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Joel Mallin '60 still recalls exactly what he did with the first paycheck he received as a tax law associate at the Manhattan office of Roberts & Holland. "I went and bought a Kirchner woodcut," he says, adding that the German Expressionist print was small—only about 8 inches by 6 inches. "I gave the gallery $50 and paid the balance over six months."
A lifelong art enthusiast, Mallin began working at Roberts & Holland on the recommendation of then Columbia Law School dean William C. Warren, one of the firm's founders. Tax law was a natural fit for Mallin, who shifted away from a career in metallurgical engineering to attend the Law School.
"In engineering school, you're taught that there's an answer to every problem," he says. "When you get to law school, that is very useful. I certainly dealt with numbers very easily and was able to analyze ideas in terms of tax savings and alternate possibilities."
In 1964, Mallin put his tax acumen to work in Washington, D.C., where he served as a staff assistant for the chief counsel of the Internal Revenue Service. The Bronx native soon returned to private practice and eventually started his own company, which specialized in leasing heavy-duty transportation equipment.
Throughout the course of his career, Mallin put a priority on building his art collection. He and his wife, Sherry, began acquiring sculpture in the 1980s, and their collection now includes works by Richard Serra and Andy Goldsworthy, as well as a section of Big Bambú (pictured above), a sculptural installation that appeared on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2010.
Mallin explains that he is semi-retired these days, but he remains very busy. The couple's 15-acre Westchester property currently features 70 outdoor sculptural installations and between 2,000 and 3,000 visitors come by each year to view them. "We do this because it gives us great joy," says Mallin. "It's a labor of love."


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Does 0815 simply mean something is very standard and common, or does it carry any connotations? Where can one use it, e.g. for description of processes, objects, persons? Can you give alternative slang words/idioms in German and especially English?
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The expression "08/15" is used in colloquial German to express that procedures or objects are on average or mediocre.
The use of "08/15" goes back to world war I when for the first time all German soldiers had a standard machine gun of the type MG 08/15. Not only was this gun on average technically but also the training on this gun was tedious.Source "Zwiebelfisch"
Even though possible I would not to recommend to use "08/15" on people as this may be considered to be an offense.
08/15 - "null-acht fünfzehn", sometimes sloppily pronounced "null-acht fuffzehn" - is a rather colloquial expression and means "nothing special, average, business as usual" like the English "run-of-the-mill."
You can use it with all kind of words, people, things, abstract concepts etc.
Other German words and expression meaning the same are
The idiom originates in the early 20th century's machine gun MG08 which most common version was the model 15.
There is a nice German Wikipedia article about the expression 08/15.

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Faulting media on Francis coverage, again
Carl A. Anderson, head of the Knights of Columbus, writes for the National Review that the news media have created false narratives about both Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI. He argues that Benedict made comments similar to those Francis made in his recent interview, but that they were not covered:
One might think this is the first time a pope said something like this. It isn't.
Though it garnered little media attention, Pope Benedict XVI made a similar statement in 2006. Asked why he hadn't spoken about same-sex marriage, abortion, or contraception in a speech, he noted that "Catholicism isn't a collection of prohibitions; it's a positive option."
With neither pope has the full story been told. Furthermore, as Francis went to great lengths to point out in his encyclical Lumen Fidei, continuity is a hallmark of the papacy.
I wouldn't want to defend all the reporting done on either pope, especially the work done by journalists who don't write about religion regularly. But I think that Anderson has missed the big picture here and instead cherry-picked various quotes that support his argument.
Good journalism is all about context, and Francis's comments need to be considered within the full context of the many steps he has taken in just a few months to change the tone of the Catholic conversation. It's obvious something significant has occurred. It would be journalistic malpractice to miss that.
As for Anderson's assertion that the news media are neglectful for focusing only on the church's positions on public-policy issues rather than on prayer, charity and pastoral outreach, that's true for a lot of media coverage of religion. It's something that concerned me when I was on the religion beat; I didn't want to cover religion only where it intersected with the liberal social agenda.
But there is no denying that especially around election time, many bishops and their conservative advocates forcefully push their positions on abortion, same-sex marriage and the contraception mandate, not the church's pastoral ministry or even other social issues. Anderson must know that. He's not in a position to blame the media on this.
About the Author
Paul Moses, a professor of journalism at Brooklyn College/CUNY, is the author of The Saint and the Sultan: The Crusades, Islam and Francis of Assisi's Mission of Peace (Doubleday, 2009) and An Unlikely Union: The Love-Hate Story of New York's Irish and Italians (NYU Press, 2015).
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I remember when Pope Benedict said that, and i was very encouraged by it at the time. I wonder why some people react to the popularity of Pope Francis as some kind of attack on the previous Pope? We should all be happy Francis is popular; it's good fro our Church.
It's just a small but crucial shift of perspective -- a restoration of the integral ecclesiology of the Council, which somehow tended to disappear from view or become fragmented in Benedict's rhetoric.
In fact, isn't that the genius of Catholic Development?
It is very hard for me to distinguish Carl Anderson's Kof C leadership from his political background.
Talk about obsession.
I had never seen so many bishops united and vocal about an issue as I did in the protest against Notre Dame's invitation to Obama to their 2009 commencement. That was a tipping point for me.
Publicist's Handbook, Chapter 1. When events are running your way, point to the news. When events are running against you, point at the media.
Doesn't it occur to him that If two popes said it, maybe it IS a real problem and not a nasty media invention??
The subtext I am hearing is that "we were wrongly accused by both popes, and don't intend to pay the slightest bit of attention now either."
I wish Catholic periodicals (like Commonweal) would publish more articles on the K of C and other similarly powerful organizations whose focus is political rather than religious.
E.g., how much, exactly, did the K of C contribute to the investigation of American nuns? How much, exactly, have they contributed to the fight same sex marriage? How much, exactly, do they contribute to Republican candidates?
Are editors afraid of the powerful organizations?
I keep wondering if Carl Anderson is really running for President of the U. S. and is off to a very early start.
I expect that one critical difference between the two popes is that Benedict, by the time he was elected, already had been a high profile Vatican official for a couple of decades. The Vatican media contingent believed (probably rightly) that they knew him pretty well already. There was a basis for certain expectations as to how his papacy would proceed.
On the other hand, when Cardinal Bergoglio's name was announced from the balcony, I believe the most common initial response from media representative was, "Who?" There were no pre-existing impressions or expectations.
And then, Pope Francis did a brilliant job of signaling that things would be different. This was done in part by what he said in those early days, but even more so by what he did. Choosing the name Francis, paying his own hotel bill, cancelling his own newspaper subscription, continuing to live in the guest hostel - all of these items sent a signal, "This will not be business as usual". All of this paved the way for his public comments. Overall, a certain impression is built up, brick by brick. Benedict may have said some things that are similar to what Francis has said, but he did it in a context of being kind of a same-old, same-old pope - in some cases, even more so (e.g. didn't he resurrect old vestments from the storage closets?)
At the risk of having it both ways, I expect that under Francis, things will be quite different, and also, things will be the same. Which will change, and which will remain the same, is what is still unclear.
Good journalism is all about context, and Francis's comments need to be considered within the full context of the many steps he has taken in just a few months to change the tone of the Catholic conversation. It's obvious something significant has occurred. It would be journalistic malpractice to miss that.
I think this is a really good observation. Where I think the media is caught in a Catch-22 sometimes is in raising anticipation of Bigger News based on a change in tone ... even while tamping down that anticipation. For example, a lot of stories seem to run like this: While speaking to a group of blah blah, Pope Francis said blah blah, a departure from the hard line his predecessors took on blah blah. This has led many to wonder if the Church is about to change its teaching about blah blah. But longtime Vatican observer Cardinal Bigwig says that a doctrinal change on blah blah is not in the works. "The Pope wants the faithful to remember that the Church is not just about blah blah, and to deepen Catholics in the scope and breadth of their faith.
The reporter wants to be sensitive to the tonal shift, but he realizes that a lot of non-Catholics could mistake a change in tone for Impending Big News. So the reporter has to address that misconception by explaining that there is no other Impending Big News ... thus making readers wonder if the Church is playing coy about possible Impending Big News.
Fr. James Martin told Stephen Colbert this week that big news is happening, i.e., more disaffected Catholics are going back to Church, presumably because they believe the "smaller, purer" faction isn't going to freeze them out sight unseen. But do a non-Catholic, I'm not sure that's really big news.


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As per subject, I have a Zimbra mail server on Centos 5.5. and the problem is there that when I plug the LAN cable in to the server port all Internet and network services go down.
This means the network is not working and ping also does not work. When I unplug the cable from the server's LAN port everything is OK.
Can anybody guide me as to what I could do in this situation.


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When Daniel X discovers that a duo of evil extraterrestrials is plotting to control kids around the world through videogames, he's determined to take them both out of commission. This pair of wicked game masters wants to destroy the human race by turning brainwashed videogamers into an unstoppable army of doom! They're also running an endangered species hunting club on the side, and their next target is none other than Daniel. He'll have no choice but to turn to the aliens' rebellious son who needs help to stand up to his malicious parents. But can Daniel trust the progeny of this treacherous twosome? Or will it be "Game Over" for the alien hunter?
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Chapter 1
HELLO! Buenos dias! Bonjour! Konnichiwa! It's me, Daniel, here with the critical life lesson of the day: There's absolutely, positively, no such thing as too much practice or preparation. Not when it comes to sports, not when it comes to acing your math test, and definitely not when it comes to issues of mortal combat.
Having just died a horrible bloody death in a dusty urban parking lot, I'd clearly forgotten this lesson.
I mean, if you don't even take the time to learn the commands before you start playing a high-end video game like Crown of Thorns IV—the celebrated first-person battlefield shooter with 140 million copies sold and more than twenty million totally obsessed kids playing online at any given moment—you should at least bring along some butter and jam. Because if you're going to be toast, you might as well make the most of it.
Of course, I could have cheated. After all, I am the Alien Hunter, legendary destroyer of the most evil extraterrestrials on Terra Firma (that's Earth for those of you who are new to this stuff). I'm gifted with the ability to create and manipulate anything I can understand, which definitely would include something as basic as cheat codes. I could have given my character Iron Man–style weapons and armor, or I simply could have put my character in a less dangerous place on the battle map. But, like with any game, if you break the rules, it kind of detracts from the experience.
Plus, I was trying not to call attention to myself. I was hanging out at the Game Consortium, Inc., flagship store in the high-rise Shinjuku ward of Tokyo, acting like a normal, human teenage boy, doing things that normal, human teenage boys do when they want to play a video game. That includes drooling, grunting, hooting, and standing in line for more than an hour just to have a shot at the latest GC product offerings, as if I were waiting to get onto the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland. Which is kind of what this place was like.
It was the most high-tech space I'd ever seen, outfitted wall-to-wall with the most cutting-edge gaming software ever devised. Like something you'd expect to see in a secret underground bunker or in NASA's flight command center. The images on the floor-to-ceiling screens and at the holograph stations were crisper and more vivid than reality itself.
The kids waiting in line for a console were all agog in a freaky trance—sweaty, shaking, pale, wide-eyed—like hard-core drug addicts desperate for a fix. I couldn't blame them. The GC's game offerings were truly revolutionary. They always seemed to have better graphics, greater depth of play, and way more addictive hunt and battle scenarios than their competitors in the gaming market did.
How, you might ask? The explanation is actually pretty simple. You see, the GC was run by a couple of very, very clever aliens: Number 7 and Number 8 on The List of Alien Outlaws on Terra Firma.
In other words, by not one but two of my most devious mortal enemies.
Copyright © 2011 by James Patterson
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Solaris 11 IPS Concepts, Issues, and Workarounds
By Gerry Haskins-Oracle on Jan 21, 2013
Image Packaging System (IPS) is a single tier packaging architecture which in Oracle Solaris 11, and other Oracle Sun products such as Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.x, replaces the previous SVR4-based dual tier packaging and patching architecture.
IPS and its implementation in Solaris 11 has a number of significant advantages over the old SVR4-based architecture, including:
- Monthly consolidated bug fix Support Repository Updates (SRUs) providing a regular predictable cadence of engineered together, tested-together bug fix release baselines in contrast to the almost daily ad hoc patch release previously, eliminating the need to manage which patches out of a population of
thousands should be downloaded and installed on which systems. Simply 'pkg update
entire' to an SRU baseline.
- The package systems is a first class citizen of the Operating System, deeply integrated and leveraging ZFS Root (/), Boot Environments, SMF, Zones, and other Solaris technologies. For example, the significant advantages in Boot Environment cloning (snapshots) enabling low-overhead, rapid, backups/restores, thanks to the mandatory ZFS Root (/) filesystem and associated commands such as 'beadm'. This is like a much more integrated, slicker, version of the old Live Upgrade technology used in Solaris 10 and below.
- The consolidation of multiple packaging and patching commands into a single, functionally rich, 'pkg' command.
- Install groups defining the packages needed for common Use Cases, currently: solaris-small-server, solaris-large-server, and solaris-desktop
- Incorporations defining a functional surface or baseline, specifying the versions of particular packages which were engineered together and tested together to provide a defined set of feature and bug fix functionality
- The replacement of free format patch install scripts, which were a common source of error, with predefined actions
As we get used to Solaris 11 and IPS, it's natural that users will encounter some issues.
As a novice user myself, I've documented here some of the more common Solaris 11 / IPS issues which I've come across over the past year. I plan to update it with additional items as they arise.
This is not designed to be an exhaustive list, but rather the "gottchas" which temporarily stumped either myself (easy to do!) or other non-IPS-expert colleagues.
Some of the "issues" are more to do with users getting used to conceptual changes.
Some are Caveats resulting from bugs or sub-optimal choices made in early releases. While these have been fixed, their residual impact may still be felt on systems with the affected software installed.
Much of the solutions knowledge below is thanks to two Solaris 11 IPS-expert colleagues of mine, Pete Dennis and Albert White, who I've been pestering unmercifully about IPS issues over the past year. It was either that, or I'd have to RTFM!
If you're looking to update from Solaris 11/11 to Solaris 11.1 or later, please read this article.
Repositories, Publishers, and the 'pkg' Command
The 'pkg' command is functionally rich. See 'man pkg' and other documentation. When installing or updating packages, it dynamically analyzes the constraints on the target system, including dependencies and other factors defining what may be installed.
IPS is network repository based.
It is expected that most production customers will set-up their own repository behind their firewall and update it periodically with content from the Support Repository published by Oracle.
Many issues where 'pkg' is unable resolve all constraints imposed on a system, is because the required package versions are not available from the Repositories specified.
Sometimes, it is not immediately obvious why a particular package version is required to resolve a constraint, which can leave users scratching their heads.
Therefore, when a 'pkg install' or 'pkg update' command does not provide the anticipated results, check the specified Publishers (i.e. which Repositories are available to that system) and the content of those Repositories.
For example, Solaris 11 bug fix updates are provided by Support Repository Updates (SRUs) which are released monthly. They contain only the incremental changes relative to their base release, e.g. Solaris 11.1. They are designed to be used in conjunction with a Repository containing that base release.
If the system is already installed with that base release, and the user is just updating existing installed packages, as opposed to installing additional packages, then the user can often get away with just using the SRU on its own.
However, if a bug fix in the SRU has added a dependency on a package which is not installed on the target system, and that package is in the base release rather than the SRU, then an update to that SRU will fail if the base release is not available to enable the dependent package to be pulled in and installed.
For example, a bug fix to the 'thunderbird' package in Solaris 11 11/11 SRU4 to fix font displays resulted in a new dependency being added to the Solaris 11 11/11 'fonts' package. Since the 'fonts' package hadn't changed since the initial Solaris 11 11/11 release, it wasn't included in the SRU, so access to the base Solaris 11 11/11 release in a Repository was required to resolve the dependency. There was a similar dependency addition in a later Solaris 11 11/11 SRU.
Similarly, if a Publisher is specified but is unavailable, or is not specified but is needed because that Repository contains a required package, then 'pkg' will be unable to resolve the constraints and will fail.
Making sure the correct Repository Publishers are defined and accessible, and the content of those Repositories is complete will resolve many package install and update issues.
Install Groups and Incorporations
The concept I've had the most difficulty getting straight in my own head is the relationship between Install Groups and Incorporations.
Install Groups simply specify a list of packages to be installed for common Use Cases. They do not specify the versions of packages to install. Currently, the following Install Groups exist in Solaris 11:
- solaris-small-server - the current minimum Install Group, for use by security conscious customers
- solaris-large-server - a superset of solaris-small-server which includes additional useful Sys Admin utilities and network protocols
- solaris-desktop - for use where Solaris will be providing a desktop environment to users
Note the Install Group names 'solaris-small-server' and 'solaris-large-server' have
nothing to do with the size of the server, rather it's the size of the
solaris footprint on the server. Note also, that 'solaris-desktop' is not a superset of the other two. See here for more information.
The use of Install Groups is not mandatory. They are simply provided for ease of use. Additional packages can be specified in addition to these Install Groups, for example, to resolve application dependencies.
Incorporations specify the versions of packages which should be installed together to provide a set of functionality, called a surface. Incorporations exist for various consolidated sub-components of Solaris 11, such as the 'osnet-incorporation' for the core Operating System and Networking:
gerryh@dublin:~$ pkg info osnet-incorporation
Name: consolidation/osnet/osnet-incorporation
Summary: OS/Net consolidation incorporation
Description: This incorporation constrains packages from the OS/Net
Category: Meta Packages/Incorporations
State: Installed
Publisher: solaris
Version: 0.5.11
Build Release: 5.11
Branch: 0.175.1.3.0.4.2
Packaging Date: Wed Jan 02 19:28:00 2013
Size: 6.22 kB
FMRI: pkg://email@example.com,5.11-0.175.1.3.0.4.2:20130102T192800Z
The 'entire' Incorporation defines what constitutes the version of the
entire Solaris Operating System, for example the 'entire' Solaris 11.1 SRU3.4
gerryh@dublin:~$ pkg info entire
Name: entire
Summary: entire incorporation including Support Repository Update (Oracle Solaris 11.1 SRU 3.4).
Description: This package constrains system package versions to the same
build. WARNING: Proper system update and correct package
selection depend on the presence of this incorporation.
Removing this package will result in an unsupported system. For
more information see https://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article
Category: Meta Packages/Incorporations
State: Installed
Publisher: solaris
Version: 0.5.11 (Oracle Solaris 11.1 SRU 3.4)
Build Release: 5.11
Branch: 0.175.1.3.0.4.0
Packaging Date: Wed Jan 02 19:31:02 2013
Size: 5.46 kB
FMRI: pkg://email@example.com,5.11-0.175.1.3.0.4.0:20130102T193102Z
Removal of the Solaris 'entire' Incorporation is not supported. Removing it would remove contraints on other Incorporations, allowing an untested mix of Solaris software versions on the system, potentially leading to unnecessary issues.
When installing a Solaris system, it is common to specify both an Install Group - i.e. which packages to install - and a version of the 'entire' Incorporation - i.e. which versions of those packages to install.
For example, this could be specified in an AI (Automated Installer) manifest, along with any additional IPS products or packages required. Here's part of an AI manifest my team uses to install SPARC SuperClusters with Solaris 11 11/11 SRU12.4 as well as other tools from a separate Exa-family tools Repository which is specifically for Engineered Systems:
<software type="IPS">
<publisher name="solaris">
<origin name="http://pkg.us.oracle.com/solaris11/support/"/>
<publisher name="exa-family">
<origin name="http://pkg.us.oracle.com/exa-family"/>
<software_data action="install">
Now for the bit which always confuses me. Strong coffee helps!:
Installing an Incorporation does not, by itself, install any packages. Rather, the Incorporation specifies the constraints on package versions if they are present on the system.
So 'pkg install entire' on a bare metal system does nothing, unless other packages are specified upon which the constraints specified in the Incorporation are to operate - e.g. an Install Group package such as 'solaris-large-server'. To show this:
# create a bare metal image to play with
$ pkg image-create -p http://pkg.us.oracle.com/solaris11/release bare_metal
# what is in this image:
$ cd bare_metal
$ pkg -R `pwd` list
pkg: no packages installed
# Install 'entire'
$ pkg -R `pwd` install --accept entire
Packages to install: 28
# It installed 28 packages! What are they ?
$ pkg -R `pwd` list
consolidation/SunVTS/SunVTS-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.14.0 i--
consolidation/X/X-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.24.1317 i--
consolidation/admin/admin-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.5.0 i--
consolidation/xvm/xvm-incorporation 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.5.0 i--
entire 0.5.11-0.175.1.0.0.24.2 i--
# These are all Incorporations specified by 'entire'. There is no software payload installed at all.
But once Solaris is installed on a system, updating an Incorporation, for example, using 'pkg update entire', updates the constraints, causing the relevant packages which are installed to be updated by IPS to the later functional 'surface' specified by the Incorporation.
So if, for example, the new version of the Incorporation specifies 'email@example.com' and specifies it has a new dependency on 'firstname.lastname@example.com' and package 'foo' is already installed, say @ Version 1.20, then updating the Incorporation tells IPS to update 'foo' to Version 1.24 and install 'bar' at Version 1.13 if it hasn't already been installed (from whichever specified Repository/Repositories contains these packages at these versions).
Ask and You Shall Receive - In Abundance!
You can have too much of a good thing. Like information. Which can make it hard to see the wood for the trees when trying to debug a 'pkg' issue.
When issues occur, 'pkg' is verbose in its output about the problem.
Packages will have dependencies upon other packages. These dependencies may not only be satisfied by the explicit version mentioned but also by any later version of a package.
This means that if 'pkg' is unable to solve for all dependencies given the available Publishers specified, the contents of those Repositories, and the constraints specified for the target system, then 'pkg' will produce a list of all the dependencies that could not be satisfied. While these errors are all true, due to the amount of them, they can freak out the user (they do me!), obscuring the underlying issue.
One way to reduce the amount of errors is to specify the version of the packages that you wish to update to.
This is because, by default, 'pkg' will attempt to move to the latest set of packages. If this update fails then it will recurse through all other permutations, producing errors for each possible set of packages for which it attempted to resolve constraints.
By specifying an explicit version of the packages to update then the errors produced will be just for that particular version.
Therefore, rather than just saying:
$ pkg update entire
...explicitly state the FMRI string of the SRU you want to update to...
$ pkg update firstname.lastname@example.com,5.11-0.175.0.12.0.4
...which specifies Solaris 11 11/11 SRU 12.4.
There's a couple of other good reasons to explicitly specify which SRU or package version you want to update to.
Firstly, if you don't specify a version, 'pkg' will try to update to the latest version which satisfies the constraints on the target system.
If the repository has been updated, this could produce a different result than the same command issued prior to the repository been updated. This may be undesirable if you are trying to update a number of systems to a homogeneous SRU level.
Secondly, if 'pkg' is unable to update to the latest available release due to the constraints on the target system, it will recursively try to update to a version higher than what is already installed.
For example, one of my team issued a 'pkg update entire' to update a test system to SRU4. Only days later when he realized that the test system didn't appear to have the expected bug fixes, did he discover it had actually updated the system to SRU3 as there was a constraint which prevented IPS updating the system to SRU4.
Since IPS is not telepathic, it's best to explicitly state what version you want it to update a system to.
All 'pkg' commands are logged.
The use of 'pkg history' is useful to examine the history of the system. Additionally, it can be used to print out the previous errors messages without having to rerun a command that you know is going to fail.
Since 'pkg history' can be verbose, it's best to first identify when the error occurred and drill down on that specific invocation.
For example, if you think the failure occurred within the last 5 invocations of the 'pkg' command then run:
# pkg history -n 5
2013-01-18T10:28:04 update pkg Succeeded
2013-01-18T10:28:07 refresh-publishers pkg Succeeded
2013-01-18T10:28:24 rebuild-image-catalogs pkg Succeeded
2013-01-22T14:39:55 install pkg Failed
2013-01-22T14:40:51 install pkg Succeeded
Now look at the command that failed using the -l and -t options:
# pkg history -l -t 2013-01-22T14:39:55
Operation: install
Outcome: Failed
Reason: Constrained
Client: pkg
Version: 907fe02baa47
User: root (0)
Boot Env.: s11.1sru341-reprise
Boot Env. UUID: 6c841d3c-7d0a-c42f-b480-b53bfb0c265e
New Boot Env.: None
New Boot Env. UUID: (None)
Snapshot: (None)
Start Time: 2013-01-22T14:39:55
End Time: 2013-01-22T14:40:06
Total Time: 0:00:11
Command: /usr/bin/pkg install pkg://email@example.com,5.11-0.175.1.2.0.5.2:20121207T172633Z
Release Notes: No
Start State: None
End State: None
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/vendor-packages/pkg/client/api.py", line 1079, in __plan_op self._img.make_install_plan(**kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/vendor-packages/pkg/client/image.py", line 4288, in make_install_plan reject_list=reject_list) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/vendor-packages/pkg/client/image.py", line 4249, in __make_plan_common ip.plan_install(**kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/vendor-packages/pkg/client/imageplan.py", line 419, in plan_install reject_list=reject_list)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/vendor-packages/pkg/client/imageplan.py", line 395, in __plan_install reject_list=reject_list) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/vendor-packages/pkg/client/imageplan.py", line 370, in __plan_install_solver ignore_inst_parent_deps=ignore_inst_parent_deps)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/vendor-packages/pkg/client/pkg_solver.py", line 442, in solve_install no_version=ret, solver_errors=solver_errors)
PlanCreationException: No matching version of system/kernel can be installed:
Reject: pkg://email@example.com,5.11-0.175.1.2.0.5.2:20121207T172633Z
Reason: Newer version pkg://firstname.lastname@example.com,5.11-0.175.1.3.0.4.2:20130102T192817Z is already installed
This version is excluded by installed incorporation pkg://firstname.lastname@example.com,5.11-0.175.1.3.0.4.2:20130102T192800Z
All errors are indented with, in most cases, the significant error being indented furthest to the right hand side.
In the above example, the requested Kernel can't be installed because a later revision is already installed and it's constrained by the 'osnet-incorporation' so it can't be "down-rev'd" to an earlier version.
Therefore, when investigating an issue, use the 'pkg history' command to print out the previous errors and look at the errors that are indented to the right.
Note that the errors themselves may be repeated for each and every package that the update has failed on, so the output may still be verbose.
But the errors are typically caused by just one or two issues, such as having the incorrect Publishers specified (too few, too many, or not accessible) or insufficient content in the Repositories.
Solaris 11 Release and Support Repository Relationship
The Release Repository contains just the Solaris Releases such as the original Solaris 11 11/11 release and the Solaris 11.1 update release.
The Support Repository is only available to customers with a valid support contract. It contains all releases, including all monthly Support Repository Updates (SRUs) providing bug fix updates to support contract customers.
As discussed in my previous blog posting, we've implemented a process improvement in Solaris 11 to remove any 'blackout' period on the release of bug fixes by tweaking the relationship between Update releases and bug fix releases, compared to Solaris 10 and older.
We still produce periodic Update releases such as Solaris 11.1, containing support for new hardware and enhanced software features (e.g. VM2.0).
Update releases also contain a significant number of bug fixes for issues found internally during Solaris testing and more complex customer reported issues which required more test "soak" time than is possible in an SRU.
Update releases are intensely tested and hence provide high quality Solaris Baselines.
The Solaris Binary Compatibility Guarantee applies, so users should not experience any compatibility issues crossing a Solaris Update boundary.
The Release Notes for the Update will give at least 12 months notice of any interfaces which will be deprecated.
Support Repository Updates (SRUs) primarily deliver bug fixes, although they may include some feature enhancements.
They too, are intensely tested prior to release.
SRUs go through several internal builds prior to release.
Once released, additional critical bug fixes can be "back-published" to SRUs.
The build number of the SRU is now included in its name to uniquely identify it, e.g. Solaris 11 11/11 SRU13.4 is Build 4 of SRU13 on top of Solaris 11 11/11.
Earlier SRUs were documented with a letter suffix to denote "back-published" additional content, e.g. Solaris 11 11/11 SRU2a.
We've improved the process in Solaris 11 so that we can continue to deliver bug fixes for critical issues in SRUs while the content for an Update release is being finalized.
This implies that an Update release may not be a superset of the SRU(s) immediately preceding it.
Rather, it is the SRU after the Update release which is effectively the superset of both the Update the SRUs preceding the Update release.
The relationship between Update releases and SRUs can be drawn as follows:
Solaris 11 11/11 Solaris 11.1 Solaris 11.2...
\ \ \
SRU1, SRU1a, SRU2, ... SRU12.4, SRU 13.4, SRU1.4, SRU2.5, SRU3.4, SRU3.4.1, ...
Installed systems with a valid support contract should always be updated using SRUs from the Support Repository.
The SRUs are contiguous, just as Kernel patches were contiguous in Solaris 10 and earlier. That is, the next SRU after Solaris 11 11/11 SRU13.4 is Solaris 11.1 SRU1.4.
It is important to understand that this is no different to the Kernel PatchID progression in Solaris 10 and earlier releases whereby Kernel patches released after an Update release depended upon the Kernel patch from the Update, which contained feature code from that Update.
The only difference is that that lineage is a little more transparent in Solaris 11 due to the naming of the SRUs.
Known Caveats
As developers, reviewers, and release engineers have become used to Image Packaging System and the Solaris 11 eco-system, the number of bugs, "features", and caveats caused by inexperience continue to diminish.
Nevertheless, users may be impacted by the residual effects of some of these items.
Here's a non-exhaustive list of "features", potential issues, and their workarounds:
Need to accept Java 7 license
Oracle's Legal department insist that users explicitly accept the revised license terms in Java 7.
This means that users must add "--accept" to 'pkg install' or 'pkg update' commands when moving to versions with revised license terms. For example:
$ pkg install --accept entire
Incorrect architecture packages may be present in early Solaris 11 11/11 installations
An IPS 'pkg' bug in early Solaris 11 11/11 versions can result in some x86 packages being installed on SPARC systems and vice versa due to the incorrect resolution of indirect dependencies. This is now fixed.
There are several methods to remove the residual effects of the issue on early Solaris 11 11/11 installations.
Until the erroneous architecture packages are removed, errors similar to the following may be displayed when updating:
Plan Creation: Package solver is unable to compute solution.
Dependency analysis is unable to determine exact cause.
Try specifying expected results to obtain more detailed error messages.
Include specific version of packages you wish installed.
Note, the above is a rather generic error indicating the package solver couldn't compute a solution, so not all instances of the above error message may be due to this particular issue. But for those which are, here's the options to resolve it:
Option 1:
The 'pkg' version delivered in Solaris 11 11/11 SRU 10.5, SRU 11.4, SRU 12.4, and SRU 13.4 contain functionality to remove the residual effects of the issue - i.e. remove the incorrect architecture packages.
Users can perform a "bunny hop" update to SRU 10.5, SRU 11.4, SRU 12.4, or SRU 13.4 prior to updating to a Solaris 11.1 SRU.
Indeed, simply updating the 'pkg' package itself is sufficient:
# pkg update
WARNING: pkg(5) appears to be out of date, and should be updated before
running update. Please update pkg(5) by executing 'pkg install
pkg:/package/pkg' as a privileged user and then retry the update.
# pkg update package/pkg
Packages to remove: 1
Create boot environment: No
Create backup boot environment: No
Removal Phase 13/13
Package State Update Phase 1/1
Package Cache Update Phase 1/1
Image State Update Phase 2/2
The first command shows that the 'pkg' client has detected an error and outputs a message to fix it by running 'pkg update package/pkg'.
Running this command removes the incorrectly installed packages - in the above example, it was the 'ldoms-incorporation' on an x86 system.
Option 2:
On SPARC systems, the 'xsvc' and 'nvidia-incorporation' x86 packages may be installed. Since they were introduced via indirect requirements from other packages, such as the optional 'hmp-tools' package on SPARC or 'ldoms-incorporation' on x86, an alternative resolution is to remove the package with the dependency which will also remove the erroneous packages if nothing else depends upon them. For example:
root@foobar:~# pkg -R /a/test2 uninstall -v
Packages to remove: 3
Estimated space available: 103.67 GB
Estimated space to be consumed: 19.20 MB
Create boot environment: No
Create backup boot environment: No
Rebuild boot archive: Yes
Changed packages:
188.8.131.5213,5.11-1:20120314T235822Z -> None
0.5.11,5.11-0.175.0.0.0.0.0:20110927T192422Z -> None
0.5.11,5.11-0.175.0.0.0.2.1:20111019T060937Z -> None
Removal Phase 89/89
Package State Update Phase 3/3
Package Cache Update Phase 3/3
Image State Update Phase 2/2
Once the erroneous architecture packages have been removed, you can update the system as normal.
Multiple versions of 'cacao'
Oracle Solaris delivers the 'cacao' package. It's version is constrained by the 'cacao-incorporation'.
Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center also delivers the 'cacao' package. Rather than working with Solaris to update its 'cacao' version, or delivering its own version to a private location, early Ops Center versions on Solaris 11 updated the Solaris 'cacao' package to a level later than that contained in any Solaris release.
This was sub-optimal as it had the unintended consequence of effectively breaking Solaris updates as IPS found a version of 'cacao' installed on the target system which was later than any version available from the Solaris publisher.
The Solaris 'entire' Incorporation includes the Solaris 'cacao-incorporation' and that constrained 'cacao' to an earlier version than that installed by Ops Center, meaning IPS could not resolve the constraints, and hence could not update Solaris without user intervention.
The workaround for this, and other such issues, is to "unlock" the offending package(s) from their incorporation, allowing them to float free. This is done by toggling the IPS 'facet.version-lock' facility to 'false':
gerryh@dublin:~$ pkg contents -m cacao-incorporation
set name=pkg.fmri value=pkg://firstname.lastname@example.com,5.11-0.175.1.2.0.1.0:20121116T222617Z
set name=pkg.summary value="cacao consolidation incorporation"
set name=pkg.description value="This incorporation constrains packages from the cacao consolidation."
set name=pkg.depend.install-hold value=core-os.cacao
set name=info.classification value="org.opensolaris.category.2008:Meta Packages/Incorporations"
set name=org.opensolaris.consolidation value=cacao
set name=variant.arch value=sparc value=i386
depend email@example.com type=incorporate
depend email@example.com type=incorporate
depend facet.version-lock.library/cacao=true email@example.com,5.11-0.175.1.2.0.1.0 type=incorporate
depend facet.version-lock.library/cacao/cacao-dtrace=true email@example.com,5.11-0.175.1.0.0.11.0 type=incorporate
depend email@example.com,5.11-0.166 type=incorporate
depend email@example.com,5.11-0.166 type=incorporate
signature 235c7674d821032ae3eeda280c7837d1f1f4fdb5 algorithm=rsa-sha256 chain="8e422c1bb80b05f08f7a849f3d7ae90a976e048e 754665e03bd28ef63b05a416073eb6d649624781" chain.chashes="083e40bb50e6964834ebfd3c66b8720b46028068 f85dabbb0d56b37de3c3de98663dd8f27a12ff8e" chain.csizes="1273 1326" chain.sizes="1773 2061" chash=05654e46fc5cac3b9b9bd11c39512bc92bc85089 pkg.csize=1281 pkg.size=1753 value=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 version=0
Setting 'facet.version-lock' to 'false' tells IPS that the constraint on that package version can be ignored. This enables the rest of the packages to be updated.
Once the rest of Solaris has been updated, the package should typically be re-locked - i.e. set 'facet.version-lock' back to 'true', so that it will be updated along with the rest of the packages when future updates are performed (assuming the issue is transitory). Failure to re-lock the package will leave it floating independently.
Only use the 'facet.version-lock' feature when you have good cause to do so and you are confident you understand what you are doing.
Some core packages do not have a 'facet.version-lock' and cannot be unlocked from their Incorporation as their version is considered integral to the correct operation of Solaris.
Boot-management Packages
Due to an unfortunate sequence of missteps in development, and in a rare set of circumstances only, users may experience issues updating pre-Solaris 11 11/11 SRU10.4 versions due to 'boot-management' package issues.
The 'boot-management' package was originally part of the 'install-incorporation' and needed to be moved to the 'osnet-incorporation' as part of the GRUB2 boot project.
In preparation for that work the 'boot-management' package was
unincorporated from the 'install-incorporation'.
Unfortunately, it didn't get incorporated into the 'osnet-incorporation' until Solaris 11 11/11 SRU 10.4, which effectively allowed it to float free unconstrained in the interim.
Thus, if you have a system installed with an early Solaris 11 version, such as Solaris 11 11/11 SRU 2a, and want to update it to another pre-SRU 10.4 version such as SRU 5.5, but a later SRU version, e.g. SRU 13.4, is also in your Repository, then the latest GRUB2 boot-management package version available in your Repository will be installed, as there's no incorporation in SRU 5.5 constraining it to an earlier version:
/usr/bin/pkg update --accept --be-name=Solaris11-sru5.5
If you subsequently try to update to an SRU between SRU 10.4 and any SRU with an earlier version of the 'boot-management' package than has been installed, say, SRU 11.4, it'll fail, because from SRU 10.4 onwards the version of the 'boot-management' package is constrained. In SRU 11.4, the 'boot-management' package version is constrained to an earlier version in the 'osnet-incorporation' than the SRU 13.4 version installed. The error message will be similar to the following:
Reject: pkg://firstname.lastname@example.com,5.11-0.175.0.0.0.2.1482:20111019T122712Z
Reason: Excluded by proposed incorporation 'consolidation/osnet/osnet-incorporation'
Newer version pkg://email@example.com,5.11-0.175.0.13.0.2.1:20121022T220536Z is already installed
Reject: pkg://firstname.lastname@example.com,5.11-0.175.0.10.0.2.1:20120809T145747Z
Reason: Newer version pkg://email@example.com,5.11-0.175.0.13.0.2.1:20121022T220536Z is already installed
The solution is actually quite simple.
Since the 'boot-management' package on the target system installed with SRU 5.5 is not constrained by any incorporation in that SRU, simply "down-rev" the 'boot-management' package to the version in the SRU you wish to update to, e.g. SRU 11.4:
pkg update email@example.com,5.11-0.175.0.0.0.2.1482
Now perform the update to the desired SRU, e.g. SRU 11.4, again:
pkg update firstname.lastname@example.com,5.11-0.175.0.11.0.4


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CWRMobility and the ZuneHD
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Erik van Hoof from http://www.CWRMobility.com stopped by at the CRMUG Summit to show me his companies Dynamics CRM product called CWR Mobile CRM running on his new ZuneHD. Interesting to see how a ZuneHD can be used for business applications as well as consumer applications.
Enjoy the show!
John O'Donnell
Microsoft Dynamics ISV Architect Evangelist
Microsoft Corporation
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In Canada, possession of semi-automatic assault weapons is prohibited with narrow exemptions. Applicants for a firearm license must pass background checks which consider criminal, mental, addiction and domestic violence records.
The minimum waiting period is 28 days on the first application and you must have two people vouch for you.
Germany tightened gun laws after a school shooting left 18 people dead in 2002.
Possession of handguns and semi-automatic assault rifles are allowed only with special authorization. People wanting to buy a hunting rifle must undergo background checks that can last up to a year.
U.S. laws reflect Americans' unique attitudes about guns. They are part of the country's constitution, and part of its culture.
"You get your kid's first rifle and go hunting together," said Howell. "It's a totally different culture – a culture that's lasted 200 years."


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Madness I tell you, MADNESS!
Squidly is power-leveling.
- Not using questing guides.
- Not chain running instances.
- Not rounding up the mobs and AoEing them down.
No I am power leveling through PvP!
20% of a level for one AV!
Hell yeah!
Throw in a daily BG quest, the AV quests and the AB quest and it is just too easy.
I normally knock up 30%-50% of a level in a questing session. Maybe a little more if I manage to do a couple of instances.
This weekend I did 7 levels… 7!
Four of those on Friday night alone, even with a couple of distracting (fail) instances.
I'm not 100% on the XP gain per BG, but I seem to be picking up 1-5% per BG loss, and 10-20% per win.
AV will give me 20% and the AV BG daily another 10%
There are some downsides.
- Pure PvP won't reward you with PvE gear – you may need to spend gold, or do some instances and quests.
- A bad string of BGs will award little XP – but hot enough under the collar to spread the pain.
- No income – one PvP daily (if you are lucky) don't fill the vaults.
- The items for purchase with honor and marks are spaced 10 levels apart (and you wouldn't buy level 60 or 70 gear)
On a positive note
- You will get access to the PvP gear which you can replace every 10 levels – good in early leveling
- There is also more than just armor and weapons, for instance I picked up my Black Battlestrider, something Gnomeaggedon always dreamed of, but passed on for the TBC PvP gear.
- The best part being Squidly got to trade in goat legs and annoyingly oversized elephant mount for a pair of chicken legs and the ability to get through doorways and around obstacles.
Mitigating the loosing streak.
Warsong Gulch
At early levels you are stuck with WSG.
If you are in a winning team, sign up for WSG the second you leave the BG, in the hope you will get the majorty of the same crew.
Loosing side, go make a coffee and queue a couple of minutes later.
Arathi Basin
Once you get a little higher you can queue for both WSG & AB.
If you find one BG is rocking, stick with that. If not chop and change.
Take note of your team mate's names.
If you are in a BG with winners, hang around… Loosers, take the next exit option (the other BG queue if it pops, or worst case grab a deserters buff… No BGs for you for a little while.)
Of course you could just stick it out and be happy with your one BG mark… Even better, try to turn it around.
Alterac Valley
When you get to level 51, you are eligible for AV. Now the XP will start raining down.
The important thing to remember is you aren't here to honor farm, you are here to XP farm. The best way to earn XP in BGs is to complete the objectives and for insane amounts of XP you want to win the BG.
Don't Goof Off!
Don't goof off and make sure everyone else is on the XP rather than Honor Juggernaut.
Ohhh as an added bonus, not only will the XP, honor and marks flow, but the achievements will rain down as well!
All through the power of healing… I love being a healer!
Gnomer and Out!, Squidly and Stout!
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EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) _ Books about a guinea pig who thinks she's a dog and a sixth-grader who helps a neglected dog have won William Allen White Children's Book Awards.
Emporia State University announced the winners in a news release Thursday. Given since 1952, the award is one of only a few that asks young readers to pick the winners.
``Guinea Dog'' by Patrick Jennings won in the third- through fifth-grade category. It's about a boy who wants a dog but is given a guinea pig instead.
``Ghost Dog Secrets'' by Peg Kehret won in the sixth- through eighth-grade category. It recounts what happens when a boy starts caring for a dog left chained in frigid weather with no food, water or shelter.
The authors have been invited to an Oct. 5 awards ceremony in Emporia.


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anyone got this combo...?
anyone got this combo...?
which R10 tilt angle? number of shots around?
We listen. We try harder.
Hi Stu - When you're shooting 4-around on a full frame camera, the optimal zoom position is 12mm. I recommend shooting at f/6.7 or f/8, and doing some focus testing before installing your lens ring. Then set the lens to MF, and tape it down with gaffer's tape. I'm shooting with a Canon 8-15mm, but used to have the Tokina 10-17mm. The setting I have written down in my notebook for 4 around at 7.5º on the Tokina using a 5D Mark II is 15.5. Test to make sure that works for you. At least it'll be a good starting point! - Joe


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I really enjoy the texture of the tofu in the pad thai with tofu dish at Noodles and Company. In particular, it comes out much firmer than it does when I make tofu at home by cubing it and cooking it in a pan with vegetable oil. How do I prepare the tofu so it comes out in a similar way?
My girlfriend and I cook a lot of tofu - we have also found that "firm" and "extra-firm" tofu is highly variable and that the quality makes a big difference in the actual firmness, density and cooking results.
Here in SF though we did have good luck with the random brand of tofu available at our local produce market (in the Outer Sunset) we have now switched to almost exclusively cooking with tofu from http://www.tofuyu.com/ who are a local tofu maker and whose plain tofu cooks up amazingly well - gets great color, stays firm and in short is far better than anything else we've tried.
While not every part of the country is as lucky as the Bay Area to have multiple artisanal tofu makers competing to make fantastic tofu you should experiment with the various brands of tofu you can find - look for the one that gets the best results for your in your preparations.
To make your tofu more firm, you can press it. Before cubing it, place the block of tofu on a plate, put another plate on top of it and weight it down with something (like a can of tomatoes) and leave it for 15 minutes. This will compress it further and squish out extra water.
Try baking your tofu before adding it to the dish. It'll lose a lot of moisture and turn out a lot more firm.
you may want to marinate your tofu.
and/or coat it in cornstarch before you fry it.
see this recipe: salt and pepper tofu
The brand and type of tofu are essential and easy to get right. We have one called Cleveland Tofu in Ohio that has an extra-firm that works well, but even the one I see most frequently, Nasoya, works great if you follow up with these steps.
You can cube first but it creates more work. I get good results by:
This gives a nice crispness by ensuring you have dried out the tofu sufficiently. If you choose to only bake just extend baking time. If you want to follow up with a deep-fry or saute they are a nice texture and won't crumble.
To make it more firm, try pan searing it. High heat, low oil, and flip it often with the pan itself. Don't use a utensil, you will want to keep it moving but using even a soft spatula may tear and crumble the tofu before it gains a seared texture).


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Rogers, Ford headline SC Football Hall of Fame class
Published: Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 7:12 p.m.
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GREENVILLE — Heisman Trophy winner George Rogers and national championship coach Danny Ford were among the first eight people selected for the South Carolina Football Hall of Fame.
Rogers won the Heisman for South Carolina in 1980. Ford led Clemson to the national championship in 1981.
Also named Thursday were former Tigers coach Frank Howard and standout Banks McFadden and ex-NFL coach Sam Wyche who played at Furman. Linebacker Harry Carson and defensive back Donnie Shell from South Carolina State were picked as was Bulldogs' longtime coach Willie Jeffries.
The group will be inducted March 23 during the South Carolina College All Star Bowl. The hall is open to players and coaches from the state's football programs along with South Carolina natives who may have played or coached outside the state.
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Jason White has released a new two-song self-titled EP, with his side project, California.
The Green Day guitarist/fourth member has made the release available to stream now via Bandcamp. Hear the two tracks – Same Boat and Bad Directions – below, and let us know what you think in the comments!
Be sure to pick up the new issue of Kerrang! (out tomorrow – April 22) where we go inside the return of Green Day – down the front at their stunning live comeback! Plus, you can find out their secret history by everyone that knows them best.
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Leading up to the 2013 NHL Entry Draft on June 30, the Rampage will revisit the draft memories of several players recently selected by the Florida Panthers.
See below as forward Quinton Howden discusses his memories of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Quinton Howden
Position: Forward
Selected in the first round, 25th overall, of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft
Drafted from the Western Hockey League's Moose Jaw Warriors
What are some of the things you remember from the draft?
I remember I was really nervous. You never really know what's going to happen. There could be trades that effect where you go. It's completely out of your hands. It got to the point where it was just killing me in the insides. But when you finally get picked it's one of the best moments of your life. I'll never forget it.
What were your feelings when you heard your name called?
I couldn't even believe it. It was a huge, "Oh my gosh," moment. I froze up and didn't know what to do for a minute. Then I got up and gave hugs to my family and friends who were able to be there with me. When I made it up to the stage, (NHL Commissioner) Gary Bettman was waiting for me and said, "Welcome to the NHL." I'll never forget that. I think that's when it sunk in a little bit for me. I was just very grateful to have been selected and I'm very proud to be a part of Florida's organization.
Did you have any idea that the Panthers were especially interested in drafting you?
It's kind of a toss-up. You always hear that some people like you and some people don't. I was just hoping to go somewhere in the first round. I thought I had a good interview with Florida and with the couple of trades they made, I thought they might be interested. I was really happy when they picked me.
How was it being in Los Angeles for the draft?
The Staples Center was huge and the fans were great. I remember seeing walls of fans outside waiting to get in and they all had different jerseys on. Everyone was very nice. You'd be walking around in a suit and people wouldn't necessarily know who you were, but they'd come up and shake your hand and congratulate you. It was pretty cool.
Did you hang out with the other guys who were selected by the Panthers after the draft?
I knew (third overall pick by the Panthers) Eric Gudbranson at the time of the draft and I saw him upstairs after we were both selected. That whole day was a whirlwind. You are introduced to all the staff and it was a little bit overwhelming. But looking back, it was an incredible experience.
How many phone calls and text messages did you receive after being drafted?
I had my phone turned off before the draft started. When I turned it back on after being picked, I was overwhelmed with how many people reached out. I sent out a mass text to everyone just thanking them for their support. When I got home, I tried to reconnect with everyone and really thank them for all they had done to help me along the way. I couldn't have gotten to that point without the help and support from a lot of people and I did my best to thank everyone who had a part in helping me get drafted. It was a pretty special couple of days.


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fire report
The Toronto Fire Department had 10 calls during the month of September with an average turnout of 10 members per call.
The calls included one building fire; one passenger vehicle fire; one outside trash or rubbish fire; one rescue standby; one oil spill, no fire; one short circuit wiring; one odor investigation; one false alarm; one smoke detector activation - no fire; and one alarm system activation - no fire.
Youth League
basketball signups
Any child in grades first through sixth wishing to participate in the 2012-13 Toronto Youth Basketball League can sign up at the Roosevelt Recreation Center, corner of Findley Street and Loretta Avenue, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday and Wednesday.
The registration fee is $40 for one child, $65 for two children and $75 for three or more children. Fees must be paid in full at time of registration, and there are no exceptions.
For information, call Michael Roche at (740) 317-3385. Those interested also can go to Facebook.com/TorontoYouthBasketball or www.twitter.com/TorontoBball.
Toronto awarded C.H.I.P. Grant
Toronto has been awarded a $250,000 Community Housing Improvement Program grant from the Ohio Department of Development.
The program runs from September through October of 2014 and will include several housing-related activities designed to assist low- and moderate-income homeowners, home seekers and renters.
The program includes comprehensive owner rehabilitation designed to fully rehabilitate and reduce lead hazards in homes in the C.H.I.P. target area, bounded by Market Street on the south, city limits on the north, state Route 11 on the west and North River Avenue on the east; home repairs for eligible homeowners designed to repair one or two serious concerns; and rental assistance for low-income renters working through the Jefferson County Community Action Council.
Those seeking assistance should contact the program administrators for applications. Applications, program information and income eligibility requirements can be obtained by contacting Bleckman and Associates, program administrator for Toronto, at (330) 499-9798.
Applications for assistance were to be mailed to interested parties beginning Monday, and repairs will begin in the spring.
Upcoming events at library branch
Tuesday - Adult book club at 10 a.m.
Wednesday - Story hour for 2-to-5-year-olds at 4 p.m. Register in advance by calling the library branch at (740) 537-1262.
Oct. 16 - Play and learn at 11 a.m. for caregiver and children to age 3.
Oct. 18 - Story hour for 2-to-5-year-olds at 4 p.m.
Oct. 20 - Family movie day at 1 p.m.
Oct 26. - Story hour for 2-to-5-year -olds at 4 p.m.
Oct. 31 - Make and take craft session from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Bible study at Whispering Hills
A nondenominational Bible study meets at 6:30 p.m. every Monday in the Whispering Hills apartment complex community room, 901 Bank St.
All are welcome, and no collections are taken. Children's Bible study is at 6:30 p.m. every Thursday at the community room. All children are welcome.
Activities at Riverview UM Church
Upcoming activities at Riverview United Methodist Church include:
The church office is open from 8 a.m. until noon Mondays through Fridays. For information, call (740) 537-2210.
The Toronto Unit of the Salvation Army located in the Riverview Church is available from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. For information, call (740) 537-4737.
Events at North River Avenue
Christian Church
Wednesday - Bible study will be at 7 p.m.
Oct. 28 - A seminar on securing a new minister with Hoyt W. Allen Jr. will begin at 9:45 a.m.
Nov. 14 - The turkey harvest dinner will begin at 6 p.m. Soup and sandwiches will be served in the fellowship hall, and donations collected will benefit the His Hands Extended Food Pantry and Colegio Biblico, an international disaster relief organization.
Adult Bible study continues at 11 a.m. every Sunday. The church junior worship program continues at 9:45 a.m. every Sunday for ages 5 through fourth-graders in the downstairs worship area.
Events at Toronto First UM Church
Oct. 12 - Take Off Pounds Sensibly will meet at 9 a.m.
Oct. 14 - Sunday school will begin at 9:30 a.m.; the rise and shine contemporary service will begin at 8:30 a.m.; and the worship service begins at 10 :45 a.m.
Oct. 15 - Bible study begins at 6 p.m. The council on education will meet at 7 p.m.
Oct. 16 - Bible study begins at 10 a.m. The Adventure Club meets from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Oct. 17 - The bell choir meets at 6 p.m.; and the choir at 7 p.m.
Oct. 18- TOPS will meet at 5:30 p.m. A visit to the Laurals of Steubenville will begin at 6:30 p.m.
Salvation Army prescription
assistance offered
Those between ages 18-64 who have no prescription drug insurance can call (740) 537-2210 for assistance.
A team of volunteers will help clients apply for low-cost or no-cost medications.
The free program has been providing assistance since 2002 at the Riverview United Methodist Church, 105 N. River Ave. Assistance is provided on the first Thursday of each month from 10 a.m. to noon.
The entrance to the church is handicap accessible.
Those age 65 or older and who have no prescription insurance are eligible for the program.
This is not a distribution center for medications, but a volunteer-based program that assists in filling out paperwork and sending in necessary applications to drug manufacturers.
Once approved, clients begin receiving medications directly from companies in six to eight weeks.
Event at Bible Methodist Church
Sunday - Morning Sunday school, 10 a.m.; service, 11 a.m.; evening service, 6 p.m.; weekly Bible study, 5:30 p.m.
Activity at First
Sunday Sunday school begins at 9:40 a.m., and the worship service at 11 a.m.


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Support for Mortgage Interest
Birmingham City Council - Debt Advice Team
If you are claiming Income Support, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance or income-related Employment & Support Allowance and you are a homeowner, your benefit may include additional Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP).
Payments can be made towards a customer's mortgage interest payments for loans taken out to purchase the property or for specific home improvement loans. No guarantee can be made that the DWP will meet a loan prior to it being taken out. No help can be provided towards housing costs such as payments of capital owed on a loan, insurance premiums or mortgage arrears.
From 5th January 2009, a temporary package of measures was introduced to provide extra help to new customers in light of the economic downturn. These changes will be reviewed when the housing market recovers.
Rules that apply to new claims from 5 January 2009
For customers making a new claim to benefit from5 January 2009:• There is a waiting period of 13 weeks before help is provided at 100% of eligible mortgage interest.
• The capital limit up to which mortgage interest can be met is £200,000.
• There is a two year time limit on payment of mortgage interest but only for new Jobseeker's Allowance claims.
Customers in receipt of help with mortgages over £100,000 under the new rules will keep the higher capital limit when they move onto State Pension Credit from a working age benefit for as long as they remain entitled to State Pension Credit.
Rules that apply to customers in receipt of help prior to 5 January 2009
If you are already receiving help with your mortgage before5 January 2009, the help you receive will not be changed, and you will be treated under the old rules. If you stop claiming and a future claim links to your previous claim under the department's linking rules, you will be treated under the old rules. The old rules are:• Different rules apply depending on whether the loan was taken out before or afterOct 2 1995
• For loans to purchase the property (& home improvement loans) taken out after 2 October 1995, there is a waiting period of 39 weeks before help is provided, and 100% of eligible mortgage interest is paid from week 40.
• Vulnerable customers who fall into certain specific groups, and customers with a loan taken out prior to 2 October 1995, receive no help for the first 8 weeks of their claim, 50% of eligible interest for a further 18 weeks and 100% of their eligible mortgage interest from week 27.
• The capital limit up to which mortgage interest can be met is £100,000.
If you claim Pension Credit, there are certain conditions that apply to claiming help towards mortgage interest payments. These are:• there isn't a waiting period before you receive help with mortgage interest payments
• you'll be able to claim for mortgage interest on up to £100,000 of your mortgage
SMI assists people with the interest only on their mortgage. There is a standard rate of interest paid. Some homeowners may have actual interest rates that are lower than the standard rate used to calculate SMI payments. This means you receive more SMI than required to meet the payments due to your lender. These payments can only be credited to your mortgage account.
If you are a homeowner with a mortgage and on low income you should contact the Department of Works and Pension (the phone number will be on the letter advising you of your benefit entitlement) to see if you are entitled to claim for help with mortgage interest. They will send you a form which needs to be forwarded to your mortgage lender. Payments from the DWP are made direct to your mortgage lender and are made ever 4 weeks. Mortgage payments are usually due calendar monthly. You will be responsible for any shortfall, remember the DWP will not be making any payment towards the capital repayment of your mortgage. There may also be deductions if you have non-dependants living at your property.
Homeowner who are on the qualifying benefits or on low incomes should also make sure they contact the Council's Benefits Service to make a claim for Council Tax Benefit 0121 464 7000.
The Support for Mortgage Interest scheme is not the only way to get help if you are having problems with your mortgage.
Remember, your home is at risk if you do not pay the mortgage or other loans secured on your property.
The information provided here is for guidance only. Before embarking on any strategy it is important to seek advice.
You can contact Birmingham City Council's Debt Advice Team on the Helpline number 0121 303 2087
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More than 25 anglers were recently recognized by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division with a 2011 angler award for reeling in an outstanding catch. This award program recognizes those who catch fish that meet or exceed a specific weight or length for that particular species.
"These awards spotlight the fact that Georgia has great fishing opportunities across the state," says John Biagi, chief of Fisheries Management, Wildlife Resources Division. "Award winners reeled in everything from a 61-pound blue catfish to a 25-inch brown trout. And, the winners ranged in age from 4 years old to 61 years young."
The Wildlife Resources Division presented 2011 angler award recipients with a certificate and a hat embroidered with the angler's name and the species and weight of the fish caught.
Qualifications for angler awards include:
- Catching the fish by legal hook and line sport fish methods in Georgia,
- Meeting or exceeding the minimum weight OR length requirements,
- Taking the fish to a division fisheries biologist for positive species identification OR including a clear, side view photo of the fish for identification purposes,
- Completing and submitting an angler award application to: Wildlife Resources Division/Angler Award Application/2070 U.S. Hwy. 278, SE, Social Circle, GA 30025. Application is available at www.georgiawildlife.com/fishing/angler-resources.
Other Fishing Recognition Programs
State Records: In addition to the angler award program, the division also maintains a freshwater fish state record program for anglers who land a catch that exceeds the existing record catch weight by one ounce or more.
Kids First Fish Certificate: That's not all, though - the division also is helping to recognize children across the state for catching their first fish with the online kid's first fish award certificate available at www.georgiawildlife.com/fishing/kids-fishing.
To view the complete list of 2011 angler award winners and learn more about award criteria, visit www.georgiawildlife.com/node/372 .
For more information, visit www.gofishgeorgia.com or contact the nearest Wildlife Resources Division Fisheries Management office.


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is there any technique of removing reverb from a sound clip with out altering the original clip?
There's a couple of things you can do to reduce reverb.
What sort of equipment and plugins do you have?
A multiband compressor will certainly do a good job. A simpler option (that I found quite excellent) was SPL's De-Verb. Simple and effective.
Is it reverb that is a problem or is something off mic? There's little you can do about the latter.
I did a quick demo for De-Verb.
Link here
This question is very common, and you can find elements of answer here http://socialsounddesign.com/questions/2330/matching-dialogue-between-different-takes or there http://socialsounddesign.com/questions/629/getting-rid-of-room-sound-on-a-voice-recording.
Basically, your tools to fix problematic production sound are multiband compression/expansion, EQ and some more advanced processes like the ones addressed in the second topic I provided you with. But again, not a lot you can do, you can make things less worse and I've had a good experience on a film I made earlier this year.
Some good advice above however if you approach the task with the following in mind you'll be happier with your efforts.
Removing reverb from a "continuous sound" i.e. a train of impulses like speech or music where the previous envelope causes the reverb envelope to merge with the next direct sound envelope, is like trying to remove the egg from a cake :-)
If there is sufficient gap between the direct sound and the reverberation curve, i.e. after the 1st or 2nd early reflections you stand a good chance.
If the mic is at or beyond the "critical distance" you have very little chance.
also potentially helpful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_modes
Hi Matt I know this tutorial is in Spanish, but you will get the idea hope is useful. Michel
I saw the multi-band compression comment - that can help - but I know that it would be around the same mid-range frequencies in the tails. My first try would be by using a gate to remove the tails, as they would be lower in amplitude. Maybe use the MBC to pull down the extraneous, and really, if you want to get down to surgical - use iZotope RX to erase the non-transient information using the spectrograph and scrub out tool. That software works wonders.
The demo of De-verb is no longer on the link :( Anyone have a demo I can listen to someplace?
I have a shoot coming up where the one room is extremely bright and reverbial is there such a word?) and I will have to try match the sound from other locations. I am researching as to what my options will be and any help will be greatly appreciated!
I've gotten good results using multi-band expansion plug-ins like Waves C4. It's useful because you're not cutting the tail, but simply attenuating it so that the decay happens faster. You aren't going to be able to get rid of all of it, but you can definitely reduce the presence of the reverberation.
Dyvision's plugin can be useful. I actually use it as a noise reduction effect, particularly for removing low level outdoors rumble and noise, indeed I get better results from it than plugins costing many times more.
Reverb removing for Zynaptiq UNVEIL.
I've always been pleasantly surprised with what de-verb can do. You can still use it do much and screw things up but it's been a life saver a few times. There are times when tools that just do one thing are great.
I second SPL De-verb, absolutely fabulous plug.


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STEUBENVILLE - The big inning paid big dividends for Big Red's streaking baseball team Wednesday.
Fred Heatherington's club broke open a tight contest by scoring eight times in the fifth en route to a 12-3 victory over Weir High at Vacarro Field. The win was the fifth in a row for Big Red, which now stands at 8-3 and hosts Wheeling Park today.
"We're playing well right now," Heatherington said. "Our pitchers are throwing strikes and we're fielding well. Our hitters are putting the ball in play and we're running the bases well. We're doing things right in all phases of the game."
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SAFE AT HOME — Steubenville's Anthony?Zorne avoids the tag of Weir catcher Lane Beck to score a run during Big Red's 12-3 win over the?Red Riders Wednesday at Vaccaro Field.
-- Fred Younce
FOR THE OUT — Weir second baseman Jeremy Swartzmiller throws to first for an out during the Red Riders' 12-3 loss to Steubenville Wednesday at Vaccaro Field.
-- Fred Younce
Senior Matt Petrella had a huge game for the winners. On the mound, he allowed just four hits in going the distance. At the plate, he just missed hitting for the cycle (getting a triple, double and single) and drove home a pair of runs.
Freshman Jake Wypasek started on the hill for the Red Riders and did a solid job of keeping Big Red at bay. He gave way to Josh Russell with one out in the fourth.
"He did a nice job for us," Weir coach Bob Rosnick noted. "His off-speed stuff was effective in keeping Big Red off balance."
Big Red was down 3-2 heading into the home half of the fourth. Bryan Pierro doubled down the third base line to start the frame. Wypasek gave way to Russell after recording a strikeout. Petrella greeted the new Red Rider hurler with a drive to deep left, good enough for a two-bagger and scoring Pierro to knot the score. Pat Pizzoferrato followed with an infield single, plating Petrella and giving his team the lead for good.
Kai McClurg got the Big Red fifth going with a single. Anthony Zorne followed with a base knock and John Linn drove in a pair with his second hit of the contest. Petrella's triple and Pizzoferrato's single also produced runs. Cody Saltsman's two-run single capped the rally.
Big Red sent 13 batters to the plate and collected six hits. The winners were aided by a couple of Weir fielding miscues.
"We played lackadaisical early," Heatherington pointed out. "Once we started putting the ball in play that got us going and afforded us the opportunity to have that big inning."
Rosnick noted his Riders "made mistakes at crucial times then their bats came alive."
"You can't give a good hitting team like Big Red extra opportunities," he added. "We had one starter in his regular position today. "We have four guys out with injuries and two with illnesses. We had a good thing going (Weir had won five out of its last six before Wednesday including a huge 9-4 victory over Linsly) but that's no excuse."
Petrella's three safeties paced Big Red's 13-hit attack. Linn, Pizzoferrato and McClurg also had multiple-hit games.
The Red Riders got to Petrella for all of their runs in the second. Jeremy Swartzmiller's two-run single was the big blow. Josh Russell added a single and Chris Russell drew a bases-loaded walk to earn a RBI.
He settled down after that outburst, retiring 12 of the next 14 batters he faced. Weir's only two runners during the third, fourth, fifth and sixth innings reached on Big Red errors.
Swartzmiller and Chris Russell both managed base hits in the seventh.
"Matt pitched well for us today," Heatherington noted. "He found the strike zone with two good pitches. He hadn't pitched in a while and the start was rough. After he settled in, he threw well."
Weir is now 6-8 and is off until Monday when it entertains East Liverpool.
Big Red 12, Weir High 3
Weir 030 000 0 - 3 4 2
Big Red 101 280 x - 12 13 2
WEIR (6-8): Wypasek (2BB, 1K, 1 HB) J. Russell (4, LP, 2BB, 2K, 1 HB) and Beck. Swartzmiller 2S, 2 RBI; J. Russell S; C Russell S.
STEUBENVILLE (8-3): Petrella (WP, 4BB, 3K, 1HB) and McClurg. Petrella T, D, S, 2RBI; Linn 2S, 2RBI; Pizzoferrato 2S, 2RBI; McClurg 2S, RBI; Pierro D; Saltsman S, 2RBI; Corsi S; Zorne S.


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9 Famous Movie Villains Who Were Right All Along
#5. The Wicked Witch of the West (The Wizard of Oz)
The "villain":
You're in a tough spot if "Wicked" is right there in your name, but WWW isn't exactly the most image conscious celebrity in Oz, either: She kidnapped Dorothy, threatened to drown her dog and tried to set The Scarecrow on fire, all to get her hands on the girl's ruby slippers. Foot fetish or not, that was some stone-cold villainy.
Nice teeth, though.
Hold on a minute there:
Remember that the Witch wasn't after Dorothy, and she wasn't trying to rule the world. All she ever wanted was those slippers. Say, how did Dorothy acquire those magical shoes in the first place? Why, by taking them off the blood-drenched feet of the Wicked Witch of the East. Who she just murdered. Who also happened to be the Wicked Witch of the West's sister.
These shoes used to be white...
Let's look at the whole "accident" from the West Witch's perspective:
The Witch sisters are hanging around Oz, minding their own business when some random teenager crushes a woman to death with a house, killing her instantly in an act of domiciliary manslaughter. Next, the teenager waltzes out and corpse-loots the victim's shoes (some sort of creepy kill-trophy, no doubt) which under every inheritance law in the universe damn well belong to the deceased's surviving family.
From where we stand, the Wicked Witch of the West had every right in the world to bludgeon Dorothy to death with a sock full of toxic batteries, but what did she do? Absolutely nothing. She just wanted her shoes back, and every action that she took was motivated by that want. Then, of course, Dorothy raises an army in the form of a giant, talking lion, a man made of metal and an unkillable scarecrow, steals the Witch's broomstick and kills the Witch, staging a nice little Witch sister reunion in the afterlife.
Never forget.
#4. Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel (The Rock)
The "villain":
The actions of General Hummel (Ed Harris) in The Rock read almost like a How-To Guide for Villainous Assholes: 1.) Break into Alcatraz, take lots of hostages, 2.) Demand $100 million from the government, threaten to launch a WMD nerve agent over San Francisco if your demands are not met, 3.) Eat a puppy (probably).
"Braised puppy. You can't find good barbeque this far from Texas."
Hold on a minute there:
There certainly is a major villain in The Rock but it's not General Hummel. Ironically, it's the U.S. government, something you wouldn't expect in a movie by Michael "Star Spangled 'Splosion" Bay. Hummel was only doing this in the first place because the government used him and his troops for illegal clandestine missions all over the world. But Uncle Sam wouldn't spare a counterfeit wooden nickel for the families of soldiers who died during those missions. For some reason Hummel had a problem with that.
And he tried getting money and attention the legitimate ways. Hummel exhausted every official channel, trying to get the country to cough up some cash, before finally giving up and moving from strongly worded letters to the next logical thing: chemical warfare terrorism. Besides, he never wanted the 100 mill to be paid from the country's homeless kitten shelter budget or anything. Hummel specifically asks for the money to come from the Red Sea Trading Company... "a slush-fund where the Pentagon keeps proceeds from illegal arms deals."
But it's ours! We earned it fair and square by breaking international laws!
In the end, Hummel never hurt one innocent person and revealed that the nerve agent missiles he had prepared were all a bluff, making his whole operation something of a large scale charity performance, only with guns and WMDs instead of smugness. Elaborate and dangerous, sure, but his punishment, (that Nicolas Cage goes down as the hero of the movie he died in), should count as a war crime.
Look! Two atrocities posing for a picture together.
#3. Captain Skroeder (Short Circuit)
The "villain":
In the theological-nightmare movie "Short Circuit" a military robot is granted a soul after being struck by a lightning bolt. Gaining sentience and running away, he is constantly pursued by the ruthless security-chief of the company that built him, Captain Skroeder-a man who will stop at nothing to destroy the so called "malfunctioning" machine.
Were ascots really ever standard Army issue?
Hold on a minute there:
Here's a riddle for you. What do you call a piece of electronics which stopped working the way it was supposed to? We'll give you a hint: it starts with an "m" and Eminem cuold make it rhyme with "mouth-puncturing." Johnny 5 was not only a malfunctioning piece of machinery for which Skroeder was responsible, he was a dangerous robot designed for killing and armed with one of the most powerful lasers in the world. If Skroeder could stop Johnny 5 and fix the broken, highly dangerous robot from wandering around a world full of life, the value of which he didn't understand, Skroeder would be a god damned hero.
But hey, it's not like laser cannons are dangerous or anything.
It's still unclear to us how, in a movie full of scientists and people not currently in mental institutions, it took Skroeder, a security officer, to disbelieve that souls can travel through lightning strikes. The funny thing is he sort of had a point there, because during the first days of Johnny's so called "sentience", he didn't even understand the concept of life and death. Do you understand the implications of that? A machine that can kill but doesn't know what killing means? We should have been rooting for someone to drop a bomb on this military murder-bot before it "disassembled" a bunch of toddlers.
In comparison, all Skroeder wanted was to quietly run the robot over with his truck. That's not so bad. But instead, Johnny got to go and live his life, and Skroeder loses, disgraced. A note to all of the special Captains of Robotics out there: Do not take any lessons from Short Circuit. If your brand new kill-bot gains sentience and wants to explore the world with its newfound emotions, do not let it.
"Hey Mitch, why did we install that 'kidnapping' protocol again?"
#2. The Machines (The Matrix / Animatrix)
The "villain":
The Matrix bots freaking harvest people for energy, man! And use us as characters in their twisted robot versions of The Sims, where you know they amuse themselves by messing with our minds and reprogramming random people to do really stupid stuff, like make and watch additional Matrix movies.
"Don't forget our nefarious plan to convince people that Keanu Reeves is an actor."
Hold on a minute there:
Let's go back to the start. Some of this backstory is relayed in the films, some of it in The Animatrix, the series of shorts the creators released between films. Either way, this is canon in the Matrix universe.
In the beginning, the Machines were our slaves, used for every job imaginable -- and yes, someone probably was screwing them over -- before they got too smart for their own good and decided that serving us wasn't the most efficient use of their time. So we tried to mass-murder them. As a neat little compromise, the bots created a peaceful robot-utopia in the desert, which quickly became the world's leading economy. Our response was to mass-murder them some more (it was the future's hot new answer to all possible problems, including failing test scores among middle-schoolers).
Why is it wearing pants?
But suddenly, out of NOWHERE, a war broke out between us, and the machines won. They won and the humans lost, so after all of the years of being treated like slaves by the humans, it was time for the robots to get revenge. And what did the robots do to make us humans pay? They gave us a Paradise Virtual Reality. They realized that a world of both humans and robots could not exist peacefully, so they gave us a world where robots didn't exist and said "Live out your lives here, and we'll live out our lives in our world." Humans weren't living in the real world, but no one could tell the difference anyway, so it shouldn't have mattered.
"There's an orgy in our collective unconscious and everyone's invited!"
And to show our appreciation for one of the most even compromises in history, we began a campaign to murder every single last robot. That'll teach them to beat us in war and show mercy.
#1. Sauron (The Lord of the Rings)
The "villain":
Oh, come on. Sauron is like the archetypal evil overlord. He's got massive armies of monsters. He has a flaming eyeball. He has a helmet made of spikes, people, come on. And, he did... you know, he did all of those... things. And...
Sauron, seen here evilly defending his home from an invading army.
Hold on a minute there:
And what exactly? Please tell us, because throughout the entire 2000-hour run of the Jackson trilogy, we couldn't find a single reason why everyone demonized Sauron like he was a debt-collecting pedophile. Yes, he was building an army to advance on Middle Earth. But who was in that army? What were they fighting for?
This was a world where Orcs were used as target practice among elvish communities. The elves loved that shit. Sauron put a stop to that by offering all the underprivileged creatures a place in his non-race-exclusive army (the only nonsegregated force in Middle Earth other than the Fellowship), with promises of their own country in the future. After what he did for the orcs and the goblins, Sauron was just some towering, mace-wielding folk hero.
"Let freedom ring! Also, let's eat some man-flesh."
Of course the humans and elves couldn't have that, because if orcs moved-in next door to them, their houses' property value would go down. After all, these creatures are dark and smelly and have weird voices. They must be murdered on sight.
Above: Segregation?
We hear a lot about freedom, and the free peoples of Middle Earth standing up to Mordor. What do we mean by "free?" They're certainly not fighting for Democracy -- each kingdom is a monarchy where the people have no say over what the leader does as long as that leader possesses the right genes. And overwhelmingly it seems like what those leaders like to do is shit on the Orcs, and the countless other minorities who Sauron was able to recruit onto his side.
What you were seeing in these films was not an unprovoked act of aggression, undertaken just for the hell of it. You were seeing generations of pent-up frustration by oppressed minorities, harnessed by a leader they could get behind. What Sauron did was nothing more than try to cut out a piece of that Middle Earth dream for himself and his followers, and find land that doesn't require them to live under a continuously erupting volcano.
On the plus side, it isn't Oklahoma.
His methods were violent and there were excesses -- as you see in every revolution. But if Middle Earth doesn't take a moment to understand why Sauron was able to draw tens of thousands of disenfranchised individuals to his cause, then they're destined to fight the same war all over again, as soon as the next Sauron shows up.
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The Blaugrana full-back has called for his side to maintain their focus, as he believes that whilst the Camp Nou outfit have a healthy lead, they have not won La Liga yetAdriano says Barcelona cannot relax despite having a nine-point lead at the top of the Spanish Primera Division, as he insists the title race is far from over.
The Brazil international warned that if his side are to become complacent, then, second-placed Atletico Madrid or even Real Madrid could capitalise and come from behind to secure the Liga crown.
"We cannot relax because Real Madrid will not give up and Atletico are doing very well." Adriano told reporters.
"If we don't relax, we'll be champions of La Liga."
The 28 year-old went on to discuss how the players miss both their former coach, Pep Guardiola, and current boss Tito Vilanova.
"We miss him [Tito] day to day," admitted Adriano.
The full-back also spoke of the squad's joy at their summer fixture against Bayern Munich where former boss Guardiola is due to takeover in the summer.
He said: "It will be very special to go face to face with Pep."


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(October 12, 2012)--"Left lane for passing only" will be the verbiage on new signs expected to go up across the state.
All 75 MPH (or higher) highways will get about 3,400 total signs.
"Engineers generally consider highway travel to be the safest when vehicles are traveling at the same speeds," TxDOT Traffic Operations Divisions Director Carol Rawson said.
The installation of signs will be completed by next summer.


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While searching online I did not find any conclusive article on whether it is good or bad for one's eyesight to read on a computer screen in a dark room. Most mention that it will cause strain that will go away after some rest (sleep). My question is does reading in dark room has any long term effect on one's eyesight and what screen brightness setting (low of high) should one prefer if trying to read in a dark room?
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Not an answer, but just a suggestion:
If you are in a position where you must read off of a computer monitor without ample ambient light, I'd suggest you try setting your monitor/reader/whatever to have a dark background and light/wight text so it doesn't feel like you're staring into the sun.