 visits a day at the temporary Our Place Overdose Prevention Unit.
In addition to witnessed consumption, The Harbour provides harm reduction supplies, peer supports, public health nursing, mental health and substance use supports and linkages and referrals to treatment.
The Harbour Supervised Consumption Service is located at 941 Pandora Avenue in Victoria. It has ten consumptions booths, a waiting/reception and post-use areas, as well as a mental health counselling room, a nurse clinic room and a medication room and is open 6:30 am to 8:00 pm, seven days per week. The facility also houses Island Health's Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams and associated clinical services.
In addition to oversight and clinical services provided by Island Health, contracted service partner The Lookout Housing and Health Society's harm reduction staff provide supervision and education to ensure safer drug consumption, deliver crisis intervention and manage harm reduction supplies. Contracted service partner SOLID Outreach Society's team of peer harm reduction workers provide supervision and education as well as support and advocacy. Paramedics from BC Emergency Health Services provide clinical expertise and intervention in the event of an overdose.


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This community enjoys proximity to the latest shops and restaurants including Frisco's Stonebriar Centre and the Shops at Legacy. Lexington Country is approximately 10 minutes of some of the area's finest entertainment venues such as the Dr. Pepper Ballpark (Frisco RoughRiders) and Toyota Stadium (FC Dallas). Also nearby is the Legacy Christian Academy, as well as Collin County Community College, which offers Frisco residents memberships to the campus Natatorium, where they can enjoy year-round swimming, basketball and workout facilities.
Shaddock Homes features innovative and inspiring two-story homes that range from three to five bedrooms and offer many luxury options to make your home a one-of-a-kind. Shaddock Homes welcomes you to explore this new community in Frisco, Texas and see how special this community truly is. We constantly strive to provide a level of exterior and interior craftsmanship that distinguishes us from other Frisco home builders.
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Masatoshi Arikawa, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Arnaud banos, CNRS, France
Piero Boccardo, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Rex Cammack, University of Nebraska in Omaha, United States
Jordi Corbera, Geological and Cartographic Institute of Catalonia, Spain
Karsten Jacobsen, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
Stéphane Joost, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
Andrea Lingua, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Richard Milton, University College London, United Kingdom
Lan Mu, University of Georgia, United States
Peter Nijkamp, Free University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Matthew Owen, Cathie Associates/ University College London, United Kingdom
H.J.P. Timmermans, Technical University, Netherlands
Miguel Vengazones, GIPSA-Lab, CNRS, France
Xiaojun Yuan, University at Albany, SUNY, United States


On behalf of Gormley and Johnson Law Offices, PLC posted in Child Support on Wednesday, November 2, 2016.
No one wants to get divorced, but well over half the adult marriages and those involved in them will experience this painful legal process at some point in their lives. Often, when divorce begins, both parties can become contentious, angry, and even bitter. This can lead to inappropriate behavior, fighting, and a drawn-out divorce process.
One of the most contentious and emotional topics of any divorce is always the custody of any marital children. Especially if the fact that your spouse was filing for a divorce came as a surprise, the temporary custody order may not reflect your desire to be with your children as much as possible. This can lead to real frustrations, especially if there is a child support order to go along with the reduced time with your children. However, custody in Michigan is meant to be fair and gender neutral. In time, the courts should uphold your parental rights.
The only thing worse than having your relationship with your children relegated to specific times of day on certain days of the week and alternating weekends is when even that contact is denied. Sometimes, the custodial parent, in the heat of the divorce and custody battle, may begin denying the non-custodial parent his or her right of visitation. The individual may do this by using the Friend of the Court rules against the non-custodial parent, by doing things like canceling visitation if the other parent is more than fifteen minutes late for pick-up. While this kind of behavior is technically legal, if it becomes a pattern, it can be presented to the courts as proof of the custodial parent's attempt to deny visitation and possibly alienate the other parent.
Sometimes, however, the custodial parent will flatly, directly, and intentionally violate the temporary court order granting the non-custodial parent visitation during the divorce process. In these cases, the custodial parent may claim the children do not wish to have their visitation, or they may make unproven claims of abuse to prevent visitation. In situations like these, it can be tempting to withhold child support payments until visitation resumes, but doing so will only make the non-custodial parent look bad to the courts.
The state of Michigan takes a grim view of non-custodial parents who shirk off their financial child support duties. Not only are non-complying parents subject to the garnishment of wages, if there is an enforcement push underway, they could also face incarceration if the individual is located by law enforcement while child support is in arrears. This is critical. If the courts have ordered you to pay child support, you must pay the full amount, on time, as required by the temporary support order. It is possible to have both parenting time and child support payments adjusted, but to do so, you must go through the court process.
If you are struggling with child support and visitation issues or have just been advised of your spouse's intention to divorce you, your best option is to retain a skilled family law attorney with a successful history of representation in contentious divorce cases. An attorney can ensure you comply with the law and all court orders while also advocating for fairness when it comes to support amounts and visitation enforcement.
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Andrea Dovizioso is slightly perplexed by the "very bad" feeling he encountered with Ducati's GP18 in a wet day of free practice at Valencia.
Dovizioso lacked any feel with the rear of his GP18, which prevented him from cornering as he wanted. And while he ended the day fourth on the combined timesheets, his distant twelfth place in FP2 was more in tune with the feedback he received from the bike.
"Today the feeling was quite bad on the bike," he said. "The same feeling I had this morning, I had in the afternoon when the water was different. I don't think it's about how much water is on the track.
"I think if we are able to understand and improve the bike we can be more competitive in both conditions. The feeling was very bad. It's strange because we expect a better speed. But we have to study and analyse. Still we don't know.
"The only things this season we didn't ride the bike in the wet a lot. in this season we changed quite a bit the balance of the bike. So we have to understand and study because in the past in every track our level in the wet from the beginning was good.
During a wet qualifying session at Sepang, Dovizioso had complained of a lack of feel from the front tyre. The Michelin rubber was too hard for those particular conditions, he said. Was there a similar feeling here?
"No, the limit here was the rear, not the front," he said. "Fortunately we already compared the soft and medium front and both tyres are good. So we have the possibility to use the medium in heavy rain, like today.
Pressed to specify where he lacked feel, Dovizioso added, "I didn't enough feeling on the rear to release the brake and make the speed in the middle of the corner. It didn't happen something very bad, because the grip was good.


I just bought my 2012 Tricolore last month and i'm looking forward to enjoying it for a good few years yet.
The new specs for the 1299S are nice but not enough for me change next year.
Like a few others have said, it would probably be the next major model update (if it looks and rides great) that will draw me into a deal.
DQS up/down may make things a little too Playstation/XBox but i'm sure we wont want to revert back once we have it. I certainly loved the DSG gearbox paddle shift on my Audi TT back in the day.
By the time my lad starts riding bikes he'll find it nuts that we had to use a manual clutch with a left hand and shift gears with a left foot.
Ha ha!! So you're going to sit in the pits and map out the electronic response corner-by-corner? I love electroncis doo-dads, but that's to much even for me to want.
I'm still torn as to what I want to do. Either a 1299 base or a leftover 1199 Tricolore or S model.
Like the idea of 1299's new features and added power, but i still like the overall designs of the 1199 in comparison.
I suppose it will depend on the deals to be had. If a leftover 1199 is to good to pass up then I may go that route and buy a new 1299 in a year or two.
Even THAT system doesn't have turn-by-turn GPS-based fuel mapping.
I love my 2013 Tricolore and have no plans to change. I don't track anymore, so no use for the R. An extra 80 or so CC's just isn't enough for me to switch. I like the mods I've done to the Tri and have no real desire to start over.
I will enjoy the new models vicariously through all you gents that will take the plunge and no doubt trick out the 1299!!! It gives me something to look forward to.
Yes!! Please trade in your slighty used 1199's for 1299's. I would like a white 1199 but if the deal is too good to pass up on a left over '14 base, I'm going to go that route.
I want the SL kit for my '13R. Everything else is already on the market. Auto blipping and/or wheelie control, well maybe I should learn how to use my wrist first...lol.
Well you two are boring lol. Jk. I own a hyper you rode one?
No never rode a hyper. Was looking to get something for long trips with the wife.


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Francesc Santcliment (segle XV - segle XVI) va ser un matemàtic català, actiu a Barcelona com escriptor de llibres d'aritmètica del segle XV, utilitzà xifres aràbigues. Gairebé no se sap res de la seva vida. Fou l'autor d'un manual d'aritmètica mercantil, el primer en ser imprès en català, el primer llibre d'aritmètica imprès a la península Ibèrica i el segon en imprimir-se al món. Es coneixen dues obres seves.

 Suma de la Art d'Arismètica, publicada en català a Barcelona per Pere Posa l'any 1482, Un exemplar d'aquest llibre d'aritmètica es conserva a la Biblioteca de Catalunya
 Compilatió[n] de Arismética sobre la Arte Mercantívol,  llibre de càlculs per a mercaders, publicat en castellà a Saragossa per Pau Hurus (Paulus de Konstanz) l'any 1486. Un exemplar es conserva a la Biblioteca de la Universitat de Càller

El llibre de 1482 és el primer llibre d'aritmètica imprès a la península Ibèrica i un dels llibres d'aritmètica més antics que s'han fet mai. És possiblement també el segon llibre d'aritmètica imprès més antic del món després de l'Aritmètica de Treviso (1478). Imprès un any més tard (1483), a Alemanya, també hi ha el Llibre d'Aritmètica de Bamberg d'Ulrich Wagner i el llibre de taules de Bamberg.

El seu llibre d'aritmètica també conté informació útil per als comerciants sobre drets de duana, monedes i preus.

Referències

Bibliografia
 Malet, Antoni. Francesc Santcliment, Summa de l'art d'Aritmètica, introducció, transcripció [modernitzada] i notes a cura d'Antoni Malet, Vic, Eumo, 1998, 375 pp.

 Docampo Rey, Javier, La formación matemática del mercader catalán (1380-1521): análisis de fuentes manuscritas, tesi doctoral de la Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 2004.

Enllaços externs
 Francesc Santcliment, un aritmètic barceloní del final del segle XV

Matemàtics catalans
Francesc
Científics catalans històrics


Springtime is approaching rather quickly and before you know it, you will be in the search for a new home! One thing many don't think about in their home search is purchasing a home warranty. Home warranties may not be for everyone and there are some things you should know about them.
First things first: a home warranty is NOT the same as home owner's insurance. These are two separate entities. A home warranty is to help protect your home's major appliances and systems. It is purchased to hopefully help save you money when things stop working or breaks unexpectedly. Your home insurance is to protect you financially in case damage occurs to your home.
However, a home warranty I similar to other insurances in that each year you pay a premium and you are covered under warranty. If something were to break, you would pay a deductible amount (this can fall between $50 and $125). The home warranty company will then send someone out to fix the appliance and in severe cases, replace the appliance.
What are the benefits to a home warranty you ask? Well, peace of mind. If something breaks you know you won't have to research or pay for someone to look at the appliance and then charge for labor and the appliance itself in case of replacement. If you aren't handy, a home warranty may be a good choice for you. It can also be a good choice for first time homebuyers as you aren't familiar with your home's systems or how they've been working.
DISCLAIMER: Although a home warranty may have it's benefits, the biggest drawback is that not everything will be covered. You must read over the specific terms of your warranty and ask as many questions as you can. For instance, home warranties won't replace an item if it hasn't been properly maintained.
Ultimately, purchasing a home warranty or not will be up to you. Make sure to do your research and ask the questions you need to ask to see if it's a good choice for you and your family.


As the Green Poison runs rampant wrecking havoc in its wake, a collapse of the Strategic Homeland Division's (SHD) Command and Control System sparked a distress call from Washington, D.C. In response, the President activated Directive 51 for all agents of the Division to move to secure the Nation's Capital. Here at BWC many of those covert agents have now moved to support the remains of the Joint Task Force held up in the White House Base of Operations. We face a daunting task to retake the Capital as gangs such as the Hyenas, Outcasts and True Sons fight for control. As BWC Agents of The Division, you will be tested under constant fire to retake the city and reactivate the Strategic Homeland Division's Command and Control System. But we are prepared and we are organized. The BWC's Division 2 clan numbers well over 30 agents and they are online daily taking back Washington, one street at a time, one mission at a time, and one stronghold at a time. We are preparing for the introduction of eight man raids into the game, teaching newcomers, helping agents gain levels of experience and building their arsenals.
Starting from the early release, BWC conducted an EPIC Operation, full of events for members to take part in. A smashing success, this Operation saw the standup of the Division 2 Company within BWC, coupled with a steady flow of new agents and stream of planned events. Since early access BWC have completed 24 scheduled events. The Division 2 Company's Officer in Charge is Sanctem (NA) and his Non Commissioned Officer in Charge is Corralis (EU); so we can expect events around the clock. If you are interested in joining the battle for Washington, BWC is the place to be. Welcome Agents to the Division 2!
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Russian oil output slipped to a year-low of 10.91 million barrels per day (bpd) in August from 10.95 million bpd in July, Energy Ministry data showed on Saturday, as Gazprom Neft suspended offshore Arctic production to carry out maintenance.
In tonnes, oil output reached 46.144 million versus 46.309 million in July.
It was the lowest level of output since 10.71 million bpd in August 2016, and it is down 3 percent from the October level, the benchmark when a global oil deal was reached on curbing oil production.
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and other leading oil producers including Russia agreed at the end of last year to cut their combined oil production by almost 1.8 million barrels per day in search of a supply and demand balance amid weaker oil prices.
Russia has agreed to reduce its output by 300,000 bpd from the October level of 11.247 million bpd. For the January-August period, oil output edged up 1.4 percent year-on-year.
Russian oil pipeline exports in August rose to 4.34 million bpd from 4.1 million bpd in July.
According to the Energy Ministry data, Gazprom Neft, the oil arm of Russian gas giant Gazprom, reduced its output last month by almost 5 percent as it suspended production at the offshore Arctic Prirazlomnoye oilfield for maintenance.
The local press has said the maintenance work at Russia's only producing offshore Arctic oilfield is due to be wrapped up in October. Gazprom Neft plans to produce 2.6 million tonnes (over 50,000 bpd) of oil at the field this year.
Western sanctions introduced in 2014 prevent western companies from helping Gazprom Neft in developing its Arctic offshore fields. Gazprom Neft launched production at the Prirazlomnoye field in Russia's Pechora Sea in 2013.
Gazprom Neft has said that maintenance was not linked to sanctions.
Oil production also declined by 2.7 percent month-on-month at Bashneft, which was acquired by Russia's largest oil producer Rosneft last year. Output at Bashneft is still reflected separately in the statistics.
Projects, led by foreign majors under production sharing agreements (PSA), reduced their output by almost 15 percent last month to 324,000 bpd.
Natural gas production was at 54.2 billion cubic metres (bcm) last month, or 1.75 bcm a day, versus 50.8 bcm in July.


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Q: Read XML element based on attribute without knowing name of parent I'm using a webservice that gives a response in XML. When an error has occurred, somewhere in the XML is an attribute msg. The problem is, that based on the request, the attribute msg in the response can belong to different elements. In one situation the attr can belong to the element Dimension and in another situation to the element Period. Dimension is the root element, but Period is a child of Transaction.
Every solution I see, assumes that you know the name of the parent element, which in my case can be different.
What I need is code to find the element where the attribute msg and msgtype belong to, so that based on that, I can find the rest of the information like name or invoice number.
This is my code that wil easily find the msg in the first xml example, but not in the second.
XDocument xml = XDocument.Load(@"C:\Temp\Response.xml");

string element = xml.Root.Name.ToString(), text = "", msg = "", naam = "";

var nodes = (from n in xml.Descendants(element)
                    where n.Attribute("msgtype").Value == "error"
                select new
                {
                    naam = n.Element("name")
                    ,  msg = n.Attribute("msg")
                }).ToList();

foreach (var n in nodes)
{
    text += n.msg.ToString();
    Response.Write(text);
}

First XML
<dimension msgtype="error" msg="De code voldoet niet aan het formaat 1[0-9][0-9][0-9]." result="0">
<office>ZKF000324</office>
<type>DEB</type>
14
<name>Bedrijf 113</name>
<shortname>Bedrijf 113</shortname>
</dimension>

Second XML
<transaction result="0" destiny="temporary">

<office shortname="Twinfield" name="Pietersen">ZKF000324</office>
VRK
<currency shortname="EuroK" name="Euro naam">EUR</currency>
<period result="0" msg="Jaar 2020 moet tussen 1965 en 2019 liggen.//Jaar 2020 moet tussen 1965 en 2019 liggen.//Jaar 2020 moet tussen 1965 en 2019 liggen.//De combinatie van het jaar en de periode bestaat niet." msgtype="error">2020/05</period>
<date result="0" msg="Datum 12/05/2020 valt buiten de opgegeven periode (2020/05)." msgtype="warning">20200512</date>
<invoicenumber>2016112</invoicenumber>
</transaction>

A: You need to go through the entire tree: Descendants().
Note the use of Null-conditional operator ?.
var nodes = (from n in xml.Descendants()
             where n.Attribute("msgtype")?.Value == "error"
             select new
             {
                 msg = n.Attribute("msg")
             })
            .ToList();

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import React from "react";
import TestRenderer from "react-test-renderer";
import {
  addSerializers,
  compose,
  minimaliseTransform,
  minimalWebTransform,
  print
} from "@times-components/jest-serializer";
import { iterator } from "@times-components/test-utils";

import { UserState } from "./mocks";
import ArticleExtras from "../src/article-extras";
import { relatedArticleSlice, topics } from "../fixtures/article-extras";

const commentingConfig = {
  account: "sp_pCQgrRiN"
};

export default () => {
  addSerializers(
    expect,
    compose(
      print,
      minimalWebTransform,
      minimaliseTransform(
        (value, key) =>
          key === "style" ||
          key === "className" ||
          key === "data-testid" ||
          key === "topics" ||
          key === "slice"
      )
    )
  );

  const tests = [
    {
      name: "renders correctly",
      test: () => {
        const testInstance = TestRenderer.create(
          <ArticleExtras
            analyticsStream={() => {}}
            articleId="dummy-article-id"
            commentsEnabled
            registerNode={() => {}}
            relatedArticleSlice={relatedArticleSlice}
            relatedArticlesVisible
            commentingConfig={commentingConfig}
            topics={topics}
          />
        );

        expect(testInstance.toJSON()).toMatchSnapshot();
      }
    },
    {
      name:
        "no related articles, topics and comments when user not logged in, only sponsored div",
      test: () => {
        UserState.mockStates = [];
        const testInstance = TestRenderer.create(
          <ArticleExtras
            analyticsStream={() => {}}
            articleId="dummy-article-id"
            commentsEnabled
            registerNode={() => {}}
            relatedArticleSlice={relatedArticleSlice}
            relatedArticlesVisible
            commentingConfig={commentingConfig}
            topics={topics}
          />
        );

        expect(testInstance.toJSON()).toMatchSnapshot();
      }
    },
    {
      name: "read only comments when the user is a share token reader",
      test: () => {
        const testInstance = TestRenderer.create(
          <ArticleExtras
            analyticsStream={() => {}}
            articleId="dummy-article-id"
            commentsEnabled
            registerNode={() => {}}
            relatedArticleSlice={relatedArticleSlice}
            relatedArticlesVisible
            commentingConfig={commentingConfig}
            topics={topics}
          />
        );

        expect(testInstance.toJSON()).toMatchSnapshot();
      }
    },
    {
      name: "renders the additional related articles",
      test: () => {
        const testInstance = TestRenderer.create(
          <ArticleExtras
            analyticsStream={() => {}}
            articleId="dummy-article-id"
            commentsEnabled
            registerNode={() => {}}
            relatedArticleSlice={relatedArticleSlice}
            relatedArticlesVisible
            commentingConfig={commentingConfig}
            topics={topics}
          />
        );

        expect(testInstance.toJSON()).toMatchSnapshot();
      }
    }
  ];

  iterator(tests);
};


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Tyler/Judith/Whoever I really am now: Here's how it happened
Tuesday after he came home from work, Kit found me lying in bed with the blinds drawn. I was half-undressed. I had been zoned out for probably an hour or so.
He was clearly irritated, since even on days when I work I tend to be "on top" of the night's meal. I had dropped Dylan off at his friend's place and since I had gotten back I was just... out of it. I murmured, "You can order something if you like, I'm not hungry."
To his credit, he sensed all was not well and asked if this had to do with the dream I had posted about. I didn't want to admit it did - just a stupid dream and not even a particularly meaningful one. I thought writing out those meaningless details would end my angst about it. But it set off a chain of thought inside me and I couldn't shake it all day. So I said "yeah, maybe."
"What about it?" he asked.
I cut right to the point: "I don't know if I'm me anymore."
"What are you talking about?" he said with a bit of a laugh, "You know as well as I do that deep down, you're Tyler Blake. Your body, your sex, doesn't define you."
I sighed, a light tear fell down my cheek "This isn't about that."
"Well then what is it about?"
"I mean... is Tyler Blake me? Something deep down inside of me that I carry around, or is it a piece of meat... a body I left behind a long time ago? Just a name I used to have?"
"You lost me."
"You told me you love me, but you don't even fucking know me. You think I'm nice and domestic and motherly, but that's just because I... I look like this and I have to be this way for now. And I'll leave this body behind soon and I'll, I dunno, I'll probably go back to being the self-destructive, selfish asshole I was before."
"You won't."
"You don't know."
"I do, because you never were that."
"Tell that to Meghan, who will always hate me at least a little. Tell that to the girl I ran away from before that. You don't know what I've done. What I'm capable of. How I've lost good things and wrecked my life, how I've been terrible to others because I... I'm fucking broken."
He took a pause and sighed. "I do know what you're capable of, I see it every day. I've seen you at your worst, when you were out driving gangsters around in Milwaukee, and I know you're better than that. I've seen you at your best... and I've seen it a lot lately. Whatever's happened to you, it's a good thing."
I shrugged, "Either I'm still that person deep down, just pretending to be a 'Judith,' or... or who we really are is easier to erase than it should be."
"Not erase... change," he said, putting his hands on my shoulders. "But one thing is true. This whole experience has taught me how unimportant the past is. None of our baggage really matters anymore once you're in a new life."
"It does. I still think of every mistake I've ever made, every day. It will never go away."
He said, "It doesn't. Your body changes, your name changes, and suddenly nobody cares where you've been. You don't have to pretend to be the person you look like, but you can be the person you really want to be, free from the people and things in your life that told you you couldn't be that. And it's not pretending, it's real. You have changed, Tyler. And that's not a bad thing."
Then he said again, "I love you. For you."
I sat up and looked at him. I felt this rush, like... like all my walls breaking down. Like I was letting go of something I've held onto far too long.
I don't know whether it was out of love or just a need to seal up the moment somehow, but we ended up doing it. He needed a little "coaxing," which surprised me considering how often I have observed him nursing a subtle hard-on in bed, but that's probably just because I was so sudden about it. I thought it would involve more planning, but it was time. We just rushed into it, damning everything that might have spoiled the mood - including, stupidly, a condom (I ended up taking a morning-after pill the next day. Misnomer: it's actually two pills taken hours apart.) I'd love to report it was some kind of life-changing experience, but my mind was still way too far away to actually enjoy it. There were pleasurable aspects, but either Jude's body isn't totally wired for pleasure anymore or I was still subconsciously fighting it despite my honest desire. It was also, all due respect to Kitty and to Adrian, about a minute long.
Still, that's one long-delayed rite of passage finally through with. Suppose I'll find an excuse to try again, and I hope it doesn't require another emotional breakdown.
I rolled over and let him wrap his thick, hairy arms around me. I whispered very quietly, "I think I love you too."
We'll see if I can live up to it.
-Tyler/Judith
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A Bridge on Economic Issues between China and the World
Industry/Policy View
By Authors By Date By Tag By Popularity
Ji Li is Professor of Law at Rutgers University and a member of the Associate Faculty of the Division of Global Affairs. Professor Li teaches and writes in the fields of Chinese law and politics, international business transactions, tax, contracts, and empirical legal studies. His first book, The Clash of Capitalisms? Chinese Companies in the United States (Cambridge University Press, 2018), explores the adaptation of Chinese firms to US legal and regulatory institutions. In the 2018-2019 academic year he is in residence at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, where he will be completing a new book provisionally titled The Power Logic of Justice in China (under contract with Cambridge University Press). The book offers a unified theory for analyzing complex judicial behavior in China.
Book Synopsis The Clash of Capitalisms? Chinese Companies in the United States
What Is Special about China's Housing Boom? Edward L. Glaeser, Wei Huang, Yueran Ma, Andrei Shleifer, Jun 20, 2017
The Dark Side of the Chinese Fiscal Stimulus: Evidence from Local Government Debt Yi Huang, Marco Pagano, Ugo Panizza, Jun 28, 2017
China's Great Housing Boom Kaiji Chen, Yi Wen, Oct 11, 2017
How did China Move Up the Global Value Chains? Hiau Looi Kee, Heiwai Tang, Aug 30, 2017
China's Shadow Banking Sector: Wealth Management Products and Issuing Banks Viral V. Acharya, Jun Qian, Zhishu Yang, Aug 09, 2017
Evaluating Risk across Chinese Housing Markets Yongheng Deng, Joseph Gyourko, Jing Wu, Aug 02, 2017
Notching R&D Investment with Corporate Income Tax Cuts in China Zhao Chen, Zhikuo Liu, Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato, Daniel Yi Xu, Aug 16, 2017
Chinese Economic Growth Doesn't Appear Overstated, but Its Heavy Reliance on Credit May Be a Cause for Concern Hunter Clark, Jeff Dawson, Maxim Pinkovskiy, Xavier Sala-i-Martin, Jun 20, 2017
Shadow Banking Activities of Non-Financial Firms in China Julan Du, Chang Li, Yongqin Wang, Jul 19, 2017
Forecasting China's Economic Growth Patrick Higgins, Tao Zha, Karen Zhong, Jun 20, 2017
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Olympics on the web, live, worldwide: when?
Filed in: culture, media, sports, Wed, Aug 6 2008 13:48 PT
On the eve of the first Olympics in which live and on-demand content will be available on the web in most countries, I have to wonder how long it will be until the IOC recognizes that they should no longer bother to embargo content to match the prime-time schedules of viewers around the world.
This time, broadcast licensees in many countries will be running their own Olympics video sites (and 77 more will have a YouTube channel, restricted to their countries by geolocation). This builds on the 2004 coverage, which was spectacular in the UK, thanks to the BBC, but generally pretty poor everywhere else. It served as a good proof of concept, at least. I do think, though, that the feedback this time around will be that users will be confused, or frustrated about content not being where they expect it to be, since the networks will hold on to it until it's been broadcast.
Hardcore Olympics fans don't care when it's prime time. And they get impatient when they know the event is finished, but still, they don't see the results. On top of that, we have time-shifting technology, which evens out the playing field for everyone. So when will the IOC finally realize what's good for them, and require broadcasters to show events online, in real time?
My guess is no later than 2016. Beijing is the largest experiment yet in web video, and they'll have enough time to learn in time for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver/Whistler. The Winter Games are much smaller, in terms of events, participants and viewers, so this could be a great dry run. London hosts in 2012, and their infrastructure is probably much better suited to a widescale video deployment. My only question is whether there are too many signed agreements already, which would preclude a full, real-time Games.
After London, it's hazy. The Winter Games in 2014 are in Sochi, Russia, and even six years out, I don't have high hopes for them to take the lead in Internet distribution. That leaves the 2016 Games, which are down to Madrid, Chicago, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro. All but Rio could pull it off easily, and maybe with 8 years of preparation, Rio would be ready too.
Any longer than that, and I think people the world over will start to wonder when the Olympics, an event created to sponsor international unity, will live up to its billing and put the athletes in the spotlight, even when that spotlight falls at 3am Eastern, or Central European, or Japan Standard Time.
iPod in 12 years: still won't hold it all
Filed in: design, media, Tue, Dec 5 2006 14:36 PT
Nikesh Arora, who is Google's VP for European operations, was quoted last week musing about the future of the iPod, saying, "In 12 years, why not an iPod that can carry any video ever produced?"
It's a question I've been asking for a while now. The first time was in 2003, when I started my crusade for the personal server. I repeated myself shortly thereafter as I called out the analytical no-op that is John C. Dvorak. The situation has changed a little since that time with the video iPod, though the storage available on iPods has only doubled, from 40GB to 80GB. But the potential is there, and sooner or later, it will be realized. In fact, it needs to be realized in order to satisfy the growth needs of both the consumer electronics and entertainment industries.
On its face, the idea of an iPod that contains all recorded music is actually pretty feasible in the next decade or so. Figuring about 20,000 major releases a year, at 60 minutes a release, at 192kbps encoding, that's only about 1.8 terabytes. I can say "only" to a number like that because I remember when an array of that size was a half million dollars, and then $50,000, and now I can buy a 2TB array at Fry's for about $1000. A futurist can safely assume that anything available today for a grand will eventually be embedded in someone's cerebral cortex at birth, so we'll go with it.
Anyway, let's say that's all there is to it for now. In fact, let's say that we have 100TB of disk to play with, and that'll hold all of the major releases ever recorded. Is that what we really need? Well, probably not, for a lot of reasons. Firstly, unless it's truly convenient to slap everything ever recorded onto a single storage device, where "convenient" means "more cost-effective than filtering it all at a central source," then you can achieve most of what you want in, say, five years. Assuming a collaborative filtering approach à la Last.fm, we're already past the tipping point: storage is growing at a rate faster than users can fill it, and that empty disk is an opportunity to sell people what they might like.
The next piece of the puzzle, then, is the payment strategy. How do you grant access to any or all of this music, when it is in the wild? Once the bits themselves are decentralized, the commerce end of things needs to be decentralized, as well, or the entire system provides no value to users. If I am in Darkest Africa and I want to listen to the Fugees, and know that The Score is on my device, but I have no way to unlock it, that's a problem. The only strategy that to me makes any sense is a subscription model, but even that has implicit hooks into a central certifying authority to prevent freeloading.
A bigger question is this: what role does the network play? Let's say Apple offers a 10TB iPod that contains all of the media an average human would want. What happens next Tuesday, when it's out of date? How do they sync up with the latest releases? We've been working on syncing technology for years, and we're still not that smart about it. We're going to need something to keep everyone with one of these devices up to date (and paid up), and the network we have isn't really the best strategy for that.
Maybe true broadcast technology would help — say, investing in a one-way radio data infrastructure that keeps everyone informed. SPOT, on steroids. Or maybe most of the work can be done virally, by peers syncing with one another ad hoc, and without interaction. Or have media pushed to clients as they shop or dine or play. Ad-hoc sharing is a really powerful idea, as the Zune people know, though the mechanisms currently in place to restrict that sharing have reduced its value overall.
There's a lot more to think about here. Enough to make a career of it, in fact. Where do indie labels and artists fit in? How do they add new releases to the system, and how can they hope to be compensated? What is the role of YouTube, et al., in systems like this? What if you're an American in France, or a Frenchman in America, or just culturally calibrated enough to want both? When do the walls between nations come down, so that we can experience all the media the world has to offer?
The answer is that we're not prepared to build a framework to support pervasive media concepts like this until a few more things shake loose. The 80% case here can be achieved in the next couple of years, if not for legal affairs and the conservatism of the rightsholders in this area. But there are big technical problems to solve, and it's going to take a lot of coordinated thinking to analyze the infrastructural, social, legal, financial, psychological and design factors necessary to build a viable ecosystem.
We'll get there. But it's going to take a lot more than big portable storage devices to do it.
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Why words matter
Filed in: media, politics, Mon, Nov 27 2006 23:25 PT
Two stories I found today explain why it's important to be precise in matters of communication. It would follow that both of them are political in nature, as politics is the domain of compromise language.
The first is about a proposed agreement on Quebec's status in Canada. The Bloc Québécois, a separatist party, had planned to make a motion in the Canadian House of Commons to recognize the province of Quebec as a nation. The word "nation" itself confers all manner of political implications, and would push Quebec further toward a legal separation from the rest of Canada than it had been. Later, the proposal was modified to indicate that Quebec is a nation that is "currently within Canada" — a phrase that would be ambiguous, if only the separatists were able to pick up their territory and move it somewhere into the Atlantic.
But on Friday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper proposed language to state that Quebec is "a nation within a united Canada." Quebec separatists are happy that they are recognized as a nation by somebody, and will certainly use that recognition to their advantage where possible. What the rest of Canada gets in return is the faith that one single word — "united" — will preserve peace and order, on an issue that may never see a full resolution.
The second story is about Hugo Chavez, who is running for re-election in Venezuela. In the article, Chavez is cited as having called George W. Bush "a devil" in front of the United Nations.
But Chavez didn't call Bush "a devil." He called him "the devil". A devil is nothing to write home about: there are ten of them on the court whenever Arizona State plays Duke in basketball. However, the devil, as a definite noun, has many names — Lucifer, Satan, Beelzebub, you name it — but means one thing: the representation of all that is evil. Irrespective of what you thought of his speech, Chavez did pick his words carefully, and it is important to recognize that clarity of expression, lest the reader confuse the message with something substantially more imprecise.
Words often carry many meanings, both in the clear and shrouded in nuance. During times where many parties are fighting over a certain phrase, it is best to take all of those potential meanings into account, particularly from the perspective of the advocates themselves. This kind of circumspection is why making laws and standards is hard, time-consuming, and has the tendency to drive its practicioners to drink. It is when a clear message is coming from a known source, however, that it is most necessary to protect all of the intended meanings of the speaker. If we fail that, as people who pass that information along, then we become the story.
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Filed in: media, personal, sports, Mon, Feb 13 2006 23:58 PT
I didn't know it until now, but apparently minimalist techno god Richie Hawtin composed some of the music performed in the opening ceremonies of the XX Olympic Winter Games this past Saturday. Sweet.
It's a little-known fact, usually recycled every two years or so, that I'm a hardcore Olympics geek. I worked for the US Olympic Committee for a short period in 1995, and was in Olympic House when Salt Lake City won the 2002 bid. I may still have the hat from that, which featured a logo that ended up being replaced. I carried the '95 US Olympic Festival torch, and hope someday to carry the real one. I was quoted in USA Today in 2000 talking about the sad shape of Olympic TV coverage in the US. (CBS' Nagano coverage was a low point; 2006 gets a B+ so far.) And I can name the sites of both winter and summer Olympics dating back to 1960.
So I'm digging out my Beijing 2008 hat tomorrow, and looking at real estate in Whistler, though that may be just a little overkill. I expect that I will spend at least a few days in Vancouver for the 2010 Games, but I'd really like to see what the Chinese will do in '08. I was there in late 2003, and the work was already in full swing. If I miss both of them, then I suppose I'll have to start my Olympic tourism with London in 2012, innit?
Go watch The Boondocks
Filed in: media, Mon, Dec 19 2005 00:03 PT
I am the stone that the builder refused/I am the visual, the inspiration/that made Lady sing the blues/I am the spark that makes your idea bright/the same spark that lights the dark/so that you can know your left from your right/I am the ballot in your box, the bullet in the gun/the inner glow that lets you know to call your brother 'son'/the story that just begun, the promise of what's to come/and I'm-a remain a soldier until the war is won
theme song from The Boondocks
If you're not watching The Boondocks on Adult Swim, you're not utilizing your television to its full entertainment potential. Catch up before Episode 10 airs, sometime in January (which, coincidentally, is also when I expect to come back from hiatus).
Putting faces to names
Filed in: media, music, Thu, Nov 10 2005 13:38 PT
It occurred to me the other night that my speaking gig at the Portable Media Expo and Podcasting Conference coincides with the one-year anniversary of the first episode of Staccato. Clearly, I have no choice but to do a show tonight.
I'm in Ontario through Saturday night. It should be easy to find me: just listen for a voice that sounds like mine.
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Poor grammar sucks
Filed in: media, Fri, Oct 28 2005 13:55 PT
Sometimes, words fail me. And sometimes, they fail professional journalists. In article on the White Sox victory parade, we find this gem:
Some clamored onto light poles and utility boxes for a better view while dozens stood perched on the oversized windowsills of City Hall along the parade route.
Clamor, according to dictionary.com, is a loud outcry.
The root word the author was presumably fumbling for was clamber, which means "To climb with difficulty, especially on all fours." While the words look similar, they really couldn't be much different in meaning. It's rather astonishing to see this float past who knows how many editors and make it onto the AP wire with this verbal faux pas.
Rumors of my etc.
Filed in: General, media, personal, Fri, Oct 21 2005 20:02 PT
It has been brought to my attention that my last post to this weblog was exactly one month ago. So it is my intent to provide you with the most up-to-the-minute thought, in the way of atoning for this absence.
Network is the greatest movie ever.
More news as events warrant.
The One-Show Guide to Fall TV
Filed in: culture, media, Wed, Sep 21 2005 07:04 PT
I was watching the Daily Show last night, and noticed that Too Late with Adam Carolla had been pushed back from 11:30pm to midnight. This was a good move in itself for Comedy Central, since Carolla's attempt to keep up with ex-Man Show co-host Jimmy Kimmel is the most unfunny television program ever. I've had surgery that was more entertaining.
So, okay, we're back to today's and yesterday's Daily Show from 11 to midnight. But tonight, I saw something glorious — coming October 17th at 11:30: The Colbert Report.
Oh, hell yes!
I'm sure that Comedy Central knew where their bread was buttered: the Daily Show already runs five times a day. Soon, I have an hour of must-see TV, four nights a week. Which should roughly double my viewing.
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Bringing down the house… network
Filed in: media, personal, projects, Sun, Aug 14 2005 21:53 PT
The only constant is change.
This is true, at least, for my home network. I'm doing a little housecleaning
Athlon 64, Gentoo Linux
Media server. Contains a Hauppauge PVR-250 MPEG-2 recorder board. Runs (or ran) MythTV and stores all of my ripped MP3s and movies. The AMD64 port of Gentoo, while very good for standard Linux apps, is maddening when used as a MythTV server.
Vaio SR-17, Windows XP Pro
Intended as my sometimes Windows machine, I managed after many hours to get XP to run on it, but it ignores its keyboard and touchpad when I plug in any peripherals.
Xbox, GentooX
It works, but at 64MB of RAM, it's not what you'd call beefy. Compiling the MythTV client took four days.
PowerBook G4, Mac OS X Tiger
I love my Mac, but it pretty much guarantees I won't have a seamless media experience.
Athlon XP, Windows XP Home
Print server. Also not my property: it's Kristen's desktop. (Not that we own a desk anymore.)
PowerBook G3 Wallstreet, Mac OS X 10.1
It's got a pretty display. Too bad it can't run anything.
It's a TiVo. Enough said.
Fujitsu-Siemens Pocket Loox 720, Windows Mobile 2003 SE
It's networked, has remote access software, and plays media files. I gotta work it in somewhere.
I aspire to ownership of a network that does everything I want with everything I have, without need for another purchase. Sure, I could get a Media Center PC, but then I'd have to deal with a different set of hassles, and wouldn't get closer to my goals, which are that every machine:
can run Linux, Windows and Mac apps, both command-line and GUI, either locally or via remote connection
can print
(including the Pocket PC) can access media files or watch live TV from the media server
can access video from the TiVo
can run an Ajax-capable browser
This has proven to be quite an engineering chore. The Vaio, which has a broken PC Card cage, can only be connected to the network via either a USB wireless card or a direct FireWire connection — and when either is attached, the keyboard and mouse go AWOL. So it's not a very useful Windows box. In fact, it's barely a useful cat-warmer.
The Linux machine, stable as it is, doesn't make my life much easier, either. Upgrading the kernel means usually breaking the ivtv driver needed for MythTV, which means I have to go ask some brilliant guys very nicely for a patch to get back up and running again. The front-end functionality, which allows client machines to watch recorded and live TV remotely, works great — when the server is working. Except for the PowerBook, where it crashes. So that sends us back to the drawing board.
I had thought of upgrading the wife's PC to XP Pro so I can run my Windows apps using Remote Desktop Connection (RDC). Then, I'd just fix the Vaio, fix the Linux server, and then go back to scratching my head as to how to get everything to play together. But then, I had an epiphany: something that would meet my needs, get me much closer to my wants, take a few big but easy steps, and has more boxes and arrows than an IBM site map. So, here's the plan:
The Linux server goes to… Windows XP. (Hold on, we'll get back to Linux in a bit.) I will turn on RDC. I will install Media Portal, which will record shows from the capture card; Orb, which will let me watch shows from outside the home network, including in low-bandwidth situations; and any other hip, cool media app that only works on Windows. I will install TiVo to Go, which will let me transfer files from the TiVo to DVD. I'll share my MP3 collection via iTunes and Bonjour (formerly Rendezvous). And I will set up shares for my MP3s, DVDs, and recorded TV.
The Vaio goes back to Linux. I'll pull the hard drive, install a Linux distribution onto it from a desktop machine, then reinstall the drive. The box will get the wireless adapter; the FreeNX Server, which allows low-bandwidth remote connections; and a copy of the NX client, which works with both VNC and RDC.
The Xbox will run Xbox Media Center, which happily munches on nearly any media, served from any kind of share, now including iTunes Bonjour shares.
The PowerBooks will each get an NX client.
The TiVo will get a shiny new hard drive with a shiny new kernel and a program called "vserver", allowing me to run TivoTool, which plays recorded shows inside the iTunes interface.
The older PowerBook will get a copy of XPostFacto, which allows older Macs to run newer versions of OS X (and which people should have seen as a sign that OS X on x86 wasn't going to be that hard). It will run iTunes, including the podcasting features, and not much else.
There's really nothing needed on the Pocket PC side, since it has what it needs to be a good streaming client. I already keep a playlist of Internet radio stations that I can listen to in any room.
I'm only missing one piece to this puzzle, though what I've set out will get me most of the way there. I need a streaming server which can transcode on the fly to feed media at multiple bitrates to the clients on my local network. If I can get a 256kbps transcode of existing files, then the old PowerBook and the Pocket PC can be live media clients, as well. Anything that can stream Windows Media, Real, QuickTime or MPEG is sufficient to feed all of my clients.
A leading candidate is VLC, which does all of the above and runs on anything. I may just need to write a Web app to spawn VLC instances to meet the bandwidth parameters of my selected clients — which sounds really hard, but I think it'll be pretty straightforward.
All of this stuff may seem like overkill, and it totally, totally is. Don't try this at home. It'll give you a headache. But I've had that headache for about five years now, and it's time to release the pressure. I've always been proud to be just a little bit ahead of the mainstream when it comes to what I can do with computers for home entertainment purposes. If this system works the way I want it to, I think I'll be about two years ahead of what will be common.
What's hard for a geek like me to deal with these days is how much work it takes to stay that far ahead. Everything is just moving so fast.
Anyway, updates to follow. If it all works, I'm going to have kickass visual aids.
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Visopsys – one man's vision to build an operating system
August 30, 2012 in Tech Musings
Visopsys (VISual OPerating SYStem) is an alternative operating system for PC-compatible computers, developed almost exclusively by one person, Andy McLaughlin, since its inception in 1997.
Andy is a 30-something programmer from Canada, who, via Boston and San Jose ended up in London, UK, where he spends much of his spare time developing Visopsys,
We had the great fortune to catch up with Andy via email and ask him questions about Visopsys, why he started the project in the first place, and where is it going in the future.
Pingdom: Visopsys is a one-man project, from start to finish. That seems like a monumental task to take on. Why and how did you start it in the first place?
Andy: There have been a handful of contributors who added things (or started things!) but largely yes, 95% of it comes from me. Back in University in Calgary Canada, in the mid-90s, one of the required courses was about operating system theory. For some reason, the subject really grabbed my attention. Like many geeks around that time, I was pretty frustrated by the limitations and annoyances of Windows. Linux was still relatively new on the scene, and was still a bit "rough around the edges" from a usability perspective. I had some of my own ideas about how things could be better, so I just thought I'd have a go at doing my own OS.
In 1998, I moved down to California to work at my first real industry job, in Sillicon Valley, but there wasn't much programming involved and I wanted a challenge, so I started teaching myself assembly language and the x86 bootstrap process. I probably spent the first year just doing that stuff – the boot sector, the OS loader, a 'hello world' protected mode kernel. It wasn't until about 2003 that I had something resembling a real operating system, with a semblance of a GUI.
Pingdom: Knowing what you know now, what would you do differently if you started something like Visopsys today? Would you even do it?
Andy: Like with any big programming project, you always have to revisit your original design choices as things start to get bigger and more complex. You always look back and chide yourself for a bit of bad code, or the odd hack you did just to get things working, or just plain poor architecture. I often wish I'd spent more time working on more and better hardware support: that's something I'm still trying to catch up with.
But, other than that, I'm so glad I took on the project. It's been an amazing learning experience, and it has definitely helped me in my career, both from a resume perspective, and in terms of expertise in various subjects. I've had to do the lowest-level hardware coding in assembly language, all the way up to implementing a GUI, and got to dabble in just about everything in between. Invaluable, for a career programmer.
Pingdom: What's been the hardest part of working on Visopsys?
Andy: Hardware support, definitely. The world of PC hardware has always been a bit daunting, since there are so many different manufacturers, all interpreting the standards in their own 'unique' ways. You might write something like an IDE driver that works on every system you try, release it, and then find out it isn't working properly on hundreds of other peoples' systems. Nowadays I collect computers – used laptops mostly, since they have some of the wonkiest hardware, and they don't take up much space. I've got loads of them stacked in boxes in the attic.
The most difficult driver suite has been USB, I think. USB is quite good, but it's also pretty complicated to get everything working.I've been trying to catch up with full USB 2 and USB 3 support for months now, since USB 1 controllers are mostly going away.
Pingdom: It says on your site that Visopsys is written "from scratch". Does that really mean that every bit of code is written from start by you, or have you use libraries and pieces of code from others?
Andy: It's mostly from scratch. Most contributions from other developers have been fairly small. Peoples' original contributions are all still there in a part of the source tree, and mentioned in the credits file.Often I've had to re-write or significantly modify that code over time, as the architecture evolved, but a few people have helped to get me moving in the right directions, at least.
I've borrowed a few little things that I didn't feel like writing from scratch, usually well-known algorithms or code that involve math I don't understand, or don't want to study. For example, things like calculating square roots or plotting circles 🙂
The only significant chunk that's not original is the NTFS resizing code. That's borrowed from the "ntfsprogs" project, but with a significant amount of porting work to get it to fit into the system "just so".
Pingdom: The disk manager in Visopsys, "Partition Logic", is available as a stand-alone product. It seems to have been developed in-step with Visopsys. Have you ever thought about turning it into more of its own product?
Andy: Partition Logic is really just Visopsys with some different configuration files. There's very little else to it. In that sense, they're the same product. On the other hand, they have completely different user bases, with different expectations. So conceptually, they're separate products. I try to balance the competing priorities of making Visopsys a proper operating system, and making a good tool for other people who don't particularly care about Visopsys.
I originally conceived of Partition Logic as a way to get people using my OS, since niche operating systems (with very little available software) are often little more than a curiosity to other OS geeks, at best. I wanted to find a way to make it useful to a wider audience of people. So, I did a lot of work on the Disk Manager, reconfigured things to focus on that application, eliminated or hid a lot of the normal OS stuff like logging in, etc., and my partner came up with the catchy, slightly satirical name.
Coincidentally, the company that owned the commercial product Partition Magic acquired my then-employer just days after the first Partition Logic release. Suddenly there was a conflict of interest; I told them about it, but they were such a big international behemoth that they didn't seem to care. At least at that time, it was definitely "under their radar". Of course, the Partition Logic user base subsequently exploded (my servers have recorded millions of downloads, as far as I can extrapolate). I don't work for that company any more though, and they've got bigger things to worry about nowadays.
Pingdom: Have you been successful in your primary goal with Visopsys, to "cherry-pick the best ideas from other operating systems"?
Andy: Well, I've certainly cherry-picked the most convenient ideas. I never set out to re-engineer every aspect of an operating system. For example, things like file formats and filesystem designs. There are lots of good ones out there, and I didn't think I could necessarily improve on those. Other things like command line programs and whatnot, they'll look familiar to Unix and Windows users. Similarly, the GUI desktop is pretty common-looking. Nothing original there, yet. But, in fact, a new GUI paradigm was one of my big, original goals. It's all mapped out, inside my brain. I still want to do it, but my to-do list of intermediate tasks – more basic, pressing needs – never seems to get any shorter 😉
Pingdom: What would you say are the main things you've learned from working with Visopsys? Technical or other.
Andy: Aside from all the technical and design things, and the coding skills I've acquired, the biggest thing I've gained is confidence. I guess that's just the cumulative result of learning and doing a big mass of things. I have a large box full of whitepapers and tech docs that I've had to study over the years. When a new one comes along, I know I can tackle it, given enough time and motivation. When discussions arise at work, many times I know the answers to things that most programmers have never had to learn. Just today at work, for example, some guys were speculating about various aspects of object files and runtime linkers. I knew the answers because I've implemented them.
But, you don't have to necessarily write an operating system to get these benefits. What you do have to do, in my opinion, is be passionate about writing code and creating stuff. Different things – anything that piques your interest and challenges you. Just jump in, learn the new things you have to learn, and stick with it until you've reached the goal you initially set for yourself. Then, start again with some other new, interesting thing. If you make that part of your lifestyle, eventually you will have accomplished a lot.
Pingdom: What can you tell us about the future plans for Visopsys?
Andy: The short-term plan is to finish getting the USB subsystem all up-to-date, because USB is still increasing its reach into various aspects of hardware. For example, all of the new tablet computers use USB for the touchscreen, and the manufacturers are moving ahead quickly, dropping EHCI (USB 2) and jumping straight to XHCI (USB 3).I'm trying to keep ahead of that wave, this time around. Visopsys also needs a proper AHCI (SATA) driver. UEFI booting is going to completely replace the old-fashioned BIOS stuff fairly soon, in a lot of new systems. That's another thing that I and other OS hobbyists will have to contend with before long.
Thats kind of the boring stuff, as far as I'm concerned. Challenging, for sure, but not what I'd really like to be doing. For one thing,I'd like to get Visopsys's network stack fully implemented and working properly; an OS isn't much use without that nowadays. I'd like to finish my compression library, and enable Partition Logic to image partitions and disks to external media like DVDs, a la Norton Ghost.I'd like to start implementing my GUI ideas. I'd like to get a bunch of software ported to Visopsys. The list is always endless. The project is endless. That's part of what makes it fun for me, and easy to dedicate my time to – it'll never be finished. I could work on it for the rest of my life, as long as it keeps being interesting.
Pingdom: What is the Visopsys community like? Who are the typical Visopsys users?
Andy: It's lonely! There aren't many of us. Luckily, I'm an introvert. New developers are always welcome though. Most of the users are actually using Visopsys as Partition Logic. When things don't work, they send me lots of bug reports. When things work, they sometimes send me money – which is lovely of them. My dream scenario would be to create a 'subscription' or 'supporter' status for people who donate a small sum of money, and give those people a few perks like extra support, or early access to new features and whatnot. If only a tiny percentage of users signed up, I could probably go live in a hut on a beach somewhere (with good internet access, naturally) and do this full time. Maybe I'll try to make that happen someday. In the meantime, I guess I'll have to keep my day job in London!
Download and try Visopsys
We would like to say thank you to Andy for taking the time to answer our questions.
Andy has collected a long list of resources for anyone interested in operating system development. If you tell him that you want to develop your own OS, he may caution you to think carefully before you do. But, judging from his answers in the interview, it would seem working with Visopsys has brought him invaluable knowledge and experience.
We will certainly follow Andy and Visopsys to see how the OS develops in the coming years, and we wish him good luck.
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VIDEO: The Kinks preview Village Green Preservation Society reissue
The Kinks are streaming an unboxing video as a preview to the October 26 release of a 50th Anniversary Edition of their sixth album, "The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society."
Recently re-introduced by the previously-unreleased track, "Time Song", the 1968 collection was the last album by the group's original quartet of leader Ray Davies, guitarist Dave Davies, bassist Pete Quaife and drummer Mick Avory.
"I think The Village Green Preservation Society is about the ending of a time personally for me in my life," says Ray. "In my imaginary village. It's the end of our innocence, our youth. Some people are quite old but in the Village Green, you're never allowed to grow up. I feel the project itself as part of a life cycle."
The 50th anniversary reissue will be available in various formats, including 2CD Deluxe and digital editions, a single disc version and a Deluxe Box Set.
London's Proud Central Gallery is hosting an exhibition entitled "The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society"; running from October 4 - November 18, the event will display a selection of rare collector's items including specially commissioned artworks by members of the band and vintage memorabilia, together with a collection of photographs documenting this period in the band's history.
The surviving members of The Kinks (Quaife passed away from kidney failure in 2010 at the age of 66) have recently reunited for a new album after more than two decades apart.
The Kinks: Dave Davies previews unreleased 1970s collection Decade
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Q: How do I paste multi-line python script into ConEmu? Is it possible to copy and paste muti-line python into Git Bash? (in Windows 10)
Currently, if I have Python in Sublime text

when I paste it into Git Bash (I'm running Git Bash inside ConEmu), the line breaks are ignored.

I know about execfile(), but in my case I need to be able to be able see both the pasted code and result.
Thanks!

A: ConeMu has two paste modes
Instead of ctrl+ v (paste mode #1) you can use paste mode #2 by

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