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(2 of 4 customers found this review helpful)
Wouldn't re-purchase
By KRCameron
from Tucson, AZ
About Me Beauty Conscious
Comments about Power Couple: Resist C15 + Resist Retinol Serum - Complete Duo:
I've been using these products together and separately for nearly a month and really haven't noticed a positive/negative change in my skin. I really like the texture/consistency of the serum but I really don't like the smell of the C15 (it has a rotten smell to me) I've really been getting into anti-aging products over the last year and haven't noticed a lick of difference with anything I've used. I think I just got caught up with all the hype. Aging is inevitable so I'll just deal with it :)
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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(8 of 9 customers found this review helpful)
Really Impressed!
By kel
from Maryland
I use this duo along with the Resist barrier Repair. I am 44 years old and while I have tired everything under the sun, I had never heard of Paula's Choice. After viewing a utube tutorial I decided to try it. I have never used a retinol product so this is a first. I used it for the first week daily and while my skin "felt" a little sensitive, it didn't look irritated in fact it looked the best ever. The reason for the sensitivity was (I believe I could be wrong) was the new skin coming through after soughing off the old. I love the fact that these products can be used under the eye. My skin looks better than it did in my twenties. I can't believe how much money I have wasted on products that don't work. The serum is so silky my skin drinks it up and for a "retinol" it actually soothes it. Basically this duo and the barrier repair is cheaper than some eye creams I have used in the past. This stuff works and people of all ages should be using it. So glad I watch utube!! Just make 100% sure you use sunscreen! Your skin will be like a baby's, very new and needing that protection. This is the fountain of youth. These products can be used during the day as well..sunscreen sunscreen sunscreen!!!
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)
Surprisingly nice results
By Makeup Maven
from Great Lakes
About Me Beauty Conscious, Beauty Expert
Because I have sensitive skin, I started with just the C15 for 2 nights. No issue, so I added in the Retinol serum, and used this mixture every other night for about 5 days to let my skin adjust. Now I use the mixture every night. No breakouts or irritation.It's been about 3-1/2 weeks now and my skin is more radiant. I also think some of the tiny creases around my eyes are beginning to fill in a bit. Normally products like this take 8-12 weeks to show results, but so far so good. I really have no cons at all, not even the packaging - so far it's working well for me. Next week I'll try adding the BHA Lotion on top at night as well for maximum benefits.
(4 of 5 customers found this review helpful)
Breaks me out
By Christina, L
from Undisclosed
I really wanted to love this, especially considering how expensive it is, but the C15 makes my skin break out in little bumps. I tried using it with the wrinkle serum and didn't know which one was causing the reaction. So I used them seperately and found out is was the C15. I don't have sensitive skin, so I'm not sure why I'm having a reaction to it. I'm really disappointed. I haven't really seen a difference with the serum yet either, but I will keep using it util it's gone.
Customer Service Response: Hi Christina! Thank you for sharing your experience, and we're sorry the C15 didn't work out here. If you would contact our Customer Care Team, they would be happy to help with a refund, exchange or answer any questions.
(11 of 11 customers found this review helpful)
Completely transformed my skin
By Amanda M
I no longer need to use my 10% Benzoyl Peroxide to keep my acne at bay. This retinol serum (and C15) along with the 2% BHA Liquid have completely cleared and brightened my whole complexion. The metal and lunch meat smell (comes from ferulic acid) in the C15 is totally worth the results =] I will forever repurchase and recommend this duo!
(7 of 8 customers found this review helpful)
In Love
By Michelle G.
This power couple is AMAZING! I used the Retinol serum before the C-15 was introduced and was satisfied as it was better than the 20 other overpriced high end serums I've used but combined with C-15 it is impossible to go without. My face is brighter, smoother, firmer, clearer, and I can forgo foundation! Most days I just throw on SPF 30 and a smile. My frown line has almost disappeared and at age 39 I am so happy I finally found something that actually does what it claims. Truly THANK YOU PAULA
(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)
Amazing team!!!
By Amy
A must have for anyone in their late 20's and up!!! I use this with Skin Balancing Super Antioxidant Concentrate Serum with Retinol and the results are remarkable. I don't find the need to buy any other expensive products in the market since these are truly effective. My acne/ marks are under control, skin looks a lot smoother and younger!!! For anyone having issues with wrinkles and acne, this is a must have and don't forget that wonderful Serum!!! This is all I need!!!
Big difference in my skin
By MELISSA N.
After only three weeks of nightly use, I can feel the change in my skin - it's become much smoother to the touch! I'm also noticing fine lines and slackness diminishing. Since I have never used one without the other in this duo, I don't know if it's the serum, the booster, or a combination of the two, but I'm impressed!
Great Results
By MICHELLE G.
I've been using this combo for about two weeks now and the results are amazing. I have always had oily skin, but in the past year or two it's also gotten really dry, on top of the oiliness. I've used Paula's products for 10+ years, and I hadn't found the right mix to take care of this new issue. Until now! I noticed results after the first use - my skin was smoother and softer than it had been in a long time. I would definitely recommend these!!
The Bill & Hilary for your aging, acne prone skin.
By DUSTIN R.
When the c15 came out, I abandoned the retinol serum thinking, "that's too much money to spend on my face!" The c15 is great, but so is the retinol serum; it was a real game-changer for acne. I have, pretty much, never had a breakout since. My skin did not die without retinol, but it looks a lot better and clearer using BOTH of these serums. Do I like spending this much money? No. Do the results justify it? I'd have to reluctantly say yes. They're a true power-couple. They work better together.
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What makes this product unique?
Resist C15 Super Booster is a concentrated blend of 15% stabilized vitamin C (l-ascorbic acid), antioxidant vitamin E, ferulic acid, and peptides. Resist Intensive Wrinkle-Repair Retinol Serum is an exclusive formula that utilizes a proprietary blend of highly stabilized retinol, potent antioxidants, and skin-repairing ingredients.
When used together, this duo supercharges your anti-aging routine by repairing visible signs of aging and stimulating collagen production for smoother, brighter, firmer skin. You'll see dramatically younger, healthier, and more radiant skin in weeks.
These products are 100% fragrance- and colorant-free.
Who is this product for?
Anyone concerned with improving the appearance of aging skin and helping sun-damaged skin repair itself so it functions in a younger, healthier manner. These products are suitable for all skin types and also appropriate for breakout-prone skin.
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, January 2013, pages 579–584; Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, December 2012, pages 310–317; Journal of Dermatological Science, June 2012, pages 216–220; Journal of Drugs in Dermatology, January 2012, pages 51–56; AAPS PharmSciTech, June 2011, pages 514–520; Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, July 2011, pages 905–919; Archives of Pharmacal Research, May 2011, pages 811–820; American Journal of Clinical Dermatology, April 2011, pages 87–99; European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, May 2009, pages 232–238; and Archives of Otolaryngology, October 1999, pages 1,091–1,098.
Duodecim, Volume 128, Issue 22, 2012, pages 2,327–2,335; Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, September 2011, ePublication; Experimental Dermatology, July 2011, pages 572–576; Journal of Drugs in Dermatology, June 2011, pages 614–620; Fitoterapia, March 2011, pages 208–211; Lipids, September 2010, pages 833–841; Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, January-February 2010, pages 35–43; The Journal of Dermatological Treatment, May 2009, pages 276–281; Journal of the Indian Medical Association, April 2009, pages 219–222; American Journal of Clinical Dermatology, June 2008, pages 369–381; International Journal of Cosmetic Science, June 2008, pages 175–182; Journal of Dermatological Science, May 2008, pages 99–107; Archives of Dermatology, May 2007, pages 606–612; and Clinical Interventions in Aging, April 2006, pages 327-348.
Resist C15 Super Booster:
Water, Ascorbic Acid (vitamin C/antioxidant), Ethoxydiglycol (slip agent/penetration enhancer), PPG-26 Buteth-26 (emulsifier), PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil (thickener), Tocopherol (vitamin E/antioxidant), Ferulic Acid (antioxidant), Sodium Hyaluronate (skin-repairing ingredient), Acetyl Octapeptide-3 (cell-communicating ingredient), Glycerin (skin-repairing ingredient), Panthenol (skin conditioning agent), Sodium Metabisulfite (stabilizer/antioxidant), Triethanolamine (pH adjuster), Phenoxyethanol (preservative).
Resist Intensive Wrinkle-Repair Retinol Serum:
Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethiconol (silicone slip agents/suspending agents), Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate (skin-conditioning agent), Dicaprylyl Carbonate (emollient), Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride (skin-repairing ingredient), Phenyl Trimethicone (silicone slip agent), Squalane (emollient), Bisabolol (anti-irritant), Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate (stabilized vitamin C/antioxidant), Retinol (cell-communicating ingredient/antioxidant), Tocotrienols (vitamin E-based antioxidant), Tocopherol (vitamin E/antioxidant), Lecithin (cell-communicating ingredient), Laminaria Ochroleuca (Kelp) Extract (anti-irritant), Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Oil (anti-irritant), Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Oil (skin-repairing ingredient), Stearyl Glycyrrhetinate (licorice-derived anti-irritant), Hexylene Glycol (slip agent), Caprylyl Glycol (emollient), Ethylhexylglycerin (skin-conditioning agent), Phenoxyethanol (preservative).
DIRECTIONS: Apply once or twice daily after cleansing, toning, and exfoliating. Dispense 2–3 drops of the Resist C15 Super Booster with a pea-sized amount of Resist Intensive Wrinkle-Repair Retinol Serum, combine and smooth onto skin. Follow with moisturizer where needed.
If applied in the morning, it is essential to protect your skin with a sunscreen rated SPF 25 or greater. May be applied around the undereye area.
Store Resist C15 Super Booster in a cool, dark place, below 25°C (75°F). Keep out of direct light.
Detailed instructions on how/when to apply your Paula's Choice products can be found in our How to Put Together Your Own Skincare Routine article.
Which Paula's Choice serum should I use?
Is it OK to mix the Resist C15 Super Booster with the Resist Intensive Wrinkle-Repair Retinol Serum?
Is it OK to mix the Resist C15 Super Booster and the Resist Intensive Wrinkle-Repair Retinol Serum with my sunscreen?
Is the Resist C15 Super Booster and Resist Intensive Wrinkle-Repair Retinol Serum duo suitable for breakout-prone skin?
Is the Resist C15 Super Booster and Resist Intensive Wrinkle-Repair Retinol Serum duo suitable for rosacea-affected skin?
My skin tends to be sensitive to vitamin C but I still want to use the Resist C15 Super Booster. Will applying this product a few times per week still be beneficial?
Can I use Resist Intensive Wrinkle-Repair Retinol Serum with my prescription retinoid product (examples: Renova, Retin-A, generic tretinoin).
What is the percentage of retinol in Resist Intensive Wrinkle-Repair Retinol Serum?
With retinol, amounts from 0.01–1% have proven to be effective, though higher amounts are known to increase the risk of side effects such as redness, sensitivity, and flaking. Resist Intensive Wrinkle-Repair Retinol Serum contains an amount of retinol that's greater than our other serums with retinol. All Paula's Choice serums with retinol are formulated with stabilized retinol within the range of what research has shown to be effective for reducing wrinkles, improving skin tone, and building collagen.
What makes Resist Intensive Wrinkle-Repair Retinol Serum better than other retinol treatments?
I received my C15 and the internal air restrictor isn't in the bottle—it's on the dropper. How do I insert it?
Can you tell me more about the Resist C15 packaging, i.e. "packaged to minimize light and air exposure"?
I keep depressing the pump, but no product is coming out.
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The First Mouseketeer to Strike It Big
She was the Mouseketeer who roared, the one member of the original "Mickey Mouse Club" to achieve real stardom.
Annette Funicello, who died Monday at age 70 of complications of multiple sclerosis, called off her name, sang and danced in the 1950s TV series from Walt Disney Co. while growing up before the eyes of millions of adolescents who adored her.
Walt Disney's current chief executive, Bob Iger, called Ms. Funicello "a true Disney legend." She went on to have top-40 hits and star in Disney and beach-party movies.
Her hits were slight—"Tall Paul" and "Pineapple Princess" among them. Her Disney films were mostly kids' fare like "The Shaggy Dog." The beach party movies in which she starred with Frankie Avalon—"Beach Blanket Bingo" and "How to Stuff a Wild Bikini" among them—showed plenty of skin, but were chaste.
"My big line was always, 'Not without a ring you don't,' " Ms. Funicello told the Los Angeles Times in 1987.
Yet the innocent and bubbly Ms. Funicello touched something in audiences that led them to shower her with fan mail as the most popular Mouseketeer, and decades later lured them to her nostalgic singing tours with Mr. Avalon.
Born in Utica, N.Y., of Italian heritage, Ms. Funicello as a child moved with her family to Southern California, where she took dance classes. Walt Disney himself recruited Ms. Funicello for the "Mickey Mouse Club" when she was 13 after watching her perform in "Swan Lake."
As Ms. Funicello matured into a young woman, the studio sent her on dates with Mr. Avalon, Bobby Darin and other stars. In a memoir, she disclosed a teenage romance with Paul Anka, who wrote the song "Puppy Love" for her.
In the mid-1960s, Ms. Funicello married her agent and retired to raise a family. But she returned a decade later in peanut-butter commercials that played off her wholesome domesticity: "It's hard to beat Skippy!"
Ms. Funicello and Mr. Avalon again teamed up for the 1987 movie "Back to the Beach." The two were cast as parents of rebellious teenagers in the star-studded parody. Siskel and Ebert gave it two thumbs up.
Not long after the film wrapped, Ms. Funicello was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She became a national spokeswoman and fundraiser for the disease, which incapacitated her in recent years.
"I didn't go public for a long time," she told People in 1992, "because I believed people wanted to think that nothing bad ever happens to Annette. I didn't want them to panic."
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HILLSBORO (September 10, 2012)-It's a heart warming ending to a story that began with neglect. This afternoon, the one month old puppy named "Julie" that we introduced you to in July went home with her new owner.
In late July, Julie was found in the floorboards of a man's truck by a Hill County Sheriff deputy with her ears and tail ripped off.
The deputy was in the process of arresting the man, who appeared intoxicated outside of a gas station near Abbot. During the arrest, the deputy decided to search his truck.
Inside, the deputy found a large knife and Julie. She was immediately taken to a local veterinary clinic where her ears and tail were cauterized.
Julie was then dropped off at the Hill County Paw Pals Animal Shelter where she has been recovering since July.
"When she came to us she was in pretty bad shape," Paw Pals Adoption Administrator Sue Ponde said.
"You can't help but get attached to a dog like that."
After originally airing her story of abuse, adoption offers for Julie poured in from all over the state.
Needless to say, Paw Pals had more than enough candidates for Julie's future home.
"We wanted to make sure we didn't put her back in the same environment where she would be mistreated again," Ponde said.
But only one applicant fit the bill. Earlier this month, Paw Pals selected Sean Lowrey as Julie's new owner.
"I replied to Sue's e-mail in about 30 seconds," Lowrey said.
"I was excited but really surprised, I didn't know how many applicants there were."
Lowrey, a resident of Harker Heights, heard Julie's story and applied immediately.
Paw Pals picked Lowrey because he works with Allegiance Ambulance, and would understand the importance of Julie's future medical needs.
"She's got some special needs and she needs some special care," Lowrey said.
"I think I can give that to her without a doubt."
As she watches Julie grip a chew toy and play "tug-of-war" with Lowrey, Ponde feels she made the right decision.
"She's going to a wonderful home with someone who obviously has already fallen in love with her," Ponde said.
Roberto Ramirez Martinez was arrested at the scene where Julie was found. Originally he was charged with animal cruelty.
The Hill County's DA office said earlier today that Martinez pleaded guilty to a lesser charge on August 24th, and was released from jail.
He was given two years of probation.


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By HEATHER ZIEGLER, For The Times Leader
Even with the local area's changing demographics, the school systems that educate our children - public, private, parochial - do their jobs when it comes to preparing students for a lifetime of learning.
Public schools throughout the Ohio Valley have faced many challenges including dropping population, reduced government funding and fewer levy rate increases approved by voters. Despite the obstacles, schools in East Ohio maintain more school districts than their counterparts in West Virginia, who operate on a county basis instead of a district.
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The student body at St. Michael Parish School in Wheeling attend weekly Mass together.
For example, in Ohio County, one superintendent and one school board govern the county system. In Belmont County, seven superintendents and their boards - one for each school district - and a county superintendent and board run the public education system.
The public school system in Ohio County includes a well-rounded curriculum that boasts academic, athletic and fine arts accomplishments. Ohio County Schools prides itself on being able to offer students courses in any field they choose to pursue, said Ohio County School Deputy Superintendent Dianna Vargo.
And Wheeling Park High School not only prepares students for a higher education, it is where secondary education begins for some students through the "College At Park" program.
In that program, students earn actual college credit while attending high school.
Vargo, who will assume the superintendent's post in the 2012-13 school year, said there are 300 courses offered at Wheeling Park High School that include honors and Advanced Placement programs, career and technical programs and school-to-work programs for students with special needs.
Ohio County Schools begins preparing its students for secondary education in its Universal Pre-K program. That is where the school system's world language program begins. And, the Pre-K program has been so successful that it has expanded in each year of its eight years in existence.
Eighteen Ohio County sites offer 3- and 4-year-old students a program that meets their social, cognitive, linguistic, emotional, cultural and physical needs. There are 276 students enrolled in the Pre-K program this school year.
The middle schools in Ohio County offer high school credit and offer a wide variety of athletics, clubs and service programs.
"The advanced placement courses are so valuable to our students, especially when they are applying to colleges and universities. The college administrators see the rigorous courses these students have taken, and it often results in scholarships," Vargo said. "The AP courses at Wheeling Park are challenging and an exciting part of our curriculum."
The J.B. Chambers Performing Arts Center will provide all staff and students with a 21st-century venue for teaching and learning. It will serve as the cultural hub for expansion of the arts within Ohio County Schools and be an extension of the classroom for art, music, theater, speech, television and radio students. The Performing Arts Center will be available to elementary, middle and high school students and to groups in the community.
Also locally, the Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston continues its strong presence throughout the state with a number of parochial schools for parents and their children.
The mission of Catholic schools in West Virginia explains its educational approach. "The Catholic school communities of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston are committed to providing quality education in the Catholic tradition for all students in a nurturing, Christ-centered environment. We accompany families in challenging children to recognize, develop and share their God-given gifts and talents."
The Catholic faith is all about reaching out to the less fortunate and giving back to the local community, so many of the educational pursuits of the 18 elementary schools, seven high schools and one university in the diocese all emphasize service to others, especially to the poor.
Students from Wheeling Central Catholic High School are regular visitors to the 18th Street Neighborhood Center in Wheeling where they assist with meals and conduct major food drives to help those in need.
"Catholic Schools in the Northern Panhandle fill a niche because they offer very small classes and individualized instruction, all under the mantle of sharing lived Gospel values in our school communities," said Vincent de Paul Schmidt, superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston.
Schmidt added that in addition to the essential faith component, the strengths of Catholic schools begin with the quality, dedication and level of experience of faculty and staff.
"Another strength would be the wide scope of our curriculum, which allows us to be flexible to help meet our student achievement needs," Schmidt said.
"We are currently strong in our educational technologies, and this will only be enhanced through new ground-breaking academic programs which will include iPads, mobile technology and other online resources that will drive student achievement," he said.
Schmidt said that at the core of strengths is our lived faith within our school communities, shared each day with others.
Upcoming plans for progress include looking to create a statewide, systemic framework for our schools, where collaboration is high among all regions of the state with the net result being a "consistency of system," which will allow students to be in an environment that fosters high expectations, strong personal growth and outstanding academic achievement.
Schmidt believes that the ongoing relationship between Catholic elementary schools and secondary schools with Wheeling Jesuit University is very promising.
"Particularly in the Northern Panhandle, Catholic Schools and WJU have a shared vision for the future of Catholic education - to continue to provide a seamless transition between all elements of the Catholic school system, from birth through post graduate education," Schmidt said.
"This relationship will ensure that our youngest Catholic parishioners will start and develop fully in an educational system that highlights student achievement, personal growth and most importantly a rich development in faith and moral character working hand in glove with families to make the strongest community possible."
Schmidt said that a strong curriculum, service learning and gospel values team up to provide an outstanding experience for Catholic school students. "It's easy to say that two plus two is four no matter what school you attend, so what happens within the walls of a Catholic school is why people are willing to pay tuition for a Catholic education."
"Our parents have high expectations for outstanding student achievement and full development of the child within the faith community as a child of Christ."
At the Speiro Academy in Bridgeport and Wheeling, Principal Susan Cline said an education in the fine arts, as well as faith-based curriculum, is prompting parents to choose her school.
Speiro focuses on fine arts. The school offers strings, dance, and choir classes for no extra charge, plus private voice, ballet, and music lessons at a reduced cost, Cline said.
Speiro's school year culminates in a "Grand Finale," with all students participating in recitals for song and dance, speech, and drama.
The Lyceum Academy in North Wheeling offers core courses such as math, science, literature, history and art, but also requires at least a year of violin lessons and foreign languages such as ancient Greek, Latin, German and Arabic. All girls start their morning with fencing lessons, followed by breakfast and then classes. At the end of the day they practice rowing, either indoors on machines, on Belmont Lake at Barkcamp State Park or on the Ohio River.


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The mapping works fine when the inner properties are not null and mapping succeeds and sets destination correctly. However, I want to skip the mapping when the member source value is null (when Prop1 is null, then skip the mapping).
I can see from debugging that Source.Prop1 is null. The condition gets completely ignored and get the exception saying the value is null.
Trying to map Source to Destination. Destination property: Prop1. Exception of type 'AutoMapper.AutoMapperMappingException' was thrown. --> Value cannot be null. Parameter name: source
I'm not sure if IsSourceValueNull checking for Prop1 or the the actual Source class which is not null. Only the member Prop1 is null.
Any help isappreciated.


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Algerian forces storm complex and kill 32 militants; 23 hostages dead
Texan killed and many unaccounted for at 4-day saga's conclusion
Canal Algerie via Associated Press TV
ALGIERS, Algeria — In a bloody finale, Algerian special forces stormed a natural gas complex in the Sahara desert on Saturday to end a standoff with Islamist extremists that left at least 23 hostages dead and killed all 32 militants involved, the Algerian government said.
With few details emerging from the remote site in eastern Algeria, it was unclear whether anyone was rescued in the final operation, but the number of hostages killed on Saturday — seven — was how many the militants had said that morning they still had. The government described the toll as provisional and some foreigners remained unaccounted for.
The siege at Ain Amenas transfixed the world after radical Islamists linked to al-Qaida stormed the complex, which contained hundreds of plant workers from all over the world, then held them hostage surrounded by the Algerian military and its attack helicopters for four tense days that were punctuated with gun battles and dramatic tales of escape.
Algeria's response to the crisis was typical of its history in confronting terrorists, favoring military action over negotiation, which caused an international outcry from countries worried about their citizens. Algerian military forces twice assaulted the two areas where the hostages were being held with minimal apparent mediation — first on Thursday, then on Saturday.
"To avoid a bloody turn of events in response to the extreme danger of the situation, the army's special forces launched an intervention with efficiency and professionalism to neutralize the terrorist groups that were first trying to flee with the hostages and then blow up the gas facilities," Algeria's Interior Ministry said in a statement about the standoff.
Immediately after the assault, French President Francois Hollande gave his backing to Algeria's tough tactics, saying they were "the most adapted response to the crisis."
"There could be no negotiations" with terrorists, the French media quoted him as saying in the central French city of Tulle.
Hollande said the hostages were "shamefully murdered" by their captors, and he linked the event to France's military operation against al-Qaida-backed rebels in neighboring Mali. "If there was any need to justify our action against terrorism, we would have here, again, an additional argument," he said.
President Barack Obama said in a statement Saturday that the U.S. stood ready to provide whatever assistance was needed in the wake of the attack.
"This attack is another reminder of the threat posed by al-Qaida and other violent extremist groups in North Africa. In the coming days, we will remain in close touch with the Government of Algeria to gain a fuller understanding of what took place so that we can work together to prevent tragedies like this in the future," the statement said.
In New York, the U.N. Security Council issued a statement condemning the militants' terrorist attack and said all perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of such "reprehensible acts" must be brought to justice.
In the final assault, the remaining band of militants killed the hostages before 11 of them were in turn cut down by the special forces, Algeria's state news agency said. The military launched its Saturday assault to prevent a fire started by the extremists from engulfing the complex and blowing it up, the report added.
A total of 685 Algerian and 107 foreigner workers were freed over the course of the four-day standoff, the ministry statement said, adding that the group of militants that attacked the remote Saharan natural gas complex consisted of 32 men of various nationalities, including three Algerians and explosives experts.
The military also said it confiscated heavy machine guns, rocket launchers, missiles and grenades attached to suicide belts.
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I recently read a review about Return to Ravnica and the reviewer says that, for example, Temple Garden is way better than Selesnya Guildgate. Can someone point out the reasons behind that? Additionally, why is Temple Garden called a Shockland?
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Shocklands (which allow you to "Shock" yourself in order to get an untapped land) have many advantages:
Flexibility. If you choose to have the land enter tapped, then the cards are no different, but only Temple Garden gives you any choice at all. The difference from being able to use that mana on the turn that you play it may amount to less life lost than the 2 you pay to have it enter untapped.
Shock was the quintessential burn spell for a while when WotC thought that Lightning Bolt was too quick and powerful. Shock was released in multiple base sets, and since it deals 2 damage, people called the cycle of lands that deal 2 damage to you Shocklands.
Adding to user1873's existing answer: as you say, the fact that Shocklands have the same land types as basic lands (e.g. "Forest Plains") is huge. It means you can fetch them up with Fetchlands, or any other spell that looks for a Forest or a Plains (though not of course "a basic Forest", or "a basic Plains').
A manabase judiciously combining both Fetchlands and Shocklands is pretty close to the ultimate way of having the right colour of mana available exactly when you need it, in a 3+ colour deck. And if you're using fetches to get your Shocklands at the end of your opponent's turn, the "comes into play tapped" restriction isn't even a drawback, at that point.
Shock lands get their name because of the spell "Shock", which deals 2 damage to target creature or player. With the shock lands, in order to get them into play untapped, you have to hit yourself with a shock. Shock lands are so expensive becuase of mana fixing. Anything that is invunerable (lands are the hardest thing in MTG to kill, except emblems) and can help you get the colors you need to the battlefield, will be worth a good portion of money. The cost is increased as well becuase of the shock lands' synergy with the "fetch lands". These are lands that can grab other lands. The shock lands are the only nonbasic lands with basic land types in their card type, so they are the only non-baic land that the fetch lands can fetch you.


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In Touch (February 2013): Secrets of Success in Europe South
By Julien Haye-Oracle on Feb 07, 2013
Johan Doruiter
Oracle SVP Technology Southern Europe
Eric Fontaine
Head of Oracle Alliances & Channels in Europe South
What does the Oracle Europe South region do to perform so well with their partners? David Callaghan caught up with Johan Doruiter, Oracle Senior Vice President Technology Southern Europe and Eric Fontaine, Head of Oracle Alliances & Channels in Europe South to find out.
|David: Eric, the partner business in Europe South is performing very well so far this year. In which specific countries and solutions areas did you see the major growth?
|Eric: I'm happy to say that all countries performed consistently well. The hardware business felt the impact first and this has 100% supported our objective to drive 'Apps to Disk'.
|David: What specific factors helped you to achieve this impact?
Eric: It's mainly due to the new simplified Oracle Alliances & Channels model, which generated good results in all areas, and has really increased our footprint and our presence in the partners.
On top of that, we leveraged all the European resources available, and we focused all our activities on four key cross-LoB priorities: Engineered systems, Cloud-Application, Hosting, and Transformation deals.
In Engineered systems we really saw the benefits of our investment, with more than 65% of our Engineered systems being now sold by our partners, who are truly part of our 'One Red Team'. Plus, we've now doubled the number of boxes sold with the partners.
|David: Johan, what's your take on this? What do you attribute this accomplishment to, particularly in Engineered Systems, bearing in mind the regional context?
Johan: Partners were absolutely instrumental in the success of Engineered systems in our region.
The results are, thanks to the time we spent right from the start, evangelising the benefits of Engineered systems with specially selected partners.
|David: Eric, can you explain how the strategic partners are impacting the success of Exadata?
Eric: It's quite simple - we focus on transformational deals and large hosting deals with the large alliances, and a coverage model with the channel partners.
Last quarter we saw good traction with transformation deals and success with some very high profile business. The strategic integrators add huge value through their vertical knowledge and by providing complete solutions, from Apps, to BI, to Exalytics to Hardware. For instance, I can mention a large tax project in the Netherlands and a large manufacturing customer who launched a new BI project.
Hosting is very strong in Europe South. Due to the tough economy, a lot of companies are working with partners to update their IT environment and it's a unique opportunity for us to introduce our technology and to reduce the cost of ownership by an integrated approach.
With the channel partners it's all about coverage. With their wide knowledge of the broad market, we're engaging them to cover this marketplace, and incentivising them with the Open Market Model (OMM)* rebate program.
|David: Johan, what do you see as the growth areas in the market for Oracle partners?
Johan: Oracle's full stack is definitely where partners should base their growth plans, either in the whole stack or in parts of it. Analysis demonstrates that selling across the Oracle stack increases the chance to win a project.
Cloud is a huge opportunity, so partners should also invest in combining our Engineered systems with their Cloud approach. Oracle has made a lot of announcements around Cloud aiming to provide value in public and private clouds, as well specific partner cloud programs tailored to their business. Eric has launched a Europe South Cloud Task Force which will help us to engage with partners in the Cloud application business. We'll see a strong impact in the coming quarters.
In addition, now that the Oracle Alliances & Channels organisation is streamlined, partners have a great opportunity to cross-sell across the product suite. It's low hanging fruit where partners can grow revenue straight away. Database Options are an obvious further growth area, enabling partners to upsell and differentiate themselves from the competition.
|David: Eric, what is your strategy to capitalize on these opportunities?
Eric: We've invested to help partners in each country get specialized and develop their proof of concept, so we can demonstrate the value of our portfolio customer by customer. It already generated a lot of business and now we need to leverage this.
We've created an engagement plan for marketing, lead generation, and enablement with selected Cloud application partners, which will deploy this month, and you will see Oracle very present in the cloud arena, with significant growth.
We'll then work with a joint approach with the Oracle field to support these partners to make the most out of this opportunity.
Overall, our approach is to work with selected partners who have trust in Oracle, engage with our strategy and are willing to invest in us.
Finally I'd stress that the OMM* program will also help partners capitalise on the opportunities in the market. By referring or registering their deals they can benefit from increased margin from Oracle. Every partner should use it!
|David: Johan, as a final thought from you, what message, above all, would you like to see Oracle partners embracing for the rest of this FY13?
|Johan: I'd be delighted if partners continue in the same way they are now. Partners are really important to us, and they are why we had so much success in Europe South. It's all based on trust, so if they leverage on the success they have achieved by continuing to invest into Oracle and offering great solutions to customers, we'll repay that trust by investing in them.
* The Open Market Model is Oracle's referral and rebate program for partners. OMM policies can be found here (PDF).


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Changing the way the Electoral College works in Wisconsin: a recipe for irrelevance?
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Wisconsin as a block of 10 votes is worth campaigning for. Split that up into chunks, even a 7-3 split means just an advantage of 4. Candidates might not find that worth fighting for. This is something which should be left alone.
This is a good conversation to have, when you consider the Progressives are actively working to undermine the Electoral College. If the get their Compact, the states not in the Compact will have essentially no say in which President gets elected.
"States joining the compact will continue to award their electoral votes in their current manner until the compact has been joined by enough states to represent a controlling majority of the Electoral College" - WikipediaHide replies
"The states not in the Compact will have essentially no say in which President gets elected"? Wrong. Every vote in every state will count exactly the same. Whether or not a voter's particular state is part of the Compact will make no difference. The presidency will go to whoever gets the most votes **in the entire country**. Every vote will be worth campaigning for. And grassroots politics will be worth doing everywhere, not just in what are now the dozen or so "battleground" states but also in what are now the out-of-it "spectator" states, where the vast majority of Americans live.
Wrong - not every vote. It will be most cost effective to just campaign in vote dense areas (ie: NY, CA). WI will be left in the dust. Most democrat's are OK with that as they believe their wishes will be reflected if the Democrats get elected, but will they really?
the compact is simply a way to undermine the electoral college and have the national popular vote decide the presidency. The clause you quoted above prevents the legislation from having unintended consequences before critical mass (a majority of electoral votes) is obtained.
Candidates will of course do most of their big events in big media markets. That's what they do now, except that the big media markets they touch down in are solely the ones in "battleground" states. Under NPV they'd be all over the place, coast to coast. More to the point, campaign ads would run everywhere, and the ad money would have to be spread out; mercifully, no TV watcher would be either overwhelmingly bombarded or utterly ignored. In the advertising business, it's a question of cost per thousand. (It's as cheap and effective, usually more so, to reach a given number of eyeballs in rural areas and small towns. Coca-Cola doesn't just advertise in cities, it advertises everywhere.) The biggest blessing of NPV, though, is about bottom-up campaigning, not the top-down kind. No matter where you live, it would be worth your while to go door-to-door in your own neighborhood, get involved as a volunteer in a local get-out-the vote effort for your candidate, have a coffeklatch with your neighbors, etc. The relative importance of grassroots volunteering would increase; the relative importance of big, targeted money would lessen.
In 1969, The U.S. House of Representatives voted for a national popular vote by a 338–70 margin. It was endorsed by Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, and Bob Dole.
On June 7, 2011, the Republican-controlled New York Senate passed the National Popular Vote bill by a 47–13 margin, with Republicans favoring the bill by 21–11. Republicans endorsed by the Conservative Party favored the bill 17–7.
Jason Cabel Roe, a lifelong conservative activist and professional political consultant wrote in National Popular Vote is Good for Republicans: "I strongly support National Popular Vote. It is good for Republicans, it is good for conservatives. . . and it is good for America. National Popular Vote is not a grand conspiracy hatched by the Left to manipulate the election outcome.
It is a bipartisan effort of Republicans, Democrats, and Independents to allow every state – and every voter – to have a say in the selection of our President, and not just the 15 Battle Ground States.
National Popular Vote is not a change that can be easily explained, nor the ramifications thought through in sound bites. It takes a keen political mind to understand just how much it can help . . . Republicans. . . .Opponents either have a knee-jerk reaction to the idea or don't fully understand it. . . . We believe that the more exposure and discussion the reform has the more support that will build for it."
Former Tennessee U.S. Senator and 2008 presidential candidate Fred Thompson(R), former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar (R), and former U.S. Representative Tom Tancredo (R-CO) are co-champions of National Popular Vote.
Saul Anuzis, former Chairman of the Michigan Republican Party for five years and a former candidate for chairman of the Republican National Committee, supports the National Popular Vote plan as the fairest way to make sure every vote matters, and also as a way to help Conservative Republican candidates. This is not a partisan issue and the NPV plan would not help either party over the other.
Some other supporters who wrote forewords to "Every Vote Equal: A State-Based Plan for Electing the President by National Popular Vote " http://www.every-vote-equal.com/ include:
Laura Brod served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2003 to 2010 and was the ranking Republican member of the Tax Committee. She is the Minnesota Public Sector Chair for ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) and active in the Council of State Governments.
James Brulte served as Republican Leader of the California State Assembly from 1992 to 1996, California State Senator from 1996 to 2004, and Senate Republican leader from 2000 to 2004.
Ray Haynes served as the National Chairman of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in 2000. He served in the California State Senate from 1994 to 2002 and was elected to the Assembly in 1992 and 2002
Dean Murray is a member of the New York State Assembly. He was a Tea Party organizer before being elected to the Assembly as a Republican, Conservative Party member in February 2010. He was described by Fox News as the first Tea Party candidate elected to office in the United States.
Thomas L. Pearce served as a Michigan State Representative from 2005–2010 and was appointed Dean of the Republican Caucus. He has led several faith-based initiatives in Lansing.
Support for a national popular vote is strong among Republicans, Democrats, and Independent voters, as well as every demographic group in virtually every state surveyed in recent polls
By state (electoral college votes), by political affiliation, support for a national popular vote in recent polls has been:
Alaska (3) -- 66% among (Republicans), 70% among Nonpartisan voters, 82% among Alaska Independent Party voters
Arkansas (6) -- 71% (R), 79% (Independents).
California (55)– 61% (R), 74% (I)
Colorado (9) -- 56% (R), 70% (I).
Connecticut (7) -- 67% (R)
Delaware (3) -- 69% (R), 76% (I)
DC (3) -- 48% (R), 74% of (I)
Florida (29) -- 68% (R)
Idaho(4) - 75% (R)
Iowa (6) -- 63% (R)
Kentucky (8) -- 71% (R), 70% (I)
Maine (4) - 70% (R)
Massachusetts (11) -- 54% (R)
Michigan (16) -- 68% (R), 73% (I)
Minnesota (10) -- 69% (R)
Montana (3)- 67% (R)
Mississippi (6) -- 75% (R)
Nebraska (5) -- 70% (R)
Nevada (5) -- 66% (R)
New Hampshire (4) -- 57% (R), 69% (I)
New Mexico (5) -- 64% (R), 68% (I)
New York (29) - 66% (R), 78% Independence, 50% Conservative
North Carolina (15) -- 89% liberal (R), 62% moderate (R) , 70% conservative (R), 80% (I)
Ohio (18) -- 65% (R)
Oklahoma (7) -- 75% (R)
Oregon (7) -- 70% (R), 72% (I)
Pennsylvania (20) -- 68% (R), 76% (I)
Rhode Island (4) -- 71% liberal (R), 63% moderate (R), 35% conservative (R), 78% (I),
South Carolina (8) -- 64% (R)
South Dakota (3) -- 67% (R)
Tennessee (11) -- 73% (R)
Utah (6) -- 66% (R)
Vermont (3) -- 61% (R)
Virginia (13) -- 76% liberal (R), 63% moderate (R), 54% conservative (R)
Washington (12) -- 65% (R)
West Virginia (5) -- 75% (R)
Wisconsin (10) -- 63% (R), 67% (I)
Wyoming (3) –66% (R), 72% (I)
By ALEC's command! Is there anything that private organization can't get our Wisconsin Republicans to do?Hide replies
Of course a deranged Liberal quickly blames their evil target of the day. Get a life and a more accessible target for your scorn like Saint Obama of the know-nothing party.
i believe this tactic is employed by the deranged members of both parties (ACORN). ALEC is coordinating republican controlled state governments into synchronized movements, but the responsibility lies with the politicians themselves.
@Badger68: so you don't think it's a problem that your elected officials would rather listen to a private organization than to you?
@cooper414: I don't know what you're talking about re:ACORN, but even if both parties do it that doesn't mean we, as constituents, should sit here and take it.
I kept hearing democrat's clamoring for a more representative vote, but now that one is offered, it does not appear to be welcome. BOTH parties play politics with this - look at IL to the South for Democratic gerrymandering.
Unfortunately, both parties are made up of politicians.Hide replies
majority vote for president is fare and best if it applies to all 50 states. But when one party or the other proposes it in the swing states but wants to keep winner-take-all in their secure states, then they are just revealing themselves to be the crooks that they are, trying to disenfranchise the voters.
This isn't about politicians trying to protect the vote of the individual. It's about politicians trying to control the outcome of a presidential election by gerrymandering the individual vote into even greater irrelevancy.
Think your vote doesn't matter for much if your candidate loses a close race statewide and gets no electoral votes? You're going to like it a lot less when your candidate wins the popular votes but gets fewer electoral votes than his opponent - and that can and will happen in heavily gerrymandered states like Wisconsin.
When all is said and done, the only solution to these kinds of questions is term limits - send these people home after a term or two. They clearly have too much time on their hands in Madison.Hide replies
Given that this is ONLY about Presidential elections, and that office already has term limits, I am left wondering what you're talking about.
He is talking about the Madison Assembly and Senate and not the presidency. Funny thing only job which has term limits in this country is the US presidency.
We just spent a day in my AP Gov class on the electoral college (historical background, pros/cons on 4 possible reforms, defending the electoral college, etc.) The District Plan as suggested by WI/PA would do little to change the outcome of most presidential elections and in close elections the electoral college is highly advantageous. It's worked 51 of 55 times and it allows for almost immediate results -- imagine the scenario if there were multiple recounts taking place after election night around the country!Hide replies
Unfortunately, electoral college lead to George Bush which lead to a war in Iraq, the start of deficit spending again, The great recession. The war on Tear roar as Bush would say it or War on Terror as someone who speaks English would say it.
your actually Lil-bit-dumber!
Since World War II, a shift of a few thousand votes in one or two states would have elected the second-place candidate in 4 of the 13 presidential elections. Near misses are now frequently common. There have been 6 consecutive non-landslide presidential elections. 537 popular votes won Florida and the White House for Bush in 2000 despite Gore's lead of 537,179 popular votes nationwide. A shift of 60,000 voters in Ohio in 2004 would have defeated President Bush despite his nationwide lead of over 3 Million votes.
Dividing a state's electoral votes by congressional district would magnify the worst features of the Electoral College system.
If the district approach were used nationally, it would be less fair and less accurately reflect the will of the people than the current system. In 2004, Bush won 50.7% of the popular vote, but 59% of the districts. Although Bush lost the national popular vote in 2000, he won 55% of the country's congressional districts.
The district approach would not provide incentive for presidential candidates to campaign in a particular state or focus the candidates' attention to issues of concern to the state. With the 48 state-by-state winner-take-all laws(whether applied to either districts or states), candidates have no reason to campaign in districts or states where they are comfortably ahead or hopelessly behind. In California, the presidential race is competitive in only 3 of the state's 53 districts. Nationwide, there are only 55 "battleground" districts that are competitive in presidential elections. With the present deplorable 48 state-level winner-take-all system, 2/3rds of the states (including California and Texas) are ignored in presidential elections; however, 88% of the nation's congressional districts would be ignored if a district-level winner-take-all system were used nationally.
Awarding electoral votes by congressional district could result in third party candidates winning electoral votes that would deny either major party candidate the necessary majority vote of electors and throw the process into Congress to decide.
Because there are generally more close votes on district levels than states as whole, district elections increase the opportunity for error. The larger the voting base, the less opportunity there is for an especially close vote.
Also, a second-place candidate could still win the White House without winning the national popular vote.
Recounts are far more likely in the current system of state-by-state winner-take-all methods.
The possibility of recounts should not even be a consideration in debating the merits of a national popular vote. No one has ever suggested that the possibility of a recount constitutes a valid reason why state governors or U.S. Senators, for example, should not be elected by a popular vote.
The question of recounts comes to mind in connection with presidential elections only because the current system so frequently creates artificial crises and unnecessary disputes.
A nationwide recount would not happen. We do and would vote state by state. Each state manages its own election and recount. The state-by-state winner-take-all system is not a firewall, but instead causes unnecessary fires.
Given that there is a recount only once in about 160 statewide elections, and given there is a presidential election once every four years, one would expect a recount about once in 640 years with the National Popular Vote. The actual probability of a close national election would be even less than that because recounts are less likely with larger pools of votes.
The average change in the margin of victory as a result of a statewide recount was a mere 296 votes in a 10-year study of 2,884 elections.
No recount would have been warranted in any of the nation's 56 previous presidential elections if the outcome had been based on the nationwide count.
The common nationwide date for meeting of the Electoral College has been set by federal law as the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December. With both the current system and the National Popular Vote approach, all counting, recounting, and judicial proceedings must be conducted so as to reach a "final determination" prior to the meeting of the Electoral College.
eliminate the electoral college......majority rules......let the people decide who runs this country not the politiciansHide replies
So you want the the coasts to determine what happens in flyover country? No thanks.
this arguement is sorta silly and oft-repeated... the coasts is where most of the people live, so yeah, i guess they get the lion's share of the power in a democracy
usagc, you must be a republican because you oppose democracy and the simple fairness of majority rule.
Demcracies are great. The thing is The United States of America has never been a democracy.
> the coasts is where most of the people live, so yeah, i
>guess they get the lion's share of the power in a democracy
But NOT in a republic.
beer steer - correct. We are discussing the difference between the two and how things would be different if we made a change to direct popular election of the president.
mrknow -nothing--go to some communist s%$t hole and live you'll like it-- this is a "REPUBLIC" not a democracy! don't like it LEAVE!
We should just be honest with what is going on in politics and have a public auction instead of elections. We can use the proceeds to pay off the national debt.
"It's for purely partisan advantage. You cut up Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and it just naturally becomes harder for a Democrat to get to 270 electoral votes," says state party chair Mike Tate...
It's just as hard for the Republicans as well...moron Mike....Hide replies
not the way things are districted. Wisconsin is still close to 50/50, but the congressional districts were just redrawn to favor the GOP. Why risk a coinflip when you can just be guaranteed an advantage.
Not so, considering the state has voted Democratic for president for so many elections in a row.
Beer, and under this proposal if the Democrats were to win Wisconsin, the Democratic candidate would get 5 electoral college votes anf the GOP candidate would get five. That's a democratic process?
No it is not. The Congressional districts have been so heavily Gerrymandered, 90% of them are essentially locked down for either the GOP or for the DEMs.
that means a Presidential election would hinge on the 10% of Congressional districts that are competitive. Why should 10% of the nation elect the President?
It is the 21st Century. The time is long past for America to junk the Electoral College. The candidate who gets the most Americans to vote for them, wins!
It's just crazy enough to work.
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- The role this state and region play as electoral battlegrounds.
- Voting patterns and trends at the local, state and regional level.
- What makes voters here different from voters in other places.
- Public opinion and the election climate.
Craig Gilbert is the Journal Sentinel's Washington, D.C. Bureau Chief and national political reporter.
Charting how each of Wisconsin's 72 counties has trended politically compared to the U.S. as a whole over 60 years of presidential voting. Use the pull down menu to see charts for individual counties. Click here for an explanation of how the charts were done and how to read them.
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A former corrections officer and gun shop owner from Jefferson County has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for mailing a gun and threatening communications to a federal agent.
U.S. Attorney David J. Hale's office said 48-year-old Ted Ray Schlenker pleaded guilty Oct. 24 to knowingly depositing at the U.S. Post Office in Bowling Green a handwritten threatening letter and a handgun addressed to the home of a special agent for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Russell sentenced Schlenker on Tuesday in Bowling Green and ordered three years' of supervised release.
Prosecutors said an affidavit indicated Schlenker was being investigated by the ATF agent for firearms violations in connection with his shop, Kentucky Gun Runners Inc.


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Subject: Re: [OMPI users] system() call corrupts MPI processes
Hi Randolph!
Sorry for delay - was on the road. This isn't an issue of corruption. What ORTE is complaining about is that your perl script wound up connecting to the same port that your process is listening on via ORTE. ORTE is rather particular about the message format - specifically, it requires a header that includes the name of the process and a bunch of other stuff.
Where did you get the port that you are passing to your perl script?
On Jan 19, 2012, at 8:22 AM, Durga Choudhury wrote:
> This is just a thought:
> according to the system() man page, 'SIGCHLD' is blocked during the
> execution of the program. Since you are executing your command as a
> daemon in the background, it will be permanently blocked.
> Does OpenMPI daemon depend on SIGCHLD in any way? That is about the
> only difference that I can think of between running the command
> stand-alone (which works) and running via a system() API call (that
> does not work).
> Best
> Durga
> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Jeff Squyres <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
>> Which network transport are you using, and what version of Open MPI are you using? Do you have OpenFabrics support compiled into your Open MPI installation?
>> If you're just using TCP and/or shared memory, I can't think of a reason immediately as to why this wouldn't work, but there may be a subtle interaction in there somewhere that causes badness (e.g., memory corruption).
>> On Jan 19, 2012, at 1:57 AM, Randolph Pullen wrote:
>>> I have a section in my code running in rank 0 that must start a perl program that it then connects to via a tcp socket.
>>> The initialisation section is shown here:
>>> sprintf(buf, "%s/session_server.pl -p %d &", PATH,port);
>>> int i = system(buf);
>>> printf("system returned %d\n", i);
>>> Some time after I run this code, while waiting for the data from the perl program, the error below occurs:
>>> qplan connection
>>> DCsession_fetch: waiting for Mcode data...
>>> [dc1:05387] [[40050,1],0] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: A message is attempting to be sent to a process whose contact information is unknown in file rml_oob_send.c at line 105
>>> [dc1:05387] [[40050,1],0] could not get route to [[INVALID],INVALID]
>>> [dc1:05387] [[40050,1],0] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: A message is attempting to be sent to a process whose contact information is unknown in file base/plm_base_proxy.c at line 86
>>> It seems that the linux system() call is breaking OpenMPI internal connections. Removing the system() call and executing the perl code externaly fixes the problem but I can't go into production like that as its a security issue.
>>> Any ideas ?
>>> (environment: OpenMPI 1.4.1 on kernel Linux dc1 2.6.18-274.3.1.el5.028stab094.3 using TCP and mpirun)
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Greetings from Moscow. WARNING! I'm in my Angry Pontification Mode.
Thanks for all of these reports on the RB's new 'Beauty.' While I admire many aspects of the 'old Kirov/Soviet' version, and generally welcome its revival somewhere (anywhere), I would never have imagined that that 'somewhere' would be England, the country that, for years, sheltered and preserved the 1890-Petipa original, when no other ballet company on earth did so.
So now St. Petersburg is the unequivocable Mecca in which one can view a reasonably accurate Petipa 'Sleeping Beauty'?
I don't gloat; rather, I am shocked that the Royal would so easily 'give up' its status as a top presenter of this masterpiece. Keeling over and conceding defeat without so much of a whimper. Were I an English balletomane, I would be very sad...and ANGRY right now.
Let Bulgaria or Latvia be the country to revive the Soviet 'Beauty' - for goodness sakes, not England!!!!
Maybe, in the year 2046, the hundreth anniversary of the glorious Oliver Messel production will be revived and all will be as it should be in the Kingdom of the English Florestan.
p.s. - At least I have not read reports yet of any Lanchberry emendations to the Tchaikovsky score (a-la his sugary changes to the Minkus 'Bayadere' score, in partnership with Makarova). My point is - Folks, it could have been worse!
p.s.s. - One small positive: The Soviet 'Garland Waltz', with children, is virtually the same as the 1890-Petipa version. At least with this Garland Waltz, the RB has acquired a piece of the 1890-Petipa that it did not have even with the 1946 production.
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Sleeping Beauty premieres
Started by Alymer , Mar 09 2003 02:46 PM
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Posted 11 April 2003 - 10:27 AM
Posted 24 April 2003 - 08:20 AM
May be it will be of interest to know that a review on The Sleeping Beauty at Covent Garden was published today in one of the most respected Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta (The Independent Newspaper). The author is Marc Haegeman and I would like to thank him for the cooperation with the Russian press. Usually they cannot afford to send their correspondents to the Western theaters what results in a lack of information for Russian readers. I present here a reference for Russian speaking members of the BalletAlert: http://www.ng.ru/cul...4/6_avrora.html
Posted 27 April 2003 - 11:38 AM
It would be interesting to have from Mikhail a sense of what Marc said in his review. Running the text through a Russian/English translation website, I deduce that he was not altogether convinced by Makarova's production: is that the case?
Posted 28 April 2003 - 04:40 AM
As I understood the main idea (aphoristically expressed in the title and the last paragraph), Marc states that Makarovas version is essentially the old-fashioned Soviet Kirov-ballet production by Konstantin Sergeev. He finds some irony in the fact that the Mariinsky is back now to the Petipas original SB while the Royal Ballet did just the opposite. The old version performed by the Royal Ballet, Marc said, was close to the Petipas original as it has been staged in London by Nikolai Sergeev (whose notations Vikharev used recently to reconstruct the ballet in St.Petersburg). So the Soviet-born Beauty became an orphan in Russia and now, as Marc said, is adopted to the respectable British family. Marc did not like also some scenes in the Makarovas production. Almost nothing was said in Nezavisimaya gazeta about the performers. But I find it confusing, Brendan, to use the backward translation in the presence of the author. I guess it would be nice if Marc himself explains his point of view. As everybody knows, articles are usually cut by editors, and may be Marc will find it possible to put the unabridged text in the Internet (here or at his own site) if there are no plans to publish it off-line.
Posted 28 April 2003 - 04:51 AM
Sorry (and thank you for the link and reply) Mikhail, I didn't see the post earlier. Just in a few words. What I didnt like about Makarovas production (setting aside the question whether this was the right "Sleeping Beauty" for the Royal Ballet or not) was that its so short on drama, theatricality, and magic. The key dramatic scenes of the ballet are all without exception weakly staged: the entrance and the curse of Carabosse at the end of the prologue, the opening and final scene of Act I, as well as the awakening of Aurora at the end of Act II, are perfunctory and superficial to the point that any claim at credibility is denied. Too many bars of music are cut and too many dramatic details overlooked.
However, taken as a lesson of classical style, Makarovas "Beauty" does have something to offer, and in this respect the Royal Ballet dancers, especially the ballerinas, take the greatest honour.
However, taken as a lesson of classical style, Makarovas "Beauty" does have something to offer, and in this respect the Royal Ballet dancers, especially the ballerinas, take the greatest honour.
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I am trying to understand character special files. From wikipedia, I understand that these files "provide an interface" for devices that transmit data one character at a time. My understanding is that the system somehow calls the character device instead of calling the device driver directly. But how does the file provide this interface? Is it an executable that translates the system call? Can someone explain what's up.
They are actually just that - interfaces. Encoded by a "major" and "minor" number they provide a hook to the kernel.
They come in two flavors (well, three, but named pipes are out of the scope of this epxlanation for now): Character Devices and Block Devices.
Block Devices tend to be storage devices, capable of buffering output and storing data for later retrieval
Character Devices are things like audio or graphics cards, or input devices like keyboard and mouse.
In each case, when the kernel loads the correct driver (either at boot time, or via programs like udev) it scans the various buses to see if any devices handled by that driver are actually present on the system. If so, it sets up a device that 'listens' on the appropriate major/minor number.
(For instance, the Digital Signal Processor of the first audio card found by your system gets the major/minor number pair of 14/3; the second gets 14,35, etc.)
It's up to udev to create an entry in
(In significantly older or minimum-footprint versions of linux,
Then, when a userspace program tries to access a file that's marked as a 'character special file' with the appropriate major/minor number (for instance, your audio player trying to send digital audio to
Every file, device or otherwise, supports 6 basic operations within the VFS:
Additionally, device files support I/O Control, which allows other miscellaneous operations not covered by the first 6.
In the case of a character special, seek and tell are not implemented since they support a streaming interface. That is, reading or writing directly such as is done with redirection in the shell:
Character devices can be created by kernel modules (or the kernel itself). When a device is created, the creator provides pointers to functions that implement handle standard calls like open, read, etc. The Linux kernel then associates those functions with the character device, so for example when a user-mode application calls the read() function on a character device file, it will result in a syscall and then the kernel will route this call to a read function specified when creating the driver. There's a step-by-step tutorial on creating a character device here, you can create a sample project and the step through it using a debugger to understand how the device object is created and when the handlers are invoked.


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My husband and I are planning to drive from Kansas City, through Nevada (stop and see the arches) then to the top of California (to see the redwoods), see a few waterfalls in Oregon, travel throught the sawtooth mountains in Idaho than on to yellow stone and the tetons, come back through the badlands and home.
Two week vacation.
We are interested in the outdoors.
What should we make sure to see along the way through Oregon?


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I pity…
I pity people that sell Heavy Netherweave Bandages at the Auction House.
A while back a friend asked me to make up some high level tailored items then DE them for him. He has excessive amounts of netherweave and wanted to make some money off it. I put him straight, immediately. It's not worth the effort. Just make Heavy Netherweave bandages and sell the to a vendor – 6g, straight up, no screwing around, no AH deposits or feed – Easy!
Day after Day, Week after Week, I buy a truckload of Heavy Netherweave bandages off the AH and sell them for a profit to a vendor! Why oh why would you sell Heavy Netherweave bandages on the Ah for less that 7g (let alone less that 6g) You can't sell them for more? of course not, just go straight to the Vendor.. Do it Now!
I pity non-Enchanters.
Most of my time at the AH is spent buying green (and the occasional blue) items that people are trying to make money on. Good for you, you are lining my pockets. I pick up hundreds of items every week from the AH, that get sent off to my Enchanter to DE, turning those 1-3g trash greens into 5-20g enchanting mats.
So the question is, why aren't you? Got time to level up an alt? Then make sure it's an enchanter and farm the AH!
I am not sure if I make the majority of my AH cash from enchanting mats, but one thing is for sure, they are a constant income stream with very little risk.
I pity people without Auctioneer Addons (eg: Auctioneer Advanced)
This is the other way I make money on the Auction House. People's ignorance (or naivety) of the value of items. People frequently post items between 10% – 50% of their AH value.
Now while I pity these people, I don't take pity on them (OK, rarely I do. One time I sent some extra gold in the mail to a bloke that sold me an item well below it's value. You know what the guy did? He return mailed me mats, free of charge, to make the item)
OK, so you don't want to install AA, what do you do? How about AskPrice? Ask Price is a component of AA that will automatically respond with current valuation if you ask. Just type:
"How much for [this item]?" or "How much is [this item] worth?"
If there is an AA user in your channel, you will get a response.
Will it be correct, possibly not, but it is definitely more accurate that throwing darts at a dart board while blindfolded on a rocking boat.
Give these a try and see if you can fund you raid consumables!
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Is there any evolutionary advantage to finding melodies or harmonies pleasurable? Does the ear pick up these particular oscillating waves differently from other sounds, and if so, how does that affect our perception of pleasure? I'm looking for some sort of signalling pathway (most likely involving neurotransmitters I realize).
There are strong connections between the auditory cortex and the limbic system, which includes such structures as the hippocampus and the amygdala.
A recent paper [1] builds on earlier notions of emotional "significance" of music without any lyrics. It adds in lyrics, so giving a perspective of which portions of the brain are reacting to which component of the music.
One of the limitations of this particular study is that the subjects self-selected their own pieces, which may limit the reliability of the results. Of course, defining "happy" or "sad" for every individual is slightly subjective and difficult. They cited an earlier "pioneering" study which standardized the musical selection between subjects. Without consideration of the lyrics:
As an aside to answer your final thought, in cases like this I think trying to jam everything under an umbrella of one "neurotransmitter system" or another can make things overly simplistic to the point where you lose focus of the diversity of receptors expressed. You can say a system is driven by Dopamine, but D1 and D2 receptors have exactly the opposite effects on the neuron.
(see also, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0028393206003083 and related)
In music, harmonies are simultaneous combination of tones or chords that are concordant.
In physics, each note is actually a vibration with defined wavelenght, the concordance can be explained in mathemathical terms, for instance with regard to coincidence of phase oscillation.
In physiology, the ear perceives air vibrations and send them to the brain by means of trains of pulses.
According to some scientists, a music providing regular train of pulses (like harmonic music and rhytmic music) should be more pleasing, probably because of stimulation of the limbic system, as the other answer explains.
Source: Ushakow et al. 2011, Physical Review Letters, DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.108103
Lay explanation: Why harmony pleases the brain, New Scientist, Sept 2011


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March 20, 2009
A world of wonder at the Two Oceans Aquarium – A Cape Town Tourism photo essay
I write with passion about this place, the Two Oceans Aquarium, because it is so much a part of me that I struggle to remember what life was like before the aquarium. I remember walking onto the building site, where huge, empty tanks sat like ghostly caverns in unpainted, uncarpeted, cement-strewn galleries.
Within weeks, things changed before my eyes. Water filled the I&J Predator Exhibit. Maxine, the shark, made her grand appearance, as did the snoek, which disappeared just as suddenly – down Maxine's gullet! Thirteen-and-a-half years later, Maxine has been back in the ocean for almost four years, roaming the waters off Southern Africa.
Various galleries have seen incredible changes and "make-overs". Yet, with all these changes, the Two Oceans Aquarium remains my place of wonder, like it was the first day I walked through the doors.
I marvel at the dedication of the aquarium staff, the hatching of penguin chicks, and the release of ragged-tooth sharks back into the ocean, and I feel proud watching the aquarium's education department educate the South African youth about our marine heritage and resources.
So, please join me on a whirlwind exploration – beyond the African waves.
Our journey begins in the Oceans of Contrast: Indian Ocean Gallery where warm-water inhabitants with their bright colours play among corals and where giant moray eels keep watch as visitors pass by.
Years after the movie splashed onto our screens, Nemo still holds a place of honour in most children's hearts. The clownfish exhibit at the aquarium greets eager and excited children as they literally crawl into the world of Nemo.
The cool air of the Oceans of Contrast: Atlantic Ocean Gallery gently touches one's face, unlike the Cape Doctor that blows so fiercely. In this gallery, starfish, anemones, jellyfish and seahorses float, swim and crawl along their exhibits with contentment and grace. I have a spot in this gallery where I like to stand and listen. Yes, listen. As visitors around the corner at the giant spider crab exhibit, the sharp intake of breath, the "Oh, my goodness…" and sometimes just the stunned silence at the sheer size of these crabs gets filed away in my "Great Day at Work" folder.
Moving up to the Sappi River Meander you meet some interesting characters. First, there are the frogs with their chorus of calls and the story of their fight against extinction. Then, as you enter the River Meander, there is a sense of something familiar. Penguins! African penguins and rockhopper penguins share the beach area in the Sappi River Meander. They swim and play in the waves and at feeding time (daily at 11h30 and 14h30) they crowd around the silver bucket and eagerly dine on pilchards and squid. The tuxedo-ed waiters get to feast!
Photo courtesy Dagny Warmerdam
Our journey takes us next to the Kelp Forest Exhibit. One of only three in the world, this impressive exhibit holds 800 000 litres of water, myriad local fish species (including our national fish, the galjoen) and tall, lanky kelp plants. Like elegant ballroom dancers, the kelp plants sway back and forth in the surge. Their movement creates a hypnotic and mesmerising scene that leaves one with a sense of calm and tranquillity. Watch a diver feed the fish on Wednesdays and Sundays at 12h00.
The last stop on our tour is the I&J Predator Exhibit. With 200 million litres of water, shoals of predatory fish, ragged-tooth sharks and a viewing window measuring 4m x 11m, this exhibit is the largest of the aquarium's exhibits. And it is impressive. Just ask the gentleman who has been sitting staring at the fish going by for the last two hours, or the mother who can sit down and take a breather because her child is mesmerised by the sharks and the turtles. On Sundays, watch our divers feed the sharks at 15h00. On all other days of the week there is a feed in this exhibit at the same time.
The Two Oceans Aquarium is a world-class facility that all Capetonians can be proud of. It is a place where people meet to relax, to play and to explore the unknown world of the oceans. The Aquarium is open every day from 9h30 until 18h00. There's an exciting world on your doorstep. Come and explore!
Images © Renée Leeuwner and Dagny Warmerdam 2009