WASHINGTON -- The impact of moves to eliminate the Social Security's $10.5 billion shortfall, through benefit cuts or higher taxes, will become greater the longer Congress waits to act, the agency's chief actuary said Wednesday.
Stephen Goss told the Senate Finance Committee that the shortfall could be wiped out over the next 75 years through an immediate 13 percent cut in benefits or a nearly 16 percent increase payroll taxes. A third possibility is a 15 percent cut in benefits for people who become newly eligible this year.
He developed the scenarios at the senators' request to show the cost of waiting to fix the system.
Social Security's projected insolvency date was extended to 2042, one year later than what was projected a year ago, according to the annual trustees report released last month.
The system starts paying out more in benefits than it takes in from payroll taxes in 2018.
"Reforming Social Security will require an open and honest discussion about some politically difficult choices," said the committee chairman, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa. "But this discussion can occur only if we first agree on the size and scope of the problem."
Cutting benefits for current recipients is not an option and should be taken off the table, he said.
"That's a price we should be willing to pay," he said. "There is, however, another price we don't have to pay. That's the cost of delay."
President Bush has proposed letting younger workers invest a portion of their payroll taxes in personal investment accounts. No action is expected until after the 2004 election.
But voluntary participation in such investment accounts complicates their design and administration, and potentially the cost, congressional investigators say.
Voluntary plans do tend to increase the value to participants, according to a General Accounting Office report released Wednesday. The United Kingdom, the Czech Republican and Germany offer incentives, such as government contributions and tax advantages.
"Incentives generally add to the value of the accounts, and therefore, ultimately to the retirement income the accounts will provide," the report said.
But voluntary accounts also create uncertainty about participation, which can cause problems with administering the system. In the United Kingdom, participation was much greater than expected, which resulted in unexpectedly high incentive costs.


1) Where should we store our content?
Database storage used to be expensive. In the 1950's, the cost per megabyte of storage exceeded $10,000/MB. Today, the cost has dropped to a few cents. Not only have storage costs dropped, so have memory costs as they have followed the same price drop as storage. Taking advantage of lower costs; most DB manufacturers have begun offering high performance in memory databases (IMDB – In-Memory Database).
From an ECM perspective; because of the higher database costs, content storage solutions were designed to use databases to store only the metadata or the index values associated with content, and the actual files and documents were stored on cheaper file storage devices. While lowering costs, this approach meant that ECM solutions were forced with managing, synchronizing, backing up, and designing applications where index values were one place and the actual documents, audio/video files were somewhere else.
Database manufacturers have taken advantage of the lower costs and introduced file-types that allow for storage of large objects. Oracle for example offers a number of 'large object' datatypes such as BLOB, CLOB, NCLOB, etc.
Newer ECM products such as ILINX Content Store have taken advantage of the lower costs and allow for the storage of all content in the database. This has made the management of ECM solutions much simpler.
Recently, we were contacted by a customer that was utilizing BLOB storage for a content database that had grown to well over 1TB. The database backups were taking longer and longer and were approaching the maximum time window available. The most cost-effective solution was to remove the content from the database and store it on network storage.
After removing the objects, and optimizing the DB for its new smaller size – life was good.
The project itself was not terribly difficult – however it was very, very time consuming. Our recommendation going forward is to make the storage decision upfront. Decide how big your content application will become, and make and document your decision regarding where best to store that content.
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By Greg Mashaba
Apartheid-era disinformation campaign led to the death of many. Here a victim of disinformation is necklaced
As I reflected on the recent events in our country, I could not help but recall the deployment of a cruel strategy of sowing confusion and mistrust within the ranks of the ANC, MK and the Mass Democratic Movement in the 1980s, through the intentional planting of false information. It is now a matter of historical record that this strategy caused immense suffering, including the labelling of dedicated cadres as apartheid regime informants and collaborators. Comrades such as Maki Skosana in Duduza on the then East Rand , and Ben Langa in Mgungondlovu were killed by their own comrades acting on the basis of false information which had been intentionally planted by apartheid security forces operatives.
Maki Skosana was killed in 1985 through the barbaric and inhumane necklace method after notorious Vlakplaats operative Joe Mamasela had spread false information regarding the death of a number of cadres as a result of use of booby-trapped hand grenades which were primed to detonate upon removal of the pin . Having handed the hand grenades to the young cadres, Mamasela spread false information that Cde Maki was responsible for their death. He rubbed his hands in glee as Cde Maki was mercilessly and brutally killed.
Ben Langa, the brother of the late former Chief Justice Pius Langa was assassinated in 1984 by his own fellow MK comrades, namely Lucky Payi and Sipho Xulu, on the instructions of the notorious apartheid agent Cyril Raymond, who, having successfully infiltrated MK outside the country, rose to being commander of the organisation's Natal Machinery. In its submission to the Truth and Reconciliation Committee (TRC) the ANC dwelt on the disinformation campaign of the racist regime and the effect that it had on the broad national liberation struggle: "In a few cases, deliberate disinformation resulted in attacks and assassinations in which dedicated cadres lost their lives. In one of the most painful examples of this nature, a state agent named 'Fear' ordered two cadres to execute Ben Langa on the grounds that Langa was an agent of the regime….Once the facts were known by the leadership of the ANC, President Tambo personally met with the family to explain and apologise for this action. (1)
At the funeral of the late former Chief Justice Langa, former president Jacob Zuma , also referring to the devious acts of Raymond and his apartheid commanders told mourners gathered: "They manipulated his friends and comrades into killing him, thinking that they were saving the movement….The wrong person happened to occupy a high structure so that when he told them to undertake this operation, they had no reason not to believe their commander. He was the wrong man and worked for the apartheid system..
"It is remarkable that despite this devastating incident, the Langa family never turned its back on the movement or on the struggle to build a better South Africa". (2)
The family of Maki Skosana also appeared before the TRC regarding her death. Having listened to their painful testimony, the Chairperson of the TRC, Archbishop Desmond Tutu meticulously detailed the evil nature of the disinformation campaign of the apartheid regime: "We would like you to note that the death of Maki was a national shame. South Africa was looked upon internationally, more especially those who were fighting apartheid as beasts , as carnivores; and that the family managed to stand by Maki even at a time when everybody was saying 'away with that family!' We salute you, the family, more especially Maki. The passing of Maki vitiated all the noble efforts of the liberation struggle. Everybody was talking about the lack of order amongst the activists. In fact, it nearly made some of those people who were collaborators to look more noble than the noble people who were fighting the struggle itself. Maki and the family have emerged, after all these disclosures, as heroes." (3)
The online dictionary, Dictionary.com, defines disinformation as "deliberately misleading or biased information; manipulated narrative or facts; propaganda." It also further defines the closely related (or synonymous), term 'misinformation, as "false information that is spread regardless of whether there is intent to mislead."
In closing , I wish to state that I welcome and support the establishment of the judicial commission on state capture. However there is a duty on the part of all South Africans to ensure that it does not become a tool for the persecution of one section of the South African populace to the exclusion of another. The lessons to be drawn from the tragic cases of Comrades Maki and Ben is that we cannot our in our quest to root out corruption degenerate into an orgy of labelling and accusing without proof those who hold views which are different from ours. We cannot allow our fragile democracy to mirror the era of McCarthysm which once plagued the US. I have great respect for Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. He is carrying out his work of chairing the commission under very difficult conditions, including deep divisions within the ruling party of which I am a member . Accordingly I call on all South Africans to give him all the necessary support to ensure that the commission is not usurped by racist, capitalist and imperialist agents.
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'Zuma's time to apologise 'City Press 4 August 2013; news24.com
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If you like the chiming 12 string Rickenbacher guitar sound of the Byrds mixed with a U2 type digital delay along with lush "Eagle-esq" vocal harmonies, then you'll like this CD
Genre: Rock: Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
1. She Came Alone
2. The Love for the Game
3. Little One
4. Pass It On
5. I Gotta Get Away
6. Broke the Chain
7. I Want to Be in Your Light
8. Pacific Coast Highway
9. She
10. The Distance
I've been writing music, recording and performing in Southern California my whole life. My just released 10 song CD, "Grateful" is a year-and-a-half in the making. In it, I write about 10 people, places and things that I am grateful of so the project was very meaningful to me. The sound and the message is a positive one and one way I accomplished that I beleive is through my 12 string "Blue-Burst" Rickenbacker guitar that is featured throught the compositions. I love that chiming lush guitar sound that was popularized by one of my favorite bands of all time -- The Byrds and the maestro of their sound -- Roger McGuinn. As with my last CD, I've also intigrated the digital guitar delay sound created so brilliantly by The Edge of U2. My hope was that the combination would create a unique blending of the 60's with contemporary alternative rock. The vocals once again are filled with two and three part harmonies. I have a fabulous guitar solo on one of the tracks performed by my engineer and producer -- Richard Bredice who again mixed the songs. The legendary Frank Cotinola did the drums again and of course Pat Woodland mastered the project with perfection. I am truly GRATEFUL to these unbelievably talented pros.
Terry Clarke
Alot more than jangle pop
Often the desire to emulate the 60s classics leads to entertaining, but pretty shallow albums but not in this case. Drifting down the motorway after midnight from playing a gig I flicked through a couple of things i'd downloaded and got to this. It's a very classy album going far beyond Byrds/U2 influences mentioned in review. i'm checking out what else he's done. Buy it.
Little One, Pass it On, and I Gotta Get Away
Have only listened to the first seven songs....I definitely became intrigued with the third track. Some influences evident in the music...such as a kind of Genesis,U2,Pink Floyd thing going with the chords and harmonies. I LOVE the chromatic phrases...full, rich and hopeful.I will listen more acutely all this week on the way to work, thank you. Good tunes!


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of the Argonauts; he adds, " that in the same temple there were very old frag. ments of a stone anchor, which was more likely to be the anchor of the ship Argo."
Ahenæus, speaking of the celebrated ship of Ptolemy Philopater, says, that "it had four wooden, and eight iron anchors." The latter probably had neither teeth nor flukes, and how can we suppose that the others possessed them? What resistance could these wooden anchors have afforded to hold against the wind a mass like that which we must imagine to ourselves from the fabulous description of Ahenæus? The iron anchors could have been but ingots of a considerable weight. As to the wooden anchors, they were great tubes filled with lead. We read, in fact, in the " Antiquities of Diodorus," that the Phæni. cians, after having laden their vessels with silver in Sicily, extracted the lead from their anchors, and replaced it with silver.
When a mass of stone, or an ingot of iron was not employed, they used baskets filled with stones, or sacks full of sand or gravel. The historian of the expedition of Alexander, the same Arrian above-mentioned, says somewhere, that "Cratis had basket-work placed in front of his ships, filled with masses of rocks;" and, according to Polynæus, Iphricates substituted for these anchors sacks of sand attached to the cables of the ships, and let down into the sea; and that the emperor Leo, ordered (cap. xx of the Naumacha,) not to omit in those parts where sand was plentiful, and anchoring necessary, always to have ready to lower into the sea, instead of anchors, sacks full of sand or gravel.
These examples Mr. Jal purposely multiplies, to prove that the anchor was long a mass, acting merely from its weight; and that even the iron was bent to bite into the earth with a sharp tooth, and the Greeks could call it ancura, from the word aacuros (crooked) the primitive anchor was still employed.
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.
BIRTHS.
B. Hall, R.n. to Catharine Johnstone,
youngest daughter of thelate J. Nelson, Oct. 8th, at Simon's Town, the wife Esq. Kingston, U.C. G. Filmer, Esq., commanding H.M.S. Dee, of a son. Jan. 8th, at Plymouth, the wife of
DEATHS. Mr. McKee, R.N., of a daughter.
Jan. 27th, at Ramsgate, the wife of At Southsea, Feb. 10th, RetiredA. Robinson, Esq., R.N. of a son. Commander Yule.
Jan. 27th, the wife of Lieut. T. W. At Cambridge, Feb. 2nd, Lieut. W Parver, R.n. of a daughter.
J. Purchas, Jan. 30th, at Brixham, the wife of Feb, 2nd, Lieut. P. R. Couch, eldest E. Hoblyn, Esq., R.N., of a daughter. son of Capt. J. Couch.
At Ostend, Jan. 28th. Lieut. E. Tyn
dall. MARRIAGES.
Lately at Taunton, Lieut. W. Ham.
Jan. 15th, in Southsea, Mary ElizaJan, 23rd, at Chadwell, Essex, H. beth, wife of C. K. Nutt, Esq., Surgeon Sewell, Esq., of Bloomsbury square, to of H.M.S. Excellent. Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the Jan, 17th, at Field-place, near Stroud late Capt. Kittoe, R.N.
G. E. Freeman, Assistant Surgeon R.N. Feb. 13, at Birmingham, A. Skinner, Jan, 21st, at Plymouth, T. M. TemEsq., Commander R.N., to Elizabeth ple, master R.N. Ellen, only daughter of the late B. Jan. 23, at Kelston Lodge, Jane, the Challinor, Esq., of Derby.
wife of Capt. H. Need, R.N, Feb. 6th, at Edinburgh, Lieut. C. 0.
The late Mr. John BiscoE, R.N.-Our readers who delight in deeds of charity, will find in our advertisement sheet, a tale of sad distress that will call forth all their commiseration. The case of the Widow and Four Children of the late Mr. Biscoe, Acting. Master R.N., was happily discovered in time to prevent them from perishing by mere want of sustenance and common apparel.
So distressing a case among the widows of Naval Officers we have never before met with, and such a one is scarcely credible in this land! We trust some of the influential individuals whose names we see among the subscribers, will not stay their efforts in the good work thus commenced, until the objects expressed in the advertisement are achieved. And were those objects and the condition of Mrs. Biscoe and her children, made known to Her Majesty the Dowager Queen Adelaide, the real friend of the sailor's widow in distress, we are satisfied they would not be unheeded.
METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER. Kept at Croom's Hill, Greenwich, by Mr. W. Rogerson, of the Royal Observatory
From the 21st of January, to the 20th of February, 1849.
JANUARY 1849,--Mean height of Barometer 29 892 inches; Mean Temperature=10-2
degrees; depth of rain fallen 1.675 inches.
The "Master of the Bahamian" will find the island he describes in a corrected copy of the Admiralty chart.
We are obliged to " Lieut. Osborn " for his useful contribution.
We have been compelled to defer Notices of New Books for another number.
NOTES ON THE COAST OF VERAGUA AND GUATEMALA.
By Capt. E. Barnett, R.N.
Having rated our chronometers, we departed from Port Royal on the 17th of February, and early on the 19th had reached the vicinity of El Comboy; having on four previous occasions run down on its supposed parallel. We now traced a line in 15° 40', between the meridians of 77° 48' and 78° 4'. The day was beautifully clear, but nothing was seen.
On the 22nd we arrived at the Island of Escudo, but unfortunately the weather proved so unfavourable, that after waiting three days we were obliged to quit, contenting ourselves with A.M. and P.m. sights; which
gave the longitude of the S.W. end 81° 33' 45", an indifferent latitude, checked however by an excellent true bearing of the Valiente Peak, placing the same spot in 9° 5' 37". Taking advantage of the clear intervals, the boats contrived with much labour, to trace out much of the island. It was evident, however, that we were in advance of the season, and it was thought better at once to get into the lagoon, where we should be more favourably situated to take advantage of the weather. Accordingly we left the island on the 24th, and by creeping along the main shore during the evening, were successful enough to reach an anchorage at the entrance on the following afternoon. We may safely place the Valiente Peak in 81° 55' 11" W., and latitude 9° 10' 27"; and this position we considered most important.
No. 4.-VOL, XVIII.
Having secured the ship in the Blewfield Inlet, the boats were equipped, and having dispatched my zealous assistant to explore the Toboboo Bight, where I had understood there was good shelter for one or two small vessels, we commenced our scrutiny of the channels.
The weather still sadly retarded our progress. We had no wind, but incessant rain; in fact, from the period of our arrival until about the 10th of March, we were wet eighteen hours out of the twenty-four; however, from thence to the time of our quitting the lagoon in the early part of May, we seldom lost a day's work The land breeze never failed to send off a shower night and morning, but the wind was so moderate that we never had occasion to hoist a boat in, to get a top-gallant yard down, or let go a bower anchor.
The little inlet in which we were secured forms a perfectly new feature in our present charts, and may by and by become one of some importance. Indeed, from the shelter it must have given to the guarda costas and smugglers, the resources it affords of wood, water, and excellent seining, and easy access, it is surprising that we do not see it even mentioned in any of the memoirs.
Taking advantage of its favourable position, and the many natural facilities it offers for the formation of a settlement, an American trader has established himself near the head of the cove, where he carries on a considerable barter with the Valiente Indians, who are scattered here and there all around the bold promontory which takes their name, and on the little eminences on the southern side of the inlet.
Having finished the examination of this romantic spot, and explored the Valiente channel, on the 7th of March, we advanced the ship into the Chiriqui lagoon, extending our work easterly along the northern shore.
The whole of the N.E. part of the lagoon is not navigable for vessels of any great draught of water, yet the small deep mangrove inlets which towards the eastern end penetrate nearly through the narrow isthmus, give secure hiding places to pirates and smugglers, and shelter to fisher
Although for the protection of our boats we managed to thread our way in the ship along the northern shore, we got so entangled at the east end that we had some difficulty in extricating ourselves; however, on the 15th, we had succeeded in reaching the entrance of the Chraco Mola river.
In exploring the south-eastern part of the shore two small rivulets were discovered, the Catabella (the most eastern,) and the Tory, (I give the Indian names). The former, probably, the Isabella of the old Spaniards, will admit a small canoe to a short distance only; and at the distance of an hour's pull from the entrance there appears to have been at one time a trading post and path to the Chraco Mola, which was reached in three hours. Both, however, are now abandoned. The latter, probably, the St. Diego, is a branch of the Chraco Mola, and will also admit a small canoe.
Finding that our station at this point lay very nearly on the meridian of the Valiente peak, and that we had in view the greater pumber of our principal objects from one extremity of the lake to the other; it was evident that this spot was the most advantageous for establishing the base for the survey, and observations for latitude, and true bearing were made accordingly.
The river having been reported navigable to a considerable distance for large canoes, it was surveyed to the rapids, but all our endeavours to reach the trading post and Valiente settlen.ent were ineffectual. The pilot who accompanied me declared he had never seen the river so low, but it was clearly evident to me that nothing but a small canoe could at any period be hauled over the narrow rapid falls. The river varies in width from one hundred feet to nearly as many fathoms, and during the floods is navigable for large boats to the landing-place at the commencement of the shallows; the banks become firm a short way from the en• trance, and gradually increase in height to the above spot, where they are five feet above the level of the river, from thence they rise rapidly. We performed our voyage upwards in six hours, and by all accounts it would have taken us six more to have reached our destination in a canoe. Some idea may be formed of the difficulties to encounter in this latter part of the journey, when it is stated that in a distance of, certainly not more than a mile and a half, we had carried our boat
six rapids, which cost us two hours' severe labour to accomplish.
On the 20th we began to move westerly along the southern shore, and on the 23rd we had reached Frenchman's creek at the south-west corner of the lake. In this space we found several small creeks of inconsiderable magnitude; indeed, too narrow to receive any
but a small canoe; and only visited by the natives for the purpose of fishing and hunting, or to obtain plantains and bananas, which grow in wild luxuriance on the banks. Two of them, the Warre-biarra (water-belly) and Chiriqui, have been deemed worthy of the title of river; but undeservedly. The former, however, although only from twenty to thirty feet wide, is deep, and navigable two days' journey. Two Indian families have settled on the banks, who collect sarsaparilla for the English trading post at Baboon Cay; and from thence there is a path to the Chraco Mola. The Chiriqui is so difficult of access as to be seldom visited.
The Roballo river is of the same character as the Warre-biarra, but more frequented on account of the abundance of sarsaparilla obtained from its banks. It is reported to receive several small tributaries by which canoes penetrate into the interior a considerable distance. During the heavy rains, however, they send into the main branch such an immense body of water as to render its ascent a work of
At Frenchman's creek, which is a mere rivulet, an English coloured family have lately formed a small establishinent. The spot is most advantageously chosen, at the foot of the great mountain range, which here terminates at the shore, in the valleys of which they find a soil of the most fertile description; and in the season turtle congregate at this end of the lake in great numbers. If an attempt be made to effect a communication between the lake and the opposite side of the ridge, it will no doubt commence from this spot.
great labour.


In this module, we're going to look at writing and balancing chemical equations.
add the appropriate coefficients to have a balanced chemical equation.
we're actually talking about two different things.
We talked about the chemical reaction.
And this is the actual process that's actually happening.
in this case, we actually have vinegar reacting with baking soda.
And so, this is the actual chemical reaction.
it uses chemical symbols to show what's going on.
It shows us both our reactants and our products.
And shows how many of each of them we need.
So, we tend to use these two terms, reaction and equation interchangeably.
is the representation of that reaction.
different ways to represent what's happening.
show what these things would look like if we built the models of them.
forming a molecule of CO2 and two molecules of water.
We can also write it out in words and describe those.
which is our chemical equation that we'll talk about most frequently.
is make sure we have the right number of atoms on either side of the equation.
4 hydrogen atoms, and 4 oxygen atoms.
the top, that methane reacts with oxygen, to produce carbon dioxide in water.
So all of these are completely reasonable ways to report an equation.
The one that we will see most often is using the chemical symbols.
talking about an equation, just so we're all referring to the same information.
we call these substances the reactants.
The arrows themself means to yield.
And then on the right side, we have our products over here.
The other thing we have to add in is our coefficients.
the right side of each element, that we have the same number of each.
So, let's look at how we would balance this equation.
the formula for methane, reacting with oxygen to form carbon dioxide and water.
we're going to show the process by which we actually balance equations.
is I want to make a list of all the elements that I see in the reaction.
Note, that the elements on the left must be the same elements on the right.
And then I'm going to basically tally up how much I have of each atom.
and I see that I have 1 carbon, I have 4 hydrogens, and I have 2 oxygens.
and I have 3 oxygens, because I have 2 oxygens and 1 oxygen there.
that particular element in a unit of that molecule.
the same, which is great, but I notice that my Hydrogens are not.
I have 4 Hydrogen atoms on the left, and only 2 Hydrogen atoms on the right.
So I need to add a coefficient, so that I have the same number on both sides.
we can actually start with any of our elements.
come back to it after you've balanced the other elements.
because that gives me 2 times 2, which is 4 hydrogens.
oxygens in the water, but I also have 2 oxygens here in the carbon dioxide.
So, I now have a total of 4 oxygens.
have 4 oxygens on the right side of the equation, and only 2 on the left.
I see that I have 4 oxygens on the left, and 4 oxygens on the right.
I have 1 Carbon on the left,.
1 carbon on the right.
4 hydrogens on the left.
2 time 2, so 4 hydrogens on the right.
2 times 2, 4 oxygens on the left.
And I have 2 oxygens here, and 2 oxygens there for a total of 4.
So I see that all of my elements are balanced.
So now, I have a balanced chemical equation.
Now, I can look at the phases of substances and add those in.
what I want to do is know what phase each reactant or product is in.
I have a gas, I can have a liquid, a solid, or aqueous.
it's a solution of something dissolved in water, we call that aqueous.
A liquid means a pure liquid.
we call that pure liquid.
we have methane gas, oxygen gas, CO2 gas, and liquid water.
Now for some substances, you'll probably know what the phase is.
Other times it won't be as obvious.
determine what that phase should be, or what that state of matter is.
balancing equations before we look at another example.
reactants and products on the appropriate side of the equation.
that we correctly match the formula with the name of the compound.
So before we put any coefficients in it, that's what our starting point is.
Then it's a little bit of trial and error.
in order to get the elements on each side to have the exact same number of atoms.
certainly not least, we're always going to check our balanced equation.
find any errors before you complete the problem.
Now, let's look at an example here.
We have silicon, chloride plus water, yielding silicone dioxide and HCL.
is basically take an accounting of what I have.
I have 4 chlorines, I have 2 hydrogens, and 1 oxygen.
I see I have o1 silicone, I have 1 chlorine, 1 hydrogen and 2 oxygens.
I notice that the only thing that balances right now, is my silicon.
So, the first thing I'm going to do is decide which element to start with.
It doesn't matter specifically where you start.
if you're struggling with how to balance it, try starting with a different element.
I'm going to start with my chlorine.
I see I have 4 chlorine atoms on the left.
I need 4 on the right.
So I can put a 4 in front of HCl.
it also changes my hydrogens to 4.
So now I have 4 chlorines and 4 hydrogens.
only two on he left.
I need to add a 2 in front of H20.
When I do that, that changes my hydrogens to 4 and it changes my oxygens to 2.
that coefficient are reflected in my tally at the bottom of the page.
chlorines, I've actually already balanced my oxygen atoms.
4 chlorines, 4 hydrogens, 4 hydrogens, 2 oxygens, and 2 oxygens.
iron in the following reaction.
So the correct answer is 4.
I've got 2 irons on the right, I must have a 2 in front of the iron on the left.
make sure all elements are balanced, not just one particular element is balanced.
So let's look at the equation and see how we would balance it.
is take accounting of everything I have in the equation as written.
What I see is that for iron, I have 1 iron on the left, and 2 oxygens on the left.
On the right, I have 2 irons and 3 oxygens.
have the iron add up to balance, because that would change that to a 2.
So the iron is balanced at this point, however, the oxygen is not.
And in order to report coefficients, we have to balance the entire equation.
have 6 oxygens on both sides, I can have a balanced number of oxygens.
So now I need to put a 3 in front of my O2.
So now I have 6 oxygen on the left.
that I can have 6 oxygens on the right.
I end up changing the number of irons to 4, and the number of oxygens to 6.
I'm going to have to revisit the irons to make sure it's balanced.
that would change my number of iron atoms to 4.
It doesn't change anything else.
And what I see now, is that my irons atoms match, and that my oxygen atoms match.
I'm always going to go back to the equation.
6 oxygens on the left, and 6 oxygens on the right.
4 will be the coefficient for iron.
In the next module, we're going to look at aqueous solutions.


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Manchester, Trafford and Wigan make 'a racket' this January!
January has kick started our 2017 Greater Manchester School Games Programme with the Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 Badminton competitions with an incredible display of passion and talent from 385 pupils from across the county.
Greater Manchester School Games Basketball Competition shows off Greater Manchester's talent
The U14 and U16 Basketball competitions showed off some of the impressive talent offered at the 2016 Level 3 Greater Manchester School Games event that took place week commencing 20th January.
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Calling all Greater Manchester School/Youth choirs, dancers, musicians, singers and cheerleader's Greater Manchester's Got Talent is looking for You! In Partner with Manchester City Council and the Youth Sport Trust, GreaterSport are looking for school/Youth choirs, performers. dancers, singers and cheerleaders from across Greater Manchester to compete in the 2015 Greater Manchester's Got Talent School/Youth Competition.
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In Partnership with CP Sport, Cerebral Palsy United FC are inviting young people with Cerebral Palsy to the Launch of their new Junior Football Section on February 7th at Partington Sports Village, Manchester; where they'll be able to take part in an CP Football Kickstart Event.
Greater Manchester School's Football Poetry Competition Launched
GreaterSport have teamed up with The National Football Museum to launch the Greater Manchester School's Football Poetry Competition for the second year running. The competition which is open to any school within Greater Manchester has 2 categories; KS2 & KS3 and is asking individual pupils, groups or even whole class' to write a poem which has football as its central theme. Some suggested ideas include players, teams, matchdays, goals etc.


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Q: Want to skip last and first 5 lines while reading file in python If I want to see only data between line number 5 to what comes before last 5 rows in a file. While I was reading that particular file.
Code I have used as of now :
f = open("/home/auto/user/ip_file.txt")
lines = f.readlines()[5:] # this will start from line 5 but how to set end
for line in lines:
        print("print line ", line )

Please suggest me I am newbie for python.
Any suggestions are most welcome too.

A: You could use a neat feature of slicing, you can count from the end with negative slice index, (see also this question):
lines = f.readlines()[5:-5]

just make sure there are more than 10 lines:
all_lines = f.readlines()
lines = [] if len(all_lines) <= 10 else all_lines[5:-5]

(this is called a ternary operator)

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Recently my husband and I had a conversation about Little House on The Prairie®. He confessed that he really didn't watch the show much as a child (I think I gasped) and that he didn't realize that the show had been based on a set of true-story books.
Yes, I know. I can hear the collective thump across the internet of jaws hitting the floor. It took me days to get over my shock (and pity for the poor deprived man!). The conversation prompted me to pull all my beloved paperback Little House books out of the attic. It was high time for those books to be displayed proudly on our bookshelf, and loved all over again! I began reading the series with my younger sons the very night of my husband's confession. My sons would not be missing out on this iconic piece of history.
As we started reading Little House in the Big Woods, the magic came back immediately. I told my boys that there was a show based on these books, and that once we read the books together, we'd have to watch the show together.
Well, it hasn't been too long since the Little House 'revival' in our home, and just a few days ago I was surprised and honored to be given an amazing offer as a blogger--to share a giveaway with you, my readers, directly from the official Little House on the Prairie® site!
This package is just incredible. Someone will win not only the entire first four seasons of the show, newly remastered, but they'll also win Pioneer Girl (a recently released autobriography with details never shared in the Little House books), a Pioneer Girl tote bag, and a new documentary about Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Can you say "dream come true?" I'd be so thrilled if one of my readers won. There are two packages being given away, so be sure to enter for BOTH contests; the rafflecopter at the end of this post, brought to you by me and a bunch of us from The Homestead Bloggers Network, and another package offered on the Little House on The Prairie® site.
Did You Become Laura, Too?
To say that Laura Ingalls impacted my young life would be an understatement. I pretty much became Laura for a couple years. I wore my hair in braids. I developed a keen interest in wearing long skirts and aprons. I wandered around in a fantasy world most of the time, imagining running through wild prairie grasses and attending a one-room schoolhouse. I devoured the books, one by one, and then dove into them again for second course. holding the paperbacks next to my pillow as I fell asleep.
I was a girl obsessed. And I am NOT the only one...I am sure many of you are nodding your heads right now, thinking "yeah, me too!"
My best friend moved to upstate New York several years ago.
though the location is different, the land is much how I imagine Laura's home.
Here we make the climb up the hill on her property.
During the years that Little House aired, I was entering those years between being a child and a teen. 'Tween years' (we weren't called tweens back then...I think we were just called annoying-and-frustrating). I was still so much a girl, but had moments of self-awareness and discomfort that drove my mom nuts. One afternoon we were stopping in at the grocery store after we'd spent the day at my grandma's. Visiting grandma meant lots of time outside running around and playing, and I caught a glimpse of myself in the review-mirror as mom parked.
"Mom...I can't go into the store looking like this!" My hair (in two braids, as it was most of the time) looked disheveled and ragged. Mom glanced at me and in a moment of desperation, knowing there was no way she was going to leave me in the car alone and also realizing she really needed to pick some things up at the store NOW, smiled and said "Andrea, don't you see? You look just like Laura would have looked after running through the meadows and prairies!" Her bluff worked, and I looked into the mirror at my messy braids again, this time with pride. I practically beamed. And strutted through the aisles of that grocery store, just knowing that every passersby thought "Wow, that girl looks just like Laura Ingalls!"
The messy braid moment allowed my mom a blessed easy out with her moody daughter, but the truth is, Little House on the Prairie® affected me in countless ways. The books and the show transported me to a different time, and connected me to history in the best way possible--through a first-hand narrative of an incredibly relatable young lady who wove magic into her stories. On the most basic level, Little House also connected me strongly to my own childhood family unit. First of all, we bonded by watching the show together (I was the only one reading the books at the time, so having a way to share my obsession with my mom, dad, and brothers was very fun for me). Second, I realized that as a family, we still did some of the same things as the Ingalls. We burned wood for heat. We grew food. We ate together, played together, disagreed together, and at the end of every day--happy or sad--we loved each other. I was so fortunate to have grown up in a family that taught me so much. I can only hope that I can instill some of those same things in my kids. As I learn how to do more and more for myself and my family on our 'urban homestead', I feel the presence of so many inspiring people who strived for a life of fulfillment and simple joy--including Laura Ingalls and her family.
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When you visit the site, first click here to enter the second prize package offered...but there is so much more! This site is packed with fun stuff. Recipes, learning, crafting, sharing, all things Little House. I loved this post on how pioneers planted their gardens, and was tickled to find a spot where Little House fans can contact the site with their own personal stories, or whatever they want to share about Little House on the Prairie® and how it has affected their lives. This place is SO MUCH FUN!
Follow Little House on the Prairie on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest, too...if you are a diehard fan like me.
This giveaway is coordinated by Little House on the Prairie through Homestead Bloggers Network.
For some reason, your rafflecopter won't recognize all the stuff I did on the other site. No idea how to enter.
Hang on tollbaby...the rafflecopter seems to be having issues on all the blogs that are promoting this giveaway. We are working on it as I type! It will be working smoothly in just a little bit! Thank you for alerting me.


A new Tamil serial Thari is all set to launch soon. The storyline will revolve around a girl Annalakshmi, who belongs to the weaving community. The character will be played by actress Sree Nithi.
Innocent Annalakshmi is a village belle, who earns her livelihood by weaving clothes.
The channel has uploaded a promo video on social media.
Thari will explore the hardships faced by the weavers.
Other than Annalakshmi there are two important characters in this serial. M. Ramasamy aka Mu Ra will be seen playing her father's character. Ramasamy is a Professor of Drama and he is also a writer.
On the other hand, TV host Farina Azad will be seen as Vaani, Annalakshmi's sister. Vaani is unable to speak or hear anything. Farina is training herself to get into the skin of this character.


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The Process Of Filing For Post-Conviction Relief In Little Rock, Arkansas
by Patrick Benca | Dec 6, 2016 | Appeals
This is the next post in our discussion on the handling of post-conviction cases in Little Rock or elsewhere in Arkansas. Our last article discussed filing for habeas corpus due to a change in the law. It is important to understand that you only have a limited amount of time in which you may request relief if the law has changed. It is, therefore, important that you contact an attorney immediately. In this article we will be discussing the process of filing for relief. This process is complicated and has many technical requirements. Failing to properly follow those requirements may result in your petition being dismissed. Hiring a lawyer, who is familiar with this area of law, can help to ensure that this does not happen.
The process of filing for post-conviction relief begins by filing a Petition with the Court in which the defendant was originally convicted. The Petition must state how the defendant's trial counsel was ineffective and how that poor representation is what led to the conviction. The State will then file an Opposition to the Petition. The defendant will file a Reply and the Court will set a hearing date. The hearing will be what is considered an "oral argument." By this we mean that the the attorneys for each side will argue, to the Judge, the points of the case. No witnesses will be called at this stage. The Court will typically do one of two things at this point. The first of these possibilities is that the Court will deny the Petition. The defendant's only option at this point is to file an appeal. The second possibility is that the Court will schedule an "evidentiary hearing" at which witnesses will testify. The latter of these options means that the case will go forward.
The evidentiary hearing will be similar to a bench trial. By this we mean that witnesses will testify but that there will be no jury. The defendant will be the first to call witnesses and this will include the original defense attorney. Counsel will question the prior attorney as to the facts which will show that they provided ineffective assistance. If, for example, the defendant is claiming that they were never shown a potential plea agreement then counsel will challenge them to prove that they met with the defendant to review any proposed agreement. The State will then examine any witnesses and call any witnesses they deem necessary. After a brief portion of testimony known as "rebuttal" the lawyers for both sides will make a closing argument. The Court may issue its decision immediately or, in more complex cases, it may issue a written decision at a later date.
It is important to understand that the Petition for a writ of habeas corpus must articulate certain facts or else it will be dismissed quickly. Also, the rules of evidence and procedure will be enforced at any evidentiary hearing. Hiring a post-conviction attorney familiar with these processes can help Little Rock defendants to improve their chances with the process and in building a strong record for appeal.
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Our churches in in Africa are alive with excitement. We follow Jesus so he can make us fishers of people in his time and at his pleasure.
We are learning to take the opportunities that God places before us. Stepping out in faith is becoming part of our Christ-nature. It is amazing to see how unexpected opportunities come our way, and that we can use such occasions in his service.
An example of this took place in the nation of Benin. Atsu Dravie, area pastor for Togo, Benin and Burkina Faso, told me of a challenge God presented to our congregation in Cotonou. "A group of Christians had become disenchanted with their local pastors' alleged immoral activities, and they contacted our church to ask if we would pastor them. Now some of them are attending our weekly Saturday services and in addition we have provided weekly Sunday services to meet their needs." Our group in Cotonou is pastored by an unordained pastoral team. God was opening a door, and without any qualms they walked through it.
In remote parts of Zambia, groups and individuals have sought contact with us, but our funds are limited. Out of the blue, an Australian member offered to sponsor a pastoral tour of the area. Kalengule Kaoma, who was then regional pastor for Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe, accepted the offer. Midway through his trip, he informed me that during the first three weeks of May he baptized 47 people. Thanks be to God!
Similar stories abound. In Zimbabwe, despite tensions, God is working with our fellowship. Pastor Ken Clark and his wife, Jeanette, began a Bible study five months ago in the farming community of Marondera. In South Africa, church planting opportunities have opened to us, and we have begun new services in various locations.
In western Kenya more new groups have contacted our national leader. That area seems to be growing, and we don't have the resources, yet still God brings people to us, and we just can't turn God's loved ones away. The leaders step out in faith time after time.
We need to let God prepare us for the harvest. Our leaders need to learn how to evaluate opportunities, to operate within the freedom of accountability, to be well-versed in sound doctrine, to be filled with wisdom so they can help feed the flock: to be prepared to become fishers of people.
With the growth God is giving us, the recognition and training of leaders becomes a vital focus. Our church needs to be equipped with the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and to be given resources through teaching and information. At our regional conferences we address such issues. We also stress the need to make sure that a leader's relationship with Jesus is where it should be, as only then can we begin to be effectively used by him.
For example, about 40 leading men and women from Ghana assembled in Accra for a three-day workshop on the theme of Preparing to be Fishers of People. Discussions revolved around the importance of understanding and following Jesus. Similar workshops either are planned or have already taken place in other parts of Africa.
Many of the national leadership teams run their own local conferences. The Cameroon ministers, led by Jean-Jacques Ndoudoumou, organized their first national congress, with a concentration primarily on evangelism. They organized and funded the event by themselves. This shows the kind of confidence that is beginning to be felt in many places.
One of our strengths is the ongoing training of our ordained and nonordained leaders through mentoring and conferences. This is a resource we can share, so we have opened our ministerial conferences to ministers and leaders of other fellowships and non-affiliated groups.
Whenever a group expresses interest in us, we invite the leaders of that group whether or not we have visited the group. This approach has begun to bear fruit. I addressed the Hour of Revival Gospel Church near Johannesburg. Their pastor, David Mathebula, decided to attend our conference in June.
The leader of our group in Burundi wrote that most of the members are in government-controlled regroupment camps. Conditions are deplorable, with much hunger, malnutrition and disease. The leader's daughter-in-law died in one of the camps, leaving three young children for the extended family to take care of. Please pray that God will comfort not only our friends but also all who are trapped in these unbearable conditions. We also have contacts in similar situations in other parts of Africa.
There have been many areas of concern all over the continent, and the members appreciate the prayers of our worldwide fellowship, especially for Christians in the Congo, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Burundi, Angola, Sudan, Uganda, Nigeria and for other countries where either political strife or environmental disasters dominate the news headlines.
Another prayer request concerns communication. Mail is generally unreliable, but in most countries we have established at least one e-mail connection, thus allowing vital flock feeding and leadership mentoring material to get through. We lack connections in a few areas, and I would appreciate your prayers that a connection can be established.
Please also pray that we will be bold enough to go through the doors God opens to us. It is clear that God is giving our fellowship many opportunities in Africa, and often we lack the personnel, physical and financial resources to respond in a timely way. Nevertheless it is amazing what God can accomplish with what we have. So we walk in faith, always.
It is difficult to know where to stop when writing about how God is using our fellowship in Africa. Jesus is making us into Fishers of People. Thank you for your intercession for and support of all of us in this area of the world. It is clear that often we get by "on the wings of a prayer"! Above all, thanks be to God for the wonderful opportunities he provides for us in the service of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Atsu Dravie (front) and Arthur Adjibodou sing praises.


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Our six tests for government to create laws to protect children online
Online sex crimes recorded against children pass the equivalent of 100 a day
Released today, our latest report titled How the Wild West Web Should Be Won, sets out how the upcoming Online Harms Bill must set the global standard in protecting children on the web.
With crucial decisions just being made in a few days, we are urging government to ensure children's online safety and that new laws will force tech firms to tackle the harm caused by their sites.
We have consistently highlighted the growing levels of abuse and harm children are facing on social media platforms, and we believe that the problem has been made worse by coronavirus.
Earlier this year, Boris Johnson signalled a personal determination to legislate for regulation that successfully fights child abuse. But we are concerned. If this isn't translated by government into law, the opportunity to make online a safe space for children could be missed.1
We are worried that ministers are wavering in their ambitions to improve online safety, so we have released six tests which would help to create the robust regulation needed. NSPCC CEO Peter Wanless said that "failing to pass any of the six tests will mean that rather than tech companies paying the cost of their inaction, future generations of children will pay with serious harm and sexual abuse that could have been stopped".
The warning comes on the back of the latest Home Office data. Analysis of their statistics found that between January and March 2020, the number of online sex crimes against children recorded by police reached the equivalent of 101 a day in England and Wales.2
Molly's story
The six tests are backed by Ian Russell, who has campaigned for regulation since the death of his daughter, Molly, by suicide, after she was targeted with self-harm posts on social media.
Mr Russell said:
"Today, I can't help but wonder why it's taking so long to introduce effective regulation to prevent the type of harmful social media posts we now know Molly saw, and liked, and saved in the months prior to her death. Tech self-regulation has failed and, as I know, it's failed all too often at great personal cost. Now is the time to establish a regulator to protect those online by introducing proportionate legislation with effective financial and criminal sanctions. It is a necessary step forward in trying to reclaim the web for the good it can do and curtail the growing list of harms to be found online."
Wild West Web: our campaign
The six tests the government must pass to keep children safe online are:
Creating an expansive, principles-based duty of care. Tech firms should have a legal responsibility to identify harms caused by their sites and deal with them
Tackling online sexual abuse. Platforms must proactively and consistently tackle grooming and abuse images
Tackling legal but harmful content. The law must enforce firms to respond to the harms caused by algorithms targeting damaging suicide and self-harm posts at children
The regulator must have robust transparency and investigatory power and demand information from companies
Hold industry to account with criminal and financial sanctions
Give civil society a legal voice for children with user advocacy arrangements.
Peter Wanless, NSPCC Chief Executive, said:
"Industry inaction is fuelling this staggering number of sex crimes against children and the fallout from coronavirus has heightened the risks of abuse now and in the future.
"The Prime Minister has the chance of a lifetime to change this by coming down on the side of children and families, with urgent regulation that is a bold and ambitious UK plan to truly change the landscape of online child protection.
"The Online Harms Bill must become a Government priority, with unwavering determination to take the opportunity to finally end the avoidable, serious harm children face online because of unaccountable tech firms."
We're working hard to ensure we're still here for children. Will you help us?
Help end child abuse online
1 in 7 11-18 year olds have been asked to send sexual messages of themselves online. We need the government to deliver an Online Harms Bill that keeps children safe from abuse. Join us.
NSPCC helpline
Whoever you are, whatever your concern, we're still here for children. If you're worried about a child, or need advice and support, contact us.
Read about our helplines
Talking to your child about online safety
Sometimes you might be worried about what your child's doing online or who they're speaking to, but you might not know how to talk to them about it. We've got advice to help.
Names have been changed to protect identities. Any photographs are posed by models.
1. At the Hidden Harms Summit in May the Prime Minister said he is ferociously determined to urgently deliver the Online Harms Bill, including draconian action against tech firms who fail to protect children.
2. NSPCC estimates are based on the latest police recorded crime figures available (1 January 2020 – 31 March 2020) for England and Wales for Obscene Publication offences and Sexual Grooming offences. There were 7,476 Obscene Publications offences recorded by the police and 1,677 Sexual Grooming offences, totaling 9,153 offences. Divided by the 91 days of the quarter, equals an average of 101 offences a day. Published figures do not reveal how many of the Obscene Publication release offences involve images of children but results from the NSPCC's previous Freedom of Information request suggest the vast majority are. For both offences, it is likely the majority of crimes involve the internet considering the role it can play in publishing and sharing images or the way it could be used by offenders to contact and build relationships with children.


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While many may not have played a Telltale game until their breakout hit, The Walking Dead, the company has been making episodic adventure games for years now. The first game they worked on was Sam and Max Save the World. Does it hold up? Was it ever that good? Let's take a look.
The duo of Sam and Max started in the childhood home of Steve Purcell. Sam was a hard-nosed, noir-style detective that just happened to be a dog, and Max was described as a "hyperkinetic rabbity-thing." Steve got his first chance to use his characters in the comic, Sam and Max. When Purcell was hired at LucasArts in the mid-90s, he was eventually able to get his characters into a LucasArts game, Sam and Max Hit the Road. After a failed attempt at a sequel, the LucasArts adventure team fell apart. Some of the staff left to create their own studio, Telltale Games. For their first outing, they wanted to revive Sam and Max, and, thus, the three seasons of Sam and Max were born. The first season was collectively called Sam and Max Save the World. Though, you will not need to have any prior experience with the characters. You'll learn every thing you need to know about them in the first 5 minutes or less. Case in point: the intro to episode 4, Abe Lincoln Must Die!
Now, if you played The Walking Dead, Sam and Max is nothing like that (if the above video didn't already make that abundantly obvious). The story isn't deep or challenging, there are no alternate paths, and the game is riddled with gimmicky puzzles designed to stump you. This was made before Telltale figured out that gimmicky puzzles weren't what people play adventure games for. However, the Sam and Max characters were designed for comedy, and this game delivers comedy in spades. Having a hyperkinetic rabbity-thing as a sidekick might not be good for one's health and well-being, but it sure leads to some humorous dialogue. And, while the puzzles are head-scratchers at times, I didn't need hints or a walkthrough until the fifth episode, and only on one puzzle in that episode. The sixth episode was a little harder, requiring me to break out the walkthrough a couple of times. There is no hint system, so the walkthrough will be necessary if you get stuck.
I played the PC version, and I can tell you that Season One will run well on the most barebones of hardware. My six year old laptop ran Episode Four just fine when I got it off Steam, and my current laptop (equipped with an i3 and onboard graphics) runs it fine with all the settings cranked up. To be honest, I'm not really surprised, since the game was ported to the Wii. I'll warn you though, there is no widescreen resolution. Normally, I wouldn't nitpick like that, but it bugs me because my laptop maintains the 4:3 aspect ratio. Chances are you won't have that problem (this is the first machine I've ever had do that), but I thought I'd bring it up.
The controls are simple: point-and-click (somewhat like 5 Days a Stranger). If you know how to use a mouse, you'll be able to play this game just fine. The game world is very small, but you can explore it to your heart's content (in fact, it'll be required to solve all the puzzles the game throws your way). You can save at any time, which is helpful if you need to check a walkthrough.
Since Telltale only does episodic adventure games (with brief diversions into poker), it should come as no surprise that the Sam and Max games are split into episodes. Each episode takes about an hour or two to complete. They are as follows.
One time child-stars, the Soda Poppers (Specs, Whizzer, and Peepers), are causing trouble throughout the city. Specs is drawing graffiti of a strange man in an afro, Whizzer is giving away video tapes (yes, video tapes), and Peepers is claiming to be Sybil Pandemik, psychologist. All the Soda Poppers are obsessed with one Brady Culture. Who is this Brady Culture?
Talk-show host Myra Stump has been holding her audience hostage for days now. It's up to Sam and Max to get on her show to stop the madness. To do so, they'll need to become TV stars, get a record contract and be involved in a controversy.
In this episode, Sam and Max have to infiltrate the Toy Mafia to find a mole with information to take down the Mafia. To do so, they'll need to kill Sybil Pandemik, deliver goods to Bosco's store and get back the Toy Mafia's prize meatball sub sandwich.
No, no time-travel in this one. After Sam and Max expose the president as a robot phony, the country is thrown into an emergency election. Max is chosen to run, and he goes up against an animated Lincoln Memorial. This one is free on Steam, if you're interested.
Sam and Max receive a call saying that computers all over the world are malfunctioning. At the same time, Sybil introduces our duo to the alternate reality video game, Reality 2.0. Are the two connected? Jump into Reality 2.0, and find out. Plus, you get a turn-based battle system (sort of).
In an overly-complicated and illogical series of deductions, Sam and Max uncover the mastermind behind every adventure of the season (no, I won't spoil who). They go to confront the villain on his (that's all you get) base of operations, the moon. Apparently, we can drive to the moon now. Isn't that something?
So, in total, we have 6 incredibly funny games forming one semi-cohesive package. Is the package good? Yes, I think so. The characters are well written and well voiced, the music is great, and no chapter feels like it goes on for too long, But remember that it is an adventure game. Traditional adventure games are never perfect, thanks to their insistence on illogical logic puzzles that do nothing but impede your progress. The puzzles in this game are not nearly as bad as I've seen, and Max carries a lot of the experience on his innate charm alone, but thanks to that, I can only give the game a 3.5 out of 5. Also, this game is not worth $30. Get it on a good sale. And, just as a reference, I'd never give an adventure game over a 4, though that could change once I finish The Walking Dead. But before that: Season 2!
This review was based on the PC version of the game.
This review copy was supplied by the reviewer.


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101 STAT. 1329-178
PUBLIC LAW 100-202—DEC. 22, 1987
(4) the Congress further recognizes that the United Nations has consistently failed to address the violation of fundamental human rights and freedoms in Cuba, (b) It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the United Nations and the United Nations Human Rights Commission have acted selectively and inconsistently in addressing violations of basic human rights in various countries; (2) the United Nations General Assembly and the United Nations Human Rights Commission have failed to responsibly address the deplorable human rights situation in Cuba despite overwhelming evidence of the continuing disregard and systematic abuse of the most basic human rights by the Government of Cuba; (3) the President, the Secretary of State, and the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations are to be commended for their efforts to place Cuba on the human rights agenda of the United Nations and are strongly encouraged to continue in their efforts to bring this issue to the attention of the United Nations; (4) the following countries are to be commended for their courageous vote in favor of considering human rights violations in Cuba, particularly in light of the thinly veiled threats of the Cuban delegation: Austria, Australia, Belgium, Costa Rica, France, Gambia, the Federal Republic of Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Lesotho, Liberia, Norway, the Philippines, Somalia, Togo, and the United Kingdom; (5) member states of the United Nations Human Rights Commission interested in democracy in the region, particularly Mexico, Spain, Peru, Venezuela, Argentina, and Colombia, should support the United States resolution on Cuban human rights at the next session of the United Nations Human Rights Commission, and that the United States should take into account this vote in determining United States bilateral and other assistance to all countries which are members of the Commission; (6) the United States should continue to emphasize how other countries vote on fundamental issues such as human rights when determining financial support for the United Nations, including the contribution to the Human Rights Commission; and (7) the United Nations Human Rights Commission, which will hold its forty-fourth session in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1988 should include among the highest priorities of its human rights agenda consideration of human rights violations in Cuba. OPPOSITION TO ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST COUNTRIES BY INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS SEC. 575. (a) INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE DIREC-
TORS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United Loans. States Executive Director of each international financial institution to vote against any loan or other use of the funds of the respective institution to or for a country for which the Secretary of State has made a determination under section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979.


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Allomelita pellucida är en kräftdjursart som först beskrevs av Georg Ossian Sars 1882. Enligt Catalogue of Life ingår Allomelita pellucida i släktet Allomelita och familjen Gammaridae, men enligt Dyntaxa är tillhörigheten istället släktet Allomelita och familjen Melitidae. Arten är reproducerande i Sverige. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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22 different business-card sized works of art with the inspiring words of Mary Anne Radmacher And now... I will be the soil of your rich harvest season. The season where the pan of the fallow and the burden of the bountiful come together. Begin each day as if it were on purpose! Decisions come clear and quick once the heart is fully informed. Every possibility begins with the courage to imagine.
Hold open your hands and raise them high! Dreams have a habit of... Inspiration wears so many disguises and they don't always match, do they? May you be the kind of parents who have the strength to toss their child into the air! Reach deeply & pick the rose you planted within yourself so long ago. Some days there aren't any trumpets... just lots of dragons. Courage doesn't always roar.
The jump is so frightening between where I am & where I long to be. When I first saw you I pondered, 'how did it take so long for us to find eachother?' You choose which party you shall attend! I come to the sea to breathe. We come to the sea to breathe.
Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Dare. Listen hard. Practice wellness... Travel. I am not the same having seen the moon shine... Always you will have my hand to hold. Always. You are simply my best time. You are my sweetest laughter. Live with intention...do what you love.
When I say I am going home, what I mean is...I am going to where you are. When I want to see love defined...I look at you.


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Q: couchdbbackup command not found in cron job I am trying to execute a cronjob.sh file using cronjob in mac machine.
When I run my cronjob using ./cronJob.sh it works fine but when I schedule it using cronjob it shows couchdbbackup command not found.
Here is my script code looks like
#!/bin/bash
echo "backup start"
couchbackup --url "https://username:password@dburl" --db db_name --log /Users/Demo/Documents/Backup/db-`date -u "+%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S"`.log > /Users/Demo/Documents/Backup/db_Prod-`date -u "+%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S"`.txt
echo "backup finish"

I am using couchDb for taking db backup.
https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cloudant/couchbackup
This is package is already installed in machine.
Please let me know what is going wrong.

A: The issue that you are likely facing is that couchbackup is not in the $PATH of the environment given to the cron execution.
The answer is to provide the full path to your executable couchbackup.


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