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YOUR input is need, Does the CON need signs??
Would signs at the entrances and along the trail keep people on the trail, thereby reducing bypasses and erosion???
Dels' FOTR email.
Hi all: last night I represented FOTR at an impromptu meeting with the OHV
Commission (CA Dept. of Parks and Rec). Others in attendance included the
commercial vendors on the Rubicon, CA4WDC, Daphne Green (OHV Commissioner),
and Dana Holland (Gatekeeper program on the Rubicon). Our purpose was to
get all the players together to see where things are headed on keeping the
trail open; talk about the success of our McKinney/Rubicon Drainage Repair
Project; discuss where we go from here; and how we can all work closely
together to coordinate our Rubicon efforts. It was a good meeting.
There is quite a ground swell building to duplicate what we did on the
Placer County side. By duplicate, I mean the working relationship with the
County and the great work we did to keep the trail in a condition that
satisfies the control type agencies. As you know, the rest of the trail is
in El Dorado County. So we're talking about ways to build our
relationships with that county like we did with Placer County (Tahoe side).
We spent quite a bit of time talking about some of the spur roads,
bypasses, off shoot roads, etc. along the trail. Also the fact that the
entrances to the trail are not marked (signed). There was some talk about
putting signs up at the starts (McKinstry, Wentworth, and Loon) so folks
know where the trail starts and where the trail really is. A kiosk was
discussed too. But the group last night was very interested in getting
some feedback from FOTR as to this problem. DO WE NEED SIGNS? HOW BEST
One of the objectives of Commissioner Green is to ensure that folks don't
get off the trail and make new roads. She was hoping that perhaps a
signing program might help this situation. For those of you that wheel the
rough trails a lot, you've seen how bypasses develop and eventually
contribute to drainage and erosion problems. We FIXED that on the McKinney
section of the road with our waterbar building operation. Now we need to
think about the rest of the trail. If we go fix some of the drainage
problems and close a few side roads, and agree on what bypasses to leave,
perhaps signs would help keep folks on the right trail (especially around
the slabs and the entrances. What do you think?
Further we talked about the sanitation options (toilets). Just so you
don't hear any rumors, nothing has been done yet about toilets at Spider
and Buck Island. We're still in the talking stages. Great ideas are out
there, but we have hoops to jump thru which I'll talk about in later
emails. The main thing is that we need to keep that as one of our next
priorities because sanitation is a biggie and the problem gets worse every
year. Weekends are seeing 500 plus users on the trail just from one
entrance alone. The Rubicon is VERY popular and we're going to have to
accommodate sanitation needs sooner or later. I'll talk more about this
soon. But I wanted to let you know that we're still trying to come up with
options, ideas and plans. Maintenance (pumping) is a big deal. You can't
just put in toilets and leave em for very long.
One thing the group asked of FOTR is that when the OHV Commission is ready
to give out grant money, that FOTR be ready with pen in hand to write a few
letters to the right folks. I'll keep ya posted on that one.
Well, that's enough for now. As things develop, we'll communicate this way
and exchange ideas. NOTE: if you respond to this, I'd be helpful to those
of us that get tons of emails NOT to resend the whole message. Just cut
and paste the paragraph you're responding to, and send your reply. If you
just want to philosophize a bit about all this, PLEASE do not resend the
whole message or the rest of the list will be on me like flies on a full
outhouse.
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I have mixed feelings about signs.
Signs ease the newcommer as to where the trail is. Keeps people off of areas they shouldn't be AND possibly increases the amount of people on the trail.
Signs are typically targets for those half-wits that shoot at everything and anything.
Signs could be considered a souvenier item and thus may not last long on the trail.
I think they definately would aid in keeping traffic where it's supposed to be but the maintenance to keep readable signs on the trail may exceed the value.
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I for one think it's a good idea. I know a lot of people say "if you don't know the trail, you have no business being up there", the only problem is, people DON'T always know the trail, yet they still want to run it. The people who "know" the trail don't own it, it IS a public road after all, so everyone should be free to use it.
I think some standard Forest Service road markers would be fine and I think it WOULD actually cut down on the amount of "off the beaten path" driving that is occuring now. I have seen a lot of people wandering around looking for the trail and I myself have been lost up there a couple of times (before I had run it a few times).
My vote is "YES" put some signs up!
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I thought I'd add....
The BLM allows the Red Rock 4Wheelers in Moab to actually paint trail markings on the rocks.
This would be a cost effective way to mark the Loon side entrances and the slabs as well as anywhere a rock face could be painted.
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I'm probably going to open myself up to flames, for I did not make the first work party, but here's my .02.....
two schools of thought out there that i've heard...
First is to make the trail harder to approch, this to "keep the bozo's out" (this from many hardcore rig owners)
Second leave the trail as is with the signage stated to help keep everyone where they belong. I like the idea of signage to address the trouble areas, but we all know that idiots will mess with the signs, or just ignore them. somehow we need to educate the general 4x4 crowd on the concept of treadlighty. the continued making of new bypasses or routes will just make it harder for us to keep what we already have. I love hardcore wheeling, but mess'n around off the trail on the con is just wrong....and could lead to having to wheel at places like Praire City or Hollister....
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Perhaps a sign at the beginning (spillway) that would list recommended equipment and damages to be expected if not properly equipped? (I realize this isn't going to stop anyone, but it may make them think) I have seen everything from a stock Geo Tracker to full blown "point and shoot" rigs up there. I don't care how elusive you make the trail, people are going to "try their luck" so why not send them down the correct path. If "Gatekeeper" isn't enough to discourage them (the Tracker was not) then they are going to tear their chit up no matter what. It makes me ill to see all the spur roads and bypasses because people don't know where the fawk they're going. I say point them in the right direction at least, beyond that, they are in control of their own destiny. Like I said, the "hard core wheelers" don't own the trail, and they may be banned from using it if we don't stop the bypass/spur road creation.
Make the signs very plain with no reference to "Rubicon Trail" issue a forest road number (probably already has one) and use those ugly ass brown forest service markers referencing that number.
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I've only been on the trail once with a group. Even some of the others who had been there before got a little mixed up when the trail starts to split in the woods on the way in from Loon.
If it hadn't been for others who had been there many times before, I would have missed the correct trail in a few spots.
Some type of a marker (sign or painted on) would be beneficial to keep everyone on the trail. Painted signs on the slabs (as Belly Dragger pointed out) would be a great way to keep people in the right areas. Some type of basic trail marker (with reflector) would work in the other areas.
The argument of "if they don't know where the trail is, they shouldn't be here" isn't the right way to handle this. People will still come out here because it's one of the most well known trails in the country. We must educate these people that are coming to keep them on the right path so it doesn't get closed.
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Signs would keep people from wander all over the place and making new trails. I think its a good idea.
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Another possible benefit, if it's marked and people are caught in the "undesignated area" they can be ticketed by the Forest Service and/or law enforcement for doing so. Throw a couple of hefty fines on people and I think the problem would be almost eliminated. Stupid people seem to know each other and the "word of mouth" would get around.
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I think some kind of reflectors up in the trees or rock would help people stay on the trail at night.....simple and hard to mess with unless they become TARGETS, and then, YES, stupid people are the problem.
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signs are a good idea! I make it up to the con every year for 4/5 days. I go in and out all the entrances and I am always following the tracks across all of the slabs and wondering if this is the "correct way". I usually end up missing the turn off to the true sluice and half to walk around to find each end. Last time I was there I was going in Sunday and I could here people leaving talking back and forth across the radio because half the group turned left to loon and the rest went straight.
Yes some jackass will shoot, steal or deface them from time to time, that does not change the fact that they would help more than hurt. As Putzboy says it would make enforcement easier as well.
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Yes, sign's. Showing the entrances and along the trail.
It's an increasingly popular 'public' place. Not everyone that uses it is 'hardcore' or a local that know's every rock. Brandon once pointed out you can pick an easy line or a hard line and it's true, you can make the trail what you want. You can only do though if it remain's open, and with out controls when recreational areas start getting over run they get closed or severly restricted. I don't like restrictions, most of the time my personal thought is those controls and restrictions suck, but to keep from loosing it you have to maintain order.
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I think Belly Dragger and Chris G. said it best... I can see punk idiots pulling the signs as souvenirs, and THEY make up the bulk of the problem. The amount of trash on some of the trails around here is amazing...you think members of a local organized 4x4 club take old appliances and tires with them on trail rides? It's the locals who are trashing the places, then blame wheelers. It's a losing battle, because we are a lot more visible, and few people outside the sport understand wheelers. Heck, most members of my own family think I'm nuts because I like to climb big rocks with my Cruiser...
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Speaking as one that has not let been through the Rubicon.
I have been involved with offroading for 10 plus years, first as a stupid teen, tearing up the trails in Hollister, to now as a responsible adult who cares that access to trails remains available. I can understand the problem with not knowing where the trail is, and also agree that marking the correct trails is an excellent idea, both for those who care and those who don't know better. The markers will require upkeep, but so does the trail. (I intend to make the clean-up in October) I think the benefits outweigh the negatives. Given the chance I think most people would stay on the trail, especially if they know they are leaving the trail.
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signs would be nice, it would help people to stay on the trail, but also i see them only lasting a few weeks before someone shoots them steals them or what not
Painting something on a large rock would work (little harder to steal and/or shoot up) but it might look bad, but as flashlight man was saying, some reflectors would be sweet
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Hell Yes it needs signs!!
It's a county road, mark it like one! There are already forest service signs marking blocked off bypasses, so why not take it a step further. If it's a legal offshoot mark it with a sign. If it's an illegal bypass, block it and mark it with a "no motor vehicles" sign. To discourage sign theft, make it a federal offense (theft from the forest service) and prosecute anyone caught with an illegal sign to the full extent of the law. Nail the Fawkers to the cross.
Maybe a nice sign at each enterance to the trail is a good idea. Not just a plack, but a little information station with a good sized map and a large list of the "rules of the trail" with the fines and possible consequences spelled out clearly for the slow people in our sport.
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How about Speed Limit signs? Say 35 MPH?
One thing we are trying (in the San Bernardino Nat Forest) is to use the RIGHT sign. Instead of "ROAD CLOSED", we are using "Area Closed for Revegitation".
Start the trails with the "Stay on Designated Trails", then it will just be reinforced when they see the next signs.
People don't react well to just being told that the "ROAD IS CLOSED". We are hoping they react better if we give them a ligitimate reason (or at least some kind of reason).
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YES, everytime I leave spider I get lost heading out????????He he, reg plain brown arrows would work, and some reflectors for night would hel, I drove off the main around the aligator pit at night, went 100 yards down into a camp, lights on waking people up I guess, going towards loon, I don't want to bother people sleeping, a few signs would be great. I remember a group of 5 or so of us comeing out from last years cleanup, around 10pm, bottom of the slabs, and we are lost to were the trail goes up the slabs for 15-20 mins! those epoxy reflectors on the slabs would save your ass sometimes, yellow or blue ones
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I like the sign idea. A good kiosk at the entrances w/ maps and other trail info (like rig recommendations, what to expect of the trail, etc.) would be good.
I'd also like some stuff along the trail on the slabs and in the woods too to keep me on the right trail, especially at night.
Sometimes I'd like to be able to explore the other entrances/exits besides Loon that I don't know yet, but since they're not labeled, I just end up lost and probably not where I'm supposed to be.
Another thing might be an approved stencil to spray paint on rocks along the way. Kinda like the ones they put by storm drains now that say "Flows to river," etc.
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the reflectors are a great idea. Lost people are way more likley to start trailblazing.
this would also be a good place to post other info, fire restrictions, wanted posters for litterbugs, ect...
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I have to agree on some sort of signage, it would be a great asset to those who do not go up there every weekend so to speak. Ive not been there for 20 yrs and I know Id get off trail someplace even though I am a very experienced 4wheeler. There are some good ideas above and maybe something will come of it.
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Signs would be good. I think the kiosk is a really good idea. Something with some maps, what to expect of the trail, maybe even a little history. This trail has evolved far past a "secret trail" or some kind of nature commune. It is a hard core wheeling trail and it should be signed and marked accordingly for the safety of it's users and the safety of the landscape around it.
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Incase any of you are unaware, there are signs all over the trail! We put a nice big one up last year at the clean up at the spillway, that prety much says: stay on the trail, and take your trash out!
For the past 4 years or so, we've been posting "forest service OHV" signs all over the trails, stating no 4x4 beyond this point, etc. And what happens is people just run them over and steal them, then go about creating bypasses. So once again, there are signs posted, just way to many  's on the trail..
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MPTG mixes country bumpkin humor, multi-partner pile-ups, and convoluted diatribes on his pet peeves while doing riffs on mainstream shows like Arli$$ and Sports Night. Imagine Jerry Maguire or Bull Durham... minus the high-powered Hollywood talent. Then throw in a lot of gratuitous butt-fucking. If you haven't caught our drift by now, forget it--this synopsis is already probably longer than the actual script itself, and all you really need to hear about is the humping.
There are twelve carnal couplings in this feature and most of them are very good. Naturally, (well not quite so naturally) Jill Kelly plays the lead and performs the hottest scenes. As Becky Ann Nordstron, a farm-fed girl on the fast track to stardom as the first topless TV announcer, Kelly is smart, sassy, and bewitching. As the main pussy on parade, she is simply a great fuck. Whether grappling with girls or in threeways (with Hank Armstrong and Anna Malle, or Tom Byron and Rebecca Wild) Jill is a classy, hot sex entertainer.
The vid is peppered with numerous encounters only tangentially related to the mail plot, but some of those are noteworthy, too. An exterior sequence with Ian Daniels and Kimberly Jade, anally straddled across a fence post, will put a lump in your overalls, while a similarly-inclined rectal rendezvous between Steve Hatcher and Nellie Pierce will produce equally heated results. Why Jill never takes the buttilicious plunge with farm hand Bret Wolf--yet accepts a dildo up her rear flank--is never quite addressed.
As to why this well-marketed, quality tape didn't get a higher rating, we cite two main factors: supporting starlets who can't deliver the nuances of Holliday's dialogue because they don't even understand what his game is... and egregiously loose editing, which could have (partially at least) saved said mediocre performances.
For the concept and the sex, MPTG is batting a very high average. Plaaay ball!


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The Python DB-API
Many people use Python because, like other scripting languages, it is a portable, platform-independent and general-purpose language that can perform the same tasks as the database-centric, proprietary 4GL tools supplied by database vendors. Like 4GL tools, Python lets you write programs that access, display and update the information in the database with minimal effort. Unlike many 4GLs, Python also gives you a variety of other capabilities, such as parsing HTML, making socket connections and encrypting data.
Possible applications for the Python DB-API include:
Many web sites construct pages on the fly to display information requested by the user, such as selections from the products offered in a catalog or from the documents available in a library. Doing this requires CGI scripts that can extract the desired information from a database and render it as HTML.
An Intranet application might use the Tkinter module and the DB-API to provide a graphical user interface for browsing through a local database, such as accounts receivable or a customer list.
Python programs can be used to analyze data by computing statistical properties of the data.
Python programs can form a testing framework for programs that modify the database, in order to verify that a particular integrity constraint is maintained.
There are lots of commercial and freeware databases available, and most of them provide Structured Query Language (SQL) for retrieving and adding information (see Resources). However, while most databases have SQL in common, the details of how to perform an SQL operation vary. The individuals who wrote the Python database modules invented their own interfaces, and the resulting proliferation of different Python modules caused problems: no two of them were exactly alike, so if you decided to switch to a new database product, you had to rewrite all the code that retrieved and inserted data.
To solve the problem, a Special Interest Group (SIG) for databases was formed. People interested in using Python for a given application form a SIG of their own: they meet on an Internet mailing list, where they discuss the topic, exchange ideas, write code (and debug it) and eventually produce a finished product. (Sounds a lot like the development process for the Linux kernel, doesn't it?)
After some discussion, the Database SIG produced a specification for a consistent interface to relational databases—the DB-API. Thanks to this specification, there's only one interface to learn. Porting code to a different database product is much simpler, often requiring the change of only a few lines.
The database modules written before the Database SIG are still around and don't match the specification—the mSQL module is the most commonly used one. These modules will eventually be rewritten to comply with the DB-API; it's just a matter of the maintainers finding the time to do it.
A relational database is made up of one or more tables. Each table is divided into columns and rows. A column contains items of a similar type, such as customer IDs or prices, and a row contains a single data item, with a value for each column. A single row is also called a tuple or a relation, which is where the term "relational database" originates.
For an example database, we'll use a small table designed to track the attendees for a series of seminars. (See Listing 1.) The Seminars table lists the seminars being offered; an example row is (1, Python Programming, 200, 15). Each row contains a unique identifying ID number (1, in this case), the seminar's title (Python Programming), its cost ($200), and the number of places still open (15). The Attendees table lists the name of each attendee, the seminar that he or she wishes to attend and whether the fee has been paid. If someone wants to attend more than one seminar, there will be more than one row with that person's name, with each row having a different seminar number and payment status.
The examples below use the soliddb module, which supports accessing SOLID databases from Python. SOLID is a product from Solidtech that was reviewed by Bradley Willson in LJ, September, 1997. I'm not trying to cover CGI or Tkinter programming, so only the commands to access the database are presented here, in the same manner as if typed directly into the Python interpreter.
I would rather do something more like this
for i in cursor:
clearer code
while (1):
instead of
while 1:
if attendee == None: break
instead of
if attendee is None: break
if you want to give an example, please give a good one, not just something that works, show how to write pythonic code
I wonder if you thought at all before posting
Sometimes, things are not as they appear to the casual, shallow minded observer.
AMK is no 'newbie' to Python. Rather like a skilled sensei teaching young would-be samurai, he simplied his technique so as not to distract his students with complexity but rather to let them focus on his lesson one simple point at a time.
The real pythonic way of "saying" [if attendee is None: break]
is [if not attendee: break]
Remember, nothing is so good that can not be better . . .
If you want to correct someone, do this better next time.
Hey Andrew, nice code, your tutorial is the only link at PyGreSQL page, continue helpping people that are realy capable of learnning something.
The real pythonic way of "saying" [if attendee is None: break]
is [if not attendee: break]
Remember, nothing is so good that can not be better . . .
If you want to correct someone, do this better next time.
You certainly don't know who
You certainly don't know who AMK is.
Well, as a python
Well, as a python programmer, it could have been better, but since it's about using the API, and not how to write good python, it's still a good example.
Re: The Python DB-API
This is useful. Thanks.
Re: The Python DB-API
Good writing-hack. Thanx a lot, 'cause it was so useful.
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This is really helpful to beg
This is really helpful to beginners to give them idea what is like DB programming with Python. Thanks!
nice :) There's a small ty
nice :)
There's a small typo in one of the code samples where &Gt appears literally (it comes out as >>&Gt instead of >>>)
This is really helpful to beg
This is really helpful to beginners to give them idea what is like DB programming with Python. Thanks!
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- 1/2 cucumber (peeled, if desired), chopped
- 1 head butter lettuce, torn into pieces
- Pat the steaks dry with paper towels. Season with 2 teaspoons of the salt and 3 teaspoons of the pepper.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in a cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add the steaks and cook to desired doneness, 5 to 6 minutes per side for medium-rare. Let rest for 10 minutes.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the vinegar and the remaining olive oil, salt, and pepper.
- In a large bowl, combine the radishes, cucumber, and lettuce with the vinaigrette. Slice the steak and serve with the salad.


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|"X-Force/Cable: Messiah War Prologue" one-shot on sale in March 2009
Back in the 1990s, the mutants of the Marvel Universe were protected by the time traveling mutant Cable and his elite team of operatives known as X-Force. These days, mutants may be on the brink of extinction, but Cable and X-Force are still fighting for their people -- theyâve just chosen very different paths.
Cable has time-jumped into the future, where he can protect what he believes to be a mutant messiah; a baby girl, the first mutant born since M-Day, the vast depowering of the worldâs mutants. The current incarnation of X-Force has remained in the present day, where theyâve been tasked by Cyclops to clandestinely and permanently âeliminateâ any serious threats to the remaining mutant populace.
Those divergent paths will collide in 2009, in âX-Force/Cable: Messiah War,â a seven-part crossover between the ongoing âX-Forceâ and âCableâ series. The event kicks off in March with the âX-Force/Cable Messiah War Prologueâ by writers Chris Yost & Craig Kyle with artwork by Mike Choi and Sonia Oback. CBR News spoke with Yost, Kyle and Choi about the project.
It was the 2007 X-Men storyline âMessiah CompleXâ that began the story of the first mutant baby born since M-Day and set Cable and X-Force off on their current paths. âMessiah Warâ is meant to serve as the second major act in the ongoing story of the mutant baby. âThis is the middle chapter of what I think will be a major three-part saga, which will continue to define and redefine the X-Universe moving forward,â Craig Kyle told CBR News. âThe nice thing for us is that we get to show the next big moment in this story line.â
The outbreak of âMessiah Warâ catches completely off guard the protagonists of âX-Force,â a title that Kyle and Yost also write. âWeâve got a really tight series of stories unfolding in our book. Weâve got a big arc that weâre playing to which will be 30-some issues,â Kyle revealed. âWeâll have these big stories that build to it but this war kind of falls on our team from out of nowhere and we play to the shock of that. I think our fans will kind of get that through the experiences of our heroes, because theyâre about as unprepared for this as the people reading the book.â
X-Force isnât just physically and mentally unprepared for âMessiah War,â theyâre also unprepared for the emotional battery that awaits them. âThis couldn't have come at a worse time,â Chris Yost said. âThings are really bad. Then a full on war is dropped into their lap.â
|"Messiah War" is the second act in a trilogy begun with "Messiah CompleX"
It should come as no surprise to regular readers of âX-Forceâ or fans of Kyle and Yost's âNew X-Menâ that X-Force finds themselves under the gun in âMessiah War.â The writers love stacking the deck against their heroes. âWhen we started assembling the final roster of X-Force, we knew we had a team that was going to face threats that would be better suited for the Avengers or a fully fleshed out X-Men team, where everyone has a power that you can use in various different ways,â Kyle explained. âBut these guys have limited abilities and in many ways they overlap, so they just don't have the wide breath of powers that would help you succeed in these extraordinary challenges. We like the guys that are unprepared because then, when it gets bad, they're really up the creek. So yes, the problems X-Force is facing here continue to expand beyond their comfort zone or their ability to manage. This is a desperate time for our heroes.â
Added Yost, âThe bottom line in this story to us is that it's the end of the world and the end of your species and you've got a knife-- deal with it!â
âMessiah War Prologueâ finds Cyclops finally discovering where and when in the future Cable and his mutant messiah charge are hiding, and sending X-Force to retrieve them. âEver since Bishop has come back in the pages of 'Cable,' Cyclops has been very worried,â Yost said, referring to the fact that Bishop wants to kill the messiah baby because he believes she'll grow up to kill a million people, leading to mutants being put in concentration camps. âIt's time travel. Cable could have come back one second later. Why didn't he? From the word go, Cyclops's faith has been tested on a daily basis. Every single day Cable didn't come back with that baby all he could think was, 'something has gone horribly wrong.' So sending in X-Force is his last ditch effort to try and save the day.â
Kyle added, âThe other great thing is, as we've done with every issue of 'X-Force' so far, we're trying to go back to classic stories of the â80s and a little of the â90s as we're seeding all the characters and storylines. So this is again reaching back to what we thought was really exciting and I know the X-Office and [âCableâ writer] Duane [Swierczynski] think it's exciting. So there's a lot of great stuff thatâs going to be in there. It's not just a continuation of a story. It involves the larger X-Universe and its history. So I think the long time fans are going to have a lot to be excited about.â
Finding Cable is only part of X-Force's mission in âMessiah War.â Much of the dramatic tension in the storyline comes when X-Force and Cable finally meet face to face. âThe thing I don't think the team is really aware of is that for them, Cable has only been gone a short amount of time. For Cable, though, he's been gone about eight or nine years,â Yost explained, âSo it's definitely going to be a moment.â
âThese things are still being hammered out but I think you're going to have different experiences from the characters who know Cable,â Kyle remarked. âAnd it may very well split the team down the middle because they're going to be pushed into situations where it's going to come down to faith. And I wouldn't say that X-Force is going to be a united front when it comes to what are the right and wrong things to do in this situation, especially with pretty much all of mutantkind at stake.â
Further complicating matters in âMessiah Warâ is the fact that when he comes face to face with them, Cable is decidedly less than happy to see X-Force. âThey're not welcome and the reunion is not a heartfelt one that's for sure,â Kyle confirmed. ââAnything and everything the team was expecting when they get there is completely thrown out once they land and I think that's kind of the whole feel of the series. This thing quickly grows into something they never could have imagined.â
|Also by Craig Kyle & Chris Yost, "X-Force" volume 1
For Yost and Kyle, one of the fun things about working on âMessiah Warâ is the chance to write Cable, a character they find especially compelling. âCable has been this lone warrior and he took on this burden by himself,â Yost explained. âMuch like X-Force, he's going to do what it takes to get things done but at the same time his experience of this thing has totally changed. It's because of how long he's been with the baby. He's still this tough, old warrior but now he's raised this little girl and everything has changed for him. It's not this vague thing of, 'Save this babyâSave mutantkind.' To him it's, 'This is my daughter. So I think it's a pretty refreshing take for Cable.â
Naturally, Cable's adopted daughter will be another very important character in âMessiah War.â âShe's about 8-9 years old now so she's making some decisions that are going to affect everything,â Yost teased.
âYeah, and it's a real surprise to X-Force, obviously,â added Kyle. âThey're coming there to get Cable and the baby and when they get there, they find a little girl. Everything gets more complicated now because you've got this little person in front of you to contend with. And that speaks to the bond Cable has built with this child.â
The clashing thoughts and ideologies of X-Force, Cable, and his daughter are big parts of âMessiah War,â but Yost and Kyle and their collaborator Duane Swierczynski have included at least one adversary to test their characters' mettle. âBishop is definitely in there and who's to say who else might show up?' Yost remarked.
âMessiah Warâ kicks off with âMessiah War Prologue,â illustrated by the âX-Forceâ team of Mike Choi and Sonia Oback. âThey really work well with us. Their work on 'Target X' was extraordinary, and the work they've done and are doing now on 'X-Force' is just great,â Kyle said. âThey really get these characters. They're able to put the gritty and dark elements in there but they're able to keep the characters, especially X-23 and the females, beautiful. Their stuff is so beautiful and the way that Sonia is able to paint these scenes and bring them to life makes her and Mike the perfect package.â
Mike Choi, who was recently named one of Marvel's âYoung Gunsâ for 2009, is currently working on character sketches of the âMessiah Warâ cast to help him nail his number one artistic priority, characterization.â âI don't care how many dimensions they have, if the characters aren't believable (not necessarily realistic) then I won't buy the story,â Choi told CBR. âSo I definitely want to help differentiate the characters as well as I can and show their emotions and states-of-mind as accurately as possible. This is where I think subtlety is extremely important if called for.â
Choi feels his depictions of Cable need to radiate a dangerous and just plain bad-ass quality. âI think that his bad-assed-ness has to out-bad-ass every character I've ever drawn, other than perhaps Bishop,â Choi remarked. âHeâs very much Leon in âThe Professional', although I think the relationship between Leon and Mathilda is very different from Nathan and the Messiah baby.â
It's the strange dynamic among X-Force team members that Choi finds most interesting. âFor the most part, each character has an intimate connection with one or more members of the team that isn't universal throughout the team. This isn't a family; they have very divergent pasts and distinct histories and cross themselves in important places. I think that's very cool,â Choi explained. âI also like that none of them really want to be in X-Force except for one member, but all of them believe in it, again, except for one member.â
Mike Choi and Sonia Oback are tackling âPrologueâ in a different manner different from that of their previous work. âWe approached our âX-Force' run from a standpoint of 'let's maintain an Uncanny X-Men tone, and up the violence,' which I now think was wrong,â Choi explained âOnce we moved to an attitude of 'let's maintain a MAX tone and then clean it up as much as we're forced to make it a Parental Advisory' in the middle of our second issue, I think it really helped us get into the correct X-Force mindset. It's not just a matter of adding more and more blood, or even just violence for violence's sake, which I hate. Just to put it in a nutshell, it's like the difference between decapitating a person by cutting off their head at the neck, or at the mouth. You can use the same amount of blood, but one's more visceral than the other, not just violent. That's the X-Force way. It can be applied in a very macro way to camera angles, panel layouts, and even pacing. I used to always just approach things in a less-is-more, subtlety-is-best way, and I've learned that sometimes cramming the situation down someone's eye-throat is the best way to do it.
|"Cable" volume 1 on sale now
âI eventually want to do a project where I try something new, with a lot of rendering and cross-hatching or even inks,â Choi continued. âAt the same time though, Iâm not sure if this is the best time to try doing something drastically new, time constraints aside. A lot of people like the pencil and coloring style that Sonia and I are working in now, and we want to keep giving them what they want, as opposed to risk losing them in our attempts to try something out for my own amusement.â
For Choi, one of the highlights of working on the âMessiah War Prologueâ is that it reunites him with frequent collaborators Kyle and Yost. âI love working with Craig and Chris. The four of us, including Sonia, are very close professionally, and we've reached the point where we can almost read each others' minds,â he said. âWe have carte blanch to add any business we want into the art, knowing that Craig and Chris have the confidence in us that we usually won't change the story and the tone in any way, and even if we do, they in turn at least try to see what we're trying to do and possibly even incorporate it into the story. Sonia and I know that the writing is the number one priority, and that Craig and Chris are excellent writers whose work deserves our utmost respect, but they make us really feel like partners in the story-telling endeavor as a whole, and that's really fun and rewarding, as well as very flattering.â
The âX-Forceâ issues of the âMessiah Warâ crossover feature the artwork of Clayton Crain, who collaborated with Yost and Kyle on the first âX-Forceâ arc, âAngels and Demons.â âWe're excited to have him back as well, and I think he is who everyone thinks off when they think about this version of the series,â Craig Kyle said. âWhat we're currently seeing from Crain is as good as if not better than what he's been doing.â
Yost and Kyle are also enjoying the chance to collaborate with Duane Swierczynski on âMessiah War.â â'Cable' is a very intimate book. Duane just has a couple of characters and Bishop, the man hunting them. He needs to drive the story and keep it exciting and with such a small cast of characters to work with and that's a real challenge,â Kyle remarked. âAnd we think he's done a tremendous job making the book involving to the reader and keeping his saga interesting and fresh. So I think it's great to take a character like Cable, who Duane has done such a good job with, into our book and to see how he mixes it up with our team. I also think Duane is getting the opportunity to involve a few more toys in his story.â
âX-Force/Cable: Messiah Warâ is a seven-part crossover that involves âX-Forceâ and âCableâ but it's a story that will have serious repercussions for the entire line of X-books. âIt's serious stuff. It's literally the next chapter in the future of the X-Men,â Chris Yost said. âWhat happens here will have ramifications for all the X-Book and potentially even the Marvel Universe.â
âThere is no moment in the story that will be forgotten or wasn't put in place for the right reasons,â Kyle agreed. âI think there will be immediate consequences and there will be sleeping giants that are waiting. Our plan is to set up enough things, that when the fall out does come, people understand why and can go back and see how the seeds were laid for it. So this story is only the beginning of some dark, dark stuff that's coming.â
âMessiah War Prologueâ goes on sale in March from Marvel Comics.


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While bone marrow transplants (BMTs) are sometimes the only hope for patients with diseases like leukemia and other blood disorders, they come with the significant risk of the patient developing graft-vs-host disease (GVHD). Now, University of Michigan researchers say that inhibiting the Notch signaling pathway in some of the transplanted cells could prevent GVHD. Antibodies inhibiting specific elements of the Notch pathway can prevent the disease in mice, without serious side effects and without substantially compromising the cancer-fighting ability of the transplanted cells, the team reports.
After a BMT, donor T cells can recognize and destroy tumor cells in the patient. However, in GVHD, the donor T cells also recognize the recipient's normal tissues as foreign and begin to attack organs like the intestine, liver, lungs, and skin. Conventional methods for preventing the disease include removing T cells from the donor graft and treating the patient with global immunosuppressive drugs. However, this often doesn't work.
Inhibiting the Notch signaling pathway might be a new intervention that prevents the disease, says Ivan Maillard, M.D., Ph.D., assistant research professor in the U-M Life Sciences Institute. Upon finding that one of the functions of Notch is to regulate the T cell response that causes GVHD, the researchers experimented with blocking Notch signaling in mice to prevent the complication. But inhibiting Notch throughout the body had significant side effects, particularly in the intestine.
The team found that Notch signals are mediated by the interaction between five ligands and four receptors on cell membranes. "We were able to identify two ligands and two receptors that account for all the effects of Notch signaling in GVHD, with a dominant role for just one ligand-receptor pair," Dr. Maillard explains.
That ligand-receptor pair became the target for inhibition. Maillard collaborated with Genentech, which had developed antibodies to block individual Notch ligands and receptors. When the researchers used antibodies to inhibit the target Notch ligands, mice had none of the gastrointestinal side effects that came with global inhibition of Notch—and they did not develop GVHD.
"Importantly, the Notch blockade did not prevent donor T cells from being efficient at recognizing and destroying cancer cells, which is the ultimate goal of bone marrow transplantation in human patients," Dr. Maillard says.
According to the researchers, the treatment was only necessary short-term, although its beneficial effects were long lasting. "This suggests that there is a pulse of Notch signaling in immune cells immediately after transplantation that presents a window of time for intervention. If we can block that pulse, we could induce long-term benefits without having to block Notch permanently."
The effects of Notch blockade could be traced to decreased inflammation as well as increased expansion of regulatory T cells that suppress GVHD, Dr. Maillard says. "These findings open perspectives for studying Notch inhibition in the treatment of T cell-mediated disorders including graft-versus-host disease in patients. A next step will be to define the approach and schedule of inhibition most likely to succeed in patients."
The Maillard lab is also investigating the mechanisms of Notch action in T cells and whether Notch also plays an important role in other T cell-mediated immune disorders, such as multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases.
Details of the study are published online today in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
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The Cask of Amontillado
by Edgar Allan Poe
The Cask of Amontillado Drugs and Alcohol Quotes
How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Paragraph)
Quote #4
I broke and reached him a flagon of De Grâve. He emptied it at a breath. His eyes flashed with a fierce light. (56)
This is a pretty obvious pun. We don't really need foreshadowing at this point to let us know that wine, in so many ways, is leading Fortunato to his "grave." Nor do we need to be reminded that things are getting "grave," as in "serious." Ironically, this "grave" pun actually lightens the mood, at least a little.
Quote #5
He turned towards me, and looked into my eyes with two filmy orbs that distilled the rheum of intoxication. (29)
Distill means to "purify," "condense" or "refine something." "Rheum" has to do with mucous (and Fortunato's cough). Montresor believes that Fortunato's illness and his intoxication are connected. He also suggests that Fortunato's eyes are somehow making him both drunker and even more ill.
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"The Amontillado!" I said.
"He! he! he!–he! he! he!–yes, the Amontillado. But is it not getting late?" (81, 82)
Now Montresor is letting the truth be known. Fortunato isn't seeing any Amontillado. Not tonight, not ever. And finally, Amontillado doesn't sound nearly as interesting as fresh air.


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My hubby and I married were September 11, 1999. We are continually learning, growing and seeking God daily. Putting God as the center of our lives is our Number One goal.
One of our favorite scriptures is
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
(Jeremiah 29:11 NKJV)
We know it is important to have a personal relationship with Christ.
For everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. (Romans 10:13 NKJV)
We enjoy life with our doggies Gio and Vinny, our family and friends. They are such a blessing and never to be taken for granted.
Gio is a rescue beagle who has been a part of the family for nine years ago. He's a sweetheart, a sniffer and a howler and a barker. Hey, he would say that's what Beagles do.
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Empirical Software Engineering
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The ability of object-oriented metrics to predict change-proneness: a meta-analysis
- Hongmin LuAffiliated withSchool of Computer Science and Engineering, Southeast UniversityState Key Laboratory for Novel Software Technology, Nanjing University Email author
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- , Baowen XuAffiliated withState Key Laboratory for Novel Software Technology, Nanjing University
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Many studies have investigated the relationships between object-oriented (OO) metrics and change-proneness and conclude that OO metrics are able to predict the extent of change of a class across the versions of a system. However, there is a need to re-examine this subject for two reasons. First, most studies only analyze a small number of OO metrics and, therefore, it is not clear whether this conclusion is applicable to most, if not all, OO metrics. Second, most studies only uses relatively few systems to investigate the relationships between OO metrics and change-proneness and, therefore, it is not clear whether this conclusion can be generalized to other systems. In this paper, based on 102 Java systems, we employ statistical meta-analysis techniques to investigate the ability of 62 OO metrics to predict change-proneness. In our context, a class which is changed in the next version of a system is called change-prone and not change-prone otherwise. The investigated OO metrics cover four metric dimensions, including 7 size metrics, 18 cohesion metrics, 20 coupling metrics, and 17 inheritance metrics. We use AUC (the area under a relative operating characteristic, ROC) to evaluate the predictive effectiveness of OO metrics. For each OO metric, we first compute AUCs and the corresponding variances for individual systems. Then, we employ a random-effect model to compute the average AUC over all systems. Finally, we perform a sensitivity analysis to investigate whether the AUC result from the random-effect model is robust to the data selection bias in this study. Our results from random-effect models reveal that: (1) size metrics exhibit moderate or almost moderate ability in discriminating between change-prone and not change-prone classes; (2) coupling and cohesion metrics generally have a lower predictive ability compared to size metrics; and (3) inheritance metrics have a poor ability to discriminate between change-prone and not change-prone classes. Our results from sensitivity analyses show that these conclusions reached are not substantially influenced by the data selection bias.
KeywordsObject-oriented Metrics Change-proneness Meta-analysis Random-effect model Sensitivity analysis
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- Title
- The ability of object-oriented metrics to predict change-proneness: a meta-analysis
- Journal
Empirical Software Engineering
Volume 17, Issue 3 , pp 200-242
- Cover Date
- 2012-06
- 10.1007/s10664-011-9170-z
- Print ISSN
- 1382-3256
- Online ISSN
- 1573-7616
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Additional Links
- Topics
- Keywords
- Object-oriented
- Metrics
- Change-proneness
- Meta-analysis
- Random-effect model
- Sensitivity analysis
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Hongmin Lu (1) (2)
- Yuming Zhou (2)
- Baowen Xu (2)
- Hareton Leung (3)
- Lin Chen (2)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. School of Computer Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- 2. State Key Laboratory for Novel Software Technology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
- 3. Department of Computing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong


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Deviant Art
Sometimes, she lays awake screaming.
Four witnesses have viewed her in the Scream Trance; two of them are now dead, one is currently a patient in the State Mental Health Prison, and the other is in a coma.
But, on the subject of she... it is quite a sight to see her with her spine stretched out tight, and straight, pulsing with nervous spasms, while she emits shrieks of extreme pain and mental anguish!
Now, as she is screaming as I write, I plan on stopping her horrendous noise in the manner which seems to be the best... and most satisfying. I\'m going to kill her. I don\'t know how yet, but a plan should come to me any moment... ...
Yes! I have the solution!
I cannot write as i do it, so I shall return momentarily and describe to you fully the act... ...
Whew! I\'m back...
It was wonderful, and quite colorful, too, I might add. The screaming has stopped.
The act itself, the murder, was very spontaneous, due to my disturbing pleasure in torture, but, my disposal of the problem is now c
The Sadist\'s Claw
The soothing, painfully gratifying sting of the whip engulfed the masochist\'s nervous system with a feeling similar to the kind one could achieve in suburbal orgasmia.
\"You, fool,\" scolded the masochist, \"Not enough pain! I need more pain now!\"
\"Of course you do,\" calmly spoke the sadist. He turned to his assistants, \"Bring on the hydro-flouric acid... oh, yes... and bring me The Claw!\"
\"The Claw! Yes! The Claw!\" shouted the masochist.
The Claw was a silver shimmering hand of incision. It was the size of a regular hand and was complimented with three inch razor sharp needles, which were hollow, at the fingertips. Fire emerged from the tips whenever a penetration of flesh was made. It had an inscription on it that read \"Inquiry of the Faith is the soothing element\".
The sadist pulled on The Claw and smiled.
\"Hurry up you bottom-dweller!\" screamed the masochist.
\"Of course,\" spoke the sadist. He felt the masochist had some sadistic tendencies of his ow
Johnny Makes RED
Johnny Makes Red
Johnny could not understand why the RED was flowing from his hand; he had meant to make Jeremy RED. Johnny clenched the axe and swung, severing Jeremy\'s leg, \"I make BIG RED, Jeremy,\" Johnny said.
But Jeremy couldn\'t hear him. He had gone to see the \'RED MAN who is mean to BAD BOYS\'. Johnny had thought he just went night-night.
Johnny made People Bacon and set it to smoke in the Big Smoker. The one Daddy uses to smoke \"guests\".
\"Boy,\" a woman\'s voice came from behind, \"Whats you be doin\'?\" It was Mommy, \"I thought I smelled it... mmm mmmm... Fresh Bacon!\" She walked in and Johnny put his hands over his face shyly and giggled. \"Is that some sorta animal ya killed? Bones are awful big?\" said Mommy.
\"No Mommy, Jeremy Bad Boy and went RED and went night-night then go bye-bye!\"
Mommy thought for a moment then said, \"Well, Boy, looks like we\'un gonna hafta thinks up a good ex-plain-nation for little Jeremy there\'s Father.\"
\"Well Mommy, he\'s Red and
Rico squatted over the decayed pile of shredded matter he had found aside the train tracks. He didn\'t know what to think of it; it smelled of rootted meat but appeared to be some sort of sea-weed, except it glowed a flourescent blue. Rico picked up a piece. It felt like wet hair. Ii suddenly seemed to move within his hand and the entire pile sprung upon Rico, wrapping itself around his face, choking him and emmiting a rancid fluid into his mouth. He passed out.
When he awoke, the putrid sea-weed was gone but Rico\'s mind was filled with horrendous arguing voices. He arose, aware that his movement seemed to be under the control of an unseen force. The voices continued. He felt as if three separate views of one thing had been produced in his mind by three separate things of one view. When these thoughts fused together with Rico\'s dislogic a powerful confusion overtook him.
Forcefully, he looked down upon the train tracks and deducted that the converging point where
Joey Makes People Bacon
Joey Makes People Bacon
Joey was wondering...
He had just experienced RED and it was warm and wet and coming from his friend Mikey\'s tummy. Joey thought that was funny, but he was also a bit scared because Daddy would be coming home soon and Joey had used one of Daddy\'s knives when he had been told again and again not to.
Joey\'s little mind worked very hard now. He was going do what he sees Daddy do whenever \"guests\" are kept in the barn. So joey got some plastic bags, the axe and skinning knives off of the shelf...
Joey was going to make People Bacon.
He had never done this before but he wanted to do a \'Good Thing\' for Daddy so he wouldn\'t get in trouble. And, if Daddy saw that Joey could make People Bacon, then maybey Daddy would think he was becoming a \'Big Boy\' and maybe even let Joey play with...
Joey prepared to cut the slices and reflected back upon killing little Mikey. Mikey was a \'Bad Boy\'... Even Daddy said so once.
Joey slashed down ans slit off
Rokans Deception
She sat curled up in her corner of the room.
Many woman meandered about carelessly... and some, quite carefully.
She watched one woman who laid upon the floor, rolling from one end to the other and back, all day long. She knew she was crazy, and that was to her advantage, for the rest of them belived themselves quite sane.
Suddenly, a shriek of horrific anguish and gargling filled the room. She turned to see a woman ripping her hair out in raw bloody clumps screaming, \"Let it out! Stop! I begat Ye Magnon!\" The woman then melted into a pool of putrescent mold and reshaped into the rising figure of a very tall, dark and sinister monk with sharp jagged characteristics.
He pointed at her, \"Ye!\" came a booming voice, The figure glided slowly to her as she began screaming. She was more insane than she thought. \"SILENCE!\" the room fell quiet, \"I am Magnon. You are Rokan. I am your King!\"
Vague memories. My name... Rokan? Magnon? My King?
Rokan was dumbfounded. She closed here eyes and
Awakening Thought
Awakening Thought
~by Dennis Aloisio
Although I'm searching for some words
yet as of now they can't be found
My mind is quick and is alert -
yet at the same time seems to pound
Into the depth of memory
I take a deep subconscious plunge
I find the answer - then I flee
But still it won't roll off my tongue
A voice from deep within protests,
"Look further - try again you jest -
the answer lies with me at rest;
It slumbers peacefully."
Overwhelming Realization!
Awake the Memory lying Latent!
Lead it back to Thoughts Foundation!
Take it slow and bring your patience.
It All Became So Clear
It All Became So Clear
The presence all down there
perverted with grief -
From up here I vieweth;
sweet sigh of relief.
The chaos and mayhem,
the reason so clear;
the lack of the knowledge
to understand fear.
So simple at last -
There is no more wrong -
Euphoria strong,
to this plane I've been cast.
A duplicate image,
ascending with time -
The spiral of knowledge,
so slow and sublime.
With trials and error,
with suffering and pain;
in time your rewarded
Love's Destiny Plane.
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What It Feels Like to Hug Richard Fuld
The former Lehman Brothers CEO is "very fit" yet "soft," the reporter who hugged him tells us.
This past weekend, Clare Baldwin, a journalist from San Francisco, had a unique experience. While staking out Richard Fuld at his home in Ketchem, Idaho, the 26-year-old Reuters reporter was hugged by the former Lehman Brothers CEO — twice. "The hug was warm," Baldwin wrote in her report, adding that it was
far from what you might expect from a banker nicknamed "gorilla" for his combative and intimidating behavior. It was accompanied by a departing "goodbye, sweetie."
Fascinating. Still, for us this raised further questions. What were the circumstances of the hugs? More important, what does the man who has been called Wall Street Public Enemy No. 1 feel like and smell like? Because we're never afraid to ask the important questions, we called Baldwin and demanded further details. She gave them.
Okay, re-create the hugs for me. I want to feel like I am there.
There were two of them. The first one happened on Friday afternoon. We had been talking for about ten minutes. He had been kind of leaning against my car. He reached out to shake my hand, then he just kind of leaned in and gave me a hug.
Like was it a one-armed deal, or a full embrace?
Both arms. It was like a hug.
Was it a pervy hug? Did he press up against you in a gross way at all?
No, no. Not at all. There was no weird dynamic to it at all. I'd been asking him stuff that was personal. It felt natural, though I wasn't expecting it, certainly.
Did he feel soft, or was he more wiry and muscular?
He's very fit, and he has a very angular face, you know. But he was wearing soft clothes. A black fleece vest over a long-sleeved underwear top, shorts, and sandals.
Was he wearing socks with the sandals?
No, but he had a sock tan.
Was he scratchy or hairy-feeling at all?
He had a really short haircut, but he wasn't hairy.
Did he have a scent at all?
Not that I can recall.
Really? Nothing? I suppose you were so shocked you forgot to bury your face in his collarbone and inhale deeply.
That's fine, I mean, it's a hole in your reporting that your editors may not be happy with, but you know. Any other observations?
He's not particularly tall. He certainly has a presence but he's not very tall.
Okay, let's move on to the second hug. You figured out he was flying back to New York on a 7 a.m. flight, and booked yourself a ticket on the same plane, which had a layover in Salt Lake City. [Ed: We're paraphrasing to speed things along.]
He didn't really want to talk on the plane, but he said he'd talk when we got to Salt Lake City. When we landed, I talked to him a bit more. We parted ways, then I found him again at the gate. I said, "You know, I gotta try this one more time. I don't understand why you're not talking anyway. There's going to be a lot of press around the 15th. Are you scared, what's going on?" He said he didn't want to be defensive. Then he was called to board. He just kind of threw his arm around me, and said something like, "I have daughters your age — what are we going to do with you, Clare?" That was like a side hug.
Like an arm around, more than a hug. Anyway, okay. You have the Gorilla's arm around you, for the second time. The initial shock is over. What do you remember?
Hmm. Not much, really. He was dressed very casually again. He was wearing jeans.
Like Barack Obama mom jeans or fashionable jeans like Ryan Seacrest buys for Larry King?
Not really fashionable, but not that bad. Light-blue loose-fitting jeans. And a white T-shirt. With a pocket.
So his bare arm touched you this time? Was it hairy?
Well, no, because he had a shirt over the T-shirt. A red-and-white collared shirt, which was open.
Oh. Did you pick up any scent at all? Any recognizable male grooming products?
Nothing distinguishable. He didn't really smell like anything.
Maybe if I sent over some sample-size versions of Mennen Speed Stick and Old Spice, it would jog your sense memory. I'll get on that. In the meantime, anything else?
He had a little North Face backpack.
Well. That's kind of cute.


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SEASON AUDITIONSKansas City Repertory TheatreKansas City, MO
Call TypeEquity Principal
Date of Audition5/11/2012
LocationKansas City Repertory Theatre4949 Cherry, Room 119Kansas City, MO 64110
Time(s)Friday, May 11th10 AM - 4 PM
Appointmentswill be taken by the Producer. Call Betsy Kennedy at 816-235-6088 weekdays between 10 am - 6 pm
> EPA Rules are in effect.> A monitor willnotbe provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
PersonnelAssociate Artistic Director Kyle Hatley will attend with casting authority.
Other DatesMainstagePIPPIN: 1st rehearsal 8/21; runs 9/21-10/6CAROL: 1st rehearsal 10/30; runs 11/24-12/26SALESMAN: 1st rehearsal 12/18; runs 1/25-2/10Second TheatreBUFFALO: 1st rehearsal 3/28; runs 4/26-5/12
ContractLORT Non-RepTiers C&D; Actor mins. $765 & $710/wk
SeekingMale and Female Actors and Actor/Singers for PIPPIN, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, DEATH OF A SALESMAN, and AMERICAN BUFFALO. See breakdown.
BreakdownA breakdown has been added for this notice.
PreparationPlease prepare a comedic or dramatic monologue and, if you are a singer, 16 bars of a song that best shows off your voice; total audition not to exceed 5 minutes. Bring sheet music in your key; an accompanist will be provided. Bring headshot and resume.
OtherFor more info, www.kcrep.org
Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
PIPPINActors should be prepared to play instrumentsLeading Player/Ensemble, male, 20s-30sPippin/Ensemble, male, 20s-30sCharles/Ensemble, male 40s+, Father of PippinLewis/Ensemble, male 20s-30s, Step-brother of PippinFastrada/Ensemble, female 40s-50s, Step-mother of PippinBerthe/Ensemble, female 50s+, Grandmother of PippinCatherine/Ensemble, female 20s-30sTheo/Ensemble, male, age 8-10, Son of CatherineEnsemble, female 20s-40sEnsemble, male 20s-40sA CHRISTMAS CAROLEnsemble of 29+ Actors, at least 10 of which are childrenScroogeDickensCratchitMrs. Cratchit/Fezzi GuestGhost of Christmas Yet To Come/Toy Vendor/Fezzi GuestSolicitor 1, Auntie FezziSolicitor 2, Charwoman, GrandmaFredMarley/Undertaker/Fezzi GuestGhost of Christmas PastMrs. FezziMr. Fezzi/Businessman/NewsGhost of Christmas Present/Rat CatcherBelle/Mrs. FredJoe/Fezzi GuestTopper/Fezzi Guest/Snuff BoxScrooge As A Young ManFan/Martha/Fezzi GuestAlbert Hall/2nd Young ManGiggly Sister/PoultererDick Williams/1st Young ManClovia/SaphronellaTiny TimScrooge As A BoyBelinda CratchitPeter CratchitSimon/Urchin/SchoolboyWant/UrchinIgnorance/UrchinDEATH OF A SALESMANWilly Loman, male, age 50s+Linda Loman, female, age 50s+, his wifeHappy Loman, male, their 32-year-old sonBiff Loman, male, their 34-year-old sonUncle Ben, male, age 50s+, Willy's older brotherCharley, male, 50s+, Willy's neighborBernard, male, 30s-40s, Charley's sonThe Woman, female, 20s-30s, Willy's former mistressHoward Wagner, male 30s-40s, Willy's bossStanley, male, 30s, acquaintance of BiffMiss Forsythe, female, 20s-30sLetta, female, 20s-30sJenny, female 30s-40s, Charley's secretaryAMERICAN BUFFALODon DuBrow (Donny), male, aged 40+Walter Cole (Teach), male, friend of Donny's, aged 40+Bob (Bobby), male, Don's "gopher", aged 18-30
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Medical/health App concept.
What do you guys think? :)
@musHo, hope you don't mind for being "the star" on this one! ;)
Meanwhile, you can always follow me on Twitter and/or on Behance.
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I'm fighting with my customer's TMG for a few days already and I'm out of ideas. I hope you can help me.
As I understand it TMG is set as a proxy between Internet and local computer with IIS with my application on it. I need to configure it to pass compressed content from IIS to Internet.
What we already did: 1. We set SendAcceptEncodingHeader to True, so that Content-Encoding is passed to IIS, 2. We enabled Compression Filter. We added computer on Return Compressed Data and Request Compressed Data tabs on Http Compression properties window. I also selected all mime types on Compressible content types.
I noticed that after changes IIS receives Content-Encoding in header and sends compressed content. The problem is that TMG removes compression and client receives content without compression. Could you please help me find solution to that problem?
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Comic-Con Trailers: The Best of the Best, Ranked
Film, TV
When discussing Crisis on Infinite Earths #3, I noted the story's "seams were starting to show." A few months later, I thought Issue 6 was more concerned with "marketing." Now, with Issue 9 — which appeared in comics shops 30 years ago, during the first week of August 1985 — not only has the miniseries burst its original boundaries, but the crossovers have become more pervasive.
Although the bulk of the issue involves the Villain War (as last issue's cliffhanger language called it), it starts off by setting up crossovers with Green Lantern, New Teen Titans and Firestorm. It also features some clunky dialogue and name-checking cameos, which by now are as much a part of Crisis as the red skies were.
Still, even if Issue 9 is something of a rough-and-tumble indulgence amid the ongoing struggle to save all creation, it has its moments. Scenes of tragedy and triumph are executed fairly well, characters exit and enter the stage effectively, and the issue is propulsive enough to energize an otherwise weak cliffhanger.
Welcome to What Are You Reading?, our weekly rundown of what comics and other stuff we've been checking out recently. Today our special guest is cartoonist Austin English, creator of the graphic novel Christina and Charles and publisher of Domino Books.
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Rank Irrelevance
How Academia Lost Its Way
Ranking universities might seem like intellectual inside baseball, an academic game of interest only to professors and to prospective students. But these rankings are more important than most people realize, particularly since institutions of higher education are meant both to engage in the disinterested pursuit of knowledge and to serve a broader societal purpose—in the case of international relations, to inform good policies.
The National Research Council (NRC) rankings of Graduate Programs are today's gold standard; climbing them is one of the most important goals there is for a university. But the NRC approach siloes academic disciplines and discourages real-world relevance among scholars. It encourages political science departments, in particular, to slight the subfield of international relations and other policy-relevant areas in favor of narrower academic concerns.
This trend worries some distinguished political scientists, including MIT's Stephen Van Evera, who deplores that much of academia is now in the thrall of a "cult of the irrelevant"; New York University's Lawrence Mead, who bemoans the "new scholasticism" of much of contemporary political science; and Yale's Ian Shapiro, who fears a "flight from reality" in the social sciences more generally. But it should also be a concern outside the ivory tower that international relations scholars are being pushed to the sidelines in policy debates by the discipline, ignoring the concerns of policymakers, members of Congress, and the citizens who pay the taxes that ultimately fund university research.
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This is what I exactly need to show my members list without using BuddyPress. I have around 800 users and the People's List when showed on a page just shows a long 1 column list. How can I display the list in 2 columns with pagination breaks?
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Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside Moscow's Kremlin Wall, Russia, Friday, June 22, 2012, to mark the 71th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
LONDON (AP) -- Russia's President Vladimir Putin has criticized the feminist punk rockers facing trial for performing a "punk prayer" against him at Moscow's main cathedral. But Putin says that a punishment for them shouldn't be too severe.
Putin's comments to Russian reporters on a visit to the London Olympics were the leader's first reaction to the trial of three members of the Pussy Riot band, whose imprisonment has drawn international outrage. It may signal that the Kremlin has opted for a milder punishment for the women than the seven years they could face.
Asked about the case, Putin said that the stunt "was no good" and would have entailed a much tougher punishment for its participants if they had performed it at a holy site in Israel or even death if they had done it at some Muslim site in Russia's North Caucasus region.
(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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Should 'Search inside of shortcode' mean that the results of the shortcode as output on the page (or post or widget) would be indexed?
I've seen this work on some other search plugins, but for some reason its not doing so here. Specific example is the output of a RSS plugin, the posts created do not seem to be indexed, as the search results return "Sorry, no results found." Thoughts? (This same RSS output DOES currently get indexed by a different search plugin).
Also, are you looking at creating some specific filtering options? It would be awesome to be able to limit results (only certain categories, etc...) based on a configuration of the plugin. Real important here though would be the ability to have that filter NOT be global. Maybe done within the shortcode or in each instance widget.
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