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Nomura calls Mangaung for Zuma
In a report titled "South Africa: Mangaung Madness" consultants said: "The likely retention of the Zuma status quo is the problem but the alternative (Anyone But Zuma) looks no better."
The so-called ABZ faction is a loose alliance of anti-Zuma party members, who have campaigned for wholesale change in the party's leadership and for deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe to replace Zuma as ANC president.
"We believe Jacob Zuma will be re-elected leader. A quantitative assessment based on branch and province views also supports this, albeit by a moderately close margin of 54% to 46%," said Peter Montalto, emerging markets strategist and one of the authors of the report.
The report argued that characterising the standoff between the Zuma and Motlanthe camps as a "grand battle" was wrong.
"We think this battle is less significant than it seems thanks to a poor campaign by ABZ and little that holds them together. The Zuma camp by contrast has a much more aggressive operation," it said, adding: "The example of Zuma toppling Mbeki however in 2007 teaches us to be cautious, however."
According to the report, there is a possibility that Kgalema Motlanthe, who is the most likely candidate to challenge Zuma for ANC presidency at Mangaung, will fall by the wayside in favour of Cyril Ramaphosa as deputy president, and that there may even be a chance that Ramaphosa will become president of the country in 2014.
"Future succession battles look equally probable under both leaders, driven by the quest for power and influence even as the ANC slowly loses popularity more generally given its inability to deliver services and boost growth and development," it said.
Financial impact of Mangaung
The report, which focused on the potential economic impacts of the ANC's elective conference, said that a continuation of the status quo would involve further erosion of competitiveness and suppressed potential growth, which in turn would lead to further downgrades.
Read the full report here.
After successive downgradings by the major ratings agencies and widespread unrest in the mining sector, the rand has dropped to a three-year low against the dollar.
"The direct fiscal impacts in the short run will likely be limited but over the medium run could accumulate into a more worrying picture," said the report.
Montalto said he expects ratings agency Fitch to downgrade South Africa's sovereign rating in January, and sees some possibility that Standard & Poor's and Moody's, may do so again, depending on the policy outcomes from the Mangaung conference.
"The ANC's policy resolutions are so couched in generalities and are so high level that it may be hard for the agencies to have enough evidence to be able to see there have been definite policy shifts and so not downgrade," said the report.
The report said labour sector unrest in the country is both structural and long-lasting and warned that government would have to deal with another round of similar strike action next year.
"The government's response to the labour issues of this year has been woeful," it said.
"Some blame that on Mangaung looming on the horizon, but we think it is thanks to more general political constraints in the tripartite alliance. Next year should show which view is right."
Tenderpreneur tendencies
In what is sure to be a controversial construction, the report divides the ANC into three separate factions – left wing, centrist/centre left and tenderprenuer/cadre deployee.
Montalto told the M&G that while this construction may not be perfect, it is a "slightly more interesting way of looking at [the party]".
"There is a large segment of people who are basically non-ideological and who are in the ANC because it is the party in power, it gives access to tenders, and they want to get government or provincial jobs," he said, adding "That's an important mind-set in the ANC that does drive the policy debate."
Montalto said that in recent policy discussions on nationalisation, both the left and centre-left factions were against nationalisation while the non-ideological faction – the tenderpreneurs – were in favour of it.


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Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
Bake the potatoes right on an oven rack until a bit overcooked, about 1 hour. Let sit until cool enough to handle, cut in half, and scoop out the flesh. Reserve the potato skins, if desired, for another use.
Lower the oven to 250 degrees F.
Pass the potatoes through a potato ricer or grate them on the large holes of a box grater. You should have about 6 cups. Season the potatoes with the salt and pepper, and then divide them into 16 equal balls. Press each ball into a patty about 1/3-inch thick.
Cut half of the cheese into 1/4-inch pieces. Place a piece of cheese in the middle of each of 8 patties. Cover with the remaining patties. Shape the patties into smooth disks. Lightly dust the patties on both sides with flour. (Potato patties can be made ahead and covered and refrigerated up to 1 day before cooking.)
Heat a 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add 3 tablespoons of oil and heat until the oil just begins to smoke. Place 4 patties in the skillet. When you hear the patties sizzle, lower the heat to medium. Cook until brown and crispy on both sides, 10 to 12 minutes total, turning once. If the potatoes absorb all the oil, add another tablespoon or 2 of oil to the skillet and cook the remaining 4 patties.
In a microwave-safe bowl, warm the pesto in the microwave for about 30 seconds or until warm throughout. Grate the remaining mozzarella.
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'Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train' review: Vital glance
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin': an "American Masters" documentary, 9 p.m. Tuesday, PBS.
If the new "American Masters" documentary on Jimi Hendrix doesn't seem to do full justice to the late guitar hero, it's only because no film could ever capture what it was like to hear Hendrix live.
"Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'," directed by Bob Smeaton and premiering Tuesday on PBS, hits all the right notes, beginning with Hendrix's childhood in Seattle, his military service where he met lifelong friend and frequent collaborator Billy Cox, and into his tragically brief but still brilliant career as one of the greatest guitar players in the world. And there's plenty of musical evidence of his singular genius, including previously unseen footage from the 1968 Miami Pop Festival.
For many, the real highlight of the film won't be commentary from musicians such as Paul McCartney, Dweezil Zappa, Dave Mason, Steve Winwood or Hendrix's bandmates in the Experience, Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell. Instead, it's sound engineer Eddie Kramer who provides the most useful and revelatory context for Hendrix's music.
Kramer, who worked closely with Hendrix for years, deconstructs a single passage of typically dense Hendrix music to demonstrate how the sound was created through the fusion of three guitar layers, each of which was musically distinct from the others. One layer is what Kramer calls "a little dirty" - raucous, almost animalistic - while another segment is gently minimalistic, and the third brings the other two lines together and launches the whole thing like a spiraling musical skyrocket.
That single moment provides a useful key to understanding the virtuosic brilliance of Hendrix's style, rooted in blues but with wildly improvisatory psychedelic flourishes.
Hendrix, who like Janis Joplin died at 27, was not in any way a tortured man, according to those who knew him and worked closely with him.
He loved two things in life above all else - playing guitar, and women - and he was masterful in both pursuits. He did drugs because it was part of the era, but his death in 1970 in London was caused by taking a couple of especially potent sleeping pills supplied by his girlfriend.
Once Jimi Hendrix and the Experience made its American debut at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, it didn't take long for his shows to become huge sellouts. His first major tour followed the next year, and fledgling FM radio began to play his music. But this was before MTV and certainly before YouTube, so the only way for most people to see Hendrix was in live performance.
Unlike the Beatles and even the Doors, Hendrix couldn't get on "The Ed Sullivan Show." The only way people could hear him was to see him live.
Another reason Hendrix attracted attention, says Rolling Stone's David Fricke, was that it was virtually unheard of for an African American guitarist to play rock with a British bassist and drummer, both of whom were white.
Hendrix said he had a premonition that he'd never live to be 30, and that turned out to be tragically true. Unlike other rock icons, particularly those who died young, Hendrix led a fairly uncomplicated life.
There's little drama or trauma in that aspect of the "American Masters" film. By contrast, every time we see and hear Hendrix play, the film comes alive, even if the sound and visual qualities aren't up to 21st century standards. The only complaint anyone is likely to make is that even though the film is loaded with performance footage, it's not anywhere near enough.
As Fricke succinctly puts it, "What set him apart was everything."
David Wiegand is The San Francisco Chronicle's executive features editor and TV critic. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @WaitWhat_TV


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
When Israel is forced into military action such as Operation "Pillar of Cloud" in Gaza, the churches are always quick to respond.
For Israelis, outlandish condemnations by mainstream Church leadres send a clear message that Christians are opposed to the Jewish state. There is no differentiation between Catholics and Protestants; from an Israeli point of view they are speaking for all Christians.
Many Israelis are unaware of the worldwide support for Israel among born-again Christians who stand on God's Word and promises to the Jewish people. Negative statements against Israel by senior clergy are reminiscent of Church history and cause all Christians to lose credibility in the eyes of the Jews. And once lost, such credibility is difficult to win back.
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Thomas Pear and Bill Sawyers are taking another crack at the Swim Around Key West on Saturday, a 12.5-mile trek in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico starting and ending at the Bertha Street Boat Ramp.
"We did it for ourselves last year," said Pear, a professor at Hodges University and part-time Cape Coral resident. "I swam it in 6 hours, 45 minutes and Bill did it in 6:15."
This time they decided to do it for a worthy cause and raise money for the a Christian missionary Haven of Hope orphanage in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The orphanage is trying to raise the final $10,000 needed to complete a boys' dormitory so they can be reunited with their siblings.
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Thomas Pear will be swimming around Key West on Saturday to benefit a Bolivian orphanage. He's been training at the Cape Coral High School
"We are both active in our churches and mission minded," said Pear, who has been training in the evenings at the Cape Coral High School pool with Swim Florida. "One of my former students told me about the orphanage and once we did some research we thought it was worth it."
Pear, 50, and Sawyers, 58, a resident of Sanibel, have been asking the community to sponsor their swim at $1 per mile ($12.50 for the entire swim) with the proceeds going directly to the Haven of Hope dormitory project. The boys had to be housed at other orphanages because they could not share facilities with the girls, especially when they become teenagers.
"These kids would die on the street or be picked up and thrown in the sex trade without this orphanage," said Pear. "Our goal for the swim obviously is $10,000, but we have about $1,000 right now. We're praying for a miracle."
The orphanage houses 26 girls and have 10 boys waiting to be reunited with their sister. Overall, the orphanage has made a difference in the lives of 335 children who have been rescued from the streets, abused, abandoned or orphaned since opening in 2004.
Haven of Hope International executive director Alice Skaff has made several mission trips to the orphanage and her church in Fort Myers formally adopted the orphanage and has been raising funds to support operational expenses, fund special and building projects, oversight and accountability practices.
"Our fundraising campaign is called Extreme Hope Makeover and anyone can donate online with 100 percent of all donations going to the cause," said Skaff.
Haven of Hope receives support through prayer, strategic direction and financial resources that allows their leadership to create a true haven of hope that provides for the childrens' physical, emotional, educational and spiritual needs.
To donate and support the swimmers' cause visit www.havenofhopeintl.org/donate-online/index.html.


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The first screening of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" came just weeks after the attacks of Sept. 11. The movie had been in the works for years, the first in a trilogy based on novels that had been written decades earlier, of course, by an Englishman named J.R.R. Tolkien during Hitler's rise to power and World War II. And yet the first minute of the film delivered a queasy jolt of immediacy, a chill of recognition. It opened with no image, and very faint background music, little but a black screen and Cate Blanchett's mournful voice, reciting what sounded like, that autumn day, either a prayer or the most poetic 9/11 editorial no one had written yet:
"The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air."
Resonance lands hardest when it lands without warning.
A month later, Martha Lavey, artistic director of Steppenwolf Theatre, had much the same reaction to a very different work, though the resonance was more anticipated this time: "I went to see Tony Kushner's 'Homebody/Kabul' (which premiered at the New York Theatre Workshop that December, two miles north of ground zero), and though obviously he'd written it before Sept. 11, it was startling. It reminded you vividly of everything going on at the time. Just two months after the world exploded? It was arresting, to say the least."
Without intending to, "Homebody/Kabul," which begins with a monologue from a nervous housewife describing the strife and constant state of war in Afghanistan, then shifts to Afghanistan itself (where the woman has disappeared), was reflecting the uncertainty of its times. But then beneath the floorboards of many plays, movies, TV series and works of literature, it wasn't hard to stumble on uneasy subtexts, unhinged feelings or a sense that everything was unwittingly commenting on everything else. I remember driving through Ohio, past scores of restaurant marquees that all read "God Bless America." The words blurred together. Then I passed a sign that read "We have soup." In context, it seemed like an art installation. Or a wry response.
I was covering the Toronto International Film Festival when the attacks happened. I was in a screening of Mira Nair's ebullient "Monsoon Wedding" when cellphones throughout the theater began to beep and flash; for weeks afterward it felt preordained that during the attacks of course I would be watching a movie about the creeping influence of Western culture.
The next spring, Wilco's "Yankee Foxtrot Hotel" was released with Chicago's Marina City towers on the cover. This didn't go unnoticed, either; in its review, Entertainment Weekly saw the album (which also has a song titled "Ashes of American Flags") as pure 9/11 commentary, though it had been recorded before the attacks.
Leap forward a decade.
Did you bat an eye at the news that Steven Soderbergh's "Contagion," which tracks a pandemic around the world (and feels very much rooted in a 9/11-type anxiety), would open two days before the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks? A couple of months ago, did you pause for even a moment during that scene in "Super 8" when the young hero finds a bulletin board overflowing with notices for missing dogs? Did you feel uncomfortable about that skyscraper toppling in "Transformers: Dark of the Moon"? What about the buildings crumbling in 2010's "Inception"? Did any sliver of you get queasy at the vast destruction in "2012"?
Do you remember that the first "Spider-Man" movie lost a scene in which the hero strings a web between the towers of the World Trade Center? Do you recall that the TV series "Rescue Me," which just ended its seven-year run on the FX network, began as a drama about a New York City firehouse reeling from the loss of firefighters on 9/11?
"You know, I just went to the Air and Water Show and never once thought of it as a show of force or military might, or that those planes were flying so close to those buildings," said Michael Kutza, the founder of the Chicago International Film Festival. "Isn't that funny? Ten years later and I don't put two and two together."
Which, depending on how you see it, is either a sign that we are no longer as sensitive to 9/11 imagery as we were, or that the images of that day and the anxiety it set loose have burrowed so deeply into our pop milieu and taken up residence that, 10 years on, 9/11 subtexts are nowhere and everywhere, all at once.
That day is in the underpinnings of the first "Iron Man" movie, which begins in Afghanistan; it's in the "Call of Duty" video games, which featured an airport massacre initiated by rogue terrorists itching to destabilize the United States; it's in the premise of ABC's "Lost," which centered on a hard-to-define, unnamable threat and survivors trying to piece together a shattered reality. Its presence was felt in the strange, poetic symmetry between the release of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2," in which our heroes finally destroyed Voldemort after a roughly decadelong saga, and the surprise vanquishing of Osama bin Laden after a decadelong manhunt.
And it's in the way that the image of the numbers 9-1-1 on a digital clock can give you pause, if only for a blink.
"Why hasn't (Steppenwolf) had works directly related to 9/11?" Lavey asked. "Not because of avoidance. I just like the big questions that were asked after 9/11 to reflect through a work that interrogates larger spheres of humor, thought and feeling. It's a more fruitful way of handling big topics, and it leads to works that endure."
Likewise, our greater awareness of Islamic and Middle Eastern art is an indirect byproduct of 9/11, said Stephanie Smith, chief curator of the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago. "But visual art that's dealt with 9/11 has been more metaphorical. I haven't seen much that's dealt specifically with the day itself; the ones that I have seen tended to be more traditional." For instance, Eric Fischl's bronze sculpture Tumbling Woman, which recalls the bodies falling from the towers. Smart installed the work in its sculpture garden for three years after the piece was abruptly removed from Rockefeller Center in 2002.
This winter, Smith and Michael Rakowitz, a Northwestern University instructor and artist, will bring one of Rakowitz's ongoing projects to Smart, a sort of performance art piece called "Enemy Kitchen," which invites people to cook with the Iraqi-Jewish artist. (They're even planning a related Iraqi-Jewish food truck.)
That's a byproduct, too.
Said John Freeman, editor of the literary journal Granta, which just published a "Ten Years Later" issue: "For the longest time we couldn't decide on the cover, because none of the images felt right. We had the twin towers for a while, but the ultimate use was The New Yorker's 2001 issue (from Art Spiegelman), with the black cover, black silhouetted towers. It's hard to think outside that framework, but also when you put those towers on a magazine cover, now you're talking about New York, and a decade on, what's obvious is how deep and far-reaching those attacks were, how it's much more complicated than any one image or place."
The image they went with? A full-body X-ray from an airport scanner, with soldier's pants on the bottom part of the image.
Though aside from a poem by Lawrence Joseph — which itself seems to trace the evolution of 9/11 imagery, starting with the "fiery avalanche headed right at us," only to lament "the memory of a memory of a remembered memory" — the "Ten Years Later" issue of Granta is free of direct recollections of 9/11, preferring instead byproducts, tangentially related tales, "ripples that have been felt since that day," Freeman said.
That's more than pop music has done. There was Bruce Springsteen's "The Rising," Neil Young's "Let's Roll" and a few stray responses here and there. But "a near total failure to address it," is how critic Simon Reynolds described the industry's response to 9/11 — in fact, his new book, "Retromania," argues that an endemic unwillingness to engage the times, from hipsters to hip-hop alike, has left us with a decade of music that primarily recalls previous decades. You simply don't hear the uncertainty of the post-9/11 years in the decade's music.
Still, before you bemoan the lack of artistic engagement with the events of the date itself, consider: The trouble with art that conjures images of 9/11 is that eventually it must compete with what's in our heads: planes slamming into towers, clouds of smoke, buildings crumbling. A decade later, this may be why there is little iconic 9/11 art, and why literary fiction, for instance, which took its shot in works as varied as Don DeLillo's "Falling Man," Joseph O'Neill's "Netherland" and Jay McInerney's "The Good Life," has yet to produce a solid 9/11 classic, while the 9/11-related nonfiction bookshelf has had several — starting with Lawrence Wright's "The Looming Tower." Indeed, if there's an artwork that shows any promise of becoming part of the 9/11 narrative, it's probably the new memorial on the site of the World Trade Center.
And perhaps one other work.
It's neither of Hollywood's big 9/11 works: Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center," Paul Greengrass' "United 93," both from 2006. Or any of the decade's war movies, none of which found large audiences, including "The Hurt Locker." ("Home of the Brave," from 2006, with Samuel L. Jackson and rapper 50 Cent, grossed a remarkable $41,000.) It's not Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds," with its poetic and queasy 9/11-esque imagery; or the documentary "Man on Wire," which recounted a 1974 tightrope walk between the towers of the World Trade Center, reminding us of their fantastic scale without once mentioning their destruction.
It's Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight," which has nothing to do with 9/11, but nevertheless feels like the defining work of a post-9/11 America — a parable about fear that offers no solutions or comfort, and all the more effective for never once drawing a direct line to 2001 or borrowing on 9/11 imagery. What better from a 9/11 work than a work about uncertainty itself?
I thought about this a few weeks ago while I was at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park. I thought about it, oddly enough, while I was seeing "The Fellowship of the Ring" for the first time since that initial 2001 screening. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra performed the score, and families sprawled across the lawn, and couples reclined on blankets, their bottles of wine teetering in the grass beside them. The movie's stark opening, with Blanchett's troubled voice against that black screen, didn't carry the resonance it had a decade ago — not with the sun still setting and light left in the sky.
But at the end, when Frodo, our hero, stood at the shoreline, traumatized, uncertain of how to go on, the anxiety of the past decade rose up again, unexpectedly and insurmountable. Frodo remembered a conversation he had with Gandalf, the wizard. "I wish none of this had ever happened," he said. He didn't mention a war in Iraq or Afghanistan, political division, economic collapse, anthrax, Guantanamo or planes flying into buildings. And Gandalf didn't offer any solace or direction, but rather, the smartest words about living in a post-9/11 world that a post-9/11 work has given us. He said, "So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."


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Jakarta Report
Every three months, the Jakarta PMC has to submit a report to the Apache Software Foundation board. Even with the downsizing of Jakarta, it is still a large project and creating this report will involve time and combined effort.
As said report needs to be made, it might as well be made to the whole community and not just to the board (ignoring any legal/security issues which have to be kept on the closed-pmc list).


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After almost a year since the first public release I am pleased to announce the first major update to WolfAdmin, which is now available for download!
WolfAdmin is an enhancement of the existing game, mod and shrubbot functionalities, providing you with extra tools to administrate your server. The module is created for server owners, hence players do not have to install anything. Currently the module supports NoQuarter, but a future version will include a standalone mode, which can be run on any mod.
Among the features are advanced logging of player data (aliases, warns and more), a new set of commands your administrators may use and a new set of custom voting options. Finally the module also provides some functionality was originally provided by popular mods and makes them available on all mods. The full set of features can be found on the website.
This release contains an improved balancer, which may now filter for dead players, the last player that joined a team or objective carriers. Besides that, the command system has been reworked so it is even easier to add your own commands! And last but not least, WolfAdmin now supports SQLite in addition to MySQL; this makes it even easier for server owners to start a server with WolfAdmin!
In addition to this brand new release, the website has been updated to accommodate all the new functionality. This makes it easier for me to maintain the documentation, which will expand a lot in the upcoming months, since another update is on its way! WolfAdmin 1.1.0 is only the start of a new series of updates coming out, since the next version will support ET: Legacy and brings a lot of new functionality, so stay tuned!
In case you encounter a bug or want to share anything else that might be interesting, please use the official bug tracker. Besides that you can also monitor the continuous development in the GitHub repository.


text: On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Joseph Mack wrote: > I know that jumbo frames increase throughput rate on GigE and was > wondering if a similar thing is possible with regular FE. I used to track which FE NICs support oversized frames. Jumbo frames turned out to be so problematic that I've stopped maintaining the table. > the MTU of 1500 was chosen for 10Mbps ethernet and was kept > for 100Mbps and 1Gbps ethernet for backwards compatibility Yup, 1500 bytes was chosen for interactive response on original Ethernet. (Note: originally Ethernet was 3Mbps, but commercial equipment started at 10Mbps.) The backwards compatibility issue is severe. The only way to automatically support jumbo frames is using the paged autonegotiation information, and there is no standard established for this. Jumbo frame *will* break equipment that isn't expecting oversized packets. If you detect a receive jabber (which is what a jumbo frame looks like), you are allowed (and _should_) disable your receiver for a period of time. The rationale is that a network with an on-going problem is likely to be generating flawed packets that shouldn't be interpreted as valid. > VLAN sends a packet larger than the standard MTU, having an > extra 4 bytes of out of band data. The VLAN people have > problems with larger MTUs. Here's their mailing list > http://www.WANfear.com/pipermail/vlan/ Most of the vLAN people don't initially understand the capability of the NICs, or why disabling Rx length checks is a Very Bad Idea. There are many modern NIC types that have explicit VLAN support, and VLAN should only be used with those NICs. (Generic clients do not require VLAN support. > which indicate that the MTU is set in the NIC driver and > that in some cases the MTU=1500 is coded into the hardware > or is at least hard to change. Hardware that isn't expecting to handle oversized frames might break in unexpected ways when Rx frame size checking is disabled. Breaking for every packet is fine. Occasionally corrupting packets as a counter rolls over might never be pinned on the NIC. The driver also comes into play. Most drivers are designed to receive packets into a single skbuff, assigned to a single descriptor. With jumbo frames the driver might need to be redesigned with multiple descriptors per packet. This adds complexity and might introduce new race conditions. Another aspect is that dynamic Tx FIFO threshold code is likely to be broken when the threshold size exceeds 2KB. This is a lurking failure -- it will not reveal itself until the PCI is very busy, then Boom... > I don't know whether regular commodity switches (eg Netgear > FS series) care about packet size, but I was going to > try to send packets over a cross-over cable initially. Most switches very much care about packet size. Consider what happens in store-and-forward mode. All of these issues can be fixed or addressed on a case-by-case basis. If you know the hardware you are using, and the symptoms of the potential problems, it's fine to use jumbo frames. But I would never ship a turn-key product or preconfigured software that used jumbo frames by default. It should always require expertise and explicit action for the end user to turn it on. -- Donald Becker becker at scyld.com Scyld Computing Corporation http://www.scyld.com 410 Severn Ave. Suite 210 Second Generation Beowulf Clusters Annapolis MD 21403 410-990-9993


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What is the most critical AIDS issue facing the African-American community and how can it be best addressed?
Despite the many programs, initiatives and advances in medical treatment, the HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to take a devastating toll on the African-American community. We are experiencing the highest rates of new infections and deaths compared to all other groups. Indeed, although African Americans comprise only 12 percent of the U.S. population, we account for 40 percent of the 930,000 estimated AIDS cases diagnosed since the epidemic began.
During 2000-2003, HIV/AIDS rates for African-American females were 19 times the rates for white females; rates for African-American males were seven times those for white males. My home state of Illinois has not been spared -- it ranks ninth out of the top 10 states with the highest numbers of African Americans living with HIV/AIDS.
The irony and the tragedy of these statistics is that HIV/AIDS is a completely preventable disease. As such, I believe that the most critical AIDS issue facing the African-American community is the need for prevention. We have not adequately educated ourselves and each other about this disease, nor have we identified effective ways to empower individuals to change their sexual practices to protect themselves from HIV infection. Obviously I am not an expert in the area of HIV prevention, but I do know that until we have an open and honest dialogue within the African-American community about what we need to do, or do better, we will not be able to stop the silent but deadly spread of this disease.
Where is the least progress being made in combating the epidemic in the black community?
We simply have not identified or implemented effective prevention strategies for reducing the rate of transmission of this disease in the African-American community. Given the continued explosion of HIV infections in the community, it is clear that we have a long way to go before we get a handle on the disease in the black community. However, I would say that our federal agency partners have identified those groups -- especially women, and men who have sex with men -- which are at highest risk for infection, and have taken steps to target these populations with initiatives and funding support to community organizations, including minority organizations that can best outreach to high-risk groups. Support to these organizations remains critical if we are ever to achieve any real success.
What are the top myths you have encountered in the community and how can they be countered?
The most dangerous myth about HIV/AIDS in our community is the misconception that it does not affect African Americans. AIDS has long been stereotyped as a white, specifically gay man's, disease, but the unfortunate reality is that it has impacted all populations, regardless of race, ethnicity or socioeconomic status. In order to counter this myth, I think that the conversation about HIV/AIDS needs to occur more readily, and not just with our families but also in our churches, schools and other community settings. Our grass-roots and community-based groups are trusted brokers of these dialogues, and continued support of these organizations by the federal government and other funders is critical.
How would you rate President Bush and his administration in addressing the many HIV issues facing the African-American community? What about his emphasis on the epidemic in Africa?
The President has publicly acknowledged the critical situation our nation and the world is facing with the HIV/AIDS epidemic. He has discussed it in speeches and has specifically acknowledged the disproportionate burden of the epidemic on women and communities of color. Yet, this public recognition simply has not translated into adequate investment in HIV/AIDS programs such as the Ryan White CARE Act or the Minority AIDS Initiative. Certainly many of these programs have been spared draconian cuts or elimination in the President's budget, which has not been true for other critical programs such as the Healthy Communities Access Program. However, when it comes to HIV/AIDS, to stand in place is to fall further and further behind, and this is what is happening in the African-American community. Without adequate funding the President's words remain empty rhetoric.
With respect to the epidemic in Africa, let me start by saying that the continued spread of HIV/AIDS across the world highlights the critical need for international partnership and strategies. In this day of global trade and commerce, our success in eradicating HIV/AIDS here in the United States will not happen without similar efforts and success in other countries. Our assistance and attention to the epidemic in Africa is not just the smart thing to do -- it is also the right thing to do. In sub-Saharan Africa, where an estimated 26 million people were living with HIV at the end of 2005 and more than 12 million children have been orphaned by AIDS, the devastation is simply incomprehensible, and I commend President Bush for his international efforts.
If you were the President, what would be the top five Executive Orders, policies or other positions you would take to end the epidemic, improve treatment, lower transmission rates and so on?
This is not an easy task, and given that the HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to evolve, what may seem logical today may not be a top priority tomorrow. In addition, successful eradication is unlikely without a comprehensive, large-scale societal investment in improving the educational and economic opportunities of our most vulnerable populations, which are disproportionately affected by this disease. That being said, my top five priorities are the following:
- Strengthening the public health infrastructure.
We know that the federal government's investment in prevention is only a fraction of its investment in medical care and treatment. The HIV/AIDS epidemic is just one example of this administration being "penny-wise and pound-foolish." This nation must increase its investment in the federal and state public health agencies, and equally important, in our community-based organization partners who are truly the foot-soldiers in this prevention war against AIDS.
- Promoting screening for HIV/AIDS.
Studies have indicated that about one-fourth of Americans infected with HIV are unaware of their status, and these individuals will continue to transmit the deadly infection. These individuals need to be identified, educated and treated.
- Expanding coverage for HIV/AIDS treatment and services.
A number of programs, particularly the Ryan White CARE Act, have helped so many individuals get the care they need, allowing them to remain healthy, and live longer and more productive lives. Yet, so many individuals continue to fall through the cracks, and the overall federal investment is inadequate given the scope and magnitude of the epidemic.
- Supporting research for novel drugs and treatments.
HIV has continued to mutate, thwarting vaccine-development efforts and rendering many of our current treatments ineffective. The federal government must continue to support and accelerate research for development of effective medications and treatments, which should include microbicides which hold tremendous promise for HIV prevention for women.
Promotion of abstinence from sex outside of monogamous relationships must be part of any successful HIV-prevention strategy, but it cannot be the entire strategy. Information about condoms and other effective tools must be made readily available. We are losing the battle against the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and we cannot allow partisan politics to trump sound, scientific policies.


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Colorful Cast Market Bowl Red 5" (13cm)
5" (13cm) wide with an average height of 3" (7cm)
Approximately 740 grams (1.6lbs) (each bowl will vary in weight as they are hand made cast products)
Stock sound file and photo of a typical cast market bowl, your bowl could vary slightly as they are only examples.
Each bowl comes with a striker and cushion similar to the ones in the photos.
This colorful cast market singing bowl comes to you in its true original form with a pristine rim great for singing. It is covered in unique designs to add beauty to your home, office, or meditation center. Each bowl includes a striker tool that can be used to sing the bowl around rim, or to lightly tap the bowl to play as a bell or gong. Also known as the Seven Metal Bowl, this bowl has been cast in a method that has been used for the last 1,000 years.
This bowl also includes a cushion for it to rest on as it is being played or while it is being displayed. (colors and designs will vary based on availability)
Every bowl is hand selected based on the bowls tone, size, and overall quality. These bowls are extremely easy to sing, making them great for first time users.
These bowls have a mysterious and alluring history, making information about them hard to find yet greatly sought after. Even Tibetan Buddhists who are the originators of these enigmatic bowls do not mention them in their writings or are willing to speak about the bowls when asked. Some say it is forbidden for the monks to even mention these bowls. They are believed to give the monks the metaphysical power to travel to different realms and dimensions. One thing is certain, these bowls are a extremely powerful spiritual and meditative tool. In addition to meditation these bowls can be used for relaxation, stress reduction, healing, and Reiki.
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Turbine has support for creating assemblers (see the specifications) with Python, by making use of JPython technology.
The first question that comes to mind is why one would want do to something like this. Here are some of the reasons you might want to do this:
The first thing is to download JPython from www.jpython.org and copy the jpython.jar file into your turibe/lib directory. Now you need to prepare and compile the jpython files like this:
build prepare-python build jar
Now we need to edit the TurbineResources.properties. Add the following keys to your application's properties:
services.AssemblerBrokerService.assembler.screen= org.apache.turbine.util.assemblerbroker.python.PythonScreenFactory services.AssemblerBrokerService.assembler.action= org.apache.turbine.util.assemblerbroker.python.PythonActionFactory services.AssemblerBrokerService.python.path=/path/to/python
The first two registers the Python Assembler Factories with the AssemblerBrokerService. The last line tells the Python interpreter where to find all the .py files for your application.
In the root of your services.AssemblerBrokerService.python.path you need to add a file named config.py that looks like this:
import java from java.io import * from java.util import * sys.add_package("org.apache.turbine.modules.screens") sys.add_package("org.apache.turbine.modules") sys.add_package("org.apache.turbine.util.db") sys.add_package("org.apache.turbine.util") sys.add_package("org.apache.turbine.services.security.TurbineSecurity") sys.add_package("org.webmacro.servlet") from org.apache.turbine.modules.screens import WebMacroSiteScreen from org.apache.turbine.modules import Action from org.apache.turbine.util.db import Criteria from org.apache.turbine.util import RunData from org.webmacro.servlet import WebContext from org.apache.turbine.services.security import TurbineSecurity
JPython sometimes gets a bit confused with the Servlet Engine classloader, which forces us to call sys.add_package for each java package that we wish to use in our Python code. You also need to import all the classes that you wish to use explicitly. You needn't add the classes here, but it avoid some duplicate declarations at the top of each screen/action.
To create python screens we use exactly the same methodology than for normal java screens. First you need a /screens subdirectory in your services.AssemblerBrokerService.python.path. This is where your screen code will live. Layouts goes in /layouts, actions in /actions and so forth (just remember to register the appropriate assembler factories).
I'm going to create a sample WebMacro screen. First we need a .py file where this screen can live. The .py file should have the same name as your .wm file and it must be all lower case. Inside this file we create a new class with the same name as the file, but in this the first letter is uppercase (the rest is always lower case). To override a method is fairly simple (just create a new method with the same name).
There is one problem however - Python does not support method overloading based on type signatures, so usually the simplest for is used, which is doBuildTemplate( RunData data ) for WebMacroSiteScreen in stead of doBuildTemplate( RunData data, WebContext context ). You have two options to overcome this problem. (1) Create a new superclass that exposes a method under a different name or (2) just call getContext in your python code. I usually just go for the second option because it is fairly straight forward anyway.
Now for the code. Let's create a screen called Test. First create a test.wm file (I assumer everybody knows how to do this). Now create a test.py and place it in the python-path/screens directory. It should look something like this:
class Subjectslist(WebMacroSiteScreen): def doBuildTemplate (self,data): context = self.getContext(data) context.put ("me","Leon") context.put ("text","Python is cool");
For more information about the self parameter see the Python docs. You can call any java code that you would normally be able to use (just remember to add it to conf.py) including database, services, etc. You can also freely use any of the Python built-in types and any Python module that was built on 100% pure Python.


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As we look towards the June 19 release of the next Bayformers film, Activision and developer Luxoflux prepare for the launch of their videogame tie-in, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, shortly thereafter. If you played the first game, you may be inclined to immediately divert your attention elsewhere on the Internet, perhaps to some funny feline-related pictures, but just hold on a second. Would you believe me if I said that the next Transformers game may actually be a lot of fun? Trust me, I was as shocked as you are right now when I discovered this first-hand.
Activision recently hosted an event where I was able to get my hands on Revenge of the Fallen. I was assured that Luxoflux started fresh, not content to simply add on to 2007's mediocre efforts. Being competitive by nature, I started by taking on other members of the press in the ongoing multiplayer battles. I didn't come in expecting much, but came away genuinely impressed.
It starts with the character options and how they fit into the team-based multiplayer gameplay. The Autobots and Decepticons both feature heavy-hitting offensive-oriented characters, like Optimus Prime and Megatron, but they also bring in a well-rounded team of role players to support them. This includes Transformers that can heal, set mines, snipe, drop turrets, and so on. Both sides have access to Transformers with flight forms, and every character I saw in the matches had a valuable role to fill in the group setting.
What really makes the game work is the new fluid transformation system. You'll use a shoulder button to transform, and oddly enough you'll hold it down to maintain the secondary vehicle form. This allows for very quick and seamless transformations from robot to vehicle form. Holding down the transformation trigger will even enable unique moves that can only be performed during these transitions.
This allows for slick maneuvers like racing down a freeway at full throttle, shifting into robot form and leaping through the air to latch onto a building, then scaling it and quickly driving off the rooftop and into a mid-air transformation where you let fly with your weapons at an enemy below. Blow it up, then quickly transform back into car mode to race away before their friends can react to your attack. Properly played, a skilled Transformer makes the best use of both the robot and vehicle forms, resulting in a very well-rounded character that can keep up with the fast-paced multiplayer modes.
Smaller, more agile Transformers like Bumblebee can utilize these quick transformations to pull off impressive hit-and-run tactics. I favored Megatron during the multiplayer matches, but my Bumblebee counterpart was incredibly good at being the paper to my rock. He'd dodge my ranged attacks in car form, race circles around me to get at my flank, and unleash a few melee strikes as I hastily circled to engage. Then he'd just transform again and escape before I could draw a bead on him with my slow-charging instant-kill laser.
The game'll feature standard multiplayer modes with Transformers-flavored variants, like a unique take on capture the flag called Battle for the Shards. Bits of the all-important allspark litter the battlefield, and it's up to your team to nab these pieces and bring them back to base. The catch is that they can only be carried in robot form, so you'll need your team's support to fight off the quicker enemies as they converge on your position. Fast-moving flight-form characters excelled here, if only because they were able to grab the pieces of the allspark quickly, getting them on their way back to safety before the other team could properly defend.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will include two separate single-player campaigns, one for the Autobots and another for the Decepticons. Since the game isn't told from the perspective of the Shia LaBeouf character, it won't follow the movie plot too closely. Revenge of the Fallen is clearly tied in with the release of the film, but the developers have set out to make an entertaining Transformers game first and a movie supplement second. Not a bad approach, if you ask me.
To get a Transformers game right you really need to capture the coolest part of the concept: the transformation between robot and vehicle form. Revenge of the Fallen nails it. I can't say whether or not the campaigns will be worth playing through, but the multiplayer modes were a lot of fun, meaning that at the very least this will be a marked improvement over the last Transformers games.


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By Sharon Ishimwe, ChildFund Uganda
Fredrick's family grew their own food in eastern Uganda, like many other families in their village. They used the food for their meals and sold the extra vegetables. It was enough to help the family get by, but the income was too low to send Fredrick and his six siblings to school.
Fortunately, Fredrick, who is now 21, gained a sponsor through ChildFund in 2000. He was able to go to school then; and, today, he's on his way to becoming a mechanical engineer. For most youths, sponsorship ends in their teens, but some sponsors continue to assist when a young adult pursues higher education.
As a child, Fredrick went to Magombe Primary School.
"When I first went to school," he says, "I felt hopeless because I didn't see a bright future in education. My parents were poor. I didn't think I'd reach this level of education."
But Fredrick worked hard and completed school with top grades. By this point, he knew that he wanted to be an engineer. So he remained optimistic and focused.
The assurance he got from his sponsor, Kathryn, through letters and gifts gave him confidence and the hope that he could achieve his goal. When Fredrick finally sat for his A-level exams in 2012, he scored an outstanding 15 points in physics, chemistry, mathematics and economics. With such a stellar performance, Fredrick feels his dream has drawn even closer.
He's also working to earn his own income. Fredrick received one heifer through a ChildFund project and used monetary gifts from his sponsor to purchase a second heifer. Over time, these animals have multiplied to seven, and with proceeds from the sale of milk and calves, he has bought seven goats. The milk from all these animals has been of great help to the family, as they sell it and also use some of it at home.
"This helped me realize I could reach my dream with even the little I have," Fredrick says. He plans to start his engineering training in January 2014.
The family has also managed to build a semi-permanent house, which is a major step forward from the mud-and-grass-thatched house they lived in before.
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therealjohncarlson wrote:Why is this in the main forum?
Hass is a Seahawk institution. We'd allow threads about Walter Jones or Cortez Kennedy in the main forum. There was just a thread about Shaun Alexander in the main forum. As far as I'm concerned, Hass is front page news too. Especially if this turn of events signals his retirement.


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LANDOVER, Md. (AP) While Matt Ryan was on the field leading another late comeback, Robert Griffin III was hidden from view, getting treatment for a concussion that changed the game.
The Atlanta Falcons are off to the best start in franchise history and are the only 5-0 team in the NFC, with Ryan blazing the trail with consecutive come-from-behind, fourth-quarter wins.
The defense is chipping in as well, knocking the Washington Redskins' No. 2 overall draft pick from the game in the third quarter Sunday in a 24-17 victory.
``This team's got a whole different attitude about going out there,'' Atlanta receiver Roddy White said. ``And expecting to win.''
A week after pulling out a two-point win over the Carolina Panthers, Ryan and the offense didn't have their usual fluid passing game - they scored just seven points through three quarters - but the early season MVP candidate cobbled together a trio of scoring drives in the fourth.
Julio Jones dexterously got both feet inbounds for an 18-yard catch just beyond the pylon. Matt Bryant stayed perfect on the year with a 53-yard field goal. Michael Turner ran 13 yards for the go-ahead score with 2:46 to play. The defense gave up a long touchdown pass by Griffin's replacement, Kirk Cousins, but redeemed itself by intercepting the fourth-round draft pick twice in the final two minutes.
But the play of the game was made by Sean Weatherspoon, who made the hit that took Griffin out. Scrambling on third-and-goal, Griffin fell forward near the sideline. His helmet slammed into Weatherspoon's upper body, an undisputed clean hit.
``It felt like a good play,'' Weatherspoon said. ``I think it gave us a little energy.''
Once he got to the sideline, Griffin didn't know the score or the quarter, according to coach Mike Shanahan. Team spokesman Tony Wyllie said the Heisman Trophy winner was examined by an independent neurologist before being sent home and will be evaluated again Monday. Griffin also got a cut on his chin.
``I'm ok and I think after all the testing I will play next week,'' Griffin tweeted about three hours after the game.
It was an ironic wound for the Redskins (2-3), losers of eight straight home games. There had been abundant concern that Griffin was susceptible to injury when he was taking hard hits while running option plays frequently in his first three games.
But Shanahan scaled back the option over the last two week. Griffin didn't have a designed run play Sunday. He ended up getting hurt while on the run because he couldn't find an open receiver - something that every quarterback does.
``He usually does a great job extending the play and making a play,'' Shanahan said. ``And it's unfortunate what happened.''
The Falcons owned the rest of the game, except for one miscommunication on defense that allowed Cousins to find Santana Moss for a 77-yard touchdown pass. Take away that play, and the rookie from Michigan State threw for just 34 yards and two interceptions.
``With Robert not being in there, definitely allowed them to change up their scheme,'' said Redskins running back Alfred Morris, who ran 115 yards on 18 carries. ``They were flying downhill a lot faster. It definitely affected our running game. Once he wasn't in anymore, they were just able to pin their ears back.''
Ryan finished with 34 completions on 52 attempts for 345 yards with two touchdowns and one interception - a screen pass picked off by Washington linebacker Ryan Kerrigan and run back 28 yards for the game's first score. Ryan also fumbled away a snap, Atlanta's first lost fumble of the season.
Tony Gonzalez caught 13 passes for 123 yards and a touchdown. Jones had 10 receptions for 94 yards. White snagged four passes for 68 yards. Turner ran for 67 yards on 18 carries. Impressive numbers - until you remember that Washington has one of the worst pass defenses in the NFL.
Still, it was enough.
``I don't know why you want to ask me any questions,'' White joked when he saw reporters at his locker. ``We stunk it up in early in the game.''
Notes: Washington K Billy Cundiff - already on thin ice after missing three field goals the previous week - was wide right from 31 yards in the second quarter. He made a 23-yarder on the play after Griffin was injured. ... Dunta Robinson and Thomas DeCoud had the fourth-quarter interceptions for the Falcons. ... Atlanta injuries: RB Antone Smith (hamstring) and LB Stephen Nicholas (ankle).
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Dir/scr: Daniel Algrant. US. 2013. 100mins
A brittle, intriguing and at times ungainly attempt to blend drama and docu-drama, this dramatised story about the background to a tribute concert in New York in 1991 for musician Tim Buckley is bursting with fascinating elements, strong and complex characters, but somehow never quite finds the right balance to convince as a dramatic piece.
Poots is terrific in a poorly developed role, and while gently charismatic, Allie feels rather like a plot device rather than a real characte.
Greetings From Tim Buckley, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, stars Gossip Girl star Penn Badgley as the late Tim's son Jeff Buckley, who agrees to come and perform at a music tribute show to be held at St Ann's church in Brooklyn. Jeff barely knows his father, who left when he was a small child and died young from a drug overdose and finds it hard to get involved in the tribute for a man he feels little affinity to.
Jeff Buckley is an intense soul – often peeking meaningfully out from underneath his mop of black hair, initially unwilling to give in to the adoration other performers and musicians who knew his father, but gradually and slowly won over by listening to tracks, watching a video of his father talking and hanging out with Allie (British actress Imogen Poots) who is working for the show.
Poots is terrific in a poorly developed role, and while gently charismatic, Allie feels rather like a plot device rather than a real character, and quite how she puts up with the rather annoying and self-centred (read arty one supposes) Jeff is hard to fathom.
They seem to manage to carve out plenty of time to chat, travel and meander the city in the run-up to this supposedly intense and pressured show. The climactic show itself is smarty staged and rather enjoyable and a fitting tribute to Tim Buckley's music. His songs – and the flashbacks to 1966 when Jeff was young and Tim was playing the field – are the heartbeat of the film, and Ben Rosenfeld is excellent as the driven and talented Tim.
Production companies: From A to Z Productions, Smuggler Films
Producers: Patrick Milling Smith, John Hart, Frederick Zollo, Amy Nauiokas
Executive producers: Ben Limberg, Brian Carmody, Jill Footlick, Colin Corgan, Jill Furman
Cinematography: Andrij Parekh
Editor: Bill Pankow
Production designer: John Paino
Main cast: Penn Badgley, Imogen Poots, William Sadler, Norbert Leo Butz, Ben Rosenfeld, Isabelle McNally, Kate Nash


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Update #24: Less than 30 Hours to go! Life and Death, and Audio CD Soundtrack!
By the time this update is posted, we'll have only about 30 hours or so before the end of our Project Eternity Kickstarter campaign. You've helped us make amazing progress over the weekend, easily surpassing the $3.0 Million Stronghold stretch goal -- and it looks like we may, in fact, Dream the Impossible Dream of Big City #2 at $3.5 Million.
Physical Audio CD of the Project Eternity Soundtrack
For the last final hours of the Kickstarter, we have a limited run add-on of the Project Eternity Soundtrack in a physical audio CD format for $20. You need to be at a physical tier ($65, $100, $140, $250+) to add-on the audio CD soundtrack.
Tonight, don't forget to tune in and watch some Obsidian dungeon-delvers tackle a one-shot D&D 3.5E Forgotten Realms adventure in a live stream of BLOOD IN THE BRINE (there will be weresharks). Check out the live stream on USTREAM starting at 5PM PST. A recording of the play session will be made and released later for those that miss it.
Life and Death in the Dyrwood
For today's update, I was supposed to do a lore update, but I decided that I wanted to talk about a specific subject and how lore and mechanics tie into that subject. Today's subjects are LIFE AND DEATH. Project Eternity is a fantasy RPG inspired by several A/D&D-based settings in which death is, for those with means, a temporary setback (for the Nameless One, it's even less problematic). The priests of the Forgotten Realms run around with boatloads of cure x wounds spells, the ability to banish disease, and even the power to bring the dead back to life.
In Project Eternity, prospects are not so bright. And when death comes, some try to stay, some choose to go, but most people believe that once they make the trip to the other side, there is only one way back: to begin a new life.
Common Mortality
Project Eternity's world is one with limited medicine and medical understanding. Unlike many fantasy settings, there is very little access to curative magic. Remedies for health problems often have only a palliative or placebo effect at best, owing their continued use more to folk beliefs and tradition than any basis in scientific methodology. Though soul-based magic has helped the great exploring cultures from suffering massive pandemics and has helped some individuals overcome illness over the long-term, there is no quick magical "cure" for disease or illness. Most people go through life and death in the ordinary way -- unless they put themselves in harm's way, that is.
Stamina and Health
In Project Eternity's combat, players need to be concerned with two elements of a character's vitality: Stamina and Health. The majority of damage a character takes is subtracted from his or her Stamina. Stamina represents how much general abuse a character can take before falling unconscious. Characters lose it quickly and regain it relatively rapidly, even without assistance. Soul-based abilities are able to help replenish or regenerate Stamina and are often used on the battlefield to turn the tide of combat. If a character hits 0 Stamina, he or she is knocked out. Intervention from another character can bring an unconscious character back into a fight.
For players, the Health of their party members is a tether that makes them consider how far they are willing to venture from a safe resting spot. Though Health is typically lost at a lower rate, when the PC or a companion hits 0 Health, he or she is maimed (in standard play) or killed (in Expert mode or as an option in standard play). Magic may help mitigate damage to Health and slow the tide, but once characters have died (in Expert mode), there is no known magic that can bring them back.
A Lottery of Souls
The world belongs to mortals. As time has progressed, mortals have lifted themselves out of ignorance and into ages of increased self-awareness, harnessing the power of their own souls to amazing effect. So... why worship the gods, anyway? For many mortals, worship is a matter of respect and tradition. They consider their gods (or, in some cases, all gods) to be their creators. They follow the guidelines of religion because history tells them that the gods have punished individuals -- and entire nations -- for ancient episodes of religious disrespect and dismissal.
For others, religious worship is a matter of karmic self-interest. Often, people believe that if an individual's soul arrives in the realm of a pleased god, the god will place that soul into the body of someone who will have a good life. To such believers, choosing to not worship or is to risk spiritual confusion and aimlessness in the afterlife. They speculate that the faithless are entered into a "lottery of souls" from which many will wind up no better -- or much worse -- than they did in their last life. Some of the same faiths also believe that religious apostasy or lax observance is a cause of soul splintering upon death, which many consider to be an even worse fate.
Gods for All Seasons
People worship many gods, but usually the ones who are most associated with their way of life. Farmers may worship gods of light, growth, or storms. Warriors worship gods of battle and fortune. Though some faiths are exclusionary, most people will say a prayer to any god when the circumstances are right -- farmers praying to a god of battle when their lands are invaded, warriors praying to a god of growth when they're starving in the wilderness.
Sometimes the same god -- or gods -- may have a different identity in a different part of the world. The most notable is one of the most widely honored, if not warmly embraced. Called Berath in Aedyran and Cirono in Vailian, it is the god of cycles, of doors, and of life and death itself. People commonly place or carve the figure of Berath in doorways, windows, and other "portals" from one place to another, figurative or literal.
In Eír Glanfath's ruins, explorers have discovered two common figures, Caoth i Bhád and Bád i Caothaí (Life in Death and Death in Life, respectively), semi-skeletal female and male figures who occupy positions opposite each other in doorways -- like a twinned display of the split aspects of Berath/Cirono.
Despite the assumed natural cycle of things, there are individuals in the world of Project Eternity who either want to know more about that cycle or who choose to alter that cycle. Broadly speaking, "necromancy" refers to any attempt to do either, whether that involves speaking with the soul of a dead mortal, attempting to tap into the unconscious past lives of a living soul, or to bind soul energy or a complete soul inside of a dead body.
These acts are viewed with differing levels of criticism depending on the culture. Many folk share the interest of necromancers and would like to understand more about the eternal cycle, but are also afraid of what they might learn. Some extremists are opposed to any and all necromancy, and tales say that a quiet and powerful cult that has worked for centuries to discredit, trap, and even murder necromancers for their efforts. To the people who oppose necromancy with such violent passion, mortal understanding should have limits, and they fear the consequences for the world should those limits be unraveled.
That's all for today's update! Thanks for reading.
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Chris NiewiarowskiSuperbackeron
Since you guys were only $13,000 away from 4 million, will you enhance the whole game as if you hit that strech goal?
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I'm disappointed there was never a stretch goal for playable crates.
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swkotorfan: There are export laws on certain types of processors.
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I say just keep the extra money to use extra time or resources on polish and pacing.
swkotorfan on
May I ask what is this Obsidian-AMD loot bag and why is it exclusive to US?
Rafael Failbook on
will there be a coop like in neverwinternights or baldursgate ?
Andy Woods on
Maybe send out an email with only instructions on how to get the addons! http://project-eternity.tumblr.com/post/33543990284/project-eternity-add-on-list
Andy Woods on
u know, if I knew how to get one of those addons, i would!! Quite a bugger trying to find the info how to do this...
Chris Patterson on
Cmon Cmon CMON!!!! 3.6?? So close :)
T.J. Brumfield on
I'm not sure $4.0 million is feasible, but if PayPal hits $200k then maybe the project hits $3.8 or $3.9 total.
A new stretch goal might be nice, but at the same time if extra money just goes to more staff and more content in general I'm happy.
Samet Timuçin on
quick! add an awesome 4M stretch goal! :)
Craig JanssenSuperbackeron
3.5 million nice
Roman Mankowsky on
Yes, we do have a second city :-)
They posted that already on twitter and are currently discussing possible new stretch goals (they should hurry though).
Stephen Bachinski on
Can priests follow any customization branches to become a necromancer? Or maybe Cipher abilities could lend themselves to... soul necromancy? IDK, I just want necromancers to be more than "bad guys you should hate! Because of "morals!"
Aoyagi Aichou on
All this talk... Dearest Obsidian, why don't you make an official IRC channel? That would ensure some community bonding.
Sempavor - Bandit of the Obsidian Order on
-50k to reach the biggest goal here, and 100k already collected from PayPal: do we have a 2nd big city???
Niklas Wahlberg on
We're actually going to get a second big city, aren't we? I can't believe it, this will be awesome :)
Subhosit on
I think the best thing would be to introduce lots of diversity into the game with races never seen before.... and creatures that we never fought.
N even if you guys are making isometric game, i would like to suggest make something close to camera view like of dota 2. Cause having a camera angle a little more close makes you more drawn to the gameplay and its environment.
Last but not the least it will be great if we can achieve better graphics than dota 2 with more interactive world like trees swinging in breeze, coming to full blossom in spring. And if you are travelling for a long quest you actually have to cut trees down and make camps to rest. and stuffs like that to increase your vigor. Wish you guys could cogitate on this. It was just a humble suggestion.
Adam Thornton on
So happy it looks like there's going to be a 2nd big city :D My final wish would be for the $140 or $250 tier to have a physical strategy guide then i'll upgrade to that tier !
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Willem on
No worries from my side anymore about non-human and non-elven companions! Feargus confirmed to me that she is indeed a dwarf :). Can't imagine how I missed that haha. Looking at her now, she does seem quite stocky. Hopefully the final revealed companions will also be of non-elven and non-human races. Great stuff Obsidian, I am greatly intrigued to learn more about Sagani now!
icecreamjones on
People keep clamoring for more stretch goals but honestly I'd rather they use anything over the $3.5 to just bring on more team members and make sure they have the time to make the game the best they can. Lets not open up the scale too far, and just focus on the love and polish a good game needs.
Ian Perley on
@Daniel Erlich One would hope so of course. Either that or that they consider throwing something else in the CE box between now and release to make it truely shine. I'm still wildly undecided on a pledge increase unfortunately. lol :P
DarkSpiral on
A soundtrack add-on?
....dammit. You bastiches know my weakness!
More seriously, it might be a gamble that it will be a soundtrack I'd listen to outside the game, but it isn't a BIG gamble. Obsidian (and/or the people that make up Obsidian) have been responsible for games that had such soundtracks, before. I'll pony up another $20. Here's aiming for that second big city!
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Nice insight on lore here. I was initiated with the German D&D equivalent "Das Schwarze Auge", where death also is fatal and there are little to no opportunities to ever bring the dead back. However, from a gameplay point of view, I guess it should be possible for high-level characters to be saved from (almost certain) death - at a high cost, of course. It might be wise to have characters gain a very limited number of "cheat the reaper cards" during their careers, maybe only when they reach notable achievements. That way, players would have the means to save their massive time investment in a beloved character, and still not lose much of the immersion and tension that being able to die brings to the game. Maybe you are planning something like that for Standard Mode anyway, but I feel that this should also be at least an option for experts.
The project looks very promising. I just raised my pledge to add a few bricks to that other big, big city - keep up the spirit! :-)
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With the way the total has been climbing today I think there is a good chance it will hit 3.5M even without factoring in Paypal. Hopefully there will be a cool new stretch goal before the end :)
T.J. Brumfield on
Does anyone know what the PayPal total is at?
This looks like it will hit $3.4 million. If there is a 100k on PayPal as well, then we'll hit the $3.5 stretch goal.
Ian Perley on
@ Atte Karvinen Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I can tell the only thing extra included in the CE box is the cloth map. You could stretch to say the mousepad is bundled in with that as well I suppose, but other then those two items there's nothing else to distinguish the two boxed sets. Mind you I'm just going by what's on the front page.
I'm still debating myself if it's worth it to upgrade to that level or not at this point. Decisions decisions. :)
Brett Morehouse on
It kinda feels like the audio CD should be included in the CE... Every CE I buy usually comes with a soundtrack. Especially if they fall within the RPG-category.
I don't know. Just not 'feeling it' with this particular add-on.
Ben Villeneuve on
I'm liking the sounds of this. I always love a fantasy religion that feels really lived-in and natural. That's what I love about the Malazan Book of the Fallen series, and I'm getting a similar tone from this.
Keep up the good work!
Kenny Chik on
Audio CD I am coming!
Justin Bell on
@ Mark Bauermeister - Yes, just add-on an addition$20 dollars. There are no tiers with the Physical Soundtrack, it's add-on only.
Jan 'Deme' Porema on
Greeting from Finland.
I really hope we can reach 3,5 million USD
I just put more money to this project to help reach that.
I still sometimes play Baldurs Gate 2, because it is best RPG ever and I hope this will be even better!
Michael Ryan - Obsidan Order on
Will the FLAC and MP3 versions of the soundtrack include full track tagging, including pictures of the cover art?
Torgo, Innkeeper of the Obsidian Order on
I don't know of this has already been answered, but does anyone have any more information on the Limited Edition CD? Is it just a physical edition of the digital soundtrack or is it something more?
Atte Karvinen on
Is the difference between "normal" BOX and CE BOX just the box itself? As soundtrack cd, playing cards etc. are addons that made me wondering about it. Will they (or the bonuses already included) fit inside the CE box?


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Correlation Between Cytokines and Hepatic Histology in Patients Infected by HIV-1 and the Hepatitis-C Virus
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00499434
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|Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Hepatitis, Viral, Non-A, Non-B, Parenterally-Transmitted HIV Infections
Infection by the hepatitis-C virus (HCV) in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) has progressively gained distinction since the survival increase generated by the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has enabled the presentation of complications from HCV chronic infection. There are approximately 10 million coinfected individuals, that is, 25% of the total PLHA as both viruses share transmission routes.
HCV infection can be regarded as an opportunistic disease in this population once there is the acceleration of its natural history represented by the HCV high viral load, early hepatic fibrosis and greater occurrence of steatosis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, leading to greater morbid-mortality by terminal hepatic disease. The scenario is not also favorable as regards HCV treatment, since the response rate in coinfected individuals is significantly lower than in mono-infected HCV patients.
The complex relationship between immune response and HCV determines the velocity and the distinct outcomes found. The major determinant for the development of cirrhosis and hepatic insufficiency is the accumulation of fibrosis and inflammatory activity closely related to collagen synthesis by fibroblasts and hepatocyte-apoptosis induction related to TGF-β production. In individuals with more severe hepatic lesion, there is the prevalence of expression of the Th-2 profile in the peripheral blood, which is characterized by high levels of IL-4 and IL-10, whereas, in the hepatic tissue, a larger expression of cytokines of the Th-1 profile, such as IL-2 and INF-γ, is observed. This phenomenon is known as "compartmentalization" of the immune response.
If the immunopathogenic dynamics is already complex in HCV mono-infected individuals, in the HIV/HCV coinfection condition, few studies specifically approach the topic, without, however, evaluating the correlation between specific T-cell response and hepatic-lesion staging. In HIV mono-infected patients without antiretroviral treatment and with disease progression, the prevalence of the Th-0/Th-2 profile is observed, which is particularly influenced by IL-10 increase. Even in individuals treated by HAART, there is no recovery of the capacity to express the Th-1 profile, and most of such patients show the mature Th-0 profile and low IL-2 levels.
HCV viral load in PLHA is higher in both the plasma and the hepatic tissue, and the replication of HCV in macrophages, CD4 and CD8 T lymphocytes as well as in lymphnodes is also observed in such condition. TGF-β is particularly high in this coinfection, thus justifying the onset of faster fibrosis. The reduction of CD8 T lymphocyte response to IFN-γ also occurs, which favors the persistence of infection and prevents specific T-cell response. As regards HIV treatment, there is evidence that coinfected patients non-treated by HAART tend to present a Th-2 profile more often than treated individuals, without, however, significant differences in TGF-β levels.
Due to the lack of studies correlating the production tendencies of both pro-inflammatory and fibrogenesis-inducing cytokines with histopathological findings from hepatic biopsy in coinfected individuals, investigations are necessary in order establish parameters that will allow the prediction of a better or worse prognosis and also more accurately indicate the performance of hepatic biopsy.
This study aims at correlating TNF-α, INF-γ, IL-2, IL-4, IL-10 and TGF-β values as dosed by ELISA and mRNA expression by real-time PCR with histopathological hepatic biopsy findings in individuals with HIV/HCV coinfection. This population will be divided into three groups (G1: with no HAART; G2: with detected HIV viral load (HIV VL); G3: with undetected HIV VL), which will be then compared to two control groups with monoinfection by HIV or by HCV, in addition to a third control group comprising normal blood donors.
|Study Type :
|Estimated Enrollment :
|110 participants
|Observational Model:
|Time Perspective:
|Official Title:
|Correlation Between Values of Serum Cytokines and of Those Dosed by mRNA Expression Through the Use of Real-time PCR and Hepatic Histology in Patients Infected by HIV-1 and the Hepatitis-C Virus
|Study Start Date :
|August 2007
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|January 2009
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|February 2010
- This study aims at correlating TNF-α, INF-γ, IL-2, IL-4, IL-10 and TGF-β values as dosed by ELISA and mRNA expression by real-time PCR with histopathological hepatic biopsy findings in individuals with HIV/HCV coinfection [ Time Frame: Two years ]
- This study aims at correlating TNF-α, INF-γ, IL-2, IL-4, IL-10 and TGF-β values as dosed by ELISA and mRNA expression by real-time PCR with CD4 and HIV viremia values in individuals with HIV/HCV coinfection [ Time Frame: Two years ]
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of HIV infection or aids
- Diagnosis of chronic hepatitis C
Exclusion Criteria:
- Other hepatic diseases
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00499434
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|Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 18618970
|Principal Investigator:
|Alexandre N Barbosa, MD, MSc
|UPECLIN HC FM Botucatu Unesp
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|Alexandre Naime Barbosa, SAE e Hospital Dia de Aids - Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu - Unesp
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|July 11, 2007 Key Record Dates
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|December 4, 2009
|Last Verified:
|December 2009
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Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis C
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Liver Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Hepatitis, Viral, Human
Virus Diseases
Enterovirus Infections
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Surname Variations: Gerner, Garner, Gurner; possibly Gardner, Gernier
Known Ancestors
- Frederick Gerner, born ~1848 in Germany, died 1926 in Butler County, Pennsylvania (my great-grandfather)
- Charles Gerner, born abt. 1850-51 in Germany, died 1929 in Butler County, Pennsylvania (Fred's brother)
Uncertain Ancestors / Collateral Relatives
- Christian Gerner, named as Fred's father on Fred's death certificate
- Christian Gerner, possible brother to Fred as named by Brendice Gerner, Fred's daughter
- John Gerner, possible brother to Fred, also named by Brendice Gerner
- Emma Gerner, possible sister to Fred, named by Brendice Gerner. Emma may have married a man named Alf Heusel.
Records for Fred Gerner include
- 1872 Bible marriage record, Sugar Creek, Venango County, Pennsylvania (photocopy)
- 1880 U.S. Census, Scott District, Putnam County, West Virginia
- 1900 U.S. Census, Parker Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania
- 1910 U.S. Census, Fairview Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
- 1916 Butler County Directory, farmer, Fairview, RD #1Petrolia, Butler County, Pennsylvania
- 1920 U.S. Census, Bruin, Butler County, Pennsylvania
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- 1926 Burial in Bear Creek Cemetery, Chicora, Butler County, Pennsylvania
- 1926 Will admitted to probate, March 31, 1926
- 1926 Newspaper article telling that Fred's will had been filed for probate (The Butler Eagle, Friday, April 2, 1926, p, 17, col. 1)
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Notes from Brendice Gerner, Fred's daughter written when she was 93
"This is what I can tell you about my father. He was born in 1854, I will guess, in Anaheim, Germany. [In another letter she says he was born in 1848.] Came to the U.S. with his parents when he was six months old. Then there was a girl Emma, who married Alf Heusel [spelling not completely legible]. I think they lived in Chicora. Also a boy named Charlie. After they were married I am sure they lived in Butler. I should have told you before that my grandparents came to Butler County, Penna. They attended church in a little town, Fairview. It was a German Reformed at that time. They were buried in the cemetery there which no doubt is a parking lot today [1988]. I cannot think of either of my grandparents' first names.
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