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Whey protein concentrate (WPC) and whey protein isolate (WPI) are suitable ingredients for infant formula, sports drinks, and fortifying protein beverages
Traditionally, whey was regarded as a useless by-product of cheese production. Now, thanks to the development of industrial methods like centrifugation, filtering and spray drying, it has become possible to produce a variety of very pure whey derived powders. They can be made efficiently on a large scale for use in applications requiring very high levels of food safety. All this, combined with a deeper understanding of its nutritional value, means that whey is today regarded as an equally high-value ingredient as the curds.
Containing 0.8% protein, 4.5% lactose and 0.2 % minerals and salts, whey can be dried directly or fractionated into a variety of products. Whey protein concentrate (WPC) and whey protein isolate (WPI) are suitable ingredients for infant formula, sports drinks, and fortifying protein beverages for the sick and elderly. They are also used extensively in the food industry, to increase the nutritional value and improve the texture of products such as processed meat, sausages, health foods and candy bars.
The permeate generated during WPC and WPI fractionation can also be dried directly for use in food applications or further purified into lactose for use in infant formula, food and pharmaceutical applications. Finally, demineralised whey powders are also used in infant formula, chocolate and other applications that require a less salty flavour.
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Customers can check/verify the genuinity of the memory card serial number at Sandisk website:
Designed for SD devices that can capture Full HD, 3D, and 4K video, as well as RAW and burst photography, the 512GB Extreme PRO UHS-I SDXC Memory Card from SanDisk has a capacity of 512GB, is compatible with the UHS-I bus, and features a speed class rating of U3, which guarantees minimum write speeds of 30 MB/s. Read speeds are supported up to 95 MB/s and write speeds max out at 90 MB/s.
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OHCHR in Côte d'Ivoire2010-20112008-20092006-2007
Recent news
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ONUCI - Human Rights Reports
Universal Review
Human Rights Context
The non-respect by Côte d'Ivoire of some fundamental human rights norms and principles pertaining notably to equality and non-discrimination, the right to a nationality plunged the country into an armed conflict. The crisis kick-started on 19 September 2002 by an armed rebellion which resulted in grave violations and in the de facto division of the country into two zones: the north, controlled by the Forces nouvelles, led by Guillaume Kigbafori Soro, and the south by the legitimate government of President Gbagbo. After several unsuccessful peace deals, the signing of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement on 4 March 2007 by the conflicting parties defused the tension, thus fostering an appeased political climate conducive to the organization of elections.
The presidential election postponed for at least five times was finally held on 31 October 2010 for the first round and 28 November 2010 for the second round respectively. While the first round took place without major incident, the second round that opposed outgoing president Laurent Gbagbo of La Majorité Présidentielle (LMP) and Alassane Ouattara, supported by the Rassemblement des Houphouëtistes pour la Démocratie et la Paix (RHDP), was marked by a radicalization of political statements which had severe consequences on the respect of human rights. Furthermore, the refusal by Laurent Gbagbo to accept the results of the elections led to the establishment of two parallel governments by Gbagbo and Ouattara. This situation plunged the country into a deep political impasse which undermined the already fragile security and political situation, thus impacting negatively on the overall human rights situation.
The ensuing fighting between the Forces républicaines de Côte d'Ivoire (FRCI) created on 17 March by Alassane Ouattara and forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo also led to massive killings across the country. The international commission of inquiry dispatched by the Human Rights Council reported that security forces systematically carried out acts of summary and extrajudicial executions, arbitrary arrest and detention, enforced disappearances, extortion, looting of public and privately-owned property, etc. Victims included mainly men but also women, children and elderly persons. The Gbagbo's camp broadcasted messages with hate and xenophobic intents against supporters of the RHDP, ECOWAS nationals and the UN were contributory factors in the wave of attacks against persons belonging to these institutions; they also fuelled some ethnic tensions in many parts of the west thus resulting in an escalation of some of the latent inter-community conflicts occasioning many deaths, loss of property and the massive displacement of the population within and outside of the country. Many people died from collateral damages such as hunger, malnutrition and illness or by drowning while crossing the Liberia border in an attempt to seek refuge in a safe area. Furthermore, the rise and the expansion of inter-community clashes nationwide trigged by land tenure issues constituted a cause for the displacement of populations, intercommunity killings and violence creating a climate of fear and insecurity even during this pre-election period.
The capture of Mr. Gbagbo, his wife and close associates put an end to the hostilities. Nevertheless, the security vacuum particularly in the west, the break down in the security and judicial apparatus as well as the slow return to work of some security officials remains a major area of concern with significant implications on the human rights situation. While several interventions are being undertaken by the government to restore state authority in several parts of the country, the need for national reconciliation and justice has become even more compelling if the challenges facing the respect of human rights are to be adequately addressed. The government has continued to take initiatives in creating transitional justice institutions in view of facilitating the reconciliation process as well as fostering social cohesion between fractious communities especially in the west of the country. A Dialogue Truth and Reconciliation Commission (DTRC) has been established and the Commissioners appointed. OHCHR is currently engaged with the government and other relevant stakeholders with a view to supporting and enhancing the setting up of transitional justice mechanisms, including the DTRC.
The Human Rights Division of UNOCI systematically documented and reported on the human rights situation in the country, developed and implemented several capacity building and awareness-raising programmes, provided technical advice to national institutions and helped in the establishment of human rights groups, including human rights clubs in schools.
The activities conducted by the HRD aimed at combating discrimination and strengthening accountability for human rights violations, particularly for violations against women and children.
Prior to the 2010 presidential elections, a vast program of human rights education and training for political actors and law enforcement officers was carried out. After the elections, UNOCI established a Human Rights Monitoring and Investigation Task Force comprising all of the HRD staff. In addition, a 24-hour "Green Line" telephone number has been established to receive calls from the general public regarding human rights violations taking place across the country.
Prior to the post-electoral violence, the HRD provided technical assistance as well as training for governmental bodies, including Human Rights Focal Points within relevant Ministries, tasked with developing and implementing the National Human Rights Plan of Action in Côte d'Ivoire.
The HRD also assisted the National Human Rights Commission in the accomplishment of its mandate.
Côte d'Ivoire submitted its combined initial to third periodic reports of States parties under CEDAW in June 2010. The work of the HRD contributed to the strengthening of interaction between the Government and human rights mechanisms, leading to increased compliance with reporting obligations.
The main priorities of the UNOCI Human Rights Division are:
- Fight against impunityThe HRD, through the Human Rights Monitoring and Investigation Task Force, will continue monitoring human rights violations committed by both security forces and armed groups in order to facilitate the prosecution of perpetrators and the reparation for the victims of abuses.
- Women and Children's rightsThe accountability of perpetrators of SGBV and the assistance to the victims are fundamental steps for putting an end to violence against women. In addition to this, child recruitment and trafficking in children will be prioritized by the HRD.
- Social, economical and cultural rightsAddressing poverty, access to health, education, water and sanitation is of utmost importance especially in the actual crisis context. Economic, social and cultural rights must be promoted, with particular attention to vulnerable groups.
- Strengthening international human rights mechanisms and the progressive development of international human rights law
- ElectionsThe HRD will continue to implement its « Human Rights and Elections program », with human rights education and training for political actors and law enforcement officers as a priority. This will be coupled with a sensitization campaign on human rights and democratic principles in the entire population.
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Xmonad/Notable changes since 0.7
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Revision as of 23:29, 29 March 2008 by DonStewart (talk | contribs)
This page is for keeping a record of significant changes in darcs xmonad and xmonad-contrib since the 0.7 release.
The idea is to put here a list of things which a user upgrading from 0.7 to 0.8 might like to know, so that they are sure to be included in the 0.8 release notes.
Changes to the xmonad core
- defaultGaps has been removed.
Changes in xmonad-contrib
- New contrib modules:
- Changes to contrib APIs


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Car Valuation
The Nimble Hatchback
More capable. More resilient. More rewarding. Now boasting even tighter, more responsive handling coupled with ground-hugging Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive technology, the latest Impreza is even more surefooted, nimble and safer to drive. And now Impreza's proven combination of Subaru Boxer Engine, Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive and Lineartronic Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) is available.
Subaru Global Platform
The fresh, dynamic exterior styling, premium interior finishes and cutting-edge safety technologies are just the start. Built using the innovative Subaru Global Platform, both the body and chassis have been entirely re-engineered - increasing strength and improving safety and handling. The platform creates a chassis with higher rigidity, increased strength, lighter weight, better rolling resistance and responsive steering for an even better driving experience.
Subaru's advanced driver assist technology which offers Impreza drivers a second pair of eyes. A high-resolution two camera system detects and interprets the environment, accurately tracking things like vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles and pedestrians. EyeSight comprises six safety systems that, where necessary, provide warnings and collision avoidance assistance as events unfold.


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Semaphore Script Manager application makes it easy for everyone to manage the scripts provided by Semaphore kernel.
It enables and disables all the features immediately if possible, and copies them to, or deletes them from /system/etc/init.d automatically.
All features with one simple click, and that without reboot.
Semaphore Script Manager is included in Semaphore Kernel since version 1.7.5.
For use with versions 1.6.0 and 1.7.0 copy Semaphore.apk to sd card and click on the file in any explorer on the phone.
If you want the newest scripts:
unpack SemaphoreScripts.zip.
Move the Folder inside to the sdcard. (On the sdcard should be a SemaphoreScripts folder and the scripts in it)
Problems and feature requests related to the app should be posted in HM.Carbide thread.
There will come more features from time to time. The latest version will be always available in HM.Carbide thread and will bundled to the Semaphore kernel.


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Late Friday afternoon, Google and Apple released a joint statement saying that they would drop all patent litigation between the two companies, the Wall Street Journal reported.
"The two companies informed a federal appeals court in Washington that the cases should be dismissed," Reuters also noted.
The suits date back to 2010, when Motorola sued Apple for patent infringement, spurring a retaliation patent suit from Apple. Google bought Motorola Mobility in 2012, in part to acquire the company's massive patent portfolio as protection for its Android operating system. After Google's purchase, the lawsuits between Apple and Motorola continued plodding along, metastasizing into "about 20 different lawsuits against each other in jurisdictions in the US and Germany," wrote the WSJ.
The most watched US patent litigation between the two companies was under Judge Richard Posner in Chicago, who dismissed the case before trial in 2012. Posner found that both sides' damages cases were so weak it wasn't worth litigating.
The top patent appeals court issued a ruling last month striking down much of Posner's ruling. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit effectively gave Apple a second shot at winning damages or an injunction in that case. Now, it looks like Apple has decided to strike a deal and not take that second shot.
The Posner case was the highest-profile US litigation, but there were also active lawsuits between Google and Apple in Florida, California, Wisconsin, and the ITC.
Today, the agreement between Apple and Google nullifies all of those lawsuits, although the two companies said that no cross-licensing deals have been made. "Apple and Google have also agreed to work together in some areas of patent reform," the two companies said, according to Reuters.
Earlier this year, Google agreed to sell Motorola's handset business to Lenovo, although it said it would keep Motorola's patents. The sale to Lenovo has not yet been completed.


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Doubront pitches 5 scoreless for Red Sox
Red Sox 4, Twins 2
John Farrell is trying to figure out how to get Felix Doubront to start an outing as well as he finishes it.
Doubront pitched six-hit ball for five scoreless innings Saturday, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 4-2 in the spring training finale for both teams.
"Better as the outing went along," Farrell said. "We've seen it more than a couple of times this spring. He gets into that third inning and seems to get into a much better rhythm, a much better feel for his secondary stuff, and just overall more efficient. So as we've talked a number of times, the efficiency is something we continue to strive towards. But we can't force it either. And throughout the course of the outing as we've seen, better touch and feel for his stuff."
Doubront had runners on base in every inning but the fourth.
"My goal is to throw less pitches or get a double play," he said. "I try to stay calm and make good pitches. If I have to strike somebody out, I can do that."
Twins right-hander Mike Pelfrey gave up four runs and nine hits in 3 2-3 innings.
"Today we wanted to work on my slider and I think I got beat on it a lot," Pelfrey said. "I think that is my fourth-best pitch and I probably and gave up four, five hits on it. Not a great day for them but I guess it's a reason why it is my fourth-best pitch."
The Twins finished spring training with a record of 17-16.
"I think we have 25 guys who believe in each other, but it's going to come down to starting pitching," Pelfrey said. "If we keep them in the ballgame we are going to win a lot. You win on pitching and defense. I like our chances."
NOTES: Twins 1B Justin Morneau, who had been sidelined with a back tightness, had four at-bats in a minor league game Saturday morning. He is expected to be ready to start the season. . RHP Cole De Vries, who left Friday's game after just three innings with forearm tightness, is doing fine and is expected to make his start on Saturday. . RHP Samuel Deduno, who has not pitched since the World Baseball Classic final because of a sore left groin, is feeling better but has not pitched a bullpen session yet. ... He will stay at the team's spring training complex in Fort Myers when the Twins leave. . RHP Liam Hendriks, who was hit in the hand by a line drive in his last start, is scheduled to pitch in a minor league game Sunday and is expected to make his start on Friday. . Twins RHP Anthony Swarzak, on the disabled list because of a rib injury, is scheduled to pitch in a minor league game on Tuesday. He is eligible to come off the DL on April 6. . LHP Scott Diamond, on the DL with an elbow injury, is expected to pitch in a minor league game on Tuesday. . RHP Vance Worley is scheduled to start the season opener for the Twins when they host the Tigers Monday afternoon. . The Red Sox still have not finalized their roster and are not expected to do so until the 3 p.m. EDT deadline on Sunday. OF Jackie Bradley Jr. has not been officially added to the roster but will travel with the team to New York. . OF Ryan Sweeney opted out of his minor league contract with the Red Sox. He had the option to leave the team if he was not put on the major league roster by March 28. Boston has 48 hours to give him a counter offer. . DH David Ortiz, who has been sidelined all spring with sore heels related to his Achilles injury, will travel with the Red Sox to New York and return to the team's spring training complex in Fort Myers by next weekend to continue his rehab. . SS Stephen Drew, sidelined by concussion symptoms after being hit in the helmet by a pitch on March 7, will stay in Fort Myers when the Red Sox leave. ... Backup C David Ross is expected to be behind the plate for Boston's third game of the season in New York. . LHP Craig Breslow, who has been sidelined all spring with shoulder inflammation, will go with the Red Sox to New York for his bullpen session on Monday and then return to Fort Myers. . LHP Franklin Morales, who has not pitched since Feb. 27 because of a herniated disc, will remain in Fort Myers. . LHP Jon Lester is scheduled to start the season opener for the Red Sox in New York on Monday afternoon.


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That there video is a special video from amiina to celebrate their confirmation for the inaugural ATP Iceland. The four-piece recently upgraded to a six piece, but the above was captured before they added two new members. amiina (all in lowercase, yes) are perhaps best known for their gorgeous strings and ambient sounds, which you will have seen and most likely heard with Sigur Ros over the years. The above is a special session for The Lighthouse Project, which aims to preserve their quiet, intimate sound. It's set for release as The Lighthouse Project EP, which will come in beautiful book-format packaging with text and photographs. Maria Sigfusdottir from amiina explains:
"On July 25th 2009 we headed our way from Seyðisfjörður towards the Dalatangi Lighthouse (far-east Iceland) in our van, loaded with all our instruments through narrow, steep roads and miles of fjords and heaths where not a trace of human inhabitants could be found. The rough dirt road with all it's blind turns and the steep drop into the ocean on one side freaked us out a bit, so when we finally got to the lighthouse we were both relieved and touched by the harsh beauty of the lighthouse and it's surroundings.
We unloaded all our instruments; harps, glassophone, musical saws, guitar, cello... and set up between the rough machinery of the lighthouse.
We had no idea if anyone would come to our little show at the end of the world - but in the end the little hall was packed with people. We played our little intimate gig, with songs specially arranged and composed for the occasion, and felt like we had shared with the audience a unique moment. The result can be watched in this lo-fi video of our song "Perth", which is also on the resulting Lighthouse Project EP.
We are super excited about ATP coming to Iceland and to be a part of the program. Loads of great artists in the summer sun, at the former US army base... it's going to be great!"
ATP Iceland
As you may have heard, All Tomorrow's Parties will be holding a festival in Iceland at the end of June. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, headline, with an impressive supporting cast of Deerhoof, Notwist, Æla, Apparat Organ Quartet, Hjaltalin, and Snorri Helgasson. You can see the full line-up over at facebook.com/atpiceland or on this poster.


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There are many kinds of archaeologist – some are specialized in a region or on a period others do contract archaeology, surveys, work at museums, laboratories or work with planning issues etc etc. We do many many things. We do archaeology!I've done it all – more or less: I'm an osteolgist so I do the odd osteolgical analysis. I'm an archaeologist so I've done surveys, contract archaeology, research archaeology and currently I work at the County board of Östergöland in Sweden doing what could be called planning archaeology.
So what is planning archaeology? Well lets say it's a form of archaeological desk-based assessments – what kind of archaeology is needed in a certain situation – for example when someone wants to build a road or house. In Sweden the County boards are responsible for this part, we also order the archaeology and then let the developer pay for it – sounds sweet, it has its ups and downs. Of course I can't just decide from the top of my head, the decisions are made according to law and praxis.
This is how it works in Sweden, in three easy (or not) steps!
Step one. Person A, the developer, submitting a notification that he or she is planning a development of some sorts. The County Board will make an assessment concerning if there are archaeological needs, based on archaeological records, previous digs, historical maps and other studies. If we find that we don't have enough knowledge to make a decision or if the data points to the likelihood that one may encounter ancient remains – then we order a preliminary archaeological investigation.
During a preliminary archaeological investigation an archaeological contractor, a museum or other arhaeological institution of the County board's choice is choosen. They do a review of historical sources, archaeological material as well as a survey (field walking) and, if necessary, do search trenches.
Based on the information from the preliminary archaeological investigation we then either say that archaeology in some form is needed or not.
Step two. If needed the next step in the process is an archaeological investigation. During this the ancient monument is to be defined geographically, decide its function, be dated and its scientific potential should be described. For this a limited archaeological excavation is needed. The result should give us the information needed to decide if the final step is needed, a full archaeological excavation, but also facts enough for others to be able to make an excavation plan and a cost estimate.
Step three. The final step, if needed, is a full excavation, meaning the ancient monument is to be removed and documented. If this cost is under 890 000 Swedish crowns, ca: 104000 Euro, the County Board can decide who will do the archaeology, if it costs more it needs to be procured.
In most cases the developer has to pay for all archaeology. Among the various steps in the process the developer can of course choose to cancel the archaeological process (and stop the development), they also aim to give the developer the opportunity to look at other opportunities or changes to lower thier costs. In the end the less archaeology being made the better we do our jobs – as the intention is to preserve monuments rather than make them disappear – a kind of archaeological paradox, wouldn't you say.
A lot of what I do is this – is that boring?
– No, it actually is quite interesting and in many cases complex, and you get to learn new things along the way. I never thought I'd be doing make procurements when I studied archaeology, and by the way I wasn't taught how to either!
Is this all that we do? No we do lots of other things concerning cultural heritage, such as signs at ancient monuments, small surveys, projects, meeting land owners, forest owners, looking into environments and landscapes etc. But when the sun shines outside I can feel the trowel luring me, but then again when its rainy/snowy, cold and/or wet it's quite good to be sitting inside – looking out 🙂
Magnus Reuterdahl, an archaeologist at the County Adminstrative board Östergötland, Sweden and blogging at Testimony of the spade.


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This list will not include authors I read in my childhood and early teens, because I am still working on that list! I should have kept track…
So this is basically only most read authors for adult-me:
Terry Pratchett – 23 books –> I almost made it through all Discworld novels. I probably would have finished by now, but I decided to start a big Re-Read as there are no new books getting published anymore 😦 I am up to Wyrd Sisters now, one of my favourites if I remember correctly and the first book that introduces us to the witches!
Robin Hobb – 17 books –> Everything apart from her Soldier Son trilogy. I am really not interested in it and heard the main character is horribly whiny. I loved everything about Fitz & the Fool, the Liveship Traders and the Rainwilds! Best setting and characters, I hope she's writing more set in this world.
Stephen King – 17 books –> more than I thought! I am slowly reading EVERYTHING! My favourites so far are The Dark Tower series, The Stand, The Shining and Misery.
Jennifer Fallon – 16 books –> everything she wrote I think apart from the Rift Runner series. I only read the first book there and wasn't a fan, unfortunately. At least I tried! But all of her other books are amazing! The Tide Lord Quartet, The Medalon Trilogy, Hythrun Chronicles, The Second Sons Trilogy and the War of the Gods! I love her characters and how unpredictable and surprising it is!
Brandon Sanderson – 15 books –> I think I am almost up to date here. I didn't count any short stories I read – only the collection Arcanum Unbounded. I am missing the Alcatraz books, but not sure if I am interested. Maybe I'll try them one day.
Steven Erikson – 10 books –> which is the whole Malazan Book of the Fallen. I haven't continued with his other trilogy yet. One day. After I am done with my Reread 😀
Tamora Pierce – 9 books –> The Song of the Lioness and The Immortals, as well as Sandry's book. I never managed to continue the Circle of Magic series.
Jim Butcher – 7 books –> The Furies of Calderon, The Aeronaut's Windlass and the first 5 Harry Dresden novels. I will only continue with Harry Dresden. He's cool. And has a cat.
James Clemens – 7 books –> The Banned and the Banished as well as the first 2 books of his Godslayer series. That has not been continued. Not sure what's happening there. But those book are something else… And I am not sure if that's good or bad. Maybe I will re-read at some point. But only if the series continues.
Christoph Marzi – 7 books –> A German author who writes fantasy. Very cute and magical and always reminds me of fairy tales.


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"I fell in love with the feisty heroine right from the start. When a book leaves you wanting more, that's definitely a good thing. I give it my Great Book alert award!" - Socrates Book Reviews
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This fascinating woman found her days ignited after she reached sixty. Even while her vision decreased, her enthusiasm lasted well into her one hundredth year. It's what made countless people say, "You're my hero! I want to be just like you." And a popular TV talk show invite her and me on the program after they learned she was over 100 and joining me for line-dance classes.
Learn secrets to aging well through one spunky woman's journey through her senior years.
Enjoy my mom. She danced till the end!
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Ami Landry is starting high school when popular girls act mean to her. She doesn't need more worries. Her best friend stops talking to her, and her loving dad has a drinking problem. Ami's afraid when a man who's a hottie shows up. Her mom met him in a chatroom. Ami's terrified of what her mom might do and must get her dad straightened up to compete without telling him what's going on. She'll have to make him a hottie, too. His drinking will prove harder. What's a girl to do when her hormones go berserk and her family and friendships all fall apart?
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Note to the Reader: Getting older doesn't mean we have to stop having fun or forget about our dreams. I wanted to write since childhood but didn't start until I was widowed with five children. I sold small pieces and became a teacher and enjoyed my growing children. Much later, I started working on novels and finally sold one. By then I had become a grandmother —but I did it! My grandchildren and children are proud.
I'm having fun writing new books and playing with my large family and friends, including my Red Hat Society ladies. I don't spend much time in the kitchen anymore since I need to travel to the next place where Cealie will get in trouble.
Inspiration for my feisty protagonist comes from my squeeze Bob, who says or does almost anything. (See Photo Gallery) More inspiration comes from my mom. You can see her in my Photo Gallery at our line dance class. That picture and an article appeared in many newspapers and caused a producer from The Tonight Show with Jay Leno to invite us on the program. We declined since Mom would have trouble with the trip. Instead, she said to invite Jay here. I wrote the letter. We're waiting.
I am so fortunate to have such a loving family and group of friends. I treasure every one —and you — for reading about my works. Thanks for dropping by. Please come back often for more exciting news.
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Every day is a new day, that's what I keep telling myself. The struggle is real. I'm in deep with this addiction to wine. I am searching for the answer how to turn it off. I feel lucky if I can keep it down to a daily minimum of just one bottle. I pray to God to take this addiction away. Some days I'm a fighter. Other days are a bit more challenging. Hopefully by putting this out there, starting today, I can find a new hope and believe in myself again.
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text: Until relatively recently, that recipe was tasted from afar. But it's fair to say the world has shrunk since Jack Judge penned the ditty It's A Long Way to Tipperary over 100 years ago. And these days it doesn't take any time at all to reach what's known as Ireland's Golden Vale, with its rich tapestry of lakes, mountains and valleys, at the heart of the glorious region known as Ireland's Ancient East. Hidden treasures Think of the River Suir, gently coursing between Carrick-on-Suir and Clonmel. Think of the Mitchelstown Caves, discovered by chance when a crowbar fell between cracks in 1833. Think of the Glen of Aherlow, a lost world between the Galtee Mountains and Slievenamuck. Can't you see yourself bang in the middle of it all? Then there's Lough Derg, Ireland's pleasure lake. For an overview, head to the aptly-named Lookout at Portroe. To get up close and personal, visit its harbour villages, take a cycling loop out of Nenagh, or stop by the twin towns of Killaloe and Ballina. The former lies in Clare; the latter in Tipperary, which makes for serious spice when the counties clash on the GAA hurling pitch. Fit for a king Squirrelled away in the rolls and folds of Tipperary's countryside are dozens of heritage gems. The medieval village of Fethard, for example, where among other things you'll find the famous McCarthy's – bar, restaurant and undertaker all in one. McCarthy's proclaims "we'll wine you, dine you and bury you". Lonely Planet Or if you're driving, why not follow the brand new Butler Trail, which ties together Ormonde Castle, Cahir Castle, Clonmel's Main Guard and other landmarks linked to the Butler Dynasty? The Rock of Cashel, once the seat of the Kings of Munster, is a centre of early Christianity in Ireland. Perched on a plinth of grass and limestone, its Round Tower, Romanesque chapel and Gothic cathedral seem almost like a castle on a cloud. Food, glorious food Tipperary's farmland isn't solely about the fields, of course. Local cheeses are the highlight of markets in Cahir and Tipperary. This is a county in which you'll find fruit farms next to camping parks. Gorgeous gourmet getaways in restored old convents. Or artisan produce spilling out of delis in the garrison town of Nenagh. It's a place where yachts and cruisers on the River Shannon can moor for a bowl of stew in a gastropub, or do home cooking with a flourish in waterfront restaurants. Bon appétit. The way to Tipperary has shortened considerably. Explore more Ireland's Ancient EastWith the Rock of Cashel as your gateway, explore this land of legends and lore. The Rock of CashelDiscover the unbridled majesty of one of Ireland's most incredible heritage spots. Trip idea: Ireland's Ancient East on Dublin's DoorstepWith Dublin as your base, embark on this 3 day adventure to some of Ireland's most historic spots.


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State of the art of PDFs in Perlby mcdave (Beadle)
|on Oct 27, 2012 at 14:57 UTC ( #1001203=perlmeditation: print w/replies, xml )
|Need Help??
I've been contemplating the state of the art of manipulating PDFs in Perl. The field is littered with the corpses of CPAN modules that try to make it easy to work with PDFs, but I settled on two as being the most useful: PDF::API2 and CAM::PDF. I welcome anyone's comments pointing out things I've missed or other useful tidbits.
My original motivation was a project in which I needed to input an existing PDF (generated by some unknown method) and prepend a coversheet containing a barcode derived from some metadata (passed in as separate arguments; not from the file itself). The barcodes are so people can fax them back to me and I can route the documents, but that's a different story.
If you like counting pixels and keeping track of text's baseline and things like that, you'll love PDF::API2. It's meant to be a low-level tool, and if you want very fine-grained control of your layouts, it's the tool for you. The best examples I found arewkhtmltopdf but it's not Perl. If you're not above system calls, though, it's not bad.
As a low-level tool for creating PDFs, PDF::API2 is everything I want. For reading PDFs, my experience is a bit more mixed. There is a known issue with some features of PDF 1.5 and up. That is a problem for my project, because I consume PDFs people make and "please go back and save this as version 1.4" isn't an option.
To manipulate existing PDFs, CAM::PDF works fine. As of version 1.58, it doesn't claim to broad support for PDF versions beyond 1.5, but my experience is that it can read any PDF I've thrown at it. It bills itself as a PDF manipulation library, and it can do all the helpful things like rearrange pages, import pages from another document, and even clever tricks like swapping out one image for another. So if you have a document and want to tweak it or learn about it, CAM::PDF is a good choice.
In our particular case, we combined the two. We use PDF::API2 to create a one-page coversheet document, then use CAM::PDF to prepend it to the original. It's early days, and nobody is trying to mess me up with complicated PDFs yet, but so far it seems to be working out nicely.
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Apache, PHP, and phpMyAdmin have multiple configuration settings that set (and limit):
These instructions will work for both Apache on Linux and for all WAMP-servers (Apache on Windows). But all the directory and file paths used here are specific to WampDeveloper Pro (…just substitute in the paths of your environment).
For uploading large files there are Apache and PHP memory limits and timeout values set that you might need to update…
Open and edit file php.ini – C:\WampDeveloper\Config\Php\php.ini
These two settings define the maximum file upload size:
upload_max_filesize = 256M
post_max_size = 257M
This will increase upload limits on a single file to 256 MB, from the default of 2 MB.
"post_max_size" is set 1 MB larger than "upload_max_filesize" to take into account for any additional meta-data about the file that is included in the request (e.g., Header data).
If multiple files are uploads in the same POST request, then post_max_size will need to be set greater than the size of all the files combined (i.e., post_max_size > upload_max_filesize * number-of-files + 1MB * number-of-files).
file_uploads = On
"file_uploads" has to be on. And usually is by default under most WAMP and LAMP setups.
memory_limit = 258M
While the PHP docs state that "memory_limit" should generally be set higher than the "post_max_size" value, is not absolutely required to be so, because file uploads are not stored/output *in their entirety* to memory. Instead, they are buffered part-by-part and written out to a file in the temporary directory (C:\WampDeveloper\Temp\) as the upload progresses.
This setting does not usually affect or limit uploads (nor downloads).
upload_tmp_dir = "C:/WampDeveloper/Temp"
This is the directory where file uploads are temporarily placed. It has to exist, and has to not have special/restrictive permissions set on it. Also there must be enough free disk space on this partition, and no overly restrictive space quotas set on this directory.
If you are using your own coded scripts to do file uploads, note that the file will be deleted from the temporary directory automatically by PHP at the end of the request. Before the script exits, you must move or copy away the file.
max_input_time = 300
"max_input_time" is the amount of time a PHP script can spend "parsing" input data. The default is 60 seconds. Also, this (input "parsing" time) does not count towards the "max_execution_time" limit.
max_execution_time = 300
"max_execution_time" has no effect on upload time limits (i.e., you don't need to modify "max_execution_time" for file uploads).
Important – these settings are limits on the possible "processing" time of the data, and not on the actual upload time itself (i.e., client upload time does not count towards max_input_time and max_execution_time).
max_file_uploads = 20
"max_file_uploads" sets the maximum number of files (default is 20) that can be uploaded by a single POST request (via form submit). If you are uploading more than 1 file at a time, you'll also have to set "post_max_size" to a greater value than "upload_max_filesize" times "max_file_uploads".
When using PHP-FCGI (a separate PHP process ran via Apache's mod_fcgid), mod_fcgid caps uploads to 128KB by default in newer versions (v2.3.6 and above), and usually returns a "500 Server Error" when that limit is reached.
Edit file C:\WampDeveloper\Config\Apache\extra\wampd-php5-fcgi.conf
Inside the <IfModule fcgid_module> block, add in or edit setting:
FcgidMaxRequestLen 268435456
This will set the max upload value to 256 MB. Or for a 1GB (1024MB) upload limit, use value: 1073741824.
You should probably set this to match whatever max upload value you have in php.ini – though it does not have to be so.
Also for uploading and downloading files, this timeout needs to reflect the time it takes to upload/download the file:
FcgidBusyTimeout 300
Apache sets by default LimitRequestBody to 0 (specifying an unlimited size limit on the request).
This value can be overridden in any .htaccess file to another value.
For processing requests there are Apache and PHP timeout values set that you might need to update (the default timeout is usually set to 300 seconds / 5 minutes)…
Edit file C:\WampDeveloper\Config\Apache\extra\httpd-default.conf
Timeout 300
Edit file C:\WampDeveloper\Config\Php\php.ini
max_execution_time = 300
When running PHP-FCGI, the FastCGI configuration sets a value on the time a FastCGI application has to respond to the I/O request (default is 40 seconds)…
Edit file C:\WampDeveloper\Config\Apache\extra\wampd-php5-fcgi.conf
FcgidIOTimeout 300
Also for busy scripts, this timeout needs to reflect the time it takes those scripts to finish:
FcgidBusyTimeout 300
PHP has a limit set on the amount of memory a PHP script is allowed to allocate.
memory_limit = 258M
Generally you don't want to set a value above 2000MB (slightly lower than 2GB / 2048MB) as it 1) begins to exhaust the memory space PHP can use running as a 32 bit process and 2) has been known to trigger PHP bugs. Though normally it shouldn't need to be higher than 1024MB as anything above is usually indicative of bad memory management or memory leakage by the PHP script used.
If you are experiencing an Apache or PHP error message:
Out of memory (allocated X) (tried to allocate Y bytes)
Try using Notepad++ (which has a nice Find-in-files search feature), or your own choice of an Editor, to search your website's DocumentRoot (\webroot) folder:
…For all files; And for all occurrences of this text/string:
…To see if "memory_limit" is being set in any .htaccess files (via directive: "php_value") or PHP files (via function: "ini_set()"). Then manually edit or comment out those lines.
A) An .htaccess file could override php.ini's memory_limit:
php_value memory_limit 20MB
B) A PHP script could override php.ini's memory_limit:
Also note that the website's VirtualHost file can set a value that is not overridable via .htaccess files nor script code by using the "php_admin_value" directive:
php_admin_value memory_limit 258MB
phpMyAdmin has a default limit of 300 seconds set on the import and export of dump (SQL) files. This setting does not affect the run time of any other phpMyAdmin functions.
Edit file C:\WampDeveloper\Tools\phpMyAdmin\config.inc.php
$cfg['ExecTimeLimit'] = 300;
phpMyAdmin also has a $cfg['MemoryLimit'] setting that limits the amount of memory a script can allocate for importing and exporting SQL files (and on some other internal functions), but its default value is already set with no limit:
$cfg['MemoryLimit'] = '0';
*If you do set this value for some reason (instead of letting PHP handle this limit), to specify megabytes, append an "M" to the value.


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Children's education is being hit by poor broadband connections in rural areas, according to a new report.
One in five families reliant on the internet for children's schoolwork said they could not access online resources , a study by insurance firm NFU Mutual showed .
The survey of 1,600 adults, mainly from rural areas, revealed that many make more phone calls because of poor broadband connections.
Tim Price, of NFU Mutual, said: "As more educational resources become internet-based, country children risk falling behind their urban counterparts.
"Studying via the internet is now a key part of children's education and it's unfair that learning opportunities are being affected by slow internet speeds."
Communications Minister Ed Vaizey said: "Government knows how vital broadband can be to people's daily lives and what an important role it plays in education, from schoolchildren being able to do their homework to accessing information.
"We are making sure that thousands of people across the country, particularly in rural areas, are getting access to superfast broadband. We are well on track to deliver superfast broadband to 95% of the UK by 2017."


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The Center for Financial Analysis is an advanced computer classroom and lab that empowers students and faculty to move beyond theoretical learning and practice their disciplines in a real-world environment. The components of the Center vary in scope and complexity but combine to form one of the most advanced, information-rich, financial research centers in the Intermountain West.
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more than 30 people simultaneously with our latest advanced presentation equipment.
Market-making activity with tools that turn the center into a live market.
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The data and analysis available in the Center for Financial Analysis reach across every discipline in the Gore School of Business. While the areas of Finance and Financial Services enjoy many natural synergies with the Center, other disciplines such as Accounting, Economics, Marketing, and Management leverage the wealth of information and powerful applications to teach basic and advanced concepts.
The ever-changing data represents real-world case studies while the in-depth analysis provides insights into the concepts being explored. All students and faculty, regardless of their field of interest, are encouraged to utilize the Center for Financial Analysis to gain a greater understanding of the global capital markets.
The Center provides Westminster faculty with a powerful way to bridge the gap between classroom theory and real-world practice. As a classroom, the Center is a full-service facility that offers any multimedia, Internet, or computing tool that faculty may need to effectively teach.
Faculty can conduct scheduled class sessions themselves within the Center or they can request that the Center staff conduct them. Center staff is always close at hand to offer any needed assistance.
Westminster alumni are most welcome to take advantage of all that the Center has to offer. Investment groups appreciate the Center as an excellent place for special seminars and meetings. Some alumni visit the Center often in order to gather information about the markets or to learn new software programs in the workshops.
Unparalleled in the West, the CFA is equipped with the same tools and technology used every day by industry professionals, providing powerful access to information for exploring and researching global financial markets, economic trends, and business sector analysis.


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If you have a dog, then you know how pricey high-end pet store toys can be. Stop spending all your money on stuffed animals that'll be destroyed within a week, and instead, start buying your furry friend $1 toys at the Dollar Tree.
3 Inexpensive Pet Toys
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These toys are perfect if your pet loves to chew on water bottles, as each toy is wrapped around one. This provides a safer way for your dog to gnaw on their favorite item without ingesting any plastic.
2. Food-Shaped Vinyl Dog Toys
If your puppy loves to beg at the dinner table, then consider buying them one of these food-shaped toys. With shapes resembling hamburgers, hot dogs, and steaks, these alternative food options will easily keep your dog entertained.
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This bone-shaped squeaky toy is the ideal gift for any dog, and because they're such a low price, you can buy multiple at a time. Give one to a neighbor's dog, donate a box to a local shelter, or simply keep a few extra on hand for when your pup chews through theirs.
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If your furry friend needs new toys, then head over to your local Dollar Tree store today. You can find the perfect toy for your dog and browse their entire pet collection while you're there.


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As a translational neuro-oncology program, the UMBTP accelerates the flow of information from basic science to the discovery of safer and more effective therapies for central nervous system (CNS) tumors.
This "bench-to-bedside" approach is made possible by the collaboration of strong, multidisciplinary teams who work towards a common goal - curing nervous system tumors using safer and more effective therapies.
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Canine Brain Tumor Research
The Canine Brain Tumor Clinical Trial Program offers cutting edge therapy for dogs to preserve quality of life and improve long-term survival rates. The information gathered from treating dogs is used to design similar treatments for people with brain tumors.
As the Director of the Canine Brain Tumor Program, Dr. Elizabeth Pluhar coordinates collaborations between the medical researchers and veterinarians to diagnose and treat brain tumors in dogs with breakthrough therapies. She leads the Canine Brain Tumor Trials Program and enrolls pet dogs with spontaneous brain tumors into trials to assess novel therapies. Eventually, those therapies that are effective in dogs will be translated to help people with brain tumors.


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Although I am a contributor to Narthaki's "Roses and Thorns", I rarely check it out. This time everyone was sending me their comments (edited and unedited bits of which I will mark in blue) and asking for my reaction to a recent post by Ananda Shankar Jayant. This is a hilariously brilliant suicide attempt that deserves praise and encouragement 🙂
There is a heated debate among those who are discussing this article. Some comments are pretty inoffensive: "Many of the videos hosted in the site are at least a decade old. There is no other way that youngsters like me would get to watch these videos, but for dancing india". A couple of people complained to me that their comments were censured out.
According to a message of one commentator (Mahesh), his response to Ranjana Dave's comment ("the misconception that if they [dancers] post videos of their work online, no one will watch them live") was apparently cut out.
So, what was there that Anita Ratnam could not bear? (Was it her frustration that her most popular video on Abhinayastore.com priced at $2.99 was bought as many as…. 3 times since… 1 April 2008 ??? 🙂
The main points of what Mahesh sent me deserve to be expanded.
All dancers, despite their paranoid apprehensions of "what if some students record me on their VHS and learn the full item without paying me???" or, perhaps more frequent "what if people laugh at my crappy dancing?", historically strived to be featured on DD because it was some kind of a "status symbol" and marked their entrance into the "elite" of the classical dancers regardless of the quality of their dancing.
The slots for broadcasting classical dance were few and are still sold out like hot cakes. But no commercial TV channels have been interested in total crap like this DD video of Anjana Banerjee even if Anita Ratnam on her site writes that Anjana Banerjee's "dance forms entirely a part and parcel of India's cultural heritage".
And suddenly, all this crap (along with some good stuff) is uploaded onto DancingIndia to be sold to dance junkies, and appears alongside homemade Bharatanatyam videos on Youtube. The "senior" dancers are outraged and scared.
Of what?
Of not being asked a permission for posting their videos online?
Or rather of seeing how few people are watching their videos online while many younger classical dancers receive literally millions of views? The "senior dancers" feel their ill-gotten "status" is threatened. The decade-long artificial hierarchy is challenged and is on its last legs.
One of the comments posted on Narthaki's Facebook page deserves a special attention.
Some visitors may have suspected that Ananda is promoting her own videos on Dancingindia. But the posting stirred something in my memory and put a smile on my face.
It was around 2004 when I was searching for Bharatanatyam videos that had not flooded the Web back then. Specifically I was looking for a few Doordarshan broadcasts, and to my immense pleasure the tapes were being sold on ranidevi.com. At steep prices of $25-$75 for a VHS tape or a DVD. Now I can no longer find them there on Rani Devi's official site, but the "unofficial page" at http://www.geocities.ws/ranidevi/index.html is still active and seems to be doing brisk business! Rani Devi, though, presents her selling these Doordarshan tapes as her social mission of popularizing classical dance in the US and worldwide, almost in a non-profit spirit.
Ananda Shankar Jayant's suggestion is that "These videos are being made available to DancingIndia unofficially from Doordarshan itself from every Kendra, by a group of people". And if she wanted to know who these people are, why didn't she ask Rani Devi herself?
It was long time before a DVD of Volume 2 (no one knew when or where Volume 1 was released) of Bharatanatyam broadcasts from Doordarshan Archives was officially released. And it was long before the publication of Padma Subrahmanyam's interview where she said she was urging Prasar Bharti to release the classical dance archives. With announcements like on http://www.friendsofprasarbharati.org/Recent%20newsYA85.htm, some dancers were elated. Dance students were trying to get the Bharatiya Natyashastra DVD and were frustrated. What do they do now? All the full episodes of Bharatiya Natyashastra are offered on Dancingindia for quick download, and for a dollar or two they can download almost anything. Since the times of Rani Devi's selling the Doordarshan VHS tapes for $75, the prices have gone down so much, and now people don't even buy DVDs as much as before.
But this is not the point. The point Ananda Shankar Jayant makes is about "piracy". But when you hear one of her closest friends telling you that Ananda has more pirated software on her computer than most dancers, you start thinking. Thinking if she is planning to start a Pirate Party in India, to join the worldwide movement that is gaining strength. We all know that the intellectual property rights is a concept alien to our culture.
This comment, however, was not posted on Narthaki.com for obvious reasons: Anita Ratnam's friend is loath to admit that she herself is one of the biggest software pirates in India. She is too shy: "Some of you have also responded with uncalled for belligerence, and personal comments, irrelevant to the topic under discussion. I would love to respond to them too, and will do so if you mail me".
Piracy it too private to be discussed publicly. Even if some railway clerks have a Dr. title before their name, they risk being prosecuted. 🙂


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How do I migrate all the contents of my old IBM computer running Windows XP to my new Acer computer running Windows 7?
If you mean to include everything, including your programs and not just your data files, I'd suggest using a utility program designed to automate and simplify the process using a cable that connects the two machines.
Two of these are PCmover by Laplink, which starts at $30, and Parallels Desktop For Upgrading to Windows 7, by Parallels, which starts at $40. More information is at http://bit.ly/VZMVP and http://bit.ly/9fov2k.
Will the forthcoming multi-tasking feature you mentioned for the iPad be a software upgrade or will it require a new device?
It will be a software upgrade, a new version of the operating system—due in November—that is similar to the ones periodically introduced for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It will include other features, including wireless printing. Sometimes such upgrades don't work on older versions of a hardware product, but as the iPad is in its first generation, it should work on any iPad.
I want to buy a tablet but how do I find one that looks as good as the iPad but offers the out-of-home coverage of my BlackBerry? My community is a dead zone for AT&T wireless, which is the only carrier for the iPad.
BlackBerry PlayBook: One of a wave of iPad alternatives on the way.
I suggest you watch and wait over the next six months. A number of iPad competitors are on the way.
Many will use Google's Android operating system and some will be sold with cellular data connectivity from carriers other than AT&T.
In addition, Research in Motion, which makes your BlackBerry, has just announced a forthcoming tablet called the BlackBerry PlayBook. The device will use the cellular connectivity in BlackBerry phones.
You can find Mossberg's Mailbox and Walter Mossberg's other columns, free online at the All Things Digital website, http://walt.allthingsd.com. Write to him at email@example.com


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Worst Retail Jobs In America
The New York Times has continued its expose of Apple's labor chain. Following its January report on horrific, and sometimes deadly, conditions at its Chinese factories, the paper last week turned its attention to a less obviously exploited workforce: the sales clerks and "geniuses" toiling in America's Apple stores.
The world's most valuable company, with a market valuation higher than than the GDP of Poland, which takes in more money per store square foot than any other retailer in the U.S., seems to be stiffing its staff, reports the Times. Peddlers of iPhones and iPads can sell as much as $3 million in merchandise annually. But these hourly workers earn an average of just $11.75 an hour, or less than $25,000 a year. With no commission.
But a gig at an Apple store remains one of the most sought after retail jobs. Fortune ranked Apple Inc. the world's most admired company last year, and the sellers of its products often have a sense of purpose beyond just moving merch. The benefits are apparently great, and the hourly salary is way above the minimum wage of $7.25.
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Treasury's non-modelling of the stimulus
Late last year I published an article with Agenda (the public policy journal of ANU) that critiqued the Treasury "modelling" (sic) of the Rudd government stimulus that followed the global financial crisis. It is an article that I started writing a long time ago, but sat in the "to do" pile for too long.
My main point was that the Treasury approach was hopelessly inadequate, a point that is abundantly clear to any economist who glances at their attempt, and has been readily admitted by some Treasury friends. As I wrote in the article:
"The biggest problem with the Treasury model is that because it misunderstands the issue of international crowding out, it drastically underestimates the impact on net exports. In addition, it entirely ignores the issues of domestic crowding out, monetary policy responses, and the costs of repaying the debt. While its estimate for the private savings response to the stimulus is at the low end of the range, this is the least of the problems.
"The ignorance of open-economy macroeconomics suggests that Treasury has neglected much of the advances made in macroeconomics over recent decades, and its strange assumptions on domestic crowding out and private savings response show that it has forgotten much of its own research. As Harvard economics professor Robert Barro said in 2009 when the US was debating its own stimulus policies, 'The financial crisis and possible depression do not invalidate everything we have learned about macroeconomics since 1936' (Barro 2009)."
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agreed, most of them are worth watching, although I liked "The package" best canon-wise and yes, "Homecoming" plot-wise :)
I loved Halo legends, personally. then again, Im a huge Halo fanboy and i love teh animez.
I actually agreed with this 100%.
Awesome review
So you liked the ones that slapped Halo into different mindset, and disliked the ones where it remained just Halo.
I agree.
I must say I like the way MovieBob approached this review. While Halo Legends certainly isn't anywhere near as good as Animatrix (particularity owing to, lets face it, the dull source material that is the Halo franchise), it's an interesting experiment and bizarre social turn-around. I can't even remember the last time Japan took a crack at an American franchise (at least, since the Animatrix).
It's almost as if Japan is getting revenge on the West for turning it's numerous franchises into dull Americanized remakes, a revenge that we've admittedly had coming for quite some time (see Silent Hill: Homecoming and the U.S. remake of One Missed Call if you're not convinced).
Despite MovieBob's discrepancy for Halo (which I'm willing to tolerate because, quite frankly, who on earth plays Halo for the story?) I think he nailed this review. Well done!
In addition to MovieBob's statements, I'd recommend Halo Legends to any Halo fan who wants to convince himself that the franchise still has some storytelling merit. It's no masterpiece, but unless you're a brainless idiot (like the majority of the underage Halo populace) you might enjoy it, or at least recognize it as a decent work of animation.
cool story Bro
Ha, your starting to sound like that goth girl. :P
"Leave video games aloooone!" Lawl.
Yay! You said "Ender's Game". Otherwise, Halo Legends is in the exact same place on my rental list as it was, with the other 100 "wouldn't mind watching" titles.
Oh I totally saw Princess Mononoke on TV! and my girlfriend made me watch Metropolis too. See, I work in a video game store and my girlfriend and my co-worker (it's a small store so it's just us and the manager) both watch and read a ton of this stuff. In fact my co-worker was a japanese studies major in university. I can't say I've seen Tokyo Godfathers though, or Baccano. I probably never will, in fact.
But I just mean to say, I didn't make a snap decision about it, I really don't care for it. And that's not a big deal. I like Batman: TAS, Batman Beyond and old episodes of Darkwing Duck. I like MST3K and and James Bond Movies. I bet you a dozen people will happily volunteer right here and now to say they HATE all that stuff! The great thing about the internet is that we're all exposed to view points that are radically different from our own.
I had one issue with this review--when Bob was discussing Western Vs. Japanese character designs, he totally glossed over Western comic books (Superheroes), which would've been forgivable if right before then he hadn't shown art from Marvel Vs. Capcom. 'Cause, you know, the MARVEL part is important there.
Otherwise, I thought this review was pretty good, though at some points it seemed that he was cycling through the stories quickly, only to return to each of them over and over. (Did that make sense?)
Also--and maybe this is just me being the jackass I am, but does this review strike anyone as a pretty cynical attempt for a movie critic to stay relevant on a site based around video games whose members are all pretty jaded to the Halo games? Not that bashing Halo isn't justified, I was just pretty surprised as to the subject of this week's review and was wondering about the reasoning behind it.
My objection is not that you dislike something (I for example LOVE Trigun but understand why others might not), but that you are dismissing it because it's Japanese. Works should be tried and examined regardless of origin.
Also, only monsters would claim to dislike Darkwing Duck, MST3K, or the DCAU.
Some of those are not FPS.
OT: Weird review, didn't expect Halo Legends to be this week's review.
He was just listing Western games.
Halo Legends was AWESOME! The BEST one being Odd Man Out and the Package....the WORST one was the Dual. It just plain SUCKED. The rest were pretty good.
will probley buy it. it is intresting that halos story is alwas better in the expanded fiction than the games for example the novels
I am a big Halo fan (but not fanboy tyvm) but I was very underwhelmed and disappointed by the episodes they showed on waypoint. The animation was only passable at best, the voice acting was bland, and the continuity very suspect.
And to Bob and anyone who is not a halo fan, Origins is a lie. It goes against everything you're told in the games. If you hoped for it to explain the Halo backstory for you then you were sadly misled. Even if you look over that it's still boring, ugly, and stupid.
I expected this to be terrible. I mean, Halo might be the most hacked up, generic FPS around. ANY Halo movie I was expecting to be a piece of crap. Methinks Japan wanted to mess with us. I can see it now... "YEAH! That'll teach em to make fun of mario!"
Well, Bob seems to be using shooters and apparently Madden as the only genres of Western gaming, so I figured keeping it within those boundaries would make a good argument. Being that he is criticizing Halo as being an example of poor Western games I'd say the proper response would be to name a "good" FPS. Rather than saying, "you're wrong, the West has many good games in other genres", you could just say "these Western games in those specific genres are great, Bob you should look at these games as shinning examples" it would be a better argument. Didn't I say that in my first post? ;P
Not to jump to my own defense or anything, but just to be clear I AM speaking exclusively of video games here. You can do the Japan vs. The West back-and-forth all day long over just about anything else, but in my estimation in the lone realm of designing varied game characters Japan is pretty damn dominant. Go look at a rundown of the most-recent "Smash Bros." title - the roster of which includes characters of types as different as bad-ass soldiers, female space-armor heroes, retro-cartoons, magical-girls, animorphic animals, fantasy knights, elves, pink puffballs... and not only do they ALL come from Japanese roots, all but two are from the SAME COMPANY.
Personally, I'm thankful that they finally elaborated on the Halo back story. The Second Renaissance was my favorite part of the Animatrix and I'm glad to that the story of Halo is getting some attention.
I usually only play single player on Halo games with an occasional death match with friends, but the whole online multiplayer only, hardcore, big manly (bordering idiotic) sub section of the fan-base as always irritated me. Also, I'm glad they included a female spartan simply because the whole concept feels a bit more realistic since female Spartans and even the spartan project never really get mentioned with any detail in the games.
I would, in general agree, but you ARE committing a fair bit of omission here all the same Bob.
I went to the store last week, and said to myself, "I'm a halo fan, I'll buy it, and if it sucks, I have lost all faith in the series." It's a good thing I was wrong, because I really, really enjoyed it. The only one I kinda had problems with was The Duel, only because the style they did it in just bothered me, and the actual "duel" took fooooreeeeveeer. But Overall, I enjoyed the hell out of it. Good review, I'm glad it's not another person tearing it a new one.
And I thought I was the only one who watched Monster Rancher as a kid...
Interesting review, it's good to see the narrative depth of Halo actually expand, too bad all the Japan hate will kill the idea of having 2 or God-forbid 3 dimensional characters.
Hey man, look at all the Star Wars games there have been. Look at the plethora of wildly varied, interesting, 3-dimensional characters we have there. Just look at how many of those come from KOTOR 2 The Sith Lords, alone. You have just as many totally different characters, in terms of story, look, motivation, what-have-you and that's just from one game, from one company, from one mythos. If Brawl is what we're comparing that to, remember that Nintendo had to pull out all stops and dig up every great character they've had in the entirety of their video game making career to do what they did. I think it's also worth mentioning that they just keep doing that. How many Mario and Zelda games are there now?
Moviebob, you forget about Close Range, which tells a story that is deep and layered, like a Chicago style pizza or a lasagna, about a man who shoots people in the face because of his troubling emotions and because they took his brother or something.
Stop picking on FPS's!
When I rented the dvd my friend said it drags. Even though it's true I still enjoyed watching it. In the 1337 episode I was just expecting the spartan or the teen kids to energy blast that mutated brute. I'm waiting for the Bioshock, Grand Theft Auto, Left 4 Dead, and Team Fortress 2 versions.
Dante's Inferno felt more like a walkthrough with different animation styles.
I guess I'm one of two people that has "The Package" as a personal favorite. Dusting off my inner fanboy, I thought "The Duel" was hard to watch visually and a very faulty portrayal of the Elites in general. That aren't space samurai, that's all I'm sayin'.
As for "Homecoming"... eh. Interesting idea, but more flaws with the rest of canon. Flash clones lived for about a year before suffering total metabolic failure and dying. Before that, they couldn't walk, talk, or do anything the real versions could do; newborn minds in child bodies. If I recall correctly, they usually tried to cover up the switch by making it look like some kind of crippling accident.
So, yes, I suppose I'm griping they didn't stick close to the source material, and there might be a little "You got anime in my Halo" along with it, but I guess that's just what happens when pop cultures collide. (BTW, I'm not anti-anime; animesuki's been my home page for years now.)
And yep, despite my gripes here, I did catch as much of the pre-release stuff on Live as I could, and I did get the (deluxe) version of the DVD.
Honestly, my biggest gripe with the whole affair is just how many times the humans get their asses kicked. True, it's one of the few things that is actually canonically accurate, but it makes watching the entire thing start to finish kinda depressing, and probably is what bolstered my enjoyment of "The Package": THEY WIN.
Oh no, teddy bears and flowers! Not them! Kill it with fire!
I don't really give a flying fuck about Halo, but I am utterly sick of Bob's Wapanese attitude to everything western.
Consider yourself very lucky I didn't have this job back when they remade "Godzilla" ;)
That's not very nice to say. Some Halo fans, such as myself, are reasonable normal human folk.
OT: I think that Movie Bob should have reviewed Halo Legends in more detail rather than spending as much time as he did essentially just saying, "Teh Haloz fanz r teh sux and teh Japanz pwned tehmz by makinz teh Haloz animez!!!! LOLZ!!!"
As a person who is quite familiar with the Halo story and expanded universe, not expert just familiar, I always find it rather offensive when people say that Halo has a shitty story and it's always this, "oh they stole this from that!" Sure they did, it's called influence, and they don't steal it or rip it off they take it and make it their own. To make a comparison, I'm sure most of us like Quentin Tarantino films, I know for a fact that Movie Bob does, well Quentin Tarantino has said in interviews that the way he makes his movies is that he steals scenes from his favorite movies and puts them all together into a cohesive story. He isn't making anything new, just using his influences to create something that is his. That's really all I see Bungie doing with Halo and I think they do it rather well.
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Vallejo authorities had to cut the world's biggest — and oldest — baby out of a child's swing at a local park this weekend.
An unidentified 21-year-old man allegedly made a $100 bet with his friends that he could fit in a child's swing at Blue Rock Springs Park, police said.
After lubing himself with liquid laundry detergent, he shimmied into the swing and its two leg holes at about 9 p.m. Friday, said Mark Libby, spokesman for the Vallejo Fire Department
He promptly became stuck, and further swelling and circulation issues made it impossible for him to get out on his own, said Vallejo police Sgt. Jeff Bassett.
And then his friends left him.
It wasn't until a groundskeeper heard him screaming for help at about 6 a.m. the next morning — nine hours later — that authorities came to free him.
But to add insult to injury, Vallejo firefighters decided the best tactic to go about freeing him was to cut the chains and then transport him to the nearest hospital still in the swing.
So the 21-year-old man who spent the night rocking in a child's swing arrived at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center, still wrapped in the diaper-like seat.
Firefighters used a cast cutter to finally get the makeshift diaper off of him.
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The doors of NOBISKRUG shipyard have been opened for the first time to the media, on the occasion of the keel laying ceremony of the 77-metre Project BLACK SHARK. This will be the very first publicized superyacht project from keel laying to delivery, which will offer a clearer understanding of the industry and of how the exclusive superyachts are coming to life.
True to NOBISKRUG's reputation for being a shipyard that innovates from the front and strives to push boundaries in both naval architecture and design, the 77-metre superyacht promises to be a real head-turner once delivered. Imperial acted as broker for the sale of Project BLACK SHARK and continues as owner's representative and construction supervisor throughout the build.
The renowned British studio Winch Design penned a striking exterior, which is paired with a sleek contemporary interior by Sinot Yacht Architecture & Design.
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