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Is this a trick question???? He-Man by a mile!!!
Remebering people the question was "WHO IS STRONGER"??
Not who is smarter, faster, who would win in a fight!
Is this a trick question???? He-Man by a mile!!!
Remebering people the question was "WHO IS STRONGER"??
Not who is smarter, faster, who would win in a fight!
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Not sure, i think equal power for bothOriginally Posted by Lion_Heart
Originally Posted by Mr. Roboto
what if it was the other way around? ..
What does He-Man say when He tranforms ( I have the power )Originally Posted by TOKYONEVER
He-Man transforms to the strongest man in the universe!!!
The main introduction!!
He-Man is definately stronger.
I can't believe this is even questioned...
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Yep and Se-Ra is the most powerful woman in the universeOriginally Posted by Lion_Heart
Originally Posted by TOKYONEVER
Yes I agree to an extent that She-Ra is up their among the strongest WOMAN in Classic She-Ra but does She-Ra have a frame like He-Man meaning does she have bigger biceps shoulders or chest.
I dont think we'd want a She-ra with a frame like he-man's! some of those overly muscular women look kinda scary Anyway I'd say they both recieve equal power.
Lets say both transformed into He-Man and She-Ra then we take both their swords away!!! They decide to have a "fight" who is stronger do you reaken????
Take away their swords and they fight, He-Man wins
Who can lift the most (above the head, bench pressing, whatever), He-Man by a country mile. He's the strongest by far, and way cooler!
He-man is the biggest (watch him pump up his massive biceps) and the strongest - no one can beat him. Remember that!
Originally Posted by Florida
haha, that analogy isn't even close! superman is about 100,000 times stronger than batman
what makes you think that batman is smarter than superman???
Originally Posted by Lion_Heart
Normally, I would say He-Man was stronger. However I recently watched the She-Ra episode "Enemy With My Face" again and noticed that Hordak states that "No-one is as strong as She-Ra"!
I assumed Hordak is aware of He-Man and his abilities having faced him in the comics or through keeping tabs on his arch-rival Skeletor so the statement appeared odd.
Then it occurred to me that there might be an explanation and it could be part of Filmation's hidden canon which we haven't seen yet. He-Man and She-Ra's powers are derived from the power within them and is based on willpower as indicated on the She-Ra MOTUC action figure info panel card and recently in DC's He-Man & MOTU comic. Consequently, She-Ra who has done bad things as Adora/Despara in the Horde has a greater motivation and willpower to do good as she is in need of redemption and wishes to correct all of the wrongs she has done. She therefore exhibits more of the Power of Grayskull than He-Man, leading to her being stronger and more powerful. Hence, the reason why Hordak recognizes her preeminence in strength and not He-Man's.
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete
Buckminster Fuller
If you can make it about blood magic and rock magic, then it will never be about who is stronger.
Its magic that is totally undefined that is the problem, like Harry Potter, or the Bible.
Blood magic is learned and respected. Rock magic is taken and used.
He-Man is stronger physically. In the episode Horde Prime Takes A Holiday, She-ra asked He-Man "can even you throw that far" and she monologued about He-Man's attempts to keep the Velvet Glove from escaping. Thus implying that He-Man has more physical strength.
It might be the case that She-Ra is being polite to her brother so as not to upset his feelings (my sister does this to me all the time), she is following cultural norms assuming men are generally stronger than women without testing her strength against him to prove it one way or the other, or is truly unaware that her upper strength limits maybe dependent upon her willpower (and might give her greater strength than He-Man). I guess we might not know for certain until it is clearly stated in MOTUC canon.
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete
Buckminster Fuller
Technically we don't even know if She-ra is the strongest woman in the universe, but...
How do you like that, hero!
He-man is stronger.
Good trades with: Cammor
I hate to admit it but the Filmation series made it seem like She-ra might be physically stronger.
She-ra lifts things effortlessly, like with one hand and eating a sandwich with the other. He-man seems to always have a hard time, straining himself, crying out "Eeeeeeeeh, eeeeeeh,...." as he lifts, pushes, and pulls things up.
Also, she rescuses him in the "The Price of Freedom" and has to help He-man push the time machine in "Lookie lends a hand". He-man couldn't move it by himself.
"You can not fight the darkness He-man!"-Shokoti-the Queen of Darkness
Arizona Mazter of the Universe
He-man is from the 80s, and in the 80s it was all about empowering little girls. If I learned one thing being a little boy in the 80s, it was that girls are smarter, faster, stronger, and just all around better than boys. So She-Ra has got to be stronger. She is also more compassionate and throws He-Man a bone and compliments his strength once and awhile.
"You can not fight the darkness He-man!"-Shokoti-the Queen of Darkness
Arizona Mazter of the Universe
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete
Buckminster Fuller
He-man looked weak and pathetic against the Horde in "The Price of Freedom". She-ra would have made quick work of the Horde army. She even had to save He-man's sorry ass in that episode. That's why She-ra might even surpass He-man in physical strength in the Filmation canon.


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Michigan State guard Gary Harris announced Thursday that he will come back for his sophomore season with the Spartans in 2013-14.
Harris, the first player in the storied history of the Spartans' men's basketball program to be named Big Ten Freshman of the Year, had considered leaving for the NBA after a strong debut season in which he averaged 12.9 points and shot better than 41 percent from 3-point range. The 6-foot-4 Indiana native was one of eight finalists for the Wayman Tisdale Award honoring the nation's top freshman.
"Playing in the NBA is definitely a goal of mine, and something that I've always dreamed of, but those dreams can wait for another day," Harris said. "I think additional experience and maturity will be huge in my development as a player. I have other dreams of things I want to accomplish, both as a player and as a team at Michigan State. I love college life, and I'm no hurry to move on."
Harris put together his outstanding freshman year despite battling shoulder problems all throughout the season, but is expected to be at full strength in time for next season.
"Gary had a phenomenal freshman season, but his future is even brighter," Spartans head coach Tom Izzo remarked. "After gathering many different opinions, it was determined that he would not need surgery on his shoulder. He's been committed to his rehab and all indications are that he's making great progress. There's no question that a healthy Gary Harris is one of the premier guards in the country."


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Sometimes you can just fool them by using another user agent. Look under the TOOLS menu and try a FireFox user agent just before you go to that site.
Hi all,
I recently uploaded 2GB of data to Mediafire, and now they decided to "upgrade" their free and simple file hosting so that you are FORCED to use Chrome, IE, etc... Is there any way to continue using K-Meleon? Yeah, I should ask them but I will get idiot answers.
Mediafire now has added a "Dismiss and continue anyway"-button, after clicking which, the site functions normally using K-Meleon. I now have beta2 installed, don't know if that makes a difference.
Also funny how Google filters your search results when using Firefox...


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Woman finds lost wallet in Georgia Kohl's, hands out money to her kids instead of turning it in
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Wow that woman squandered away a perfect opportunity to teach her children a POSITIVE message. That's very unfortunate.
Bad momma for setting such a LOUSY role model for her kids to follow. *sigh*
Speaking of Kohls, when I worked there (the customer service desk was by the bathrooms then) there was this customer who went into the bathroom and as soon as she came out, she stopped, felt her pockets and looked into her purse and then ran back in with a look of terror on her face. Turns out, she had an envelope with $500 dollars cash in it to buy Christmas presents with. She had it in her hand when she went into the stall and sat it on the toilet paper holder while she went but then forgot to pick it back up. In the less than 3 minutes that went by before she ran back in to get it, someone had taken it and left.
The poor woman was in tears and we called the police so she could make a report.
She taught her children to be thieves. Simple as that. She is a thief!
She should have her name and face plastered everywhere and be embarrased about it. Not only was it wrong of her to take something that wasn't hers but she's teaching her kids to be thieves also.
What a perfect example of a human being and mother. Once she sees her face in the media, she will forever wish she had done the right thing. What's done cannot be undone. Those kids will also learn a valuable lesson because of their mother's actions.
That older child looks old enough to be charged, hopefully they catch them and charge the mother and the older child, this way maybe the younger boy will learn from their mistakes.


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Anyone else going to get Wrestlemania 23 tonight? Also, if anyone is interested, I can post match results in this thread. I usually don't buy the PPVs, but I did get the Rumble and am going to buy Mania tonight.
Here's the card:
Battle of the Billionaires
Bobby Lashley vs. Umaga (Donald Trumps Hair vs. Vince McMahon's Hair) w/ Stone Cold Steve Austin as special guest referee.
WWE Championship Match
Shawn Michaels vs. John Cena (c)
World Heavyweight Championship
Batista (c) vs. Undertaker
Money In the Bank Ladder Match
Randy Orton vs. Finlay vs. Mr. Kennedy vs. Matt Hardy vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Edge vs. Booker T vs. CM Punk
ECW Originals vs. ECW New Breed
Sandman, Sabu, Tommy Dreamer, & Rob Van Dam vs. Elijah Burke, Matt Striker, Marcus Cor Von, and Kevin Thorn
WWE Women's Championship
Ashley vs. Melina (c)
United States Championship
Chris Benoit (c) vs MVP
Kane vs. The Great Khali
It's not a great card, but the MOTB ladder match should be very good and I expect the WWE Championship match to be very good. The ECW match could be good as well. The women's match will be horrible, but provides some eye candy. Kane vs. Khali is going to be horrible and I hope its no more than 5 minutes.
Umaga is the Intercontinental champion and it's not on the line and the same can be said for Lashley's ECW Championship title. Cena and HBK are the World Tag Team Champions and they are fighting each other. I don't know how they are going to get the belts off of them and I doubt they have even thought about that. WWE Tag Team Champions, Paul London and Brian Kendrick did not make the card for some reason and Chavo Guerrero and his Cruserweight Title were also left off. How they explain putting Kane and Khali on Mania and not their current champs always baffles me.
It's 4 Hours for $49.95. 7 eastern/6 central.


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50 Miles 9:54:07 11:53 average per mile
8th Overall 2nd Age Group (35-39)
5:30 am) Sunny Warm
This was one long day of running/walking. I have never been
on my feet in a race for over 7:13 so this was much longer.
I would have to say this was the toughest race I have ever
done even harder than Pike Peak marathon due to the time
on my feet, the course and the heat. I also had a shoe foot
problem. My shoe at around mile 27 started to rub against my
ankle and became so bad I couldn't run even though I felt
good at that point and wanted to. Not sure why it was rubbing
on my ankle like it was. I was wearing Brooks Cascadia's that
I am new to. I did a 20 mile run in them with no problems.
So I had a drop bag at mile 34 so I got to change my shoes
then to my Brooks Adrenaline trail shoes. That was a life
saver. I was able to run again without pain. Not much else
happened from that point on to the finish other than running
when I could and walking all the hills. I did have one fall
at around mile 48. I tripped on a tree root and fell off the
trail into the grass. I immediately got a cramp in my calf
and couldn't get up for a couple of minutes. I'm bummed
about that because I could have finished in 6th place. The
6th and 7th place finishers where both under 2 minutes
faster than me and the one was in my age group. He should not
have even been in front of me as I passed him with 4 miles to
go and he never passed me even when I went down. He cut the
course short. He admitted at the finish line that he must
have missed part of the course. It's not hard to miss a turn
that late in the race when you are exhausted. I got lost
once on the race but after running in the wrong direction
for a couple of minutes I figured it out and went back to
where I missed the turn.
The course was brutal you start with a 4.5 mile loop that
takes you back to the start before heading out again. The loop
was up a ski mountain and then back down. So basically your
walking in the first my of a 50 miler. Then you run 2 loops
around Devils Lake. These 2 loops are not much easier you
have some steep climbs up rock like steps. Once you get to
the top the views were amazing. You could look down and
see the lake and all the trees below you. I wish I could
have stopped and enjoyed it. I didn't have a camera on me
but wish I had. After you run these 2 loops you start
running back towards the start but you don't get to finish
they make you run the original 4.5 mile loop back up the ski
Will I run this again probably not. Was it fun well sort
of. I was sick afterwards. I couldn't do anything. I ate
some watermelon that's all that my stomach could handle.
I did jump in the lake to clean off somewhat didn't
want to be to smelly for the 3 hour drive home. Mike and
I did stop later and I got some real food in my belly.
By the way Mike was 11th overall in the 50k and 1st in
his age group. I wish I would have done the 50k. They
even gave runners a chance at mile 25 to drop down to the
50k distance but I didn't.
This morning I'm very sore and can hardly walk. I think I
need a few days off. Up next is Pikes Peak marathon. So
at least I got a great training run in yesterday for that.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Dances with Dirt Baraboo, Wisconsin
Posted by Brad Poppele at 8:37 AM
3 comments:
- Clara said...
Yes, I think the 50k would have been a more fun option. And that sucks that that guy missed part of the course and beat you; frustrating! I didn't know Brooks Adrenaline was also a trail shoe...I've been running in that regular shoe for all of my races. I'm a retard.
- July 13, 2010 at 11:55 AM
- Brad Poppele said...
Clara, Your right the 50k option would have been a better choice. Brooks makes both Adrenaline in trail and road shoes.
- July 13, 2010 at 1:00 PM
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This will be pretty short and sweet. The Dino Nation Blog is happy to congratulate Brett Lockwood the winner of our Return of T.J Contest Winner. I thank all who entered and our 3 finalists in the contest. All were great and did a good job making it a tough choice. Brett will now be taking in a game with yours truly at the ACC. A pretty exciting one at that with the return of T.J Ford to Toronto. I hope to make it a great experience for him and see it as a way to thank all of the readers in making this a fun experience for him. So Congrats to him and I look forward to meeting him on Wednesday.
Also thanks to Raptorman.ca that was kind enough to put up the tickets for the contest.
Congratulations To Our Contest Winner
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nice to see that fellow otaku is doing fine in real life.
any way for me
What's your Profession/your planned course to take up in college?
still high school student. planing to take computer course. after that i just follow where the wind take me. i prefer to do something to with robotic or gaming
Your Current Status.
studying for high school. taking Physic, Futher Math, and Computing
What made you choose it?
probably boil down to my hobby. playing game and watching anime (mecha show especially).
also my fascination of technology. i amaze how fast it goes. and keep accelerating! make me wonder if I can found/invented new stuff
Are you happy with it?
currently? well i just started school and it's quite disaster because they use new system.
but if you talk about last academic year. it was quite OK one. I meant i havent found anything that really like....other than robotic which I really love. mainly because i get 2nd place in regional robotic competition
How do you see yourself in the future?
i dunno, maybe making new game in EA. creating new stuff in Google or creating Gundam in Japan.
but probably end up become It specialist in small company
|2012-09-15, 20:30
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I also have terrible luck. This may sound funny coming from someone such as myself who has "made it" by working hard and (arguably) being somewhat smart. But let me tell you, from experience, it's better to be lucky than to be good.
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|2012-09-15, 22:31
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If you think you have bad luck, think about someone who is worse off - there are some people, no matter how hard they work, never made much in life.
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Age: 34
"Just because you work hard, doesn't mean you will be successful. But if you don't work hard, you will likely never be successful."
With regards to luck.. let's just say my lifetime losses at casinos far outreaches what they should be based purely on statistical odds.. And despite the correctness of my investment theses .. let's just say some investment short positions haven't turned out right .. So I've become a bit tad risk averse when it comes to situations that are not under my own personal control.
EDIT: @GenjiChan -- Thanks for creating the thread! I didn't know it existed and it's a great way for people to get to know each other and get some context with regards to their backgrounds!
|2012-09-16, 09:44
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What's your Profession/
newbie pre-paid Hitman for Hire
Your Current Status
Imprisoned in one of Killers Special Mobile Prison fleet (I dunno which one, since no one transported awake) I've been transported 3 times already to different interior place and currently the most dangerous inmates here (leader by default) for maim and 'play executioner' even to the officers.
Longing for a lots of friends and love.
Single, err..should I add 'Horny' too?
What made you choose it?
It's my clan customs and culture, nothing special, we've been taught it since we can understand talks
Are you happy with it?
Yes I am, my profession helping reduce human population which polluting this planet.
Paid well,
Easy, (all you should do just win in an auction, buy information, rent a team, and pull the trigger)
How do you see yourself in the future?
If we have one, I'd like to die with Ozone in stratosphere already patched and Earth purity restored from all pollution it suffered from
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Wiggle Your Big Toe
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Milwaukee
Age: 27
What's your Profession/your planned course to take up in college??
Visual and Audio Communications (basically video/audio/graphics editing). Also have been taking occasional acting courses.
Your Current Status.?
Freelance Voice acting, working at a bike shop, and having way too much time on my hands. Oh and I'm very close to finishing my degree.
What made you choose it??
I've always foung editing video and creating graphics to be enjoyable enough that I felt it'd make a perfect egree to pursue while I try to accomplish my other goals. As for the acting, well I love acting!
Are you happy with it??
Thus far I'm happy enough with it, though I've had to learn a lot about coding for web site development which is definitely not my forte. My restraunt job isn't stressful and I've been having decent success with my freelance voice acting work.
How do you see yourself in the future?
Near future, probably working at a job for graphics or website development while still trying to get my foot in the door for voice acting. Eventually I hope to get enough consistent work in the voice acting field that i can reasonably live off that, but who knwos how that'll turn out.
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 29
An update for me, I'm still unemployed (), but I now have two pending interviews, one with a small consultancy that deals with Nuclear decommissioning, and another with Nikon's precision intruments division.
Though, I'd really prefer to have the chance to work on Gundams...
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Join Date: Aug 2007
At the moment I am a Medical Records Technician
at an Ophthalmology Ambulatory Surgery Center. I am also going to school full time to become certified for this position.
It's not what I planned to do at all. I also have a Master's in Library Science so I wanted to become a librarian but it just didn't work out (and in fact I was unemployed for awhile until I got my current job through a temp agency).
Anyways I do like my job. It's actually somewhat related to being a librarian since I still deal with information (just confidential medical information). I do hope to get paid more and my position will advance once I get my degree since at the moment the pay is not the best. I do like the people I work with though and anything is better than being unemployed.
Also even though it's never what I planned most of my careers have always been related to the medical field: medical publishing after college, internship in science & medical libraries, short time working to process international medical students student records, & now this.
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Brazil - São Paulo
Age: 25
What's your Profession/your planned course to take up in college?
English teacher
Your Current Status.
Studying linguistics and literature in college. Just started this year.
What made you choose it?
My English's always been really good, so I considered either being a teacher or a translator. I went for the former, as it sounded more fun to me. The idea of working with different kinds of people everyday appealed to me.
Are you happy with it?
'The hell you think? Damn straight I am. I feel incredibly accomplished with what I do. It's definetely not easy, but everyday feels fulfilling and fun.
How do you see yourself in the future?
I would tell you if I knew how the river flows.
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Crime stoppers of Mesa County are asking for your help in finding the suspect responsible for a burglary.
It happened around 11:45 p.m. on Sunday, September 30th. Uintah Liquors located at 1024 Highway 6 & 50 in Mack was burglarized, with the suspect taking off with approximately $600 in alcohol including cases of beer and numerous other bottles. The suspect also caused close to $1,500 worth of damage to the business.
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For a company that is still selling 15 million phones every quarter, and are only doing 40% more revenue year over year, they definitely sound like they're collapsing.
So they might not continue to grow at such an incredible rate. They're still making money hand over fist and certainly seem to have plans to fix the issues people talk about. I have a playbook and I'm generally impressed with it - lack of a few apps notwithstanding.
Remember Palm (a pioneer in PDA's and a very profitable entity) and what happened to them after the flop of Palm Foleo?
I think that's when HP bought them.
So it sounds like:
1. Make popular, leading edge product
2. Suffer market decline and get bought out by HP (or another big player)
3. Profit!
When your market share drops from 19% to 14% in one quarter, that is not incredible growth. Research In Motion issued a warning stating that its smartphone sales would hit the low end of its projected 13.5 to 14.5 million in unit sales this quarter.
If they don't leapfrog their competition with their next product, they will be marginalized quickly.
When your market share drops from 19% to 14% in one quarter, that is not incredible growth. Research In Motion issued a warning stating that its smartphone sales would hit the low end of its projected 13.5 to 14.5 million in unit sales this quarter.
I remember hearing about six months back (possibly even more), that the biggest problem facing RIM wasn't so much that their growth was in decline
Even then, the number of iPhone
If they made sinks, you would be right. But in the hardware industry you usually have to have large volume to keep the price down. If they can't keep up with the other makers, then they are going to see their price rice and that is the spiral that is being talked about.
While most indications seem to point in that direction, considering the playbook was not well received, and blackberry's current flagship devices are out-dated, at best, I feel it's kind of early to make this kind of claim.
I think blackberry has probably two more quarters to get a solid business phone that rivals Android/iPhone devices that runs "OS7" (nobody really knows what that is yet, though I do not believe it's QNX..) If they can pull that off, maybe they'll have a chance..
I have a feeling that they'll begin to focus more on software, perhaps taking their BBM service to other platforms first.
They should do what they did initially.. be rock solid on the business end, then phase back into the consumer realm.
My sense is that they jumped the shark by failing to either make BES free or eliminate it and dependence on RIMs network completely.
I can remember the pre-active sync days when it got ugly within organizations when the last BES license got used up. They were expensive and buying another block wasn't always viable.
Just as soon as Activesync became viable and the onslaught of WinMo phones that supported it came out I began to see customers at the mid/small level abandon the expensive and complicated BES for direct SSL communication. No more dedicated BES server, no more expensive licenses.
Had BES become free to use it might have helped prevent the loss of those markets; eliminating it completely would have been even more beneficial.
Just as soon as Activesync became viable and the onslaught of WinMo phones that supported it came out I began to see customers at the mid/small level abandon the expensive and complicated BES for direct SSL communication. No more dedicated BES server, no more expensive licenses.
We saw the same thing happen when exec's started clamoring for iPhones. But most of them came back to Blackberry when they realized that they were missing some important functionality, (like the ability to see availability when booking a meeting), had problems with dropped appointments accepted on their iPhone, and have had problems with missing emails -- emails that show up in their inbox on outlook and blackberry, but not on the iPhone.
For me personally, the big thing that's missing on my Android/ActiveSync mail client is a way to configure message filters to decide what to deliver to the device. I get some status messages from some devices that I generally want to read during the day, but don't want to see them on my Blackberry (and don't want to get woken up at 3am by a flurry of unimportant informational status messages, but I do want to be woken up by the ones that say we're out of disk space).
I have about a dozen filters on my blackberry to filter out the noise, and though I can set up Outlook filtering, the kind of filtering I want to do is client-only, not server side, so if Outlook isn't running on my desktop, the messages don't get filtered.
The Blackberry has another nice feature that saved my butt once - I was out of town, and our VPN concentrator failed and didn't failover to the backup device. No one could VPN into the office to fix it or even diagnose. Since my blackberry is essentially on our internal network, I was able to ssh into the backup concentrator, reboot it and get it online. All while 8000 miles from home. Took me 10 minutes to fix it, while it would have taken an hour or two to get someone to the office to fix it. I realize that this also makes the blackberry a potential back door into the network, so most people don't have unrestricted network access on their BB.
I don't think Activesync is going to push out all of the corporate RIM/BES users just yet.
BES Express has been free for almost a year now. Almost the same featureset as BES, but no BES activation required on the phone. BB devices with standard BIS access can connect to BESx servers and get full data sync.
I just got a work-provided upgrade to the Bold 9780 (standard issue here and for the foreseeable future). I'm not worried for RIM but their tablet need to do better.
Reason is the US government loves Blackberries. Seriously, it is like the one and only smartphone they use. There are a number of reasons for that, not the least of which being BB takes security very seriously and they are all FIPS certified and all that jazz.
So while they might shrink if their consumer market gets gobbled up, unless the government ditches them they should be fine.
I think if Blackberry wants to survive they should look to the thinkpad model, where the laptop was perceived as a piece of 'corporate warrior' kit. I think their inroads into the consumer market are dead ends....
Don't see how the security is any better than a direct https link between Exchage and your phone. Going through 3rd party servers means plenty of risk of exploits in future even if things are fine just now. The best thing they have going for them is their cheap international roaming costs IMO.
I have a BES Express server; you can control a lot of stuff on the phones, in addition to the remote wipe capabilities, and I'm sure the full BES has even more control. You can control what types of Bluetooth devices can connect, etc. It's not just secure email, there's a ton of centralized security features on these things. And when you're running your own server, the encryption is between your server and the phone; despite it going through RIM, they can't see the data. So, the big enterprise guys aren't r
How can you be sure that they can't see the data though? Even if their current server software can't, what's to stop them changing the system so that it's possible? I'm not the tinfoil hat type, as in our company has BBs and I doubt anyone would even be interested in out email, but I always find that claim that RIM can't see the mails a little silly..
Don't see how the security is any better than a direct https link between Exchange and your phone.
It's not an issue of data in flight. It's a matter of data at rest on the smart phone itself. BlackBerries have strong encryption that covers everything stored on the phone itself, including the removable media. No other smart phone comes close. It's FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) 140-2 blessed, which is good enough for sensitive but unclassified information storage by US Federal government users. It meets several other governments' requirements as well.
FIPS 140-2 certification is the o
Don't blame Blackberry's failings on the pace at which Android devices are coming out. Apple is doing very well without refreshing their phone every 3 months. The problem is that they are not making the right products for the market out there. The market is no longer captive, they can't just depend on being blackberry anymore as a marketing strategy. And they totally failed to _get_ apps.
RIM has been too slow...
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. "Rock solid" means, in my book at least, unquestionable, bomb-proof, without "back doors" that can be opened with a key given to any government that whines loudly enough. See sibling's comments about RIM rolling over and peeing on themselves for the U.A.E.
How was their security any better than an Exchange https connection? People always go on about Blackberry security being amazing, but I just don't see it, for exactly the reasons you say and more. If you're relying on 3rd party servers, you run the risk of them selling out, being hacked, going bankrupt and someone seizing their servers, etc.
The security is not any better for you, it is better for your corporate masters.
You see, they get to have complete 100% control on what you can or cannot do with the device. Event to the point of remote wipe if you loose the phone or decide to quit withouts giving it back.
That is the big difference and what they mean by "better security".
Please explain how that's any better/different than what Apple offers?
http://www.apple.com/iphone/business/integration/ [apple.com]
What Apple offers can be fairly easily circumvented (all you need to do is wipe the device yourself).
The abovementioned "it's better for your corporate masters" is dead-bang-on.
Rim makes good phones. I use Blackberries (I program on them at work) and Android (my personal phone is a Nexus One) and overall the Rim phones are more reliable as phones go. The Android/iPhone is a handheld internet portal that happens to make phone calls, not always very reliably. For example, in bright sunlight it's difficult to even see the keypad to dial a number on.
On the other hand, the app market drives phone sales nowadays, so anyone who wants something beyond a basic flip phone is likely to go
They need to break free of their corporate mentality and market this thing to the general public, not just their loyal BB users.
Thing is, BB makes their money in the enterprise space, and that population doesn't replace phones on a whim or every 1-2 years. They made big decisions in committee, and aren't as beholden to the "must have the latest thing" mentality
Why do people keep on talking about BlackBerry running QNX?
It's like talking incessantly about Android phones running Linux and iOS devices running BSD - the core kernel doesn't really matter that much, it's what you layer on top of it.
There's nothing new about QNX, it's been around for well over a decade. Just like there's nothing new about Linux (even about Linux on mobile phones), but Google's userland layer on top of it has made major waves in the smarphone market.
I think blackberry has probably two more quarters to get a solid business phone that rivals Android/iPhone devices that runs "OS7" (nobody really knows what that is yet, though I do not believe it's QNX..) If they can pull that off, maybe they'll have a chance..
That would require smart & effective leadership. Have you listened to the delusional babbling of RIM's co-CEOs lately? RIM is already dead; they just won't realize it for quite a while longer.
Agreed. The BB has always been and continues to be very well suited for enterprise use. The foreseeable future has a place for BB and RIM.
In the real world enterprises we are moving away from BB because they are not offering what Apple and Android can. Apple and Android have better word processing, far superior web capabillites, robust applications, and with servers like Good, we no longer have the dependenc
Sorry, that is a lie.
A lie? seriously! How pompous and arrogant you must be
They are expensive, require additional data plans with Verizon
That is Verizon's fault not RIM's. Maybe it's your mobile provider you should change.
So sorry, NO, in the real enterprise world we are tired of dealing with...
I don't remember giving you my proxy to make blanket statements for me and I doubt you speak for the entire enterprise world. For organizations that don't need the stability and security that a BES/Blackberry provide there are indeed some moving toward other devices. For any group that deals in sensitive information they need to protect there just isn't any competitor t
and close them down as symbian before handing the keys over to microsoft
The put option volume on RIM stock is staggering. Just today alone there have been 67 put contracts sold at a $27.50 strike price for January 2013. Even crazier is that even though those contracts are currently $20 out of the money, they still sold in the $1.50 range... Certainly the market is betting that RIM is toast.
Seems to be working fine for them in Canada...
Question is..."For how long?" The trend lines are not in RIM's favour!
most of the high school kids I know buy blackberry as their first smartphone...
That is until they discover Android. Take the Galaxy line of phones from Samsung. The latest Galaxy S2 leaves the newest BlackBerry phone in the dust if you exclude enterprise capabilities. These features do not matter that much to those high school kids. I know because I teach them.
It's nice to give little countries a chance once in a while, right?
RIM was a success story for Canada, a chance to present a world-class Canadian-made product.
Total world assimilation into the RDF seems so
and maple syrup of course.
Same here in the UK. Blackberries seem to be in the phones of the young and trendy (i.e. not me
Up here in Canada the local hip hop station has been playing a song called "swaggberry" talking about how if you don't have a BBM pin, where you bin?
It's an awful song and it's so obviously bought and paid for
The problem with trying to pull business from the consumer market with Blackberry Messenger is that it doesn't do you any good unless your friends have Blackberries too.
Blackberry messenger was, until a few months ago THE ultimate social network for yuppie kids in Mexico, but WhatsApp has been replacing it almost everywhere.
A lot of kids still love their Blackberries, though (the Curve is the favorite model, by far)
I truthfully believe the beginning of the spiral started as a very very small circle of people at the center of a spiral that only the RIM Board and Execs saw and either ignored or misunderstood.
The moment the spiral started was when Steve Jobs stood alone on a black stage and pointed a colorful touch screen at the audience and then spoke convincingly of the world to come in personal communications.
I am an outsider, but from what I see, if you wait 3-4 years in a new market evolution-revolution, you die. W
I think there's a 4th alternative: Understand and focus on their -core market-, which is corporations. One could be very profitable selling secure and manageable (from the IT/CIO sense) phones and pads to just the Fortune 500 and governments.
What surprised/disappointed me about the Playbook was the absence of the level of information assurance support for that device. It's the Blackberry's primary selling point to what I see as their core market. Better to have announced a delay associated with "getting
Android is the current thing. Many vendors are making many phones, and they are selli
My impression is that RIM phones are kinda like Jags. You buy them to 'show off' that you're a buisinessy type.
You'd expect a hot-shot businessman to use serious phones like Blackberries. You don't expect him to mingle with the rest of us and our androids or iOSes.
BB had been technologically backwards for ages. They barely have any touchscreen devices (its 2011 people), and the app store is more 'serious'.
So I don't know, I think RIM was dying for ages. Just that its a 'show off' phone, so its aimed at people who want to look 'fessional but don't know jack about technology. So lots of people.
They barely have touchscreen devices? They've had the Torch out for a while, and the Storm out for even longer. They're adding touch to the curve and the bold this year.
BB Storm:November 14, 2008
iPhone: June 29, 2007
Nokia 5800 Xpress: January 2, 2008
Bit late to the whole touchscreen party don't you think? These weren't the first phones to have touchscreen on them. Now tons of phones have touchscreens... and they have... wow... 2. One of which is 2 and a half years old. Oh right and the playbook. Heh.
The Modern market isn't buying mobiles just to phone with them. They get them for the apps. Which is why having good sound quality isn't much of a large sales emphasis as you
My impression is that RIM phones are kinda like Jags. You buy them to 'show off' that you're a buisinessy type.
OMG my boss to the tee. I was in a conference call with him a couple of weeks ago and he was giving the guy his contact info. Here's how it went:
Boss: If you need to reach me you can call me on my blackberry at 555-555-1212
Guy: Ok so that is your cell phone number?
Boss: Yes that is my blackberry number.
Come on. Can't you just call it a cellphone like everyone else?
Perhaps it's time for them to accept that producing your own phone OS is just too much work for a small player, and load their BlackBerry software suite on Windows Mobile.
If they managed to become BBW, they would have a truly impressive amount of weight to throw around.
The problem isn't that it is too much work. They can easily cover their costs for that. The problem is market are notoriously fickle, and producing your own OS is risky - differentiation can be a blessing or a curse. If Palm could afford to o so, then so could Blackberry.
... and the company too small to compete with huge rivals like Apple and Google.
I don't even know what this means. There are many examples of small companies which are able to compete just fine against bigger (presumably more established) companies. In fact, in this case, RIM was the established company when Apple and Google entered the cellphone business. If RIM has not been able to hold onto their lead, it's not because they're too small. More likely they were just caught standing still.
The news that RIM suddenly just renamed [crackberry.com] BlackBerry OS 6.1 as OS 7 strikes me as an additional sign of desperate moves, too; the OS isn't a major change, as it's not the desired/anticipated move to QNX base or anything.
I used BB's for years, and appreciated them for their excellent email support at the time. The truth is, though, once I had a taste of the Android platform, my days with RIM were over. The nearly-perfect Google data sync and number of applications are big advantages but, for my wife and I, it really came down to the fact that the browser didn't lock up the whole damned phone when a website became unresponsive.
Perhaps they can pull themselves together here--it's not an impossibility--and they're still in much better shape than Microsoft in regards to the smartphone market.
Yup, RIM was competitive back when the competition was a feature phone with WAP support.
Now only inertia keeps them around. No company would invest in the platform at this point unless the ROI was really quick. Once everybody migrates to either iOS or Android RIM's sales will plummet.
Your last line reminds me of something I've wondered for a couple of years now. Why doesn't the company whose server and desktop operating systems and software often found in the enterprise, team up with the company whose handsets are often found in the enterprise? I mean in the wake of iOS and Android's success, I don't see the MS/Nokia deal being enough of a defense...at least not in the US anyway.
BUT, I think a MS/RIM partnership would be HUGE. RIM's security and notification system, MS software and network integration; it'd be a big win for enterprise. I could see many businesses feeling comfortable putting their mobile eggs in that basket. I'm not even a real fan of either company, but I would feel like the mobility needs for my enterprise would have a secure road map for development, infrastructure, and support.
Sooner or later, RIM will have to ditch BlackBerry for DroidBerry.
They said the same about Motorola. They are still around.
But not as the same force they were before. Motorola used to be the clear no 2 in the mobile space.
Several years back I worked on some software for the Blackberry (pre-Pearl). Over the past couple of months I've written software for the Playbook as part of their runup to release. The experience was just as shoddy both times. Just getting started on a project is an exercise in intuition and quite the struggle. Tooling is spread across multiple archives; some of it is/was windows-only; documentation is poor or misleading.
I remember my former CEO standing in my office nearly 7 years ago with myself and a colleague, saying "Hey, I have [some senior RIM guy] on the line... Anything you want to say to him?" Both myself and my colleague looked at each other, then said "Tell him RIM treats developers like crap. We need better tools."
Not the most intelligent thing to say, I guess, but it was a casual conversation and we were both pretty frustrated. Of course, the RIM guy had no response.
RIM's attitude towards developers only works in an environment where they are the only game in town. They aren't anymore, and their enterprise customers' resistance to change is the only reason they haven't already crashed and burned.
Normally when there's an article where the answer is best left, "I don't know." It's usually shit.
However, the author of this article is making a pretty good case that RIM's screwed. Profits are down, marketshare is down, and developers are looking to develop for iOS and Android more than QNX and BB6.
I don't think it's that dire, not yet. The upcoming quarterly results are going to shellack their current stock price even worse and shake off the RIM faithful.
The big question is, what about next quarter? RIM doesn't need to be #1, or #2, or even #5. They just need to be profitable to honestly survive.(This is the maybe.)
The question I have for the BB faithful is whether or not RIM's going to start trimming out it's product tree and offer a more limited lineup of phones and focus on optimizing their OS or if they're going to go do something crazy. I think that the Playbook doesn't need to be a winner in the market, just drive sales for BB6 devices, and BB6 devices aren't bad at any rate. (This is the no.)
OTOH, if they were capable of that, they wouldn't have lost ground share in the corporate world to iOS and Android not to mention share in the consumer market. I've seen friends flee the BB Ecosystem after realizing their device model line of choice isn't getting upgraded. This would be the most likely and really sad big fat yes.
RIM's probably going to take it in the pants, but, they have some outs, let's see if they take them. Even if they pare out some of the more redundant lines, like having 4 or so models of the Curve, other BB devices with modern hardware and an optimized OS with better browser should be enticing enough to bring the BB faithful back to the fold. Just, leave Flash for the Playbook.
I'm not really sure what they could do at this point to turn the ship around.
Much like Microsoft they sat on their ass for the last 5 years. I think it's too late for them, as it was the case with Nokia. At least you know that Nokia has a foothold in the consumer market with some smartphones, a ton of burners and a fairly strong brand.
Blackberry is synonymous with corporate and boring. It's a glorified pager for rapidly-declining business segment. There is virtually no enthusiasm in the platform and mainstr
They rolled over and gave the keys to everyone's kingdom to whatever whiny monarch or head of state that wanted it. It instantly destroyed their credibility as to the "security" of the data..
Honestly if they told the king of Saudia Arabia to stuff it up his rear the would have had a LOT of instant credibility to the business world. Instead they rolled over and said , "here this is how you read everyones emails, can we do anything else for you?"
I would've stuck with a BB if it weren't for two things:
1) I could only use my BB flatrate with an extra push data option that added to my allready steep premium for a HSDPA/UMTS data flatrate. This sucks. They should've offered a lesser security option for push email or a switch-off option all together so people who aren't corporate users could use their BBs as any other smartphone user. They didn't and instead had carriers buy the full BB server package and pass the price on to their customers, naturally.
RIM was a "one-trick-pony" company in a world where people needed the functionalities they now get from "ordinary" smartphones but which the telcos and phone manufacturers refused to provide. If iPhone and Android didn't happend when they did, I would probably own a Blackberry now simply because nothing else did Internet and e-mail decently, but they tried to milk that platform without innovating for far too long. They may or may not be in trouble right now but in 2 years - who would want to buy a new Blackberry?
It's easy to be prophetic after the battle but imagine if RIM made the first Android phones instead of HTC - they would be unstoppable now.
Sure they might have to cut back a little or at least slow their growth, but they are still blackberry the classiest smart phone out their.
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Perhaps that is just the fallacy of thinking of atoms and particles interchangeably, all the while ignoring the enormous gravity field in very close proximity.
No, I don't think that's even relevant here. Radiation pressure is well known to push gas around, the heliosphere is a great example of this and we see similar examples around other stars. If there were such a highly directional radiation source dominating our interstellar environment, it would have pushed away from the galactic center the gas clouds we see around us. Since they still are here, then we don't have such an environment.
It's interesting to contrast theoretical conversations about the interstellar medium against actual observations by radio astronomers of HI hydrogen gas at the 21-cm wavelength. Gerrit Verschuur has spent a lifetime mapping out the interstellar HI hydrogen, and the observational picture which he paints in his numerous papers and handful of books on this subject is -- truth be told -- that the interstellar "clouds" are not at all cloud-like. They are rather extraordinarily filamentary, and the filaments ex
It's interesting to contrast theoretical conversations about the interstellar medium against actual observations by radio astronomers of HI hydrogen gas at the 21-cm wavelength.
No theoretical conversation here. I'm quite aware of and have seen the vast clouds of matter that lie around us, including the space between us and the center of the Milky Way. A decent telescope will show you this.
At some point, it might just make sense to wonder if the filaments that are being observed in interstellar space have an electromagnetic origin, akin to that of a novelty plasma globe. It's unfortunate that theorists seem to go to such great lengths to avoid investigating that possibility.
Theorists have to match their theory to observation. All you have for your claim here is "filaments" which would occur just due to the combination of gravity, supernova, and photon radiation pressure of normal stars. You need something more, say like actual measurements of the field strength of the EM fields allegedly creating these filaments.
other than the rainbow which was put there by the almighty as a promise to not end the world again by flood most natural phenomena are pretty irregular, aren't they?
The rainbow is part of the Bifrost bridge connecting Midgar (Earth) to Valhalla. Any alternate interpretation is vile propaganda spread by Christian heretics trying to sap our precious bodily fluids and turn us away from honor.
The rainbow is merely a mode of transport of the cheese-hole cutting god Iris. Any other "religious" significance of the rainbow is blasphemy. May Zeus have mercy on your heathen soul!
The rainbow is part of the Bifrost bridge connecting Midgar (Earth) to Valhalla. Any alternate interpretation is vile propaganda spread by Christian heretics trying to sap our precious bodily fluids and turn us away from honor.
Actually the Bifrost connects Midgard to Asgard. Valhalla is akin to a castle or palace for the Allfather a.k.a. Odin. Only one-half of the souls of the slain go to Valhalla the other half go to Freya's field called Folkvangr. Both at located in Asgard. I would mod you down but since I posted here I can't do that. Norse Mythology lesson concluded, carry on.
Our solar system is a very tiny dot versus a ginormous amalgamation of radiation sources at the center of our galaxy.
Actually, by analysis of cyclotron emissions, there are plenty of far more local galactic cosmic ray sources. The problem with something like Sagitarrius A* or something else near the center of the galaxy, is that is very far way for the energy scales being measured. Because cosmic rays are charged particles and there is a background magnetic field in the galaxy, such particles could not make a straight line from the center of the galaxy to here and instead would be trapped and susceptible to interaction with things in between. Even when you get into the TeV range of particles (the ones voyager was looking at was 2 MeV to 600 MeV), the gyroradius is on the order of dozens of AU.
This problem means that except at the highest of energies for extra-galactic cosmic rays, the direction of cosmic rays are scrambled and not pointing back to their source. The distribution of galactic cosmic rays has more to do with the magnetic field structure in the near by neighborhood. Additionally, in this case here, it has a lot to do with the interaction of high energy particles and shock waves in plasma, which is still a big, active area of research. This would determine how much is emitted or blocked by the heliosheath, but would also still depend on the structure of the area which is quite turbulent. An understanding of the interaction between the solar wind, very local sources like other near by stars and previous novas in the area is what this will come down to, and very little to do with the center of the galaxy.
QUESTION! Possibly stupid, because I am a layman when it comes to this stuff.
If cosmic rays get bent all around like this, why do we get such a sensible picture from lower energy stuff around visible light? (radio, infrared, visual, uv) I would expect the lower energy stuff to be even more affected.
Hmm. I'm more interested in the "Stranger yet, Voyager 1 detected an increase in galactic cosmic rays — but found that at times they were moving in parallel instead of traveling randomly." comment. Moving in parallel to what, exactly? Voyager?
Still, sounds pretty fricking awesome. Damn shame we can't be out there ourselves.
http://science.slashdot.org/story/13/06/30/1318227/voyager-1-finds-unexpected-wrinkles-at-the-edge-of-the-solar-system [slashdot.org] 30 June 2013
http://science.slashdot.org/story/13/03/20/1757256/voyager-1-officially-exits-our-solar-system [slashdot.org] 20 March 2013
http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/12/04/039257/voyager-1-so-close-to-interstellar-space-that-we-can-taste-it [slashdot.org] 03 December 2012
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/07/2127247/voyager-1-exits-our-solar-system [slashdot.org] 07 December 2011
http://science.slashdot.org/story/05/09/26/1736216/voyager-1-sends-messages-from-the-edge [slashdot.org] 26 September 2005
http://science.slashdot.org/story/05/05/24/2334240/voyager-1-crosses-the-termination-shock [slashdot.org] 25 May 2005
http://science.slashdot.org/story/03/11/05/2019204/voyager-1-reaches-interstellar-space [slashdot.org] 05 November 2003
This has been going on for nearly 10 years. Arrghh!
I watched an episode of Northern Exposure from 1992 that mentioned Voyager I was on the very edge of leaving the solar system. Extrapolate from that, and it's been going on since the damn thing was launched, apparently.
On a galactic scale, it's more like once every 5 seconds.
The solar system just gets bigger every time Voyager is about to leave it, analogously to US copyright terms and Mickey Mouse.
Funny drawing. But it seems the problem here is the interpretation of the Voyager's data. Not the probes that still do a magnificent job. I've always been fascinated how the Voyagers did/do a great job since 1977. Starting by providing really amazing pictures of our "external planets", following a smart path (that could have been even more awesome [wikipedia.org] if budget wouldn't have been reduced) now they're still able to work and communicate successfully with Earth, from a 120+ AU distance, thanks to a 1977 technology.
I'm going to point out that made things to last in the 1970's. We don't do that anymore.
it is believed the Oort cloud goes out to almost a light-year, so by that definition of "extent of solar system" Voyager won't be leaving in our lifetimes, not for thousands of years.
I did a search of the thread for VGER and got no hits.
Where did all the nerds on this site go?
Not when it's continually expanding - that's like an always-on facelift.
Okay, stretchmarks?
Our Solar System lies about it's age, like a Hollywood starlet . . . it uses the Biblical estimate and claims that it is under 10,000 years old.
So it is a relative hipster on the Universe block.
Actually, it is not "the Biblical estimate".
It is "a" Bibliical estimate.
As in "one among many".
The "young" earth theory is only one of many theories that exist among Christians.
To say it is "the" theory is in error and appears to be bigotry.
theory? you mean that there is not one universal truth?
In a quantum physics world that is not necessarily true. Either way there is naught but nonsense in the bible.
Bigotry is absolutely not the right word to use. "Narrow-minded," perhaps.
You didn't think something 4.5 billion years old would have a few wrinkles?
Dude, the universe is only 6,000 years old and all the stuff about evolution and stars millions of light years away are nothing but lies straight from the pit of hell. Voyager is going to be destroyed any day now as it crashes head-on into the firmament. Hopefully in the last few seconds it can send back the sound of the flood waters being held back by the firmament.
This behaviour would seem to fit Dr. Bhat's helical solar system model perfectly.
Secondary theory built on it predicts Voyager can never leave the solar system,
because it's unable to obtain the 70,000 km/hr escape velocity of the Sun-
(or equivalent speed based on the speed which the Sun orbits the galactic center).
HA HA @ NASA (and ilk) for dismissing him as a nutjob and now feigning ignorance.
...Voyager VI, which never actually existed. NASA only ever made Voyager I and II
So you think NASA is done building Voyagers for all time? You may be right, but I wouldn't rule out the rice voyagers, and maybe at some point the Persian, Indian, or African voyagers.
They took that out to slay the ASCII-art trolls.
Now, instead of just drawing dicks with symbols, they write up grand stories about them instead.
Someone else (who I think I saw here on Slashdot the last time Voyager was mentioned) had a great analogy for what we're likely seeing. I can't take credit for this at all, but I think it makes a lot of sense.
Suppose we're a small probe, making our way off an island, down the beach, and into the ocean. All we have is a wind-speed detector, and a water detector. As we near the water, waves start lapping over us. When they do, our wind-speed detector says "no wind", and our water detector says "we're wet." Have we entered the ocean yet? The answer is "not quite, but we're really darn close."
It doesn't seem surprising to me at all that the boundary neither perfectly uniform, nor stationary in time. I think we'll be in this transition band for a while.
So ther
This analogy is terrible. Is the island generating its own wind, apart from an incoming wind? Is it generating a field that would interact with those winds? If you want to understand what is going on, then you need appropriate models, not toy analogies.
The owners are having trouble building out the set fast enough to keep up with Voyager.
These are incredibly weak influences that require unimaginable distances to have a cumulative effect. Like gas clouds that are essentially 99.9999% the same as "empty" space, but over tens of millions of miles you build up a black wall like a pointillist painting.
We are ants with a theory of 10 foot waves, and then are shocked to see one isn't glass smooth to the widh of our little foot.
tl;dr Shit be swirlin yo.
It reminds me of my kids:
Kids: "Are we there yet?"
Me: "No."
Kids: "Are we there yet?"
Me: "No! Stop asking!"
Kids: "Are we there yet?"
Me: "I don't know, we are hell fucking lost!"
Kids: "Dad, you shouldn't cuss."
Me: "Shuddup! I'm trying to concentrate!"
Reached the edge of the simulation?
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This dish is superb because the beef is cooked in wine without adding water. The onions get caramelized while cooking in the wine, making them crispy. Add to that the sweet & sour flavor of the pears, & the results are out of this world. I've given you a particularly gorgeous presentations, but since the flavor of this dish really speaks for itself, I only make the medallions on special occasion. Usually I just cool & slice the cooked meat thinly
12 servings
1 (4 lb) shoulder roast
5 Tbsp oil
4½ cup good quality sweet red wine
2 medium onions, sliced thinly
6 cloves garlic, sliced
3 Tbsp honey
2 Tbsp tomato paste
½ tsp fresh ground black pepper
½ tsp salt
½ tsp paprika
4 pears, cored and cut into eighths, lenghwise
Heat oil in a wide, shallow pot. Place meat in hot oil and brown on all sides to seal in the juices. Pour wine over meat and cook for about 10 minutes. Add onions and garlic. Simmer 3 hours, turning meat over every half hour.
Add honey, tomato paste, seasoning and pears.
Simmer for an additional half hour, until meat is very tender. Let meat cool in the pot for an hour or two, and then transfer it to a bowl and pour unstrained cooking juices over it. Refrigerate 12 hours. Slice meat thinly.
For an elegant presentation, cut meat into medallions with a 2-to-3-inch round cookie cutter. Heat medallions in the gravy. Stack 3-4 medallions in the gravy. Stack 3-4 medallions on each plate and rest a wedge of caramelized pear on the uppermost medallion.
For a simpler presentation, heat meat slices in gravy. Transfer to a serving platter, arranging pear wedges between the slices.
Tip: Even if you're not fond of sweet additions to meat, don't leave out the honey. It tenderizes the meat without dominating the dish's flavor.


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The Philadelphia Department of Public Health achieved national public health accreditation by the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) on November 10, 2015.
The five-year designation recognizes the PDPH's capacity and commitment to protect and promote the health of all Philadelphians. Notice of the award capped a lengthy application process that engaged partners across Philadelphia as well as staff throughout the PDPH. To all who contributed to this important milestone for our city—thank you!
The public health accreditation process allows us to measure our performance against a set of national standards, increase communication and collaboration with community stakeholders, celebrate and share our successes, and identify opportunities for improvement. The goal of accreditation is to ensure that Philadelphians are served by an efficient and effective public health system.
The Public Health Accreditation Board, supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, launched national public health accreditation in September 2011. State, territorial, local, and tribal health departments are eligible to apply for public health accreditation.
To apply for public health accreditation, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health had to complete three documents:
- Community Health Assessment 2016 The Community Health Assessment (CHA) is a systematic assessment of population health in Philadelphia, highlighting key public health challenges and assets and informing local public health programs, policies, and partnerships. The CHA includes more than 60 indicators reflecting health behaviors, health conditions, health care factors, and social and environmental determinants of health.
- Community Health Improvement Plan The Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) was developed by a diverse group of organizations representing various sectors in Philadelphia, including public health, education, community development, health care, business, and social service. The CHIP was based, in part, on data from the Community Health Assessment. It identifies a set of priorities and strategies for improved health in Philadelphia, highlighting the role of non-governmental organizations. The three priorities are: access to care, behavioral health, and chronic disease related to poor diet and physical inactivity.
- Community Health Improvement Plan 2014-2018
- 2014 Annual Implementation & Evaluation Report
- 2015 Annual Revision
- 2015 Annual Implementation & Evaluation Report
- 2016 Annual Revision
- 2016 Annual Implementation & Evaluation Report 2017 Annual Implementation & Evaluation Report
CHIP Workgroups::
- Access to Care
Carol Rogers, Healthy Philadelphia
- Behavioral Health
- Healthy Eating & Active Living
Christina Miller, Health Promotion Council
Sara Solomon, University of Pennsylvania, Penn Center for Public Health Initiatives
- Strategic Plan 2018-2021
- Strategic Plan 2014-2018
- Strategic Plan 2014 Annual Progress Report
- Strategic Plan 2015 Annual Progress Report
- Strategic Plan 2016 Annual Progress Report
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health is preparing documentation according to the guidance contained in the PHAB Standards and Measures, Version 1.0. It is organized into 12 domains, which reflect the 10 essential public health services and three core functions. To learn more about the 10 essential public health services, visit cdc.gov/nphpsp/essentialservices.html.
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As much as we like to think it is, the wedding day is not just about the bride.
Although most of the attention is on her, the husband is a key part. Obviously, without him asking you to be his wife in the first place you would never get the chance to be the bride.
It's easy to forget about the husband in all the planning. Let's be honest, it's not like he's that involved.
My husband wanted nothing to do with designing centerpieces or picking out flowers so I got pretty use to running things with my mother and bridesmaids.
I literally had to add to my wedding to do list "something for Paul." Unless you have something distinct that you as a couple share and that is known by your friends and family, it can be difficult to make sure your wedding reflects you both. Some couples share one love for something, such as a sports team they can use as their wedding colors, or a hobby they can intertwine into wedding decorations.
But Paul and I don't have one thing like that so I tried to do little things to reflect us both. At our first reception I framed pictures of couples on both sides of our families and at our second reception we had a slideshow sharing pictures of us as children and as a couple.
We took both engagement and wedding photos with his beloved 1981 Trans Am and Paul took all the photos himself of the Door County locations we used as our table assignment names.
But my favorite "Paul thing" was a surprise I had my dad help me with. I rented a 2012 Camaro Convertible for him at our Wisconsin wedding. My dad drove it up and we hid it from Paul for two days until the morning of our wedding when my dad dropped it off to him with a note from me.
The first line of my note explained it was a rental so he wouldn't get his hopes up and he loved it. And although he doesn't admit it now, my dad says he was teary-eyed when he gave him the keys.
He drove it with his best man to the ceremony and then he drove me around in it all day for photos and to the reception. We had it for the rest of the week for our mini honeymoon as well. And I even was a trooper and let him keep the top down as my wedding hair blew all over!
At our second reception we drove his Trans Am to the reception and he even painted "Just Married" on the back.
Another small surprise I did that morning was write on the inside of his tie that I loved him more. Which is something he in I say. And yes, this was a Pinterest idea. One of the many that worked out just as I hoped.
My husband literally called our wedding day "perfect" and made a speech giving me all the credit at our reception. But the truth his, he and our love was the inspiration for all of it. So I guess he was behind all of the work, technically.


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|7 years ago :: Jun 24, 2011 - 2:22PM #1
There has been much talk in the heathen community about intentional community, or forming heathen only townships. It was inevitable once our numbers reached a certain point for the draw of being able to live in a community of people whose ideas about duty, faith, and community were shared, rather than as a minority in communities whose Christian trying-too-hard-to-really-be-a-majority tend to view us with suspicion. I have always been against participating in such communities, because I believe heathens and heathenry is required to bring our communities back into the balance that they have lost between individual freedom and personal responsibility.
Christianity gave a community model based on external authority, you had to do your duty as a Citizen because Yaweh would punish you eternally if you didn't, or because it was what he said was the right thing to do, depending on your nature. During the post WWII generations, the unquestioning adherence to authority came under attack, and personal liberties were taken back from the State and its pillar, the Church. This was good, but while removing external authority for belief and choice, that generation separated the ideas of individual rights in the community from individual responsibility to the community; a separation about as natural and sustainable as separation inhalation from exhalation. You either breath both in and out or you don't breath at all, you either enjoy the freedoms that your responsibilities towards your community have earned or you swiftly have neither the community nor the freedoms. There is no way to do only one part and not the other if you wish to survive.
Heathenism has always been about personal responsibilities. Neither our kings nor our gods commanded our conscience; always we remained responsible for our own choices and for our own success and failure. Our Hamaval is not filled with rules to obey, but guidelines and strategies for building and sustaining community, for building and strengthening relationships, and showing us how even wealth and status should be used to both improve your worth or standing and improve the community.
Worth that glorifies and individual and serves the community, is a heathen concept. Heathen ambition serves the community, because it defines its success by the status granted by the community for its deeds. In enhancing your personal worth as a heathen, you are advancing the fortunes of your whole community, and justly reaping the rewards. Not so with outward North American society. Worth and status are something our society is struggling to deal with now. We have rid ourselves of the rule of the aristocracy, and of the nobility, but after centuries of preaching humility as a virtue, those who seek celebrity in this age are not often worthy individuals. We have a secular society that worships celebrity in its own name, while hungering for worth it will not find within celebrity. We have a society that teaches children that there are no winners or losers, that everybody is equal, or at least we must pretend they are. In this way we have stopped rewarding success, stopped granting glory to those who achieve, stopped recognizing worth in those who are advancing the community. At the same time in the adult world, competition continues to be fierce, and success going only to the winner. Success being separate from worth because of a childhood without context for worth being born from success in community supported struggle, modern success is deemed equivalent whether the means and ends are worthy or not. Secular and Christian society having stripped away worth from success have replaced community leaders with personal ambition. Rather than ambition serving the community, now it is hurting it.
We heathens are like chrome in the raw iron of ill forged communities. Under the fire and hammer of life, a little chrome can act to harden the raw iron, and turn it into the steel our ancestors once knew. Last night I was called by my neighbours because there was a suspicious van, all blacked in, lurking just out of the entrance to our 44 unit complex. The local wives sent their children to summon me, and I went to find out who was lurking. While I was seeing to this, another one of the husbands was dispatched to back me up, because we have each other's backs in this community.
Having a celebratory beer afterwards, we saw one of the children in the complex have a serious bike accident, and I attended as an Industrial First Aider to deal with the spinal/head trauma, backed up by another parent who was also a trained first aider. I called for supplies, and whatever child was at hand grabbed what we needed from their own unit, and for an hour or so we maintained our casualty while waiting for our "20 minute" ambulance. After packing parents and siblings off in the nearest minivan to follow the ambulance, the mother of the injured child asked if I could go into her house, grab her keys and lock up her place for her.
In fourteen years of living as an open heathen, soldier, community volunteer in this townhouse complex I have been part of forging what is the modern equivalent of an ancient heathen village. Our kids play in our own playground, under the eyes of the collective parents. While not all children have parents who care enough to modify their behaviour, or are able to protect their children, the community as a whole has leaders that it turns to, to make sure that all women and children are safe, and our little communities interest are protected with local school boards, city and utility planners, and that those in need are getting the support required from the community and government agencies. I am one of those leaders, but by no means the only one. Through years of struggle I have proven my worth to the community, and shown those who would join me how to find their worth in the doing. Each heathen is a torch; Kenaz, from torch to torch light is kindled. Where once I stood alone, now I am assured that even when I am not there, others will stand in my place.
In pulling heathens out to form our own communities, we would be taking the chrome out of the iron, leaving it weak and ill forged where it could have been strong and flexible. Rather than being a key part of strong and vibrant communities, we would be little functional knots in a sea of struggle. Our security lies not in withdrawing from community, but in helping to build and heal them. Our nations have forgotten the meaning of worth, the duties of citizenship. The folk are no lesser now than they ever were, they just need teachers and leaders to show them how to do what the best of them hunger to do already; build community.
John T Mainer
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|5 years ago :: Jan 13, 2013 - 4:11AM #2
I agree that we should. We need to have a community away from the Christian nonsense that seems to be around. If we do have a community then we can have things centered around how we believe and not about how we should believe. Personally, I want to build something where Heathens can come and enjoy themselves. I'm hoping that will be soon.
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By Katie Murray
The world's population recently crossed the 7 billion people threshold. We have entered a new era of endless possibilities with our growing interconnectedness and exponentially fast growth of innovative technology.
But 7 billion people raises a lot of fear and concern about whether the world is capable of sustaining such a large number of people. Is there enough food for all 7 billion of us?
Last week the world's population was less than 7 billion and 925 million people did not have enough food to eat, according to the World Food Program. Of those 925 million people, 98 percent lived in developing countries.
The numbers look bleak - but it is not because we are incapable of feeding everyone. We are.
According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, the world produces enough food to provide every person with more than 2,700 calories per day, more than the recommended amount for an average adult. People go hungry not because there is not enough food but because our agricultural system is inefficient and the effects of climate change on our farming system are becoming increasingly devastating.
Everyone might not agree on climate change, but one thing is for sure - the world has endured an unprecedented amount of severe weather in the last few years.
Over 900 natural disasters occurred in 2010, 90 percent of which were weather-related, according to Munich Re, a global insurance company. One significant disaster was the Russian heat wave, which killed around 20 percent of the wheat crop in the country and had a direct effect on the past year's spike in food prices.
Recently, Thailand, El Salvador, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Cambodia were struck with extreme flooding, and severe drought swept over Kenya and Somalia. The lives lost have been terrible enough, but on top of that, people's livelihoods have worsened significantly with heightening food insecurity.
The weather shocks destroyed many farmers' harvests, either flooded or dried large amounts of land and ruined water sources. Food, land and water are now even scarcer in these places, and as a result the price of each commodity increased.
While inflation in food prices affects everyone in one way or another, people in poorer countries generally suffer more because they rely heavily on agriculture and spend a larger percentage of their income on food.
The impact of climactic events, like extreme flooding and drought, is not evenly dispersed around the world. The most vulnerable areas of the world - developing countries - are disproportionately affected. What's worse, these countries have contributed relatively little to carbon emissions.
According to the 2011 U.N. Development Programme Human Development Report, the carbon footprint of the poorest billion people on the planet is just 3 percent of the world's total footprint.
Food security is a particular problem in so many developing countries prone to severe weather because they rely heavily on agriculture for income. When severe weather hits, crops are easily destroyed and people no longer have food to sell or to eat.
So what is to be done? Is there a silver bullet to deal with the problem of growing food insecurity?
It doesn't look that way, particularly as non-governmental organizations, governments, grassroots organizations and individuals have been trying for years now to find it, without much success.
What may be needed instead are many small solutions, targeted to the specific needs of people in different parts of the world.
Information is key. So many farmers in developing countries do not have access to information they need to make informed decisions on what crops to grow in the face of changing weather patterns, and when to grow them.
Bruce Campbell, director of the Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security research program, backed by the Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers (CGIAR) and the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP), thinks farmers could adopt more efficient farming strategies if they had better information about changing weather and water resources.
"At the moment yields are way below the potential yields because farmers don't have access to vital weather information," he said.
Organic farming might have an important niche in developing countries. Studies have shown that if the soil conditions are right for organic farming, it could improve yields, help maintain natural irrigation systems, and produce more resilient and durable crops.
Organic matter works as a moisture buffer in the soil, allowing for better irrigation, Campbell said. That could help give some farmers a better chance of surviving weather shocks and climate change.
Using genetically diverse crop species also is helpful, he said, because they can better adapt to changes in weather and soil composition.
Growing organically requires more man power, but the crops can sell for higher prices. Campbell predicts that the organic market will continue to grow in the future, and farmers who sell organics will benefit from the increase in revenue.
Another way to improve food security may just be to make sure what's harvested isn't lost. Where there are poorly developed food handling, packaging, and storing systems - a common problem in developing countries - from 15 to 50 percent of food harvested is lost to things like waste, spoilage, pests and other problems, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization.
Information, organic farming, rethinking waste - small steps, maybe, but they may add up to a bigger solution.
Katie Murray is an AlertNet Climate intern.


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Instruction Set Architecture
ISA Levels
ISA is the abbreviation for Instruction Set Architecture. MIPS processors are being made since 1988. Over time several enhancements of the architecture were made. Of MIPS I, MIPS II, MIPS III, MIPS IV and MIPS V each was a superset of it's predecessors. When MIPS was spun out of SGI again in 1998 and refocused on the embedded market this superset property was found to be a problem and the architecture definition was changed to define a 32-bit MIPS32 and a 64-bit MIPS64 architecture. Frequently the terms MIPS32 and MIPS64 are meant to indicate some generic 32-bit rsp. 64-bit MIPS processor, however.
This is the basic MIPS instruction set as implemented by the original R2000 and R3000 processors.
MIPS II was introduced by the R6000. It adds load linked, store conditional and branch likely instructions. The FPU's instruction set was improved by support of 64-bit loads and stores which half the number of instructions need to load or store a double precission floating point register on MIPS I.
MIPS III was introduced 1992 in the R4000. It adds 64-bit registers and integer instructions and a square root FP instruction.
MIPS IV adds conditional moves and an inverse square root FPU instruction. The R8000 was the first to implement the MIPS IV instruction set.
MIPS V was specified in 1994 by SGI but never actually implemented by any processor. MIPS64 is a superset of MIPS V
MIPS32 is the 32-bit subset of MIPS64.
MIPS32 V2.0 and MIPS64 V2.0
Application Specific Extensions (ASE)
The MIPS instruction set is by far to complex to be covered on this page. The freely available CPU specs are not an easy reading for a first time MIPS'er either so here a literature recommendations in no particular order.


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This is a portion of a message is from Mayor of Washington, Rick Cicalo.
(Cicalo will also talk about the effort to move Colonial Manor residents to Washington on KCII's Washington Page at 7:30 a.m. and 12:55 p.m. on KCII AM 1380 FM 106.1)
The tragedy of flooding that affects nearby Columbus Junction and Riverside, Coralville, Iowa City and Cedar Rapids if foremost on our minds. Many Washington Citizens have responded by lending assistance. The city of Washington provides potable water. The city's fire department has connected a hose to nearby Tyson Foods as the facility has water treatment ability to aide Columbus Junction residents and we lent assistance evacuate nursing home residents to a Washington facility by mobilizing Washington County Minibus.
There is much to say about this last weekend, we were working hard, but how do you compare our efforts to those who lose their homes and livelihoods? We do it by working just as hard the next day and the next, to assist, rebuild to see our neighboring communities thriving once again. In that, I wish to thank all of you who have volunteered your time. Mayor Wilson, of Columbus Junction also wanted you to know how much he appreciated your effort. I wish to also note and thank the drivers and staff of W.C. Minibus who were eager to answer the call for assistance.
Mayor Rick Cicalo


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The John Murray Show Thursday 11 July 2013
A lively mix of entertainment, human interest and lifestyle features with Miriam O'Callaghan.
An absolute real music legend, Bryan Ferry will be playing at a sold out gig at the National Concert Hall. Roxy Music lead singer Bryan took time out to speak to Miriam yesterday when he arrived in Dublin for his gig tonight, which may bring back memories for some or our listeners.
Although we all feel a little bit ill at ease in social situations from time to time, there are some of us get so anxious about it that normal life becomes quite hard to deal with. In sudio with Miriam is Dr. Odhran McCarthy, a Senior Clinical Psychologist at the Mater Hospital, who specializes in helping people with social anxiety.
For further information on social anxiety go to www.socialanxietyireland.com
You may have heard about a video in which a male TD pulls a female colleague onto his lap during a break in the abortion debate in the Dail last night... has gone viral. Miriam is joined on the line by Muireann O'Dwyer who posted it online last night.
This morning we play another act selected to play on our stage at the Castlepalooza stage August bank holiday. They are called 'Fair Exchange' & their sons is 'Bob Marley on my mp3'.
Please note the closing date for the above competition is now Monday July 15th.
While we wre having such good weather this summer, Miriam is joined on the line this morning by Karen Hand, Social Psychologist from Trinity College's School of Psychology & co-curator of the 2012 National Happiness Experiment to talk about the effects sunshine has on our behaviour.
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To the editor:
The infamous slick six have lost all sense of civility! They ranted and raved Monday night about things they have absolutely no knowledge about. One had the sense that the entire left side of the dais was going to implode. Councilmembers Carioscia, Nesta and Mayor Pro Tem Rana Erbrick were making all kinds of assertions that had no basis in fact, whatsoever! They were totally unraveled and nasty, as they were not getting their way on an issue! Councilmember McGrail needs to learn how to count. Last I looked 1+1+1 equals 3 not 4 as he stated, telling the City Manager that with these four votes he had his direction from the City Council! Like I said 1+1+1 equals 3 which was not a majority by any stretch of the imagination. It was abundantly clear Councilmember McGrail wanted things to go his way even if he had to change how math is suppose to be done! Councilmember McGrail needs an attitude adjustment like voting him out of office!
When Mayor Sullivan gave them the true facts, the looks on their combined faces was priceless!
Mayor Pro Tem Rana Erbrick even announced from the dais that Councilmember McClain had moved back into District 1 after being out of his District for almost a year which was a profound violation of the City Charter with removal from office as a punishment. Councilmember McGrail backed up Mayor Pro Tem Rana Erbrick that Councilmember McClain had moved back into District 1.
Unfortunately there have been no forms filed by Councilmember McClain amending his address with the City Clerk's office which is required by law. I confirmed this with the City Clerk. Oh well, I guess the rules do not apply to the slick six! My impression is that they do not know the Rules and do not give a hoot about the Rules as they have the automatic majority on Council. This is not good for the City of Cape Coral.
The meeting on Wednesday to discuss the SW 6&7 UEP was an absolute waste of time as they could have simply phoned in their 6 - 2 vote. People came to that meeting to plead with them not to pass the Resolutions and it fell on totally deaf ears!
It is imperative that we get a balance on this Council before they run our residents right into poverty with their spending spree!
The Primary is bearing down on us. Cape Coral Voters need to get to the polls and cast their Ballots for John Sullivan for Mayor, Chris Leetz in District 2, Richard Williams in District 6 and David Headd in District 1.
Lynn Rosko
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18 U.S. Code § 642 - Tools and materials for counterfeiting purposes
Whoever, without authority from the United States, secretes within, or embezzles, or takes and carries away from any building, room, office, apartment, vault, safe, or other place where the same is kept, used, employed, placed, lodged, or deposited by authority of the United States, any tool, implement, or thing used or fitted to be used in stamping or printing, or in making some other tool or implement used or fitted to be used in stamping or printing any kind or description of bond, bill, note, certificate, coupon, postage stamp, revenue stamp, fractional currency note, or other paper, instrument, obligation, device, or document, authorized by law to be printed, stamped, sealed, prepared, issued, uttered, or put in circulation on behalf of the United States; or
Whoever, without such authority, so secretes, embezzles, or takes and carries away any paper, parchment, or other material prepared and intended to be used in the making of any such papers, instruments, obligations, devices, or documents; or
Whoever, without such authority, so secretes, embezzles, or takes and carries away any paper, parchment, or other material printed or stamped, in whole or part, and intended to be prepared, issued, or put in circulation on behalf of the United States as one of such papers, instruments, or obligations, or printed or stamped, in whole or part, in the similitude of any such paper, instrument, or obligation, whether intended to issue or put the same in circulation or not—
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 269 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 155, 35 Stat. 1117).
Words "bed piece, bed-plate, roll, plate, die, seal, type, or other" were omitted as covered by "tool, implement, or thing."
Minor changes in phraseology were made.
1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $5,000" in last par.
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