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[tor dot com] 13 Stories About Surviving a Nuclear War -- At Least Briefly
13 Stories About Surviving a Nuclear War--At Least Briefly
https://www.tor.com/2018/11/01/13-stories-about-surviving-a-nuclear-war-at-least-briefly/
I'd be curious to see Lynn's reaction to these works.
For Ing, I would have picked "Pulling through".
Robert Woodward
https://www.tor.com/2018/11/01/13-stories-about-surviving-a-nuclear-war-at-lea
st-briefly/
_Triumph_ by Phillip Wylie. A millionaire, including family and house
guests ride out the exchange and the aftermath in a massive deep
underground bunker (IMS, completely self-contained with weeks, even
months, of stored air supply). IIRC, dirty bombs (both cobalt and sodium
jacketed) were used.
"We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_.
Robert Woodward ***@drizzle.com
I have read two of these, _Alas, Babylon_ and _A Canticle for
Leibowitz_, both excellent books. The book picture for the John Varley
short story is just wrong since that book is about a worldwide crude oil
apocalypse.
Two books are missing from the list. One is incredibly important about
surviving a nuclear bomb exchange. _The Road_ is a Pulitzer Prize
winning horrible look at the next generation survival and what it takes
for the current generation to make it so.
https://www.amazon.com/Road-Cormac-McCarthy/dp/0307387895/
The other is a self published young adult series of a family who makes
it into a nuclear bomb shelter built by the military to house a couple
of battalions. No one else makes it.
https://www.amazon.com/Snow-Ash-Endless-Winter-Novel/dp/0988003023/
On Thu, 1 Nov 2018 12:46:53 -0500, Lynn McGuire
"The Road" reads like a bad side quest in "Fallout". It is only
"good" to people who have no familiarity with science fiction and so
don't see the glaring holes in the story. By the end of it I wanted
something to _eat_ that miserable brat.
But then the Pulitzer winners tend to be about stupid people doing
stupid things for stupid reasons.
don't see the glaring holes in the story.
That, alas, frequently happens when someone who writes lit-fic,
or even some other genre than sff, tried to write sff.
They don't know anything about (a) science or (b) fantasy.
I've mentioned John Hersey's _White Lotus_ before. It boils down
to an attempt to parallel the history of black people in America
and thus say to white people, "What if it happened to you?" So a
young woman from Arizona or someplace is captured by slavers,
sold onto a slave boat, crosses the pacific, is sold, undergoes
years of abuse, finally is emancipated, tries to make a living as
a tenant farmer, and finally joins a civil rights movement. All
before she's middle-aged.
Lawrence Block was an excellent mystery writer; but toward the
end of his life he tried to write a fantasy. It's called _Random
Walk._ Don't ever read it. It's written in alternating
chapters: in the first (or so) chapter, a man decides to start
walking across North America. He doesn't know why, he just does
it. In subsequent chapters, other people join him. In the
*other* alternating chapters we follow a serial rapist and
murderer, who is also wandering across the continent, raping and
murdering as he goes, in really excessive detail. At the end the
two threads join up, ISTR the murderer is killed, and the
wanderers have an epiphany of some kind. I took my copy and tore
all the rape-and-murder chapters out, and realized that what was
left *still* didn't have a plot.
By the end of it I wanted
Or, like Mark Twain, that he should fall down a well; or, like
Marion Zimmer Bradley, that he should get swallowed up by an
eartquake. I hear you.
www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/
Joe Bernstein
I assume you also want there (c) science fiction ?
Anyway, yes, that frequently happens, but it also frequently fails to
happen.
I value the only spec-ficnal work by Mitchell Smith, a trilogy set
long after a non-nuclear apocalypse.
Thought I could cite Molly Gloss and Mark Helprin there, but both
turn out to have written rather more spec-fic than I knew. That's a
risk when dissing some interloper. What were in-genre opinions when
Walter Mosley started writing sf?
Stephen Donaldson originally intended the first Thomas Covenant
trilogy as lit-fic. Granted that, or his work in general, aren't to
everyone's taste, but I'm pretty sure he knew a fair amount about
fantasy even back then.
who did remember that <To the Chapel Perilous> wasn't Naomi
Mitchison's only, or even first, venture into our genres
Joe Bernstein <***@gmail.com>
On Friday, November 2, 2018 at 12:40:02 PM UTC+11, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
<snips
Walk._
It does sound very much like Not Your Sort Of Book. But, FYI, _Random Walk_ was written in 1988, and Lawrence Block is still very much alive.
He's had a varied career, going by his wikipedia page, with a fair chunk of his output being porn written under various pseudonyms. Here's another book you'll never want to read:
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Do you want to mention any of these glaring holes in the story ?
BTW, I enjoyed the movie also.
On Fri, 2 Nov 2018 13:20:50 -0500, Lynn McGuire
For openers, where's all the damned ash coming from? What do the
raiders live on (same question applies to Fallout, the term "raiders"
comes from there) when the can't find anybody to eat? What
catastrophe selectively killed every living organism except humans?
Why all the worry about water when there seems to be plenty of it? Why
does the kid act like he grew up in 20th century suburbia when he was
born after the apocalypse? And if they have to go south to get away
from the cold, why has it only just now become a problem? I could
come up with more I'd have to read it again and I have no desire to do
The movie made more sense than the book, which isn't saying much.
If you like that sort of thing, buy a game called "Fallout 3". It's
_much_ better value.
Magewolf
Actually you would be better off getting Fallout: New Vegas. It's a
better game and runs with no problems on modern systems. And if you want
the full experience if you own both Fallout 3 and New Vegas you can use
a mod to get all of Fallout 3 in New Vegas with the updated engine
integrated together with all the New Vegas assets to make one giant game.
Post by Magewolf
better game and runs with no problems on modern systems.
Both are eminently replayable, especially with mods. And neither has
any problem running at 4K on my Windows 10 Geforce 1080 Skylake
machine, which I believe qualifies as a "modern system"..
New Vegas has crashed regularly on every machine on which I've played
it. Dual monitor helps, it tends to just freeze one screen. Strongly
recommend the CASM mod to ensure that you have a fairly recent save.
I agree that it's a better game.
And if you want
You can but you still have to pay for both.
I Have never actually tried Fallout 3 on windows 10 since I have the
merged New Vegas version on my win 7 machine. But I remember it being
incredibly unstable when I tried running it on win 8 or 8.1 and there
was a lot of talk about it being worse on win 10.
The ash is dead people. And dead trees.
I am not a gamer. Except Spider Solitaire, I am an addict.
Chris Buckley
Another addict! I've played many thousands of games of Spider Solitaire.
Definitely the royalty of solitaire. So much potential for skill and
improvement, though I think I've plateaued out over the past year or two.
Post by Chris Buckley
I cannot get consistently above 18% in Spider Solitaire. Just too much
luck is required.
My last big score file was over 5,000 games, with a winning percentage
of 37.1%. That's playing as "pure" a game as possible. Eg, play and
count all games and undo is turned off so I'm not even tempted. So you
may need less luck than you think!
I recently got a new computer and decided to start a new score file to
see if my conjecture is right that I can get a couple of percentage
points better if I both avoid the outright blunders and having the
cats walking on the keyboard! Alas, after a couple of hundred games
of careful play without blunders or cats I'm only at 35%. So if
improvement is possible, it looks like an algorithm change is needed.
I see a roc in your future.
Simple principles can take you a long ways in Spider, if you can figure out
how to implement them.
Basically (the first two are obvious, the third has major implications):
1. Maximize number of holes
2. Turn over as many cards as possible
3. Maximize the number of non-king columns with a minimum number
of suit (or worse, rank) breaks.
The last one, for example, implies that
xxxK-through-5C (C is clubs)
xxxx7D,6H,5S
is worse than
xxxK-through-7C,6H,5S
xxxx7D,6-through-5C
if you have a choice (last "column" has one suit break instead of two.)
And given
xxx5C
xxx4H
xxx5S
you should move the 4 to one of the 5's first, since at least
temporarily (until you deal more cards), it doesn't change the number
of columns with effective suit breaks - you can still access either
of the 5 columns if a 6 becomes available (do this even if a 6 is
available now!)
On Sun, 4 Nov 2018 23:59:59 -0600, Lynn McGuire
So why is it still falling years after the event?
Because it is ash - a very lightweight material ?
We have yet to try a large exchange of nuclear weapons so we are not
quite sure what will really happen. The generally accepted hypothesis
is that a large amount of the ash will go into the stratosphere and
cause a "nuclear winter" as the ash falls back to earth over several
years, maybe decades. I for one, hope that we never try out the
experiment. Of course, many of our nuclear weapons in the USA are old
and deteriorated so they may not be effective anyway.
That original Nuclear Winter scenario has been discredited.
Leibowitz_, both excellent books. The book picture for the John
Two books are missing from the list. One is incredibly important
Got URL ?
Sorry, no. Just a memory of a news report from years ago where members
of the team that ran the simulation admitted they were going for the
"worst case" scenario. Simulations run in the decades since haven't
painted quite as dire a picture. Still collapse of the current human
civilization but not an world wide Extinction Level Event.
On 11/6/2018 4:10 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
I saw one on the intertubes. But the author was as much a loon as
StarFaker.
https://debunkingdoomsday.quora.com/Debunked-Nuclear-Winter-and-Radioactive-Fallout-myths
On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 14:07:15 -0600, Lynn McGuire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_winter tells the story of it,
with links. The prediction was that lighting 100 oil wells in Kuwait
would cause nuclear winter. 600 were lit, no nuclear winter.
quite sure what will really happen. The generally accepted
By who other than the same loons who told us that burning oil wells in
Kuwait would cause a nuclear winter.
Why would there be a large amount of ash? Nuclear weapons are not
chemical devices, they do not produce ash. And if it was from nuclear
weapons then why was nobody suffering from radiation effects?
Because a large part of the damage from a nuclear weapon is the thermal
pulse. Which incinerates things.
As for radiation, are you talking about 'The Road', 'Fallout' or
On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 20:46:40 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
If something is "incinerated" by "thermal pulse" then why would there
be a large amount of airborne ash?
Since you seem to be unfamiliar with the arguments concerning nuclear
winter, the theory is that nuclear weapons will create firestorms that
by purely conventional combustion somehow place huge amounts of ash in
the stratosphere. That neither Hiroshima nor Nagasaki resulted in
firestorms even though Japanese construction at the time was more or
less ideal for their creation seems to have escaped the notice of the
nuclear winter advocates, and they don't seem to be able to produce
any evidence that the firestorms in WWII produced the expected effect.
Further, the nature of a firestorm is that the wind blows _into_ it so
it remains somewhat localized, it isn't going to burn every blade of
grass in the entire world.
The movie seems more snowy and cloudy than ashy to me. Was Spielberg's
_Schindler's List_ the first movie to depict human ash fallout? You also
see Spielbergian fallout on Tuesdays near Canon City Colorado in the
Hollywood Treatment of _Man in the High Castle_ (PKD). That's when a
nearby hospital burns the disabled and the terminally ill.
The movie seems more snowy and cloudy than ashy to me.
The book calls it "ash" and it's supposed to be all over the place.
Was Spielberg's
Perhaps _The Road_ movie's "snow" is actually supposed to be ash. It
belatedly occurs to me that Spielbergian fallout (airborne human ash
that resembles gigantic snow flakes) is actually done for dramatic
cinematic visual effect. Many (?all?) towns have at least one
crematorium in frequent use and yet crematoria smoke stacks never emit
visible airborne human ash that resembles gigantic snowflakes - only in
the movies.
Crematoriums are required to have various filtration systems to prevent
human remains from going up the chimney.
Of course, there is the five star young adult story about surviving a
nuclear war that was not a nuclear war, _Emergence_ by David R. Palmer:
https://www.amazon.com/Emergence-David-R-Palmer-ebook/dp/B07F2SG4TG/
Isn't _The Lathe of Heaven_ (le Guin) about a guy who briefly survives
a nuclear war by living in a fantasy created by his mind, an imaginary
place, which ignores harsh reality?
That's one interpretation.
But since it was written in the seventies and the original "change"
let him survive the Cuban nuclear exchange in the early sixties, I
don't think it was the interpretation that the author was going for.
Although a hypothetical Cuban nuclear exchange provides an interesting
opening to the story, le Guin doesn't specifically identify the Portland
catastrophe as a Cuban nuclear attack, or even as a nuclear attack. She
leaves all of those details up to the reader's imagination, which may
explain a large part of her story's charm. (Another part of its charm is
that it revolves around laying in a bed, sleeping, dreaming, and then
discussing dreams. What's not to like about those four activities?)
An excerpt of the start of the story is available at Slate. [1] The
story opens with a narrative about jellyfish, then it segues into the
Portland catastrophe for a brief period before George Orr has an
/effective/ dream that puts him two feet away from a door in a
balloonbed:
His eyelids had been burned away, so that he could not
close his eyes, and the light entered into his brain, searing.
He could not turn his head, for blocks of fallen concrete
pinned him down and the steel rods projecting from their cores
held his head in a vise. When these were gone he could move
again; he sat up. He was on the cement steps; a dandelion
flowered by his hand, growing from a little cracked place in
the steps. After a while he stood up, but as soon as he was on
his feet he felt deathly sick, and knew it was the radiation
sickness. The door was only two feet from him, for the
balloonbed when inflated half filled his room. He got to the
door and opened it and went through it. There stretched the
endless linoleum corridor, heaving slightly up and down for
miles, and far down it, very far, the men's room. He started
out toward it, trying to hold on to the wall, but there was
nothing to hold on to, and the wall turned into the floor.
My interpretation of the story is that George Orr uses /effective/
dreams to suppress reality. Any old dream will do, anything, anything at
all, to take the place of the harsh reality of nuclear bomb
victimization. All the while it takes only the slightest lapse in Orr's
sheer willpower (which is itself suppressed out of necessity) to blow
the lid off of his reality suppression. Just one lapse and Orr will find
himself back with his eyelids burned away faster than Richard Collier
goes back to the future when a penny interrupts Collier's suspension of
disbelief in _Somewhere in Time_ (Matheson).
Immediately before its denouement, _The Lathe of Heaven_ hints that
reality is bearing down hard on Orr. Orr needs to immediately do
something to contain Haber before Orr finds himself back with his with
his eyelids burned away.
Anyhow, that's my take on it. The story's vague enough to
accommodate more than one interpretation.
1. http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2014/04/ursula_k_le_guin_s_the_lathe_of_heaven_an_excerpt_from_her_1971_classic.html
Michael F. Stemper
That's certainly not how I remember it.
As I recall it, the dreams of George Orr change reality to fit. His
psychiatrist/psychologist discovered this and manipulated Orr's dreams
in vain attempts to improve the world.
(Anybody who's read a significant amount of SF *knows* that trying to
change the world this way will always make it worse.)
Why doesn't anybody care about apathy?
Post by Michael F. Stemper
At the most literal level, what you say is certainly true. To see the
deeper story you need keep a sharp eye out for hints peppered in the le
Guin's tale and read between the lines. Take this passage (where Orr
thinks out loud for the reader's benefit) for instance:
Perhaps what I did, what I did in April four years ago ... was
justified .... (But his thoughts shied away, as always, from
the burned place.)
You need to ask yourself, why do Orr's thoughts always shy away from
the event that occurred at the burned place? Is that where the story
opens with Orr's eyelids burned away? Why does Orr suppress memories of
that particular place and time?
Such open questions are subject to the reader's interpretation, of
course. That's why your ultimate take away will differ from my own.
a425couple
So, does anyone want to explain in words to me,
why these three books I thought were good, are not on
the list?
"The Third World War: August 1985" by John W. Hackett,
John Strawson (co-author) Early in 1977 a retired NATO
general called together six of his collegues--including
an admiral, an airman, an economist and a diplomat--to
write a dramatized game-plan for the next world war.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1375759.The_Third_World_War
https://www.amazon.com/Third-World-War-August-1985/dp/0425101924
"The Third World War: The Untold Story" is a novel by Sir John
Hackett portraying a fictional Third World War between NATO and
Warsaw Pact forces which breaks out in 1985, written in the style
of a non-fiction, post-event historical account. It was published
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_World_War:_The_Untold_Story
"Warday" is a novel by Whitley Strieber and James Kunetka, first
published in 1984.[1] It is a fictional account of the authors
travelling across America five years after a limited nuclear attack
in order to assess how the nation has changed after the war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warday
Is it because these books had a purpose in mind to change actions
and plans (executive, military, cabinet, legislative etc.),
rather than just entertain?
Post by a425couple
Uh, _Warday_ is on the list.
Opps! Sorry.
At first I was going to ask about the General Hackett books,
which many think did indeed change some military and budget
policy. Then when I got around to looking at them, I saw
"Warday" on the shelf, and forgot it had been included.
David Johnston
The first two were techno-thrillers, a genre with science fiction elements that is not normally shelved in that section.
Post by David Johnston
Hackett ----
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techno-thriller
"A techno-thriller (also known as technothrillers) is a hybrid
genre drawing from science fiction, thrillers, spy fiction, action,
and war novels. They include a disproportionate amount (relative
to other genres) of technical details on their subject matter
(typically military technology); only hard science fiction tends
towards a comparable level of supporting detail on the technical
side. The inner workings of technology and the mechanics of
various disciplines (espionage, martial arts, politics) are
thoroughly explored, and the plot often turns on the particulars
of that exploration."
"Techno-thrillers focus strongly on details, especially on
the technology, which is frequently of military origin ---"
I've seen non-genre commenters draw a boundary between
"science fiction" and something that could actually happen,
although that isn't my usage.
Obviously, nuclear war and mutual destruction could happen.
Now, for instance.
On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 18:53:05 -0800 (PST), Robert Carnegie
And the US becoming a police state.
Panthera Tigris Altaica
1 _Warday_ is on the list
2 some of us found certain elements of Hackett's books to be... less
than credible. For unconnected reasons I happened to be in the officer's
mess at Up Park Camp (Jamaica Defence Force main base) when the first
book came out, and several of the junior officers had it open to the bit
where assorted communist African troops are doing naughty things under
the command of Jamaican officers. The actual Jamaican officers found it
to be quite funny. Apparently several of senior members of the, ah,
'democratic socialist' government of the time were less than loved by
the JDF. One particular gentleman once gave a certain junior officer,
one of the ones who found Hackett's book so amusing, an illegal order,
and when the officer declined to follow it, actually struck the officer,
in front of his platoon, and would have done so twice, except that as he
was winding up he heard the sound of a platoon's worth of SLRs being
cocked. The gentleman complained to more senior officers, who did
nothing. After that, illegal orders, such as those resulting in the
deaths of certain persons from the then Prime Minister's constituency at
the JDF firing range at Green Bay in the parish of St. Catherine, were
assigned to specific members of the JDF, who were in turn very unpopular
with everyone else and who left the JDF at great speed when Eddie Seaga
won the 1980 election. For those who complain about current elections,
the 1980 election in Jamaica resulted in nearly 1000 dead. This did not
count those who died at Green Bay.
In any case, much of the rest of the book was judged, rightly or
wrongly, on the basis of the bits that were _known_ to be highly
inaccurate.
Post by Panthera Tigris Altaica
"Warday" is a novel by Whitley Strieber and James Kunetka,
Interesting story. Thank you.
Robert Woodward	2018-11-01 17:16:00 UTC
Joe Bernstein	2018-11-02 19:18:13 UTC
Magewolf	2018-11-03 21:35:03 UTC
Chris Buckley	2018-11-05 13:14:52 UTC
Michael F. Stemper	2018-11-09 18:29:28 UTC
a425couple	2018-11-12 17:31:47 UTC
David Johnston	2018-11-13 01:49:02 UTC
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They compete to corner commodities markets in Pit, the raucous Parker Brothers card game, and take part in a workshop called "business in a box," examining products that aren't obvious gold mines, such as the packaging on Apple Inc.'s iPhone rather than the phone itself. It's all part of managing money for the wealthiest families, says Katherine Lintz, founder of Clayton, Missouri- based Financial Management Partners, which runs the camp for the children of clients. Supplying the families with good stock picks and a wily tax strategy isn't enough anymore. These days, it's about applying the human touch, she says. Lintz, 58, is on to something. Her 22-year-old firm was No. 2 among the fastest-growing multifamily offices in the second annual Bloomberg Markets ranking of companies that manage affairs for dynastic clans, Bloomberg Markets magazine reports in its September issue. The assets that FMP supervises grew 30 percent to $2.6 billion as of Dec. 31, just behind Signature, a Norfolk, Virginia-based family office that expanded 36 percent in 2011 to $3.6 billion. MS Takes Trading Hit (NYP) Morgan Stanley, which had the largest trading-revenue drop among major US banks last quarter, lost money in that business on 15 days in the period, up from eight days a year earlier. Morgan Stanley traders generated more than $100 million on three days in the period, compared with seven days in the second quarter of 2011, the company said in a regulatory filing yesterday. None of the daily losses exceeded the firm's value-at-risk, a measure of how much the bank estimates it could lose on 95 percent of days. Morgan Stanley had a 48 percent year-over-year decrease in trading revenue, excluding accounting gains, led by a 60 percent drop in fixed-income revenue. Former Lloyds Digital Security Chief Admits $3.76 Million Fraud (Bloomberg) Lloyds Banking Group's former head of digital banking fraud and security pleaded guilty to submitting false invoices totaling more than 2.4 million pounds ($3.76 million)...Jessica Harper admitted to submitting fake invoices between 2007 and 2011 and then laundering the proceeds, the CPS said. She will be sentenced on Sept. 21, and faces as long as 24 years in prison for the two charges, a CPS spokesman said, although she will get credit for the guilty plea. Ex Lehman Exec Requests Rehab To Avoid Jail Time (NYP) Former Lehman Brothers Co-Chief Operating Officer Bradley H. Jack, arrested twice in less than a year on charges of prescription forgery, said he is willing to undergo a program for drug and alcohol treatment to avoid prosecution. Jack applied for the program at a hearing yesterday in Connecticut Superior Court in Norwalk. Judge Bruce Hudock ordered a doctor's report to determine if he is eligible for the new program, which the judge said would be "a rare event." Fed Official Calls For Bond Buying (WSJ) Eric Rosengren, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, called on the Fed to launch an aggressive, open-ended bond buying program that the central bank would continue until economic growth picks up and unemployment starts falling again. His call came in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, the first since the central bank signaled last week that it was leaning strongly toward taking new measures to support economic growth. Mr. Rosengren isn't currently among the regional Fed bank presidents with a vote on monetary policy. Although all 12 presidents participate in Fed deliberations, only five join the seven Fed governors in Washington in the formal committee vote. Tokyo Exchange Glitch Halts Derivatives Trading (WSJ) The Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday temporarily suspended all derivatives trading soon after the morning open due to an unidentified system problem, the second significant trading glitch on the exchange this year. Amazon Exec Swindled By Tom Petty Con Artist (NYDN) Brian Valentine simply wanted to give his wife the wedding present of a lifetime - a performance by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The senior vice president of Amazon, instead, fell victim to fraud, losing a whopping $165,000 to a Las Vegas man who pretended to be a concert booking agent, the Smoking Gun reported. FBI agents arrested the fraudulent agent, Chad Christopher Lund, on Aug. 2 in Illinois, after a private investigator Valentine had hired found that Lund had skipped town. But the ordeal began almost ten months before in late 2011, a year after Valentine, 52, popped the question to fellow Amazon employee, Gianna Puerini, 39, according to a wire fraud complaint unsealed by the U.S. District Court. Valentine decided that he wanted the "Won't Back Down" singer to perform a set at the couple's wedding reception since he proposed to Puerini at a Petty concert in Seattle. He turned to the Internet, where he found the website of Lund's firm, lundlive.com, boasting to have booked acts like Petty, Run-DMC and Ludacris. Lundlive.com no longer exists. Valentine connected with Lund over email and by October 2011, Lund told the Amazon exec that he had negotiated with Petty's representatives "down to a price of $330,000 for the performance." Later in the month, Lund sent Valentine a contract with the forged signature of Petty's manager, Tony Dimitraides. Valentine sent Lund a $165,000 down payment in return. Valentine finally uncovered the fraud in early April 2012, when the wedding was just three months away. He contacted Petty's management to discuss the performance only to find out that they had no idea about the planned appearance. "We have never heard of Chris Lund or his agency," Dimitraides wrote in an email to Valentine. "We are not aware of any deal for Tom Petty to play Seattle in July and I have never signed a contract for any such." "It looks like you have been defrauded."
JPMorgan Pay Fueled Risk Amid London Whale Loss: Report (Bloomberg) JPMorgan, the biggest U.S. bank by assets, compensated chief investment office traders in a way that encouraged risk-taking before the unit amassed losses exceeding $6.2 billion, a Senate committee said. Pay that rewarded "effective risk management" would have suggested the synthetic credit portfolio functioned as a hedge, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations said yesterday in a report on the New York-based bank's so-called London Whale loss. Instead, compensation practices suggest the bets "functioned more as a proprietary-trading operation." JPMorgan Report Piles Pressure on Dimon in Too-Big Debate (Bloomberg) Dimon misled investors and dodged regulators as losses escalated on a "monstrous" derivatives bet, according to a 301-page report by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. The bank "mischaracterized high-risk trading as hedging," and withheld key information from its primary regulator, sometimes at Dimon's behest, investigators found. Managers manipulated risk models and pressured traders to overvalue their positions in an effort to hide growing losses. Ina Drew Says Subordinates' Deception at JPMorgan Let Her Down (Bloomberg) Ina Drew, who was forced to leave JPMorgan Chase amid a record trading loss last year, said she relied on other executives to manage a complex book of credit derivatives and didn't learn of their "deceptive conduct" until after she left the company. "I was, and remain, deeply disappointed and saddened to learn of such conduct and the extent to which the London team let me, and the company, down," Drew said in testimony prepared for delivery in the Senate today. Credit Suisse Banker Extradited To US (NYP) Former Credit Suisse banker Kareem Serageldin, the highest-ranking Wall Street executive to be charged for crimes tied to the mortgage meltdown, is coming home to face the music, The Post has learned. The 39-tear old Yale graduate was indicted by a Manhattan federal grand jury in February 2012 — along with two Credit Suisse colleagues — for allegedly covering up losses in a $3.5 billion toxic mortgage portfolio as the real estate market was collapsing in 2007. The UK's Home Secretary Theresa May, who is responsible for Great Britain's immigration and citizenship, signed off last week on the extradition of Serageldin, a person with knowledge of the case told The Post. Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Hit (WSJ) The Federal Reserve Thursday dealt a blow to J.P. Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, citing weaknesses in their "stress test" capital planning that could hamper their funneling more dividends and share buybacks to investors. The central bank also denied capital plans submitted by BB&T Corp. and Ally Financial Inc. But the Fed at the same time cleared 14 other banks to boost payouts to shareholders, including Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America Corp., both of which in past years had capital requests rejected by the central bank. The Fed also approved a reduced repurchase plan from American Express Co., in the only instance of a bank winning approval for a plan resubmitted to the regulator under a new stress-test wrinkle this year. Mila Kunis Rotates From Cash to Stocks (CNBC) The star of films such as Ted, Friends With Benefits and the TV series That 70s Show told CNBC in London: "I've just started investing in stocks, which is new for me." "I'm an advocate of like put things in the bank, put it in a CD (a certificate of deposit), be safe. And I've been pushed kind of forward to take chances and then learning a little bit about the stock market and companies," she said. Abe Says Japan Will Join Trade Talks (WSJ) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Friday that his country will take a seat at the negotiation table of the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, a move that may pit him against powerful farm lobbies ahead of upper house elections this summer. "This is our last chance to join the TPP and take part in the rule-making," Mr. Abe told reporters Friday at a news conference to mark his decision to join the talks. "For Japan to remain inward-looking means we are giving up on the possibility of growth." Stifel Agrees to Acquire Fixed-Income Group From Knight (Bloomberg) Knight's European institutional fixed-income sales and trading team is also part of the deal, which includes about 100 people, Stifel said today in a statement, without disclosing terms. The group covers high-yield and investment-grade corporate bonds, asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities, emerging markets and fixed-income research. No 'Irrational Exuberance' in Stocks Now: Greenspan (CNBC) Greenspan said in a "Squawk Box" interview that stocks by historical standards are "significantly undervalued" even considering the recent moves higher. He added that the payroll tax increase didn't dent spending because of rising asset prices. Could Hungary Be Thrown Out of the EU? (CNBC) Hungary's increasingly aggressive moves against media, judiciary and central bank independence will be discussed by European Union heads of states on Friday, raising the possibility that Hungary could be thrown out of the EU. The European Union is concerned Hungary may be flouting EU rules on human rights, after its parliament voted this week to amend its constitution to allow legislation to bypass approval from the constitutional court. Hungary had defied calls from the European Commission to delay the vote. The Taco That Built 15,000 Jobs (ABC) It may take a village to raise a child. But all it takes to raise employment is a taco. That seems to be the situation at Taco Bell, anyway, which added 15,000 employees last year, company chief executive Greg Creed told the Daily Beast, largely on one new product. Creed attributes the success to Doritos Locos Tacos, which the company rolled out in March, 2012 and was the "biggest launch in Taco Bell history," he told the Beast. Throughout 2012, the 170-calorie taco, whose shell is made from a nacho cheese Doritos in a collaboration with Frito-Lay, 375 million were gobbled up, which averages out to about one million per day. But why stop there? On March 7, it launched Cool Ranch Dorito Locos Tacos. The slogan? "Collect All Two." "We believe we can add 2,000 new restaurants in the next 10 years, because what we have is proprietary and exclusive. Nobody else can make a Cool Ranch Doritos Taco. And that's just in the U.S.," Creed told the Beast. Creed was traveling today and unavailable to talk to ABC News, a spokesman said.
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UBS Stung By Adoboli Case (WSJ) Swiss financial market regulator Finma said it will keep a close eye on UBS's investment bank for the foreseeable future and may ask it to raise fresh capital, following an investigation into failures that allowed London-based trader Kweku Adoboli to make unauthorized trades. At the same time, the U.K. Financial Services Authority fined UBS £29.7 million ($47.6 million). Mr. Adoboli was convicted of fraud last week and sentenced to a seven-year prison term. "The measures ordered by Finma include capital restrictions and an acquisition ban on the investment bank, and any new business initiative it plans must be approved by Finma," the regulator said. Finma will also consider "whether UBS must increase capital backing for its operational risks," will appoint a third party to ensure corrective measures are introduced, and will organize an audit to review the steps taken by UBS. Finma declined to say when the auditing review would be completed or when a decision on a capital increase would be made, though a spokesman said this is likely to be within months rather than years. SAC Fund Manager Faces Choice of Trial or Deal (Bloomberg) Martoma, 38, used illegal tips to help SAC make $276 million on shares of pharmaceutical companies Elan Corp. and Wyeth LLC, according to the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Arrested last week, he is to appear today in Manhattan federal court for masterminding what the U.S. calls the most lucrative insider-trading case ever. Flowers Foods Sizes Up Hostess (WSJ) The Thomasville, Ga., company is considered a likely bidder for some of the assets owned by Hostess, which last week was granted permission by a federal bankruptcy-court judge to begin liquidating. The end came after a contentious bankruptcy that began in January and culminated this month in a strike. Goldman Turns Down Southern Europe Banks as Crisis Lingers (Bloomberg) Goldman Sachs, the No. 1 stock underwriter in Europe, turned down roles in offerings by banks in Spain and Italy this year, the only top U.S. securities firm not to take part in the fundraisings by southern European lenders as the region's debt crisis stretches to a fourth year. The firm declined a role in Banco Popular Espanol SA's 2.5 billion-euro ($3.2 billion) rights offering this month because it wanted greater protection to avoid potential losses on the sale, two people familiar with the talks said. JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley are helping to guarantee the deal. Goldman also didn't underwrite this year's share sales by Italy's UniCredit SpA and Portugal's Banco Espirito Santo SA, which drew Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup. Knight Seen Getting Acquisition Bids This Week (Bloomberg) The company with a market value of about $430 million was bailed out by six financial firms in August after losing $457 million in a trading error. Chicago-based Getco LLC, one of the rescuers, and Virtu Financial LLC in New York are among the likely bidders, said the person, who requested anonymity because the negotiations are private. The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 23 that Knight expected offers for its market-making unit. Woman who rode manatee charged with violating protection act (Sentinel) A 53-year-old Pinellas County woman was arrested Saturday for violating the Florida Manatee Sanctuary Act by riding a sea cow in the waters near St. Petersburg in September. Ana Gloria Garcia Gutierrez of St. Petersburg was arrested at her place of employment — Sears at Tyrone Square Mall in St. Petersburg — on a warrant issued by the State Attorney's Office. The charge is a second-degree misdemeanor. The punishment could be a $500 fine or up to 60 days in jail, the Tampa Bay Times said. Gutierrez stepped forward after the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office released photos of a then-unknown woman riding a manatee near Fort DeSoto Park in Pinellas County on Sept. 30. "Gutierrez admitted to the offense claiming she is new to the area and did not realize it was against the law to touch or harass manatees,'' the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. Escrowyou too, judge! (NYP) Argentina, bruised and battered after a 10-year battle to sidestep billions of dollars in bond payments, is lashing out at US courts and a Manhattan federal court judge. A high-ranking member of Argentina President Cristina Kirchner's administration terms "judicial imperialism" the Thanksgiving eve ruling by Judge Thomas Griesa that ordered the South American country to place a $1.3 billion bond payment in escrow pending the end of the legal tussle. Kirchner has repeatedly said she would not pay up. Griesa, frustrated with Argentina's repeated attempts to stall the legal proceedings, sided with New York hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer, whose Elliott Management owns Argentine bonds that were defaulted on back in 2002. 'Cliff' Threatens Holiday Spending (WSJ) The White House warned in a new report that going off the so-called "fiscal cliff" could slow the growth of real gross domestic product by 1.4% and limit consumer spending during the holiday season. The report comes as lawmakers are returning to Washington with just weeks left to find an agreement to prevent taxes from going up on millions and spending cuts from kicking in. It will likely provide fodder for both political parties as they seek to find a compromise. At Some Firms, Cutting Corporate Rates May Cost Billions (WSJ) President Barack Obama has said, most recently during last month's presidential debates, that the 35% U.S. corporate tax rate should be cut. That would mean lower tax bills for many companies. But it also could prompt large write-downs by Citigroup, AIG, Ford and other companies that hold piles of "deferred tax assets," or DTAs...Citigroup, for instance, acknowledged during its recent third-quarter earnings conference call that a cut in the tax rate could lead to a DTA-related charge of $4 billion to $5 billion against earnings. Cohen's General Counsel Gives SAC Boss Cover (NYP) The sharks of the US Attorney's office have SAC Capital Advisors surrounded — and owner Steven Cohen is looking a lot like chum. Good thing the billionaire hedgie has a large supply of shark repellent. That would be Peter Nussbaum, SAC's longtime general counsel who, over his 12 years at the Stamford, Conn., firm, has built up an impressive 30-person compliance department — not including an additional tech compliance team. "Nussbaum is the most respected person at SAC," said a hedge fund executive not at SAC. "He is going to do what he thinks is best for the firm and not be cowed by anyone." Nussbaum's huge compliance department, observers said, was built, in large part, because of the perception that the government was determined to bust Cohen. Confidential Police Docs Found in Macy's Parade Confetti (WPIX) Confidential personal information is what some paradegoers found among confetti tossed during the world's most famous parade. That information included social security numbers and banking information for police employees, some of whom are undercover officers. Ethan Finkelstein, who was home from college on Thanksgiving break, was watching the parade at 65th Street and Central Park West, when he and a friend noticed a strip of confetti stuck onto her coat. "It landed on her shoulder," Finkelstein told PIX11 News, "and it says 'SSN' and it's written like a social security number, and we're like, 'That's really bizarre.' It made the Tufts University freshman concerned, so he and his friends picked up more of the confetti that had fallen around them. "There are phone numbers, addresses, more social security numbers, license plate numbers and then we find all these incident reports from police." One confetti strip indicates that it's from an arrest record, and other strips offer more detail. "This is really shocking," Finkelstein said. "It says, 'At 4:30 A.M. a pipe bomb was thrown at a house in the Kings Grant' area." A closer look shows that the documents are from the Nassau County Police Department. The papers were shredded, but clearly not well enough.
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Soleimani: No Easy Solution
By Hal Lindsey
For a minute, forget politics. That's not easy these days, but in this case it's important to try. People across the country tend to look at the US drone attack on Qasem Soleimani as if it were a referendum on Donald Trump's presidency. For a moment, forget who made the decision and just look at the decision.
We do not yet know the repercussions of Soleimani's death. But we can look at it in the context of history. We know Soleimani was a bad man. While doing The Hal Lindsey Report, I talked about him on several occasions. Iran is considered the world's number one state sponsor of terrorism. And Soleimani led their terrorist efforts.
He tortured and murdered his own people. He destabilized nations. He destabilized the Middle East. His actions led to civil war and severe famine in Yemen and in Syria. He propped up evil dictators and did his best to destroy emerging democracies. Hundreds and probably thousands of members of the US military were killed or injured due to his actions.
But will his death do more harm than his life? Regarding the future, we only know what God has chosen to show us in His word. When the Ezekiel 38 and 39 war begins against Israel, Iran will still be a nation with influence and power. That probably means that this will not provoke an all-out war with the United States. In other words, don't expect Iran to attack the US power grid or water supplies.
Sometimes leaders must choose between several bad alternatives. While running for office, politicians can tell us everything is clear, obvious, and easy. But actual leadership means making choices even when none of the alternatives are completely safe. I believe President Trump was in that position regarding the attack on Soleimani.
To kill him meant at least a temporary ratcheting up of Middle East tensions. And that's not good. It means reprisals against the United States or Israel. We don't know what form those reprisals may take. They could be face-saving token strikes. Or they could be severe.
But doing nothing would also have been risky. Through the decades of its existence, Israel has learned that they must deal with radical Muslims from a position of strength. And make no mistake, Iran is run by radical Muslims – terrorists. These are not the nice Muslim neighbors you may say "hello" to every morning on your way to work. Generally speaking, the Iranian people are not radical. But their leaders are. Any time you let those leaders get away with military escalation, it encourages them to do more.
We've seen it repeatedly. The Iran nuclear deal was supposed to turn the Iranians into friends. Instead, it seemed to encourage them to increase their exportation of terrorism. Iran has attacked and seized oil tankers, attacked Saudi oil fields, continued their nuclear and ballistic missile development, continued to ship massive numbers of missiles to Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon and Syria, and to Houthi terrorists in Yemen. And Soleimani stood at the center of all that.
Last summer, after Iran shot down a US surveillance drone, several news outlets reported that President Trump had ordered a retaliatory strike. Minutes before the operation was to begin, he reversed his decision. No American lives had been lost, so he chose not to kill Iranians in response.
But Iran seemed to take the President's restraint as a license to kill. In late December, a Shiite militia supported and directed by Iran, sent a barrage of 30 rockets into the K-1 Air Base in Iraq. It killed one American contractor and wounded several other Americans. The US retaliated with an attack on the militia involved. Iran then directed an attack and siege of the US embassy in Iraq. In other words, it was an attack on sovereign US soil.
American intelligence discovered that Soleimani and some of his cohorts had landed in Iraq, and they were planning a major attack on US forces. In 2015, the United Nations banned Soleimani from any travel outside of Iran. He regularly ignored the ban. To me, it's easy to believe that Soleimani was planning something deadly for Americans in Iraq because that's the kind of man he was and the kind of thing he did. If he wasn't up to no good, then what was he doing in Iraq?
I don't know of any Americans who want war with Iran or more troops in the Middle East. I certainly do not. It's a lot easier to get into such wars than it is to get out. But that's part of the dilemma. Iran has missiles that can hit Israel and other parts of that region. They are fast developing the ability to strike Europe and will soon have missiles that can reach the United States. Meanwhile, their nuclear program marches forward. As technology makes the world smaller, it brings Iranian weapons of mass destruction closer to us every day.
This is exactly the situation prophesied in the Bible. Conflict in the Middle East will be like a tar baby to the nations of the world. Turmoil there will eventually engulf them all. Bringing a brief peace to the region will catapult the Antichrist from a regional leader to a global one. Much more could be said here. But the bottom line is that Bible prophecies written thousands of years ago are still proving true. And we are coming closer and closer to the return of Jesus.
PROGRAMMING NOTE: I hope you can join me every Sunday evening at 11PM EST on Daystar, or online anytime at www.hallindsey.com or www.hischannel.com for my line by line examination of Revelation. If you missed any episodes in this study, you can catch up by visiting www.hallindsey.com/videos/.
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The new PlayStation Plus titles are now up for download. Check out the Official PlayStation Store now! As for what's free this month, we have two games.
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Team Ninja's latest action RPG. This game originally released back in early 2017, after a very lengthy development period. Originally teased back in 2004 (only to be revised countless times), Nioh is a game that takes Team Ninja's iconic Ninja Gaiden series, and mixes it up with the style of games like Dark Souls. Rather than pulling off crazy combos as a ninja, Nioh is a much more grounded experience, where death is around every corner. As many would expect from a souls like, the game uses an energy system to limit your attacks and movements, and most enemies can finish you off in a few hits. However that's not to say that Nioh doesn't have ideas of it's own.
Rather than being a connected world, Nioh takes place over multiple stages, and has more of a focus on loot drops and building your character the way you want him. There are multiple weapon types to use, and most enemies drop at least some sort of material or item that you can use. There are many armor sets to collect, a massive skill and upgrade system, and a unique "Ki Pulse" system which lets you recover energy by hitting R1 with the correct timing after completing a combo. On top of this there is also a stance system, where either holding a weapon low, high, or at medium height will effect it's strength, speed, and combos. It's a fun system and really helps Nioh stand out from other similar games.
Outlast II -
Outlast II is the follow up to the popular horror game Outlast (obviously). What makes these games so unique compared to other horror games is the fact that the main character is only armed with a camera. Rather than being a game about finding weapons and resources to protect yourself, Outlast is all about running away. The areas are dark, the monsters are horrifying, and often you come across sights that are just hard to explain. It's not a game for the faint of heart, as it can be extremely graphic, and stressful. Batteries must be found for your camera to use it's night vision mode to see, and many enemy encounters are puzzles you must overcome if you want to continue (with instant death for failing them). It's a horrific experience from start to finish, and a great game for Halloween. (Or the week after.)
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Canada's House of Commons will be suspended until at least April 5 to curb COVID-19 spread. But millions of people across the country can't work from home.
This article originally appeared on VICE Canada.
Canada is one of the first countries to announce a shutdown of Parliament to curb coronavirus spread becausefair enoughwho wants to get sick?
Starting Friday, the House of Commons will be suspended for at least five weeks, until April 5.
We go back and shake thousands of hands, House leader Pablo Rodriguez said. And then, 338 people go back, shake thousands of hands, and come back together here.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeaus wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, prompting the couple to self-isolate for the next two weeks. For now, the prime minister said he has no symptoms and will only get tested if they arise.
Trudeau took to social media to post a glamour shot of himself on the phone while working from home.
Too bad millions of regular Canadians cant take impromptu work breaks because of the coronavirus pandemic. In Canada, more than 150 Canadians have tested positive for the virus, with cases expected to climb. Public health authorities are urging Canadians to take measures that prevent the spread of disease, including hand-washing, social distancing, and time off work if sickwhich is exactly what the countrys top politicians are doing.
Privileged people who enjoy stable, salaried positions, paid sick days, and benefits will fare better during the COVID-19 pandemic than those who dont. So imagine watching the government shut down when you, yourself, have to keep working.
The Prime Ministers Office did not respond to VICE when asked to respond to Canadians who are concerned they cant take time off work or work from home the way politicians can.
The government will continue to discuss and implement measures to deal with the virus during the shutdown. On Friday, Ottawa said it is considering closing Canada-U.S. borders and restricting the number of airports accepting international flights.
One news report also said the motion to suspend Parliament will give Ottawa more money to devote to the pandemic, but the PMO did not say whether MPs will take a pay cut during the parliamentary shutdown.
The Commons did note that MPs could return to work sooner if an emergency requires a meeting.
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Bridgewater, MA. Local historian and paranormal investigator, Wayne Nye, will speak at the Bridgewater Public Library on Tuesday, April 9th at 7:00 p.m. He will speak about the paranormal and ghost hunting.
The program will delve into the afterlife with a photo presentation of various investigations conducted by the M.A.P.S. team and a brief explanation of how the team was formed . The evening will conclude with a question and answer period.
Mr. Nye has spoken to many local groups including the Whitman Mothers Club, Whitman Historical Society, Hanson Historical Society, East Bridgewater Senior Center and the Plymouth County Genealogical Society.
Mr. Nye is a native of Brockton, a local historian, paranormal investigator, co-founder of M.A.P.S., and creator and narrator of the East Bridgewater Historic Ghost Tour.
This is a free program, funded by the Friends of the Bridgewater Public Library, and will be held in the library's Flora T. Little Meeting Room on the lower level. Parking is available in back of the library, located at 15 South Street.


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Q: Getting GCC linker to warn about multiple function definitions Consider my small example C library:
#include <external_library.h>

void some_function(void)
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It plans to make some_function() publicly callable. The library doesn't work, though, because the external library it requires also happens to use a function called some_function(), which happens to have the same prototype. GCC's linker doesn't care how many sources of the some_function symbol there are, though. It picks one seemingly at random and the external library may or may not use my some_function() instead of its own. This is insane. Not the fact that the library doesn't work. This library definitely shouldn't work. It's more the fact that there are two sources for the symbol 'some_function', but the linker doesn't do anything about it. And you know, that doesn't bother me too much because I'm used to GCC and C in general being pathologically reckless by default. There's gotta be a way, though, to get the linker to warn me when there are two sources for the same symbol. I've already tried -Wall -Wextra -Wshadow, but that doesn't produce any warnings.
Note that -fvisibility=hidden won't help here because both libraries want to export some_function(). I know you can just say shame on me for making  function calls without a unique prefix. You're right. It's a mistake. I don't care. This mistake is catchable by the linker and so should be caught. There is no reason why the linker shouldn't catch this mistake. Besides, the library you're using might export some weird unexpected symbols, and you do not necessarily have control over what somebody else's library exports. That and prefixes can only be made so unique before the programmer halts and catches fire.

A: Add:
-fvisibility=hidden
To your build flags. Note some caveats, however; some headers might not be expecting this. In those cases, you need to use a pragma before including them:
#pragma GCC visibility push(hidden)
#include <problematic_header>
#pragma GCC visibility pop

There are some other benefits to this other than just avoiding symbol collisions. See:
http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Visibility
In case you're interested.

A: Options such as -Wall -Wextra -Wshadow are compiler flags that affect the analysis of the source code; apparently, you're after a linker option.
However, since shutdown() is in the namespace reserved for the application to use (and you don't even show that you've included the header that does declare the system shutdown()), there is nothing much the compiler or linker can do.  You as the application programmer are entitled to create a function called shutdown() and call it.  You could look at something like the LSB (Linux Standards Base) compliance suite to check that you aren't defining functions that are defined by the implementation.
One of the harder bugs I ever had to track down involved a function _bind() in our code that happened to be the same name as a system function _bind() that had a different interface.  When our function was called by parts of the system library, all hell broke loose.  That was partly our fault for using a name reserved to the system (don't start variable or function names with _), it was unfortunate that only one platform had the name collision.  A systematic prefix to our _bind() resolved the issue.
You could look at the lists of reserved names in the C and POSIX standards.  However, you'd find that the _t suffix is reserved, but type names with the suffix are widely (ab)used for user-defined types too.  You also have to know whether any given definition of the type is 'from a system header' (presumably OK), or from a user-defined header (probably not OK), or is a 'user-defined header providing missing system functionality' (border-line).  It gets very tricky.

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Children and adolescents have great capacities for emotional and behavioral growth, simply (yet importantly) due to the fact that their brain has much more developing to experience. With approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy, attachment theory, and social thinking, youth have the ability to create new connections to new skills that not only improve their functioning, but also allow them to experience life with freedom from their obstacles.
Parents play an important role in their child's life and growth. Often times when emotional and/or behavior difficulties arise for children, tension with parents and other family members arise as well. Focusing on the attachment between parent and child, as well as utilizing methods such as PACE skills and Collaborative Problem Solving, can enhance connection and create an even deeper parent-child relationship.


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The New York Tri-State Area is served by Homesteaders in New York and Pennsylvania. They enjoy their delivery and pick-up trips from their respective farms; however, due to the distance, if a rental chicken is not healthy or worse during the rental, they can meet with a replacement chicken within 50 miles of their location without a transportation fee. If you prefer for them to bring a replacement chicken, a transportation fee will be determined.
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Years ago, a few Greeks linked by their religious and ethnic zeal, set forth a goal and began their arduous journey through the vast, consuming, and melting pot society for their new adopted land, to reach their dream. For years, spurred by hope, strengthened by accomplishments, they ascended difficult, future paths toward the realization of this goal.
The Community of St. Demetrios has been in existence for 80 years and its progress has been astonishing. So much has been achieved in so a brief time. Few communities can match its accomplishments and offer so much to their parishioners.
With only $306.00 in their treasury, these immigrant people consisting of furriers, tailors, bakers and laborers gathered together on November 7, 1927 gathered together to form a charter with the State of New York and proclaimed the "Hellenic Orthodox Community of Astoria, St. Demetrios Inc." as their official name. Twenty days later a cornerstone was laid at the present site of our St. Demetrios Church and only a short six months later on April 1, 1928 the basement was Consecrated as the first Church building of the Community with Metropolitan Germanos Polzoidis as its pastor.
From the inception of the Community an afternoon Greek School and S.S Program was organized to hold on to the precious Greek language, customs, traditions and religion.
For nine years the parishioners worshipped in their small semi-basement Church. During holidays a tent was pitches on the grounds to accommodate the people. Meanwhile they dreamed and planned for the time when they could realize their ambition and complete the structure of St. Demetrios as they have originally conceived it. These were depression years and it wasn't until 1936 before they could actually being building again. It took six years, but in 1942, the St. Demetrios Church as we know it today opened its doors. Five more years were needed to decorate the interior.
In the early 1940's our founding fathers saw a need for expansion and two lots were purchased on 30th Street in the year 1952, realizing that their basement church hall could no longer serve the social needs of the growing community. Remember that World War 2 had just ended and there was a great deal of immigrant influx into Astoria. Our founding fathers had children who had married with their own children and the facilities needed expansion. The Greeks were here to stay for good in Astoria and the Church had to meet the needs of a budding Greek-American community.
After much struggle on May 5th, 1957 the Center was completed and consecrated. It was September of that same year when St. Demetrios opened up its first Day School, with 267 kids, grades Kindergarten through eighth. As those children crossed the threshold, they carried with them the wholes future of the community; the education of its Greek-American youth.
In their attempt to then attack the age old problem of enlarging the Church they realized that another site was inevitable and the 33rd Street property was purchased in 1968 for $150,000. With the desire to build a new and most beautiful structure the inception of the present day Ss. Catherine and George Church evolved. A committee was formed to raise and build the $1,093,000 neo-Byzantine, three tiered structure. Groundbreaking took place on September 22, 1971 the ceremonial "opening of the doors" took place and the Consecration followed on October 26, 1975. Both of these occasions were again celebrated with great dignity, by His Eminence Archbishop Iakovos.
In 1967, along with all the plans for the new church, ways and means were being sought to alleviated the congestion at St. Demetrios School, and accommodate the many students on waiting lists. A study was made to renovate the large auditorium of the Community Center and divide it into classrooms. This idea was shelved as the community was still caught up in the building of St. Catherine and George. With this new building completed the kindergarten and first grades were moved to the classrooms there in September 1974.
Nevertheless, St. Demetrios School was still overcrowded. So on October 10, 1974 a building next door to St. Catherine's was purchased for $125.000 to be renovated to create more classroom space. To further their aim to educate their young two more buildings were purchased on 30th Street for a cost of $130,000.
In 1978, the School Expansion Committee was authorized to negotiate with architectural firms for the design of the St. Demetrios High School building and the development of construction plans. A committee was formed and undertook the task to raise the necessary funds which were close to half-a-million dollars.
The Parish Council acted on a general assembly resolution to purchase the building at 22-48 33rd Street which was next to the St. Demetrios annex.
On January 30, 1981, ground breaking ceremonies took place with His Eminence Archbishop Iakovos and many dignitaries present. The Contractor was required to complete the building for occupancy by September 1982. Working diligently with the Architect and the Contractor, the School Expansion Committee supervised the work and not only was the St. Demetrios H.S. building ready three months earlier than scheduled but its design and construction won an award from the Queens Chamber of Commerce.
On May 9, 1982, the ceremonial "cutting of the ribbon" took place marking the opening of our new High School building. With His Eminence Archbishop Iakovos presiding over the ceremony attended by over one thousand people, the motto "We believe, therefore we build" become a reality.
On June 12, 1985, a letter was received by His Eminence announcing the grand finale of events for St. Demetrios Church and the entire Greek-American Community of Astoria. It was announced that our Church would be consecrated on October 20, 1985 and elevated to the rank of Cathedral for Queens and Long Island. This historic event took place as scheduled and a banquet followed with over 1200 communicants presents. Truly this was another milestone in our Community.
Almost a year and a half after the elevation of St. Demetrios Cathedral, on April 10, 1987, the Hermitage of Ss. Raphael, Nicholas and Irene became part of our great Community.
Another historic event took place just this year on May 17, 1987. It was the elevation and ordination of Astoria's own Bishop at the Archdiocesan Cathedral. The Pastor of the Community, Archimandrite Anthimos Panagiotopoulos was elected to serve the Community in the rank of the Bishop holding the Titular Position of Bishop of Troas, an ancient sea in Asia Minor. Archimandrite Anthimos was enthroned on June 14, 1987 at St. Demetrios Cathedral. Polla ta eti!
In the community's 80 year history so many goals and dreams have been realized. This community is always willing to accept the challenge to move forward in every way. The school which opened in 1957 with 267 students has blossomed into a full Day School with over 700 Greek-American students. This alone is an accomplishment which deserves much merit.


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Occupy L.A.: The eviction that wasn't
As Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's deadline for Occupy L.A. drew near, hundreds of people hurried toward the encampment on the grounds of City Hall, as if the tower were a signpost in the dark. Protesters carried their now-familiar signs, and revolutionary book sellers set out their wares. Sympathizers brought crates of food, Occupy tourists brought their dogs, and drummers supplied a continuous beat.
PHOTOS: Occupy L.A.
As the hour of eviction approached Sunday night, volunteer medics tensely inventoried remedies for tear gas and pepper spray. Near the steps of the south entrance to City Hall, leaders did their "human microphone" shout-out of instructions on how to get arrested.
"Sit down and let your body go limp. Take a deep breath," a woman advised.
"Take a deep breath!" the crowd shouted back, passing it along.
"And ground yourself," she said.
"And ground yourself!" they responded.
"Fifteen minutes!" shouted another organizer.
"Fifteen minutes!"
But the witching hour came and went. In the black sky, a police helicopter hovered. Scores of police hung back, cordoning off nearby streets. A young woman smiled giddily as she posed next to a solemn-faced officer in riot gear like a tourist mugging with the guards at St. James' Palace. Her friend snapped a photo.
The eviction that didn't evict anyone seemed more like a successful dress rehearsal. The LAPD that turned out was not the one that scattered protesters and media during a May Day rally a few years back— and that's evidence of progress. But when dawn came Monday, the City Hall grounds were still full of tents.
That raises the question of whether anything was gained by the show of force. Did this peaceful nonconfrontation bring Occupy L.A. closer to a conclusion? Or just show the occupiers how much leverage they had by marshaling extra people? And what, if anything, will bring this eccentric but not terribly disruptive demonstration to an end?
Ever since the Occupy protests began, they have been in search of both a goal and a foe. Yet the demonstrators were welcomed by the mayor and the City Council, and their movement was applauded for starting a national conversation on income and wealth inequality. Now what? The protesters don't have a visceral enemy in Los Angeles. Nor do public officials have any urgent reason to push them out.
After the police stood down Monday morning, protesters remained uncertain about what the endgame should look like.
At the Revolution Books table, Nicole Lee explained: "It's a protracted struggle."
—Carla Hall
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Research on the coast of Tunisia shows relatively rapid erosion caused by development, a dramatic finding that can be applied to Southern California.
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If much of the focus of the state's restoration project is creating recreational opportunities, are we really "restoring" the Ballona Wetlands?
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The 2nd Amendment sanctuary movement is a dangerous display of faithlessness by local governments that feeds anti-government extremism.
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Blocking frivolous lawsuits would be a smart way to ensure taxpayer dollars for housing aren't wasted or held up by chicanery.
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It's one thing for an attorney general to help carry out the president's policies; it's another thing for him to look the other way on questionable conduct.
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Whet – Lucas Oswald – Review
On Whet, Lucas Oswald pens personal tales in an appealing indie-rock mould. While built around carefully plucked guitar and acoustic strumming, there is a subversive quality to Whet, in part due to the distorted keyboards which bubble just beneath the surface.
The stark emo-pop sound of 'Feel It Again' and 'Starving' recall Death Cab circa the Forbidden Love EP, but Whet largely supplants acoustic strumming for atmospheric, restless indie rock. It's not exactly sing-along material, but the snappy chorus of 'Dark On Us' suggests Oswald isn't totally opposed to FM radio play.
This is an album that charts the highs and lows of transience – of being rootless, geographically, psychologically. By the time the album closes there is still no homecoming. 'Passenger' sees Oswald at the whim of another's creative vision, but by the time the track, and album, close on a female laugh, it seems Lucas has reached acceptance. In life and in music we can't always get what we wan't – but the journey can be it's own lesson.
The subtext is very much Oswald's own personal struggle to find a constant in his life – during the recording of Whet he was touring with Shearwater, he moved three times, and battled his own doubts and depression. If there is a resolution at the end of this road-trip, it is that for Lucas Oswald, the music makes it all worth it. It is a message – art justifies art – that is as sweet as it is affecting, and a sentiment missing from the pop landscape.
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Resolute: one of Canada's 2018 innovation leaders
On November 12, 2018, for the eighth consecutive year, Resolute was recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Corporate R&D Spenders. The annual ranking is prepared by Research Infosource Inc. and highlights Canada's most innovative corporations.
AF&PA Sustainability Awards
Leadership in Sustainability
On November 9, 2018, the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) recognized Resolute's proactive approach to workplace safety with a 2018 Leadership in Sustainability Award. The annual awards highlight exemplary sustainability programs and initiatives in the paper and wood products manufacturing industry. Resolute's new proactive process, focused on individual accountability, was a key factor in our selection for the award. This is the second consecutive year the AF&PA has honored Resolute for its sustainability advancements.
On November 5, 2018, the Excellence Awards selected Resolute as the winner of its 2018 North American Excellence Award for Corporate Responsibility. The annual awards competition recognizes the best in the North American public relations and communications community. Our submission focused on the environmental pillar of the company's sustainability strategy. In particular, actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to mitigate climate change have been key elements of Resolute's sustainability commitments for the past seven years.
Galaxy Awards
Communications Excellence
On October 21, 2018, Resolute communications initiatives were recognized with four 2018 Galaxy Awards. The international competition for product and service marketing is sponsored by MerComm, a global independent awards organization dedicated to defining the standards of excellence in the communications fields. Our 2017 Annual and Sustainability Report earned gold in the Copywriting category for the Americas. We also received three bronze awards in the following categories: Copywriting, for our Letter to Stockholders; Annual Reports – Print; and Videos/DVDs – Corporate Identity, for our We Believe in Shared Values video.
Order of Forestry Engineers of Quebec
Resolute forester Serge Gosselin honored with prestigious Medal of the Order
On October 18, 2018, Serge Gosselin, Resolute's recently retired director of forestry for the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, received the Medal of the Order of Forestry Engineers of Quebec. The honor is awarded each year to a forester whose achievements throughout his/her career have contributed to the advancement of the profession. Serge was among the first foresters to contribute to the enactment of caribou conservation measures in Quebec's Charlevoix region in the 1990s. During the early 2000s, he worked with his team and wildlife experts to develop an innovative approach to harvest scheduling that would preserve important caribou habitat in the Saguenay region.


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The mysterious 21% plunge in GE's stock
KCRA – by Matt Egan
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) —General Electric shares mysteriously plummeted 21 percent on Monday in the midst of the unprecedented 1,089-point plunge on the Dow.
It was a stunning moment for GE, one of America's most iconic companies. An astonishing $53 billion of its value vanish in mere seconds — before rapidly recovering nearly as quickly.
To put GE's 21 percent plunge into perspective, it was the stock's biggest one-day decline since the Black Monday crash of 1987.
The magnitude of the GE losses are striking because they far exceeded those of its peers and did not appear to be driven to any news specifically linked to the company.
A manufacturer of everything from jet engines to light bulbs, GE is a very large company so it shouldn't be subject to violent stock market swings. Those moves, absent major news, are typically reserved for tiny companies, or high-flying stocks like GoPro .
Pepsi plunged too. But not Coke
Yet GE wasn't the only giant stock violently tossed around by the dramatic market action. Pepsi shares too briefly declined over 20 percent. By comparison, shares of rival Coca-Cola didn't fall more than 7.5 percent.
GE and Pepsi appear to be the highest-profile victims of the panic selling that crashed onto Wall Street on Monday. It's not yet clear why these two particular stocks fell as hard as they did.
Victims of a liquidity vacuum?
However, several market experts believe it was a function of extreme fear in the markets at that moment.
It created what's known as a "liquidity vacuum," where it becomes extremely difficult to trade a stock because of the lack of buyers. The situation can cause prices to swing dramatically, until a buyer finally emerges.
"At a time of maximum fear like that, nobody wants to step up to the plate," said James Angel, a finance professor at Georgetown University, who has testified before Congress about market structure issues.
The problem is that today's markets rely on such buying activity to come from high-speed traders, explains Dennis Dick, a market structure consultant at Bright Trading.
However, high-speed traders have been accused of disappearing when there's a very large move, such as that which occurred on Monday.
Dick compared it with the May 2010 flash clash — just at a far smaller scale.
Trading halts didn't apply to GE
Selling was so dramatic Monday that trading was automatically halted more than 1,200 times, according to Nasdaq. Yet most of those trading halts occurred in smaller, less liquid securities that are most vulnerable to the market's vicious moves.
Installed after the flash crash, these circuit breakers are designed to give stocks a time out and allow cooler heads to step into the market. They are triggered when stocks dive or spike by a certain amount in a matter of minutes.
Trading in GE and Pepsi was not halted because their declines occurred just after the opening bell. Circuit breakers don't go into effect during the first 15 minutes of the trading day nor in the final 25 minutes.
Will regulators act?
Luther Zhao, a research analyst at TABB Group, predicted Monday's events will be scrutinized by regulators and could even inspire new rules or changes in existing regulations.
Both GE and the Securities and Exchange Commission declined comment. Pepsi did not respond to a request for comment.
"The panic and lack of liquidity that largely contributed to the violent crash on the open rings many similarities to the flash crash in May 2010," Zhao wrote in a report.
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It's no mystery as long as you understand that the stock market is totally manipulated.
That being the case, anything is possible.


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