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The Gecko monoculture
March 7, 2016 § 8 Comments
I remember a time, not so very long ago, when Gecko powered 4 or 5 non-Mozilla browsers, some of them on exotic platforms, as well as GPS devices, wysiwyg editors, geographic platforms, email clients, image editors, eBook readers, documentation browsers, the UX of virus scanners, etc, as well as a host of innovative and exotic add-ons. In these days, Gecko was considered, among other things, one of the best cross-platform development toolkits available.
The year is now 2016 and, if you look around, you'll be hard-pressed to find Gecko used outside of Firefoxen (alright, and Thunderbird and Bluegriffon). Did Google or Apple or Microsoft do that? Not at all. I don't know how many in the Mozilla community remember this, but this was part of a Mozilla strategy. In this post, I'd like to discuss this strategy, its rationale, and the lessons that we may draw from it.
Designing the Firefox Performance Monitor (2): Monitoring Add-ons and Webpages
November 6, 2015 § Leave a comment
In part 1, we discussed the design of time measurement within the Firefox Performance Monitor. Despite the intuition, the Performance Monitor had neither the same set of objectives as the Gecko Profiler, nor the same set of constraints, and we ended up picking a design that was not a sampling profiler. In particular, instead of capturing performance data on stacks, the Monitor captures performance data on Groups, a notion that we have not discussed yet. In this part, we will focus on bridging the gap between our low-level instrumentation and actual add-ons and webpages, as may be seen by the user.
Living in a Go Faster, post-XUL world
July 13, 2015 § 31 Comments
A long time ago, XUL was an extraordinary component of Firefox. It meant that front-end and add-on developers could deliver user interfaces in a single, mostly-declarative, language, and see them adapt automatically to the look and feel of each OS. Ten years later, XUL has become a burden: most of its features have been ported to HTML5, often with slightly different semantics – which makes Gecko needlessly complex – and nobody understands XUL – which makes contributions harder than they should be. So, we have reached a stage at which we basically agree that, in a not-too-distant future, Firefox should not rely upon XUL anymore.
But wait, it's not the only thing that needs to change. We also want to support piecewise updates for Firefox. We want Firefox to start fast. We want the UI to remain responsive. We want to keep supporting add-ons. Oh, and we want contributors, too. And we don't want to lose internationalization.
Mmmh… and perhaps we don't want to restart Firefox from bare Gecko.
All of the above are worthy objectives, but getting them all will require some careful thought.
So I'd like to put together a list of all our requirements, against which we could evaluate potential solutions, re-architectures, etc. for the front-end:
- Get rid of the deprecated (XUL) bits of Gecko in a finite time.
- Don't break Firefox [1].
User-oriented goals
- Firefox should start fast.
- The UI should not suffer from jank.
- The UI should not cause jank.
- Look and feel like a native app, even with add-ons.
- Keep supporting internationalization.
- Keep supporting lightweight themes.
- Keep supporting acccessibility.
Contributor/dev-oriented goals
- Use technologies that the world understands.
- Use technologies that are useful to add-on authors.
- Support piece-wise, restart-less front-end updates.
- Provide an add-ons API that won't break.
- Code most of the front-end with the add-ons API.
[1] I have heard this claim contested. Some apparently suggest that we should actually break Firefox and base all our XUL-less, Go Faster initiatives on a clean slate from e.g. Browser.html or Servo. If you wish to defend this, please step forward 🙂
Does this sound like a correct list for all of you?
Detecting slow add-ons
May 6, 2015 § 13 Comments
When it is at its best, Firefox is fast. Really, really fast. When things start slowing down, though, using Firefox is much less fun. So, one of main objectives of the developers of Firefox is making sure that Firefox is and remains as smooth and responsive as humanly possible. There is, however, one thing that can slow down Firefox, and that remains out of the control of the developers: add-ons. Good add-ons are extraordinary, but small coding errors – or sometimes necessary hacks – can quickly drive the performance of Firefox into the ground.
So, how can an add-on developer (or add-on reviewer) find out whether her add-on is fast? Sadly, not much. Testing certainly helps, and the Profiler is invaluable to help pinpoint a slowdown once it has been noticed, but what about the performance of add-ons in everyday use? What about the experience of users?
To solve this issue, we decided to work on a set of tools to help add-on developers and reviewers find out the performance of their add-ons. Oh, and also to let users find out quickly if an add-on is slowing down their everyday experience.
On recent Nightly builds of Firefox, you may now open about:performance to get an overview of the performance cost of add-ons and webpages :
The main resources we monitor are :
- jank, which measures how much the add-on impacts the responsiveness of Firefox. For 60fps performance, jank should always remain ≤ 4. If an add-on regularly causes jank to increase past 6, you should be worried.
- CPOW aka blocking cross-process communications, which measures how much the add-on is causing Firefox to freeze waiting for a process to respond. Anything above 0 is bad.
Note that the design of this page is far from stable. I realise it's not very user-friendly at the moment, so don't hesitate to file bugs to help us improve it. Also note that, when running with e10s, the page doesn't display all the useful information. We are working on it.
add-on Telemetry
Add-on developers and reviewers can now find information on the performance of their add-ons on a dedicated dashboard.
These are real-world performance data, as extracted from user's computers. The two histograms available for the time being are:
- MISBEHAVING_ADDONS_JANK_LEVEL, which measures the jank, as detailed above;
- MISBEHAVING_ADDONS_CPOW_TIME_MS, which measure the amount of time spent in CPOW, as detailed above.
If you are an add-on developer, you should monitor regularly the performance of your add-on on this page. If you notice suspicious values, you should try and find out what causes these performance issues. Don't hesitate and reach out to us, we will try and help you.
Slow add-on Notification
Add-on developers and reviewers, as well as end-users, are now informed when an add-on causes either jank or CPOW performance issues:
Note that this feature is not ready to ride the trains, and we do not have a specific idea of when it will be made available for users of Aurora/DeveloperEdition. This is partly because the UX is not good enough yet, partly because the thresholds will certainly change, and partly because we want to give add-on developers time to fix any issue before the users see a dialog that suggest that an add-on should be uninstalled.
Performance Stats API
By the way, we have an API for accessing performance stats. Very imaginatively, it's called PerformanceStats.jsm [link]. While this API will still change during the coming weeks you can start playing with it if you are interested. Some add-ons may be able to throttle their performance use based on this data. Also, I hope that, in time, someone will be able to write a version of about:performance much nicer than mine 🙂
Challenges and work ahead
For the moment, we are in the process of stabilizing the API, its implementation and its performance. In parallel, we are working on making the UX of about:performance more useful. Once both are done, we are going to proceed with adding more measurements, making the code more e10s-friendly and measuring the performance of webpages.
If you are an add-on developer and if you feel that your add-on is tagged as slow by error, or if you have great ideas on how to make this data useful, feel free to ping me, preferably on IRC. You can find me on irc.mozilla.org, channel #developers, where I am Yoric.
Vous souhaitez apprendre à développer des Logiciels Libres ?
November 29, 2014 § Leave a comment
Cette année, la Communauté Mozilla propose à Paris un cycle de Cours/TDs autour du Développement de Logiciels Libres.
Au programme :
- comment se joindre à un projet existant ;
- comment communiquer dans une équipe distribuée ;
- comment financer un projet de logiciel libre ;
- qualité du code ;
- du code !
- (et beaucoup plus).
Pour plus de détails, et pour vous inscrire, tout est ici.
Attention, les cours commencent le 8 décembre !
RFC: We deserve better than runtime warnings
November 20, 2014 § 2 Comments
Consider the following scenario:
- Module A prints warnings when it's used incorrectly;
- Module B uses module A correctly;
- Some future refactoring of module B starts using module A incorrectly, hence displaying the warnings;
- Nobody realises for months, because we have too many warnings;
- Eventually, something breaks.
How often has this happened to everyone of us?
This scenario has many variants (e.g. module A changed and nobody realized that module B is now in a situation it misuses module A), but they all boil down to the same thing: runtime warnings are designed to be lost, not fixed. To make things worse, many of our warnings are not actionable, simply because we have no way of knowing where they come from – I'm looking at you, Cu.reportError.
So how do we fix this?
We would certainly save considerable amounts of time if warnings caused immediate assertion failures, or alternatively test failures (i.e. fail, but only when running the unit tests). Unfortunately, we can do neither, as we have a number of tests that trigger the warnings either
- by design (e.g. to check that we can recover from such misuses of A, or because we still need a now-considered-incorrect use of an API to keep working until we have ported all the clients to the better API);
- or for historical reasons (e.g. the now incorrect use of A used to be correct, but we haven't fixed all tests that depend on it yet).
However, I believe that causing test failures is still the solution. We just need a mechanism that supports a form of whitelisting to cope with the aforementioned cases.
Introducing RuntimeAssert
RuntimeAssert is an experiment at provoding a standard mechanism to replace warnings. I have a prototype implemented as part of bug 1080457. Feedback would be appreciated.
The key features are the following:
- when a test suite is running, a call to `RuntimeAssert` causes the test suite to fail;
- when a test suite is running, a call to `RuntimeAssert` contains at least the filename/line number of where it was triggered, preferably a stack wherever available;
- individual tests can whitelist families of calls to `RuntimeAssert` and mark them either as expected;
- individual tests can whitelist families of calls to `RuntimeAssert` and mark them as pending fix;
- when a test suite is not running, a call to `RuntimeAssert` does nothing costly (it may default to PR_LOG or Cu.reportError).
Possible API:
- in JS, we trigger a test failure by calling
RuntimeAssert.fail(keyword, string or Error)from production code;
- in C++, we likewise trigger a test failure by calling
MOZ_RUNTIME_ASSERT(keyword, string);
- in the testsuite, we may whitelist errors by calling
Assert.whitelist.expected(keyword, regexp)or
Assert.whitelist.FIXME(keyword, regexp).
// // Module // let MyModule = { oldAPI: function(foo) { RuntimeAssert.fail("Deprecation", "Please use MyModule.newAPI instead of MyModule.oldAPI"); // ... }, newAPI: function(foo) { // ... }, }; let MyModule2 = { api: function() { return somePromise().then(null, error => { RuntimeAssert.fail("MyModule2.api", error); // Rather than leaving this error uncaught, let's make it actionable. }); }, api2: function(date) { if (typeof date == "number") { RuntimeAssert.fail("MyModule2.api2", "Passing a number has been deprecated, please pass a Date"); date = new Date(date); } // ... } } // // Whitelisting a RuntimeAssert in a test. // // This entire test is about MyModule.oldAPI, warnings are normal. Assert.whitelist.expected("Deprecation", /Please use MyModule.newAPI/); // We haven't fixed all calls to MyModule2.api2, so they should still warn, but not cause an orange. Assert.whitelist.FIXME("MyModule2.api2", /please pass a Date/); Assert.whitelist.expected("MyModule2.api", /TypeError/, function() { // In this test, we will trigger a TypeError in MyModule2.api, that's entirely expected. // Ignore such errors within the (async) scope of this function. });
In the long-term, I believe that RuntimeAssert (or some other mechanism) should replace almost all our calls to Cu.reportError.
In the short-term, I plan to use this for reporting
- uncaught Promise rejections, which currently require a bit too much hacking for my tastes;
- errors in XPCOM.lazyModuleGetter & co;
- failures during AsyncShutdown;
- deprecation warnings as part of Deprecated.jsm.
The Battle of Session Restore – Season 1 Episode 3 – All With Measure
July 17, 2014 § 4 Comments
Plot For the second time, our heroes prepared for battle. The startup of Firefox was too slow and Session Restore was one of the battle fields.
When Firefox starts, Session Restore is in charge of restoring the browser to its previous state, in case of a crash, a restart, or for the users who have configured Firefox to resume from its previous state. This entails numerous activities during startup:
- read sessionstore.js from disk, decode it and parse it (recall that the file is potentially several Mb large), handling errors;
- backup sessionstore.js in case of startup crash.
- create windows, tabs, frames;
- populate history, scroll position, forms, session cookies, session storage, etc.
It is common wisdom that Session Restore must have a large impact on Firefox startup. But before we could minimize this impact, we needed to measure it.
Benchmarking is not easy
When we first set foot on Session Restore territory, the contribution of that module to startup duration was uncharted. This was unsurprising, as this aspect of the Firefox performance effort was still quite young. To this day, we have not finished chartering startup or even Session Restore's startup.
So how do we measure the impact of Session Restore on startup?
A first tool we use is Timeline Events, which let us determine how long it takes to reach a specific point of startup. Session Restore has had events `
sessionRestoreInitialized` and `
sessionRestored` for years. Unfortunately, these events did not tell us much about Session Restore itself.
The first serious attempt at measuring the impact of Session Restore on startup Performance was actually not due to the Performance team but rather to the metrics team. Indeed, data obtained through Firefox Health Report participants indicated that something wrong had happened.
Indicator `
d2` in the graph measures the duration between `
firstPaint` (which is the instant at which we start displaying content in our windows) and `
sessionRestored` (which is the instant at which we are satisfied that Session Restore has opened its first tab). While this measure is imperfect, the dip was worrying – indeed, it represented startups that lasted several seconds longer than usual.
Upon further investigation, we concluded that the performance regression was indeed due to Session Restore. While we had not planned to start optimizing the startup component of Session Restore, this battle was forced upon us. We had to recover from that regression and we had to start monitoring startup much better.
A second tool is Telemetry Histograms for measuring duration of individual operations, such as reading sessionstore.js or parsing it. We progressively added measures for most of the operations of Session Restore. While these measures are quite helpful, they are also unfortunately very unstable in real-world conditions, as they are affected both by scheduling (the operations are asynchronous), by the work load of the machine, by the actual contents of sessionstore.js, etc.
The following graph displays the average duration of reading and decoding sessionstore.js among Telemetry participants:
Difference in colors represent successive versions of Firefox. As we can see, this graph is quite noisy, certainly due to the factors mentioned above (the spikes don't correspond to any meaningful change in Firefox or Session Restore). Also, we can see a considerable increase in the duration of the read operation. This was quite surprising for us, given that this increase corresponds to the introduction of a much faster, off the main thread, reading and decoding primitive. At the time, we were stymied by this change, which did not correspond to our experience. We have now concluded that by changing the asynchronous operation used to read the file, we have simply changed the scheduling, which makes the operation appear longer, while in practice it simply does not block the rest of the startup from taking place on another thread.
One major tool was missing for our arsenal: a stable benchmark, always executed on the same machine, with the same contents of sessionstore.js, and that would let us determine more exactly (almost daily, actually) the impact of our patches upon Session Restore:
This test, based on our Talos benchmark suite, has proved both to be very stable, and to react quickly to patches that affected its performance. It measures the duration between the instant at which we start initializing Session Restore (a new event `
sessionRestoreInit`) and the instant at which we start displaying the results (event `
With these measures at hand, we are now in a much better position to detect performance regressions (or improvements) to Session Restore startup, and to start actually working on optimizing it – we are now preparing to using this suite to experiment with "what if" situations to determine which levers would be most useful for such an optimization work.
Evolution of startup duration
Our first benchmark measures the time elapsed between start and stop of Session Restore if the user has requested all windows to be reopened automatically
As we can see, the performance on Linux 32 bits, Windows XP and Mac OS 10.6 is rather decreasing, while the performance on Linux 64 bits, Windows 7 and 8 and MacOS 10.8 is improving. Since the algorithm used by Session Restore upon startup is exactly the same for all platforms, and since "modern" platforms are speeding up while "old" platforms are slowing down, this suggests that the performance changes are not due to changes inside Session Restore. The origin of these changes is unclear. I suspect the influence of newer versions of the compilers or some of the external libraries we use, or perhaps new and improved (for some platforms) gfx.
Still, seeing the modern platforms speed up is good news. As of Firefox 31, any change we make that causes a slowdown of Session Restore will cause an immediate alert so that we can react immediately.
Our second benchmark measures the time elapsed if the user does not wish windows to be reopened automatically. We still need to read and parse sessionstore.js to find whether it is valid, so as to decide whether we can show the "Restore" button on about:home.
We see peaks in Firefox 27 and Firefox 28, as well as a slight decrease of performance on Windows XP and Linux. Again, in the future, we will be able to react better to such regressions.
The influence of factors upon startup
With the help of our benchmarks, we were able to run "what if" scenarios to find out which of the data manipulated by Session Restore contributed to startup duration. We did this in a setting in which we restore windows:
and in a setting in which we do not:
Interestingly, increasing the size of sessionstore.js has apparently no influence on startup duration. Therefore, we do not need to optimize reading and parsing sessionstore.js. Similarly, optimizing history, cookies or form data would not gain us anything.
The single largest most expensive piece of data is the set of open windows – interestingly, this is the case even when we do not restore windows. More precisely, any optimization should target, by order of priority:
- the cost of opening/restoring windows;
- the cost of opening/restoring tabs;
- the cost of dealing with windows data, even when we do not restore them.
What's next?
Now that we have information on which parts of Session Restore startup need to be optimized, the next step is to actually optimize them. Stay tuned!


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ein neues lebenWritten May 07, 2014
Hallo freunde,naja die die noch hier sind,mein leben hat sich total verändert,unfreiwillig und ich hatte eine unschöne zeit und werde hier nicht mehr reinschauen,alle die mich vermissen,ich vermiss einige hier,können mich bei facebook unter jessy james finden,würd mich freuen von euch zu hören. wünsche euch alles gute. ...More
not much here in the moment!Written Jun 11, 2011
Hi everyone! I'm not much here in the moment,one reason is real life(so much to do!),another is I don't do anything new,don't have the passion in the moment and alot of my friends here are not much here anymore as well!I still look for the downloads and stories but if I don't write as much in your GB,you know now why! ...More
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May this Christmas fill our hearts with
health love and peace. Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year! hugs Sérgio
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May magic fill your days and all your dreams come true
Wishing you and those around you a very merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!! Hugs Sérgio
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I also thank you and have a nice day and a nice week.I also cordially greet
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Incase 13" Textured Hardshell Case in Woolenex for MacBook Air with Retina Display (USB-C)
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The Incase Textured Hardshell's design beautifully complements the streamlined form and colour of your MacBook. This case is wrapped in Woolenex, a premium, ultra-durable polyester-based fabric that has the hand feel of a cotton blend and repels moisture, mildew and chemicals. It's also resistant to abrasion, stretching and shrinking.
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The Australia-Korea Foundation has grants of around $700, 000 available. Each grant is usually between $20,000–$30,000.
Interested applicants can apply for a grant in the 2015-16 Grants Round by submitting an application online before the April 16th closing date.
The Foundation supports projects which demonstrate the deepening of Australia's bilateral relationship with Korea, and Korea's with Australia.
Grants are available in four strategic areas:
- Geopolitical Relations
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Each year the Foundation highlights priority areas for the grants round. In 2015-16 these are Korean language and literacy, Economic diplomacy, Science innovation and Sports diplomacy.
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Thanks to my roommate Brittney for sending me THIS GEM which I totally missed (because I just upgraded to AT&T Uverse and I have too many channels to handle.) The world's greatest Dollar Store Manager/person (named Gavyn!) caught these nasties shoplifting Fabreeze, so he gave 'em a little Fabreeze in the face.
My mother once sprayed 409 in my face, just trying to be silly. IT IS NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL. Gavyn was fired for basically COMING CORRECT. I will now be boycotting the dollar store. And they will feel that boycott, I assure you. The Dollar Store is my jam.
Gavyn, if Slow News Day had any money, we would hire you immediately.
Gavyn reminds me of my co-president in the Gay-Straight Student Alliance. He was from Philadelphia and was not afraid of white trash types who called him the f-word. He could make it across 4 lanes of traffic in the time it takes to say, "Oh hellllll no!"
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As you may know, I live in Canada. In the winter it gets really cold here, ( as in many places around the world ) This is an especially difficult time for the homeless.
Your assignment for the next month is to prepare Warm Feet for the Street packages to be given to the homeless shelters in your area. Take a pair of NEW Wool socks, shove one sock inside the other, and stuff them with useful items such as soap, razor, toothbrush, toothpaste, comb, lip balm, hand lotion, bus tickets, bandaids, gum, mints, notebook and pen, small sewing kit, etc. I am sure you can think of many things that would be a nice gift to someone in need.
Take your 'stockings' to which ever agency in your area helps street people, and wish them a Happy Holiday.
There are 800+ members of sissysalon. I expect every sissy to prepare AT LEAST one 'stocking' and give it to a person whose home is the streets, and who carries all his belongings in one small bag. sissies must learn to be generous and kind, to be caring and to serve others. I will be preparing several socks myself.
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By Steven Zeitchik
Los Angeles Times
It took 30 years for "Mad Max" to return, but now that he's coming back, he's doing it in style.
"Mad Max: Fury Road," George Miller's franchise follow-up to 1985's "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome," will make its world premiere at this year's Cannes Film Festival, organizers said last week. The movie will play out of competition on May 14, just a day ahead of its release in the U.S. and other territories.
Miller's new film — he has directed all four "Mad Max" movies — revisits the post-apocalyptic world that began with a 1979 cult classic and blossomed into a global franchise. This time around, Tom Hardy stars in the lead role of Mad Max Rockatansky, with Charlize Theron playing a woman on a quest opposite the loner hero.
The Cannes premiere will bring to a high-profile end a long journey for Miller and studio Warner Bros. that began with several development attempts in the 2000s, the eventual casting of Hardy in lieu of Mel Gibson and a production that both moved to Namibia and proved to be unexpectedly elaborate.
In addition to what it means for both Hardy's career and Warner's summer box office, the new movie will offer a rare chance for fans to gauge a genre's sustainability and under a bright Cannes glare. Miller's first three films helped set the tone for a modern mode of filmmaking, both influencing how action movies are shot and cut while also providing a template for a now-common post-apocalyptic genre. "Fury Road" will yield a glimpse into how that same director takes on that story in a very different cinematic world.
Miller had shown brief footage at the recent South by Southwest film festival, which was well-received, as he himself grappled with how much has changed.
"I have to say I felt a lot of emotions, memories," he said at the presentation, which also included a full screening of the second "Max" film, "Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior." "And then comparing it in my head, kind of twisted in knots comparing it to what we've just done on 'Fury Road' and seeing that it's so similar and so different at the same time. You're watching a very kind of bewildered man right now."
"Fury Road's" Cannes appearance marks the latest signpost for an odyssey that began with the 1979 "Mad Max" film, an independent Australian production so marginal to the world film scene that it famously had its dialogue redubbed for a U.S. audience. The new movie also carries high hopes for WB, which is looking for franchises outside its DC Comics line and hopes this can kick off a new line of tent poles. Though the world's preeminent venue for auteurs and prestige cinema, Cannes also will lean in a more commercial direction at times, offering a showcase to, and helping studios launch the campaign for, movies such as "Kung Fu Panda 2" and "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."


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In Strother v. Metcalf, Senior Judge Michael of the W.D. Va. granted summary judgment on the defendant law enforcement's defense of qualified immunity to the plaintiff's excessive force claim, noting that "Fortunately, the incident giving rise to plaintiff Strother's cause of action was captured on videotape," and notwithstanding the spin on the facts from each side of the case, "The video speaks for itself."
I do not recall reading other cases where the judge decided found the absence of a dispute of facts based on what is shown on a videotape, but it certainly makes sense, although I suspect that in many cases even a videotape might be ambiguous. It also makes sense that police videos will be a part of the evidence in civil and criminal cases involving the use of force or claims of illegal stops whenever they are available, for better and for worse.


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I'm proud to present my new release "Quantum Paradox" on Dalmata Daniel Records (DD007) at Larm Saturday 30th June with Heinrich Dressel – Crimson – Galactic Jackson – Max Sinclair
here the snippet
Tomorrow I will play at Stadlin (Via Antonio Pacinotti 83) for Slow Motion Night, really looking forward.
Teslasonic – Conscious Machine
from "Trame Due" Compilation (cat. MR031) MINIMALROME
I'm really excited to play live at Dimension Festival in Pula (Croazia) with my brother in arms Heinrich Dressel.
Here is the line-up
Saturday 2 December
I'll be hosted by 88 RADIO to play live at Stadlin (Rome) with my friend Heinrich Dressel and the chief Emiliano Cataldo. I really can't wait to present my new liveset in Rome.
See you there 😉
The 10th of November I'm proudly presents my new liveset @Siroco Club for Zodiac night in Madrid.
I really can't wait to meet again my old friends in Madrid.
Humans must merge with machines or become irrelevant in AI age.
Neuralink's plan to merge humans with machines is aimed at stopping a "terminator"-style scenario.
Neuralink is developing ultra high bandwidth brain-machine interfaces to connect humans and computers.
We are looking for exceptional engineers and scientists. No neuroscience experience is required: talent and drive matter far more. We expect most of our team to come from other areas and industries.
We are primarily looking for evidence of exceptional ability and a track record of building things that work.
I began to upload some unreleased tracks from my old archive.
Please be gentle these tracks were made long time ago about 15 years ago.
These are the firsts
For those who missed it, here is one of the best film about the life of Nikola Tesla.
The Secret of Nikola Tesla (Serbo-Croatian: Tajna Nikole Tesle), is a 1980 Yugoslav biographical film which details events in the life of the discoverer Nikola Tesla (portrayed by Serbian actor Petar Božović). Tesla was born to ethnic Serb parents in 1856 Croatia (at the time, part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire). He arrived in New York in 1884, became an American citizen in 1891, made immense contributions to science and died in Manhattan at age 86 during World War II in 1943.[1]
This biography includes references to his amazing abilities of detailed mental visualization as well as the slowly intensifying personal habits, indulgences or eccentricities for which he became nearly as well known. The film portrays Tesla in a battle with Thomas Edison over the clear superiority of Alternating Current over Direct Current. It also depicts Tesla's dream of supplying consumers all around the globe with limitless free energy.
Croatian director Krsto Papić assembled a cast which includes three American actors playing iconic personalities of 19th and early 20th century America, J. P. Morgan (1837–1913), Thomas Edison (1847–1931) and George Westinghouse (1846–1914). Morgan is portrayed by Orson Welles, while Croatian actress Oja Kodar, Welles' companion for the last 24 years of his life, has the role of Katharine Johnson (1855–1924), with whom Tesla corresponded for many years, and whose husband, Robert Underwood Johnson (1853–1937) (portrayed by Croatian actor Boris Buzančić) was a poet, scholar, diplomat and Tesla's longtime friend and supporter. The other Americans in the cast are character actors Strother Martin (who died six weeks before the film's September 12, 1980 English-language premiere at the Toronto Festival of Festivals) and Dennis Patrick as Westinghouse and Edison, respectively.[2]


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UFV Theatre is warming up the winter season with a modernized take on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, a romantic comedy running March 3 to 20 at the UFV Performance Theatre on Yale Road in Chilliwack. Filled with music and dance, Shakespeare's play about love begins with the unforgettable line: "If the music be the food of love, play on!"
The play's story centers on the twins Viola and Sebastian (played by Jessica Milliken and Dyllan Egilson), who are separated in a shipwreck, and cast ashore in a strange land. Viola disguises herself as a boy to gain entry to court of Duke Orsino (Eli Funk), and soon finds herself entangled in a comic web of mistaken identities and misplaced love.
Twelfth Night was originally written to celebrate the Feast of Epiphany, an annual festival in Shakespeare's day, dedicated to revelry and misrule. The world was turned upside down for a day, as servants dressed up as their masters, men as women, and so forth. Taking a contemporary twist on this ancient celebration, the play's directors, Raina von Waldenburg, Bruce Kirkley, and Rae MacEachern-Eastwood, are using Burning Man as the conceptual inspiration for the show.
Burning Man, an annual festival held in the Nevada desert, promotes values of artistic self-expression, community, total inclusion and self-reliance. To capture these ideas, the show employs a new approach to acting called Viewpoints. Working together, the directors and cast have composed an innovative staging vocabulary that gives the actors considerable freedom to create in the moment of performing. "This show is a vibrant collaboration on the part of all the artists involved, both onstage and off," says von Waldenburg, "that celebrates revelry, community, creativity, and most of all, love."
The design team has approached their work in a similar way. Set designer Parjad Sharifi has created a minimalist, flexible set that allows the actors to rearrange set pieces to suit their own purposes. "What interests me most," says Sharifi, "is to see how the actors manipulate and ultimately transform these elements into stage metaphors. Their work expands and completes my work as a designer."
The Twelfth Night production team involves many senior students in leadership roles, including Rae MacEachern-Eastwood (Co-Director), Kyra Esau (Choreographer), Emily Eggert-Botkin (Music Director), Ally Schuurman (Dramaturge and Vocal Coach), Calvin Baker (Lighting Design), Matt Piton (Sound Design), Natasha Beaumont and Desiree Hale (Costume Design), and Paul Sawyer (Props Design).
Twelfth Night is produced by the University of the Fraser Valley Theatre department, with performances at 7:30 pm on March 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, student matinees at 12:30 pm on March 8 and 9, and Sunday matinees at 2 pm on March 6, 13, 20. Purchase your tickets online at www.ufv.ca/theatre/, or contact the Box Office by email at email@example.com or phone 604-795-2814. All performances are at the UFV Performance Theatre, 45635 Yale Road (at Airport Road). Regular Box Office hours are Monday–Thursday from 9 am–4 pm.


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Posted in CAT, CHRISTMAS, MISCELLANEOUS, tagged card, cat, christmas, Ditz, gato, kart, kedi, navidad, noel, Pussaby Maitland, tarjeta, yeni yıl, yılbaşı on 31 December 2012| 2 Comments »
Posted in CAT, CHRISTMAS, MISCELLANEOUS, tagged armağan, cat, christmas, christmas ornament, gato, gift, hediye, kedi, navidad, noel, noel süsü, ornamento de navidad, regalo, yeni yıl, yılbaşı, yılbaşı süsü on 29 December 2012| 2 Comments »
This morning a lovely and smiling postlady brought a big package from Eda.
Inside a colorful and lovely gift wrap, there were lots of surprises: a vintage style cushion cover, a christmas tree ornament, a film for watching in long winter evenings and a caaat bookmark! Wooow!
Dear Eda, thank you for all and happy new year!
Posted in CHRISTMAS, ENTERTAINMENT, EVENTS, LONDON, PARKS, tagged 2012, Christmas Day, Hyde Park, London, Londra, Londres, natación, open water, Peter Pan Cup, race, Serpentine, Serpentine Swimming Club, swimming, yarış, yüzme, yüzme yarışı on 27 December 2012| 2 Comments »
Since two years we are going to watch the Peter Pan Cup swimming race on Christmas Day morning at Serpentine in Hyde Park. It's nice to walk early morning in empty London streets and then to watch Serpentine Swimming Club's yearly tradition.
Waking up at five o'clock to be there on time (because on Christmas day there isn't any public transportation and there are only few black cubs on duty) and getting out in a dark and cold winter morning, is not looking so sympathic maybe but enjoying the emptiness and the silence of the streets, having fresh winter morning air in Hyde Park, receiving candies as Christmas Day treats from Santa who is waiting us in Serpentine, listening the bagpipe which is announcing the beginning of the race, watching the bravehearts jumping in the ice cold brown waters of Serpentine, is quite a good experience for two foreigners who live in London.
This year, the race was as successful as last year's. But this year, when the swimmers were out of the water and running to the mulled wine for heating their purple bodies, we were as wet as they were because of the rain which is quite surprising thing in our little kingdom.
Posted in CHRISTMAS, LONDON, MISCELLANEOUS, TRAVEL, tagged Bond Street, christmas, christmas lights, decoracion, decoration, dekorasyon, lights, London, Londra, Londres, luces, luz, Mayfair, navidad, noel, Oxford Street, Regent Street, süsleme, yeni yıl, yılbaşı, ışıklandırma on 26 December 2012| Leave a Comment »
Christmas Day morning we woke up at five o'clock in the morning for going to watch christmas swimmers in Serpentine in Hyde Park.
Last year, when we were walking there, we were quite surprised to see Oxford Street totally empty for the first time. This year was the same.
So, we enjoyed the emptiness of the main, busiest and most popular streets of London and took some christmas lights photos. The photo above, is taken at 7.30 o'clock in the morning in Oxford Street.
The Regent Street…
Bond Street…
Posted in CAT, CHRISTMAS, FOOD, FOOD AND DRINK, LONDON, MISCELLANEOUS, tagged banquete, British Christmas, cat, cena, christmas, dinner, feast, gato, hindi, kedi, London, Londra, Londres, navidad, Navidad İngles, noel, noel yemeği, pavo, purry, turkey, yemek, yeni yıl, yılbaşı, ziyafet, İngiliz noeli on 25 December 2012| Leave a Comment »
Last year was our first christmas in London and we were very excited about it. We were familiar with christmas traditions in our country and many other countries but, except the one of the best christmas movies Love is Eveywhere, we didn't have so much idea about British christmas.
We decided to experience it in a fancy place with a nice christmas dinner. (Then, we were thinking that the christmas feast and the turkey time was Christmas Eve like in a lot of countries but we were wrong. Brits eat Christmas feast on 25 of December, Christmas Day and not dinner, lunch). All restaurants were taking reservations for christmas dinner (which was totaly different thing, this was for the christmas parties which people make with their friends in restaurants instead of home and during all december but no in christmas eve or day.) So we didn't make christmas dinner shopping and until last day kept our hope for finding somewhere but we were wrong again. At the end, Christmas Eve and Day were not very "feast"ive days for us. After some light snack at home, we went to one of our favorite pubs (luckyly was open) and enjoyed the live music and warm British beer.
This year, after watching since two years all kind of Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsey, …etc "christmas special" food programs, we decided having our "Very British Christmas Feast" at home. Days before we made our grocery shopping and ta taaa!
British turkey stuffed with meat, chestnut and onion and oven roasted potatos with goose fat: done!
Brussel sprouts and carrot cooked in our style: done!
Christmas pudding with brandy cream and mince pies: done!
Christmas crackers (of course purry ones): done!
Instead of eating on Christmas Day, we had our christmas dinner yesterday evening, on Christmas Night. After the dinner, we realised why Brits eat christmas feast at lunch instead of dinner when we were drinking cups of tea and trying to digest all those goose fat, brandy cream, etc. We were planning to go this year again to the pub for the live music, having more booze and dancing. But we were knock-out and drinking tea, lying at the couch and looking to our christmas lights.
Posted in CAT, CHRISTMAS, tagged cat, christmas, gato, kedi, kitten, London, Londra, Londres, navidad, noel, Relax It's Just Christmas, yeni yıl, yılbaşı on 23 December 2012| 2 Comments »
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Posted in FOOD AND DRINK, LONDON, SHOP, VIDEO, tagged çay, book, Covent Garden, dükkân, el té Turco, Katharine Branning, kitap, libro, London, Londra, Londres, shop, té, Türk çayı, tea, The Tea House, tienda, Turkish tea, video, Yes I Would Love Another Glass of Tea, YouTube on 21 December 2012| 2 Comments »
As two people who grown up in Turkey, the tea is a important thing in our daily life. We love the tea and at home, we have always ready a good brewed tea in our teapot. And when the tea jar is less then half full, we immediately visit our tea shop in Covent Garden.
The Tea House at Neal Street no:15, is our favorite tea shop in London. This 30 years old, small, cozy shop has a variety of tea leaves and also any kind of teapots, tea cups and tea accessories.
By the way, after talking about our relationship with the tea, with this magical plant's leaves, here is a video we like and want to share with you:


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Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman have been granted $5m (£3.45m, €4.38m) each by the US Air Force to demonstrate their ability in manufacturing the GPS 3 satellites. These next generation Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites would provide various services including positioning, navigation and timing, are expected to be launched in August 2017.
Lieutenant General Samuel Greaves, commander of the Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center said, "Industry told us they were ready to compete for the GPS 3 space vehicles. We look forward to working with Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman to assess the feasibility of a follow-on, competitive production contract."
The US Air Force has said that these new satellites would not only come with the existing features of the current GPS 3 satellites, but would also have several upgrades. Some of them include, a redesigned nuclear detonation detection system, a search and rescue GPS feature, a laser retro-reflector and regional military protection capability.
The move is a precursor to the actual awarding of the GPS 3 contract which could be worth billions of dollars. The three companies would be given 26 months to prove that they are capable of building two "low-risk, high confidence" GPS satellites annually.
The US Air Force would eventually pick one winner and grant it a contract to manufacture up to 22 GPS 3 satellites. However a few industry officials have opined that the new contract could be for about eight to 12 satellites, which is similar to the previous GPS contracts.
All the three companies are experienced in building GPS satellites. While Northrop Grumman is a subcontractor on the GPS 3 programme, Boeing was involved in building the GPS IIF – an interim class of GPS satellite.
Also, Northrop and Boeing are said to be using their internal funds to research and develop new navigation payload – the carrying capacity of an aircraft or launch vehicle. Lockheed is also said to be doing the same, but with the help of Harris Corporation, an American defence contractor.
Chip Eschenfelder, a Lockheed Martin spokesman said, "With this contract award we intend to demonstrate how our design for GPS 3 can evolve to address the Air Force's future needs and incorporate new technologies as they become available in a low risk manner. It builds on our plan to drive costs down with increased efficiencies. Our design for GPS 3 is beyond production ready."


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It started in the first, when Arizona scored three times. Not only did the D-Backs rattle four opening frame hits, but caught Ohlendorf napping on the mound and ran a pair of successful double steals.
The Bucs cut into the lead thanks to a solo homer by Ryan Ludwick in the second. But in the third, the wheels came off for good.
Jared Hughes didn't help the cause a whole lot in the third after Ohlendorf gave up three knocks and a free pass. He inherited a bases-jammed, no out pickle, and two hits and a walk later, it was 8-1 Snakes.
Danny Moskos, D-Mac, Evan Meek and Chris Resop threw two-hit ball over the final five innings to give the attack a chance to chip away.
Derrek Lee drove in a pair with a single and 450' homer as he continues to build his free-agent value. Jason Jaramillo doubled in a run, and a wild pitch plated another. The Pirates actually had a chance to make a game of it with two away in the eighth, but Dewey bounced out with runners on second and third. Pittsburgh made the final score respectable but in the end fell short for the tenth time in the last 13 games, 8-5.
As for Ohlie, he looks like a lock to be a non-tender candidate during the offseason. The FO can't be faulted for bypassing arbitration as he's guaranteed a minimum of $1.6M through the process in 2012, and so we're guessing he'll join Lee looking for a 2012 deal on the market.
The Bucs are off today and take on the Reds Friday. Jeff Locke matches up against Edison Volquez in Pittsburgh as the season winds down to its last week.
- The 2011 attendance will finish as fourth highest in franchise history. Pittsburgh has drawn 1,850,651 fans so far, and the current fourth-place mark for season attendance is 1,866,713 with a three-game set coming up Friday against Cincy.
- The Pirates have six games left and 69 wins. We took a trip on the web way-back machine to check out the pre-season picks, and most pundits pegged this season's club as a 70-75 win group. Of course, most thought they'd improve as the season progressed, not back track. Ah, hindsight...


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March 29, 2011 at 4:22 pm #29127JelysnorfParticipant
Ok not extremely good with computers but I'll try and explain this to you as best I can.First my friend helped me build a computer, so it is decked out but I've been having problems with blue screen crashes. I think this was because of problems with need for updated software, so I updated graphics, firmware etc. Now this appeared to work but recently I've been having the same problem, so I updated my bios and that's when the problems started. The updated appeared to work but when I restarted my computer the resolution was all messed up and I could no longer use as high res as I could before. I downloaded some updated drivers automatically and everything appeared to be fine. Then I restarted my computer and bam, black screen, the mouse wouldn't light up, and this whole time all the fans on my pc were on and it seemed to be running just with no output.All help would be much appericated!March 29, 2011 at 10:38 pm #33230MitzKeymaster
Hi thereWelcome to the forum.When building the computer did you research what parts went into this? I know from experience that one wrong component in this mix can create a lemon. Anyway if you were still having a blue screen I would definitely tell you to take a photo of the info that flashes on the screen...Maybe you did this?As you have updated the Bios. This is your latest and greatest problem. MY rule for the BIOS is if it is not broken, then don't fix it. The questions I have for you is...Did you backup the bios first? Did you use a CD rom or a floppy disc to do the flash? Have you thought of returning the motherboard to the shop and starting again?Hopefully the BIOS didn't cause the black screen and the previous problem did. If it was the BIOS there is a good chance your computer may not boot again because when you power down after a failed flash there is usually no going back. Most times this has to be repaired by the manufacturer.February 24, 2012 at 11:42 am #33231warnerbob18Participant
Blue screen means BSOD and its usually a hardware error that may be occur because of loose connection of data buses with hard drive. Make sure all the connections are connected properly. As this is the part of Computer support so it will be better to take some guidelines with experts.February 28, 2012 at 1:04 pm #33232AnonymousInactive
My irritation knew no bounds when the tech expert told me of issues owing to Low Virtual Memory and too many startup programs that are making the system go slow. I was feeling wretched to know about n-number of issues that my system was effected with. I had no way but to ask him provide adept PC Support and help me regain my computer's health.July 10, 2012 at 10:37 am #33233gladiolusParticipant
Nice post.. thanks for sharing a very informative post..
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The Tacoma as we know it today was first produced in 1995. It became the newest addition to the Toyota truck family which began in 1969 with the Toyota Hilux. Meanwhile, the name "Ranger" has been given to a variety of Ford vehicles over the years. The Ford Ranger compact pickup truck debuted in North America in 1983 and was discontinued without a replacement in 2011. Now, Ford revives the Ranger for the 2019 model year.
In this head-to-head, we will compare key features of the new 2019 Ranger vs. the 2019 Tacoma, which won Kelley Blue Book's® 2019 5-Year Cost to Own Award: Best Mid-Size Pickup Truck.
Published date: 01/31/2019
When looking at advanced active safety features, the Tacoma comes out on top. All trims of the Tacoma come standard with Toyota Safety Sense™ P (TSS-P). This system includes Pre-Collision System with Pedestrian Detection (PCS w/PD), Lane Departure Alert (LDA) with Sway Warning System (SWS), Full-Speed Range Dynamic Radar Cruise Control (DRCC), and Automatic High Beams (AHB).
There is a clear divide when we compare the standard advanced active safety features of Toyota Safety Sense™ P (TSS-P) to those that come standard on the 2019 Ford Ranger.
The Ranger XL has just one of the TSS-P comparable driver assistance features, while the XLT and Lariat trims have three. To include more comparable driver assistance features on the base-model 2019 Ranger XL, drivers must add on the Technology Package, which includes Adaptive Cruise Control but comes at an additional cost.
No trim level of the 2019 Ford Ranger has a standard safety feature comparable to TSS-P's Dynamic Radar Cruise Control.
When you purchase a 2019 Toyota Tacoma, you can rest assured that your investment is backed by 50 years of truck heritage. Toyota was named the Kelley Blue Book® Best Resale Value Brand for 2018, and the Tacoma won Kelley Blue Book's® 2019 5-Year Cost to Own Awards: Best Mid-Size Pickup Truck.
Naturally, this reputation extends to the 2019 Toyota Tacoma. That's why the 2019 Tacoma is covered by a three-year, 36,000-mile basic warranty, a 60-month, 60,000-mile Powertrain and Restraint Systems warranty, and a 60-month, unlimited miles Corrosion Perforation warranty. See Toyota dealer for details.
Plus, with advantageous ToyotaCare no-cost factory scheduled maintenance plan for two years/25,000 miles and complimentary 24-hour roadside assistance for two years or unlimited miles on every 2019 Toyota Tacoma, new drivers can feel at ease knowing that they have a plan in place. See a Toyota dealer for details and exclusions.
2019 Ford Ranger drivers will get a standard three-year, 36,000-mile Bumper to Bumper warranty and Roadside Service Assistance.
Tacoma drivers need not worry as this compact pickup provides peace of mind and legendary reliability. It's no surprise that the legendary Toyota Tacoma has been the best-selling compact pickup truck for the last 14 years based on manufacturer estimates of CY 2005-2018 sales.
2019 will be the Ford Ranger's first year after the line was discontinued in 2011.
A top-notch interior and multi-information display system can help you make the most out of your driving experience. Both the 2019 Toyota Tacoma and the 2019 Ford Ranger come with a multitude of interior features for your comfort and convenience. Yet, only the Tacoma has a cockpit-inspired, driver-centric interior layout that matches the aggressive external styling so many enjoy. Let's take a look at how they compare.
The base grade of the Toyota Tacoma comes with a variety of interior touches that make Toyota's compact pickup truck stand out from its competitors. Every 2019 Tacoma comes standard with a touch-screen multimedia display and three USB ports. To compare, the top Lariat trim is the only Ranger trim that comes with a touch-screen, and the Lariat only comes with two smart-charging USB ports. Plus, the Tacoma's touch-screen is larger with a 4.2-in. Multi-Information Display (MID) vs. the Ranger's 2.3-in. Productivity Screen.
If we look at the equivalent grades of both truck models, the Tacoma is the clear winner. The 2019 Toyota Tacoma SR5 comes with Entune™ Audio including a 6.1-in touch-screen display, six speakers, and three USB ports. The comparable Ford model, the Ford Ranger XL, comes with just one USB port, AM/FM stereo, and four speakers. The Ranger XL must be upgraded with Ford's SYNC® system at an additional cost of $1,135 to include a touch-screen and hands-free capabilities.
Drivers looking for a reliable and functional compact pickup truck need to look no further than the 2019 Toyota Tacoma. The Tacoma offers a multitude of high-tech features in safety, infotainment, and reliability both on and off the road. It's no wonder why the Toyota Tacoma has been the best-selling compact pickup truck on the market for the last 14 years based on manufacturer estimates of CY 2005-2018 sales -- a stark contrast to the Ford Ranger, which has not been built for the North American market since 2011.
With 50 years in the truck industry, Toyota trucks come with legendary reliability. Built with quality, dependability, and reliability in mind, the Toyota Tacoma won Kelley Blue Book's® 2019 5-Year Cost to Own Awards: Best Mid-Size Pickup Truck. In comparison, the 2019 Ford Ranger comes to the North American market brand new for this year.
When it comes down to it, the Tacoma has more of what compact truck owners are looking for: manual or automatic transmissions, engine options, legendary resale value, active safety features standard, and over 50 years of Toyota truck heritage. These advantages, plus the reliability of the Toyota name, make the 2019 Toyota Tacoma the right choice in this mid-size truck comparison.


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WASHINGTON -- The White House readied its last-ditch effort to salvage health-care legislation Sunday while the Senate's Republican leader warned Democrats against the go-it-alone approach.
The White House was expected to post a version of President Barack Obama's plan for overhauling health care on its Web site today, ahead of his critical and daring summit at Blair House on Thursday. The plan, which was likely to be opposed by the GOP, was expected to require most Americans to carry health insurance coverage, with federal subsidies to help many afford the premiums.
Hewing close to a stalled Senate bill, it would bar insurance companies from denying coverage to people with medical problems or charging them more. The price tag is around $1 trillion over 10 years.
The conference at the White House guest residence is to be televised live on C-SPAN and perhaps on cable news networks. It represents a gamble by the administration that Obama can save his embattled overhaul through persuasion.
It was forced on the administration by the Senate special election victory of Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown in January. He captured the seat long held by Democrat Edward M. Kennedy, who died in 2009. Brown's victory reduced the Democrats' majority in the Senate to 59 votes, one shy of the number needed to knock down Republican delaying tactics.


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After Monday's opening round, Westbrook Christian sits in second place in the Class 1A-2A boys behind Donoho.
The Warriors shot 328 as a team thanks to a 73 from William Wethington, 79 from Jackson Bowman, 85 from Logan McClendon, 91 from Ridge McHugh and 94 from Jackson Cox.
Wethington's 1-over-par 73 puts him in fourth place individually, four shots behind Jacob Lecroy of Donoho and Codey Cleveland of Red Bay, who both shot a 69.
Cedar Bluff's Nick Sawyer shot a 75 to tie for fifth, and Westbrook's Jackson Bowman is tied for eighth, seven shots back.
Glencoe's boys are third in Class 3A behind Houston Academy, which shot a combined 4 over par as a team, and Providence Christian.
Brock McNeely is leading Glencoe with a 78, Jordan Yancey and Justin Graham each shot 108 and Garrett Fairley added 111.
McNeely is tied for 10th individually.
Etowah's Eli Antisdel is tied for 12th individually in Class 5A boys after shooting an 80.
On the girls side, Glencoe sits in fourth place in Class 1A-3A.
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To promote the second season debut of "Mountain Men," The History Channel on June 6 activated a Mountain Men City Trek experience that brought the TV series to life for New York City urban dwellers. The weekly program depicts the survival skills and cunning required to live in the wilderness.
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Forgive me I have not seen this Frozen movie yet...Honestly I have three boys and well its not on their preferred viewing list however from the photos I have seen both on line and in Janie Carroll Designs Etsy Shop, my Frozen Obsessed readers and nieces will be thrilled with this shop and how they have hit this costume out of the park! ...this is a stunning outfit!
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'Movie 43': 43 Questions About This Bizarre Movie
By now, you've seen obscene trailers and perplexing photos from the forthcoming Relativity Media film Movie 43. You've caught glimpses of an oafish Batman (Jason Sudeikis) and a gawky Robin (Justin Long), of a sordid dime store love affair between Emma Stone and Kieran Culkin, of an ill-conceived home schooling regime instituted by parents Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber, and of a game of Truth or Dare gone horribly awry when competitors Halle Berry and Stephen Merchant take things a smidge too far… among many, many other odd sights.
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1. First off, what exactly does "Movie 43" mean?
2. Is the title in any way connected to the phrase "Rule 43" (if you search for a long enough time, you can find anything on the Internet)?
3. Are there Movies 1 through 42?
4. Are any of them good?
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6. Does Peter Farrelly have dirt on each of them?
7. Is he holding their loved ones hostage?
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29. Yes?
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38. Kieran?
39. Has he ever been in anything?
40. Did you know that Macaulay Culkin is a cast member on Robot Chicken?
41. Damnit, another tangent! And we only have three questions left to go! Um, um… so, is this movie going to stand out as a historic landmark of American culture, depicting the human condition with an unprecedented sincerity, illustrating with a valor beyond the likes of any Renaissance artist, civil rights musician, or the Bard himself the authentic plight of an individual's soul in this wayfaring hell we call life?
42. Are you sure?
43. What else is out this weekend?
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And yet I do not, under any circumstance, want to spend predeployment leave with them. I'm selfish. If my husband has to go away for nine straight months, I want him all to myself for the several weeks prior. I guess I can share him with our sons. But only because he'll change the diapers. (Kidding. Sort of.)
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I wish there were actual rules about this. A "do this, not that" sort of list. But there isn't.
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