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Prometheus 3D
Director Ridley Scott's sci-fi thriller, set in the same universe as the Alien series. A discovery about the origin of life leads a team of explorers - including Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba and Michael Fassbender - to travel to a distant planet in the year 2093.
But the investigation into humanity's past and the discovery of an ancient civilization has brought them into contact with a powerful threat that could cause our extinction.
Not a direct prequel to Alien, Scott referred to the film as having evolved into its own "grand mythology and universe".
2012Rating: R16, contains horror scenes and violence123 minsUSA
Science Fiction3D
Ridley Scott ('Alien', 'Gladiator', 'American Gangster')
Damon LindelofJon Spaihts
Michael FassbenderCharlize TheronNoomi RapaceIdris ElbaGuy PearceLogan Marshall-GreenSean HarrisBenedict WongPatrick Wilson
Damon-Keen
4 stars? Really?
Meandering, incoherent drivel. This move is so full of plot holes, bad science, dreadful characterization and laughable acting that I struggle to understand what anyone could see in it. Ridley hasn't made a good film in years, and this film continues that trend. Embarrassing.
GrahamP
Ridley's Origin Of Mankind
Forget the movie "Alien" this is completely different. Of course you can pick holes in the plot like the different blend of characters on the trip but it is also a real visual experience. The future technology is well thought out but I did wonder why wine bottles and glasses had not changed at all. I usually find 3D annoying but in this movie they did make...
RexH
I get it, David is Dr Smith!
And not the movie Dr Smith, but the prissy 1960s Dr Smith from the Lost in Space TV series, only younger, better looking, still of dubious sexual orientation and still up to no good. Dr Smith wasn't the only reference to spot throughout this movie. The older Wellend looked uncannily similar to Keir Dullea's Dave character at the end of 2001. In fact, the...
KatieF
Ridley got it right
'Prometheus' is the sort of film that must be watched in 3D, the special effects were amazing, as was the cast. Noomi Rapace was incredible as the lead Elizabeth, just as she was in the original 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'. Rapace definitely made the film for me. Some of the plot at times were a bit hard to follow as you're unsure of where it's...
Is this an "Alien" prequel? Or Not?
When "Prometheus" was announced as Ridley Scott's next film, and with screenshots slowly dripping out, many wondered if this was going to be an "Alien" prequel. Not just for want of more stories from a loved franchise, but also for the amazing visual journey Scott took us on with "Alien". So what has he given us with "Prometheus"? This is the story of...
It was most a 2.5 stars... To be honest it was a bit boring and lacking in any real scares. The 3D was fabulous and it all looked great but the story didn't flow very well and there were lots of moments that left me wondering why it was even included in the film at all. I was hoping for more terror like in the original films, but I left feeling disappointed...
DarcyClay
All wrong!!!
I was just so utterly disappointed in this movie! It was the 'Happy Birthday David' and Guy Pearce 'Ted Talk' trailer that got me so amped for the entire premise that it hyped things way beyond what Scott could actually achieve. But what's bollocks about it all is that he doesn't even TRY address those big questions, or even create any intrigue. He just...
Adam Fresco
Ridley reaches for the Stars
Let's get this clear straight off the bat - Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus' is NOT 'Alien.' But if you loved 'Alien' then this certainly delivers some great backstory, links and hints to the 'Alien' franchise universe and a standout visceral body-horror scene to rival the first movie's chest-buster. Yes the script is ambitious, perhaps overly so, and yes it...
Pre-Prometheus
Im sure the purists and die-hard 'Alien' (Ridley Scott) fans will find some continuity issues with the ending, but basically it's awesome! Can't tear my eyes of the screen, like watching the original almost, complete with new Ripley (or is that old?). However as the credits rolled up, I felt as if I'd just bared witness to a new 'Alien' episode of 'Lost',...
Remains earthbound in narrative terms, forever hinting at the existence of a higher intelligence without evincing much of its own.
It might not pack the unbearable menace or blazing horror of the saga's first two movies, but it utterly eclipses the last two. It's exciting, tense and fully impregnated for sequels.
Ridley Scott has counter-evolved his 1979 classic Alien into something more grandiose, more elaborate – but less interesting.
Scott is to be praised for the sheer level of invention in Prometheus, even if he doesn't keep it all under control.
A magnificent film... It's in the classic tradition of golden age sci-fi, echoing Scott's "Alien", but creating a world of its own.
Where Prometheus falls short is that, with the exception of one sequence, the action comes across as silly and weak.
This really isn't an Alien movie; it's a lumbering, if visually impressive, space exploration epic which eventually turns into an Alien movie.
An awe-inspiring, mind-gouging, eye-blazing spectacle of high-pitched disappointment.
Although Ridley Scott's 3D visual feast is no classic, the oozing alien tentacles hit all the right sci-fi horror notes.
Buffeted by a lack of suspense, threadbare characters, and a very poor script, the stunning visuals, gloopy madness, and sterling Fassbenderiness can't prevent Prometheus feeling like Alien's poor relation.
Prometheus is grand to look at, but it lacks the brutal simplicity and rigour of its forebears. It's too long winded to pass as a horror, and too daft to really be anything else.
Forget the movie "Alien" this is completely different. Of course you can pick holes in the plot like the different blend of characters on the trip but it is also a real visual experience. The future technology is well thought out but I did wonder why wine bottles and glasses had not changed at all. I usually find 3D annoying but in this movie they did...
It was most a 2.5 stars... To be honest it was a bit boring and lacking in any real scares. The 3D was fabulous and it all looked great but the story didn't flow very well and there were lots of moments that left me wondering why it was even included in the film at all. I was hoping for more terror like in the original films, but I left feeling...
Im sure the purists and die-hard 'Alien' (Ridley Scott) fans will find some continuity issues with the ending, but basically it's awesome! Can't tear my eyes of the screen, like watching the original almost, complete with new Ripley (or is that old?). However as the credits rolled up, I felt as if I'd just bared witness to a new 'Alien' episode of...


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Exodus : Gods and Kings (2014)
On December 5, 2014 By sandeepadnani
The biblical tale of Moses, is gripping in parts and clumsy in others. Not overly opulent and shot with an authentic eye for the era, it falters with the body language, which isn't serious and the English is casual, which doesn't tie up the film neatly.
While the special effects and locations are spot on, the casting is varied but not entirely strong. John Turturro (Fading Gigolo) looks out of place as the Pharaoh Seti. Joel Edgerton as Rhamses gives an uneven performance, while Sigourney Weaver as Tuya has a blink and miss appearance.
Christian Bale as Moses gives a sincere insight into his dilemma, and Ben Kinglsey as the elder named 'Nun' has a short but powerful role. God is depicted as a young boy, a master stroke by Director Ridley Scott, who has approached the episode differently, trying to weave in more science and less miracle.
The overall effect is a well made film, which has a relatively smooth pace, brilliant action sequences, not supported by the cast and its length at 2 hours and 30 minutes.
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Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
This is where I leave you (2014)

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Q: Ubuntu 12.04 c++ development system install I am trying to install the Intel Parallel Studio 2013 on Ubuntu 12.04.  During installation I received a failure notice that the command g++ was missing.  I asked Intel and they indicated that the C++ development system needs to be installed.  Can I install this without having to go through the install again?

A: On a Ubuntu system, you can install the c++ compiler along with common development libraries with the build-essential package. This is a meta package that depends on the following:
libc6-dev | libc-dev, gcc, g++, make, dpkg-dev

This is the base of what is needed for compiling C and C++. Other development libraries can be installed as-needed.

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It's time for another installment of WIPpet Wednesday, the blog hop that gives writers a chance to share excerpts from their works in progress. The only stipulation is that the post must somehow relate to the date. Click here to cheer on fellow WIPpeteers.
I'm keeping it short this week. Here's today's math: 1+1=2. Here are two paragraphs from "Be True." Prince Neal has found himself torn out of his world and pulled into ours thanks to a spell with unexpected consequences.
It was cold. That was Neal's first thought as he woke up. Snow flakes drifted gently down, covering his chain-mail and the sleeves of his black tunic.
He was sitting on a bench in a grassy area surrounded by black roads and strange-looking buildings with large windows.
2.) Read four books on the craft/business of writing. 3/4. No progress. I'm thinking of revising this down to three books instead of four to give myself more time to focus on the new-adult workshop I'm taking this month.
3.) Do morning pages in journal Monday-Friday. On track to meet this goal.
1.) Check in on Twitter or Facebook daily. Met for Wednesday, not for Monday or Tuesday.
3.) Comment on three-five blog posts daily, Monday-Thursday. Goal not met.
Sometimes, nyou do need to readjust your goals a bit downward. Don't fret about the three books, instead of four; you've read three books you hadn't read before, yay!
Exactly. I want to give this workshop I'm taking as much of my time as possible, so that means one fewer craft books. I can work with that.
Ruh-roh. Chain mail and snow sounds miserable. I imagine it's going to get much more miserable pretty quickly, too, given that he's so far out of his element.
Yeah, it's not the ideal situation. Part of the fun of writing these types of stories is getting to see our world through a fresh set of eyes. What does pizza taste like to someone who's never eaten it? How must a car look to someone who's never seen one? That sort of thing. Definitely fun to write.
I like the snippets of stories you put in your blog. I want to do the same for mine; have flash fiction pieces and short stories. At some point, I'll work up the nerve to do so.
Thanks! I look forward to reading your flash fiction and short stories. If you're looking for a great community of writers, be sure to check out the WIPpet Wednesday crowd. The blog hop was founded by author K.L. Schwengel, and everyone is really supportive. Best of luck!
a very mysterious post. The cold seems to fit the strangeness of the environment.
Yes. I'll try to share more next week so readers learn a little more about Neal's situation. He's been torn from his world and into ours, so there's lots of confusion on his part. Thanks, Alana!
I hope Neal gets out of the cold and snow before he starts to rust in his chain mail….
Maybe Abbey could help him….
I love these kinds of stories. How frightening, but also thrilling. I do hope he meets the girl before he freezes to death. Maybe skip the whole freezing to death thing altogether.
well, that definitely has to be disorienting.
Great job so far this week.
Sounds like a great workshop. Guess Prince Neal definitely had a rude awakening.
He sure did–and it's only the beginning. Thanks!


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Unacceptable: 23 Percent of Women in Tech Fields Admit Being Sexually Harassed at Work
Jobs and Career Advice
It's much bigger than Apple.
By Jillian Kramer
Sexual harassment at tech companies is much bigger than just Apple. (You can read all about the scary email leaks here.) Harassment in the tech sector is about as common as having an iPhone—one in four women working in tech report they've been sexually harassed on the job, according to a new study.
Compensation and culture data site Comparably asked more than 5,000 tech employees—including men—whether they've been sexually harassed at work. 23 percent of women admitted they'd experienced on-the-job harassment, while just four percent of men copped to the same.
What's more, women's chances of being harassed at work don't seem to decrease as they climb the corporate ladder. The data shows that while 22 percent of women in the design and product fields reported experiencing sexual harassment, the same number admitted to being harassed at the administration level—while 33 percent of female executives say they've experienced sexual harassment on the job. Just 17 percent of male administrators and six percent of male executives said the same.
Of course, there's no way to know based on the data provided whether harassment follows women up the corporate ladder or if women who make it to the C-Suite have simply logged more years at their companies and therefore, have had more chances to be harassed on the job. Another set of data confuses the answer, however: about 12 percent of entry-level employees told Comparably they've been harassed, while only seven percent those with more than 10 years at their companies said the same.
Women aren't the only minorities in tech who've experienced harassment, the data shows. According to Comparably, 19 percent of Native Americans, 14 percent of African Americans, and 12 percent of Hispanic tech employees say they've been sexually harassed on the job. By contrast, about eight percent of Caucasian men and women say they've experienced harassment at work.
Topicsappletechwomensexual harassment
The Cost of Being a Woman
We took a look at income equality by highlighting how much more (time and money) it costs to be a woman vs. a man.
By Glamour


This is an attempt to sketch out some of my/our initial thoughts on the approaches the project is considering to exposing data as Linked Data. I should emphasise that these are very much initial thoughts, and things may change as we progress.
The project is dealing with two main data sources, and at the moment two different approaches are being considered to those sources.
The first data source is the collection of archival finding aids describing the holdings of the archives of educational and research institutions in the UK, aggregated by the JISC Archives Hub service. This data takes the form of XML documents in the Encoded Archival Description (EAD) format, created by archivists in the various institutions, and submitted to the Hub.
Enhance: RDF data from the previous step is "enhanced" and augmented. This step might include processes to (1) generally "clean up" the data (e.g. normalise some literals, identify internal co-references etc); (ii) add links to resources in other datasets; (iii) (maybe) pull in some useful data from other datasets, either data held by the Hub but not included in the EAD docs or data from other sources. Again this will probably be a process which we extend and refine over time.
Upload: Load the RDF data from the previous step to an instance of the Talis Platform triple store, which Talis are kindly making available to the project.
Expose: Expose a set of linked "bounded descriptions" from the triple store over HTTP, as documents in both human-readable and RDF formats, following the principles of the W3C TAG httpRange-14 resolution/Cool URIs for the Semantic Web. The use of the Platform also provides us with a SPARQL endpoint for the data – which we can make available to others to use – and which also means we can consider layering other Web interfaces over that endpoint. For example, I'd be interested in trying out the Linked Data API, which I talked about over on eFoundations a while ago.
Or indeed that a "hybrid" of the two is appropriate, and some "enhance" processes take place before upload and others take place afterwards.
We'll also need to integrate some provision for "version control" and "provenance"/"attribution" (e.g. to track which data comes directly from the EAD sources, and which is added from elsewhere) into this process.
So for the Hub data, the plan is that the data is "exported" from the existing EAD dataset, and that the Platform triplestore provides the "back-end" for the app that serves up the "Linked Data" document views and provides a SPARQL endpoint.
The second data source of interest is the collection of bibliographic metadata aggregated into the Copac catalogue from the member libraries of Research Libraries UK and from other specialist libraries. This data is also held as XML in the MODS XML format. (Bethan Ruddock has a couple of posts on the Copac Development blog which describe the processes by which data is transferred from the contributor libraries to the Copac catalogue).
As for the case of the Archives Hub data, the first stage will be to design an appropriate RDF representation and an algorithm for transforming the MODS data to RDF (or to select – and maybe adapt, if necessary – an existing one).
In contrast to the case of the Hub I outlined above, the plan is to serve the RDF data from the existing Copac database, rather than upload it to a triplestore. This will probably require the development of a small additional application (or maybe just the configuration of an HTTP server) to service the new URIs coined for resources, to support content negotiation and redirect to URIs of appropriate pages.
Another constraint of this approach would be that although we can serve the set of linked documents, it doesn't provide a SPARQL endpoint.
One of the expectations for the project is that it "explores and reports on the opportunities and barriers in making content structured and exposed", and an assessment of the pros and cons of the different approaches to hosting the data should contribute to that report.


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It was the slow, sneaky creak of the bottom step leading to the porch that woke her. She rolled over, grabbed the pistol under the opposite pillow, and quietly jumped out of bed. She hid close to the wall. Waiting.
The outside door opened a bit at a time. A knife blade of moonlight sliced through the crack in the door, briefly illuminating the couch and potbellied stove, then it was closed. The dogs hadn't made a sound, and she hoped they weren't lying on the lawn with their throats slit. She loved those dogs.
"Don't be so smart alecky." He was always a pale child but now he looked like a ghost with eyes as red as his hair.
She let out a sibilant sigh, turned the lamp on at his end of the couch, causing him to flinch, then turned off the overhead.
"Yeah. That sounds real good." His voice was weary, like a cowboy's at the end of a long trail.
"Come on. Let's get you fed." She led the way to the kitchen in her faded flannel nightgown, the lace on one collar coming undone. All that remained of the gown's once vibrant "Birds of the South" pattern were dozens of black scattered beaks. Walton followed her, weaving his way from side to side down the narrow hallway.
"Watch your eyes," she shouted as she flipped on the kitchen light and placed the pistol on the table, its barrel pointed at the salt and pepper shakers. She crossed to the fridge, removing a plate of pork chops sealed in plastic wrap, and Tupperware filled with mashed potatoes and green beans. He slumped into the first chair he reached, instead of his usual seat closest to the stove. She piled the food into the microwave and set it on high. Within minutes the kitchen was filled with the false aroma of fresh food being prepared.
"Man, I need some water." He took a paper napkin from the molded plastic caddy and wiped his mouth, crumbled the napkin in his fist and left the ball of paper on the table, while his mother filled a Big Gulp container with ice water.
"Marie don't want me no more." He examined his hands, picked at a cuticle.
He pondered this, and looked hopeful for a moment, then hope faded and his jaw slackened. The microwave dinged and she served him his food. He dived fork first into the potatoes, heaping butter that quickly melted into the crater he'd created.
He nodded his understanding and bit into the last pork chop. As she passed his chair, she placed a hand on his shoulder and kneaded the tight muscle there, then patted his upper arm. He lifted his free hand and placed it over hers for a brief moment, and all the love she had in her heart at that moment flowed from her to him.
She pulled the covers up to her chin, then threw them off and went outside to the porch where the dogs, tails wagging for a treat, immediately surrounded her. She petted and cooed at them, then went inside where she put a couple of blankets on the couch for Walton and the extra pillow from her bed. She placed the pistol in a dresser drawer, closed the door, then locked it, vowing to do so every evening, just in case any of her other children came wandering home in the middle of the night.


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Q: Understanding solr's schema.xml I'm a total beginner in solr. I've installed it and started working on its schema.xml file. One particular code snippet is as follow:
[schema.xml comes in the example/solr/collection1/conf directory]
<fieldType name="text_en" class="solr.TextField" positionIncrementGap="100">
      <analyzer type="index">
        <tokenizer class="solr.StandardTokenizerFactory"/>
        <!-- in this example, we will only use synonyms at query time
        <filter class="solr.SynonymFilterFactory" synonyms="index_synonyms.txt" ignoreCase="true" expand="false"/>
        -->
        <!-- Case insensitive stop word removal.
          add enablePositionIncrements=true in both the index and query
          analyzers to leave a 'gap' for more accurate phrase queries.
        -->
        <filter class="solr.StopFilterFactory"
                ignoreCase="true"
                words="lang/stopwords_en.txt"
                enablePositionIncrements="true"
                />
        <filter class="solr.LowerCaseFilterFactory"/>
    <filter class="solr.EnglishPossessiveFilterFactory"/>
        <filter class="solr.KeywordMarkerFilterFactory" protected="protwords.txt"/>
    <!-- Optionally you may want to use this less aggressive stemmer instead of PorterStemFilterFactory:
        <filter class="solr.EnglishMinimalStemFilterFactory"/>
    -->
        <filter class="solr.PorterStemFilterFactory"/>
      </analyzer>
      <analyzer type="query">
        <tokenizer class="solr.StandardTokenizerFactory"/>
        <filter class="solr.SynonymFilterFactory" synonyms="synonyms.txt" ignoreCase="true" expand="true"/>
        <filter class="solr.StopFilterFactory"
                ignoreCase="true"
                words="lang/stopwords_en.txt"
                enablePositionIncrements="true"
                />
        <filter class="solr.LowerCaseFilterFactory"/>
    <filter class="solr.EnglishPossessiveFilterFactory"/>
        <filter class="solr.KeywordMarkerFilterFactory" protected="protwords.txt"/>
    <!-- Optionally you may want to use this less aggressive stemmer instead of PorterStemFilterFactory:
        <filter class="solr.EnglishMinimalStemFilterFactory"/>
    -->
        <filter class="solr.PorterStemFilterFactory"/>
      </analyzer>
    </fieldType>

I don't understand the above code in the sense, what is the use of this line:
<filter class="solr.SynonymFilterFactory" synonyms="synonyms.txt" ignoreCase="true" expand="true"/>

I guess it is just portraying example by using synonyms.txt file in the same directory. Now how should I modify my above code to exclude the example and make it working for a general case?

A: Just comment out that line. Filters (both Char and Token types) are all optional. Only a tokenizer needs to be present.
If you are still having troubles, start with using just string type (no tokenizers). Then switch to a very basic type that has generic tokenizer, then build it up.

A: The example specifies a field type by name text_en which has

*

*Defined a set to Tokenizer and filters which would be applied to the terms of the field which get mapped by the field type.

*Allows you to define different set of filters sequence at both index time and search time

*Would determine the behavior of your indexed terms and how search would behave.

You can check for a Complete list of Analyzers @ Link with the examples.
You can always define a new field type and map the fields to that field type
For e.g. if you want to make your searches case insensitive would use just a lower case filter.
So tune the filters as per the requirement.
SynonymFilterFactory would help you define Synonyms for terms e.g. Automobile, Vehicle which mean the same but are different words.
So if you want the searches to resolve synonyms, you would use this filter and the synonyms are defined in a text file within the Solr core conf directory.


Sometimes it seems like no matter how much space you have, it's never enough. You've thought of every trick in the book, and yet you still need more room. Still, there are some ideas you may not have previously considered. In addition, there are other options available to ensure long-term satisfaction in your home.
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Where will India after 20 years in Science and Technology?
John Mike April 13, 2018
Modern Science and Technology:
India is one of that country which is investing in the modern science and technology. It also invests large amount of money each year in modern scientific research methods for students. The rank of India is in top exporters and information and technology is very good. Day by day new innovation is building the strong relationships of India with other countries. India has an idea that science and technology both are the major need of the country in which the growth and development of the country based. The country is already taken its spaceships on moon and other and launch its vehicle (PSLV).
Education in Science & Technology Information:
Education is expended in all the universities and colleges related to science and technology. All the basic expenditures in science and technology development are increased in private and the government sector industries. India has its strong position in technology. It is serving of catering knowledge is many institutions of science and technology with qualified trainers and staff. NEET coaching centres in Bangalore are giving informative ideas for students related to the field of science and technology. Now the Indian technologies and higher companies can compete with other countries in various fields.
Modernization of Industry:
No doubt that science and technology play the very important role in the modernization of the industries. But it also has some major impact on society. Science and technology both are reforming our society. Here we discuss the some of the major facilities of science and technology in society:
• The towers of telecommunication in villages are set up to facilitate the villagers.
• People who belong to far away from the country or living in their country the technological advancement become accessible to them. They can easily entertain themselves by the broadcast of different programs in television.
• With the advancement of technology, electricity is supplying in in every street of India.
• The scientific health care clinics are also available in village areas with technical staff and doctors.
• CCTV cameras are located on every street including public sector places which helps a lot in reducing crime in India.
• The job of army and police becomes easier and helpful they can catch the criminals by tracing their number anytime anywhere.
• The death rate decreases after the advancement of new scientific research methods. New scientific methods become very useful to cure the diseases.
• With the basic facility of the internet in rural areas people can know about the solutions of their problems regarding health care issues, basic diseases affecting the crops and etc.
Future of India in Science and Technology:
Nobody in this world can predict his or her future. Science and technology provide a wide platform for the student who wishes to be a scientist or astronauts. The future plans of India in science and technology ground are very high. India is thinking to launch the earth observation satellite which will be the first development and launch of vehicle and spacecraft. ISRO has also planned much mission from 2012 to 2017 with cost 200 billion. So we hope that in future India will be abler to launch new ideas in the field of science and technology for its country people and becomes the superpower.


The road to next year's FIFA World Cup in Brazil continues as the latest set of crucial qualifying matches take place over a busy period of international football from March 22-26.
England's two away qualifiers against San Marino and Montenegro will be shown exclusively live on ITV, while the highly anticipated home nations clash between Scotland and Wales at Hampden Park is live on Sky Sports.
Also in action are five-time world champions and next year's hosts Brazil, with ITV4 screening live coverage of their two friendly internationals against Italy in Geneva and Russia at Stamford Bridge.


When I was working on some schoolwork, I wondered if it was possible for a TI84+ to run a numeral network, and if so how well? So I went to researching, and predicted that it could, but the speed would be quite slow, (since it runs on a Zilog Z80). I have constructed a network diagram nut later realized that multitasking it not really a thing on the calculator, so I have to modify it accordingly.
I have also not been so active on the forums lately, school and my new job have gotten in the way of this. I am letting you know I am not dead.
I am letting you know I am not dead.
What do you mean a numeral network? Are you saying link one or several calculators to each other?
Ah, stuff about neuron biology.
No, not neuron biology. Neural Networks are a form of A.I that make use of networks with parallel processing nodes, wherein each node is controlled by one or more inputs, and forms connections with other nodes to create the desired output through evolution of the network.
They are really fun to watch as they progress. If anyone finds a way to make one on a calculator… that would be awesome.
I did this on my TI84+CE over Thanksgiving, and I used matrices for the calculations. I used 3Blue1Brown's videos on the topic, and I used his sigmoid function as well. The backpropagation took ages to implement, and the matrix updates were appalingly slow. However, I can at least confirm that I have created a working implementation, so it is most certainly possible.
How many lines of code was that and could you put it on Github please?
No idea how to use GitHub, and the code is over 100 lines at best. My current code is also a barely-working mess after I decided to rewire the backpropagation. In it's current state, it won't do anybody any good, but I have a good idea about how to fix it, it should only be a matter of time before it is done. I created it for pattern recognition on a 4*4 grid, and while it worked at a mediocre level for a while, it was far from optimal. If you can remember a long time ago when I posted a question on a matrix multiplication code for lists, this is why I needed it, because it was the biggest time delay in the code. Also, the main problem with creating a neural network in TI-84 is that it requires a large amount of customisation for the task at hand. My neural network could only do network calculations for one specific setup. I will try to work around this, however, as this post has sparked interest in resuming the project.
I'm not that familiar with the Git aspects of GitHub either, but you can easily use it to just store and share files. It isn't that different from sharing Dropbox or Google Drive links.
There are plenty of GitHub repositories of TI programs out there (my own included), but as Deoxal mentioned its pretty difficult and impractical to actually use Git commands to commit and push code since, well, you're coding on a calculator or in some odd editor. You can do it, but I don't and don't see why you would. GitHub just makes it easy to upload and update code and allow others to download it (which is useful if you have something you update often as opposed to uploading it to archives here or Cemetech or ticalc). I'd recommend giving it a shot.


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A charity seeking to tackle violence against women and girls in the North East has received more than £1 million from the government.
Specialist support charity, Changing Lives (CL), has received £1.3m from the Home Office, under the Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Support for Children program (PVSC): What Works Funding (WWF).
The charity, which has helped women across Northumbria, Durham, Darlington and York who have been victims of online sexual abuse, exploitation and harassment for over 15 years, will use these funds to expand its existing services.
Laura McIntyre, head of women's and children's services at Changing Lives, said cases of sexual assault have risen and the organization believes it is related to the current cost of living crisis.
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She said: "Some of the women we connect with, in online spaces, have multiple unmet needs and have told us that offering 'sex for hire' or 'sex for free' to help with other survival needs is a common experience. and it is driven by poverty, hardship and the cost of living crisis.
"During Covid-19, we developed a report called Net-reach, in which we observed a worrying number of young women and girls (ages 18-25) advertising sexual services online, raising concerns about child sexual exploitation. and continued vulnerability to abuse in adulthood.
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"Thanks to the funding, this project will allow our team of specialists to build relationships with women in a growing environment, where we can offer support to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse.
"We understand that not all women are abused online, but organizationally we see an increasing number of women accessing our services after being harmed online, traumatized and suicidal."
The three-year funding plan will see the hiring of a service manager, a data analyst and 2.5 net outreach workers to contact women and girls online to prevent this type of abuse.
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Meanwhile, 3.5 outreach workers will provide personalized support to people affected by harm and online abuse.
The charity will work together with Social Finance, which will support data collection and analysis, to identify girls aged 16-25 who are most at risk of harm online.
Nadine Smith, Director of Government and Business at Social Finance, said: "We are delighted to be able to support Changing Lives in their expansion of the Net-reach programme.
"Our role will be to make sure we collect data in a trauma-informed way and collectively make sense of it with those across the system, especially the Home Office who are funding this vital work.
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Adding to this, Sarah Dines, Minister for Safeguarding, said: "Tackling all forms of violence against women and girls is a government priority, so that women and girls are safe everywhere – at home , online, at work and on the streets.
"We are proud to invest more in projects that identify the most effective ways to intervene early and prevent these crimes from taking place in the first place, which will protect those most vulnerable to abuse."
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Matt Benin is the govern, who is in charge of the Executive branch at the state level.
One responsibility is to tax people . Another one is to pay for education and health care as well as state police. The last one is make sure we have roads, highways, and bridges .
The Executive is one of the branch at state level of government.
One responsibility is introduce bills and resolutions . Another one is offer amendments. The last one is serve on committees.
The people in charge of the Legislative branch at state level is congress which is made up of two houses Senate and House of Rep.
The Legislative branch is one of the three branches of are state level government.
The Judicial branch is one of the three branches of the state level of government.
One responsibility is correcting errors made in lower courts and therefore holds no trials . Another one is Interprets laws . The last one is limit the powers of the other branches of government on the state level.
The people in charge of the Judicial branch is the Supreme Court at state level.
Greg Fisher is the mayor, who is in charge of the Executive branch at the local level.
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The Executive is one of the branch at local level of government.
The Legislative branch is one of the three branches of are local level government.
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The Judicial branch is one of the three branches of government on the local level.


Who doesn't love a good animated short film? This is the filmic art form where imagination can truly cut loose, and an individual creator's vision, however warped or grandiose it may be, can shine bright. All it takes is time, resources, and above all, talent. Good on studios such as Disney, Blue Sky and Pixar for continuing to front-load their heavily-promoted and popular animated feature films with quality short films they've produced. Of course, as we see with this year's batch of Academy Award nominated animated shorts, it isn't only the big name animation studios that are turning out well made shorts. Individual animators, some stalwarts of the form such as Richard Williams and Don Hertzfeldt, are still going strong, and hailing from all over the world. Kudos to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for continuing to not just honor the makers of great short films, but for keeping it as part of their annual telecast. This year's animation batch is particularly strong, and well worth checking out. If the official Oscar Nominated Short Films 2016: Animation showcase is screening theatrically in your town, that's the perfect way to see them all.
Prologue is the latest offering from highly respected animator Richard Williams, who at 82 is regarded as a master of his craft. Beloved by fans and fellow animators for his dedication and artistry, Williams is widely known for his work on films like the 1988 hit Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, his gorgeous and haunting 1971 version of A Christmas Carol, and The Thief and the Cobbler – an epic undertaking which was in production for decades. Prologue's title points to the fact that this is just one sequence of a feature length film that Williams is currently working on which depicts the Peloponnesian War. The film opens with real life close-ups of colored pencils being sharpened, as if to remind the audience that, yes, what you're about to see is actually hand drawn – or perhaps the animator himself preparing for battle. The incredibly detailed animation is hypnotizing, seamlessly capturing intense facial expressions and wind-blown dandelions alongside brutal, graphic violence between the Spartan and Athenian soldiers. Prologue plays a bit oddly as a stand alone piece, but it makes an excellent glimpse of Williams' labor of love, one which we will hopefully see in its entirety (as he is known as an artist who cares about the quality of his animation and not so much finishing it in a timely manner). This six minute film is a chance to see the work of a seasoned animator who is currently at the height of his powers.


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Then the worm turned.
A few tribes opened bingo parlors, claiming sovereignty. And in 1987, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a suit by Southern California's Cabazon Band, invalidated local and state restrictions on tribal gambling.
Within a few years, a few rudimentary casinos had popped up, Congress had passed a law to clarify their legal status and tribes had begun spending heavily on lobbyists, campaign contributions and ballot measures, buying clout in the Capitol and other arenas.
Some state officials and Nevada gambling interests fought back, contending that what the tribes were doing was illegal. Two ballot measures, however, locked in the tribes' monopoly. Since then, a number have constructed elaborate casino resorts rivaling those on the Las Vegas Strip.
As tribal gambling morphed into a multibillion-dollar industry, though, some rifts emerged – rivalries between tribes and conflicts within casino-owning tribes, both of which are now on graphic display.
When the North Fork Mono Indians gained federal and state permission to build a new casino along Highway 99 near Madera, tribal casinos in the nearby Sierra foothills fought back with a referendum, Proposition 48 on the Nov. 4 ballot, to overturn state approval.
There's heavy spending by both the North Fork tribe, including its bankers, and rivals, with opponents claiming approval would set a bad precedent of off-reservation casinos.
Meanwhile, as California's voters ponder North Fork's casino, one of its regional rivals, the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians, is embroiled in an internal confrontation that literally threatened to become a shootout.
As the guns came out, authorities stepped in to shut down the Chukchansi Gold Resort and Casino until the power struggle is resolved. It's just the most spectacular example of what's happened in a number of casino-owning tribes as rival factions joust for control, sometimes throwing losers off tribal rolls.
Thus the saga continues.
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There are two topics we're told to avoid in polite company: politics and religion. The two topics I've always been most interested in discussing. Topics I've felt the safety and privilege to discuss. And discuss I did.
As for politics, well, I could see nothing more important to discuss than the very structures that rule our days, engaging in the issues we most value.
Perhaps because I was born into a long-standing atheist tradition, engrained with animist backgrounds, I wanted to learn why people believed in this universal dualism, how they could be sure they were right, and the one oft repeated message I found was faith. This missing piece of my soul that I spent my teens and twenties searching for.
I found faith, then lost it again in dismay re-reading a history desperately trying to explain away the misogyny. Strongly vexed that this all knowing, all compassionate being would demean half the population and demand adoration for its jealousies. Then I realized our human brains are not large enough to grasp the realities of an unknowable force, we are given words in our realm of understanding, and then interpret those words from the mouth of the unknowable.
We can read the ancient texts and see what we want to see. Brutality and suffering and our own human insecurities and attributes tied to literal translations, or parables featuring overarching messages on how to live a good life. Lessons in tolerance and compassion.
Several legacies of the same being divided by history and culture, forgetting the similarities in all the stories. Be a good person. Don't lie. Don't steal. Don't kill. Guidelines to reign in the anarchy of our tortured human history.
After reading the Torah, it made sense to me why this message persisted. I saw it retold in a peace loving version through the Bible, and later the Quran, whose overarching message, literally on every page of this now most feared book, Allah, the most compassionate, most merciful. The message of mercy and compassion seemingly lost in translation. Instead a fear and growing hate for the unknown. Cursing a book that continues the very tradition that has been passed on for generations.
For me, the message came clear as day many years ago. Heaven was gifted to us. A paradise beyond compare. With every blessing we could ever want or need within reach. The beautiful divine spirit witnessed through every pristine acre.
It's earth. Here and now. But instead, our human insecurities led our drive. Our greed and corruption oozing out of every system…we decided hell should reign, and reign it does, suffering and mistrust from every corner. Toxicifying our paradise and separating from our brethren all for the love of God.
It's here. It's now. Until we learn this lesson, we are doomed to repeat and live in hell for all eternity.
We were given a life, a brain, and a voice and every beautiful splendor that this world has to offer. Whether you believe or not.
The choice is ours. Heaven is here right now. We just have to make it so.


Daniel Deshazer [left] and Joe Fagiano [right] had impressive performances in the Vegas Invite.
Nebraska-Kearney's Daniel DeShazer got about as bad a draw as you can get if you weigh 133 pounds and were in the field of the 2015 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. When brackets were released last Thursday for the 2015 event, they showed DeShazer opening against the top seed at 133 pounds, Oklahoma's Cody Brewer, the 2015 NCAA champion in Division I.
Large brackets mean many matches after a first round loss. No problem for DeShazer, who rallied back to win five straight matches over the next 24 hours and eventually take sixth.
The UNK senior rattled off victories over four DI opponents, including Kent State's eighth-seeded Mack McGuire and Missouri's 11th-seeded Zach Synon.
"There is no doubt that Daniel's performance was consistent and gutsy all weekend," UNK head coach Marc Bauer said. "After his first round loss, he stayed focused and rebounded with confidence. He had to dig deep and perform under pressure all day, and Daniel found a way to shine and get on the board when the match was on the line.
A senior and two-time NCAA DII champion, DeShazer finished fifth in Vegas last season.
California Baptist heavyweight Joe Fagiano, who started his career at Indiana, had a nice weekend as well. The Chicago native dropped an opening round match to Minnesota's second-seeded Michael Kroells, but made like DeShazer and won five straight matches, the fifth a 36-second pin of Northern Iowa's Blaze Cabell, ranked among the top eight in DI. In the seventh-place bout Fagiano pinned Jeramy Sweany of Cornell to finish 6-2 over the two days.
"I owe it all to Coach [Lennie] Zalesky and the other coaches for helping me progress and work on my shots," Fagiano said.
Four Division II squads competed at the always tough tournament held annually the first weekend of December. A loaded field that included nine of Division I's top 20 teams kept the DII contingent mainly on the sidelines with only two making it to the second day ― DeShazer and Fagiano.
California Baptist followed up its big dual win over Mercyhurst (Pa.) by winning the most matches (12) among the DII foursome. UNK wrestlers won 11 of 27 bouts, while Newberry (S.C.) and San Francisco State combined to win just seven of their 41 matches combined.
California Baptist finished 27th in the 39-team field with UNK (31st), San Francisco State (35th), and Newberry (38th) rounding out the DII group. Missouri earned top honors with Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Cornell among the top four.
Did you know six of the 15 schools in Super Region II call the Carolinas home? The patriarch of that group, UNC-Pembroke, has been suiting up at the Division II level since 1980. The other five can be considered newbies since they did not come into existence until the 21st century.
• Anderson, in South Carolina, first took to the mats in 2000 and has two top-20 finishes at the NCAA Championships. Coached by Dock Kelly, inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1997 as a Medal of Courage recipient, the Trojans picked up their first dual win of the season last Thursday with a 33-3 win over Spartanburg Methodist, a junior college program.
• Limestone College, also in South Carolina, began operations in 2004 and finished 14th at the 2012 NCAA Championships. The Saints' Dan Scanlon won a national title in 2008 at 197 pounds.
• Newberry College, in Newberry, S.C., competed at its first DII Championship in 2006 and has placed inside the top five twice, including a runner-up showing in 2009. Twelfth-year boss Jason Valek took his ninth-ranked squad to the rugged Cliff Keen/Las Vegas Invitational over the weekend where his wrestlers won just two of 18 matches.
• Belmont Abbey, in North Carolina, first suited up in DII in for the 2006-07 campaign under 10th-year head coach Kenn Caudill. The Crusaders have a good one in 149-pound junior Scott Bosak, an All-American in 2015 who started his career at Cornell. In last Wednesday's 35-6 loss to Coker College, Bozak took his second loss in 11 matches this season.
• Coker College, in Hartsville, S.C., moved to 2-0 this season with the win over Belmont Abbey. The youngest of the Carolina bunch, the Cobras first wrestled at a DII national tournament in 2014. Cy Wainwright, a former assistant at DII power St. Cloud State, is in his third year running the program.
• Last, but certainly not least, is UNC-Pembroke, an 11th place finisher at the 2015 NCAA Championships. The North Carolina program has competed in 29 NCAA tourneys at the DII level, finishing a program-best seventh in 2005. Three times Braves wrestlers have won individual titles ― Daniel Ownbey won back-to-back 141-pound gold in 2014 and 2015; Mike Williams was a champion at 165 pounds in 2012. The Braves wrestle at the Newberry Duals this weekend.
Mercyhurst led the DII pack at the PSAC Championships on Saturday, finishing third behind Division I's Edinboro and Lock Haven. Pittsburgh-Johnstown was fifth in the 12-team field with Mountain Cat 184-pounder Travis McKillop earning Outstanding Wrestler honors. McKillop's day included two pins, a technical fall, and a major decision; he pinned Lock Haven's Tristan Sponseller in 1:00 in the title bout.
Six other DII entrees lost in the finals ― UPJ's Evan Link (125) and Damon Sims (285), Mercyhurst's Jeremy Landowski (149) and Francis Mizia (165), and Kutztown's Matt Martoccio (157) and Brandon Clark (197).
Host Mercyhurst also got a pair of bronze medals from 125-pounder Willie Bohince and August Mizia at 174 pounds.
The Simon Fraser University Clan, located in Burnaby, British Columbia, are known as "Canada's NCAA Team." From 1977 to 2011 the Clan competed at the NAIA level, winning national team titles in 1988 and 1993. After a year in NCWA, Simon Fraser made the jump to Division II and competed in their first DII Championship in 2013 with Skylar Davis the school's first DII All-American. No Fraser wrestler qualified in 2015, but head coach Justin Abdou, a four-time NAIA champion and member of the 1980 Canadian Olympic squad, has a handful of potential top eight men this season.
133-pounder Cruz Velasquez entered the weekend with a 19-1 record. Saturday at the Battle of the Rockies in Great Falls, Mont., the redshirt-freshman from Maple Valley, Wash., lost a first round match but won five straight to take third. Morgan Smith, from Lynwood, Wash., lost in the finals at 184 pounds. Tyler McLean, a 165-pounder from Spokane, Wash., and Josh Kim, a 197-pound Canadian, could each finish top four in Region IV. Heavyweight Sean Molle, who did not compete on Saturday, is ranked seventh in the country.
The Clan schedule has just one home date, a January dual against NAIA Southern Oregon. Everything else is on the road, including the Super Region II Championship in Gunnison, Colo.
Top-ranked Maryville (Mo.) had four champions at Saturday's Wisconsin Open. Nate Rodriguez had four pins at 141 pounds with Keenan Hagerty (149), Nick Burghardt (184), and Ryan Beltz (197) also winning gold. Host Wisconsin-Parkside had two champions ― Ronzel Darling (125) and Nick Becker (174). Head coach Mike Denney will take his Saints to Cedar Falls, Iowa, this Saturday in the Northern Iowa Open.
No. 15 Central Oklahoma won the last four bouts to pull away from Ouachita Baptist, 29-12, last Thursday. It moved the Bronchos to 2-0 for the season and gives 34th-year head coach David James 386 dual wins for his career.
McKendree (Ill.) was the best squad at the Battle of the Rockies on Saturday in Great Falls, Mont., crowing three champions ― Darren Wynn (141), Mech Spraggins (149), and Kevin Cooper (157).
Tiffin heavyweight Garrett Grey continued his pinning ways, picking up three falls on his way to a title at the Ohio Northern Invite.
A 23-12 win for Minnesota-Morehead over LIU Post last week featured two of the top three 133-pounders in the country. Second-ranked Blake Bosch, eighth at the 2015 NCAA Championships for UM-M, edged Post's Joe Calderone, 5-4. Calderone was fifth at the 2015 NCAAs.
Wheeling Jesuit moved to 7-0 for the season with a 28-6 win over West Virginia neighbor Alderson Broaddus on Friday night and a 44-0 thumping of Ohio Valley on Sunday.
Fort Hays, Kan., played host to the Bob Smith Open on Sunday. Jon Inman (Ft. Hays State) dominated the field at 184 pounds, while CSU-Pueblo's Kyle Bateman (165) and Western State's Austin Harris (174) also earned top honors in a tournament that saw Oklahoma State entrees win brackets at 125, 133, 141, and 197 pounds. Central Oklahoma's Jeromy Davenport, who started his career at OSU, won the 157-pound title.


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In our earlier research, we found that on average, CEOs who are hired externally tend to pull more strategic levers than those who come from within and outperform their internal counterparts over tenure. Our research on exceptional CEOs reinforced this finding: these CEOs are twice as likely to have been hired from outside the company as the average CEO in our data set (Exhibit 1), and roughly 1.5 times as likely to have been external hires as the other top-quintile CEOs.
Still, 55 percent of the exceptional CEOs were internal hires. Clearly, insiders can move aggressively and achieve outstanding results. Doing so often means cultivating an outsider's point of view to challenge the company's culture with greater objectivity and overcome the organizational inertia that sometimes limits an insider's span of action.
The findings offered additional insights on how CEOs may gain a clear-eyed perspective for action. In our sample as a whole, CEOs joining low-performing companies derived the biggest benefits from conducting a strategic review. Our exceptional CEOs did not join struggling companies in disproportionate numbers, but they were significantly (about 60 percent) more likely to conduct a strategic review in their first two years on the job versus the average CEO in our sample (Exhibit 2).
Informed by this view of the company's past—and potential future—performance, this elite group was bolder than other top-quintile CEOs, far surpassing them in the average number of strategic moves they made in their first year. Changing strategic direction typically requires freeing up resources, often in part by cutting costs in lower-priority parts of the company. While cost-reduction programs are, according to our earlier research, a no-regrets move for all CEOs, the exceptional CEOs were significantly more likely to launch such initiatives than the average CEO, thereby building strategic momentum.
In our research on CEOs overall, organization redesign appeared to be a critical part of the typical high-performing CEO's tool kit, and management reshuffles were particularly important for CEOs taking over lower-performing companies. Our sample of exceptional CEOs, though, was less likely than the average CEO to undertake organizational redesign or management-team reshuffles in the first two years in office. This could be a function of the strategic game they were playing: they may have inherited high-performing companies (which can be hurt by reshuffles) or prioritizing, since there are only so many initiatives and changes that organizations and people can absorb in a short space of time. Indeed, since the exceptional group contained an above-average proportion of outsider CEOs launching fundamental strategic rethinks, the data may reflect a sequencing of initiatives, with structural change following strategic shifts.
By definition, not all CEOs will be exceptional. Yet for any CEO starting a transition, there is much to learn from the best. Adopting an outsider's view will yield the unbiased insights needed for breakthrough moves. Likewise, investing in a robust strategic review will provide a surer perspective for setting a strategic direction. A grounding in the organization's context, meanwhile, will help calibrate the speed and scope of change. Those in our sample do much of this at the highest level, setting a benchmark for every CEO aspiring to a successful debut.


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Rain drenched me from head to toe, lightning flashed across the dark skies while thunder resounded in my ears. I sat there on the edge of the cliff, overlooking the boiling sea; the weather itself reflecting my dark emotions.
My surroundings were simply a representation of my own true self deep inside, but what I really felt at the moment was a totally different thing. Remorse? Anger? Regret? No... Not these. The emotions that I experienced were alien, unfamiliar to my heart. I felt... numbness in my heart.
There was nothing I could do, I felt so helpless. Helpless? This word didn't fit me, a cold blooded assassin who killed and killed without mercy or compassion. Hitokiri Battousai... That was my past. I was no longer the man who killed for money, I was no longer the man who thought that emotions was useless... No, that was history! The Meiji era had dawned, no more ancient samurais, no more backward antics.
Images of Kaoru's sweet and smiling face flashed into my mind... Memories of her, everlasting dreams of her... "Kaoru-dono..." I mumbled her name over and over again, fast becoming a mantra in my confused mind.
It was too abrupt! Too abrupt! How could she die? How could she? I simply couldn't believe my eyes when I first saw her lying down on the futon... Her eyes were closed, her cheeks were pale... The feeling, that heart wrenching sensation in my heart was so excruciatingly painful when I cradled her close to me.
On a dark night, she came to me, bleeding profusely... I was shocked, of course... Who could have such a heart of steel so as to kill her? Her last words still echoed in my mind, leaving traces of her within me.
"Kenshin... do you love me?"
This phrase would haunt me forever. I didn't answer her, I merely smiled. Perhaps I didn't even know the answer then.
Kaoru smiled her last smile at me. Her dying smile... In the silent night, she whispered the words that she had been holding back all the time.
I couldn't accept the cruel fate. Kaoru... She had left me, left me to live on in this world all by myself. First was Tomoe, now it was Kaoru.
It had only happened yesterday.
I laughed bitterly in the rain, the thunder trailing me. It was time to face the truth. I had always denied the feelings that Kaoru showered me with... I didn't dare to accept her... but I... I loved her all along. I have to face, I should have told her that earlier... but it was too late... Kaoru was already dead!
I wasn't the assassin and cold blooded killer anymore. Not anymore.
But I lost Kaoru. I lost her! I failed to protect her! I failed! "I failed!" I shouted to the angry sea. It was all my fault she was killed. The guilt was so intense... I actually dragged her into this game of deceit and lies.
Tears came. My eyes felt so painful as the unfamiliar stinging sensation bit them. I took a deep breath and tried not to cry, but I couldn't withhold it this time. I kept quiet as tears flowed unhindered down my face, mingling freely with the rainwater.
Minutes ticked by, hours passed. I had sat here for one whole night already, my emotions calming down as the bad weather subsided... The fresh morning air was all around me, the smell of grass and trees. Even the sun was slowly bobbing up above the horizon.
Slowly, I stood up, taking along my long sword. Softly in the slight breeze I whispered, "Kaoru-dono, trust me."


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Q: Are GET / POST params encrypted? How safe is it to pass passwords / username in POST or GET requests to an external server?
I will use PHP / CURL and I have second toughts about security.
Alternatives will be considered aswell!

A: If you use HTTP without SSL encryption, everything is transmitted in the clear, which includes the full URL, the HTTP request/response headers, and the body of the POST request and response.
If you place a password in the GET parameters, it will additionally be displayed in the address bar and quite likely saved in browser history, proxy server logs, and sent to other websites in the referrer header. Sending the password in the POST body or in the standard Authorization header avoids this obvious problem, but it is still visible to an observer who can sniff or proxy your traffic.
Digest Authentication avoids transmitting the password in the clear, and only a non-reusable signature is exposed to the outside observer. It is still vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks; see HTTP Digest Authentication versus SSL.
The correct solution is to use an SSL certificate and exclusively use HTTPS. When you do so, the URL string, HTTP headers, and POST body are all encrypted, and the browser verifies that no third party is operating a server in the middle. HTTP Basic Authentication is permissible in this case.

A: By themselves, not necessarily. You shouldn't use GET for things aside from queries, in general because they can get stored on the user's browser. POST is relatively easy to encrypt using libraries, as you shouldn't implement your own encryption.
Also, if you get an SSL, that would help. If you use HTTPS (rather than HTTP), then it will be even more secure.
You didn't give many details as to what the page was (read: the language) so I can't really recommend a good encryption library, but just Google it and I'm sure you'll find something.


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Tag: Presidential Candidate
This just in President Barack Obama has won the debate hands down…
The media prognosticators have all weighed in and they all say the same thing its like watching a parade where goose stepping monsters in lock step repeat the party line.
Will we see a fair debate?
Will it be biased…
Will they ask the president about his golf game while they ask Presidential Candidate Romney about an unsolvable physics problem?
You have to wonder about the situation because when you consider what is happening in the news media it begins to become a concern to listen to the media its all over, no need to have an election because the polls say that Obama has already won…
Why waste all that money on an election? The thing is unlike the 1960s you cannot trust what you see and hear on most of the media including the so called fair and balanced Fox news company which sadly is just not the solid news company it once was.
Tags 1960s, Barack Obama, election, fox news, Golf Game, money, Monsters, News Company, News Media, Obama, Physics Problem, polls, President Barack Obama, Presidential Candidate, Presidential Candidate Romney, Presidential Debates, Prognosticators, Romney, trust
MSNBC again involved in deception?
What is deception?
something that deceives or is intended
to deceive; fraud; artifice.
Working for MSNBC has gone to Joe Scarborough's head, or at least his ears. The Joe of "Morning Joe, broadcast on the "Lean Forward" network, was caught in the latest TV video scandal because he won't listen.
During his Wednesday broadcast, Scarborough again mocked GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, this time for how he handled an Ohio appearance with vice presidential running mate Paul Ryan. The show played a clip of Romney taking the mike and saying Ryan is "quite a guy." The crowd was then shown chanting as the words "Ryan!" popped up on the screen to indicate that's what they were saying. Romney then instructed the crowd to chant "Romney/Ryan."
The camera flashed back to the "Morning Joe" set where Scarborough put head in hands and said "Oh, sweet Jesus." That reaction made the front page of Huffington Post and, as things do when spurred on by HuffPo, it went viral.
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"fool me once …" You know the saying about deception
Back during the Trayvon Martin shooting incident it was alleged and likely proven that reporters had edited the audio of a 911 call to make it appear as if race was an integral part of the topic of conversation of the phone call the truth was much different and in fact had anyone else done this it would not only have been the same as crying wolf but just about anyone else in America would now be in Jail for fraud, attempting to incite a riot, actually inciting a riot, criminal behavior beyond the pail.
But they were excused though quietly many people made a note of this behavior so that is why now when we see the same behavior again its time to put an end to this kind of stupidity.
Someone needs to be fired…
Now we have yet another example of deception intentional likely in fact allegedly very likely.
I am ashamed of the press and the media they are becoming an ugly devil that is not worthy of the office of reporting the news, the profession of journalism used to be a respected career but sadly that is changing with all of these seriously ignorant producers on all the networks that appear to be intentionally intent on destroying the press in favor of what?
What sellouts, what liars, what robbers of the truth are these people?
WE the people are getting tired of this kind of yellow journalism.
That is what this is, Yellow, Journalism, a stinking yellow mark down the backs of thousands of publications all over the US.
If you are unable to report on facts you are in the wrong business, if you are unable to keep your own personal opinion from coloring the facts, you need to find a job flipping hamburgers, go do that because you have no business in this business.
Reporting is a sick friend but we the people will not stand for this kind of reporting neither will the advertisers…
Tags Accidents, Appearance, Artifice, Broadcast, Censorship, Criminal Behavior, Crowd, Crying Wolf, Ears, fired, Fraud, Front Page, gop, Head In Hands, Huffpo, Inciting A Riot, Joe Scarborough, Journalism, Latest Tv, Mitt Romney, Morning Joe, Msnbc, Pac 10, Paul Ryan, people, Presidential Candidate, Running Mate, Scandal, Stupidity, Sweet Jesus, US
bernanke traitor?
In many ways the FED, may not even be constitutional, in fact I have never read in the constitution where the FED is of a legal authority at all.
Are we being ripped off by a corporation that is not even allegedly legal at all?
Would Bernanke be a Traitor if he were to print, more money without, the resources to back up that "printing" Would that be a Traitorous, act as Presidential Candidate Rick Perry, has allegedly said that it was or should be a criminal act, (allegedly) You do have to wonder, because the dollar is very unstable right now and the stock market is also not very stable.
Considering that many economists, have said, that we could be facing some serious problems in our future, would it not be something close to being a Benedict Arnold, for a man to do something that would allegedly further destabilize the dollar? The truth might be that Presidential candidate Rick Perry might actually be correct.
But if that were true, then why would the FED, even consider doing such an Evil, (allegedly) thing to act in a manner that might destabilize the currency of the US would that not be something that would be a traitorous act?
Again, it is allegedly possible, so why is Fox news trying to push one candidate over another? When you look at the coverage, that has been afforded to Rick Perry, you have to ask, what is fox news trying to do here because they allegedly act like they have a dog in this hunt. That dog would be Mitt Romney, who many agree cannot win in a contest against the current President Barack Hussain Obama, so why would Fox news, be trying to help someone that allegedly they know cannot win over Rick Perry?
That is a good question that some people want an answer to…
Think about it, is Fox news really fair and Balanced, or are they one sided and allegedly bigoted?
Tags Benedict Arnold, constitution, Criminal Act, Currency, Economists, FED, fox news, Good Question, Mitt Romney, money, Obama, people, Presidential Candidate, Rick Perry, Stock Market, Traitor, Truth, Vote 2014
fox news bias on politics?
Is fox news being unfair and unbalanced when covering politics?
The question is a valid one, in coverage today over the period of one half hour, Fox news ran negative segments about Presidential Candidate Rick Perry, why did they do that?
The brought in Karl Rove and allegedly tried to cast a negative light on the Very Popular, (allegedly) Gov Rick Perry, but did it work and more importantly why did they do it?
Think about that for a moment, why would Fox news be interested in working against Rick Perry, the most popular Candidate…
You have to wonder when a new company, (or an entertainment company) comes out against a candidate if they are really doing a fair analysis of the news or if they are just projecting an agenda.
If they are projecting an agenda what is it, what reasons would a news company have to publish negative coverage, that has an alleged bias to it?
They allegedly criticized, Rick Perry, for making statements about financial concerns, (which by the way many of the top economists also have the same concerns) so in the end, who do you believe, Fox news, or scientists, Rick Perry, or Fox news, bobble heads?
You know what, I trust people that do not sell advertising as the only source of income…
You should weigh and balance what you hear on TV, because you may not be seeing valid information you might be seeing allegedly biased information presented in a context that would sort of make you think that it was accurate when in reality it might not be accurate at all.
I like the idea of real balanced news coverage and over the last couple of months, some of the coverage has not been as fair or as balanced as you might hope to see.
Tags Balanced News, Bobble Heads, Economists, Entertainment Company, Financial Concerns, fox, fox news, Fox News Bias, Gov Rick Perry, Half Hour, Karl Rove, Negative Coverage, News Company, News Fox, people, Politics News, Presidential Candidate, Rick Fox, Rick Perry, Scientists, Segments, tv, Vote 2014
fire them all
Time to fire some people
He is so out of touch that he insisted that America's credit rating would not be lowered, only to see S&P do exactly that and downgrade our debt rating.
He pushed for higher taxes on the American people even though he failed to pay his own taxes! He pushed through tens of billions of dollars in backdoor bailouts to banks, and then tried to cover it up.
For these, and many other reasons, we join with Senator Jim DeMint, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, Congressman Ron Paul, Senator Jim Bunning, Congressman Connie Mack, presidential candidate Herman Cain and many others in demanding that Timothy Geithner be fired from his position as U.S. Treasury Secretary.
The United States simply cannot afford to have Timothy Geithner do any more damage to our economy and our country.
Tags American People, Banks, Billions Of Dollars, Congressman Connie Mack, Congressman Ron Paul, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, Connie Mack, Credit Rating, economy, Herman Cain, Jim Bunning, Jim Demint, Michele Bachmann, people, Presidential Candidate, Ron Paul, Senator Jim Bunning, Senator Jim Demint, Tens, Timothy Geithner, Treasury Secretary, U S Treasury


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The Young and the Restless News Update: Beth Maitland Recalls Emmy Win
By Diane Brounstein 3 years ago
The Young and the Restless Beth Maitland
It may be hard to believe but The Young and the Restless was on the air for over a decade before it won its first Daytime Emmy in an acting category. The year was 1985 and YR walked into the Waldorf Astoria where the ceremony was held with three acting nods — including one for Beth Maitland.
Beth Maitland And Her Cinderella Moment
The other acting nominees were Terry Lester (then-Jack) for Outstanding Lead Actor and Tracey Bregman (Lauren) in the newly created category of Outstanding Ingenue in a Drama Series.
YR went two for three with Maitland and Bregman winning. As Supporting Actress was called out first, Maitland became YR's first acting Daytime Emmy winner. "That moment [in which I won] is frozen in time for me," Maitland recently told TV Insider.
"I remember where I was, who I was with…," she recalls. "All the nominees were at banquet tables. I was sitting right next to Terry… I remember what I was wearing. I remember losing my shoe going up the stairs! My acting teacher, Patricia George, later said to me, 'Beth! That was your Cinderella moment.' That actually changed everything in terms of how I felt about it."
Beth Maitland losing a shoe on the way to the stage inspired another winner to lose their footwear! "Later in the show, Kim Zimmer [Reva, Guiding Light] took both of her shoes off and threw them up into the air when she went up on stage [after winning Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]!" Maitland says. "We were on a carpet in the room, but then we had to walk up some slippery stairs. They were temporary and not too stable. Nowadays, they have someone standing there to help winners up the stairs."
Don't miss this year's Daytime Emmys set to air on CBS on Friday, June 26 on CBS at 8 p.m. ET. The Young and the Restless airs weekdays on CBS. Check local listings for air times.
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Diane Brounstein is a seasoned writer/editor/researcher with decades of experience in the soap opera industry. She started her career as an intern on three soaps -- Santa Barbara, Guiding Light, and General Hospital, often working in the casting offices. Later, she worked as a senior editor at Soap Opera Magazine and was a managing editor at Sony's SoapCity Website. She also worked as a researcher on 50 Years of Soaps: An All-Star Celebration for CBS, while spending 10 years working in the research and production end on the Daytime Emmy Awards for Dick Clark Productions, and on Soapography for SoapNet, where she was also promoted to an associate producer. After spending time working on websites for CBS local news sites in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, she moved over to project management for a digital marketing agency. She joined the staff of Soap Hub back in 2016 and spends her days watching soaps with the rest of us. While watching, Diane writes, edits, creates images, interviews your favorite stars, attends soap events for the latest news, and offers insightful commentaries on the goings-on throughout the daytime world.
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Babe Ruth: His Life and Legend
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George Herman Ruth overshadowed the game – and remains to this day the very essence of baseball. His career, on and off the field, made him one of the most famous Americans to have ever lived.
Born Feb. 6, 1895 in Baltimore, Md., Ruth came of age as mass communication devices like radio and movies shrunk the distance from sea to sea. As a young left-handed pitcher with the Red Sox, he was one of the game's heroes. But later as a power-hitting outfielder for the Yankees, Ruth became an icon – transcending sport.
Ruth became the first star of a world where virtually every citizen could share in common media experiences. The Museum's exhibit gives visitors the chance to encounter Ruth's grandeur in the words of the people who saw it, giving you a first-hand sense of his legend.
Ruth's legend was built on the diamond. After three dominant seasons in Boston as a pitcher – where he won 65 games from 1915-17 and was widely considered the game's best left-hander – Ruth transitioned to the outfield, where he led the American League in home runs with 11 in 1918 before hitting a record 29 home runs in 1919.
Prior to the 1920 season, the Red Sox sold Ruth to the Yankees – planting the seeds of a dynasty. With 54 home runs in 1920 and 59 more in 1921, Ruth captured the attention of a nation.
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But, Ruth's legend was more than just numbers. He became an oversized symbol of America's power, a brilliant man with human flaws that made him seem more real than mythic.
The exhibit features artifacts that tell both sides of this story, such as a trophy presented to Ruth by his "Baltimore admirers" on May 20, 1922, the day Ruth returned to the Yankees after being suspended for the start of the season by Commissioner Landis for illegally barnstorming after the World Series.
Fans from his hometown made the nearly 400-mile trek to New York just to welcome him back to the big leagues. It's stories like that which fill out the picture of his legend and what he meant to America.
The exhibit also contains one of the most famous jerseys Ruth ever wore – but one that never saw a big league game. It was featured in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Nat Fein photo of Ruth standing on the field on June 13, 1948, when Ruth's No. 3 was officially retired. After the ceremony at Yankee Stadium, Ruth gave the jersey he wore to a Hall of Fame representative.
When cancer claimed Ruth's life in 1948, he was only 53 years old. Yet the tales of his legend were enough to fill multiple lifetimes – and continued to grow along with the game itself.
More Exhibits
Picturing America's Pastime
Since the 19th century, baseball and photography have grown up together.
Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream
The exhibit chronicles Henry Aaron's life, from childhood through his legendary big league career.
Taking the Field: The 19th Century
This exhibit offers an overview of baseball's origins.
One for the Books
Records hold a special place in the hearts and minds of baseball fans.
Pride and Passion: The African-American Baseball Experience
These stories of perseverance, character and courage are inspiring to all of us.
Whole New Ballgame
Relive the story of baseball from 1970 to today.
Diamond Dreams: Women in Baseball
This popular exhibit traces women's roles in the game.
¡Viva Baseball!
This bilingual exhibit features nearly 150 artifacts and a multimedia presentation.
Plaque Gallery
Sacred ground for baseball fans.
Experience all Cooperstown has to offer
Where baseball stories are shared and cherished memories are created.
Cooperstown has become a synonym for "baseball" – thanks to a story about a Civil War general and the country's love for a timeless game.