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Mark Steyn: Handing out condoms on the Titanic
Have you seen the official White House version of what the New York Times headline writers call "A Responsible Budget"? My favorite bit is Chart 5-1 on Page 58 of their 500-page appendix on "Analytical Perspectives." This is entitled "Publicly Held Debt Under 2013 Budget Policy Projections." It's a straight line going straight up before disappearing off the top right hand corner of the graph in the year 2084 and continuing northeast straight through your eye socket, out the back of your skull and zooming up to rendezvous with Newt's space colony on the moon circa 2100. Just to emphasize, this isn't the doom-laden dystopian fancy of a right-wing apocalyptic loon like me; it's the official Oval Office version of where America's headed. In the New York Times-approved "responsible budget" there is no attempt even to pretend to bend the debt curve into something approaching re-entry with reality.
As for us doom-mongers, at the House Budget Committee on Thursday, Chairman Paul Ryan produced another chart, this time from the Congressional Budget Office, with an even steeper straight line showing debt rising to 900 percent of GDP and rocketing off the graph circa 2075. America's Treasury Secretary, Timmy Geithner the TurboTax Kid, thought the chart would have been even more hilarious if they'd run the numbers into the next millennium: "You could have taken it out to 3000 or to 4000" he chortled, to supportive titters from his aides. Has total societal collapse ever been such a nonstop laugh riot?
"Yeah, right." replied Ryan. "We cut it off at the end of the century because the economy, according to the CBO, shuts down in 2027 on this path."
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The U.S. economy shuts down in 2027? Had you heard about that? It's like the ultimate President's Day Sale: Everything must go – literally! At such a moment, it may seem odd to find the political class embroiled in a bitter argument about the Obama administration's determination to force Catholic institutions (and, indeed, my company and your company, if you're foolish enough still to be in business in the United States) to provide free prophylactics to its employees. The received wisdom among media cynics is that Obama has engaged in an ingenious bit of misdirection by seizing on a pop-culture caricature of Republicans and inviting them to live up to it: Those uptight squares with the hang-ups about fornication have decided to force you to lead the same cheerless sex lives as them. I notice that in their coverage NPR and the evening news shows generally refer to the controversy as being about "contraception," discreetly avoiding mention of sterilization and pharmacological abortion, as if the GOP have finally jumped the shark in order to prevent you jumping anything at all.
It may well be that the Democrats succeed in establishing this narrative. But anyone who falls for it is a sap. In fact, these two issues – the Obama condoms-for-clunkers giveaway and a debt-to-GDP ratio of 900 percent by 2075 – are not unconnected. In Greece, 100 grandparents have 42 grandchildren – i.e., an upside-down family tree. As I wrote a few weeks ago, "If 100 geezers run up a bazillion dollars' worth of debt, is it likely that 42 youngsters will ever be able to pay it off?" Most analysts know the answer to that question: Greece is demographically insolvent. So it's looking to Germany to continue bankrolling its First World lifestyle.
But the Germans are also demographically exhausted: they have the highest proportion of childless women in Europe. One in three fräulein have checked out of the motherhood business entirely. A nation that did without having kids of its own is in no mood to maintain Greece as the ingrate slacker who never moves out of the house. As the European debt crisis staggers on, these two countries loathe each other ever more nakedly: The Greek president brings up his war record against the German bullies, and Athenian commentators warn of the new Fourth Reich. The Germans, for their part, would rather cut the Greeks loose. In a post-prosperity West, social solidarity – i.e., socio-economic fictions such as "Europe" – are the first to disappear.
The United States faces a mildly less-daunting arithmetic. Nevertheless, the Baby Boomers did not have enough children to maintain mid-20th century social programs. As a result, the children they did have will end their lives in a poorer, uglier, sicker, more divided and more violent society. How to avert this fate? In 2009 Nancy Pelosi called for free contraceptives as a form of economic stimulus. Ten thousand Americans retire every day, and leave insufficient progeny to pick up the slack. In effect, Nancy has rolled a giant condom over the entire American economy.
Testifying before Congress, Timmy Geithner referred only to "demographic challenges" – an oblique allusion to the fact that the U.S. economy is about to be terminally clobbered by $100 trillion of entitlement obligations it can never meet. And, as Chart 5-1 on page 58 of the official Obama budget "Analytical Perspectives" makes plain, your feckless, decadent rulers have no plans to do anything about it. Instead, the Democrats shriek, ooh, Republican prudes who can't get any action want to shut down your sex life! According to CBO projections, by midcentury mere interest payments on the debt will exceed federal revenue. For purposes of comparison, By 1788, Louis XVI's government in France was spending a mere 60 percent of revenue on debt service, and we know how that worked out for His Majesty shortly thereafter. Not to worry, says Barry Antoinette. Let them eat condoms.
This is a very curious priority for a dying republic. "Birth control" is accessible, indeed, ubiquitous, and, by comparison with anything from a gallon of gas to basic cable, one of the cheapest expenses in the average budget. Not even Rick Santorum, that notorious scourge of the sexually liberated, wishes to restrain the individual right to contraception.
But where is the compelling societal interest in the state prioritizing and subsidizing it? Especially when you're already the Brokest Nation in History. Elsewhere around the developed world, prudent politicians are advocating natalist policies designed to restock their empty maternity wards. A few years ago, announcing tax incentives for three-child families, Peter Costello, formerly Timmy Geithner's counterpart Down Under, put this way: "Have one for Mum, one for Dad, and one for Australia." But in America, an oblivious political class, led by a president who characterizes young motherhood as a "punishment," prefers to offer solutions to problems that don't exist rather than the ones that are all too real. I think this is what they call handing out condoms on the Titanic.
Glenn Reynolds, the Instapundit, distills the current hysteria thus: "It's as if we passed a law requiring mosques to sell bacon and then, when people objected, responded by saying 'What's wrong with bacon? You're trying to ban bacon!!!!'"
Americans foolish enough to fall for the Democrats' crude bit of misdirection can hardly complain about their rendezvous with the sharp end of that page 58 budget graph. People are free to buy bacon, and free to buy condoms. But the state has no compelling interest to force either down your throat. The notion that an all-powerful government would distract from its looming bankruptcy by introducing a universal contraceptive mandate would strike most novelists as almost too pat in its symbolism. It's like something out of "Brave New World." Except that it's cowardly, and, like so much else about the sexual revolution, very old and wrinkled.
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how about a nice slice of pavement pizza?
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
while living in the warehouse district of downtown cleveland like i have been for the last few years i have realized that you can tell how rowdy the night before was by the piles of puke you have to walk over the next morning.
i'm not kidding.
walking down w 6th street on a saturday or sunday morning is like walking through a field of land mines. watch the f out!
reason #634 why i hate w 6th on the weekends, but that's another story. stupid amateurs.
so this morning while walking to my car i saw one pile of vomit outside of sunset lounge. not too shabby for a tuesday night out. i was so close to taking a picture of the pile and sharing all of the glorious chunks with the internet but i decided against it. your loss.
thankfully i have the downtown cleveland alliance and their team of smiling sidewalk cleaners making my neighborhood clean and safe. hip hop hooray.
so last night wonger and i had a girly date night. and after an awesome building to building mattress move with my new roommate nate i deserved a glass of wine, or 4.
we decided on bar cento for a late dinner and drinks. we were shocked to find the place so busy for a tuesday night, good for bar cento though!
my birkenstock wearing vegetarian friend wonger went with the veggie burger while i went with my favorite the sunnyside pizza - covered with pancetta, sunnyside up eggs, cheese and lots of black pepper you really can't find a better combo. um, yum.
after bar cento we headed to market avenue wine bar, the service sucked and it was so quiet in there we left ohio city and headed back downtown.
next stop mercury lounge, we haven't been there in awhile. but it was like old times with the seriously stiff drinks - man, did we used to spend a lot of time there. and it was still fun last night. it was i love the 80's night with dj k.c. and although wonger and weren't on the dance floor, there was A LOT of chair dancing going on.
as we were walking back we were surprised again by the amount of people out and about. i guess it's officially summer - bring it on.
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- georgia peachJune 4, 2008 at 10:22 PM
mmmm.... sunnyside pizza...... I can't wait for RumbaR!
ReplyDelete - georgia peachJune 4, 2008 at 10:27 PM
what about the plum head of the week? must i leave our little man alone and howling for a few hours early on saturday morning so he can remind you how much you love him and he wants to be the plum head???? huh???? because i'll do it!!! don't test me!!! seriously!!! you don't think I'm serious do you?? Because I am!!! totally!!! 100%!!!! swear!!!! stop looking at me like that!!! i mean it!!! this is no joke!!! just wait!!! you think I'm joking but i'm so serious!! i'll do it!!! i'llleave him early right by the wall to your bedrooml!!! yeah!! huh!! take that!!
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Looks like some members of the GOP must have seen The Daily Show last night, because they've decided to give up on their ridiculous crusade to redefine rape in a bill banning taxpayer subsidies for abortions. Of course, they still want to ban taxpayer subsidies for abortions in most cases, so it's not exactly time to break out the champagne, but at least women who have been raped will not have to prove that the rape they experienced was "forcible" in order to get government assistance for abortions. (You know, because a lack of consent is what defines rape. We know you know.) We'd like to thank Kristen Schaal for tipping the scales in favor of women's rights in this instance. We're sure that her report on last night's Daily Show on the "rape loophole" in our government had something to do with today's decision:
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You mean, they still want to
Donna Seadler replied on
You mean, they still want to prevent taxpayer funding of abortion even though it is ALREADY illegal! A total waste of time.
I posted a comment earlier,
Anonymous replied on
I posted a comment earlier, which was not obscene or crude, and they have already taken it down. What a sad excuse for a media outlet. If you throw out an opinion which is different than what they have written, you are censored. What a waste of time this "news source" is. Differing opinions is what makes this country great. It is what keeps people on their toes, constantly working to improve things. Without different opinions, no change could ever occur. I am disappointed that I can no longer read from this website and that I will now have to discourage others from reading it as well.
"fair and balanced" means eliminating rape culture
Alicia Lee replied on
Gosh, bitch magazine should really be covering the "differing opinions," here.
This news article is only representing the oppressed minority of RAPED women who need time to heal before planning for a family. Or they may be 13 years old and need to develop some life skills, or they may not have enough money for an abortion (if they don't have enough money for an abortion, they wouldn't have enough money for a kid).
This news article, in order to be fair and balanced, should also represent the already over-represented RAPE CULTURE that disbelieves and shuns survivors, puts rapists back on superbowl winning teams so that millions of people will knowingly root for a rapist, charges women for attacking and/or killing their rapists, and calls apologizing for rape advocacy a "difference of opinion."
If you seek anti-choice and pro-rape media, look at almost every other news source available.
Not about opinion
Kelsey Wallace replied on
Hi there anonymous,
In addition to the great points Alicia made about the pervasiveness of rape culture, I'd also like to point out that I removed your comment because you ended it by calling me an "idiot." That may not be obscene or crude by your standards, but it violates our comments policy (linked to in my signature below) and is also just plain rude. Whether or not I'm an idiot is not the kind of differing opinion that belongs in this space (nor, I'd argue, is it making this country great). Hope that helps clear things up for you.
I watched this episode
Jennifer Tress replied on

And thought Kristen Schaal rocked it. I was SHOCKED at the clip from "The View" where Whoopie Goldberg says, "it wasn't rape rape..." when referring to the Roman <a href="http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/1... case.
 Also agree that calling the author an idiot is not a way to productively advance the conversation.
We still have a way to go though
Grace M replied on
Unfortunately, we still need to shoot down this bill in a major way. It attempts to prevent hospitals and doctors from being punished for refusing to administer abortions in any case, EVEN WHEN THE WOMAN'S LIFE IS IN DANGER.
We need to raise awareness that this "Protect Life Act" is in fact doing the opposite of what its name implies.
Kelsey Wallace replied on
Thanks for chiming in on that, Grace. This bill is still moving forward, just without the language change. We definitely need to work to stop it! You can take action with Planned Parenthood here http://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/, as well as contact your local representatives and let them know where you stand.
They just dont give up do they?
Anonymous replied on
Seriously.. WTF is wrong with some people?
Food for Thought
Anonymous replied on
First of all, I don't believe that what a woman is wearing or how many people she has slept with in the past or any kind of crap like that should have any bearing on a rape case. If a woman says no and a man has sex with her anyway, it is rape. Pure and simple. However, I don't think that "Hey, let's head down to Planned Parenthood and kill the baby" is the answer. For one thing, there IS a such thing as the morning after pill and it's effective for up to 72 hours after unprotected sex. Also, I wish people would think of it this way: Yes, rape is a horrible tragedy and changes a girl's life but why not take something horrible and turn it into something wonderful? There are thousands of couples in the United States who are desperate for a baby and are unable to have one. Rather than killing an innocent, defenseless little life, what is so wrong with carrying the baby and giving it to a couple who wants a baby??? When a rape occurs, a woman has a complete loss of control over what is happening to her - it is no different for that helpless little baby inside of her. That baby that's getting sucked into a machine has a beating heart, little hands and feet. It is precious, whether it was conceived in love or in hate. I wish that young women would consider their unborn child before heading off to an abortion clinic to have the baby murdered. A mother is all that precious unborn baby has.....
@Food for Thought - I think
Laura T replied on
@Food for Thought - I think most young women DO give consideration to their situation before making such a personal and heavy decision. I don't dig abortion either, but not for the same reasons you do. I just think it sounds like a horrendous thing to put your body through and it really should only be a last resort.... a legal and accessible resort.
Not everyone has access to
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Not everyone has access to the morning after pill. You have to keep in mind that rape victims are going through a huge rush of emotions: self-loathing, disgust, anger, depression, fear, embarrassment. I applaud the women who are level-headed enough to make their way up to the pharmacy counter immediately after it happens. Also, keep in mind that there are different laws in different states that prevent minors from having access to the pill. In some states you have to get a prescription from your doctor or have parental permission. If only a small percentage of rapes are even reported, can you imagine how many young, under-eighteen-year-old girls actually waltz up to her parent(s) and say, "Hey, I was raped yesterday...can you please take me down to the pharmacy to get Plan B? I only have about 36 more hours left." In addition to that you have to understand that a rape victim goes through a period of denial...if you're denying that it ever happened in those first 72 hours, it's too late by the time you realize what actually happened. To some victims, what's growing inside her is not a child; it's a daily, excruciating reminder of how she was violated and destroyed in the most intimate way possible. Personally, I cannot imagine letting a child be born to a mom that resents it. I'm not saying all do...but it's not the same. Adoption is a great option (excuse the rhyme), but it's not for everyone.
re: Food for Thought
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Many women do not see the fetus that is the result of rape to be any kind of wonderful. They are forced to think about their rape every single second of every single day, made to carry around a fetus that they loathe (which raises a whole lot of questions and, most likely, self-loathing because logically they know it's not the fetus' fault that they hate it) and are basically stuck in that moment of being raped until the baby is delivered.
Now certainly not all women feel this way. Some carry it to term and give it up for adoption gladly, others may even see it as a silver lining or a blessing to come out of a horrific experience. And to those women, I applaud you. I think it's absolutely fantastic. But to expect every single woman to want to do this? It's just cruel.
As a side note, I wouldn't consider an unwanted fetus to be a 'baby' so early in the pregnancy. It's not sneaking into someone's house and murdering their baby. It's an unwanted fetus and that woman has the right to not have an unwanted fetus growing in her uterus.
I understand what you mean, but...
Laura Becherer replied on
I understand what you mean, but unfortunately that just isn't realistic. Megh is right. While I am pro-choice, my fiance is just about as pro-life as you can possibly get. He truly believes that the fetus is a baby from the minute it is conceived and onward. He strongly disagrees with most forms of abortion, in almost every context. However, he firmly believes that rape victims should have abortion as an option, and that expecting a rape victim to carry her child is sick and cruel. He says he considers it a threat to the well-being of the mother. Even some of the staunchest, most life-loving people recognize that as precious as life and children are, an unwanted fetus that serves as a tortured reminder of rape is not viewed by every woman as a precious little bundle of joy. It doesn't mean she (or people who support her position) has no regard for life, that she (and they) doesn't understand that there are adoptive families waiting for healthy babies. It's not wrong to wish there was a way to take those fetuses and give them to an adoptive family, but there's just no way to make it happen.
Expecting a woman to get over the fact that she was raped, carry her the child for 9 months, go through delivery, and then hand it off to a happy family is idealistic but just not realistic. Pregnancy is a difficult, dangerous 9 months and delivery can be dangerous as well. It takes a severe toll on the body and on the mind. It can affect your career and your medical bills and your insurance. It should be something you have chosen to go through with, something you signed up for when you started having consensual sex with a self-chosen partner. It shouldn't be foisted on you, it shouldn't put your health at risk and your mental well-being in jeopardy through absolutely zero kind of consent on your part. It shouldn't be a constant reminder of an extremely violent crime against you -- and it would be. With every moment of pregnancy, with every moment of having to awkwardly answer all the happy questions put forth to you by family/co-workers/people in the grocery store. Everyone would know you were raped. People might judge you if you didn't have a wedding ring on, maybe make comments to you. You'd have to explain, or make up an excuse, or ignore them but feel angry, or...
D'you see what I mean? It's just not fair to MAKE someone go through all of that, to tell her she's a bad person if she just can't handle it. That's just not right. I wish that fetuses that are the result of rape could somehow be zoomed out and brought to term and given to a couple in adoption (I want to adopt kids myself!) But the world just does not and cannot work like that. It's sad, but it's true.


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The Owasp Orizon Framework
A lot of open source projects exist in the wild performing static code review analysis. This is good, it means that source code testing for security issues is becoming a constraint.
Such tools bring a lot of valuable points:
- community support
- source code freely available to anyone
- costs
On the other side, these tools don't share the most valuable point among them: the security knowledge. All these tools have their own security library with a lot of checks contained into without sharing such knowledge.
In 2006 Owasp Orizon project is born to provide a common underlying layer to all opensource projects concern static analysis.
Orizon project includes:
- a set of APIs that developers can use to build their own security tool performing static analysis
- a security library with checks to apply to source code
- a tool, Milk, able to static analyze a source code using Orizon Framework.
The Owasp Orizon Architecture
In the following picture, the Owasp Orizon version 1.0 architecture is shown. As you may see, the framework is organized in engines that perform tasks over the source code and a block of tools that are deployed out of the box in order to use the APIs in a real world static analysis.
With all such elements, a developer can be scared to use the framework, that's why a special entity called SkyLine was created. Before going further into SkyLine analysis, it's very important to understand all the elements Orizon is made of.
Your personal butler: the SkyLine class
Named core in the architectural picture, SkyLine object is one of the most valuable news into Orizon version 1.0.
The idea behind SkyLine is simple: the Orizon architecture becomes wider, regular developers may be scared about understanding a lot of APIs in order to build their security tool, so we can help them providing a "per service" support.
Using SkyLine object, developers can ask services to Orizon framework waiting for their accomplishment.
The main SkyLine input is:
public boolean launch(String service)
Passing the requested service as string parameter, the calling program will receive a boolean true return value if the service can be accomplished or a false value otherwise.
The service name is compared to the ones understood by the framework:
private int goodService(String service) { int ret = -1; if (service.equalsIgnoreCase("init")) ret = Cons.OC_SERVICE_INIT_FRAMEWORK; if (service.equalsIgnoreCase("translate")) ret = Cons.OC_SERVICE_INIT_TRANSLATE; if (service.equalsIgnoreCase("static_analysis")) ret = Cons.OC_SERVICE_STATIC_ANALYSIS; if (service.equalsIgnoreCase("score")) ret = Cons.OC_SERVICE_SCORE; return ret; }
The secondary feature introduced in this first major framework release is the support for command line option given to the user.
If the calling program passes command line option to Orizon framework using SkyLine, the framework will be tuned accordingly to the given values.
This example will explain better:
public static void main(String[] args) { String fileName = ""; OldRecipe r; DefaultLibrary dl; SkyLine skyLine = new SkyLine(args);
That's all folks! Internally, the SkyLine constructor when it creates a code review session, it uses the values it was able to understand from command line.
The command line format must follow this convention
-o orizon_key=value
or the long format
--orizon orizon_key=value
And these are the keys that the framework cares about:
- "input-name"
- "input-kind"
- "working-dir"
- "lang"
- "recurse"
- "output-format"
- "scan-type";
The org.owasp.orizon.Cons class contains a detailed section about these keys with some comments and with their default value.
The only side effect is that calling program can use -o flag for its purpose.
SkyLine is contained in the org.owasp.orizon package.
Give me something to remind: the Session class
Another big news introduced in Owasp Orizon version 1.0 is the code review session concept. One of the missing features in earlier versions was the capability to track the state of the code review process.
A Session class instance contains all the properties specified using SkyLine and it is their owner giving access to properties upon request. It contains all a SessionInfo array containing information about each files being reviewed.
Ideally a user tool will never call Session directly but it must use SkyLine as interface, of course anyone is free to override this suggestion.
Looking at the launch() method code, inside the SkyLine class, you can look how session instance is prompted to execute services.
public boolean launch(String service) { int code, stats; boolean ret = false; if ( (code = goodService(service)) == -1) return log.error("unknown service: " + service); switch (code) { // init service case Cons.OC_SERVICE_INIT_FRAMEWORK: ret = session.init(); break; // translation service case Cons.OC_SERVICE_INIT_TRANSLATE: stats = session.collectStats(); if (stats > 0) { log.warning(stats + " files failed in collecting statistics."); ret = false; } else ret = true; break; // static analysis service case Cons.OC_SERVICE_STATIC_ANALYSIS: ret = session.staticReview(); break; // score service case Cons.OC_SERVICE_SCORE: break; default: return log.error("unknown service: " + service); } return ret; }
Internally, Session instance will ask each SessionInfo objects to execute services. Let us consider the Session class method that execute the static analysis service.
/** * Starts a static analysis over the files being reviewed * * @return true if static analysis can be performed or false * if one or more files fail being analyzed. */ public boolean staticReview() { boolean ret = true; if (!active) return log.error("can't perform a static analysis over an inactive session."); for (int i = 0; i < sessions.length; i++) { if (! sessions[i].staticReview()) ret = false; } return ret; }
Where sessions variable is declared as:
private SessionInfo[] sessions;
As you may see Session object delegates service accomplishment to SessionInfo ones collecting the final results.
In facts, SessionInfo objects are the ones talking with Orizon internals performing the real work.
The following method is stolen from org.owasp.orizon.SessionInfo class.
/** * Perform a static analysis over the given file * * A full static analysis is a mix from: * * * local analysis (control flow) * * global analysis (call graph) * * taint propagation * * statistics * * * @return true if the file being reviewed doesn't violate any * security check, false otherwise. */ public boolean staticReview() { boolean ret = false; s = new Source(getStatFileName()); ret = s.analyzeStats(); ... return ret; }
The Translation factory
One of the Owasp Orizon goals is to be independent from the source language being analyzed. This means that Owasp Orizon will support:
- Java
- perl
- ...
Such support is granted using an intermediate file format to describe the source code and used to apply the security checks. Such format is XML language.
A source code, before static analysis is started, is translated into XML. Starting from version 1.0, each source code is translated in 4 XML files:
- an XML file containing statistical information
- an XML file containing variables tracking information
- an XML file containing program control flow (local analysis)
- an XML file containing call graph (global analysis)
As the time this document is written (Owasp Orizon v1.0pre1, September 2008) only Java programming language is supported, however other programming language will follow soon.
Translation phase is requested from org.owasp.orizon.SessionInfo.inspect() method. Depending from the source file language, the appropriate Translator is called and the scan() method is called.
/** * Inspects the source code, building AST trees * @return */ public boolean inspect() { boolean ret = false; switch (language) { case Cons.O_JAVA: t = new JavaTranslator(); if (!t.scan(getInFileName())) return log.error("can't scan " + getInFileName() + "."); ret = true; break; default: log.error("can't inspect language: " + Cons.name(language)); break; } return ret; }
Scan method is an abstract method defined in org.owasp.orizon.translator.DefaultTranslator class and declared as the following:
public abstract boolean scan(String in);
Every class implementing DefaultTranslator must implement how to scan the source file and build ASTs in this method.
Aside from scan() method, there are four abstract method needful to create XML input files.
public abstract boolean statService(String in, String out); public abstract boolean callGraphService(String in, String out); public abstract boolean dataFlowService(String in, String out); public abstract boolean controlFlowService(String in, String out);
All these methods are called in the translator() method, the one implemented directly from DefaultTranslator class.
public final boolean translate(String in, String out, int service) { if (!isGoodService(service)) return false; if (!scanned) if (!scan(in)) return log.error(in+ ": scan has been failed"); switch (service) { case Cons.OC_TRANSLATOR_STAT: return statService(in, out); case Cons.OC_TRANSLATOR_CF: return controlFlowService(in, out); case Cons.OC_TRANSLATOR_CG: return callGraphService(in, out); case Cons.OC_TRANSLATOR_DF: return dataFlowService(in, out); default: return log.error("unknown service code"); } }
So, when from a language specific translator is prompted for translate() method, this recalls the language specific service methods.
Every translator contains as private field a language specific scanner containing ASTs to be used in input file generation.
Consider org.owasp.orizon.translator.java.JavaTranslator class, it is declared as follows:
public class JavaTranslator extends DefaultTranslator { static SourcePositions positions; private JavaScanner j; ...
JavaScanner is a class from org.owasp.orizon.translator.java package and it uses Sun JDK 6 Compiler API to scan a java file creating in memory ASTs. Trees are created in scan() method, implemented for Java source language as follow:
public final boolean scan(String in) { boolean ret = false; String[] parms = { in }; Trees trees; JavaCompiler compiler = ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler(); if (compiler == null) return log.error("I can't find a suitable JAVA compiler. Is a JDK installed?"); DiagnosticCollector<JavaFileObject> diagnostics = new DiagnosticCollector<JavaFileObject>(); StandardJavaFileManager fileManager = compiler.getStandardFileManager(diagnostics, null, null); Iterable<? extends JavaFileObject> fileObjects = fileManager.getJavaFileObjects(parms); JavacTask task = (com.sun.source.util.JavacTask) compiler.getTask(null,fileManager, diagnostics, null, null, fileObjects); try { trees = Trees.instance(task); positions = trees.getSourcePositions(); Iterable<? extends CompilationUnitTree> asts = task.parse(); for (CompilationUnitTree ast : asts) { j = new JavaScanner(positions, ast); j.scan(ast, null); } scanned = true; return true; } catch (IOException e) { return log.fatal("an exception occured while translate " + in + ": " +e.getLocalizedMessage()); } }
Statistical gathering
public final boolean statService(String in, String out) { boolean ret = false;
if (!scanned) return log.error(in + ": call scan() before asking translation..."); log.debug(". Entering statService(): collecting stats for: " + in); try { createXmlFile(out); xmlInit();
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) { } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) { } catch (IOException e) { ret = log.error("an exception occured: " + e.getMessage()); } ret = true; log.debug("stats written into: " + out); log.debug(". Leaving statService()"); return ret; }
Variable tracking gathering
Local analysis information gathering
Global analysis information gathering
To anyone interested in Owasp Orizon framework, you can use the following links:
- main page @ Owasp: http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Orizon_Project
- main site @ SourceForge: http://orizon.sourceforge.net
- blog: http://orizon.sourceforge.net/blog
- author page @ Owasp: http://www.owasp.org/index.php/User:Thesp0nge
You can drop also a line to Orizon author: firstname.lastname@example.com


text: Last week Bloody-Disgusting brought you the news that Milla Jovovich would be returning to the role of Alice in Resident Evil 4: Afterlife, which her husband, Paul W.S. Anderson is returning to direct. Today we have the rest of our exclusive interview with Milla discussing her role in the new thriller from writer/director David Twohy, A Perfect Getaway. Jovovich plays Cydney, a newlywed who goes to Hawaii with her husband Cliff (Steve Zahn) for some fun and adventure. But the r & r quickly meets an end when a killer starts offing island tourists. Cydney and Cliff band up with a few other couples for safety, but soon everyone is a suspect.


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Once a collegiate wrestler, Scott Voss (Kevin James) is now a 42-year-old, apathetic biology teacher in a failing high school. When cutbacks threaten the school's music program and its teacher (Henry Winkler), Scott springs into action. He dusts off his long-unused wrestling skills and earns money for the program by moonlighting as a mixed martial arts fighter. Though the school nurse (Salma Hayek) thinks he's crazy, Scott gains something he never expected, and the school rallies behind him.
- Genres: Action, Comedy
- Release Date: Friday, November 9, 2012
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- MPAA Rating: PG [ Bouts of MMA Sports Violence, Language, Some Rude Humor ]
- Starring: Kevin James [Scott Voss], Salma Hayek [Bella Flores], Henry Winkler [Marty Streb], Greg Germann [Principal Betcher], Joe Rogan [Himself], Gary Valentine [Eric Voss], Charice [Malia], Bas Rutten [Niko], Reggie Lee [Mr. De La Cruz], Mark DellaGrotte [Himself], Mookie Barker [Assistant Principal Elkins], Jackie Flynn [Joe Duffy], Nikki Tyler-Flynn [Mollie Streb], Melissa Peterman [Lauren Voss], Thomas Gallagher [Peter Voss], Blaine Stevens [Mary Shannon Voss], Jonathan Trautmann [Derrick], Germaine DeLeon [Martinez]
- Directed by: Frank Coraci [Director], Allan Loeb [Screenwriter], Kevin James [Screenwriter], Todd Garner [Producer], Kevin James [Producer], Adam Sandler [Executive Producer], Jack Giarraputo [Executive Producer], Jeff Sussman [Executive Producer], Marty P. Ewing [Executive Producer], Phil Meheux [Cinematographer], Perry Andelin Blake [Production Design], Scott Hill [Film Editor], Rupert Gregson-Williams [Original Music], Hope Hanafin [Costume Designer], Justine Baddeley [Casting], Kim Davis-Wagner [Casting], Alan Au [Art Director], Denise Pizzini [Set Decoration]
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Kirkistown circuit, located on the Ards Peninsula in one of the most scenic areas of Northern Ireland is proving successful not only for two and four wheel sporting events, but it continues to attract corporate business.
Companies such as Porsche, Mercedes-Benz and Renault use the facility for various trade and customer events. The friendly atmosphere, versatility of the venue and attractive hire rates continue to appeal.
Recently the circuit and its facilities have been given a major makeover and in particular the new clubhouse, perhaps the best at any UK or Irish circuit, is proving attractive. Restaurant, bar, toilet, showers, changing and excellent viewing are amongst its attributes.
Catering is easily organized, the circuit having its own catering arrangement and the clubhouse also features widescreen televisions and transition easily to a lecture or demonstration area.
Toileting around the circuit has been upgraded and there are a number of electrical hook up points throughout the large paddock area.
Within easy reach of the ports of Belfast and Larne and Belfast City and International Airports, it is also possible, by prior arrangement to facilitate landing and take off for helicopters.


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Three people have been killed and a woman is in a critical condition after a head-on crash in the Upper Hunter region.
Emergency services were called to the Golden Highway at Jerrys Plains, south of Muswellbrook, about 2.20pm on Sunday.
A helicopter was sent to the accident scene, where a woman aged about 50 was trapped inside a Ford ute with serious injuries. The male driver of the vehicle died at the scene.
Two other men aged in their 30s, who were trapped inside a Toyota Kluger, also died at the scene.
The sole survivor was flown to John Hunter Hospital in a critical condition with chest, leg and abdominal injuries.
While responding to the emergency, an ambulance crashed on the wet road and rolled over.
''All the paramedics are OK and actually went to the scene in a police car to treat the patients,'' an Ambulance Service of NSW spokeswoman said.
The Golden Highway was reopened at 10pm on Sunday.
''All diversions have been lifted and there are no delays for motorists in the area,'' the Transport Management Centre said in a statement.


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The game was scoreless until the fourth inning, when the Snappers went to work. Steven Singleton and Rene Tosoni both doubled to open the frame, with Singleton scoring on Tosoni's hit. Tosoni continue to impress this season, and should be a starter for Beloit in 2008.
After Chris Parmelee grounded out, moving Tosoni to third, Greg Yersich hit the Snappers' third double of the inning, plating Tosoni, and giving Beloit a 2-0 lead. Santiesteban would then single Yersich to third, and after a walk and a pitching change, Garrett Olson would score Yersich with a sacrifice fly.
That would be all the scoring that the Snappers would need, as Dan Leatherman relieved Burnett in the sixth inning. The young right-hander, who is one of the top relievers in the Twins organization, tossed three innings of one-hit ball, before handing the ball over to Anthony Slama for the save.
The Snappers can win the series on Thursday.


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Understanding the basics of research methods
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This essay discusses two established research approaches; qualitative as well as quantitative, along with the various research designs primarily utilized when preparing research within the structure of every concept. As we can say that quantitative research is the progression of collecting, as well analyzing, also interpreting, in addition to writing the results of a study, despite the fact that qualitative research is the way to data collection, as well analysis, besides report writing differing from the traditional, quantitative approaches. Moreover, such effort provides an additional distinction between quantitative as well as qualitative research methods. Additionally, the same essay also presents an overview of the different research methods to carry out research in quantitative as well as qualitative. On the other hand, such effort explored the relationship between public confidences in addition to criminal justice. It focutilized on the research methods where future of information along with public education to alter levels of public knowledge of, along with public confidence in, the criminal justice system. The analysis employed research methods design drawing on quantitative as well as qualitative research methods.
Understanding the basics of research methods can appear as if one is walking a very delicate line between full comprehensions in addition to tremendously miserable loser. The language is difficult, the concepts extremely interconnected, and as it was widely known that each slight facet topics when it appeared toward a successful essay.
Research is the logical along with exact method of enquiry, which aims to demonstrate phenomena also to expand as well, test explaining concepts as well as theories. At the end of the day, it aims to identify toward a methodical body of knowledge. Research is the process of collecting, besides analyzing, in addition to interpreting data in order to interpret a phenomenon. The research process is organized in that defining the purpose, managing the data, as well communicating the findings occurs within established frameworks as well as in accordance with existing guidelines. The frameworks in addition to guidelines allow researchers with an indication of what to incorporate in the research, also how to carry out the research, along with what types of inferences are predictable based on the data collected.
Those interested in the study of public confidence in the criminal justice, which has at such throwing away a broad variety of research methods. In this regards, that specific research methods to make use of is entirely contingent upon the issue being studied. Research questions characteristically fall into four categories of research, such like; Descriptive, Exploratory, Explanatory, and Evaluative.
Descriptive analysis attempts to explain further put across the phenomena under investigation. Exploratory research seeks to get available the underlying meaning behind actions as well as individual behavior. Explanatory research seeks to codify the causes as well as effects of phenomena. Evaluation studies seek to settle on the effects of an intrusion on entity behavior. However, such four spots of research are not communally restricted; to a certain extent; they are styled to be utilized interactively so as to build on an extensive perceptive of the question beneath investigation.
Through such background, the purpose of the said item will continue to bring in the reader toward the two substantial research paradigms along with issues that risk in order the field of public confidence in the criminal justice: quantitative as well as qualitative research strategies. Subsequent to describing the diverse research, methodologies numerous issues associated toward inside as well as external validity are identified that are crucial to endure in mind when assessing the adequacies of prominent research methodologies. The entry closes through prominence what come out to be the mainly promising research strategies for public confidence in the criminal justice
Public Confidence:
AS we can say, that Phenomenon provides efforts of the problems inherent in avoiding to agree toward the importance of gaining the public's confidence. Public confidence has a number of comprehensive characteristics; for the most part, public confidence cannot exist without slide along with openness, furthermore citizens must expect that they have the facts they need to contemplate furthermore decide upon crucial issues. In addition, evenly material is a regulator whose independence as well as ethics is feasible. The same is besides public participation, besides maintaining dialogue, along with untimely also ongoing debate on regulatory matters is all hallmarks of a regulator who contains public confidence as an advance. As a final point, accountability, capability in addition to success is essential building blocks of public confidence in a regulator.
Researches Methods:
The two general approaches to carrying out research are quantitative as well as qualitative. The researcher anticipates the type of data needed to take action toward the research question. For such case in point, the numerical, besides textural or even running numerical as well as textural data are needed. Based on such assessment, the researcher selects one of the two previously mentioned approaches to conducting research. Researchers normally choose the quantitative approach to act in response toward research questions requiring numerical data, the qualitative request for research questions requiring textural data, along with the mixed methods request for research questions requiring mutually numerical along with textural data.
a) Quantitative Method:
Research methodology is defined as the general appearance the researcher takes in carrying out the research project. Furthermore, quantitative research contains the collection of data therefore, that information might be quantified along with subjected toward statistical analysis in order to shore up or yet disprove, as alternate knowledge claims, whereas asserts that quantitative analysis originated in the public confidence in the criminal justice system. The researcher uses systematical models as the methodology of data analysis. Three historical trends pertaining toward quantitative analysis include research design, besides test along with measurement procedures, in addition to statistical analysis. Quantitative analysis also involves data collection, which is generally structured furthermore the researcher tends to make use of such models since the methodology of data analysis. In spite of, the researcher, utilize the query methods to make sure configuration via statistical data collection methodology. On the other hand, there are three wide determination of quantitative research: descriptive experimental along with causal comparative. The detailed research proposal is a principal research process that examines the case, as it exists in its present state. Moreover, descriptive research contains identification of attributes of such incident based on an observational basis, or even the observation of interaction between two or else more phenomena.
Quantitative Research Methods for Criminal Justice Research:
These methods are classically concerned with measuring public confidence in the criminal justice fact. To recognize such action specific terms may first be identified. Thus, concepts are abstract tags put on the reality that are determined numerical values, therefore making them variables. On the other words, variables are then reviewed to stay up patterns of interconnection, co-variation, along with purpose as well as the effect. Therefore, at the main basic phase, there are available at least one dependent variable in addition to one independent variable. The dependent variable is generally referred to at the same time as the outcome variable. The same is what the researcher is trying to forecast. On the other words, the independent variable is often referred to the same as the predictor changeable, furthermore it is the variable, which causes, determines, and otherwise precedes in time the dependent variable.
AS we can say here that criminological, theorists might be interested in reviewing the relationship among impulsivity, as it is an independent variable in addition to criminal behavior as reliant changeable. Conversely, in studying such an affiliation, scholars form a summed proportion of items that are designed toward circuitously test the concept of impulsivity. Then, such impulsivity scale is utilized to anticipate involvement in criminal behavior. Public confidence in the Criminal justice researchers might be interested in reviewing the effects of such mandatory detention policy as independent inconsistent on prospect patterns of local violent behavior as dependent variable. In studying such a case, scholars characteristically evaluate the impact of an arrest, compared toward some other sanction, on the following criminal behavior of the arrested. Thus, quantitative research methods require a form of revision the interaction involving situates of variables to settle on purpose as well as the effect.
Three criteria are needed to initiate causality. The first is connection. That is, the independent as well as dependent variables must be related toward one another. The second is a time series; the independent variable ought to go before the dependent variable in specific time. As a final point, there is the issue of non-spuriousness. The same occurs if the relationship between the independent along with dependent variables is not sufficient toward diversification in several unobserved third variables.
There is a sum of different quantitative research methods available headed for researchers, mainly of which drop under the rubric of such research style, which insecurely can be defined as the way or even prototype for a review that comprised the what, who where, when, why, along with how of an investigation. These research methods include survey research, experimental along with quasi-experimental research, besides cross-sectional research, as well longitudinal studies, in addition time series analysis, along with meta-analysis as well.
Survey research: Serving as the mainly regularly utilized means of observation inside the social sciences, including criminology, ergo survey research involves the collection of data from a variety of individuals throughout their responses toward questions. Survey research is often carried out via mail, as well telephone, in addition computer, or even in person. Surveys present a figure of gorgeous features that formulate them a standard method of doing research. They are flexible, as highly capable, besides inexpensive, along with generalizable. At the same time, assessment methods may be limited due toward problems in sampling, as well measurement, along with overall survey design. When creating a survey, since researchers might take care in making available that the items in the survey are visible as well as toward the point.
Experimental research: Several scholars agree that experimental research is the best kind of analysis to assessing cause as well as the effect. Factual experiments ought to have no less than three features:
i) Two comparison groups for such, an experimental group along with a control group;
ii) Variation in the independent variable before analysis of change in the dependent variable;
iii) Random assignment toward the two or even more comparison groups
Many experiments involve in collaboration a pre-test along with a post-test. The previous test measures the dependent variable advance just before the experimental intervention at the same time as the final test measures the output variable after the experimental set has gotten the treatment. Randomization is what offers the comparison set in a true testing a powerful technique for identifying the effects of the treatment.
Assigning groups unwittingly toward the trial furthermore comparison groups ensures that consistent bias does not affect the exercise of subjects toward groups. The same is essential if researchers want to use a broad view their findings regarding cause as well as the effect among key variables within also across groups. Furthermore, the classic experimental style is individual in which nearby is a pre-test for mutually groups, an intervention for one group, plus then a post-test for the said groups.
Cross-sectional research:
It designs incorporate studies of individual group at one end in same time. For that reason, they provide a quick view otherwise snapshot of the phenomena being studied. On average, they refer toward a representative sample of the society additionally thus allow researchers to take a broad view their findings. Cross-sectional research designs issue into public confidence in the criminal justice research. As well such analysis of reasoning of delinquency utilized a cross-sectional style in which such male respondents was asked over a sequence of questions connected toward involvement in delinquent activities along with emotional ties headed for public bonds.
Longitudinal research:
There are two regularly utilized longitudinal research designs, committee as well as group studies. Together such studies the same groups over a period also are mostly concerned with assessing within also between set changes. Panel studies follow the same species or even bit over time, even as followers? Studies examine the more specific populations as they change over time.
Time-series designs:
It characteristically involves variations of several observations of the same group. More often than not, they investigate a particular variable such as such crime rate in successive times, also are particularly practical for studies of the impact of innovative laws or even social programs. Moreover, an interrupted time-series model analyzes a single variable at successive times with measures taken prior toward some outward appearance of intervention furthermore other observations taken after the intervention.
Although time-series designs are chiefly useful in studying trends over such period, also how such trends are influenced through several types of intercession, researchers should be responsive of single key aspect of time-series designs; the inability to be in charge of all possible substitute effects.
A recent appearance in research methodology is the exploit of meta-analysis. On the other hand, such research proposal is the quantitative analysis of findings commencing multiple studies. Within its central part, we can observe that besides meta-analysis, which might involve researchers pulling together the results of more than a few studies along with making summary, in addition to innovative statements about some cause as well as effect relationship.
Merits of Quantitative Research Methods:
The main merits of such Quantitative Method, in comparison toward that of qualitative methods is that can be had a particular goal along with head towards it throughout a straight way. Dislike qualitative method, as well in quantitative method, besides the outcome of such research does not depend on the information is collected. However, it will focus on such goal instead of focusing on the subject otherwise the opinions in addition to views of the subjects. Moreover, we can include also another advantages of a quantitative method are easy set along with analysis of data; besides design also can be measured for comparison; as well easy to reproduce; additionally can be cheaper than qualitative research.
Demerits of Quantitative Research Methods:
The demerits of the Quantitative Method are; findings can be biased through researchers' perspectives; research often takes place in an unnatural setting; low validity; results may be statically significant but by any means insignificant; inflexible process.
b) Qualitative Method:
A qualitative research may be naturally definite the same as a study that is carried out in a natural environment where the researcher, as well a mechanism of data collection, besides gathers words or even pictures, in addition analyzes them inductively, also focuses on the intention of participants, moreover describes a system that is mutually meaningful along with significant in style.
Qualitative research ought to not be out looked as a simple alternate for a "statistical" or even quantitative analysis. It demands a commitment toward an extensive time in the field, as well participation in the complex, besides time-consuming method of data analysis, along with works of long passages, in addition to participation in an outward appearance of common along with physical science research that does not have rigid guidelines otherwise specified procedures also is evolving together with changing frequently.
The term "qualitative research" is utilized as an overarching model covering a wide range of approaches as well as methods. As we can add here that there is still few debate, the common consensus is that qualitative research is a realistic, interpretative approach concerned with understanding the meanings which people connect in the conduct of actions, decisions, beliefs, values etc. within their social world. Therefore, understandings of such mental mapping process, which make respondents, have to apply to produce intellect of, along with understand the world around them.
Qualitative research can stand-alone otherwise alongside quantitative assessment investigation to make available strength in addition to the richness toward an investigation. It describes the contextual setting at the same time as exists an interpretation of the reasons for or even the associations between what exists, an evaluation of the value of what exists furthermore an aid on the way toward the development of theories or even strategies.
There are many different methods for presenting a qualitative research; nevertheless, it was recommended the following five: Case studies, as well-grounded theory, besides ethnography, in addition content analysis, alongside with phenomenological. Furthermore, these methods meet individual needs. For such a pattern in point, case studies as well as the grounded theory research review processes, besides activities, together with events even as ethnographic research analyses broad cultural-sharing behaviors of individuals or even groups. Therefore, case studies as well as phenomenology might be utilized to studying individuals.
Alternatively, there are a number of qualitative research techniques that can be utilized to take up examination in collaboration with inquiry, including one-to-one in-depth interview in addition to section discussion. Qualitative methods may be semi-structured otherwise free flowing depending on the research questions as well as objectives.
In fact, those qualitative methods are resource carefully commencing the point of shape of the analysis time required, in parallel toward not only data set but also the way in which qualitative data are analyzed along with reported on.
Additionally, the basis of qualitative research is to gathering non-numerical data to helping show details or even makes up a theory about a relationship. Methods utilized to put on qualitative information include surveys, as well observation, besides case studies, together with interviews furthermore the information derived from these assets can be combined into a story like details of what is happening otherwise what has happened in the past. For such pattern, headed for better understand variables that are involved toward quantify, such as attitudes, beside religious beliefs, or even political opinions, qualitative research could be utilized to represent an idea about a specific population otherwise lot of people. Qualitative research is often also utilized at the same time as a pilot study in order to pull together information that may then lead toward a quantitative study.
On the other hand, qualitative studies are tools utilized in understanding also describing the field of human experience. Since we continue such humanity all the way through the research progression, since it is principally impracticable to take off the slanted occurrence, flush for the mainly hardened of researchers. Hence, the same as we proceed throughout the research process, such humanness informs us also often directs us all the way through such subtleties the same as understanding moments. Speaking about the field of human experience requires a considerable deal in terms of time furthermore adherence to approach; conversely, such area is often dismissed the same as 'subjective' in addition to regarded with suspicion.
A chief potency of the qualitative concept is the extent toward which explorations are conducted along with descriptions are written, more often than not resulting in moderate details for the reader to get hold of the idiosyncrasy of the situation.
The ultimate goal of qualitative research is to propose an interpretation of a state furthermore offer well-written research papers that reflect the researcher's capability to determine or even explain the relative phenomenon. Therefore, one of the biggest strengths of the qualitative concept is the richness in addition to a depth of explorations along with descriptions.
To connect in qualitative enquiry, there is a necessitate to decide first, whether a tough justification exists for selecting a qualitative concept. The following reasons might describe for a qualitative inquiry:
Topics that need to be discovered: The same is a situation where variables cannot be with no trouble identified, theories are not available to provide details behavior of participants or even their community of study;
Need to make a comprehensive view of the topic: The same is the case where the remote panoramic view is not enough to produce answers headed for the problem;
Need to modify individuals in their natural surroundings: The same is the situation where, if participants are taken out from their ordinary environment, it leads in the direction of contrived findings that are out of context; Where there are sufficient time besides resources to expend on extensive data collection in the field in addition to complete data examination of "text" information; consequently, the character of research question: In a qualitative revision, the research questions frequently start through a how or even a what;
Audiences are responsive headed for qualitative research.
Qualitative Research Methods of Criminal Justice Research:
Dissimilar quantitative research methods, qualitative concepts are planned to take into custody life at the same time as participants face it, rather than in categories predetermined via means of the researcher. These methods characteristically involve exploratory research questions, besides inductive reasoning, as well an adjustment in the root of shared context and human subjectivity, together with the meanings attached via participants headed for events just before their lives. There is a number of individual research designs under such paradigm; Participant observation, serious interviewing, Focus groups, moreover, case studies as well as individual histories.
Participant observation: As we can include here at its most basic phase, participant observation involves a several of strategies in data assembly in which the researcher observes a lot through participating, toward changeable degrees, in the actions of the same group. Since these four diversity situations on a continuum of functions that range, researchers may play in this regard; Complete participant, participant-as-observer, observer-as-participant, along with complete observer.
Complete part takes place when the researcher joins in also in fact begins to stage-manage the administration of set activity. Within the participant-as-observer strategy, thus, the researcher normally makes him known also tries toward impartially monitor the activities of such group. Furthermore, the observer-same as-participant strategy is decidedly much like a one-visit interview, additionally, where the interviewees are in addition short-term participant observers. In general, these interviews are presented within individuals who are known to give in a designated activity. As a final point, the absolute viewer strategy relies on exclusive consideration absent presenting from the researcher.
Although many issues might be confronted when involving in such variety of research, two are of vital importance: Objectivity, as well as Going native. Furthermore, such prior issue more often than not deals with the researcher's capacity to avoid not only over identification with the study group, but also hostility to it. The concluding agreement through a circumstances in which the researcher identifies through also becomes a part of the study group further in the system discards his or even her role seeing that an objective researcher.
Intensive interviewing:
It consists of open-ended, comparatively unstructured asking in which the interviewer wants in detail information on the applicant's feelings, as well experiences, or even perceptions. Dislike the participant observation strategy, thus, intensive interviewing does not need systematic monitoring of respondents in their natural surroundings. On average, interviewing sample members, along with understanding as well as interviewing of further sample members, also continues until the saturation level is gotten, the period when new interviews seems to make remarkably little more information.
Focus groups:
They are such groups of without relation individuals, which are formed through a researcher since then led in-group debates of a subject. In general, the researcher asks specific questions along with guides the conference to make sure that group members raise these questions, although the resulting data is qualitative together with comparatively unstructured. Even though generalizations from focus groups toward target populations cannot be accurate, research suggests that focus group data, combined with survey information, can be entirely stable under certain conditions.
Qualitative Research Methods Merits:
Qualitative research is in the main thriving in information. On the other words, Qualitative data conclude of exhaustive descriptions, which in depth inquiry along with direct quotations capturing people's unique perspectives in addition to experiences. Cases of qualitative data comprise as the following details such like; interview transcripts, as well photographs, besides field notes, in addition audio recordings, diaries, also videotapes, moreover, personal comments, along with official records, memos, in addition to textbook passages etc. Such kind of analysis further tends to be carried out in a naturalistic setting. Therefore, the researchers spend a considerable deal of time. Qualitative researchers are disturbed through 'context'. Hence, it is considered that human behavior is influenced at the highest level through its nature and hence can be better understood when monitored in a normal setting. Since the fact that the purpose of qualitative research is unstructured has the merit of complete flexibility, being able to become accustomed the query the same as knowledge becomes deeper differently situations change further permitting the researcher to chase innovative pathways of innovation at the same time as they emerge. Qualitative research has a soaring validity. Conversely, validity goes toward the appropriateness, meaningfulness in conjunction with usefulness of inferences made via the examiner depending on the data, which might be obtained. In the other words, qualitative research frequently tends to determine what the researcher asserts it together.
Qualitative Research Methods Demerits:
As we can say that Qualitative research further has its disadvantages in that it is always highly emotional at the same time as the researcher often includes personal experience along with insight seeing that part of the relevant data thus making real objectivity impossibility. In addition, it has an unusually low reliability in that it is tremendously difficult to resemble a piece of qualitative research because it does not have a structured design otherwise a standardized procedure. Moreover, its main disadvantage is that small group of interviewed individuals cannot be taken the same as example.
As a final point, research methods should not be noticed in isolation from each one. Therefore, a triangulated otherwise combined methodological advances in the direction of addressing diversity facets of a research subject, using several methods, which complement each one, is all the time more recommended at the same time as a concludes of establishing the outside validity of the research. Thus, in the same manner in which prospective, longitudinal surveys can report the results from randomized controlled trials, so qualitative research findings can improve quantitative survey data through placing the latter into real social contexts further enhancing knowledge of relevant collaborative processes.
Quantitative as well as qualitative researches methods examine more explore the different claims toward understanding together with straight methods are designed to address a specific type of research question. Despite the fact that the quantitative system provides an objective measure of reality, the qualitative form allows the researcher to look at further better understand the complexity of a phenomenon. Therefore, such discourse presented a clear statement of what constitutes quantitative as well as qualitative research designs in conjunction with summarized techniques utilized to make studies for mutually research approaches. Moreover, such effort further offered statements of what constitutes the mixed methods concepts when conducting research. On the other words, each concept seek to substantiate sensory information the same as truth, neither is thorough in its outward appearance.


text: Motörhead is the loudest band in the world. For 37 years, these British headbang pioneers have been cranking out hard-hitting rock albums and never once have they played a ballad, a slow-jam, or bent over for record label brass to produce a radio-friendly slab of suck. Nope, not bastards. For them it's strictly whiskey-fueled shredding at a breakneck pace & punishing volume. Their new line of headphones, available in earbud and over-ear styles, are stamped with the classic Motörhead logo and built heavy-duty with oversize drivers for total ear drum destruction. And we'd expect nothing less.


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I made this for Memories' contest. It's Shion from "Magico". I recently really love that manga.. He's saying "That looks fun" in this scene, but my writing is messy so I didn't draw subs.. (Ref. used- see previous lineart for link)
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SHION!! ♥♥♥♥♥ I think Shion is super cute with Emma x3 This manga is fun ♥♥♥♥♥
wow you should make more screenshot draw i miss artist who make screenshot XD this is so amazing XD wow i like the eye XD contradict the expression of idea XD
oh lololol Shion looks so cute here :'D thanks for joining my comp, amazing entry!


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A Study for Patients With Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Despite Ongoing Methotrexate Therapy
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Apparently the most recent issue of Rolling Stone features 50 artists providing themed playlists throughout the magazine's pages. And for his list, Nas chose to name his top 10 hip-hop lyricists along with a song from each to explain their placement. It's kind of a head-scratcher at times, especially Lil Kim and Rick Ross being on the list at all as well as his choice for a Jay-Z track. But I have to give Nas credit for having Kool G Rap all the way at number three. Too many people, from rappers to critics, have forgotten both G Rap's skills and his influence.
Anyway, here's Nas's list:
1. "My Downfall" - Notorious B.I.G., 1997
-The lyrics are about how he's acing the shadows of death, despite all of his success, and he's giving it to you in a way that makes it seem so real.
2. "If My Homie Calls" - 2pac, 1991
-He's just saying to his boys that he's going to be a friend no matter how big he gets.
3. "Road To The Riches" - Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo, 1989
-The way we're rhyming now? He was already doing it then .
4. "A Bird In The Hand" - Ice Cube, 1991
5. "Paid In Full" - Eric B. & Rakim, 1987
6. "I'm Single" - Lil Wayne, 2010
-I'm recently divorced, so I feel what he's saying.
7. "Tears of Joy" - Rick Ross, 2010
-Ross is at the pulpit here.
8. "The Moment I Feared" - Slick Rick, 1988
-It's cinematic. He's at a hip-hop show and ices this girl who played him, then he's in prison getting violated by some dude. This was unheard of.
9. "Empire State of Mind" - Jay-Z, 2009
-This song is huge. It sounds like Broadway. It's New York's modern anthem.
10. "Queen Bitch" - Lil' Kim, 1996
-At the time, females rappers didn't appeal to the street, but Kim came with the vulgarity, sexuality and gangster shit.
Interesting, to say the least.
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i suppose asking an artist about their influences is a bit passe from a journalistic standpoint, but i find these sort of lists/questions immensely fascinating. they can be a window into an artist's listening habits. and nas comes through in spades here: a mix of the old familiars (g rap, rakim, cube), some "deep album cuts" (biggie, slick rick) and seemingly random cuts like ross and kim. maybe he'd do a firm v 2.0 with ms jones?
Heh, good point!
Empire SoM for Jay's lyricism is confusing for sure, maybe if I was a new yorker I'd feel differently? Definitely grateful for the reminder to revisit G Rap and Polo
LiL Kim is the Queen of Rap.
STFU *****! Kim is the Queen, "It'll be a murder scene, i'm turning Pink Friday to Friday the 13th"
I feel this list I like Lil Kim is the queen of rap and Big and Pac always number 1
He added Lil' Kim on here because he just wanted to add Biggie as a lyricist twice.
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As we all can see Lil Kim made this list thank god, Kim still in the game and she not going any place from her old stuff to her new stuff, we all love it you know you do, were all still listing to magic stick and asking are selfs how many licks dose it really take! Kim made it okay for us to think sexual and be sexy no matter what the next person says!
So thank you KIMMMY


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Well that's a wrap! Comic Con 2014 is officially over, and all of us at Upper Deck would like to thank the fans who stopped by our booth and participated in the 5 days of fun! Some of the highlights from this year included dance-offs with Marvel characters, fan pictures with Hello Kitty herself, Joe Jusko autograph signings, and funny interviews with the all of the fantastic characters of Comic Con! So for those of you that couldn't make it out to the Con this year, here is just a small recap of what happened at the Upper Deck booth!
We can't wait to see what next year has in store for us! If you were able to stop make it out this year, leave us a comment and let us know what you loved most about Comic Con!


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Read on to find out about Khiladi Kumar's shocking confession …
Akshay Kumar had a reputation of being a teetotaler. The actor was known to be one of the few actors in the industry who doesn't touch alcohol. However, that seems to have changed with his new film Shaukeen where he has danced on a song called, 'I am an alcoholic'.
The track was recently shot on the actor in Mauritius. Akshay who doesn't drink in real life was choreographed by Ahmed Khan with some stunning dancers on the beach. The song has been sung by Yo Yo Honey Singh and is supposed to be a major high light of the film!
So while in real life Akki stays away from daru, onscreen he is shamelessly calling himself an 'alcoholic!'.


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Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashutosh has alleged that unidentified people attacked his public meeting in Seeta Ram Bazaar in Chandni Chowk with bottles.
"Fortunately nobody was seriously injured," said AAP's Chandni Chowk candidate.
"Bottles were thrown from a building. A woman volunteer was addressing the sabha. People ran for security. Police immediately reached the spot," the former TV journalist said.
"Police immediately took control of the building and entire area was cordoned off. Senior officers also reached. I rushed . It could have been fatal," he said.
He said AAP volunteers showed tremendous courage and after 45 minutes the sabha started again with police around.
Ashutosh urged his "opponents" not to indulge in violence. "This is not democracy,we will not be scared and they can't scare us. Campaign will go on."
Ashutosh is pitted against Congress' Kapil Sibal, the sitting MP, and BJP's Harsh Vardhan from Chandni Chowk constituency.


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In the UK we brew Tiger under licence for Asia Pacific Breweries. They brew Tiger in Singapore which is suitable for Vegetarians and Vegans."
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"I can confirm that Tiger is not suitable for vegans" "As most of our beers are fined with fish finings they are not suitable for vegan's/vegetarians. However some of our imported beers are suitable, these include Heineken, Amstel, Sol and Dos Equis."
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"Tiger beer is suitable for Vegans - there are no animal ingredients used in the production of the beer whatsoever. Tiger follows the same recipe. And the Tiger sold in the USA is exported from the same brewery as that sold in the UK"


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Samsung Droid Charge Update Repairs Mobile Hotspot
Jun 13, 2011, 7:26 AM by Eric M. Zeman @phonescooper
Verizon Wireless is offering a new system update to the Samsung Droid Charge that fixes a number of issues, including restoration of the mobile hotspot feature (which was knocked out in May). Other improvements include better battery life, better management of 4G/3G data connections, improved GPS and browser performance, and improvements to the email program's Exchange and folder support. Users will be notified when their device is ready for the update.
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Got mine Saturdat night
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NEW YORK – So much for Irene.
Stocks rose broadly Monday, led by insurance companies, after it became clear that the tropical storm caused far less damage than many had feared.
Insurance stocks rose sharply as analysts lowered their estimates of how much damage the storm would cause. Allstate Corp. rose 8.5 percent, Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. rose 13 percent, and Travelers Cos. Inc. rose 5.1 percent. Insurance and banking stocks in the Standard amp& Poor's 500 rose 4.2 percent, the most of the 10 company groups that make up the index.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 254.71 points, or 2.3 percent, to close at 11,539.25. It is now down just 0.3 percent for the year. The Standard amp& Poor's 500 index rose 33.28 points, or 2.8 percent, to 1,210.08. The technology-focused Nasdaq composite index rose 82.26, or 3.3 percent, to 2,562.11.
The Russell 2000 index, a benchmark for small companies, rose 32.86 points, or 4.7 percent, to 724.65.
Gold futures closed at $1,791.60 an ounce, shaving $5.70. Silver dropped 41 cents to close at $40.55 an ounce.
Oil added $1.90 to settle at $87.27 a barrel.
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