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Copyright 1983 Adams Apple Film Co.
Reviewed by
Andrew Borntreger
on 'a long time ago'
The Characters:
Wolfson - Elite mercenary who is exceptionally good at finding caves. Wears a leather jacket in the middle of a rain forest.
Leslie - She has that sexy "I am a nasty girl" look; pretty much acts it too once you get some beer in her.
Major Stevens - Jerk commander of the operation who has a lethal amount of limestone dropped on his head.
George - Lieutenant and second in command to Stevens, putz.
Bill Gannon - World's foremost expert on caves. Takes a spike through the head.
Frieda Shelley - She is attractive, just like Julia Childs is. Another scientist with Gannon. Also spiked.
Santos - Serious fodder boy.
The Lemurians - Tribe of humans who have been living underground for thousands of years. Not only do they roll in flour, the little buggers can also scream and cause caves to collapse.
The Plot:
The beginning of this film is a total mystery to me. Well, not entirely, but you will understand why here in a minute. We lead off with a narrator telling us about the life cycle of a giant stalagmite, comparing its growth to significant events in human history. The stalagmite piece I understand. What makes no sense is the following section where we are introduced to the male lead.
Wolfson is up in a tree taking photos of soldiers training in Nicaragua. He almost kills George when the guy walks up looking for him. It is the middle of a rainforest; how did he know where Wolfson was? Then they settle down to chat. At this point, Wolfson looks up and sees (we are led to believe by the camera changes) a sentry climbing up the hill toward them. He ignores the approaching mercenary, instead paying attention to the beer George is offering! When that is shot out of their hands the action really starts. Armed with pistols and a pack of exploding cigarettes, these two take on most of the Nicaraguan Army. The running battle is terribly confusing, along with feeling like nothing more than padding. After about twenty minutes we really start the movie.
The U.S. Army needs a deep cave so they can transmit radio messages to nuclear submarines. It is "super low" frequency so the subs can still pick up the signal through miles of rock. (We will just ignore the fact that the Army is doing this, because how many submarines do they operate?) After enlisting the aid of civilian cave expert Ben Gannon they find the perfect place. Equipment is brought in and the equipment is soon in place in one section of an extensive cave system.
A civilian research group was disturbed by the Army's activity. It causes them to have no great love for the military, though Wolfson manages to win them over. Now, how do you make it up to someone for ruining their expedition and possibly their ability to secure grant money for future research? You act like a down-to-earth guy and dive into the river to retrieve a skillet that was lost into the water. Simple, right? Maybe that was the key to the entire Cold War. Mother Russia had lost her skillet and all that Uncle Sam needed to do was dive in and fish it out. Somebody tell me why I am not in politics. Leslie ends up warming to Wolfson and pretty much throws herself at him one night; he graciously accepts her offer.
Oh, right.
Pretty soon the beacon disappears, along with the two men on duty. All of the important personnel, including a local cave expert named Santos, descend into the cave. Santos needed to watch more Star Trek. I would have looked around and said, "We need a few more unimportant people with us. You, you, and you. Put on red shirts and get your helmets." See, just by doing that, I would have increased my chance of survival. There are now four people certain to die.
The party quickly realizes that they are not alone in the subterranean world. Living in the dark spaces is a tribe of violent albinos which broke off from human evolution ages ago. Leslie is captured when she strays a short distance from the group. At first her disappearance is a mystery, but the others soon encounter the Lemurians. The dwellers in the dark use weapons that make me cringe, because they are not going to kill you quickly. Their primary ranged weapon is a stick that helps them throw a small bone or crystal dart with great force (kind of like a woomera). Amazingly, despite their small size, they appear to be lethal to humans. The dart-chuckers look more like hunting weapons, designed to bring down bats or other creatures found in the caves (albino rabbits, squirrels, whatever you can think of). While I would not want to get hit by a dart, especially not in the throat, I have doubts about their ability to penetrate the skull.
To save Leslie from the Lemurians, Wolfson engages in a knife fight with their most powerful warrior. Of course, he wins, but refuses to finish off his opponent. That small act of decency will later save his life (and Leslie's, you have to save the booty) when more savagery breaks out. Major Stevens is not so lucky. The whole reason the Lemurians stole the submarine beacon system is that it causes them pain while transmitting. When the Major locates it again, he immediately activates the beacon. In retaliation, the Lemurians do something that causes the cave above Stevens to collapse. End of beacon, end of Stevens.
Santos needs to be discussed. While exploring, he is suddenly attacked by a snake-like creature that lives inside a smooth tube in the rock wall. Though he is carrying a pistol, but what does wonder boy do? Begins beating ineffectively at the snake with his weapon. I was aghast when the others responded to Santos' screams and stopped him from becoming a meal for the cave python. No, you are going to save him so that he can go breed and screw up the gene pool! Fortunately, Darwin refuses to be denied his prey, Santos runs afoul of the Lemurians while returning to the surface (alone, wounded man sent back to seek medical treatment without anyone to assist him).
Things I Learned From This Movie:
Stalagmites are not of the Christian faith.
Two Americans armed with pistols and tobacco can defeat most South American armies.
Radio waves from a portable console can penetrate miles of rock and water.
Military operations are characterized by many soldiers wandering around in the background.
The first thing a drunk blonde will notice is your tongue size.
Deep caves are abundantly lit by fly larva.
A pistol is least effective when used as a club.
Caves are filled with fog.
Stuff To Watch For:
2 mins - So what? It is a stalagmite. Not a good start.
5 mins - The angle that "bullet" punctured the can would indicate is plowed through Wolfson first.
15 mins - Sure hope this woman is not the sexy female lead.
16 mins - Okay, there is a young woman - whew.
49 mins - What the heck? How did everyone else fail to notice the dead body?
51 mins - Splitting up from the group huh? Hmmm, wonder what could possibly...
82 mins - What sort of goofy stuff is this?
Ending Credits - "Secrets of the Phantom Caverns" was the real name. Nobody could come up with something better than that or "What Waits Below?"
Audio clips in wav format
Starving actors speak out
Wolfson: "The name's Wolf."
Leslie: "Wolf, as in big bad?"
Wolfson: "No, as in Wolfson."
Stevens: "That can not be permitted. The entire cave is off limits to non-essential personnel until all tests are completed."
George: "Electronic circuitry and stone age tools... ...what does this have to do with Leslie and the transmitter?"
The Lemurians screaming.
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Reply #1.
Posted on March 12, 1999, 10:02:54 AM by firstname.lastname@example.com
Uh, I hate to a)admit that I've actually watched this entire movie and b)quibble with the reviewer, but the US does use ELF transmitters (Extremely Low Frequency) to communicate with subs and these radio waves can penetrate water and rock (that's whay they use it). It *is* amazingly slow, tho', because the radio waves are measured in meters! So, the premise of transmitting through rock is valid.
I think that's about the only valid thing, however.
What Waits Below
Reply #2.
Posted on March 15, 1999, 07:50:50 PM by firstname.lastname@example.com
Rick, you're correct to my full knowledge on the waves being able to contact nuclear subs deep under the ocean. This signal is only an alert, letting the sub know it must ascend to receive the true message. As for penetrating rock, I know of some theories, but no hard data - if you can give me a reference please let me know. In deference to your objection I am changing the wording in my review to be more precise. The two ELF stations in the US employ antennas which are miles long and ENORMOUS amounts of energy to send that little beep deep into the oceans, the idea of a portable console doing the same is certainly funny. Agreed?
What Waits Below
Reply #3.
Posted on November 25, 2006, 04:09:49 PM by Gisela
It seems there's a DVD of this film. I saw it on Ebay but never heard about it on amazon or any other site. Any answer?????????
What Waits Below
Reply #4.
Posted on April 23, 2000, 06:34:41 PM by email@example.com
For Years I've been trying to find out the
name of this movie, and before 2 days ago presumed
it only existed in my head! I found it by crawling
through the various genres in the Time Out movie
guide (as well as looking for movies including the
words 'mountain' or 'underground'), and I found it
under Phantom Caverns. According to Time Out
guide, What Waits Below is supposedly takes place
in a Spanish mountainside where they are
installing a radio transmitter, when
archaeologists (!!) 'discover a malign presence
deep within the caverns'. Oh well.
Do you know where i can get hold of this movie in
video format? (no way is it coming out in
dvd!)....I l
What Waits Below
Reply #5.
Posted on May 07, 2000, 01:42:44 PM by firstname.lastname@example.com
Oh, thank you. Your review left me LOL numerous times! For some reason, I continue to list this movie on my page of credits. I must be a masochist. But y'know, I wrote the script with such great hopes. How was I to know it would be one of the most doomed productions of all time? The stories I could tell. Like the morning my burly Australian husband threated to punch the teeth of the associate producer down his throat. And how they nearly killed their entire cast and crew with carbon monoxide poisoning by shooting deep inside caves using generators without piping out the exhaust.
When they had the screening of the finished movie, I slunk out as soon as it was over, hoping nobody would remember I had a part in creating it.
Oh, about the title: "Raiders of the Lost Ark" had just come out and was the biggest hit of the century, hence Sandy Howard wanted a look-alike name. That's where he came up with The Secret of the Phantom Caverns. I still have t-shirts with that name on it. I refuse to be blamed for either title. Or the finished script, for that matter, which was being rewritten on the set daily without my input.
At least it can be enshrined in the hallowed ranks of bad movies. That's better than being forgotten. I think.
Christy Marx
What Waits Below
Reply #6.
Posted on May 20, 2000, 02:46:53 AM by
cbenzinski, your Time Out guide wasn't paying attention. The action (such as it is,) is set in Belize, which, last time I checked, is in our own hemisphere. And fenris, would you have been equally derisive of a movie that claimed in 1984 there existed the technology to make a plane the size of the B-2 invisible to radar? The government doesn't tell us everything, and since the "hard data" is still classified, no one else will give you a reference, either (unless you pay them lots of money.) I mean, what's so funny about a portable console? It's just a device to motivate the plot, and as such it's at least as plausible as using the Ark of the Covenant as a secret weapon to wipe out the Gestapo. If you're looking for factual data, stick to the Discovery Channel. There are plenty of things to criticize about WWB, but quibbles of this sort don't make for satisfying criticism.
What Waits Below
Reply #7.
Posted on August 06, 2000, 01:42:40 PM by Gisela
I just want to know why did robert powell accepted to play in this film! does anybody knows the answer? he's a good actor, he can do better and he made many good films, it was a little funny to me finding this movie on this "bad movies" page. Anyway, relax, this is not the worst film on history just take a look to mission impossible 2 it's quite worst.
What Waits Below
Reply #8.
Posted on August 15, 2000, 03:37:32 PM by Chris
Name a good film Robert Powell has been in recently
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Isabella Rossellini cheers diversity in new show
NEW YORK (AP) — Isabella Rossellini is very popular these days with her show that sounds like it should be dull. After all, it's a scientific theater piece about animals.
"It's also about sex," says Rossellini, laughing. "That's what makes it popular. If it was about the digestive system, I don't think anyone would enjoy it as much."
Rossellini, 61, has transformed her 40-odd "Green Porno" short films into an hour-long stage show, giving the actress a chance to go more in depth with some of the animal kingdom's weirdest inhabitants.
Her two-minute films were a Web sensation, offering morsels about the reproductive habits of insects and ocean life and a clever dose of low-budget filmmaking, including paper costumes.
It was a kick watching the daughter of Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini talk about the lusty behavior of bugs, shrimp and starfish in her sexy, European accent. "I don't think I'm bad-looking as a worm or as an anchovy," she says, and she's right.
The stage show is structured like a lecture that goes a bit looney — Rossellini's podium will house various puppets and tricks — she makes three costume changes and some of her short films will be broadcast on a screen. It's all grounded in hard science — Rossellini is earning a master's in animal behavior and conservation at Hunter College.
Rossellini, who was born with scoliosis, began thinking about the show while recovering last year from an operation to unfuse vertebrae. She had time to kill and a monologue made sense. She's gotten help on the script by French screenwriter Jean-Claude Carriere.
The show is at the Brooklyn Academy of Music from Jan. 16-25 after stops in France, central Italy, Switzerland, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. (She has memorized it in French, Italian and English). She takes it to Australia in March.
One thing the one-woman show offers is a chance for Rossellini to delve into richer areas, as she does when she notes that recent studies find that hundreds of species display homosexual behavior.
"That seems to be indicating that homosexuality is not against nature. It exists in nature," Rossellini says. "So maybe our definition of sexuality was too tight."
The Associated Press got a chance to sit down with the actress, model and "environmental artist" — "if I want to give myself a boring name," she says — to ask about Darwin, dogs and vegetables.
AP: Why have animals captivated you?
Rossellini: I was born with it. It's like being born with brown hair — you don't know why you have it. But since I was a little girl I've been fascinated. In the streets, I see little babies in strollers and they see a dog and you can see them bending over to look with wide eyes. They're just 6 months old. I must have done the same.
AP: You're not frightened to explore weirdness and strange adaptations. Why?
Rossellini: The secret to success is not perfection. It's diversity. We always assumed it was perfection. But if it's perfection and the environment changes, you're not perfect any more. Bang! You're dead."
AP: What about survival of the fittest?
Rossellini: Survival of the fittest gives you a sense you have to be fit. But you don't have to be fit! For example, dogs are a variation of wolves genetically. But dogs aren't the fittest. Because they're not nasty, we can take them into our home and live with them. The dog has more success. It's the fittest given whatever the environment is.
AP: You're a conservationist, but you don't beat us over the head.
Rossellini: Sometimes when I see my friends who are more militant, they say, 'Your message should be more on conservation.' I always say that message is out there pretty clear. I don't think people want to hear any more that this is the end of the world. I find that message bores me and makes me cringe. I think humor wins people over. I focus on biodiversity so people might say: 'Hey, this is a fascinating thing. We should preserve it.'
AP: Do you have any new fascinations?
Rossellini: Now we've included vegetables because, of course, it's all the same. We create these categories, as we created male and female. That's why we don't have a name for it when it's in-between. We have created the category of animal and plants, but it's the same laws of evolution. So, all of a sudden, I'm interested in plants.
Online: http://www.bam.org/theater/2014/green-porno
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The annual Rising Stars awards, which honor up-and-coming information technology professionals who work for government agencies and contractors, were recently announced, causing craziness in the cubicles, pandemonium in the parking lots, and euphoria by the espresso makers. But now that the confetti has been swept up and the rented tuxes returned, all thoughts turn to next year's awards. Could a future Rising Star be among us? Awaiting change from our vending machines? Surfing the web on our Wifi? Swiping their smart cards on our security systems?
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When I was a kid I remember encountering a game on the school bus -- which is where all our real social learning took place -- that was called, if I remember correctly, "picnic." (Many of the details of the game have been affected by the trauma I'm about to describe. Also, the fact of it being a kids' game, with different names, rules and versions existing throughout the land, combined with my ability to remember the name of the assistant gaffer on a 1952 movie but not remember what time my daughter gets home from school -- even though it has been the same time for 5 years now -- makes some of the details I'm sharing questionable. Just go with the gist of what I'm describing.)
The game took place by the first person saying "I'm going on a picnic and I'm going to bring X and Y." Now, if the person's name was, say, John Klossner, they'd say "...I'm going to bring jelly beans and komodo dragons." This would go around to every person playing, and when it came around to John Klossner again he would say "...and I'm bringing jumping jacks and kiwis." And so on.
Those of you who have played this game, or have a natural affinity for children's-game logic, have probably figured out that the trick here is to bring items that begin with the same letters of your first and last names. In fact, the game -- again, as I remember it -- was based on people being able to "join" the picnic once they figured this out and could bring the correct items. (On a personal note: It was a handicap to have a "K" name in this game, as I ended up sounding like I was from Tasmania or had a bag full of marsupials with me.) I was not one of these people. I finally had to have the rules explained to me, but not before being subjected to a lot of 10 year-old derision. After that I was allowed to play, as they then had to search out another person who wasn't in on the "rules." But then that person would figure it out immediately, and everyone would be reminded of how I did not.
I am in the same position with the discussion about "inherently governmental," the term for defining what jobs should be confined to federal employees, and not private contractors. Generally speaking, these are (from an FCW article on the subject) "function(s) that (are) so intimately related to the public interest as to mandate performance by government employees." This discussion is taking place as Congress is pressuring the administration to better define "inherently governmental," the administration is trying to insource government jobs and reports are coming out that agencies are relying too much on contractor workforces.
Similar to my school bus experience, I am not sure what the rules are here. But there is one difference: In that childhood game, many of the other players knew the rules, and the entertainment came from watching someone try to figure them out. I get the feeling that nobody in the "inherently governmental" conversations knows the rules or, more accurately, everyone has their own set of rules. (There may be a children's game that serves as a better analogy, but none come to mind.) As the previously cited FCW article notes, there has not been an agreed-upon definition since 1992 when, if memory serves me, discussions were held via Pony Express.
I am fascinated by the "inherently governmental" discussions. Can government tasks ever be clearly defined, with differing governing philosophies being debated and, as is currently the case, successive administrations operating with differing plans for the role of the private sector in government?
This leads me to a few questions:
* Is defining "inherently governmental" an inherently governmental job?* If a private contractor fells a tree in a national forest, does the sound made go on the public record?* If an agency decides to outsource, is the acquisition process "inherently governmental?"* If a contractor is invited to an agency office party, do they have to get a federal employee to respond for them? And…* If I'm going to a federal agency, should I bring the Justice Department and a koala bear?
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There has been much discussion lately about how to attract the best talent to the federal workforce. As the perfect storm of an aging employee base and a bad economy make government positions look good in terms of security and availability, newer talent is checking out government jobs. Federal recruiters, however, might not want to recommend prospective employees browsing the comments sections of federal technology news sites.
The following comments (which have been edited for style and length) were all found in a brief review of the FCW.com web site. And, I note, not all found at one or two stories; these comments were spread throughout the site. (For a more thorough account -- and more detailed comments about -- this situation I recommend this story):
* The supervisors here are sycophants who are only interested in their careers. It's the bottom end of not providing direction to their people, who are expected to learn from each other. And we have to because our managers spend all of their time on the phone and especially on e-mail with their managers. To a person, our requests for help are ignored. Our managers brag about BSing their managers with missives on e-mail, saying nothing but responding to every e-mail to make sure their name is seen (as if they are running for office).
* My experience is (more or less) a third of folks (management and labor) are amazing and functional well beyond pay and expectations. Another third are limited, work-reward clock-punchers. The last third are untrainable and unfireable.
* As a programmer, I have deadlines, not work hours. Since the deadlines are not self-imposed, I'm always dancing to someone else's tune. I manage two weeks of time unplugged yearly -- over the winter holidays when project-side staff are all doing their party face time. Outside of those two weeks I haven't had a "real" vacation (or weekend) in over a decade. On the upside I can start work at 3 a.m. or put in time over the weekend. I can be productive in spite of commute and meeting time constraints -- all while still spending a precious few evening hours nightly with my family.
* I've seen one too many occasions of "hiring teams" not hiring the best qualified but hiring friends that don't meet the job requirements. Essentially it's an unfair hiring process. I've also seen personnel that applied for IT positions, and once hired, they were converted to another job series. This is what gives the government a bad rap.
* Federal employees frequently do have a lot of education and certifications; however, the federal human resources processes do not necessarily match skills and education with job positions. Federal HR needs some revamping.
* If the DOD is like the agency that I work for (who is modeling themselves after the DOD) they need to cut management. We have more layers of management and more keep getting added without adding any workers.
* Most of the existing staff employees are already overworked and under water.
* Becoming a civil servant does not automatically make you stupid, but the current political system encourages this behavior and must change.
* I don't mean to paint all government workers with the same brush -- some are fantastic. But not many of them.
* There are contracting personnel put in jobs who have not a clue about true contracting processes. These individual are put in position because of favoritism.
* It's fascinating how before there was an Internet, nobody needed access. Then only a limited number of personnel were given a Web browser. Now everyone has a browser, and some screw around all day. Maybe they should go back to monitoring productivity and seeing who is reading the newspapers and Facebooking all day.
* Most middle-level managers want to demonstrate they are in control.
* Maybe if you removed 1/3 of the federal workforce the 2/3 remaining would become more efficient and managers would improve as well. Ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha what a funny fed I am.
* My boss never speaks to me anyway, so how is it any different if I work at home.
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Sadly the terms "ORM" and "performance problems" often travel together. By hiding the underlying SQL from the developers, ORMs can offer a huge productivity boost. Unfortunately they also make it easy to generate ridiculously bad queries without realizing it. Usually database administrators can find the offending code by cross-referencing an offending stored procedure with the code that calls it. But with the dynamically generated SQL that ORMs rely on, that simple trick rarely works. So we are going to take a spin around some beefier tools for ORM profiling.
NHibernate Profiler (NHProf) includes what you would expect from a base-line product. In addition to keeping overall statistics, it shows a list of recent queries with the full SQL being called and back-traces to the code calling it complete with stack traces. The interface is clean and heavily cross-referenced, making it easy to switch from examining an interesting query to, for example, to looking at all the queries a block of code uses.
The real winner for NHibernate Profiler is alerts feature. Some alerts indicate immediate problems like database errors or accidentally using a session from multiple threads. Other alerts indicate possible issues like a large number of individual writes that probably should be grouped into a single batch. There are also alerts that warn of designs that lend themselves to future problems like unbounded result sets.
An unbounded result set is where a query is performed and does not explicitly limit the number of returned results using SetMaxResults() with NHibernate, or TOP or LIMIT clauses in the SQL. Usually, this means that the application assumes that a query will always return only a few records. That works well in development and in testing, but it is a time bomb waiting to explode in production.
The down-side of NHibernate Profiler is that it is somewhat invasive. You cannot attach to a running process, it has to be configured up front. While the recommended way is to include a reference to NHibernate Profiler directly in your code, users of log4net can also activate the profile via an app.config setting.
NHibernate Profiler is a commercial product that starts at about $300 dollars per user.
LINQ to SQL
DataContext logging is the first thing developers will probably consider when looking into LINQ to SQL issues. The DataConext object has a Log property that will route all SQL it generates to the TextWriter of your choice. Though free and easy, the sheer volume of raw SQL it spites out makes it of questionable use for non-trivial applications.
LINQ to SQL Profiler (L2SProf) is by the same company that built NHibernate Profiler and appears to work in a similar fashion. In addition to real-time profiling, you can configure it to write log files to be analyzed later. Like NHProf, it runs about $300 dollars per user. Currently it is in beta.
Huagati Query Profiler is another invasive profiler. They flat out say that "the runtime components are designed to be integrated and distributed with applications that are using either Linq-to-SQL, or LLBLGen Pro for accessing SQL Server." Fortunately the profiler can be turned on and off at runtime as needed.
The user interface for Huagati is downright archaic. It consists of a single massive grid taking up half the screen with the SQL and stack traces beneath it. It lacks all of the niceties that NHProf/ L2SProf have like alerts and summary screen, but it does have one compelling feature for the hard-core developer, detail.
Huagati's profiler doesn't just give absolute durations and row counts, it really digs deep and pulls out all the information SQL Server makes available. Instead of just the round-trip time, you get to see important information like how much time was spent compiling the query verses executing it. I/O is included and you can even see the actual execution plan.
Huagati Query Profiler is a commercial product that starts at $50 dollars for a limited version and $120/user for the full version.
ADO.NET Entity Framework
The story here is downright pitiful. First of all, you don't even get basic SQL logging like what's available in LINQ to SQL. Moreover, it appears that no one is making profilers that work with it.
There are plenty of other ORM frameworks for .NET, but they are all pretty much in the same boat as ADO.NET Entity Framework. Aside from the two profiling tools mentioned here, there is little or no support for anything above using your database built-in profiler.
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NHProf is coming for LINQ 2 SQL and Entity Framework, too
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a couple of details
Kristofer Andersson
Thanks for the review. :)
Just a couple of minor details / things I'd like to clarify. I know it can't all be covered in a single article but I think these are important details so I hope you don't mind if I post them as a follow-up comment.
1) On invasiveness - to make the runtime logging less invasive, and to make the logs easier to navigate with no redundant 'fluff' we have runtime filters that can be controlled from code and/or from config settings in the application's own app.config/web.config. There is a whole bunch of built-in filters targeting various expensive and/or unwanted operations (high I/O, long execution times, low # of page reads per second (i/o contention and/or lock blocking), table scans, missing indexes etc). A summary of/help for the built-in runtime filters can be found here: www.huagati.com/L2SProfiler/runtimehelp/ . In addition to that, it is very easy to implement own custom filters. The filters are simple classes that inherit from a base class in the runtime component, and they can inspect all the data that the logging component has retrieved from SQL Server when filtering what to log and what not to log. This allows developers to target and log only queries that have a negative impact db-side, and/or that fulfill whatever arbitrary criteria they want, while everything else will just be bypassed and never hit the logs.
2) On alerts: although we don't yet provide any overview summaries such as total number of datacontext objects created etc we do have visual alerts at the query level. Both in the form of colored bars drawing attention to excessive I/O and/or long execution times, as well as popups for missing indexes.
I have a couple of blog posts in my blog with both a basic intro to L2S profiling, as well as more details on the more advanced filter options:
In the pipeline for future versions are:
a) a logging component for EF
b) a centralized log repository with more advanced report options, and log aggregation
We'll look into making the UI more pleasing - the idea with the grid is to get an easy overview showing as much data as possible but I'm all for UI eye candy so please keep an eye on upcoming versions. :)
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I don't think adding a logging framework would actually be that difficult, but I don't have a lot of use for such a thing as SQL Profiler tells me what I need to know right now.
Entity Framework Profiler
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It give you the same sort of interface and suggestions that the other does.
We hope to be able to take it to public beta soon.
There is also another sibling in that family, Hibernate Profiler, which allow you to profile Hibernate Java application.
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This project includes a toolkit for making your own provider wrapper:


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Shoppers interested in a new luxury car have come to the right place. That's because we've listed top luxury car deals on many of today's best models. Best of all, each of the deals below is available all month -- meaning shoppers can browse through several choices and test drive various models in their search for the right luxury car.
BMW 5-Series
The BMW 5-Series luxury sedan slots below the brand's sporty 3-Series and the full-size, upscale 7-Series. In May, BMW is offering both lease deals and finance incentives on the 5-Series. The best deal is for shoppers looking to finance. That's because BMW is offering 0.9 percent interest to qualified buyers in May -- a rare deal for the automaker, which rarely touts offers below 3 percent interest. Lease deals are available, as well, with the 240-horsepower 528i starting at $449 per month for 36 months after $4,174 at lease signing. The more powerful 535i is available for $539 per month, while the 550i V8 starts at $639 per month.
Buick Regal
The midsize Buick Regal offers luxury car amenities at a bargain price. It's an even bigger bargain in May, thanks to several incentives. The first deal is for shoppers looking to pay with cash. Those buyers can get up to $1,000 back on any Regal, including the sporty GS. For drivers interested in financing, Buick is offering interest rates as low as 0.9 percent for up to 60 months. That offer, too, is available on any Regal model. The best lease deal is for the base-level Regal Turbo with the sedan's premium package. While it requires $2,499 down, the deal offers a 24-month term with payments from just $269 per month.
Cadillac ATS
The all-new Cadillac ATS is a sport sedan designed to compete with the BMW 3-Series and Mercedes C-Class. In May, it offers two good incentives. For qualified shoppers interested in financing their next car, the ATS is available with zero percent interest for up to 36 months. For those who would rather lease, Cadillac is offering the ATS for 36 months with payments starting at just $299 per month. Best of all, that deal requires a reasonable down payment of just $2,999. The only catch: Drivers who take advantage have to keep below 10,000 miles per year.
Jaguar XF
The Jaguar XF is a large luxury sedan that was substantially updated for 2013. Among the new additions is a base-level 4-cylinder model that makes 240 hp. That variant offers the best deal in May. Through the end of the month, it can be leased for 39 months at $499 per month after $4,235 down at signing. Shoppers who want to add all-wheel drive also can get a 39-month lease deal on the XF that requires $4,235 at signing. That offer includes prices that start at $539 per month.
Lincoln MKZ
The all-new Lincoln MKZ is a luxury sedan based on the Ford Fusion. In May, it's available with both lease and finance deals. For shoppers looking to lease the sedan, a base-level MKZ starts at $349 per month for 36 months after $3,449 down at signing. An MKZ Hybrid, which returns 47 mpg in combined city and highway driving, is $389 per month -- though it requires a lower down payment. Drivers interested in financing an MKZ can get interest rates as low as 0.9 percent for 36 months, 1.9 percent for 48 months or 2.9 percent for 60 months.
What it means to you: Today's top luxury car deals are available on upscale models of all sizes -- and at all price ranges.
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Now that we've fully immersed ourselves into the beauty of this morning's inspiration shoot photographed by Jeanni Dunagan, it's time to take it one step further. We're breaking down the bouquet that left us speechless - one bloom at a time. Laura's Floras is delving into details of her bouquet work of art, and you can snag a few pointers to get the look for yourself.
From Laura's Floras... I find it is so important to draw inspiration for each bouquet from the bride's dress. This bride's lacy Claire Pettibone dress begged to be paired with soft, textural florals. Mauve and lavender hellebore and the adorable checkered hellebore brought a touch of color to the floral design, with the purple color adding to the regal feel of the shoot. The cappuccino garden roses were used to help with the color transition between the white blooms and the mauve and lavender flowers. I also chose them because their color goes so beautifully with the sandy tones of the venue.
Japanese Spirea
White Nerine
White Ranunculus
White Astilbe
White Canteberry Bells
White Sweet Peas
White Double Lisianthus
White Muscari
White Fritillaries
Garden Roses in Caffe Latte, Cappuccino, and White.
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GH5671, Reviewed October 1993
Space for the wheelchair, plus space for turning the chair are the two important factors to consider when planning a new kitchen, remodeling a structure or adapting one being used.
The standard model wheelchair (measurements taken from American Standard specifications) falls within the following limits:
The average turning space required is 60 inches x 60 inches. Actually, a turning space that is longer than it is wide — 63 inches x 56 inches — is more workable and desirable.
In general, the wheelchair-accessible kitchen designs follow conventional ones. Special attention should be given to essential features such as knee space under major work surfaces, lower heights for counters, sinks, cooking units and adjustable shelves in wall cabinets.
The kitchen will probably be used by others in the family who stand to work and who can reach to greater heights without difficulty. So some standard height units should be included.
Individual circumstances and preferences must be taken into account. However the following measurements will provide a starting point for a wheelchair worker:
The design of the cabinets and counters for the three major work centers in the kitchen — sink, range, and mix (food preparation) — is particularly important for someone working from a seated position. Knee space under counters is the first essential; it should be a minimum of 24 inches wide by 24 inches high.
Each center should be as complete as possible containing adequate storage space for all utensils and supplies related to the work, and with adequate counter space a part of or adjacent to the center. Counters 30 to 32 inches high are recommended, although for certain work, such as mixing and beating, a 27-inch height is desirable.
Sink bowls should be shallow with drains at the back to allow for knee space and to prevent burns from hot pipes. Double-bowl, 5-inch-deep sinks are available. Garbage disposal units, an important energy-saving feature, can be fitted to these sinks. The one-hand mixer faucet is easy to manipulate.
Metal angles (metal strips) can be placed along the edges of the open knee space to protect the corners from damage by the wheelchair.
Storage should be provided for small tools used in preparing foods, dish towels, cleaning supplies, the trash container and other equipment and materials used at the sink center.
Drawers are better for below-the-counter storage than shelves because they bring the area's full depth of the base cabinets within easy reach. If shelves must be used, pull outs are essential. Three shallow drawers in the sink counter will provide storage for table silver, vegetable preparation utensils and kitchen linens. Metal pull-out rods below the sink can be used for towels and dish cloths.
Lapboards that pull out provide a variety of work heights for different jobs. For example, a maple lapboard, located between the first and second drawers in the base cabinet, can provide a lower working surface for either chopping or mixing.
File storage directly above the sink is an excellent place for utensils first used at the sink.
Cooking units, range tops, fry pans, griddles, percolators and other small equipment may be safer than a range of conventional height. They should be placed on a working surface of a comfortable height with open space for knees under the counter. Burners or units should be placed at the front of the counter so they are easy to see and to reach. A separate oven is desirable; adjacent counter space is necessary. The most-used shelf in the oven should be placed at the same height as the counter for easy sliding of hot pans from the oven to the counter. A pull-out board under an oven with top opening, side opening, or French doors is extremely valuable. Functional storage can be planned for the space below the oven.
Equipment as well as supplies should be stored at this center. Keeping things within easy reach is the key to efficient operation. It is desirable to have 4 feet of counter space with the 24-inch opening under the counter for the wheelchair. If the counter is 30 to 32 inches high, provide a pull-out board that will clear the arms of the wheelchair. An ideal pull board could hold two recessed removable mixing bowls for easy one-hand use. Pull-out panels, 12 inches wide on each side of the 24-inch-wide knee space, can be fitted with peg board and adjustable shelves for hanging equipment and storage of supplies.
A 27-inch-high counter permits easy use of an electric mixer. A pull-out board would not be needed in this case.
Slant-front wall cabinets provide storage space that is easier to reach than conventional cabinets. The bottom shelf is 5 to 6 inches deep and the top shelf is 9 to 10 inches deep, which makes the face of the cabinets extend over the counters at the top more than at the bottom.
Storage facilities in any kitchen should be easily accessible. Keep in mind the principle that stored items should be easy to see, easy to reach and easy to grasp.
Storage of the conventional type over a counter may be difficult to reach. A full-length cupboard, 12 inches deep, with adjustable shelves, permits convenient storage space. If conventional wall cabinets are selected, use adjustable shelves to bring articles within easy reach. Turntables and other devices may be used to make the storage more accessible.
Using tongs to grasp lightweight items stored on high shelves may enable the person to use conventional storage units. Care must be taken that the articles grasped are not breakable or that they will not injure the person should they fall from the tongs.
Drawers with smooth sliding hardware and the correct height afford the best storage for base cabinets. They conserve space and are easy to manipulate. Convenient pulls, or other means of opening drawers, are very important. Recommended heights of drawers for various kinds of supplies are:
Features to consider when planning a kitchen for wheelchairs include:
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I loved Brad and Victoria as a team and I was very sad to see them eliminated (although I would have been sadder if Tammy and Victor had been eliminated).
This can be shared , thank you Amazing Racers!Written by Brad:
I've been OUTED
Yes, get well soon, Victoria! Lots of chicken soup!
HI GANG!!!! It's Victoria here!(Did y'all know that I have the dubious honor of naming us TAR14 racers as the "Cheese Hill Gang"? I thunk it up once we got home and began a major email festival amongst ourselves...we needed an identity...DONTCHA LOVE IT? Cheeeeese Hill Gang - when I hear it, it makes me think of Spanky and Alfalfa and Delilah and many other little rugrats up to no good....which is really what we (fans and racers alike) are, a bunch of kids at heart having fun exploring...so cute!! )did I mention...Cheeeeeeeeeese Hill Gang? I shalt return, as I love to yack, but I habb a cold, and I don't feel well, but I feel well enough to HUG EVERYONE!!! (oh holy heck, I have to post at LEAST enough snarky things to use up all those DELICIOUS emoticons! I LUV EMOTIONS! (They remind of all the groovy stickers we got in elementary school, you can never have too many....) HAPPY-THANK-GOD-ITS-FINALLY-WARM day,Victoria (<<<that's me on the bungee)
Is Victoria allowed to post now? I thought she'd have to wait for the season to end first.
And yeah, just one question, i don't really know if you're allowed to answer this question, or would this question be really stupid... but here it goes...The past 13 season introductions, introduced us TAR Fans with those cheesy headturns, and with a major shock/change in this season that almost all those cheesy head turns were gone during the intro, and some forumers saying that your team (specifically yours) has the most evident head turn amongst all the eleven teams... Question is, did production still consider shooting your simulateous cheesy head turns? Or did they completely revamped those? I kinda miss those head turns that we see week by week I know that this question sounds so silly, but I can't resist the urge to ask! Thanks and more power!
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Religion and Race in America
Emily Suzanne Clark
Religion and race provide rich categories of analysis for American history. Neither category is stable. They change, shift, and develop in light of historical and cultural contexts. Religion has played a vital role in the construction, deconstruction, and transgression of racial identities and boundaries.
Race is a social concept and a means of classifying people. The "natural" and "inherent" differences between races are human constructs, social taxonomies created by cultures. In American history, the construction of racial identities and racial differences begins with the initial encounters between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans. Access to and use of religious and political power has shaped how race has been conceived in American history. Racial categories and religious affiliations influenced how groups regarded each other throughout American history, with developments in the colonial period offering prime examples. Enslavement of Africans and their descendants, as well as conquered Native Americans, displayed the power of white Protestants. Even 19th-century American anti-Catholicism and anti-Mormonism intersected racial identifications. At the same time, just as religion has supported racial domination in American history, it also has inspired calls for self-determination among racial minorities, most notably in the 20th century.
With the long shadow of slavery, the power of white supremacy, the emphasis on Native sovereignty, and the civil rights movement, much of the story of religion and race in American history focuses on Americans white, black, and red. However, this is not the whole story. Mexican-Americans and Latinx immigrants bring Catholic and transnational connections, but their presence has prompted xenophobia. Additionally, white Americans sought to restrict the arrival of Asian immigrants both legally and culturally. With the passing of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, the religious, racial, and ethnic diversity of the United States increased further. This religious and racial pluralism in many ways reflects the diversity of America, as does the conflict that comes with it.
Religion in African American History
Judith Weisenfeld
Dynamic and creative exchanges among different religions, including indigenous traditions, Protestant and Catholic Christianity, and Islam, all with developing theologies and institutions, fostered substantial collective religious and cultural identities within African American communities in the United States. The New World enslavement of diverse African peoples and the cultural encounter with Europeans and Native Americans produced distinctive religious perspectives that aided individuals and communities in persevering under the dehumanization of slavery and oppression. As African Americans embraced Christianity beginning in the 18th century, especially after 1770, they gathered in independent church communities and created larger denominational structures such as the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, and the National Baptist Convention. These churches and denominations became significant arenas for spiritual support, educational opportunity, economic development, and political activism. Black religious institutions served as contexts in which African Americans made meaning of the experience of enslavement, interpreted their relationship to Africa, and charted a vision for a collective future. The early 20th century saw the emergence of new religious opportunities as increasing numbers of African Americans turned to Holiness and Pentecostal churches, drawn by the focus on baptism in the Holy Spirit and enthusiastic worship that sometimes involved speaking in tongues. The Great Migration of southern blacks to southern and northern cities fostered the development of a variety of religious options outside of Christianity. Groups such as the Moorish Science Temple and the Nation of Islam, whose leaders taught that Islam was the true religion of people of African descent, and congregations of Ethiopian Hebrews promoting Judaism as the heritage of black people, were founded in this period. Early-20th-century African American religion was also marked by significant cultural developments as ministers, musicians, actors, and other performers turned to new media, such as radio, records, and film, to contribute to religious life. In the post–World War II era, religious contexts supported the emergence of the modern Civil Rights movement. Black religious leaders emerged as prominent spokespeople for the cause and others as vocal critics of the goal of racial integration, as in the case of the Nation of Islam and religious advocates of Black Power. The second half of the 20th century and the early 21st-first century saw new religious diversity as a result of immigration and cultural transformations within African American Christianity with the rise of megachurches and televangelism.
Women and Religion in Colonial North America and the United States
Catherine A. Brekus
Historically, women in colonial North America and the United States have been deeply influenced by their religious traditions. Even though world religions like Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam are based on scriptural traditions that portray women as subordinate to men, women have made up the majority of most religious groups in America. While some Americans have used religious arguments to limit women's legal, political, and economic rights, others have drawn on scripture to defend women's dignity and equality. Women's religious beliefs have shaped every aspect of their lives, including their choices about how to structure their time, their attitudes toward sexuality and the body, and their understanding of suffering. Unlike early American Catholic women, who saw their highest religious calling as the sisterhood, most white colonial women identified their primary religious vocation as ministering to their families. In the 19th century, however, white Protestant women become increasingly involved in reform movements like temperance, abolitionism, and women's suffrage, and African-American, Native American, Asian-American, and Latina women used religious arguments to challenge assumptions about white racial supremacy. In the 20th century, growing numbers of women from many different religious traditions have served as religious leaders, and in some cases they have also demanded ordination. Despite these dramatic changes in religious life, however, many religiously conservative women opposed the Equal Rights Amendment during the 1970s and early 1980s, and in the first decades of the 21st century they have continued to identify feminism and religion as antithetical.


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Aryan: A term for peoples speaking the language of Europe and India. In Nazi racial theory, a person of pure German "blood." The term "non-Aryan" was used to designate Jews, part-Jews and others of supposedly inferior racial stock.
Chancellor: Chief (prime) minister of Germany.
Concentration camp (Konzentrationslager abbreviated as KZ) /kontsentrationslahga/ : Concentration camps were prisons used without regard to accepted norms of arrest and detention. They were an essential part of Nazi systematic oppression. Initially (1933-36), they were used primarily for political prisoners. Later (1936-42), concentration camps were expanded and non-political prisoners--Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, and Poles--were also incarcerated. In the last period of the Nazi regime (1942-45), prisoners of concentration camps were forced to work in the armament industry, as more and more Germans were fighting in the war. Living conditions varied considerably from camp to camp and over time. The worst conditions took place from 1936-42, especially after the war broke out. Death, disease, starvation, crowded and unsanitary conditions, and torture were a daily part of concentration camps.
Euthanasia: Nazi euphemism for the deliberate killings of institutionalized physically, mentally, and emotionally handicapped people. The euthanasia program began in 1939, with German non-Jews as the first victims. The program was later extended to Jews.
Ghettos: The Nazis revived the medieval term ghetto to describe their device of concentration and control, the compulsory "Jewish Quarter." Ghettos were usually established in the poor sections of a city, where most of the Jews from the city and surrounding areas were subsequently forced to reside. Often surrounded by barbed wire or walls, the ghettos were sealed. Established mostly in eastern Europe (e.g., Lodz, Warsaw, Vilna, Riga, or Minsk), the ghettos were characterized by overcrowding, malnutrition, and heavy labor. All were eventually dissolved, and the Jews murdered.
Gypsies: A collective term for Romani and Sinti. A nomadic people believed to have come originally from northwest India. They became divided into five main groups still extant today. By the sixteenth century, they had spread to every country of Europe. Alternately welcomed and persecuted since the fifteenth century, they were considered enemies of the state by the Nazis and persecuted relentlessly. Approximately 500,000 Gypsies are believed to have perished in the gas chambers.
Himmler, Heinrich (1900-1945) /hainrikh himla/ : As head of the SS and the secret police, Himmler had control over the vast network of Nazi concentration and extermination camps, the Einsatzgruppen, and the Gestapo. Himmler committed suicide in 1945, after his arrest.
Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945) /ahdolf hitla/ : Nazi party leader, 1919-1945. German Chancellor, 1933-1945. Called Führer, or supreme leader, by the Nazis.
Hitler Youth: Hitler Jugend /hitla yoogend/ was a Nazi youth auxiliary group established in 1926. It expanded during the Third Reich. Membership was compulsory after 1939.
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The Night of the Broken Glass. On this night, November 9, 1938, almost 200 synagogues were destroyed, over 8,000 Jewish shops were sacked and looted, and tens of thousands of Jews were removed to concentration camps. This pogrom received its name because of the great value of glass that was smashed during this anti-Jewish riot. Riots took place throughout Germany and Austria on that night.
League of German Girls: Female counterpart of the Hitler Youth formed in 1927 but not formerly integrated by Hitler until 1932.
Mengele, Joseph (1911-1979) /yozef mengele/: Senior SS physician at Auschwitz-Birkenau from 1943-44. One of the physicians who carried out the "selections" of prisoners upon arrival at camp. He also carried out cruel experiments on prisoners.


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Students can enter to win a trip to a surprise location for the oct. 3 concert to commemorate National Bullying Prevention Month
USA Network has announced a partnership between its award-winning public service initiative Characters Unite, R&R Partners Foundation's youth anti-bullying organization Flip the Script, and Cox Communications for "#UniteLIVE: The Concert to Rock Out Bullying," headlined by Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum recording artist Carly Rae Jepsen. The special event will be held at a surprise location, on Oct. 3, in commemoration of National Bullying Prevention Month.
Now through Sept. 10, high school and middle school students ages 13 to 18 can enter a national or a Cox Communications-area sweepstakes to win an all-expense paid trip to attend the concert. Ten lucky sweepstakes winners and their parents or guardians will get the rare opportunity to meet Jepsen and other USA talent who will be participating in the event.
In a spot to air on USA Network and Cox Communications' systems, Jepsen is personally inviting young people to join her and the thousands of students, parents and educators who will be coming together to raise their voices against bullying.
"An estimated 13 million kids will be bullied in America this year. Through our partnership with Flip the Script, Cox Communications and the incredibly talented singer/songwriter and performer, Carly Rae Jepsen, USA's Characters Unite campaign will help prevent bullying and promote greater respect and acceptance," said Toby Graff, USA Network senior vice president of public affairs. "We are proud to team up with a pop icon who reaches millions of young people worldwide, and who is so passionate about raising awareness about the issue of bullying."
"We created Flip the Script to raise awareness of the extensive impact that bullying has in communities," said Cindy Dreibelbis, executive director of the R&R Partners Foundation. "We need to work together to make schools a place where kids can learn free of fear. With partners like these, we can empower youth across the country to take a stand in their own schools, make a change and put an end to bullying."
"Too many youth in our communities struggle with bullying as they make their way through adolescence. Fortunately, there are resources available to help prevent it and support for those confronted by it," said Cox Communications President Pat Esser. "Cox is thrilled to partner with USA Network, Flip the Script and Carly Rae Jepsen for 'UniteLIVE.' Together, we know we can make a difference in helping to stem the tide on this critical issue."
"I am looking forward to hosting 'UniteLIVE: The Concert to Rock Out Bullying,' and applaud USA Network's Characters Unite, Flip the Script and Cox Communications for making this important event possible," Jepsen said. "Change doesn't happen overnight, but with programs like this, we can spark a dialogue that will make a real difference in putting a stop to bullying."
In conjunction with the concert, Jepsen will also be featured in a Characters Unite "I Won't Stand For ..." public service announcement that will air on USA Network and on charactersunite.com throughout October.
To enter the national sweepstakes, view the rules and regulations, and find out more about the initiative, visit www.charactersunite.com or www.flipthescriptnow.org. Cox Communications customers can enter at www.coxsweepstakes.charactersunite.com.