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Quotation of the Day: The Fallacy of Redistribution
From Thomas Sowell's column today (emphasis mine):
The history of the 20th century is full of examples of countries that set out to redistribute wealth and ended up redistributing poverty. The communist nations were a classic example, but by no means the only example.
In theory, confiscating the wealth of the more successful people ought to make the rest of the society more prosperous. But when the Soviet Union confiscated the wealth of successful farmers, food became scarce. As many people died of starvation under Stalin in the 1930s as died in Hitler's Holocaust in the 1940s.
How can that be? It is not complicated. You can only confiscate the wealth that exists at a given moment. You cannot confiscate future wealth -- and that future wealth is less likely to be produced when people see that it is going to be confiscated. Farmers in the Soviet Union cut back on how much time and effort they invested in growing their crops, when they realized that the government was going to take a big part of the harvest. They slaughtered and ate young farm animals that they would normally keep tending and feeding while raising them to maturity.
We have all heard the old saying that giving a man a fish feeds him only for a day, while teaching him to fish feeds him for a lifetime. Redistributionists give him a fish and leave him dependent on the government for more fish in the future.
If the redistributionists were serious, what they would want to distribute is the ability to fish, or to be productive in other ways. Knowledge is one of the few things that can be distributed to people without reducing the amount held by others. That would better serve the interests of the poor, but it would not serve the interests of politicians who want to exercise power, and to get the votes of people who are dependent on them.


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F.E.A.R. Cheat Codes: ------------ Submitted by: Haspa Press [Talk] (default is T) during game play. The game will freeze, but has not crashed. Enter one of the following codes, then press [Enter] to activate the cheat function. Result Code ------------------------------------------------- Invulnerability - god Invisibility - notarget Full ammunition - ammo All weapons - guns Full armor - armor Full health - health Position mode - pos All weapons and unlimited ammo - tears Ghost mode - poltergeist Increase health and reflexes - gear Level skip - maphole Weapons, full ammo, armor, health - kfa Spawn indicated weapon - gimmegun Spawn indicated ammunition - gimmeammo Display build version - build Weapon names: ------------- Use one of the following entries with the gimmegun code to spawn the weapon. Assault rifle - assault rifle Cannon - cannon Dual pistols - dual pistols Frag grenade - frag grenade Missile launcher - missile launcher Nailgun - nail gun Pipe bomb - remote charge Pistol - pistol Plasma railgun - plasma weapon Semi-auto rifle - semi-auto rifle Shotgun - shotgun SMG - submachinegun Trip mine - proximity No effect - gimmegun turret Drops current weapon - turret Ammunition names: ----------------- Use one of the following entries with the gimmeammo code to spawn the indicated ammunition for each weapon. pistol shotgun smg rifle assaultrifle nailgun plasma cannon Cheat: ------ Submitted by:DIE BAAS In game press T for the talk option, type in god, and in the right side of the screen there will show a (godmode on) line. Saving Medkits: --------------- Make a mark of some sort to lead you back on some Medkits that you could not carry before. If you so happen to run out of your own because of a big fight you can find them again. This is useful in Interval 11 with the armies of ghosts coming after you. Just make sure that you are able to backtrack to get the Medkits you left behind. Labdog: Shogo: Mobile Armor Division reference: ----------------------------------------------- After the firefight in the gas pipes area near the exit point of the map, there will be a gas pipe on fire. Turn the object off in the next room, then return to the now extinguished pipe area..There is a semi secret walkway there. Walk in, find the ladder, and climb up. You will find a health booster, and there is a door on your left. Go into that office. Listen to the song. It is the main theme from Shogo: Mobile Armor Division. an anime FPS created by Mololith. Look at the dry marker board. It is the same one from an office level from Shogo: Mobile Armor Division. Defeating Assassin Super Soldiers: ---------------------------------- Because the assassins are difficult to see due to their camouflage and high speed running, try using slow-motion. You will notice them immediately once they are slowed. After that, let all of your rounds into them. Interval 04: Office Space reference: ------------------------------------ While making your way through the large office building, look for papers hung on the wall or scattered on desks. Many of these papers have "TPS Report" written on them, as well as a symbol including three boxes at the top. This is a reference to the popular movie Office Space in which the characters are involved with TPS reports at their office, Initech, which has almost the same logo as the symbol at the top of the papers. Minigun Via Cheat: ------------------ 1) Empty your weapons inventory; guns only (not grenades), via the "throw down weapon" button, or by entering "gimmegun turret" in the text dialog for each weapon. 2) Once you are sure you don't have any available weapons, type "gimmegun turret_street" into the text dialog and hit enter. 3) You should then see a "Giving Weapon" confrimation, at which point you should hit the enter key twice in rapid succession, kind of like double clicking with a mouse. 4) The minigun should appear in your empty hands, with unlimited ammo. *Also* If you attempt to pick up any other weapons you will lose the minigun, and will have to rid yourself of any weapons and reenter the code to get the minigun back. Crawling through vents that have a grate blocking your exit cannot be broken while the minigun is equipped, and you cannont throw down the minigun, so you have to enter a cheat "gimmegun ----" for a gun to break the grate blocking your path. Easter Egg - Shogo Mobile Armor Division: ----------------------------------------- In the level "Lapdog" There is a part where you have to drop into the vent and pipe area after the gates on the main floor are closed. When down below, there will be a pipe that ignites to your right. A while later, there will be a valve to shut off the gas to this pipe. Once you have turned off the gas, head back to find a semi-secret walkway. Proceed dow the walkway, up a ladder, and into a room. Inside will be a health booster, and a radio. Stay tuned after the radio anouncement to hear the theme song to Shogo: Mobile Armor Division Rock-It At The Crates: ---------------------- In a part of mission 6, you defeat a group of men and a cyborg wielding a penatrator in a large room. Then you go through some doors and onto a balcony with plants under you. If you have the ASP Rifle (M-TAR knock-off) it's a good idea to use that. Two men will be attacking you from below. When you kill them do not jump down where they were just yet; there is an extremely large cyborg wielding a multi-rocket launcher waiting for you if you do. Instead, jump right across from the doors you just came through. Hide behind the first obstacle you see. Then, get out from your spot and shoot the machine with your ASP once. That's to draw its attention so it comes towards you. Once you get its attention, quickly get back to your hiding spot. When you hear it has stopped walking, simply lean out from your spot. It won't notice you. Even if you shoot it, it won't notice you. So keep shooting it with your ASP or other weapons until it explodes. Easter Egg: Bad Spelling: ------------------------- The term "Strong Language" is misspelled when the ESRB rating is shown at the beginning of the game. Defeating groups: ----------------- Use the following tactics to defeat groups. * Rush the enemy and take out as much enemy troops as possible, then hide. * If the group has a Heavy Armor, take out the guards first then attack the armor. * If you are in a tight spot and enemies are approaching in front of you, using slow motion and Drop Kick works nicely. Most of the time this will kill enemy troops with one hit. * If there is a lot in a group, use grenades. Defeating enemy groups without being spotted: --------------------------------------------- If the an enemy does not know you are there, holster your weapon and melee the guards. If you are lucky, the fallen guard will make little noise, and they will not look at you when you do it. You can dispose of the most of the guards without firing a shot. Interval 1: Alma crying: ------------------------ Before the first apparition of Charles' face, check the broken down door right over the table. Look into it to hear Alma crying. However you normally cannot see her.To actually see Alma, go back to the pair of double doors you saw before you saw the broken table. Keep opening and closing them. After awhile, the "Incoming: Unknown Origin" will appear. Keep doing this. After a few more minutes, the doors will disappear and you will enter a paranormal vision. Saving ammunition and time: --------------------------- If there are no enemies or music playing, holster your weapon. You save ammunition and can move faster to get through quicker. This also helps you outrun paranormal activity or get through it faster. Office Space Reference: ----------------------- During Interval 04, Chapter 2 (called Watchers), youll come across a room full of cubicles. Specifically, the room is located to the left of the deceased ATC Officer who was crushed by a falling ceiling tile. If you examine the cubicles in that room, youll find one with a radio on it, as well as a red stapler and a TPS report. This is an obvious ode to the classic late-90s movie Office Space. Extra Ammo: ----------- To ensure that you always get large amount of ammo from a pickup, after you spot ammo, drop the corresponding weapon. Grab the ammo, then get your weapon again and you'll have significantly more ammo than if you just grabbed the pickup alone. This is especially helpful for "rare" weapons. Saving Medkits: --------------- Use your Medkits at the correct time. Do not use Medkits immediately when you have about 70 to 80 health remaining. Try using a Medkit when your health drops below 30. One Medkit can heal up to about 30 to 45 points. If your health happens to drop below 40 and you are in a 1v1 or 2v1 fight, do not bother using a Medkit unless you really need to. Just run to cover while using your slow-mo abilities. Your health will regenerate slowly back to 40 if it drops below that, however you must be out of the firefight to regenerate your health. Recommended weapons: -------------------- The most important thing needed to complete the game is to master the shotgun. It will be the handiest and most used weapon thoughout the game. First, know that before combat enemies that are unaware of you will die in one shot. Once in combat, hide from them, preferably out of grenade range. This will cause them to hunt you down, which brings them out of cover and moves them close. Once they are exposed like that, the shotgun will usually kill them with one shot. The enemies that are smart enough to stay in cover can be killed or scared into the open by a grenade. Alternately, just advance closer to them every time they reload until you can kill them. Note: The shotgun is more effective at medium and longer ranges as compared to other games.
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text: Last week I shared how to make my new favorite accessory, a DIY pencil clutch. In that post, I outed myself as a huge school supply nerd, revealing how much time I spent as a kid preparing and decorating school supplies for the coming year. Today's tutorial shares my go-to method for covering textbooks (or any book), ideas for custom cover designs, and how to reinforce the covers to survive a year in a bumpy backpack.


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The world you see is just a movie in your mind.
Rocks dont see it.Bless and sit down.
Forgive and forget.
Practice kindness all day to everybody
and you will realize you're already
in heaven now.
That's the story.
That's the message.
Nobody understands it,
nobody listens, they're
all running around like chickens with heads cut
off. I will try to teach it but it will
be in vain, s'why I'll
end up in a shack
praying and being
cool and singing
by my woodstove
making pancakes.
Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), 'Letter to Edie Kerouac Parker', 1957, in The Portable Jack Kerouac.


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General Terms and Conditions of the artistic undertakings of Stiftung Oper in Berlin
1. Scope
The present Terms and Conditions govern the legal relationship between the individual members of the audience, on the one hand, and Stiftung Oper in Berlin [Berlin Opera Foundation], on the other, concerning the latter's artistic establishments (Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Komische Oper Berlin and Staatsballett Berlin). When in the following "Stiftung Oper in Berlin" is referred to, this implicitly comprises all its artistic establishments.
The present Terms and Conditions form part of the contract brought about by the purchase of tickets.
Unless otherwise agreed, the present Terms and Conditions also apply to subscribers and patron organisations and their members.
2. Schedules and start times
The applicable schedules giving the start times can be seen from the official publications of Stiftung Oper in Berlin.
Stiftung Oper in Berlin reserves the right to alter the schedule or cast of its plays.
Stiftung Oper in Berlin does not take any responsibility for information on posters and in other publications.
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Price reductions are available to qualified persons or groups of persons upon presentation of adequate proof at the ticket counters of the theatres and opera houses. Discounted tickets are valid only with such proof (certificate). If such proof cannot be produced, the difference between the discounted fee and the full entrance fee must be paid.
4. Ticket sale
Tickets are sold for one season in advance at the dates and times published by Stiftung Oper in Berlin. Stiftung Oper in Berlin reserves the right to limit the number of tickets per buyer in individual cases. Severely disabled persons may benefit from preferential allocation.
Ticket enquiries submitted in writing will be processed from the beginning of the advance sale period on a 'first come, first served' basis. However, it cannot be requested that the ticket purchase orders are processed in the order of their arrival. Ticket orders by telephone will be accepted from the beginning of the advance sale period.
If tickets ordered are not paid within the period specified, they will be released for resale.
Pre-paid tickets can on request be dispatched to the buyer by mail. The costs and risks of mail dispatch shall be borne by the buyer.
Tickets purchased may be resold for commercial purposes only subject to the prior consent of Stiftung Oper in Berlin. Stiftung Oper in Berlin reserves the right to take legal action in case of infringement. Furthermore, Stiftung Oper in Berlin is entitled to refuse any future ticket sale to persons violating the above-mentioned provision.
Stiftung Oper in Berlin reserves the right to alter or amend existing ticket sale regulations. The regulations are published by Stiftung Oper in Berlin or advertised at the box offices and theatre ticket counters.
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Generally return and refunding of purchased tickets is excluded. Expired tickets will not be refunded.
Stiftung Oper in Berlin reserves the right to alter the cast of any of its plays, which does not entitle ticket holders to a refund of their ticket purchase price.
If another play is performed than that announced at the moment of the ticket purchase, such ticket may be returned before the beginning of the performance, and the ticket price will be refunded.
If a performance is cancelled without another play being performed or a replacement date being offered, the ticket price will be refunded if the tickets are presented or sent to Patron Services within 30 days of the scheduled date of the performance.
If a performance is discontinued or ends prematurely, ticket holders are entitled to a refund of the ticket price only if the performance ends before the first intermission or, if without intermission, if it ends before half of the scheduled duration has passed. Such claim can be asserted only within 30 days of the date of the performance by submitting (presenting or sending) the tickets to Patron Services.
No expenses or losses sustained by ticket holders exceeding the claim for refund of the ticket price as specified in the paragraphs above will be reimbursed.
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If a ticket holder loses his/her ticket, the box office or ticket counter will provide a replacement ticket if he/she furnishes sufficient evidence of the ticket he/she had purchased. The holder of the original ticket takes precedence over the owner of a replacement ticket.
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As a rule, the doors of the cloakrooms and foyers open one hour before the commencement of the performance.
Ticket holders have no right to enter the auditorium after the commencement of the performance. If a ticket holder is denied entry due to his/her late arrival, they are not entitled to a refund of the ticket price.
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Coats, hats and bags may be only taken into the auditorium if this does not bother the other spectators. These items can be deposited in the cloakroom for the duration of the performance. Safekeeping of animals is generally excluded. Stiftung Oper in Berlin reserves the right to charge a cloakroom fee.
All items deposited are insured in accordance with the insurance terms and conditions displayed. Deutsche Oper Berlin provides cloakrooms for furs. Spectators can deposit their furs in the designated cloakrooms only and against payment of an insurance fee.
The items deposited in the cloakroom will be returned upon presentation of the cloakroom ticket or tag without further check of ownership. Without the presentation of a cloakroom ticket or tag, the items deposited can only be returned if the person claiming them furnishes sufficient evidence to prove the legitimacy of the claim.
The cloakroom staff must be informed immediately of any mix-up or loss of or damage to items deposited or the loss of the cloakroom ticket or tag. Spectators losing their cloakroom tag must bear the cost of replacement.
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Any lost property found on the premises of Stiftung Oper in Berlin must be delivered to the theatre or cloakroom staff. Lost property is handled pursuant to the regulations of articles 978 et sequ. of the German civil code (BGB).
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The authority over the premises lies with the managing director who authorises the respective agents, particularly the staff present during the evening performances, to exercise such authority.
The instructions of the theatre or opera house staff must be complied with.
Patrons may be refused entry to the theatres or opera houses if there is reason to believe that they will disturb the performance or bother the other spectators. Spectators can be removed from a performance in progress if they disrupt the performance, bother other spectators or took seats for which they do not have a ticket. Entry can also be refused to patrons who repeatedly violated the present Terms and Conditions. They are not entitled to a refund of their entrance fees or to other damages or compensation of expenses.
Persons interfering with the sale of tickets or bothering spectators can be removed from the premises. It is not permitted to offer tickets for resale in the box offices or entrance halls or elsewhere on the premises.
It is not permitted to occupy a seat other than that indicated on the ticket. If spectators change seats without authorisation to do so, Stiftung Oper in Berlin may charge any extra costs or seat them on the seats paid for or remove them from the auditorium.
Mobile phones, watches and other technical devices emitting acoustic signals must be switched off during the performance.
Smoking is prohibited in the venues of Stiftung Oper in Berlin except for the smoking areas provided.
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Spectators are not allowed to make image and/or sound recordings of any kind. In case of infringement the spectators can be removed from the theatre or opera house.
If image and sound recordings during a performance are made by persons authorised by Stiftung Oper in Berlin, the spectators, by attending the performance, agree to the possibility of being filmed or recorded and to having such recordings broadcasted, issued or published without any right to remuneration.
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Stiftung Oper in Berlin, its representatives and agents accept liability for losses of any kind sustained by spectators in the theatres or opera houses of Stiftung Oper in Berlin only in case of gross negligence or intent. This shall be without prejudice to liability in the event of death, bodily harm or injury to health if the damage sustained is typical and foreseeable.
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The present General Terms and Conditions will enter into force on 15 November 2010. Simultaneously the previous General Terms and Conditions of Stiftung Oper in Berlin shall cease to have effect.
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Should individual provisions of the present General Terms and Conditions be ineffective, the effectiveness of its other provisions shall not be affected thereby.
The German version of the present General Terms and Conditions is binding. This English translation is provided by Stiftung Oper in Berlin for information only.


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You can be forgiven for not watching the middle innings of Rays-White Sox on Tuesday afternoon.
I mean, it's a Tuesday afternoon. Even if you're an obsessed scoreboard watcher of AL East contenders such as myself, you're more likely to focus on the Red Sox's opener with Chris Sale on the hill. The Rays have been better, but it's early April … and they're playing the White Sox.
Furthermore, the game was already a blowout with Tampa Bay hitting three homers in the first three innings and knocking out Ervin Santana with seven runs in the first four frames. This, however, is all about what came next, the pitcher who came in after Santana: Manny Banuelos.
For 3 1/3 innings, Banuelos was everything we dreamed he would be. He struck out four, allowed three baserunners and held the Rays off the board, keeping the Sox in the game. Tampa couldn't get the ball in the air outside of one pop out and Banuelos had them swinging and missing at his offspeed stuff. The southpaw was the only pitcher to retire Austin Meadows on the outfielder's career day.
Despite yesterday's outing, Banuelos represents a story of promise and failure around these parts. In the next wave of prospects after the Big Three, Banuelos topped Yankees' prospect lists at the same time as Jesus Montero, Dellin Betances and Andrew Brackman. With Betances ticketed for relief and Brackman flaming out, Banuelos was the best hope for a homegrown ace.
Banuelos was poised to fulfill that potential despite a 5-foot-11 frame. He reached Triple-A at 20 years old in 2011. He was the No. 13 prospect before the 2012 season according to MLB.com and Baseball America ranked him No. 29, his second straight year in the top 50. Mariano Rivera called him the best pitching prospect he'd ever seen, forebodingly in the same article that he discussed Brien Taylor.
As with nearly every pitcher with a mid-90s fastball, Banuelos succumbed to injuries, though they came at the worst time for the lefty. He struggled with injuries in 2012 and eventually had to go under the knife for Tommy John surgery. The left-hander was never the same in the Yankees' system and was traded to Atlanta for relievers before the 2015 season.
He had success in Atlanta, although briefly. His best career outing was his debut in 2015, where he threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings and struck out the NL MVP, Bryce Harper, all three times he faced him.
But then bone spurs came for Banuelos and he's bounced between both Los Angeles teams and now to Chicago, still searching for his breakthrough at age 28.
And that brings up back to Tuesday. Banuelos looked like a version of his old self, the one we all heard about but never saw in pinstripes. The mid-90s heat is gone, but he's making do with a low-90s sinker and still has the curve, slider and changeup. Look at this slider!
To end his outing, he gave up his only hit, a seeing-eye single to Tommy Pham, but the southpaw picked off Pham a pitch later. After getting confirmation that the Rays wouldn't challenge, Banuelos walked off the field, stretched his glove into the air and put it down to his lips while looking skyward, seemingly thanking the heavens as his day was done and perhaps with the relief of having a clean performance.
Already on the wrong side of 25, Banuelos' prospect shine is long gone. The idea of him headlining a rotation just isn't in the cards. But that's OK. Even if Banuelos hadn't cracked the rebuilding Chicago roster this year, he'd have ended his career a Major Leaguer. There could be even brighter days ahead, and he even gets to finally pitch at Yankee Stadium this weekend, nearly a half-decade after he was unceremoniously traded.
As for us, the Yankee faithful, Banuelos is a permanent lesson of the tantalizing pitching prospect. He wasn't flawless, particularly his height, but he was the no-doubt pitcher of the time. We've had to adjust our concept of pitching prospects and you'll see that reflected on Baseball America and the like; Most evaluators have begun shying away from populating tops of lists with pitchers. No matter how good a 20-year-old pitcher looks, they're one injury away from missing out or plateauing.
For one day though, in front of a sparse crowd of 10,799 fans, the promise of Manny Banuelos came through again . Too late for the Yankees? Surely. But it's fulfilling nonetheless to see the prospect dreams of the last decade live, even if it's just a random Tuesday in April.


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Artist: June Harman
Medium: Acrylic
Dimensions: 24″12″x1″ unframed / (25″x13″x1″ framed)
©2011-2020 June Harman, all rights reserved.
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Born and raised in Vancouver, I had a 10 year career as a graphic artist, illustrator and art director on the west coast. In 1995 I left the commercial field to become a fine artist. In 2000 I began showing my work in Vancouver. In 2014 we moved to Ottawa.
I'm a signature member of the Federation of Canadian Artists (artists.ca).For 25 years I've been a dance leader and caller. Working with live musicians, playing traditional music, I bring the joy of dance to people of all ages and abilities. These experiences become subjects for my art.
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I'm most interested in the human figure. Musicians and dancers are often my subjects. I also work from life models, interpreting their poses into characters from mythology and literature.
A linking factor in everything I create is the use of patterning; obvious or subtle, it is always there. Sometimes the patterning is about the music being played or danced to, and sometimes it expresses a state of mind, but it is always present as an energy that runs through the work.
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PyPy talk at OpenBossa 09
Yesterday i gave my PyPy status/mobile perspectives at OpenBossa, Nokia's developer conference for embedded platforms in Brazil. Found it a bit of a tough task to do that in 50 minutes. I had some 50, later more developers attending the talk and was happy with the questions and the feedback. Guess it's a good sign if the number of people grows during a talk :) It was the first time i tried to work more with pictures and actually used some devianart photos from Marikaz to mark section transitions. I summarize/highlight some key points here in the post.
After intro and 2.5 compatibility status, i talked about our measurements of PyPy's Python on Nokia's N810 internet tablet. The best bit is that for almost all Python data structures PyPy has smaller memory representations than CPython. Particularly good are class instances which often score at 50% of CPython's sizes. Startup time is also often better and can be improved. On the bad side, PyPy's quite large base interpreter size and its bytecode execution is often worse. In the talk i also outline ideas for "perfect PYC files" for minimizing module import times and maximizing sharing across interpreter processes. I also briefly discussed the PyPy situation with extension modules and regarding C++ libs. Most of these ideas arose from sprint discussions last year. In the morning i also had some good talk with Stefan Seefeld about Boost Python and the new QT4 bindings. Maybe to use Boost Python is also a good opportunity - but PyPy does not currently have a C-level or C++ level API.
In subsequent lunch discussions people agreed that PyPy has three main interesting areas currently:
- the Python Just-In-Time Compiler
- a virtualized, sandboxed Python interpreter
- an efficient Python interpreter for small devices
I think our upcoming 1.1 release will be a good point in time for many people to look some more into PyPy. I hope we are crossing the chasm soon. It's been a while since the project started :) Getting some more sponsoring to sustain and increase our current efforts probably wouldn't hurt.
Now i am off to spend my last day in Recife / Brazil, fly back to Germany in the evening and then spend time on preparing for Pycon 2009. And I guess i am going to enjoy some naturally cold air - at least my two jogging sessions at Brazillian beaches, at a sustained 30 degrees celsius, were tough. I guess i shouldn't complain, though :)
Was great meeting all the brazillian guys and the few women - just had breakfeast with Kate Alhola, kernel hacker and working on the new "Freemantle" graphical platform. Many thanks go to Marcio Marcedo and the Python team at INDT who invited me here. Hope to come again next year and eventually talk more about the Zone VM :)
If you are interested in some more not so pypy-specific bits about the conference and what i experienced, you might head over to my tetamap blog.


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Ever wanted to just disappear into a secret garden of earthly delights, of twists and turns of evocative ruin, exuberant tropics, the Zen of a Japanese teahouse?
Consider Chanticleer, in Wayne, Pa. It's part of the old Main Line ring of estates around Philadelphia. In fact, right across the street from the garden is the former home of Helen Hope Montgomery Scott, the heiress portrayed by Katherine Hepburn in Philadelphia Story.
Chanticleer is, quite simply, one of the most delightful gardens in the world. In Chanticleer, a Pleasure Garden, Washington Post garden critic Adrian Higgins writes that one of the things he likes best is that "it doesn't have an agenda. It isn't, for example, only native plants. It doesn't label everything, like an arboretum. It's about plants; plants on their stage."
"It's music, it's ballet, it's cinema, the garden as an art form," he writes.
More directly: It is 37 enchanting acres open to the public, meant to distract us from the care of our daily lives.
Adolph Rosengarten Sr. and his wife, Christine, bought the property that would become Chanticleer in 1912. Rosengarten headed a Philadelphia pharmaceutical company, Rosengarten and Sons, which would eventually merge with Merck. He expanded the property, but it wasn't until Adolph Rosengarten Jr. came home from World War II that the garden really began. During his time stationed at Bletchley Park in London, Rosengarten Jr. fell in love with English manor gardens.
Over the decades, "Dolf Jr.," alarmed by development in the area, saved the land he loved by creating a foundation and trust for Chanticleer. Chanticleer opened to the public in 1993. The name? Maybe for the "rooster" emblem of France. When he died in 1990, he left Chanticleer as a bequest that all could enjoy.
The bequest was a selfless act. He could have done anything with the property; what he wanted was for visitors to wander the grounds and recover from the woes of the world. In his days, it was lawns and trees. Today, the gardeners wonder what he would think. First, they say, he would be shocked; it's so colorful. They hope he would approve.
Chanticleer's two executive directors, Bill Thomas and Chris Woods before him, added color, hot plants, artistry, wit and savvy. They have sent gardeners all the way to Japan to figure out how to build a teahouse.
For 10 bucks, a visitor can roll down a hill below the vistas of a 1920's great house. You can stop at the Teacup Garden in the entryway, then sit on a bench and read a book beneath towering banana plants that seem like Doric columns. From the minute you arrive, your eye is entranced by the Parking Lot Garden, meant to whisk your eye into the grounds.
But the favorite, for many visitors, is the Ruin Garden. Built to resemble the house where the younger Rosengarten lived, the Ruin looks like a Tim Burton set, the "ruin" of a roofless mansion. A 24-foot-long sarcophagus-like table of polished black granite holds a burbling pool beneath a towering fireplace "chimney." Sedums ring a mantelpiece "mirror." Weeping cypresses appear to be ghosts. Stone furniture is set nearby, outside, as if the "family" living in the Ruin had to flee. It's all a botanical stage set.
If you are a plant geek, fine. Whimsical "plant list" boxes built by the staff give you access to what's growing on the estate. Otherwise, you are allowed to wander, as Alice once did in Wonderland.
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This review receives the official Shot97 Seal of Approval. -haha- Inside joke with Intric8, and for anyone who had Nintendo consoles growing up. I remember the box from back in the day and that's about it. My dad, despite eating up the RPGs and liking Elvira himself, never got this one. But I remember him catching me looking at the box on the store rack, poking me in the arm and going "Hey! What do you think you're looking at? Let me see that!" lol - And proceeding to ogle it himself.
Poked around in it in my emulation days. Seemed to have been one of the RPGs Amiga peeps pointed to at the time. Didn't make me want to dive in then, and the combat was just... Well it did not call out to me let's say. This review, despite being critical of the game in spots, and seemingly deserving so, this does make me want to dive in. Seems like one where even if you don't like it, you'll like it... Something there will grab you, if only by the pair. :D I've had it on my list for a long time, and there it will probably remain for the near future, but it itches thanks to the coverage here. So many nice CRT pics!
Beyond the game, makes me long for those childhood days, beyond ecstatic to finally have my very own television in my room... Black and white? Who cares! Hand dialing that knob on the VHF dial to the "U" indicating UHF, now over an inch to that dial just went on and on... Click click click... Well, more like clickityclickclickclick all the way to one end... Fast motions until you "felt" you were nearing one of your regular stations slowing down until there... Move rabbit ears, mess with dial some more.... Maybe even move the entire TV closer to the window... There you would find Elviria, feels like the independent little stations... Sometimes I got lucky and even picked her up twice on a late night repeat out of a station from Toledo...Or maybe Flint... Way beyond the limit of most TVs, but those black and white ones seemed extra capable of grabbing on those perfectly clear nights.
Four balambamamas to choose from... Can't say I remember a single movie she ever featured, but her? Unforgettable. And learning more about her these days, like how she owns the rights to her own character... Just amazing to look at the cunning and power of that woman in quite an unfair and nasty television environment at the time. Still ever the intelligent smart ass she ever was, seemingly ageless. Must have put a time stop spell on us, where we age but she does not!
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PEDI in Carlsbad, Calif., now operates as Integra Carlsbad. Providien acquired PEDI in 2010. Integra Carlsbad operates 28 injection molding machines of 18-500 tons and provides automated assembly services.
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February is the month of love - you know I'm about love all year round - but here's an early Valentine's treat!
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Do you like baby size kits - because they are less expensive, small and fast to make,
throw sized kits - because they are larger and make a great gift, or
large bed sized quilts - because you want someone else to make sure it all goes together?
The winner will be announced on Monday 11th February. Everyone is welcome to enter but please make sure I have a way of contacting you, if in doubt leave your email address in the comment.
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We should all watch this.
[[Well, NBC removed this video, so forget it.]]
UPDATE: Another awesome year! Read the recap below for post-Oscar reminiscing.
The fun starts later tonight, folks. Stay tuned to this post.
REVIEWED: The Woman in Black. …is dancing with me…cheek to cheek. PLUS: Ryan's pelvis.
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This Sunday (4PT/7ET on ABC) grand dame of awards shows Billy Crystal returns to the small screen to make us feel like maybe we care about the Oscars still. And it must be working already, because Logan and I are on board for another year of live bloggin' fun.
How does it work you ask? Don't worry, you big dumb idiot. It's easy. When you sit down to watch the awards, make sure you've got your laptop (or mobile device!) tuned to this site where you'll find running commentary by me and Logan for the entirety of the broadcast. Check out the snazzy replays of our 2011, 2010,or 2009 events to get the idea.
Don't have someone to enjoy the show with? Join us and post your comments! Do have someone to enjoy the show with? Ignore them and hang out with us instead.
If The Woman in Black proved anything, it's that I want to see those scrappy little Harry Potter kids cleaned up and out there acting their magic-infused little hearts out, God bless 'em. Daniel Radcliffe has already had a few other things up his sleeve, such as performing nude in New York and becoming a teen alcoholic. Emma Watson has managed to branch out by cutting her hair and dropping out of college.
But what of Rupert Grint? I remember back in the day discussing the future of his career with Ryan. We both guessed that he would go on to be an enjoyable comedic actor of limited range. However, Harry Potter has now come to an end, and Rupert has yet to have any crazy tabloid moments, let alone that major "I'm a real actor now" moment.
Well, Rupert, I just thought I'd let you know that all of your pals at Critical End! are waiting. We know your big moment is coming, it's just a matter of time. Sure, some people say that you don't have a career because, well, you're kinda ugly. But us? We say, sure, that's actually true. But some girls dig pale, red-headed, freckled love machines like yourself. So, chin up, Rupert!
Listen, I think my old college pal Parry Gripp said it best:
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There's been a lot of talk about the upcoming/rumored/probably-never-going-to-happen Ghostbusters 3. The most recent word is that Dan Aykroyd is so serious about getting the thing made, he's willing to recast Bill Murray. Of course, that's a terrible idea, and if Aykroyd actually said that, I doubt he was serious. Even if he was, they got Murray for the damned Ghostbusters video game, so I have trouble believing that he won't cave and at least film a cameo if this sequel ever actually gets made.
But whether it's true or not, it's got everybody in an uproar, with some bloggers and commenters going so far as to say that Bill Murray was the only good thing about the film. Now I love(d) Bill Murray. He is a fantastically talented dude who gave us some of the funniest performances in film history. Hasn't done much for me lately, but whatever. He's brilliant, and he's definitely a huge asset to Ghostbusters. But, c'mon people, turn away from your Wes Anderson love shrine for a second. Time for a reality check. Let me remind you of 3 Great Things About Ghostbusters That Have Nothing to Do with Bill Murray:
#3. It's Got a Damn Good Script
Yes, Bill Murray absolutely improvised extra lines during filming, and the ones that made the final cut are hysterical. But over the years, it's become popular to believe that Murray just strolled onto the set and said whatever dialog came into his head. Heck, he probably wrote most of the other characters' lines too, right before inventing modern comedy, then ascending to the heavens on a rocket-cloud made of laughter.
Actually, 90% of what you see onscreen can be found right here. That's the shooting script, and it took several revisions by Aykroyd and Harold Ramis to turn a really basic idea into the tight, funny movie we know and love. And it's not only funny. Ghostbusters is tense, full of action, and–at times–scary as shit. It's just a great movie, plain and simple. Bill Murray made it measurably better, but it would have been great even without him.
#2. It's Fun to Watch
I don't just mean the effects are good, though they are. I mean it's well-paced and visually interesting. Take out the funny dialog and you'd still have a decent action/adventure flick with some excellent set pieces.
Our heroes use neat weapons, trash every room they enter, get covered in slime, and drive a pimped out hearse. All while the coolest theme song in movie history plays in the background. Ghostbusters has some truly imaginative action scenes. The thing ends with a battle for all of New York City against a demon and a giant monster from hell (the latter conjured from the mind of one of our heroes) and they end up beating it at the last second with experimental science. Then one of them kisses a girl and they ride into the sunset as the entire city cheers. And those are just the parts of the movie that people DON'T EVEN TALK ABOUT because they're too busy buying t-shirts that say "Back off man, I'm a scientist", which, incidentally, is a line that was in the script.
#1 It's Got a Great Cast That Isn't Bill Murray
Again, Bill Murray is great. But so is literally everyone else in this movie and they don't get half the credit he does. You've got Aykroyd rattling off paragraphs of rapid-fire psuedo-science with the enthusiasm of a five-year-old, Ramis doing some of the most underrated deadpan comedy in cinema, and of course Rick Moranis who is…just…
So, one last time: Bill Murray is great. I'm talking really really super extra great times infinity levels of greatness. But Ghostbusters is an awesome movie in its own right. He's the icing, not the cake. Let's all stop playing into this idea that the man is a hipster god who can do no wrong, and give some credit where credit's due.
If the world lost anything when Michael Jackson died, it was its sense of humor.
I can hear you now: "How dare he! Just who does he think he is?! A big jerk, that's who I think he is! Logan Lee? Sounds like a jerk name to me, the lame jerky jerk pants!"
Are you done? Good. Because, truth be told, you know I'm right. I had friends who were cracking Michael Jackson jokes with the best of them one day, then praising him for everything short of inventing Eggies the next. How did this guy go from being that weird, used-to-be-black-but-I-swear-I-just-turned-this-shade-of-white-pedaphile one day, to being somebody that never did any wrong the next? Listen, I'm all for remembering Jackson fondly, but let's not forget that he was fucking crazy.
Which is why I'm kicking off my official remembrance of Whitney (or as I like to call it: "RIP Whitney Houston: Memories of a Fucking Crazy Broad"), with the one thing that I thought of as soon as I heard about her untimely death.
Goodbye, Whitney. May you live on forever in the YouTube clips of our hearts.
Midnight in Paris and The Artist? When the hell did we get so classy? Anywho, remember you can check our respective IMDb pages (Logan here and Ryan here) year round if you want to see what we gave a particular film. But here, for your reference, is each of our complete ratings for 2011. And below that, our respective best and worst lists.
To hear us chat about this year in movies, make sure to catch our 2011 Wrap-Up podcast.
All ratings are on a 10 point scale.
Johnny English Reborn – 8
Midnight in Paris – 8
Super 8 – 8
Chillerama – 7
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol – 7
The Adventures of Tintin – 7
Contagion – 7
Rise of the Planet of the Apes – 7
Limitless – 7
The Greatest Movie Ever Sold – 7
Apollo 18 – 6
Blitz – 6
Conan the Barbarian – 6
Captain America: The First Avenger – 6
X-Men: First Class – 6
Hanna – 6
The Beaver – 6
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop – 6
Hall Pass – 6
Our Idiot Brother – 6
The Resident – 6
Kill the Irishman – 6
The Muppets – 5
30:Minutes or Less – 5
Cowboys & Aliens – 5
Lucky – 5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 – 5
Horrible Bosses – 5
Larry Crowne – 5
Priest – 5
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides – 5
Scream 4 – 5
Sucker Punch – 5
Paul – 5
Source Code – 5
Battle Los Angeles – 5
Red Riding Hood – 5
Take Me Home Tonight – 5
Drive Angry – 5
I Am Number Four – 5
Unknown – 5
Rango – 5
Husk – 5
The Green Hornet – 5
Faces in the Crowd – 4
Abduction – 4
Colombiana – 4
The Caller – 4
The Change-Up – 4
Mr. Popper's Penguins – 4
Green Lantern – 4
Something Borrowed – 4
Thor – 4
The Task – 4
Seconds Apart – 4
The Mechanic – 4
Hobo with a Shotgun – 4
New Year's Eve – 3
Shark Night 3D – 3
Fright Night – 3
Your Highness – 3
Mars Needs Moms – 3
The Adjustment Bureau – 3
Beastly – 3
Attack the Block – 3
51 – 3
National Lampoon's Dirty Movie – 3
The Roommate – 3
The Rite – 3
Season of the Witch – 3
Not Another Not Another Movie – 3
The Artist – 9
50/50 – 8
Fright Night – 8
Captain America: The First Avenger – 8
X-Men: First Class – 8
Midnight in Paris – 8
The Muppets – 8
The Descendants – 7
Moneyball – 7
Real Steel – 7
Rise of the Planet of the Apes – 7
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop – 7
Bridesmaids – 7
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 – 7
Super 8 – 7
Thor – 7
Source Code – 7
Drive Angry – 7
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol – 7
Horrible Bosses – 6
Drive – 6
The Change-Up – 6
The Hangover Part II – 6
Red State – 6
Cowboys & Aliens – 6
Hobo with a Shotgun – 6
Larry Crowne – 6
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides – 6
Scream 4 – 6
The Adjustment Bureau – 6
Limitless – 6
The Roommate – 6
Red Riding Hood – 5
The Mechanic – 5
The Rite – 5
Unknown – 5
Margin Call – 4
Green Lantern – 4
Logan's Best of 2011 1. Midnight in Paris 2. Super 8 3. Johnny English Reborn 4. Limitless 5. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Logan's Worst of 2011 Logan's Yearly Average – 4.91 |
Ryan's Best of 2011 1. The Artist 2. The Muppets 3. Fright Night 4. Captain America: The First Avenger 5. Midnight in Paris Ryan's Worst of 2011 Ryan's Yearly Average – 6.50 |
We return for our first episode of the year and our fourth annual best/worst show. REVIEWED: The highlights and lowlights of 2011. PLUS: Vampire squabbling.
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I trust you all had a great weekend. Ryan and I spent most of it cleaning out the ol' "Critical End Podcast Theater" (or, as it's officially called, "The Tim Burton's Career Pre-Planet of the Apes Memorial Theater") in order to get ready for the recording of our big "Best and Worst of 2011" show tonight. Unfortunately, all the imaginary tickets to the event sold out months ago. However, no worries as you'll be able to download the full show soon enough.
Speaking of sold out events, we're also proud to announce our annual "Critical End! Oscar Live Blog 2012!" Granted, things may be a bit harder this year as the Oscars had to go and finally get a competent host, but seeing that this is our fourth year of doing this thing, I'm sure we've got lots of past zingers built up to please both young and old.
Expect to hear more news about both of these things in the upcoming days!
Let's take a look at that new super bowl ad with Matthew Broderick:
Now at first glance, this appears to be a parody of Ferris Bueller's Day Off. But it isn't. A real parody takes something you recognize and puts a comedic twist on it. Okay yes, traditionally the purpose is to mock the original work which isn't exactly happening here, and technically maybe this is more a pastiche or whatever. But my point is this is supposed to be funny. You're supposed to laugh when you see present day Matthew Broderick doing a parody (or whatever) of his role in Ferris Bueller. Only there aren't any jokes in this.
It's not bad. It's a reasonably competent commercial. But every potentially funny moment is just a carbon copy of a moment in Ferris Bueller. The sick day call, the parade, the stuff with the car, all straight up lifted–and this is the important part–WITHOUT any new twist. They could have shown Broderick failing at all his wacky antics, playing on the fact that he's not a kid anymore but his fancy Honda makes him feel like one anyway. In that scenario, you're taking something familiar and changing it a little to get your joke. I wouldn't be surprised if that was the original pitch. Instead we get exact scenes from the original movie, and you're expected to laugh just because you remember it.
I like to call this the Family Guy Maneuver because that show does it all the time. Let's check out an example in high quality taped-off-TV-o-vision…
So yeah it's an exact recreation of the Power of Love part of Back to the Future…and nothing else. This is basically the same as the drunk guy in the bar trying to reenact the standup routine he saw last week. Listen, I love parodies. But before you laugh, please double check your parody contains jokes.
Watch this:
Funny stuff, right? And that joke about the leper boat? Gets me every time. But you know who's not laughing?
That's right. Pirates animation company Aardman is altering that scene in their upcoming film due to objections from leprosy groups. My first reaction to this was "Lepers still exist…and they have groups?" My second reaction was to seriously start thinking about which of my friends may be lepers (I'm looking at you, Deb). My final reaction, and the most important one, was "THE FUCKING HELL?!"
Have we really become so politically correct that we now have to worry about offending lepers? If it's gotten to the point that we can't even make fun of the damn lepers, than who are we allowed to make fun of?
Well, I'm putting a stop to this right now. You know what? Fuck you, lepers. I'd say that I wish you'd contact some hideous disease and die, but you're already a goddamn leper. At least stop complaining about children's films long enough so you can hear me laughing at you.
So apparently the Oscar nominees have been announced. /Film has a great roundup of those. Whatever. That's not what we're talking about right now.
Crispin Glover. If you're not familiar with the man's work, let me remind you that you are:
Even if you've only seen Back to the Future, you get the sense that that is one weird dude. Let's take a look at some of his other work. There's this…
And this…
And finally, lest you think he only plays creepy lunatics in the movies, here's what he does when you put him on a talk show:
With this in mind, you can imagine my elation when I discovered that the man had a mailing list. Yes, you can sign up to get periodic emails from Crispin Glover. All you have to do is find his freakishly stark and terrifying website. A website that consistently refers to him as "Crispin Hellion Glover", which just serves to underscore the weirdness, even though that is apparently his real full name. Needless to say, I signed up immediately. And after three years of membership, I think I've earned the right to voice a complaint:
"Crispin Hellion Glover, how is your mailing list not weirder?"
Seriously, I joined expecting long paranoid screeds about the forest people that steal Crispin Glover's mail, or detailed graphs showing which parts of his kitchen secretly resent him. Instead, it's just some publicity blurbs about his pet project movie series and a boring list of tour dates. Don't get me wrong, the movies themselves sound BATSHIT INSANE. I'd go see them, but I'm afraid they'd hypnotize me and turn me into one of his rat slaves.
In fact, comparing the email I got this week to one from 2008…this is the EXACT same text with only the tour dates updated! Come on, Crispin Hellion Glover! I paid (nothing) for your unique brand of unsettling behavior and I expect a return on my investment.
Either the next email's written in the menstrual blood of an endangered African rhino, or I'm unsubscribing.
Yeah, I made up the "sexually" part up, but it got you reading this, so why stop now?
Many of you long time readers may recall me practically begging Adam Green to make several sequels to his throwback horror film Hatchet. Then he went and made Hatchet II and I mostly complained. It wasn't flat-out terrible, but I think it's now safe to say that it was overall disappointing.
Then, in an obvious bid to keep me in his good graces, Green made what may end up being one of my favorite films of 2011, Chillerama. His segment in Chillerama, entitled The Diary of Anne Frankenstein, is one of the funniest spoofs I've seen in a very long time, and well worth the price of the DVD. Not only that, but on the bonus features Green hints at what we were all thinking: Hatchet II was a disappointment.
Which brings us to this weekend. Green posted the following picture on his Facebook page late Friday night:
Oh, Adam, you tease, you. Now all you have to do is get the original Marybeth back and then just tell me where to insert my money. If you need me I'll be over there.
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Syrians in Jordan: preventing the most vulnerable from falling through the cracks
Syrians in Jordan: preventing the most vulnerable from falling through the cracks
AMMAN, Jordan, March 7 (UNHCR) - It's morning and a 70-year-old Syrian man stands outside the UNHCR building in Amman among hundreds of other asylum-seekers. His trousers are dirty. His black shoes, covered in dust, are falling apart. His hands shake uncontrollably, bouncing off his frayed coffee-coloured sweater. His 60-year-old wife helps to keep him standing. A hijab (veil) covers her head.
Heba Azazieh, a senior field associate, sees the couple. At first she thinks the man is suffering from the morning cold, but she soon learns that he's shaking because of the terrible violence he has seen. "May God protect your ears from what we will tell you," the woman says.
She recalls that when the Syrian conflict began in March 2011 tanks rolled through the streets of their home city of Homs. Snipers set up position on rooftops, sending the old man into a fit of convulsive fear. Neighbours said it was not safe to stay and the couple fled, hoping to return in a few days. "We left with the clothes on our back," the old man tells the attentive Azazieh.
Their money was consumed in no time. Three days later, they called their neighbours who told them that armed men had taken over their home. Shells had obliterated the verandah. Everything was lost.
And now they're in real need of help: the old man's UNHCR registration papers are out of date; the local pharmacy will no longer provide him with the medicine that controls his shaking; and there is a problem accessing his monthly cash grant of US$140 from UNHCR. For some reason he can't withdraw money using the ATM card he was given, and it is this cash that keeps them alive.
It's a typical case for UNHCR's Azazieh, who heads up a small response unit designed to listen and act on the emergency needs of refugees like the elderly couple. She quickly renews the man's papers and calls an associate to deal with the bank problem. It may seem simple, but Azazieh and her professional, caring team are providing a vital service.
More than 360,000 Syrians have sought shelter in Jordan and many arrive desperate and in need of urgent medical, material and other assistance. Some, like the old couple, face fresh problems after arrival. UNHCR has supported Jordan in its efforts to coordinate the response to the Syrian crisis and has provided critical goods and services to the displaced.
But doing so is an immense challenge. As insecurity in Syria prevails, thousands of mostly women and children are fleeing to Jordan daily through official and unofficial crossing points. The majority of the exodus is dispersed across urban and rural communities.
Azazieh's team helps those in need from all over the country. No appointment is necessary. Potential emergency cases are referred to the appropriate staff. The objective is to protect the most vulnerable from falling through the cracks. Some of those who do not receive regular assistance suffer from everything from serious medical conditions to sexual violence and exploitation.
On the day that Azazieh, who is Syrian-Jordanian, meets the old couple, there are about 500 other people waiting to be seen. Her job is to direct the flow of misery efficiently. "Cases that we would previously consider as the exception are becoming the norm," she says, gesturing to an area where refugees register. It is packed with older people and the sick as well as single mothers and their children.
Urgent cases are referred to UNHCR's community services team. In the basement of the office, these refugees line up to speak in private with a team of specialists. Ameera Faraj, a community services worker, listens and tries to help as one family after another tell of how their world came to be broken.
In the small interviewing room, Faraj faces a 32-year-old woman with her five children, ranging in age from 10 years to seven months. Her five-year-old daughter has fallen in love with Faraj's computer. Her mother tells her to stop being a nuisance, but Faraj is happy to see the little girl smile. "Don't worry, darling," she says to the mother. "Your little girl is not a problem for me."
The woman and her children live off the US$6 per day that she earns collecting vegetables for local farmers. She lives in a makeshift shelter in the countryside. She has no cooking utensils. She arrived from Syria because she was afraid for the safety of her little ones.
Faraj looks at the youngest boy and her face suddenly turns serious. She examines his hands and feet. She stares at his sunken eyes. "This boy is malnourished," she says. "You need to take him to a health centre immediately." The woman quietly protests. "If I take him to the health centre, I will lose my day's pay," the woman says. "I have five children to feed."
Faraj's tone suddenly turns sharp. This is not a request. "You will take this child to a health centre so that he can receive treatment." she says "You will not save your son from Syria to lose him in Jordan." The woman is given emergency cash assistance to help cover her immediate needs. UNHCR field officers will soon visit her at her home to ensure that her children are going to school and that she is safe. Her eyes well up and she exhales.
The community services worker has no time to rest. As the woman leaves, a man in a wheelchair presses into the room. He too has nothing. He lives on the second floor of a building and must pull his body up the stairs. He needs to pay the rent and his daughter needs to go to school.
Faraj will see as many people as possible today. And when she goes home to her own family she will keep her telephone on. There are women at risk of sexual violence who know how to reach her. She could be needed again. This is the rhythm of her life in an emergency.
By Greg Beals in Amman, Jordan


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DETECTIVES investigating the disappearance of York chef Claudia Lawrence have released fresh appeals and new evidence but say there is still no prime suspect.
Details of seven fresh leads are today made public by Chief Superintendent Simon Mason, head of crime, and Detective Superintendent Dai Malyn, head of the MCU, on the fifth anniversary of Claudia's disappearance.
They include:
- New CCTV footage of a mystery man
- DNA found on a cigarette in Claudia's car
- The fact that her hair straighteners were missing from her home
- The revelation of mystery finger-prints found in her house
- She had used her phone in the Acomb area in the weeks before her disappearance
Crimestoppers also announced a £10,000 reward for information which could assist the investigation.
Chief Supt Mason said a cold-case review that began last autumn was "producing progressive results", and allowed officers to examine information from the original investigation using new methods "as if the incident had just occurred".
He said: "We believe the very real possibility still exists that this appeal will, even five years later, produce new information that could be of particular significance to the case."
All the new information will be posted online from 9.30pm on Wednesday, along with all previous appeals for information into Claudia's disappearance, following the BBC's Crimewatch which will include more previously-unreleased lines of inquiry - reported in television listings as including appeals for information about two vehicles.
Chief Supt Mason said recent speculation in national media had been incorrect, stating there were "a number of individuals who remain and are of particular interest to this investigation", and no "prime suspect".
He said: "I need to make it absolutely clear that there is not, there is not a prime suspect in this case and nor is there any individual who can be deemed to be classified as suspect status."
Det Supt Malyn said that following an assessment of Claudia's home by the National Crime Agency, detectives now "favour the theory that Claudia probably left the house that morning", and further forensic tests on the house last summer brought forward new evidence.
He said: "As a result of the new techniques we used we have raised a number of fingerprints within that house and that tells me there are still people who are yet to come forward who have been in that house either before during or after her disappearance. The elimination process is quite simple, I would ask those people to come forward."
Det Supt Malyn said he hoped making the appeals available online would encourage the public to look at all the available information.
He said: "I would like people to look at the microsite at all the information and give us that information that will give us something really significant and potentially a breakthrough.
"People can log on in their own time and look at it all and I'm optimistic that in doing that, the right person will come forward with the right information that we need."
*The full information will go live at 9.30pm at www.northyorkshire.police.uk/claudialawrence
New CCTV appeal
POLICE released this CCTV image of a man in the Co-Op store in Tang Hall, taken on the morning of April 1, 2009, two weeks after Claudia went missing.
He told staff he knew Claudia or used to work with her, and despite enquiries he was never traced.
The man is described as black, aged in his late 20s, about 5ft 8ins tall, slim build and he spoke with an African accent. He was wearing a light baseball-style cap with a darker peak with a "NASA" motif, a zip-up cardigan with the motif "Beverley Hills Polo" on the breast , blue jeans and white trainers with a pink stripe.
Det Supt Malyn said: "The original investigation carried out enquires to locate this man. It is hoped this fresh appeal together with some CCTV images will help us identify who he is.
"I am urging this man to come forward to assist the investigation. Or if someone recognises him from the CCTV image taken from inside the shop, please contact the police."
New forensic techniques
USING new techniques not available to police in 2009, last year's forensic examination of Claudia's Heworth home has found a number of fingerprints around the house.
Det Supt Malyn said: "That tells me there are still people who are yet to come forward who have been in that house either before during or after her disappearance. The elimination process is quite simple, I would ask those people to come forward.
"Not doing so only raises questions as to why you wouldn't. There is also other DNA material from items examined in the house that have been recovered. Forensic work is ongoing in respect of these items."
Forensic investigators also established a male DNA profile from an Embassy Regal cigarette butt found in Claudia's Vauxhall Corsa, which was being repaired at a local garage when she disappeared.
Det Supt Malyn said: "It is vital that we trace this man as soon as possible as he could have important information.
"We need to know if Claudia had any male friends, colleagues or acquaintances who were known to smoke in her car. From speaking to Claudia's friends, it wasn't unusual for people to smoke in her car or her home."
New mobile phone analysis
ANALYSIS of Claudia's phone records show she spent time in the Acomb area in the weeks prior to her disappearance, and police want to find out who with.
Police also believe the silver Samsung D900 was deliberately turned off by someone at about 12.10pm on Thursday, March 19, 2009.
Det Supt Malyn said: "Claudia used her mobile phone intensively so it is unlikely she would allow it to run out of battery. Also, her mobile phone charger was still in her house. From looking at her phone records, we anticipate that she would have wanted to use that phone during her breaks at work and then when walking back home. So for it to naturally run out of battery would not be the norm.
"Further analysis of Claudia's mobile phone, particularly cell site activity, also shows she was in the Acomb area of York in the weeks leading up to her disappearance. We believe she may have been socialising with a person or persons. Again, we would like to know who this was and where it was taking place."
Det Supt Malyn said any personal or sensitive information can be discussed discreetly with trained officers.
Missing hair straighteners
DETECTIVES said yesterday they believed Claudia had left for work on the morning of March 19, 2009, and items from Claudia's home were of particular interest to police, including missing hair straighteners, and an empty box of hair dye.
Det Supt Malyn said: "From the review of all the evidence available, including the fact that Claudia's bed was made and it appears that she had eaten breakfast and brushed her teeth, it is our belief that she had left for work.
"What is unusual is that Claudia's GHD hair straighteners - model number 14.4.1B and purchased in May 2007 - were missing from her home. From our enquiries, it is doubtful that she would take them to work in her blue and grey Karrimor bag which has also never been found."
Det Supt Malyn said the location of the missing straighteners could be "crucial to the investigation", and said although Claudia had blonde highlights, the empty box of hair dye and rubber gloves could suggest otherwise.
He said: "There is a possibility that Claudia may also have been colouring another person's hair. If anyone knows about this or it was you, please come forward now."
Arguing couple and the left-handed smoker
POLICE have renewed appeals for sightings of a man and woman seen arguing in University Road, at about 6.10am on March 19, 2009 - about the time Claudia was due to start her shift at the University of York.
A member of the public reported seeing the "animated argument" next to a parked car with the passenger-side door open, and Det Supt Malyn said the incident "remains a significant line of enquiry which we are determined to resolve".
He said: "The fact that the apparent verbal altercation between the man and woman occurred outside the University of York at a time when Claudia would have been arriving at work on Thursday, March 19, 2009, is obviously a cause for concern and suspicion.
"If this man and woman are entirely unconnected to the disappearance of Claudia Lawrence but have decided not to come forward previously for whatever reason, then I strongly urge them to contact the investigation team so we can rule out this line of enquiry."
Another appeal from 2009 was the identity of a man seen with a woman on Melrosegate Bridge at about 5.35am on March 19. He was smoking a cigarette with his left hand, and described as about 5ft 6in tall with a skinny build. He was wearing a dark hooded top with the hood up, and dark-coloured combat trousers with pockets on the side.
The woman was shorter with mousey brown hair and was wearing a blue, waist-length jacket.
Det Supt Malyn said despite previous appeals, none of the individuals had been identified, but said it was possible the two incidents could be related.
He said: "The reason why I still think that's significant and we need an explanation for it is the male arguing with the female was wearing a dark coloured hoodie.
"In particular, the man who smokes with his left hand could be significant to the investigation in relation to the male DNA profile found on a cigarette butt in Claudia's car. Somebody out there knows who this man is and it's time that they come forward."
Anyone with information should phone North Yorkshire Police on 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111.
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Miley Cyrus' new haircut made major headlines ... and she's already updating her 'do!
The former Disney star, her mom Tish and sisters Noah and Brandi all went out to the Ambassador Theaters in NYC last night to support Billy Ray Cyrus as he performs in "Chicago."
And look at that hair!
It looks like Miley bleached the sides and had some taken off the top -- and with good reason.
She announced on Twitter that she just shot her first cover for Cosmopolitan, so the touch-up was probably for the shoot.
What do you think? Do you miss her long hair?


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