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The Glutted Mariner Shortfall
Posted on July 6, 2021 by Naval Open Source Intelligence (NOSI)
CIMSEC – Based on data from the recent Maritime Workforce Working Group Report, there is an estimated 2,000 U.S. mariner shortfall for sustaining sealift in support of a major national mobilization lasting more than 6 months. This number could be even higher due to double counting mariners that are actively sailing and also serving as strategic sealift officers.
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Clandestine Cargo: Hiding Sealift in Plain Sight
CIMSEC – To pace threats and ensure sealift survivability, America could relatively safely "smuggle" a certain amount of clandestinely loaded military materiel across contested oceans and through contested chokepoints, until reaching friendly offload destinations in theater.
Don't Overlook the Medical Fleet in Distributed Maritime Operations
CIMSEC – The medical fleet is often overlooked in discussions about Distributed Maritime Operations.
The Future of Sea Basing For U.S. Army Transportation
CIMSEC – The Army faces challenges with sea basing due to its focus on land warfare.
Strategic Sealift's Merchant Mariner Problem
CIMSEC – Merchant mariners are essential personnel to America's economy and warfighting enterprise.
Sealift Forces For the Future Operating Environment: An Airlifter's Perspective
CIMSEC – As the long arm of American military power, USTRANSCOM must have the capability to deliver forces anywhere in the world at lightning speed. Maintaining this capability means deliberately monitoring competitors' capabilities and countering them when they threaten the ability to deploy military force.
Strategic Sealift is Broken: Which Direction Are We Headed?
CIMSEC – This article will survey some of the issues that have caused the Strategic Sealift decline, describe some mistakes that have been made in trying to correct them, and propose a few possible solutions to ensure the warfighters have the tools they need to quickly respond to emergent contingencies.
One Fleet, One Fight: Four F's To Give About Sealift
Posted on June 30, 2021 by Naval Open Source Intelligence (NOSI)
CIMSEC – The U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) Deputy Commander and the former Commandant of the Marine Corps are in one accord. These leaders have effectively parsed out two distinct dilemmas — an "away game" fight and a battle to get to that fight. The wicked problems facing the Marine Corps, its fellow services, and TRANSCOM are, in fact, components of a collective dilemma. The strategic competition milieu no longer differentiates between the frontline and the homefront as if there were combatants and non-combatants. It is a singular fight.
American Strategic Sealift in Peer-To-Peer Conflicts: A Historical Retrospective, Part 2
CIMSEC – Today, China is in the position that the U.S. found itself on the eve of the Second World War, with a large maritime infrastructure supporting a growing Navy and commercial merchant fleet with a global presence. China's COSCO Shipping is the single largest maritime company in the world. At the same moment, U.S. Navy programs are foundering and most of the protections once in place to ensure a large domestic merchant marine and industrial base have been dismantled. One must envision what the next peer-to-peer naval conflict could look like for the United States, with a U.S. Navy that is first in the world, but severely challenged, and a merchant marine that is 21st and declining, versus a nation like China whose navy and merchant marine ranks second in both categories and climbing.
Solutions to Revitalizing America's Strategic Sealift
CIMSEC – With a bi-polar hegemonic world, the U.S. needs to take an immediate and serious deep dive into guaranteeing commercial cargoes for U.S.-flag carriers. This is not a new idea, but one worth revisiting. This proposal, if enforced by treaty or legislation, would have negligible impact on shippers while significantly improving the capacity and number of both the U.S.-flag fleet and U.S.-mariners.
For a Greener, More Lethal Force, Look to Strategic Sealift Recapitalization
CIMSEC – Recapitalizing strategic sealift vessels would provide a needed catalyst for green maritime technology development, driving toward the Biden administration's new shipping climate target while improving the US Navy's warfighting edge. A greener merchant fleet, enabled by technology developed during the recapitalization of the aging sealift fleet would address an important source of climate change and increase the sustainment reach of the logistics fleet. Such a maritime green revolution might even improve lethality.
Obsolescence, Chokepoints, and the Maritime Militia: Facing Primary Threats to U.S. Sealift
CIMSEC – As a key provider of surge forces to crisis locations around the world, United States Transportation Command must confront any and all potential challengers it might face in the 21st century, specifically the rising maritime power of the People's Republic of China. Challenges USTRANSCOM could face in this regard are threefold—the aging and inadequate nature of the American sealift force, the vulnerability of said forces to strategic chokepoints in the event of conflict, and the versatility and strength of the Chinese People's Armed Forces Maritime Militia.
Recapitalizing Strategic Sealift Should Be DOD's Number One Modernization Priority
CIMSEC – The intense focus on acquiring new and better combat capabilities with which to establish overmatch vis-à-vis emerging high-end competitors may have hampered Pentagon leadership from recognizing the fact that without sufficient strategic sealift, many modernization efforts may be for naught.
CIMSEC – If the United States finds itself engaged in peer-to-peer competition and conflict, as it has in the past during the First World War, the Second World War, and during the Cold War, it will find itself in a position that it has not been in for over a century; of a nation lacking a dedicated sealift force and a merchant marine only a fraction of a percent necessary to carry its own commerce.
Across the Expanse: The Sealift Dilemma in a War Against China
CIMSEC – China's growing navy and increasingly hegemonic ambitions in the Indo-Pacific have the potential to disrupt alliances and create a unique logistical problem for expeditionary U.S. military operations.
The Fourth Arm of Defense: America's Merchant Mariners
CIMSEC – From its earliest days when the American colonies were dependent on trade with Europe, the United States has been reliant on merchant shipping.
Why Military Sealift Command Needs Merchant Mariners at the Helm
Posted on September 3, 2020 by Naval Open Source Intelligence (NOSI)
CIMSEC – The recent issues facing the Merchant Marine are not simply the product of COVID or other recent events. They are simply yet another expression of the longstanding problems of status the Merchant Marine has faced within the U.S. Navy.
'Despair' spreading throughout the Military Sealift Command fleet over 'draconian' COVID-19 restrictions, unions warn
– Navy Times – For nearly five months, thousands of civilian mariners assigned to the Navy's fleet of U.S. Military Sealift Command ships have been living under what are believed to be some of the strictest COVID-19 restrictions in the military. And those restrictions were dropped on them with almost no notice, according to their advocates.
U.S. Sealift Lacks Personnel, Hulls, National Strategy
– USNI News – An aging and inactive government fleet dependent on a shrinking pool of merchant mariners to get underway is how a new report describes the U.S. military's strategic sealift capability.
Test of Ready Reserve Force Exposes Need For Newer Ships, More People
– USNI News – When U.S. Transportation Command tested the ability of the nation's maritime Ready Reserve Force to set sail on short notice, only about 40 percent of the vessels deemed ready were able to leave port.
The US military ran the largest stress test of its sealift fleet in years. It's in big trouble
– Defense News – The U.S. military in September ordered the largest stress test of its wartime sealift fleet in the command's history, with 33 out of 61 government-owned ships being activated simultaneously. The results were bad, according to a new report.
White House poised to blow up US Navy's plans to recapitalize its aging sealift ships
– Defense News – The White House wants the U.S. Navy to go back to the drawing board and find new ways to replace its aging sealift fleet, a move that could set back efforts that military officials see as vital to maintaining the military's ability to project power across the globe.
Lessons from a Training Ship
Posted on December 7, 2019 by Naval Open Source Intelligence (NOSI)
– USNI Blog – As a former surface warfare officer, now a civilian pursuing a merchant mariner license, I recently had the opportunity to serve onboard the State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College's training ship, the Empire State VI. I was assigned as a deck training officer and lab instructor, but I also received an immersive education in how the Merchant Marine trains its officers and operates its ships.
TRANSCOM Stress Test Practiced Cargo Delivery Through Mine- and Sub-Filled Waters
– USNI News – Running dark and nearly silent, last month a convoy of Military Sealift Command ships practiced delivering people and gear to the fight as part of a large U.S. Transportation Command surge sealift capability stress test.
Despite rising awareness of critical US sealift shortfalls, solutions are elusive
– Defense News – America's sealift fleet is responsible for providing the military with transportation across oceans, but despite seemingly universal acknowledgement that the fleet is in trouble, the current recapitalization plan significantly lags behind what the military needs to avoid a collapse in capacity, projected to start in 2024 if the current situation holds.


The Huskies were named the No. 25 team in the nation Monday after going 2-1 during their opening weekend. Multiple players and coaches said they only care about the ranking at the end of the season, but they expect it to fuel Southeastern Louisiana.
UConn's (2-1) lone loss of the weekend came against Kennesaw St. 7-3. Starting pitcher Tim Cate struggled a bit over 5.2 innings pitched, surrendering four earned runs. However, the offense left 10 runners on base and struggled to get that key situational hit.
Cate, who was selected to the All-Conference team, said that he will to work on putting hitters away.
One of the biggest threats that Southeastern Louisiana (4-1) poses is there ability to steal bases. Through five games, they have swiped 25 while only being caught three times. Penders said the team has worked on getting the ball to second and third quickly during practice this week.
Cate said the team will stick to the gam plan in order to pace them on the bases.
Over the first five games for Southeastern Louisiana, they are hitting .314/.452/.436 with 40 runs. UConn starting pitcher Mason Feole, who won the American Conference Rookie Pitcher of the Year award last season, said he is ready for a battle on the mound.
Offensively, the Huskies put up big numbers last weekend. Against Georgia Tech, Troy Stefanski had the go-ahead hit in the top of the 10th, which led to their victory in the bottom half. Isaac Feldstein provided the power with two home runs.
Penders said that the team is fully focused on the weekend series and will not take their opponent lightly.
Cate is expected to get the start Friday at 7 p.m., Feole will toe the rubber Saturday at 3 p.m. and Chase Gardner will close out the series Sunday at 1 p.m.
Michael Logan is a staff writer for The Daily Campus. He can be reached via email at michael.logan@uconn.edu.


As the poultry industry pushes for faster line speeds, advocates take stock of improvements and challenges.
After Patricia Zalasar* moved to the United States from Guatemala to escape a violent relationship, she secured a job at a Case Farms poultry processing plant.
Zalasar's experience is similar to that of many poultry workers in the U.S., who have been found to suffer high rates of carpal-tunnel syndrome and severe injuries including amputation as a result of the quick and forceful motions they carry out over and over each day on the line.
Unfortunately for Zalasar and others, conditions could get even worse if a recent industry proposal to allow increased line speeds moves forward.
Three years ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) capped the maximum speed at which the chickens can move through the processing plants at 140 birds per minute (bpm), reasoning that speeds any faster would exacerbate injuries in workers, as well as abuse in animals and contamination in meat.
Pushing production speeds to the max greatly impairs worker safety and wellbeing, said Hunter Ogletree, a protest organizer with the Western North Carolina Workers' Center (WNCWC), which is working with employees at Case Farms' Morganton, North Carolina facility.
"The line speed is the root cause of a lot of the worker issues the industry faces in general," he said, listing as examples the cuts, lacerations, and repetitive-motion strain injuries workers suffer, and also noting that the push for fast production is the reason workers are often not allowed to leave the line to go to the bathroom when they need to. "Everything goes back to how many birds they can get through the line [in how short a time]," he said.
Over the last few years, reports from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Oxfam America, and others have turned increased attention to the poor conditions facing the workers in the plants that process the chicken Americans purchase from grocery stores, fast food chains, restaurants, and cafeterias. Together, the reports charge the four poultry companies that dominate 60 percent of the U.S. market—Tyson Foods, Sanderson Farms, Perdue Farms, and Pilgrim's Pride—with the mistreatment of their workers, most of whom are members of especially vulnerable minority, immigrant, and refugee groups.
It's worth nothing that poor working conditions are not limited to the biggest poultry companies. Zalasar's employer, Case Farms, which supplies KFC, Taco Bell, Popeye's, and Boar's Head, among others, has also repeatedly been called out for its poor treatment of workers—most recently by ProPublica and The New Yorker.
The public eye on poultry worker issues has led to some positive changes in working conditions—including a recent pledge by Tyson to create a healthier workplace. But many worry the Trump administration's anti-immigration and deregulation stances will reverse the forward momentum.
Can an Industry Leader Turn the Tide?
In the wake of increased poultry plant inspections by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 2015 and 2016—which uncovered more than 15 serious safety violations at a Tyson plant in East Texas and resulted in more than $263,000 in fines—Tyson Foods' new CEO Tom Hayes announced in April the company's commitment to expanding protections for workers.
Despite potential backsliding on workers' rights in a new political climate, some worker advocates are optimistic Tyson's pledge represents the beginning of better treatment across the industry.
Under the new commitments, which the company released in conjunction with Oxfam and United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), Tyson plans to reduce the number of worker injuries by 15 percent each year until it reaches zero and increase employee retention by 10 percent each year until it eliminates turnover. It also plans to hire 25 or more poultry plant trainers, continue convening plant safety councils, and publicly share third-party social compliance audits of its plants.
Minor Sinclair, director of Oxfam's U.S. Domestic Program, sees Tyson's commitment as substantial progress. "What Tyson did was a real step forward in terms of their corporate culture change, putting some marks in the ground in terms of where they want to go," Sinclair said.
Not everyone feels that way, however. Debbie Berkowitz, a senior fellow with the National Employment Law Project (NELP), a nonprofit working for low-wage workers—and chief of staff for OSHA between 2009 and 2013—does not trust Tyson's promises. "They said the same things for years when I was at OSHA," Berkowitz said.
Tony Corbo, a senior lobbyist for Food and Water Watch, still worries for workers, given Tyson's history and continued complaints he's hearing, but he's glad the company has publicly committed to improving. "I am impressed by the fact that they have made a recognition of these issues, but whether they're going to actually implement these changes still remains to be seen," Corbo said.
Though some hold out hope that Tyson's commitments will begin to turn the tide, the poultry industry is already attempting to take advantage of the federal push for deregulation.
In petitioning the USDA to increase chicken processing line speeds, Chicken Council President Michael Brown pointed out that Trump has initiated regulatory reform measures elsewhere "intended to decrease regulatory burden on industry." He argued that faster line speeds do not endanger animal or human well-being and said that U.S. poultry companies' international competitors safely operate at line speeds of more than 200 bpm.
Berkowitz and other animal, worker, and consumer advocates disagree. The USDA spent two years studying the effect of line speeds on worker and consumer health before capping the line speeds at 140, and no additional evidence exists to compel them to revisit the decision, Berkowitz said.
In addition to the industry campaign to increase line speeds, other signs remain that the industry is not improving its treatment of workers. Though Tyson has cited its intention to improve worker welfare, the three other major poultry players have not yet followed suit. Nor have the smaller ones.
In fact, Case Farms poultry workers list top among their grievances their inability to use the bathroom outside established times, leading some to wear adult diapers to work. In August, Case workers and their allies held a demonstration outside its Morganton, North Carolina plant during which they delivered a letter to Case management requesting a closed-door meeting to discuss the need for a reasonable bathroom break policy, but Case management declined.
Despite the overall gloomy prospects for poultry workers, some advocates find reason for hope. Over the last few years, diverse groups fighting for poultry worker safety—big players like Oxfam and SPLC but also various unions and worker centers, as well as advocates for intersectional causes like animal welfare and food safety—have come together to work for change, Graunke said.
Workers have also become more willing to speak up about the abuses they're facing. Because poultry companies try to leverage workers' immigration status to create "a compliant workforce that's fearful of speaking out," Ogletree said, finding poultry plant employees willing to join workers' rights campaigns can be difficult.
But as increased publicity for poultry-company misdeeds have moved workers from "a naive consciousness of the issues they're facing on a day-to-day basis to a more critical consciousness," Ogletree explained, the number of workers associated with the WNCWC has increased from five to more than 30. "When we're able to build that critical consciousness is when they're willing to take action," he said.
Most advocates see potential in the effort to engage consumers around the issue of poultry workers' rights. A few years ago, when consumers demanded the humane treatment of animals, companies listened—and began offering "organic," "antibiotic-free," and "grassfed" or "free-range" meat.
The American people have not spoken out for workers in the same way they have for animals, Berkowitz said. But if they did, it would make a big difference: "Consumers can have an enormous impact in telling the industry to lift its labor standards," she said.
Zalasar, too, wants consumers to think about the individuals behind the chicken on their plates. "Consumers don't consider the sacrifices people make to get the chicken to them," she said. "Sometimes people just throw chicken out." Before you toss uneaten chicken in the trashcan, she said, think about the people who endured pain and discomfort to get it to you.
* Zalasar's name has been changed and her location omitted.
Photos courtesy of Oxfam America.
The abuse of workers on the chicken lines at these companies like Tyson, Purdue & Pilgrims Pride should be more exposed to the common person because then we would stop buying their products. Increasing the line speed is dangerous & cruel for the workers & the chickens.


The Canadian newspaper Globe & Mail's travel section recently wrote an article about Lalibela, Ethiopia, which has been a sacred place of worship for pilgrims since the 12th century. People have trekked to Lalibela to worship at monolithic in-ground churches for centuries but today, this holy city has started to attract visitors from all over the world.
Click here to read the great article by Tyler Steim.
The Imagine Ethiopia 2010 team will be journeying to Lalibela this coming September!


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Mount Gjeita (), or Mount Banfield  in Australian sources, is the highest peak (1700 m) in the Hansen Mountains, Kemp Land. It is situated about 3 nautical miles to the east of Brusen Nunatak. It was originally mapped and named by Norwegian cartographers working with air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. In 1959, the Government of Australia named the peak as Mount Banfield after Flight Lieutenant G.A. Banfield, RAAF pilot at Mawson Station.

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My grandfather, JW Crone was the most indelible influence on my life, so it only makes sense I guess that elderly gentlemen steal my heart. Thank you for bringing back some warm memories for me today. You're an artist.
My dad always used to say he had this one particular ridge picked out and this one particular tree he was going to sit under when his time came. He'd point it out on almost any drive taken that way. But now he's on oxygen and only walks fairly short distances. Maybe he'd like his ashes spread there in any case.
I think you should ask him Jeri. I'm thinking that special place is located near where you grew up.
Brings many memories of my father's passing to mind. Some painful and some peaceful. So many emotions come with death. He got to choose his place. Just like Wes he wanted to be at his farm. We were fortunate enough to make this last request happen. My dad died within hundreds of feet of where he was born. The farm!
That's interesting Brenda, that your dad died so close to his birthplace. Where was his farm?
What a beautiful piece and a loving memory and a respectful tribute to this man. I loved this, Diana.


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Safari Holidays
A little-visited gem sandwiched between Tanzania, Mozambique and Zambia, Malawi is the ultimate place to go for travellers searching for something a bit different on their Africa holiday. A tailor-made safari in Malawi is perfect for those with a passion for wildlife conservation looking for an off the beaten track experience. It's also an idyllic location for visitors seeking an escape from the crowds on their own secluded beach.
For more information or to discuss the best Malawi safari holiday for you contact us today.
Zomba Plateau
The Zomba Plateau is a towering mountain of rock that stands in places at 2,000 metres high. The plateau is one of Africa's most scenic regions and lends itself perfectly to exciting adventure holiday activities such as walking, horse riding, cycling and fishing.
Liwonde National Park
Covering 200 km² in southern Malawi is the country's most popular national park, Liwonde. Located on the southern tip of Lake Malombe and 100-miles north of the town of Blantyre, tailor-made safaris in Liwonde are renowned for offering the best game viewing opportunities in the country.
Majete Wildlife Reserve
The Majete Wildlife Reserve in Malawi's south-west is one of the most inspiring tales of conservation success in Africa. The reserve is now a haven for wildlife and a tailor-made safari in Majete is one of the best things to do on a Malawi holiday.
Described by explorer David Livingstone as 'the lake of stars', Lake Malawi's pristine tropical waters host an abundance of colourful marine life.
Nyika National Park
Nyika National Park is Malawi's oldest national park and is located high up on an ancient plateau. Nyika is rich in plains game, birds, flowers and Africa's most elusive cat, the leopard.
When To Go To Malawi
Malawi's drier winter months from April to November are the best period in which to visit. During this time game viewing in Liwonde and Majete is at its peak and the weather is ideal for relaxing on the beaches of Lake Malawi.
Further north, the temperature of the Nyika plateau drops during the winter months. The hotter, wetter summer season from November to April is the ideal time to visit Nyika, when wildlife is at its best, the opposite to the rest of Malawi.
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Is My Boyfriend A Psychopath Quiz
Psychopathy / December 18, 2022 January 22, 2023
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Who Is The Psychopath?
Sociopath vs. Psychopath: What's The Difference?
Sociopathy and psychopathy are both unofficial terms that describe someone with antisocial personality disorder.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR) describes Antisocial Personality Disorder as "A pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others, occurring since age 15 years, as indicated by three (or more) of the following:
1. Failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors, as indicated by repeatedly performing acts that are grounds for arrest.
2. Deceitfulness, as indicated by repeated lying, use of aliases, or conning others for personal profit or pleasure.
3. Impulsivity or failure to plan ahead.
4. Irritability and aggressiveness, as indicated by repeated physical fights or assaults.
5. Reckless disregard for safety of self or others.
6. Consistent irresponsibility, as indicated by repeated failure to sustain consistent work behavior or honor financial obligations.
7. Lack of remorse, as indicated by being indifferent to or rationalizing having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from another."
Related: Top 25 Signs You're Dating a Psychopath – and How to Heal From Psychopathic Abuse
Some experts see psychopaths as more "cold-hearted" and calculating than sociopaths.
A psychopath doesn't have a conscience. A sociopath has a conscience, but it's weak and both lack empathy.
Recent research even suggests that a psychopath's brain does work like other people's.
For example, when most people see blood or violence in a movie, they experience physical changes, such as increased heart rate or shallow breathing or sweaty palms.
A psychopath, however, has the opposite reaction. He gets calmer, which is one of the main reasons they seem fearless and engage in risky behavior. (source)
Related: How to Deal With A Sociopath? 21 Clear Traits of A Sociopath You Need to Watch Out For
#1. Do they seem like they don't feel much emotion, including fear and sadness?
#2. Do they show little empathy when witnessing other people's pain and may even make it clear they do not care how others feel?
#3. Do they seem like they act without considering consequences of their actions?
#4. Do they have no close bonds or relationships at all?
#5. Do they often push your boundaries and get angry and even violent when denied something they want?
#6. Do they seem cold-hearted or calculating?
#7. Do they often do things that leave you wondering if they feel any shame at all?
This quiz is for informational purposes only. It is not meant as a diagnostic or assessment tool.
The questions above represent common signs of psychopathy. If you answered yes to most of these questions, then your partner might be a psychopath.
Related: Is My Boyfriend A Sociopath Quiz
Portions of this article were adapted from the book Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR), © 2013 by American Psychiatric Association. All rights reserved.
THE CRIMINAL PSYCHOPATH: HISTORY, NEUROSCIENCE, TREATMENT, AND ECONOMICS – PMC (nih.gov)
New study reveals brain basis of psychopathy | EurekAlert!
A broader view of psychopathy (apa.org)
Recent Advances in Psychopathy Research (sagepub.com)
New study reveals brain basis of psychopathy — ScienceDaily
Psychopaths fail to automatically take the perspective of others | PNAS
Psychopathy – an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Psychopathy – Research Digest (bps.org.uk)
How To Deal With A Sociopath (Antisocial Personality Disorder)?
Top 25 Signs You're Dating a Psychopath – & 9 Tips On Recovering From Psychopathic Abuse


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Battle of California's Pass it to Bulis Canucks Season Preview
I spoke directly to Canucks fans to let them know why their team is screwed.
By Megalodon Sep 26, 2013, 10:43am PDT
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This is as good as it will get for the Canucks for a long, long time.
This is a reproduction of a guest post appearing today on Pass it to Bulis. I've put it on Battle of California as well in case anyone wants to swear at me in the comments.
Boned by realignment
A strong case can be made that no team in the NHL lost more in the realignment than the Vancouver Canucks.
Sure, some teams might have to deal with an increase in travel, or a loss of a traditional division opponent, or maybe even some tough new competition, but the Canucks lost the worst-in-the-west Colorado Avalanche and the Minnesota Wild, who barely made the playoffs despite playing in the pathetic Northwest division.
And what do the Canucks gain in place of those two loser teams? The Anaheim Ducks, who finished third overall in the NHL last season, the San Jose Sharks, who swept the Canucks out of the playoffs in the first round last season, and the Los Angeles Kings, who knocked them out in five games the season before that.
Man, the Canucks are so boned it isn't even funny.
Oh wait...wait, I was just thinking about it the wrong way. It turns out it IS funny.
In fact, it's hilarious!
A dismal past
Despite playing in the worst division in the West, the Canucks entered last year's playoffs with the worst shot differential among all the Western playoff teams. On the superstar front, the Sedins continued their steady decline in points per game from their peak in 09-10.
That's something of a trend for the Canucks, actually. The vast majority of the decent players on the team are on the wrong sides of their career peaks and are aging like somebody stabbed their Dorian Gray paintings. Injuries are a reality that all teams have to deal with, but they can be especially troublesome for a team like the Canucks with so many important players closer to the grave than they are to their rookie seasons.
"BUT WHAT ABOUT OUR YOUNG TALENT?!" Canucks fans are probably screaming at the computer while contemplating a leap out of their windows. Well don't worry, I'm getting to that.
The Vancouver Canucks have the fourth-worst prospect pool in the league. The only halfway-decent forward the team has under the age of 25 is Zack Kassian, who was recently revealed to be a bit of a psychopathic thug, so good luck with that. Also, I'm not sure if YOU remember the stats from the Canucks - Sharks playoff series this past post-season, but since I haven't stopped looking at those stats since the series ended (except for during my brief refractory periods) I'll be happy to refresh your memory:
Zack Kassian in the 2012-2013 NHL Playoffs:
Games played: 4
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
+/-: -1
PIMs: 4(!!!)
Good stuff, huh? Clearly he's ready to lead the team into a bright future.
At least their brilliant GM got rid of that punk Corey Schneider though, right? Obviously HE was the problem.
A dismal future
Things are only going to get worse for the Canucks from here, folks.
Now that they've officially joined the California is the Best Division, the Canucks are in for a world of hurt. With so many more games per year against the quality teams of California, Vancouver will be lucky to even make the playoffs. And, honestly, that might be for the best. This team has been propped up for several seasons now by too many easy regular season points from lousy division opponents, and this has allowed them to ignore the glaring issues with their roster long past the point when they should have started making changes.
Now, with California pounding their faces into the mud over and over and over again, maybe the Canucks will finally have to face reality.
Welcome to California
Finally, in my capacity representing the glorious Golden State, I would be remiss if I didn't take this time to offer the Canucks a cordial welcome to California's division.
Why the city of Vancouver is worse than...
So many movies and TV shows film in Vancouver that it has given itself the pathetic nickname "Hollywood North." Production companies love to film in Vancouver because it's cheap and unremarkable. It's a city where things are FILMED but never ever SET. Vancouver's most marketable trait is its ability to resemble other places. The city's most distinguishing characteristic is a total lack of character.
San Jose was named after Saint Joseph, who, I'm told, was kind of a big deal.
Vancouver was named after a big fat failure of an explorer whose most notable accomplishment was being beaten up in the street by a political opponent.
Advantage: San Jose.
How many Disneylands does Vancouver have again? Is it less than 1?
Yeah, that's what I thought.
Enjoy California on those long road trips, Canucks players! I know it might be tempting to ditch your lousy team while in California and go start a new life in the best place in the world, but please don't. We already have Dave Foley. We don't need any more Canadians.
The Canucks are totally and absolutely doomed this season, as well as for the foreseeable future.
But at least they can be happy that they aren't the Flames, right?


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OFFICIAL: Juventus sign Douglas Costa!
Juventus have confirmed the signing of Brazilian winger Douglas Costa on loan from Bayern Munich.
Costa undertook his medical earlier today at the JMedical centre in Turin before being confirmed as a Juventus player via the clubs official website. A statement confirmed the specfic details of the deal:
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. announces that the agreement with FC Bayern München AG for the temporary acquisition, until 30 June 2018, of the registration rights of the player Douglas Costa de Souza has been finalized for a consideration of € 6 million to be paid within seven days the FIGC registration execution. The agreement also provides Juventus the option right, to be exercised within 30 June 2018, for the definitive acquisition of the player at a price of € 40 million to be paid in two financial years. The consideration may increase of € 1 million on achieving given conditions in the course of the du ration of the contract.
The former Shakhtar Donetsk man will wear the '11' shirt and was thanked by Bayern Munich Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge for his efforts during his time in Germany:
"It was a serious and constructive negotiation process with the Juventus directors. All financial requirements of FC Bayern were fulfilled. I would like to thank Douglas for his achievements. After two successful years with four titles, he wanted to begin a new challenge. We accepted this and wish him and his family all the best for the future in Italy."
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Visitors head to RHS Flower Show Tatton Park
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THE RHS show at Tatton Park, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary, has been hailed as 'a flagship' for the north of England.
The praise came this week from Sam Youd, former head gardener at Tatton Park and the chairman of Cheshire's Gardens of Distinction.
Speaking at the show, he said: "This show is a flagship for the north – because if you think about Chelsea and Hampton Court it's a long way if you live in Carlisle, whereas this show is on your doorstep.
"In addition the kind of plants we grow here at this time of the year you won't see at Chelsea and Hampton Court because we are a bit later here.
"It's all about bees this year and their importance – if the bees die we all die.
"We have to begin to realise the contribution gardens and plants and natural things in general make to wellbeing.
"The more we become an ill society the more we need the peace and tranquillity and the lack of stress you can get just being at one with nature.
"People will have a memorable and exciting time at the show – and will go away with some ideas and with some peace of mind."
He made a plea for more support, adding: "We need more exhibitors and there is always a need for sponsorship."
The Tatton show is a favourite for Trevor Lawrence.
Trevor is a partner in Chrysanthemums Direct, which is based in Over Peover and is celebrating its 60th anniversary.
He said: "The RHS show at Tatton is important to us – it puts our name around the country. It's a really nice, relaxed show, and is probably my favourite show."
Nursery manager Martyn Flint said: "This is our 10th year at the show, and would be in the top three in terms of the size of the ones we attend.
"An important side of the show is promoting chrysanthemums and telling people how easy they are to grow.
"Hopefully our exhibit catches people's eye and they ask questions and we can get them growing.
"There is nobody else on the show circuit who displays and sells chrysanthemums, and we are one of the last commercial growers of chrysanthemums in the country."
The inspiration for The Flowers of Arley display is the famed herbaceous borders at the estate.
Gardener James Youd has only been exhibiting at the show for two year at the show but his display won gold.
He said: "Arley Hall is well-known for its double herbaceous borders, which were thought to be the first in the country.
"I like the interaction with the public at the show – we let the garden draw the people to it and then we approach them and offer them a plant list.
"The aim of the garden is to raise the profile and awareness of Arley, because there are so many people, even within this vicinity, who haven't visited yet, and the garden is like a little taster of what they might see."
Sue Beesley, who owns Bluebell Cottage Gardens at Dutton, near Warrington, has a display in the Floral Marquee and a back-to-back garden outside.
She said: "In the Floral Marquee I always exhibit hardy perennials because that's what we specialise in as a nursery.
"Outside the garden is called 'Don't Chop Me Down' – the idea is that it's a garden of perennials – if you leave them they look wonderful in winter because they have great winter structure.
"A lot of people are very tidy in their gardens and like to cut everything down and leave it neat.
"I think they are missing out – some perennials do need cutting down because they look a mess, but others look really good if you leave them.
"Don't Chop Me Down was inspired by a big section of my own garden which we don't cut down until March.
"This show gives us an opportunity to showcase what we do.
"We just like people to look, and if people walk by and say: 'Oh, I like that' I'm happy.
"I love doing this, it's great fun, but I also hope people will come and visit the gardens and buy some plants and put them in their gardens."
Fryer's Roses is launching two new roses, the 20th Anniversary rose and the Elizabeth Ashbrook rose, at the show.
Centre manager Bijal Mistry said: "We put a lot of pride into every show we do, but this one is a little bit more because it's local."
The Fryer's display at the show features a large arbour.
Bijal added: "We do things a little bit differently – not only are we concentrating on the roses, but always like to give the customer that wow factor.
"Roses have always had a huge appeal – in the last few years the younger generation have really got into house plants, flowers and roses.
"What people are really into now is scent – everyone wants a scented rose and unusual coloured roses."
The RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park runs until Sunday. Highlights include The Poisonous Garden, The Bee Hive, The Sunshine Field, The Flower School, Bus Stop Boulevard, Green Fields, The Floral Marquee, Flower Power and Discover and Grow.
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Johnson & Johnson Wins Reversal of Recent Personal Injury Verdict
November 8, 2017 | Matthew R. Arnold, Esq.
Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matt Arnold answers the question: "What can you sue for in a personal injury case?"
Not long ago we wrote about the string of losses faced by consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson. The company had been on a streak, losing several cases in a row that set J&J back hundreds of millions of dollars. Unfortunately for those who have been injured by J&J products, that trend may now have ended, with the company securing an important win before a Missouri appeals court last month.
What is the issue that the plaintiffs are suing over? The problem concerns talc-based products sold by J&J. The company has marketed its Johnson's Baby Powder for years and thousands of women now say that they have been harmed as a result of using the seemingly harmless product. People have come forward accusing the company of selling an item that can lead to the development of ovarian cancer in regular users, resulting in serious injuries and, in many cases, death.
Recently, the family of Jacqueline Fox won an astounding $72 million verdict against J&J. Back in 2016, Fox brought suit against the company accusing it of failing to adequately warn consumers about the dangers posed by its products. A jury in St. Louis agreed that J&J was responsible and, since Fox had since passed away, issued its verdict in favor of her surviving family members. They were awarded $10 million in compensatory damages and $62 million in punitive damages.
Fox's case was grouped together with a total of 65 plaintiffs. Their cases were all filed in St. Louis, home to many of the thousands of suits currently pending against J&J. The suits have been clustered overwhelmingly in one of two states: Missouri and California. In Fox's case, out of the 65 plaintiffs, only two were residents of Missouri, the rest were from out of state (Fox herself was from Alabama).
The residency of the plaintiffs has become an important concern given a recent Supreme Court case that sought to limit the locations where a plaintiff can file suit against a corporation. The decision, which involved a suit against the drug company Bristol-Myers Squibb, held that state courts should not be able to hear claims by non-residents where the plaintiffs were either not injured in the state or where the defendant company was not based in the state. The aim is to limit a practice known as forum shopping, where injured plaintiffs go looking for the most sympathetic jurisdiction to file their lawsuits against companies that might not have any real ties to the area.
After losing the case against Fox, J&J immediately filed its appeal. The appeal gained steam after the Supreme Court case and J&J recently won a reversal thanks to a decision by the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District. The appeals court said that the recent Supreme Court decision meant that personal injury lawsuits like this one cannot simply be filed anywhere, but must remain in states where either the plaintiff or the defendant have actual ties. In the case of Jacqueline Fox, the ties to Missouri were negligible, if not nonexistent.
The plaintiffs argued that Fox's case was joined together with residents of Missouri, an attempt to streamline disputes by grouping similarly injured individuals together. However, the three-judge panel on the appeals court rejected the idea that this changes the end result. The court wrote that the fact that there are resident plaintiffs who suffered similar injuries does not change the fact that there is no specific jurisdiction for non-resident plaintiffs. J&J was quite pleased with the result, issuing a statement approving of the appeals court decision. The plaintiffs were understandably upset and now face the prospect of an expensive and lengthy re-litigation of the facts. The family has said they may choose to appeal the result.
The question going forward is how will the states interpret the recent Supreme Court ruling. If the latest ruling is any indication, it appears that plaintiffs will have to spend a lot more time thinking through issues of jurisdiction and residency than ever before. If they choose not to file suit at home, the only other option will be to sue in the state where the company is based, giving the corporation a potentially costly home field advantage.
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Q: SQL check for 2 equal and sequential values in SQL I have a table named sapinteraction which has the following structure:
interactionId: String
interactionObject: String
action: String
interactionDate : DateTime

Right now i have query to check the last 2 records of each interactionObject for a specified action.
SELECT max(subTab.interactionDate) AS Maxdate, ssubTab.ts AS MaxMaxDate, subTab.interactionObject,  subTab.action As PrevLastAction , ssubTab.action AS LastAction
FROM sapinteraction  subTab
JOIN(
    SELECT max(subsubTab.interactionDate) ts, subsubTab.interactionObject, subsubTab.action
    FROM sapinteraction  subsubTab
    GROUP BY subsubTab.interactionObject,subsubTab.action
    ) ssubTab ON ssubTab.interactionObject = subTab.interactionObject AND ssubTab.ts > subTab.interactionDate
WHERE  (subTab.s_resultstatus_in <> 1) AND (subTab.interactionDate > '2013-01-01') AND subTab.action = 'DELETE' AND ssubTab.action = 'DELETE'
GROUP BY subTab.interactionObject,subTab.action , ssubTab.action

Question:
I wish to change the query so that retrieve any interactionObject which has the action 'Delete' (example) in twice in a row (according to the datetime). Any idea how to modify my query to achieve this?
As Requested some data (orded by interactionObject, interactionDate)
interactionId   |  interactionObject   |   action             |    interactionDate
___________________________________________________________________________________________
1093            | Object1              | ADD                  | 2014 - 07 -01
1088            | Object1              | DELETE               | 2014 - 06 -20
1075            | Object1              | ADD                  | 2014 - 05 -13
1066            | Object1              | DELETE               | 2014 - 04 -07
1035            | Object1              | ADD                  | 2014 - 03 -15

1901            | Object2              | ADD                  | 2014 - 07 -01
1807            | Object2              | DELETE               | 2014 - 06 -05
1707            | Object2              | DELETE               | 2014 - 05 -12
1613            | Object2              | ADD                  | 2014 - 04 -13
1500            | Object2              | ADD                  | 2014 - 03 -21

1000            | Object3              | ADD                  | 2014 - 07 -22
1000            | Object3              | DELETE               | 2014 - 06 -19
1000            | Object3              | ADD                  | 2014 - 05 -16
1000            | Object3              | DELETE               | 2014 - 04 -13
1000            | Object3              | DELETE               | 2014 - 03 -10

In the case standing above: i would like to retrieve Object2 & Object3

A: If we just want to find objects that have had two DELETE interactions in a row, we can do this as:
;With Numbered as (
    SELECT *,ROW_NUMBER() OVER (
       PARTITION BY interactionObject
       ORDER BY interactionDate) as rn
    FROM sapinteraction
)
SELECT distinct n1.interactionObject
FROM
     Numbered n1
        inner join
     Numbered n2
        on
            n1.interactionObject = n2.interactionObject and
            n1.rn = n2.rn - 1
WHERE
   n1.action = 'DELETE' and
   n2.action = 'DELETE'

Which is hopefully straightforward to read.
ROW_NUMBER, WITH Common Table Expression for reference. And I've used DISTINCT on the presumption that even if a particular object has had multiple occurrences of two DELETEs in a row, you only want it to appear in the results once.
This can also easily be changed to find pairs of any actions that happen twice in a row by changing the where clause to n1.action = n2.action.

A: In SQL Server 2012+ the LAG() function would allow you to do this, but in SQL 2008 I think using an outer apply to get the next row would work. It might perform better if backed by an index on interactiondate likecreate index idx_date on sapinteraction(interactiondate).
select *
from sapinteraction t1
outer apply (
    select top 1 *
    from sapinteraction t2
    where T1.interactionObject = t2.interactionObject
    and t1.interactionDate < t2.interactionDate
    order by interactionDate
    ) oa
where t1.action = 'DELETE' and oa.action = 'DELETE'

Using a correlated subquery should work too.

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Decide.com Closes $8M Series C Funding
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Decide.com, a Seattle-based big data shopping startup, closed an $8m Series C funding.
The round was led by Vulcan Capital, with participation from current investors Maveron and Madrona Venture Group.
The company intends to use the capital to expand and cover all e-commerce categories over the coming weeks and to expand its technical and data-driven product teams (read here).
Launched in June 2011 and led by Mike Fridgen CEO, Decide.com has developed technology that uses 230 terabytes of data to show consumers the highest rated products on the market as well as the future price of 1.6 million products sold across every major retailer in the U.S.
In conjunction with the funding, Steve Hall, from Vulcan Capital and Dawn Lepore, formerly CEO of Drugstore.com, will join the company's board, which includes Fridgen, Dan Levitan from Maveron, Greg Gottesman from Madrona Venture Group, Oren Etzioni, Computer Science Professor and co-founder of Decide.com, and Hugh Crean, former CEO of Farecast.
Decide.com has raised $17M in venture capital.
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The situation with waste in a developed society has seriously changed, and for the convenience of the people there were garbage containers near the houses, and in some homes provided for garbage disposal. Today, take out the trash at night, is not a serious danger. For some people, even the easy way out on the street at night can be scary, but it does not mean that we do not need at all to go out. "Do not pour liquid into a glass on weight": in the field of eating too have a lot of "commandments", but most favorite is this one. And the consequences of a breach of this warning are so many: from the "Ill will" to the "bad will". Our experience in this area just does not know borders. We can seriously drunk, intoxicated quarrel with his best friend, but to pour into "precious" glass on weight – not! But in Essentially, this is a warning originally was intended to prevent the loss of "fire water" because of the easy shaking hands.
And today, most sober person in the company can not even pour the mineral water, holding a glass in his hand – this "commandment" is firmly guard the economy. Today we call ourselves a developed industrial society, which knows a lot about the motion of the planets in the solar system knows about the origin and operation of electricity pollutes the air and land, successfully clone animals. But despite all this, we continue unreservedly to accept the "commandments", "consumer" religion, the ministers of which (we are) can not clearly explain its significance and role in our society. We blindly fulfill what was said under the heading "no", do not even understand why "no". Christianity teaches that for every belief should be a solid object. For all his commandments and precepts God gave more than enough reason – the Bible. In this book, fully painted and available, why not kill and steal, cheat and do not honor their parents, to engage in fornication, and envy, and so on.
For every commandment of the Bible gives reason, explanation, and shows the consequences of available for breach of this commandment. Do we have solid grounds for saying that the whistle in the room leads to a lack of money, and 20 grams of salt scattered over a large scandal? Do not look at this if we people who are training in computer use for manual typewriter? We can not deny the fact that at certain times of "commandments," the "consumer" of religion have essential to human life and health. Every time has its relevant to him, warnings and prohibitions. But actually there today for us not to wipe off the table his hand, so how can we hurt? Today, when all the tables polished or plastic, whether it's actually a warning? On the other hand, always remain relevant warnings, which prohibit killing, stealing, cheating. Without knowing it, we voluntarily limit their freedom of worshiping the "consumer" religion, having no idea about the nature of the prohibitions and regulations, and based only on a strict "no". Learn more on the subject from Anita Dunn. Is not it time we abandon this ill-founded "religiosity" and listen to the what is really important at all times. Maybe it's time to ponder the eternal commandments that God gave to people in order to "have life and have it abundantly" (In.10: 10). What is best for us: to be slaves to religion or to be home Eternal obedient and loving God? Time to decide.


Please don't remove information on this page without discussion. This subpage gives an overview of the various places which are being mentioned as possible birthplace for Bodhidharma. It also provides webpages and other sources which mention these possible birthplaces. This overview gives interested readers the chance to evaluate these possibilities.
Various possible birthplaces for Bodhidharma are mentioned in a variety of sources. They come down to either South India or Central Asia.
Blue-eyed Central Asian Buddhist monk, with an East Asian colleague, Tarim Basin, 9th-10th century.
A "persistent tradition" sees Bodhidharma as "the third son of a Pallavine king from Kanchipuram", in Kanchipuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, South-South East India.
Another Indian traditions describes him as being born in the historic city of Vanchi, capital of the ancient Chera Kingdom. The location of Vanchi is generally considered at Mahodayapuram (also called Thiru-vanchi-kulam) near the ancient port city of Muziris, municipality Kodungallur, state of Kerala, South West India.
A third Indian possibility is Kochi. Kochi is part of the Ernakulam district in the state of Kerala, South-South West India.
A fourth Indian Possibility is Nagarjunakonda.
Sri Lanka is also mentioned as a possible birthplace.
All of these Central Asian regions were at the time Iranian language speaking, with their Buddhist forms following the Greco-Buddhist traditions then at their height under the Iranian-language speaking Buddhist Central Asian Kushan Empire, also known as Bactria. (See Silk Road transmission of Buddhism and Persian Buddhism.) Determining the specific modern 'nationality' of origin of the Bodhidharma legends within this then common-cultural, Iranian language region, is somewhat anachronistic. Except for Persia, the listed Central Asian possibilities are not explicitly mentioned in the principal sources for Bodhidharma's biography, but are more or less frequently mentioned on the web and in written documents.
Dàoxuān's (Tao-hsuan) Further Biographies of Eminent Monks (7th century CE).
The earliest text mentioning Bodhidharma is The Record of the Buddhist Monasteries of Luoyang (洛陽伽藍記 Luòyáng Qiélánjì) which is compiled in 547 by Yáng Xuànzhī (Yang-Hsuan-chih 楊衒之), a writer and translator of Mahāyāna Buddhist texts into the Chinese language.
the Sramana Bodhidharma from the western regions, originally a man from Persia"
The teacher of the Dharma, who came from South India in the Western Regions, the third son of a great Brahman king"
The teacher of the Dharma, who came from South India in the Western Regions, the third son of a great Brahman king.
In the 7th-century historical work Further Biographies of Eminent Monks (續高僧傳 Xù gāosēng zhuàn), Dàoxuān (道宣; 596–667) possibly drew on Tanlin's preface as a basic source, but made several significant additions.
[A] Brahman monk from South India"
The same account appears in the Ch'üan fa pao chi, an 8th-century text which narrates the traditional Chán-lineage.
It is ultimately impossible to reconstruct any original or accurate biography of the man whose life serves as the original trace of his hagiography - where "trace" is a term from Jacques Derrida meaning the beginningless beginning of a phenomenon, the imagined but always intellectually unattainable origin. Hence any such attempt by modern biographers to reconstruct a definitive account of Bodhidharma's life is both doomed to failure and potentially no different in intent from the hagiographical efforts of premodern writers"
Yanagida ascribes great historical value to the witness of the disciple T'an-lin, but at the same time acknowledges the presence of "many puzzles in the biography of Bodhidharma". Given the present state of the sources, he considers it impossible to compile a reliable account of Bodhidharma's life.
In the description of the Louyang temple, Bodhidharma is called a Persian. Given the ambiguity of geographical references in writings of this period, such a statement should not be taken too seriously".
And when Tao-hsuan speaks of origins from South Indian Brahman stock, it is not clear whether he is referring to roots in nobility or to India in general as the land of the Brahmans.
Kanchipuram is a city and a municipality in Kanchipuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, South-South East India.
Kanchipuram was a major seat of Tamil, Sanskrit, and Telugu learning as well as an important place of pilgrimage for Buddhists, Jains and Hindus. Buddhist scholars such as Dignaga, Buddhaghosa, and Dhammapala lived here.
Kanchipuram was the capital of the Pallavas rulers from the 7th to 9th centuries. From the 4th to the 9th century CE the Pallavas ruled over south-east India. They had maritime contacts with far-off destinations such as China, Siam and Fiji, through their chief Port Mamallapuram.
According to Chinese records, Bodhidharma was born in a kingdom of South India. Documents published just after Tang dynasty (ending in 907) describe that the name of the Kingdom is expressed with two Chinese characters "香至". There are four states which are called as South India. No historical record is found in which state the 香至 is located. At this time when interest in Zen Buddhism is increasing throughout the world, the birthplace of this pivotal master would be a great concern. Not only scholars but also those interested in Buddhism would welcome this missing piece of information where in India is the Kingdom 香至.
The Chinese name 香至 means "fragrance extreme". At the time of Tang dynasty, it is likely that 香至 is pronounced as Kang-zhi. In 2007 by examining various documents, the author happened to come across the identification of 香至 to be Kanchipuram, an old capital town in the state Tamil-Nadu. Further investigation revealed that Kanchi means "a radiant jewel" or "a luxury belt with jewels", and puram means a town or a state in the sense of earlier times. Thus, it is understood that the "香至-Kingdom" corresponds to the old capital "Kanchipuram", located at a distance about eighty kilometers from the city Chennai in South India. It was a capital of Pallava Dynasty at the time when Bodhidharma was living. Currently, it is a sacred town of Hinduism. Historical remains related to Buddhism found in that region are very limited in number. In the Chennai Museum, however, one can see an image of standing Buddha (more than 2m height) excavated in a Hindu temple of Kanchipuram in the early times of 20th century. This image of dignity is reminiscent of the glorious times when Buddhism had flourished in this region where it was discovered.
Unfortunately, Tsutomu Kambe is thrifty in further information on his sources. The "various documents" in which "the author happened to come across the identification of 香至 to be Kanchipuram" are not being identified.
So, according to Tsutomu Kambe the Pallava kingdom is a speculation on "South Indian king".
The Pallava dynasty and Kancipuram are also often mentioned in modern written sources.
Persistent tradition tells us that the 'first Zen patriarch' Bodhidharma (ca. 470–532) was an Indian monk, the son of South Indian ruler, a king of Kanchipuram, and that he appeared one day at the southern Chinese port city of Canton around 520 A.D. whence he traveled to see Emperor Wu of the Liang dynasty. This tradition points to Bodhidharma as a member of the ruling class of the South Indian dynasty of the Pallavas, the contemporary of Skandavarman IV or Nandivarman I.
It is well known that Kanchipuram, the Pallava capital, was one of the most important strongholds of Indian Buddhism. An ancient Prakrit charter (the British Museum plates of Queen Carudevi) mentions among very early Pallavas two kings called Buddhavarman and Buddhayankura, obviously Buddhists, belonging probably to the 4th century A.D. Another Buddhavarman belongs to ca. 540–560 A.D. The well-known commentator Buddhaghosa lived in Kanchipuram probably in late 5th century A.D. The Chinese Buddhist pilgrim Hsian Tsang who visited South India in the 7th century A.D. tells us that there were about a hundred Buddhist monasteries in the city with more than 10,000 monks, and he also refers to Kanchih-pu-lo as the birth-place of Dharmapala, the reputed author of treatises on etymology, logic and Buddhist metaphysics. Undoubtedly, the Zen tradition of a South Indian Buddhist monk coming possibly from Kanchipuram to China in the early 6th century may be regarded as trustworthy. If Bodhidharma was a Tamil-speaking South Indian (whether Brahmin (sic), as one version has it, or a prince), the popular saying of one hand producing no sound might have belonged to his linguistic competence.
Zvelebil mentions "persistent tradition", but does not give a reference to the source for Kanchipuram. Zvelebil calls the Kanchipuram-origin "possibly", not certain. Zvelebil makes clear that Kanchipuram was an important Buddhist centre in the 4th to 7th century. This does not prove that Bodhidharma came from Kanchipuram. The reverse is also possible: since Kanchipuram was an important Buddhist centre, it seemed likely to Chinese authors that Bodhidharma came from this place. According to Yanagida and McRae, the traditions about Bodhidharma are doubtful.
Vanchi, capital of the ancient chera kingdom was located near the ancient port city of Muziris. Muziris was an ancient sea-port in Southwestern India on the Periyar River 3.2 km from its mouth. In a flood of the Periyar in 1341 CE, Muziris was destroyed and the centre of commerce was shifted to other areas. Modern state of Kerala, which forms most of the ancient Chera kingdom is very much known for preserving its ancient martial traditions like Kalarippayattu.
No written sources are known which mention Muziris, Kodungallar to be the birthplace of Bodhidharma.
Kochi is part of the Ernakulam district in the state of Kerala, South-South West India. Kochi is often called by the name Ernakulam, which refers to the western part of the mainland Kochi.
In 1102 CE, after the fall of the Kulasekhara Empire, Kochi became the seat of the Kingdom of Cochin, which traced its lineage to the Kulasekhara Empire. The King of Kochi had authority over the region encompassing the present city of Kochi and adjoining areas. Kochi rose to significance as a trading centre after the port at Kodungallur (Cranganore) was destroyed by massive flooding of the river Periyar in 1341.
One webpage has been given as reference for Kanchipuram and the Pallavine dynasty, or was found by a Google-search. It does not give references to original source-material which would date this tradition to a historical source.
No written sources are known which mention Kochi to be the birthplace of Bodhidharma.
Nagarjunakonda is "a historical Buddhist town" in Andhra Pradesh, South-East India.
Two web sources are being mentioned for Nagarjunakonda.
One written sources makes a passing mention of Nagarjunakonda to be the birthplace of Bodhidharma.
At Nagarjunakonda (not far, it should be mentioned from Bodhidharma' s possible birthplace), two Pratykea Buddhas pull "their shawls up over their ears["].
So, according to Gridley, Nagarjunakonda is not Bodhidharma's birthplace.
Sri Lanka is an independent state located south-east of the Indian sub-continent. Its history has been closely linked to that of the Indian sub-continent. Theravada-buddhism was brought to Sri Lanka from India. Sri Lanka is inhabited by a variety of ethnic and cultural diverse groups.
No written sources are known which mention Sri Lanka to be the birthplace of Bodhidharma.
Blue-eyed Central Asian monk teaching East-Asian monk. Bezeklik, Eastern Tarim Basin, China, 9th–10th century.
The "western regions" refers to North-west India and the Sassanid Empire, including Persia, Afghanistan and Iraq.
North-west India was controlled by the Seleucid Empire until 305 BCE, the Maurya Empire, the Kushan Empire, and the Sassanid Empire.
Tradition has Bodhidharma depicted as a "blue-eyed Barbarian". Due to Caucasian migrations, blue eyes were not uncommon in Central Asia. This depiction may refer to the Silk Road transmission of Buddhism from north-west India and Central Asia to China. But it may also refer to Central Asia, including the Tarim Basin, the Kingdom of Khotan, and the Tocharians.
Silk Road extending from Europe through Egypt, Somalia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Java-Indonesia, and Vietnam until it reaches China. The land routes are red, and the water routes are blue.
Via the Silk Road Buddhism was brought over land to China from north-west India, a stronghold of Mahayana-Buddhism. The Silk Road transmission of Buddhism is most commonly thought to have started in the late 2nd or the 1st century CE.
The first documented translation efforts by Buddhist monks in China (all foreigners) were in the 2nd century CE, possibly as a consequence of the expansion of the Kushan Empire into the Chinese territory of the Tarim Basin.
From the 4th century onward, with Faxian's pilgrimage to India (395–414), and later Xuanzang (629–644), Chinese pilgrims too started to travel by themselves to northern India, their source of Buddhism, in order to get improved access to original scriptures. The Silk Road transmission of Buddhism began to decline around the 7th century with the rise of Islam in Central Asia.
The Maurya Empire was an empire in ancient India, ruled by the Mauryan dynasty from 321 to 185 BC. The Empire was founded in 322 BC by Chandragupta Maurya, who had overthrown the Nanda Dynasty and rapidly expanded his power westwards across central and western India taking advantage of the disruptions of local powers in the wake of the withdrawal westward by Alexander the Great's Greek and Persian armies. By 320 BC the empire had fully occupied Northwestern India, defeating and conquering the satraps left by Alexander.
The Empire was expanded into India's central and southern regions by the emperors Chandragupta and Bindusara, but it excluded a small portion of unexplored tribal and forested regions near Kalinga (modern Orissa), till it was conquered by Ashoka. Its decline began 60 years after Ashoka's rule ended, and it dissolved in 185 BC with the foundation of the Shunga dynasty in Magadha.
Ashoka's embrace of Buddhism has been said to have been the foundation of the reign of social and political peace and non-violence across all of India. Ashoka sponsored the spreading of Buddhist ideals into Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, West Asia and Mediterranean Europe.
The Arthashastra and the Edicts of Ashoka are the primary sources of written records of Mauryan times. The Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath, has been made the national emblem of India.
In the middle of the 2nd century CE, the Kushan empire under king Kaniṣka expanded into Central Asia and went as far as taking control of Kashgar, Khotan and Yarkand, in the Tarim Basin, modern Xinjiang. As a consequence, cultural exchanges greatly increased, and Central Asian Buddhist missionaries became active shortly after in the Chinese capital cities of Loyang and sometimes Nanjing, where they particularly distinguished themselves by their translation work. They promoted both Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna scriptures. Thirty-seven of these early translators of Buddhist texts are known.
The empire declined from the 3rd century and fell to the Sassanid Empire and Gupta Empire.
Persian, present-day Iran, at the time of Bodhidharma was part of the Sassanid Empire, which succeeded the Kushan Empire in this region. It was the last pre-Islamic Persian Empire, ruled by the Sasanian Dynasty from AD 224 to AD 651. The Sassanid era, during Late Antiquity, is considered to have been one of Persia's/Iran's most important and influential historical periods. The Sassanids' cultural influence extended far beyond the empire's territorial borders, reaching as far as Western Europe, Africa, China and India.
Most Japanese scholars and Buddhist monks think he is a Persian. In Japan, even in popular books and internet articles he is introduced as a Persian.
Those who want to have a definite lineage of Zen Buddhism tend to stick to Indic origin theory. But this theory is highly dubious. For there is no room for doubt that Mahāyāna Buddhism including Zen was developed in Central Asia and there is no evidence to show its close link to South India.
Tojo sees similarities between the wanderings of Bodhidharma and "Persian sufis (wandering dervishes)", and the martial arts and monk-warriors in the Šaolin temple, and "Believers of Roman Mithraism [who] were mainly military people".
According to Jorgensen, the mentioning by Yáng Xuànzhī of Bodhidharma as Persian is mistaken, since Sassanian was not Buddhist. Johnston supposes that Yáng Xuànzhī mistook the name of the south-Indian Pallava dynasty for the name of the Sassanian Pahlava dynasty.
Afghanistan is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. The territory that now forms Afghanistan has been an ancient focal point of the Silk Road and human migration. Archaeologists have found evidence of human habitation from as far back as 50,000 BC. Urban civilization may have begun in the area as early as 3,000 to 2,000 BC.
The Seleucid Empire controlled the area until 305 BCE when they gave much of it to the Indian Maurya Empire as part of an alliance treaty. The Mauryans brought Buddhism from India and controlled the area south of the Hindu Kush until about 185 BCE when they were overthrown. Their decline began 60 years after Ashoka's rule ended, leading to the Hellenistic reconquest of the region by the Greco-Bactrians.
No web sources are known which mention Afghanistan to be the birth-country of Bodhidharma.
Some written sources are known which mention Afghanistan to be the birth-country of Bodhidharma.
Iraq is a country in Western Asia. Two major rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, run through the center of Iraq, flowing from northwest to southeast. Historically, Iraq was known in Europe by the Greek toponym 'Mesopotamia' (Land between the rivers). Iraq has been home to continuous successive civilizations since the 6th millennium BC. The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is often referred to as the cradle of civilization and the birthplace of writing, law and the wheel.
No web sources are known which mention Iraq to be the birth-country of Bodhidharma.
No written sources are known which mention Iraq to be the birth-country of Bodhidharma.
The Tarim Basin is a large endorheic basin occupying an area of about 906,500 km2 (350,000 sq mi). It is located in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China's far west. The ancient Buddhist Kingdom of Khotan was located in the Tarim Basin. It played a role in the Silk Road transmission of Buddhism to China.
Part of the population of Khotan may have been blue-eyed, due to Caucasian migrations.
The Kingdom of Khotan was an ancient Buddhist kingdom that was located on the branch of the Silk Road that ran along the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert in the Tarim basin. The area lies in present-day Xinjiang, China.
The first habitants of the area were Indo-Europeans (either Persian or Indian) from the west, and Chinese from the east.
The Tocharians were speakers of Tocharian languages in the Tarim Basin (modern Xinjiang, China). The Indo-European language of the Tocharians was supplanted by the Turkic languages of the Uyghur tribes about 800 AD.
The Tarim Basin mummies (1800 BC) have been found in the same general geographical area as the Tocharian texts and frescoes from the Tarim Basin (3rd to 9th centuries AD), and are both connected to an Indo-European origin and point to Caucasoid types with light eyes and hair color. However it is unknown whether the mummies and frescoes are connected.
1 2 Zvelebil 1987, p. 125.
1 2 3 Dumoulin 2005, pp. 85–90.
1 2 Dumoulin 2005, p. 88.
1 2 3 4 McRae 2003, p. 26.
1 2 3 4 Dumoulin 2005, p. 89.
↑ Dumoulin 2005, p. 87.
↑ Yampolski 2013, p. 7.
1 2 McRae 2003, p. 24.
↑ Dumoulin 2005, pp. 89–90.
1 2 Dumoulin 2005, p. 90.
1 2 Kambe & Year unknown.
↑ Zvelebil 1987, pp. 125–126.
↑ Gridley 1994, p. 107.
1 2 Soothill and Hodous 1995.
↑ Tojo 2010, p. 9.
↑ Tojo 2010, p. 10.
↑ Tojo 2010, p. 12.
↑ Tojo 2010, p. 12-13.
↑ Jorgensen 2000, p. 159.
↑ Ruhe 2005, p. 76.
↑ Carter 2010, p. 112.
↑ Rong Xinjiang (2004), Land Route or Sea Route? Commentary on the Study of the Paths of Transmission and Areas in which Buddhism Was Disseminated during the Han Period, tr. by Xiuqin Zhou, Sino-Platonic Papers 144, pp. 26–27.
↑ Lin Kok Collection Archived October 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ The Hindu: "Bodhidharma portrayal wrong in film"
↑ Japan-i, The rotund and staring Daruma Doll Archived November 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ The Muslim Times (2012), Bodhidharma's story: The Indian monk who introduced martial arts to Shaolin temple Archived June 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Asiawind, "Damo was an ethnic Persian from South Asia"


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5. Gold of a fully mature Sunflower just ready to pick.
6. Burgundy of mock cherry leaves.
7. Light Brown of baked earth after the harvest.
8. Dark brown of the earth when the first rains come.
9. Tan of dried corn husks.
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13. With October just around the corner what is fall without Halloween-black?


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import ajax, { Result } from './ajax'

export interface Image {
    id: string;
    pid: string;
    created: string;
    containers: number;
    digests: string[];
    tags: string[];
    labels?: {
        name: string;
        value: string;
    }[];
    size: number;
    sharedSize: number;
    virtualSize: number;
    comment: string;
    container: string;
    dockerVersion: string;
    author: string;
    variant: string;
    arch: string;
    os: string;
    osVersion: string;
    lastTagTime: string;
    graphDriver?: {
        name?: string;
        data?: {
            name: string;
            value: string;
        }[];
    };
    rootFS?: {
        type?: string;
        layers?: string[];
        baseLayer?: string;
    };
    histories?: {
        id: string;
        comment: string;
        size: number;
        tags: string[];
        createdAt: string;
        createdBy: string;
    }[];
}

export interface SearchArgs {
    node?: string;
    name?: string;
    pageIndex: number;
    pageSize: number;
}

export interface SearchResult {
    items: Image[];
    total: number;
}

export interface FindResult {
    image: Image;
    raw: string;
}

export class ImageApi {
    find(node: string, id: string) {
        return ajax.get<FindResult>('/image/find', { node, id })
    }

    search(args: SearchArgs) {
        return ajax.get<SearchResult>('/image/search', args)
    }

    delete(node: string, id: string, name: string) {
        return ajax.post<Result<Object>>('/image/delete', { node, id, name })
    }

    prune(node: string) {
        return ajax.post<{
            count: number;
            size: number;
        }>('/image/prune', { node })
    }
}

export default new ImageApi


Whilst the system was online previously, this new, updated system stream lines the process of creating a plan, and dramatically improves the user interface and usability. There is a much improved security system with an SSL included and updated password encryption.
The new system has also enabled the Chamber to save a substantial fee for the hosting it requires.
Advisors can manage their client and give feedback to any section filled in, edit responses and provide feedback on other information required. Also advisors can easily manage and update the system adding new sections to the business plan or re-ordering as necessary.
"I was delighted by Keane's very quick grasp of what we required and how quickly this has been developed and completed. All the advisors now have an incredibly efficient system that allows them to see the progress of each assigned clients with a straightforward ability to comment and advise"


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Corona (Spanish for ''Crown'') is a city in Riverside County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 152,374, up from 124,966 at the 2000 census. The cities of Norco and Riverside lie to the north and northeast, Chino Hills and Yorba Linda to the northwest, and the Cleveland National Forest and the Santa Ana Mountains to the southwest, and unincorporated Riverside County along the rest of the border, respectively. Corona is approximately 48 miles (77 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles and 95 miles (153 km) north-northwest of San Diego.
Corona, located along the western edge of Southern California's Inland Empire region, is known as the "Circle City" due to Grand Boulevard's 3 mi (4.8 km) circular layout. It is one of the most residential cities in the Inland Empire, but also has a large industrial portion on the northern half, being the headquarters of companies such as Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, Monster Beverage Corporation, and supercar manufacturer Saleen.


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Q: Google Analytics for Chrome App Situation:
I want to track events from my chrome app that has the following URL
chrome-extension://APP_ID.
In Google Analytics webpage, the only supported protocols are http and https

I just entered a random URL for the Website URL for now. I also set my manifest properly:
"permissions": ["webview", "browser", "http://www.youtube.com/*",
  "https://www.youtube.com/*", "https://fonts.googleapis.com/*",
  "https://www.google-analytics.com/*", "https://ssl.google-analytics.com/", "storage", "notifications
 ],
"sandbox": {
  "pages": ["sandbox/sandbox.html"]
},

Then, from my app I do the following when the app starts inside a sandbox:
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','https://ssl.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');

ga('create', 'UA-TRACKING-ID', 'auto');
ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null); // Removes failing
ga('send', 'pageview');

Problem:
The analytics page doesn't show any events so I am assuming setting the default url properly might actually matter. What should I do to track events from my Chrome app?
Update:
I see that the following request fires.

http://www.google-analytics.com/collect?v=1&_v=j41&a=1768111489&t=pageview&_s=2&dl=chrome-extension%3A%2F%extension_ID%2Fsandbox%2Fsandbox.html&ul=ko&de=EUC-KR&sd=24-bit&sr=1440x900&vp=300x200&je=0&fl=21.0%20r0&_u=SAEAAEABI~&jid=&cid=2006929393.1458033861&tid=UA-75139981-5&z=437206753'
  -H 'Pragma: no-cache' -H 'Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, sdch' -H 'Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.8,ko;q=0.6' -H 'User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0
  (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_11_2) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like
  Gecko) Chrome/49.0.2623.87 Safari/537.36' -H 'Accept:
  image/webp,image/,/*;q=0.8' -H 'Cache-Control: no-cache' -H
  'Connection: keep-alive

Does this mean I am sending Google Analytics requests correctly? Should I wait a couple of days to see the first update?

A: Note that currently Apps documentation has a link to a special library, Chrome Platform Analytics, that takes care of most of the setup for you, bypassing the need for tricks like sandboxing.
However, for the most relevant part of your question - you're trying to create a wrong property type. Even though it's not intuitive, you need to set up a Mobile App property. There, you won't need to provide a URL. This is part of setting up the above library as well.
Oh, and because the URLs are still "special", sending a pageview does not work for it. Using the above library, sendAppView() is the way to go; otherwise, you can always send custom events.


This SSD report will be a detailed analysis of the OWC Mercury Aura Pro Express 6G SSD, the first and only third party SSD compatible with the new 2012 MacBook Air.
This report will also carry things a step further by detailing our migration of the Aura Pro into our 2012 MBA, a system that we had successfully set up with Boot Camp as a dual Boot OS X Lion/Win 7 system. To speak of how things went, we are writing this report up on our new 'OWC Charged' MBA.
In the short time that I have been an Apple enthusiast, I have to admit that they are a bit of an odd duck and, although they portray an image of 'customer first', the reality of it is nothing could be further from the truth. I was on the outside looking in and and am now on the inside looking out (seemingly behind bars) and must say that, as much as I have found a certain addiction to my Apple products, there have been times when I just wanted to introduce them to my 20 oz. straight claw rip hammer.
I have spoken freely about these things here and here but for now, I am going to start with the new Apple motto of 'Not User Upgradable". Apple's use of their proprietary pentalobe screws should be the first clue! The new MBA SSD, as it seems, is not only incompatible with other similar 'blade' style SSDs but also, the new 2012 MBA cannot even be upgraded with a 2011 MBA SSD if you wanted to do a simple switch on upgrade. In fact, they went one step further and the new MacBook Pro SSD form factor is totally different yet and cannot be interchanged with anything that we are aware of. Through all of this, Mac and I seem to have developed a great love/hate relationship though.
It was almost like OWC had the inside word of the new MBA SSD compatibility issue. I ordered my MBA on release and, not two weeks after posting my initial review and experience, I have this OWC Mercury Aura Pro 240GB 'LSI SandForce Driven' SSD on my desk and am wondering how the heck I migrate a SSD in OSX. Everything is proprietary remember? I can't even delete an uploaded picture from my iPAD with this company.
The OWC Mercury Aura Pro Express 6G SSD is available in capacities of 120, 180, 240 and 480GB. It is a 'LSI SandForce Driven' design which means it's high sequential read and write speeds exceed 500MB/s with typical 80,000 IOPS at low 4k aligned random write disk access.
The Aura's engine is none other than the SF-2281 processor along with eight 32GB modules of Sandisk 24nm MLC NAND flash memory for a total RAW capacity of 256GB.
LSI SandForce over provisioning and firmware needs require 16GB which reduces the drive to it's advertised capacity of 240GB and formatting leaves the end user with 224GB of available space typically.
Those pentalobe screws turned me off big time. Les, I truly hope you have not gone over to the dark side 🙂 I am back with Lenovo with their keyboard that is 3 times better than a flat key keyboard. Looking hard at the upcoming Carbon X1.
I use the iPhone and much less often the ipad. But I really do not consider them macs. I love them both. But the flat keys on the mac laptops compared to the beautiful new keyboard on the Lenovo's is no contest for me. The coming soon Lenovo 430u is also very interesting. I will be selling my current X1 to get one of the new Lenovo's. And then, of course, slap a nice 240gb SSD in it.
My new Asus Zenbook Prime UX31A-DB51 has 128GB mSATA but I need larger one. Will this OWC fit? The UX31 SSD is also a "blade" type with one screw at the end eg. AnandTech 6/3/2012 teardown of the UX21A (looks like twin of the 31A). Really have a need for the larger mSATA.
The OWC drive is made specifically for Macs. It will not work.
Are you certain? Have you tried this? I have been looking at the pinouts for this drive and it looks exactly the same (18-PINS). "Other" MB AIR drive, like the Toshiba, Samsung, etc. have (20-PINS) the outter (2-PINS) look as is they would prohibit the drive in being used in another NON-MB AIR system, but the OWC Aura PRO doesn't have these (2) extra PINS (they act like blockers).
Has anyone else tried installing this OWC Aura PRO SSD in an ASUS Zenbook MOBO? Please advise. Can't find the SanDISK U100 or the ADATA XM11. Need help!
The ONLY thing we can suggest is to follow the manufacturers compatibility listing.
Hi How reliable are these ssd's? amazon customer reviews were not good … poor quality after repeated replacements…not sure i want to take the risk.
We can only speak for our own experience and have one installed in one of our bench systems without any problem whatsoever.