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The Rice Institute Computer under Construction:
Console typewriter, Register light Panel, and Control Unit, October 23,
1959. Photograph courtesy of Sigsby Rusk.
The Rice Institute Computer under Construction: Console typewriter, Register light Panel, and Control Unit, October 23, 1959. Photograph courtesy of Sigsby Rusk.
Funding for this project has been provided by the Rice Undergraduate Scholars Program. Joel Cyprus was the faculty advisor.
Some of the major figures in the Rice Computer
Project, October 23, 1959. Photograph courtesy of Sigsby Rusk.
Some of the major figures in the Rice Computer Project, October 23, 1959. Photograph courtesy of Sigsby Rusk.
The other goal of the machine was to do research into how computers should be built. In the years following John von Neumann's death, the Atomic Energy Commission became quite interested in funding computer research: Salsburg's request came at a time when the AEC's goals could be better met by funding the development of a new system than by offering to build a copy of MANIAC II or to buy a stock IBM computer.
Graham designed the hardware of the Rice Computer, and most of his plans were implemented by Joe Bighorse, the project's head technician. "Joe Bighorse," claimed Graham, "is the best technician I ever had work for me. Anywhere."[2] The combination of a skilled engineer and an excellent technician--as well a Rice alumnus's donation of the use of his tool and die shop for the machining of the computer--produced an extremely well-engineered machine at all levels of design. Since Rice was getting custom machining, the physical layout was designed to hardware requirements rather than having hardware made to fit off-the-shelf structural components. Construction on the machine proceeded from 1958-1961. A copy of the machine was also built at the University of Oklahoma.
Parts of the machine began functioning in 1959, and the computer finally became fully operational in 1961. While not the first computer on campus--a Litton LGP-30 shared by the Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering departments was in use in 1957[3]--it quickly became Rice's primary computer and remained in that role until supplanted by an IBM 7040, followed by a Burroughs B5500, in the late 1960's[4]. Graham took a year-long sabbatical at the University of California at Berkeley in 1964; when he returned in 1965, he ran afoul of departmental politics and the Dean of the School of Engineering[5], and returned to Berkeley on a permanent basis in 1966. Sigsby Rusk assumed the leadership of the Computer Project. Most of the graduate students who had helped with the construction of the machine, such as Ted Schutz, Joel Cyprus, Phil Deck, and Dwayne Chesnut, had left by 1964, and Joe Bighorse departed shortly after Graham.
The R1 was decommissioned in 1971 when the cost of maintaining and powering it had become prohibitively expensive for the limited amount of computation it was able to provide. The R1 was initially named "The Rice Institute Computer" and then became "The Rice University Computer". It acquired the "R1" moniker when it was being used in the design of the Rice Research Computer, a tagged-architecture ECL machine modeled on John Iliffe's Basic Language Machine[6]. Presumably "R2" was a convenient designation for the Rice Research Computer, as Rice's second machine, and "R1" was thus coined as the obvious label for Rice's first computer.
The indirect addressing modes were designed into the machine at the request of John Kilpatrick. He was influenced, in turn, by IBM's advertising for its 709 line of machines, which touted indirect addressing as its major new feature. However, the Rice machine delivered far more powerful indirect addressing modes than IBM's product.[7]
Shell, as part of the funding agreement, had the right to know what the R1 project was doing, whether or not the results were ever published. Bob Barton, the head of Shell's research division left for Burroughs in the early `60's; it is probably not coincidental that the architecture of the Burroughs B5000--designed by Barton--closely resembles the Rice Computer[8,9]. In fact its "descriptor" addressing is very nearly the same as the R1's codeword scheme[10], and the use of tag bits was similar in each machine.
The codeword was the lasting legacy of the Rice machine; it became the basis for capability-based protection, which appeared in Iliffe's Basic Language Machine. The segmentation that codewords allowed was a major factor in the development of the CTS system, one of the earliest multiprogramming environments. While the R1 did not have much direct evolutionary influence on the history of computer design, its large register set (for the time), its indirect addressing capability, and its use of codewords all had significant influence on subsequent generations of computers.
Control information and program input for the machine took place through a paper tape reader and through the console switches and console typewriter. The paper tape was prepared offline on a Frieden Flexowriter. Output could be routed to a line printer, a paper tape punch, or the console typewriter. Two magnetic tape units were available early in the project; later, two more tape units and a limited disk subsystem were attached[13]. Additional devices were added by and for various users throughout the machine's lifespan.
Single Sided Gate
Circuit. Rice, 1958, Appendix A
Single Sided Gate Circuit. Rice, 1958, Appendix A
Circuit used to connect multiple input gates B[1-4].
Rice, 1958, Appendix A.
Circuit used to connect multiple input gates B[1-4]. Rice, 1958, Appendix A.
The Rice computer ran at a logic speed of approximately 1 MHz.[14] The basic design was asynchronous: the machine signaled that an operation had completed by setting an internal voltage. For example, the adder had one capacitor per stage; since capacitor current is the derivative of voltage with respect to time, when the voltage levels in the adder had stabilized, no current would come through the capacitor bank, and a flag would be raised signifying that the machine had finished with the addition and carry[15].
The memory was structured in an 8x8 array of tubes providing 63 memory tubes and a display CRT. The 64th tube was used for debugging the other tubes: when memory errors began to accumulate, test leads could be clipped to the offending tube and a picture of its bit pattern would appear on the display tube. Memory access time was on the order of ten microseconds, and a write to memory took twenty microseconds[17].
The memory was surprisingly reliable, although its quality did drop off radically as it aged. The only major problem reported with the tubes during the early years of the project was one in which no bits from a certain tube could be read. Examination of the tube with the diagnostic leads revealed that the bit pattern had shrunk significantly from its proper size. Upon examination, the problem was traced to a faulty resistor: the voltage divider on the accelerator had burned out, raising the acceleration voltage from 15 kV to 20 kV and thereby decreasing the electron deflection radius.[18]
Since reading a bit from the tube target is slightly destructive, tight loops could cause read-around errors, as bits that had previously been turned on would get weaker and weaker each time the nearby bits were read. The operations manual addresses this: "as a general safety rule one should not try to read one particular word more than 1000 times within one continuous 50 millisecond period."[19]
In 1966, an 8K bank of RCA core memory was added to the Rice computer; it had an access time of one microsecond and a cycle time of two microseconds. In 1967, 16K of Ampex core (1 microsecond cycle, 400 ns access) was added, bringing the machine to its full capacity of 32K words. Shortly thereafter, the original electrostatic memory was decommissioned, as it had become extremely error-prone due to its age.
The R1 was designed with a line printer capable of 300 lines per minute. The printer used a six-bit character code and printed 108 characters per line. A print image was constructed by arranging 18 words per half-line in a continuous memory block and then issuing a "print left" or a "print right" instruction. A full line could be printed by arranging two 18-word blocks and then issuing a "print left (do not advance paper)" instruction and then a "print right" instruction[20].
The tape system of the R1 never functioned very reliably. While 4 tape drives were provided for, no more than two were generally working at any one time. Tape data was randomly accessible and its block format functioned something like a rudimentary file system: for example, the AP1 PLACER program was defined to exist at block 100.02 of the MT system tape[21]. The large hydraulically-actuated Bryant disk (which had mammoth 39-inch platters) was added in 1967 or 1968, but was even less reliable than the tape drives and was generally felt to be more trouble than it was worth[22]. Additional I/O was added to the machine more or less on an ad hoc basis: Sigsby Rusk designed an A/D converter in `62 or `63 from fast ECL logic, capable of 8-bit resolution at 100kHz, and wireframe animations of a sort were produced using a D/A converter to drive an oscilloscope, which was then photographed one frame at a time on a 16mm movie camera. The very flexible nature of the R1's instruction set made it easy to connect any of these peripherals to the system and add instructions to communicate with them.
|Zero register (constant zero)
|Universal (math) register (55 bits--contained overflow bit)
|Remainder (for math operations)
|Storage (for math operations)
|Fast temporary storage
The Zero register was not really a register at all, but a quick way to get the constant zero. The U register was used in all math operations as the object acted upon, and would, after the operation was performed, contain the result. R was primarily used for intermediate calculation results, the remainder after a division, and the lower half of a product after multiplication; a general mechanism existed to use U and R together as a double-length register. S was used as the actor in all math operations: the subtrahend, the divisor, or the multiplier, for instance.[27]
The 16-bit[28] B registers, which were primarily used for indirect addressing, were as follows:
|Control (Program) Counter
|Pathfinder (subroutine return) register 1
CC was used as the fifteen-bit location that told the program the absolute memory address being executed. Since this was a general-purpose register, relocatable code was made very easy, since the program "always [knew] where it [was]"[29] and the contents of CC could be examined and modified by the program. The B-registers could be individually specified in the instruction such that the program would fetch its instruction from (CC + Bx), which allowed for relocatable subroutines. On any transfer of control, the contents of CC would be put into PF1 and the contents of PF1 into PF2. This allowed hardware maintenance of the program execution stack and made shallowly nested subroutines very fast.
There were additionally the I (Instruction) 54-bit register, which held the instruction for decoding, the SL and ML (sense light and mode light) 15-bit registers, which contained the settings of console switches controlling machine operation, the 16-bit X (increment) register, which could be used as an addend to the B-registers, which was useful for indirect addressing), and PF2, the second pathfinder register, which, as described above, was to PF1 as PF1 was to CC.
The mode light register allowed the programmer to specify the mechanism by which rounding of numbers would take place, whether to trap to a specified address on encountering a tag, whether to repeat a single instruction indefinitely, and other control functions.
Fixed point numbers followed the same format, but ignored the exponent and its sign, thus restricting the absolute value of the number to the range between (1 - 2-47) and zero, but allowing forty-eight, rather than forty, bits of precision.
|Inflection on F
|F address
|Instruction class
|Four operation Triads
|Inflection on store
|Store address
|Inflection on Memory address
|1 bit: Indirect Address bit
8 bits: B Modification of M
|Memory Address
While a brief description of the function of the various fields of the instruction word is given below, the full analysis of the instruction architecture is too long to be presented here. The Rice Computer was basically a microprogrammed machine: the instruction set was so rich and regular that each "instruction" could itself be programmed to some degree.[31] However, since each instruction had to access memory, which was very slow compared to the computer's cycle time, overall machine performance suffered.
|Test or Transfer
|Fetch, Store, or Tag Operations
|Reserved for Future Use (never used)
|B-Register, Console Lights, and Special Register Operations, and Shifts
|Bitwise Logical Operations
|Input/Output Commands
|Special Functions (by 1964, Analog Input Commands)
The remainder of the field was 12 bits of instruction code. Their use varied wildly with the instruction class. For example, in Class 2 operations, if the first triad was 0, the contents of U were stored in the memory location pointed to in field 4. If it were 2, the memory location would get the contents of U added to the contents of S. Other values caused other operations to be performed.
Tagged data was more complex. A common use was to delimit sparse matrices or matrices made up of variable-length rows; one tag could be used to mark "end of row", and a second tag as "end of matrix". Another clever use was to provide for operations on a vector of data with a single instruction. A trap would be set so that, upon encountering a tag, the machine would come out of repeat mode. Then the instruction would be set up to turn on repeat mode and operate on a word indexed through an automatically incremented B-register. Thus, a single instruction would operate on each word in the vector until it encountered the "end of vector" tag, whereupon repeat mode would be turned off and the program would move ahead to the next instruction.
The use of codewords encouraged the use of an "object-oriented" view of program design which decoupled the physical extent and existence of entities from the operations applied to them.[33]
Codewords also allowed dynamic memory allocation, and, had there been a way to ensure that memory references had to be made through codewords, would have easily allowed implementation of a security system and multiprogramming. Codeword use will be further discussed under SPIREL, as it was only within the SPIREL system that codewords were made available.
Dynamic memory allocation took place through either the TAKE SPIREL command or through the SETX command. TAKE was a mere five words long and grabbed a linear block of memory whose length was specified by the programmer; there was no corresponding instruction to return this memory once done.
SETX was by far the more interesting command. Once activated it overwrote TAKE, which then became unavailable. SETX, while also a mechanism to allocate a given length memory block, provided much more functionality. Memory, once allocated, could be freed. Further, if the total free space in the machine was enough to satisfy a memory allocation request but the memory was not in a contiguous block, SETX would automatically shuffle storage blocks around to provide a sufficiently large contiguous memory block. This was possible only by using the codeword mechanism: since memory was accessed through its associated codeword, to move the location of an object, the system had only to copy the data from one memory block to another and then patch the codeword to point at the new block. Similarly, memory blocks could be lengthened or shortened on the fly by patching the length descriptor in the codeword. A stack, starting at address 176008, pointing to codewords referencing allocated memory, was kept in a codeword referenced by the B6 register, and interface routines to push and pop the stack were given in SPIREL as SAVE (*136) and UNSAVE (*137).
The only major problem with this approach is that programs which used the pathfinder registers could easily conflict with SPIREL's use of memory: the pathfinder registers returned absolute addresses rather than codewords, and hence, loading programs after allocating memory via SETX could cause a routine to be placed in the middle of data pointed to by a codeword. The workaround was to load all programs before calling SETX to allocate memory.[35]
A program could therefore request and free just the amount of memory it needed for its objects at run-time; each memory block could map directly to a high-level program object, and there was no need to determine the object's maximum size at all. This naturally leads to an object-oriented programming model, but one that is enforced in the machine's architecture, rather than "stuck on at the end by C++"[36].
"Undoubtedly, dynamic memory allocation based on logical units of program was the major innovation [of the R1],"[37] claims Iliffe. Codewords also provided a basis for implementing multiprogramming and security, although these were not actually done on the R1, as there was no way to enforce access solely through the codeword mechanism. They did, however, surface in that role on Iliffe's Basic Language Machine[38,39].
There were actually two versions of the assembler: AP1 and AP2. AP1 was designed to produce standalone programs, while AP2 was used for inline code within Genie. They were nearly identical in form, differing chiefly in their representation of numbers--AP1 assumed numbers were in octal unless a "d" was prepended, while AP2 assumed decimal unless a "+" was prepended[41].
Both included a number of pseudoinstructions to insert remarks or octal or decimal data into a program, or to include printer or Flexowriter output.[42]
Genie "definition sets" could consist of any number of programs, although it was usual to only have one program per definition set. Names (variables, functions, named constants, etc.) could be up to five characters. There were three categories of variables: internal, external, and parametric. Internal variables were global only to the program in which they appeared, and could only be statement labels, integers, floating point numbers, or booleans--in other words, scalar quantities.
External variables could be scalar or non-scalar. Non-scalar variables would refer to a program, a vector, or a matrix. These variables would simply point to a codeword, which would then reference some object in memory. External variables were accessible to all programs in the machine, as they were memory structures pointed to by symbolically-named codewords.
Finally, parameters were used for passing information to and from programs within a definition set; they would be internal or external variables to the calling function. Any data type was acceptable as a parameter.
Since functions could be passed as generic codewords, this made an object-oriented view of problems to be solved a very natural approach. One surprising feature of Genie was that, while "[e]very Genie program is a function [and] may be used as such by any other Genie program...it may not use itself."[43] This seems odd, as tail recursion appears to be a very intuitive mechanism to use with such a calling convention, and the overhead of saving context would not have been large.
Arithmetic operations were fairly standard. The only surprising feature to modern eyes is that exponential operations were actually indicated with superscription[44] using the superscription capability of the Flexowriter. Similarly, accessing an element of a vector or matrix was done using the subscription capability of the Flexowriter[45].
Control transfer was provided with what was essentially a GO TO: the statement was CC = #LABEL, where LABEL was a statement label within the program; conditional branching was handled by CC = #A1 if P1, #A2 if P2, ... , #An if Pn, thus providing a rudimentary switch statement[46]. Loop structuring was fairly advanced for the time: a FOR...REPEAT construct was given[47], and FOR loops could be nested.
Execution of functions could be either implicit or explicit. With a function that returned a single value, implicit execution--for example, "A = F(P) + 2" was allowed. For a function returning multiple values, "EXECUTE F(P)" would have been required[48].
A set of instructions to read from paper or magnetic tape, to punch tape, or to print, were also included, as was support for inline assembly code in the AP2 format. An interesting feature of Genie was that, if compilation required more physical memory than was available, a scratch tape was mounted and the tape would be used as temporary storage for code. In that manner, programs of arbitrary length could be compiled.
Genie would typically have been used for complex mathematical programs that did not require complicated data structures. Assuming that the only entities the programmer wanted to use were supported Genie data types, it would have been easier to code a program in Genie. If the program needed only a few features not available in Genie, it would have been possible to code a program in Genie with additional functionality added in AP2. AP1 would only have been necessary to get Genie implemented and to write programs which extensively used features of the machine not supported by Genie, such as the Mode Light Register. The assembler would also have been used to write programs which bypassed SPIREL entirely and ran on the bare hardware.[49]
Since the R1 was built and maintained at Rice, it could be extraordinarily responsive to users' needs. Monte Carlo circuitry was added to the machine for Kilpatrick and Chesnut's work. Jean-Claude DeBremaeker added a digital seismograph to the Rice Computer and a new tape mode to drive it. This was made easy through the availability of Class 7 (Special Function) Instructions and through the mode lights. When a disagreement arose over the best way to do something, such as how to best implement floating-point zeroes, the mode lights were useful in effecting a compromise. This became a battle between Graham and Kilpatrick: should a zero result in a floating point calculation be represented as a zero mantissa with the original exponent, to show the precision to which it was zero (Kilpatrick's sentiment), or should it be represented as a zero mantissa with a zero exponent, so that it would be represented by the machine as a "real" zero, identical to the contents of the zero register (Graham's feeling)?[52] The arithmetic unit was wired both ways and attached to a mode switch, allowing the user to choose which way he wanted to run the machine.
In the later years of the R1's existence, more projects were attempted on it as it became less a research machine and more a general-purpose workhorse. An ALGOL compiler was attempted but never completed. Gary Sitton attempted a voice-recognition program for his Master's Thesis[53], using Sigsby Rusk's analog-digital converter.
Finally, the R1 was an integral part of the design of the R2. The R2 was to have been implemented using ECL logic. The ECL flatpacks were to be mounted in plastic carriers from which protruded "combs" of metal teeth connecting to the pins of the packages; if an electrical connection was to be made, the tooth would be left attached. If not, it was to be punched off. Layers of these carriers were to be sandwiched together to provide a complex three-dimensional structure implementing the computer's logic. The antiquated R1 was used to deduce the optimal layout for the interconnected combs which supported the R2's ECL logic, print the wiring map, and punch the tape which drove the die that would punch the teeth off the combs[54].
Chesnut recounts that he once noticed an intermittent floating point error that seemed to occur once a minute while he was using the machine. The only other sixty-second clock he could think of was the key; the problem, in fact, was that the lead carrying the pulse of data from the key had been routed too close to the accumulator and would scramble its contents.[56]
There was no distinctive culture surrounding the Rice Machine. While there was a certain esprit de corps, there was nothing like the atmosphere of MIT's Tech Model Railway Club, which became the progenitor of modern hackish culture. Phil Deck provided the only distinct saying connected with the R1. Apparently, in any situation in which blame could conceivably be assessed, Deck would ask, "What you mean-um we, kemosabe?"[59] This behavior was both endemic enough and obnoxious enough that it is vividly remembered 35 years later.[60]
Joel Cyprus at work on the Arithmetic Unit, July 29, 1960.
Joel Cyprus at work on the Arithmetic Unit, July 29, 1960.[63]
The R1 was a fascinating machine; evolutionarily, it spanned a huge range of technologies, from the vacuum tubes used in its initial construction to the high-speed ECL used in its later peripherals. Graham's and Iliffe's perspectives on it differ interestingly--Graham speaks from a hardware viewpoint and believes "the electronics were really pretty good." [64] The quality of the machine's assembly and the usefulness of indirect addressing were the features that he particularly stresses, as well as the extensibility inherent in a computer with a microprogrammed instruction set in which the hardware could be modified freely. Graham strongly defends the choice of technologies as the best decision available at the time of construction.
Iliffe, on the other hand, remembers the codeword as the most significant thing about the Rice Computer: "Undoubtedly, dynamic memory allocation based on logical units of program was the major innovation."[65] He, in fact, feels that the B-register indirection scheme, while "cute"[66], could easily have been replaced by more efficient code. One suspects the fact that the hardware indexing mechanism got in the way of codewords contributes to his feelings. The ease with which the machine was modified is also a bone of contention: Iliffe, far from viewing this as a way to make the machine responsive to user needs, feels that the special-purpose hardware badly hurt the computer's reliability.[67].
The R1 was a tool for ten years of research at Rice. Over the course of its extraordinarily long lifespan it was used for everything from solving the pentomino problem, to optimizing synthesis of boolean logic, to molecular dynamics, to speech recognition. The quality of the technical team assembled to design and build its hardware and software has rarely been equaled. In the final analysis, it is remarkable that such a computer, whose basic technology was obsolete before the machine was fully online, built with a small budget, worked so well for so long.
Tracing the machine's genealogy through the Burroughs B5000 and determining to what extent codeword segmentation influenced early experiments in multiprogramming promises to be another rich area of inquiry. It would also prove worthwhile to try to track down schematics and technical descriptions--if such still exist--for the peripherals added to the R1 late in its lifetime. It would also be interesting to trace the role of the R1 in the development of the R2 and to try to assemble a picture of the R2 project in its entirety. Such a project would be another significant step towards preserving the history of computer research at Rice.


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20 Amazing Tricks You Didn't Know Google Could Do
Google is by far the most used search engine and the most visited website in the world. Last year people used Google to search about pretty much everything for an astounding two trillion times (2,000,000,000,000). But do you know that you can use Google not only for searching content on the web?
In fact you can use Google for doing many things, including converting, calculating, comparing foods, getting important informations and even playing. How can you do that? You just have to type soome easy commands as a search and you are done. Follow the instructions of this post and have some fun with your favorite search engine! (h/t: lifebuzz)
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5. You can use Google as a calculator
17. Try to search for recursion and get stuck into recursion
20. Google can tell you the weather all over the world

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As the weather warms up many of us will open windows, or forget to close garage doors, leaving our homes susceptible to criminals and 34% of those criminals will enter the home through an unlocked door or window. Shockingly, about 30% of burglars will enter through the front door. While single family homes are affected, apartments are not immune. Chris Coleman, of AmeriSafe Alarms, has five ways you can protect your home—whether single family or apartment.
1. Get an alarm system. The AmeriSafe product line offers wireless kits that are easy to set up in either a home or an apartment. Wireless sensors connect to doors and windows and the kit works with an app you can use to arm or disarm your alarm system, even away from home. These kinds of kits are perfect for renters or anyone who wants protection without the hassle of waiting on a technician and without damaging walls and surfaces in your home. Apartment and property managers will appreciate damage-free installation and renters and homeowners will appreciate the easy-to-install instructions.
2. Lock windows and doors at all times. A large number of property crimes are crimes of opportunity. An unlocked window, door or car are easy targets for thieves. Don't make it easy for them to access and steal your possessions. If you have a sliding glass door—a common feature for ground-floor apartments—make sure you always lock the door and you can install a metal or wooden bar to prevent the slider to keep the door from opening even if the lock is disabled.
3. Secure valuables in a safe or lockbox. Burglars will go straight for what you might think is a good hiding spot. Items that are in a safe or lockbox will be better protected. If possible, keep items you won't need regularly in a bank safe-deposit box.
4. Make it harder for thieves to hide outside your home. Install motion-detection lights around your home, especially around points of entry. Keep your shrubs trimmed to make it harder for thieves to take cover.
5. If you go on vacation, wait until you are home to tell your followers and friends about your adventures. Posting when you are leaving your home, how long you will be gone and when you will return is not safe.
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Archive for January, 2014
Posted by nbdog in Around the house on 28-Jan-2014
I did our first complete fill-up on the Lexus CT200h today and see we got 40.65 miles per gallon… just tooling around locally. Almost no interstate miles. I calculated driving the the same 322 miles in the Acura would have cost us around $8.37 more in gas. So just 5,000 more tanks of gas and the Lexus will have paid for itself!
Spring-Like Day
As I neared the end of my round of golf this afternoon, I couldn't help but think about friends and family in New Jersey, Texas, Ohio, and Michigan. The official high temp was 56 but the reading on the car and outside the house recorded 58; really amazing for the end of January. At about the same time I see the temperature in Ann Arbor was 10, 38 in Austin, 13 in Toledo and 18 in Sicklerville. Brrrr! We are supposed to see another three days of 50-plus temps with lots of sunshine.
Puzzling Brittanys
Posted by nbdog in Entertainment, jigsaw puzzles on 18-Jan-2014
For Christmas, Trisha got me a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle featuring two Brittanys tracking a pheasant. This appealed of course to my obsessive/compulsive tendencies and for a whole week we spent innumerable hours hovering over the dining room table. I recall doing many jigsaw puzzles as a kid and they are just as addictive now as then. Those Brittanys are regal beasts, though.
Another Lovely Day
It looks like we're at the beginning of a stretch of nice weather. This morning's sunrise sure was spectacular:
To the links…finally
We've had some pretty dreary, cool weather for the past week so, so I hadn't played any golf since January 6th. This morning, I decided to play in spite of the fog and cool temperature. I started off nicely with a tap-in par on number 1 but could manage only one more par over the next nine holes so I was at bogey golf heading to the 11th tee. From there on, things went smoothly and I shot just two over par for the final eight holes featuring a 54-foot birdie putt on number 15 and pars on 16, 17, and 18 for a final score of 83. Not bad for the middle of January.
Trisha's New Lexus
Posted by nbdog in Around the house on 7-Jan-2014
I finally convinced Trisha to trade in her 2002 Lexis IS after nearly 200k miles. We hope the new CT 200h hybrid will be perfect for all those short local drives, saving the Acura SUV for our long trips. Size-wise it's very similar to the old car but is supposed to get over 42 mpg.
Break in the Weather, Quick Round of Golf
After looking at the weather forecast for the rest of January I decided to take advantage of a benign day and get in a round of golf at Mt. Si. It was a very brisk fr0nt nine with winds clocked at 15 mph and gusts over 30 mph. I hung in there with an easy birdie of hole #6 and with pars on the final three holes managed a satisfying 85.


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The Schooner Freedom offers St. Augustine visitors the unique opportunity to sail the waters of this historic city aboard a Class B tall ship. An authentic replica of a 19th-century blockade runner, Freedom is a double-masted, gaff-rigged, topsail schooner that was built by naval architect Merritt Walters in 1982 in Norfolk, Virginia. The Freedom was the first sailing tour boat that was certified by the Coast Guard to carry passengers for hire.
Freedom was custom-built for use along the Intracoastal Waterway, with a focus on water depth and bridge height to make her perfect for both inland and offshore sailing. Classified as a Class B tall ship with a sparred length of 76 feet, a deck length of 64 feet, and a capacity of 41 passengers, the Schooner Freedom is regularly inspected under the Coast Guard sub-chapter "T" for safety and always sails with one master and two crew members.
Freedom's owners, Captain John and Admiral Sarah Zaruba, have been sailing for most of their lives along the eastern U.S. coastal waters from South Carolina to Key West. Jon Cook captains the schooner's excursions along with his crew, most of whom are northeast Florida natives.
The Schooner Freedom always encourages tour participants who are interested in learning more about sailing to help the crew with hoisting the sails and other shipboard activities. A variety of wildlife can be seen on almost every sail -- everything from gulls, pelicans, and even bald eagles to sea turtles and rays and, of course, to dolphins surfacing nearby. Guests are advised to bring along a jacket or sweatshirt, comfortable shoes, a camera and/or binoculars, sunscreen, and some snacks.
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The Schooner Freedom begins it 2019 season on Friday, February 8, 2019, with daily sails throughout the peak of sailing season, from mid-March through the end of summer. Reservations are required for ALL sails on the Schooner Freedom, which can be made by calling (904) 810-1010. A $5 discount is offered on all sails if paid for in cash. Call (904) 810-1010 to find out when sails are offered and to make a reservation.
Day Sail: This two-hour sail departs at 12:15 p.m. daily from February 8 through March 12, 2019, and then at 2:15 p.m. from March 13 through November 2, 2019. $45 for adults and $35 for kids (16 and under) includes complimentary soda, water, beer and wine.
Sunset Sail: Guests can enjoy some spectacular sunset views on this two-hour sunset sail. The price is $55 per person, which includes complimentary soda, water, beer and wine. Departure times vary throughout the sailing season. Call (904) 810-1010 for more information.
Moonlight Sail: This one-hour sail departs on Fridays and Saturdays during sailing season, weather permitting. $45 per person includes complimentary soda, water, beer and wine.
Specialty Sails
Fins and Freedom Sail: In partnership with Marineland Dolphin Adventure, the Schooner Freedom offers this special two-hour sail each month from March through August 2017. Sail with educators from the world's first "oceanarium" and learn all about dolphins in their natural habitat, as well as the important conservation work going on at Marineland today. The rate of $60 for adults and $45 for kids (16 and under) includes complimentary soda, water, beer and wine on the sail. Also included in the ticket price is admission to Marineland at any point after the sail. This sail is offered in 2019 on March 15, April 19, May 24, June 21, July 19, August 9, and September 6.
Full Moon Sail: This sail offers outstanding views of St. Augustine's historic cityscape in the light of the full moon. The Full Moon Sails take place from on the night of the full moon each month: February 19, March 20, April 19, May 18, June 17, July 16, August 15, September 14, October 13, November 12, and December 12, 2019. The rate is $45 per person.
Special events and private charters are also offered; please call for more information. Due to the unexpected weather changes that Florida can have, sails can be delayed or sometimes canceled, so guests are advised to book their trips accordingly.
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cold day but great trip.❤
john hathaway on March 4, 2018 - 6:52pmWe took the 12:15 trip today 3/4/18. It was cold and windy, but the crew provided blankets and jackets. The trip went very smooth, oh yeah and by the way, the crew was wonderful. Highly recommended.5
Fine cruise.....We could ask
Jonathan on September 11, 2012 - 4:05amCapt John and the crew were great. We live in Saint Augustine and will be back.5
WONDERFUL Afternoon!
LORI on June 13, 2012 - 1:43pmAwesome two-hour daytime cruise this past Sunday! The crew (John, Jimmy5
Smooth Sailing
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Yup, sure am. I am liking it, and now glad I kept it. Reminds me I need to take it off sale, thanks.
Let me ask you.......I'd love to make some 38, 40g wraps but don't feel I have the time or patience to wrap such thin wire. How much time do you spend on the high gauge wraps?
@dubya the best ss wire I ever bought was off a medical site. The shipping kills but the surgical suture grade is so clean and pure.
@dubya one time I did a 6 strand twisted with that 32g above and got a nice vape from it. There's jewelry tool that makes it easy to twist multiple wires. It's basically a disc with holes in it to run the wire through, then you twist them all at one end and connect to your drill chuck and go.
Here's the link if you want to window shop
Thanks, I will check it out. I have just been using a drill, gotten at least decent at it
I like drills because they create an even tension throughout your wrapping process, once you get the hang of it and you keep your pull even and continue without stopping. You get a coil that fires up perfectly without having to fiddle. If you overshoot you can always unwrap what you don't need.
Sandvik kanthal/ 1.5mm x 0.2mm/4mm ID
Hi @ghost62 I'd love for you to try this wire. I'll send you some, iffen I know what length you need for a coil or two.
I'd love to try it.
Would need probably 8" total for 2 coils.
I'll pm my address
No problem. Whenever you're ready.
My first attempt at fused Clapton's. Well, not really if you count all the wire I wasted getting it done, but I think I have the whole tension thing now. Lighting Vapes, you know I love ya, but I'm tired of paying $13 for 25 ft. I'm happy with the end results, but almost afraid to fire em up
Hey Ducky I always wanted to learn how to make a chain or rope coil. What's the learning curve? Is it something you can explain how to do or do you recommend any vids?
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I have been getting a wave of bullish sell side reports about how the stimulus program launched late last year is having an unexpectedly good impact on leading indicators in China. Before we draw quick conclusions about how rosy everything will be, let's step back and examine what these figures are actually telling us. In essence, most of the benefits of pumping 5 trillion into the economy are temporary. When this pace of lending slows, many benefits will reverse into major problems.
First of all, I am more or less repeating some points that Mike Pettis raised in earlier notes. Also, unlike many sell side analysts, Stephen Green at Standard Chartered has issued several reports that give a more comprehensive view. Let's look at the latest figures. In conjunction with the stimulus program, the banks issued nearly 5 trillion RMB in new loans in the first quarter, a historically high level. Because there was basically no share issuance or new corporate bond issuance, the 5 trillion from the banks was really the main engine for 1Q 2009. The 5 trillion is almost the size of the US fiscal stimulus package and basically 1/6 of China's 2008 GDP. As far as I know, this is the largest monetary easing in this period of time as a share of a country's GDP (that didn't go into writing off bad debt, that is). Impressive indeed, but what did China get in return?
- To be sure, fixed asset investment grew by 25+%, which was one of the intended effects of monetary easing of this magnitude.
- Official PMI, which mainly reflects sentiment among SOEs or state corporation, went back into positive territory, but private sector PMI was still in negative territory at the end of March.
- There has been a pretty impressive stock market rebound in the A share.
- The housing market is showing some sign of life after a long winter. Sales in many major cities are going up significantly, even driving up prices in some cases.
So far so good, BUT…
When we look at figures for non-investment economic activities, things do not look good at all. In fact, it is down right disappointing after pumping 5 trillion into the economy.
- First of all, export and FDI continue to fall at a pretty fast pace, which can't be helped.
- More alarming, inventory for many industrial goods continue to build UP! According to a recent note by Stephen Green's team, refined oil inventory is up over 35% YoY as of the end of February.
- Coal inventory seems to have gone down, but that's because many coal mines have ceased to operate. The 21st Century Business Herald reported that 50-70% of mines are "resting" for the moment. Iron ore mines are facing the same problem as international iron ore now costs less than domestic ore.
- Electricity usage continues to be in negative territory.
Steel consumption has picked up somewhat from a collapse late last year. However, I think the problem there is continual over-capacity. The central government didn't want any major steel firms to go under, so they are spending billions to "merge" a bunch of steel firms. For example, Bao Steel based in Shanghai will buy up several steel producers in the Jiangsu/Zhejiang area. This maintains the over-capacity in the sector and will put upward pressure on inventory.
In electricity generation, there is rumor of a ,CIC2, a mega company that will buy up distressed electricity producers and coal mines from across China, boosting the on-going consolidation financed by bank loans. In the airline industry, billions have been injected into airlines to keep them afloat amidst disastrous bets on world oil prices.
There is then the widely cited figures of 12% increase in urban income at the end of 2008 and increase in car sales in first quarter. In the first instance, I have no idea how the income figures were produced, but they almost always miss migrant workers, who are also urban residents. On the car sales, China Economist already points to a recent FT article which questions whether sales of minivans will help car company profitability. Finally, employment, which supposedly was the main point of the stimulus, was only marginally improved by the 5 trillion. Most large projects haven't gotten going yet as land still needs to be procured. The biggest employment impact was that the 5 trillion prevented the mass bankruptcy of hundreds and perhaps thousands of firms. However, some firms are staying alive by laying off or furloughing workers, like the coal mines.
So, really, when it comes down to it, the 5 trillion bought:
- some psychological relief
- some more sales of real estate, thus delaying the bankruptcies of many developers
- an upbeat stock market, for a while
- prevented the bankruptcy of numerous state firms, especially in the airline, coal, electricity, and steel sector
The most alarming thing is that these "positive" effects of pumping money into the economy lasts only as long as the money keeps flowing. If for whatever reason, the central government decides to slow down the pace of lending (and there are signs they are thinking of doing so), ALL of the above benefits will collapse relatively quickly. Imagine; if the flow of funds slows significantly, the psychological relief will disappear quickly, as will short-term loans to developers; the upbeat market sentiment will follow as speculative funds withdraw suddenly from the market. SOEs, which are building UP their capacity and inventory as we speak, will face growing losses from depreciation and deflationary pressure on output. Without free flow of bank loans, they will begin to default on their previous loans. Speculative demand for real estate will also collapse, given that inventory is expected to reach over 1 billion sqmtr some time in 2009 (again citing SCB report by Green et al.).
What does this mean? The central government cannot stop or even significantly slow this pace of lending until export picks up in a significant way, else the bubble will burst. This is a race against time. At some point, this pace of lending will lead to a serious NPL problem or inflation, or both. If by that point, export and domestic household consumption remain anemic, I am not sure what options the central government will have.


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The following is a very personal prayer that I call simply the Blessed Be's. Although based on the Divine Praises, it has grown over time to include additional praises and petitions. The Divine Praises, or in this case, the Blessed Be's, are an excellent way to give glory to God and invigorate our resolve to offer all for the glory of God and the salvation of souls.
This prayer can be personalized to include particular family members or other petitions.
Blessed Be
Blessed be God
Blessed be His Holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true man.
Blessed be the Most Holy Name of Jesus.
Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be His Most Precious Blood.
Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
Blessed be Jesus, my Lord, my God and my All.
Blessed be the Holy Ghost, the Paraclete.
Blessed be the Most Holy Trinity, Father Son and Holy Ghost.
Blessed be God forever.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary Most Holy.
Blessed be her Holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be her Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart.
Blessed be her Glorious Assumption.
Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be Mary, most glorious Queen of Heaven, Queen of the most holy Rosary,
Queen of my heart, be Queen of our family!
Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste Spouse.
Blessed be St. Joseph, Foster Father of Our Lord, be Foster Father of our family!
Blessed be St. Joseph, protector of the Church, protect our priests, seminarians and altar boys.
Blessed be St. Joseph, terror of demons, drive satan from our midst, every single one of us!
Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saints.
Blessed be St. Michael the Archangel.
Blessed be St. John the Baptist.
Blessed be the holy Apostles, Peter and Paul, protect our Church, protect our Pope, confound the evildoers!
Blessed be our Guardian Angels.
Blessed be Sister Lucia of Fatima.
Blessed be Francisco, Jacinta and all the saints of Fatima.
Please pray for me to the Lord our God, that He have mercy on me, forgive me my sins
and bring me to life everlasting.
Blessed be God forever!
May the Heart of Jesus, in the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar, be praised, adored and loved with grateful affection at every moment in all the tabernacles of the world even unto the end of time.
Blessed be God Forever!
Sister Josefa was accustomed to praying the Divine Praises in order to guard against satan, and it stands to reason that hearing us fervently praise God would be unbearable to that most hateful of creatures!
Remember, pray the Rosary and confound the devil!
Blessed be God forever!
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The village of Ano Epidaurus and the settlements Panagia and Spilia are included in the Local Community. Neighboring villages are Adami, and Ligourio Koliaki. The place counts up to 1733, which number increases during the summer months with the arrival of tourists and regular residents.
The main occupation of the inhabitants is the cultivation of land, especially dealing with production of oil, as this area is rich in olive groves and citrus production. Many residents are also occupied with fishing and tourism.
Wonderful beaches with clear blue sea and sand surrounds Ancient Epidaurus. One of these is Gialasi, 2 km from the ancient port of Epidaurus, while one can visit smaller beaches by boat or vessel.
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Praise Poseidon, Edmonton's seafood drought is over! The Black Pearl Seafood Bar, owned and run by the offspring of Guisuppe Crudo of the much-respected Cafe Amore, recently opened its doors downtown on 104 Street.
The interior is unlike anything in Edmonton and the Crudos took a chance in going with a nautical theme, because, one fish net too many, and people will expect all-you-can-eat popcorn shrimp and paper pirate hats for birthday parties. The Black Pearl, thankfully, borders more along the lines of 'seafaring-chic'.
I'm already thinking that come winter, I'm going to ensconce myself in that cozy room and plant myself on a stool at the bar until spring.
Speaking of the bar, it is—for the sake of brevity and for lack of a better description—great: great spirits, great ingredients, great cocktails, great service. It is hard to stop at just one cocktail but a few days ago I tried the Four Thieves, a blend of Four Roses Single Barrel bourbon, fresh lemon juice, and egg whites and sage-infused simple syrup.
But, seafood is the topic du jour, so let's dig in.
The Crudos are choosy when it comes to ingredients and fly in fresh product from Canadian waters. Oyster lovers will be happy to see that five oysters are on offer right now: Malpeque and Beau Soleil from the east coast; Denman Island, New Scona and Cortes from the west. Eat 'em raw, as nature intended, or have them baked in the shell with arugula, sambuca cream, scallions and Grana Padano cheese.
The big bowl of King Crab and a gingery, peppercorn cream linguine is a hefty $38, but will serve two to three people. And, by the way, all dishes are meant to be shared tapas-style.
The lightly breaded, wokked squid hit all the right notes with garlic, chilies, ginger and scallions.
Tres Carnales rules when it comes to authentic Mexican tacos in Edmonton, but the Black Pearl offers some note-worthy tacos of their own. Here, grilled soft shells are filled with plump sweet prawns dressed in a barbecue jerk sauce and placed over a heaping handful of lettuce and roasted corn.
Expect the menu to change depending on product availability. Expect the service to stay the same—warm, welcoming, knowledgeable and accommodating.
You can find the audio link to my review here in Caitlin Hanson's recap of my CBC on-air session.


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Entrepreneurs and Capital Gains Taxes
I testified to the Senate Small Business Committee
last week about capital gains taxation.
I noted to the committee that reduced capital gains taxes can generate greater financing of young companies by angel investors and venture capitalists. Lower capital gains taxes can also encourage people to become entrepreneurs because the payoff from a successful start-up is improved compared to a wage job. Entrepreneurs put their own money into their ventures and want to maximize the financial returns from their hard work and sacrifice.
The higher capital gains taxes that were recently enacted risk killing off future Apples and Amazons, which we will need to power tomorrow's economic growth. Congress raised the top federal tax rate on long-term capital gains from 15 percent to 23.8 percent. When state-level taxes are included, the average top U.S. tax rate on long-term capital gains is 27.9 percent.
U.S. policymakers need to understand that capital gains are different than ordinary income, which is why most nations have top capital gains tax rates that are much lower than their top rates on ordinary income. The U.S. capital gains tax rate is much higher than the average rate of just 16.4 percent in the 34 nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Long-term capital gains should be subject to low or zero tax rates. Hopefully, federal policymakers will reconsider capital gains tax policy in coming months and reduce our tax rate to at least the average rate of our OECD trading partners. A lower capital gains tax rate would boost innovation, spur entrepreneurship, and help America regain its competitive edge.
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Over the years, companies have searched for many solutions that would help them keep up with emerging technology. During that time, there have been many software packages developed specifically for corporations that deal with a high volume of customers over a short period of time. That is one reason why speech recognition is now being used in a variety of settings to help customers obtain answers to questions, pay bills, and conduct numerous other business-related tasks that traditionally required a live person.
While speech recognition still has a long way to go before it is even close to being perfected, it has been improved upon immensely over the past several years, and is now a very effective means for many types of business transactions, especially where customers are concerned. Because it is still quite volatile in nature, speech recognition technology is most commonly used in situations where only a few pieces of information are necessary, i. e. one's name, phone number, and account number. Still, it has helped to expedite business quickly, and guide customers to the right live person for further assistance.
Another area where speech recognition software is becoming widely used is through unified messaging. This type of system allows employ to retrieve a wealth of information while giving them more than one option for doing so. For example, through unified messaging, you will now be able to retrieve voice mail messages via E-mail, and E-mails messages via the phone. This makes it easier to keep up with important incoming messages you don't want to miss, and do so literally from any location.
There are several benefits to using unified messaging. The first is that it allows you and your employees the ability to gain flexibility through a wide variety of options. Because of this, it can also help increase the response time for returning important calls or messages. This makes it quite effective.
Unified messaging also helps to increase mobile staff productivity. Even when your employees travel, they will still be able to easily retrieve messages, and return them before even setting foot back in the home office. It also makes them more available should any problems occur that require their immediate attention.
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Penalty king Peter Crook says his starring performances in goal for Harrogate Town have proved correct his decision to turn down a move to America.
Crook earned the man of the match award in Harrogate Town's 1-0 win over Worcester City on Saturday after saving a crucial penalty from Sean Geddes just before half-time.
The save was the young goalkeeper's second from 12 yards in successive matches, however Grimsby's Omar Bogle headed home the follow-up to his denied effort in Town's FA Cup defeat to Grimsby Town.
Crook turned down an opportunity to study in the United States in the summer to remain as Town's number one.
And after his man of the match display, the keeper admitted he had not looked back since.
"I was at Harrogate Railway two years ago on dual registration.
"I have come a long way and I'm really enjoying my football at the minute so it's all good, " Crook said.
"I got an offer from America to do my Masters over there but the gaffer persuaded me to stay and it's worked out so far and I'm enjoying my football.
"I'm glad of the opportunity I have here. Going out to America would have been a great opportunity, but being here is even better.
"I have made a great choice."
Crook is into his third year at the CNG Stadium and has become a mainstay in goal since taking over the number one jersey from Phil Barnes last season.
He is hopeful the club can continue their strong form and bag a first play-off spot under Weaver.
The goalkeeper added: "We have shown great character throughout the whole season.
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(Educational Piano Library). This book builds upon the playful approach to reading music that was first presented in Notespeller Book 1 . Students join Spike and Party Cat on an adventure to an amusement park, Piano Park . The storybook format incorporates assignments that help students use the msuic alphabet to read and write notes on the staff, identify intervals, and write sharps and flats. This highly imaginative book is sure to appeal to students and teachers alike. Corresponds to Piano Lessons Book 2.


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More than 240 killed in Afghan conflicts in July
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The Taliban-led attacks and conflicts claimed more than 240 lives while leaving over 200 others injured in July, a little lower when compared with nearly 290 and 300 for June, respectively.
The bloodiest attack occurred on July 15 when a suicide truck bombing targeted bazaar of Urgun district of eastern Pakitka province, killing 80 people and injuring nearly 70 others.
On July 8, about 10 school children and five Czech soldiers of the NATO-led coalition or International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed when a Taliban suicide car bombing targeted an ISAF convoy distributing stationery to children near a health clinic in Bagram district of eastern Parwan province. The blast also injured six children.
The Taliban insurgent group has intensified attacks after mid- May when the insurgents launched a yearly rebel offensive against security forces. Eight Afghan air forces personnel were killed and 13 others wounded when a suicide bombing targeted their bus in the national capital of Kabul on July 2.
The war-torn country is due to take over the responsibility for its own security from foreign troops by the end of the year.
Nearly 50,000 NATO-led coalition troops, down from the peak of 130,000 in 2010, are stationed in Afghanistan, and the United States plans to trim its forces to less than 10,000 next year.
At least seven targeted killings took place in a number of provinces last month, claiming the lives of several government officials, security forces and local leaders.
In one attack, Hashmat Khalil Karzai, a member of provincial council in southern Kandahar province and cousin of outgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai, was killed in a suicide attack in his house in Kharz village of Kandahar.
The attacker, who disguised himself as a visitor detonated explosive placed in his turban while greeting Karzai during Eid-ul- Fitar three-day festival on July 29. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. One person was also wounded in the blast.
On July 25, two Finnish female aid workers were killed in a drive-by shooting in western Herat province. The motive behind the attack remained unknown.
The locals said the attackers were members of Islamic militants who carried out the attack in retaliation of the Israeli attacks on Gaza Strip. However, no group or individuals have claimed the responsibility for the killing. On July 25, 16 civilians were shot dead by the militants in western Ghor province. The victims were from minority Shiite community.
More than 1,560 civilians were killed and nearly 3,290 others wounded in conflicts and Taliban-led attacks in the first six months of 2014, according to figures released by UN mission in the country on July 9.
Ground combat among parties in the armed conflict surpassed improvised explosive devices (IEDs) as the leading cause of conflict-related death and injury to Afghan civilians in the first six months of 2014.
Meanwhile, total child casualties increased 34 percent in the first six months of 2014 to 1,071, including 295 killed and 776 injured, while total woman casualties increased by 24 percent to 440, including 148 killed and 292 injured, according to UN report.
On July 22, four foreign security guards were killed in a suicide attack near Kabul airport while five sticky bomb attacks targeted army and police vehicles in Kabul during the month, killing two and injuring several security forces.
On July 17, six suicide bombers were killed after they seized an unfinished five-story building near the Kabul airport and targeted the military section of the airport with rocket launchers. One suicide car bombing was also involved in the attack but the militants failed to inflict casualties on security forces or cause damages to the airport facilities. Most of the foreign forces are due to withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of the year.
The exact number of casualties on the Afghan army and police last month remained unknown. In addition to five Czech soldier died in Parwan's suicide attack, three U.S. soldiers and an Australian soldier were also killed in Afghanistan in July.


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Ray Allen, the hero of the Heat's Game 6 win, wanted no part of Knicks superfan and filmmaker Spike Lee at Thursday's shoot-around.
Lee was at AmericanAirlines Arena with a film crew to shoot a short version of his 1998 film 'He Got Game,' in which Allen played, Jesus Shuttlesworth, the top ranked basketball prospect in the country.
Lee was told by the Heat public relations staff that Allen does not speak at shoot-arounds. Lee than asked if Allen would make an exception and speak to him. Allen still refused. Lee then requested to speak to Mario Chalmers, Shane Battier and Mike Miller and was turned down by all three.
Last summer Lee was asked about the Heat on MTV News.
"I do not want the Heat to win back-to-back, hell no," he said.
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One of the things that Mr. Dunbar and I are totally committed to is our marriage. We have been a couple for 8 years now and married for almost 5. (Three weeks until the big anniversary.) Anyhow, when we first started dating I would buy him all sorts of things. Shirts, flip flops, t-shirts, and any other gadget I thought he needed or would like. Each time they were greeted with a smile, a small "Thanks", and then gently tossed aside. I couldn't figure out what the problem was. Mr. Dunbar on the other hand was always telling me how pretty I was or how I could do this or that. He constantly had something nice to say. "What I nice guy," I thought. But still, I couldn't wait for him to buy me something. (I know you're thinking I wanted a ring and yes, I would eventually, but at this point in our relationship I would have settled for a gift card or even a CD!) You see, we were missing each others love language. I was doing for him what I thought would show him I loved him and he was doing for me what he thought would show me love. About a year into dating we found out about the five love languages and the lights went on.
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Raw video posted on YouTube captures part of a late-night protest (along with the observer/videographer's occasional expletive) at the Los Angeles Police Department's Rampart Division station last night, yet another night of protests over the police shooting of a Guatelaman day laborer on Sunday. Last night's protest, which began with a march to the station, ended violently with trash cans set on fire in the city's Westlake district and rocks, bottles and eggs thrown at officers. Non-lethal projectiles were fired into the crowd. At least 22 people were arrested and at least one person injured, a man on a bicycle who fell and struck his head. 89.3 KPCC, the Los Angeles Times and several other news outlets reported on the melee, as did some local blogs.
The protest began as a community response to the shooting death of Manuel Jamines, a 37-year-old immigrant from Guatemala who was shot by an LAPD officer while allegedly wielding a switchblade and refusing to drop it. He is believed to have been been drinking, though friends and relatives, who said that Jamines had a wife and children in Guatemala, said that he was not violent. The department has identified the officers involved and promises to investigate the shooting.


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Joe and Cheryl watched the new Ghostbusters (which passed the Bechdel test with flying colors), and talked reboots, the supernatural, and their personal views on ghosts.
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Friday, August 8, 2014
What we did last week
The kids decorated hats for our Eid party. They took this job very seriously.
We met our good friends at a park, and took a walk along the lake shore there. The kids had great fun looking for ducks and dragonflies.
I had to go to the grocery store 4 times this week, because of failure to plan things correctly. Our third stop was at a PCC that has a little play area, so we took a few minutes before heading home, and the kids played grocery store, of course.
The kids convinced Walker to play Rock Band with them, and this was Moira's request. Thanks Muppets!
My chiropractor now has two massage chairs, so the kids are less likely to fight over them. They were having a great time copying each other this day. And they both seemed to be having fun.
Moira was pretending to be a cheetah, and her friend was her owner. She kept the leash on for a long time.
The kids are enjoying their swimming lessons. Moira can actually propel herself without flotation help, but only if she's willing to put her face in the water.
Moira suggested that everyone wear the leftover party hats at dinner on Friday, and Davis showed us all the right way to wear them.
We discovered that our house is right under then Blue Angels flight path, so the kids had fun hanging out on our deck and looking for them.
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