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Argument: Animals experience pain and suffering in experiments
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Dr. Hadwen Trust - "6. Do animals suffer in experiments? Yes, an experiment on a living animal only needs to be licensed by the UK government if it has the potential to cause “pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm.” (see the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986). Animals are capable of experiencing both physical pain and suffering as well as psychological harm like fear (including, for some species, anticipation of harm), boredom or depression. Suffering can be caused not only by the experimental procedure, but also due to the unnatural and often stark laboratory environment, handling or excessive noise or light.
[...]Beyond physical pain, animals can be harmed by confinement, frustration, fear, isolation, and loss of life – experiences unavoidable for animals confined in laboratories and used in experiments. The Dr Hadwen Trust does not believe that animal experiments are ethically supportable."
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Prior to yesterday’s announcement of the iPad Mini, there was a great deal of speculation as to its form, its capabilities, its existence and its price. Commentators saw the rumoured tablet to be a direct competitor to the Kindle Fire and the Nexus 7, indicating that they believed Apple was concerned about losing market share in that market. The price was rumoured to be around the same level as those competitors, so that the differences which would make people want to buy an iPad over an Android tablet would be the quality of the hardware and the app marketplace. Continue reading “Sheltering under an umbrella”
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The issue of piracy on the Internet has particularly high visibility, with Wikipedia, Reddit and WordPress blacking out their sites in response to the US government’s plans for legislation to ban links to pirated material. The key issue is that the government’s plans aren’t attacking the pirates directly, but are instead attacking anyone who runs a site which may carry or link to copyright material. A similar issue exists in the UK, with the last government’s pressing through of the Digital Economy Act 2010; under a strict interpretation of the act, ISPs could be forced to block access to Google if it were shown to link to pirated material. Continue reading “Piracy and the lack of a stick” |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/5943 | Distributed Sample Analysis Facility (DSAF) combines the resources of four of the world's leading analytical laboratories to analyse meteoritic and sample returns with un-paralleled precision, offering possibility to apply a wide variety of stable and radiogenic isotopic systems. This theme includes the three laboratories that were highly in demand in Europlanet RI; CNRS-CRPG; VU Amsterdam and Open University. A major new addition is the Laboratory for Isotope Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry at the Institute for Planetology, Münster. This is the only German facility solely dedicated to the analysis to extra-terrestrial samples and represents a major expansion in the capabilities in Cosmochemistry to DSAF. The DSAF are:
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An outlier is an item that is dissimilar (in some predefined way) from the members of an item set.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlier
• In statistics, an outlier[1] is an observation that is numerically distant from the rest of the data. Grubbs[2] defined an outlier as:
Outliers, being the most extreme observations, may include the sample maximum or sample minimum, or both, depending on whether they are extremely high or low. However, the sample maximum and minimum are not always outliers because they may not be unusually far from other observations.
Naive interpretation of statistics derived from data sets that include outliers may be misleading. For example, if one is calculating the average temperature of 10 objects in a room, and nine of them are between 20 and 25 degrees Celsius, but an oven is at 175 °C, the median of the data will be between 20 and 25 °C but the mean temperature will be between 35.5 and 40 °C. In this case, the median better reflects the temperature of a randomly sampled object than the mean; naively interpreting the mean as "a typical sample", equivalent to the median, is incorrect. As illustrated in this case, outliers may be indicative of data points that belong to a different population than the rest of the sample set.
Estimators capable of coping with outliers are said to be robust: the median is a robust statistic, while the mean is not.[3]
1. Barnett, V. and Lewis, T.: 1994, Outliers in Statistical Data. John Wiley & Sons., 3rd edition.
3. Ripley, Brian D. 2004. Robust statistics
• (Zaiane, 1999) ⇒ Osmar Zaiane. (1999). “Glossary of Data Mining Terms." University of Alberta, Computing Science CMPUT-690: Principles of Knowledge Discovery in Databases.
• QUOTE: Outlier: A data item whose value falls outside the bounds enclosing most of the other corresponding values in the sample. May indicate anomalous data. |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/5978 | Is Japanese Skimmia Poisonous To Birds?
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I love Japanese Skimmia but was wondering if I should consider how it will effect the birds in my yard. Does anyone know if Japanese Skimmia is toxic or poisonous to birds or other animals? Is Japanese Skimmia good for repelling deer as well? If it is poisonous then maybe that is why the deer don't fancy it!
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Answer #1 · Gardenality.com's Answer · Absolom,
To repel deer with Japanese Skimmia you would need to plant an entire hedge of it around whatever you don't want the deer to eat. Such as a vegetable garden.
The Berries of Japanese Skimmia will attract birds, and the flowers will attract humming birds. No need to worry about poisoning the birds.
If eaten in large enough quantities Japanese Skimmia can be very dangerous to humans. Keep children away from them.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6013 | Wednesday, April 10, 2013
• Int: 0
• Bool: False
• [a]: [], the empty list
0 + n = n
n + 0 = n
"" `append` str = str
str `append` "" = str
Similarly, the empty list adds nothing when you concatenate it:
[] ++ xs = xs
xs ++ [] = xs
False || b = b
b || False = b
mempty `mappend` x = x
x `mappend` mempty = x
class Monoid m where
mempty :: m
mappend :: m -> m -> m
m1 <> m2 = m1 `mappend` m2
newtype Any = Any { getAny :: Bool }
instance Monoid Any where
mempty = Any False
newtype All = All { getAll :: Bool }
instance Monoid All where
mempty = All True
newtype Sum a = Sum { getSum :: a }
mempty = Sum 0
newtype Product a = Product { getProduct :: a }
mempty = Product 1
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1. Yeah. :)
3. The mention of "business logic" at the beginning of this blog entry led me to believe it would address the sort of "default" one sees in typical "business logic", e.g. a default preference such as a blank screen saver. But the clear context (in the post, once I actually read it, as well as in Monoid itself), is of a value that causes a binary operation to simply yield its other argument, a "no effect" element, which of course describes "mempty".
The Default typeclass itself requires no such context of a binary operator, yet all the -- ahem -- default instances provided dutifully supply either numeric zero or mempty, appearing to demonstrate that really, we're again intending the "noEffect" mathematical kind of default, not default screen savers. (And why would you specify a default screen saver using a typeclass instance anyhow, LOL?) Seems to me a strong case for using Monoid instead of Default (which as I understand it, is Gabriel's point).
Maybe a nicer name for Monoid's identity element would have been "noEffect". Of course, when we get to Group, it takes on a somewhat expanded role; it's now also the result of combining an element with its inverse. What's the best name for that role -- "ash", "detritus"...? What one name covers both roles? Maybe "nothing"? Oops, taken. Maybe not. How about just "mappend"? Sigh.
1. One of the reason that the `Default` instances tend to provide empty values anyway, even though they are not required to, is because they have to pick something that is universally useful since the type class instance has to be canonical for that type. If you have to pick only one value then the most obvious choice is the a value which is more distinguished than the rest, which is the "empty" value.
I think "empty" would be a fine name for the empty value (if it weren't already taken by the Alternative class)
4. That last "mappend" should have been "mempty".
5. I sympathize with the main teaching of this post. But i consider it not totally true. The mistake is the assumption that the default value should be empty somehow. That is false sometimes. An example is type-classes. Defining an instance of a class C for type T is mathematically equivalent to defining a default value for the tuple type (T, dictionary_type_of C). For example : defining a Foldable instance is equivalent to specifying default value of ((a -> b -> b) -> b -> t a -> b) [a 'foldr' function]. I can not think about foldr for List as empty somehow.
1. I'm not saying that all type classes should behave like `Monoid`, but rather just the `Default` class
However, even if you broaden the scope of the discussion to classes other than `Monoid` I still disagree. Without laws you can't justify one instance over another. For example, I could define the following alternative `Foldable` instance for lists:
....instance Foldable [] where
........foldr cons nil [] = nil
........foldr cons nil (x:_) = cons x nil
... and without any laws how could I argue for one instance over another?
2. I made a mistake.
Instead of
"for the tuple type (T, dictionary_type_of C)"
i should have written
"of type (dictionary_type_of C T)"
3. >>> " Without laws you can't justify one instance over another." <<<
Laws do not help me in this justification. A type has multiple values probably because all are needed and different values are right in different situations. A default is not right in some theoretical way, but rather just a value that is assumed most of the times [even just by convention].
A good example on the law-less side is (Foldable List). It is a problem-less instance, because probably everyone would implement it as it is in package "base".
A good examples on the law-ed side is (Monoid Bool). I not only can not justify one possible instance over the other but i can not even pick one for default.
So it is not the presence of laws that make a value good default of a type, or an instance implementation good choice for a (type-class, type) pair.
4. The problem isn't the number of implementations, but rather the lack of a specification. The reason laws matter is that they serve as a specification for a class.
Without a specification a type class instance is "not even wrong". You can't discern whether or not the instance satisfies the intended purpose because you never precisely stated the intended purpose for the class in the form of laws.
Yes, there are two `Monoid` instances for `Bool`, but that's fine because the specification says that any implementation is okay as long as `mempty` is empty with respect to `mappend`. However, there is no specification for the `Default` class and therefore no acceptance/rejection criteria for instances. |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6027 | #102 Neil deGrasse Tyson: Space, The Universe and The Case for Science, Part.1
Neil deGrasse Tyson, America’s most prominent spokesman for science and Director of New York City’s Hayden Planetarium, talks about the benefits of a cosmic perspective, the case for manned space flight and much more in this first part of our wide-ranging conversation. We also discussed Tyson's new book, "Astrophysics for People in a Hurry."
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6030 | 10-Day Challenge: Day 1
Day 1: Ten random facts about yourself
1. I do at least 30 knuckle pushups every other day.
2. I hate cockroaches.
3. I spend more on food that I should on my other basic needs.
4. I had long, shiny hair back in grade school until I destroyed it with hair dying.
5. Sodas and shrimps sometimes make me puke. I mean shrimps like the seafood, ok?
6. I love eye makeup as well as lip glosses.
7. I sit like a boy because it is tiring to sit like a girl should.
8. My acoustic guitar is the number one in my life.
9. I ovulate at the voice of Chino (Deftones).
10. I like yaoi. 😛
Day 2: Nine things you do everyday
Day 3: Eight things that annoy you
Day 4: Seven fears/phobias
Day 5: Six songs that you?re addicted to
Day 6: Five things you can?t live without
Day 7: Four memories you won?t forget
Day 8: Three words you can?t go a day without using
Day 9: Two things you wish you could do
Day 10: One person you can trust
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6044 | Definition: (1) Change in one or more qualities of an image in to order improve the visual or other property of the image: e.g. increase in colour saturation, sharpness etc. (2) Effect produced by a device or software designed to increase the apparent resolution of a TV monitor screen.
Querying the pitch
When is an enhancement an alteration? This may seem an academic question but it exercises the minds of everyone concerned with publishing photographs in newspapers, magazines and on television. Maybe it's okay to increase the overall contrast of a picture (enhancement) - we do that all the time in photography where it goes unquestioned, but is it okay to change the colour of the sky (alteration)? Removing unsightly lens flare from an image is okay (as it was not really part of the picture) but is it acceptable to remove a pesky telegraph pole coming out of someone's head? Some people think that any changes in a photo makes it suspect when used in certain situations like depicting news or documentary features. The big problem is that the transition from an inocuous enhancement to a significant change in the the content of the picture is seamless - there is no clear dividing line. Worse, that dividing line drifts about depending how the final image is used and the expectations that we have of it.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6073 | The right build
Senior Technical Editor Jason Saundalkar details what companies must watch out for when building gaming PCs and notebooks.
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By Jason Saundalkar Published August 5, 2008
Putting together a desktop PC or a notebook that's designed to run modern games isn't rocket science but it amazes me how many companies get it wrong. All too often I've tested a machine that's supposed to have been the best thing since sliced bread but the reality is that it could hardly get me to raise an eyebrow let alone blow my socks off. Ultimately, the rig in question had solid specifications with the exception of a few components that, unfortunately for the company, brought it to its virtual knees.
The most common problem when it comes to gaming desktops and notebooks is a mismatched graphics subsystem. In these cases it seems to me that the gentleman who selected the screen accompanying the desktop or notebook had no idea about what graphics card the machine would have. This as you can imagine has dire consequences on gaming performance.
You see while a 24" wide-screen desktop LCD screen, with a native resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, offers an excellent viewing experience in terms of size and detail (more pixels equals to more detail), you need a graphics card under the hood with enough oomph to power it. Unfortunately it seems that a number of companies don't realize this and fit any graphics card they fancy. In the 27" LCD's case, you shouldn't even bother looking at anything but one of today's top end graphics cards or, at the very least, a couple of midrange cards running in multi-GPU mode.
A gaming machine should be able to run games at a steady 30fps to produce a smooth gaming experience. Anything lower than this framerate would appear jerky to a majority of people on the planet, as 30fps is widely accepted as the figure that makes movement appear smooth to the viewer. While you may be thinking a quick fix to improve performance is to drop the resolution that you run your games at, this actually poses another problem.
When a LCD screen runs at a resolution lower than its native setting, in most cases it will produce visuals that lack crispness and sharpness. In the worst case, running the screen for prolonged periods of time at a lower resolution than its native setting will damage or destroy the LCD completely. Beyond all this, if you've spent a healthy chunk of cash on a gaming desktop or notebook, wouldn't you want it to run every game you throw at it without sacrificing on quality or resolution? I certainly would.
Another issue I've come across that absolutely ruins the gaming experience is the lack of a proper sound system in terms of speakers and an audio card. Modern games are generally developed with extremely high fidelity sound effects and music and most even offer proper positional audio.
To do these games justice, you definitely need a competent speaker set. Shipping basic stereo speakers or a low powered surround system just scream that you've not given the machine the thought it deserves and moreover, it makes the games sound flat. On the notebook front though you can't really ship a thumping 5.1 surround system you should, at the very least, include a quality set of speakers and pack in a subwoofer if your notebook is a chunky desktop replacement beast.
Feeding this speaker system is a soundcard and here too, the selection shouldn't be tempered by cost cutting. The integrated sound solutions on most motherboards and even the entry-level soundcards may provide decent audio playback when it comes to pumping out MP3s and firing off the Windows sounds but it's a completely different ballgame when it comes to games. Using a low end soundcard ensures that gamers won't be able to take advantage of immersive environmental effects and there are other consequences too.
Budget soundcards essentially save money because they skimp on processing power and rely on the machine's CPU to get the job done. This of course places an added burden on the processor and this will negatively impact gaming framerates. A big no-no then.
In the case of gaming desktops, the PC should also offer a solid degree of upgradeability. Nothing infuriates me more than finding that a $3,000 PC can't be upgraded because the motherboard lacks sufficient expansion slots or the case is physically not big enough to accept the latest video card on the market.
Building a gaming PC or notebook isn't rocket science but it is something that should be taken seriously and issues like the ones I've detailed above just don't cut the mustard in this segment.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6096 | Monday, 22 February 2010
How Not To Network In The Industry.
One night last year, I was watching a show - let's call it 'SuperCoolTVShow' and I spotted that there was a scene which used exactly the same dialogue and style as 'KindaLameTeenShow' from many years ago. It was a bit weird, but I also thought it was really cool, because I love both shows; and in particular that scene was incredibly moving (in 'SuperCoolTVShow' and 'KindaLameTeenShow.') A quick bit of IMDBing confirmed what I expected, the same writer had worked on both shows. I got in contact with him and wrote about the similarity.
He replied with surprise, I'm the only person who'd noticed that he stole from himself. I told him how wonderful I think his writing is, how 'SuperCoolTVShow' is the most amazing thing on the box right now, and we struck up some good conversation. In fact, he was even going to do an interview for this site. We got along well - which isn't all that surprising, we are similar writers, I think, except he's a lot more successful.
I should tell you now, I'm a bad researcher. I had, for some reason, been under the impression that he only wrote episodes for the last season of 'KindaLameTVShow' - so, completely sucking up to him, I told him how I thought the show was great, then lost it's way, and then became great again in the last season (I do actually believe this to be true, his writing is very good).
And he kind of took the compliment but didn't seem as enthused as before. Anyways, me being me, I decided to really slam into the old episodes of 'KindaLameTVShow' and I went on and on about how the writers didn't get the characters, how the storylines were pretty lame etc. I figured he would agree, especially as he had indicated that there were things in the earlier seasons that he hadn't liked.
I'm sure many of you know what's coming. I never heard from him again- and he deleted me from Facebook. It was then, on further research; that I discovered, he had written all those old episodes that I ruthlessly bashed. Oops. Oh well, it's not like he's a totally-awesome-award-winning-genius-writer who I admire, who I stupidly insulted and then got blocked by. Oh wait, it is.
The moral of this story is; a) do research. b) stick to praise.
Care to share?
1. oh man. I stick my foot in my mouth ALL the time. And I have really big feet.
2. Ouch. That sucks. I could see myself doing something similar.
3. Yikes. That sucks...advice duly noted.
4. Oh no kid! Here, will chocolate help? (hands a big bar of dark chocolate over to kid)
5. Man, I'd really love to know who this is.
6. at least it was a good dose of honesty... |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6125 | Living Symphonies is a musical composition that grows in the same way as a forest ecosystem. Portraying the thriving activity of the forest’s wildlife, plants and atmospheric conditions, it creates an ever-changing symphony heard amongst the forest itself.
Composed and realised by James Bulley and Daniel Jones, Living Symphonies is taking place in Epping Forest in July 2019 as part of London National Park City Festival and Waltham Forest Borough of Culture.
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Living Symphonies was originally commissioned by Forestry Commission England and Sound And Music, with support from Arts Council England, and toured four of England’s forest over summer 2014.
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Each forest location is surveyed in detail to understand what flora and fauna live nearby, in conjunction with ecologists and wildlife rangers from the Forestry Commission. We look for animal habitats, food sources and movement patterns, building up a metre-by-metre map of the forest.
Pictured above is the survey from Thetford Forest. You can see ash, hawthorn, elm and Scots pine trees, and a great deal of moss, grass, bramble, and Mahonia aquifolum.
Read more: The ecosystem model
This survey is used to make an sophisticated model of the forest ecosystem which mimics the behaviours of the real wildlife. Mammals, birds and insects move around the space in real-time, with nocturnal creatures coming out at night.
Current temperature, wind, rain and sun conditions are linked to this model via a weather station installed on site, so that a rainy day will cause wet-weather animals to emerge.
Read more: The growing composition
Each animal, tree and plant is linked to a unique set of musical instrumentation and motifs, which portray its changing behaviours. Up in the canopy, the gliding cello harmonics of a butterfly are heard fluttering from tree to tree, whilst from beneath a decomposing log comes the chattering percussion of teeming beetles. Amongst the undergrowth a spider spins a web of glistening piano, waiting to ensnare the discordant violin chords of flies whirring by.
Dozens of these musical elements are heard at once, collectively creating an ever-changing symphony from the complex web of interactions that make up the forest.
Read more: Exploring the space
Living Symphonies is heard from a network of speakers embedded invisibly amongst the canopy and undergrowth. Musical motifs swarm and flutter across the space, following the real animals’ movement patterns, and encouraging a mode of engagement that is spatial and exploratory. |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6126 | Champagne with the stolen bride...
untitled-by-lara_via_unreliablegirl image by LaraJade via that unreliable girl
Might be time to tell you some customs about my home country: Germany. This is about breaking dishes, kidnapping and drinking champagne. That's how we roll ; ) A few days before the wedding, friends and relatives bring old porcelain and kitchenware to throw onto the ground in front of the bride and groom. This is supposed to grant them a happy, lucky life; that's why this evening event is called POLTERABEND--the evening with lots of broken porcelain. It's good luck for guests to bring old dishes to break. The newlyweds then sweep up the broken pieces together, symbolizing that nothing will ever be broken in their house again. The Polterabend often develops into an informal and casual party. It is customary for the 'best man' to steal the bride from the reception and take her to a local pub, where they drink champagne until the groom finds them. Then the groom has to pay for all that they drank. Later, friends of the couple block all the reception site exits with ribbons and garlands. When the couple is ready to leave for their honeymoon, the groom must pay a toll to exit, usually the promise of another party!
You also might like this wold wedding tradition posts: Thats how people role in Iceland, If you worried about the weather, One Night In Ancient Egypt |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6138 | Character preview–Agrimar Vaskel
Male half-orc paladin of the Goddess of Valor (undead scourge) 1
LG Medium humanoid (human, orc)
[sorry no preview of the Legendary stat block, you’ll have to get the product for that]
Background: The birth of Agrimar Vaskel (AG-ruh-MAHR VAZZ-kuhl) came as the product of his mother’s abduction by a depraved orc necromancer. Unfortunately, he never got to know her as she died during childbirth and his orc father reanimated her body as yet another zombie servant. Agrimar’s life proved exceptionally harsh among the orcs, instilling him with both a fear and hatred of his cruel kin—as well as the undead commanded by his father. Fortunately, on his fourteenth birthday, Agrimar’s older “sister” Ysabot, found and freed him. Together, they took revenge on their mother’s captors, slaying every member of the orc tribe and all his father’s undead servants.
Since that time, Agrimar has devoted himself to the worship of his goddess, operating as her willing paladin—a calling which he sought at the direction of the Professor. He came to know and trust the Professor through Ysabot, appreciative of the assistance he provided his “sister” in tracking down their mother’s abductor. Agrimar feels he owes his life to Ysabot and the Professor, fully aware things could have turned out much differently for him if not for their actions. He does anything to protect Ysabot as if she were his true sister. He has no idea of her changeling ancestry and assumes they shared the same mother.
Note: For maximum roleplaying impact, if there is another human PC in the group (and no one plays Ysabot), that person, with their consent, should be chosen as Agrimar’s half-brother or -sister instead.
Physical Description: Agrimar stands an imposing 6-feet, 10-inches tall with long dark hair and an impressive, muscular build. He lacks the protruding lower canines of many of his kind and, on first glance, the cast of his skin is much more olive than green. The fact that Agrimar almost always wears his favored armor also permits him to pass as human in most instances. His yellow-tinted, orcish eyes and their burning intensity, however, sometimes give away his monstrous heritage, particularly when angry.
Personality: Though Agrimar struggles at times with the inner demons of his orc lineage, he uses his devotion to the principles of his faith to keep his more brutal instincts at bay. Inwardly, he feels ashamed of his orc blood, having endured enough racial prejudice in his fog-shrouded homeland to encourage him to hide behind his armor, helm, or hooded cloak—and having seen enough real orc atrocities to understand the reason for such intolerance. Agrimar also has a soft spot in his heart for the downtrodden and the weak. He routinely gives what he can to help others, whether in donations of coin, intercessory prayers to The Inheritor, or his mighty strength.
With each new level, Agrimar adds a paladin class level and corresponding powers. He always increases his skill ranks in Knowledge (religion) and Sense Motive, while alternating increases in Diplomacy, Disguise, and Intimidate as necessary for the campaign. Agrimar quickly acquires banded mail to increase his armor bonus until he can attain full plate. At 3rd level he chooses the Power Attack feat. He also obtains oil of bless weapon (a potion) as soon as possible for the combination of his smite evil power and bless weapon’s effect of confirming critical hits. At 4th level Agrimar increases his Charisma and gains a 1st level paladin spell. Not surprisingly, he selects bless weapon.
Roleplaying Ideas
• Agrimar constantly struggles with the inner demons of his monstrous lineage.
• His instinct may be to react violently, but he always masters these impulses through the self-discipline of his goddess’s faith.
• If the party also includes Ysabot, Agrimar respects her authority and often defers to her.
• Agrimar views himself as an outsider in the Imperial Principality, hiding his orc heritage to avoid the prejudice of its people, even as he accepts such treatment stoically when faced with it.
In-Character Quote
“The Professor helped my sister find me and together we took vengeance on my mother’s captor, a vile necromancer and his undead slaves. For that, I am grateful. The darkness of those deeds still lingers in my heart. And I spent many hours discussing with the Professor the manner in which I dispatched those terrible things. It was to the Professor I first swore a vow to bring holy retribution to all undead. And through his introductions to the holy church, I did so once again to The Inheritor herself.”
Scaling the PC
Under a 15-point buy, Agrimar’s Intelligence should be reduced by 5 points. This necessitates the removal of 2 skill ranks (Diplomacy and Disguise) and 1 language (Abyssal).
Open Game License
The above preview is released pursuant to the Open Game License contained on the Legal page of this site.
Open Game Content: The only portion of this character preview that is Open Game Content are the first two descriptive sentences of the class, race and level of the character beneath the character name, as well as all rules related material contained in the “Advancement” and “Scaling the PC” sections.
Product Identity: As per the Open Game License on the Legal page of this website, but additionally including the following specific designations: Agrimar Vaskel Character Preview, the character names Agrimar, Agrimar Vaskel, Ysabot, Ysabot Vaskel.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6153 | Home Remedy for Wisdom Tooth Pain Relief
Wisdom teeth are the last adult permanent teeth which develop between the ages of 17 to 25 years. They are found far back in the mouth. Wisdom teeth are also recognized a
s third molars. Wisdom teeth are not developed in around 35% of population. Some wisdom teeth develop without any problems. They are usually trapped in the gums or jaw bones. Wisdom teeth lead to pain when they are not aligned properly. Wisdom teeth can be removed in case they would become impacted or problematic if not removed. Symptoms of wisdom teeth pain are swelling, jaw tenderness, tingling in cheeks, difficulty in opening the mouth and in chewing foods.
Home Remedies for Wisdom Tooth Pain Relief
1.Cloves: Cloves are among the most popular ways to treat wisdom tooth pain. Clove has anesthetic and anti-inflammatory properties which help to alleviate the pain and keep pain away for few hours. Just put a clove in the mouth and suck it for 5 to 10 minutes. You can also apply clove oil with the help of sterile cotton swab on the gum or tooth which is causing pain.
2.Garlic: Garlic provides temporary relief from wisdom tooth pain. Take a garlic clove and sprinkle a pinch of rock salt. Then put it on the gum or tooth which is causing pain. Garlic has antibacterial properties that kill bacteria which cause decay of the teeth.
3.Onion: Onion also helps to alleviate wisdom tooth pain. Just put a small piece of onion on infected tooth. You can also chew onion for 3 minutes and then put it on the infected tooth. Onion also contains antibacterial properties like garlic that destroy bacteria which cause pain or infection.
4.Ice cubes: Ice cubes are very common home remedy to treat toothaches and gum problems. Take 3 to 4 ice cubes and wrap them in piece of cloth. Then place it on the affected area of the mouth for about 10 to 15 minutes. If you have severe pain, then repeat this at the regular intervals. Ice helps to decrease the swelling of the gum tissues and pain to some extent.
5.Bayberry: Take 2 teaspoons bayberry bark powder and add ½ teaspoon table vinegar. Make a thick paste of them and apply it on the affected area to alleviate the pain. Bayberry is available at specialty grocery or herbal stores.
6.Peppermint leaves: Take dried peppermint leaves and put them on the affected tooth for 15 minutes. Repeat it 10 times in a day. This will decrease the pain and brings the fester up nearer to the gums’ upper surface.
7.Olive oil: Take ¼ teaspoon olive oil and mix 2 to 3 drops of oil. Swab a cotton ball in the mixture and put it on the affected tooth. Before putting the cotton ball on the tooth wait till it absorbs the mixture.
8.Wheat grass juice: You can use wheat grass juice mouth wash to alleviate wisdom tooth pain. The juice extracts all toxins and delays the bacterial growth so the infection and pain are decreased.
Cucumber: Just place a thick slice of cucumber on the affected tooth for about 20 to 30 minutes. This can help to calm gums and alleviate the pain. Cucumber slices contain vitamins and minerals which soak up the tissues and help to alleviate.
9.Gargling with salt water: Take 1 cup of warm water and add 1 teaspoon of salt. Use this water to gargle the mouth for every hour or twice an hour. This remedy can relieve the pain quickly. Warm salt water flush out bacteria also help to soothe the inflamed gum tissue.
10.Gentle massage: Massage the gums gently to get ease from tooth pain. Massage can enhance the blood circulation to the area and endorse healing. Don’t give too much pressure as it may increase the inflammation therefore avoid massage if the gums are inflamed.
11.Black tea: Take a warm black tea bag and apply it to the affected area. This can provide temporary relief from pain and soothe the area. Black tea contains astringent properties which rinse out gum tissues and decrease swelling.
Other remedies for Wisdom Tooth Pain Relief:
•Consume 1 to 2 cups of mullein tea or chew catnip herb.
•Make a paste of clove oil and zinc oxide powder and apply on the affected tooth.
•Rub pure vanilla extract on the affected tooth or area to alleviate the pain.
•Drink plenty of water as it helps to flush out the food elements collected at the back of the mouth.
•Make a paste of ginger and cayenne then apply on the affected tooth with the help of cotton.
•Put grated fresh horseradish on the tooth to get relief.
•Make a mixture of sesame (1 part) and water (2 parts) by boiling until the liquid remains half. Then apply that mixture to the affected tooth.
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More from the Feline Postal Brigade
Letter cat contemplates stamp cat
Soda says hi to Sebastian
This mail is mine
1. A Zazzle stamp? Yours is very cool! We have something similar here in Estonia, it's called "My Stamp". This cat is a real mailcat!
2. A mail cat -- and with extra toes. I am just too jealous.
3. I have four feline postal supervisors. Morgan tends to prefer to sit on letters, while Simba likes to leave his unique paw print on the envelopes. Salem will give mail a cursory glance and Jack prefers that nothing as trivial as mail interrupts his VIN (Very Important Nap).
4. Soda is a wonderful mail cat and really reserves an own postage!
It's possible in Finland also to order stamps with your own pictures, and actually just yesterday I sent out my order with two different pictures of my cat Killi! These stamps will become almost twice as expensive as normal stamps. How about the cost of your stamps with own pictures?
5. Sirpa - yes, if you pay full price, it is twice as expensive. I sit in wait for special postage sales, when, at best, you can get photo stamps at face value.
6. She is very adorable! I wish I had a cat... we are a canine-only household at the moment. |
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Trump's Executive Order is a Lie that signals the beginning of worse crimes against humanity
Yesterday, June 21st, Donald Trump signed an executive order that he claimed would end the policy of separating children of asylum seekers and other immigrants from their families at the border and putting them in camps until they are parceled out to non-profits, trafficked, or simply lost. 65 children are “processed” in this way on the Texas border alone each and every day. The executive order does not end family separation and in fact makes it worse and permanent.
Fandom bands together and saves The Expanse, showing grassroots action can reach into space.
Anyone who reads the Mockingbird regularly knows that that this author, whether writing elsewhere or writing here as editor-in-chief officially doesnt like Jeff Bezos. He is the richest man on Earth and he made a hefty payday off the CIA, which he spent on the Washington Post. The editorial and business policies noticably took a turn for the shady soon thereafter. Jeff Bezos is a fan Tthe Expanse, has read all the books, and directed Amazon to get that show. This was not altruism on his part. |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6181 | Aerial Assault
Game Gear
Aerial Assault is a horizontal scrolling shooter video game for the Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear.
The player takes the role of a Freedom Fighter who must destroy five targets, including the Vinsk (a flying battleship in the Game Gear version, an ordinary ship in the Master System), the CB-53 Bomber, "El", and two cliff fortresses. During each of the five missions, the player encounters enemy jets, choppers, submarines, jeeps, parachute bombs, and several other enemies which they must destroy. Shooting either the spinning fighters, the small flying helicopters, or the mines on the final mission will earn the player a power-up that allows them to upgrade or downgrade their firepower. There are three difficulty settings: "Easy", "Normal", and "Hard". Players will not be able to complete the game if they select the "Easy" setting.
"Some years ago, an evil militaristic organisation known simply as the N.A.C. developed a huge laser emitter, "EL", which was capable of gradually destroying the ozone layer. This posed an ominous threat to all life on the planet, and cast a shadow of fear stretching to the far corners of the Earth. In the year 1999, the N.A.C. began an all-out offensive against every country in the world. Although initially, each nations Self-Defense forces valiantly stood their ground against the most formidable adversaries, they eventually proved to be no match for the sheer power and size of the enemy. However, just when all seemed lost, the "Freedom Fighter" appeared on the scene. Not officially attached to any one nation, it secretly sped off to clash with the unsuspecting enemy forces."
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6209 | OLM File Converter
Most of the Windows OS users use MS Outlook as the most popular email client. In the same way, Microsoft has offered a particular version of Outlook named as Outlook 2011 for Mac. When Outlook for Mac users try to switch to MS Outlook platform, they face problems. To assist user in such condition, OLM to PST email migration tool has been developed. It quickly and correctly converts .OLM files of Outlook for Mac into PST files of MS Outlook platform. In addition to email conversion, it also repairs the corrupted, inaccessible, or damaged OLM file and restore it into Outlook PST format. User can also save the converted OLM files into various other formats like MSG, MBOX, EML, IMAP, TXT, RTF, MHTML, HTML and DBX.
OLM to PST Converter tool not only converts OLM file to PST file format but it also keeps the original format intact even after email migration. After completing the email migration, it displays all the converted or recovered emails Outlook for Mac emails in MS Outlook environment. Within few minutes, it converts all email items like email messages, journals, tasks, contacts, calendars, notes, email attachments, hyperlinks, etc. from OLM to PST format accurately. The software supports all OLM files created with Outlook for Mac 2016, 2011, 2008 and versions. Moreover, it also supports all versions of MS Outlook like MS Outlook 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002, 2000, 98 and 97.
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Thank you for being here. I'm so glad you're here.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Run Girl Run!
So so happy that I said YES to running this half marathon...the event is tomorrow!!!! I'm totally excited (and a little tiny bit nervous) but mostly really excited! Feeling very ready to run my little big-ish hiney off! The run begins at 7:00 am (tomorrow morning). If you happen to be awake, please send me some good, positive energy!
( very loose, gentle "goal" is to run this in under 2 hours. Eight years ago, I did it in just a tiny hair under 2, 3 years ago, it was just a bit over 2 hours...we shall see. Like I said, I'm being very gentle with this. :)
Okay, I'm putting myself to bed now.
1. You will begin at 10pm my time tonight and I will be up sending you tons of energy! Cheering you on from across the seas my dear friend. Here's to saying YES!
So much love,
2. Go Julia!
Sending you tons of stamina, energy, focus and in-the-moment-ness.
Love you,
Elloa xxx
3. sending you NOW
another voice
in the choir
of g e n t l e n e ssssss.
a lullaby to you
whisping in the wind
as you runnnnn.
i love your photo
& YOU. so much. xox
4. All the best to you in your run!!!
5. Run like a mother! ;)
6. Julia,
Beautiful pictures of those free spirits of yours.
Your are so strong and focused. I know you will make yourself proud.
7. Hope that you had the best run ever! Can't wait to hear about it. I bet it felt really different this time, just because everything must have been so much more in the technicolor of joy! Sending love!
8. wow i am so so so proud of you!!! cant wait to hear how it all goes!!! run julia run!!!!
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6236 | Summary: Show HTML5 Video
Version: 20151004
Prerequisites: none
Status: working
License: GPL2+
Version: 20151004
Maintainer: GNUZoo
Users: +4 (View / Edit)
Downloads: HTML5Video.phpΔ
Discussion: HTML5Video-Talk
Questions answered by this recipe
• How to show HTML5 Video?
• How to show OGG Video?
• How to show MP4 Video?
• How to show WebM Video?
This recipe makes it easy to add HTML5 Video.
It will first try to play ogg, then mp4 then webm. If the browser does not support HTML5 video it will display "Your browser does not support HTML5 video.".
Actual filenames should end with lowercase ".ogv" for ogg, ".mp4" for mp4, and ".webm" for webm.
(:html5video filename=gilligans2v1 poster=gilligan width=480 height=270:)
• filename - first part of file - so if the file was gilligans2v1.ogg it would be "gilligans2v1"
• poster - optional - an image to be displayed before the video begins
• width - optional - custom width
• height - optional - custom height
Copy HTML5Video.phpΔ to your cookbook directory
In your config.php enter:
or in your farmconfig.php enter:
This program sets the default directory to contain videos in "\uploads\".
To change the default directory set a variable in your config.php file like this:
$HTML5VideoDir = '';
Release notes
Copyright 2007 by GNUZoo email: guru [snail] gnuzoo [period] org
Please donate to the author at url:
• Version: 20151004 - Fix error message
• Version: 20150815 - Remove hardcode path in poster variable + add php5.5 support
• Version: 1.1 - Change some text, remove extraneous line of code.
• Version: 1.0 - Initial release
See also
See discussion at HTML5Video-Talk
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6237 | Selecting A Team
After reaching level 5, a player can click on any gym in sight for professor willow to appear and allow them to join either one of three teams. These teams are known as team instinct, Team mystic and Team valor, and each of them stand for different values with varying gameplans and studies.
The first team that is shown is, in fact, Team instinct, lead by none other than Spark. Their team color is a yellow, symbolized by the mascot of the legendary Bird zapdos. Team Instinct believes Pokemon are creatures with great instincts, with the secret of such related to how they hatch. They also ask a player to trust in their instincts as a trainer. (Team Instinct has been the least chosen Team in Pokemon GO.)
The second team that a player is told about is Team mystic, lead by none other Blanche. They are associated with the color blue, symbolized by the legendary Bird of articuno. This team feels Pokemon have impeccable wisdom, and this knowledge is somehow connected in the way they evolve. They also claim with the calm analysis their trainers hold, their team can't lose. (Team Mystic has been the most popular choice for players in Pokemon GO.)
The final team shown is Team valor, lead by the great Candela. They are related to the color red, as well as the legendary Bird moltres. Team Valor believes Pokemon are stronger than humans, but are just as warmhearted, researching how to tap into a Pokemon's natural ability in the pursuit of absolute strength. Candela claims this team has the strongest Pokemon in battle.
This is the most important decision a trainer must make in Pokemon GO, as it will change how you move forward with defeating and holding gyms in your local area. Your team leader will also analyze your Pokemon's hidden individual values by visiting the Pokemon's Profile.
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Gutters, Fascia's, Soffits & Barge Boards protect yout home from the elements of the weather. Like all forms of protection we if we do not look after them how can we expect them to protect us.
A gutter is a Trough located at the lower part of the roof system which directs rainwater and dirt away from the external walls of the building and prolonging the life of the structure. The main and most important benefit of the gutter is to channel away from the building foundations and into a drainage system. A clogged gutter can cause build up of moss, dirts or overgrowing plants and stangnant water overflow whichh leads to overflow of water causing damage to near by roof tiles or the lower foundations. Overflowing water from the gutter can also cause dangerous ice build up on walkways below during winter.
A Fascia is the outer facing part of the cornice and is the most visible part part of the exteriror roof protection system which generally encases the end of the roof rafters. This is also used to fix the rain gutter to.
Barge Board
A Barge Board is similar in description and purpose to a Fascia Baord however is usually described as protection for protruding gables.
A Soffit is also sometimes described as an Eave whih is effectively an exteriror 'ceiling'. Although the protection from rainwater on this part of the system is very little this is an integral and necessary part of keeping out cold and damp from the roof system contributing to keeping your home dry and warm.
All of the above provide a necessary protection to your home from rainwater and debris build up coming down from above. Gutter's should be cleared or debris, silt, leaves, twigs and plants at least on an annual basis to prevent damage. Serious damage can be caused to building foundations over longer periods of time however in the short term it is considerably more likely that damage to these items by overloading and blockage which could result in it being required to replace one or all of these parts of the gutter system and usually the price for replacement of these would be in the thousands. Incomparison the price of a guutter clearance alone not including the the cleaning of fascias etc is more like to be around £100 and some times less. And why replace every ten years when it could be every twently.
Cleaning of Fascia's, Soffits and Barge Boards is by most people considered to be purely for asthetical reasons however there is a much more important reason. As desribed above these parts of the system provide a home for the gutter and protect otherwise expose parts of the roof. It is necessary to maintain the parts of your home regularly to ensure that larger more costly jobs tdo not arrive. For example if your Fascia were to rot and go unnoticed or unattended leaving internal roof beams exposed what would be the cost of repair to this.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6259 | The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs
Greetings all! It's almost Friday! This has been a really long week for me, I don't know how you all feel!
One thing that lifted my spirits today was the fact that The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs featured my little ol' This is My Week Form on their site. I really love having my students sum up their day as an end of day activity. They also all really seem to want to read their sentences out loud to us. Plus, I often find out little (or big) things I didn't know about like "I did not have a good recess" or "I'm so excited . I'm going skiing this weekend". (Some statements sneak in like that last one that aren't really about that day but I let them slide. Their classmates get to learn about each other from it, too. Check out all of the other resources featured at The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs!
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6264 | Where to have my R4 serviced???
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Where to have my R4 serviced???
Hi everyone!
Next month I'm leaving from Finland to Greece in my Renault 4 GTL 1990. It needs some repairs (I don't know anything about cars). Where should I do that? Slovenia, Serbia or where? At least in Serbia these cars can still be seen on roads so spare parts could be found easier. And I assume it would be cheaper? Any suggestions, I need help!
You can contact me personally ville_saari@yahoo.com
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Re: Where to have my R4 serviced???
We will help you. We can find all parts for your car. Little service you can do at my garage. Also I know few sevices in Novi Sad.
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Re: Where to have my R4 serviced???
Hi Villesaari,
Could you please better explain "need some parts". Did your car properly maintaned/serviced ? Or you would like to chenge some chasis parts ?
You have right, in serbia you can find many parts, and the service hour rates are not to high.
In ex-YU has been produced these magnificent cars , but only till 1992, maybe some parts will be available only as "used parts", but many of the new parts is accessible.
I'm from Hungary - here is not so common car the R4, but I have supplied myself (and my R4) mostly from serbia.
These guys from forum will help you - as I'm know them, but it will be very helpful if you will a little more explain what do you like to repair (engine, chasis, etc.), and they can in this case to advise workshop and approx.price/costs.
So.....we are waiting for your reply.
Best regs,
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6267 | 5 tips for increasing audience participation in training workshops
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This afternoon I ran a training workshop focusing on blogging and blogging strategy. The session was three hours long, and I was keen to break up a talk of this length with some interactive breaks to help promote thinking around the topic and the application of the ideas I was presenting by the audience to their business.
I was fortunate enough to have a quite responsive audience who were keen to throw ideas around and discuss the points raised. It got me thinking though – what if I hadn’t had such a willing audience?
Here’s five quick tips to increase audience participation in training workshops.
1. Give your audience the chance to participate. It sounds so simple, but so many speakers and trainers do not design their talks with supporting activities, materials or breaks. Make the interactive parts a natural piece of the talk to avoid it feeling stilted.
2. If the audience are struggling with a task, or are not vocal, re-ask the question, reframe it, or ask them to apply it to a fictional scenario. Often, not talking about themselves or applying ideas to others encourages an audience to air more radical, forward-thinking views and shake off what they see to be their own limitations.
3. Always have your own answers. If the audience isn’t forthcoming with answers to your questions, give example answers from your own experience to help fuel the discussion or activity.
4. Make an ally. There will always be one character in the room that is more dominant than the rest of the audience, use this character to start discussions, use them as a conduit to get others talking. For example, ask the character of the group, ‘what would (other member of the group) think about this, in your opinion?”. Once the character has given his/her opinion, the person in question will no doubt respond and a conversation begin.
5. Bring a thought provoker. If it’s not going well and it seems nothing will inspire your audience or get them animated, always have some relevant and thought provoking videos/images/concepts to present to them to really switch the whole atmosphere of the session and reframe the thought processes behind their thinking on your topic.
These were my first five thoughts after my workshop today – has anyone else any lessons that they have discovered in increasing audience participation in training workshops?
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6276 | Best. Party. Ever.
Well it's official. Allison and Jon have thrown the best 90s costume party to date. Hands down. C.J. Parker and Mitch Buchannon had a dance off on the floor while Super Mario (the 90s one) passed out hors d'oeuvres. My personal highlight of the night was getting to twirl the sticks while playing "Creep" while wearing the above costume.
Dance party third set
Top songs of the evening:
"The Next Episode"
"What's Up"
"I Believe I Can Fly"
Forever keeping the 90s alive,
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6314 | Naturalistic fallacy – logical fallacies
The naturalistic fallacy is very common and most people never see the problem with these kind of assertions due to accepted social and moral norms. This bypasses reason and we fail to ask why something that is, ought to be that way.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6326 | Metrum Hex NOS DAC
Here I am reviewing one of the best sounding (if not the best sounding) DAC’s I have ever heard. It’s the Metrum Hex.
I have purchased this after having liked the Metrum Octave Mk2 quite a lot. In a convenient form factor, the Octave was offering a warm, lush, bloomy signature albeit a bit too smoothered and slightyl too centered on lower midrange. The overal tonality, though, was very very good and adaptable. For the same price, I was preferring my Museatex Idat-44m as more powerful in the deep bass, with better equilibrium bass too highs and slightly more realism in treble, while still being a warm source and feeling “matte”.
Anyway, the Hex was really interesting for me, for many reasons and I decided to jump on it, because it was bettering everything: dac section, usb input, and output (both the XLR and the RCA, with their Lundahl output transformers).
Metrum Hex
– Working principle: Non oversampling industrial high-speed dac chips. Dual mono, 8 Dacs per channel in differential mode.
– Power supply: 45 VA three separate toroid transformers to feed the DAC boards, control logic and USB. 18 V regulator
– USB nterfaces: custom-modded HiFace 2.0 with internal power supply and galvanic isolation, playback 44.1-192 kHz
– Slew rate: 35 Volt/µS
– Frequency response: 1Hz – 20 khz – 2.5 dB 44.1 kHz sampling rate; 1Hz – 65 kHz – 3dB 192 kHz sampling rate.
– Distortion: 0.03 % THD
– Noise: -130 dB related to 2 Volt RMS output.
Gear used:
– Sources: Metrum Hex, Idat44-m, Yulong DA8
– Amps: KGSS for Stax (actually a better version of the KGSS electrostatic amplifier, obtained by modifying the Stax SRM-727A with Kevin Gilmore’s indications)
– Headphones: Stax SR-007 Mk1, Stax SR-Lambda, Stax SRS-001 Mk2 (modded set)
Listening Impressions:
Where one could tend to associate an “analogue” sound to a low profile music approach, the Hex manages to sound analogue and “impressive” at the same time. It’s very realistic, brutally lively, and has exceptional 3D rendition.
The DAC is much better than its smaller sibling, the Octave Mk2. Their main resemblance is in tonal intensity (or color saturation, if you prefer). The Hex has much more deep bass power and dynamics, to the point that listening to the Lambda, you would never apply the word “light” to them. It’s a continuous exhibition of power. Where the Octave has some bloom in the upper bass, the Hex has a more linear midrange, with better distribution towards the higher frequencies, and much better extension towards both frequency extremes.
The biggest differences are in the treble. Where the Octave tends to be smooth, and lacks ultimate resolution, the Hex is super resolving. It offers a huge sense of layering, and super precise instrument placement. It has tons of information and follows micro-nuances with delicacy and clarity.
Similarly to the Yulong DA8, the Hex is an inspired and active “player”. But it’s warmer, more realistic, more romantic and complete than the Yulong DA8, and has superior spatial capabilities. By direct comparison, Yulong’s verve can be perceived as “electrical” by comparison.
When listening to the Lambda, the level of realism becomes much higher than listening something like the Mytek. The heft, dynamics, bass are all improved.
When listening to the Omega 2, anyway, the sound is more intense and darker, in a good way. Listening to the Omega 2 with the Metrum Hex, makes the Lambda sound slightly more washed out, by comparison. The Omega 2 enjoys strongly the tonal saturation the Hex has, and enjoy tremendously the 3D placement capabilities of the dac.
Also, the bass with the Omega 2 gains a lot compared to the Lambda. They hit very hard and suddenly, like they are already ‘there’ to hit. By comparison, the Lambda, when reproducing bass hits, sound like they are ‘running at you’ from a bigger distance, before actually hitting. It’s like a ramp, versus an impulse (with the Omega 2).
Bass is the only department where the Hex got exceeded by the Museatex Idat44m with Belkin Synapse Platinum coax digital cable. The Belkin synapse, brought to public attention by ‘Romy the Cat’ (who holds GoodSoundClub website), has as main characteristics a very powerful, super deep, textured and wide bass foundation, slight vocal recession.
With the Idat/Belkin configuration, the Omega 2 has an incredible bass response I found myself missing out partially with the Hex fed by the usb. I tried the Belkin on the Hex, and the difference got shortened was similar.
When using the Belkin, the Hex reminds me of a slightly more detailed Idat44. With the Usb, the Hex shows its best treble and instrument placement qualities in my system.
Comparing the Hex and the Idat44m, the Hex has better spatial capabilities, harmonic richness and widespread imaging, whereas the Idat accentuates more the central imaging. These observations are consistent both when the Hex is used with Usb, and when used with the Belkin cable (compared to the Idat, used with the Belkin).
Metrum Hex 2
Compared to the Eximus DP-1, the Hex offers a more realistic, powerful tone, symilarly lively imaging capabilities and details, better dynamics. The Eximus, while still very good and engaging, is quite a bit more standard and is not as ‘realistic’. Where the Eximus has slightly hotter upper midrange, the Hex midrange is uniformly prominent, and overall more linear and better integrated with bass and treble.
The Hex is the first no-compromise sounding dac I have come across, with the possible exception of the AMR DP-777 (which I hope to listen to more extensively, in the future). It betters the Octave in every way, as well as my ‘former favourite’ NOS dac, the Museatex Idat.
The stronger treble energy of the Hex (compared to both the Octave and the Idat) adapts very well to the Omega 2 with my KGSS-A amplifier. When using the Lambda’s, such difference is much less important. In fact, I might still have to try some good sounding silver cables (the Vh Audio for rca, or hunt around for some reliable high end XLR cables) to to extract a tiny bit more highs without screwing up the tonal balance, trying to overcome some limitations of my amplifier in taming the Omega 2 ‘fat’ qualities (they would rather deserve a Blue Hawaii SE or Srm-T2, but this is a different story).
I remember another reviewer calling the Hex like an “Octave on caffeine”. I quite like the definition. Anyway, at times the improvement and the wild dynamics are so wild that I would also describe it as “an Octave in need for exorcism”.
I would strongly advice towards buying it as the best sounding source I have come across in its price range. Other options could still be considered for several reasons, like the need of preamp functions (Eximus DP-1, AMR), or if in strong need of DSD reproduction, but the Hex gives really a lot for the money, if needing a pure DAC and not caring much for DSD. |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6337 | MCA : Dash Berlin 2012 @ Sepang.
Remember this picture?
Yeah it was from months back.
Sorry I've been busy ))):
Rave held by Music Conference Asia at Sepang International Circuit featuring Dash Berlin!
Oh yes, and thats him above haha. Didn't think he was that big of a size lol.
Got there around 10pm-ish and the place was mad packed.
Drunkards everywhere around, I thought it was gonna be havoc in a very bad way but thankfully we got our own cabanas. One thing about attending raves in Malaysia, cabanas are the way to go. Its safe, easy access to the restrooms and lots of space to move around. Dont have to worry about the rowdy crowd, breathing stuffy air and of course, B.O.
Shawn and I ; who just got back from Melbourne at that time.
Yanwei, who I've known since way back whennnn. How time flies!
Fankeh on my left.
Teddy bear Mr Abel and I.
Kit Meng and I ;
I had to wear two tags that night as I was running in and out!
Nigel and I ;
Tip : Light make up is a must for raving, you dont want to have panda eyes cause you're gonna be all sweaty and stuff. For example, my hair! It was already all greasy and sticking to my face -.-
Amanda and meeeeee.
The crowd and atmosphere was pumping.
People were all hyped up and exhilarated cause Dash Berlin finally started spinning, I guess everyone was waiting for him! Though I only managed to groove to few songs like 'Till the Sky Falls Down' and 'Waiting'.
The one and only Dash Berlin, the man himself pumping up the crowds vibe.
Everyone seem to be enjoying themselves a lot!
Sadly I only knew a few songs hahha.
Last but not least, we got a chance to meet Emma Hewitt.
Abel, Darryl, yours truly, Louis, Patrick Oliver and Emma Hewitt.
Had fun but was so exhausted from all that dancing huhu.
More posts coming up soon!
Till then, xx.
1 little note(s) ♡:
1. is that really Emma Hewitt? doesnt really look like her. If it is she gained some weight :O
All positive thoughts, comments and suggestions welcomed
Awards ♥ |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6354 | beach break
i watched you watch me from shore while i surfed the remnants of a dying swell, the midday sun and offshore wind a mix of hot and harsh i'd rather bear than face the alternative of you.
you waited alone, in the slight wide-legged stance i knew only to be yours, inviting in your reliably halfway attempt at reconciliation; a satisfied conscience your saving grace from the tyranny of absolute cowardice, thick like the salt on the air as it slapped at my face.
i wondered if you were sweaty through your long-sleeved shirt, and how long you'd wait before walking away. undoubtedly for good.
it was down to just a few waves an hour now, my face a burnt mix of sun and side-winds. still, you couldn't have paid me to ride one in. not this time.
soon, you disappeared slowly from sight, looking back as if in disbelief, not desire, as i stood my ground, firm in the water.
i wondered if you knew, too, that this shared moment of stubborn, unspoken indifference would be the one we'd remember, separately, as the last time you'd walk away from me. the first time i'd truly give up on all we'd hoped to be.
because this time, i'd rather float here, wind-burnt and waveless, than chase you like you want me to. follow you, forgive you, like i always do.
this time, the last time, i'll let you walk the beach alone.
i saw you see me from the water at sunset, standing there on shore with my board, probably praying i wouldn't paddle out to where you sat - your broad, sun-tanned back towards me, eyes hidden to the horizon below a flat-brimmed hat, like the one i bought you on your birthday some July a long time ago. back when you still pretended to care. and when i still half-believed your lies so that we might half-live your promises 'til death do us part - halfway, someday.
i watched you from the shore, waiting for you to wave, to wonder, to care enough to do something that might make me feel like i mattered. i had gotten used to waiting for things like that.
predictably, instead of something, you did nothing. you sat, electively blind to the shore, to me and the pressure of my waiting. now wasn't the right time to want you. forever wasn't looking much better. in not choosing, you chose. and that choice was never me.
so i turned toward the river mouth, faced the sun behind the steady clouds, and walked away from you. undoubtedly for good. and as i paddled out, i wondered if you knew, too, that i was doing the only thing i could never actually bring myself to do.
i wondered if you knew, too, that this was me, finally giving up on you. |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6355 | the difficult woman
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"of all of my women friends," Rocko, 40-years-old today, announced to the crowded table of mostly men I didn't know very well, all awash in the drowsy, grinning glow of an afternoon spent comemmorating their friend's fourth decade of life. i sat with them, smiling to the contrast in my weeks-long sobriety i had no intention of undoing, despite the constant pressure to the contrary coming at me from every direction; i found myself ironically unfitting among the colorful glass graveyard on the table, the place where birthday beer bottles go to die.
unsure how Rocko's proclamation would end up, especially knowing he was already halfway through his bottle of celebratory truth serum, i prepared my reaction for light flattery colored with the slight embarrassment of being so publicly honored for whatever he was about to say. after all, Rocko is one of my closest friends and confidants - complimentary kindness, and making you feel special and adored, virtually core to his very nature. qualities in a man this world could use a little more of.
"of all of my women friends," Rocko repeated, shifting his weight and holding onto the wooden chair so as not to fall over: "Tara is the most difficult woman of them all."
i watched eyes widen on the few friendly female faces sitting beside me at the table, moral support attempting to qualify his unexpected, uncomfortably uncomplimentary honesty. my demeanor took a moment to adjust to the circumstances of not hearing anything even slightly resembling the flattery i had emotionally and viscerally prepared for.
"...Tara is my favorite to surf with."
"...Tara is the most like the sister i never had."
"...Tara is the smartest, funniest, most awesomest, [insert desirable character trait here]..."
the array of possible other endings to Rocko's grand statement failed in attempt to drown his actual words into insignificance. instead, he went on, getting deeper into the specifics. i set the uneaten section of my smashed fried plantain back on the communal plate-o-meat, watching it soak up some grease from the chorizo.
there was absolutely no escaping it now.
"like, look," he spoke confidently, the rowdy crowd at the table suddenly all ears. "all of your friends are married, except for you," he laughed, directing his words towards me. at this point, i think my mouth was open.
"you're the most radical," he said, almost eloquently. "radical in the way you think, and how you are. see what i mean? you are a very difficult woman."
by now, shots had been poured and the group grew bored, on to the next topic of shared, celebratory interest, like where we should surf tomorrow, or when we should head to the reggae fest happening down the street; leaving me alone, stone-cold sober, with my thoughts.
Difficult woman, I repeated to myself, uncertain what to make of it. i knew Rocko meant no malintent in his words, and if i didn't respect him as my brother, i could have just brushed it off as debaucherous banter-babble and gone about my business.
instead, i thought about all the ways he was right. about how my beliefs and habits and ways of being might not always make me the easiest person to be around. i imagined what it might feel like being on the receiving end of me.
i empathized that it would get tedious trying to like me when i refuse to take a shot of chile-guaro, even when it's our friend's 40th birthday and everyone else is along for the ride, and there i am raining on everyone's party parade with the simple act of my sober presence in your otherwise festive encounter. that it must get old tolerating my critical perspective on everything from Christianity and real estate to eating GMO popcorn and watching Batman on TV. that i can't just throw my banana peel in the trash can instead of in the bushes so it goes back to the Earth where it belongs. that i don't simply translate your website into English without telling you your ethics on intellectual property need revisiting. that i won't just agree that your ex-best friend is an asshole without asking if her parents had a healthy, loving relationship during the formative years of her adolescence. i bet all of those things get really difficult to deal with a lot of the time.
and that it's probably downright irritating that despite the social pressure of being what i'm supposed to be, and doing what i'm supposed to do, i still keep saying no and choosing not to; and worse, i still keep showing up, every single moment, as me. and there i am, me doing me, no matter what.
i bet that makes me a difficult woman, indeed.
because i bet it makes the fact that you don't always show up as you a little more difficult to bear, too.
is that what it means to be a difficult woman? to be challenging in ways that aren't always comfortable? to hold a mirror up to the parts of you you've swept under the rug and don't necessarily like all that much?
former love interests have described me in ways that justify their not wanting to love me anymore.
often, i don't blame them.
because often, being me is even difficult for me.
and i wish i didn't have to make everything such a thing all the time.
and i wish i could just do what everyone else does and close my eyes and forget about it.
and i wish i were easy.
...but then i realize, fortunately/unfortunately, i'm not. easy.
and, in fact, i've worked hard not to be.
and i realize that most of the people i admire aren't so easy either. and, in fact, they've probably been called 'difficult' a time or two, too. and the truth is, i love them for the strength in their authenticity, for the power of their vulnerability, for the brilliant glow of their light despite life and all of its lessons. and in my admiration, i realize that the difficult woman i love in them, is actually the very same difficult woman you see in me.
and embracing her as a vital part of me - the part that challenges me to live in integrity with my values, to inspire others to celebrate their own authenticity and special ways of being in the world - i realize that the difficult woman is actually a lot of what i love about me.
and i think, when you think about it, that the difficult woman is a lot of what you love about me, too.
...because i have this theory, that me doing me, no matter what, makes it a little more okay for you to do you, no matter what, too.
the difficult woman?
you bet, that's me.
the difficult woman,
right down to the T.
so 40-years wise in the drunken depths of truth and authenticity, i thank you, my brother Rocko, for honoring the difficult woman in me, and for lifting her veil of shame for all to see. for the gift of embracing the parts of me i don't always find easy to love, but whose lessons of integrity i wouldn't dare live without.
...for reminding me that, often, our hardest-to-hear messages are our greatest gifts of all. |
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It’s been a long and winding road for Tumblr, the blogging site that launched a thousand writing careers. It sold to Yahoo for $1.1 billion in 2013, then withered as Yahoo sold itself to AOL, AOL sold itself to Verizon, and Verizon realized it was a phone company after all. Through all that, the site’s fierce community hung on: it’s still Taylor Swift’s go-to social media platform, and fandoms of all kinds have homes there. Verizon sold Tumblr for a reported $3 million this week, a far cry from the billion-dollar valuation it once had. But to Verizon’s credit, it chose to sell Tumblr to Automattic, the company behind WordPress, the publishing platform that runs some 34 percent of the world’s websites. Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg thinks the future of Tumblr is bright. He wants the platform to bring back the best of old-school blogging, reinvented for mobile and connected to Tumblr’s still-vibrant community, and he’s retaining all 200 Tumblr employees to build that future. It’s the most exciting vision for Tumblr in years. Matt joined Verge reporter Julia Alexander and me on a special Vergecast interview episode to chat about the deal, how it came together, what Automattic’s plans for Tumblr look like, and whether Tumblr might become an open-source project, like WordPress itself. (“That would be pretty cool,” said Matt.) Oh, and that porn ban.
Apache: Self Assessment and Security
• The Apache® Software Foundation Announces Annual Report for 2019 Fiscal Year
The Apache® Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today the availability of the annual report for its 2019 fiscal year, which ended 30 April 2019.
• Open Source at the ASF: A Year in Numbers
332 active projects, 71 million lines of code changed, 7,000+ committers… The Apache Software Foundation has published its annual report for fiscal 2019. The hub of a sprawling, influential open source community, the ASF remains in rude good health, despite challenges this year including the need for “an outsized amount of effort” dealing with trademark infringements, and “some in the tech industry trying to exploit the goodwill earned by the larger Open Source community.” [...] The ASF names 10 “platinum” sponsors: AWS, Cloudera, Comcast, Facebook, Google, LeaseWeb, Microsoft, the Pineapple Fund, Tencent Cloud, and Verizon Media
• Apache Software Foundation Is Worth $20 Billion
Yes, Apache is worth $20 billion by its own valuation of the software it offers for free. But what price can you realistically put on open source code? If you only know the name Apache in connection with the web server then you are missing out on some interesting software. The Apache Software Foundation ASF, grew out of the Apache HTTP Server project in 1999 with the aim of furthering open source software. It provides a licence, the Apache licence, a decentralized governance and requires projects to be licensed to the ASF so that it can protect the intellectual property rights.
• Apache Security Advisories Red Flag Wrong Versions in Patching Gaffe
Researchers have pinpointed errors in two dozen Apache Struts security advisories, which warn users of vulnerabilities in the popular open-source web app development framework. They say that the security advisories listed incorrect versions impacted by the vulnerabilities. The concern from this research is that security administrators in companies using the actual impacted versions would incorrectly think that their versions weren’t affected – and would thus refrain from applying patches, said researchers with Synopsys who made the discovery, Thursday. “The real question here from this research is whether there remain unpatched versions of the newly disclosed versions in production scenarios,” Tim Mackey, principal security strategist for the Cybersecurity Research Center at Synopsys, told Threatpost. “In all cases, the Struts community had already issued patches for the vulnerabilities so the patches exist, it’s just a question of applying them.”
Google and Android Code
• Google releases source code for I/O 2019 app with Android Q gesture nav, dark theme
The Google I/O companion app for Android often takes advantage of the latest design stylings and OS features. It demoed Android Q’s gesture navigation and dark theme this year, with the company today releasing the I/O 2019 source code.
• Introducing Coil, an open-source Android image loading library backed by Kotlin Coroutines
Yesterday, Colin White, a Senior Android Engineer at Instacart, introduced Coroutine Image Loader (Coil). It is a fast, lightweight, and modern image loading library for Android backed by Kotlin.
• Google open-sources Live Transcribe’s speech engine
Google today open-sourced the speech engine that powers its Android speech recognition transcription tool Live Transcribe. The company hopes doing so will let any developer deliver captions for long-form conversations. The source code is available now on GitHub. Google released Live Transcribe in February. The tool uses machine learning algorithms to turn audio into real-time captions. Unlike Android’s upcoming Live Caption feature, Live Transcribe is a full-screen experience, uses your smartphone’s microphone (or an external microphone), and relies on the Google Cloud Speech API. Live Transcribe can caption real-time spoken words in over 70 languages and dialects. You can also type back into it — Live Transcribe is really a communication tool. The other main difference: Live Transcribe is available on 1.8 billion Android devices. (When Live Caption arrives later this year, it will only work on select Android Q devices.) |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6406 | Strengths And Weaknesses Of Cue-Dependant Forgetting Theory
Cue-Dependant Forgetting TheoryRepossession due to the absence of cues is called cue-dependent forgetting. Cue-dependent forgetting is the failure of information without memory cues. This term is all about semantic cues and stage cues. In order to search a file in a computer cue-dependent forgetting theory can be applied. Here, the professional writers of cheap essay writing services will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of cue-dependent forgetting theory.
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The main weakness of this theory is ecological validity. According to modern research, the cue-dependent theory is based on laborite system. It is all about the lacks of ecological validity. Most studies do not increase and improve memory level. However, it could be argued that evidence is weakening due to the lacks of validity. The practical application is another most important weakness of the theory. This belongs to the most important structure of the cue-dependent forgetting theory. Practical application in this theory is very helpful because it provides regulate and forensic work in order to recall and remember the eyewitnesses. The main meaning of this theory is to give a real-world practice. It is not a complete explanation of the memories. For example, flashbulb and happy memories are better than sad memories. Most potent practical application is very useful, because, it gives the photo identification of the perpetrators of crimes. However, the most important thing about the selection of this theory can be considered important and beneficial. According to modern research, context-dependent can be considered dependent on the situation. Most memory retrieval can be facilities through the context of the memory. Most state dependent cues can be governed by the state of mind; therefore, this is very beneficial for the forgetting theory.
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The Blackberry Application web-based application use to create web pages that enable users to install applications directly on a Blackberry device. When a user accesses a web page that uses the Blackberry Application Web Loader and accepts the permission prompt, the web page installs the Blackberry Application Web Browser on the computer. In the The Blackberry Application uses the .jad and .cod files stored on the web server to install an application on a Blackberry device.
The Blackberry Solution is used to access mobile email and personal information. Also other of the self applications are also used. But the development Blackberr software for the solution of Blackberry. Also Blackberry application, for assistance if issues arise. For advice on developing on the J2ME platform. BlackBerry platform because it was too Enterprise-focused for your applications, it might be time to specifically target the BlackBerry.
Blackberry has gained a toehold into the extremely competitive consumer smart phone market. BlackBerry applications are much like building Java Swing applications. The same general concepts apply, but there also are some very interesting differences, from how list controls work all the way up to how you support multiple entry points in an application. Blackberry developers to work with the .NET programming to create wireless applications for Blackberry devices. It will be integrated the best Blackberry Mobile System. BlackBerry Java Development Environment (JDE allows you to develop, debug, and test Blackberry applications. |
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I decided to make a 列表 a crap I hate (IDk if some of this will be offensive 或者 not, but I just need to get a few of these things off my chest)
-Abusers/Racism (kinda in one)
I hate animal/human abusers who feel like "tough" just for hurting others different 或者 smaller than they are.
-Sexism (of both sides)
The part I really hate about this is when they act like guys NEVER get abused. Abuse happens in both genders, yet it seems like the world only pays attention to the girl side and not BOTH. Not fair. Just cuz I'm not a girl don't mean I've never been abused 或者 hated on ect.
I'm nice person,...
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This 鸭 walks into a convenience store and asks the clerk, "Do 你 have any grapes?" The clerk says no, and the 鸭 leaves.
The 下一个 day, the 鸭 returns and asks, "Do 你 have any grapes?" The clerk again says no, and the 鸭 leaves.
The 日 after that, the 鸭 walks in the store again and asks "Do 你 have any grapes?" The clerk screams at the duck, "You've come in here the past two days and asked if we had any grapes. I told 你 no every time that we don't have any grapes! I swear if 你 come back in here again, and ask for grapes, I'll nail your webbed feet to the floor!!"
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1) Lean over them when there asleep and sing a lullaby really loud and out of tune.
2) Every five 分钟 yell "The aliens are coming!"
3) Choose a specifice piece of cutlery (eg. a fork) and stare accusingly at that item every time 你 see it.
4) Buy face paints and paint their face when there asleep. Try doing something the person is afriad of. (eg. clown, zombie)
5) Announce that 你 are actually a secret agent, spying on somone who lives in your house.
6) Call your house number and announce that 你 are going on strike. If they ask for a reason, hang up. Caution: Make sure 你 dont get a wrong number!!
7) Put ice cubes in everyone's warm drink.
8) Every time they speak interrupt them with "Curiosity killed the cat."
9) Set alarms on your mobile/cell phone that go off every 10 minutes.
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people on 随意 are the dumbest persons in life they are very disappointed ,they are 迷失 everywhere ,they forget freedom is just another life ,and they are depressed and don't get a life
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my opinion on friendship is 你 have to have a friend for starters. but what 你 also need is a person who is kind, caring, supportive, trustworthy, and theres alot of other things, and ohh not to forget a person who isnt rude to you. wannna no why im bringing the last thing on my 列表 up its because thats whats going on to me. my name is alesse and my so called 老友记 name is madison. well ever since january shes been runing me down, letting her anger out on me, and talking behind my back. i dont wanna friend like that. so i did some investigating and nothing wrong is going on in her life....
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Irk, a planet in the Xeno Galaxy, just north of Rigel 7, is 首页 to a species of aliens known as the Irkens. Irkens are a somewhat small alien species with sensitive green skin, well-developed brains, and itchy trigger fingers. They have come to be known as many things including "Galactic Terrorists", "Scourge of the Galaxy", "Irken Mafia", "Dick Cheney Worshippers", "Alien Roach Farm", "The Green Communists", "Oppressors", "Ultra Right-Wing Bantha Fodder", "Republican Scum", and "Moronic Aliens Who Think That Watching Dubya Make An 屁股 Of Himself On National 电视 Is 更多 Entertaining...
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1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue.
A skunk's smell can be detected 由 a human a mile away.
The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word 你 want.
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- Bark like an angry dog at people in the 街, 街道 或者 shopping center !
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- Make up crazy facts about 随意 things and tell them to strangers as though 你 are very smart.
- Make sound effects for everyday actions !
- Out of nowhere, 或者 when it is quiet,...
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Nappa stops in mid-air.
Nappa: Vegeta!
Vegeta: What is it, Nappa!?
Nappa: I can fly.
Vegeta: (stammering) ...Yes, Nappa, yes 你 can.
Vegeta: Nappa, what are 你 doing?
Nappa: It's his turn, Vegeta. I have to wait for him.
Vegeta: Wha... I... uh... (nose starts to bleed)
Nappa: 你 okay, Vegeta?
Vegeta: Yes... just... just having an aneurysm out of sheer stupidity.
Nappa: Wow. (beat) Didn't think 你 were that stupid, Vegeta.
Vegeta: (loudly screams out of frustration) I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS!! I WILL NOT BE HUMILIATED 由 A LOW-CLASS WRETCH!!!
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I sew this space together.
I have crisscrossed the galaxy and ended some dozen interstellar wars,
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I have picnicked in the rainclouds of Venus. I dug a cave on Pluto after she was demoted and slept next to her small curved belly
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Never in my travels through this rich chilly darkness have I seen her kind.
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You have enticed me to stay but instead I see to it she gets free
and will breathe the fertile darkness. I know the deep breaths of planets. I have heard
the hearts beating and I know how they can be free.
Natalie Korman’s poems have appeared in Willows Wept Review, The Wanderlust Review, Mouse Tales Press, A Handful of Stones, and Echoes, a magazine of Barnard College. She lives in Northern California. |
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The story of King Michael: Totalitarian wolves against the Carpathian shepherd
Just a few days before Christmas, despite the icy weather in Bucharest, hundreds of thousands of people gathered together to mourn the death of King Michael of Romania (1921-2017). Prince Charles of Wales, as well as King Juan Carlos of Spain, attended the funeral of one of the last Eastern Orthodox monarchs in the world. Many revered him as a dignified statesman, who witnessed the destruction of old Europe under Hitler and Stalin, the tumultuous unfolding of the Cold War, as well as the post-1989 rebirth of democratic institutions in his native region.
Though relatively unknown to the broader public in the West, King Michael’s life was nothing short of extraordinary. In 1927, his father left the throne to pursue a romantic adventure with a larger than life mistress, Elena Lupescu (1895-1977). The royal families in Europe sanctioned this betrayal of the marriage vows, which the astute and yet amoral Prince Carol II had spoken before the youthful Princess Helen of Greece and Denmark (1896-1982). Those were the days when ordinary people saw the open practice of adultery as unacceptable for a sovereign exercising the highest office in the country. As a consequence, Carol II resigned and Michael was made King of Romania at the age of six. While still very young, he saw his mother exiled to Italy, after his father made a shameless return to power through a coup d’état.
Tormented by self-doubt and shocked by the sexual profligacy of King Carol II, the young Michael grew up as a silent, shy, and earnest teenager. His mother introduced him to the spiritual riches of Eastern Orthodoxy. This attachment to Christianity grew stronger after he took some private classes with the maverick historian of Byzantium, Professor Nicolae Iorga (1871-1940) of the University of Bucharest. Later, Michael acquired a taste for the military uniform, while developing a real passion for planes and American cars.
Sandwiched between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Empire, interwar Romania tried very hard to maintain its traditional democratic allegiance towards Great Britain and the United States of America. In the early 1930s, Europe witnessed the rise of tribal nationalism, led by populist parties dissatisfied with parliamentary rule. Influential thinkers such as Carl Schmitt theorized the importance of political voluntarism, by which he meant the promotion of an “all-knowing leader,” who had a “direct connection” to the “soul of the nation.”
King Michael in 1947
King Michael in 1947
To his surprise, Michael discovered that many public intellectuals in Romania, as well as ordinary people, invested great emotional capital in the false promises of various political messiahs. Bigoted demagogues and rabid anti-Semites, such as Corneliu Codreanu (1899-1938), were able to win many votes by promising swift delivery from the corrupt affairs of the political establishment. On September 6, 1940, the fascistic organization Iron Guard became the ruling party in Romania, under the strict command of General Ion Antonescu (1882-1946).
It was in this context that King Michael and the Queen-Mother Helen did their best to save as many Jewish lives as possible, by asking the German ambassador Manfred von Killinger (1886-1944) to stop all deportations to Transnistria. Because of their intervention, medical aid, food, and clothing were made available to those already put in the concentration camps. This is why Yad Vashem recognized King Michael’s mother as a "righteous among the nations," stating that “she saved the lives of thousands of Jews,” including orphans sentenced to death by the SS officer Adolf Eichmann (1906-1962).
In ways similar to Greece, Italy, or Portugal, Romania was an agrarian society. To understand the traditional peasants’ attitude towards history, we should perhaps digress by explaining the gist of a compelling myth, widely disseminated in the Balkans’ folklore.
In ways similar to Greece, Italy, or Portugal, Romania was an agrarian society. To understand the traditional peasants’ attitude towards history, we should perhaps digress by explaining the gist of a compelling myth, widely disseminated in the Balkans’ folklore. Once upon a time, a young shepherd lived near a low foothill, at Heaven’s doorsill. The main character owned horses of a rare breed and fierce hounds, protecting his flock (but not necessarily himself). The shepherd was wealthier than his comrades. Envy kicked in, and the ruthless competitors plotted to kill the gifted one. Instead of putting up any form of resistance, the shepherd decided to recast the experience of death in terms of marriage with his own destiny.
Is this a Stoic appropriation of amor fati? We don’t really know. The Romanian shepherd believes that his physical annihilation does not bring an end to life but instead introduces a new, other-worldly dimension in which his soul and the stars celebrate a cosmic wedding. This Gandhi-like appreciation for non-violent behavior has often translated into a collective sense of resignation, melancholy, and powerlessness, especially among the ordinary people.
To some extent, the story of the lonely shepherd is an allegory of King Michael’s minimal use of power as the sovereign of a Christian nation. Confronted with the German economic takeover of its natural resources, as well as with the Soviet invasion of its historical territory (the province of Greater Moldova, established by Stephen the Great by mid-fifteenth century), Romania accepted its unhappy fate. From 1941 to 1944, King Michael was forced to swallow Adolf Hitler’s alliance with the fascist dictator General Ion Antonescu, while from August 1944 to December 1947, the same King Michael consented to the ruthless Bolshevik appropriation of a defenseless country.
Bullied by the Soviets and abandoned by his Western allies, King Michael wasn’t able to save the rule of law or any other democratic institution. Despite all the humiliations inflicted by Stalin’s wartime diplomat, Andrey Vyshinsky (1883-1954), what King Michael managed to rescue was the symbol of the Crown, equated with the notions of honor and dignity.
On January 3, 1948, he left Romania and settled in Switzerland. There, he reinvented himself as a loyal husband to Queen Anna and father of five daughters, for whom he raised chickens on a domestic farm. King Michael’s painful exile was accompanied by the disappearence of all previous forms of public recognition. While still in his prime years, King Michael accepted a very humble life, being deprived of any social gratification. We may assume that Christ’s self-emptying life, so powerfully described by St. Paul as kenosis, helped the former monarch understand that the ultimate prestige of a true king is to care for others, without being noticed, praised or rewarded for work done in the cause of selfless love.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6530 | For Publishers, Header Bidding Discrepancies Can Outweigh Revenue Lift
jamescurran-updatedThe Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community.
Today’s column is written by James Curran, CEO and founder at STAQ.
When I heard about the “cable wars” of the major investment banks in order to minimize latency, I completely understood. They wanted to make their fiber-cable connection to the servers as short as possible to gain an advantage during trading.
Latency is a big deal for publishers, too. But here’s the problem: Many of Goldman Sachs’ individual trades are larger than an entire year’s revenue for a single publisher. Yet digital publishers must take as much care as Goldman to minimize latency.
Header bidding is the latest latency culprit that publishers must contend with. Many publishers are painfully aware of the latency that header bidding causes. However, I find that publishers are looking at header bidding latency only as a user experience killer.
There is another issue that matters just as much: impression discrepancy. If not managed correctly, impression discrepancies may cause header bidding to lose money for publishers.
The Ecosystem Strikes Again
Publishers need to create a more realistic calculation of header bidding revenue by factoring discrepancies into their line-item valuations. Some header bidding solutions can cause up to a 50% discrepancy between the publisher ad server impression reports and the impression reports from the programmatic partner. That means a $2 CPM is really a $1 CPM once you account for the adjustments made by the exchange for viewability, verification and performance tracking.
The discrepancy is so large because when there is an impression call, it must go through many partners, each with its own verification method and standard. Each auction participant, including the supply-side platform (SSP), demand-side platform and exchange, verifies the impression and conducts audits to eliminate fraud, bots and double counting before posting official stats during billing and payout.
Each step is done for a good reason, but they add up to a very difficult process for operations teams across the ecosystem. It can be described as an auction where someone bids and wins an item on the auction floor during the sale, but at the end of the day is only willing to pay 85% of the bid when seeing the item up close.
Publishers can control for some of this by working directly with verification companies to identify and cleanse their traffic sources and edit their placements for the highest viewable metrics. If individual programmatic partners are particularly slow in their impression response from their bid, they should be made aware because it could be a technical issue that can be fixed.
Yet even the most stringent quality management can’t eliminate discrepancies that threaten the value of header bidding. Even the best-managed sites can expect discrepancies between 20% and 30%. That’s significant.
Factoring Discrepancies Into Each Bid
Publishers cannot control for discrepancies entirely, but they can factor the discrepancies they see for each partner into the value they assign for that partner. If one SSP regularly shows 20% discrepancies, their $1 “bid bucket” should be recalibrated as $0.80.
Managing header bidding discrepancies, like much of digital ad tech, is complex and time consuming. In order to make these changes, publishers need to recalibrate hundreds if not thousands of line items, which makes header bidding just as manual as a waterfall setup. This manual labor is another costly factor that publishers must include when determining the value of header bidding.
Accounting for discrepancies is a good idea. Not only does it create a more accurate scenario for publishers, it puts pressure on the industry to decrease discrepancies. Partners that often win bids based on a high initial CPM might see volume decrease after they are recalibrated. That’s a good thing. If enough publishers make the effort to accurately account for these gaps, they gain some control over the pricing and bidding that’s happening on their own properties. They might even nudge the market into adopting more transparent standards for reporting, data scrubbing and quality metrics.
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1. "Some header bidding solutions can cause up to a 50% discrepancy between the publisher ad server impression reports and the impression reports from the programmatic partner." - where did that 50% number come from?
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OpenCV provides 2 methods for inpainting:
• INPAINT_NS - Navier-Stokes based method.
• INPAINT_TELEA - Method by Alexandru Telea
I have a few questions about the lacking docs:
1. What are the relative trade-offs between the two?
2. Is there a reference for the Navier-Stokes paper?
3. Which of the algorithms is generally faster?
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The Navier-Stokes paper was found online at with a quick DuckDuckGo search. Bertozzi is one of the authors.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6595 | Share your experiences on exploring iOS 9 with us..
Whether you found hidden or little-known feature of iOS 9 or can explain how a big feature makes a difference, we're looking for objective reports of how the new OS affects your workflow.
Also provide details on how to achieve that feature, and if possible, include a relevant image too (hold Home and Lock for a screenshot on your iOS device).
Please post one tip per answer. Please also check to see if your answer has already been posted - duplicate answers will be deleted in favour of the original answer on any given topic. To search answers for this question use inquestion:207004 (or inquestion:this, directly from the question page) in addition to your search terms in the search box in the upper right hand corner of this page.
• This is the continuation of this question: apple.stackexchange.com/questions/145371/… – Josh Newman Sep 22 '15 at 21:10
• FYI Wikipedia has a great list already: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_version_history#iOS_9 – Steve Moser Sep 24 '15 at 15:39
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This question violates the guidelines. Please flag to close as "opinion based". The proper way to get all these tips into Apple Stack Exchange is to ask and then answer (even if yourself answers) a specific question like, "How do I do trick X?" then tag the question iOS 9. – Jeff Sep 25 '15 at 12:58
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@Jeff there is a tradition of big, super wiki Q&As like this on Ask Different for every major iOS and OS X release. We've discussed time and again killing them but the community has spoken and they enjoy the tradition as much as the information gathering at this point. – Ian C. Sep 27 '15 at 18:42
• @IanC. Ah! OK! I had no idea. "Ask Different" indeed. I won't flag these again. – Jeff Sep 28 '15 at 18:13
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Search in Settings
This one is a total painkiller! It was always a mess trying to find that specific setting and now all you need to do is type in.
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I think they finally alphabetized the app list in Settings, as well? – wTyeRogers Sep 25 '15 at 6:06
• @wTyeRogers The list was always alphabetised, since its introduction in iPhone OS 2. – grg Sep 27 '15 at 19:16
A button to go back to the last app you were in
Any time you're in one app and then suddenly you're in another app, without going through the Home screen or the App Switcher (such as if you tap on a push notification, or if an app deliberately sends you to another app like Facebook opening Messenger), you'll get a Back button.
Back button
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Saddened to discover that —apparently— this only works one layer deep. Beyond one app switch, it goes away. – wTyeRogers Sep 25 '15 at 6:01
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I love this feature but have found it a pain as it is a rather small button! – L.B. Sep 27 '15 at 14:02
Low Power Mode
This feature is also another big deal in terms of usability. More often than you would expect, the iPhone starts to drain battery like there's no tomorrow. In those situations that you still need it alive (for an emergency call, etc), the Low Power Mode will get you to shore.
What it does is stop any background requests like Mail fetch, Push Notifications, Apps Background Refresh, etc and also visual effects (as if Reduced Motion was on).
• Was the Battery Usage section present before iOS 9? I had been wishing for that ever since switching from Android. Super useful. – wTyeRogers Sep 25 '15 at 6:05
• @wTyeRogers It was. I got quite a bit of use out of it too! – Dason Sep 25 '15 at 12:20
• I guess this an iPhone only feature, as I don't have it on my iPod. – Spotlight Sep 26 '15 at 14:07
Spotlight quick conversions and calculations
You can now do a quick calculation on the Spotlight menu, just the basic stuff though. No square roots i.e.
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Last time I went hiking/camping, I needed a conversion for fluids. Apparently the feature you mentioned is available offline / in airplane mode - perfect! – wTyeRogers Sep 25 '15 at 5:59
Siri Integrations
For me, and for everyone in general I guess, the big reason to update to iOS 9 comes in the form of a Siri request. Siri got a lot smarter from the previous iOS (she is still a bit stupid, but lets cut her some slack).
Siri now as access to almost all the information stored on our devices. For instance, if you receive an email with a phone number on its signature and later on you receive a phone call form that number, Siri will make an educated guess and suggest that the person calling you is the same from that email signature.
As for me, the major leap in terms of Siri usage for automate things and really getting things done more easily is the ability to ask her to remind you of anything, anywhere on the OS in the most natural way.
As you can see in the image, I asked her to remind me of what I was seeing on Safari when I got to work. She created a reminder with that action attached to it.
New San Francisco Font
My favorite part of iOS 9 is the new San Francisco font. It really makes iOS 9 seem a lot newer and different than iOS 8. I think it looks way better than the old font.
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Ugh. I think the kerning is awful and it just looks...unfinished. – Lunatik Sep 23 '15 at 8:49
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In case anyone is wondering, the old font is Helvetica Neue in iOS 8. – Alex Sep 23 '15 at 22:17
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They oughta rename the iOS 8 font to Helvetica Olde ;) – wTyeRogers Sep 25 '15 at 6:08
When typing with the keyboard, you can convert it to a trackpad by placing two fingers on the screen anywhere inside the keyboard. The keys will turn dark gray, losing all letters and numbers. You can move the cursor by dragging both fingers across the screen, lifting your fingers when the cursor has reached its destination. enter image description here
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Looks like this is only applicable to iPad. Nice to know, though :) – Sean Allred Sep 26 '15 at 13:21
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@SeanAllred According to Wikipedia, "A 'deep press' (3D touch) on the keyboard will convert the keyboard to a track pad to move the cursor and make it easier to manipulate text. (Only for 6s and 6s+)" – MrWhite Sep 27 '15 at 22:36
• I had no idea this tool exists! I can only get it to work part of the time, but that may be because my iPad2 is 4 years old and doesn't like iOS 9! I definitely recommend trying it. – Sue Oct 21 '15 at 16:25
Small tweaks to the “Photos” app.
For me, the fact that the “Photos” app has some seemingly minor—but noticeable—kinks worked out has been great. Most notably, now you can swipe across a grid of images to select multiple images instead of having to select each image one by one.
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Also, there is now a “Screenshots” album which seems to be a “smart” album that only shows up when you take a screenshot. But unlike other albums where deleting an image in an album only removes it from the album, the “Screenshots” lets you delete screenshots completely from your device.
This is a quite nice way of dividing up content that makes it easier to manage screenshots when mixed in the context of “normal” photos.
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And past that the order of images when viewing via “Photos” or via “Albums” is now exactly the same.
Prior to iOS 9, if you viewed photos in the “Albums” view it would be oldest to newest from left to right, but in “Photos” it would oddly be newest to oldest from left to right.
Now with iOS 9, both “Photos” and “Albums” show oldest to newest from left to right.
Battery Widget in Notification Center
If you use your iDevice with a pair of bluetooth headphones or you have an Apple Watch, this widget might come in handy.
It basically lists the battery levels of every peripheral connected to the device.
Detected audio connection
In iOS 9 everytime you connect your headphones to the device, it will automatically show you a shortcut for the last used app with audio output (Music App, Spotify, Audible, etc).
If you are on the lock screen, it will show up on the low left side and if you are multitasking it will appear right at the bottom of the screen.
This is actually another great feature in terms of productivity: when you have a Handoff capable app opened on 2 devices, the handoff shortcut on the iPhone is now always visible at the bottom of the Multitask Screen (whereas on iOS 8 it was at the very left end of the opened apps slider).
Spotlight search integration with installed apps
Developers can now take advantage of Spotlight search to ease overall search on iOS 9. In this example: Citymapper showing recent searches I made in the app for Lisbon
Something that hasn't been mentioned yet is the ability to block advertisements. This is useful for many reasons:
1. First and foremost, ads can give you malware. While this isn't as prevalent on mobile devices, incidents have occured of advertisements on websites giving the user malware, even on high-profile sites like Forbes. studies have shown that ads are 182 times more likely to give you malware than porn websites.
2. Ads slow down the page load and cost you time, sometimes even scrolling the page in your place because an ad that's loading shifts content up or down.
3. Downloading ads costs bandwidth. It has been estimated that ads can take up close to 40% of the bandwidth of a page you're downloading. For mobile users with a limited cap, this can be particularly impactful.
4. Ads tend to be obnoxious, with autoplay videos, autoplay sound, wildly moving images, pop-ups, pop-unders, ads expanding to fill the page, gaming ads that are just images of big titties with a "play now" button,... People have been sent to detention because their mobile phone suddenly started playing a video ad while their phone was in sleep mode. I personally once got a 21 minute ad on a 16 minute video on Youtube.
Now, Apple didn't just add an adblocker into ios 9, but they added the option to block certain content. https://www.hackingwithswift.com/safari-content-blocking-ios9-install explains how to install the most popular one on the market.
• Something that has been even less mentioned is that the adblock feature is not available on devices that are more than 2 years old. My iPad 4v2 doesn't get it, you need iPad Air and up (as reported by all the adblock app reqs I've looked at). Meanwhile, iOS 9 has significantly slowed it down, to very little benefit. And I suspect free mem has come down because Chrome is constantly shutting down. – JL Peyret Oct 27 '15 at 17:05
Double-click the home button while in sleep mode for Apple Pay
(For iPhone 6 and later)
You no longer have to wait for the NFC reader to wake up the phone, or manually navigate to the Passbook/Wallet app, to prepare the phone for an Apple Pay authorization.
Simply take the phone out of your pocket and double-click the home button. You can then authorize immediately, or select a card first if you have multiple cards loaded into Apple Pay.
• Don't you mean double touch? – Jonathan. Sep 23 '15 at 23:07
• @Jonathan. Nope. Touching the home button does nothing when the phone is sleeping. – NReilingh Sep 23 '15 at 23:09
• Rolled back an edit: see Apple Style Guide bottom of page 49. Double-click is the proper usage for the home button. – NReilingh Sep 25 '15 at 6:25
Siri No Longer Beeps
The traditional "ding ding" sound that is played when Siri is instantiated has moved to a silent and succinct vibration. This effectively does away with times where Siri would audibly start when sitting on the phone (and inadvertently pushing the home button), or during presentations.
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This only works with devices with a rumble motor tho, i.e. not the iPad or iPod – Milo Sep 28 '15 at 6:45
Ability to choose video resolution and frame rate
A pretty great thing in iOS 9 is the added ability to change the resolution and frame rate in videos that one shoots.
Just go to Settings -> Photos & Camera -> Record Video. The higher the resolution and frame rate, the better the video looks, but the more space it takes up. Those with 8 and 16 GB iDevices should be especially happy about this one.
• You could do that in iOS 8. idownloadblog.com/2014/11/05/… – Steve Moser Sep 23 '15 at 2:52
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@SteveMoser Sure, but only to some extent on the very latest iPhones, not every iPhone. – RedEagle2000 Sep 23 '15 at 2:55
• I couldn't choose 720p with the default camera. (iPhone 6) – DDPWNAGE Sep 25 '15 at 4:49
Keyboard now displays lowercase
When pushing the shift keys the keyboard keys update their appearance according to Uppercase/Lowercase.
This is one of the things that makes the keyboard more coherent this also increase the affordance of the keyboard.
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The podcast app actually works.
After 5 years, I recently replaced my iPod touch (I broke it) and was appalled to find that, under iOS 8, the podcast app was as useful as a chocolate teapot. How something that broken could make it out into the wild is beyond my comprehension. I use the iPod mainly for podcasts so this was a real show-stopper for me.
I was just about to send it back when I heard that version 9 was about to be released. I'll be keeping the iPod.
• It does seem to be better but still duplicates on sync from iTunes however a new phone does seem to be OK after 3 weeks) – Mark Dec 15 '15 at 19:48
Pinch to zoom during video playback in photos.app. Even on videos not recorded originally in iOS9
I have ~500 passwords saved in the iCloud keychain and I don't have this keychain configured in non-personal devices. iOS 9 allows you to search the saved Safari passwords in the Settings App through this path: Settings app > Safari > Passwords There, in the search bar, I would just search for the webpage I'm looking for the password, it will give you both user id and password.
You can now share/download/save voicemail messages as m4a audio files:
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via: https://twitter.com/bradleychambers/status/656095367562436608
Before I knew that iPhone 6s and 6s Plus users could 3D Swipe from the left edge of the screen to go back an app.
TIL that 3D Touch also enables iPhone 6s and 6s Plus users to press the left side of the Home screen to switch to multitasking view.
Newer iPhones on specific carriers can now place and receive calls securely through your carrier using your Wi-Fi connection instead of cellular radio.
This is particularly useful when roaming to avoid long distance charges in certain circumstances (carrier dependent) and most useful if you are in a location with no or poor cellular reception but decent Wi-Fi. A 1 hour call equals approx. 75mb of data transfer. More details here.
T-Mobile even takes it one step further allowing you to pair another Apple device to your phone and make calls from an iPad, iPod Touch, Mac or even Apple Watch. It doesn’t even require your iPhone to be nearby or even on!
When you receive a call from a number that is not in your contacts (address book), it searches through phone numbers it has parsed from received email signatures and the incoming call notification will suggest that it "maybe" is that person calling:
Image credit and further reading here: http://venturebeat.com/2015/09/16/ios-9-tells-you-who-that-unknown-caller-is/
For the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus (the iPhones that support 3D touch), many of the app icons support "Quick Actions". For example, the below screenshot shows a list of quick actions available when pressing on the Camera app.
Most of the Apple apps seem to support this already, as well as several third party apps.
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Offline diction is available on the iPhone 6s and 6s plus. Go to Settings > “General” > “Keyboard” > “Dictation” to find the setting.
In the new iOS 9.3 beta: Blue Light Reduction(Night Mode). It is incredible to not be blinded by your phone at night. You can set it to go on and off at sunset and sunrise. It is so nice to finally have this as part of the OS.
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The Big One, in 3-D
A San Diego State-led group simulates San Andreas earthquakes in three dimensions.
Snapshots from linear (left) and nonlinear (right) simulations showing wave propagation during a magnitude 7.7 earthquake rupturing the San Andreas fault from southeast to northwest. Depicted here: intensity of shaking (red-blue) and permanent ground deformation (green, nonlinear only). The jagged lines at center represents a seismogram reading near San Bernardino. Plastic deformation reduces the intensity of shaking in the San Bernardino valley; the nonlinear simulation allows a more accurate ground-motion prediction than the linear.
Early on a Sunday in June 1992, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake near the San Andreas fault shook Southern California. It leveled homes, sparked fires, cracked roads and caused one death. Its tremors reached Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado and Idaho.
Named the Landers earthquake after a Mojave Desert community near the epicenter, the event was a strike-slip quake, the kind that occurs when massive plates of Earth’s lithosphere push and slide horizontally against each other kilometers below the surface. It was the strongest earthquake in the contiguous 48 United States in 40 years.
Twenty-five years later, a team of scientists has used high-performance computing (HPC) to simulate the Landers quake in three dimensions and high resolution. The work builds on the team’s simulation of a hypothetical magnitude 7.7 earthquake, also on and around the southern San Andreas.
The research has shown how one earthquake can deliver building-collapsing shakes to some areas but not to others, and the Landers simulation helps solve a long-standing puzzle of earthquake science. The work was supported by a Department of Energy Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) award and by the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC).
Key to the research team’s success is its ability to model nonlinear phenomena in three dimensions using a code that can be scaled up to run well on large HPC systems, namely the Blue Waters machine at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Titan at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), a DOE Office of Science user facility. The team also used two additional OLCF systems to process data and to store results and input data files.
The code is a new version of anelastic wave propagation (AWP-ODC) – the ODC for developers Kim Olsen and Steven Day at San Diego State University (SDSU) and Yifeng Cui at the San Diego Supercomputer Center. Daniel Roten, a computational research seismologist at SDSU, led the studies. He began working with the HPC-scalable version of AWP-ODC as a postdoctoral fellow with the code’s development team. At that time, it was one of three simulation groups that modeled a magnitude 7.8 quake on the southern San Andreas fault as part of California’s ShakeOut Earthquake Scenario, which became the basis for emergency response exercises.
Many earthquake simulations use either linear models of forces in three dimensions or nonlinear models of forces in one or two dimensions. These demand less computer time and memory than three-dimensional nonlinear models but they do not capture true relationships between the forces and their effects. For example, linear models typically predict more violent shaking than actually occurs, producing inaccurate risk and hazard assessments.
‘This phenomenon can now be explained by our simulations.’
Besides earthquake magnitude and distance from its source, local geology also affects how severely the ground will shake. The new AWP-ODC version addresses this fact more accurately than ever. The simulations represent not just body waves moving through tectonic plates but also the later-arriving surface waves, some of which shake the ground at frequencies high enough to damage buildings. Previous models could not represent surface waves shaking the ground at frequencies above two cycles per second. AWP-ODC can now represent waves of two to four cycles per second – the frequencies that cause structural damage.
“Soft soils, such as clays or sands, increase the shaking and trap seismic waves, which leads to longer shaking duration,” Roten says. The more cracked, broken and crushed the rock is under an area, the greater the risk of high-frequency surface waves and catastrophic damage. SCEC uses these findings and other insights to improve detailed hazard maps of areas surrounding the fault.
The long-standing puzzle the Landers quake simulation addressed pertained to strike-slip earthquakes, in which rocks deep underground slide past each other, or slip, causing surface rock and soils to shift with them. Slips can cause dramatic surface changes, such as broken roads that are shifted so the lanes no longer line up.
But after studying the Landers earthquake and other strike-slip quakes with magnitudes higher than 7, scientists realized these observations were not as straightforward as they seemed. “Geologists and geophysicists were surprised to see that the slip at depth, inferred from satellite observations, is larger than slip observed at the surface, from shifts measured by geologists in the field,” Roten says.
When material above a strike-slip earthquake doesn’t slide along for the ride, it’s called a shallow slip deficit, or SSD. In some places, it doesn’t appear to slip at all. Researchers thought the surface might slowly continue to slip and catch up with the underlying rock in between earthquakes. But field studies showed that this so-called after-slip (also called fault creep) was minimal and could not bring the surface back in line with the underlying rock.
Other research groups had suggested that SSD occurred when stresses that could cause the surface to slip were absorbed by inelastic off-fault deformation – that is, fracturing in the rock around the strike-slip fault. “Our simulations capture exactly this inelastic, plastic deformation, and the fault-slip and off-fault deformation predicted by our simulations do reproduce the observed patterns if the rock strength is properly selected,” Roten says. “So you could say that this phenomenon can now be explained by our simulations.”
The team intends to use AWP-ODC to reveal more about how earthquakes work as it continues to develop the code for faster HPC systems. Roten says they developed the nonlinear method for CPU systems, which use standard central processing units, before they ported the implementation to the GPU version of the code, one employing graphics processing units to accelerate calculations. The code runs about four times faster on a GPU system than on CPUs, he adds. The team optimized the code to run even faster and to reduce the amount of memory it required, since GPUs have less memory available than CPUs.
“Parallel file systems and parallel I/O (input/output) are also important for these simulations, as we are dealing with a lot of input and output data,” Roten says. “Our input source file alone had a size of 52 terabytes.”
The GPU version does not presently handle all of the features needed. For now, the code takes advantage of Blue Waters’ mix of CPU and faster GPU nodes while the team develops the code to work exclusively on Titan’s GPU nodes. “Titan would have enough GPUs to further scale up the problem, which is what we plan to do,” Roten says. |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6618 | I decided to install Ubuntu 17.10. The installation was all fine and dandy as well, until I woke up to see Ubuntu stuck on
/dev/sdb clean [...]
I could tell it was frozen on the boot since my mouse was accessible over the message, and then when I pretended nothing was wrong and blindly typed in my passcode and pressed enter it seemed as if I'd been logged in due to the mouse changing themes.
When I logged in through recovery mode it seemed to work properly though (which is of course how I am able to type this message). Until I get this fixed I will not be running any code to clean up my installation such as deborphan, autoremove, or the program ubuntu-cleaner. If anyone could help out soon so my computer doesn't get overloaded with cache that would be amazing!
The speed was bothering me so I cleaned the deb files and everything else but the apt autoremove, old kernel files, and deborphan. Same error, still works in recovery mode. Actually It is /dev/sda1 clean and according to some posts from earlier users it says it can be fixed through running this command
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel
but for me it said it's already installed.
Toughbook cf-19 mk1, 2gb ram, intel core duo 1.06ghz 1024x768 screen resolution.
Second update
Seems that if I open and close the laptop on the login it seems to pop up the login screen? I guess thats a liveable minor inconvenience but nevertheless I would like to find out how to fix this issue properly.
Not really an answer, but I can not comment on the post otherwise (sorry):
I'm having the same issue with lubuntu 17.10, which I upgrade from 17.04; it seems that this is what happens when you forgot to disable non supported software from the update manager before upgrading to the new dist. As far as I could read, this can only be fixed by reinstalling OS...
The kernel 4.13+ (including the 4.14) has issues with intel drivers for the eeepc's. So the solution it's to install the latest 4.12 kernel and disable\uninstall the latest ones.
You can use this tool to download\install\uninstall the kernels: https://github.com/teejee2008/ukuu
You can't uninstall the kernel that it's running, to solve that you have to restart PC, holding shift key after bios splash screen to open the grup options, go to advance options and select the 4.12 kernel as normal boot and when OS finish to initiate, use ukuu to uninstall the 4.13 that come with Lubuntu 17.10
• Can't they just look back at prior kernels and try to apply the compatibility standards to their newer kernels? – Tom Hancock Apr 10 '18 at 3:30
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6620 | Interesting use of Java 8 interface default method
I was in the middle of trying to implement a type of validation on my current project at work. Said project uses Java 7, and the problem had to do with an interface extending another interface. I was literally in the middle of implementing it, and I said to myself, “I wonder how I could handle this same problem using Java 8!”. So I hopped over to my personal development machine, and gave it a try. First, let me see if I can set forth the problem.
The Problem
Here is the problem we are trying to solve:*
We need the program to behave such that, when we invoke a specific type of validator, we invoke it with the signature specific to that validator. Let me elaborate.
We had an interface like such:
public interface Validator {
public boolean validate(Thing thingToValidate);
We then had 2 other interfaces that extend the Validator interface. (these may look like they have no purpose since they don’t contain any method signatures, but they are marker interfaces used specifically in other parts of the code):
public interface PreProcessingValidator extends Validator {
public interface PostProcessingValidator extends Validator {
Obviously, we also had the code where the validators get invoked.
/// code removed for brevity...
for(Validator v : validators) {
This is all great, except we find out that we need the PostProcessingValiator objects to be able to validate also against the ProcessingResult. What can we do? I know one thing! We can just add a method to do that in the PostProcessingValidator:
public interface PostProcessingValidator extends Validator {
public boolean validatePostProcessing(Thing thing, ProcessingResult result);
The problem is now any class that implements the PostProcessingValidator interface needs to implement both the validate(Thing) method and the validatePostProcessing(Thing, ProcessingResult) methods. There are some tricky ways to get around this in Java 7 and below, but I wanted to see what I could do with Java 8. And that’s when interface default methods came to mind. I have no idea if it will actually work or not, but I give it a shot.
The Solution
Java 8 provides for adding default methods to interfaces. This allows you to have interfaces that contain functionality as well as method headers.Let’s take a look at how we can use them to do what we want.
The Validator interface is alright as-is; nothing really needs to change. But we need to allow for classes that implement the PostProcessingValidator interface to not need to implement both methods. here is how I was able to do it:
public interface PostProcessingValidator extends Validator {
public default boolean validate(Thing thing) {
throw new UnsupportedOperationException("validate(Thing) not supported; call validatePostProcessing(Thing, ProcessingResult");
public boolean validatePostProcessing(Thing thing, ProcessingResult result);
Say what?! I had no idea that this was possible until I tried.
A default method in a sub-interface can ‘override’ that method from a super-interface.
I don’t know all the implications of this behaviors, but I’m not even sure why the designers of Java allowed this sort of override to happen, as it seems like it could be pretty hazardous if not used correctly. I can also think of one gotcha with this approach. A caller can still attempt to invoke validate(Thing), so you need to return to the caller what they need to know what was gone wrong.
The only other code we need to change is the code where we invoke the validators:
/// code removed for brevity...
for(Validator v : validators) {
if(v instanceof PostProcessingValidator) {
v.validatePostProcessing(aThing, aResult);
} else {
So my conclusion is, you can feel free to use this pattern in your code if you want, although I’m not sure it provides for the best code clarity, or even a good approach to solving the problem. But it does solve this particular problem.
* – all identities in this article have been altered to protect the innocent :-)
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1. acveer says:
Sounds interesting. but this feature may create confusion, if the inheritance hierarchy depth increases. I wonder what will happen, if all the sub-interfaces have defined default() implementation.for the same method definition.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6635 | Glimpses of the Divine in the Mundane
Have you ever asked “what if?” What if I won a million dollars? or What if I hadn’t eaten all those beans last night? or What if I had actually studied for that test? There are so many “what-if” questions out there. Here’s another one: What if we were to actually live a kingdom of …
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6636 | Bus Adventures
One of my good friends recently asked me where I find the time to blog? Most people understand that it is no small feat to complete an entry…one has to think of a topic and write a bit about it, then if they wish take a few pictures, edit them and then upload everything.
Now I have a fairly demanding job and a busy social life. I am also *attempting* to learn a foreign language along with various other hobbies…so I fully understand where my friend was coming from.
And I will tell you the answer…
I pretty much write, take pictures, edit and then upload everything on my iPhone while sitting on the bus to and from work. :)
Now I can’t even begin to tell you all of the “crazy bus adventures” I have had while cruising through the Seattle streets. So, I thought it might be fun to blog about the strange/weird/crazy things as they happen.
I mean take the other morning…I got on the #30 like I usually do to go to work and guess who I saw sitting near the front of the bus? Not sure what he was doing so far away from Middle Earth?!
Why yes, that would be Gandalf (whether its Gandalf the Grey or Gandalf the White that is up to you).
As I normally do, I spoke without thinking and exclaimed “Gandalf” as soon as I saw the long grey beard and the tall white wooden staff! I could tell that many of the other passengers were thinking the same thing as quite a few of them started to laugh.
So naturally I had to sit right next to him and take a picture! What a great way to start my day!
Here’s to hoping that some barefoot Hobbits will be on my bus next week!
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In this podcast, Martin Jacques, a world-renowned best selling author, Senior Fellow at the Department of Politics and International Studies, Cambridge University, and a Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing puts forward his views on how the BRI will impact the world and enhance China’s global hegemony. It is a rare preview into some of the topics he will be covering in his next book!
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6694 | I wanted to try to capture the shortest path to creating an ASP.NET site that use Azure AD to authenticate the user and then used that to get an Authorization Token to access CRM on behalf of the user. All of this is done without ever having the user provide you their credentials to CRM.
Disclaimer: I did use VS 2015 CTP6 to build this, but I believe most of it will still be valid for VS 2013 as well. I just happen to be spending a lot of time in VS 2015 right now. This also assumes you have some working knowledge of MVC, and some of Azure AD. I wanted to keep this as short as possible. There is one place you will see a hard coded URL, ultimately that could be replaced using the discovery service or by having the user provide the URL.
1. Create a new ASP.NET - Choose MVC from the template list - it alread has some of the plumbing built in. Click the Change Authentication and make the following choices:
• Work and School Accounts
• Cloud - Multiple Organizations
• Choose one of your domains from the account you logged into
1. Run the app - login you should see a consent dialog like the following
2. Now go into the Azure Portal and Add Dynamics CRM permissions to the application
3. Generate a new Key and paste that into web.config in a new setting called ClientSecret
4. In App_Start\Startup.Auth.cs add the following line after it retrieves ClientId
private string ClientSecret = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ida:ClientSecret"]
5. Add a NuGet reference to Microsoft.Identity.Model.Clients.ActiveDirectory
6. Add the following code inside the Notifications as shown in the picture
AuthorizationCodeReceived = (context) =>
var code = context.Code;
ClientCredential credential = new ClientCredential(ClientId, ClientSecret);
string tenantID =
string signedInUserID = context.AuthenticationTicket.Identity.FindFirst(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier).Value;
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory.AuthenticationContext authContext =
new Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory.AuthenticationContext(
string.Format("https://login.windows.net/{0}", tenantID));
AuthenticationResult result = authContext.AcquireTokenByAuthorizationCode(
code, new Uri(HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.GetLeftPart(UriPartial.Path)),
credential, "Microsoft.CRM");
return Task.FromResult(0);
7B) Add the following line in the same method below where it gets the ClientID
ClientSecret = ClientSecret,
1. Build and resolve any reference problems
2. Add a NuGet reference to CRM Core Assemblies
3. Add the following code to replace the About action in the HomeController.cs
public async Task<ActionResult> About()
string ClientId = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ida:ClientId"];
string ClientSecret = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ida:ClientSecret"];
string signedInUserID
= ClaimsPrincipal.Current.FindFirst(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier).Value;
string tenantID
= ClaimsPrincipal.Current.FindFirst("http://schemas.microsoft.com/identity/claims/tenantid").Value;
string userObjectID
= ClaimsPrincipal.Current.FindFirst("http://schemas.microsoft.com/identity/claims/objectidentifier").Value;
AuthenticationContext authContext = new AuthenticationContext(string.Format("https://login.windows.net/{0}", tenantID));
ClientCredential credential = new ClientCredential(ClientId, ClientSecret);
var result = await authContext.AcquireTokenSilentAsync("Microsoft.CRM",
credential, new UserIdentifier(userObjectID, UserIdentifierType.UniqueId));
OrganizationWebProxyClient service = new OrganizationWebProxyClient(
new Uri("https://cb1.crm.dynamics.com/XRMServices/2011/Organization.svc/web"), false);
service.HeaderToken = result.AccessToken;
service.SdkClientVersion = "7.0";
var whoamiResult = service.Execute(new WhoAmIRequest()) as WhoAmIResponse;
ViewBag.Message = "User ID is " + whoamiResult.UserId;
return View();
4. Build and resolve any issues
5. Run it and Test it by clicking on About after you log-in - if you did everything right you would see something like the following |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6717 | Tag Archive | hp 255
Debian Wheezy 7.0 on HP255 laptop
Debian Wheezy 7.0 works flawlessly on the HP255 laptop.
Install Wheezy as usual then:
1. add wheezy-backports to your APT sources, add this line
deb http://YOURMIRROR.debian.org/debian wheezy-backports main
to your /etc/apt/sources.list (or add a new file with the “.list” extension to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/), replace YOURMIRROR with your preferred mirror name (or with “ftp” to use the main mirror)
2. resynchronize the package index files from their sources (you need to be root)
# apt-get update
3. install some updated firmwares from the backport mirror:
# apt-get -t wheezy-backports install firmware-realtek firmware-ralink
4. install linux-image from backports, please note that you may need to change the package name to fit the latest version available and your specific arch (take a look at your current kernel name with uname-r and find available backports with apt-cache -t wheezy-backports linux-image):
# apt-get -t wheezy-backports install YOUR_LINUX_IMAGE_PACKAGE_NAME
for example replace YOUR_LINUX_IMAGE_PACKAGE_NAME with linux-image-3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae
5. install pulseaudio if it is not already installed:
# apt-get install pulseaudio |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6729 | Search Unity
First, let’s talk a bit about the brain. If you’ve studied cog psych, you’ve likely heard about about how neurons process information. There’s way too much to cover in one blog post, so we’ll focus on these four specific use cases:
• How does the brain know where it is?
• How does it know what time is?
• How does it remember to avoid pain so strongly?
• And finally, how does the brain prioritize what’s worth remembering, anyway?
Let’s start with orientation. How does the brain know where it is?
There’s a lot of faucets to the question of ‘where’. How does the brain orient you in space? In daylight, in the dark? How do you know where you are the day after an earthquake, when all major landmarks are gone?
There’s no overarching theory in science (yet), because there’s a lot of different things the hippocampus does now—the brain has a lot of backup systems. Effectively, there’s a lot of neurons doing similar things, but in a different way.
Grid cells work as you walk around; they are quite regular and fire at intervals. The information they gather is fed to the place cells, which we’ll talk about in a minute. Grid cells are arranged in a hexagonal format—hence the name—and can work in complete darkness: this means they’re getting physical feedback data as well as visual. They fire at such regular intervals there’s a question about whether they’re also used to measure time. More on that in a bit.
Place cells are more dedicated; they remember the information from the place cells and hold a series of cognitive maps in your head of particular spaces. This is how you recognize an area: your office, your house, your city. They can re-fire and re-map themselves to update information, too.
Interestingly, place fields are usually not affected by large sensory changes, like removing a big landmark. We’re not sure why, but it does makes sense: if a tree falls down or there is a big earthquake or landslide, you should still be able to recognize and remap the space. This is where triangulation might come in handy: it’s an additional processing tool.
There are also dedicated head direction cells, neurons that fire when the head is facing a certain direction. This helps you maintain a sense of direction anytime, but especially in the dark or in unfamiliar environments—or, say, maybe when you’re wearing a big old plastic-and-glass mask. They can be confused eventually: if the environment repeatedly changes a lot, or if you wander in the dark too far.
So much for where we are in space. How about time, the other big locator?
To be clear, we’re not talking circadian rhythms; those are kind of instinctual or chemical time-based patterns, but they can be altered pretty easily by adjusting natural time indicators—sunrise, when it gets dark, temperature, and so on.
But how the brain processes time, moving in the fourth dimension, is even more of an open puzzle than space. It’s just difficult to test, in part because you can stand still in space, but not in time. It’s simply a quirk of living in four dimensions: time is genuinely the invariable variable.
Initially scientists thought that the entire hippocampus had random cells devoted to time recording, and there’s new research indicating that grid cells can also possibly be used to record time. For example, scientists put rats on a treadmill—no place data—and noticed the grid cells still generated consistent patterns tied to the length of the session. Fifteen-second sessions got a specific pattern: 30-second sessions got a different pattern.
But the big question here, then, is, are those patterns really sensing a specific time period, or are they just firing in a pattern that is being played out in time? This is the problem with doing research about time.
But we know that humans are quite good at keeping certain kinds of time. We’re good at timing our movements—to catch a door, or a yellow light, for example. Dancers and athletes and musicians all have great timing, great rhythm. But each of those examples is also a spatial example, heavily tied to our physical bodies? We’re good at gauging how far can we go in X period, how fast can we go, and our velocity.
It’s a quirk of many languages that when asked how far away something is, you can answer either in time or distance: things are two hours away, or 600 miles, a five-days’ walk, and so on. But if you’re just sitting somewhere for several hours, particularly if you’re distracted, you’ll likely lose track of time.
Still, we do remember time passing, and we remember things in order, in a sequence. So maybe time cells, whether they are grid cells or other types of neurons, are also just cataloging and indexing those experiences. Interestingly, since grid cells are heavily involved in place, and maybe involved in time, there’s a theory that cognitive maps might also organize memories by location—so you go back to your hometown, and you remember events at that place.
So—effectively, we’re pretty iffy on time. But if there’s one thing we do know about it, it’s pain and how to avoid it.
Let’s talk about pain.
Pain information takes different paths to get from nerve endings to the cortex; the way pain receptors work is a nice demonstration of how humans have evolved. There’s a few different types of pain nerve fibers, most importantly A-delta and C. A-deltas are faster and newer. They are the reason that you pull your hand away from a hot stove before you’ve realized what has happened. C fibers are slower, but more common—over 70% of pain nerves are C fibers—and they can respond to more types of pain. For example, A-delta fibers don’t feel chemical pain, only C, which is why it takes a second for you to realize how hot spicy food really is.
So the brain gets the information from the nerve fibers, and then has to figure out how to react to the information it’s been given, based on a number of factors: am I somewhere unknown or dangerous? Have I been injured here before? Can I literally see the bones sticking out from under my skin?
If the injury doesn’t seem too bad, we’ll do things like rub it, shake it off, walk a bit—standard ways to calm down the nervous system. The brain can actually talk back to the nervous system, asking for more information or less, turning up sensitivity or turning it down, depending on what’s going on. If you’re really, really concentrating, say on a battlefield or playing sports, your brain can make the distraction threshold for nerve signals extremely high.
There’s other types of pain, visceral pain and deep somatic pain, that are hard to identify: stomachaches, deep sprains, aches from chronic disease. If you’re anything like us, the brain’s best advice is usually ‘lie down and take a nap till you feel better’.
Your brain is also naturally primed to remember bad, creepy, or terrifying things; to create stronger neural connections when they happen, and to create a longer-lasting bond. If you’ve been in a life-threatening situation in a specific place and had to go back to that place, it was probably fairly intense for you in any case, but if you were injured, it was likely more intense.
If you’re not in obvious danger, just in pain, the brain checks to make sure everything’s okay and deals with it. But the brain does not instinctively know what’s really happening in the body. There’s a couple reasons for this, but one big one is that pain signals hit different parts of your brain at different points, making some types of pain sources especially difficult to find.
This has some really interesting implications for VR. If you’ve played Asunder: Earthbound, you know that the beginning plays on these visual cues: as the game begins, you’re in prison with a visible body, and your avatar’s hands look terrible: long nails, grey skin. Instantly, the part of your brain concerned with your well-being gets very concerned that you are sick, and it take a few minutes to shake it off.
You can do similar tricks in real life just by using mirrors or blocking yourself or using plastic dummy hands, primed to feel like ‘your’ hand. Check out this video from the BBC show Horizons in which the hosts try this trick out on unsuspecting people—then hit the hand with a hammer.
It’s worth noting the experiment works well even in broad daylight, on a beach, using a fairly cheap looking hand. If that work so well, imagine how immersive that could get in VR. Of course this is the basis for a lot of VR physical therapy happening now—there’s a lot of companies focusing on this now. The brain’s neuroplasticity really comes in handy.
So that’s the basics of pain. Pain is so straightforwardly bad most of the time, though, that it’s obvious we need to remember it. Deep lizard brain working there. But how does the brain, in general, remember, you know, what to remember?
What is worth remembering?
Pretty simply: surprise, recency, repetition, and—somewhat related to both surprise and recency–the first and last. Additionally, our brain prioritizes things it wants to remember: if you really need to keep something beyond working memory, you’ll instinctively repeat, repeat, repeat.
For example, those grid cells we’ve talked about earlier? Rats will play through a pattern when they’re learning it, and then their brain plays through it again after they go to sleep. The theory is that the repetition effectively transfer the pattern to long-term storage. So things like space maps are given a priority, which makes sense; it’s always handy to know where you are.
On the flip side, there’s a lot of data we get that we learn to ignore at a young age. For example, infants learning to talk, by the age of 10 months or so, already start to lose sensitivity to unimportant differences in speech in their native tongue. Same thing with different octave types: the Arab tone system has 24 divisions, using quarter-notes, while the Western has 12 and uses nothing smaller than a half-tone. If you’re used to Western tone scales, you might not be able to even recognize quarter tones; they just sound flat or sharp.
Different types of memories are stored differently. We’ve already addressed spatial memory above, but episodic and semantic memory are the other two big categories. Episodic memory stores life events, both things that happened to you, or around you. These generally have a time marker.
Semantic memory is about trivia and knowledge—meanings, concepts, etc. How you remember all of these types of memories has much to do with how you processed them in the first place. Scary things or things that happen during heightened times tend to be remembered fast and hard, but they aren’t usually very pleasant—in fact some memories, like the ones PTSD survivors live with, are too terrible to be recalled. But in general, for more benign things like taking a test, repetition does the trick: keep thinking about things, talking about them, writing them down, and reviewing them.
You also tend to remember information more accurately if you’re back at the place you learned it. This has some fun implications for VR: imagine studying in the same jungle landscape you later take your test. Recall on exams should go through the roof; but will it be considered cheating?
So that’s some basics of how the brain processes certain types of information. In the next article we cover current research and apps using these types of brain quirks to improve humanity.
Timoni West & Dio Gonzalez work at Unity Labs; Dio is a tech lead, and Timoni is a principal designer. As part of their work in VR, they’ve done some research into how the brain processes types of information, and how this can affect how the brain processes environments in VR. There’s been quite a bit of prior research on the topic, too, so we’ll go over some interesting findings, and finally talk a bit about how perception quirks lead to interesting UX challenges in VR. |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6731 | Aim higher, reach further.
• Food Fridays: In Bangkok, a Jumbo-Sized Contest
BANGKOK – How much soup could you and your friends eat?
Wilawan Watcharasakwet/The Wall Street Journal
The answer to that question has become something of a competition in Bangkok at a restaurant whose owner is trying something new — jumbo bowls of what’s known as pink noodle soup.
How big?
The “Huge and Difficult” costs 200 baht ($6.20) and is for two to three people. The “Huge and Full” costs 300 baht ($9.3) and is generally shared by three to four people. The biggest bowl is the “Huge and Satisfy,” which costs 800 baht ($25) and is expected to feed between six to 13 people. Only the “Satisfy” size comes with salmon, New Zealand mussels and big prawns.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6733 | VCAP-DTA – Objective 3.1 – Configure Pool Storage for Optimal Performance
So this objective sees us moving into section 3 which is entitled “Deploy, Manage, and Customize Pool Implementations”. This objective deals with how we use storage tiers for different virtual disks and use cases, and the sub settings within them. So as usual, let’s run through the skills and abilities for this objective :-
• Implement storage tiers – When creating a Composer based pool, select the option in the Storage Optimization wizard screen to separate out disks to different datastores. Depending on the exam scenario, you may be asked to separate the Persistent Disks and/or the Replica Disks. Depending on what you select, when you click Next you will get a differing set of options. Assuming you select both, on the vCenter Settings screen, use options 6, 7 and optionally 8 to choose which datastores are used and for which purpose. Once you have completed your choices, complete the wizard out to create the pool.
• Optimize placement of replica virtual machine – The replica disk is the disk that gets hammered for read read requests from users, so you will be asked to place this on high performance storage, most likely SSD. Using the steps detailed above, use the vCenter Settings screen of the pool wizard to choose a high performance datastore for the replica disk. The diagram below illustrates this point.
• Configure disposable files and persistent disks – Again this is selected in the pool wizard. You can see from above that there is a View Composer Disks section. This defines how disposable (so think temp files) and persistent disk (user profile) are handled. So for the Persistent Disk, you can select a disk size and drive letter and to redirect the user profile to this disk. The same goes for the Disposable Disk, select the size, whether or not to redirect and which drive letter to use. See below for an illustration of this.
• Configure and optimize storage for floating or dedicated pools – This is pretty much covered by the first section, Implement Storage Tiers.
• Configure overcommit settings – This setting is used when using View Composer. The purpose of overcommit is to allow more disks to be created than physical space exists on the datastore. This is because the disks are sparse disks on the datastore. The choices for overcommit are None (x0), Conservative (x4, default), Moderate (x7) and Aggressive (x15). Select the datastore and choose the level of overcommitment from the drop down menu. These choices are only available for OS and Persistent Disks. See below for an example of the dialog.
• Determine implications of using local or shared storage – So in most cases you will be looking to use shared storage, but there may be occasions (and exam scenarios) where you will be asked to use local storage (or it’s use is implied by the question). Bear the following in mind from the View Administration Guide :-
• You cannot load-balance virtual machines across a resource pool. For example, you cannot use the View Composer rebalance operation with linked-clones that are stored on datastores
• You cannot use VMware High Availability
• You cannot use the vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
• You cannot store a View Composer replica and linked clones on separate datastores if the replica is on a local datastore
• When you store linked clones on datastores, VMware strongly recommends that you store the replica on the same volume as the linked clones. Although it is possible to store linked clones on local datastores and the replica on a shared datastore if all ESXi hosts in the cluster can access the replica, VMware does not recommend this configuration
• If you use floating assignments and perform regular refresh and delete operations, you can successfully deploy linked clones to local datastores.
• Configure View Storage Accelerator and regeneration cycle – The View Storage Accelerator is also known as the Content Based Read Cache (CBRC) on the ESXi host. This is especially useful as common read based requests are cached into host RAM and is useful for use cases such as desktop boot storms. Configuration is pretty simple – in the pool creation wizard you make your choices in the Advanced Storage Options screen. Check the box to Use View Storage Accelerator, choose between OS Disks or OS and Persistent Disks. The default is OS disks as this is the usual use case. You also have the option to set a default value for Regenerate Storage Accelerator after days. This basically creates new indexes of the disks and stores them in the digest file for each VM. It’s also worth noting you can configure blackout periods when storage accelerator regeneration will not be run. An obvious example is to suspend this during backups. You may be asked this in the exam. See below for an example.
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ソウジ Souji
Sorrel M20.png
Gender Male
Hometown Veilstone City
Region Sinnoh
Relatives Unnamed parents
Trainer class Trainer
Anime debut I Choose You!
English voice actor David Oliver Nelson
Kate Bristol (child)
Japanese voice actor Kanata Hongō
Chinami Nishimura (child)
Sorrel (Japanese: ソウジ Souji) is a major character who appeared in I Choose You!. He is a young Trainer and one of Ash's traveling companions in that movie. His goal is to become a Pokémon Professor and he is currently on a journey gathering data on Legendary Pokémon.
In the movies
Sorrel when he was younger
When Sorrel was younger, his family owned a Luxray that he was close to. One day, he and Luxray got lost in a forest during a blizzard, and Luxray covered him and used its body so he could be warm. When the blizzard was over and it was morning, Sorrel realized that Luxray had frozen to death. As a result, he distanced himself from other Pokémon. Later on, an encounter with a Lucario, which he caught, restored his faith in making friends with Pokémon.
Sorrel first appeared in a Pokémon Center, where he overheard another Trainer mention the appearance of a wild Entei. He was among the Trainers who went out into the nearby forest to seek out Entei, and had a brief battle with Entei using Lucario. After Entei fled, he introduced himself to Ash and Verity before leaving them with a warning that rain would be coming soon.
Ash and Verity encountered Sorrel again some time later, when they took a Charmander abandoned by Cross to a cave for shelter. He assisted them in healing Charmander with his medicine-making skills and decided to travel with them. When Entei came into the cave to watch over a group of wild Pokémon, Sorrel explained the mythology of the legendary beasts and their relationship to Ho-Oh. When Ash revealed his possession of a Rainbow Wing, the three decided to travel to Mount Tensei in the Raizen Mountains, where Ho-Oh was said to live.
As their adventures continued, Ash introduced Sorrel and Verity to his mother Delia via a video call from another Pokémon Center. Sorrel found a book about Ho-Oh in the Pokémon Center's library, from which the group learned of the danger the Rainbow Wing could pose if held by someone with an impure heart. He then watched as Ash battled Cross's Incineroar with his newly evolved Charmeleon and lost decisively. That night, Ash snapped and lashed out in anger over his loss, rejecting Sorrel, Verity, and even Pikachu. However, he apologized for this a short while later. Seeing Ash's reunion with Pikachu, Sorrel decided to explain his past to Ash and Verity, telling them of Luxray's death, his decision to distance himself from Pokémon, and his life-changing meeting with Lucario.
After witnessing Ash's emotional farewell to his Butterfree, Sorrel reached Mount Tensei with Ash and Verity. There, they encountered Bonji, the author of the book they read earlier. With Bonji in tow, the group used the Rainbow Wing to show the way to the crystal altar on Mount Tensei where Ho-Oh would be summoned. However, before Ash could place the Rainbow Wing on the altar, the group was ambushed by Cross, who had covertly followed them to the Raizen Mountains. Sorrel watched with Verity and Bonji as Ash fought Cross once more, finally coming out victorious over Incineroar once Charmeleon evolved into Charizard. Cross confessed that he had also seen Ho-Oh, but was not gifted the Rainbow Wing like Ash was. Unwilling to accept this outcome, Cross stole the Rainbow Wing, causing it to immediately turn black due to his evil heart. When he placed it on the altar to summon Ho-Oh, Marshadow appeared instead and attempted to seal the Rainbow Wing away, only to be corrupted by the darkness surrounding it.
Marshadow used its power to take control of the Pokémon who had assembled to see Ho-Oh, turning them against the humans. Sorrel was forced to fight off the attack alongside Verity and a repentant Cross, but they were unable to turn the tide of the battle. Once the situation was resolved, Ash placed a new Rainbow Wing on the altar, calling Ho-Oh forth to heal all of his friends. Sorrel then watched with the others as Ash challenged Ho-Oh to a battle with Pikachu. Afterwards, the group left Bonji behind and traveled to a Pokémon Center near Mount Tensei. They all decided to go their separate ways, with Sorrel wishing to find the three legendary birds of Kanto.
During the movie's ending credits, Sorrel and Lucario encountered an Articuno while traveling through a snowy area, much to their delight.
Sorrel was shown to care for Pokémon, such as when he helped look after a Charmander after it had been abandoned, by making medicine. He also chastised Ash when he believed he was responsible for leaving Charmander out during a storm.
This listing is of Sorrel's known Pokémon in the anime:
Sorrel's Lucario
Lucario is Sorrel's only known Pokémon.
Lucario's known moves are Aura Sphere and Bone Rush.
Debut I Choose You!
Voice actors
Japanese Kiyotaka Furushima
English Bill Rogers
Luxray that Sorrel Befriended
Luxray is a Pokémon belonging to Sorrel's family that watched over him when he was little. It died trying to protect Sorrel from the cold.
None of Luxray's moves are known.
Debut I Choose You!
Voice actors
Japanese Kensuke Satō
English Billy Bob Thompson
Voice actors
Language Voice actor
Japanese 本郷奏多 Kanata Hongō
西村ちなみ Chinami Nishimura (child)
English David Oliver Nelson
Kate Bristol (child)
Finnish Akira Takaki
Italian Stefano Pozzi
Korean 엄상현 Eom Sanghyeon
Polish Sebastian Machalski
Karolina Bacia (child)
Spanish Latin America José Luis Piedra
Spain Carlos Larios
Swedish Daniel Melén
Thai อภินันท์ ธีระนันทกุล Apinan Teeranantakul
In the games
A Japanese event distributed an in-game representation of Sorrel's Lucario, along with Verity's Piplup and Ash's Charizard via serial code and local wireless.
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Fighting Steel
Ability: Steadfast
Held item: None
ID: 170715
OT: ソウジ
Met: 2017 Pokémon Movie (fateful encounter)
Nature: Serious
Ribbon: Wishing Ribbon Wishing Ribbon
Aura Sphere
Fighting Special
High Jump Kick
Fighting Physical
Dragon Pulse
Dragon Special
Extreme Speed
Normal Physical
Games Method Region Location Duration
SM serial code Japanese online August 1 to 28, 2017
SM local wireless all Pokémon Center stores, Japan
Pokémon Stores, Japan
August 22 to September 3, 2017
In the manga
Sorrel in I Choose You!
In the movie adaptations
Sorrel appeared in the manga adaptation of the 20th movie, where his role is largely the same.
On hand
Sorrel's Lucario
Lucario is Sorrel's partner Pokémon, often seen outside of its Poké Ball.
None of Lucario's moves are known.
Debut I Choose You!
Sorrel's Luxray
Luxray was seen in Sorrel's flashback when he spoke to Ash about caring for his Pokemon.
None of Luxray's moves are known.
Debut I Choose You!
Language Name Origin
Japanese ソウジ Souji
English Sorrel From sorrel, a perennial herb in the Polygonaceae family
French Honoré From honoré (honored)
German Konstantin From constant
Italian Sami Similar to his English name
European Spanish Samuel Similar to his English name
Korean 민준 Minjun
Chinese (Mandarin) 宗次 Zōngcì From the Japanese name 宗次 Souji
Chinese (Cantonese) 宗次 Jūngchi From the Japanese name 宗次 Souji
Brazilian Portuguese Sérgio Similar to his English name
Thai โซจิ Souji Same as Japanese name
Vietnamese Souji Same as Japanese name
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My soul, all that I am, will wait silently and only upon you God, and I will silently submit to you; for my hope and expectation are in you alone. You alone Lord, are my Rock and my Salvation. You alone Lord, are my Defense and my Fortress, In you I shall not be moved. With you alone God rests my victory and my honor; You alone are my Rock of unyielding strength. You are my refuge, my security, and my shelter from the storm. My Lord God, I will trust in you, lean on you, rely on you, and have confidence in you alone, at all times and in every circumstance. I pour out my heart to you God, for you alone are my refuge, my fortress, and my strength, Selah. Praise your mighty Name! (from Psalm 62:5–8)
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This is part two of the photo recap of the Penafrancia fluvial procession last Saturday.
This is a photo-study of how people waited for the procession and the fluvial event in back yards, alleys, and every available space one can occupy to gaze at the passing venerated images of the Divino Rostro and the Virgin of Peñafrancia. Yes, including a swim on the murky Naga river.
One interesting note here: The images are duplicates of the original which are safely kept at the Basilica Minore.
Photos by our Tony Abalayan, Jr.
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What is Catechetical Ministry (CM)?
Catechetical ministry is an important way for the Catholic church to carry out its mission of evangelization. “Catechesis is the act of handing on the Word of God intended to inform the faith community and candidates for initiation into the Church about the teachings of Christ, transmitted by the Apostles to the Church.
Catechesis also involves the lifelong effort of forming people into witnesses to Christ and opening their hearts to the spiritual transformation given by the Holy Spirit. ” (usccb.org) We teach and inform the community and those new to the faith about Christ’s teachings. A catechism, or written work that summarizes our catholic beliefs is used as a tool for teaching.
Ways to Participate
Enroll your kids in CM through our Catechetical Ministry (CM) program of Sacred Heart School.
Teach CM (religious education) for grades 1-12.
Teach RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults). Teach the English RCIA class or Chinese RCIA class.
CM 11/12 class teacher Damian Wang took 5 high school students to the 2019 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress and Youth Day.
Please click on the link below to read the students’ reflections:
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Medium:Weft-faced compound twill in wool and cotton
Geography: Iran or Iraq
Date: 7th-9th Century
Period: Umayyad or Abbasid Dynasty
20 x 14 cm
Object number: 970.364.12
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Textile fragment with long-legged birds in pearl roundels. This textile, woven on a drawloom, shows the influence of Sasanian silks with birds or animals in pearl roundels. The bird would face the opposite direction in adjacent roundels, making this a mirror repeat. The design is actually white on a red ground, but we show the reverse because it is in better condition.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6901 | NX12 Pre/Post structural transient analysis types and it's solution procedure: Need Understanding
Hi All,
NX Pre/Post has following diffrent solution types for transient analysis:
1. SOL103 response dynamics > Create new solution process "Response Dynamics" > Transient Event
2. SOL 109 Direct transient response
3. SOL 112 Modal transient response
4. SOL 129 Nonlinear transient response
5. SOL 601, 129 Advanced non-linear transient
6. SOL 701 Explicite advanced non-linear analysis
As a beginer I want to understand
- What are the basic assumption with each solution type?
- When to use which kind of transient solution type?
- What are the pre-requisit solution types for each of above SOL type?
- What is the solution setup procedure for each type?
- What kind of nonlinearity it acconts(material?, contact?)
- Which analysis accounts effect of mass (inertia-term)?
- What is the licence requirement for each of above SOL type?
- How SOL 103 (Transient event), SOL109 and SOL 112 is diffrent ?
- How SOL 129 and 'SOL 601,SOL129' is diffrent?
- How SOL 701 and 'SOL 601, SOL 129' is diffrent?
I tried reading NX 12 documentation, online help and community post but didn't got overall picture of transient analysis and clear step by step procedure to setup transient analysis.
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So can we get a date for this feature release? Such an obvious feature even Microsoft Fax has been doing this for years. Just saying it is coming in the future is not helpful at all since people have been asking for this for a while!
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6935 | Deploying PowerTeacher Gradebook on 10.8
Part of what I do involves managing Pearson PowerSchool, our Student Information System (SIS). One of the common annoyances teachers have had in years past with PowerSchool is opening it's gradebook. The gradebook is a Java application that requires logging into PowerTeacher and downloading a JNLP file every time you want to open it up if you're on a Mac (as all of our staff are).
With PowerTeacher Gradebook 2.6 Pearson has created a new Gradebook application that can be installed into the Applications folder and initiate the Gradebook (including future updates to the Java app itself). Unfortunately the app isn't signed and thus cannot be opened on 10.8 when initially dragged to the Applications folder with the default Mac App Store and identified developers setting in Gatekeeper. For teachers that have administrative access to their machine, walkthroughs aleady exist for resolving this issue but for those of us who are administering our deployments through a management suite such as Casper this takes some strategic thinking.
My goal was to avoid setting Gatekeeper to be wide open in order to accomodate this one application. Initially I started to follow the method outlined on Charles Edge's excellent blog Krypted. This method utilizes the scptl command to create a label for the Gradebook and whitelist it. This is how the security assessment policy subsystem of OS X manages rules for application security. Unfortunately this didn't resolve the problem when attempting to open the Gradebook application. According to Charles's post, the scptl framework isn't perfect and feels like it's still just a start to Apple's security framework management with Gatekeeper. This is all I can chalk my outcome of the process to at the moment but let's head onward and upward to the resolution.
I called JAMF support to see what insight they could offer. Let me just say that JAMF support is astounding and they have some brilliant engineers who understand OS X deeply. After reading this Apple Knowledgebase article JAMF support found that the error message we were receiving was related to the OS thinking that the application had been modified by someone other than the developer. Stepping back from the situation for a minute I'm really unsure how this isn't a bigger issue that Pearson has had to address. The application itself was downloaded directly from their teacher portal once logged into our account so the permissions were inherited upon that download but that's neither here nor there. If you're in a similar situation, the fix may be to change the ownership of the application to root:wheel using the change ownership command below.
*sudo chown -R root:wheel /Applications/*
This worked successfully for me and allowed our teachers to open the application with standard accounts and for me to push it out to our teachers through Casper without a problem. |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6943 | on being acknowledged.
I became a librarian to facilitate original scholarship that builds out complexity of the historical record. Some time ago, as a Dartmouth College Lathem Fellow at Rauner Special Collections Library, I got to build on some of my undergrad research assisting Dr. Woody Lee on his Rev. Edward Mitchell, '28 project. Dr. Lee had an a suspicion that Rev. [...] |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6947 | The significance of death
Jacobean tragedies inevitably contain death and The White Devil is a particularly murderous example of the genre. Seven characters die in the course of the play and Lodovico and his attendants are about to be put to death at its end.
The orthodox Christian view of death, is that it marks the point at which individuals face God's judgement. Those who have faith in Christ (often transmuted in popular teaching as those who had lived a morally upright life) are rewarded by an eternity in heaven, whilst unbelievers who have not repented of their wrongdoing are consigned to hell (see Big ideas from the Bible > Judgement). It is this belief that Monticelso alludes to when he condemns Lodovico's desire for revenge.
However, with the social unease and pessimism which characterised Webster's era, such certainties were being questioned and this is reflected by the attitudes to dying voiced by different characters in the play. (See Religious/Philosophical Context > The Renaissance in England > Attitudes to death.)
Violent death
All the characters who die during the course of the play are murdered. Both Isabella and Brachiano are poisoned by ingenious methods:
• Isabella by poison on the lips of the portrait of her husband
• Brachiano by poison sprinkled into the helmet he wears at his wedding tournament.
Brachiano is subsequently strangled as he does not die from the poison soon enough. Others die a violent death at someone else's hand.
We are presented with a world of casual violence in which any kind of quarrel can lead to death. It is seen as the inevitable outcome to a dispute:
• Francisco sees the poisoning of Brachiano in Act 5 scene 3 as a way of hastening to him to ‘the black lake', maybe a reference to the River Styx of the Classical underworld
• In the last scene of the play, Act 5 scene 6, Vittoria, Flamineo and Zanche are killed by the swords of Lodovico and his co-conspirators. As a result there are corpses on stage at the end of the play, which Giovanni refers to as a ‘massacre'.
Giovanni orders the bodies to be removed and suggests that lessons can be learned from their deaths:
‘See, my honoured lord,
What use you ought make of their punishment.'
Generally though, there is little sense of the Christian idea of death as the beginning of a better existence beyond the grave. (See Big ideas from the Bible > Death and Resurrection). Instead, impending death is often accompanied by despair as Vittoria says in Act 5 scene 6:
Is driven I know not whither.'
Two of the characters appear on stage as ghosts after their death; Isabella in Act 4 scene 1 and Brachiano in Act 5 scene 5. Isabella's ghost reminds her brother, Francisco, of her death and the importance of avenging it. The appearance of Brachiano's ghost to Flamineo serves to remind him of the inevitability of his own death as a result of his crimes. However, it does not make Flamineo any more penitent as he cynically asks the ghost:
'Pray, sir, resolve me, what religion's best
For a man to die in?'
In the play death is presented as being very much linked to suffering. There is little sense that it brings peace or the beginning of afterlife in heaven.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6958 | Bright Beacons from Rotating Supermassive Black Holes –“Visible Across the Universe”
Simulation of the powerful jets generated by supermassive black holes at the centers of the largest galaxies explains why some burst forth as bright beacons visible across the universe, while others fall apart and never pierce the halo of the galaxy.
New simulations of the jets produced by rotating supermassive black holes in the cores of galaxies show how, with enough power, the corkscrewing fields (white squiggles) can force their way through surrounding gas and drill out of the galaxy, channeling hot gas into the interstellar medium (top). Less powerful jets get stalled inside the galaxy, however, their magnetic fields breaking and dumping hot gas inside and heating up the galaxy.
About 10 percent of all galaxies with active nuclei – all presumed to have supermassive black holes within the central bulge – are observed to have jets of gas spurting in opposite directions from the core. The hot ionized gas is propelled by the twisting magnetic fields of the rotating black hole, which can be as large as several billion suns.
A 40-year-old puzzle was why some jets are hefty and punch out of the galaxy into intergalactic space, while others are narrow and often fizzle out before reaching the edge of the galaxy. The answer could shed light on how galaxies and their central black holes evolve, since aborted jets are thought to roil the galaxy and slow star formation, while also slowing the infall of gas that has been feeding the voracious black hole. The model could also help astronomers understand other types of jets, such as those produced by individual stars, which we see as gamma-ray bursts or pulsars.
“Whereas it was rather easy to reproduce the stable jets in simulations, it turned out to be an extreme challenge to explain what causes the jets to fall apart,” said University of California, Berkeley theoretical astrophysicist Alexander Tchekhovskoy, a NASA Einstein postdoctoral fellow, who led the project. “To explain why some jets are unstable, researchers had to resort to explanations such as red giant stars in the jets’ path loading the jets with too much gas and making them heavy and unstable so that the jets fall apart.”
This false-color image of the radio jet and lobes in the very bright radio galaxy Cygnus A is an example of the powerful jets that can be produced by supermassive black holes at the cores of large galaxies. (R. Perley, C. Carilli & J. Dreher)
By taking into account the magnetic fields that generate these jets, Tchekhovskoy and colleague Omer Bromberg, a former Lyman Spitzer Jr. postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University, discovered that magnetic instabilities in the jet determine their fate. If the jet is not powerful enough to penetrate the surrounding gas, the jet becomes narrow or collimated, a shape prone to kinking and breaking. When this happens, the hot ionized gas funneled through the magnetic field spews into the galaxy, inflating a hot bubble of gas that generally heats up the galaxy.
Powerful jets, however, are broader and able to punch through the surrounding gas into the intergalactic medium. The determining factors are the power of the jet and how quickly the gas density drops off with distance, typically dependent on the mass and radius of the galaxy core.
The simulation, which agrees well with observations, explains what has become known as the Fanaroff-Riley morphological dichotomy of jets, first pointed out by Bernie Fanaroff of South Africa and Julia Riley of the U.K. in 1974.
“We have shown that a jet can fall apart without any external perturbation, just because of the physics of the jet,“ Tchekhovskoy said. He and Bromberg, who is currently at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel, will publish their simulations on June 17 in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, a publication of Oxford University Press.
The supermassive black hole in the bulging center of these massive galaxies is like a pitted olive spinning around an axle through the hole, Tchekhovskoy said. If you thread a strand of spaghetti through the hole, representing a magnetic field, then the spinning olive will coil the spaghetti like a spring. The spinning, coiled magnetic fields act like a flexible drill trying to penetrate the surrounding gas.
The black hole at the center of the galaxy M87 produced a weak jet that could not break out of the galaxy, as seen in this radio image from 1989. As in the new computer simulation, stalled jets dump hot gas into giant bubble-like structures that heat up the galaxy. These stalled jets may be part of the black hole feedback mechanism that periodically halts the inflow of gas that feeds the black hole. (VLA/NRAO/NSF image)
The simulation, based solely on magnetic field interactions with ionized gas particles, shows that if the jet is not powerful enough to punch a hole through the surrounding gas, the magnetic drill bends and, due to the magnetic kink instability, breaks. An example of this type of jet can be seen in the galaxy M87 (iamge below), one of the closest such jets to Earth at a distance of about 50 million light-years, and has a central black hole equal to about 6 billion suns.
“If I were to jump on top of a jet and fly with it, I would see the jet start to wiggle around because of a kink instability in the magnetic field,“ Tchekhovskoy said.“If this wiggling grows faster than it takes the gas to reach the tip, then the jet will fall apart. If the instability grows slower than it takes for gas to go from the base to the tip of the jet, then the jet will stay stable.“
The jet in the galaxy Cygnus A, shown at the top of the page, located about 600 million light-years from Earth, is an example of powerful jets punching through into intergalactic space.
Tchekhovskoy argues that the unstable jets contribute to what is called black hole feedback, that is, a reaction from the material around the black hole that tends to slow its intake of gas and thus its growth. Unstable jets deposit a lot of energy within the galaxy that heats up the gas and prevents it from falling into the black hole. Jets and other processes effectively keep the sizes of supermassive black holes below about 10 billion solar masses, though UC Berkeley astronomers recently found black holes with masses near 21 billion solar masses.
Presumably these jets start and stop, lasting perhaps 10-100 million years, as suggested by images of some galaxies showing more than one jet, one of them old and tattered. Evidently, black holes go through binging cycles, interrupted in part by the occasional unstable jet that essentialy takes away their food.
The simulations were run on the Savio computer at UC Berkeley, Darter at the National Institute for Computational Sciences at the University of Tennesee, Knoxville, and Stampede, Maverick and Ranch computers at the Texas Advanced Computing Center at the University of Texas at Austin. The entire simulation took about 500 hours on 2,000 computer cores, the equivalent of 1 million hours on a standard laptop.
The researchers are improving their simulation to incorporate the smaller effects of gravity, buoyancy and the thermal pressure of the interstellar and intergalactic media.
The work was supported by NASA through Einstein Postdoctoral Fellowship grant number PF3-140115 awarded by the Chandra X-ray Center, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory for NASA under contract NAS8-03060, and the National Science Foundation through an XSEDE computational time allocation TG-AST100040.
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Fic: 'Hot In The City' 1/1 for slashysummerfun
Author: darkhavens
Title: Hot In the City 1/1
Pairing: Spike/Xander of Buffy + OC
Rating: NC-17... for demon tail
Words: 2,200ish
Feedback: Please
Concrit: darkhavens @ slashverse.com
Warnings/Squicks: Um, see 'Rating' above
Summary: It's Club Night and someone wants to play
Notes: written for the slashysummerfun angst-free community.
It was Club Night again, the night when Xander put himself entirely in Spike's hands and let him play the ADHD punked-out vampire version of dress-up dolls. He was doing fine until the make-up bag came out.
"Oh, hush."
"Xander, in about three seconds this eyeliner pencil is going straight up your nose if you don't stop fussing! I keep telling you, if anyone at Epoch is staring at you, it's because they want you. Or because they want me so they wish they were you." Spike smirked, confident in his assessment, and brought the black kohl pencil up towards Xander's face for a second time.
"Spike, I'm allergic, remember? I'm not spending another three days with gummy eyes and the guys at work cracking jokes about me being pepper sprayed again."
Xander ignored the adorable pout of disappointment on Spike's face, knowing that any outward reaction would result in a wildly satisfying bout of cheer up sex. Which would be great, until Spike realised they'd left it too late to go clubbing, and then the pout would be real and the second bout of cheer up sex would have to be postponed due to Xander's unfortunately human refractory period.
So, instead of petting his supposedly domesticated vampire, Xander reached over into his bedside cabinet drawer and pulled out a small bottle of inky black fluid.
"Dawn says this is the best hypoallergenic stuff available and that if I still have problems, you'll have to knock me out and get me tattooed if you're that determined to make me pretty."
Spike looked as though he was actually considering the idea, and Xander tried not to imagine the reaction at work if he turned up in eye make-up that he couldn't just wipe off and excuse away as another of Dawnie's little 'games to play on Xander when he falls asleep on chick flick night'.
"I think she was joking. But anyway, I, uh, tested it out the other evening while you and Giles were out on your monthly tour of the local import shops." He grinned evilly. "I gotta say, I never thought you two would end up bonding over foodstuffs."
"What can I say? Ripper has taste. And good contacts. A word in the right ear and he can get practically anything shipped over, for a price. Now, unless you want me to cross your HP Fruity Sauce off the shopping list, hand that stuff over so I can finish tarting you up."
Xander passed the small glass bottle over without complaint. Sure, it would be fun to wind Spike up about his regular shopping expeditions with the man who'd repeatedly chained him up in a bathtub, but Xander wasn't a fool. He had his stomach to think of, and a recently acquired addiction to HP's fruity goodness.
Epoch's main room was eardrum-shatteringly loud and packed to the rafters with humans and demons of every creed, colour, species, sex and orientation. Xander kept a tight hold on Spike's arm as they ploughed through the crowd towards the bar. A quick dose of liquid courage always helped him forget to be embarrassed about wearing make-up, wearing silk, wearing clothes that clung to his body like a second skin, too close for underwear.
A shot of Jack and a beer chaser - and gods he hoped he never got to the stage where that wasn't enough - and he was ready to brave the seething dance floor. Spike knocked back whatever number shot he was on, grabbed Xander's wrist and towed him along, eager to get to the fun part of the evening.
A few 'excuse me's' later, having suffered a trampled toe and the unsettling experience of being goosed by what he hoped was just an un-aimed tail, Xander was happily ensconced on the dance floor, pressed tightly against his lover's lean frame.
The heat of so many bodies in such close, frenzied, company soon had his skin slick with sweat. The black silk, slash-necked tee that Spike had squeezed him into earlier now looked more like recently applied body paint, still wet to the touch and ready to smear beneath a grasping hand.
Spike leaned forward and licked a broad stripe from the base of Xander's throat, up along the corded tendons of his neck to his ear, where he paused to nip at the pierced lobe and tease the tiny topaz nestled there.
"Want to play, luv?"
Even with Spike so close, it was impossible to make out what he was saying over the pounding beat and thrum of modern rock, so Xander shook his head, shrugged in confusion and leaned in closer. Spike raised a hand and held Xander's head in place as his mouth hovered micrometers from the topaz-decorated ear.
"Want to play? You've got an admirer right behind you. He wants to know if he can join the party."
This time Xander heard enough to understand, and threw a lightning quick glance back over his shoulder before twisting back to stare at Spike. He mirrored spike's ear to mouth pose of a minute ago, and voiced his concerns.
"Spike, he's huge! And red! And there are horns!"
A second look made his eyes bug out. It looked like the tail that had touched him up earlier had not been aimless after all. Spike nipped his earlobe again to regain his attention.
"He's harmless, Xan. 'S protective colouration to scare the beasties off. He just wants a chance to touch what's mine. Trust me?"
Xander nodded slowly and so did Spike, and immediately Xander felt a presence at his back. Spike lifted his arms and draped them over Xander's shoulders just as two huge hands fastened solidly onto his hips and snugged them back against a pair of massively muscled thighs.
Hard, heated flesh blanketed Xander's back from nape to coccyx, and a prominent bulge pressed firmly against the base of his spine. Something he guessed - hoped - to be the tail wrapped twice around the upper portion of his right thigh and gave a strangely reassuring squeeze. Xander suddenly felt like the meat in a pornographic sandwich as Spike leaned in even closer and stole his breath - his senses - with a kiss.
Lips, teeth and tongues clashed and tangled, tasted, nipped and stroked, and Xander almost forgot their unusual third. Almost. The hot wet tongue that was busy counting his upper vertebrae managed to prevent him from dismissing the demon entirely. And then the hands on his hips moved, one slipping forward to span the width of his stomach, the other sliding up over damp silk to tease his nipples.
Spike pressed one thigh between Xander's own and rocked up and back in time to the music. Xander whimpered and felt his knees go weak. The unexpected brush of prehensile tail along his zipper sent Xander's system into overdrive. He was being dry-humped and groped by two demons on a crowded dance floor and he suddenly didn't give a damn who saw it.
Leaving one of his hands tucked inside the waistband at the rear of Spike's jeans, he sent the other one reaching back behind him. He needed to reciprocate - to touch not just be touched - and he managed to grab a tiny piece of tree trunk textured thigh.
His touch was rewarded with a fervent tail squeeze and a string of biting kisses laced across his exposed nape. The demon behind him ground forward as the demon in front of him did the same, and he almost whited out from sensory overload. His cock was already hard enough to cut diamonds, and with every movement the fabric of his jeans chafed a little bit more. Xander knew he must be a very sick puppy when that friction only served to make him even harder.
"Xan? Xander!" A tap to the cheek brought his eyelids up from where they'd fallen, and he stared out at Spike with lust-glazed eyes. Spike grinned.
"C'mon, luv. Let's grab a booth."
Xander allowed himself to be moved, still sandwiched tightly between two demons, into one of the unlighted booths that ringed the dance floor. Each was furnished with a table and padded benches and sturdy walls, with a variety of lighting possibilities if an audience was required. This time Spike left the lights off.
Their new friend settled himself comfortably on the end of one bench, then reached out and swiftly lifted Xander onto his lap, arranging the horny human so that he straddled the massive thighs, ass snugged back against groin.
Too stunned - and too aroused - to protest at being handled like a child, Xander could have sworn he heard his pelvis creak as the demon's thigh opened and forced his own to spread even wider, and then Spike stepped forward and they were practically groin-to-groin. Xander decided the position was more than worth the strain.
Once again, Xander almost lost himself in Spike's kiss, one hand tangled in loosely curling hair as the other slipped back beneath the waistband of Spike's jeans and moulded to the contours of his well-formed ass.
The lap he was perched atop began to rhythmically rock and thrust, and hands the size of dinner plates came up to join the fun. The left began to trace the length of Spike's spine between Xander's hands, pausing every few inches to stroke and tease. The other settled high on Xander's thigh and began to squeeze, the thumb pressing hard into his groin.
Xander twitched as a similar presence made itself known around his left thigh, and he realised he'd momentarily forgotten about that sneaky tail. Great. Twin lines of pressure framed his aching cock but didn't quite touch, and his hips began to flex in search of contact.
The more he squirmed the tighter he was held and very soon he was gasping helplessly into Spike's mouth, begging and pleading for a touch, just one stroke, a finger, anything, just enough so that he could actually come.
A glance was shared over his shoulder and then the tail was slipping away to be replaced by the demon's other hand, and Xander watched through barely focussed eyes as Spike drew down his zipper, exposing Xander's cock to the night club air before doing the same with his own.
And then Spike stepped up onto the bench and lowered himself onto the tree trunk sized thighs in front of Xander, his own thighs draped over Xander's and looped behind the tangle of bodies. He reached over Xander's shoulders, linked his hands behind their new friend's thick red neck, and nodded. Xander shuddered at the feel of Spike's cock against his own as that marvellous tail wrapped tightly around them both from root to tip and began to ripple and pump them to a mutual screaming climax.
When Xander came to, he found he was still being cradled on the demon's lap, while Spike had apparently had ample time to go to the bar for drinks. He'd been zipped back into his pants and from the feel of it, he'd been wiped off first, and he finally recovered the ability to be embarrassed. He struggled to find a way to phrase the 'who, how and when' question but was no closer to a solution when Spike finally took pity.
"I cleaned you up and tucked you in while Darden fetched the booze. When he got back and saw you were still out, he asked if he could hold on to you for a while. You didn't seem to mind so I said yes."
Darden? Xander blinked. Huh. It seemed kind of odd to be learning the demon's name after they'd had mind-blowing three-way sex in a night club, but he decided it was better than never knowing his name at all.
He wriggled, slightly uncomfortable at sitting in someone's lap now the sexual buzz was fading, and Darden helped him slide off and onto the bench next to Spike.
"Um, thanks."
"Is good. Again, maybe, yes? Club to come often, you and vampire? Is part mine. Always you are welcome. Ask Darden at door. No charge."
Xander's sex addled brain struggled to translate the broken English into meaningful sentences, and failed, miserably. Spike apparently didn't have the same problem, offering his hand and a broad grin.
"So you're one of the owners here. Nice setup. We try and get back this way every couple of weeks. Can't promise you the fun and games every time we come, but maybe, when my boy is in the mood again, we'll look you up. Nice meeting you, Darden, now I'd better get him home, he's starting to crash."
Xander tried to complain but was foiled by a yawn and settled for a mega-watt pout.
"I hope see soon, Xander."
Xander turned to answer and was surprised by a butterfly soft kiss on the cheek and then Darden was gone, disappearing into the crowd on the dance floor.
"That was… Wow."
Spike laughed and tugged Xander, yawning again, to his feet.
"C'mon, luv, you can sleep in the car on the way back. Then, when I get you home…"
Come and read the sequel!
tistootistoo on August 20th, 2005 11:36 pm (UTC)
*happy smile*
Ohhhhh... VERY nice! *bounces*
Darden was fun for the boys... and can I just say that I love his mose of speech? Gave me giggles-- in the good way!
Lovely! :D
darkhavensdarkhavens on August 22nd, 2005 10:42 pm (UTC)
Thank you! :D
Darden is my darlin'. *g* |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6975 | DS-Lite Failure Detection and Failover
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In DS-Lite, the tunnel is stateless, not associated with any state information, and the CGN function at the AFTR is stateful. Currently, there is no failure detection and failover mechanism for both stateless tunnel and stateful CGN function, which makes it difficult to manage and diagnose if there is a problem. This draft analyzes the applicability of some of the possible solutions.
Tina Tsou (tina.tsou.zouting@huawei.com)
Brandon Li (brandon.lijian@huawei.com)
Cathy Zhou (cathy.zhou@huawei.com)
Jürgen Schönwälder (j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de)
Reinaldo Penno (repenno@cisco.com)
Mohamed Boucadair (mohamed.boucadair@orange.com)
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Fires when the Instance/Parent property of the object or one of its ancestors is changed.
This event includes two parameters, child and parent. Child refers to the Instance whose Instance/Parent was actually changed. Parent refers to this Instance's new Instance/Parent.
A common use for this function is detecting when an object has been removed or destroyed (using Instance/Destroy). This is done by checking if the parent has been set to nil. For example:
object.AncestryChanged:Connect(function(_, parent)
if not parent then
print("object destroyed!")
Name Type Default Description
The Instance whose Instance/Parent has been changed.
The new Instance/Parent of the Instance whose Instance/Parent was changed.
Code Samples
The below example would print “Part is now a child of Model”.
local p = Instance.new("Part")
p.Parent = game.Workspace
p.AncestryChanged:Connect(function(child, parent)
print(child.Name.." is now a child of "..parent.Name)
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/6995 | Time out error while production test using DTM
I am testing 9 channels for PER (1,2,3,21,22,23,37,38,39). During testing the last 3 channels I always get a single time out error in response to LE_TEST_END. I also get much higher PER for higher channels (not sure if these 2 problems are related). Anybody with a similar experience? I am using nRF51 dev kit. |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/7008 |
Call expressions
CallExpression :
Expression ( CallParams? )
CallParams :
Expression ( , Expression )\* ,?
A call expression consists of an expression followed by a parenthesized expression-list. It invokes a function, providing zero or more input variables. If the function eventually returns, then the expression completes. For non-function types, the expression f(...) uses the method on one of the std::ops::Fn, std::ops::FnMut or std::ops::FnOnce traits, which differ in whether they take the type by reference, mutable reference, or take ownership respectively. An automatic borrow will be taken if needed. Rust will also automatically dereference f as required. Some examples of call expressions:
# #![allow(unused_variables)]
#fn main() {
# fn add(x: i32, y: i32) -> i32 { 0 }
let three: i32 = add(1i32, 2i32);
let name: &'static str = (|| "Rust")();
Disambiguating Function Calls
Rust treats all function calls as sugar for a more explicit, fully-qualified syntax. Upon compilation, Rust will desugar all function calls into the explicit form. Rust may sometimes require you to qualify function calls with trait, depending on the ambiguity of a call in light of in-scope items.
Note: In the past, the Rust community used the terms "Unambiguous Function Call Syntax", "Universal Function Call Syntax", or "UFCS", in documentation, issues, RFCs, and other community writings. However, the term lacks descriptive power and potentially confuses the issue at hand. We mention it here for searchability's sake.
Several situations often occur which result in ambiguities about the receiver or referent of method or associated function calls. These situations may include:
• Multiple in-scope traits define methods with the same name for the same types
• Auto-deref is undesirable; for example, distinguishing between methods on a smart pointer itself and the pointer's referent
• Methods which take no arguments, like default(), and return properties of a type, like size_of()
To resolve the ambiguity, the programmer may refer to their desired method or function using more specific paths, types, or traits.
For example,
trait Pretty {
fn print(&self);
trait Ugly {
fn print(&self);
struct Foo;
impl Pretty for Foo {
fn print(&self) {}
struct Bar;
impl Pretty for Bar {
fn print(&self) {}
impl Ugly for Bar{
fn print(&self) {}
fn main() {
let f = Foo;
let b = Bar;
// we can do this because we only have one item called `print` for `Foo`s
// more explicit, and, in the case of `Foo`, not necessary
// if you're not into the whole brevity thing
<Foo as Pretty>::print(&f);
// b.print(); // Error: multiple 'print' found
// Bar::print(&b); // Still an error: multiple `print` found
// necessary because of in-scope items defining `print`
<Bar as Pretty>::print(&b);
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/7010 | Teradata DSN Options
ODBC Driver for Teradata® User Guide
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User Guide
The keyword options in the following table can be added to the Data Source Specification and Default Data Source Specification sections of the odbc.ini file. The options can only be configured through the odbc.ini file. The following table lists the options that are configurable in the odbc.ini file.
ODBC Driver for Teradata has established specific application uses for available DSN settings. For details, see DSN Settings for Third-Party Applications.
Keyword/Synonym Description
Specifies the account value to be entered during database logon. If unspecified, the database defaults to the account value specified when the user was created or modified.
This option can help isolate users by determining the applications users are running or restricting users from logging on.
CharacterSet=<charset name>
Charset=<charset name>
Specifies the session character set. Default is ASCII.
Specify the character set for the session. It is strongly recommended to use the default ASCII session only for 7-bit ASCII characters. UTF8 is the recommended default session character set for all languages including US English. To use a different character set than is chosen by default, specify or select it here.
The available options:
• UTF8
• UTF16
• LATIN1252_0A
• LATIN9_0A
• LATIN1_0A
• Shift-JIS (Windows, DOS compatible, KANJISJIS_0S)
• EUC (Unix compatible, KANJIEC_0U)
• IBM Mainframe (KANJIEBCDIC5035_0I)
• KANJI932_1S0
• BIG5 (TCHBIG5_1R0)
• GB (SCHGB2312_1T0)
• SCHINESE936_6R0
• TCHINESE950_8R0
• NetworkKorean (HANGULKSC5601_2R4)
• HANGUL949_7R0
• ARABIC1256_6A0
• CYRILLIC1251_2A0
• HEBREW1255_5A0
• LATIN1250_1A0
• LATIN1254_7A0
• LATIN1258_8A0
• THAI874_4A0
For user-defined session character sets not shown on the above list, type the name of the user-defined session character set.
DateTimeFormat=[A|I]A A
Specifies the format of DATE, TIME, and TIMESTAMP data types.
• A - ANSI
• I - Integer
The three-character specification represents:
• First character = DATE format
• Second character = TIME format
• Third character = TIMESTAMP format
The recommended settings are either the AAA (default), or the IAA (optional) formats. Because the Integer data type has been deprecated for the TIME format, it is not recommended. For information, see Integer Time. The last character that represents TIMESTAMP is always ANSI.
DataSourceDNSEntries The DataSourceDNSEntries DSN option notifies the ODBC Driver for Teradata how many entries are defined in DNS for the database name. The initial value of this option controls how the ODBC Driver for Teradata resolves database names to IP addresses. If this value is not set, the default value is undefined (empty). If multiple database names are provided in ODBC DSN, the DataSourceDNSEntries option is applicable to all names.
If a database is identified by IP address instead of a name in the ODBC DSN or connection-string, the DataSourceDNSEntries option is ignored.
DataSourceDNSEntries=undefined (default setting) is recommended for best results. This setting enables the ODBC Driver for Teradata to lookup DNS dynamically and find all available COPs for a given database name. Using this approach, ODBC Driver for Teradata will automatically detect new nodes added to the Teradata database (and DNS) in the future, without ODBC modification.
DataSourceDNSEntries= 0 indicates that DNS does not contain cop entries for the database name. The database name will only be resolved by itself. No attempt will be made to resolve using a cop suffix. This behavior can be desirable in an environment utilizing DNS to load balance. When DNS is used for load balancing, administrators can configure DNS to provide a different IP address or multiple IP addresses in different order each time the database name is resolved using DNS.
DataSourceDNSEntries= value. Entering a non-zero value indicates that DNS contains cop entries for the database name and the last cop entry is value. The first connection attempt will chose a random number between 1 and value. Each subsequent connection will then increment to the next number (round-robin). This approach will not encounter costly DNS resolution failures (how costly depends on how the DNS is configured). However, if additional entries are added to DNS at a later time, they will not be discovered by the ODBC Driver for Teradata unless the supplied value is increased.
Specifies whether the Help Database is used.
• No (default) - The driver uses the HELP DATABASE command.
• Yes - SQLTables uses a SELECT statement instead of the HELP DATABASE command when no wildcard characters are used in SQLTables.
SQLTables uses dbc.tables or dbc.tablesx, depending on the UseXViews setting.
DontUseTitles=[Yes|No] Specifies whether column names or column titles are returned.
• No - Returns column titles, if they are defined; otherwise, returns column names.
• Yes (default) - Returns column names rather than column titles, as required by some applications, such as Crystal Reports.
Column titles for SQLColumns are shown in the LABEL column.
Specifies whether the ODBC driver will support UDF source file uploads.
• Yes - UDF source files are uploaded.
• No (default) - UDF source files are not uploaded.
For more information, see ElicitFile in Teradata® Call-Level Interface Version 2 Reference for Mainframe-Attached Systems, B035-2417, and Teradata® Database SQL External Routine Programming , B035-1147 .
EnableExtendedStmtInfo=[Yes|No] Specifies whether extended statement information is used when it is available from the database.
• Yes (default) - Extended statement information is requested and used.
If extended statement information is available, the ODBC API function SQLDescribeParam is supported and SQLGetFunctions returns SQL_TRUE (supported) for SQL_API_SQLDESCRIBEPARAM.
• No - Extended statement information is not used, even if the database supports it.
If extended statement information is not available, SQLDescribeParam is not supported and SQLGetFunctions returns SQL_FALSE (not supported) for SQL_API_SQLDESCRIBEPARAM.
Teradata Database versions V2R6.2 and up support extended statement information, which includes additional metadata for parameters used in SQL requests and for columns in result sets.
EnableReadAhead=[Yes|No] Specifies whether the ODBC Driver performs read-ahead to receive the next response message while the current message is being processed.
• Yes (default) - the ODBC Driver reads ahead by requesting the next response message from the database when the current response message being processed is not the last. The database can have one request active for each session at any point in time. An active request is either an SQL request which is executing or a request for the next part of the result from an earlier SQL request.
• No - the ODBC Driver only requests the next response message from the database when the current response message has been processed by the driver.
IANAAppCodePage=<ODBC application code page> The current ODBC application code page is defined as IANAAppCodePage.
See ODBC Application Code Page Values (Linux/UNIX and Apple OS X) for a list of valid ODBC application code page values and cautionary information.
Specifies that characters _ and % work like regular wildcard characters for values given to table names, schema names, and so forth when passed to catalog functions, such as SQLTables.
This option is useful for applications, such as Microsoft Access, that do not support search patterns.
• No (default, except for Microsoft Access) - Characters _ and % are processed as regular characters.
This setting causes Microsoft Access to use the Data Source section of the odbc.inifile to process search patterns.
• Yes - Characters _ and % are not processed. Instead use the following commands for a normal search pattern:
• SQLTables
• SQLColumns
• SQLTablePrivileges
• SQLProcedures
• SQLProcedureColumns
• SQLGetInfo
SQL_SEARCH_PATTERN_ESCAPE returns an empty string.
integer 0>LoginTimeout=< Defines the number of paused seconds before a virtual circuit is established with Teradata Database for login.
Default is 20.
Enter an integer value greater than or equal to 0.
MaxRespSize=<integer 16775168> Limits the Teradata response buffer size for SQL requests.
Default is 65536 (64K). The maximum integer value is 16775168.
This value can be adjusted dynamically if Teradata cannot send a result within the limited packet size defined:
• If using a slow TCP/IP interface, such as PPP or SLIP, enter a smaller value.
• If expecting large result sets in a LAN environment, enter a larger value.
Identifies the authentication mechanism used for connections to the data source.
Default is determined by a configuration option that is set by the TeraGSS program in an XML file called tdgssconfigure.
Valid values are as follows:
• Empty - The same as omitting the keyword.
• TD2 - Selects Teradata 2 as the authentication mechanism. Username and password are required.
• TDNEGO – selects one of the Authentication Mechanisms automatically based on the policy without user involvement.
• LDAP - Selects LDAP as the authentication mechanism. The application provides the username and password.
• KRB5 - Selects Kerberos as the authentication mechanism. The application provides the username and password.
See Network Security for complete descriptions of authentication mechanisms.
Value = string
A string of characters regarded as a parameter to the authentication mechanism. It is opaque for ODBC Driver for Teradata and is passed on to the Teradata authentication software called to set the mechanism.
The odbc.ini file has no security. The MechanismKey is retained in unencrypted plain text and can be viewed by any user with read-access to the file.
You can use a Teradata Wallet reference string instead of a plain text MechanismKey value by specifying the $tdwallet() token. For example:
For more information, see Teradata Wallet.
NoScan=[Yes|No] Enables or disables parsing of SQL statements by ODBC Driver for Teradata. When enabled, the driver transforms ODBC escape sequences to SQL.
• No (default) - SQL statements are parsed by ODBC Driver for Teradata.
• Yes - SQL statements are sent unmodified to Teradata Database without parsing by ODBC Driver for Teradata.
If the SQL statements contain ODBC-specific syntax, do not enable this option. Setting this option while using ODBC-specific syntax in the SQL statement results in Teradata Database reporting errors.
PrintOption=[N |P] Specifies the print option for stored procedures.
N (default) - Disables the print option when stored procedures are created.
P - Enables the print option.
retryOnEINTR Controls whether ODBC Driver for Teradata retries the socket system calls on an EINTR or returns an SQL_ERROR.
The affected socket system calls are as follows:
• connect()
• select()
• recv()
• send()
Values are Yes for retries or No for no retries. Default is Yes.
ReturnGeneratedKeys=<value> Determines the result from requests that insert data into identity columns (INSERT, INSERT ... SELECT, UPSERT, MERGE-INTO). These requests can optionally return a result set containing identity column values (also known as auto-generated keys) for the inserted rows.
Auto-generated key retrieval is not supported in Teradata Database versions prior to V2R6.2 and the setting of ReturnGeneratedKeys has no effect when using a pre V2R6.2 database server.
• C - Retrieves identity column only. Returns a row count of inserted rows and a result set that contains the auto-generated keys as a single column.
• R - Retrieves entire rows. Returns a row count of inserted rows and a result set that contains the auto-generated keys of all columns of the rows just inserted.
• N (default) or not set - No auto-generated key retrieval. The behavior of requests that insert into identify columns is unchanged.
SessionMode=[Yes|No] Specifies the mode (Teradata or ANSI) for sessions on Teradata Database. The selected mode applies for the duration of the session.
The default value is determined by the database based on the option used in the CREATE or MODIFY USER statement.
An application cannot set SessionMode programmatically. SessionMode can be set only while connecting.
SplOption=[Y | N] Specifies the stored procedure language (SPL) option when creating stored procedures.
• N - Created without SPL text.
• Y (default) - Created with SPL text.
TCPNoDelay=[Yes|No] Specifies whether Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) immediately sends small packets or waits to gather packets into a single, larger packet.
This option is valid for the Teradata Data Source Entry.
• Yes (default) - TCP immediately sends small packets. This option avoids transmission delays so a larger number of small packets, including acknowledgments, can be sent over the network.
• No - TCP gathers small packets into a single packet. This option can reduce network traffic, but it can also delay packet transmission. Refer to the TCP documentation for complete information.
TranslationDLL=<path> Specifies the name of the translation DLL. It is recommended that you assign a fully qualified pathname for the translation DLL.
User-defined session character sets can be used without a value for this option. Conversion is then based on the current application code page.
For details, see User-Defined Session Character Set Support and Translation DLLs.
TranslationOption=<integer> A 32-bit value with a specific meaning for a given translation DLL.
For example, it could specify a certain character set translation.
If unspecified, a zero value is passed as an option to SQLDriverToDataSource and SQLDataSourceToDriver of the Translation DLL.
TDMSTPortNumber=<integer> Specifies the number of the port that accesses Teradata Database.
Default is 1025.
Do not change this value unless instructed to do so by Technical Support.
Specifies the fully qualified path where UDF source files will be found. If defined, the driver looks at this location for files the database requests, unless the database gives a fully qualified path as part of the file name (field must be empty).
Provides backwards compatibility for ODBC 2.x applications that use a noncompliant search patterns.
Earlier versions of ODBC Driver for Teradata allowed users to create search patterns other than the % search pattern stated in the ODBC Programmer’s Reference specification. On noncompliant systems, if a NULL value is passed to the SQLTables API for the SchemaName argument, the result is a search for tables by userid, DBC, and default database schema names, rather than the % search pattern.
• No (default) - Use the % search pattern.
• Yes - Allow searches by userid, DBC, and default database schema names.
No (default) - Encrypt only logon information.
• Enables the Teradata gateway and ODBC Driver for Teradata to communicate in an encrypted manner.
• Yes - Enable data encryption.
UseXViews=[Yes|No] Specifies whether X tables are used.
X tables only contain information that users have permission to access. These tables are optional for Teradata, so check to ensure they exist before using the option.
• Yes -
• SQLTables() and SQLProcedures() use dbc.tablesVX and dbc.databasesVX.
• SQLColumns() and SQLProcedureColumns() use dbc.columnsVX instead of dbc.columnsV.
• SqlStatistics() uses dbc.tablesizeVX.
• No (default) -
• SQLTables() and SQLProcedures() use dbc.tablesV and dbc.databasesV.
• SQLColumns() and SQLProcedureColumns() use dbc.columnsV.
SqlStatistics() uses dbc.tablesizeV.
The Linux/UNIX system version of ODBC Driver for Teradata recognizes the following options when the LANG environment variable contains a value recognized by ODBC Driver for Teradata for Japanese, Chinese, or Korean locales. These options are not available on Apple OS X.
ClientKanjiFormat={SJIS|EUC|Big5|Network Korean| GB}
Using this feature is not recommended, because it is deprecated.
Specifies which character set to use for the user's choice of character set format:
• SJIS
• EUC
• Big5
• Network Korean
• GB
Default is set by the user.
The data returned is translated from the session character set to the ClientKanjiFormat for SJIS and EUC only.
For Big5, NetworkKorean, and GB, this value should match the session character set. |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/7012 | Tutankhamun - The Mystery Revealed
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Science Documentary hosted by Paul McGann and published by Channel 5 in 2010 - English narration
also known as:
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Dr Zahi Hawass and his scientific team unlock the secrets of King Tutankhamun's family, his life and his death using DNA tracing techniques and the latest technology. Fresh evidence from Tuankhamun's remains reveals more about the cause of his untimely death.
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tells the story of Tut’s early years and will unravel the mystery of who his parents were and what happened to them. Through a series of groundbreaking scientific studies, archaeological investigations and forensic research, this two-hour program will identify the mummies of Tut’s mother and father and reconstruct the young pharaoh’s family tree.
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tells the story of the adult Tut, the last chapters of his life, his death and his progeny: What was the adult Tut like? How exactly did he die? Did he have children, and what became of them? What happened to his body after his death? Why is his mummification so odd? Again with the same pioneering DNA investigation at its crux, this show will attempt to finally give conclusive answers to these questions.
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• Video Codec: x264 CABAC
• Video Bitrate: 1650 kbps
• Video Resolution: 832x468
• Video Aspect Ratio: 1.777:1
• Frames Per Second: 25
• Audio Codec: AC3
• Audio Bitrate: 128 kb/s CBR 48KHz
• Audio Streams: 2ch
• Audio Languages: English
• RunTime Per Part: 44mins
• Number Of Parts: 4
• Part Size: 570 MB
• Subtitles: none
• Source: DVB-S
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/7017 | A+ Burger
A+ Burger
(Makes 4 Buffalo Chicken Burgers)
• 16 oz. ground chicken
• 1 extra large egg
• ½ cup crumbled blue cheese
• 1 tsp. hot sauce
• 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
• ½ tsp. celery salt
• ½ tsp. paprika
• 1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
• Red Onion Sliced
• 1 leaf of lettuce
• 1-2 slices of tomatoes
• Kings Hawaiian Buns
Blue Cheese Sauce:
• ½ cup crumbled blue cheese
• ¾ cup mayonnaise
• ½ cup whole milk
• ¼ tsp. hot sauce
• ¼ tsp. Worcestershire sauce
• Preheat grill to medium high heat.
• In a bowl mix the ground chicken, blue cheese, paprika, cayenne, Worcestershire sauce, celery salt and pepper. Mix well until combined.
• Form mixture into 4 equal patties.
• Place burgers on the grill and cook until brown. Flip over and cook on the other side, 7 minutes per side.
• Place a leaf of lettuce on top of the hamburger bun. Add a slice of tomato and a slice of red onion.
• Place the burger patty on top of the onion.
• Top the burger with the blue cheese sauce.
• Place the other half of the burger bun on top.
Blue Cheese Sauce:
• In a bowl mix together the mayonnaise, ½ cup blue cheese, milk, ¼ tsp. hot sauce and the additional ¼ tsp. Worcestershire sauce, until smooth.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/7067 | What You Need to Know About Top 10 Phone Apps
Nowadays, in an age and time of technology, it is often joked that there is an app for everything and anything. Even though that can sound funny, it is not too far from the truth.
A quick look at the Google Play Store or Apple Store will reveal an endless trove of mobile apps for everything – from taking accounts to monitoring your children. So what apps are regarded as the top 10 phone apps? This is surely a very interesting question, and this piece is set out to answer the question. Check out the sections below for an informative breakdown on these apps:
1. Weather: Regarded by many to be the very best of all weather apps, 1Weather is the perfect companions for many. Apart from showing you all there is about the weather at the moment, it can also project forecasts for up to three months. This is in addition to other amazing packages it comes with. Another thing is that the owner can decide to customize it to personal taste.
1. Google Drive Suite: A total package with a lot of uses and massive space, this cloud storage app is a major lifesaver for many. It is a real suite of popular and useful products like Gmail, Google Photos, Google Calendar, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Google Docs, and Google Keep. For office and personal use, Google Drive Suite is well ahead of its rivals.
1. Google Maps: Perfect for location and tracking, from your local market to an unknown destination, Google Maps is always ready to assist the user. It is the most preferred navigation app for so many people across the globe.
1. Google Search: The ultimate when it comes to all search apps, practically all android phones on the planet use this simple to use app.
1. Facebook: The most famous social media app in use on the planet. With well over one billion users, Facebook is clearly in a league of its own.
1. Instagram: Also owned by Facebook, this photo-sharing app is also a mega delight.
1. WhatsApp: This app is considered to be the undisputed ruler of all instant messaging apps, probably unbeaten by none except maybe Facebook Messenger even if not many will agree with this assertion.
1. SnapChat: Another powerful photo and video sharing app which is considered the most serious rival to Facebook.
1. Microsoft Office suite: Imagine a world without Microsoft Word, Excel, Note, Access, PowerPoint and others. The MS Office suite offers all these and even more.
1. Google Assistant: Hailed by many as the future of artificial intelligence, this personal assistant app is growing in prominence and points to a future of comfort for us all. |
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Al Foster (born January 18, 1943) is an American jazz drummer. Foster played with Miles Davis during the 1970s and was one of the few people to have contact with Davis during his retirement from 1975–1981. Foster also played on Davis's 1981 comeback album The Man with the Horn. He was the only musician to play in Davis's band both before and after his retirement. He has toured extensively with Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, and Joe Henderson.
Al Foster
Al Foster.jpg
Al Foster Quintet in Trieste, Italy 2007
Background information
Born (1943-01-18) January 18, 1943 (age 76)
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Years active1960s–present[1]
Associated actsMiles Davis
Foster was born in Richmond, Virginia, and grew up in New York. He began playing drums at the age of 13 and made his recording debut on Blue Mitchell's The Thing to Do at age 20.
He joined Miles Davis's group when Jack DeJohnette left in 1972,[2] and played with Davis until 1985. In his 1989 autobiography, Davis described the first time he heard Foster play live in 1972 at the Cellar Club in Manhattan: "He [Foster] knocked me out because he had such a groove and he would just lay it right in there. That was the kind of thing I was looking for. Al could set it up for everybody else to play-off and just keep the groove going forever."
Foster began composing in the 1970s, and has toured with his own band, including musicians such as bassist Doug Weiss, saxophonist Dayna Stephens, and pianist Adam Birnbaum.
As leaderEdit
As sidemanEdit
With Kenny Barron
With Walter Bishop Jr.
With Joanne Brackeen
With Donald Byrd
With Miles Davis
With Tommy Flanagan
With Red Garland
With Dexter Gordon
With Jimmy Heath
With Joe Henderson
With Shirley Horn
With Bobby Hutcherson
With Illinois Jacquet
With Duke Jordan
With Yusef Lateef
With Dave Liebman
With Ronnie Mathews
With Blue Mitchell
With Tete Montoliu
With Frank Morgan
With Art Pepper
With Sonny Rollins
With Bud Shank
With McCoy Tyner
With Cedar Walton
With Larry Willis
With Steve Kuhn
• The Vanguard Date with Ron Carter (Sunnyside/E1, 1986)
• Life's Magic with Ron Carter (Sunnyside/E1, 1986)
• Seasons of Romance (Postcards, 1995)
• Live at Birdland with Ron Carter (Blue Note, 2006)
With others
1. ^ Dave, Uncle (January 18, 1943). "Al Foster". AllMusic. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
2. ^ Lewis, Dave. "Al Foster: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved March 25, 2010.
3. ^ All Music
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Systemic lupus erythematosus
Other namesLupus
Young woman with the typical "butterfly rash" found in lupus
SymptomsPainful and swollen joints, fever, chest pain, hair loss, mouth ulcers, swollen lymph nodes, feeling tired, red rash[1]
Usual onset15–45 years of age[1][2]
DurationLong term[1]
Diagnostic methodBased on symptoms and blood tests[1]
MedicationNSAIDs, corticosteroids, immunosuppressants, hydroxychloroquine, methotrexate[1]
Prognosis15 year survival ~80%[3]
Frequency2–7 per 10,000[2]
Signs and symptoms
Common symptoms of SLE[8]
SLE is one of several diseases known as "the great imitator" because it often mimics or is mistaken for other illnesses.[9] SLE is a classical item in differential diagnosis,[10] because SLE symptoms vary widely and come and go unpredictably. Diagnosis can thus be elusive, with some people having unexplained symptoms of SLE for years.
Common initial and chronic complaints include fever, malaise, joint pains, muscle pains, and fatigue. Because these symptoms are so often seen in association with other diseases, these signs and symptoms are not part of the diagnostic criteria for SLE. When occurring in conjunction with other signs and symptoms, however, they are considered suggestive.[11]
Hair loss, mouth and nasal ulcers, and lesions on the skin are other possible manifestations.[15]
Muscles and bones
A possible association between rheumatoid arthritis and SLE has been suggested,[18] and SLE may be associated with an increased risk of bone fractures in relatively young women.[19]
SLE can cause pleuritic pain as well as inflammation of the pleurae known as pleurisy, which can rarely give rise to shrinking lung syndrome involving a reduced lung volume.[25][26] Other associated lung conditions include pneumonitis, chronic diffuse interstitial lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary emboli, and pulmonary hemorrhage.
The histological hallmark of SLE is membranous glomerulonephritis with "wire loop" abnormalities.[29] This finding is due to immune complex deposition along the glomerular basement membrane, leading to a typical granular appearance in immunofluorescence testing.
More rare manifestations are acute confusional state, Guillain–Barré syndrome, aseptic meningitis, autonomic disorder, demyelinating syndrome, mononeuropathy (which might manifest as mononeuritis multiplex), movement disorder (more specifically, chorea), myasthenia gravis, myelopathy, cranial neuropathy and plexopathy.
Eye involvement is seen in up to one-third of people. The most common diseases are dry eye syndrome and secondary Sjögren's syndrome, but episcleritis, scleritis, retinopathy (more often affecting both eyes than one), ischemic optic neuropathy, retinal detachment, and secondary angle-closure glaucoma may occur. In addition, the medications used to treat SLE can cause eye disease: long-term glucocorticoid use can cause cataracts and secondary open-angle glaucoma, and long-term hydroxychloroquine treatment can cause vortex keratopathy and maculopathy.[39]
SLE causes an increased rate of fetal death in utero and spontaneous abortion (miscarriage). The overall live-birth rate in people with SLE has been estimated to be 72%.[40] Pregnancy outcome appears to be worse in people with SLE whose disease flares up during pregnancy.[41]
Neonatal lupus is the occurrence of SLE symptoms in an infant born from a mother with SLE, most commonly presenting with a rash resembling discoid lupus erythematosus, and sometimes with systemic abnormalities such as heart block or enlargement of the liver and spleen.[42] Neonatal lupus is usually benign and self-limited.[42]
SLE is presumably caused by a genetic susceptibility coupled with an environmental trigger which results in defects in the immune system. One of the factors associated with SLE is vitamin D deficiency.[45]
SLE does run in families, but no single causal gene has been identified. Instead, multiple genes appear to influence a person's chance of developing lupus when triggered by environmental factors. HLA class I, class II, and class III genes are associated with SLE, but only classes I and II contribute independently to increased risk of SLE.[46] Other genes which contain risk variants for SLE are IRF5, PTPN22, STAT4,[47] CDKN1A,[48] ITGAM, BLK,[47] TNFSF4 and BANK1.[49] Some of the susceptibility genes may be population specific.[47] Genetic studies of the rates of disease in families supports the genetic basis of this disease with a heritability of >66%.[50] Identical (monozygotic) twins were found to share susceptibility to the disease at >35% rate compared to fraternal (dizygotic) twins and other full siblings who only showed a 2–5% concordance in shared inheritance.[50]
Since SLE is associated with many genetic regions, it is likely an oligogenic trait, meaning that there are several genes that control susceptibility to the disease.[51]
Drug reactions
Non-systemic forms of lupus
Discoid (cutaneous) lupus is limited to skin symptoms and is diagnosed by biopsy of rash on the face, neck, scalp or arms. Approximately 5% of people with DLE progress to SLE.[54]
SLE is triggered by environmental factors that are unknown. In SLE, the body's immune system produces antibodies against itself, particularly against proteins in the cell nucleus. These antibody attacks are the immediate cause of SLE.[10][55][56]
SLE is a chronic inflammatory disease believed to be a type III hypersensitivity response with potential type II involvement.[57] Reticulate and stellate acral pigmentation should be considered a possible manifestation of SLE and high titers of anti-cardiolipin antibodies, or a consequence of therapy.[58]
In the complement system low C3 levels are associated with systemic lupus erythematosus[61]
Cell death signaling
Clearance deficiency
Clearance deficiency
Recent research has found an association between certain people with lupus (especially those with lupus nephritis) and an impairment in degrading neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). These were due to DNAse1 inhibiting factors, or NET protecting factors in people's serum, rather than abnormalities in the DNAse1 itself.[64] DNAse1 mutations in lupus have so far only been found in some Japanese cohorts.[65]
Germinal centers
Germinal centres in a person with SLE and controls (schematic). Red: CD68 in tingible body macrophages; black: TUNEL positive apoptotic cells. 1) Healthy donors with florid germinal centres show giant tingible body macrophages (TBM) containing ingested apoptotic cells and no uningested apoptotic cells outside the TBM. 2) People with follicular lymphoma show small tingible body macrophages (TBM) containing few ingested apoptotic cells however, there are no uningested apoptotic cells outside the TBM. 3) Some with SLE (1) show lack of TBM and many uningested apoptotic cells decorating the surfaces of spindle-shaped cell, presumably follicular dendritic cells (SLE 1). 4) Some people with SLE show TBM containing few ingested apoptotic cells and many uningested apoptotic cells outside the TBM (SLE 2). However, about 50 % of people with SLE show rather normal germinal centre.
Anti-nRNP autoimmunity
Laboratory tests
Other tests routinely performed in suspected SLE are complement system levels (low levels suggest consumption by the immune system), electrolytes and kidney function (disturbed if the kidney is involved), liver enzymes, and complete blood count.
Diagnostic criteria
The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) established eleven criteria in 1982,[72] which were revised in 1997[73] as a classificatory instrument to operationalise the definition of SLE in clinical trials. They were not intended to be used to diagnose individuals and do not do well in that capacity. For the purpose of identifying people for clinical studies, a person has SLE if any 4 out of 11 symptoms are present simultaneously or serially on two separate occasions.
7. Blood—hematologic disorder—hemolytic anemia (low red blood cell count), leukopenia (white blood cell count<4000/µl), lymphopenia (<1500/µl), or low platelet count (<100000/µl) in the absence of offending drug; sensitivity = 59%; specificity = 89%.[74] Hypocomplementemia is also seen, due to either consumption of C3[75] and C4 by immune complex-induced inflammation or to congenitally complement deficiency, which may predispose to SLE.
9. Antinuclear antibody test positive; sensitivity = 99%; specificity = 49%.[74]
10. Immunologic disorder: Positive anti-Smith, anti-ds DNA, antiphospholipid antibody, or false positive serological test for syphilis; sensitivity = 85%; specificity = 93%.[74] Presence of anti-ss DNA in 70% of cases (though also positive with rheumatic disease and healthy persons).[76]
11. Neurologic disorder: Seizures or psychosis; sensitivity = 20%; specificity = 98%.[74]
Other than the ACR criteria, people with lupus may also have:[77]
• fever (over 100 °F/ 37.7 °C)
• extreme fatigue
• hair loss
• fingers turning white or blue when cold (Raynaud's phenomenon)
Criteria for individual diagnosis
Some people, especially those with antiphospholipid syndrome, may have SLE without four of the above criteria, and also SLE may present with features other than those listed in the criteria.[78][79][80]
Recursive partitioning has been used to identify more parsimonious criteria.[74] This analysis presented two diagnostic classification trees:
Treatment can include corticosteroids and anti-malarial drugs. Certain types of lupus nephritis such as diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis require intermittent cytotoxic drugs. These drugs include cyclophosphamide and mycophenolate. Cyclophosphamide increases the risk of developing infections, pancreas problems, high blood sugar, and high blood pressure.[82]
Hydroxychloroquine was approved by the FDA for lupus in 1955.[83] Some drugs approved for other diseases are used for SLE 'off-label'. In November 2010, an FDA advisory panel recommended approving belimumab (Benlysta) as a treatment for the pain and flare-ups common in lupus. The drug was approved by the FDA in March 2011.[84][85]
Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs
Immunosuppressive drugs
Numerous new immunosuppressive drugs are being actively tested for SLE. Rather than suppressing the immune system nonspecifically, as corticosteroids do, they target the responses of individual [types of] immune cells. Some of these drugs are already FDA-approved for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, however due to high-toxicity, its use is limited.[83][87]
Intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIGs)
Intravenous immunoglobulins may be used to control SLE with organ involvement, or vasculitis. It is believed that they reduce antibody production or promote the clearance of immune complexes from the body, even though their mechanism of action is not well understood.[88] Unlike immunosuppressives and corticosteroids, IVIGs do not suppress the immune system, so there is less risk of serious infections with these drugs.[89]
Lifestyle changes
Kidney transplantation
Kidney transplants are the treatment of choice for end-stage kidney disease, which is one of the complications of lupus nephritis, but the recurrence of the full disease is common in up to 30% of people.[90]
Antiphospholipid syndrome
Approximately 20% of people with SLE have clinically significant levels of antiphospholipid antibodies, which are associated with antiphospholipid syndrome.[91] Antiphospholipid syndrome is also related to the onset of neural lupus symptoms in the brain. In this form of the disease the cause is very different from lupus: thromboses (blood clots or "sticky blood") form in blood vessels, which prove to be fatal if they move within the blood stream.[78] If the thromboses migrate to the brain, they can potentially cause a stroke by blocking the blood supply to the brain.
Management of pregnancy
No cure is available for SLE but there are many treatments for the disease.[1]
In the 1950s, most people diagnosed with SLE lived fewer than five years. Today, over 90% now survive for more than ten years, and many live relatively symptom-free. 80–90% can expect to live a normal lifespan.[94] Mortality rates are however elevated compared to people without SLE.[95]
The rate of SLE varies between countries, ethnicity, and sex, and changes over time.[96] In the United States, one estimate of the rate of SLE is 53 per 100,000;[96] another estimate places the total affected population at 322,000 to over 1 million (98 to over 305 per 100,000).[97] In Northern Europe the rate is about 40 per 100,000 people.[98] SLE occurs more frequently and with greater severity among those of non-European descent.[97] That rate has been found to be as high as 159 per 100,000 among those of Afro-Caribbean descent.[96] Childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus generally presents between the ages of 3 and 15 and is four times more common in girls.[99]
There are assertions that race affects the rate of SLE. However, a 2010 review of studies which correlate race and SLE identified several sources of systematic and methodological error, indicating that the connection between race and SLE may be spurious.[101] For example, studies show that social support is a modulating factor which buffers against SLE-related damage and maintains physiological functionality.[101] Studies have not been conducted to determine whether people of different racial backgrounds receive differing levels of social support.[101] If there is a difference, this could act as a confounding variable in studies correlating race and SLE. Another caveat to note when examining studies about SLE is that symptoms are often self-reported. This process introduces additional sources of methodological error. Studies have shown that self-reported data is affected by more than just the patients experience with the disease- social support, the level of helplessness, and abnormal illness-related behaviors also factor into a self-assessment. Additionally, other factors like the degree of social support that a person receives, socioeconomic status, health insurance, and access to care can contribute to an individual’s disease progression.[101][102] Racial differences in lupus progression have not been found in studies that control for the socioeconomic status [SES] of participants.[101][103] Studies that control for the SES of its participants have found that non-white people have more abrupt disease onset compared to white people and that their disease progresses more quickly. Non-white patients often report more hematological, serosal, neurological, and renal symptoms. However, the severity of symptoms and mortality are both similar in white and non-white patients. Studies that report different rates of disease progression in late-stage SLE are most likely reflecting differences in socioeconomic status and the corresponding access to care.[101] The people who receive medical care have often accrued less disease-related damage and are less likely to be below the poverty line.[103] Additional studies have found that education, marital status, occupation, and income create a social context which contributes to disease progression.[101]
SLE, like many autoimmune diseases, affects females more frequently than males, at a rate of about 9 to 1.[5][96] The X chromosome carries immunological related genes, which can mutate and contribute to the onset of SLE. The Y chromosome has no identified mutations associated with autoimmune disease.[104]
Changing rate of disease
A historical drawing of lupus erythematosus
There are several explanations ventured for the term lupus erythematosus. Lupus is Latin for "wolf",[107] and "erythro" is derived from ερυθρός, Greek for "red." All explanations originate with the reddish, butterfly-shaped malar rash that the disease classically exhibits across the nose and cheeks.
Classical period
The classical period began when the disease was first recognized in the Middle Ages. The term lupus is attributed to 12th-century Italian physician Rogerius Frugard, who used it to describe ulcerating sores on the legs of people.[108] No formal treatment for the disease existed and the resources available to physicians to help people were limited.[109]
Neoclassical period
Modern period
A study called BLISS-76 tested the drug belimumab, a fully human monoclonal anti-BAFF (or anti-BLyS) antibody.[85] BAFF stimulates and extends the life of B lymphocytes, which produce antibodies against foreign and self cells.[123] It was approved by the FDA in March 2011.[84] Genetically engineered immune cells are also being studied in animal models of the disease as of 2019.[124]
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*Author’s Note* Sorry for being a bit late, Christmas time is a bit busy around here, and I wasn’t able to get it out like I wanted. Glad to see you guys are enjoying the series. The views on each chapter have been going up steadily, so I at least have some readers who come back regularly. Hope you guys enjoy the new chapter!!
Part 2
“Well, he lasted longer than expected, that’s for certain.”
Absalom sat on his throne, tapping it in an annoyed fashion. Of course, he hadn’t actually expected the small Scamp to make it very far, but it always annoyed him whenever his servants died. That small tinge of power, disappearing altogether, leaving him slightly weaker. It bothered him, but, all of them had their own uses, and the Scamps he owned were practically made for the messenger role.
He sighed for a moment, still tapping on his throne furiously.
“Did he arrive with his message, or did the little fool die before he managed? Or was he killed exactly because of his message, as a way of challenging me…” Absalom stared into empty space, judging whether or not the Lord he had sent a message to was truly a threat.
Staring off into the distance, he pondered to himself for only a moment before making his decision. With a wave of his hand, an ephemeral, dark sphere appeared in front of him. A runic circle quickly formed underneath, and the sphere soon began to spin slowly before disappearing in place.
Within moments, three figures of smoke materialized in front of him, before quickly forming into their natural forms. All three would seemed human at first glance, if it weren’t for their unnaturally pale skin. Their long silver hair was tied up into a ponytail that descended from one side of their heads, with deep purple pupils filled with an absolutely reverent look.
“Our lord, how may we serve you?”
Their voices answered in unison, a faint hollow sound ringing within their voices, as if they weren’t used to speaking in their form.
Absalom smiled. These three were nothing more than doppelgangers, but the utility of their forms made them ideal assassins. He had arranged them together shortly after he met them, forming the ultimate force for subterfuge and ensuring that he had the perfect candidates for missions such as this.
“One of the bugs I sent out to make contact with a new Lord died. I need you to trace his path, discover what he was killed by and how. Then, if it is unlikely that the new Lord was directly responsible, contact them and tell them this. Submit to me, and you shall live. If he refuses, kill him. I have no need for a new Lord so close to my domain.”
All three bowed in unison, before swiftly disappearing into smoke. He could feel them quickly leave the bounds of his domain, tracing the path the Scamp made. They should arrive within half a day at the least. It should be child’s play to find a Lord’s magic from there.
He smiled, his sharp teeth shining in the dark castle.
“I wonder what their answer will be?”
In the open plain near Gwyn’s small hut, Drake and Yami were about to begin training.
Standing across from one another, they each took a position, with Drake in a fairly carefree stance, and with Yami focusing on the contract sigil in the center of her chest.
[Alright Drake, from what I understand, the method of focusing your mana into solid shards or different weapons, while useful, drastically reduces the versatility of your power.]
Yami took a long breath, and slowly drew out a long, wispy layer of mana. She attempted to focus it together, keeping it malleable, but strong. She snaked it around her small form, much in the same way that she saw it always seemed to surround Drake, but her brows were furrowed in frustration.
The mana she controlled certainly was similar to Drake’s. The tendency to engulf the surrounding mana and convert it to its own type was the same, but she could tell that it simply wasn’t the same. All she could do was imitate what she saw when Drake’s mana manipulated itself and attacked Gwyn. At least then, maybe it would give him an idea of how to control it.
She sighed, and thought to herself, something isn’t right. This isn’t how the mana wyrm used Drake’s magic.
She released her concentration, letting the small amount of mana disappear into the air, and looked to Drake.
[So that’s how it works. Letting the mana become almost solid, allowing it to block attacks while at the same time going on the offensive. It’s a very unique way of using your mana, and it’s likely why your aura tends to go wild when you’re in battle. You are subconsciously attempting to use that style of attack.]
Now let’s just hope he can do what I can’t, she thought.
As Drake watched Yami control the small stream of mana back and forth, something about it immediately struck him as wrong. At a glance, he could tell that she was attempting to partially solidify the mana itself, which was very similar to the process Drake used to form his shards. It would result in being able to slow down attacks certainly, but to completely stop the powerful attacks Gwyn was using? He had attempted to do that with his solidified mana only to be defeated.
Whenever he fought the humans and even some of the new monsters, his mana reacted and moved very differently. How his aura reacted to incoming attacks wasn’t at all how Yami was attempting to imitate the process. It was as if… the mana itself was trying to drain and block the attack.
If he was correct, what Yami was trying to explain is that his mana takes away what gives magic its power at its very base. It wasn’t any conscious process of trying to solidify the mana, that would only result in a partial failure. It would certainly have some effect, but certainly not how Yami was describing it.
What it needs is…
Drake breathed out deeply, focusing himself. His aura always radiated out from him in extremely dense amounts when he fought. So…
“Haaa!” Drake yelled.
In a rush of red mana, the area surrounding him suddenly became tinted with a red hue, becoming darker with each passing second as the concentration increased. The mana surrounding him suddenly began to be transformed as it touched Drake’s own aura, and he continued to force the mana within him out. Trying to imitate how he felt when he was in danger was much more difficult than he first expected. It was as if something was attempting to stop him.
“I need more…” He strained.
Looking within himself, he looked to his mana core. Still only half formed, it was spinning at a rapid rate, attempting to convert and put out as much mana as possible. It certainly was potent, but he seemed to have hit a limit that he felt he couldn’t force himself past. He cut himself off from his mana core and looked to Yami.
[Hey Yami, do you know anything about mana cores?]
Yami gave Drake a curious look, as he was still fully surrounded by his aura. The effects of it were apparent, as the surrounding mana was continually being drawn to the various strands of red mana as the remnants of his aura dissipated.
[Well, I know that some types of humanoids have them. Typically, just the more magically gifted races have them, although some of the more mixed monsters have them as well, given how human-like they can be. Of course, demons do as well, although for them it’s normally just influenced by how powerful the monster cores they eat are.]
Drake laughed for a bit before turning to the outside. Demonic magic was so based around defeating others and absorbing their cores that he was happy he had gotten as far as he had.
[So demons need more cores, huh? Guess that shouldn’t really surprise me. I guess I’ll have to go out and get some then.]
He sighed to himself, and began to make his way outside of the barrier. If he was going to put out enough mana to cover himself and willingly use his power, he’d need a more powerful core, at least according to his theory. Yami turned to Drake and quickly flew over to him, hovering at his side as he walked.
[You don’t need to go out and hunt for any, honest. I already have it taken care of. I was worried about your physical condition, so I sent our servant to take care of some errands for you.]
Drake looked at Yami for a moment before it hit him.
[Oh right, the Satyr.] Drake scratched the back of his head in an irritated fashion. He wanted to finish this up quickly.
[Well, do you know how long he’s going to take? It looks like I will need them to be able to make the technique you showed me work.]
Wide-eyed, Yami stared at Drake, admiration building in her heart.
[You mean you figured out how to make it work? It didn’t look like you managed it though.]
He waved his hand dismissively, a smile on his face.
[It’s more of a matter that I can’t make it work right now, I believe. I just need to finish my own mana core, and it should work. It feels like I’m just hitting a brick wall, and that’s the only real reason I can think of.]
She smiled and gave him a starry-eyed gaze at Drake, before rushing over to Drake and wrapping her arms around Drake’s neck.
[You’re fantastic, Drake! Gwyn said that she had trouble analyzing just how your mana was capable of it. She said you’d need to feel things out for a while before you had any real ideas, but it only took you a moment to find the solution.]
Smiling cheerfully, he detached Yami from his neck and placed her in-between his horns.
[Don’t be too happy, I still need the cores to make sure that’s the issue. Are you able to get in touch with the Satyr at all? I’m still kinda new at this whole Lord thing.]
Drake heard a small gasp above his head, and heard her begin to laugh depreciatively. It looked like she didn’t know either.
[Well… we can search for him easy enough. After all, he has your mana after all.]
As she spoke, her head peeked into the edge of his vision and Yami stuck out her tongue playfully. Drake laughed for a moment.
Well, that’s certainly one way to find him. I wonder what he is like anyway.
[So, are you able to track him similar to how you found Gwyn? I’m still not sure how that little trick works.]
She laughed quite haughtily, sticking her small chest out proudly.
[It’s amazing right. My ability, that is. If I know who I’m looking for, I can find them better than any tracker.]
She obviously was attempting to impress Drake. It seems she was starting to feel outmatched by him in pure strength and was using her other abilities to compensate.
[Yes, yes. Good job Yami. I can always count on you.]
Drake placed his hand on her head and rubbed back and forth, watching the small imp squirm in place as she enjoyed the process.
[So, let’s get to work. Once you locate him, grab onto me and I’ll rush over. No point in wasting any time.]
She nodded, and quickly glyphs began to build around her. They quickly circled her, locking into place before disappearing in a faint flash of light. Turning to Drake, she pointed towards the exterior of the forest, near the city.
[It seems that the Satyr is on the move. He’s moving quickly through the forest. Come on, I’ll track him.]
Wrapping herself around Drake’s neck, they both bolted off towards the forest.
“Just one more and I’ll be finished with this damn task.”
So far, he had almost finished the job that damned imp had given him. He had managed to pick up a decent meal for himself in the form of a small, horned creature, and had already collected all the cores he needed besides one. The meal he picked up looked very similar to a fennec fox, but with a small red horn in the middle of its forehead. It gave him quite a bit of trouble for its size surprisingly. It relied on hit and run tactics, climbing the various trees around the forest and firing off beams of light before leaping to the next tree and repeating the process.
While the small thing certainly did no real damage, getting hit with beams of light that burned away at his skin with every blast was certainly unpleasant, and so he was forced to play the creatures own game and climb the trees after it. He quickly caught it soon afterwards, and killed it, leaving the corpse fresh to eat.
He was currently sprinting on the outskirts of the forest, on the lookout for any potential creatures. While the strange fox-like creature was certainly weaker, the other two cores he had obtained so far he had gotten through luck.
While he was walking through the forest, he stumbled across a troll near the river and quickly overpowered it with his new ability. Draining it dry completely counteracted the normal regeneration ability that made them so troublesome to deal with. Luckily, he noticed a river nymph who was watching him. It was a mistake for her not to dive and swim away, as she was quickly killed as well, although he tried to make it quick. He still remembered how it was in his past life, however brief. He wouldn’t subject it to his master’s powers to torture it so needlessly.
He certainly had an easy time initially but now, irritation was written all over his face. He had been searching for quite a long time now but…
“The real issue is that nothing is around here anymore!” He yelled.
It was a simple truth. Once the surrounding creatures discovered that there was a powerful demon killing others on sight, any semi-intelligent creature would try to hide right away. Only the small fox creature had been brave enough to harass him, and even that resulted in its death.
Frustrated, he stopped running, looking around closely at the surrounding environment. There had to be something nearby, he just had to look hard enough.
A strange feeling came over the Satyr, and he turned towards the interior of the forest. Something powerful was moving towards him and fast. It felt familiar, but he couldn’t be sure.
Tensing up, he instinctively braced himself for whatever was racing towards him.
“Ah… master…”
After anticipating a powerful opponent, what appeared in front of him was strangely his master.
“Why wasn’t he still within the barrier training with…”
Looking to the small imp, his eyes narrowed with hate.
“That thing…”
Drake took a moment to stretch a bit after his run. It seems that he still should have been taking it a bit easier after his battle with Gwyn. His muscles were still aching, and all the extra strain from moving around so much was starting to take its toll.
[So this is my servant, right Yami?]
She nodded steadily, returning the hateful glare of the Satyr with a rather righteous look of her own, sitting smugly on Drake’s shoulder.
[Yep, that’s him alright. He should have the cores you need. If he’s as good as he says he is.]
Drake stared at the Satyr for a moment. Since his transformation into a Lord, it was actually taller than him now, yet surprisingly, he didn’t feel any pressure coming from the creature at all.
If I had to guess, my instincts probably help determine whether something is actually dangerous or not. Although I’m not sure how trustworthy it is, considering it’s only been a little while since I’ve had this body.
Shrugging off the thought, Drake thought back to his conversation with Gwyn before their small battle.
He muttered to himself, saying, “So I need to make a connection…”
He looked to the Satyr, and extended his scaled hand towards the creature. Ever so steadily, a faint stream of mana flowed out of his hands and towards the Satyr’s chest. The Satyr tilted his head curiously, obviously not understanding what his master was attempting.
As the mana reached the Satyr, it began to flow into him, changing from a faint stream and solidifying into a faint red line connecting them together. After a brief moment, it disappeared, leaving them looking at each other.
“So… did that work?”
“Did what work, master?” The Satyr asked inquisitively.
Hearing the deep, beastly voice coming from the Satyr without any issues, Drake smiled widely.
“Yo! Nice to finally talk to you.” Drake lifted his hand up in greeting, leaving the Satyr slightly unsettled.
“A-ah, yes. It’s good to speak with you as well, master.” He answered in return.
“So, you’re supposed to have some cores for me, right?” Drake said in an upbeat manner.
The Satyr stared at Drake for a short moment, before blinking awake and hurryingly taking out a small, fur sack of monster cores.
“A-ah… here, master. I haven’t managed to collect all of them yet, but please be assured, I should have the last one the imp requested soon.”
Drake quickly waved his hand in a dismissive motion, saying, “Don’t worry about it, if this is all I need, then it won’t really matter if you had more.”
“R-right…” Satyr answered nervously.
Yami stared at the Satyr disapprovingly, before she began talking to the Satyr in her small, bell-like voice. He noticed curiously that the Satyr seemed to glare incessantly at her whenever she talked, and even Drake could tell that Yami seemed to be scolding him for something.
[What was that about?] He asked.
Yami gave the Satyr one last look before turning to Drake.
[He was so sure he would be able to find the cores that you needed to heal, but he couldn’t even do that. So, I was telling him to not be so confident, because it’d likely get him killed.]
She puffed her cheeks out quite adorably before continuing. [Why’d we get stuck with such a battle hungry race. They’re entirely too prideful and confident, he won’t listen to me.]
Of course, it isn’t entirely because of the Satyr’s disdain for the imp that he wouldn’t listen. Satyr’s are essentially Nymphs who were exposed to too much demonic mana. During the time that Drake was deep in stasis due to his breakthrough, monsters began to spawn. It was purely bad luck that a small group of Nymphs spawned so close to his home. They were affected by the leftover mana from Drake’s crystals, and transformed as a result.
However, ever since the Satyr was transformed from Drake’s rampant mana crystals, he had a fairly simple attitude towards life. Gain power to protect the others who were transformed with him. Since they were killed, he decided he had no reason to live on, and made his way towards the powerful demon who he suspected had a role in changing him and his brothers in the first place.
The initial attitude of the imp explained it all for him, or at least he thought. Overbearing and controlling, he thought it was likely the strange demon he made a contract with was similar, and so was fairly uninterested in helping his master unless he was explicitly ordered to. But now…
“Um, master.”
Drake turned away from his conversation with Yami, and looked towards him expectantly.
Extending his hand, he held out the bundle of cores towards Drake. “Here are the cores you need. Also, I have a request. Please, follow me to the humanoid’s settlement and help me take revenge.
A sudden burst of chattering came from Drake’s shoulder. Yami was clearly angry with the Satyr, although he wasn’t quite sure why.
[Yami, calm down. We can at least hear him out on just what he wants to do.]
Turning to Drake, she shook her head furiously, her wings beating in a vicious manner.
[Drake, he couldn’t even finish a small task I gave him, and he is already asking you for favors. You need to stand up to him. He is putting us in danger for his own selfish reasons, and there’s no reason for you to help him directly. The contract was power for his freedom. That’s all.]
Yami looked downward, staring at the cold forest floor before looking up, a determined look obvious across her face.
[Drake, I understand what you are wanting to do. You want to help him. And that’s what I love so dearly about you. But…]
She turned to the Satyr, a clear look of disdain across her face.
[Demons will just betray you the first chance they get. They can’t be trusted. None of them.]
As she was talking to Drake, he began to see her eyes begin to sparkle with the faint traces of tears beginning to well up. A deep feeling of distrust and fear was being transmitted across their link as well, and it was clear what Yami was afraid of.
Drake smiled slightly, and placed his hand across the head of the small imp. She looked him in the eyes, and immediately looked away.
[Yami, you’re a demon too, right?]
She nodded slowly, a faint sniffle coming from her as she looked down towards the ground.
[But I would never hurt you Drake… and he would probably do anything.] She responded.
He ruffled her soft hair back and forth, leaving it in disarray as he lifted her out of the air and placed her back on his shoulder.
[Then we need to trust him like you trust me. He hasn’t done anything to suggest he is planning anything, and until then, I’ll treat him just as I would you. Making an enemy out of those who serve me seems like an easy way to do exactly what you’re afraid of, right?]
[Right…] She said, the faintest of responses echoing in Drake’s mind.
Drake chuckled to himself before he turned to the Satyr and began to approach him.
“I’ll help you, but first, I need to rest up and train a bit more, can you wait for that?”
The Satyr smiled for a moment, still unsure of what to make of Drake. Then, he bowed, thankful that for now, he seemed to have a generous master.
“Of course, master.”
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The Old Me
Today, reply is on the divine uses of physical and spiritual death that include admonition, release from sin, salvation, and sanctification. It is a common error, even among developing Christian believers, to think that all our obligations to GOD may be met by our good behavior, observing family duties, customs, and tradition; and making outward displays that promote religious teachings. (Examples are attending funerals, feeding the poor, and observing sacred feasts.) Jesus Christ demonstrated that it is more necessary to discern, acknowledge, embody, and respond to the active presence of divine spirit substance; that those who obey divine law also are to make visible the spirit and sacred purposes contained within the law; and that those serve best who share spirit content imparted from the makeup of GOD; and that imparting life from divinity should be priority in our serving GOD. It is written: Luke 9: 53-60, King James Version (KJV): 53 And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. 54 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? 55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. 56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village. 57 And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. 59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. A fighter in the “Yahoo! Answers” public forum on Religion and Spirituality who uses the ID “James” (Level 2 with 881 points, a member since February 26, 2019) posted the following:
What did Jesus mean when He said, Let the DEAD bury the dead in Mathew 8v22?
Update: Do you think Jesus is saying that living human beings are dead without Him?
And if so, how does that change our understanding of what physical death at the end of our lives is?
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: The Penalty of Death? (04/26/2019); The Solutions From GOD (04/03/2019); Satisfying Creation and Law (01/22/2019); The Elimination of Sin (11/25/2018); Why Punishment After Death? (11/23/2018); The Thought of Dying (08/15/2017); The Administration Of Death (07/11/2017); Resurrected With The Lord (04/16/2017); Dead While We Live? (02/02/2017)
James”, the Scriptures acknowledge death as a condition and process for ones flesh as well as for ones spirit. Divinity continues to use mankind’s consciousness of human mortality to establish the authority, character, purpose, and substance of GOD as Creator. Using the concepts of judgment, death and restoration, freedom from sin has been defined along with resurrection, new creation, salvation and eternal life. The following verses from the Bible have provided balance with the continual consciousness of death intended through Jesus Christ:
1. Ecclesiastes 9: 3, King James Version (KJV): 3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
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Today, reply to a question on criticism from clergy is shared. Just as the clergy are held accountable by divinity, the clergy are only responsible for those who willingly submit to their authority. Believers must be in agreement that acknowledge their legitimacy to administer or distribute divine gifts, provide sacred instruction, and perform necessary judgment as lawful and from GOD. Christian believers must receive an alertness of heart and mind (we say, discernment) to correctly recognize and respond to the things from GOD, otherwise they will not acquire sacred knowledge, maintain sacred practices (we say, sacraments), or properly administer the sacred gifts provided so they themselves may serve as the agents of Christ upon the earth. The blessings of Christmas come to us as an array of sacred gifts, devices, examples, operations, patterns, procedures, standards, tools, and even weapons for spiritual service and warfare. As the new creation of GOD and vessels of his Holy Spirit, the purpose of what clergy, prophets, and mature believers speak is never self-promotion, showing off, or broadcasting their personal opinions and private judgments. Wrath against sin is an inseparable and permanent aspect of the image of GOD, and will always also appear in balance with faith, forbearance, forgiveness, lovingkindness, and reconciliation. The writer at “Yahoo! Answers” using the ID “VITTORIO” (Level 7 with 50,815 points, a member since December 20, 2015) posted the following:
Hmm! The pope said were too materialistic. Why insult people, we don’t insult the clergy or do we?
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: The Peace of Christmas? (12/25/2016); The Meaning of Christmas? (12/22/2016); Receiving The Holy Spirit (12/08/2016); Diversity and Prophetic Gifts (11/22/2016); Material Things in Heaven? (11/10/2016); A Day For Forgiveness? (12/25/2015); Confessing Only to GOD? (04/08/2013); Evidence of the Unseen Spirit? (04/09/2013)
“VITTORIO”, the spokespersons from GOD rarely speak with the purpose of condemning more than giving caution and warning. GOD uses multiple sacred processes to make divinity knowable, known, and “visible” to created beings and living creatures. Included are blessing, correction, Incarnation, judgment, miracles, proclamation, prophecy, purification, revelation, signs, and suffering. Even mature Christian believers often are unprepared to correctly discern and respond to the presence of divine spirit within events, messages, other persons, themselves, the holy writings, etc. While most can relate to the gentleness and goodness in the accounts of the Advent and coming of the Anointed One as a baby laid in a manger, many are blind to the exceptional gifts of Christmas that are not carnal, material, and social. By operations of the Holy Spirit sinners become “born again” believers who realize and also acknowledge the death of the Holy Child upon the cross, the blessing of a new covenant in his blood, the provision of atonement and propitiation of sin, and the continuing presence of Christ through the Comforter (i.e., the imparted, indwelling Spirit). In the light of divine holiness and perfection, it is natural that men would feel condemned, embarrassed, inadequate, and overawed. Consider how this is stated using language from the Bible:
Washington, DC
Today, focus is upon divine authority, obedience, prophecy, and the holy writings. Accounts from the Bible all are intended to reveal the character, nature and substance of divinity. The holy writings therefore include genealogy, epistles, chronicles and secular history, parables, proclamations, promises, and prophecy. Stories where animals speak and give instruction (fables) generally are intended for amusement and entertainment; and fables rarely impart the Holy Spirit as do documents of faith, and the Scriptures. The donkey who spoke saved the life of a man three times in the same day. In contrast to the Prophet Moses, the figure of Balaam is introduced as a seer (we also say, an earlier form, a visionary, and “the old man”), a false prophet, and a presentation (i.e., symbolic type) of Satan. Denied authority and privilege to directly attack, curse, or destroy Israel, Balaam operates as a deceiver and one who encourages their self-destruction through fornication, idolatry, presumption, and pride. The new writer at “Yahoo! Answers” using the ID “Elo” (Level 1 with 95 points, a member since November 02, 2016) posted the following:
Where in the old testament does a donkey speak to her master?
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: Malachi (01/02/2015); Why Prophets Were Sent to Israel (11/23/2014); The Need for Prophecy Then and Now (11/24/2014); A Curse Removed (12/26/2013); Intercession (12/27/2013); Balaam (10/15/2013); About Sabbath (10/16/2013); Utterance is Spirit (09/08/2013); A Start for the Idea of GOD? (09/09/2013)
“Elo”, in the 4th Book of Moses called “Numbers” (see chapters 22-25) there is an account of opposition against divine authority through law, covenant relationship, prophecy, and shared sacred purpose. Mature Christian believers understand from this account that Balaam the son of Beor was a seer (a person who experienced paranormal visions, practiced shamanism, and was believed able to intercede for humanity with good and evil spirits). Having heard reports of the judgment by GOD against Egypt on behalf of the sons of Jacob (to whom they were in kinship), and unwilling to risk the destruction of his army, the king of Moab wanted Balaam to discourage, disperse, and repel the Israelites. Balaam was recruited to pronounce a curse upon their camp. However, before that time, Balaam also had been used by the true GOD as a spokesperson (we say, prophet).
Men were repeatedly sent from the king who, like the serpent that beguiled Eve, were arrayed in splendor, and appealed to Balaam’s weaknesses (i.e., ambition, human covetousness, desire, exaggerated pride, self-will). Finally GOD allowed Balaam to go with the messengers to Moab; however, he was to speak only what GOD would put in his mouth. As further admonition, and example, and warning to Balaam, the path for their journeying became increasingly difficult. When his jackass (we say, donkey) balked, he began to beat her with a prod. Finally, the animal halted and would go no further, because she could see that the path was forbidden: An angel from GOD was standing there with his sword in readiness to strike. When the man, seeing nothing there, began to beat her in “road rage”, GOD allowed the animal to speak what divinity would put in her mouth.
There is far more to be said, correctly applied, and spiritually apprehended, here. For example, as with the first pair (Adam and Eve), to be properly prepared for forthcoming challenges and tests, created beings and living creatures usually require more than mere words, commandments, and laws that are to reside within their hearts and minds. There must be operations of divine spirit. Finite tools such as emotion, imagination, intellect, logic, philosophy, and science are not enough for the living to correctly recognize, resist, and eliminate sin. Sinners also must receive a fresh deposit of spirit content from the makeup of Deity (e.g., faith, holiness, love, wisdom, wrath against sin); be filled with the imparted, indwelling Spirit of GOD (we say, the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Prophecy); and have sacred knowledge that allows discernment of spirit content from GOD within events (we say, miracles), themselves and other people, the holy writings, etc. Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
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Today, some thoughts are shared on prostitution and the Great Whore who appears as a symbol and type within the Bible. Sin may dominate awareness and self-will in created beings and living creatures. The revelation of divine righteousness and wrath against sin is demonstrated in judgment by GOD, who demands exclusive devotion, and whose name, therefore, is Jealous. Devotion to carnal pleasure, false gods, and man-made idols are to be understood as corruptions and perversions of human creativity and “the World” that should emerge from the endowment of divine love and indwelling spirit imparted to mankind at Creation. Unlike Christian believers who strive to be known as faithful, persevering, steadfast and trustworthy, whores must be exposed by the provisions of GOD because they are actors and hypocrites who do not love, and they lack faith imparted from divinity, yet, may convincingly feign affection, commitment, and zeal. A fighter at “Yahoo! Answers” using the ID “Adam” (Level 4 with 3,124 points, a member since April 25, 2011) posted the following:
So is the idea behind the great whore in christianity someone who accepts everyone?
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: The World and The Cross? (04/19/2016); A $1,000 Dollar Seed? (11/02/2015); Incest? (10/29/2015); Money Is No Object? (10/14/2015); A Kindness to Mary? (04/21/2013); When GOD Controls? (04/22/2013); Pornography from the Bible? (11/26/2012); More Than Salvation (11/27/2012)
“Adam”, may I share some thoughts, here? Mature Christian believers depend upon the holy writings to explain the various figures, symbols, and types that appear, especially where they have been provided to put forth admonition, prophecy, and revelation. The Great Whore is described directly only within the Book of Revelation, and is a representation of commerce, enterprise, and trade; and may be regarded as corruption of both “the Flesh” and “the World.” The carnal, material and social mechanisms and processes that may dominate human life are called “the flesh.” Included are appetite (e.g., hunger, thirst, sexual craving), sensation (e.g., hearing, seeing, tasting, touching), emotion/mental functions (e.g., anger, fear, imagination, recall). In the same way the earth is the creation of divinity to maintain life for mankind, “the World” has been the creation of mankind for communication, exchange, life experience, and its own survival. Through the operations of sin that oppose the continued existence of divine law, the Law Giver, and the Creation established on a platform of sacred law, “the World” has become corrupt, defiled, and spiritually unclean. Thus, the Great Whore can be seen as a mix of idols and images mistakenly exalted and worshiped among men that include the City, Mammon, the lingam, the mother, the yoni, and even marriage that is the counterfeit of holy matrimony. Throughout the holy writings, prostitution and whoredom are used to identify sin that is otherwise hidden and disguised to be favor from “god”. Those who offer themselves to false gods and idols do so by “hiring” and “paying for intimacy” with abominations. The concepts of blessing (we also say, gifts) and grace from GOD are despised. Those who “lust after” the Great Whore do so seeking to selfishly profit from, and make merchandise of the things from GOD (e.g., atonement, forgiveness, instruction, redemption, salvation). They display to their chosen idol(s) the offerings and sacrifices properly due only to the true and living GOD. Sacred law exposes sin as destructive, empty, ugly, and vain (i.e., without divine content). In the same way, many have erred supposing they may consult a prostitute for instruction about sexual matters, and do not understand they are submitting themselves to fornication and life patterns that generate further emotional, psychological and spiritual confusion, the disciples of Christ have been warned that many will covet the inheritance of the church, become deceived and submit to “worship” of the Great Whore.
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New Disclaimer
Today, Scripture points are shared on worldly pleasure, end time prophecy, sin, and being filled with the cross. End time prophecies intended to further reveal the character, nature and substance of Deity also describe sacred and secular events that will be brought on by the operations of sin. Calamity and disaster that are contrary to divine intent and eternal purposes are described in the holy writings as admonitions, cautions, and warnings to further prepare the living for the coming of Christ in glory. The process of sin is progressive corruption, decay, disintegration, and rot. Thus, the process of GOD from the cross is one of increase, infilling, and renewal. Readers are asked to consider the following Scriptures as well as the presentation below:
A writer at “Yahoo! Answers” using “?” as an ID (Level 4 with 4,025 points, a member since September 30, 2011) posted the following:
Why does the bible say in the last days some will choose pleasure over God?
2 Timothy 3New International Version (NIV)
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: A Guarantee of Judgment? (04/15/2016); Sign of Divine Love? (04/14/2016); Love From The Cross? (04/08/2016); Martyrdom and Tribulation? (09/30/2015); The Endtime and Fear? (01/14/2015); Struggling? (05/11/2013); Through Much Tribulation (05/12/2013)
“?”, trust that, despite time and space, through operations of the Holy Spirit, blood and truth from the cross are flowing to here and now. Through the operations of sin, created beings and living creatures may be thought of as driven, “enslaved” and obligated to a non-spirit, non-material influence that opposes the continued existence of divine law, the Creator, and all the mechanisms for divine order that maintain Creation. While sin has not been put forth from divinity, and can not be eliminated or removed as an ordinary object, sin has direction, effect, and “presence”, and may dominate awareness and self-will in the living. The impact of sin is cumulative, progressive and widespread, therefore, sin appears indestructible and unavoidable.
Where sin is taken to be commonplace and an acceptable part of oneself (we also say, natural, normal), sin is not rejected as contrary to existence, self-destructive, or strange. Sin even is regarded by some as a necessary aspect of life, prosperity, and success. Death and mortality are effective as divine tools to remove sinners from the earth, however, sin may continue indefinitely as a consequence, an inheritance, and a residue long after the sinner is deceased. Only where a sinner fills their awareness with sacred knowledge, occupies themselves with sacred practices, and conforms their own will to that revealed and imparted by divinity can they experience the freedom intended by GOD for those created to serve as divine life companions.
Mature Christian believers understand that living sinners must undergo permanent changes carried out by Deity through the imparted, indwelling Spirit (we say, the Comforter, the Holy Ghost, the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Prophecy, the Spirit of Truth). As disciples and followers of Christ, believers receive rebirth as though “born again” from divine DNA (i.e., the inseparable spirit substance that is the makeup of GOD; for example, faith, grace, holiness, longsuffering, love, wisdom, and wrath against sin). Those born again must “grow up again” and become mature upon the earth. They fill themselves with the cross in the same way plants take rain and sunshine to become “ripe” for harvest, and be taken from the earth at the Second Coming (some say, Advent, the Rapture). The cross has been to prepare them for their final transformation to live eternally as immortal, incorruptible perfected beings. Consider how this is stated using language from the New International Version (NIV) Bible:
(3.) John 4: 23-24, NIV: 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
There is far more to be said, understood, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, (4.) 2nd Corinthians 3: 17-18, NIV: 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
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New Disclaimer
Today, points are shared on the final destruction of sin, the Lake of Fire, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Instructions regarding the Lake of Fire are provided as admonition and prophecy (see again Haggai 1: 5-7, King James Version (KJV): Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.). The final removal of sin from the lives of created beings and living creatures will be accomplished by operations of the will of GOD. The Lake of Fire was prepared for the devil and his angels, who are neither mortal nor immortal, yet, are vessels for spirit matter from divinity. The elimination of sin will not occur through a single, one-time event. There will be the examination and denial of power to every actor or object that lacks, opposes, and resists the will of the Almighty. The names of those who are called, chosen, and faithful will be written in the Book of Life; and those whose names do not appear will be destroyed in the second death. The fighter at “Yahoo! Answers” using the ID “neil s” (Level 7 with 138,265 points, a member since July 01, 2006) posted the following:
What aspect of the soul is flammable?
If none of it, why should I care about any supposed lake of fire?
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: The Fire From GOD? (06/22/2014); Destroying the Resurrected Body? (02/10/2014); For They Shall Be Ashes (02/11/2014); The Need to Purify Heaven (01/17/2013); Put Every Man His Sword By His Side (01/01/2013); The Common Danger (01/02/2013); The “Lake of Mercy” (11/03/2012); Seeking and Being Sought (11/04/2012)
“neil s”, mature Christian believers become concerned with the Lake of Fire as we pursue the goal of complete and correct sacred knowledge, and a commitment to be in constant reverence toward divinity. As you already know, teachings on the Lake of Fire all pertain to apocalypse, judgment, and the final removal of sin. Here are a few points that have helped many believers avoid error and spiritual confusion about those teachings and the Gospel of Jesus Christ:
(1.) Sin opposes the continued existence of divine law, the Law Giver, and all things created that respond to divine order throughout the universe. Sin is not a living entity, a material thing, or a process initiated by divinity. Sin has not been created or called forth by GOD, and appears as an artifact (we say, by-product, scraps, waste) of independent existence and separation from Deity. Sin is not concrete or tangible, yet, sin may dominate awareness and self-will within created beings and living creatures.
(2.) Holy fire is that divine tool used in receiving offerings and sacrifices upon an altar, and is not to be considered the same as common fire upon the earth used to cook, destroy, or warm ones dwelling place. At the same time blood, bone and flesh are consumed and transformed into ashes such divine substance may be lifted up to GOD as acknowledgement, atonement, gratitude, holiness, joy, obedience, praise, prayer, repentance, reverence, trust and truth.
(3.) At the second coming, the Savior will appear to take to himself those who have made commitment as believers (we say, he will harvest the earth of those who are prepared, ready and ripe). Consider again Matthew 25: 40-42, KJV: 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
There is far more to be said, correctly applied, and spiritually understood. (For example, (4.) Rightly understood, the Lake of Fire is a peculiar operation by the will of divinity to remove all abomination, antagonism, and corruption (we say, defiance, rebellion, sin, wickedness). Nothing that resists the will of Deity is to have place in existence; and sin is defined as the disruption of divine order that results by the absence of divine content within the living demonstrated through their attitudes, behavior, and conduct.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
Washington, DC
Today, points are shared on the meaning of “temptation” and the origin of sin. The single word, temptation, is used to describe (1) testing that establishes endurance and permanence as well as (2) pressure to commit sin that comes against ones character, discipline, personality and righteousness. Thus, the workings of admonition, challenge, and exhortation are in line with divinity, revelation, and salvation (temptation 1), while covetousness, envy, and lust are associated with the devil, sin and spiritual confusion (temptation 2). The writer at “Yahoo! Answers” using the ID “Ryan” (Level 1 with 23 points, a member since May 20, 2013) posted the following:
Where does the temptation to sin come from?
Satan was the first one who tempted Adam and Eve to sin. Also, Satan tempted Jesus for 40 days. Furthermore, Satan is called the tempter in the Bible. Does this mean all temptation to sin comes from Satan? Or, does it come from ourselves because we’ve fallen ever since the original sin?
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: Power Against Sin? (04/12/2015); The Testing of Job? (10/06/2014); Knowing the Spirit is Inside? (10/07/2014); Continuously Tested (12/31/2013); Chosen To Serve As Prophets (01/01/2014); On Testing GOD (06/20/2013); GOD Grants License? (06/21/2013)
“Ryan”, some of the clearest, most useful points shared among Christian believers include the following:
(1.) Sin is not a living organism, and has not been created by divinity. Sin does not contain spirit matter that resides in the person of Deity as do created beings and living creatures upon the earth, and within the celestial presence (we say, heaven). While sin is no material or tangible thing having measurable dimensions such as height, shape, length or weight, sin has direction, effect, and presence.
(2.) Sin appears to be an artifact or by-product of created organisms being separated from divinity to exist as independent life forms. Sin may dominate awareness and self-will within the living; however, the will of GOD does not become subject to sin. Both for carnal beings (we say, mortals, those in flesh) and spirit beings (those neither mortal nor immortal such as angels and the sacred beasts of heaven) sin is a foreign influence experienced as a natural and normal expression of life essence (we say, spirit).
(3.) Sin opposes the continued existence of divine law, the Law Giver, and all order generated or maintained through sacred law. Sin does not operate as having benefit, consciousness, preference, or purpose. Thus, sin appears as abstract, impersonal, mechanical, and self-destructive. Because our language centers in describing human vulnerability and accountability, we speak of sin using terms that suggest sin has, or is power to draw, engage, entice, fascinate, and seduce.
(4.) Mechanisms within the living that respond to sin include appetite (e.g., hunger, thirst, sexual craving), sensation (e.g., hearing, seeing, tasting, touching) and emotional/mental functions (e.g., anger, desire, fear, imagination, recall).
There is far more to be said, correctly applied, and spiritually understood. (For example, (5.) Perhaps sin is most clearly visible as attacks upon truth (we say, lies), arrogance, defiance of authority, false claims of power, rebellion, pride, usurpation, and violence. Through baptism (death and burial of ones inborn spirit, and rebirth having divine DNA, so to speak), born-again believers can operate with a fresh endowment of spirit content from the makeup of GOD. However, they must gradually grow and mature meeting the same life challenges upon the earth as all others. Sin can not be correctly detected, eliminated, or resisted using only finite tools such as intellect, logic, mathematics, philosophy and science.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. May your prayers ever be answered according to your faith.
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