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Upcoming PC title Two Worlds II was supposed to launch in the UK tomorrow. That launch has been pushed back to the end of February, however, after the freighter carrying all the games had a little trouble.
"We just received the container from China with the Collector's Edition and other components and they are wrecked," a representative of the game's publisher TopWare told game site Eurogamer.
"Several components were just a total wreck and unacceptable for us to give out to our fans. We are printing some of these in Europe now and the boxes are being air freighted from China."
"I cannot believe this but it is really happening!"
Since the boxes were not made of glass, we can only guess that either the ship survived the perfect storm or somebody forgot to line the crates with old newspaper!
Two Worlds II, originally planned for a February 4 release, will now be out February 25. Unless a truck explodes or the printing place is overrun with locusts.
Two Worlds II UK cargo "wrecked" [Eurogamer]


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New York Times
Feb 6th, 2014
By a strange coincidence, two leading medical journals on Thursday published case studies of the same arcane medical mystery. In one, doctors solved the riddle only after the patient, a middle-aged woman, got so sick she had to have a heart transplant. But in the other, a physician who teaches at the University of Marburg in Germany found the clues in Season 7, Episode 11, of the Fox television show "House."
It turned out that Dr. Gregory House, the cantankerous, fictional diagnostician modeled on Sherlock Holmes, had used his powers of deduction to diagnose the very same ailment in a woman played by the actress Candice Bergen on an episode that first aired in 2011.
In this case of life imitating art — or at least television — a paper in The Lancet, a London-based medical publication, described how an ailing man in Germany had gone from doctor to doctor, seeking a diagnosis as his condition worsened.
His problems began about three years ago. He had low thyroid hormone levels, inflammation of his esophagus and fever of unknown origin. His loss of vision was so profound he was almost blind, and his loss of hearing so severe he was almost deaf. Most perilous of all, his heart had weakened so much it could not pump hard enough to supply blood to his body.
Heart failure usually follows coronary artery disease, but this man's arteries were fine. Doctor after doctor was stumped.
Finally, in May 2012, the man, then 55, arrived at a University of Marburg clinic run by Dr. Juergen R. Schaefer, who specializes in puzzling cases and happens to be a major fan of "House." In fact, Dr. Schaefer uses "House" in teaching medicine, and he realized his patient's symptoms were eerily similar to those of Ms. Bergen's character on the show. In that episode, she, too, had heart failure. Dr. House's diagnosis: cobalt poisoning from her artificial metal hip.
Dr. Schaefer's patient had had an artificial ceramic hip that failed, and it was replaced with a metal one in November 2010, shortly before his symptoms began. So Dr. Schaefer tested the man's cobalt level and discovered it was a thousand times the level considered normal.
A scan showed the metal in his hip was eroded. The reason, Dr. Schaefer speculated, was that when the man's doctor removed the broken ceramic hip, he inadvertently left behind tiny particles of ceramic. Those particles, Dr. Schaefer said, acted like sandpaper: "You destroy the metal part with each movement."
The man had his metal hip replaced with another ceramic one, after which his cobalt level plunged. His heart function improved, but he still needed a defibrillator implanted. His fever and esophagus problems went away. But his hearing and eyesight barely got any better.
Needless to say, the doctors in the other case, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, had not seen that episode of "House."
The patient, a woman in Denver who asked not to be named to protect her privacy, said she began feeling ill on a vacation in Hawaii a few years ago.
"I was tired all the time," she said. When she returned from her travels, she discovered she had gained 10 pounds on her 4-foot-10, 95-pound frame, for no apparent reason. Her abdomen was swollen, as were her arms and legs.
Her doctor ordered a CT scan, which showed fluid accumulating around her heart. He drained the fluid, but she still felt ill. Normally, someone with such a condition, cardiomyopathy, has an enlarged heart, but hers was a normal size.
"It was kind of a puzzle to my first cardiologist," she said.
By 2011, her heart was failing. She went to the Anschutz Medical Campus of the University of Colorado, Denver, where her doctor, Larry A. Allen, a heart failure and transplant specialist, confessed he was baffled.
"We did a work-up looking at possible causes and even rare causes," he said. "Nothing showed up."
On Sept. 10, 2011, she underwent a heart transplant.
Sometime later, the orthopedist who had replaced her hips with metal implants took some routine blood tests and found something curious. Her cobalt level was more than 300 times normal. Cobalt poisoning can seriously damage organs, particularly the heart. The cause of her problems was suddenly clear.
About a year after her heart transplant, she had both artificial hips replaced with ones that had a polyethylene liner. Her postoperative course was rocky, but her cobalt level declined.
"I have much of my old energy back," she said in an interview.
In their article describing the case, Dr. Allen and his colleagues wrote that cobalt poisoning was first described in the 1960s in people who had been drinking beer that had foam stabilizers that contained cobalt.
But its link to metal-on-metal hip implants leaves questions, they said. Their patient had nothing obviously wrong with her prosthetic hips. And, Dr. Allen said, "literally tens of thousands of people had these hips without her problems."
But Dr. Allen said the patient's case was a good reminder. However rare cobalt poisoning might be, it is something to consider when people with metal-on-metal hip implants have symptoms suggestive of it.
And, yes, he said, maybe if he had just seen Dr. House in action he would have considered it.
"Unfortunately," he said, "I have seen about two half-episodes of 'House.' "

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looking over at GA i am seeing a few lowers at not quite so insane prices.
not the $60 ones like the good old days but not so insanely far of MSRP.
they show 10 stag lowers for $169+ shipping.
one EA lower on auction for $135 starting bid
and some of that "plastic junk/disposable type" lowers for $80 in ATI.
if you could figure out an effective way to reinforce the plastic ones they might make do. --for me though by the time i pay shipping and FFL transfer i had just as well get a "real" lower.
and one bellson needs to see a cali 10rd lower for $200--
the EA ans the stags are good bets--there may be more decent lowers for MSRP give or take a $ as i didn't give a through search.
if your needing a lower don't pay much over MSRP and skip over the gougers. there are lowers out there for sale--good ones.
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Search results for 'Dog Accessories' in Hobart
Below you can find the search results for regions such as North Hobart, South Hobart, West Hobart, Battery Point, Devonport, Launceston, Burnie, Queenstown, Kingston and beyond.
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Join Precious Pooch and advertise your business in Hobart's premier pet care directory.


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Curriculum Science Grade 7 PDF Grade-Set: k-9
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Evolution by natural selection provides an explanation for the diversity and survival of living things
Evolution by natural selection provides an explanation for the diversity and survival of living things
- Sample questions to support inquiry with students:
- Why do living things change over time?
- How do these changes affect biodiversity?
Elements consist of one type of atom, and compounds consist of atoms of different elements chemically combined
Elements consist of one type of atom, and compounds consist of atoms of different elements chemically combined
- Sample questions to support inquiry with students:
- What are the similarities and differences between elements and compounds?
- How can you investigate the properties of elements and compounds?
The electromagnetic force produces both electricity and magnetism
The electromagnetic force produces both electricity and magnetism
- Sample questions to support inquiry with students:
- How is electricity generated?
- What is the relationship between electricity and magnetism?
Earth and its climate have changed over geological time
Earth and its climate have changed over geological time
- Sample questions to support inquiry with students:
- How and why have Earth and its climate changed over time?
- How do people and their practices impact Earth and its climate?
Learning Standards
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Curricular Competencies
Students are expected to be able to do the following:
Questioning and predicting
Questioning and predicting
Questioning and predictingEvolution is the change that occurs in living things over long periods of time. This change is a result of organisms being suited to their environment. Evolution is an important concept in biological science, as scientists are always searching for the underlying laws, reasons, or explanations for their observations of living things.
- Key questions about evolution:
- How have species on Earth evolved due to natural selection?
- How does fossil evidence support the evolution of geological time?
Demonstrate a sustained intellectual curiosity about a scientific topic or problem of personal interest
Make observations aimed at identifying their own questions about the natural world
Identify a question to answer or a problem to solve through scientific inquiry
Formulate alternative "If…then…" hypotheses based on their questions
Make predictions about the findings of their inquiry
Planning and conducting
Collaboratively plan a range of investigation types, including field work and experiments, to answer their questions or solve problems they have identified
Measure and control variables (dependent and independent) through fair tests
Observe, measure, and record data (qualitative
and quantitative
qualitativeevidence expressed through words, descriptions, interviews, narratives
), using equipment, including digital technologies, with accuracy
quantitativeevidence expressed through numbers and measurement
and precision
accuracyhow close a measured value is to the actual value
precisionhow close measurements of the same type are to each other
Use appropriate SI units and perform simple unit conversions
Ensure that safety and ethical guidelines are followed in their investigations
Processing and analyzing data and information
Experience and interpret the local environment
Apply First Peoples perspectives and knowledge, other ways of knowing
, and local knowledge as sources of information
ways of knowingWays of knowing refers to the various beliefs about the nature of knowledge that people have; they can include, but are not limited to, Aboriginal, gender-related, subject/discipline specific, cultural, embodied and intuitive beliefs about knowledge.
Construct and use a range of methods to represent patterns or relationships in data, including tables, graphs, keys, models, and digital technologies as appropriate
Seek patterns and connections in data from their own investigations and secondary sources
Use scientific understandings to identify relationships and draw conclusions
Reflect on their investigation methods, including the adequacy of controls on variables (dependent and independent) and the quality of the data collected
Identify possible sources of error and suggest improvements to their investigation methods
Demonstrate an awareness of assumptions and bias in their own work and secondary sources
Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of evidence (qualitative and quantitative)
Exercise a healthy, informed skepticism and use scientific knowledge and findings from their own investigations to evaluate claims in secondary sources
Consider social, ethical, and environmental implications of the findings from their own and others' investigations
Applying and innovating
Contribute to care for self, others, community, and world through personal or collaborative approaches
Co-operatively design projects
Transfer and apply learning to new situations
Generate and introduce new or refined ideas when problem solving
Communicate ideas, findings, and solutions to problems, using scientific language, representations, and digital technologies as appropriate
Express and reflect on a variety of experiences and perspectives of place
placePlace is any environment, locality, or context with which people interact to learn, create memory, reflect on history, connect with culture, and establish identity. The connection between people and place is foundational to First Peoples perspectives of the world.
- Key questions about place:
- How does place inform your questions and inquiries?
- How does place influence your ability to plan and conduct an inquiry and make predictions about outcomes?
- How does your understanding of place affect the ways in which you collect evidence and evaluate it?
- As you consider the significance, worth, or value of an outcome or finding, how can you show different ways of knowing?
- How can your understanding of place influence project designs?
- How do the place-based experiences and stories of others affect the ways in which you communicate and collaborate?
Students are expected to know the following:
organisms have evolved over time
organisms have evolved over timechange in traits of populations over time
survival needs
survival needsall organisms need space, food, water, and access to resources in order to survive
natural selection
natural selectionthe natural process by which certain traits that have a greater fitness for their environment lead to a reproductive advantage; this process happens within a population over time because of genetic variation
and compounds
elementsa pure substance consisting of a single type of atom, as distinguished by its atomic number (e.g., iron, copper)
are pure substances
compoundsa pure substance consisting of two or more different atoms held together in a defined special arrangement by chemical bonds (e.g., water/salt)
pure substancesmatter that consists of only one type of particle and has one set of properties (e.g., density, boiling point, solubility, conductivity)
crystalline structure
of solids
crystalline structurecrystals formed by a unique arrangement of particles (e.g., rock candy, quartz, snowflakes)
chemical changes
chemical changeswhen atoms rearrange into new products accompanied by an energy change (e.g., rusting, the reaction of vinegar and baking soda, etc.)
- generated in different wayswith different environmental impactsgenerated in different waysways of generating electricity including the use of wind, water, coal, geothermal, and solar energy
- electromagnetismelectromagnetism
- the electromagnetic force is responsible for both electricity and magnetism
- moving or changing a magnetic field relative to a wire produces electric current (e.g., electricity generation by a turbine)
- an electric current passing through a wire produces a magnetic field (e.g., constructing a simple electromagnet using a wire, iron nail and battery)
the fossil record provides evidence for changes in biodiversity over geological time
geological time
- the geologic time scale categorizes the time periods of Earth's geologic history
- ages of rocks and fossils can be determined by both relative and absolute methods
First Peoples knowledge of changes in biodiversity over time
evidence of climate change
over geological time and the recent impacts of humans
climate changechange in climate affects:
- the interconnectedness of plants and animals, and their local environment
- e.g., changes to harvesting dates, changes to schedules due to early/later ripening and runs, lowered water levels in creeks, rivers and lakes, change in humidity impacts the ability to preserve salmon, etc.
impacts of humans
- humans are capable of changing Earth's landscape, climate, and systems
- efficacy of sustainable practices
- physical recordsphysical recordsice flow data, fossil record, etc.
- local First Peoples knowledge of climate changelocal First Peoples knowledge of climate changeoral history, change in traditional practice (e.g., the timing of harvest has been impacted by climate change), etc.
Note: Some of the learning standards in the PHE curriculum address topics that some students and their parents or guardians may feel more comfortable addressing at home. Refer to ministry policy regarding opting for alternative delivery.


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Life in Boston
Discover Boston and New England
Discover Boston's exciting venues and New England's scenic wonders. Walk to the Museum of Fine Arts or Symphony Hall. Shop on Newbury Street or in the Copley Place Mall. Stroll through the city's many recreational areas or the quiet parks of the Emerald Necklace. Watch a game at Fenway Park, the nearby home to Boston's beloved Red Sox.
The area's transit system connects you to the vibrancy of Harvard Square, the North End, Beacon Hill, the Charles River, the theater district, and the waterfront. Walk the historic Freedom Trail. Catch an indie band in Central Square. Or take a ferry to Cape Cod's beaches. Hike the White Mountains. Ski Vermont. Whatever your destination, having the "T" Green Line, Orange Line, and commuter rail all near campus means you can get into—or out of—Boston easily.


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Once in a while, Times-Standard employees put something absolutely riveting in the pages of their newspaper.
Almost never did they write it themselves.
Today's example of both is a guest opinion piece submitted by former city of Eureka representatives Mike Jones, Jeff Leonard, Virginia Bass, Mary Beth Wolford, Polly Endert, Cherie Arkley, Connie Miller and Nancy Flemming, who call out current Councilwoman Linda Atkins for some of her more colorful contributions to local mythology.
One of our faves:
In a recent North Coast Journal article, Councilwoman Atkins also blamed the city manager for turnover in city department heads. We know many of these department heads personally, so we did something the writer of the NCJ story did not. We called four former city employees and asked why they left. Not one of them said it was because of Tyson. These four did however allude to a former city councilmember who created havoc within the city by acting as if he was dictator — not one of five elected city councilmembers. Misstating the truth is not high on the list of political qualities that voters admire.
Gosh! Now who might that have been?
Read the letter in its entirety here.
Filed under: Humboldt County | Tagged: Cherie Arkley, Connie Miller, David Tyson, Jeff Leonard, Larry Glass, Linda Atkins, Mary Ann Wolford, Mike Jones, Nancy Flemming, Polly Endert, that's gonna leave a mark, Virginia Bass | 16 Comments »


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Photographer's Note
Adjacent to the Recoleta Cemetary, this 18th Century Jesuit church is the 2nd oldest building in Buenos Aires and has been extensively restored since. It is worth looking inside for its baroque silver alter piece and its pre-hispanic features. You can go upstairs to its cloisters, which were opened to the public in 1997, which is now a small musuem which houses religious artefacts over the centuries. You can get great views of the Cemetary down below! There are guided tours available in Spanish and English.
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yquem46 (38752) 2014-01-12 10:05
ola André
Beautiful night shot of this church that i did not visit when I was in Buenos Aires
A silver church standing out on a gorgeous sky,trees as silhouettes as the FG and the piece of red light at left that brings some variation in the colors
Best regards, have a nice sunday
impressive dramatic sky and a silver
church standing out on a gorgeous sky
this black foreground creates
a dynamic contrast against the church
have a nice new week
rbassin (27464) 2014-01-12 10:22
bonsoir Andre
une photo de nuit offrant des contrastes bien marqués entre l'église illuminée et son environnement.
Le ciel est magnifique, et belle silhouette des arbres.
Bonne soirée
siudzi (34141) 2014-01-12 11:10
Hi Andre,
The unique and dramatic sky created a fantastic atmosphere of this presentation. Really like the visual impact and your composition. Well seen and done! TFS.
ManuMay (36447) 2014-01-12 11:43
Oi Andre!!
I like very much the way you have composed the scene and the use of light here, amazing sky all over and very good light management over the Church.
Very good photo work.
siamesa (28231) 2014-01-12 13:53
Oi Andre
Belíssima. Uma foto perfeita. Fotos noturnas têm um encanto especial.
ourania (51103) 2014-01-12 13:58
Hello Andre,
great exposure on the distant building, I like very much the play of light on it and the fine details of the architecture. Its colours have a delightful softness and luminosity that is intriguingly contrasted by the dark surroundings. The sky is fascinating and offers a stunning sense of drama. The atmosphere is mysterious and suggestive. Congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a lovely Sunday,
GyurMaster (19870) 2014-01-12 14:14
It would be an excellent night shot, the noise is a bit disturbing though. Nevertheless: composition, colours & lights ara very well done.
Best Regards,
worldcitizen (13788) 2014-01-13 8:34
Hello Andre,
Very nice night scene. I like the illuminated basilica, but the sky is also great. I like the design made by the clouds, and the silhouettes of the trees. The bit of red light on the left also adds another nice detail.
saxo042 (38078) 2014-01-14 0:20
Hi Andre,
There is a very special mood in this picture, with the illumination of the buildings and the dark clouds in the sky above. A beautiful church and a very good capture that creates these special feelings.
Kind regards
eldancer1 (36343) 2014-01-14 7:41
Very nice capture of this beautiful church during the blue hour! Love the lighting and it has good details. Well done, tfs.
mkamionka (57413) 2014-01-20 7:34
Hi Andre,
beautiful blue hour photo. I had the pleasure to visit the cemetery and I have some photos of this church as well but in your photo it looks just spectacular. Very well lit and perfectly balanced with the lights of nature. I so regret that I did not do any blue hour photos in BA.
Excellent work!
Didi (61587) 2014-01-21 3:53
Olà Andre
Good lights control and nice deep sky
I think that it was possible to make a closer view to reduce the black zone on foreground
Kind regards
adores (46979) 2014-01-29 16:13
Olá André!
Já vi várias fotos desta igreja e esta está muito boa, com uma excelente exposição e um céu muito bom.
Photo Information
- Copyright: Andre Bonavita (bona) (14715)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2013-08-05
- Categories: Architecture
- Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i, Canon EF 18-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM
- Exposure: f/5.6, 1/25 seconds
- More Photo Info: view
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Travelogue: Winter in Argentina
- Date Submitted: 2014-01-12 9:53


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Marshall PD employees deliver baby in parking lot
Police: Baby delivered on father's birthday is doing well
MARSHALL, Wis. — Two Marshall Police Department employees helped deliver a baby girl in the police department parking lot Thursday morning, according to a release.
The father, who was also celebrating a birthday, ran into the Marshall Police Department looking for help, according to the release.
Officer Kristine Quam and her sister Deanna Chadwick, an administrative assistant at the police department, helped deliver the baby minutes after the parents got to the police department around 7:45 a.m., according to the release.
An on-duty officer said the two sisters made a great team assisting the mother and helping bring the newborn into the world.
"It will be hard to top this year's birthday," said the father.
Police said the mom and baby were transported to a local hospital in stable condition, and are doing well.
"It's great that our staff were ready, willing and able to rise to the occasion as they went above and beyond the call of duty to assist one of our residents and share in a moment of joy," said Marshall Police Chief Lee Hellenbrand.


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Legendary author Ursula Le Guin published a roundup of new or recent fantasy books she's read over at Bookview Cafe, and her thoughts on Jo Walton's Nebula-winning novel Among Others are especially worth reading. In particular, she talks about what she likes about the way Walton depicts magic:
Magic in Walton's novel functions magically, yet can always be seen and explained as nothing unusual. Fairy? what fairy? that was a rabbit. The spell didn't change reality, reality's always just been the way the spell made it be…. This is a large, interesting idea, well worked out. Walton's trying hard to do what I call moving the boundary: to redraw the border of Elfland, to alter, or make more permeable, the wall beween the possible and the impossible. I think she almost succeeds. I don't think anyone can, in fact, succeed. But it's a gallant and fascinating enterprise.
If the sf readers who dismiss fictional magic as soft-brained wish-fulfilment will look at what Walton's doing at that boundary line, they'll see a harder, more honest intelligence at work than in the kind of "hard" sf that uses the terminology of scientific theory or speculation magically.


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Performance Evaluation and Optimization
In addition to implementing traditional compiler optimizations, the BEC implements several byte order-specific optimizations to reduce the overhead of byte order swap operations added at the boundaries of big- and little-endian code.
Bswap Elimination Optimization
The bswap elimination optimization is based on the concept of swap-tolerant expressions, which is defined as an expression that can be replaced with another expression operating on (some or all of ) arguments of different byte order and producing a valid result of the same or a different byte order.
For example, a comparison to a constant (for example,
x == 0x12345678) is swap-tolerant because it has a counterpart
(y == 0x78563412) that, if given a swapped argument
SWAP(x), would produce the same result as the original expression.
A bit-wise
AND is swap-tolerant because there is an operation (the same
AND) such that, taking the swapped arguments, it would produce the correct result, but of different byte order.
Arithmetic (
+, -, *, /) operations are not swap-tolerant because they strictly require data of specific byte order to produce correct results.
Domain is defined as a set of expressions of the code under compilation.
Domain entry is an expression outside the domain, result of which is taken as an argument by an expression belonging to the domain.
Domain exit is an expression outside the domain that takes a result of an expression belonging to the domain as an argument.
A swap-tolerant domain is defined as a set of swap-tolerant expressions that can be replaced by their counterpart expressions such that if some or all of the domain arguments are replaced with data of different byte order then all the domain results would be valid results of the same or a different byte order.
Swap of the domain is a code transformation involving the following two actions:
- Change of byte order of some or all of the domain entries and exit by placing or removing byte swap operations at necessary domain entries and exits.
- Substituting all expressions in the domain with their counterparts operating on different byte order, so that code semantics are preserved. Byte swap operations are removed if the entry or exit expression is a byte swap.
Consider this example:
The expression "
T1 == T2" comprises a swap-tolerant domain, expressions "
SWAP(A)" and "
SWAP(B)" are domain entries, assignment "
RES = ..." is a domain exit. A domain swap would be:
T1 = A //byte swap is removed
T2 = B //byte swap is removed
RES = T1 == T2 //byte order of result is the same
Domain swap benefit is an estimate of the performance benefit from the swap and is computed by factoring in the amount of code removed minus the amount of code added (taking into account execution cycle counts of specific instructions placed and removed).
To build a swap-tolerant domain one should start with any swap-tolerant expression or from a byte swap that needs to be removed and extend the domain with connected swap-tolerant expressions. If further domain extension is either impossible or performance negative, convert the current domain and move to the next expression.
Data Byte Order Choice
The BEC discussed in this article is primarily used to compile legacy code to execute on modern little-endian architectures. It has also been used to prototype new network stacks in which the endianess of the protocol headers is explicitly part of the data type definitions, eliminating the necessity of programmer vigilance to maintain the byte order. One typical usage model is where the programmer marks all of the legacy code as big-endian rather than determining and employing explicit byte order declarations on the minimal set of data. In this use case, the compiler adds BOCOs after loads and before stores of the data even when its byte order is not really sensitive. A second usage model is in a mixed endian environment where the user application requires big-endian semantics and the underlying operating system is a commercial offering for the target requiring little-endian semantics. This usage model also has a fair number of additional but semantically unnecessary BOCOs.
Another optimization that improves performance is related to the choice of the actual data byte order. At times, the compiler can prove that the programmer specified byte order has no impact on the program semantics. In cases where data with opposite byte order would perform better, the compiler will convert the data to employ that byte order.
The data (variables, data structures, heap data, function arguments, and so on) is byte order sensitive if changing its byte order may have side effects on the application.
Figure 2 is a flow chart that represents the algorithm used to determine if data is byte order sensitive. For example, the byte order of a top level static variable, the address of which is never taken, is not byte order sensitive.
Figure 2: Determining byte order sensitivity (Source: Intel Corporation, 2011).
Determining if data is byte order sensitive is done conservatively; that is, assume data is byte order sensitive unless proven otherwise. To determine if function arguments are byte order sensitive, the compiler additionally ensures that all the calls of the function are known (including indirect calls).
For byte order insensitive data, the compiler may change its byte order if the resulting code would be more efficient.
An implementation works on two compilation passes. On the first pass, it accumulates information about data usage and also calculates byte order preference from the performance perspective. At the second pass, the data usage is adjusted according to the selected byte order for each specific piece of data. To reduce compile time the BEC may heuristically break analysis and make conservative decisions.
To estimate the penalty for the BOCOs a modified version of little-endian benchmarks was used: the benchmarks were adapted and compiled to execute with big-endian semantics. The execution times were compared with the original benchmarks compiled as a regular little-endian code.
|Overhead Compared to Little-Endian
|Overhead Compared to Little-Endian
|Intel Atom Processor
|Intel Core i7 Processor
|Intel Core i7 Processor
Table 2: Penalty for the byte swaps (Data source: Intel Corporation 2011).
Table 2 shows the performance impact of the benchmarks compiled as big-endian (system libraries compiled as little-endian) compared with the same benchmarks compiled entirely as little-endian. The benchmarks comprise the C benchmarks in SPEC2000 and EEMBC 1.1. The benchmarks were executed on systems based upon the Intel Atom processor and the Intel Core i7 processor under both 32- and 64-bit modes as detailed in the table. The Intel Atom processor-based system executed at 1.66 GHz, included 2 GB RAM, and ran Ubuntu Linux 10.04. The Intel Core i7 processor-based system executed at 3.33 GHz, included 6 GB RAM, and ran Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.U2 x86. The Intel C++ Compiler Standard Edition for Linux OS with Bi-Endian Technology, version 11.2, was employed in all cases.
There are two reasons for the overhead. The first is that byte swap operations take time. The overhead depends on the efficiency of byte swap elimination optimizations. Performance impact of the bswap operations also depends on the efficiency of byte swaps on underlying computer architecture. For that reason the gap on the Intel Atom architecture having the MOVBE instruction is lower. The MOVBE instruction performs a load from memory or a store to memory with a byte swap of the data as it transits to or from memory.
The second reason is that the presence of the byte swaps might be an obstacle for optimizations to generate good code. For example, byte swaps in a loop may prevent it from being vectorized. Byte swap eliminations applied at an early compilation phase usually helps to minimize this issue.
The overall impact of byte swap elimination on geomean score for the selected benchmarks is about 10–15 percent. There are tests (for example, in the EEMBC suite) that improve their performance in times when these optimizations are applied.
The BEC enables migration of large legacy code bases containing byte order dependencies and significantly reduces the debug and validation times associated with porting legacy source code to an execution environment with opposite byte order. The BEC does not find the specific byte order dependencies, but instead enables the application to execute with the same byte order semantics that it produced. By maintaining the assumptions of the existing and proven execution environment, latent bugs that would otherwise materialize do not require debugging.
This article detailed the evolution and design of the bi-endian technology, extensions to aid in its use, porting process, and performance optimizations. A performance assessment shows the overhead of employing the BEC as ranging from 5.6 percent to 13.8 percent on a range of benchmark programs. Future research directions include enabling full use of C++ features such as operator overloading with bi-endian types.
Our thanks go to Matt Adiletta, Bob Kushlis, and Jack Johnson for early work on the Bi-Endian Compiler. We thank Azita Refah, Peter Horn, Michael Rice, Kittur Ganesh, Damion Desai, Greg Anderson, Joe Wolf, and Kevin J. Smith for their contributions to this project spanning multiple years.
[1] Adiga, H. Writing Endian-Independent Code in C.
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You true beiever. Die man deciever, for
your prophecies. A fatal release. The tem-
ple of the holy. We will blaspheme. There
are no blessings, only a dream. Christia-
nity = Insanity. Just another sect. None
shall resurrect. If once you have been
'signed' to the creator of mankind. You're
far beyond control captured soul. Light
the candle. Light the lie. Yet another soul
will die. The blessing that'll never come.
Lies to us, truth to some. As I see the
candles lightning up their 'sanctuaries'.
When we die what happens only obitua-
ries?? When only remains remain, and
noone's left to blame. All words are
deiable, go and burn your bible. A cur-
few for the damned. A curfew for the
damned. (*) Realize, realize. A curfew
for the damned. Real eyes. Realize a curfew
for the damned. God is just a dream,
kneeling at the altar of lies. Illusions of
a false paradise. Deny the crucifixion of
a their 'saviour' Jesus Christ. To the force
of heaven, none was sacrificed. Their mas-
ses are all erratic ruled by a sick fanatic,
possessed by demons (?) Scch! I hear cries
of a human sacrifice, and when will it
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text: At the end of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, the Ark of the Covenant is trundled off into a vault of forgotten wonders, there to languish in bureaucratic obscurity. The U.S. Endangered Species Program has often worked the same way -- and finally, after decades of waiting, the vault is about to be opened. Thanks to a landmark settlement between conservation groups and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, decisions will be made on hundreds of species nominated for protection since the 1980s. Some have been designated as "warranted but precluded," a technical way of saying they fully deserve to be considered for threatened or endangered protection, but it's just not a federal priority. Others haven't even received that consideration. "More than half of the candidate species currently on the list have been candidates for two decades or longer. Some of them have been candidates for 30 years or more. The agency is going to address them all," said Mark Salvo, wildlife program director for WildEarth Guardians, one of the conservation groups that negotiated the settlement. "What has started as a trickle of decisions will soon become a gusher." On Oct. 25, the Fish and Wildlife Service released its official list of candidate species. Seven are making their first appearance; the rest have been there before. Over the next year, 48 will be reviewed and given the protection they deserve. Within five years, the list will be almost completely cleared. Some of the animals, like the Mexican wolf, are powerfully charismatic. Others, like the Florida bonneted bat or Spring pygmy sunfish, might be considered ugly, even forgettable. But each represents a singular, unreplicable form of life -- millions of years of evolution culminating in a creature whose fate is now in our hands. For many if not most, this year could mark the beginning of their recovery. Wired Sciences profiles a few of our favorites on the following pages. Above: Gunnison sage‐grouse Known for their elaborate, loud courtship rituals — there's a reason "grouse" is a verb — Gunnison sage grouse are found in southwestern Colorado and the southeastern tip of Utah. Depending for survival on intact ranges of sagebrush, their numbers have dropped by an estimated 98 percent since 1900. Image: Dave Menke, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Sagebrush SeaFlorida bonneted bat With a wingspan of nearly two feet, the Florida bonneted bat is one of the largest in North America. Just several hundred survive, their historic populations decimated by habitat loss and pesticide. Image: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation CommissionMiami blue butterfly One of 15 butterfly species found only in southern Florida and the Florida Keys, the Miami blue was common as late as the 1970s. By the early 1990s, however, just one colony remained, and it was destroyed by Hurricane Andrew. Seven years passed before a Miami blue was seen again. Image: Michelle Wisniewski/Miami Blue Chapter, North American Butterfly AssociationMazama pocket gophers Like streaked horned larks, the pocket gophers live in one of North America's most endangered ecological communities: the prairies and savannas of the Pacific Northwest, a region far better known for its forests. Several thousand of the gophers are left, but many live on lands threatened by development. Image: Washington Department of Fish and WildlifeStreaked horned lark Once abundant in the Pacific Northwest, an estimated 200 pairs now survive in Oregon. However, unlike many animals, they've shown an ability to adapt to human-disrupted areas -- fields, gravel roadsides, even Christmas tree farms -- raising hopes for future recovery. Image: R. Gilbert/Coastal Sand EcosystemsFlorida semaphore cactus A prickly pear found from the Florida Keys, it's threatened by an exotic Australian moth species introduced in the Caribbean to control a different, invasive prickly pear species. Image: Chad Cullen/University of Southern FloridaMexican gray wolf Historically ranging from central Mexico throughout the southwestern United States, Mexican wolves were nearly exterminated. By the 1970s, they survived only in captive breeding programs. Then, in 1976, they were declared an endangered species, kick-starting programs that have reintroduced them in New Mexico and Arizona. However, the Mexican wolves were subsequently lumped under a bureaucratic umbrella with other, less-threatened North American wolf species, threatening conservation efforts. The Fish and Wildlife Department will now consider whether to again give them their own, urgent protection. Image: U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceSpring pygmy sunfish Specialized for life in the Tennessee River watershed, the inch-long Spring pygmy sunfish has twice been considered extinct, but each time was found again. Its last population lives in just a single five-mile stretch of creek. Image: Center for Biological DiversityMagnificent ramshorn Making its candidate species debut with the Oct. 25 announcement, this marvelously named mollusk is found only in North Carolina's lower Cape Fear River basin, where it's threatened by the loss of its historic beaver pond habitat. Image: Freshwater Gastropods of North AmericaPoweshiek skipperling Another creature receiving endangered species consideration for the first time, this colorful creature of the Great Plains prairies requires naturally occurring, undisturbed grassland to survive. Image: Mike Reese & Tom Underwood/Wisconsin ButterfliesWekiu bug Not every creature on the list tells a sad story. The Wekiu bug, found only on the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, will be removed from the candidate species list. Thanks to conservation efforts, its future looks bright. Image: A Wekiu bug eats a fly. (Peter Oboyski/University of California, Berkeley)See Also:10 Critical Endangered-Species BattlesCaptive Chimps Could Be Declared Endangered Species8 Most Overlooked Endangered Species CandidatesEndangered Persian Onager Born at the SmithsonianTo Save Animals, Put a Price on ThemSee Them While You Can: Endangered Butterfly Gallery


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Hi everyone! I can't wait to share with you my most prized handbag!
Of my handbag collection, this one is the most valuable. And moreover, it appreciates over time. There is no price that I can put on this canvas bag, and it belongs in a glass case to remind me the importance of education. In college for my Education course, my peers and I decided to start an interactive science curriculum at a nearby elementary school. The four of us mailed out proposals targeting underperforming schools in and around Berkeley. Harding Elementary accepted our plan and we were more than thrilled to get to work! My time at Harding was by far the most memorable. Between taking courses in my major and working, I honestly felt the most happy when I was with the kids. The goal of our program was to provide enrichment activities combining science and art. While we taught lessons in astronomy and psychology, our students taught us lessons in life. I learned that some of my students were from disadvantaged backgrounds, but it did not stop them from having big dreams. And the same sentiment echoed in the classroom… they wanted to stay in school. They dreamt of being an astronaut, a veterinarian, a comic artist. Even though they had little bodies, their dreams were bigger than life.
To be honest with you, the sad truth is when these bright minds grow up in unfavorable circumstances, they end up where I volunteer at now – detention centers or on the streets. When we started this science program, we aimed at underperforming schools for a reason. We wanted to do our part to support young students to stay in school. School saved my life, and I personally wanted to work with marginalized communities to encourage them to rely on education as a vehicle for a brighter future. In my humble opinion, I think it is crucial to have community programs and organizations that aim to help decrease school drop-out rates. It is more expensive, not only financially but also socially, to put a youth through the juvenile justice system than to put him or her through school.
Having this blog has given me the incredible opportunity to get to know great organizations. J Brand introduced me to a wonderful program called City Year, and as a contribution to the community, they created 'City Year' jeans where they're donating 100% of the net proceeds to the organization. The president of J Brand met the executive director of City Year by chance at an event, and from there, their relationship blossomed into this meaningful collaboration. I do love the fact that fashion and philanthropy can go hand in hand, and that fashion labels, like J Brand, are doing their best to contribute to the community. But what I love more is J Brand's generosity. I personally asked to volunteer and spend some time with City Year so I can get to know the organization at a personal level. J Brand was more than happy to help. They're organizing a visit for me next month to drop by the organization so I can interact directly with the volunteers and youths. I can not tell you how excited I am to visit City Year! I can't wait!
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They say experience counts. Let's just consider for a minute the backgrounds of five of the Designated Players MLS teams have added since last month:
Between Thierry Henry, Rafa Márquez, Geovanni, Mista and Blaise Nkufo, we're talking more than 75,000 combined minutes of experience in the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, the Bundesliga, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup.
For a league that's trying to go big – and more important, mainstream – that's an awfully big endorsement of MLS' potential. And it also proves that this league is serious about becoming a player in world soccer.
Four years ago, former Red Bull Youri Djorkaeff told me what MLS needed was big names, big stars – not just to put rears in the seats, but because, as he put it, "You need to dream here. The kids need dreams. And not just dreams about Manchester United and Liverpool, but dreams of success at a high level here in America."
Well, dreams are becoming reality. Djorkaeff's good ami Henry is in MLS, as are other big names, and more are sure to follow. It's starting to become clear that we can dream even bigger.
But something occurred to me last week as a young Brazilian squad beat up on the US National Team. Like you, I watched with a mix of horror and joy as the young Seleção showed off a gleeful return to the jôgo bonito – the fast, fluid, gorgeous style that made that nation what it is and won it five World Cups.
Even America's Joe Sixpack, who would rather watch Brett Favre gimp it out for his 56th season in the NFL, knows the simplest fact of all facts: Brazilians are really, really good at soccer. You sign one, and you've got yourself a prize trophy to show off.
"The average fan will always think about the yellow shirt first when they think about beautiful soccer," said FC Dallas coach Schellas Hyndman, a self-professed disciple of the Brazilian style. "The tradition of Ronaldinho, Pelé, Garrincha, Zico – the average person will look at that as the golden chalice."
Pelé set that bar ridiculously high for the NASL back in the 1970s – and really, it hasn't been matched since. A small handful of Brazilian stars have come and gone and, for the most part, failed at capturing the imagination of the American public.
Well, guess what? Times are about to change. The new DP rules in MLS have proven that no player is out of reach, regardless of the pedigree, experience or even paycheck. The time is right to go out and catch that big fish.
And yes, we've heard it all before. Since MLS was founded, nearly every one-named Brazilian with an "R" has been rumored in one way or another to be headed this way: Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Romário, Ronaldinho. None has transpired – yet.
But the environment has changed. MLS is on the cusp of becoming bigger than it ever has. Money is being spent in unprecedented amounts. And the audience – more educated with each successive World Cup and American tours by big-name clubs – is growing and embracing the game.
That's why it's time for MLS to take the plunge, play those samba drums and go and get another needle-moving Brazilian. It's time to go get Pelé dois.
Of course, it isn't as simple as just signing a player. The reason why creative Brazilians have, for the most part, failed in MLS is profound. For one, the big names that came here thought it would be a cakewalk. Both Branco and Denílson, both World Cup veterans, came into MLS in 1997 and 2007, respectively, overweight, undermotivated and surprised by the pace of the league.
But even the more obscure ones – innately talented with otherworldly skill – often weren't able to adapt to the pace of the game. For all of the Weltons, Freds and Luciano Emilios that succeeded here, there have been far more Ricardinhos, Ricardo Virtuosos and Naldos.
"To bring out best in their game, sometimes Brazilians need to be in an environment that is not as structured," says MLS technical director of player development and scouting Alfonso Mondelo, who also coached the MetroStars in 1998. "Someplace where they have more freedom to be themselves."
That doesn't always work out in the rigid, physical systems of MLS coaches. It's much the same in the EPL, where few Brazilians have succeeded. Mondelo gives the example of Robinho, who fizzled out at Real Madrid and Manchester City, but was back to being his dribble-happy self while on loan at Santos last season.
[inline_node:311749]But that's starting to change, too. Teams that feature up-tempo styles like FC Dallas, Columbus, San Jose and Real Salt Lake look like ideal landing spots for Brazilian talent. Even teams like the LA Galaxy – a rigid, defense-oriented team if ever there were one – have found ways to integrate a gifted player like Juninho.
And that's another great point to make. No country in the world exports more soccer players to foreign leagues than Brazil. And while it'd be great to get a massive star here in MLS, the young loanees who are invading the league can help imbue it with just as much samba flavor: FCD's Jackson, LA's Juninho, Leonardo and Alex Cazumba.
All great pieces to the puzzle. But right now, these are exciting times when MLS is pushing through to fans who wouldn't ordinarily follow the league. And nothing sells the beautiful game like the jôgo bonito.
Geovanni could become that guy. If he succeeds in San Jose, Frank Yallop may have himself another MLS Cup to polish. But it can't stop there. It's time for a team to step up and really dazzle us with a big name.
"If you can bring in a guy like a Kaká," dreams Hyndman, "would he not be wonderful in this league? He's smart, young, good-looking – all the things parents would like to look at. He's one of those rare players who will work on both sides of balls. I don't know if MLS has $90 million to spend."
Maybe not. But it's not out of the realm of possibility anymore, is it? Let's samba.
Jonah Freedman is the managing editor of MLSsoccer.com. "The Throw-In" appears every Thursday.


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Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 3:09 pm
Post subject: Check out what I tried on my 8 day Paris semi-eatathon
Cher French Foodies,
I rented an apartment (near Notre Dame) with 4 other women who weren't foodies, so I didn't get to eat in as many of my obsessively-researched finds as I'd imagined I would. Unfortunately for me, each night I had to go along with the group's choices, which never met my food-obsessed standards, because the group was more interested in pigging out on desserts than in sampling what I like to call GREAT FRENCH FOOD.
Since we were staying right down the street from (1) Eric Kayser's organic bakery, I sampled his brioche loaf (I only scored one small piece - the 4 others grabbed and gobbled when I left the room for a minute), his whole wheat and regular baguettes, and a few of his desserts (not that great, in comparison with the outstanding (2) Pierre Herme work-of-art desserts and delicious macarons). Kayser's croissants (which we ate every morning) were always excellent, though.
I had some (3) Berthillon ice cream (apricot and mango), even though it was freezing and cold outside and I was the only person eating ice cream as I walked along the streets towards Notre Dame. Everyone else was eating hot crepes, which I never got to try, darn it.
I grabbed a falafel (with hot sauce) from (4) l'as du Falafal, the famous falafel place in the Marais (we went early Sunday - so the line wasn't that long), which we ate in the Place de Vosges, sitting on a bench, people-watching.
I tried the macarons from (5) Dallyou (across from the Luxembourg Gardens), and had to go back for more, because they were so mouth-wateringly yummy (chocolate was my favorite). I also tried the macarons from (6) Pierre Herme - and especially adored both the passion fruit and chocolate. I was on a mission to try as many different macarons as I could, I guess, but I was too full to eat any more, so I gave up early on. I also had my favorite apple pastry from (7) Poilane on rue du Cherche Midi. They're on your left, sitting on the wooden counter under the window as you walk in the front door. Don't miss them.
We ate lunch in 3 museum cafes: (
Cafe Marly at the Louvre (great location, but too expensive and not worth the price - 22 euros for a simple piece of chicken breast with a little salad on the top; 14 euros for soggy, cold haricot verts with a sprinkling of diced red peppers);
(9) Musee d'Orsay restaurant - cheaper than the Louvre, and much more innovative. I had dourade in an orange-butter foam sauce, with charred endive - delish; and (10) The Tea Room @ the Musee Jacquemart Andre, where I had quiche, salad, and dessert (4 of us split our desserts, so we each got to taste more).
I took myself out to lunch at 3 cafes recommended either in Clotilde's invaluable Edible Adventures (one of my most cherished "bibles" on this trip), Chowhound.com, or one of the many books on food I read through and took notes on before I left: (11) Chez L'Ami Jean (near the Eiffel Tower) - expensive @ 43 euros for the formule lunch, but cheaper for the 17 euro blackboard specials, which weren't offered to me, stupid American tourist that I am. There was so much food I could barely eat half of it on my own; (12) Cafe des Musees in the Marais, where I was the only American and where I chowed down on an outstanding 13.50 euro formule of soup, bread, pork roast, roasted red onion, and pureed cauliflower; and (13) Le Pre Verre, where I had another 13.50 euro formule lunch: a small glass of red wine, a small vinegar-dressed potato salad with a generous piece of gravlax on top, a small chicken breast over 4 baked/fried polenta slabs, and a small demitasse cup of strong decaf espresso.
Dinners were a disappointment, since I was unable to convince the group to eat at restaurants I'd scouted out. We ate at (14) Les Bouqinistes, which was overpriced (over $100/pp) and quite ordinary, in my opinion; (15) L'Epi Dupin, which oversalted their food so much I could barely eat my dinner; a neighborhood place, (16) Chez Rene, where I had a delicious 14.50 euro prix fixe veal stew and fresh spinach (and the waiter gave me a take-home container...apparently a first for him); and (17) Le Refuge des Fondues, which I consider a juvenile, college-crowd-centered fondue place (it's in Montmartre), because you drink wine from baby bottles and eat cheese and/or meat fondue in a noisy, hot little place where you must climb over your table if you leave to go to the bathroom.
I had outstanding cheese from various cheese shops - but I can't remember any names except for Marie Cantin, which had my favorite smelly, runny cheeses, as well as a well-informed staff.
I also bought (and then returned to buy again) exquisite lime-infused caramels from Patrick Roger's chocolate shop at 108 Blvd. St. Germain. I offered one to my seatmate on the airplane ride home, and she swooned with me as they dissolved in our mouths at the same time.
That's my eating diary in a nutshell. As for the museums I visited - I think I checked out eleven of them - an all-time record. Thank god for that museum pass!
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Sharron! What a blast and thanks so much for sharing. Good friendships of course must trump good eating (I expect some resistance to that idea l
) though it does make for difficult decisions. It sounds like next trip you need to venture on your own or match up with a more food oriented companion. Isn't it interesting and telling though that your best dinner sounds like it was the local bistro with the 14.5 Euro prix fixe meal!! That so often proves for me to be the case. It seems that often, by the time a restaurant has succeeded in making it in to the guidebooks (Clotilde's of course being one of the exceptions) they have already peaked or priced themselves beyond their value. Oh my, I just sounded like a snob!
Vivant Linguae Mortuae!!
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i keep telling people that u can still get excellent meals in paris without spending big bucks (and find apts that r cheaper & nicer than pricey hotels)......glad to see that's still the case......i'm always ready to go back......last time i was there, I managed to avoid all museums (except for a repeat to Cluny since my daughter hadn't been )
i think u should travel with those who share ur food interests, or at least would be willing to take ur research/food knowledge to heart.... the mother of my daughter's paris roommate said she had trouble finding things she liked to eat in paris....I almost fell over....i had never heard anyone say that ....incroyable......so i managed to make the eating decisions whenever we shared meals
i'm happy with any kind of stinky cheese & bread (and wine of course)
Make me half the person my dog thinks I am.
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Stephen Keeling follows in the footsteps of Mark Twain, the American literary giant who penned such classics as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Hannibal, Missouri
"Hannibal has had a hard time of it ever since I can recollect, and I was "raised" there. First, it had me for a citizen, but I was too young then to really hurt the place." - Mark Twain, 1867
It was starting to get dark as I arrived on the Main Street of Hannibal, with its sleepy ensemble of nineteenth-century red-brick and clapboard and parked my car. A few steps away, the great swirling muddy waters of the Mississippi rushed past the dock, speckled with tree branches that brushed the far, wooded banks on the other side. No one was around; in the twilight it was easy to imagine that Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn and all their barefooted, mischievous crew would come paddling into view.
No other place had as much influence on Mark Twain as Hannibal. Born Samuel Clemens in 1835 in Florida, Missouri, Twain moved to Hannibal when he was four and grew up along the great river. He based his seminal novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn on his early life here, and today the short stretch of historic properties on Main Street is crammed with restaurants, gift shops and museums dedicated to his memory. It sounds touristy, and it can be, but avoid the busy summer months and the river and the bucolic surroundings that inspired Twain are largely unchanged.
Twain lived in Hannibal for 14 years from 1839, his time here meticulously chronicled at the illuminating Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum. The site includes humble Huckleberry Finn House, a reconstruction of the home of Tom Blankenship, Twain's vey real model for Huck:
"He [Blankenship] was the only really independent person - boy or man - in the community, and by consequence he was tranquilly and continuously happy and envied by the rest of us".
The Boyhood Home itself on Hill Street is a simple, white clapboard house where Twain lived with his family, its rooms restored in period style. Further along Main Street is the Mark Twain Museum, where a hall of exhibits and videos re-create scenes from Twain's books.
Mark Twain Cave
"It was an easy place to get lost in; anybody could do it – including the bats. I got lost in it myself, along with a lady, and our last candle burned down to almost nothing before we glimpsed the search party's lights..."
About one mile south of Hannibal, the Mark Twain Cave is as much testimony to the influence of Twain's fiction as the appeal of creepy caverns. In this cave system, which featured heavily in Tom Sawyer, Twain and his gang spent many happy hours terrifying one another. By the 1880s it had already become a major attraction for Twain fans: the smoke from their lanterns and their graffiti (as well as the signature of Jesse James, who hid here) are still much in evidence. The caves themselves are an intriguing warren of narrow passages, with bizarre limestone deposits piled up like pancakes.
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Hartford, Connecticut
"To us our house was not unsentient matter - it had a heart & a soul & eyes to see us with, & approvals & solicitudes & deep sympathies; it was of us, & we were in its confidence, and lived in its grace and in the peace of its benediction."
Twain's life itself makes for an astonishing and increasingly tragic tale: he went bankrupt in 1893, and suffered the death of three of his children and wife before he passed away in Redding, Connecticut in 1910. Some of the happiest times of his life were spent in Hartford, Connecticut, over 1000 miles east of the river where he grew up. The old hilltop community known as Nook Farm was home to Twain and his family from 1874 to 1891, and the bizarrely ornate Mark Twain House was where this giant of American literature penned many of his classic works, including Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Prince and The Pauper.
Tours of the house offer tantalizing insights into the life of the author, as well as drawing attention to the lavish and somewhat eccentric furnishings – black-and-orange brickwork, elaborate woodwork and the only domestic Tiffany interior open to the public. Twain's legendary wit and ground-breaking writing style are explored throughout the museum, while the engrossing Ken Burns biographical documentary about him plays in the theatre.
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Elmira, New York
"...since we have perched away up here on top of the hill near heaven I have the feeling of being a sort of scrub angel and am more moved to help shove the clouds around, and get the stars on deck promptly…"
Twain's funeral was held in New York in 1910, but his body was transported to Elmira, in upstate New York, hometown of his wife and where his sister-in-law maintained a summer home; Twain came here to write every summer for over twenty years beginning in 1870. His tiny writing room – a comfy octagonal shed – was moved from Quarry Farm (still a private home) to the Elmira College campus for preservation in 1952, where you can still see it today.
Twain's relatively simple grave, in nearby Woodlawn Cemetery, is marked by a stone monument near a shady grove, along with the resting places of his wife, his children and his only grandchild.
"I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it."
Stephen Keeling is co-author of the Rough Guides to New York and New England. Explore more of the USA with the Rough Guide to the USA.


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Shareology has been playing around with foursquare lately. One of the big surprises has been the amount of residential addresses listed in the Minneapolis area. At first Shareology was amazed to see a listing for other than a business or a restaurant or a retailer. Next, her security and privacy concerns kicked in waving red flags.
Last night's MIMA gathering offered a solution. Speaker @AsifRKhan on Location-Based Marketing talked about the home as a location for LBM in a larger context, plus offered a solution to my foursquare concerns. He suggested that rather than set up a place for a home address, it would be safer to check into one's neighborhood. Ah, Neighborhood!!!
So there you have it parents. Once you were off the hook if you put the computer in the living room and looked over your kids shoulders. Now you better be sure your basement isn't a foursquare location. Informed sources tell me that foursquare will be deleting places like this from the site. Wonder how many party houses Shareology can check into before that happens?
To follow the conversation from MIMA's event on location-based marketing follow @mimatweet or @AsifRKhan
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Most of Linux distributions comes with Linux Auditing System that makes it possible to track file changes, file accesses as well as system calls. It's pretty useful functionality for sysadmins who wish to know who and when accessed and/or changed sensitive files like /etc/passwd, /etc/sudoers or others. Daemon auditd that usually runs in background and starts after reboot by default logs those events into /var/log/audit.log file (or into other file if […]Read more →


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WISKA manufactures electrical equipment, lighting products and CCTV video surveillance systems for shipbuilding, diverse industries and trade. Founded in Hamburg in 1919, as a shipbuilding supplier, WISKA started with the production of brass installation material. Already in the mid-1920´s, first plastic cable glands were produced for the industry sector. Today, the family company employs over 260 people worldwide.
The product range includes, for example, searchlights, floodlights, reefer container sockets, cable entries, junction boxes and switches, completed by digital CCTV technology. WISKA operates its own research and development facilities and production plants next-door at its headquarters in Germany and has a global network of representatives and subsidiaries who ensure a quick and effective on-site customer service.
|WISKA Hoppmann GmbH
Kisdorfer Weg 28, 24568 Kaltenkirchen, Germany
|1919 in Hamburg, Germany
|Family-owned and –operated company in third generation
Ronald Hoppmann, Tanja Hoppmann (brother and sister)
|260 employees across the globe
210 of them in Germany
More than 18 % of our WISKA family have completed their apprenticeship in our company
|WISKA UK Ltd. – founded 2000
WISKA India Pvt. Ltd. – founded 2009
WISKA Systems Ibérica, S. L. – founded 2011
WISKA América SRL – founded 2013
WISKA Electric Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. – founded 2013
WISKA do Brasil Eletrotécnica Ltda. - founded 2019
WISKA Korea Ltd. - founded 2020
|Core Business:
|Industry, shipbuilding and trade supplier of electrical installation material, lighting and video surveillance (CCTV)
Industry and trade electrical equipment: cable entries and cable protection, junction boxes
Maritime lighting, electrical equipment and video surveillance for maritime applications: searchlights, floodlights, luminaires, cable entries, junction boxes, switches, reefer sockets, explosion-proof product, CCTV video surveillance
WISKA is one of the world market leaders for reefer container sockets and also market leader in video surveillance on container vessels (CCTV)
|Global network of subsidiaries and representatives, area-wide sales force in Germany
2010: 20 Mill. Euro
|Research & Development / Production:
|Own research and development department, manufacturing and assembly, testing laboratory, logistic centre at headquarter´s site
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WASHINGTON - Making the rounds on the Sunday morning talk shows, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson repeatedly said today's financial problems were long in the making. He should know. He was part of the Gold Rush that has brought the global financial system to the brink of collapse.
Paulson presided over one of the most profitable runs on Wall Street as chairman and chief executive officer of investment banking titan Goldman Sachs & Co. from 1999 until President Bush nominated him on May 30, 2006 to take over the Treasury Department.
Back then, Bush saw Paulson's Wall Street experience as a plus. "Hank will follow in the footsteps of Alexander Hamilton and other distinguished Treasury secretaries who used their talents and wisdom to strengthen our financial markets and expand the reach of the American Dream," Bush said at the time.
But with Paulson now seeking virtually unfettered authority to administer the largest bailout of the financial industry in U.S. history, many are wondering whether Paulson also doesn't come with enormous potential conflicts of interest.
That was one reason Democrats on Sunday expressed reluctance to approve the administration's draft legislation that would leave to Paulson virtually all authority over the proposed $700 billion bailout. The legislation would allow him to decide which securities to buy, from whom to buy them, and which outside companies and people to hire to help him do so.
"If we grant the Treasury broad authority to address the immediate crisis, we must insist on independent accountability and oversight," said Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barrack Obama. "Given the breach of trust we have seen and the magnitude of the taxpayer money involved, there can be no blank check."
In recent days, there've been few outward expressions of distrust of Paulson in particular. In fact, many said his long reign on Wall Street make him uniquely qualified to deal with today's problems.
"Hank is the right guy," New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who made his millions providing information to Wall Street traders, told NBC's Meet the Press. "If I had to have one person at the helm today I would pick Hank Paulson."
But the conflicts are also visible. Paulson has surrounded himself with former Goldman executives as he tries to navigate the domino-like collapse of several parts of the global financial market. And others have gone off to lead companies that could be among those that receive a bailout.
In late July, Paulson tapped Ken Wilson, one of Goldman's most senior executives, to join him as an adviser on what to about problems in the U.S. and global banking sector.
Paulson's former assistant secretary, Robert Steel, left in July to become head of Wachovia, the Charlotte-based bank that has hundreds of millions of troubled mortgage loans on its books.
The administration's draft law also would preclude court review of steps Paulson might take, something Joshua Rosner, managing director of economic researcher Graham Fisher & Co. in New York, said could be used to mask previous illegal activity.
"The Treasury's ability to, without oversight, determine (that) a financial institution (is) an agent of the government seems like it could be used to serve several purposes, including limiting the potential liabilities of an institution or its executives," he wrote in a note to investors late Sunday.
The Treasury proposal sent to Congress also offers no process to hire asset managers in an open and competitive process. That's particularly questionable given that Wall Street players are now hiring Wall Street players, Rosner said.
"This seems to invite a risk of collusion between sellers and buyers to the detriment of the taxpayer," he wrote.
At a minimum, there's irony in Paulson being in charge of so large a bailout.
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In the last annual report at Goldman that Paulson signed off on in November 2005, a year in which he received $38 million in compensation, investors were clearly told that the federal government wouldn't be there to save them from bad investments.
"Goldman Sachs, as a participant in the securities and commodities and futures and options industries, is subject to extensive regulation in the United States and elsewhere," the report said.
But those regulations are designed to protect the interests of clients in the market, it said. "They are not . . . charged with protecting the interest of Goldman Sachs shareholders or creditors," it said.
That's a different tune from the one Paulson was singing Sunday.
"Last week there were times when the capital markets or credit markets were frozen," Paulson said on NBC's Meet the press. "American companies weren't able to raise financing. That has very serious consequences. So what we need to do right now is stabilize the markets, and this is for the, for the benefit of the taxpayers we're doing this, the American public. Then, once we get behind this and get this stabilized, there's a lot we can talk about in terms of reform."
What Paulson didn't say is that the excesses that led to the frozen credit markets couldn't have happened without Wall Street. Lenders weakened their standards because loans were sold to investment banks, which didn't much care about the loan quality since they then pooled the loans with thousands of other loans and sold them as bonds to investors. If the whole thing collapsed, it would be the investors who lost out.
Those bonds, called mortgage-backed securities, are precisely the bad assets taxpayers will now be buying back from Paulson's colleagues on Wall Street.
During Paulson's tenure, Goldman was not as big a player in issuing mortgage bonds as two other investment banks that have gone under this year, Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers.
But the 2005 annual report shows that Goldman was still a significant player. Its trading division, which included the mortgage bonds and complex financial instruments called derivatives, reported pre-tax earnings of more than $6.2 billion, up sharply from $3.5 billion in 2003.
The report also shows that Goldman benefited greatly from the wave that is now being deemed a wave of excess.
Goldman's pre-tax earnings rose from $4.4 billion in 2003 to almost $8.3 billion in 2005. Similarly, its investment banking division had pre-tax earnings leap from $207 million to $413 million.
Paulson's personal fortunes also zoomed in those years.
In 2002, Paulson received $12.1 million in compensation, including a $6.3 million bonus - an improvement over the previous three years when Wall Street accounting scandals unsettled investment banks, including a $1.5 billion settlement Goldman and other banks paid for issuing overly bullish research reports that promoted deals the banks themselves were involved in.
Published reports said Paulson received $30 million in compensation and salary in 2003.
After Paulson left Goldman and mortgage bonds began losing money, the investment bank erased those loses and then some by betting against the very products it had sold, Fortune magazine reported last year.


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A Danish retailer has come up with the thing to buy a Russian gazzillionnaire who has everything: A solid gold cell phone.
Aesir's device doesn't do email, get you on the web or even take pictures, yet it costs $57,400. The company hopes the limited-edition 18-carat gold phones will be a hit with Moscow's nouveau riche.
The gold phone is "not a play thing," company founder Thomas Jensen told Reuters. "It's a collector's item. People are used to collecting, say, watches, while designer phones is a practically empty niche."
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The firm says it will design a new phone every 18 months and produce no more than 5,000 of its classic model, sold for 42,000 euros in gold and 7,250 euros ($9,867) in stainless steel.
"Moscow is becoming a booming contemporary art city. At first people here had only money but now they have style. Their spending is more intellectual and sophisticated," said Mathias Rajani, Aesir's chief commercial officer.
Cellphone maker Nokia already makes a high-end, gem-encrusted phone that sells for as much as $72,500. As for the solid gold phone, one expert told Reuters it could find a niche.
"It will interest Russian Oligarchs and their girlfriends as well as businessmen whose social circles demand accessories that act as class indicators," said Natalia Legotina, the Moscow representative of British consultancy Art Market Research.


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TODAY'S GAME: This afternoon, the Buffalo Bisons take on the Charlotte Knights in the final game of a four-game series from Knights Stadium (12:15 p.m.). Ahead 2-1, the Herd can pick up the series win with another victory today. It would be the Bisons third straight series win as they have won seven of their last 10 games. After the game, the Herd will travel to Gwinnett to face the G-Braves for the first time ever, June 23-26.
vs. THE KNIGHTS: The Bisons are 2-1 against Charlotte this year and have won six of their last nine games against the Knights, dating back to last year. Since rejoining the International League in 1998, the Bisons are a 45-46 against the Knights. The only other team Buffalo has a losing record against is the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (10-13).
KNIGHT'S NO BULL: RHP Brandon Knight is coming off his best outing with the Herd. On June 14, Knight threw a nine-inning complete game to beat Durham, 8-1. In his outing, the veteran allowed just one run on six hits. He also walked none and struck out seven. Knight is the Bisons team leader with 65 strikeouts on the season.
IN LIKE A LAMB: INF Mike Lamb extended his hit streak to eight games yesterday. Since June 8, Lamb has averaged .414 (12-29) with two doubles, a triple, three RBI and five runs scored. The stretch includes a perfect 4-4 performance on June 16 in Syracuse.
THE RIGHT REY: Missing 15 games with a groin contusion hasn't interrupted INF Argenis Reyes' great work at the plate. Since being activated on June 15, Reyes has averaged .364 (8-22) with three doubles, a triple, three RBI, a stolen base and three runs scored. In just five games, Reyes has raised his average 18 points to a team-leading .303. His nine stolen bases are tied with OF Jesus Feliciano for the team lead.
METS CLAIM LOPEZ: The New York Mets have claimed LHP Arturo Lopez off waivers from San Diego. Lopez had a 2.77ERA in 20 games with the Portland Beavers (AAA) of the Pacific Coast League (31.0IP, 27H, 23K). He also pitched four games with the Padres, posting a 19.29ERA in 2.1 innings of work.


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Stories from a South African Air Force Base 1946-1993
Compiled by Andrew Embleton with Maj Gen Des Barker (SAAF Ret)
This book is the third in a trilogy of books about aspects of flying training in the SAAF. The earlier books are FACTA NOSTRA VIVENT and GOING AROUND AGAIN by the same author. Langebaanweg has a long and important history as a SAAF air base. This book with its many pages of colour photographs is a modest attempt to record a small piece of history. It is not an official record but a scrapbook of memories.
Chapters include:
A short history of Langebaanweg Air Force Base, flying the Spitfire, the Vampire and the Impala MB 326M. Other contributors include memories of retired AFB Langebaanweg Commanding Officers, the secret training of Rhodesian pilots and over 100interesting, amusing and personal stories and reminiscences from people who remember times and events from the post-war Spitfire days in the nineteen fifties through to the departure of the Impalas in 1993. There are tables of accidents (courtesy historian Steve Mclean) and a full history of the SAAF Vampire (courtesy Geoff Timms and The De Havilland Society). A detailed paper (in Afrikaans by Sophia de Preez also details the early base history (courtesy Military Society).
342 pages with colour photos.R410.00