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Are the Banks Trolling Facebook to Learn About You?
Security icon Roger Thompson of AVG recently had a problem with his credit card while on the road for business. Because he was in London the bank decided his hotel transaction was "unusual," declined the transaction and suspended the card. This part is SOP these days, one of those inconveniences that has to happen in order to impede as much fraud as possible.
Thompson called the bank to unsuspend the card and this is where things got creepy. They asked him all the usual personal identifying questions like last 4 of social security number, but then, claiming they were using "publicly available information" they asked him questions about his daughter-in-law. "Using her maiden name, and she's been married for nine years!!!!!"
Thompson insists there's no connection between them in any accounts or legal documents and that she hasn't used her maiden name since she married. The only connection he could come up with is that they're friends on Facebook.
He then relates some research AVG has done on the shadowy companies that write Facebook apps, all of which demand access to your profile for no really good reason. Given the personal information that many of us put in our Facebook profiles, it's only reasonable to assume that these apps have been used to construct personal information databases that are being used for purposes of which we wouldn't approve.
None of this proves that Facebook was the connection Thompson's bank made between he and his daughter-in-law, but it could be. I hope he follows up to demand the source of this "publicly available information" and how they tied it to him.


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Better I/O performance confirmed!
I hate to reply to a first post but... why did "HTTP requests are now handled in a separate thread by default." take THIS long to implement...?
I was thinking the same thing, seems like a pretty obvious design decision that should have been done early on...
It involves webkit, which is a 3rd party package. The documentation of webkit is not the best, to put it friendly. Maybe this is a part of the reason?
Ooops... Yes, you are right.
For those that like QT, or just want a really cool browser that runs on a thumbstick, runs on Win98-Win 7, as well as Linux and Mac might I suggest QTWeb [qtweb.net] which is what you get when you combine QT and Webkit? I keep it on my thumbstick as my "go to" browser and its damned nice, QT makes excellent GUIs and of course Webkit is a damned fast engine.
As for TFA even though I'm primarily a Windows guy let me be the first to say thanks QT developers, your framework is one of the nicer ones out there and every pro
QT? Who cares!!! I'm peeing in my pants from the excitement about the new Qt-Creator!!
With you on that!
Seriously, I made a rant a while about how there is nothing comparible to visual studio on linux for quick click-n-droll UI dev.. and got properly put in my place! Qt-Creator is seriously a game changer for Linux dev.
Why? What's new in this version of QT Creator? Or are you just now discovering Qt Creator? If so, yeah it's an awesome IDE, and I can certainly understand your excitement, but it's hardly new.
I am using the 4.8 branch for quite a while. I certainly did not try everything Qt offers, but I think I can say that networking and the webkit stuff really improved. Usually the *.*.0 versions are a bit 'shaky', so I am really looking forward to 4.8.2
Soon as Qt 4.8 makes its way onto Gerrit for the Qt Project I can get onto fixing the bugs, the community process can't touch it until then.
John, newly minted community maintainer for Qt Printing module.
I am sure those improvements and fixes will sooner or later make it into the LGPL version. Neither Nokia nor Digia can have an interest in both versions drifting too far apart.
Did you find out the sound of one hand clapping yet?
Why are there any differences unless Nokia/Digia want there to be?
Surely a project like Qt does not maintain two totally different code bases. It must be much simpler to maintain one code base and then at release time rip out any parts you do not want to release as part of the open source version. Doing this would mean all fixes would be in both versions (except for those that only apply to commercial only features).
... It must be much simpler to maintain one code base and then at release time rip out any parts you do not want to release as part of the open source version.
They're not maintaining a closed code repository, Qt LGPL version is hosted on gitorious. In fact they're moving towards some sort of open governance. So if they do have any significant commercial only features, they have to maintain that in a private git repository some where else.
Partial quote only...
"I want to underline that this is not the intended way of differentiating our offering. Going forward I hope that we can be more aligned. I would like to see most of the current delta integrated..."
The problem is that Qt 4.8.0 was developed outside the new Open Governance process, so the DIgia devs had the same problem of getting patches accepted into Qt 4.8.0 as the rest of the community. Now that 4.8 is released it will be moved to the community maintenance framework and the patches should start rolling in and being approved by the community maintainers. Note it is not in Digia's interest for there to be a fork in the core modules of Qt, they will make their money by staying compatible and selling
"beyond embarrassing"
I actually liked it. I wonder what that says about me
Will this version of Qt improve the horrible impedance mismatch to the OS X GUI?
"HTTP requests are now handled in a separate thread by default"
Thank god! Im sick of tired of programs hanging up while they wait for a http request... or even hanging on connectivity loss.
Do this always please devs, always!
Our business in life is not to succeed but to continue to fail in high spirits. -- Robert Louis Stevenson

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Lake Regional Health System is now taking registrations for the Show-Me Better Health program in Versailles.
Lake Regional Health System is now taking registrations for the Show-Me Better Health program in Versailles.
The program, designed to help area residents manage ongoing health issues, like diabetes, heart disease and chronic pain, lasts seven weeks.
Participants meet the first week for orientation and an optional free health screening, then 2.5 hours weekly for six weeks to develop needed skills and receive support.
Sessions cover topics related to living with a chronic condition, including goal setting, exercise, nutrition, communicating with health professionals, managing emotions, medications and stress reduction.
SMBH is a series of free workshops scheduled every Thursday, beginning at 10 a.m. July 10, at the Morgan County Library, 600 N. Hunter St., Versailles.
"I recommend the program to anyone with an ongoing health concern," said Camden County SMBH participant Georgianna Bruen. "You don't have to suffer. You should look into your situation and see what's available to you, and through this program you can learn how to be better off."
Bruen suffered from painful chronic arthritis. Through SMBH she has since learned how to minimize the pain through exercise.
Bruen's husband, Charles, attended the program in support of his wife but discovered a health concern of his own.
"During the health screening provided at the first meeting, he found out he had high cholesterol," Georgianna Bruen said. "As a result, he got the medical attention he needed and started exercising as his doctor prescribed. Now, his cholesterol is at a much healthier level."
Each week, participants will meet to set goals and share ideas.
During the second session, participants will receive a free book and DVD. Participants each may bring one guest.
A light meal will be provided at no cost to participants.
Previous Morgan County Show-Me Better Health participants are encouraged to attend the July 10 session for a free follow-up health screening.
"Lake Regional has continued to offer this free service for almost two years in Camden, Miller and Morgan counties," said Program Coordinator Mitch Shields. "All of our instructors are required to attend training programs developed by Stanford University, which created the course model, before being allowed to oversee the course."
Space is limited, and registration is required. For information, including additional workshop dates, or to register, visit lakeregional.com/SMBH or call 573-348-8222.
Additional workshops will be offered on an ongoing basis, rotating among locations in Camden, Miller and Morgan counties.


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Missed Opportunity on ETS
Press Release – ACT New Zealand
Minister for Climate Change Issues Tim Groser has declined a request by ACT to make the ETS a truly open market mechanism, ACT Deputy Leader John Boscawen said today.Missed Opportunity on ETS
Press Release by ACT New Zealand ETS Spokesman John Boscawen
Wednesday, November 7 2012
Minister for Climate Change Issues Tim Groser has declined a request by ACT to make the ETS a truly open market mechanism, ACT Deputy Leader John Boscawen said today.
"We wrote to Mr Groser asking him to submit a Supplementary Order Paper on the Climate Change Amendment Bill to ensure restrictions on international imports may be made only for qualitative reasons and not quantitative," Mr Boscawen said.
"We did this because the current legislation allows future Ministers to ban high quality, environmentally sound foreign carbon credits.
Doing so would push up ETS costs on New Zealand households and exporters for no environmental benefit. In fact, Labour and the Greens are already on record saying they would like to do exactly that.
Yesterday in Parliament, Labour tried to set a totally arbitrary restriction requiring 50 per cent of all credits to be New Zealand Units and not foreign ones.
"This is like saying that 50 per cent of all goods sold in New Zealand must be New Zealand made – a return to Muldoon era policies.
"Mr Groser could have ensured that future Governments would have to come back to Parliament and pass legislation in full view of public scrutiny if they wanted to push up costs on New Zealanders by restricting their access to foreign carbon credits. But he declined to do so.
"We are disappointed that the Government would not go further and use legislation to reinforce New Zealanders' right to purchase carbon credits at the world price – it's a missed opportunity.
"Nevertheless we are pleased to have supported this overall bill which greatly reduces the costs on New Zealand exporters and households," Mr Boscawen said.
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Rox experiment with Smith in center
Seth Smith gets a chance to roam the vast expanses of Coors Field's center field this afternoon. The experiment is twofold. The Rockies are eager to see if Smith can cover ground, and they are lining up possible solutions in case Willy Taveras is not part of Colorado's plans next season.
"It's something he can pull off or it's not an option," manager Clint Hurdle said today. "It changes the dynamics of our options over the winter and going into next season."
Smith already has a start in center, but he hasn't had to chase down a ball or make anything other than a routine play.
Here are today's starting lineups:
CF Will Venable
2B Edgar Gonzalez
RF Brian Giles
1B Adrian Gonzalez
3B Kevin Kouzmanoff
LF Chase Headley
C Nick Hundley
SS Sean Kazmar
RHP Josh Geer
CF Seth Smith
SS Troy Tulowitzki
LF Matt Holliday
RF Brad Hawpe
3B Ian Stewart
1B Joe Koshansky
C Chris Iannetta
2B Omar Quintanilla
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|2012-12-22, 08:37
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Ep 7 makes things worse because it portray Yasu in such a gentle light it's hard to think she would go and murder everyone.
Not mentioning the wound and the gender identity issues that probably were a big problem for her are so barely brushed one might miss them completely.
Honestly, if Yasu isn't the murderer in Prime, I don't think she's scapegoating for someone. I think that due to a setting of facts she ended up being a scapegoat.
Really, I've a hard time believing she would do something so horrible as to kill so many person but I have equal hard time into believing she would make something so kind as to take the blame for all the mess for someone else.
She doesn't come out evil enough or kind enough for either of the two things.
Spoiler for Spoilers for Ep 8 chap 10 manga version:
Oh and by the way...
Spoiler for Spoilers for Ep 8 chap 9 manga version:
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|2012-12-22, 11:42
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There's a significant disconnect between her goals, motivations, backstory, and methodology and the necessity of actually killing anyone. In the stories (and in Our Confession), Yasu begins with the idea of convincing people to do things with threats and bribery and then... actually kills them.
But wants to be stopped.
But if stopped after the First Twilight, those people have still been brutally murdered.
So she wants to be stopped enough that she will give them the chance to prevent any deaths whatsoever, but after that? Screw it.
That just seems... off, somehow.
|2012-12-22, 13:41
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No, the problem with Yasu is she came out insane.
Let's compare it with Kyrie. She said she wanted to kill Asumu because Asumu was a source of pain to her. It has a logic on its own as once Asumu is out of the picture she can marry Rudolf as she actually did if she was smart enough not to get caught.
If we want to give Kyrie more moral values we can assume she too wanted to be stopped and it can work because if she were to be stopped fast enough no harm would be done.
Now let's take Yasu:
By bribing and threatening she starts already to make harm.
The method of killing isn't practical, it doesn't imply she wanted to be stopped. It's insane.
The purpose for all of it? Basically she destroy her whole world, herself included if she have success. I wouldn't call this an improvement toward happiness.
If she fails her life will worsen.
That's real there's people who kill his whole family and then kill themselves for... reason X both in real life and movies (let's pick up "Seven" for example in which the murderer in the end purposely cause his own dead) but this sort of people is presented as insane.
We aren't asked to understand the heart of this guy. This guy had something wrong right from the beginning so, even if he has 'reasons' to do what he did, in the end the main cause is he's not thinking straight.
Even if this guy had a really sad, tragical story, this wouldn't be justification enough to say he's sane in what he does.
|2012-12-22, 13:53
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I'm not sure it's fair to say you can't understand someone just because they're delusional; considering the amount of time that is spent telling us all about the constructs of Yasu's imagination (probably 50% of the whole Umineko cast can be counted under that somehow) and that we have a pretty good idea what exactly her delusions consist of, I personally find the motive reasonably satisfying and understandable. But, I know that most people here aren't able to accept that Yasu genuinely believes in magic or that she thinks the ceremony will accomplish anything. Of course, it's entirely possible that the motive only applies to PieceYasu in the first place, though it doesn't really make much difference to me whether she did anything in Prime or not.
|2012-12-22, 15:11
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Also somehow I've hard time into believing she believed in magic as it's not with magic she killed people she only made it look like she used magic by using tricks.
It's Maria who had more chances of honestly believe that they would all go into the golden land as in plenty of instances she tries using magic to get what she wants (see her uhhh uhhh sound) and, when in doubt, she was in denial of everything that seemed to deny her magic theory.
Also people around her often fed her delusion so that she could really believe magic truly existed.
And yes, by what Umineko says it's possible to figure out part of Yasu, how a side of her wanted to hope and another was disilluded, how she longed for someone who loved her, how she felt inferior, how she was still hung up on Battler despite George.
The problem is when we're asked to accept that due to all this it was okay for her to murder everyone.
There's to say Ryukishi in an interview confirmed there's madness in Yasu.
Problem is this level of madness goes out the reasoning range.
So... if she orchestrated a game, either by writing a story and handing it to Battler or by finding a way to make people play it with or without Battler knowing it was a game and then something went wrong and people died it can still be in the boundaries of reasonable.
But if she really went on a murdering spee that ended with her death and the destruction of half of Rokkenjima... then she wasn't thinking straight in a way that goes beyond what is acceptable.
By the way on the Umineko Wikia I've found this... but I can't remember reading it in Umineko.
Someone knows from where it comes from?
|2012-12-22, 15:16
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Well, I think the issue is that you are looking for a motive that is "acceptable". The fact is that there is nothing that can ever make a mass murder acceptable. But it can be understandable, and even forgivable, and I personally find this to be the case (though of course I know that plenty of people don't).
Also, I don't really see the fact that she used tricks as proof that she doesn't believe in magic; it's the sort of magic that is described over and over again, the kind that becomes real when people believe in it. So while she was using tricks, she hoped that by making everyone believe in the witch, it would make the magic real. Basically what the EP1 tea party was saying.
|2012-12-22, 15:17
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So, Yasu is evil. I can understand that, but I refuse to sympathize with a coward who intentionally created an environment in which their own life would become worse and the lives of everyone they've ever cared about would as well. Fuck Yasu.
And that would be a pretty lousy conclusion to draw, I think, but necessary in such a circumstance. So I choose to believe Yasu's innocence because it's the only way I can possibly feel anything for the character. And I already hate the character for ruining a better one, so I'm seriously giving him/her as much benefit of the doubt as the story will allow. Because the alternative is a monster that deserved all the righteous anger early Meta-Battler threw out. We're supposed to believe otherwise, because he came to believe otherwise, right?
|2012-12-22, 15:46
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I kind of get the impression that Ryukishi was fully aware that a lot of people would feel that way, though. You say you "refuse to sympathise" with her, but I don't think Ryukishi would begrudge you that. After all, this is the person who wrote that only one in a thousand people would be able to understand Clair's heart, and (in Our Confession) that it didn't matter whether the reader's feelings towards Beatrice were love or anger.
I personally feel like I can understand Yasu's conflict of purposes, her committing the murders despite knowing deep down that it was wrong, that she knew that the chances were that she was doing something awful but that she was so hopeless that she felt she could do nothing more than pray for a miracle.
I feel like I am at a point where I can feel pity rather than loathing for Yasu for her foolish decisions and poor judgment. But I don't expect everyone else to be able to feel that same level of compassion. And that's why I understand the desire to theorise about Yasu not being the culprit in reality, and heck, it's certainly possible and I enjoy speculating about it too. But to be honest, deep down I don't really think it's what Ryukishi intended; when I read interviews I get the impression that he wanted people to be able to understand Yasu even though she WAS a mass murderer, not to try and think of ways that she might not have been. After all, trying to understand why people do terrible things, even if you cannot condone them, is a huge theme in all Ryukishi's works.
|2012-12-22, 15:50
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If he wanted that, he shouldn't have pushed the "nothing to gain" angle so hard. If a person truly has nothing to gain from evil and does it anyway, there's simply something about them that isn't particularly human.
What could be "gained" doesn't necessarily need to be something of substance, but it ought to at least make sense. For example, the Golden Land is portrayed as an acceptable substitute for everyone existing as they are, but not really pushed as a superior option. At least if Yasu were so convinced that the family cannot be saved in any other way that sort of thing could be seen as a motive that is actually somewhat selfless, if dangerously deluded.
But I don't see why anyone should sympathize with "Eh, this works. Or not doing it, that works. Or partially doing it, that also works." That's a really wishy-washy desire. We either want the culprit's desire to be something that must be thwarted, or be sympathetic to it as something that is desirable while regretting their attempts at obtaining it through acts of evil. I just don't care why Yasu thinks anything he/she is doing is right, because Yasu doesn't seem all that committed to any particular outcome either.
|2012-12-22, 16:03
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Eh, that's fair enough. I'll concede that Ryukishi could have definitely done it better, although I do still find a lot of beauty in the last parts of EP7 regardless. But he could certainly have made it more clear exactly how Yasu imagined the Golden Land and he could have given Yasu better reasons for her deep feelings of hopelessness and resignation than he did. I guess I'm just able to appreciate the point he was making even if he did it in a flawed way, and that's kind of how I feel about a lot of Umineko in general.
I do think it needs to be stressed that Yasu did definitely go down a path that was wrong, and this was illustrated very well in that one scene with Ange and Sakutaro in EP4. I talked about it a while ago here, but I do tend to see this as the turning point for Yasu. She clearly made a big mistake here when she agreed to teach Maria 'black magic', and I think this mistake is what led her way of thinking to the point where she would eventually commit the murders.
|2012-12-22, 19:46
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Anyway for me there are various problems with the way Yasu (and the people she killed) are portrayed and her motive for doing it and the idea we should 'understand' her.
What PieceYasu did is planning a quite horrible crime and executing it and we're invited to... feel love for her, to understand her motive.
To do it she needs to have a very good reason for her own actions one that can make us say: what she did was wrong but in that moment she couldn't know better.
Yet her own motive seems too vague, not strong enough to accept the horrible things she did with an 'yes, she did wrong but in that moment to her it probably seemed right'.
That's why I wanted a deep insight in her mind, to figure out how it become okay to her to kill:
- the people she, for her own admission, had judged like a mother and a father (Kumasawa and Genji) and who had always been partial toward her
- the people whom she had judged friends, with whom she had grown up, who cared for her, who loved her and whom she loved (Jessica, George and Battler)
- a child who was also her best friend (Maria) and that had never done something wrong
- 2 apparently friendly adults who're never shown taunting her or doing something against her (Hideyoshi and Kyrie)
- a doctor who's responsible only of saving her life
I won't go into the others as they did/could have done things she might have judged worth of killing them (although I've met people worse than Gohda and never killed them).
It's really annoying when I think we've a better look into Kyrie's mind when she considered to kill Asumu than into Yasu's who actually killed so many people and is one of the main characters.
|2012-12-22, 20:13
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|2012-12-22, 20:22
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|2012-12-22, 22:30
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I always felt like the insane killer was the Beatrice personality and Clair was just what Yasu was feeling on the inside and what brought about the Beatrice side of her to ruthlessly kill everyone. It's better if you don't try and sympathize with insane mass murders as no matter what the motive is for mass murdering people it will never fully make sense to you. It just has to make sense to the insane killer.
|2012-12-22, 23:56
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But (and that's the bigger but) I reread some of the earlier TIPS and came upon something that I completely forgot Ryukishi talked about so early on. I'm talking about the Later Queen Problem.
What actually lead us to the conclusion that Will is completely right in the conclusion he draws? He concludes that, because very likely the horrible incident that happened on Rokkenjima was not the one that 'Beatrice' had planned, she is innocent and worthy to be loved.
I think that for the actual truth to be reached it is important to consider "with love you become unable to see things", but to gain at least AN understanding of why it COULD have happened "without love it can't be seen" comes into play.
"This is a crime that no human could have committed, therefore we need the witch" does not only count for locked rooms and vanished keys, it also helps in making sense of a tragedy that IS beyond human.
The problem is that Yasu was never taught to handle a crisis by facing it but from a young age on was allowed to push it on the witch. That is why she decided, no matter what happened on Rokkenjima, to conceal it by using the witch. To Yasu it does not matter what happened on Rokkenjima, it was always the witch. Whether we come to a conclusion that makes Yasu the culprit or not, for her/him it is always Beatrice who takes the blame.
- the people who had pushed her into accepting Beatrice (Kumasawa) and had pushed her into becoming the successor of the Ushiromiya name and fortune (Genji)
- the person who is so desperate not to be alone that she tries to force her into loving her (Jessica), somebody who is so insecure that he tries to force a solution (George) and somebody who left without ever feeling a single shred of remorse (Battler)
- a child who had so much destructive potential and was so driven by revenge fantasies, hung up in her delusions, that she would never grow up a healthy adult
- 2 adults. One who seems to suck up towards being liked out of shady reasons like money (Hideyoshi) and another who incidentally appeared on the scene again right after the former wife had died (Kyrie)
- a doctor who only saved her for the money and connection to an influential and wealthy family. A doctor who screwed up her life by making her live in a "broken body".
The question comes down to what perspective you choose again.
|2012-12-23, 00:06
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Speaking of ep 8, now that the manga is licensed here I guess that means we will be waiting, what was it, about 4 years to read it now? I am all for buying the printed version, but I can't imagine that so many people will be interested in a dead series 4 years on....
|2012-12-23, 01:25
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So could he have made up a solution that Clair liked, but which wasn't necessarily true? Sure. But how can we know?
|2012-12-23, 02:59
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That IS the whole point of the Later Queen Problem after all. Sure, we are being considered that the detective speaks the word of God and thus is in control of the situation at all times, but it was already criticized through the character of Erika, who spoke in the name of God but fulfilled exactly the first critique of the Later Queen Problem, the detective not knowing a crucial part of the puzzle due to limitations of being a character of that world.
Thus, isn't it exactly that which made Bern's (probably not that unlikely, though lacking) interpretation hit so hart? Because she used all the evidence that Will put aside in order to built his interpretation full of love.
Will's inherent flaw is that he thinks that cases have to be seen with love indiscriminately.
I think in that case Umineko is very similar to the big three Anti-Mysteries it has been likened to because, like Dogura Magura, Murder in the Mansion of Black Death and An Offering to Nothingness, it not only refuses to give an outright solution it depicts within the story that a perfect solution (like in a classical mystery) is impossible.
|2012-12-23, 19:30
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This doesn't necessarily mean the gameboard solution can be applied to Prime. The problem of the gameboard solution however is that it generates a sharp difference between the two Yasus.
One reacted to everything that went wrong in her life by writing mysteries, the other turned those mysteries into truth.
Unless the Yasu writing mysteries was seriously thinking to turn them into reality as well and was only stopped by something minor becoming, as Kyrie put it, a killer who didn't get the chance, the difference between the two Yasus is not a minor one, a small 'what if'.
Umineko seems to imply that we should believe Yasu wasn't a murderer on Prime and, if I've to consider Yasu as merely a mystery writer, the datas I have are more than enough to understand why she wrote such stories to try and reach Battler.
Problems come when I'm supposed to try to understand PieceYasu.
Sure, it can be that PieceYasu isn't supposed to be understood. After all BlackBattler says he'll kill everyone because 'witches want him to'.
However when Black Battler says so I think 'this character is so poorly characterized...' and automatically hope the real Umineko culprit is better characterized.
There's to say maybe Ryukishi with that sentence didn't mean to point out how poorly Battler would be characterized but how weak of a motivation pushed his author to make him as a culprit.
In short 'relieving himself from boredom' is weak and less important versus 'trying to get your loved one to understand your feelings'.
Which is opinable (witches litterally die of boredom) but can still be the message Ryukishi wanted to deliver.
Even in Ep 7 she says Kumasawa and Genji are sort of like her parents.
The only moment in which we get she's not so happy is with the red truth Bern gives about her wound... but this could be related to merely hating herself, not necessarily to hating the people who tried to save her.
Also... as motives they're pretty weak to kill people.
It's reasonable for her to hate Natsuhi who basically tried to kill her. Even to hate Rosa because she can think she was the cause of her mother's death (maybe she feared Rosa pushed her down like Natsuhi did to her) and because mistreat Maria. But really neither of the those people aimed to harm her or hurt her feelings. Jessica isn't forcing Kanon to be his boyfriend using her power as grandaughter of his master. When he says no she... deal with it.
Punishing her just because she liked Kanon enough to wish for him to be her boyfriend is not a valid motive, is a sign of insanity.
|2012-12-24, 02:40
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The problem is that, as depicted in TIPs like the Interview with a Certain Witchhunter or Forgery No.xxx, there is enough room in the world of the Rokkenjima Incident to theorize all sorts of terrible events and murderers into this 3 day space, because almost all traces of the real events are gone. Bern's tea party in EP7 and her game in EP8 showed that it is entirely possible to construct events in which Yasu is not the killer but simply prepared the stage for another tragedy.
The problem with Will's theory is, as is the core of the Later Queen Problem, we have no choice but to believe that his theory is correct, at least if we want a sympathetic outcome of everything. It is still obvious though that he either chose to ignore certain aspects which we learned in the course of Umineko as a narrative presented to us or he simply was not aware of them.
The interesting thing is that he is unable to beat Bern with usual means at the end of EP7, not because her FANTASY is so elaborate, but because her MYSTERY is foolproof.
I would heavily dislike the idea of just discarding a large portion of Umineko, which is displaying the potential of evil in people, just because the display of good seemed more sympathetic. Sure, Bern's game hyped the "everybody is a potential murderer" aspect up by 100, but I think it is something that has to be considered in the context of Umineko and also in the context of Yasu.
You don't write fiction like this JUST to reach somebody. I think that is also what Dlanor was hinting at in Our Confession, the frustration and hatred for certain aspects of people that 'Beatrice' did not want to admit of having. We also have the depiction of Maria in EP4, who also carried both, the potential of endless good and also the wish for destruction and death (she created magic to hurt her classmates, teachers, she even dreamt of killing her own mother a thousand times). I think Maria depicts how Yasu grew up to a great deal and also shows how Yasu got twisted through all the stories she lived out.
I don't believe Yasu to be the culprit of the 1986 Rokkenjima incident, but he was an important trigger to events that created such a tragedy.
How well that culprit is filled depends on the individual author and perspective again.
The Battler-cuprit even in Forgery No.xxx will likely not be motivated by "witches wanted him to do it", that is just the metaphor for us readers (the theater-going witches) demanding BlackBattler (any Battler-culprit theory) to appear on stage again.
Like BlackBattler also said, with each well written Battler-culprit story he grows in strength, like Beatrice grows with each story depicting her as the culprit. This is just showing that we, the people who are simply interested in the tragedy, tend to believe in those versions of events that have the most backing, which does not necessarily mean that they are the actual events.
It's things like this that make me still like Umineko, not as a mystery, but as an anti-mystery.
Thus, searching for a motive that makes our killer NOT insane (or what our society would refer to as insane) on any level is extremely hard and leads us to the question if murder can ever be justified. To me the answer is....nyaaeeeeuuuuh
Murder is wrong on many levels, no matter how much classical mystery stories tend to paint a romantic image of the sympathetic murderer. I think it's not wrong to feel a certain amount of sympathy towards somebody who saw no other option than to kill people close to him- or herself, it shows that we are still human and don't get drawn to the same level or deeper. That does not mean on the other hand, that we have to condone the deed.
I'm not talking about "hate the sin, love the sinner", that is a very stupid concept, but trying to understand what drove a culprit to such a horrible act is not wrong, demonizing such a person is much worse, because then we forget to search for reasons.
That is pretty much shown in Bern's EP7 solution. She gives us a culprit who we can hate, who is a horrible, greedy, self-centered monster, but we know that this picture is incomplete because we already got to know Kyrie from several perspectives. Even if she did commit the crimes as Bern depicted on a surface level, we immediately start making theories. "She probably knew Eva would feel driven to care for Ange that way", "Maybe the Sumaderas held Ange captive", "If she had known all that Rudolph and others kept from her, she wouldn't have done it". All theories that try to see the human in Kyrie.
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Caregivers watch elderly carefully during heat wave
Record-breaking heat is in the forecast across the country and right here in East Idaho. The heat is hard on everyone, but for older adults who are particularly vulnerable to the dangers of heat, the extreme temperatures can become deadly. Excessive heat claims more lives than each year than tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and lightning combined.
Senior care companies take great care to ensure that their residents are safe and hydrated in extreme temperatures.
"The elderly are more vulnerable to severe heat because their bodies do no not adjust as well as young people to changes in the temperature," said Jeff Huber, president of Home Instead Senior Network. "They are more likely to have a chronic medical condition that changes the body's response to heat and they are often on a prescription medicine that impairs the body's ability to regulate temperature and inhibits perspiration.
"Hydration is a must. We offer hydrations mugs and make sure that cool water is always accessible." said Casey Wheeler a caregiver at The Willows Assisted Living in Blackfoot. "We serve plenty of fresh fruits and even Popsicles to help hydrate."
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-Eat light. Put away that meatloaf recipe for the summer and track down new recipes for fruit and vegetable salads. High protein foods increase metabolic heat production and also increase water loss.
-If increased use of a central air conditioning system causes higher utility bills, straining the budget, consider purchasing a fan or small window unit that cool down a home at a lower cost. Window fans provide an effective way to exhaust the day's hot air during the night.
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So the B-I-G news today is not who turned in nomination papers for a spot on the March 29 local election ballot but, she who did not. Indeed, now we know for whom the bells toll. They toll for all of us who care about accountability and transparency in our expensive system of governance--particularly for those who work incredibly hard to better the Amherst schools for all our kids.
For almost three years Catherine Sanderson has been a lightening rod for controversy--all too often resulting in an avalanche of rude public comments within earshot of a husband and children. Thus, she's decided to take a breather, step back from the breach, let somebody else lead the Charge of the Light Brigade.
In other words she will not seek, nor will she accept the nomination to Amherst School Committee for a second term. A dark day indeed for those who respect the rays of sunlight she brought to a system that prefers operating in the shadows.
Take this for example, posted yesterday on Catherine's blog:
catherine sanderson - you are an embarassment to this commmunity. your arrogance and self serving behavior are unconscionable. you had an agenda prior to the search - you wanted an ivy trained PhD and would settle for nothing less. you don't listen to your constituents either. many SC members mentioned that maria had overwhelming support from parents, community members AND staff. you ignored all of it. you are a disgrace and i hope your loss in the upcoming election is HUGE.
as for comments about you being outspoken, you are not outspoken. you are a BULLY. you only do things for your own ego - not for the common good. you didn't even look at maria during her interview. for all i know, you were doodling on your notepaper the whole time. i never saw you look her in the eye. how can you possibly know what she had to say if you weren't even listening????
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Of course, I'd also just love to see him be allowed to go pro now, but that isn't happening anytime soon.
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Help me out eHellions. 1. Is it too late to send a letter and condolences to my aunt upon the death of her husband. 2. What the heck do I say ? ? ? ? ?
Aw, you guys are the best.Great ideas. Card was addressed to my daughter and her fiance; she will indeed send a thank-you note promptly, and I will send a condolence message. The response card was from my OTHER uncle's invitation! He knew that his brother had died and his sister-in-law had moved, and that I hadn't been advised. So he forwarded HIS invitation to his brother's widow, who sent the response card with her greeting card.Mystery solved. Etiquette dilemma resolved. Thanks!
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My plug leaked when I screwed it in place on my barrel-sealer-in-progress. I dremmeled out a groove and put an o-ring on it, it kept blowing out due to bad placement ( the one on the right in the picture ), and then dremmeled out a second grove ( the one on the left ) and put a second o-ring on it, and it still leaks.
I know that my piston works, because even though it leaks very rapidly, I can turn off the air and fire it and still get the piston to actuate.
If I sand the edges of the tee and plug and JB weld them together, will it be safe up to 90 psi?
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You hear it at Alaska Board of Fisheries meetings. During the public testimony part of the goings on, after most everything has been said on the subject of how the board should allocate salmon, some naive soul inevitably says, "There's enough fish for everyone."
I thought about that remark Wednesday while listening to fish board members discussing Cook Inlet salmon fishing issues in a teleconference meeting. No public testimony was taken, but if any had been, no one would've said there was enough fish for everyone.
What's "enough" and who is "everyone"?
This year many Kenai Peninsula residents have all the sockeyes they want to eat, but they haven't been able to fish for kings. If you're an east-side setnetter who was allowed to fish only one opening this year, you definitely haven't caught enough reds.
"Enough" has many meanings. My home freezer has enough room for 20 sockeyes, but 15 is enough for me. On the other hand, I know people who think 40, 50 or 90 is more like enough.
Some people can't catch enough salmon to satisfy their needs, let alone their wants. They don't have the time. When they have time, the fish aren't there. Other people, for various reasons, are unable to catch and process salmon. They seldom, if ever, get "enough."
People who fish for money can't seem to get "enough." It's the nature of the thing. There's no limit to the number of salmon commercial fishermen can catch. The more they catch, the more money they have to spend, and more money equates to more fun, comfort and security. Who has enough fun, comfort and security?
Commercial fishermen and fishing guides are in the same boat, though guides are loath to admit it. Both groups are part of the same economic activity: fishing for money. They can never get "enough."
Those of us who catch sockeyes with hook and line or dipnet need large numbers of fish in the river for fishing to be good. If the numbers aren't large enough, or if we're unskilled or unlucky, we don't catch enough fish.
Only in a perfect world would there be enough fish for everyone. In such a world, the supply would always satisfy the demand. We would somehow transport fish to all the remote places, ensuring that everyone got "enough." Maybe if aquaculture becomes well enough advanced, and if Earth's population is brought under control, there will be enough fish for everyone, but there will never be enough wild fish for everyone.
In the meantime, until we become perfect, the fish fights will continue, as they have ever since man first discovered that fish could be caught and eaten. The only exceptions are places where there are no fish to fight over, such as the New England fishing communities that once counted on Atlantic cod for their economic mainstay. In those towns, there's not enough fish for anyone.
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Argentina 1979. After years of exile, 12-year-old Juan and his family come back to Argentina under fake identities. Juan's parents and his uncle Beto are members of the Montoneros Organization, which is fighting against the Military Junta that rules the country. Because of their political activities they are being tracked down relentlessly.
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This program will be held at two locations on October 28, 2013. Program to be held at Kling Memorial Library in Grundy Center from 2-4 p.m. and Dike Public Library from 6-8 p.m. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged.
One in 10 Iowans lives without health insurance. Health care insurance is one way to manage the risk of financial loss and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is intended to expand affordable health care coverage to all Americans. Starting January 1, 2014, under the terms of the ACA, Americans will be required to purchase health insurance or pay a fine. However, 43% of Americans who are currently uninsured are unaware of this provision of the law. Recognizing the 334,200 Iowans who are uninsured and who will need assistance with understanding the complexities of health insurance coverage, ISUEO plans to leverage the Smart Choice program to improve health insurance literacy.
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PHOENIX, Arizona, November 1. THE November Swimming World Magazine is now available for download for Total Access Subscribers!
Marathon swimmer — and now prime time TV headliner — Diana Nyad graces the cover of the November issue of Swimming World Magazine. Swimming World had a one-on-one interview with Nyad after she successfully completed a 110-mile marathon swim from Cuba to Florida. Exiting the water onto Key West's beach marked, for Nyad, the completion of a dream 30 years in the making.
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ON THE COVER: It took American Diana Nyad a lifetime to achieve her dream of swimming from Cuba to Florida without the use of a shark cage. Her first attempt came 35 years ago in 1978, and on her fifth try–at the age of 64–she reached her goal, teaching us all a very valuable lesson: never give up! [PHOTO BY DAWN L. BLOMGREN]

9 Top 5 Open Water Moments of 2013 by Jeff Commings

12 May the Currents Be with You by Shoshanna Rutemiller

Poland's Mateusz Sawrymowicz and the USA's Ashley Twichell navigated the most favorable routes across the San Francisco Bay to win their respective men's and women's divisions of the 14th Annual RCP Tiburon Mile, with each earning $10,000.
16 Persistence Leads to Success by Shoshanna Rutemiller

American Diana Nyad, 64, became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida, accomplishing the feat without the help of a shark cage. On Sept. 2, she walked wobbly-legged onto the beach of Key West, Fla. after swimming for 53 consecutive hours from Havana, Cuba–a distance of approximately 110 miles.
20 2013 Open Water Swimmers of the Year by Steven Munatones
Brazil's Poliana Okimoto and Germany's Thomas Lurz turned in stellar performances at the 2013 World Championships and were named Swimming World Magazine's Open Water Swimmers of the Year.

28 Lessons with the Legends: Randy Reese by Michael J. Stott

30 The Healing Power of Swimming by Shoshanna Rutemiller

Taylor Hunt was involved in a hit-and-run accident five years ago when she was 13, and her father strongly believes that swimming not only strengthened his daughter, but the entire family.

33 Dryside Training: Strength for Speed by J.R. Rosania

34 AthleticFoodie/Let's Live a Healthier Life: Staying Healthy During the Holidays by Garrett Weber-Gale

36 Ask Dr. Shannon: Hamstring Stretches by Shannon McBride

37 Q&A with Coach Allison Beebe by Michael J. Stott

38 How They Train Simone Manuel by Michael J. Stott

40 Paddles: Why They Work by Michael J. Stott

Paddles are an important training aid that can help swimmers reinforce proper technique and build strength.

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23 Holiday Gift Guide

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Not for regular developers. Nokia itself can develop background services but basically thats about it. You can have single foreground midlet active at any moment and they cannot go to background. If one midlet executes another midlet, the first one is killed before launching the other one. Two midlets can communicate with each other using Content Handler API but again the caller is killed and the responder is launched. Then the responder can send the reply back tho the initiator which terminates the second midlet and launces the first one. Now it is developers responsibility to detect, that the midlet was woken by CHAPI call and must restore state to where it was before. To user it seems that two midlets are running side-by-side but not really.


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The Army is inching forward in its plans to replace an aging fleet of OH-58D Kiowa Warriors with some key meetings in the last two months.
But, after a meeting last month, Army officials are rescoping a presentation for the service's vice chief of staff on the way forward for the controversial Armed Aerial Scout (AAS) program before they can move forward with a possible competition for the Kiowa Warrior replacement.
Gen. Lloyd Austin, III, vice chief of staff, requested more data from the voluntary flight demonstration held by the Army, which allowed for contractors to showcase their existing aircraft in a realistic setting. Additionally, Lloyd directed the team to take into account the pace of development and fielding of other technologies – such as unmanned aerial systems and future sensors – that could augment the AAS mission area. "We have to get this one right because it is probably the last chance" the Army will have to establish a way forward, Lynch says.
Lynch says he is confident multiple contractors can offer bids if a competition is established by the Army, though "most" of the options will likely cost more than the window established by Kendall.
Because of the cost pressure and the time available to field a system, the Army is looking at "conventional" technologies, rather than funding a leap in capabilities through a large development program.Meanwhile, the Army plans to continue funding the Cockpit and Sensor Upgrade Program for the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior and sensor at a cost of roughly $3.8 million per aircraft to address obsolescence issues.


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I love this picture of these Boomtown Diners. The picture was taken in Saint Louis, Oklahoma. The year was 1939. This is another picture worth zooming in on to see all the detail.
Does anyone else wonder what happened to Roger, aka RTD, aka DADD? He used to post firth thing every morning, and we have not heard from him in a while. I wonder if he issued a comment embargo because of the new word verification. Any ideas?


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"Back in the Old Testament, it tells us how things are going to be. We risk our lives and the lives of those who come when we ignore the rules of God.The Old Testament talks about Israel, yet it sounds like the United States of today. In the 1950s we threw God out of our schools. It took liberals over 100 years to get their way and now we as a nation are paying the price of that stupidity. We will always have liberals, but their ideas are stupid and keep us in turmoil. America must turn back to her roots. Don't let the liberals run this country or they will do great harm as we have already seen. Liberals, Democrats and Rhinos are very lost people and they want to take all of our children with them. My nephew went to college because he was always bright, but he came out very stupid because he now thinks liberals are the way to and will follow them into darkness. All liberals can change their heart and Christ will gladly accept them for He is a loving God."
— Lou of Sadsbury
"To Bob of Wallace, you are so wrong about Barack Obama making our country worse. President George W. Bush made our country $8 trillion in debt, we lost thousands of young boys and girls in the wars, over 30,000 casualties. Barack Obama has stopped two wars and our economy has improved. He loves America."
— Francis of West Chester
"The sequester has started a week ago and we should be concerned with where the White House has chosen to make budgetary cuts. They are cutting military and education and White House tours for school kids, but Obama's vacations are kept. I'm not surprised we have seen Barack Obama taking many golf trips on our dime and have become numb to it. So far, Obama has made 115 golf trips in less than four years. This equals 30 times per year and this coming from the guy who says he will not rest until we have generated enough jobs to grow the economy."
— Tex of West Chester
"I have never heard any response to my previous Sound Off questions. I had asked how Barack Obama could pick Bill Clinton as his keynote speaker after he blatantly lied to the American people about having sex in the White House with a young lady who was barely out of her teens. Brooks and Marge, in your eyes, is this simply boys will be boys or would you feel different if this was your child? Bill Clinton humiliated his wife and child and disgraced the United States and I wonder if Mr. and Mrs. Obama would feel differently if this was their child. But this is about politics and winning at all costs. Secondly, why did Obama not address the largest segment of Americans killing each other with guns? Seems to me with his popularity and following in the black community, he could make a significant impact on this gun violence. Funny, I never got a response to my questions. America is going to have to suffer more pain before it realizes what they have done."
— Andy of Downingtown
"I would like to add to Tex of West Chester's commentary, that in addition to the quarter-billion dollars we have given to Eygpt, there's an additional 24 F-16 fighter planes and 200 M-1 tanks, totaling $3.2 billion plus another $564 million for other military items. That's a lot of money to give an enemy, that's for sure. Well, they like the Muslims, I guess, and what else can I say. The end is near ... can't help it ... that's the way it goes."
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"To shame on that former high school swim coach. Yes, he was wrong for what he did, but she was old enough to know what she was doing too. So you can't really blame anybody. The girl and swim coach knew what they were doing, they both knew what they were doing was wrong, but they both did it. So they both should be blamed maybe ... do you think?
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"I find it perplexing that a lot of people are disrespectful of the president, when in fact these are the people who voted for these neo-cons and the destruction of the Republicans. I think we should all get along and help fix our country because we could be living in a utopian society and instead we are living in a destructive society."
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"Just a few observations from somebody that's been around for six decades or so. People seemed to be more courteous 30 or 40 years ago ... people opening doors for you saying thank you, etc. And have you noticed that personal interaction has all but disappeared since the advent of tweeting and texting? When I grew up you just walked up to your friends and said, face to face, 'How you doin'?' Just seems that's more genuine. Also remember when you settled disagreements with a punch to the nose instead of a bullet to the head? Ah, those times were simpler then."
— Jimmy of Coatesville
"About the article on the patient roaming at Bishop Shanahan High School from St. John's Vianney Center. Is it just me or is everyone missing the elephant in the room? Multiple reports on the priest sex scandal stated that pedophile priests were placed in the center for treatment and identified the patients as behavioral and psychiatric patients. So why would anybody be given a free pass to roam around a high school not knowing what their disorder is? I don't care what the staff says, they should not be permitted to roam freely without supervision. They should be with family or other caregivers. so that we don't have the opportunity of pedophile priests wandering around the high school campus. I'm not saying that's what happened, but we should not have them wandering on the campus of the high school."
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"I think we should take Dennis Rodman's passport away from him and send him back to North Korea and let him enjoy his life there and never come back to this country again. He can enjoy all his rings and whatever else he has."
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Alex Spisak's football career nearly ended before it ever started.
When he was five years old, Spisak underwent surgery after being diagnosed with Arnold Kiari malformation, which is a deformity of the brain. He struggled with the diagnosis for many years, culminating two years ago when he was told his neck was too unstable to play the game he had loved since he was a child. Determined to find a way back onto the gridiron, Spisak continued to work hard and was given the green light to play again.
Now the 6-foot-3 center from Charlotte, N.C., is arguably one of the strongest players in the Ivy League, even after making a difficult transition from defense to the offense prior to last season. Spisak says he feels blessed being able to play each game and is interested in pursuing a professional career after graduation.
Spisak first visited Harvard while on a school trip to Boston during his senior year at Vance High School. After meeting with the coaches, he realized playing for the Crimson could become a reality so he decided to attend camp - a decision that only solidified hi college choice but started a journey that has seen him become the league's top center as well as one of the strongest football players at any level.
The appeal of playing at Harvard - besides the world-class education - was obvious to anyone who considers himself to be a competitor. Spisak believed he could be an asset to the team which every competitor guns for game in and game out. "Harvard is the 'top dog' in the Ivy League and has been for some time," said Spisak. "So what better place to be than with the best, taking everyone's best shot each Saturday?"
As most high schoolers, Spisak played both ways as a defensive tackle and offensively lineman. He started on defense at Harvard but was moved to offensive because of his ability to pick up plays and pure strength. "Coach Murphy felt that I would make a bigger contribution playing on the offensive line," says Spisak. "I just wanted to play - it didn't matter to me which position it was but when coach Murphy sees something in a player he is usually correct so I was excited. So when he asked, I said yes, and the rest is history."
History is still being written, after he earned All-Ivy honors in his first year at center in 2008. Spisak says that what he loved about defense is what makes him good on offense. "I got to run around and hit people on defense. I always felt like an offensive linemen. I'm just natural at it. I was just born to play the O-line."
Spisak is glad he made the switch to the other side of the ball last year - also because of Harvard's notoriety of developing pro-caliber players on both sides. "I think I was an average defensive linemen to be honest. I'm not a Matt Curtis, a Dez Bryant or a Carl Ehrlich. For whatever reason, I have always been able to succeed on the offensive line," says Spisak.
He says that part of his success at center comes from his ability to handle the pivotal snap of the ball without any nervousness. "I must snap the ball at least a 100 times every day in practice and we practice four days a week. That is at least 400 snaps every week going into the game. It becomes almost fluid. It's second nature for me now."
Regardless of his success, Spisak says there are still tough parts about playing center. "Right from the get-go, snapping the ball puts me at a disadvantage because I only have one hand to use in blocing my opponent. It is especially tough going against guys that are really quick on the right side = the hand which I snap from. I have nothing to block them with," says Spisak. "It was a bit easier with Chris Pizzotti at QB last year because he was so tall. However, this year the quarterbacks are shorter so I have to be more accurate at getting the ball into their hands." Spisak has not mishandled a snap during a game and hopes to continue that success this season.
Spisak says that while he may be at a disadvantage blocking his opponents, he is confident in his blocking ability and strength. "It's all a game of leverage on the line - especially at center. The key is to have the right technique, which for me revolves around staying lower than those guys that are bigger than I am. It's actually harder to block guys that are smaller than me," says Spisak. "The smaller guys are lower than me, which makes it tougher get underneath them."
Spisak discloses that the secret to stopping the smaller people is body position. "I make sure I take the right steps off the ball. Being a member of the offense, I know where the ball is going, so that gives me a bit of an advantage to use against my opponent. Defenders have to react to what we do so it allows me to set the tone," Spisak said.
Spisak's weight room production has helped him tremendously with his game and blocking techniques. "Strength is something I've always prided myself on because it's always been something I've been good at. I like to believe I'm one of the hardest workers in the Ivy League in the weight room." He credits his success in the weight room to the fundamentals he learned in high school.
"I've always loved the weight room. It's a place that makes me feel at home," Spisak said. "Strength Coach James Frazier is doing a great job of really pushing me over the edge with his different routines." Spisak holds Harvard's power clean record of 385 pounds - a number unheard of at most Division I football schools. He is hoping to break 400 pound mark this spring before the NFL Draft because his ultimate goal is to be the only one on that level at the university.
Coach Murphy is impressed by the amount of work Spisak puts in both on and off the field. Of Spisak, Murphy says, "We've been fortunate to have some outstanding centers during our time at Harvard, but none better than Alex Spisak. As a coach, you appreciate him so much because of the exceptional commitment and dedication he has shown to Harvard football."
"Playing football here has been one of the most rewarding things I have ever done," said Spisak. The guys that I have met and the people I have come into contact with are amazing," says Spisak. "I've always defined myself as a football player, but if I can't play on the next level, if it comes to an end after the Yale game in November, it will be a very bittersweet day."
Until then, Spisak is going to enjoy his senior season. "It's my 'now'. Last year it was Matt Curtis and Erik Schultz's team. This year I feel like it is my team, it's Ben Sessions' team, it's Carl Ehrlich's team. It's our team."
Spisak is ready to take his turn at the helm to see how he does as a leader. "It's my turn to step up and be the guy you can turn to. I'm going to be the guy that is looked upon and counted on." Spisak hopes his leadership and his skill on the field will help his team to clinch his third straight Ivy League championship. The Crimson is off to a 3-0 start. Look for Alex today and see if his technique impresses you as much as the coaches.


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As a newbie who's excited as can be about having just installed Mandriva 2005 LE from the cover disc, I'd like to take advantage of some of the great open-source applications written for Linux. For starters, I want to install the R statistical package. It comes as a tar file, R-2.1.0.tar.gz (there does not seem to be an rpm file available). Where is the most sensible place in the directory structure to unpack it?
I don't know whether this matters, but I'd like the package to be available for all users, not just for myself. The tar file contains numerous subdirectors, e.g., R-2.1.0/debian and R-2.1.0.src.
Any help much appreciated.... Thanks!


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Bent expects January exit as Redknapp shows interest
Darren Bent will not hand in a transfer request at Aston Villa, but accepts he will be forced out of the club in the January transfer window, according to ESPN sources close to the striker.
Bent is set to be shipped out of Villa Park during the winter transfer window by manager Paul Lambert as a result of the mystifying break down in relations between the pair, paving the way for the England international making a potential move to Queens Park Rangers.
Aston Villa will be prepared to accept around half of the £24 million record transfer fee they paid Sunderland for the England international and new QPR manager Harry Redknapp is considering a reunion despite his own fall-out with Bent when the pair were together at Spurs.
Stoke City and Fulham have asked to be kept informed of Villa's intentions, but they appear clearer now that sources close to Bent claim the 28-year-old has been fit for the last three weeks, despite his manager claiming he was unavailable because of an ankle injury.
A source close to Bent said: "He won't ask for a transfer, but he has not been given any explanation for what has happened. He is frustrated and angry with the situation. He was left out of the squad for games with Arsenal and Reading, but he was fit to play against Manchester United and Manchester City before those matches."
Bent has been left out for the last four games and against Reading and Arsenal and for the last two matches lost his place in the 18-man squad to Jordan Bowery, a £600,000 signing from Chesterfield in August, amid claims from Lambert that all is "fine" with Bent.
"Darren is confused at what has been going on. He is as confused as everyone else. He does not feel he has a future at Villa beyond January. He will continue to be professional and train hard and wait to see what Villa do in the New Year."
Redknapp had a well-publicised dispute with Bent when he claimed his wife Sandra would have scored one of the chances the forward wasted in a game against Portsmouth, but his need is greater than most with key forwards Andrew Johnson and Bobby Zamora out of action long-term.
He is willing to bury the hatchet because of the need for goals at Loftus Road and Bent has 102 Premier League goals to his name at a ratio of almost one every two games.
"I like Darren. I've got no problems with Darren Bent," the QPR boss said. "I just made a comment that maybe I shouldn't, when I said I think my missus would have scored when he missed a header that day. I can laugh at myself, I don't mind.
"It was obviously difficult, he didn't like it and that was sort of it really, and within no time he decided that he didn't want to stay.
"But I think he's a good player. I'd like to have Darren Bent available, believe you me. He can score goals. I've got no problem with Darren as a boy or as a player. I think he's a good player."
Bent has over two years left on his £65,000-a-week contract, but there is no interest from Liverpool as he does not fit the profile for Anfield manager Brendan Rodgers. In an ironic twist, Bent will most likely be left out again for Saturday's trip to Loftus Road and Redknapp's first home game in charge since replacing Mark Hughes.
It has been reported by the Daily Mail that Villa are keen to offload Bent in order to stop a seven-figure payment being made to Sunderland when the striker reaches 50 appearances.
Bent moved to Villa for an initial fee of £18 million in January 2011, with further instalments factored in after significant milestones are reached. Bent has made 47 appearances for the Midlands club, leading to a stand-off.


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They stood under a searing California sun, in a ballpark, promoting an outdoor hockey game.
It didn't take long for Wayne Gretzky's neck and face to turn to ever brighter shades of pink Monday. The same went for Luc Robitaille and Bruce Boudreau. They wore dark suits, a poor choice on an 80-degree afternoon at Dodger Stadium.
As the Great One spoke in front of a horde of reporters, and the Kings' executive and the Ducks' coach talked about the Jan. 25 game, the sounds of construction filled the iconic baseball stadium. Workers lugged bits and pieces of the hockey rink into place.
One goal will be located near first base and the other close to third, with the center faceoff circle just north of the pitcher's mound. Once the actual rink, boards and glass are set into place, then NHL ice guru Dan Craig will begin working his magic.
The Kings and Ducks will play hockey on the night of Jan. 25, the first outdoor game in Southern California. It's been something of a rumor for months now, but with the arrival of Craig, his crew and the NHL's Ice Truck this week, things began to take shape.
Gretzky, the man most responsible for the growth of hockey in Southern California after his trade to the Kings from the Edmonton Oilers 25 years ago, recalled his roots as a player began outdoors. It was a lot colder in his youth in Brantford, Ontario, than for kids in Ontario, Calif.
But he's noticed the passion for the game isn't a whole lot different.
"My first year I was in L.A., we were living in the Valley and we used to go by this set of tennis courts," Gretzky said. "I remember we were stopped at a light and I said to my wife (Janet), 'You know, back home, kids would be playing in-line hockey or ball hockey on these tennis courts.'
"We didn't think much of it and two years later, I went by the same tennis courts and there was a sign that said, 'No ball hockey allowed.' So, I remember thinking, 'Wow, we've come a long way.' I think that was most important in growing the sport because then parents will watch their kids play.
"Then they'll want to go to NHL games, and then it'll get going."
It's been a long trek from lightly attended games at the Forum before Gretzky's arrival in the summer of 1988, but Stanley Cup championship victories for the Ducks in 2007 and the Kings in 2012 certainly stoked the fires of young and old and led to the NHL placing an outdoor game in L.A.
Surveying the activity going on at Dodger Stadium, Gretzky smiled when someone asked if he would take a turn or two around the rink once it's completed and the ice-making operation is finished. There won't be an alumni game between the Kings and the Ducks, but Gretzky said he might still skate.
"I don't skate very much any more," said Gretzky, who turns 53 on Jan. 26 and has been retired from the NHL since 1999. "I'll probably come down with a couple of my kids and a couple of my buddies and probably sneak in. I'd love to."
Gretzky and Robitaille played in an outdoor exhibition game for the Kings against the New York Rangers on a rink set up in the parking lot of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in 1991. The ice held strong despite temperatures in the 80s and a swarm of bugs that plagued the players late in the game.
"We loved it in Vegas," said a chuckling Robitaille, now the Kings' president of business operations. "We're going to play outdoors? It was certainly something we were looking forward to. There was such a vibe in the air. There were 10,000 seats and every one of them was filled up."
The NHL expects all 55,000 seats to be filled at Dodger Stadium, with hardcore fans drawn to see the rival Kings and Ducks, and others attending to simply witness the spectacle of hockey played in the middle of a ballpark on a (relatively) warm January evening in Los Angeles.
"This is going to be quite an event," said Boudreau, who coached the Washington Capitals during the Jan. 1, 2011, Outdoor Classic against the Penguins at Pittsburgh's Heinz Field, home of the NFL's Steelers. "That's why this is going to be so great. We'll be pretty excited to play this game."


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Usbmouse, Fastkernel, Guyhelm Rom Questions.
Usbmouse, Fastkernel, Guyhelm Rom Questions.
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A few quick questions.
In the new release 1.0 rc3 (or rc4 that's supposed to be coming out tonight)
Is the now famous "Fast Kernel" already a part of the rom, or does it come with the stock kernel?
Also I see that the various keyboard issues seem to be fixed BUT, can a mouse be used with the Guyhelm rom like the stock kernel/Sharp rom can with cwaig's fixes? or are those already incorporated into the rom? If not what would I need to do to get usb mouse functionality with the Guyhelm Rom?
Um while I'm thinking about it, how does the Guyhelm rom handle IR keyboards? My ThinkOutside Stowaway worked on the the standard sharp kernel with the irk package installed. Is the same fix valid here, or is that already integrated into Guyhelm Rom as well?
And last but not least, are there different memory configuration variants with Guyhelm? For example we use the os installed on an sdcard in the same way we used to do with the old cacko rom's and the sl-5500's and achieve a 64-0 memory config to maximize the mem availability for running programs on Guyhelm/sl-6600l?
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Kill Switch
Posted 16 March 2004 - 11:18 AM
so it would be:
ignition tumbler--------switch---------starter
so it would interupt the power from the key to the starter.
so that you must press in and hold the button to get the car to start. now, can someone please tell me where the ignition wire is that i am talking about, where it is easist to locate, and what color it you be on my 86 GL wagon.
also pictures would be helpful.
Posted 16 March 2004 - 12:22 PM
Posted 16 March 2004 - 02:42 PM
Posted 16 March 2004 - 02:51 PM
Loop a connection from pin 30 onto pin 86. Take the connection from pin 85 to your choice of switch and the other connection of the switch to a good earth point. When the switch is "on" then your ignition key will work as normal, when off the key will be dead.
Another way I have done it is not to use a switch but use the wiring on the back of for example your rear heated window switch, find a wire on the rear of the hrw that is earthed when pushed in and off when released - hence when you leave your car unattended if you leave the hrw switch pushed in then your starter cannot be turned from the igniton switch.
Posted 16 March 2004 - 02:58 PM
Posted 16 March 2004 - 03:10 PM
If you use a relay it allows you to use a lightweight switch cos all its doing is switching a relay on and off.
Are you thinking along the lines of having to push a button whilst cranking - if so then the button would have to reasonably near and may therefore be easy to find.
With a relay you can put the switch anywhere you like.
Posted 16 March 2004 - 03:50 PM
then like you say, i will have to get a relay, can someone please for the radio shack's web site and send me a link to the relay i need. thanks, or atleast the part number for radio shack.
Posted 16 March 2004 - 07:00 PM
Posted 16 March 2004 - 07:03 PM
12077864 but the ac relay, light relay, and many others are usable.
Posted 16 March 2004 - 07:11 PM
I'm running from an "ignition on" hot wire to the wire on the starter solenoid with a fusable link in the system. Works great.
I also have my fuel pump hooked up to a toggle. Nothing is hidden, but it's a complicated enough process (Turn key on, flip fuel switch, push starter button) that no one can start it without directions.
Another option for a hidden kill switch is: Is your car an auto?*edit: I see it's a 5spd, but for referance...*
If so, splice into the wire from the trans that tells the car it's in park. (this is basically a ground, I think ) Then hide the switch. Until you complete the connection via the switch, the car thinks it's not in park, and won't start.
Posted 16 March 2004 - 07:35 PM
also does my 86 GL carbed wagon have a electric fuel pump, and if it does where does the wiring for the pump run, i want to put a switch on that also.
Posted 16 March 2004 - 08:16 PM
I work of Kenworth as a electrical and power train engineer. I ran a project where we installed LVD's (Low Voltage Disconnects) into our trucks. They disconnect non-vital battery loads when the trucks is off. Example: coffee maker, dome lights, fridge, acc outlets. This way the truck can start in the morning if the guy falls asleep watching a movie.
I hooked one up to my car's main cab feed (not starter, too high a current current). I rewired the head lights so they are always on now. I reset the LVD for 12.5 volts. After three mintuets the LVD shuts off the power to the entire car. I ran a seprate circuit to provide power to a momentary reset switch in the dash. It's made to look like a fog lamp switch. You have to hold this momentary switch down for 10 seconds to reset the LVD. Afterwhich you have three minutes to start your car, if not you have to reset the switch again. With the key in the IGN position, the LVD is over-ridden and can't turn off loads.
The same circuit I use to override the LVD I ran to my sterio and clock, so the LVD would not disconnect those loads. The guys at the tire shop were very impressed by this stealthy security device.
Anyone wnat one I can tell them where to buy it and draw up a system diagram to show you how to wire it up. The device is sealed and good for under hood use (semi-truck, 300K miles)
I'll even tell you the secret so you can raise the voltage setpoint. They sell them only at 12.0V and 12.3V. No harm comes to a battery if it cycles down to 12.5V, 12.3V just a little bit.
Posted 16 March 2004 - 08:27 PM
scooby I hate to tell you but I would be past your toggle switch so fast no mater where you put it. all someone would have to do is jumper right at the starter and down the road you go.
to answer your other question. yes you have an electric fuel pump its in the right rear of the car. the wireing is under the carpet on the pass side then up under dash.
switches are not meant to carry a large load unless they are a Heavy duty unit. thats why you use a relay. they do the real work carring the amps.
Posted 16 March 2004 - 09:49 PM
also, I ran a magnetic switch in the ashtray behind the center console in my civic and with the ashtray open, it would not start because the magnet was too far from the switch...close the tray and the magnet sits right over the switch, activating the relay, which in turn connected the starter wires.
another magnet switch idea would be to adhere the switch inside a plastic panel somewhere and touch a magnet over it while starting the car...you can put the magnet on a key chain or hide it in the car or something...
i like this kinda stuff so let me know if you need help
Posted 16 March 2004 - 09:51 PM
Posted 16 March 2004 - 10:02 PM
rallyruss: well maybe this one switch, but when im done, you wont want to try to open my door.
im gettin a car alarm, it has 2 aluxary channels, one is being hooked to my windows to roll them down when i hit the pad on the key chain, the otehr arms my security system, car battery hooked to all the door handles, so all you will remember is that you touched the door handle, and you woke up on the ground.
Thanks for your guys help!!
Posted 16 March 2004 - 11:16 PM
can someone do a write up on wiring in relays to put in the USMB. It seems this is a mystry area. I know we have covered it a few times but it keeps coming up.
Posted 16 March 2004 - 11:35 PM
Posted 16 March 2004 - 11:40 PM
I grabbed that switch assembly from a car that had the pneumatic height adjust switch there.. took out the HA switch from the assembly. all i have to do is put it in my assembly with a blank gray cover over it and it won't look like anything at all.
I want to put other switches in those spots too, give it a nice clean look.
Posted 17 March 2004 - 12:20 AM
Posted 17 March 2004 - 01:32 AM
also im thinking of gettin an extra wiper squirter motor and tank to spray gas into the exhaust, along with running a spark plug in the exhaust and a coil to make those pesky tailgaters back off. :madder:
Posted 17 March 2004 - 01:35 AM
work on that fuel pump kill switch idea that would be a good one. and if you use a relay you would actualy improve the system.
Posted 17 March 2004 - 01:36 AM
is it a strait wire to the ECM in the car with no relay?? or what?
Posted 17 March 2004 - 01:47 AM
I recomend checking a diagram but I 90% sure yous is the same
and yeah you use the relay to kill the fuel pump and power it up.
Posted 17 March 2004 - 03:38 AM
now i just have to wire up a fuel solnoid, make a custom gas tank, and put in the spark plug, coil, and wire it all up. then see how far i can shoot flames.
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Morbidity and Mortality in Breastfed and Formula-Fed Infants of HIV-1-Infected Women
November 29, 2001
Breast-feeding among women infected with HIV type 1 is associated with substantial risk of HIV-1 transmission, yet little is known about the morbidity risk associated with formula feeding in infants of HIV-1-infected women in resource-poor settings. In resource-poor settings where the most prevalent causes of infant morbidity and mortality are infectious, there is the possibility that breast milk avoidance would be accompanied by an increase in mortality that might offset gains achieved by decreasing HIV-1 transmission.Adapted from:
The investigators conducted a randomized clinical trial between 1992 and 1998 of breast-feeding and formula feeding in Nairobi, Kenya. HIV-1-seropositive women were recruited from antenatal clinics in Nairobi and randomly assigned to breast-feed or to use formula to feed their infants. Mother/infant pairs were followed-up for 2 years after delivery. At each visit, information was obtained about feeding status, current and interim morbidity, and history of hospitalization. A physical examination was conducted, including measurement of weight and recumbent length. Ill children received outpatient care from study clinicians. Current morbidity was determined by study clinicians using standard diagnostic criteria. The incidence of infant illnesses in formula feeding and breast-feeding arms over the 2 years of follow-up and by quarter was compared using Andersen-Gill proportional hazards models, adjusting for number of clinic visits and with robust variance estimates.
Of 425 women enrolled in the study, 213 were randomly assigned to the formula feeding arm and 212 to the breast-feeding arm. Four hundred twenty infants were born to the 408 women who were in follow-up at the time of delivery. The results were similar for two-year estimated mortality rates in the formula feeding and breast-feeding arms (20.0 percent vs. 24.4 percent; hazard ratio [HR], 0.8; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.5-1.3) even after adjusting for HIV-1 infection status. Infection with HIV-1 was associated with a 9.0-fold increased mortality risk (95% CI, 5.3-15.3). The incidence of diarrhea during the two-year follow-up was similar in both groups. The incidence of pneumonia was identical in the two groups and there were no significant differences in incidence of other recorded illnesses. Infants in the breast-feeding arm tended to have better nutritional status, significantly so during the first 6 months of life. HIV-1-free survival at two years was significantly higher in the formula arm.
In the conclusion of the study, the authors maintained that "With appropriate education and access to clean water, formula feeding can be a safe alternative to breast-feeding for infants of HIV-1-infected mothers in a resource-poor setting." However, the authors cautioned that the estimates of morbidity and mortality risk are not generalizable to all women in developing countries. They believe that the results of this study represent the best-case scenario because all participants had potable water, extensive health education, a reliable source of formula and access to medical care for their infants. It is also possible that the results may not be generalizable to uninfected women. It is possible that the breast milk of HIV-1-infected women lacks factors that confer protection from death, diarrheal disease, and pneumonia.
Back to other CDC news for November 29, 2001
Journal of the American Medical Association
11.21.01; Vol 286; No 19, P 2413-2417; Dorothy Mbori-Ngacha, M.B.ChB., M.P.H.; Ruth Nduati, M.B.ChB., M.P.H.; Grace John, M.D., Ph.D.; Marie Reilly, Ph.D.; Barbara Richardson, Ph.D.; Anthony Mwatha, M.S.; Jeckoniah Ndinya- Achola, M.B.ChB.; Job Bwayo, Ph.D.; Joan Kreiss, M.D., M.S.P.H.
This article was provided by CDC National Prevention Information Network. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.