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The Samaritan Woman at the Well
May 2, 2010
Long before the medieval theories of soteriology, Christian art and hymnography described our Lord's descent into hell as a sort of "surprise attack" on the realm of death. According to this imagery, the soul of Christ descended into the netherworld, even as His body was placed in the tomb. Neither place, however, was able to hold Him.
According to the prophet David, Christ was victorious over death both in the grave and in hell: "For You will not leave my soul in hell, / Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption" (Psalm 16 [15]:10).
The Apostle Peter commented on this text: "His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses" (Acts 2:31-32).
There was no way for the realm of death to prepare for the dramatic appearance of Jesus, whom it was unable to hold. Death had swallowed what it could not digest. St. John Chrysostom said it best: "The Savior's death has set us free. _ He that was held prisoner of it has annihilated it. By descending into Hell, He made Hell captive. He embittered it when it tasted of His flesh . . . It took a body, and met God face to face. It took earth, and encountered Heaven."
A special foreshadowing of that event in the nether world, surely, was the Ark of the Covenant, when the apparently victorious Philistines rashly seized it. They first took the Ark, we recall, to the temple of their own god, Dagon, as a trophy of combat. The trouble began right away: After the first night, Dagon was found lying prone before the Ark; after the second night, he was reduced to a stump (1 Samuel 5:3-4).
The Lord of the Ark, having disposed of the Philistine god, then turned to deal with the Philistines, wreaking havoc in three cities of their pentapolis (5:8-12). The reader is reminded of the plagues visited on Egypt — both animal pests (Exodus 7:26-8:27; 10:1-15) and bodily affliction (Exodus 9:8-12), including death (Exodus 12:29-36).
As the Ark was moved from city to city, Philistine panic intensified. Its mere arrival at Ekron was sufficient to cause consternation, prior to any actual damage! In these descriptions, the biblical author is enjoying himself immensely. It is important to read this story as undiluted comedy.
Historians have variously identified the Philistine pestilence, the most severe suggestion being bubonic plague. Although that interpretation would account for the rodents and the physical symptoms (buboes or glandular swellings), we should not permit a preoccupation with diagnosis to obscure the author's literary and rhetorical intention — to portray the affliction in terms of extreme discomfort and even embarrassment. The King James Version, sensing this intention, identified the swellings as hemorrhoids. That is to say, the emphasis in this account is on anal distress. Our earliest commentator on the story, Josephus (Antiquities 6.1.3), believed that death came from "dysentery." (I forego his description!)
The theological message of this account rests on the biblical theme of victory arising out of defeat. The Philistines had barely time to celebrate their supposed triumph when they began to suspect their mistake: They had swallowed what they could not digest. The tables were turned. Instead of the Ark borne as the spoils in a victory parade, its transport became the Lord's own victory march. The Philistines began to know how ancient Pharaoh felt, when the full force of the ten plagues made him eager for Israel to leave Egypt.
The comedic intent of this narrative should be carried over, I believe, to the later event it foreshadowed: the Lord's descent into hell. Certain elements in modern theology tend to portray as tragedy the creedal line that affirms, "He descended into hell." Some contemporary authors interpret that line in the darkest terms, as though Jesus, in descending into hell, experienced the essence of damnation: Radical abandonment by the Father.
Modern speculation on the psychological experience of Jesus, however, should not cause us to forget that the Church has traditionally regarded the descent into hell in terms, not of tragedy, but of comedy — even ridicule. Hell, said Chrysostom, "was embittered, for it was mocked."
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The United States and the European Union on Wednesday inched closer to starting negotiations on a long-desired free trade deal, with the release of a report calling for wide-ranging market opening and mutual acceptance of product standards.
U.S. President Barack Obama, whose administration is already pursuing a free trade agreement between the United States and 10 countries in the Asia Pacific region, referred to the US-EU initiative at a closing press conference on Tuesday at the Group of 20 leading economies summit in Las Cabos, Mexico.
"Today, the United States and the European Union agreed to take the next step in our work towards the possible launching of negotiations on an agreement to strengthen our already very deep trade and investment partnership," Obama said.
Obama and EU leaders urged the working group to "complete its work as quickly as possible" so a formal decision on whether to launch negotiations could be made later this year.
"A strong outcome can enhance not only transatlantic economic ties, but also address shared market access challenges in third countries and encourage a forward-looking multilateral trade liberalization agenda," said Obama, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy in a joint statement.
"Particularly at this time, a bold initiative to expand trade and investment could make a significant contribution to our strategy to strengthen growth and create jobs," they said.
The United States and the EU already have one of the largest trade and investment relationships in the world.
However, business groups on both sides have long pushed for a free trade agreement to eliminate remaining tariffs and to tackle regulatory barriers that impede trade in areas ranging from financial services to chemicals.
Businesses would like an agreement in which a car tested for safety in the United States would not have to be tested again in Europe, or a drug deemed safe by Brussels would not have to be approved by U.S. government experts.
EU Ambassador to the United States Joao Vale de Almeida called the joint report and the leader's instructions to work toward launching talks on an ambitious agreement covering agriculture, services, manufactured goods and other sectors "very good news for both economies."
"I think the potential for gains in regulatory areas is maybe the most important one if you consider our tariffs are already at a very low level," Vale de Almeida said.
The EU-U.S. working group said in its report that a comprehensive free trade deal could eliminate tariffs and other barriers to trade in goods, services and investment, and enhance the compatibility of regulations and standards.
It could also lower "non-tariff" barriers such as some health and safety regulations, which hinder foreign businesses without formally penalising them.
"Based on our work thus far, the co-chairs of the High Level Working Group believe that a comprehensive transatlantic trade and investment agreement, if achievable, is the option that has the greatest potential for supporting jobs and promoting growth and competitiveness across the Atlantic," the report said.
The two sides should also seek to create "a more integrated transatlantic marketplace" by addressing issues arising from things like technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures, and by early consultation on regulations.
The report called on officials and businesses in both blocs to present concrete proposals by the end of the year to ease the regulatory differences that impede change.
"We are now entering the last leg of mapping out how we should tackle any eventual negotiation to boost growth and jobs through our trade partnership," EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said in a statement.
A trade-driven boost to economic growth and confidence would help both Obama, campaigning to be re-elected in November, and EU leaders, who are struggling with a financial crisis and near-zero growth.
Still, U.S. and EU officials worry about launching negotiations that could drag on for years without success, such as the Doha round of world trade talks, which started in 2001 and never reached an agreement.
Peter Rashish, vice president for Europe and Eurasia at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said he was encouraged by the report even though the two sides noted some worked remained on difficult issues before negotiations can be launched.
"My best guess is they are talking about some agriculture and regulatory issues. We've always thought those could be the most challenging, but I think the tone of the whole report is that these can be done. So I think we're on the right path," Rashish said. (Reporting By Sebastian Moffett in Brussels and Doug Palmer in Washington; Editing by Roger Atwood)

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Usually, I try to write a witty intro, a follow-the-joke personal anecdote, an insightful comment on the industry at large, or an off-tangent "What does this have to with anything?" observation that somehow resolves itself by the last paragraph. It's all to set a light-hearted mood for you before my eventual bloody, sadistic, unrelenting diatribe on… what game is this again? But this time, I don't have to do any of that. Rock Band 2 is just that awesome.
[image1]When I heard that Harmonix saw Rock Band as the game where they would innovate and Rock Band 2 as the game where they would refine, they weren't kidding. For better or worse, much of how Rock Band works – how you strum the guitar/hit the drums/sing into the mic to the scrolling capsules/lines on screen, how you gain up to a 4x multiplier (6x for bass) by nailing thirty notes in a row, how overdrive is activated by tilting the guitar upright, how overdrive stacks if it's activated my multiple people at the same time – hasn't changed.
While this follows the creed of "don't fix what ain't broke", the opportunity to improve the fundamental gameplay has been partly dashed, apart from the welcome addition of drum solos. At this point, with a track list that can include more than 300 songs, it's almost impossible to ask for the vocalist and the drummer to have a way to activate star power at any time, without having to re-program (and have you re-download) every song in the list.
Moreover, the vocalist will still feel a bit detached from the rest of the band, since there is no unison bonus for the vocalist or any way for the vocalist to activate star power during a tambourine section (say, to save a member of the band). The better phoneme recognition – for the "talky" sections (where "ain't" is a better substitute for "alright") – and the cleaner interface serve as minor improvements, but they don't curb the sense of isolation.
As such, most of the refinement comes from the supportive design – the peripherals, the interfaces, the song list, the modes, and the options – all of which were either passable or humdrum when Rock Band first arrived on the scene. The new Fender Stratocaster Guitar has less clicky buttons and a wooden finish that makes the controller look and feel more like a genuine guitar. It even comes with a built-in microphone and camera that auto-calibrates your entertainment system to the game. Fret-shredders, however, will still probably snicker at the still squishy strum bar and stick with the Guitar Hero III Gibson controller for the snappy strum bar and more easily slideable buttons.
[image2]Whereas vocalists get a shinier, longer silver microphone, drummers get the best out of the upgrade, with quieter pads, a metal-plated bass pedal that won't snap from "elephanting", various optional attachments for an additional snare, ride, and crash, and a base that holds the metal supports in place. An added tutorial, Drum Trainer, is also a welcome aid for players who want to nail that tricky beat (like for "Next To You" by The Police, just as an example, you know, an example).
Surfing through menus are no longer a chore and a bore. Artistically and functionally, the interfaces have taken huge leaps that make finding a song and an online band a breeze. Band members are no longer tied to a leader or a specific instrument but to an Xbox Live profile, kicking the previous system of "Are you leader, no, wait, I am lea… don't press that, crap, just stop… argghh!!" off to the curb. Song lists now also have shortcut paths for quick access to specific categories, so that you don't have to press 'down' so many times that you finish a Moderate-level bass line before you actually get to the song.
The only major complaint, apart from not being able to export character and score data from Rock Band and not being able to sort songs by the difficulty of a specific instrument, is the lack of stat-tracking. Somehow, the redesign of the general song select screen leaves out the star ranking of a song and the World Tour song select screen leaves out the score ranking of a song. Can't I just see both? Furthermore, there's still no way to view detailed stats for a song – your best note streak, your highest percentage, the best score for each difficulty (not just the highest score), average score, the side-by-side comparison of your score with the highest score, etc. Seeing these statistics at any time in a permanent stat-sheet would help both newbie and veteran "score heroes" in achieving rock greatness.
None of the gripes, however, really detract from what all Rock Band fans have been
getting carpel tunnel for clamoring for and what Rock Band 2 finally has: Online… World… Tour… Yeah, take the time to absorb each word and then come back to this review. (… … …Good, you're back.) No longer sidelined to the one-minute-friend quickplay mode, players can now join a band that can tour the game's virtual world for cash and fans, though the mode's progress is limited to the player that hosts the band. If, however, the band ever gets bored playing mystery setlists from Tokyo to Reykjavik, online-ranked Battle of the Bands challenges can help pass the time.
[image3]Of course, it's nearly impossible to be bored if you're at all into rock music
and alive in the last forty years. Even for a person that has a Winamp playlist full of classicla video game soundtrack music, I was more than pleased with the 84 songs included on the disc (all master recordings)… plus 20 additional songs you can download via a code on the back of the game manual… plus all but three tracks from Rock Band that can be exported to your hard drive for $5 fee… plus the soon-to-be 300+ downloadable songs via the Music Store. Whew!
From more pop tracks like "One Step Closer" by Linkin Park, "We Got The Beat" by The Go-Go's, and "Chop Suey" by System of the Down to classic tracks like "Let There Be Rock" by AC/DC, "Psycho Killer" by The Talking Heads (and Blake Morse), and "Pinball Wizard" by The Who, there is literally something for everyone. Even "finger zinger" guitarists and drummers will be satisfied by the amped-up difficulty, featuring "Painkiller" by Judas Priest, "Battery" by Metallica, and "The Trees" by Rush. Though you still have to unlock most of the songs before you can play them, you will likely appreciate the "No Fail" cheat for parties.
Rock Band 2 is the definitive version of its revolutionary progenitor– better instruments, better online modes, and a wickedly better song list – taking its place as one of the greatest multiplayer games of our generation. Where Rock Band 2 doesn't innovate, it polishes and tweaks until it kills. Right now, I know I should be cracking a joke like a Game Revolution boogie man, but I'm too busy gangbusting with the grippy power of enraged werewolves to care.


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Australian veterinarian and thrill-seeker, Geoff Wilson has just flown to Canada to begin training to beat the world record of traversing the continent in 64 days, according to Australian newspaper The Courier Mail. The previous and first ever record for a solo, unsupported trek across the 1,675-mile strip was set by a Norweigan in 1997.
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Dr. William E. Huddleston
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Bridgeport ~ Dr. William E. Huddleston, 82, a retired family practitioner, went to be with our Lord Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010 at his home in Bridgeport.
Funeral: 2 p.m. Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church in Bridgeport. Burial to follow in East Bridgeport Cemetery. Family to receive friends 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Hawkins Funeral Home in Bridgeport.
W.E. was born Aug. 25, 1928 to William and Cecil Huddleston in Batesville, AR. He married Polly Coffman Sept. 7, 1953 in Batesville. He was a Captain in the U.S. Air Force, a member of the Bridgeport Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite, Moslah Temple, American Medical Association, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion.
Dr. Huddleston was the former Mayor and 24 year city councilman of the city of Bridgeport.
Those left behind to cherish his memory are his wife of 57 years, Polly; his daughter, Linda Maggioncalda and her husband Eugene of Alexandria, VA; his 2 sons, Kevin Huddleston and his wife Ann Marie of Dallas and Mt. Vernon, Kelly Huddleston and his wife Joyce of Bridgeport; 5 grandchildren, Kasi Fagan, Thomas and Patrick Huddleston, Sarah and Olivia Maggioncalda; his great granddaughter, Madalynn Fagan; his sister, Mary Elizabeth Calloway of Arkansas; his brother, Charles Ray Huddleston of Kansas; several nieces and nephew, other relatives and a host of friends.


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This could be the ultimate in "wearable computing": while CES visitors are excited about Intel's earbuds, Swiss scientists have created a circuit so flexible it can wrap around a human hair.
The first test of the circuit, created by researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETZ), was to embed it into a contact lens. This allows monitoring of the fluid pressure in the eye, as a way to monitor an eye for signs of glacucoma.
The researchers have published their work in Nature Communications (abstract here). "We propose a wafer-scale process scheme to realize ultra flexible, lightweight and transparent electronics on top of a 1-μm thick parylene film that is released from the carrier substrate after the dissolution in water of a polyvinyl–alcohol layer", the researchers write.
According to their news release, the a hard base is used for the fabrication of the circuit, separated from the base by polyvinyl layers.
ETZ's flexible circuit on an artificial eye.
Image: Giovanni Salvatore, ETZ
These dissolve in water, allowing the base to separate without damaging the circuit.
What's left is just the circuit itself, and the flexible parylene film that holds it together. ®


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People living near the Rhone glacier in the central Alps of Switzerland have come up with a striking tactic to counter the effects of climate change. Each summer the glacier is protected by blankets to keep ice melt to a minimum, the European Pressphoto Agency reports.
Like other glaciers in the Alps, the Rhone has retreated dramatically in the past 150 years, according to research cited by the Earth Institute at Columbia University.
Each year, a tunnel is carved into the ice to enable visitors to walk inside the glacier, which is the source of the Rhone River.
Olivier Maire / EPA
The entrance of the grotto of the Rhone glacier.
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A general view of the Rhone Glacier.
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A person entering the grotto of the Rhone Glacier.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Images taken on June 26, 2013 and made available to NBC News today.


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"Swan" redirects here. For the character in the Project, see Black Swan.
The Swan, more commonly known as The Hatch by the survivors of Flight 815, was an underground facility on the Island built by the DHARMA Initiative during the late 1970's. It was located somewhere in the southwest region of the Island, about a mile inland from the survivors' camp.
The station was originally designed to be a laboratory where DHARMA scientists would study and manipulate the "unique electromagnetic fluctuations" emanating from this sector of the Island. However, after the "incident", they enacted a special protocol to prevent a potential global catastrophe. ("Lost: The Answers") Two individuals manning the station took shifts entering numbers into a computer) every 108 minutes. These two operators lived and work at the station, continuing this task for shifts lasting 540 days.
On November 27, 2004, the Swan imploded on activation of the fail-safe by Desmond Hume. A large crater took its place. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1") ("Further Instructions")
DHARMA Initiative
The Swan construction site. ("Some Like It Hoth")
Radzinsky carefully building the model of the geodesic dome of the Swan station's computer room. ("Namaste")
The DHARMA Initiative detected a pocket of anomalous energy beneath grid 334 on the Island, at a strength 30,000 times stronger than that at the Orchid. They planned to study and harness its power, and Stuart Radzinsky began designing the facility in 1971.
By July of 1977, Radzinsky had full blueprints of the station and a survey map, and construction began. He planned to manipulate electromagnetism through experiments at the station, believing the results would change the world. Pierre Chang called the Swan project "confidential" as the station was located inside Hostile territory. The station's existence needed to be kept secret because The Truce forbade deep drilling.
During construction, one worker died when electromagnetism pulled a dental filling through his forehead. Soon before main drilling began, workers stamped the station's hatch with serial numbers. ("Some Like It Hoth") ("Namaste") ("The Incident, Parts 1 & 2") When Daniel Faraday returned to the Island in 1977, he immediately warned Pierre Chang that continued drilling would lead to a release of a highly unstable energy, causing the Incident.
The Incident
Despite Faraday's warnings, and an altercation that killed several DHARMA workers, the Incident occurred. Workers penetrated the Swan pocket, and the resulting energy release shook the ground and pulled metal objects into the ground. Jack dropped a bomb into the site at Faraday's urging, and Juliet tried to detonate it. This may have contributed to this Incident. ("The Incident, Parts 1 & 2")
Desmond and Kelvin fighting at the cove. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2")
Following the Incident, the Initiative set up a computer that periodically discharged accumulated energy. They assigned two men to the facility. They had to enter numbers in the computer every 108 minutes to prevent a catastrophic energy release. ("Orientation")
DHARMA stationed Radzinsky at the Swan, where he was later joined by Kelvin Inman after the Gulf War in 1991. The Purge then brought an end to the DHARMA Initiative. Radzinsky shot himself while Kelvin was sleeping. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2")
Kelvin manned the station alone until Desmond's arrival aboard the Elizabeth. Kelvin and Desmond, as partners, continued pressing the button for three years, until the day of Flight 815's arrival, when Desmond accidentally killed Kelvin at the cove. ("Live Together, Die Alone")
Being away at the cove, Desmond failed to enter the Numbers in a timely fashion, causing a "system failure" and a huge electromagnetic buildup. Although he eventually reset the system, the electromagnetic force was strong enough to tear Flight 815 apart in mid-air. Desmond would not realize his role in the crash until more than two months later. He continued to live alone for another 44 days before the survivors blasted open the Swan's hatch with dynamite. Shortly afterward, Desmond fled the Swan, leaving it to the survivors. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2") ("Man of Science, Man of Faith") ("Adrift")
The Others
Though a podcast downplayed the Others' knowledge of the Swan, later events prove they knew of it. Richard and Eloise helped the survivors transport a bomb there, and Richard's later words ("I saw them all die") suggest they knew of the Incident's aftermath. Though DHARMA initially hid the station, security was lax, and construction required loud drilling and at least one road. DHARMA thought the Others attacked during the day of the Incident, so they may have suspended further secrecy measures. ("Follow the Leader") ("The Incident, Parts 1 & 2") Following the Purge, supply drops continued, and a computer under the Others' control accessed the Swan's. ("Dave") ("What Kate Did") The Others eventually took over the Pearl, which monitored the Swan, but which also dismissed the station as a psychological experiment. ("Exposé")
The Survivors
The Hatch was a major mystery in the first season.
Season One (Days 1–44)
During the first season of Lost, one of the central plot lines was gaining access to the Swan, which they referred to as "the Hatch". Locke and Boone discovered it by accident when Locke dropped his flashlight, which hit metal. ("All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues") The two of them proceeded to excavate the hatch entrance and employ various means of opening it. They eventually succeeded, using dynamite obtained from the Black Rock. ("Exodus, Part 3")
"Henry Gale" in the gun vault. ("Two for the Road")
Season Two (Days 44–67)
The survivors descended into the Hatch and encountered Desmond, learning also of the computer "pushing the button". Jack and Locke eventually took over Desmond's task of setting up a rotation of responsibility, wherein everyone would take shifts entering the Numbers, which Locke initially believed to be of great importance. ("Orientation") The survivors used the Swan's food supply, washing machines, bathroom and armory. They eventually used it as a prison, when they came upon Ben Linus. ("Everybody Hates Hugo") ("One of Them")
During Ben's captivity, the blast doors throughout the Swan lowered, trapping Locke. He sent Ben through the air ducts to push the button. Ben evidently complied, as no system failure occurred, but he later told Locke he did nothing. During the lockdown, supplies were dropped by parachute to a location just outside the Swan. ("Lockdown") ("Dave")
Upon discovery of the Pearl Orientation video, Locke lost all faith in the Swan, believing the entire setup a psychological experiment. Eko continued to believe in the Swan's importance. ("?")
The crater resulting from the Hatch implosion. ("Further Instructions")
Locke and Desmond, both frustrated by the station's ambiguity, decided to not enter the Numbers to prove the station was merely a test. They shut Eko from the computer room against his protests and let the countdown timer run down to zero, causing a system failure. The countdown timer flipped to five red hieroglyphs. A huge magnetic force shook the station and yanked and twisted metal objects. Desmond entered the crawlspace beneath the floor of the Swan and turned the fail-safe key. ("Live Together, Die Alone")
The Swan was completely destroyed, imploding in upon itself and leaving a gaping crater behind. Pieces were also thrown clear of the site, including the hatch door, the ping pong table and other odds and ends. Locke, Eko, and Desmond all survived, despite being inside the station at the time of the discharge. ("Further Instructions")
Season Five
Daniel and Desmond outside the Swan. ("Because You Left")
After the Island moved, Daniel Faraday and the survivors returned to the Swan as a reference to date the island. They first found the Swan crater, but it returned to its original state upon their next time shift. Although no one initially responded to Sawyer's banging on the Swan's front door, Daniel later proved successful and had a brief encounter with a highly suspicious Desmond. ("Because You Left")
Later in the season, the time shifting survivors became stuck in the 1970s at the time of the DHARMA Initiative's presence on the Island. At one point in 1977, Pierre Chang brought Miles and Hurley to the site where the Swan was being constructed. The two of them witnessed the stamping of the Numbers into the hatch. ("Some Like It Hoth")
The time-stranded survivors, ironically, may have caused the incident at the site referred to by Dr. Chang. To prevent the station from being built, and thus prevent Flight 815 from crashing on the island, Jack dropped the "Jughead" bomb's core down the drill shaft at the Swan site, whereJuliet later tried to detonate it. ("The Incident, Part 2")
Season Six
Remains of the Swan in 2007. ("LA X, Part 1")
It is not clear precisely what happened when the Jughead detonated. Upon awakening, the time-shifting survivors found themselves in 2007 around the implosion crater of the Swan. In the center of the crater, beneath a twisted mass of metal, Kate heard Juliet calling for help. Using the DHARMA van that was also transported with them from 1977, they were able to shift the debris and Sawyer was able to climb downwards to find a dying Juliet. ("LA X, Part 1")
Scenes from the Orientation film
Orientation film
Inside the Swan the survivors discovered an orientation film produced in 1980 by the Hanso Foundation - describing the origin and purpose of the station for new arrivals. In the film, Dr. Pierre Chang, using the alias Dr. Marvin Candle, gave a brief overview of the founding of the DHARMA Initiative. According to Dr. Candle, the Swan was originally designed to be a laboratory "where scientists could work to understand the unique electromagnetic fluctuations emanating from this sector of the Island". However, after an "incident", a protocol was introduced in which two individuals manning the station would take alternating shifts pressing a button (i.e. entering the Numbers into a computer) every 108 minutes for 540 days, at the end of which replacements would arrive.
After the reunification of the Flight 815 tail section survivors and middle section survivors, Mr. Eko revealed a cut-out piece of the film to Locke, which he had discovered at the Arrow. The two of them were able to splice back in the missing section, and in reviewing it found an additional section where Dr. Candle warned that using the Swan computer for any other purpose other than entering the code every 108 minutes was strictly forbidden and could potentially lead to another incident. ("The 23rd Psalm")
The Swan was originally conceived and designed to be a scientific laboratory, but after the incident it became a continually manned post with apparently the sole purpose of pushing the button. Dating from the 1970s, the subterranean station still had the conveniences and technology from that era when the survivors discovered it. Since at least after the purge the station has appeared to have signs of maintainence neglect in multiple areas.
The Swan also contains one or more concealed cameras allowing video surveillance to be carried out from the Pearl. There is at least one camera in the main living area. ("?") ("Exposé")
The Swan's door entrance
There were two known entrances to the Swan:
The Hatch
The first entrance discovered by the survivors was a steel hatch, set atop a long vertical shaft some 50 feet deep. A ladder previously led down into the depths, but it was broken and the rest missing a short distance down from the top. The inside of the hatch had the word "QUARANTINE" stenciled on it. The Numbers were also imprinted on the outside of the hatch; apparently the serial number of the Swan station or possibly of the hatch itself. A large spotlight was affixed to the wall at the base allowing illumination of the shaft above. ("Exodus, Part 3") ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2") ("Some Like It Hoth")
Main Entrance
The main entrance to the Swan was a walk-in set of double doors emblazoned with the Swan logo concealed behind a curtain of vines and roots. Beyond the doors, a ramp led down a short distance to a pneumatic style door opening into an airlock. A second similar door permitted access to the station. The airlock appears to contain several lockers and several HAZMAT suits. The Swan architect, Stuart Radzinsky, is presumed to be buried somewhere close to the main entrance. ("Everybody Hates Hugo") ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2")
The mural
Main corridor
Both entrances provided access to a primary corridor running the length of the station. About halfway along the corridor (across from the entryway to the living area) were two large obvious doors which had been hurriedly sealed with concrete, blocking access to the area of the station where the incident occurred. The area exhibited a high degree of magnetic attraction to metals, such as Jack's key and Eko's cross. Sayid attempted entry briefly and estimated the concrete behind the door was eight to ten feet thick ("Man of Science, Man of Faith") ("Everybody Hates Hugo") ("What Kate Did")
Along the wall between the entrance corridor and the living area, was a large mural created by Desmond. (Secrets From the Hatch) Painted in an expressionist style, it contained an assortment of images and writing, including the Numbers 108 and 42, a boat, an arrow, and depictions of a black man and white woman. The mural also contains the phrase: "I am sick." In various areas in the corridor there was maintainence neglect, such as water frequently leaking from the ceiling and rustic pipes.
The computer room
Computer room
Enclosed in a geodesic dome, apart from the main living area, the computer room was where the occupants of the station would carry out the task of pushing the button. Situated in the middle of the room was the Swan computer, into which The Numbers had to be entered every 108 minutes, according to the protocol set forth in the Orientation film. Around the perimeter of the room were various other machines, including mainframe computer components, reel-to-reel tape drive units, and two oscilloscopes. A countdown timer located on the wall above displayed the remaining time before entry of the Numbers was required. Over the most recent years in the station the glass panels making up the dome has appeared to have been damaged and neglected, as seen in Desmonds time of residence in the Swan with Kelvin.
The living area
Living area
The living space was the largest part of the Swan where the occupants of the station would spend their time when not working. This area had many conveniences: a bedroom with a set of bunk beds; a bathroom with working sink, shower and hot running water described by Kate as having a sulphur smell; miscellaneous exercise equipment; a washer and dryer; a dining nook; a central kitchen area equipped with an oven, stove-top and sink; and a lounge area equipped with a record player, LP collection, a lava lamp, well stocked bookshelves, a ping-pong table, and a painting of a tree. A small cabinet contained an injector and a number of vials of a strange DHARMA vaccine. On the ceiling near the armory is a blood stain from Radzinsky's suicide.
Desmond's copy of Our Mutual Friend
The Swan's bookshelves contained a number of titles, including:
- After All These Years
- Dirty Work
- High Hand
- An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
- Our Mutual Friend (brought there by Desmond)
- Rainbow Six
- The Brothers Karamazov
- The Third Policeman
- The Turn of the Screw
- Valis
Surveillance telescope
The living space also was equipped with a system used for surveillance of the facility. A telescope could be pulled down out of a small opening in the ceiling. A small control panel nearby allowed the manipulation and movement of mirrors throughout the facility. An operator could look through the telescope via the mirrors and observe all parts of the station. A separate mirror was stationed at the foot of the shaft at an angle allowing the operator to observe the hatch opening far above. ("Man of Science, Man of Faith")
Why a telescope would be installed instead of some sort of security camera system similar to other stations on the Island is unknown. While the telescope would be unaffected by the station's latent electromagnetism, the control panel operating the mirrors clearly would be affected. The Swan also was equipped with hidden cameras that could be monitored from The Pearl. ("?")
The pantry
The pantry was opposite of the living space's lounge area. The pantry's shelves were well stocked with food and other supplies from the periodic resupply drop, including notable products such as Apollo Bars, DHARMA Ranch Composite, peanut butter and shampoo. ("Orientation") ("Everybody Hates Hugo")
The gun vault
Adjoining the living space's lounge area was a gun vault. It contained a wide and formidable array of weapons, including pistols, semi-automatic rifles, bolt action rifles, assault weapons, shotguns, and grenades. The door had a combination lock that was changed several times by Locke. ("Three Minutes")
After the weapons were removed, the room served as a holding cell for Ben, starting with the episode "One of Them".
The blast door map
Blast doors
Inside the Swan were a series of blast doors designed to seal off the living space and the computer room during a lockdown incident. A message would sound over the speakers notifying the occupants of the upcoming event, after which the blast doors would descend and the electrical power would be interrupted, causing the lights to flicker. Such a lockdown occurred in "Lockdown". What triggered the incident is unknown, but it was theorized by Charlie that it may have had something to do with the periodic resupply drop that occured outside the station about the same time. ("Lockdown")
It later was revealed that a lockdown incident could be faked by the station personnel by touching two bare wires together from a console in the computer room. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2")
Blast door map
During "Lockdown", a lockdown incident occurred unexpectedly. Locke was trapped beneath one of the blast doors while Ben crawled through the vents seeking to push the button before the timer expired. During this episode, the station's normal lighting cut out entirely and a different set of ultraviolet "black-lights" turned on. The new lighting revealed a large hand-drawn map on the blast door entering the living quarters. The map appeared to be of the Island, supplemented with numerous equations and notations written in English and Latin. ("Lockdown") In the video game Lost: Via Domus, there is a second layer of notation that can be seen under different lighting conditions. This "second spectrum" of the map includes additional information regarding other island locations including the Barracks, the Hydra, and the Looking Glass. ("Forty-Two")
Ducts and crawlspaces
The fail-safe
The Swan also possessed a number of airducts and crawlspaces. Ducts large enough for a person connected the armory, computer room and pantry via the ceiling. Several floor openings in various parts of the station also allowed entrance to a fairly extensive underfloor crawlspace. Numerous pipes and cabling were seen in this crawlspace area. There appeared, at one time, to be a means of access to the sealed-off area of the station, although this too was found to be blocked with concrete. Sayid guessed that this crawlspace area was part of a geothermal generator providing power for the station. ("Orientation") ("Everybody Hates Hugo")
Also in a small alcove down in the crawlspace area was the station's fail-safe switch. In the event of a system failure (i.e., failure or inability to follow the protocol), by turning a special key the fail-safe would terminate the electromagnetic anomaly. Desmond was forced to activate the fail-safe after Locke destroyed the Swan's computer. The resulting discharge caused the entire station to implode. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2")
The Incident Room
The reactor behind the concrete wall
In the video game Lost: Via Domus, Elliott Maslow discovers "The Incident Room" on the other side of the door sealed by concrete. The Incident Room was accessed by a tunnel and a large locked door near the exterior of the Swan. ("Hotel Persephone") The Incident Room can be seen on the blast door map and is located a very short distance away from the Swan. ("Lockdown") On one of the blast doors in the Swan, a small map showing the route to the Incident Room's entrance can be seen on the second spectrum. ("Forty-Two")
The room contained a large reactor surrounded by severely damaged equipment. The reactor was tilted to one side, and discharging arcs of electricity and a watery fluid. The reactor had the appearance of two large electromagnetic coils suspended over an excavation into the Island. Unlike the Swan, the Incident Room's machinery is in a state of disrepair, possibly due to the Incident. The Incident Room also has its own computer. ("Hotel Persephone")
It is unknown if the room was built at the same time as the rest of the station in 1977, or if the Initiative built the room after the Incident to help stabilize the anomaly but resulted in another "incident" which the room was subsequently sealed off.
Radzinsky builds a scale model of the geodome on a set of Swan blueprints.
Radzinsky was building a scale model of the geodesic dome on a set of Swan blueprints in the Flame when interrupted by the arrival of Jin. ("Namaste")
- A number of blueprints of the Swan station's interior design are found on the Season 2 DVD special featurette "Secrets From the Hatch".
- There also appears to be a blueprint on the DHARMA van road map. ("Tricia Tanaka Is Dead")
- A floor-plan blueprint appears in "Love Island" of Lost: The Official Magazine in an advertisement for a free poster that comes as a subscription reward.
- The Incident Room appears in the video game Lost: Via Domus. The room's look and design was made to look like what the creator's had envisioned, through never-before-seen blueprints given to the game developers by the Lost set crew.
Blueprint gallery
An electromagnetic experiment, as shown in the Orientation film
Under normal conditions, the Swan is adjacent to an unusually strong magnetic field. The field is noticeably stronger in the main corridor near the door that was sealed off with concrete. The concrete is estimated by Sayid to be eight to ten feet thick. Even sealed away, the magnetic source behind the concrete was strong enough to attract the key around Jack's neck, making it visibly move towards the wall. ("Man of Science, Man of Faith") On several occasions, the field has grown to immense strength during "system failures" capable of destroying the station. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1")
It is not clear exactly what took place when Desmond turned the fail-safe key, although it appears the magnetic source was completely sealed off. The drastic shift in the magnetic field resulted in the discharge, the implosion of the station and caused Desmond to temporarily shift in time ("Flashes Before Your Eyes").
In the Season 2 DVD featurette "Secrets from the Hatch", Damon Lindelof described the Swan station:
The function of the Hatch, what it is built for, is because there was this accident here. Basically, if you were to perceive the fact that the Hatch is a structure that is essentially a big thumb, and that thumb is sticking in a dyke. And that dyke is holding back this massive electromagnetic anomaly that is just sort of illustrated on the other side of this wall that makes Jack's key rise. That's what the design is.
- Of the Season 2 main cast, only Claire and Shannon never appeared in any scenes in the Swan.
- For the first four seasons, the survivors generally referred to The Swan as "the Hatch". Notable exceptions were made by Eko, in looking at Locke's map, and Sayid, while being interrogated by Oldham. ("?") ("He's Our You")
- In the special feature Access: Granted on the Lost: The Complete Third Season (DVD) Blu-ray edition, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse said that it was indeed Walt who communicated with Michael via the Swan computer.
- The skeletal remains of Roger Linus were found wearing a Swan jumpsuit in the DHARMA van, but it is unclear if he was ever an inhabitant of the station. Also found in the van was a road map showing a dirt road leading to the Swan station. ("Tricia Tanaka Is Dead") ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
- Frequently in the Swan you can hear the strange humming of Electromagnetic energy behind the wall. If you listen carefully, after Ben destroyed "the vault" in the Orchid station you can hear the Electromagnetism nearby.
Cultural references
- The names of the stations seem to be related to the god Apollo from Greek mythology. Swans are sacred to Apollo, and circled around him when he was born.
Production notes
- According to the Season 2 DVD featurette "Secrets from the Hatch", the Swan interior was originally inspired by Tomorrowland at Disneyworld. The featurette describes Tomorrowland how the future would look as imagined by people in the 1970's.
- The set dressing of the Swan is somewhat different between the opening scene of "Man of Science, Man of Faith" and subsequent appearances. This included things such as the type and placement of lamps, the style of record player and arrangement of records, as well as the relative cleanliness of the living quarters. These discrepancies led some fans to incorrectly conclude that there were two separate time lines. In reality, the producers simply decided to dress the Swan differently between its first and subsequent appearances.
- In the Season 2 DVD featurette "Secrets from the Hatch", production designer Jim Spencer says about the hash marks seen covering the wall in "Adrift": "These may be the days, they may be the weeks. But there's 9,000 hatchmarks here." If these marks represent days, then pressing the button could have begun in early 1980.
- The armory was enlarged when Henry Gale became a prisoner.
- Libby at one point comments that the washer and dryer are newer than the rest of the appliances in the station.
- The Swan's implosion crater appears somewhat different in "LA X, Part 1" than it did when first seen in "Further Instructions". This is likely dramatic license.
Unanswered questions
|Unanswered questions
- For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: The Swan/Theories
- What was the purpose of the black lights?
- Why does the Swan logo appear on DHARMA items far more often than any other logos?
- How did Jughead affect the constuction site if it had exploded?
- How did the DHARMA Initiative members such as Radzinsky survive the Incident and the possible blast from Jughead?
The Incident
- Why did Dr. Candle state any other use of the computer could lead to another Incident?
- Why was the ladder inside the shaft broken?
- How was the lockdown incident triggered?
- Was the lockdown related to the periodic resupply drop?
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In the Apple earnings call on Tuesday, everyone got to hear that Apple has about $98 billion in cash -- but should the tech company continue to save or do something radically different? Here are some possible ways Apple could use its cash surplus.
Pay a stock dividend. We wrote about chief executive Tim Cook mulling over a stock dividend last November, but that never materialized. Steve Jobs was against the idea of a dividend or stock buyback because his philosophy was that money should always go back into the company, even if it was just as a pile of cash. Cook has no such philosophy, so why shouldn't he reward shareholders? Unfortunately, Cook didn't OK the dividend when Apple had more than $80 billion in cash, so his mind may not change at $98 billion.
Buy a controlling interest in Facebook. At an estimated $100 billion valuation (and that's on the high side,) Facebook could be up for grabs. Apple could almost own the company at its initial public offering -- to crush or maintain at its leisure. Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg is a fan of Apple and Steve Jobs, but it's unknown if he would like to be told what to do by Apple execs.
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Cut prices on iPhones, iPads and every other device. With so much cash, Apple doesn't need to charge its sky-high prices, according to the International Business Times. This would also make Apple hardware more competitive in developing country's where an unlocked $649 iPhone 4S or $499 iPad 2 is out of reach for most people.
Buy Cisco Systems. The Silicon Valley tech company makes Internet equipment, and more to the point, television transmission equipment and set-top boxes. What better way to help Apple TV get to the next level?
Pay lawyers to keep working on its myriad of lawsuits. Apple is still busy suing Samsung for patent infringement (and defending itself from the counter-suit,) trying to legally strong-arm Amazon to drop its App Store name and is in the middle of numerous class-action suits from colluding with book publishers to allegedly faulty equipment. We all wish that Apple wasn't such a weenie about lawsuits, but because it has an expensive legal team it's able to intimidate smaller and less wealthy companies. Without such a legal team, Apple would have a tougher time competing in the market.
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Dear Answer Angel: After many years of coloring my hair, I have let it go gray. I am happy with the result but I am wondering if I should purchase some new makeup to go with my new hair color. Maybe I should be choosing different shades of blush, lipstick, brow color etc. Any suggestions or help would be much appreciated.
— Jeanette
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Department store makeup counters are great places for a free makeover. Usually no appointment is necessary and you do not have to buy any of the products. Get samples to try at home before you buy (or shop for similar ones for less money at the drugstore). Wherever you buy, ask if you can return the products if they don't work for you. Many stores don't broadcast the fact that they have a liberal refund policy for makeup you try and don't like.
If you're happy with your gray, then I'm happy. But unless you have some brutally honest friends, they won't tell you that going gray often adds 10 years to your true age. For some women the trade-off of not having to deal with roots and the hassle of frequent hair coloring is worth it. Not me!
And speaking of hair…
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— Faith
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Your dermatologist should have recommendations for custom-made wigs. Also, cancer centers are all too familiar with this problem, a sad side effect of chemotherapy. Ask there for wig recommendations.
Still not sure you want to go this route? A friend of mine had battled her thinning hair for years, caved in and bought a wig and is thrilled. Nobody can tell it's not the real thing, and she's been collecting compliments galore on her new hairstyle.
Dear Answer Angel: Business dinner at a swanky hotel. Black jersey Ellen Tracy dress with black suede pumps. Bare legs or tights? Please help.
Dear F.D.: Very sheer gray control tops are my go-to hosiery. I like them better than black sheers and they're far superior to bare legs (see below). But you need to be prepared to spend some real money ($8-$10 a pair) to get the sheer quality that really looks classy. I buy mine at Nordstrom and pray for a sale.
Unless you have perfect, unblemished, vein-free, silky legs with no bags, dimples or sags, bare legs are a definite no.
And another question that has legs…
Dear Answer Angel: Is wearing nude hose ever acceptable? What to do if I'm wearing a navy skirt suit in a conservative business environment? My olive skin tans unevenly (mostly on my forehead, arms and hands, but not my legs). Bronzer is not an option, since I would like the body-shaping effect of hosiery. Also, it's really hard to find anything other than black, ivory or nude colors.
— Just "M"
Dear M: Yes, nude hose are acceptable — but not ideal. I still like gray sheers better for almost any occasion (see above). But if the nude hose really match your skin tone and aren't shiny, I think they're OK. Warning: Some fashion experts I respect think I'm wrong on this and have a "never nude" hosiery mantra. But if future queen Kate Middleton can wear them, I think they're good enough for us commoners.
Dear Angel: Please tell me it's OK to hang my cashmere sweaters instead of folding them after each wearing. I promise to use only nicely padded silky hangers.
— Hopeful (and lazy)
Dear Hopeful: Folding your cashmere sweaters is the better way to go — gentler on fibers so the sweaters last longer and don't stretch. But if you pinky swear that the hangers are padded then it's OK to hang them up. No big deal. What's much more important is this: Don't dry clean them. That makes them crunchy and wears them out. Instead, hand wash with baby shampoo in cold water and dry flat. They'll be soft and cuddly. Mmmmmmm.
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I sure would like it if clothing designers would include functional pockets in women's clothing, especially pants. Some pants pockets are so skimpy that your keys, money or whatever fall out when you sit down. It is especially annoying when you are in the car or, of course, when using the restroom. Just try to find dress pants that aren't pocketless. Women carry cell phones, keys, tissues, coupons, doggy bags and much, much more. Somehow the manufacturers have managed to put functional pockets in men's clothing. Would it be so hard for them to do the same for women?
Dear M.J.: Absolutely agree. Let's have dresses and skirts, even PJs, with pockets too! As for the pockets you do find in women's clothing, often they're worse than none because they lull you into believing that your stuff is safe there — when it isn't.
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On this same date, the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State has adopted the following laws:
- Law No. VIII containing Supplementary Norms on Criminal Law Matters;
- Law No. IX containing Amendments to the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code;
- Law No. X containing General Provisions on Administrative Sanctions.
2. The Motu proprio makes the criminal laws adopted by the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State applicable also within the Holy See.
3. The criminal laws adopted today are a continuation of the efforts to update Vatican City State's legal system, building upon the measures adopted since 2010 during the pontificate of Benedict XVI.
4. These laws, however, have a broader scope, since they incorporate into the Vatican legal system the provisions of numerous international conventions including: the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, on the conduct of war and war crimes; the 1965 Convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination; the 1984 Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the 1989 Convention on the rights of the child and its optional protocols of 2000.
5. Of particular note in this context is the introduction of the crime of torture and a broader definition of the category of crimes against minors (including: the sale of children, child prostitution, the recruitment of children, sexual violence and sexual acts with children, and the production and possession of child pornography).
6. A section of the legislation introduces a list of crimes against humanity, in particular, the crimes of genocide and apartheid, following broadly the definitions adopted in the 1998 Statute of the International Criminal Court. The section of the Criminal Code regarding offences committed in the exercise of public administration has also been revised in light of the 2003 United Nations Convention against corruption. With regard to penalties, that of life imprisonment has been abolished and it has been replaced with a maximum penalty of 30 to 35 years of imprisonment.
7. In line with the most recent developments at the international level, the new legislation also introduces a system of penalties for juridical persons who profit from the criminal activities of their constituent bodies or personnel, establishing their direct liability and providing as penalties a set of interdictions and pecuniary sanctions.
8. In the area of criminal procedure, the general principles of presumption of innocence and due process within a reasonable time have been recognized explicitly, while the power of the judicial authorities to adopt precautionary measures has been increased by bringing up to date the provisions for confiscation and the freezing of assets.
9. Also of importance is the modernization of the rather dated norms governing international judicial cooperation, with the adoption of measures in line with the standards of the most recent international conventions.
10. The law on administrative sanctions is of a general nature so as to serve as a common framework that provides for the possibility of sanctions in different areas intended to promote respect for the norms, to render them effective and to protect the public interests.
11. As a whole, these normative efforts form part of broader process aimed at modernizing further the Vatican legal system with a view to enhancing its consistency and effectiveness.


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This course focuses on the laws governing concealed carry in Virginia to include Justifiable Force and Individual Protective Rights. Our instructors also provide you with a complete overview of the basics of managing unknown contact, basic shooting skills, situational awareness, and equipment/clothing considerations. This course meets the Virginia state requirements and includes classroom instruction and live fire range drills. The course is taught by a Nationally Certified instructor. The Concealed Handgun Permit Course will give you the foundation you need to understand your rights, Virginia law and the basic responsibilities of carrying a concealed handgun.
Required Gear: Pistol, eye protection, and ear protection
Ammunition Requirements: 50 rounds
Handguns and eye/ear protection are available for rent at SEG. Ammunition is available for purchase.
Skill Prerequisites: Basic handgun skills are required for this class.
Participants: 10 students, ages 21 and up
**U.S. FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES YOU TO BE A U.S. CITIZEN OR PERMANENT RESIDENT TO TAKE THIS CLASS. YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW A FORM OF CITIZENSHIP ON THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS. Valid forms of Citizenship Identification: Voter Registration Card, Passport, Birth Certificate, or Certificate of Naturalization.


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I am trying to make plugins, for an extension (Anticontainer) for the Firefox add-on (DownThemAll).
So, I tried to get help actually writing add-ons for this but that did not work. I suspect either, anybody using this is running it completely independently, and they know the coding and just write everything themselves. Nobody is writing about it so I am not sure what kind of following it has.
Maybe they just delete any ticket posted on github so there is no trace of their support. It has no forums.
So, long story short. I gave up trying to get help.
I taught myself how to write regexp to make plugins. I fixed the Facebook plugin because apparently nobody else tried. Thorough Google search turned up maybe 3-4 posts simply stating "it stopped working", "ok".
So I gave up and taught myself how to write plugins for it.
It works, however, I keep running into this damned problem. It took me far more time than it should of to get the Facebook album downloader plugin to work than it should have.
The issue is, and this is very specific through hours of breaking down each plugin to figure out what caused it and what didn't is, with certain RegExp strings in the "resolver" (plugin type), "finder" domain, stop the plugin from being imported.
Frankly, I have figured out why it doesn't work (Anticontainer, or DownThemAll or Firefox) won't import it. I change just the finder domain to some basic RegExp string and it will import, but obviously the plugin won't, because the finder sequence is not matching the part of the site I want (the part that is embedded in the source text that I want to download).
That's the background of the issue. Long story short. Anticontainer plugins won't import because it finds something wrong with the RegExp sequence of the "finder" domain of the plugin. Problem is, Anticontainer does not give any indication as to why it wont import.
Simply, if it works, it says "successfully imported". If it does not work, nothing happens. Import dialog closes and the plugin doesn't show up.
Using Firefox's error console has returned a vary vague error for this.
Any time a plugin fails to import to AntiContainer, that shows up. If it imports correctly, that does not show up.Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIJSON.decodeFromStream]" nsresult: "0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)" location: "JS frame :: resource://dtaac/plugins.jsm :: loadPluginFromStream :: line 211" data: no]
The plugins are .JSON files. That error points to this line of code
. This is part of the following functionreturn validatePlugin(nsJSON.decodeFromStream(stream, size));
* Loads a plugin directly from a nsIInputStream
* @param stream Stream to load from
* @param size Size to read from the Stream
* @return Loaded plugin
function loadPluginFromStream(stream, size) {
return validatePlugin(nsJSON.decodeFromStream(stream, size));
This loadPluginFromStream is called one other time in the code in the following function (immediately below the one I just mentioned).
These are from the plugins file atfunction loadPluginFromFile(file) {
if (!(file instanceof Ci.nsIFile)) {
file = new LocalFile(file);
let fs = new FileInputStream(file, 0x01, 0, 1<<2);
let o = loadPluginFromStream(fs, file.size);
o.file = file;
o.date = file.lastModifiedTime;
return o;
I have tried countless methods to figure out why certain RegExp in the "finder" domain of the plugin will cause the plugin to import or not.
How can i figure out what format the original writers of this code want their RegExp.
For example, simple plugin will import with
but it will not if I have"finder": "<img src=\"(resized/([^\"]+))\"",
Both are valid RegExp according to the tester I use, RegExr."finder": "src="(http://.*.cdn..*.com.*-\d+x\d+.jpg)"\Wclass="",
I am at a loss. How can i figure out why this code thinks one RegExp string is correct while another isn't.
That is, "finder": "src="(http://.*.cdn..*.com.*-\d+x\d+.jpg)"\Wclass="", throws the Firefox error listed above, while the other does not. I can not figure out if it's an issue with my RegExp or something else.


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As a transition from education to profession, college is the place where students have gone through lots of changes, and interpersonal relationships are definitely included. For example, let's say a young and innocent college kid, Bob, has this feeling that although he is always getting to know new people, it is becoming more difficult for him to keep up with existing connections and friends. Of course, he has some "close friends" whom he keeps in touch with every day, but besides that, how close he is to "non-close friends" completely depends on how lucky they are to bump into each other on the way to Ferris Booth.
In our society, interpersonal relationships can be characterized as weak ties and strong ties. When you have a strong tie with someone, you keep up with him or her frequently and there are ways that you two meet or connect frequently — just think of someone in your housing group. When you have a weak tie with someone, one the other hand, you might still share a lot of common interests with that person, but for some reason you are connecting with him or her less frequently, and the cause of such infrequency could be unintentional — it might be because you two aren't in the same class, or because you are living in Wien but your friend is living in Harmony and you don't meet each other.
However, such infrequent connection could also, if not more likely, be caused by human calculation, and therefore we can actually draw a parallel between friendship and the prisoner's dilemma in game theory. Yes, friendships can indeed be a game.
Let's suppose we have two friends, Bob and Jim, and they know each other. One of the assumptions that we apply here is that Bob is a friend to Jim because Bob believes Jim will make him happy, and vice versa for Jim (I'm guessing you don't to be friends with someone who makes you unhappy!). They both want to be very close to each other, but they are also aware that it takes some cost to keep up, for example if they hang out for an hour they lose an hour of study time, and therefore the more they want to connect, the higher the cost they have to pay to sustain a high level of connection.
In economics, we believe all happiness can be quantified, so we can do a simple experiment here to see how the outcome is derived. Suppose both Bob and Jim have two choices: either to connect the other one frequently or not. There is a special case: let's say Bob chooses to connect with Jim frequently but Jim chooses to connect with Bob less frequently, what does each other gain out of this relationship? Remember since there is a cost of connecting, Jim will be better off choosing to connect frequently, because he is getting the same care and attention from Bob with a smaller cost. But, on the other hand, it will be hurtful, mostly emotionally, for Bob when he sees Jim is not giving him same attention and caring he deserves. We can characterize the situation in the following payoff matrix:
If you have taken economic classes you can see what I mean by this matrix, and you know what Bob and Jim will choose to do. If you are not familiar with economics, the basic idea behind this is that, because Bob knows he will be better off if when Jim contacts him frequently, he contacts Jim less frequently, Bob has an incentive to choose to connect Jim less frequently. But Jim faces the same situation and he will have an incentive to choose to connect less frequently and as a result, they will end up in a weak tie with each other.
It may seem disappointing in the beginning, but such incentives disappear as long as the game of friendship is being played repeatedly for a long time, and for a long time the real benefit of keeping a close relationship will outweigh the advantage of not returning to your friend once, and in such case a strong tie can be sustained. In other words, your relationship ends when you realize that there is an end of it, and upon such calculation from pure reasoning, there is a sentiment of friendship that we cherish.


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During the first year, my top three favorite recipes to make and eat are:
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Of course making Cake Pops was definitely an honorable mention.
I hope you guys enjoy my first year of recipes. I'm excited to continue posting new ideas and recipes in the years to come.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Eight days after falling on the road at Drexel, the Tennessee State men's basketball team will return home for only the third time this season for a non-conference matchup against the Fisk Bulldogs on Sunday.
In the 75-61 loss in Philadelphia, M.J. Rhett dominated in the post scoring 17 points, paired with 12 rebounds for his third straight double-double, and fifth of the year. Rhett went 4-of-9 on the day from the floor and a season-best 9-10 from the foul line.
The junior is now 11th in Division I in double-doubles and fifth in the Ohio Valley Conference averaging nine rebounds and 1.5 blocks per contest.
Rhett's work on the defensive end of the floor has allowed the Tigers (0-10) to hold opponents to a 45 percent field goal percentage and a league-best .297 mark from behind the three-point line.
TSU will need to continue to play solid defensively on Sunday against Fisk (6-8), as the Bulldogs enter the contest averaging 86.5 points per game.
Fisk is led by Cameron Lewis and Darrell Miller who are averaging 20.8 and 20.6 points per contest, respectively. Miller also hauls in 10.8 boards while Lewis secures 7.4.
While Fisk's dynamic duo are doing its part, the team as a whole only averages 42.4 boards per game while allowing opponents 63.4. The minus-21 rebounding margin is the worst in the NAIA.
One thing that the Bulldogs do excel in is turnover margin, as they are second in the nation in steals, recording 13.9 p/g.
Sunday marks the 17th meeting between the in-city rivals and Tennessee State holds a 13-3 mark all-time. TSU has won six straight in the rivalry including last year's 92-56 win in the Gentry Center. Fisk's last victory in the series came in 2003.
The Tigers will host the Bulldogs immediately following the women's game against Martin Methodist on Sunday. Tip-off is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.


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Report: Research shows America's most conservative, liberal cities
New data from researchers at MIT and the University of California, Los Angeles shows which major cities in the U.S. swing left or right on the political spectrum, the Economist reports.
The research took a look at cities with more than 250,000 residents and included opinions on a variety of topics. From those questions, researchers created an overall score that shows how conservative or liberal those cities are.
The Economist notes that despite the political leanings of local leaders, public policies appear to be swayed by residents. For example, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was conservative but his proposed "soda tax" was reflective of the city's left-leaning population.
See where Houston is among the most conservative cities on this list with the slideshow above.


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Join the Columbus Crew for Lamar Hunt Legacy Day on Saturday, August 28 at 4pm as we pay tribute to our founder, Lamar Hunt.
- Lamar Hunt Statue unveiling and dedication at 3pm in the Plaza
- Mini ball give-away for youth 14 and under. (limited to the first 2,500 youth 14 and younger)
- Enjoy a delicious Bob Evans Buck-a-Brat all game long
- Zoo at the Crew pregame on the plaza courtesy of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
- Autograph Alley featuring Eric Brunner, Kevin Burns, Brian Carroll, Leandre Griffit & William Hesmer*


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Last Saturday evening, a friend told me that he had a conversation about music over the net with a lady from another country (I can't remember which) where he recommended her to visit Parallel Realities and take a look.
Her comment after doing it was that, apart from ladies singing, she could not find any female musicians performing on any album she found while visiting my site.
Just men and only men…
The same evening, a few hours later, the package from Pedro & 300discos arrived.
After unpacking I found this album and could not believe my eyes:
At first sight looking on the front cover, a assumed that it is a female instrumental percussion trio.
After a detailed inspection I realized that it is not a trio, but that (if I counted correctly) there are twenty ladies, arranging, playing various instruments and singing:
General management, arrangements and notes by Dora Pinto
Special guest singer: Lourdinha Brasil
Pianists: Ilka Valle, Luiza Ceccareilli
Soloists: Marilia Oliveira, Marilza Carvalho, Yvonne Maia Forte
The group: Alaida Witte, Ayrsa Prochownick, Celeste Arcias, Daisy Pinto, Dulce Plinio, Ely Airam, Heloisa Rabello, Inge Muller, Lin Della Nina, Liliana Soares de Paula, Regina Sampaio, Ruth Loureiro, Smary Tavares da Silva
The story about Dora Pinto is highly interesting and is presented in the linear notes both in Portuguese and English on the inside cover of this only (?) recording that Conjunto de Percussão Dora Pinto has released and I suggest reading it.
The compositions:
01. Noite de Temporal (Dorival Caymmi)
02. Hei de Seguir Teus Passos (Waldemar Henrique)
03. Malagueña (Ernesto Lecuona)
04. Obaluaiê (Abigail Moura)
05. Jongo (Oscar Lorenzo Fernández)
06. Lundu Amazonense (Arnaldo Rebello)
07. Chorinho Elegante (Babi de Oliveira)
08. Dança Macabra Op 40 (C. Saint / Shens)
09. Pássaro Desconhecido (Ivette Carvalho)
10. Sessão de Macumba (Tradicional)
11. Porque (Ivette Carvalho)
12. Domingo (Nênia Fernandes)
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