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This week on television, the creators of Glee and Nip/Tuck pay homage to The Shining and Rosemary's Baby with American Horror Story. Syfy has the season finale of Warehouse 13 and the season premiere of Sanctuary.
But that's not all! Jewel Staite is a demon on Supernatural, an asteroid is on a collision course with Earth, George Washington meets aliens, and Fringe's Walter Bishop is getting closer to the truth. Plus we've got new clips from Adventure Time, Warehouse 13, Terra Nova, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and more. It's your whole week in television, right here.
Syfy is having a Warehouse 13 marathon starting at 11 AM, re-running the whole third season to get you ready for the season finale tonight.
Cartoon Network has another big animated block tonight. First at 7 PM, there's a new Johnny Test, "Johnny Two-Face":
The twins try to stop Johnny from lying, but they all find out that sometimes the truth hurts.
That's followed by a new Amazing World of Gumball at 7:30 PM. And then there's a new Adventure Time at 8 PM, "The Apple Thief":
Finn and Jake are feeling peckish and the only one thing can satisfy their hunger is Tree Trunks' world- famous apple pie!
Check out a clip above. That's followed by Regular Show at 8:15. Then at 8:30 PM, Cartoon Network has another episode of Secret Mountain Fort Awesome, followed by a new Mad at 8:45 PM.
Or you could be watching the second episode of Terra Nova on Fox at 8 PM. It's called "Instinct," and here's what it's all about:
JIM AND TAYLOR MUST PROTECT THE COLONY WHEN IT'S INVADED BY A SWARM OF PREHISTORIC FLYING BIRDS; ELISABETH DISCOVERS A FORMER FLAME MAY HAVE RECRUITED HER TO THE PAST ON AN ALL-NEW "TERRA NOVA" MONDAY, OCTOBER 3 ON FOX. When Terra Nova comes under attack from a legion of Pterosaurs, Jim and Taylor must find a way to save the colony before it's completely overtaken. Elisabeth discovers a former flame is also living in Terra Nova and may have been responsible for her recruitment. Syke tries to make Josh feel at home and Reynolds get protective of Maddy.
Here are three clips from the episode:
The two-hour Warehouse 13 season finale, called "Emily Lake"/"Stand", is airing at 9 PM on Syfy. Here's what it's about:
Pete and Myka investigate the theft of a top-secret file from the warehouse, which brings them to a high school in Wyoming, where H.G. Wells is working as a teacher named Emily Lake in the Season 3 finale.
And here's a sneak peek from the episode.
Also at 10 PM: another episode of Castle on ABC, in which we all hope they top last week's comic-book episode.
Plus there's another episode of MTV's cops-and-zombies show Death Valley at 10:30 PM.
The IFC Channel has the season premiere of Onion News Network at 10 PM, with the extremely promising title of "Asteroid Heads to Earth."
At 10 PM, CBS has another unforgettable episode of Unforgettable, "Check Out Time."
When a hotel maid is accused of murdering a guest who she says tried to rape her, Carrie takes matters into her own hands to uncover the truth, threatening Al's investigation.
There's an all-new Mythbusters on the Discovery Channel at 9 PM, "Newton's Cradle":
The MythBusters are swinging for science - testing a viral video that supersizes Newton's cradle using wrecking balls to transfer energy. Kari, Grant, and Tory tackle a Hollywood classic - is a bird landing on your hood enough to tip your car off a cliff?
That's followed at 10 PM by the premiere of Penn and Teller Tell a Lie.
At 9 PM, there's also another new Ancient Aliens on the History Channel, "Aliens and the Founding Fathers." Which you have to admit is an intriguing topic.
Then at 10 PM, there's the series premiere of American Horror Story on FX, the horror show from the makers of Glee.
American Horror Story, co-created by former Nip/Tuck executive producers and current Glee co-creators/executive producers Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, revolves around The Harmons, a family of three who move from Boston to Los Angeles as a means to reconcile past anguish. The All Star cast features Dylan McDermott (The Practice) as "Ben Harmon," a psychiatrist; Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights) as "Vivien Harmon," Ben's wife; Taissa Farmiga as "Violet," the Harmon's teenage daughter; Jessica Lange (Tootsie, Blue Sky, Grey Gardens) in her first-ever regular series TV role as "Constance," the Harmon's neighbor; Evan Peters (One Tree Hill) plays "Tate Langdon," one of Ben's patients; and Denis O'Hare (The Good Wife) as "Larry Harvey." Guest stars for the series include Frances Conroy (Six Feet Under) as the Harmon's housekeeper; Alexandra Breckenridge (Dirt) as the Harmon's housekeeper; and Jamie Brewer as Constance's daughter.
Watch the first five minutes of the first episode here.
But also at 10 PM, there's the premiere of a new show on National Geographic called Mad Scientists, and the first episode is called "Ultimate Rock Crawler." That's followed at 10:30 PM by a second episode, "26-Foot Lawn Dart."
Also at 10 PM, Science has the season finale of Dark Matters: Twisted But True, covering such topics as "How to Make a Zombie." Which sounds more mad-sciencey than "Ultimate Rock Crawler," it must be said.
There's another new episode of The Vampire Diaries on The CW at 8 PM, "Disturbing Behavior":
Still in Chicago, Klaus (Joseph Morgan) uses Gloria (guest star Charmin Lee), a witch he knew long ago, to help him track down missing information that will explain why his plan isn't working. Gloria's spells reveal intriguing glimpses of the truth, but she soon realizes she needs Stefan's (Paul Wesley) knowledge to complete the puzzle. When Stefan suddenly finds himself in danger, help comes from a surprising ally. Back in Mystic Falls, a frustrating new enemy pushes Damon (Ian Somerhalder) over the brink and he lashes out in a way that will have lasting consequences. Caroline (Candice Accola) struggles with her own emotional issues, even as she tries to help Elena (Nina Dobrev) face her feelings. Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) makes a brief but disturbing breakthrough with one of his ghostly visitors, leaving him more confused than ever. Finally, Bonnie (Kat Graham) has a strange encounter that will affect everyone.
Also at 8: another episode of Community on NBC, "Competitive Ecology":
THE STUDY GROUP TACKLES THEIR FIRST BIG BIOLOGY ASSIGNMENT FROM PROFESSOR KANE (MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS) WHILE CHANG KEEPS THE CAMPUS SAFE - As the study group sets to work on their first big assignment in biology - a terrarium - they are driven to distraction over how they should pair off to do their project. Elsewhere on campus, Chang (Ken Jeong) patrols the school grounds looking for signs of trouble and imagines himself in a noir detective mystery.
Or you could also watch another new The Big Bang Theory on CBS at 8 PM, "The Wiggly Finger Catalyst."
And then the fourth option at 8 PM is episode three of Charlie's Angels on ABC, with "Bon Voyage, Angels," which is written by former Buffy the Vampire Slayer scribe Douglas Petrie. (This was supposed to be the second episode, but was pushed back a week for some reason.)
Then at 9 PM, CBS has another episode of Person of Interest, "Mission Creep":
When the Machine directs Reese and Finch to a former Marine with shady connections to a crime ring, Reese must infiltrate the gang, taking part in their heist. Meanwhile, Detective Carter is closer than ever to finding out who Reese is.
Also at 9 PM: The CW has another episode of The Secret Circle, "Heather":
Cassie (Britt Robertson) looks up an old friend of her mother's named Heather Barnes (guest star Camille Sullivan) and discovers she has been in a catatonic state since the night of the fire 16 years ago. Feeling guilty that her mother and her Circle may have had something to do with Heather's current state, Cassie tells Diana (Shelley Hennig) that she wants to use magic to help Heather. Diana refuses to help, but Faye (Phoebe Jane Tonkin) is more than happy to conjure up a spell – for a price.
Cartoon Network has another great Friday night animated bloc. First up at 6 PM: Batman: Brave and the Bold, "Triumvirate of Terror!". Then at 6:30 PM, there's an all-new Young Justice, "Alpha Male." Then at 7 PM, there's a new Generator Rex, "Exposed." And at 7:30 PM, there's a new Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, "The Flame Keeper's Circle."
Or you could watch a brand new Phineas and Ferb on Disney at 7 PM, "The Curse of Candace" and "That's The Spirit!".
At 8 PM, CBS has another episode of A Gifted Man, "In Case of Discomfort."
While interviewing doctors to run the clinic, Michael helps a man who passed out, but refuses care due to lack of insurance. Meanwhile, as Michael evaluates a woman, he notices lesions on her brain that require immediate surgery, even as he doesn't know the exact diagnosis.
Also at 8 PM, there's a new episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, "Mercy Mission."
After groundquakes have devastated the planet Aleen, a Republic relief effort arrives, including the droids R2-D2 and C-3PO. When the native Aleena's pleas go unheard, it becomes the duty of the droids to embark on asurreal journey through Aleen's subterranean world to save the planet.
Meanwhile at 8, The CW has more of its spy-fi series Nikita, "Knightfall":
Birkoff (Aaron Stanford) tells Nikita (Maggie Q) and Michael (Shane West) that a black box file reveals that an international terrorist named Ramon (guest star Simon Kassianides), who has been taking credit for some serious political assassinations, now works for Division. This news upsets Nikita since she was the agent that captured Ramon years ago and turned him over to Percy (Xander Berkeley). Amanda (Melinda Clarke) convinces Alex (Lyndsy Fonseca) to kill Anton Kochenko (guest star Paul Braunstein), a man who used to work for Alex's father, and plans to let Ramon take the credit for the murder. However, when Nikita disrupts Amanda's plan, Amanda fights back by taking what Nikita loves most.
Or for another alternative, Disney Channel has a brand new Wizards of Waverly Place, "Wizards of Apartment 13B." That's followed by a brand new A.N.T. Farm at 8:30, "MutA.N.T. Farm."
And then at 9 PM, Fox has another episode of Fringe, "All Alone in the World":
Two 12-year-old bullies are found dead after tormenting another boy, but the abnormally rapid decomposition of their bodies leads to the Fringe team's discovery of a strange entity and a trail of more victims. Meanwhile, Walter's hallucinations are beginning to take their toll.
Also at 9 PM, there's another new Supernatural on The CW, featuring the one and only Jewel Staite! Here's the scoop:
Dean (Jensen Ackles) is furious after Sam (Jared Padalecki) disappears to follow a lead on a case with clues that are identical to a case Sam solved as a kid. The demon turns out to be Amy (guest star Jewel Staite), who has been killing low-life thugs and taking their brains for dinner – the same demon Sam found as a kid.
Jensen Ackles directed this episode!
Then at 10 PM, there's the season premiere of Sanctuary on Syfy, with "Tempus":
Magnus goes to 1898 London to try to stop Adam Worth from saving his daughter, which would alter the current time line.
And then at 11 PM, G4 has new episodes of Iron Man Anime and Wolverine Anime.
The Hub is showing a new episode of R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series at 8, followed by a new Transformers Prime at 8:30, "One Shall Rise: Part 2."
In mourning for the end of Doctor Who season six? Don't worry — Syfy has a new original TV movie for you at 9 PM! It's called Terror Beneath, and it will definitely help you get through that long Saturday evening. It features Adrian Pasdar, and it was originally called "Garden of Evil" or "Seeds of Destruction". Here's the scoop:
They thought they found the Garden of Eden, but they unleashed the root of all evil. Militant environmentalists Kate and Joe witness, and videotape, the rapid growth of a gigantic root system that literally begins mowing through the country like an earthquake. At the same time, government agent Jack Taylor contacts plant expert Jocelyn Snow, who discovers that her ex-colleague, Frame Marcos, is the probable source of the ancient seed that started the whole ecological disaster. Under the growing threat of massive tsunamis should the enormous root system burrow under the ocean, Jack, Jocelyn, Joe and Kate confront Frame in his compound, then return to the place where it all began, with the hopes that Jocelyn can disable the embryonic root and bring the disaster to an end.
Also, BBC America has another episode of Bedlam at 9 PM, "Driven."
A new tenant is haunted, and Kate learns that the woman has a secret that may hold the key to the spirit visitation, while Jed and Ryan try to stop the spirit before it kills the woman.
And then at 11 PM, Disney XD has a new (to us Americans) episode of Naruto Shippuden, "The Target Appears."
At 8 PM, Discovery Channel has a new Curiosity, "Egypt: What Lies Beneath?"
Only 1% of Ancient Egypt has been discovered - 99% remains hidden. Egypt - What Lies Beneath? will use unique Space Archaeology to blow away the sands and reveal this ancient land as it truly was - 4,000 years ago. Featuring specially commissioned data-driven Computer Generated Graphics, this landmark 60-minute film will leave all other films on Ancient Egypt in its wake.
Also at 10 PM, there's the season finale of Breaking Bad on AMC, "Face Off."
At 11:45 PM, Cartoon Network's Adult Swim has another new Squidbillies. That's followed at midnight by another episode of China, IL.
Sources: Futon Critic, MSN TV, TV Guide, and various TV studio press releases.


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You need to justify this. Where in the poem does she do it? Which lines are telling us about Nature's magnificence?The poetess describes the immense beauty of Nature by emphatizing its intensity and magnificence, which is in contrast with the human being who is so tiny and insignificant.
The word is "simplicity", even though it's "semplicita" in Italian.We can only admire its semplicity without saying a word because we cannot do this even if we want to.
Again, you need to justify this interpretation.We live in a world in which macrocosm and microcosm doesn't coincide as we are not part of this semplicity, which even nowadays is mostly incomprehensible.
The word is "mechanisms".We are inert observers who cannot explain neither the easiest meccanisms of the surrounding universe,nor describe properly her beauty.
Generally, your interpratation and analysis lacks analysis. You just said what you think the poem means. You didn't say why you think so. You didn't analyze the poetic devices used in the poem either.
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Tom Gaskins (1909 – 1998) spent most of his life trudging through the swamps of Fisheating Creek near Palmdale, Florida. He was a man of ideas and regarded as a salt-of-the-earth character. Gaskins owned the Cypress Knee Museum in Palmdale where he collected and sold cypress knees as decorations, furniture, and other useful items. His knowledge of cypress knees and swamp life was legendary. His friends referred to him as "Ol' Barefoot," as he never wore shoes except when paying his respects at a funeral.
The Cypress Knee Museum opened in the 1930s when Gaskins fashioned an extra-large cypress knee into a roadside sign to lure tourists to his collection. The museum remained open until 2000 (2 years after Gaskins' death) when the property was burglarized and most of the collection stolen.
Gaskins was also an inventor. He held over a dozen patents, including the Tom Gaskin's Turkey Call that is still manufactured and sold today.
The State Archives of Florida is not the only organization that has taken an interest in Mr. Gaskins. Over the years he was featured in stories by the LA Times, Sun Sentinel, Mechanix Illustrated, Popular Science, Chicago Tribune, and was even a guest on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Gaskins received the Florida Folk Heritage Award in 1988. His fascinating work and personality piqued the interest of those lucky enough to cross his path; just like travelers going down US 27 in South Florida who stopped by to see "Ol' Barefoot."
In 1987, Tom Gaskins was interviewed by the Florida Folklife Program. Below are two excerpts:
Excerpt 1: Tom Gaskins explains the origins of hollow cypress knees
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Excerpt 2: Tom Gaskins talks about the turkey call he invented
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Toshiba has noted that the Thrive is targeted at consumers who use tablets at home.
The WiFi only tablet weighs a whopping 700 grams and comes with a dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 CPU alongside with 1 GB of RAM. There are two cameras a 5-megapixel on the back and the 2-megapixel front facing one.
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text: The fund's manager and two analysts depart, leaving a void at this top-notch sector fund. By Nellie S. Huang, Senior Associate Editor February 19, 2013 Former doctor Kris Jenner ably leveraged his experience on the frontlines of health care into a successful investing career. Beginning in January 2000, he was lead manager of T. Rowe Health Sciences (symbol PRHSX), one of the funds we highlighted in "The Best Fund Families". But Jenner, a 16-year Price veteran who also led the firm's eight-member team of health care analysts, has left the firm to "pursue other opportunities," says Brian Lewbart, a company spokesman. Two Price health care analysts, Mark Bussard and Graham McPhail, also resigned. Their last day at Price was February 15.See Also: The Kiplinger 25 -- Our Favorite Funds The departures leave in question the future of the Health Sciences fund, which earned 11.0% annualized from the time Jenner became manager through February 14, beating the typical health care fund by an average of four percentage points per year. Taymour Tamaddon, who has been an analyst with the fund since 2004, will take over as manager. Five health care analysts remain to support him. Price is well-known for its team-oriented, collaborative culture, where analysts dive deep into specific sectors and support all of the firm's portfolios with their know-how. That ethos will provide Health Sciences some cushion under its new leadership, but we'd hold off on investing in the fund until Tamaddon has proved himself. Advertisement Jenner's calls on health care stocks influenced the selection of stocks at other Price funds. He played a significant role at T. Rowe Price New Horizons (PRNHX), for instance. Though Henry Ellenbogen is the fund's lead manager — and thus had final say — Jenner managed, with the assistance of the health-care analysts, a small slice (between 5% and 8%) of the $10.5 billion portfolio. At last report, about 19% of New Horizons's assets were in health-care stocks, though Jenner's biotech and specialty drug stock picks made up only about half of that. Ellenbogen will take over the management of Jenner's portion of New Horizons. Jenner's departure is noteworthy, not just because he was a star manager at T. Rowe Price. The firm is known not only for drawing talent into its fold but also for retaining it. Many of its best managers have been with the firm for decades. For instance, Preston Athey, the manager of T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value (PRSVX) — a member of the Kiplinger 25 — has been with Price since 1978. Larry Puglia, head of T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth (TRBCX), joined the firm in 1990. And Brian Rogers, chairman of T. Rowe Price Inc.'s board of directors, the company's chief investment officer and the manager of T. Rowe Price Equity Income (PRFDX), landed at the firm in 1982. Price spokesman Lewbart couldn't elaborate on Jenner's plans (or whether analysts Bussard and McPhail are part of them). But we'll be on the lookout for additional news.


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The 20 top-grossing gaming apps are all free — until players decide they want more than the standard play. In-app purchases typically cost in the 99 cents to $2.99 range. The purchases serve a variety of purposes, depending on the game. Some accelerate or improve game-play, saving time for the gamer. Some give the gamer additional "lives."
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Teaching children about Holy Week
But, some teachers and psychologists said, the solution is only two days after the problem. When you talk about the crucifixion, don't forget the resurrection.
During Holy Week, Christians in the West will commemorate such events as the Last Supper, the crucifixion and the resurrection of Jesus.It's explaining the crucifixion that can occasionally give some adults pause. It was a violent death, according to the accounts of the Gospels, which say that Jesus was scourged and beaten before being nailed to a cross. But it also was a key event in Christ's life that can't be ignored when discussing the Christian faith.
"The thing is you cannot change the story, because the story certainly is what we as Christians believe, but you try to present it in a simple way," said Dawn Rivard, director of children's ministry at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Paul in Peoria, Ill. What she and others suggested was emphasizing the Resurrection, "the good news of what happened," Rivard said.
Dr. John Day of Christian Psychological Associates agreed and also said it was a good idea to simply respond to a child's questions without offering any unsolicited information. "With young people, you give them the information they need at that moment, particularly at young ages," Day said. "To key it off of them is always the safe way to go." If they want to know more, Day said, they'll ask. "The message is one of hope, so that's the bottom line of the whole thing," he said.
Rivard said that the cathedral teachers "don't sugarcoat it, but we try not to put the main focus on (the crucifixion). We tell the story as it is and then we move on to the resurrection. Somehow that equals it out in their minds that something bad happened but something good happened, too. Even for me, I have to stop to think, 'It's Friday, but Sunday's coming.'"
She said she uses "Resurrection Eggs" with her group of children ages 3 to 8 years old. Each plastic egg contains a symbol related to Christ's death and resurrection and helps to explain the events to young children in a nonthreatening way.
Kim Meehan, staff lay minister at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Peoria, said she also explains the basics of the crucifixion to youngsters "without the blood and gore."
"That he did suffer, it was not a fun way to die, that he was innocent, but he was willing to be punished, he was willing to accept responsibility so that we wouldn't have to," Meehan said. "And often you can throw in a parental image that there are a lot of things that parents will do that are not fun, but if it's to save their kids, they'll do it," said Meehan, who oversees the church's children's education and youth programs.
The Rev. Gregory Ketcham of St. Philomena Catholic Church in Peoria said he tells children that "it was an awesome thing that Jesus did for us" when discussing the crucifixion. From kindergarten to fourth grade, he offers a "little bit lighter message," but gets into more details for those from fifth to eighth grade, Ketcham said. "I don't want to make it such a dark thing that the children are terrified of what Jesus endured for us, but I think ultimately we help children understand from our Catholic point of view that because of our sins and original sin the gates of heaven were locked" until Jesus died and rose again, the priest said.
Another challenge is explaining the pain of the crucifixion to children growing up in a society with a media saturated with violence, Meehan and others said. It's in the movies and television shows many of them watch, the video games they play, the music they listen to.
"Kids see so many images of violence where people pop right back up," Meehan said. "I've had kids that just don't understand that being hit with a bullet hurts. On their video game, the person just bounces back up."
She suggested relating it to an experience of real pain they've had, but not forgetting the hope. Always, the hope.


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Nearest Town: MontpelierSite Size: 18,000 acres
Highlights: Raptors, Shorebirds, Songbirds, Upland Birds, Waterbirds, Waterfowl
Access: Seasonal hunting closure. Open sunrise - sunset. Access free of charge.
Directions: From Montpelier, take US 89 SW 3.3 mi; stop at USFSW office (at 322 N 4th St; co-located with the U.S. Forest Service in the Oregon Trail Center) for a map and bird list; L (S) at Bear Lake NWR sign (Airport Rd); zero odometer; continue S at airport turn-off; mi 4.9 is the refuge entrance; maps available at mi 5.1; continue S following the sign for the Observation Route (a square loop ~0.5 mi on each side); respect seasonal closures; return to refuge entrance and re-zero odometer; R (E) on Paris-Dingle Rd 5.2 mi to Dingle; R (S) on Dingle Rd 13.1 mi; R (W) on N Beach Rd; entrance to Bear Lake State Park is at mi 15 (entrance fee to park); continue W to mi 20 to reach US 89; R (N) to Paris and Montpelier.
Description: Along Airport Rd, look for Snowy and Cattle Egrets, White-faced Ibis, Cinnamon Teal, Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet, and Willet. American Bittern, Virginia Rail, Sora, and Short-eared Owl might be seen on the east side of the road
just past the refuge's entrance. Forster's and Black Terns, Marsh Wren, Eared Grebe, White-faced Ibis, Short-eared Owls, and Trumpeter Swan can be seen along the loop. On the east side, listen for Sage Thrasher and Brewer's and Sage Sparrows. Near the cliffs, you might catch a glimpse of Turkey Vulture, Golden Eagle, and Peregrine and Prairie Falcons. The north beach of the state park hosts Caspian Tern. Lifton Pumping station has Cliff and Bank Swallows.
More Information: USFW (208) 847-1757Bear Lake Chamber of Commerce (208) 847-0067 www.fws.gov/pacific/refuges/field/id_bearlk.htm
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The City of Garland provides its residents and businesses with a wide variety of high-quality services. Whether helping a citizen adopt a new pet or coordinating the development process for a new business, City employees take pride in responding quickly and efficiently to the community's needs. This section of our website provides links to some of the most frequently requested City Services. Search "City Services" in the search box on the City's Home Page for all services provided by Garland.
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About Splunk regular expressions
This primer helps you create valid regular expressions. For a discussion of regular expression syntax and usage, see an online resource such as www.regular-expressions.info or a manual on the subject.
Regular expressions match patterns of characters in text and are used for extracting default fields, recognizing binary file types, and automatic assignation of source types. You also use regular expressions when you define custom field extractions, filter events, route data, and correlate searches. Search commands that use regular expressions include
rex and
regex and evaluation functions such as
match and
Splunk regular expressions are PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions) and use the PCRE C library.
Regular expressions terminology and syntax
|The exact text of characters to match using a regular expression.
|regular expression
|The metacharacters that define the pattern that Splunk software uses to match against the literal.
|Regular expressions allow groupings indicated by the type of bracket used to enclose the regular expression characters. Groups can define character classes, repetition matches, named capture groups, modular regular expressions, and more. You can apply quantifiers to and use alternation within enclosed groups.
|character class
|Characters enclosed in square brackets. Used to match a string. To set up a character class, define a range with a hyphen, such as
[A-Z], to match any uppercase letter. Begin the character class with a caret (^) to define a negative match, such as
[^A-Z] to match any lowercase letter.
|character type
|Similar to a wildcard, character types represent specific literal matches. For example, a period
. matches any character,
\w matches words or alphanumeric characters including an underscore, and so on.
|Character types that match text formatting positions, such as return (
\r) and newline (
|Refers to supplying alternate match patterns in the regular expression. Use a vertical bar or pipe character ( | ) to separate the alternate patterns, which can include full regular expressions. For example,
grey|gray matches either
grey or
|quantifiers, or repetitions
|Use (
*, +, ? ) to define how to match the groups to the literal pattern. For example,
* matches 0 or more,
+ matches 1 or more, and
? matches 0 or 1.
|back references
|Literal groups that you can recall for later use. To indicate a back reference to the value, specify a dollar symbol (
$) and a number (not zero).
|A way to define a group to determine the position in a string. This definition matches the regular expression in the group but gives up the match to keep the result. For example, use a lookaround to match
x that is followed by
y without matching
Character types
Character types are short for literal matches.
|Match a word character (a letter, number, or underscore character).
|Matches any three word characters.
|Match a non-word character.
|Matches any three non-word characters.
|Match a digit character.
|Matches a Social Security number, or a similar 3-2-4 number string.
|Match a non-digit character.
|Matches any three non-digit characters.
|Match a whitespace character.
|Matches a sequence of a digit, a whitespace, and then another digit.
|Match a non-whitespace character.
|Matches a sequence of a digit, a non-whitespace character, and another digit.
|Match any character. Use sparingly.
|Matches a date string such as 12/31/14 or 01.01.15, but can also match 99A99B99.
Groups, quantifiers, and alternation
Regular expressions allow groupings indicated by the type of bracket used to enclose the regular expression characters. You can apply quantifiers (
*, +, ? ) to the enclosed group and use alternation within the group.
|Match zero or more times.
|Matches zero or more word characters.
|Match one or more times.
|Match at least one digit.
|Match zero or one time.
|Matches a Social Security Number with or without dashes.
( )
|Parentheses define match or capture groups, atomic groups, and lookarounds.
|When given the string
Hello World, this matches
Hel and
o W.
[ ]
|Square brackets define character classes.
|Matches any character that is
a through
0 through
9, or
{ }
|Curly brackets define repetitions.
|Matches a string of 3 to 5 digits in length.
< >
|Angle brackets define named capture groups. Use the syntax
(?P<var> ...) to set up a named field extraction.
|Pulls out a Social Security Number and assigns it to the
ssn field.
[[ ]]
|Double brackets define Splunk-specific modular regular expressions.
|A validated 0-255 range integer.
A simple example of groups, quantifiers, and alternation
This example shows two ways to match either
to or
The first regular expression uses the
? quantifier to match up to one more "o" after the first.
The second regular expression uses alternation to specify the pattern.
to(o)? (to|too)
Capture groups in regular expressions
A named capture group is a regular expression grouping that extracts a field value when regular expression matches an event. Capture groups include the name of the field. They are notated with angle brackets as follows:
matching text (?<field_name>capture pattern) more matching text.
For example, you have this event text:
18.104.22.168 fail admin_user
Here are two regular expressions that use different syntax in their capturing groups to pull the same set of fields from that event.
- Expression A:
(?<ip>\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+) (?<result>\w+) (?<user>.*)
- Expression B:
(?<ip>\S+) (?<result>\S+) (?<user>\S+)
In Expression A, the pattern-matching characters used for the first capture group (
ip) are specific.
\d means "digit" and
+ means "one or more." So
\d+ means "one or more digits."
\. refers to a period.
The capture group for
ip wants to match one or more digits, followed by a period, followed by one or more digits, followed by a period, followed by one or more digits, followed by a period, followed by one or more digits. This describes the syntax for an ip address.
The second capture group in Expression A for the
result field has the pattern
\w+, which means "one or more alphanumeric characters." The third capture group in Expression A for the
user field has the pattern
.*, which means "match everything that's left."
Expression B uses a common technique called negative matching. With negative matching, the regular expression does not try to define which text to match. Instead it defines what the text is not. In this Expression B, the values that should be extracted from the sample event are "not space" characters (
\S). It uses the
+ to specify "one or more" of the "not space" characters.
So Expression B says:
- Pull out the first string of not-space characters for the
ipfield value.
- Ignore the following space.
- Then pull out the second string of not-space characters for the
resultfield value.
- Ignore the second space.
- Pull out the third string of not-space characters for the
userfield value."
Non-capturing group matching
Use the syntax
(?: ... ) to create groups that are matched but which are not captured. Note that here you do not need to include a field name in angle brackets. The colon character after the
? character is what identifies it as a non-capturing group.
For example,
(?:Foo|Bar) matches either
Foo or
Bar, but neither string is captured.
Modular regular expressions
Modular regular expressions refer to small chunks of regular expressions that are defined to be used in longer regular expression definitions. Modular regular expressions are defined in transforms.conf.
For example, you can define an integer and then use that regular expression definition to define a float.
[int] # matches an integer or a hex number REGEX = 0x[a-fA-F0-9]+|\d+ [float] # matches a float (or an int) REGEX = \d*\.\d+|[[int]]
In the regular expression for
[float], the modular regular expression for an integer or hex number match is invoked with double square brackets,
You can also use the modular regular expression in field extractions.
[octet] # this would match only numbers from 0-255 (one octet in an ip) REGEX = (?:2(?:5[0-5]|[0-4][0-9])|[0-1][0-9][0-9]|[0-9][0-9]?) [ipv4] # matches a valid IPv4 optionally followed by :port_num the # octets in the ip would also be validated 0-255 range # Extracts: ip, port REGEX = (?<ip>[[octet]](?:\.[[octet]]){3})(?::[[int:port]])?
[octet] regular expression uses two nested non-capturing groups to do its work. See the subsection in this topic on non-capturing group matching.
Use default fields
About event types
This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise: 6.2.0, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.4, 6.2.5, 6.2.6, 6.2.7, 6.2.8, 6.2.9, 6.2.10, 6.2.11, 6.2.12, 6.2.13, 6.2.14, 6.2.15, 6.3.0, 6.3.1, 6.3.2, 6.3.3, 6.3.4, 6.3.5, 6.3.6, 6.3.7, 6.3.8, 6.3.9, 6.3.10, 6.3.11, 6.3.12, 6.3.13, 6.3.14, 6.4.0, 6.4.1, 6.4.2, 6.4.3, 6.4.4, 6.4.5, 6.4.6, 6.4.7, 6.4.8, 6.4.9, 6.4.10, 6.4.11, 6.5.0, 6.5.1, 6.5.1612 (Splunk Cloud only), 6.5.2, 6.5.3, 6.5.4, 6.5.5, 6.5.6, 6.5.7, 6.5.8, 6.5.9, 6.5.10, 6.6.0, 6.6.1, 6.6.2, 6.6.3, 6.6.4, 6.6.5, 6.6.6, 6.6.7, 6.6.8, 6.6.9, 6.6.10, 6.6.11, 6.6.12
Link to improved (simplified) regex:
... but I'm beginning to suspect I should just have a different regex for each of the 3 main branches.
I'd love to be able to use the J option in PCRE regex, which allows duplicate subpattern names.
example: this regex
^[^\[\n]*\[(?P<timestamp>[^\]]+)\]\s+.*ACTIVITIES - (((?P<activity>Finished build)|(?P<activity>Build started);)\s(?P<buildConfigurationName>.*)|(?P<activity>Build added to queue);\sQueued build {.*configuration=(?P<buildConfigurationName>.*))\s+\{.*id=(?P<buildConfigurationId>[^,]+).*internal id=(?P<buildConfigurationInternalId>\w).*triggered by "(?P<triggeredBy>[^"]+)
would have been a useful field extractor for some teamCity activity log entries, as shown here:
Any other way to do this?
@Niteshbharadwaj7: The final "?" tells the system to repeat the previous token one or zero times, as many times as possible. The closed parenthesis character ")" closes the non-capturing group that begins with "(?:2". See the subsection in this topic on "Non-capturing group matching." And see https://regex101.com/. This is a website that can help you understand what each part of a regular expression does.
For the below octet definition, why do we need "?)" at last.
# this would match only numbers from 0-255 (one octet in an ip)
@Kenrus, good catch! I've removed those extra words from the end of the sentence.
Under the "Capture groups in regular expression" section, the explanation of the capture group for ip has one too many "followed by a period".
@tdoty : Good catch! I fixed that sentence so it reads as it should.
under the header Non-Capturing Groups: "...to create groups that are captured but which are not matched" should read "...to create groups that are matched but which are not captured"
@ Boopaljothi: To add to Gary Gapinski's comment, which provides good information--
The topic has been updated with a bit of information about non-capturing groups, which regular expressions identify with the in regular expressions with the (?: ...) syntax. For more information you can look at this topic in RexEgg, currently one of the better online tutorials for regular expressions: http://www.rexegg.com/regex-disambiguation.html#noncap.
In addition you can use regex101 to break down complex regular expressions to see how they work: https://regex101.com/
Try entering the regular expression in this example to regex101 to find out how it works.
Kindest regards,
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@Boopaljothi: the octet modular regex example is a non-capturing variant. Without the (two) non-capturing designations, it would be «REGEX = (2(5[0-5]|[0-4][0-9])|[0-1][0-9][0-9]|[0-9][0-9]?)». The «2» following the «(?:» initiates a match beginning with that digit. That match is the first outermost alternation «2(5[0-5]|[0-4][0-9])» (matching an octet with the value 200–255).
# this would match only numbers from 0-255 (one octet in an ip)
can someone tell how this regex matches a octet. what does ?:2 stands for? After reading the section understood that ? is for zero or one match but how that is applied in this regex. i am still new to splunk so may be my questions is from beginners level. Thanks
This modular regular expressions are basically a way to use already extracted field in REGEX which is very useful. I tried to do something similar in the search app (inline) and it is not yet possible. I encountered this error message: Regex - Cannot find regex reference.
Can you include an example of hostname matching as it is very common, a hostname could be a hostname or FQDN in syslog logs. Example:<br />REGEX=(?=^.{1,254}$)(^(((?!-)[a-zA-Z0-9-]{1,63}(?


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The Daily Word 07.23.10: Emcore gun update, squirrel beer and Darth Vader
Your big dreams of buying a movie studio cheap have been foiled again. Drat!
$60 billion will buy you more war though.
If that doesn't work, dress up like Darth Vader, he'll get the cash.
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Dating in NYC sounds creepy.
People wear ugly shoes. All the time.
As rapper Peaches teaches, Stay in school, 'cause it's the best.
The gun used at Emcore was legal.
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Hi there,
In my opinion, environmental ecology is one of the most under-exploited narrative themes in the Metroid series. As a whole, Samus's recurring role has been to protect different planetary environments and civilizations from the threat of ecological demise - whether it be from Metroid and X-parasite infestations, Space Pirates exploiting planetary resources and polluting the environment with Phazon, or Ing dominating ancient civilizations via dimensional rifts. I think the Metroid series could use its plot devices to construct more intentional story lines that play off the real-world problems of environmental imbalance, pollution, resource exhaustion and the disenfranchisement of marginalized cultures in a complex global economy.
There is also extraordinary potential to create stronger character identities and motivations within these adapted real-world conflicts. Rather than just having the same-old duality of "good" vs "evil" - we could get a bigger, more empathetic Metroid world by opening up difficult anthropological problems that affect character's motivations in both positive and negative ways. In a more complex ecological narrative, one might ask: does Ridley have a good side? Or, why is Samus trying to preserve one civilization, yet destroy another? As Samus, the player could experience contradictory/teachable moments that make them question their own morality. Furthermore, I think Metroid's traditionally non-linear game design would be a great way to implement a this type of narrative theme. Players could explore environments, as well as different narrative elements.
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4 tsp red wine vinegar
1/4 tsp fine sea salt
2 tsp honey
1/4 cup virgin olive oil
5 oz small turnips (about 4), peeled
8 cups arugula
4 oz bacon in bite-size pieces
Fresh mint (optional)
Fresh shelling peas (optional)
In a small bowl, whisk the vinegar and salt until the salt dissolves. Whisk in the honey, oil, and pepper. Using a mandolin or sharp knife, slice the turnips into paper thin rounds. In a large bowl, combine turnips, arugula and bacon. Toss with the dressing. Taste and adjust seasonings if necessary. For a different taste, add in some chopped mint and sprinkle with fresh shelling peas.


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Back in black & white
Great news: Viking is going back to the presses! Yes, copies of Syrup, which have been increasingly hard to find in the US & Canada lately, will soon be nestled on bookstore shelves again.
To all those people who wrote in for the SaveOurSyrups e-mail campaign: thank you so much! Your support really helped.
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Bald eagle attacking pets in Michigan
Bird nicknamed 'Derrick' snatched up woman's small dog
They're a symbol of everything our great country stands for. The majestic bald eagle.
It doesn't get more patriotic than our nation's bird, and most people are glad to see a slice of Americana in their own backyard.
But not in Sebewaing, Mich.
"He's a nuisance bird," resident Tami Bieri said.
Tami Bieri is fed up. Ever since the young animal made his presence known just off Beck Street. Bieri says the bird that her daughter named "Derrick" has been terrorizing her pets.
"I left my two dogs outside and my smaller dog was attacked by an eagle. And then as the eagle was taking off with the dog, my Jack Russell attacked the eagle and both dogs got away," Bieri said.
Now Bieri wants something done to evict the newest feathered resident. But so far, she says she's not getting much help.
"He's federally protected. I've called the DNR, the Sebewaing police, and they pretty much say there's nothing they can do because the eagle's not injured," Bieri said.
A bird expert at the Michigan Department of Natural Resources told WNEM the most important thing residents can do is let Derrick know he's not welcome.
"Clap your hands and yell at the bird when you see the bird around, bang on a pot when you see the bird around, go out there with an umbrella, flap the umbrella opened and closed to try and spook the bird off just so it doesn't feel settled around people," bird expert Karen Cleveland said.
Cleveland also warns pet owners to keep their animals close until the eagle is gone. She says eventually, with a little help from humans, the juvenile bird will go away.
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This is Professor Layton from the video game of the same name. He is the main character to the game series. Like with Luke, the Professor is also fond of solving puzzles. He enjoys a good cup of tea as he is of English heritage. His full name is Professor Hershel Layton and he is a professor of archeology and works at Gressenheller University in London. As you can imagine Professor Layton is a well recognized figure throughout London. He uses his skills and powers to solve mysteries and puzzles with the help of his apprentice Luke Triton. Now that you know a little something about Professor Layton, drawing him will be a breeze. I will be back with one more lesson for you all until later today so enjoy, and let the drawing begin.
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The Best '80s TV Shows
List Rules Only TV series that aired between 1980 and 1989
List of the best television shows from the '80s, as ranked by television fans. In the 1980s, sitcoms were among the most talked about and most watched shows on the air. Shows like Cheers, The Cosby Show, Murphy Brown, and The Golden Girls were always topics of conversation around the water cooler. Family sitcoms were especially popular, with the rise of shows like Family Ties, The Wonder Years, The Facts of Life, and Who's the Boss.
Procedural crime dramas like Miami Vice, Knight Rider, and Remington Steele were popular, not only for the feather-haired hunks and uniquely '80s fashion, but also for their action-packed plots. The '80s also saw a rise in soap-style primetime television. The goings on in Dynasty and Dallas were constant topics of conversation. Many of the more popular shows lasted well into the next decade, but even some of the most well-remembered shows of the 80s only lasted a season or two, such as Max Headroom and The Greatest American Hero.
What are your favorite shows from the '80s? Take a look at this list filled with the best shows the '80s had to offer. Maybe you'll be inspired to take out those old Betamax recordings and rewatch your favorite actually-good '80s shows that really hold up. For more 80s TV, check out the best shows set in the 1980s.


text: Standing alone or grouped together, this versatile and lightweight table by Charles and Ray Eames is a small wonder. Veneer or laminate top options are framed by a grain-revealing beveled edge. Its signature Eames wire base is available in a choice of finishes.Learn more at hermanmiller.com Download PDF Share: Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn


text: Three Red Bulls Academy players named to U.S. U-15 Boys' National Team Domestic Training Camp Tweet © HARRISON, N.J. – U.S. U-15 Boys' National Team head coach John Hackworth has named Red Bulls U-16 players Chris Gloster, Benjamin Mines and Jack Valderrabano to a list of 60 players for a week-long domestic training camp from Nov. 1-8 at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. It is the final camp for players born in 2000 before they move into the U.S. U-17 Residency Program. All three players have played seven USSDA matches this season for the Red Bulls U-16s and also participated in Generation adidas Cup fall qualifying in Toronto. The U-16s are undefeated in USSDA competitions with a 6-0-2 record and currently sit atop the East region in Generations adidas Cup qualifying. The camp roster includes 56 players from the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, including clubs that only have a U-14 age group. Players will are scheduled to play three intrasquad games. The first was on Nov. 3, with two more planned on Nov. 5 and 7. U.S. U-15 BNT Roster by Position: GOALKEEPERS (6): Alexander Budnik (Sockers FC; Arlington Heights, Ill.), Carlos Dos Santos (Philadelphia Union; Philadelphia, Pa.), Mason Finnell (Sacramento Republic FC; Folsom, Calif.), Justin Garces (Kendall FC; Miami, Fla.), Quantrell Jones (Baltimore Celtic; Baltimore, Md.), Hunter Pinho (PDA; Cranford, N.J.) DEFENDERS (20): Jake Arteaga (LA Galaxy, Glendora, Calif.), Carlos Asensio (Georgia United, Roswell, Ga.), Kelee Cornfield-Saunders (LA Galaxy; San Marcos, Calif.), Griffin DeBolt (Crew SC Academy; Westerville, Phio), Michael Edwards (D.C. United; Woodbridge, Va.), Jonathan Estrada (LA Galaxy; Santa Ana, Calif.), Tyler Freitas (New England Revolution; North Attleboro, Mass.), Chris Gloster (New York Red Bulls; Montclair, N.J.), Ben Huynh (Seattle Sounders; Everett, Wash.), Jaylin Lindsey (Sporting Kansas City; Charlotte, N.C.), Rayshaun McGann (Philadelphia Union; Royal Palm Beach, Fla.), Benjamin Mines (New York Red Bulls; Ridgefield, Conn.), Ian Murphy (FC Golden State; Redlands, Calif.), James Orozco (CASL; Durham, N.C.), Bryan Perez (LA Premier FC; Los Angeles, Calif.), Carlo Ritaccio (BW Gottschee; Westbury, N.Y.), Ethan Sawdon (IMG Academy; Bradenton, Fla.), Allen Seals (Orlando City FC; Orlando, Fla.), Nykolas Sessock (Philadelphia Union; Holland, Pa.), Chandler Vaughn (D.C. United; Woodbridge, Va.) MIDFIELDERS (17): Brenden Aaronson (Philadelphia Union; Medford, N.J.), George Acosta (Weston FC; Hollywood, Fla.), Isaac Angking (New England Revolution; Providence, R.I.), Carlos Anguiano Diaz (Los Angeles, Calif.; LA Galaxy), Christopher Durkin (D.C. United; Glen Allen, Va.), Blaine Ferri (Solar Chelsea SC; Southlake, Texas), Jean-Julien Foe Nuphaus (San Jose Earthquakes; San Jose, Calif.), Christopher Goslin (Georgia United; Locust Grove, Ga.), Seth Kuhn (Philadelphia Union; Wyomissing, Pa.), Ben Lederman (IMG Academy; Barcelona, Spain), Alex Mendez (LA Galaxy; Los Angeles, Calif.), John Murphy (PDA; Scotch Plains, N.J.), Bryce Orsini (D.C. United; Rockville, Md.), Jesus Sahagun Garcia (Weston FC; Miami, Fla.), James Sands (New York Soccer Club; Rye, N.Y.), Arturo Vasquez (FC Golden State; Mira Loma, Calif.), Adrian Villegas (Portland Timbers; Hood River, Ore.) FORWARDS (17): Patrick Ajdukiewicz (Sockers FC; Barrington, Ill.), Ayomide Akinola (Toronto FC; Brampton, Ont.), Zico Bailey (LA Galaxy; Las Vegas, Nev.), Misa Becerra (LA Galaxy; East Los Angeles, Calif.), Andrew Carleton (Georgia United; Powder Springs, Ga..), Nicolas Garcia-Morillo (Unattached; Madrid, Spain), Niccolo Lemoine (De Anza Force; Livermore, Calif.), Mario Licor (Orlando City FC; Titusville, Fla.), Kevin Negrete (LA Galaxy; Hawthorne, Calif.), Alejandro Pereira (Orlando City FC; Oviedo, Fla.), Issa Rayyan (Philadelphia Union; West Chester, Pa.), Will Sands (New York Soccer Club; Rye, N.Y.), Joshua Sargent (Scott Gallagher Missouri; O'Fallen, Mo.), Tonny Temple (IMG Academy; Millville, Pa.), Jack Valderrabano (New York Red Bulls; New York, N.Y.), Mason Visconti (Sporting Kansas City; Lee's Summit, Mo.), Tristan Weber (LA Galaxy; San Clemente, Calif.) Back to news


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Date/TimeWednesday, March 11
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
LocationHarvest Bible Chapel Food Pantry
15020 Stanton
West Olive, MI 49460
Languages SpokenEnglish
About this Event
We partner with Love In Action of The Tri-Cities. If you Live, Work, or Worship in our area, you may qualify for exceptional help and much more than food.
Harvest Bible Chapel Food Pantry
Wednesdays: 5:30 – 8:00 pm


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Pete Seeger, folk music legend and activist, died January 27, 2014, at the age of 94.
Born in New York City, Seeger learned the banjo in 1938, and worked with Alan Lomax at the Archive of American Folk Song in the Library of Congress. As a songwriter, his original repertoire included "Turn Turn Turn" and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone." He also formed two influential groups, the Almanac Singers and the Weavers, who sang labor anthems like "Which Side are You On?" as well as traditional numbers such as "Goodnight, Irene."
During his extensive career, Seeger inevitably crossed paths with Florida folk artists. In 1956, he recorded for Folkways Records with the Washboard Band, which featured Florida Folk Heritage Award Winner William "Washboard Bill" Cooke. Not surprisingly, he also struck up a friendship with the Father of Florida Folk himself, Will McLean. The two performed together in 1963 at Carnegie Hall, and Will McLean was notably present for Seeger's 1977 White Springs appearance.
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One of the weakest parts of your security will be the passwords you use to access your online accounts. Many people understandably opt for passwords they can easily remember to prevent locking themselves out of their accounts, but these are often easily hackable. And if you commit the cardinal sin of using the same password for each and every one of your accounts, then once it's guessed with one account, the rest are opened up too.
The problem is, how can you remember dozens of hard-to-guess passwords without having to write them all down? Simple, you utilise a password manager, like Trend Micro's DirectPass. It works like any other: create (or log into) a Trend Micro account with a single email address and password, which going forward will be the only password you need to remember. This account is then used by DirectPass to store all your online account logins – you can enter these manually, or DirectPass will offer to store the password for you when you log in for the first time.
To help you further, DirectPass has a built-in secure password generator, which generates random passwords for you – it'll also pop up when you sign up for a new account for the first time. All of your passwords are – naturally – encrypted with the master password to protect them.
DirectPass also includes its own specially designed browser that you can use for extra protection when accessing sensitive information online, and also includes a desktop app for Windows that syncs in with your main account, as well as a mobile app for Android too, ensuring you have access to your passwords from most of your devices. There's also keystroke encryption for protection against keyloggers, automatic form filling and confidential notes.
The app works with the three main Windows browsers – IE, Firefox and Chrome – which is just about acceptable, but the problem is this is not an original concept. Worse still, DirectPass will only store a parsimonious five passwords for free before expecting you to sign up for a paid-for account, with prices starting from $14.95 per year. Considering all mobile/desktop options exist with greater support and a lower price – Lastpass is our favourite while Norton Identity Safe Beta is completely free – it makes it difficult to recommend this to anyone but Trend Micro devotees.
A perfectly competent tool let down by its price tag and lack of innovative features compared to more established rivals.


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Cheap Broadway Musicals This Weekend
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However, you may be interested in these popular shows in New York:
Laurie Metcalf & Rupert Everett star in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Directed by Joe Mantello. Previews begin March 2.
BLUE MAN GROUP will rock your world, blow your mind, and unleash your spirit.
Winner of 9 Tony Awards including Best Musical, The New York Times calls it "the best musical of the century."
Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-Winning American classic comes to Broadway in a new adaptation by Aaron Sorkin, Directed by Bartlett Sher.
Something's coming. Something good. WEST SIDE STORY, an "indisputable masterpiece" (NY Times). Now in previews. Opens Feb. 20, 2020.
A true New York City institution, "Chicago" has everything that makes Broadway great.
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This electrifying new musical about the legendary supergroup is a thrilling tale of brotherhood, family, loyalty, and betrayal.
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Mike is a serious randonneur who puts in tremendous mileage. He tested a set of prototype VO brake pads. Here's his report:
Thanks so much for allowing me to try out the "squeal proof brake pads" you had at Velo Orange.
These brake pads are GREAT! They are amazing! And I'm not usually impressed by most bike-part "breakthroughs."
Let me explain:
What causes brake squeal? Search the Internet on this subject for Sheldon Brown's, or, better yet, Jobst Brandt's discussion of brake squeal on bicycle brakes. The fact is squeal is often an engineering consequence of the functional relationship of certain brakes/brake parts/frames/forks/wheels and other related components, which can cause brake squeal, *even when the brakes and pads are perfectly adjusted.* This is especially so for cantilever brakes on the front fork of a bicycle. Even when brakes are well-designed, and extremely stiff, like a Pauls, they can still squeal.
To test the pads I put them on both a Surly Long Haul Trucker and a Soma Double Cross front cantilever fork. I put the pads on low-end Tektro cantilevers (aka Avid or Cane Creek), and a low-end Shimano $15 V-Brake. The pads spent about 600 miles on the road, in all kinds of weather. The package the pads came in said install them flat to the rim with no toe-in, so I did. The rims they pads rode on were worn: a Mavic Open Pro; and a newer but still grooved and worn Velocity Aerohead. The brake levers were Tektro; the cables new, but the housing old.
The pads NEVER made a peep! Not a single chirp or squeal. I've had brakes that squeal during initial, easy braking but become quiet when the braking becomes hard; and vice versa. I've had brakes that don't squeal under light braking or heavy braking – but do squeal under moderate braking! This is particularly annoying as this kind of braking is done often.
No matter the conditions – rain or dry; or blazing hot, from dragging the brake down long hills (2-plus miles) – the brakes never squealed. Amazing.
And, last but not least, the braking action is good, as good as Kool-Stop Salmon pads (although this is a much more subjective claim than whether they squeal or not).
I was SO SKEPTICAL that these brake pads would work. But they do. Can I buy ten pairs of these pads? Where can you get more of these?...
Kyle has only had his set for a few days, but I was interested to know if he had an immediate reaction. He writes:
As much as I enjoyed literally screeching to a halt at every stop
light, these new pads are definitely worth the upgrade. In addition
to being completely silent - whether the rims are dry or wet - they
seem to have better stopping power than the standard Tektro pads. I
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Chinese Immigrants in Cuba: Documents from the James and Ana Melikian Collection
The Chinese Immigrants in Cuba collection includes hundreds of original documents, manuscripts and photos covering the migration of 125,000 Chinese who signed up to be cheap labor in Cuba from 1847 until the later 1890s. The archive continues until the 1970s and records the Chinese community in Cuba and is rich with photos. This massive collection, from the archive of James and Ana Melikian Collection, is probably the largest one in private hands concerning Chinese in Cuba. At present the collection contains over 1341 records and about 8,000-9,000 pages.
- 1 Spanish
- 1 Image
- Chinese Immigrants in Cuba Ship Records Series
- Chinese Immigrants in Cuba Miscellaneous Series
- 1 Chinese Immigrants in Cuba Court Case Series
- 1 Chinese Immigrants in Cuba Labor Series
- 1 Public
- Carmencita
- 1 Am-Chan
- 1 Chu Pamo
- 1 Di Lim-Junco
- 1 Governor
- 1 Jo Jing
- 1 Troncaso Bustamante y Co
Records for the ship Carmencita, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Troncaso Bustamante. Records of business deals of the Society of Troncaso Bustamante, specifically relating to their hiring practices and the ages of their settlers. Relates their illegal hiring of settlers under the age of 14. Article 8 of the laws concerning the hiring of Chinese settlers stated that the hiring of people under the age of 14 was illegal.
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June 30, 2010
Discussed possible names. See the wiki page for details Possible_Names.
Discussed the possibility of naming a President, Treasurer, etc. Decided not to do that at this time, but Stephen Charlesworth was named Secretary.
Discussion of dues and rent. In order to make the room/space a reality we need a plan to fund this. We will not at this time set a definite rate for monthly dues, but the number $40 for full membership was thrown out there. Will possibly have different tiers.
December 1st, 2009
Rex worked on his X-Y stepper motor rig. Discussed having a surface mount class with Nick, need to acquire some hardware first. Rex offered his place up for a future meeting location, discussed having this early 2010 on a Friday evening.
November 24th, 2009
Nathan assisted Will on the fringe detector circuit, tested out different photo-transistors. Barry got his CD-R laser operational (removed from the drive).
November 17th, 2009
Met at Barry & Jenn's house while Jenett was away at SC09. Rex and Will got the Laser_Interferometer fringe detector circuit operational. Steve tested an RFID reader on his Arduino. Jenn worked on her LED bracelet. Barry extracted a high power laser from a CD burner.
November 10th, 2009
Will brought his Laser_Interferometer gear and set it up with Nathan's green laser pointer. Started working on building a detector to count fringes. Rex worked on an old Oscilloscope.
November 3rd, 2009
General topics covered.
October 27th, 2009
10th meeting. General topics covered. Nathan setup a laptop to run Graffiti Research Lab's Laser Tag projector/laser tracking program for use at Phreaknic 13. Jenett disassembled a VCR to get a motor as well as worked on a costume. Also worked on her laser harp project.
October 20th, 2009
9th meeting. General topics covered.
October 13th, 2009
No meeting
October 6th, 2009
8th meeting, 10 attendees. Jenett tested out Will's telescope CCD with the microscope. Will brought his Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope and showed off his new ability to control the X-Y axis control through Scheme.
September 29th, 2009
7th meeting, 9 attendees. Started off by making speakers out of wire coils attached to the bottom of plastic cups. Jenett tested out a microscope. Nathan demoed his Arduino kiosk input device he's working on. Several of us debugged a few of the AVR programmers and got them back into working condition again.
September 22nd, 2009
Sixth meeting, 9 attendees. Started off by reconfiguring WiFi for easier access of attendees. Next 1.5 hours was a formal discussion about the direction of the space, what projects people are working on, and about continued use of Jenett's basement. At the end, Rex showed us the complete process of how he etches circuit boards, creating 6 ATiny programmer boards in the process.
Discussion points:
- We may continue using Jenett's basement for another 6 months (until Apr 2010), at that time we will re-evaluate if use of the basement is still acceptable or meeting our needs. If we have enough interest we may begin discussing becoming more formal as a group and finding a space to rent.
- If we get to a point that we have shared tools stored in the space then unattended use of the basement can be accommodated by installing an outside door lock and a door at the top of the stairs.
- All agreed that we need to have our weekly meeting even if the basement is configured to allow unattended access, a large part of this group is sharing knowledge while we are all together at the same time.
- All agreed that for now, while meeting in Jenett's basement, the space will be invite only (read: we are not advertising the group or otherwise publicly seeking more attendees. However, if you found us and are interested ask us if you can attend a meeting and you will more than likely be invited). Unattended access to the basement, if configured, would only be provided to attendees that have been to several meetings and are in good standing.
- The issue of a more formal name for our group and moving the wiki/mailing list to a new name was raised, it was decided it was not a critical issue at this point. At the 6 month mark we can revisit the issue if/when a more formal entity is started.
- Mark discussed the makerbot and how he intends to buy one in the near future; also that if we where interested he could bring it in to a meeting so we can try using it
- Discussed the idea of having regular presentations on our own areas of expertise, Nathan volunteered to do this first on a small Arduino program he wrote at the next meeting
- Round table discussion of what projects each of us wants to work on and accomplish
September 15th, 2009
Fifth meeting, 9 attendees. General AVR and Arduino free-for-all.
September 8th, 2009
Fourth meeting, 6 attendees. More AVR programming, discussed microcontroller projects for True Dungeon. N64 power cord repairs. Nathan setup his 5V 20A regulated power supply so each person can power their breadboard without having to find an outlet to plug-in a power brick. Uploaded more AVR code to the wiki for easy access. At 9:16pm we watched the International Space Station and the shuttle Discovery fly over Bloomington together, quite fantastic!
September 1st, 2009
Third meeting (Jenett's basement - all future meetings will be here unless otherwise specified), 9 attendees. Setup tables and chairs in the basement, moved in mini fridge from the garage. Everyone setup proto boards with AVR/ATMega chips, worked out problems with ATTiny USB programmers and avr_dude/gcc software. Uploaded AVR blinky test code to the wiki (AVR). Looked at Jupiter with Jenett's 8" telescope at the end of the evening.
August 19th, 2009
Second meeting (Max's Place), 9 attendees. Discussed what it is we want to accomplish with this group and what people want to get out of it. Agreed to meet at Jenett's house for our next meeting to learn AVR programming and discuss using her basement as a future meeting location and potential hacker space.
June 6th, 2009
First meeting (Bakehouse), 4 attendees. Discussed forming a group of people before moving forwards with the space. Also discussed having an informal "group tool sharing" program.


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NEWS: Universe of Sound will be travelling to the Philharmonia's home, the Royal Festival Hall, for the first time. From 23rd September to 2nd October 2016, the Philharmonia is planning a Digital Takeover of the Royal Festival Hall, in partnership with the South Bank Centre. As well as transforming the foyer of the Hall with Universe of Sound, the Takeover will be a celebration of the orchestra's wider digital work with its Principal Conductor, Esa-Pekka Salonen, including the launch of a new project using Virtual Reality – more details here: www.philharmonia.co.uk/vr.
The Philharmonia Orchestra has won the 2015 Royal Philharmonia Society Award for Audiences and Engagement for their latest project iOrchestra. Touring the UK over 2 years (Apr 2014 – July 2015), the project was comprised of 3 main components - live concerts, a touring musical truck and its largest digital installations, RE-RITE and Universe of Sound. The latter ran for 6 weeks over 3 locations (Plymouth, Torbay and Truro), reaching 57,293 people. The iOrchestra reached over 120,000 people in total.
This is the third time that the Philharmonia's digital productions have been accorded an RPS award. Universe of Sound first opened at the Science Museum in London in 2012, and won the 2013 Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Audiences and Engagement. The award recognises an outstanding initiative by an organisation or individual to engage new and existing audiences with classical music in the UK in 2012. The RPS commented "The Philharmonia cements its position as a World leader in the use of digital media" and that the project "provided a thrilling interactive experience for all ages".
Conduct, play and step inside a virtual Philharmonia Orchestra, joining 132 musicians and Esa-Pekka Salonen, the Orchestra's Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor, performing one of the most spectacular pieces of music ever written.Universe of Sound is an extraordinary free interactive digital installation, allowing you to explore an orchestra from the inside out as they perform Holst's The Planets.
Using giant visual displays, touch screens, unconventional projecting surfaces, movement-based interaction and planetarium-style projections, you can take part as musicians, conductors, arrangers and composers. Universe of Sound has been created by Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra.
The installation also features a new companion piece to The Planets, by composer Joby Talbot, called Worlds, Stars, Systems, Infinity.


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Some Serious Questions …October 31, 2013
Our Incredible Shrinking WorkforceOctober 31, 2013
At least more are recognizing our growing problem … William Galston: Unless men re-enter the job market, prospects for vigorous growth in the labor force are dim.
Participation in the workforce is falling, the pace of job creation is anemic, and long-term unemployment remains stubbornly high. Many newly created jobs pay less than those that disappeared during the Great Recession, so real wages are stagnating, and median household income is no higher than it was a quarter of a century ago.
Vroom, VroomOctober 31, 2013
See The DifferencesOctober 31, 2013
Bail OutOctober 31, 2013
You Owe Me …October 31, 2013
Concerns Raised About Security Of Healthcare.govOctober 31, 2013
Besides the rest, now there is this …
Defending President Barack Obama's much-maligned health care overhaul in Congress, his top health official was confronted Wednesday with a government memo raising new security concerns about the trouble-prone website that consumers are using to enroll.


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MUSIC RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS: ROBUST PERFORMANCE UNDER THE EFFECT OF UNCERTAINTY by Erdem Unal A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING) August 2008 Copyright 2008 Erdem Unal
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|Music retrieval systems: robust performance under the effect of uncertainty
|Unal, Erdem
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|Narayanan, Shrikanth S.
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Chew, Elaine
Georgiou, Panayiotis G.
Kuo, C.-C. Jay
|Music Information Retrieval (MIR) is gaining widespread attention and becoming increasingly important. The growing capacity of web servers parallels the explosion of information generated worldwide. The need for efficient and natural access to these databases cannot be overstated. Digital music and its associated information are prime examples of such complex information that can be stored in a variety of formats, such as MP3, MIDI, wav, scores etc. These data can also be accessed in multiple ways. If the user is familiar with the name of the song or the band, and the source material is annotated with metadata, retrieval can be straightforward. However, if one does not know the lyrics, title, or the performer, alternative retrieval methods are necessary, such as through singing, humming, or playing a sample of the piece as a the query to the database. Enabling such kinds of natural human interactions with large databases has thus become an essential component of effective and flexible MIR systems.; In this thesis, two general domains for MIR systems are under discussion: a) Retrieval in Monophonic Music, and b) Retrieval in Polyphonic Music. For both domains, this thesis investigates the different sources and effects of uncertainty that is present in the input level, and system level, and present algorithms for solving the robust retrieval problem by combining music knowledge, signal processing techniques and statistical analysis.; First, we discuss Query by Humming, a specific instance of music retrieval systems in monophonic music domain, where only one sound source is available at a time. Here, straight forward signal analysis via prosodic features such as pitch and energy can be used to achieve accurate transcription from audio to symbol domain, however, the variability in the way people produce humming is not easy to handle with such straight forward algorithms. Since the transcription provided by the system front end will be used in the query engine, the robustness against user dependent variability is important. The performance of the transcription directly affects the performance that of the retrieval engine.; Our approach for achieving robust performance under the effect of uncertatinty is statistical. We first discuss our experiments for collection of real world humming data. The data is important in designing statistical systems. The goal is to achieve a collection of data that represents the general variability that is expected in the input of QBH systems. The data is also used in estimating important parameters of the front end of the system for segmentation, and also it is used in testing our QBH system's retrieval performance. We analyzed the humming performance of different users against different criteria such as, the effects of musical background, musical structure of the target melody, and familiarity. We also tried to observe performance differences over humming different interval levels such as high intervals vs low intervals, perfect intervals vsaugmented intervals etc... The final goal is to use the acquired statistical information as a guidence through our retrieval calculations.; An Hidden Markov Models (HMM) based speech recognition system is used in the front end of our QBH system. The goal is to segment humming syllables that represent musical notes in the input audio. Accurate segmentation leads accurate representation of the audio in the symbol domain. We use relative information of change in pitch and duration for consecutive notes to ensure key and rhythm independent representation. From the two dimensional transcription of pitch contour and duration ratios, we extract fixed length characteristic finger prints(FP) from the audio at rare pitch movements and duration movements where highest and lowest change in the input is performed. The main assumption we use is a subsequence of pitch contour and duration ratios would be enough for representing a melody. These subsequences, finger prints are mapped ontothe database entries and compared to see if any similarities can be found. Statistical measures are used to define and calculate the similarity distance from the extracted finger prints and the database entries to achieve robust performance.; We also extended the MIR problem to a next level, which is retrieval in polyphonic domain. Now the retreival task is performing matching between audio files, that has unlimited sound sources, and they might be in different forms with respect to expressive parameters and orchestration. In polyphonic music, since the number of instruments playing at a time and their identity is unknown, mapping the audio signal into a true note transcription is a hard task to achieve. Researchers used different machine learning techniques and they were only able to report around 55% note detection accuracy in monotimbral domain. Here a mid level representation whose performance is not affected by different spectral characteristics of the different instruments should be defined. We used a representation technique that maps small audio frames into a symbolic representation that tracks general tonal movement, behaviour and characteristics of the polyphonic audio. The selected representation is a string sequence of lexical chords for each major and minor chord of twelve distinct sounds in a full octave. The representation is achieved by mapping the audio spectrum of the individual frames onto the Spiral Array, a 3d space for tonality, that has specific tonal marks at specific coordinates. The Spiral Array is updated with respect to the tonal labeling task for faster transcription. Fromthe mapping, a decision is made for identifying which tonal cluster the audio frame belongs to, and appropriate labeling is perfromed. The transcription process is continuously labeling consequtive audio frames with the most appropriate (closest to the tonal center).; For modeling, we used sequential statistical models, which are n-grams. An n-gram is a sub-sequence of n items from a given sequence. The n-gram sequential modeling strategy can be applied to the tonal sequences that are transcribed from polyphonic audio for statistically representing tonal movements. This sequential representation technique is similiar to the ones that is used in genetic analysis, instead of protein names, we have chord names in our sequential code. N-grams are extracted from tonal string sequences to create a statistical model for each of the polyphonic melody that is in our melody database. After appropriate smoothing, which is needed to compansate for different audio lengths, the smoothed n-grams will ne accumulated in the melody database. For retrieval, a symbolic sequence is compared to each of the smoothed ngrams in the database using perplexity based scoring. Perplexity calculates the cross enthrophy between a query sequence and the smoothed n-grams in the database. The sequential models which are close to the query sequence will be less surprised from the subsequences generated by the query, so their perplexity score will be less, which will be used as the similarity metric in our retrieval calculations.
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|MUSIC RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS: ROBUST PERFORMANCE UNDER THE EFFECT OF UNCERTAINTY by Erdem Unal A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING) August 2008 Copyright 2008 Erdem Unal