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You can fly on a combat-scarred Vietnam icon
By Brad Lendon, CNN • Published 17th May 2014
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The Huey helicopter came in from the west, the "pop, pop, pop" of its blades announcing its arrival. It made a sharp right-hand turn and flared to a landing in the grassy area. The ragtag troop of 10 passengers awaiting its arrival looked far from Army issue, dressed in Aloha shirts, T-shirts, blue jeans, shorts and ball caps. They ducked their heads beneath the blades of the spinning rotor as they made their way to the copter from a protected area off to its front.
But Army Special Forces Capt. Homer Haracourt, a four-tour veteran of Vietnam, needed help. He was paralyzed from the waist down, and to make this flight, he'd need the assistance of others.
The Army copter's crew obliged, six of them gathering to lift Haracourt into the outside seat on right side of the chopper, the crew chief strapping him in to the canvas seat so he wouldn't fall out the open door. Haracourt beamed as his helpers retreated. The copter fidgeted a bit as the pilot applied power.
The skids left the ground, and after a short rotation to the right, Huey 354 sped away on one of more than a dozen hops it would fly this day, one of countless such hops it had flown since it was put into service in Vietnam more than 40 years ago.
This is a story of heroes, both mechanical and flesh and blood. None of them will call themselves that, the Huey because, well, it can't. The men who fly it and fly on it this March afternoon because they're way too humble for any bombast. But I'm the witness. I've seen what these guys do, and I'm declaring them heroes.
The flight crew on this March Saturday are from the nonprofit
Army Aviation Heritage Foundation
in Hampton, Georgia. They volunteer countless hours to restore and maintain Army helicopters from the Vietnam era and then take them to air shows across the country where you can fly on them. Yes, you can fly with heroes.
They are guys like Ralph Kahlan, the pilot of Huey 354, carrying Haracourt this Saturday morning at the Thunder in the Valley airshow in Columbus, Georgia. Kahlan, 65, is the assistant dean of the Georgia State University College of Business these days. But he's a veteran of two tours in Vietnam, first as an infantry officer and then as a Huey pilot. He knows what the Huey meant from above and below.
"It was a love-hate relationship as an infantry officer in Vietnam," he said. They dropped troops into tough spots but were there to get them out.
"Swore at 'em when they left, couldn't wait for them to show up," he said.
That was a lot of swearing and cheering in Vietnam. More than 9,400 Hueys were built, according to the foundation. More than 2,000 flew in the war, in God knows how many missions. Watch any news footage from the time, and you'll probably see the Huey, ferrying troops to and from the field, their door gunners firing away at treelines to protect the GIs. The Huey was there at the end too, making flights from the roof of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon as it was overrun in 1975.
Huey 354 was in the fight. The aircraft giving rides in Georgia this Saturday in March
flew 1,417 combat hours in Vietnam
. Ask the Army Av guys, and they'll show you the hole in the floor at the left rear. Patched over now, it's where an enemy round passed through during combat in 1971.
After that damage, Pat Derry probably flew Huey 354. The Rockford, Illinois, native and Army Aviation Heritage Foundation member is a businessman now. In Vietnam, he was the maintenance test pilot for his unit, nicknamed
"The Comancheros."
That meant before any copter could go on a mission after repairs or servicing, Derry took it up to make sure it worked.
"That's why I knew I flew 354, because I flew every helicopter once every couple of months," he said.
You can see the unit's logo on the front of Huey 354 today.
Derry, who flew under the call sign "Comanchero 2½" in Vietnam, doesn't fly copters these days. But he stopped by the foundation's hangar in suburban Atlanta a while back to reconnect with the Huey.
"I didn't get emotional about sitting in it or anything, but it was just kind of a neat deal," Derry said. "Forty to 45 years later, to be able to sit in something that was that big a deal as part of your life is kind of cool."
Back in Columbus, Haracourt is on the ground after a 10-minute hop in Huey 354. The crew that got him on the aircraft has repeated the procedure, transferring the 75-year-old as gently as possible from helicopter to his motorized wheelchair. But there's a hitch; the chair can't seem to navigate the grassy ground where Kahlan has set down the Huey. The crews will have to carry chair and passenger to the tarmac. There are no complaints from Haracourt.
"I'm not bitter," he said. "I signed up for the Army."
So what did he do in Vietnam? Behind him, his daughter, 56-year-old Rosemary Haracourt, shakes her head.
"I don't talk about that. Never have," the former Army captain said.
What he will tell you is what these Huey rides mean to him: "Everything!"
And that means if you come to Columbus next March, you could fly with this hero.
"The good Lord willing, I'll be back next year; yes, I will," he said.
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Therapy for post-transplant relapse of paediatric ALL is limited. Standardised curative approaches are not available. We hereby describe our local procedure in this life-threatening situation published in the journal Bone Marrow Transplantation (Bone Marrow Transplantation (2016), 1-8).
A total of 101 ALL patients received their first allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) in our institution. After relapse, our primary therapeutic goal was to cure the patient with high-dose chemotherapy or specific immunotherapy (HDCHT/SIT) followed by a second SCT from a haploidentical donor (transplant approach). If this was not feasible, low-dose chemotherapy and donor lymphocyte infusions (LDCHT+DLI) were offered (non-transplant approach).
A total of 23 patients suffered a post-transplant relapse. Eight patients received HDCHT/SIT, followed by haploidentical SCT in 7/8. Ten received LDCHT+DLI. The eight patients treated with a second transplant and the ten treated with the non-transplant approach had a 4-year overall survival of 56% and 40%, respectively (P = 0.232). Prerequisites for successful treatment of post-transplant relapse by either a second transplant or experimental non-transplant approaches are good clinical condition and the capacity to achieve haematological remission by the induction treatment element.


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Today all the kiddos went back to school! It was a bitter sweet thing for momma. I enjoy the little bit of quite but I do miss them too. Hailey went off to Junior High today. :( That was kind of sad. Exciting too but more sad. I can't believe she's growing up so fast. It's not fair. Before I know it she'll be in High School. Another big one was Allen. This was his first day of Kindergarten. Yipes! He was so stinkin excited it was just contagious. And yes, we did warn his poor teache profusely! he he he... I can't wait for them to get home and hear all about their day. Lauren started 3rd and Bryan started 2nd grade. Don't expect much trouble out of them. Wow! They are all growing up. Poor little Landon is all by himself. He's called for his sissy a couple of times and put his hands up, like he just can't find her. He'll have to adjust to just mommy. I'm sure he's up to something now! Ha! Just wanted to share the photo's of the first day all in their new clothes. They were equally excited about the new clothes as going to school. Ha! Hope you all have a great day!
Monday, August 25, 2008
First Day of School....
Today all the kiddos went back to school! It was a bitter sweet thing for momma. I enjoy the little bit of quite but I do miss them too. Hailey went off to Junior High today. :( That was kind of sad. Exciting too but more sad. I can't believe she's growing up so fast. It's not fair. Before I know it she'll be in High School. Another big one was Allen. This was his first day of Kindergarten. Yipes! He was so stinkin excited it was just contagious. And yes, we did warn his poor teache profusely! he he he... I can't wait for them to get home and hear all about their day. Lauren started 3rd and Bryan started 2nd grade. Don't expect much trouble out of them. Wow! They are all growing up. Poor little Landon is all by himself. He's called for his sissy a couple of times and put his hands up, like he just can't find her. He'll have to adjust to just mommy. I'm sure he's up to something now! Ha! Just wanted to share the photo's of the first day all in their new clothes. They were equally excited about the new clothes as going to school. Ha! Hope you all have a great day!
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Saturday, August 23, 2008
20 Months....
Oh my, how time flies. I can't hardly believe my little man is 20 months old today. He's growing and changing so fast. He's a little stink, I must admit. I really thought that he being the fifth, he would be laid back and let everyone do for him. Well not so for him! He wants to be right in the mix of things and doesn't want anyone to leave him out. He's developing his own personality and it's so stinkin cute. The big kids are always playing like animals, mainly dogs. So the other day I could hear this tiny voice barking. I hadn't heard that one before so I went up to see what was going on and it was Landon, on all fours crawling around barking, right along with the rest. It was so cute. He's just talking like crazy. He's pretty smart too, I must say. He wants things to be just so. If he spills something, he must go get a towel and clean it up and he doesn't want you help. He's even tells me most of the time when he's pooping or peeing. My others didn't tell me this early but he defiantly does and he wants it cleaned up too. I think I will get him a potty pretty soon, since he knows what he's doing. He also insist that he be the one to put his diapers in the trash, he gets highly upset if I won't let him. Any kind of trash he comes across he must put it in the trash can. If he the door to the trash is closed he pushes under the door. Pretty smart, huh? Funny how you forget how much fun and cute they are at this age. Well, for the most part that is. We are starting into the terrible two, I think. But not too bad so far. Fingers crossed! he he he... He's growing like crazy. He's at 25lbs. He's eating me out of house and home. His favorite thing is cheese. The boy is now eating a whole sandwich by himself and then what ever else I give him to go with. He just age a whole pb&j sandwich, cheese, half a bag of Cheetos, an 6-7 grapes. The other night I grilled chicken breast and he ate 3/4 of one by himself plus his veggies. The boys a human garbage disposal. He likes to eat. Guess he got that honestly. He was going through a real picky stage but in the last few days, he's started trying and eating alot more different things. I'm gonna have to get a job before too long though to feed this bunch. I wish I were joking! :) Anyways! I just thought I'd share a little bit about him. It's been awhile. Here's some pictures of my little brown eyed boy!
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Friday, August 22, 2008
Little Updating...
Hey All! I just thought I'd update you guys a little bit. I finished up all my tests and went in for the results yesterday. At this point we still don't have any ideas as to what's going on. So he's ordered another battery of tests. Whoo hooo..... I still have the "Vertigo." Tomorrow with be two weeks. It's no fun! So he's sending me to a specialist for that and an eye specialist as well. I have to do another 72 hour EEG and a spinal tap. I'm so freaking out about that. I hate hate HATE the spinal tap. It's horrible!!!! But he feels it's very necessary to figure out what's going on. He's also going to be testing me for Autoimmune diseases like Lupus, MS and several others. Sooooo I'm still just in limbo not knowing what's going on. My in-laws are going to try to come in next week to help us out. We are just desperate for some help. I still can't drive and William keeps having to take off work because we just don't have anyone that can help. Soooo they are going to try and come in next week so I can have the next round of test. I have to stay in bed for 48 hours after the spinal tap. So we really need their help. Anyways! We are frantically trying to get ready for school too. They start Monday. They are all pretty excited. Hailey's nervous but excited. It's been really hard to try and get them ready with me not able to drive. I still have a few more things left to get like school supplies but we're almost done. I just have to wait for days that William can take me. Thanks to all of you that are praying for me. We were grateful for the good news of the MRI and CT coming back clean. I think both of us were a little bit nervous. But they were good as far as no bad stuff. Oh yea, and another good thing was that he found no seizure activity so at this time he's not putting me on medication. Yeah!!! I was sure he would and I so did not want to do that. So that was a great thing. Anyways! I guess I'll get. Back to doing nothing... Sleeping an ungodly amount... The medicine for the "Vertigo" knocks me out. So I'm sleeping all the time. It's crazy! I was grateful for the sleep the first few days but now it's miserable. I feel worthless. I can't do too much because then I get nausea's and start throwing up. So it's just been crazy. Thank goodness for the Olympics, which I love! :) Okay, I'm really going now! Talk to ya later! I'll try to post some pictures later!
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Friday, August 15, 2008
Well, as if I needed something else to mess with... I have somehow managed to get something called Vertigo. Oh... Let me tell ya how much fun this is. Ya know that feeling you have directly after you get off of a merry-go-round, like your head is still spinning but your body is standing still. Well, that's Vertigo. Somehow or another my equilibrium is out of sorts, I guess. Well, that's what they are treating me for at this point anyways. Last Saturday day I woke up with this feeling of dizziness and spinning and it has progressively gotten worse. It's a horrible feeling. I can't drive and I feel like an absolute drunk person. I told William this morning that I just want to hold my head still. Even when I close my eyes, I'm spinning. It never stops! It's maddening!!!!! I feel like I seriously am losing my mind. Seriously!!!! I wish I were kidding. My perception is way off so just doing simple things is insane. Like taking a shower this morning was brutal. Anyways! They have put me on medication but so far I've seen no difference. And of all weeks to get this, being the week before school starts. Ahhhhh!!!! Oh well, I will survive or at least I hope so.. he he he.... I had my sleep deprived EEG done last night. I made it though. It wasn't as bad as I thought. The medicine that they put me on knocks me out. So I took one of those and slept almost four hours yesterday afternoon and then another hour or so last night and so I was pretty good. I got pretty sleepy about 5:30 this morning but I made it. I watched 27 Dresses. It was a cute movie. William rented a bunch of movies so that's what I did to stay awake. If I'm watching a movie, I won't go to sleep. I don't want to miss it. So that was a big help. Of all things we had a storm blow up and our electricity went out for about an hour at 3:00 am. So that was a little tough. I can't really read because I can't really focus and it was too dark to read by candle light anyways. So I had to just pace the house for awhile. It ended up being some good prayer time though. :) Anyways! I best go. If I focus too long on one thing it makes me a nausea's. I wish you guys could see me. I'm typing this with one eye open. Please, forgive me if it doesn't make sense or if I have lots of errors. It's the dang craziness. :) I'll try to get with ya later in the week. Hope you all have a great weekend!
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
My Baby....
My goodness... where has the time gone? My baby is growing up guys. Yesterday I had to take Hailey to the Junior high for her orientation thing. She got her schedule, lockers, etc. I have so many different emotions with this new part in our lives. I'm excited for her but at the same time nervous and scared for her. As we walked her schedule yesterday and practiced her locker combinations it made me sad and yet very excited for her too. This is a whole new chapter in her life. She was dreading going back, I think she was just nervous. But since she got to see how it will work yesterday, she's now more excited. I'm probably more nervous than she is. It's just all part of it I guess,huh? I know I can't keep her a baby but man do I want to. She's certainly not a baby anymore being that she's almost as tall as me at 5'4, size ten shoes and only 12 years old. I think she's going to be very tall like her dad. But that's great. I always wanted to be taller, like 5'7. Anyways! Back to the subject. She's in athletics and hopes to get on the Volleyball, Basketball, and track teams. If not this year then hopefully next year. She got in Theater Arts and Photography. She's really excited to take those classes. She still loves animals and has always wanted to work with them in some way. So she started volunteering at our local Animal Shelter. She loves it! I can totally see her running one herself one day. She's totally into that sort of thing. She has a very tender heart with animals. She's just as happy caring for them as she is playing with them. And she doesn't mind the nasty part of it. I don't think I could. It grosses me out. Yuck! She's just growing up and I guess there's nothing I can do about it. Just pray and pray hard! I can't believe how fast this time has gone. Seems like just yesterday she was a baby. Where did the time go???? I pray these are great years for her.
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Friday, August 08, 2008
Testing....1..2..3.. Testing...
I just got back from my testing a little bit ago. I had a MRI done and a CT. Let me tell ya, it is not fun. I had the CT done first. It wasn't too bad it just was uncomfortable for a fat chick. Well, okay let me back a bit. I couldn't wear my bra because it had metal clips in them so I had to go without. Well, for a fat chick with size triple F boobs that just doesn't work so well. Ya see, the only time my bra is off is when I'm in the shower. I just can't let these bad girls loose. It's just no fun. Soooo... here I am trying my best to lay flat on my back and not move, all that while trying not to suffocate. And because the girls were loose my arms wouldn't lay flat so I had to suspend them in mid air "reaching for my ankles," she said (yeah like I can reach those) for the next 20 or so minutes. Then she says, "now don't open your eyes. Keep them shut." But she doesn't tell me anything about what's fixin to happen. Next thing I feel is my shoulders being squeezed into what seemed like a tiny hole and then lights flashing but I can't open my eyes. That's a very scary feeling when you can't see what's going on. Dang at least they could say this is what's going to happen. I know I didn't breath for the first five minutes. I was sure they were sucking out my brain or something and they just weren't going to tell me. Ha! Wonder if they can tell if your crazy or not? He he he...Then she injected me with some kind of contrast stuff and that made my whole body feel very hot. It didn't last long but still very weird feeling. Then onto the fun one. On the way they said, "go ahead try to use the bathroom because we put all those fluids in you and the MRI takes about an hour." So I did. Then I was taken into another room with this very large machine that sounded like it was ready to take off. She me told to lay on the table, yet again no bra and flat on my back. Uhh Hello! Luckily because I am a fat chick I got an open MRI machine but it's still not really open. You can just see a little light from the sides of you. They strapped my head in like one of those Hannibal Lector masks and put ear plugs in and sent me in. I swear they were just trying to make me have a seizure or at best the worst migraine you've ever experienced. If you haven't had the joy of experiencing a MRI, it's like someone is standing on top of the machine with a jack hammer and sledge hammer just beating the heck out of it. And they want you to be very still and not move one muscle for the next hour. It was okay for a little while but then I'm telling you a girl with these size boobs can't be like that for this period of time. My shoulders and arms finally went to sleep and were just burning and hurting so bad. I was just praying, "please God make it stop or just let me die now." I swear if I ever have to have that done again, I'm just going to tell them to shoot me or cut my boobs off first. It's just pure torture. My chest and arms are still burning. They may not recover for a week. They are just not use to such freedom. Anyways! Thank God that's over. Best of all, my prize for being so good and still was a pounding throbbing headache. Whoo Hoo! Now next Friday I have a sleep deprived test to do. I can't believe they expect me to stay awake all night. They have lost their mind. I sure hope I can do it. I'm way to old for this. My eyes start wanting to close by nine or so. It's gong to be another torturous test for me. I'll have to go rent a bunch of girly movies to watch. Then I get to wait another week for results. At which time, I'm sure to tell me yes your a loon, here's some medicine, go home. Just sayin....
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Thursday, August 07, 2008
Busy Busy Days....
Man has it been crazy here. Just seems to be never ending. It's that time of year that we all have dentist, optical, and Dr. check-ups before we head back to school. So it's been insanely busy here at my house. We only have just a little over two weeks till school starts. It starts on the 25th. What happened to Summer? It went so fast. So now I will have to focus on school supplies and clothes. Yipes! I've tried to pick up some when I find things on sale but I don't have much. When you have four to buy stuff for it's insanely expensive. So I'm stressing over that a little. Plus we've had many Dr. bills as of lately. Lauren has been having migraine headaches for the last year or so, but they have been increasing. So I took her into the Dr. and he put her on medication and scheduled a CT scan just to rule out any bad stuff. I've been having a few problems as well and so I am having a MRI and CT scan tomorrow morning and then a sleep deprived EEG done next Friday. I have seizures and so they are thinking that these are just a type of seizure activity. So I'm quite sure they will put me back on medication for that. Sooooo it's just been one thing after another. I took them in for their eye exam and poor Bryan was half blind. So he got glasses, which he was thrilled to death about. Allen was none to happy. He thought he needed some too. He had to have a big cry about the whole situation. Not fair that Bryan got something he didn't, I guess. So today when I picked them up, Allen said "well you just look like dork anyway." I guess he's still mad over the whole thing. I don't think he looks like a dork at all. He's pretty cute. Anyways! Hailey started volunteering at our local animal shelter and she just loves it. I'm so proud of her. She's just growing up way too fast. She wants to do something in the line of animals so this is right up her alley. She wants to be a Vet but not go to school that long. So we'll see how that goes. But she would be good at it. Anyways! I guess that's about all that's new here. Just the daily grim... Hope your having a great day yourself.
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sfVkontaktePlugin - 1.0.4
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It was made to strongly simplify the development of VKontakte applications
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What does plugin do?
It was made to strongly simplify the development of VKontakte applications on Symfony Framework.
VKontakte is the most popular social network service in CIS. It has around 75 million users.
Plugin gives you:
This plugin is still in development, but the development concerns only the adjustment of plugin features.
The test application for this plugin. It will be approved by administration soon.
Install the plugin
./symfony plugin:install sfVkontaktePlugin
Use git submodule command to fetch code or just do git clone command into your plugin directory. Then enable plugin in SF_ROOT/config/ProjectConfiguration.class.php:
// SF_ROOT/config/ProjectConfiguration.class.php
Enable the sfVkontakteFetch module to allow plugin to fetch profiles and upload photos to VK server. Add this line to your SF_ROOT/frontend/config/settings.yml file:
enabled_modules: [default, sfVkontakteFetch]
Change routing options in factories.yml to automatically add mandatory iframe parameters to every link on your site. Change parameter in your SF_ROOT/frontend/config/factories.yml. If you don't want to add mentioned parameters, set the enable_append_get_params configuration to false. See the Configuration chapter.
class: sfVkontaktePatternRouting
Change security settings of your frontend application in SF_ROOT/frontend/config/security.yml
is_secure: true
Download jQuery library and add link to it in view.yml (or use another way to enable jQuery)
javascripts: [lib/jquery-1.4.2, main]
Change inheritance of the myUser class in SF_ROOT/frontend/lib/myUser.class.php
class myUser extends sfVkontakteSecurityUser {
Change inheritance of your actions.class.php .
class mainActions extends sfVkontakteActions {
Add js setter partial to application layout.php. Add it inside the  tag and before including all other javascripts.
<? include_partial('sfVkontakteFetch/init_js_options')?>
If you want to use default installation and settings messages, include the _messages partial to the application layout.php file. Include it inside the  tag. Otherwise, define ids of div tags that contain your messages in second parameter options of the vkApp constructor. See Client side chapter.
<? include_partial('sfVkontakteFetch/messages')?>
Copy settings-example.yml to your config directory. Put the settings of your application in settings.yml. You can copy these settings from "edit application" page on vk.com site. Optionally add SF_ROOT/config/settings.yml to your VCS ignore file. It allows you to have two instances of your application with different settings. For example, development and production instances.
$ cp SF_ROOT/plugins/sfVkontaktePlugin/config/settings-example.yml SF_ROOT/config/settings.yml
$ vi SF_ROOT/config/settings.yml
Build and load your schema, or import sql manually. Then publish plugin assets.
$ ./symfony doctrine:build --all --and-load
$./symfony plugin:publish-assets
That's all, folks!
As stated before, you have to copy config/settings-example.yml file to your config directory and change the application_id and secret_key values.
Another configuration is in the app.yml file:
enable_fetch: true
enable_register_routes: true
enable_add_js: true
enable_append_get_params: true
photo_getter_class: vkPhotoGetter
PluginsfVkontakteUser model class has the method getNeedFetch. This method returns the condition of fetch or not friends and profiles. So you can write your own method in generated sfVkontakteUser model class to redefine this behaviour.
sfVkontaktePlugin provides you with sfVkontakteTools class, that allows you to call secure VK Api function. In PLUGIN/config/app.yml you can see all secure methods provided by VK with theirs parameters. In any part of your project you can write:
$this->getUser()->getBalance( array('uid' => $this->getUser()->id) );
or sfVkontakteTools::getInstance()->getBalance( array('uid' => $this->getUser()->id) );
, where getBalance is the name of the method, and it calls with array of proper parameters.
If you need to call for example the sendNotification method, you would like to pass utf8 string (in Russian) in the message parameter. Plugin will handle it and automatically make proper signature to the call.
Another example: // in some action $this->getUser()->sendNotification(array('uids'=> $this->getUser()->id, 'message'=> 'it works!'));
I let VKontakte to check authority of user. Vkontakte makes it by checking GET parameters passed to the iframe. It means that we should pass these parameters to every link on our site. I choose the routing way to do it. Generally, it means that you should write every link code on the site by link_to or url_for functions. Another requirement is that all your accessible from VK Iframe applications must be secured (is_secure: true in security.yml).
In any place in your code you have:
the model sfVkontakteUser $this->vkontakteUser // in actions, instance of model User class $vkontakteUser // the same one in templates
and vkontakte security user $this->getUser() // in actions, instance of sfVkontakteSecurityUser $sf_user // in templates
Model sfVkontakteUser has a number of fields. First, it has all the fields defined in plugin app.yml. Also it has settings field - api settings that user set. Finally, it has a fetched_at field - date and time when users settings were saved.
Use Doctrine Collection $this->vkontakteUser->Friends - to get friends list of current user.
These fields are automatically updating every 24 hours (it can be changed by redefine getNeedFetch of your myUser class).
If you want to watch loading and run processes in your console, define "DEBUG = true;" in your js file.
Usual way to use these classes is to write to your main.js code like this:
$(function() {
app = new vkApp(callback);
The first parameter of constructor is the function, that will be called after all initialization. For example, you can write this code in that function. Let's have this html code, whatever:

post_photo

post wall
Then the code will be:
var callback = function (){
// test use of the api object, retrieve name and surname
$('#content').append(app.User.first_name + ' ' + app.User.last_name);
// add onclick event - send photo to album
$('#post-photo').click(function() {
album_title: 'new album'
// album_id: ##album id to post to ##
// add onclick event - send photo and message to the walls
$('#post-wall').click(function() {
message: 'test',
uids: [## array of wall ids for post on ##]
The second parameter of constructor is options. Default options are:
You can override all options by setting them in second options hash.
The app class has methods upload_photo and post_walls. They gets two parameters - callback and options. The options hash can contain these items: - for app.upload_photo method: album_title or album_id - for app.post_walls method: message and uids
On the server you should define class, for example myPhotoUploader. Then write name of this class to your app.yml. This class must have static method get, which returns a path to the file need to upload with @ in the begining. See example tools/sfVkontaktePhotoGetter.class.php. This method should get one parameter - it passes from client - server_method_params.
You can override name of the method and list of parameters by setting in options hash: server_method: 'getWallImage', server_method_params: {id: app.User.uid}


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FSF News
Microsoft's Empty Promise
Last week, Microsoft extended the terms of their Community Promise to implementations of the ECMA 334 and 335 standards. You might think this means it's safe to write your software in C#. However, this promise is full of loopholes, and it's nowhere near enough to make C# safe.
Why free software shouldn't depend on Mono or C#
by Richard M. Stallman
FSF welcomes AdBard network for free software advertising
The Free Software Community now has an ethical alternative to ad networks that promote proprietary software
Job opening on the FSF campaigns team
The FSF is hiring a campaigns manager to be part of the team that runs DefectiveByDesign and PlayOgg, helps coordinate the GNU Project, and generates new campaign ideas. This is an opportunity to take a leadership role in the organization that sponsors the GNU project, publishes the GPL, and fights for software freedom.
FSF Settles Suit Against Cisco
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) and Cisco Systems, Inc. are pleased to announce that they have reached a joint agreement.
War on Sharing: RIAA moves to block new FSF court brief
FSF launches new free software activist internship program
The deadline for applications for the summer term is Monday, May 25.
ESP launches en.swpat.org: A Wiki for Anti-Software Patent Campaigns
End Software Patents today launched en.swpat.org, a wiki to document the case against software patents. Over 100 articles have already been started to give an idea of the scope and structure of the wiki.
FSF releases audio recording of LibrePlanet conference
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Monday, March 30, 2009 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today released the complete audio recordings from the first day of the LibrePlanet GNU/Linux conference, held on March 21, 2009, in Cambridge, MA.
Wietse Venema and Creative Commons announced as winners of the 2008 annual free software awards
Help spring the Javascript Trap
FSF adds speakers for LibrePlanet conference on GNU/Linux: March 21st-22nd
EndSoftwarePatents.org Phase II: developing a global resource and campaign
By organizing this information and delivering it into the hands of activists and law makers, we can form an immense tool to help existing and future campaigns around the world -- Ciaran O'Riordan, Director End Software Patents.
FSF announces annual meeting March 21-22: The LibrePlanet 2009 conference
GCC Libraries Get Updated License Exception
A new license exception will allow the entire GCC codebase to be upgraded to GPLv3, and enable the development of a plugin framework for GCC.
BadVista: We hardly knew ye
"The fact that Microsoft has repeatedly extended XP cutoff deadlines and is releasing a public beta of Windows 7 today is proof of Vista's failure"
Free Software Foundation Files Suit Against Cisco For GPL Violations
Support freedom by joining the FSF during our year-end fundraiser
Our target is 750 new FSF members and donors by January 31, to help us fund our campaign goals in 2009.
Bilski ruling: a victory on the path to ending software patents
As opinions form about the extent to which the Court ruling impacts the patenting of software, one thing is clear. The State Street ruling that in 1998 opened the flood gates to the patenting of business methods and software has been gutted, if not technically overturned.
FSF Releases New Version of GNU Free Documentation License
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Monday, November 3, 2008 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced the release of version 1.3 of the GNU Free Documentation License (FDL). This version of the license allows public wikis to relicense their FDL-covered materials under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA) 3.0 license.


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Where did the last five years go? It seems like only last year that we were judging the first ever Sommelier Wine Awards. In fact, we started back in 2007. Of course, then it was just me, 600 wines and 20 sommeliers in two rooms above a pub, whereas this year we had 1,500+ wines and pulled in more than 60 sommeliers to come along and taste them.
As anyone who's worked with the on-trade knows, co-ordinating a specific number of sommeliers to be in one place at one time is a challenge, but it's one of the things that makes SWA what it is: judged by the on-trade for the on-trade. The judges are looking for the same things in a wine that you are: value, typicity, food-friendliness and versatility. The other point of difference is that none of the wines submitted to SWA are going to be in your local high street, so you can list any of the medal-winners with confidence.
I hope that the following pages are informative, thought-provoking and entertaining. It's the most thorough and up-to-date analysis of the on-trade wine world available anywhere at the moment, so use these results as a fast track to great wines, as chosen by some of the best sommeliers in the UK. May your lists thrive, your customers go home happy and your coffers swell. 'Til next year…
Chris Losh competition director
Essentials: Sparkling Wines & Champagnes: under £14, £14-20, £20+, Sparkling Rosé; House Wines; Rosé; Varietal Classics: Pinot Grigio, New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, Australian Shiraz, Argentinian Malbec; Sweet Wines; Sherry; Port; Other Fortified.
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New World: Chardonnay; Sauvignon Blanc; Semillon & Blends; Riesling; Pinot Gris/Grigio; Gewürztraminer; Chenin Blanc; Viognier; Torrontés; Other Whites; Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot & Cabernet Franc Chile/The Rest of the World ; Syrah/Shiraz & Grenache Australia/Rest of the World; Cabernet & Shiraz; Pinot Noir New Zealand/Rest of the World; Malbec; Carmenère; Zinfandel; Other Reds.
Digital version of the entire Sommelier Wine Awards 2011 results booklet.
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At Impact 2010 in Las Vegas we heard from the IBM Business Partner (GBM) on the ICE project. At TMW 2010, it was ICE themselves presenting on ICE and their journey down the TeleManagement Forum Frameworx path. Ricardo Mata, Sub-Director, VertICE (OSS) Project from ICE presented (see his picture to the right) presented on ICE's projects to move Costa Rica's legacy carrier to a position that will allow them to remain competitive when the government opens up the market to international competitors such as Telefonica who are champing at the bit to get in there. ICE used IBM's middleware to integrate components from a range of vendors and align them to the TeleManagement Forum's Frameworx (the new name for eTOM, TAM and SID). In terms of what ICE wanted to achieve with this project (they call it PESSO) this diagram shows it really well.
I wish I could share with you the entire slide pack, but I think I might incur the wrath of the TeleManagement Forum if I were to do that. If you want to see these great presentations from Telcos from all around the world, you will just have to stump up the cash and get yourself to Nice next year. Finally, I want to illustrate the integration architecture that ICE used - this diagram is similar to the one form Impact, but I think importantly shows ICE's view of the architecture rather than IBM's or GMB's.
For the benefit of those that don't understand some of the acronyms in the architecture diagram above, let me explain them a bit:
- ESB - Enterprise Services Bus
- TOCP - Telecom Operations Content Pack (the old name for WebSphere Telecom Content Pack) - IBM's product to help Telcos get in line with the TMF Frameworx)
- NGOSS - Next Generation Operations Support Systems (the old name to TMF Frameworx)
- TAM - Telecom Applications Map
- SID - Shared Information / Data model


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VocabAhead needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 33 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
We build educational products, especially vocabulary building ones for kids - big and small. Learning new words is usually boring & require a lot of hardwork. We make that process fun and easy by allowing students to build multiple and deep connections to every single word they learn. This not only helps speed up learning but also helps permanent retention.
High school kids
Our iphone app 'SAT Vocabulary Visuals and Audios' needs UI lift. Here is iTunes link to its download page. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sat-…31473?mt=8. If you can't download it, do look at screen shots there.
Currently it is nice and coherent but we want to improve it further via some sort of a theme around wooden texture as background with matching colors for buttons (probably appearing engraved) etc.
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Integral Yoga: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Integral Yoga Publications, Dec 1, 1984 - Health & Fitness - 307 pages
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A must read for anyone who wants to know yoga deeper than the poses. Keep your highlighter handy and mark what moves you. Then practice it, and then read the Sutras again and see what else pops out at you. This is an excellent reference. Read full review
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Biodata measures are based on the measurement principle of behavioral consistency, that is, past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior. Biodata measures include items about past events and behaviors reflecting personality attributes, attitudes, experiences, interests, skills and abilities validated as predictors of overall performance for a given occupation.
Often, biodata test items are developed through behavioral examples provided by subject matter experts (SMEs). These items specify situations likely to have occurred in a person's life, and ask about the person's typical behavior in the situation. In addition, biodata items reflect external actions that may have involved, or were observable by, others and are objective in the sense there is a factual basis for responding to each item. An item might ask "How many books have you read in the last 6 months?" or "How often have you put aside tasks to complete another, more difficult assignment?" Test takers choose one of several predetermined alternatives to best match their past behavior and experiences.
A response to a single biodata item is of little value. Rather, it is the pattern of responses across several different situations that give biographical data the power to predict future behavior on the job. For this reason, biodata measures often contain between 10 and 30 items and some wide-ranging instruments may contain a hundred or more items. Response options commonly use a 5-point scale (1 = Strongly Disagree to 5 = Strongly Agree). Once a group of biodata items is pre-tested on a sample of applicants, the responses are used to group the items into categories or scales. Biodata items grouped in this way are used to assess how effectively applicants performed in the past in competency areas closely matched to those required by the job.
A more recent development is targeted biodata instruments. In contrast to traditional biodata measures developed to predict overall job performance, targeted biodata measures are developed to predict individual differences in specific job-related behaviors of interest. Similar to the developmental process used for traditional biodata, the content of a targeted biodata measure is often driven by SME-generated behavioral examples relevant to the specific behavior(s) of interest.
An example of a targeted biodata measure is a job compatibility measure (sometimes referred to as a suitability measure) which focuses on the prediction of counterproductive or deviant behaviors. Counterproductive behavior is often defined as on-the-job behavior that is (a) harmful to the mission of the organization, (b) does not stem from a lack of intelligence, and (c) is willful or so seriously careless it takes on the character of being willful. Previous criminal misconduct (e.g., theft), employment misconduct (e.g., sexual harassment, offensiveness to customers, and disclosure of confidential material), fraud, substance abuse, or efforts to overthrow the Government are some major factors that may be relevant to suitability determinations. A job compatibility index is typically used to screen out applicants who are more likely to engage in counterproductive behavior if they are hired. Job compatibility measures are less costly to implement than other procedures typically used to detect counterproductive behaviors (e.g., interviews, polygraphs) and are beneficial for positions requiring employees to interact frequently with others or handle sensitive information or valuable materials.
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Elkins, T., & Phillips, J. (2000). Job context, selection decision outcome, and the perceived fairness of selection tests: Biodata as an illustrative case. Journal of Applied Psychology, 85(3), 479-484.
Hough, L. M., & Oswald, F. L. (2000). Personnel selection: Looking toward the future - Remembering the past. Annual Review of Psychology, 51, 631-664.
Mount, M. K., Witt, L. A., & Barrick, M. R. (2000). Incremental validity of empirically keyed biodata scales over GMA and the five factor personality constructs. Personnel Psychology, 53(2), 299-323.
Rothstein, H. R., Schmidt, F. L., Erwin, F. W., Owens, W. A., & Sparks, C. P. (1990). Biographical data in employment selection: Can validities be made generalizable? Journal of Applied Psychology, 75(2), 175-184.
Schmitt, N., Cortina, J. M., Ingerick, M. J., & Wiechmann, D. (2003). Personnel selection and employee performance. Handbook of Psychology: Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 12, 77-105. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Hough: Apple May Head to $600, For Real This Time
Were you in line this weekend to get one of the new iPhones? Some nine million people were. That's one reason Jack Hough says that Apple is manufacturing a growth spurt that could send its shares to $600 over the next year. (Photo: Getty)
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... mm ... realizing this past weekend to get one of the new I Phones ... some nine million people were across the globe and that is one reason jackals says that Apple ... the music is manufacturing a growth spurt ... that could send the shares to six hundred dollars over the next year ... see the stock right there for eighty seven climbing up from five hundred mark ... check out there and use a six hundred could be in the seats are using the new phones are a ... lot although I like the old phone but added value in multicolored one year late to the the love child of a ... care bear and a bag of Skittles or something like that I mean let's invite her ... voyeurism okra ... but you know ... they sold nine million phones the first three days ... that compares with five million a year ago now economically very clean comparison because they launch the more countries show the week ended on overall as the credit but the nine billion but it is still a lot of that sold The the higher end market the real key here is that all of these phones contribute positively to company margins they're not giving away the store here so ... you know it's one thing is Apple's cheap all times earnings ... are one Wall Street analysts like look for catalyst positive developments going forward ... we now have won this quarter and next with the phone so you can expect some solid earnings this quarter and because of the delay in some countries begin to get the phones ... that's can spill over into next quarter ... to some other things coming down the road you know ... that there should be a night and I pad introduction around October November of ... last year's model sold okay not great did the big Chris's mom that was open was a little bit chunky ... and people watched the stuff to say that there's one the works now that's the that's a twenty five percent lighter than a person ... that can sell well ... there's a deal in the works between Apple and China Mobile which is the country's largest carrier it doesn't yet have a deal with on ... the day of seven hundred fifty million subscribers that compares with one hundred million for Verizon ... here's a three hundred million Americans are ... so that's a lot of potential for cellphones ... and it's really not too early to begin thinking about the I phone sixteen one analyst it was that it was pouring out that ... he talks with the partisans ... this could be scheduled for in June or July want rather than a fall launch ... and this is the farm is likely to have a bigger screen that's a big selling point terms of reasons to upgrade your phone that's a pretty big ... here's my thoughts so this is a stock that he he he went all the stocks travails writer was seven hundred and with under four hundred briefly at ... this move around alot ... this is still in a wildly profitable company yet ... what used to drive that start making such a momentum stock ... was the reputation of them not only rolling out new products all less chunky died and a slightly bigger sure but any new revolutionary products now I don't see the revolutionary products on the in the immediate future for the company I don't see any either but did you know that's really the key is they don't have to have ... the TV and everyone is expected to have a watch they don't have to have a computerized helmet that dispenses cold beer or anything new ... that would be nice mall got all the extremely night I'll venture out to the daily ... deals with the products that we know about at the company is on a trajectory from good earnings growth to keep in mind ... this company holds cash equal to one third of its market value and it generates about another ten percent each year when you've got a good dividend now I've got share repurchase ... I think that demand is going way higher in coming years and I think the stock will rise to me ... it's a cheap starting point for investors and to get the idea is this a value higher than me is while we talked to ... Jack L thank you very much thankful


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I went with my family to the Amaluna Cirque du Soleil show at Marymoor Park in Redmond last night. Being our first Cirque du Soleil show, we didn't know what to expect. We weren't disappointed as it turn out to be a great family show. The venue was small and intimate and all the seats seemed to have nice close-up views.
The setting of Amaluna is a mysterious tropical island governed by Goddesses. The story centers on the queen's daughter and her coming-of-age and courtship by a young man. Like any good love story, they must endure and overcome many obstacles before they eventually marry.
Some of my favorite performances of the show included:
"Manipulation" where a young woman delicately creates a tree composed of 13 precariously and precisely balanced palm leaf ribs. (I initially thought the ribs were from a whale rather than a palm leaf but later learned otherwise.) After the tree is completed, the woman takes away the smallest rib and the entire sculpture gracefully collapses in sequence.
"Storm" where a man and woman perform ballet-like moves while being suspended in mid-air by straps on one arm. Some of their moves required amazing strength and flexibility.
"Teeterboard" where a bunch of obviously very athletic guys launch each other high into the air, perform amazing spins and twists, and somehow manage to safely land on the opposite side of the seesaw. Like parkour with a seesaw.
I could only imagine the effort and number of hours of practice the performers put into the their acts. Given that most of the acts were done without safety ropes, I could see why practice and precision needs to be absolute. I was also quite impressed by the engineering effort involved in setting up the big tent and equipment needed to pull off the show.
A couple of things about Amaluna that I did not like as much. The music that accompanied the performances was fine but seemed repetitive (fast rock) after a while and the decibel level was way too loud. At times, I almost had to put my hands over my ears and we were sitting close to the back of the tent. Also, the clown performers were superfluous to the show — they weren't funny or entertaining enough to warrant interrupting the rest of the performers.
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For T'Erea Brown, the six minutes after she ran the fastest 400-meter hurdles time of her life were torture.
The University of Miami grad out of Hampton High lowered her all-time personal best by 51/100ths of a second to claim third place in her opening section of the one-lap barrier race Monday night at Olympic Stadium,
Then, the toughest part. She had to wait out the results of the last two semifinals to see if she advanced to Wednesday night's eight-runner final.
Focused on the video screen as the next two sections unfolded, Brown eventually got the good news, and the tears of joy — and relief — began flowing.
Yes, she'd raced her way to the final as a first-time Olympian.
Yes, she's have a shot at the medal stand.
Yes, the torture was over.
Her 54.21 seconds stood up as fifth fastest time netted by the eight finalists, a group that now includes Brown's USA teammates Lashinda Demus (54.08) and Georganne Moline (54.74).
"My mind finally connected with my body," said Brown. "I always knew what I had to do. I just couldn't get my body to do it.
"Sunday, I messed up on (hurdle) eight. Today I just focused on me. Now that I'm in the final, anything can happen."
Russia'sNatalya Antyukh (53.33) andCzech Republic'sZuzana Hejnova (53.62) bested Brown in their heat.
Wells in 100 hurdles semis
"Hello, Virginia," Kellie Wells said Monday. "Hope everything's going well back home; it's sure going well right here in London."
The James River Highand Hampton University graduate looked precisely like a medal contender in the women's 100-meter hurdles with a convincing victory in her first-round qualifying race, clocking a 12.69 performance that stood up as third best time after the seven heats were run, sending 24 into Tuesday's semifinals.
"Now the plan is to go back out tomorrow and hit it again," Wells said. "We've got round one out of the way and everything was great. I'm comfortable and healthy and happy."
Should Wells advance, the 100 hurdles final is about two hours after the semifinals Tuesday.
As expected, reigning world champion Sally Pearson of Australia led the way with a 12.57 win, with American Lolo Jones another heat winner at 12.68. American Dawn Harper, the 2008 Olympic champion, advanced in 12.75, giving the U.S. three of the top six fastest times.
Wells has a career-best of 12.50 (achieved winning the 2011 nationals), along with a wind-aided 12.35, plus a 2012 top mark of 12.54.
"Sheer focus, that's exactly what it's going to take from here," Wells said. "You can't worry about anything else. It's just me and my 10 hurdles and that's it. ... The crowd here (more than 80,000) is crazy and wonderful and amazing.
"It sounds like that they're cheering just for me and I love it. ... From here on, it's just going to come down to who executes and does it right."
NSU's Brown 4th in 400
Former Norfolk State sprinter Chris Brown placed fourth in the men's 400-meter final for the second straight Olympics. Brown, representing the Bahamas in his fourth Olympics, had a time of 44.79 seconds.
Brown was beaten out for a medal behindGrenada'sKirani James (43.96), theDominican Republic'sLuguelin Santos (44.46), andTrinidad and Tobago'sLalonde Gordon (44.52).
Brown's next chance for a medal is in the 4x400-meter relay. Brown anchored the Bahamas to a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Games, his first Olympic medal. Qualifying for the 4x400 is Thursday and the final is Friday.


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The Shun Fuji santoku's razor-thin, lightweight blade makes for extremely fast, agile chopping and slicing – ideal for precision cuts and mincing. Every curve and line has been meticulously hand-smoothed for precise performance without bruising or tearing delicate foods. Inspired by the high-performance knives used by Japanese chefs, our exclusive Shun Fuji collection represents the very best in cutlery craftsmanship and technology.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Shorty from Lightweight and easy to use great set of knives . I bought this kni e a year ago and it works like brand new I love it and want the whole set but cant afford them right now...Date published: 2018-01-18Rated 5 out of 5 by deez from Great Gift This was purchased as a gift. If you want to score points with those around you that do all the cooking, this is the gift to give!Date published: 2015-01-29Rated 5 out of 5 by ShunFujiSan from Shun Fuji Santoku 5.5" My wife got me this SG2 knife after we bought and tried the 6.5" Chef's Shun Fuji. Just as sharp, if not sharper! Very smooth cutting vegetables and fruits. My wife even engraved my initials! What a nice touch. I simply love Shun Fuji knives and would be looking forward to add more...to my collection.Date published: 2015-01-13Rated 3 out of 5 by KitchenPhil from Wish the craftsmanship was better The design of the knife is unique. I like the double-d handle shape and the tagayasan wood handle used. The knife is light and sharp which makes this tool a daily favorite. Unfortunately, considering the premium price and also the Fuji line is one of the top of the line from WS, the finishing craftsmanship is poor. I literally looked at more than a dozen of them - visited 3 stores, before choosing one that was satisfactory. Good + Design + Light + Sharp - SG2 steel core + Tagayasan wood handle Bad – Poor finishing – Butt of the knife had uneven and unfinished grinding and faint & uneven embossing – Couple of wood handles were poor wood quality - tiny cracks, brittle appearance, unpolished – The damascus layering ran down to the edge of the blade – The bolster had poor inconsistent polishingDate published: 2014-02-13Rated 3 out of 5 by ecami from nice but heavier than expected well balanced but heavier than one would expect for premium Japanese knife technology.Date published: 2012-09-20Rated 5 out of 5 by MasterChef83 from Hefty price, but worth every penny. I own the Shun Class 8 Piece Block set, and I had to get my hands on this, regardless of what the wife told me. Incredibly sharp, true Damascus blade, and it does cut finer then my Shun Classics. Go out and get one!Date published: 2012-02-03Rated 5 out of 5 by cjv1 from Delightfully Sharp, Balanced an Comfortable to Use I have always used the chef's knife in the past. Went to the WS store in Santa Clara, CA and tried both the Fuji Chef and Santoku for feel. It's a personal thing, but I loved the feel of the Fuji Santoku. The knife is sharp beyond anything other than a Steel Damascus blade and it holds it's sharpness especially if you use a ceramic honing rod.Date published: 2012-01-06