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The Sunday Morning Herald. (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 13, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 24, 1910 Page: 4 of 12
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TfiE SUNDAY J
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Published every i .inlay morning at 210 Taylor
Street Aniaril'o. Texas.
Doi::::.r and durst.
"Entered .is sccond-clu.-s nutter October 19
1909 at the pot office at Amarillo Texas un-
der the act of -March i 1879."
Opportunity Speaks
Do yon belong to the Goodcitizeu family?
Rememlci the big Fair massmceting to-
morrow afternoon.
If you have personal business sidetrack it
between the hours of 1 and 3.
Business of paramount importance business
which vitally affects the welfare of Amarillo's
present and future citizenship demands your
Don't lag. Don't 'delay. Be on hand early
and get in line for the big All-Panhandle Fair
and a ureatcr Ainanllo.
Help make tomorrow a day of big tilings in
'Aartfillo a red letter day for all time in her
calendar of achievement.
Don t be a small-bore. He a double-barreled
large-calibred progressive.
Wake up! Line up!
And lend an energetic hand to the movement
which is rich in promise of a. magnificent ful-
fillment. I ' : -
f Whatever opinion may be voiced editorially
the news columns of a paper should at all
fifties be fair unpartisan and impartial. Th
news should be printed as nearly like it happen-
ed as possible without delusive frills or false
' coloring. News-loctoring is more than repre-
hensible and reilects strongly upon' certain
editors of leading; Texas dallies whh sanction
the practice.
The offer made by Secreiry Thomas in bc-
half of the Hereford Breeders Association to
double the amount oiMair premiums offered
for winners of thatreed indicates the kei
interest which is ltin taken in the Panhandle
Fair project. Ad backed by "such sentiment
tho project nust win.
1 ' Promoters of the Folk and Harmon presi-
iV'd.tftlial boomlets are warned that an extra-
Panhandle Press
The world is still waiting for the genius
who can contrive a machine or discover
me hod by which we may be enabled to
see ourselves as. others sec us. It's a safe
bet that hit invention would not prove a
success from a financial standpoint how-
ever for who could stand to have hia own
faults rise tip and make grimaces at him?
Perhaps it is well 'enough that we do not
know how foolish we do sometimes ap-
pear. Dalhart News.
No perhaps about it. Our little Idlosyncra-
cies lend color to existence and. throw into
stronger relief the jomber deeper tones of the
human mosaic. This would be a 'dull old world
if all were alike sober sedate and serious. And
it is well enough for the most of us to relax
and be a little foolish one in a while. t
Out Of The West 1
Stay with the Commercial Club support
it and boost it along and time will prove
that it will be the wisest course possible
pending and appertaining to the greater
and better city than as a resultant thereof
will arise here. The Commercial Club
should be the center around which the ac-
tivity and growth of this city should con-
centrate and should be the clearing house
for the things that are to come making
the throbbing town of today the metro-
polis. Wellington Leader.
It should be and is in considerable measure.
As a factor for progress and development the
value of a well-organized aggressive commer-
cial organization cannot be estimated. But
Commercial Clubs like all things which labor
for the general good cannot grow tc full po-
tential stature without the endorsement and
co-operation of the people. ; ( j
I'.cfore final adjournment the 16th the
Missippi legislature adopted a resolution
callingViiipon the democratic state central
committee to order a primary election in
LUit state accepting the challenge of Sen
ator Percy to submit the question of se-
lecting a senator to the people. Vardaman
has agreed to the suggestion and it is ex-
pected that the whole matter will .be
threshed out again. The state would hayc
fared better if Gen. Gordon had been per-
mitted to remain in the Senate. Wichita
Falls -Tiiiics.
Conceding that. tin compliment to General
Gordon h well placed and well deserved It U
not to be regretted that the Mississippi mhcup
i? to be throughly thrc.hed. For jnst suchcomp
lications will serve to open the eyes of the
QUATRAINS. lk
One tuuch of color and the slumbrous iky;
Wakens as might some sleeper at a kiss; v
A flash a flame and Dawn a butterfly
Bursts golden-winged from Nnght's black chrysalis!'
O'er-ripcued Day falls from its fading husk:
And look! where Sunset loosed her rosy bars
Deep in the purple pastures of the Dusk
A wan moonshepherd leads the straggling stars.
"I've been ridiu' this range of existence considerably more
than halt a hundred years" declared Colonel Clankspur ?and
I've readied the conclusion that the fellow with little brains
and less merit who deals himself a heavy chest and looks
wise crowds in to the feeding rack while the modest chap
with much ability and no chest hangs out on the herd and
looks hungry. lies Chesty my sonl It brings returns in the
shortest time. The people may tumble to you one day Lvit
after you've collected sufficient provender they'll forgive you
graciously. So don't go the long trail. .Throw out your shirt
front and make a cjuick trip of it." )
Venus from her high balcony of night
Blows kisses at the gallant hero Mars'.
And lo! the leavens all suddenly alight
With ihooting stars.
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In large or small amounts any-
where In the Panhandle
Vendors Lien Notes
On Amarillo property purchased
by us. .
Sadler Mortgage-Loan Co.
Phone 140
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onunary amount ot muauon will -prove necv- peopie t(( Uu. m.efenl ini.neinocratic systera
lly.! ! 4..cte of cleclil; UllilC(! Slal SoiiatorS( and
f Speaker "Cannan shows wisdom in 'deciding to
tar for the summer in Chauttuqua. lie may
discover In the lyceum circuit an avenue for
ctirrtit when he is finally deposed by the
JOamtwatic House.
f tlfe sum total of a man's achievements
'f)oH one whole-hearted act for the good of
wf teUows and the betterment of humanity
Pitl found to outweigh all the clotted coin
f5jnto his personal coffers.
ie aatt Committee should bear
accentuate a widely-growing sentiment
favor of direct election by the people.
Hearst has now gone republican. lie
was first a democrat then a populist next
'head push of the independent league. Now
he comes out as a republican. The way
he is heading for oblivion is going some.
He has a great habit of doing the wrong
thing at the right time. Hall Countv
Jlearst seems to be a political misfit- but cer-
;:in commendation must be accorded him for
the bold stand which he has taken in behalf
vif the poorer people of New York in past years
in iiiiiiti
CiJf the knuckles of persuasion fail to oi n
tb onxmon point door to Amariflo the bat- 'hit his flop to Republicanism followed by
tooajf-rMn ot coercion may be resortc'l to mu' t a'ri(.imcement that a lesser Republican lumi
nal v Xed Green of Texas predicts Demo-
( vatic victory prompts a belief that these be
curious times indeed. This thing of being per-
manently headed off from the pie counter is
responsible for 'many marked changes in poli-
tical convictions and affiliations.
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'America's good gray humorist went to his
ftail reward laureled with the love of thou-
sands and assured of a fame as enduring as
hla influence 1 the world of latters was whole-
some. .
Roosevelt was silent at the grave of Napo-
leon. But one may well believe that he voiced
the mental question "what's the use?" Mors
omnibus communis. "
It's a dull week that fails to see a new pro-
ject launched for a Greater Amarillo. Watch
s grow.
4 . J tt
In the market-place of achievement an ounce
of.fKifh is worth a pound of pull.
.' : The top floor of impoliteness is reached by
racant stares. '
All li not paste that glitters.
From the Kansas City Journal.
More than thirty years ago a young man entered a New
York banking house at a clerk. He was 'duly admonished by
his employers to bo thrifty and economical and to follow the
precepts of successful men. The young man determined to
be guided closely by this advice. The other day he died In the
same humble little partment where he had lived all .these
years and his estate is estimated at more than two million
dollars all saved from his wages and acquired by investments.
He had succeeded in doing w hat he had set out to do. He died
An -Kastern newspaper in commenting upon this oatled
success remarked that this career coiild be duplicated by any
fairly bright bov and spoke of the example as one worthy of
! being emulated. Suppose says the commentator an office boy
of sixteen in two years managed to save $100. H can loan
it at legal in'tere t on good personal security or invest it at 5
per cent.' In t ' ;c f-nncr case the yield if kept reinvested will
grow to S3.2U0 by ihe time be is seventy-live; in the latter case
to $2100.' The boy keeps on savin?. His wages are raised
from time to immc. and his second third and fourth $100 comes
more easily and each in its turn is set on its way to grow Into
thousands. At flirty-five he has a salary of perhaps $2500
a year and save SI. 800 of it or more. He already has many
other hundreds of dollars at work. The savings of a .single
year kept invcVted at the' legal rate will grow to S20.()rt0 in
forty years.
This is characteristic New York comment and advice. The
clerk who saved a great fortune is held up an exemplar for
universal boyhood. But there is another side to the picture.
This successful-clerk never married. That would be a costly
blunder. He lived in penurious quarters. He never took a
vacation never traveled never bought a book and never; went
to a play. All his thoughts during all these dreary years; were
centered upon his money. His only diversion was in figuring
his gains. One day passed as did the previous one and one
year was exactly like all the others He grew old with his
money hugging his bank books to his breast and dreaming
clay and night of his accumulated fortune. At last ne died and
his fingers loosened their hold upon bis money bags. P.ul he
had been "successful."
There is no moral to this career except what is obvious
to anyone of normal intelligence. It may not be difficult un-
der certain circumstances to get rich. But there are riches
that are not measured in terms -of bonds and stocks and houses
and certificates of deposits. The greatest reward of lifts is life
itself. And what is life without family friends a home culture
and wholesome relaxation? And these things cannot be se-
cured without spending money. Therefore the miser cannot
have life in its fullness and goodness. In the end lie dies lonely
and despised. This story is no indictment of the saving habit.'
Saving is a virtue that adds to the sum of comfort and enjoy-
ment. But' there is a vast difference between sordid selfish
and sonl-dwarfing greed such as this New York bank clerk
practiced and necessary and commendable thrift.
Overlook Your Lawn
Right now Is the time
when a little care will
bring you good re-
turns in satisfaction
later on.
ICetp pltnty of good hose and take care of It
and you will never have cause to regret It.
Our stock is complete from the Ten Cent Cot-
ton Rubber Lined to that Fine 5-plx Red
Rubber Wire Wound at Fifteen.
Lawn Mowers too for a little later
' Since the school house question has
been settled everything is moving along
very satifactorily. It seems that the stork-
has also made a change in orders and is
now presenting boys instead of girls as
formerly. Pampa News.
Perhaps His Storkship is entering Pai.ipa of
late by the rural mail route.
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Oklahoma will introduce a substitute for the
prison stripes of degradation. The world is
progressing. ' ' ; ' .
Paily Panhandle Want
Ads Bring Results
A Song For Today
The prizefighter has an advantage over ordin
ary mortals in that he often reaches the sum-
mit of aacccss on the third round.
I have hoped I have planned I have striven"
To the will I have added the deed; .
The best that was in me I've given
1 have prayed but the gods would not heed.
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have dared and reached only disaster
"y' I have battled and broken by lance;
I am bruised by a pitiless master
That the weak and the timid call Chance.
I am old I am bent I am cheated .
Of all that Youth urged me to win ;
But name me not with the defeated ' t '
Tomorrow again I begin.
Chicago Record-Herald.
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maybe I'm doing something wrong?
So I've been MIA for about a week thanks to the flu. I haven't exercised a bit all week. I've lost 7 lbs and my Jeans feel loose. WTH?
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I understand. I have been sleeping an average of 2 more hours a day and have dropped like 2 lbs. And...I have been bad about doing my exercise.
It's the flue, same thing happens to me when I am sick. About a week later all that water weight is back lol.
by Member on Dec. 27, 2012 at 8:13 AM
You probably weren't eating normal so all those calories aren't adding up like usual doesn't matter if you weren't working out. I lose more weight when I watch what I eat, more than if I work out regularly. Make sure you're drinking lots of water now and don't over eat plus add in some exercise and you might just keep some of it off.
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The "organic" Arsenic debate...is my apple juice dangerous?
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Who needs coffee when you can get jolted awake by apple juice news?
While driving out for breakfast this morning, I heard that Dr. Oz has stirred up some new apple juice claims: Apple juice may have "troubling" levels of arsenic. The FDA believes that this is "fear-mongering" and has released this statement: "There is no evidence of any public health risk from drinking these juices. And FDA has been testing them for years."
I heard Dr. Oz on the radio as he drank some apple juice and basically told everyone to calm down (calm down?) . His point is that he believes that there should be a standard level of total amounts of arsenic (organic or inorganic) that the FDA should regulate. The FDA doesn't think organic arsenic is a concern.
I plan to go apple picking soon (at my favorite local orchard, Wasem's Fruit Farm), and I also plan to overindulge on cider and doughnuts. The good news? Apple cider doesn't have high levels of organic or inorganic Arsenic. It is completely safe.
Apple juice is of the most concern to Dr. Oz, especially since the U.S. imports a lot of apple juice. I admit, I don't really understand how any kind of arsenic would be safe, organic or inorganic, since it is the same chemical compound, right? I need a chemist to explain to me the chemical differences between these two types.
I just want to know: Why do we assume that if it is natural and/or organic, it is safe?
For now, I think I will just continue to drink juice in moderation, since I don't like the high levels of sugar in juice anyway (and the high price tag). In fact, since my kids were babies, I have always severely diluted their juice because I don't think juice is all that healthy. I would rather give them a peice of fruit, since fruit contains all of that fiber and fills them up.
Will this new apple juice debate change your juice habit? What do you think about organic Arsenic levels?
Eva Johnson is an ACE (American Council on Exercise) certified personal trainer, who is looking forward to drinking squished apples and doughnuts soon. She lives in chaos with her husband and two boys. To see her complete blog about how to stay sane and in shape in the real world, visit www.fitnessbyeva.com.
Sarah Rigg
Mon, Sep 19, 2011 : 2:30 p.m.
There are lots of things that are "poison" in high concentration but perfectly harmless - or even medically therapeutic - in lower doses. For instance, several of the vitamins we need for good health are totally essential in small amounts but will make us very sick or even kill us in high concentrations.
Sat, Sep 17, 2011 : 4:48 p.m.
Arsenic belongs to a family of elements such as Nitorgen, Phosphorus, Antimony, and Bismuth. Compounds of antimony and bismuth were used as drugs in the past and have been replaced by safer chemical compounds. Arsenic is a silvery-white, brittle substance and its poisonous nature is known for centuries. It is used in making insecticides, fungicides, and rodenticides. For example, Arsenic trioxide is a white powder and has no taste. Arsenic was used to poison people and to kill them slowly over a period of time. It could be easily added to food and beverage and its presence would not be known. It accumulates in various body tissues including bones, hair, and nails. Death due to Arsenic Poisoning could be established easily during medico-legal investigation. I do not view or listen to Dr. Oz. People use outrageous statements to grab public attention. It is just a cheap trick. The water that we drink in City of Ann Arbor may have small amounts of Arsenic. The levels are too low and the City is not required to test its water for its Arsenic content. However, I have not seen or heard about any person dying because of Arsenic Poisoning unless the death is intentional poisoning or a homicide. Apple juices are of two kinds; 1. the juice is made from concentrate and filtered water is added to it, and 2. the juice is from pressed apples with no sugar or water added. The first variety often includes added sugar and other added juices, vitamins, and chemical substances either to preserve the product or its fresh taste. Eating apples is a good habit. Drinking juice is not a bad habit. The second kind with no added water or sugar is better. If water is used in making Apple juice, a trace amount of natural Arsenic compounds could be present and would not cause poisoning. Drinking fresh Cider is a healthy and very enjoyable tradition. I will not refuse the doughnut.
Morris Thorpe
Fri, Sep 16, 2011 : 5:53 p.m.
A lot to think about here. On the one hand, the threat appears to be untrue. But on the other, Dr. Phil is usually on target. Am I willing to bet my life on it? Probably not! Call me overly cautious but, after drinking apple juice, I usually smoke a cigarette (the smoke suffocates the bacteria in your stomach.)


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A recent study by the University of Missouri found that people who suffer traumatic bone fractures often have low levels of vitamin D. This vitamin is used by the body to repair bone damage; low levels can put a person at higher risk for improper healing of bone fractures.
Researchers checked vitamin D levels in about 900 adults who had suffered traumatic bone fractures in incidents such as falls and automobile accidents. Seventy-nine percent of men and 76 percent of women were found to have lower-than-recommended levels of the vitamin, while 40 percent of the women and 38 percent of the men had "severely low" levels.
Brett Crist, associate professor of orthopedic surgery at U of MO, who presented the study, said that low or deficient vitamin D is common in bone fractures in younger, as well as older patients. Fifty-five percent of patients between 18 and 25 years old were found to have "low or severely low" vitamin D levels.
As a result of the findings, which were presented at several doctors' conferences, study researchers have begun prescribing vitamin D supplements for almost all patients with broken bones; the supplements are intended to lessen the risk of healing problems.
Dr. Crist added that more research is needed to determine whether vitamin D supplements can reduce the risk of bones healing improperly, but vitamin D is known to be required, to repair bone damage.
There is low risk of adverse results for most people taking vitamin D supplements; however, high vitamin D levels can be dangerous for people with some medical conditions, including kidney disease and cancer. Dr. Crist recommended that people consult with their doctor before taking D supplements.
In a study published earlier this year in the journal Science Translational Medicine, vitamin D deficiency was found to increase the risk of a bone being fractured and of the fracture spreading, by up to 31 percent.
In that study, part of which was done posthumously in patients in Germany, bone samples from 30 subjects between 57 and 60 years of age were analyzed for contents. The people studied had all been healthy and had died of unnatural or accidental causes.
Researchers used state-of-the-art technology to measure bone quality on the smallest of scales, measuring nanometers to micrometers. The scientists found that patients who were deficient in vitamin D had less mineralization on the surface of the bones. However, underneath the surface, their bones were actually more heavily mineralized; these are structural characteristics of older and more brittle bones.
In adults, vitamin D deficiency is known to cause osteomalacia, which is a softening of the bones that's linked to defective mineralization; this results in bone pain, muscle weakness, and an increased risk of bone deformities and fractures. Treatments with vitamin D and calcium supplements have proven effective, even with only small increases in bone mineral density.
What researchers concluded is that vitamin D deficiency isn't just linked to a loss of bone density, but that it also affects bone quality overall, altering the way that bone-building cells (osteoblasts and osteoclasts) work.
With vitamin D deficiency, cells that normally pattern themselves after the bone tissue they're replacing can't get through the surface layer. The bone underneath continues to age and its mineral content becomes greater, even as mineral content for the bone as a whole declines. This type of damage from vitamin D deficiency can occur at any age and is not limited to older people.
Vitamin D is essential for healthy bone growth and maintenance, helping the body to absorb calcium, the mineral that gives bones their hardness and strength. Vitamin D also helps regulate phosphorus levels in our blood; together with calcium, phosphorus helps to strengthen and provide structure for bones and teeth. (Recent research also indicates that vitamin D may be important in preventing cancer, high blood pressure, and some autoimmune disorders.)
Vitamin D and calcium deficiencies can cause thin, brittle bones — a condition known as rickets in children and osteoporosis in adults. The National Institutes of Health estimate that some 40 million Americans have either osteoporosis or low bone mass. This condition poses a greater risk of bone fracture, especially as we age. On a global level, the International Osteoporosis Foundation estimates that one in three women and one in five men over the age of 50 will suffer osteoporotic bone fractures in their lifetimes.
But vitamin D deficiency can be reversed, and as you boost your D levels, the quality of your bones will improve, being that bones are continually undergoing a process of regeneration, using the new materials that we put in our bodies. The authors of the German study recommended that people who are vitamin D-deficient compensate by eating a diet rich in vitamin D foods. (A blood test can determine what your vitamin D levels are and whether there's a deficiency.)
The following are top vitamin D foods:
- Fatty fish, including salmon, tuna, swordfish, sardines, sole, and flounder
- Fortified dairy products (among cheeses, ricotta is particularly rich in D)
- Egg yolks
- Beef liver
- Mushrooms (the large-dome kind, such as shiitake and portobello, are especially rich in D)
Another natural source of D vitamin is sunshine, as our skin produces it when exposed to the Sun. As little as 10 to 20 minutes of Sun exposure a day (without sunscreen and with plenty of uncovered skin) is believed to be enough to supply our daily requirements of this important nutrient.
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Pb isotopes and toxic metals in floodplain and stream sediments from the Volturno river basin, Italy
Environmental Geology
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- B. DeVivo , R. Somma , R.A. Ayuso , G. Calderoni , A. Lima , S. Pagliuca , and A. Sava
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AbstractWe present results of a stratigraphic and environmental geochemistry study of the eastern sector of the Volturno river basin (Italy) using stream sediment and floodplain drill core samples. The cores, dated back to 7,000 years B.P., have been used to evaluate background (baseline) values. Pb isotopic compositions and toxic metal abundances have been determined to discriminate natural versus anthropogenic sources. The Pb isotopic compositions of the stream sediments overlap the values of Pb in petrol. The results from both stream sediment and drill core samples plot along a mixing line between the field that characterizes the volcanic rocks outcropping in the area (the natural component) and the Pb isotopic composition of petrol used in western Europe. Results suggest a prevalent contribution of the natural component for the Pb in the drill core samples and a prevailing anthropogenic component for the Pb isotopic compositions in the active stream sediments samples.
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- Pb isotopes and toxic metals in floodplain and stream sediments from the Volturno river basin, Italy
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- Environmental Geology
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Biggest Rupee Swings in Year Eroding Bharti Earnings: Currencies
India's attempt to boost economic growth while supporting the rupee is causing the biggest price swings in the currency in more than a year, increasing costs for companies from Bharti Airtel Ltd. to Larsen & Toubro (LT) Ltd.
The rupee's three-month historical volatility rose to 11.42 percent, the highest level since December 2011, from this year's low of 6.17 percent on June 5, while measures for stocks and government bonds also surged. The rupee tumbled 11.5 percent against the dollar in the past three months, making it the worst performer of 24 emerging-market currencies tracked by Bloomberg after Brazil's real.
The Reserve Bank of India cut interest rates in May to stoke growth, raised them in July to shore up the rupee and then signaled another reversal in policy last week. Bharti Airtel, India's largest mobile-phone operator, and Larsen & Toubro, the nation's biggest engineering company, say currency losses eroded the latest quarterly earnings.
"What the RBI needed to do was to drive an unequivocal message that shoring up the rupee is the foremost policy priority, despite the flexibility it otherwise has," Vishnu Varathan, an economist at Mizuho Bank Ltd. in Singapore, said in an Aug. 2 e-mailed response to questions. "Forward guidance is at best an inexact science and at worst a stab in the dark."
Record Low
The rupee fell to a record 61.2125 per dollar on July 8, from 54.9850 on Dec. 31, and was at 60.9025 in Mumbai yesterday. India's currency will end the year at 62, according to Nomura Holdings Inc. and Macquarie Bank Ltd.
The RBI unexpectedly reversed a bias for policy easing on July 15 by restricting banks' access to cash through its daily repurchase auctions, raising two interest rates and boosting lenders' daily cash-reserve ratios. This drove the three-month interbank money-market rate above 11 percent.
The central bank surprised markets again on July 30 by indicating that the tightening is temporary and that it will switch its focus back to spurring growth once the currency stabilizes.
The RBI's "apologetic" tone confused investors, Sonal Varma, an economist at Nomura in Mumbai, wrote in a July 30 research report. Policy makers failed to quell market volatility because they didn't "come out with a heavy hand," Benoit Anne, the head of emerging-markets strategy at Societe Generale in London, wrote in a July 30 e-mail response to questions.
Company Borrowings
Heightened swings in the rupee threaten to increase losses on corporate borrowings from abroad and raise the risk of defaults. Only half of local firms' foreign-exchange exposure, which included $200 billion of outstanding overseas liabilities as of March 31, is hedged, Crisil Ltd., the local unit of Standard & Poor's, said in a July 10 report.
India Ratings, the local arm of Fitch Ratings, said Aug. 1 that it may downgrade 65 of 290 investment-grade Indian issuers it tracks should the rupee remain weaker than 60 per dollar for "a sustained period."
Bharti Airtel (BHARTI), based in New Delhi, reported on July 31 net income of 6.89 billion rupees ($113 million) for the fiscal first quarter, 9.6 percent lower than a year earlier and missing analyst estimates. The company recorded a 5.34 billion-rupee loss on currencies and derivatives.
Larsen & Toubro posted a foreign-exchange loss of 2 billion rupees for the same period, Chief Financial Officer R. Shankar Raman said at a July 22 press conference. New Delhi-based Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (HMCL), India's top motorcycle maker, will see an "adverse impact" this quarter and next due to exchange-rate fluctuations, Chief Financial Officer Ravi Sud told analysts on a July 24 conference call.
Import Costs
JSW Energy Ltd. (JSW), a Mumbai-based company that mainly uses imported coal to produce power, will now hedge the entire $300 million of credit it uses to pay for shipments, compared with one third previously, Vice Chairman N.K. Jain told reporters on July 26.
Deepak Morada, a Mumbai-based spokesman at Larsen & Toubro, declined to comment. Officials at Bharti Airtel, Hero MotoCorp and JSW Energy didn't reply to e-mail and mobile phone messages left after business hours yesterday.
The RBI has tried to stem the rupee's decline to prevent inflation in a country that imports 80 percent of its oil and which is already running a record current-account deficit.
The shortfall in the broadest measure of trade widened to an unprecedented 4.8 percent of gross domestic product in the year ended March 31, official data show. India's economy expanded 5 percent in the 12 months ending in March, below the 10-year average of about 8 percent, the Central Statistical Office in New Delhi said May 31.
Hedging Costs
The cost of hedging against currency swings has climbed to a record. The price of onshore contracts that fix the conversion rate for buying dollars with rupees in a year's time touched an annualized 8.84 percent over the spot rate on July 24, up from the past year's low of 5.36 percent on Oct. 19, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
The rupee's losses have spurred outflows of $10.2 billion from local stocks and bonds in the last two months, according to the market regulator, driving the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex (SENSEX) stock index down by more than 2 percent. The extra yield on three-year Indian company bonds over government notes jumped to 237 basis points, or 2.37 percentage points, on Aug. 2, the highest level since March 2009.
Delaying Recovery
The surge in funding costs will delay an economic recovery and lead to more credit-rating cuts than upgrades for Indian companies, Crisil said in a July 25 report.
Fifty-day volatility on the 50-share CNX Nifty Index (NIFTY) touched 19.6 percent July 18, the highest since April 2012, while a similar measure for 10-year Indian sovereign bonds jumped to 21.83 percent on July 29, the most since June 2009, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Demand for protection against swings in Indian lenders' shares is rising as investors weigh the effect of the central bank's new policies, according to Mirae Asset Global Investments (India) Pvt. The CNX Bank index's implied volatility, used to gauge the cost of options, climbed 31 percent last month, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
"If you are not optimistic on the economy then you cannot be optimistic on banking stocks," Anand Shah, the chief investment officer at BNP Paribas Asset Management India, which oversees about $650 million, said in a July 25 phone interview.
'Calibrated Manner'
The RBI will maintain the tightening measures and curbs on currency trading as long as market volatility remains high, Governor Duvvuri Subbarao said July 30. The steps will be withdrawn "in a calibrated manner" once stability is restored, he said.
"This seems perfectly reasonable to us and, in fact, this type of early guidance addresses some of the concerns we had raised about their actions," Marc Chandler, the global head of currency strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. in New York, wrote in an Aug. 1 research report. "Still, markets were not happy with the trade-off in currency stability for growth."
Volatility in the rupee and other emerging-market currencies also worsened because of mixed messages from the Federal Reserve. On May 22, the Fed indicated it could pare stimulus should the U.S. economy improve, and a month later Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said there's no fixed schedule for scaling back the program. On July 31, he said the central bank would keep its $85 billion of monthly bond-buying.
One-month implied volatility in the rupee, a measure of expected moves in the exchange rate used to price options, has risen 327 basis points since May 31 to 12.5 percent.
"With no clear direction from the external environment, volatility in the markets is likely to continue," Indranil Pan, an economist at Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (KMB) in Mumbai, said in a July 31 phone interview.
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Easter is here again, which can only mean one thing… chocolate!
Last weekend, two separate chocolate festivals took place, one up in Ramsbottom, and another here in London. From what I hear, both festivals had record numbers of visitors, which is great for the industry and all of us who love real chocolate.
We visited Yael Rose's festival in London, and shot some video to give you a flavour of what goes on.
Yael managed to get six of the country's top chocolatiers and a myriad of smaller producers in the same place at the same time, which I don't think anyone has managed before.
Stalls were packed with a good mix of familiar faces and people we hadn't hear of before. The baked bean chocolates (below) by Aneesh "The Chocolatier" Popat proved to be particularly controversial!
They weren't my cup of tea, but I love the fact that people are willing to experiment with weird and wacky flavours.
On Saturday, I attended Paul A. Young's demonstration, where experimentation was the theme. Paul demonstrated making two of his more unusual chocolates, a roquefort ganache, and a cigar leaf caramel. Every chocolate demonstration should start with frying tobacco leaves!
The main message of Paul's talk was that everyone should have a go at making chocolates, and never to be afraid of experimenting with flavours. "Use whatever you have in the cupboard", as Paul says. And if it doesn't work, just give it to your friends and try something new!
Of course Easter was the main theme for most of the chocolatiers exhibiting at The Chocolate Festival, but this year Jubilee-themed chocolate was in evidence as well. Bill McCarrick of Sir Hans Sloane told us about his patriotic line-up when we caught up with him.
I love Yael's Chocolate Festivals, and she's growing them every year, expanding to more and more cities and spreading the word about real chocolate. If you're in Bristol area over the Easter weekend, the festival continues there, spreading the word – and the chocolate.


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At this point it seems unlikely that this will happen, as they get a 3.5 % increase and enough for 17 flights.
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However, if there is any significant foam loss in subsequent missions, it could really throw a wrench into the works.
If the foam problem isn't fully solved to their satisfaction, I wonder if they might pull the plug on the Shuttle earlier than 2010 and accelerate the CEV development and the HLV. Could the ISS be completed later with the HLV, perhaps? Just thinking aloud...
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quote:Originally posted by Philip:The history of flight has to move on!
Ad Mars per ISS!
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quote:Originally posted by Carrie:I just think it's sad that there will be one less museum with a Shuttle on display when Atlantis gets scrapped...oh well, if that's what it takes to keep the program going, I guess we have to be happy with it.
Well, there's nothing saying it won't still be museum-worthy when the program ends. Enterprise has donated parts over the years (including wing leading edge panels post-Columbia) and some of the Apollo capsules also are short a bit of the original factory equipment. (And in the case of the shuttles, "original equipment" is a pretty meaningless phrase anyway.)
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When Atlantis is retired, it's likely most of the parts traded out would be internal components most of us wouldn't see...even in a museum setting. And if Atlantis gives up large external parts (such as wing panels), one could always swap in the replaced panel from the other orbiter to cosmetically maintain Atlantis.
I'd be curious just how much of today's Atlantis is the same Shuttle that flew back in 1985. I bet it's less than we think...
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Final Chapter
This Universe's Finest…
What Nitori said both surprised and enraged Gigantar, but it wasn't only him who was surprised, because Reimu and Tenshi were both surprised as well. "Wait a minute! I thought you were simply going to overload the engine to make it explode, not detonate it!" Reimu said to Nitori.
"Well, yeah… That was the original plan…" Nitori said while scratching the back of her head, "but I couldn't understand what was written on the control panel, so I had a change of plan… I already told Rikako about it when I got here."
"Good thing he didn't hear us over the fighting," said Rikako, looking at Gigantar.
"Surprising turn of events, but the end result is the same, so there's nothing wrong about it!" Tenshi said, and then she turned to Gigantar. "Well, looks like it's your loss! As much as I want to spend some more time fighting you, I'm afraid it's time to wrap things up! Try to make our last moment together an exciting one, okay?"
"None of you are getting out of here alive! You're all going down too if I'm doing down!" Gigantar angrily said. "You have yet to destroy the Cybrox race! The ones listed on that computer are only the ones who went to invade your land, not the ones back here! I still have a large army at my disposal, and new ones will be added to replace lost ones!"
"That's if you can get out of this mess alive!" said Nitori, showing him the remote control. "I can press this big red button any time to detonate those bombs! Let's see you try to do something about this!"
Gigantar fired an eye beam at Nitori, but the kappa managed to avoid it by stepping aside. He also extended his hand at Nitori at about the same time he fired the eye beam, and he managed to snatch the remote control out of her hand. Seeing this, Flandre quickly slammed down the Laevatein onto the part that was connected to the arm to sever the hand with an explosion.
Gigantar cried in pain as his hand fell to the floor, and then Rikako quickly rushed over to the remote control to pick it up. Turning to Nitori with the remote in her hand, she loudly asked her, "Okay to press it now?"
"Are there any more of us here? We'll need to warn them if that's the case!" Nitori told her.
"Marisa already took the prisoners out of here, so it should be fine to blow up this place!" Tenshi told her.
"But what if she comes back? Or what if more prisoners were brought here after that?" Nitori asked.
While Nitori was asking that, Gigantar's hand had restored itself, and he ran towards Rikako and jumped at her. The scientist quickly jumped out of the way, and after falling on her body, she accidentally pressed the button for detonating the bombs. "Oops…"
Seeing her expression, Iku asked her, "You… You didn't happen to… press it… did you…?" Rikako slowly nodded with a look of guilt and shock on her face.
"Well, guess we have no time to find out if there are still other people here…" Tenshi said.
"None of you will be getting out of here! In the very least, I'll make sure that you all die here!" Gigantar angrily said as he changed his hand into a blade and readied to attack Rikako.
Acting quick, Iku swung her ribbon at Gigantar and caught his arm, the one whose hand didn't change into a blade, and tried to pull him over. The Cybrox angrily cut the ribbon before changing his sword hand into an arm cannon to fire at her, but she jumped out of the way.
Tenshi shouted as she ran towards Gigantar, who turned to face her. She plunged her beam sword into the floor to cause a slab of rock to come out diagonally from a magic circle, and the rock hit him in the abdomen hard and sent him flying back through the air, going over Rikako.
"C'mon! We have to get out of here now!" Nitori shouted as she ran for the door, and the other girls quickly followed her.
They quickly ran out of the room and came to the large window. "Flandre! Destroy it with your ability quick! The 'clench your hand' thing!" Reimu desperately said to the young vampire.
"You mean like this?" Flandre asked as she pointed her arm at the window and clenched her hand.
With a hole created on the window, everyone quickly ran towards it. Tenshi turned around and saw Gigantar running towards them in rage. The celestial turned around to face him, and Iku shouted at her, "Tenshi! What are you doing?! Quick! Run!"
"Go first! I'll catch up later!" the celestial shouted.
With his arm changed into a drill, Gigantar closed in on Tenshi and ready to hit her with it. The celestial quickly plunged the Sword of Hisou into the floor to make a slab of rock appear in front of him, but he managed to destroy it with his drill. He stopped and pulled back his drill after destroying it, but while doing that, Tenshi used this as the opportunity to close in on him, slashing him rapidly nonstop. "Sword of Spirited Boasting!"
After slashing him a total of nine times, Tenshi leaped back, dropped her beam sword at the side, and pointed her arms at him. "Scarlet Weather Rapture!" And a massive red beam was fired at Gigantar.
The beam pushed Gigantar back into the room, all the way across it, into the navigation room, and crushed him against the windshield. The throne was also torn off when he flew into and got pushed into the same place. As the beam continued pushing him against the windshield, the latter started to crack. Eventually, it shattered into pieces, and Gigantar was pushed out of the mothership.
Tenshi ended the attack, picked up her beam sword, and then turned to fly out of the hole on the window. "I'm coming!" she shouted as she flew after the other girls, who had entered the portal and were waiting for her.
"C'mon!" Iku shouted while beckoning for her to come over. Once the celestial was close to them, they quickly flew deeper into the portal, and Nitori told everyone that the bombs she planted should explode any second.
Gigantar, who was pretty much unconscious, fell through the air, while Cybroxes at the bottom pointed at him and said to each other in shock about what they saw.
The timer of the turtle-shaped bombs inside the engine counted closer and closer to zero…
The explosion quickly spread throughout the place in a moment's notice, and the Cybrox only had a second to realize what was happening before they got incinerated by the tremendous amount of heat released.
In a short amount of time, the kingdom of the Cybroxes was more or less utterly destroyed by a massive nuclear explosion.
Gigantar never had the opportunity to scream his last, as he was barely conscious when the explosion incinerated him…
The girls were flying for their lives, as the explosion was so big that it entered the portal. When they looked back, they saw a wall of fire coming after them at a fast speed. "Is this suppose to happen?!" Reimu asked Nitori.
"I don't know! Maybe or maybe not! Just fly faster!" the kappa desperately replied.
"I can see our world over there!" said Flandre excitedly while pointing at the sky and the clouds seen at the other side of the circular exit at the far end of the portal.
The girls pressed forward as fast as they could to escape the explosion, and while doing so, Rikako looked at the Mother Box and said to it, "The moment we're out of the portal, close it RIGHT AWAY!" The Mother Box responded with its usual "bing" sound that only she could understand, and it was that it would do as she said.
The closer the girls were to the exit, the closer the wall of fire was to them. "C'mon! Just a little bit more!" Reimu desperately said.
They pushed even harder than before, and right before they exited the portal, Rikako intentionally dropped the Mother Box to let it get destroyed by the explosion.
The moment they exited the portal, it instantly closed. However, a bit of the explosion managed to get out, but the girls managed to avoid it by quickly dropping altitude.
What happened was more or less seen by everyone on the surface of Gensokyo. Realizing that they had won, everyone either jumped for joy or raised his or her arms into the air in triumph.
While those remaining in the village celebrated, Yukari looked at the sky with a pair of binoculars. A smile appeared on her face as she lowered the binoculars, and Ran asked her, "What did you see?"
"I see the saviors of our land returning home safe and sound!" the demon of boundaries replied.
Everyone who came out of the portal was panting heavily and relieved that they made it out safely. While still panting, Reimu said to the others, "Good… Good job, everyone… We did it… We saved… Gensokyo… and made it out of there… alive…"
"Yeah, we did it… I can't believe we actually did it!" said Nitori while panting.
"See? I told you we would win! It was mainly thanks to my efforts that we made it out of there alive!" Tenshi boasted.
"That was fun! I wish to do something like that again!" Flandre happily said.
"No way am I going to get myself into that sort of situation again…" Rikako grumbled.
While they were talking to each other, something was seen falling in the distance, but none of them noticed it.
It was the Mother Box.
Rather than instantly getting destroyed by the explosion, it was propelled out of the portal by it the last second.
Heavily damaged and short-circuiting, the device fell through the air and into the Forest of Magic, where it hit the ground and took even more damage, as pieces of it fell off because the impact.
The lines and circles on it were constantly flickering, and it made its usual sound nonstop, sometimes loud and sometimes soft.
As seconds passed by, the flickering of the lights became more and more intense, not to mention the beeping. More and more electricity came out from all over the device, and it even smoked and trembled violently.
Reimu and her group were going to fly down to the ground when a portal appeared over their heads without a warning. They looked up and were surprised at what they saw. "What's happening now?!" the shrine maiden asked.
The girls felt themselves slowly being pulled towards the portal. They fought against it with no problem at first, but as the pulling force became stronger little by little, they found themselves moving towards it instead, even if they tried to fight against it.
"It's the same kind of portal activated by that Mother Box!" Rikako said while fighting against the pulling force. "But I left it inside the portal to let it get destroyed by the explosion! How is there a portal again?!"
While fighting against it, Iku noticed something happening down below, so she told the others to look. They looked and were surprised to see several people floating into the air, all of them being pulled towards the portal.
"What… What is happening?!" Marisa cried as she got carried towards the portal. Using her hakkero, she gave her broom an extra boost to escape it. She was making progress, but Cirno flew into her from below at a fast speed and knocked her off her broom. Both of them screamed as they got pulled towards the portal while spinning through the air. The broom and the hakkero joined them soon after.
Back in the Human Village, Yukari told everyone to quickly get inside her gap. The demon herself was inside the gap and holding onto its side to prevent being pulled up by the portal. Ran, who was also inside, asked her, "Have you seen Chen?"
"I haven't!" Yukari replied.
Ran looked out the portal and shouted, "Chen! Come in here quick! CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN!"
"MISTRESS RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!" screamed the voice of Chen, though it sounded like it came from very far away.
Hearing this, Ran looked around desperately for signs of her shikigami, but she didn't see her at all. "Chen! Is that you? Where are you? Chen! Chen! CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN!" The nine-tailed fox demon wanted to go out to find her, but Yukari stopped her and told her that it was too dangerous.
All the fairy maids had ran back inside the Scarlet Devil Mansion when they felt themselves being pulled towards the portal. Remilia was still at the balcony and holding onto the railing. She didn't want to go inside until she found her younger sister, who went missing for quite a while.
"Mistress Remilia!" shouted Meiling, who was holding onto the gate for dear life. "I think I see the young mistress!"
"Where is she?!" Remilia shouted back.
Meiling pointed at the portal. "I'm not sure, but I think I saw someone with a color scheme just like hers close to the portal! The distance is too far, so I can't be sure!"
Remilia looked at the portal and narrowed her eyes. She wasn't able to see Flandre, but she decided to take the risk to go and see if she really was there, so she flew towards the portal.
When Sakuya saw her leaving, she shouted, "Mistress Remilia! Where are you going?!" When her mistress didn't reply, she quickly closed the mansion's front set of doors and then flew after her.
Seeing that her mistress and the head maid were both flying towards the portal, Meiling felt that she should go after them to help them, so she willingly let go of the gate and flew after them.
"Why is this happening?! Just when I thought everything was over!" Reimu shouted. Even though she was already inside the portal, she still struggled to fly towards the exit before her eyes, but instead, she kept on getting pulled back. She looked around and saw people familiar to her struggling in vain to escape.
Sanae, Kokoro, Alice, Aya, the Prismriver Sisters, Suwako, Youmu, the residents of the Myouren Temple, Miko and her servants, and more…
Even rocks, fallen trees, building pieces, and animals were being pulled into the portal.
The shrine maiden turned to look at the sight of her homeland at the front again while reaching her hand towards it. She could do nothing but watch it move farther and farther away from her.
The Mother Box continued to short-circuit and tremble violently. It released even more smoke and sparks than before, and eventually, it exploded.
It was at that moment the portal disappeared as suddenly as it appeared, and everything in the midst of getting pulled into it fell back down.
Seeing that the coast was clear, Yukari reopened her gap, peeked out, and then stepped out after being sure that it was safe to do so. "What… What exactly happened just now…?" she asked in confusion.
The siren was still sounding when a green-skinned man approached an African American with cybernetic body parts. Looking at the large computer the latter was looking at, the green-skinned man asked him, "Cyborg, this siren… Is it…?"
"Yep, John," the African American replied without letting him finish his phrase. "Boom tubes… Lots of them… They're in Metropolis, Gotham City, Central City, Coast City, Star City, and more… Never seen so many of them appearing at once…"
The green-skinned man became worried upon hearing this, and then he said, "Quick, we should let the league members living in those places know about this! This could be the beginning of a large-scaled invasion!"
Well, it's finally coming at last… The story I've been building up all this time… Universes' Finest, a crossover between Touhou and DC Comics is finally coming up next… and I can't wait to get it posted!
Also, I'm aware that Tenshi really doesn't seem to be the main focus of this story. It's not easy trying to make everything focus on her when the plot involves everyone in Gensokyo... Still, I tried my best to give her important roles.
I hope you have enjoyed all the build-up stories. I also hope that you look forward to the next story, which will be a major one!
The "are there still prisoners on the mothership" thing… I really don't know how to let them make sure if there are still anyone else on the ship that needs to be rescued or informed about the bombs… I'll just tell you that nobody else from Gensokyo is on the mothership… This may be bad storytelling, but I really don't know what to do there, so I'm sorry if you think that part is handled poorly…
Also, I own only the Cybroxes and everything they brought with them. The Mother Box belongs to DC.
Until then, see ya!
God bless you all!


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text: Hi.On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 00:12, Christoph Hellwig wrote:> > /*> > * Platforms implementing 32 bit compatibility ioctl handlers in> > - * modules need this exported> > + * modules need this exported. So does Suspend2 (when made as> > + * modules), so the export_symbol is now unconditional.> > */> > -#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT> > EXPORT_SYMBOL(sys_ioctl);> > -#endif> > This is definitly the wrong interface for whatever you want to do.Do you know what I want to do?Frankly, I actually agree. I'd rather use vt_console_print and gotoxydirectly to do the display of information that doesn't need to clutterthe logs, but when I first submitted code for doing that, peoplesuggested using /dev/console instead. That makes using these syscallsnecessary.> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_match);> > Also nothing anything outside of procfs internals should do.This was because, following the "use files" methodology above, I have tobe able to find the file I want to use (/proc/splash) even when /procisn't mounted yet. I'll happily just call splash_write_proc.> > unsigned long avenrun[3];> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(avenrun);> > Nothing you should poke into.Mmm. Commented on this elsewhere. Perhaps rather than saving andrestoring the values, I should inhibit them being updated? If the BIOSwas doing the suspending/resuming, we wouldn't object to them not beingupdated. Does that sound like a better solution? (Remember the aim wasavoid making sendmail etc refuse to work for a while because the loadaverage is too high).> > +/* Exported for Software Suspend 2 */> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(nr_free_highpages);> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(pgdat_list);> > Dito.Used for preparing the image.> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(swap_free);> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(swap_info);> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(sys_swapoff);> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(sys_swapon);> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(si_swapinfo);> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(map_swap_page);> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_swap_page);> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_swap_info_struct);> > Dito. Lowlevel swapdevice access isn't something modules should poke> into.It is if they're writing to swap.> Nigel, why do I have this strange feeling that exactly the same patch> was rejected already but you resubmitted it again?Not exactly the same but yes, substantially. I listened then to thecomments and applied changes. I'm listening now. Unfortunately, though,you just reject things outright without even discussing why they'rethere or whether there's a better way I might not have thought of. Ifreely admit that I'm not the world's greatest Linux guru; that's partof why I'm submitting these patches now for review. Could you please tryto be more helpful? I'll promise to be receptive!> If you want anything merged drop the modular swsusp bits, I doubt it'll> ever be merged.Aside from other advantages (quicker development etc), the modular bitsallow you to free about 150k (debugging compiled in) when you're notsuspending. I thought that was well worth the little bit of extra code.Regards,Nigel-- Nigel CunninghamPastoral WorkerChristian Reformed Church of TuggeranongPO Box 1004, Tuggeranong, ACT 2901You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christdied for the ungodly. -- Romans 5:6-To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" inthe body of a message to email@example.com majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.htmlPlease read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/


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Has anyone called Emily Ratajkowski the millennial Cindy Crawford? Because that seems to be where we're heading. She's one of the most beautiful women in the world, she's one of the most in-demand models and she's even begun making the transition to the big screen with roles in movies like Gone Girl.
And still with all the attention she's received for all her work, she still knows how to give her Instagram fans exactly what they want. Most recently, Emily Ratajkowski took a photo with an unbuttoned shirt. But when she posted the pic, she zoomed right in to the area where everyone's attention would be focused. We're sure you know exactly what we're talking about.
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The Yankees are bracing for the idea of Derek Jeter possibly starting the season on the disabled list after he experienced soreness in his surgically repaired ankle. As reported by Newsday as of now Jeter is slated to return to the field Friday for workout, in order to gauge whether or not he'll be ready to go for Opening Day. The always optimistic Jeter stated the following: "I wouldn't call it a setback,…It's what's supposed to happen, from what I've been told. Even the last couple days when I talked to the doc, he said it's supposed to happen. It's all normal. Everything's fine. Ligaments, the bone, everything's perfect. It's just that's what happens after you have surgery." But just in case the team captain is not ready to start for Opening Day the Yankees have arranged for him to do a minor league stint, which would cause him to miss the first 4 games of the season, before being eligible to return on April 6. As of now, Jeter's fate for the opening of the season remains a waiting game dependent on how Jeter feels. There remains just two weeks before game one for Jeter to get as close to 100% as possible. The Yankees have also discussed the possibility of Jeter being the designated hitter to open the season, with Eduardo Nunez playing shortstop. Either way this is a very hobbled and old Yankees starting roster to enter 2013.
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Aggressive Response to 4...Nf6 in the Scotch
I have recently been looking into the Scotch Game. I like the 5. Nb3 variation, but have a hard time keeping an aggressive reply to:
I've looked in databases about this move, and it seems that in the next few moves almost all players exchange the d4 knight for the c6 one. This leads to rather drawish play, can you give a line that could keeps things aggressive?
I like that your looking at other stuff, realize though that most players wont play perfectly and you can not always get a flash attack aginast a good player. accept that you will at times, have to play an endgame or a roughly equal position just know the ins and outs better!!
oh and for added info, he doesn't want to play a gambit, so Nxd4 is what he wants to play
try e5, this will confuse the heck out of your opponent while not destroying your game.
did I miss anything
Except for hanging your pawn no.
good point, its late, need to re check things.
remember material matters not if you have compensation for it
Bruce, those italian lines you mention also have black winning as much as white.
How do I make [Please watch your language] up? Also, the Parham was locked because this site stifles creativity, so I guess I gotta talk about mainlines.
just Nxc6 and play the game. you need not be agressive, but accurate. Once you reach a good position, you will be able to attack.
How much you wanna bet? Go on chess365's explorer, and do the following:
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bc4 Bc5, almost every line is equal asshole. Why don't you learn what you're talking about before you accuse me of things?
Okay, I'll show you one of my favorite OTB games I've ever played:
Not good enough? Ok, I'll show an older OTB game:
Do you see what I'm trying to show you?
I'm aware that you've been trolling alot for the lulzies and I'm fine with that, but I'm writing this with the assumption that you're this time genuinely interested in attacking chess:
Personally I hate attacking chess, I get this feeling that my sacrafices or my manouvering are always unsound when I do it with the only goal to attack the enemy king. But when I DO attack in chess it's when I believe that it's my strongest resource in the board in the middlegame.
c4 is an extremely positional opening and is something you'd call ''closed drawn boring snoozefest'' while you posted in your thread. In one way you're right (in the exact same way a parham opening can turn into a horrible defense for white, a positional game, an attack, anything)
The reason why I think you may be serious this time is because it's so common to see weaker players obsess over openings as if they matter. ''Oh I play d4 because I hate attacks'' ''I play e4 because I want to actually checkmate the king''
Did karpov not positionally dominate the entire world with e4? Did alekhine not amaze the world of chess with a ton of attacking games in d4?
If you genuinely want to attack and be aggressive develop your pieces with harmony, try to provke a weakness or wait for a mistake from your opponent which you can somehow exploit by gaining time, create threats, sieze the initiative and attack.
Or you can keep trolling and go ''LOLPARHAM NAKAMURA DESUWADESUDESU''. It's up to you.
Helzeth: did your rating go down 100 points? Looks like a typo.
Anyways, the attack in the first game doesn't look entirely sound, but I guess it is! Nxg5: intuitive or calculation? I think black played great, hmmm. Are you Tal?
I do not recommend playing 5 f3 in response to Nf6
This is the most tactical line in the entire freaking opening. This must be some kind of joke.
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Helzeth: did your rating go down 100 points? Looks like a typo.
Anyways, the attack in the first game doesn't look entirely sound, but I guess it is! Nxg5: intuitive or calculation? I think black played great, hmmm. Are you Tal?
The second game is older. So it's the opposite, gained rating. I copypasted all the data and removed everything that would link towards my irl personality.
the attack is more or less sound. not playing h6 in that position is a theoretical trap and it falls to the nxg5 thing, this was the first time I actually played it and I knew no variations. f4 isnt the best but white holds the advantage regardless.
I'm actually quite poor at attacking and tactics. I like closed systems and positional manouvering more.
#15Helzeth wrote:Rubidium wrote:
Helzeth: did your rating go down 100 points? Looks like a typo.
Anyways, the attack in the first game doesn't look entirely sound, but I guess it is! Nxg5: intuitive or calculation? I think black played great, hmmm. Are you Tal?
The second game is older. So it's the opposite, gained rating. I copypasted all the data and removed everything that would link towards my irl personality.
the attack is more or less sound. not playing h6 in that position is a theoretical trap and it falls to the nxg5 thing, this was the first time I actually played it and I knew no variations. f4 isnt the best but white holds the advantage regardless.
I'm actually quite poor at attacking and tactics. I like closed systems and positional manouvering more.
It only works if they block out the bishop with d6. Black shouldn't be able to play Be7.
From what I know white still has plenty of compensation regardless due to the shaky king, the open lines and the lack of counterplay. regardless it's worth trying in practical play. It's been a long while since I looked at marins book, I only did look at it to see the typical postions for the english opening and see if I liked them (I did!)
Fritz seems to adore whites position though. At first it gives black 0,5 advantage but every time I let it play a few moves white suddenly is 1,5
edit: REGARDLESS REGARDLESS REGARDLESS
..I've been up the entire night. Studying is a pain.
Gravinator: you seem to be unclear in what you want out of opening. You do realize there is NO opening that going to fit your desire to shut out your opponent's chances. Professional coachs and players have told you what you should be doing NOT what you want to hear.
your goals right now should be on simple opening principles and straight foward lines with out a lot of confusion. can Black obtain a game with 'equal' chances, sure! but equal chances doesnt mean you are going to lose or win. Your bouncing around so much trying to find the holy grail of openings that doesnt exist. Play the scotch! play the line you saw, play the 4 knights scotch, play SOMETHING serious.
I taught the italian game with a fast c3 and d4 to my students. Why? Because I did something really simple. I looked at what professional coaches taught their kids at the world U8-U10 championships. These are people whose livelyhood depends on results. They have winning teams/players or they find a new way to put food on the table. The successful players had a tendency for the italian game as white, dragon and ...e5 as black. Playing systems with simple strategies allows you to focus your calculations and tactical skills with out worring about remembering the right play for more strategically complex closed systems. Look at the great players of before, Morphy, Capablanca, etc all played simple systems that had one main strategical theme they steamrolled people with.
The thing is you gain experience in playing one of these systems. You learn plans and tactics that you can use elsewhere. You will grow and gain in strength once you stop trying to find the perfect system.
Ignore the statistics for a few reasons.
1) the database here is very limited in its game selection. My megabase 2011 gives the winning percentage for white as 55.7% for d4 and 57.6% for d3 for white in the Italian/guccio piano and many of these wins are in the lower rated group we play at. In the Ruy lopez is it 55.8% for white...mmmmmm interesting huh
2) the main point and a KEY ONE! is that the reason you see a lower winning ratio is skewed by very strong masters who understand the equalizing plans for black. They learned them by playing them when they were NOT masters, but they still lose to them on occasion. More than one GM has broken out the "simple" position in the guccio piano/italian game recently and won against strong opposition.
3) Players that were vastly stronger than any of us played them and still do. Look at games from the 19th century. Morphy, could give one of us piece odds and have a good chance of winning.
I shake my head when I see players U2000 try to memorize some complex opening system that GM's use against other GM's. The reason those players use those openings is that they have to! Their opposition is stronger and understands the blunt plans and counters them easily (most of the time). The positions require a greater degree of refined skill to pull off: milking small positional errors to force errors or toture someone in with an endgame advantage or even press a complicated attack home.
Play SIMPLE chess! learn one plan! Learn when it works, and when it doesnt work. I teach my students to focus on attacking 3 things, the center, the center, the center. (ok theres other stuff but you get the point) break though the middle and mate or win material. This plan is almost never bad, it might not be the best but not bad. Dont let your opponent hide behind blocked centers, even if its equal. Play The French Exchange with c4, Kasparov did. Play the Botvinnik-Panov attack against the Caro. Play a fast d4! Gain a stong pawn center and push through,... hard! Will it always work?
the plan is to learn how to play open positions first then work back to more closed positions. I am not a genius on this, I am just quoting some dude that said the same thing, that player's games should progress along the same chronological and historical lines as chess did. From the 19th century to more modern play. (that dude was kasparov)
The information is out there and the path for development is already there, you just have a choice to follow it or keep trying to build a better mouse trap.


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We grieve today for the families directly touched by the school shooting in Connecticut. I can't imagine what it was like for the families in Newtown when they woke up this morning — if they even slept at all. Their world has changed forever. In the coming days, the political debate over guns and violence in our society will rage anew. For now, though, let's offer our prayers, and take some time to grieve.
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Hey girlies! After writing a post on 8 Beauty Habits to Start Incorporating from Today, I'm here with some bad beauty habits that you need to change now for your own good skin. Keep reading and make sure you stop doing these beauty mistakes.
Touching your face often
I'm gonna put this on first because sometimes even I'm guilty of touching my face often. Texting on phone and then unconsciously touching your face will transfer lot of bacteria to your face. It will lead to bad breakouts and even an infection so resist touching your face.
Using harsh face washes and cleansers
How many of you are gonna admit that you like the squeaky clean feeling left by your face wash? I do but not too late to realise that harsh face washes actually strip oils from face which will leave a dull and parched skin. Using them on daily basis will mess up the pH level of skin giving invitations to various skin issues like redness, dryness, fine lines and even eczema. The safe bet is to use a mild face wash that cleans face well without making the skin dry.
Not wearing a sunscreen
There's a battle going in the beauty world about wearing a sunscreen is necessary or not. But I think it's important to use it since it prevents sun burns, pigmentation and even permanent tan. If you're using a topical skin cream it becomes even more vital to wear a sunblock. I've heard it's a myth that dusky skin tones don't get tanned. Fact is that they do and it's just not much noticeable. You see the main point here is to protect skin from harmful UV rays. Just make sure your sunblock is above SPF 30.
Washing face directly without removing makeup
It would be a disaster for me to do that. No matter how much or less makeup you've had, you need to remove it with a makeup remover first. I You can also use natural oils to do the job. Directly washing face will make your eyeliner or lipstick's residue stick on face for weeks and lead to breakouts and brown spots.
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Scrubbing face almost daily
Exfoliating feels great and sloughs away dead skin but going overboard with it will harm skin in long run. Ladies with oily skin do it often as to get rid of sebum but you should exfoliate your skin not more than twice or thrice a week. If done more than that it will make skin dry, scaly and irritated. Remember not to use a scrub with harsh granules.
Not paying attention to hands
When you're having a coffee or talking with someone your hands are most likely to get noticed. Did you know your hands can tell your age? Dry and lifeless hands give an impression that you're older than you really are. Start moisturizing your hands and see what difference it makes. Moisturize them everytime you wash hands. It will instantly make them soft and warm.
Sleeping on your side
Lot of us feel comfortable sleeping on side but does no benefit to your body and instead strains neck and other organs. From the beauty perspective sleeping on side will squish your face against the pillow and cause wrinkles and fine lines to appear even before ageing. It's best to have your beauty sleep by sleeping on your back.
Using beauty products with unclean fingers
There are products, specially which comes in tub require you to dip your fingers to scoop it out but it's very unhygienic. Make sure your fingers are clean before dip your hands since it can give breeding ground to bacterias. You can also use a clean small spoon to take out the product and shut the jar tightly.
These were some bad beauty habits that can do bad to your skin for long term so it's better to avoid them and start caring for your skin.


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While in Roche Harbor, I had the most amazing sandwich at Madrona Bar & Grill. I was sitting at our table for two on the sunny deck overlooking the harbor when this item menu caught my eye: "Flame-Grilled Basil Chicken with imported double cream Brie, vine ripe tomato, artisan greens and roasted walnut – cranberry mayonnaise on tender herb crusted Focaccia." It was even more amazing than it sounds! So delicious that I made my own copy-cat version when I got home.
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- Mixed greens
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All the music on this CD 'New Beginnings' is written and performed by guitarist Robby Leblanc. __ A Special Note about 'Amazing Grace' I have been an active music volunteer at Hospices all over the world since 1980. In 1982 I was doing some bedside concerts at Connecticut Hospice in Branford CT, and Just as I finished playing 'Connies Peace' a patient from another bed called out to me, Hey Guitarist! Guitarist! I gotta talk to you!' I went to the patient's bedside and he asked, 'Do you know Amazing Grace?' 'I never played it', I replied, 'but I'm sure I can figure it out.' The man said to me 'as you were playing the last notes of that last song you just played, I got a message from the Gods. The Gods told me to tell you to add a kind of blues version of Amazing Grace to that last song you played.' At that moment I was called away from his bed by one of the Hospice staff. When I returned a short 10 minutes later I was told that the man had died. The staff person shared with me that about 2 minutes after I left his bedside he called out for staff assistance, pointed to the ceiling and all he said and repeated 3 times was, 'Amazing Grace, Amazing Grace, Amazing Grace.' So I recorded just the way he said.


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For much of the sports world, their focus has shifted ahead several months to this summer's Fifa World Cup in Brazil. The biggest sporting event in the world comes only once every four years, so it's only natural that the hype for Brazil 2014 is off the charts—even as we're still in the depths of winter.
At sports sites ranging from personal blogs run by fans to , there is already extensive coverage of the World Cup. This includes analysis of the draw, predictions for various teams, and more. The prediction mill only figures to heat up the closer we get to the actual event, and it will keep fans engaged until then.
In the world of gaming, the hype is high as well. In fact, FIFA 14 is topping all major console game sales throughout the UK for several months now, as noted by Metro. It's always popular, but the FIFA series is getting a boost because this release coincides with the World Cup. The attention being paid to the event is evident elsewhere, too, including the online gambling world. At the Betfair Casino, there are games modeled after soccer and there's even one specifically World Cup-themed. It's "World Cup Heroes 2," a game that both highlights the super-popular event and allows you to win some cash if luck is on your side.
As you can tell, excitement for World Cup 2014 is rampant and it will only figures intensify as we approach the event. But for sports fans interested in international competition, there's actually something to pay attention to long before the World Cup arrives: the 2014 Winter Olympics kick off in Sochi on February 7th, and should include some truly spectacular international sports competitions.
The Winter Olympics appeal to more of a niche audience than the Summer Olympics, or even the World Cup, but this year there's something that any fan can appreciate. That's particularly true for those who appreciate reggae and its roots in Jamaican culture, because the Jamaicans are sending a bobsleigh team to the Winter Olympics!
Qualifying for the first time since 2002, the Jamaican team will compete in the two-man bobsleigh event, largely thanks to massive financial support from fans. As written by Today.com, the Jamaican team will benefit from over $120,000 (or £72,498.84) raised online through fan donations and support. The team, which features veteran bobsleigh competitors Wayne Blackwood and Marvin Dixon, has trained hard for the last four years to end Jamaica's drought in the Winter Olympic event. They will use the funds they raised to cover training costs, among other things.
For those unaware of the significance of this event or wondering why so many fans financially back a two-man bobsleigh team, much of the excitement dates back to the 1993 film Cool Runnings. It offered a goofy and fact-based look at the first-ever Jamaican bobsleigh team to qualify for the Winter Olympics. Cool Runnings became an immensely popular film, and even a "cult favourite" among certain audiences. It also turned the idea of a Jamaican bobsleigh team into something that an entire generation of fans can appreciate.
If you like to watch sports and consider yourself a fan of Jamaican culture—through reggae music or otherwise—you have something to tune into well in advance of the 2014 World Cup. Check out the Sochi Winter Olympics and cheer on that Jamaican bobsleigh team!