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Cold taking toll on cars, too
This week's frigid temperatures not only have affected residents of the region, but their cars as well.
According to AAA Northway, the combined hit of slippery roads and dipping mercury worked together Friday to double the normal service calls for an entire day — with the day barely half over.
By 1:30 p.m., AAA Northway had already received 555 calls for service across its 10-county region. The region includes Schenectady, Saratoga and Montgomery counties and points north.
On a typical 24-hour day, AAA receives between 250 and 300 calls, according to Eric Stigberg, spokesman for AAA Northway.
"From our perspective, it's having a significant impact on the number of emergency road service calls we're receiving," Stigberg said.
Most of the calls had to do with the cold affecting car batteries, Stigberg said. There also were calls for tows for cars that slid off the road.
With the increased call volume came increased wait times, Stigberg said. The group tries to get service vehicles to drivers within a half-hour, he said, but on Friday those waits were as long as 90 minutes.
The responses also were ranked based on situation, he said. Drivers who were on the side of the road with no means to stay warm were given priority.
Calls involving dead car batteries are generally because the batteries are old, Stigberg noted. They just don't do well in cold weather.
When car batteries reach between three and five years old, it's good to have them checked to ensure they're still in good working order, he said.
"The cold temperatures, especially extended over a couple days as we've seen, can really wreak havoc on a battery's ability to function," Stigberg said.
The AAA response vans can test batteries to determine whether a jump-start or new battery is best. The vans also have batteries with them to avoid having to tow the car.
People who aren't planning on driving should start their car and let it run for a bit to keep the battery charged, but don't do it in the garage, he said.
In general, drivers should also make sure their windshield washer fluid is filled and cars are completely free of snow.
"It's not a good idea to give yourself a small peephole out the back window," Stigberg said.
Making sure cars are completely clear adds to the driver's safety, as well as the safety of others, he said.

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It's remarkable that more people aren't talking about this duo out of Brighton, UK. And I don't just mean bloggers; Nordic Giants have a sound that appeals to much wider audiences. It's lush, cinematic and gorgeous.
Cate Ferris adds the perfect vocal touch on "Shine", taking the song on a boundless journey with swells and falls. It moves me every time.
Nordic Giants – "Shine (feat. Cate Ferris)" [MP3] (from their debut EP A Tree As Old As Me)
[I stumbled upon them through my friend Celine, who in turn discovered them through This Music Wins. Thanks for the heads up, guys!]


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FIAT Ritmo 65 CL and beautiful old lady in Strasbourg, France
"A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a work of art." – Louis Nizer
Dear readers,
you might be wondering why I choose this quote to accompany todays post. Both the FIAT Ritmo 65 CL and the graffitti snake in the cover picture have a
bewildered surprised expression on their faces, as if they are wondering about the same thing.
Would anybody call an old FIAT Ritmo Mk1 a beautiful lady? Rather not, I suppose. Most people think that it is a design accident of the Centro Stile in Torino, headed at the time by Sergio Sartorelli.
However, respect should be paid where respect is due. Signore Sartorelli managed to design a front mask that resembles a surprised face with wide open eyes. So far so good, but mamma mia! On his 30th birthday the little Ritmo looked in the mirror, noticed that the plastic trim had faded due to decades of exposure to UV light… and was wondering ever since why the hell he only has a 3/4 moustache?!
Apart from the faded plastic trim the little fellow is in quite good shape. Not too much visible rust or major damage to the body. But where does the old lady from the quote come into play? Step back…
… and you may spot her hiding in the background.
What a nice little touch the street artist added to the otherwise rather derelict building! And indeed, Louis Nizer was right – the beautiful old lady is a work of art. 🙂
Citroën HY S.E.V. Marchal | Carrosserie Le Bastard 1964
In the 1960's the internet wasn't invented yet and only a few people had a black and white TV. Apart from advertising in newspapers and cinemas, companies had to come up with different ideas to get the attention of potential customers. In France, many companies ordered special re-bodied vehicles from coach builders to gain attention at events like the Tour de France and the 24 Heures du Mans. These vehicles drove along the circuit before the races began. Concerning the Tour de France, the tradition lives on even today, but unfortunately most vehicles are not purpose-built solely for advertising duty any more.
In 1964 the French company S.E.V. Marchal, who manufactured many automotive products, commissioned a re-bodied version of the Citroën HY to serve as a promotional vehicle and a showcase for their range of products. Therefore, it was equipped with many lights and horns from the portfolio. The front of the vehicle is impressive and you might wander what kind of generator they used to power all these lamps?
The sides of the vehicle have been converted to display cases with assymetrical windows and the rear features various stoplights and taillights. It seems fair to say that it lacks a bit when compared to that front-end. Note that most panels of the van are made from flat sheet metal instead of the signiture ribbed metal that makes the HY so easy to identify. The flat panels really change the overall appearance of the HY and makes it look a lot more modern.
Just for fun, I tried to imagine what it might look like when all the lights are on. Impressive, n'est pas?
Dodge WC-51 Wrecker with Peugeot 404 Cabin Conversion
"We have had a very severe frost and deep snow this month.
My thermometer was one day fourteen degrees and a half
below the freezing point, within doors." Gilbert White
Utilizing surplus WWII machinery with canvas tops for towing wrecked cars in the winter at high altitudes with plenty of snow has certain disadvantages. The canvas covers freeze and eventually break when you move them. Scraping the ice of the plastic windows sratches them permanently and you never get warm and comfortable inside the vehicle, even with the heater on at full blast. To solve these problems and to make his live easier, Monsieur Negre could have bought new tow trucks. But hey! This would have been too easy. Men capable of creative thinking get pencil and paper out instead of the checkbook. Why should you throw away perfectly good vehicles just for the sake of being more comfortable?
It shouldn't come as a surprise that a man who runs a garage and a towing business comes up with the idea of using car bodies for the task at hand. Form follows function, right? Unfortunately the results of this motto often look rather… hmm… questionable.
Fortunately this is not the case here. The man who built the Renault 4 bodied Willys MB Jeep featured here previously certainly has an eye for proportions and a set of great fabrication skills. It takes more than just welding a car body onto an existing chassis if you want to avoid driving around in what clearly looks like a botched job. Selecting the right base vehicle is the crucial first step. Monsieur Negre got both proportions and look right on the vehicles he designed and built. The Willys R4 looks like it could have been ordered like that from the factory.
The Dodge WC-52 Wrecker with the Peugeot 404 cabin certainly has a strong presence. Blending the narrow bonnet with the considerably wider cab takes artistic skills and the result reminds me of the Berliet GBH trucks. Stunning.
According to David Negre, son of the builder and now running the family business, the engine starts at the first crank with a new battery. We didn't try it when shooting these pictures last week, but there is no obvious reason to doubt that claim.
The rather luxurious Peugeot door panels contrast nicely with the military-spec dashboard. This truly is a purpose-built machine with style.
The business end of the truck is original and features the same lovely patina than the other parts of the body. The winch apparently still works, but giving it some freash grease before trying sure wouldn't hurt.
The license plate indicates that the vehicle has been registered 1963 or later.
I never noticed before, but removing the headlights from a Citroën 2CV instantly gives it a "cleaned" custom car look. This vehicle actually appeared in the background of the first story about the Willys Renault 4 conversion from 2010.
Revisited | Willys MB Jeep with Renault R4 body conversion
Six years ago I discovered a Willys MB Jeep with a Renault 4 body conversion and took some pictures.
Two and a half years ago I started to write this blog and decided to kick it off with the story about the converted Jeep.
A week ago, on a roadtrip home from Malaga, we spontaneously decided to cross the Massif Central instead of driving through the Rhône valley.
While driving through the Gorge du Tarn from Millau, memories kept popping up inside my head. Thoughts about my then-girlfriend, the surfing holidays we came back from, the chambre d'hôte in Millau we stayed at and the car we were traveling with: my 1989 Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3. Good old times.
This time around, I was traveling with a good friend in a 1988 Toyota LandCruiser HJ61. The ride was a lot more agricultural compared to the W201 and because of that, I suddenly remembered shooting pictures of the R4-bodied Willys somewhere between Saint Enimie and Le Puy. This instantly sparked my desire to look if the Jeep was still there. And guess what – we arrived at the gas station in Châteauneuf-de-Randon and the field next to it was empty. But hey – asking is free and I never give up just like that.
David, the owner of the gas station and Renault dealership Sarl NEGRE is a very friendly fellow and told us that his dad built the little truck decades ago. My guess on the conversion wasn't too far off back then. It was actually never used by the local fire brigade but did years of reliable duty towing cars in the area. Davids father added the Renault 4 body to keep warm and dry in winter. If you look closely, the old livery is still visible. Gotta love the patina!
It surely must be rather quiet in an area with two-digit telephone numbers. This could possibly be the reason why the blue Renault 5 in the background only shows 6.000 km on the odometer! Seems like it didn't get driven around much.
Living in a quiet area does have some advantages, though. It's amazing that the car has not been vandalized in the decades it has lived outside.
I really hope it will still be there when I visit the next time – whenever that is going to be. Until then: rust in peace.
PS: David kindly showed me the other truck his father build. And let me tell you one thing: it is equally genius and even more impressive. Come back soon to read about it in the Drive-by Snapshots post. Meanwhile, enjoy reading how Guido Kehder (Die Leitplanke) built a 1:24 scale model of this vehicle.
[Edit: Here is the new link to the above mentioned article.]
Nondescript French Concrete Mixer Hot Rod
Todays post is something for classic car fans who love challenges. I found this French hot rod with a mock-up concrete mixer on the back in rural France back in 2007. Ever since then, I've been wondering what the hell this is actually based on.
The for sale sign in the windshield says 1955 Simca 9, but I wasn't able to find a picture that even remotely matches the hood and doors. Maybe the sign refers to the chassis? The other vehicles give an indication for the size of the little trucklet.
If you have any idea, please let me know and I'll update this post subsequently.
PS: Did you notice the 2CV tail light upgrade on the Citroën HY panel van?
Lost Places | Station Service abandonné in St. Priest-de-Gimel
Driving past this abandoned service station in 2007 sparked a memory. A long time ago, when I was a young boy, we used to take the same route between Clermand-Ferrand and Bordeaux. If I remember correctly, this station was still in service back then and we might even have stopped there to fill up.
The paint might be faded, the pumps gone and the light poles rusty – but it sure has kept this special character only old petrol stations have. I just love the old-school architecture. Does a functional building have to be boring or ugly? No, sir! Back then, they thought about details and didn't just build as quick and cheap as possible like today. The design is similar to the Station du Haut-Limousin I featured not too long ago.
The most prominent and accentuating feature of the building is the semicircular office area, which features fully glassed walls. Three matching semicircular steps lead to the central entrance door. Beauty is in the details, in my opinion. Did you note that the rectangular workshop area has symmetric windows left and right of the door? And even though it doesn't look like in the pictures, the roof covering the pumps is symmetrical to the very same center line of the workshop door.
The building next door looks like it was also home to a workshop once. For many years, the white Peugeot 204 Break was parked between the building, in front of the owners' house.
Every time I drove through St. Priest-de-Gimel and past the service station I dreamed about buying this awesome place (in the middle of nowhere) one day. All I could hope was that nobody would buy it until I could afford to purchase it.
Two years later in June 2009, roadworks necessitated the removal of the light poles and pump roof. Somehow it looks naked without the roof in front of it, doesn't it? And hey, where did the trusty Peugeot end up? I looked into the windows, but couldn't spot it inside.
The house also looked abandoned. The old man might have passed away. God bless him for holding onto the property long after closing for good. Shedding a little tear, I noticed the for sale signs in the windows of the office. Being a student at the time and having no money to spare made me sad.
Upon returning once again in September 2009, we found the road finished and the garage door partially open. The house was still boarded up and the for sale signs still in the windows. Albeit finished with my studies I still wasn't in a position to buy the property – but dreaming about it still didn't cost anything…
If you point your browser to google maps and search for St. Priest-de-Gimel you can still find this little gem. The google picture has a 2011 copyright and the workshop next door has been restored and converted. The good old times are gone forever on that side of the property. Let's hope the little petrol station gets spared and sees a brighter future!
Peugeot 504 Pick-up with more patina than rust
Whenever I take a road less traveled, there seems to be something interesting hiding behind a tree just around the corner. En route to the Parc de l'Orangerie in Strasbourg with my girlfriend, we found a somewhat sad looking Peugeot 504 Pick-up.
Mind you, this is not somewhere in a rural area, but only a Kilometer or so from the European Parliament.
The warm afternoon light painted a nice shine on the neglected body and made it seem like it was parked only weeks ago.
Upon closer inspection, sitting there abandoned for months seemed more realistic. But nonetheless, the condition it was in suggested that it could still be saved by a caring soul.
With more patina than structural rust or other damage and in what seemed to be original paint, this isn't unfeasible at all.
The paper note stuck to the windscreen wiper proves that I wasn't the first to have the idea. Oh well… I sure hope it will find a new home soon.
Whoever is going to rescue this little workhorse – please save the little details that make these utility vehicles so authentic! Good luck!
Lost Places | Station Service Le Rousset
When was the last time you found something not only totally unexpected, but also thought to be extinct by now? Trundling along the Route Départementale D27 at a leisurely pace on a hot day with no cloud in sight, we had a moment just like that, when we found the cutest rural petrol station and workshop. The icing on the cake most definitely was the color-matched Renault R5, which made the scene even more unreal.
The TOTAL pumps have been updated at a certain point, but everything else was like "back in the old days". The little office, the workshop and the old lady filling the cars. Mind you, this is no self-service station! You pull up to the pumps, which are located right at the curb, and the old lady eventually emerges from the house on the other side of the road. To experience this kind of time travel is nothing short of amazing and well worth the extra time. The mighty W201 still had more than half of a tank to go, but I wanted to stop and buy fuel there in order to #supportlocalbusiness.
The choice of payment methods was quite old-school as well: cash only. And as I was fumbling to get those Francs… err… Euros out of my wallet, I suddenly realize that people back then had more of something that is often scarce nowadays: time. Time to drive slow. Time to chat with the fuel pump attendant about the weather and which Boulanger makes the best Baguette. Lovely idea, no?
Now, five years later while writing this article, I was wondering if the cute little petrol station is still in business. Well… you can find it on google Streetview, but the images have been also captured in 2010. I guess I need to take the time to go there again and take a look…
Yellow and Blue | Day seven
While digging through my picture archives, I became aware of having many pictures that have one thing in common: matching color schemes. It really is interesting how some color combinations can be found whichever country you go to. This week I'm going to feature a selection of pictures containing the bright colors Yellow & Blue.Read More»
Yellow and Blue | Day five
While digging through my picture archives, I became aware of having many pictures that have one thing in common: matching color schemes. It really is interesting how some color combinations can be found whichever country you go to. This week I'm going to feature a selection of pictures containing the bright colors Yellow & Blue.Read More»
Yellow and Blue | Day two
While digging through my picture archives, I became aware of having many pictures that have one thing in common: matching color schemes. It really is interesting how some color combinations can be found whichever country you go to. This week I'm going to feature a selection of pictures containing the bright colors Yellow & Blue.
To make it more interesting, the pictures are sorted by age, starting off with the oldest and progressing to more recent shots during the week. Three topics are going to be covered every day: matching backgrounds, race cars and other vehicles.
Day two | Matching backgrounds
The Toyota Hilux Bakkie pictured here might have blue lettering on the door, but I choose the photograph because the sky provides a spectacular background to set off the 4×4, descending a steep hill at Kallies Quarry.
The nicely weathered locomotive is resting near Hartbeesport Dam.
Day two | Race cars
Europeans will think they see a SEAT Ibiza with a wrong grille – but this vehicle was indeed branded and sold as a Volkswagen Polo in South Africa! I found it at Zwartkops raceway, just like the Porsche 924 yesterday.
This FIAT Panda 4×4 lives in the Auto & Technik Museum in Sinsheim / Germany. The little gem easily won it's class at the 1983 Rallye in Algeria and competed in the Paris Dakar Rallye. If you are interested in the background story, check out what the builder and driver has to say.
Day two | Other vehicles
For some reason or another, many Italians like to wear mirrored sunglasses. Well, this Italian living in South Africa is no exception – and the blue sky almost make the window tint look blue…
Arriving in Durban later that day, we found a matching Toyota Hiace Siyaya Taxi. The window wasn't tinted, though, but rather wrapped in clear kitchen foil.
And last but not least, how about a Citroën 2CV which looked like it was specifically painted in these particular colors, only to be featured here at Drive-by Snapshots Yellow and Blue Color Week…
Citroën Dyane | The ugly sister of the 2CV
Worldwide the Citroën 2CV unites many enthusiasts. There are plenty of clubs and interest groups. They even organize huge meetings each year, one of which I visited in 2009 in Lit-et-Mixe while being on a surfing holiday nearby. But wait… the 2Cv has a sister even most Citroën enthusiasts describe as being rather… ugly.Read More»
Renault Dauphine | Like ice in the sunshine
Imagine a sizzling hot day early in June, with temperatures well over 30°C and no wind whatsoever. We are cruising through the pine forests between Biarritz and Bordeaux at a leisurely pace with the windows and sunroof wide open. The loudspeakers of the trusty old Mercedes play a tune most Germans immediately associate with childhood memories of family summer vacations.Read More»
Lost Places | Beheaded bodies, robbed carcasses and zombies
Discovering a defunct service station displaying a sign saying Station Ouverte was already weird in its' own right. The place looked like it had been left in a hurry and the proprietors haven't returned since. Being the kind of person who is always keen to figure out what might have happened, I walked around the building and found… the carcass of a little vehicle the French call La Deuche.Read More»
Lost Places | Station Service Ouverte
Yesterdays' post featured a small service station that went out of business, but isn't fenced off or has a sign saying so. The story today is different. You are looking at pictures of a substantially bigger service station that, for lack of a better word, is closed. Nonetheless, it does sport a sign saying: Station Ouverte.
To tell you the honest truth – this place looked like a film set straight out of a zombie movie! The lack of traffic, heavy clouds and a slight drizzle didn't make it any more friendly or welcoming!Read More»
Lost Places | Station Service Fermée
There are many reasons why I love France. One of them is the fact, that the French do not immediately dismount the pumps after a petrol station goes out of business. Instead they just display the lowest possible price on the signpost, call it a day and wander off to play a game of Pétanque with their friends, enjoying a glass of red wine.Read More»
FIAT Panda Mk1 | The story is often hidden in the details
All of you have have been in this situation before: a long distance, cross-country journey by car. If you happen to be driving through France, make sure to stay away from the Autoroute and use the Route Nationale instead. I bet you – it will never be boring! Driving home from the 24 Heures du Mans, we stopped at a red traffic light in Sedan (Ardennes), not far from the border to Belgium. The low sun cast an interesting shadow on the wall, in front of which a FIAT Panda was parked on the sidewalk. Not really interesting, you think? Well look closely, and you will see what instantly hit me.Read More»
Le Mans 2014 | Starting grid and first lap
Everybody know about the starting procedure of the 24 Heures du Mans race. The cars are lined up in an angle in front of the pit lane wall. But… theoretically knowing about it and seeing it live are two different things entirely. All the buzz on the starting grid is quite interesting…Read More»
Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 @ Le Mans 2014
One of quite a few Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 models in 1:1 scale that graced the Michelin booth at the 24 Heures du Mans 2014. A stunning car and engineering masterpiece… but not particularly pretty. It might have looked a lot better had it sported a Martini or Gulf livery. Maybe next year?Read More»
Three generations of awesomeness @ Le Mans 2014
Le Mans 2014. Three generations of awesome LMP1 race cars from Toyota are displayed in front of the Toyota hospitality building. That's actually a good chance to compare how the design of the vehicles has evolved over the years. They might become faster, sleeker and more aerodynamically advanced with each generation. But honestly, don't you also think the oldest car is the most handsome and good looking?Read More»


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by SeussClassic Seuss A #1 New York Times bestseller! This previously never-before-seen picture book by Dr. Seuss about making up one's mind is the literary equivalent of buried treasure! What happens when a brother and sister visit a pet store to pick a pet? Naturally, they can't choose just one! The tale captures a classic childhood moment—choosing a pet—and uses it to illuminate a life lesson: that it is hard to
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by Scholastic and 1 morePeppa Pig Peppa Pig loves her best friend, Suzy Sheep. One day, Mummy Pig says that Peppa and Suzy were best friends even when they were babies! What were little Peppa and Suzy like in the olden days? Join Peppa on an adorable friendship-themed tale in this special hardcover storybook based on the hit Nick Jr. show!
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has never stopped working! Even when she had taken a break from films to concentrate on motherhood, she continued to work in other fields like, advertisement shooting, business etc!
While the actress who is currently shooting for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil directed by Karan Johar has taken a break to fulfill her other work commitments.
The actress was spotted by media shooting for L'Oreal's new advertisement! She has been the brand ambassador for L'Oreal for more than 10 years now, while they have not replaced her, Sonam Kapoor and Katrina Kaif have also been hired for different products of the same brand.
Aishwarya was seen keeping her look under wraps! As soon as she spotted the media capturing her pictures, she made a run for it and her security was seen helping her by shooing away the camera people!
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Praise the Lord! I finally finished up my second semester of grad school! The semester flew by like a whirlwind and I really can't believe that it's over. Since I haven't blogged in awhile I thought I would catch you up on the last few weeks of my life for part of Thinking Out Loud.
//Tuesday I turned in my last paper for this second semester of grad school. The past couple of weeks I've spent a LOT of time writing and researching and drinking iced coffee. Thankfully, CrossFit was the topic of my research paper, so that was an easy topic that I enjoyed writing about.
//One of my final projects for the semester was a group project. The past 3 weeks of school my team spent hours (like 20+) every week working on different aspects of our campaign plan. We put in a lot of hours and hard work, but we turned in something we were proud of and that made it worth it. One of my teammates is from Russia so she brought us different types of Russian candy to try every week and we brought her some type of typical American snack. Needless to say our group was on point with our snack contributions!
//At CrossFit for the past 6 weeks on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday we've been doing 1 set of 20 back squats. We're supposed to go up every time by 5 lbs. The first week or so I did, but once I got through week 2 I've only been going up 5 lbs every week or so. Now I'm up to 105 lbs and it sucks. I get through the first 10 reps, but then have to really fight for the last 10. I'm hoping all these squats will pay off! The picture below isn't of a back squat evidently, but a day of clean and jerks.
//Beyond school and working out, I've been hanging out with my girlfriends and that has included plenty of pizza dates and movie nights. We recently watched the new Captain America: Civil War movie and I thought it was pretty good. I'll watch anything with Chris Evans in it.
//This past weekend my younger sister completed her first year of nursing school and received her LPN pin! I'm super proud of her and know she worked so incredibly hard this past year to get there. Anyone who is in nursing school has my respect. It's a super hard program.
//As most of you may know, I have a little photography business on the side. I finally saved up enough money from sessions to invest in a new Nikon 610 camera body. I am beyond excited to have it in my hands and know it is what I need for all the weddings coming up this summer! Yay!
That's about all for now! I'll be back at my parent's house this weekend and am looking forward to some time relaxing at home! So I'll see y'all next time! Have a great weekend!
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Hi, I have a smaller repo case. On my Ubuntu 10.04 I run /usr/local/lib/vala-0.10/gen-introspect-0.10 --namespace=Thrift -I/usr/local/include/thrift -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include /usr/local/include/thrift/protocol/thrift_protocol.h /usr/local/lib/libthrift_c_glib.so It generates metadata for only 2 structures ThriftProtocolError and ThriftProtocol. Why the tool does not generate information for other structures such as ThriftType, ThriftMessageType and ThriftProtocolClass. http://github.com/anatol/thrift/blob/c_glib/lib/c_glib/src/protocol/thrift_protocol.h I am really new to gtk OO style so I don't understand what is going on here.
I guess the problem with ThriftType and ThriftMessageType is that they aren't defined in the "standard" way "typedef enum {...} EnumName" as is the case with ThriftProtocolError. (even glib-mkenums wouldn't find them). As for ThriftProtocolClass, it seems really weird. Abderrahim


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Magic: The Gaming Fad That Wouldn't Die
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A group of junior high school boys huddles in the corner of the lunchroom. Before them lie piles of cards covered in paintings of monsters, wizards, and strange landscapes.
The boys talk softly and in terms few outsiders can understand. Their eyes dart left, right, down the hall, and then back to their cards. They look like a clan of pubescent meerkats, anxious that a bully might roam the halls. Or a girl.
Anyone who grew up in the 1990s probably passed by (or took part in) a card game like this. The game was Magic: The Gathering. And it was the biggest thing since Pogs.
Players take on roles as wizards, who battle one another with spells, creatures, and territories. Magic had all the traits of a fad: crassly capitalistic, niche, and dorky. It was poker for Dungeons and Dragons kids.
But, while other collectible card games rose and fell (Spellfire, Blood Wars, Babylon 5), the one that started it all is still going strong more than 15 years after it first hit the market. "These were the first people to take a card game like poker and give it a collectability value," says Adam Barnello, a 27-year-old engineer in Syracuse, N.Y., who's been playing Magic since he was 12.
Magic Still Going Strong
Magic remains imposingly successful and profitable. As of 2008, the game had annual sales of close to $100 million –– a success based largely on how it continually renews itself. Each year, the company that makes the game, Wizards of the Coast, retires four sets of cards and introduces four new sets. To continue playing, you've got to keep buying. "That's the way they keep it fresh," says Barnello. "That's the way they keep people interested in buying new cards."
And the retired cards? They become instant collector's items or part of the Legacy version of Magic. Retired cards don't have to sit in airtight collector's displays. Legacy allows players to use retired cards –– any card ever produced, all the way back to 1993. But to make things fair, Legacy bans cards that it calls "mistakes": those that are too powerful, rare, or expensive.
Legacy started with a few players around the country: northern Virginia, southern California, Portland, Ore., and Syracuse, N.Y., says Barnello, who volunteers as one of six administrators for MTG: The Source, a web forum dedicated to Legacy. Now the game has support from Wizards of the Coast, and even has its own Grand Prix, an open tournament that is just one level below the Pro Tour.
Wizards organizes a multi-tiered professional gaming program that culminates in the Pro Tour, a series of four annual tournaments held around the world. In September, the tour will arrive in Amsterdam, where organizers will award nearly a quarter-million dollars total in prize money.
Even for the everyday player, the game provides a payoff that others don't. "I have hundreds of dollars of old card games that turned worthless when they all died," says Joe Easton, 25, an Onondaga Community College student in Syracuse and gaming enthusiast who started playing Magic two years ago. "And with Magic that's not gonna happen. The collectability is really worthwhile in this game."
Those kids in the lunchroom still probably want to be wary of bullies –– but not as wary. Nerd-chic makes popular culture more willing to accept pastimes like Magic. "You can point to the pro-tour, and you can point to the pros," Barnello says. "You can point to these guys and say these guys have made hundreds of thousands of dollars in their career playing Magic.
"And people start to think: Maybe it's not really that nerdy.


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Ryan joins as managing director based in Hong Kong in a newly created role at the bank, where he will be helping to develop initiatives and grow the firm's client base across Asia-Pacific.
GTS is split into two business lines: Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS), run regionally by Sridhar Kanthadai (see story), and Securities & Fund Services (SFS), whose Asia head is David Russell. The Asia-Pacific GTS business is run by Anthony Nappi.
The capture of Ryan can be considered a considerable coup for Citi, given that he has 27 years' experience in the asset management industry, much of it in Asia.
In an interview with asiamoney.com, Russell described Ryan as "one of the highest profile guys in asset management in Asia".
He added: "He has been in the region for 20-plus years and brings with him not just client relationships that he has built up over a number of years, but also knowledge of the developments in different markets.
"After all, this is an industry that is evolving rapidly in Asia. Chris will be helping with new products and opening new doors. He will be working in an advisory capacity and this forms part of our build-out."
The SFS business provides services to investor clients, including sovereign wealth funds and central banks, and has approximately 1,000 staff in Asia-Pacific, some 250 of whom are client-facing.
Russell says he is looking to increase his team by about 10% this year, or 100 people, and that Citi has already hired 15 to 20 staff in this area in 2010.
Further, he confirmed that another managing director would be joining the firm in May after a period of gardening leave, and that he was in the final stages of selecting another MD for the business.
Asked about growth plans, he said Citi was expanding "across the board". One area will be in alternative investments services, or servicing the increasing band of hedge funds and private equity funds that are setting up across the region.
Russell noted: "Asia's asset pool is growing significantly and our business is servicing those assets. This is an important business for Citi."
The GTS business is very firmly at the heart of Citi's culture. After its state bail-out during the financial crisis, Citi is in the process of winding down Citi Holdings, a collection of non-core businesses it acquired or built over time, and growing Citi Corp., which includes its transaction services business.
More specifically, Citi CEO Vikram Pandit has set the goal that its services business should at some point make up one third of the company, from about 12% at present.
Last year GTS reported net revenues of US$9.8 billion globally, a 2% year-on-year decline, and an 11% rise in net income to US$3.7 billion. It came against total Citi revenues of US$80.28 billion for the year.
In Asia-Pacific, GTS reported revenues of over US$2.5 billion, meaning that the region accounts for about 25% of the business globally.
Prior to joining Citi, Ryan was CEO and managing director of Fidelity Asia, where he was responsible for Fidelity International's businesses in Asia ex-Japan.
He joined Fidelity in early 2008 from ING Investment Management, where he was CEO for Asia-Pacific. The business has more than US$100 billion under management, over 1,500 staff and was present in 11 countries.
Prior to that Ryan held leadership roles with HSBC Asset Management, where he was responsible for the bank's retail fund business across Asia-Pacific.


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6 Fantasy Siblings You Wish You Had – Ft. The Hillywood Show (Nerdist News w/ Jessica Chobot)
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From Mario & Luigi to Tia and Tamera Mowry to a certain Star Wars duo, special guests The Hillywood Show's Hilly and Hannah Hindi join Jessica Chobot to count down pop culture's 6 greatest siblings on a special Nerdist News.
Who are your favorite pop culture siblings? Tell us in the comments!
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Four Christmases (also known as Four Holidays in Australia and New Zealand, and Anywhere But Home in the Netherlands, Norway, United Arab Emirates and in South Africa) is a movie starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon, released by New Line Cinema on November 26, 2008.
Brad (Vince Vaughn) and Kate (Reese Witherspoon) are an upscale San Francisco couple. Having both come from dysfunctional families, with divorced parents and siblings with out-of-control kids, the two disdain the idea of getting married or having kids. In an effort to avoid their families at Christmas, they go on vacation abroad while pretending to be doing charity work there. Their third Christmas together, they are trapped at San Francisco International Airport by a fog bank that cancels every outbound flight, and interviewed by a news crew, alerting their families to the fact they're stuck at home for the holidays.
With no way to get out of it, Kate and Brad find themselves visiting their families on Christmas Day. They first visit his father (Robert Duvall), then her mother (Mary Steenburgen), then his mother (Sissy Spacek) and, finally, her father (Jon Voight), thereby celebrating four Christmases in one day. As they brace themselves for a marathon of homecomings, Brad and Kate expect the worst, but are nevertheless unable to prepare themselves enough for what they get. As the day progresses, each discover a new secret about their partner that they had previously been too embarrassed to share, namely that Brad's real name is "Orlando", and Kate has a fear of inflatable castles, stemming from being ostracized as a child, and these discoveries put an intense strain on their relationship. While Brad counts down the minutes to freedom, Kate finds herself looking at the lives of Brad's and her own siblings and comes to realize that she does want a marriage and children of her own, the prospect of which frightens Brad when she mentions it to him. Eventually, in the final visit of the day, at Kate's father's house, Kate asks Brad to let her spend the visit on her own and claims to her family that they had split up. Meanwhile, Brad spends some time at his own father's house with just his father and realizes that he wants a marriage and children, and that he loves Kate much too much to leave her. He returns to her and they discuss the possibilities of having a child and getting married. The two then embark on their holiday in Fiji.
A year later on New Year's Day, Brad and Kate welcomes their first child, a baby girl. They have spent the last nine months hiding from their families. As their daughter is the first born in the New Year, a news crew comes to congratulate them—once again revealing them, and her, to the whole city, and their families.
|Vince Vaughn
|Brad McVie
|Reese Witherspoon
|Robert Duvall
|Howard McVie
|Sissy Spacek
|Jon Voight
|Jon Favreau
|Denver McVie
|Mary Steenburgen
|Dwight Yoakam
|Pastor Phil
|Tim McGraw
|Dallas McVie
|Kristin Chenoweth
|Katy Mixon
|Colleen Camp
|Aunt Donna
|Jeanette Miller
|Jack Donner
|Steve Wiebe
|Zak Boggan
|Skyler Gisondo
|Connor McVie
|True Bella
|Patrick Van Horn
|Marissa Tejada Benekos
|News reporter
|Cedric Yarbrough
|Brian Baumgartner
|Peter Billingsley
|Ticket agent
|Collette Wolfe
|Carol Kane
|Aunt Sarah
|Zachary Gordon
|Kid #6 in Jump-Jump
External links
- Four Christmases at the Internet Movie Database


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Across Louisiana, Mississippi and parts of far East Texas, torrential rainfall occurred Sunday and Sunday night. Widespread one to four inch rainfall amounts were reported, with some locations noting amounts of six, eight and even ten inches (Fig. 1). Alexandria, LA, in the west-central part of the state, reported more than nine inches over a nearly 12-hour period, with nearly continuous thunderstorm activity for a roughly 8-hour period (Fig. 2).
By early Tuesday, the large-scale storm system responsible for the storminess has moved well to the northeast and the heaviest rainfall had moved well to the east of The Pelican State. In the wake of the Sunday rainfall activity, flood warnings remain in effect for many areas in Louisiana that received excessive rainfall or are downstream from these areas (Fig. 3).
Two things are striking in Fig. 2. First, there are numerous bands of heavy rainfall aligned southwest-to-northeast. These mark the locations in which thunderstorm lines became at least somewhat stationary. Then thunderstorms, moving along the line, dumped successive bursts of heavy rainfall. This scenario, in which numerous storms move across the same area, is known as "training."
The second thing of note is the large precipitation gradients in areas near the heaviest rainfall. One only needed to have traveled a relatively short distance to go from eight to ten inches of rainfall to amounts of around an inch.
A similar, albeit greater, rainfall gradient occurred in my backyard, Collier County, in southwest Florida, on Sunday. A small convective weather system (without thunder and lightning), developed along the sea breeze front and moved slowly northwestward across parts of north-central Collier County. Heavy rainfall (between 1.47 and 1.78 inches according to two nearly co-located reporting stations) fell just two miles to the northeast of my rain gauge. According to a high school student interested in meteorology (and one
who attended a Naples weather camp last summer), most of the rainfall that he measured fell in just under 20 minutes (Fig. 4). That translates to an hourly rainfall rate of 4.5 inches to 5.5 inches. I measured a scant 0.07 inches of rainfall, although I did briefly experience gusty outflow winds from the convective weather system. Fig. 5 shows radar-based rainfall estimates for southwest Florida on Sunday.
While these situations were somewhat similar in their excessive rainfall and localized rainfall gradients, one was linked to a large-scale low-pressure system and the other to a small-scale sea breeze zone. This is testimony that different meteorological scenarios can yield similar meteorological outcomes.
© 2017 H. Michael Mogil
Originally posted 4/4/17
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Welcome. I am a native Southwestern Virginian, a priest ordained in the Scottish Episcopal Church, and the Associate Minister of St Andrew's Memorial Church, Jerusalem and St Andrew's Church of Scotland, Tiberias. And if that weren't random enough, here are 25 other random (though not necessarily interesting) facts about me:
I panic if I don't have books nearby.
I started, but did not finish, a PhD on the devil in Scottish folktales.
I love bluegrass and proper country music.
I'm learning to play the banjo.
Before moving to Israel, I was adored by a retired greyhound named Judy, who now happily adores others in the north of Scotland. I still miss her something fierce.
I often don't know what I think about something until I write about it.
It took me a long time to decide what I wanted to be when I grew up.
But the minute I was ordained a priest, I knew that was it.
I love the Church in all her many forms.
But she still drives me crazy sometimes.
And I will always love God more.
I served my curacy in Old Saint Paul's Scottish Episcopal Church in Edinburgh.
And so I am and always will be Anglo Catholic.
But that doesn't mean I can't worship without candles, incense and bells.
It does mean that I view access to gin as a fundamental human right.
I had little interest in going to Israel and Palestine until a friend invited me to visit when she was working in Jerusalem.
I never dreamt I'd work there myself.
But each time I visit, I feel like I'm leaving little pieces of my heart behind.
I'm a One on the Enneagram.
And a very strong Myers-Briggs I. I used to also be a strong J, but living in the Middle East has changed that.
I am owned by a cat named Coleridge.
It is best not to talk to me until I have had my first cup of coffee in the morning.
I chose the title of this blog after being priested, referring to the ontological change that is meant to happen during the moment of ordination.
But I think a more appropriate blog title would be Revising Ontology; I'm pretty sure God isn't done yet.
That thought both terrifies and excites me.


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TWENTY-seven years after 3 Men and a Baby hit theatres, the identical twin actresses who played Baby Mary are all grown up. Funny how time works like that.
Lisa Blair and Michelle Blair Ontonovich were just four-months-old when they took turns playing Mary Bennington alongside Tom Selleck, Ted Danson and Steve Guttenberg in the 1987 box office smash. If you were wondering what ever happened to the Blair sisters, well, the US Today show has it covered.
The sisters stopped by to chat with co-host Savannah Guthrie about their experience (of which they obviously have no recollection). So what was it like to grow up and realise they were part of such a huge movie?
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"At first, when we were little, it wasn't a big deal to us at all," Michelle explained. "I think it was when we became teenagers, people started coming up to us a lot more …"
"Asking us for our autographs and everything," Lisa said, finishing her sister's sentence.
The sisters didn't explain how anyone would have recognised them as teenagers from the role they played as infants, but it apparently happened.
These days both Blair sisters have left Hollywood behind them. Lisa, who also appeared in Morella in 1999, works in customer service, while Michelle works in the insurance industry and is married with a five-month-old son.
This article originally appeared in the Huffington Post.
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