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Gaslighting Narcissist: Rebuke the Ultimate Mind Control
FAQ Series, Book 6
By: J. J. Hill, J. B. Snow
Narrated by: Sam Bogart
Series: FAQ Series, Book 6
Categories: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind
By: J. J. Hill,J. B. Snow
9 Covert Ways to Outsmart a Narcissist
Beat the Tools He Uses to Mind Control You
By: Jamie Keller
Narrated by: Pete Beretta
If you downloaded this book, it is no doubt that you are dealing with a narcissist on a regular basis. He or she is probably driving you crazy. They gaslight you and try to make you believe that you're crazy. They blame and shame you for everything that goes wrong in their lives. They destroy and damage everything that others have because of their constant envy. They want to always be on top, and they don't care who they step on to get there.
To the point😉
By Felicia Lohnes on 01-22-16
Becoming the Narcissist's Nightmare
How to Devalue and Discard the Narcissist While Supplying Yourself
By: Shahida Arabi
Narrated by: Julie McKay
Although clinical research has been conducted on narcissism as a disorder, less is known about its effects on victims who are in toxic relationships with partners with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Individuals with this disorder engage in chronic devaluation and manipulation of their partners, a psychological and emotional phenomenon known as "narcissistic abuse". Unfortunately, the full extent of what narcissistic abuse entails is not taught in any psychology class or diagnostic manual.
Excellent book
By Cheryl on 03-20-17
Sneaky, Brilliant, and Diabolical Revenge Tactics: To Unhinge and Disarm the Malignant Narcissist
Narrated by: Gary Roelofs
This audiobook seeks to teach you revenge tactics you can use to unhinge any narcissist. Narcissists can be girls or guys. Narcissists can be mothers, sisters, brothers, partners, grandparents, fathers, bosses, coaches, teachers, police officers, judges, politicians, and more. You are not immune to their treatment. You must learn to fight back!
Gaslighting: The Hive of the Narcissist
Transcend Mediocrity, Book 331
By: J.B. Snow
Gaslighting is one of the most devastating tools that exists in the narcissist's arsenal. If you have been subjected to gaslighting by a skilled narcissist, it is no doubt that you have suffered significant PTSD, Complex PTSD, Cassandra Syndrome, Battered Person Syndrome, and more. You were led to believe that you were damaged, crazy, psychotic, etc. You were led there by someone who was much sicker than you were. Gaslighting is dangerous and devastating.
Narcissism Epidemic: How to Get Revenge on a Malignant and Malicious Narcissist
Reversing the Mind Control, Gas-Lighting, Manipulation and More!
It is said that there is a narcissism epidemic currently happening. The news is filled with people who harm others on a daily basis. They take advantage of others for reasons of greed, manipulation, and advancement. They are object-oriented, and they seem to treat people in the same way that they would treat an ant: cold and indifferent.
It is funny!
By Amazzzing on 05-12-16
How to Survive and Thrive in a Narcissistic Relationship
The Secrets to Averting the Narcissism Epidemic and Avoiding Overt and Covert Abuse
By: J. B. Snow
Narrated by: Lori L. Parker
Many of my listeners come to me with many questions about their interactions with narcissists. They want to know how to outsmart the narcissists who are making them feel as though they are going crazy. Some of them want to learn how to interact better with their narcissists. Many readers are truly baffled by their partners. They aren't sure whether to love them or leave them.
NO NO NO NO......BAD ADVICE
By KBrg60 on 11-03-17
How to Beat Narcissists, Psychopaths, and Manipulatives at Their Own Game
Narrated by: Sorrel Brigman
This audiobook strives to give you the edge. It promotes ways to beat out your competition, including using manipulation and power plays as necessary. By educating yourself on the psychology of human interactions, you can come out on top every time. You can collect human beings in your corner to use as pawns in the game of dating and in the game of life. This audiobook doesn't strive to be kind, gentle, or politically correct.
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By Natalia on 05-06-19
The Narcissist Inflicts Emotional Pain
Narrated by: D Gaunt
Silent treatment is one of the most devastating acts from a narcissist when his or her lover is falling in love with them. The narcissist uses this tactic to create a conflict of "supply and demand". The narcissist love bombs and supplies his lovers for a time period until he has no more to give or until he gets bored with his partner. Then he pushes the partner away and returns to fulfill his own desires while the partner is away.
Devastate the Narcissist: Take Back Control
Narcissism is running rampant in our society. We are becoming victims of other people who are self-centric, self-absorbed, distrustful, and neurotic. Many of these people are experiencing delusions, psychotic episodes, hallucinations, cognitive deficits, attention deficits and memory deficits. They may have low IQ, head injury trauma or other disabilities that they have never exposed to us. You may be a very trusting person. You think that another person will be candid with you about the child abuse they experienced.
I would give ZERO stars if I could ...
By Daryan on 05-07-19
Gaslighting: The Ultimate Narcissistic Mind Control
Narrated by: Melissa Williams
If you are feeling this way, my friend, there is a simple explanation. You may be dating or married to a narcissist. Your self-absorbed partner may be gaslighting and manipulating you. He may cycle between love-bombing and distancing himself from you. He seems to be a nice guy to your face sometimes, but then you find out that he is talking bad about you to others. He seems to triangulate you with other women or family members in order to make you jealous and boost his own ego.
Short but packed with examples and advice
By Practy Cal on 11-29-16
34 Ways to Talk to a Narcissist: The Narcissistic Borderline Relationship Dynamic
The relationship duo between borderlines and narcissists tends to be more common than we think. There is no true way to get a good picture of how many relationships span this dynamic, as many borderlines and narcissists go undiagnosed or undetected. Most narcissists don't have the intuition, knowledge of their condition, or interest in their inner world to pursue why they are the way they are. It is unlikely that they would seek treatment because of their overinflated egos...
By cheri shelton on 08-18-18
Start Here: A Crash Course in Understanding, Navigating, and Healing From Narcissistic Abuse
By: Dana Morningstar
Narrated by: Dana Morningstar
Confusing. Crazy making. Draining. Does this describe your relationship? Do you wonder if they will ever change? Do you want to know why they lie so much...even when the truth would work better? Have you wondered why they never seem to change - no matter how much you are willing to do for them, or how much love, understanding, rehab, religion, therapy, second (or 22nd) chances you've given them? If so, you are not alone and this book is a great place to start.
By Icebound on 02-13-19
Gaslighting: Narcissist's Psychological Warfare
Narrated by: Campy
If you have been in a relationship with a narcissist, it is no doubt that you have been subjected to the worst psychological warfare that there is: gaslighting. Gaslighting is a form of abuse and torture that can cause you to break. It can cause you to lose your mind. It can cause your psyche and your rationality to separate at the seams. Gaslighting can damage you in ways that nothing else can damage you. It is a form of brainwashing that should only be used in war, but is used against you right in your own living room.
The Covert Passive-Aggressive Narcissist
Recognizing the Traits and Finding Healing After Hidden Emotional and Psychological Abuse
By: Debbie Mirza
Narrated by: Debbie Mirza
The Covert Passive Aggressive Narcissist: Finding Healing After Hidden Emotional and Psychological Abuse is the most comprehensive and helpful audiobook on the topic of covert narcissism. This type of narcissism is one of the most damaging forms because the abuse is so hidden and so insidious. You can be in a relationship that can last for decades and not realize you are being psychologically and emotionally controlled, manipulated, and abused.
This book CHANGED MY LIFE!
By Mojo on 12-19-18
Narcissism Epidemic: Exacting Your Revenge on a Malignant and Malicious Narcissist
Reversing the Mind Control, Gas-Lighting, Manipulation, and More!
Most people have come into contact with a deadly and deceptive narcissist at some point during their life. You might not have recognized that the person was a narcissist. But you might have recognized his meanness, inflexibility, tough exterior, Machiavellian ways, chronically unhappy demeanor, death stare, and his envy of you. The narcissist wants what you have. He wants it when he wants it. If he doesn't get it, he will throw a monstrous tantrum that will shatter your life. You don't think that the narcissist is as dangerous as he truly is. The truth is, you may truly never recover.
Teaches you how to be like just your manipulator
By bikingisFun on 05-14-18
Psychopath Free: Expanded Edition
Recovering from Emotionally Abusive Relationships with Narcissists, Sociopaths & Other Toxic People
By: Jackson MacKenzie
Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
The psychopath carefully selects the most indifferent and heartbreaking way imaginable to abandon you. They destroy you as a way to reassure themselves. Psychopath Free will help you out of the darkness so that you can begin making better choices that will forever alter the course of your life. So say farewell to love triangles, cryptic letters, self-doubt, and manufactured anxiety. You are no longer a pawn in the mind games of a psychopath. You are free.
Time you cut yourself some slack
By Elizabeth on 11-19-15
9 Feelings You Experience in a Relationship with a Narcissist
Many people come to me in despair after they realize that they are in the pits of hell in their relationship with a narcissist. They have been lied to, cheated on, manipulated, and gas-lighted. Their partner isolates them, puts them down, denies them their basic human needs, and abuses them emotionally. Some narcissists even resort to severe physical violence, up to and including murder.
By Lucinda on 08-18-17
Why You Attracted a Narcissist
Narrated by: Carl Moore
You may have endured a long and painstaking relationship with a narcissist. You may be licking your wounds now, wondering what happened and wondering why you were the victim of a narcissist. You may not know what it is that he saw in you that attracted him. This book takes a look at the different reasons the narcissist was attracted to you. It explains who is prone to be narcissistic and why. It explains how you can avoid getting into another narcissistic relationship.
recovering narcissism
Many of my listeners write to me, and they often want to know how to deal with a gaslighting narcissist. The narcissist twist and turns everything around, and he disorients you. You don't know what is real and what is imagined anymore. You are helpless to the torture techniques and the mind control that is being launched on you right now.
You might want to know what qualifies me to write a book about gaslighting. Well, I was the lucky victim of a mass gaslighting effort that spanned far too long and too wide. You would be shocked at how far and wide-reaching the infamous gaslighting event went with the narcissist who claimed to the high heavens that he didn't have any friends (that turned out to be the furthest thing from the truth).
NPD DSM Criteria
Before we can analyze the narcissist, we must first get to know the narcissist and his true motivations and his true nature. We will analyze the traits of narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM IV) criteria:
A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:
Has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love.
Believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
Requires excessive admiration
Has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
Is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
Lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
Is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her
Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors, or attitudes
The definition of gaslighting
A person who gaslights uses gaslighting as a coping mechanism to manage their world. The gaslighter is so neurotic and psychotic that he plays God with other people's minds and lives. The gaslighting narcissist will never change - I repeat - he will never change.
You are not going to save him, change him, reform him, make him see the light, teach him to be a better person, teach him to love, or love him into a healthier state. It isn't possible. Cut your losses, and move on.
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ARC Reports Continuing Strength in Third Quarter Sales, EPS and EBITDA
By: ACCESSWIRE
November 04, 2021 at 16:05 PM EDT
SAN RAMON, CA / ACCESSWIRE / November 4, 2021 / ARC Document Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:ARC), a leading document solutions provider to professionals in the design, marketing, commercial real estate, construction and related fields, today reported its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2021.
Financial Highlights:
(All dollar amounts in millions, except EPS)
Net income attributable to ARC
Adjusted net income attributable to ARC
Earnings per share - Diluted
Adjusted earnings per share - Diluted
Cash provided by operating activities
Debt & finance leases (including current)
Management Commentary:
"Sales growth in the third quarter is a clear testament to our success in transforming the company. Our customer mix continues to expand, and it is delivering the steady growth we are looking for," said Suri Suriyakumar, Chairman, President and CEO of ARC. "No single job, event or customer drove our results, and we outperformed a busy second quarter. Our sales and operations teams stayed focused and executed on our plan to diversify our customer base and the industry segments we serve."
"We experienced continuing demand in environmental graphics and color printing of all kinds, as well as increases in the volume of document scanning. Sales from the construction segment also remained strong despite concerns over supply chain and labor constraints. We remain confident that our portfolio of services appeals to a broad range of business types and will continue to create opportunities and drive growth into the fourth quarter and next year," said Mr. Suriyakumar.
"With more predictable sales growth and an optimized cost structure for the quarter, we were again able to achieve a significant increase in year-over-year EPS, solid gross margin performance, and a second consecutive quarter of EBITDA above $11 million," said Jorge Avalos, ARC's Chief Financial Officer. "Our plan was to build on the progress we delivered in Q2 with an emphasis on execution across all areas of the business. Our results for the period speak for themselves and point the way toward continuing progress in the fourth quarter and beyond."
2021 Third Quarter Supplemental Information:
Net sales were $72.4 million, a 0.1% increase compared to the third quarter 2020.
Cash & cash equivalents on the consolidated balance sheet in the third quarter 2021 were $54.9 million.
Days sales outstanding were 50 in Q3 2021 as compared to 51 in Q3 2020.
Architectural, engineering, construction and building owner/operators (AEC/O) customers comprised approximately 67% of total net sales, while customers outside of construction made up approximately 33% of total net sales.
The number of managed print services (MPS) locations dropped by approximately 30 locations year over year to approximately 10,770 as of September 30, 2021.
Net Revenue
FYE 2020
For the third quarter 2021, net sales increased 0.1%, compared to the same period in 2020 primarily due to increasing year-over-year economic activity as the negative effects of the recent pandemic subsided. Sales in the third quarter also benefited from targeted marketing of services to address the changing graphic printing and scanning needs of customers.
Revenue by Business Lines
For the third quarter 2021, construction document and information management (CDIM) sales decreased 4.7% compared to prior year. As noted in previous quarters, the negative impact of the pandemic on CDIM has not been as pronounced as in other parts of our business due to the expansion of products and services beyond the construction vertical. During the third quarter of 2021, the year-over-year sales decrease was due to reduced demand of graphic printing related to the COVID-19 pandemic, partially offset by sales of our expanded offerings and demand from new and existing customers driven by increases in general economic activity.
For the third quarter 2021, MPS sales increased 4.8% year-over-year. MPS sales increased as work from home directives ended for some of our customers, which in turn, lead to increased demand for our services performed on site.
For the third quarter 2021, archiving and information management (AIM) sales increased 40.0% year-over-year. Sales increases in AIM were driven by reasons similar to MPS, primarily attributable to the return of workers in offices which created greater demand for scanning services.
For the third quarter 2021, equipment and supplies sales increased 5.5% year-over-year. The increase reflects the more favorable economic conditions in 2021 when compared to the third quarter of 2020. Equipment and supply sales from our Chinese joint venture declined due to continued constraints on capital spending in that country, but were offset by improvements in U.S. sales as the economy began to recover.
In millions unless otherwise indicated
Despite the drop in gross profit of $0.4 million, gross margin continued to remain above 32.0% for the third quarter 2021, as a result of the leverage gained from our new post-pandemic cost structure.
Selling, general and administrative expenses $
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses in the third quarter 2021 decreased by 1.9% year-over-year primarily driven by reduced bonuses and commissions paid.
Net Income and Earnings Per Share
Net income attributable to ARC - GAAP
Earnings per share attributable to ARC
Diluted EPS - GAAP
Adjusted diluted EPS
The year-over-year increase in GAAP net income attributable to ARC for the third quarter 2021 was driven primarily by a reduction in amortization expense, and significantly lower net interest expense as a result of debt pay-downs and a decrease in LIBOR.
The year-over-year decrease in cash flows from operations during the third quarter 2021 reflect normalized levels of cash generation and collectibles for the period, compared to the same period in 2020 when aggressive measures were implemented to manage working capital and preserve cash in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Decreases in EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA in the third quarter 2021 were driven primarily by the decrease in gross profit, excluding the impact of depreciation.
Sales from Services and Product Lines as a Percentage of Net Sales
Equipment and supplies sales
Due to the economic uncertainty driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, ARC has not issued a full forecast for 2021, but has stated its confidence in generating at least $10 million in adjusted EBITDA per quarter for the balance of the year. Management will consider issuing a more complete forecast in the future if more reliable indicators become available.
Teleconference and Webcast
ARC Document Solutions will hold a conference call with investors and analysts on Thursday, November 4, 2021, at 2 P.M. Pacific Time (5 P.M. Eastern Time) to discuss results for the Company's 2021 third quarter. To access the live audio call, dial (833) 968-2212. International callers may join the conference by dialing (778) 560-2897. The conference code is 1086023 and will be required to dial in to the call. A live webcast will also be made available on the investor relations page of ARC Document Solution's website at http://ir.e-arc.com. A replay of the webcast will be available on the website following the call's conclusion.
About ARC Document Solutions (NYSE: ARC)
ARC provides a wide variety of document distribution and graphic production services to facilitate communication for professionals in the design, marketing, commercial real estate, construction and related fields. Follow ARC at www.e-arc.com .
This press release contains forward-looking statements that are based on current opinions, estimates and assumptions of management regarding future events and the future financial performance of the Company, including forward-looking statements related to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company's operations. Words and phrases such as, "we remain confident", "will continue to create opportunities and drive growth into the fourth quarter and next year", "point the way toward continuing progress in the fourth quarter and beyond", and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements and all statements other than statements of historical fact, including, but not limited to, any projections regarding earnings, revenues and financial performance of the Company, could be deemed forward-looking statements. We caution you that such statements are only predictions and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. In addition to matters affecting the digital printing, document scanning, managed print services, document management or construction industries, or the economy generally, factors that could cause actual results to differ from expectations stated in forward-looking statements include, among others, the factors described in the section titled "Part I - Item 1A. Risk Factors" of ARC Document Solution's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and other periodic filings and prospectuses. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.
David Stickney
VP Corporate Communications & Investor Relations
ARC Document Solutions, Inc.
Accounts receivable, net of allowances for accounts receivable of $2,136 and $2,357
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $229,074 and $219,834
Right-of-use assets from operating leases
Accrued payroll and payroll-related expenses
Current operating lease liabilities
Current portion of finance leases
Long-term operating lease liabilities
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Shareholders' equity:
ARC Document Solutions, Inc. shareholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 25,000 shares authorized; 0 shares issued and outstanding
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 150,000 shares authorized; 50,439 and 49,422 shares issued and 43,125 and 42,792 shares outstanding
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
Less cost of common stock in treasury, 7,314 and 6,630 shares
Total ARC Document Solutions, Inc. shareholders' equity
Noncontrolling interest
Cost of sales
Amortization of intangible assets
Income from operations
Other income, net
Income before income tax provision
Income tax provision
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Net income attributable to ARC Document Solutions, Inc. shareholders
Earnings per share attributable to ARC Document Solutions, Inc. shareholders:
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
ARC Document Solutions, Inc
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Effect of foreign currency translation on cash balances
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Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
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Reconciliation of cash flows provided by operating activities to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA
Cash flows provided by operating activities
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See Non-GAAP Financial Measures discussion below.
Reconciliation of net income attributable to ARC Document Solutions, Inc. to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA
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Non-GAAP Financial Measures
EBITDA and related ratios presented in this report are supplemental measures of our performance that are not required by or presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). These measures are not measurements of our financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to net income, income from operations, or any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP or as an alternative to cash flows from operating, investing or financing activities as a measure of our liquidity.
EBITDA represents net income before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.
We have presented EBITDA and related ratios because we consider them important supplemental measures of our performance and liquidity. We believe investors may also find these measures meaningful, given how our management makes use of them. The following is a discussion of our use of these measures.
We use EBITDA to measure and compare the performance of our operating segments. Our operating segments' financial performance includes all of the operating activities except debt and taxation which are managed at the corporate level for U.S. operating segments. We use EBITDA to compare the performance of our operating segments and to measure performance for determining consolidated-level compensation. In addition, we use EBITDA to evaluate potential acquisitions and potential capital expenditures.
EBITDA and related ratios have limitations as analytical tools, and should not be considered in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations are as follows:
They do not reflect our cash expenditures, or future requirements for capital expenditures and contractual commitments;
They do not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs;
They do not reflect the significant interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary, to service interest or principal payments on our debt;
Although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future, and EBITDA does not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements; and
Other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate these measures differently than we do, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures.
Because of these limitations, EBITDA and related ratios should not be considered as measures of discretionary cash available to us to invest in business growth or to reduce our indebtedness. We compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on our GAAP results and using EBITDA and related ratios only as supplements.
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Paul Buhle | September 23, 2016
Third in a Nobrow series by the same scriptwriter and artist—following similar-format works on Freud and Marx—this one may be the most successful. The drawing is crisp, the explanations are suitable for teens and adults alike. But what makes it so good?
Since the distant days when Chomsky for Dummies sought to explain difficult ideas to popular audiences through an acute combination of art and text, comics have come to be a natural medium for scientific explanation. Indeed, Logicomix, the somewhat fictionalized biographical treatment of Bertrand Russell and his philosophical theories of math, proved a surprise bestseller a half dozen years ago. No others in the scientist-biographical category have been so successful, but as science, math, and the universe continue to get the comic treatment of various kinds, further experimentation is obviously ongoing.
This reviewer, an old-time historian of the Left, asks himself why Einstein is superior to Marx, the comics version of one famed Central European Jewish socialist over another. Most of Marx ended up treating his social life as radical exile, impoverished father and husband (very occasional adulterer), leader of the First International, and so on. The "Marxist" theories toward which he devoted his ardent energies got pretty short shrift. In fairness, such ponderous subjects as the Left Hegelianism of the young revolutionary romantic would prove daunting to any comics treatment.
Somehow, Einstein's theories lend themselves more readily to artistic exploration. The imprint of French modernism emphatically continues from the pages of Marx, touches of what could be taken as Bretcher, Doucet and Gotlib, with a color scheme that could, again once more, hint at children's books. The unique achievement of Einstein is pronounced in the intermittent, highly imaginative pages about an affably caricatured Einstein himself, on an Infinity loop across space and time, or wandering in his mind through assorted dimensions. Thereby, the reader is led successfully toward the scientist's grand perspective.
Not that Einstein's personal life, as presented here, is either absent or lacks charm. Far from it, on both counts. Perhaps the surprising element in Einstein will be the revelation (to most readers, at any rate) that he was sometimes seen by his parents or other adults as a dull boy! He disliked the discipline of the primary school classroom in his native Ulm, Germany, and began to find his place only when his father, an inventor, established an electrical production firm. No matter that "Einstein Co." proved a financial failure. Albert was too young to have taken part, anyway. The idea of science and engineering was in the air in contemporary Germany, and Einstein manages to convey the socioeconomic atmosphere in such a way that the emergence of some such young genius seems almost inevitable.
Young Albert, in the Maier and Simon version, actually has many interests, playing Mozart on the violin high among them. Science of assorted branches clearly won his young heart, but he was rapidly developing another, very different attraction. Einstein emerges a lifelong skirt-chaser, although he clearly had an appeal and did not need to chase too hard. We can still be shocked by the antics of the twentieth century's greatest scientist! And it's funny.
Women who he met him casually, when his family moved to Italy, seem to have offered Einstein the earliest in a lifetime of amorous pursuits. Back in Central Europe, he got a science degree, a job, and a wife. So devoted was his Mileva, she bowed to his wishes and gave away their first child, a daughter, so as to allow Albert an undisturbed life. (They never spoke of it again, perhaps the worst thing that can be said about Einstein's character.) Then he lands a job and Swiss citizenship. Soon, the married couple have (and keep) a son. Albert is by now working along on photo-electric effects, matter treated by light radiation letting off electrons.
If Einstein had been religious rather than an atheist, would he have pushed ahead with such confidence? The question is implied intermittently, or perhaps the answer assumed as we go along. He reconciles the heretofore unreconcilable, light and matter, electromagnetics and mechanics. Thus the basis for relativity is established, with time and space relativity. And thus all those sci-fi television shows and films from the 1950s on: people returning from space have not aged as fast as those who remain behind-- admittedly, the differences were vastly exaggerated, for dramatic effect.
And thus E=MC2, with energy equal to the mass multiplied by the speed of light, squared. Everything has or is energy, a theory more or less anticipated by Jakob Bohme, the seventeenth-century German theologian, considered the father of dialectical thought, thus also godfather to Hegel and Marx.
Ensconced at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, a great public personality, quiet womanizer, and equally quiet socialist, Einstein penned a remarkable essay titled "Why Socialism?" for the first issue of the leftwing journal Monthly Review, 1949. But we are getting ahead of our story.
Einstein suffered extreme disillusion at the outbreak of the First World War, especially at his fellow scientists who seemed to have no problem with vast, mechanized murder. As he envisioned the universe ever more clearly, anticipating theories ranging from the Big Bang to Black Holes and beyond, he saw the storm clouds gathering in Germany.
The artist-writer team of Einstein illuminate, in passing, useful analogies of the great scientist to Arnold Schoenberg, Marcel Proust, James Joyce, Henri Bergson, Friedrich Nietzche, and Pablo Picasso, all close to being contemporaries (Nietzche coming a generation or so sooner) in breaking existing assumptions about almost everything. These luminaries could be called Deconstructionists, albeit without the title. A bit of a leap for text and image, it's a fine point and the book uses comic art to make it well. Likewise, his rivalry with fellow scientist Niels Bohr, his departure from Hitler's Germany, and his celebrity-arrival in the US, all achieve here an almost humorous treatment that offset the sometimes egotistic, often tragic reality.
The development of the A-bomb, Einstein's unwillingness to take part even to stop Germany, and the growing suspicion in Cold War America that he must be a Red—all these weigh heavily on Einstein and almost as heavily on the book. He joins Bertrand Russell at the World Peace Congress in 1949, and together the great intellectuals speculate, as if it were a consolation, that the destruction of humanity will be met with disinterest in the cosmos. Our problems are too small to matter, after all. Einstein's life is slipping away in the early 1950s, which has the makings of a gloomy conclusion for the book. Einstein shows quite wonderfully, in a full page drawing, that our visionary still exists in another dimension! Because, naturally, nothing is ever really lost.
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package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.datatransfer;

import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.DataOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.util.DirectBufferPool;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.IOUtils;

import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
import com.google.common.primitives.Ints;

/**
 * Class to handle reading packets one-at-a-time from the wire.
 * These packets are used both for reading and writing data to/from
 * DataNodes.
 */
@InterfaceAudience.Private
public class PacketReceiver implements Closeable {

  /**
   * The max size of any single packet. This prevents OOMEs when
   * invalid data is sent.
   */
  private static final int MAX_PACKET_SIZE = 16 * 1024 * 1024;

  static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(PacketReceiver.class);

  private static final DirectBufferPool bufferPool = new DirectBufferPool();
  private final boolean useDirectBuffers;

  /**
   * The entirety of the most recently read packet.
   * The first PKT_LENGTHS_LEN bytes of this buffer are the
   * length prefixes.
   */
  private ByteBuffer curPacketBuf = null;

  /**
   * A slice of {@link #curPacketBuf} which contains just the checksums.
   */
  private ByteBuffer curChecksumSlice = null;

  /**
   * A slice of {@link #curPacketBuf} which contains just the data.
   */
  private ByteBuffer curDataSlice = null;

  /**
   * The packet header of the most recently read packet.
   */
  private PacketHeader curHeader;

  public PacketReceiver(boolean useDirectBuffers) {
    this.useDirectBuffers = useDirectBuffers;
    reallocPacketBuf(PacketHeader.PKT_LENGTHS_LEN);
  }

  public PacketHeader getHeader() {
    return curHeader;
  }

  public ByteBuffer getDataSlice() {
    return curDataSlice;
  }

  public ByteBuffer getChecksumSlice() {
    return curChecksumSlice;
  }

  /**
   * Reads all of the data for the next packet into the appropriate buffers.
   *
   * The data slice and checksum slice members will be set to point to the
   * user data and corresponding checksums. The header will be parsed and
   * set.
   */
  public void receiveNextPacket(ReadableByteChannel in) throws IOException {
    doRead(in, null);
  }

  /**
   * @see #receiveNextPacket(ReadableByteChannel)
   */
  public void receiveNextPacket(InputStream in) throws IOException {
    doRead(null, in);
  }

  private void doRead(ReadableByteChannel ch, InputStream in)
      throws IOException {
    // Each packet looks like:
    //   PLEN    HLEN      HEADER     CHECKSUMS  DATA
    //   32-bit  16-bit   <protobuf>  <variable length>
    //
    // PLEN:      Payload length
    //            = length(PLEN) + length(CHECKSUMS) + length(DATA)
    //            This length includes its own encoded length in
    //            the sum for historical reasons.
    //
    // HLEN:      Header length
    //            = length(HEADER)
    //
    // HEADER:    the actual packet header fields, encoded in protobuf
    // CHECKSUMS: the crcs for the data chunk. May be missing if
    //            checksums were not requested
    // DATA       the actual block data
    Preconditions.checkState(curHeader == null || !curHeader.isLastPacketInBlock());

    curPacketBuf.clear();
    curPacketBuf.limit(PacketHeader.PKT_LENGTHS_LEN);
    doReadFully(ch, in, curPacketBuf);
    curPacketBuf.flip();
    int payloadLen = curPacketBuf.getInt();

    if (payloadLen < Ints.BYTES) {
      // The "payload length" includes its own length. Therefore it
      // should never be less than 4 bytes
      throw new IOException("Invalid payload length " +
          payloadLen);
    }
    int dataPlusChecksumLen = payloadLen - Ints.BYTES;
    int headerLen = curPacketBuf.getShort();
    if (headerLen < 0) {
      throw new IOException("Invalid header length " + headerLen);
    }

    if (LOG.isTraceEnabled()) {
      LOG.trace("readNextPacket: dataPlusChecksumLen = " + dataPlusChecksumLen +
          " headerLen = " + headerLen);
    }

    // Sanity check the buffer size so we don't allocate too much memory
    // and OOME.
    int totalLen = payloadLen + headerLen;
    if (totalLen < 0 || totalLen > MAX_PACKET_SIZE) {
      throw new IOException("Incorrect value for packet payload size: " +
                            payloadLen);
    }

    // Make sure we have space for the whole packet, and
    // read it.
    reallocPacketBuf(PacketHeader.PKT_LENGTHS_LEN +
        dataPlusChecksumLen + headerLen);
    curPacketBuf.clear();
    curPacketBuf.position(PacketHeader.PKT_LENGTHS_LEN);
    curPacketBuf.limit(PacketHeader.PKT_LENGTHS_LEN +
        dataPlusChecksumLen + headerLen);
    doReadFully(ch, in, curPacketBuf);
    curPacketBuf.flip();
    curPacketBuf.position(PacketHeader.PKT_LENGTHS_LEN);

    // Extract the header from the front of the buffer (after the length prefixes)
    byte[] headerBuf = new byte[headerLen];
    curPacketBuf.get(headerBuf);
    if (curHeader == null) {
      curHeader = new PacketHeader();
    }
    curHeader.setFieldsFromData(dataPlusChecksumLen, headerBuf);

    // Compute the sub-slices of the packet
    int checksumLen = dataPlusChecksumLen - curHeader.getDataLen();
    if (checksumLen < 0) {
      throw new IOException("Invalid packet: data length in packet header " +
          "exceeds data length received. dataPlusChecksumLen=" +
          dataPlusChecksumLen + " header: " + curHeader);
    }

    reslicePacket(headerLen, checksumLen, curHeader.getDataLen());
  }

  /**
   * Rewrite the last-read packet on the wire to the given output stream.
   */
  public void mirrorPacketTo(DataOutputStream mirrorOut) throws IOException {
    Preconditions.checkState(!useDirectBuffers,
        "Currently only supported for non-direct buffers");
    mirrorOut.write(curPacketBuf.array(),
        curPacketBuf.arrayOffset(),
        curPacketBuf.remaining());
  }

  private static void doReadFully(ReadableByteChannel ch, InputStream in,
      ByteBuffer buf) throws IOException {
    if (ch != null) {
      readChannelFully(ch, buf);
    } else {
      Preconditions.checkState(!buf.isDirect(),
          "Must not use direct buffers with InputStream API");
      IOUtils.readFully(in, buf.array(),
          buf.arrayOffset() + buf.position(),
          buf.remaining());
      buf.position(buf.position() + buf.remaining());
    }
  }

  private void reslicePacket(
      int headerLen, int checksumsLen, int dataLen) {
    // Packet structure (refer to doRead() for details):
    //   PLEN    HLEN      HEADER     CHECKSUMS  DATA
    //   32-bit  16-bit   <protobuf>  <variable length>
    //   |--- lenThroughHeader ----|
    //   |----------- lenThroughChecksums   ----|
    //   |------------------- lenThroughData    ------|
    int lenThroughHeader = PacketHeader.PKT_LENGTHS_LEN + headerLen;
    int lenThroughChecksums = lenThroughHeader + checksumsLen;
    int lenThroughData = lenThroughChecksums + dataLen;

    assert dataLen >= 0 : "invalid datalen: " + dataLen;
    assert curPacketBuf.position() == lenThroughHeader;
    assert curPacketBuf.limit() == lenThroughData :
      "headerLen= " + headerLen + " clen=" + checksumsLen + " dlen=" + dataLen +
      " rem=" + curPacketBuf.remaining();

    // Slice the checksums.
    curPacketBuf.position(lenThroughHeader);
    curPacketBuf.limit(lenThroughChecksums);
    curChecksumSlice = curPacketBuf.slice();

    // Slice the data.
    curPacketBuf.position(lenThroughChecksums);
    curPacketBuf.limit(lenThroughData);
    curDataSlice = curPacketBuf.slice();

    // Reset buffer to point to the entirety of the packet (including
    // length prefixes)
    curPacketBuf.position(0);
    curPacketBuf.limit(lenThroughData);
  }

  private static void readChannelFully(ReadableByteChannel ch, ByteBuffer buf)
      throws IOException {
    while (buf.remaining() > 0) {
      int n = ch.read(buf);
      if (n < 0) {
        throw new IOException("Premature EOF reading from " + ch);
      }
    }
  }

  private void reallocPacketBuf(int atLeastCapacity) {
    // Realloc the buffer if this packet is longer than the previous
    // one.
    if (curPacketBuf == null ||
        curPacketBuf.capacity() < atLeastCapacity) {
      ByteBuffer newBuf;
      if (useDirectBuffers) {
        newBuf = bufferPool.getBuffer(atLeastCapacity);
      } else {
        newBuf = ByteBuffer.allocate(atLeastCapacity);
      }
      // If reallocing an existing buffer, copy the old packet length
      // prefixes over
      if (curPacketBuf != null) {
        curPacketBuf.flip();
        newBuf.put(curPacketBuf);
      }

      returnPacketBufToPool();
      curPacketBuf = newBuf;
    }
  }

  private void returnPacketBufToPool() {
    if (curPacketBuf != null && curPacketBuf.isDirect()) {
      bufferPool.returnBuffer(curPacketBuf);
      curPacketBuf = null;
    }
  }

  @Override // Closeable
  public void close() {
    returnPacketBufToPool();
  }

  @Override
  protected void finalize() throws Throwable {
    try {
      // just in case it didn't get closed, we
      // may as well still try to return the buffer
      returnPacketBufToPool();
    } finally {
      super.finalize();
    }
  }
}

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Commercial litigation in the Netherlands
Amsterdam has joined the likes of London, Dubai and Singapore when the new Netherlands Commercial Court opens its doors.
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English is indisputably the language of international business. Commercial contracts are frequently drafted in English, and parties from countries with different languages communicate with each other in English. But when it comes to litigation, parties to cross-border disputes can be forced to conduct court proceedings in a language which they do not understand.
The Dutch judiciary has decided to embrace English as the leading commercial language, establishing an English speaking court, the Netherlands Commercial Court here in Amsterdam.
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The Netherlands Commercial Court is also an alternative for those parties who do not want to submit to arbitration, where proceedings are costly and outcomes may not be as predictable as before national courts.
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A coalition of more than 1,550 independent pharmacies is asking the Ontario government to consider scrapping regulations put in place to keep down the prices of generic prescription drugs.
The anti-kickback regulations, first introduced in 2006, ban drug companies from paying pharmacies "rebates" as an inducement to stock their prescription medications. The government reasoned these payments unfairly inflate the price consumers pay for prescription drugs.
In a letter recently sent to the premier, the coalition says a rollback of the regulations would level the playing field if the Ford government goes ahead with its proposal to allow large pharmacy chains to sell their own, private-label, generic prescription drugs.
A previous Liberal government had barred private labels — when pharmacy chains slap their own logo on generic prescription pills made by other companies — because they offered corporations a back door to "circumvent" the anti-rebate regulations.
Small community pharmacies, which don't have the sales volume to justify the expense of a private label, say if the Ford government lifts only the restrictions on private label drugs, they will be at a disadvantage as they will still be handcuffed by the strict rebate rules.
"Those restrictions are unnecessary red tape regulations that have been introduced in Ontario under the previous government and since then have created a significant burden on pharmacy operators," the independent pharmacies letter reads.
One of the architects of the regulations says they have helped public drug plans save hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars.
Here's how a rebate worked: If a pharmacy bought a pill from a drug manufacturer for $1 (a price set by the government) the pharmaceutical company could rebate — or pay back — the pharmacy 80 cents as incentive to stock its product over a competitor's. This would make the actual cost for the pharmacy 20 cents — about a fifth of what will ultimately be charged to a public drug plan or private insurer.
In 2010, the province introduced related regulations, these ones prohibiting pharmacy chains from selling their own "private-label" prescription drugs that were made by another company. A large chain could essentially give itself a massive rebate behind closed doors while billing public drug plans or other payors full price, the province said.
The regulations sparked a high-stakes court battle between the province and two chains: Shoppers and Rexall. In 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the private label ban was a legitimate tool in the quest to reduce drug costs.
Fast forward to October 2018, when Premier Doug Ford's government proposed reducing the "regulatory burden for private label companies" by removing the requirement that a private label company must actually fabricate its medications. A spokesperson from the premier's office said no decision has yet been made.
The change would make it easier for pharmacy chains to dispense prescriptions under their in-house brands (but which are made by another company) and get those drugs covered under public drug plans.
The change would also threaten the commercial viability of independent pharmacies across Ontario, said pharmacist Ben Shenouda, a signatory of the letter and executive director of a buying group representing 360 independent pharmacies.
"If you allow private label, you must scrap the rebate restriction because we'd like to be able to compete with the chains," Shenouda said.
The province already protects consumers by regulating the price of medications, he said, so it should "leave the market open" and let drug manufacturers and pharmacies work out the commercial transaction amongst themselves.
McKesson, a drug wholesaler that now owns the Rexall chain but also supplies products to many independent pharmacies, said lifting the private label ban would also offer supply stability.
Sivem, McKesson's private label sold in other provinces, is currently the only generic supplier for three medications currently in shortage, a spokesperson said.
The premier's office would not say if the province is also considering lifting the prohibition on rebates.
Helen Stevenson, former assistant deputy health minister and an architect behind the anti-rebate and private label regulations, questions how the public would be better served doing away with the restrictions.


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Home Peo...People Groups Bouyei
Bouyei in China
The Bouyei have only been reported in China
Photo Source: Yves Picq - Wikimedia
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Bouyei
The Bouyei are one of the ancient peoples of Guizhou, having inhabited the province for more than 2,000 years. Thousands of Bouyei were burned at the stake during the Nanlang Rebellion in 1797. The horrific persecution forced many Bouyei to flee into Vietnam.
It appears that the official division between the Bouyei and Zhuang in China is defined by provincial borders. The Northern Tai speaking groups in Guangxi are labeled Zhuang, and those in Guizhou, Bouyei. Until one generation ago, the Bouyei were more commonly known as the Chungchia, a name meaning "people in the middle." A 1945 study of the Bouyei revealed they were "divided into five distinct tribes."
Bouyei—which has eight tones—is a Northern Tai language, similar (and in some places identical) to Northern Zhuang. There are three Bouyei dialects in China, although as many as 40 dialects have been incorrectly reported in the past. In 1995 the Chinese government decided to discontinue education in the Bouyei language, and now all schooling is conducted in Mandarin Chinese. Only 12% of the Bouyei have attended high school, one of the lowest rates among the 55 official minorities in China.
When a Bouyei woman is in the process of giving birth, they put a tree branch across the door to prevent intruders from entering. An altar to the spirits is erected to ensure the delivery goes smoothly. After the birth, the placenta is buried under the bed.
Sometimes the Bouyei language dialects vary from village to village. Since the Bouyei believe in many gods, there are a lot of barriers to understanding there is only one sovereign God.
The Bouyei are polytheists. They also practice an ancient form of exorcism called nuo. "A family will hire a shaman to cast out demons of illness or bad fortune. Ceremonies include climbing knife ladders, walking on fire or glass, and other activities to demonstrate the power of the spirits."
Catholic missionaries have worked among the Bouyei for 200 years. Many were martyred for their witness. The CIM missionary J. F. Braumton arrived in Guiyang in 1877. A mission station was opened in Dushan in 1895, but "the time of the missionaries was entirely given up to work among the Chinese." In 1985 there were nine Catholic churches in the Qianxinan Prefecture. Several mission agencies commenced church planting efforts among the Bouyei in the late 20th century.
The Bouyei people need to submit to Jesus Christ so they can experience the abundant life he offers them in John 10:10.
Scripture Prayers for the Bouyei in China.
Bouyei profile for Children and Family Missions Activities
People Name General Bouyei
People Name in Country Bouyei
Pronunciation boo-YEE
Population this Country 3,295,000
Population all Countries 3,295,000
Pioneer Workers Needed 66
Alternate Names Bố Y; Bo-i; Bui; Buman; Buyayi; Buyi; Buyui; Buzhong; Chung-Chia; Dioi; Kuei; Kui; Pui; Pu-i; Pujai; Pu-Jui; Puyi; Puyoi; Quinjiang; Shuihu; Zhongjia
Affinity Bloc Southeast Asian Peoples
People Cluster Bouyei
People Group Bouyei
Ethnic Code MSY49b
Location in Country The Bouyei inhabit the rolling hills in the southern part of Guizhou Province. Bouyei villages are often located near streams and rivers. Source: Operation China, 2000
Location in Country The Bouyei inhabit the rolling hills in the southern part of Guizhou Province. Bouyei villages are often located near streams and rivers.. Source: Operation China, 2000
Primary Language Bouyei (3,295,000 speakers)
Language Code pcc Ethnologue Listing
Primary Dialect Qianzhong
People Groups Speaking Bouyei
Primary Language: Bouyei
Bible-Portions Yes (1904-2021)
Audio Recordings Story of Jesus audio Jesus Film Project
Film / Video Jesus Film: view in Bouyei Jesus Film Project
Film / Video My Last Day video, anime Jesus Film Project
Text / Printed Matter Bible: Bouyei YouVersion Bibles
Photo Source Yves Picq - Wikimedia Creative Commons


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Roger Scriberras, né le  à Sydney, est un acteur australien.

Biographie

Filmographie
 2006 : Superman Returns : Daily Planet Reporter
 2006 : Summer Bay (Ep4284) : Arnie
 2008 : L'Amour de l'Or : Andras
 2010 : A Day in the Life : Vinnie

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Naissance en novembre 1982
Naissance à Sydney


DAY TRIP ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASSIONS.
Four of our men from Kamata Lelei went for an exciting day trip to the city of ROTORUA. In two separate occasions, the four men went for an experience of a life time. Day 1 was Danny Mataio and Parutu Noema. Day 2 was David Tia and Adamu Amosa. The four enjoyed the early morning trip, the 3 hour drive towards the destination was full of awesome sights and sceneries with various hills and valleys, farms animals mostly cows and sheep and the weather was sunny yet a little bit cold.
First stop was at the Lakeside Park, walking along the trail with hot fumes from the geothermal gardens was exciting with a quick pause for photo opportunities.
A visit to the Rotorua Museum was the second stop unfortunately it was still closed to the public. The men however were happy to wander around the historic ground and had another photograph taken just in front of the museum.
Next stop was the 900 metre gentle and scenic ride to the Gondola where the men enjoyed the spectacular views of the lake and the cloud of smoke from the steaming geothermal vistas and the captivating view of the city of Rotorua.
After reaching the top the men roamed around the Skyline Complex and went off for the buffet lunch with varieties of sumptuous international dishes. Dining at the top was exhilarating. They enjoyed the food and the breath-taking views and the service was superb!
The trip to ROTORUA was indeed a great experienced. The ride was pleasurable and the men had so much fun!


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Q: OJB / Oracle XE sql debug-display problem I have a Java application, and use OJB as my ORM technology.  I have an Oracle XE installation locally to develop against.  The problem is when I need to debug a problem, I like looking at the SQL output.  Here is an example of SQL I can view through the "Top SQL" interface in Oracle XE:
 select a_bunch_of_fields
 from KREW_DOC_TYP_T A0
 WHERE ((UPPER(A0.DOC_TYP_NM) LIKE :1) AND A0.ACTV_IND = :2) AND A0.CUR_IND = :3

The problem is I would like to see the real value instead of ":1".  I can't seem to find how I can configure this.  I know the real values are working, because the application is responding as expected, for the most part (hence the bugs I am working on).
Thanks,
  Jay

A: One quick and dirty way is to look in the provided database views (v$sql_bind_capture and v$sqlarea).  In the SQL below, I just added a like clause to match the sql statement you have above, you will then get a row for each bind variable and it's value.  To target a very specific SQL statement you want the sql_id for your query.
SELECT a.sql_text, b.NAME, b.POSITION, b.datatype_string, b.value_string
  FROM v$sql_bind_capture b, v$sqlarea b
 WHERE b.sql_id = a.sql_id
  and a.sql_text like '%UPPER(A0.DOC_TYP_NM) LIKE :1%'

Output (without the SQL the result would look look something like this):
"NAME","POSITION","DATATYPE_STRING","VALUE_STRING"
":B1","2","NUMBER","1001"


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Issue 84 September 2011
After losing their parents, siblings Karar and Faz bonded over music.
I have few early memories of Faz. One was when she was a toddler and was trying to walk, but kept falling down. The other was when she was two, and my brother and I were getting ready for school. She saw us putting cream on our faces and decided she would do the same, except she used butter instead! That still remains of one of the funniest memories I have growing up.
I was nine years old and Faz was only four when my father passed away, so I had to grow up fast and take on the role of a father figure for my brother and sister. We lost our mother a few years after, and initially, all we did was just be there for each other, with a shoulder to cry on or open arms to hold each other.
As Faz was the youngest, I had to make sure that I guided her as positively as I could and did not let any of her dreams or ambitions get restricted. Faz and I had grown close over the years and would confide in each other about things that we were not comfortable discussing with our friends. However, after the death of our parents, our bond grew in strength.
I have been interested in music for as long as I can remember, and it ranged from listening to rap albums, old jazz records and even qawali songs. We both began writing lyrics as a private way of helping us to deal with everything going on in our lives. But as we got more and more into it, we developed a deeper learning of poetry and began to experiment with our own music.
These days, whenever Faz or I write verses, we cannot wait to show each other what we have written. Faz has a great ability to incorporate metaphors and meaningful descriptions in her lyrics, which I have tried to help her blossom.
Given everything that we have gone through, one of the biggest challenges that we have both faced is keeping our faith in God and trying to come to terms with the belief that everything happens for a reason. Over the years, we have both learnt that many dark days will come, but having faith will ensure that the sun rises for you the next day. As God says in the Qur'an, "No calamity can ever befall the earth, and neither your own selves, unless it be laid down in Our decree."
Karar and I have always been close to each other, but when you lose someone close at such a tender age, your bond grows due to fear. We have never actually sat down and had a heart-to-heart about the loss of our parents, or even made it official that they are both gone. Whenever we see that one of us is upset, we just try everything to cheer up each other.
Music became the way that we expressed our feelings, and we would use it to tell each other that everything was going to be okay, as well as letting each other know that we were going through the same emotions. After a while, we learnt to hear past the lyrics that each other had written and understand the mind frame behind the song.
Karar has had a heavy influence on my taste in music. He would put on a rap record, and before I knew it, I was rapping along to the song that was playing. I was 11 when I performed my first freestyle in front of my class, and I could not have done it without his support.
Karar and I rap about a range of different topics, from daily struggles and poverty to relationships and becoming orphans. We could easily write lyrics about big cars and diamond chains, but we would not be able to relate to that in any way. Many of our fans listen to and support us because we give them music that talks about what we are going through.
Everyone tells me that I am very lucky to have a brother like Karar, so there definitely is something special there. I feel that I can confidently speak to him about anything, and have always aspired to be like him. I love his ability to succeed at anything that he puts his mind to, and have seen him excel at painting, sketching, composing beats, writing lyrics and much much more.
Although the loss of our parents took us on an emotional rollercoaster, we experienced a number of other problems: financial difficulties, having to mature before our age, channelling our emotions, and questioning the futility of life. All of these left me in a dark place for a while. But thanks to a thin line of hope that Karar and I found, we discovered the greatest treasures in life: faith and patience.
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