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Life on the Street
Daniel Baldwin, Ned Beatty, Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Reed Diamond, Giancarlo Esposito, Michelle Forbes, Peter Gerety, Isabella Hofmann, Clark Johnson, Yaphet Kotto
US: 31 Jan 1993
It's a classic line spoken by the craggy Det. John Munch (Richard Belzer): "Homicide: our day begins when yours ends." He's the guy who can crack a joke and never crack a smile. Suitably grim, designed with a dark current of humor, all seven seasons of this highly acclaimed, addictive drama, winner of two Emmy Awards, three Television Critic's Awards, and three Peabody Awards, are a must-have on DVD. The lives of these no-nonsense, inner-city Baltimore detectives are as bleak as the remains of the murdered whose cases they try to solve, sometimes with success.
Indeed, the platform for Homicide is built upon death and the despair that wafts from it, rather like an uneven, wooden walkway holding your weight just inches above a funky swamp. Sounds rather like existential angst, doesn't it? What better embodiment of such angst than the prickly, whip-smart and impatient Det. Frank Pembleton (Andre Braugher). Oh, he's tough, but then he's oftentimes felled (sometimes quite literally to his knees) by his tortured Catholic soul. Which is it that causes such agony? Death? Or Life?
Oh, but it's not all gloom and doom, any more than the average day is for the average joe. Det. Tim Bayliss (Kyle Secor) will see to that, with his open-eyed optimism and exploratory nature. While navigating this shaky walkway, he may look down at the murk below and ponder it, for a moment, but his thoughts are really with the life that goes on in his heart and head, far above the muck at his feet.
Barry Levinson's Homicide was a frontrunner in a new style of television, opening with edgy, graffiti-like credits, filmed on location in Baltimore with hand-held, 16mm cameras, and written in a filmic style. These factors gave the show a feeling of immediacy, a lack of polish, an edge that we all feel, every day we have to walk out that door. After an episode of Homicide, one might have to lean over one's armchair and spit out some grit caught in the teeth. It's that good.
—Karen Zarker
When you think TV cops, you probably imagine clean-cut, uniform clad bastions of justice, matinee idol looks complimenting a seemingly flawless law enforcement façade. Since they were really nothing more than reconfigured Westerns, the police programs of the '60s and '70s were so straight down the good guy/bad guy line that you could cut yourself on the ridiculous razor's edge. Then Hill Street Blues came along. Granted, there had been previous attempts to take the "boys in blue:" out of their anti-criminal comfort zone, yet they always had to find a way to sugarcoat the strategy (Barney Miller, for example, used humor).
But when MTM Productions gave series writers Stephen Bochco and Michael Kozoll creative license, the young guns literally ran with the concept. Blues was to be the first series to make wearing the badge a burden, showcasing how the demands of public safety took a highly personal toll on all involved. The show also tweaked the conventions of the one hour drama, introducing intertwining storylines, several episode arcs, and a sense of authenticity and realism usually relegated to film or the documentary. Of course, it was a failure. Audiences weren't ready to face such a shift in their super cop belief system.
But then NBC did something equally radical. Even with sagging ratings, and poor prospects for increased viewership, they put quality over the bottom line and supported the show. They even renewed it when everyone in the critical community thought it was doomed for the cancellation axe. The tactic worked. Slowly but surely, the fanbase increased. Emmy arrived and handed the series a trophy case full of accolades. What was once a faltering experiment in dramatic realism became a TV institution, setting the stage for how future shows would approach the subject. While other police dramas have moved far beyond Hill, it remains the benchmark that all must follow.
So far, of the seven seasons produced, Fox has put the first two out on DVD. The presentations have been praised for their attention to detail and inclusion of insightful bonus features (commentary, deleted scenes). Unfortunately, the digital domain hasn't been as support of the show as the network once was. The last box set came out over a year ago, and the lack of sales may sink the release of the remaining five. Here's hoping the studio does the right thing. This is a clear case where preservation should usurp profit.
—Bill Gibron
Long before The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Six Feet Under, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Entourage became the talk of HBO's original programming series, there was Mr. Show. The brainchild of comedians David Cross and Bob Odenkirk, the half-hour sketch comedy program fused the absurdity of old school SNL and The Ben Stiller Show with the fluidity of Monty Python's Flying Circus, particularly in the way that it so brilliantly managed to segue one skit into another, an uncanny nod to Terry Gilliam and Co. During their short, but monumental, four-year stint on-air, no stone was left unturned when it came to who and what Cross and Odenkirk aimed their multi-pronged funny stick at.
Brian Wilson, Sid and Marty Krofft, Marilyn Manson, lizards, George W. Bush, Carrot Top and Dr. Demento were just a few of the victims of the duo's satiric ire. And quotable? You could fill a hard drive with Mr. Show soundbytes alone. My personal fave is from the "Druggachusetts" sketch knocking the Krofft Brothers' thinly veiled psychedelic children's show HR Pufnstuff: "I declare this pizza AWESOME!" And who could forget the Taint Magazine episode: "I'm not talking about his c*ck and his ass, imbecile. I want that… the taint." Jesus Christ. And what about my other personal favorite, Pit-pat, that weird blob Bob and David's slimy Globo-Chem ad execs came up with during "Commercials of the Future" so as not to offend anybody, deducing him as a "magical, pan-sexual, non-threatening spokesthing" to push their totally dangerous and unhealthy products, ending each commercial with his whimsical refrain: "Take it from me, I love you!" This stuff is cracking me up just thinking about it!
And what about that slacker send-up of Jesus Christ Superstar starring Jack Black, whose Tenacious D was quite possibly the finest spin-off of a TV series since Three's a Crowd (yeah, that's right!) Or how about the John Cryer as Duckie cameo in "Fat Kids Camp". The Complete Collection collects all four seasons with a ton of extra goodies, including cast commentaries, mountains of deleted scenes and TV appearances outside of Mr. Show, most notably Bob's nudie shot for Comic Relief in 1998. I declare this box set awesome!
—Ronald Hart
Strangers with Candy
Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Greg Hollimon
(Comedy Central)
US: 7 Apr 1999
A warped yet wickedly funny send-up of after-school specials, Strangers With Candy aired on Comedy Central for three seasons. The protagonist, Jerri Blank (Amy Sedaris), is a 46-year-old "boozer, user, and loser" who returns to high school after spending 32 years as a teenage runaway. Sporting a tar-stained overbite, crude prison tattoos, and sublimely ill-fitting pants, Jerri confronts teenage-genre tropes both grand (bulimia, STDs) and mundane (a homecoming-queen election, debate-team tryouts). At home Jerri is tormented by her evil stepmother (whose Meat Man, Stu, makes house calls) and her A-hole half-brother, Derrick; at school she is taught lifelong lessons, like the fine art of bikini-waxing ("It's important to have clean lines around the delta region") and how to "snare the retarded" ("We're doing our best to weed them out, but some of these retards are extremely clever"). With its '70s-era color palette, deliciously melodramatic score, and calculated perversity, the show plays like an episode of The Brady Bunch as imagined by John Waters. (Remember the episode when Marcia referred to Greg as a "dick lick"? It's just like that…) It's not hard to see why the series has attained cult-classic status:
The humor ranges from the scatological to the subversive to the just plain silly, but it's never less than hilarious. Sedaris is gloriously shameless as Jerri. Also terrific are Greg Holliman as Principal Onyx Blackman, and Steven Colbert and Paul Dinello as a pair of teachers carrying on a not-so-secret affair (their inaugural tryst in "A Burden's Burden" is arguably the funniest moment of the entire series). The first season of Stranger With Candy is by far the strongest of the three, but the complete run is available in one DVD set if you don't want to miss a moment of the madness.
—Marisa Carroll
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The 2012 Angels schedule has arrived
Posted By Bill Mahoney On Sep 14 2011 @ 8:10 pm In LA Angels Of Anaheim | No Comments
I know that the 2011 season hasn't finished, but MLB released the 2012 schedule. The Angels start at home on April 6th against the Kansas City Royals. It's just a 3-game series, which is weird.
Other Highlights:
The Angels play at New York the first full week of the season. They are done with the Yankees on July 15th
The Halos finish their season series against the Minnesota Twins on May 9th.
Interleague games are vs. the NL West. Dodgers, Giants & Diamondbacks come to Anaheim. Angels go to LA, San Diego & Colorado.
Angels play their first game against the Red Sox on August 21st. They meet again 7 days later. It's just a home and home series vs the Beantowners next season.
The Angels end their season, in Seattle, in October.
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A list of the Legendary Grenades, where they are found, and any special properties they may have.
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Bonus Package | Boom Bewm | Southern Shelf | "2x more awesome, bonus extreme!" A second set of child grenades spawn after first set explodes. |
Bouncing Bonnie | Loot Midgets | Various | "Your sister is such a bitch." Similar to a bouncing betty grenade, but bounces horizontally. Secondary grenades are thrown with bouncing bettie effect. |
Fastball | Boll | Three Horns | "Forget the curveball Ricky, give him the heater." Straight throw that bounces if it hits terrain, explodes on impact if it hits an enemy. |
Fire Bee | Unknown | "Bees are coming!" Deploys a four sided spinning flame spigot that throws out random flame bombs. | |
Leech | The Warrior | Vault of the Warrior | "A skillful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war." Second set of child grenades with a high burn damage per second spawn after first set explodes. Leeches directly for as much health damage dealt. |
Quasar | Ultimate Badass Varkid | "E=mc^(OMG)/wtf" Pulls in enemies before causing damage before causing massive damage after explosion. | |
Rolling Thunder | Wilhelm | End of the Line | The thunder shall bring forth the pain! Element: Any Bounces like a B. Betty. After 8 bounces explodes like a MIRV. |
Storm Front | Rat Brothers Dan and Ralph | Bloodshot Stronghold | Some times lightning does strike twice. Element: Elecricity Explodes like a MIRV creating an AOE electrical field then explodes again. |
Pandemic | Mortar | Sawtooth Cauldron | Spread the sickness. Element: Corrosive Explodes like a MIRV creating 3 baby grenades that home in on enemies. |
Nasty Surprise | Vermivouris the Invincible | Anywhere there are varkid. | "Supplies!" Element: Slag or Shock (so far) Teleports, reappears and splits into four child grenades near enemies in front of the player. |
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News Release
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Suspect Killed While Running
Los Angeles: On Tuesday, December 21, 2004, at about 10:20 p.m., uniformed officers from the West Valley Division responded to a radio call of "Burglary Suspects There Now."A Good Samaritan who saw two male suspects running from a large commercial building directed officers to the 20300 block of Ventura Boulevard in Woodland Hills. Officers saw the suspects running from the commercial building and followed them on foot across Ventura Boulevard. The two suspects ran northbound through a parking lot then climbed over a chain-linked fence to the embankment of the 101 freeway. The suspects separated from one another and one of the suspects ran northbound across the freeway into oncoming traffic. He was struck by a vehicle at a high rate of speed and was pronounced dead by Los Angeles Fire Department Paramedics who responded to the scene.
The second suspect described as a male Black, between 30-40 years old ran away from the scene and after an intense search by uniformed officers and the Los Angeles Police Department's K-9 Unit, remains at large.
The name of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of his next to kin.
The California Highway Patrol is conducting the traffic collision investigation involving the deceased suspect. Detectives from West Valley Area will handle the commercial burglary investigation.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is requested to contact Detective Garcia, West Valley Area Property Crimes Unit, at 818-756-8591. On weekends and during off-hours, call the 24-hour toll free number at the Detective Information Desk, at 1-877-LAWFULL (1-877-529-3855).
This news release was prepared by the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Section, at 213-485-3586.
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Dec 12, 2012 at 7:00 am
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KNSI) The Hennepin County Board has approved a $21.6-million contract for a new 911 emergency communications building.
The Sheriff's Office says groundbreaking on the new building is expected next year. The facility will be in Plymouth, near the county jail.
Sheriff Rich Stanek says the project is essential to public safety, and will ensure uninterrupted service for 911 calls, radio dispatch and technical services.
Stanek says the county's current emergency communications facility in Golden Valley isn't big enough to accommodate new technology, and the equipment there isn't adequately protected.
The $21.6-million contract was awarded Tuesday to Stahl Construction. The project has a total projected budget of $33.7 million.
The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office provides public safety dispatch services for 23 law enforcement agencies and 19 fire departments.
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Posted over 5 years ago Ok first off I want every one to know I am not bashing any LEO I just need some help. I am not sure that this is the correct forum to post this so move it if needed(just some were that I can still get to it please) My home was broken into just over 3 weeks ago. My rifle that my granfather gave me, several check books and many other things were stolen. It totaled out to be around 4 grand worth of stuff other than the damage to the house and missed work. About 2 weeks ago my bank called me and told me that some one tryed to pass one of my checks. I took a copy of the check to the local PD and they started a new case since that was forgery. The next monday my bank called again saying that some one passed one of my checks but this time they were able to give me the exact bank that it happened at. So I hauled butt across town and gave the manager there my case# and phone#. He put a alert out to all of the other branches of that bank. About 30 minutes later I got a call from a manager at a different branch saying that they tryed to pass anouther one of my checks and were being arrested as we spoke. About an hour after that I get a call from the pd informing me that they only got 2 out of the 3 guys. Other than that I have not got a single call from the PD. I have called the PD eight times and every time the operator just sends me to a voicemail. Every time I have left a very polite message with my case #s and phone#. I still have never gotten a call back. I have been to the police desk twice now and every time they just say "theres a phone around the corner". It is realy against my nature to get hot with the pd but I am going to go to the police desk one last time in morning. If that doesnt work I will be getting an attorny(sp?). Sorry for the long post. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago Please post an introduction and read the TOU's. I am assuming you just want and update on your case which is why your contacting the P.D? Understand that, depending on agency size, there can be an overwhelming amount of calls and an officer might not be available to speak with you immediately and possibly for days. Im not sure what an attorney is going to do for you? I would ask to speak to an on duty supervisor if I was in your position. http://www.fowlergaragedoorservice.com |
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| Posted over 5 years ago Is it possible your investigating officer is on days off/vacation? Believe it or not, and though they seem rare and far between, we sometimes get those! While I understand your frustration, please understand something. A "property crime", while certainly intrusive and unpleasant to deal with, usually takes a backseat to investigations involving crimes against a person, ie, assaults, rape, etc. LE is short staffed all over the country and we are all juggling several cases at the same time, while trying to maintain our heads above water with the non-stop calls still coming in.... This doesn't release the LEO from his responsibility to keep you informed on the investigation. Maybe a simple call to a supervisor (not a complaint!) will clear things up for you? State your concerns, and politely ask if the officer has been on scheduled days off/vacation/medical leave, etc. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago Interesting first post. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago What do you need help with? 2 out of 3 dirtbags arrested. They'll get a warrant for the 3rd. You'll get a notification to appear in court to testify when it's time. The wheels of justice are slow moving, but they move. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago Your frustration is plainly stated in your posting. Does it stink? Sure does. Here's something YOU can do to prevent those checks from being cashed.....put a stop/hold on the checks stolen or your account. It's a pretty easy thing to do actually and since there is a crime involved, should cost you NOTHING. 2 out of 3 caught? I would say good job officer and thank you. I understand your anger and frustration but you need to direct it to the crackheads who brought this upon you in the first place.......and maybe take preventive measures to ensure no more of your hard earned money is being taken away from you. You can't cure stupid. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago I am not a LEO, but as a Victim Advocate for a PD, I will say that the Officers that have posted have hit it right on the head. What you are going through sucks. the best thing you can do is already done, you filed a Police report (two actually), notified the bank, though I'm surprised the bank didn;t immediately put a hold on your checks and give you new ones, but banks have been known to do crazy things like that, and fortunately two out of the three have have been caught. You unfortunately are now experiencing the Criminal justice system as far as the Court proceedings. Court does not move fast for the victims. Often the Officers don't even know whats happening as far as court is concerned unless the DA contacts them which because of their casload being even bigger thatn the LEO usually means they don't even get a call back. I can't speak for your area, but in my area once an arrest occurs you don't have to show up in Court since you're the victim unless you get a subpoena. You have the right to show up (unless they are under 16 yrs of age and going through Family court). Since you don't have to show up and the DA is usually loaded with cases they don't think to notify the victim when the minor court dates occur. trust me there are plenty. In my area if they have been charged with a felony you should be getting a subpoena soon for either a Preliminary hearing or if they bailed out a Grand Jury notice. Two things you might do is if the PD has a Victim Advocate contact them, they may be able to answer your questions or contact the District Attorney's Office and ask to speak to the Atty that is handling the case of those arrested. You don't need to hire an atty, the DA or Prosecutor whichever they call it in your area is your attorney. The Criminal Justice system is very complicated and confusing and nothing like what is seen on TV. You are fortunate that they were able to arrest two of the three. Good luck. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago You case is now in the hands of the County/District/City Attorney... which ever one applies. Call them and see how quickly they call you back. I'm gonna guess that they won't. You'll get a subpoena to go to court if they don't plead the case down and the scumbags get a reduced sentence. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago First off thanks for all of the replys. As for the checking account I went and closed that as soon as the responding officer left my house. Thats why the bank called me in the first place. The two criminals that they caught were just the people who tryed to cash my checks not necessarily the same people who broke into my house. In this area thugs will sell stolen checks to other thugs. Anyways when I went to the police desk this morning it was the same thing as the last two times. "The phone is around the corner" I went ahead and tryed but that went the same way to straight to voice mail. Finally fed up I called internal affairs. The IA detective was down there in about 30 seconds. We went up to his office and talked for a while. In a few minutes I was able to finally talk to a property crime detective. My forgery case had basicly been lost. They just changed computer systems there and I know how bad that can be. And now they are actually pursuing the cases. I got another call later in the day from a forgery detective who was now working my case. He is working with the banks that had my checks passed to them. He even said that this is an embarrassment to the department. He may have just been trying to placate me but after today I do feel a lot better about all of this. I do understand about the case load that the detectives have and I also know that my local PD is under staffed but one of the items stolen was a gun so I kinda figured this would have at least a little priority. But know that they got a little nudge it at least feels like they are doing something. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago I'm in agreement with all of the LEOs: LE agencies are chronically understaffed, and some things just don't rank up there in priority as high as others do. Life safety and crimes against persons will ALWAYS get priority over property crimes. It sucks, I know. I waited a week to get the forms from the bank before my local PD would even talk to me about filing a report, and after that it took another week or to for an arrest to take place. Just gotta give it time. It sucks cooling your heels and waiting for justice, but ya gotta do it. Hope your situation improves. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago Panther- I do understand and agree that crime against a person does and should have a higher priority than property crimes. But these are seperate departments at least in my local pd. As far as property crimes I have always at least thought that stolen guns would be pretty far up there in priority. Albeit that my rifle is not exaclty the best gun to shoot up the hood with it is still a stolen gun. |


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Did you know that anyone who attended Arkansas' quarter launch could have walked away with a diamond in his or her pocket? It's true! The Arkansas quarter launch, on October 28th, 2003, was celebrated at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas. This diamond mine allows visitors to search for diamonds and keep any gems that they find. The Arkansas quarter, which features a diamond as part of its design, is the 25th coin released and marks the halfway point in the 50 State Quarters® Program.
Teachers, below you will find several activities and links that will bring the excitement of Arkansas' "State Quarter Day" into your classroom!
Arkansas Quarter
Learn more about the latest quarter and the natural resources that inspired it.
50 State Quarters Program
Find out more about this program that honors every state in America!
50 State Quarters Program Lesson Plans
The 50 State Quarters Program lesson plans are ready for you to use in your classroom! Take a look at the lessons created specifically to celebrate the Arkansas quarter: The Nature of Coins (K–1), The Natural State (2–3), and A Biome to Call Home (4–6)! After that, be sure to check out the rest of the state-specific plans, FREE to download in sets designed specifically for grades K and 1, 2 and 3, and 4 through 6.
State Quarter Day Classroom Activities
Here are some fun ways to infuse your curriculum with activities that celebrate the arrival of the newest quarter in circulation!
Also, take a trip to Get a Clue About Collecting to Find the Hidden Coins that are a part of the 50 State Quarters Program.
"Seeing the States" WebQuest
What's so great about the United States? Let your students find out for themselves as they explore the coins in the 50 State Quarters Program to complete this fun Internet research project, the "Seeing the States" WebQuest.
Connected Coins and Medals
The Little Rock Nine was a group of students who helped bring Civil Rights to the United States. They were honored with a Congressional Gold Medal in 1998. This coin honors the students for their "selfless heroism and the pain they suffered in the cause of civil rights by integrating Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas." |
Did you know that Vermont is known as the "Green Mountain State"? That's because the mountains in Vermont are covered in evergreen trees. The 2001 Vermont quarter design highlights the Maple tree, which provides maple syrup to people all across the country. Just like Arkansas, Vermont honors their natural resources on their state quarter design. |
Visit Flip in Japan in our Coins of the World feature and see how the Arkansas quarter design relates to Japanese culture!
Our Foreign Friends
The coins produced for the 50 State Quarters Program share much in common with the European currency, the euro. With your students, visit the interactive cartoon, Coins of the World, to see how these two programs are similar (here's a hint: look at the backs of euros from different countries, and then look at their fronts). |
Quarter Games
A Coinage Cartoon
Teachers' Network
Teachers, if we've piqued your interest with the activities above, please sign up for the Teachers' Network. As a member, you can receive information about all of the new educational resources that become available from the United States Mint!


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TITLE: Physical Activation of Elderly and the Decrease of Falling Risk
AUTHORS: Martha Ornelas, Verónica Benavides, Juan F. Aguirre, Gabriel Gastélum, Judith M. Rodríguez-Villalobos
KEYWORDS: Physical Activation, Older Adult, Risk of Falling, Joint Mobility
JOURNAL NAME: Health, Vol.6 No.11, May 9, 2014
ABSTRACT: A Physical Activation Program was designed and implemented with a particular emphasis in recovering of motor independence, and in an indirect manner; the increase of activities was carried out in a social context in such a way that it allowed isolated elderly to develop their ability to perform daily activities diminishing the burden on their caregivers. 30 people were randomly selected: 15 subjects in the experimental group and 15 in the control group; 7 women and 8 men each group. Subjects aged between 60 - 84 years with a mean age of 78 years and a standard deviation of 6.5 were applied in a three-month Physical Activation Program with a 45-min daily sessions. Results obtained showed that physical activity in elderly, systematically improved their amplitude and joint mobility which impact directly and indirectly their quality of life, reducing their risk of falling.


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Carlo Pezzimenti is an internationally recognized guitar teacher and performer. He has served on the faculty of Texas Woman's University since 1980, teaching guitar lessons and guitar ensemble. Since beginning his study of classical guitar in Florence, Italy at the age of thirteen, Mr. Pezzimenti has worked successfully to impart his wealth of knowledge to students, to further develop his artistry, and to share his musical philosophy with audiences around the world.
Mr. Pezzimenti attended Andrés Segovia's "Music in Compostela" summer festivals in 1973 and 1974. While studying with the "father of the classical guitar," he laid a strong foundation for his musical career. Mr. Pezzimenti continued his studies at Loyola University in Rome with Sergio Notaro. Later, he earned a degree in music from the prestigious Morlacchi Conservatory in Perugia, and furthered his studies with Jose Tomás in Alicante, Spain. After returning to the United States in 1974, he attended master classes with Jesús Silva, Oscar Ghighlia and Federico Moreno-Torroba. His private studies with Segovia continued from 1980 to 1985 during annual visits to Madrid.
Carlo Pezzimenti's Carnegie Hall debut took place in 1982 to great acclaim. Subsequent performances included concerts with the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas Chamber Orchestra, and the Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Pezzimenti has also performed throughout the United States, Europe, Latin America, and China. He has given live performances on the radio in Spain and the United States, appeared on the PBS television special, "Up Close," and has been interviewed on National Public Radio's "Latino USA." Recent recordings on the Mapleshade Records label include Diplogenesis and The Garden of Occult Pleasures. In 2009 he traveled to Madrid and Barcelona, Spain and Perpignan, France, where he performed works by contemporary composers of the Americas including James Chenevert, Brian Clement Foreman, and Ernesto Garcia de Leon of Mexico City. Mr. Pezzimenti's newest CD, La Guitarra de Plata, is on the Vadan Record Label, http://www.vadanrecords.com/. Mr. Pezzimenti also holds a faculty position at Brookhaven College in Dallas.
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I get severe abdominal pains due to constipation. My colonscopy shows a long and tortuous colon. My gastroenterologist recommended that I use Kristalose (10 grams) daily. I eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, and consume a large amount of liquids daily. I there anything else that I can do to help relieve the discomfort and help to avoid constipation? Thanks in advance for your response.
If dietary means are not working well, then laxatives may need to be used. Kristalose is one; there are many others. Try to avoid stimulant laxatives if at all possible, as there may be long term implications from their use.
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The 2007 BMW 3-Series continues to be the benchmark against which other entry-level luxury cars are measured, mainly courtesy of its excellent driving experience. Power, braking, and handling are perfectly matched to the vehicle's size and intended usage. The way BMW takes care of business inside the cockpit also has a lot to do with the popularity of this breed. The 3-Series also makes sure no buyer is left behind by offering four body styles, two engines, and both rear- and all-wheel drive.
The biggest news for the 2007 3-Series is the introduction of BMW's twin-turbo 3.0L six-cylinder. This engine, found in the 335 models, produces a ripping 300-horsepower and an identical amount of torque. The base six-cylinder now produces 230 horsepower (versus 215 in 2006). Nomenclature has been changed to reflect these powerplant changes, with the 325 and 330 now being called the 328 and 335.
BMW's 3-Series has always been an exemplar of how to combine luxury and sportiness, and the 2007 lineup is no different. The 328i features BMW's exceptional 3.0L engine, which uses double-VANOS technology to steplessly adjust both the intake and exhaust timing on way to producing 230 horsepower. New for 2007 is a twin-turbocharged version of the same six-cylinder, which is found in the 335i models. This gem of an engine produces 300 horsepower and an equal amount of torque. Both powerplants are matched with a superb six-speed manual transmission, while a six-speed Steptronic automatic transmission is a $1,275 option.
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But that isn't necessarily a good thing, since the final nail-biting minutes left pretty much every main character hanging in the balance … and viewers hanging all summer long!
The episode titled, "Till Death Do Us Part," picked up with the terrorist storyline and ended with an explosion at "NCIS" central, where the gang failed to get the building fully evacuated in time. Who was left stranded? Tony and Ziva were trapped in an elevator, McGee went flying and Gibbs ran back in to rescue Abby just as things went BOOM.
But the real tragedy may have hit someone who wasn't at the scene of the terrorist bombing:
The final shot is of Ducky (played by David McCallum), walking along a serenely misty shore with waves gently crashing, as he gets a chilling phone call: "Dear God," he says. "How many? Don't move the deceased until I get there."
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CHBS Fall 2013 Faculty Convocation
The College of Humanities and Behavioral Sciences Fall 2013 Faculty Convocation was opened by Dean Kate Hawkins on Thursday, August 22, 2013 in Porterfield Hall's Pridemore Playhouse. Dean Hawkins welcomed everyone back to the University for the academic year. Many were honored for outstanding accomplishments and long-time service. New faculty were introduced as was a new program to choose CHBS Student Ambassador's from each department and the School to represent us at events and assist with guests. The Dean presented her goals for the year and Ron Davenport from Moseley Architects presented a slide show which highlighted a number of special features of the upcoming new CHBS building proposed to open in Fall 2016.
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- Free Hero Pool has been updated. The list is as follows:
* :chro: Chronos
* Corrupted Disciple
* Engineer
* Fayde
* Scout
* Soulstealer
* Dr. Repulsor
* Empath
* Martyr
* Thunderbringer
* Wretched Hag
* Flux
* Moraxus
* Pharoah
* War Beast
- Happy Valentine's Day!
- Added in new Limited Edition Succubus Alt Avatar: Cupid
- Added a Limited edition Pink Diamond Color
- Lower memory usage caused by ally voice responses
- Modified tournament mode rules to correct false-positive mod check errors
- Decreased animation effects on Horseman War
- Fixed Panda Courier label
- Added missing Symbols for recent Alt Avatars
- Night Hound can no longer Pounce to Powerups
- Berzerker base Health Regen corrected from 0.25 to 1.25
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at last, now i can turn sound on...wtf pink name???
Wouldn't there be a Horseman every friday?
:goldenshield: I've seen the shifts.
We need an electrician avatar. =[
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for those that complained about "lack of content", go pile up the patchnote changes in the past 4 months and come back to me. seriously kids these days.
We had the balance patch 2 weeks ago, and last week we got a new hero, it's not surprising that this week's patch would be a small one. Though S2 did also optimised that game a bit more
Well ok :/.
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So, Is 2.5.10 higher than 2.5.9? Because it'd be 2.5.1 by basic maths.
Is 2.5.1 higher than 2.5.9? I think not. I demand that this be fixed immediately.
Pink shield above green?
How can 2.5.9 go to 2.5.10 (2.5.1)
Perhaps Idejder cant count decimals.
Thanks for the update Idejder.
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The state's Board of Regents shot down a proposed Cranston charter school today, by a 7-1 vote, after a heated debate that pitted Cranston Mayor Allan Fung and the state's school reform movement against the Cranston school committee and teachers unions.
Fung and the reformers said the proposed school, a so-called "mayoral academy," was a vital step toward improving education for the most at-risk students. The school committee and teachers unions said it would be a drain on the larger school system.
The vote is certainly a big defeat for Fung, a rising star in the Rhode Island Republican Party who invested heavy political capital in the proposal.
But Bill Fischer, spokesman for Rhode Island Mayoral Academies, says today's defeat amounted to "losing the battle to win the war."
That's because Governor Lincoln Chafee, who has been skeptical about the value of charter schools, wrote a letter - read aloud at the Regents meeting - raising doubts about the Cranston proposal, but backing a mayoral academy in neighboring Providence.
This is the first time, Fischer notes, that the governor - who appoints the Board of Regents - has voiced public support for mayoral academies, a special brand of charter school that locates governance in municipal government.
Chafee, in his letter, pointed to broader public support for a mayoral academy in the capital city. And he suggested the Providence school could draw students from a number of communities, ensuring that any financial drain would be spread among various cities and towns rather than concentrated in a city or two.
He also pledged to visit a charter school in New Haven, Connecticut run by Achievement First, the charter management company that was to run the Cranston mayoral academy and would, presumably, run the Providence iteration.
But another part of his letter may, in the end, prove even more consequential. Chafee called for a comprehensive study of charter schools in Rhode Island and how they've performed.
Charters nationwide have not fared any better than traditional schools. And with an era of greater public-sector austerity approaching, they'll have to do better than that to keep the money flowing.


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Dan's View from Center Ice - 6/28/2013
by Dan Rusanowsky / San Jose SharksWhen the 30 NHL teams convene at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ to select the future stars of the world's fastest game, they will have a list of draft-eligible players at their disposal that is being compared to some of the best crops of players in recent years. Many are comparing this year's group to that of 2003, a year that is largely considered to be one of the best in recent memory.
This year, the Sharks made a few trades at the deadline which sent Ryane Clowe to New York, Douglas Murray to Pittsburgh, and Michal Handzus to Chicago. Coming back to San Jose includes the 49th and 58th selections in this draft, along with a 111th overall pick from Chicago that originally belonged to the Sharks and was re-acquired.It's important to note that there is plenty of maneuverability for the Sharks in this draft. They might be able to move upward in the draft to gain position if a coveted player is available and a transaction is possible. For instance, in the 2007 draft year, the Sharks had traded goaltender Vesa Toskala and left wing Mark Bell to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Toronto's first round selection (22nd overall), the 2007 2nd round pick, and a 2009 4th rounder. They would send the first and second round selections to St. Louis in exchange for the Blues first round pick, which was 9th overall.
With that 9th selection, the Sharks were successfully able to make Logan Couture a cornerstone of their organization. The Blues wound up drafting Lars Eller and Aaron Palushaj , both who became Montreal Canadiens in return for an excellent starting goaltender, Jaroslav Halak.
Even in the great draft years, there are moves of this nature. In 2003, the Sharks traded the 21st, 66th, and 107th pick to Boston in exchange for the 16th overall selection. The Edmonton Oilers traded the 17th pick to New Jersey for the 22nd and 68th picks. The Florida Panthers traded the 1st overall selection and the 73rd pick to Pittsburgh for the 3rd and 55th overall selections, along with veteran right wing Mikael Samuelsson.
The results of this extraordinary extravaganza included the following: Burgh Hockey drafted Marc-Andre Fleury and Dan Carcillo, Florida took Nathan Horton and Stefan Meyer, the Sharks selected Steve Bernier, the Bruins took Mark Stuart, Masi Marjamaki, and Byron Bitz, the Oilers got Marc-Antoine Pouliot, and Jean-Francois Jacques, and the Devils wound up with Zach Parise.
A lot has already been written about some of the names at the top end of this draft, including where Nathan McKinnon, Seth Jones, Darnell Nurse, Hunter Shinkaruk, Jonathan Drouin, Sean Monahan, John Hayden, Alexander Barkov, Zachary Fucale, or any other top prospects will slot.
One thing is for certain: the Sharks have one of the top scouting staffs in all of professional sports. Tim Burke and his group have consistently done an excellent job in finding players who become excellent NHLers, and nothing less can be expected this year.
Given that we can't predict trades and don't have all of the real data at our disposal, I thought it might be interesting to look at this year's selection from the lens of two great draft classes, 2003 and 1979, and from the history of the NHL and Sharks selections, to see what might be happening in this draft. Let's go:
ROUND ONE: 20th overall
The Sharks have had the 20th overall pick once before, in 2001, when they selected center Marcel Goc from Schwennigen of the DEL. Goc is still playing in the NHL all these years later, in the uniform of the Florida Panthers.
2003: The Minnesota Wild had the 20th overall selection in that great draft year, and they used it to bring a familiar face to the NHL. They took RW/D Brent Burns from the OHL's Brampton Battalion. Burns, as you know, is now one of the top players on the Sharks.
1979: The Quebec Nordiques had the 20th overall selection in this draft, and they used it to choose left winger Michel Goulet from the WHA's Birmingham Bulls. Goulet scored 548 career goals, and is in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
ROUND TWO: 49th, 50th, and 58th overall
San Jose has never had the 49th or 50th selections in an NHL Entry Draft. With the 58th selection in 1993, they took Ville Peltonen from IFK Helsinki. Peltonen played in nearly 400 NHL games with the Sharks, Nashville, and Florida, and is back in Finland, still with IFK Helsinki at the age of 40.
2003: The Nashville Predators had the 49th selection in the 2003 draft. They selected defenseman Shea Weber, who has been the runner up for the Norris Trophy and is the Predators captain. With the 50th pick in this draft, the New York Rangers picked defenseman Ivan Baranka, just two selections before Chicago picked up Corey Crawford. Pick #58 went to the New York Islanders, who took center Jeremy Colliton, who played 57 NHL games through 2010-11.
1979: The 49th and 50th picks were in the third round back then, and they belonged to Chicago and Los Angeles. Chicago took center Billy Gardner from the OHA's Peterborough Petes, and he played in 9 NHL seasons with the Blackhawks and Hartford Whalers. With #50, Los Angeles took LW John-Paul Kelly from the New Westminster Bruins, and he played 400 games in a Kings uniform over a 7-year career. The 58th pick belonged to Montreal, and they took goaltender Rick Wamsley, who played for four NHL teams over 14 years and who is currently the goaltending coach in Ottawa.
ROUND THREE: No selections
The Sharks' third round selection, 62nd overall, has quite a history. Florida originally had it, but moved it to the New York Rangers along with Michael Vernace, a former Sharks draft pick. Coming back to Florida: Wojtek Wolski, a skilled forward. The Rangers traded this pick to the Sharks in the Ryane Clowe deal, and the Sharks moved it to Phoenix in the Raffi Torres transaction.
Another Sharks' third round pick, the 81st overall, was moved to Minnesota in the deal that brought James Sheppard to Northern California.
ROUND FOUR: 111th overall
In a case where "you can go home again," this well-traveled pick originally belonged to the Sharks. Last year, Doug Wilson sent this pick with a 7th round spot to Chicago in exchange for a fourth round selection that turned into prospect Christopher Lalancette. The pick was returned to San Jose by the Blackhawks at the trade deadline in the Michal Handzus deal.
Historically, the Sharks had the 111th pick in 1991, when they took Swedish forward Frederik Nilsson with the selection. In 1999, they had the pick again, and they selected Northeastern University's Willie Levesque. In 2005, they were close with pick #112, and they took goaltender Alex Stalock.
2003: Vancouver took C Brandon Nolan from the Oshawa Generals of the OHL. Nolan played a number of seasons of pro hockey, including 6 games with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2007-08. His brother Jordan Nolan plays for the Los Angeles Kings.
1979: The Minnesota North Stars took RW Brian Gualazzi from the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. Gualazzi only played 20 games of professional hockey, none in the NHL.
ROUND FIVE: 141st overall
With the 141st pick in 1994, the Sharks selected RW Alexander Korolyuk from the Krylia Sovyetov team in what is now the KHL. "Korky" played a number of seasons in the NHL with the Sharks, and spends lots of time in the Bay Area in the off-season, training for his current KHL job with Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk of the KHL. "Neftekhimik," by the way, is the nickname of the team, and it means the "Petrochemists." Nizhnekamsk is a city in the Republic of Tatarstan, a so-called "federal subject" of the Russian Federation that is near the Kama River, about 40 minutes away from the Kamaz truck plant and, by way of Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod, a 14 hour drive east of the Kremlin. If you drive 4 ½ more hours east, you get to Ufa, birthplace of former Shark Andrei Zyuzin.
2003: With the 141st pick this year, Florida took RW Dan Travis from Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts. Moving on to the University of New Hampshire (and later, to Quinnipiac University on a transfer), Travis played for four teams in only one season of pro hockey, including 10 games for the ECHL's Fresno Falcons. Footnote: Just 7 picks later, St. Louis took Lee Stempniak, who is still playing in the NHL.
1979: Only 126 players were taken in this draft.
ROUND SIX: No selections
The Sharks had the 171st pick in this round, but they moved it to Nashville in the Scott Hannan deal.
In 1992, San Jose took D Ryan Smith with the 171st pick. No, not Ryan Smyth, the long-time NHL left winger. This Ryan Smith played for the Brandon Wheat Kings, and did not play in the NHL.
But the Sharks have picked some real gems in this ballpark, including Ryane Clowe (175th in 2001), Nick Bonino (173rd in 2007), Tommy Wingels (177th in 2008).
ROUND SEVEN: 201st and 207th overall
The 201st pick belongs to the Sharks outright. The 207th pick comes to Northern California by way of Anaheim and Colorado. This is a draft pick that wound up in the Sharks pockets as part of the deal that brought TJ Galiardi to San Jose and Jamie McGinn to the Avalanche.
San Jose has had the 201st pick a number of times, including the year 2007, when they selected defenseman Justin Braun from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
With the 207th pick in 2009, the Sharks selected defenseman Dominik Bielke. While they've never had an NHL player out of the 207th pick, listen to some of the names that have been selected in this ballpark area: Joe Pavelski (205th), Evgeni Nabokov (219th), Mark Smith (219th), John McCarthy (202nd), Frazer McLaren (203rd). In a draft as deep as this one, there is likely to be a diamond in the rough waiting to be discovered here.
So, get your party foods together and get ready to handicap the action. The NHL Entry Draft will take place at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, on June 30th. You won't want to miss it!


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Coordinates: 47°56′N 18°50′E / 47.933°N 18.833°E | ||
Country | Hungary | |
Region | Central Hungary | |
County | Pest County | |
Sub region | Szobi | |
Area | ||
• Total | 50.69 km2 (19.57 sq mi) | |
Population (1 January 2008) | ||
• Total | 795 | |
• Density | 15.68/km2 (40.6/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
Postal code | 2634 | |
Area code(s) | 36 27 | |
Website | www.nagyborzsony.hu |
Nagybörzsöny (German: Deutsch Pilsen, Deutschpilsen) is a village in Pest county, Hungary.
Nagybörzsöny is a village in the Börzsöny Mountains. In the vicinity we can find the National Park of Duna-Ipoly. The Börzsöny-creek flows through the village.
The earlier name of this village was Börzsöny and was, in all probability, founded in the 12th century by King Géza II of Hungary. In medieval times, it was able to grow into a full-fledged mining town due to its proximity to various ores, including gold. Documents dating from 1312 already describe these mines. However, the most significant part in the mines' history took place in the eighteenth century. In 1789, Pál Kitaibel officially discovered the element Tellurium in the Nagybörzsöny ores. Two other Hungarians were also noted for their research of the element. In 1782, Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein, otherwise known as (Müller Ferenc), independently named the element. A third Hungarian who also laid claim to Tellurium was Ignaz von Born. Muller was from Sibiu/Nagyszeben in what is now Transylvania, and von Born worked in Vienna. In 1798, the new element was named by Martin Heinrich Klaproth; the name is derived from the Latin word "tellus", meaning earth. Tellurium has thermoelectric applications, and was used in alloys within the steel industry. The element eventually played an important role in the making of the outer shell of the first atom bomb.
- The main attraction of the village is an architectural one: The Árpád age romanesque church of Szent István-templom, built in the 13th century. The church is surrounded by walls.
- Saint Nicolaus church
- Church of the miners. Gothic style, built in the 14th century
- Evangelic church classicist style, built in the 18th cebtury
- Watermill: industrial memorial
- Aradi N. (Ed.): A művészet története Magyarországon. (The History of Arts in Hungary). Gondolat, Budapest
- Fülep L. (Ed.): A magyarországi művészet története. (The History of the Hungarian Arts). Budapest
- Gerevich T.: Magyarország románkori emlékei. (Die romanische Denkmäler Ungarns.) Egyetemi nyomda. Budapest, 1938.
- Gerő L. : Magyar műemléki ABC. Budapest, 1984
- Henszlmann, I. (1876): Magyarország ó-keresztyén, román és átmeneti stylü mű-emlékeinek rövid ismertetése, (Old-Christian, Romanesque and Transitional Style Architecture in Hungary). Királyi Magyar Egyetemi Nyomda, Budapest
- Marosi E.: A román kor művészete, (Art of the Romanesque Ages). Corvina, Budapest, 1972, ISBN 963-13-2000-6
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This is the music recorded by the (Wyatt/Hopper/Ratledge) Soft Machine in 1969, consisting of specially recorded and subsequently manipulated (looped, mostly) material, made for a multimedia show at the Roundhouse. Shades of 'Third' are unmistakable, but more tapeworked than performed pieces (except for a long, treated improvisation (tk 4) and the mighty odd tk 6. Still fresh (sometimes downright prescient) and, of course, an important document recovered.
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Syscall Filters
Syscall filtering is a security mechanism that allows applications to define which syscalls they should be allowed to execute.
- Name: Cole Robinson
- Email: email@example.com
- Name: Paul Moore
- Email: email@example.com
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 18
- Last updated: June 27, 2012
- Percentage of completion: 60%
Detailed Description
The syscall filtering concept, and the motivation behind it, is fairly simple; the Linux Kernel supports a very large number of system calls (syscalls), over 300 on x86_64 for the 64 bit implementations alone, with applications typically requiring only a very small subset of these syscalls to function normally. Through the use of syscall filters we can disable certain syscalls on an application by application basis, limiting the potential attack surface of the kernel and reducing the likelihood that a malicious application could exploit a kernel vulnerability.
The Linux Kernel's enhanced/mode-2 seccomp functionality is designed to allow applications to specify a filter that is applied to their own syscalls; the filter can specify just the syscall itself or the syscall in conjunction with a specific set of arguments. The kernel's seccomp filter API is the Berkley Packet Filter (BPF) language, the same as used in the Linux socket filters, but adapted for use with syscalls. The libseccomp library adds an abstraction layer on top of the kernel's seccomp API, allowing application developers a more user-friendly API based on function calls and not the BPF assembly language.
Benefit to Fedora
Increased resistance to exploiting kernel vulnerabilities from applications which implement seccomp based syscall filtering.
- Get seccomp into upstream kernel: DONE, present in 3.5-rc1
- Package libseccomp for Fedora: DONE, present in Fedora Rawhide BZ 830992
- Get the QEMU/libseccomp patch accepted upstream: IN PROGRESS (v2 patch posted on June 13th by IBM)
- Update Fedora QEMU package to build against libseccomp: NOT DONE
How To Test
- The traditional kernel regression tests should be preformed to ensure that the kernel's seccomp functionality does not impact the expected functionality when not enabled by the application at runtime.
- The libseccomp sources contain a series of automated tests which can be used to test the library's internal seccomp filter generation. It is important to note that these automated tests are tested via a seccomp BPF simulator and not the kernel.
- A simple negative test could be developed to validate that libseccomp and the kernel perform as expected when a syscall is blocked.
- The traditional QEMU regression tests should be performed to ensure that QEMU's normal functionality is not impacted by the libseccomp patches.
User Experience
Ideally this feature shouldn't be noticeable to the user, the syscall filtering should allow normal execution of the application. Intention is that only people trying to exploit security holes notice that the syscall they are trying to use is blocked :)
- Kernel updated to 3.5
- libseccomp included in Fedora
- QEMU upstream includes support for libseccomp
Applications other than QEMU wishing to use libseccomp only require the kernel and libseccomp support items listed above.
Contingency Plan
Since this is brand new functionality, if it doesn't make it in time for F18, nothing has changed. We just drop this feature page.
- https://lwn.net/Articles/494252/ (article about syscall filtering)
- http://libseccomp.sf.net/ (helper library)
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2012-05/msg00623.html (initial QEMU libseccomp patch posting)
Release Notes
- The libseccomp library is now available, which provides applications with an easy way to reduce the potential damage of exploits, leveraging kernel syscall filters. Virtual machines benefit from this as QEMU/KVM now uses libseccomp.


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Director: Gary Ross | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Stanley Tucci
Votes: 729,887 | Gross: $408.00M
50. La belle et la bête (2014)
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An unexpected romance blooms after the the youngest daughter of a merchant who has fallen on hard times offers herself to the mysterious beast to which her father has become indebted.
Director: Christophe Gans | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Léa Seydoux, André Dussollier, Eduardo Noriega
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GENEVA, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- An exceptional yellow diamond will be on auction at Sotheby's Geneva Sale next Tuesday with an estimated price of 11 to 15 million U.S. dollars, the highest ever of its kind, the auction house said on Wednesday.
Weighing 110.3 carats, "the Sun-Drop Diamond" is the largest known pear-shaped fancy vivid yellow diamond in the world.
In recent years, colored diamonds have come forward on markets. Last year, Sotheby's had sold a pink diamond named "Graff Pink" at 46 million dollars, the highest price ever achieved at auction for a diamond and any jewel.
"Any diamond over 100 carats is rare, that one of this color is off the scale," David Bennett, Chairman of Sotheby's International Jewellery Division Europe and Middle East, told Xinhua.
The rough stone for "the Sun-Drop Diamond" was discovered last year in South Africa. It was cut and polished by the owners and shortly after offered for sale.
The Tuesday sale will also present a unique suite of imperial jewels, originally offered by the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II for the birth of the last Khedive of Egypt and Sudan in 1874.
These imperial jewels were also believed to have formed part of a gift from Empress Catherine I of Russia to Sultan Ahemed III to end the Siege of Pruth in 1711.


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Maybe its just me but that cabby looks familiar!;)
Type: Posts; User: JoseImenez
Maybe its just me but that cabby looks familiar!;)
how late do ya'll usually stay...I don't get off till 8!
Which Starbucks and what time?
How much would you be asking for the BBS RC's?
Entire car=$300. Tires are standard size and almost brand new(very little wear). The engine will crank but currently doesn't since it needs a fuel relay. has the clipper kit. top material not in good...
If you're looking for cabby parts I have an 89 that I'm looking to be rid of.


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Getting the read/write ratio for a database
EDIT: Please also see in depth comment from Brent Ozar on my main site which extends the query provided below by adding extra columns to give the data more context and general advice when interpreting this type of data.
Just a quick post this time. Recently I needed to find out the read/write ratio for some of our customer databases as part of a bigger project of understanding the workload and performance of the databases. The project actually through up a few surprises, where databases that I thought had fairly low reads or writes actually turned out to be some of the most intensive on the system and conversely databases that I thought were packing a punch weren't read/writing that much at all in comparison.
At the heart of this project is the DMV sys.dm_io_virtual_file_stats which I am using to gather latency and data throughput metrics and this data can easily be used to find out the read/write balance. There have been some great recent posts on this DMV such as this one by Erin Stellato.
The following is a simple query against this DMV and uses the bytes read and bytes written to calculate the percentage. In this query, the higher the number then the more read heavy it is.
SELECT m.Name
, m.type_desc AS 'FileType'
, CEILING(num_of_bytes_read*1.0 / (num_of_bytes_read*1.0 + num_of_bytes_written*1.0) * 100) AS 'Read/Write %'
FROM sys.dm_io_virtual_file_stats(NULL, NULL) v
INNER JOIN sys.master_files m on m.database_id = v.database_id AND v.file_id = m.file_id
Note that the figures in this DMV are cumulative and are reset with an instance restart or database being taken offline/closed etc so to get an accurate numbers you should run this after the databases have been running for a few days under normal working conditions.
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Nice! Below is a tweaked version of this:
SELECT DB_NAME(m.database_id) AS DatabaseName
, ds.name AS FileGroupName
, m.Name AS FileName
, m.type_desc AS 'FileType'
, CEILING(num_of_bytes_read*1.0 / (num_of_bytes_read*1.0 + num_of_bytes_written*1.0) * 100) AS 'Read %'
, CAST((v.size_on_disk_bytes / 1024.0 / 1024 / 1024) AS MONEY) AS 'FileSizeGB'
, CAST((v.num_of_bytes_read / 1024.0 / 1024 / 1024) AS MONEY) AS 'ReadGB'
, CAST((v.num_of_bytes_written / 1024.0 / 1024 / 1024) AS MONEY) AS 'WrittenGB'
, m.physical_name
FROM sys.dm_io_virtual_file_stats(NULL, NULL) v
INNER JOIN sys.master_files m on m.database_id = v.database_id AND v.file_id = m.file_id
INNER JOIN sys.data_spaces ds ON m.data_space_id = ds.data_space_id
ORDER BY DatabaseName, FileGroupName, FileName
Here's what I changed:
I added the database name and file group name, and I sort by those by default. (I've got some databases that have nearly identical file names, so it's tougher to interpret those without the db & fg names.)
I can't really take any actions based on the read/write % of the log file, so I excluded those with an inner join to sys.data_spaces. If you wanted to include the log files, you could make that a left outer join, and change the select on ds.name to use a coalesce instead.
I also don't want anybody taking actions on the read/write % alone - you need to know whether the database is small or large, and how much you've read and written to it. For example, you could have a database that looks like 100% reads, but it's just because nobody ever accesses it. I added a few columns for the file size in GB, plus the read and write volumes in GBs.
I also threw in the file path because sometimes I move files around based on the amount of writes they get, like moving heavily active files to different storage. -
Hi, Please can someone answer this: Is there an optimal ratio for Read/Write on SQL server running on SAN(multiple users). My guess is 90/10 Read Write ratio would be good? Can this be configured manually and if so how? Any way of getting a screenshot/example? Thanks