Lovelife San Diego is throwing their third-annual Star Wars themed boat-party during Comic Con and will feature Stimming (Live) and Henry Saiz.
The party, appropriately deemed 'Episode XII: A New Boat', will take place aboard the Hornblower Inspiration for an open-air rooftop day-party on the beautiful San Diego waterfront. Artists from past years include Soul Clap, Nick Monaco and Audiofly.
This will be the highly-successful production company's 64th event since their founding in 2011 by Jon Dadon and Jimbo James.
Glastonbury has revealed a massive line-up for the Silver Hayes Dance Village.
We'll see the coming together of Jackmaster, Eats Everything, Skream and Seth Troxler again for their JESuS showcase, with other highlights including Ben UFO, Four Tet (pictured), George FitzGerald, Dark Sky, Prosumer, Craig Richards and Apollonia.
They join the already announced line-up featuring Kanye West, The Chemical Brothers and Run The Jewels.
For more information head to the Glastonbury website and you can check out the full Silver Hayes line-up below.
So why the crush? Maybe because the amount of space dedicated to our music is slowly diminishing. We seem to lose a couple of good venues every year; most recently in London Crucifix Lane fell victim to the expansion of London Bridge station, and Plastic People also closed earlier in the year. In tandem with the dwindling number of clubs, there has been an outright increase in people wanting to party to electronic music; Londoners, people from the rest of the UK and foreign visitors all pack themselves in to the Capital every weekend to get their fill – and, of course, the clubs need to cater for them. But at what cost? It's always a temptation for promoters of a popular night to go over-capacity sometimes, and not just through greed: it's hard to turn away people who are just desperate to experience a great line-up, and not everyone has the heart. But by letting too many people in they diminish the experience for everyone. Not only are many young people in London forced to live in cramped, overpriced and often sub-standard rental accommodation, more often than not, they're forced to rave in these conditions, too!


These baroque pearls have been treated to give them a lovely vibrant burnt orange colour. As with all baroque pearls these pearls are non-symmetrical and irregular in shape but this only adds to their beauty. Each pearl is unique in shape, form and colour. They are good quality with a wonderful lustre and iridescent sheen.
A 40cm temporary strung strand contains approximately 64 pearls.


BISS 3.14.12 - Unauth Rolling Stones & Eric McFadden / Stu Allen / Hot Buttered Rum / Umphreys / Ronkat!!
Erin go Bragh? How about Erin go BISS!!!! It's St. Patrick's Day week so bust out your BISS ME I'M IRISH pins, put on your best green dress, add some lime to your hair, and get ready to dance a jig all over town. If you see someone not getting down, make sure you give them a nice pinch.
NELSON is at The Fox Theater in Oakland tonight, Thursday. Don't feel like front clicking it to Oakland? (Yeah, Sunny knows her Irish dancing terms) Then get your groove on with AFROLICIOUS at the Elbo Room. (*WIN) Special guest NAPPY G will be in the house.
You might have to start drinking your green beer early to keep up with Friday. Looks like us city kids will be taking it North! We'll be starting with the UNAUTHORIZED ROLLING STONES WITH ERIC MCFADDEN at the Mystic Theater in Petaluma (*WIN). Then we stop in Mill Valley on our way back down where we will be celebrating a very special birthday with STU ALLEN & MARS HOTEL at Sweetwater Music Hall. Happy Birthday Lisa C!! You are a SUPER HERO!!!
In the city on Friday, you can leap-two-three in a circle and hit all the good shows. DJ QUESTLOVE is at The Independent (*WIN). Or you can get your trebles tapping at CORNMEAL & HOT BUTTERED RUM at the Great American Music Hall (*Congrats Jeff K!). And what better way to start off St Patty's Day weekend than whiskey and THE DRIVE BY TRUCKERS at The Fillmore? Do you think you can drink more Jameson than the band? End your night at The Boom Boom Room with SOUL TRAIN REVIVAL featuring ZIEK MCCARTER (*WIN).
As your green fades to that odd color of weird faded blue, wash the dye away with THEEE MIKE OLMOS on Monday at his new spot, The Union Room, for the weekly jazz jam you have come to know and love. (Upstairs from Biscuits & Blues) And don't forget to get your tickets for MARK KARAN playing every Wednesday at Sweetwater. Those shows have been awesomeness!
March 22nd is The Blue Bear School of Music 40th Anniversary Benefit at Bimbo's. Jackie Greene is the featured artist, plus special guest Lebo and opening performances by Blue Bear Youth Bands. There's even a silent auction with amazing donations! Buy your tickets now & you will be providing funding for the Blue Bear School of Music's music education programs! These programs are great for Bay Area youths who come from low-income families. Spread the word to *WIN A PAIR OF VIP TICKETS* then email us to let us know where!! Winners will be picked based on visibility, tags, & content!
Check out the Rock N Trend jewelry at www.rocknthetrend.com! You can still get 20% off by using promo code BISS!
"AllofaSudden, The Coffis Brothers and The Mountain Men (closing set), Jeff Jones Band"


Reston, Virginia (PRNewsWire) – April 11, 2016 – Global Tel*Link (GTL) today announced that it has prevailed against Securus Technologies in the Inter Partes Review (IPR) of GTL patent 7,853,243, which protects GTL's technology for biometric and voice validation of inmate calls – widely used features of inmate calling systems and a requirement in many U.S. county jails and state prisons. The Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) confirmed the validity of all of the '243 patent's claims, clearing the way for GTL to move forward with a pending infringement lawsuit against Securus involving the patent.
GTL has asserted the '243 patent against Securus as part of a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, targeting alleged infringement by Securus' "Secure Call Platform," which Securus has described as the "heart" of its centralized communications management systems. GTL is seeking an injunction from the Texas court to prevent Securus from using its patented technologies, in addition to monetary damages for past infringement.
GTL filed the patent suit against Securus in October of 2013, alleging infringement of the '243 and other GTL patents related to call management and monitoring, use of Voice over IP communications for centralized call platforms, and operation and use of voice verification in inmate calling. All of these patents focus on systems and processes involving the "heart" of Securus' centralized call system. The case was stayed last year pending the outcome of IPRs filed by Securus against some of the patents; one of the IPRs was denied review by the PTAB, the '243 has been validated and the final IPR remains under consideration by the PTAB, with a decision expected later this month.
GTL has never licensed to any competitor the technologies at issue in its lawsuit against Securus and is therefore seeking an injunction that, if granted, would require Securus to cease using GTL's patented technologies on its platforms at all facilities where infringement is occurring.
GTL is the leading provider of integrated correctional technology solutions, delivering financial value, security, and ease of operation to our customers through visionary products and solutions at the forefront of corrections innovation. As a trusted correctional industry leader, GTL provides service to approximately fifty percent of inmates nationwide, including service to 33 state departments of corrections, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and 33 of the largest city/county facilities. GTL is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with more than 10 regional offices across the country. To find out more about GTL, please visit our website www.gtl.net.


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I have been looking for better Rear tire for street 750. Will 170/80-15 tire fit on stock RIM. There are a couple of options in this size i found on Ebay.
Please suggest if any of these will fit on stock rim?
What is wrong with the Michelin tires?? 6500 Miles, I haven't had much of a problem.
Well for starters they aren't available in India. Plus when I am getting a new one I might as well upgrade. So want to check if this can fit in..
nop.... max you can get is a 160/60-18. otherwise I think you need new rims and start customizing.
reefer to this link from @10-64 from a different post.
but I am not really sure now that I read your post again .... I read it 170/80-18.. but its 15 !!!
One of the forum members has tried a 170 section MRF Vyde tyre on his street 750.
I think you would need a wider rim for that wide of a tire. I did a lot of tire research before changing my tires.
It would suggest that the stock (rim 15 inch by 3.0 inch) would be too narrow for 170 mm wide tires. The chart says the max tire size that can be achieved with the max rim on the bike (18 X 4.25) is 160/60 X 18. I am not sure if that size is based on the height of the resulting set-up or the width of the setup.
I have a Pirelli MT66 Route tire on one of my bikes. (more pic in my garage) Attached photo is of stock Michelin next to the Pirelli on my bike. The Pirelli is a 150/90 X15.
It really raises the bike. By my calculations, the height of the rear axle with the stock set up is 11.35 inches and with the Pirelli that I have the axle height is 12.8 inches. Inches really make a difference in the height of the seat, center of gravity, etc.
I have only an inch between the front of my rear tire and the back of the inside of the rear fork. The side clearance between the belt and the tire is barely more than an inch (so 25.4 mm). I guess you could have a tire as wide as 190 mm, but the height of the tire might limit things. You could probably go as wide as a 180/70 X 15 tire inside there but would need a 4 inch wide rim.
Hope you get some tires that work well for you.
Well, I'm getting ready for my third set of tires (I put a lot of miles on.. as often as possible) and, I too, am looking to get away from the Michelin if I can help it. I like the idea of the 150/90x15 but I may opt for the 140/90x15 as well. Now with that said, I'm looking over the chart that has been posted more of as a guide and wanted another opinion since CO WanderZest upsized their rear tire. Specifically, the front. The front tire doesn't have much room up there for adjustment, however I figure if the rear is upsizing maybe the front should a little bit, and I've settled on the following if at all possible: 110/80x17 as well as 110/70x17 . Probably the second as main choice.
Any input? First set were the original scorchers, second were the commanders. The scorchers did better in the rain by far for myself, however commanders were better in the dry weather. I just would prefer to find a tire with a better balance and being able to branch out in sizes a little could help find what is best for myself.
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Construction sites in busy downtowns offer challenges in placing and servicing portable restrooms. Can you figure out where this one is located?
University work keeps Florida operator going through recession. Now business is booming as construction work comes back.
After losing a major customer, the rebranded Julie's Johns sprouts a pair of shapely legs on its company logo and adopts a feminine attitude to attract a new clientele.


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N. Korean media decries Yoon's remarks on Iran
President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during his visit to a South Korean Special Warfare Unit base in UAE, Abu Dhabi, known as the Akh unit, Sunday (local time). (Yonhap)
A North Korean propaganda outlet on Tuesday criticized President Yoon Suk Yeol's recent remarks on Iran's relations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), noting they drew Tehran's wrath and created a "commotion" in the South.
During a recent visit to a South Korean military contingent in the UAE, Yoon said that the UAE's "enemy and biggest threat" is Iran while the South's enemy is North Korea.
The Tongil Shinbo, a weekly publication, made the first mention of Yoon's remarks by a North Korean media outlet.
The outlet pointed out that due to the "single" remark, a commotion flared up in the South, apparently in reference to the opposition party's criticism of the remark, while Iran has voiced anger and demanded the South clarify its position.
South Korean officials have said that the remark was made as part of efforts to encourage the members of the contingent, and that Yoon's comments were "irrelevant" to Seoul's relations with Tehran. (Yonhap)

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Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936)
The Pottery Maker (1923)
Painting has been lined. Surface condition is very good. Craquelure in background. Various inpainting throughout.
According to Virginia Couse Leavitt, "In 1909, Couse bought a seven-room adobe house on Kit Carson Road in Taos. He immediately added a large studio with a high shelf around its perimeter to display his collection of over one-hundred Southwestern Indian pots. The two ollas in this 1923 painting titled The Pottery Maker can still be seen in situ at the Couse-Sharp Historic Site in Taos.
"The model who appears in The Pottery Maker is Jerry Mirabal of Taos Pueblo, who is shown in Plains Indian dress, along with polychrome vessels typical of pottery produced at San Ildefonso Pueblo around the turn of the nineteenth century.
"This combination of cultural sources indicates that Couse's intent in The Pottery Maker was not to produce an ethnographic record but rather to indicate his admiration of Indian art. It is clear from his many portrayals of Indians making or decorating pottery, painting on walls or on hides, or displaying their crafts, that Couse considered Indians to be exceptional artists. It is the beautiful form and decoration of the polychrome vessels from San Ildefonso Pueblo that are the focus in this painting, making it a perfect example of Couse's admiration for the Indian and his art."
Private Collection, Colorado, circa 1923
Private Collection, by descent


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EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : openssl (EulerOS-SA-2019-1547)
Critical Nessus Plugin ID 125000
The remote EulerOS Virtualization host is missing multiple security updates.
According to the versions of the openssl packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :
- A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in OpenSSL's X.509 certificate handling implementation. A specially crafted X.509 certificate could cause an application using OpenSSL to crash if the application attempted to convert the certificate to a certificate request.(CVE-2015-0288)
- Off-by-one error in the DTLS implementation in OpenSSL 0.9.8 before 0.9.8f allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.(CVE-2007-4995)
- An integer underflow flaw, leading to a buffer overflow, was found in the way OpenSSL decoded malformed Base64-encoded inputs. An attacker able to make an application using OpenSSL decode a specially crafted Base64-encoded input (such as a PEM file) could use this flaw to cause the application to crash. Note:
this flaw is not exploitable via the TLS/SSL protocol because the data being transferred is not Base64-encoded.(CVE-2015-0292)
- OpenSSL before 0.9.8q, and 1.0.x before 1.0.0c, when SSL_OP_NETSCAPE_REUSE_CIPHER_CHANGE_BUG is enabled, does not properly prevent modification of the ciphersuite in the session cache, which allows remote attackers to force the downgrade to an unintended cipher via vectors involving sniffing network traffic to discover a session identifier.(CVE-2010-4180)
- OpenSSL before 0.9.8m does not check for a NULL return value from bn_wexpand function calls in (1) crypto/bn/bn_div.c, (2) crypto/bn/bn_gf2m.c, (3) crypto/ec/ec2_smpl.c, and (4) engines/e_ubsec.c, which has unspecified impact and context-dependent attack vectors.(CVE-2009-3245)
- The Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) implementation in crypto/cms/cms_asn1.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8o and 1.x before 1.0.0a does not properly handle structures that contain OriginatorInfo, which allows context-dependent attackers to modify invalid memory locations or conduct double-free attacks, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via unspecified vectors.(CVE-2010-0742)
- Race condition in the ssl3_read_bytes function in s3_pkt.c in OpenSSL through 1.0.1g, when SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject data across sessions or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and parsing error) via an SSL connection in a multithreaded environment.(CVE-2010-5298)
- The BN_from_montgomery function in crypto/bn/bn_mont.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8e and earlier does not properly perform Montgomery multiplication, which might allow local users to conduct a side-channel attack and retrieve RSA private keys.(CVE-2007-3108)
- A memory leak flaw was found in the way an OpenSSL handled failed session ticket integrity checks. A remote attacker could exhaust all available memory of an SSL/TLS or DTLS server by sending a large number of invalid session tickets to that server.(CVE-2014-3567)
- It was discovered that OpenSSL would perform an ECDH key exchange with a non-ephemeral key even when the ephemeral ECDH cipher suite was selected. A malicious server could make a TLS/SSL client using OpenSSL use a weaker key exchange method than the one requested by the user.(CVE-2014-3572)
- A denial of service flaw was found in the way OpenSSL handled certain DTLS ServerHello requests. A specially crafted DTLS handshake packet could cause a DTLS client using OpenSSL to crash.(CVE-2014-0221)
- A NULL pointer dereference was found in the way OpenSSL handled certain PKCS#7 inputs. An attacker able to make an application using OpenSSL verify, decrypt, or parse a specially crafted PKCS#7 input could cause that application to crash. TLS/SSL clients and servers using OpenSSL were not affected by this flaw.(CVE-2015-1790)
- The TLS protocol 1.1 and 1.2 and the DTLS protocol 1.0 and 1.2, as used in OpenSSL, OpenJDK, PolarSSL, and other products, do not properly consider timing side-channel attacks on a MAC check requirement during the processing of malformed CBC padding, which allows remote attackers to conduct distinguishing attacks and plaintext-recovery attacks via statistical analysis of timing data for crafted packets, aka the 'Lucky Thirteen' issue.(CVE-2013-0169)
- OpenSSL 0.9.8i and earlier does not properly check the return value from the EVP_VerifyFinal function, which allows remote attackers to bypass validation of the certificate chain via a malformed SSL/TLS signature for DSA and ECDSA keys.(CVE-2008-5077)
- The TLS protocol, and the SSL protocol 3.0 and possibly earlier, as used in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0, mod_ssl in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.14 and earlier, OpenSSL before 0.9.8l, GnuTLS 2.8.5 and earlier, Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.12.4 and earlier, multiple Cisco products, and other products, does not properly associate renegotiation handshakes with an existing connection, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to insert data into HTTPS sessions, and possibly other types of sessions protected by TLS or SSL, by sending an unauthenticated request that is processed retroactively by a server in a post-renegotiation context, related to a 'plaintext injection' attack, aka the 'Project Mogul' issue.(CVE-2009-3555)
- Multiple memory leaks in the dtls1_process_out_of_seq_message function in ssl/d1_both.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8k and earlier 0.9.8 versions allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via DTLS records that (1) are duplicates or (2) have sequence numbers much greater than current sequence numbers, aka 'DTLS fragment handling memory leak.'(CVE-2009-1378)
- The dtls1_retrieve_buffered_fragment function in ssl/d1_both.c in OpenSSL before 1.0.0 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an out-of-sequence DTLS handshake message, related to a 'fragment bug.'(CVE-2009-1387)
- There is a carry propagating bug in the x86_64 Montgomery squaring procedure in OpenSSL before 1.0.2m and 1.1.0 before 1.1.0g. No EC algorithms are affected.
Analysis suggests that attacks against RSA and DSA as a result of this defect would be very difficult to perform and are not believed likely. Attacks against DH are considered just feasible (although very difficult) because most of the work necessary to deduce information about a private key may be performed offline. The amount of resources required for such an attack would be very significant and likely only accessible to a limited number of attackers. An attacker would additionally need online access to an unpatched system using the target private key in a scenario with persistent DH parameters and a private key that is shared between multiple clients. This only affects processors that support the BMI1, BMI2 and ADX extensions like Intel Broadwell (5th generation) and later or AMD Ryzen.(CVE-2017-3736)
- A flaw was discovered in the way OpenSSL handled DTLS packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a DTLS server or client using OpenSSL to crash or use excessive amounts of memory.(CVE-2014-3505)
- The dtls1_reassemble_fragment function in d1_both.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8za, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0m, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1h does not properly validate fragment lengths in DTLS ClientHello messages, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) via a long non-initial fragment.(CVE-2014-0195)
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Update the affected openssl packages.
http://www.nessus.org/u?21e8b4ff
File Name: EulerOS_SA-2019-1547.nasl
Family: Huawei Local Security Checks
Temporal Score: 8.3
Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C
CPE: p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:openssl, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:openssl-libs, cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:uvp:3.0.1.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/EulerOS/release, Host/EulerOS/rpm-list, Host/EulerOS/uvp_version
CVE: CVE-2007-3108, CVE-2007-4995, CVE-2008-5077, CVE-2009-1378, CVE-2009-1387, CVE-2009-3245, CVE-2009-3555, CVE-2010-0742, CVE-2010-4180, CVE-2010-5298, CVE-2013-0169, CVE-2014-0195, CVE-2014-0221, CVE-2014-3505, CVE-2014-3567, CVE-2014-3572, CVE-2015-0288, CVE-2015-0292, CVE-2015-1790, CVE-2017-3736
BID: 33150, 35001, 35417, 36935, 38562, 40502, 45164, 57778, 66801, 67900, 67901, 69081, 70586, 71942, 73196, 73228, 73237, 75157
CWE: 20, 189, 310, 399


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ILO Staff
The claim raised by some law graduates against Bar Association was rejected by the Competition Council (update on N & A dated December 2017)
September 15, 2020A-NewsComments Off on The claim raised by some law graduates against Bar Association was rejected by the Competition Council (update on N & A dated December 2017)
We last had a glimpse on the complaint submitted before the Competition Council (Council) against Iranian Bar Association Union, Iran Central Bar Association (ICBAR), Judiciary Center for Attorneys, legal experts & Family Advisors and other relevant bar associations in our News and Analysis back in December 2017, promising to further follow up the case. Being the man of our word, in this N & A we are going to discuss the Decision No. 421 dated 30 May 2020 issued by the Council in favor of the respondents excluding their activities from the concept of "economic activity" as stipulated within the cited regulations by the plaintiffs.
In the said report, we briefly discussed the complainants' reasoning for annulling the capacity limitation of bar exam which is held annually by the respective associations. In response, ICBAR reasoned that the subsequent general law cannot abrogate the prior specific law and therefore the "Law on the Quality of Obtaining Attorney's License" (hereinafter the Law) has not been repealed by the "Act on Execution of General Policies of Principle 44 of Constitution" (the Act) whereas the capacity limitation has been explicitly foreseen in the Law. Furthermore, allocating quota for the veterans stipulated in Clause C of Article 88 of the Sixth Development Plan, demonstrates the regulators' intention in complying with the relevant capacity limitation.
In another argument, it was stated that Bar Association is an independent civil entity which does not fall under the definition of the titles stipulated in the Act. Last but not least, it was argued that determination of the capacity limitation for the applicants is a necessity assessment and the saturation of the market is irrelevant in this respect being incompatible with the essence of attorney occupation.
Coming back to the Council's latest decision, it is noteworthy that the Council followed the judgement issued by the General Board of Administrative Justice Tribunal (revoking the decision of Board of Deregulation and Facilitation of Business Licenses) where it was decided that "attorney profession" does not fall within the definition of "businesses" stipulated in Article 7 of the Act while it was also stipulated that the reference made under Clause (g) of Note 6 of the Budget Law merely deals with the taxation matters and is not to be construed to apply the notion of business to attorney profession.
Furthermore, addressing the plaintiffs' claims that the acts of the committees determining the capacity limitation for the legal trainees are in contradiction with Article 44 and 45 of the Act, the Council reasoned that first the anticompetition act shall certainly fall within one of the instances under Article 44 to 48 of the Act. Secondly, the offender shall be an economic institution active in the market as one of the competitors. The Council argued that the relevant committees are not considered economic institutions in accordance with Article 1 of the Act. Furthermore, in order for disturbance in the market to have been occurred under the said provisions, there should be a conspiracy between the individuals in the form of an agreement, or understanding (whether in writing, electronically, orally and or practically); however, the decisions of the relevant committees are made in compliance with their statutory responsibilities not falling within the aforesaid description.
While the plaintiffs and others rooting for them are surely upset by this decision, most of the legal community believe that the attorney profession being related to peoples' lives and properties and entangled with the principles of "fair trial" and "right to defense", shall have its own set of rules and framework which is necessary for the essence of such occupation.
Submitted by Dr.Mahnaz Mehrinfar and Sahar Sotoodehnia
#competitioncouncil
#competitionlaw
#complaintagainsticbarrejected
#disturbanceinthemarket
#Icbar
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Skewers of beef rump steak cooked with rosemary. Served with a potato and cepe mushroom gratin and a shallot and balsamic vinegar sauce.
Peel the potatoes then rinse. Clean the cepe mushrooms. Peel and finely chop the garlic and the shallot. Cut the cepes in to thin slices. Use a mandolin to thinly slice the potatoes.
Melt 20g of butter in a saucepan. Add the garlic and the potatoes. Once the potatoes are golden, add the thyme, milk and cream. Cook over a medium heat for 15 minutes, stirring frequently. In the meantime, heat a frying pan to hot and add a little olive oil. Add the cepes and a pinch of salt. Once coloured on both sides, remove from the heat and set aside.
Place stainless steel serving rings on an ovenproof tray. Start with a layer of potatoes in each serving ring then a layer of cepe mushrooms and finish with a second layer of potatoes. Transfer to the oven and cook for 20 minutes.
Cut the steaks in to 4 pieces. Pick the rosemary from the stems, leaving only the tips intact then prick the beef pieces with the rosemary leaves.
Heat a frying pan and add a drizzle of olive oil. Colour the beef skewers on all sides. Season with salt and pepper then remove from the pan. Lower the heat, add the shallot and a few rosemary stalks. Soften and then add the balsamic vinegar. Add the veal or lamb glaze and a glass of water. Allow to reduce then add a knob of butter to the sauce.
Transfer the potato gratins to large dinner plates and remove the serving rings. Add the beef skewers to the plates and served with the shallot and balsamic vinegar sauce.


When a person recognizes there's a problem with his or her drinking, New Year's often brings resolutions to quit or cut back. Quitting or cutting back can be as life-changing as pledges to work out more in 2013 or promises to get a new job for the new year. Here are five things to know about alcohol use disorders, quitting and staying sober.
1. Alcohol abuse and alcoholism are not the same thing. (See this related rootshed.com story for the difference.) Cutting back on alcohol consumption may be a practical outcome for an alcohol abuser. If a person has the disease of alcoholism, total abstinence is the only way to put the disease into remission.
2. Nine out of ten people who quit drinking fail to stay sober the first time they quit. More than half drink again within six months. Set your expectations accordingly. Lapse or relapse or slips are as likely with alcoholism than with any other disease. They are not the end of recovery. It just means you have another chance to quit. One man, who might be the most famous alcoholic ever, lapsed four times in 22 months. He quit a fifth time though. That's Bill Wilson, one of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA).
3. AA is not the only game in town. There is rehab if you have the resources or insurance, either inpatient or intensive outpatient. There is counseling, either one-to-one or as part of a group… there are also several other self-help groups, such as Self-Management and Recovery Training (SMART), Secular Organizations for Sobriety (SOS) and Women for Sobriety (WFS). None of the latter enjoys the widespread availability of the 12-step program of AA however. Those who have success in sobriety acknowledge one common thing: No one gets sober and stays that way without help, whether through counseling or self-help groups or both.
4. A chronic, heavy drinker should never attempt to stop drinking on his or her own. Alcohol withdrawal is the only other drug aside from benzodiazepines (think Valium) in which the withdrawal can be fatal. Heroin withdrawal is not fatal. Cocaine withdrawal is not fatal. Alcohol withdrawal can be. Alcohol changes the body tissues. Once the tissues become dependent upon alcohol, it is possible that taking the alcohol away will cause cardiac arrest, stroke or seizures. Supervised detox means medical assistance is nearby and nearly all supervised detox involves medication to ease the physical discomfort of withdrawal, which increases the probability for success.
5. Changing a habit takes three to four weeks, which is one reason many inpatient rehabs have a 28-day program. But that isn't nearly the end. More severe alcoholics are barely medically stable after just a month. It takes effort – some days more than others – for the first year of sobriety, and an acknowledgement that alcoholism is not curable so the change will mean making adjustments for the rest of one's life. Alcoholics and non-alcoholics alike return to alcohol for the same reasons of stress, grief, guilt or shame. Getting sober and staying sober only begins with a desire to stop drinking and getting some help in the first part of abstinence. The rest of recovery is learning to live without alcohol for those stressors.
Coming in part 2: Alcohol vs. tobacco, is one worse?


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Audio Enlightenment: Podcasts you should be listening too.
I listen to a lot of podcasts to keep up with current technical information. It helps a lot since in my line of work one must be abreast of a lot of the most current trends and technical marketecture. Here is a list of my must-listen-too podcasts. I'll continue to add to the list as it grows. I know there are tons of podcasts out there so if you want yours listed, shoot me a note. I'll be adding my own soon, but thats like double top secret probation material for now. Furthermore, that little listing at the top of the page that says "Podcasts" will push directly to all podcast related threads so you can always hit it to see the updated list that I will keep live in this post.
Professional VMware's Brownbag series – primarily focuses on VMware VCAP deep dives and lots of training for VCP/VCAP certfications. Damian Karlson, Josh Atwell, and Cody Bunch plus a host of others all contribute to a highly valuable resource for those of you deep into the VMware realm.
Packet Pushers: Greg Ferro of Ethereal Mind and Ethan Banks cover all things networked and networking. Highly valuable for all levels of networking knowledge. There are also several sub-casts that revolve around networking and security to check out.
Infosec Daily:Rick Hayes and a big cast of others provide your daily source of Pwnage, Policy and Politics in the InfoSec community.
Veeam Community Podcast: Rick Vanover is busy, traveling, presenting, podcasting and being all things Veeamish. Its not all backup, there is a ton of great material related to Virtualization and enterprise tech.
And a guilty pleasure, The Adam Carolla Podcast. Adam will make you laugh daily, and its great to kill time when driving long distances or flying. I often times find myself laughing out loud and getting puzzled looks from strangers. Go get some Mangria.
GS-Gurusimran has a most excellent podcast list as well, and you can find it at VBrowncoat.
The Geek Whisperers hosted by Amy Lewis, Mathew J Brender, and John Mark Troyer with a focus on Social Media and Marketing within the technical arena.
The Cloud Cast: all things cloudy hosted by Aaron Delp and Brian Gracely a highly valuable resource for learning about Cloud Computing and the world around it.
Thats the list for now. As I said, if you want yours listed shoot me a note and I'll throw it up there and give it a listen.
If you could take a look at the following blogs I'd really appreciate it if you could include these podcasts in your list please Gabriel?


Tonisity has grown its team with the addition of Steve Potter as sales manager for the UK and Ireland.
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Mathieu Cortyl, Tonisity's general manager, Europe and Asia, added: "We are very excited to have Steve joining our team. His experience and wide network will be very helpful to introduce the concept of TonisityPx to the United Kingdom and Ireland, our home market.


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My Take On Newly Filed AG Foreclosure Settlement: As Bad As We Thought It Was
Posted on March 12, 2012 by igradman
"They are who we THOUGHT they were — and we let 'em off the hook!"
This famous postgame rant from former Arizona Cardinals coach Denny Green after his team's epic meltdown on Monday Night Football against the Bears could just as easily apply to my reaction to reading the official terms of the Attorney General Foreclosure Settlement (the "AGFS"), filed today. The nation's largest banks get off with a relatively small penalty (much of it paid by investors or in "credits" for things the banks should already be doing) in return for releases across a broad spectrum of misconduct that pervades just about every dark corner of mortgage servicing. The categories of servicer misconduct are laid out in detail in the complaint filed today in D.C. Federal Court, and include the following:
Providing false or misleading information to borrowers,
Overcharging borrowers and investors for services of dubious value,
Denying relief to eligible borrowers,
Foreclosing on borrowers who were pursuing loan mods in good faith,
Submitting forged or fraudulent documents and making false statements in foreclosure and bankruptcy proceedings
Losing or destroying promissory notes and deeds of trust,
Lying to borrowers about the reasons for denying their loan mods,
Signing affidavits without personal knowledge and under false identities,
Improperly charging excessive fees related to foreclosures,
Foreclosing on servicemembers on active duty,
Making false claims to the government for insurance coverage, and
Being unorganized, understaffed, and generally slower than molasses to respond to borrowers desperately in need of relief, while servicing fees continue to accrue.
The list goes on and on, but I can sum it up in one phrase, from the Honor Code of University of Virginia: lying, cheating and stealing. Such conduct would have broken every tenet of my alma mater's Honor Code. There, we had a strict no-tolerance policy and a single sanction – violating any tenet of the Code resulted in automatic expulsion.
But what's the result when lying, cheating and stealing is perpetuated on the largest scale imaginable, by five of the largest banks in the country, thereby exacerbating the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression? A broad release of liability, no admission of guilt, and a monetary settlement that pales in comparison to the size of the problem, even if it were paid in full by the banks themselves (which it will not be, as we'll get into in a moment).
Ally, BofA, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and Chase get to continue on with their business (Ally's purportedly received a discount so that it would have the means to pay), having agreed to process reforms that they generally should have already had in place, and only 5% of the nation's 10 million underwater borrowers have even the faintest prospect of relief. What's that you say, Denny? "WE LET 'EM OFF THE HOOK!"
So, we now have confirmation about the actual terms of the monetary penalties and how they'll be credited (conveniently summarized in Exhibits D & D1 of the Consent Judgments, or starting on p. 170 of the J.P. Morgan Chase Judgment, which I'll use as a reference throughout). Frankly, there are few surprises here, as most of the key details have already been made public.
Of the $25 billion announced value of the settlement, only $5 billion will be paid in cash to state and federal regulators as penalties for the alleged misconduct. Another $3 billion will be paid in refinancing packages to lower borrowers' interest rates. The bulk of the settlement – $17 billion – will be "paid" with credits that banks receive for engaging in various types of homeowner assistance.
The first problem is that, as the Wall Street Journal recently noted, the actual amount of loan forgiveness isn't large relative to the problem of underwater debt. The WSJ attributes to Ted Gayer, co-director of economic studies at the Brookings Institution, the estimate that the settlement's complex set of requirements mean that about 500,000 borrowers, or 5% of those who are underwater, may be eligible for help. Let me repeat that so it sinks in – if you are one of this nation's 10 million underwater borrowers, you have only a 1 in 20 chance of getting any semblance of relief.
The second problem is that the banks have a right to "earn" credits towards that $17 billion bill by modifying loans held by investors. For every $1 of loans modified from securitized portfolios (i.e. loans in mortgage backed securities trusts), banks will get $0.45 of credit. Keep in mind, the defendant banks no longer have any ownership interests in these loans, they merely get paid a fee by the owners to protect their investments. And these owners typically have contracts that prevent the unauthorized modification of loans they own.
Now, regulators clearly intended this reduced credit to incentivize banks to modify more loans on their own books, for which they get a full $1 of credit for principal reductions for the portion of principal below a 175% loan-to-value ("LTV") ratio. But when you actually think about how these incentives will play out, it quickly becomes apparent that they will lead to unintended conequences.
Let's say Brutus, the school bully, has been stealing kids' lunch money for a few years. When he's finally caught, the principal, who knows Brutus has stolen at least $20, says, "Ok, Brutus, your penalty for these crimes is to give $1 back to the poor kids of this school. You can either pay that $1 out of your own pocket, or go and steal the money from others and give it to the kids. But, you'll actually have to steal $2.22 from others and give it to the kids you bullied to satisfy your $1 punishment."
Now, Brutus has been stealing money for years, and has developed a plethora of clever ways to do so. And even if he might have had some fear of running afoul of authority, the principal has essentially condoned the act of paying the fine with someone else's money.
What do you think Brutus will do? What would you do? It would be one thing if banks shared in the cost of modifying a loan in securitization, and the credit was proportionate to the cost they paid. But aside from transaction costs, banks absorb not one cent of a reduction of principal or interest on a loan held by investors. Thus, by giving banks the opportunity to pay their settlement amount with investors' money, regulators may be encouraging banks to modify twice as many loans, but they are also encouraging banks to impose the costs of those loan mods on the investors who had absolutely nothing to do with these servicing atrocities.
Investors have said as much in initial responses to the AGFS, including this response from the Association of Mortgage Investors, as quoted by Bloomberg:
It is unfair to settle claims against the robosigners with other people's funds… While we request that it not be done, at a minimum we request that a meaningful cap be placed on the dollar amount of the settlement satisfied by innocent parties. Restitution should come from those who are settling these claims, and lien priority must be respected.
Ah yes, and then there's the topic of lien priority. Recall that second liens, which are overwhelmingly owned by the banks and held on their balance sheets at close to par, are subordinate to first liens and should be wiped out if the first lien is modified. Under the terms of the AGFS, seconds are only to be written off completely if they're over 180 days delinquent – meaning the borrower hasn't made a payment in 6 months and should probably be written off, anyway (servicers get $0.10 of credit for writing these nearly worthless loans off, by the way).
If the loans are less than 180 days delinquent, they will be written down a minimum of 30% of the unpaid principal balance or to 115% LTV, whichever results in less forgiveness, consistent with the oh-so-successful HAMP Second Lien Modification Program. In other words, rather than respecting lien priority, the AGFS resorts to the tired mantra of proportionate write-downs for subordinated second lien loans. This may be the biggest backdoor bailout in the entire settlement, as banks own $400 billion worth of these junior liens.
The Process Reforms
You'll hear a lot of supporters of the AGFS tout in the media the process reforms to which servicers have agreed as a major success of the settlement. While it is true that many reforms will be put in place by way of this settlement that are necessary and will improve servicing, most of them are simple mandates that banks should have already been following. I won't linger on this point for long, but I think it makes sense to point out some of the agreed "process reforms," just to understand the consideration that taxpayers, homeowners and state and federal governments are receiving in exchange for granting the banks broad releases of liability (discussed next). These reforms may be found starting at Exhibit A (page 93 of the Chase Consent Judgment), and include:
Servicers will ensure that factual assertions made to courts and borrowers are true,
Servicers will ensure that people signing affidavits actually have personal knowledge of the facts to which they're attesting,
Servicers will ensure that affidavits properly identify the name and title of the affiant,
Servicers will comply with state and federal law,
Servicers will ensure they have a documented interest in the mortgage loan and note before foreclosing,
Before servicers submit lost note affidavits, they must make a good faith effort to look for the note,
Servicers will not intentionally lose or destroy notes (!), and
Servicers will only charge default service fees for reasonable and appropriate services that are actually rendered.
Again, while some reforms called for in this section are steps in the right direction – elimination of dual tracking, single points of contact, and additional borrower disclosures, for example – the fact that the AGs had to include the above in the list of reforms speaks volumes to how far mortgage servicing has careened off the track.
The Release
We now have the language of the actual release, which the banks have been given in return for the penalties and reforms discussed above. As expected, the release is fairly broad in the arena of servicing activities, releasing essentially any claim that any regulator may have based on mortgage servicing, loss mitigation, collection or accounting of borrower payments, or foreclosure or bankruptcy practices. In other words, this is the last we'll see of any government agency digging into the who, what, where, when and how of robosigning and forged affidavits.
However, to give credit where credit is due, the release does not appear to encompass the vast majority of claims based on the origination, purchase, securitization, transfer or sale to investors of mortgage loans, nor does it release the actions of securitization trustees. The state releases very clearly spell out that they will not apply to origination or securitization activity, while the federal releases state that they'll apply to all origination or securitization activity except for certain exemptions (which include most of the origination or securitization issues that may engender liability for the banks). Either way, regulators appear to have done a good job of only releasing activity covered by their allegations and investigations (what little there were), and nothing more.
But here's the rub. In the face of the litany of charges brought against them, the banks are not forced to admit to any wrongdoing. The language in the Federal Release (p. 231 – Chase Consent Judgment) makes this explicit:
This Release is neither an admission of liability of the allegations of the Complaint or in cases settled pursuant to this Consent Judgment, nor a concession by the United States that its claims are not well-founded.
The state release is not so explicit, but conspicuously absent is any language by the bank admitting to fault, mistake or wrongdoing.
In fact, this glaring omission may be the best source of leverage for investors and others seeking to challenge the propriety of the settlement. Ever since Judge Rakoff issued his scathing order rejecting the SEC's proposed settlement with Citigroup, judges have been more conscious about rubber stamping government settlements where there is no admission of wrongdoing by the defendant and few details provided supporting the allegations. I would imagine that the federal judge assigned to oversee this case will have to contend with the same sort of misgivings – that he or she is being asked to enforce a $25 billion settlement in which the defendants have made no admissions of wrongdoing and the government has provided few specific details that would support their allegations.
Perhaps objectors can seize on Rakoff Fever to hold up the settlement in return for stiffer fines, admissions of guilt or caps on the amount of the penalty that should be born by innocent third parties. Now that we know these servicers are who we thought they were, maybe there's still time to keep our elected and appointed officials from letting 'em off the hook.
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Riding in on a wave of hi-gloss dance music, glitch-heavy electro/acoustic hybrids, and disco-fueled punk noir, 2004 peered back past the Moroder era for inspiration, which it discovered in the foundations of primitive American folk music, vintage soul, dancehall reggae, and, of course, Smile. But the oddities were as intriguing as the trends: a powerfully emotive (and classically indie) conceptual rock epic, a brilliantly twisted 78-minute prog-pop masterpiece, an action-powered primetime TV throwback, and a modern psych-rock classic performed entirely in Swedish. What's more: It only seems to be getting better. As albums and tracks become increasingly accessible via MP3, and the web continues to invent more outlets for exposure to the best of them, we may all have to resign ourselves to the distinct possibility of there being more great music than time to take it all in.
__ 50: Xiu Xiu
Fabulous Muscles
__ [5RC]
With Fabulous Muscles, Xiu Xiu frontman Jamie Stewart made no attempt to resolve the apparent incongruities between his experimental leanings and his talent for concise pop hooks. Rather, he finally gave this tension the necessary room to blossom. Xiu Xiu's trademark mish-mash of gamelan clangs, overdriven drum machine beats, and new wave guitars was employed much more economically on Fabulous Muscles, affording the album a structural distinctness lost on previous efforts. But it was Stewart's voice that truly rose to the occasion, taking on traces of Morrissey's rich and astute self-awareness, and pushing it to an almost unbearable level of intensity. There will always be those who accuse Xiu Xiu of cheap theatrics and over-the-top catharsis, but Fabulous Muscles succeeds as both the band's most aggressive and its most accessible album to date, proving that sometimes you have to reach pretty far up your ass to find your heart strings. --Matt LeMay
__ 49: Max Richter
The Blue Notebooks
__ [Fat Cat]
My local library has a copy of The Blue Notebooks filed under "classical," which I guess makes about as much sense as any other tag they could have given it. Regardless of what you choose to call it, this is intensely powerful stuff, like raw emotion spilled out of fingertips onto the fingerboards of violins, the buttons and knobs of sequencers, and the keys of a grand piano. It's even a sort of concept album, the voice of a woman narrating as she hammers out a manuscript on a manual typewriter during the quiet interludes. Richter's expansive textures and sinewy string scores have a filmic quality that modern ears can't help imputing to them: "On the Nature of Daylight" plays while the hero walks through marble halls of learning as his best friend commits suicide across campus, and "Shadow Journal" is his late-night discovery of the perfect theorem. The Blue Notebooks sounds best when the sun is shining in other longitudes, when it can help beat back the dark of the night. --Joe Tangari
__ 48: Loretta Lynn
Van Lear Rose
__ [Interscope]
As potent a record as any of Rubin and Cash's work together, Van Lear Rose introduced a new generation to feisty Butcher Hollow native Loretta Lynn and added "producer" to Jack White's c.v. As Lynn updates her tales of divorcees, one-night stands, cheatin' men, and family bonds, White wrangles a posse of Detroit and Cincinnati musicians to put epic twang in the May-December hook-up single "Portland, Oregon", White Stripes ruckus in "Have Mercy", and barnstorming boogie in "Mrs. Leroy Brown". But Lynn sounds best-- vulnerable, heartbroken, steely, strong-willed-- on quieter numbers like "Trouble on the Line", the spoken "Little Red Shoes", and "Miss Being Mrs." Generous and good-hearted, closely observed but casual, they're less songs than late-in-life ruminations, coming from somewhere beyond the stage, the studio, or the record label. --Stephen M. Deusner
__ 47: Comets on Fire
Blue Cathedral
__ [Sub Pop]
Comets on Fire reinstated their scorched brain policy in 2004, tearing open pleasure centers with a stir of echoplex, pure volume...and gentleness? Yes. Blue Cathedral is the best representation of what began over two previous albums-- it aligns screaming, moustache sweat guitar riffs, and unintelligible vocal splatter with shimmering stretches of organ, tinkling pianos, and mood-drenched percussive splashes. It's heavy, as the absolutely maniacal break about 1:30 into opener "The Bee and the Cracking Egg" will prove. But on Cathedral the quintet-- as officially joined by Six Organs of Admittance raga interpreter Ben Chasny-- is equally committed to crafting meandering layers and trances. This singeing of their thoughtful passages with frontal lobe reverb flamethrowers like "The Antlers of the Midnight Sun" is where Comets of Fire get their true power. It's the dynamic that makes Blue Cathedral at once one of the year's heaviest and most artful releases. --Johnny Loftus
__ 46: Iron & Wine
Shake off your kudzu-confessional fantasies. Anyone first hearing former film-school prof Sam Beam's lo-fi 2002 debut could be forgiven for thinking they'd stumbled upon a reel of autochthonous, pre-Alan Lomax field recordings. The Creek Drank the Cradle panned across soft-focus Southern gothic scenes like a Civil War-era Zapruder tape, and Beam had the Robert E. Lee beard to match. But Brian Deck's limpid production on this year's follow-up Our Endless Numbered Days confirms old man Beamer is a living, breathing denizen of the aught-four. His songs about the Southland, let's-grow-old-together love and glowering Old Testament deities are as haunting as ever, but now they're sharper and more self-aware. The ostensibly autobiographical intimacy of songs like "Birds Stealing Bread" has scattered like a smoke ring into such Faulknerian parables as "Sodom, South Georgia" or "Cinder and Smoke". But you can still rock your firstborn to sleep with the delicate, melodic "Each Coming Night" and the transcendent back-porch philosophizing of "Passing Afternoon". The disc's freshly polished sound is a reminder that Beam, unlike the antebellum ghosts he evokes, can keep giving us new cinematic visions of the old South. This one's enough to cherish for now. --Marc Hogan
__ 45: The Concretes
__ [Astralwerks]
This Swedish collective's previous release-- 2000's EP compilation Boy You Better Run Now-- is passable indie pop; no doubt a decent seller at Parasol or Darla but unlikely to even have made appearance on Sinister tape trees. Which makes this self-titled follow-up one of the year's more pleasant surprises. With its humid, hazy textures and woozy almost drunken arrangements, it's an indie pop album for the late-night taxi ride home rather than the pre-party cocktails. Sure, the record has a few handclaps and couple of Motown homages but they're weighed down by spoonfuls of Velvets-y lethargy and glassy-eyed consolation. Hmm, heartbreak, melancholia, and clinging to fleeting hopes-- perhaps this isn't so different from most indie pop after all. --Scott Plagenhoef
__ 44: Camera Obscura
Underachievers Please Try Harder
__ [Merge]
I discovered 2004's most sublime, immediate pleasure by happy accident: Assuming Underachievers Please Try Harder was a new record by the other Camera Obscura, the noise rock ensemble (who knew there were two?), I was initially puzzled, and subsequently swooned, by this charming, urbane confection of Glaswegian indie-pop. It's lovelorn music that avoids the jagged peaks of teen angst and the well-worn grooves of adult heartbreak. Instead, it zeroes in on the young-adult nether realm between them, with canny specificity and a nuanced outlook that's bolstered by the balanced perspective of a male and female lyrical presence. And those melodies! Camera Obscura wears its influences so well you don't mind that one track sounds almost identical to Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne", and the whole thing smacks of Glasgow's other twee-pop darlings. Dear Catastrophe Whostress? As far as I'm concerned, this is the latest Belle and Sebastian record. --Brian Howe
__ 43: Scissor Sisters
__ [Polydor]
The Scissor Sisters' first single-- a discofied remake of Pink Floyd's lumbering "Comfortably Numb"-- was a neat trick, but it could have cast them as Right Said Fred for the double-aughts. Instead, the Sisters lived down their novel image with their self-titled debut, a dozen tracks straddling everything from 70s disco and glam-rock to 90s house. They touted their pansexuality while squatting in Elton John's honky chateau, and behind the voguing were intelligent, inventive, and forthrightly emotional songs like "Laura" and "Take Your Mama", and "Mary". The album ends with the one-two punch of "It Can't Come Quickly Enough" and "Return to Oz"-- the former an ode to dreaming on the subway; the latter an epic evoking the New York club scene ravaged by drugs. Certainly, stronger stuff than your average pop album. --Stephen M. Deusner
__ 42: DJ /rupture
Special Gunpowder
__ [Tigerbeat6]
Jace Clayton's debut album declares revolt, struts through avenues strewn with police records, sees indifferent ghosts of enemies in tenement windows, and then stares at its bloodied hands with nostalgia. As DJ /Rupture, he previously took Timbaland's polyrhythmatics to its pan-ethnic logic on his baffling DJ mixes, Gold Teeth Thief and Minesweeper Suite, where Borbetomagus' skree-jazz found good company with Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly". For Special, he eschewed turntables and told a fable about Babylon's fall and the delirium that followed with live sung and performed raggacore, spoken-word, hip-hop, noisecore and Appalachian-folk instrumentation. The entire record is a stylistic mess and veers into so many dazed tangents about the chaos that Clayton leaves us with an exhausted Sindhu Zagoren lamenting over a banjo, "I wish I were a mole in the ground." The blood still cannot be washed and the ears still ring. --Cameron Macdonald
__ 41: Les Savy Fav
__ [Frenchkiss]
It should be surprising to find a singles compilation on a year-end list, but for Les Savy Fav's legion of wild-eyed adherents, this is a no-brainer. Inches is the culmination of a seven-year project that collects both sides of nine 7'' singles onto one career-spanning disc. Les Savy Fav's consistently electrifying live performances indulge in a sort of beautiful atrophy, where Tim Harrington begins in poised malevolence, then sheds layers of clothing and self-esteem until his de-evolution to an engine of debased humanity is complete. Following suit, Inches is arrayed in reverse chronological order, beginning with the streamlined, dancey post-punk of Les Savy Fav's latest efforts, then steadily regressing to the rawboned chainsaw rock of their earliest. A yawn yawn yawn is just a hair away from a scream scream scream, and it's this tension between cosmopolitan cynicism and raging sincerity on which Inches holds its spin. --Brian Howe


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Q: Removing a column from a gsl_matrix I would like to remove one column of a gsl_matrix (the i-th column) and then copy its content into another gsl_matrix. This is my code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <gsl/gsl_matrix.h>
#include <gsl/gsl_vector.h>

int remove_col (int K,
                int N,
                int i,//between range 1 to N
                gsl_matrix *Sn, //Kx(N-1)
                gsl_matrix *Z)
{
    gsl_matrix_view Z_view;

    gsl_matrix_view Sn_view;
    if (i==0){
       Z_view  = gsl_matrix_submatrix (Z, 0, 1, K, N-1);
       gsl_matrix_memcpy (Sn, &Z_view.matrix);
    }else{
       Z_view  = gsl_matrix_submatrix (Z, 0, 0, K, i);
       Sn_view = gsl_matrix_submatrix (Sn, 0, 0, K, i);
       gsl_matrix_memcpy (&Sn_view.matrix, &Z_view.matrix);
       Z_view  = gsl_matrix_submatrix (Z, 0, i, K, N-i);
       Sn_view = gsl_matrix_submatrix (Sn, 0, i-1, K, N-i);
       gsl_matrix_memcpy (&Sn_view.matrix, &Z_view.matrix);
    }
    for ( int row = 0; row < K; ++row ) {
        for ( int col = 0; col < N-1; ++col ) {
            printf( "\t%3.1f",  gsl_matrix_get( Sn , row, col));
        }
        printf( "\n" );
    };
}
int main () {
double Zx[]={1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
             0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
             0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1,
             0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1,
             1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0,
             1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
             1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0,
             1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0,
             1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0,
             0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1};

int r=10;
int c=6;
gsl_matrix_view Z = gsl_matrix_view_array (Zx, r, c);

gsl_matrix *R= gsl_matrix_calloc(c,r);
for ( int row = 0; row < r; ++row ) {
           for ( int col = 0; col < c; ++col ) {
               gsl_matrix_set( R, col, row, gsl_matrix_get( &Z.matrix , row, col));
           }
}

gsl_matrix *Sn = gsl_matrix_alloc(c,r-1);
remove_col (c,r,1, Sn, R);
for (int row=0; row<c; ++row)
    for (int col=0; col<r-1; ++col)
        printf(col==r-2?"%6.3f\n":"%6.3f ",gsl_matrix_get(Sn,row,col));
gsl_matrix_free(R);
gsl_matrix_free(Sn);
}
    return 0;
}

I get this error:
gsl: submatrix_source.c:37: ERROR: first dimension overflows matrix
Default GSL error handler invoked.
Aborted (core dumped)

Is my approach correct? Any suggestion?

A: This version works:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <gsl/gsl_matrix.h>
#include <gsl/gsl_vector.h>

int remove_col (int K,
                int N,
                int i,//between range 1 to N
                gsl_matrix *Sn, //Kx(N-1)
                gsl_matrix *Z) {
  gsl_matrix_view Z_view;

  gsl_matrix_view Sn_view;
  if (i==0){
    Z_view  = gsl_matrix_submatrix (Z, 0, 1, K, N-1);
    gsl_matrix_memcpy (Sn, &Z_view.matrix);
  } else{
    Z_view  = gsl_matrix_submatrix (Z, 0, 0, K, i);
    Sn_view = gsl_matrix_submatrix (Sn, 0, 0, K, i);
    gsl_matrix_memcpy (&Sn_view.matrix, &Z_view.matrix);
    Z_view  = gsl_matrix_submatrix (Z, 0, i, K, N-i);
    Sn_view = gsl_matrix_submatrix (Sn, 0, i-1, K, N-i);
    gsl_matrix_memcpy (&Sn_view.matrix, &Z_view.matrix);
  }
}
int main () {
  double Zx[]={1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
               0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
               0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1,
               0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1,
               1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0,
               1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
               1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0,
               1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0,
               1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0,
               0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1};

  int r=10;
  int c=6;
  gsl_matrix_view Z = gsl_matrix_view_array (Zx, r, c);

  gsl_matrix *R= gsl_matrix_calloc(c,r);
  for ( int row = 0; row < r; ++row ) {
    for ( int col = 0; col < c; ++col ) {
      gsl_matrix_set( R, col, row, gsl_matrix_get( &Z.matrix , row, col));
    }
  }
  for (int row=0; row<r; ++row){
    for (int col=0; col<c; ++col)
      printf(col==r-2?"%6.3f\n":"%6.3f ",gsl_matrix_get(R,col,row));
    printf("\n");
  }

  gsl_matrix *Sn = gsl_matrix_alloc(c,r-1);
  remove_col (c,r,1, Sn, R);
  for (int row=0; row<r-1; ++row){
    for (int col=0; col<c; ++col)
      printf(col==r-2?"%6.3f\n":"%6.3f ",gsl_matrix_get(Sn,col,row));
    printf("\n");
  }
  gsl_matrix_free(R);
  gsl_matrix_free(Sn);

  return 0;
}

A: The right way to remove a column from a gsl_matrix is:
int remove_col (int K,
                int N,
                int i,//between range 1 to N
                gsl_matrix *Sn, //Kx(N-1)
                gsl_matrix *Z)
{
    //remove a row of matrix
    int j;
    gsl_matrix_view Z_view;

    gsl_matrix_view Sn_view;
    if (i==0){
       Z_view  = gsl_matrix_submatrix (Z, 0, 1, K, N-1);
       gsl_matrix_memcpy (Sn, &Z_view.matrix);
     }
    else if(i==(N-1)){
       Z_view  = gsl_matrix_submatrix (Z, 0, 0, K, N-1);
       gsl_matrix_memcpy (Sn, &Z_view.matrix);
    }else{
       j=i+1;
       Z_view  = gsl_matrix_submatrix (Z, 0, 0, K, j);
       Sn_view = gsl_matrix_submatrix (Sn, 0, 0, K, j);
       gsl_matrix_memcpy (&Sn_view.matrix, &Z_view.matrix);
       Z_view  = gsl_matrix_submatrix (Z, 0, j, K, N-j);
       Sn_view = gsl_matrix_submatrix (Sn, 0, j-1, K, N-j);
       gsl_matrix_memcpy (&Sn_view.matrix, &Z_view.matrix);
    }
    return 0;
}

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Blog SPLITTING SYRIA: The Coming Showdown and the New Middle East
SPLITTING SYRIA: The Coming Showdown and the New Middle East
In Borders, Politics by Micha Gefen February 5, 2018
With Turkey at a standstill against the Syrian Kurds and the US and Russia in a race to build up their bases within their respective proxy areas, Syria has become defacto split along sectarian lines. Assad and his battered army control the coast and South, while the Kurds along with their Sunni Arab allies control the North and Northeast.
The stage is set for a Kurdish-Sunni state in the heart of Syria. This is a further disintegration of the colonial borders drawn after World War One and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Of course, Erdogan also wants a collapse of these borders, but his goal is a resurrection of the Ottoman Empire. With the Kurds armed to the teeth and backed by American special forces and weaponry, he will have a hard to following through with his goal. Yet, his entry into Syria is an unknown that can upend the quiet stability that has formed after the destruction of ISIS.
Currently the Allawites have been happy just to survive even if the price has been to become a Russian vassal. Russia, for its part just wants to retain its hold on its Syrian basins and have a strategic ability to push back on the West whenever the Donbass in Ukraine feels Kiev's heat. With this in mind, Russia has turned the other way while the Kurds on the otherwise of the Euphrates have successfully built a proto-state.
The real losers in Syria's disintegration have ironically been Iran and Turkey. Iran, was hoping to use the chaos to move in next to Israel, but the Kurdish controlled area has cut down on their land bridge, while Israel's ability to attack Iranian positions in Syria have remained unshackled.
Turkey's invasion into Syrian Kurdistan has exposed Erdogan as a paranoid autocrat that is fearful of rising Kurdish influence throughout Syria and Iraq. Yet ironically, his overextension may actually be the cause for the rise of an indpendent Kurdistan, thus dooming Turkey to former shadow of its current self.
Turkey senses it cannot afford to lose so expect it to go all out in Syria, while eventually the Iranians will make a serious push against US assets in the region. The real question is whether Russia will stay out of the coming conflict.


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Black Valley SIGNED Galley Proofs Raymond WEAVER 1926 Japan Novel
Title: Black Valley
Author: Raymond Weaver
Description: The author's galley proofs, bound in red cloth with hand-lettered paper spine label. Inscribed presentation noting "This edition of Black Valley / consists of one copy of which this, / signed by the author / and numbered / is presented to / Bobb Howard / No 1. / Raymond Weaver". Title page is lettered and bordered by hand in black ink, with a chop mark stamped in red. Limitation & inscription hand-lettered on verso of title page; author's monogram hand-drawn on flyleaf (inked over a pencil sketch). Spine label a bit chipped, some fading to covers. [iv], 9-310 pages with text printed on rectos. 7 x 5.75 inches.
Raymond Weaver (1888-1948) was an authority on Herman Melville and a leading figure in the Melville revival of the 1920s. In 1919, Weaver discovered Melville's manuscript for "Billy Budd" and had it published in 1924. He taught at Columbia University between 1916 and 1948. Joseph Campbell, Lionel Trilling, Robert Giroux, Jack Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg are a few of his students that have acclaimed his influence.
Black Valley was Weaver's only novel, published by Viking at the beginning of January, 1926. In the summer of 1925, Weaver isolated himself on an island off of the coast of Maine to complete his re-draft of the novel. The novel is set in Japan and concerns characters in an American missionary colony. It presents a less than flattering picture of the missionaries' affairs, pride and prejudices. Weaver himself had lived in Japan for three years, teaching at high schools in Hiroshima, prior entering his graduate studies at Columbia.
Publisher: [Viking]
Place: New York
Keywords: presentation copy, one of one, Japan, novel, fiction,


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