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Q: dispatch_async and autoreleasepool I am using dispatch_async that in turns call other code that uses dispatch_async, which uses for-loop to allocate at least 50 - 100 objects.  How do I know when I should use @autoreleasepool? Can I just use @autoreleasepool in any dispatch_async that allocates more than 10 objects or is there a risk in using too many autoreleasepool?

A: As the Using Autorelease Pools section of the Advanced Memory Management Programming Guide advises to use autorelease pools where "either you must or it is beneficial to do so." I wouldn't generally advise just throwing in autorelease pools for no reason, though you can often do so without incident.
The @autoreleasepool is not needed unless you're dealing with your own NSThread instances (which you are not doing here), or if you are trying to explicitly reduce the high water mark caused by using many autorelease objects.
In terms of determining when you need autorelease pools to reduce peak memory utilization, it's not as simple as "I have ten objects." It's a question of the size of the objects and now many you have. If dealing with large images (e.g. 20000 x 20000 px), then more than one image may be too many. If dealing with small objects (strings, numbers, etc), then you can have thousands of objects without causing problems. And it only applies where you are using autorelease objects.
So, I'd suggest an empirical approach where you consider (a) at the peak amount of memory your routine uses; and (b) how many autorelease objects you're using, and make a decision from there.
It's worth noting, though, that there are some isolated situations where one must be careful adding an autorelease pool. The typical example is where you have a NSError ** parameter to a method for which you pass back an object if there was some error. For example, this code is problematic:
/** Some method that will optionally return error object.
 *
 *  @param  error  The error object being returned
 *
 *  @return        This returns an NSData if successful, and `nil` upon error.
 *                 See NSError object to determine why it failed.
 */

- (NSData *)someMethod:(NSError * __autoreleasing *)error
{
    @autoreleasepool {

        // do some stuff

        // following line is wrong as the error will be released when pool is drained

        if (failure)
            *error = [NSError errorWithDomain:kMyAppDomain code:code userInfo:nil];

        // etc
    }
}

In that case, you might refactor it like so:
- (NSData *)someMethod:(NSError * __autoreleasing *)error
{
    NSError *localError;

    @autoreleasepool {

        // do some stuff

        // save it in some local variable outside of the scope of this block

        if (failure) {
            localError = [NSError errorWithDomain:kMyAppDomain code:code userInfo:nil];
        }
    }

    // now you can return it safely
    *error = localError;

    // etc
}

A: At the risk of being less than completely helpful...
You should add @autoreleasepools when the Allocations template of Instruments shows you that your memory use during a particular workflow is significantly pushing up your application's high water mark (with autoreleased objects).
In other words, avoid premature optimization.


This recipe just goes to show that fast food can be healthy and tasty.
To make cucumber pickle; mix cucumber, rice vinegar, sugar, chili and salt, refrigerate for 1 hour or until needed.
Whisk pepper paste, sugar, soy sauce, rice vinegar and sesame oil in a medium bowl until sugar has dissolved.
In a large frying pan add chicken and marinade; bring to the boil and cook for 5 minutes or until reduced.
Serve tortillas with chicken and pickle.


Visiting family for us means at least a couple of hours on the road at the best of times. Or in case of my in laws it means more than 400 km which can add up to 4 to 5 hours in the car. Thanks to the ingenuousness of Apple products at least Little Girl can entertain herself halfway decently by now. Keeping 1 year old Mr. T happy for 4 hours? Let's just say there are things that are more fun.
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For me it usually boils down to socks, easy shawls or plain stockinette raglan sweaters. What's everyone else's favorite travel knitting, I'm wondering?


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Furthermore, mushrooms are composed of compacted mycelium, the vegetative part of fungus that's jam-packed with nutrition, such as polysaccharides, proteins, minerals, and vitamins B and D. They're also low-fat. The mycelium structure is loaded with helpful enzymes, antimicrobial agents and antiviral compounds. In fact, this mycelium is more important than you may think by helping provide nutrient-dense soil, something our land is often lacking, which can help neutralize the toxins in our immune systems.
Eastern cultures have revered the powerful health benefits of mushrooms for thousands of years. In the classic herbal text the "Shen Nong Ben Cao," written in 200 A.D., medicinal mushrooms are discussed for their healing potential.
In traditional Chinese medicine, turkey tail mushroom is known as Tun Zhi. It's been used by practitioners of TCM as an immunomodulator that boosts immune function and fights infections. This ability to support the health of both an underactive and overactive immune system is unique and valued among physicians of traditional medicine.
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It's best to buy organic to avoid toxins that may be found in the soil, especially since one of the biggest benefits comes from the dirt the mushroom is grown in, providing nourishment due to its natural environment.
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Turkey tail mushroom supplements are available in capsule form and usually taken to support a healthy immune system. In case your furry friends need some immune support, you can find turkey tail mushroom supplements for dogs too.
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There's actually a type of mushroom that's referred to as "false turkey tail mushroom" or golden curtain crust because they are turkey tail mushroom lookalikes. The scientific name for false turkey mushroom is Stereum ostrea, and it's a basidiomycete fungus. Like turkey tail mushroom, false turkey tail has concentric circles of many colors, but they are described as being more red than turkey tail. The name ostrea actually means "oyster" to describe the mushroom's shape.
You can also try this Turkey Tail Tincture recipe.
Archaeologists have found evidence of mushrooms on Egyptian hieroglyphics, noting the mushrooms as "the plant of immortality, called the 'sons of the gods' sent to Earth on lightning bolts and eaten only by nobles and pharaohs." The Aztecs event kept mushrooms as sacred, consuming them in holy rituals. And as noted above, Asian cultures have been keen to the turkey tail mushroom since the 15th century.
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Research seems very strong in the area of the turkey tail mushroom and its ability to be a great cancer-fighting natural remedy and immune booster.
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While more research needs to be conducted, choosing turkey tail mushrooms may be helpful and worth considering. If you choose to use the product, make sure that you adhere to the recommendations above regarding how to use it and buy it.


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Uh Oh, Now Namco Goes for Single 3DS Save File
List is getting longer
by James Newton Wed 27th Jul 2011
Last month's Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D save file debacle might seem a long time ago now, but it's about time it got dredged up again as it appears Namco has stuck the unpopular system in Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions.
According to a report from Wired, the cartridge only stores your most recent high score rather than the traditional leaderboard, and that these scores cannot be reset once logged. Nor can any extra content or achievements you unlock — these are yours forever.
The game is available across North America now, so if you've bought the game we want to hear if you've encountered this issue, and if so what you make of it.
[source wired.com]
Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions Review
Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions (3DS)
Wheels2050
Wed 27th Jul 2011
Bad Namco! Bad!
I long for the days of buying a game and being able to do what you want with it. All these online activations, locking to accounts, messing with save systems - all it does is impact on the legitimate users' experiences.
Jango-Forest
Urgh
Every human being deserves to be able to delete his/her save file.
I don't think this will take off completely though, it's too badly received.
Dizzy_Boy
this is now the future of handheld gaming. get used to it people.
Score. Based. Game.
bteamfox
This maybe what Nintendo want but it is us the customer that buys the product and use it. This is an unfair practice to implement and is only implemented for one reason that I see, to make it harder to sell the game second hand. We the customer should have the basic write to clear all data before we sell an old game or in my case to start the game again from scratch. I had this game on pre-order in the UK and have now cancelled it. Nintendo I will NOT by games no matter what they are if they do not let us the customer clear our old save data.
If any one has started an official petition to Nintendo please point me in the right direction so I can sign it.
MF_MaxiMillion
Who cares? It's Pacman.
47drift
And yet again, it's a score based arcade game. I really see no problem here. Again.
ThomasBW84
@bteamfox - one thing I would say is that this isn't a Nintendo decision, but a choice made by the game developer/publisher.
My biggest problem with this tactic is if it affects unlockables and extra content. If the game is the same from start to finish and is merely about setting high scores, it's less of a problem for gamers who want to play the game multiple times. However, when unlockable content is there forever, that's where I think this tactic becomes petty and unnecessary. To be clear about my point, an 'arcade' experience only exists where the saved data is high scores only, when other content is involved there's nothing 'arcadey' about locking save data.
ryanheinz
Will you all please relax? I got this game today and it is absolutely amazing. I don't care about the save file, but It's still kind of pointless. It's just a score based game anyway, I don't think it really needs a save file. RE:Mercenaries did deserve the option to be able to delete save data, but Capcom already announced that it was a huge mistake.
This game is awesome.
sykotek
Calling this right now!
Sequence of upcoming events:
1) Complaints of 3DS save limitation leads to terribly poor sales of Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions in the critical period.
2) At a Namco Bandai board meeting poor sales figures baffle those in charge. After brainstorming, NB eventually comes to the conclusion that there is nothing that can be done and the 3DS is not a viable market for making games at this time.
3) Tales of the Abyss is immediately cancelled for Nintendo 3DS.
4) Dozens of fans launch Facebook campaigns, complain on various message boards and dozens of petitions pop up in a futile attempt to convince NB to release their cancelled game.
5) NB does not change their mind as their sales figures show no return on their investments.
6) Fans blame Nintendo.
7) Another game company does the same thing, so do fans...rinse repeat ad nauseum.
Let me be the first to congratulate Namco for making an awesome game. I don't mind the save file on this one.
darkgamer001
There is only one way to send a message to Namco if you think that this was a mistake - don't buy the game. These guys aren't going to read these or any other gaming boards, so the only way to send a message is through not buying the game. It would then be up to Namco to gauge why the game failed. This seems like a small issue, and even more so when considering the nature of the game (it being an arcade Pacman), but we don't want this lame feature becoming some sort of disgusting standard on handheld games (much like how stupid DRM measures on many PC games which kinda ruin the experience of gamers)
@Aviator & 47drift: You're right that it's a score based game, but I disagree with both of you for two main reasons:
1. The game also includes achievements and unlockables. Some people (including me) enjoy being able to wipe things and start over. YMMV.
2. While this may not be a huge deal right now, this sort of thing doesn't bode well for the future. I'm far from a doomsayer, but removing the ability to do something as simple as deleting a save could grow into something more. I remember a while ago thinking that online activations of PC games were annoying but not a huge deal; Ubisoft then took that to the extreme and required a PERMANENT online connection to play several games. To me, that's unfathomably stupid. The backlash was huge, but it didn't stop them from ruining several games for many people.
OverlordMao
Oh noes, not Pacman!? How am I going to erase the "SEX" initials that players much better than me leave when I buy the game used!? URRRRGH
Okay, sarcastic joke aside, I don't fine this one to be that big of a deal.
Einherjar
If this becomes a trend, i wguess this here might become worthwhile investment: http://www.hkems.com/product/nintendo/0907.htm
With this you can bakup your saves on your pc AND delete them from the cartridge. It also works with 3DS games.
My point of boycotting games that don't let users reset save data is:-
A. Users should have the right to reset data if they wish.
B. It is the only way companies will listen to customer.
C. If this is not stopped now more and more games will have this function removed in the future.
People need to look to the future. Galaga my not need this function but if it is not there, then we do not have a choice. If we do not complain now, a game you do want to rest in the future may not have the function. Think ahead people. I am sure Nintendo could make it mandatory that all licensed games had to allow erasure of saved data if they wanted to.
Dude, I'm so gonna use dirty words on the profile name now.
Ahurrdurr.
TheAmazingRaccoon
it is fine to have undeletable high scores. The reason I was apposed to the undeletable save file in RE:M was because it had a bunch of unlockables.
Teh-Ray
lol and of course people still have their panties in a bunch over this.
I believe comment #4 pretty much sums up my sentiments here.
Sneaker13
Don't care, it's just a score based game and some achievements/unlockables.
TBH, seeing as this is a score based game, it would make hardly any difference, but yeah, this is getting ludicrous. Can't they see people will refuse to buy their games due to this factor? Bad move Namco.
Samholy
never been a pacman fan anyway, sorry namco.
frankly, because if i find a title worthy of purchase, it will be bought new. this system doesnt affect me much on this point.
so all they want is people to keep their games, and slow down the used market. im sure they lose a lot of sellings because of that. think about it. a game company sells thousands of copies. then half of this thousand i sold for the used market, and that half finds new owners. that's half a thousand copy the game company wont have they money for, or wont have their selling statistic.
no leaderboards? in this? really?
siavm
You do know this has been going on since the ds. Why are you sites making such a big deal about it now?
Hardy83
It funny that this has been going on for a while now even with the DS, but people are taking issue with it now on the 3DS.
My guess would be that since there's so few games for the 3DS, having two use this non-delete feature seems like a lot.
daznsaz
might become a bit of a trend dont know but im keeping resi mercs and ill keep this when i get it bit of a bummer when others use your 3ds because i like them to have their own file but not the end of the world
stratocastx
Still buying it. Still going to love it. Only reason I don't have it right now is because Target was sold out and Walmart didn't have it in stock.
LEGEND_MARIOID
I don't care about this save file issue tbh. Wouldn't impact on my decision as to whether to get the game or not. I'd be interested to read anybody's impressions of the game. A thread is up on the 3DS forum section. I take it the NA don reviewers will be reviewing this?
Burning_Spear
Not a big deal to me; I'm not getting the game. However, I think Namco is losing on this one. Would anyone not buy a used copy of this because someone else's leaderboard was already present? That's the way it was with every arcade game I ever played. I'm sure some people will be turned off of used copies, but I don't think resales will be hurt as much as new sales will.
Milkman-123
not that i was gonna share this game with anyone, but i did want an extra save file to perform glitches. ):
TrueWiiMaster
Eh, it doesn't really matter in this type of game. It would be nice to have a reset-able save data for those people who actually keep the game and want to restart it and get the achievements again, but I doubt that's a very large group of people. People who buy used can't really complain. It's not unusual for people who buy used to get less than people who buy new; that's why it's cheaper to buy used. What are they gonna do anyway, call the developer and tell them they refuse to buy this game used? I doubt the developer would care very much.
And why do people keep saying they have a right to deleting save data? There's no such right! Back in the day games didn't even HAVE save data. It is not a feature inherent to gaming! The only right you get when you buy a game is to be able to play it on the system it was made for. That's it. You don't even have the right to a good game. Otherwise bad games would be illegal. I mean seriously, if Nintendo made a new Zelda on the 3DS and it had a permanent save file (hopefully that would never happen) would you really skip it? You might be annoyed and vent on forums, but how many people would actually skip it?
triforceofcourage
Not a problem for this type of game... But still, why? I don't see ANY reason to create this type of permanent saving game.
Monsti
Did I understand this right? It only saves ONE score? Not your ten best scores or something?
Could anyone please tell me that...
TKOWL
I actually like non-data deletion better in this type of game: you don't have to worry about accidentally erasing your highly sought-after high scores. I've had that problem before with other games like this.
irken004
For score based games, I probably wouldn't mind something like this. But for other types of games, I'd be ticked off.
I think the lack of a leaderboard or Top 10 score list is WAY more problematic than the non-deletable save file. As Kohler in the Wired article says, it's nice to see your progression of improvement as the score get higher. Just a single number takes away from that.
(Wasn't going to buy this anyway. But the trend, new or old, is unsettling.)
bezerker99
@35. Precisely! All NES games (usually ports of arcade games) that are based on High Points/Score will erase your highscore as soon as you power the console off. NES games on VC benefit from the Wii's save/suspend feature, keeping your highscores intact (as long as one doesn't Reset the software).
Namco, apparently, is taking this concept to a "higher" level.
@35/38: I know lots of people who at one point start new from the beginning when they haven't played a while to see their progress....I don't know anyone who ever accidentaly deleted their highscores.
@37: Yes, that is the reason I'm not buying it. Just one score is absolutely ridiculous. The longer the list the better. It's soooo much more fun to see your progress.
GreenInferno
Single save file? Then the game should be half of its usual price. How do I figure? Well most games give you at least TWO profiles with which to use. What if your brother or sister wants their own file? Buy another cart? OK, then halve the RRP.
retired_account
Ha I agree with Zach. No leaderboards? wtf?
@41 has a good point. Renewable save files have become industry standard. How can you charge the standard price without it?
zeeroid
Another day, another drama. yawn
Serpenterror
It's hard to believe that a game like The Legend of Zelda which was released like two decades ago offered save files you can create and delete whenever you want and games that got released nowadays doesn't. Really this is just Namco Bandai's way of pissing gamers off.
No leaderboards? Wtf Namco? Seriously... whut da fudge?!
Here's a single save file and we're taking away leaderboards. Nooooooo! D:
Not bothered by this either, it's a score... based... game. I'd be more annoyed if it was a story based game.
retrox
Wow, this new anti-consumer trend is saving me lots of money that I can now spend on awesome indie games for my PC.
Ah, who am I kidding. I wouldn't have bought this anyway. But at least now I get to yell on the internets about it!
bboy2970
Well this isn't exactly a good thing but I don't think it is as big of a deal as the RE thing. This is an arcade game so its not that bad that the save file can't be erased. That said, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to not even give the option to delete save data. I'm getting this game new so it doesn't matter to me but I really hope this doesn't become a trend because for other genres, like every one that isn't arcade, this could be a huge problem...
turtlelink
What #4 said. Does it really matter THAT much?
TheBaconator
THIS GAME IS EVIL!!! BURN IT IN FIRE!!!
Just kidding. I really don't understand why this one save file thing is starting to aggravate everyone now. It has been going on in many games for awhile now.
Yogsoggoth
It's sad to see so many people go to such great lengths to defend Namco's nonsensical decision and to also deride people that think it is a "big deal". The fact of the matter is that Namco did this to prevent reselling the game. There is no other explanation. If you choose to give Namaco your money even though they are engaging in this type of behvaior, that is your business, but please don't act as if this isn't a big deal. What's next, games that can only be played once?
Link977
theres no point to get mad at this, it a bunch of arcade games
Corbs
I will not buy a game that features a save file that can't be deleted. Won't do it. I don't care WHAT game it is. End of story.
CrazyOtto
Nintendo needs to use the "memory card" system in their next handheld so stuff like this doesn't happen again.
Otherwise, I'm enjoying Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions.
komicturtle
... I don't care. Still getting it.
TheGreenSpiny
No LEADERBOARDS? What's the point? These are both score based games, and you can't delete the files?
What happened to online leaderboards? Wasn't every score based game every made from now on supposed to have online leaderboards? That is supposed to be the standard right?
Another reason the 3DS sells poorly... 3rd parties pulling this crap.
There is an online leaderboard, and it does save your highest score.
WolfRamHeart
No leaderboards and no ability to delete your save file? Sorry Namco, no sale.
EDIT: Now that I see the Metacritic scores for this game I guess that I wouldn't have bought it anyway.
By my count, this is the fifth 3DS game to utilize the persistent save data model. Considering the relative youth of the console, I think it's safe to say now that this is clearly a marketing strategy to decrease second-hand value and to encourage consumers to purchase games new; in much the same way that other titles grant bonus content for preorders to encourage day-one sales.
If you're okay with that, fine. If you're not okay with it, fine too. But if you don't see it and call it for what it is, you are either blind or a fool.
It has nothing to do with it being an "arcade" style game or a "high-score based" game, or anything of the sort. It has everything to do with game makers trying to corral consumers into purchasing games on the company's terms, and not the consumer's.
Bad, bad business. But they'll get away with it, and I predict we'll see more of it in the future. Most people don't seem to mind being herded. I don't mind so much, as most of my interests these days lie elsewhere, but it saddens me to see the gaming industry choosing these paths and their loyal customers obediently bending over for it.
Whatever, I guess.
motang
Ah what are these guys thinking?
Thu 28th Jul 2011
It's really annoying that they think it's OK. It's not the end of the world but it isn't right either. :/
I had heard somebody here say that if you remove a game card or turn off the system while saving then it deletes your save data so I tried with Orcs and Elves because it had been forever since I played and if I was going to play it, I was going to start a new game and it worked. I don't have any 3DS titles that I want to risk it with though. If you want to take the risk then it probably does work though. Still really annoying that you have to take the risk of damage being done to your games or buy something to back up save data on a computer in order to just start a new safe file.
emiru69
Keep complaining, keep buying used games: Assassins Creed 3DS and Mega Man 3DS already canceled. Then when you have just one good game each year blame Nintendo. I'm not defending Nintendo or Namco but I'm just tired of this argument... I understand people getting upset over Resident Evil but this? it's just a freaking number on the screen?! Who cares if that number comes from somebody else? You are not loosing any special feature! No wonder Nintendo ended up ignoring their own fanboys. I understand that this sounds unfriendly but Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft are here to get money. They are loosing a bunch of money in the used game market. They try to cut some of that money. Sony is starting his PSN PASS with Resistance 3 really soon; there you will have 1 single code to unlock the online mode. Look around you, EA and other companies are doing the same thing. This strategy is way more aggressive than locking up your Save File. You can play all the game modes without any problem.
Scrent
All the times I had a save erased it was by a wrong doing, power outrage or data corruption. I would much prefer to be unable to loss all that data.
The only ones that should be worried about this are the ones that buy used games. To be able to re-gain achievements and alike are just excuses. Go tell Microsoft or Sony that you want to erase your achievements and trophies!
And a boycott sounds ridiculous. Those that buy new aren't influenced by this and those that buy used already don't give a cent to the developers!
Gamesake
This is for the best. Whenever you delete saves to replay "your" old games, isn't that the same thing as stealing?
armoredghor
there's not really any campaign or unlockables in the game anyway. it doesn't really matter.
Henmii
Tue 2nd Aug 2011
The developers still haven't learned, sadly. Avoid, people!
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Woman Discovers Her Mother In Law Wearing A Replica Of Her Engagement Ring!
By Chrystal Lovevintage - Dec 17, 2019
How would you feel if someone loved your engagement ring so much that they went out and got a replica made of it. Then they wore it on their ring finger. Imagine that person is your mother in law. How would you be?
One woman shared this mortifying story on Reddit saying her MIL basically started wearing the exact same ring as her without letting her know.
At the time of her engagement the mother in law helped fund the ring and even encouraged her son to propose again in a fancy restaurant. Apparently the first proposal was very low key and not exactly what the MIL imagined.
"She helped facilitate the purchase of a real engagement ring, took us to a fancy restaurant and took our daughter off our hands so he could make a scene of it," she wrote. "The ring is gorgeous, and even through my MIL is embarrassed that it's NOT a REAL diamond, I love it all the same."
"Apparently when she ordered my ring, she ordered herself a copy," she continued. "I saw her wearing it last week and asked her what the difference is between our rings. 'No difference, I just liked it so much I got myself one too.'" She later added that her MIL has been wearing the ring on her left finger, "with her wedding band."
"This. Feels. Weird. Am I overreacting?" she wondered.
Now let me think about this for a second….UMM, NO YOU'RE NOT OVERREACTING! IT IS DEFINITELY WEIRD! Commenters took to the post two add their two cents to let the woman know her feelings were a hundred percent justified.
"I just read your story to my husband to see what his reaction was," one commenter wrote. "Even he made a face and said that is the weirdest thing. Once I mentioned the comment about her wearing it on her ring finger next to her wedding band, he was absolutely appalled."
Another commenter also read it to her partner who thought it was odd. "I did the same and he just stared and me and shook his head hahaha," the commenter wrote. "This is a big yucky no no OP!"
"I'd take it back and get a different one," a third person agreed. "It feels a little too much like she's imagining being married to her son. Or she wants to single white female you."
There were those however who could see the MIL's point of view and offered a different opinion.
"I don't think she is doing it to be spiteful or weird," one commenter said.
"Maybe she wants a connection with you. Kinda like when BFFs get matching necklaces? You have been her (kind of) daughter for years, now you are an official daughter, and she wants a relationship. Mothers of boys usually love having a daughter-in-law because they finally have a girl to do girl stuff with. You can be ring twins! Have her treat you to a pedicure and a few shopping trips, she would probably be happy to do that too."
"For me, I guess I wouldn't think anything of it," a second person wrote. "Just a ring. It's totally up to you but as the 1 percent [who don't think it's strange] I would not think twice."
The woman updated her post saying that when she told her husband about the matching rings, he was "just as weirded out as I am." She later added that they can't really confront her at the moment about it.
"Unfortunately we're living with her at the moment, so we're at a disadvantage when it comes to establishing boundaries," she explained. "This is definitely not her first offence."
How would you react in this situation?
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APPEARANCE: Fans poked fun at Jen Shah's 'Disney Villain' reunion dress
Bravo unveiled the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City dress that star Jen Shah wore for the Season 2 reunion, and fans are tearing her to shreds over it.
RHOSLC is still on the air, but the crew (minus Mary Cosby) have already filmed the highly anticipated reunion show. The network released a teaser of the women's outfits on January 13, 2022, and fans had a big day with what Jen wore.
Bravo captioned the photo of Jen and castmate Lisa Barlow, "Women Are Pretty in Purple for #RHOSLC Reunion," unfortunately fans didn't quite agree.
"The brief said purple wasn't ugly," another fan wrote alongside the pics. "Yikes the dress is a oh no," wrote another fan.
"Oh no," wrote another fan with the thumbs-down emoji. "Very disappointed," wrote another.
"These dresses remind me of my proms in the 90's," one fan wrote. "Jen Shah – do you have a full length mirror? Top heavy with a big face – why oh why does she always wear 'top heavy' clothes?!" commented another fan.
"I don't like this cast fashion. It hurts my eyes," commented another fan.
Many fans compared Jen to cartoon characters.
"What the heck Emperor's up?!" someone wrote on the Instagram post. "Why does Jen insist on dressing like Disney villains? Jen Shah looks like a real cartoon villain," wrote another.
"There's Maleficent/Ursula," another fan wrote. "Sorry, but Jen looks like that ventriloquist dummy from Dinner for Schmucks," commented another.
"Who did this to Jen?! It looks like Elton John's chandelier. They won the worst housewife reunion outfits," wrote one fan.
"Hell is this; One looks like a Muppets cast and the other looks like she bought them at the '80s Merry Go Round store," joked one fan.
Many fans commented on the feathers in Jen's outfit.
"Leave those poor bird feathers alone," one fan wrote. "What's with that cast and feathers? lol."
"Jen will need these feathers when she flies to her jail cell," joked another fan. "Jen looks messed up like her life," wrote another.
"Jen Shah looks like a cockatoo," wrote another fan.
Jen Shah was arrested and charged with her involvement in a telemarketing scheme while filming the second season of RHOSLC.
In November 2020, she explained her career to Access Hollywood's "Housewives Nightcap."
"People will come to me and I will invest in their companies, so we have a lot of different investments, all kinds of things. I was able to do it because I managed to carve out a niche in the direct response marketing world."
She is currently awaiting trial, and the trial is expected to begin in March 2022.
"Jennifer Shah, who portrays herself on 'Reality' television as a wealthy and successful businesswoman, and Stuart Smith, portrayed as Shah's 'first assistant,' have allegedly created 'lead lists' of innocent people for other members of their scheme and have repeatedly sold out cheating," Manhattan U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said in a Us Weekly press release. "In reality, and as claimed, the so-called business opportunities foisted on the victims by Shah, Smith and their co-conspirators were just fraudulent schemes motivated by greed to steal the victims' money. Now these defendants face jail time for their alleged crimes."
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Q: How to turn on bitlocker on 4 TB USB HDD? When trying to turn on Bitlocker on an external 4 TB USB HDD using Windows 7, there's error A device attached to the system is not functioning. in a rather unhelpful dialog, as shown below:

Now according to this question, there are a few solutions, but the answers aren't very detailed. First of all, the solution in this answer (uninstall KB2799926) is unlikely to work I suppose, because this is external drive and uninstalling that would disable using Bitlocker on it completely. And then answers lack an exact way to format the drive to the maximum capacity, if that's the only way on external drive. So I'm looking for a succinct answer to these:

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*Does uninstalling KB2799926 and then reinstalling it later work or not, with external drives?

*What's the exact command/method to format the drive to maximum working capacity?

*Other known-to-work ways to enable Bitlocker on the drive, like acquiring a Win8 PC to do it?

A: I run in a similar issue using a partition on my disk. I found out that my perfect 30g partition was too close to the next one.
I had to shrink it by 18 MB (17 not working and about 18 working) to make BitLocker work.
So of course it was not linked to any "driver" issue, just partition size and free space after the partition issue.
Now, 18MB might be a ratio and it is indicated BitLocker Drive Encryption in Windows 7: Frequently Asked Questions that the minimum size must be 64 MB (55 MB according to Why does BitLocker need a minimum volume size of 64 MB?)
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BitLocker hardware and software requirements for data drives
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Dr. Chuxia Deng, chief of the Mammalian Genetics Section in the NIDDK Genetics of Development and Disease Branch, was named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his distinguished contributions to the field of mammalian development and genetics, particularly toward the functions of BRCA1, FGF receptors, SMAD proteins, and SIRTUINs.
Dr. Kai Ge, chief of the Adipocyte Biology and Gene Regulation Section of NIDDK's Laboratory of Endocrinology and Receptor Biology, was granted tenure by the NIH Central Tenure Committee.
Dr. Jake Liang, chief of the NIDDK Liver Diseases Branch, was awarded a 2012 grant for Regenerative Medicine as part of an NIH Common Fund initiative to conduct pilot projects to advance clinical applications of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). The Liang lab was awarded the grant for the project "iPSC-derived Human Hepatocytes: A Model for Treatment of Liver Disease." NIDDK intramural researchers were awarded two of six Regenerative Medicine grants given through the NIH Common Fund.
Dr. Caroline Philpott, chief of the Genetics and Metabolism Section of the NIDDK Liver Diseases Branch, was named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for her distinguished contributions to the field of metals in biology, including her elegant dissection of mechanisms by which iron is acquired, distributed, utilized and regulated.
Dr. Karen Usdin, chief of the Gene Structure and Disease Section in the NIDDK Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, was awarded a 2012 grant for Regenerative Medicine as part of an NIH Common Fund initiative to conduct pilot projects to advance clinical applications of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). The Usdin lab was awarded the grant to develop Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) from individuals with Fragile X Syndrome for modeling disease pathology and for drug screening. NIDDK staff scientist Dr. Daman Kumari was instrumental in developing the project. NIDDK intramural researchers were awarded two of six Regenerative Medicine grants given through the NIH Common Fund.
Camille Hoover, M.S.W., was named executive officer of NIDDK in January 2012. She came to NIDDK from the NIH's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), where she served as executive officer since 2000. Partnering with the director, she helped create the research enterprise from the ground up. Prior to that position, Hoover had been a social worker for the National Cancer Institute (NCI), administrative officer for NCI's Surgery Branch, and manager of one of NCI's largest Administrative Resource Centers. Hoover is a member of several key NIH-wide corporate committees and has received awards including the NIH and NCCAM Directors' Awards, NIH Merit Awards and the NIH Quality of Work Life Award.
Dr. Kenneth Kaushansky serves on the Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases Subcouncil. He is dean of the School of Medicine and senior vice president of Health Sciences at Stony Brook University. He has conducted seminal research on the molecular biology of blood cell production, and his team has cloned several genes important in the growth and differentiation of blood cells, including thrombopoietin, a key regulator of cell and platelet production.
Dr. Alan Shuldiner serves on the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases Subcouncil. He is the John Whitehurst Professor of Medicine; associate dean for Personalized Medicine, director of the Program for Personalized Medicine, and head of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. His research interests include the molecular basis and genetics of type 2 diabetes, obesity, and insulin resistance.
Dr. Robert Vigersky serves on the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases Subcouncil. He is a colonel in the Medical Corps at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, medical director of the Diabetes Institute of the Walter Reed Health Care System, and a professor in the Department of Medicine of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Vigersky has produced articles and book chapters on topics ranging from reproductive endocrinology and diabetes management to telemedicine and e-health. He is serving as the Department of Defense Ex Officio member of the NIDDK council.
John W. Walsh serves on the Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition Subcouncil as a public member. Diagnosed with Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency in 1989, he co-founded the Alpha-1 Foundation to provide leadership and resources to improve detection and treatment, and to find a cure, for Alpha-1. He regularly testifies before Congress and advisory groups as a patient advocate and served three terms on the Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability, among many other positions.
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The kitchen floor is Bianco Carrara 12x12 with a border of Nero Marquina Marble, and the inlay is the Biance Carrara 6x6. The backplash is also Bianco Carrara Marble in a herringbone pattern. These materials can all be purchased through Ceramic Decor. Hope this helps!
Who is the maker of the carrera tile?
The backsplash tile is a Carrara Bianco Herringbone. I cannot tell from the image if it is a classic 1x2" format or if they have gone with the 1x3". It really looks like the 1x3" so I have attached pictures of ours, which is pretty much identical.
I have shown our prices from our website to give you an idea of cost as well. Available in both honed and polished.
- You state in one of you responses that you don't recommend marble for this application...what would you recommend instead o still achieve a similar look with these lower cabinets and backsplash? I'm also doing in island in grey with a walnut butcher block top. Thanks!
Cambria offers a great alternative to marble with it's Torquay palette. Some of the advantages of going with Cambria quartz over marble include it's strength/durability, stain resistance, and lifetime warranty.
We do not recommend marble for areas where it will be exposed to acidic materials as it will etch. It is also prone to chipping, so high traffic/constant use areas are also not advisable. In our opinion.
- what is the grout color?
beautiful! may i ask where you bought your backsplash tiles from?
- If the appliance to the right of the sink is a dishwasher, what is to the left of the sink? I like the symmetry. Thanks!
I'm taking a guess on this one but I think that is a GE Monogram ice maker to the left of the sink. Unfortunately it wouldn't be entirely symmetrical because a standard dishwasher is 24" wide and an ice maker is 15 or 18" wide depending on the model. A 24" undercounter stainless front fridge would give equal weight to the stainless on either side.
Sargent Appliance is correct, that is a GE monogram ice maker. This is a butler's pantry so those are the only appliances in this room.
What is the color used for the wall (paint)?
I would also like to know the color of the walls and cabinets, Thanks!
What is the color of the cabinets?
what size tile is used for your herringbone backsplash? It's perfect.
To get a bigger size Herringbone I suggest the 1x3" Herringbone, the longer 1x3" format just makes it look less blocky and creates a well, almost perfect Herringbone backsplash.
Also is included is a picture of our Bianco Carrara 1x2" Herringbone.
The project binder indicates this was "Designer White" the cabinet company's pure white paint.
What size is backsplash ?
- What size is the backsplash?
I believe it is a 1"x3" herringbone pattern.
- This is gorgeous! Can you please tell me what color grout that was used.
Yes, would love to know the grout color as well.
Any rectangular tile can be laid in the herringbone style. To get the best results/look, make sure the tile width is 1/4th of the tile length e.g 3"x12" or 6"x24" or 12"x48".
- Is this granite? If so what is the name?
Beautiful space! Can you please share the source/info. about the sink? Thanks!


Still just thinking about getting one!!!!
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Great looking SC572 goes home to proud owner!
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Home Thoughts Opinions Historic Serbian Aggression Made Kosovo a Serbian Colony
Historic Serbian Aggression Made Kosovo a Serbian Colony
Mehdi Hyseni Ph.D.
Fri September 22, 2017
It's important to ask official Tirana and Pristina, why until today (1989-2017) didn't Albanian political leaders of Kosovo and Albania raise the Kosovo issue as a "colonial problem" to be resolved according to historical international law.
When are Albanian authorities going to tell Serbia that Kosovo, Presheva, Bujanci and Medvegja are historical and political traces of Serbia's colonialism and imperialism (1878 -2017)?
There's fear and skepticism that the Albanian political leaders in Tirana and Pristina are corrupt, and will never accuse Serbia for its wild era-long colonial rule upon Albanian ethnic territories. People say they are corrupt "up to the throat" and "debtors" of various international partners. They deal with organized crime and various nepotistic, oligarchic and despotic affairs to the detriment of the existence and welfare of their people, the poorest and most underdeveloped states in the world.
Why dialogue with Serbia, when she doesn't recognize independent Kosovo?
Prior to continuing the Brussels Dialogue (2011-2017), Pristina and Tirana officials should remind the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, that Kosovo once (1912-1999) was a colony of Serbia, nothing more or less.
Why should this historical truth of Kosovo be told to President Vucic? It is because this is known by all Albanians, Europeans and international science and politics. There's no political secret under the limited embargo of the former world secret diplomacy.
As the official Pristina and Tirana, at least 30 years ago, told the Serbian authorities in Belgrade, Kosovo was once a colony of Serbia, created by aggression, massacres, displacement, terrorism, ethnic cleansing and genocide (1912-1999). The European Union (EU), America and the United Nations would have another approach to solving the colonial problem of Kosovo, as they did with the recognition of the right of self-determination to the many African and Asian states after the end of World War II, in course of the 50's, 60's and 70's of the twentieth century.
There is no dilemma that not treating and not solving of the colonial problem of Kosovo according to historical and international law which legally sanctions colonial crime as an international criminal offense, negatively affected the resolution of the Kosovo problem, recognizing unilateral independence by the United States and the EU (22 members less Greece, Slovakia, Romania, Spain , Greek Cypriot). This recogniton of Kosovo happened thanks to the United States of America and its Western European allies.
Otherwise, Kosovo's political and legal status would still be unresolved because it was never "evidenced" and paved for solution as "a colonial problem."
This historical, juridical, political and diplomatic mistake of Kosovo and Albania's political leaders, Belgrade's diplomacy, capitalized in favor of the "conservation" of Serbia's former colonialist politics over Kosovo (1912-1999), without giving any punishable prize to the EU, the UN or the United States of America because the official Albanian politics and diplomacy (1989-2017) was silent and failed to bring Serbia into court for its more than 100-year colonial rule and several genocides over Kosovo.
This mistake by the Tirana and Pristina authorities could be fatal because Serbia, even after a century, is not accused by the international community for its colonialism and genocide over Albanians and Kosovo (1912-1999).
This is the main reason, why, today, Kosovo is outside of the United Nations Organization, i.e. Kosovo isn't a member of the United Nations.
So, by not raising and not treating Kosovo as a colonial problem by Albanian politics and diplomacy, Serbia and Russia created the conditions and opportunities to manipulate with non-recognition of Kosovo's independence by blocking it in the Security Council (Russia's veto and China's abstention).
Such a political mistake by Albanian statesmen and political leaders will cost Kosovo and Albania because Moscow-backed Belgrade will continually blackmail Kosovo on the international stage by deceiving and lying to the world that allegedly "Kosovo is a province of Serbia."
While Albanians continue "dialogue" with Belgrade, Kosovo will never be recognized by the UN but will have status like Taiwan, outside the UN.
Serbia makes bilateral or multilateral dialogue with Kosovo and Albanian leaders because she considers Kosovo its "colonial plunder." Both Tirana and Pristina continue to silence the historical truth that Kosovo was colonized by Serbia (1912-1999).
However, until the truth and the historical right of Albanians on Kosovo, Serbia and Russia, along with China, India, Spain, Greece and their other partners, will not be drawn from their political positions and strategy to keep Kosovo's independent political status in "limbo." They still consider it Serbia's "territorial part."
According to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, Kosovo was "not a colony of Serbia."
Considering that these two documents are important for Kosovo's history, it seems that Belgrade and Moscow have read the essence of the contents of the Declaration of Independence of Kosovo (February 17, 2008) and of the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo (June 15, 2008) ). Neither of these documents reveal the historical truth, that Kosovo was a colony of Serbia.
This is an unforgivable mistake in the historical part of the Kosovo Constitution (June 15, 2008). There is no word that Kosovo, for not less than 100 years, was a colony of Serbia.
With this mistake, statesmen, lawmakers and constitutionalists of the Kosovo Constitution have amnestied Serbia from its 100-year-old colonialism over Kosovo. That is because this ugly, anti-human and anti-legal phenomenon is not underlined in any provision, paragraph or article.
Therefore, Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, Kosovo Government and parliament, Albanian President Ilir Meta, Albanian Government and Parliament should not continue to support the Brussels Dialogue (2011-2017) between Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels which is being held with the mediation of European Union. That Dialogue will not advance Kosovo's recognition by Serbia and the UN, but will be a "nut in the throat" for both Kosovo and Albania, as it was 100 years ago.
While the official politics of Tirana and Pristina do not sue Serbia for its genocidal colonialism over Kosovo and other parts of ethnic Albania (1878-2017) neither will the EU, the UN or the ICJ punish Serbia as a colonialist and genocidal state.
Despite the heterogeneous interests of Albanian bureaucrats, as well as the reactions of Serbia, Russia and Europe, etc., Albanian official politiciand have a moral, political, legal and constitutional duty to sue Serbia for colonialism and its genocide against Albanians and their ethnic territories.
Otherwise, it will pass for centuries, the factors and policy-making centers of the international community will never call Serbia for its colonialism and genocide, committed against Albanians and ethnic Albania (1878-2017).
Finally, while Serbia is not penalized for these crimes, Albanians, Kosovo and Albania will continue to have problems and conflicts with Serbia, regardless of the "idyll" of its existing economic, commercial, political relationship with Kosovo and Albania.
Also, while Serbia does not give up on centuries-long colonial sovereignty over Kosovo, Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja, its relations with Albanians will be galvanized, fragile and unstable despite the "moderating" political games between the United States of America, the EU and Russia.
Mehdi Hyseni is an Albanian Ph.D. in International Political Relations, residing in Boston.


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Curbing Overdose Deaths: All Hands on Deck in Ohio
Nineteen Ohio counties will be focus areas as part of a national effort to address the opioid epidemic. (NIH)
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio is among four states taking part in an ambitious effort to stem the tide of the opioid crisis.
The state is receiving nearly $70 million in federal funding for The HEALing Communities Study aimed at reducing overdose deaths by 40 percent over three years.
A coalition of universities, led by Ohio State and the University of Cincinnati, will focus on 19 counties hit hardest by the epidemic.
Lead investigator Dr. Rebecca Jackson, director of Ohio State's Center for Clinical and Translational Science and associate dean for clinical research in the College of Medicine, says it's a unique, all-hands-on-deck opportunity that will connect the efforts of criminal justice, medical providers, behavioral health systems, faith-based organizations and other community-level stakeholders.
"There's been a tremendous amount of wonderful people who have worked very, very hard in the trenches every day to try to save people's lives in the opioid crisis," she states. "And this really gives us one more set of tools, a greater set of information that's going to benefit all of us."
The National Institutes of Health also chose Kentucky, Massachusetts and New York for the study.
Jackson says the study will examine naloxone distribution to reduce opioid overdose deaths, and test other evidence-based prevention, treatment and recovery interventions.
"Behavioral therapies or peer systems and other things to enhance long-term recovery," she explains. "And supporting housing and education and jobs in order to actually have that long-term success."
The 19 participating Ohio counties run the gamut in terms of location and size, and Jackson says they will serve as a microcosm for the United States.
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Prescription opioid overdose deaths were at an eight-year low in Ohio in 2017, which state leaders attribute to stricter prescription guidelines, stronger drug monitoring, and increased enforcement efforts.
However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still ranks Ohio second nationally for drug-overdose mortality.
This story was produced in association with Media in the Public Interest and funded in part by The George Gund Foundation.
Mary Schuermann Kuhlman, Public News Service - OH


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How latest motion of no confidence against Bobani will likely play out
Judging from previous meetings, drama is expected in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality's Council Meeting on Thursday where the Patriotic Alliance (PA) in Nelson Mandela Bay is expected to bring a motion of exigency to oust Executive Mayor, Mongameli Bobani.
The PA, through its sole Councillor in the Bay, Marlon Daniels, submitted its motion on Tuesday, which was supported by the African Christian Democratic Party's (ACDP) Lance Grootboom.
Bobani stands accused of doing "very little to nothing" to improve the lives of the poor in Nelson Mandela Bay. The PA says he should also take the blame for the spike in hit murders and wasteful expenditure in the City.
Last week, the Democratic Alliance (DA) accused Bobani's African National Congress (ANC) dominated administration of misusing millions of Rands of taxpayers' monies on meals and flights.
The DA's attempt at ousting Bobani last year failed.
Marlon Daniels and Mongameli Bobani relationship has been filled with drama
Daniels and Bobani have always had an on-and-off relationship during their time in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Council. It was Daniels, who in August 2017 tabled a motion of no confidence against Bobani, leading to Bobani's ouster as the Metro's Deputy Mayor.
The PA was later admitted into the then DA-led coalition, which they then left claiming that they had been promised the Deputy Mayor's post, which failed to materialise.
Later that year, Daniels and Bobani announced that they had decided to let bygones be bygones in a bid to oust then Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Executive Mayor, Athol Trollip.
In August 2018, the PA joined other parties in another attempt the ouster of the then DA-led coalition.
It dumped the opposition parties at the last minute after failing to resolve differences with the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).
Daniels was later ousted from his Portfolio position when the DA-led coalition was kicked out of office during the dramatic events of the 27th of August.
His party also announced that it had decided to no longer support the DA's legal challenge to Bobani's new administration saying he deserved a chance to show that black people can govern.
How the motion of no confidence against Bobani is likely to play out
On paper, Bobani is in a strong position to retain his position unless some parties in the current ANC-led coalition that is governing the Bay, decide to jump ship. In the 120-seat Council, the ANC has 50 seats, the United Democratic Movement (UDM) - Bobani's party, has two, the EFF, which is part of the coalition has six. Other smaller parties have one seat each.
It is not yet clear if the DA, which previously enjoyed a majority 57 seats at Council, will vote with the PA. It recenetly only managed to rid itself of its two rogue Councillors and hopes by-elections can be held soon so that it can reclaim their two Wards.
A by-election is also scheduled next week for Ward 2, which it previously held. Thus, it can only confidently add 54 votes if it were to help the motion while the PA has one seat and the ACDP another seat.
Former DA coalition partner, Congress of the People (COPE) might also bring in their one seat to aid the motion. However, the numbers do not favour the PA motion.
One paper, Bobani could survive the motion brought by the PA - unless a party like the EFF and the other smaller parties jump ship.


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Credited as : music director, Disco Dancer movie, known as The "Disco King" of India
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Bappi Lahiri or Alokesh Lahiri is a music director in the Hindi film industry. He pioneered the use of disco music in Indian cinema and sang some of his own compositions. He was popular in the 1980s with films like Disco Dancer, Namak Halaal and Sharaabi among others.
The "Disco King" of India, Bappi Lahiri is as well known for his signature dark glasses, corpulent build, opulent jewelry, and white jumpsuits as he is for his music that combines Asian instrumentation and themes with the rhythms of 1970s American dance music. For the first 15 years of his musical career, Lahiri was known primarily as a composer of songs and music for the Indian film industry. His songs--performed by such Indian stars as Shailendra Singh, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Vinod Khanna, Sharon Prabhakar, Asha Bhosle, and Alisha Chinoy--are credited with popularizing disco and Southern Indian "vulgar music" that feature double entendres and innuendo. His prodigious output of film scores, sometimes more than 30 in a single year, earned him an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records. His biggest successes were his music for Disco Dancer, which included the hits "Jimmy Jimmy" and "I Am a Disco Dancer," and the Indian pop hit "You're My Chicken Fry."
Lahiri was born in Calcutta, the only child of Indian classical singers Aparesh and Bansari Lahiri. He began to accompany his parents onstage with a tabla (an Indian drum) when he was only four years old. "Even at that age I wanted to be famous, not only nationally, but I wanted international fame," he told Calcutta Online."The dream was fulfilled when the songs of the film Disco Dancer, in which I composed the music, won great acclaim in Russia and China. I received the Golden Award for the music in China." After composing the music for the film Dadu when he was 16, Lahiri relocated to Bombay to work in the Indian film industry, known as Bollywood. "I came to Bollywood at a very young age of 18. The first film in which I composed music was Nanha Shikari."
In 1976 Lahiri scored a major success with his compositions for the film Chalte Chalte, particularly the songs "Chalte chalte mere yeh geet yaad rakhna na, kabhi alvida na kehna hai" and "Pyar mein kabhi kabhi," which became immensely popular. The former was cowritten with lyricist Amit Khanna and sung by Kishore Kumar. The singer was so impressed with the tune, Lahiri recalled in a Screen India interview, that Kumar told him, "Bappi, this is an unforgettable song." The latter was composed for singer Shailendra Singh, of whom Lahiri noted in the same interview, "I fell in love with Shailendra Singh's voice and called up Shaily to ask him if he'd sing a song for me. He had a contract with Raj Kapoor that prevented him from singing for too many outside banners. But being a good friend, Shaily promised me that he'd sing my song. And he kept his word."
While primarily known as a songwriter throughout the 1980s, Lahiri broadened his appeal in 1989 by singing "Pyar kabhi kum hanin karma," a song composed by Prem Pratigyaa. The song was originally intended for Kumar, but, Lahiri told Screen India, "Kishore mama was to sing this beautiful composition from Prem Pratigyaa ('89). I had given him a cassette of the song and had been looking forward to the recording when he suffered a fatal heart-attack. He never returned to the studios again. Two weeks after his sudden death, I recorded the song. Mama had loved my voice. While I was singing I had tears in my eyes. The song became very popular and established me as a singer."
Lahiri's enormous musical output has earned him some negative publicity from critics who feel he plunders and sometimes egregiously plagiarizes other sources. In an essay by Peter Manuel, critic Subhash Jah notes his disdain for Lahiri's methodologies: "Off goes the composer, hunting for pop-rock tunes to pilfer from English, Swedish, African and Pakistani charts.... This, then, is the tragedy of film music today. A tragedy engineered by Bappi Lahiri almost single-handedly." While stating his belief that Indian film music suffers rhythmically and melodically by borrowing from Western sources, Manuel concludes: "[D]efenders like Lahiri argue that they are Indianizing the elements they borrow in creative syntheses, and that, moreover, modern Indian culture in general borrows liberally from the West. One could further add that, paradoxically, in plagiarizing Western pop tunes, Indian film-music composers are continuing the hoary and time honored tradition of parody in Indian music, dating back to the Sangit Ratnakar."
In a turn of events that some critics found ironic considering his own penchant for borrowing heavily from other sources, Lahiri sued rap musician and producer Dr. Dre (given name Andre Young), Aftermath Records, Interscope Records, and Universal Music Group in 2002, claiming that the song "Addictive" from the album Truthfully Speaking performed by an R&B artist named Truth Hurts (given name Shari Watson) and remixed by Dr. Dre, contained four minutes of Lahiri's original recording of the song "Thoda Resham Lagta Hai," composed by Lahiri with lyrics by Anand Bakshiji. Lahiri called the use of his composition "cultural imperialism." In an MTV interview quoted on Planet Bollywood online, Watson admitted that Dr. Dre "really took [Lahiri's song] to another level," adding that Dr. Dre "took another part of the Indian sample and added it to the beginning and to the middle."
Released in June of 2002, "Addictive" became a top-ten hit, and the album containing the song sold more than 600,000 copies. People called the tune "addictive" and "intoxicating," noting that it "sounds unlike any other song on radio." "We tried our best to reach out to the folks who owned the song," Watson told Entertainment Weekly. She claimed that Lahiri was "honored" that his song was used, something he denies. A lawyer for Lahiri confirmed that. "The curses, the sexual suggestions--these are against the Hindu faith. Their religious convictions have not been honored or respected," the lawyer responded in Entertainment Weekly. In early 2003 a federal judge in Los Angeles issued a court order requiring Lahiri's name listed as a composer on "Addictive"; in addition, further sales of the recording were prohibited until Lahiri's name was credited.
In 2004, he brought out his album Bappi Magic - The Asli Baap Mix, featuring popular numbers such as "Gori Hai Kalaiyan" and "Jimmy Jimmy." It attained great popularity. In 2005, he composed the background score for the Jahnu Barua film, Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Maara, thus reaffirming his identity as a very versatile composer. In 2006, he lent his voice to another composer for the first time with the song "Boombai Nagariya" which he sang for Vishal-Shekhar for the movie Taxi Number 9211. Of late, he has once again lent his voice to the title track of the Mani Ratnam film Guru, in which the music has been composed by A.R.Rahman. He has recorded songs for the movie Level Crossing produced by actor Jayaprada. In 2006, he appeared on the popular television show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs on Zee TV as co-judge with singers Alka Yagnik and Abhijeet. He was a judge for the 2007 edition of Zee TV's Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and Sony Entertainment Television's K For Kishore reality show that aims to find the 'heir apparent' to Kishore Kumar.
In 2010 Lahiri was back with "i am a disco dancer" in Golmaal 3 in his own voice. The track was from his previous film Disco Dancer. In 2011, he sung the song Ooo la la Ooo la lain the movie The Dirty Picture for Vishal-Shekhar, which cherishes his Disco image. In 2011, he released album Walking On Love Street featuring American Idol winner Shaun Barrows. The album features on CMJ's New Music Report Magazine charts ,Week World Chart and WONY Oneonta, New York - Top Ten Jazz Playlist.
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Q: cURL getting a response Im Finding the cURL Documentation to read/Understand. what im trying to do here is post a postcode and return whether or not it is valid.
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the script returns either a "Yes" or a "No".
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