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Socca is easy to love, as I learned several summers ago when a friend made a big batch as an appetizer for a backyard party. The crispy-edged and pancake-thin slices have that sweet and nutty flavor of chickpeas, but they're also a little smoky from some time under the broiler. Since the recipe is naturally gluten-free and vegan, it's a winner for any dinner party crowd.
Socca is a traditional dish from Nice, France, and as with many traditional dishes, there are a dozen different ways you can make it. I like to roast it under the broiler until the top is charred and crisp, as David Lebovitz does in his version of the recipe. You can also bake the socca and then quickly run it under the broiler at the end, or make it right on the stove top.
However you make it, the recipe itself is nearly universal. It is equal parts chickpea flour and water, mixed with a tablespoon or so of olive oil and a pinch of salt. You can use more water to make a thinner crêpe-like socca or less water to make it thicker. You can also add minced herbs or a few pinches of spices to the batter for some extra pizzazz.
Socca is pretty addictive all on its own. Serve it warm from the oven with some cheeses and cured olives as an easy appetizer. For something a little different, I also love to pile it with salad greens and cut it into wedges.
Thinking beyond the dinner party, socca has a lot of potential for quick weeknight dinners. It would make an easy gluten-free pizza crust, but then it's also flexible enough to be wrapped up like a burrito. You could also use it like pita to fold around grilled meats and vegetables, or like naan to scoop up spicy curries.
Have you tried socca yet? How do you like to eat it?
How to Make Socca
What You Need
1 cup (4 1/2 ounces) chickpea flour
1 cup (8 ounces) water
1 1/2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for the pan
1/2 teaspoon salt
Optional seasonings: 1 tablespoon chopped fresh herbs (rosemary, thyme, oregano), 1-2 cloves minced garlic, 1/8-1/2 teaspoon spice (chili powder, cumin, smoked paprika, za'atar)
10-inch cast-iron skillet, pie tin, or other metal baking dish
1. Prepare the Chickpea Batter - Whisk together the chickpea flour, water, olive oil, and salt in a small bowl. Let rest for 1/2 hour to 2 hours to give the flour time to absorb the water.
2. Heat the Broiler and the Pan - Set an oven rack six inches below your oven's broiler and turn on the broiler. Set a cast iron skillet or other baking dish on the rack to warm for five minutes.
3. Pour the Batter - Remove the skillet from the oven using oven mitts. Add a teaspoon or so of olive oil and swirl to coat the bottom of the pan. Whisk the chickpea batter quickly and then pour half into the hot skillet (or all if making a thicker pancake). Tilt the pan so the batter coats the entire surface of the pan.
4. Broil the Socca - Broil for 3 to 5 minutes, until you see the top of the socca begin to blister and brown. If you find the top browning before the batter is fully set, move the skillet to a lower oven rack until done. The socca should be fairly flexible in the middle but crispy on the edges.
5. Slice and Serve - Use a spatula to work your way under the socca and ease it from the pan. Slice it into wedges or squares, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and drizzle with a little good olive oil. Repeat with any remaining batter.
Socca is best if eaten immediately after baking while still warm, but can be refrigerated and re-toasted for up to a week.
Additional Notes:
• To Bake in the Oven: Heat the oven to 450°F and pre-heat the baking dish for 5 minutes. Bake the socca for 8-10 minutes, until it's cooked through, then run it under the broiler to blister the top.
• To Bake on the Stove Top: Film a pan with oil and set over medium-high heat. Pour in the socca batter. After about 3 minutes when the edges are firm, gently lift the pancake and flip it. Cook on the other side for another 2 to 3 minutes, until both surfaces are dry and beginning to brown.
• Finding Chickpea Flour: You can find chickpea flour in the bulk bins at Whole Foods and other natural foods-type stores. Bob's Red Mill also sells it in packages. Look for it under the name "garbanzo bean flour" if you're having trouble finding it. They are the same product.
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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 309, February 11, 2005
- On-Site Visit by IBM Expert
- Cray Pat Threads
- ScaLAPACK Intro: Part V of V
- Book Review: Mac Annoyances
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On-Site Visit by IBM Expert
An IBM software analyst will be visiting ARSC from 2/16 - 2/18 to assist with optimization and any other software related issues.
This is a great opportunity for local ARSC IBM users to spend time, one-on-one, with an expert. Appointments MUST be scheduled in advance, by contacting Tom Logan of ARSC (450-8624 or firstname.lastname@example.com).
Cray Pat Threads
CrayPat is a set of tools to do performance experiments on the Cray. Recently I ran into the following error when attempting to run an instrumented executable that was produced by pat_build.
klondike 1% ./a.out.inst pat[FATAL]: maximum number of threads 4 exceeded pat[FATAL]: maximum number of threads 4 exceeded pat[FATAL]: maximum number of threads 4 exceeded pat[FATAL]: maximum number of threads 4 exceeded pat[FATAL]: maximum number of threads 4 exceeded
By default the maximum number of POSIX or OpenMP threads that can be created per process is 4 for msp based applications and 16 for ssp applications. This value can be altered using the environment variable PAT_RT_THREAD_MAX. This environment variable is described in "man pat" along with 40+ other pat-related environment variables. In this case PAT_RT_THREAD_MAX=9 allowed the application to run.
klondike 2% setenv PAT_RT_THREAD_MAX 9 klondike 3% ./a.out.inst
For a brief introduction to pat see:
ScaLAPACK Intro: Part V of V
[ [ NOTE: All five articles in this series, complete test codes, as well [ as makefiles and batch submission scripts for the both the Cray X1 and [ the IBM are available for download as: [ [ http://www.arsc.edu/files/arsc/news/HPCnews/misc/Intro_ScaLAPACK.tar.gz [
Part I of this series mentioned the two steps required to parallelize a LAPACK code using ScaLAPACK:
- the processors must be arranged in a "virtual processor grid," and
- the data must be physically distributed amongst the processors in block-cyclic layout.
It took three issues of the Newsletter to complete these two steps, but we're now ready to call the ScaLAPACK solver. For reference, here are the original LAPACK calls:
call sgetrf( n, n, a, n, ipiv, info ) call sgetrs( 'n', n, 1, a, n, ipiv, c, n, info )
And our final ScaLAPACK equivalents:
call psgetrf( n, n, a, 1, 1, desca, ipiv, info ) call psgetrs( 'n', n, 1, a, 1, 1, desca, ipiv, & c, 1, 1, descc, info )
As everyone should have guessed, the solution vector produced in the call to psgetrs is block-cyclically distributed, just like the input matrices. To mimic the behavior of the serial version, we have one last chore: we must reverse this distribution and reassemble the solution vector in one place so we can use it.
Fortunately, the ScaLAPACK Tools Library makes this easy with the routine, pselget, the complement to pselset.
"pselGET," as the name implies, "gets" an element of an array from wherever it resides in distributed memory to local memory and, as with pselset, every process must call pselget for the element in question. (Under the hood, pselget performs a BLACS broadcast, using SGEBS2D and SGEBR2D, from the process which owns the array element to all others.)
To reassemble the entire global array, every processor must call pselget for every element of the array. The sample code performs this with one new subroutine:
subroutine get_solution (n,c,descc,solution) implicit none integer :: n integer :: descc(:) real :: c(:,:),solution(:) integer :: i do i= 1, n call pselget('A',' ',solution(i),c,i,1,descc) enddo return end
The array "solution" must be allocated large enough to hold the entire global array, not just the local portion of the block-cyclic distribution. After reassembling it, the test code simply prints the solution vector:
! ! ----- Reassemble solution on all processors. Print on 0 ----- ! call get_solution (n,c,descc,solution) if (iam.eq.0) then write (6,*) "SOLUTION: " do i=1,n write (6,'(f5.2)') solution(i) enddo endif
Here's the complete output of the final ScaLAPACK version, and, what a relief, it agrees with the result of the serial version:
% aprun -n 6 ./slv_part5 PE= 0: 6 PROW= 0: 3 PCOL= 0: 2 PE= 1: 6 PROW= 0: 3 PCOL= 1: 2 PE= 2: 6 PROW= 1: 3 PCOL= 0: 2 PE= 3: 6 PROW= 1: 3 PCOL= 1: 2 PE= 4: 6 PROW= 2: 3 PCOL= 0: 2 PE= 5: 6 PROW= 2: 3 PCOL= 1: 2 DISTRIBUTION OF ARRAY: A Global dimension: 13 : 13 proc: 0 grid position: 0, 0 blksz: 4 numroc: 5: 8 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 proc: 1 grid position: 0, 1 blksz: 4 numroc: 5: 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 proc: 2 grid position: 1, 0 blksz: 4 numroc: 4: 8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 proc: 3 grid position: 1, 1 blksz: 4 numroc: 4: 5 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 proc: 4 grid position: 2, 0 blksz: 4 numroc: 4: 8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 proc: 5 grid position: 2, 1 blksz: 4 numroc: 4: 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DISTRIBUTION OF ARRAY: C Global dimension: 13 : 1 proc: 0 grid position: 0, 0 blksz: 4 numroc: 5: 1 7.7 15.4 23.1 30.8 100.0 proc: 1 grid position: 0, 1 blksz: 4 numroc: 5: 0 proc: 2 grid position: 1, 0 blksz: 4 numroc: 4: 1 38.5 46.2 53.8 61.5 proc: 3 grid position: 1, 1 blksz: 4 numroc: 4: 0 proc: 4 grid position: 2, 0 blksz: 4 numroc: 4: 1 69.2 76.9 84.6 92.3 proc: 5 grid position: 2, 1 blksz: 4 numroc: 4: 0 SOLUTION: 0.38 0.77 1.15 1.54 1.92 2.31 2.69 3.08 3.46 3.85 4.23 4.62 5.00 %
If you want to see final version of the complete code, grab the tar file as described at the top of the article. Untar it, and look for " src/slv_part5.f90 ." A test with an 80000x80000 matrix (and with the call to printlocals commented out, to eliminate unnecessary stuff from the standard output file) worked fine.
Platform Specific Issues:
The test code used in this series was based on an actual user code. The current version of that code requires 230GB of RAM and was optimized and run on both large HPC systems at ARSC. What follows are some lessons and observations from this experience.
First, a little more discussion of datatypes. The datatype of the matrices in the user code is double precision complex (e.g., complex(kind=8)), which brings up some possible confusion about the names of LAPACK/ScaLAPACK routines. These libraries pre-date Fortran 90 generic interfaces, so they provide a different subroutine for each datatype, coded as follows:
s == single precision d == double precision c == single precision complex z == double precision complex
For instance, there are four versions of pselset:
pselset pdelset pcelset pzelset
Cray X1 performance and optimization:
The matrix initialization step (using pzelset) did not vectorize and was thus slow on the X1. However, the source code for pzelset and the routines on which it depends is available at netlib, and was vectorizable. Rewriting this was a hassle, but a major optimization.
Performance was essentially equivalent whether the code was run in SSP or MSP mode. I.e., a run on N MSPs was as fast as a run on 4*N SSPs.
Cray gets bonus points for implementing the single and double precision versions of the solvers (e.g., psgetrf and pdgetrf) and for including the ScaLAPACK Tools Library in its implementation.
Cray gets more bonus points for Programming Environment 5.3, which includes BLACS and ScaLAPACK for all four combinations of the compiler options:
-s default32 vs -s default64, and -O ssp vs -O msp
This means that if your code defines REALs to be of default REAL type, and it calls psgetrf, you can chose whether to use 32- or 64-bit REALS by compiling with -sdefault32 or -sdefault64, respectively.
As mentioned in Part I, IBM doesn't actually support LAPACK/ScaLAPACK, but instead supports ESSL/PESSL. Thus, you might have to make some adjustments to use the IBM:
The subroutine interfaces are not always the same (although for the subroutines used in these articles, they are identical).
None of the ScaLAPACK Tools routines (pselset, pdelset, pselget, etc...) referenced in these articles are supplied in PESSL. They had to be downloaded and compiled from source.
PESSL does not supply the single precision versions of the solvers, only pdgetrf/pdgetrs. (If you download the tar file, you'll see that I've converted everything to double precision, so the same codes will run under both LAPACK/ScaLAPACK and ESSL/PESSL.)
IBM gets bonus points for providing an efficient multithreaded version of ESSL (libesslsmp.a). This can be used to run a serial code (like that given in part I of this series) on multiple processors of a shared-memory node.
For instance, on ARSC's heterogeneous IBM p690+/p655+ complex, you could use up to 32 threads on 1 p690+ node. This gives a serial ESSL code access to 256 GB of memory and 32 processors.
If there is little cost to the non-ESSL portion of the code, or if it can be parallelized using OpenMP, this can be a simple way, relative to converting it to PESSL, to dramatically reduce runtime.
IBM also gets bonus points for providing an efficient multithreaded version of PESSL (libpesslsmp.a). With PESSL-SMP, you assign work to processors using a combination of distributed memory processes and shared memory threads.
For instance, given a PESSL code, you could launch 2 distributed memory processes per 8-CPU p655+ node and have each of these run 4 shared-memory threads.
For the IBM, the most important optimization of the ScaLAPACK user code was to parallelize the matrix initialization step using trivial OpenMP directives and to use the pesslsmp library to run with 1 process X 8 threads per p655+ node.
This was effective because, as mentioned in Part IV, the data distribution method required that every process call pzelset for every element of the global array. Running with 8 threads per process gave the program access to all the processors and memory of the nodes, but reduced by a factor of 8 the number of processes. This, in turn, reduced the time required for matrix initialization by a factor of 8.
The PESSL solver routine pzgetrf was equally fast regardless of how the total processor count was factored into processes and threads.
Note that the above performance observations were based on a code calling only pzgetrf/pzgetrs. It's possible that if your code uses a richer set of routines from ScaLAPACK/PESSL, things will be different.
Book Review: Mac Annoyances[ Thanks to Lee Higbie for this review. ]
"Mac Annoyances," by: John Rizzo, O'Reilly, 156 pages, $25
Rizzo describes how to fix about 200 annoying features of the Mac and its major applications. These range from adapting Mac OS GUI to your liking to fixing a plethora of interface annoyances and bugs with iLife apps. There are tips for performance enhancements and work-arounds for some bugs.
For example, in the section on Mail, Rizzo has tips on Apple Mail, Entourage, Eudora and AOL. He tells how to avoid long recipient lists and how to fix several of the common problems that occur in a heterogeneous environment.
For Eudora, Rizzo tells how to delete mailboxes and gives a trick for re-ordering them: To delete a mailbox you click on Window > Mailboxes. Select the mailbox you want to delete; tap the delete key and confirm the delete. To put your mail file about Zorn's Lemma at the beginning of the list of mailboxes, rename it with a blank in front of the Z.
Rizzo describes a freeware program for creating an internal thermometer for PowerBooks. This may help reduce fan noise, which increases battery life, and it can be used to help reduce case temperature, an important ergonomic feature for some laptop users.
There are a couple dozen hints and tips in the area of the most annoying of Mac apps, Microsoft Office. For example, Rizzo describes how to stop hyperventilating over links--you must turn off hyperlinking in two places to actually turn it off. He also has several tips on spellchecking and autocorrection and how to reset them when they only seem to want to obey Chairman Bill.
On the other hand there are irritations that are not discussed like how to stop the pop-ups from Retrospect and anti-virus programs and how to turn off animation. And, of course, Rizzo never discusses how to do un-Mac things like making window sizes adjustable from any edge or moving the menu bar closer to its application window.
The bottom line: If you use a Mac and are irritated by some "feature" of its interface or by something in its major applications, you should look into Mac Annoyances.
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A:[[ The loopmark listings that the Cray compilers can output were [[ really helpful when I was optimizing my code for the X1. Do the [[ IBM compilers have an option which will produce a human readable [[ output of optimized code? I tried the compiler flag '-qlist' and [[ it produced a listing, but all it had was Power4 assembly code. # # Thanks to John Skinner # To generate all available information via listing options under the XL Fortran compilers, one can use the following set of options. In this case, the mpxlf wrapper program is used simply to take care of MPI-related library paths, includes, etc. Note the MPI source file arsc-test.f (program integral) is from a previous ARSC newsletter: mpxlf90 -O5 -qsource -qipa="list=b.lst" -qhot -qreport=hotlist \ -qlist -qattr=full -qxref=full -o arsctest arsc-test.f This creates 3 files: - executable file "arsctest" - listing file "arsc-test.lst" with compiler OPTIONS SECTION, SOURCE SECTION, ATTRIBUTE AND CROSS REFERENCE SECTION, LOOP TRANSFORMATION SECTION, OBJECT SECTION - separate listing file "b.lst" with detailed inter-procedural analysis Note that using -qipa and -qlist together will cause IPA to overwrite the default compiler listing file, so use the "list=filename" suboption of -qipa to generate a different listing file. Basic details on these options and their sub-options are available under the xlf manpage, but really detailed information appears in the online XL Fortran and C/C++ Compiler manuals available from IBM at: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/ # # Editor's Note: program integral was found in issue 283 # # Q: To keep track of versions of files, I often apply the current date as a suffix or prefix to the filename, and I always use the format YYYYMMDD so the versions will sort in order. In other words, I often find myself figuring out what day it is and then typing the YYYYMMDD string... like this for example: $ cp valentine.jpg valentines.jpg.20050211 $ cp bad_ideas bad_ideas.20050211 Is there some Unix alias or something that could do this for me?
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i'm currently applying to get onto a CELTA course but having a few problems with the task i've been given with my application form. Can anyone give me advice on the following tasks and tell me if my answers are correct or not.
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What problems do you think students of English might have with the language indicated below? Please use the spaces provided.
1. " The Prime Minister has left the country."
" I enjoy living in the country."
My answer: The differences between the 2 sentences are that in the first one 'the country' is meant as a nation for example the USA is a whole country. However in the second sentence 'the country' is meant as a particular section or rural area of that particular nation.
2. " My brother's a photographer."
" I'm doing a photography course."
" She has a photographic memory"
My answer: The pronunciation of all 3 words are different even though they are all spelt with photograph and they also have 3 different meanings.
3. "I bought a camera before I went through customs."
My answer: The words bought and through are spelt in a very similar ways although they are pronounced completely different. For example 'bought' rhymes with 'coat' and 'through' rhymes with 'shoe'
4. "I look forward to meeting you."
"I'm looking forward to meeting you."
"Looking forward to meeting you."
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• North Carolina is 14-3 all-time against Virginia Tech, including an 8-0 mark in Chapel Hill.
• The Tar Heels won the only meeting in 2012, a 56-37 victory in Blacksburg. That win was head coach Sylvia Hatchell's 600th career win at North Carolina.
• The Tar Heels have won 11 of the last 12 games in the series. Virginia Tech won in Blacksburg in 2010, the Hokies' first victory in the series since 1984.
• This season will mark the first time since Virginia Tech joined the ACC that the two teams will play a home-and-home. Carolina returns to Blacksburg on Feb. 22.
• Carolina ranks in the top 10 in the nation in steals (2nd), blocks (5th) and field-goal percentage defense (6th).
• Freshman Xylina McDaniel has been named ACC Rookie of the Week a league-best three times in 2012-13. She leads all ACC freshmen in scoring (12.6 ppg), rebounding (8.3 rpg) and steals (2.8 spg).
• Head coach Sylvia Hatchell is currently seven wins shy of 900 for her career and just one behind Vivian Stringer for the lead among active coaches. Only Pat Summitt and Jody Conradt have reached 900 wins.
• Senior Tierra Ruffin-Pratt is averaging a team-best 14.4 points per game this season. Entering 2012-13, her career scoring average in 84 games was 6.7 ppg.
• Senior Krista Gross is second in the ACC in rebounding with 9.9 rpg. Entering 2012-13, her career rebounding average in 95 games was 4.4 rpg.
LAST TIME OUT: No. 15 UNC 60, No. 8 Maryland 57
CHAPEL HILL (AP) --- Tierra Ruffin-Pratt scored 13 points and blocked a 3-pointer in the final seconds of No. 15 North Carolina's 60-57 victory over No. 8 Maryland on Thursday night. Brittany Rountree also had 13 points and Waltiea Rolle added 12 for North Carolina (14-1, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), which blew most of an 11-point second-half lead and was just 1 of 7 from the free-throw line in the final minute but won its seventh straight and first in the series since 2010.
Head coach Sylvia Hatchell enters Sunday's game with a career record of 893-315 in 38 seasons, just seven wins shy of 900. Only two coaches in women's basketball history have reached this milestone - Pat Summitt and Jody Conradt - but Hatchell and Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer are both on pace to get there in 2013. Stringer currently sits one win ahead of Hatchell with 894 all-time.


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And it seems reasonable that if bees are fed HCFS in the fall, and not fed in the spring or during flow, they will eat enough of the HCFS stores that it will not turn up in the honey at a level relevant to the people doing the testing.
This whole health nut garbage about "Chemicals" always gets my goat. Do they not understand that EVERYTHING is made out of chemicals? H2O, water, is a chemical. O2, that you need to breathe, is a CHEMICAL. The cellulose your coffee table is made out of is a CHEMICAL. Nothing other than an ABSOLUTE VACUUM is "Chemical Free". Even the purest of pure honey is therefore, by definition, a CHEMICAL. Honestly, if we're all such big morons that we need THAT level of hand holding to go on living day to day then maybe nature needs to wipe the slate of those that incapable of surviving without someone who "knows better" policing everything for them.
Even those of us who don't use pesticides inside our beehives have to face the fact that they are ubiquitous in the environment, and all kinds of pollutants are present in even the most pristine beehives
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I was in Thailand for years and found great comfort in the Buddhist ways there. I also found comfort in the mix of other spiritual activities like the Chinese and Indian influences which are not strictly Buddhist. I kind of get the Indian influence due to the Ramayana being rewritten by the early kings of the current dynasty.
All this affected my life and attitude a lot. An awakening. Im kind of resisting going further for now and have been for few years.
Another thing I was always confused about is how the chinese understand Buddha. I just came back from Hong Kong for a few days and the tour guide at the temple was talking about buddha being like a god and people praying to him and the bigger the incense stick the higher the prayer goes. This seemed pretty crazy to me. Buddha being a man (all be it perfected, but a man) There are lots of warrior type demi gods there too, are they boddhisatva or Tao? This the temple on the top of the mountain at the side of hong kong with the giant bronze Buddha image.
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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain says that while he is always keen to excite the Arsenal fans, it is not always possible as the requirements of the team must come first.
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The teenager is determined to continue his rapid rise in the coming campaign, and says the expectations he places upon himself are as high as anyone's.
"You just have to look at somebody like [Lionel] Messi," Oxlade-Chamberlain told Arsenal Player. "Whenever I watch him play, I am expecting him to do something amazing.
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Coffee and obfuscation for your morning
Subject: General Tech | October 17, 2008 - 11:53 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The Tech Report has had a long conversation with nVIDIA about those small little problems that were popping up in certain Dell laptops. It would be naive to expect nVIDIA to come completely clean with the public about the exact nature of the problems as well as their cause(s). On the one hand it can honestly be difficult to pin down the root of the failures and on the other ...
Side effects may include ...
Subject: General Tech | October 16, 2008 - 02:18 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
A Das Keyboard Ultimate is a letterless keyboard that offered some serious geek credit if you could actually type that way, but it also had a rather high price. The price hasn't changed for the Das Keyboard Professional, but at least the keys are actually lablelled. It retains the basic shape of the classic IBM keyboard, with some changes that make it much more unique and solid, the keyboard weighs almost 3lbs. There does seem to be some changes that occur in users of this keyboard, of which you can see an example
Self help you can really get into
Subject: General Tech | October 16, 2008 - 12:08 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Using the web, or more specifically searching the web, gives your brain a good workout according to some research that Slashdot dug up. More importantly, the biggest benefits were seen among the so-called 'internet-savvy' group, who used the web regularly and were at least somewhat familiar with successful searching techniques. So the next time you are caught idly Googling, make sure to let them know that you are exercising your brain and that you have to do it regularly or you will lose the b
Adobe Flash Player 10 released - possible GPU acceleration
Subject: General Tech | October 16, 2008 - 01:32 AM | Ryan Shrout
If you have been problems with your Flash player, or just want to have the latest version of everything, jump over to Adobe's Flash Player 10 page to get the newest version. What I am HOPING to see if a halt to the very annoying issue I have under FireFox and Chrome where Flash video playback halts after a few seconds in a browser that has been opened for a while.
It's not a shoota
Subject: General Tech | October 15, 2008 - 12:17 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
If you have been looking at the teasers and trailers for the upcoming Dead Space release, Ars Technica may have some bad news for you. Then again, if you are a fan of horror games then maybe it's good news for the review indicates that Dead Space is a nice new take on both killing aliens in space and dealing with puzzles, scarce ammo and character modification. Read through the review and take a look at the screenshots to get a glimpse at what struck such a powerful chord with the reviewer, and
Pour a glass of fresh Kool-Aid
Subject: General Tech | October 15, 2008 - 11:54 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
If, like some owners of PC Perspective, you are a closet Mac fan; the relationship between and your Macbook has probably become a little tense. You both know that there is something younger and better looking out there and that it is the Macbook who will have to pack up and leave. The oh so shiny new aluminium MacBook brings most of the Macbook Pro's features into a 13.3" form, in fact it seems like size is now the only real difference between the two lines. There is also vindication for Ryan's prognostication about nVIDIA and Ap
Motherboard strip show
Subject: General Tech | October 14, 2008 - 12:18 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
[H]ard|OCP has a quick movie of the unboxing of an MSI Eclipse X58 motherboard, with full exposure. There aren't any benchmarks to be had, just lots of shots of the board and all it's accessories. Drop by if you are curious about whether the new model's heatsinks are as big as the preivious model that we have all grow accustomed to.
Look ma, no wires!
Subject: General Tech | October 9, 2008 - 01:43 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Audioengine's AW1 Wireless Audio System is a way to provide a wireless transfer of data between two audio systems. Don't let the USB plugs fool you, the receiver can send signal along a usual 35mm analog audio plug. Wireless audio is handy in it's reduction of wires running everywhere, but it's quality tends to be lesser than a wired system. TECHGAGE tested this set out to see how well AudioEngine fixed the problem.
Lower your power consumption or the processor gets it
Subject: General Tech | October 9, 2008 - 11:57 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
If you set up a new Corei7 and X58 platform the same as you set up your current Penryn and X48 DDR3 PC, with 2.0V+ high performance RAM, you can expect to see that new Intel processor go off to the great silicon graveyard in a week, maybe less. Before you start the wailing and gnashing of teeth phase let AnandTech tech tell you about why this is probably not a problem. DDR3 is about to start coming with lower voltage requirements, while still retaining and continuing to increase it's already high spee
You call that new and improved!?!
Subject: General Tech | October 8, 2008 - 12:15 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
If you remember the original Deus Ex you were probably utterly disgusted with it's sequel. The third instalment won't be any better from what Slashdot has found out. The original game was skill based, with four levels to each of the various skills, and you never got enough points to max out your character, you had to chose which skills you focused on. If you didn't spend points in sniping, your aiming reticle moved significantly when you tried to zoom in and hitting things was incredibly d
XOHM, Intel and WiMAX Partners Celebrate New 4G Broadband Era in Baltimore
Subject: General Tech | October 8, 2008 - 11:52 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Baltimore - Oct. 8, 2008 - Catalysts of a new 4G wireless broadband era gathered today in Baltimore as Sprint (NYSE: S), Intel and their WiMAX ecosystem partners celebrated the recent launch of XOHM mobile 4G service, and announced new access devices and retail strategies at an Inner Harbor event. The occasion marked a business model transformation for the wireless industry and innovation in the way mobile services are accessed and enjoyed.
Backyard Fusion
Subject: General Tech | October 8, 2008 - 11:50 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
ExtremeTech was able to get their hands on a beta utility that represents the first incarnation of AMD's Fusion. It's not the finally version of what is supposed to be a marriage of CPU and GPU, it is a software utility that helps make your gaming experience better. One of it's tricks is to hold profiles for overclocking, so you can use Overdrive and and AutoTune to automatically find your PC's sweet spot and save the speeds. It can also disable certain Windows services while you are gamin
AMD and Advanced Technology Investment Company of Abu Dhabi to Create New Leading-Edge Semiconductor
Subject: General Tech | October 7, 2008 - 11:15 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
NEW YORK - October 7, 2008 - AMD and the Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC) of Abu Dhabi today announced the creation of a U.S.-headquartered, leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing company to address growing demand for independent, leading-edge foundry production capabilities.
It's only wrong if it's not your computer
Subject: General Tech | October 6, 2008 - 02:57 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Keylogging is bad ... unless you are doing it to your own PC to find out exactly how your screen gets flipped and random icons are deleted from your desktop by a mysterious someone. It is the perfect way to find out just who is doing what to your PC if it is in an area where a roommate, pet or child can get at. Unfortunately, from what happened during R&B Mod's testing, you might not be the only one with access to the keystroke record. Be warned.
Counterfeiting worth going after
Subject: General Tech | October 6, 2008 - 11:55 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The current scourge of humanity, if the RIAA, MPAA, MicroSoft and others are to be believed is counterfeiting and piracy. Every copied movie or Windows disk is a threat to the very existence of the free world and it's economy. That may well be true on some level, but there are far worse examples to prosecute, like the fake mil-spec chips that are becoming very common purchases for a cash strapped US Armed Forces. Imaging how upset you would be if a CPU you purcahsed for your home PC turned out not to be what it claimed to be. Now imagine that the fake chip is powering a
Todays tip - avoid tigers
Subject: General Tech | October 3, 2008 - 05:34 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
You know it is going to be a bad day when all of your folders start going on walkabout, and don't seem to plan on coming back. Drop by and see if there are any gems of wisdom you can offer, or that you might be able to use for yourself and save the sensitive ears of poor unfortunate woodland critters. On the other hand, if you are in the mood for something a little more uplifting, check out the overclock on this Phenom X4!
Wring that last bit of performance out of Windows
Subject: General Tech | October 3, 2008 - 11:31 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tweak Guides has just finished updating their Windows Tweaking Companion. Available in both Vista and XP flavoured versions, the guide is a compilation of just about every single tweak and optimization that can be found out there on the net. As always, bear in mind that like any other type of tweaking, there is a chance that things can go horribly, horribly wrong. Make sure you have backups and an idea what it is that you are changing.
Unleash your beast
Subject: General Tech | October 2, 2008 - 04:05 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
North America certainly does not have a monopoly on high end system builders. Check out Beast Computers based in the UK for an example of that. CPU3D just finished reviewing their Aphros Reality Gaming PC, with custom watercooling that is good enough to allow a Intel QX9770 to hit 4136 MHz and keep a pair of 4870X2s from cooking themselves. Check out the heavily modified Lian Li PC-P80 B that the entire system is housed in.
Coming soon to a server room near you
Subject: General Tech | October 2, 2008 - 11:42 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
As we discussed on the podcast, AMD's first 45nm parts will be aimed at the server market and they will be arriving soon. According to DigiTimes, the first nine processors should be appearing within the next couple of months. They won't even be that slow, with some models well above 2GHz. If you want the high performance versions, you will have to wait until February.
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Subject: General Tech | October 1, 2008 - 12:07 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Ive worked and reworked how to get the Han in carbonite cheaper for people. $400 to $500 is quite an investment.
Ive done some just body and face pours, and toes. Essentially, you have to create the rest of the flat space.
I helped build one up. What we did was trim 1 inch around all of the body/face/toes. Then secure that down to 4mm sintra. Then glued the sintra to what was the front of the HIC box.
We then used flexible grout to create the face. using the trowel, placing it in flat then lifting straight up, then smoothing lightly. ended up with a nice looking carbonite slab. Used a flexible wall filler to clean the edges (sandable).
Then painted the front. It turned out really well. Took about a day to complete the front. I cant share the pics yet. But I can sare a pic of one of the 2 HICS we poured for the project, the one still on hand.
Ill do a run of 5 for $225 shipped in the us. $40 more outside the US most places.
Outside the run, they are going to be $250 shipped US. (the one on hand is ready to go).
Ill try to get more pics where the light isnt so bright.
This is actually the easiest way to make a full prop. Doing the whole face is difficult for some to get secured down. Especially if the cast is 'thick'. This way I can make the cast thick, and its easy to mount.


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Do I have to "condition" my 5 month old for mini-hikes?
And by mini-hikes, I mean starting out with a half-mile loop. I'm lucky enough to live in an area with several parks with walking trails up to 3 miles and since it's finally not boiling hot outside, I'd like to start taking advantage of that. Archer is getting his fourth and final DHPP shot today, so for the last couple weeks, we've just been limited to quick and unexciting walks around the apartment complex, which is not really enough exercise for him and he really doesn't seem to enjoy it too much. He has gotten a lot better in the last few days but I think he is as bored with it as I am. I do plan on taking him on regular neighborhood walks for daily exercise and outdoors time, but I personally enjoy nature parks and would want to take Archer with me.
So with that being said, and in light of the whole lack of major exercise up to this point (with the exception of a weekly puppy class that exhausts him), is there any concern with taking him to parks where we'd have to walk at least a half mile? Or should I first have "conditioning" walks for us around the neighborhood to slowly work him up to that distance? I just ordered a hiking pack and travel water bowl that should arrive next week, so I'll be prepared with that. I just don't know if I should be concerned about over exercising him first. If I sound like a complete newb at this, I am, since I've never really hiked/walked/etc before but it's going to be a necessity with my living in an apartment with a dog.
Next Saturday is a pack walk (organized by my dog trainer) at a park with a 1.5 mile trail, so I'll wait to take him to parks until then so he can get used to the experience (and I can see how he does with other dogs and strangers on the trail). I just want to make sure I'm prepared before then so it is an enjoyable experience for him!
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I am currently half way through a 2 day crash course in English Grammar. The idea was to better prepare myself for a TEFL course.
Although I am half way there with the work covered so far, it is fair to say i really am struggling. In fact, so much so that I am thinking of not taking a TEFL course as I might not make a good teacher. I was hoping this course would build my confidence rather than weaken it!
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Now for those not familiar...Soldier Says Weekly Standard Defamed Her
FAIRFAX, VA. (CN) - The Weekly Standard defamed a soldier in an article that claimed she was booted from U.S. Special Forces training for cheating, and falsely reported that she "never spent a day in an actual Special Forces unit," Kathleen Wilder claims in Fairfax County Court. Wilder, who says she is the first and only women to earn a green beret, demands punitive damages from the magazine and its writer, Michael Fumento.
Wilder says the allegedly defamatory article was published on March 5, 2007, under the headline, "The Democrats' Special Forces Fetish."
She claims the article falsely reported that during her final week of training in 1980 "'she and two male students were caught caching their rucksacks. That is, she and her compatriots were not carrying the rucksacks as required by the instructors, but hiding them to pick up at a later time and date. ... All three were dropped from the course, ostensibly for cheating."
Wilder says she "was not dropped from the program for cheating." She says she was "the improper target of a false accusation which was thoroughly investigated and discredited."
Wilder claims the Standard falsely reported that "the only green beret ever awarded to a woman came from a judge." She says she won her beret after an investigation by Gen. Donn Starry, Commander of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, who "concluded that the Plaintiff had been subjected to material unfairness when she was declared a nongraduate and that she deserved to graduate. The decision to overturn the decision of the Director of the Special Forces School did not come from a court or a judge, as stated and published by the Defendants, but from a superior commander as a result of a thorough investigation."
Her complaint continues: "In the article, the Defendants falsely stated that the Plaintiff 'never spent a day in an actual Special Forces unit."
Wilder says, "The Plaintiff spent four years in Special Forces and two of those years were spent with the 5th Special Forces Group."
Wilder is allegedly the only female to have ever been given a certificate of completion for Special Forces, or for that matter been allowed to attend the school. This happened in the 80s.
Basically it was a mistake compounded by her conduct, which led to a court trial. This led to a bigger mistake made in an attempt to put the first mistake behind and close the incident forever. Of course there's more detail but I don't have the time for it right now.
Long story short she earned nothing and does not have the respect of the people who would have been her peers if she'd earned anything.
Recently Wilder has been getting political and touting her career in the Special Forces.
No shit the QPs have been watching this develop for some time. Now with this going to court it should get very interesting.


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Ive got a dp 96 completly modded the big one not the crappy kind.
My problum is my nose grew and I just cant fit into it anyone know of a bigger helmet I can wear ?
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Ive got a dp 96 completly modded the big one not the crappy kind.
My problum is my nose grew and I just cant fit into it anyone know of a bigger helmet I can wear ?
That depends on how friendly you are..
And how big your....Pocket book is.
Seriously, what are you looking to lay down for this and how much work are you willing to do on it?
you might check w/MC to see how much room his helmets have. They are larger then the DP96 I think. pw
Your nose grew? Stop lieing then!
Well it seems that most every fiberglass helmet is bigger than a dp95/96, even the DP deluxe fiberglass is alot bigger. I'd say look around here till you see a helmet you like. most likely if its fiberglass it will be larger than a DP vinyl helmet.
lol I have the same problem. I have a fiberglass helmet and my nose sticks out too so I ordered a MShelmet.
Or... if you are a bit handy you could always extend the helmet a bit. Cut the Helmet in half behind the ear pieces with a saw. Take a 2inch wide strip of Sintra, Pleiglas or pvc and heat it until it fits the inside curve of the helmet. Score half an inch off each side of the strip. Score half an inch on the inside of the helmet. Put some of your favourite glue on the strip and glue to two halvs of the helmet on the two sides of the strip. You have now extended your helmet with one inch. After the glue has dried you can fill the trench with bondo or what ever putty you feel like. Sand it down and re-paint. Easy as pesto..!
just an idea anyway..
Your nose's hitting the visor? Glue a very thick piece of foam in the inside front of your bucket, so that your head touches the back (where the key slots are). That should keep your nose away from the visor.
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Noses are over rated.....
Maybe I should consider a mystery one then.
I dont want to hack up my helmet I put to much time into it looks just like the picture from star wars to indiana jones book.
I reamber what a great fit it was last year when I worked on it.Im glade my nose grew makes me look better.
p.s.If anyone has a mystery or anything bigger can you please pm me with info?
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Have you considered a nose job? I hear Michael Jackson's surgeon is available:)
Yeah... I've got to admit I'm a bit stuck on this whole nose growing thing too... :confused
I cant help it my nose grew last year when I first joined this bored I could fit into it with no problum now my nose just gets in the way.:lol
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Thought I would throw this together for new people to read when they want to buy a handgun, but have no idea where to start....
First off, people usually want to know about their state laws - every state is different when it comes to rules and regulations governing handguns. Two excellent on-line resources are:
http://usacarry.com/ and http://www.handgunlaw.us/
Of course, there is no substitute for getting it from the horse's mouth. I would do some research on that web site, talk to some employees at your local gun stores (go to a few, in case you get mixed messages), and also take a local NRA class (or some other type of gun education class). Be aware that many local law enforcement officials don't know the gun laws themselves - if you asked 5 policemen, you'd probably get 5 different answers. So, while this may make sense, be prepared to get mixed messages.
As for guns - I promise you that you will get different answers and suggestions from everyone. You will get advice stating that you should start with a revolver first, and some people will also say to start with a .22, or to buy a certain brand/model, etc, etc, etc.
The truth is, you should find a place that will rent various guns (I have a local range that rents them for $5 each, but of course you must buy the ammo from the range if you use a range gun). Find out what you like the most. Grip the various guns - see what is most comfortable. Then, try shooting them. A gun might be comfortable to hold, but not necessarily to shoot. If you have a friend who owns guns, this may also be a way to go, and it will save you the rental fees.
I don't necessarily buy into the "you have to start w/ a .22 argument" that some may tell you. Personally, I think I would have found that boring when I was first getting into shooting. I have recently taken my 67 year old mother out to the range for her 1st time shooting a gun ever. And, the same for my wife. Both shot a 9mm just fine.
Any of the brand names are good - Springfield, Beretta, Glock, Walther, Ruger, CZ, and HK, just to name a few. But, by renting and trying the guns, you will see the style you want - a gun with a safety/without one. A gun with an external hammer/a gun without one. A metal gun/a polymer gun. A double action/single action gun, or a gun that is consistent on every shot.
I have my favorite (which has changed a few times, over the years), but if you really are that new and have no one to show you, then you should seek instruction locally, and also find out what works best for you. Me telling you what to buy won't do you much good.
By having someone teach you, you will also learn how to hold a gun. The trick of SQUEEZING the trigger right to the breaking point before you actually fire the gun (not jerking it), how to stand, etc. I had an old range master give me some tips years ago, and that really gave me the skills to be a better shooter!


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I've been following your articles since day one. I have to say your article about selling Safari is the best one yet. My wife and I are in our twenties. We live aboard a 1977 Valiant 32. For us the 32 was the least expensive boat we felt we could safely cruise anywhere and still have a comfortable place to call home while we are working. It is so nice to hear about people sticking with their dreams and plans of what they want to do rather than sticking with the status quo of bigger/newer is better and the "buy the biggest boat you can afford motto". It is so much better to "Out There" than it is to be tied to the dock with that big, new boat.
I've often asked the question. Sailing from San Diego to the Marquesas which will get you there faster, a 30-footer or a 40-footer of similar design? The 30-footer, because you can leave several years sooner!
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You sound like you've already figured out a lot of the important things early in life. We love your scenario of the faster boat!
We are now on our new boat Serengeti for a month now and are finding no change in quality of life being on an older boat. We're just spending our time doing different things for awhile. Actually, we believe that all the work we need to do on this boat helps us understand the boat much better, and you won't want to be anywhere near us when we're finished, as we're going to be the proudest owners in the world, and will probably bore you to death!
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"That's why I didn't respond to you in the first place," I snapped. "Men like you have no respect for women. I don't know you, and don't want to talk to strange men."
I spoke in a calm manner, I didn't curse, so I don't know why the hell he went from 0 to 60.
He got in my face, started thumping his chest, and approached me as if I were someone his own size.
"What you say to me? What you say? Huh, huh? Say it again, bitch, say it again! Fuck you bitch! Take my picture, bitch! That's right, bitch!"
I started walking away, and he followed me.
"Fuck you, bitch! I HATE BLACK WOMEN!" he ranted. "I'm tired of black women! Black women ain't shit! Black women are ugly! I don't give a damn about BLACK WOMEN! Stupid bitch!"
Being married, or partnered as I am, is a huge privilege in this society. Because I'm in a stable long-term relationship, a number of my woes are significantly eased. Renters are more likely to rent to me and my boyfriend than me alone. Once I've got a place, I'm able to offset costs such as rent, food, kitty expenses and birth control. Having a man in my home also makes me feel safer. When I invite men to my home, I know I can trust that they won't make unwanted advances and will respect my relationship with J. (I'm still scared of axe murderers though - but only when he's out of town).
Cis and hetero privilege is a major factor in solidifying this privilege. If I were with another cis woman, or if if she or I were trans, much of this privilege is mitigated or done away with altogether.* I would be harassed more instead of less, and would be more vulnerable to violence rather than less. My relationships are free of mockery and derision; they're not seen as sick or wrong. I don't feel any pressure to hide my love. Even though I'm in a non-marital cohabiting relationship, I'm not seen as outside of the norm: both mine and J's grandmas were pleased to hear that we made a more serious commitment by moving in.
Ditto for monogamous privilege. Because I only want to be with one person, I know that that choice will be constantly validated and rewarded rather than constantly questioned or seen as fake. I won't be seen as a sex maniac no matter how much I fuck. The success rather than demise of my relationship is assumed. Were my relationship to end, I would receive tons of sympathy from my friends; if I were polyamorous, I would be seen as deserving of that pain. And I don't need to hide many facets of my relationship, no matter how complex.
When we decide to make our connection permanent, we will be able to do so legally and know that our choice will be openly valued and praised by all. When we have children, our ties to them or the quality of our parenting will not be challenged. We won't be seen as a threat to our children, even if we were to abuse them.
White privilege is also a factor here. It further establishes that we are an "all-American" couple. People are able to project their best ideas of morality and love onto us, and see our relationship as more valid and successful because of the color of our skin.
But even with the above privilege, I still do not operate with total safety and comfort. In public, I habitually avoid eye contact with most men - I've found that eye contact is often taken as an invitation, and often brings on unwanted propositions. And occasionally a man will touch me without my consent.
On Saturday, I was younger than a lot of the crowd (and thus better fit into culturally imposed standards of beauty) and more actively feminized (long hair, significant makeup, contacts, short skirt). And I was subject to a lot of discomforting leers, and I didn't feel safe making eye contact with people around me, instead staring straight ahead when I walked to the bar or the bathroom. And one man did decide that he had the right to touch my waist to get my attention. But despite the discomfort I felt at the leers and the touched, I never felt unsafe. I always knew the touches at least would desist when J returned from the bar (or wherever). I didn't fear being alone temporarily, because I knew he was behind me.
UPDATE - Stephanie of The (not so) Little Things responds here.
*Language changed here - h/t to voz.