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Editorial: State control
Massachusetts residents are told that the state’s annual budget process is one of compromise. The governor, Senate and House each submit their individual proposals and then try to convince each other which should prevail when it comes to differences on spending.
A storied tradition, you might call it, one straight out of the process playbooks.
But the end result is more than how much taxpayer money is paying for programs and services in the state.
Bottom line, it indicates who actually controls the purse strings. And the envelope is going to ... the Legislature.
We say this because it appears that Gov. Deval Patrick is not going to get his wish when it comes to a new transportation funding scheme for the state.
This year, the governor presented a long-term plan for public transportation, one that sought to raise plenty of new revenue — $1 billion — to pay for it.
But both the Legislature’s branches answered that idea in the same way: Not so fast.
Instead they cut what Patrick wanted in half.
Round One to the Legislature.
The governor has countered the Legislature’s offer, saying there’s a shortfall of $135 million that wasn’t taken into account. This loss of money would come about if tolls west of the Interstate 95 interchange in Weston are eliminated, as scheduled on Jan. 1, 2017. Patrick then sent an amendment to the Legislature asking for a correction.
“... I cannot accept less than $800 million and further compromise the needs of our transportation system,’’ Patrick said. “And I will not tell people that this bill raises $800 million for transportation when it doesn’t.”
The Legislature’s reaction? Again, not so fast.
House and Senate leaders won’t ask their colleagues to vote on the matter until next week, after the deadline for the governor to sign the budget. The excuse is that if there are any budget vetoes from the governor, lawmakers can address all the issues at once. Whether or not there are vetoes to address, everything indicates that lawmakers aren’t going to add more money to transportation.
And, should the governor push for more transportation money with a veto, there appear to be enough votes in both the House and Senate to override such a move.
Round Two and Match to the Legislature, which leaves the governor and his transportation vision on the side of the road.


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Since I watched Dil Diya Dard Liya (the Hindi adaptation of Wuthering Heights), I decided it was about time I watched the 1939 film version of the book, too. I’ve seen several English-language adaptations of Emily Brontë’s dark classic (including some TV series), but had never got around to watching this one, which won an Oscar (Gregg Toland, for Best Cinematography, black and white) and received several Oscar nominations, including Best Actor (Laurence Olivier) and Best Supporting Actress (Geraldine Fitzgerald).
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Random thoughts on lives, deaths, and tributes
This was not the post I had intended for this week. As a matter of fact, I had not given any thought to what I’d write about, but I had imagined it would be something light-hearted (perhaps a song list I’ve been working on for a while). Something, definitely, cheerful—to help me get over the sadness of one of my favourite actresses having passed away. Something too, to build up the spirit of good cheer for Christmas.
Instead, I began the week by learning that another favourite actress of mine, Joan Fontaine, award-winning lead of Hitchcock’s Suspicion (and the female star of his superb Rebecca), had passed away, at the age of 96, on the 15th of December. Just a day after the death of another legendary star, Peter O’Toole, the Lawrence of Arabia (which I heard about only on the 16th, as it happened).

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Charlie Sheen's 'Anger Management' to Debut in Summer 2012 on FX
Charlie Sheen's sitcom "Anger Management" finds home at FX. The cable network has picked up the new project starring the former "Two and a Half Men" actor with an initial order of 10 episodes to launch in summer 2012.
"We think that Bruce Helford, Joe Roth and Charlie Sheen have come up with a wonderful, hilarious vehicle for Charlie's acting talents - and a character we are very much looking forward to seeing him play," said FX president John Landgraf on late Thursday, October 27.
"Two and a Half Men [reruns have] been an outstanding component of FX's schedule for the past 14 months, and we have every confidence that 'Anger Management' will soon be as well," he added. If the new series is successful, the network will order additional 90 episodes followed with broadcast syndication launch by distributor Debmar-Mercury in fall 2014.
"Anger Management" is based on the 2003 hit comedy film of the same name produced by Roth. It follows Adam Sandler as a mild-mannered, non-confrontational man who is ordered to attend group anger management sessions led by a volatile therapist (Jack Nicholson). Sheen will reportedly play a character like Nicholson's.
Roth will produce the series along with Sheen, who has previously said that he will have a "real ownership in the series" and "a certain amount of creative control." Helford, who created "The Drew Carey Show", serves as a showrunner.
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Celine Dion Is Trying To Become Relevant Again With An Adele Song
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Celine Dion has a way of turning everything into something I never want to hear again.
Adele is great. “Rolling In The Deep” is a great song— but when Celine Dion sings it I want to roll myself deep into a 6 foot grave and never listen to this song again.
That being said, as great as the image is of this video, I’d like to see live footage because Celine Dion is a crazy person on stage.


RUMOR: Avengers Project Rebooted as Avengers Ultimate Alliance
Reports regarding a new Avengers game have surfaced before. Today, however, we have learned that Marvel and Square Enix are most likely making this game as a reboot of the Avengers Ultimate Alliance series. Mind you, all of this is pretty much off-the-record stuff. According to a nasty little rumor spotted on 4chan, the gameplay will possibly be a mixture of Uncharted and inFamous. This didn’t come as a surprise considering a Naughty Dog veteran was previously reported to have joined the dev team.
The unconfirmed report seems to unveil a few tidbits regarding the game’s story. Apparently, an event occurred that caused the Avengers to split up (the Avengers? Fighting? Naaah!). Despite the Avengers being split, if we understood correctly, this won’t be another Civil War type of plot.
Evidently, the game is going to focus on the following Marvel characters: Captain America, Iron Man, and Scarlet Witch. These three characters will be playable in the game, but there will be others to boot. Much of this was gathered also based on last year’s teaser trailer for The Avengers Project:
As you can tell, development studio Crystal Dynamics is also involved with this one. If this rumor is to be believed Marvel is definitely fired up to hit the gaming market big-time. Next to The Avengers Project, there’s also Spider-Man PS4 (by Insomniac Games).
Once again, we specify that whether or not this is a Avengers Ultimate Alliance reboot is a rumor at this stage, but the E3 2018 is just around the corner. No doubt Square Enix will reveal more during it’s E3 press conference.
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So how is this supposed to work again, this concept of bitter rivals as business partners?
The Raiders and Chargers play this afternoon at Qualcomm Stadium. On the field, it’s a critical game for each side’s chances of playoff contention, since San Diego is 2-4 and Oakland 2-3 following a bye week.
In the stands it will be contentious, likely with a large number of fans dressed in silver and black. To guard against potential fan unruliness, Qualcomm Stadium concessionaires will cut off beer sales at the beginning of the third quarter.
Raider Diaspora, that subset of fans who never abandoned the team even after its move from Los Angeles to Oakland in 1995, will savor the idea that this game won’t require a Southwest Airlines boarding pass.
And San Diegans, especially those weary of the Chargers’ flirtation with the Los Angeles area, certainly aren’t hesitant to re-sell their tickets. Lots of them almost certainly will wind up in the hands of Raider fans.
Oh, and about that flirtation?
The teams may be foes, and the fans may look at the other side with contempt, but Chargers owner Dean Spanos and Raiders owner Mark Davis will be simpatico, drawn together by their joint vision of a $1.7 billion stadium in Carson. They’ll probably share a conversation before the game, and who knows? They might even watch from the same suite.
In fact, there were reports Friday that Davis and Spanos were seen together at the Chargers Park training facility. If so, I wonder how that went over with Mike McCoy, the Chargers’ famously secretive coach.
The mere idea of the Chargers and Raiders going into business together, when the teams announced their joint venture Feb. 19, struck San Diego fans as the worst indignity and last straw. Among the comments on Twitter at the time of the announcement:
If the Chargers are so desperate they’d share a stadium with their blood rival, on top of a dump in sad-sack Carson, then good riddance.
— lemon vampyre (@lemonverbena_) February 20, 2015
— dan mitchinson (@dmitchinson) February 20, 2015
If the Chargers move to Carson with the Raiders I will burn every Chargers thing I have and mail the ashes to Dean Spanos
— Ethan Lossing (@CP3L0bC1ty) February 20, 2015
The feeling in San Diego has remained fairly straightforward since, while Chargers management has slapped down the city’s various stadium concepts.
Some fans will remain loyal as long as the team remains in town. Others will watch the team on TV and not put a dime in Spanos’ pockets. Still others are the above mentioned season ticket subscribers, who obviously figure that if Spanos is chasing the dollar, why shouldn’t they?
And the vast, vast majority are adamant that if the Chargers move up the freeway, they will cut ties.
Raider fans’ feelings are likely more conflicted. Their team has few stadium options in Oakland, compared to last-ditch efforts launched by civic officials in San Diego and St. Louis (and being ignored by the Chargers and Rams, the other franchise angling to land in L.A.). The Raiders also have the least leverage of the three teams eyeing what probably will be two spots in one stadium.
Their fans in Northern California are fearing the worst. Their fans in SoCal are hoping for the team’s return.
As for the guys who will actually play the game? Any historic rivalry or business partnership is less important to the Chargers than the idea that this is their first divisional game of the season.
“Rivalries are probably more of a college term, to be honest with you,” quarterback Philip Rivers said. “There’s more to it because you’re in the same state and the fans … you’re (for) one or the other for the most part, if you live out here.
“But we’ve got a lot of guys on this team (for whom) the Raiders vs. the Chargers didn’t mean anything to them for 22 years of their lives, and all of a sudden now it’s this big thing.”
Players try to ignore the relocation issue. Fans have either obsessed over it or gone into denial — though that last was pretty much elminated Friday when Mark Fabiani, Spanos’ point man on stadium matters, confirmed that the Chargers would indeed file for relocation in January.
The NFL is holding a town hall meeting Wednesday night at the Spreckels Theatre, which will at least give San Diegans a chance to vent but probably won’t change anything.
But consider: The Carson project is competing with Rams owner Stan Kroenke and his project in Inglewood. Should Kroenke’s project get the approval of NFL owners, Spanos could partner on that project.
If that happens … well, how would “San Diego Raiders” sound?
Hey, loyalty is a two-way street.
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Etawah: A distressing video capturing an incident of domestic violence has been circulating widely on social media since Sunday. The video, reportedly originating from Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, depicts a man brutally assaulting his wife with a stick, accusing her of infidelity. Shockingly, the man recorded the entire episode on his phone, demonstrating a complete lack of remorse or empathy.
In the video, the man is seen gripping the woman's hair, mercilessly striking her with a stick. The woman, in extreme pain, can be heard crying out and pleading with the man to stop, while attempting to answer his inquiries about her interactions with someone else. Despite her desperate appeals, the man continues his vicious assault, displaying a disturbing level of aggression.
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UP Police Take Cognisance In Matter
The Uttar Pradesh police has taken cognisance of the matter and it directed Etawah Police to take action on the viral video. The Etawah police responded to the incident stating that necessary action has been initiated by Bakewar police station in the matter and a probe is on.domestic

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Have you seen this yet? Oh. my. GOODNESS. It makes me smile and cry at the same time.
On the smiley side, it makes me grateful to be homeschooling,
to be choosing more time with my kids,
to be looking at things a bit differently,
to be thankful for the many gifts in my life.
On the tearful side, it makes me hungry.
Hungry to do more by doing less,
to slow down,
to seek the gratitude not just in the obvious gifts,
but also in mundane.
To live intentionally, and savour
of this amazing gift of life,
as fleeting as it is.
The best gift is yet to come.
Beauty drips from Ann Voskamp’s lips. You can hear more of what she has to say on her blog.

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Watton pork producer Cranswick to capture US market
PUBLISHED: 06:30 27 November 2012
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A Norfolk pork supplier hopes to capture a slice of the American market by securing an export licence for its base in Watton.
Cranswick Country Foods wants to apply for a United States Department of Agriculture accreditation, giving it the green light to sell premium Norfolk pork to the US.
It comes months after the former farming minister Jim Paice helped the company secure an export deal with China.
In its interim results released yesterday, the group said the relative price of pork to other meats had helped it to grow its half year underlying turnover 5pc ahead of last year, in the six months to September 30.
It saw total sales 6pc ahead in the same period, helped by the performance of its newly acquired Milton-Keynes-based premium cooked and roast meat producer Kingston Foods.
But the pork producer, which sells bacon and sausages to supermarkets Sainsburys and Tesco, is currently in talks with its customers about increasing prices after seeing the cost of UK pigs soar.
Speaking about its base in Watton, Cranswick chief executive Adam Couch said: “We have invested significantly at our factory in Norfolk and we want to keep the facility as long as the supply chain is there.
“We would like to acquire a USDA licence so our pork cuts can go to America. We are considering that investment as a real option going forward.”
Mr Couch said that the rise in prices for retailers had come as a knock-on effect from the higher cost of animal feed.
He added: “What is really important in times such as these is that everyone in the supply chain takes some responsibility.
“We have to make sure that we fight our corner against some of the EU volume players, while keeping an eye on the EU pig welfare reforms coming in 2013.”
The group, which has a factory in Hull and supplies to the Jamie Oliver brand, currently employs 1,100 staff and recently invested £12.7m in a new processing plant, innovative meat-processing equipment and environmental equipment.
This year, the company won the Food and Farming excellence award at the EDP Business Awards 2012, beating finalists Aylsham-based Dewing Grain, and Sands Agricultural Machinery of Stalham.

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Along with the masculine brandmark, the packaging had to follow suit. After exploration of various bottles eventually, a warmth was found in antique whiskey bottles.


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text: HONG KONG'S bubble burst the moment the word ''Sydney'' was uttered. Loud groans drowned out the televised celebrations of the Australians in Monte Carlo before silent disbelief set in. As rain drenched the streets outside, inside restaurants and homes parties were dampened not by champagne but by dejection. The Governor, Chris Patten, was quick to congratulate Sydney while the Liberal Party urged China to try again. Mr Patten said: ''There will, of course, be a good deal of disappointment among Hong Kong people that Beijing did not get the Games this time. ''But I am sure that excellent bids will have been submitted by all the short-listed competitions and that the decision must have been very close.'' But at the Treasure Seafood Restaurant in North Point, nothing could lift the gloom. Four bottles of champagne remained on ice and four dozen glasses remained empty as disheartened Beijing supporters left quickly after the vote was announced. Li Fu-yung, China's director of sports training and himself a former Olympic athlete, said there were no faults in the Beijing bid. ''We did everything we could. I'm sorry that we did not get it, but we did our best. ''Now we must look to competing in the 1996 and 2000 Games. We cannot think about bidding for 2004 yet.'' Another guest at the impromptu party, Tony Yu Kwok-leung, chairman of the Hong Kong Table Tennis Association, was devastated by the result. ''I'm so disappointed. I hope Sydney will make it a good Games, but I so wanted Beijing to win. I want to know how close the voting was. ''Beijing did so well - a month ago it was so far behind but then it became a front-runner. That is an achievement in itself.'' The gloom which sank on the restaurant after the announcement was a far cry from the tense but excited mood of expectation just minutes before, when every glimpse of the Beijing 2000 pagoda logo brought cheers and applause. Disappointment also hit the Liberal Party. But a spokesman added: ''We hope that, far from disheartened, China will continue to vie for subsequent Olympics because its 1.2 billion people are convinced that their nation can manage the Games with commitment, fairness, flair and supreme hospitality. ''The advancement of China is tantamount to the building of another Great Wall, except this time it is not to keep out foreigners but to invite them in to help improve the lot of a fifth of humanity in the spirit of brotherhood. ''Hong Kong, now and as the Special Administrative Region of China, wishes to greet future Olympians and other guests as one of the truly great cities. Our opportunity will come.''

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The value of bitcoin has fallen sharply, dropping by almost $2,000 in the early hours of this morning.
While the cryptocurrency is now on an upward curve, its sudden slide spread concern amongst investors, who fear they may lose money as a result.
Here’s the latest on bitcoin and why experts advise potential investors to be wary.
Why has the cryptocurrency’s price dropped?
While it isn’t clear why bitcoin’s price has dropped so quickly, it isn’t hugely surprising.
Bitcoin is widely considered to be a bubble, which could keep inflating until it completely collapses.
The sudden slump does, however, come amid a great deal of negative press.
This week, the US Securities and Exchange Commission reportedly suspended trading in The Crypto Company, a US based cryptocurrency consultancy, amid concerns over stock manipulation.
South Korean bitcoin exchange Youbit also announced its closure, after hackers stole 17 per cent of all assets.
The value of the notoriously volatile cryptocurrency has fluctuated unpredictably all year, with nobody truly knowing whether it is on the verge of rising even further or falling spectacularly.
Just 1,000 bitcoin holders are believed to own 40 per cent of the entire market, and it has been claimed that they can cause its value to plummet or soar at any point.
What do experts say?
All throughout bitcoin’s spectacular recent rise, fears around it being a huge bubble that could burst at any moment have only grown.
It has been labelled a “huge scam”, a “dangerous speculative bubble” and compared to an infamous historical crash involving tulip bulbs.
JPMorgan chief executive Jamie Dimon recently described bitcoin investors as “stupid” and said he would fire any staff caught trading in it.
However, its rapid rise has, understandably, also made it irresistible to many.
Some have even speculated that it could creep towards the $1m mark. However, the overwhelming consensus is that its price will eventually crash.
What alternative digital currencies are there?
The rise in interest around bitcoin appears to have helped drive up the value of other digital currencies, such as ethereum and litecoin.
Though they’re yet to hit the heights of bitcoin, both have seen spectacular gains over recent weeks.
Litecoin is up more than 8,990 per cent over last year and more than 360 per cent over last month, and ethereum is up more than 10,520 per cent over last year and more than 125 per cent over last month, according to the Coinbase exchange.
A large number of people are thought to be investing in these lesser-known digital currencies in the hope that they will go on to surge like bitcoin.
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Regulatory FAQ > General FAQ Questions > How much should I charge patients or third parties who request a copy of a patient’s dental record?
The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which supersedes state law, prohibits dental offices from charging a patient or a patient’s representative for chart pulling or records handling. Dental offices can charge a fee for duplicating dental records; the maximum charges are: a duplication fee of no more than $1.04 per page for the first 30 pages, and no more than $.79 per page for all other pages. A “reasonable” fee may be charged for duplicating x-rays. If a provider is required by law to personally edit confidential information from a dental record, the provider can also charge the usual fee for a basic office visit. These charges are updated every two years by the Department of Health and are scheduled to be updated again in July 2011.
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Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18 year-old from Antioch, Illinois on trial in Kenosha, Wisconsin for charges stemming from fatally shooting two people and injuring a third in August 2020, was found not guilty on five charges on Nov. 19, 2021.
The five charges included two counts of first degree intentional homicide, one count of first degree reckless homicide and two counts of first degree recklessly endangering safety, according to court records.
Charges for possession of a dangerous weapon for a person under 18 and failure to comply with a state emergency order were dismissed earlier in the trial, according to court records.
Rittenhouse was taken into police custody on Nov. 11, 2020, and bond was set at $2 million. Bond was posted on Nov. 23, 2020.
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In the enchanting world of fairytales, where magic weaves through the fabric of reality and mythical creatures roam, certain dog breeds seem as though they’ve leaped from these very tales. With their unique appearances, majestic postures, and sometimes mystical origins, these breeds embody the essence of fairytale wonders. They remind us of loyal companions to knights on quests, guardians of ancient secrets, or enchanted beings with stories of their own. These dogs capture our imaginations and hearts, not just with their physical beauty but with the tales their very presence evokes. From flowing manes reminiscent of magical steeds to ethereal beauty echoing woodland sprites, these breeds bring a touch of the fantastical into our lives. Let’s delve into the world of seven dog breeds that look like they belong in a fairytale, uncovering the magic they bring to our mundane world.
1. Afghan Hound
The Afghan Hound, with its noble posture and exquisite, silky coat, looks as if it has been plucked straight from the opulent courts of ancient tales. Its elegant demeanor and aloof personality only add to its mystique, reminiscent of a majestic creature from a land of magic and mystery. The Afghan Hound’s long, flowing locks and graceful movements give it an ethereal quality, as though it could effortlessly glide through enchanted forests or stand as a loyal companion to fairy royalty. With a history that spans back thousands of years, this breed carries with it the allure of ancient tales and legends, making it a living embodiment of fairytale elegance.
The Borzoi, or Russian Wolfhound, with its aristocratic appearance and slender, graceful build, looks like it could gallantly stride through the pages of a Russian fairytale. Its long, silky coat and elegantly curved neck give it a regal bearing, while its calm and dignified temperament adds to its storybook charm. Borzois were once the favored hunting dogs of Russian nobility, and their noble heritage is reflected in their majestic presence. They seem as though they could be the loyal protectors of enchanted castles or the swift, silent messengers of forest spirits, their elegance and speed making them fit for tales of adventure and mystery.
With its fluffy white coat and sparkling eyes, the Samoyed looks like a joyful creature from a wintry fairytale. This breed’s ever-present smile and friendly demeanor suggest a heart full of joy and loyalty, the kind of faithful companion every fairytale hero needs. Samoyeds are strong and resilient, capable of braving icy landscapes, yet they possess a gentle warmth that seems to glow from within. Their resemblance to mythical snow creatures or enchanted beasts of winter lore makes them a perfect fit for stories set in magical, snowy kingdoms.
4. Irish Wolfhound
The Irish Wolfhound, with its towering size and rugged appearance, embodies the spirit of ancient Celtic legends. It’s easy to imagine this breed alongside warriors and kings, participating in epic quests and guarding noble secrets. Their gentle nature, juxtaposed with their impressive stature, lends them an air of gentle giants of the fairytale world, wise and noble creatures that carry the stories of old. The Irish Wolfhound’s commanding presence and kind demeanor make it a majestic addition to any tale of bravery and loyalty.
5. Shih Tzu
The Shih Tzu, known as the “lion dog,” has a royal history as a cherished pet of Chinese emperors, and it’s not hard to see why it could belong in a fairytale. With their luxurious coat, bright, expressive eyes, and proud carriage, Shih Tzus are the epitome of lapdog luxury. Their friendly and affectionate nature makes them perfect companions in tales of love and friendship, while their regal origins fit stories of palaces and hidden gardens. A Shih Tzu could easily be imagined as a magical guardian or a small, brave adventurer in a world of wonder.
The Papillon, with its butterfly-like ears and dainty frame, appears as if it could flutter right out of a magical story. This breed’s lively and curious nature, combined with its elegant appearance, makes it a perfect fit for tales of enchantment and discovery. Papillons are intelligent and spirited, qualities that would make them excellent guides through mystical lands or cunning companions on a quest. Their delicate beauty and agile movements give them a fairy-like quality, embodying the whimsy and charm of fairytale worlds.
7. Chow Chow
The Chow Chow, with its lion-like mane and distinctive blue-black tongue, seems to have stepped out of a mythical story of emperors and dragons. This breed’s aloof and dignified personality only adds to its mystique, suggesting an ancient wisdom and a noble spirit. The Chow Chow’s imposing appearance and regal demeanor make it easy to envision as a guardian of sacred temples or a companion to deities in tales of myth and legend. Their unique look and proud nature imbue them with a sense of magic and mystery, fitting for a creature of fairytale lore.
These seven dog breeds, with their unique charms and mystical qualities, remind us of the magic and wonder that dogs bring into our lives. Whether through their noble heritage, their ethereal beauty, or their storybook personalities, these breeds evoke the enchantment of fairytales, making our world seem a little more magical. In the presence of these canine companions, it’s easy to believe in the power of fairytales and the timeless bond between humans and their loyal, four-legged friends.


Open vSwitch (OVS) can use the kernel datapath or the userspace datapath. There are interesting developments in the kernel datapath using hardware offloading through the TC Flower packet classifier, but in this article, the focus will be on the userspace datapath accelerated with the Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) and its new feature—partial flow hardware offloading—to accelerate the virtual switch even more.
This article explains how the virtual switch worked before versus now and why the new feature can potentially save resources while improving the packet processing rate.
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OVN (Open Virtual Network) is a subcomponent of Open vSwitch (OVS). It allows for the expression of overlay networks by connecting logical routers and logical switches. Cloud providers and cloud management systems have been using OVS for many years as a performant method for creating and managing overlay networks.
Lately, OVN has come into its own because it is being used more in Red Hat products. The result has been an increased amount of scrutiny for real-world scenarios with OVN. This has resulted in new features being added to OVN. More importantly, this has led to tremendous changes to improve performance in OVN.
In this article, I will discuss two game-changing performance improvements that have been added to OVN in the past year, and I will discuss future changes that we may see in the coming year.
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Open Virtual Network (OVN) is a subproject of Open vSwitch (OVS), a performant, programmable, multi-platform virtual switch. OVN adds to the OVS existing capabilities the support for overlay networks by introducing virtual network abstractions such as virtual switches and routers. Moreover, OVN provides native methods for setting up Access Control Lists (ACLs) and network services such as DHCP. Many Red Hat products, such as Red Hat OpenStack Platform and Red Hat Virtualization, are now using OVN, and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform will be using OVN soon.
In this article, I’ll cover how OVN ARP/ND_NS actions work, the main limitations in the current implementation, and how to overcome those. First, I’ll provide a brief overview of OVN’s architecture to facilitate the discussion:
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Networks are fun to work with, but often they are also a source of trouble. Network troubleshooting can be difficult, and reproducing the bad behavior that is happening in the field can be painful as well.
Luckily, there are some tools that come to the aid: network namespaces, virtual machines,
netfilter. Simple network setups can be reproduced with network namespaces and
veth devices, while more-complex setups require interconnecting virtual machines with a software bridge and using standard networking tools, like
tc, to simulate the bad behavior. If you have an issue with ICMP replies generated because an SSH server is down,
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-unreachable in the correct namespace or VM can do the trick.
This article describes using eBPF (extended BPF), an extended version of the Berkeley Packet Filter, to troubleshoot complex network issues. eBPF is a fairly new technology and the project is still in an early stage, with documentation and the SDK not yet ready. But that should improve, especially with XDP (eXpress Data Path) being shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, which you can download and run now.
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In this article, I discuss external connectivity in Open Virtual Network (OVN), a subproject of Open vSwitch (OVS), using a distributed gateway router.
OVN provides external connectivity in two ways:
- A logical router with a distributed gateway port, which is referred to as a distributed gateway router in this article
- A logical gateway router
In this article, you will see how to create a distributed gateway router and an example of how it works.
Creating a distributed gateway router has some advantages over using a logical gateway router for the CMS (cloud management system):
- It is easier to create a distributed gateway router because the CMS doesn’t need to create a transit logical switch, which is needed for a logical gateway router.
- A distributed gateway router supports distributed north/south traffic, whereas the logical gateway router is centralized on a single gateway chassis.
- A distributed gateway router supports high availability.
Note: The CMS can be OpenStack, Red Hat OpenShift, Red Hat Virtualization, or any other system that manages a cloud.
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Linux has rich virtual networking capabilities that are used as basis for hosting VMs and containers, as well as cloud environments. In this post, I will give a brief introduction to all commonly used virtual network interface types. There is no code analysis, only a brief introduction to the interfaces and their usage on Linux. Anyone with a network background might be interested in this blog post. A list of interfaces can be obtained using the command
ip link help.
This post covers the following frequently used interfaces and some interfaces that can be easily confused with one another:
After reading this article, you will know what these interfaces are, what’s the difference between them, when to use them, and how to create them.
For other interfaces like tunnel, please see An introduction to Linux virtual interfaces: Tunnels
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In part one of this series, we explored the dynamic IP address management (IPAM) capabilities of Open Virtual Network. We covered the
exclude_ips options on logical switches. We then saw how these options get applied to logical switch ports whose addresses have been set to the special “dynamic” value. OVN, a subproject of Open vSwitch, is used for virtual networking in a number of Red Hat products like Red Hat OpenStack Platform, Red Hat Virtualization, and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform in a future release.
In this part, we’re going to explore some of the oversights and downsides in the feature, how those have been corrected, and what’s in store for OVN in future versions.
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When most people deploy an Open vSwitch configuration for virtual networking using the NORMAL rule, that is, using L2 learning, they do not think about configuring the size of the Forwarding DataBase (FDB).
When hardware-based switches are used, the FDB size is generally rather large and the large FDB size is a key selling point. However for Open vSwitch, the default FDB value is rather small, for example, in version 2.9 and earlier it is only 2K entries. Starting with version 2.10 the FDB size was increased to 8K entries. Note that for Open vSwitch, each bridge has its own FDB table for which the size is individually configurable.
This blog explains the effects of configuring too small an FDB table, how to identify which bridge is suffering from too small an FDB table, and how to configure the FDB table size appropriately.
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For those unfamiliar, Open Virtual Network (OVN) is a subproject of OpenVswitch (OVS), a performant programmable multi-platform virtual switch. OVN provides the ability to express an overlay network as a series of virtual routers and switches. OVN also provides native methods for setting up Access Control Lists (ACLs), and it functions as an OpenFlow switch, providing services such as DHCP. The components of OVN program OVS on each of the hypervisors in the network. Many of Red Hat’s products, such as Red Hat OpenStack Platform and Red Hat Virtualization, are now using OVN. Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform will be using OVN soon.
Looking around the internet, it’s pretty easy to find high-quality tutorials on the basics of OVN. However, when it comes to more-advanced topics, it sometimes feels like the amount of information is lacking. In this tutorial, we’ll examine dynamic addressing in OVN. You will learn about IP address management (IPAM) options in OVN and how to apply them.
Continue reading “Dynamic IP Address Management in Open Virtual Network (OVN): Part One”
In a few weeks, the Fast Datapath Production channel will update the Open vSwitch version from the 2.7 series to the 2.9 series. This is an important change in more ways than one. A wealth of new features and fixes all related to packet movement will come into play. One that will surely be blamed for all your troubles will be the integration of the `–ovs-user` flag to allow for an unprivileged user to interact with Open vSwitch.
Running as root can solve a lot of pesky problems. Want to write to an arbitrary file? No problem. Want to load kernel modules? Go for it! Want to sniff packets on the wire? Have a packet dump. All of these are great when the person commanding the computer is the rightful owner. But the moment the person in front of the keyboard isn’t the rightful owner, problems occur.
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A face stares at you on the television screen. He asks you what you name is and how you are feeling today. You answer wary of giving him too much information. He looks familiar like an obscured reflection. He’s a photorealistic copy of your self, he’s what could be the reality of the next decade of gaming.
The actors of L.A. Noire have attained a creepy level of realism. Cole Phelps, played by Aaron Stanton, is rendered using a global illumination, algorithms that create more realistic 3D lighting effects, and a new technology called MotionScan. He looks really, really good. He also looks really, really fake. Photorealism in video games has been attemptedin the past, but never to a degree where facial expressions are mirrored in such a realistic way. However, there’s something eerie with how L.A. Noire presents its actors. It’s something that feels uncannily familiar.
If you watch the trailers, if you see the behind the scene footage, you will notice that Stanton’s performance has an uncanny feel. Phelps looks like Stanton, he moves and sounds like Stanton, and he even has the same facial expressions as Stanton, but that does little to convince me that photorealism is a good thing for video game characters. There are two sides of video game aesthetics: realism and stylization. These categories are tenuous as artistic style and the ideas of what the term “realistic” entails differs from developer to developer. However, the uncanny valley is a real place, and if we continue to trek down into it we could end up a little lost.
L.A. Noire is a great example of a game that is using photorealistic qualities to create deeper, more immersive acting. From what Rockstar Games has shown us, we’re in for quite a thrill ride, but the game’s presentation could go two ways. The big question here is: are video game developers ready to place the human visage into the video game medium?
What makes video games different than film or theatre? What makes the brushstrokes seen in Ōkami any different than the brush strokes of a painter on their canvas? These questions go back to my categories above. Video games present a stylized reality to their players. No matter how borderline photorealistic a video game may seem, it is, in essence, still just a simulation of reality. Many video game scholars at this point would say that video game technology, lighting, design, theory are all progressing at such an alarming rate that photorealism will be within our grasp in the next ten years. It’s certainly a possibility. Blogger and game designer David Hayward wrote an interesting article on this subject. He asks in his article:
The general value of aesthetics is not derived from any one particular style, as evinced by the massive variety in historical and contemporary design. So why do games seem to focus so singularly on photo-realism? Could it be that, because games lend themselves to simulation of reality, their aesthetics meekly follow? Are designers choosing a default option at the expense of aesthetic variety and potential?
This article was written in 2005, and now in 2011 we have games like L.A. Noire presenting photorealistic qualities in games that we’ve never seen before. The article presents some prudent examples of stylism versus photorealism in video games. And it poses a few interesting questions to the reader.
The realistic qualities of a video game have more to do with the stylistic choices of the video game developer than the brute force technology used behind the scenes. L.A. Noire’s faces represent an impressive assimilation of film technology. MotionScan works by placing several cameras around the actor’s face to capture his or her expressions. Global illumination and shaders do the rest to fill in their faces to fit into their surroundings. The actors are transported into the game world. We become an actively participating audience controlling the actors on the stage.
Bertolt Brecht a German poet, playwright and theatre director, not to mention one of the most influential figures in dramaturgy, utilized a technique called the “distancing effect” in his productions. His theatrical technique worked to distance the audience from the reality that was the world of the play, and to remind them that they were watching actors on a stage. Brecht’s influence in video games may be a little tenuous, but his techniques say something interesting about theatrical experiences. He wrote that the distancing effect, “prevents the audience from losing itself passively and completely in the character created by the actor, and which consequently leads the audience to be a consciously critical observer.”
Video games work through suspension of disbelief. They ask us to forget that we are being shown unrealistically depicted scenes and they ask us to participate within their fantasy. Or at least that’s how they have worked. When we engage in an experience like Mass Effect, we know that Commander Shephard is a virtual actor, a puppet through which the player interacts within her world. She is not real, though she possesses many of the qualities that make a video game character come to life. Even when it comes to narrative, character development and dialogue, a stylistic approach to interaction helps the gamer go beyond simple immersion. We forget that we’re playing a game and we start to believe that we are interacting with real people.
The game’s presentation has hints of the uncanny. The way Aaron Stanton is presented to the audience bears certain hints of realism and something you can’t quite put your finger on. I mentioned the uncanny valley above. Mashihiro Mori, a Japanese robotosist, first coined the term in the 70’s. He called the phenomenon Bukimi no Tani Genshō (不気味の谷現象), and it’s a play on the Freudian concept of the uncanny.
Imagine looking into a mirror, but instead of a reflection there staring you in the face was a Microsoft Xbox Kinect and a video screen. The Kinect would take your face, recreate it on the screen and show it to you. You could brush your teeth, comb your hair, wash your face and do everything that you would normally, but that is not, in the technical sense, your face. You would essentially be mediated between reality and virtual reality.
When we see Cole Phelps as he is presented in L.A. Noire’s trailers, we are looking essentially at the mirror past a reflection. We are looking, not at a real face, but at something photorealistic, something even hyperrealistic.
There’s a difference between looking at an actor on a stage and playing as a video game character on a virtual stage. Hyperreality is a notion developed by French philosopher Jean Baudrillard. He says that we no longer have access to the really real. Instead, our world is characterized by mediations of mediations all of which destabilize meaning and being. Hyperreality replaces reality: it seems real, but is only a simulation. Video games are much like film and theatre. Actors go up on a stage, they act and they perform actions. However, and unlike film and theatre, a video game represents mediation – a space in between – the real and the virtual. The actors in L.A. Noire are representations of real people, their faces instilled on inhuman 3D models. Cole Phelps become a mediated version of Aaron Stanton because he is a photorealistic representation, not an actual reflection. It’s as if a virtual dummy put on Stanton’s skin for our benefit. It’s kind of creepy if you think about the game’s faces that way.
Part of the video game aesthetic is the distance it takes from reality. Video game developers like Rockstar Games are striving to create a higher form of realism for gamers, but to what end? Hyperrealistic characters like Cole Phelps only help to further destabilize a gamer’s notion of the real within their experience. They see his face contort and react like any real human being, and immediately they are turned off, or so Mashihiro Mori would hypothesize. Taking a trip down into the uncanny valley can be a dangerous adventure. Pitfalls abound and path is unmarked.
How real do we want our video games to be? Certainly photorealism presents an interesting development in video game technology. Imagine walking through an actual forest, looking at photorealistic trees over a stunning sunset. Then imagine seeing your character’s face and realizing that you are in fact sitting in a chair while he is experiencing the splendours of a simulated outdoors. The idea of a hyperrealistic game is a worst-case-scenario. However, becoming lost within a video game experience is a cultural fallacy. No one loses their self when reality constantly returns through a phone call or a quiet breeze.
The technology present in L.A. Noire shows a step towards photorealistic human beings in video games. No doubt, we are in for a visual treat when Rockstar releases their game later this year. Cole Phelps looks really, really good. The lighting on him is perfect, his hair is freshly trimmed and his facial expressions are practiced and proper. Aaron Stanton looks good too, but he’s simply part of the reflection on the outside of the game. He’s lost within the experience, a mirror without a reflection. How real do we want our video games to be? I think we should ask Stanton what he thinks about his character being given a run for his money by sadistic gamers looking for photorealistic entertainment.


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Countdown (Under) begins to season's first Slam
Injuries highlight the men not playing for the men at the Australian Open, while just about everyone is in and healthy for the women.
SYDNEY, Australia -- While it might seem like only yesterday that Roger Federer and Kim Clijsters were holding aloft their U.S. Open singles crowns in New York, the tennis world has awakened from its annual 20-minute power nap (actually, about a six-week offseason) and congregated Down Under for the year's first Grand Slam, the Australian Open.
The spate of pre-tournament withdrawals only will increase calls from many players and other stakeholders to make adjustments to the tennis calendar, which now spans nearly 11 months. It's becoming increasingly clear to this faction that the existing break is simply not enough time for many players to unwind, decompress and allow nagging injuries heal for the upcoming season.
Earlier this week in Melbourne, Andy Roddick called for the players to consider forming a union to force changes in the schedule should the International Tennis Federation and Grand Slams fail to act on their own to ease the burdens on players.
"The ITF, the Davis Cup, the Grand Slams, they're all different entities and you'd think that they would want to work together for the greater good," said Roddick. "But they each want their little slice of the pie and they're not willing to give that up."
Federer's karma must still be gathering momentum, as the heavy favorite and winner of six Grand Slams has a sweetheart draw, opening with the heretofore unknown Uzbek, Denis Istomin. Federer wouldn't appear to face any significant challenge until a possible quarterfinal matchup with No. 14 Richard Gasquet of France, who bounded onto the tennis landscape last April with a three-set victory over Mr. Invincible on clay in Monte Carlo.
But Gasquet would first need to get by dangerous floater Tommy Haas of Germany in the first round. Haas beat Federer earlier this week in an exhibition match at Kooyong.
Roddick has benefited the most from Nadal's withdrawal, moving up a spot to the No. 2 seed. More importantly, he is on the opposite side of the draw from Federer, and therefore can only face his nemesis in the final.
Ironically, three other Americans (No. 13 Robby Ginepri, No. 27 Taylor Dent and Justin Gimelstob) were randomly placed in Roddick's mini-quadrant of the draw, foreshadowing potential Roddick-Dent and Ginepri-Gimelstob third-round matchups, with the winners meeting in the round of 16. These are all players who have practiced a lot together and know each other's games well, which increases the possibilities of an upset or two in Melbourne.
Big-hitting American James Blake is a potential semifinal opponent for Roddick if he manages to get past Nalbandian in the fourth round in what would be one of the best matches of the first week.
The women's game is notable these days for its depth, and American Lindsay Davenport is the top seed in Melbourne. However, she faces a tricky path into the latter stages of the draw. A potential quarterfinal encounter with No. 10 Venus Williams, who outlasted her in a memorable Wimbledon final last July, awaits Davenport.
Fourth-seeded Maria Sharapova faces an easier path to the semifinals, with the exception of a possible fourth-round match against the defending champion, No. 13 Serena Williams.
Clijsters, fresh (sort of) off her first Grand Slam victory at the U.S. Open, looks to have a favorable bracket as long as her body holds up on the Rebound Ace surface. Two Frenchwomen, No. 5 Mary Pierce, a finalist last year at Roland Garros and Flushing Meadows, and No. 3 Amélie Mauresmo, who's underperformed in Grand Slam play, are the main obstacles looming in the amiable Belgian's half of the draw.
Let's not forget about the return of Martina Hingis, who will be playing at the Australian Open for the first time since 2002.
Davenport over Sharapova
Mauresmo over Pierce
Final: Davenport over Mauresmo
The three-time champion of this event had a nice run in her return at the season-opening Australian Women's Hardcourts, winning three matches before losing in the semifinals. She strained her hip flexor in the process and had to withdraw from her semifinals doubles match. And last week Hingis was bounced by Henin-Hardenne in the first round of the Medibank International.
Hingis received a wild card to play and drew No. 30 Vera Zvonareva in the first round. Zvonareva is coming off her worst season since 2001.
Bracketology aside, the season's first Grand Slam is notoriously difficult to handicap. So while Federer and Davenport are the favorites and top seeds entering the fortnight, it's been 12 years since both No. 1 players won the Australian Open in the same year.
Whit Sheppard is a Paris-based sportswriter who is covering the Australian Open for ESPN.com. He can be e-mailed at firstname.lastname@example.org

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Leeds sportswoman Claire O'Hara wins MBE in New Year Honours
'˜Services to canoeing' is hardly the most typical honour to receive '“ but Leeds sportswoman Claire O'Hara surely wouldn't want an MBE for anything else.
O’Hara, who attended Cardinal Heenan High School, Notre Dame Sixth Form College and Leeds Metropolitan University, not only won the women’s K1 title under lights at San Juan, Argentina last year, but she also set a new world record highest score of 925.
The K1 title followed her victory in the women’s squirt competition, adding to the double golds she won in 2011 and 2013.
The World Paddle Awards has described her as “the most successful female freestyle paddler of all time” – a journey which began in this city.
She began her kayaking career at the Leeds Canoe Club in 1996.
In 2001 she started competing in freestyle kayaking and in 2006 she qualified for her first British team.
O’Hara was also a member of the GB Freestyle Committee and the BCU Freestyle Technical Committee.


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Indian limited over captain is known for his brilliant skill with the glove. He is the highest run- getter as a wicket keeper batsman in One Day Cricket. He made his debut in 2004 as lower middle order wicket keeper batsman.
He shined after playing a few matches of One Day International cricket. Dhoni hit his first hundred against Pakistan that is reckoned as his arrival in international cricket. Over the years he has become the captain of the Indian side. In 2007 he has won the inaugural World T20 against Pakistan in the final.
At the end of the year 2008, he has become the Indian Test captain and led the country to no. 1 position in the ICC Test ranking. He holds the position for India for 18 months.
However, over the years he has improved his glove work and become world’s fastest wicketkeeper as his stumping, run out are too fast that it is difficult to understand even in the open eye.
His highest stumping record is only 00.9 seconds. It was Dhoni’s lightening fast stumping against Gorge Bailey.
In India first limited over series in the year 2016 in Australia Dhoni has stumped George Baily off the delivery of Ravindra Jadeja. Bailey was stunned and didn’t imagine that he could be got out. The third umpire found Bailey was beaten by Dhoni in a fraction of a second.
India lost the ODI series even after putting up a great fight against the Australians. But in the T20 series India bruised Australia 3-0 as Indian bowlers and batsmen were unstoppable.
Batsman Virat Kohli bludgeoned Australia’s ordinary bowling attack which was without the service of two top bowlers Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc as they were injured.
The Untold Story of MS Dhoni:
A movie is also coming which will reveal the untold story of MS Dhoni. A part of the movie already revealed as Dhoni agreed to let that part of his life know his fans. Sakshi is not his first love. Dhoni was struggling in his life and playing well for India A. But his girl friend died in a accident. However, the tragedy that not let him down. He started performing with great innings. In 2005 he scored 148 against Pakistan and 183 against Sri Lanka.
Criticism riddled Dhoni
Dhoni was riddled with criticism as he failed to emulate his past performance. But his wicketkeeping is still brilliant and in India nobody can match him at present.
It is not that Dhoni lost his charm with the bat entirely because in 2015 when South Africa was touring in India for a five-match ODI series, three matches T20 and four-match Test series, Dhoni in the Indore ODI played a great innings. India lost their top half even before scoring 200, but Dhoni started to stitch the innings with one or twos and later in the innings he blasted South African bowlers that helped India to post respectable innings. India won the match and equaled the series 2-2.
No doubt MS Dhoni will play for India till 2019 World Cup because currently, India doesn’t have any wicketkeeper-batsman who can fill the vacant of Dhoni.
Dhoni recently toured Zimbabwe where he got a chance to bat in the first T20 but he failed to win the match against the host in the last over of the match. India needed to score a boundary to win the match but he failed to score a boundary.
Dhoni currently spending holidays at home. He will play the next series against New Zealand when the Down Under country New Zealand will visit India in September-October this year.
After New Zealand, Dhoni will play a limited over series in March when Australia will come in India.
Dhoni will lead India in the 2017 Champions Trophy in the England where India will defend the title. India has won the trophy in 2013 without any loss.
The Indian Test team is currently touring West Indies for a four-match Test series under the new coach of Anil Kumble.
But it is unimaginable how Dhoni’s lightening fast stumping against Gorge Bailey happened.
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"Choose 1 Forward. Halve its power until the end of the turn (round down to the nearest 1000)."
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Poor nutrition can develop if you don’t feel hungry, have trouble shopping or cooking, don’t feel well, or have mouth problems that make it hard to eat.
Lack of appetite is common. Try to keep eating a healthy diet. If you find this difficult, talk to a health care professional (eg a nurse). Sometimes a dietician might be available to help you plan a special diet or suggest helpful foods.
Watch what and how much the older person is eating. Lack of appetite is common and can be normal in very advanced illness. It may not be appropriate to try to make an older person eat when he or she is extremely frail or unwell. In these cases, or if you are concerned about poor nutrition, seek advice from someone in the health care team — for example, a nurse.
When a person who has dementia does not settle well to eat at mealtimes, they may take enough food if you provide snacks often.
Advice on mouth problems is covered later in this section.
Meals on Wheels can help older people to live more independently at home by delivering meals.
Weblink: Meals on Wheels
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Di hamparan semesta aku menjelma kata-kata. Melayarkan mimpi-mimpi di samudera puisi tanpa tepi. Langit memetakan tanda-tanda. Bintang-bintang merangkai titik-titik tanya. Hujan menyimpan irama makna.
Hendak kulukis aksara judul yang mengangkasa. Dan kupahat bait-bait diri yang membumi.
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I always love Sherlock Holmes stories. In this book of Woodsworth Classics edition I enjoyed the collection of twenty best cases of Sherlock Holmes along with an introduction by David Stuart Davies, the editor. Davies’ long essay talks about many things behind the success of Sherlock Holmes, how the cases in this edition selected, and discuss about plus and minus of every case.
It was a delight for me to read the story of a very long journey in which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author, wrote Holmes stories from time to time, tried to draw public’s attention by publishing them in novel form and then as a serial in magazine column. It was really a long journey before Holmes finally won the readers’ heart and gained a tremendous success. Well, I recommend to read this long journey story for those who love writing. It was not only a learning about hard work, totality, consistency, and heart will in writing, but it was also an interesting story about the creative process in writing.
It was an interesting creative process, for example, how Sir Arthur Conan Doyle inspired by Dr. Bell of Edinburgh, when he was educated at a school of medical thought. This Dr. Bell prided himself about his remarkable power of observation: that when he looked at a patient he could tell not only their disease but very often their occupation and place of residence. Doyle tried to apply this power of observation into a detective story, in which the detective would treat crime as Dr. Bell treated disease and where science would take the place of chance.
The important point of Sherlock Holmes creative process was the factor combination of character, plot, and point of view. It was this combination of so unique a character, so delicate a plot, and a well-chosen point of view, I think, that made Sherlock Holmes have its own strong character. All of these factor were well-prepared by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in creating this classical detective story: he had reasons in every choice he made. Scientific element Doyle put on his narration was another thing to which I admired.
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Coffee is a beloved beverage in the U.S. It’s hard to turn a corner in most major American cities without encountering the aromas from a nearby Starbucks. But while a majority of Americans consume coffee every day, many give little to no thought to where their coffee actually comes from. Today, we’ll take you on a journey to discover the faces and places behind the coffee industry in Haiti.
Coffee is imported from all over the world, including Latin America and the Caribbean. The coffee sector in Haiti reached its peak in the 1960s, but has been losing importance for the past 50 years. While coffee from Haiti has long been exported, the quality of coffee in certain regions has not been up to international standards. Haitian coffee is facing considerable agricultural challenges with pests (including CBB and rust); the infrastructure for processing coffee is often in disrepair; and evaluation scores are frequently low. Additionally, many Haitian cooperatives and producers have a poor understanding of quality standards for export.
As the Haitian coffee industry seeks to grow, the infrastructure of traditional farms means that producers and cooperatives don't have the necessary market information or knowledge of their own production capacity.There is an opportunity to convert the traditional coffee process to an industrial one that could revitalize the industry and give the producers control of a larger portion of the value chain.
For these reasons, Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) volunteer Mathias Medina traveled to Haiti to assess coffee cooperatives and train members on enterprise strategy and financial planning. As Mr. Medina worked with the F2F partner Makouti Agro Enterprise and host organizations – Association des Travailleurs, Coopérative Excelsior de Bassin and Coopérative de Production et de Commercialisation Agricole de Dondon – he made some key recommendations and observations. “I believe there is a necessity for F2F and Makouti to bring support, through experts, to actually implement a business plan that considers the most producers as much as possible,” Medina recommends. “Each volunteer could then go to Haiti and take it where the other left it.”
Other volunteers have been motivated to increase assistance for Haiti’s coffee sector. It was while working with Makouti Agro Enterprise that F2F volunteer Dr. Myriam Kaplan-Pasternak realized the potential for high quality Haitian coffee in the international market. She and fellow volunteer Yves Gourdet, a U.S. businessman and Haitian native, developed a business plan and launched HaitiCoffee.com, Inc.
In its first year, Haiti Coffee imported 11,000 lbs of coffee, ending the year with a small profit, and was extended a line of credit from a private supporter. The next year, Haiti Coffee imported a full shipping container of coffee and expanded to a second production site. Coffee bean sales have now impacted the lives of nearly 3,000 farming families in Haiti, and the company has started reintroducing Haitian coffee to the world.
What is most significant about Haiti Coffee is not only that it is the result of cooperation between individuals and groups affiliated with F2F, but also that it is working to build a sustainable network to support viable, income-generating agricultural opportunities for Haitian farmers, and moving up the value chain to access a larger market.
Carrying on this work, Mr. Medina held a three day workshop at the Makouti headquarters covering cooperative management, potential assessment, market analysis, strategic and financial planning, and risk management. The workshops were dynamic and participatory as producers asked Mr. Medina to clarify or explain certain items and Mr. Medina also called on participants to answer questions. At the end of the workshop, the attendees were divided into four groups and asked to build a hypothetical business plan, using the concepts discussed during the trainings.
The expected results from this workshop and Mr. Medina’s site visits are that the decision-making at the cooperative level for the upcoming season will include elements of a business plan, and will consider the requirements of the market. This would include being more rigorous in addressing the factors that can affect the quality (storage, selection, etc.), negotiating prices in advance, and ensuring that a portion of the coffee will be sold every year to regular clients, building a relationship with exporters that will benefit the cooperatives in the long term.
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The Dog O Pogo Club held its first agility fun match Sunday, Dec. 9 at its new indoor facility in Coldstream.
Affectionately dubbed The Bunker, the facility saw more than 40 dogs from across the Interior with competitors from Kamloops and Kelowna.
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Ryne Sandberg said Howard will start at first base
CLEARWATER, Fla. – Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg said Wednesday that Ryan Howard will start at first base this season, despite plans to rebuild the team and attempts to trade the declining slugger.
Sandberg spoke in support of Howard during his first news conference of spring training as pitchers and catchers reported to Bright House Field.
When Sandberg was asked about the former MVP he benched for three games last season, he said: “He’s the first baseman.”
Howard has never fully rebounded to the level of production he showed before tearing his left Achilles tendon during Philadelphia’s final out in 2011, in an NL Division Series loss to St. Louis.
The 35-year-old Howard played in 153 games in 2014 after missing half of each of the previous two seasons. He hit .223 with 23 home runs and 95 RBI, led the majors with 190 strikeouts and had a career low .380 slugging percentage.
The Phillies have other, younger options in veteran Darin Ruf, 28, and top slugging prospect Maikel Franco, 22. But the front office has been unable to move Howard, who is owed a minimum of $60 million in the next two years.
“Right now he’s here to prepare for the season as one of the guys,” Sandberg said. “If he gets to where he’s hitting 30-35 home runs, which is good home runs for this day and age of baseball, he can help us win games this year. To see him in the spring and see him prepare and have him get ready, he’s here. Right now, unless he gets unseated he’s the first baseman.”
In December, Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. told a Philadelphia radio station that he had recently told Howard that “it would probably bode better for the organization not with him but without him.”
But after committing to a rebuild at the outset of the offseason, the Phillies were couldn’t find a trade partner for Howard or other veterans, including Jonathan Papelbon, Cliff Lee and Cole Hamels. Amaro did trade Jimmy Rollins, Marlon Byrd and Antonio Bastardo in December, but as spring training begins, the team is stuck between committing to younger players while also being saddled with veterans who won’t play for a contender in Philadelphia.
The Phillies were one of four teams on Opening Day last season with an average player age older than 30.
Sandberg doesn’t foresee the age mix as a problem.
“You’ve seen it before, it’s kind of part of the game,” Sandberg said of his veterans who have been in trade rumors all winter. “Sometimes it can motivate a player, sometimes it can raise the value of a player.”
After pitchers and catchers hold their first workout on Thursday, the team’s first full-squad workout is scheduled for Tuesday.


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Britney's Dance Beat - Review
When THQ announced plans to develop a Britney Spears based game at E3 2001 many people rolled their eyes and groaned. Sure she's good looking, but it isn't cool to like her music, and playing a game with her in it was going to be torture. In January 2002 THQ had a press day in America and many journalists walked away more then impressed with the early builds of the game. Fast-forward to June 2002 and THQ have now released the game and the end result is pretty impressive. As you would expect the game is a dancing simulation similar to Bust-A-Groove and PaRappa the Rappa. The developers, Metro Graphics, have even seen fit to include a bit of a storyline, and plenty of bonuses.
|The bottom meter show the leader.|
Britney's about to launch her next concert tour and she needs backup dancers. You will have to audition to Britney's most popular songs to see if you can keep up with the other dancers. If you're really good, you'll get access to exclusive backstage video and concert footage. Only the best dancers will get to join Britney on stage. Each of the six selectable dancers who are either male or female, but ultimately differ very little in gameplay terms and sadly, don't include Britney, have to complete 10 audition dances which get harder as you progress.
Actually playing Britney's Dance Beat seems quite simple at first in that you only have to press the buttons at the exact moment when they appear on the circular dial, which acts similar to a radar. As the light band passes over a symbol you have to press the corresponding button. Boring you say? Well, it takes plenty of concentration and as you move up the levels and you become better the game becomes more and more frantic. The first level only makes you use a single button, but by the time you get past about the 5th level you will have to combine directional controls with the action buttons. As you complete more button presses in a row you create combos. Every time you string a combo of 10 presses together you mess up the opponents radar by either making their expected presses move out of time with the music, or adding in extra button presses.
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One of the best things about this game is the extras that can be unlocked by earning points as you complete each audition. The more points you earn the more you unlock. These extras are split up into two sections. The first contains video clips of Britney preparing backstage with other people from her entourage. The second section contains five video clips of Britney Spears performing her songs on a stage, but the camera is rotatable through 360° during the performance. It's a stunning use of a new-ish technology and a great bonus in the game. These extras alone will ensure that you complete the game.
|The dancers are animated well.|
Graphically, Britney's Dance Beat is certainly impressive. The dancers are all well animated and the backgrounds varied and detailed. The frame rate is rock steady while the levels are littered with special effects and guest appearances by Britney herself. My biggest issue however arises with the large screen showing the video clips for the songs in the backgrounds. For some strange reason they aren't synched to the song at all. So while Britney is singing in the music her lips are not moving in the video clip and vice versa. It's a simple thing that really should have been fixed prior to release.
Sound is one are where you would expect this game to excel, but it doesn't and is in fact one of the weakest aspects of the game. The game includes only 5 songs, "I'm A Slave 4 U", "Overprotected", "Oops, I Did It Again", "Baby One More Time", and "Stronger". While the tracks are all good quality, there is nothing else to dance to in the game. It would have been nice to see some different riffs, music only tracks or original music to dance to. In a game like this you would expect around 10 or more music tracks to break the variety. Throughout the levels Britney will say a couple of words about your performance. I was also hoping for some surround sound in the game to give it a little more atmosphere, alas it's only in stereo.
|The stages do look great.|
Overall this is a very impressive, but ultimately slightly disappointing title. While the gameplay is superb, and the extras impressive, the game is let down by a lack of music tracks. There really should have been double the music available to dance to, rather then just the five songs. Still if you're a Britney fan then this game will keep you entertained for some time. It's no pushover and the desire to unlock all the extras will have you coming back time and time again. In 2-player mode the excitement and competition is multiplied greatly and Britney's Dance Beat will keep you going for hours.
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|GRAPHICS||Music not synched to video clip, good animations on the dancers.||74%|
|SOUND||I hope you like Britney's music and speech. Only 5 songs available.||78%|
|GAMEPLAY||Highly addictive gameplay against CPU players, better as 2 human.||81%|
|VALUE||Only 5 songs, you'll be wanting more. The unlockable extras are cool.||63%|
|OVERALL||The graphics are nice, the songs include her major hits, but there just isn't enough variety to keep you engrossed in single player mode, but 2-player is a blast. Excellent bonuses to be unlocked. If Britney's Dance Beat had included more songs then this could have been a brilliant title. Worth considering, especially for Britney fans.||78%|


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