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So I'm asked to be on the Orange rising star award jury after winning it last year and I'm glad to do that. We (The Jury) watch a hell of a lot of films and after weeks and weeks come up with the final five people and they're announced.
Then of course Lots of other people chime in with their opinions about who should be on there, because there's always people who think they know better, but that's fine too, everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
People want Tahar to win, they love A Prophet (I do too, it's a great movie. People want Carey to win (She is brilliant in An Education, if you like the film or not). People want Jessie to win (He carries Zombieland and is great in everything he does) People want Nick to win, he has a huge following, is british, possibly the best young actor full stop and is gonna go far. And of course people want Kristen to win… But the only difference with her was this… As many people who wanted her to win, there were equally vocal people who absolutely didn't want her to win. The other nominees didn't have that animosity against them.
I said nothing. I couldn't. I wasn't allowed (and as most people know Nick Hoult is like a little brother I wouldn't minded if he won. P.S that is not why he was nominated. he is that good) So why does it all bother me? Two reasons.
Firstly: I know how that feels. Last year although loads of people wanted me to win, because my films don't seem worthy to a lot of vocal people, there were a lot who were saying. "I don't care who wins as long as it's not him".
Even after winning I still have to deal with comments like this.
"Nonetheless, she was very charming when interviewed backstage and told that previous winner Noel Clarke was 'passing the baton on' to her. Presumably, this baton represents starring in quite small British films that no-one outside of this soggy island has ever heard of for a relatively small fee, so I guess she has a lot to look forward to".
From www.indiemoviesonline.com/news/2010-baft
That's just one of the perks of the job! Please do thank these people for me like I know you guys can. ; )
Anyway… Secondly: It's not fair on her. Life isn't fair, but her dislike is unfounded. The girl is actually a brilliant actress and people are only hating on her because every piece of great acting work that she has done has been eclipsed by the juggernaut that is twilight… Lets be honest, that's what it's really about isn't it? People not liking her because she stars in those films that do so well and they are not considered worthy by the snobs. Personally, I don't mind em. They ain't the godfather, (Neither was AVATAR) but they're entertaining.
Adulthood- (my film that won me the bafta http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1126596/ for those who don't know it. And this is me for those new here or not aware of me before sunday http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0164929/ ) -was one of the highest grossing BRITISH FILMS of 2008, 1st or 2nd. But you wouldn't know that because people don't want you too, then it got ignored everywhere apart from BAFTA. Not that I would ever compare my films to anything Kristen Stewart does. But why hate on a person because they are doing well? It makes no sense. Also she was cast in that film because of her talent. That's how films like that are cast. Not everyone thought it would blow up like it did and so what that it has? She is actress who took a role. That's what actors do.
So we end up at the BAFTAS. The British academy awards. I step on the stage, do my little speech and read the envelope. "Kristen Stewart" She comes up does her speech and leaves.
We go back stage, exchange a few words while walking to Edith, then do the interview. Then we go round the front and take the pictures. It's Madness. Hundreds of bulbs flashing and everyone wanting a piece of this girl. We have a couple more words. I tell her well done again and I leave.
So what did I get from our little chat and the hand on the shoulder in the pic. And these are my opinions only. I got a sense of a lovely, nervous and shy girl who respected the other actors she was up against and was a bit overwhelmed by winning. More importantly than that, I see a girl got into this acting job because she wants to actually act and play different roles. There is a difference between wanting to act and wanting to be a star.
It's difficult at any age when you can't go anywhere with out people wanting a piece of you, and she is still young. People who said she was weird on stage, well… I don't really agree. It's a little daunting up there, I would love to see some of her detractors get up in front of 2000 or so people with only your name as notice, (she didn't know she was getting it) and half of those people be people that do the same job as you and are looking at you from head to toe, and all you want to do is just not fall over. It's not easy.
In closing, don't have a bad word to say about Ms Stewart. And there is no agenda here, I'm not kissing anyone's ass. I don't do that… I'm not getting anything for this, I don't profess to know her because of our one meeting, I'm not on her radar, probably won't get to work with her and I may never see her again, But she was genuinely a really, very nice girl, and being on the jury I had to watch almost every movie she's done, that we could get our hands on from the last few years and the girl can fucking act, there is no question about that.
So. Would i have liked Nick to win..? Sure.
Am i upset that Kristen won? No way.
Did she deserve to win? Yeah she did, and i'm glad she did.
She was talented enough for us jury members to put her there in the first place and the public support her the most. Done deal.
She may be a Mega star now, but she is still a rising star in terms of where her career is going, because just being in a blockbuster doesn't make you a good actor. The girl is talented and has made some smart choices beyond the big movies.
So mark my words… If anyone will be known for much more than twilight in about 20 years time, it'll be her.
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Super easy seafood recipe: Arctic char with blistered cherry tomatoes
Simple, healthful and delicious, even to people who think they hate seafood (arctic char, firm fleshed and mild-flavored, is a great seafood for fussy fish eaters) Try this recipe from Barton Seaver's new book, "For Cod and Country."
It's easy, fast, and you can always substitute salmon for arctic char if it's easier to find. Garlic gives this dish a pleasant bite.
Arctic Char with Blistered Cherry Tomatoes in Garlic Oil
From""For Cod and Country," by Barton Seaver. Serves 2, but can easily be doubled by using two pans.
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
4 cloves garlic, each cut in half
2 pints cherry tomatoes
2 portions skin-on arctic char fillet (about 5 ounces each)
Preheat the broiler. Set a large cast-steel or cast-iron skillet on the stove over high heat until it is smoking hot. Add the olive oil and garlic. Cook the garlic until it is blistered and golden brown. Add the tomatoes, but do this very carefully, otherwise searing hot oil will splash up onto you. Cook until the skins of the tomatoes begin to blister in the hot oil, about 1 minute, then season very generously with salt.
Carefully place the char fillets, skin side up, on top of the tomatoes and transfer the pan under the broiler. Cook for 6 minutes, then check on the fillets. The skin should be blistered and bubbling. Remove the char fillets to serving plates. Spoon the tomatoes onto the char fillets and serve immediately.

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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 656 diseños de 126 diseñadores freelance.
"A Breadboard is a reusable solder-less device used to build temporary electronic circuits, to experiment with circuit designs, and to test ideas."
Breadboard is a non-profit program at the University City Science Center in Philadelphia that facilitates public access to a new generation of tools and resources in an effort to empower individuals and convene communities around creative applications of technology.
Through a unique partnership with NextFab Studio, Breadboard programming offers artists, innovators and the diverse public at-large access to collaborative workspace, arts-based educational workshops and training opportunities on the tools and technologies of today that are being used to create tomorrow.
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The ideal logo is simple in design that at first might be ambiguous but quickly becomes synonymous with BreadBoard's unique programming (public access to rapid prototyping tools & technology/creative applications for rapid prototyping tools & technology).
The logo should imply the meaning of a "Breadboard" to someone with little technical knowledge while still appealing to tech savvy audiences.
We'd like it to be simple and iconic, in the sense that for the broadest possible range of viewers it immediately and memorably conjures up:
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The winner will be selected by the Breadboard team.
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The investigators drove quietly to the back entrance of Montreal's city hall just after 4 p.m., some in unmarked cars, others in Sûreté du Québec squad cars, no lights flashing.
At least 10 officers in uniform and plainclothes jumped out and moved quickly and silently through the back doors into the ornate Old Montreal building that represents the seat of power of the city. Several headed directly to the computer room, others to the mayor's office. Others still positioned themselves by the exits, and then the fire alarm sounded, followed by an alert asking everyone to exit the building.
But not everyone was allowed to leave.
So began an unprecedented raid on Montreal's city hall Tuesday afternoon, part of a larger operation involving 125 officers that encompassed searches at a total of nine locations, including six borough halls and the headquarters of the former ruling party, Union Montreal. The borough offices targeted were also bastions of Union Montreal.
It was a co-ordinated sweep that began shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday said Anne-Frédérick Laurence, a spokesperson for the Unité permanente anti-corruption.
Laurence confirmed that UPAC is probing allegations of fraud, producing false documents and abuse of trust as part of an investigation that has been ongoing since 2010.
Police have spoken to or are seeking to question a total of 25 people, including politicians and civil servants, she said.
"No charges have been laid," Laurence added.
Officials with municipal party Vision Montreal said they were told the officials being questioned included Mayor Michael Applebaum, former mayor Gérald Tremblay, former executive committee member and current St-Laurent borough mayor Alan DeSousa, and former executive committee member Sammy Forcillo, now a councillor in the Ville Marie borough.
After Mascouche, St-Rémi and Laval, UPAC has now trained its sights on Montreal, after months of salacious allegations about corruption and kickbacks raised at the Charbonneau Commission forced the resignation of three-term mayor Gérald Tremblay and decimated his party — which quickly lost its grip on the majority of council seats.
As it happens, UPAC marked its second anniversary just Monday.
Besides Montreal city hall, investigators raided the borough halls of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, St-Laurent, St-Léonard, Anjou, Lachine and Verdun. All the locations were evacuated as officers swept in.
Vision Montreal opposition leader Louise Harel, who witnessed the arrival of the officers clad in their telltale UPAC jackets, compared it to a "tsunami," saying to her knowledge it was the first time police officers have raided Montreal city hall.
"Surprise is too weak a word for what is happening today," Harel said. "Nobody was expecting that. ... We wanted a big cleanup at city hall, now that cleanup is starting and I have confidence in UPAC, I have confidence that they're working for good reasons, but I don't know what those reasons are."
Projet Montréal leader Richard Bergeron said he was scheduled to meet Applebaum at 4:15 to discuss a floral exhibition, but arrived at the mayor's office to find it full of "authority figures" and deduced the meeting would not be happening.
Bergeron said he was told the raid was connected to a police investigation that dated back to 2010, thus was probably linked to events of 2009 and before, which is when testimony from the Charbonneau Commission indicates corruption was widespread.
"It's a dark day for Montreal to have police officers raiding city hall; it's embarrassing, but at the same time it's necessary," Bergeron said. It's also an indication that the measures put in place since 2009 to combat corruption by police and at city hall were working, he said.
Bergeron said he had faith in the police to do their job, and had no reason to doubt Applebaum, he added, noting that just because Applebaum was being questioned didn't mean he was guilty of a crime.
At Montreal city hall, the fire alarm sounded briefly at about 4:20 p.m., a prelude to an announcement over the building loudspeaker that no current municipal employee or politician can recall hearing inside the storied building on Notre Dame St. E.
"We ask everyone to kindly leave," a voice said over the loudspeakers that are used only in case of emergency.
City council speaker Harout Chitilian said people at city hall received an email at 4:22 p.m. ordering everyone to leave the building until further notice. Members of city council's social development committee were meeting on the main floor and dozens of other councillors and civil servants, including secretaries, were working in their offices at the time.
As she stepped out of the committee meeting, coat in hand, councillor Suzanne Décarie says she quickly realized it was a police raid.
Members of UPAC, who had arrived at 4:07 p.m. armed with search warrants, were standing on the ground floor of city hall overseeing the evacuation of the building.
A UPAC officer held back at least one civil servant who was in the crowd heading for the door, said Décarie, a member of opposition Vision Montreal party in Rivière-des-Prairies—Pointe-aux-Trembles borough. "He said: 'This one stays,' " Décarie said. "They seemed to be telling a few people to stay."
The atmosphere remained calm, she said.
"Everyone was saying they'd never seen anything like it," Décarie said. "I heard that a lot."
The anti-corruption squad approached a security guard when they arrived at city hall and immediately asked to speak with someone in charge of the building, Chitilian said.
As council speaker, Chitilian is responsible for city hall. "We were asked to give a directive to the security so they can use the special loudspeakers that are in place for fire alarms or other emergencies to ask the employees and the elected officials to evacuate the building," he said. "And my office was asked to send an email that the building should be evacuated 'for exceptional circumstances' and that the order was active until further notice."
Bergeron and Harel both stressed that none of the boroughs where their parties are in charge were raided — just those connected to Union Montreal.
And while stunned employees and politicians tweeted pictures and commentary from city hall, simultaneous raids were being conducted elsewhere in the city.
A few blocks away, a single SQ car sat sentinel outside the Saint Paul St. E., offices of the former ruling party, the door to Union Montreal offices guarded by an SQ officer. UPAC investigators arrived about 4 p.m., at which point party staff left the building.
In Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough, employees were reportedly ordered to stay in their offices as police searched the borough headquarters. A lone Sûreté du Québec cruiser was parked outside and journalists packed the lobby.
An official in the C.D.N.–N.D.G. borough mayor's office eventually came to explain that UPAC officers were focused on the sixth floor interviewing employees in the borough director's office, which is responsible for communications and human resources.
Projet Montréal borough councillor Peter McQueen, who was on hand when the operation began, said he went down to see the police at work.
"It raises further questions about that Union Montreal mandate from 2001," said the borough's lone opposition councillor.
One SQ car with two officers sat at the front entrance of St-Laurent city hall on Marcel-Laurin Blvd., while another sat at the rear entrance. One officer said city hall was closed and employees had been sent home at 4 p.m.
But three employees at the back of the building said they hadn't been told anything and finished their day at 4:30, as usual.
A piece of paper posted on the door said all offices in St-Laurent were closed until tomorrow.
It was a similar story at Verdun borough hall where a notice on the door announced the cancellation of a Tuesday night citizens' meeting. Two SQ detectives emerged from the building at 6:10 p.m. and said no arrests had been made.
As detectives walked through the St-Léonard borough office gathering evidence, two SQ officers sealed the building's entrances. A handful of borough workers remained on site during the raid, but it appears no one was arrested.
"The police have been here for about two hours," one city employee told The Gazette around 6:15 p.m. "Obviously, this is very tense and we really have no idea what's happening."
The police operation was discreet, with no squad cars parked in the borough office's parking lot or on surrounding streets.
In Anjou, a borough worker said the officers had been "poking around" the east end building from just before 4 p.m. until past 7:15 p.m.
A patrol car idled in the office's snowy parking lot while a UPAC cop accompanied a worker to her car.


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If fear is the mind killer, as Muad'dib explained, the routes for banishing those fears are equally devastating — it usually means confronting them. But a new Spanish study, using virtual roaches, might unlock a less grody path.
Six subjects in a Spanish experiment, subjects with a severe fear of cockroaches, exhibited a severe level of anxiety when presented with virtual roaches. According to Popular Science:
Participants sat at a desk with a computer, wearing a virtual reality headset. The headset had a camera, so the person wearing it would see a video of the desk she was looking at — but covered in virtual cockroaches. Six female study participants reported extremely high anxiety levels when presented with the simulated cockroaches.
It's unclear whether the augmented reality treatment can be used to cure the phobia in question. It was designed to simply see if the same level of panic could be reached in hopes that far more dangerous phobias — of, say, falling — could be treated is the same manner.
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Wednesday November 16th 2011 Ralph Hughes from Ceregenics was in the Netherlands. Ralph is author of the book 'Agile Data Warehousing: Delivering World-Class Business Intelligence Systems Using Scrum and XP'. Ralph is currently under contract to write more books on the topic of agility in data warehouse development.
I had been in contact with Ralph for some time; he wanted to know more about data vault, getting the facts, how it is actually used, what customers use it, how they develop and deploy, how it contributes to agility and how it impacted the business.
Of course, anything can be explained in writing or conceptually, but the 'real proof of the pudding, is in the eating'. Opportunity knocked when Ralph was in the Netherlands for his TDWI course on Agile data warehousing. He asked me whether or not I could arrange some customer visits in Amsterdam. Customers that use and deploy Data Vault and have attained a high agree of agility.
Tom Breur and me were hosts for Ralph and we visited the Free University (client of mine) and BinckBank (client of Tom), both in Amsterdam. Hans Hultgren (Genesee Academy) happened to be in the Netherlands that week and joined us as well. We met with both management and technical team members of the university and BinckBank.
Both clients were particularly interesting because their data warehouses are in production and in a mode of constant change. Both clients showed a remarkable predictability and reliability in coping with these changes. Change equated to 'business as usual'. I remember Ralph asking an engineer 'how long does it take to deploy a new data element to the warehouse?' The engineer replied: 'do you want to know the lead-time including my coffee break?'.
Ralph, Tom, me and Hans were impressed with the accomplishments of these clients in getting their data warehouse deployment in control while constantly adding value/changes to the business in a predictable fashion.
I will not transcribe the whole interview in this blog - that is simply too much - send me a note if you want to know more. Interesting differences between Free University and BinckBank were the fact that they used different automating techniques and also the level of business key integration differed slightly. Free University used templating (generating XML and import in Business Objects Data Services) for data warehouse automation and the data warehouse was driven by business keys. BinckBank used Quipu for data warehouse automation and the data warehouse was partly driven by business key, and some by surrogate key (see also my presentation on the Data Vault advanced seminar about different Data Vault species). In terms of software development methods, BinckBank used the Scrum method and Free University was based on waterfall/iterative with lots of lean practises being used.
I will try to summarize both visits from the perspective of me and Tom, particularly slanted towards Agile software development, by asking my blog readers, three questions:
- Why is it that you can build and deploy extremely small particles in Data Vault and not in other approaches, without having an increase in the overhead and coordination of these particles? In other words; 'Divide and Conquer to beat the Size / Complexity Dynamic'1
- Why is it that you can re-engineer your existing model and guarantee that the changes remain local? Something that is hugely beneficial in data warehouses that - by definition - grow over time.
- Why is it that - as your (Data Vault based) data warehouse grows - your costs grow 'merely' in linear fashion initially, and as you approach the end state marginal growth in cost decreases exponentially (as opposed to exponential cost increase for Kimball warehouses)?
I want to thank Free University as well as BinckBank for offering their time, their energy and enthusiasm to the general cause of knowledge sharing. Of course I want to thank Tom Breur and Hans Hultgren for putting in their time as well.
My special thanks of course to Ralph Hughes as being an open minded, inquisitive and knowledgeable peer. It was great being your host in the Netherlands.
1 - Gerald M. Weinberg - Quality Software Management - 1992
Photo #1: Left in the corner sits Ralph Hughes, next to him Tom Breur. On the other side the Free University; Jaap Roos (project manager), Dorien Heijting (Data Warehouse Engineer), Erwin Vreeman (Project Lead).
Photo #2: Sitting with the american flag - Ralph Hughes and Hans Hultgren. At the top of the table - BinkBank: Michel Uittenbogaard (Data Warehouse Engineer) and on the right Paul Delgman (BI manager).
Photo #3: Sitting near the window looking down: me, myself and I
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April 9, 2009
I can remember my older sister and her girl friends everyday, all tuned in to American Bandstand, and danced in the living room, after school. Who didn't grow up at some point seeing Dick Clark spanning all generations. Dick seemed to understand the mindset and eras of every decade and period, from the 50's on. As things changed, so did the music and so did the concerns of each generation, and he could relate to all of them. Not many can be compared to Dick Clark, he sure will be missed, and sure was a part of all our lives, no matter when you were born.
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Clark with Ryan Seacrest (Bryan Bedder/DCP/Getty Images for DCP)Dick Clark died earlier today. The famed TV producer was 82.
Paul Shefrin, a rep for the entertainment legend, told ABC News his client suffered a "massive heart attack."
The Mount Vernon, N.Y., native, who was born Richard Wagstaff Clark, became a breakout star after being tapped to host "American Bandstand," an afternoon dance show for teenagers, which debuted nationally in 1957. Elvis Presley, Janis Joplin and the Jackson 5 were just some of the big acts featured on the hit show. He went on to form his own production company and put out many popular shows, from the hidden camera series "TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes" to game show "$25,000 Pyramid." He also produced many TV award shows, including the Golden Globes.
In 1972, he hosted "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" for the first time, helping Americans countdown to midnight as the ball dropped in New York's Times Square. He continued to helm the special until 2004 when he suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed and unable to speak. After Regis Philbin stood in for him the first year, Clark passed the baton to "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest and, after recovering, made an annual appearance to address the audience.
Clark's first time back in 2006, he had the same boyish spirit people had grown to know. Although he clearly struggled with his speech, sounding hoarse and sometimes indecipherable, he candidly addressed the audience, saying: "Last year I had a stroke. It left me in bad shape. I had to teach myself how to walk and talk again. It's been a long, hard fight. My speech is not perfect but I'm getting there." Noting, "I wouldn't have missed this for the world."
Following the news of Clark's death, Seacrest offered condolences. "I am deeply saddened by the loss of my dear friend Dick Clark, he tweeted. "He has truly been one of the greatest influences in my life. My thoughts and prayers are with his family."
Other celebrities expressed their sadness over the passing of Clark as well. Jenny McCarthy, who appeared on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve," tweeted: "RIP dick Clark. You were amazing to work with. U will be missed. Xxxoo." Joan Rivers chimed in, writing: "Very sad to hear about Dick Clark. What a great life. What a great career. Relevant until the end. He will be missed!" Even Snoop Dogg remembered the TV man, posting: "REST IN PEACE to the DICK CLARK!! U were pioneer n a good man!! Thank u sir."
Clark is survived by his three children and his third wife, Keri Wigton, to whom he has been married since 1977.
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April 9, 2009
dick clark never looked his age. when he hosted the pyrimid game he looked 25 and had to be in his 40's then.
i work with his production company in the 70's for a bit. out band was booked through his company. met him once in the east coast..
very nice guy and i sincerely mean that..
RIP dick.
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Football is the beautiful game mostly because of what happens on the pitch, but the game doesn't lose much of its appeal even when people just talk about it.
Some football players and coaches are remembered for their skills and titles they have won, others have become famous for their pre and post match comments, and since much has been said about the former group, this article is all about the best quotes in the history of football. Do read them all as we have saved the best for last.
25.) One of Jose Mourinho's first comments when he introduced himself to the English press after arriving from Porto in summer 2004:
"Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one."
24.) Jose Mourinho on leading the title race at Chelsea – February 2005:
"We are on top at the moment but not because of the club's financial power. We are in contention for a lot of trophies because of my hard work."
23.) Jose Mourhino during Chelsea's winning streak – October 2005:
"Everybody was waiting for Chelsea not to win every game and one day when we lose there will be a holiday in the country. But we are ready for that."
22.) Jose Mourinho on Arsene Wenger – October 2005:
"I think he is one of these people who is a voyeur. He likes to watch other people. There are some guys who, when they are at home, have a big telescope to see what happens in other families. He speaks, speaks, speaks about Chelsea."
21.) Arsene Wenger on English people:
"I think in England you eat too much sugar and meat and not enough vegetables."
20.) Arsene Wenger after the Arsenal fans booed a 1-1 draw with Middlesbrough – November 1998:
"If you eat caviar every day it's difficult to return to sausages."
19.) Answering to criticism from John Carew that Zlatan Ibrahimovic's moves are pointless. (VG, April 2002):
"What Carew does with a football, I can do with an orange."
18.) Bobby Charlton replied when soccer players were referred to as slaves:
"Some people tell me that we professional players are soccer slaves. Well, if this is slavery, give me a life sentence."
17.) Ronaldo on Brazil's defeat to France in the 1998 World Cup final:
"We lost because we didn't win."
16.) Bobby Robson after playing Cameroon at the 1990 World Cup:
"We didn't underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought."
15.) Phil Woosnam, Welsh football player and manager:
"The rules of soccer are very simple, basically it is this: if it moves, kick it. If it doesn't move, kick it until it does."
14.) Mike Gray:
"Well Kerry, you're 19 and you're a lot older than a lot of people younger than yourself."
13.) Ugo Ehiogu on his happiness:
"I'm as happy as I can be, but I've been happier."
12.) Ruud Gullit explaining a defeat:
"We must have had 99 percent of the game. It was the other three percent that cost us the match."
11.) Former England Captain Terry Butcher:
"The beauty of Cup football is that Jack always has a chance of beating Goliath."
10.) Gordon Strachan referring to Wayne Rooney:
"It's an incredible rise to stardom. At 17 you're more likely to get a call from Michael Jackson than Sven Goran Eriksson."
9.) Mark Viduka:
"I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league."
8.) Gary Lineker:
"There is no in between- you're either good or bad. We were in between"
7.) Arigo Sachi on being a manager:
"You don't have to have been a horse to be a jockey."
6.) Metro Radio, Football:
"Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field."
5.) Bill Shankly, Liverpool manager on football:
"Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I'm very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that."
4.) Bob Paisley advising his players:
"If you're in the penalty area and don't know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we'll discuss the options later."
3.) Gerard Houllier on Liverpool:
"You can't say my team aren't winners. They've proved that by finishing fourth, third and second in the last three years."
2.) Gary Lineker after losing the 1990 World Cup semifinal to Germany on penalties:
"Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans win."
1.) John Lambie, Patrick Thistle manager, when told a concussed striker did not know who he was:
"That's great, tell him he's Pele and get him back on."
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*{{Ic|pacman -Q}} gives absolutely no output, and {{Ic|pacman -Syu}} erroneously reports that the system is up to date.
*{{Ic|pacman -Q}} gives absolutely no output, and {{Ic|pacman -Syu}} erroneously reports that the system is up to date.
*When trying to install a package using {{Ic|pacman -S package}} it outputs a list of already satisfied dependencies.
*When trying to install a package using {{Ic|pacman -S package}} it outputs a list of already satisfied dependencies.
Most likely, pacman's database of installed software, {{ic|/var/lib/pacman/local}}, has been corrupted or deleted. While this is a serious problem, it can be restored by following the instructions below.
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====Generating the package recovery list====
====Generating the package recovery list====
Run the script:
Run the script:
$ ./log2pkglist.awk /var/log/pacman.log > pkglist.orig
$ ./log2pkglist.awk /var/log/pacman.log > pkglist.orig
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Optionally check all installed packages for corruption:
Optionally check all installed packages for corruption:
# pacman -Qk
# pacman -Qk
===Recovering a USB key from existing install===
===Recovering a USB key from existing install===
Revision as of 21:54, 24 August 2012
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- 1 Cosmetic and Convienence
- 2 Maintenance
- 2.1 CacheClean to selectivly purge cache
- 2.2 Listing all installed packages with size
- 2.3 Identify files not owned by any package
- 2.4 Removing orphaned packages
- 2.5 Removing everything but base group
- 2.6 Listing official installed packages only
- 2.7 Getting the dependencies list of several packages
- 2.8 Getting the size of several packages
- 3 Installation and recovery
- 3.1 Installing packages from a CD/DVD or USB stick
- 3.2 Custom local repository
- 3.3 Network shared pacman cache
- 3.4 Backing up and retrieving a list of installed packages
- 3.5 List downloaded packages that are not in base or base-devel
- 3.6 Reinstalling all installed packages
- 3.7 Restore pacman's local database
- 3.8 Recovering a USB key from existing install
- 3.9 Extracting contents of a .pkg file
- 3.10 Viewing a single file inside a .pkg file
Cosmetic and Convienence
Color output
The most effective method of colorizing pacman is installing pacman-colorAUR from the AUR.
pacman-color), so you may want to use an alias.
The following instructions allow users to run some of the more common pacman commands without the need to type them fully via a script alias.
Configure the shell
Add the following examples, which work in both Bash and Zsh:
# Pacman alias examples alias pacupg='sudo pacman -Syu' # Synchronize with repositories before upgrading packages that are out of date on the local system. alias pacin='sudo pacman -S' # Install specific package(s) from the repositories alias pacins='sudo pacman -U' # Install specific package not from the repositories but from a file alias pacre='sudo pacman -R' # Remove the specified package(s), retaining its configuration(s) and required dependencies alias pacrem='sudo pacman -Rns' # Remove the specified package(s), its configuration(s) and unneeded dependencies alias pacrep='pacman -Si' # Display information about a given package in the repositories alias pacreps='pacman -Ss' # Search for package(s) in the repositories alias pacloc='pacman -Qi' # Display information about a given package in the local database alias paclocs='pacman -Qs' # Search for package(s) in the local database # Additional pacman alias examples alias pacupd='sudo pacman -Sy && sudo abs' # Update and refresh the local package and ABS databases against repositories alias pacinsd='sudo pacman -S --asdeps' # Install given package(s) as dependencies of another package alias pacmir='sudo pacman -Syy' # Force refresh of all package lists after updating /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
Perform the respective commands by simply typing the alias name. For example, to synchronize with repositories before upgrading packages that are out of date on the local system:
$ pacupg
Install packages from repositories:
$ pacin <package1> <package2> <package3>
Install a custom built package:
$ pacins /path/to/<package>
Completely remove a locally installed package:
$ pacrem <package>
Search for available packages in the repositories:
$ pacreps <keywords>
Display information about a package (e.g. size, dependencies) in the repositories:
$ pacrep <keywords>
The aliases used above are merely examples. By following the syntax samples above, rename the aliases as convenient. For example:
alias pacrem='sudo pacman -Rns' alias pacout='sudo pacman -Rns'
In the case above, the commands
pacrem and
pacout both call Bash to execute the same command.
Operations and Bash syntax
In addition to pacman's standard set of features, there are ways to extend its usability through rudimentary Bash commands/syntax.
- To install a number of packages sharing similar patterns in their names -- not the entire group nor all matching packages; eg. kde:
pacman -S kde-{applets,theme,tools}
- Of course, that is not limited and can be expanded to however many levels needed:
pacman -S kde-{ui-{kde,kdemod},kdeartwork}
- Sometimes,
-s's builtin ERE can cause a lot of unwanted results, so it has to be limited to match the package name only; not the description nor any other field:
pacman -Ss '^vim-'
- pacman has the
-qoperand to hide the version column, so it is possible to query and reinstall packages with "compiz" as part of their name:
pacman -S $(pacman -Qq | grep compiz)
House keeping, in the interest of keeping a clean system and following The Arch Way
CacheClean to selectivly purge cache
CacheClean is a Python script to clean the
/var/cache/pacman/pkg directory while allowing to specify how many package versions should be retained. [1]
A corresponding CachecleanAUR package is also available from the AUR.
Listing all installed packages with size
- You may want to get the list of installed packages sorted by size, which may be useful when freeing space on your hard drive.
pacman -Qi | awk '/^Name/ {pkg=$3} /Size/ {print $4$5,pkg}' | sort -n
- Use
- Install expac and run
expac -s "%-30n %m"
- Invoke pacgraph with the -c option to produce a list of all installed packages with their respective sizes on the system. Pacgraph is available from [community].
Identify files not owned by any package
Periodic checks for files outside of pacman database are recommended. These files are often some 3rd party applications installed using the usual procedure (e.g.
./configure && make && make install). Search the file-system for these files (or symlinks) using this simple script:
#!/bin/sh tmp=${TMPDIR-/tmp}/pacman-disowned-$UID-$$ db=$tmp/db fs=$tmp/fs mkdir "$tmp" trap 'rm -rf "$tmp"' EXIT pacman -Qlq | sort -u > "$db" find /bin /etc /lib /sbin /usr \ ! -name lost+found \ \( -type d -printf '%p/\n' -o -print \) | sort > "$fs" comm -23 "$fs" "$db"
To generate the list:
$ pacman-disowned > non-db.txt
Note that one should not delete all files listed in
non-db.txt without confirming each entry. There could be various configuration files, logs, etc., so use this list responsibly and only proceed after extensively searching for cross-references using
Removing orphaned packages
For recursively removing orphans:
# pacman -Rs $(pacman -Qtdq)
The following function is easily inserted into
$HOME/.bashrc and removes orphans if found:
orphans() { if [[ ! -n $(pacman -Qdt) ]]; then echo no orphans to remove else sudo pacman -Rs $(pacman -Qdtq) fi }
Removing everything but base group
If it is ever necessary to remove all packages except the base group, try this one liner:
# pacman -Rs $(comm -23 <(pacman -Qeq|sort) <((for i in $(pacman -Qqg base); do pactree -ul $i; done)|sort -u|cut -d ' ' -f 1))
Source: Look at discussion here
commrequires sorted input otherwise you get e.g.
comm: file 1 is not in sorted order.
pactreeprints the package name followed by what it provides e.g.
$ pactree -lu logrotate
logrotate popt glibc linux-api-headers tzdata dcron cron bash readline ncurses gzip
The 'dcron cron' line seems to cause problems, that is why
cut -d ' ' -f 1 is needed - to keep just the package name.
Listing official installed packages only
A simple
diff will do it:
diff <(pacman -Qq | sort) <(pacman -Qmq | sort) --new-line-format=' --unchanged-group-format'%>'
Getting the dependencies list of several packages
Dependencies are alphabetically sorted and doubles are removed.
Note that you can use
pacman -Qi to improve response time a little. But
you won't be able to query as many packages. Unfound packages are simply skiped
(hence the
You can get dependencies of AUR packages as well if you use
yaourt -Si,
but it will slow down the queries.
pacman -Si $@ 2>/dev/null | awk -F ": " -v filter="^Depends" \ '$0 ~ filter {gsub(/[>=<][^ ]*/,"",$2) ; gsub(/ +/,"\n",$2) ; print $2}' | sort -u
Alternatively, you can use
expac -l '\n' %E -S $@ | sort -u
Getting the size of several packages
You can use (and tweak) this little shell function:
pacman-size() { CMD="pacman -Si" SEP=": " TOTAL_SIZE=0 RESULT=$(eval "${CMD} $@ 2>/dev/null" | awk -F "$SEP" -v filter="^Size" -v pkg="^Name" \ '$0 ~ pkg {pkgname=$2} $0 ~ filter {gsub(/\..*/,"") ; printf("%6s KiB %s\n", $2, pkgname)}' | sort -u -k3) echo "$RESULT" ## Print total size. echo "$RESULT" | awk '{TOTAL=$1+TOTAL} END {printf("Total : %d KiB\n",TOTAL)}' }
As told for the dependencies list, you can use
pacman -Qi instead, but
not yaourt since AUR's PKGBUILD do not have size information.
A nice one-liner:
pacman -Si "$@" 2>/dev/null" | awk -F ": " -v filter="Size" -v pkg="Name" \ '$0 ~ pkg {pkgname=$2} $0 ~ filter {gsub(/\..*/,"") ; printf("%6s KiB %s\n", $2, pkgname)}' | sort -u -k3 \ | tee >(awk '{TOTAL=$1+TOTAL} END {printf("Total : %d KiB\n",TOTAL)}')
You should replace "$@" with packages, or put this line in a shell function.
Installation and recovery
Alternative ways of getting and restoring packages
Installing packages from a CD/DVD or USB stick
To download packages, or groups of packages:
# cd ~/Packages # pacman -Syw base base-devel grub-bios xorg gimp --cachedir . # repo-add ./custom.db.tar.gz ./*
Then you can burn the "Packages" folder to a CD/DVD or transfer it to a USB stick, external HDD, etc.
To install:
1. Mount the media:
# mkdir /mnt/repo # mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/repo #For a CD/DVD. # mount /dev/sdxY /mnt/repo #For a USB stick.
2. Edit
pacman.conf and add this repository before the other ones (e.g. extra, core, etc.). This is important. Don't just uncomment the one on the bottom. This way it ensures the files from the CD/DVD/USB take precedence over those in the standard repositories:
# nano /etc/pacman.conf
[custom] Server = file:///mnt/repo/Packages
3. Finally, synchronize the pacman database to be able to use the new repository:
# pacman -Sy
Custom local repository
pacman 3 introduced a new script named
repo-add which makes generating a database for a personal repository much easier. Use
repo-add --help for more details on its usage.
Simply store all of the built packages to be included in the repository in one directory, and execute the following command (where repo is the name of the custom repository):
$ repo-add /path/to/repo.db.tar.gz /path/to/*.pkg.tar.xz
Note that when using
repo-add, the database and the packages do not need to be in the same directory. But when using pacman with that database, they should be together.
To add a new package (and remove the old if it exists), run:
$ repo-add /path/to/repo.db.tar.gz /path/to/packagetoadd-1.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
Once the local repository has been made, add the repository to
pacman.conf. The name of the
db.tar.gz file is the repository name. Reference it directly using a file:// url, or access it via FTP using ftp://localhost/path/to/directory.
If willing, add the custom repository to the list of unofficial user repositories, so that the community can benefit from it.
In order to share packages between multiple computers, simply share
/var/cache/pacman/ using any network-based mount protocol. This section shows how to use shfs or sshfs to share a package cache plus the related library-directories between multiple computers on the same local network. Keep in mind that a network shared cache can be slow depending on the file-system choice, among other factors.
First, install any network-supporting filesystem; for example sshfs, shfs, ftpfs, smbfs or nfs
Then, to share the actual packages, mount
/var/cache/pacman/pkg from the server to
/var/cache/pacman/pkg on every client machine.
To have shared package databases, mount
/var/lib/pacman/sync/{core,extra,testing,community} in the same way. Proceed to place the appropriate lines in
Preventing unwanted cache purges
By default,
pacman -Sc removes package tarballs from the cache that correspond to packages that are not installed on the machine the command was issued on. Because pacman cannot predict what packages are installed on all machines that share the cache, it will end up deleting files that should not be.
To clean up the cache so that only outdated tarballs are deleted, add this entry in the
[options] section of
CleanMethod = KeepCurrent
Backing up and retrieving a list of installed packages
It is good practice to keep periodic backups of all pacman-installed packages. In the event of a system crash which is unrecoverable by other means, pacman can then easily reinstall the very same packages onto a new installation.
- First, backup the current list of non-local packages:
$ comm -23 <(pacman -Qeq|sort) <(pacman -Qmq|sort) > pkglist
- Store the pkglist on a USB key or other convenient medium or gist.github.com or evernote or dropbox.
- Copy the pkglist file to the new installation, and navigate to the directory containing it.
- Issue the following command to install from the backup list:
# pacman -S $(< pkglist)
In the case you have a list which was not generated like mentioned above, there may be foreign packages in it (i.e. packages not belonging to any repos you have configured, or packages from the AUR).
In such a case, you may still want to install all available packages from that list:
# pacman -S --needed $(comm -12 <(pacman -Slq|sort) <(sort badpkdlist) )
pacman -Slqlists all available softwares, but the list is sorted by repository first, hence the sort command
- Sorted files are required in order to make the
commcommand work.
- The
-12parameter display lines common to both entries.
- The
--neededswitch is used to skip already installed packages.
You may also try to install all unavailable packages (those not in the repos) from the AUR using yaourt (not recommended unless you know exactly what you are doing):
$ yaourt -S --needed $(comm -13 <(pacman -Slq|sort) <(sort badpkdlist) )
Finally, you may want to remove all the packages on your system that are not mentioned in the list. Warning: use this command wisely, and always check the result prompted by pacman.
# pacman -Rsu $(comm -23 <(pacman -Qq|sort) <(sort pkglist))
List downloaded packages that are not in base or base-devel
The following command will list any installed packages that are not in base/base-devel, and as such were likely installed manually by the user:
comm -23 <(pacman -Qeq|sort) <(pacman -Qgq base base-devel|sort)
Reinstalling all installed packages
If you mess up your system (
rm -rf) you can repair by having pacman reinstall all of your packages.
If your system does not contain any foreign (AUR) packages you can run:
# pacman -Qeq | pacman -S - # pacman -Qdq | pacman -S --asdeps -
If you have foreign packages this will error as packages will not be found in the repositories. The following will make a list of all packages and remove the foreign packages seen with
pacman -Qmq. Combining a command to list all packages, and another to hide the list of foreign packages is required.
The following will reinstall every package found in the repositories, preserving asdeps/explicitly installed info:
# comm -23 <(pacman -Qeq|sort) <(pacman -Qmq|sort) | pacman -S - # comm -23 <(pacman -Qdq|sort) <(pacman -Qmq|sort) | pacman -S --asdeps -
Restore pacman's local database
Signs that pacman needs a local database restoration:
pacman -Qgives absolutely no output, and
pacman -Syuerroneously reports that the system is up to date.
- When trying to install a package using
pacman -S packageit outputs a list of already satisfied dependencies.
- testdb (part of pacman) reports database inconsistency
Most likely, pacman's database of installed software,
/var/lib/pacman/local, has been corrupted or deleted. While this is a serious problem, it can be restored by following the instructions below.
Firstly, make sure pacman's log file is present:
$ ls /var/log/pacman.log
If it does not exist, it is not possible to continue with this method. You may be able to use Xyne's package detection script to recreate the database. If not, then the likely solution is to re-install the entire system.
Log filter script
Create a script with the following content based on [2]:
#!/usr/bin/awk -f $3 == "removed" { pkg[$4] = 0 next } $3 ~ /^(installed|upgraded)$/ { pkg[$4] = 1 } $6 == "->" { pkgver[$4] = $7 next } { pkgver[$4] = $5 } END { for (i in pkg) if (pkg[i]) { pkgname = "" i "-" pkgver[i] "-*.pkg.tar.xz" gsub(/[()]/, "", pkgname) pkgcache = "/var/cache/pacman/pkg/" custompkg = "/home/packages" # replace by location of your self-built packages if(!system("[ -f " custompkg pkgname " ]")) { print custompkg pkgname >> "files.list" } else if (!system("[ -f " pkgcache pkgname " ]")) { print pkgcache pkgname >> "files.list" } else { print i } } }
Make the script executable:
$ chmod +x log2pkglist.awk
Generating the package recovery list
Run the script:
$ ./log2pkglist.awk /var/log/pacman.log > pkglist.orig
This way two files will be created:
files.list with package files, still present on machine and
pkglist.orig, packages from which should be downloaded. Later operation may result in mismatch between files of older versions of package, still present on machine, and files, found in new version. Such mismatches will have to be fixed manually.
Here is a way to automatically restrict second list to packages available in a repository:
$ { cat pkglist.orig; pacman -Slq; } | sort | uniq -d > pkglist
Check if some important base package are missing, and add them to the list:
$ comm -23 <(pacman -Sgq base) pkglist.orig >> pkglist
Proceed once the contents of both lists are satisfactory, since they will be used to restore pacman's installed package database;
Performing the recovery
Define bash alias for recovery purposes:
# recovery-pacman() { pacman "$@" \ --log /dev/null \ --noscriptlet \ --dbonly \ --force \ --nodeps \ --needed \ # }
--log /dev/null allows to avoid needless pollution of pacman log,
--needed will save some time by skipping packages, already present in database,
--nodeps will allow installation of cached packages, even if packages being installed depend on newer versions. Rest of options will allow pacman to operate without reading/writing filesystem.
Populate the sync database:
# pacman -Sy
Start database generation by installing locally available package files from
# recovery-pacman -U $(< files.list)
Install the rest from
# recovery-pacman -S $(< pkglist)
Update the local database so that packages that are not required by any other package are marked as explicitly installed and the other as dependences. You will need be extra careful in the future when removing packages, but with the original database lost is the best we can do.
# pacman -D --asdeps $(pacman -Qq) # pacman -D --asexplicit $(pacman -Qtq)
Optionally check all installed packages for corruption:
# pacman -Qk
Optionally #Identify files not owned by any package.
Update all packages:
pacman -Su
Recovering a USB key from existing install
If you have Arch installed on a USB key and manage to mess it up (e.g. removing it while it is still being written to), then it is possible to re-install all the packages and hopefully get it back up and working again (assuming USB key is mounted in /newarch)
# pacman -S $(pacman -Qq --dbpath /newarch/var/lib/pacman) --root /newarch --dbpath /newarch/var/lib/pacman
Extracting contents of a .pkg file
.pkg files ending in
.xz are simply tar'ed archives that can be decompressed with:
$ tar -Jxvf package.tar.xz
If you want to extract a couple of files out of a
.pkg file, this would be a way to do it.
Viewing a single file inside a .pkg file
for example, if you want to see the contents of "/etc/conf.d/ntpd.conf" supplied within the ntp package:
$ tar -xOf /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ntp-4.2.6.p5-6-i686.pkg.tar.xz etc/conf.d/ntpd.conf


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Blog of Dr. Miland Brown that features different aspects of world history. Not everything can be covered but sites dealing with any historical issue or topic are possible future posts. Also includes sites which discuss teaching history. Dr. Brown is an academic in North America.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Genocide Education Project: Armenian Genocide
It includes:
- Teaching Guides
- Survivor Accounts
- A Synopsis of Armenian History
- Denial (looking at Turkish efforts to deny the facts)
There are also options for buying books, videos, and teaching packets.
From the site:
During WWI, The Young Turk political faction of the Ottoman Empire sought the creation of a new Turkish state extending into Central Asia. Those promoting the ideology called "Pan Turkism" (creating a homogenous Turkish state) now saw its Armenian minority population as an obstacle to the realization of that goal.
On April 24, 1915, several hundred Armenian community leaders and intellectuals in Constantinople (modern day Istanbul) were arrested, sent east, and put to death. In May, after mass deportations had already begun, Minister of the Interior Talaat Pasha, claiming that Armenians could offer aid and comfort to the enemy and were in a state of imminent rebellion, ordered their deportation into the Syrian desert.
The adult and teenage males were separated from the deportation caravans and killed under the direction of Young Turk functionaries. Women and children were driven for months over mountains and desert, often raped, tortured, and mutilated. Deprived of food and water and often stripped of clothing, they fell by the hundreds of thousands along the routes to the desert. Ultimately, more than half the Armenian population, 1,500,000 people were annihilated. In this manner the Armenian people were eliminated from their homeland of several millennia.
2 comments:
- Geoff Elliott said...
No doubt that millions of Armenians were killed during WWI in Turkey. Innumerable Turks were killed in the chaos as well. The Ottoman Empire had sided with Germany, of course, but the Armenians threw their lot in with Russia, fighting against the Ottomans. While Pan Turkism is still prevalent in modern Turkey, to say that this was a genocide in the sense of Nazi Germany or Rwanda is inaccurate.
Armenians have a brilliantly organized disapora with strong political connections in Washington, D.C. I'd love to read a "fair and balanced" history of this time of tragedy in Turkey.
- super hero said...
The number of people Armenians claim that have been killed during the deportatiton is clearly overexaggrated. Of course even one lost soul counts in such a disaster, and as a matter of fact nobody in Turkey cliams that such a thing didnot happen.
But what Turkey says is, it as not a genocide act took place in the way Armenians want to present it. The link between the deporatiton and the infamous raeason "Turkification of Anatolia" is extremely weak. for those who make a least bit of search on the issue imemdiatly sees that Armenians were not the innocence people of Anatolia. On the contrary, they were the fighting people of Anatolia who chose to take side against Ottomans, and eventually failed.


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As chief of the division of sleep and chronobiology in the department of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, David F. Dinges, Ph.D., focuses on ways sleep and the endogenous circadian pacemaker interact to control wakefulness and waking neurobehavioral functions such as physiological alertness, attention, cognitive performance, fatigue, mood, neuroendocrine profiles, immune responses and health. In an interview with Psychiatric Times, Dinges discussed neurobehavioral consequences of sleep loss, factors that impair sleeping, the pervasiveness of sleepiness and new ways to manage sleepiness.
Psychiatric Times: What is the function of sleep?
Dinges: This fundamental question has two levels. An extensive description of the neurobiological mechanisms of sleep will likely reveal multiple functions at a basic, probably subcellular, level. To date, these remain occult. At a more molar level, sleep promotes subsequent wakefulness. The stability of the wake state, alertness, and how well the brain functions cognitively and emotionally all depend upon an adequate duration of quality sleep. If you don't sleep enough, waking is eroded, even though you may not be aware of it.
So if sleep is essential for waking, then how much sleep is needed and for how long? Although the duration of sleep needed for stable waking functions varies among individuals and across the life span, daily sleep in our species is an average duration of eight hours. Because time is viewed in the information age as a commodity that can be bought, sold, traded and generally controlled at will, large segments of modern society have chronically reduced sleep durations. The reasons include sleep loss from occupational demands such as shift work or jet lag, sleep loss associated with aging and other developmental issues and, most pervasively, sleep loss associated with lifestyles that put a premium on waking activities. Because so many of us routinely reduce our sleep, we have created a new societal standard for wakefulness that is suboptimal. Far too many people are sleep-deprived to the point of requiring caffeine, exogenous stimulation and compensatory effort to remain awake. It is not uncommon to hear people attribute their sleepiness and even uncontrolled sleep attacks to a boring or sedentary activity-not appreciating that their own inherent biological drive for sleep overwhelms wakefulness when stimulation or compensatory effort are no longer enough. In contrast, wakefulness following satiation of sleep drive is effortless and requires no stimulation. The neurobiology for wakefulness and the neurobiology for sleep can be thought of as being in opposition [Edgar et al., 1993]. There is evidence that the endogenous circadian pacemaker located in the suprachiasmatic nucleus is a wake-promoting system [Edgar et al., 1993].
Its primary neurobiological effect is to promote wakefulness at the right time of day. In diurnal animals like us, that's when the sun is out. The sleep drive or so-called "sleep homeostat" is in counterregulation to these waking mechanisms. The longer you're awake, or the less sleep you get night after night, the greater the drive to sleep. In reality, the circadian pacemaker and sleep homeostat interact dynamically, tipping the balance toward sleep at night and waking during the day. Even though your circadian system may be promoting wakefulness at the right time of day, if you have too great a sleep debt, your ability to function will be compromised. You will experience problem sleepiness, with its attendant risk for reductions in attention, recall and cognitive throughput, and increased errors and uncontrolled sleep attacks [National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute and National Center on Sleep Disorders Research Working Group, 1999]. My message to psychiatrists and other physicians is simple: Take sleepiness seriously in patients or yourself, as it may have a basis in sleep pathology. Problem sleepiness poses a risk to the patient's safety, (e.g., while driving) and quality of life (e.g., attending school or work).
PT: What do recent studies tell us about the functions of REM [rapid eye movement] and non-REM sleep?
Dinges: There is accumulating evidence from animal and human studies that long-term memory consolidation may be one of the primary activities during REM sleep. Without adequate REM sleep, it appears that some memories from the preceding day do not get consolidated.
In contrast, the functions of non-REM sleep remain unknown, although it has been suggested that non-REM has a priority role in recovery. But what's recovered? One theory posits that sleep restores glycogen depleted during waking [Benington and Heller, 1995]. The neurobiological functions of non-REM and REM sleep will likely be discovered in the next five years as the field of basic sleep science completes elucidation of the molecules and brain sites involved in the different sleep states.
There may be parallel functions for sleep in recovery or calibration in emotional processing. However, the relationship of sleep to affect is poorly understood. There is indirect evidence that emotional stability may be a function of obtaining adequate sleep. There is much comorbidity between insomnia and depression. Insomnia symptoms appear to be a risk factor for developing clinically significant depression [Ford and Kamerow, 1989]. Sleep deprivation can acutely relieve depression in some patients and trigger mania in many bipolar patients [Wu and Bunney, 1990]. We've not been able to explain these unexpected effects of sleep loss, but they suggest that the link between loss of sleep and emotional valence may be fundamental to the neurobiology of each. Now we can speculate that every night sleep rebuilds, metaphorically at least, cognitive and emotional capabilities.
Sleep may serve important functions for other physiological systems [Dinges and Chugh, 1997], including immune system integrity and responses. Some of the molecules that turn sleep on-cytokines such as interleukin-1-are active when we develop fever. They not only produce the febrile response, but they also make us sleepy and alter sleep responses [Krueger and Majde, 1994]. There is also evidence that sleep deprivation, especially chronic, may compromise host defense against infection from endogenous pathogens [Everson, 1993]. Therefore sleep may be protective immunologically, either directly or indirectly.
The lethal effects of chronic sleep deprivation have been well-documented in rodents using a yoked control paradigm [Rechtschaffen et al., 1983]. From this model there is evidence that sleep loss involves a progression of ever greater physical debilitation which apparently does not involve failure of a vital organ. Rather, it compromised physiological adaptation reflected in disturbances in thermoregulatory, metabolic and immune systems [Dinges and Chugh, 1997]. Neuroimaging studies of the brains of sleep-deprived rodents, experimentally sleep-deprived humans and patients with fatal familial insomnia [Medori et al., 1992] reveal marked hypometabolism in thalamic regions, among other areas, of the wake brain [Dinges and Chugh, 1997]. Since the thalamus is actively involved with the cortex and reticular formation in the initiation and maintenance of non-REM sleep, these imaging studies may suggest a sustained pressure for, if not outright co-occurrence of, aspects of sleep in the presence of waking.
Sleep may help maintain a range of functions involving health and adaptive behavior. Yet it remains for many people undervalued relative to its role in waking functions. We have had success in making people aware of sleep problems, like obstructive sleep apnea and the ability of medicine to treat these conditions. However, we still have a long way to go to get physicians and patients to understand that identification, prevention and treatment of sleepiness, regardless of its cause, is essential for full behavioral health. The widespread tolerance of sleepiness as an acceptable consequence of modern life, and the failure to appreciate its potentially devastating neurobehavioral effects on children, adolescents, adults and the elderly is an ongoing crisis. As the core specialty for behavioral health, psychiatry has a pivotal role to play in educating the public about sleep, sleep disorders and problem sleepiness. However, too few psychiatrists obtain training in sleep.
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Transformers: Seeds Of Deception presents The True Identity of Rodimus Prime (an essay).
At the end of Magnificent Crisis, Rodimus Prime entered the universe of Transformers: "Seeds of Deception" comics. The real Rodimus Prime, the Autobot Leader invested by the Matrix.
But what inspired this reimagining of the character in War Within/-Ation style? It was the original >G1 counterpart-- a figure as complex and mature as was rarely or never seen in Transformers cartoons, as this article is going to explain.
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User pageEdit
Hi. I don't mean to sound forward, but would you consider creating a user page? James Cody and LordJuss's user pages have been on the unwritten topics page for months. It really irritates me. Plus it lets people know more about you. Thanks! Tough Little Ship 22:27, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I would prefer a way be found to remove user pages from the unwritten topics page. Having them in the list bothers me also, however, I would rather not make a user page. I do not wish to be difficult, so if they cannot be removed I will make a page. Keep me posted. Jaf 22:31, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)Jaf
- Thanks, I hope I didn't sound too forward. Tough Little Ship 22:41, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Would it be acceptable to you, Jaf, if we made User:Jaf a redirect to this talk page? This would remove it from the list. -- Captain Mike K. Barteltalk 17:23, 10 Aug 2005 (UTC)
- Thanks, I hope I didn't sound too forward. Tough Little Ship 22:41, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Bush discussionEdit
Hey Jaf, I'm sorry that seemed like a comment towards you -- I gotta say i was just trying to affirm that MA doesn't "make-up" information, and suggest a mode of action -- further research. i didn't mean it to be derogatory, and i don't intend to continue dominating the discussion, either, so that some of the other points start being heard (and i'm a little disappointed how it changed the tone of the talk page when TOSrules added the voting section -- i'd have preferred to wait until it was discussed more). but i think we've both said our piece.
Maybe we should create a timestream list/reference anyway, to place a solid template for how we need to not include any real-life data not derived from the timestream footage -- and look at the cases point by point. -- Captain Mike K. Barteltalk
- Hey Mike I understand your feelings on the Vote, but I think everyone was pretty much set on what they thought of the issue. --TOSrules 07:34, 12 Sep 2005 (UTC)
- You see the benefits? The main thing I am thinking of is holding off future troubles, this kind of thing takes a lot of editing time from a lot of users, plus people don't come here to get heated up. On another note you insulted me, side stepping it does not undo it, you have to suck it up and accept responsibility when you do wrong, it's what separates the men from the boys. You are a great editor and your work is superb, but you have a gift making talk pages get sparky and you should work on that. The natural response when someone points out a fault is defensive, avoid this. None of us are without fault, I hope mine are so small. Jaf 04:00, 12 Sep 2005 (UTC)Jaf
- I'm not sure how you want me to take more responsibility except by stepping back and letting the discussion continue, and working with you to finish it -- i've no problem with you or your work and wouldn't mind accepting your input on the course of timestream articles -- i hope you don't think that by emphasizing that more research was needed, and that I wasnt "making things up", it dosn't mean i'm not accepting your input. You were a valuable part of the few users that have commented since i subsectioned the continued comments. I hope you don't see this as side-stepping. -- Captain Mike K. Barteltalk 04:20, 12 Sep 2005 (UTC)
- I was refering to insulting me, not the debate. Jaf 12:12, 12 Sep 2005 (UTC)Jaf
hey Jaf, I know how you feel losing that debate. I am glad I won in this case, but if it makes you feel any better, I've lost a few debates, my first being Talk:Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and Talk:Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Back then I didn't even know how do a sig, you can see I made the custom using my own time zone hehe. I know you are not that new, but I just thought I'd try to make peace, I think everyone here has lost a debate. Although with Talk: James T. Kirk I do not believe anyone really won. --TOSrules 07:34, 12 Sep 2005 (UTC)
- My friend, i'm not heated. I came into that debate only because I thought I had a solution on how to end it, however my suggestion had the unexpected result of causing a fuss. Jaf 12:12, 12 Sep 2005 (UTC)Jaf
- Never said you were heated, it is just that the community went against you so I thought I would post something to let you know I respect your opinion.
--TOSrules 20:01, 12 Sep 2005 (UTC)
- Thank you. Jaf 00:35, 13 Sep 2005 (UTC)Jaf
Reptiles and eels Edit
Thanks for the nice words about my work, it's been fun collecting all the animal stuff. Concerning eel: I just put two eel-like creatures on the fish page, I'll just copy that stuff and put in on the eel disambiguation page.
And lizards: I just remembered, that Alexander Rozhenko steals a small model of a lizard in "New Ground". I don't have the DVD box here, so I can't make screenshots at the moment, but I will add some text about that lizard. There's also Janeway's spirit guide who looks like a lizard, I will add that one as well. --Jörg 00:08, 22 Sep 2005 (UTC)
Well, I didn't find other references to crocodiles (but I found another alligator in "The Squire of Gothos". It seems as if all three alligators are alligators. But I created a new page for goats including Earth, Organian and Torothan goats. :-) I'll work a little more on that tomorrow. --Jörg 01:36, 22 Sep 2005 (UTC)
Discussion formatEdit
Hi Jaf, just a small reminder regarding the format of discussions: When adding a new reply, please add it to the bottom of the discussion. For each of your replies in one discussion, please use the same indentation (number of ":"). See Help:Talk pages. Thanks, Cid Highwind
- Ah, yes, that's np. I usually just check the dates that people post to make order in my head, but I can see how most people wouldn't think that way. Jaf 21:08, 13 Oct 2005 (UTC)Jaf
Borg drone Edit
I just added the pic, looks good! :-) --Jörg 13:37, 15 Oct 2005 (UTC)
Ferengi FA Nomination Edit
Because you participated in the peer review for the Ferengi article I'd like to ask that you vote on its current nomination. Whichever way you vote I think it's an important last step to the review process and will help ensure that more detailed articles get their due in the peer review and nominations. Thanks. Logan 5 19:12, 27 Nov 2005 (UTC)
Dude Edit
Where's my car? NerdierThanThou 21:55, 28 Nov 2005 (UTC)
episodes with many background aliens Edit
I'm just re-checking the relevant episodes, as you suggested. The only other aliens I could find in "Ménage à Troi" were Klingons and Vulcans, I added them to the list.
Right now, I'm working on "Tsunkatse". There, we've also got the Voth and Swarm species. There are also many known alien species without proper names, but were we know a member of the species, at least (Yost's species, Torat's species). Then, there's also the aliens that killed Ahni Jetal. Finally, there's some completely unnamed DS9 background aliens like the Aliens with large, triangular head, the Aliens with long faces or the tailheads. But how to add those aliens to the list? I'll work on the "Dead Stop" aliens in a few minutes. --Jörg 23:57, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
- sounds good! will you take care of the "Tsunkatse" aliens? I also have no idea how to link to the subheadings. In the meantime, I also found a member of the Reptohumanoids in the training room of the Tsunkatse vessel, so they can also be added to the participating species, and there are also many representatives of Penk's species aka the Norcadians in the audience.
The alien in the background when Valerie Archer and Chakotay meet for the first time in the cafe is a Peliar Zel native. There's also a Vulcan and a Ferengi in the cafe and the unnamed alien barkeeper.
I'll check "Dead Stop" now. --Jörg 00:21, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
- And I added the Axanar, Kreetassans and, again, the Peliar Zel natives to the list. The first time, a Peliar Zel native was seen in a Starfleet uniform was in "The First Duty", where a cadet from Peliar Zel is sitting in the audience during Wesley's trial, and can also been spotted walking on the grounds of Starfleet Academy, wearing a red uniform. This Peliar Zel native, like the one in "In the Flesh" doesn't wear the elaborate hat and has black, long hair, worn in a bun. ----Jörg 00:42, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
Your presence is requested Edit
We're having an important meeting on policy right now. Please get on IRC (the "Chat" link in the navigation bar) as soon as you get a chance. Thanks! --Vedek Dukat Talk | Duty Roster 01:45, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
- ...I hope you posted this before I joined the channel... heh Jaf 01:50, 26 January 2006 (UTC)Jaf
XXX's species Edit
Hi Jaf! I'm about to add many many XXX's species entries to the Unnamed humanoids list, before doing that, I'd like your opinion: Do you think, I should add entries like Bahrat's species, as we've only seen one member of the species in all of Star Trek (as far as I can tell), or should I only add species with more than one member depicted on screen? --Jörg 22:47, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your quick reply, for now, I just added the species that were seen more than once, though, I'd also like to eventually see species pages for each and every species seen in Trek. While goinf through my screencaps I noticed, for exmaple, that Axum and Ravis are of the same species, so they definitely should get their own page. There's also the small problem with naming the species, if there is more than one named individual. I usually chose the most prominent one (e.g. Gotana-Retz, Dala, Gosis, here all members of the species were only seen in one episode). And there are also named members of the same species from different episodes (e.g. Larell and Talura, Zolan and Okalar), what a can of worms! ;-) --Jörg 23:04, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
I checked the list at The Void and can't think of any other species mentioned or seen. There's just one unnamed alien present in the mess hall, when Bosaal gets his tour of the Voyager, but he can barely be seen and his make-up seems to be new, so basically, that list should be finished now. Where else can we add such lists? Well, there's Federation Archaeology Council, Nekrit supply depot (doesn't exist yet), Markonian outpost or Quarra workforce and all the bars where several aliens were seen (Bonestell Recreation Facility, the Bar on Dessica II etc...
Problem with moving the extinction pages today is that now all the links to the episode link to "Extinction". It would have re-directed, but you moved extinct there. There shouldn't be to many links, we can probably switch them all in a couple minutes. Can you give me a hand? Jaz 22:55, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
Today's vandalEdit
Nice work with reverting that vandal. Resistance really is futile. Jaz talk | novels 00:16, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
25th Century Vulcans and Ronara aliensEdit
I just re-cked the episodes in question. There's 4 Vulcans in "Endgame" and one in "The Visitor", but all are members of Starfleet or cadets. There's two Vulcans on the VOY re-union party, and two Vulcan cadets (one hard to make out) at Starfleet Academy, when Janeway gives a lecture about the Borg.
There's one Vulcan member of Starfleet aboard the future USS Defiant (2370) in "The Visitor".
I added the list of aliens seen in the bar on Ronara Prime or in the colony on the same planet to the Ronara page. Not much really, a Klingon, two Vulcans and a few Bajorans. I noticed however, that the guy Ro Laren kisses to prevent Starfleet from finding her in the bar is a Kobliad. Finally, there's a big guy wearing a Pakled costume, but no Pakled-make-up and 3 unknown aliens, one in the bar, two in the colony. --Jörg 14:54, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
Talk pagesEdit
Just a heads up here, but talk comments typically go on user talk pages, not their user pages. -Alan del Beccio 05:20, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
- Ah yes, I knew that just didn't notice where I had put it. Thanks. Jaf 21:16, 19 March 2006 (UTC)Jaf
Bolian-Borg Edit
The assimilated Bolian was orginially an engineer aboard the Enterprise-E, he's already listed here: Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) personnel#Bolian Engineer, but if you want I can also upload a pic of him as a Bolian-Borg. I orginally thought there was an assimilated Bolian in "Collective", but it turns out it actually was a member of Dala's species, the cranial ridge looks very similar. --Jörg 14:12, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
- I just uploaded the pic of the assimilated Bolian. Tell me if you need anything else! :-) --Jörg 14:30, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
IRC Bolian-Chat Edit
Hey Jaf! I was wondering, if you've got a little time, if you could join the memory-alpha IRC channel MA:SM and we can talk about the remaining DS9 Bolians? Would make things a little easier. :-)--Jörg 13:42, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
Efrosian ResolutionEdit
So I think that the Efrosian thing ended up fairly well, actually. We researched the matter, finally found something to hang our collective hat on that actually met policy, and got people to recognize that even commonly held beliefs need to be examined for accuracy and conformance to permitted sources. And the name was kept (which I was happy about as I always kinda liked it anyway). So score 1 for a realization about the necessity of getting it right. (Of course, I would have preferred if Vedek Dukat hadn't gotten quite so angry at my not giving up the search - see his user page for a rather nasty link to mine - but I'm sure he'll calm down.) Thanks for your support during it and I really do think it was a good thing for everyone involved. Aholland 16:19, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
Bolian lady Edit
Hey, no prob at all! I, actually, should be busy with uni as well but I'm taking an out-time this week (birthday coming up, lots of preparations...:-)) and that Bolian will still be here in a couple of weeks ;-) I'll add pictures once you've started to work on that article, I've got pics of every appearance of that lady. --Jörg 22:31, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
Axum's species Edit
Well, I think that make-up was only seen three times, just the three characters that you mentioned on the page (good work, by the way! :-))
And about Dala: Her species was seen in "Live Fast and Prosper", of course, and an assimilated (but dead) member of the species was seen on the Borg kids' cube in "Collective", and another borgified member was seen in "Unimatrix Zero", again on a Borg cube. --Jörg 15:05, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
Lansor's species + Meryl Edit
I uploaded a pic of Meryl (Meryl.jpg), she can best be seen (though she is screaming) in Seven's nightmares.
Lansor's species was , as far as I can tell, never seen again, but the two Borg seen in "Collective" and "Unimatrix Zero" (mentioned earlier) might have been of his species, or of Dala's species. The only thing that differentiates the two species at the moment is that Lansor had hair and Dala hadn't, and as assimilated Borg don't have hair, it is kind of hard to tell..;-) --Jörg 17:57, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Ktarian-Borg Edit
I uploaded a pic of the Ktarian Borg (who looks nothing like Naomi or Etana Jol...;-)) on the Ktarian page. --Jörg 14:08, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
- And to make things even more complicated, take a look here: [1] ;-). --Jörg 15:43, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Ronald B. Moore (comedian) Edit
Sorry for jumping the gun - I actually reverted the change before looking at the talk page, given the momentary wave of vandalism. Feel free to revert my revert. ;) --Vedek Dukat Talk | Duty Roster 23:02, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
- All good. It's my own fault for editing under ip all the time, but signing in is commitment and I hate commitment, heh. Jaf 23:06, 1 May 2006 (UTC)Jaf
Don't sink to his level. You know what I mean. Jaz talk 23:40, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
- I have to admit, reverting vandels is a guilty pleasure of mine. This place wouldn't be the same without them. Jaf 01:05, 2 May 2006 (UTC)Jaf
I really apreciate what you are trying to do, however, I think the point has been made and is Rcimir is the only objection, we can sort this all out. Thanks for your support though. Jaz talk 22:56, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
bees Edit
I found 4 references, I hope that it is enough to save the article. --Jörg 22:04, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
Revert on Hull Edit
Thanks for catching my mistake on Hull. I'm not perfect, I make mistakes occasionally, and am willing to admit that this was one of them. I still stand by my change to Torpedo. There was already a list there, I did not remove that one, but the anon added a second list that included the same content as the first, as well as a large number of things which are not even torpedoes. --OuroborosCobra 02:46, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
- All good. Jaf 02:47, 28 June 2006 (UTC)Jaf
Unknown alien... again Edit
I have been pondering about that lady as well. The problem is we only see her from the side so it's kind of hard to figure out her species (if it was seen before). I thought she might be from Bre'el IV, but her forehead is way too short. I have no idea at the moment what species she is but I'll keep looking ;-) --Jörg 10:58, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
- The boxing trainer from "The Fight" is a re-use of the face-piece of the Bothan from "Persistence of Vision", that was also slightly modified and re-used for the drug dealer in "Fair Trade". The make-up is pink in "The Fight", instead of light brown in "Persistence of vision" or blue in "Fair Trade". A small row of spikes was added to the forehead and the alien has a large bulbous head, that was not part of the original Bothan make-up, but the face is definitely Bothan. --Jörg 21:32, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
- The Kinboris and the Morphinians are not seen (or not identified) in the episode, but the female Shivolian, or to be precise, the back of her head, is seen when Naomi asks Seven about her species. Looking at other scenes in the episode, showing the various aliens from all sides, it becomes clear that the Shivolian female is a modification of the Voth make-up. Her head is reddish but other Shivolians with greenish skin are seen as well. But you're right, there is the possibility that Torat's species might be the Kinboris or the Morphinians. --Jörg 16:03, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
I hope this is the right way to "tak" (I am new). I created your "interspecies sex" page mentioned in the discussion on the interspecies reproduction page. Just thought you should know. --Icesyckel 17:29, 1 December 2007 (UTC)


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Matthew Fox would rather live in a hatch than find himself marooned on another TV show once "Lost's" final season ends in May.
The 43-year-old actor who plays Dr. Jack Shepherd on "Lost" said he looks forward to ending a 12-year career on the small screen after ABC's hit mind-meld drama wraps up its sixth season.
"I won't be doing any more television," Fox told Usmagazine.com at a "Lost" premiere party in Hawaii last weekend.
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Before joining the cast of "Lost" in 2004, Fox also starred for six seasons on the Fox network's "Party of Five," where he played the eldest brother in charge of a family of five siblings torn asunder by their parents' deaths.
The actor figures he's logged about 300 hours of television from both shows, according to Us.
So what's next?
"I'm either going to make movies with filmmakers I want to work with or I'll be doing something else entirely," Fox said.
In the meantime, he said he's plotting a move to Oregon with his wife Margherita and their two kids, 11-year-old Kyle Allison and 8-year-old Byron.
"I miss the four seasons climate," Fox told Us. "We're building a house up there and I'll be closer to my brothers and my mother. Our kids will be closer to their first cousins."


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