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Discussion in 'hardware' started by m00nbl00d, Feb 2, 2012.
Considering "you" won't be needing 500GB (I actually couldn't find any store selling any external HDDs with lower capacities! ) any time soon, and probably won't be needing 32GB any time soon either, so the best pick would be two 16GBs over time or better, if cheaper by then, would you rather pay for a USB flash drive of 32GB (or even two of 16GB, because I actually found them cheaper than just one of 32GB) or would you rather pay a bit more and get say 500GB USB HDD?
Please, do note that one is a flash storage and the other mechanical storage. I'm not an expert, but I believe data reliability is greater in flash drive storage, correct?
Just allow me to add that there would be a higher chance of needing the 32GB or so over time (way over time) than there would be for the 500GB.
You did not mention anything about portability. Usb flash drives are extremely portable, while regular usb portable drives are portable to some extent, but they are still a lot bigger than a flash drive.
If you do not mind the extra size of a portable usb drive then I would go with the usb drive, as it will give you an excellent data transfer rate around 24-27 MB/s. Most usb flash drives can not write faster than 15 MB/s.
What are you going to do with it? If it were me the planned use would inform my decision.
I'm not an expert, but I believe data reliability is greater in flash drive storage, correct?
I'd go for the relatively cheaper one (space/price ratio), unless portability is needed.
I'd go for the HDD.
Ive had 2 kingston 16gb usb pendrives go bad on me, so I stop buying anything bigger then 8gb, My 500gb usb external drive has been running great for 2 years. Maybe just bad luck on my part but I question there reliability now.
Portability is always important. Even if one has no need at the moment, we may always need to take it with us, right?
I don't think that USB flash drives last longer. It was more of a doubt; but, let's not forget that HDDs have moving parts in them and the slightest impact or physical damage could damage data. Again, I'm not an expert in USB flash drives, but I don't think they're as delicate as HDDs are in that regard.
Well, the plan is to store data; whatever data it may be. But, as I mentioned in my first post, over time - say within a year - it wouldn't be that much data that would require me to get a 500GB external HDD.
I wouldn't mind getting a 250GB external hard disk; the problem is I can't find any. No store sells anything less than 500GB.
Not to mention the price. 2,5" external HDDs are simply way too expensive. I'd be giving away too much money at once for 500GB. And, 3.5" HDDs will need a power adapter that I'd have to carry around, if I face the need of carrying the storage device with me somewhere else.
These are all tough questions, indeed. If I could find a 250GB external 2,5" HDD, I'd go for it... Unfortunately, I'm unable to find one.
250GB would be reasonable, and would probably be more than enough after a few years.
I've been considering the possibility of a 250GB internal hdd with an external enclosure, but it would be even more expensive than one of 500GB. Not that much more expensive, nonetheless more expensive.
I'll try and see if I can find more reasonable prices.
Thanks. I also found lower capacity external HDDs on Pixmania. Finally.
I'd also like to ask what you folks think of the following.
Right now, I'm using a laptop (it has a few years now), which only accepts IDE 2,5" HDDs. It has a 60GB IDE HDD.
I've been wanting to upgrade this laptop for some time. I've been looking around and IDE HDDs are simply too expensive; specially the 2,5", since these are always more expensive than the 3,5".
My approach would be to buy a Seagate Momentus XT 250GB, which is a SATA HDD. I'd get an IDE to SATA adapter + one of those enclosures to fit 25" in 3.5" (they're really cheap), so that I can have an external support for the Momentus XT; then, I simply connect the SATA cable to the Momentus XT and to the IDE to SATA adaptor.
So, the Momentus XT would reside outside of the laptop, while still being an internal HDD. I don't take the laptop anywhere, ever.
The reason for the Momentus XT to reside outside of the laptop, has simply to do with the fact that the HDD+adapter wouldn't fit in the laptop's enclosure.
I'd then keep the 80GB IDE as an external HDD and get a cheap IDE to USB2.0 adapter.
Either way, when I upgrade the laptop, I'll be getting a Sata HDD because IDE are way too expensive, compared to the SATA+adapter.
I use both so my choice would be dictated by the purpose.
I lean toward the HDD because at some future point in time I'll use the full capacity, or close to it.
I've got a seagate & it's my favorite computer. (But that also may be because I built that one.) Myself I'm partial to frankenstein-type machines like you're building.
If you're not going to take the laptop anywhere, then I don't see why you couldn't have the hard drive external. I travel with mine (and I'm something of a clutz) so I want mine internal.
I agree. And most of my flash drives are slower than 15 MB/sec. I bought a 16 GB Sandisk last year that writes at 3 MB/sec but reads at 31 MB/sec.


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package com.alibaba.jstorm.transactional;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

import com.alibaba.jstorm.client.ConfigExtension;
import com.alibaba.jstorm.transactional.bolt.ITransactionBoltExecutor;
import com.alibaba.jstorm.transactional.bolt.ITransactionStatefulBoltExecutor;
import com.alibaba.jstorm.transactional.bolt.TransactionBolt;
import com.alibaba.jstorm.transactional.bolt.TransactionStatefulBolt;
import com.alibaba.jstorm.transactional.spout.BasicTransactionSpout;
import com.alibaba.jstorm.transactional.spout.ITransactionSpoutExecutor;

import backtype.storm.Config;
import backtype.storm.generated.GlobalStreamId;
import backtype.storm.generated.Grouping;
import backtype.storm.generated.NullStruct;
import backtype.storm.generated.StormTopology;
import backtype.storm.topology.BoltDeclarer;
import backtype.storm.topology.IRichBolt;
import backtype.storm.topology.IRichSpout;
import backtype.storm.topology.SpoutDeclarer;
import backtype.storm.topology.TopologyBuilder;

public class TransactionTopologyBuilder extends TopologyBuilder {
    private Map<String, Set<String>> upToDownstreamComponentsMap = new HashMap<String, Set<String>>();

    @Override
    public StormTopology createTopology() {
        System.setProperty(ConfigExtension.TASK_BATCH_TUPLE, "true");
        System.setProperty(Config.TOPOLOGY_ACKER_EXECUTORS, "0");
        return super.createTopology();
    }

    public BoltDeclarer setBolt(String id, ITransactionBoltExecutor bolt) {
        return setBolt(id, bolt, null);
    }

    public BoltDeclarer setBolt(String id, ITransactionBoltExecutor bolt, Number parallelism_hint) {
        upToDownstreamComponentsMap.put(id, new HashSet<String>());
        validateUnusedId(id);
        IRichBolt boltExecutor;
        boolean isStatefulBolt = false;
        if (bolt instanceof ITransactionStatefulBoltExecutor) {
            isStatefulBolt = true;
            boltExecutor = new TransactionStatefulBolt((ITransactionStatefulBoltExecutor) bolt);
        } else {
            boltExecutor = new TransactionBolt((ITransactionBoltExecutor) bolt);
        }
        initCommon(id, boltExecutor, parallelism_hint);
        _bolts.put(id, boltExecutor);
        BoltDeclarer ret = new TransactionBoltDeclarer(id);
        ret.addConfiguration(TransactionCommon.TRANSACTION_STATEFUL_BOLT, isStatefulBolt);
        return ret;
    }

    public SpoutDeclarer setSpout(String id, ITransactionSpoutExecutor spout) {
        return setSpout(id, spout, null);
    }

    public SpoutDeclarer setSpout(String id, ITransactionSpoutExecutor spout, Number parallelism_hint) {
        upToDownstreamComponentsMap.put(id, new HashSet<String>());
        IRichSpout spoutExecutor = new BasicTransactionSpout((ITransactionSpoutExecutor) spout);
        return super.setSpout(id, spoutExecutor, parallelism_hint);
    }

    public class TransactionBoltDeclarer extends BoltGetter {
        public TransactionBoltDeclarer(String boltId) {
            super(boltId);
        }

        protected BoltDeclarer grouping(String componentId, String streamId, Grouping grouping) {
            // Add barrier snapshot stream and success stream for transaction topology
            Set<String> downstreamBolts = upToDownstreamComponentsMap.get(componentId);
            if (downstreamBolts != null && downstreamBolts.contains(_boltId) == false) {
                downstreamBolts.add(_boltId);
                _commons.get(_boltId).put_to_inputs(new GlobalStreamId(componentId, TransactionCommon.BARRIER_STREAM_ID),
                        Grouping.all(new NullStruct()));
            }
            _commons.get(_boltId).put_to_inputs(new GlobalStreamId(componentId, streamId), grouping);
            return this;
        }
    }
}

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catch you up to speed on a few things. Here's a bit of my history that will play into the subject of today's post.
In 1998, hubby and I took our 19th corporate move. We moved from Grand Island, NE to Dallas, TX during what was to be the hottest, driest summer on record. Now, you might imagine that moving from a place that has a median high temperature of 87 degrees and an average low temperature of 12 degrees (I don't think that is really accurate, I think they are trying not to scare you) to a state that has an average high temperature of something near the temperature on the sun but an average low of "Damn, that is nice."
12 degrees above zero in January! Who are they trying to kid?
53 degrees in January..that's more like it.
During those 6 years most of the homes along our walking route got familiar with us cruising by at 6 AM and people could set their watches by us. It was rather fun on rainy days all the people that would come out and offer us umbrellas and such. We had a reputation as the nuts that always walked.
Then in 2005, hubby and I decided to move to Kansas to be near family. (In case you are wondering, it wasn't that we were missing the cold snowy winters). Texas Pal and I came up with the ingenious idea of cell phone walking. I bought a second cell phone and put it on a Family Plan and shipped it to her. We both purchased Bluetooth headsets and at 6 AM, Texas Pal gives me a call and off we go.
Now this is the part that gets interesting. I have been walking this same route in Kansas for 6 years now and people are still confused by me. I think, they think that I am a crazy woman talking to myself. No one is all nicy-nice like the Texas folk. Kansas is more the eyeing-me-suspiciously folk. In fairness to Kansans, I don't think this is because they aren't friendly. I think that is because they don't understand who I am talking to. ALTHOUGH, I have been hit twice by cars. (not enough to kill me) and chased by more than once by dogs while the owners looked on. I am pretty sure they feel the need to discourage me from walking by their place on the outside chance I am schizophrenic.
As, I was somewhat at a loss for words, I told Texas Pal to hang on while I try to explain myself. No explanation really was coming to mind. Do I say, "hey Mister, this is one ugly tree thing you have going on here." OR do I say "What the heck buddy? Can't you pull on some pants before coming out here? OR "Mister, I am NOT a stalker! I was taking a picture of your ugly tree not your ugly body."
What I did was quickly put my phone back into my pocket and hightail it down the street. I told Texas Pal not to be surprised if a police car wasn't on it's way. Luckily I got home before I got a peeping Tomess charge levied against me.
So it goes...If you ever come to Olathe, KS and you see a woman talking to herself at 6AM, rain or shine, stop and say hi. Please don't hit me with your car or give me the "crazy lady talking to herself" stare.
I am not walking in Memphis but if I would be there at some point, I will be talking on the cell phone with Texas Pal.
OMG, Cheryl! That is quite shocking that the guy would come out like that, especially when you're obviously trying to take a picture! I've had weird things or people get caught in some of my pictures, but nothing that compares to that!
Hi Liggy, Yeah, it came as a big ole surprise when he stepped out of the house. He probably figured no one would be around at 6 AM, let a lone a nut with a camera aimed at the front of his house trying to get a shot of his ugly tree. I need to invest in one of those spy cameras that fit into a button or something. That could make for some interesting blog fodder.
Now that's quite a tree. Glad the pant-less man isn't in the background.
Quite frankly I'm surprised that you haven't been arrested for being up and, actually, moving at the plumber's crack of the morning. That's got to be against some sort of law or something.
As for the odd looks...chalk it up more to a metropolitan thing. You need to clearly do this insanity of yours in rural areas where the only odd looks you get are from the cows.
I had already snapped the photo when pantless guy came out but of course, I was still standing there in plain sight with camera in hand. I was rather surprised he didn't ask me what the heck I was doing. He just gave me the stink eye.
This morning he was standing on his porch fully dressed. I wonder if he is keeping an eye out for me in case he thinks I was casing the joint.
Hi Jewell, I am rather surprised that I haven't been arrested. In the winter when it's totally dark out and I am out wandering thru neighborhoods, I guess it wouldn't shock me to have someone call the cops.
I think your suggestion might work but there isn't much of a chance that I could hang on to a chain saw for 5 miles.
This morning he was standing on his porch fully clothed. I think he is keeping an eye on me. I would rather be getting looks from "stranger cows" than "stranger men".
What is UP with those Kansas people. The guy came outside in his underwear because you were taking a photo of his jacked tree? That's sooo odd.
Gotta love those Texans. I visited there once, a few years ago. I never wanted to leave!
Hihihihi! I can just imagine you trying to explain to a judge "But I just wanted to put the picture up on the Internet...wait, no, I mean, not *his* picture..."
hi Meleah, I suspect the poor guy thought he could duck out after his newspaper and was surprised to find me snapping pictures of his tree. I hope at least, he thinks I was interested in his tree and not his near naked self.
Hi Nicky, that is EXACTLY what I told Texas Pal as I was fast footing it down the street. I said, what cop is going to believe that I am wanting a picture of that ugly tree? They are going to think I am after something more nefarious.
Oh, well, no cops have come around asking me questions yet.
You never shoulda left here kiddo. You know down here we embrace diversity, make that craziness.
Hi Dora, Thank you so much. I just got back from visiting your Blog-A-Licious library. Very cool...I am honored to be in the mix. Thanks.
I am working on putting together a complete blogroll on my site but there doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day. Blog-A-Licious will be added to the page soon, I promise.
So you accidentally took a picture of a guy in underpants?! I must admit, you do sound a rarity - I hardly ever see anyone walk anywhere when I am over there!
Hi Anne, I do find it odd here that Americans are always talking about the epidemic of obesity but still most communities don't have people utilizing the walking and biking trails.
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Falling Foreclosures Pushing Up Home Prices
Thursday, October 18, 2012 / by Carlos J Higareda
Daily Real Estate News | Thursday, October 18, 2012
As foreclosure backlogs have decreased, so have many of the big discounts on home prices. The slowdown in foreclosures is partially behind the recent rise in home prices, some economists say.
"Deeply discounted existing homes have been subject to strong demand from cash buyers and investors looking to lock into housing's attractive income returns," says Paul Diggle, a housing economist at Capital Economics. "The supply of such homes, meanwhile, has been dwindling. That has bid up existing house prices, particularly at the lower end of the price spectrum."
The median price of existing homes nationwide was 9.5 higher in August compared to a year ago, and new home prices were up 17 percent in that same time period.
Distressed properties typically sell for big discounts. For example, in 2007 during a nationwide foreclosure surge, foreclosures tended to sell for about a third of the median price of the home. The housing markets with some of the largest price falls tended to have the highest number of distressed home sales.
Lately, foreclosures have been posting big drops. Last month, new foreclosure filings reached a five-year low, according to RealtyTrac, a real estate research firm that tracks foreclosure housing data.
"There is a shortage of inventory — as crazy as it sounds to say that," says Daren Blomquist, a RealtyTrac spokesman. "In a lot of market there's less inventory of foreclosed properties than there is demand. You're hearing about multiple bids for these properties."
Source: "Foreclosure Slowdown Pushing Home Prices Higher," NBC News (Oct. 11, 2012)


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At the close of the Civil War, soldiers and officers of the 62nd United States Colored Infantry, stationed at Fort McIntosh, Texas, but composed primarily of Missourians, took steps to establish an educational institution in Jefferson City, Missouri, which they named Lincoln Institute. Members of the 62nd Colored Infantry contributed $5,000; this was supplemented by approximately $1,400, given by the 65th Colored Infantry. With these funds, the school opened its doors in 1866. A part of campus with buildings dating from the 1920s to 1951 has been listed as the Lincoln University Hilltop Campus National Register Historic District; the structures are mainly two-story, brick Georgian style buildings. They are clustered along Dawson Drive, Dickerson Drive, Taylor Drive, and Chestnut Street (see the map below).
NRHP Historic District Updated Map of Lincoln U. Hilltop Campus (Greene & Holland 1982)
1898 map of Lincoln Institute campus with former buildings (red=brick, yellow=wood building) (Sanborn Map Company p. 7)
Lincoln University dorm room, c. 1937. Image courtesy of the Missouri State Museum Collection
Library at Lincoln University, c. 1937 Image courtesy of the Missouri State Museum Collection
Ladies playing field hockey at Lincoln University, c. 1937 Image courtesy of the Missouri State Museum Collection
Students gathered outside a building at Lincoln University, c. 1937 Image courtesy of the Missouri State Museum Collection
Cafeteria at Lincoln University, c. 1937 Image courtesy of the Missouri State Museum Collection
Ladies playing cards at Lincoln University, c. 1937 Image courtesy of the Missouri State Museum Collection
Chemistry lab at Lincoln University, c. 1937 Image courtesy of the Missouri State Museum Collection
Library stacks at Lincoln University, c. 1937 Image courtesy of the Missouri State Museum Collection
Students gathered outside Benjamin Allen Hall at Lincoln University, c. 1937 Image courtesy of the Missouri State Museum Collection
On January 14, 1866, Lincoln Institute was formally established under an organization committee. By June of the same year, it incorporated and the committee became a Board of Trustees. Richard Baxter Foster, a former first lieutenant in the 62nd Infantry, was named first principal of Lincoln Institute. On September 17, 1866, the school opened its doors to the first class in an old frame building in Jefferson City.
In 1869, Lincoln Institute moved to the present campus, and in 1870 it began to receive aid from the state of Missouri for teacher training. College-level work was added to the curriculum in 1877, and passage of the Normal School Law permitted Lincoln graduates to teach for life in Missouri without further examination. Lincoln Institute formally became a state institution in 1879 with the deeding of the property to the state. Under the second Morrill Act of 1890, Lincoln became a land grant institution, and the following year industrial and agricultural courses were added to the curriculum.
In 1921, the Missouri Legislature passed a bill introduced by Walthall M. Moore, the first black American to serve in that body, which changed the name from Lincoln Institute to Lincoln University and created a Board of Curators to govern the University.
The North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools accredited the high school division in 1925, the teacher-training program in 1926, and the four-year college of arts and sciences in 1934. Graduate instruction was begun in the summer session of 1940, with majors in education and history and minors in English, history, and sociology. A School of Journalism was established in February 1942.
In 1954, the United States Supreme Court handed down its ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, and Lincoln University responded by opening its doors to all applicably meeting its entrance criteria. Today, Lincoln University serves a diverse clientele, both residential and non-residential, engages in a variety of research projects, and offers numerous public service programs in addition to providing an array of academic programs. The college slogan is "Proud past, progressive future."
Some of the contributing buildings in the NRHP Historic District for the university's Hilltop Campus are: Richard B. Foster Hall (1923), the Power Plant (1923), Logan A. Bennett Hall (1938), Libby C. Anthony Hall (1940), and Irving C. Tuft Hall (1951).
Greene, Debra . Holland, Antonio F.. NRHP Nomination - Boundary Increase for Lincoln U. Hilltop Campus H.D.. National Register. Washington, DC. National Park Service, 1982.
Kremer, Gary R.. Holland, Antonio F.. NR Nomination Form for Lincoln University Hilltop Campus Historic District. National Register. Washington, DC. National Park Service, 1980.
Lincoln University of Missouri. Our History, Lincoln University. Accessed March 28th 2020. https://www.lincolnu.edu/web/about-lincoln/our-history.
https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn04715_003/
Lincoln University Website
NRHP Nomination for Lincoln U. Hilltop Campus Historic District (Kremer and Holland 1980)
Modern map of campus with buildings labeled (Lincoln University 2020)
Campus visits website: https://www.lincolnu.edu/web/luadmissions/scheduled-visits
Campus tours for prospective students: (573) 681-5000
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Begun in 1913 as a response to the city's housing crisis, Riverdale Courts (now Bain Apartments Co-operative) was one of two housing projects built by the Toronto Housing Company, a public-private partnership dedicated to providing comfortable but affordable homes for low-wage earners. Among the first social housing projects in Canada aimed at improving conditions for the working class, Riverdale Courts was constructed east of the Don River on 2.42 hectares while Spruce Court was built west of the Don closer to downtown Toronto. Influenced by the Garden City movement, the buildings were constructed in cross-axial arrangements around open, grass courtyards. The structures comprised several "cottage flats"—one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments, each with a front door and its own private balcony or patio.
The structures lining Bain and Sparkhall Avenues provided direct access to those streets; on the perpendicular axis, buildings were oriented to the courtyards, often planted with mature shade trees and gardens. This configuration provides a shared open space while also creating a sense of enclosure from the streets where residents can congregate. The first 204 such homes were designed in the Arts & Crafts style by the architectural firm Eden Smith and Sons. An additional 52 units, designed by F. H. Marani, were built in 1922-1923. The apartments became privately held in the 1930s and changed hands several times until 1977, when the Bain Apartments Co-operative, Inc., one of the first such housing co-operatives in Ontario, took possession of the entire complex.


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package pl.droidsonroids.rockpaperscissors;

import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.CompoundButton;
import android.widget.Toast;

import butterknife.Bind;
import butterknife.ButterKnife;
import butterknife.OnCheckedChanged;
import butterknife.OnClick;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements EndpointDiscoveryListener, GameHostListener, GameClientListener {

    @Bind(R.id.recycler_games) RecyclerView mGamesRecycler;
    @Bind(R.id.button_go_to_room) Button mButtonGoToRoom;

    private NearbyManager mNearbyManager;

    private GamesAdapter mGamesAdapter;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        ButterKnife.bind(this);

        mGamesAdapter = new GamesAdapter(this);
        mGamesAdapter.setOnEndpointClickedListener(new OnEndpointClickedListener() {
            @Override
            public void onEndpointClicked(final Endpoint endpoint) {
                mNearbyManager.connectToGame(endpoint);
            }
        });

        mGamesRecycler.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(this));
        mGamesRecycler.setAdapter(mGamesAdapter);

        NearbyManager.initialize(this);

        mNearbyManager = NearbyManager.getInstance();
        mNearbyManager.setEndpointDiscoveryListener(this);
        mNearbyManager.setGameHostListener(this);
        mNearbyManager.setGameClientListener(this);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onStart() {
        super.onStart();
        mNearbyManager.connect();
    }

    @Override
    protected void onStop() {
        super.onStop();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        int id = item.getItemId();
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Q: JSPX namespaces not visible for EL functions? I'm attempting to use JSPX (pure XML syntax for JSP) and running into what seems like it should work, but doesn't.  I'm importing taglibs using namespace declarations in the jsp:root element, then using these later on for elements as well as EL functions:
<jsp:root version="2.0"
    xmlns:jsp="http://java.sun.com/JSP/
    xmlns:c="urn:jsptld:/WEB-INF/tld/c.tld"
    xmlns:fn="urn:jsptld:/WEB-INF/tld/fn.tld">
    ...
    <c:if test="${fn:length(list) > 0">
        ...
    </c:if>
    ...
</jsp:root>

I get an exception saying "The attribute prefix fn does not correspond to any imported tag library".  Other pages work fine, but this page differs in that it uses a few EL functions contained in a tag library.
Is there a different kind of import I need that will bring these taglib prefixes into a scope that's visible for EL function calls?

A: Why don't you use the full TLD URI? You can find here an overview of the valid JSTL TLD URI's (click at any JSTL taglib of your interest to get the valid declaration examples).
To be sure: you have placed the JSTL JAR file(s) (jstl.jar and/or standard.jar, depending on JSTL version, until with 1.1 it's both and in 1.2 it's only jstl.jar) in the classpath and you did not extract them nor cluttered the classpath and/or web.xml with loose files and declarations as some poor online tutorials say?

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CLASSIC RAY STARTS STREAMING
Ray Charles's classic records for ABC-Paramount, released between 1960 and 1973, have been noticeably absent from streaming services. That means no original versions of "Georgia on My Mind," "Crying Time," "Let's Go Get Stoned," "Busted"—you get the picture.
The first step toward remedying that situation has begun at NPR Music where Brother Ray's classic Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music Volumes 1 & 2 is streaming ahead of Vol. 1's release on vinyl, CD and digitally on 2/22.
The groundbreaking integration of soul and country music, Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music includes Charles' versions of "I Can't Stop Loving You" and "You Don't Know Me." It was the first country album in history to achieve Gold record status.
Here's to hoping Crying Time gets the same treatment.
THEY'LL MAKE A CLIENT OUT OF YOU
RISE UP: "LIGHT" IN THE DARKNESS
REVISITING LA PUNK
FRANKLIN BRINGS GOSPEL TO BEATS 1
HISTORY LESSONS AT JAZZ FEST
BLUE NOTE JOINS VINYL CLUB
FRANKLIN SPREADING LOVE WITH ALBUM AND TOUR
THREE LEFT-FIELDERS
THE SHOW AT AGUA CALIENTE TURNS 10: MASSAGE GIFT CERTIFICATES ARE ALWAYS IN GOOD TASTE


By Natalie-Claire Woods Lyda, Editor, Peachtree Papers, The Junior League of Atlanta, Inc.
The United States Constitution provides that an attorney will be provided to those who cannot afford representation; nevertheless, this is only for criminal cases- leaving an enormous gap in representation for civil cases. Nearly half of all civil cases are represented pro se (where the parties represent themselves). Of those cases, there is a 75% failure rate for self-representation. The Constitution also declares that Americans have the right to Equal Justice Under the Law. The only problem is that justice isn't equal when you're an immigrant who is denied the right to an attorney while being detained in customs. Justice isn't equal when you're a Native American protecting your sovereign land and being assaulted and detained without an attorney. There are practically no rights to counsel for almost every type of civil case. This means a loving parent cannot afford competent representation in court to retain custody of their children. Victims of domestic violence don't know their options when it comes to fleeing their abuser and finding sanctuary. Underrepresented people in the USA do not have an attorney on speed dial to help them on a moment's notice.
The problem also exists on a global scale. The United Nations Global Goal 16 promotes access to justice as a critical part of sustainable development of peaceful and inclusive societies, yet little is being done to implement this immediately within the communities that need it the most: socioeconomically disadvantaged women and children, those with disabilities, LGBTQAI+ identifiers and ethnic/religious minorities.
Fortunately, the United States is addressing these right to counsel issues across various practice areas. In Mississippi, they are not only tackling the issue the right to counsel, but underpaid and under-resourced counsel within the child welfare system. In Alabama, a teen wanted to exit the foster system and move in with a willing family member; however, they were unable to because they did not have the requisite appointed attorney serving as a court appointed. Virginia is addressing the ability to label an addict a "habitual drunkard" without the individual in question having representation. San Francisco codified the right to counsel for eviction cases, and the rest of the country seems to be following suit.
To apply for assistance, contact the Georgia Heirs Property Law Center at (706) 424-7557 ext. 1 or email [email protected].


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Tips on how to get autographs/meet a band at a concert
bjaiken replied to Til_Kingdom_Come's topic in The World Of Music
I like meeting bands and getting autographs. I try not to ask too much of them so that I'm not disappointed. I don't know - its fun. I met Green Day several years ago, and they were much cooler than they are now (at least from a fans perspective). I don't blame them - they blew up huge. That's how it gets ruined.
I use to collect a lot of music autographs. I would recommend going to soundcheck. It's a long shot for a large venue, but it's probably your best shot. I would also wait after the show. Again, a long shot, but I've seen it done many times. The guys from Green Day have gotten rather bad about signing and meeting their fans. Too many sellers and dealers have worn them down, I believe.
bjaiken replied to twin4life's topic in The World Of Music
I thought Morrissey was the only one killing DJs.
The Offical "The Killers" Thread
bjaiken replied to Kettercat's topic in The World Of Music
Just listened to Runaways. It sounds like they keep building off the themes in Dustland Fairytale. It's the "Springsteen-esque" type themes. I have not made up my mind if that's a good thing or not.
bjaiken replied to Paranoid_Scientist's topic in The World Of Music
That's exactly right. Everything Colin has ever signed for me is that goofy abbreviated signature. It's silly, but it's consistently his signature.
I was in NYC a few weeks back, and I saw these protestors running around. This is my opinion (short and simple): All these kids know is that college is more difficult to get into, more expensive once they attend, and more worthless when they get out. Perhaps they are not on point, but I understand their frustration.
Daniel Craig must stalk Radiohead. I saw him at the Haiti show in Los Angeles.
Wow, 2nd row and a good chat with some band members. That's a good night!
How exciting. I bet it was a great show.
bjaiken replied to busybeeburns's topic in The World Of Music
Yeah, Chloe Dancer is an amazing couple of minutes. Crown of Thorns is good, but Chloe Dancer is an insane 2 minutes. Best line: "Chloe's just like me....only beautiful". That line always got me.
bjaiken replied to badlydrawngirl's topic in The World Of Music
Nice...I've been waiting for this for sometime (I've been posting about it for over a year).
Anytime there is a big production show, you will get more of a canned concert. PJ does not have am elaborate stage show. They just come out in play. Because they drastically change the setlist nightly, each show has it's unique feel, which is why collectors love the PJ bootlegs. Plus, it's very tough to be able to play so many different songs on a nightly basis. For most bands, it takes them time to work out kinks when they introduce a new song on tour. PJ does it nightly.
^ Awesome review. I've seen PJ and Coldplay 7X each. While I obviously love each band, I appreciate Pearl Jam's ability to pull from deep within their catalogue and provide a unique show each night. I've never been to 2 PJ shows that feel the same. Each one is it's own unique experience.
^ I agree. A lot of the songs that were on Radiohead's last album were played by Atoms for Peace first. I hope Thom draws a clear distinction between the two.
The band name Atoms for Peace is still hard for me to swallow.


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Huey Percy Newton (n. Monroe, Luisiana; 17 de febrero de 1942 – m. Oakland, California; 22 de agosto de 1989) fue un político y revolucionario estadounidense, cofundador y líder inspirador de los Panteras Negras. En 1989 le mataron a tiros en Oakland, California.

Newton nació en Monroe, Luisiana, siendo el más joven de los siete hijos que tuvieron Armelia Johnson y Walter Newton, aparcero y predicador bautista. En 1945, la familia se estableció en Oakland, California. Cuando era adolescente, fue arrestado varias veces por delitos menores, como posesión de armas, vandalismo y pequeños robos.

Mientras estudiaba en el Merritt College de Oakland, Newton se involucró en política,  uniéndose a la Asociación AfroAmericana y se convirtió en un destacado miembro de la fraternidad Phi Beta Sigma, capítulo Tau Beta. También comenzó a formarse ideológicamente, leyendo obras de Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Patrice Lumumba, Frantz Fanon, Malcolm X, Mao Zedong, Che Guevara, Fidel Castro y Kwame Nkrumah. Fue durante este período en el Merritt College cuando Newton y Bobby Seale organizaron el Partido Pantera Negra para la Autodefensa en octubre de 1966.

El Partido Pantera Negra era una organización afroestadounidense de izquierda que se presentó ante la población de color como un movimiento para combatir la discriminación de los negros y que legitimaba la violencia y la "autodefensa armada". Su conocimiento del Código Penal de California les permitió desarrollar las teorías de la autodefensa, incentivando a que los miembros de la comunidad negra se armasen y formasen patrullas, de acuerdo con sus derechos legales, para combatir la brutalidad y las agresiones de la policía. Se cree que parte de esta doctrina tenía como trasfondo la idea de preparar a la población para una futura revolución maoísta. El partido logró impacto y renombre nacional e internacional a través de su profunda implicación en el movimiento del Poder Negro y en la política de las décadas de 1960 y 1970. Newton y los Panteras también iniciaron una serie de programas sociales en Oakland, incluyendo la fundación de la Oakland Community School, que proporcionó educación de alto nivel a 150 niños de los barrios urbanos pobres. Otros programas de los Panteras incluían el Free Breakfast for Children Program (Programa de desayuno gratuito para niños) y otros que ofrecían bailes para adolescentes y entrenamiento en artes marciales. De acuerdo con el Superintendente del condado de Oakland, John George: "Huey podría tomar una pandilla de tipos y darles una conciencia social".  Newton fue acusado más tarde de malversar 600.000 dólares de los fondos estatales asignados a la Oakland Community School, pero los cargos se redujeron solo al cobro indebido de un cheque de U$S 15.000 para uso personal, y Newton fue condenado a seis meses de cárcel y 18 meses de libertad condicional.

Uno de los programas más influyentes y ampliamente conocidos de las Panteras fue la organización de las mencionadas patrullas de ciudadanos armados para evaluar el comportamiento de los agentes de policía y evitar la brutalidad policial. Esto provocó inevitables roces con la policía de Oakland y el 28 de octubre 1967, en un confuso episodio, el oficial de dicha fuerza John Frey resultó muerto, mientras que su compañero Herbert Heanes quedó gravemente herido, lo mismo que Huey Newton. Este fue procesado por la muerte de Frey y condenado en septiembre de 1968. En mayo de 1970, la Corte de Apelaciones de California anuló la condena y ordenó un nuevo juicio. Después de dos nuevas anulaciones de juicios posteriores, la Corte Suprema de California archivó el caso.

En esta época de Newton, escribió varias colecciones de ensayos, poemas y canciones, algunos de ellos publicados por el Partido de las Panteras Negras. Además, los años en que estuvo en la cárcel coincidieron con algunos de los mayores hostigamientos del FBI contra las Panteras Negras, especialmente a través de la infiltración y el fomento de las insidias internas que llevaron a Huey P. Newton y Bobby Seale a desconfiar uno del otro.

En agosto de 1974, Newton fue nuevamente arrestado, acusado ahora de asesinar a Kathleen Smith, una prostituta de 17 años de edad, siendo luego liberado por falta de pruebas. Newton también fue acusado de agredir a su sastre, Preston Callins. Tras pagar una fianza y salir en libertad, fue nuevamente detenido por el asesinato de Smith, pero fue capaz de pagar una fianza de U$S 80,000 y puesto en libertad una vez más. Posteriormente, Newton huyó a Cuba junto con su novia Gwen Fountaine para evitar ser procesado por los anteriores cargos, viviendo allí hasta 1977. Durante este tiempo va a engrosar la lista de los fugitivos más buscados por el FBI. Elaine Brown asumió como presidente del Partido de las Panteras Negras en su ausencia. Newton regresó a los Estados Unidos Estados en 1977 para ser juzgado por el asesinato de Smith y el asalto a Callins, alegando que el clima social ahora había cambiado y que existía la oportunidad de tener un juicio justo por unas acusaciones que, según él, habían estado influidas por implicaciones políticas.

Durante el juicio por agresión a Preston Callins, este cambió su testimonio varias veces y, finalmente, le dijo al jurado que no sabía quién lo había atacado. Newton fue absuelto del asalto en septiembre de 1978, pero declarado culpable de dos cargos de posesión de arma de fuego.

Después de quedar dos juicios y dos jurados en un punto muerto, la fiscalía decidió no volver a acusar a Newton por el asesinato de Smith.

En 1985 es acusado de malversación de fondos públicos en relación con los programas sociales de las Panteras Negras. Es condenado en 1989, en medio de rumores de que utilizó el dinero para mantener su propia adicción al alcohol y las drogas. En ese momento, la organización ya vivía una época de total decadencia.

El 22 de agosto de 1989, Huey P. Newton murió tras ser baleado por Tyrone Robinson, un traficante de drogas de Oakland. Robinson fue condenado por el asesinato, en agosto de 1991, a 32 años de prisión. Los medios de comunicación plantearon la hipótesis de que Newton podría estar involucrado en el tráfico de drogas, y que esto estaba en el fondo de su asesinato.

Se convirtió en un icono de la cultura negra estadounidense y de los raperos más combativos, como Tupac Shakur y Dead Prez, que compusieron en su honor varias canciones y ven su muerte como el resultado de una conspiración por las autoridades en contra de su activismo, el músico George Clinton posó en una foto en un sillón similar al de Newton, para el álbum de Funkadelic; "Uncle Jam Wants You".

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 Black Panthers Sitio web de las Panteras Negras mantenido por la Fundación Dr. Huey P. Newton
 Biografía publicada en el diario "El País" luego de su asesinato

Fallecidos en Oakland (California)
Asesinatos en Estados Unidos en 1989
Comunistas de Estados Unidos
Marxistas de Estados Unidos
Miembros del Partido Pantera Negra
Políticos de Estados Unidos
Revolucionarios de Estados Unidos


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The Introduction Experience
Better Than Unicorns, LLC © 2018
Accretion is a virtual reality environment designed to enhance personal interactions and encourage positive group dynamics.
Players equip tracking devices and a VR headset to see and interact with each other in a shared play space.
Original moment-to-moment storyline flow encourages players to use their individual abilities to contribute to a shared group effort.
A high focus on intricate interactions that are fun to watch and gratifying to experience.
Combines the team-play mechanics of an 'escape room' with the intensity and drama of a space opera.
Players find themselves in a harsh far-flung future, where they will use teamwork to fix what they need to survive, to journey through the vacuum of space, and to understand the inscrutable anomaly.
High Concept
In local Virtual Reality cooperative, up to four players will work together to understand and fix their surroundings, survive journeys through the vacuum of space, and understand an inscrutable anomaly.
Accretion is a mission-based small-squad virtual reality escape room. It incorporates elements from the Role-Playing, Action Adventure, and Strategy genres. Featuring a variety of interactive locations, sci-fi tools and gadgets, and suspenseful situations inspired by games such as: I Expect You To Die, Job Simulator, and real life escape rooms.
Co-operative play: Local co-op is a dying experience, and local VR co-op is a nearly unheard of feature. Accretion brings the immersitivity of VR into the realm of groups by offering a four player local VR co-op experience, where the players share the same physical and virtual space.
Character Persistence and Growth: How individual players act and problem solve within the virtual space will be tracked and profiled according to numerous intelligence types, allowing for returning players to automatically experience missions with interactions and puzzles they enjoy. Additionally, players will level up and/or unlock certain character options as they play, allowing for more difficult missions to be attempted, and for missions to be conquered more easily. Finally, an Accretion website will serve as a partial portal to the game world, listing player's statistics and customization options.
Team-based Gameplay: Occupying both the same physical and virtual space, the four players will be able search their surroundings together, problem-solve together, use objects together, and complete missions together, allowing for different players to shine at different points (through their individually selected tools/abilities and profiled intelligence types), and all players to shine as a group.
Compelling Story: With player-to-player and NPC-to-player interactions inspired by everything from Firefly to Portal
Available at our brick-and-mortar Arena, Accretion will be geared towards groups and team-play. Harder missions, differing mission requirements, character persistence/growth, leaderboards, and customization options will keep groups coming back over and over.
Potential option for availability through Steam as a four player online co-operative experience. Content would be prioritized for brick and mortar locations to drive in-person patronage.
Justin Hamilton -- Chief Developer
Jonathan Nieman -- Developer
John Kreisher -- Developer
Eric Wetherill -- Project Manager
Kendall Breivogel -- Lead Artist
Brett McCall -- Chief Guy


It's funny how some people think of accountants as being boring, but that's not necessarily true.
Both can be fascinating jobs (either that or I'm just a boring old git) but I think that a lot of people think that accountants spend their days totting up numbers on a calculator. Is that what you think? What do you think about accountants? Are they all very boring?
I used to date an accountant.
I used to be an accountant.
Was you ex-girlfriend very boring, Adi?
Well, yeah, but maybe she chucked you.
Accountants do the very difficult' tax filing' work.You must appreciate them for that !
Well I was an accountant once myself but now I've turned my back on it and work for myself from home.
Accountants are not always boring. Though to be fair a lot of them are!


Welcome to the home page of "Tenkoku-Sozai AOI,My name is "AOI" and I'm Japanese.
Tenkoku is Japanese seal carving.These are the examples.
My pages are written in Japanese, but I hope you will enjoy the beauty of "Tenkoku".
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7 October 2021 – Singapore: ONE Championship™ (ONE) today announced the full card for ONE: NEXTGEN, which broadcasts live from the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Friday, 29 October. In the main event, Ukrainian skyscraper Roman Krykliareturns to...
ONE Championship Announces ONE: FIRST STRIKE for 15 October
by wanisa | Sep 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
7 September 2021 – Singapore: ONE Championship™ (ONE) today announced the full card for ONE: FIRST STRIKE, which broadcasts live across the world on Friday, 15 October. The event features the first all-kickboxing main card in promotional history. In the main...
Sitthichai Stuns Tawanchai To Win Close Split Decision In Main Event At ONE: BATTLEGROUND III
by wanisa | Aug 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
27 August 2021 – Singapore: ONE Championship™ (ONE) returned with ONE: BATTLEGROUND III, a tape-delayed event at the Singapore Indoor Stadium that aired on Friday, 27 August. The show featured five exciting mixed martial arts contests and a high-level Muay...
ONE: REVOLUTION Full Live Card Announced
Featuring 3 World Title Fights On 24 September
18 August 2021 – Singapore: ONE Championship™ (ONE) today announced the complete lineup for ONE: REVOLUTION, set to broadcast live across the world on Friday, 24 September. The stacked card is headlined by three massive World Title bouts. In the main event,...
ONE CHAMPIONSHIP: EMPOWER IS COMING
16 August 2021 – Singapore: ONE Championship™ (ONE) today announced a new date for ONE: EMPOWER, now set to broadcast live across the world on Friday, 3 September. The historic event marks the first all-women's fight card hosted by a major global...


The Thousand Year Curse Release!
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Next week from 8/19 to 8/21 there will be a free promotion! Those three days, ONLY, the ebook format will be free for the kindle. Make sure to get your copy then since it probably won't happen again.
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Kerblam!
Posted on November 22, 2018 by Roger Pocock
With a cast that includes Claudia Jessie, from the sublimely intelligent comedy Porters, and Lee Mack, one of the funniest comedians this country has to offer, I was expecting a funny episode this week. The teaser at the end of the previous episode strengthened that expectation, but sadly it was not to be. Lee Mack was under-utilised in the episode and there was probably less comedy than the average Doctor Who episode. So what did we get instead?
Well, superficially we got Scooby Doo, with a villainous janitor who would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for that pesky Doctor. We also got the plot of Robots of Death, plus some killer bubble wrap that is actually supposed to be bubble wrap at last. Oh, and the conductor from Greatest Show. An army of him. But feeding into all this were some fascinating themes and ideas.
Idea #1: exploitation of a workforce. The idea that brought the Doctor into the narrative, a hidden message in a package, is actually a real world phenomenon. You will find news stories if you do a quick google, but here's one from the BBC website. If you take a look at the real-life message, you will see that it says something a bit more useful to the recipient than "help me". I'll come back to that.
Idea #2: technology stealing people's jobs. This of course goes right back to the Luddites, and, as much as that word has become an insult, they had a point. It's an issue that very much affects people today. I remember a couple of years ago the staff in my local bank branch kept nagging me about online banking. I said to one of them "you do realise if you persuade enough people to do that you will be out of a job?" She laughed it off as if I was living in some kind of a fantasy world. Earlier this year she was made redundant and the branch closed.
Idea #3: artificial intelligence becoming too intelligent. This is an important one, and it's fluffed. It is the assumed culprit, which is a red herring. Great. But then again the system thinks it's perfectly acceptable to kill an innocent woman as a tactical move to counteract the damage being done to it. Again, this is an issue that is very current. Are there scenarios where a self-driving car will choose to kill the driver, to protect a greater number of people? That's the choice the system makes in Kerblam!
The problem with all this, and there are more interesting ideas in the mix, is that writer Pete McTighe throws them all in and then has no comment to make about any of them. That's why I say #3 above is fluffed in particular. It goes unnoticed that a computer system has actually made a very cold-hearted, murderous decision. Kira is a great character who deserved the happiness of a meaningful gift from a loved one that she had never experienced. Her death is cruel, and it's at the hands of a computer system, but that's lost amongst the bombardment of unexplored themes. Just what is going on here? Is big business bad? Is their treatment of the workforce unacceptable? On the face of it, Tighe seems to be going with some kind of a condemnation of left-wing activism, with the big bad of the episode somebody who is fighting for human rights, and then he gets talked into a corner by the Doctor. Is that supposed to be the message? It's a pretty nasty one if it is, but even that is fuzzy, because his violent activism is shown to be successful in the end. The company does change the way it works, following on from what he does.
So all Tighe does is throws a lot of ideas at a wall, without offering an opinion on anything. You might think that's a good thing to do, but in the realms of drama it just isn't going to work. The end result is a muddle, and it is all achieved at the expense of any kind of logic. Charlie's whole modus operandi makes little sense. He has the ability and knowledge to simply bring the system to its knees. There's no reason for him to be killing anybody. The Doctor's solution is a gratuitous way to bring about his death because that's the result the writer is looking for, but it doesn't flow from any kind of a sensible narrative. She could simply get them to teleport into space, or how about not setting off the bubble wrap at all. Instead, there is a big explosion because those are cool, and the perp is neatly dispatched in the process. It's about as contrived as a computer system that sends out a smudged "help me" note, instead of one that says "Charlie Duffy is a murderer".
Ironically, for a story that tries to include some kind of confused message about AI being a threat to humanity, I came away with the impression that a computer could have written something better than this. RP
With a visually stunning opening and another shot of the time vortex right out of Bill and Ted, Kerblam opens with the requisite bang. But was it a good episode? I enjoyed it, despite a number of problems. So, let's start there.
Before I watched Sunday night's episode, I had our friend and sometime contributor to the blog, Paul Roeber over my house with his 2 year old son. His son found it loads of fun to shoot me with a marshmallow gun. To combat this, I pulled out the sonic screwdriver and ran after him, making him giggle the whole time. It was fun for all! But I wasn't writing a story for a 55 year old television show; I was just having fun with a kid using the only thing nearby that could even be perceived as a foil to his marshmallow weapon. Pete McTighe, the writer of Kerblam, decided the sonic really needed more screen time. Which is a bit crazy, considering what an all-powerful device this has been already.
The Doctor uses the sonic to:
Update a spreadsheet (Timelord knows how that works!)
Change the color of the group-loop device to switch roles with Graham
Unlock a file cabinet because picking it or having it unlocked would have been too convenient
Attempt to disable a robot (so it can update spreadsheets but can't work on actual problems…)
Attempt to pull data from the robots head (while putting a sparking head on a desk covered in paper…)
Open Twirly's cage
Turn Twirly back on
Hijack a teleport
Scan/identify liquified human remains
Scan bubble wrap and identify the explosive within
Scan the air to determine the nature of power drains
Fix a broken bomb activation device
Reactivate Twirly
And finally reactivate a teleport
I love the Sonic, but that's just ridiculous!
It's not the only thing they got wrong with the episode. When the Doctor gets the package from Kerblam, Ryan pops some of the bubblewrap. But at the end of the episode, they think better of it and stare at the ominous bubble wrap like it might be dangerous. Sorry, Pete, you showed us early on that it wasn't. That's not the part I take issue with: the system was trying to get the Doctor's help, so it makes sense that the bubblewrap used in the Doctor's box was not dangerous. But why make a tense moment when we already knew there was nothing to be tense over. And considering how many people pack the products off the conveyor belt, in bubble wrap, does no one ever accidentally pop them? Ok, kudos to McTighe for one thing: after Ark in Space, the big joke was that bubble wrap is not scary… but now it is!
Am I done? No! Dan is taken by the robots, and Yaz hears him scream but when the adorable Kira is taken, she is put in a soundproof room. So what did Yaz hear? And, when the group gets down to the lower levels, Charlie says he can hear "Kira's voice". Sorry again Pete, get a better script editor. You can't hear someone if they are in a soundproof room. Make up your mind! Oh, and continuity in Doctor Who is hard enough, but to contradict ourselves already… that's embarrassing. Jodie says in Arachnids in the UK that she loves a conspiracy. Three episodes later she claims to hate them! Or Ryan, when you tell the boss that there's no time to mess with a packing label, you look silly when there was clearly ample time to stand around chatting without a single package coming down the conveyor belt! This wasn't the conveyor belt from I Love Lucy! Speaking of conveyor belts, do they really have lasers to zap the packages, but can't hit a human sized target? Sure, the roller coaster scene was fun, but a bit over the top, no? And what humor value was uniquely gained by the pole dancer joke? Again, we want kids watching this show – there's no need to have them questioning what that's all about. To quote Gob from Arrested Development, "C'mon!"
But despite that, I enjoyed the episode. Why?
For one, the cast is consistently marvelous. There are so many great lines, but Graham's superpower might be his best. Ryan, at least still maintaining some continuity with his dyspraxia, recognizes "that's not how we roll" when given the choice to stay behind. The Doctor really feels like the hero a number of times too, when she declares "I might suspect you have something to do with it" to the "head of people". "Those words better be worth something… you'll have me to deal with" "you better be worthy of those jobs you're holding", and "If I ever find out you're lying…" are all strong statements. Gone is that timid Doctor we saw with the Trump-wannabe in Arachnids in the UK, this Doctor stands her ground and conveys the power to stand behind her words. I guess, her words are worth something! And there are other great lines, like when Twirly tells that Doctor that for people with her medical condition, he recommends blood pressure medication. You have to be quick here: she has two hearts, two sets of heartbeats. To Twirly, that's got to be disconcerting. (If only he knew about that health plan!)
And I'm all for allegory! "While we were busy staring at our phones…" technology took the power away from people. Yeah, I can see that happening. Not to mention, as I am midway through a course on leadership, I love how relevant this line was, "Respect goes both ways. The best managers, the really good ones, value their staff…"
Yet, a lot of this is pretty standard Doctor Who. This season has been about learning and this is a chance to attack big business, like Walmart and Amazon, the Kerblam's of our world. Well, there are moments that draw parallels, like wearing an ankle monitor as if under house arrest, being told "there's no such thing as privacy here" or having a "head of people" in place of human resources. There's a degree of the corporate lifestyle imitated here, but if you don't like the episode because it was a weak attack on the corporate world, you may have missed the point. I don't think it was about that at all. It started with the Doctor's comment about Robophobia. (For more on that, see here). I saw a distinctly pro-AI message here. We're all so afraid of what technology can do, but it's not the technology that goes wrong. The AI is the one trying to save the people and get the Doctor to help. The system gave the Doctor the role of janitor because that was where the problem was: she changes the group-loop but had she worked with the system, she might have discovered Charlie's malfeasance earlier. The system is the reason Kira's abduction takes place; trying to get Charlie to see the folly of his ways. The system doesn't even bother putting a gift in Kira's box, just the bubble wrap. It even alerts the Doctor and company that Kira has been taken, something it has not done up until that point. Instead it's the human that abuses technology that is the villain. Isaac Asimov's laws of robotics might hold true and we are worried about nothing. It's not the robots and the AI that we have to fear, but those whose mantas are "my generation; we change things!"
If there's one real problem with the story it's that Charlies plan actually does instigate change, which is exactly the wrong message. Maybe McTighe was giving us a hint of Gandhi: be the change you want to see in the world. Charlie is the one killed by the machines; so the Doctor may be responsible for instigating the actual change, not Charlie. Attacking the populace was never the right course of action, and we get lucky that only Charlie has to die in the end, but to illustrate that it did create the change Charlie wanted to see is a dangerous message. Fascinating episode at least, and well timed for Christmas. I wonder if I'll still pop the bubble wrap? ML
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3 Responses to Kerblam!
Maybe it's because this year is the 50th Anniversary year for 2001: A Space Odyssey and also the year where Douglas Rain, the Canadian star who voiced HAL 9000, has passed. But I find it more significant for Jodie somewhere in her first season to tackle the issues of AI, as T. Baker in his first season with Robot. Although The Robots Of Death still earns my vote for the best robot villains, in Kerblam we get a similarly haunting example of how AIs who are made to be friendly can suddenly (in their own friendly-seeming way) become dangerous. HAL 9000 has been called the AI villain in SF that all other AI villains in SF (and maybe even science-realism) will be measured against. The fact that the actual villainy is one of the human ensemble (like the central villainy in The Robots Of Death) can make more sense as it specifies how our own responsibility for our technology is more serious an issue in reflection of all the real AI concerns of today.
In was similar to the subject matter of my Continuum City, where the Gemingans were shocked to learn from Susan 2 that their gravity-controlling achievement could be cataclysmically dangerous, but in realizing that Zodin was the main danger, as Susan 2 and Vanello defeated her, that all the technological wonders of this great city could still be good and safe so long as it all remains in the right hands. So in that sense I enjoyed Kerblam which, like the race-against-time dynamics I had for Susan 2, Vanello and Jootz, had a thrilling sequence for Ryan and Yasmin in the midst of that obstacle course through all of Kerblam's automation. Again it comes down to enjoying a Dr. Who story for your own personal reasons.
As for the conflicting confrontation between Jodie's Doctor and Charlie, the Doctor-ish tradition of trying to convince the villain that there should be a better way is honored by Jodie. Charlie's fate proved once again that even homicidal villains in Dr. Who are still people in their own rights. So I thought it made the outcome all the more realistic in the sense of learning from grave mistakes to assure that they'll never be repeated. As for the bubble-wrap, I still found it more unforgettable to see how green bubble wrap was made into the Wirrn's larvae-slugs in The Ark In Space. As kids of course, my sister and I both enjoyed popping bubble wraps and so I hope Kerblam won't scare children too much as the troll doll did in Terror Of The Autons.
Thank you both for your reviews.
ragaius says:
As an inexperienced traveler in the Who universe, I often wonder if I'm being too critical when I see things I don't like, or more importantly that drop me out of a story. So I was kind of glad to read Mike's complaints about the Sonic Screwdriver. Sure the Doctor needs SOMETHING out there, sentient beings are nothing without their tools, but it does seem to be something of a magic wand at times.
I thought this episode had a heartfelt message of caring and decency toward one another. The extras (who unfortunately don't survive) were very moving, particularly Kira, though Dan, who helps Yaz, also came across as a genuinely good person.
Beyond that though, agree with both RP and ML that the message got very muddled. There was something in there about protecting workers and the right to work. But that message got confused by the terrorism. I suppose you could have a story about how easy it is to be corrupted by ideals, but this wasn't that story.
Still I can't complain too much – it was enjoyable. I didn't see the mystery villian until the end and loved the sequences of traveling down the myriad conveyor belts.
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