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package org.drools.compiler.rule.builder;

import java.util.Arrays;

import org.drools.compiler.compiler.DescrBuildError;
import org.drools.compiler.lang.descr.AnnotationDescr;
import org.drools.compiler.lang.descr.QueryDescr;
import org.drools.core.base.ClassObjectType;
import org.drools.core.base.extractors.ArrayElementReader;
import org.drools.core.beliefsystem.abductive.Abductive;
import org.drools.core.rule.AbductiveQuery;
import org.drools.core.rule.Declaration;
import org.drools.core.rule.Pattern;
import org.drools.core.rule.QueryImpl;
import org.drools.core.rule.constraint.QueryNameConstraint;
import org.drools.core.spi.InternalReadAccessor;
import org.drools.core.spi.ObjectType;

public class QueryBuilder implements EngineElementBuilder {
    public Pattern build(final RuleBuildContext context,
                         final QueryDescr queryDescr) {
        ObjectType queryObjectType = ClassObjectType.DroolsQuery_ObjectType;
        final Pattern pattern = new Pattern( context.getNextPatternId(),
                                             0, // offset is 0 by default
                                             queryObjectType,
                                             null );

        final InternalReadAccessor extractor = PatternBuilder.getFieldReadAccessor(context, queryDescr, pattern, "name", null, true);
        final QueryNameConstraint constraint = new QueryNameConstraint(extractor, queryDescr.getName());

        PatternBuilder.registerReadAccessor( context, queryObjectType, "name", constraint );

        // adds appropriate constraint to the pattern
        pattern.addConstraint( constraint );

        ObjectType argsObjectType = ClassObjectType.DroolsQuery_ObjectType;

        InternalReadAccessor arrayExtractor = PatternBuilder.getFieldReadAccessor( context, queryDescr, null, argsObjectType, "elements", null, true );

        QueryImpl query = ((QueryImpl) context.getRule());

        String[] params;
        String[] types;
        int numParams = queryDescr.getParameters().length;
        if ( query.isAbductive() ) {
            params = Arrays.copyOf( queryDescr.getParameters(), queryDescr.getParameters().length + 1 );
            types = Arrays.copyOf( queryDescr.getParameterTypes(), queryDescr.getParameterTypes().length + 1 );
        } else {
            params = queryDescr.getParameters();
            types = queryDescr.getParameterTypes();
        }

        Declaration[] declarations = new Declaration[ params.length ];

        Class<?> abductionReturnKlass = null;
        if ( query.isAbductive() ) {
            Abductive abductive = queryDescr.getTypedAnnotation( Abductive.class );
            abductionReturnKlass = abductive.target();
            params[ numParams ] = "";
            types[ numParams ] = abductionReturnKlass.getName();
        }

        int i = 0;
        try {
            for ( i = 0; i < params.length; i++ ) {
                Declaration declr = pattern.addDeclaration( params[i] );

                // this bit is different, notice its the ArrayElementReader that we wire up to, not the declaration.
                ArrayElementReader reader = new ArrayElementReader( arrayExtractor,
                                                                    i,
                                                                    context.getDialect().getTypeResolver().resolveType( types[i] ) );
                PatternBuilder.registerReadAccessor( context, argsObjectType, "elements", reader );

                declr.setReadAccessor( reader );

                declarations[i] = declr;
             }

            query.setParameters( declarations );

        } catch ( ClassNotFoundException e ) {
            context.addError( new DescrBuildError( context.getParentDescr(),
                                                          queryDescr,
                                                          e,
                                                          "Unable to resolve type '" + types[i] + " for parameter" + params[i] ) );
        }
        context.setPrefixPattern( pattern );

        if ( query.isAbductive() ) {
            String returnName = "";
            try {
                AnnotationDescr ann = queryDescr.getAnnotation( Abductive.class );
                Object[] argsVal = ((Object[]) ann.getValue( "args" ));
                String[] args = argsVal != null ? Arrays.copyOf( argsVal, argsVal.length, String[].class ) : null;

                returnName = types[ numParams ];
                ObjectType objectType = new ClassObjectType( abductionReturnKlass, false );
                objectType = context.getPkg().getClassFieldAccessorStore().wireObjectType( objectType, (AbductiveQuery) query );

                ( (AbductiveQuery) query ).setReturnType( objectType, params, args, declarations );
            } catch ( NoSuchMethodException e ) {
                context.addError( new DescrBuildError( context.getParentDescr(),
                                                       queryDescr,
                                                       e,
                                                       "Unable to resolve abducible constructor for type : " + returnName +
                                                       " with types " + Arrays.toString( types ) ) );

            } catch ( IllegalArgumentException e ) {
                context.addError( new DescrBuildError( context.getParentDescr(),
                                                       queryDescr,
                                                       e,
                                                       e.getMessage() ) );

            }
        }

        return pattern;
    }
}


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I Am Panda 02.06.2015#1
For me, it has to be Baby Mario.
He single-handedly ruined the Yoshi's Island games for me. I love just pure Yoshi platforming, without having worry about a useless character on my back. On top of that, if you get hit, he starts flying off in the opposite direction and makes a whining sound. How is this considered fun?
Who's the most annoying videogame characters you've had the experience of meeting?
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For me, it has to be Baby Mario. He single-handedly ruined the Yoshi's Island games for me. I love just pure Yoshi platforming, without having worry about a useless character on my back. On top of that, if you get hit, he starts flying off in the opposite direction and makes a whining sound. How is this considered fun? Who's the most annoying videogame characters you've had the experience of meeting?
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Azuardo 03.06.2015#2
I know I have a few, but these spring to mind atm.
Tails has always pissed me off ever since he first opened his damn mouth. Cute back in the pixel days, but now he's a smart-arse little shit whose balls never drop.
Birdo pissed me off when Nintendo tried to make her Yoshi's girlfriend. They're not even the same species ffs, and it looks gross with its giant schnozz that you can see for miles down. Then the noise she makes... Keep her the hell away from Yoshi.
I know I have a few, but these spring to mind atm. Tails has always pissed me off ever since he first opened his damn mouth. Cute back in the pixel days, but now he's a smart-arse little shit whose balls never drop. Birdo pissed me off when Nintendo tried to make her Yoshi's girlfriend. They're not even the same species ffs, and it looks gross with its giant schnozz that you can see for miles down. Then the noise she makes... Keep her the hell away from Yoshi.
jb 03.06.2015#3
Knuckles in Sonic & Knuckles was a bit of a 'nob'ead!
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Anema86 06.06.2015#4
Tingle.
Edit: I really wish I could leave this at one word. Alas, I cannot.
Pretty much any protagonist of any JRPG released in the past 15 years. Because if I wanted to listen to a whiny emo teenager complain about how horrible life is, their miscellaneous problems, and how hungry they are, then I would...
Then I would...
I don't know what "I would" do, because I don't want to listen to whiny emo teenagers complaining. Tidus, Vaan, Penelo, Hope, the one from Magna Carta 2... Still, I have to stick to my original answer: Mr. Koolah - LImpah! himself. Because I hate Tingle. I'd sit in a room listening to Tidus, Vaan, Penelo, and Hope sitting in a circle and talking about how bad their lives are before I listened to Tingle say two words.
( Edited 06.06.2015 03:16 by Anema86 )
Tingle. Edit: I really wish I could leave this at one word. Alas, I cannot. Pretty much any protagonist of any JRPG released in the past 15 years. Because if I wanted to listen to a whiny emo teenager complain about how horrible life is, their miscellaneous problems, and how hungry they are, then I would... Then I would... I don't know what "I would" do, because I [b]don't [/b]want to listen to whiny emo teenagers complaining. Tidus, Vaan, Penelo, Hope, the one from Magna Carta 2... Still, I have to stick to my original answer: Mr. Koolah - LImpah! himself. Because I hate Tingle. I'd sit in a room listening to Tidus, Vaan, Penelo, and Hope sitting in a circle and talking about how bad their lives are before I listened to Tingle say two words.
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Haha, Tingle seems to have a reputation for being one of the most annoying characters, but I kind of like him, personally. ^^; I find him funny! I can definitely understand why some may find him annoying though.
Agree on Birdo, the noise it makes as well, it sounds like a vuvuzela going off when it talks. (I say "it" because I still don't know if it's male or female).
I'm going to add Andrew Oikonny to the list of annoying videogame characters. However, not the Lylat Wars (Star Fox 64) version, but the Star Fox Assault version of him. In Assault, he was incredibly annoying and was fortunately destroyed by the end of stage 1. He just came across as an Andross wannabe (as it even mentions in the game) and a pathetic antagonist in general.
( Edited 06.06.2015 13:13 by Marzy )
Haha, Tingle seems to have a reputation for being one of the most annoying characters, but I kind of like him, personally. ^^; I find him funny! I can definitely understand why some may find him annoying though. Agree on Birdo, the noise it makes as well, it sounds like a vuvuzela going off when it talks. (I say "it" because I [i]still[/i] don't know if it's male or female). I'm going to add Andrew Oikonny to the list of annoying videogame characters. However, not the Lylat Wars (Star Fox 64) version, but the Star Fox Assault version of him. In Assault, he was incredibly annoying and was fortunately destroyed by the end of stage 1. He just came across as an Andross wannabe (as it even mentions in the game) and a pathetic antagonist in general.
Ikana 06.06.2015#6
Pretty sure the original Super Mario Bros 2 manual says Birdo is male!
I don't mind Birdo, or Tingle. Amy Rose is rather annoying though.
[quote][color=#000000]Agree on Birdo, the noise it makes as well, it sounds like a vuvuzela going off when it talks. (I say "it" because I [/color][i]still[/i][color=#000000] don't know if it's male or female).[/color][/quote] Pretty sure the original Super Mario Bros 2 manual says Birdo is male! I don't mind Birdo, or Tingle. Amy Rose is rather annoying though.
I don't mind Tingle, either, but only in certain instances. I think if he had full voice acting he could definitely be one of the most annoying gits in all of video games, in the same way Tails and Amy Rose are (their voices effectively kill them as characters). Tingle's actually got a cuter design in Wind Waker, so he's not as bad to look at there when compared to his Majora's Mask version, where the more realistic graphics make him a lot creepier as a man dressed as a fairy. I don't want to see him too much more in the Zelda series, though. I feel like he's run his course, and I wouldn't want to see him shoehorned into future 3D games especially.
As for Birdo, it's all pretty interesting and humorous how Nintendo has handled the character up to the present day.
According to the North American instruction manual of Super Mario Bros. 2 (pg. 27):
He thinks he is a girl and he spits eggs from his mouth. He'd rather be called "birdetta."
This statement applies to all translations of the title. The official guide continues to refer to Birdo as a "he" as well. In Japan, Birdo is portrayed as a male who believes she is a female and prefers to be called by a nickname, "Cathy", rather than her real name "Catherine". As recently as Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Birdo's Trophy description describes the character as "gender indeterminate", and uses the pronoun "it" rather than gender-specific pronouns such as "he" or "she". However, Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe usually refer to Birdo as a girl.
The confusion surrounding Birdo's gender has also been addressed in a light-hearted matter, such as when Popple pauses before settling on calling Birdo a "dame" in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, and is also shown in the U.S. manual of Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, where all the female characters have a pink dot behind them, including Birdo. In Super Mario Advance, though, the Birdos in that game had female voices, but the pitch level of the voices varied, depending on Birdo's color. The pink Birdo had the highest pitched voice, while the green Birdo had the lowest pitched voice in that game; the red Birdo's voice had a pitch level that's in between.
In the game Captain Rainbow, Birdo is heard with a deep, male voice which gets high-pitched when she gets angry or excited. Additionally, in the game's second trailer, Little Mac from Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! speaks about Birdo, calling her a "young lady," only to take a short break and ponder. His final verdict is "Depending on one's view point, she is a young lady." In the game, Birdo's indeterminate gender also forms the basis for a side quest to find proof that she is a girl (which is found, but censored).
The games and Nintendo seem to treat or refer to Birdo as a girl in more recent times, but clearly Nintendo likes to play with the joke a lot in certain story-based games. I think out of respect, though, if Birdo wants to be seen as a girl, we should refer to her as such
More on topic, FF13's Hope was one I first thought of when replying to this, but not exactly who I'd consider the most annoying person in all of video games, since he's only had a few appearances. In Lightning Returns, though, oh my god, yes, I wanted to punch his face in. Constant interruptions. I hated his voice. Stupid that there was no way to mute him.
( Edited 07.06.2015 02:23 by Azuardo )
I don't mind Tingle, either, but only in certain instances. I think if he had full voice acting he could definitely be one of the most annoying gits in all of video games, in the same way Tails and Amy Rose are (their voices effectively kill them as characters). Tingle's actually got a cuter design in Wind Waker, so he's not as bad to look at there when compared to his Majora's Mask version, where the more realistic graphics make him a lot creepier as a man dressed as a fairy. I don't want to see him too much more in the Zelda series, though. I feel like he's run his course, and I wouldn't want to see him shoehorned into future 3D games especially. As for Birdo, it's all pretty interesting and humorous how Nintendo has [url=http://www.mariowiki.com/birdo#Gender]handled the character[/url] up to the present day.[quote]According to the North American instruction manual of [i]Super Mario Bros. 2[/i] (pg. 27): [quote][i]He thinks he is a girl and he spits eggs from his mouth. He'd rather be called "birdetta."[/i][/quote] This statement applies to all translations of the title. The official guide continues to refer to Birdo as a "he" as well. In Japan, Birdo is portrayed as a male who believes she is a female and prefers to be called by a nickname, "Cathy", rather than her real name "Catherine". As recently as [i][url=http://www.mariowiki.com/Super_Smash_Bros._Brawl]Super Smash Bros. Brawl[/url][/i], Birdo's [url=http://www.mariowiki.com/Trophy]Trophy[/url] description describes the character as "gender indeterminate", and uses the pronoun "it" rather than gender-specific pronouns such as "he" or "she". However, Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe usually refer to Birdo as a girl. The confusion surrounding Birdo's gender has also been addressed in a light-hearted matter, such as when Popple pauses before settling on calling Birdo a "dame" in [i][url=http://www.mariowiki.com/Mario_%26_Luigi:_Superstar_Saga]Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga[/url][/i], and is also shown in the U.S. manual of [i]Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour[/i], where all the female characters have a pink dot behind them, including Birdo. In [i][url=http://www.mariowiki.com/Super_Mario_Advance]Super Mario Advance[/url][/i], though, the Birdos in that game had female voices, but the pitch level of the voices varied, depending on Birdo's color. The pink Birdo had the highest pitched voice, while the green Birdo had the lowest pitched voice in that game; the red Birdo's voice had a pitch level that's in between. In the game [i][url=http://www.mariowiki.com/Captain_Rainbow]Captain Rainbow[/url][/i], Birdo is heard with a deep, male voice which gets high-pitched when she gets angry or excited. Additionally, in the game's second trailer, [url=http://www.mariowiki.com/Little_Mac]Little Mac[/url] from [i]Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!![/i] speaks about Birdo, calling her a "young lady," only to take a short break and ponder. His final verdict is "Depending on one's view point, she is a young lady." In the game, Birdo's indeterminate gender also forms the basis for a side quest to find proof that she is a girl (which is found, but censored).[/quote]The games and Nintendo seem to treat or refer to Birdo as a girl in more recent times, but clearly Nintendo likes to play with the joke a lot in certain story-based games. I think out of respect, though, if Birdo wants to be seen as a girl, we should refer to her as such ;) More on topic, FF13's Hope was one I first thought of when replying to this, but not exactly who I'd consider the most annoying person in all of video games, since he's only had a few appearances. In Lightning Returns, though, oh my god, yes, I wanted to punch his face in. Constant interruptions. I hated his voice. Stupid that there was no way to mute him.
I'd love Nintendo to really introduce a complete knob'ead in the next big Zelda game - someone who you're practically forced to work with, totally muppet - bit like a Groose character that's more involved, that you grow to hate but comes back to save you at a cruical point.
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Meet Richard Mack, the Oath Keeper Running Against SOPA Author Lamar Smith
How a state's rights conservative became an ally to the tech industry.
Mike Riggs | 2.10.2012 1:30 PM
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), authored by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) at the behest of Hollywood and the recording industry, inspired one of the largest and most organic opposition campaigns in recent memory. Twitter users put "STOP SOPA" banners on their user avatars; numerous sites, including Wikipedia, Google, and Reddit, "blacked out" in protest; and Congress eventually tabled the bill. Smith bore the brunt of the backlash. His biggest primary opponent, an Oath Keeper named Richard "Sheriff" Mack, has ridden the outrage like a wave.
Mack isn't opposed just to SOPA, but a slew of other acronyms that Smith has supported: TARP, NDAA, the PATRIOT Act. The former Graham County, Arizona sheriff announced he would run against Smith in the 21st District's GOP primary back in December, but his profile didn't blow up until this past Sunday, when the social media giant Reddit christened him the anti-Smith, and promoted his Ask Me Anything (AMA) question-and-answer session on the Reddit homepage. The Mack teaser sent a torrent of users to a thread titled "I am Sheriff Richard Mack. I'm challenging SOPA and PCIP Sponsor Lamar Smith (R-TX) to a Primary in a heavily conservative district."
By Reddit standards, the thread was a success. Many Reddit users seemed to agree that an ObamaCare opponent who also opposed SOPA was better than the ObamaCare opponent who wrote SOPA. After Mack laid out his opposition to the drug war, the PATRIOT Act, and the National Defense Authorization Act, one user wrote, "I hope you are not talking out of your ass, because I like you."
"No, I am sitting on it," Mack replied minutes later.
SOPA is just an entry point for Mack's campaign against federal overreach. "Lamar Smith has been a tax, borrow, and spend Republican, who has tried to increase the powers of D.C. with SOPA, TARP, and increasing the debt ceiling," Mack said. "His vote for NDAA gave more power to President Obama than all the Democrats put together."
Mack's own history is likely to raise a few eyebrows. He's spoken at John Birch Society events, encouraged local law enforcement officers to arrest IRS agents for trespassing, and been the subject of numerous reports about the rise of militias produced by the Southern Poverty Law Center. He believes in God, homeschooling, and the 10th Amendment. He's a survivalist. ("Sooner or later you'll wish you had some food storage on hand," reads Mack's endorsement for freeze-dried staples on his website. "No other food satisfies like animal protein during stressful times.")
Mack is quick to point out that he cares about tech businesses in the 21st District, such as the hosting giant Rackspace, whose facilities he recently toured. The experience, Mack wrote, "made me even more concerned about what's going with this type of censorship." Mack brought up Rackspace again when we spoke on the phone on Wednesday. "If SOPA went through as proposed by Lamar Smith, it could kill that business," Mack said. (Full disclosure: Reason, like a lot of companies, uses Rackspace.)
Freedom from Washington is the core of Mack's political philosophy. During his second term as sheriff of Graham County, Arizona, he was one of two plaintiffs in a suit against the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act that went all the way to the Supreme Court (Mack won).
After retiring as sheriff, Mack founded the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA), which enlists and trains sheriffs and peace officers (a term Mack prefers to "law enforcement officers") to "understand and enforce the constitutionally protected Rights of the people they serve, with an emphasis on State Sovereignty and local autonomy."
Until he declared his run for Congress, Mack's focus was on converting, or—if need be—running against local elected law enforcement officials. One of his goals for the 2010 campaign season, which he shared at a gathering of Oath Keepers in Three Forks, Montana, in July 2009, was getting CSPOA involved in 900 sheriff elections. "If any of you are spending your time and money on Washington, D.C., politics, you're wasting your time and money," he told the audience. "We're focused locally on the Constitution, and on the oath," he added. (Oath Keepers is a coalition of current and former law enforcement and military personnel who have pledged not to enforce laws that violate the Constitution.)
Now Mack's ready to take those ideas to Washington. "I also believe we should be promoting state sovereignty from the national level and that Lamar Smith should be in Washington protecting the 10th amendment," he said. "Follow the Constitution, or go home."
"I'll never tell the American people that if you just give us more money and more power next year, we'll make things better. I will never tell the American people that we can get a handle on the drug war. The drug war has been a failure and prohibition does not work. Smith will continue to fund that complete failure."
Mack also had choice words for the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya, and the calls for a strike on Iran. "Smith has supported these wars; wars that were unconstitutional because there was never a declaration of war. We pretend that we have a national emergency with these wars, yet we refused to secure our own borders. The hypocrisy is astonishing."
Speaking of immigration, the former sheriff's stance is short on specifics, and boils down to border security: "I'm not talking about people coming from Guatemala and El Salvador," Mack said. "I'm talking about Middle Eastern terrorists [and] human trafficking." While he believes states should be able to "protect their residents from illegal immigrants," Mack opposed Arizona immigration law SB1070 because he said many aspects of it were unconstitutional.
Recently he launched a website called "A Buck to Crush SOPA," but has raised only $2,706 toward his $50,000 goal. That won't buy as much as Smith's 25-year war chest, though thanks to the Reddit promotion, "donations are coming in small, but very frequent." (On Thursday, Mack got still more tech attention, this time in a profile published on the popular tech CNET, written by Declan McCullagh.)
Smith, meanwhile, has been nearly untouchable for 25 years in the 21st District, which covers San Antonio and parts of Texas Hill Country. He's gone uncontested in nearly every one of his primaries, save for in 1992 and 2010 (he won with 81 percent of the vote in both years). His worst showing in a general election was in 2006, when he won with 60 percent of the vote. In 2010, he won reelection with 68 percent of the vote. According to campaign finance records, Smith has rasied nearly $660,000 for the 2011-2012 election cycle, and has collected more than $7 million over the course of his career.
There may be a bigger obstacle for Mack than money. Namely, the results you get when you Google him: reports from the Southern Poverty Law Center about his involvement with the John Birch Society and the militia movement, as well as his association with Ruby Ridge survivor Randy Weaver. (Weaver's son was killed and his wife was shot through the head by an FBI sniper during the siege on Weaver's farm, but the SPLC refers to him solely as a "white supremacist.")
"I've been worried about it for years," Mack said when asked if he thought the SPLC's reports would hurt him in his race against Smith. "The people who know me know that these are all lies and distortions. I'm a very peaceful person who loves America and loves Texas." In a December 2011 interview with the The New American, published by the John Birch Society, Mack told William F. Jasper, "I spent 20 years in law enforcement and never slugged or slapped or hit or maced or shot another human being. So I don't believe in violence and I'm not a violent person, nor have I been."
In the summer of 2011, the SPLC issued a correction for a claim it made about Mack: "Due to a transcription error, a story in the Winter 2010 issue of the Intelligence Report misquoted former Arizona Sheriff Richard Mack speaking at the Freedom Action National Conference last August. Mack did not say that he hoped that a sheriff would 'take out some IRS agents.' He said: 'My dear friends, I pray for the day that when the first sheriff of this country knows and understands his duty well enough, that he'll be the first one to fire the next shot around the world and arrest a couple of IRS agents.' We sincerely regret the error."
Mack filed a defamation suit against the center in December 2011, which he hopes will be adjudicated this summer.
If elected, Mack said he'd retire after four terms. "Lamar Smith is what happens when good people stay in Washington, D.C. for too long. Eight years was good enough for George Washington, it's good enough for Lamar Smith, and it's certainly good enough for me."
Mike Riggs is an associate editor at Reason magazine. Follow him on Twitter.
NEXT: Reason Writers at the Movies: Peter Suderman Reviews Safe House
Mike Riggs is deputy managing editor at Reason.
Oath Keepers SOPA 2012 Congressional Election
Prez. Barry O
$2,706 toward his $50,000 goal
how inferior
In soo many ways no doupt
Damn Nigger in the WH
Black is just not the color of who appreciates liberty property.
"In short; racialist science is properly not an act of aggression or a cover for oppression of one group over another, but, on the contrary, an operation in defense of private property against assaults by aggressors." ~Murray Rothbard
C'mon, show us where Rothbard touched you.
Racial inequality is simply how free markets reflected nature.
The Pointer-Outer
American Indians owned slaves, too:
http://www.slaveryinamerica.or…..lavery.htm
Kreel Sarloo
So did blacks.
http://americancivilwar.com/au…..owners.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08…..all&src=pm
Mr. FIFY
Wonder how Jason Godesky is going to try to spin his way out of those facts.
Oops! He can't! Silly Fat Indian.
a tiny racist government
White Power! (over blacks) just like in 1776!
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Jumbie
Forget this Kate imposter. Bring back Lily!
Old Man With Candy
They've been clam bumping. So one's the same as the other, in a good sense.
Cherchez l'argent
http://www.opensecrets.org/pol…..=N00001811
You speak Spanish? Good for you.
After retiring as sheriff, Mack founded the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA), which enlists and trains sheriffs and peace officers (a term Mack prefers to "law enforcement officers") to "understand and enforce the constitutionally protected Rights of the people they serve, with an emphasis on State Sovereignty and local autonomy."
Sorry, I couldn't get past this part because I creamed my pants. Somebody pls let me know if he says anything crazy later in the article.
Oh nm, I found the crazy part. Dig what this lunatic has to say about police power:
"I spent 20 years in law enforcement and never slugged or slapped or hit or maced or shot another human being. So I don't believe in violence and I'm not a violent person, nor have I been."
What a loon!
I am speechless. I don't care if this guy worships Satan in his spare time. I hope he wins.
Pretty much my feeling as well. I'm gonna donate some bucks when I get home, just to stick it to that bastard Smith. Too bad I don't live down there so I could vote for him.
Tommy Grand
chances of winning = statistically indistingushable from 0
wrong district for this type of challenge
Sickly Sweet
Ditto that!
"He's spoken at John Birch Society events"
SOPA vs commie floride…hummmm
The President is a close personal friends with a convicted terrorist. So what is your point?
obama teh magnificent aint running gop john…last i looked…altho he is to the right of romney & paul on some issues.
dunphy
or it just makes him statistically lucky.
if you can work as a cop (and not in some admin or teaching position etc.) for 20 yrs and not have to slug, slap (ok, i've never slapped anybody), maced (does pepper spray count? we don't carry mace), hit or shoot somebody, consider yourself lucky.
KPres
"which enlists and trains sheriffs and peace officers (a term Mack prefers to "law enforcement officers")"
Hey I like the guy too but that shit is just too Orwellian for me. Call them Law EnFORCEment, because that's what they do. If you don't like the sound of that, maybe we shouldn't have so many of them around.
I think he likes the term "peace" officer because it implies cops are out there to keep the peace as opposed to mindlessly enforce every law to zero tolerance and shoot anyone who gets in the way. I kind of like it.
Res Publica Americana
+10!
Oh, and Res Publica? 😛 thbthhht
I think that is supposed to be how you spell the sound of a raspberry/Bronx cheer.
I was trying to 10x you. It was meant in good fun.
He enforces Gambol Lockdown
Like a libertarian, he has a zero tolerance of Nonstate society lifeways.
A Real Indian
I've seen your picture white boy….you wouldn't last ten minutes.
Whahappan?
I understand where he is coming from, however I think his emphasis should be on turning law enforcement into peace officers in actual fact, rather than on the terminology.
What they said. Yes it's Orwellian, but in a good way – trying to get cops to rethink their role in society by using language reflecting what we'd like them to be, instead of what they are.
I think it used to be common to call police "peace officers". Both because they are there to keep the peace and to distinguish them from the kind of officers you have in military situations. Back when people remembered that police are civilians too.
When my kid was about thirteen, he was walking down a road in the town where we lived, and some drunken goons stopped and beat the crap out of him.
I was damned glad the cops were able to track those fuckers down, because I sure as fuck had no idea where to look for them.
I know, stopped clock, twice a day, yadda.
But that falls under keeping the peace, no?
Yeah. If only cops would only do the right thing, and not fuck with people who aren't criminals.
i love when reasonoids use the royal "we"
the VAST majority of what peace officers do (yes, we still use the term) has little to nothing to do with law enforcement, so the term peace officer is (for other reasons as well) a better term.
Mack is more interested in keeping the peace than in being a tax collector.
He is STRONGLY libertarian in his philosophy, morality and the way he administered his department. He was the only law enforcement administrator to endorse the petition drive that ultimately legalized concealed weapons in Arizona.
Mr. Free Speech
In the first reddit answer, he says "I would support a law that limits what corporations can contribute to campaigns, as well has harsher penalties for those who violate that law", so I suspect he doesn't quite understand that pesky first amendment that he claims to support.
"Smith has supported these wars; wars that were unconstitutional because there was never a declaration of war."
There are a thousand good reasons to have opposed the war in Iraq, but this isn't one of them. I might agree with the guy on a lot, but he's still a nut.
sounds real good
I don't have the impression he bases his entire opposition to the wars on this single point.
Apatheist
Are you saying those wars we constitutional despite being undeclared? It may be one of many reasons to oppose them but it is still a legitimate one.
When did the Oath Keepers become part of the militia movement?
When Holder needed a distraction from F&F.
juris imprudent
They make pants-wetting lefties nervous – I'm pretty sure that's all it takes.
nah, for the moist part, oath keepers are old farts convincing themselves they're still relevant
Yeah Triple Anus the young cops are better, they do what they are told!
Leave the moist parts out of this, OK?
White Man's Ghost Dance
The Second Cumming of the Constitution
Only SPLC-style fucktards conflate Oath Keepership with the militia movement.
SPLC-style fucktards
No we're dont!
mad libertarian guy
When the SPLC decided they were.
Hey, this is the SPLC we're talking about here. They're money-grubbing parasites who don't give a damn about helping anyone but themselves, and they can't get the money flowin' if they can't point to some hatin'. If they can't find it, they invent it.
They also refer to Randy Weaver as a White Supremacist, whereas in fact he was a White Separatist. This is an important distinction, especially considering the fact that it was his disinterest in oppressing anyone that led to his wife and son being murdered by the FBI.
You know who else says not doing things is the same as doing things?
Old and OT, but I just came across this and wanted to share. Sometimes the bad cops do get punished. BTW, Sheriff Nugent, quoted in the story, is now Congressman Nugent.
Some choice comments on the article (emphasis mine).
"So what it's not summer camp people. If you don't want to get slapped around stay out of trouble. Simple right"
"Inmates are inmates because they want to be inmates. They don't care that they are in prison. They are vermin. Hope the officer gets a reward."
"I agree. I was arrested once in Ky and had an officer knee me in the gut so I would shut up. Guess what folks…it worked and I deserved it. I was being a complete ???????? because I was drunk."
What a pathetic human being that third one is.
And most likely a plant. This strikes me as something some cop likes to believe is happens after beating someone down.
i think your anti-cop bigotry drive is using too many system resources. apparently, it overrode the grammar modulator.
Joe M
I gotta say, I'm impressed by the guy's positions, which are pretty great for a Republican.
>encouraged local law enforcement officers to arrest IRS agents for trespassing
This is truly awesome.
If the IRS agents had dogs, in this one instance I would consider shooting dogs to be acceptable.
"I've been worried about it for years," Mack said when asked if he thought the SPLC's reports would hurt him in his race against Smith. "The people who know me know that these are all lies and distortions.
People who don't know Mack but are familiar with the Southern Poverty Law Center should also be able to guess the validity of those reports.
John Thacker
Unfortunately, too many people don't know the SPLC. They are the awful type of Democrats that hate libertarians more than law and order social conservatives, plus call everyone racist on flimsy evidence.
its pretty obvious john doesnt know them either. >but hey, dont let that get in the way of a good meme
They're no more reliable than Birthers or conspiracy theorists.
I can't believe news stories treat them like they're the ACLU or something.
Bullshit!! They're TEAM BLUE..they never fib!
They are also a borderline criminal organization. They don't seem to do anything beyond fleece gullible liberals from large amounts of money. Just exactly whose poverty has the SPLC ever solved other than their own?
Joan Jet
How much poverty has capitalism ever solved?
libertarian viking
That's not a real questions, is it?
"How much poverty has Team Blue ever solved?"
FIFY'd. No charge.
From what few indications there are Joan Jett is a conservative and pro-capitalist.
Anti-war conservative mind you, but not anti- capitalist.
You mean like WI?
Damn, I wish I was still in his district so that I can vote against that motherfucker. He was unopposed both elections I was there.
I put about as much faith in the SPLC's profiles as I do in Rick Santorum's "radical Islamists in Nicaragua"
A Serious Man
The hero America needs, but not the one it deserves? Or was that backwards?
So in other words I will have the Democrat Lainey Melnick as my US rep. Awesomeness.
You don't have to be crazy to be a sheriff, but it sure helps.
Sure thing there, Timmy.
A strong challenge or upset of Lamar Smith would send an enormous message on SOPA and similar laws, and would be worth a considerably more flawed candidate.
Not that I like the Birchers.
Can somebody explain to me why associating with the John Birch Society or militia is at all controversial?
I'm not even going to give the SPLC any time — they have less credibility than the Imperial Klans of America.
The Birchers are a little kooky. But they have never hurt anyone. It is not like they are terrorists. And just because you associate with them, doesn't mean you believe everything they do.
And if those are going to be controversial, why the hell isn't associating with La Raza just as?
That's what I don't get — how are they kooky? I haven't seen any evidence of that.
They are wildly isolationist. They reject all free trade agreements and pretty much any immigration.
They are not that bad. But they do attract a lot of black helicopter types.
For your interest: The Democrat congressman Larry McDonald (GA) was a Bircher — past president even.
He was on that Korean airliner that was shot down by the Soviets in 1983!
He had a real fear of the USSR….
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_McDonald
The late Larry McDonald was more conservative than any sitting Party of Lincoln Republican Congressman during his tenure.Other than Ron Paul, he was probably the most "libertarian-leaning".
Fuck the Commies.
God Bless the JBS.
I don't get why hanging out with Randy Weaver is supposed to be some kind of big problem.
Who gives a shit what nonsense the guy believed, his wife and child were fucking murdered by the government. And despite his beliefs, which I think are disgusting, he was harming no one, living out his life peaceably in the wilderness.
I agree. And I don't know anything about Weaver. Maybe his views have changed. Regardless, he can believe what he wants.
American Indian Holocaust
Capitalists can't abide a tribe living life peaceably in the wilderness.
correct me if im wrong, but wasnt either weaver's wife &/or son shot in the back?
I don't know where the son was shot.
What I do know is that the wife was shot through the head while she was standing in the doorway of the family residence, unarmed, while holding her infant child.
Sounds like stOOOpid is looking for an excuse for the shootings.
not only that, but the RULES OF ENGAGEMENT that the fed sniper operated under WERE unconstitutional.
frankly, i don't recall ever seeing a case where an LEO (even a fed, god forbid) was literally given an order that so blatantly ran contrary to established constitutional case law vis a vis use of deadly force.
janet reno shoulda been arrested for the weaver killings
She wasn't the AG. Ruby Ridge was under Bush I
The people going after Weaver lied to their superiors about what had happened and the danger he and his family posed to the community. These superiors then flipped out and gave insane orders.
It became an escalating positive feedback loop. And, because nobody would admit weakness, uncertainty or error, the situation that escalation ended with murder.
Birchers are anticommunist. SPLC is communist. The reason for the antipathy should be obvious.
https://reason.com/archives/201…..nt_2829709
veemee sashimi
"the SPLC issued a correction for a claim it made about Mack: 'Due to a transcription error…'"
It worries me to no end that there exist on this planet adult human beings that would buy that explanation.
There exist on this planet no adult human beings that would buy libertarianism. Well, other than permanently infantilized adults living in their mothers' basements.
You totally convinced me of the errors of libertarianism, I am now a right thinking social democrat.
I am soooooooo wet right now.
Right, grown-ups all become Anarcho-Primitivists instead.
Am I to assume the white blotches on that picture of Neanderthals gathered by a fire in furs, holding bows, is your doing?
White Idiot
Well, other than permanently infantilized adults living in their mothers' basements.
Jason Godesky is a software engineer, currently employed by Vivisimo, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Sounds like a basement dweller to me.
Shut the fuck up, Robin Hood.
DemocraticUnderground is over
WTF? I tried to post an arrow pointing to the left. Just damn.
UvalDuvalCuckoo
Man that's original and witty. Libertarianism must have something going for it, I mean, at least one person chooses to sit around and read Libertarian articles and post on them frequently instead of say, Gambolling.
pinostabaum
Get this man a Super PAC
Mack for President
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Mack's own history is likely to raise a few eyebrows. He's spoken at John Birch Society events, encouraged local law enforcement officers to arrest IRS agents for trespassing, and been the subject of numerous reports about the rise of militias produced by the Southern Poverty Law Center. He believes in God, homeschooling, and the 10th Amendment. He's a survivalist.
He sounds like a real-life Ron Swanson.
So, exactly where in that Congressional district does Sherrif Mack live?? Who does he think he is, a member of the Kennedy family? Maybe he's a Clinton? In Texas you still have live – reside, you know, have a house and that's where you live? – in the district you're pretending to represent. Just another carpetbagger who thinks he knows better than the people who live in this district. By the way: I do live there and I ain't votin' for 'Sherrif' Mack.
WE ALL know better than the people in your district who have kept re-electing an idiot.
The only question is whether idiots are the majority, or are there enough intelligent people to have Mack replace the idiot.
So what's your answer, KW6? Is legally qualified to run for and be elected to Congress for this district or not? Or is that not an important issue to you, since you appear more interested in the intelligence level of the voters in the district? Flinging poo is emotionally satisfying, I'm sure, but is an insufficient answer to a question asking for a factual response.
SGt Ted
His assertion that we didn't declare war going into Afghanistan or Iraq is not true.
Okay, SGt Ted, please cite for the HB or SB number and date of filing for the declaration of war against Iraq. Likewise for Afghanistan. No Congressional Declaration of War was passed. The requirements of the War Powers Act were complied with, at least facially, prior to any acts of war in both of those instances, but there is some doubt about the constitutionality of that Act, given the notion that the Constitution gives to Congress the power to declare war, not to the President and there's this silly idea about separation of powers and how one branch is not permitted to grant any of its authority to another branch of government.
Martin Timoth
Sheriff Richard Mack & Lamar Smith should respond to this matter – Riad Hamad's bound tortured body turned up in Lady Bird Lake, on the Colorado River in Austin Texas, 18 April 2008, located in US Congressional District 21, contested by both men!
The APD says he suicided then bound himself, Alex Jones & Mossad enforcer Victor Thorn were in Austin then, surely both should provide detailed timelines, for all their movements, in the hours leading up to the discovery of his body!
http://www.legacy.com/obituari…..=107901527 .. A critic of US Israeli policy in the Mid East, these letters by Mr Hamad were published before his death.
Time for apology is now – The Cho family apologized to the people of the United States, for the murder of 32 students at Virginia Tech University.
I think the right thing is for the Bush family to apologize to the people of Iraq, Palestine and Afghanistan for the war crimes committed against them, by its delusional son President Bush.
It is the right thing to do. It is the ethical thing to do. It is the legal thing to. It is time for remorse and restitution for the people of Iraq and Palestine. Riad Elsolh Hamad, Austin June 3, 2006 #
Antone was no saint, it is really unfortunate that the American-Statesman treated Clifford Antone like a saint, Antone was a convicted drug dealer.
Who contributed to the destruction of hundreds and thousands of lives, and ruined many youths. Has the Statesman no shame? Stop treating him like a hero and tell the truth for a change. – Riad Elsolh Hamad, Austin November 27, 2005 #
Practicing faith freely, I heard with disgust the statement by President bush in China, encouraging the Chinese government to allow Christians to practice their faith freely.
The statement is outrageous, considering the plight of the Palestinian Christians who carried the torch of Christianity for centuries, and taught the Western world the message of Christianity.
It is an absolute farce, for the president to call for the Chinese government to open the doors for the Christian evangelists,
And Christian Zionists, to proselytize their brand of Christianity in China, when the Palestinian Christians cannot even reach their churches to pray, and celebrate their holidays.
The Palestinian Christians, who once constituted more than 20 percent of the population of Palestine, are less than 2 percent of the population today, because of the economic, political and religious restrictions imposed on them by the Israeli military occupation.
The President has no credibility, in calling for the Chinese to allow converted Christians to worship freely, when the true Christians and the custodians of the Holy Land in Palestine, are suffering at the hands of the Israeli occupation. Riad Hamad, Austin #
A fearless Arizona Sheriff taking the law up to the baddies, is he kinda thing America needs, which should win the votes of all those who yearn after justice, as Mr Hamad surely did, and his admitted role model Jesus Christ!
The fact that both candidates, appear immune to hard evidence that proves 911 was an ISJ, like missiles at the Pentagon and the WTC, and the absence of any plane at Shanksville Pennsylvania, where the ill fated Flight 93 allegedly crashed.
And have failed to respond to John Kennedy assassination material, that shows Martin Luther and Coretta King, in one of two snipers nests on the GK Dallas Texas, 22 November 1963, gives little hope that they will gain any yardage on Riad Hamad's behalf!
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Terahertz technology creates new insight into how semiconductor lasers work
Pioneering engineers working with terahertz frequency technology have been researching how individual frequencies are selected when a laser is turned on, and how quickly the selection is made.
The development of specific terahertz equipment has allowed them to investigate this process for the first time. Their results, published in Nature Communications, will underpin the future development of semiconductor lasers, including those used in public and private sector-owned telecommunications systems.
For many years, it has been predicted that operating frequencies within semiconductor lasers stabilise on a timescale of a few nanoseconds (ie a few billionths of a second) and can be changed within a few hundreds of picoseconds (ie thousandths of a nanosecond).
Until now, though, no detector has been capable of measuring and proving this precisely, and the best results have only been achieved on nanosecond timescales, which are too slow to allow really efficient analysis or to be used to develop the most effective new systems.
The University of Leeds researchers, working with international colleagues at École Normal Supérieure in Paris, France and the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia have now used terahertz frequency quantum cascade lasers and a technique called terahertz time-domain spectroscopy to understand this laser stabilisation process.
The terahertz-powered technology can measure the wavelength of light in periods of femtoseconds (ie millionths of a nanosecond) giving unprecedented levels of detail. By knowing the speed at which wavelengths change within lasers, and what happens during that process within miniscule time frames, more efficient devices and systems can be built.
The Leeds elements of the study were carried out in the University's Terahertz Photonics Laboratory, part of the University's Bragg Centre for Materials Research.
Dr Iman Kundu, principal author of the research paper explaining the group's findings, said: "We've exploited the ultrafast detection capabilities of terahertz technology to watch laser emissions evolve from multiple colours to a single wavelength over less than a billionth of a second.
"Now that we can see the detailed emission of the lasers over such incredibly small time frames, we can see how the wavelength of light changes as one moves from one steady state to a new steady state.
"The benefits for commercial systems designers are potentially significant. Terahertz technology isn't available to many sectors, but we believe its value lies in being able to highlight trends and explain the detailed operation of integrated photonic devices, which are used in complex imaging systems which might be found in the pharmaceutical or electronics sectors.
"Designers can then apply these findings to lasers operating at different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, as the underlying physics will be very similar."
Professor Edmund Linfield, Chair of Terahertz Electronics at the University of Leeds, who was also involved in the study said: "We're using the highly advanced capabilities of terahertz technology to shine a light on the operation of lasers.
"Our research is aimed at showing engineers and developers where to look to drive increased performance in their own systems. By doing this, we will increase the global competitiveness of the UK's science and engineering base."
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Mit der Namensbezeichnung Heroic Hedgehog – heldenhafter Igel – haben die Entwickler in den vergangenen Tagen Shinken in der Version 1.0 veröffentlicht. Bei Shinken handelt es sich um eine Reimplementierung von Nagios – dem aktuellen Platzhirsch in der OpenSource Monitoring Welt. Ursprünglich als konzeptioneller Entwurf für Nagios 4.0 gedacht, wurde aus Shinken eine eigenständige OpenSource Monitoring-Lösung.
Die Namensgebung von Shinken ist zugleich die Grundlage der Architektur. Der Begriff Shinken beschreibt ein japanisches Langschwert. Und ein Schwert wird im Allgemeinen zur Zerteilung genutzt und genau dies ist dem zentralen Nagios-Prozess bei Shinken widerfahren. Während sowohl bei Nagios als auch beim Fork Icinga ein zentraler Prozess die vielfältigesten Aufgaben bewältigen muss, wird bei Shinken genau dies in mehrere Prozesse zerlegt. Hierdurch soll die Verfügbarkeit des Monitoring verbessert werden, weil zum Beispiel das Scheduling der auszuführenden Tests nicht die Benachrichtigung im Fehlerfalle in Mitleidenschaft ziehen. Die verschiedenen Prozesse tragen bei Shinken die Verantwortung für spezielle Aufgaben. Darüber hinaus kommunizieren die jeweiligen Prozesse über das Netzwerk miteinander. Hierdurch ist auch eine verteilte Ausführung der Prozesse auf mehreren Systemen möglich. Bisher führt Shinken weiterhin ein Schattendasein in der OpenSource Monitoring Welt, jedoch könnte der Heldenhafte Igel Shinken bei immer mehr AdministratorInnen in den Fokus rücken.
Eine Migration von Nagios nach Shinken ist recht einfach zu realisieren, da eine Kompatibilität der Konfiguration besteht. Dann werden zwar nur die Standardkonfigurationseinstellung für Shinken genutzt, jedoch ist ein problemloser Umstieg hierdurch sichergestellt.
So what's new in this important release?
A new installation script will now resolve Shinken dependencies for you and set it up on debian/ubuntu or redhat/centos.
This script will also do far more than just setup Shinken! It will install and configure classic plugins and modules like check_mk, multisite, PNP or Thruk! Setting up a monitoring box has never been so easy! You can look for it here.
You have an android phone? You have an SMS gateway for sending alerts and receiving acknowledgements!
Shinken have been ported to the android system thanks to the Python4android project.
We also added a module for sending SMS alerts (ok classic) but more interestingly for creating acknowledgements from the received SMS! You no longer need an expensive SMS gateway anymore, a simple Android device is enough!
If you are using the GLPI tool, you will love its monitoring module, with Shinken as the backend. It was already good, now it's even better, with just too many features to list here. More information is available from monitoring module news.
The business rules are a way to get an agregated state of host or service objects. For example, define the state of your whole Mail cluster system as a single state. Monitoring active/active and now active/passive clusters are very easy : The "not" operator is now available in addition to "or", "and", "Xof". More information is available in the official documentation on business rules.
Shinken is a model of efficiency for scheduling and executing active checks. Expect the same for passive check with a new bulk mode messaging in the Shinken core. The LiveStatus API module has been re-factored with performance in mind! Expect a near 3 times (3X) performance boost for Thruk, Multisite UI and Nagvis interfaces!
Graphite is a modern web 2.0 time-series database framework. It solves basic RRD limitations with a very efficient data acquisition model. The HTTP API is powerful yet simple to use, that's why we added a broker module for it. The Graphite front end is also compatible with RRD databases in addition to the new Whisper format.
Try it without changing your current RRD based acquisition : you can have more than one broker module that export performance data, so you can keep your RRD/PNP based modules and start sending data to Graphite Once you use Graphite, you will understand why we are excited about supporting this.
You know that with a simple tag, you can make a specific DMZ poller check your whole DMZ hosts. Now it's even easier : you can define a module that will look at your host address ip range, and if it's your DMZ range, it will automatically add the tag!
It will also work for other properties, so if you have a special template for your qualification hosts that are in a specific ip range, you can skip manually tagging your hosts, and use this module!
The WebUI has many new features. Now you can have your PNP or Graphite graphs in it!
Mongodb is one of the most important databases in the nosql movement. We believe it can be a key component for Shinken. Its place in the project will grow in the future. We have added support for distributed retention, LiveStatus logs and a configuration module that will use Mongodb as a backend.
The future Skonf UI will use Mongodb as a backend, so it will be easy to setup a high availability configuration database system!
We know how hard it can be to start in the monitoring world. It can be daunting to figure out "how do I monitor a Linux|Windows|Cisco device??". That's why we added in the sample configuration a lot of ready to use templates. Theses templates also come with discovery rules, so if you launch the discovery process, they will apply automatically!
More are coming. We are also working on making exchanging templates as easy as exchanging check plugins. Stay tuned for more!
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Studying at a university or college abroad can be a fantastic experience, and I would argue that the UK is the best place in the world to go. However, at the same time, it can be pretty terrifying starting a new course in a foreign country hundreds of miles from your friends and family.
Here I'm going to take you through some of the benefits of studying in the UK, as well as the problems you may face and how to overcome them.
The UK may not be that big, but it has a number of truly world class universities. The top universities in the UK are also some of the top institutions in the world and names like Oxford, Cambridge (or Oxbridge if you like!), Imperial, UCL and Edinburgh are known internationally.
At least partly for that reason Britain is one of the most popular destinations in the world for overseas students. 15% of the total students in the UK are foreign, making up a total of over 330,000. Though this may not immediately seem like a benefit, it really is. With so many students arriving from all over the world, universities are fully prepared to give you all the help and support you need. Plus, if you ever start to feel homesick, you can guarantee there will be plenty of other students from your home country to make friends with.
London is by far the most popular city in the UK for international students and with good reason. With dozens of quality universities, there are plenty of spaces to fill, and the city is tailor made for students. There are endless bars, clubs and theatres for nights out, as well as museums, galleries and attractions to fill your spare days. Plus with the myriad of different people that make up the city, you can explore lots of different cultures all in one place.
There's no point pretending that you're not going to find some things hard when you first start your studies abroad. You should prepare yourself as best as you can for the compete change in culture and lifestyle. However, even then there are some hurdles that are unavoidable.
Britain is a pretty expensive place to live, especially in the cities. If you're studying in London then chances are you'll be living on a tight budget during your stay. However, fortunately there are also thousands of part time jobs for students in the cities, giving you the opportunity to earn that extra bit of cash.
Similarly, the language will always be a problem when moving to a new country. If English isn't your first language, then the UK can be particularly hard place in this respect as relatively few people speak other languages. However, conversely, there is no better way to learn a new language than by living in the country.
Overall, starting a new university is a hugely exciting but difficult time for anyone. Going through that process in a different country makes these feelings that much more extreme. However, ultimately studying in the UK is like nothing else and the rewards will far outweigh any problems you face.
Andy Burrows is the Online Editor at ForeignStudents.com- the leading site for international students studying in the UK.


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So how many of us have collections that we didn't even realize were collections? Some I have chosen to start myself and others just happened without any conscious thoughts on my part.
Baby cups and shoes-this collection started when I got my mom and Mark's baby cups then I started finding them at thrift stores for a $1 or $2 so I couldn't leave them behind. I got my brother and Mark's little white baby shoes and a new collection was born.....pun intended.
Sock darners in a old wooden bank safe deposit box which started with a couple that I picked up at estate sales for just $1 then we moved to Germany and the collection exploded. I'm beyond addicted to collecting them now but only if I can get them for a couple of bucks or less. My latest is the white blown glass one that I found at an antique store last week here in NC. I have never seen one like it so I should research to see when they were produced.
Pincushions which I just love, love, love and have no idea how I started collecting them. I remember playing with my Granny's when I was little because I loved the colored heads on some of them. I'd try to get all the colors lined up in a section which will surprise no one that knows me because I'm a little ocd with things being orderly.
Coverlets make me swoon! I never dreamed that I'd own any but long admired them in other people's collections then I discovered estate sales where I could actually afford them.
More yellow ware and that top bowl was the start of my collection. Mark bought it for me when we were living in KY for our anniversary after I saw it at a store and swooned over it. I had seen them in Country Living but had never seen one in person until that day.
And this is only the living room, kitchen and dining room areas! Plus I downsized a sold tons of my treasures, furniture and décor when we moved......I might be a bit of a hoarder.
So what are your collections and how did they start?
Oh ya, that's how collections start. Love all yours Donna, I collect many of the same. Fantastic fun post, Hugs Francine.
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The Oscars have a new knight in shining armor. I mean that literally — he has a fun spandex suit and a shield and everything.
Real-life superhero Chris Evans won the hearts and minds of people everywhere when he leapt up to assist Best Supporting Actress winner Regina King to the stage, after she appeared to trip over her floor-length white dress. King doesn't need a man to lean on, but the gesture did melt our icy hearts a bit.
But Evans' chivalrous gesture seemed to confirm what many fans already suspected to be true: That he actually IS Captain America, the Marvel character he's portrayed in five movie installments, and will reprise in Avengers: Endgame in April.
Helping a fierce lady get where she's going without making a fuss? That sounds about right.
We see you, Steve Rogers. Never change.