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Welcome to the main RP thread. If you're searching for the sign ups, they can be found right here.
- Meeker is my co-GM, so anything he says goes as well.
- All standard Serebii rules are to be followed.
- Your character is not invincible, and can die. Thus, don't get too emotionally attached to them. If you like your character's personality quite a bit and want to keep them alive for as long as possible, consider playing a character on the Nexus side, as they're very difficult to kill and are able to heal themselves very easily.
- You are free to make multiple characters, and can even play characters on different sides. Since it's possible for characters to die, I'm fine with people replacing lost characters with new ones. Sign ups don't close for that very reason.
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Colonel Martin Slate (Flareon Pokémorph)
Devoir Base, Hearthome City, Sinnoh
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The whole situation had gone from bad to bloody worse. At first, I thought I could have handled the Jungle without the need for resorting to these mutagens, but after getting to Jubilife City and seeing both Carlos and Vickers get bloody infected by those things, I wasn't going to chance it. Besides, Devoir had assured me this condition was perfectly reversible once the mission was done.
We had been preparing the attack convoy to head into Jubilife to try and clear a route to reach the heart of the Jungle, where the Nexus Flower was. Last time we had attempted it, things had gone buggered, and we lost have the convoy to those creatures. I wasn't looking forward to the return trip, but it was better than standing around like a bloody idiot doing nothing about it.
"Let's go, people, I'm not getting any younger here!" Sergeant Hammond shouted to the rest of the Devoir soldiers packing the assault convoy. "Last time I checked, these Nexus freaks don't wait around for us to play catch up!"
The privates were exhausted and most of them were paranoid about the pollen. I saw a few that were still wearing the gas masks even though we were on the edge of the Jungle and it wasn't as necessary, especially since we had the Origin Machine right at base even if by chance one of these blokes did get infected.
"We need all six of those vehicles fully equipped," I told Sergeant Hammond, who still looked rather brash this morning. "Last time we only had four, an' boy, they were a feast for those bloody mongrels."
Sergeant Hammond, no matter how much they tried to convince him, avoided the mutagens, still looking at me strangely for deciding to go with a Flareon Pokémorph form. If the bloke had seen what I had seen, he'd just pick one and get used to it before the manure really hit the fan. And it would, I was sure of that. Devoir still didn't have the superweapon for the Nexus Flower prepared and ready, but I was rest assured they were "working on it." Sure, I had heard that before, and it was often just an excuse to buy the bloody blokes more time.
I was definitely packing more rockets this time. They were slow, but they'd do the job. Even the heavy machine guns seemed to only be shooting blanks half the time at these lily-lovers, and they didn't stop until they were in pieces. Or in flames. It was the reason why fire, ice, flying, and poison type Pokémon and morphs were popular around here.
In the six vehicle convoy, we had two tanks, two supply trucks, and two armored personnel carriers. Our mission was to just find a path to reach the Nexus flower so that a route could be secured to later use as the path for the superweapon to come on through. I was assured it would be ready by the time the route was cleared, but I was never one for so easily accepting promises. Things usually got ugly when I did, and I always knew it was easy for things to seem too good to be true.
And I knew there would be fights along the way. There were always little squabbles all throughout the Jungle, but I knew those Nexus blokes had a special kind of hatred toward Devoir, since we were the ones mostly likely to bring their little garden down. Bloody weeds.
I wasn't expecting the kind of luck that would allow this mission to be over quickly and easily. That never happened.


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Thomas J. Doyle, M.S., associate professor of Justice, holds an M.S. in Criminal Justice Administration from Saint Joseph's University, a B.A. in Criminal Justice from LaSalle University and an A.A.S. in Criminal Justice from Community College of Philadelphia. While serving as a part-time faculty member from 1990–1996, he was a full-time commander with the Philadelphia Police Department, where he last served as the commanding officer of the Major Crimes Unit in 1994. He has also served as the director of security and safety for Rouse-Philadelphia, Inc. and as a member of the U.S. Attorney's Task Force on Antiviolence for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Police Commissioner's Strategic Planning Committee and the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Task Force on Family Violence. In addition to being the recipient of the first annual Community College of Philadelphia Alumni Award, Doyle has served as an adjunct professor at Delaware County Community College and Alvernia University and has graduated from the FBI National Academy and the Senior Management for Police at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He also serves as a consultant to SHL, Inc., a firm that specializes in the preparation of entrance and promotional examinations for police professionals.
Dave Freeman, J.D., assistant professor of Social Science, holds a Bachelor of Arts from the College of New Jersey and a Juris Doctor from Rutgers University. He has served as a legal aid attorney, a prosecutor and a public defender. As a private attorney, he represented individual, corporate and governmental bodies before federal and state courts. He has served as a volunteer attorney for the Bucks County Legal Aid Society and Community Legal Services. He has represented clients for the Volunteers for the Indigent program and has also represented numerous children in the ALEC (A Lawyer for Every Child) program. Freeman has also served as a volunteer attorney for the Disability Law Clinic.
Kathleen Smith, J.D., professor of Paralegal Studies, first joined the College in 1996 as an adjunct faculty member while practicing law full time and became a member of the full-time faculty in 1998. Smith received her B.A. (cum laude) in History from the College of the Holy Cross and her J.D. from Antioch University.


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Mobile access to task lists, in-context metrics and collaboration tools
IBM Concert changes the way people work in performance management processes. In today's business environment, delays in getting information to the right people at the right time can cause decision-making latency. Too often, the process slows down, waiting for people to return emails or get back to the office to review their data. But with IBM Concert, out of the office no longer means out of the loop. Guided business processes and personalized task lists delivered through a highly graphical user interface dramatically improve the speed and quality of team-based decision-making. Available over the web and through a range of mobile devices, IBM Concert pushes critical metrics and KPIs to decision makers where they need it, when they need it. IBM Concert lets users share relevant data and analysis, and collaborate on making the right decision faster.
- Personalized task lists – Highlight priorities and walk through projects step by step to highlight important, time-sensitive tasks and improve efficiency.
- Collaboration – Act upon insights by easily collaborating and sharing data analysis with anyone, anywhere to build consensus around business decisions.
- Mobile enabled – Activity streams alert you to changes and collaborative insights as they occur, so prioritized tasks can be acted upon sooner.
- Cloud deployable – A web-based, cloud deployable solution that can be tailored to each individual's activities and tasks.
IBM Concert Screenshots
IBM Concert home page
The Task List
The Task List (on the left of the screen) allows for step-by-step procedures. Once a task is selected, users can toggle from activities to collaboration to metric dashboards.
Activity Stream
Activity stream screen shows all activity for each task.
User-definable key metrics.
Personalized task lists
- Highlight priorities and walk through projects step by step.
- Highlight important, time-sensitive tasks to improve efficiency.
- Facilitate a practical, "day in the life" approach to performance management processes.
- See performance metrics and KPIs in their full context, with charts, graphs and tables to convey trends and patterns quickly.
- Collaborate to optimize team-based decisions through an interface that facilitates commentary and dialog.
- Adopt the model design and data access method best suited to your users' specific business processes.
Mobile enabled
- View "Activity streams" that alert you to changes and collaborative insights as they occur, so prioritized tasks can be acted upon sooner.
- Gain access to relevant information from anywhere at any time—from home, to the warehouse, to the customer's site.
- Engage remote and distributed users through a range of mobile devices, including Android and Apple smartphones.
Cloud deployable
- Deploy over the cloud to support a wide range of users, locations, and working styles.
- Free the IT organization from the burden of maintaining hardware and installing software upgrades.
- Add or remove users as needed while minimizing the cost of IT infrastructure.
- Accelerate time-to-value and lower adoption costs.
Concert resources
Video: IBM Concert--Next Generation Performance Management
- Video: IBM Concert--Next Generation Performance Management
See how IBM Concert simplifies access to multiple processes with task lists, in-context metrics and collaboration tools.
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Blood shortage
The Blood Alliance reports that blood supplies are low and there is a constant need of 350 pints daily to meet local hospitals demands.
"Resolutions for Life" blood drives are being held through Saturday at participating locations.
Donors who attempt to donate and give the gift of life will be entered for a daily drawing to win Blue Ray players and a grand prize drawing for a 42-inch HDTV.
Locally, donors may contact The Blood Alliance at Flagler Hospital, 110 Health Park Blvd, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
For information or to make an appointment to donate, go to www.igiveblood.com or call The Blood Alliance at 353-8263.
Disability resources
The St. Johns Disability Resource Expo is planned Feb. 6 at the Ponce de Leon Mall, and interested groups are invited to join in the event.
The St. Johns Supported, Competitive, Integrated, Employment Training Team Project, St. Johns County Schools, Project 10/Connect and the St. Johns Active Employment Council are bringing together 30 vendors who want to connect with an often under-represented market segment of at least 20 percent of the population who live, work, shop, and engage in recreation activities in this community.
This event will connect people with disabilities to agencies, services, resources and information.
Nonprofit organizations are welcome to participate at no cost.
The cost for business partners is $30.
For information, call 797-6697 or 392-5214, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or fax 797-5077.
Hospice donation
W.W. Gay Fire & Integrated Systems employees raised $2,824 to benefit Haven Hospice, and the company's president, Nandu Paryani, rounded their donation to $5,000.
Michael Morse, Haven Hospice's vice president of organizational advancement, accepted the donation from Paryani and Dennis Bishop, vice president.
Funds raised will benefit Haven Hospice's unfunded programs and services.
Bras for the cause
The Arts Council of Greater Palatka and Gallery Chair Evelyn Snyder announce the first gallery show of the New Year "Bras for the Cause", held at the Historic Larimer Arts Center, 216 Reid St., Palatka.
The show will help those who have been through the challenge of their life. "Bras for a Cause" opening gala will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.
The cost is $10 at the door and all proceeds go to The Florida Oncology Patient Assistance Foundation.
A silent auction of a variety of gift baskets and many of the artfully created bras will begin at 7 p.m. and bidding will close at 8:30 p.m.
Autism symposium
The second annual Autism Symposium Current Medical Evidence and Interventions Regarding Autism will be presented by Wolfson Children's Hospital, the University of Florida/Jacksonville and Nemours Children's Clinic from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 10 at the University Center at the University of North Florida
Parents, caregivers, special needs teachers, social workers, psychologists, nurses, speech therapists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, behavioral therapists, marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors are invited to participate.
Speakers will include autism experts Max Witnitzer, MD, pediatric neurologist, director of Rainbow Autism Center at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital; Connie Kasari, PhD, professor of Psychological Studies in Education and Psychiatry at UCLA and founding member of the Center for Autism Research and Treatment at UCLA (CART); and Robert Schultz, PhD, director of the Center for Autism Research (CAR) and of the Developmental Neuroimaging Laboratory at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
For further information call 202-6039. Online registration will be available at www.wolfsonchildrens.org/autism in January.
Red Cross classes
The St. Johns Service Center, American Red Cross, 2730 U.S. 1 South, Suite L, announces upcoming classes. For further information call 797-3851 or visit
* Standard first aid w/ CPR/AED adult and child, plus infant CPR: Jan. 30 - 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
* CPR/AED adult & child plus infant CPR (No first aid): Jan. 30- 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
* CPR/AED Adult: Jan. 30 - 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
* CPR/AED Adult: Jan. 20 -- 6 to 10 p.m.
March for Life
The annual March for Life St. Augustine begins at 11 a.m. Saturday on the grounds of the Mission of Nombre de Dios. Keynote speaker will be bobby Schindler.
For further information call 674-4412.
Cardio Tennis
Fight the battle of the bulge with Cardio Tennis, a new, fun group tennis activity that combines tennis with a high-energy cardio workout. Classes are held at 6;30 and 7:45 p.m. on Mondays at the Treaty Park Tennis Welcome Center. The cost is $10 per class. Monitors which show your heart rate and calories burned are provided free.
Contact Coach Bobby @ 471-2463 or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com. For more information on Cardio Tennis visit www.cardiotennis.com.
Support groups
* The Northeast Florida Platelet Support Group will meet from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Alicia Room, Flagler Hospital, 400 Health Park Blvd. For further information call Irene Xynides-Rincon, 710-9055 or e-mail email@example.com.
* The Caregiver Support meetings are held at 7 p.m. the second Wednesday and 1:30 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at the Council on Aging Coastal Community Center, 180 Marine St. The sessions are for those who are caring for someone with memory loss and other illnesses or conditions. Call 209-3700 for information.
At THE PLAYERS Senior Community Center, 175 Landrum Lane, Ponte Vedra Beach, meetings are held at 2:30 p.m. the fourth Thursday of the month. Call 280-3233 for information.
* Brain Trust, a support group for stroke and brain trauma survivors, meets at 7 p.m. every other Thursday in the Lockwood Room of Flagler Hospital. Call David Bruyn at 669-6052, for information.
* The VIP (Visually Impaired Person) meets at the Coastal Community Center, 180 Marine St., the third Thursday of each month. Guest speakers are sometimes scheduled. Lunch is at 12:30 p.m. Call Marilyn Wright for reservations and details at 797-3387.
* The St. Augustine Multiple Sclerosis Self Help/Support Group meets the third Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at Anastasia Branch Library, 124 Seagrove Main St.
* The IMF Northeast Chapter of the Multiple Myeloma Support group meets at 6 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month at the Marriott Courtyard at the Mayo Clinic.


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Ford promises a new small pickup truck and a return of the legendary Bronco name. Here's what to expect.
We can't wait for this truck.
Get the latest news and reviews of the hottest new cars on the market.
Toyota has a new rear-drive sports car coming, with help from BMW. Here's what we know, and what we think we know, about it.
Ford is potentially working on a mega-powerful Mustang to challenge the Camaro ZL1 and Challenger Hellcat. Here's what we've heard.
Is a mid-engine C8 Corvette on its way? Here's all the evidence supporting that rumor.
Dodge has been teasing a widebody, even-higher-performance version of the Challenger Hellcat. Here's every detail we know so far.
When equipped with a 10-speed auto and the Performance Package, the new Mustang GT is seriously quick.
Based on a Camaro ZL1, the Exorcist is out for Demon blood.
It's also one of the quickest and fastest cars the company has ever built.
Don't want a Wrangler? Buy one of these.
It's a prototype, and it's running on slick tires, but still: That's ridiculously quick.
Forget Speciale. Forget GTO. Meet the Pista.
After Porsche threw upgrades at its back-to-basics 911, the Carrera T ended up being too expensive to fulfill its mission.
Aston Martin took the roof off its V8-powered stunner to create a near-perfect grand tourer.
AMG does it again with another one of its sportscar-inspired boats.
Along with the name reveal, Rolls-Royce has revealed pictures of its first SUV ever in camouflage.
At this point, it's nothing but speculation, though.
No, it's not coming to the US. Sorry America.
A thoroughly-iterated motorcycle that very purposefully looks old—but feels entirely new.
The Dodge Demon was built for tackling the quarter-mile, but set one up right, and it's a top-speed car too.
Despite the price gap, these cars have a lot more in common than you think.
The hottest Stelvio costs a little more than a Porsche Macan Turbo, but it offers over 100 more horsepower.
Not bad, for a 2.0-liter turbo four.
And you thought 10 was too many gears.
To celebrate Ford's best road-going RS model, the last 50 for the UK will be very orange Heritage Editions.
Plus, the WEC's new LMP1 goals and Porsche at Goodwood.
A new teaser video from Ferrari reveals that its upcoming, hardcore 488 will get lots of race-car inspired parts.


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Elisabet.h Hasselfeck Is Pregnant Again!
Elisabet.h Hasselfeck is expecting her third child. In fact, she says she was knocked up without even realizing it!
"I'm pregnant again!" she announced Thursday morning on The View. "I'm due in August. I'll try to pop this one out before we leave [on summer hiatus], Barbara."
The 31-year-old and her husband, Tim, 30, are already the proud parents of 3-year-old daughter Grace, and son Taylor Thomas, who just celebrated his first birthday Nov. 9.
"We were thoroughly happy with the surprise of it," she said. "I didn't even know for two months."
The ardent Republican added that she thought she was tired from the hoopla of the election, but "No – I was knocked up and didn't realize it!"
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Gregg Alexander
"Gregg Alexander" (born 4 May 1970 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA) is best known as the producer/singer/songwriter behind the New Radicals, who scored the international hit "You Get What You Give" in late 1998.
Gregg Alexander
Since disbanding the group in summer 1999, Alexander has written and produced songs for artists such as Ronan Keating, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Enrique Iglesias and Melanie C, fellow ex-New Radical Danielle Brisebois and most noteworthy the song "The Game Of Love" by Santana and Michelle Branch, which earned him a Grammy in 2003.
Gregg Alexander was born on 4 May 1970 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. His father, Tony, was a plumber and his mother, Sharon, a Jehovah's Witness. He also had a brother, Stephen, and a sister, Caroline. Alexander quickly developed into a multi-talented musician after receiving his first guitar at the age of 12. By the age of 16 he signed his first recording contract with A&M. He worked on his debut album with producer Rick Nowels for over two years. However, the 1989 release, originally entitled ''Save Me From Myself'', was renamed ''Michigan Rain'' at the last minute. This teamed with bad marketing and the popularity of grunge at the ti...


text: Our Nordic friends sure as hell know how to fly. Incredible the level of skill we see in these videos now. Cool views, inside and out, ground and sky, and flying with some pretty awesome industrial haze. Then it's shorts-and-tshirt play time over one of the most amazing coastlines I've ever seen. I wanna go here. Period. Have you ever jumped in Sweden?


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Where else can you find a puffin festival, international music events and a cavalcade of 150 horses and riders setting off to 'ride the bounds', but in Northumberland?
Highlights for 2017 sees the return of the Tour of Britain to Northumberland, where it will host it's first ever full stage starting from Kielder Water & Forest Park and crossing the finish line in Blyth. Also, the world stage is set for the British Masters 2017 at Close House, hosted by former golfing world number one, Lee Westwood - expect to see some of the world leading golfers descend on rural Northumberland.
From food festivals to agricultural shows celebrating rural life, Northumberland plays host to a host of events throughout the year.
Food festivals with celebrity chefs and a smorgasbord of fine local produce to tuck into take place at Berwick, Alnwick and Tynedale. Discover walking festivals to strike out upon in Haltwhistle, Rothbury and Berwick.
There are events ranging from the downright bizarre, like Allendale's Tar Bar'l where costumed men celebrate New Year by carrying flaming barrels of tar on their heads; to events to learn new skills, like star gazing into Northumberland's darkest skies at Kielder Observatory.
English Heritage, the National Trust and Northumberland National Park run events and activities throughout the year. Visit their websites for more details or browse our events listings for more information.
Whatever your age or interest there are plenty of events for everyone to enjoy in Northumberland.


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The research perspective in general is in agreement with the general perspective about internships. Through basing of the research through the Council for Hotel Restaurant and Institutional, the seriousness or the importance of establishing the effectiveness of internships secured through this institution is brought out. The fact that the institution was formed so as to improve the effectiveness of such internships by liaising with the universities and related hotel restaurant makes the setting even better.
The sampling involved in this report is a convenience sampling. According to Rich Houser's Counseling and educational Research: An evaluation and Application (1998, pg98), a convenience sampling is largely applied because it is easier to access or due to the restriction on the sampling elements which needs permission from the administrator or the authority concerned before sampling is done or a similar research may have done before. By using a sample of 42 students who were required further to represent 28 universities, then the researcher must have settled on a convenience sample.
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Part I
The Yugoslavian problem and the role of the West 1991-1994
Chapter 8
Safe Areas as spin-offs from humanitarian action, November December 1992
6. Panic and the presidential elections in Serbia: a lost chance for the West?
If Europe is unable to distinguish between those Bosnian and Serbian leaders who pursue their interests by force of arms and those of us who are seeking to direct Yugoslavia on the path of peace and democracy, then we are all doomed to endless conflict and tragedy in the Balkans. [1]
While Kooijmans was getting ready for a peaceful take-over of office from his predecessor Van den Broek in the Netherlands, a fierce struggle for power was being waged in Serbia. Elections were due to be held on 20 December 1992 for the Presidency of Serbia, the federal parliament and the parliaments of Serbia and Montenegro. [2]
Vance and Owen had hoped that Cosic would challenge Milosevic, but Cosic had stated at the end of October that he would not run as initially announced. The reason for this was his poor health. Cosic, who had already undergone three operations in previous years, had recently been operated on again, this time for a prostate complaint. [3] In addition, Cosics advisors told him that there was little point in contesting the presidency of Serbia. Even if he did win the election, the expectation was that Milosevic would get himself elected President of Yugoslavia the very next day by the Parliament (which he more or less had in his pocket), thus reversing both the roles and the balance of power. [4] Milosevic had already told Panic once, when the latter had expressed his surprise that the Serbian leader had agreed to the nomination of Cosic as President of Yugoslavia, that it didnt matter was position he, Milosevic, actually occupied, since he was to the Serbs what Ayatollah Khomeini was to the Iranians. [5]
Owen saw Federal Premier Milan Panic as the best alternative to Cosic, but considered that, as an outsider in Serbia, he would have no chance in the elections in a straight fight against Milosevic. [6] After the London summit, Panic had continued to work to promote agreement between the authorities in Belgrade and other parts of the former Yugoslavia. [7] In mid-October, for example, he had made an (abortive) attempt to arrange talks with the Albanian leaders in Kosovo. In an address to the European Parliaments Foreign Affairs and Security Committee in November 1992, Panic said that if he managed to introduce democracy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Bosnia-Hercegovina will not disappear. For me, it is another country, and we will recognize it. [8]
Although there had long been speculation that Panic might stand as a candidate for the presidency of Serbia, it was not until 30 November only three weeks before the date of the elections - that he officially put his name forward, thus formally challenging Milosevic. That was rather late. Moreover, Panic only received open support from President Cosic at the eleventh hour. [9] After his new operation, Cosic was hardly able to support Panics campaign. Since Cosics illness and operation had been declared state secret, the public at large could easily interpret his absence during Panics election meetings as a lack of support for Panic. [10] It may be mentioned by the way that sources from Panics camp did inform the EC missions about the severity of Cosics medical condition, which might even mean an end to his political career. [11] Moreover, Cosic seemed to have got cold feet. His argument that as President of Yugoslavia he should be strictly impartial hardly rings true against the background of the political relations prevailing in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia at the time. [12]
Panic promised both the Serbian voters and the international community that he would bring peace to the region if he won the elections. However, Western governments doubted whether he had much real power: after all, he had no party organization behind him, and depended on the support of the opposition. An important reason for the lack of confidence in the West about Panics chances of electoral success was that Milosevic had once again shown clearly on 19 October that when it came to a struggle between himself on the one hand and Cosic and Panic on the other, he had the real power.
On that evening, the Serbian police occupied the Federal police headquarters. This building housed a huge British-made monitoring centre financed in 1990 by all the republics, with wire-tapping facilities making it possible to listen in to forty thousand telephone calls at the same time. It also contained files with details of the organization of paramilitary units and other information Milosevic did not want to fall into the hands of third parties. [13] The occupation took place while Cosic and Panic were in Geneva for talks hosted by Owen and Vance. When they complained about the affair to Milosevic on their return, he first pretended to know nothing about it and then treated it as a property question rather than as a veiled coup. [14]
Cosic and Panic understood that normally speaking, they could not disregard this threat of usurpation. Part of the army would actually have been prepared to intervene and stage a counter-coup, but Cosic and Panic would not have dared to go so far at a moment when Serbs were at war. [15] According to Cosic himself, he did visit the General Staff to test their feelings on the matter, but when he asked them for their opinion no one replied. This did not give him the confidence he needed to reverse the action of the Serbian police. [16] Milosevic had played for high stakes, and had won. This made it perfectly clear how the balance of power in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia lay.
Panic had already asked the West to relax the sanctions before he declared his candidature, as a sign that the population of Serbia and Montenegro could expect better times ahead if they voted for him instead for Milosevic. He did this e.g. in an emotional address to the European Parliament in early November. [17] The Western governments hesitated to support Panic, however, [18] and announced shortly after his departure from Brussels that the sanctions against Serbia would be tightened. [19]
Owen, on the other hand, had initially thought that Panic should be given a chance. [20] He had urged in early October that the sanctions should be relaxed in order to improve the position of Cosic and Panic relative to Milosevic. This move did not appeal to the EC ministers at all, however, as long as the situation in Bosnia showed no marked improvement. British Foreign Minister Douglas Hurd even felt obliged to gloss over Lord Owens can-do optimism by sketching Owen to his colleagues as an active man of independent spirit, who feels the need to put forward controversial ideas from time to time. [21] Within the EC, the governments of France, Italy and Spain supported the idea of relaxing the sanctions for humanitarian purposes, e.g. delivering fuel oil for heating, in order to strengthen the position of Cosic and Panic. Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands in particular were against the idea, however.
While Van den Broek had been in New York to attend the UN General Assembly, he had asked Izetbegovic on 22 September what he thought of Panic. The Bosnian President had replied that he was convinced that Panics intentions were good, but that he did not have much power. According to Izetbegovic, the existing sanctions should be maintained because of the links between the Yugoslav army and the VRS. Van den Broek agreed. He believed that relaxing the sanctions would only strengthen the position of Milosevic and Karadzic. [22] Another important consideration was his conviction that Cosic and Milosevic largely shared the same views. It appeared from remarks that Cosic had made during a visit to Rome on 26 October that he would like to see Bosnia-Hercegovina divided into three parts; he also warned against the risks of Muslim fundamentalism in the region. [23] According to Dutch diplomacy, it did not matter so much which particular person was in power at a given time: The Serbs have to learn that their behaviour is unacceptable. This meant that the sanctions should not be relaxed; in fact, the possibility of tightening them should be investigated. [24] On 16 November the Security Council passed resolution 787, authorizing a tightening of the trade embargo against Serbia and Montenegro that had been instituted in May. This resolution gave NATO and the WEU powers to intercept, search and send back shipping. It also prohibited the transit of a wide range of goods, including oil and petroleum products.
When Panic invited the diplomats present in Belgrade to the celebration of the first hundred days of his government, to be held on 24 October, the reaction of the Dutch ministry of Foreign Affairs was also very negative. According to Foreign Affairs, there was nothing to celebrate and all that Panic and his associates wanted was recognition of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The British government, which had initially wanted to promote the presence of the European partners as a gesture of support for Panic in his confrontation with Milosevic, finally decided to advise EC member states to disregard the invitation. [25] As a result, the EC missions did not attend the celebrations, which displeased Panic. [26]
However, signals arriving from Yugoslavia in October and later indicated that Panic did definitely have a chance against Milosevic. For example, an opinion poll commissioned by the publication Borba indicated that sixty percent of the inhabitants of Belgrade supported Panic while only 22 percent intended to vote for Milosevic. [27] But even this sign of a possible change in what was left of Yugoslavia was not enough to persuade Western governments to adopt a more positive attitude to Panic, who asked in vain for at least a temporary, provisional lifting of the sanctions. [28] The decisive point was that the American government believed that Milosevic would not accept a defeat at the polls by Panic, if this were to happen. Moreover, Washington was unsure whether the Yugoslav army would obey Panics orders if he were to win the election. [29]
Tension increased as the election date approached. Rumours circulated in Belgrade that the United States and Russia would lift the sanctions if Panic won the election, but would tighten them if Milosevic was re-elected. [30] The West gave no concrete promise to this effect, however, though Owen and Vance did urge the population of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to vote for a policy of peace, and not for one of war. [31] And the governments of the United States and Russia issued a joint statement in which it was said that the Serbian people had the choice between returning to the community of nations and remaining an internationally isolated pariah, with all the economic consequences that entailed. [32]
Four days before the elections, on 16 December, US Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger stated during a meeting of the Follow-Up Committee of the Conference on former Yugoslavia that Milosevic, the rabid nationalist Seselj and Karadzic should be put on trial for war crimes: They need, especially, to understand that a second Nuremberg awaits the practitioners of ethnic cleansing. Eagleburger also mentioned war crimes committed by other parties in the Bosnian conflict, e.g. the Bosnian Muslim-Croat camp Celebici, where Serbs were killed in August 1992, and the massacre of sixty Serbian soldiers and civilians in September 1992 in Kamenica (near Srebrenica), for which Bosnian Muslims were responsible. [33]
Seselj later stated that this attack by Eagleburger was the secret of his electoral success. According to Seselj, such remarks from one of the leaders of the wicked outside world actually encouraged many Serbs to vote for him. Even democrats in Belgrade believed that these remarks had only helped Milosevic and Seselj to win votes. Eagleburger himself was unapologetic about the possible adverse side-effects of his statements. He defended himself by saying that it was the last opportunity the administration of President Bush, which had been defeated in the November elections, had to speak out on this issue in front of a forum of this kind. Further, he did not believe that his statements had influenced the result of the election, and I frankly dont give a damn if it did because I think it was important to do and I hope well do some more of it. [34]
Svetozar Stojanovic, Cosics foreign affairs advisor, was convinced that a remark of this kind was based on Western calculation. He saw evidence for this idea e.g. in the fact that the American government turned down a proposal from Cosic in the autumn of 1992. This proposal had been contained in a secret message conveyed to Washington at Cosics request by Scanlan, one of Panics advisors and former American ambassador in Belgrade, in which the Yugoslav President asked for American support in exchange for improvement of Yugoslav relations with the US. [35] According to Stojanovic, the rejection of this proposal could be explained on the basis of the consideration that, in the view of himself and Cosic, the West preferred to deal with the opportunist Milosevic, who only exploited the Serbian question for his personal ends and changed his standpoint from day to day, than with a confirmed nationalist like Cosic. Unlike the case with Cosic, the West could put Milosevic under pressure regularly by threatening to put him on trial, as Western diplomats had subsequently confirmed to Stojanovic. [36]
Even without such a calculation on the part of the Western powers, Panics election campaign was experiencing enough difficulties. He had to go the Constitutional Court twice after announcing his candidature, because the Electoral Commission initially declared his candidature invalid on the grounds that he had not been resident in Serbia for a full year before the elections. During his very short electoral campaign, Panic did not manage to convince the Kosovo Albanians that a vote for him would mean a major change in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The Albanians decided that the elections had nothing to do with them, and decided to boycott them. A further big handicap for Panic during the election campaign was Milosevics firm grasp of the media; for example, the state television was under Serbian, not Federal, control. Nevertheless, an opinion poll carried out a week before the election still gave Panic a six percent lead on Milosevic. [37]
What many people who hoped for changed failed to observe, however, was that while Panic had a lot of support in Belgrade and a few other big cities, the Serbian countryside (where media exposure was often limited to Serbian television) remained true to Milosevic. [38] International observers further found evidence of serious electoral fraud. [39] Milosevics final share of the votes was somewhat more than 53 percent, with 32 percent for Panic. In view of the handicaps under which Panic had laboured and the fraud committed by Milosevics camp, it may be concluded that Panic had not done at all badly. Under only slightly different circumstances, Milosevic would have won less than half the votes. This would have made a second round of voting necessary, which would have given Panic a new chance.
Did Panic ever have a real chance of winning? The answer to this question depends on ones assessment of what Milosevic would have done if he had lost the election. Would he have accepted the voice of the electorate, or would he have seized power after all either by changing the constitution or by making use of his support among the police and the military? Western governments believed that he would have taken the latter course, and were therefore not prepared to give Panic any further support. The West was not only disinclined to intervene by use of military force in the developments in the former Yugoslavia; it also hesitated to intervene politically by supporting one of the candidates in the electoral struggle, e.g. by indicating that it might lift sanctions if their preferred candidate won.
Those who had hoped that the ballot box might bring about real change were even more disappointed by the results of the parliamentary elections. Milosevics Socialist Party won 101 seats, while Seseljs party won another 73. The Serbian electorate was apparently not yet tired of war and nationalism. On 29 December, the parliament, dominated by Milosevic and Seselj, passed a motion of no confidence against Panic. He was allowed to stay on until a successor had been nominated. Milosevic forced him to resign in February 1993, and the pharmaceutics magnate returned to the United States after six months as Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Cosic remained in power for longer, but after Panics departure it was clear that he did not play a significant role. That applied not only to his position in domestic politics: he was also a spent force on the international political scene. At the end of a visit to the European Parliament on 30 March 1993, where he reacted to all criticism by replying that it was not true or that the MEP in question had never experienced the situation on the ground, the Spanish member of the European Peoples Party Concepcio Ferrer summed up the feeling of the House by telling Cosic: We do not speak the same language. That is the worst thing that can happen between peoples. You say you dont understand us. Well, we dont understand you. [40] With the assistance of Seselj, Milosevic also managed to force Cosic to resign in May 1993, after the latter had been suspected of trying to persuade the army to stage a coup. [41] The man who had been so good at operating behind the scenes had proved that when elected to office, he did not have the skills needed to play the political game according to the rules applying in Belgrade.
[1] Milan Panic, cited in Marcus Tanner, Panic Exhorts Voters to Choose Peace Over War, The Independent, 18/12/92.
[2] On these elections see e.g. Andrejevich, Radicalization.
[3] Owen, Odyssey, pp. 54-55 and 60; Owen CD-ROM. Owens Private Secretary to UK, EC Presidency, 26/11/92 re Visit of Lord Owen to Madrid, 25/11/92, 26/11/92; Stojanovic, Autoritet, p. 52; interview S. Stojanovic, 03/08/01; Djukic, Milosevic, p. 60.
[4] Interview S. Stojanovic, 03/08/01.
[5] Paul Williams & Norman Cigar, Bivsi pravni strucnjaci Pentagona u svojoj stugiji optuzuju: Slobodan Milosevic teski je ratni zlocinac i mora biti izveden pred sud u Haagu!, Globus, 30/08/96, p. 57.
[6] Owen CD-ROM. Owens Private Secretary to UK, EC Presidency, 26/11/92 re Visit of Lord Owen to Madrid, 25/11/92, 26/11/92.
[7] Cf. MID. MID, Ontwikkelingen in de voormalige Joegoslavische federatie, 64/92, 08/09/92; 68/92, 21/09/92; 74/92, 12/10/92; 5/92, 15/10/92; 80/92, 02/11/92.
[8] Cohen, Bonds, p. 273 n. 67.
[9] See also MID. MID, Ontwikkelingen in de voormalige Joegoslavische federatie, 76/92, 20/10/92; 77/92, 22/10/92.
[10] Stojanovic, Fall, pp. 182 and 198; interview S. Stojanovic, 03/08/01.
[11] ABZ, DEU/ARA/00102. Engels 357 to Van den Broek, 23/11/92.
[12] Dukic, Vetra, p. 220; Djukic, Milosevic, p. 61; Thomas, Serbia, p. 126.
[13] Dukic, Vetra, p. 215; Thomas, Serbia, p. 124.
[14] Cf. Djukic, Milosevic, p. 58.
[15] Djukic, Milosevic, p. 59; interview V. Matovic, 02/08/01.
[16] Dukic, Vetra, p. 216.
[17] Nicole Lucas, Milan Panic smeekt om steun EG (Milan Panic begs EC for support), Trouw, 06/11/92.
[18] MID. MID, Ontwikkelingen in de voormalige Joegoslavische federatie, 66/92, 14/09/92; 68/92, 22/09/92; 69/92, 25/09/92; 71/92, 01/10/92; 76/92, 20/10/92; 82/92, 06/11/92; 83/92, 08/11/92; 85/92, 13/11/92; 87/92, 18/11/92; 91/92, 17/11/92; Carolne de Gruyter, Wie de man van de toekomst is? Ik! (Who is the man of the future? Me!), Elsevier, 19/12/92, p. 31; interview S. Stojanovic, 03/08/01.
[19] Frank Westerman, Sancties zijn doodsteek voor Panic (Sanctions are death blow for Panic), de Volkskrant, 10/11/92.
[20] ABZ, 910 Joegoslaivë/algemeen correspondentie/deel 4 juli 1992-febr 1993. Joegoslavië algemene, informele bijeenkomst van Ministers van Buitenlandse Zaken (Gymnich) in Brocket Hall (informal meeting of Foreign Ministers (Gymnich) at Brocket Hall), 12-13/09/92; interview H. Jovanovic, 14/09/01.
[21] ABZ, DEU/2002/0001. Van den Broek 12 to Luxembourg embassy, 06/10/92.
[22] ABZ, DEU/ARA/05244. Biegman 884 (Van den Broek) to Foreign Affairs, 22/09/92.
[23] ABZ, DPV/ARA/01802. Hoekman 592 to Van den Broek, 03/11/92; Van den Broek 152 to Belgrade embassy, 06/11/92.
[24] ABZ, DPV/ARA/01803. Hoekman 676 to Van den Broek, 09/12/92.
[25] ABZ, DEU/ARA/00085. Engels 317 to Van den Broek, 23/10/92 (two copies with different marginal notes); COREU message The Hague, 23/10/92, cpe/hag 656, COREU message British chairmanship of EC, cpe/pres/lon 1605; COREU message European Commission, 23/10/92, cpe/cee 415; COREU The Hague, 23/10/92, cpe/hag 658.
[26] ABZ, DEU/ARA/00102. Engels 332 to Van den Broek, 05/11/92.
[27] MID. MID, Ontwikkelingen in de voormalige Joegoslavische federatie, 72/92, 05/10/92. See also Ramet, Babel, p. 203.
[28] Thomas, Serbia, p. 131.
[29] ABZ, DPV/ARA/01806. Jacobovits 2005 to Van den Broek, 18/12/92.
[30] Cf. MID. MID, Ontwikkelingen in voormalig Joegoslavië 72/92, 05/10/92 and ABZ, 911.31, Joegoslavië. Politieke verhoudingen en partijen, deel V-VI, mei 1992-april 1993, MID, Ontwikkelingen in de voormalige Joegoslavische federatie, 97/92, 14/12/92.
[31] Owen CD-ROM. Co-Chairmens message on Yugoslav elections, 15/12/92; Ramcharan, Conference, p. 1220; Eisermann, Weg, p. 146.
[32] Eisermann, Weg, pp. 146-147.
[33] Owen CD-ROM. Intervention by Secretary of State Lawrence S. Eagleburger, 16/12/92; Ramcharan, Conference, pp. 232-236; Elaine Sciolino, U.S. names figures it wants charged with war crimes, The New York Times, 17/12/92.
[34] Don Oberdorfer, A Bloody Failure in the Balkans, The Washington Post, 08/02/93.
[35] Interview S. Stojanovic, 03/08/01.
[36] Stojanovic, Fall, p. 215; Dukic, Vetra, p. 232. Cf. interviews S. Djukic, 04/08/01; S. Stojanovic, 03/08/01.
[37] Bosnet, 15/12/92, 8:06:30PST.
[38] Cf. Raymond van den Boogaard, Milosevic beheerst de provincie (Milosevic controls the countryside), NRC Handelsblad, 18/12/92; F. Westerman, Milan Panic zal alleen van Belgrado president zijn (Milan Panic will only be President of Belgrade), de Volkskrant, 16/12/92; De Hoop, Servië, p. 441.
[39] Eisermann, Weg, p. 147; Thomas, Serbia, p. 135; Henk Hirs, Het is een rommeltje in Servische stembureaus (Shambles in Serbian polling stations), Trouw, 21/12/92; idem, Milan Panic eist nieuwe verkiezingen in Servië (Milan Panic demands new elections in Serbia), Trouw, 22/12/93. See also Doder and Branson, Milosevic, pp. 168-172; M. van Silfhout, Overledenen stemmen bij Servische verkiezingen (The dead return to vote in Serbian elections), Democraat 26 (1993) 1.
[40] ABZ, DEU/ARA/00112. Bot 125 to Kooijmans, 01/04/93.
[41] Cohen, Bonds, p. 352; Djukic, Milosevic, p. 62; Ramet, Babel, p. 203; Dukic, Vetra, pp. 227-229; Libal, Serben, pp. 185-186; Stojanovic, Autoritet, pp. 55-56.


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However, I still haven't gotten fonts to look as good as in Unity. They're acceptable, but in need of smoothing. I can't find an option for smoothing in XFCE.
Also, as an unrelated aside, have you tried the XFCE global menu in 12.04? The errors are above my pay grade:
-- The following packages have unmet dependencies:
-- xfce4-appmenu-plugin :
-- Depends: libindicator6 (>= 0.3.90) but it is not installable
-- Recommends: appmenu-gtk2 but it is not installable
-- E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
But I thought I'd check with you, O grand wizard of XFCE.


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This website presents a deliberately concise summary account of something of vital importance to the future of mankind. The world needs a new source of energy, one that is not an exhaustible commodity subject to powerplay as between nations. Yes, one can dream and then awake to say this is impossible, but I urge those with the necessary skills to heed what I have to say in my three messages below.
First, however, let me introduce myself. My name is Dr. Harold Aspden. I am retired and elderly but have had a lifelong scientific interest in fundamental physics relevant to the energy theme. My 6-year university education in U.K. was at Manchester University and Cambridge University (Trinity College). My 33-year working career in U.K. comprised 9 years with English Electric and 24 years with IBM. Though having high technical qualifications (see below), being interested in the specialized field of protecting inventions pertaining to electrical engineering, I became a Chartered Patent Agent and later a European Patent Attorney. My last 19 years with IBM were spent as Director of IBM's European Patent Operations. This was followed, in my early retirement, by 9 years as a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at Southampton University and thereafter my scientific interest has been a private pursuit evidenced by my writings as on this and my related websites. My formal qualifications are: B.Sc., Ph.D., C.Eng., F.I.E.E., F.I.Mech.E., C.Phys., M. Inst.P., C. Sci., Wh.Sc.
Message No. 1: Physicists have come to recognize that there exists a quantum underworld alive with energy and permeating all space. However, their related research aims merely at probing experimentally the spectrum of elementary particles that have a transient existence as a product of that energy activity. The reward they seek is recognition should new particles be discovered and, by their properties, reveal connections with other particles that help in formulating a new theory or verifying an existing theory. Sadly, they do not see that quantum underworld as a potential source of energy that we can harness. Nor have they understood how most of the energy shed in creating matter formed the elementary particle which bears the name proton and which, together with the electron, constitutes the hydrogen atom.
There is also a secret they have yet to fathom. It is the effect of creating a radial electric field centred on electrical charge around which that quantum underworld can develop a state of spin that causes it to shed energy. In the presence of a radial electric field set up by an electrically charge body, whatever constitutes that quantum underworld that permeates all space shares a motion like that of sequence dancers who keep in step with one another as they move around the dance floor, a synchronous motion, which, in the presence of that radial electric field can only be held if a secondary motion develops around an axis centred in that radial field.
How else could the Sun spinning about its own axis have come into existence? Here we have gravity attracting hydrogen atoms and pulling them so closely together that ionization occurs, meaning freeing some electrons from their proton bonding, and so, because the mass of a proton is very much greater than that of the electron, creating a Sun having a body that is positively charged sitting within an outer shell of negative electron charge. Two free protons experience a mutual rate of gravitational acceleration that is 1836 times that experienced by the interaction of two electrons. The body of the Sun, therefore, has a uniform mass density and a uniform positive charge density enclosed within a compensating negative charge at its surface. This is because gravitational compaction forces balance the expansion forces attributable to electrostatic repulsion. It further means the presence of a radial electric field within the body of the Sun and, in turn, owing to the effect of this field on the space medium of the quantum underworld, this induces a state of spin accompanied by release of energy from that medium to feed the kinetic energy of that spin.
In depth analysis of the physics involved, meaning the effect of the resulting radial electric field on that quantum underworld, then allows one to calculate the resulting rate of spin and thereby understand how the solar system was created.
So, if the reader is a physicist, here is the way forward and full guidance on this is to be found on my parallel website www.aspden.org or in a new book of mine entitled Creation - The Physical Truth, that will be published in the near future. However, if the reader is not a physicist but has the technological aptitudes of the university-trained electrical engineer then it is Message No. 2 below that warrants attention.
Message No. 2: If it were possible to generate electrical energy by tapping an omnipresent medium it is surely to be expected that the occasional natural phenomenon might already have hinted at this possibility. Consider, therefore, the thunderball, a glowing spherical object sometimes seen, especially following a lightning storm. It appears aethereal in the sense that it can move unimpeded through matter, yet remains an enigma, an unsolved mystery of record in the annals of science. Lightning strokes are high current discharges which, as electrical engineers well know, can develop a 'pinch effect' squeezing the electron-carried current into a filamentary flow within a cylindrical channel of positively charged air. That implies a radial electric field, a pulsating radial electrical field if the discharge surges, a sure recipe for something to happen that could form a miniature Sun, the thunderball. So when we look at a thunderball we are looking at a natural phenomenon that has drawn energy from that quantum underworld of space, energy which is then dissipated, but energy shed by a process we can surely harness, once we understand the physics involved.
Scientists lacking the necessary imagination do not seek to understand how the thunderball is created and so they seldom write about it. So here we have something to think about. It is Nature's message telling us: "Produce a radial electric field, one that pulsates, and you can develop a spin that taps energy from the quantum underworld of space." As engineers, however, we need to be practical and, if possible, we should avoid trying to replicate a phenomenon that involves powerful electric discharges, if there are better ways in which to proceed.
So now I come to my primary theme in this Message No. 2. It is a brief survey of a few of the claims of record that have declared a mysterious energy gain and have features which I see as relevant to what has been said above. In particular I draw attention to the research findings of four different pioneers in what has come to be termed 'The Search for Free Energy', this being the title of a really excellent book by Keith Tutt, published by Simon & Schuster in 2001. Three of these are described in considerable detail in that work. I now ask you to keep in mind my reference to a radial electric field as I mention each of them below and do realize that electrical structures of cylindrical form are a key feature.
Nikola Tesla is famous for his research concerning electromagnetic induction and high voltage solenoidal transformer apparatus (Tesla coils) and he is said to have demonstrated an automobile which derived its power by tapping energy from space. He did not disclose its design details and died leaving us with a mystery. Tesla coils comprise large solenoidal windings concentrically mounted and operate with high voltage pulsations between their cylindrical forms which must produce a pulsating radial electric field between those windings. So, although electromagnetic induction effects are the primary focus of attention, there is here scope for the electrical action described in Message No. 1 above. Tesla may well have stumbled experimentally upon a way of tapping energy from space, but without understanding the true underlying physical process.
Dr. Henry Moray, a pioneer of the 1920-1930 era, demonstrated something which merely needed a kind of antenna, a wire connected from tree tops to earth via electrical apparatus in the boot (trunk) of his automobile. It is said that the latter included several capacitors and that a kilowatt level of power was generated. In this case the automobile merely carried the test apparatus for demonstration at a location remote from a built-up area and any electrical power line interference. No doubt Moray was seeking to follow in Tesla's footsteps by drawing energy from the Earth's electric field, known to be measured in hundreds of volts per metre. It is likely that those capacitors were of Leyden jar type configuration, that is cylindrical in structural form, and that the wire linked to tree tops tapped charge at a kilovolt voltage level. However, the output power claimed could surely not have come from that source. Therefore one must assume that Moray used that treetop voltage input merely to prime the voltage across his capacitor electrodes, whilst incorporating some special feature in the operation of his electrical circuit that gave access to the energy of the quantum underworld. Capacitors having concentric electrodes of cylindrical form will, when charged electrically, have a radial electric field in the space between the electrodes. Several capacitors coupled together could give rise to oscillations of charge as between the capacitors and so lead to a pulsating radial electric field. Yet though demonstrating as possible something that should not be possible, a mysterious inflow of energy able to illuminate several light bulbs, Moray could surely not have understood the true physical process that was feeding energy into his apparatus. Again I see this as relevant to what is stated in Message No. 1.
Stan Meyer demonstrated apparatus that included sets of concentric tubular electrodes enclosed in a cylindrical container filled with water, the electrodes being fed by high voltage (5kV) pulses. Combustible gas was generated, a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen, the burning of which generated far more heat than could be accounted for by the electrical energy input. Energy was being tapped as if from nowhere unless the source was the ambient medium of space itself. Here there was a pulsating radial electric field and electric charge oscillating between different components in Meyer's apparatus. Meyer did not offer any useful explanation as to the physical process underlying what he could demonstrate but persisted in conveying the message that the invention was wonderful and talking about a multiplicity of applications such as powering automobiles, ships etc. This is the project not mentioned in Keith Tutt's book. As for the Tesla and Moray projects Meyer's research was a U.S. based activity. It did, however, attract the interest of a British Admiral, Admiral Tony Griffin who was concerned with the impact of new technology upon the marine industries. Griffin witnessed Meyer's demonstrations and was interested in its development. Indeed an article on the subject mentioning Admiral Griffin and entitled 'Free Energy for Ever' was published in the January 1991 issue of the U.K. magazine Wireless World. The importance of the article was evident from the fact that the Editor of that magazine was the author.
Paul Baumann, a member of a Christian community in a isolated valley high in the Swiss Alps has constructed working free energy devices which have been demonstrated to visitors. The first working prototype was relatively small and included a pair of glass Leyden jars, concentric capacitors. Keith Tutt in his book devotes 30 pages to this subject. The high voltage needed to prime the capacitor operation was generated by a Wimshurst machine driven by the electric power generated. The community has, however, kept design details secret. In spite of such information as is available the underlying physical process governing its operation remains a mystery. Yet I can but feel confident that what I say in my Message No. 1 provides the answer.
Message No. 3: My Message No. 1 has drawn attention to the physical process by which the vast amount of energy needed to create the Sun was extracted from the quantum underworld that permeates all space. My Message No. 2 has drawn attention to the reported efforts of just some of the several energy research pioneers who actually demonstrated apparatus that, contrary to accepted scientific principles, drew energy from a mystery source. My Message No. 3, based on recognizing the common physical feature can but be the suggestion that technology for generating our power needs from the hidden underworld of space has to be possible. Accordingly, I will now outline what I see as the basis on which to build the ultimate power generating device that harnesses the physical principles presented in Message No. 1.
Being 78 years of age and no longer having access to university research laboratory facilities, I can but leave it to others to take note and, hopefully, prove me right. If proved right then the world will benefit and the impending energy crisis will be avoided. Hopefully also, the scientific community might then be willing to accept my claim as to how the quantum underworld deploys its energy into proton creation and is active in producing the phenomenon of gravitation. I know of no other theory that has been able to derive theoretically the value 1836.152 of the proton/electron mass ratio. I would like to see that recognized as my contribution to man's knowledge.
Consider a capacitor formed by a pair of concentric cyindrical electrodes, something many of us remember from the school physics laboratory, the Leyden jar. However, the capacitor structure I have in mind is very much larger and has to be operated at a quite high voltage. When that voltage is applied between the electrodes electric charge is displaced in the underlying vacuum medium located between those electrodes. A commensurate amount of electric charge is thereby held in place on those electrodes, a negative polarity charge on one and a positive polarity charge on the other. Given my claim that this is accompanied by 'vacuum spin', aether rotation, which has imported an equal amount of energy owing to a quantum phase-lock as between the charge of the vacuum medium, we have the energy gain we seek to exploit.
The problem, however, is that, with this simple capacitor configuration, the only control parameter available is the reduction of the voltage between the electrodes. This will shed energy within the circuit of the apparatus used, the outflow of electric charge at the voltage difference merely delivering energy equal to that originally supplied by our voltage source. The added energy imported from space is merely dispersed by the 'vacuum spin' slowing down but expanding beyond the bounds of the capacitor electrodes as it conserves its angular momentum. The energy imported from the quantum underworld of space has no way of enhancing the energy output of the capacitor circuit and so is left to dissipate itself and eventually be reabsorbed by that quantum underworld that pervades all space.
However, now consider a concentric electrode capacitor having a third cylindrical electrode intermediate the inner and outer electrodes. Here we have a control parameter other than the voltage between the outermost and innermost electrodes, because we can wonder about the voltage of the central electrode whilst retaining the other voltage difference at a constant high level. In fact, by keeping the latter voltage difference constant but varying the voltage of the intermediate electrode we can decrease the capacitor energy of one half of the overall capacitor as that of the other half decreases. The imported energy shed by one half of the overall capacitor can then contribute to the action that energizes the other half and thereby induce oscillations from which energy can be extracted and deployed as a power source.
One needs two such capacitors having their central electrodes coupled through a load circuit in order to capture the 'free energy' inflow and get it to do useful work rather than being dissipated. An inductance in the coupling circuit can determine the oscillation frequency and, since the energy inflow increases with frequency, this should no doubt be well into the kilocycle region. The figure below is a simple schematic diagram of the electrical apparatus that I have in mind.
So my Message No. 3 is what I may describe as a 'thought experiment', one that I cannot verify myself, owing to my age and lack of facilities. I therefore can but record my thoughts and hope that others will prove me right and not wrong.
The capacitors depicted in the figure should have their electrodes spaced so that the capacitance C as between their central and outermost electrodes is the same as the capacitance C between their central and innermost electrodes. Suppose that the outermost electrodes are maintained at a voltage of 20,000V relative to the innermost electrodes. This means that the two central electrodes will be at an intermediate voltage which we expect to be 10,000V in the absence of oscillations. However, as with any ever-active electrical system, there will be minor voltage fluctuations affecting the central electrodes. So we may ask what happens if the voltage of the central electrode of capacitor A decreases owing to electric charge being shed by the inner capacitance C but gained by the outer capacitance C. Think about that for a moment. You will see that it implies reciprocal action in the opposite sense by capacitor B, as current flows from A to B via the central inductor coupling. Yet no net current flows from the 20,000V power source.
Now, of course, common sense backed by our scientific training assures us that this system can but keep its equilibrium without those minor voltage fluctuations building up in some way. Yet, if we heed Message No. 1 and keep in mind Message No. 2, there is a question we must ask. If current does flow through that central link between A and B, one half of A and one half of B both shed energy and so release the imported 'vacuum spin' energy, if such is present. This occurs as other halves of A and B have to gain energy and as angular momentum of the imported 'spin energy' spreads into the other sections of the capacitors. The question then is: "Does that imported energy escape, as it does for the two-electrode capacitor configuration, or might it be retained and so augment the action?"
I submit the answer can only be provided by actual experiment. If the energy does escape then there is nothing further to discusss. However, if some of that energy is captured then we can expect an escalation of oscillations in that inductive link and so can then say that a new source of energy has been discovered. Those oscillations will be a function of the capacitance C and the inductance of the load circuit. Given a high frequency and a high voltage a significant level of power per unit volume of capacitor structure will be produced. If power output at a level commensurate with the claims of Tesla, Moray, Meyer and Baumann results the world's energy future is then assured. A pollution-free energy resource powered by the quantum underworld of space will be at hand wherever we are on body Earth.
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Manitoba Wild Rice and Black Bean Casserole Recipe
November 9, 2009 by Churchill Wild
Filed under Lodge Recipes
Manitoba Wild Rice and Black Bean Casserole
This colourful festival of flavours is a hearty vegetarian meal, or a tasty side dish served with chicken, beef, or pork.
- 2 tbsp. butter
- 2 tbsp. olive oil
- ½ cup chopped onions
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- ½ cup chopped celery
- ½ cup chopped red pepper
- 2 cups cooked wild rice
- 14 oz. can corn niblets, drained
- 19 oz. can black beans, rinsed
- 1 tsp. Dymond Lake Seasoning
- 1 tsp. salt
- 2 tsp. cumin
1. In a large frying pan, heat the butter and oil. Saute onions, garlic, celery, and red pepper, until tender-crisp, about 5 minutes.
2. Add cooked wild rice and remaining ingredients. Stir well while heating thoroughly.
Serves 8 as a side dish. Enjoy!
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Wild Tundra Cranberry Cake with Butter Sauce Recipe
November 9, 2009 by Churchill Wild
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Wild Tundra Cranberry Cake with Warm Butter Sauce
This dessert is a real sleeper. To read it, it sounds "ho hum" but the first bite will pop your eyes wide open. This recipe keeps Marie and Helen crawling around on the tundra, making sure we have our winter supply of cranberries for the freezer.
- 3 cups flour
- 4 tsp. baking powder
- ½ tsp. salt
- 3 tbsp. butter or margarine
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 1 ½ tsp. vanilla
- 1 ½ cups milk
- 3 cups cranberries
- Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C)
- Mix the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl and set aside.
- Cream together the butter, sugar and vanilla. Note that this mixture will not get creamy and fluffy as it does in a butter cake, as the ratio of butter to sugar is not high enough.
- Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk, beating after each addition, just until it is mixed.
- Stir in the cranberries. If you are using large commercial cranberries, chop them up a bit.
- Spread the batter in a greased 9 x 13 inch (23 x 33 cm) baking pan. Bake for 30-40 minutes, until golden brown and the top springs back when lightly touched.
Butter Sauce
- ¾ cup butter
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- ¾ cup evaporated milk or cream
- Combine the sauce ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly.
- Simmer for 2 minutes and remove from hat. A wire whisk is very useful to keep the sauce smooth.
Makes a 9 x 13 inch (23 x 33 cm) cake.
Serving Suggestion: Serve the sauce warm over the cake – and remember – the secret is in the sauce. Enjoy!
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March 20, 2012
The Gadgets of 2025
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What if you could peek into the future?
Other than changing your investment strategy, you might want to know how the gadgets and tech we use will change. Maybe Yahoo will die a slow death … or become the next powerhouse. Apple might continue to dominate, or the phone and a tablet we use today could become the dinosaurs of tomorrow.
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Oceans for Emotions: Just say 'Thank you, Lord'
Nov. 25, 2011 at 5:25 a.m.
By Elaine Wheat
"... in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your request be known unto God."
- Philippians 4:6
The only thing we have to say when we pray is "Thank you, Lord." During Thanksgiving break time, I like to celebrate the season by giving myself time to focus on godly things, while I fish. I had just read that statement and was arguing that surely prayer was not just saying, "Thank you, Lord." I decided that right there on my sea side, I would run that hypothesis in an experiment and record the results and then form the conclusion ... then, I would be famous like Aristotle or Thomas Edison or a religious great like Peter or Paul or Mary.
I would name the experiment either "Thank You, Lord" or "Prayer Lite," depending upon the results. I would perform the experiment while fishing, so I would have something to show for it if I didn't get famous.
I would pray for fishing equipment. I opened the trunk of my SUV and started to pray for fishing equipment; instead, I prayed, "Thank you, Lord for fishing equipment." Of course, I kind of knew I had fishing tackle there because I had put it there this morning.
But the "Thank you, Lord" was kind of fun. I kind of giggled and thought I heard God laugh, or he was predicting a thunderstorm. I rigged up the tackle that I had thanked the Lord for and said, "Thank you, Lord, for the whole oceans you had put before me." I felt a whole new spirit of belonging. My ocean depended on me to care for it as much as it cared for me.
After thanking God for my bait, I cast out and said, "Thank you, Lord, for the fish I am going to catch." God had not mentioned when I was going to do this, but that is what keeps me coming back for the fish I had already thanked him for.
Dear Lord, In Colossians 4:19, you confirmed my "Thank you, Lord" theory when it was written in your scripture, "My God shall supply all of your needs according to his riches in glory." "Thank you, Lord!"


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Kim and Chan as a team--the PCS! Records will be broken! S/S, V/T, T/T, P/T...won't be able to come close! j/k
I predict the pairs will be:
Yuna-Evan (Oly golds), Stephane-Caro (old flames), Patrick-Alyssa (no choice)
Scott and Yuna, Tessa and Patrick might work though. Good grief, what am I saying hahha...
Lucky, Yuna Kim! She gets to choose who she wants to skate with. So the Japanese doesn't have a chance to skate in Yuna's show.


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One of the biggest buzz of this year is about to come true. Come June 2014 and you did be able to see yet another Internet giant joining the arenaread more...
How To Block an Application from Connecting to Internet with Windows Firewall
Wanted to block an app from connecting to internet using the Windows Firewall in Windows 7, this is how we do it…
There are many reasons why you want to block an app to connect to the internet, and I wont list them here.
Lets Get Started
Open Windows Firewall with Advanced Security from your start menu or type in the start menu search box
and on the left sidebar click the Outbound Rules
next on the Actions Pane (right side pane) click New Rule
a dialogue box opens, choose Program and click next, after that click Browse.
After selecting the program or application you want to block, click next, then choose Block Connection and click Next.
Now the next option will asked when does this rule applies? choose all boxes, Domain, Private and Public network location, then click again next button.
and lastly, Enter a name for the Rule blocking you created and click Finish.
That's it you are done, any outgoing connection made from the application you choose will be blocked.
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tell me how to block cs5 from connecting to internet through firewall. 🙂
sorry mate. can I ask what program you want to block from connecting to the web?
maybe I can help you with that if you post some details, not just spamming this article 😉
garbage…it doesn't block a program i want doing that.
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Has anyone every encountered a situation where a feeds.somedomain.com point to a Google home page?
I happened to be checking a website that I optimize back in the day (9 years ago) .
Its been a whicle since I paid a visit. So I thought I'd peruse some new pages/links. I stumbled on a link that directed me to a Google - English site. Like a redirect but without the redirect (like a carbon copy). Its weird! Even the "Advanced Search," "Preferences," "Language Tools" and links on the bottom of the page have the feeds.somedomain.com but point to the appropriate Google page.
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For anyone in the Lansing, MI area there is a LAN PARTY coming up this Saturday(2-9-02) from 11:00am till 12 midnight. Price is just $10 at the door. Were expecting around 15-20 this time around. Email me for more specifics if you are interested.
Forgot to add: Bring your totally tricked out cases, show off your water cooling setup, and beat the crap out of everyones benchmarks with your overclocked rig.
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Haute or Not?: Beyonce's Blonde Box Braids
Author: Beauty & the Beat Blog ON: Thursday, July 19, 2012 Comments: 4
Box-braids are all-the-rage in the beauty world, and I'm not mad at this trend at all. I've already gushed about hoe much I love the look on Solange Knowles, but recently her big sis Beyonce showed off her take on this trendy 'do. B and her adorable little girl Blue Ivy had a little mommy-and-me-shopping continue reading this post →


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Daily Topic for December 07, 2010
In America's infamous gambling resort, Las Vegas, there is a saying, "Whatever happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas." Like the Gulf Arabs who come to Egypt for "vacation" activities, many don't realize that God sees all we do, and that is what actually matters. It takes much more than negative consequences to keep people away from debauchery. People need a purpose in their lives so they can turn their lives around.
Pray that the Gulf Arabs will allow Jesus Christ to be their purpose, the one worth living for.
by PE
The three Arabs hailed a taxi at the Egyptian airport, gleeful at the prospect of their six-week holiday without accountability to the strict Islamic laws they had to obey in their home countries. They pressed the equivalent of $200 into the taxi driver's palm for the $50 ride to the hotel. Gulfies the driver thought. Always throwing money around.
"Gulfies" is the derogatory term for the Levants or Arabs of the Persian Gulf region and those across the Red Sea from Egypt. It is a sad reality that for many of them a "vacation" is a time for wine, women and song. The strict policing of illicit sex does not apply to non-Egyptians, so the Gulf Arabs party until their money or their brain cells run out. Some Gulf Arabs also bring their families to Egypt to get a break from the strict codes that control their everyday lives. However, their yearning hearts will leave as empty as they came unless kind and loving hands reach out to them to introduce them to the only One who can truly mend their spirits with deliverance.Learn more at joshuaproject.net
Pray that God will call workers to minister to the Gulf Arabs in Egypt. Pray that those who attempt to reach out to them will not be seen by potential persecutors. Pray for holy appointments through broadcasts, dreams, and visions, and that freed Arabs will return to their homelands new creatures through the divine work of the Holy Spirit.
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Delhi schools lead fight against diabetes
A number of schools in Delhi will be among the first in India to receive information and training on how to educate teachers, students and parents on diabetes (type 1 and type 2). A joint initiative by the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), HRIDAY (Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth), the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and Sanofi India Limited, the KiDS (Kids and Diabetes in Schools) 'School Diabetes Information Pack' was released last week in Delhi.
The KiDS initiative launched last September is a special school-based intervention that aims to counteract diabetes related discrimination. This year fifteen schools will see training sessions and receive information packs on managing diabetes from experts in healthcare, public health and health promotion from HRIDAY and PHFI. The Information Pack will also educate diabetes management to children with diabetes and teachers and parents of children with the disease. The pack suggests interesting extra-curricular activities to engage children on the issue. HRIDAY estimates that these education sessions and information about diabetes will reach approximately 300,000 students, teachers and families by the end of 2014. "The project is an excellent opportunity for schools to empower teachers for reaching out to parents and seeking their cooperation - both in terms of caring for people with type 1 and for making efforts to prevent children from developing type 2 diabetes later in life," says Madhulika Sen, principal of Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar.
School training sessions will specially focus on educating teachers and school staff on diabetes symptoms associated with episodes of high and low blood sugar and how to respond in case of emergency situations. A 'diabetes in schools' app will also be made available in Hindi and English and will feature interactive elements of the pack. "Globally, Sanofi brings real benefits to people with diabetes. We believe that children with diabetes should have the opportunity to live in a safe and supportive environment. For many though, a lack of education and knowledge about the condition can lead to discrimination and feelings of isolation for those affected. The KiDS project is a unique opportunity for Sanofi to collaborate on an important public health initiative with organisations such as IDF, PHFI and ISPAD, and to focus on key priorities in diabetes awareness. We want to make a real difference to the lives of young people in India," says N. Rajaram, country head and general manager, pharmaceutical operations, Sanofi India.


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Compliance Bricks and Mortar for December 7
These are some of the compliance-related stories that recently caught my attention.
High-Speed Trades Hurt Investors, a Study Says by Nathaniel Popper and Christopher Leonard in the New York Times
A top government economist has concluded that the high-speed trading firms that have come to dominate the nation's financial markets are taking significant profits from traditional investors.
The chief economist at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Andrei Kirilenko, reports in a coming study that high-frequency traders make an average profit of as much as $5.05 each time they go up against small traders buying and selling one of the most widely used financial contracts.
The Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure… by Dan Ariely
Wondering whether you can ask someone to give you a PhD in exchange for a kickback? Curious whether you can get away with stuffing ballot boxes? Allow me to introduce you to the Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure. Every couple years the Department of Defense publishes the Encyclopedia (Word doc), which is likely the most sarcastic government document out there. Interestingly, golf and taxes seem to turn up a lot.
An introduction to behavioral ethics
A quarter of a century ago, as a young criminal defense lawyer, I began to be struck by how different the causes of many white collar crimes were from the then (and still) traditional view. The latter saw (sees) white collar crimes as based largely on rational calculations by profoundly bad individuals – what was then the Ivan Boesky model and now is best associated with Bernie Madoff. Although there are certainly offenses of this sort, many of the crimes of which I became aware seemed based more on environmental factors than on the indelibly bad characters of those involved. While the field did not exist at the time, this turned out to be my introduction to what was to become "behavioral ethics."


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Texas Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler has been named the American League Co-Player of the Week for April 13-19. He shares the honor with Kansas City Royals pitcher Zack Greinke.
Kinsler batted .556 (15-27) with two home runs, four doubles, a triple, nine runs scored and six RBI in six games last week, posting a .500 on-base percentage and an .864 slugging mark. He also went 6-for-6 while hitting for the cycle in the Rangers' 19-6 win on Wednesday against Baltimore. He became the first major league player in the modern era to produce a 6-hit cycle in a 9-inning game.


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> but how would you distinguish thehundreds > of different notations that use a fraction-like layout. There is no > clear place in the mfrac scheme where you could put invisible operators. Hey, I never thought of that. I'll do some thinking (oh no!): Here are a few examples that have been historically though of as fraction-like (that I know of): 1) Fractions (of course), 2) Derivatives and partial derivatives, 3) Legendre symbols (from spec), 4) Binomial coefficients (from spec), 5) Jacobians, 6) Long addition and subtraction, 7) I'd like to know of more if you know of any... However, some of these can be represented better with the mover or munder elements, such as derivatives (and partials). As my calculus teacher told me, the "fraction scheme" for a derivative does not mean it is literally fraction. In fact, it is more like a subscript or underscript. Behold: <mrow> <mo descript="Derivative">Derivative of</mo> <mover> <mi>y</mi> <mi>x</mi> </msunder> </mrow> and the CSS stylesheet for a visual renderer: mi {font-style: italic;} mo[descript="Derivative"] {display: none;} mo[descript="Derivative"] + mover > * :before { font-style: normal; content: "d"; } mo[descript="Derivative"] + mover > * { border-top: 1px solid; border-bottom: 0px solid; } mo[descript="Derivative"] + mover > * + * { border-top: 1px solid; border-bottom: 0px solid; } Why does the "mfrac scheme" not apply? Well, using that element implies "equal" status of the top and bottom, while the mover element implies a base (first element) and a modifier (exponent, index, or differentiating variable). This brings me to a correction in the original post: when I used 'type="invisible"' in my examples, I should have said that the attribute should be part of a scheme determined by the author (and not the language, although a default scheme for identifying function could be made). Using a 'descript' attribute makes more sense (at least to me). > No, the primary purpose of presentation markup is to specify the layout > this layout specification does not become irrelevant just because the > meaning of that layout varies in different contexts. I'm not an expert (although I pretend to be :) but I think that if the meaning of the layout changes, then the entire equation's meaning changes from culture to culture. This corrupts the data stored in MMLP. To be a universal mathematics data format, there must be a single way to encode the meaning of the equation while also allowing for multiple layouts. Paradoxically, the layout is part of the content, so the presentation language should allow multiple layouts of the same code. (Here's a good (I hope) example. Visual rendering agents might style an mfrac element as two rows separated by a bar. However, a blind person's audio rendering agent might style the mfrac element by saying the (insert natural language here) translation of the numerator + "over" + the denominator. The blind person would be confused if it was rendered as the numerator + "1 pixel solid bar" + denominator.) Why have a presentation language at all (ignoring the content section for now - that's another can of worms)? Well, the presentation language would show how each different expression relates to the whole (see the difference between mfrac and mover above). In other words, MMLP describes how each element is linked to the whole in an abstract layout. That abstract layout is then translated into a specific layout as specified by the style sheets. One UA will output a layout for a computer to solve; another will output a layout for a high school student to see; a third will output a layout for a blind person to feel using Braille; and so on.... That is how I see MMLP, at least. Does this make sense, or am I wrong again? (BTW, it's better to be wrong since I'll learn more that way. :) --- Jimmy Cerra P.S. I changed my mind & I'm posting this onto the mailing list. Sorry for flooding all the messages - I feel like a spammer. I'm very sorry. :-{ -----Original Message----- From: David Carlisle [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 6:49 PM To: email@example.com Cc: email@example.com Subject: Re: MathML-Presentation specs criticized. > (5) For instance, the mathvariant, mathsize, mathcolor and > mathbackground attributes can be set by equivalents in CSS. I think the > spec mentions this, but I can't find it. This is not true unless CSS were extended to support mathematics (which is a possibility) The whole point of the style/content separation in CSS is that the style is essentially cosmetic and can be changed according to the preferences of the reader. The reason for having separate mathvariant attribute to control the math font is that this does not work for mathematics. A textual heading may be switched from bold to sans serif to italic, at the discretion of the house style for the document, but you can't do that if it contains mathematics. It is important that the expression encodes these math alphabets in a way that is immune to external font changes from stylesheets. (An external stylesheet can still change fonts but only using this information from the markup in the document, ie choice of fraktur font, roman font etc, but it can't be allowed to make arbitrary characters bold, as can a normal stylesheet for text. c) However, as context changes from document to document and culture to culture, MMLP can become irreverent despite extension mechanisms built into MathML. No, the primary purpose of presentation markup is to specify the layout this layout specification does not become irrelevant just because the meaning of that layout varies in different contexts. > It is ambiguous whether or not the number 2 is a index or an exponent. > A more descriptive way of describing the situation is: MathML already has the content elements to make this distinction, I don't see how having invisible operators in the presentation markup makes this distinction any clearer (and in general I don't see how it would work at all, you insert an invisible ^ to distinguish one out of the many uses of superscript, but how would you distinguish thehundreds of different notations that use a fraction-like layout. There is no clear place in the mfrac scheme where you could put invisible operators. MathML as currently defined lets you separate the semantics and the layout, using mfrac for the layout (or msup or whatever other notation is desirable) but specifying the semantics using <apply> from the content markup which is, in the main just an expression of the tree structure of the mathematical expression <apply><power/>.... David _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service.Received on Monday, 15 April 2002 21:46:28 UTC
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Hi. I'm new to Perl XS. I have worked on perl for years.But i have only basic knowledge in C. I'm trying to create a C program say test.c and inside it I have a print array function which accepts an array and loops and print. I have created a corresponding test.xs file. and .pm file. I have made and installed it. When I try to use it it works for char array , but when I print an int array.. it doesn't. Please find the code below
C prog is functions.c
xs file is myClibs.xs
pm file is myClibs.pm
My question is.. Can I not just write a complex C program and write a simple xs file containing the function/datatype names and compile it. Do I need to learn perlguts to achieve what I want. I'm trying to write a c program to replace a perl function which is slow and handles huge data. I am at the gates waiting for a solution/advice
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