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Consider this function, which you can think of as a truth table:
public Foo doSomething(bool a, bool b) {
if ( a && b) return doAB();
else if ( a && !b) return doA();
else if (!a && b) return doB();
else if (!a && !b) return doNotANotB();
else throw new Exception("Well done, you defeated boolean logic!");
The compiler insists on that last
else clause. But from a truth table's perspective, that is an impossible state.
Yes, it works, and yes, I can live with it. But I'm wondering if there is some mechanism in c# to avoid this sort of code, or if I've missed something obvious?
For bonus points, and purely out of curiosity, are there any languages that deal with this sort of thing differently? Maybe it's not a language matter, but rather one of a smart compiler (but the edge cases would be unimaginably complicated I suppose).


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Theft: Copper piping taken from rental house in the 2400 block of Cherry Avenue, Thursday.
Cited: Roger A. Haehner, 27, 488 S. Fifth St., red light.
Arrested: Zachary Moore, 25, Apartment 209, 730 N. Seventh St., disorderly conduct while intoxicated, today.
Jefferson County
Theft: Thirty truck batteries taken from Nemo's, county Road 16, Rayland, Thursday.
Theft: Money bag containing $500 taken from vehicle in the 200 block of Melwood Drive, Toronto, Thursday.
Arrested: Timothy L. McKinney, 45, 1322 N. Fourth St., Toronto, brought to county jail by Adult Parole Authority on a charge of parole violation, Thursday.
Brooke County sheriff
Arrested: Susan L. Smurthwaite, 46, 547 Rockdale Road, Follansbee, warrant from Kanawha County for unemployment violation, Wednesday.

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.bashrc is more "generic" (in the sense that
.profile sources it), why "include
~/bin to path" procedure is not inside
.bashrc? Why the user would not want it in a non-login shell? (Especially nowadays, where non-login shells are more common*.)
I know I can manually do such change, but I want to know if there is a reason.
*can't prove it, but I think that is the case.


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Posts Tagged 'oranges'
Oranges and lemons
As a kid, one of the best things about visiting my grandmother's 100-year-old house in India was a far bedroom which once belonged to my dad during his childhood. Bookshelves covered two walls, from ceiling to floor, and the rest of the room was filled with random antiques and items that could be fashionably considered vintage today. This was a quiet place, where the rest of the household rarely ventured at that time, so I made it my hideout.
The faded, frayed Persian rug at the foot of the bed had obviously been the bearer of plenty of traffic in its better days, but it was always a hushed delight to pluck a book off the shelves (at least the ones I could reach) and curl up there to while away the hours.
Afternoons were the best for this. The sun would be beating down unbearably on the dusty roads outside but apart from the droning insects, all else was quiet – most people retired to their beds for an afternoon nap to seek refuge from the heat.
Except for me. Gleeful with my little books. My absolute favourite, even when I'd long outgrown the recommended reading age, was a book that was at least a couple of decades older than me. It had something to do with a family of bears. Bored during a hot summer's day, the mother bear organised a picnic and made fresh lemonade with oranges and lemons for her little ones. Now, I have no idea what sort of scratch and sniff technology they had in the sixties, but whenever I opened the pages of that book, the fresh smell of oranges and lemons never ceased to enchant me. I can't count the number of times my mother walked in on me, with my nose literally buried within the pages of that book.
So on this wintry day (thank you weather.ca, with your forecast of -10 to -26C), I caught myself pleasantly daydreaming of that book and those afternoons. The name of the book completely escapes me (apparently I never saw fit to investigate this key bit of info in my youth) and no amount of Google searches for "oranges and lemons, +bears +book scratch and sniff" have revealed the title yet, but I have revived it temporarily at least, with these exquisitely fragrant lemon poppyseed muffins. I did one batch with marmalade hidden in the centre, another with slivered almonds (I was sort of craving almonds in a muffin), and a third batch with thin slices of sugared lemon on top.
Just tried one with the lemon slice. Pure heaven. Mmm. Mornings are going to be a little warmer and sunnier for me this week.
edit 10 minutes later: I can still taste lemon on my lips.


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The Pope explains
From today's papal audience:As you know, I have decided thank you for your kindness to renounce the ministry which the Lord entrusted to me on 19 April 2005. I have done this in full freedom for the good of the Church, after much prayer and having examined my conscience before God, knowing full well the seriousness of this act, but also realizing that I am no longer able to carry out the Petrine ministry with the strength which it demands. I am strengthened and reassured by the certainty that the Church is Christs, who will never leave her without his guidance and care. I thank all of you for the love and for the prayers with which you have accompanied me. Thank you; in these days which have not been easy for me, I have felt almost physically the power of prayer your prayers which the love of the Church has given me. Continue to pray for me, for the Church and for the future Pope. The Lord will guide us.
About the Author
Rev. Joseph A. Komonchak, professor emeritus of the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America, is a retired priest of the Archdiocese of New York.
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He witnessed first hand the long, long agony of Pope John Paul and what it cost the Church. This traditional pope had to make a concession to a modern world which changes so fast, and thank God for that. But it does change the drama of th papacy. The pope becomes a different kind of father, like a father abbot. Interesting that he chose the name Benedict.
I have not heard this from serious commentators, but I have seen a few "person on the street" interviews in which people seem outraged. "The pope can't quit! He is pope until he dies!" I wonder if any "serious" people are taking this view. It seems to me extraordinarily presumptuous for anyone to claim they know better than Benedict whether he should resign or not.
I saw somewhere this morning, forget where, that some big shots are reconsidering allowing Benedict to live in the Vatican.I think it's a good idea to have the former pope live close to the current pope. Who else knows what it's like? Just like The Presidents' Club. Who else can speak freely, give blunt advice, etc.? To have a friend with whom he can relax and be a real person would be great for a pope.
I think it's generally a bad idea. It would too easily give rise to the notion that the Pope Emeritus is pulling the strings, a power behind the throne. Even if he were not doing that, people would suspect it of being true. Appearances are important, and Rome is enough of a rumor mill as it is.
Many Protestant denominations do not allow former pastors to be involved in any way, shape or form in their former congregations for a certain period of time.I think that they have found out that "out of sight, out of mind" is a good thing when it comes to giving the new pastor the chance to do what (s)he thinks needs to be done without having the old influence huddling in the wings.
I wonder if he has another book in him?
Even if he continues writing, he is not going to publish anything anymore. It'll have to wait until after he dies. The encyclical on faith is not going to appear either.
Cardinal Desmond Connell said with reference to Cardinal Cathal B. Daly on Irish radio that retired cardinals should "get lost". B16 will need security to protect him against crazies, but the idea of him lodging in the Vatican is unwholesome.
He could write another autobiographical memoir or interview-book, "My Years as Pope" -- publishers would pay billions.
Interesting that in his speech on Ottaviani's centenary in 1991 he said he admired the silence of his later years.
To repeat, in the Benedictine tradition, abbots who have resigned must leave the abbey for a year after their successors assume office.I believe Benedict XVI should leave Rome permanently at the end of his term.
Right, Carolyn. If the Pope had known who would be the next pope and knew he'd be welcome, it would be different. This way it's sort of like your mother-in-law moving in at the start of a marriage.
Carolyn, why do you think he seems to have no plans to leave?Could it be for security reasons?Or because he does not have long to live, so that moving would cause more stress than it's worth?Or because the curia is worried that back in Germany some people would try to put him on trial and would make his life miserable?I can't think of any other possible reason right now.
Claire,I have no clue as to Benedict's plans, but came across this in a John Allen column today:"On background, one Vatican prelate said today that some cardinals are concerned about Benedict's decision to live on Vatican grounds after his retirement, fearing it might cast a shadow over the new pope. Perhaps it would be better, he said, for Benedict to find a monastery in Germany to call home."I am thinking of giving the new papacy a chance to take root without whatever levers of influence might circulate or circumscribe its direction.If he is too old or ill to move, that is another matter. I thought he had expressed a desire before to return to Germany and be with his brother.
More on the question of where Benedict should live, especially since his brother said Benedict would be available to advise his successor. Sodano vs Bertone is already an issue as the process takes shape:"Pressure grows on Pope to leave Rome after he retires so he does not interfere with successor's work"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2278387/Pope-Benedict-Pressure-g...
Carolyn, it seems to me that Pope Benedict would agree with you and with that anonymous Vatican prelate. It's common sense. So there might be other concerns: terrorist threats, doctors' warnings, moves to sue him he might remain prisoner of his position (like on all those photos on which he is only visible behind candles that look like prison bars) even beyond resignation.
A late night fantasy: maybe the curia has shielded him from the news so well that he has remained in ignorance of certain important things that would shock him if he got out, and then he would realize that he's been tricked into having an image of the world that is distorted from reality (and thus manipulated to take decisions that were misinformed). Sort of like in "Goodbye Lenin".
I think that ,as a courtesy to the Pope, and in recognition of his advanced age, he should be allowed to live where ever he wants. Who knows, the new Pope might be delighted to have him close by. A new Pope who finds it a problem o have an elderly former Pope around wouldn't be much of a Pope. And he certainly wouldn't be much of an example to the rest of us as to how we should treat old people.
The video of the Pope in St. Peter's and in the audience-hall show him looking very frail indeed. I wonder if his health is much poorer than we knew. Or could it be that his resignation was also a resignation of himself into the hands of God, and so a terrific relief. I've watched people resign themselves peacefully and they often go very quickly after they've done that.
The Pope's brother, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, stated in a recent interview that his brother has been away from Germany for so long that it would be difficult for him to "transplant" back to his native Bavaria. This may be true, of course, or perhaps as Fr. Komonchak wonders, the Pope's health may be more precarious than the public knows.
Msgr. Georg Ratzinger talks way too much.
Agree, Joseph and William. Benedict may be close to the end. And maybe he realizes, as Thomas Aquinas did at the end of his life, that it's all straw.
Another puzzlement. Why did Pope Benedict choose to announce his resignation two days before Ash Wednesday, with the date of his departure two weeks into Lent, a conclave starting two weeks after that, with Holy Week and Easter then looming? Why not wait until after Easter? Perhaps because he knew he wouldn't be up for the Holy Week services? Perhaps because he couldn't be sure to live till then? Perhaps because he didn't want to be talked out of it? I don't know the answer to any of these questions, but I get the impression of something done precipitously, even if considered and meditated on for some time.Another thought: Some people are wondering how the Church will fare with having two popes at the same time, even though, of course, there will be only one. People have always delighted in contrasting new pope with former pope, but we haven't had the situation we're going to have in a few weeks. You don't have to know much Church history or to have a novelist's imagination to conjure up tensions and worse between supporters of the former pope, now still alive, and supporters of the new pope, and one way to forestall the former pope's being involved in any shenanigans is to have him close at hand, in the Vatican.
Agree. I thought maybe chemotherapy or something like that, but even if he's healthy (for an 85-year-old), Holy Week is pretty rough. Just getting dressed in all that gear for the various ceremonies would be exhausting. I thought choosing the day before Ash Wednesday was perfect. On Ash Wednesday we are reminded that we're nothing but dust. And that includes popes, pharaohs, etc. Open their sarcophagi and see what's left. I thought maybe he felt that his mind was going, but reading about him speaking extemp yesterday about his role at the Council makes me think he's okay in that dept. I wish he'd clear up a couple of thing: why did he not know or pretend not to know about the denial of the Holocaust by those guys? The simplest Internet search reveals all kinds of nasty stuff about that org. Why not give the Church a parting gift: a clear statement of what's going on with various groups like that one and others? As to two popes, what power will Benedict have? Let's say Dolan is elected. He moves into the papal apts., and BXVI is in the monastery out back. Will Dolan be intimidated? Will B's henchpeople try to stiff-arm T into doing what B wants? I don't think so.
Please, let's not say Dolan is elected.
Maybe Pope Benedict timed his retirement to bring on a new Pope just at Easter. That would be a great time to install a new pope.
Perhaps because he couldnt be sure to live till the Holy Week services? Perhaps because []Perhaps. But after reading Jim Jenkins' report of an ugly rumor, I'm done with random speculations. The fun is gone. They're fun only as long as they are completely unfounded.
Please, lets not say Dolan is elected.He would be so much better than any of the other cardinals with all their baggage.He's American.He's energetic, friendly, charming, charismatic. He wrote a great book about the great Edwin Vincent O'Hara.http://www.amazon.com/Some-Seed-Fell-Good-Ground/dp/0813207487%3FSubscri...(What about a poll, editors?)
Gerelyn-Read his blog regularly on the Archdiocesan website and see if yous till feel the same way. The main topics of his blog posts (in order of frequency):Self promotionComplaining about the HHS mandateComplaining about the NY TimesApplauding Bill DonohueBaldly promoting Republican candidates for office(or in the alternative, undermining Democratc candidates)Trashing SNAP.Maybe he's better than his blog indicates, but he seems to me to be as conservative as the current Pope, without the current Pope's intellect or amazing ability to surprise.
Hi, Irene! Which of the cardinals would you prefer? Which is not skilled at self promotion? Among the American cardinals:Which does not support the Republican (elephant) Party? Which did not complain about the HHS mandate (as the editors of Commonweal did as well)? Which does not complain about the NYT (as Commonweal's editors and contributors routinely do)? Which does not have a Bill Donohue to bark at the lambs? Which does not baldly promote Republicans? Which does not trash anyone or any organization that seeks to help victims of clerical predators? Etc.Dolan has a lot more to him than the rest of them. And as pope, untrammeled, he might have the courage, imagination, and energy to kick open some doors that have been locked for centuries.I won't be reading his blog, but I hope you'll consider reading his book about Bishop O'Hara. You'll see that a man capable of admiring the great liberal O'Hara has more to him than is apparent. Timothy for Pope! (It would get him out of your archdiocese.)
I don't think there are any American Cardinals who would make a good Pope. I would like to see a progressive Pope from any country (but that pretty much eliminates the US). If we can't have a progressive Pope, I would like to see a Pope that comes from an emerging nation.But I will read the book on Bishop O'Hara.
Great! As to a progressive pope from another country, who would that be? The cultural baggage they bear and the debts they owe to the various groups who made it possible for them to scale the heights make them . . . scary. (To this little lamb, anyway.)
Gerelyn said: Please, lets not say Dolan is elected. He would be so much better than any of the other cardinals with all their baggage.Do you honestly think that The Tim would be better than Diarmuid Martin? Really ?????
I still think that the best candidate, hands down, is Mary McAleese.


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TORONTO - Fourteen of the city high school's seniors had the opportunity to see how government works during their Close Up visit to the nation's capital March 3-8.
The students had the opportunity to see monument after monument as well as experience some moving moments in their study of the federal government, according to senior John Rodesh.
"We stayed in Arlington, Va., with other students from this area and across the country," he said.
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CLOSE UP — Fourteen Toronto High School students went to visit the nation's capital during a Close Up visit March 3-8 in Washington, D.C. Those learning about government in action included, front, from left, Dylan Ault, John Rodesh, Kalie Yasho, Erica Price, Mariah Turner, Dezi Carter, Taylor Linn, Becca Schaming, Lisa Scalley, Mykenna Risler, Megan Payton and Shane Sears; and back, Brad Melville and Dillan Gault.-- Contributed
"We went to learn about how things work politically and how to debate in a civil manner," said Brad Melville.
Students mostly paid their own expenses for the trip, traveling by rail and staying in a hotel. They raised funds through donations from local organizations and businesses as well as holding "a lot of fundraisers," according to Principal Maureen Taggart.
Some of the sites seen included Arlington National Cemetery, where they witnessed the changing of the guard; the U.S. Marines Iwo Jima monument, as well as the Korean, Vietnam, World War II, Lincoln, Jefferson, Martin Luther King Jr., George Washington and Franklin D. Roosevelt monuments.
"John F. Kennedy's grave is in Arlington Cemetery," said Rodesh, adding they also visited embassy row. "We also went to the Smithsonian Institute and the Holocaust Museum. We were given tours of the senators' and representatives' office buildings as well."
Students also had the opportunity meet U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, as well as visit the White House.
MyKenna Risler said she was excited to have gone on the trip.
"We got to see some of the government's function and debates, the monuments and how nice everything is," she said.
"It was kind of a precursor to college and getting out in the real world," said Rodesh. "You got to see a bigger city. It brought that to life. It focused on government and the world."
"It was a great experience," said Melville. "It put us in a place with people we didn't know. It got us ready for the college experience."


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Area briefs: Clemson men's cross country places third
Published: Saturday, October 19, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, October 20, 2013 at 12:47 a.m.
In Terre Haute, Ind., behind a sixth-place showing from sophomore Roland Hakes, the Clemson men's cross country team finished third Saturday in the white division race at the Pre-Nationals. The competition, held at the same course that hosts the NCAA Championships next month, spanned an 8K distance at the LaVern Gibson course.
LIMESTONE: In Virginia Beach, Va., the No. 8 women's field hockey team (10-3, 8-0 ISA) was defeated by No. 2 Millersville (12-1, 5-1 PSAC) 2-1.
... The women's soccer team (4-6-3, 2-3-2) was defeated by Lees-McRae College (9-6, 7-1) 2-0.
... The men's (2-1) and women's (2-1) swim teams earned victories over St. Andrews (0-1). The men got a 111-94 victory while the women earned an 88-35 win.
... The men's soccer team (9-2, 6-0) used three first half goals to remain perfect in the Conference Carolinas standings as it blanked Lees-McRae College (6-6-1, 4-3) by a final of 3-0.
SOUTH CAROLINA: In Terre Haute, Ind., Meredith Mill posted her fourth top-10 finish of the season, helping the cross country team to an eighth-place showing in the White Race at the Indiana State Pre-National Invitational.
... In Chapel Hill, N.C., women's tennis freshman Brigit Folland advanced to the quarterfinals of the USTA/ITA Carolina Regional Championships.
... In Cary, N.C., the No. 32 Tsvetan Mihov and Thiago Pinheiro of the men's tennis team moved into the quarterfinals of the ITA Carolina Regional.
... In Huntington, W.Va., in its sixth overtime game of the season, the men's soccer team (5-5-4, 2-1-2 C-USA) played to a 1-1 draw with Marshall (2-7-5, 0-2-2 C-USA).
USC UPSTATE: In Jacksonville, Fla., the volleyball team fell on the road to the Jacksonville Dolphins 3-0 in Atlantic Sun action at Swisher Gym. The Dolphins won the match by scores of 25-14, 25-21 and 28-26.
... In Jacksonville, Fla., Tevin Gage scored in the 79th minute to give the Spartans a 4-1 lead and the men's soccer team held off a late North Florida rally to take a 4-3 victory.
WOFFORD: Junior Taylor Baird had a match-high 18 kills to lead the volleyball team to a win over Davidson, 3-1 (25-22, 14-25, 25-20, 25-23).
... Five different Terriers found the back of the net as the men's soccer team defeated the UNCG Spartans, 5-1, in Southern Conference play.
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This question already has an answer here:
I have game situation as shown in picture:
- Red dot: player
- Brown dot: obstacle ( rock, tree, etc)
- Grey: non visible area ( under fog of war)
My question is: how can I draw that kind of shape, changed dynamically, with XNA 4.0. I can calculate each point of this shadow polygon. I would avoid drawing it pixel by pixel due to performance reasons, maybe particles? But i won't have sharp edges with this technique. Any tips?


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The Gold Medal Award has been awarded annually since 1994 and is given to a distinguished member of the research community who has made extraordinary contributions in the field of vaccinology or a complementary field. Each recipient is a role model for young researchers, someone whose career has saved lives through the development and use of vaccines. The Medal is the highest scientific honor given by the Sabin Vaccine Institute and commemorates the legacy of the late Dr. Albert B. Sabin. This prestigious award was presented by the Sabin Vaccine Institute (Sabin) as part of the NFID annual conference.
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text: caveat: you'd have to deal with the fact that recursion would include the 2nd site's files within the first index, since the filetree includes both sites. Peter Karman scribbled on 4/10/05 6:13 PM: > if you have access to the filesystem where the files are stored, is there some > advantage to using the spider at all? > > otherwise you could do: > > swish-e -i /path/to/site1 -c config1 > > and > > swish-e -i /path/to/site1/site2 -c config2 > > which would be both faster and create two different indexes for searching. > > fh oregon scribbled on 4/10/05 6:02 PM: > >>My goal here is to have the main site and the virtual site(s) indexed >>and searchable. The more I mull this over I came up with a way to fake >>out the indexer. As a test, I placed a (hidden) link on the main page >>directly to the /SFCC directory and !!! It looks like it is all working >>now. I need to do more testing. >> >>-fh >> >>Bill Moseley wrote: >> >> >> >>>On Sat, Apr 09, 2005 at 11:10:12AM -0700, fh oregon wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>The root of the site (frankhunt.com) is /web/httpd/htdocs Within that >>>>directory is the main index.html as well as a few other html documents >>>>and directorys for other parts of the site. One of those directorys is >>>>/web/httpd/htdocs/SFCC which is the root of the >>>>siliconforestcorvetteclub.com domain. >>>> >>>> >>> >>>Again, the spider has NO knowledge of your directory structure. If >>>you spider frankhunt.com and there's no pages in frankhunt.com in CFCC >>>then it won't spider them. >>> >>>Try it yourself. Go to frankhunt.com and only click on links that >>>include frankhunt.com as the host name. That's all that will be >>>indexed. That link to CFCC is not the same host name. >>> >>>Look, you also link to http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/ -- >>>do you expect that to get indexed? And everything it links to, also? >>> >>>Sounds like you are not clear on how web servers map directories. >>> >>> >>> >> >> > -- Peter Karman . http://peknet.com/ . peter(at)not-real.peknet.comReceived on Sun Apr 10 16:16:50 2005


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I have been studying to prevent my web app against XSS.
I read about it on OWASP and other security channels, they all say that use ESAPI and similar library, and also do input filtering through whitelist approach.
However, I use a framework, which by default encodes (Webobjects), so using ESAPI changes my input , and this option is not for me.
The second option, using whitelist approach. I support many languages like japanese, russian, korean etc, so how do I decide a whitelist approach ?
Also, why is whitelist approach better than blacklist approach as mentioned by OWASP. Why not just block a handfull of characters used in XSS like < , > , etc


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By Dr. Paul J. Balles
If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.Americans refuse to end the reign of the National Rifle Association's (NRA) gun control lobby. The lobby has insisted for 125 years that the 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution guarantees the right of every American to own a gun.
-Robert Burton
Buy the hype in that position and then listen to the same NRA Americans and supporters calling for Hezbollah to give up their weapons. The Lebanese Hezbollah used their guns in the way that Americans never had to--to defend against an invasion.
The American position on gun control hasn't changed. Yet they want Lebanese citizens controlled, meaning no private ownership of guns for defense.
If that's not perfidy, duplicity and deceit, what is?
Known and very popular cialis coupon which gives all the chance to receive a discount for a preparation which has to be available and exactly cialis coupons has been found in the distant room of this big house about which wood-grouses in the houses tell.
Either give up guns in America or stop clamoring for Hezbollah to give up theirs.
George W. Bush, spoke of confronting "the great challenge of this century, and it's this: as young democracies flourish, terrorists try to stop their progress. And it's the great challenge of the United States and others who are blessed with living in free countries."
Included among Bush's "flourishing democracies" and "free countries" is the apartheid regime of Israel which grew out of the afterburner of Irgun and the Strern Gang--two of history's worst terrorist organizations, one of which was led by Menachem Begin, who later became Israel's prime minister.
If that's not perfidy, duplicity and deceit, what is?
Further expanding on his reference to terrorists," Bush added: "They try to spread their jihadist message, a message I call--it's totalitarian in nature--Islamic radicalism, Islamic Fascism; they try to spread it as well by taking the attack to those of us who love freedom."
If the labeling of the "jihadist message" as "Islamic Fascism" was Bush's idea of shifting the Nazi-like superior race image from an apartheid regime's treatment of Palestinians, he compounds the foolishness with his reference to "those of us who love freedom."
On October 17, George W. Bush signed into law the Military Commissions Act of 2006. This new law gives Bush power similar to that of Stalin or Hitler, and grants agencies within the executive branch powers similar to those of the KGB or Gestapo. This is supposed to represent "those of us who love freedom."
If that's not perfidy, duplicity and deceit, what is?
Mike Whitney writes of the Russian president: "Putin has been criticized for using oil and natural gas to send a message to rivals in Georgia and Ukraine. Vice President Cheney has called this 'blackmail'. In reality, it is an effective and peaceful way to send a message to provocateurs that there are limits to one's patience. It is unwise to tweak the nose of the man who is heating your house and powering your vehicle.
"Besides, Cheney is the last one who should be talking about 'energy blackmail'. Can anyone forget the extortion-racket that Enron conducted against the American people; bilking them of tens of billions of dollars while the Federal Energy Commission (FEC) breezily looked the other way? Or the skyrocketing gas prices (which created unprecedented profits for the oil giants) which have mysteriously plummeted at the pump just weeks before the mid-term elections?"
If that's not perfidy, duplicity and deceit, what is?
The only country to ever use nuclear bombs is readying itself to bomb a country that defiantly works on developing nuclear power. The only Middle Eastern country possessing nuclear bombs is Israel, and Israel hasn't signed the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty. Nobody ever talks or writes about the dangers of Israel's nuclear capacity.
Don't forget that this one Middle Eastern country with weapons of mass destruction just finished a bloodbath in Lebanon along with the insane destruction of the country's infrastructure--bridges, roads, airports, power plants--with no regard for human life; and their WMDs are simply accepted without question.
If that's not perfidy, duplicity and deceit, what is?
I could go on for pages and pages with examples of perfidy, duplicity and deceit by the world's worst snake-oil peddlers. The administration, its shills in Congress and the judiciary have all either taken part in the deceptions or they've turned another cheek--and that's not a reference to the one next to the nose.
As one commentator said, "I don't know how many of these logical inconsistencies you can hold in your mind at one time, but I guess they're counting on you holding a bunch of them."
I don't know about you? I've had enough! They're making me ill.
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perfidy, duplicity and SELF-deceit
I've watched for years while the NRA advocates unrestricted gun ownership for SOME Americans and insists that others be disarmed. I've watched for years while liberals advocate repeal of the Second Amendment but insist that the other nine are sacred.
I have a lot in common with the NRA in as much as I own several guns and believe that the Second Amendment guarantees every American the right to own guns. Where I differ with the NRA is that I see nothing in the Second Amendment which says that convicted criminals ought to be disarmed. Unlike the NRA, I think that when you grant government's authority to take rights away from anyone for any reason, then you place the rights of everyone in jeopardy.
For example: If government can take away my right to own guns because I'm a convicted drug dealer, then government can take away your right to free speech because you're a convicted spouse abuser -- or maybe you have unpaid parking tickets -- or maybe you got drunk and beat up the mayor -- or maybe George W. Bush thinks you look like an unlawful enemy combatant.
Of course I'm not a convicted drug dealer and you're probably not convicted of anything either, but my point should be obvious: If my rights are not inviolable, then neither are yours. If you want to repeal the Second Amendment, who are you to object if I want to repeal the First or the Third or the Fifth?
Another point where I differ with both the NRA and liberals is that both groups are pro-law enforcement. The NRA can't cheer loud enough when cops are granted power to break down doors without warning, power to conduct warrentless searches, the right to use "coerced testimony," etc. But who does the NRA suppose will go door to door impounding weapons if and when the anti-gun lobby gets its wish and the Second Amendment is repealed? And liberals can't cheer loud enough when cops set up some poor slob like Randy Weaver and then bust him for selling an illegal weapon? But who do liberals suppose will go door-to-door arresting "unlawful enemy combatants" if and when George W. Bush decides to use his newly granted "decider" powers to lock up people he doesn't like? Hint: Some of the goofballs over on HuffPo have recently posted their expectation that, if push comes to shove, cops will refuse to do Dubya's bidding and may actually stage a revolt.
Cops are agents of Authority, and Authority doesn't like people who have either the will (liberals) or the means (gun owners) to resist Authority. People who rely on the police to protect them are deluded. The time will come when both the NRA and the liberals will rue the day that they placed their trust in police.
Every street-wise person knows that cops cannot be trusted. Every street-wise person knows that cops cannot and will not protect them. Liberals who want Democrats to win and hold a congressional majority will be smart to keep their anti-gun sentiments out of sight and their anti-gun lips buttoned tight. Street-wise Americans want to keep their weapons.
Frank Borelli said:
Constitutional Freedoms
Hmmm... it seems to me that the article is about how America views, and wants to treat, American citizens differently than warring and violent terrorist organizations in the middle east. While I don't agree with most of what is expressed in the article, I have to admit that it's well written; well thought out; and at least makes the reader think. Whether I ultimately decide to agree or disagree is a personal decision based on my own beliefs and values - and, in this case, not because the article was hobbled together with a 1st-grade vocabulary (which it wasn't) and constructed poorly (which it wasn't). So the article in and of itself was enough to make me at least think about the author's point of view.
However, the first comment posted above doesn't appear to be about the apparent conflict that exists between America's beliefs and America's actions (as delineated in the article). That comment is nothing more than an attack on the National Rifle Association and makes several mistakes in supporting that attack.
First, and most glaring to me, the NRA does not "The NRA can't cheer loud enough when cops are granted the power to break down doors without warning..." The reader/writer seems to feel that the NRA just loves the police and uses them as agents of authority. Here's a hint: the NRA has no control over the police AT ALL. The NRA has often called attention to the wrongness of police misusing their authority. The NRA fought against the police confiscating weapons in New Orleans. The NRA stood up against federal agents misusing their authority at Ruby Ridge. The NRA has never called for a reduction of any other Constitutionally protected right and indeed promotes the opinion that our 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms was specifically designed by our fore fathers to insure the government can never become a tyranny or dictatorship.
What I think scares me most is that the reader/writer seems to feel that we, as a society, are wrong for keeping weapons out of the hands of people who have proven themselves violent. Drug dealers, murderers, robbers, rapists... if the reader/writer believes that those convicted criminals should keep their 2nd Amendment rights, then he should also believe that every citizen has a right to carry a gun to defend themselves against those crimes. And if that were the case, there simply wouldn't be as many criminals in prison. They'd have been shot by law abiding citizens - those the criminals try to victimize.
Stay on point. If you're upset with the U.S. for foreign policy, then so be it. No one can make everyone happy all of the time. If you're a reader who somehow thinks that the NRA is responsible for Israel having nuclear weapons... get a grip.
Jimmy Montague said:
Not anti-NRA but anti-inconsistency
I don't mind the NRA and never said I was against them. I only point out that the NRA is logically inconsistent in its position that convicted criminals should lose their Second Amendment rights. I say that's inconsistent because either our rights are "inalienable" ("inviolable" was the wrong word, sorry) or they are not. If our rights are NOT inalienable, then we never get through arguing over whose rights will be forfeit and who gets to keep theirs. In that argument, our "rights" are no longer rights but privileges and are therefore reduced to political footballs.
Yes. I do believe that every citizen has a right to carry a gun. Yes. I understand the consequences of that position. And I stand by it regardless. That's because of my point about how supposedly "inalienable" rights become mere privileges, which can be revoked at will by whoever has the authority.
I also attacked liberals for being logically inconsistent. On the one hand they believe we don't need guns because the police will protect us from criminals or from authority run amok. On the other hand they fear that authority (George Bush) will use the authority Congress recently granted him and send police (whom liberals suppose will protect us) to round up political dissidents (oops! I mean terrorist suspects). If we don't need guns because police will protect us, who or what will protect us from police?
Jimmy Montague said:
NOT anti-NRA but anti-inconsistency
Mr. Borelli: I have nothing against the NRA, never said I did and never accused them of using the police as agents of authority. Maybe you'd better read my post again.
What I did say about the NRA (in different words) is that the NRA favors tough law-enforcement. They approve of no-knock searches and other tough police tactics when those tactics are used against "real criminals" like drug dealers. The NRA believes that "real criminals" ought to lose their Second Amendment rights.
I said that the NRA's position there is not only a mistake, it's logically inconsistent. I said so because, once you concede that government has the authority to deny the constitutional right of ANY ONE PERSON, then the rights of EVERYONE are in jeopardy. In fact, by conceding that the rights of some are NOT inalienable, you admit that our "rights" are not rights at all but mere privileges which can be granted or revoked by whoever has the authority to do so. Our so-called rights are thus become political footballs adrift in the political wind.
That's why I say it's both a mistake and a logical inconsistency to insist that convicted criminals be disarmed. It's also a mistake to insist that convicted criminals be disenfranchised, and for the same reasons. If anyone's rights can be taken from them, then neither your rights nor mine are secure.
The NRA now fears liberals because liberals typically favor gun-control and SOME liberals want to repeal the Second Amendment. So the NRA spends lots of time and mega-millions of dollars to keep liberals from despoiling the Second Amendment.
How much easier and cheaper it would be for the NRA (and for the rest of us) if we held everyone's rights inalienable, as the Founders did in their famous Declaration of Independence. We could quit arguing over who has what rights and get to work on fixing some of our other problems.
My post also attacked liberals for their logical inconsistency. On the one hand, they want you and me to give up our guns because, they say, the police will protect us from crime and from tyrants. On the other hand, liberals fear that George Bush will soon use the authority granted him by Congress to round up political dissidents. But if the police will protect us from tyrants, as liberals hope and claim, who will George Bush send to round up the dissidents? Spanky and Our Gang? The Keystone Cops?
You know and I know who the government will send. Liberals know, too, else what are they worried about? In their hearts they know the police will not protect them, which is why I used the word "self-deceit" in the title of my original post.
Finally, for what it's worth: The argument I've made here bears on Dr. Balles' article because Dr. Balles is right: Uncle Sam's insistence that Hezbollah be disarmed is hypocritical in light of the fact that Uncle Sam doesn't (yet) disarm political dissidents here at home. My post argues that Uncle Sam's inconsistency in Lebanon reflects similar inconsistencies in the thinking of Americans generally.
Let me close by expressing my sincerest hope that America will find a way to resolve such inconsistencies without making a mockery of our Constitution by trammeling the rights of anyone.
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When are you people going to learn? !!!
When are you people going to learn the difference between a Constitutional Republic and a damned "Democracy"? Our Founding Fathers gave us a Constitutional Republic, not a "democracy" and stated, "you have a REPUBLIC now, if you can keep it"! "democracy" is just another name for communism !!!
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Second Amendment.
As far as the Second Amendment goes, it says, "the right of the people", not the Army, not the Navy, not the Air Force, etc., "the right of the people to keep and bare arms shall not be infringed"! Oh, by the way, what part of "shall not be infringed" do you not understand?


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We are going to Japan for 3 weeks in the beginning of April and would like to spend a couple of days in Seoul. How do we get there? And how expensive is the ferry from southern japan to Busan in South Korea?
You have asked at the right place because I happen to have six brochures with me all about ferries between Japan and Korea and I've done this very trip six times and used most of the ferries at least once!
User humphreyb has already told you all about the fast hydrofoil ferry, so I will concentrate on the other (overnight) ferries.
Sadly the Seco Grand Ferry which operated out of Moji has gone out of business )-:
Both ferries still in operation only have sites in Japanese and Korean but there are some indirect sites with English. Don't worry, you can get your hotel or hostel in either country to call them and there have always been English speakers at the ticket windows when I've gone there.
Why would anyone choose the slow ferry when the fast hydrofoil is only $30 to $40 more expensive?
Payment and money
You can pay with credit card for the ticket in either country but there will also be some annoying terminal fees which must be paid in cash! I have been caught out twice and had to run around looking for an ATM! I believe all the ferry terminals have a currency exchange with fair rates.
It is very wise to have some currency ready for when you arrive at the other side since credit cards and even ATM cards have some unexpected problems in both countries. I once had to walk from the Hakata port to downtown Fukuoka because I couldn't get bus money!
You will often see Hakata, which is the name of the port of Fukuoka. As far as you are concerned they are the same place. Shimonoseki is small and only has one name.
Fukuoka or Shimonoseki?
Fukuoka is about 100km further south than Shimonoseki, so further away from Tokyo if that's where you're coming from / going to.
Fukuoka: ACROS on the left, Canal City on the right:
Both ferries
Second class (dormitory) on the left, communal bath on the right:
Camellia Line / Korea Ferry Company
This ferry runs out of Hakata, Fukuoka in Japan, the same terminal as the place the hydrofoil runs out of. It runs out of Busan, South Korea, the same as all other ferries to Japan.
NOTE both the brochures and the websites differ on the Busan to Fukuoka details between the Japanese and Korean versions!
Japanese fare table / Korean fare table (both work in Google Translate)
There are also other classes, including private rooms and suites but I can't translate.
Kampu Ferry / SeongHee
This ferry runs out of Shimonoseki, Japan. It runs out of Busan, South Korea, the same as all other ferries to Japan.
Japanese fare table / Korean fare table (both work in Google Translate)
There are also other classes, including private rooms and suites but I can't translate.
You might be able to get a student discount at the counter.
Trains from Busan to Seoul
Korea has several levels of train service and the slowest ones are much cheaper but still very modern and comfortable and still pretty quick. The ones I noticed going to Seoul last time I was in Busan were KTX, Saemaul, and Mugunghwa. But you might find the other types also when you get there.
The various kinds of trains have different ranges of classes which may includ unassigned seating tickets as the cheapest option. I always take the Mugunghwa as it's cheap even on a backpacker budget, I'm usually not in a hurry, it's comfy enough to fall asleep on, and it's not any slower at 5 hours than the Saemaul.
Here's an idea of times and prices in decreasing order of price for a single adult:
Trains for the Japanese ferry terminals
Both Shimonoseki and Fukuoka are well connected by train to all of Japan.
There is a short walk between the Shimonoseki terminal and the train station, mostly on an elevated walkway. You might want to take a taxi if you have lots of luggage.
There is a bus connection between the Hakata/Fukuoka ferry terminal and downtown Fukuoka. You will need Japanese cash for this bus! Beware that Fukuoka has two centres so make sure you know where you're heading depending on whether you're staying there or going straight to the train station.
More photos
Ticket counters in the Busan ferry terminal. To Shimonoseki on the left, to Fukuoka on the right:
The Fukuoka (Hakata) ferry terminal:
The Shimonoseki ferry terminal:
The Busan ferry terminal:
NOTE these are not the only ferries between Korea and Japan
If you follow some of the links above you will see also ferries to Osaka but they take more time and seemed to be less regular, more like cruises, more "romantic", and harder to work out the exact details for.
(I cannot find information for some details, or I have conflicting information. If you know the actual details for anything marked "??" then please edit this answer to fill it in)
You can get a Hydrofoil between Fukuoka and Busan. It costs 13 000 yen per adult one way and takes about three hours. A few leave each day but you will need to book ahead. You book online and when you check in you'll need to show the credit card you used to pay for it, or some other proof of purchase. There is also a 1 500 yen 'fuel surcharge' payment when you check in. I took one three years ago and had no dramas. However I had to book months in advance as it was the holiday season.
You can also get a ferry from Shimonoseki to Busan. It's a bit cheaper, however it is about 10 hours and the website isn't in English.
Once in Busan you can get to Seoul by taking an 'Express Bus'. They are very cheap and run frequently. No pre-booking is required.
here is a transportation tip in Korea. If you are planing to visit Korea from Japan by ferry, and move to Seoul area from Busan, taking KTX(train) is better than taking a bus. You can save your time and KTX is the fastest way from Busan to Seoul. Seat is convenient and you can buy some food in the train. Also if you are with friends you can buy a save pass too. If you have this pass, you can take any KTX everywhere you want to. And there is express train between Seoul station and Incheon International Airport so if you are going to the airport, you can take this train. Thanks.


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The printed 2013-2014 Georgia Hunting Seasons and Regulations Guide contains an error regarding dates of archery season at Flint River WMA, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Wildlife Resources Division.
The error, on p. 53 of the printed guide, lists the archery season as Sept. 14-20, 2013, incorrectly shortening the season on the WMA by three weeks. The correct date range for the archery season as relates to Flint River WMA is Sept. 14-Oct. 13, 2013.
Flint River WMA is a 2,300-acre management area found in both Dooly and Macon counties. Opportunities for hunting on this area include deer, turkey, small game, hog and dove.
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Underneath the overcast and gloom a community managed to find hope through their prayers.
They looked to God for the strength to carry on after a series of tragedies took the lives of 5 students who attended Volunteer Comprehensive High School in Church Hill.
One died from an illness and four others were killed in three separate car accidents.
The names of the students were read the Monday night vigil: Jimmy Cradic, Locata Allison, Billy Nauert, Destiny Stapleton, and Payton Flanary.
Payton Flanary's father Jackie organized in the vigil to help his community heal.
"We are just trying to win everybody that we can, that God knows what he's doing. And that he's gonna help, God knows what's going on in this community," said Jackie Flanary.
And together they prayed and marched step by step around the school.
Jackie Flanary tells News 5 his son Payton was killed in a car accident about three weeks before Christmas.
Rachelle Housewright was one Payton's closest friends; she described the last conversation they had.
"He told me that God had a plan for us, we we're talking about how something good was going to happen. It's changed all of Volunteer [High School]. It's quiet in the halls, now people have come together a lot," Rachelle Housewright.
And now the community hopes the worst is over and pray that good is on the way.
Vigil also remembered a teacher in the school system that recently died from a medical condition.


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Ok, so week 15 isn't quite over yet. I'll be riding into work in the next 30 minutes or so.
This week I've been working a later schedule. Arriving at around 8:15 and heading home at 5:30. At almost 4 months of commuting, I'm pretty comfortable wondering around the office in my cycling kit and was caught off guard the last couple of days when co-workers looked me up and down and said, "you riding your bike home?"
Decked out in my Lycra shorts, carrying a helmet & water bottle, I have to wonder what else these people suspect I might be doing. Perhaps they're familiar with the OED's definition of cycling shorts:
But I'm not sure anyone has worn cycling shorts as a "fashion item" since the early 1990s.
So I find myself explaining my commute to people who haven't yet noticed that I'm that weird guy who dresses up in skin-tight clothes and actually pedals into work each day. "Do you ride everyday?" "How far is it?" "How long does it take?" How long would it take me to ride 25 miles? An hour?" I'm happy to talk about it, but mostly, I just want to get on with the ride.
Next week I'll be back to my normal shift and the same people who are already familiar, if still not comfortable, with my morning and afternoon costume change.


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Let $G$ be a reductive group, $F$ a Frobenius morphism, $B$ a Borel subgroup $F$-stable and consider the finite groups $G^F$ and $U^F$ where $U$ is the radical unipotent of $B=UT$ ($T$ torus).
I would like a reference for the description of the algebra $End_{G^F}( \mathbb{C}[G^F/U^F] )$. More precisely, I'd like to relate it with a structure of Hecke algebra, which is usually defined as $End_{G^F}( \mathbb{C}[G^F/B^F] ) := End_{G^F} ( Ind_{B^F}^{G^F} 1 )$. I hope to find that the endomorphism algebra is isomorphic to some kind of extension of the Hecke algebra by the torus $T$.
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©2005 Dean Koontz; (P)2005 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.
"Other Reviewers Are Nuts"
I'm glad I didn't buy into these other reviews. Like them, I thoroughly enjoyed Book 1 and by reading these reviews I was very worried about Book 2. Luckily I downloaded it anyway and found out that:
A) It's *NOT* redundant. Like any saga I've ever read, it tries to keep anyone who just picked up this book a reference to what's going on. Other than that it's got new characters and the same wonderful storyline that captured me in book one.
B) While Scott Brick did a fine job on Book 1, the reader for Book 2 is just as engaging. I'm just as entranced by this book as I was the first because the story is so compelling.
I am an avid listener. I listen between 75-100 hours per month on my iPhone: 60% fiction to 40% non-fiction.
"A Good Middle"
I love the first book, and the second is the classic middle of a three ACT structure. The first book sets Adventure, gets all the players in the right position with their motivations; the second set their allies and they engage in some preemptory skirmishes; the third book is setup for major conflict ? it is going to be good.
I like the narrator from the first book better though.
"Hacking Out a Story"
I've purchased 2/3 of his books but this may well be my last Koontz novel. I can't afford to invest time in listening to books with no ending and this book fell 8 hours short. I forgave the first book because I was certain that he'd wrap up the story or like the other serial-character books he has written, bring it to satisfying open end. In conclusion! Dean: How many characters in your books are going to walk around saying "tick tock" This was the third novel with one, not including the one where it's the title.
Dog Walker
"Monstrously Good"
A contemporary look at Mary Shelley's monster and his creator. You won't be able to turn off your IPod; you'll just HAVE to know what happens next.
"Narrator Changed for this Production"
This is a warning to all you who like/love Scott Brick, who narrated (so well) the unabridged version of Book One of this series: John Bedford Lloyd narrates the Audible abridged version of Book One AND Audible unabridged Book Two.
Why is this? Because Random House Audio has JBL reading the novel for all their publications of this book series, and Books on Tape has Scott reading their production. Audible has Books on Tape as the source for the unabridged version of Book One and then switched to Random House for the unabriged Book Two.
So when you continue on to Audible's unabridged version Book Two, expecting to hear Scott, what you will instead hear Random House's John Bedford Lloyd reading it. Lloyd is not as good as Scott IMHO, but he does a reasonable job overall, perhaps overdoing some female parts.
Narrator not withstanding, this is still a good book (bit too much review of Book One though to start) and has me anxiously waiting for Dean to complete the Book Three.
I hope Audible returns to the Books on Tape version, with Scott Brick, when Dean releases the third book in about a year from now--without a collaborator this time (he admits he is not a good collaborator).
After listening to the first two books, I think I would have rather just read the second book, instead of listening to it. Scott Brick, who narrated the first book, is excellent. The narrator for the second book isn't so good. He gives Madison and O'Connor horrible accents (it makes O'Connor sound like a Southern belle instead of a tough homicide detective).
I agree that there was a bit too much repetition, but it didn't completely bother me. Looking forward to the third book (I hope Scott Brick is the narrator!).
"Just wait for the next book"
My cousin listened to this audible book and I did afterwards. I give it a 2.5 and the first book about a 4.
Nothing really happens in this book and I was angry I used a book credit for it. Some of it is the first book re-told, and a minor incident in the overall plot unfolds. Other than that it sets you up for some fight for the end of the world and then ends.
I'm sure book 3 will recount book two (as this one recounts book one) and then (hopefully) finish the darn story.
I suppose it's a marketing strategy to drag out a book. Perhaps Koontz is copying King (notice that Koontz didn't write it alone - I wonder how much he did write) by making multiple part books. If he's going to do this the least he could do is allow for a main conflict, a climax and resolution, which this book totally lacks.
It was a fun listen, but like most lengthy tales, the ending leaves a little to be desired. If a person liked the first Frankenstein book, then this one is a must-have. A person could start with this one, but I'd advise against it. The most frustrating part is the time between volumes -- it makes it difficult to keep up with the story.
Management consultant, video game player, avid reader of all types of books, and happily married father of four. I'll read just about anything, from Fantasy and SciFi, to mysteries and ChickLit.
"Starting to drag"
Mr. Koontz seems to be an expert at making a series of events drag out over as long a period as possible. The first book in this series was an excellent setup to the proposed trilogy, with just the right mix of plot action and character development. This novel does expand on both of those points, but doesn't really seem to contain enough plot to warrant its length or status as the second book in a trilogy.
An important bridge novel, I'm looking forward to seeing how events unfold in the (hopefully!) conclusion in Book 3. So, buy it, but don't expect to be satisfied at the end.
"A letdown if you just finished book 1"
This book should have been the end to book 1. It seemed to be cut off and packaged to make more money.
The story repeats the details and rules about how the new race work, why, etc., for about an hour or more, making it for a suspiciously short koontz book at 6 or so hours after all the repeats. All the repitition would only be good if you forgot all about book one.
Re: other review: How can you review a book two days before it comes out?
The narrator gives the two police officers terribly cheesy accents. I don't know if its southern or what, but they don't sound appropriate.
Overall, it was a letdown. I waited eagerly and bought this book the day it came out, having been gripped by book 1 and wanting to know how things turned out. Book one was a good twist on an old tail.
Sadly disappointing.
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import x, y, z from module. I'm not a native speaker, but isn't the latter more correct/natural?
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Suppose we have a set $X$ with $X=U \cup V$. If we pick a permutation $f$ of $U$ and a permutation $g$ of $V$ which agree on the intersection $U \cap V$, we can coalesce them into one big endo-map $F$ of $X$. In general, of course, $F$ is no longer a permutation - we can only say that it is onto. A counter-example is fun to think of - for example, if $X$ is finite, then $F$ is always a permutation.
Now let $X, U$ and $V$ be open subsets of $\Bbb{R}^n$, and suppose $f$ and $g$ are smooth homeomorphisms. I have been unable to come up with a single example for which the above patching fails "badly", say for which the set of points $x$ having more than one pre-image had positive measure.
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That's the last thing this city needs is another stadium it cannot possibly fill.Hide replies
or another negative for no apparent reason blogger.
ANOTHER stadium we cannot fill? Obviously you do not attend weekend Brewer games. The last arena built was Miller Park. They may not pull as many fans as the Packers or Badgers; but, for being small market the Brewers are Top 6 in attendance in each of the last 3 years, even pulling more fans (over 3 Million in 2 of the last 3 seasons) than even teams in some "larger" markets do. So where does this comment about "ANOTHER STADIUM IT CANNOT POSSIBLY FILL" come from?
Before Miller Park, the Brewers couldn't sell out a game if they tried. Once MP was finished and open, it drew more fans in the first 2 years and allowed for more money to go into improving the franchise via fans curious about the new park. And through the development of young talent and being able to sign some higher priced players (even if they bombed ie: Eric Gagne, Jeff Suppan) and paying the young talent to stay a little longer, we got back to our winning ways and the playoffs. If the new life and money were not injected into the Crew, we could not have signed guys like Gallardo and Braun to the hefty long term deals.
In short, a new stadium could be the life blood the Bucks need to help bring in some "fresh blood" to help fill the arena line the pockets of the franchise. And I will gladly pay an increased tax to help build a new arena to improve the local economy in the future.Hide replies
It's not that we can't fill it, it's that we don't want to fill it. When the league goes out its way to show how little Milwaukee matters to it, it makes it hard for me to care if the game is played at all.
My guess is that you're not much of a sports fan to begin with a defeatist attitude like that.
Stimulus money should have come to Milwaukee to build an new facility and create jobs instead of being wasted on risky green energy company which predicatably failed.
How many people were layed off from BMO Harris to pay for making the NBA happy?Hide replies
Don't worry, the salary of the people laid off by BMO is barely a fraction of a percent of what they blew on naming rights for the BC. You have to focus on what's good for business. And it's more important to plaster your name on crappy sporting venues than it is to focus on customer service. Their $8 ATM fees are what keeps me coming back.
Take it easy....this is all budgeted marketing dollars that were going to get spent regardless of what happened. They came into a new market through the M&I acquisition and this was problem a golden opportunity for them to spen their marketing dollars wisely....more bang for the buck.
*probably...not problem
Blame Mark Furlong and Dennis Kuester for the layoffs. They are the ones that destroyed a solid bank. M&I survived the depression but not Marky Mark and Dennis the Menace
And why should I, or anyone care that the NBA is happy that we now have Kohl's sponsored door on the BMO Harris Bradley Center? The same under-capacity crowds are going to pass through those doors as did last year. Frankly, I would be happy if BMO Harris put as much interest in keeping me happy as a client!Hide replies
change banks if you don't like the service.
I bet those people won't attend a single game.Hide replies
I'm not even one of those people and I still won't attend a single game.
BMO isn't a welfare agency-if people aren't doing needed work it's irresponsible to keep them on the payroll. I'm pleasantly surprised at how much investment BMO is making in Milwaukee.Hide replies
Usually BMO sponsors Hockey and Soccer where they do business. I like what I see in committment to our town.
Exactly! They've done quite a bit for the area in a short amount of time
NEWS FLASH: porta john and the bmo whatever center are happy to announce a 3 week naming rights program for all restrooms on the lower level only
Who here that read this artical really gives 2 shi*s what the NBA thinks? The league is like pro wrestling with a basketball.Hide replies
Take the NBA and the prison population would increase just that much more in this country.
Whoa, slow down there bigot boy . . . .
If you don't like the NBA that's ok, but don't go talking like a friggen idiot!
Yeah no kidding. I'm not much a NBA fan either but at least as a fellow Milwaukeean you can appreciate it's place in the local economy.
"Villkommen to der BMO Harris Bank Braddddleeee Cennnntair. You vill sitt down, you vill schuttt uppp, und you vill luff itt.....OR ELSE! Das ist all you need to know !
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I've spent several hours combing the documentation trying to figure out how to set a tooltip in Architect. Obviously, since I'm posting here, I've had no luck. I have a button, and I see where it says "tooltip" and I've clicked that and opened up the code. I took what it said at face value and wrote an object {"string"}; and that didn't work. I tried "string" and looked at the results after saving and rendering to the JS file, and it looks like it should work but when I hover the mouse over the button, nada. I've tried all sorts of combinations but nothing seems to work. I cannot find a single solitary example in the documentation.
As always, any help at all would be appreciated.
15 Nov 2012 10:48 AM #2
You may have to initialize quicktips.
In your launch code put the following line:
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Plasma gouging, although not necessarily as well-known as plasma cutting, is one of four methods of gouging that can be used for a variety of industrial applications. Different techniques bring about different results, depending on the application.
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Your car engine's water-cooling system has a lot in common with the cooling system in your plasma cutter: Both use water and coolant, a pump, cooling hoses, and a heat exchanger to remove energy from a heat source.
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A trained plasma technician can tell a lot about the health of a plasma system if he learns how to inspect the electrode, understands normal wear patterns, and knows how to spot signs of trouble. This article shows the difference between good and bad wear in air and oxygen plasma systems.
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The evolution of high power dry plasma technology and other cutting methods, such as conventional dual gas PAC, water injection PAC, high precision PAC, and laser for metal fabrication. Variables such as, process speed, cut quality, productivity, and cost per foot are discussed in detail.
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Awesome Metal-Mosher band with songs such as "Perseverance," "This Is Now," and "I Will Be Heard" that everyone should listen to.
That moshpit was incredible...must've been at a Hatebreed show.
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A really good band from New Haven, CT.
"The Rise of Brutality" is a good album by Hatebreed"
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Awesome hardcore metalband, with 1 of the world's deadliest moshpits. Trust me, I've been in 1. More than 1 person has been brought to the hospital with a broken neck or a skull fracture.
-During a concert:"Ok, if someone starts bleeding, leave them alone, and when someone falls pick him up." The singer said after yet another person had broken his arm.
by Athlas July 11, 2005
An extreme action word.
We're gonna pick up this dresser, and just hatebreed it right over the bed.
If we get to the show late, we'll just hatebreed our ways to the front.
Look at that guy over there just hatebreeding.
If we get to the show late, we'll just hatebreed our ways to the front.
Look at that guy over there just hatebreeding.
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A child born as a product of rape.
John Does mother got pregnant from being raped making him a hatebreed.
by xhotmessx September 17, 2008
a large man at a heavy metal concert (normally bald with beard) who stands in the middle of a mosh pit untill the end, then walks out and brags about how he "ownd the pit" and often heard saying "i set off a shit tornado"
tht douche in the pit is a total hatebreed.
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I apologies if this is a very open ended question but I need a point in the right direction. I've got GeoServer downloaded and running nicely on my Tomcat server. I want to do something quite simple and make a track from a number of GPS coordinates to show the path of satellite across the earth and save this into a png/gif/jpeg so it can be used by another application.
I thought you'd sort of upload your background image and then plot the tracks onto it. But I don't think thats correct. I need to have the map as a shape file to right?
So what I'd like to do is:
- Have a map of the world
- Read GPS data from mySQL database.
- Plot cooridnates onto map to generate track
- Output track and map as image file.
Is there away to schedule this so it updates the track every few hours?
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Let's say there are two users on the LAN, A and B. How do I restrict user A from internet access using iptables rules and saving the rules so that after reboot, they are still effective. And suppose I want to grant that user access at some point, How to enable it again. I am using Ubuntu Linux 10.04. It would be nice if anybody show me how to do it from the command line, as I often login to the machine using a local ssh login. thanks in advance.
I assume that users A and B are using the same Linux machine(s) where you are the administrator. (It's not completely clear from your question. If A and B are have their own computers which they are administrators on, it's a completely different problem.)
The following command will prevent the user with uid 1234 from sending packets on the interface
I recommend reading the Ubuntu iptables guide to get basic familiarity with the tool (and refer to the man page for advanced things like the mangle table).
The user will still be able to run ping (because it's setuid root), but not anything else. The user will still be able to connect to a local proxy if that proxy was started by another user.
To remove this rule, add
To make the rule permanent, add it to
I would not use iptables for this.
I assume that A and B are associated with the fixed IPs ClientA and ClientB. I assume that your Internet-Proxy is ServerI (your Ubuntu-Server?).
So I would add a deny/drop routing entry from ClientA to ServerI.
I don't use Ubuntu - so I can't tell you which config file to use to make that setting permanent (surviving a reboot).
Perhaps someone can add that detail?


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Rusty Wallace burns calories when he talks.
We sit in a hallway near a glass wall at the NASCAR Hall of Fame, the organization that on Friday night will induct him. Wallace won 55 Cup races and one championship and is one of the sport's great short track drivers of all time. He was great on big tracks, too.
I ask one probing question: How you been?
And he's off, down the straightaway and through the turns, standing, walking, joking, talking and never slowing down.
Wallace, 56, stands as he imitates an old man he met at Honolulu International Airport.
"He says, 'You're Rusty Wallace," Wallace says in an old man's voice. "Margaret, he's going in the Hall of Fame, you know. Of course, the guy doesn't say it quiet. HEY, THERE'S RUSTY WALLACE THERE.' "
Wallace pulls out his cell phone and jumps up to show pictures. There he is with former football stars Tony Dorsett and Doug Flutie and television host and author Mario Lopez. They shared a flight out of Honolulu Jan. 29, the day after the NFL's Pro Bowl.
Says Wallace: "I'm on the damn airplane with these cats and we're talking about this and that they're all, 'Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame.' And I said, 'Man, thanks a lot.' "
Wallace was in Maui not for football's all-star game but to give the keynote speech at the Terminix pest control convention.
"Hey, I learned all about bed bugs, too," Wallace says, standing again, this time in an imaginary hotel room. "This is the bed (he points to an imaginary bed) and you got those nightstands that go up and down (he points to the imaginary nightstand) and they lay their stuff down and that's where they get the bugs."
Wallace talks with such enthusiasm everybody in the hallway begins to itch.
The Ritz-Carlton ballroom was packed with 980 Terminix guests. Wallace might get nervous when he writes the bullet points to a speech but never when he presents them. He knows that if he talks long enough – to Terminex, providing racing commentary for ABC/ESPN or doing an interview next to a glass wall at the Hall of Fame – he'll find his way.
Wallace found his way to NASCAR after running short tracks out of his hometown, St. Louis. His father, Russell Wallace, was a racer. A racer was what Russell's oldest son knew he would be.
When Wallace was in his 20s he bought a bread truck at a St. Louis used-car lot for $2,000, painted it red, and in big letters added Rusty Wallace Racing.
"It was always a scramble for money," says Kenny Wallace, race car driver, television personality and, at 49, the youngest of the three Wallace boys. Middle brother Mike, of course, also races.
"I don't even want to think about what we did – scrap metal, aluminum, copper," Kenny says.
St. Louis offers Major League Baseball, the NHL and the Bowling Hall of Fame. It didn't offer big-time race shops or a circuit that would pay a driver enough to live on.
So Rusty and Kenny and crew left St. Louis and drove that square red truck to tracks from Bakersfield, Calif., to Oxford, Maine. They drove to Mobile, Ala., the Wisconsin Dells, Schererville, Ind., Pensacola, Fla., and, Jackson, Miss.
"Nobody thought about racing outside a 25-mile radius of St. Louis," Kenny says. "If it weren't for Rusty, there'd be no Carl Edwards (Columbia, Mo.), no Ken Schrader (Fenton, Mo.), no Jamie McMurray (Joplin, Mo.), no Mike Wallace or Kenny Wallace. Dad was great. Dad got us in the right direction. But Rusty was the risk-taker in the family."
Those short tracks were to Wallace what a playground is to an aspiring basketball player. You don't learn by reading books or watching TV. You go from hoop to hoop or track to track and figure out who you are.
"We blew that motor up in it probably four or five different times," Rusty Wallace says. "We'd rebuild the engine and keep it going. We had full living quarters, almost, inside of it. The doors were always open going down the highway and we had this sleeper up top and kept all our junk up there. We towed the (race) car behind us on the trailer.
"We just went everywhere. We'd put four of us in a hotel room and sometimes six, and we'd sleep on the floor. We had no money but we won everything and, when I look back on it, that's the best thing I ever did in my life. I was just saturating the U.S."
Jeff Thousand, a St. Louis man who worked on Wallace's cars for decades, met him they were both 19. They'd work day jobs, often in a shop building cars and parts for others. When they finished they'd work nights on Wallace's car until midnight or 1 or 2 a.m.
"Rusty had blinders on," says Thousand, who works for Penske Racing. "He was going to race cars and he was going to win and nobody was going to stop him. He lived it and he breathed it. There's a lot to be said for that right there."
Don Miller was running a motorsports marketing company in St. Louis for Roger Penske when he met Wallace, with whom he would start Penske South. Wallace was 16.
About those blinders:
"Rusty likes to talk," says Miller, 73. "He was talking to a fan and the guy was talking about a football player who was well known. Rusty said, 'I never heard of him. Who's he drive for?' "
Wallace looks through the glass Hall of Fame wall and sees James Shiftan, his former producer on ESPN.
"Shifty!" Wallace yells.
Wallace is up and they're talking and telling stories. Signs are flashed by the ESPN public relations representative that suggest Wallace is in the middle of an interview.
But when Wallace talks to Shifty he doesn't exclude me. Wallace invites me in. He thinks I should know Shifty and he needs to tell a Shifty story and says the story is going to be great and it is.
Wish I could print it.
When Wallace won his Sprint Cup championship in 1989 he realized that the fellows in his Blue Max shop listened to John Boy & Billy, the syndicated radio show out of Charlotte. So, after each of his six victories that year Wallace would call John Boy.
Dale Earnhardt, who finished second to Wallace for the championship, grew tired of listening to his buddy. So Earnhardt called the show after he won a race and said: "I guess you won't be talking to your boyfriend today."
Shiftan leaves to catch a flight.
"Where were we?" Wallace asks.
You were in the Midwest. You needed a reputation so you stayed on one circuit long enough to win the 1983 American Speed Association championship. You parlayed that into a full-time NASCAR gig in 1984 and were named rookie of the year.
"I always had a problem with wanting to be in NASCAR forever and ever but I always heard it was only for the good ol' boys," Wallace says. "I said, 'Well, what do I have to do to be a good ol' boy? Does that mean I have to be from south of N.C.?'
"But I think what helped me be a good ol' boy was because every time those guys came and raced with us on the short tracks they saw Rusty getting it done."
If you can win in California, Maine and Wisconsin why can't you win in the Carolinas, Florida and Alabama?
"Rusty wasn't afraid of anybody," says Kyle Petty, analyst for SPEED and long-time Cup driver. "And that's a good part of why he became so popular."
Scott Hunter, NASCAR Production's director of graphic designs, walks into the Hall of Fame hallway.
"Scott!" Wallace says.
Hunter, 49, gets the same sign: interview in session, walk away quietly and nobody gets hurt.
But Wallace is up and talking and what can Hunter do but respond? There are more stories and jokes and warmth and laughs.
Hunter, who has known Wallace since the 1980s, remembers going to Wallace's shop for a photo shoot. Near the end Wallace asked if the staff if they needed their photos taken. They did need mug shots for NASCAR ID cards. One by one they posed and Wallace took their pictures. Hunter still uses his, moustache and all.
"Rusty is who he is all the time," says Hunter. "Constant energy. Great talker. But if you need to talk to him, he's a great listener, too."
Hunter leaves for an appointment upstairs. Asks Wallace: Where were we?
Almost finished.
Put yourself on stage Friday. What will the Hall of Fame induction be like for you?
You can tell how important the induction is to Wallace.
He sits.
"When they put you in the Hall of Fame it's like this ultimate legitimization," he says. "What you've done on the track is being appreciated and it's being looked at. And when you're not a driver anymore, like I'm not now, I get to go back and be recognized for what I did. That's really important to me.
"And that damn after-party," Wallace adds. "When I see all the people that helped me? There's going to be a lot of stories going on."
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The November CAB showed a sharp, 0.5% drop over the previous month. The abrupt decline follows four consecutive monthly gains.
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has released the sixth
monthly report of its Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB), an
economic indicator derived from a composite index of chemical
industry activity.
The November CAB showed a sharp, 0.5% drop over the previous
month. The abrupt decline follows four consecutive monthly
"The good news continues to be that we are witnessing
sustained, healthy activity in construction-related plastic resins,
coatings, pigments and other chemistry," said Dr. Kevin Swift,
chief economist at ACC. "It's possible that, with the elections
now behind us, the CAB is reflecting both the effects of
Superstorm Sandy, as well as the uncertainty in the real
economy as a result of the fiscal cliff and the resulting
sequestered budget cuts."
"The products of chemistry are the engine of our economy and go
into 96% of all manufactured goods. If you look at taking
approximately $100 billion out of the economy next year alone,
an early supply chain industry like the business of chemistry
starts to react very early," Mr. Swift added.
The chief economist noted that month-to-month movements can
be volatile, so a three-month moving average is provided. This
gives a more consistent and illustrative picture of national
economic trends.
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four months of growth, suggesting slow and tentative economic
growth into 2013," Mr. Swift said.
The chemical industry's early position in the supply chain
uniquely positions the CAB against other economic indicators.
The CAB provides a long lead for business cycle peaks and
troughs, and it can help identify emerging trends in the wider
US economy within sectors closely linked to the business of
chemistry, such as housing, retail and automobiles.
Applying the CAB back to 1947, it has been shown to lead the
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) cycle dates, by two
to 14 months, with an average lead of eight months. NBER is the
organization that provides the official start and end dates for
recessions in the US.
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Is flash programming a tool for beginners? if i mastered flash programming,can i do full option, 2d games or 3d games , what are the limitation for flash if not can you advice me about other tools
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Potential of Flash is very high.
However, as Philipp said in the comment, Adobe Flash is unsafe. I personally don't believe HTML 5 will become as cross-browser compatible as Flash anytime soon, but that's just my opinion. I just wrote about the potential of it, and in the context of Flash in future, I'll add one more thing:


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A Visitor's Guide to Accessible Cape Town
Cape Town can, with some careful planning, deliver a really enjoyable holiday experience for visitors with special access needs. Whilst we have some distance to go to being a completely Universally Accessible (UA) destination, awareness is on the rise and with it the number of improvements made to our city.
Accommodation establishments are now being graded on how universally accessible they are. Until formal accreditation is established to identify UA establishments, it is best to contact the hotel or guesthouse directly and ask for details on the advertised facilities. The understanding of e.g. 'wheelchair-friendly' can vary and a ramp installed with the best of intentions may be too steep for use depending on your specific needs. Online restaurant guides like Dining Out offer users the option to search for wheelchair-friendly restaurants. Call ahead and check on the availability of disabled friendly parking bays and whether a different entrance to the main one must be used.
On Foot:
Several improvements in and around Cape Town are aimed at making life easier for people with special access needs. Traffic lights at pedestrian crossings in popular parts of the City Centre work with an audio signal and tactile flooring has been applied to guide visually impaired visitors. Lowered curbs make it easier for wheelchair users to move around. It is best to move around with a companion though as these upgrades have not been made in all areas and you may require assistance at certain points in the city.
The hop-on-hop-off 'Red Bus' as it is affectionately called, is a great option for people with special needs. A hydraulic ramp makes getting onto and off of the bus easy for wheelchair users and secure locked in wheelchair allocations with safety belts make for a safe journey. Visually impaired visitors can experience the city through the 16-channel multi-language system through the use of headsets and ushers can assist visitors with getting on and off the bus.
My CiTi Bus stations offer level boarding for all passengers, induction loops at ticket kiosks for the hearing impaired and tactile flooring and signage for visually impaired passengers. An extendable boarding ramp is provided by the smaller My CiTi busses serving residential areas and the central city routes.
Cape Town is home to specialist transportation and tour companies like Travel with Renè. Owned and operated by Renè Moses, who is a quadriplegic after a motor car accident in 1995, they offer vehicles that cater for wheelchair users and their travel companions for airport and point to point transfers, bespoke tours with a certified guide and vehicle hire.
The large shapes on the front of new South African banknotes are intended to help partially sighted people.
Cape Town Stadium was designed with 120 disabled seats that can be accessed via a ramp on Fritz Sonneberg Road. These seats are located on Level 02 along with toilets for disabled guests. Please make sure to book your special seat and parking bay through the ticketing agent to enjoy some of the world's best bands in this amazing venue.
The V&A Waterfront is on one level for the most part, with a ramp here or there, and accessible toilets and parking bays available. If you want to make a day of it, you can also visit the Two Oceans Aquarium and meet the City Sightseeing Bus again at the stop outside of the aquarium.
Special wheelchairs can be obtained at Strand, Gordon's Bay and Bikini Beach and these beaches also have access points for wheelchairs. Keep an eye out for the lifeguard on duty as they'll issue you with a wheelchair.
Muizenberg Beach is rated highly by people who have a hearing impairment because of the excellent signage at the beach. Colourful sign posts show everything from the weather, tides, local bird and sea life and the Shark Spotters make use of colourful flags rather than an audio alarm to alert bathers to any danger in the area. Once in the water, befriend other surfers and ask them to keep an eye out for you and introduce yourself to the lifeguards before going in the water to make sure that they know you won't be able to respond to audio alerts.
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden offers wheelchair users dedicated parking bays, wheelchairs for hire, disabled toilets and wheelchair accessible restaurant and coffee shop. For visually impaired people, the lower routes are very well sign posted and there's a Braille Trail and Fragrance Garden designed for people with visual impairments.
Helderberg Nature Reserve in Somerset West provides a Universal Access boardwalk and visitors who want to avoid the madding crowd can become a Friend of the nature reserve and buy an Early Riser key to access the reserve from 5.00 am in the morning.
Green Point Urban Park is a treat for visitors who are hearing impaired with sign posts throughout describing the types of plants, giving historical context about the people who lived in the area once and their relationship with nature and Table Mountain.
For more information visit the Brand South Africa website, Cape Able or the Accessible Cape Town websites. Read about other wheelchair-friendly activities in Cape Town by clicking here.