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Q: How to handle invalid user input table name I am writing a C# WinForms program which includes a user input textbox, the value of which will be used to create a table. I have been thinking about what the best way to handle invalid T-SQL table names is (though this can be extended to many other situations). Currently the only method I can think of would be to check the input string for any violations of valid table names individually, though this seems long winded and could be prone to missing certain characters for example due to my own ignorance of what is a violation and what is not.
I feel like there should be a better way of doing this but have been unable to find anything in my search so far. Can anyone help point me in the right direction?

A: As told you in a comment already you should not do this...
You might use something like this
USE master;
GO
CREATE DATABASE dbTest;
GO
USE dbTest;
GO
CREATE TABLE UserTables(ID INT IDENTITY CONSTRAINT PK_UserTables PRIMARY KEY
                       ,UserInput NVARCHAR(500) NOT NULL CONSTRAINT UQ_UserInput UNIQUE);
GO
INSERT INTO UserTables VALUES(N'blah')
                            ,(N'invalid !%$& <<& >< $')
                            ,(N'silly ');
GO
SELECT * FROM UserTables;

/*
ID  UserInput
1   blah
2   invalid !%$& <<& >< $
3   silly
*/

GO
USE master;
GO
DROP DATABASE dbTest;
GO

You would then create your tables as Table1, Table2 and so on.
Whenever a user enters his string, you visit the table, pick the ID and create the table's name by concatenating the word Table with the ID.
There are better approaches!
But you should think of a fix schema. You will have to define columns (how many, which type, how to name them?). You will feel in hell when you have to query this. Nothing to rely on...
One approach is a classical n:m mapping

*

*A User table (UserID, Name, ...)

*A test table (TestID, TestName, TestType, ...)

*The mapping table (ID, UserID, TestID, Result VARCHAR(MAX))

Depending on what you need you might add a table

*

*question table (QuestionID, QuestionText ...)

Then use a mapping to bind questions to tests and another mapping to bind answers to such mapped questions.
another approach was to store the result as a generic container (XML or JSON). This keeps your tables slim, but needs to knwo the XML's structure in order to query it.
Many ways to skin a rabbit...
UPDATE
You ask for an explanation...
The main advantage of a relational database is the pre-known structure.
Precompiled queries, cached results, statisics, indexes demand for known structures.
Data integrity is ensured with constraints, foreign keys and so on. All this demands for known names, known types(!) and known relations.
User-specific table names, and even worse: generically defined structures, do not allow for any join, or other typical RDBMS operation. The only approach is to create each and any statement dynamically (string building)
The rule of thumb is: Whenever you think to have to create several objects of for the same, but with different names you should think about the design. It is bad to store Phone1, Phone2 and Phone3. It is better to have a side table, with a UserID and a Phone column (classical 1:n). It is bad to have SalesCustomerA, SalesCustomerB, better use a Customer table and bind its ID  into a general Sales table as FK.
You see what I mean? What belongs together should live in one single table. if you need separation add columns to your table and use them for grouping and filtering.
Just imagine you want to do some statistical evaluation of all your user test tables. How would you gather the data into one big pool, if you cannot rely on some structure in common?
I hope this makes it clear...
If you still wnat to stick to your idea, you should give my code sample a try. this allows to map any silly string to a secure and easy to handle table name.

A: Lots can go wrong with users entering table names. A bunch of whacked out names is maintenance nightmare. A user should not even be aware of table name.  It is a security risk as now the program has to have database owner authority.  You want to limit users to minimum authority.
Similar to Shnugo but with composite primary key.  This will prevent duplicate userID, testID.
 user
 ID int identity PK
 varchar(100) fName
 varchar(100) lName

 test
 ID int identity PK
 varchar(100) name

 userTest
 int userID  PK FK to User
 int testID  PK FK to Test
 int score

 select t.Name, u.Name, ut.score
 from userTest ut
 join Test t
   on t.ID = ut.testID
 join User u
   on u.ID = ut.userID
 order by t.Name, u.Name


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#pragma once
#include <aws/awstransfer/Transfer_EXPORTS.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/memory/stl/AWSString.h>

namespace Aws
{
namespace Transfer
{
namespace Model
{
  enum class ExecutionErrorType
  {
    NOT_SET,
    PERMISSION_DENIED,
    CUSTOM_STEP_FAILED,
    THROTTLED,
    ALREADY_EXISTS,
    NOT_FOUND,
    BAD_REQUEST,
    TIMEOUT,
    INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
  };

namespace ExecutionErrorTypeMapper
{
AWS_TRANSFER_API ExecutionErrorType GetExecutionErrorTypeForName(const Aws::String& name);

AWS_TRANSFER_API Aws::String GetNameForExecutionErrorType(ExecutionErrorType value);
} // namespace ExecutionErrorTypeMapper
} // namespace Model
} // namespace Transfer
} // namespace Aws

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Q: how to concatenate an image with a matrix horizontally in MATLAB I have an image img.  I want to conactenate it with a matrix of zeros, but horizontally
i-e image should appear with black color.

A: To get you started, this adds a row of zeros to the bottom of a grayscale image:
result = [img; zeros(1,size(img,2))]

and this does the same to an rgb image:
result = [img; zeros(1,size(img,2),3)]

A: To add zeros on to the right hand side of an image
newImg=cat(2,img,zeros(size(img,1),numNewColumns,size(img,3)));

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To discuss this unexpected comeback, Dustin Johnson's legendary drive, Jason Dufner's legendary hat collection, and our picks to play well at Waialae Country Club, Joel Beall joined me for our weekly chat. Please have a listen.
Jordan Spieth: An opening 75 was too much for Spieth to overcome, but he rallied for a solo ninth. I'm taking him over JT not because he's got his regular caddie this week, but because I think he provides slightly more value than his friend, who everyone will be taking after his record-breaking performance here last year.
Kevin Kisner: With a T-4 and a T-5 the past two years at Waialae, Kisner seems like the safest pick out there. Our only concern is whether Kisner can recover from his Georgia Bulldogs losing an absolute heartbreaker in Monday night's National Championship Game. And he'll be playing with Alabama superfan Justin Thomas the first two days. Rough.
Brian Harman: Speaking of Georgia products, the red-hot Harman finished third at Kapalua, picking up his fourth top 10 in as many starts this season. He's already one third of the way to the 12 top 10s Spieth and Thomas had last season to lead the tour. No reason no to ride the hot-hand in Honolulu this week.
Maybe a top 10 will be enough for the two to book separate rooms at the next tour event.


This delicacy is an exemplar of a East meets West fusion in the early days of Singapore, whereby Hainanese chefs married five spiced powder, tomato sauce, worchesterchire sauce etc; using what's available in kitchens, hotels and ships owned by the British. Certainly, it has left a significant mark in the country's repertoire of must-try signature dishes.
The pork chop is served in slices, accompanied by sizzling thick red sauce and vegetables on top to keep it moist and saucy. I remembered having the first bite 12 years ago when Daddy Chow brought us for Hainanese Chicken Rice at Golden Mile Thien Kee Steamboat restaurant. Although Hainanese pork chop was served as a side, it caught my attention due to its presentation.
"Aren't pork chop grilled and served as a whole?" I wondered.
Unlike western pork chop, the Hainanese served them in generous thick chunks and they hardly turn soggy in the special sauce. My eyes lit up when I ate it, and totally ignored the chilled chicken. Without holding back, one piece just came after another with one bowl of fragrant chicken rice in hand. Brown on the outside, pinkish white on the inside was the exact combination imprinted in my mind. Better still, they weren't greasy at all. That won my heart!
With all that said, here's my version of Hainanese Pork Chop I cooked for my Dad (who is also a fellow Hainanese). We ate them in a East meets West style, where pork chop was wrapped in romaine lettuce, inspired by Korean BBQ alongside Scottish craft beer as part of our dining experience😁 The aim is to finish this homely pork chop with a same amount of satisfaction but at a reduced calorie intake with the absence of white rice.
Cooking this dish can be an overnight or an hour's affair, depending on how much time is given to marinade the meat for its richness in taste. A potential challenge is to slice up the crusty light brown pork chop, witness the right softness of the meat and guarantee that it is cooked within 3 minutes. Just 3 minutes of attention, no distractions, otherwise these pork chop may turn to thick black cardboards and go to waste.
For vegetables, I opted for canned peas and corns instead of frozen ones because the smell and taste of frozen ones were too strong for me no matter how the sauce tried to cover them.
Refer to the same method of defrosting poultry written in the previous blog post.
Place cream crackers in a ziploc bag and seal it. Use a rolling pin/ pestle to roll over them into crumbs. Make sure the crumbs are not too fine/ in powder form. Transfer crumbs into a wide bowl and set aside.
Use reverse blunt side of the cleaver or mallet to tenderise the pork collar steaks by pounding it across evenly.
Whisk two eggs in a wide bowl to amalgamate the yolks and whites. Set aside.
Add marinate ingredients to the pork collar steaks and rub them evenly. If time is not a constraint, put them into a Ziploc bag and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Otherwise, dip both sides of each pork collar steak into the egg wash. Then, coat it with cracker crumbs. Use tip of the fingers to press the steaks in the crumbs to ensure it is evenly coated.
Repeat step for another pork collar steak.
Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan over small-medium heat. After 1 minute, drop a few crumbs to test the temperature. If the crumbs start sizzling, slowly slide in one slice of pork collar steak, make sure it is completely submerged.
Fry for 1 minute on each side or until it turns golden. Flip over carefully using a pair of tongs.
Turn up the heat and let it fry for 1 minute. This process will lead the pork collar to be less greasy in texture and taste. Set aside pork collars on a kitchen towel in a plate to let it cool.
For the sauce, scoop 2 tbsp of the remaining oil (without crumb debris) used earlier, and add to a separate sauce pan over medium heat. Add onions to the pan and fry for 30 seconds.
Add the peas and corn to the onions, combine well for 1 minute. Turn down the heat slightly, pour in Worcestershire sauce, tomato sauce, oyster sauce and pepper. Mix well and add water to the sauce.
Let the sauce simmer for 2-3 minutes. Meanwhile, chop the pork collars with a cleaver about 2cm lengthwise.
Add 2 tbsp of potato starch mixture at a time to sauce, swirl the mixture slowly and constantly till it gets thicker. Turn off heat and pour it over pork slices.
Serve pork chop with baby romaine lettuce. Wrap two slices of pork chop in lettuce each time. Enjoy with beer!
Once the sauce is done, do not leave it for more than 5 minutes as it forms clumps as well. Add potato starch mixture to the sauce only when pork chop is ready to serve.


A new ASTM International guide will help test method users select the most appropriate test methods to meet their measurement application needs for properties of petroleum products, liquid fuels, and lubricants.
According to James Bover, an industry consultant and ASTM International member, the guide will help users evaluate and compare the relative performance of different tests that measure the same property.
Bover says that the guide outlines strategies that help evaluate to what extent a test method will provide a sufficiently precise measurement. He adds that the guide also helps assess the fitness of use of a test method related to its reproducibility, helping products meet certain specifications, regulations, or manufacturing limits.
The standard (D8146) was developed by ASTM's committee on petroleum products, liquid fuels, and lubricants (D02), under its subcommittee on quality and statistics (D02.94).
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Vol. 46, no. 2 (November 2018) of the Journal of Chinese Religions is now online at https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/yjch20/current?nav=tocList. Read on for the Table of Contents, which includes reviews of Michael Ing's The Vulnerability of Integrity in Early Confucian Thought and Geoffrey Redmond's translation of The I Ching, among others.
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The ePrivacy Directive is a longstanding EU cybersecurity regulation, originally brought into force in 2002 and modified in 2009. Created to protect sensitive data and privacy in the digital age, the directive compelled telecommunications and other organisations to anonymise traffic data after its required use and utilise opt-ins for marketing emails and intrusive cookies.
EU Directives are flexible – while they oblige their member states to implement the substance of the directive, it is up to the states themselves how they realise it. In contrast, EU Regulations are immediately imposed onto all member states when it comes into effect, without change to any national laws.
There has been a new ePrivacy Regulation in the works for some time now, intended to repeal and replace the ePrivacy Directive, providing a stronger basis for the protection of privacy right and enforcement. However, despite the EU's objective to implement the ePrivacy Regulation with GDPR in May 2018, it is still currently subject to negotiations by the member states and has not been completed.
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Most of this week's posts dealt with a world that is hanging in the balance. Because of allergy problems I've never experienced before, I had Monday off. Thus, the extra posts this week.
I encourage all of you to get over to Delight in Truth's blog to learn a bit about major problems with Norway's government.
Also, if you haven't ever been to Deborah Ann's blog, you really should tap into that. Deborah is waiting like I am for the Lord's return and her blog is a constant blessing of encouragement.
It was also nice to hear m'kayla interviewed here. I had never heard her voice before though I've been following her blog for some time. Her comments are very insightful regarding the new age movement and certain Christian themed films that are recent.
Greg Mannarino, who called the "top" of the stock market was on with Greg Hunter this week. He is very concerned about the corruption in our financial system as is Catherine Austin Fitts who thinks that criminals are running the U.S. government.
Roger Oakland, an apologist with discernment, gives a great discussion of his ministry and The Road to Babylon.
And then there's THE STORY of the Christian postgraduate father of four, who was studying to become a social worker who was ordered to hand back his student ID and library card because of Christian comments he made on Facebook. This happened in England and was covered by the press there.
Oh, and while you are at that story check out the website it's on. I've never been to Voice of the Persecuted before, but it looks very good at first glance. I've been back once to check out a few links and so far so good.
In fact, I decided to reblog what I thought was an excellent VOP article about 2015 being the worst year on record for worldwide Christian persecution.
I've been busy this week and don't intend to put this much material up before each Saturday wrap-up. There's a lot to choose from here though and I think that all of it is accurate and up to date.
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A wire-braided grip and a mirrored pommel finish off the hilt. The sheath is leather-wrapped wood with steel accents. The sword is full-tanged and hand-crafted. Go ahead and buy it. You owe it to yourself.
The shipping was fast and the product came in great condition. Will definitely use the website again.
These swards are always the perfect present for our church members who have gone beyond to help our community! The fact that we could customize them with our logo and symbols makes it that much more special.
Perfect for my fantasy book cover!
I needed a rapier for my upcoming cover photo shoot. The swept hilt rapier was the perfect weapon for my model and book trilogy. I also added the Liege Blade Noble Dagger for the off hand weapon in the photos. Together they made a perfect and lethal-looking combination. The quality of the tempered blades was excellent and I will definitely consider Strongblade for future projects and weapons. You can check out the covers of the first two books in the Accidental Champion trilogy to see the blades "in action" where ever you buy ebooks online.
This is an amazing piece of art. The hilt is indescribable, to say the least. I normally prefer big, brute longswords, but when I saw this blade, I had to add it to my collection. Craftsmanship is amazing, quality is unmatched. I would highly recommend this sword. I can guarantee it will not disappoint.
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We give this sword in appreciation to members of our church who have dedicated time and have shown support towards humanitarian efforts. It is always well received, especially when it includes the insignia and logo and is beautifully personalized.
We give these swords as part of an acknowledgement for donations to our building renovation project. Strongblade engraves them and even has taken our custom images and includes that as part of the personalization. The swords are always received with great enthusiasm and are quite beautiful!
We award this sword to those who have helped on a project for our church! It is always so well received! Strongblade always does a wonderful job!


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Moody Blues Announce Artists and Dates for 2018 Cruise
Nick DeRiso Published: August 24, 2016
The Moody Blues will be joined by Alan Parsons, Jefferson Starship, Dave Mason and others for the fifth Moody Blues Cruise. To be held Jan. 2-7, 2018, the trek includes stops at Grand Cayman and Cozumel.
"It's such a great opportunity to have all the fans together," Moody Blues frontman Justin Hayward says in a news release. "I think the cruises are probably more about the people who love the Moody's music getting together; I think we're kind of incidental to it."
Fans will set sail from Miami aboard the Celebrity Eclipse, which will play host to concerts, Q&As and meet-and-greet events. There will also be an array of restaurant, gaming and nightclub options, as well as a New Year's Eve concert and a football-watching party. Also featured are the Orchestra, which grew out of ELO, Little River Band, Ambrosia, Richie Furay of Buffalo Springfield, Ides of March and others.
"I'm looking forward to it, it's always fun," Hayward adds. "And it's good to be with other artists. So much these days we're the only artists on a bill; you never get to meet other people, but on the cruises you do. And there's some really great people this year that I'm really looking forward to seeing again."
Double-occupancy cabins start at $1,599; children 11 and under at the time of sailing are free, when sharing a cabin with two full-fare paying adults. Tickets go on sale beginning today at MoodiesCruise.com.
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For some time, we have seen cockpit designers working on ways in which to display more information yet make the dash appear less complex. The general approach is to ensure that only the most essential information is displayed while remaining features are available in the background or brought up at will. But the increasing fitment of multimedia and connectivity systems suggest that this part of the interior is still in its infancy in terms of development. This month's research snapshot is of the Volvo XC60 and Toyota Auris, taking a closer look at the interior design and technology that gives each a distinctive feel and style.


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In just of couple decades, fishing in Cancun has garnered a wide reputation as one of the world's top destinations for sportfishing due to the sheer abundance of marine life that is found off the waters of the Yucatan Peninsula. These Western Caribbean waters are rich in nutrients and warm throughout the entire year. They offer ideal conditions for the wide variety of fish species that make their home here. These are also ideal conditions for anglers who are eager to experience the excitement of a Cancun fishing charter. In fact, fishing in Cancun is known to be excellent throughout the entire year. There is no "on" season or "off" season in Cancun. Browse our website and explore all the great fishing excursions we have to offer you in Cancun, Cozumel, Playa del Carmen, and the Riviera Maya!
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Cancun is the place to go if you want to experience excellent fishing. But with the soaring popularity of Cancun fishing charters, many so-called captains have started subpar operations taking Cancun visitors out to sea without really knowing the ins and outs of Cancun fishing.
Here at Cancun Fishing Charters, we work only with Cancun charter captains who have the years of experience and the level of dedication to make them qualified charter captains. You can be sure that when you go on a Cancun fishing excursion with one of the captains on our site that you will be heading out to sea with one of the most knowledgeable, experienced, and expert fishing captains around. All of our captains have excellent reputations among both local anglers and visiting anglers.
Whether it you choose offshore fishing, light tackle fishing, or fly fishing, our fishing charters offer you a smooth ride on a comfortable and upscale fishing vessel that is fully equipped with the proper fishing gear for the type of excursion you booked. While any fishing trip in Cancun can be successful, it takes a truly knowledgeable and experienced captain to take you on the kind of Cancun fishing trip you will not soon forget! Each of our captains has been fishing the waters off the coast of Cancun and other parts of the same area for over years! It is this level of practice and experience that allows these charter captains to successfully navigate the waters and help you find that perfect catch!
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Bus-only lanes are a smart step toward easing Chicago commutes
MarySue Barrett
Image from the Bus Rapid Transit proposal
Reliability. When it comes to the work commute, it doesn't matter whether we drive, take public transportation or ride a bike — reliability is the No. 1 quality we're looking for, according to several recent reports, including the local Regional Transportation Authority's Customer Satisfaction survey and a University of California at Berkeley study.
Unfortunately, a consistent and speedy commute is not the norm in metropolitan Chicago (or, to be fair, most major U.S. regions). The latest Texas Transportation Institute Urban Mobility Study found that the average Chicagoan who drives to work during rush hours loses 51 hours per year to travel delays. Likewise, train and bus delays due to equipment problems are more common than we'd like, which Metra, Pace and the Chicago Transit Authority all are addressing through fleet, track and signal upgrades and improved technology like bus and train trackers, which provide real-time travel information to reduce customers' wait times.
To further improve transit reliability, commute times and customer experiences, Chicago will launch a new Bus Rapid Transit service downtown next year. Funded with $18.8 million from a Federal Transit Administration grant and $4.7 million in local tax-increment financing, the Central Loop BRT route will improve connections between Union Station, the Loop and Navy Pier. The route will include bus-priority lanes on two miles of streets — Canal, Washington, Madison and Clinton — along with enhanced stations, protected bike lanes and signal priority.
Some Chicagoans have raised concerns about this plan. However, unlike current buses, which often slow cars and taxis as they merge in and out of traffic, BRT's bus-only lanes will establish more consistent travel patterns for bus riders, cars, taxis and even bicyclists. Because buses make up just four percent of vehicles traveling through the Central Loop but carry more than 47 percent of commuters coming into the Loop in a vehicle, BRT is a smart investment in getting thousands of people to and from work more consistently and quickly.
Many downtown business organizations are on board with BRT, including the Chicago Loop Alliance and Greater North Michigan Avenue Association. These groups recognize that what BRT has to offer goes far beyond travel benefits to the still-fragile economy: World Business Chicago's Plan for Economic Growth and Jobs identifies infrastructure investment, including a robust BRT network in Chicago, as a critical market lever to ratchet up the city's economic performance. BRT will add to our region's 2 million transit trips a day to further reduce traffic congestion and its hidden costs — which the Metropolitan Planning Council has documented at upward of $7.3 billion a year. BRT also provides a map for clustering new public and private-sector investments. When Cleveland developed its "HealthLine" BRT route in 2008, it spurred more than $4.3 billion in real estate development along the route.
It's no wonder Chicago has plans to develop a world-class BRT system. To learn more about the Central Loop route and other routes being planned, including along Western or Ashland avenues, attend a lunchtime discussion sponsored by the Metropolitan Planning Council this Friday, March 1, or listen in via YouTube.
MarySue Barrett is president of the Metropolitan Planning Council in Chicago.


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WarPlan
WarPlan Review
30 October 2019 | By Luiz H. Coelho
WarPlan fulfills most of its goals as a simplified World War II Sim
Despite a few regrettable attempts at stirring the pot, World War II was (thankfully) the last truly global conflict, so it makes sense that so many strategy games use it as the basis for massive warfare simulations. Even so, not all WWII simulators are created equal, and there are quite a few ways to go about reproducing the strategic thrills of those iconic battles. With WarPlan, the developers over at Kraken Studios decided to take a step back from the traditional RTS approach, embracing a much simpler but no less compelling experience that feels like a peculiar combination of Risk and real-life wargaming.
As you first boot up the game, you'll notice that WarPlan forgoes several modern strategy gaming amenities like three-dimensional landscapes and detailed depictions of units, relying instead on a realistic-looking political map dotted with points of interest representing infantry, resources and open territories. Of course, keeping true to the global scale of last Great War, the map is appropriately huge, with hundreds of territories spanning across different continents that will consistently require your attention in order to guarantee victory.
Naturally, most of the action here is done through cascading menus and simple mouse clicks as you direct your units to attack where the enemy is the most vulnerable while also re-allocating resources as needed. This sounds more complicated than it really is, as most relevant information is readily available to the player at a glance, and the ultimate gameplay flow here really does remind me of a simplified board game (only without the boring setup or cleaning up afterwards).
The boardgame influence can be a double-edged sword, however, as the digital die-rolls result in much of the game being left up to chance. While skirmishes are usually very well balanced, it can be extremely annoying to have your immaculate squads decimated by a weaker force simply because the gaming gods have willed it, though I guess that risk is also part of the wargaming charm.
Nevertheless, having some amount of historical knowledge can be a huge bonus when planning your assault on neighboring countries, as re-enacting real-life skirmishes and battle plans usually works quite well (after all, everything becomes much easier with the power of hindsight). Even some of the difficulty options are based on historical accuracy, which I also thought was a nice touch in an already realistic game.
Unfortunately, this also means that it can be a bit hard to keep track of things during these literally global-scale battles. Turns are quite long, and as you spread yourself thin throughout the gigantic map, it's easy to miss an important detail or two, resulting in some rookie mistakes that can cost the entire campaign. This also means that you'll be forced to wait and watch the enemy AI enact their own plans, though that's also an unavoidable part of the digital boardgame package.
On the other hand, the messy interface isn't quite as forgivable as some of these other quirks, with pretty much the entire game relying on accurately navigating through menus and tweaking minor options in order to raise your chances of success. This can become a bit of a chore as you scroll through tiny fonts and same-y submenus in order to find specific units in a worldwide conflict. In these moments, it becomes clear that WarPlan could have used a bit more production value, at least in the presentation department. These details don't quite ruin the game, but they can certainly get in the way of having a fun time.
WARPLAN VERDICT
Ultimately, WarPlan fulfills most of its goals as a simplified World War II Sim, but I suspect that it won't take long for most players to find the gameplay grindy and repetitive. The historical accuracy and mostly realistic approach to combat are sure to appease history buffs, but this digital approximation of the classic boardgame formula still needs to be perfected. The more patient players out there are sure to have lots of fun re-enacting these infamous battles, but more casual buyers would do well to wait for a sale.
Huge Scale
Historical Accuracy
Easy to get into
Iffy Interface
Can get repetitive after a while
About Luiz H. Coelho
Born Brazilian, raised Canadian, Luiz is a Gamer and Filmmaker that spends most of his time writing and waiting for a new Silent Hill.
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(In)Visibility
Jorinde Seijdel
April 13, 2005editorial,
The dynamic of contemporary culture is dominated by the diktat of visibility. The degree of visibility of social, political, economic and cultural events, of things and people, in public imagery, is considered a prime indicator of a society's democratic credentials and of the quality of the public domain. Visibility is associated with openness and communication, and is taken as prima facie evidence of the orderliness of society and its political makeup. Invisibility is in this logic the uncontrolled, the repellent or the repressed; but it is also that which still awaits disclosure. From this viewpoint, the reality of the invisible plays no explicit part in the sociocultural and political debate, but the longing to reveal is all the stronger – to the point of explosiveness.
Within the regime of visibility, the visual media generate an incessant stream of images while members of the public are also constantly visualizing their experiences. However, this plethora of images does not confirm the success of the ideology of visibility; on the contrary, it exposes the decline of that ideology. There is a growing scepticism towards images, manifesting itself as public doubts about their authenticity and evidential status. These doubts can apparently only be countered by yet more images, without a point of satisfaction ever being reached.
In this baffling situation, any visual message or social agenda is out of the question. What position does art take in this situation? What contribution can artists, designers and architects make, with all their commitment and legitimizations, in this 'lost' public domain? And what specific developments in today's visual culture are relevant here? Open 8 explores these questions with the help of a guest editorial panel consisting of Jan van Grunsven, artist, and Willem van Weelden, artist and researcher/commentator in the domain of new media. Both are directly and explicitly occupied with issues relating to public space and the public domain, and both support taking a critical, defiant attitude in practice. In the introduction, 'Viewing: Seeing: Looking Away' the guest editors expand their views on the problems of visibility and invisibility.
In a condensed version of Chapter 1 of his new book The Regime of Visibility, to be published this autumn, Camiel van Winkel offers examples from fashion, art and design to demonstrate that today's culture suffers not so much from an excess of images as a deficit. This is followed by a visual contribution from Pascale Gatzen, a designer operating on the borderline of fashion on art whose work places a critical accent on the treatment of fashion in photography. In his essay 'The Post-Monumental Image', Jouke Kleerebezem argues for strategies in this mediatized, computerized culture that will lead to 'enduring visibility'. In 'Transparency & Exodus', the British culture critic and activist Brian Holmes explains how experimental art has stamped its signature on contemporary social protest movements. In 'Wild Images', I myself describe the increasing influence of amateur images on news and opinion. In 'Empire and Design', the Belgian philosopher Dieter Lesage contends that the stress placed by architects, artists and designers on the visual identity of territories is actually a concession to a postpolitical situation; he strives for a form of resistance that avoids this pitfall. Henk Oosterling, in 'The Public Existence of Homo Informans', reflects on events surrounding the American artist Steve Kurtz of the Critical Art Ensemble, who was arrested on suspicion of wire and mailfraud. The architectural theorist Wouter Davids contributes a column on a work of art by Santiago Sierra made for Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens in Deurle, Belgium.
Further, Open 8 reports on a discussion conducted by Jan van Grunsven and Willem van Weelden with Arno van der Mark from the multidisciplinary design group DRFTWD Office Associates about a design attitude in which visibility and autonomy are secondary. Willem van Weelden interviewed the French conceptualist group Bureau d'Études, that produces maps intended to make 'the organization of capitalism' visible; one such map, titled The System, is included as an insert in Open 8. This issue of Open also documents a private discussion on the present-day legitimization of art school courses for art in public space, starting from the assumption that the Netherlands lacks a politically engaged practice or tradition regarding public space art; the participants were Jeanne van Heeswijk, Henk Slager, Jouke Kleerebezem and Jan van Grunsven, Henk Oosterling took the chair.
Jorinde Seijdel is an independent writer, editor and lecturer on subjects concerning art and media in our changing society and the public sphere. She is editor-in-chief of Open! Platform for Art, Culture & the Public Domain (formerly known as Open. Cahier on Art & the Public Domain). In 2010 she published De waarde van de amateur [The Value of the Amateur] (Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam), about the rise of the amateur in digital culture and the notion of amateurism in contemporary art and culture. Currently, she is theory mentor at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and head of the Studium Generale Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. With Open! she is a partner of the Dutch Art Institute MA Art Praxis in Arnhem.


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(Yakima) -- Sequim is assured of its highest state boys basketball placing in the past 25 years after the Wolves held on and beat the Burlington-Edison Tigers 52-49 Friday morning at the Yakima Valley SunDome.
Sequim will play Clover Park, a 63-49 winner of West Valley of Yakima Friday, in a Saturday morning game at 8 with the 4th and 6th place trophies at stake.
It will be a rematch of the West Central District championship contest won by the Warriors 60-45 on February 18th.
Newsradio KONP airtime will be at 7:40 a.m. Saturday on AM 1450, FM 101.7 or online with a click of the Sequim Wolves logo at www.konp.com.
Sequim had an early lead, but Burlington-Edison scored the final 8 points of the opening frame and led 13-6 at the first break.
The Tigers' Isaak Davies started the contest with 8 of his 15 points in the first quarter, including a pair of treys.
The Wolves trailed 24-18 at intermission after being severely outrebounded in the first 16 minutes by an imposing Tigers front line, including 6-7 Austin Von Herbulis, 6-4 Jeremy Canniff and 6-3 Daron Browning.
Von Herbulis set an individual state game record with 27 rebounds, including 15 offensive boards. He had 18 rebounds, including 13 offensive boards in the first half.
He had 13 points before fouling out with 1:13 remaining.
The Wolves solved a 2-1-2 Tiger zone defense with Jayson Brocklesby playing high post at the free throw stripe after halftime.
Brocklesby had 15 of his game-high 20 points in the second half, connecting on 10 of 15 free throws in the contest.
The Wolves were ahead 32-31 after three quarters.
Sequim took the lead for good with 5:25 left on a Gabe Carter assist to Alex Barry for a layup - 37-36.
For the second straight day, Sequim fans had to sweat out a close finish.
The Wolves had a 46-38 lead with 1:55 to go after a pair of Brocklesby charity tosses, but Carlos Navarro's triple cut it 46-42 with 1:13 remaining.
Gabe Carter made a free throw at the 52 second mark, making it 49-45, then Ruby Mataya's layup narrowed it to 49-47 with 39 seconds left.
Sequim's Anthony Pinza dropped in two free throws extending it to 51-47 with 28 ticks remaining.
Alex Barry hit one of two charity tosses, leaving the door open for B-E with 17 seconds to go at 51-48.
Davies dribbled the right wing into the closing seconds and attempted to draw a Sequim foul on a game-tying 3-ball attempt.
No whistle sounded and Carter secured his 12th rebound for the win.
Sequim will have either 4th or 6th place in the tourney, its highest finish since Coach Rick Kaps and his son, Ryan, led the Wolves to 2nd in state in 1988.
Burlington Edison (52) -- Brandon Schansky, Carlos Navarro 3, Rudy Mataya 6, Dalton Schwetz 2, Isaak Davies 15, Daron Browning 7, Jeremy Canniff 3, Austin Von Herbulis 13.
Sequim (49) -- Anthony Pinza 7, Donovan Lee, Alex Barry 8, Rory Kallappa 6, Jayson Brocklesby 20, Tim Guan 6, Erik Christensen 4, Gabe Carter 1.
Total Rebounds: B-E 52, Sequim 43.
Offensive Rebounds: B-E 20, Sequim 18.
Defensive Rebounds: B-E 32, Sequim 25.
Turnovers: B-E 16, Sequim 12.
Assists: B-E 5, Sequim 10.
Steals: B-E 8, Sequim 2.
Free Throw Pts: B-E 8, Sequim 17.
Points off Turnovers: B-E 13, Sequim 21.
Points in paint: B-E 20, Sequim 16.
Largest Lead: Sequim 16, B-E 24 (8 pts).
Longest Run: Sequim 14-2, B-E 8-0.


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Five Android 4.4 KitKat Smartphones You Can Buy Under Rs. 8,000
By NDTV Correspondent | Updated: 29 May 2014 09:57 IST
Android 4.4 KitKat was announced in November last year but until recently, smartphones running the latest version of Android have been few and far between.
The entry level segment might not grab headlines, but for most people it represents the segment to which their first smartphone belongs. We pick five smartphones in the sub-Rs. 8,000 segment running the latest Android version, but before that, let's take a look at the improvements in KitKat itself.
Android 4.4 KitKat: What's New?
Android 4.4 KitKat has a number of changes compared to Android 4.3 Jelly Bean including more immersive graphics, as well as deeper integration with Google's intelligent assistant, Google Now.
Android 4.4 allows users' to just say "OK Google" from the home screen to launch the Google Now assistant and do a voice search, send a text, get directions and even play a song. Google has been enhancing Google Now with new card types that bring information about contextual topics that interest users such as updates from favourite websites.
Android KitKat also comes with visual changes including a translucent menu bar located at the bottom of the screen, and new transition effects when you open the app launcher. You can preview wallpapers in full-screen before applying and also the wallpapers now extends through the notification tray as well.
The Quick Settings notifications in the Android KitKat menu toggles also add a 'location settings' toggle. A new Emoji keyboard for emoticons is now included in the native Google Keyboard.
There is a new Phone (dialer) app, which automatically prioritises the users' contacts based on the people they talk to the most.
(Also see: Android 4.4 KitKat: Top 10 new features)
Google introduced a new unified messaging app in Android KitKat with Hangouts getting SMS and MMS integration, in addition to offering instant messaging through Google accounts (erstwhile Google Talk), a change that is not entirely desirable.
In addition, Android 4.4 KitKat has brought platform support for two new composite sensors - step detector and step counter. These sensors allows users to track steps when they're walking, running, or climbing stairs, via apps and hardware that support the feature.
Some other additions in the Android KitKat include better support for cloud printing, enhanced connectivity options, and better accessibility.
Google says that Android 4.4 KitKat has been designed to run fast, smooth, and responsively not only on high-end devices but also on entry-level ones that have as low as 512MB of RAM.
(Also see: Seven octa-core Android smartphones you can buy under Rs. 20,000)
We now take a look at these best Android 4.4 KitKat-based smartphone options available in the Indian market under Rs. 8,000 - and let you work out which one's best for you.
1. Micromax Canvas Engage (Rs. 6,199)
Micromax Canvas Engage is the cheapest option for people who want Android KitKat, available online for Rs. 6,199. Released earlier this month, it runs Android 4.4.2 out of the box. The phone has a 4-inch screen, running at a 480x800 pixel resolution, powered by a 1.2GHz processor, with 512MB of RAM. There's a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel front camera, and the phone comes with 4GB built in storage.
2. Moto E (Rs. 6,999)
Motorola announced its most affordable smartphone in Moto range, the Moto E running Android 4.4 KitKat at Rs. 6,999. The Moto E has created a buzz in the Indian market with its affordable pricing.
Moto E comes with 4.3-inch display with a qHD (540x960 pixel) resolution and 256ppi pixel density. Motorola is also touting the Corning Gorilla Glass 3 screen of the phone, along with its 'water-nano coating' which provides a measure of water resistance. The Moto E is a dual-SIM phone that supports Micro-SIM cards and an 'intelligent calling feature.'
(Also see: Moto E Hands On | Pictures)
Moto E is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor along with Adreno 302 GPU alongside 1GB of RAM. Motorola's latest budget offering comes with a 5-megapixel rear camera and packs a 1980mAh battery.
3. Micromax Unite 2 (Rs. 6,999)
The newly launched Micromax Unite 2 is pretty similar to the Micromax Canvas Engage, but comes with one very notable feature - it has support for 20 regional languages and English, thanks to something called the Reverie Multilingual Pack.
The phone offers dual-SIM support, and features a 4.7-inch Bright Graph IPS display with a 480x800 pixel resolution. An unspecified quad-core processor powers the device, clocked at 1.3GHz, along with 1GB of RAM.
The Micromax Unite 2 is the company's first handset to come with support for 21 languages (including English). The 20 regional languages supported by the handset are Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Odia, Bengali, Assamese, Marathi, Nepali, Bodo, Dogri, Konkani, Kashmiri, Maithili, Manipuri, Sanskrit, Sindhi.
4. Lava Iris X1 (Rs. 7,999)
The Lava Iris X1 was launched in the last week of May, and is available under Rs. 8,000. The Iris X1 is a dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) device and also supports 3G connectivity. The highlight of the smartphone is the latest Android KitKat software onboard.
Other specifications include a 4.5-inch IPS display (480x854 pixels resolution and 217ppi pixel density); 1.2GHz quad-core Broadcom BCM23550 processor with 1GB of RAM; 4GB of built-in storage; expandable storage via microSD card (up to 32GB); 8-megapixel rear camera with dual-LED flash; 2-megapixel front-facing camera, and 1800mAh battery. Connectivity options apart from 3G support include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPRS/ EDGE, A-GPS and Micro-USB.
5. Xolo Q1000 Opus (Rs. 7,790)
The Xolo Q1000 Opus runs Android 4.2 out-of-the-box but received the Android 4.4 KitKat update recently, making it the first sub-Rs. 10,000 handset to run the latest Android version.
With the rollout of KitKat for the Q1000 Opus, Xolo also became one of the first domestic handset makers which announced Android 4.4 KitKat update for its smartphones. However, we are yet to see updates coming for other Xolo smartphones.
(Also see: Xolo Q1000 Opus Review | Pictures)
Xolo launched the Q1000 Opus back in December last year at Rs. 9,999, but the phone is available for sub-Rs. 8,000 now.
The Xolo 1000 Opus, is a dual-SIM phablet with support for GSM+GSM and features a 5-inch FWVGA IPS display with 480x854 pixels resolution. It continues the Q range tradition and sports a 1.2GHz quad-core Broadcom BCM23550 processor with Videocore IV GPU and 1GB of RAM. It sports a 5-megapixel autofocus rear camera accompanied by an LED flash and also includes a VGA front-facing camera.
Further reading: Android, Android KitKat, lava iris x1, micromax canvas engage, micromax unite 2, moto e, xolo q1000
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अपना CIBIL Score इन स्टेप्स के द्वारा फ्री में करें ऑनलाइन चेक, जानें कैसे?


This thread is just to point newcomers to the versions of the File Patch Code we have around. If I'm missing anything, let me know.
Just an opinion but could the codes not be in the code box? I can't see any of the code except the first line(before scrolling). That may just be chrome though.
They are all in the code box, with the exception of Mugen's and ShadowWolf's udpates. ._.
dont you mean DeathWolf, not ShadowWolf?
Same thing, just different Wolves.
haha okay. i was like "is there a new file patch code i didnt know about?"
Im trying just to load the fighter mods but doesn't works. ._.
Sorry to bother, there's something I don't understand.
I'm currently using it to replace custom models but unless I made a mistake, it seems to not work for other components like those in the folder menu2.
Is it possible to implement in your post a little guide to help noobs like me to understand how to use codes and in which situation?
For instance, following the link I shared previously, there's some value to modify with the File Patch Code for the game to look at SPECIFIC folders containing SPECIFIC stuff like textures, music... that is pretty different than the "place your modded stuff in X:\private\wii\app\rsbe\pf" process. And I don't get why to do that and if it's even true.


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PITTSBURGH -- Earlier this year, you wouldn't have found Max Moroff's name on a list of top prospects, not even within the Pirates' organization. But after a breakout season, Moroff has earned a spot on an even more exclusive list of players.
The Pirates added Moroff -- along with top prospects Tyler Glasnow, Josh Bell and Harold Ramirez -- to their 40-man roster on Nov. 20, protecting them from the Rule 5 Draft. While Glasnow, Bell and Ramirez are three of Pittsburgh's top prospects, the 22-year-old Moroff also commanded a roster spot with his performance this year.
"I think it's fair to say that he opened some eyes of people outside of the organization," said Larry Broadway, the Pirates' director of Minor League operations. "Inside the organization, we have always believed in Max."
The Pirates invested heavily in Moroff, giving him a $300,000 signing bonus as a 16th-round pick in the 2012 Draft. They have aggressively pushed him through their system. Moroff has moved up a level each year, and he's been considered young for each league.
"That's the goal every year, to move up -- especially as a Minor Leaguer," Moroff said. "I want to be challenged as much as I can. Hopefully I can succeed at the higher levels."
This past season, Moroff put it all together with Double-A Altoona, assuring that he'll take another step forward, to Triple-A Indianapolis, in 2016. He batted .293/.374/.409 and spent most of the season at second base while occasionally playing shortstop and third base.
After a rough first week at the plate, he worked tirelessly before and after games with Altoona hitting coach Kevin Riggs. They focused on adding rhythm to his swing, keeping him loose in the batter's box.
The extra work paid off. His offensive numbers took a big leap forward, as his average climbed nearly 50 points and he showed off some power with seven home runs, six triples and 28 doubles.
"I didn't really focus on results as much this year. I tried to hit the ball hard every single time," Moroff said. "If I got out, I got out. I tried to stay even-keeled. I wouldn't get too down."
In the past, Moroff admitted, he might have carried his offensive struggles into the field. Not this year. And it's his defensive ability that helped him land on the Pirates' 40-man roster.
"We felt that he was one of those guys that, if selected [in the Rule 5 Draft], could do enough things to help a Major League team win that he might end up staying with another organization," Pirates general manager Neal Huntington said. "We like his versatility. We like his offensive ability and felt like it was a good protect for us."
Moroff had been a shortstop his entire life until 2014, when the Pirates asked him to move to second base. Broadway said he "took off defensively" at second, and Moroff agreed that it's now the most comfortable spot for him. But the Pirates plan to give him more time at third base, and Moroff looks forward to moving around the infield more often in the coming years.
"Definitely, I love playing different positions," Moroff said. "That's going to help me get to the big leagues faster, I think."
That ability helped catapult him all the way from unranked prospect status to the Bucs' 40-man roster. When he reports to Pirate City for Spring Training, he'll do so with the big leaguers -- a welcome reality that hasn't quite sunk in for Moroff.
"Not yet," Moroff said. "But that's where I want to be."


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Giraffoidea is a superfamily that includes the families Climacoceratidae, Antilocapridae, and Giraffidae. The only extant members in the superfamily are the pronghorn, giraffe, and okapi. The Climacoceratidae are also placed in the superfamily, but were originally placed within the family Palaeomerycidae.

Classification
 Superfamily Giraffoidea
 Family † Climacoceratidae
 †Climacoceras
 †Orangemeryx
 †Prolibytherium
 †Propalaeoryx
 †Nyanzameryx
 †Sperrgebietomeryx
 Family Antilocapridae
 Antilocapra
 †Capromeryx
 †Ceratomeryx
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 †Hayoceros
 †Hexameryx
 †Hexobelomeryx
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 †Proantilocapra
 †Ramoceros
 †Sphenophalos
 †Stockoceros
 †Submeryceros
 †Tetrameryx
 †Texoceros
 Family Giraffidae
 †Canthumeryx
 †Georgiomeryx
 †Shansitherium
 Subfamily Sivatheriinae
 †Bramatherium
 †Decennatherium
 †Helladotherium
 †Sivatherium
 Subfamily Giraffinae
 Tribe Giraffini
 †Bohlinia
 Giraffa
 †Honanotherium
 †Mitilanotherium
 Tribe Palaeotragini
 Subtribe Palaeotragina
 †Giraffokeryx
 †Palaeotragus
 †Samotherium
 Subtribe Okapiina
 Okapia

References
http://www.ultimateungulate.com/Cetartiodactyla/Antilocapridae.html

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Q: Set date value to an attribute in a custom model So I have my EAV called mymodel and one of it's fields/attributes is called "enddate" of date type. Now, when I create a new object, and I want to set the value of this "enddate"... I just can't. The saving works fine, but the value saved into the database is bogus, so not the value I want to set. So this here does not work
$mynewitem = Mage::getModel('mypath/mymodel');
$mynewitem->setEndDate('2011-03-05');//(I also tried with time attached hh:mm:ss)
$mynewitem->save();

How do I save this date inside my model from Magento?
I actually have a form (frontend) where I enter the date and Post it, so it's going to be text.
I also tried
$mynewitem = Mage::getModel('mypath/mymodel');
$dtx1 = Mage::getSingleton('core/date')->gmtDate('Y-m-d H:i:s','now');
$mynewitem->setEndDate($dtx1);
$mynewitem->save();

But what format should I use? How to set it?

A: Try below code for save...
    $dateValue = '2011-03-05'
    $value = date('Y-m-d', strtotime($dateValue));
    $mynewitem->setEndDate($value);

    try{
           $mynewitem->save();
        }catch (Exception $e) {
            Mage::logException($e);
        }


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Going to Sea Without Electronics
As told by Chapman Ducote
For a young man with the world at his feet, the call of the sea was stronger than anything else in his life.
I was at the University of Miami from 1995 to 1997. My father always said that he would pay for four years of school but no more, so I got it in my head that I would do it in three, and then maybe he'd give me the remainder of the tuition in cash. I don't know where I got that idea from, looking back. It would have been about 20 grand all-in for tuition and boarding and all that other crap. I thought he'd cut me that check no problem and maybe I'd get myself a car or something. But then I graduated and I came to my dad and told him my plan and he was like "No way, kid!" And I was like man c'mon I graduated college in three years for this! Aren't you proud? You gotta give me something! (Like I said, I was young, and still had a lot to learn.)
What my dad ended up doing was agreeing to buy me some fuel. I had a trip in mind. I had been in Miami for so long, and I loved it, but I didn't have a proper boat and I didn't spend a lot of time on the water, and I loved the water, I grew up on it in Louisiana. And I had just started spearfishing and I knew I couldn't do any of that in Louisiana or on the west coast of Florida, not like I wanted to anyway. I really wanted to go to the Bahamas for the real deal. Spearfishing was the impetus for the whole thing, honestly. I was hooked, I guess you could say. And I also wanted to "circumnavigate" Florida. Not only that, but I wanted to test myself, push myself to the limit and do it the old-school way without any electronics.
I already had a decent ability to read charts and that sort of thing. Growing up we had a Hatteras sportfish and we had a captain for many years. We sold the boat when I was 12 or 13, but we maintained contact with the captain, and I had reconnected with the guy when I was thinking about doing this and asked him for help plotting the courses. So I sat with him and plotted out the legs of the trip. His name was Glen McCluskey. Glen thought I was crazy for sure, but he also thought it was doable as long as I was safe and didn't try to do too much, and made sure I had enough fuel and that sort of stuff, which I did. He knew I was impatient though. I didn't want to be in the Florida Panhandle, man, I wanted to get around the other side!
So I set off in the summertime from New Orleans with a friend named Ryan Meadow. We grew up together and did a lot of boating together—he was really handy on a boat. Knew his way around, you know? We were the same age and we wanted to share an adventure I guess. It was just fun. We were in a 35-foot Intrepid. And I remember that first day it was rough as hell. The first leg was the biggest leg by far. Looking back at it I'm shocked at how unafraid I was of the size of the seas, especially making the pace we were making in 8-foot waves … again, I was young.
On the first day it was huge but it was quartering and this particular boat was really good in a quartering sea. We made it to Apalachicola, and we had oysters when we got there. The next day we went from Apalachicola to Tampa, which is a hike, it was still rough but it had calmed down a bit. We were in and out of Tampa pretty quick, not much for us to do there. Well, you know, maybe we made one stop at Mons Venus, I don't remember. Ahh, who am I kidding, we hit it on the way back too!
From there we went straight to Marco Island, that was the short hop, and then from there we went to Key West. We got some spearfishing in there before heading to the Tortugas, and coming around Marathon. But when I got to Key West is when I started to get in trouble with my old man. I had told him I wouldn't go any farther than Key West—it was his boat, I should add—but I did, and finally he cut the credit card off. I had a little bit of cash, but barely enough to get home. But to hell if I was going to turn around, so I started spending what little cash I had on fuel, and my dad basically lost track of me for a little bit. I was in the wind.
The next stop was Key Largo, and then from there we prepared for Bimini. It was the closest Bahamian island and really all I wanted to do was be able to say I made it to the Bahamas with no GPS, no markers, no nothing, just plotting my course using rulers and a pencil on a paper chart. That was the goal. That was the whole point.
So we cross the Gulf Stream and the water starts to get beautiful like it does, and as we came into the harbor there I remember just thinking: We made it. Coming all that way with no instruments, no support, no money actually! It was a good feeling. It was this feeling of we found land, and I mean that in more ways than one.
We went to the Big Game Club and checked in. Then immediately we went back out spearfishing around the rocks on the south side. We stayed on the hook there near Cat Cay in about 4 feet of water, which was pretty dumb in retrospect.
Sitting out there on the boat that night was amazing. The feeling of accomplishment was like nothing else. To get all that way as kids with no instruments man, there was nothing else like it at the time. It gave me a lot of confidence to do whatever I wanted to do in life. And that's what really stuck with me from that adventure.
We rely on all these instruments and people think they need them to go out on a boat. But you don't. People take this stuff for granted, but really if you had to navigate the old-school way in a pinch, could you? Because someday you might need to. I, for one, know I could.
Chapman Ducote, 39, lives in Miami Beach, and is a professional Le Mans race car driver, an expert bluewater spearfisherman, and the Director of the Americas for Delta Powerboats.
Builder: Intrepid
This article originally appeared in the June 2015 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.
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MP Ghada Agamy says there's nothing positive when it comes to the Niqab.
Ghada Agamy, a Member of Parliament and of the Foreign Relations Committee of the House of Representatives, stated her opinion that the government in Egypt should ban women from wearing a full-face veil in the governmental workplace.
Agamy said that the Government and the House of Representatives should execute the ban on the niqab as soon as possible, coming on the increasing dangers that come with the full-face veil.
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She also commented on Algeria's recent move to ban the niqab, saying that it was "courageous" of them to do so, and should be a good model for other countries to follow.
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Decertified effective Oct. 2 and set for closure. Surveyors identified immediate jeopardy to residents four times in five months. In the first survey, investigators said a patient suffered dehydration and died, while another resident with severe chest pain complained it took staff nine hours to get him an ambulance.
All 57 residents were found to be in immediate jeopardy when inspectors discovered the facility was using seven portable space heaters in resident care areas. The building's heating system had been malfunctioning during a cold snap, and space heaters were set on high, posing a fire risk. Inspectors found one space heater in the front lobby beneath a table, near a lighted artificial Christmas tree. Another was inside the nurses' station between two racks of clinical records.
The facility got two serious deficiencies because of low food supplies. Inspectors found inadequate food stock to meet daily nutritional needs, or for an emergency. Two refrigerators at the facility contained only a plastic bag with a "grey colored substance" (identified by staff as five pounds of hamburger) and five gallons of milk. The third refrigerator was empty.
A resident with "moderate dementia" and a "history of self-mutilating behavior" was burned in September 2012 after she helped herself to four cups of coffee in the lobby and spilled them into her lap. The coffee, left out for anyone, was later found to be more than 170 degrees. Inspectors determined the facility failed to provide adequate supervision for the disabled resident to prevent the injuries.
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Decertified effective Nov. 7. Rechnitz permanently closed the facility late last year. Investigators visiting the home in October called immediate jeopardy in three instances and gave Wish-I-Ah its most severe deficiency for an infection that sickened residents and staff. Surveyors also issued a deficiency over the death of a 75-year-old resident from sepsis after improperly handling her wound dressing. They cited unsanitary conditions in the kitchen, bathrooms and ice machine, as well as improper disposal of raw sewage.
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I am seeing random hang on NSD process. Looking at logs suggests it happens after it receives random/temporary SERV FAIL from masters. After a nsd reload we see 4 total process, with 1 hung child process. Strace shows no activity on this process. Zone updates will stop working and it only serves from nsd.db before the hang.
 nsd: info: Zone co.in serial 0 is updated to 2008493670.
 nsd: info: Zone net.in serial 0 is updated to 2008117440.
 nsd: info: Zone gen.in serial 0 is updated to 2008071787.
 nsd: info: Zone gov.in serial 0 is updated to 2008065231.
 nsd: info: Zone ac.in serial 0 is updated to 2008069949.
 nsd: info: Zone xn--fpcrj9c3d serial 0 is updated to 2010100700.
 nsd: info: Zone xn--gecrj9c serial 0 is updated to 2010100700.
It seems to hang in runnable condition?  If so can you attach gdb to the process and produce a stacktrace (bt command from gdb, attach it via the commandline options for pid and executable file).
Not sure how the SERVFAIL could cause anything out of the normal to happen.
Another question, I am curious why you configure with --enable-root-server?
(you have --with-zonesdir twice, by the way).
Hmm, my email reply to bugzilla-daemon@NLnetLabs.nl didn't land my comments here.
I will post the gdb bt , the next time nsd hangs.
We use the same package for all our installations and it is required on one of our instances.
This time there are two hung process nsd and nsd-patch. It seems it is going over and over around function label_compare().
Sorry about the missing debuginfo, I have build a new package with debuginfo and will run that. Let me know if this is helpful.
Reading symbols from /usr/sbin/nsd...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Inferior 1 [process 25592] will be detached.
Reading symbols from /usr/sbin/nsd-patch...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Inferior 1 [process 25865] will be detached.
> Program received signal SIGINT, Interrupt.
Yes... it appears to hang deleting the zone content (with delete_zone_rrs) before applying a AXFR.
If you have a situation like this, and you copy the nsd.db and ixfr.db and ixfrd.state files, you can probably reproduce the error in isolation.
We have encountered the same behavior. Actually, NSD does not hang, but it has become very slow when handling a zone transfer. In short, this is because during the XFR process, NSD tries to fix the existence of empty terminals. The fix is to this after the XFR process is complete.
The fix is in branches/NSD_3_2, r3504.
I'll prepare a release. In the meantime, you can test the branch if you want. If you prefer, I can make a snapshot release instead (you can contact me offline).