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Does This Look Infected? is the second studio album by Canadian rock band Sum 41. It was released on November 26, 2002.

It is their only album to feature a Parental Advisory label on the cover, despite the fact that other albums by the band also feature profanity. It was released in both explicit and edited versions.

Music, lyrics and composition
The album is a lot more aggressive, darker and heavier than Sum 41's previous studio album, All Killer No Filler. It also has fewer elements of pop music than All Killer No Filler. Described as heavy metal, horror punk, punk rock, pop punk, and melodic hardcore, the album uses elements of heavy metal, hardcore punk, thrash metal, d-beat and, on the song "Thanks for Nothing", hip hop. Although the album has been described as pop punk by some sources, Counterculture.co.uk considered it an album that shows Sum 41 abandoning the pop punk genre for a more standard punk rock style. Amy Sciarretto of ARTISTdirect wrote that Does This Look Infected? soldifies Sum 41 as "true punk stalwarts". The music on Does This Look Infected? has been compared to bands such as The Offspring, P.O.D., Metallica, Rancid, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Bad Religion, NOFX, Green Day and

The album's lyrical topics are darker than the lyrical topics on All Killer No Filler. Sum 41's vocalist Deryck Whibley said, "A lot of stuff happened in the past year that opened our eyes to new things," Whibley said. "The whole last year has been really crazy around the world. There's been so much stuff going on and it's been so televised. I think we've all become more aware. When we were writing the last record everything was happy go lucky. Now this time we've seen a little bit more and our eyes have been opened up a little bit." The album's lyrical topics include hatred, war, internal demons, disliking the world, suicide, drugs, insomnia and HIV. The song "Mr. Amsterdam" is about an embittered man. Whibley said, "'Mr. Amsterdam' is sort of about a guy who hates everything, very bitter person who kind of hates the world." He explains, "He's against the world." The song is also about the complacency of pop culture in 2002, the year that Does This Look Infected? was released, and technology that was new during the year that the album was released. Whibley explained the meaning of "Mr. Amsterdam", saying, "We depend so much on new technology to make sure that we don't have to do anything. Everything's being laid out so we can sit at home and do nothing and never leave our homes. You can order all your groceries from the computer. You can do anything you want. You can just sit there and become fatter. And I think that's bad."

Lead guitarist Dave Baksh explained the meaning of the song "All Messed Up", saying, "There's a song called 'All Messed Up,' which is about doing drugs . . . just what we feel when we're on drugs." When Whibley spoke about "All Messed Up", he said, "It's about those kinds of nights. It's just about being really messed up and in that whole cracked-out kind of state." "The Hell Song" is about a friend of Sum 41 who contracted HIV. Whibley spoke about "The Hell Song" saying, "It's one of my favorite songs on the record. It's about this girl I used to date who I've known forever. Just last Christmas she found that she was HIV positive, and it was so brutal. She doesn't sleep around. She's only had two or three boyfriends and one of them used to cheat on her all the time, and then he got it and gave it to her. It's the heaviest thing that's happened in our group of friends." "No Brains" is about a former band member of Sum 41. Whibley explained the song's meaning, saying, "That's just a basic 'fuck you, I'm done' kind of song. This guy was our old singer and I was best friends with him. We had this big falling out." Whibley explained what the song "Over My Head (Better Off Dead)" is about. He said, "It's not about being fucked up or drunk. It's more about the aftermath when you're hearing everything you've just done the night before, and you're like, "Ah, fuck, I'm better off dead." I don't regret any of the things I do and I don't mind doing them, I just hate hearing about it. Being told every morning, "Dude, what did you do last night?" drives me nuts."

"Still Waiting" was written after the September 11 attacks. Whibley explained the meaning of the song, saying, "It's not directly about 9/11 or the war on terrorism. It's about the war on everything. It's about the world as we know it. It's no secret that the world doesn't get along and there's all this hatred. It's everything to do with how this world functions." Whibley stated on the band's DVD, Sake Bombs And Happy Endings, that the album's song "A.N.I.C." is a "special love song" dedicated to Anna Nicole Smith. According to him, "A.N.I.C." stands for 'Anna Nicole is a Cunt'." Sum 41 member Dave Baksh said that Anna Nicole Smith is "a fuckin' loser" and also said, "Look what she's doing to herself." Sum 41 stopped including the song in their live performances after Smith died of an overdose in 2007. However, they put "A.N.I.C." back into their setlist during the 2012 summer European leg of the Screaming Bloody Murder Tour. When Sum 41 performed the song live after Smith's death, the band would not show any disrespect towards her, with Whibley saying that the song "A.N.I.C." stands for "Deryck Whibley is a Fucking Stupid Cunt". However, since 2018, Whibley has resumed using Anna Nicole's name in the title.

Cover and title
The cover for Does This Look Infected? shows drummer Steve Jocz dressed as a zombie. It was chosen months before the title. The album was almost delayed by the label because the band members did not have a name for it on time until Whibley thought of the name Does This Look Infected?. The whole band laughed at the idea and chose it. The same idea was also used on the band's EP Does This Look Infected Too?, except Jocz was replaced with Whibley, also dressed as a zombie.

Reception

Critical reception
Does This Look Infected? has received positive reviews from music critics. On Metacritic, the album has 75 out of 100. E! Online said that it "has a clutch of songs that mix chord-y abandon with raging rock riffs--and a heck of a lot of good times". Blender also gave it a positive review, saying, "So Sum 41 have grown up... a little.... It's all relative, and, crucially, it still rocks."

Commercial performance
Does This Look Infected? debuted at #8 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 17,000 copies in Canada in its first week. The album gained commercial success, with singles "The Hell Song" and "Still Waiting" mainly gaining success on the modern rock charts. The album has since sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide, but the album did not have as much success as the band's previous album "All Killer No Filler".

Legacy
The album was included at number 28 on Rock Sounds "The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time" list. The band toured to celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2012, and its 15th anniversary in 2018, playing the album in its entirety. Whibley himself stated he was not satisfied with how the album was mixed, stating "I've always, always hated the way this album sounds. I hated it in the studio and it still bothers me. The demo I made myself at home sounded better than the final mix."

Track listing

Bonus DVD
The unedited version includes a bonus DVD which is entitled Cross The T's and Gouge Your I's. The DVD has footage of Sum 41's alter ego band, Pain for Pleasure, titled "Reign In Pain", as well as various humorous segments like "Going Going Gonorrhea", "Campus Invasion" and "Pizza Heist and Other Crap". Also included in the DVD are the Pain for Pleasure tracks "Reign In Pain" and "WWVII Parts 1 & 2", the Autopilot Off songs "Long Way to Fall" and "Nothing Frequency", the No Warning songs "Short Fuse" and "Ill Blood", and some web-links.

Personnel

Sum 41
 Deryck Whibley – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, drums on "Reign in Pain (Heavy Metal Jamboree)" and "WWVII Parts 1 & 2"
 Dave Baksh – lead guitar, backing vocals
 Jason McCaslin – bass guitar, backing vocals
 Steve Jocz – drums, percussion; lead vocals on "Reign in Pain (Heavy Metal Jamboree)" and "WWVII Parts 1 & 2"; rapping on "Thanks for Nothing"; backing vocals on "Still Waiting"

Production

 Greig Nori – producer
 Ben Sanders – additional vocal recording assistant
 Ian Bodzasi – assistant engineer
 Steve Chawley – assistant engineer
 Chris Gordon – assistant engineer, additional engineer
 Brian Montgomery – assistant engineer
 Ross Petersen – assistant engineer
 Anthony Ruotolo – assistant engineer
 Owen Tamplin – assistant engineer
 Phil Wakeford – assistant engineer
 Josh Wilbur – Pro Tools engineer
 Ed Krautner – engineer, additional engineering and mixing
 Femio Hernandez – additional engineer
 Joel Kazmi – additional engineer
 L. Stuart Young – additional engineer
 Dan Moyse – drum technician
 Artie Smith – guitar technician
 Tony Vanias – recording administration
 Andy Wallace – mixing
 Steve Sisco – mixing assistant
 Tom Lord-Alge– mixing on "The Hell Song"
 Howie Weinberg – mastering at Masterdisk, New York City
 Bernadette Walsh – production coordinator
 Lewis Largent – A&R
 Rob Mitchell – A&R, A&R administration
 Robert Stevenson – A&R
 Morning Breath – album design
 Jonathan Mannion – photography

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

References
 Citations

Sources

External links

Does This Look Infected? at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

2002 albums
Sum 41 albums
Aquarius Records (Canada) albums
Island Records albums
Albums produced by Greig Nori
Albums recorded at Metalworks Studios

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That was a faltering and lame start to daily blogging.
Our son got married yesterday, so it's been a week of late nights, early mornings and unusual activity. Schedules were pretty much shot out the window. Every day was "do the next thing", which is a wearying way to live.
Thankfully, it was only one week. And it was a beautiful week that I wouldn't have traded for anything.
A snapshot of Jonathan at the beach when he was three.
Friday night - the night before the wedding - I stayed up all night with photographs scattered all over the bedroom floor, deciding which one's I would scan into a slide show I was tasked to create for for the reception. By 1:30 AM, I hit my second wind and began to relive a lot of memories. I felt a little like Clark Griswald locked in the attic with Super 8 movie projector in "Christmas Vacation" (although, I never understood why he wasn't able to get out of the attic).
I have an incredibly cool family that has lived an amazing life together. Seriously. My wife and kids are just flat out cool. As I physically touched photos that were taken all over the world for the past 27 years, each one containing a litle piece of our life together - gratitude and and a deep sense of humilty were kind of overwhelming. If grace is receiving what you don't deserve, I've been the recipient of much more grace than most. With a new addition, four is now five. And I am exponentially gratefull for even more grace.
We should all print more photographs, and the reality is, I intend to do just that. It is a weighty thing to handle a physical photograph, versus simply looking at pixels on the screen. Analog photography, like vinal record albums, is something that should never go away. It's a kinesthetic process which doesn't need to be lost in the age of the pixel.
There is something profound about having your entire life on the bedroom floor at 3:00 AM. Without an incredibly cool family who has done amazing things, along with printed photographs, that moment wouldn't have been possible.


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require "etc" unless defined?(Etc)
autoload :REXML, "rexml/document"
require_relative "../../resource/service"
require_relative "../../resource/macosx_service"
require_relative "simple"
require_relative "../../util/path_helper"

class Chef
  class Provider
    class Service
      class Macosx < Chef::Provider::Service::Simple

        provides :macosx_service
        provides :service, os: "darwin"

        def self.gather_plist_dirs
          locations = %w{/Library/LaunchAgents
                         /Library/LaunchDaemons
                         /System/Library/LaunchAgents
                         /System/Library/LaunchDaemons }
          Chef::Util::PathHelper.home("Library", "LaunchAgents") { |p| locations << p }
          locations
        end

        PLIST_DIRS = gather_plist_dirs

        def load_current_resource
          @current_resource = Chef::Resource::MacosxService.new(@new_resource.name)
          @current_resource.service_name(@new_resource.service_name)
          @plist_size = 0
          @plist = @new_resource.plist || find_service_plist
          @service_label = find_service_label
          # LaunchAgents should be loaded as the console user.
          @console_user = @plist ? @plist.include?("LaunchAgents") : false
          @session_type = @new_resource.session_type

          if @console_user
            @console_user = Etc.getpwuid(::File.stat("/dev/console").uid).name
            logger.trace("#{new_resource} console_user: '#{@console_user}'")

            @base_user_cmd = "su -l #{@console_user} -c"
            logger.trace("#{new_resource} base_user_cmd: '#{@base_user_cmd}'")

            # Default LaunchAgent session should be Aqua
            @session_type = "Aqua" if @session_type.nil?
          end

          logger.trace("#{new_resource} Plist: '#{@plist}' service_label: '#{@service_label}'")
          set_service_status

          @current_resource
        end

        def define_resource_requirements
          requirements.assert(:reload) do |a|
            a.failure_message Chef::Exceptions::UnsupportedAction, "#{self} does not support :reload"
          end

          requirements.assert(:all_actions) do |a|
            a.assertion { @plist_size < 2 }
            a.failure_message Chef::Exceptions::Service, "Several plist files match service name. Please use full service name."
          end

          requirements.assert(:all_actions) do |a|
            a.assertion { ::File.exist?(@plist.to_s) }
            a.failure_message Chef::Exceptions::Service,
              "Could not find plist for #{@new_resource}"
          end

          requirements.assert(:enable, :disable) do |a|
            a.assertion { !@service_label.to_s.empty? }
            a.failure_message Chef::Exceptions::Service,
              "Could not find service's label in plist file '#{@plist}'!"
          end

          requirements.assert(:all_actions) do |a|
            a.assertion { @plist_size > 0 }
            # No failure here in original code - so we also will not
            # fail. Instead warn that the service is potentially missing
            a.whyrun "Assuming that the service would have been previously installed and is currently disabled." do
              @current_resource.enabled(false)
              @current_resource.running(false)
            end
          end
        end

        def start_service
          if @current_resource.running
            logger.debug("#{@new_resource} already running, not starting")
          else
            if @new_resource.start_command
              super
            else
              load_service
            end
          end
        end

        def stop_service
          unless @current_resource.running
            logger.debug("#{@new_resource} not running, not stopping")
          else
            if @new_resource.stop_command
              super
            else
              unload_service
            end
          end
        end

        def restart_service
          if @new_resource.restart_command
            super
          else
            unload_service
            sleep 1
            load_service
          end
        end

        # On macOS, enabling a service has the side-effect of starting it,
        # and disabling a service has the side-effect of stopping it.
        #
        # This makes some sense on macOS since launchctl is an "init"-style
        # supervisor that will restart daemons that are crashing, etc.
        #
        # FIXME: Does this make any sense at all?  The difference between enabled and
        # running as state would seem to only be useful for completely broken
        # services (enabled, not restarting, but not running => totally broken?).
        #
        # It seems like otherwise :enable is equivalent to :start, and :disable is
        # equivalent to :stop?  But just with strangely different behavior in the
        # face of a broken service?
        #
        def enable_service
          if @current_resource.enabled
            logger.debug("#{@new_resource} already enabled, not enabling")
          else
            load_service
          end
        end

        def disable_service
          unless @current_resource.enabled
            logger.debug("#{@new_resource} not enabled, not disabling")
          else
            unload_service
          end
        end

        def load_service
          session = @session_type ? "-S #{@session_type} " : ""
          cmd = "/bin/launchctl load -w " + session + @plist
          shell_out_as_user(cmd)
        end

        def unload_service
          cmd = "/bin/launchctl unload -w " + @plist
          shell_out_as_user(cmd)
        end

        def shell_out_as_user(cmd)
          if @console_user
            shell_out("#{@base_user_cmd} '#{cmd}'", default_env: false)
          else
            shell_out(cmd, default_env: false)

          end
        end

        def set_service_status
          return if @plist.nil? || @service_label.to_s.empty?

          cmd = "/bin/launchctl list #{@service_label}"
          res = shell_out_as_user(cmd)

          if res.exitstatus == 0
            @current_resource.enabled(true)
          else
            @current_resource.enabled(false)
          end

          if @current_resource.enabled
            res.stdout.each_line do |line|
              case line.downcase
              when /\s+\"pid\"\s+=\s+(\d+).*/
                pid = $1
                @current_resource.running(pid.to_i != 0)
                logger.trace("Current PID for #{@service_label} is #{pid}")
              end
            end
          else
            @current_resource.running(false)
          end
        end

        private

        def find_service_label
          # CHEF-5223 "you can't glob for a file that hasn't been converged
          # onto the node yet."
          return nil if @plist.nil?

          # Plist must exist by this point
          raise Chef::Exceptions::FileNotFound, "Cannot find #{@plist}!" unless ::File.exist?(@plist)

          # Most services have the same internal label as the name of the
          # plist file. However, there is no rule saying that *has* to be
          # the case, and some core services (notably, ssh) do not follow
          # this rule.

          # plist files can come in XML or Binary formats. this command
          # will make sure we get XML every time.
          plist_xml = shell_out!(
            "plutil -convert xml1 -o - #{@plist}",
            default_env: false
          ).stdout

          plist_doc = REXML::Document.new(plist_xml)
          plist_doc.elements[
            "/plist/dict/key[text()='Label']/following::string[1]/text()"]
        end

        def find_service_plist
          plists = PLIST_DIRS.inject([]) do |results, dir|
            edir = ::File.expand_path(dir)
            entries = Dir.glob(
              "#{edir}/*#{Chef::Util::PathHelper.escape_glob_dir(@current_resource.service_name)}*.plist"
            )
            entries.any? ? results << entries : results
          end
          plists.flatten!
          @plist_size = plists.size
          plists.first
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

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Why are Insects so Small?
Looking back in history, there is one thing that you might notice about the creatures we know today as insects – They were huge! Many fossils have revealed that insects used to have wingspans of up to one foot in length! There were even beetles that were the size of dogs. Nowadays, when you picture an insect, you likely picture a creature that is no bigger than the size of a penny.
We are not the only ones who have wondered about this size comparison. Scientists around the world have devoted lifetimes of studies on why insects are so small in the modern world. They have explored the evolution of the species, along with the development of the atmosphere that we live in. They have also taken into consideration the interaction that insects have had with other species.
Oxygen is Essential
National Geographic explains why prehistoric insects may have grown rapidly from the oxygen levels on Earth (https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/08/110808-ancient-insects-bugs-giants-oxygen-animals-science/). While this created some impressive varieties of the species we know today, it was not necessarily an easy task. Recent studies have suggested that the bugs got so big during these times because there was an excess of oxygen in the atmosphere. They grew and expanded in order to avoid becoming poisoned by the air.
There were vast swamplands that covered the ground, expelling oxygen levels of around 30%. This is up to twice as high as the current oxygen levels that we are used to today! This rich environment was key to why the bugs were able to keep growing while also maintaining their energy levels.
It can also be noted that larvae are most sensitive to oxygen intake. At this stage, the creatures absorb oxygen directly through the skin. Since there was an abundance of it millions of years ago, larvae were receiving it in abundance. The thought that larvae also receiving oxygen from water meant that they needed to grow even more rapidly to adjust to the levels they were receiving. "If you grow larger, your surface area decreases relative to your volume," Dr. Verbek, study co-author of Plymouth University in the UK, writes.
They Come in Masses
If you think about insects, you probably don't think about 1 or 2 at a time. According to Best Pest Control Boston (http://bestpestcontrolboston.com/), whose expertise is pest control in Boston, insects come in groups, large quantities that are usually thought of as a nuisance rather than an impressive feat. While oxygen is thought to have been the main culprit in insect growth, there is also the notion that there is power in numbers.
As insects began to grow larger, so did the rest of their species and subspecies. Pretty soon, they had created an army of gigantic proportion. Ask an Entomologist explains, as the insects continued to grow, they also began to dominate (https://askentomologists.com/2017/03/28/is-oxygen-the-reason-insects-were-so-big-way-back-when/). With their larger size, they were able to easily take down their prey. There is also the thought that larger animals could not take them down as easily because they were becoming much larger than normal. During this time millions of years ago, insects were thriving.
Skeptics point out that oxygen could not have been the only factor for insect growth. Not every species that lived in the area were giant. Comparing fossils to the insects that we are used to today, we can see that there were still some varieties of tiny bugs as well. An observation was done on the trachea and how it is used for oxygen intake.
As predicted, not all insects are going to share identical trachea. The ones who used their trachea up to 40% naturally grew larger because of the abundance of oxygen. Some bugs only use 2% of the trachea, as you can conclude, massive difference in growth.
Forbes explains that there has been a decline, and is still a current decline, in Earth's oxygen levels (https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2016/09/27/earths-oxygen-levels-declining-scientists/#1fcb083d7e4d). This is happening at the present moment, and some scientists are baffled by it. Data has been taken by air bubbles that have appeared in glaciers on Greenland and Antarctica.
The results show that the atmosphere's oxygen has declined by 0.7% and continues to decline. Global erosion rates have been tied to the loss of oxygen. Another factor appears to be the rapid glacial to interglacial periods that we have been experiencing.
Luckily, this is not enough to create significant problems for life on Earth; it has just resulted in some evolutionary adjustment. There have been some dramatic shifts in global temperature, but those who live on the planet will continue to adjust and evolve. The way that the Earth continues to develop is studied by scientists daily, providing these answers to our curiosities.
While it would have been fascinating to witness massive beetles and dragonflies the size of seagulls roaming around, they are clearly not a fit for the atmosphere that we live in today.

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Fuel Economy Rating on New Cars Sold Ticks Down in October
New vehicles sold in the month of October averaged 25 miles per gallon, down 0.2 mpg compared with the September rating. Compared with October 2007, fuel economy ratings on new cars sold has improved by 4.9 miles per gallon, or more than 24%.
The data are based on the average sales-weighted fuel-economy rating printed on a new car's window sticker and are compiled by Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle of the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute.
The sales-weighted unadjusted Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) performance rating averaged 31.1 miles per gallon in October, up 6.4 mpg since October 2007. These values are not directly comparable to the window-sticker ratings because these are adjusted by the EPA and used to derive the window-sticker ratings.
While the window sticker average is 5.2 mpg higher than when the data were first collected, the average is still 0.5 mpg below its all-time high set of 25.8 mpg set in August 2014. When gasoline prices started dropping in the United States, consumers purchased more light trucks and SUVs, which get lower mpg ratings and drive down the average.
Manufacturers' improvements in fuel economy ratings (driven by government policy in most cases) is a fundamental and permanent change in America, similar to changes in the use of public transportation, increases in telecommuting, and changes in the age composition of drivers. U.S. demand for gasoline is expected to continue to decline as automakers work toward the fleet mileage mandated average of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025.
According to Kelley Blue Book, sales of full-size SUVs and crossovers rose 14.2% through September of this year (October data is not yet available) and full-size pickup sales have risen 9.1%. Luxury SUV and crossover sales rose fastest of all SUVs and light trucks: up 46% for compact vehicles in the first half of 2015, up 7.8% for full-size vehicles and up 27% for mid-size luxury SUVs and crossovers.
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The Taney Dragons will represent the City of Brotherly love this year at the Little League World Series. What's the big deal you ask? Well the player that got them there just so happens to be a 13-year old girl named Mo'ne Davis who pitched a shutout against Delaware's Newark National Team.
Davis recorded six strikeouts, and allowed just three hits. So who is this teenaged phenom from Philly?
Here are seven things you should know about Mo'ne Davis.
1. Mo'ne's fastball can reach 70 mph and her curveball is killer.
2. Mo'Ne started playing baseball at age of seven.
3. She's the first girl to toss a complete shutout in a Little League World Series-clinching contest.
4. Baseball isn't her only sport. Mo'ne actually dreams of playing basketball for UConn and then the WNBA.
5. Mo'ne is an honor roll student going into the eighth grade at Springside Chestnut Hill Acadamy in Philadelphia.


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Palace Gates railway station was on the Palace Gates Line in Wood Green, north London, on the corner of Bridge Road and Dorset Road.

It was opened on 7 October 1878 by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) as terminus of the line that bore its name. The line had terminated at the previous station, Noel Park and Wood Green, since opening on 1 January 1878.

The station was opened to provide a means by which the GER could transport passengers to the nearby Alexandra Palace. It was thus in competition with the nearby Wood Green (Alexandra Park) station - now Alexandra Palace station - on the Great Northern Railway. A connection to Bowes Park on the GNR Hertford Loop Line, which runs just north of the site of the station, was made in 1929 but it was used only for occasional freight trains.

Competing as it did with other nearby railway lines and the Underground's Piccadilly line, by the 1960s the Palace Gates line was  unprofitable and the line closed to passengers on 7 January 1963 and to freight on 5 October 1964. Following closure the station was demolished and housing built on most of the site. A short section of the station site at its north end is occupied by Network Rail sidings alongside which are traces of the platform ends. The remains of part of the embankment forming the southern approach to the station can still be seen, including the abutments for the bridge taking the line over Park Avenue.

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External links
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 London's Abandoned Stations - Palace Gates

Disused railway stations in the London Borough of Haringey
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Q: ELF patching, binding issue Currently I am trying to patch an ELF executable object file.
I am testing my utility, using the primitive hello-world application. Everything seems to remain fine after patching, but when it comes to execution, the application segfaults.
When patching, I also insert a new shared object dependency. To understand what goes wrong, in parallel I managed to link the shared object into my test application. So that I receive the well-formed g++-made result, which I can compare to my algorithm result (more or less).
The issue I ran into is that during execution my modified hello-world app cannot call std::cout routine, because the std::ostream::sentry::sentry(std::ostream&) ctor fails; I managed to dive into the problem, using the gdb. When debugging and comparing to the well-formed result, I managed to figure out what is wrong. It appears that the the symbol std::cout / _ZSt4cout relocation binding is sort of misused. Despite both results have exactly the same DT_NEEDED entries in the .dynamic section (in the same order as well), and despite they both have an import symbol entry for std::cout in the .dynsym section, with accordingly modified .gnu.version and .gnu.hash contents, - despite all these, - the std::ios_base::Init::Init() function, when resolving the std::cout object, operates differently for the both results. For the well-formed result - over the proper entry in the .bss section of the hello-world application, while for the my algo result - over the std::cout entry (as the readelf util verifies) in the .got section of the libstdc++ shared library.
Last, but not least, when executing with the LD_DEBUG=bindings option, I receive the following output for the well-formed result (added std::cin / _ZSt3cin for contrast):
...
     10067: binding file /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 [0] to ./hello_world_wellformed [0]: normal symbol `_ZSt4cout' [GLIBCXX_3.4]
     10067: binding file /home/user/Documents/Test/libmyexternal.so [0] to ./hello_world_wellformed [0]: normal symbol `_ZSt4cout' [GLIBCXX_3.4]
     10067: binding file ./hello_world_wellformed [0] to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 [0]: normal symbol `_ZSt4cout' [GLIBCXX_3.4]
...
     10067: binding file /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 [0] to ./hello_world_wellformed [0]: normal symbol `_ZSt3cin' [GLIBCXX_3.4]
     10067: binding file ./hello_world_wellformed [0] to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 [0]: normal symbol `_ZSt3cin' [GLIBCXX_3.4]
...

While for the algo-modified result:
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     10027: binding file /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 [0] to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 [0]: normal symbol `_ZSt4cout' [GLIBCXX_3.4]
     10027: binding file /home/user/Documents/Test/libmyexternal.so [0] to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 [0]: normal symbol `_ZSt4cout' [GLIBCXX_3.4]
     10027: binding file ./hello_world_algotest  [0] to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 [0]: normal symbol `_ZSt4cout' [GLIBCXX_3.4]
...
     10027: binding file /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 [0] to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 [0]: normal symbol `_ZSt3cin' [GLIBCXX_3.4]
     10027: binding file ./hello_world_algotest [0] to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 [0]: normal symbol `_ZSt3cin' [GLIBCXX_3.4]
...

How can I fix the issue or what might be the reason for such behavior? How do glibc and libstdc++ deal with such situations and how come the algo-modified app's std::cout entry became 'invisible' for the libraries (despite the readelf, objdump, and nm utils show that everything is correct)?
Naturally, both glibc and libstdc++ versions and the same, both hello-world apps compiled under the same g++ version. .bss section resides properly, all sections and segments have proper flags set.

A: Digging inside the glibc source, using the gdb (and lost a couple days), I reached the _dl_lookup_symbol_x and do_lookup_x functions, defined in dl-lookup.c; arguments passed showed me the difference (between the well-formed and algo-derived results) was in hashes. Well, I forgot that the GNU hash table has been modified incorrectly. Once you add an import function, you have to change the GNU hash table indexes (luckily, you do not have to rebuild the whole hash table, just update indexes; do not forget that, when adding an import function, you still have to change the .dynsym and GNU version table contents) (one really cool explanation of the whole GNU hashing concept can be seen here: https://flapenguin.me/elf-dt-gnu-hash). By the way, I found and fixed a bug with the obsolete .bss section number (happened because of sections rebuilding).

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I try not to be judgemental, I really do. Treasure can often be found in the most surprising places; truffles don't immediately present themselves as edible, let alone delicious, and so on. But I must admit, I'm losing the battle – I'm complaining a lot and my family thinks I'm boring.
For example, it causes me great pain that my children will probably always refer to Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah as 'that song from Shrek'.
Not that they like it very much.
What indeed. Passionate, destructive love. Bliss. Transcendence. Obsession.
Anyway, my point is that, for the rest of their lives, every time they hear that beautiful, tortured song, the children are going to think of a green ogre. And every time they hear 'Habanera' from Carmen, they're going to think of Pixar's Up. Now, Up is lovely and I'm glad they saw it, but I wish they could experience this stuff in its original context before it's used in a movie. Or worse, in an ad. You don't get those out of your head. I don't know what the situation is in the rest of the world, but there's a generation of South Africans who struggle to think of Carl Orff's 'O Fortuna' as anything other than 'the song from the Old Spice ad'.
And yesterday I stumbled upon some information that froze my blood. The ZhuZhu Pets – fluffy toy things with names like Ipsy-Woo and Tiddly-Pop – have released a CD of Beatles covers. I only managed to listen to the first five seconds of 'All My Loving' before my teeth fell out. Under no circumstances can the four-year-old find out about this: I'm no musical purist but the first Beatles songs my children hear will not be sung in squeaky voices by toy hamsters.
Books can be a problem too. Just about every other week I have to lay down the law afresh about Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
'Please, Mommy! We want to see it! Ple-e-ease,' my daughters wail.
But they're not allowed to until they've read the book. Honestly, there are some things that just should not be Disneyfied. It's not that I think severe deformity, emotional pain, public hangings, betrayal and murder aren't the stuff of great children's movies. It's just that I'd like them to experience the power of the book before they see Quasimodo dancing around and singing a duet with a cute little gargoyle friend.
Same with Monster High dolls, which the children are clamouring for.
That was when they denounced me as boring, and I sloped off to my room to be old and grumpy by myself. Actually, I had a nice time: I listened to some music by the guy who wrote that song from Shrek.


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Out of the Ashes is the third album from the anarcho street punk band Defiance, and first release on the New York-based record label Punk Core Records.

Track listing
Terrorist Attack - 3:26
Not For You - 2:50
Spoils Of The Last War - 2:35
Watch It All Fall Down - 3:17
Into The Dust - 3:32
Another Statistic - 2:43
I've Had Enough - 3:10
Missiles... - 2:39
Dead End Generation - 2:29
No Room for You! - 3:20 (Demob cover)
It's Too Late - 4:33

Defiance (punk band) albums
2002 albums
Punk Core Records albums


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Keystone XL Oil Pipeline: Today's Most Explosive Environmental Debate, The Atlantic ($)
By Jordan Weissmann NOVEMBER 5, 2011
Canada wants to build a pipeline that would send oil to the U.S. Here's why environmentalists the world over are dead-set on stopping it.
Even if you don't pay a whole lot of attention to the fine points of U.S. energy policy, there's a good chance you've heard about the Keystone XL pipeline by now. The proposed 1,661-mile pipeline would transport crude oil from the tar sands of Alberta Canada down to Texas' Gulf Coast refineries. And stopping its construction has become the cause célèbre of the global environmental movement from the Dalai Lama to Robert Redford. This weekend, a group of environmentalists will attempt to form a human ring around the White House in hopes of swaying President Obama, who has said he will make the final call on whether to greenlight construction.
The world consumes 90 million barrels of oil a day. Keystone XL would add 560,000. That's not much.
This controversy is another chapter in that centuries-long tug-of-war between creating energy jobs and preserving the environment. Here's The Atlantic's guide to the basic issues.
Who's building Keystone XL, and why?
Canada is already America's top supplier of oil. But the province of Alberta has just begun to emerge as a major force in the world energy market thanks to its abundance of petroleum-rich tar sands. Canada has known about the stuff for centuries, but the difficult and expensive process of refining it into fuel made mining the material economically unfeasible.
But crude prices have surged in the past decade, and the world's largest energy corporations are thirsty for more oil. Alberta has access to 170 billion proven barrels of the stuff, making it the world's third largest source, behind Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. Top international energy companies, including Exxon and Royal Dutch Shell, want a piece of the action.
But as mining ramps up, the oil companies need an efficient way to transport and refine their new stock of heavy crude. Enter TransCanada, which builds and operates pipelines across North America. TransCanada already runs a major pipeline, known simply as Keystone, that delivers oil to the Midwest and Oklahoma. But the company has its sites on Texas. The Gulf region is the U.S. capital of heavy crude refining, meaning its plants have both the special technology and capacity to handle what's being dug up in Alberta, as well as a distribution network that can deliver the end product to the East Coast and Midwest for sale. The Gulf is also an export hub, too, which would open up an even broader market.
Is it bad for the environment?
Because the pipeline crosses international borders, approval falls to the State Department. Initially, it looked like a sure bet. Hillary Clinton told an interviewer she was "inclined" to approve it, even before an official analysis of the environmental impact was complete. But resistance by green groups has swelled into an worldwide movement. The fiercest opposition is in Nebraska.
There are two big issues at play here. Global warming and Nebraska. First global warming: Because of the intense amount of energy required to refine oil from tar sands, it's considered a particularly dirty source of fuel. According to some estimates, it produces 15% more greenhouse gases than your average barrel of oil once production is taken into account. Al Gore may have severely stretched the truth when he claimed that "gasoline made from the tar sands gives a Toyota Prius the same impact on climate as a Hummer using gasoline made from oil." But he captured the sentiment shared by environmentalists who would prefer that the tar sands never be developed.
Then there are those Cornhuskers. The Keystone XL pipeline would cross through six states (see The Perryman Group's map above), but it has run into a wall protest in Nebraska, where some legislators are attempting to block the project entirely. Oil pipelines caused billions of dollars in property damage due to leaks, fires and explosions during the past decade. A single spill in 2010 dumped as much as a million gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River. That track record has Nebraskans nervous, since the pipeline's route runs through the massive Ogallala Aquifer, and many are concerned about the potential impact of an oil spill on the region's drinking water. TransCanada has tried to ease local fears, but a professor at the University of Nebraska has cast doubt on the company's safety predictions.
Will it create jobs?
Despite the environmental concerns, there's a powerful and familiar force working in TransCanada's favor: America needs jobs. The company commissioned an oft-quoted economic analysis from The Perryman Group, which concluded that construction of the new pipeline would create roughly 119,000 jobs. The extra pipeline capacity would also lower domestic fuel prices, creating an additional 250,000 to 550,000 permanent jobs.
Both of these figures have been the subject of withering attacks. A report by the Cornell University Global Labor Institute found that the Perryman group inflated the amount TransCanada planned to spend building the pipeline in the U.S. and wildly overestimated the number of jobs that money would realistically create. Meanwhile, Michael Levi of the Council on Foreign Relations offered up an analysis of why the extra oil wouldn't have that dramatic an effect on the U.S. economy. His most compelling argument: The world consumes 90 million barrels of oil a day. The Keystone XL pipeline will, realistically, only add about 560,000 barrels of capacity. In the scheme of things, that's just not much.
But jobs are jobs. No matter what the final figure is, building the pipeline will result in at least some new hiring. And some large* unions have lined up behind the pipeline project. That means two important Democratic constituencies are now going head to head.
The State Department officially has until the end of the year to render its decision. But it's not clear if that deadline will hold up, particularly since Obama has claimed the issue. The president recently told an Omaha television station that the country needed to pursue jobs and energy independence while also making sure that "folks in Nebraska" were safe.
And as for Canada? Unsurprisingly, officials there are talking about a Plan B. It's a pipeline West across the Pacific Ocean to feed an equally thirsty market in China.
SOURCE ARTICLE: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/11/keystone-xl-oil-pipeline-todays-most-explosive-environmental-debate/247954/
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China's growing control over Sri Lanka infrastructure projects sparks concerns
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The CHEC the first foreign company to own a highway in Sri Lanka, Nikkei Asia reported. (AFP)
The terms of the deal allow CHEC to own the highway, recover the principal, earn profits and hand it over to the Sri Lankan government after 18 years
COLOMBO : China's increasing control over high-profile Sri Lankan infrastructure projects has renewed fears that the country may soon become a Chinese colony. This comes after the China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) won a new development project last month for a 17-km elevated highway in Colombo.
The terms of the deal allow CHEC to own the highway, recover the principal, earn profits and hand it over to the Sri Lankan government after 18 years. This makes the CHEC the first foreign company to own a highway in Sri Lanka, Nikkei Asia reported.
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The CHEC is a subsidiary of state-owned China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) and has led several infrastructure projects in Sri Lanka, including Hambantota Port and Mattala International Airport. It is currently constructing the USD 1.4 billion Colombo Port City.
CHEC has a significant project portfolio in Sri Lanka, especially in Colombo and Hambantota, the latter being the hometown of former President and current Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. Under Rajapaksa's tenure, Sri Lanka has steadily increased its dependence on China for investment in massive infrastructure projects.
Sri Lanka touts the new offshore development as a future financial hub but the 269-hectare plot has already attracted a fair number of critics, who claim the government fast-tracked controversial legislation that gives China sweeping powers over the site at the expense of Sri Lankan sovereignty, according to Nikkei Asia.
Among other concerns is the legislation's lack of control over the offshore banks and companies that will operate there. Observers are worried that these foreign entities could become conduits for money laundering or other illicit operations.
"A financial hub requires heightened scrutiny, and merely applying the law of the land may be insufficient," said Sankhitha Gunaratne, deputy executive director of Transparency International Sri Lanka, an anti-corruption organization.
Jonathan E Hillman, a senior fellow in the US, says that China's opaque lending provides an avenue for influence, which can put pressure on borrowing countries to make additional concessions, such as granting preferred access to natural resources, future government contracts and diplomatic support.
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Last year, the CCCC was blacklisted by the administration of former US President Donald Trump for helping China build militarily strategic islands in the South China Sea, which the US claimed were illegal. It was also blacklisted by Bangladesh in 2018 for allegedly trying to bribe a senior government official when the company was negotiating with Dhaka to expand a major highway in the capital.
CHEC has also had its share of corruption scandals in Sri Lanka, including allegations that it funded former president Mahinda Rajapaksa's election campaign in 2015 in his bid for a third term, reported Nikkei Asia.
Investigators linked payments totalling USD 1.1 million from the Chinese company's bank account to Rajapaksa supporters involved in election work. CHEC denied the allegations, saying it has never been involved in the internal affairs of Sri Lanka.
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Yes, I know it's Friday, but it's been that kind of week. For a short week, this has seemed like the longest few days. My brain is all jumbled As a result, I feel a little scrambled and fried. So here we go.
I got lost on my way to work today. Seriously. It's not like it's moved. The last half of my commute is on a windy, rural highway that is prone to car accidents and landslides. This morning a car accident shut it down. We were rerouted and that's where things went screwy. It was like follow the leader through the rural side roads and we chose the wrong leader. Combine that with heavy fog and I had no idea which way was up. Somehow we ended up making a giant loop and ended right back where I started. Except I'd never come on the highway from that side so I didn't immediately recognize it. I was so freakin' confused.
We're getting a Little Ceaser's in town. Why is this a problem? I believe I've mentioned I have a minor pizza addiction? Seriously, most of the employees at my local Domino's greet me by name. I don't even have to check in, I walk in they yell out how much longer I may have to wait. 🙂 So what's the problem? This Little Ceaser's has a drive thru. Drive thru pizza- say what?!
I need to run 12 miles this weekend. If you've been reading this blog for a while, you know I have a serious mental block with 12. Big time. People are out there dropping 20 milers and I have troubles running 12 by myself. And it's supposed to pour on Saturday. Well, maybe. It keeps changing. Crazy rain.
Speaking of rain- it rained so hard on Tuesday that branches came down in the parking lot. I put on my shiny new rain coat and headed out to the clear the lot. The jacket kept the top of me dry but the bottom of my dress was drenched and I discovered my boots won't last much longer. Water got in through where the sole meets the upper and for the second time in days my feet were drenched.
I watch all sorts of tv but I've never been a fan of anything zombie. Until Sunday. I was trolling Netflix for something to watch and somehow I landed on Z Nation. It has gotten me through 20+ miles on the bike this week so it can't be that bad right?
All right, think that's enough rambling for one post. Happy Friday!!!
Ever been so turned around in a familiar area that you got lost?
After 11 days off (stupid flu!!!) I finally got out there and did something! I also made it to work on Thursday and Friday. Wowza, Thursday was rough, I was exhausted. No lie, I got through the day with a lot of Diet Coke. But anyways, on to Sunday.
With me being sick and my mom being slightly hurt, we have readjusted our general time goal for the 25K. Sunday, the plan was to head out to the race course and hike part of the last out and back. According to the course map, that section is 8.4 miles. We had troubles finding the right trail head but we were near another one that my mom had hiked before and really wanted to again. The sign said it was 3 miles and it looked to be all fire road. Fine by me, 6 easy miles was probably all I was up for anyways.
It was freakishly warm! High 70's and I was burning up! Being a fire road, the trail was easy but I was still coughing a bit. The trail ends near a worn down, beat up, old barn. It was equal parts creepy and cool. So of course we had to take a few pictures right? When we headed back, we passed a tiny, almost hidden single track trail head. My mother insisted she had hiked it before so we should do it too. Holy mother of incline. We gained 700 ft over the next 1/2 mile. Once we finally made it to the top, we found a picnic table. We took a break and ate a few snacks. And enjoyed the view. 🙂 We headed back down another way, hoping it was shorter way back. Ha!
Since we weren't positive what mountain we were on, I pulled up a park map on my phone. It didn't really help. Or maybe I just don't know how to read it. Eventually we found our way down to a trail intersection. According to the map, the right trail led to a dead-end and the left trail was the backside of Hazard peak. We went left which meant we then had another climb in front of us. My mom's knee was just starting to hurt and we coming up on 6 miles and we weren't even at the top of the mountain. Our pace had slowed but we mad it to the top once again and enjoyed more views. There were some mountain bikers at the top discussing trails and I overheard one say that the trail we had not chosen led to another fire road. Really?! That would have been so much easier! Where were they when we could have used directions? Then it was time to head back towards the parking lot, down the front side of Hazard Peak. So at least we were able to check out the race course from that direction. Down hill it's not too bad, but I am wondering what the uphill will feel like after 8 miles. Guess I'll find out next weekend! We finally made it back to the parking lot- 9.65 miles later. We survived, haha! Even with getting a little turned around, going farther than planned,and getting a little sunburned, it was a good hike. I don't think I would have hiked that far without getting turned around but some coughing attacks aside, it was great to get outside and do something again. Plus it was a good practice run for next weekend. It gave us a general idea of what kind of time to expect. Sunday's hike was just that a hike and we covered 9.65 miles with 1400 ft gained and maintained a 17:00 pace. Next week the race will add some speed on the downhills but a little slowness when we climb Valencia Peak, but that's only 1.5 towards the beginning, so fingers crossed? Sunday's route took us from fire road to single track, packed dirt to loose shale and then loose sand. The surroundings changed from scrub brush to trees then to a Eucalyptus grove. The sun was shining and sometimes we could hear the ocean. I'd call it a pretty good day!
Having been feeling under the weather for a week, hearing the alarm go off on Saturday morning was rough. It was cold outside, I was tired and my bed was so warm. What was I thinking? Oh I know, it was my pride. I wanted to prove to myself that even feeling crappy all the time, I could still pull a 30 minute 5K in a race. Stupid, I know. Since it was a cold morning and I was fearing asthma issues, I layered up in clothing. Yes, I know it's cold air I breathe in that causes my issues but I just felt like the layers helped me be mentally prepared. As I still wasn't feeling great I told myself 31 minutes would be a good adjustment. Like that made a huge difference. Head games, much? It was a smaller local race so I headed out around 8:15 for a 9:00 start time. My mom and the puppy were with me as well. I knew what winery it was at and its general location. Driving out I never saw any signs that said Villa 46, we came up on another winery that I had a run a race at and I knew that we had gone to far. We turned around and headed back the other way, this time paying attention to the street numbers. We find what we are looking for but it says Villa Toscana… and we couldn't pull in the main drive. Continuing on a little farther we found a delivery driveway with yet another name but same street numbers. We pulled in there and parked next to some trucks that had already parked. Seeing the number of cars parked and then seeing the page of pre-registered runners confirmed that this was going to be the smallest race I have ever run. Only 17 people pre-registered. I think we barely hit 20 by start time. After a little announcement, a race volunteer told us there would be kids guiding us at each turn so we wouldn't get lost. He also mentioned staying inside the fence. Then we were off! The first mile started on a dirt road but it fairly flat and wide so it was easy to run on. The kids directed us right and we headed out towards the street. As we got to the street I saw an arrow pointing right again but it kind of looked like it was telling us to run on the uneven grass. That didn't seem right and everyone was running on the street so I followed. Let me clarify that the grass was on the inside of the fence.
As we ran down the street, we passed the delivery driveway. Some people turned up it only to turn around and run back to the street. A volunteer was yelling something towards us but we couldn't hear him. A group of us chatted, figured they told us to stay on the street and all kept running towards the main driveway. Turned in there, headed back across the start line and back to the first Y. This time the kids sent us left. Mile 1- 9:22. I was feeling good so I was very happy with that time.
Then mile 2 came. Going left this time sent us down into the vineyard. Gorgeous views but I have run trails up mountains that had better maintained paths than that. I should have worn my trail shoes. By now I had decided to try to pace a tall guy wearing red in front of me and a woman in front of him. Then the inclines started. Ok, all were less than 100 ft but all were short and steep and on loose ground riddled with divets. I know I have maintained an average base lately but I don't have it in me to run hills right now. However, I can power walk them faster than I can run them. So that is what I did. I lost red shirt here but was able to pass the woman who was struggling with the climb too. From there it was another small climb and out on a grassy section. Mile 2- 10:54. Ouch.
Mile 3 led us around another set of vines and through the actual vines. Have you ever tried to run between vines? It's hard! Then a little down hill section that I flew down before heading back to the first set of vines. This is where I passed a woman in blue, caught up to red shirt and passed him too. I could have sworn we were going right and up that hill again but the kids waved us left. Wait, what? We should be close to done not running the opposite way of the start line!
I was also way too damn hot. Capri's and long sleeves were way too much for high 50's. I passed a guy in white shirt before rounding a corner and another little incline. Red shirt caught back up. No! I sped up. Another trek between two vines and it was up the last biggest hill and back towards the start. I briefly checked my watch because I knew I had to be close to 30. 32:something, ugh. Then I noticed the mileage. 3.2 miles and I still had more to go. What?! Rounded a corner to the start and a woman waved me on through another gate and up the main drive way and finally to the finish. Finaltime- around 34:4? It took me a moment to stop my Garmin. Finalmileage- 3.44. My mileage was echoed by other runners watches as well. According to my mother I was the second woman across the finish line.
Can you guess where we all got lost? The kids did a good job directing us which way to go. However there were no kids at the corner where we went on to the street. When we were supposed to stay inside the fence. Yeah. Oops. Poor listening skills aside, getting lost driving there as well, it was still a good race. I felt a little bad for the poor turn out. I hope they try it again next year. This time, I'll wear my trail shoes. Oh and blogger fail, I didn't go back down into the vineyard to get pictures of the course.
Ever get lost at a race? This makes my 3rd time.
Ever run a super tiny race?


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Фердинанд Кифлер (; ) — австрийский гандболист, полевой игрок. Серебряный призёр летних Олимпийских игр 1936 года.

Биография
Фердинанд Кифлер родился 4 августа 1913 года в Вене.

Играл в гандбол за «Ферроватт» () из Вены.

В 1936 году вошёл в состав сборной Австрии по гандболу на летних Олимпийских играх в Берлине и завоевал серебряную медаль. Играл в поле, провёл 4 матча, забросил (по имеющимся данным) 12 мячей (шесть в ворота сборной Румынии, по три — Венгрии и Германии).

Участвовал во Второй мировой войне, сражался на западном фронте.

Погиб 13 января 1945 года в районе Либлар немецкого города Эрфтштадт.

Примечания

Гандболисты Австрии
Игроки сборной Австрии по гандболу
Гандболисты на летних Олимпийских играх 1936 года
Серебряные призёры летних Олимпийских игр 1936 года
Военные нацистской Германии
Умершие в Северном Рейне-Вестфалии


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Gifts to make gamers shout 'WOW'
By - The Washington Times - Thursday, December 19, 2002
One in six Americans plays video games, according to the Interactive Digital Software Association. Not only does that mean a bunch of blistered thumbs and fingers manipulating controllers, but also an easy gift choice for the last-minute holiday shopper. The amazing peripherals available for the four major systems come in all shapes and sizes, and those looking for the perfect present for the serious gamer in the family may find it in this selection of helpful gadgets.
WormCam, NYKO, $39.95. So why not have the ability to shoot photos using a video-game system? Storing up to 80 pictures at a 10-bit, RGB, 356-by-292-pixel resolution, the camera connects to and works in tandem with the GameBoy Advance to view and edit images. It includes software and a cord to download them to a PC. This device will not replace the more sophisticated resolutions and technology of current digital cameras, but it works perfectly as a child's introduction to the fun of photography.
Game worthy of the gadget: How about playing "spy on an older sibling"? The WormCam has motion-detection and time-lapse photography modes to prove who broke mom's favorite vase or who was gaming instead of doing chemistry homework.
Spider Action Light, Naki Technologies, $19.99. Nintendo's non-backlighted, hand-held gaming system may create a generation of squinting adults, but Marvel Comics' ol' webhead is coming to the rescue. This superbright playing lamp is attached to Spider-Man and his extended arms and perfectly lights the GameBoy's 2-inch-wide screen. Requires two AAA batteries (included).
Game worthy of the gadget: What better way to enjoy Spidey peeping over the GameBoy Advance with his glow-in-the-dark eyes than by playing Activision's intense Spider-Man ($29.99) simulation. One player battles the likes of Green Goblin, the Vulture and the electrifying Shocker in colorful 2-D environments.
The AirFlo, NYKO, $24.99. Falling under the "Who comes up with this stuff?" category, this cool controller simply blasts air into the hands of gamers wielding the device. A dual-speed fan that blows air through vents in the rubberized grips does away with sweaty palms.
Game worthy of the gadget: I can't think of a better need for the AirFlo than Capcom's pulse-pounding, perspiration-inspiring Resident Evil: Zero ($49.99). The third-person horror-survival franchise debuts a new chapter on the GameCube and gives adults a try at defeating H.P. Lovecraftian creatures overrunning Raccoon City.
WaveBird, Nintendo, $34.95. The only wireless controller for the GameCube forsakes vibration enhancement for the ability to harness radio frequencies and play up to 20 feet away from the main console. Up to four WaveBirds can be plugged in and used simultaneously, thanks to a clever 16-channel configuration involving numbers that must be matched up with receiver and controller to communicate. Requires two AA batteries (included).
Game worthy of the gadget: Parents with children addicted to Nintendo's Animal Crossing ($49.99) will certainly appreciate the cordless WaveBird, as junior will be able to enjoy his computer friends and still change clothes and eat without knocking over anything. For the uninitiated, the immersive game simply involves living and interacting with extremely cute talking animals in a real-time, forested community.
Steel Battalion, Capcom, $199. This massive, 3-foot-long controller uses 40 buttons and three levers in conjunction with three foot pedals to immerse one player in the world of Steel Battalion. After the three sections are connected and screwed together, users will be able to perform such virtual tasks as operating a widescreen cleaner, putting out an onboard fire, communicating at different frequencies and aiming and firing twin pod rocket launchers. Players will need the help of a table and a comfortable chair to complete the in-the-cockpit experience, but it is the premier at-home arcade adventure.
Game worthy of the gadget: Of course, for the $200 price point, Capcom includes the only game that uses the controller. Steel Battalion will thrill the Robotech/Mech Warrior teenager in the family with its 24 levels of first-person perspective, vehicular engagements and the chance to control multiple varieties of 10-story-tall tank-bots.
Blaster, Mad Catz, $39.99. This compact, light gun features auto-fire and auto-reload settings to shoot up to 360 rounds per minute, vibration and a slot for a memory card that resembles where an ammo clip attaches. Just plug in the blaster, quickly calibrate it with a few shots and appreciate the 10-foot cord (which has a breakaway connector) to hide conveniently behind a couch while you're terminating the bad guys.
Game worthy of the gadget: Adults will appreciate the chance to blow off some steam by blasting to bits hordes of zombies in Sega's House of the Dead III ($49.99). Through first-person, guided levels of bloodcurdling mayhem, up to two players fight for survival against frightening odds. The violence and gross-out factors are high, and the game even offers the full version of House of the Dead II and a lengthy preview of the upcoming live-action movie.
WOW Adapter, Saitek, $39.99. WOW stands for With Out Wires, and Saitek has jumped on the radio-frequency-controller bandwagon with a creative system that allows any two corded controllers, wheels or sticks in the PlayStation family to be used up to 30 feet away from the console. The magical achievement is made possible with two devices, one that plugs into the console, while two peripherals plug into the remote receiver. A self-charging power pack juices up in two hours for eight hours of play, and the WOW Adapter comes with a spare cartridge, sans batteries, to keep the action going.
Game worthy of the gadget: The device screams two-player gaming event using either the brawling extravaganza Legends of Wrestling II ($49.99) from Acclaim, which features more than 65 superstars, including the late Andy Kaufman, or Capcom's 2-D fighting universe, Marvel vs. Capcom, which has 56 playable characters.
X-Arcade Fighting Stick, XGaming Inc., $149.95. The video-game arcade truly is brought to the home entertainment center with XGaming Inc.'s slick device, which mimics controls players would see on a free-standing coin-operated game at the local mall. Two players each get a stick and nine buttons to use in battle, and although the 2-foot-long controller may cause opponents to feel cramped, the responsive, rugged unit makes up for it.
Games worthy of the gadget: Either Sega's Virtual Fighter 4 for the teenager or the latest edition of the father of fighters, Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance ($49.99), for the adult will make the case.
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