A major hurricane aiming for any stretch of the US coast threatens to upset the spirit of such an occasion, calling for unity when division and partisanship are at their highest pitch, calling for sobriety when self-congratulatory effusion is the order of the day. But a hurricane headed for New Orleans, as Gustav was during the 2008 RNC and Isaac was this year, is the worst scenario imaginable, summoning up the haunting memories of those dark days in late August and early September 2005, when Katrina dealt the US its deadliest blow in more than 75 years and drowned one of its great cities. In 2008, several key attendees at the Convention were forced to stay at home, some of the proceedings were abbreviated, and the tone was greatly sobered. Thankfully, Gustav spared New Orleans—just—while dealing much of the rest of SE Louisiana a punishing blow. This year, the same scenario was being replayed, but made even worse by two additional factors. First, some genius bigwig in the Republican Party, undeterred by the experience of Gustav, had the bright idea of scheduling this year's convention in Tampa, FL, on the US Gulf Coast at the height of hurricane season. Isaac duly made its lumbering way toward Tampa at first, frightening the organizers into canceling the first day's events. Then, having opted to spare Tampa, Isaac set his sights for New Orleans and timed his arrival to coincide exactly with the seventh anniversary of the Katrina catastrophe. A distraction like this was almost worse than the Convention being cancelled.
Unlike Katrina, then, Isaac didn't even have to make landfall yet before igniting a political firestorm, as both parties jostled to make whatever hay they could out of this sensational turn of events. Understandably, the Republicans were in much the more difficult position, and so their fiercest champion strode forth, wielding the vorpal sword of his untamed tongue with a rare ferocity, and all but suggesting that the Democrats were steering Isaac via a remote control hidden deep in the dark fortress of Democratic Party headquarters. I am speaking, of course, of Rush Limbaugh.
Of course, he didn't really say that about the remote control, so far as I'm aware, but his actual claims and insinuations were scarcely less ridiculous. Indeed, so much so that may people will say that it's a silly waste of time even engaging them, or that I am making a mountain out of a mole-hill because he was so clearly joking. Jon Stewart, they say, makes outlandish, clearly false statements and no one bats an eye, because it's a joke. Let's give Rush the same benefit of the doubt, they say. Well, was he joking? In some remarks perhaps; in others, it certainly seems not. It is, at any rate, far from clear—unlike Jon Stewart, Rush Limbaugh doesn't have a laugh-track studio audience, and doesn't burst into a silly grin at his own jokes (not that we can see, at any rate), to clue us in. This lack of clarity means that he bears a greater responsibility for the reliability of his remarks, and how they might be taken, than a mere satirist (and even a satirist isn't off the hook entirely, as we shall discuss below). Moreover, for millions of Americans, Rush is their chief source of political news and opinion, their source for facts. Limbaugh has been called "The Number One voice for conservatism in our Country," and has received the William F. Buckley, Jr. Award for Media Excellence and a "Defender of the Constitution Award" from CPAC; in a 2009 Zogby poll, he was rated "the most trusted news personality in America," garnering 12.5% of responses. That being the case, he has to be taken seriously, whether we want to or not, and his remarks have a great capacity to do harm.
"The media is now out there saying that Hurricane Katrina is hanging like a pall over the Republican convention in Tampa. So this whole thing has been politicized, as the Democrats politicize everything, and that's why we are talking about it. Now, I want to remind you: All last week… And, no, at no time here am I alleging a conspiracy. At no time. With none of this am I alleging conspiracy. All last week what was the target? Tampa. What was going on in Tampa this week?
And I'm noticing that that track stayed zeroed in on Tampa day after day after day. And the Republicans reacted to it accordingly over the weekend, canceling the first day of the convention. What could be better for the Democrats than the Republicans to cancel a day of this?
And at eight p.m. Saturday night I see one of the biggest, one of the largest shifts in model forecast I have seen since 1997 when I moved down here and started caring about this stuff and started studying it….This was a beeline. This is gonna follow the coast of Cuba right up to New Orleans, in every model. Again, I'm alleging no conspiracy. I don't want anybody thinking I'm going somewhere with this. I'm just telling you what happened.
There are a great many points to pick up on here, but let's first deal with the obvious issue: his non-conspiracy theorist conspiracy allegation. Repeatedly in the broadcast, he hints that there must be some conspiracy, for there is just so much coincidence that it's "unbelievable," but repeatedly states that he is alleging no conspiracy. This is of course the oldest game in politics—"Hey, I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'…" He suggests that there's something very fishy and unsavory going on, but makes sure he can protest innocence of having actually accused government officials of criminal breaches of the public trust—although in this particular quote, he comes very close to it. I expect that Limbaugh is too smart to actually think that the NHC deliberately distorted the forecast. To this extent, people who have defended him to me on the basis that he was deliberately making an outlandish claim just to enrage the liberal media are probably right. But neither was it a mere joke, an isolated outlandish claim. On the contrary, the entire broadcast was dedicated to a meticulous (though in fact highly distorted and inaccurate) point-by-point narrative of the timeline of various forecasts regarding the hurricane, suggesting various things that didn't add up, that were too odd to be coincidence.
Of course, his dark hints didn't seem to add up with one another. On the one hand, he notes that the computer models shifted the forecast track suddenly away from Tampa and toward New Orleans immediately after the Republicans decided to cancel the first day of the Convention, suggesting that the forecast toward Tampa was merely an attempt to disrupt the convention, and once that mission was accomplished, the convention could then be best further disrupted by forecasting a hit on New Orleans. Both the original forecast toward Tampa and the later forecast towards New Orleans were, on this view, politically motivated. But what about the fact that the hurricane did in fact make a bullseye hit on New Orleans, just as the later forecast called for? Does that not vindicate the new forecast? Did the NHC just get lucky? On the other hand, Limbaugh elsewhere in the broadcast chides the NHC for not acting immediately on these new model runs (which they had apparently conjured for political ends), and staunchly maintaining its near-Tampa forecast well beyond when it was justified based on the computer models. Clearly, these two sets of accusations don't fit together. If the NHC made up the model runs (which, in any case, is impossible, as they are generated by a whole slew of different agencies and research institutions around the world, many of which are not under US gov't control) to cause a panic about New Orleans, then why would they hold off on actually updating their forecast track accordingly? Or if the accusation is that the NHC was foolishly disregarding its reliable models, then what was the point of casting doubt on the trustworthiness of the models? If the problem is that the forecast is all just politically motivated, then how was it so amazingly accurate in the end (once the NHC figured out that New Orleans was under the gun, it nailed the forecast track, missing by only 25 miles with its 48-hour forecast, compared to an average error of 80 miles over that time frame). The fact that the various dark hints don't even add up with one another, much less with the real world lends credence to the suggestion that a lot of this was just an act. But to what end, we must ask?
This notion of Limbaugh's that the National Hurricane Center is "the regime. It's the government. It's Obama" is sufficiently striking as to call for us to pause and comment. Rarely has the right's totalitarian pathology been more neatly showcased. The right has in recent years forgotten entirely what "the government" is—namely, a widely-dispersed collection of agencies, bodies, and leaders, each with different defined spheres of authority, representing different sections of the body politic and serving it in a wide variety of ways. We have this nifty thing called separation of powers in the US, and also a division of levels between federal, state, and local, so that there is no unitary abstraction that one can simply peg as "the government," much less "the regime," but really just a bunch of people doing their jobs, some badly, some well (and needless to say, they aren't all under the direct control of Herr Obama). For this good old American constitutional perspective, modern conservatism has substituted a baldly totalitarian conception, in which we find ourselves faced with a united Leviathan, subsuming all authorities and directed by a single baleful will, which it has pitted against the American people using all its resources.
Now, conservatives may respond that this is not what they want, but what the liberals have created. The Constitutional separation of powers has broken down. State and local functions have been devoured by the federal government. Well yes, to some extent. But not so completely as folks like Limbaugh pretend. And the terrible thing is that with this sort of rhetoric, conservatives are accelerating the process. We must not underestimate the power of the imagination when it comes to politics—this is one of the best lessons I learned from the work of William Cavanaugh. Political realities can only proceed so far, unless empowered by the collective imagination. If oppressive regimes capture the imaginations of the people, making them yield to fear, then they become as powerful as feared. If the people see through the pretensions of the regime, and see themselves as free, then they become so. If we make a Leviathan of the government in our imagination, then it becomes a Leviathan. If we see it as just a collection of fallible representatives and often petty bureaucrats, then that is what it becomes. If we see it as an enemy standing over against us and trying to quash our freedoms, we will find liberty and authority in inescapable conflict; but if we see it as a guardian of our liberties, or still better, as a representative apparatus through which we can exercise our corporate agency, then we may be surprised to find that freedom and authority begin to work in harmony. All that is merely an aside, but an important one. Limbaugh wants his listeners to see the National Hurricane Center, and every branch of government, as part of "the regime," part of "Obama," part of the enemy. This, combined with his conspiratorial suggestions, has the clearly-intended effect of undermining public trust in the NHC.
It is not hard to see why this is a big deal, but I will dwell on it, because it is a pet peeve of mine. There are few agencies of the federal government that do finer work than the National Hurricane Center, few that more obviously fulfill the purpose of good government—identifying threats to its citizenry, and working to disseminate information to the citizenry to warn them of dangers, and to the authorities to help them coordinate a response. The NHC is in fact one of the US gov't agencies with a substantial altruistic component, as it supplies data to other governments in the Caribbean and Mexico to help them warn and prepare their citizens as well. It is no exaggeration to say that many thousands, indeed tens of thousands of lives, have been saved in recent years by the NHC's work. In terms of its forecasting competence, the NHC far outstrips its international counterparts, such as the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre, and it is always improving the accuracy of its forecasts. It is admirably unflappable when beset both with bewildering storms that seem downright unforecastable (as Isaac seemed at times), and the political tempests in which it regularly finds itself. For the NHC's is a terribly thankless job. For all its advances, the science is still far too poorly-understood for forecasts to be as precise as we would like. The NHC must therefore always walk a fine line between excessive paranoia, with devastating economic consequences as unnecessary evacuations are ordered, and complacency, with devastating human consequences as people are not adequately warned, and death tolls mount. In either case, it faces severe public backlash and pressure from public officials and the media. Indeed, usually in any given major storm, it manages to receive both accusations simultaneously. Such has been the case with Isaac, as some in SE Louisiana, like the President of Plaquemines parish, have chided the NHC for under-forecasting the danger from Isaac, and from classing it as a Category 1 when they think it clearly deserves a Category 2 or 3 designation, from the level of devastation. As a matter of fact, the very serious storm surge risks posed by Isaac were clearly emphasized in every forecast the NHC put out for the last 48 hours before landfall—with a maximum surge of 12-15 feet predicted, which may have been just slightly surpassed in one or two communities that reported 16 feet. Likewise, the NHC thoroughly evaluated all the evidence regarding intensity, and there was none to suggest that Isaac was in fact a Cat. 2, but the NHC did emphasize that because of Isaac's size, Cat. 2 and 3-level effects would be felt. On the other side, many, including Limbaugh, accused the NHC of over-hyping the danger. "It's just a Category 1, for goodness' sake!" The same accusation was leveled after Hurricane Irene last year (which became the fifth most damaging storm in history), and this is a dangerous accusation to be bandying about. If the public gets it into its head that the NHC is over-hyping the danger, or has tended to over-hype the danger in the past, then the public is inclined not to take warnings so seriously, at present or in the future, and not to act on these warnings. Evacuations that are ordered do not take place, lives that should have been saved are lost.
This is particularly difficult for the NHC because it relies so much on the media to get its message out that the public often identifies or confuses the two. The NHC's sober, carefully-worded forecast is mediated through breathless and hyperbolic reporters, and when they prove unreliable, the blame frequently falls upon the NHC. The problem here, of course, is that the media, through which the message reaches the public, has a rather different agenda than the NHC, an ulterior motive. And it is not, as Rush Limbaugh is convinced, that the media is hell-bent on undermining the Republican party. If that were the case, why would they bother to report on the convention at all? Why not just give it the silent treatment? Conservative claims of a conspiracy in the "liberal media" are as old as the hills, and they aren't getting one bit more convincing with age. To the extent that we can speak of the media as a whole (and it's worth pointing out that the reified abstraction "the media" is every bit as much an imaginary bogeyman as "the government"), its primary objective, far more important than any political preferences among newscasters, is to make money. And they make money by increasing ratings. And they increase ratings by generating hysteria or controversy. This weekend gave them an immense opportunity for both. If the media over-hyped the risk to the GOP convention (as I have little doubt they did), it was not because they were trying to sabotage it, but because they knew it would keep viewers glued to their screens. (There is certainly no reason to blame the forecasters here—on the contrary, they were always very modest in the claims they made of the potential threat to Tampa. Hurricane expert Jeff Masters, for instance, put out regular updates on the odds that the storm would force an evacuation in Tampa. They never climbed above 2 or 3%.) If they then over-hyped the risk to New Orleans (and, though I wasn't watching them, I'm not sure that they did—for Isaac posed a very grave risk indeed), it was for the same reason: money.
Rush elaborates on this in follow-up broadcasts—how dare "the liberal media" act like the potential crisis in New Orleans should distract in any way from the important proceedings in Tampa? This is not merely the Republican National Convention, he tells us. It's "a pretty important one, too. Introducing the nominee, Mitt Romney. It's only after the convention that Romney can actually start spending all of this money that he's raised, so this convention is very important. It's a chance to introduce Romney to a lot of people who don't know him yet." Indeed. That is the one tragedy of this election cycle, isn't it? That we've heard so little about Mr. Romney. For the past 18 months, Americans have been desperately flipping channels, hoping to learn something about this person, but they've scarcely had the chance to see his face. All kidding aside, Limbaugh displays here a frightfully distorted sense of what politics is about. For him, politics is a war, a fight to the death which "we" (the conservatives) must win, and which "they" (the liberals) must lose. But that's not what politics is supposed to be about. Politics is the business of serving and protecting the people of our country, caring about and pursuing their well-being. If the Republicans are genuinely interested in that, then it should be deeply relevant to them that the lives of thousands are in danger. It may not be feasible to call off the convention, but it must clearly affect its tone, and any responsible Republican should be more than happy for the convention's proceedings to take a backseat to the unfolding crisis.
Hurricanes and natural disasters are one of God's chief ways of keeping us humble. All of our plans and preparations can be suddenly brought to naught by immense powers beyond our control. Political maneuvering that once seemed so important is suddenly put into perspective, and recognized for the relative pettiness it really is, while life-and-death decisions take center stage. One mustn't be hasty to read divine intentions into particular weather events, but ultimately, it was God—not the liberal media, not the National Hurricane Center, that was interfering with the Republican National Convention, taking it out of the limelight, humbling its pretensions. Limbaugh's bizarre accusations against everyone from Lester Holt to Obama to the National Hurricane Center to computer models run by the "European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts" the National Hurricane Center are the result of his refusal to accept this humbling.
Limbaugh's remarks, in short, are an excellent example of the danger to society that comes when "free speech" becomes a free-floating subjective right, a liberty whose exercise never needs any justification beyond the whims of the speaker, instead of being firmly anchored, as it once was, within a nexus of objective public duties that it was to serve. Public speech comes with an obligation to contribute to the public good, an obligation to speak the truth, and a legal guarantee of free speech is intended as a bar to oppressive censorship that would prevent such healthy truth-telling in public debate. Such a guarantee only works when the citizenry still understands that they are bound by a moral duty to use this freedom responsibly; otherwise, it becomes a mere license to abuse, offend, deceive, distort, incite, and enrage, a license whose effects often prove far more harmful than the evils of censorship. When such speech proceeds to the point of insinuating to citizens that their leaders are willing to gamble away their lives for the sake of immediate political gain, it qualifies as what would have once been recognized and prosecuted as sedition. If we continue to feel that it is safer to leave sedition unprosecuted than to give the government power over speech that it might abuse, then the burden that falls on us as citizens is correspondingly greater. If the authorities are to remain passive in the face of madmen who throw firebrands, then we as citizens must be active, active in speaking out against liars and allowing them no place of influence, boycotting them and refusing to give them our advertising dollars.
Some will complain that it is unfair to single out Limbaugh—there are a host of talking heads on the right and the left that are just as bad. That may be so, and to the extend that it is, this applies to them as well. Rather than continuing to accept the proliferation of absurd and untrue speech on both sides of the political divide, Christians need to embrace their responsibility to be guardians of the truth and haters of falsehood wherever it may appear.
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Thanks so much for this comment, Byron. This is indeed one of the issues I had intended to touch on in my post, but had forgotten to by the time I got to the end of it. That article you linked to shows how serious this problem is—much more so even than I'd realized.
Yeah…Limbaugh is the "Champion' of the GOP in the same sense that Pat Roberton is the Champion of the Church.
I do not like Rush Limbaugh, I do not listen to Rush Limbaugh, but as troubling as his comments about Hurricane Isaac and NHC were, I find equally disturbing, if not more, those by other makers and shapers of American thought and culture, that is (woe to us) Hollywood celebrities, some who actually led public death wishcasting followed by lamentations that the Republicans in Tampa did not meet death and destruction. Madmen throwing firebrands, arrows and death indeed. Even if it is (only sometimes) followed by a "Kidding!" we have reached the point in U.S. politics that it is not enough to wish defeat to political adversaries but also death. Death for having a different opinion about politics. Chilling. As for insinuating that elected leaders are willing to gamble away lives for political gain, is that not what the protesters of the wars and occupations in Afghanistan and Iraq have long argued? Bush lied, people died? Of course, now with a Democrat President continuing old wars and starting new operations such as drone attacks that kill more innocents than anyone else, the anti-war groups have been largely inactive (I think their opposition was largely a partisan production) but even so, and especially for those principled anti-war protestors that do exist, I would be loath to label their efforts as sedition. (Though probably, and with irony lost on old Rush Limbaugh, he might not be so reticent.) The word "sedition" has been hurled around a lot these past few years and presidential administrations, and if the measure is that which undermines public trust in government, then any sustained public effort to question, to criticize, to protest, to hold our government accountable would be grounds for accusations of sedition. That is chilling stuff, too. I understand that the larger point is that we need to hold each other accountable for our speech, including thoughtless bombastic radio showmen and Hollywood people, and thankfully we are (technically) able to do that important work without overmuch musing if maybe what someone just said on conservative radio or on MSNBC qualifies as sedition. Just like automatic death threats for unfavorable political opinions, accusations of treason and sedition are becoming so commonplace as to be the new normal. And that poses a great danger to civilized society as well, as we diminish and dehumanize each other and ourselves in the process.
Andrea,Thanks, I see your point. In the midst of trying to call folks like Limbaugh to account for unjustifiably polarizing speech, I risk doing the same myself. Such is of course the great sadness about this game of political hate-speech that we find ourselves trapped in these days—each side feels justified in resorting to heightened rhetoric because of what "the other side" side, and this just escalates the tone further. I of course agree that celebrities who were publicly wishcasting death on Republican leaders, "joking" or not, were considerably more out of line than anything Limbaugh said. The difference—and the reason I don't think I'm using a double-standard—is that they do not wield anything like the sort of influence Limbaugh does, and so the consequences of his inflammatory speech are correspondingly greater. The word "sedition" is indeed a strong one, though I'm not sure I know what you mean when you say it "has been hurled around a lot these past few years." On the contrary, I don't really recall hearing it used at all in the past few years, and that's why I decided to bring it up—because I think it is an important category for judging speech that has been largely forgotten. Certainly, I do not think that "insinuating that leaders are willing to gamble away lives for political gain" is necessarily sedition. For it may be true, as perhaps in many recent wars (though I would tend to think that the leaders in question were largely in the grip of self-deception, rather than consciously choosing to sacrifice lives merely for political gain). Truth is the ultimate defense against charges of unacceptable speech, and the reason I was willing to use such a strong word in this case was the patent ridiculousness of the charges in question here. But I see that perhaps I do need to say more about when it is and isn't justified in principle to undermine the authority of rulers, and how we can tell the difference, since I obviously think that it is at times quite justified, and indeed a Christian duty, and at other times, such as this, wicked and dangerous. In any case, I would repeat the proviso I gave above—that I'm certainly not calling for governments to start prosecuting seditious speech on a large scale again, as the dangers of abuse of power, and of misdistinguishing "sedition" and legitimate protest, are just too great.
What do you think about public education? Do you support taxes for public schools? I'm pondering a bond vote here in a major ISD in the states myself. It would raise $1.9B. Not asking about that specically but your thoughts on public school in general as being worthwhile.


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How to Check Your GPU Temperature
Faisal Nawaz
When it comes to gaming computers, the graphics card, also known as the GPU, is one of the most crucial components, and it's critical to monitor its temperatures on a regular basis to ensure that it lasts as long as possible. When it comes to its decay, temperature is the most important issue to consider, and you want it to last as long as possible — especially in today's market, where even the top graphics cards aren't cheap.
Fortunately, keeping an eye on its temps isn't difficult and can be achieved in a matter of minutes with the aid of a few simple instruments. However, there are a few more considerations to bear in mind, so let's get started.
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1 How to Check Your GPU's temperature
3.1 How do I check my GPU temp Windows 10?
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3.3 What is a safe GPU temp?
How to Check Your GPU's temperature
Using Windows Task Manager and selecting the Performance tab is by far the quickest and most convenient way to monitor your GPU's temperature in Windows 10. You'll see your GPU mentioned at the bottom of the list, with its temperature between the brackets (see below). This tool may be used to monitor your GPU temperature when it is under a severe gaming load to ensure that it is working at or very close to 100 percent efficiency.
However, this is not the most effective method because it is tough to monitor in-game. Due to the fact that the GPU temperature lowers quickly when you Alt + Tab out of a game, you will not be able to observe a live reading like this without using an additional display. As a result, it is impossible to tell what your GPU's temperature is like when playing a game.
However, there is another tool that you may prefer that is included into the Nvidia GPU drivers, and AMD's GPUs also feature a utility that is comparable to this one. Make sure you have GeForce Experience installed and that you are logged in before you can access Nvidia's overlay. The sophisticated performance monitor may be found in the corner of your choice if you use Alt + Z to activate the overlay in-game, then click the Cog icon on the right to configure it. It will look similar to the one above, with the GPU temperature shown on the fourth line from the bottom.
As well as an in-game overlay for monitoring hardware, AMD's GPUs have a slew of third-party monitoring tools such as HWiNFO and MSI Afterburner, as well as Evga's Precision X1.
How do I check my GPU temp Windows 10?
Right-click on the Windows desktop and select Radeon Settings. From there, navigate to Gaming > Global Settings > Global Wattman to complete the configuration. After making a promise to yourself that you will not blow up your graphics card if you use the programme to do a crazy overclock, you will be granted access to Wattman, which displays GPU temperature and other critical information in graph form. Done!
Is 70 degrees Celsius hot for a GPU?
The usual operating temperature for a basic GPU is 70 degrees Celsius. While 70 degrees is pretty hot, it is not so hot that you begin to be concerned about being too hot. Anything over this level, on the other hand, is cause for alarm. According to us, the ideal temperature ranges between 50 and 60 degrees Celsius, while 70 degrees Celsius is also acceptable.
What is a safe GPU temp?
What is the typical operating temperature of a GPU? Under regular use settings, such as when gaming, ideal GPU temperatures vary from 65 to 85 degrees Celsius (149 to 185 degrees Fahrenheit). However, depending on the brand and type of your GPU, your precise operating temperatures may differ from these averages.
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AJ's E3 2019 Roundup
Well, the 2019 Electronic Entertainment Expo wrapped up a few days ago and it was definitely a memorable one for quite a few reasons. There was plenty of exciting news from the world of video games, as well as the typical head-scratcher or two. As with most E3s, there were far too many games shown and announcements made to possibly be able to cover everything in a single post, so I went ahead and condensed it down to a more easily digestible dozen for you. So without further ado, here are the top 12 highlights I have selected that were either unveiled or reconfirmed at the event.
by AJ Amideo
There's something you should probably know about me before we dive into this review. I grew up a Sega kid. While my friends were all playing their Nintendos and Super Nintendos, I was cutting my proverbial gaming teeth with the Master System and Genesis. As you might expect, this led to me quickly becoming a pretty avid Sega enthusiast, as I still am today. Granted, as time went on, I came to eventually love Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft as well, but deep down, my heart still beats for Sega.
It should come as no surprise, then, that when Sumo Digital's 2010 masterpiece, Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing, came out, I consumed it with a ravenous hunger; and it was good. So good, in fact, that I actually consider it to be one of my favorite games of all time. For my money, it beats all others - I'm not just talking about copycat cart racers, the Mario Kart games as well. Some may disagree with that statement, but I will happily and convincingly tell them why they are wrong.
Sumo Digital's 2012 follow-up, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, was also a thoroughly enjoyable affair, but it came nowhere close to reaching the lofty heights of greatness as the criminally-underrated original. It had exciting things to offer, sure (new fan favorite all-stars, amazing new stages, a cool transformation mechanic), but the graphics were lacking a bit by comparison and the gameplay was plagued by some pretty awful rubber-banding that unfortunately couldn't be turned off (unlike in the first game). It just seemed to lack the same level of care and attention to detail as the original. Which brings us, now, to the third entry in the series...
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Hoot Hoot! Where my Owls at? Do they know what you're playing this weekend? Is it Red Dead Redemption 2 like the rest of the world? You sheeple, you're no Owls! You're a bunch of Sheep in Cowboy's clothing that's what you are. Us Owl folk know this.
by Cody Hall
Review: Dragon Ball FighterZ
In the late summer of 1998, Cartoon Network began airing episodes of an obscure (in the US at the time) nine-year-old anime series called Dragon Ball Z. The show was an immediate hit. In fact, so immense was its popularity, that it nearly single-handedly brought anime (and manga) into the mainstream in America. When I was introduced to the series in the early autumn of '99, I was instantly hooked. Watching DBZ became a daily afternoon ritual with my buddy at the time. And I didn't stop there. Over the next few years I amassed a small collection of Dragon Ball Z paraphernalia including t-shirts, posters, action figures, and even VHS tapes and DVDs.
The first licensed video game to come out following the show's US debut was the Dimps-developed fighting game, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai. After it came to the GameCube in 2003, I pretty much jumped at the chance to try it out. After all, if there ever existed a property just screaming for a truly awesome fighting game adaptation, it was Dragon Ball Z. Sadly, however, Dimps wasn't quite up to the task.
Budokai was a bit of a let down. It didn't really do proper justice to the series. Despite this fact (and the tepid reviews), Dimps was allowed to go right on churning out a slew of lackluster, half-hearted sequels, year after year, for well over a decade. With so many titles that lacked even so much as a hint of additional effort or enthusiasm from Dimps, and no sign of a developer change on the horizon, it seemed like Dragon Ball Z was doomed to an eternity of uninspired shovelware video games.
Review: Sonic Mania
In 1994, after years of jealously playing Sega Genesis games at other people's houses (Sonic the Hedgehog, in particular), I finally decided to plunk down the allowance I'd managed to save up and buy the system for myself. I only took two games home with me that day and they were both Sonic titles, Sonic Spinball (a pack-in game that was included with the system) and Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Despite the fact that Sonic 2 had already been available for two years by that point, I hadn't actually had the opportunity to play it yet, myself.
When I got home and popped it into my shiny new Genesis, I was mesmerized. Seeing that beautiful Emerald Hill Zone level was just like the first time I had seen the Green Hill Zone from Sonic 1, a few years earlier. Both times, I was blown away. The first Sonic game had turned the gaming world completely upside down, and the second, not only managed to recapture that same magic, but improve on it enough to stand on its own. But while the other great Sonic games from those Genesis days (Sonic 3, Sonic CD, and Sonic & Knuckles) were all more or less equally good, none of those games could really manage to pull off quite that same awe-inspiring first impression.
In the time since those 2-D glory days, many other Sonic games have come to many other consoles. Many have come in 3-D, some in 2, and some have even featured a mix of both; and while certain titles may have been arguably better than others, not one of them has even come close to reaching the lofty heights of the originals. None of them, that is, until now...
The Surge: Itch Scratching For Souls players – A Review From Scroo
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Well boys and girls it's almost the 2nd Month of the Year, which means its time to play four games in your backlog that you haven't finished yet! In Other words, its Time for 4 In February!!!
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Darksiders Warmastered Edition: Coming [Not Quite as] Soon – Update
Alright so I guess I'm late to the party here but after much anticipation of the Warmastered Edition's release date tomorrow (the 25th of October) it turns out there's been a delay.
According to THQ Nordic, they'll be pushing back the release until November 29th for PC and November 22nd for console. Unfortunately there were no reasons given for the push back but it looks like we'll have to wait another month to jump back into War's Story.
My original article can still be read below, and you can bet that I'm still excited for this one.
Original Article Oct. 13th
You guys know I really like Darksiders from my review of Darksiders 2: Dethinitive Edition that I did did a few months back right? Well, not terribly long ago Nordic Games also announced the remaster of the original Darksiders called the Darksiders: Warmastered Edition, and it's live on October 25th.
I'll certainly be picking this one up. Darksiders was a killer title when it came out and it was one of the first games I got when I built my PC back in 2011. I'm really excited for this one especially if it's anywhere near as good as the last remaster Nordic did for the series.
The Warmastered Edition will be available for PS4 and Xbox One, boasting 1080p at 60 fps. There will also be a Wii U version that will be capped at 30 fps. For those of us who flex our PC muscles, we'll get up to 4k resolution and lots of additional video and control options. All versions of the game will be treated to improved textures and post processing as well as better shadows etc. There won't be any new content but it should still be vastly improved over the original Darksiders, and that's ok with me -I'm very important.
We'll get all the improvements and badassery one would expect from a current gen remaster for the so good price of $20. I can't wait to see how it is and write extensively about it in one of my all too long reviews that I occasionally bore you all with. Of course the rumor mill is still churning with speculation that these remasters are in fact a test for the audience reception of a possible Darksiders 3. One can only hope.
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Witcher 3: Blood and Wine is Closely Approaching – Updated May 31st Release Date Announced
Original Posting: May 3rd
Well guys, CD Projekt Red is releasing the newest and final expansion for Witcher 3 pretty soon. It was originally stated that it would arrive in the first half of 2016. I for one am looking very forward to it and I've been holding off on playing the Hearts of Stone expansion because I want to go back to back on both stories. More information is coming on May 10th and I'll try to update this article as soon as I learn more.
This latest expansion is called Blood and Wine, and it will take Geralt and Roach to the seemingly peaceful lands of Toussaint; a place where the war has yet to reach, but hides a "bloody secret". Toussaint is said to be as big as all of the Skellige Isles combined and promises to provide us fans with an addition 20 hours of play time with new creatures and quests and even a new Gwent deck.
Blood and Wine will mark the finale of the Witcher as a whole and it looks to be as fine a way to do so as any. Speaking of series finales, this one will probably be one of the only things that gets me away from Dark Souls 3 for a while, until it's expansion content comes around later this year anyway.
It'll be released on all supported platforms at the same time, thank god, no bullshit timed exclusivity purchase that comes with a useless hat or some such nonsense. Now to wait for Cyberpunk 2077 and see if Yoda0vgs and I have speculated correctly that Ciri has some involvement there.
Update: May 10th
The official release date for Blood and Wine is confirmed to be May 31st. It's also said that this final expansion will add an extra 30 hours to the game, approximately, through the main and side quest lines. You can also expect to a new "point of interest" system and it sounds like Geralt will even get a house to live in.
Of course if you own the Witcher 3 season pass, you'll just get your copy when it's released at the end of this month. If you didn't participate in a season pass, then you can buy a digital copy separately for $19.99. Or if you prefer, you'll also be able to get ahold of a physical copy for $29.99 that will include the Northern Realms and Nilfgaard, Gwent decks along with a game guide and Gwent tokens to use while you play. The physical copy is supposedly a limited edition so grab one while you can I suppose, even though I'm fairly sure the chances of running out of boxed copies is slim.
This is supposed to be Geralt's last Witcher game. Maybe that means some time in the future we'll see Ciri get her own Witcher title, maybe? Or perhaps it's over forever. In any case it's been a blast and I for one have been looking forward to Blood and Wine since I first heard about it. Gonna be great I'm sure.
Here's a quick teaser to get your Witcher Senses tingling.
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Q: JPOS Q2 initialization using Tomcat6 We are using jpos with Q2 with one of our webapp deployed on tomcat6 and it was all good. Now we have to implemented another jpos application using q2 stuff but when we deployed it on the same tomcat6 server, it didn't load the objects, e.g. QMUX, ChannelAdaptor etc. I noticed following exception in tomcat output log
javax.management.InstanceAlreadyExistsException: Q2:type=system,service=loader
    at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.Repository.addMBean(Repository.java:453)
    at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.internal_addObject(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:1484)
    at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.registerDynamicMBean(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:963)
    at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.registerObject(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:917)
    at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.registerMBean(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:312)
    at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.registerMBean(JmxMBeanServer.java:482)
    at org.jpos.q2.Q2.run(Q2.java:150)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)

You can see the source of exception is Q2 class and when I downloaded the source I noticed following piece of the code in run method.
ArrayList mbeanServerList = MBeanServerFactory.findMBeanServer(null);
if (mbeanServerList.isEmpty()) {
    server  = MBeanServerFactory.createMBeanServer (JMX_NAME);
} else {
    server = (MBeanServer) mbeanServerList.get(0);
}

So I decided to include jpos source code into the project replace the above code with following (note commented code) and everything start working as expected.
//ArrayList mbeanServerList = MBeanServerFactory.findMBeanServer(null);
//if (mbeanServerList.isEmpty()) {
    server  = MBeanServerFactory.createMBeanServer (JMX_NAME);
//} else {
//    server = (MBeanServer) mbeanServerList.get(0);
//}

Please note that in modified code I am no longer testing whether we already have MBeanServer available or not just create new one.
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Now the problem is I am not exactly sure what I am dealing with no idea what MBeanServer is for as my background is .Net. So the question is; is it safe to go with above change into the production?

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Bournemouth sell Ramsdale
By paul moy, August 16, 2020 in Main Discussion - Norwich City
paul moy 206
Fee agreed for goalkeeper to Sheff Utd for 18.5 m.
South Sider 76
That would seem to end the pursuit of Henderson then.
Shame in a way, I hope Henderson gets time at Old Trafford, or a different move away. Very talented young English keeper.
It's in Henderson's hands. He signed his contract.
There are times when it's better to turn down short term pay rise for a long term benefit. Footballers, especially goalkeepers, who do not get game time can easily ruin a career.
Yellow and Green 111
18 million.
Another transfer that puts Liverpool's derisory bid into perspective.
Maybe time to move on and get over it though
I'm sure another club will come in for him. United can't realistically have Henderson and Romero on the bench.
Good business for B'mouth though - 18 million for a GK, when they have Travers ready to step up.
Almost 60 million pounds worth of talent sold already (which is needed, I know).
DraytonBoy 9
Sheff Utd sold him to Bournemouth just three years ago for £1 million and have now paid £18 million to buy him back, beyond crazy.
wcorkcanary 1,742
20 minutes ago, DraytonBoy said:
Not quite as crazy as Pogba, out for 850K, back in for 85 million !!!
A Load of Squit 1,322
It would've been more but Shefffield Utd had a sell on clause when they sold him to Bournemouth so they got that back as a discount.
cambridgeshire canary 554
Absoloute firesale for Bournmouth- At least they don't have to worry about money.. Just have to worry about the squad now
keelansgrandad 1,737
Wasn't he always Norman Wisdom's boss in the movies
king canary 2,044
1 hour ago, Yellow Wal said:
I imavine Henderson sees this season as his best shot at winning the job at Man U. De Gea has had an awful end to this season so a strong pre season could give Henderson a real shot.
56 minutes ago, cambridgeshire canary said:
Two players sold is not a firesale, they also got very good prices for them, they didn't want to sell the keeper but Ramsdale wanted to go back to Sheffield & the Premier League.
A fire sale is the sale of goods at extremely discounted prices. The term originated in reference to the sale of goods at a heavy discount due to fire damage. It may or may not be defined as a closeout, the final sale of goods to zero inventory. They are said to occur in the financial markets when bidders who value assets highly are prevented from bidding on them, depressing the average selling price below what it otherwise would be.
1 hour ago, keelansgrandad said:
That was Grimsdale.
Will Dance For Chocolate 14
2 hours ago, A Load of Squit said:
Reports from our local journalists indicate that it's £18.5m excluding the sell-on so the price is the equivalent of selling for £21m to another club. For a keeper that's very good money and so I can understand why the club accepted, especially after the player told the club he wanted to go. No point hanging onto a player that wants to be somewhere else when the right money is on the table. It's a little muddled whether the sell-on clause was negotiated away or simply not applicable under the terms of the original deal because he didn't move on to a third club instead going back to Sheffield Unitued. Whatever the reason though, it's a fair old whack.
From the Sheff Utd side, reports there indicate they've leveraged the money still owed for Brooks towards the fee so doesn't take such a big slice out of the transfer budget for this season. So could be seen as a good deal for them as well.
FenwayFrank 931
Bill 1,454
2 hours ago, cambridgeshire canary said:
errr, that's not wiped out the £100m debt
the £79m owed out=n on transfer payments
and the £110 wage bill
they've a long, long way to go yet........ LI most likely
To save more money, may I present B'mouth's new keeper
39 minutes ago, Will Dance For Chocolate said:
well well, so they do owe money of transfer fees
and the local paper has
'A deal worth £18.5million is understood to have been accepted, which includes a 15 per cent sell-on clause that Sheffield United inserted into their sale of Ramsdale more than three years ago. '
I suspect Demin will see this as his last chance to get money back so a fair chunk will head his way
Expect more out of the door in the next week or so
Jersey Canary 29
2 hours ago, keelansgrandad said:
Mr Grimsdale!
29 minutes ago, FenwayFrank said:
Didn't think humour was allowed on here.
Yorkshire Canary 109
Now that is what i call a good bit of business by Bournmouth. Buy a player for £1m have the use of him for 3 years and then sell him back to the same club for over £18m wow
13 minutes ago, Bill said:
Once again you ignore all the stuff that people post that contradicts your point of view, pretending it was never mentioned. Where did I say no money was owed? If you go back I said the Ake transfer gave us room to demand full value for other transfers. Exactly in the way we rejected Sheff Utds first bid and forced them to pay top dollar.
As for the fee, this is from a journalist that has a very good inside track to the club:
You might also want to read this one as well:
I also said a number of other outgoing transfers would almost definitely being happening. However, to reiterate let me say again we fully expect Wilson (wants to try and get in the England squad for the Euros but I think it's a forlorn hope. I can understand his desire though), King (one year left on his contract) and Lerma (not sure which side the pressure is coming from here but it's been widely tipped he'll leave) to all depart before the window shuts. So when they go they aren't further evidence of anything beyond what we expected to happen happening.
After this post I'm not being drawn into another pointless discussion with you as your view of the world is bizarre. Your quoting June 2019 salary figures as if they are the same now despite all the evidence to the contrary can only be answered by quoting June 2019 figures back. We've got nothing to worry about as the same accounts that you're so fond of show well over £100m in tv revenue. I won't be responding to you further until you start to acknowledge the world in which everyone else is living. Enjoy your fantasy!
oh dear, you aren't too bright are you
£110 wage bill is not a one off, which can be paid off by one TV payment
there is no evidence that it would have decreased last season
So AFCB would have a bill of roughly that amount going into the coming season, only with around £60m plus less from the TV as parachute payments. Unless you have some bizarre notion that tv money is paid at the end of the season
Opinions of 'journalists; are that, opinions. Not evidence.
But thanks for spending so much time on a non connected forum when your fans will no doubt be spitting feathers
As to players leaving you posted up your team for next season, which included Ramsdale. Anyone else from that team you might think will also now go ?
TheGoogler 141
1 hour ago, Bill said:
Oh Bill. I wouldn't be calling people dim if I were you.
I also wouldn't be throwing out figures about another club as if you've read their accounts forensically and then try to snidely have a go at someone else for coming on another club's forum. You've clearly spent a bit too much time looking at Bournemouth in the hope of some massive collapse, for some reason.
Edited August 16, 2020 by TheGoogler
err no
anyone who thinks that TV money is paid at the end of the season is in my opinion dim
30 secs looking at AFCBs 2018/19 would show to most why there are now up shtcreek
but thanks for reading my posr, not many are as diligent as you Mr Goolie
6 minutes ago, TheGoogler said:
I also wouldn't be throwing out figures about another club as if you've read their accounts forensically and then try to snidely have a go at someone else for coming on another club's forum. You've clearly spent a bit too much looking at Bournemouth in the hope of some massive collapse, for some reason.
Oh, I can see his reply now you've quoted it.
It's really odd how he wants us to keep paying the salaries of the players we've sold or that are out of contract. Does he think you're still having to pay James Maddison's salary? Seems like a poor deal if you do. I even listed those players for him before.
As for no evidence of reductions, well you can say that about any club until the accounts come out. Unless payslips or contracts leak. Or you can rely on the journalists that report with frequently accurate reports about the club and so clearly have someone whispering in their ear. I wouldn't have a clue which of the local journalists that report on Norwich are reliable like that but I would guess people that post here do. Or you can stick your fingers in your ears and go 'lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala'.
The irony of quoting a news report trying to use it as if it's fact and then a few posts later saying you can't rely on journalists reports.
Anyone in the team I listed could be sold if their valuation is met and they want to move. The same as for Norwich. The same as at any club. If you go back and read the post with the team on it I even said that at the time. I'm not yet convinced by Travers so hope we can get in a decent replacement but if the manager wants to back him as the number one of course I'm happy to give him a chance.
As for why I'm here, well I usually post on a couple of other club's forums each season. The relegation means a change of scenery and I've always kind of liked Norwich so thought I'd add a bit here. Until the season kicks off all I've got to offer is stuff about AFCB but we'll see when the matches start. Most places usually appreciate a different point of view. Most places usually have an oddball that you end up having to ignore despite trying to reason with them at the start.
so nothing that refutes anything I have said
but plenty of misrepresentation to cover up his errors, for the record I never stated
he wants us to keep paying the salaries of the players we've sold
quoting a news report trying to use it as if it's fact
no comment from me about that report I just added it to the mix
You did comment on who you felt would leave, Ramsdale was not one, which suggests that your grasp off what is happening is clouded by a delusion that AFCB is some wonder club with a fairy tale story, rather than another silly little club who have overspent and now face the reckoning
and you dont even see the obvious consequences of having already cut the wage bill - the diminution of the squad
sgncfc 431
Good business by Bournemouth so far; almost £60m raised and potentially another £60m+ to come with Wilson, King and Brooks all mentioned as leaving. They've also got rid of Fraser and several others already so that is quite a chunk off that wagebill. Will be interesting to see who they buy as to whether they will be strong next year - new manager and mostly a new squad may take some time to bed in.
Indy_Bones 301
So he didn't see a deal coming for Ramsdale - so what?
It's blatantly obvious that they're in a tough position as a club and that quite a few players would be leaving either for financial reasons or for not wanting to play in the Champs when they can easily get a move to another PL club.
What's going to be interesting is to see exactly how many leave, at what price, and how they can rebuild afterwards with a basically unproven manager.
I think they're on a hiding to nothing tbh, the key players will be gone, there isn't the money there (at present) to bring in anywhere near similar level replacements, and it may even be tough for them to stay in the Champs, never mind try to get back up immediately.
Point being however is that a fan of a different club has come on here for a bit of debate, isn't acting like a complete tool, and is bothering to make sensible posts detailing their position and showing greater knowledge of their club that most of us have about Bournemouth, so there's absolutely no reason to be so abrasive in the responses, nor start name calling or other unnecessary behaviour.
2 minutes ago, Indy_Bones said:
Give this man a trophy


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Maryland Federal Court Upholds Contractual Indemnity Clause and Awards Judgment Interest and Attorneys Fees in Masonry Suit
Skanska USA Building, Inc. v. J.D. Long Masonry, Inc., No. 1:16-cv-00933, 2019 BL 336852, (D. Md. Sept. 9, 2019)
Anthony V. Finizio
On September 9, 2019, a Maryland federal court awarded Skanska USA Building, Inc. ("Skanska") compensatory damages, pre- and post-judgment interest, and litigation expenses including attorney and expert fees in its suit against subcontractor J.D. Long Masonry, Inc. ("Long") for defective masonry work at a Johns Hopkins University research facility.
According to the decision, in 2004 the National Institutes of Health hired New Jersey-based Skanska as the general contractor on a project to build a biomedical research facility on Johns Hopkins' Maryland campus. In turn, Skanska subcontracted with Long to construct a masonry facade for the research facility. In April 2013, a portion of the facade collapsed as a result of Long's deficient work prompting Skanska to retain third-party C.A. Lindman, Inc. ("Lindman") to remediate the damage. Skanska subsequently brought a one-count complaint against Long seeking monetary damages for breach of the subcontract.
After granting summary judgment on the issue of liability, the court turned to Skanska's motion seeking (i) compensatory damages; (ii) pre- and post-judgment interest; and (iii) litigation costs including attorney and expert fees per the indemnification provision in the subcontract:
Article 30.1: "[T]he Subcontractor shall indemnify, defend and hold Skanska . . . harmless from all claims, loss, costs and expenses (including attorney's fees and disbursements), whether arising before or after completion of the Subcontractor's Work, caused by, arising out of, resulting from, or occurring in connection with, the performance of the work by the Subcontractor. . . ."
Skanska's requested compensatory damages consisted of two components, including fees due directly to Lindman for restoration of the facade along with more general costs incurred administering and overseeing the restoration contract. The court upheld the broad indemnification clause in Article 30.1 of the subcontract and granted both categories of damages concluding that in light of the indemnity provision, "no reasonable factfinder could find for Long on the issue of compensatory damages."
The court next addressed Skanska's claims for pre- and post-judgment interest. While post-judgment interest was summarily granted, the court rejected Skanska's suggested pre-judgment interest award and instead applied the Maryland statutory pre-judgment rate of 6% only to those restoration fees paid directly to Lindman accruing on the date Skanska actually made the contract payments.
In rejecting Skanska's request for pre-judgment interest on its more general administrative costs, the court noted that these costs were at no point fixed and immediately payable at any time prior to judgment and therefore not the type of liquidated costs typically entitling a party to pre-judgment interest. Furthermore, the court observed that most of these expenses constituted employee salaries and overhead which Skanska would have incurred regardless of Long's breach, and that Skanska therefore suffered no obvious loss of income use by paying these costs for the Lindman restoration as opposed to another project. Finally, the court rejected Skanska's request to accrue pre-judgment interest on the entire value of the Lindman restoration contract beginning the day the contract was executed. Instead, the court adopted Long's suggested "check-by-check" approach, finding that interest would accrue only for those sums already paid to Lindman beginning on the date Skanska actually made the payment.
Turning to Skanska's claim for litigation costs, the court found that Skanska's fees for both an expert investigation of the building facade collapse and an expert accounting of its resulting damages were proper "expenses" arising out of Long's breach of the subcontract and awarded these expert fees under Article 30.1. The court then addressed Skanska's request for legal fees, and upheld the subcontract's express provision for indemnification of attorneys' fees. Notably, the court declined Long's invitation to find Skanska's legal fees – reduced from $454,000 to $346,000 under the court's published schedule for hourly rates – unreasonable in light of a two and a half year delay in the proceedings. The court found that even if the lengthy delay were entirely attributable to Skanska as suggested by Long, it could find no evidence that the litigation strategy or hours worked were unreasonable.
To view the full text of the court's decision, courtesy of Bloomberg Law, click here.
October 18, 2019 J.D. Long Masonry, Johns Hopkins University, Lindman Inc., Skanska USA Building Inc.
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Take your animals for a winter check-up before winter kicks in.
Keep your pets inside as much as you can when the mercury drops. If you have to take them out, stay outside with them. When you're cold enough to go inside, they probably are too.
If you absolutely must leave them outside for a significant length of time, make sure they have a warm, solid shelter against the wind, thick bedding, and plenty of non-frozen water. Try leaving out a hot water bottle, wrapped in a towel so it won't burn your pet's skin. Some animals can remain outside safely longer in the winter than others.
In some cases, it's just common sense: long-haired breeds like Huskies will do better in cold weather than short-haired breeds like Dachshunds. Cats and small dogs that have to wade shoulder-deep in the snow will feel the cold sooner than larger animals. Your pet's health will also affect how long she can stay out.
Animals that are not generally in good health shouldn't be exposed to winter weather for a long period of time. Conditions like diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease, and hormonal imbalances can compromise a pet's ability to regulate her own body heat.. Very young and very old animals are vulnerable to the cold as well.
No pets should stay outside for unlimited amounts of time in freezing cold weather. If you have any questions about how long your pet should be out this winter, ask your veterinarian.
Cats will curl up against almost anything to stay warm--including car engines. Before you turn your engine on, check beneath the car or make a lot of noise by honking the horn or rapping on the hood.
It's a good idea to have your furnace checked for carbon monoxide leakage before you turn it on, both for your pets' health and your own. Carbon monoxide is odorless and invisible, but it can cause problems ranging from headaches and fatigue to trouble breathing. Pets generally spend more time in the home than owners, particularly in the winter, so they are more vulnerable to carbon monoxide poisoning than the rest of the family.
Pets that go outside can pick up rock salt, ice, and chemical ice melts in their foot pads. To keep your pet's pads from getting chapped and raw, wipe her feet with a washcloth when she comes inside. This will also keep her from licking the salt off her feet, which could cause an inflammation of her digestive tract. If left alone outside, dogs and cats can be very resourceful in their search for warm shelter.
Provide them with quality, easily accessible shelter. They can dig into snow banks or hide under porches or in dumpsters, window wells, or cellars, and they can occasionally get trapped. Watch them closely when they are loose outdoors, and Keep an eye on your pet's water.
Sometimes owners don't realize that a water bowl has frozen and their pet can't get anything to drink. Animals that don't have access to clean, unfrozen water are more likely to drink out of puddles or gutters, which can be polluted with oil, antifreeze, household cleaners, and other chemicals.
Be particularly gentle with elderly and arthritic pets during the winter. The cold can leave their joints extremely stiff and tender, and they may become more awkward than usual. Stay directly below these pets when they are climbing stairs or jumping onto furniture; consider modifying their environment to make it easier for them to get around. Make sure they have a thick, soft bed in a warm room for the chilly nights. Also, watch stiff and arthritic pets if you walk them outside; a bad slip on the ice could be very painful and cause a significant injury. Pets lose most of their body heat from the pads of their feet, their ears, and their respiratory tract. The best way to guard your animals against the cold is keeping a close eye on them to make sure they're comfortable. When you're outside with your pets during the winter, you can watch them for signs of discomfort with the cold. If they whine, shiver, seem anxious, slow down or stop moving, or start to look for warm places to burrow, they're saying they want to get back someplace warm.
You can also keep an eye out for two serious conditions caused by cold weather.
The first and less common of the two is frostbite. Frostbite happens when an animal's (or a person's) body gets cold and pulls all the blood from the extremities to the center of the body to stay warm. The animal's ears, paws, or tail can get cold enough that ice crystals can form in the tissue and damage it. The tricky thing about frostbite is that it's not immediately obvious. The tissue doesn't show signs of the damage to it for several days. If you suspect your pet may have frostbite, bring her into a warm environment right away. You can soak her extremities in warm water for about 20 minutes to melt the ice crystals and restore circulation. It's important that you don't rub the frostbitten tissue, however--the ice crystals can do a lot of damage to the tissue. Once your pet is warm, wrap her up in some blankets and take her to the veterinarian. Your veterinarian can assess the damage and treat your pet for pain or infection if necessary.
Hypothermia, or a body temperature that is below normal, is a condition that occurs when an animal is not able to keep her body temperature from falling below normal. It happens when animals spend too much time in cold temperatures, or when animals with poor health or circulation are exposed to cold. In mild cases, animals will shiver and show signs of depression, lethargy, and weakness. As the condition progresses, an animal's muscles will stiffen, her heart and breathing rates will slow down, and she will stop responding to stimuli. If you notice these symptoms, you need to get your pet warm and take her to your veterinarian. You can wrap her in blankets, possibly with a hot water bottle or an electric blanket--as always, wrapped in fabric to prevent against burning the skin. In severe cases, your veterinarian can monitor her heart rate and blood pressure and give warm fluids through an IV. Winter can be a beautiful time of year. It can be a dangerous time as well, but it certainly doesn't have to be. If you take some precautions, you and your pet can have a fabulous time taking in the icicles, the snow banks, and the warm, glowing fire at the end of the day.
Temperatures are soaring into the 90s and 100s and such intense heat is not only dangerous for humans but for pets as well. The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) offers a few tips to protect pets during summer heat waves. Cars are potential death traps during the hot summer months because inside temperatures can quickly climb to more than 120 degrees Farenheit on even a mild sunny day. It's best to leave your pet at home while running errands during hot weather. If your pet lives outdoors, make sure there is adequate shelter for protection from the midday sun and heat. Outdoor kennels should be well-ventilated and in a shaded area. There should always be some shade for the pet to get out of the sun. Also, make sure there is plenty of fresh drinking water available to your pet. The bowl should be placed in a shaded area where it cannot be heated by the sun. Exercise is important, but overexertion during hot weather commonly causes heat stress. Avoid excessive exercise during hot days. And, keep your pet well-groomed. Long hair and hair mats may need to be clipped to help cool the animal.
Going Camping This Summer? Don't Forget to Pack For Your Pet!
Following is a list of practical items to pack on your trips. Store these items out of the sun in waterproof packs or bags, clean tackle boxes, or similar latching boxes. Out on the trail, carry only emergency items like an extra leash, bandages and tape, and tweezers. Don't forget to pack drinking water and snacks for your pets, too! Leave the rest stored safely back at camp or in the car.
You've heard of it, you knew it affected people, and you were even vaguely aware that it could affect your pet. But how does it happen? And most important, how can you help your pet avoid it? Heatstroke is a deadly disease that can kill your beloved companion, even with emergency treatment. The best way to avoid this terrible situation is prevention, and it's all up to you.
Cracking the windows doesn't cut it.
Their lives are in your hands!
Heatstroke is a medical emergency. If you suspect your pet has heatstroke (see "Signs of Heatstroke," above), you must act quickly and calmly. Have someone call a veterinarian immediately. In the meantime, lower the animal's body temperature by applying towels soaked in cool water to the hairless areas of the body. Often the pet will respond after only a few minutes of cooling, only to falter again with his temperature soaring back up or falling to well below what is normal. With this in mind, remember that it is imperative to get the animal to a veterinarian immediately. Once your pet is in the veterinarian's care, treatment may include further cooling techniques, intravenous fluid therapy to counter shock, or medication to prevent or reverse brain damage.


Vintage "Mickey, Inc" Rare original Mickey Mouse Limited Edition All- Leather Jacket with large Mickey Mouse face covering entire back and the words "Mickey Mouse" down the sleeve.
Search the entire Internet and you won't find it anywhere ! It's THAT rare !
Jacket Never worn. In perfect condition.
I do not send by post. I live in Copenhagen.


Employers need to be very careful in how they contract in services. Major issues have been seen with General Practitioners and locums. Locums were traditionally contracted as contractors offering services. However Revenue has now ruled that they are deemed to be – in the majority of cases –employees – not contractors.
Also, a vetinary practice went to the Supreme Court under the Social Welfare Act stating that the vets had set themselves up as sole traders working within a practice. The Supreme Court held that they were employees.
In a recent ruling in the Employee Appeals Tribunal – 'if they walk like an employee, talk and sound like an employee' – then they are very probably AN EMPLOYEE!


Pascal is often an overlooked or even disregarded language. I know I can't change that, but I can help you to learn and understand Pascal. Pascal is a great language to learn, and rather easy too. It reads nicely, and most of the semantics make perfect sense. I want to embark on a short journey to teach you Pascal, starting with Hello World, and ending with much more complicated application, yet to be determined. This is mainly due to the lack of my creativity.
You should then be presented the "Project Wizard" Dialog Window. Select New Project.
This will bring up the "Create a new project" dialog window. Here we need to select Program under the Project types list on the left of the window. This is a standard CLI application without any additional "helper" libraries, which will just serve to confuse a newcomer to Pascal.
Congratulations. We have a skeleton of an application. It will compile and run. However, it will do nothing. Let's change that by taking the existing code and adding our own instructions into the "Main" and get it to print "Hello World"
Now that we have the skeleton of our application, modify the source; adding a new line between 13 and 14 (begin & end.) with the following code.
It is finally time to compile and run your new program. You can quickly do this by pressing F9. At which time you will be prompted to save the file on your computer. I strongly recommend, you create a new folder somewhere on your computer for each project/program you create. Even though this program is only 1 file, it will help keep you sane.
Once you have saved your project, and ran it. you should expect to see something flash on the computer screen. Followed by a message box saying the "execution stopped". Don't worry, be happy, this is completely expected. to get your application to stay visible, we can simply add the following line to the program, just before the line (end.).
This will cause the program to wait until we press Return or Enter to exit.
That is just about all there is to creating a Hello World program with FreePascal and Lazarus.


We all madly waited for this song, the moment when the DDLJ jodi will come back in the aura which they rule and after Suraj Hua Madham they were back after years with 'Gerua', the pictures drove us crazy while the song made us spellbound and speechless. But shooting this wasn't easy, nothing about this song was east, people's expectation, Shah Rukh Khan-Kajol 'the symbol of romance', from lyrics to dance to shooting everything just brought a new challenge.
Here are the story behind the song and the unknown facts which bring your heart out!
Before all will start with one line 'It's not VFX, everything is real and if you don't believe than do watch the 'Making' (link mentioned at the end of article) and for further you can Google the words like 'Black Beach Island' and 'Northern Lights'.
1) Shah Rukh Khan almost lost his life!
While shooting under the waterfall sequence, King Khan lost his balance and it was Kajol who saved his Life and thus you will find SRK saying "I owe my life too you"; must say He just can't stop getting romantic in any situation.


The holiday season is a time to build lifelong memories with your family. The giving and the gathering, the rituals that connect us to one another and the past…Traditions help you bond and reconnect with loved ones, friends, and neighbors. Through the generations, these Holiday rituals can be refreshed, reinvented, or created new. With the holidays upon us, we have a complete list of traditions to inspire your own holiday memories and make the season a little brighter!
Traditions Make traditional dishes for your holiday meals that include foods from your culture or foods you ate growing up. Ask for recipes from relatives to keep your family food traditions alive. Organize a cookie-baking party and ask everyone to bring their favorite holiday cookie recipe. Invite friends and family, or a group of your kids' friends. Make the same entree for Christmas Eve (such as a gumbo) and Christmas Day (ham or turkey) every year. Or, make it a tradition to cook up something different every year. Make Thanksgiving or Christmas a potluck. Make a feast list, and get sign-ups from family members. Make a gingerbread house with your family. Buy a pre-made set, or start from scratch.
Get a handful of friends together and go caroling. You'll be surprised by how well received your singing group is, even if you're out of tune! Take in a local production of 'The Nutcracker,' 'A Christmas Carol,' or another holiday-themed show. Check out holiday lights in your area. Whip up a batch of hot chocolate, hop in the car, turn on your holiday playlist, and peruse the houses in nearby neighborhoods. Sit on Santa's lap for a visit- no matter how old the kids are! Go sledding, ice skating, partake in a neighborhood football game, or another outdoor activity. Thanksgiving and Christmasday are perfect for family fun activities- after the gifts are opened, the meal is eaten, and everyone is getting antsy from being inside.
Start the 'Elf on a Shelf' tradition. The kids will love it and it will keep them on their best behavior! Read holiday books before bed each night; 'The Polar Express', 'Santa Mouse', and 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' are all excellent tales to boost your family's holiday spirit. Cut down your own Christmas tree at a tree farm. At home, decorate it as a family. Don't forget the Eggnog, hot chocolate, and treats! Create a holiday playlist that your family listens to in the car or at home every year- add 3 new songs to the end of the list each year for the following year. Make a movie date. Set aside one night each week to watch a holiday classic, such as "Miracle on 34th Street" and "A Charlie Brown Christmas." Start an 'I Am Thankful' list in November. Have every family member add one thing they are thankful for each day. Write your thankful lists on a paper Christmas tree or snowflake and then use them in your home as part of your holiday decor. Have a Christmas tree camp out one night in the family room. Keep the tree lights on, read holiday stories, listen to music, and snack on holiday treats.
Open one gift on Christmas Eve. Track Santa's progress across the globe on NORAD every hour. Make reindeer food on Christmas Eve (oats and candy sprinkles) and toss it on the lawn for Santa's team of reindeer. Read 'Twas The Night Before Christmas' at bedtime. Leave a 'trail' of gifts from the chimney to the tree to show Santa's route in the house.
Volunteer your time as a family at a soup kitchen or a food bank. Find a giving tree or organization to sponsor a family in need, or purchase toys for children in need. Let your kids pick out the gifts to give. Each year, donate last year's winter coat to a local shelter, or coat drive. Hold a book drive. Ask coworkers, friends, neighbors, and family to donate children's books that you can give to your local library, elementary school, or family shelter. Deliver cookies and treats to your local fire station, police department, and hospital. Don't forget senior citizens! Volunteer at your local senior citizens center, or see if there is a giving tree specifically for the residents.
Draw names in your immediate family and make- not purchase- a gift for that person. It can be as easy as a playlist for an MP3 player or a photobook of your family's greatest moments of the year. Make a shopping tradition! Spend a day, and possibly a night, in the nearest city with your Mom, sister, or other family members, and do some holiday shopping and bonding. Start a gag gift tradition. Give a funny gift to a family member. Each year, pass the gift on to another unsuspecting family member. Pass on family heirlooms as gifts to children and siblings.
Open all the gifts under the tree at 12:01 a.m. on Christmas Day. (This works best with older kids and teens.) Don't open presents until after religious services or brunch. Designate a family member at random to pass out gifts to everyone each year. Call or have a video chat with loved ones who aren't able to be with your family. Invite family, friends, and neighbors over Christmas evening for games, dessert, and to decompress from the holiday. Go out for Christmas breakfast in your pajamas!


Akshaye Khanna was last seen in Varun Dhawan and John Abraham starrer Dhishoom, where he played a negative role. The actor is making a sort of a comeback this year with Sridevi's upcoming film Mom. Akshaye who is playing a cop in the film talks about film, working Sridevi, politics, social media and more.
What made you take up this film?
The combination of everything, script, my role, people who are involved in it, Boney Kapoor and getting a chance to work with Sridevi. Many things, actually great ensemble cast. There was no reason for me to feel that this aspect of the film could have been better. A lot has been revealed about the entire film, because it is the nature of the film. I am playing a cop in the film who is investigating a case. It is a fictional piece.
How was it working with Sridevi?
We both are not communicative people. So there was not much communication on the sets. But without communication one can also enjoy working with one another, respect each other's talent, and learn so much. It was wonderful to work with her. It is not just about her any artiste who has reached at that stage of their skill, one must be stupid to throw away an opportunity to work with them. Because it is rare, how many actors will get a chance to work with her, when she is doing a film every eight to nine years? It is beautiful to see that kind of talent at work, it is like sitting at TATA office and watching JRD Tata at work.
How did you get along with director Ravi Udyawar?
I have seen Ravi Udyawar's work, I think I have experience to identify the level and depth of a person I am working with, especially the director. We get very few new good directors per year, one year you will get Imtiaz Ali or Rajkumar Hirani. I think after working with Ravi, I feel he will be an interesting addition to the industry. I believed in Boney and Sridevi's conviction and we were proven right. I think Ravi in future will give us beautiful content. His standards are high in writing department and once you get it right on paper then you are ninety percent through. Getting quality writing is tough.
What keeps you busy when you are not working?
When I am not shooting I am basically depressed. So my life is controlling that depression. For any creative person to suppress that creativity, for example if you tell a singer that you cannot sing from today, something will break inside him or her. So when you suppress it, it doesn't feel good. Also it is not necessary that what I express people should like it, they may feel it is bad but point is not that point is I need to express whether it good, bad or ugly. It depends on the interpretation of the audience. Art in any form is risky and subjective, some expression are universally accepted some are don't. But very few people get opportunity to do what I am doing and I feel it is a blessing. I am blessed to part of the industry.
Do you want to explore any aspect of film making in future?
After a certain point in life, some actors get an urge that let me also direct a film, produce it and that is a very natural thing. Filmmaking is all about pecking order, there are certain discipline a unit follows. It is like a pyramid and the director is right at the top, so becoming a director or producer is all about getting more control. So, desire to have control and power is more in some people and less in some people. It is not a bad thing because with control comes responsibility too. It is a big step for an actor, it is different ball game. Normally when you are acting you come out of the set and you are pampered and you leave after pack up, but when you are s producer and director, your work hours are increased. But I have never had those desires to have more control, I never had that urge to direct or produce films.
Do you consciously stay away from limelight?
It is a fact that if you stay in limelight you get noticed. It is not about only actors, even if you look at the whole society everyone wants to be heard or seen whether it is a small platform or a big platform. I think that is what all these platforms are providing .People, which never had a voice; today at least they are expressing themselves, on Twitter or a blog. May be they can share it with their friends but they are still sharing. It is all about putting out what you think, feeling in a public domain where anyone can see it. Anything in the public eye is important whether you are an actor, politician or a sport personality. It is not what I am comfortable with but may be down the line I will be on social media. I think I should be expressing myself and it will happen pretty soon. I think I will give it try at least on Twitter. I don't have a lot to say but once in while I can share my thoughts. Sometimes it backfires too, as you say something and people don't agree with it. But those mistakes are bound to happen, we are all human beings. We are a nation of easily offended people. we should learn to laugh at ourselves little more and take ourselves little less seriously. I have learnt in my life that at least once a day you should say yourselves that don't take it seriously. I can't tell you what difference it has made to me. Life becomes lot more easy.
Do you have any inclination towards politics?
No, never. I do follow politics keenly. I don't follow party politics per se. But I do read news papers and watch news. I am not detached from it. But I follow my country's politics as a citizen and not like the one who wants to dive into that. It is something that I am not interested at all. I am not built like that. To be in politics, you primarily have to be a people's person, that is a basic requirement, otherwise how do you go about doing your work? I am not people's person. Having said that I have a high respect for people in public life, there will be always good people and bad people in public life in any country. Had our country had majority of bad people may be diplomats or IAS or IPS, Politician at state and central level; we would have been finished as a nation today. The fact is that we are still one nation, which is progressing in so many aspects, we are backward in so many ways too. But in past 60 years we have moved leaps and bounds in many ways it would have not been possible without good people who strived to for betterment of the country. I still believe that majority of people in are good, honest and hardworking. Politics fascinates me but I cannot think about it as a profession.
Do you feel the need to get married at this point of time?
No, not at all. I will see when the time comes. I enjoy my aloneness. I respect it and value it too much but once you fall in love it just disappears. So let's see whenever it happens.