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6:57:16 heisig Good morning!
7:05:18 beach Hello heisig.
8:24:13 Shinmera loading things in clasp is pain, it takes so long :(
8:35:02 makomo_ morning
8:58:38 Shinmera drmeister: is usocket support for clasp not upstream yet or why do I get usocket:socket-listen is undefined
8:59:38 Shinmera sigh
9:02:12 Shinmera done two years ago, but never pred upstream
9:02:30 Shinmera drmeister: can you add me to the clasp-developers group?
10:25:13 makomo_ ** NICK makomo
10:31:12 Shinmera drmeister: https://github.com/trivial-garbage/trivial-garbage/pull/12#issuecomment-421313074
10:32:48 makomo beach: did you see my question regarding the :identity initarg for the various *-INFO classes within Cleavir?
10:33:08 beach Vaguely. Can you repeat it?
10:33:20 makomo sure
10:33:45 makomo beach: i was wondering what the internal purpose of that initarg was. Bike told me that lexical variables for example use the lexical-ast as the identity
10:34:13 beach Ah, yes.
10:34:16 makomo but i was just curious what internal purpose that serves. i was reading metamodular.com/cleavir.pdf and the only guarantee that the user has to make is that always the same object is passed as the :identity argument
10:34:33 beach I don't remember where it is used.
10:34:41 makomo Bike also said that Clasp never passes the :identity initarg, but cleavir.pdf says that it's a mandatory initarg
10:34:51 beach Let me go check...
10:35:09 makomo so the docs might be stale (or maybe the last version isn't the one that's on your site)
10:37:08 beach I don't think the documentation is wrong.
10:37:23 beach But it may be that we are not using that information at the moment.
10:40:19 makomo oh, ok
10:42:02 beach It must be used.
10:42:23 beach CST-TO-AST:CONVERT-FUNCTION-REFERENCE returns it.
10:52:40 scymtym ACTION might start using eclector for dayjob today
10:52:58 drmeister Hello everyone
10:53:08 beach scymtym: Congratulations!
10:53:12 beach Hello drmeister.
10:53:55 scymtym beach: thanks. it will solve quite the headache
10:54:57 beach makomo: It seems that if you have a local named function (with FLET or LABELS), then if you do #'<name-of-that-function> then the result of converting that form is the contents of the :IDENTITY slot.
10:56:47 beach So that must contain the AST for the function because that is what is returned by CONVERT-SPECIAL.
11:00:46 Shinmera drmeister: I left some comments for you above
11:03:31 beach makomo: It contains the AST corresponding to the lexical variable naming the function. So when there is a #'<name> in the code, then it turns into an AST that accesses the corresponding variable.
11:04:16 beach So it is definitely used.
11:05:29 makomo beach: the latter should be without #' since it's a variable, right?
11:06:01 makomo oh, hmm, nvm
11:06:20 makomo i misread
11:06:20 beach No. (FLET ((NAME (...) ...)) creates a lexical variable with the name NAME.
11:08:47 makomo i haven't seen that terminology used before though, i.e. calling NAME in that context a lexical variable
11:09:13 makomo because, (flet ((hello () (print "hello"))) hello) will fail with the error that "the variable HELLO is unbound"
11:10:08 makomo i've only seen "local function" until now (i guess you could also say "lexical function")
11:10:21 beach makomo: Once the source code is translated to AST, there is no distinction between the variable namespace and the function namespace.
11:10:48 beach So (let ((f (lambda ...))) and (flet ((f (...))) are basically treated the same way.
11:12:45 beach But when the code is translated, the first form has F as a variable-environment and the second one has F as a function-environment. When #f is seen, Cleavir asks for a function-environment with f.
11:13:06 beach But looking at the resulting AST, you can't tell the difference.
11:13:22 makomo ah
11:13:44 makomo i just read in the docs that macros aren't kept within the AST
11:14:01 beach Correct. That would be against the rules.
11:14:31 makomo so, if my <- was a macro (which it will be), i couldn't code walk and look for occurences of <-, but whatever internal function that performs the signal assignment instead
11:14:33 beach All macros are expanded, so there is no need for them.
11:15:19 beach Why could you not code walk?
11:15:28 makomo instead i have to look for occurences to whatever internal function performs the signal assignment*
11:15:52 makomo i phrased that badly. i can code walk, but i can't look for occurences of <-, since <- is a macro and it'll be gone
11:15:56 beach Code walking is what the AST creator does. You wouldn't code walk the AST.
11:16:10 makomo i have to look for whatever <- would expand into
11:16:25 beach I don't see why.
11:16:30 makomo beach: right, s/code walk/traversing the AST/
11:16:34 beach Oh.
11:16:42 beach Right, it is gone in the AST.
11:17:21 makomo i guess that's ok. the DSL will just have "primitives" which are normal functions. the user of the DSL uses the macros, but my AST traverser looks for the primitive functions
11:17:38 beach That sounds like a good solution.
11:19:03 makomo i tried the macroexpansion solution, but i don't like it too much. once i store away the information during macroexpansion-time, i have to retrieve that information when the form is actually evaluated
11:19:29 makomo i can't retrieve it during that same macroexpansion/compiler invocation, because i can't rely on the order of macroexpansions
11:20:09 makomo so if i compile my DEFCOMPONENTS in one image, and try to load them in another, it'll fail. the hash tables that kept the state that was computed during macroexpansion are gone
11:20:16 makomo DEFCOMPONENTs*
11:22:26 makomo e.g. DEFCOMPONENT --(expands into)--> (ensure-component-spec ... :body (lambda () <body with state-computing-macros>) ... :stuff <state-computed-by-the-macros>)
11:23:15 makomo <state-computed-by-the-macros> will truly be available only once <body-with-state-computing-macros> is macroexpanded/compiled
11:23:29 beach So have it expand to some function call and look for that function call in the AST.
11:23:50 makomo yeah, the code walking/AST solution seems to be the way to go
11:25:03 makomo i was reading about how Cleavir needs method definitions in order to operate on the environment
11:25:12 beach You will need an object to represent the global environment. You can check what the Clasp people are doing for that.
11:25:21 makomo i suppose Clasp uses Cleavir from the bottom-up and has the "leisure" of defining their own env object
11:25:38 makomo right, but if i was using SBCL for example, what can i do?
11:25:55 beach I think they must define functions on the environment that trampoline to ordinary Common Lisp functions.
11:26:14 makomo all of the global function/macro definitions will be stored within SBCL's environment
11:26:15 beach If it trampolines to the global environment, the solution will be similar.
11:26:31 beach Same with Clasp
11:26:45 drmeister Shinmera: I added you to clasp-developers - if there are any systems that you want to access and push upstream but don't have access - just ask.
11:27:36 makomo beach: oh hmm, that trampoline technique makes sense. what about lexical variables though?
11:27:49 beach Those are handled by Cleavir.
11:28:06 beach But there is still the same potential problem as with portable code walkers.
11:28:13 drmeister Shinmera: I pushed trivial-gray-streams upstream about three weeks ago - there is no reason to keep a fork of it now - right. It's actually counterproductive to keep a fork.
11:28:24 Shinmera drmeister: thanks, I'll try to handle usocket later today
11:28:44 makomo beach: the macroexpand-with-a-different-environment-object thing? i heard you discussing that with mraskin but i'm not sure whether i completely understood
11:28:50 Shinmera drmeister: the trivial-garbage crash I don't know how to tackle though
11:28:58 beach makomo: If you macroexpand a macro in a lexical environment and the expansion function calls MACROEXPAND, then the host MACROEXPAND will receive a Cleavir lexical environment.
11:29:24 makomo beach: ah
11:29:27 Shinmera drmeister: and yes, the fork will only grow outdated if the patches are already upstream
11:31:05 makomo beach: does that concern only MACROEXPAND, or various other environment-taking functions as well? what about GET-SETF-EXPANSION for example?
11:31:20 beach makomo: There could be more function, yes.
11:32:29 makomo so if GET-SETF-EXPANSION is problematic as well, this would wreck all of the place macros then?
11:32:36 makomo place-based macros*
11:33:08 beach It is not very likely that those will be called in a lexical environment, but it can happen, yes.
11:33:34 beach The absolute best solution would be to create a SICL first-class global environment that imports most things from the host, but that replaces those sensitive functions. I have wanted to do that for SBCL for some time.
11:34:30 drmeister Ok - clasp-developers/trivial-gray-streams is gone
11:45:59 beach Bike: What if the result of expanding MAKE-METHOD were wrapped in LOAD-TIME-VALUE. Then it would be evaluated in the null lexical environment.
11:48:00 beach That book "Common Lisp for language implementers" really has to be written. It would explain solutions like this. Not just assume that everyone knows what to do, as the Common Lisp HyperSpec does.
11:48:37 beach Since it very likely won't be a bestseller, perhaps turning it into a collaborative project would be the way to go.
11:55:53 makomo beach: +1 from me for that idea
11:56:52 beach Thanks.
12:00:08 makomo beach: i'm still thinking about what you said regarding that problem. so the core of the issue is that a local macro will receive a Cleavir environment as its &environment parameter?
12:00:40 beach Yes, it has to be that way.
12:00:42 makomo (and then that will be passed to functions like MACROEXPAND as the env parameter)
12:00:51 beach Not only local macros.
12:00:56 makomo and how come that issue doesn't appear for global macros?
12:00:59 makomo ah
12:01:02 makomo so it happens everywhere
12:01:13 beach The expander of any macro is given the current environment as one of its arguments.
12:01:31 beach But most macros ignore the environment.
12:03:02 makomo beach: so for example, converting forms that use SETF to an AST -- would that work?
12:03:40 beach Let me check...
12:03:42 makomo SETF will use GET-SETF-EXPANSION and pass the environment and that would fail somewhere within the internals of GET-SETF-EXPANSION i suppose?
12:03:54 beach Possibly.
12:04:09 makomo ugh :(
12:04:38 makomo what an annoying problem
12:04:48 beach Yes.
12:05:13 beach MichaelRaskin hinted that his code walker can deal with this situation, but he utterly failed to explain to me how.
12:05:49 makomo yeah, i heard that as well, but i also didn't quite understand what he was trying to say. some trickery and heuristics is what i remember
12:06:46 beach You could replace the host functions get-setf-expansion and macroexpand-1 by a function that first checks if it is a cleavir environment and if so, calls a cleavir-specific version, and if not, calls the old function.
12:07:45 beach That's one solution I suggest in some comments
12:07:51 beach It would not be hard.
12:10:16 makomo hm yeah, and that should be portable across implementations right (aside from the fact that it's already UB since you're modifiying the COMMON-LISP package)?
12:10:52 beach Yes, it should be fairly portable. I don't think redefining them is a problem.
12:11:09 beach You need to wrap it in with-no-package-locks or whatever.
12:11:46 makomo mhm
12:13:17 Shinmera drmeister: you can also delete the staple fork
12:14:53 drmeister Gone
12:15:03 drmeister I'm looking at trivial-garbage
12:19:39 beach Wow, I am *so* pleased I made progress on MAKE-METHOD and CALL-METHOD. Now I can clean up the rest of the code and continue with my bootstrapping effort.
12:31:43 drmeister The problem with trivial-garbage is this test: (deftest pointers.1 (weak-pointer-p (make-weak-pointer 42)) t)
12:32:04 drmeister You can't make a weak-pointer of an immediate value
12:37:05 Shinmera oh, why not?
12:40:03 Shinmera Surely you can put fixnums on the heap, so why can't you make a weak pointer to one?
12:40:58 beach How do you put a fixnum on the heap?
12:41:39 beach drmeister: What would be the point of making a weak pointer to an immediate value?
12:42:06 Shinmera (cons 1 1), for instance?
12:42:28 beach Shinmera: The CONS cell is allocated on the heap, but not the fixnums.
12:43:10 beach The point of weak pointers is that when all other references to an object go away, then the weak reference will no long refer to the object, so it can be garbage collected.
12:43:25 beach But with immediate values, there are not references.
12:43:58 Shinmera You can still have a reference to a box
12:45:11 pfdietz makomo: to answer your question of yesterday: the information in the macro environment is used when expanding other macros. Think of this as happening at compile time.
12:46:07 beach Shinmera: What kind of "box"?
12:52:08 Shinmera The implementation can just allocate a word on the heap, put the immediate there and give you the pointer to it.
12:52:55 Shinmera I agree that I don't see why one would want a weak pointer to an immediate, but I also fail to see the problem with implementing it
12:53:08 beach OK.
12:59:16 pfdietz Question: LLVM requires all memory allocations to be via a function call?
13:04:19 Shinmera iiuc runtime memory is up to the client code to manage.
13:08:06 pfdietz I was reading Cracauer's blog post about how sbcl does it (CONS is just incrementing a register).
13:08:34 beach pfdietz: That is typical for compacting collectors.
13:14:21 pfdietz Yes, and it's done for performance reasons. (defun foo (n) (loop repeat n collect 1)) will run much faster with that low overhead allocation.
13:31:15 drmeister How about this? (make-weak-pointer 42) returns the immediate fixnum 42 and (weak-pointer-p <immediate>) -> T
13:32:11 drmeister I don't want to create a whole boxing system for immediate for this case
13:33:38 drmeister Immediates are inherently weak.
13:34:13 pfdietz Well, except if you have an immediate as a key in a weak key hash table, it will never be collected.
13:34:30 pfdietz My most common use case for weak pointers is weak keys.
13:35:36 pfdietz Not sure that's a strong argument I just gave.
13:41:03 stassats pfdietz: CONS is not incrementing a register, but a memory location
13:41:23 pfdietz Ok.
13:41:28 stassats while checking that it doesn't overflow, and ensuring that it's not interleaved with other allocations due to asynchronous interrupts
13:42:08 stassats and not just cons, any allocation
13:42:28 pfdietz The overflow protection is done by protecting a page?
13:42:36 stassats no
13:42:52 pfdietz Well I am confused then.
13:43:11 stassats just disassemble #'cons
13:45:58 Shinmera drmeister: can you give me access to the usocket fork
13:48:40 Bike beach: as far as i know, the identity of variable and function infos is only used for lexical infos that cleavir makes itself. identities for global infos, which are created by the client, are unused
13:49:44 stassats pfdietz: perhaps you read about something like mips with cheneygc
13:50:11 scymtym pfdietz: there is a thread-local allocation region data structure consisting of a fill-pointer-like value that is incremented and an end-pointer against which the fill-pointer is checked for overflow. overflow of the allocation region triggers an out-of-line handler
13:52:48 pfdietz Anyway: if clasp is looking for optimization opportunities, speed of CONS is one of them. (loop repeat n collect 1) is about 6x faster in SBCL.
13:55:26 Bike there is unfortunately arithmetic timing involved there as well
14:01:42 pfdietz Ah, I see.
14:14:12 kpoeck Hello
14:14:12 Colleen kpoeck: drmeister said 16 hours, 8 minutes ago: I'd like to incorporate the tests you have developed into the CI framework that I'm developing. I have clasp and cando building using 'buildbot'. What do you think?
14:14:44 kpoeck drmeister: yes that would be great
14:17:03 kpoeck I think all my tests that would crash current clasp are with the respective Pr to solve the problems
14:17:40 kpoeck Like (MAKE-sequence 'vector -1) with PR #598
14:19:39 kpoeck There are "expected-errors" in the test. In the case of regression there should be unexpected errors. Perhaps this can be used in the CI
14:21:16 Kevslinger Hi kpoeck
14:22:02 kpoeck Kevslinger!
14:23:59 Bike i'm looking over your PRs now
14:25:01 kpoeck good!
14:28:01 Shinmera Bike: can you give me access to the usocket fork or do I have to wait an drmeister for that?
14:28:10 Shinmera *on
14:28:25 Bike let me see.
14:29:22 Bike I do not have access. Sorry.
14:29:45 Shinmera Ah well, thanks anyway
14:55:37 makomo pfdietz: thanks for the answer. right, but can you use the collected information at macroexpansion-time within the compilation invocation of that same top-level form?
14:56:16 makomo so i have a top-level form F that is being compiled (and hence macroexpanded). i want to both store and use certain information within that same invocation?
14:56:33 makomo s/\?//\./
14:56:51 makomo missed a /, whatever
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15:04:28 pfdietz The specific use was this.
15:04:38 makomo pfdietz: here's the relevant code http://plaster.tymoon.eu/view/921#921. perhaps another layer of macro indirection can fix it? wouldn't that be relying on the order of macroexpansion though?
15:04:53 pfdietz The "sorts" of pattern variables were declared in a surrounding form
15:05:05 pfdietz (letvar ((expr ?e ...)) <body>)
15:05:06 makomo any other unrelated suggestions are welcome as well
15:05:26 makomo pfdietz: mhm
15:05:35 pfdietz Inside body, patterns occurred that were parsed, at compile time. "?e + 17"
15:06:01 pfdietz That was either used as a constructor, or as a pattern matcher, depending on where it occurred.
15:07:12 pfdietz When parsing the string, the parser invoked macroexpand on a fake macro, and the env arg, to pull out a symbol table. The flow of information was always downward.
15:07:30 makomo pfdietz: do the quotation marks indicate that it was used within strings or was it just to make it explicit?
15:07:35 makomo ah
15:07:39 pfdietz I've omitted detail.
15:08:25 pfdietz The string occurred inside a thing that identified it as something to be parsed, and that thing was created by a reader macro for syntactic sugar.
15:09:22 makomo hm, so you called MACROEXPAND manually
15:09:45 pfdietz Passing information upwards would involve a different mechanism: the surround macro would have to fully expand <body>, then walk over the expansion to pull out things the lower macros had stashed there.
15:09:57 pfdietz Yes, on the fake macro. That's how you query the env.
15:11:02 Bike that's an Advanced Lisp Trick to stuff arbitrary things into lexical environments
15:15:28 makomo pfdietz: so your LETVAR would be the one setting up this information?
15:15:36 pfdietz Yes.
15:15:39 makomo by way of constructing these dummy macros
15:16:29 makomo hm right, i think my case is the latter. i need to pull stuff from the body of the macro
15:16:41 makomo not influence the body
15:18:33 makomo pfdietz: why does the outer macro have to walk the body's expansion? can't the local macros within body communicate information via some global state (as i'm doing with hash tables)?
15:23:44 pfdietz Because in normal macroexpansion, the outer macro is expanded before the inner ones. The outer macro's function is going to have to "manually" cause its parts to be expanded "early" if it wants to get any results of those expansions before it is done expanding itself.
15:28:23 drmeister Hello everyone
15:29:29 drmeister I got the buildbot to build independently for the first time using AWS spot instances.
15:29:32 drmeister https://usercontent.irccloud-cdn.com/file/KJ89hH9W/image.png
15:29:39 makomo pfdietz: the walking i was thinking of was the one you said happens *after* the manual macroexpansion. once i expand the body, why do i have to walk the body? is that just one of the alternatives (and the other is using global state)?
15:30:20 makomo you said "(...) the surround macro would have to fully expand <body>, then walk over the expansion (...)"
15:30:40 drmeister It's easy to add non-AWS workers, save build products, chain builds and add tests. I'm interested in discussing what we should do with these new CI capabilities.
15:30:57 drmeister We can talk later about it.
15:31:59 Shinmera drmeister: please give me access to the usocket fork, thanks
15:32:21 pfdietz The macro expansion function for the outer macro needs to get some results computed by macros inside its body. Those results are not yet computed. The outer macro's function needs to explicitly cause those inner macros to be expanded if it wants those results. This will be done by walking DURING expansion of the other macro: that outer macro function will explicitly call a code walker to expand the macros in its body. There
15:32:22 pfdietz will be another pass over that code afterwards, by the normal expansion process, but by that time all the macros will already have been expanded so that will be a no-op.
15:33:28 pfdietz This is not clasp related, so perhaps it should be moved to #lisp
15:36:36 makomo pfdietz: agreed
16:14:36 Bike changing a lisp-exposed C++ function's signature to have Fixnum_sp instead of size_t is causing a build failure for reasons i don't understand
16:20:04 Bike didn't change the header. whoops.
16:37:02 kpoeck_ Bike: welcome to the club :-)
16:37:39 Bike i am sadly a permanent member of the weird build failures club
16:40:00 kpoeck_ Regarding the weak-pointer for an immediate, can't we put the immediate value in a vector and return a weak-pointer to the vector?
16:42:16 Bike i don't understand why trivial-garbage even wants pointers to immediates. uniformity, i guess?


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although today most composers don't use opus numbers
thanks! and is it normal to have a normal name together with a numbering? for example my first written piece would be Nocturne in E minor Op. 1 No. 1 'Der Tot Und Die Freiheit'.Or is it better to just have Nocturne in E minor Op. 1 No. 1 or just 'Der Tot Und Die Freiheit'
Intriguing and interesting title! But try to spell is "Der Tod und die Freiheit", if I may suggest. (i.e., Tod with a "d" at the end, not a "t". Tod means death, tot means dead). Cheers,
That's a pure preference thing. What I see most commonly from titles given by composers is something like Der Tod und die Freiheit: Nocturne, Op. 1 no. 1. Generally when a title is unofficial or was given by a publisher or biographer or whatever, it comes after the opus number to show that the composer did not sanction it him/herself (e.g. Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathetique'—the title was given posthumously by Tchaikovsky's brother, taken from private correspondence that Tchaikovsky didn't intend to be made public) whereas a title given by the composer is part of the name before the opus number (e.g. Manfred Symphony, Op. 58).
I have noticed that yeah, but I really like the Opus numbers, it's also for me a lot easier to remember and more organized than having to remember everything by only the name, I already get confused with the names of 2 pieces I play a lot that are by the same composer, using numbers makes more sence to me, I guess
If you really want to be pretentious, get a buddy to catalog your works with his last name, so if your buddy's last name is, say Jansen Der Tod und die Freiheit: Nocturne, J.1
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Rachel May Pierson d. Mingxiu Du (China) 6-3, 6-3;
Luicelena Perez (Venezuela) d. Maxine Thomas 6-1, 6-1;
Jeannez Daniel d. Elyse Steiner 6-4, 1-6, 6-3;
Olena Leonchuk (Ukraine) d. Gabrielle Smith 6-4, 6-3.
Final round:
Dailey vs. (1) Komal Safdar;
Colton vs. (2) Sonja Molnar (Canada);
Frenkel vs. Doyle;
Lawrence vs. Damian;
Begley vs. Petrick;
Slupska vs. Xu;
Pierson vs. Perez;
Daniel vs. Leonchuk.
Main draw:
First round:
(1) Alexis King vs. Marina Danzini (Brazil);
Qualifier vs. Simone Kalhorn;
Li Xi (China, U.Va.) vs. Simone Pratt (Bahamas);
Julia Moriarty (Ireland) vs. (6) Jacqueline Cako;
(3) Whitney Jones vs. qualifier;
Spencer Liang vs. qualifier;
Qualifier vs. qualifier;
Ashley Murdock vs. (5) N Kukharchuk (Russia);
(7) Daiana Negreanu (Romania) d. Samantha Powers;
Qualifier vs. Sherry Li;
Denise Starr vs. qualifier;
Kelsey Laurente vs. (4) Mayo Hibi (Japan);
(8) Nadia Echeverria Alam vs. Erin Clark;
Nicole Robinson vs. Vojislava Lukic (Serbia);
Veronica Corning vs. qualifier;
Yasmine Guimaraes (Brazil) vs. (2) Anastasia Kharchenko.
The singles qualifying draw is here:
The singles main draw is here:
The doubles main draw is here:
The daily schedule is here:
Qualifying round:
Caroline Dailey-Tristen Dewar d. Courtney Colton-Ammu Mandalap 6-4, 6-3;
Yasmine Guimaraes (Brazil)-Daiana Negreanu (Romania) d. Jeannez Daniel-Stephanie Smith 6-4, 6-2.
Main draw:
First round:
(1) Laura Deigman (Great Britain)-Julia Moriarty (Ireland) vs. Nicole Collie (Australia)-Marina Danzini (Brazil);
Madeleine Kobelt-Komal Safdar vs. Sherry Li-Spencer Liang;
(3) Kelsey Laurente-Nicole Robinson vs. Caroline Dailey-Tristen Dewar;
Erin Clark-Elyse Steiner vs. Simone Kalhorn-Alessondra Parra;
Simone Pratt (Bahamas)-Denise Starr vs. Yasmine Guimaraes (Brazil)-Daiana Negreanu (Romania);
Kseniia Berestetskaya (Ukraine)-Zaruhi Harutyunyan (Armenia) vs. (4) Nadia Echeverria Alam-Nika Kukharchuk (Russia);
Mayo Hibi (Japan)-Anastasia Kharchenko vs. Julia Browne-Eva Raszkiewicz;
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Pinkeye (also called conjunctivitis) is redness and swelling of the
conjunctiva, the mucous membrane that lines the eyelid and eye surface. The
lining of the eye is usually clear. If irritation or infection occurs, the
lining becomes red and swollen. See pictures of a normal
eye and an eye with
Pinkeye is very common. It
usually is not serious and goes away in 7 to 10 days without medical
Most cases of pinkeye are caused by:
Viral and bacterial pinkeye are contagious and spread very
easily. Since most pinkeye is caused by viruses for which there is usually no
medical treatment, preventing its spread is important. Poor hand-washing is the
main cause of the spread of pinkeye. Sharing an object, such as a washcloth or
towel, with a person who has pinkeye can spread the infection. For more information, see Prevention.
Viral pinkeye is often caused by an adenovirus, which is a common
respiratory virus that can also cause a sore throat or upper respiratory
infection. The herpes virus can also cause viral pinkeye.
Symptoms of viral pinkeye include:
Viral pinkeye symptoms usually last 5 to 7 days but may last up to
3 weeks and can become ongoing or chronic.
Pinkeye may be more serious if you:
If the pinkeye is caused by a
virus, the person can usually return to day care,
school, or work when symptoms begin to improve, typically in 3 to 5 days.
Medicines are not usually used to treat viral pinkeye, so it is important to
prevent the spread of the infection. Pinkeye caused by a herpes virus, which is
rare, can be treated with an antiviral medicine. Home treatment of viral
pinkeye symptoms can help you feel more comfortable while the infection goes
An infection may develop when bacteria enter the eye or the area
around the eye. Some common infections that cause pinkeye include:
Symptoms of bacterial pinkeye include:
Bacterial pinkeye may cause more drainage than viral pinkeye.
Bacterial infections usually last 7 to 10 days without antibiotic treatment and
2 to 4 days with antibiotic treatment. The person can usually return to day care,
school, or work 24 hours after an
antibiotic has been started if symptoms have improved.
Prescription antibiotic treatment usually kills the bacteria that cause
Red eye is a more
general term that includes not only pinkeye but also many other problems that
cause redness on or around the eye, not just the lining. Pinkeye is the main
cause of red eye. Red eye has other causes, including:
Swollen, red eyelids may also be caused by
styes, a lump called a
chalazion, inflammation of the eyelid (blepharitis), or lack of tears (dry eyes). For more
information, see the topics
Styes and Chalazia and
Eyelid Problems (Blepharitis).
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Home treatment for
pinkeye will help reduce your pain and keep your eye
free of drainage. If you wear contacts, remove them and wear glasses until your
symptoms have gone away completely. Thoroughly clean your contacts and storage
Cold compresses or
warm compresses (whichever feels best) can be used. If
an allergy is the problem, a cool compress may feel better. If the pinkeye is
caused by an infection, then a warm, moist compress may soothe your eye and help
reduce redness and swelling. Warm, moist compresses can spread infection from
one eye to the other. Use a different compress for each eye, and use a clean
compress for each application.
When cleaning your eye,
wipe from the inside (next to the nose) toward the outside. Use a clean surface
for each wipe so that drainage being cleaned away is not rubbed back across the
eye. If tissues or wipes are used, make sure they are put in the trash and are not
allowed to sit around. If washcloths are used to clean the eye, put them in the
laundry right away so that no one else picks them up or uses them. After wiping
your eye, wash your hands to prevent the pinkeye from spreading.
After pinkeye has been diagnosed:
For pinkeye related to allergies,
antihistamines, such as loratadine (Claritin) or cetirizine (Zyrtec), may help relieve your symptoms. Don't
give antihistamines to your child unless you've checked with the doctor first.
Call your doctor if any of the following occur during home
Pinkeye is spread through contact with
the eye drainage, which contains the virus or bacteria that caused the pinkeye.
Touching an infected eye leaves drainage on your hand. If you touch your other
eye or an object when you have drainage on your hand, the virus or bacteria can
be spread.
The following tips help prevent the spread of
To prepare for your appointment, see the topic Making the Most of Your Appointment.
You can help your
doctor diagnose and treat your condition by being prepared to answer the
following questions:
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Based on models originally developed for use in the broadcast of the Sydney Games in 2000, the BP4027 (14.96" long) and BP4029 (9.29" long) Stereo Shotgun models are engineered for high-end broadcast and production use. Both microphones feature independent line-cardioid and figure-of-eight elements configured in an MS (Mid-Side) arrangement with switch-selectable internal matrixing. These innovative microphones allow sound recordists the choice of selecting a left-right stereo output (wide or narrow) via the microphone's internal matrixing system or choosing discrete Mid-Side signals for later manipulation, a flexibility not available from any other manufacturer.
A switchable low frequency roll-off filter helps minimize the pickup of unwanted low frequency noise. These phantom-powered models feature a rugged lightweight design and sleek black color scheme, perfect for on-camera use.
The BP4027 is equipped with two independent electret capsules, one configured as narrow cardioid and the other configured in figure of eight MS mode (central-lateral) with provision for adjusting the width of the stereo image in postproduction or outside by means of a matrix mixer.
With the BP4027 you can choose between a wide sound recording angle (LR-W) - whereby the microphone captures more ambient noise, or a narrow sound recording angle (LR-N) where the rejection is greater and ambient noises are mitigated.
The BP4027 is manufactured from a lightweight but very sturdy aluminum, which can be heavily used in harsh environments. Its length is 380mm and it weighs 142g, making it ideal for installing on a boom. If its size were to be troublesome on certain cameras, it can also be used on a stand to capture distant sound sources.
The BP4027 benefits is strongly reinforced against radio waves, and mobilel phone signal, to avoid interference when recording.
Switchable Low-cut filter for better isolation of unwanted noise, and effective reduction of wind noise.
The BP4027 has a three-position switch to determine the opening angle chosen: MS (50° / 10°), MR-W (80°) or RS-N (20°).
Comes with a clip, a foam windscreen, two O-rings and a carrying case.
|Fixed-charge back plate, permanently polarized condenser
|Polar Pattern
|Line-cardioid, Figure-of-eight
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|Mid: -30 dB (31.6 mV) re 1V at 1 Pa;
Side: -34 dB (19.9 mV) re 1V at 1 Pa;
LR Stereo: -36 dB (15.8 mV) re 1V at 1 Pa
|200 ohms
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Side: 127 dB SPL, 1 kHz at 1% T.H.D.;
LR Stereo: 126 dB SPL, 1 kHz at 1% T.H.D.
|Low Frequency Roll Off
|80 Hz, 12 dB/octave
|M-S, LR Stereo-Wide (LR-W), LR Stereo-Narrow (LR-N);
Flat, roll-off
|Dynamic Range
|Mid: 101 dB, 1 kHz at Max SPL;
Side: 101 dB, 1 kHz at Max SPL;
LR Stereo: 102 dB, 1 kHz at Max SPL
|Signal-to-Noise Ratio
|Mid: 72 dB SPL, 1 kHz at 1 Pa;
Side: 68 dB SPL, 1 kHz at 1 Pa;
LR Stereo: 70 dB SPL, 1 kHz at 1 Pa
|Phantom Power Requirements
|11-52V DC, 4 mA typical at 48V, each channel
|142 g (5.0 oz)
|380.0 mm (14.96") long, 21.0 mm (0.83") diameter
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|Integral XLR5M-type
|Dual 0.61 m (24") shielded two-conductor, terminated in two XLR3M-type connectors
|Accessories Included
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|BP4027 Frequency Response
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Opening of Celetná Street into Na Příkopě Street, Old Town
One of most important monuments of late Gothic Prague, this majestic stone tower was built on the former road from the Old Town in Prague to Kutná Hora where silver was mined. The construction of the Powder Tower was started on 30th March 1475 on the site of an old gate called Mountain or Odraná Gate which was one of the 13 gates of the former Old Town fortifications which no longer existed back then; the fortifications was no longer useful after the New Town was founded (1348) and it gradually fell apart. It was the bad condition of the old gate, found right next to the Royal Court – a monumental royal residence found where the Municipal House is now – that made the Old Town councillors build the New gate whose function was rather representative than defensive; it symbolized the wealth of Old Town citizens and an increasing power of the townsmen and it also became an impressive entrance into the city and a dignified starting point of the Royal Route. The foundation stone was laid by the Czech king Vladislav of Jagiello himself, the costs were covered by the Old Town community. The construction was firstly headed by master-mason Václav of Žlutice who was strongly influenced by the one century older Old Town Bridge Tower of architect Petr Parléř (which was sort of a counterpart to the New tower on the west side of the Old Town). According to the councillors Václav was considered to be insufficient for a building of such importance so he was soon (1478) replaced by Matěj Rejsek. The foundations of the Powder Tower run up to 9 meters deep below the current street level. The tower has a square floor plan, full walls on the north and south side are 2.1m wide at the bottom. In 1568 it was connected by a wooden access balcony to the Royal Court and its interiors probably formed part of the court; on the first floor a fireplace was even preserved.
During a period of religious conflicts, king Vladislav of Jagiello feared for his life and moved back to the Prague Castle in 1483 and the glory of the Royal Court diminished quickly. The Old Town people quickly lost interest in finishing the tower construction so eventually they had it provisionally roofed at the height of 42 m. Apart from collecting toll in the tower gate, the tower lost any purpose and it wasn't until 1715 that the interior spaces became used for storage of gunpowder (hence its name – Powder Tower). Rich sculptural decorations of the tower were seriously damaged in 1757 during the Prussian occupation of Prague and in 1799 it was brought down because loose pieces were falling off, representing a danger to the pedestrians; a complete demolition of the wall was even considered. The very few preserved original reliefs have rather comical themes: for instance on the south-east corner there is a relief of a young man openly offering money to a girl, on the west side there is a relief with a girl hitting a guy after he tried to get under her skirt. A self-portrait of Rejsek was preserved too, bearing a Latin text saying Oh townsmen, do not allow bad people who live lawlessly to cause violence to me, a fine container – as if the architect anticipated the future fate of the tower.
In the 1870's it was decided that the tower would be restored and finished off, in a purist pseudo-Gothic style based on a plan by J. Mocker who also fully respected the design of both bridge towers and the Old Town Hall tower. Mocker built a steep hip roof with four corner steeples in 1878-86, he also removed the tower clock from 1823 and placed a narrow viewing gallery there. Then he remodelled the orignal Gothic façade arcadings and inside the tower and also in the gateway he created net and netting vaults. The outer sculptural decorations (statues of rulers, saints, Jesus Christ, Virgin Mary, Adam and Eve and symbols of Czech lands) were designed by W. W. Tomek and made by B. O. Seeling, J. Veselý, J. Strachovský, K. Dvořák, J. Čapek, L. Šimek and A. Wildt. In 1911 the Powder Tower was connected to the newly built Municipal House by a connecting block whose shape immitates the architectural style from Mocker's period.
The Powder Tower is now 65 m high, the viewing gallery is 43 m high and can be accessed by 186 stairs. Inside the tower there is currently an exhibition dedicated to the Prague towers, in the penthouse there is an exhibition of photogaphs of L. Sitenský. On the first floor remainders of the original sculptural decorations of the tower can be seen inside.
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Belimo Energy Valve™ wins EnergieGenie Award 2018
The "EnergieGenie Award" was presented on 2 March 2018 during the Energiesparmesse expoEnergy in Wels, Austria. The Belimo Energy Valve™ won the accolade over another 24 submissions!
In terms of energy policy within European countries, Austria is instrumental in shaping measures to achieve the various climate goals. Nevertheless, the measures that have been implemented to date are not yet sufficient. A reboot of the energy and climate policy for Austria was decided by the Council of Ministers based on this knowledge. The various endeavours to achieve this were apportioned among several Federal Ministries - including the Federal Ministry of Sustainability and Tourism. The "EnergieGenie Award" was created in cooperation with the state of Upper Austria and the Energiesparverband Oberösterreich (regional energy agency of Upper Austria). The expert jury based their decision on the sustainable achievement of the greatest possible energy savings, among other things.
Website: Energiesparmesse 2018
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Sustainable and environment-friendly energy management is becoming increasingly important nowadays. For this reason, the independent jury of experts of the INDUSTRIEPREIS in the Energy & Environment category carefully examined more than 100 products submitted and then selected the Belimo Energy Valve™ as the category winner. The energy valve impresses with its innovation, low energy consumption and above all its transparency.
The INDUSTRIEPREIS was awarded before the start of the Hanover trade fair. Under the motto "Integrated Industry", around 1000 companies had once again submitted their advanced industrial products this year. The INDUSTRIEPREIS is awarded in 14 categories and selects an overall winner. The prize is supported by Initiative Mittelstand, Huber Verlag für Neue Medien GmbH and numerous media partners.
Website: Industriepreis 2018
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Belimo Automation FZE winner of the "Manufacturer of the Year (chilled water system equipment and components, less chillers) for the Belimo Energy Valve™ version 3.0, at the CPI Climate Control Awards under the patronage of United Arab Emirates Ministry of Infrastructure Development.
This year, entrants were asked to write a 500-word essay addressing three questions, the answers to which, along with a short presentation with Q&A's , would decide the winner.
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The process was overseen by KPMG.
The award was presented to Belimo Automation FZE by one of the event sponsors, Prakash Rudrappa, Head of M&E Gulf District Cooling Company, and Holly Chant, Executive Director of Corporate Sustainability and Commissioning at KEO International Consultants.
David Stevenson, MD of Belimo Automation FZE said, "Winning this prestigious award against such high quality competition is a result of the continuing hard work, commitment and investment that Belimo makes in developing new and innovative HVAC building system solutions that help our customers become more successful".
Website: Climate Control Award
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1st place for Belimo in the MCR components category
STUTTGART - On 22 June 2017 and at an occasion celebrating the 50th anniversary of cci-Dialog GmbH, the trusted company award for the ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration industry (Vertrauenspreis der LüKK) was presented for the first time in the German city of Karlsruhe. 70 manufacturers from the ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration industry had opened themselves up to judgement by specialist planners, plant engineers and operators. A total of 536 jurors decided on the rankings with 25,600 individual assessments and 14 product categories. In the MCR category, BELIMO Stellantriebe Vertriebs GmbH from Stuttgart, a member of the BELIMO Group, took the top spot.
The LüKK trusted company award is setting a new course. In addition to satisfaction with the technology and products on offer, the award also assesses the quality of the advice and service provided and asks whether customers would recommend the company. After all, a recommendation signifies a vote of confidence in the company, its products and its employees. Above all else, the award therefore recognises customer satisfaction with the "complete package".
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On 25 April 2016, BELIMO Poland received Poznan International Trade Fair's gold medal for the Pressure-Independent 6-way Valve. This medal is one of the most prestigious in the Polish market, and is well recognized within the HVAC community. It is awarded to manufacturers of products with exceptional features, such as innovative application, functionality and energy efficiency. The award committee consists of leading academics as well as industry specialists.
The Electronic Pressure Independent Valve (EPIV) was shortlisted for the 'Product Innovation' award and received the accolade of 'Highly Commended' at the Healthcare Estates 2015 Awards ceremony at the Mercure Manchester Hotel on the 20th October 2015. Andy Bartlett, Managing Director for Belimo UK and Lance Colwyn, Sales Manager for the North of England and Scotland, were present at the ceremony to receive the award.
In support of its 25th Anniversary, the Commissioning Specialists Association launched an industry-wide awards programme, configured to bring together the entire commissioning sector in a celebration of the companies, innovations and people that are achieving the highest professional standards and helping to drive this dynamic industry forward.
Designed to promote best practice in key areas of commissioning, including innovation and achievement, energy saving, sales growth, customer care and service provision.
The judging panel were looking for evidence of genuine excellence, both measurable and memorable.
"The gala awards ceremony not only provided a wonderful celebration of the excellent work and the many achievements that commissioning specialists have enjoyed over the past 12 months, but it was also a fitting way to acknowledge 25 years of making buildings work."
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The winners were unveiled at the Gala Awards Ceremony on Thursday 11th June 2015 at the splendid Copthorne Effingham Park Hotel, nr Gatwick Airport in West Sussex.
2nd prize for "Belimo Energy Valve™"
STUTTGART – This year's German data centre prize was awarded at the future thinking congress "Energy efficiency and sustainability in data centres". The prize is awarded in 8 categories, which always reflect the latest developments in the data centre sector.
The Belimo Energy Valve™ won second prize in category 4, "Data centre energy technology". The Belimo Energy Valve™, which is comprised of a 2-way characterised control valve, volumetric flow measurement, temperature sensors and actuator with integrated logic, unites the five functions of measuring, controlling, balancing, shutting and energy monitoring in a single, installation-friendly unit. Its trend-setting technology ensures maximum comfort, provides transparency, enhances efficiency and lowers operating costs.
The German data centre prize is awarded annually and is an important driving force for the data centre industry. As a quality seal for innovative energy efficiency, it identifies new sources of potential energy saving, promotes them and raises their profile for the industry. It was launched in 2011 to recognise products and projects which improve efficiency in data centres. The jury is made up of volunteers, all of whom are experts from industry, trade associations, research and teaching, enabling each submission to be independently assessed from a practical standpoint.
Belimo Automation UK Ltd were presented with the Product of the Show 2015 Award for their Energy Valve in the Category 'Best Energy Efficient Product', at the Energy Show 2015, which took place in Dublin on the 25th & 26th March 2015.
On 8 April 2014, BELIMO Poland received Poznan International Trade Fair's gold medal for the Belimo Energy Valve™. This medal is one of the most prestigious in the Polish market, and is well recognized within the HVAC community. It is awarded to manufacturers of products with exceptional features, such as innovative application, functionality and energy efficiency. The award committee consists of leading academics as well as industry specialists.
Stuttgart, November 2013. On the occasion of the "GebäudeEffizienz (Building Efficiency) Trade Fair 2013" in Dortmund, the "Energy Valve" from Belimo was named Best Automation Product in recognition of its energy-efficient properties. It combines measuring, controlling, balancing, shutting and the monitoring of energy consumption in a single function. Thanks to its electronically controlled energy monitoring, volumetric flows are made visible and performance output can be optimised in targeted fashion. In October, the jury awarded Belimo Stellantriebe Vertriebs GmbH the coveted GebäudeEffizienz (Building Efficiency) Award for 2013" for this innovative product development.
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With the profession currently facing a far-reaching transformation of the sector, it is more than ever in search of new solutions and innovations. Be it in the construction of low-energy buildings or the active management of energy within buildings, innovation is at the heart of every challenge.
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In 2013, more than 235 participants entered the Innovation Competition. Among these new developments and innovative products, the energy valve from Belimo won the prize in the category of "Intelligent energy management", thereby underlining Belimo's desire to provide pertinent and efficient products satisfying the needs of the market, in particular in terms of energy saving.
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The awards were established to recognize and reward excellence in the building controls industry. The awards focus on key areas of manufacture and supply, including innovation and achievement, energy saving, engineering excellence, customer care and employee motivation.
"The quality of entries was very high this year and reflects the fact that the Awards are now considered very significant in our sector" Ian Ellis President BCIA.
The award was presented to Andy Bartlett of Belimo UK by Charles Keel, Publishing Director of Modern Building Services who sponsored the category and celebrity compère, BBC World News Presenter Naga Munchettey at the Gala Awards Dinner on Thursday 9th May, which was attend by over 300 industry professionals.
"The BCIA Awards are growing in popularity, reflecting the importance of them to the Controls Industry. The Gala Dinner was a great evening and a very professional event. We are extremely pleased that our Energy Valve won an award, especially due to the number and quality of entries." Andy Bartlett Managing Director Belimo Automation UK Ltd.
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Belimo Automation UK Ltd were awarded with the HVR 'Air Conditioning Product of the Year' 2012 Award and Highly Commended for the 'Commercial/Industrial Heating Product of the Year' on Wednesday 10th October at the HVR Awards ceremony held at the Grange, St. Pauls Hotel in London.
The award was presented by Paul Sands of 'Stokvis Energy Systems', the following commentary was played after the announcement of the winner:
Commended for a strong concept and expert execution, Belimo Automation's Energy Valve was praised as a novel, trailblazing device that heralds the way the industry is set to go. The judges felt it ticked a number of boxes, and were particularly impressed by its intelligent energy monitoring facility. This means that energy usage for both heating and cooling is monitored continuously and then saved on a web server for future analysis and documentation. Along with its ability to measure, control, balance and shut the valve, this offers all the fundamentals for optimising a system's consumption.
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I was expecting some comment on foreplay when we saw naked crucified lady.
That ladybug has jump jets!
Deadly Premonition is awesome! Don't you think so Zack?
This has just brighten my Monday.
I certainly do!
Just got done watching today's Endurance Run only to to be treated to an Unskippable of this game.
Does it need to be worse? I'd say that a continuation of quality would be bad enough...
my days, that game looks awful
Nope, you weren't the only one, but in all fairness I had to read Paradise Lost for todays college lecture... So my senses are a bit too alert for these kind of symbols.
Agent L. Bugg. Tactical Espionage, flight pilot, and looks good in red.
Her mission... Track down Interpol suspect, H. Bea. Known affiliation: Hive, Inc. Last seen at The Hornet's Nest Nightclub.
Puns are fun! :D
You're not kidding.....I could deal with the lack of facial expressions...if the crying weren't so damn cheesy.
Great video, guys! too many things I liked to name one!
Well, that was certainly an odd one...no idea what's going on there lol.
It's like resonance of fate all over again!
nice job guys
That cut-scene is... weiiiird...
Also one of the best unskippables IMO :)
Is it? I wouldn't say it even reaches the Uncanny Valley area...
It was probably the worst cutscene done on Unskippable... And we had you guys' comments to pass the time, can't imagine how bored I'd be if I was playing this.
The jokes were gold this week ...
This show really shines when you use bad material. This was one of the worst things I've ever seen. Awesome.
Is it just me or has Unskippable been racking up (pun somewhat indended) on the boob factor?
That was really creepy. I'm very curious now to see the second part and the main cutscene to this game.
i saw it for 360, believe it nor not.
This reminded me of that god-awful game "The Siren", the story "feels" the same in this being that it's needlessly convoluted and extremely dull. I think I'm safe in saying that this is one game I won't be forking out for until it suddenly becomes a cult classic (which could happen.)
Jeez that was brutal, sucks you guys have to do round two of this thing...
The music was completely out of place during this whole cut scene and like Graham and Paul asked, why was the police officer also the bar keep? Is the town really that small?
Should actually do like 5 of these like MGS4!
It IS a cult classic on the 360, is like 20 bucks in US, I didn't play it but I watched all the cut scenes.
That's right kids, it's a 360 game (and PS3 in Japan). I believe it was originally being developed for the PS2, but it took too long to make. On the bright side, it was only $20 at initial release.
My friend owns this game, and I played it for a while. It's definitely interesting. There are so many things about it that scream "this is how NOT to make a game", but there are also some genuinely interesting aspects of the story. There's something satisfying about working through the game's oddities too. If you play this game, I strongly suggest playing it with a friend (pass-the-controller or such). There's so much to laugh at that you'll want someone else around to experience it with you.
Notable things I remember: the protagonist an imaginary friend and work partner. Coffee provides visions of the future (something about a hamburger too). Highly inappropriate saxophone jams. Freaky angel children in rose petal world. Gloriously confusing and busy menu screen. Very long breakfast table.
I actually missed this cutscene when I played it. I'm definitely looking forward to next week's episode - can't wait to see what you guys can do with those scenes!
"The SWERY keyboard, which has the F U C K keys all next to each other so you can hit them with one hand."
Yup, that's the one I play Team Fortress 2 with. Some times when I'm on the forums I type FGHJ out of habit.
Off-topic, you ever notice that the last half of the middle row of the keyboard is the most boring part? Except for missing I it's got everything in the usual order. Never mind, really funny show guys. The next episode is gonna be torture, I can tell already.
ok seriously...WTF?
Also that game would look like shit for a PS2 game, let alone a current gen console. Epic Fail.
What the fuck was that? What did I just watch? What did YOU just watch and commented on?!
Man you found one strange game, I tell you that...
Seriously ? Wow, I would have thought it's an old PS1 or PS2 game considering the graphics.
This is why I wish they would make a Perfect Hair Forever RPG. Too basic and strange to not be interesting/funny.
Maybe it's just the crap graphics but the kids didn't seem to shocked to me. And they were back to normal playing with that bug in just the next scene.
Of coarse maybe those kids are meant to be creepy. They remind me of the twins from The Shining. But then again maybe I'm giving the game to much credit.
...You have GOT to be kidding me. Those graphics look like they're... well, at least 8 years old, if not 10.
I'm not sure I could take another week of this, even with Graham and Paul to spice it up. While this cutscene (the original, I mean) one wasn't as soul-draggingly dull as the Zoids one, it may actually rank higher on the "just plain BAD" scale. It's just... ugh.
And I just finished reading the Da Vinci Code XD But that was for leisure not school.
It's amazing to me that in this thread there are so many people that are unaware of this game and it's quirky awesomeness. Don't you find that strange, Zach?
I just thought I'd chip in say:
Please do F K! In the Coffee!
What the hell was I looking at? That was rather strange. Seems like the makers of this game were trying to appeal to the Twin Peaks crown or something like that.
It seemed like they were doing that too. It's kind of hard to not look at her rack when a white snake is slithering between her cleavage. That's not very subtle.
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Dirty Soccer Player Breaks Referee's Nose With Vicious Headbutt [VIDEOS]
If the World Cup can unite people of different cultures, then the lower tiers of soccer should take note.
Especially this league in Romania.
A player on the verge of getting a red card goes absolutely bonkers and headbutts the referee, breaking the ref's nose in the process. Kudos to the ref for getting right back on his feet.
The video is pretty violent and it's blurred out, but there's no question you can still feel what happened.
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Hector Santiago was 4-9 last season with the Chicago White Sox. But the southpaw boasted a very respectable ERA of 3.56 in 34 appearances — 23 of them starts.
When he came over to the Angels this season, expectations therefore had to have been somewhat high for Santiago to continue to build upon that, as he is just 26. But Santiago started 0-6 with an ERA of 4.82 and was demoted to Triple-A Salt Lake.
Santiago was recalled Tuesday. It would be another chance for him to show his wares. That, he did.
Santiago pitched six innings, gave up just three hits and no runs while striking out a season-high eight batters and walking just one.
Even though Santiago didn't get the victory, his performance was a big reason why the Angels were able to defeat the A's 2-1 in 14 innings, thanks to a game-winning home run by Collin Cowgill with two outs in the 14th before 31,942 at Angel Stadium.
The Angels (36-28) won their fifth in a row to pull to within 2 1/2 games of the A's (39-26) in the American League West. Cory Rasmus (2-0) picked up the victory with two scoreless innings. Jeff Francis (0-1) took the loss.
The home run by Cowgill was his fifth of the season.
"Honestly, I was just hoping it had enough to get over his head," Cowgill said of A's left fielder Yoenis Cespedes, who in the eighth inning threw out Howie Kendrick at the plate on about a 300-foot laser of a throw. "That guy's made some pretty impressive plays on us the last couple of times we've played them, so no telling what that guy is going to do in left."
Cowgill wasn't sure if the ball he hit, which just cleared the left-field fence, was gone.
"Honestly, no, I didn't know," he said. "I got it pretty good. I knew it was low. Like I said, I was just hoping it was getting over his head."
Oakland manager Bob Melvin summed up what typically happens in these long games. This one took four hours and 39 minutes.
"Well, what can you do?" Melvin said. "They (his players) played as hard as they could. Both teams did. It becomes, after a while, you know, everybody's trying to win it with one swing or do something to end the game. Unfortunately, offensively we weren't at our best today. But the pitching was terrific and the guys fought hard. It's just a tough loss."
Cowgill's game-winner notwithstanding, the story of the day was Santiago. He was absolutely outstanding over his six innings.
"He looked like a different pitcher than what we saw here a couple of weeks ago," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "I think he just exhaled a little bit going down to Triple-A, figured a couple of things out. He had more poise tonight, better confidence and his stuff was live. That's the best stuff we've seen this year. So, Hector, he pitched a terrific ballgame."
Santiago said when he went down to Salt Lake, he worked on trying to be smoother.
"I just attacked the zone," said Santiago, when asked what he liked most about his performance. "I had a walk in there. But it was like I battled to the point where, I mean, there were some counts where I fell behind, but 3-0 I came back in and got a strikeout out of it.
"A 3-0 usually leads to a walk for me. I think just not walking guys, just attacking the hitters and here you go, 'Hit it.' Every pitch for a strike. I threw all four pitches tonight for a strike."
Oakland starter Drew Pomeranz also was outstanding. He pitched seven innings and gave up just one unearned run on four hits with two strikeouts and three walks.
The Angels finally broke a scoreless tiein the bottom of the sixth. With Mike Trout at third and Albert Pujols on second via a walk and error, respectively, Josh Hamilton smacked a line drive to right field that scored Trout. Pujos ran through the stop sign put up by third-base coach Gary DiSarcina, however, and was thrown out at home.
The throwing error in the inning was by third baseman Josh Donaldson, who made three errors in Monday night's game.
The A's tied the score in the top of the eighth off reliever Mike Morin thanks to a sacrifice fly by Jed Lowrie. Morin is a right-hander, Lowrie bats left. The Angels do not have a lefty in the bullpen at the moment.
The Angels nearly went ahead in the bottom of the inning. With Howie Kendrick at first, Trout hit one toward the left-field line that was a double all the way. Cespedes bobbled it for an error, but picked it up and threw on the fly to home, where catcher Derek Norris tagged out Kendrick.
The play was reviewed at the behest of Scioscia, but not overturned. Pujols then walked to put runners on first and third, but Hamilton grounded out to short to end the threat.


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Skeletal-muscle Basics
Skeletal muscle is also called striated muscle, because when it is viewed under polarized light or stained with an indicator, you can see alternating stripes of light and dark.
Skeletal muscle has a complex structure that is essential to how it contracts. We will tease apart a skeletal muscle, starting with the largest structures and working our way to the smaller ones.
The basic action of any muscle is contraction. For example, when you think about moving your arm using your biceps muscle, your brain sends a signal down a nerve cell telling your biceps muscle to contract. The amount of force that the muscle creates varies -- the muscle can contract a little or a lot depending on the signal that the nerve sends. All that any muscle can do is create contraction force.
A muscle is a bundle of many cells called fibers. You can think of muscle fibers as long cylinders, and compared to other cells in your body, muscle fibers are quite big. They are from about 1 to 40 microns long and 10 to 100 microns in diameter. For comparison, a strand of hair is about 100 microns in diameter, and a typical cell in your body is about 10 microns in diameter.
A muscle fiber contains many myofibrils, which are cylinders of muscle proteins. These proteins allow a muscle cell to contract. Myofibrils contain two types of filaments that run along the long axis of the fiber, and these filaments are arranged in hexagonal patterns. There are thick and thin filaments. Each thick filament is surrounded by six thin filaments.
Thick and thin filaments are attached to another structure called the Z-disk or Z-line, which runs perpendicular to the long axis of the fiber (the myofibril that runs from one Z-line to another is called a sarcomere). Running vertically down the Z-line is a small tube called the transverse or T-tubule, which is actually part of the cell membrane that extends deep inside the fiber. Inside the fiber, stretching along the long axis between T-tubules, is a membrane system called the sarcoplasmic reticulum, which stores and releases the calcium ions that trigger muscle contraction.


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Adapted from Mark Twain's classic novel, Tom Sawyer received its premiere in October 2011 with the Kansas City Ballet and the Kansas Symphony. It featured direction and choreography by William Whitener.
Martin West conducts the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra for the upcoming PS Classics recording, which is produced by two-time Grammy winner Adam Abeshouse. The album is currently available for pre-order at PSClassics.com.
PS Classics co-founder Philip Chaffin told Playbill.com that he anticipates an Aug. 27 release date. PS Classics has previously collaborated with Yeston on the 2003 revival cast album of Nine, as well as the Off-Broadway cast album of Death Takes a Holiday. Studio albums include "The Maury Yeston Songbook," Laura Osnes' "If I Tell You: The Songs of Maury Yeston" and "December Songs."
"I wanted the music to feel visual, to reflect the great heritage of our American music, and to be accessible to people of all ages," Yeston said at the time of the Kansas City premiere. "I saw in my mind the entire scenario and began to see the mythic and central role of the great Mississippi as the core and heart of the piece, the open landscape of the Great Plains, our American yearning for an endless frontier. I never stopped developing and refining my own ideas, until fate and providence brought me and the remarkable choreographer William Whitener into the same room, and from that point on we were off to the races."
"After the premiere of the work in Kansas City, I was thrilled when the ballet and music world took notice. And then came an invitation from the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra to record the entire three-act, 85-minute work at George Lucas' Skywalker Sound, with a full complement of forty strings under the baton of Martin West. It was a genuine dream come true," Yeston said in a statement to Playbill.com. Yeston won Tony Awards for Best Score for Titanic and Nine, and was nominated for Grand Hotel. His works also include Phantom, Death Takes a Holiday, Goya and the song-cycle December Songs.
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