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From the Archive: Dimebag Darrell and Zakk Wylde Discuss the State of Metal and Dissolution of Pantera
DIMEBAG DARRELL: I say thanks a fuckin' million, right out of the chute. And I just want to say that Zakk Wylde is easily the best, most well-rounded player in every category, and he wholeheartedly deserves the Most Valuable Player award, hands down. He's the hardest workin' motherfucker in rock and roll, period. He does double duty — he does Black Label, he does Ozzy. He's been nonstop since he showed his face in the first place, and he keeps taking it to a new level. He's done scared everybody else the fuck off, so nobody else is even gonna try, you know? [laughs]
ZAKK: The first time I heard Pantera, I thought, Jesus Christ! I still think that, to this day, Pantera is the heaviest fuckin' band on the planet, but it's not just heavy for the sake of bein' heavy; it's got groove to it, and it's pure musicianship at the same time. And what I'd say about Dime is, you can't get that good unless you work at it. You can tell he put the hours in and the practice in, and drew from so many of the great players. You surround yourself with greatness — the Randy Rhoadses, the Van Halens, the Tony Iommis — and you'll be in the right ballpark. Or the right zip code, anyways!
DIME: Maybe that's kinda what ties us in — we come from pretty much the exact same school.
ZAKK: When I was growin' up, to be the big gun on the block you had to know how to play Randy's stuff, Eddie's shit, or anybody that was cool. I mean, I'm not a big Dokken fan, but I'll tell you right now: George Lynch can throw down. It wasn't like superheavy metal shit, but you listened to George Lynch's solos, his vibrato and everything, and it was like, "What the fuck's he doing?" Me and Dime came up at the end of the Eighties, when all that stuff was kind of fizzling out.
DIME: [laughs] The three-handed technique was goin' out of style!
ZAKK: Guitar, with Yngwie and everything like that, kind of hit a ceiling where it couldn't go any further and had to start over again. And that's when GN'R came out, and Slash brought it back to more feel and more rock and roll, you know? Which was awesome. And then, of course, the grunge thing came in, but Jerry Cantrell was still doin' solos. The guitar thing is comin' back around, too. I mean, you'll always have me and Dime playin' solos on our records. But what's gonna happen is, some 19- or 20-year-old kid is gmma come out with some cool kick- ass band, and he's gonna make some 15-year-old kid wanna pick up a guitar and learn how to do a solo.
When Van Halen first came out with "Eruption," every town had some kid who knew how to play the song in its entirety. Nowadays, no one seems to be coming up with solos that inspire kids in the same way.
ZAKK: Put it this way: I love Ozzfest because Ozzy and Sharon started the whole thing to promote metal. But two summers ago — I was actually laughing — I was telling Freddy McTaggart, who does my guitars," I think Dime and I are the only motherfuckers on this whole tour that actually can get up from low E to high E and back safely!" [laughs] We were sitting out there watching Pantera just blow the fucking stage up and Dime just shredding all sick and fucking insane. I was watching the other bands, and no one else was playing solos! And it's just like, why wouldn't you want to get better? I don't understand that.
DIME: I'm into the whole song-as-a-piece-of-music thing: if it literally doesn't call for it, if it already has enough stuff going on, then it's okay not to play a solo. I've tried to force a solo before, but sometimes it's like, "That thing don't really fit, man! " You know, you end up on a groove part that's powerful, I understand that. But let's have some fuckin' action out there! There's more to it than two or three strings on the low-end side, you know?
I mean, I could see how some people might hear some of the shit Zakk does and say, ''I'm not ever gonna catch up, so why even try?" And that's the wrong way to look at it, if you ask me, man. You ain't gonna catch him, but why not do your own thing? Like I always say, the thick strings are a fuckin' nut in themselves, what with all that chugging and grinding. But to really express yourself, you have to get out on them high strings and bend them motherfuckers. Get out there and play some shit! There ain't nothing wrong with it. I can never understand how a solo could ever be "uncool." Play something good and it won't be uncool, you know?
ZAKK: When you listen to Randy Rhoads do a solo, or Eddie, or Jimi Hendrix or Jimmy Page, it brings the song to another spot. It's not like he's just going, ''I'm the guitar player — I've gotta put a solo here."
DIME: That's not what we're saying — we're not saying, " Play the solo for the fuck of it, dude, just so you could say you did it!" But goddanm, you can't tell me that on a whole CD, from start to finish , there's no place for somethin' badass to be played over the top. And for music lovers, man, where we come from, I'm wantin' to hear some of that shit, you know'


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The House is proposing to cut food stamps by 5% ... that would be $4 billion from an $80 billion budget.
As we might imagine, this is not real popular with the Ds. The cuts focus on able-bodied adults withOUT dependents. This might mean that someone getting $100/mo now would end up getting only $95 under this proposal. They key element would also be allowing the states to add a work element to the program. Is it so bad to ask someone who is able-bodied to work a bit for their food subsidy?
How about an easy-to-accept way to cut budgets for food stamps? I was thinking, if they uncover $5 billion of waste and fraud in the program, cut the budget for the following year by that amount. Spread the cut equally over the program. Will it take a while before the people who really need the program start to watch out for those who abuse the program? ... both the individuals who do so and the businesses that collaborate with those individuals? Remember, we just heard of a dollar store owner who collaborated to the tune of $5 million or more.
So, there's the first $5 million that could be cut from the budget. Nobody will lose any food from cutting that $5 million because it was never being used for food anyway.
Maybe someone would have reported the fraud sooner if they knew that it would impact their own food stamp budget next year? Private companies reward employees for innovative ideas that reduce costs or increase productivity. Law enforcement pays anonymous tipsters when convictions result from the tip.
There was a recent story of $1.5 billion in welfare payments being made to ineligible illegal aliens. There's $1.5 billion to cut that wouldn't be hurting anyone legally eligible for welfare payments.
These are the only fraud/waste items that we actually know about publicly. How much more is there?
What about fraud in the farm bill?
It would be harder with Medicare fraud. There it would have to be the care providers who monitored their illegitimate colleagues. Those could be "rewarded" with a %-age of the recoverable fraud amounts. Those legitimate care providers would actually be motivated to push the govt agency to recover those amounts. We really don't know how vigorously these agencies attempt to recover those amounts.
If there was some motivation for "many eyes" to be watching for the fraud and waste it, we could be more effective in uncovering it.
We often get caught up in the billions of dollars. Perhaps we need to focus on reaching goals one million at a time. You can feed a lot of kids for $5 million a year. You could provide many school vouchers for $1.5 billion a year.


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Bank of America Merrill Lynch today announced that through its Art Conservation Programme, the company will provide funding to the prestigious National Gallery of Ireland to facilitate the restoration of the iconic The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife (1854).
The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife is one of the most important and popular Irish pieces in the National Gallery's collection. Painted by the accomplished historical painter, Daniel Maclise (1806-1870), it has challenged, inspired and confounded for generations. The picture, which is viewed by approximately 750,000 people every year, depicts an event traditionally regarded as pivotal in Ireland's history.
The conservation of The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife is one of 10 international projects being announced this week that will benefit from the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Art Conservation Programme's inaugural year. Funded by the Bank of America Charitable Foundation, the programme will not only restore works of art that display important cultural and historical value throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa - but will also raise awareness of the important role that conservation plays in ensuring that works of art are preserved, displayed and enjoyed by future generations.
Peter Keegan, Country Executive for Ireland at Bank of America Merrill Lynch said: "We are privileged to support the National Gallery of Ireland in conserving this incredible piece of Irish history, The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife. Funding from the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Art Conservation programme will ensure that this vital artistic treasure can be conserved to the highest standards and enjoyed by the public for many more years to come."
The Maclise painting will undergo a preliminary technical examination conducted with the most up-to-date non-invasive procedures. Photographic documentation, identification and examination of elements prior to conservation treatments will make it possible to gain an understanding of Maclise's technique as well as identifying any problems associated with this.
Investigations carried out with ultraviolet and infrared reflectography and radiography will enable conservators to investigate areas of over-painting, as well as any original under drawings and alterations to the composition. The painting, which presents extraordinary conservation challenges because of its size, requires a selection of structural treatments. There will be an opportunity to view webcam footage of the conservation work in progress on the Gallery's website.
Dr. Brendan Rooney, Curator of Irish art at the National Gallery of Ireland, said: "Historical subjects of this kind are relatively rare in Irish art, and Cork-born Maclise's technical ability was exceptional. The painting is as much a grandiose record of the artist's modish fascination for antiquarian detail and drama as it is an account of a momentous historic event. It has been studied by scholars of numerous disciplines, from archaeologists and historians to botanists, but also appeals to a general audience who realise its artistic brilliance."
Raymond Keaveney, Director of the National Gallery of Ireland, added: "An important part of the Gallery's remit is to care for and maintain the collection for future generations. We are most grateful to Bank of America Merrill Lynch for their support with this project."
Rena De Sisto, Global Arts and Culture executive, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, said: "By helping to restore the art of many nations, we hope to elevate awareness of cultural traditions around the world and inspire respect and interest across cultural boundaries. While new technologies have made art conservation safer and more effective, the process consumes a significant portion of museums' budgets. This is a propitious time to actively engage in preserving these treasures."
The Bank of America Merrill Lynch Art Conservation Programme is an extension of the company's existing global commitment to supporting the arts, demonstrated by a multi-tiered programme of sponsorships and grants as well as loans to museums from its own collection.
As a company doing business in more than 100 countries, and with nearly 300,000 employees, Bank of America Merrill Lynch helps a broad spectrum of arts programmes thrive. Support comes in many forms such as grants, sponsorships and loans to museums from its own art collection, and most recently, the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Art Conservation Programme.
Other current or near term programmes include: sponsorship of Gauguin: Maker of Myth at Tate Modern, London; global sponsorship of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; sponsorship of Manet: The Man who Invented Modern Art at Musée D'Orsay, Paris, and exhibitions from the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Art Collection at the Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris and Chester Beatty Library, Dublin.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch supports nearly 6,000 arts organisations worldwide, in the belief that greater cultural understanding can foster increased opportunities for all.
The Maclise painting was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in London in 1854. It was presented to the National Gallery of Ireland in 1879 by Sir Richard Wallace.
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Jacopo Carucci Pontormo (Italian, 1494-1557) Road to Calvary, lunette from the fresco cycle of The Passion, 1523-1525, fresco (transferred), restored through the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi
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Pablo Ruiz Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) Woman in Blue, ca. 1901, oil on canvas National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
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Agnolo Tori di Cosimo di Mariano known as Bronzino (Italian, 1503-1572) Portrait of Lorenzo Lenzi, 1527-1528, oil on panel, restored through the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi The State Hermitage Museum, St. PetersburgThree works by Vigilius Eriksen (Danish, 1722-1783):
Portrait of Catherine the Great in her Coronation Robes, 1762, oil on canvas Portrait of Grigory Orlov in Roman Armour, 1766-1772, oil on canvas Portrait of Alexey Orlov in Turkish Dress, 1766-1772, oil on canvas Städel Museum, Frankfurt
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Agnolo Tori di Cosimo di Mariano known as Bronzino (Italian, 1503-1572) Allegory with Venus and Cupid, 1545, oil on panel, restored through the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi Westminster Abbey Foundation, LondonNational treasures, coronation materials, rare medieval objects, manuscripts and books, documents and drawings:
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Coronation of Elizabeth II Silk Embroidery Panels for Regalia Table and Royal Boxes, 1953
Purcell Coronation Music, 1685
Mary II Coronation Chair, 1689
Portrait of Elizabeth I, paint on woodpanels, mid 18th century, painted over original of 1594
Wren Model, wooden architectural model of the Abbey, Sir Christopher Wren, ca. 1720
Charter of 1560
Chaucer's lease, 1399 Wits Art Museum, Johannesburg, South Africa
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The good feelings have vaporized this morning as stocks appear headed for a lower open.
S&P 500 futures have dropped 0.5%, while Dow Jones Industrial Average futures have fallen 0.4%.
Apollo Group (APOL) has gained 20% to $25.23 in pre-open trading after reporting a profit of 55 cents not including charges, trouncing estimates for a 25 cent profit.
Safeway (SWY) has risen 8.1% to $35.57 after reports that Cerberus Capital Management and other private equity shops were looking to buy the supermarket company.
Caterpillar (CAT) has dropped 4.9% to $84.84 after missing earnings and lowering guidance, as its mining business crumbles.
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A year ago, the much hyped Satoshi Ishii made a dissapointing MMA debut, failing to impress at Dynamite!! 2009. Tonight, the decorated Olympian showed off his vast improvement in the last year, defeating Jerome Le Banner in a very good fight.
For much of the fight, Ishii was able to outwrestle and control the stand-up fighter Le Banner. But JLB is a far more skilled MMA combatant than many other kickboxers, and was frequently able to reverse Ishii and take advantage. In the 3rd round, Ishii took clear control of the fight, locking on a tight kimura that looked to end it. JLB gutted it out and miraculously survived, but the strong sub attempt made it clear who had won.
Ishii took the justified unanimous decision, and interestingly, the result was booed. I think that stems more from Japanese loyalty to JLB than displeasure with the decision, but it's pretty shocking to see a Japanese sports hero booed like that in Japan. It was a good reminder that, although Ishii has improved, he definitely has not caught fire with the Japanese crowd as many hoped he would.


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Introduction to Using TAU Profiling on Midnight
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TAU is a versatile and portable performance analysis toolkit. It is installed on all HPCMP machines including Midnight. In this article, we will show how TAU can be used to gather and display performance profile information for a parallel program. You might ask, "What about gprof?" The answer is that gprof is useful only for serial codes. For programs using MPI, we need another tool.
In this article, we will automatically instrument the code by recompiling using TAU tools. By "instrumenting", we mean inserting calls to TAU library routines that start and stop timers and output the timings. When the instrumented code is then executed, the profile output is stored for post-analysis. Readers who have used the standard Unix profilers prof or gprof will be familiar with this process.
An Example
For an example, we will take a slightly modified code from the samples that come with TAU -- the C program that calculates pi in parallel using MPI. The example is modified to remove explicit TAU profiling calls in order to illustrate the automatic instrumentation feature of TAU. There is a copy in the code samples directory on Midnight which is accessible through the environment variable $SAMPLES_HOME. Let's copy the whole directory containing the example to our $WORKDIR and cd to that directory:
% cp -r $SAMPLES_HOME/parallelEnvironment/auto_tau_pi $WORKDIR % cd $WORKDIR/auto_tau_pi
Now let's take a look at the Makefile. With comment lines removed for brevity, here it is:
TARGET = cpi TAUMAKEFILE = Makefile.tau-pathcc-mpi-pdt TAUROOTDIR=$(PET_HOME)/tau/ TAUMAKEFILEDIR=$(TAUROOTDIR)/x86_64/lib TAUMAKEFLAGS = -tau_makefile=$(TAUMAKEFILEDIR)/$(TAUMAKEFILE) CC = $(TAUROOTDIR)/x86_64/bin/tau_cc.sh CFLAGS = LDFLAGS = CXX = $(TAUROOTDIR)/x86_64/bin/tau_cxx.sh F90 = $(TAUROOTDIR)/x86_64/bin/tau_f90.sh ############################################## all: $(TARGET) $(TARGET): $(TARGET).o $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(TAUMAKEFLAGS) $< -o $@ -lstdc++ $(TARGET).o : $(TARGET).c $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(TAUMAKEFLAGS) -c $< clean: $(RM) $(TARGET).o $(TARGET) ##############################################
At the bottom of the Makefile, between the hashes, you will see standard make rules for building an executable named by $(TARGET). Note that $(CC) is set to the TAU wrapper for the C compiler called "tau_cc.sh". This replaces the usual "pathcc" or "mpicc" compiler. I have added the wrappers for C++ (tau_cxx.sh) and Fortran 90 (tau_f90.sh) for illustration though they aren't used to build this program. Of course, if you put the path to the wrappers in your PATH, you can dispense with specifying their full paths in the Makefile. Note also the addition of -lstdc++ on the link line. The TAU libraries themselves require C++ support, so either use the C++ compiler wrapper to link, or, as we have here, add the library to the link command.
The other Makefile change to be aware of is the variable TAUMAKEFILE. This variable specifies the TAU "experiment" which determines the data that will be collected and displayed in the profile. More on experiments below. To build the program, just type "make":
% make
Now let's execute the code. Since it is so short, we'll run it interactively instead of with a batch job. In this example we will request an X2200 node although we could just as well choose an X4600 node, and "mpirun" from there. After the qsub, don't forget to cd to the directory containing the executable, just as you would within a PBS script:
% qsub -I -l select=1:ncpus=4:node_type=4way -l walltime=30:00 \ -q standard % cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR % mpirun -np 4 ./cpi
The Profile
If all has gone well up to this point, you will see the output of the program including the approximation for pi that was computed and the "Total time" of the program. You should also see four new files (if you ran with four MPI tasks): profile.0.0.0, profile.1.0.0, profile.2.0.0, and profile.3.0.0. These will be the inputs to the profile viewer "pprof". Since pprof expects its inputs to be named this way by default, to see the resulting profile simply invoke pprof:
% $PET_HOME/tau/x86_64/bin/pprof
With no options, pprof will display six charts: one for each MPI task, then one for the sum of all times for all tasks, and finally one for the mean time of all four tasks. There is a line for each function in the program, including MPI routines, that lists the profile data for that function:
- %Time - cumulative percent of total execution time taken by this routine and all others below it in the table
- Exclusive msec - time (in milliseconds) spent in this routine, excluding the time spent in its child routines
- Inclusive msec - time spent in this routine, including the time spent in its child routines
- #Call - number of times this routine was called
- #Subrs - number of child routines called
- Inclusive usec/call - inclusive time per call, in microseconds
TAU Profiling Experiments
The particular experiment (kind of profile) that we ran in this example is indicated by the name of the TAUMAKEFILE that was specified in the Makefile: Makefile.tau-pathcc-mpi-pdt. The features of this experiment are:
- pathcc - the PathScale C compiler
- mpi - profile MPI calls
- pdt - use the Program Database Toolkit for automatic profiling
Other experiments available can be found by listing the Makefiles in $PET_HOME/tau/x86_64/lib/Makefile*.
Additional TAU Capabilities
I mentioned that TAU is versatile. There are many capabilities that TAU offers that are beyond the scope of this article including:
- Numerous options and environment variables for tailoring the behavior of TAU
- Paraprof, an X-based viewer of profile output (to use in place of pprof)
- The ability to add explicit profiler calls to your code to profile blocks of code, not just function calls
- Execution tracing (instead of profiling)
- Memory utilization reporting
- A database and web portal for storing and analyzing multiple performance experiments.
The place to start for more information is the documentation page at the TAU web site:http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/research/tau/docs.php .
There is also an example of manually inserting TAU library calls into this pi program in $SAMPLES_HOME/parallelEnvironment/manual_tau_pi.
Final Notes
- TAU does add overhead to the execution time of the program. Expect the instrumented version to run 3 or 4 times slower than the original. There are options for factoring the overhead out of the profile.
- If you instrument a serial code with TAU using the PAPI counters, make sure you execute the code on a Midnight compute node, not one of the login nodes, because the PAPI counters aren't available on the login nodes.
Matlab Functions on the Command Line
[ By: Don Bahls ]
I've met a number of the people using matlab to do what could be categorized as parameter sweeps. This type of work involves testing a whole bunch of different input values to determine which values work best, or are the most interesting. Matlab can take input from stdin, this can be a nice way to handle this type of operation without writing a unique matlab script for each run in the sweep.
Here's a simple and boring matlab function that will be used to demonstrate this technique:
mg15 % more add_them.m function val=add_them(a, b) val=a + b
If you had to use this function on a large set of values, you could either write a matlab file to run each job, or you could move some of the complexity to a script. Here's a simple example showing how to use a here-document to call a matlab function:
mg15 % matlab -nodisplay << EOF add_them(1.2, 3.4) EOF < M A T L A B > Copyright 1984-2007 The MathWorks, Inc. ... ... >> val = 4.6000 ans = 4.6000
If matlab is run serially, there really isn't any benefit to moving this complexity from a matlab script to a shell script, however if you run multiple copies of matlab at the same time (as was shown in > issue 378 ), this method becomes more useful. An adapted version of the script from > issue 378 is below:E.g.
#!/bin/bash #PBS -q standard #PBS -l select=1:ncpus=4:node_type=4way #PBS -l walltime=6:00:00 #PBS -joe cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR # The values below could be read from a file instead. # Here a bash array is used to make it easy to index values. # A[0]=1.2; B[0]=2.0 A[1]=2.4; B[1]=4.0 A[2]=6.4; B[2]=8.0 A[3]=2.4; B[3]=16.0 # # You could also use this syntax if you prefer: # A=(1.2 2.4 6.4 2.4 ) # B=(2.0 4.0 8.0 16.0 ) # # Load the matlab module . /usr/share/modules/init/bash module load matlab # start 4 matlab processes in the background # # for each processor on the node. for p in 0 1 2 3; do # start matlab in the background passing it a here-document # with the parameters for this processor. matlab -nodisplay << EOF > output$p.out 2>&1 & add_them( ${A[$p]}, ${B[$p]} ) EOF done # issue the "wait" command so that the shell will pause until # all the background processes have completed. wait # end of script #
The shell will expand the shell variables defined within the here-document before matlab ever sees it. For instance in the example above when p is 0, the function call:
add_them( ${A[$p]}, ${B[$p]} )
will be expanded to:
add_them( 1.2, 2.0 )
You can take this one step further and write a wrapper so you can simply pass input parameters on the command line:E.g
mg15 % cat run_model.bash #!/bin/bash # prints a usage message to stderr. function usage() { echo "run_model.bash arg1 arg2" 1>&2 echo " arg1 is the first parameter to add_them" 1>&2 echo " arg2 is the second parameter to add_them" 1>&2 } # Very simple error checking (are there 2 command line args?) if [ $# != 2 ]; then usage exit 1; fi # This starts matlab passing the first and second command line # arguments to the add_them function. # matlab -nodisplay << EOF add_them( $1, $2 ) EOF # NOTE: This example does not redirect stdout or stderr. #
The PBS script above can be modified to use the new version by simply changing the for loop.
for p in 0 1 2 3; do ./run_model.bash ${A[$p]} ${B[$p]} > output$p.out 2>&1 & done
As was mentioned in > issue 378 , it's not a good idea to run more tasks than there are processors, so keep that in mind if you decide to try this technique.
Long Term Storage Best Practices
If you've used ARSC systems for a while, you have probably used your $ARCHIVE_HOME directory (also known as $ARCHIVE) to store something. You may have also noticed that while long term storage has significant capacity, it doesn't always act like a standard filesystem. The fact that files can be offline (i.e. only on tape) changes the rules a bit.
Towards that end we have come up with a list of best practices to consider when using using long term storage:> http://www.arsc.edu/support/howtos/storage.html#best_practices
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Plot: This is one of those shows that you know is mediocore, but nonetheless, you still find yourself enjoying it. The premise of the show is interesting, life threatening puzzles set up by a mysterious organization; the POG. It's definitely different in its own way. The show uses it's 26 episodes well, so the pacing is pretty good. It takes its time to flesh out the main characters, and once the main villain enters the show, things pick up fairly quickly, and it becomes much more interesting. Since the first half of the show serves as build up, it's fairly episodic, and therefore a bit more dull, since... See full review
Plot: So I mainly picked up this show to satisfy my action cravings. It accomplished this aspect very well. However, the story itself isn't very original. Basically, people come from the future, try to save the past while infiltrating a high school yada yada yada. It's been done before, many many times. Still, the show itself was interesting to watch. Even though the plot wasn't intricate or original, I still found myself excited for the next episode, so the entertainment aspect of this show was (at least for me) good compared to what I thought it would be. There were also a couple of plot twists at the... See full review
Story:Well...it was your average shounen series I guess. Except this one had a darker twist to it.Honestly though, it was nothing new. Boy gets power. He's scared of power. Faces strong opponent. Defeats opponent. Meets even stronger opponent, etc. And the way the series set the powers up was very convenient, they get stronger with every usage. So, I guess I knew what I was headed for, so I wasn't too dissapointed. Actually, it was the opposite. This series is as cliche and predictable (for the most part) as these types of shows get. Yet for some reason, I couldn't stop watching it. I had to continue, I had... See full review
Story:In the beginning (meaning the first couple of episodes) I happened to really like this show. I mean, the characters were very relatable, and there weren't any forced actions between the characters. Also, the idea of combining super powers and the entertainment industry is certainly...unique. So I kept going on eagerly....and was bitterly dissapointed.After the first few episodes, every single episode after that is pure unadultarated angst. The main character angsted, which made his band angst. Then his girl friend angsted, and then he angsted some more because everyone else was angsting. Honestly, I... See full review
Plot:I must say that Darker than Black is one of my favorite animes. So when I found out about the sequel, I was hyped. Now, because I like the first one so much, I expected the sequel to reach the same level, or even higher than its predecessor. Sort of like Birdy the Mighty Decode.To be frank. I was dissapointed.First of all, some things are pulled out of thin air. Apparently, Yin was Hei's "woman". What? Where the hell did that come from? Based on the first series, Hei treated Yin only as a good friend. What ever "romance" (if you can call it that) went on in the first series was... See full review
Plot: Don't let the synopsis fool you. I started watching Birdy the Mighty Decode with the thought that it would be so bad, that it would actually be funny. Anyways, the story has an intriguing plot line that isn't too predictable. At times, it can get a little slow paced, but not in a bad way. I'd say this show is a combination of a little bit of action, and a little bit of slice of life. In this season, the first part of the show mostly focuses on Tsutomu his relationship with Sayaka, and him and Birdy getting used to each other's presence and straightening things out (since they ARE sharing a body).But... See full review
Plot:Usually sequals tend to be worse than the originals, but, Birdy the second season manages to flip that theory compeletly upside down.The sequal focuses much more on Birdy. Tsutomu probably appeared for a full fifteen minutes (or less) if you combined all the scenes where he was in. The main focus is probably Birdy's relationship with Nataru and their pasts, and this time, there is no "saving the world" thing going on. It's on a much smaller scale when it comes to that. Of course, there still are "bad guys" although, you start having doubts on how evil they are as the series... See full review
Plot: The plotline of Xam'd, although pretty original and not very predictable, is not the strong point. I had no problems with the plot and really liked it, except for the fact that a clear explanation of why a war was being waged between the North and the South was never explained. Sometimes the episodes meanderd a bit during the first third of the series. Also, for those people who don't like slice of life type of stories might find the beginning a bit slow. However, since I do enjoy slice of life, I had no problems.However in the last part, the director knows exactly what he wants to do. It isn't rushed... See full review
Plot:I have forced myself to watch this anime, just so I could submit a review to tear this piece of crap apart. The plot, completely unoriginal. Mindless slashing, screaming, and shooting of demons basically sums up the entire plot. Even action junkies such as myself, will find the action sequences dull, cliche, and uninteresting. I think my IQ dropped 10 points after I finished this series.I generally watch anime for two reasons:1) To find a rare meaningful anime that will leave a lasting impact and can be watched countless amounts of times because it is that epic.2) To waste time.This anime, was so... See full review


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F60M External Flash For Multi Interface Shoe
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F60M External Flash For Multi Interface Shoe
High-power flash with built-in LED light for stills and movies
Deliver powerful lighting with expert technique thanks to a guide number of 60 (GN60), Quick Shift Bounce, wireless flash operation, and built-in 1200 lux LED.
Innovative Quick Shift Bounce for advanced lighting
The HVL-F60M offers extra versatility with advanced bounce features that make it easy to use this lighting technique whether you are shooting with the camera in horizontal or vertical orientation.
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I was reflecting, as I often do, on the future of Star Wars figures and began to think droids. There is some conjecture on this subject and I was hopeful someone could clear this up. Were there R2-unit type droids with clear domes? There are a few that certainly seem that way, but in pictures I've found of at least one that looks clear at first glance, further inspection of the picture reveals that it in fact has a high-polish chrome dome and little color highlighting. The droids surroundings are reflected in odd ways on the dome giving the illusion of a clear dome.
The reason I ask is that a clear-domed R2-unit would be a great figure for the future Star Wars lines IF they really exist. Someone help me! Sith Worm says yes, and though I agree, I need further convincing. Help!


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Bay Valley Foods Issues A Voluntary Recall of Naturally Fresh® Roasted & Glazed Pecan Pieces Salad Toppings
Ron Bottrell
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 23, 2012 – Bay Valley Foods is voluntarily recalling packages of Naturally Fresh® Roasted & Glazed Pecan Pieces Salad Toppings because some of the packages may contain almonds that are not listed in the ingredient statement. Consumers who have allergies to almonds run the risk of a serious or life threatening allergic reaction if they consume the mislabeled product.
No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this alert, and there is no risk to consumers who are not allergic to almonds.
The recalled packages of Naturally Fresh® Roasted & Glazed Pecan Pieces Salad Toppings were distributed between June 26, 2012, and August 22, 2012, in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. The recall was initiated after the company received notice from a customer that almonds were found in some packages of the product.
The recalled product, Naturally Fresh® Roasted & Glazed Pecan Pieces Salad Toppings, comes in a 3.5 ounce pouch-type package and is marked with "Best By" dates of 07 APR 13 and 08 APR 13. The UPC code is (0)7653905520(0).
Consumers are advised to destroy or return any unused portions to the place of purchase for refund. Consumers with questions may contact Bay Valley Foods Consumer Response Department at 1-800-983-0823, Monday through Friday, 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Central Standard Time.
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