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Low-Dose Oral Shark Cartilage to Treat Kaposi's SarcomaAs the rates of AIDS-related cancers rise in the United States, more people will look for alternative ways to treat these specific cancers. One alternative method that is currently being studied is the use of shark cartilage. Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a tumor that usually appears on the skin and most commonly affects HIV-positive men who have sex with other men. Kaposi's sarcoma is caused by human herpes virus-8, a sexually transmitted virus (HHV-8). Although there is no cure for KS, sometimes the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), with or without chemotherapy, can help shrink and control KS lesions.
Physicians at the University Hospitals of Cleveland, Ohio, have recently reported details about treatment of a KS lesion with shark cartilage. According to their case study, a 45-year-old HIV-negative man who developed a KS lesion on his foot was treated with 1 gram of oral ganciclovir, three times daily for three months (because of its possible anti-HHV-8 activity), but this had no effect on his lesion. The patient and his doctors then chose an unconventional approach to KS treatment by using low-dose oral shark cartilage. Researchers monitored the man as he took shark cartilage at a dose of 1,875 mg twice daily for the first three months. The dose was then changed to 1,500 mg three times daily for another 18 months. After three months, the lesion began to shrink and its color faded. By the sixth month it was thinner and almost impossible to notice. No side effects were reported during this time.
Although shark cartilage has been tested in people with cancer, those subjects had received chemotherapy (chemotherapy is known to be successful in combination with shark cartilage), and also had "advanced" cancers of the breast, colon and/or lungs. Research shows that most species of sharks have an extremely low, almost non-existent rate of cancer. Studies have found that the cartilage of the shark may be responsible for this. The proteins in the cartilage can prevent the growth of capillary and other blood vessels. As tumors grow, they must create blood vessels that bring in nutrients and eliminate wastes. If shark cartilage can stop the growth of these vessels, the tumor will starve, eventually killing itself. Special sugars in the cartilage called mucopolysaccharides work with the proteins in the cartilage and are said to stimulate the immune system and help fight disease. KS tumors are often associated with a rich network of blood vessels, so perhaps it is not surprising that several research teams are now studying this therapy because of its potential to reduce blood vessel growth and starve the KS tumor.
Recently, the FDA has approved clinical trials using shark cartilage on non-responsive prostate cancer and Karposi's sarcoma. Until a controlled clinical trial with HIV-positive individuals takes place, the effectiveness of shark cartilage will be under investigation. Because shark cartilage reportedly blocks the development of new blood vessels, pregnant women and people who have recently suffered a heart attack or have had major surgery recently should not use shark cartilage. Because the above-mentioned patient was HIV-negative, future research needs to examine issues relevant to people with HIV/AIDS, such as drug interactions and the additive effect of chemotherapy. The cost for treatment is approximately $1.08 and $1.32 US per day for shark cartilage.
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At 11:30am Harbor Freight Jackson's store— located at 3152 E. Michigan Ave. (Eastgate Shopping Center) in Jackson, MI, 49202– will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony, hosted by The Jackson Chamber of Commerce. The celebration will include a special Grand Opening Sale, which will feature select merchandise discounted as much as 80 percent.
At the new Salem location— situated at 356 South Broadway, Ste. 3 (Plaza on Broadway Shopping Center) in Salem, NH, 03079– a ribbon-cutting ceremony will be hosted by The Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce at 11:30am, accompanied by a Grand Opening Sale, to usher in its arrival as the area's new discount tool headquarters.
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Founded in North Hollywood, CA in 1977 and now based in Calabasas, Harbor Freight Tools is the leading discount tool retailer in the U.S. selling high-quality tools at "ridiculously low prices" in over 430 stores nationwide and on its website http://harborfreight.com. Harbor Freight Tools stocks over 7,000 items in categories including automotive, air and power tools, shop equipment and hand tools. With a commitment to quality and a lifetime guarantee on all hand tools, Harbor Freight Tools is a favorite of automotive and truck repair shops, government agencies, schools, manufacturers, contractors and tool enthusiasts who want top-quality and great selection and value. The results speak for themselves – with over twenty million customers nationwide and thousands of people switching to Harbor Freight Tools every day. Additional information about Harbor Freight Tools and online sales can be found at http://harborfreight.com, on Facebook at http://facebook.com/harbor.f.tools and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/harborfreight.
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So, this has been my journey with NBA 2K9 for the PC.
2K9 is one of my favorite 2k's of all time, but I never owned it for the PC. To my delight, it was still being sold on Amazon. So I bought one, and got all pumped up! Once received, I put the disc in my cd rom, anxiously awaiting running with my Iverson/Melo Nuggets, only to be prompted to enter my CD key. No big deal, right? Well, the CD Key wasn't included. So, I contacted the retailer and asked if they had it, they said no... and gave me a refund and let me keep the disc because they dubbed it "Useless"
I said to myself "Okay, lets try again". So I bought the game from a different retailer on Amazon, got it... and was really pumped. Put it in my CD ROM, same thing happened. No key either. Contacted the retailer, they said they didn't have one.
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MADRID (Reuters) - Spain is considering freezing pensions and speeding up a planned rise in the retirement age as it races to cut spending and meet conditions of an expected international sovereign aid package, sources with knowledge of the matter said.
The pension measures would save at least 4 billion euros a year as well as fulfill European Union policy recommendations issued in May which senior euro zone sources said were being used as a blueprint for the terms of a sovereign aid program.
The accelerated raising of the retirement age to 67 from 65, currently scheduled to take place over 15 years, is a done deal, the sources said. The elimination of an inflation-linked annual pension hike is still being considered.
Spain is hesitating to apply for external aid to handle a high public deficit and soaring debt. Its borrowing costs fell on Thursday at an auction of a 10-year benchmark bond but relief may be short-lived.
The new pensions steps, which could be announced as soon as next week along with the 2013 budget, would send a strong signal to investors that Spain is serious about implementing structural reforms it has delayed because of the political cost.
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, who was forced earlier this year to break campaign pledges such as not raising taxes, has repeatedly said he would not touch pensions, but he has few options left to trim the budget after drastic cost cuts.
He toned down his language last week and said it would be "the last thing" he would do.
Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria on Friday denied the government was studying stopping periodic pension rises.
"The prime minister has said publicly that the first thing he did when taking power was bring pensions up to date and that should be respected ... in his exact words, it would be the last thing he would touch," she told reporters after a weekly cabinet meeting.
Sources with knowledge of the government's thinking said Rajoy's comments were a sign that his stance was shifting.
"He just said that he would not cut the pensions. But did you hear anything else? We both know that there are several ways of cutting. One is to simply leave them steady against inflation," said one of the sources.
A second source said the acceleration in the change in the retirement age was backed by the government while a third source, who discussed the issue with senior Spanish officials, said a freeze was expected.
"Not increasing them is also an adjustment," the third source said.
Many economists also believe a freeze is inevitable.
The 2012 budget earmarks a rise in pension spending of 3.2 percent, including a 1 percent inflation-linked review, but inflation is running close to 3 percent, meaning an extra 4 billion euros would be paid to pensioners in January but booked to the 2012 budget.
So cancelling this year's inflation-linked raise would save the government between 5 and 6 billion euros.
For following years, based on annual inflation of 2 percent, the reference used by the European Central Bank to set its main rates, the adjustment would cost 4 billion euros.
"There is no way around it. You have to cut the link with inflation and freeze the pensions next year," said Jose Carlos Diez, chief economist at Intermoney brokerage in Madrid.
"And to me, that would be just a start... The pensions, the unemployment benefits and the borrowing costs are eating up all the efforts on the spending side so you need to act in those areas," he added.
Both removing the inflation adjustment and accelerating the retirement age increase are long-standing European Union demands and any bond-buying program to help Spain finance its debt would insist on this, senior euro zone sources said.
Countries which were previously rescued, such as Greece, Ireland and Portugal all had to pass steep cuts on pensions.
In Greece, the cuts ranged from 20 percent to 40 percent, while new pensioners had a 10 percent pay cut in Ireland and Portugal scrapped the Christmas and summer extra payments.
While an announcement could be made next week when the government adopts the first draft of the 2013 budget, political analysts say Rajoy may be tempted to wait until after a regional election in his native Galicia.
The timing of any request for European aid is in Rajoy's hands. Some pointers suggest he could make the move along with the budget package to pre-empt a credit review by ratings agency Moody's, due by end-September, which might otherwise downgrade Spanish debt to junk status. Moody's has said it would welcome a Spanish aid request.
However in Brussels, EU officials close to the discussion said they did not expect Madrid to seek an assistance program before the October 21 regional vote. That would mean Spain would have to get over a 30 billion euro refinancing hump at the end of October, including 9 billion euros in short-term paper, without the euro zone rescue fund or the ECB buying its bonds.
The spread between Spanish and German benchmark 10-year bonds, a measurement of the perceived risk of investing in Spain, widened a few basis points on Friday to 417.
As Reuters reported first last month, Spanish officials led by Economy Minister Luis de Guindos have been talking discreetly to the European Commission since at least early August about possible conditions and supervision for a precautionary program that would keep Spain in the capital markets.
De Guindos made clear at a meeting of euro zone finance ministers in Cyprus last weekend that Spain, keen to avoid having terms imposed from outside, would announce its own reform measures and timetable on September 28, a day after a draft 2013 budget is approved by the cabinet.
Rajoy performed especially well among pensioners when he was elected in a landslide last year and his first move after taking office was to restore the inflation adjustment his predecessor Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero had removed in May 2010 because of the euro zone debt crisis.
Zapatero also passed a law last year to add two years to the retirement age by 2027. Rajoy's People's party, then in the opposition, voted against the change.
With unemployment soon to top 25 percent and set to remain at high levels until at least 2015, the number of people contributing to the state pension system has fallen to its lowest in 10 years. There are now 2.39 workers supporting one pensioner.
The government tapped 4.4 billion euros from an insurance fund to make July and August payments to the 8.1. million pensioners, about a fifth of the population.
It also said it could not rule out using the pension guarantee fund — meant only for emergencies — by the end of the year to pay the pensioners their monthly cheque.
Additional reporting by Luke Baker and Paul Taylor in Brussels; Editing by Fiona Ortiz, Philippa Fletcher, Paul Taylor and Giles Elgood


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To experiment with using a pure client-side rendering talking to an Erlang backend I've taken James Yu's CloudEdit tutorial an app written with Backbone.js and Rails and converted the backend to use Webmachine and CouchDB. You can see eCloudEdit in action here. The Backbone.js code is the same so to understand that please see James' post, here I'll describe the Erlang backend.
To begin with we setup two applications, one for handling the web interaction and a second for handling the database interaction. We end up with this directory layout:
|-eCloudEdit |-bin |-config |-doc |-lib |---ece_db |-----doc |-----ebin |-----include |-----src |---ece_web |-----doc |-----ebin |-----include |-----priv |-------images |-------javascripts |---------controllers |---------models |---------views |-------stylesheets |-----src
Under ece_web/priv is where all the html and Javascript from CloudEdit is placed, with nothing changed. To serve up the static content through Webmachine we use this resource which we won't worry about in this article. Lets look at how webmachine deciced where to route requests. This is handled by a set of dispatch rules that are passed into Webmachine on startup. We can see how this is done by looking at ece_web_sup and how the supervisor loads Webmachine:
-spec init(list()) -> {ok, {SupFlags::any(), [ChildSpec::any()]}} | ignore | {error, Reason::any()}. init([]) -> WebChild = {webmachine_mochiweb, {webmachine_mochiweb, start, [config()]}, permanent, 5000, worker, dynamic}, RestartStrategy = one_for_one, MaxRestarts = 3, MaxSecondsBetweenRestarts = 10, SupFlags = {RestartStrategy, MaxRestarts, MaxSecondsBetweenRestarts}, {ok, {SupFlags , [WebChild]}}. config() -> {ok, IP} = application:get_env(webmachine_ip), {ok, Port} = application:get_env(webmachine_port), {ok, App}= application:get_application(), LogDir = code:priv_dir(App) ++ "/logs", {ok, Dispatch} = file:consult(filename:join([code:priv_dir(App), "dispatch"])), [{ip, IP}, {port, Port}, {log_dir, LogDir}, {backlog, 128}, {dispatch, Dispatch}].
The dispatch terms are loaded from a file dispatch in the application's priv directory. For this app the dispatch file contains:
{["documents", id], ece_resource_documents, []}. {["documents"], ece_resource_documents, []}. {['*'], ece_resource_static, []}.
There are two resources, one for handling the requests for creating, updating and viewing documents and one for serving up all other requests (static html, js and css files). The first rule matches paths like, /documents/foo, id is set to foo and the request is sent to the documents resource. If there is nothing after /documents it is still sent to the documents resource but there is no id.
Webmachine is essentially a REST toolkit. You build resources by defining functions that handle the different possible HTTP requests. For this webapp we'll only be dealing with GET, POST and PUT. GET is used if we'd like to retrieve information on documents, POST is for creating a new document and PUT is for updating a document.
-record(ctx, {db}). init([]) -> {ok, PID} = ece_db_sup:start_child(), {ok, #ctx{db=PID}}. allowed_methods(ReqData, Ctx) -> {['HEAD', 'GET', 'POST', 'PUT'], ReqData, Ctx}. content_types_accepted(ReqData, Ctx) -> {[{"application/json", from_json}], ReqData, Ctx}. content_types_provided(ReqData, Ctx) -> {[{"application/json", to_json}], ReqData, Ctx}. finish_request(ReqData, Ctx) -> ece_db_sup:terminate_child(Ctx#ctx.db), {true, ReqData, Ctx}.
To handle GET requests we implemented the to_json function we specified in content_types_provided to handle GET requests for json data.
to_json(ReqData, Ctx) -> case wrq:path_info(id, ReqData) of undefined -> All = ece_db:all(Ctx#ctx.db), {All, ReqData, Ctx}; ID -> JsonDoc = ece_db:find(Ctx#ctx.db, ID), {JsonDoc, ReqData, Ctx} end.
wrq:path_info is used to find the value of id, which we set in the dispatch file, if it is undefined we know the request is for all documents, while if it has a value we know to find the contents of the document with that id and return its contents. We'll see the content of ece_db:all/1 and ece_db:find/2 in the next article. Just know they both return JSON data structures.
Now we must support POST for creating documents or we have nothing to return to a GET request.
process_post(ReqData, Ctx) -> [{JsonDoc, _}] = mochiweb_util:parse_qs(wrq:req_body(ReqData)), {struct, Doc} = mochijson2:decode(JsonDoc), NewDoc = ece_db:create(Ctx#ctx.db, {Doc}), ReqData2 = wrq:set_resp_body(NewDoc, ReqData), {true, ReqData2, Ctx}.
wrq:req_body/1 returns the contents of the body sent in the HTTP request. Here it is the conents of the document to store. We decode it to an Erlang data structure and pass it to the ece_db app for inserting into the database. After inserting to the database the create/2 function returns the new document with a new element id (in this case generated by CouchDB). This is required so we know the document's id which is used by the Backbone.js frontend. In order to return it from the POST request we must set response body to the contents of the document with wrq:set_resp_body/2
Lastly, updating documents requires support for PUT. In contents_type_accepted/2 we've specified that PUT requests with JSON content is sent to the function from_json/2:
from_json(ReqData, Ctx) -> case wrq:path_info(id, ReqData) of undefined -> {false, ReqData, Ctx}; ID -> JsonDoc = wrq:req_body(ReqData), {struct, Doc} = mochijson2:decode(JsonDoc), NewDoc = ece_db:update(Ctx#ctx.db, ID, Doc), ReqData2 = wrq:set_resp_body(NewDoc, ReqData), {true, ReqData2, Ctx} end.
If this request was not routed through the first rule in our dispatch file it does not have an id and thus can not be an update. When this happens we return false so the frontend is aware something has gone wrong. For requests containing an id we pass the contents of the requests body to ece_db's update/2 function.
In the next post I'll show how ece_db is implemented with Couchbeam for reading and writing the documents to CouchDB on Cloudant.


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Offensive Players of the Week
For the week ending April 29
By John Parker / Special to MLB.com | April 30, 2012 1:22 PM
Matt LaPorta, Columbus
(.524/.600/.952, 6 G, 11-for-21, 3 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 6 R, 4 BB, 3 K)
A seventh overall pick in the 2007 Draft and one of the key components of the deal that sent CC Sabathia to Milwaukee in 2008, LaPorta has not yet produced as well as the Indians had hoped at the Major League level -- he's hit .238/.304/.397 in 269 games over three big league seasons. After being demoted to Triple-A to start the 2012 campaign, LaPorta has responded with a fine month at the plate. He collected at least one hit in 18 of his first 19 games and is batting .368. On Tuesday he went 4-for-5 with a homer, two doubles and three RBIs against Toledo, and in his next three games LaPorta was 6-for-8 with four walks and five more RBIs.
Columbus' LaPorta hits a two-run homer
Pacific Coast League
Ryan Wheeler, Reno
(.550/.560/1.050, 5 G, 11-for-20, 2 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 12 RBI, 5 R, 3 BB, 4 K)
The 23-year-old Wheeler closed out his first month in Triple-A with a monstrous week that saw him hit, score and drive in at least one run in each of his five games. The outburst raised Wheeler's slugging percentage 98 points and helped the Aces sweep a four-game set at first-place Salt Lake. The 23-year-old corner infielder began the season as the Diamondbacks' 18th-ranked prospect but is sure to climb the list with production like this week's.
Reno's Wheeler smacks solo shot
Top prospects: Ryan Wheeler
Eastern League
Yadil Mujica, Trenton
(.625/.667/.750, 6 G, 10-for-16, 1 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 6 R, 2 BB, 0 K)
Mujica began the season with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre but got only three plate appearances in three games before being reassigned to Trenton. Apparently, all he needed was playing time. The infielder is 10-for-18 with six runs scored in six Eastern League games and has reached base at a .600 clip while manning third base, second base and shortstop for the Thunder. Over the weekend, the 27-year-old Mujica went 5-for-7 with a pair of walks in two games at New Hampshire.
Southern League
Marc Krauss, Mobile
(.417/.484/.917, 7 G, 10-for-24, 5 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 7 R, 4 BB, 5 K, 1 CS)
Krauss got off to a slow start in his second season with Mobile and was batting under .200 as late as April 21. After stringing together a nine-game hitting streak -- and scoring at least once in seven of those games -- the Ohio product sports a robust .419 on-base percentage and ranks second on the BayBears with 18 RBIs. The 24-year-old Krauss, who was a second-round pick in 2009, homered on Tuesday, doubled three times on Wednesday, added triples on Friday and Saturday and doubles on both Friday and Sunday.
Texas League
Wil Myers, NW Arkansas
(.500/.577/.955, 6 G, 11-for-22, 4 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 8 R, 3 BB, 4 K, 2 SB)
After a relatively low-key 2011 season, MLB.com's No. 19 prospect has been red-hot throughout April for the Naturals. The 21-year-old began the campaign with a 13-game hitting streak, went 0-for-4 in Game 14, and is currently riding a six-game streak during which he's gone 11-for-22. Myers homered for the second straight game and fell a triple shy of the cycle against Springfield on Thursday. With a .354/.414/.684 line thus far, the slugger may not be long for the Texas League.
Myers homers in second straight game
No. 19 prospect: Wil Myers
California League
Donald Lutz, Bakersfield
(.370/.370/.889, 6 G, 10-for-27, 3 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 6 R, 0BB, 3 K, 2 SB)
Having hit .301 with 20 homers and completing the first cycle in Dayton Dragons history last season, it comes as no surprise that Lutz is thriving in the Cal League. Beginning last Sunday, Lutz delivered at least one extra-base hit -- including four home runs -- in his next six games while driving in 10 runs. The 23-year-old ranks second on the circuit in homers and RBIs and has helped the Blaze put together the best record in the league.
Carolina League
Jeremie Tice, Carolina
(.643/.647/1.500, 4 G, 9-for-14, 3 2B, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 6 R, 2 BB, 3 K)
Tice began the week with a season line of .234/.357/.404 and ended it four games later at .328/.425/.656. Three homers, three doubles, three singles and two walks in four games provide quite a boost. With the offensive outburst against visiting Lynchburg, the 25-year-old slugger now leads the Mudcats with four homers, eight doubles and 18 RBIs in 18 games.
Florida State League
Jake Marisnick, Dunedin
(.423/.444/.846, 11-for-26, 2 2B, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 6 R, 1 BB, 1 SB)
Marisnick, MLB.com's No. 58 prospect, began the week mired in an 0-for-13 slump. His extra work with Dunedin hitting coach Ralph Dickenson began to pay off on Tuesday, as the 21-year-old slugger clubbed his first longball of the year at Tampa. Marisnick followed with four straight multi-hit games, adding two more homers and a double while plating six runs. The 2009 third-round pick's third blast in five days helped the Jays top the Yankees, 6-1, on Saturday and open up a 5 1/2-game lead over Lakeland in the FSL North.
No. 58 prospect: Jake Marisnick
Midwest League
Dusty Robinson, Burlington
(.375/.467/.708, 7 G, 9-for-24, 2 2B, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 5 R, 4 BB, 5 K, 3 SB, 1 CS)
Robinson has emerged as one of the Midwest League's top run-producers, with two homers and nine RBIs this week pushing him into the league lead in both categories. The Fresno State product went 4-for-5 with a longball, a double and three RBIs against Great Lakes on Tuesday. Though he picked up only four hits in the week's remaining five games, Robinson still drove in six runs. The 22-year-old is batting .188 with runners in scoring position -- 98 points below his overall average. When that number rises, Robinson will be even more dangerous.
Burlington's Robinson swipes second base
South Atlantic League
T.J. Rivera, Savannah
(.429/.467/.786, 6 G, 12-for-28, 1 2B, 3 HR, 11 RBI, 5 R, 1 BB, 5 K, 3 SB)
Rivera has reached base in each of his 23 games this season and has hits in 21 of them. The Bronx-born infielder kicked off his week with his second four-hit game of the season -- one of the hits was his first homer -- at West Virginia on Tuesday, then added two more longballs and seven RBIs in the next four games. Rivera ranks second in the Sally League in on-base percentage (.477), third in batting (.396) and sixth in slugging (.582). This week's power surge lifted his slugging percentage 90 points.
Sand Gnats' Rivera goes yard
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Call of Duty: Black Ops II is set in 2025 with the narrative focusing on a new Cold War between the US and China. The two countries battle over access to rare earth minerals needed to develop modern technological necessities like mobile phones. You will play as David Mason, the son of Alex Mason, the previous game's protagonist. Pushing the boundaries of what fans have come to expect from the record-setting entertainment franchise, Call of Duty: Black Ops II propels players into a near future, 21st Century Cold War, where technology and weapons have converged to create a new generation of warfare between old and new foes. In this conflict, the mechanized creations of men reign supreme, facing off against each other as their creators stay safe and unconflicted and in the process, grow ever softer.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops II on the Xbox 360 is a first-person shooter video game, developed by Treyarch and published by Activision.
Well it's that time of year again. There's another Call of Duty out and of course it's immediately the best game in the series yet, the best selling in the series, the list goes on. So here's what I think of it. Whether you agree or not well that's up to you. So, here, we...go.
Black Ops 2 probably has one of the most interesting stories in the Call of Duty series to date. Using a similar system as the original Black Ops where the story alternates between flashback sequences, set in the 1980's towards the end of the Cold War where the player controls Alex Mason, and present day sequences set in the year 2025 where the player controls Mason's son David. The story is centered around the game's antagonist Raul Menendez with the flashback missions telling the story of what caused Menendez hates America and his decision to take revenge of both the USA and the Western world. The present day sequences then go on to detail what Menendez's revenge involves and how it is carried out whilst David Masons struggles to prevent Menendez's devious plan from coming to fruition.
What is, perhaps, the most interesting feature of the game's story is the use of an RPG-esque mechanic where the player's actions throughout the game effect the outcome of the story. This is effected by factors such as the choices the player makes at certain points, whether the player finds hidden information in certain missions and whether or not the player successfully completes RTS style strike force missions.
Personally I would have liked them to keep the game's setting entirely in the future which is far more entertaining and interesting than the 1980's sequences. On another personal note it felt like the characters were for some reason unknown to all but the writers are all overly gruff about everything for no reason at all. In fact it got to the point that I found myself quoting lines from Batman at points which was entertaining up to the point where I lost my voice.
Overall the angle the story is approached from makes up for the fact that in terms of writing it is merely average at best.
Black Ops 2's multiplayer is largely the same as previous Call of Duty titles. It offers a smorgasbord of game types in which any player will surely find something to keep them entertained for hours on end. What is perhaps the most interesting feature of the multiplayer is the class customization.
Firstly Black Ops 2, unlike its predecessor has returned to the treadmill style unlock system of leveling up to unlock new weapons and then using these weapons to unlock attachments for them which is frankly a terrible system, however the unlock points system has been kept for score streaks, both types of grenades, perks and wildcards. But that's not the point.
The main point of interest is the 10 slot system that is used. Put simply the player is given 10 slots which the player can use for weapon's attachments, perks, grenades and wild cards. This gives the player a certain level of freedom as they can choose any combination of weapons, attachments, perks, grenades and wildcards. This means that the player can go with the standard loadout of primary weapon, secondary weapon, 3 perks and both lethal and non-lethal grenades. It is the addition of wildcards is what gives players the increased freedom. Wildcards give players bonuses ranging from carrying multiple primary weapons to extra perks meaning that a player could choose to go weapons heavy with 2 assault rifles with lots of extras but no perks or they could choose to take just a pistol but have lots of perks that give them little advantages over other players.
The kill streak system has also received a makeover. Although the rewards are the same as the previous titles but with a futuristic twist such as the K-9 robot dogs. However, this time around instead of getting a certain number of kills to get a reward. Players must now earn a certain score instead of kills. This feels like an attempt at encouraging teamwork as the required scores are often awkward numbers such as 450 points which is the equivalent of four kills and an assist, however this doesn't really do much in the end as it can easily be over come by just getting an extra kill and going over the required score.
To be perfectly honest with you the multiplayer is just the same as the previous games in the series and anyone reading this will probably know whether they like it or not already.
So, here we are at the final verdict. Now I could give this a score out of 10 but frankly that's pointless because my definition of let's say 8 out of ten will be different to everyone else's so I'll just summarize the game and let you make the decision for yourselves. Black Ops 2 is, for all intents and purposes, a Call of Duty game. If you don't like Call of Duty already then you won't like this one. If you're new to the series it's a decent entry point for learning how the game works and getting used to the game but don't expect most of the new features such as score streaks to be in the next edition as it will most likely revert to the Modern Warfare set up.
Call of Duty: Black Ops II on the Xbox 360 is really aimed at players who are already invested in the series but want to see a bit of an innovation to the game but not so much that it's an entire overhaul.
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I just love how you can find three or four black people to say something then it turns into THE BLACK COMMUNITY… That is exactly what is going on with this whole Tiger Woods deal. You have a few black people who have made dumb ass comments about his love for white tail and boom the whole black community feels that way.
When in actuality the majority of blacks couldn't give a rat's ass about Tiger, the color or amount of his dumb mistresses or anything else connected with that fool. To me he's just another O.J. Simpson, dazed and confused. Yeah I know that blacks were stupid enough to get behind O.J. But that was the past; hopefully.
The problem is that you have people who believe that any black person who either makes a bunch of money or has status will by default be embraced by the black community. Um, WRONG! How many blacks are lining up to support Clarence Thomas or Michael Steele? These two dip wads have plenty of status. And not very many black people were lining up to support Tiger either.
He, not us, decided that he was NOT going to be a part of the black community. Isn't it fascinating that now that his phony ass persona has been blown the predominantly white media people are eagerly trying to focus on the black community's reaction to him and his harem of white ladies? As if it matters. They were all too happy to see Tiger distance himself from blacks early on and welcomed him with open arms.
Now that he has fallen from the good graces of some white people's sensibilities, let's play up the black community divide. When in the hell have you ever, EVER seen Tiger doing anything for or in the black community? He doesn't play in the black community, he doesn't live in the black community, he doesn't spend any time for any reason in the black community and has NO ties, marriage or otherwise to the black community.
The last tie that guy had to the black community was his father and when he died so did that tie. And now he's so black! Ha! Tiger isn't the first "minority" (I use that loosely) sports figure to sleep with white women. And those who DID have ties with the black community continued to have support from the black community. The race of the mistress has never been the obvious focus.
Sure it is a backroom, round the hair salon and out with the girls type of discussion. And no one is going to tell me that only black girls do it or that it is racist. I can just hear the white women talking about Mark Sanford's choice of cheating with some "Argentinean" woman.
Oh, let's not forget about the crying foul that went on when Hugh Grant was caught with that black chick while only dating Elizabeth Hurley. The cat calls of why would he want that black chick etc. when he had that beautiful white Elizabeth Hurley. Not to mention this actually made an appearance in psychology today. Damn!
The reason why black people are making fun and laughing AT Tiger's expense is that he is not part of us. He is not well received in the black community. If he were he would have received the same type of treatment that all of these famous athletes did even though they slept with white woman, noteworthy mention, some while being married to black women. There was Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, Steve McNair, Lawrence Taylor and Kobe Bryant. The list could probably be a post in of itself it's so long.
These black athletes were supported rightfully or wrongfully so because they had ties to the black community. They didn't work as hard as Tiger to put thousands of miles of distance between them and the black community. And guess what people who wish to make this a Tiger vs. the black community thing. There is no issues between Tiger and the black community. The black community for the most part could care less about Tiger and Tiger could care less about the black community. So stop trying to push a phony agenda.


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Sunday, March 23, 2008
Carrot Curry Soup and Cornmeal Biscuits
I've always been one to favor chunky soups over smooth, creamy purees. Probably because I was afraid the purees contained an unholy amount of actual cream. I've recently figured out that this is not the case. Simply pureeing vegetables will give you a thick, satisfying texture with little or no cream.
I'll just say up front that I love this carrot soup. It is so thick, rich and loaded with curry flavor. It is mostly made of carrots (shocking, I know) simmered with cumin seeds, red curry powder and some potatoes, which provide extra body and creaminess. Once all your veggies are peeled, it's really easy, too.
I started with a carrot soup recipe from Once Upon a Tart, a cookbook I really like (and have used mostly for scone recipes and this soup). I opted for coconut milk (reduced fat works fine) to give the soup just a little extra creamy oomph and some more Asian flavor. I honestly thought I would need to punch up the seasoning at the end, but the curry and cumin flavor is perfectly assertive and balanced.
Soup demands bread, rolls or biscuits on the side, so I made these cornmeal biscuits from Cooking Light. For a lighter recipe, they worked really well AND you can make them easily in one bowl; you don't have to bother with a pastry blender either, just work the very cold butter in with your fingers. The only change I made was to use all whole wheat pastry flour instead of half AP, half whole wheat. Also, they needed a good 4 or 5 extra minutes in the oven.
If you're celebrating Easter today, have fun! I think I've made lamb for the past 3 or 4 years, but today we're cooking all Asian food. As has been customary for the past 3 years, we were awakened at 6:30am by some lunatic in our building who plays Christian rock CD's excessively loudly (penetrating ear plugs loud) once a year on this day…awesome. And by that I mean, not awesome.
Carrot Curry Soup
Adapted from Once Upon a Tart by Frank Mentesana and Jerome Audureau
I like the flavor and medium-spicy heat level of Spice Islands red curry powder. If you have a very spicy curry powder, use the lower amount.
Serves 4 to 6
1/2 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 large white onion, chopped
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
2-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and chopped fine (about 2 tablespoons)
1 generous teaspoon cumin seeds
2 to 3 teaspoons red curry powder
2 pounds carrots, peeled and chopped
1 pound russet potatoes, peeled and chopped (about 2 small)
3 cups low-sodium chicken broth, plus up to 1 cup additional for thinning soup
1 (14 oz.) can coconut milk (lowfat or regular), divided
2 fat lime wedges, plus additional for serving
chopped cilantro, for garnish
Heat the butter and oil in a large soup pot over medium-low heat; add the onion, season with salt and pepper and cook, stirring occasionally until very soft and lightly browned, about 8 to 10 minutes. Add the ginger, cumin seeds and curry powder; cook for about 3 more minutes, stirring continuously. Add the carrots and potatoes; stir for 2 minutes. Add 3 cups of the chicken broth and 1 cup of the coconut milk. Season again with salt and pepper, as desired. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to maintain a steady simmer and cooked, covered, until carrot and potato is very soft, 20 to 30 minutes.
Remove from heat and use a hand-held immersion blender to puree soup. You can also do this in batches in a blender. You should have a very thick consistency. Return to low heat and add the remaining coconut milk, reserving about 3 tablespoons for garnish. Add up to 1 additional cup of chicken broth to get the consistency you want. Squeeze in the juice from the 2 lime wedges. Taste and add more salt and pepper or lime juice as needed.
Ladle into bowls and drizzle with coconut milk in a swirl pattern. Sprinkle with cilantro and serve with lime wedges.
4 comments:
- LisaRene said...
Curry seasoning and coconut milk are simply delicious! I imagine the potato gives this soup a creamy texture. I'm also a big believer in bread with soup and baking powder biscuits are always a winner.
- Peabody said...
Soup sounds good and a one bowl biscuit always sounds good to me.
- Erin said...
I went a-Googling for a carrot curry soup recipe this morning and this was the second result. I just wanted to say thanks for a great recipe! I made this for dinner along with smoked gruyere grilled cheese sandwiches and it was delicious!
- Julie said...
Hi Erin!
Thanks so much for your comment. I LOVE when readers let me know how the recipes turn out for them!
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It's official. The Launch is a wrap, and it was one of the best events that SNWOBOARDER has ever put on, without a doubt, thanks to prominent park pusher Clayton Shoemaker and his diligent digging staff.
At around 10am, a hand-selected crew of riders were picked to tackle the gully gap on the top of the course. With the help of Bear Mountain Ski Patrol, who assisted in shutting down an open run to the public every time the riders dropped, the session went off, but after a few tries, speed became an issue and we were forced to shut it down. Regardless, Broc Waring, Mark McMorris, Hans and Nils Mindnich, Sam Taxwood, and Ben Ferguson took to the beast and the photographers and filmers logged some footage. The standout of the session was Ben Ferguson who stomped a massive frontside five before it came to and end and everyone went to the bas lodge to grab some lunch.
In the afternoon, things died down but people were still sending it on the plethora of features offered by Bear. East Coasters Merrick Joyce and Zach Normandin were lapping all afternoon while Zander Blackmon and Jaeger Bailey were back at it on the up rail. Jaeger landed a backie to boardslide on the feature.
Meanwhile, I spent a good part of my afternoon lapping with the little guys. Red Gerard, Brock Crouch, Gabe Ferguson, Cody Warble and cohorts were flying down the hill hitting every feature both in the public and Launch park while I was attempting to keep up. It didn't work. These kids truly are the future of snowboarding. Stay tuned for the exclusive edit coming soon. I must say though, their youth rubbed off on me, and I had one of the best times ever lapping with these little guys.
Well, The Launch is over, but it was one of the best ever. SNOWBOARDER would like to thank our sponsors Red Bull and Giro for making this event happen, and of course, the entire staff of Bear Mountain. Their hard work goes unnoticed much of the time, but these really are the people behind the scenes that make shoots like this happen. The park crew, management, and Ski Patrol. Thank you all so very much. Stay tuned to snowboardermag.com for more edits from The Launch, and we look forward to many more years of this event, as we introduce the next generation of riders that you will see in the pages of SNOWBOARDER.


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Siege of Spacerock
|Wars of Stanley the Tool
|Stanley's Historic Battles, The Gobwin Knob Campaign, Destruction of Unaroyal, Assault on Jetstone, Faq's Homeward Blitz, The Magic War
|Assault on Jetstone
|Battle of the Expository Bridge, Siege of Spacerock
|The Magic War
|Siege of Spacerock, Battle of Portal Park, Battle of the Magic Kingdom
37 turns earlier, Ansom shares with Stanley his plan to counter the expected Royal coalition that King Slately will assemble to stop the resurgent Gobwin Knob: a direct strike on Jetstone's capital city, Spacerock.
Prior to the battle, Queen Jillian is busy producing flying mounts and warlords in order to follow a plan of Charlie's.
Gobwin Knob arrives one hex away from Spacerock with an apparent all-ground force. The hexes are divided by a river, which is crossed by the Expository Bridge. Jetstone has assembled its infantry on the other side of the bridge, led by Chief Warlord Prince Ossomer. Tricked into thinking this would be purely a ground battle, King Slately had agreed to Ossomer's plan to deploy his casters and heavy units outside the city to stop them. As the Coalition had recently learned from the Destruction of Unaroyal, the only options against a Decrypting opponent are to meet immediately with overwhelming force or else completely withdraw to the capital.
An initial manoeuvre by Wanda and Ansom to capture Prince Ossomer was successful but led to a skirmish in which Jack Snipe and Ansom were injured. Interrogating the decrypted Ossomer revealed information about a hidden reinforcement column. Wanda proceeds with the original plan to lead an air assault against Spacerock's lightly-defended garrison with the intention of croaking King Slately; this would disband or convert Jetstone (since Ossomer had been the heir).
After the first turn ending prematurely for Gobwin Knob, the Battle of Expository Bridge continued with Haggar's forces softening the Gobwin Knob units up and Jillian capturing Ansom in the process. Jetstone's ground forces proceeded to attack and wipe them out before returning to Spacerock, where the ground infantry took up residence in the Atrium. Haggar's forces are then believed to have retreated towards their own capital, likely using all their remaining move in the turn, while Jillian withdrew with the goal of destroying several of Gobwin Knob's cities on her way back to Faq with Ansom.
Gobwin Knob's turn
Before the attacking force's turn Faq leader Jillian Zamussels moved to intercept and parley with Wanda in Spacerock's airspace. Jillian "agreed" to leave without a fight but instead of telling Vanna to go into the Magic Kingdom as she had claimed, ordered her to cast a spell arranged by Charlie. This Caster link enhanced spell forced Gobwin Knob to immediately end turn leaving Wanda stranded in Spacerock's air space and the infantry column without any air or caster support.
Coalition's turn
The Setup
Jillian's capture of Ansom caused Gobwin Knob to lose their Chief Warlord. Parson Gotti presented Stanley with several possible candidates for Chief Warlord among Gobwin Knob's forces in Spacerock's Airspace, however a suggestion spell cast by Maggie caused Stanley to promote Parson Gotti into the role and leave him to manage the battle. Parson quickly came up with a plan, contacting Jack Snipe to discuss Jetstone's likely response and ordered him to cast a Baffle over Wanda's stack before laying out his plan to both he and Wanda. (Charlie may have been eavesdropping on this communication.) Parson then ordered Sizemore's return from the Magic Kingdom, promoted himself to a field unit and proceeded to the armoury where he equiped himself with several Magic Items, intending to personally join the battle at Spacerock by passing through the Magic Kingdom with Sizemore's protection. Meanwhile, Tramennis returned from the Battle of the Expository Bridge and convinced King Slately to let him contact Charlie, who provided Tramennis information on Parson Gotti and strongly urged him not to parley. Charlie also tried unconvincingly to persuade Jillian to return to the battle to help Jetstone win its apparently-unloseable battle. Tramennis and King Slately discussed possible diplomacy with Gobwin Knob, including an alliance with a non-aggression treaty that would see them croak Wanda and take the Arkenpliers as opposed to simply croaking Gobwin Knob's entire attack force. They then made demands to Gobwin Knob for parley requiring them to dispell all foolamancy and bring the forces away from the tower but over the garrison. Parson ordered full compliance with screening stacks to be placed between Wanda and the tower before having Ossomer meet for parley and stall for time.
The Landing
As Parley began, Yellow Dwagons opened fire with Acidic Battlecrap attacks on the Atrium which destroyed the roof and croaked Jetstone infantry in the Garrison's courtyard. Tramennis responded by ordering the casters to fire the tower's Shockamancy spells on the Yellow Dwagons and order the retreat of Jetstone units from the Atrium where they were being croaked or, in the case of Duke Adam Antium, wounded. As Maggie reported the casualties of the Yellow Dwagons, Parson ordered the promotion of all Hobgobwins in the airspace to Heavy Units, causing their mounts to fall steadily into the open Atrium and land, together with giving the "Go" order to Wanda stating "Lets do Lunch". At this, Wanda commanded the uncroaked riders in the airspace to Harvest their Dwagons (a process which croaks the target unit in a single hit) causing the croaked Dwagons and their riders to fall into the Atrium, causing some of the riders to be dusted, wounding or incapacitating others, but still leaving a sizeable functional force. Wanda was incapacitated in the fall but a healthy Jack Snipe steered Antium away from her with a displacement spell on her croaked mount and Wanda herself, together with A Veil which disguised him as a Jetstone Warlord. This done Jack Snipe proceeded to cast a Healomancy scroll on Wanda. Jack recommended to a now-functional Wanda that they find leadership and re-stack. Wanda decrypted her fallen dwagon, and was almost attacked by Antium. However, he was inopportunely hit with a stray arrow and croaked. Wanda decrypted him for use as "leadership".
With Jetstone's arrows spent, Wanda decrypted all dwagons and fallen Jetstone units in the atrium while Prince Tramennis planned the evacuation of King Slately and secured the tower from attack. Upon Jack's note that destroying the tower would kill Slately and end Jetsone, Wanda ordered Sylvia to take the Purple Dwagons and attack it while she led the foot soldiers down to take the portal room. Once the room was secured, Parson sent Sizemore to create a tunnel under Portal Park from Gobwin Knob's portal to Jetstone's which he completed but not without attracting the attention of Marie and Janis. As the Great Minds That Think Alike arrived in Portal Park, Maggie reported it safe for Parson to enter and doing so, he set off the Dirtamancy Trap which enabled him to enter the Tunnel and make for Jetstone. However, Jeftichew, the ex-Unaroyal Carnymancer, tried to trick him with a spell ostensibly to return him to StupidWorld, and the Great Minds' plan was to retain Parson in the Magic Kingdom, to inform him of their purpose for him. Meanwhile, Sylvia began the attack on Jetstone's tower with the Purple Dwagons, blasting in the door, incapacitating Tremmenis and wounding several Knights, and noble Jetstone warlord Artemis lead a failed counterattack.
The Collapse
Feeling that his son, Trammenis, was a worthier ruler than he, King Slately asked his friend, Don King, for a loan to promote Trammenis to Heir Designate. Don reluctantly agreed, but due to Transvylto's poor economic condition, his commanders made a mass refusal out of Duty. Desperate for a plan, any plan, Slately walked in on an argument by his casters. As if in response to Slately's own thoughts, Ace Hardware presented his own plan; To make Jetstone's units stronger with accessories made with Dollamancy and clear the airfield. Slately agreed, in order to secure Charlie's bounty on decrypted archons. Ossomer was able to break the mental effects of decryption and turned back to Jetstone. As the tower collapsed, all present commanders of Jetstone save Cubbins escaped by flight. Cubbins himself fired all the tower defences at the archons, dusting many of them, but going down with the tower as a result.
Gobwin Knob's archons made short work of Ossomer and the king, but thanks to Lloyd's quick thinking, a Dittomancy clone of the king was created. Unaware of his true self's death and believing himself to be the real King Slately, the clone proceeded to dust many archons. As the archons lost leadership, they started scattering. They hid themselves with Foolamancy, but thanks to the clone's thinking cap, he was able to find and dust every single one of Gobwin Knob's archons, save one that Ace had captured.
The Trap
Trammenis was healed by Pierce. King Slately jubilantly explained to Trammenis what had happened in the air battle and how he could now promote him to heir. But then, the captured archon revealed to his horror, that the current King Slately was actually just a clone; the real King Slately was the one who had been croaked. Charlie proceeded to contact Slately, stating that he would save Jetstone for the third time by sending enough money to promote Trammenis. He also revealed that the true threat to Royal supremacy was not Stanley, but Parson Gotti, and related his plan to kill him.
Trammenis, most of the casters, and the bulk of Jetstone's forces retreated to Jetstone city, their original capital. King Slately and Ace Hardware proceeded to launch a charge at Gobwin Knob's forces. Lady Sylvia Lazarus had been unable to claim the garrison thanks to Cubbins being buried in the tower. The side effects of decryption and the revelation of her Carnymancy charm had been driving her to madness. Upon seeing the charge, she ordered the red dwagons to set the garrison aflame as a reckless gambit to ensure Gobwin Knob's victory. Captain Archer was dusted by Ace as he attempted to go after the king.
Meanwhile in the magical kingdom, Parson and the Great Minds were finally able to make an agreement. Maggie explained that Parson needed actual experience in the battlefield, rather than continuing to just imagine fighting, and the Great Minds allowed Parson access to Spacerock's portal. The Carnymancers attempted to stop him, but Charlie told them to let Parson through. Shortly after Parson and Jack entered Spacerock, Charlie ordered Slately to switch Jetstone's capital from Spacerock to Jetstone, shutting down the portal and making it impossible for Parson to retreat.
The Inferno
Ace managed to rescue Cubbins from the tower ruins and sent him off to Jetstone with a jetpack via autopilot. Sylvia managed to severely wound Ace, but because she had recklessly left her green and red dwagons too close together, Ace was able to dust one and set off a huge explosion, increasing the strength of the fire and destroying nearly all of Gobwin Knob's remaining units, apparently including Sylvia herself.
Meanwhile in the portal room, Parson realized that its closure must have meant that the King was in the throne room. Upon their confrontation, King Slately was able to destroy Parson's Staff of Suckage, but Parson himself managed to stun the king with a good kick. Ace entered the fight by knocking a hole in the wall. As Parson ordered Jack to fetch a dwagon through the new opening, Ace's dolls were able to blind and knock Parson down hard.
Jack chose to bring in a purple dwagon. Its sonic attack finished off Jetstone's remaining forces, but Jack lost control over it, had a fall, and croaked. Enraged, Parson broke the king's back and asked him why he had switched capitals. The king explained that he had done it to avenge Ansom and protect Jetstone. He revealed that the capital switch was a trap, and that Charlie had come up with the idea. He gloated that the fire had gone to inferno, leaving Parson with no chance to survive, and asked Parson to claim his prize. Parson threw Slately to a red dwagon, who crushed the King in its mouth.
To undo the trap, Parson asked Stanley to switch Gobwin Knob's capital over to Spacerock. Stanley refused, and before Parson could make his case, the thinkagram was cut off. Believing the thinkagram had been cut off by Maggie's dwindling juice, Parson attempted to send his message through by Eyebook, transmitting that by switching capitals, it would open the portal and allow him to call Sizemore in to put out the fire. But then, Charlie finally revealed his hand, causing Parson to realize that all Thinkamancy based communication with his side had been jammed. Believing Parson's Fate to have been sealed, Charlie proceeded to taunt him, saying, "I gave you a way out, Parson. You should have taken it." and urged Parson to use the scroll that Charlie had earlier attempted to have Jojo cast on him.
Charlie spent a calculation, forcing Parson to figure out his own odds of successfully casting the Carnymancy spell in the scroll - and, being magically bound to provide the answer, Parson began fiddling with his Mathamancy Bracer. In the process he discovered that in addition to being a warlord, he was also a caster of some kind. While calculating the odds of using the scroll, the bracer briefly flashed non-zero odds of Parson successfully casting the spell before displaying a 0% success rate. Parson abused the bracer's rapid calculation speed to determine what the non-zero odds of success actually were: 98%. The bracer also revealed a tiny, but non-zero chance of him casting a Dirtamancy spell to put out the fire. Parson then opened the scroll and began attempting to cast the spell, but Fate - the likely reason that the bracer had displayed a 0% success rate - caused a wooden beam to collapse and leave him incapacitated.
After an existential moment with Zhopa, Stanley came to realize that he actually did care about Parson. After some deliberation, he rushed to his throne to switch Gobwin Knob's capital over to Spacerock.
Adam Antium managed to lodge the beam off of Parson and shoved Parson through the portal. Marie hired a Healomancer to tend Parson's wounds and organized a defense against the Carnymancers, who took the opportunity to attack. Janis used Flower Power to halt the battle.
The Aftermath
After Parson recovered, he ordered Sizemore to put out the inferno, saving Adam Antium and the last two infantry in the hex. After a moment of thought, he had Sizemore build a pyramid around Spacerock's portal to the Magic Kingdom. Several casters in the Magic Kingdom tried to form an enforcement council to punish Parson for breaching the Magic Kingdom's neutrality. But using the pyramid as protection and cover, Parson proceeded to smuggle the bodies left from the battle into the Magic Kingdom for decryption and used the resulting army as his own personal guard.
- Hippiemancer Janis has fetched Predictamancer Marie Lavraie and the two of them are heading for Magic_Kingdom#Portal_Park where they intend to see Parson Gotti enter the Magic Kingdom
- Maggie has encoded a message into her G-String which she hopes the Great Minds that Think Alike will read, informing them that Parson will be passing through the Magick Kingdom to Spacerock. It is her belief that they will protect and/or assist him (particularly against the threat of any interference or attack from Charlie).
- The battle as it has progressed so far has involved only one conventional Siege-type engagement (the Yellow Dwagons' destruction of the Atrium roof) and would certainly not qualify as a "siege" by the traditional definition of a prolonged assault on a fortified position; the battle having lasted less than a single day so far, with the invading forces already penetrating defenses in the keep. The Purple Dwagons' sonic attack through the wall against Jetstone forces including Prince Tramennis is...well...not conventional siege (at least by appearance at this point.)


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Each replication slave must have a unique server ID. If this has not already been done, this part of slave setup requires a server restart.
If the slave server ID is not already set, or the current
value conflicts with the value that you have chosen for the
master server, shut down the slave server and edit the
[mysqld] section of the configuration file
to specify a unique server ID. For example:
After making the changes, restart the server.
If you are setting up multiple slaves, each one must have a
server-id value that
differs from that of the master and from any of the other
If you omit
server-id (or set
it explicitly to its default value of 0), the slave refuses
to connect to a master.
You do not have to enable binary logging on the slave for replication to be set up. However, if you enable binary logging on the slave, you can use the slave's binary log for data backups and crash recovery, and also use the slave as part of a more complex replication topology. For example, where this slave then acts as a master to other slaves.
Maybe I'm missing something, but unless you set the log-bin=mysql-bin to the SAME value as you set in the Master Setup[1] instructions, your slave isn't really ready to become the new master when you fail-over.
At least, that's what my one experiment so far has shown.
And when I changed the log-bin on the slave to match and re-started, any queries that happened in between didn't make it back to the former-master/new-slave when I started that back up.
So I believe these Master Setup and Slave Setup should both have log-bin=xyz values that match in these docs, or leave them out and use the defaults.
But don't document one and not the other, making readers think they can change it only on the Master setup.
Please forgive me if I'm just completely off-base. Will experiment more and try to give a Beginner's Guide in a blog.
It seems like there are so many options and scenarios being documented here, that the baseline "HowTo" is obscured by the "gothcas" and "edge cases" and "if this, then that" docs...
I'm not unwilling to help, once I actually plow through it for myself :-)
1: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/replication-howto-masterbaseconfig.html
into your my.cnf on the slave, so that the 'show slave hosts' command will work on the master.


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My List, which rolls out today, is an upgrade from the Instant Queue, an option that allows users to flag movies and TV shows to watch later.
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I searched hard but couldn't find a way to do that automagically. nvidia-settings itself has non-GUI options (see "nvidia-settings -q all") but none of them seems to do what I want. I want to put that in my startup script for games, which already replaces Compiz with metacity (and back when it exits).


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