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On May 6, 1914, Randall Jarrell was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Vanderbilt University. From 1937 to 1939 he taught at Kenyon College, where he met John Crowe Ransom and Robert Lowell, and then at the University of Texas.
His first book of poems, Blood for a Stranger (Harcourt, 1942), was published in 1942, the same year he enlisted in the Army Air Corps. He soon left the Air Corps for the army and worked as a control tower operator, an experience which provided much material for his poetry.
Jarrell's reputation as a poet was established in 1945, while he was still serving in the army, with the publication of his second book, Little Friend, Little Friend (Dial Press, 1945), which bitterly and dramatically documents the intense fears and moral struggles of young soldiers. Other volumes followed, all characterized by great technical skill, empathy with the lives of others, and an almost painful sensitivity.
Following the war, Jarrell accepted a teaching position at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, and remained there, except for occasional absences to teach elsewhere, until his death. Jarrell is highly regarded not only as a poet, but also as a peerless literary essayist, and was considered the most astute (and most feared) poetry critic of his generation. Robert Lowell, in an essay published after Jarrell's death, wrote, "What Jarrell's inner life was in all its wonder, variety, and subtlety is best told in his poetry...His gifts, both by nature and by a lifetime of hard dedication and growth, were wit, pathos, and brilliance of intelligence. These qualities, dazzling in themselves, were often so well employed that he became, I think, the most heartbreaking English poet of his generation...Always behind the sharpened edge of his lines, there is the merciful vision, his vision, partial like all others, but an illumination of life, too sad and radiant for us to stay with long—or forget."
Randall Jarrell was struck by a car and killed at the age of fifty-one on October 14, 1965.
Selected Bibliography
Selected Poems (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007)
Complete Poems (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969)
The Lost World (Macmillan, 1965)
The Woman at the Washington Zoo: Poems & Translations (Atheneum, 1960)
Selected Poems (Alfred A. Knopf, 1955)
The Seven-league Crutches (Harcourt, 1951)
Losses (Harcourt, 1948)
Little Friend, Little Friend (Dial Press, 1945)
Blood for a Stranger (Harcourt, 1942)
No Other Book: Selected Essays (HarperCollins, 1999)
Jarrell's Letters: An Autobiographical and Literary Selection (Houghton Mifflin, 1985)
Kipling, Auden and Co.: Essays and Reviews 1935-1964 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1980)
The Third Book of Criticism (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1975)
A Sad Heart at the Supermarket (Atheneum, 1962)
Poetry and the Age (Vintage, 1955)
Pictures from an Institution: A Comedy (Meridan Fiction, 1960)


text: On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Donald Becker wrote: > With 'rsh' there are many opportunities for permission problems. > Are you trying to run 'rsh' as root, or as a regular user? > Do you have the same set of users on all machines? > Do you have a ~root/.rhosts files as well as /etc/hosts.equiv? > (And there is probably something in the new xinetd that could cause > problems as well.) > > I perceive that the community consensus is that 'ssh' should replace > 'rsh'. It has substantially more start-up overhead, but handles the > environment much better. It would be possible (and easier) to improve > 'rsh', but people seem to feel that it's flaws are fixed-in-stone > semantics. They are not really fixed in stone, but they are fixed in man page, custom, and many, many implementations. Five years ago one could have fixed rsh, but at this point any fix of rsh would necessarily reinvent most of ssh. It is clearly desirable to have just one standard remote shell program to learn to install, configure, use, fix, and hence a "standard" remote shell pretty much has to be ABLE to do the encryption and machine and user-level authentication that are required on a WAN. Then there is (as you note) debugging (ssh -v), ssh's handling of the environment (still not perfect but rsh pretty much "doesn't" and something is better than nothing), and its lovely port forwarding capability. It might not be so difficult to reinstitute "none" as a possible user-selectable cipher spec in ssh2 (which would reduce or eliminate the runtime encryption overhead) and to implement a flag which basically bypasses the host and user authentication components of ssh to reduce its startup cost while still keeping its other desirable features. By leaving the enabling of these capabilities in any particular connection environment in the hands of systems people in e.g. sshd.config, sysadmins could still prohibit the use of none and the bypassing of authentication in connecting clients, while a beowulf admin could install sshd configured to be as promiscuous (and relatively fast) as rsh. Some people might scream a bit since if people CAN set a thing up to be insecure, some people WILL set it up to be insecure when they shouldn't, but as long as the default installation was secure and one had to learn a fair bit in order to reconfigure at all, it might remain in acceptable bounds. But yes, I'd rather use ssh right out of the box than a "fixed" rsh, even on a protected network, and Duke has basically banned the use of rsh on any network that goes across the campus backbone to campus systems for obvious reasons. ssh is more expensive than rsh, but unless one is running a LOT of ssh's, the difference is hardly noticable. I'd argue that if one is using rsh for "lots of connections" (as some sort of serious network layer instead of just a way to facilitate the sporadic execution of remote tasks) in the first place, one probably is doing something the wrong way anyway and should consider reengineering the task. rgb -- Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb at phy.duke.edu

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When Aparna announced that she was hosting Tried and Tasted featuring Lisa's Kitchen this month, I knew I wanted to participate in this one. For once, I knew exactly what to make too. I have been following Lisa's blog for almost two years now and had bookmarked this recipe, among a few others, from her blog a while ago.
I have made a lot of brownies since I first "discovered" the world of food blogs since I find that few desserts are more satisfying than rich and warm gooey brownies. I've tried out different recipes over time and have had satisfactory results for the most part. This recipe in particular interested me since it had no added fat - not that there's anything wrong with a bit of fat- but I was a bit curious to find out for myself the final product's taste and texture.
I made a few additions to Lisa's recipe though. I threw some toasted hazelnuts into the brownie batter. Also, since chocolate and orange is one of my all time flavor combinations, I added some orange zest.
1 egg
1 cup sugar (I would decrease this a bit the next time I make this- it was a little too sweet for me)
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
6 Tbsp yogurt
Zest of an orange
1 tsp vanilla extract
½ cup all-purpose flour
A handful of chopped hazelnuts, toasted in the oven at 350 degrees F for 7-10 minutes
A pinch of salt
½ tsp baking powder
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line an 8x8-inch baking dish with foil and grease with oil/butter.
In a bowl, beat the egg with sugar till light in color and fluffy.
Add cocoa powder, yogurt, orange zest (optional), vanilla extract and mix well. Incorporate the flour, salt and baking powder into the mixture and mix gently until well combined.
Add toasted hazelnuts and fold into the batter. This is optional, but if adding please toast them since it brings out their incredibly rich nutty flavor.
Bake in the oven for about 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out relatively clean. Cool and cut into squares.
These fudgy brownies taste best when they're fresh, warm and straight from the oven. This recipe is fantastic and I will keep going back to it when I'm in the mood for a simple and delicious treat.


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Organic, But VERY Effective Weed Spray
During this week's How's It Growing show, I mentioned an organic weed spray that I had used on thistles. For those of you who requested this recipe here it is again.
The recipe is from my sister, Lynn, who lives in Maine.The picture tells the story. It was taken the day after I had sprayed. I was curious as to how well it would work, because it had rained three hours after I had sprayed. As you can see, it worked very well. Please use with caution, as it is not selective; it will kill whatever you spray it on.
- 1 gallon white vinegar
- 2 cups Epsom salts
- 1/4 cup Dawn detergent (original blue)
Mix well and spray directly onto the plant you want gone, being very careful not to spray on those you want to live.
I hope that your results are as good as mine!


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laurik2007 発言しました …
happy 3rd wedding anniversary, chuck and blair 💗 投稿されました 1年以上前
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It was beautiful. I can't think of a もっと見る solid endgame. If あなた think about it the flashforward scene cemented so much stuff:
Chuck is a 'father in a way Bart never was' (3.12):
He is affectionate- picks Henry up and swings him around
He compliments his son- "look how smart あなた are"
He makes his son feel secure and loved- can あなた picture baby Chuck shouting "Daddy!" and happily running into Bart's arms? Pfft. Never.
I mean, obviously. Chuck/Blair has been a near-constant battle. Games were part of the foundation of their relationship ("You and I bonded over a mutual 愛 of scheming"), games were part of their undoing. Season 2 is inundated with dialogue about games and stakes, winning and losing. Games + Chuck and Blair's king and クイーン pretensions = every chess and war cliche reference in the history of ever.
Also obviously, games aren't the point. S2's sabotage, schemes, wagers, and ~seductions are just a way for Chuck and Blair to channel their feelings for...
Today begins the end of gossip girl and I'm gonna miss THE guy who made us fall in 愛 with ♥
" And あなた ARE?
CHUCK ベース the 愛 of her life …
anyone else is just a waste of time"
chuck and blair. 5 years of epic love.
iheartchuckandblair :
"You were amazing up there" "You sure?" "Do あなた like me?" "Define Like" "So あなた 発言しました あなた loved her." "You don't belong with Nate. Never have never will." "Three words, eight letters, say it and I'm yours" "I…I..""We're Chuck...
"I think the draw for me with Chuck and Blair was how unique they were to television. I admit to loving a very specific prototype couple before CB came along: the bad boy and the good girl. I liked the cliché redemption arc that always brought tears to my eyes. There was a comfort in knowing exactly how those couples and stories would play out, so I was reluctant to jump into the water with Chuck and Blair. He wasn't just a bad boy, he was a bad, bad boy. He did despicable things and felt no remorse. And Blair… Well, Blair was the bad girl. She was the one あなた root against...
Aaaaaand…we're back!
CosmicLoveCB has many, many feels after watching the premiere of the final season of GG. First, it's been a LONG TIME since we were interested in the story as a whole, rather than just wringing our hands and hoping against hope that Chuck wouldn't end up killing himself によって the end of each episode. So there's that.
Lily wins World's Worst Mom Award (although she is ironically the BEST mom to Chuck–not that the bar there is very high または even existent) which is perfect...
From the very beginning of Gossip Girl, Chuck and Blair have had an inexplicable, intense connection. They were demonstrated early on to be matched in intelligence, cunning and wit, and after the infamous limo scene in 1.07, it became strikingly clear that they were (and still are) a perfect physical match as well. Although everyone knows that Chuck and Blair have always been destined for each other, they have suffered a couple of trouble spots in their union due mostly to 前 emotional immaturity and feelings of inequality, particularly in terms of their...
We made it, Gossip Girl fandom! We survived the Season of Pacts with God and "Inside." In fact, "Inside" is so dead and buried at this point, even D-Humps is over it. Group hugs, Dom and peonies for all!
Pardon us while we attempt to collect our emotions. The season 5 finale had us feeling things all over the spectrum of feels, from smiling like idiots, growling in rage, moments of teary-ness, and of course, cheering like true Chairleaders. (There was also...
"I 愛 you"
In the face of true love, あなた don't just give up. 1.18
I was in 愛 with Blair and I'm sorry. 1.18
I 愛 あなた so much it consumes me. 2.25
I 愛 あなた too. 2.25
I followed my ハート, 心 because I 愛 you. 3.22
I will always 愛 you. 4.22
Blair chooses Chuck
1.18 She decides to be with him when she hears his speech.
For anyone who is just tuning into Gossip Girl, allow us to briefly summarize the fifth season. For the first 21 episodes, Nate ran his big boy job, Serena sucked at life, and Chuck was sad. Blair planned a wedding to a royal drip that everyone and their mother knew wouldn't last–we just didn't think it would take THAT long. Blair was pregnant and then…wasn't. Blair went straight from being married to the Prince of Monaco to having the most boring relationship ever with the King of Douche, Dan Humphrey.
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CARLSBAD, CA — The new CEO of Liberty Fitness, Linda Burzynski, has an unusual platform: to lead the chain to grow in the competitive women's fitness concept category while she sheds 40 lbs. through Liberty Fitness' three-pronged fitness, nutrition and wellness program.
"It's unfortunate that so many women my age have their self-esteem tied to their body image," said the 49-year-old Burzynski, noting her own personal struggles with weight. "Being CEO of Liberty Fitness presents an incredible opportunity to motivate women around the nation to feel beautiful inside and out. When women are healthier and feeling better about themselves, they make better mothers, better wives, better friends, better neighbors, better professionals — better everything. Who wouldn't want to be associated with a cause like that?"
Liberty Fitness, founded in 2002 by 25-year-old Liberty Harper, offers a 30-minute circuit training workout featuring six-level, adjustable hydraulic strength training and cardiovascular equipment, ACE-certified personal trainers, an exclusive online nutritional and health education Web site, and wellness amenities such as Sunlight far-infrared saunas and Hydromassage beds. With 61 locations open in 16 states, Burzynski said Liberty Fitness is well positioned to open 1,500 plus units in the next five years and grab a significant share of the high-growth women's only fitness industry.
"I have spent my career building successful franchising organizations by surrounding myself with talented people and building strong management teams that get results. Liberty Harper is a dynamic and successful woman in her own right. I look forward to working with her and the rest of the fabulous team at Liberty Fitness," said Burzynski, referring to Mark Franklin, president, and Phil Mettra, vice president of marketing, former executives for Money Mailer, SuperCoups and Molly Maid.
Burzynski previously served as the CEO of CM IT Solutions and the president and COO of Molly Maid. Richard Cotton, chief exercise physiologist at MyExercisePlan.com and a consultant to Liberty Fitness on exercise programs and services, will serve as a personal coach to Burzynski.
In June, Burzynski oversaw the opening of a new prototype for all future Liberty Fitness locations.


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Research at Mass General
The Trauma Research Laboratory, led by Dr. Haytham Kaafarani, was founded in 2005. The laboratory conducts 200 large animal and 400 small animal experiments per year. All the projects are approved by the Subcommittee on Research Animal Care (SRAC), ensuring the compliance with medical ethics. Funding for projects is provided through competitive grants from the National Institute of Health (NIH), The Office of Naval Research, The Department of Defense, The Center for Integration of Medicine with Innovative Technology (CIMIT), and other sources. The basic science research team includes surgeon scientists, PhDs, veterinarian, post-doctoral fellows, research fellows, students, and technicians. The laboratory is a state-of-the art facility that is capable of performing the full spectrum of research from large animal survival experiments to the sub-cellular mechanistic studies.
The Mass General Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care believes that translational research should target the early phase of injury. Although great strides have been made in treating the late consequences of trauma (sepsis, ARDS, organ failures), there is still relative lack of effective therapies and interventions at the prehospital and early in-hospital phase. At Mass General, our research targets critical aspects of early trauma care, focusing on clearly defined and achievable research goals. We have assembled a team of individuals who are experts in this field and are capable of building upon the previous achievements. The major areas of basic research include:
The Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care is uniquely qualified to advance the care of the severely injured. Our team members bring together expertise in basic science research, execution of clinical trials, and delivery of excellent clinical care. Mass General and Harvard Medical School provides access to a research infrastructure, subject matter experts, and a patient population that is unique in the world.
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Research positions are filled through a competitive process every year. Learn more about our International Research Fellowship Program and how to apply.
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The Raiders scored on a 20-yard field goal by Sebastian Janikowski and have rushed for 55 yards, with Darren McFadden getting 36 yards on nine carries.
Chiefs unable to run or pass, Raiders already have two sacks (Desmond Bryant, Philip Wheeler). A downer Raiders didn't get into the end zone, but the superior team after one quarter . . .


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Apple has launched two new TV adverts for its iPhone 5, showing off the smartphone's noise cancelling microphone and Shared Photo Stream, which were published on the company's YouTube channel on Wednesday.
The first of the two adverts uses an orchestra to demonstrate the way the iPhone 5's microphone can reduce background noise during phone calls.
Watch the 'Orchestra' ad below.
The second ad, called 'Turkey,' Apple uses Shared Photo Stream to show that, during Thanksgiving and the holiday season when there are lots of photographs to be taken, iPhone 5 owners can share photos with any group of iCloud users they choose.
Here's the 'Turkey' advert:
Thinking of buying an iPhone 5? Our review should help you make your decision.
Apple is set to kick off holiday deals for one-day-only on 'Black Friday,' tomorrow, and is expected to offer discounts of up to 10 per cent on Macs, iPads and more across its stores. See also: Stop. Don't buy an Apple product until Black Friday sale
See also:
Samsung knocks iPhone 5 in new print ad, Apple fans fight back
Apple launches iPhone 5 advertising campaign with four new TV ads
Amazon pulls anti-iPad mini ad after Apple confirms 'It is stereo'
Apple Maps-bashing ad from Google's Motorola criticised for 'fake' address
Latest Samsung attack ad mocks crowds waiting for iPhone 5
Apple's new 'Genius' ads blasted by critics


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Scott L needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 86 designs submitted by 23 freelance designers.
Extreme Collaboration
Extreme Collaboration is creating an Internet TV reality show about growing businesses with exciting products. We use contests and crowdsourcing to attract the people who will help these businesses. We've won the attention of investors and several pilot customers, in industries such new beverages, clothing worn by 'the stars', energy efficiency, and consumer tech.
The greatest number of visitors will be freelance consultants and product enthusiasts that watch the show want to participate in our paid consulting projects/contests. They will be enthusiastic about consumer products & services related to special causes, such 'green' environmentally-friend products, entertainment types, or health services.
There is an equally important audience, potential clients, with $1m to $25m in revenues, who want to be featured on our show and use our services.
See http://www.extremecollaboration.com…090619.pdf for the full specification.
There are 3 pages of the website to design – the home page, a consulting Project Listing page and the Project-Specific Description page. We'll narrow the top selections based on the home page, so just submit that first for feedback. The Project Listing page is a straightforward list of projects, each with video thumbnail, paragraph description and a few tags. The Project-Specific Description is like a mini-spec for a project.
We will promote the winner on our web site, mentioning them on the home page as the designer and interviewing them about how they came up with the design. This also will give the person an advantage when we use web talent on future projects.
We have a logo design contest as of 19-Jun you are also invited to join. http://99designs.com/contests/23889


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We like to spend our free time dancing and talking in double innuendos - always impeccably dressed, of course. We call each other Daphne and Josephine because we feel we are basically the Some Like It Hot characters - only in non-drag female form... Although, in the end, we aren't all that far from being in drag, I suppose.
Before the Jubilee hullabaloo, we spent a warm weekend picnicing and wreaking havoc at gay clubs in Soho. Just the way we like it.
Here are my outfit details:
Dress - 1940s vintage (via bottleblondevintage on Etsy)
Handbag - 1960s vintage (via ValsVintageShoppe on Etsy)
Shoes - Primark
Belt - Topshop
Scarf - Borrowed from Miia
Thanks to our ex flatmate Kikka for snapping our photos.
Oh and don't forget that you can follow our adventures over at Instagram. Or Miiagram, as I tend to call it, since my feed tends to be dominated by photos of her.


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Becoming Tennessee Williams February 1, 2011 - July 31, 2011
The Harry Ransom Center celebrates the 100th anniversary of American playwright Tennessee Williams' birth with the exhibition "Becoming Tennessee Williams." The exhibition runs from Feb. 1 to July 31 at the Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin.
Featuring more than 250 items, the exhibition draws on the Ransom Center's extensive collection of Williams manuscripts, correspondence, photographs and artwork to explore the idea, act and process of artistic creation, illuminating how Thomas Lanier Williams became Tennessee Williams.
With his plays "The Glass Menagerie" (1945) and "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1947), Williams (1911–1983) reinvented the American theater.
"There is no more influential 20th-century American playwright than Tennessee Williams," said Charlotte Canning, curator of the exhibition and professor in the Department of Theater and Dance at The University of Texas at Austin. "He inspired future generations of writers as diverse as Suzan-Lori Parks, Tony Kushner, David Mamet and John Waters, and his plays remain among the most produced in the world."
Williams peopled his plays with characters grafted from life onto imagination. As he explained to his literary agent, Audrey Wood: "I have only one major theme for my work, which is the destructive impact of society on the non-conformist individual."
His keen insights gave rise to a body of work unequaled by almost any other 20th-century playwright. Although he was also a gifted poet and short story writer, it was the metamorphic possibilities of live performance that most inspired him.
The exhibition is organized into five sections that explore the "Battle of Angels" theme in Williams' works; the creative process behind "The Glass Menagerie," the development of "A Streetcar Named Desire" and the character of Blanche DuBois, themes of masculinity in Williams' work and the adaptation of his plays from stage to screen.
The exhibition is drawn from the Ransom Center's collection of Williams material, which is one of the primary archives of his works. The Center acquired Williams' own papers between 1962 and 1969. That collection documents his career thoroughly, especially his plays "The Glass Menagerie" and "A Streetcar Named Desire," and includes more than 1,000 separately titled plays, short stories and poems, correspondence and newspaper clippings.
The collection expanded in 1964 when the Ransom Center purchased the correspondence between Williams and Wood. In 1965, the Center also acquired the Williams family papers from his mother, Edwina Estelle Dakin Williams, along with other important manuscripts from then-Gotham Book Mart owner Andreas Brown. The Center continues to build the Williams collection and recently purchased an extensively revised first-draft screenplay of "A Streetcar Named Desire."
"These rich holdings at the Ransom Center allow us to better understand how these extraordinary works came into being," said Canning. "'Glass Menagerie,' 'Streetcar' and 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' are just a few of the masterpieces the exhibit follows from early drafts to full-fledged productions. We believe visitors will find themselves as much in awe of Williams as we are."
"Becoming Tennessee Williams" can be seen in the Ransom Center Galleries on Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with extended Thursday hours to 7 p.m. On Saturdays and Sundays the galleries are open from noon to 5 p.m. The galleries are closed on Mondays.
Other Centennial Events Celebrating Williams
Celebrate Tennessee Williams' CenTENNial at the 25th Annual Tennessee Williams / New Orleans Literary Festival, March 23-27
The five-day fête honors the legendary playwright, his works, and literary life in the adopted city he called his "spiritual home" and features two days of master classes; a roster of lively discussions among distinguished panelists; celebrity interviews; theater, food and music events; a scholars' conference; comedy improv and a poetry slam; an erotica reading; short fiction, poetry and one-act play competitions; a breakfast book club; French Quarter literary walking tours; a book fair; special evening events and parties; and even a shouting contest.


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Ghostface's hip-hop continues to appeal
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- 2004-06-24
There were two choices for top-shelf hip-hop in downtown Minneapolis Monday night.
Many club-goers went for the Twin Cities premiere of the Streets, aka emcee Mike Skinner, a critical sensation whose cool tempered beats and English accent piqued enough interest to sell out the show at the Fine Line Music Café.
But in the Ascot Room at the Quest, hip-hop born of the streets was delivered by Wu Tang alumni Ghostface Killah.
With about 200 devotees chanting lyrics word-for-word from the Staten Island rappers' dense catalog of 11 years, the show seemed a long way from the summer of 1998 when the rapper and his Wu brethren filled arenas co-headlining with Rage Against the Machine.
But while lesser-known rap performers would have let the paltry attendance spoil their mood, Ghostface held back none of the enormous persona that has earned him a cult-like following.
"I didn't have nothing," Ghostface told the crowd before dropping one of his biggest hits, "All That I Got Is You," a coming-of-age story about poverty in the ghetto.
After running through classics from his fashion/food/street life repertoire "Kunckleheadz," "Ice Cream" and "Fish," the enigmatic rapper talked about his religious humility saying, "If it weren't (for) God, none of this would exist. Ninety percent of the day, I'm giving thanks."
The demeanor of the self-proclaimed "Liberace of rap" was uncharacteristically humble. And the man — whose outfits include red leather jackets with zippers and furry orange duck-hunter hats — was dressed down in jeans and an oversized T-shirt. A pendant with a Christ-like figure in a lotus position was the only hint of his usual penchant for dinner plate-sized medallions.
As the Nas-dissing opening rapper Cormega quipped early in the show, "This ain't Chingy," referring to radio-friendly bling-bling dance rap — the antithesis of the show's sweaty underground vibe.
Ghostface's set included a medley of underground Wu classics and tracks from his new "Pretty Tony" album, with rapper Trife filling the supporting emcee role, DJ Allah Mathematics providing dark, mechanistic Wu Tang beats and a crooning member of Ghost's Theodore unit crew doing his best attempt at Nate Dogg.
Emphatic renditions of "Biscuits," "Holla" and the grandiose tune "The Juks," make it clear he is a careerist.
While some say Wu Tang's stars have traded critical praise for fame bought with deodorant commercials and stoner flicks, the creator of words like "illtacular" will continue to appeal to pockets of fans.
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Justin Bieber's Dad Had Surprising Birthday Gift
Justin Bieber's stylish dad Jeremy — and we can see the facial resemblance — went shopping at the mall for his son's 18th birthday present and filmed the whole shebang. Wearing a knit cap, white tee and dark rinse jeans, all the while showing off his tats, Papa Biebs hits high end shops like Louis Vuitton and chowed down on noodles at the food court, since all that shopping made his tummy rumble. He was facing a quandary, since the Biebs has fame, fortune, gaggles of screaming girls worshiping at his altar: What do you get the guy who has everything?
That's a toughie, right?
Well, Papa Biebs hit Gucci, Burberry and Victoria's Secret, coming up empty handed. We're sure Biebs was not interested in a pair of pink panties, which the senior Bieber looked at while in Vicki's!
Exacerbated, he asks, "What do you get this kid? I need a drink."
He's outside, on the phone and brainstorming. He whispers, "I can't get him that, his mother will kill me." One can only surmise that someone suggested something, uh, adult.
So what's did Mr. Bieber get? Something incredibly sentimental. He had JB's initials tattooed on his side. What a sweet tribute!
We even get to watch Papa Biebs get inked in the chair.
A message posts on the screen, with dad telling his young son that he is one step closer to manhood.
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Sir Alan Ayckbourn is an Olivier, Tony and Moliere Award winning playwright who has written 75 plays, more than half of which have been produced in London's West End, as well as on Broadway and around the world. As an acclaimed director, he has worked extensively in the West End and has also run his own company at the National Theatre. The Greene Space presents a series of plays by this distinguished playwright in celebration of the enormous breadth of his work.
To continue this series, Karin Coonrod, award-winning international theater artist, will direct Ayckbourn's compelling work, A Small Family Business: a play about corruption, secrets and lies, in the middle and upper middle class. And all are guilty. An English family – caught red-handed at every turn – and a family of Italian men with no scruples…GREED. LIES. HYPOCRISY – a gripping evening of theater.
The Work of Alan Ayckbourn is presented as part of The Greene Space Initiative A New Theater of Sound in collaboration with Yorinks Theater Group.
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With the Fellowship well on their way to Morder, it's your turn to face the dangers of Moria.
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Power failure at Turbine delays Lord Of The Rings Online: Helm's Deep
Turbine was forced to delay the launch of the Helm's Deep expansion for Lord of the Rings Online as a power failure knocked out their systems. Functionality was quickly restored but issues remain.
The studio is undertaking some "lengthy diagnostic investigations" to figure out how the power failure occurred, and warned some servers will have trouble for a little while.
The Lord Of The Rings Online: Helm's Deep expansion coming October 28th
Want to take part in the "most epic conflict yet" for MMO The Lord of the Rings Online? Well you can't. Not until October 28th arrives anyway, like some much needed reinforcements at some kind of siege battle.
Helm's Deep is the sight of the "most memorable battle" in Middle-earth, and now the LOTRO team are letting fans get right in the thick of it. Level cap rises from 85 to 95.
Xfire: Free-to-play titles "continue to gain rapid user adoption and retention"
Free-to-play games aren't some fad, they're getting bigger and now starting to nip at the heels. Xfire has stated, in a recent report, that F2P with micro-transactions are becoming mainstream among gamers.
Xfire runs a free chat and server browser client and has seen their World of Warcraft numbers tumble, while League of Legends rockets upward. The "rapid ascension" of F2P took them by surprise.
Update 7 for Lord of the Rings Online detailed
Turbine has announced the details for The Lord of the Rings Online's seventh update, which will both add new content and update old regions.
Turbine warns of hacker attack
Turbine has sent a letter out to gamers with registered accounts and warned that the MMO developer was "concerned that a third-party recently may have attempted to access forum account information." While the company feels there was "no indication" that accounts were compromised, they still advise players to change their passwords.


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Asian shares edged up to a 16-month high on Tuesday and the euro firmed, but prices were capped as investors waited for the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy decision this week and any progress in U.S. budget talks.
European shares were likely to crawl higher too, with financial spreadbetters predicting London's FTSE 100 , Paris's CAC-40 and Frankfurt's DAX will open as much as 0.3 percent higher. But a 0.2 percent drop in U.S. stock futures hinted at a soft Wall Street open.
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MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan <.MIAPJ0000PUS> nudged up 0.3 percent to a 16-month high. The index has hit successive 16-month highs since December 5.
Australian shares gained 0.4 percent to a seven-week high, supported by higher commodities prices on bets that the Fed will adopt fresh economic stimulus measures.
"It seems the Christmas rally (in commodities prices) is about getting ahead of the FOMC meeting and staying ahead of any potential Chinese stimulus early next year," said Ben Taylor, sales trader at CMC Markets.
Hong Kong shares added 0.2 percent, after earlier hitting a 16-month high. Shanghai shares were little changed as investors turned cautious ahead of the Fed and also took profits from Monday's rally, partly in response to data showing China's banks lent more slowly than expected in November and the pace of total financing eased.
Japan's Nikkei share average <.N225> was the region's laggard, closing down 0.1 percent but staying above a key 9,500 level. Investors booked profits on signs that the market is overbought after a 10 percent rally in the past month.
"The 9,500-level is still an important psychological line for both support and resistance purposes," said Yutaka Miura, a senior technical analyst at Mizuho Securities.
After a two-day meeting ending Wednesday, the Fed is expected to announce it will buy $45 billion per month of longer-dated Treasuries beginning in January on top of the $40 billion in mortgage-backed security purchases it announced in September. The new buying will replace the Fed's current program, Operation Twist, which expires at the end of December.
Under Operation Twist, the Fed sells shorter-dated U.S. government debt and buys longer-dated Treasuries to extend the duration of its balance sheet.
The prospects of Fed stimulus weighed on the dollar and helped to underpin the euro, which traded up 0.1 percent at $1.2956, following a Monday low of $1.2880.
The dollar steadied at 82.32 yen. The yen has also been pressured by expectations for more easing from the Bank of Japan, which meets next week.
The euro rose from Monday's lows after Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti played down market fears over his decision to resign. He said there was no danger of a vacuum ahead of an election in the spring.
"I think people at this point are not sure whether there really will be the risk of Italy not pursuing its fiscal reforms pursued under Monti. So it's hard to really price that news in yet," said Takao Hattori, senior investment strategist at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities in Tokyo.
European partners urged the next Italian government on Monday to stick to Monti's reform agenda, after his decision to resign early and Silvio Berlusconi's return to frontline politics rattled financial markets.
Monti had earned market confidence over the past year in indebted Italy, as he spearheaded a reform agenda to rescue the euro zone's third-largest economy from the threat of a Greek-style collapse.
The prospects that Italy's reform agenda could move off track in the absence of Monti at the helm have weighed on markets. Investors also worry about the impact on neighboring Spain, which is struggling with high debt and studying the need for outside help.
Economists have warned that a failure by the U.S. Congress to avert the "fiscal cliff," some $600 billion of tax hikes and spending cuts scheduled to start in January, could send the economy into recession and weigh on the fragile global economy.
The White House and House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner's office held more negotiations on Monday on ways to break the budget stalemate. The talks picked up pace after Boehner met with President Barack Obama on Sunday, raising hopes of progress.
U.S. crude futures inched up 0.1 percent to $85.65 a barrel and Brent also rose 0.1 percent to $107.40.
(Additional reporting by Ayai Tomisawa in Tokyo and Victoria Thieberger in Melbourne; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)


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EW YORK (AP) — Antonio Cromartie hung up the phone and got excited.
After speaking to Rex Ryan and some of his new Jets teammates, the cornerback was leaving San Diego, putting all his issues behind him and getting a fresh start.
"I think this is going to work out for me and the Jets organization," Cromartie said Friday. "I'm not going to let them down in any way."
That's what the Jets are banking on after acquiring the talented but troubled Cromartie from the San Diego Chargers on Thursday night. The deal reportedly was for a conditional third-round draft pick in 2011 that could become a second-rounder based on his production.
"We felt like the risk was reasonable, given the price we had to pay," general manager Mike Tannenbaum said, "and we really think he has some great years ahead of him."
Cromartie said he was already welcomed to the team by quarterback Mark Sanchez, among others. He'll team with Darrelle Revis to give New York possibly the NFL's best cornerback tandem.
"I'm looking forward to that," Cromartie said. "I'm going to be on the other side of the No. 1 corner in the NFL. Just being next to him and working out with him during the offseason and getting ready going into the season is going to help out tremendously."
That means the defense that was ranked No. 1 in the league is going to get a lot tougher.
"He'll fit perfectly into our system," Ryan said. "Now, we don't necessarily have to always put Revis on the toughest guy. We can switch it up."
Cromartie was considered one of the rising talents in the league in 2007, when he was an All-Pro in his second season after getting an NFL-leading 10 interceptions, but has struggled since — both on and off the field.
"None of us are perfect," Tannenbaum said. "We understand that there are some things that need to get resolved here. We just felt like the problems are fixable."
Cromartie's tackling has been an issue, as well as his attitude, but Cromartie vows to improve. He also is dealing with paternity issues: Cromartie has fathered seven children by women in five states.
"I made some wrong decisions in my first two years in the NFL and now I have to take on that responsibility of being a father to my kids," he said. "That's what I have to do."
The 25-year-old Cromartie also had a bar patron claim that he hit him in the head with a champagne bottle hours after the team's victory at Denver last November. San Diego police later said there was not enough evidence to prove the claim.
"I don't even know where that came from," Cromartie said. "I was just in the wrong place at the right time."
He was also disciplined last season by Chargers coach Norv Turner for breaking team rules regarding tweeting from the team premises.
"I'm going to have a clear head this season and just go out and play football the way I know I'm capable of playing," Cromartie said. "The issues that everyone says are an issue are actually already being taken care of as we speak."
Cromartie has 15 interceptions in four seasons since being the 19th overall pick out of Florida State in 2006, but the Chargers were dissatisfied with the cornerback's performance late last season and in the playoffs. General manager A.J. Smith made it clear after the season he would try to trade him.
One of Cromartie's low moments actually came against his new team in the playoffs in January. Cromartie froze as Jets running back Shonn Greene hit the hole at the start of a 53-yard touchdown run that gave New York a 10-point lead midway through the fourth quarter of a 17-14 win in the AFC divisional round. Cromartie eventually caught up to Greene and shoved him well after he'd crossed the goal line — but had already drawn the ire of fans and apparently the Chargers.
"It's something where I should've made the play on, honest," Cromartie said. "I was there to make a tackle for a 4-yard gain, and it didn't happen."
Cromartie acknowledged he's "not the best tackler out there," but insisted he's working on that.
Despite the issues both on and off the field, Cromartie gives Ryan an athletic player with loads of potential. He prefers to play man-to-man coverage, something he'll have a chance to do in Ryan's defense.
Tannenbaum also said that being able to acquire Cromartie will give the Jets more flexibility in the draft next month. New York doesn't necessarily have to focus on a cornerback now with the 29th pick, but Tannenbaum added that Ryan likes having lots of depth at the position.
"We feel like we've improved the position, but by no means are we satisfied there," Tannenbaum said. "The more corners we have, as far as Rex can see, that's good."
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Hungarian Folklore show and Dinner & Cruise
Hungaria Koncert Ltd.
Thursday, 3 May 2018 from 20:00 to 23:30 (BST)
Event Details
The amusing folklore dance show offers a unique experience of hungarian folk culture. After it enjoy an unforgettable ship cruise with dinner, drinks and wonderful view of the city swimming in lights.
Starting with the Hungarian folk-dance performance, followed by the Dinner & Cruise. During the evening you may not be able to prove Mr. Strauss wrong about the colour of the Danube, but you will definetly have a wonderful view of the illuminated city. Join us for an exciting folklore show and then come aboard our cruise ship and enjoy a delicious buffet meal of traditional Hungarian fare and international favorites!
We promise you unforgettable evening with romantic candlelight atmosphere.
Program of the evening:
19:30: Arrival at the venue (The Danube Palace)
19:45: Hostesses escort you to your seats in the theater
20:00: The first half of the performance begins
20:45: Intermission – you can have a drink at the bar, DVDs of the performing group will be available for purchase from our staff, as well as Hungarian souvenirs.
21:00: The second half of the performance begins
21:45: The end of the performance, hostesses will escort you to the ship.
22:00: Boarding and departure - You will be offered a welcome drink upon boarding. The buffet dinner will be served when everyone boards the ship. The meals are prepared by Chef Molnárka Péter.
After dinner, feel free to go out onto the open deck to take photos or just enjoy the nighttime panorama.
23:20: Hostesses will be happy to call taxis for you on request. The car can be waiting for to take you back to your hotel when you unboard.
Cold entries
Spiced cottage cheese cream and traditional greaves cream
Alföld style goulash with small dumplings
Vegetable cream soup soup
Warm main courses
Mini stuffed cabbage
Traditional chicken leg "Paprikasch"
Roasted chicken breast with basil-cheese sauce
Spicy pork rib with thyme – mustard sauce
Roasted sea fish with Chardonnay sauce
Garnishes and vegetarian
Grilled polenta with feta cheese
Grilled vegetables
Homemade dumplings with spinach and mustard-mushroom sauce
Steamed jasmin rice with corn
Hash-brown potatoes
Steak potatoes
Fresh seasonal salads with dressings
Italian pasta salad
Caesar's salad
Sweet corn salad with mayonnaise
Season fruit basket
Home-made strudel
Somló style sponge cake
Mini tarts
Dessert variations Európa style
1 Welcome drink, 1 glass of wine (or juice) and 1 bottle of mineral water
After dinner, feel free to go out onto the open deck to take photos or just enjoy the nighttime panorama.
Please make sure to do the following if you've ordered the pickup, drop off service, in case not please disregard the following points
- Be ready at the reception of your accommodation- 30-40 minutes prior to the start of your activity and please note that the exact time of your pick up is based on the traffic and the popularity of the service on the selected date
- In case you are staying in an accommodation without a reception desk, please wait outside of your accommodation for your chauffeur
- Provide the exact address and name of your accommodation within the city limits of Budapest
- Provide your phone number for the organising company. In case you have not done it during the booking process please send it to the following address: email@example.com
- Keep your phone charged and turned on, on the day of your activity. In case your phone does not have coverage in Hungary and roaming services are not enabled, please make sure to check your emails frequently for updates from the organiser.
- Answer your phone when our colleagues are calling you on the day of your activity or reply to the email sent in case you are not available via phone.
- In order you would not like to use the drop off service we are not able to provide a partial refund for the drop off part of the service.
- You are entitled to a refund in case your complaints reflect the errors of the organising company and in case you have made a phone call to one of the below mentioned phone numbers at the site and time of your issue.
- This service is NOT a private transfer, hence we are not able to guarantee exclusivity during your transfer. We are not able to take responsibility from any delays caused by other guests.
- Please note: Fulfilment of last minute pick-up, drop-off requests received on the day of the program are not guaranteed and based on the available drivers.
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In case you have any queries regarding your pick up, drop off service please call the following phone number: +361 317 1377
In case of EMERGENCIES, call the following number: +3630 659 7007
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Thursday, 3 May 2018 from 20:00 to 23:30 (BST)
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Sony has reportedly patented technology that will prevent the use of second hand games on consoles.
According to NeoGAF member gofreak, the patent application was filed on 9 December 2012 by Sony Computer Entertainment Japan, and will work by linking individual game discs to a user's account without requiring a network connection meaning any future attempt to use this disc on another user's console won't work.
The use permission tag stores the terms of use of the game and determines whether a combination of the disc ID and the player ID conveyed from the reproduction device fulfils the terms of use or not.
The patent explains that games will come with contactless tags that will be read by your console in much the same way as modern bank cards. When a disc is first used, the disc ID and player ID will be stored on the tag. Every time the disc is used in future, the tag will check if the two ID's match up and, if not, then the disc won't work.
The document goes on to explain that such a device is part of Sony's ongoing efforts to deter second-hand games sales, and is a far simpler solution than always-on DRM or passwords.
It's worth noting that Sony has not confirmed the existence of the device, and the patent doesn't state what machine it will be used in, with later paragraphs also mentioning accessories and peripherals.
It does raise some concerns though. Firstly, the impact on game rental stores would be catastrophic as surely this means they'd no longer be able to do business? Given publishers' usual desire to keep retailers sweet by not undercutting them on prices and the like, this would be an unusual move.
There's also the issue of what happens should your console break and need replacing, or if you have more than one console. Will the games be linked to your PSN account, meaning they can still be used, or the console, meaning an entire new library of titles would need to be purchased?
IGN reached out to Sony for comment but was told the company doesn't comment on rumour and speculation.
Luke Karmali is IGN's UK Editorial Assistant and currently on his third PS3. You too can revel in mediocrity by following him on IGN and on Twitter.


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In an effort to teach kids about recycling and how cotton denim can be recycled into housing insulation, Cotton Incorporated, along with National Geographic Kids magazine held a nationwide denim drive to set the Guinness World Record for the Most Items of Clothing Collected for Recycling.
The denim drive started in April 2009 and finished up in early August. After a great response more than 30,000 denim items were collected, including jeans, jackets, shirts and hats.
The Cotton Board staff held a denim drive in its Memphis office and also received donations from the USDA's Memphis Classing Office.
All together, the Cotton Board collected 400 pairs of jeans that were donated toward the record.
The record-setting collection was unveiled as a giant art installation at Union Station in Washington, D.C. But setting the record is just the beginning; all of the denim collected will be donated to Cotton Incorporated's "Cotton. From Blue to Green." denim drive program, which gives denim a second life by recycling it into housing insulation. The insulation is then donated to groups such as Habitat for Humanity for use in restoring or rebuilding homes damaged by hurricanes, tornadoes and other natural disasters.
The 30,000-plus denim items will create enough material to insulate more than 60 homes. To learn more about the "Cotton. From Blue to Green." program, go to: www.cottonfrombluetogreen.org.


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I'm touring the country again.
I will be dropping in a minimum of 200 bookstores, from April 14 until May 14, signing copies of Afraid in the following cities:
Indianapolis, IN
Cincinnati, OH
Louisville, KY
Nashville, TN
Atlanta, GA
Tampa, FL
Orlando, FL
Jacksonville, FL
Savannah, GA
Columbia, SC
Asheville, NC
Richmond, VA
Washington DC
Baltimore, MD
Pittsburgh, PA
Cleveland, OH
Detroit, MI
Milwaukee, WI
Chicago, IL
I'm humbly asking my fans, peers, and curious onlookers to give me shelter for the night.
If you have a spare bedroom, and you live in one of these towns, and you get your spouse's permission, I'd love to stay in your humble home as opposed to a cheap motel.
Email me if you'd like to put me up for the night. Keep in mind that the date has to be somewhat flexible, because the last time I did a tour like this I wound up getting delayed in various states, which threw off the whole schedule. I anticipate similar delays with this tour.
What's in it for you: A free signed book, scintillating conversation with a semi-famous author, and a signed piece of paper that says JA KONRATH/JACK KILBORN SLEPT HERE, suitable for framing, if you're into framing signed pieces of paper.
If you throw in dinner, I'll give you two signed books.
Now let us commence with the Q & A.
Q: So you're really asking people to stay at their houses on tour?
A: Yes. I've done this before, and it worked well. I only have limited touring dollars, and this is the best way to stretch a buck.
Q: I want to see you on tour and get some books signed. Do you have any scheduled tour times?
A: Nope. The only time and place I've specifically pinned down is April 23-26. I'll be in Orlando, at the Romantic Times Convention. Because this is a driving tour where I'm stopping in bookstores to sign stock, I have no clear idea when I'll visit a certain bookstores, or even if I'll be able to visit all the ones on my list. I'd hate to have a loyal fan camped out in a bookstore parking lot for three days just so I can sign their book.
Q: But I really want to meet you.
A: I want to meet you, too. But this tour doesn't have any scheduled stops. If you really want to meet me, you can always invite me over.
Q: What bookstores are on your list?
A: I'm still putting the list together. It will be many of the bookstores I've visited in the past.
Q: You're doing a lot of self-promotion on your blog, lately. When are you going to go back to posting advice and tips?
A: If you're a writer, the self-promotion I'm currently doing is actual advice and tips in action. I'll be posting regular tour updates, so both writers and fans can follow what I'm doing.
Q: You're linking to a lot of Afraid reviews, including bad ones. Why link to people who didn't like the book?
A: Everyone has an opinion, and all opinions are valid. I believe all reviews, even bad ones, have the potential to ensnare curious readers.
Q: I saw copies of Afraid at Walmart. Will you be signing stock at Walmart?
A: No. I'm only dropping in bookstores.
Q: I'm a bookseller and I want you to stop by my store. How do I get you to come?
A: Email me. If you're a bit out of the way from the cites I posted, you can entice me by saying things like, "I know you'll be in Cincinnati but my store is 50 miles away, but if you stop by I'll make sure I have 80 copies of your books for you to sign that I promise to handsell." That will lure me to your store. Also, I'll be giving booksellers free copies of Afraid. My publisher, Grand Central, is supplying me with a bunch to give-away, and they're also partially funding the tour.
Q: Don't you ever sleep?
A: I'll sleep when I'm dead.
Other news:
If you want to get in on the Books for Ads deal and get a free JA Konrath signed hardcover, click on the link. If you've posted a widget, I need your address to send you a book.
Graham Storrs has some smart things to say about blog ad trading:
The prolific and talented Jason Starr interviews me on his blog:
If you want to listen to me on Blog Talk Radio, doing my schtick about self-promotion on Morgan Mandel's show:
Finally, more Afraid reviews:
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I am flying into SF in 2 weeks. I used to live in the Bay Area in my teens, my old house is still in foster city. I am going back there just for kiting, so if anyone has helpful info in where to kite and what to bring (thickness of wetsuit) please let me know.
It also will be great to meet some people to go kiting together.
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text: On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Mark Hahn wrote: > it's interesting to consider the "efficiency" of various cpu/northbridge/dram > combinations. the above machine delivers 500-550 MB/s out of a theoretical > (never-possible) 1066 MB/s: 47% efficiency. good old PII/bx/PC100 boxes > would deliver 3-400 MB/s out of 800 MB/s: around the same efficiency. > i840 machines seem to max out at around 550 MB/s out of 3200, for a record > of around 17% efficiency! otoh, rumor has it that i850's deliver more like > 1400/3200, back into the 40-50% range, and well into Alpha territory... yup, here's mine: ------------------------------------------------------------- This system uses 8 bytes per DOUBLE PRECISION word. ------------------------------------------------------------- Array size = 1000000, Offset = 0 Total memory required = 22.9 MB. Each test is run 10 times, but only the *best* time for each is used. ------------------------------------------------------------- Your clock granularity/precision appears to be 2 microseconds. Each test below will take on the order of 7700 microseconds. (= 3850 clock ticks) Increase the size of the arrays if this shows that you are not getting at least 20 clock ticks per test. ------------------------------------------------------------- WARNING -- The above is only a rough guideline. For best results, please be sure you know the precision of your system timer. ------------------------------------------------------------- Function Rate (MB/s) RMS time Min time Max time Copy: 1465.2076 0.0113 0.0109 0.0118 Scale: 1461.3146 0.0113 0.0109 0.0118 Add: 1654.8314 0.0152 0.0145 0.0155 Triad: 1640.9164 0.0151 0.0146 0.0154 This is a 1.4GHz Pentium 4, i850 chipset on standard Intel workstation mboard (D850GB) with 256MB of PC800 RDRAM, running a Linux 2.4.0-test11 kernel on Debian. I compiled Stream with gcc 2.95.2 20000220 with "-O2 -march=pentiumpro". The ASUS P4T might even get slightly higher numbers because it has a BIOS option to run RDRAM devices outside the active pool in standby mode, as opposed to the D850GB, which runs them by default in nap mode and has no BIOS option to change it. I'm getting a P4T soon to test. -dwh-


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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — The holiday season in Chicago will be much brighter if the Bears take care of their business on the gridiron and the Bulls get closer to the return of the face of their franchise, Derrick Rose.
The Chicago Sun-Times' Joe Cowley reports, via sources, that Rose is just weeks away from joining the Bulls on the practice floor.
Rose is doing his part, he was "sprinting in bursts" after practice Monday, per Nick Friedell of ESPNChicago.com. It's the latest step in a long and arduous rehabilitation process for Rose, who tore his left ACL in Game 1 of the Bulls' playoff series against Philadelphia in April.
The eight months since the injury (he actually had surgery May 12) have been rough on the Bulls (8-7), who have scrapped their way back to the top of the Central Division standings after an uneven two-week stretch of basketball early this season.
An earlier-than-anticipated return for Rose, however, would do more than just lift spirits in Chicago.
"I think he looks really good," Bulls center Joakim Noah told Friedell. "He looks great, actually."
Noah has been one of the anchors for the Bulls in Rose's absence, which has forced the Bulls to lean harder on their defensive fundamentals and to search out different catalysts to sustain them:
Aside from a major advertising campaign from adidas, Rose has stayed out of the public eye by design. He hasn't traveled much with the Bulls this season and has not formally spoken with reporters since media day early in October. Noah admitted that like many of his teammates there are still times when he looks on the floor and still can't believe his close friend and teammate isn't out there with him.
"Of course," Noah said. "I think everybody does. But at the same time it's also knowing that if we keep working individually, as a whole, we'll be better for the long run. It's always about looking at the big picture. There's a lot of basketball to be played and the exciting thing about it is he'll be back."
Even without Rose on the floor, Noah is in the midst of a career season averaging 13 points, 10 rebounds and four assists a game in close to 40 minutes a night. While it's been strange for him to play without Rose, he is motivated by seeing his friend's recent workouts because he realizes Rose will be back in the near future.
"I think that this season there's been highs and lows," Noah said. "First of all, it's been different playing without Derrick, but it also makes you (realize) … what I love about playing with Derrick is I feel like it's always more than basketball. Just him being from Chicago, it gives me more motivation and if things go well I feel like he'll be back and that's exciting. But right now we're trying to hold the fort down and we're playing as hard as we can every night. Win or lose I feel like we're giving everything we got and I think if we keep doing that we're going to have success."
As valiant as the effort has been, the Bulls need a healthy (or as close to it as possible) Rose to fight for their spot among the Eastern Conference and league elite.


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Arachnamalia - A highly evolved state of Arachnophobia in which fear has long since been overcome. The sight of spiders now triggers an almost inhuman predatory response where the subject will wait patiently, ignoring all else and becoming hyper aware until the spider reappears and the subject obliterates it from existence quickly, silently, and efficiently. After the kill, subject may wear a slightly crazed look and silently gloat to themselves. It is assumed that this response releases a dosage of dopamine in the subjects brain making this new behavior highly addictive.
John is sitting quietly at his computer looking at some internet porn when out of his peripheral he spots a spider. His Arachnamalia quickly takes over. He silently stalks it and with the nearest flat object, he ends its life instantly. He observes his new kill with crazed interest.
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password_hash — Creates a password hash
, integer
[, array
] )
password_hash() creates a new password hash using a strong one-way hashing algorithm. password_hash() is compatible with crypt(). Therefore, password hashes created by crypt() can be used with password_hash().
The following algorithms are currently supported:
PASSWORD_DEFAULT- Use the bcrypt algorithm (default as of PHP 5.5.0). Note that this constant is designed to change over time as new and stronger algorithms are added to PHP. For that reason, the length of the result from using this identifier can change over time. Therefore, it is recommended to store the result in a database column that can expand beyond 60 characters (255 characters would be a good choice).
PASSWORD_BCRYPT- Use the
CRYPT_BLOWFISHalgorithm to create the hash. This will produce a standard crypt() compatible hash using the "$2y$" identifier. The result will always be a 60 character string, или
FALSEв случае возникновения ошибки.
Supported Options:
salt - to manually provide a salt to use when hashing the password. Note that this will override and prevent a salt from being automatically generated.
If omitted, a random salt will be generated by password_hash() for each password hashed. This is the intended mode of operation.
cost - which denotes the algorithmic cost that should be used. Examples of these values can be found on the crypt() page.
If omitted, a default value of 10 will be used. This is a good baseline cost, but you may want to consider increasing it depending on your hardware.
Список параметров
Пользовательский пароль.Предостережение
Using the
PASSWORD_BCRYPTfor the
algoparameter, will result in the
passwordparameter being truncated to a maximum length of 72 characters. This is only a concern if are using the same salt to hash strings with this algorithm that are over 72 bytes in length, as this will result in those hashes being identical.
Константа, обозначающая используемый алгоритм хэширования пароля.
Ассоциативный массив с опциями. За документацией по поддерживаемым опциям для каждого алгоритма обратитесь к разделу "Константы алгоритмов хэширования паролей".
If omitted, a random salt will be created and the default cost will be used.
Возвращаемые значения
Returns the hashed password, или
FALSE в случае возникновения ошибки.
The used algorithm, cost and salt are returned as part of the hash. Therefore, all information that's needed to verify the hash is included in it. This allows the password_verify() function to verify the hash without needing separate storage for the salt or algorithm information.
Пример #1 password_hash() example
* We just want to hash our password using the current DEFAULT algorithm.
* This is presently BCRYPT, and will produce a 60 character result.
* Beware that DEFAULT may change over time, so you would want to prepare
* By allowing your storage to expand past 60 characters (255 would be good)
echo password_hash("rasmuslerdorf", PASSWORD_DEFAULT)."\n";
Результатом выполнения данного примера будет что-то подобное:
Пример #2 password_hash() example setting cost manually
* In this case, we want to increase the default cost for BCRYPT to 12.
* Note that we also switched to BCRYPT, which will always be 60 characters.
$options = [
'cost' => 12,
echo password_hash("rasmuslerdorf", PASSWORD_BCRYPT, $options)."\n";
Результатом выполнения данного примера будет что-то подобное:
Пример #3 password_hash() example setting salt manually
* Note that the salt here is randomly generated.
* Never use a static salt or one that is not randomly generated.
* For the VAST majority of use-cases, let password_hash generate the salt randomly for you
$options = [
'cost' => 11,
'salt' => mcrypt_create_iv(22, MCRYPT_DEV_URANDOM),
echo password_hash("rasmuslerdorf", PASSWORD_BCRYPT, $options)."\n";
Результатом выполнения данного примера будет что-то подобное:
Пример #4 password_hash() example finding a good cost
* This code will benchmark your server to determine how high of a cost you can
* afford. You want to set the highest cost that you can without slowing down
* you server too much. 10 is a good baseline, and more is good if your servers
* are fast enough.
$timeTarget = 0.2;
$cost = 9;
do {
$start = microtime(true);
password_hash("test", PASSWORD_BCRYPT, ["cost" => $cost]);
$end = microtime(true);
} while (($end - $start) < $timeTarget);
echo "Appropriate Cost Found: " . $cost . "\n";
Результатом выполнения данного примера будет что-то подобное:
Appropriate Cost Found: 11
It is strongly recommended that you do not generate your own salt for this function. It will create a secure salt automatically for you if you do not specify one.
It is recommended that you should test this function on your servers, and adjust the cost parameter so that execution of the function takes approximately 0.1 to 0.5 seconds. The script in the above example will help you choose a good cost value for your hardware.
Замечание: Updates to supported algorithms by this function (or changes to the default one) must follow the follwoing rules:
- Any new algorithm must be in core for at least 1 full release of PHP prior to becoming default. So if, for example, a new algorithm is added in 5.5.5, it would not be eligible for default until 5.7 (since 5.6 would be the first full release). But if a different algorithm was added in 5.6.0, it would also be eligible for default at 5.7.0.
- The default should only change on a full release (5.6.0, 6.0.0, etc) and not on a revision release. The only exception to this is in an emergency when a critical security flaw is found in the current default.
Смотрите также
- password_verify() - Verifies that a password matches a hash
- crypt() - Необратимое хэширование строки
- » userland implementation
There is a compatibility pack available for PHP versions 5.3.7 and later, so you don't have to wait on version 5.5 for using this function. It comes in form of a single php file:
In most cases it is best to omit the salt parameter. Without this parameter, the function will generate a cryptographically safe salt, from the random source of the operating system.
I agree with martinstoeckli,
don't create your own salts unless you really know what you're doing.
By default, it'll use /dev/urandom to create the salt, which is based on noise from device drivers.
And on Windows, it uses CryptGenRandom().
Both have been around for many years, and are considered secure for cryptography (the former probably more than the latter, though).
Don't try to outsmart these defaults by creating something less secure. Anything that is based on rand(), mt_rand(), uniqid(), or variations of these is *not* good.
You can produce the same hash in php 5.3.7+ with crypt() function:
$salt = mcrypt_create_iv(22, MCRYPT_DEV_URANDOM);
$salt = base64_encode($salt);
$salt = str_replace('+', '.', $salt);
$hash = crypt('rasmuslerdorf', '$2y$10$'.$salt.'$');
echo $hash;
if you thought
"why is the salt included in the hash and is it save when i store it as it is in my db?"
Answer i found:
The salt just has to be unique. It not meant to be a secret.
As mentioned in notes and docu before: let password_hash() take care of the salt.
With the unique salt you force the attacker to crack the hash.
The hash is unique and cannot be found at rainbow tables.
For passwords, you generally want the hash calculation time to be between 250 and 500 ms (maybe more for administrator accounts). Since calculation time is dependent on the capabilities of the server, using the same cost parameter on two different servers may result in vastly different execution times. Here's a quick little function that will help you determine what cost parameter you should be using for your server to make sure you are within this range (note, I am providing a salt to eliminate any latency caused by creating a pseudorandom salt, but this should not be done when hashing passwords):
* @Param int $min_ms Minimum amount of time in milliseconds that it should take
* to calculate the hashes
function getOptimalBcryptCostParameter($min_ms = 250) {
for ($i = 4; $i < 31; $i++) {
$options = [ 'cost' => $i, 'salt' => 'usesomesillystringforsalt' ];
$time_start = microtime(true);
password_hash("rasmuslerdorf", PASSWORD_BCRYPT, $options);
$time_end = microtime(true);
if (($time_end - $time_start) * 1000 > $min_ms) {
return $i;
echo getOptimalBcryptCostParameter(); // prints 12 in my case
Note that this function can return NULL. It does so if you provide an incorrect constant as an algorythm. I had the following:
$password = password_hash($password1, PASSWORD_BDCRYPT, array( 'cost' => 10 ));
and i couldn't understand why i kept having NULL written in $password; it was a simple fact that the constant was PASSWORD_BCRYPT.
Pay close attention to the maximum allowed length of the password parameter! If you exceed the maximum length, it will be truncated without warning.
If you prepend your own salt/pepper to the password, and that salt/pepper exceeds the maximum length, then this function will truncate the actual password. That means password_verify() will return true with ANY password using the same salt/pepper.
It might be a good idea to append any salt/pepper to the end of the password instead.
Please note that password_hash will ***truncate*** the password at the first NULL-byte.
If you use anything as an input that can generate NULL bytes (sha1 with raw as true, or if NULL bytes can naturally end up in people's passwords), you may make your application much less secure than what you might be expecting.
The password
$a = "\01234567";
is zero bytes long (an empty password) for bcrypt.
The workaround, of course, is to make sure you don't ever pass NULL-bytes to password_hash.
Note: 1 and 2 for cost are invalid.
3 - 0.085115432739258ms
4 - 1.6319751739502ms
5 - 2.9170513153076ms
6 - 5.511999130249ms
7 - 10.689973831177ms
8 - 20.890951156616ms
9 - 41.686058044434ms
10 - 84.12504196167ms (default)
11 - 168.97416114807ms
12 - 334.79714393616ms
13 - 680.88603019714ms
14 - 1342.1139717102ms
15 - 2706.4559459686ms
16 - 5404.2019844055ms
17 - 10615.604162216ms
For an average site the default of 10 is probably a sane enough value.
This Is The Most Secure Way To Hash Password,
Here Salt Will Be Automatically Generated,
Cost Will Be 10 Which Is Secure And Fast Enough.
function secured_hash($input)
$output = password_hash($input,PASSWORD_DEFAULT);
return $output;
$input ---> Is The String You Want To Hash
PASSWORD_DEFAULT ---> It Means Use The Lastest And Strongest Algorithm To Hash
$output ---> Is The Hashed String You Can Store In Your Database
Please, its important that you take note of the documentation as regards the length of the password character on the database. Using password_verify to resolve a password that is hashed using the password_hash function, when the password is set to 50, it might show some malfunctioning. As the documentation shows, the lenght can change. So, to be on the safer side, set the length to 255.


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Hello again, after maybe a week i haven't post yet, it was such tiring week, never thought that i would be in that exciting dizzy ;D
well i joined Bussiness Plan competition which was held on 25-26 Ferbruary 2012 at Living World Mall Alam Sutera. It was on weekend, so it was very crowded.
I also took Participant in Talkshow with Budiyanto Parma, the writer of Love Sucks (If you don't know anything about love) and it was such a great opportunity1 Thanks to my best school Stella Maris:* Talking about love in our young age, with Mr. Indri as moderator, we completely was talking about LOVE, something from the past still now still exist 0.0 It was on Saturday 26 Ferbruary 2012.
Talkshow with Mr. Budiyanto Parma (left), Mr. Indri (middle)
On that Satrurday also we (Me, Vania and Nita) became a finalist of BussinessPlan Competition so we need to open booth for our product. Our product's name is Variety Style Clothing Line (VSCL). We made plans that 1 cloth can be turn to over 24 models!!
There was from other school too, and 3 teams from Stella Maris BSD was also successfully get into final, there were Dicky's team and also Peter's team.
an awkward pose of mide in front of the brand hahaha
Forgot Something!! I slept at 1.30 midnight while Vania and Nita went back home at 12.00 midnight because we were preparing by ourselves what we should put on the booth. Besides, my mom was the one who sew our product and eventhough tailor also helped us, but those was haven't finish until the H-1 -____-
Mom sewed it by herself and i edited the presentation that we were going to present it on stage the next day. That day we were sooo sleepy, couldn't even keep our eyes open, but then, we have to finish it.
Loveliest mom ever. She also stays up late to hel us sewand everything. I see her tired face in this picture. Mamaaaa i send you bunch of my biggest hugs ever!!{}{}{}
So we all were very tired sleeping very late, but the next day we had to wake up in morning because the competition would start at 10.00 am, and we as participant must be on time and be there 2 hours before.
So we did the presentation in the mall with the judges judging. We explain our product: A cloth that can be turned into 20/ more different models! My mom helped me for the design too, she is the talented mother ever:*
Right before up on stage we took a pray for a while. A pray really helps, because He is the Helper :) We took a deep breath and ensure we are captivate enough and ready. We neated ourselves and dressed up casually- professional look to bring a professional image.
We were pretty surprised that the judges looked excited too see our product when i demostrate how to style the cloth. We present our brand and the marketing techniques and all we can explain. The judges asked a lot of questions and we were happy that we can answer those questions.
We finished and we got down from the stage and waited for the announcement. We didn't expect too much that time because we know that other participants are also capable with their unique products and fresh ideafor their business plan. We got back to our booth and sold all our products *happiness overload* and sold the stuffs we brought such as makeup case, slippers, rings and bangles and etc.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT TIME COMES and the MC began to call the third winner and they were not us. They called the second winner, and they were not us too.
Annnnnndddd.... GUESS WHAT. GUESS WHAT. GUESS WHAAATTT!!!
"The first winner of the business plan competition is variety Style Clothing Line!"
WHAAATTT!!!! WE JUMPED AND SCREAMED HAPPILY and everybody were watching us but hey, we don't care hahaha. We were too happy and excited, like "hey image now is number two, we just won dudeeee!!" And my mom was also screamed and jumped with my friends back there hahaha LOL!
Sorry for the blurry pics because my mom was too excited when she took this haha. And we won scholarships from universities, training program, bonus point reward to open an online shop in Rakuten, and the most excited prize was a trip to Universal Studios dor 2days wohoooooo!!!
My lovely kind beautiful mother :*
Here are some of the photos during the trip:
Universal Studios Singapore
Marina Bay Sands
Bugis Street
Orchard Road
Busy, Tired, but so happy and grateful. Thankyou very much God feel so much grateful:)


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Proposed AIDS Vaccine Passes Preliminary Test
The long quest for an AIDS vaccine has yielded encouraging results, the news agency AFP reported on Friday.
"Shown to be safe in humans, the candidate vaccine has now advanced to the next phase of the pre-approval trial process, and will be tested in 2,600 women in southern Africa to see whether it prevents HIV infection."
While preliminary reports are hopeful, "the research team and outside experts warn there are no guarantees it will actually work in the next trial phase dubbed HVTN705 or 'Imbokodo' -- the isiZulu word for 'rock.'
"'Although these data are promising, we need to remain cautious,' study leader Dan Barouch, a Harvard Medical School professor, told AFP.
"Just because it protected two-thirds of monkeys in a lab trial" doesn't mean the drug will protect humans, "and thus we need to await the results of the... study before we know whether or not this vaccine will protect humans against HIV infection," he said."
The trial results will be ready sometime in 2021 or 2022.
Read the full AFP report here.


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Being diagnosed as an entrepreneur does not have to be terminal. Far too many entrepreneurs launch with unrealistic expectations, and if they are members of the 1/3 of companies that do survive more than 18 months, they fall prey to "the entrepreneurs' dilemma".
As an entrepreneur you probably were working for someone else and found a market opportunity, a need, and a problem that needed to be solved. Chances are you brought the opportunity to your company and they quickly dismissed your idea. So what are you to do? Do you keep trying to convince your "hippos" the size of this opportunity or do you break out on your own on a quest to solve this problem so obvious to you?
If you are wired to be an entrepreneur you set out to solve the problem, and if you truly understood the problem and designed something that solved it completely, you start experiencing sales. This is a fun time because if you did your research before launch, your marketing message clearly explains what your product or service does and buyers instantly get it.
At first your biggest challenge is how to make more…quicker. The next thing you know you are hiring others and you now have a "team". You now have a CFO instead of your wife paying the bills. You are hiring others from the industry and training them to meet with the customers you once served personally.
Then it happens one evening, usually after 7:00 pm on the drive home (late for dinner again) you do a gut check; "Am I having fun anymore?" If you are honest with yourself the answer is often "no" as you is now "running "a company. Your days of meeting with customers and potential customers are replaced with meetings, planning, and holding your team members accountable. (You became a hippo) You begin noticing a decrease in the incremental sales growth per new employee hired.
The days of you jumping out of bed at 4:30 am long before your alarm goes off are replaced with the ring of an alarm at 6:30 a.m. and …dread, another day of work. If it sounds like I have been there I have…"been there… done that….have the t-shirt".
The good news is being an entrepreneur does not have to be terminal. There is a great book I finished not long ago titled: Energize Growth Now, the marketing guide to a wealthy company by Lisa Nirell. If you find yourself in the entrepreneurs' dilemma or want to avoid it, I recommend you buy this book for yourself and all your leaders within your organization.
I found the book provided high level strategies for plugging back into your market as well as tools and rules that are applicable the day after you read this book.
It is not too late to energize growth in your company.
I particularly liked her chapter on increasing your company's wealth quotient and seven principles to position your company for higher valuation.
It is time we rethink how we "do "business and break the entrepreneur's dilemma. This book reminds us how critical it is to stay focused on creating value for your buyers and market , and in so doing your wealth quotient as an organization will continue to climb.
Are you in the beginning to experience the entrepreneur's dilemma?
Do you find yourself needing the alarm in the morning, longing for the days you did not need an alarm?
Are you looking for a road map on how to increase your organizations' wealth quotient?


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May 31, 2002
May 31, 2002 — Anderson staff members Donna Robinson, a career relations coordinator, and Hiro Kuchida, a programmer analyst, were presented with the 6th annual Abe Ackerman Staff Excellence Award May 30 at a reception attended by faculty, staff and students.
Selected from a pool of 37 nominees, the winners were nominated by other colleagues at Anderson who submitted written recommendations detailing their commitment and service to Anderson.
Kuchida, who has recently been promoted to programmer analyst, has been with Anderson for over 2 years. In his former position, Hiro served as a helpdesk technician, receiving calls from staff, faculty and students school-wide regarding software and hardware difficulties.
"We are delighted that Hiro's efforts have been acknowledged with this award," said Mike Kusunoki, assistant director of technology services at Anderson. "We are extremely proud of him and feel
privileged to have him working with us. His positive attitude and commitment to service serve as an example for our entire department."
Robinson has been with UCLA since 1990 and with Anderson since 1996. In her current role in the Career Management Center, she oversees the on-campus interview program and serves as the primary liaison between students and recruiters.
"With the downturn in the economy this past year, Donna's job has been difficult to say the least," said Mary Albright-Smith, associate director of the Career Management Center. "Her grace and finesse under fire has been demonstrated time and again. She is tireless in her efforts to ensure that the Anderson experience is nothing less than flawless for all involved in any event she is a part of."
The award is a memorial to Abe Ackerman, a beloved UCLA Anderson employee who passed away in 1997. A Holocaust survivor who lost his family in the concentration camps, Abe gave 30 years of service to UCLA, the first half with the Facilities Division, and the last 16 years working for Anderson. After his death, Anderson faculty, staff and alumni created the award as a way to honor the man who is remembered as unflaggingly helpful, humble and warm.
"Abe was a good man and fiercely protective of Anderson staff, faculty…and especially students. This school was his family, " said Alan Carsrud, selection committee member and senior lecturer at Anderson.


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