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I have not heard it nor seen it in the flesh. But so far all of Luxman's gear has been absolutely beautiful to look at and listen to. Not doubting this table sounds great and is beautifully constructed in the Luxman tradition but a turntable should be a thing of beauty and this 70's retro kitsch look just doesn't do it for me. Pity.
Luxman PD-171 record player
I am no less set in my ways. After 15 years of owning and loving a Linn LP12 turntable, and thereafter hearing the unsubtle improvement in musical drive and force offered by such vintage players as the Thorens TD 124 and the Garrard 301, I switched to the latter, a crime for which I am still being beheaded on at least one of the Flat Earth sites. Quelle horreur.
The technical difference: Where the LP12 and its ilk apply to the platter a very small amount of driving torque, the Thorenses and Garrards and EMTs and Lencos of the world have at their hearts far more powerful electric motorsthings that could purée carrots if they had tothat transmit their rotational power through sturdy and stretchless idler wheels. Given the expensive tooling required to effect their comparatively complex drive and speed-change mechanisms, idler wheels are no more likely than candy cigarettes to reappear on the modern market. That said, one can't help noting a small trend among contemporary manufacturers who are finding sonic success with larger motors, heavier platters, and more robust drive electronics than we've seen in past yearsamong them the august Luxman Corporation, whose recent PD-171 combines a turntable and tonearm in one reasonably compact and unambiguously easy package for $6400.
Central to the Luxman PD-171and responsible for a considerable portion of the player's 51 lbsis a 15mm-thick solid-alloy top plate that measures 380mm deep by 500mm wide. This structure is drilled for the tonearm mounting collet and main bearing flange, with additional openings for the motor pulley and various control knobs. The plate is also machined with a large circular groove, in which rides the platter's lower rim; the aesthetic effect is not unlike that of the Thorens TD 124, whose own platter is also partly hidden from view.
The Luxman's 11-lb alloy platter is entirely solid, save for a thick bottom rim that accounts for about 15% of its total height. The underside of that rim is decorated with strobe markings for 331/3 and 45rpmalso in the manner of the Thorensand the center bore is machined with a Jacob's taper, to match that of the chunky bearing spindle. The oil-bath bearing wellyet another part that betrays an unambiguous Thorens influenceis machined from brass and measures 30mm in diameter and 65mm in length, from the bottom of its thrust plate to the top of its mounting flange.
The alloy top plate sits above an identically sized plinth made of hardwood and sheet steel, the surfaces of the latter finished in textured black paint. There's a thin layer of damping material between plinth and plate, with additional vibration control provided by four apparently complex isolation feet, threaded into alloy pillars that are themselves rigidly fastened to the plate's underside. These height-adjustable feet seem to exhibit different degrees of complianceand thus, one presumes, isolation frequenciesin their horizontal and vertical planes of movement.
The Luxman's drive system is centered around an AC motor that provides greater-than-average apparent torque for a contemporary belt-driven turntable, even if it isn't nearly as powerful as the ones used in those sainted Thorenses and Garrards of yore. Of perhaps equal importance is the PD-171's electronic motor-drive system, in which an AC signal is created by a digital circuit and boosted with a reportedly "high-output" onboard amplifier, the generous heatsinks of which can be glimpsed inside the moderately impenetrable plinth. Fine-tuning controls are provided for both running speeds, which the user monitors by viewing, through a small window at the front of the top plate, a mirror reflection of the strobe-lit platter markingsjust like the you-know-what 124. Power is delivered to the platter by means of a wider-than-average synthetic belt, from a motor pulley of convex profile, machined from aluminum alloy.
The tonearm, made by Jelco, appears to be a variant of their SA-250, an S-shaped arm with a removable magnesium headshell and a sturdy mounting collet that allows easy height adjustment over a range of 22mm, which ought to be enough for anyone. The ball-and-race bearings are said to have their vertical and horizontal centers of rotation on the same plane, and the arm incorporates a spring-type antiskating mechanism calibrated for up to 3gm of tracking force. Said force is set statically, with a calibrated two-piece counterweight, and the tonearm has an effective length of 9" (229mm), an overhang of 15mm, and an offset angle of 22°. Incidentally, although I decided against removing the Jelco arm during the Luxman's time in my home, it appeared that its mounting collet coincides with the "Linn standard," meaning that the owner of a PD-171 could, if he or she wished, swap in any of a number of other tonearm brands, including Pro-Ject, Clearaudio, Revolver, Zeta, and, of course, Linn.
Some miscellany: A robust clear-plastic dustcover, hinged for your pleasure, is also provided. Both the tonearm signal cable and AC cord can be easily disconnected and, if desired, replaced with upmarket versions of same. (I did not.) The thick rubber record mat, unrepentantly gray, is simply the finest and best-sounding mat I've used. (I tried it on my Garrard 301, whose stock mat was shamed in the comparison.) And one of the nicest touches of all is a slender, columnar LED "light pole," mounted near 7 o'clock on the platter, for use as a cueing aid; the pole can be rotated or, if desired, removed entirely (the electrical connection is an RCA jack), in which case it is replaced with a small plastic plug (included).
As '70s turntables are.
To me, that is.
To each his own I guess......
Art, got some news for ya - candy cigarettes (and bubble gum cigars) are still on the market. Haven't seen the bubblegum cigs in a while - you remember, the ones where you could blow powdered-sugar smoke out of them? Maybe we shouldn't count idler wheel designs out just yet? ; )


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For Immediate Release, March 14, 2012
Contact: Michael Robinson, (575) 313-7017
Appeals Court Denies Challenge to Congressional Rider That Stripped
Northern Rocky Mountain Wolves of Endangered Species Act Protection
SAN FRANCISCO— The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals today denied a challenge brought by the Center for Biological Diversity and its partners to a congressional budget rider than stripped Endangered Species Act protections from wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains. A three-judge panel rejected the conservation organizations' argument that the rider is unconstitutional because it violates the separation-of-powers doctrine.
"Congress set a terrible precedent by passing this backdoor rider that took away protection from wolves. Scientists, not politicians, need to decide which species need protection," said Michael Robinson, a wolf expert at the Center. "That's the law. And that's what makes sense if we're going to save animals and plants from extinction."
The rider marked the first time Congress has removed a plant or animal from the endangered species list. The rider directed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reissue a rule removing federal protections from northern Rocky Mountain wolves, despite ongoing litigation over the lawfulness of that delisting rule.
Today's ruling holds that the rider is constitutional because it amends the Endangered Species Act by exempting the delisting rule from all law. The panel rejected arguments by conservation groups that Congress violated the separation-of-powers doctrine because the rider blocked judicial review and ordered an outcome, in ongoing litigation, without clearly amending the Endangered Species Act, effectively negating the role of the judiciary.
"We will continue to fight the good fight on behalf of wolves across the country," said Robinson. "These incredible animals deserve a shot at recovery beyond just the few pockets where they eke out a living today."
After Endangered Species Act protections lifted in April 2010, the state of Idaho authorized hunting and trapping seasons with no limit on how many wolves can be killed and committed to maintain only 150 wolves out of an estimated population of at least 1,000. Montana set a hunting quota of 220 wolves with a goal of reducing the population by 25 percent. In Oregon, where the wolf population includes just two dozen or so wolves, state wildlife officials killed two wolves last year and planned to kill two more, but have been temporarily stopped by a state lawsuit filed by the Center and others.
"Wolves have been an integral part of North American landscapes for millions of years and are cherished, iconic animals that deserve a future in this country," said Robinson. "If we want to keep wilderness alive in America, we need to keep our wolves."
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Mary Lee Wheat Gray
Born: 4 April 1939 in Hastings, Nebraska, USA
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Mary Lee Wheat's parents were Lillie Alves and Neil Claude Wheat. Her mother had been a school teacher before she married and her father held a variety of jobs from policeman to truck driver and mechanic, and finally the manager of a trucking firm. In fact Mary was part of an extended family since her father's brother had married her mother's sister and they had one child, a son who was one year older than Mary. Three of Mary's grandparents had been born in Nebraska, while the fourth had emigrated to Nebraska from Germany.
Mary's parents encouraged her to learn when she was young. They taught her history and Mary's father was asking her mental arithmetic questions when she was five. She attended high school in Hastings, Nebraska, in the class one year below her cousin. The subjects which she enjoyed most were mathematics, history and physics. When she was in her final year of study her father died from a heart attack. At this stage Wheat's mother took a job working in Hastings College cafeteria to help support the family and, after graduating from high school, Wheat became a student at Hastings College. It was in her second year that a new lecturer, Jim Standley, joined the mathematics staff at the College. Her talent for mathematics had already been recognised but it was Standley who suggested to Wheat that she go on to postgraduate work. It was something she had never considered before, but once it was suggested to her she found it an attractive idea.
Wheat graduated from Hastings College in 1959 having taken mathematics and physics as major subjects. She had been awarded a Fulbright fellowship to allow her to study in Germany so she went to Frankfurt to study at the J W Goethe Institute. Returning to the United States after a year, Wheat began graduate studies at the University of Kansas. She was awarded a Master's degree in 1962 and continued research for her doctorate supervised by William Scott. After submitting her thesis Radical Subcategories in 1964 she was awarded her Ph.D. Her studies were partially financed by fellowships from the National Science Foundation and partly by working as an assistant instructor at the University of Kansas. She was also employed as a physicist at the National Bureau of Standards each summer.
After graduating, she married Alfred Gray, also a mathematician, who she had met while at the University of Kansas. Her husband was appointed to the University of California at Berkeley while Mary Gray taught a course at Berkeley during the summer and then was appointed to the California State University at Hayward. In 1967 she published two papers, Radical subcategories and Abelian objects both of which were published in the Pacific Journal of Mathematics. In the following year Mary and her husband moved. He was appointed to the University of Maryland and she was appointed to the American University in Washington. They chose to live between the two sites to make sure neither had too long a journey to work. In 1970 she published an important book A radical approach to algebra. Edward Patterson writes that the book:-
... takes the idea of a radical as its main theme, to which it sticks closely throughout, whilst nevertheless describing many other significant ideas of modern algebra. ... The method of presentation in this book is to introduce ideas in basically an ascending order of technical complexity, which results in the material being arranged to a certain extent in the historical order of development. ... The book is well written and proofs are set out in a concise manner.Gray has done much to support the role of women mathematicians. She published the article Women in mathematics in the American Mathematical Monthly in 1972. At the time she was president of the Association for Women in Mathematics, an organisation which she helped to found, holding the position from 1971 to 1973. It was a role which Gray undertook with determination. One of her first acts was to put pressure on the American Mathematical Society who she felt did not have nearly enough women on their committees or among the speakers at their conferences. She tackled the problem head on and, after carefully reading the by-laws of the American Mathematical Society, tried to attend one of the Council meetings of the Society. It was explained to her at the door that such meetings were not open for members to attend. Gray, who had read the by-laws, correctly explained that this was not specified but was told that members did not attend because of a gentleman's agreement. She then said, "I'm not a gentleman, I'm staying." Later Gray was elected to the Council and in 1976 was elected the second female vice president (the first was Charlotte Scott seventy years earlier). A good example of Gray's views is given in the article Gender and mathematics: mythology and misogyny which she published in 1996 as a chapter in the book Towards gender equity in mathematics education (Kluwer Acad. Publ., Dordrecht). Another article which deals with these issues is The Association for Women in Mathematics - a personal view which appears in the Mathematical Intelligencer 13 (4) (1991).
In addition to her mathematics, through the 1970s Gray studied law, receiving a law degree with distinction from Washington College of Law in 1979. Her training helped her fight more effectively for women's rights. Fasanelli writes [1]:-
... she might easily be found in Bosnia, Chile, Israel or Rwanda. She might be found testifying before congressional committees on Capitol Hill or appearing as an expert witness in California courtrooms. Through her knowledge of law and statistics, and her attention to social justice, she has found many ways to use her professional training to help people around the world. ... She testified about income tax reform to the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee; on affirmative action at the Department of Labor; on pensions and insurance for five U.S. congressional committees as well as in eight states from Maine to Oregon. She has also testified on age discrimination, Social Security, pay equality, women and the military, retirement income security, the constitutional right to travel, and women in science.Of the awards which Gray has received we mention two in particular. She was honoured by the Association for Women in Mathematics in 1991. The citation reads:-
It is especially fitting that Mary Gray be honored at the Twentieth Anniversary meeting of the Association for Women in Mathematics, since she is the one person most responsible for the existence of this organization; for years her name was virtually synonymous with Association for Women in Mathematics. She ran the organization almost single-handedly for its first two and a half years, serving as chair during that period and producing the Newsletter for the first four years.During this same period, Mary was working to insure broader membership participation in the established mathematical societies. She worked to open American Mathematical Society Council meetings to observers, as provided in the bylaws, and to make common practice the nomination by petition for certain American Mathematical Society offices. In 1976, Mary became the second woman Vice President of the Society (nominated by petition) and the first in seventy years.
On an even broader front, Mary has been active on Committee W, the Committee on Women of the American Association of University Professors, serving as its chair from 1973 until 1978 and again since 1986. She served as President of Women's Equity Action Leagues from 1982 to 1988. Her concern for the rights of all humans is evidenced by her involvement with Amnesty International, currently as Treasurer and member of the Board of Directors of Amnesty International USA.The second award which we mention is the 1994 Mentor Award for Lifetime Achievement from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The award was given for [4]:-
... the extraordinary number of women and underrepresented minorities she has affected in her career both directly and indirectly through the influence of her former students and the programs she has initiated and developed. Her twenty doctoral students include eleven women and five African American women.
Article by: J J O'Connor and E F Robertson
List of References (4 books/articles)
Mathematicians born in the same country
Cross-references in MacTutor
- Association for Women in Mathematics
Other Web sites
- Dictionary of National Biography
- Agnes Scott College
- Mary Gray's home page
- Mathematical Genealogy Project
- MathSciNet Author profile
- zbMATH entry


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Before The Rock was The Scorpion King, before Rowdy Roddy Piper wowed us in They Live, and before Hulk Hogan took on Rocky, a man named Bull Montana starred alongside the entire A-list of Hollywood. But it was a different Hollywood -- the Silent Screen Hollywood of the 1920s. He found fame in the ring and on film, and was recruited by one of the biggest stars of the day.
Born Luigi Montagna in Voghera, Italy, on May 16, 1887, he was a wood splitter in the old country for seven cents a day before coming to America for a better life, according to a 1939 newspaper article by esteemed sports columnist John Lardner. Montagna eventually found his way into the old carny wrestling circuits of New York and New Jersey, near where he lived. He was re-Christened "Bull Montana" at a wrestling event in Coney Island, given the character of a big, burly cowboy, according to a report from the Galveston Daily News in 1930. Kayfabe was so strong at the time that he was given a hero's welcome when he came to wrestle in his "home state" of Montana.
In a 1928 story in the Montana Standard, Montana addressed his start, his colourful vernacular caught by the writer. "A feller asked me to fight in New York one night and offered me five dollars. I needed dat finiff and I said I'd fight anyone he introduces me as 'Bool Montana, de cowboy middleweight champion of de West.' Say I hadn't seen a cow since I left Eetaly. But I was a champion of de West all right. I lived on de West side of New York and I was champion of Bleecher street."
Wrestling at 180 pounds as a middleweight and lightheavyweight -- when those terms weren't a knock -- Montana did get into the ring with top stars like Frank Gotch, Stanislaus Zbyszko, Ed "Strangler" Lewis and Jim Londos.
His entry into Hollywood was far more phenomenal than his entry into wrestling: Montana wasn't discovered by some mere talent scout. "Douglas Fairbanks persuaded him to try his luck in Hollywood, and gave him supporting roles in a number of his popular films in the teens," the Heavyweight Champion of Film Critics, Entertainment Tonight's Leonard Maltin, tells SLAM! Wrestling in his first-ever interview discussing professional wrestling films and actors. Fairbanks, who was one of the most popular actors in the Silent Film Era, did not work with just anyone. Fairbanks was one of the greatest action stars of early Hollywood.
Montana's success did not end with Fairbanks. "He also appeared in two major hits starring Rudolph Valentino, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) and Son of the Sheik (1926)," Maltin points out. Valentino, who made more girls swoon then than Brad Pitt and Justin Bieber combined could today, provided the perfect contrast in these films to the rugged Montana, who always acknowledged that his face was his fortune, and that his cauliflower ears and crooked teeth helped him stand out.
And, like Pitt and Bieber, Montana got a fair bit of press, both good and bad. In 1928, he was in the news for having Jackie Laverne, who he claimed was his housekeeper and she claimed was his wife, jailed on a charge of battery. A year later, his proper marriage to Mary Paulson Montana at Bull's Hollywood home was news fodder as well. Time Magazine got in the act when they split in 1931: "Divorced. Louis ("Bull") Montana (real name: Lugia Montagna), 44, wrestler and cinemactor; by Mary Poulson Montana; in Los Angeles. Mr. Montana admits his face frightens women and children. Mrs. Montana said she was afraid to live with him."
Playing a villain finally led Montana to star alongside one of the greatest actors in the history of cinema, "The Man of a Thousand Faces," Lon Chaney, in director Maurice Tourner's Victory, based upon a Joseph Conrad novel. Chaney, who was known for playing villainous characters such as The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Phantom of the Opera, is upstaged in the small but brutal role that Montana plays in Victory.
His professional wrestling experience must have taught him well, however, as Montana realized that he could not survive in Hollywood as a heel forever. "He apparently had a sense of humor about himself and ... starred in some silent comedy shorts," Maltin reveals. After his long run of playing villains, Montana then "appeared as a 'heavy' opposite such great comics as Buster Keaton and Charley Chase."
What also sets Montana apart from other actors in film history is that he survived the radical change from silent to sound films. Many actors who thrived in the silent cinema found their careers end when their voices did not appeal to Hollywood producers. Even the man who brought Montana to the silver screen, the legendary Douglas Fairbanks, did not survive the transition to sound. Montana should be remembered by film historians for being part of this elite club, as well.
But surviving the transition to sound films wasn't entirely easy for Montana, Maltin tells SLAM! Wrestling. "Although he continued working into the sound era, there wasn't as much opportunity for 'types' like Montana, and he may have had an Italian accent, which would have limited his casting opportunities. But producers still called on him when they needed a muscular type who didn't have lines, as in Flash Gordon (1936)."
Starring in the Flash Gordon serials further cements Montana's legacy in Popular Culture, being part of the franchise of one of the most popular comic book adaptations ever made. In professional wrestling history, Montana, therefore, is the first wrestler to appear in an American comic book film.
For these, and many other achievements, Montana deserves to not only be remembered, but celebrated, by both film and wrestling historians. His 30 years in professional wrestling paved the way for Montana's entrance in to Hollywood, and seems to have taught him much about surviving in the scandal-plagued early days of Hollywood.
Maltin, who still edits the annual Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, bemoans the fact that Montana is not better remembered for his achievements. He encourages SLAM! Wrestling readers to watch Montana's films. When asked which one his favourite is, he mentions one that influenced one of the highest grossing films of the 1990s: "I think of him, first and foremost, as the menacing ape-man in The Lost World (1926), a classic silent feature that predated King Kong and set a template for adventures about prehistoric beasts that continues right up through Jurassic Park."
EDITOR'S NOTE: Stay tuned in the coming weeks for another piece with Leonard Maltin, where he talks about his favorite wrestlers in Hollywood in the sound era; which wrestler's statue he proudly displays on his desk; and his thoughts on WWE Films, among other topics.
Ranjan Chhibber is a former WWE Writer with a Ph.D. in Film History, and award-winning academic, who has taught Film Studies and Popular Culture at various universities across the United States and Canada. Dr. Chhibber dedicates this article to his amazing students of the very first Silent Film Class he ever taught, 10 years ago this month, at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design, in Vancouver, BC. He can be reached through his publicist, Ms. Jaclyn Allmon, at email@example.com.


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Code Reviews
Many software processes suggest frequent code reviews as a means of improving software quality. The complexity of parallel programming makes this task challenging. While not a replacement for using well established parallel programming design patterns, code reviews may, in many cases, help catch bugs in the early stages of development.
One technique for these types of code reviews is to have individual reviewers examine the code from the perspective of one of the threads in the system. During the review, each reviewer steps through the sequence of events as the actual thread would. Have objects that represent the shared resources of the system available and have the individual reviewers (threads) take and release these resources. This technique will help you visualize the interaction between different threads in your system and hopefully help you find bugs before they manifest themselves in code.
As a developer, when you get the urge to immediately jump into coding and disregard any preplanning or preparation, you should consider the following scenarios and ask yourself which situation you'd rather be in. Would you rather spend a few weeks of work up front to validate and verify the design and architecture of your application, or would you rather deal with having to redesign your product when you find it doesn't scale? Would you rather hold code reviews during development or deal with the stress of trying to solve mysterious, unpredictable showstopper bugs a week before your scheduled ship date? Good software engineering practices are the key to writing reliable software applications. Nothing is new, mysterious, or magical about writing multithreaded applications. The complexity of this class of applications means that developers must be conscious of these fundamental software engineering principles and be diligent in following them.
Extending your Application: Using Trace Buffers
Two categories of bugs are often found in multithreaded applications: synchronization bugs and performance bugs. Synchronization bugs include race conditions and deadlocks that cause unexpected and incorrect behavior. Performance bugs arise from unnecessary thread overhead due to thread creation or context switch overhead, and memory access patterns that are suboptimal for a given processor's memory hierarchy. The application returns the correct results, but often takes too long to be usable. This chapter focuses on debugging synchronization bugs that cause applications to fail.
In order to find the cause of these types of bugs, two pieces of information are needed:
- Which threads are accessing the shared resource at the time of the failure.
- When the access to the shared resource took place.
In many cases, finding and fixing synchronization bugs involves code inspection. A log or trace of the different threads in the application and the pattern in which they accessed the shared resources of the code helps narrow down the problematic code sections. One simple data structure that collects this information is the trace buffer.
A trace buffer is simply a mechanism for logging events that the developer is interested in monitoring. It uses an atomic counter that keeps track of the current empty slot in the array of event records. The type of information that each event can store is largely up to the developer. A sample implementation of a trace buffer, using the Win32 threading APIs, is shown in Listing One ( In the interest of making the code more readable, Listing One uses the
time() system call to record system time. Due to the coarse granularity of this timer, most applications should use a high performance counter instead to keep track of the time in which events occurred.)
Listing One: Sample Implementation of a Trace Buffer.
// Circular 1K Trace buffer #define TRACE_BUFFER_SIZE 1024 typedef struct traceBufferElement { DWORD threadId; time_t timestamp; const char *msg; } traceBufferElement; static LONG m_TraceBufferIdx = -1; static traceBufferElement traceBuffer[TRACE_BUFFER_SIZE]; void InitializeTraceBuffer() { m_TraceBufferIdx = -1; /* initialize all entries to {0, 0, NULL} */ memset(traceBuffer, 0, TRACE_BUFFER_SIZE*sizeof(traceBufferElement)); } void AddEntryToTraceBuffer(const char *msg) { LONG idx = 0; // Get the index into the trace buffer that this // thread should use idx = InterlockedIncrement(&m_TraceBufferIdx) % TRACE_BUFFER_SIZE; // Enter the data into the Trace Buffer traceBuffer[idx].threadId = GetCurrentThreadId(); traceBuffer[idx].timestamp = time(NULL); traceBuffer[idx].msg = msg; } void PrintTraceBuffer() { int i; printf("Thread ID Timestamp Msg\n"); printf("----------|----------|----------------------" "-----------------\n"); // sort by timestamp before printing SortTraceBufferByTimestamp(); for (i = 0; i < TRACE_BUFFER_SIZE; i++) { if (traceBuffer[i].timestamp == 0) { break; } printf("0x%8.8x|0x%8.8x| %s\n", traceBuffer[i].threadId, traceBuffer[i].timestamp, traceBuffer[i].msg); } }
Listing One, creates a trace buffer that can store 1,024 events. It stores these events in a circular buffer. As you'll see shortly, once the circular buffer is full, your atomic index will wrap around and replace the oldest event. This simplifies your implementation as it doesn't require dynamically resizing the trace buffer or storing the data to disk. In some instances, these operations may be desirable, but in general, a circular buffer should suffice.
Lines 1-13 define the data structures used in this implementation. The event descriptor
traceBufferElement is defined in lines 4-9. It contains three fields: a field to store the thread ID, a timestamp value that indicates when the event occurred, and a generic message string that is associated with the event. This structure could include a number of additional parameters, including the name of the thread.
The trace buffer in Listing One defines three operations. The first method,
InitializeTraceBuffer(), initializes the resources used by the trace buffer. The initialization of the atomic counter occurs on line 16. The atomic counter is initialized to -1. The initial value of this counter is -1 because adding a new entry in the trace buffer requires us to first increment (line 29) the atomic counter. The first entry should be stored in slot 0. Once the trace buffer is initialized, threads may call
AddEntryToTraceBuffer() to update the trace buffers with events as they occur.
PrintTraceBuffer() dumps a listing of all the events that the trace buffer has logged to the screen. This function is very useful when combined with a debugger that allows users to execute code at a breakpoint. Both Microsoft Visual Studio and GDB support this capability. With a single command, the developer can see a log of all the recent events being monitored, without having to parse a data structure using the command line or a watch window.
Note that the implementation of the trace buffer in Listing One logs events as they are passed into the buffer. This doesn't necessarily guarantee that the trace buffer will log events exactly as they occur in time. To illustrate this point, consider the two threads shown in Listing Two.
Listing Two: Two Threads Logging Events to a Trace Buffer.
unsigned __stdcall Thread1(void *) { // ... thread initialization // write global data m_global = do_work(); AddEntryToTraceBuffer(msg); // ... finish thread } unsigned __stdcall Thread2(void *) { // ... thread initialization // read global data Thread_local_data = m_global; AddEntryToTraceBuffer(msg); // ... finish thread }


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While participation for this edition of Wine Blogging Wednesday wasn't at an all-time high, the quality was pretty fantastic. I was thrilled with what people came up with – from all over the nation – when faced with the idea of a Snow Day wine. It was equally entertaining to read not only about the havoc some atypical weather is causing, but how our various locales deal with it. So let's get to it!
We'll start with the basic reds, which were a favorite over on the rather rainy West Coast right now.
Ryan at Oe.no.phile, who recently transplanted from Ohio to Oregon dived into a Spanish blend from Bodegas El Nido (Jumilla) to keep warm. But Ryan wasn't the only one to turn to Spain. Neil from Wine Expedition, experiencing a slightly damp week in Los Angeles, turned to the Priorat region for the 2005 Cellars Capafons Oso "Sirsell" blend.
In Washington, our favorite Walla Walla Wine Woman Catie enjoyed the Tranche Cellars blend and a lovely view of snow-capped mountains. (I can't wait to visit Walla Walla this summer!) In Oregon, Mary at Vindulge indulged in an Oregon wine that reminded her of a past Oregon blizzard – The Pines 1852 Old Vine Zinfandel. Down in stormy and wet San Francisco, my friend Thea of Luscious Lushes popped open a 2005 Petroni Syrah she got as a gift and imagined a fire in her fireplace.
Locally, Tim from Cheap Wine Ratings felt the need for some Italian comfort food and opted for an Italian-style wine with the Luna Vineyards Sangiovese. Kevin, from the Under the Grape Tree blog and Dep's Fine Wines described his perfect snow day, which included one my own favorite syrahs – Montes Folly.
Now on to the sweeter wines that were brought out at the prospect of a snow day. I have to admit, I expected more Ports. Kevin & I indulged in a port here in the Cincinnati area, where snow is no stranger. Gary and Allison, recently of Cincinnati but now in sunny Florida, chose their old favorite Sandeman's Twenty Year Old Tawny Port.
Wine (and Art) Predator's Gwendolyn, from southern California, wrote a wonderful post about a special, rare, and homemade drink. Then she zagged and actually reviews a nice little Gonzalez Byass Solera 1847 Oloroso Dulce sherry. Our international entry, Bob in Vancouver, reviews a wine fitting of the Great White North as he tackles the 2005 Jackson-Triggs Grand Reserve Sparkling Riesling Icewine on his 2001 Bottles: A Wine Odyssey.
Sparkling wine made two appearances. Michael at Undertaking Wine (what a great title!) in New York tried a New York sparkler, the Pindar Vineyards Cuvee Rare. In one of my two favorite Wine Blogging Wednesday entries, Tom at Louisville Juice explains his hatred of winter and his need for the Gloria Ferrer Blanc de Noirs to help him with a hallucination of springtime.
Then there were those who took me up on the offer of breaking away from wine and indulging in a different sort of spirit. Sort of straddling that line, Tanisha at the Grapevine, recently stranded in the great December blizzard in Washington DC, recommends a semi-homemade mulled wine to keep you warm.
Liza of the Bay area Brix Chicks took this opportunity to talk about her favorite (and mine!) vodka from Hangar One. She even includes some creative decorating tips! Wrapping it all up with my other favorite entry, Adam at Wine Zag writes about vacationing in Puerto Rico and introduces us to some fantastic boutique rum.
My thanks to everyone for their creative entries and to Lenn for letting me host! I encourage you to visit all of these great blogs and learn a little about what everyone is drinking on a snow day.
When I think of a snow day, I think about curling up in front of a roaring fire. Let's face it, I'm not a winter girl. In fact, one of my friends recently called me a Sunshine Girl and he was right – I love to be warm. So when faced with this month's Wine Blogging Wednesday theme (which I chose), all I could think about was port.
Port is the type of wine that warms me up from the inside. Port was originally a Portugese style of fortified wine. Under EU Guidelines, only port from Portugal may be called Port or Portugal. However, everyone makes it and outside of the EU, you'll often see "Port" used to denote a fortified wine. And no wonder port wine warms me up. It is fortified. Winemakers add a neutral grape spirit that stops the fermentation, leaves residual sugar in the wine, and ups that alcohol content.
So the other night, after braving some rather biting wind, I popped one of our Duraflame logs into the fireplace and we poured out a bottle of Lilly Pilly Estate 1995 Shiraz port.
This particular port is from Australia, not Portugal, but it honored the "Port" name well. At 18.5% AbV, it has a lower alcohol content than many of the ports we drink (which often top out around 20%). But it certainly went down fast and easy. Port, with the sugar and alcohol content, is a sipping wine, but the 375 ml bottle still disappeared quickly.
The Shiraz port had a lot of raisins and, surprisingly, rum on the nose. It's an obviously heavy wine and it was dark, almost chewy. We caught flavors of raisins, plums, and figs, as well as the obligatory dark cherry.
It was the perfect wine on a bitterly cold evening – a great way to round out a snow day!
Stay tuned for the Wine Blogging Wednesday Round-up – the complete list of everyone who participated – to show up early next week.
Still want to participate? Get your link to me by Friday, Jan 22 and I'll make sure you're included in the WBW round-up!
Don't forget! Wine Blogging Wednesday is next week! We've had a lot of snow here lately, so it should be easy for us. The topic is Snow Day wines. Give me a great Snow Day story and tell me all about the wine that makes you all warm inside on those cold winter nights.
Again, you don't need to have a wine blog – you can post this on any ol' blog. Just email me at firstname.lastname@example.com on January 20 with a link to your post. If you don't have a blog, write up a short review of the wine and email that to me. Either way, it works!
Wow! I have to say it's kind of cool, hosting the first Wine Blogging Wednesday of a new decade. I should probably have picked something profound, something relating to New Year's / New Decade resolutions and change. But no – because I'm cold. Here in the midwest, it's freezing. My friends in DC were recently under a couple of feet of snow, and over Christmas, folks were shoveling here in Cincinnati as well. You know what? I hate snow. But growing up, I always loved a snow day.
But let me back up a moment. If you're new to WBW, I should probably explain what's going on. Way back in 2004, my friend Lenn at the New York Cork Report started up a virtual tasting event he called Wine Blogging Wednesday. The idea being that people interested in wine, the world over, would coalesce each month around a single theme. People would then submit their blog posts or email in reviews, and those would all be organized and shared. It was a hit. Many editions later and here we are at Wine Blogging Wednesday #65.
This month, even if you're in warm sunny Florida or Los Angeles, I want you to look out your window and imagine Snow. Snowmen, snow balls, igloos, snow trucks, snow … cold, cold snow. Then I want you to imagine what that makes you want to drink. Do you want to curl up in front of your fireplace with a port? Maybe you want to pull out a cabernet sauvignon or a big juicy zin and then put on your snowsuit. Are you a glutton for punishment and you're pulling out a chilled riesling before heading out to build a snowman? Are you inspired by vintners who are braving frigid temperatures to make icewine?
In this particular instance, I'll even allow you to branch a little away from wine if you want. With a valid story behind you, there's no reason you can't pop open a cognac, a brandy, or even bourbon. Imaginary "bonus points" for anyone with a wonderful Snow Day story of their youth , a great photo of snow and wine, or even a Snowman and wine!
WBW 65: Snow Day! will take place on Jan 20 (which is in between my trips to the sunnier side of our nation). Please send your info to me at email@example.com. If you blog, send me a link. If you don't have a blog, that's okay too. You can email me your Snow Day review and story and I'll include it in the overall roundup that will be posted a few days later.
So there you go. Have at it, everyone! Build snowmen, drink up, and keep warm!
"I'll just finish the wine. It's not a problem."
That was me, last night. But we'll get back to that in a minute.
It's time for the monthly wine blogging activity Wine Blogging Wednesday. I've decided to mix it in with my own current initiative to Drink Pink.
The theme for this month's WBW outing, hosted by Dale Cruse, is a grape by any other name. You see, grapes are the same the world over, but they have a lot of different names – often for the same grape. For instance, Primitivo and Zinfandel, Syrah and Shiraz, Sauvignon Blanc and Fume Blanc, and so forth.
I happened to have a Spanish grenache sitting here for Drink Pink, and it happens to be labeled as a garnacha, so we're in business.
Grenache, also called Garnacha, is one of the most widely planted red grape varietials, and is the most widely planted grape in Spain. Grenache is often found in Southern Rhône wines, which explains my fondness for it. I do love my Rhône. In fact, Grenache is often at least 80% of the blend of Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
Artazuri Rosado of Garnacha 2008, Bodegas Y Artazu, Navarra region
$10.99, Water Tower Fine Wines
The Artazuri rosé has this amazing bright color. It's not really captured in the above photo, but it's sort of the pink of my pinkest Playgirl Floribunda roses I planted outside our house, or the pinkest hibiscus flower. It's pretty darn close to red, while still retaining all it's pinkness.
On the nose there is a lot of flower and mineral, partnered by raspberry. Kevin commented that it was reminiscent of homemade raspberry pancake syrup.
It's not a hefty rosé. Instead, it's light and airy, calling out to be paired with seafood on a hot and sunny day. It's filled with raspberries and some cherry and it goes down fast. Really fast. Kevin and I rarely finish an entire bottle of wine on the first night anymore, but I handily polished this one off last night (thus the quote at the top). As for Kevin? He had a glass or so, and he admitted it was good. But it wasn't his kind of wine – it didn't tap into his inner pink as our previous rosé had. He likes his pink wines to be less light and more heavy.
Our ratings:
Michelle Kevin
Thanks to Dale for hosting this month's adventure!
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Cheese and mushroom casserole with chicken
This casserole is simple and delicious, and makes a perfect snack during a picnic (bento anyone?)—you should use it as a basic idea for a casserole, since the pasta sauce is the stable and the most important piece of the meal. It's also a very tweak-able recipe! :-)
When you make your own pasta, you will always end up with some scraps, even more if you make ravioli. You can easily recycle this leftover pasta to make maltagliati, meaning "poorly cut" in Italian, which was traditionally meant as food for the poor. We are way past that, and today you can enjoy rich texture and amazing flavor of your pasta without the social stigma ;-)
Creamy scrambled eggs
I love the creamy texture of scrambled eggs, but I strongly dislike the idea of eating eggs raw, so I hacked a scrambled eggs recipe to be both completely set, creamy, and pack a crunchy punch as an extra. It's so delicious with fresh bread or toast, and the consistency makes it spreadable like a cottage cheese! I come back to this recipe quite often, because it's simple, fast and feels luxurious ;-)
Salami frittata
Hot, savory and full or aroma, that's literally an omelette on steroids that smashes my hunger during dark, cold autumn days :-) It's also extremely easy and pretty fast to cook!
Fancy tamagoyaki bento
Oh my, this one is both a looker and tastes amazingly! :-) This bento idea is based on the basic tamagoyaki recipe, so feel free to use your favorite ingredients: champignons or chanterelle mushroom, herbs, different kinds of onion, bacon bits, ham shavings etc. Go crazy! :-) It's also a very good side dish!


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Former U.S. Navy SEAL Matthew Bissonnette, part of the team on the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, is not off the hook yet with the Pentagon for his book "No Easy Day," which allegedly violated his non-disclosure agreement with the military.
The Defense Department is still considering taking legal action against Bissonnette for disclosing secrets in his book, according to a Pentagon statement.
"The status of the Department's position on the book known as 'No Easy Day' remains the same. The former SEAL clearly violated the non-disclosure agreement which he was both legally and honor-bound to uphold and the Department remains in consideration of every legal option at its disposal."
The non-disclosure agreements signed by U.S. special operators apply even after they retire, according to military lawyers. The agreements require the special operators to submit books for review by the Defense Department before publication. Bissonnette and his publisher did not have "No Easy Day" reviewed before it came out in September.
"No Easy Day" immediately shot to the top of the best-seller lists and Amazon recently listed it as No. 5 on the top 10 books of 2012. The main recourse for the Pentagon, if a decision were made to pursue legal action, would be to go after the profits from the book, according to military law experts.
The Defense Department response on Bissonnette came after officials were asked whether the department might be using a double standard on his case in contrast to the involvement of Michael Vickers, the Defense Department's Under Secretary of Intelligence, with the new movie "Zero Dark Thirty" about the May 2011 Bin Laden raid.
The Pentagon's Inspector General's office is currently conducting an investigation of whether Vickers, considered a frontrunner to take over the post as CIA Director, leaked classified information in his discussions with the producers of the movie.
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The Houston Dynamo registered their fifth straight win and leapfrogged the New York Red Bulls into first place in the Eastern Conference after handily defeating them 2-0 on Friday night at BBVA Compass Stadium in the debut of new Red Bulls designated player Tim Cahill.
Houston controlled the match from start to finish and capitalized on first-half goals from Jermaine Taylor -- the Jamaican scored after just 72 seconds -- and the red-hot Calen Carr to move two points clear of the Red Bulls ahead of a second consecutive head-to-head match-up next week in New York, where NYRB are undefeated this season.
Taylor got Houston's big night going in quick fashion, scoring the second fastest MLS goal from the start of a match in Dynamo history. On the first trip down the field the Dynamo earned a set piece and marksman Brad Davis delivered a ball to the back post. After some pinging around and an Andre Hainault shot, Taylor was in the right place at the right time to knee Houston's opening goal on the goal line.
With the visiting Red Bulls reeling, Houston increased their attacking pressure. Davis took his chance in the 10th minute, lacing a left-footed blast to force a parry from Red Bulls goalkeeper Bill Gaudette. On the ensuing corner Taylor nearly made it a double, directing his flick into the side netting.
After Houston forward Will Bruin tried his luck with a scorcher from just outside the box, Houston's wings struck again. The red hot pair of Carr and Macoumba Kandji, who have thrived in Houston's 4-3-3, linked up in the 28th minute. Kandji hit a beautiful swerving ball to the back post, where Carr skied over an unknowing Roy Miller to park a header just inside the far post and give the Dynamo a 2-0 lead. It was Carr's fourth goal in four matches.
The conditions looked to get to the Red Bulls after the goal as the half ran out with the visitors, who played a friendly last Tuesday against Tottenham, limping into the half with just two shots and one on goal.
Cahill started the match and went a full 90 minutes, but the Australian struggled together with the rest of his teammates on a night where there was little chemistry, energy or effective attacks coming from the visitors.
OPTA Chalkboard: Total domination by Dynamo
In the second half New York came out with an improved vigor; holding the ball and putting the Dynamo under pressure in the first 10 minutes. But after the initial burst, the Dynamo settled in and Houston returned to pushing numbers forward and exploiting their speed advantage on the flanks to put Gaudette under constant pressure to see out the win.
For New York, second half sub Kenny Cooper, Sebastien Le Toux and Thierry Henry all had chances to pull one back after the break, but none of their efforts troubled Dynamo goalkeeper Tally Hall, who finished with just two saves on the night.
Houston's victory pushes the Dynamo (11-5-7) to 40 points and allowed them to extend their current unbeaten streak to eight matches. New York stays on 38 points and have now lost two in a row.
Houston Dynamo (11-5-7) vs. New York Red Bulls (11-7-5)
August 3, 2012 Houston, Texas
Attendance: 22,039 (sellout)
Scoring Summary:
HOU: Jermaine Taylor 1 (unassisted) 2
HOU: Calen Carr 4 (Macoumba Kandji 2) 28
Houston Dynamo: Tally Hall; Andre Hainault, Bobby Boswell, Jermaine Taylor, Corey Ashe; Boniek Garcia, Adam Moffat, Brad Davis; Calen Carr (Je-Vaughn Watson 74), Will Bruin (Brian Ching 56), Macoumba Kandji (Luiz Camargo 81)
Substitutes not used: Tyler Deric, Nathan Sturgis, Warren Creavalle, Alex Dixon
New York Red Bulls: Bill Gaudette; Heath Pearce, Wilman Conde (Joel Lindpere 70), Markus Holgersson, Roy Miller; Sebastien Le Toux, Jan Gunnar Solli (Kenny Cooper 55), Teemu Tainio (Victor Palsson 45), Tim Cahill, Connor Lade; Thierry Henry
Substitutes not used: Jeremy Vuolo, Jonathan Borrajo, Stephen Keel
Misconduct Summary:
NY: Heath Pearce (caution) 46
NY: Victor Palsson (caution) 90
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
Referee's Assistants: Jeff Muschik, Brian Poeschel
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Burn Me Up Like a Wax-Kissed Letter Lyrics
I don't need another lover, I got my hands all dirty covered, dry heat, swallow me under, or burn it up like a wax-kissed letter.
I saw that gleam in your suitor tonight it goes red ribbon rope entwined. 3 piece and busy people walk around with sharpened needles , I keep my 45's in the drawer. I met you out for supper on a dirt porch mom and pop store, well you caught me with some charlatan hussy heading out the door. I play it over and over again, it goes
So come on come on, pretty girls in the magazines cut it out. So come on come on as the gasoline keeps burning out.
I saw that gleam in your suitor tonight it goes Oh Charlatan, does what she can
I got to leave but I don't want to drive, it goes Oh Charlatan, say where and when
Red ribbon rope entwined.
Yeah! We're d.e.a.d. dead. Like a taunt something she said/ Leave me cherry red


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Check out what is probably my all-time favorite car. Fifty of these Ghia bodied 1963-4 Chrysler Turbine cars were given to 203 people to be used as a normal car for three months. Logs were kept, impressions recorded, and then at the end of the trial period, these beautiful cars were destroyed.
Chrysler didn't want to pay the import taxes and tariffs on the Italian-made bodies. All but 10 were burned then crushed. Of the remaining cars, Chrysler has three, two are in private hands, and the rest are in museums.
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My skin over the last few months has been a little bit crazy; it's been very very sensitive and very very dry. I have been getting less spots randomly appearing but those little red flare ups are appearing all over the place! Eek!
When it comes to finding something for dry and sensitive skin, I am not usually swayed by brands when they drop in that their products are ok for sensitive skin. I will know very quickly if something isn't right no matter how suitable a label says it is because my skin burns up so easily.
I have used with fairly good success some products from Trilogy!
Trilogy has a range of skincare built around being natural and cuts out alcohol and fragrance.
This suits me just fine – the less irritants a product has the better.
The Ultra Hydrating Face Cream:
This creamy, antioxidant-rich moisturiser is ideal for the daily care of dry, weakened skin. Pure plant emollients, including Rosehip, Avocado and Evening Primrose, lock in moisture helping restore elasticity and softness for long-lasting comfort.
This comes in a squeezy tube which is handy and I prefer it anyway because I'm not having to stick my fingers in a tub. It is a very rich, dense cream which sinks in nicely into my skin and leaves it really hydrated.
It's a bit of a slow burner though – it took 3 weeks of daily use for it to get rid of dry patches, PLUS, I haven't been able to downgrade to a light cream – my skin is just that dry at the moment. However, it just feels so lovely to put on and I know I'm not putting anything nasty on to my face.
The only thing about this cream is that it smells very strongly of honey (t is a key ingredient) and mixed with the other oil – I can't put my finger on which one exactly, it reminds me of cider vinegar. It's not enough to make me stop using the product but whenever I use it, I do wish that it smelt better.
Very Gentle Calming Fluid:
Combines natural spring water and calming extracts of Chamomile and Calendula with moisture-repairing plant oils to help calm your complexion and protect the weakened skin barrier of sensitive skin.
The first 2 times I used this, it actually stung my face! Yep…I have some seriously sensitive patches on my face at the moment. Disheartened, I let my skin get better for a week before trying again.
When I used it again I still got a tingle, but if faded quickly. I noticed the next day my skin was a lot less red than usual and looked really calm and smooth (which isn't easy when your skin is dry and delicate). So it does definitely work – my skin did require time to adjust to it though although since it is fragrance and alcohol free I'm not sure what I reacted it!
The Calming Fluid is a very liquid light lotion which isn't that hydrating and needs to be used with a cream if you are dry (if you are oily and sensitive, maybe not!). I can use both of these products together and it doesn't burden my skin but I am very dry.
Both of these products are excellent choices for a more natural skincare product that works well for dry and sensitive skin types. I have used these for a while with no issues and my skin is definitely looking better and feeling more resilient for it.
The calming fluid is £28.50 and the face cream is £24.50 from Boots.
Do you have any skin concerns?
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Dear [name redacted]:
I get it. Discussing the fabulous ordinary whiteness of being as portrayed in Stillman films such as Last Days of Disco and Metropolitan is really hot. He creates fantastic, witty – albeit incredibly fatuous and pretentious – characters, giving them meaningful goals and interesting things to say. And I like what you said in terms of Stillman's ability to put aside the snark in favor of crafting a substantial, sympathetic and realistic portrayal of a generally maligned group: yuppies (though often for highly understandable reasons). Your comments echoed those of reviewer Christopher Long of DVDTown who said:
Stillman isn´t here to mock. He had every chance to do it in "Metropolitan" with his privileged, self-absorbed young socialites who obsessed over literary criticism and televised debutante balls. But Stillman loved his characters not just despite but because of their foibles, and he treats his disco-loving drifters with the same gentle sensibility.
There was a lot of what I believed was appropriate passion in your voice as you quoted your favorite lines of dialog from the LDoD. That is until I glanced away from you face and noticed you were fumbling wildly with the lump rising in your rumpled and stained khaki pants. Okay, maybe fumbling wildly is a bit of an exaggeration, given that we were in Barnes & Noble, it was reasonably well lit and there were a few other patrons in our general area. That said, we can both agree you were conjuring up the contents of your boxer in a way that felt – well – problematic.
I'll admit my share of the blame – as limited as it might be – because I am the kind of person starved for meaningful discourse about films. I have my mom and my boyfriend and that's about it. Most people just don't have the desire to delve that deeply into the kind of films I enjoy viewing. Now this isn't to suggest my tastes skew towards the obscure, the pretentious or the punishing; they don't. But rather, I tend to regard every film I view as ripe for cultural deconstruction, even if it does happen to feature Harrison Ford in the lead role.
I will also admit my eagerness to dish film whenever I get a chance does often causes me to act against my own best interests. That said, I'm just not willing to take on the responsibility for your wayward boner. That's what the whole, "Motherfucker, please. Go bunch your slacks on someone who gives a shit!" business was all about. Yeah, I was kind of loud and indignant about it and I'm real sorry you were asked to leave the store before you were able to find some other fool to love you.
Okay, actually I'm not really sorry about that.
Now I'm really trying to get out of the telling business, but I feel I must give you this parting piece of unsolicited advice:
In the future if you're talking to a gal who makes you go bunchy in the dockers region, and you'd rather not get cussed out in public (I could tell you didn't much enjoy that one bit) or watch others get the attention you worked hard to cultivate, perhaps you might save your slack bunching for the privacy of your home, car or depending on your previous criminal record – a long subway ride.
I'm not here to judge, but oh c'mon. Seriously? Where exactly did you see this train headed? If you seriously did not realize the train was going to DERAIL, then consider this your painfully humiliating wake up call. Trust me, you got off easy – well technically you didn't get off, ew, actually let's not even go there. But I was a lot nicer to you because I was in a good mood and you had given me 3 minutes of non Skeevy Wonder time. I guess happy endings really are alike.
Well, maybe not for you.
Snarky's Machine.
PS: Nobody leans their dirty, bunchy trousers on Snarky's Machine.
This entry previously appeared on Snarky's Machine with a much longer title.


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Swiss manufacturer adeco relaunches wallstreet, which goes beyond its borders and goes breadthways. The frame, now also of 100cm in width turns into a complete, individual working unit whereas the framework forms the central nerve system of the work space. It takes over cable management and offers easy to organize store room. Modules for printer, re-charger, plants, files, pens and light fixtures can be plugged into the frame with an adapter. Practical – the backboard comes as a magnetic writing board.
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Below you will find the technical specifications for our halls and other indoor areas (pdf).
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To help you make the most of the opportunities offered by the fair, we can assist you in organising your own conferences during or after the fair's opening hours.
The venue has everything you need for all manner of effective meetings – from large conferences to small business meetings. We can help you with all the necessary arrangements to make your event a success: hotel and travel bookings, field visits, evening meals, entertainment and technical equipment.
Elmia Congress & Concert Hall arranges many conferences, congresses, launches, events and banquets every year. Our spacious modern facilities offer extensive opportunities for effective concept solutions.
The Congress Hall can accommodate a total of about 2,000 people in several different areas. Why not take the opportunity to hire a conference room in connection with a fair and hold a conference with your sales team or VIP customers one evening? You are welcome to contact us for assistance.
Elmia is a meeting place for everyone. It is important that people with functional impairments can access areas such as exhibition stands, restaurants, toilets and lifts without difficulty.
Designated parking spaces and sloped kerbs at the entrance, along with lifts, toilets and automatic door openers adapted for use by the functionally impaired all go without saying. Furthermore, whenever we extend or refurbish our facilities we always make sure to install new technology to improve accessibility.
There is probably even more we could do to make your visit to Elmia easier, which is why you are always welcome with any comments and suggestions at our information desks.
Detailed information about accessibility plus a map of our facility (pdf file, opens in a new window)
In general
Moving in and moving out
Aisles and other passageways
Exhibitors' vehicles and trailers
Stand walls are normally included
Electrical regulations and electrical installations
Faulty electrical equipment
Power consumption
Internet and telephone services
Using your own wireless routers and other transmitting radio equipment is not permitted because these can disrupt Elmia's wireless network. Exhibitors who still need to use radio equipment in their stand must contact Elmia AB's IT department via the information service before doing any installation.
Regulations and instructions for work with loads and mounting in the ceiling/roof
All suspension from and attachment to the ceiling or roof structure may only be done by Elmia personnel.
Compressed air, water and wastewater
Elmia AB, Att: ProductionService, Box 6066, SE-550 06 JÖNKÖPING, Sweden. Applications can also be emailed to email@example.com, the form "Application Truck hire" must be used.
Elmia AB, Att: ProductionService, Box 6066, SE-550 06 JÖNKÖPING, Sweden. Applications can also be emailed to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Mobile work platforms/lifts
Use of lifting devices and lifting accessories
Use of work equipment
Tall structures/extended displays
By contract and as stipulated in the general regulations, fairs organised by Elmia AB apply a maximum permitted height of 2.5 metres to the construction of stands, signs and other decoration. If you have special requirements and/or want to increase your visibility to visitors, Elmia AB can give you an exemption to the stipulated maximum height. In such a case, the following regulations apply:
Two-level structures to accommodate people or moveable loads
Applications must be sent at least three months prior to the fair to: email@example.com
Fire regulations
Elmia AB works systematically with fire safety in accordance with the Swedish Act on the Prevention of Accidents. Elmia's regulations must be followed.
Construction materials and decoration
Packaging and other materials
Emergency exit routes
Flammable and explosive goods
Hot work
An application for permission to do hot work must be sent at the latest four weeks prior to the fair to:email@example.com
Fire safety regulations for marquees
Safety relating to machinery
The Swedish Work Environment Act, Chapter 3, Sections 8 and 9 contains regulations about what applies to machinery, tools, safety equipment and hazardous substances that may cause illness or accident. The manufacturer/importer or his agent is responsible for ensuring that the device is sufficiently safe and must have taken the steps necessary to ensure that the device when used as intended does not pose a risk to health. It is possible to exhibit a technical device such as a machine at the fair even if it is not CE marked provided that the following conditions are met.
Machinery setup
In order for Elmia to best plan for your machinery setup at the relevant fair inside our halls we need information about your setup plans. Please fill in this form and send it to email@example.com
Shipping and freight
You can ship items to Elmia. Here are the delivery addresses and other information about shipping and freight. The General Conditions of the Nordic Association of Freight Forwarders (NSAB 2000) APPLY TO ALL COMMISSIONS.
The consignments must be labelled with:
Consignment delivery and storage
Other services from the Transport Service
Clean air leads to a better work environment. At Elmia we strive to minimise emissions of exhaust gases from vehicles in order to create a better working climate for everyone – staff, exhibitors and visitors alike.
It is important to have good air quality in the halls. By jointly respecting the times and limits specified for the use of vehicles, we can maintain a good work environment for everyone.
Please register early (email@example.com) and plan your vehicle entry requirements, for example trailers, lorries, carts and machinery. If machinery cannot be brought in using an electric forklift truck, a catalytic converter must be used. If a vehicle is idling, such as during loading/unloading and hoisting of goods and materials, extraction fans must be used.
Please also remember to switch vehicles off when waiting in line. Trailers should be manoeuvred in manually or pulled by electric forklift truck. Please use Elmia's Transport Service – we're here to help you!
Questions regarding moving-in and moving-out times, sent to Elmia AB Production service, Box 6066, SE-550 06 JÖNKÖPING, or mail to firstname.lastname@example.com
The Swedish Work Environment Act (Arbetsmiljölagen) Chapter 3 Section 8 stipulates that machines, implements and other technical devices must afford adequate security against ill health and accidents when they are delivered to be used. The regulations also apply to machines that are exhibited for advertising or sale.
If the safety requirements are not met, the technical device may still be shown at trade fairs and exhibitions if it is clearly indicated that the requirements are not satisfied and that the device may not be placed on the market or delivered to be used until it meets the requirements. If the device is set in operation at the fair, adequate safety precautions must be taken to prevent accidents.
Machine demonstrations
The regulations governing use apply as much to machine demonstrations at exhibitions and trade fairs as they do to other use.
It is therefore important that:
For more information contact: The Swedish Work Environment Authority (Arbetsmiljöverket), Publications Service (Brochure ADI 264) Tel +46 8 730 97 00. Fax +46 8 735 85 55. E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com
Elmia has established an environmental programme for streamlined, economical waste management. The aims of the programme are as follows:
Our objective is to make it as easy as possible for our exhibitors and visitors to deal with their waste. We will set up recycling depots at the points where waste tends to be produced. Please help us to minimise the environmental impact of waste by separating it properly. NB! We can only accept waste produced in connection with activities at Elmia.
Our sorting categories:
All combustible waste that cannot be sorted into the following categories:
Ceramic, china, concrete, windowpanes etc.
Hazardous waste
Electrical/electronic waste Batteries Light bulbs, low-energy bulbs, fluorescent strips Paint, solvent waste Pressure-treated wood
Glass packaging
Coloured and clear glass
Hard plastic packaging
Clean containers and bottles
Food waste from catering and similar activities
Metal packaging and scrap metal
Soft plastic
Plastic wrapping, cling film
Brochures, newspapers, magazines, etc.
Cardboard and cartonboard packaging
Please bear in mind!
Hazardous waste must not be separated incorrectly under any circumstances! Please ask us if you are in any doubt. Small quantities of leftover paint, aerosol cans, electrical and electronic waste may be disposed of in mobile recycling depots.
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Since 2004 Enes Suljkanovic, a Bosniak, is the President of the Municipal Assembly of mayority-Serb Doboj . He works closely with the Serb Mayor of Doboj, Obren Petrovic, and considers the return of Bosniaks to Doboj a huge success:
"In fact, we think that Doboj is the number one municipality in Bosnia with regard to the issue of returning refugees. One reason for this is that most people spent the war and post-war period very close to their homes – in Doboj South, Doboj East, in Tesanj where I was, and in other nearby places – it has therefore been easy for them to return. Some still work in the Federation and can easily commute, but we are working on resolving this. We are trying to create jobs here."
Enes was born in Pridjel, a village next to Sevarlije, close to Doboj. He worked as an engineer in a large lime factory in Sevarlije until May 1992. He left after the villagers were asked to hand over their weapons. Remembering 1992, he says:
"One could already feel the danger, and I had a wife and a little girl who was only four."
He left Doboj a month before his village was burned to the ground.
After the war, in the municipal elections of 1997, Enes was elected into the municipal assembly of Doboj as a member of the Social-Democratic Party (SDP). Having been driven from his home himself, he was very active in lobbying international organisations to support the return of displaced persons.
In 2000 he was able to return to his village. He rebuilt his house with support from the Swedish development agency SIDA. Today, his 19-year old daughter is studying law in Doboj and his 11-year old son attends the primary school in Sevarlije.
Since the war, more than 20,000 Bosniaks and Croats have returned to majority-Serb Doboj and surrounding villages like Sevarlije .
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Rose, we can't see the ash, it is far too high up to be actually visible. But flights are still cancelled left, right, and centre. Luckily, I'm not planning on flying anywhere soon, but some people are meant to be visiting my parents shortly, and then my parents are flying back to the UK in a couple of weeks - hopefully it'll all be gone by then.
About my job, no, nothing like that. (And if I was moving to a new job, then I'd be the one to give notice and skedaddle - my boss couldn't do anything about it. ) We work in a shift pattern, with 4 groups of people working a 12 hour shift and then being relieved by the next group. The groups are called "watches." I have been on "B Watch" but due to someone going on maternity leave, there is a bit of a shuffle (which has been made into a great big palavar as though it was a complete surprise :roll) and I am being "asked" to move onto "A Watch". Contractually, we have to be given 30 days' notice of any intention to move us, probably so that we can organise things - as obviously we arrange things on our days off which if we move watches, then we don't have the same days off anymore. But my boss is making out that this all has to be done in a hurry and wanted me to move immediately - despite twice stating before that everyone would be given 30 days' notice and the fact that I've got my exams in 4 weeks' time. Anyway, he was a plonker about it and basically gave me an ultimatum of either moving immediately or taking the 30 days' notice. I was prepared to negotiate, but wasn't given the option. And then he went and wrote an email that implied I was being uncooperative. So I wrote an email to the recipients telling them the truth, just in case later on someone tries to claim I had been uncooperative.
Does that help, Rose? (Oh, and I answered your question on the "Why You Are Who You Are" thread, by the way.)


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