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We're going to Sox Park for a game this weekend, Betty, the boys and me.
With the White Sox facing the Kansas City Royals, our baseball eyes will look to the field.
But our baseball hearts will be unstuck in time, because that other, special White Sox team is being honored on the South Side this weekend.
2005. World Series champions. White Sox.
That was the season when our psychic baseball wounds were healed and the Sox lifted that trophy. Remember?
Put it on the board, Hawk Harrelson, and believe it.
So with this World Championship Reunion Weekend at the ballpark, a question:
What do you remember about that wonderful, gut-wrenching 2005 season...


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We're also told the tragedy is all the worse because one of the passengers who died, Chris Baker, Travis' assistant on "Meet the Barkers," was married recently and has a new baby.
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MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College women's hockey team stands at 7-2-1 after posting a win and a tie in two home games this past weekend. The Panthers will take on defending NCAA Division III champion Amherst twice on the road this weekend.
On Saturday, a battle between a pair of NESCAC teams ranked in the top 10 nationally, No. 6 Middlebury and No. 9 Trinity, ended in a 1-1 tie despite the Panthers' 24-17 shots advantage.
This past Sunday my wife, Deborah, and I put on our cross-country skis for the first time of the new calendar year. Cross-country skiing is one of our favorite outdoor activities — one of the reasons we love winter in Vermont, and are often praying for snow.
But, although we did manage to get out on our skis over the Christmas break to wrap up 2010, not long after New Year's Day along came the thaw and heavy rains, and all the lovely snow was washed way.
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Amid the many booths of handmade and commercial jewelry and accessories, 13-year-old Ali Pfleger's booth, My Passion, blends in well.
With her handcrafted beaded and wire necklaces, bracelets and rings, photo notecards and small key chains and ornaments bought at Vietnamese markets, Ali's wares are not out of the ordinary. What makes them special is what they represent.
When customers buy the Newport Beach resident's jewelry and trinkets, they are helping fund a heart surgery or build a house or purchase rice for children and families in need in Vietnam.
"It feels good, but at the same time, I don't do this to feel good," Ali said. "I do this so they could feel good."
Ali — with her mother, Honey Pfleger — manned her yearly booth Saturday at an annual Christmas boutique for Mothers of Preschool Students, or MOPS, at Mariners Church in Irvine to raise money for Giving it Back to Kids, a Huntington Beach-based nonprofit that helps families in Vietnam through education, nutrition, housing and medical care.
Ali has been selling her jewelry at the boutique since she was 9 and giving all of the money she makes to Giving it Back to Kids. Her parents donate all the materials.
"She always had a very, very generous heart," said Honey Pfleger, adding later "I am so proud of her."
Ali's passion for helping others started in kindergarten through a teacher's aid who did outreach for children in Africa. By collecting pennies from the children and then showing them that their small contributions added up, she inspired Ali to start giving back.
"I was always inspired by her because she always said one person can really change someone's life," Ali said.
She started with cookie and lemonade stands to help kids in Africa and Vietnam, and by second grade her mother started teaching her how to make jewelry.
Ali spends all year building up her inventory for the Christmas boutique, making jewelry mainly on the weekends while maintaining high grades at the Orange County School of Performing Arts, where she is in the commercial dance conservatory.
With Giving It Back to Kids, Ali has visited orphanages in Vietnam three times since 2009. The trips inspire the designs for her jewelry, but seeing the orphanage's poor conditions isn't easy.
"When I first went there, I really realized how much I take for granted," she said. "There isn't words to describe how I felt."
During her last visit this summer, Ali met two girls who were able to have heart surgery thanks to her work.
Always humble, accepting their gratitude wasn't easy for her.
"They always say 'thank you so much for saving my life,' and I feel awkward," Ali said.
Ali plans to grow her jewelry business by getting her friends involved and wants to inspire them by showing them what life is like in a Vietnamese orphanage.
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|System: Wii
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: Treasure
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Nintendo
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: June 30, 2010
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1-2
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Teen
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
It took seven years and two generations of consoles for Sin & Punishment to finally surface on western shores, and its cult popularity spurned the development of a belated but much anticipated sequel. Does Star Successor truly live up to its name, or has developer Treasure lost its way?
In Sin & Punishment: Star Successor, you take on the role of either Isa or Kachi, and youre on the run from the ultimate judgment of the Creators. Isa was initially sent to Earth to hunt down and assassinate Kachi for the Creators, but he has a change of heart along the way.
The sci-fi elements and art style of the game work amazingly well with the premise of Star Successors gameplay, though the dialogue is comprised of mostly throwaway lines. Conversations between characters are overly dramatic, and much of the significance of the story is buried underneath cheesy banter. Star Successor isnt Asimov or Clarke, but it still manages to present an interesting, albeit obscure, science fantasy.
Like the original Sin & Punishment, there are ample cutscenes and story tidbits tossed into the mix, but for the most part the games all about shooting. Star Successor is less of a bullet hell than it is a shooter in the vein of Nanostray. Both Isa and Kachi are playable, and you have complete control over your character. Isa is the obvious choice for more experienced players, since he free-aims by default. Kachi, on the other hand, auto-locks onto enemies, and she has a special attack that can lock onto multiple targets at once, making clusters of foes easily manageable.
Control for both characters is otherwise basically the same. There are four controller options Wii Remote and Nunchuk, Classic Controller, Gamecube controller, or Wii Zapper but for my money, the Wii Remote and Nunchuk set-up is easily the most enjoyable. You move your character with the analog stick, jump with C, and you can dodge (for temporary invincibility) with the Z button. Since Kachi auto-locks onto enemies, aiming with the Wii Remote isnt as big a consideration, and therefore, I personally had more fun playing as Isa. You can still lock on with Isa by tapping the A button, but your damage is lessoned when you do so.
In addition to locking onto enemies, each character has a special, charged attack thats executed by holding A. Your targeting reticule has a circle gauge that acts as a timer, which cues you to when your special attack is ready for activation. Use of special attacks is balanced by the fact theres usually tons of enemies and projectiles onscreen at any given time. Movement of the characters feels good, and the button mapping is smart and easy to use.
Lastly, both characters can execute a three-hit melee combo by tapping the B button when enemies are up close. Otherwise, you can simply hold down the button to rapid fire your laser pistol.
The game is broken up into sizeable levels, and the boss battles seem never-ending. There are a ton of mini-bosses along the way, and end-level bosses are usually multi-tiered, requiring quite a bit of thinking on your feet. On average, it took me about three attempts to best the games heavy weights, since each one requires a particular strategy to beat. Unfortunately, many of the boss battles call for heavy use of melee combat, and certain segments of the game devolve into button mashing.


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Google Art Project
Il Sistema Musei Civici di Roma Capitale Assessorato alla Cultura, Creatività e Promozione Artistica – Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali (gestione servizi museali di Zètema Progetto Cultura) aderisce con 15 nuove sedi museali alla piattaforma sviluppata dal Google Cultural Institute per promuovere la conoscenza dei più importanti musei del mondo: Google Art Project.
Su www.google.com/artproject 15 gallery fotografiche, per un totale di 800 immagini, raccolgono le opere più significative delle singole collezioni museali di Roma. Un immenso patrimonio che potrà essere utilizzato da studenti, turisti e semplici curiosi, desiderosi di navigare tra i capolavori dei musei romani, ma anche di scoprirne i tesori più nascosti.
The "Sistema Musei Civici" of "Roma Capitale Assessorato alla Cultura, Creatività e Promozione Artistica – Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali (management of Museums services of Zètema Progetto Cultura)" complies with 15 new museums and archeological sites to the program worked out by the Google Art Institute to promote the knowledge of the most important museums in the world: the Google Art Project.
The Google Art Project includes 15 museums and archeological sites of the "Sistema Musei Civici di Roma, valorizing the specificities of each:
Museo di Scultura Antica Giovanni Barracco,
In addition to the l'Annunciazione di Garofalo in Capitoline Museums, 7 works of art were photographed and uploaded online ingigapixel giving the opportunity to observe in high resolution – by using about 7 billion of pixels available- these details are impossible to be seen by the naked eye: the gifts offered by the difunt represented in the long hieroglyphic transcription in the Stele del Dignitario Nefer (Museo di Scultura Antica Giovanni Barracco); the fragments of the colours on the textiles of the Mosaico con scene di caccia da Santa Bibiana (Centrale Montemartini);the faces of the viewers and the fantastic dresses for the Carosello a Palazzo Barberini in onore di Cristina di Svezia (Museo di Roma); the details of the the dress and the jewesl worn by Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi con la figlia Napoleona Elisa (Museo Napoleonico); the fiery red brushstrokes in the Cardinal Decano by Scipione; the skeptical and participant eyes of Alberto Moravia nel ritratto di Guttuso (Casa Museo Alberto Moravia) and, finally, the frozen shades of de Chirico's oil painting in Archeologi misteriosi (Museo Carlo Bilotti).
On www.google.com/artproject 15 photographic galleries, with a total number of 800 images, collect the most important works of art of the museum collections in Rome. An immense heritage which can be used by students, tourists and simple curious, willing to browse among the works of art of the roman museums, but also to discover the hidden treasures.
To the "Dying Gaul" or the Guercino's, Caravaggio's and Ruben's paintings from Capitoline Museums you can add the ancient sculptures hosted in the "Centrale Montemartini"; the masterpieces by Mafai, Afro and Balla from the Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Roma Capitale; the finds of the Augustan, the Flavian and the Trajan Age from "Mercati di Traiano"; de Chirico's, Wharol's and River's works of art from Museo Bilotti; the Roman model from Museo della Civiltà Romana, Caffi and Batoni's works of Art from Museo di Roma, and also, the finds of the Bonaparte's family of the Egyptian, Cypriot, Greek and Roman art, and the valuable Assyrian reliefs from "Museo Barracco"; the works of art and the relics belonging to the Bonaparte's from "Museo Napoleonico"; the marbles, the models from "Museo Canonica" and after all, the works of art from the "Musei di Villa Torlonia", from "Casa Moravia" , from "Museo delle Mura", from "Museo dell'Ara Pacis" and from "Museo di Roma in Tarstevere".
Besides, it's possible to make a virtual tour inside the 12 museums of the system thanks to the Street View technology which allows to browse at 360º and to get a closer view of the artworks, and to eximine them closer.
The Google Art Project, is part of the Google Art Institute, and it is a platform online by which people from all over the world can have access to to the high resolution images of the most important workarts made avalaible from the museums partners of this activity, with the aim "to increase" the access to culture and its preservation for the future generations.
The project, launched on 11th february 2011 in collaboration with 17 museums, includes more than 63.000 artworks and 345 partners. The number is destined to increase.
On www.google.com/artproject the visitors of the platform can browse the workarts according to the: name of the artist, title, type of art, museum, country, and period of time. Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and the video are integrated in the platform, allowing the users to invite their friends to see and discuss about their favourite workarts. Among the other options avalaible "Le mie Gallerie" allows to save the specific views of the masterpieces selected and to create your own gallery. Feedbacks can be added to each painting and the whole gallery can be shared with your friends. Furthermore, the option "Confronta" allows to examine the two works of art "side by side" on the same screen, to see closer how the style of an artist has evolved during the time, connecting the artistic moods, or analyizing two details of a workart.
Google Art Project is classified as a "digital tool" allowing the users connected from all over the world to approach the artworks, the archeological finds and the artistic products with a simple "click" to find the most hidden details.


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Australia-based Olive Oil Maker Aiming To Be The Best Olive Oil In The World
Telopea Downs, Australia-based OliVaylle Pty LLC of Victoria launches its signature product, Oli'Vaylle Olive Nectar, an ultra premium extra virgin olive oil, which the company unabashedly describes as the finest extra virgin olive oil in the world.
It's a bold claim that OliVaylle makes with confidence, having devised a process that is entirely unique in the industry, producing an olive oil so pure that OliVaylle's founder, Jorge de Moya, places it well above the current classification for extra virgin olive oil.
OliVaylle's production process is completed on the OliVaylle Estate in a scant six hours, from the trees to the storage tanks.
Mechanically harvested from the trees to reduce contamination (plucking fallen olives off the ground is strictly forbidden at OliVaylle) and prevent bruising and other damage, olives are de-pitted prior to crushing; olive paste and olive oil are carefully protected from oxygen throughout the process; and temperatures are tightly controlled from crushing through shipping to prevent premature aging.
In an industry where major producers literally vacuum olives off of the ground and use high temperatures to extract every last drop of oil (a process ironically called "cold pressing"), OliVaylle instead lowers the temperature.
De Moya was pleasantly surprised to find that olive oil's much-touted health benefits go hand-in-hand with the quality of the oil, which is measured by free acidity: the lower the free acidity of olive oil, the higher the beneficial anti-oxidants. OliVaylle's Olive Nectar has a free acidity level of 0.08—extra virgin olive oils now on the market can have a free acidity level up to 0.8.
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Also known as the Plain of Storms, the Tomb of Taranis, the Graveyard of Thunder, and other colorful names
Atlantis , The Mainland of (India)
Ceylon, The Home of the Barbarians(you)
Latin for literally 'A Pleasant Place'
Seven twisty canyons for the PCs to pass through and explore on their way to carry out their main quest.
In the Cosmic Era, there is one thing that has grown with the advent of arcanotech and hypertech, the gap between the wealthy and destitute. While nations are building space stations and starting terraforming projects on other planets, there are large sections of planet Earth that are still post apoc era.
Perhaps you've heard of Winter's Gem, and of the tragic fate of the Lady Karina. And perhaps not. It is, after all, a tale unspeakably old. Yet the Earth does not forget, and those of us who guard it do not wither...
Nine thousand years she has slumbered, while Winter diminished. So obsessed was He in her care, that He allowed Summer to run unchecked. His power dwindled, and Summer grew. There is a great unbalance in the world, young ones. One that I fear will break the back of the Earth itself, if not addressed. Winter must return. It is the Way.
The road ahead is of the dead
So travelers take heed
And lightly tread o'er those that bled
For lands and kings and greed.
The victor spared no man that dared
To try and take his throne.
So thus he paved a road that's made
Of vanquished soldiers' bones.
The road ahead is full of dread
So travelers beware
And tarry not lest you be caught
By the echoes of despair.
For the road beneath your wandering feet
Of dead men once so brave,
Will clutch and grab and wrench and drag
You to an early grave.
A real-world location fit for filling out your adventure; where norse icelandic fishermen suffered unthinkable conditions throughout frigid winters to harvest the fruits of the ocean.
A quiet island, with a small fishing village, a decent dock, a sheltered lagoon, friendly natives ... and a chilling curse.
A 99 word poem of a small town, and the demon who guards its chapel when the mists rise.
Enclosed in this document is the account of Mr. Johnathan Crewes, who was recently incarcerated in the Psychiatric Ward, of how he was driven insane. He shall be soon shipped to the St. Josephine Asylum for the Mentally Disturbed.
Fifteen men on a dead man's chest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Drink and the devil had done for the rest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
The mate was fixed by the bosun's pike
The bosun brained with a marlinspike
And cookey's throat was marked belike
It had been gripped by fingers ten;
And there they lay, all good dead men
Like break o'day in a boozing ken
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
drawn from/inspired by Hellfire: the Summoning mobile game
A place where no one knows about or finds until the Circle chooses a person to discover it. For the Circle of Culthus has a purpose for that person, and letting other people know of it or discover it would hinder that purpose.
Sometimes a roadblock is there for a reason. There are some places you don't want to be after sundown.
The Dragon Mines are a place for a free man to gain riches through a hard life and a place to hide those that defy the King, the laws or the Shan.
The Forgotten Cemetery is famed throughout the world as a monument to the World War. Only the survivors of the Forgotten Battle and the cemetery's caretaker remembers its true purpose.
Madmen, Riddles, and Worms
"Aye, I've been to Bloodmaw. Its out in the ocean, and lies right on the Abez-Evetepor trade route. Or at least where the trade route would have been if it wasn't for Bloodmaw. Its this maelstrom, perpetually spinning and swirling, abou' 50 yards across? And the sea around the whole thing is a deep crimson. The color of blood. And around the whole thing is a storm. Some days the Bloodmaw is sated, and isn't as violent. But some days ye can't hope to survive. On bad days it can take a ship that a mile away. Thank the gods that it didn't take me."
-Old Gerald, man in the pub
The People of the pocket realm of Brocschtal are simple folk who live as they have for thousands of years. Farming the land, raising sheep, getting in the occasional brawl. And fighting off the infernal attacks of ghouls.
In your world the pantheon is a rotating system of formerly human individuals. You have been selected for god-duty for the next 2,000 years. How are you going to get out of this?


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Last night apparently Joe Budden had his feeling hurt after a 'semi' fan Paige (who said she was in support of her boyfriend who was a fan) decided to send out a tweet about how she felt about going to his concert. Budden personally asked security to have her removed from the club in Oakland, CA. MORE details inside.
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Michael Jackson, a million dollars
You feel me? Holler!
Michael Jackson, one million dollars
You feel me? Holler!
[Verse 1: Heems]
These rap dads is on some fashion scene shit
Skip that shit that I spit to talk about how my jeans fit
But I got a clean grip on the game, some mean shit
And you seen the team that I spread my green from schemes wit
Well it's your boy, like a Queens street Jhumpa
Heems the ruler, medulla create the moola
And me, I just do the rumba, porque está es la rumba
And we, we are the future, Abdullah, see that's my shooter
The ruger, he keep it super, duper, Abdul'll shoot ya
He'll knock you right out your Supras
Knock you right out your Pumas
Doctor give you the sutures, Victor is in the cooter
In tune with a boo from Hooters, while Dap is on the computer
Lakutis the clean up hitter, call him the pooper scooper
Alec an Oompa Loompa, re-tutor the school of looters
Hakuna matata Pumba, porque está es la rumba
Yeah! I'm fucking great at rapping!!!
[Verse 2: Kool A.D.]
Call me Janet Jackson, I got a hundred dollars
I got the jungle fever, run with a hundred zebras
I got a leather jacket, I got a little hat on
I'm drinking carbonated water by the quarter gallon
I got an Eagle Talon, call me Richie Valens
Me no speakie spanish, Valium and Caesar salad
I'm DJ Khaled, I'm a Daikon radish
See me next to sushi sexually, I'll sex your coochie
Yeah, extra juicy, electrocute me
Fire scientist, MacGuyver my appliances
Describe the flyest line in this, I am this, I insist
Shout to all the highnesses requiring that I'll buy them shit
Yeah, you go girl, it's your world
Watching Parenthood on ketamine at the hoterrrrrl
Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa... WHAT?!
[Verse 3: Heems & Kool A.D.]
Kool A.D., you good at rapping! (Yo Hima, you good at rapping!)
Yo Victor, you genus Latin! (Yo Hima, you Eric Clapton!)
Yo Victor, we going platinum! (Yo Hima, we finna clap 'em!)
Kool AD's finna happen! (We see the cream and we grab them)
Yo Victor, just let me stab them! (Chill Hima, we in Manhattan)
Let's move the static to Staten! (Move the static to Staten?)
Let's move this static to Queens! (Damn, you crazy Heems!)
Damn, that's very true! (That's how we do!)
Das Racist claims this song was inspired by MostlyJunkFood – a baller-ass music blog (often called the "Michael Jackson of Blogs"..)


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ORACLE OPENWORLD, SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Oracle today announced an exceptional first year for the Oracle(R) Unbreakable Linux support program, with 1,500 customers adopting the program after the three-month free trial period. Additionally, the program has experienced significant partner participation through certifications and the Oracle Validated Configurations Program. As a result of the program's strong growth, a testament to the demand for enterprise-quality Linux support, Oracle has created a dedicated Linux sales team. The Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program has also helped Oracle drive growth and advancements in Linux as bug fixes are provided back to the Linux community, in addition to the company's on-going new features and functionality contributions.
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"The phenomenal adoption of the Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program has exceeded expectations and clearly demonstrates that Linux users seek better quality support — the same support Oracle offers its database customers," said Oracle's Oracle Chief Corporate Architect, Edward Screven. "Oracle continues to be fully committed to Linux with a sharp focus on meeting customer demand, growing its already strong partner ecosystem and most importantly, continuing its technical contributions to advance Linux as an operating system for mission-critical applications. The growth of the program is validation that Oracle is meeting a real customer need."
Oracle Unbreakable Linux Support Program Customers
Providing a single source for enterprise-quality support for Linux, and the entire Oracle software stack, the Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program has been the choice of 1,500 customers and continues to grow rapidly as customers experience the benefits of the program.
Early customers who helped shape the Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program include: ABC Stores, Abercrombie and Fitch, Acuity Brands, Centre de Services Partages du Quebec, City of Las Vegas, Cox Enterprises, Dell, Deseret Power, Diebold, Fulcrum Analytics, GlobeCast, Hays Medical Center, IHOP, Knife River Corporation, KPN, McKessen, Mitsubishi, Mutual Materials, New York State Insurance Department, Nissan, Primavera Systems, Powell Industries, Raley's, Replacements, Ltd., Spaulding Equipment Company, Stanford University, Stemilt Growers, Stuart Maue, The Cobalt Group, The Gem Group, Timex, Yahoo!, William Beaumont Hospitals, ValueCentric and Vcommerce.
"Delivering business value through the utilization of innovative and cost-effective technology is a cornerstone of Abercrombie & Fitch's leadership in the retail industry," said Kristen Blum, CIO and VP IT, Abercrombie & Fitch. "We selected Oracle as our strategic partner because they were the only company that could support our entire retail footprint through their integrated suite of Oracle Retail applications and with the Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program, we can make one call and receive support for our entire solution."
"The Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program was extremely compelling to Acuity Brands as we are a full-stack Oracle customer, running Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware and the Oracle E-Business Suite," said Pat Quinn, vice president, Information Systems & Technology, Acuity Brands. "With the addition of Linux support, all our software infrastructure bases are covered in one stop, with the same high-quality support we've always had from Oracle."
"At Beaumont Medical Hospitals, our predominantly Linux-based IT infrastructure supports more than 2,400 physicians representing well over 91 medical and surgical specialties," Paul Dillard, manager IT, Beaumont Hospitals. "The Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program has provided us with the confidence to expand our Linux deployments to mission critical applications while lowering our overall IT costs."
"As a market leader in providing on-demand data management and performance analytics for critical pharmaceutical supply chain information, ValueCentric requires a flexible and highly reliable IT infrastructure," said John LoFaso, Director, Technical Operations, ValueCentric. "With the Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program we know our Linux investment is protected and that enables us to dedicate our resources to adding value for our customers."
Oracle PartnerNetwork's Linux Initiative Delivers Extended Value
Rounding out the Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program is the strong backing from Oracle PartnerNetwork members who have certified their solutions with Oracle Enterprise Linux; providing customers with the assurance that their environments have been fully tested and work out-of-the-box. In addition to technology providers supporting their products on Linux, the Oracle Validated Configurations program includes more than a dozen infrastructure companies working with Oracle to provide pre-tested, validated and supported architectures — software, hardware, storage and networking components — and best practices, to further ease the deployment of Oracle solutions on Linux.
Through the Oracle Validated Configurations Program, Oracle has worked closely with partners to design and test complete stacks on Linux. Companies working with Oracle on this on-going effort include: AMD, Brocade, Cisco Systems, Compellent, Dell, Egenera EMC, Emulex, Hitachi Data Systems, HP, IBM, Intel, Liquid Computing, NetApp, Pillar Data, QLogic, Sun and Unisys. To date, more than 30 Oracle Validated Configurations are available on the Oracle Technology Network at: http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/linux/validated- configurations/index.html.
Additional partners such as 170 Systems, AppWorx Corp., LSI, Patchlink, Pervasive Rackable Systems, Symantec and Synoran, all members of the Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), certified with and include Oracle Enterprise Linux among the operating systems they support. Open source companies including KnowledgeTree and SugarCRM are also among those supporting the Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program. Partners are finding that they can easily and rapidly support their applications on Oracle Enterprise Linux because it is fully source and binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Key channel partners have also signed up as distributors and resellers of the Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program, including, CDW, Dell, Ingram Micro, Insight, and Tech Data.
Oracle Software Stack Experiences Strong Growth on Linux
In 1998, Oracle released the industry's first commercial database for the Linux operating system. Since then, all Oracle software is available on Linux and most are also developed using Linux as a base platform. In addition to the long history of Oracle Database running on Linux, strong growth has been experienced across the Oracle software stack. Oracle Fusion Middleware and the Oracle E-Business Suite 11i application shipments on the Linux platform have risen to more than 30 percent and 50 percent respectively.
With the strong growth of Oracle software running on Linux, Oracle has established a dedicated sales force focused on the Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program. This team includes Oracle software and Linux experts who can help customers stay up-to-date, help ensure their Linux systems are running at peak performance and keep their businesses moving forward.
Enhancing Linux Through Technical Contributions to the Linux Community
Further demonstrating its dedication to helping ensure enterprises' success with Linux, Oracle has made significant code contributions to the Linux community. Over the past year, Oracle has led the following Linux enhancements: development of a new file system, btrfs, designed for superior scaling; continuing advancements to clustering via Oracle Cluster File System (OCSF2); leading an open source interface project to expose the T10 Data Integrity Field (DIF) standard to help reduce system downtime; open sourcing tools to streamline testing; collaborating on an interface for comprehensive data integrity and developing a new asynchronous I/O interface to reduce complexity; virtualization; and much more.
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After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Steve Rogers, aka Captain America is living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens to put the world at risk. Joining forces with the Black Widow, Captain America struggles to expose the ever-widening conspiracy while fighting off professional assassins sent to silence him at every turn. When the full scope of the villainous plot is revealed, Captain America and the Black Widow enlist the help of a new ally, the Falcon. However, they soon find themselves up against an unexpected and formidable enemy—the Winter Soldier.
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April 15, 2018
Three weeks ago, on March 26, Grab confirmed the rumors of its acquisition of Uber's business in South-East Asia and since then it's been the talk of the town. But, what Grab thought it will be a smooth ride towards the monopolization of the market in this region turned out to be quite the bumpy one.
Namely, the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) is running an investigation into the merger for possible infringement of competition laws and it seems they are not the only one, other countries are following suit and looking into the matter.
This was reason enough for Grab to extend the life of the Uber app till April 15. Originally the app was supposed to close by April 8. And while Grab and Uber have their hands full with authorities in the region someone else is having a bit of a tough time too.
You might have already been asking yourself, what about all the Uber drivers? Well, Grab intends to honor contracts that Uber's drivers have with Lion City Rentals (LCR), a car lease subsidiary 100% owned by Uber in Singapore and can opt to rent a car from Grab Rentals once their contracts expire.
This has roused a heated discussion between private-hire car drivers. Incidentally, this means that rather than having the choice to end their contracts with LCR without penalty, due to early termination fees, the drivers are being "forced" to work with Grab.
So much for the free world, right? Not exactly. Cryptocurrency has been creating decentralized marketplaces all over the world and it seems it has found its way into the ride-hailing market of Singapore too, music to the ears for drivers and riders as well.
DS Media Concepts Pte. Ltd. is planning to raise funds in Singapore for the development of Crypto Ride Sharing Decentralized Apps an app that will hinder the monopolizing efforts of Grab in the region.
What does this mean? It means drivers will earn more than competitors and passengers can pay less than for competitors. The only thing they will have to do is acquire CryptoRideCoins (CRC), the ERC20 tokens issued by DS Media Concepts Pte. Ltd. that will be used for all transactions when using Crypto Ride Sharing Decentralized Apps.
It's very simple. All tokens paid by the passengers will be transferred directly to the driver. A very small transaction fees, less than S$0.50, will be paid using Ethereum. The transaction fees are to blockchain the transfer of tokens in Ethereum Virtual Machine.
The tokens will be available and can be bought on exchanges or using the Crypto Ride Sharing Decentralized Apps and the drivers will be able to exchange the tokens to Fiat currency on a weekly basis.
CryptoRideCoins will allow drivers, passengers and other investors to buy the tokens making the ride-hailing business to gradually roll into the crypto market. Taking a second look at the situation it seems CRC will not only hinder the monopolizing of Grab but will grow into a fierce competitor.
Digital globalization aims much more affordable, reachable and easier life cycle.
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I didn't make much headway on my Bloggiesta tasks. Why? Because I started reading Storybound by Marissa Burt and couldn't put it down. So, while I still have a large to-do list, at least I was able to enjoy a wonderful MG fantasy novel. I'll take that any day of the week!
Create a Facebook page – This is still at the top of my list!
Continue to figure out how to best use Pinterest
Clean up sidebar
Catch up on interview posts (I have about 7 in various stages) – I posted 5
Get current on reviews (I have 3 to write) - I only got one of these tackled
Plan out schedule for April and beginning of May
Prep some of the contests I have planned for April and May
Organize TBR mountain before it falls on me and kills me Organize digital TBR before my poor Kindle Fire or iPad suffocate on all of the eBooks I keep purchasing Work out an exercise schedule (because a healthy blogger is a happy blogger!) On the exercise front, I am committed to 30 minutes of Dance Dance Revolution on the days that I don't go horseback riding (on Extreme). I dusted off the dance pads, cleared an area for them, and dug out all of my game disks. Last weekend was really my first attempt to start DDRing again, and now that I remember how much fun it is to play, I am looking forward to improving my skills, which have gotten quite rusty.
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WALTHAM, Mass.- The Brandeis Women's volleyball team kicked off the MIT Invitational by splitting their first two matches. In a match against Roger Williams, the Judges fell 3-2 after a strong showing in the first two sets and then defeated Bates 3-1. Brandeis improves to 10-3 on the year while the Hawks move to 9-3 and the Bobcats fall to 5-5.
In their first match against Roger Williams, the Judges got off to a very strong start. Led by sophomore outside hitter Liz Hood (Albuquerque, N.M./ Albuquerque Acad.) and junior outside hitter Si-Si Hensley (Fullerton, Calif./ Troy), Brandeis took the first two sets 25-22 and 25-7. Unfortunately, Brandeis began to falter in the subsequent sets, losing the third 20-25 and the fourth 18-25, setting the stage for a final deciding set. The Judges even got out to an excellent start in the fifth set, leading by as much as 10-4 following an excellently placed kill by Hensley. Still, Brandeis just couldn't close out the match and fell 15-17 in the set, losing the match 2-3.
In their next match against Bates, the Judges again managed to start strong. This time, senior middle blocker Becca Fisher (San Antonio, Texas/ Clark) and rookie middle blocker Maddie Engeler (Sandusky, Ohio/ St. Mary Central Catholic) helped lead the attack along with Hood. Brandeis found themselves up 2-0 once again with 27-25 and 25-19 wins. Still, the Bobcats showed resilience in coming back to win the third set 27-25. However, the Judges looked to pull away in the fourth set and stifle any comeback attempts by grabbing leads as large as eight points including a 24-17 lead. Even with that healthy cushion, Bates made it interesting all the way until the end when junior setter Yael Einhorn (Cherry Hill, N.J./ Cherry Hill East) deftly placed a kill between four Bobcats to win the set 26-24 and give Brandeis the 3-1 victory.
Against the Hawks, Hood led the team with a match-high 20 kills. Hensley secured a double-double with 15 kills and 17 digs but sophomore libero Elsie Bernaiche (Plantsville, Conn./ Southington) led the Judges with a match-high 22 digs. Finally, Einhorn orchestrated the attack with a match-high 37 assists. For Roger Williams, junior outside hitter Krystie Luczynski (Kensington, Conn./ Berlin) led the team with 10 kills while rookie outside hitter Elizabeth Flaherty (Sloatsburg, N.Y./ Suffern) led the Hawks with 17 digs. Junior setter Alexa Armenti (Dix Hills, N.Y./ Half Hollow Hills West) had a team-high 32 assists.
In their match against Bates, three Judges reached double-digit kills. Fisher had a match-high 17, while Hood recorded 14 and Engeler had 10. Three Brandeis players also had double-digit digs with Bernaiche leading the team with 21 as Einhorn recorded 16 and rookie defensive specialist Amaris Brown (Brooklyn, N.Y./ Brooklyn Friends) had 10. Einhorn again orchestrated an excellent attack with a match-high 45 assists. For the Bobcats, two players reached double-digit kills. Senior middle blocker Eliza Pyne (Atherton, Calif./ Menlo School) had 13 while classmate outside hitter Nicole Russell (Boca Raton, Fla./ Pine Crest School) registered a double-double with 13 kills and 10 digs. Three other teammates reached double-digit kills with rookie libero Laryssa Schepel (Flemington, N.J./ Hunterdon Central) getting a match-high 22, rookie outside hitter Kelsey Berry (Hollis, N.H./ Hollis-Brookline) recording 16, and rookie libero Nicole Cueli (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./ Cardinal Gibbons) rounding them out with 11. Finally, the Bates offense was led by sophomore setter Tess Walther (Santa Monica, Calif./ Santa Monica) who had 38 assists.
Brandeis continues their slate of matches in the MIT Invitational on Saturday September 22nd starting at 11:00 a.m. against MIT and Mount Ida. Roger Williams faces off against Bowdoin and Wellesley while Bates has matches against Mount Ida and Springfield.


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Hoefler Titling
A spirited Old-Style.
A family of energetic display faces in the baroque style, Hoefler Titling is the display-size counterpart to Hoefler Text.
As its name suggests, Hoefler Text was designed to be used in text sizes. For Hoefler Titling, this display-size cousin, we decided not to adapt Hoefler Text's design, but instead to create an entirely new family of typefaces that would be sympathetic with Hoefler Text without aping its mannerisms. This sort of equivocal relationship between text and display faces has a long tradition in typefounding: excellent modern examples are Hermann Zapf's Palatino (1948) and Michelangelo (1950), and Matthew Carter's Galliard (1978) and Mantinia (1993).
Like Hoefler Text, the style of Hoefler Titling reveals its designer's affection for two beloved text faces — fonts that coincidentally share the same unusual secret. One inspiration for Hoefler Text's roman was Janson Text (1932), Chauncey Griffith's sober text face that revives the types thought to be made by Dutch punchcutter Anton Janson (1620-1687), but later discovered to be the work of the Hungarian Miklós Kis (1650-1702). The italics of both Hoefler Text and Hoefler Titling show strains of Morris Fuller Benton's Garamond No. 3 (1936), which is modeled on typefaces originally indentified with Claude Garamond (c. 1490-1561), but later proven to be the work of Jean Jannon (1580-1658). With this in mind, Hoefler Titling is more a gloss on the baroque style than the revival of any one historical typeface, and as such it freely explores territory unknown to either typefounder. The family includes three weights, each outfitted with romans, italics, small caps and swashes.


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A good friend of mine, Phillip Peterson, is a licensed gun dealer who sells quite regularly through Gunbroker.com. Phillip, who goes by the username "neatguns," specializes in vintage, oddball and military guns and accessories.
Last week, Phillip listed a "Vintage Sheridan Silver Streak Pellet Rifle 20cal" with a starting bid of $99. The description read, "Sheridan Products Inc. Silver Streak multiple pump forearm pneumatic pellet rifle caliber .20 / 5mm. There is no serial number. Early production version with hold down safety, slab side stock and knurled sight adjustment knobs. Mfg 1949-52. Excellent condition. No notable damage or wear. The forearm has a crack visible from the back but the factory pins should keep it from cracking through. Mechanism is functional and it shoots OK. Original instruction book included."
Kinda cool, I thought. If no one bids on it, I'll go a hundred bucks.
Well, the auction closed last night — at $405.56! That just shows how ignorant I am about vintage airguns. I had no idea an early Silver Streak could go so high, especially one in less-than-pristine condition. Oh well! Just another lesson in my ongoing education, I guess. Now I'll be keeping my eye open for similar models of similar vintage at the antique shows and garage sales. (I've already checked my closets.)
Phillip sells a great many guns every year, which incidentally is how he arrives at the values he lists in "Standard Catalog of Military Firearms," of which he's the editor. (See it here, folks.) Unlike some price guides that contain values by "experts" seeking primarily to pump up their own collections, Phillip's book assigns values strictly on the basis of real-world, street-price trends. Phillip is scrupulously honest, even though his diet consists mostly of Mountain Dew and Ding Dongs.


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More "Monster-ization" of Jane Austen: "Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters"
Last night at midnight, Quirk Books announced a followup to its surprise hit "Pride & Prejudice and Zombies." The name? "Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters," of course. The novel will go on sale Sept. 15 and is written by Ben H. Winters ("P&P&Z" author Seth Grahame Smith is currently at work on "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" for Grand Central). Quirk editor (and franchise creator) Jason Rekulak tells EW that he "just thought it would be really funny to desecrate a classic work of literature" and that he wanted to differentiate his books from the "one-millionth vampire novel that's going to be published this year." In lieu of zombies, Winters promises readers will be introduced to a giant rampaging mutant lobster, octopi with glittering tentacles, and lots and lots of pirates.
May we humbly suggest "Mansfield Park and Mothra" or "Emma and El Chupacabra" next? "Northanger Abbey" and….your turn, commentariat.


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So my question is, who else do you support and how much solace are you getting this week?
anyone against Ireland
anyone against Munster
anyone against Sarries
Leeds Utd for my sins for soccer although rarely watch any now because they all fall over rather too easily!
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Wear your gloves, put on the headgear, strap down your pads because on February 19, 2011 in one of the most anticipated bouts of the year it's going to get down and dirty not to mention bloody. Will there be an encore? A preview by the author.
by Zeeshan Mahmud
Published: 15th February, 2011
Wear your gloves, put on the headgear, strap down your pads because on February 19, 2011 in one of the most anticipated bouts of the year it's going to get down and dirty not to mention bloody. Throw in the salt, pinch some in as you see the mismatched weigh-ins because any signs of complacency is bound to leave you with a bitter taste.
Four years elapsed since India was knocked out of the World Cup in 2007 by Bangladesh. Lot has happened since then to both sides. Gritty India is determined to make sure that the repeat of the past incident would likely be a jamais vu, while Bangladesh would be keen to prove otherwise.
Undefeated against New Zealand for a convincing 5-0 lead, a near pound-four-pound matching against South Africa despite a 3-2 series loss and defeating the defending champions Australia in 2011 World Cup warm up should foreshadow the shadowing Indians clock in in the nets. On the far corner in blue and white is a team with glute-whopping 5357 points as the King of the Ring. And at the corner the dwarf to the Leviathan in green and red are Tigers with paltry 131 points but menacing enough for Rumble in the Jungle. But as they say, bigger they are, harder they fall...and falter the Indians did once. And since we all know it's not the size of the underdog in the fight that matters, it gives us twice the pleasure to stay glued for an anticipated overthrow.
Gone may be Ganguly and Utthapa with Patel as a distant memory but most of the heavyweights from the Indian squad of the 8th match of previous World Cup are still around having found themselves to contend with explosive new batsmen funneled from IPL.
Among the most egregious of the players in the pack comprising of the likes of Sehwag, Dhoni, Yuvraj, Raina, Harbhajan, Zaheer would undoubtedly be Sachin Tendulkar and his 200* innings surrounding The Saint like halation in a country where sports is a religion. It is perhaps of note that the man who is currently in the form of his life - Abdur Razzak- with his recent hat-trick being on the cusp of achieving highest number of wickets in a bilateral series is the same person who suckered the almighty Tendulkar to floor on an unlucky 7 facing 26 balls with an arm ball in 2007. Abdur Razzak would be an automatic inclusion.
Raging bull marauder Tamim, who cuts, swings, and jabs anything that comes to him, has progressed into a much mature fighter from the haymaker that he used to be as evident from the exhibits of his sparkling Lord century, 151 against India in Test, 154 versus Zimbabwe being nominated Wisden Magazine's Cricketer of the Year after pouring in relentless hours in the nets with coach Salahuddin and Siddons.
Cricket has evolved to be a lot more dynamic since the Caribbean calypso and along with the territory came many ungentlemanly behavior in the form of trash talks where players like Sehwag would take below-the-belt shot labeling the Bangladeshi as ordinary in the last encounter while Ishant Sharma had to be reminded who Shakib-al-Hasan really is. And reminded he was for the man left footnotes not only in the category of the number 1 ODI batsman, but also in one of the top ten ODI bowlers, as well as marshaling in a troop over the same Caribbean soil for their first ever test victory and of course single-handedly bringing down the house versus the Kiwis. The man has an average of 35 in ODI and 31 in Test and lives by the mantra that when he steps in the ring there is no second best and became the first ever Bangladeshi to get a County contract with Worcestershire in 2010 only to be renewed this current year.
Raqibul and Mushfiqur would take the corresponding spots. After his withdrawal, Raqibul returned solidly in domestic circuit, banked a solid 65 in a recent match, and has proven himself not only as an anchor but someone who can rev at higher gears too. Another consistent performer has been the keeper, though concerns are raised about his skills with gloves. Moved up the order Rahim would function at his optimum level building the foundation for power hitting.
Mohammad Ashraful has lately gone down the queer street as a journeyman. He may not be dazzling in their last encounter scoring only 8 runs but he was the chief architect in one of the subsequent World Cup match against South Africa. He has been kissing the canvas ever since but unlike the way he did so in Cardiff. However, cognizant of all the above mentioned worries, the temptation to not to use Ashraful - keeping knuckles crossed for an Eid innings- is just too great. He gets the cut if anything just for the intimidation factor and he comes down the order during Power Play overs.
It must however be noted that while Mahmudullah Riyad has lately been out of touch, his record shows a bell-curved peak of performance given his test scores rising from 69 and an undefeated 96 against this very Indian opponent, quickly followed by his patient 115 against New Zealand and a couple of 50s against England -all, mind you, in a very short frame of 2 months. Despite the fact his score tapered off since he reached his peak earlier as well as failing to make any impression with his bat in ODI as he vouches about his focus on power hitting in the nets lately, remains a strong contender.
To clinch the first win against a team full of heavyweights where hitting big matters, Naeem Islam, in my book would get the nod as well as the newly arrived Suhrawadi Shuvo part of the slew of slow,left arm bowlers that the country keeps producing. Despite a 47.62 bowling average, Shuvo puts his money where his mouth is given a modest economy of 4.23 with best figures of 3/14.
Bowlers are expected to flight the ball like a butterfly with enough venom to sting like a bee. Mashrafe Mortaza, the real star from the last tussle with 4 wickets, although not selected in the 15 man squad due to his injury will be with the team in spirit. Heavily built speed-freak Rubel Hossain and a lanky Shafiul Islam, both who have been crucial during the New Zealand whitewash have put enough blood and sweat with the newly appointed genius Bowling coach Ian Pont and would be raring to shed some teardrops looking to do early damage in the openings overs that has been the signature attack of Bangladesh in both New Zealand and Zimbabwe series.Â
Thus my final eleven would be Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Raqibul Hassan, Shakib-al-Hasan (c), Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mohammad Ashraful, Mohammad Mahmuddlah, Naeem Islam, Suhrawadi Shuvo, Abdur Razzak, Rubel Hossain.
Odds however may it be in favor of the Indians, Bangladeshis are not expected to throw in the towels that easily. As much as Indians squad seems to be full of players having rockstar like status, over the past four years, Bangladeshis can bank on the players who have refined their games since their last faceoff. Whereas in the past the team would rely on only one or two key performances, now the team has gelled into a much cohesive unit to deliver punches. What the players lack in charisma and personality of #1 ranked Indian team's firepower, lower rung Bangladeshi players make up with sheer determination and hard labor. Last blow dealt was severe, but the forthcoming one will be deadly. It's not curtain call yet; crowds- rather chant.... Encore!
About the author(s): Having graced the forum behind the dramatis personae of Gopal Bhar, Zeeshan now chiefly lurks here for nearby free iftar locations ie when not contemplating about Gödel, Escher and Bach or other meta-mathematical themes. He is also the author of "Collected Writings on Cricket".
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Earlier, we showed how to open a filehandle for output. Normally, that will create a new file, wiping out any existing file with the same name. Perhaps you want to check that there isn't a file by that name. Perhaps you need to know how old a given file is. Or perhaps you want to go through a list of files to find which ones are larger than a certain number of bytes and not accessed for a certain amount of time. Perl has a complete set of tests you can use to find information about files.File Test Operators
Before we start a program that creates a new file, let's make sure the file doesn't already exist so that we don't accidentally overwrite a vital spreadsheet data file or that important birthday calendar. For this, we use the –e file test, testing a filename for existence:
die "Oops! A file called '$filename' already exists.n"
if -e $filename;
We didn't include $! in this die message since we're not reporting that the system refused a request in this case. Here's an example of checking if a file is being kept up to date. In this case, we're testing an already opened filehandle instead of a string file name. Let's say that our program's configuration file should be updated every week or two. (Maybe it's checking for computer viruses.) If the file hasn't been modified in the past 28 days, then something is wrong:
warn "Config file is looking pretty old!n "
if -M CONFIG > 28;
The third example is more complex. Let's say disk space is filling up; rather than buy more disks, we've decided to move any large, useless files to the backup tapes. So let's go through our list of files* to see which of them are larger than 100 KB. But even if a file is large, we shouldn't move it to the backup tapes unless it hasn't been accessed in the last 90 days (so we know it's not used too often):†
my @original_files = qw/ fred barney betty wilma pebbles dino bamm-bamm /;
my @big_old_files; # The ones we want to put on backup tapes
foreach my $filename (@original_files) {
push @big_old_files, $filename
if -s $filename > 100_000 and -A $filename > 90;
This is the first time that you've seen it, so maybe you noticed that the control vari able of the foreach loop is a my variable. That declares it to have the scope of the loop, so this example should work under use strict . Without the my keyword, this would be using the global $filename .
The file tests look like a hyphen and a letter, which is the name of the test, followed by a filename or a filehandle to test. Many of them return a true/false value, but several give something more interesting. See Table 11-1 for the complete list and read the following discussion to learn more about the special cases.
|File test
|File or directory is readable by this (effective) user or group
|File or directory is writable by this (effective) user or group
|File or directory is executable by this (effective) user or group
|File or directory is owned by this (effective) user
|File or directory is readable by this real user or group
|File or directory is writable by this real user or group
|File or directory is executable by this real user or group
|File or directory is owned by this real user
|File or directory name exists
|File exists and has zero size (always false for directories)
|File or directory exists and has nonzero size (the value is the size in bytes)
|Entry is a plain file
|Entry is a directory
|Entry is a symbolic link
|Entry is a socket
File Test Operators
|File test
|Entry is a named pipe (a "fifo")
|Entry is a block-special file (like a mountable disk)
|Entry is a character-special file (like an I/O device)
|File or directory is setuid
|File or directory is setgid
|File or directory has the sticky bit set
|The filehandle is a TTY (as reported by the isatty() system function; filenames can't be tested by this test)
|File looks like a "text" file
|File looks like a "binary" file
|Modification age (measured in days)
|Access age (measured in days)
|Inode-modification age (measured in days)
The tests -r, -w, -x , and -o tell if the given attribute is true for the effective user or group ID,* which essentially refers to the person who is in charge of running the program.† These tests look at the permission bits on the file to see what is permitted. If your system uses Access Control Lists (ACLs), the tests will use those as well. These tests generally tell if the system would try to permit something, but it doesn't mean that it really would be possible. For example, -w may be true for a file on a CD-ROM, though you can't write to it, or -x may be true on an empty file, which can't truly be executed.
The -s test does return true if the file is non-empty, but it's a special kind of true. It's the length of the file, measured in bytes, which evaluates as true for a nonzero number.
A Unix filesystem‡ has seven types of items, represented by the seven file tests -f , -d , -l , -S , -p , -b , and -c . Any item should be one of those. If you have a symbolic link pointing to a file, that will report true for -f and -l . So if you want to know whether something is a symbolic link, you should generally test that first. (You'll learn more about symbolic links in Chapter 12.)
The age tests, -M , -A , and -C (yes, they're uppercase) return the number of days since the file was last modified, accessed, or had its inode changed.* (The inode contains all of the information about the file except for its contents. See the stat system call manpage or a good book on Unix internals for details.) This age value is a full floating-point number, so you might get a value of 2.00001 if a file were modified two days and one second ago. These "days" aren't necessarily the same as a human would count. For example, if it's 1:30 A.M. when you check a file modified at about an hour before midnight, the value of -M for this file would be around 0.1 , even though it was modified "yesterday."
When checking the age of a file, you might get a negative value like -1.2 , which means that the file's last access timestamp is set at about thirty hours in the future. The zero point on this timescale is the moment your program started running,† so that value might mean a long-running program was looking at a file that had just been accessed. Or a timestamp could be set (accidentally or intentionally) to a time in the future.
The tests -T and -B determine if a file is text or binary. But people who know a lot about filesystems know there's no bit (at least in Unix-like operating systems) to indicate that a file is a binary or text file, so how can Perl tell? The answer is that Perl cheats: it opens the file, looks at the first few thousand bytes, and makes an educated guess. If it sees a lot of null bytes, unusual control characters, and bytes with the high bit set, then that looks like a binary file. If there's not much weird stuff, then it looks like text. It sometimes guesses wrong. If a text file has a lot of Swedish or French words (which may have characters represented with the high bit set, as some ISO-8859-something variant, or perhaps even a Unicode version), it may fool Perl into declaring it binary. So it's not perfect, but if you need to separate your source code from compiled files, or HTML files from PNGs, these tests should do the trick.
You'd think that -T and -B would always disagree since a text file isn't a binary and vice versa, but there are two special cases where they're in complete agreement. If the file doesn't exist, or can't be read, both are false since it's neither a text file nor a binary. Alternatively, if the file is empty, it's an empty text file and an empty binary file at the same time, so they're both true.
The -t file test returns true if the given filehandle is a TTY—if it's interactive because it's not a simple file or pipe. When -t STDIN returns true, it generally means that you can interactively ask the user questions. If it's false, your program is probably getting input from a file or pipe, rather than a keyboard.
{mospagebreak title=File Test Operators}
Don't worry if you don't know what some of the other file tests mean—if you've never heard of them, you won't be needing them. But if you're curious, get a good book about programming for Unix. (On non-Unix systems, these tests all try to give results analogous to what they do on Unix, or give undef for an unavailable feature. Usually, you'll be able to guess what they'll do.)
If you omit the filename or filehandle parameter to a file test (that is, if you have -r or just -s ), the default operand is the file named in $_ .* So, to test a list of filenames to see which ones are readable, you type the following:
foreach (@lots_of_filenames) {
print "$_ is readablen" if -r; # same as -r $ _
But if you omit the parameter, be careful that whatever follows the file test doesn't look like it could be a parameter. For example, if you wanted to find out the size of a file in KB rather than in bytes, you might be tempted to divide the result of -s by 1000 (or 1024 ), like this:
# The filename is in $_
my $size_in_K = -s / 1000; # Oops!
When the Perl parser sees the slash, it doesn't think about division. Since it's look ing for the optional operand for -s , it sees what looks like the start of a regular expression in forward slashes. To prevent this confusion, put parentheses around the file test:
my $size_in_k = (-s) / 1024; # Uses $_ by default
Explicitly giving a file test a parameter is safer.{mospagebreak title=The stat and lstat Functions}
Though these file tests are fine for testing various attributes regarding a particular file or filehandle, they don't tell the whole story. For example, there's no file test that returns the number of links to a file or the owner's user ID (uid). To get at the remaining information about a file, call the stat function, which returns pretty much everything that the stat Unix system call returns (and more than you want to know).† The operand to stat is a filehandle or an expression that evaluates to a filename. The return value is either the empty list indicating that the stat failed (usually because the file doesn't exist), or a 13-element list of numbers, most easily described using the following list of scalar variables:
my($dev, $ino, $mode, $nlink, $uid, $gid, $rdev ,
$size, $atime, $mtime, $ctime, $blksize, $blocks)
= stat($filename);
The names here refer to the parts of the stat structure, described in detail in the stat(2) manpage. You should look there for the detailed descriptions. Here's a quick summary of the important ones:
$dev and $ino
The device number and inode number of the file. Together, they make up a "license plate" for the file. Even if it has more than one name (hard link), the combination of device and inode numbers will be unique.
The set of permission bits for the file and some other bits. If you've ever used the Unix command ls -l to get a detailed (long) file listing, you'll see that each line of output starts with something like -rwxr-xr-x . The nine letters and hyphens of file permissions* correspond to the nine least significant bits of $mode , which would give the octal number 0755 in this case. The other bits, beyond the lowest nine, indicate other details about the file. If you need to work with the mode, you'll want to use the bitwise operators covered later in this chapter.
The number of (hard) links to the file or directory. This is the number of true names that the item has. This number is always 2 or more for directories and (usually) 1 for files. You'll see more about this when we talk about creating links to files in Chapter 12. In the listing from ls -l , this is the number just after the permission bits string.
$uid and $gid
The numeric user ID and group ID showing the file's ownership.
The size in bytes, as returned by the -s file test.
$atime, $mtime, and $ctime
The three timestamps, but here they're represented in the system's timestamp format: a 32-bit number telling how many seconds have passed since the Epoch, which is an arbitrary starting point for measuring system time. On Unix systems and some others, the Epoch is the beginning of 1970 at midnight Universal Time, but the Epoch is different on some machines. There's more information later in this chapter on turning that timestamp number into something useful.
Invoking stat on the name of a symbolic link returns information on what the symbolic link points at and not information about the symbolic link itself unless the link happens to be pointing at nothing currently accessible. If you need the (mostly useless) information about the symbolic link itself, use lstat rather than stat (which returns the same information in the same order). If the operand isn't a symbolic link, lstat returns the same things that stat would.
Like the file tests, the operand of stat or lstat defaults to $_ , meaning the underlying stat system call will be performed on the file named by the scalar variable $_ .{mospagebreak title=The localtime Function}
When you have a timestamp number (such as the ones from stat), it will typically look something like 1180630098. That won't help you, unless you need to compare two timestamps by subtracting. You may need to convert it to something human-readable, such as a string like "Thu May 31 09:48:18 2007". Perl can do that with the localtime function in a scalar context:
my $timestamp = 1180630098;
my $date = localtime $timestamp;
In a list context, localtime returns a list of numbers, several of which may not be what you'd expect:
my($sec, $min, $hour, $day, $mon, $year, $wday, $yday, $isdst)
= localtime $timestamp;
The $mon is a month number, ranging from 0 to 11 , which is handy as an index into an array of month names. The $year is the number of years since 1900, oddly enough, so add 1900 to get the real year number. The $wday ranges from 0 (for Sun day) through 6 (for Saturday), and the $yday is the day-of-the-year (ranging from 0 for January 1, through 364 or 365 for December 31).
Two related functions are also useful. The gmtime function is the same as localtime , except that it returns the time in Universal Time (what we once called Greenwich Mean Time). If you need the current timestamp number from the system clock, use the time function. Both localtime and gmtime default to using the current time value if you don't supply a parameter:
my $now = gmtime; # Get the current universal timestamp as a string
For more information on manipulating date and time information, see the information about some useful modules in Appendix R.{mospagebreak title=Bitwise Operators}
When you need to work with numbers bit by bit, as when working with the mode bits returned by stat, you'll need to use the bitwise operators. These operators perform binary math operations on values. The bitwise-and operator (&) reports which bits are set in the left argument and in the right argument. For example, the expression 10 & 12 has the value 8. The bitwise-and needs to have a one-bit in both operands to produce a one-bit in the result. That means that the logical-and operation on ten (which is 1010 in binary) and twelve (which is 1100 ) gives eight (which is 1000 , with a one-bit only where the left operand has a one-bit and the right operand also has a one-bit). See Figure 11-1.
Figure 11-1. Bitwise-and addition
The different bitwise operators and their meanings are shown in Table 11-2.
|10 & 12
|Bitwise-and; which bits are true in both operands (this gives 8 )
|10 | 12
|Bitwise-or; which bits are true in one operand or the other (this gives 14 )
|10 ^ 12
|Bitwise-xor; which bits are true in one operand or the other but not both (this gives 6 )
|6 << 2
Bitwise shift left; shift the left operand the number of bits shown by the right operand, adding zero-bits
|at the least-significant places (this gives 24 )
|25 >> 2
Bitwise shift right; shift the left operand the number of bits shown by the right operand, discarding the
|least-significant bits (this gives 6 )
|~ 10
Bitwise negation, also called unary bit complement; return the number with the opposite bit for each bit
|in the operand (this gives 0xFFFFFFF5 , but see the text)
So, here's an example of some things you could do with the $mode returned by stat . The results of these bit manipulations could be useful with chmod , which you'll see in Chapter 12:
# $mode is the mode value returned from a stat of CONFI G
warn "Hey, the configuration file is world-writable!n"
if $mode & 0002; # configuration security problem
my $classical_mode = 0777 & $mode;
# mask off extra high-bits
my $u_plus_x = $classical_mode | 0100;
# turn one bit on
my $go_minus_r = $classical_mode & (~ 0044); # turn two bits off
Using Bitstrings
All of the bitwise operators can work with bitstrings, as well as with integers. If the operands are integers, the result will be an integer. (The integer will be at least a 32-bit integer but may be larger if your machine supports that. That is, if you have a 64-bit machine, ~10 may give the 64-bit result 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF5 , rather than the 32-bit result 0xFFFFFFF5 .)
But if any operand of a bitwise operator is a string, Perl will perform the operation on that bitstring. That is, "xAA" | "x55" will give the string "xFF" . Note that these values are single-byte strings and the result is a byte with all eight bits set. Bitstrings may be arbitrarily long.
This is one of the few places where Perl distinguishes between strings and numbers. See the perlop manpage for more information on using bitwise operators on strings.{mospagebreak title=Using the Special Underscore Filehandle}
Every time you use stat, lstat, or a file test in a program, Perl has to go out to the system to ask for a stat buffer on the file (that is, the return buffer from the stat system call). That means if you want to know if a file is readable and writable, you'll ask the system twice for the same information, which isn't likely to change in a nonhostile environment.
This looks like a waste of time,* and can be avoided. Doing a file test, stat , or lstat on the special _ filehandle (the operand being a single underscore) tells Perl to use whatever happens to be lounging around in memory from the previous file test, stat , or lstat function, rather than going out to the operating system again. Sometimes this is dangerous: a subroutine call can invoke stat without your knowledge, blowing your buffer away. If you're careful, you can save yourself a few unneeded system calls, thereby making your program faster. Here's that example of finding files to put on the backup tapes again, using the new tricks you've learned:
my @original_files = qw/ fred barney betty wilma pebbles dino bamm-bamm /;
my @big_old_files; # The ones we want to put on backup tapes
foreach (@original_files) {
push @big_old_files, $ _
if (-s) > 100_000 and -A _ > 90; # More efficient than before
We used the default of $_ for the first test; this is as more efficient (except perhaps for the programmer), and it gets the data from the operating system. The second test uses the magic _ filehandle. For this test, the data left around after getting the file's size are used, which are what we want.
Testing the _ filehandle is different from allowing the operand of a file test, stat ,or lstat to default to testing $_ . Using $_ would be a fresh test each time on the current file named by the contents of $_ , but using _ saves the trouble of calling the system again. Here is another case where similar names were chosen for radically different functions.Exercises
See Appendix Q for answers to the following exercises:
- [15] Make a program that takes a list of files named on the command line and reports for each one whether it's readable, writable, executable, or doesn't exist. (Hint: It may be helpful to have a function that will do all of the file tests for one file at a time.) What does it report about a file which has been chmod 'ed to 0 ? (That is, if you're on a Unix system, use the command chmod 0 some_file to mark that file as neither being readable, writable, nor executable.) In most shells, use a star as the argument to mean all of the normal files in the current directory. That is, you could type something like ./ex11-1 * to ask the program for the attributes of many files at once.
- [10] Make a program to identify the oldest file named on the command line and report its age in days. What does it do if the list is empty (that is, if no files are mentioned on the command line)?
* It's more likely that, instead of having the list of files in an array as our example shows, you'll read it directly
from the filesystem using a glob or directory handle as we will show in Chapter 12. Since you haven't seen that yet, we'll just start with the list and go from there.
† There's a way to make this example more efficient as you'll see by the end of the chapter.
* The -o and -O tests relate only to the user ID and not to the group ID.
† For advanced students, the corresponding -R, -W, -X, and -O tests use the real user or group ID, which becomes important if your program may be running set-ID. In that case, it's generally the ID of the person
who requested running it. See any good book about advanced Unix programming for a discussion of set-ID programs.
‡ This is the case on many non-Unix filesystems but not all of the file tests are meaningful everywhere. For example, you aren't likely to have block special files on your non-Unix system.
* This information will be somewhat different on non-Unix systems since not all keep track of the same times that Unix does. For example, on some systems, the ctime field (which the -C test looks at) is the file creation time (which Unix doesn't keep track of), rather than the inode change time. See the perlport manpage.
† As recorded in the $^T variable, which you could update (with a statement like $^T = time;) if you needed to get the ages relative to a different starting time.
* The -t file test is an exception since that test isn't useful with filenames (they're never TTYs). By default, it tests STDIN.
† On a non-Unix system, stat and lstat, as well as the file tests, should return "the closest thing available." For example, a system that doesn't have user IDs (that is, a system that has just one "user," in the Unix sense) might return zero for the user and group IDs as if the only user is the system administrator. If stat or lstat
fails, it will return an empty list. If the system call underlying a file test fails (or isn't available on the given system), that test will generally return undef. See the perlport manpage for the latest about what to expect on different systems.
* The first character in that string isn't a permission bit. It indicates the type of entry: a hyphen for an ordinary file, d for directory, or l for symbolic link, among others. The ls command determines this from the other bits past the least significant nine.
* Because it is. Asking the system for information is relatively slow.


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MythBusters Answers Titanic's Biggest Question: Could Jack and Rose Both Have Survived on That Board?
Posted on October 10, 2012 at 1:06pm by Liz Klimas
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It's something every teenage girl at the end of the 1990s seeing Titanic for the fifth time was thinking: Leo DiCaprio so could have fit on that wooden board instead of freezing in the water and dying. Now the popular show MythBusters has finally taken the time to weigh in on the topic with its expert reenactment skills.
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When I first saw the movie, I annoyed folks with that theory.
Maybe the board should have been smaller to quiet know it alls.
I think that shows like this just might induce people and children think.
One can only hope.
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