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Spotted Horses May Have Roamed Europe 25,000 Years Ago
Posted by News Fetcher on November 08 '11 at 03:00 AM
By Unknown Lamer from Slashdot's space-horses-run-the-cia department:
sciencehabit writes with an excerpt from Science: "About 25,000 years ago, humans began painting a curious creature on the walls of European caves. Among the rhinos, wild cattle, and other animals, they sketched a white horse with black spots. Although such horses are popular breeds today, scientists didn't think they existed before humans domesticated the species about 5000 years ago. Now, a new study of prehistoric horse DNA concludes that spotted horses did indeed roam ancient Europe, suggesting that early artists may have been reproducing what they saw rather than creating imaginary creatures."
Anonymous Hacks Finland
By Unknown Lamer from Slashdot's anonymous-releases-membership-rolls department:
First time accepted submitter spuguli writes with more exploits of Anonymous. "From Helsingin Sanomat: 'A data leak was uncovered in Finland on Saturday, in which personal details ... of around 16,000 people were uploaded onto a file-sharing website.' Anonymous has claimed responsibility for the cracking of several databases."
Experimental Virtual Graphics Port Support For Linux
By Unknown Lamer from Slashdot's it's-like-we-live-in-the-future department:
With his first accepted submission, billakay writes "A recently open-sourced experimental Linux infrastructure created by Bell Labs researchers allows 3D rendering to be performed on a GPU and displayed on other devices, including DisplayLink dongles. The system accomplishes this by essentially creating 'Virtual CRTCs', or virtual display output controllers, and allowing arbitrary devices to appear as extra ports on a graphics card."
The code and instructions are at GitHub. This may also be the beginning of good news for people with MUX-less dual-GPU laptops that are currently unsupported.
Vulnerabilities Discovered In Prison SCADA Systems
By Unknown Lamer from Slashdot's release-the-prisoners department:
phaedrus5001 writes with an excerpt from an Ars Technica article: "Researchers have demonstrated a vulnerability in the computer systems used to control facilities at federal prisons that could allow an outsider to remotely take them over, doing everything from opening and overloading cell door mechanisms to shutting down internal communications systems. ... The researchers began their work after [John] Strauchs was called in by a warden to investigate an incident in which all the cell doors on one prison's death row spontaneously opened."
World Emissions of Carbon Dioxide Outpace Worst-Case Scenario
By Unknown Lamer from Slashdot's drill-baby-drill department:
Layzej writes "The global output of heat-trapping carbon dioxide jumped by the biggest amount on record in 2010, the U.S. Department of Energy calculated. A chart accompanying the study shows the breakdown by country. The new figures mean that levels of greenhouse gases are higher than the worst case scenario outlined by climate experts just four years ago. It is a 'monster' increase that is unheard of, said Gregg Marland, a professor of geology at Appalachian State University, who has helped calculate Department of Energy figures in the past. The question now among scientists is whether the future is the IPCC's worst case scenario or something more extreme."
Could Crowd-Sourced Direct Democracy Work?
By Unknown Lamer from Slashdot's kicking-back-pints-of-hemlock department:
maccallr writes "The Occupy movement is getting everyone talking about how to fix the world's economic (and social, environmental, ...) problems. It is even trialling new forms of 'open' democracy. Trouble is, it's easy to criticize the physical occupiers for being unrepresentative of the general population — and much of their debating time is spent on practical rather than policy issues. Well-meaning but naive occupiers could be susceptible to exploitation by the political establishment and vested interests. In the UK, virtual occupiers are using Google Moderator to propose and debate policy in the comfort of their homes (where, presumably, it is easier to find out stuff you didn't know). Could something like this be done on a massive scale (national or global) to reach consensus on what needs to be done? How do you maximize participation by 'normal folk' on complex issues? What level of participation could be considered quorate? How do you deal with block votes? What can we learn from electronic petitions and Iceland's crowd-sourced constitution? Is the 'Occupy' branding appropriate? What other pitfalls are there? Or are existing models of democracy and dictatorship fit for purpose?"
One issue I see with a global version of something like this is all of the people in the world who haven't even heard of the Internet.
Strange Places To Find Open Source
By Soulskill from Slashdot's do-cookbooks-count department:
itwbennett writes "Open source is about more than code: It's also about tractors, prosthetics, Christmas lights, and the poor old U.S. Postal Service. If you don't believe that open source changes everything, take a gander at Marcin Jakubowski's Global Village Construction Set (GVCS), a set of 50 industrial machines that are required to build and maintain a small, sustainable civilization. The open source aspect covers designs, instructions, schematics, budgets — everything anyone needs to know to build their own machines, and it is all freely available and free to share."
Survey Finds Cheating Among Students At All GPA Levels
By Soulskill from Slashdot's bad-at-learning-means-bad-at-learning-how-to-cheat department:
An anonymous reader writes "Over a third of undergraduate students admitted to some form of cheating at one of America's top research universities, according to a survey published November in the journal Science and Engineering Ethics (abstract). The researchers expected to find more cheating among the top-performing group — and at the minimum at least some students with excellent grades cheated. Not so. As it turned out, the overall cheating rate was similar to that found in other studies, but the types of cheating and stated reasons for cheating were all over the map. Researchers uncovered one trend among the cheaters: the perception that teaching assistants either ignored or didn't care about cheating."
Brazilian ISPs Hit With Massive DNS Attack
By Soulskill from Slashdot's going-for-the-gusto department:
wiredmikey writes "Millions of people in Brazil have potentially been exposed to malware, as a result of a nationwide DNS attack. Additionally, several organizations in Brazil are reporting that network devices are also under attack. After being compromised remotely, scores of routers and modems had their DNS settings altered to redirect traffic. In those cases, when employees of the affected companies tried to open any website, they were asked to execute a malicious Java applet, which would install malware presented as 'Google Defence' software."
Windows Phone Unlock Tool Goes Official
By Soulskill from Slashdot's wait-what department:
judgecorp writes "A tool to unlock (or 'jailbreak' if you like) Windows Phone devices is now available with Microsoft's blessing. ChevronWP7 Labs was withdrawn at Microsoft's request a year ago, but is back now, allowing users to run any app on their phones for a cost of $9."
Charlie Miller Circumvents Code Signing For iOS Apps
By Soulskill from Slashdot's you-can-trust-us department:
Sparrowvsrevolution writes "At the SysCan conference in Taiwan next week, Charlie Miller plans to present a method that exploits a flaw in Apple's restrictions on code signing on iOS devices, the security measure that allows only Apple-approved commands to run in an iPhone's or iPad's memory. Using his method, an app can phone home to a remote computer that downloads new unapproved commands onto the device and executes them at will, including stealing the user's photos, reading contacts, making the phone vibrate or play sounds, or otherwise using iOS app functions for malicious ends. Miller created a proof-of-concept app called Instastock that appears to show stock tickers but actually runs commands from his server, and even got it approved by Apple's App Store."
Pirate Party Invited To, Then Banned From Gaming Exhibition
By Soulskill from Slashdot's make-up-your-minds department:
esocid writes with this excerpt from TorrentFreak:
"Despite having booked and paid for their booth at Gamex, Sweden's largest gaming exhibition, the Pirate Party have been excluded from the action this week. The party, who say they were nagged for 2 to 3 months to book for the event, were this week informed they were too controversial and no longer welcome. ... [Pirate Party leader Anna Troberg] says that after the sales people from the exhibition pursued the party for months to participate, they decided to book and pay for a booth. ... 'I thought it was a bit strange, but in the afternoon, the pieces fell into place when the fair manager, Bear Wengse, phoned me and kindly, but firmly, announced that the Pirate Party was no longer welcome at the fair.' Wengse informed Troberg that the exhibition is a meeting place and not a venue for political conflict and the party's presence could cause problems, particularly since some of their work "could be perceived as criminal."'"
Slashdot Asks: Whom Do You Want To Ask About 2012's U.S. Elections?
By timothy from Slashdot's only-365-more-shopping-days department:
For the next year, it will be hard to escape the political season already in full swing in the U.S., as candidates aim for the American presidency (and many other elected positions). There will be plenty of soundbites and choreographed photo-ops to go around. Candidates will read speeches from TelePrompters, and staffers will mail out policy statements calculated to inspire political fealty to one candidate or another — finding unscripted answers from most of the candidates is going to be tough. Slashdot interviews, by contrast, give you the chance to do something that interviews in more conventional media usually don't: the chance to ask the questions you'd actually like to have answered, and to see the whole answer as provided. But there's a hitch: we need to know which candidates or other figures we should attempt to track down for a Slashdot interview. So please help narrow the field, by suggesting (with as much contact information as possible, as well as your reasoning) the people you'd like to hear from. It doesn't need to be one of the candidates, either: if you know of a pollster, a campaign technical advisor, an economist (or even a politicians's webmaster, say) who should be on our list, make the case in the comments below. And if you represent or are affiliated with a particular campaign, that's fine — but please say so. We'll do our best to find a number of your favorites in the year to come.
Google+ Opens To Businesses With 'Pages'
By Soulskill from Slashdot's you-know-we-call-a-lot-of-things-pages-right department:
karthikmns writes with news that Google is rolling out Google+ Pages, integrating businesses and brands into its social network. When Google+ launched, it asked businesses not to create user pages, which upset many companies who had grown accustomed to interacting with customers on Facebook. Today's update closes the gap between the two social networks in this regard, which can be a good thing or a bad thing depending on how annoying you find social marketing.
"If you've established a personal Google+ profile before, then the features offered through a Page will be familiar. You can place people into Circles, which lets you share content with specific sets of users. You can launch video hangouts, which lets you have face-to-face conversations with your followers. And the Pages work through the site's mobile app. ... But Google has made some key tweaks. The first is that a Page cannot add someone to a circle until that user has already added the page to one of their circles. In other words, a Page can't start sending you messages until you've elected to add them to one of your circles. Another key change: the content on a Page defaults to public (as opposed to 'My Circles' for personal profiles) and Pages can't share with extended circles."
The F-35 Story
By Soulskill from Slashdot's trying-too-hard-and-not-hard-enough department:
New submitter phyzz writes "The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program aimed to replace several aircraft from three major military services with a fifth-generation model capable of short-takeoff and vertical-landing while maintaining the capability of sustained supersonic flight — all while staying affordable. The project has finally gotten some test points validated, but after a decade in development and numerous cost and schedule overruns, it faces an uphill fight against budget reductions. Bloomberg has an interesting story about the program's troubled past. Quoting: 'Ten years and $66 billion later, the aircraft is still in development, five years behind schedule and 64 percent over cost estimates. The Obama administration may cancel some models and also cut the Pentagon's orders. The plane, envisioned as the affordable stealth fighter for the U.S. and allies, has turned into a budget target. "I'd blame the program's setbacks on the fact that we lived in a rich man's world," said Jacques Gansler, a former Pentagon chief weapons buyer in the Clinton administration and now a professor at the University of Maryland at College Park. "There has been less emphasis on cost over the past 10 years," he said.'"
Derek Deville Answers Your Questions on Rocketry
By timothy from Slashdot's not-just-a-weekend-thing department:
After his amateur rocket flight in the desert (to 121,000 feet!), you asked rocket enthusiast Derek Deville about the project. Derek's responded to a selection of the best of those questions; read on below for his replies.
B&N Releases Nook Tablet To Rival Amazon Fire
By samzenpus from Slashdot's more-options department:
jfruhlinger writes "It looks like there's competition in the low-cost media tablet space — and that Barnes & Noble is determined not to go the way of Borders. Barnes & Noble today announced the Nook Tablet, an Android-based tablet with better specs than the Kindle Fire (though it's also $50 pricier). The Nook Tablet will allow Hulu and Netflix streaming and sideloading of content, but won't have access to the general-purpose Android App Store."
Gecko-Inspired Tape Can Be Reused Thousands of Times
By samzenpus from Slashdot's future-of-sticky department:
Zothecula writes "As is so often the case these days for those searching for a better way to stick stuff together, researchers from the Zoological Institute at the University of Kiel in Germany have turned to the biology of gravity-defying ceiling walkers, such as geckos and insects. These creatures served as inspiration for a new dry adhesive tape that not only boasts impressive bonding strength, but can also be attached and detached thousands of times without losing its adhesive properties."
One Tenth of China's Farmland Polluted With Heavy Metals
By samzenpus from Slashdot's progress-marches-on department:
eldavojohn writes "A report form China's Environmental Ministry reveals that one tenth of China's 1.22 million square kilometers of farmland are polluted with heavy metals and other toxins. The AFP lists 'lead, mercury and cancer-causing cadmium' and points to the rapid pace of China's industrialization as well as factories and their operators flouting regulations and laws. Cheap batteries and lead refineries are slowly turning China into a land where whole villages are poisoned (11 incidents so far this year). According to Human Rights Watch the government's response to this scourge is laughable. The poisoned are denied treatment and China's Environmental Ministry offers no possible help: 'The report documents how local authorities in contaminated areas have imposed arbitrary limits on access to blood lead testing, for example by permitting only people living within a small radius of a factory to be tested. When tests are conducted, results have often been contradictory or have been withheld from victims and their families. And children with elevated blood lead levels who require treatment according to national guidelines have been denied care or told simply to eat certain foods, including apples, garlic, milk, and eggs.'"
White House Responds to ET/UFO Petitions
By samzenpus from Slashdot's petitions-are-out-there department:
An anonymous reader writes "The White House has responded to two more We the People petitions. These new inquiries ask the government to acknowledge formally that aliens have visited Earth. The response from Phil Larson of the White House Office of Science and Technology is: 'The U.S. government has no evidence that any life exists outside our planet, or that an extraterrestrial presence has contacted or engaged any member of the human race. In addition, there is no credible information to suggest that any evidence is being hidden from the public's eye.'" I'm glad that's cleared up. Now our government can get back to important work like developing caffeinated jerky.


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WorldVitalRecords.com
Archive CD Books Australia and Gould Genealogy Partner With FamilyLink.com, Inc.
First large genealogical collection from Australia to be online at WorldVitalRecords.com
Provo, UT -- (ReleaseWire) -- 02/29/2008 -- Archive CD Books Australia and Gould Genealogy have partnered with FamilyLink.com, Inc. to make 344 Australian and New Zealand databases more accessible to a worldwide audience at WorldVitalRecords.com (a service of FamilyLink.com, Inc.).
"We are delighted now to be part of WorldVitalRecords.com's new international focus. The benefits we see are many," said Alan Phillips, Managing Director, Archive CD Books Australia and Gould Genealogy. "For us, it is a great way to market our content online. For WorldVitalRecords.com, it is an opportunity to provide more significant Australian content than from any other single source. For Australian content owners, WorldVitalRecords.com is a great avenue to get their data online. For libraries, it brings joy to those who have no love of CDs. For 'Down Under' researchers, it provides the best Australian and New Zealand content online. For end users overseas with Australian and New Zealand interests, at last they can have some great accessible content."
Initially Archive CD Books Australia will provide WorldVitalRecords.com with half of the Archive CD Books Australia product list, which includes:
1. directories
2. electoral rolls
3. government gazettes
4. police gazettes
5. war records
6. biographical volumes
7. general, church and regional histories and records
8. a starter selection for New Zealand
9. a few products on the Pacific Islands, Britain and Scotland
This initial data launch from Archive CD Books Australia will be followed during the year by data from Gould Genealogy, which will include birth, marriage, and death notices, shipping records, biographical databases, cemetery records, and obituaries.
"We are excited to partner with Archive CD Books Australia and Gould Genealogy. From our first conversation with Alan Phillips, we knew we found a great partner to collaborate with to develop a significant offering of Australian records," said Yvette Arts, Director, Content Acquisition, FamilyLink.com, Inc.
The content databases provided by Archive CD Books Australia and Gould Genealogy comprise WorldVitalRecords.com's first major collections from Australia.
"A WorldVitalRecords.com subscription is a superb value for researchers everywhere, not just to Australians and New Zealanders," Phillips said. "I am confident that WorldVitalRecords.com can become the number one site for quality, high value Australian and New Zealand content online. I trust our contribution will be beneficial to all."
About Gould Genealogy
Gould Genealogy has been a genealogy reseller since 1976, with a current list of around 10,000 worldwide genealogy and related products. Gould Genealogy is also a publisher with publishing/marketing agreements with content owners and authors for print and CD publishing, and now online publishing with its new FamilyLink.com, Inc. partnership.
About Archive CD Books Australia
Archive CD Books Australia began in 2003, with a similar goal to all four international Archive CD Books partners - to scan and make available long out of print books, records and other resources for family and local historians – all fully searchable. Archive CD Books Australia currently has nearly 800 products, many of which have never been practically accessible to researchers before. Archive CD Books Australia has partnered with universities, libraries, archives, genealogical and historical societies, and specialist and private libraries throughout Australia. These collaborations have resulted in high-quality content for end users.
About FamilyLink.com, Inc.
FamilyLink.com, Inc. is a family of services that includes WorldVitalRecords.com, FamilyLink.com, and the We're Related application on Facebook. The focus of the company is to provide innovative tools to connect families.
About WorldVitalRecords.com
Founded in 2006 by Paul Allen and several key members of the original Ancestry.com team, WorldVitalRecords.com, Inc. provides affordable access to genealogy databases and family history tools used by more than 600,000 monthly visitors. The site registers 9.4 million monthly pages views and has more than 25,000 subscribers. With thousands of databases—including birth, death, military, census, and parish records—WorldVitalRecords.com makes it easy to fill in missing information in your family tree. Some of its partners include Everton Publishers, Quintin Publications, Archive CD Books Australia, Gould Genealogy, Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, Archive CD Books Canada, The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc., SmallTownPapers®, Accessible Archives, Genealogical Publishing Company, Find My Past, Godfrey Memorial Library, Find A Grave, and FamilySearch™. Investors include vSpring Capital and several angel investors.
Whitney Ransom
Director, Corporate Communications
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Source: WorldVitalRecords.com
Posted Friday, February 29, 2008 at 12:05 PM CST - Permalink
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Mr. Shalgi held a variety of senior executive positions at Amdocs including VP and Executive Account Manager responsible for large international telecommunications customers. In his last position at Amdocs he served as VP Business Development and M&A, where he led new business strategy and executed acquisitions and the PMI. .
Mr. Shalgi has also served as CEO of WIZTEC and as manager of the Computer Department of Bank Israel in Tel Aviv.
Currently Mr. Shalgi serves on the board of directors of several companies as well as being an active volunteer in the community.
Mr. Shalgi holds a BA in Economics and Statistics from Tel-Aviv University and an MSc in Computer Sciences from the Weizmann Institute of Science.
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Q: Hibernate inserting data in batch, can it be stopped? I have a situation where I have to do about 25000 insertions in the DB.
The primary key is generated using a DB sequence.
I can see that first it tries to generate 1000 unique ids and then inserts 1000 records in the DB.
Is there a mechanism to stop this ?

A: Try something like this:
@Id
@GeneratedValue(strategy=GenerationType.AUTO)
private int id;

Remember to keep this int = 0, so hibernate doesn't think that you are trying to update an existing row.

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K&E Plastics is pleased to announce a CNC Training Program in conjunction with other manufacturers in Bennington County,Vermont . The training will take place at the Career Development Center, the local tech center affiliated with Mount Anthony Union High School in Bennington, Vermont. The training will be initially dedicated to incumbent workers in order to enhance their existing skill set and earnings potential. Once the incumbent training is completed, the CNC Training Program will enroll students from the general public.
Due to a recent military base closure in Rutland, Vermont, companies in Southwest Vermont are now eligible to qualify for HUBZONE certification through the US Small Business Administration (SBA). As a result, K&E Plastics is in the process of finalizing their HUBZONE application. "If everything goes according to plan, K&E Plastics will have their HUBZONE certification by the end of the year", said Eric Broderson, President of K&E Plastics. "While we do not contract directly with the federal government, many of our customers do, such as Raytheon and United Technologies. These companies are generally interested in expanding existing relationships with companies that qualify for HUBZONE certification, such as what K&E Plastics is doing".
HUBZONE is a SBA program for small businesses that operate and employ people in Historically Underutilized Business Zones. The agencies of the US Federal Government are required by the HUBZONE Empowerment Act to contract with HUBZONE certified small businesses for more than 3% of their budget in the form of prime contracts to HUBZONE firms.
Due to the growth of K&E Plastics over the last several years, the company has added a number of new state of the art CNC machines to the shop floor . As a result, K&E Plastics will be adding a new dust collector system this summer. "Maintaining the integrity of the shop floor is paramount for K&E Plastics", said Eric Broderson, President of K&E Plastics. "The new dust collector system will increase yields and reduce maintenance on our equipment. In addition, with a variable frequency drive, the new dust collector will allow us to maintain a state of the art factory floor in a very cost efficient manner. We would like to thank Efficiency Vermont for working with us on the new system".
K&E Plastics welcomes a returning intern.
K&E Plastics is pleased to welcome back Kevin McKenna. Kevin was a student at the Career Development Center's manufacturing technology program and he began working for K&E Plastics in January of this year while still attending school and he is with K&E Plastics full time this summer. In the fall, Kevin will be attending Hudson Valley Community College enrolling in the schools Advanced Manufacturing program. "Kevin is a fine young man and has the potential to be an outstanding CNC machinist. We wish Kevin all the best at Hudson Valley Community College", said Eric Broderson, President of K&E Plastics.
K&E Plastics is a leader in the manufacturing of plastics and non-metallic parts for the aerospace, electrical, medical, utility, automotive and defense industries. The company was formed in 1966 in New Jersey by Peter Broderson and relocated to Vermont in 1985. The company is now led by Eric Broderson and is located in the Morse Industrial Park in Bennington, Vermont.


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NEWS - Nov. 2012 - Greeley Tribune Article from AGWT Aquifer Management Conf.
(Reporting from the American Ground Water Trust Aquifer Management Conference in Denver, Nov. 28 - 29, 20120)
Reprinted from the Greeley Tribune, Thursday, November 29, 2012
Written by: By Eric Brown ebrown@greeleytribune.com
Experts say understanding of aquifer is necessary
Meeting to focus on well-pumping effects
DENVER — Progress has been made, but a better understanding of the region's aquifer remains critical for the future in the South Platte River Basin — parts of which have been labeled by the federal government as "highly likely" to see a "potential water supply crises by 2025." That was the general consensus among groundwater experts who spoke during the first day of the Colorado Aquifer Management Conference on Wednesday. Much of the discussions during the two-day meeting will focus on the relationship between groundwater and surface flows in streams and rivers — particularly how well-pumping, usually done for agricultural uses, affects surface flows needed downstream by senior water rights owners. The experts agreed that a better scientific understanding of that relationship could lead to better management practices and help "maximize beneficial use" of the region's water.
Farmers in Favor of Making Changes to Handling Aquifers
Many of the presentations focused on new methods of measuring the timing of how well-pumping affects surface flows, and to what extent. Experts said they're gaining a better understanding of the aquifer from those new methods and models, but added that the complex mathematical equations and other techniques can't take into account the geohydrology, surrounding vegetation, proximity to the river, weather extremes and other factors that make most wells different from one another.
Colorado Supreme Court Justice Gregory Hobbs, the keynote speaker of the day, was among those who emphasized the need for more analysis and data. He said it's needed to make sure the state manages its water as well as possible. Some groundwater pumpers, including a number of Weld County farmers, favor making changes to how the state manages its aquifers. They believe the state's requirements for augmentation plans — an approved plan to make up for surface-flow depletions caused by groundwater pumping — are too stringent. Some farmers can't afford enough augmentation water to get their wells pumping again. Thousands of wells are now curtailed or shut down, and some believe the build-up of groundwater in the basin —10 million acre-feet of water, according to some estimates, which is eight times more water than is in all of the South Platte Basin's surface reservoirs — could be put to a more beneficial use.
Those farmers were big supporters of a South Platte Basin groundwater study that was approved during last spring's legislative session and is under way. The Colorado Water Institute at Colorado State University is doing the study, which is expected to be complete by the end of 2013. Hobbs and others stressed that data is also needed to prevent any overpumping of groundwater in the state. On more than one occasion, experts brought up the fact that about 40,000 acres of farmground in the San Luis Valley have been taken out of production in efforts to replenish the aquifer there that's been depleted from over-pumping.


Everyone knows that travel insurance is incredibly important but how do you go about making sure you get both the best deal and the best policy that matches your needs? Careful shopping around and a bit of thought are the ideal approach to find an arrangement on nearly anything and this includes travel insurance.
Survey the possibility you already have travel insurance: If you are already mortgage holders, or have household or medical insurance they may already offer travel insurance included. Some bank accounts also include travel insurance as part of their package. You must check that it includes what you require – ie the number of people and not just the policy holder, the country to which you are travelling and the full value of any posessions etc going with you.
If you need to get the best arrangement on travel protection then you need to look at where you are going and what you are doing when you are there. You also need to take into account the people travelling,; if some are over 60 or 70 they will need special insurance. If they have special medical requirements then this is important to take into account and declare from the start. It is also important to check your policy covers your destination – if you are going long haul but your policy only covers Europe or if you are going to be overseas for more than a month then these are things you must check before travel.
There are hundreds of different policies for all sorts of travel; from wintersports to scuba diving, family travel to long haul, single person to group travel etc. Online comparison sites are a good and easy place to start. You can compare prices, fees and booking conditions all in one place without leaving the house saving hours of walking around and checking different companies.
Beware of looking always for the cheapest policies as these often dont cover the things you need or have large excess clauses. You could ask around for recommendations from friends and family.
Regardless of the arrangement you pick, please make sure you read the fine print. Not all travel protection plans are the same or give the same cover for the same price.
A common mistake is not to book travel insurance until you travel but actually you should book it from when you book the holiday or ticket. This means you will then be covered for any cancellation you made need to carry out due to unforeseen circumstances. If not you may have to cover the full cost of the holiday and not get any money back.
Many tour operators and travel providers offer travel insurance along with the ticket or holiday you have bought. This is often a quick and easy option. However if you plan to travel more than a couple of times a year then it is usually worth upgrading to an annual travel policy which covers you for an unlimited number of trips in a single year. This is usually called annual travel insurance or multi-trip insurance. Again you must check it covers you – it may not cover a ski trip or watersports.
But whatever the case travel insurance is a must have for any traveller.


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import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Assume;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

public class ParameterUtilTest
{
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    }

    @Test
    public void shouldReturnNameOrNull() throws Exception
    {
        Method method = getClass().getDeclaredMethod("someMethod", String.class);
        String parameterName = ParameterUtil.getName(method, 0);
        Assert.assertTrue(parameterName.equals("arg0") || parameterName.equals("firstParameter"));
    }

    public void someMethod(String firstParameter) {}
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James Clemens scores final 21 points to beat Bob Jones in Madison Bowl
Updated Sep 07, 2019; Posted Sep 06, 2019
James Clemens vs. Bob Jones football 9/6/19
By Daniel Boyette
It took less than 90 seconds for the story of Madison Bowl VIII to radically change.
After falling behind by three late in the third quarter, James Clemens responded with the go-ahead touchdown, then forced a turnover to set up another TD in a 35-17 win over Bob Jones tonight at Madison City Schools Stadium.
Jets receiver Chris Hope got behind the Bob Jones secondary for a 65-yard TD from Connor Cantrell with 1:08 left in the third quarter to give James Clemens a 21-17 edge. Jaylin Grigsby picked off a pass on the ensuing Bob Jones possession, and Dylan Blackburn scored on a 23-yard run two plays later to make it an 11-point game at the 11:53 mark of the fourth quarter.
Any hopes of a Bob Jones comeback were thwarted when James Clemens' Keontae Strother scooped up a fumble near the Jets 36-yard line and returned it to the Patriots 25 with 5:24 left in the game. Cantrell tossed a 12-yard fade to Hope in the end zone with 1:25 remaining for the final points.
James Clemens (1-2, 1-0 Class 7A Region 8) avoided its first 0-3 start since the program's inaugural season in 2012. Bob Jones (0-3, 0-1) started 0-3 for the first time since 1994.
Game ball: Blackburn ran for 184 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries. He had three gains of 20-plus yards, including a 37-yarder that set up his 1-yard TD early in the second quarter that put the Jets ahead 14-0.
James Clemens sat sheet: Tyrone Wilson scored on a 6-yard keeper on fourth-and-goal for the Jets' first touchdown of the game. Jon Granger had an interception.
Bob Jones stat sheet: Quarterback Caden Rose, who rotated series with Slate Alford, completed 9 of 10 passes for 160 yards and two touchdowns in the first half. He attempted only two passes in the second half, one of which was picked off. Donavon Brown caught six passes for 142 yards – all in the first half. He caught a 27-yard TD pass from Rose in the end zone on the final play of the opening half to knot the score 14-14. Dylan Ray caught a 5-yard touchdown pass earlier in the second quarter, after Rose connected with Brown for gains of 33 and 37 yards. Jacob Fruehwald made a 26-yard field goal to cap Bob Jones' opening possession of the second half.
By the numbers: 0 – Interceptions or lost fumbles by James Clemens. The Jets did turn the ball over on downs twice in the second quarter – both times at the Bob Jones 32; 12 – Plays, all runs, by James Clemens to cover 80 yards on the opening drive of the game. Chase Starling and Wilson took direct snaps on every play; 1 – Successful Bob Jones fake punt, with Rose running to move the chains in the first quarter. Granger picked off Alford on the next play; 2 – Consecutive Madison Bowl victories for the Jets after Bob Jones won the first six meetings;
Coachspeak: "I thought we let down at 14-0. I thought our kids let down and maybe thought, 'It's going to be easy.' This thing is never easy; football isn't easy. I was really proud coming out of the half. We had the one stalled drive, but we finally made plays on the ball. Our kids have fought hard for three weeks in a row. We played three really good teams. This one is so emotional, it means so much to the fans and the players. It's a big one, but more importantly, it's a region win. We needed a win." – James Clemens coach Wade Waldrop
"Dylan is a workhorse. He had some cramping issues the first game (against Grayson, Ga.), he had been sick a a little that week. Last week (against Clay-Chalkville), we were only able to run 44 plays, so he didn't get many carries, but he ran hard. We were able to get him going tonight. We should have got him going a little bit more. I'm proud of him. He's a baller." – Waldrop
"You've got to give James Clemens credit; they've got a really good team, a big, powerful, physical team. When you get down one to two scores against them, you've got a problem, because it's really difficult to get the ball back. And if you don't get a turnover from them, they're three, four, five yards a pop. It makes it really difficult; your defense has been on the field 10 to 13 plays. For us, some of those guys are having to come back and play offense." – Bob Jones coach Kevin Rose
"We really needed a stop after we went up 17-14, so that we could run the ball and run some clock. We had a couple of turnovers late that hurt us and gave up a big play. Give them credit. They outplayed us in the second half and they deserve to win. We've got to pick ourselves up, come back next week and try to win a region game." -- Rose
They said it … : "I felt good, but it's not all on me. I really put it on my o-line. They really got me all the yards that I got tonight." – Blackburn
"It's very satisfying. The first win is always the best win." – Blackburn
"That's very important. We started the streak, so we've got to keep it going." – Blackburn on how back-to-back Madison Bowl victories build for the future.
"I felt great. I couldn't do it without my teammates, though. They help me through everything." – Hope
"We've put in hard work during practice and over the summer. We've been working so hard, so it feels amazing." – Hope on the Jets' first win of 2019
What's next?: Both teams continue Region 4 play. James Clemens faces Huntsville at Alabama A&M's Louis Crews Stadium , while Bob Jones hosts Florence.


Damage from frozen pipes can be costly as well as frustrating. To avoid freezing problems, a few simple actions can be followed. Disconnect and drain outdoor hoses. Insulate or install heat tape on pipes in unheated or exposed areas. Make sure there is heat to unused rooms in your home, especially if there is plumbing in the walls. During periods of cold temperatures, it may be prudent to run a small stream of water in a faucet furthest from where your water service enters the home.
If you have frozen pipes, you will need to take the necessary steps for thawing them without causing greater damage to the home or pipes. If you think the problem is not in your home, please call the Water Department during regular business hours or contact police dispatch after hours.
You may wonder why conservation of water is such an issue when we are surrounded by so much of it. That is true; however, wasting water can overextend water sources and/or overload wastewater treatment facilities. It costs money to provide water whether it is used or wasted and an increase in cost can directly impact the consumer's water or sewer bill.
Household drains are not intended to be used as a universal garbage can. Dumping hazardous chemicals down the drain or toilet may get them out of your sight, but they can cause serious problems at the treatment facility and the receiving waterways. The final destination for the treated effluent is the Port of Valdez. Hazardous chemicals can pose a threat to the aquatic life as well as those who use the water for recreation.
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christmas time is definitely a time of year for an excessive amount of sweets. if you're like me, you usually need a salty snack to immediately counteract a sweet snack, or vice versa. chex mix does the trick, every time. make a large batch and package it up to share with family and friends!
this is my mom's recipe, which was handed down for a few generations. according to my mom, this recipe comes from the days before store-bought chex mix. it is much better than the store bought stuff, as most every kind of homemade chex mix is. it does call for an ingredient called accent… which is pure msg. i couldn't not find it in the store (i can't imagine why! ;)) i did notice a difference in taste w/out the added msg. i'm sure it is also a ton healthier. i did substitute salt, but again, it wasn't quite the same.
in a large roasting pan, stir the cereal, cheez-its, pretzels and peanuts until evenly distributed.
pour margarine mix over cereal mix. stir to evenly coat.
bake for 45 mins, stirring every 15 mins.
cool and place in an air-tight container.


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Examining Penang's South Reclamation Scheme
Timothy Tye
Published 19 Dec 2018, 6:44 am
COMMENT | Today, I write to you from the coastline of Permatang Damar Laut, in Bayan Lepas. Yup, I am on a reconnaissance field trip, to check out the sites of a mammoth land reclamation called the Penang South Reclamation scheme (PSR).
Recently, the Penang State Government announced plans to initiate reclamation on the south side of Penang Island. The scheme involves creating three manmade islands off the southern coast spanning Permatang Damar Laut, Teluk Bayu, Sungai Batu, Teluk Kumbar and Gertak Sanggul.
As with all mammoth projects, the scheme does not escape opposition. On the other hand, being one who understands the benefits of this scheme, I would like to share with you, so that you too can have a clear understanding of the rationale behind this scheme.
The Penang state government cannot materialise money from thin air. What it receives only covers that basic necessity for the people. To have more money - to pay for things like a new highway or a new LRT line - it first has to create for itself a new revenue stream.
The Penang government is aware that the amount of land that can be developed on Penang Island is depleting. That itself creates both a concern and an opportunity. Such opportunities present themselves only to cities that are islands, for they can create new land which will become a much-needed revenue generator in years to come.
The plan involves creating up to three islands, which will provide the state government with as much as 1,800 hectares of land that it will own. This land can then be slowly sold for development as and when the need arises. On top of that, 30 percent of the land will be set aside for public housing, to provide houses for common Penangites.
The Penang state government does not intend to sell off all that land at once. Doing so will have a huge negative impact on land prices in Penang. Some of the land will be sold, some will be used by the state government for the people such as creating public space for Penangites. Selling the land gradually serves as a mechanism to ensure property prices in Penang can be controlled and does not steeply increase.
To put it bluntly, if we want our future generations to afford Penang property, it is in our own interest to support our state government's initiative in putting this price stability mechanism in place.
Those who are too lazy to understand this rationale often say, "If Penang Island runs out of land, why don't we develop Penang mainland? It has plenty."
Such a remark disregards the objective, how does that create a revenue stream for the state government? Penang mainland may have a lot of land, but if it does not belong to the state government.
Pillboxes still remain
Now that we understand how the Penang South Reclamation Scheme will benefit the state government, it is also necessary to be aware of the environmental and social impact this mammoth scheme will have on Penang and its people, especially those staying along the southern coast. And to best understand this, I visited the places involved.
Permatang Damar Laut is an area on the south side of the Penang International Airport. While it is part of Bayan Lepas, it is composed of several kampung including Permatang Tepi Bendang, Permatang Tepi Laut and, of course, Permatang Damar Laut proper.
In the 1970s, the Penang International Airport underwent a major expansion. The extension of the airport runway resulted in the relocation of the villagers of Permatang Damar Laut by a few hundred meters. The only trace of that village is its village cemetery, now an "island" surrounded by airport land. Jalan Permatang Damar Laut cuts right through the airport land.
In the subsequent decades, the paddy fields in the area were developed, and the village of Permatang Tepi Bendang became expunged. To the west side of the airport land is the village of Permatang Tepi Laut. Today, it is the only intact settlement in Permatang Damar Laut that has neither been relocated or expunged.
Sungai Permatang Damar Laut flows beside this small fishing village, which has its own little fishermen's jetty. The coast has a muddy bottom, and at times, you can see mudskippers. During the Second World War, the British built small batteries, colloquially known as pillboxes, the relics of which can still be seen on the coast.
During my visit to Permatang Tepi Laut, there were a few villagers sitting around a table, at the local fishermen's hall. I got into a conversation with them. Friendly rural folks, they asked me if I were a reporter. I told them I am exploring the area to know more about it.
I asked them about the neighbouring village of Permatang Damar Laut, which was relocated in the 1970s. The villagers told me that those people were lucky because as a result of the compensation, the relocated folks received a proper plot of land with brick houses to replace their wooden village houses. In comparison, they were "not that lucky" because their village, Permatang Tepi Laut, did not have to relocate.
I did not inform the villagers that in the future, they, too, might have to relocate if their village is in the path of the Bayan Lepas LRT. (Yes, the LRT will pass through here on its way to the first of the three reclaimed islands. The exact path of the LRT line, I do not yet know.) But if that were true, I believe they would welcome the idea, for finally, they could enjoy the compensation received by neighbouring Permatang Damar Laut a few decades earlier.
Remain watchful
Careful not to plant words in their mouth, I asked if they were aware of the plans to reclaim land off the coast. Yes, they were aware but didn't seem perturbed by it. In fact, based on the benefits received by neighbouring Permatang Damar Laut decades ago, the people I spoke to at Permatang Tepi Laut seemed to welcome the change.
As I chat with them, these villagers came across as admirably resilient and pragmatic and more welcoming of progress than we often give credit to rural people. I realise that quite often, villagers who oppose the government's plans are those who have words planted into their mouth by outsiders who derail the government's plans for their own malicious motives.
As Penang urbanises, the remaining rural pockets may have to undergo change, something that many villagers have come to accept. Change was already happening in places surrounding Permatang Tepi Laut - in Batu Maung, in Teluk Kumbar, in Bayan Lepas, so it is only a matter of time before it arrives at this sleepy hollow.
AnakPinang understands the necessity of the Penang South Reclamation scheme. The funds it generates can be applied to the improvement of our infrastructure, particularly the Penang Transport Master Plan, which leads to a better life for all of us. In addition to that, enlarging our state land bank will help prevent property prices from drastic overheating.
Nevertheless, we will remain watchful and will impress on the state government that the common people impacted by the Penang South Reclamation scheme benefit rather than suffer. After all, what purpose a scheme if it doesn't benefit the people?
Often, people who can not articulate their plight have their well-being overlooked. At AnakPinang, we want to ensure that those impacted will not be adversely affected while those not directly impacted will be able to see and enjoy the benefits.
It is, therefore, a necessity for us to understand the change the villagers have to undertake, and in our most sympathetic manner, ensure that the transition involved will be handled with the greatest of care. There are times we cannot avoid progress but neither should we become casualties of it.
TIMOTHY TYE is spokesperson for Penang-based civil group AnakPinang. He authors Penang Travel Tips and served as council member for the Penang Heritage Trust from 2005 to 2011.
The views expressed here are those of the author/contributor and do not necessarily represent the views of Malaysiakini.
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Insidious cover-ups in the Milwaukee Police Department : The sad death of Joel Acevedo by Juan Miguel Martinez
Posted on July 9, 2020 July 9, 2020 by milwaukeno Posted in Cultura, La PlazaTagged Joel Acevedo, Michael Mattioli, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Police Department, Police Cover-up
A cloud of sadness looms over a small ranch style home on the north side of Milwaukee. It is the home of Jose and Maribel Acevedo, and the former residence of 25 year old Joel Acevedo. He was a man whose life was cut short by a police officer in the early morning hours of April 19, 2020. The 911 call was placed by a person identified as Christopher "Chris" Peters. The call was approximately 3 minutes and 35 seconds in length, where the last gasps of Joel can be heard. The choking last breaths are met with "Fuck you, motherfucker" by the man applying the rear naked chokehold, Michael Mattioli, aged 32. Joel manages to get out his last words, which now appear on protest signs and in chants of people marching all over the city of Milwaukee – "just let me go home…" Responding officers Robert Roach and Mark Sheremeta arrive on the scene at 7:38 AM. Mattioli says he will explain everything. He prefaces his story with identifying himself as a police officer. He claims he saw Joel going through Mattioli's pockets and tells him to leave. Joel allegedly makes his way downstairs where he supposedly punches Chris, falling to the ground in the process. Mattioli gets on top of him and proceeds to apply a chokehold, which is illegal to use as a restraint technique. Joel Acevedo dies six days later from "Anoxic Encephalopathy due to traumatic Asphyxia" at St. Luke's Hospital, and the doctor treating him rules it a homicide. Mattioli is not arrested, has not even been fired from the MPD, but faces a charge of reckless homicide. Later, as the case progresses, Mayor of Milwaukee Tom Barrett will call on Chief of police Alfonso Morales to fire Mattioli, which as of 07/05/20, has not happened.
I arrive at the home of Jose and Maribel Acevedo, Joel's parents. Julissa Acevedo, Joel's older sister joins us so we can talk, and I can gain further insight about who Joel Acevedo was. The energy is both melancholy and hopeful. Joel Acevedo was an outgoing, caring individual who worked at MADACC finding homes for animals. He had aspirations of one day becoming a police officer, and had a friend on the force. His friend encouraged him to work out and get in shape for the physical demands required to serve as a law enforcement officer. "He would ask me what I thought about him becoming a police officer", Maribel tells me. "I was happy for him and told him to just be careful." Joel worked as a security officer at Northwestern Mutual, where Mattioli also worked. "I just want to say Mattioli was nothing more than a casual acquaintance to Joel," says Jose. "Joel had police officers as friends, and he looked up to them for all the service they provided in our community," added Maribel. "Casual hangouts were common, but not with Mattiloli," Julissa tells me. She adds, "Mattioli and Joel were not close friends, as many of the news outlets try to portray."
In the morning hours of April 19, 2020, Maribel and Jose were watching church service on TV, still under the stay at home order recently implemented by the government. "We were sitting here, and when I saw my son hadn't arrived home, I started calling and texting him over and over. When he did not respond, I called family members and no one had heard from him. Something told me to start calling hospitals, and that is what I did. They confirmed for me at St. Luke's hospital at 3:00 in the afternoon that he was there…" Jose recounts. No one from the police department had notified the Acevedos about their son, and they found out for themselves in this manner.
The family rushed over to St. Luke's, where visitation was not allowed due to COVID-19 restrictions. "We were told that a detective was at the hospital, but we should go to the crime scene to see what was happening." They drove to the house on 4502 W Cleveland. Upon their arrival, a detective assigned to the case approached Jose and told him – "I promise you they are all going to pay". The same detective (who is the lead detective at MPD, and has worked on the force for more than 20 years) Robert Stelter, later tells them, "We will make sure they get charged, but we have to remember these are good people". No names were being released, and no one was being arrested because according to Milwaukee County district attorney, John Chisolm, the other people were "not involved". The family learned that the other two involved in their son's murder were Christopher Peters, and Andrew "AJ" Janowski. Janowski resigned from his position as a parole officer on June 29, 2020. "My son is dead, how are these two individuals not involved?!" Maribel shouts. Mattioli applied the chokehold, while AJ laid on his legs to restrain him, and Christopher watched while placing the 911 call. It is being reported that a fight preceded Joel's strangulation, but there is nothing to support this argument, except for Mattioli's word. "If there was a fight, there would have been signs of a struggle in the house – stuff would have been in disarray, but there was absolutely nothing that showed that," Julissa says. Darryl Morton, a lawyer who represents Latino/a/x rights, wanted to take on their case. When the family became more vocal about their dissatisfaction with the way the case was being handled, Morton simply fell off the radar.
The day after Memorial day, news outlets and social media was showing a video of a black man in Minnesota who was murdered by the three police officers. George Floyd died from asphyxiation after an officer held his knee on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. Maribel saw this and it echoed, reminding her of what happened to her son, who was also murdered by a police officer through asphyxiation. The pain was all too real, and the actions of the officers all too familiar and unfortunately common. In the coming weeks, the family would join protests taking place around the city, frustrated with an unresponsive district attorney and police department. Alfonso Morales, chief of police of the Milwaukee Police department, reached out to the Acevedos and told them to "trust the word of the police officers and the process".
Jose Acevedo and Maribel Acevedo.
It is hard for the Acevedo family to trust the process when quite simply, the police shouldn't be involved at all, except to charge and indict the three individuals involved in the murder of Joel Acevedo.
There are reports from neighbors that say Michael Mattioli had duffel bags full of something coming in and out of the house at all hours of the night. It is reported that there were consistently all night parties at the home of Officer Mattioli. Based on reports from others who have lived near this officer, there have been previous complaints about the noise level coming from Mattioli's home, one involving a firearm being brandished.
Based upon the body camera recording, 58 seconds elapsed between Roach and Shermeta's arrival at Mattioli's home, and when they stopped outside the house. 22 seconds elapsed from the time they entered the home to when Mattioli disengaged the hold on Joel. From the time the struggle started and the 911 call was made, until the officers arrived, it appears that Joel was in a chokehold for more than 10 minutes. Mattioli gave a general recollection of events and was placed in a squad car. Shortly after noon, Investigator David Dalland met with him to get a full story, explaining he needed a blood sample because alcohol was involved. Mattioli's response – "Why? Is the fucker dead?" Dalland responds "No", and he tells Mattioli that Joel is not in good shape. "Well fuck him, he was stealing from me, I don't give a fuck what shape he is in". This response is not one the public should hear from someone who refers to himself as law enforcement.
Family attorney B'Ivory LaMarr was hired to take on the case and is making it known that the family intends to see justice served. LaMarr and the family are hopeful that the demands they have laid out will result in justice for Joel Acevedo. They have requested that the body cam footage from the responding officers be released, as well as the 911 call recordings. LaMarr begs the question "At what point do we call a police officer's integrity into question? Do we wait until that officer kills another human being or do we enact laws and procedures that ensure that those who are sworn to protect and serve remain honest?" This is where civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump has experience. Crump has been widely referred to as Black America's Attorney General, and he is known for working many of the nation's top high profile police brutality and murder cases, including that of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. The Rallies and protests that have led to the Milwaukee county courthouse steps have shown the passion of the Acevedos, their legal team, and community supporters. Their list of demands includes a murder conviction of Michael Mattioli and the other two individuals who are responsible for Joel Acevedo's death, the resignation of police chief Alfonso Morales, continued internal investigations into corruption and brutality in the Milwaukee Police Department, and for officers to undergo regular psychological exams and drug testing. This family and activists from in and around Milwaukee want to believe that Joel's death will not be in vain.
The family, along with their attorneys, believe that in order for change to occur, it is necessary to fight for what is right. As Joel's mother wipes away tears, she says "I want those who killed my son to feel remorse. Being locked up and off the streets would be a relief, but more than anything, I want them to realize that they stole my baby from me; I want them to feel remorse for what they did to my son."
2020 has seen a record number of black and brown people killed by police officers. The numbers are staggering, and they continue to rise. The Acevedo family believes the release of body cam footage and 911 tapes will shed light on an issue that is becoming far too familiar – police cover-ups and corruption.
"It is very simple, yet complex – murderers usually don't feel remorse, especially when they are protected by a government agency," says Maribel. This family believes that the laws need to change, and it is their hope that Joel's murder will perhaps be a catalyst for change.
Joel lives on in different ways. In the energy of the black and brown unity marches, and in calls for justice. He was also an organ donor, and recently, his donated heart was successfully used as a transplant, giving someone a new lease on life. On July 5, 2020, a mural of Joel was painted on the outside of the corner barbershop on 6th and Greenfield. It is of Joel's smiling face, with a power fist colored like the Puerto Rican flag held high behind him. It breathes a new life into the neighborhood and immortalizes him.
Photo Credit: Julissa Acevedo
Meanwhile, as the Acevedo family prepares for the next hearing involving their son's murderer, which is scheduled for July 13, 2020, the Fire and Police Commissioner Griselda Aldrete has announced her resignation. This is the person who is overseeing the investigation of Michael Mattioli, and in the midst of all this, she is resigning? It will be interesting to see how this unfolds.
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Q: How Do I Send A Set of Data to a Javascript Function from Classic ASP I am fixing a classic ASP application for violations on Content Security Policy
the current non-compliant code has a checkbox that pre-populates the data

                      <input type="checkbox" name="chkconfirm" onclick="return CopyAddress()">
                      Please check here to copy the old information from the Old Info Screen.

and so

  <LINK REL=STYLESHEET HREF="styles.css" TYPE="text/css">
  <TITLE>The Program</TITLE>

added an ID to the checkbox

                      <input type="checkbox" ID="COPY_ADDRESS" name="chkconfirm" >
                      Please check here to copy the old information from the Old Info Screen.

then if the checkbox is clicked run the script
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function ()
{
    document.body.addEventListener("click", function (e)
    {
    let target = e.target;
        if (target == null) { alert("click target null"); }
        else
        {
            if (target.id == "COPY_ADDRESS")
            {
                CopyAddress(e);
            }
        }
    }
}

the data is retrieved in classic ASP
Dim strplanned_address, strplanned_city, strplanned_state, strplanned_zip
     With gadoSelectCommand
        .CommandText = "prcSelOrder"
        .Parameters.Append .CreateParameter("RETURN_VALUE", 3, 4, 0, return_value)
        .Parameters.Append .CreateParameter("@OrderID", 3, 1, 0, strCurrentId)
        .Parameters.Append .CreateParameter("@for_update", 3, 1, 0, 1)
    End With
'   adoRecordSet.Open strSQL, adoConnection
    Set adoRecordSet = gadoSelectCommand.Execute
        strplanned_address = adoRecordSet("planned_address") & ""
        strplanned_city = adoRecordSet("planned_city") & ""
        strplanned_state = adoRecordSet("planned_state") & ""
        strplanned_zip = adoRecordSet("planned_zip") & ""

any ideas as to how to get more than an integer or single character from classic ASP into a script?


Ok, I am stumped. I just upgraded to Vista Ultimate on my main PC and bought a Western Digital ext 250GB drive to share across my network. I can't seem to get it to share to my Laptop (running xp via wireless) and I get an error when I try to access the drive from the laptop (it sees it) about that I don't have permission to access it. I can't figure out how to get the Vista System to set up a user profile for Network users so I can share this drive openly across my home network. Any ideas?


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MTL is a library for composing monad transformers and making it easier to work with nested monad transformer stacks. It originates from the land of Haskell, but has made it into Scala a long time ago. For the longest time however, it was barely usable, because of a bunch of different Scala quirks coming together. With all this, I feel many have the impression that mtl is something scary, abstract or too complicated. In this blog post, I'll try my best to disprove this notion and demonstrate the simplicity and elegance of Cats-mtl. After reading this, I hope you'll agree that one should prefer mtl whenever one needs to compose more than one monad transformer nested inside of each other.
Mtl is an acronym and stands for Monad Transformer Library. Its main purpose it make it easier to work with nested monad transformers. It achieves this by encoding the effects of most common monad transformers as type classes. To understand what this means we'll first have to look at some of the common monad transformers.
I'll go over some of the lesser known transformers StateT and ReaderT next, so feel free to skip the next section if you already know about StateT and ReaderT.
ReaderT allows us to read from an environment and create other values that depend on the environment. This can be especially useful for e.g. reading from some external configuration. Some like to describe this as the functional programming equivalent of dependency injection.
As an example, let's imagine we want to make a call to a service, but to make that call we need to pass some configuration.
Now let's say we have these two functions for the service we want to call and the configuration we want to read from.
def getConfig: IO[Config] = ???
def serviceCall(c: Config): IO[Result] = ???
And that is how we can do functional dependency injection in Scala. However, I believe this pattern isn't used very often, because it forces you to wrap all of your steps in ReaderT. If you continue reading on, we'll go through how this problem can be mitigated using MTL.
Like ReaderT, StateT also allows us to read from an environment. However, unlike ReaderT, it also allows us to write to that environment, making it capable of holding state, hence the name. With StateT over IO, we can deliberately create programs that can access the outside world and also maintain mutable state. This is very powerful and, when used without care, can give rise to similar problems as can be found in imperative programs that abuse global mutable state and unlimited side effects. Use StateT with care however, and it can be a really great tool for parts of your application that require some notion of mutable state.
An example use case that comes up very often is the ability to send some requests to an external services and after each of those requests, use the resulting value to modify an environment with which you'll create the next request. This environment could be used for something simple like a cache, or something more complex like dynamically changing the parameters of each request, depening on what state the environment currently holds. Let's look at an abstract example, that showcases this ability.
First, we'll define a function that calls our external service which will take the environment into account.
def initialEnv: Env = ???
def request(r: Request, env: Env): IO[Response] = ???
Next, we'll also need a function that given a response and an old environment will return a new updated environment.
def updateEnv(r: Response, env: Env): Env = ???
def req1: Request = ???
def req2: Request = ???
def req3: Request = ???
def req4: Request = ???
This demonstrates the power of StateT. We can get the current state by using StateT.get (which returns a StateT[IO, Env, Env] similar to ReaderT.ask) and we can also modify it using StateT.modify (which takes a function Env => Env and returns a StateT[IO, Env, Unit]).
And now we have a fully fledged program exactly as we wanted. But what can we actually do with the StateT value? To run the full program, we need an IO. Of course, just like ReaderT, we can turn StateT into IO by using the run method and supplying an initial value for our environment. Let's try that out!
And that gives us a fully working stateful application. Cool. Next, we'll look at how we can combine different transformers and what monad transformers actually represent.
EitherT encodes the effect of short-circuiting errors. ReaderT encodes the effect of reading a value from the environment. StateT encodes the effect of pure local mutable state.
All of these monad transformers encode their effects as data structures, but there's another way to achieve the same result: Type classes!
At it's core ApplicativeAsk just encodes the fact that we can ask for a value from the environment, exactly like ReaderT does. Exactly like ReaderT, it also includes another type parameter E, that represents that environment.
If you're wondering why ApplicativeAsk has an Applicative field instead of just extending from Applicative, that is to avoid implicit ambiguities that arise from having multiple subclasses of a given type (here Applicative) in scope implicitly. So in this case we favor composition over inheritance as otherwise, we could not e.g. use Monad together with ApplicativeAsk. You can read more about this issue in this excellent blog post by Adelbert Chang.
ApplicativeAsk is an example for what is at the core of Cats-mtl. Cats-mtl provides type classes for most common effects which let you choose what kind of effects you need without committing to a specific monad transformer stack.
Ideally, you'd write all your code using only an abstract type constructor F[_] with different type class constraints and then at the end run that code with a specific data type that is able to fulfill those constraints.
If there's an instance for LiftIO[F] we can lift any IO[A] into an F[A]. Furthermore IO defines a method to which makes use of this type class to provide some nicer looking syntax.
We replaced our call to ReaderT.ask with a call to ask provided by ApplicativeAsk and instead of using ReaderT.liftF to lift an IO into ReaderT, we can simply use the to function on IO, pretty neat if you ask me.
This process of turning a program defined by an abstract type constructor with additional type class constraints into an actual concrete data type is sometimes called interpreting or materializing a program.
def readerProgram[F[_]: Monad: LiftIO: ApplicativeConfig]: F[Result] = ???
So far so good, but this doesn't seem to be any better than what we had before. I've teased at the beginning that MTL really shines once you use more than one monad transformer. So let's say our program now also needs to be able to handle errors (which I think is a very reasonable requirement).
To do so, we'll use MonadError, which can be found in cats-core instead of mtl, but in its essence, it encodes the short circuting effect that's shared with EitherT.
def validConfig(c: Config): Boolean = ???
Now we can go and extend our program from earlier. We'll add a MonadError[F, AppError] type alias, MonadAppError and then add a constraint for it in our program.
def program[F[_]: MonadAppError: ApplicativeConfig: LiftIO]: F[Result] = ???
Pretty simple, now let's materialize it! To do so, we'll use a monad stack of ReaderT, EitherT and IO. Unwrapped it should look like this IO[Either[AppError, Reader[Config, A]]].
This is the magic of mtl, it is able to give you type class instances for every single monad transformer in the stack. This means that when you stack EitherT, ReaderT and StateT, you'll be able to get instances for MonadError, ApplicativeAsk and MonadState, which is really useful!
To get an instance of MonadError for ReaderT[F, R, ?], we need to have a MonadError for F. Then we can easily use that underlying instance to handle and raise the errors instead. Again, this means that if some part of transformer stack is capable of raising and handling errors, now your whole stack is. So if it includes EitherT somewhere, you can "lift" that capability.
There are different strategies for lifting these capabilities throughout your monad stack, but they'd be out of scope for this article.
It's the same program, but now we have to add type annotations and liftFs everywhere. If you try to take away one of those type annotations the program will fail to compile, so this is the minimum amount of boilerplate you need.
For the next step, let's imagine we want to send multiple requests and after each, use information we retrieved from the response for the next request, similar to how we did earlier in the StateT example.
def requests: List[Request] = ???
def newServiceCall(c: Config, req: Request, e: Env): IO[Response] = ???
Here, we use get to retrieve the current state of the environment, then we use newServiceCall and lift it into F and use the response to modify the environment with updateEnv.
And now we have a fully applied transformer stack.
The only thing left is to turn that stack back into an IO by running the individual layers.
If we were to get that same value using just transformers and no mtl, the amount of boilerplate would be excruciating. We would need multiple liftFs for every monad transformer and dozens of type annotations, leaving the actual code hidden under layers and layers of boilerplate.
With Cats-mtl, dealing with different effects is simple and free of boilerplate. We can describe our application as functions dealing with an abstract context F[_] that must be able to provide certain effect constraints. These constraints are provided by the different MTL type classes in Cats-mtl and their instances can be lifted up to the highest layer with Cats-mtl's underlying machinery.
In summary Cats-mtl provides two things: MTL type classes representing effects and a way to lift instances of these classes through transformer stacks. If you'd like to learn more about Cats-mtl, check out its new website!
Now I said that ApplicativeAsk is the type class encoding of ReaderT, but it's by no means the only one that can form an ApplicativeAsk instance. Monad transformer stacks are known to be quite unperformant, especially so on the JVM, so there are some alternate solutions. For example, one could use the Arrows library, which provides effect types with an input type in addition to its output type Arrow[A, B]. If you squint a bit, it's practically equivalent to a function A => IO[B] or ReaderT[IO, A, B]. At the same time, however, it can be substantially more performant.
Other examples include using something like cats-effect' Ref for MonadState (a working instance can be found here), or using a bifunctor IO that includes an extra type parameter for the error type, i.e. BIO[E, A] instead of using EitherT[IO, E, A] (a WIP for cats-effect can be found here).
In general, we can think up more performant solutions to our effect type class instances by using more specialized data structures. Monad Transformers are extremely general, which makes them very flexible, but that flexibility may come at a price. One of the great things about mtl is that we don't have to choose up front, but only at the very end when our program is run. For example, we might choose to use only monad transformers at the begining when developing our application. Then, when we want to scale up, we can move to more performant instances simply by changing a few lines when materializing our programs.
In the long term, I'd like to provide a submodule of cats-mtl that has very specialized and performant data types for every combination of effect type classes. For this purpose, I've created the cats-mtl-special library some time ago, but it still remains very much a work in progress. Shoutout also to Jamie Pullar who has been using cats-mtl extensively in production and has also built some more performant instances along with some benchmarks which you can find as part of his talk here.


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Lissotestella is a genus of minute sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.

Species
Species within the genus Lissotestella include:
 † Lissotestella alpha (Laws, 1939)
 † Lissotestella basispiralis Maxwell, 1992
 Lissotestella caelata (Powell, 1937)
 Lissotestella consobrina (Powell, 1940)
 Lissotestella cookiana Dell, 1956
 Lissotestella rissoaformis (Powell, 1931)
 Lissotestella tenuilirata (Powell, 1931)
 Lissotestella tryphenensis (Powell, 1937)
 † Lissotestella waimamakuensis Laws, 1948

References

 Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
  Kano Y., Chikyu, E. & Warén, A. (2009) Morphological, ecological and molecular characterization of the enigmatic planispiral snail genus Adeuomphalus (Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea). Journal of Molluscan Studies, 75:397-418.

Gastropods of New Zealand
Extant Miocene first appearances

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Q: [ERLANG]: Why answer returns list in a list rather than list? Given the module
-module(p1).

-export([f2/2]).

f2([A, A | B]) -> {A, B};
f2([A, B | _]) -> {A, B};
f2([A]) -> A;
f2(_) -> no_match.

I was asked to try the input value
 p1:f2([1,1,[1,1]]).

My answer would be that this input value matches the first function clause of f2, and as such gives us the result:
{1,[1,1]}

But according to the given answer sheet, the answer is
{1,[[1,1]]}

I can't quite get my head around why we get a list within a list, rather than a list in the answer. Would appreciate an explanation for this, thank you.

A: You should look into how head-tail works in Erlang.  Tail is always a list; could be a one element list, could be an empty list, but always a list.
Lets look into example in shell:
2> Fun = fun([H | T]) -> {H, T} end.
#Fun<erl_eval.6.90072148>
3> Fun([a]).
{a,[]}
4> Fun([a,b]).
{a,[b]}
5> Fun([a,[a,b]]).
{a,[[a,b]]}
6> Fun([a,b,c]).
{a,[b,c]}
7> Fun([a,b,c,d]).
{a,[b,c,d]}

So in you case what you are returning is A which is repeted 1 and B which is list of all remaining elements.  In our case only one element remains, so we return one-element list.  And this element is a two-element list, hence list in a list [[1, 1]].


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Gender and Madness in Post-War Bethlem: A Meeting of Minds?
World War Two has been depicted as an era of innovation, professional growth and public acceptance for British psychiatry. Nevertheless, in the psychiatric treatment of women, 'progress' may have been transient: they have been considered more susceptible to insanity due to supposed biological propensity or exacting social expectations. Clinically, a rising tide of voluntary admissions from the 1930s coincided with the emergence of 'psycho-neuroses', a category in which women were over-represented. Women also outlived and outnumbered men, and gender disparities in admissions were subject to preferences of GPs and other 'gatekeepers'. Whilst some evidence also links male admissions to transgression of stereotyped career norms, this finding is obscured by historical emphasis on female patients.
The gendered experience of mental health was amongst issues debated at a recent conference on the history of post-war women's health, hosted by the University of Manchester's Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine. Emerging research based on analysis of primary source material used Bethlem Hospital as a case study for exploring similarities and differences in the experiences of male and female patients in this period. Admission register and casenote data provided a unique glimpse into prevailing theories of mental illness, and the changing character of the hospital and its patients. This was complemented by interviews with former Bethlem staff.
Key patterns were identified in the demographic composition of Bethlem's patients, diagnostic practices and treatment delivery, with discussion of how these characteristics evolved over fifty years, against a wider backdrop of legal, social and scientific change. The findings chiefly indicate a postwar convergence, and, in some cases, reversal, of traditionally 'gendered' diagnoses - such as anxiety - and the ascent of 'affective psychosis' (e.g. manic depression) amongst women. This was countered by a widening age disparity between male and female admissions, most prominent within the over-60 age groups, where a middle-class bias remained apparent. Although the psychological effects of marriage are unresolved, the research suggested that women may also benefit, and that in this area too, the experiences of men and women had more in common than has previously been acknowledged. Finally, investigation of psychotherapy services is shedding further light on how shifts in theory and practice affected the hospital's population and recovery rates.
Although one should not over-generalise from case study evidence, it is very striking that the Bethlem data do not conform to gender dichotomies of mental illness established in both academic discourse and the popular imagination. This, in itself, highlights the value of such research in deconstructing accepted accounts of male/female disparity in psychiatric experience and the need for continued engagement with documentary and oral histories of mental health care.
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Under the Dome: The Imperial War Museum
See inside the dome of the Imperial War Museum, former home to Bethlem.
200 Years Ago Today 13
On 6 March 1816, a Parliamentary enquiry heard details of the treatment given to James Tilley Matthews while a patient at Bethlem Hospital.
In the Spotlight: Introduction
Our new series, 'In the Spotlight' looks at the personal stories of some of Bethlem's historic patients.


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Q: How do I use grouping set to calculate grand total based on column value? Maybe grouping set is not what I need to use, but it works to give me a grand total of everything.  What I need is a grand total based on the column comp_code value. I'm just not sure how to go about? I've tried cubing and rollup with no success, just makes the table look real messy.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for the help and your time.
Current SQL
select nvl(a.comp_code, 'GRAND TOTAL) as COMP_CODE, a.inv_prex, a.inv_num, to_char(a.inv_date,'yy-mm-dd') as inv_date, a.cust_code, b.cust_name, sum(round(a.inv_amt,2)) as inv_amt, a.inv_reg_num
from c_inv_h a
left join m_cust_h_b
on a.comp_code=b.comp_code and a.cust_code=b.cust_code
where a.inv_date between to_date('20\06\01', 'yy\mm\dd') and to_date('20\06\24', 'yy\mm\dd')
and a.cust_code='102204'
group by
grouping sets
((),
(a.inv_prex, a.inv_num, a.inv_date, a.comp_code, a.cust_code, b.cust_name, a.inv_reg_num))

Current Output
comp_code | inv_prex | inv_num | inv_date | cust_code | cust_name   | inv_amt | inv_reg_num
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C4           AIC        410       20-06-01   102204      test comp     157.5    302
C4           AIC        432       20-06-05   102204      test comp     63       301
T3           AIT        1272      20-06-01   102204      test comp     1134.97  335
GRAND TOTAL                                                            1355.47

Output I'm trying to achieve
comp_code | inv_prex | inv_num | inv_date | cust_code | cust_name   | inv_amt | inv_reg_num
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C4           AIC        410       20-06-01   102204      test comp     157.5    302
C4           AIC        432       20-06-05   102204      test comp     63       301
GRAND TOTAL                                                            220.5
T3           AIT        1272      20-06-01   102204      test comp     1134.97  335
GRAND TOTAL                                                            1134.97

A: I think you want:
group by grouping sets ((a.inv_prex, a.inv_num),
                        (a.inv_prex, a.inv_num, a.inv_date, a.comp_code, a.cust_code, b.cust_name, a.inv_reg_num)
                       )


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Orchid [XBOX/PS2 – Cancelled]
Microsoft, Playstation 2 (PS2), Sony, Xbox
Orchid was an Action Adventure / Beat 'em Up that was in development by Argonaut Games and would have been published by Namco for the original Xbox and Playstation 2. The project started with a cell shaded graphic design and the gameplay was pretty nice from what we can see in the videos below, but two months before the game was cancelled the developers were asked to make it look more "realistic". The whole team worked a lot and tried their best to change the game, but unfortunatly in the end Orchid was never released.
Thanks a lot to Franck for the contribution!
Incursion (Argonaut Games) [PC – Cancelled]
I-Ninja [PS2/XBOX/GC – Beta & Concept]
Dead to Rights 2: Hell to Pay [PS2 / XBOX – Beta]
Action Adventure Argonaut Games Beat 'em up
← The Lost [XBOX/PS2 – Cancelled]
The Last Ninja 4 [XBOX/PS2 – Unreleased] →
5 thoughts on "Orchid [XBOX/PS2 – Cancelled]"
dude 19-02-2010 at 09:17
Two months before release?!?! That is insanity, why not release the dam thing and make a new game if you don't like the one you got.
monokoma 19-02-2010 at 13:52
Because often it's a risk to release a game that could not sell enough: they could lose more money releasing it (think about the marketing, the distribution, creation of the phisical discs, etc.) than to not releasing the game. Sad but true :(
Ross Sillifant 26-11-2015 at 22:19
JS: We have several. Some of the footage was intertwined on the Xbox demo reel that Microsoft released late last year. The closing shot of a girl with psychic powers stopping a missile and returning it to the sender was from another cool game we're working on, called Orchid.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/gamespot-speaks-with-argonauts-jez-san/1100-2687995/
Maik 04-11-2016 at 08:47
Good infos: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/blow-for-argonaut-as-malice-and-orchid-are-canned
Orchid is a third-person 3D action title starring an athletic redhead who happens to be suffering from amnesia. After awakening from a coma in the local orphanage, the young girl finds herself evading a group of soldiers attempting to capture her for reasons unknown. After escaping to New York City, she joins a ragtag group of freedom fighters looking to put an end to the corporate army that rules over the city with an iron fist. The story line is gradually revealed in an estimated hour's worth of cinematic cut-scenes voiced by professional actors.
Featuring character designs by artist Tony Daniel, Orchid features a distinctive visual style that attempts to re-create the attitude and artwork found in comic books. Players can freely go wherever they want to in this futuristic 3D world as they prepare to fight numerous soldiers bent on stopping the resistance group once and for all. Orchid may not remember her past, but there's more to her than meets the eye: not only can she use a variety of acrobatic kicks and punches on her foes, but she can also transform herself into different monsters. ~ Scott Alan Marriott, All Game Guide
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things we'll never have
ltrez
things we\'ll never have
http://buypower.vauxhall.co.uk/corporaterepositories/images/vxlighting1sm.jpg
http://buypower.vauxhall.co.uk/newCorporate/newsPage.jhtml?indexNo=720
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/front_index.php?cp=1
http://www.pistonheads.com/news/article.asp?storyId=6717
bitwiz
Re: things we\'ll never have
So I went to the Auto Express page, and this caught my eye:
ith a 4.0-litre V8 engine, aluminium spaceframe body and quattro four-wheel-drive system, it's no surprise that the latest addition to Audi's A8 range is desirable. As with the rest of the A8 line-up, the car is luxurious, lively and tailored to perfection. Yet it does have a surprise in store - it's the first model in the VW Group to be powered by an all-new compact V8 diesel engine.
This 275bhp unit will no doubt appear in several VW and Audi cars over the next few years, and has been designed to offer the ultimate in refinement, responsiveness and economy. Initially, the German company was in two minds as to whether or not the engine would come to Britain, then Audi chiefs watched as the Mercedes S-Class diesel cleaned up in the luxury car sector and decided to come up with something better. And so the V8 TDI will be in showrooms here by the autumn, and is expected to double the number of A8s sold in the UK.
The unit is an undeniably impressive feat of engineering. With twin turbochargers and a brace of inter-coolers, the common-rail engine is quiet as well as incredibly potent.
In fact, the V8 generates so much torque it deserves its own chat show. Boasting an impressive 650Nm peaking between 1,800 and 2,500rpm, the car has enormous pulling power, with lightning-quick acceleration even with the automatic gearbox left in Drive. In Sports mode, the A8 takes off even more quickly, requiring only the gentlest of throttle inputs.
However, when the Tiptronic option is selected, the gearbox is slow to react to downchanges. The torque figure is so high that the box refuses to shift down with anything more than 3,200rpm on the dial, meaning that you have to place your faith in the Audi's engine braking when you're approaching sharp bends.
But dynamically, this is one of the best luxury cars that money can buy. It feels a little too wide for some roads, although the adjustable air suspension and stiff, lightweight frame make for remarkable body control. The ride quality is excellent, with only slightly woolly steering letting the side down. Another innovation is the optional PAX run-flat emergency tyre system, which allows the Audi to be driven at 50mph for up to 100 miles with a puncture.
Yet the A8 has a problem in the UK. No doubt many drivers will like the technology and appreciate the 30mpg economy, but unlike the less powerful BMW 730d and Mercedes S320 CDI, the A8's CO2 emissions push it into the highest company car tax bracket. This means there are no duty-saving advantages to owning this diesel A8 compared to petrol-powered rivals. And with an estimated price tag of between £58,000 and £60,000, torque certainly won't come cheap... Craig Cheetham
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Nice torque... 650Nm is almost 500ft-lbs, isn't it?
ZX3_Phocus
yea, that thing is stupid ugly and i wouldn't want it anyway
why does everyone want something they can't have? like a skyline? it's not like your life is gonna be that special.
'grass is always greener' snydrome. this deserves its own thread lol
i'm a pretty little girl
if I was going to get an Audi
http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/pw/03a4cab.htm
the whole idea of this posting is to show that europe appreciates some U.S. ideas better than we do. The source for this is the Pontiac Solstice introduced as a concept more than a year ago heard anything since then? Looks to me like Eurpore will have some version of this sports coupe before we do. As for looks to each his own.
http://www.autointell.net/nao_companies/general_motors/pontiac/pontiac-solstice/pontiac-solstice-02.htm
ltrez May 21, 2003