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California politicians are at it again, convinced that their agendas should override the Constitutional rights of the people," said Attorney General Mark Brnovich, a Republican, in a statement, announcing the filing of an amicus brief. "Attempts to undermine the Second Amendment or any of our civil rights and liberties should be met with deep skepticism and vigorous opposition."
CALIFORNIA'S LIBERAL NINTH CIRCUIT TO TACKLE GUN RIGHTS, MULL REINSTATING HIGH-CAPACITY MAGAZINE BAN
California passed a ban on magazines of 10 bullets or more in 2016. A ruling by a federal judge that it was unconstitutional was upheld by a three-judge panel on the Ninth Circuit last year. In February, the court agreed to have an 11-judge panel rehear the case.
"Large-capacity magazines have been used in many horrific mass shootings around the country, including right here in California," said then-California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, a Democrat, in February. "That's why today's decision by the Ninth Circuit to rehear this case is critical; it is the next step in the defense of our state's commonsense gun laws."
The 22 states have filed an amicus brief in support of the pro-gun rights side, arguing that it violates Americans' Second Amendment right to bear arms. They say it bans the possession of arms even for self-defense, since the magazines that are banned are integral to some of the most popular firearms.
BIDEN CALLS ON SENATE TO PASS GUN CONTROL MEASURES 'IMMEDIATELY' AFTER BOULDER SHOOTING
"California is trying to turn otherwise law-abiding citizens into criminals simply for owning the magazines that come standard to many of the most popular firearms in our country," Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said in a statement. "As radical leftist lawmakers in California and beyond persist in their attempts to legislatively overrule our constitutional rights, I will continue to stand strong in defense of our right to keep and bear arms."
The 22 states with Republican state attorney generals signed onto the amicus brief include Alaska, Georgia, Indiana, Montana, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas and West Virginia. Oral arguments are scheduled to begin on the case in June.
The analysis, based on the 25-page summary of the president's proposal for the "American Jobs Plan," indicates less than $750 billion of the spending fits even a broad definition of infrastructure.
The White House is casting a very wide net about what constitutes infrastructure — for example, the American Jobs Plan references "care infrastructure" when talking about $25 billion to upgrade child care facilities and a $400 billion expenditure on care for the elderly and disabled. That's quite different from repairing potholes and rebuilding bridges.
Senate Republicans, meanwhile, in emphasizing that Biden's plan largely does not address infrastructure, are often using a very restrictive definition of the word.
President Joe Biden speaks about the economy in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Feb. 5, 2021, in Washington.
President Joe Biden speaks about the economy in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Feb. 5, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
REPUBLICAN SENATORS LINE UP AGAINST BIDEN'S MASSIVE $2T SPENDING BILL: 'FAR CRY' FROM INFRASTRUCTURE
"This plan is not about rebuilding America's backbone. Less than 6% of this massive proposal goes to roads and bridges," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said. "It would spend more money just on electric cars than on America's roads, bridges, ports, airports, and waterways combined."
Indeed, the White House summary of the American Jobs Plan says it will spend "$115 billion to modernize the bridges, highways, roads, and main streets that are in most critical need of repair" out of more than $2 trillion in the plan. That is slightly under 6%.
But what counts and does not count as infrastructure can be tricky to define, according to Cato Institute Director of Tax Policy Studies Chris Edwards.
Fast Facts: Biden $2T spending plan
$400 billion for home-based care for elderly and disabled
$35 billion for climate change-related R&D
$50 billion for "research infrastructure" at the National Science Foundation
$50 billion for new Commerce Department office "dedicated to monitoring domestic industrial capacity"
$213 billion for home sustainability and public housing
"The first thing to know is there is no hard definition of infrastructure. Economists have no hard definition of infrastructure," Edwards said in an interview with Fox News.
Fox News' analysis of the Biden plan, as outlined in its 25-page fact sheet, broadly counted investments going toward physical repair or building of facilities and systems used by the general public that help the economy. This includes, for example, replacing lead pipes, expanding broadband access and modernizing public schools, in addition to money going to things traditionally associated with the word infrastructure like roads, bridges and ports.
Other items that counted to reach a total of just under $750 billion included $50 billion to preserve infrastructure resilience, $80 billion for Amtrak and $20 billion for road safety.
Elements of the Biden plan Fox News excluded from this analysis included $174 billion being spent on electric vehicles; $400 billion on home-based care for the elderly and disabled; $25 billion on child care facilities; and $50 billion on "research infrastructure" at the National Science Foundation.
Fox News also excluded $213 billion in Biden's plan that's directed at home sustainability and public housing; at least $35 billion aimed at R&D related to climate change; $50 billion to create a new office at the Department of Commerce to "dedicated to monitoring domestic industrial capacity and funding investments to support production of critical goods;" $30 billion to prepare for future pandemics; $45 billion for the federal government to buy clean energy goods; $14 billion "to bring together industry, academia, and government to advance technologies and capabilities critical to future competitiveness;" and several other provisions.
PSAKI SAYS WHITE HOUSE WILL WORK WITH GOP ON INFRASTRUCTURE BILL AS DEMS PREP TO JAM THROUGH ON PARTISAN VOTE
President Biden speaks about his $2 trillion infrastructure plan during an event to tout the plan at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 31, 2021.
President Biden speaks about his $2 trillion infrastructure plan during an event to tout the plan at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 31, 2021. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)
One part of Biden's plan that does not cost any money is the PRO Act, which would essentially override right-to-work laws in states across the country, allowing unions to extract dues from workers who do not want to be members.
Biden's American Jobs Plan, at this point, is simply a 25-page document of suggestions. Legislators have not even begun drafting it. That means dollar totals and specific allocations could change.
But Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., in a comment Wednesday himself noted that the Biden plan includes much more than infrastructure.
MCCONNELL SLAMS BIDEN'S 'TROJAN HORSE' INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, SAYS IT'S 'MORE BORROWED MONEY'
"Addressing infrastructure, climate and environmental justice together, and creating millions of good paying jobs, is just the right combination to meet head on the challenges that America now faces," Schumer said. "This will not only make clean energy and clean transportation affordable, it will create millions of new jobs with good wages, which always occurs when we invest in infrastructure and manufacturing as we will be doing here."
Cato's Edwards, meanwhile, says his biggest gripe with the Biden plan is that the money being spent, no matter how it is defined, is largely going into the pockets of big corporations.
"It's hugely ironic because the leading Democrats have bashed corporate welfare and corporate subsidies for years, and they always claim that Republicans do corporate subsidies," Edwards told Fox News. "But in fact, Biden would subsidize corporations hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars with this plan."
"Manufacturing, $300 billion. Electric vehicles, $170 billion. Broadband, $100 billion. Electric power grid, $100 billion. This is completely unneeded and it's also very dangerous because we don't want the federal government manipulating what broadband companies do, what electric power companies do," Edwards said.
He added: "One of the interesting political things in coming weeks and months will be will the Democrat left, like Sanders and Warren, kind of come to the realization that, 'Hey, this is massive corporate subsidies here, which we're supposed to be against.'"
BIDEN'S $2.25T SPENDING PLAN SPARKS CRITICISM FROM PROGRESSIVES AND GOP LAWMAKERS
Edwards also said that the corporate tax hikes used to fuel the $2 trillion-plus spending plan would be counterproductive to its goals, hurting the massive private companies like "AT&T and Verizon and other companies that do broadband and invest-- you know infrastructure investment."
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell walks to speak on the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell walks to speak on the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
"Biden would be taking with one hand in taxes what he's giving on the other end, subsidies, which makes no sense," Edwards said.
Biden and the White House, of course, would dispute Edwards' points.
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Q: Internal compiler error with nested functions in OpenMP parallel regions I tried to call the Monte Carlo integration subroutine of GSL library to do some numerical calculation. Because my for loop is rather simple, meaning the results of different runs are independent, I expect it should be very straightforward to parallelize using OpenMP. However when I compiled it, it always said "Internal Compiler Error: Segmentation Fault", and generated nothing. Here is my code:
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <omp.h>
#include <gsl/gsl_math.h>
#include <gsl/gsl_monte.h>
#include <gsl/gsl_monte_vegas.h>
#include <math.h>

 double
 Reg1 (double *x, double t, size_t dim, void *params)
 {
     return sin(x[1])*cos(t*t)*x[0]*x[0]*cos(x[0])*cos(3*x[0]);
 }

 void
 display_results (char *title, double result, double error)
 {
   printf ("%s ==================\n", title);
   printf ("result = % .10f\n", result);
   printf ("sigma  = % .10f\n\n", error);
 }

 void
 VEGAS_integration_routine (double (*function)(double *, size_t, void *),
                            double xl[], double xu[], size_t calls, gsl_rng * r)
 {
 double res, err;
     gsl_monte_function Function = { function, 2, 0 };

     gsl_monte_vegas_state *s = gsl_monte_vegas_alloc (2);

     gsl_monte_vegas_integrate (&Function, xl, xu, 2, 20000, r, s, &res, &err);

     display_results ("vegas warm-up", res, err);

     printf ("converging...\n");

     do
       {
         gsl_monte_vegas_integrate (&Function, xl, xu, 2, calls, r, s, &res, &err);

         printf ("result = % .10f; sigma = % .10f; "
                 "chisq/dof = %.2f\n", res, err, gsl_monte_vegas_chisq (s));
       }
     while (fabs (gsl_monte_vegas_chisq (s) - 1.0) > 0.05);

     display_results ("vegas final", res, err);

     gsl_monte_vegas_free (s);
 }

 int
 main (void)
 {
   int seg = 200;

   double xl[2] = { 195.0, -1000.0 };
   double xu[2] = { 205.0, 1000.0 };

   const gsl_rng_type *T;
   gsl_rng *r;

   size_t calls = 1000000;

   gsl_rng_env_setup ();

   T = gsl_rng_default;
   r = gsl_rng_alloc (T);

   /* Calculate G1 */
   int i;
   double j=0;
   #pragma omp parallel for shared(xl,xu,calls,r,seg) private(i,j)
   for(i=0; i<=seg; i=i+1)
   {
    j=(double)i * 0.05;
    printf("Now it's t = %.2f \n", j);
    printf("Compute Re(G1)...\n");
    double g(double * x, size_t dim, void *params)
    {
        return Reg1(x, j, dim, &params);
        }
        VEGAS_integration_routine (&g, xl, xu, calls, r);
   }
   gsl_rng_free (r);

   return 0;
 }

This code is basically modified from the sample code on GSL webpage. Without using OpenMP, it works perfectly. But when I used gcc to compile with the following commands (with -fopenmp added) , which works on our server,
gcc -c -Wall -ansi -I/usr/include -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.4.4/ -lgomp -fopenmp test2.c -o test2.o
gcc -L/usr/lib64/  test2.o -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.4.4/ -lgomp -fopenmp -lgsl -lgslcblas -lm -o test2.out

I got the following error message:
test2.c: In function 'main':
test2.c:85: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault
Please submit a full bug report,
with preprocessed source if appropriate.
See <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla> for instructions.
Preprocessed source stored into /tmp/ccAGFe3v.out file, please attach this to your bugreport.
make: *** [test2.o] Error 1

Since I couldn't compile it and the error message shown above was so limited, I'd really like to know what's wrong, so I decompose the subroutine VEGAS_integration_routine I called and then to run it line by line. What I found is that the compilation stopped at its second line
gsl_monte_function Function = { function, 2, 0 };

which made me so confused. Can't I declare a GSL function in a loop when using OpenMP to flatten the loop? Is there an internal conflict between GSL and OpenMP? I did search on Stack Overflow as well as Google, but it seems that no related post exists (so odd!).I would really appreciate if anyone could either explain what's going on here, or point out an alternative way to do parallel computing. I'm sure the way I wrote my for loop wasn't the best and the neatest...

A: There is a regression bug in the way the implementation of lexical closures in GCC interacts with the OpenMP code transformation engine. The bug appears to be fixed in later versions of the GCC 4.7 branch. If you cannot replace GCC 4.4.4 with GCC 4.7.1 or later, then you should rewrite your code to not use nested functions as in the GSL example that you refer in your post. Besides, nested functions are non-standard GCC C extension and you should refrain from using them wherever possible.
The Monte Carlo integration interface in GSL supports passing additional arguments to the integrand via the void *params argument as explained here. You would have to change Reg1 as follows:
double
Reg1 (double *x, size_t dim, void *params)
{
    double t = *(double *)params;
    return sin(x[1])*cos(t*t)*x[0]*x[0]*cos(x[0])*cos(3*x[0]);
}

and update the second line of VEGAS_integration_routine to read:
gsl_monte_function Function = { function, 2, &t };

You will also have to add t to the list of dummy arguments of VEGAS_integration_routine and pass its value from main. The relevant parts therefore become:
void
VEGAS_integration_routine (double (*function)(double *, size_t, void *),
                           double t,
                           double xl[], double xu[], size_t calls, gsl_rng * r)
{
   double res, err;
   gsl_monte_function Function = { function, 2, &t };
   ...
}

#pragma omp parallel for
for(i=0; i <= seg; i++)
{
   double t = (double)i * 0.05;
   ...
   VEGAS_integration_routine (Reg1, t, xl, xu, calls, r);
}

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This month is #March100kChallenge in one of the groups I am in. Of course, being the NaNoWriMo nerd that I am, 100K words in one month was exciting. I mean who wouldn't want to write all of that in a month to challenge yourself. We've had people write an entire novel in just 5 days and plenty of romance authors write a novel in a month constantly. Now, writing all of that can be difficult and even I know this, so what is someone to do when there is so much struggle?
This is probably one of the best options out there. I'm not even kidding with how fast you can get words pumped out by just vocalizing it. We speak so much faster than we ever type because of the pausing and everything. Some people may type fast enough to keep up with speech but even they will have to stop for a minute so their hands wont cramp up. Dictation, your tongue will never cramp up and you can just do pure word vomit without worrying about if the sentence flows properly. You can go back and edit later, after all, that's what a first draft is for.
This is probably the best option for those who want to just type. Set up a small alarm that goes off after a bit of time and just write as much as you can. A bigger push is to make your text white so you can never backspace and don't worry so much about your prose looking purple.
If you can write about 3k words a day you can probably get the word count out. Don't even focus on the word count either. Seriously, that will slow you down. If you reach 3k and still want to keep writing, then keep going. If you do go above and beyond, don't expect that to mean that you get to slow down the next day or you will fall behind. It's just not pretty.
Getting stuck can be a pain. Thankfully, we can overcome this through even a basic outline or beat sheet. Even if you don't stay completely close to the outline, having something to reference can be beneficial on where you should aim for. When you go out for a drive, you don't just drive out onto the road without knowing a basic idea of the route. You may take a detour but you're still going towards a specific goal. Yes, even you pantsers this can be important to have some goals to hit.
Right now, I personally wat to finish Dragon Guardian so a challenge is pushing me to finish it. My end goal is around 125k so obviously, I need to keep writing. At day 9 I've only hit 555 words due to being busy and then these past few days I've been really sick. So obviously, I've hit a rut but I'm not giving up because I still want to finish Dragon Guardian. You can follow the process of how far I am in plotting and writing Dragon Guardian personally on my side bar and cheer me on.
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package com.macro.mall.mapper;

import com.macro.mall.model.CmsPrefrenceAreaProductRelation;
import com.macro.mall.model.CmsPrefrenceAreaProductRelationExample;
import java.util.List;
import org.apache.ibatis.annotations.Param;

public interface CmsPrefrenceAreaProductRelationMapper {
    long countByExample(CmsPrefrenceAreaProductRelationExample example);

    int deleteByExample(CmsPrefrenceAreaProductRelationExample example);

    int deleteByPrimaryKey(Long id);

    int insert(CmsPrefrenceAreaProductRelation record);

    int insertSelective(CmsPrefrenceAreaProductRelation record);

    List<CmsPrefrenceAreaProductRelation> selectByExample(CmsPrefrenceAreaProductRelationExample example);

    CmsPrefrenceAreaProductRelation selectByPrimaryKey(Long id);

    int updateByExampleSelective(@Param("record") CmsPrefrenceAreaProductRelation record, @Param("example") CmsPrefrenceAreaProductRelationExample example);

    int updateByExample(@Param("record") CmsPrefrenceAreaProductRelation record, @Param("example") CmsPrefrenceAreaProductRelationExample example);

    int updateByPrimaryKeySelective(CmsPrefrenceAreaProductRelation record);

    int updateByPrimaryKey(CmsPrefrenceAreaProductRelation record);
}

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Windows 10 is designed specifically for the touch screen devices and Microsoft has decided to introduce a new tablet mode option in Windows 10 which makes all the elements on the Start Screen of Windows 10 touch friendly.
Switching between tablet and desktop mode is very easy and takes seconds and can be done easily on any device.
Simply follow the instructions below and you will be able to switch between tablet and desktop mode easily.
First of all, open Action Center by pressing the Notification Icon on taskbar of swiping left from right edge of screen.
Action Center will open. Here look for 'Tablet mode' quick action toggle button.
Tip: You can press the 'Expand' button to see more toggle switches.
Press the 'Tablet mode' button to switch between tablet and desktop mode.
Here is a quick video showcasing the same process.


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Follow this step-by-step guide to enable an existing video skill to stream content to Echo Show. To learn the basics of building video skills before building one for Echo Show, see Understand the Video Skill API.
The benefits of the Echo Show implementation over a traditional video skill implementation include top-level utterance support for natural invocation, more precise content selection, and a better overall user experience on Echo Show. For the full collection of video features, see the Echo Show Video Skill Feature Guide.
The traditional video skill architecture uses the Alexa.RemoteVideoPlayer API to send commands through the video provider's cloud service to a video client. On Echo Show, the API sends commands through a channel established by Alexa, which allows for a new interaction model using the same API. The API continues to send search directives and play directives to the AWS Lambda function for the skill. However, unlike the traditional video skill architecture where directives must be sent from the Lambda to a separate device by the developer, results for video skills on Echo Show are sent back directly to Alexa to drive the experience on the device.
The AWS Lambda function configured in your skill definition is the interface between Alexa and your backend services. To support streaming content to Alexa endpoints such as Echo Show, you need to implement a separate set of APIs in your AWS Lambda function.
The experience you intend to deliver determines the breadth and depth of required supporting services. Common backend services that accompany a video skill include content metadata retrieval, category lookup, and several forms of search.
Complete the following high-level tasks to build a video skill web player.
If you have existing web assets that deliver your content, isolate the web player component and supporting functionality such as metrics reporting, advertisement logic, and other dependencies. Video must play exclusively in full-screen mode and links to any other website are restricted.
To apply the visual controls and non-video elements of your player, see Echo Show Video Skill Certification Guidelines for certification guidelines related to the video experience.
In your web app's initialization code, wait for the Alexa object to be ready, then initialize the alexa-web-player-controller library with your readyCallback and errorCallback. The readyCallback is invoked when the library is ready for execution. In the readyCallback, you receive a controller object to communicate with the library, which includes the control methods. The errorCallback is invoked if there is an error that causes the web player to close. The user receives a human-readable error message. The alexa-web-player-controller library closes the web container after sending the error message. During initialization of the library, you may also optionally register event handlers by adding an argument containing a map of callback functions keyed by event names. Otherwise you can register handlers using the controller.on(handlers) / controller.on(event, handler) method explained in the next section. The handlers play, pause, and resume are required.
If your player supports closed captions, call the getClosedCaptionsState method during initialization. The initialization sequence is considered complete when the setPlayerState method is called with state IDLE. For more information about the getClosedCaptionsState and setPlayerState methods, continue reading the following steps of this procedure.
Warning: It is required that setPlayerState be called with state IDLE once your player is ready for video playback. If this step is missed, then the LOAD_CONTENT handler will not be invoked, and videos will fail to play through the skill.
Register handlers using the controller.on(handlers)/controller.on(event, handler) method. The handlers play, pause, and resume are required.
LOAD_CONTENT Load a given piece of content. params.contentUri string URI of content provided in Video Skill API response.
LOAD_CONTENT — params.accessToken string User credentials.
LOAD_CONTENT — params.offsetInMilliseconds integer Offset from beginning of content to begin playback.
LOAD_CONTENT — params.autoPlay boolean Flag to automatically play content after loading. We expect the player to initiate playback when autoplay=true and to load into a PAUSED state when autoplay=false.
If non-negative, go to the beginning.
If over the range, go to the end.
If positive, offset from start.
If negative, offset from end.
CLOSED_CAPTIONS_ STATE_CHANGE Update closed captions state. state object Closed captions state including enabled, text, background, window background.
ACCESS_TOKEN_CHANGE Update access token. accessToken string User credentials.
How you handle commands depends on the implementation of your player. All handlers must return a Promise object to be resolved on successful handling of the command or rejected with an error object with errorType and message if there is a failure. If a failure occurs for PLAY, PAUSE or RESUME, the device calls PREPARE_FOR_CLOSE and tries to close the web player.
For the LOAD_CONTENT operation, your handler receives parameters including contentUri sent in your AWS Lambda function response representing the content to be played. If your service requires the user be authenticated to stream content, an accessToken is included as well. Additional details may also be included, such as offsetInMilliseconds if the user is picking up in the middle of content, or autoplay if the content needs to auto play after loading. The handler returns a Promise object to be resolved on successful handling of the play command or rejected with an error object with errorType and message if there is a failure.
Your player is not visible until controller.showLoadingOverlay is called with a value of false. Make the call after loading your assets are loaded and the experience is ready to show. You must call this method to disable the overlay when the content is loaded and UI presentable. The loading overlay is always shown during initialization. Subsequent calls to load content (such as calls for new, unrelated content) allow you to turn on the loading overlay and turn it off appropriately, but is not required. If you want a custom loading screen, you can disable this before content is ready and provide your own visualizations. This must not be called when content is playing.
When your player changes state, use the controller.setPlayerState(playerState) method to pass along the lifecycle events to Alexa. The playerState includes two properties, State and positionInMilliseconds.
Call the controller.setPlayerState(playerState) method any time the player state changes.
The playerState needs to match the current content playback behavior so Alexa doesn't close the web container during playback or persist the container for too long when playback is paused or stalled.
The following table lists the player states.
IDLE Player is idle; no content is loaded or playing. Player is ready to stream content.
BUFFERING Playback is suspended due to content buffering.
PLAYING Player is actively streaming content.
PAUSED Playback is suspended during content.
The following table lists the allowed operations.
allowedOperations object N/A Allowed operations for content currently in the player.
adjustRelativeSeekPositionForward boolean adjustSeekPosition If true, allow user to seek forward relative to the current position.
adjustRelativeSeekPositionBackwards boolean adjustSeekPosition If true, allow user to seek backwards relative to the current position.
setAbsoluteSeekPositionForward boolean setSeekPosition If true, allow user to seek forward to an absolute position.
setAbsoluteSeekPositionBackwards boolean setSeekPosition If true, allow user to seek backwards to an absolute position.
next boolean next If true, allow user to request the next content in the play queue.
previous boolean previous If true, allow the user to request the previous content in the play queue.
Pass along metadata for the current content in the controller.setMetadata(metadata) method. Do this for both the initial content and any new content played thereafter.
name Name of a series. N String Example: "Survivor: Borneo"
name Name of the episode. N String Example: "The Marooning"
TV_SERIES_EPISODE TV_SERIES_EPISODE Content type for TV series episode.
VIDEO VIDEO Content type for video.
Retrieve the device-level setting for closed captions at the beginning of playback by using the controller.getClosedCaptionsState() method. To toggle closed captions on and off, use the controller.setClosedCaptionsStateEnabled(enabled) method.
If your player encounters an error and is unable to play content, use the controller.sendError(error) method to send a fatal error to Alexa. Alexa hides the web app, call the PREPARE_FOR_CLOSE handler and close the web player. For non-fatal errors, there is no need to send back to Alexa.
PLAYER_ERROR Send PLAYER_ERROR event when there is an unrecoverable error having to do with the media player.
CLIENT_ERROR For any client side error not related to the player, send an CLIENT_ERROR.
SERVER_ERROR SERVER_ERROR indicates an error occurred in server side including failed requests, unable to buffer content, unreachable assets, and any connectivity issues.
When you think the play session has ended, call controller.close() method to inform Alexa. Alexa then hides the web app, calls the PREPARE_FOR_CLOSE handler, and ends the experience.
Finally, make your player available on a public URL. Make sure your web player can be accessed by using HTTPS, because Alexa devices require a secure connection.
At this point, your web player is almost ready to be tested on an Echo Show. But first, you must implement the required Video Skill APIs in your skill's Lambda function as described in the following section.
Several new APIs have been added to the set of video skill interfaces to drive the Echo Show experience. To get started quickly, try using the code in the accompanying Alexa Video Skills for Echo Show - Sample Lambda.js file in your AWS Lambda. The following steps list a summary of the APIs available to your AWS Lambda. A more comprehensive reference for this content is available in Echo Show Video Skill API Reference.
Through the discovery process, your skill is able to declare its capabilities to Alexa. These capabilities may be static for all users of your skill or change based on the user's subscription level with your service. Either way, your response to this API call establishes what a user can do with your skill. To learn more about how to post Discovery for video skills on Echo Show, please reach out to your Amazon Alexa contact.
Similar to the existing Alexa.RemoteVideoPlayer.SearchAndDisplayResults API, the new Alexa.VideoContentProvider.GetDisplayableItems API has an almost identical request but expects a collection of items to be returned in the response. This response should contain identifiers for your content. A separate call, detailed in the following section, is made to retrieve metadata. This request is separated into two API calls to optimize latency.
The following example is a search request for a query such as "Alexa, show me <Title of Video Content>."
The following example is a search response.
The following example is a request to resolve metadata for the results returned in the previous example.
The following example is a response providing metadata required for search results.
When a user opens the provider landing page, Alexa sends two GetDisplayableItems API calls. The first is to retrieve categories for the landing page by setting the itemType property to "CATEGORY" and including a sortType of "RECOMMENDED." The second call obtains the featured video for the landing page where the request sets to the itemType to "VIDEO" instead. After that, Alexa sends one GetDisplayableItemsMetadata call with a list combined of Category IDs and Video ID. The response includes metadata about the video as well as the categories. For the required fields for each item type, see Echo Show Video Skill API Reference.
The following example is metadata for a CATEGORY item type.
Play scenarios use the GetPlayableItems and GetPlayableItemsMetadata APIs that are almost identical to what is described previously. The only difference is that the metadata returned for playback varies slightly from that which is used for search. For more information, see Echo Show Video Skill API Reference.
Channel Navigation scenarios also use the GetPlayableItems and GetPlayableItemsMetadata APIs, which are almost identical to what is described previously. The only difference is that the metadata returned for channel navigation varies slightly from that which is used for search/play. For more information, see Echo Show Video Skill API Reference.
Account linking allows your users to connect their Alexa identity to their account within your service. Once a user enables your skill and completes the account linking process, subsequent directives sent to your AWS Lambda include the access_token for the user so you can perform additional authentication, authorization, and personalization.
For a full description of account linking, including implementation details, see Understand Account Linking. If you would prefer not to implement account linking yourself, you can instead use Login With Amazon (LWA) for account linking. To do so, see the "Step 1" and "Step 2" procedures of the "Account Linking, Step by Step" section in the "Alexa Blogs" entry Alexa Account Linking.
Finally, you must update your skill definition to enable streaming on Echo Show through your web player. If you are already working with someone at Amazon for your integration, you should reach out to them at this time to perform this skill update. Such updates are not yet available directly on the developer portal. To be added to the waitlist to try out video skills for Echo Show, send an email to video-skills-on-echo-show-waitlist@amazon.com.


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Notorious B.I.G. – B.I.G. Live In Jamaica Intro)
Notorious B.I.G. & Diana King – Respect
Horseman & Prince Fatty – Insane In The Brain
Ini Kamoze – Listen Me Tic
Eazy-E – Nobody Move
Nas & Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley – Nah Mean
Notorious B.I.G. & Bob Marley – Hold Ya Head
Heavy D – Sincere
Chali 2na, Damian Marley, & Stephen Marley – Guns Up
Slightly Stoopid – Runnin' With A Gun
Michael Franti & Spearhead – Food For The Masses
Guerilla Black & Beenie Man – Compton
Fat Joe, Buju Banton, & Fat Joe – Good Times
Mr. Cheeks, Big Youth, & Tarrus Riley – Five Days
Bob Marley & The Roots – Burnin' and Lootin'
Beyonce & Sean Paul – Baby Boy
Wayne Marshall, Baby Cham, Ace Hood, & Waka Flocka – Go Harder
KRS-One & Boogie Down Productions – 9Mm Goes Bang
B-Real & Wayne Smith – Under Mi Sleng Teng (DJ Muggs Remix)
Cypress Hill – What's Your Number?
Rahzel & Sean Paul – Top of the Game
Guru, Barrington Levy, & Jigsy King – One 4 Me
Nas & Spragga Benz – This Is The Way
Slightly Stoopid – Killin' Me Deep Inside
Cherine Anderson, Michael Franti & Spearhead – Ssay Hey (I Love You)
Seeed – Release
Kriss Kross, Sean Paul, & Super Cat – Jump (Reggae Remix)
T-Pain, Chris Brown, & T.O.K. – Kiss Kiss (Reggae Remix)
Notorious B.I.G. & Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley – Welcome to Jamrock (Rob Dinero Remix)
Spice 1 – East Bay Gangster
Wyclef Jean, Redman, & Beenie Man – Love Me Now (Rockwilder Remix)
The Fugees – No Woman, No Cry
Lauryn Hill & Bob Marley – Turn Your Lights Down Low
Long Beach Dub All-Stars, Chali 2Na Fish, Half Pint, Ives, & Tippa Irie – Life Goes On
Big Pun & Beenie Man – Make Me Sweat
Collie Buddz & Paul Wall – What A Feeling
Chali 2na & Slightly Stoopid – Just Thinking
Supercat – Ghetto Red Hot (Hip-Hop Remix)
Nas, Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, & Stephen "Ragamufin" Marley – Road To Zion
Biz Markie & Elephant Man – Let Me See U Bounce
Guru & Bob Marley – Johnny Was
Mims, Cham, & Junior Reid – This Is Why I'm Hot (Blackout Remix)
Black Sheep & Half Pint – Level The Vibes
Guru & Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley – Stand Up (Some Things'll Never Change)
K-Os – Superstar, Pt. 1
Seeed – Ocean's
KRS-One & Shabba Ranks – The Jam
Yung Berg & Collie Buddz – Lonely
Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley & Bobby Brown – Beautiful
Slightly Stoopid – Everything You Need
Michael Franti & Steel Pulse – Black Enough
Heavy D & The Boyz – Now That We Found Love
Bun B & Sean Kingston – That's Gangsta
Q-Tip & Capleton – Original Man
Michael Franti & Spearhead – Pray For Grace
Rakim & Bob Marley – Concrete Jungle
Elephant Man, Wyclef Jean, Assassin, Swizz Beatz, Yung Joc, & Diddy – Five-0 (Remix)
K'Naan & Damian Marley – I Come Prepared
Kid Cudi & Collie Buddz – Day and Nite
Slightly Stoopid – Breakbeat
The Grouch, Eligh , & Slightly Stoopid – People of the Sun
Lil Wayne, Nas, & Damian Marley – My Generation
Chuck D & Bob Marley – Survival
Alicia Keys & Junior Reid – No One (Remix)
Guru & Ini Kamoze – Who Goes There
Lil Jon, Stephen Marley, & Damian Marley – On De Grind
Seeed – Can't Hold Me
Bob Marley, Mr. Cheeks, & The Lost Boys – Gultiness
Capleton – East Coast to the West Coast
Ini Kamoze – Ballistic Affair
Shabba Ranks – Rough Life
Michael Franti & Spearhead – Comin' To Gitcha
Supercat, Puff Daddy, & Notorious BIG – Dolly My Baby (Remix)
Guru & Slightly Stoopid – The Otherside
Matisyahu – Smash Lies
Kardinal Offishall – Nina
Michael Franti & Spearhead – Light Up Ya Lighter
Half Pint, Barrington Levy, & Dres of Black Sheep – Level The Vibes
SOJA – Not Done Yet
Snoop Dogg, Stephen "Ragamufin" Marley, & Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley – The Traffic Jam (Remix)
Busta Rhymes, Flipmode Squad, & Bob Marley – Rastaman Chant
Nas & Damian Marley – As We Enter
Kardinal Offishal & Rihanna – Numba 1 (Tide Is High)
Michael Franti & Spearhead – Listener Supported
Baby Cham – Ghetto Story
Baby Cham & Alicia Keys – Ghetto Story Chapter 2
Baby Cham & Akon – Ghetto Story Chapter 3
Missy Elliott, Vybz Kartel, & M.I.A. – Bad Man
K'Naan, Michael Franti & Spearhead – Earth From Outer Space
Elephant Man, Twista, Young Bloodz, & Kiprich – Jook Gal
Wyclef Jean – Redemption Songs
Foxy Brown, Morgan Heritage, & Spragga Benz – We Set The Pace
M.I.A. – Galang (South Rakkas Remix)
Jay-Z & Mavado – On the Rock
Daara J – Hip Hop Civilization
Lady Saw, Michael Franti & Spearhead – Shake It
Rahzel, Shaggy, & Toots & the Maytals – Bam Bam
Eve, Stephen Marley, & Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley – No, No, No
The Fugees – Fu Gee La [Sly & Robbie Remix]
Collie Buddz & Krayzie Bone – Defend Your Own
Ini Kamoze – Hotter This Year (Hot Steppa Remix)
DMX, Mr. Vegas, & Sean Paul – The Boom
Missy Elliott & Lady Saw – Mr. DJ
Handsome Boy Modeling School, Barrington Levy, Del tha Funkyhomosapien, & Alex Kapranos – The World's Gone Mad
Slightly Stoopid – Somebody
Ernest Ranglin, Michael Franti & Spearhead – I Got Plenty O' Nothin'
ASAP Ferg, Busta Rhymes, Migos, & Shabba Ranks – Shabba
Ini Kamoze – Hole In Ya Head
Heavy D & The Boys – Mood For Love
Chali 2na & Beenie Man – International
Busta Rhymes, Sean Paul, & Spliff Star – Make It Clap (Remix)
B-Real & Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley – Fire
Foxy Brown & Mavado – We're On Fire
Slightly Stoopid – Officer
Michael Franti & Spearhead – Hello Bonjour
Queen Latifah & Serani – If He Wanna
Wyclef Jean – Jaspora
Foxy Brown & Lady Saw – The Quan
Foxy Brown & Lady Saw – The Quan (Hip Hop Mix)
Kardinal Offishall & Akon – Dangerous
South Park Mexican – Pass Da Killaz
Wyclef Jean & Sizzla – Welcome To The East
Yung Berg, Collie Buddz, & Eve – Victory Lap
Lil Jon, Ice Cube, The Game, & Elephant Man – Killas
Foxy Brown & Demarco – She Wanna Rude Bwoy
Shawnna & Kardinal Offiishal – Block Reincarnated (Remix)
Michael Franti & Spearhead – Hey World (Remote Control Version)
Seeed – Goldmine
Flo Rida & Sean Kingston – Roll
Rihanna & T.I. – Live Your Life
Juelz Santana, D.E.Y., & Sean Kingston – There's Nothin
Michael Franti & Spearhead – All I Want Is You
Doug E. Fresh – Freaks
Bob Marley & the Wailers – African Herbsman (Cypress Hill Remix)
Ini Kamoze & Guru – Insert A (Mental Relaxation)/Medicine (Medley)
Usher & the Bombist – Love In This Club (Marvel Riddim)
Kardinal Offishall, Akon, & Sean Paul – Dangerous (Remix)
E-40, B-Legit, & Rankin Scroo – Bust Yo Shit
Junior Reid & Bun B – If It Was Up To Me
Snoop Dogg, B-Real, & the Bombist – Vato (Lightaz Up Riddim)
Barrington Levy, Lil Wayne, Busta Rhymes, Kardinal Offishall – No War
Mary J. Blige & the Bombist – Family Affair
Wu-Tang Clan & Junior Reid – One Blood Under W
T-Pain, Akon, & the Bombist – The Bartender (Soprano Riddim)
Wyclef Jean, Lil Wayne, Akon, & the Bombist – Sweetest Girl (Soprano Riddim)
The Fugees – Fu Gee La Rock (Guantanamo Camp Remix)
Chris Brown, TI, T-Pain, & the Bombist – I'm A Flirt (Dis Ya Time Riddim)
E-40 & Rankin Scroo – Act A Ass
Junior Reid & Lil Wayne – Rappapompom
Elephant Man, Busta Rhymes, & Shaggy – The Way We Roll
The Fugees & Stephen Marley – No Woman, No Cry (Remix)
Alicia Keys – No One (Curtis Lynch Reggae Remix)
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Top 20 Albums of June 2009
Bob Marley and the Wailers – B Is For Bob [Tuff Gong/Def Jam/Island Records 2009]
Various Artists – Dark Was The Night (Red Hot Compilation) [The Red Hot Organization/4AD 2009]
N.A.S.A. – The Spirit Of Apollo [Anti/Epitaph 2009]
Alborosie – Escape From Babylon [Greensleeves 2009]
Dave Matthews Band – Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King [Bama Rags 2009]
The Itals – Let Dem Talk [Ital Records 2009]
Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band – Outer South [Merge 2009]
DJ JS-1 – No Sellout [Ground Original 2009]
The Dub Machinist – Worldwide Dub [Control Tower France 2009]
Various Artists – Reggae Gold 2009 [VP Records 2009]
Ini Kamoze – 5150 Rule [Hottis 2009]
Amadou & Mariam – Welcome to Mali [Nonesuch 2009]
Los Granadian del Espacio Exterior – Donde Ningun Hombre Ha Llegado Jamas [Liquidator Spain 2009]
Method Man & Redman – Blackout! 2 [Explicit] [Island/Def Jam 2009]
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The Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca [Domino Recording 2009]
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Paul Wall – Fast Life [Explicit] [Asylum/WB 2009]
"Life is one big road with lots of signs," Bob sings "So when your riding through the ruts don't you complicate your mind." On this album we see why Bob Marley and the Wailers ruled the world of reggae music, especially with roots reggae tracks like "Wake Up And Live – Pt. 1 ." On the new album B Is For Bob executive producer Ziggy Marley reworked some of the Bob Marley classics giving them a kid friendly edge. The album pulsates with positive vibrations. A stripped down acoustic version of "Three Little Birds " leads off the album followed by a classic acoustic version of "Redemption Song ." These two songs make for fun summer road trip sing-a-longs. I found the version of "Satisfy My Soul " to be very sensual and in my opinion this song could be one of the best lovers' rock tracks ever cut. A bongo almost-dancehall infused "Jamming " and new takes on "Small Axe ," "Bend Down Low " and "Stir It Up " fill out this nice addition to the Bob Marley discography. "Could You Be Loved " and "One Love / People Get Ready " also fit perfect with the kid album theme. "High Tide Or Low Tide " excellently caps off the work.
Finding their way to the top of the Jam-Tex music charts this June are a cadre of Indie-rockers and rappers. The benefit album and compilation Dark Was The Night (Red Hot Compilation) and the N.A.S.A. hip-hop project The Spirit Of Apollo . Dark Was The Night (Red Hot Compilation) includes indie rockers collaborating to make wonderful music and really this album needs to be listened to in its entirety for the best effect. The Dirty Projectors team up with David Byrne on "Knotty Pine ," while Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings provide some soulful "Inspiration Information ." The Decemberists perform "Sleepless, " while Feist and Ben Gibbard team up on "Train Song ." Iron & Wine, Andrew Bird, My Morning Jacket, and Arcade Fire all appear on the album.
On N.A.S.A.'s The Spirit Of Apollo George Clinton and Chali 2na Fish rock "There's A Party (Feat. George Clinton & Chali 2na) " and dancheall wonder Sizzla joins Lovefoxxx, and the nasty female rapper Amanda Blank on the track "A Volta (Feat. Sizzla, Amanda Blank & Lovefoxxx) ." My favorite duo on any of these indie compilations appears on the N.A.S.A. album when Tom Waits and Kool Keith collaborate on "Spacious Thoughts (Feat. Tom Waits & Kool Keith)" . M.I.A., Santogold, Nick Zinner, and Spank Rock drive the electro-rap jam "Whachadoin? (Feat. Spank Rock, M.I.A., Santogold & Nick Zinner) ". The N.A.S.A. album certainly contains the most interesting lineup of artists, including David Byrne, Gift of Gab, Chuck D, DJ Z-Trip, Ol' Dirty Bastard, KRS-One, Seu Jorge, Ras Congo, and Scarface on tracks like "Money (Feat. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge & Z-Trip) ," "The People Tree (Feat. David Byrne, Chali 2na, Gift Of Gab & Z-Trip) ," "Hip Hop (Feat. KRS-One, Fatlip & Slim Kid Tre)," " Strange Enough (Feat. Karen O, Ol' Dirty Bastard & Fatlip) ," and "The Mayor (Feat. The Cool Kids, Ghostface Killah, Scarface & DJ AM) ."
Alborosie, Ini Kamoze, the Itals, and Reggae Gold 2009 provide this year's sweltering summer reggae soundtrack. On the new Dave Matthews Band album Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King the track "Funny The Way It Is " proves the band is still putting out quality music. DJ JS-1 gathers some talented indie rappers on No Sellout , for example, Aesop Rock and C Ray Wallz rock the mics on "Karma Killerz."


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Media piling on Sampson in wake of sanctions
Alex Bozich
10/15/2007 8:47 pm in
(Editor's Note: The Indianapolis Star has revealed secondary violations that have taken place in the last 15 months. You can read that report by clicking here.)
Updated, 10/16, 7:15 AM: Those of you hoping for a "this too shall pass" resolution to yesterday's news regarding Kelvin Sampson's latest sanctions for violating NCAA phone call rules are in for a rude awakening. It's not happening, folks. Fan message boards are being overloaded, radio talk show lines are lighting up and talking heads from across the country are calling for, gasp, Sampson's head.
A survey of prominent viewpoints from across the land revealed the following thoughts about Sampson:
Andy Katz, ESPN.com: Sampson has plenty of friends in the business. And when I say plenty, I would argue that the majority of coaches really do enjoy his company. But a number of them are perturbed by these latest violations. Some of his good friends even told me that they do think this will put a distinctive mark on the public perception of Sampson.
Will Leitch, Deadspin: The move is seen as a preemptive strike against any potential NCAA punishments. Indiana should be much better this year, thanks largely to recruit Eric Gordon (which Sampson swiped from Illinois, infuriating many of his fellow Big Ten coaches), but they've now officially wiped the regime of Bob Knight off the books. Say what you will about Knight, but this was never a problem with him. He was too busy strangling the players he already had.
Rick Bozich, Louisville Courier-Journal: Don't fire up your search engine. Sampson committed similar violations at Oklahoma, then promised it would never happen in Bloomington. Sunday's news suggests the man is either brash or careless. Doesn't matter which side you pick. He's still a repeat offender. IU uncovered the violations. IU reported them to the NCAA. IU is punishing the rule-breakers — Sampson and assistant Rob Senderoff. Sampson described the violations as "disappointing." Losing to Purdue is disappointing. This is disturbing. Reckless also fits. So does ridiculous.
Mike DeCourcy, The Sporting News: The NCAA punished Sampson by confining him to his bedroom — but then opened the window and offered to help him shimmy down the tree. The sanctions dared Sampson to find a way around them and still involve himself in recruiting players for IU. That is not what discipline is supposed to be about. From the very start, Sampson was allowed to continue text-messaging recruits. One player I spoke with in July 2006 said he texted frequently with Sampson and got the chance to build a relationship with the coach. The player wound up signing elsewhere, but it was clear the sanctions were not having the necessary punitive impact.
Mike Lopresti, USA Today: Obviously, the basketball coach at Indiana University is a phone-aholic. Please, somebody stop Kelvin Sampson before he dials again. Sampson has not gotten the message, which is odd for a guy who apparently checks his cellphone every 45 seconds. The problem is how he keeps letting his fingers do the walking into trouble. The rash of recruiting call no-nos that landed him in the soup in Oklahoma should have been enough to get his full attention. Now, this new cloud emerges at Indiana.
And now, two of the more extreme takes:
Kent Benson, former IU player: Here we get rid of a legend (Bob Knight) who had a perfectly clean record in 30 years of coaching at Indiana University. We put a zero tolerance rule on him and he was gone. For the athletic director and trustees to allow this to happen, it's an absolute travesty. It's an embarrassment to the former players and the university. They need to do the right thing. If no tolerance means no tolerance, they should get rid of him. And (athletic director Rick Greenspan) should be right behind him.
Bob Kravitz, Indianapolis Star: At this point, Indiana University doesn't just have the right to fire coach Kelvin Sampson for just cause. It has a moral imperative to close the book on his short and sordid stewardship of the school's once-storied basketball program. And once Sampson is gone, send athletic director Rick Greenspan on his way, as well. Maybe they can carpool. Sampson was Greenspan's signature hire after Mike Davis was sent packing, a signature hire who came here with an NCAA storm cloud hanging over his head and a dubious history with graduation rates. Now, IU and a local law firm have uncovered additional phone-related improprieties, some more major than others. And while the school's grandstanding decision to self-report might assuage its institutional guilt, it will not alter the emerging view of IU as a sleazy operator.
Personally, I think calling for Sampson to be fired is a bit over the top, but that's just me. Our current poll shows that some of you are ready to fire him and for those of you who voted that way, I'm interested in hearing your justification and rationale. I'm certainly not excusing his actions, but my detailed study of these violations doesn't conclude that firing him is the solution. Instead, I'm going to give AD Rick Greenspan the benefit of the doubt and let this all play out. The punishment should fit the crime and I feel like it does. The unfortunate reality is that this news has already put a stain on a once promising season. Let's hope that once the ball starts bouncing early next month, the focus shifts back onto the court.
Filed to: Andy Katz, Bob Kravitz, Deadspin, Kelvin Sampson, Kent Benson, Mainstream Media, Mike DeCourcy, Mike Lopresti, Rick Bozich, Will Leitch
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Though it has been around for more than 2,000 years, the Mahabharata unfailingly surprises, with its imaginative density and narrative complexity. First of all, there is the coherent framing device, sustained for the entirety of the poem: a series of recessed narrators tell the story and signal its telling. The longest epic poem in the world even contains a meta-narrative of its own transmission. The sage Vyasa not only composes the poem and passes it on to one of the narrators but is also a major player in the story – he is the grandfather of the 100 Kaurava and the five Pandava brothers, the cousins who engage in a war that is at the heart of the epic and destroys almost the entire cast of characters.
The spine of that central story, however, is just the bare bones. The rest, a profusion of stories, is cornucopian. There are inset narratives, which can be self-contained or related organically to the main story, such as the parables and fables in books 12 and 13, designed to deliver or illustrate a particular point of wisdom. There are the astonishing genealogies, which are about as far as one can get from the dry roll-call of proper nouns in the "begats" of Genesis and Numbers. No birth in the book is straightforward or undramatic. The Pandavas, for example, are the sons of gods and Kunti and Madri, the two wives of Pandu, but behind this story lies an older one of how the gods had to be born as human beings in order to redeem a fallen world. Karna, a vital character in the action, is the brother of the Pandavas; he was born to Kunti after she was impregnated by Surya, the sun god, well before she married Pandu. In a prolonged deployment of dramatic irony, it's a piece of information that is kept secret from the actors in the drama, with devastating consequences.
The narrative fertility and proliferation are reflected in the size of the poem: three million words, about 15 times the combined length of the Old and New Testaments. You would be hard-pushed to find a narrative so long yet so gripping. Mahabharata readers divide into two categories – those who read it purely for the story and those who read it for its moral and spiritual content, for the epic is also a central text of the Hindu religion. The latter aspect resides mostly in the Bhagavadgita, or "The Song of God", comprising the sermon that Krishna gives Arjuna on the battlefield when he becomes overcome with slackness and grief at the thought of attacking his cousins.
The last English translation of the Mahabharata, John D Smith's 2009 Penguin Classics edition, was a happy midway mark between a proper scholarly or academic translated edition and a text for the general reader. Carole Satyamurti's Mahabharata, crucially not a translation, uses previous English versions as a springboard for her blank-verse "modern retelling". Her aim has been to produce a readable and gripping narrative, focusing on the story, for the reader who may have little or no previous knowledge of the epic, and in this she has been resoundingly successful. Her lines of iambic pentameter, with their rhythms, stresses and flow of ordinary English speech, give the narrative an easy, elegant momentum. Scenes of action are vivid and charged with a fast, drumming beat, quickening the reader's answering pulse. The very rare infelicity – Bhishma's name, for example, is glossed as "awesome", a word for ever tainted by the Friends generation – only accentuates how her remaking, a monumental task that has resulted in a narrative poem nearly three times as long as Paradise Lost, is a remarkable achievement.


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by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Album: One Hot Minute (1995)
I like pleasure spiked with pain
And music is my aeroplane
It's my aeroplane
Songbird sweet and sour Jane
Pleasure spiked with pain
That mother fucker always spiked with pain
Looking in my own eyes "hello"
I can't find the love I want
Someone better slap me
Before I start to rust
Before I start to decompose
Looking in my rear view mirror
I can make it disappear
I can make it disappear "have no fear"
Sitting in my kitchen hey girl
I'm turning into dust again
The star of mazzy must
Push her voice inside of me
I'm overcoming gravity
It's easy when you're sad to be
It's easy when you're sad "said 'bout me"
Just one note
Could make me float
Could make me float away
One note from
The song she wrote
Could fuck me where I lay
Could make me choke
One note that's
Not a lie
Could cut my throat
One could make me die
Pleasure spiked with pain Writer/s: MICHAEL BALZARY, ANTHONY KIEDIS, DAVID MICHAEL NAVARRO, CHAD SMITH
Publisher: MoeBeToBlame
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Me from HereFunny to see so many interpretations, I think each person sees it through their own eyes. The pleasure spiked with pain, its S&M for sure.
Grayson from The Desertthe 2nd verse is a reference to Mazzy Star's "Into Dust" song. that's it.
Kate from MichiganThe line "Sitting in my kitchen, I'm turning into dust again" is about one of Anthony's relapses in the late 80s or early 90s where he traveled back to his mother's house where he grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He there in Grand Rapids attended rehab and has said in interviews that his mother's kitchen is one of his favorite places to be.
Al Killeu from Alabama, UsaThe lead singer of Mazzy Star is named Hope Sandoval and many sad dudes have had sexual relations with the notes from her songs.
Michael from Deridder, LaKinda ironic how Kiedis repeatedly says the f-word throughout, and yet there's kindergartners in the end of it....... ("Hey mommy, the Chili Peppers taught me a new word!" "What was that, dear?")
Zach from Jacksonville, FlIn AK's book Scar Tissue he says "Someone better slap me before i start to rust , before i start to decompose" was a cry for help to get him clean :)
Brea from Alabama, AlI love this song its one of my fav songs of all time I just never knew it was about drugs lol.
David from San Antonio, Txthey use music to fund a very expensive drug habbit
William from Pheonix, AzIts considerd one of the best Bass songs of all time...but o course its Flea...so yeahh
Ben from Andover, KsThis song is Anthony Keidis' plea for help. Everybody thought that he'd been sober for the past 5 years but in fact he'd been using for the last 6 months. "Looking in my own eyes/i can't find the love i want/someone better slap me/before i start to rust/before i start to decompose" He's asking for help people
Luke from Manchester, EnglandThe kids at the end sing "IT'S my aeroplane" not "YOU'RE..."
Austin from Smallsville,new England, --This song features a bass solo.
Dylan from Oneida, Wiknow what, i think its double meaning actually, sex and drugs....but the imagery used connects to drugs n syringes, pleasure spiked with pain....pleasure has to be the euphoria, spiked with pain would be how you feel not having it or that youre so addicted n obviously it kinda hurts injecting it in with a needle. i jsut thought that the pain of cheating your girlfirend would be so much more pronounced than just 'spiked', tihnk aobut it, he's an addict, the pain from the drugs is sort of numb or put on the back burner
Dylan from Oneida, Wii KNEW it was about sex!(to mike form NE)
Dylan from Texas, Txthis was one of anthony's least favoraite videos because of the cost to make it.
Mirna from Portoviejo, Ecuadorloking in my rearview mirrorrrrr
Mike from Norfolk, NeOne thing i forgot to mention is that the line sitting in my kitchen would refer to the first time Anthony smoked pot.His dad's girlfriend handed him the joint and started taking off her shirt and that led to Anthony's first sexual experience.I hope i helped.
Mike from Norfolk, NeOkay...Drugs are a possibility, but I've been reading Anthony's book, and in the book he says that when the Chili Peppers started to become local celebrities, he was having sex with all these girls.He said it felt good and bad at the same time because he was cheating on his girlfriend.Music was his aeroplane because it's what made him able to have sex with all of these women.
George from Jackson, Nji think its kinda obvious, pleasure spiked with pain is about sticking a needle in you and shooting up, music is his only escape. the star of mazzy must is refering to the cd he listens to when he shoots up in the kitchen ware he did most of his drugs. notice that hes not in the living room watching tv, but in the kitchen listening to music. Also heroin is reffered to as song bird sweet and the needle is the bad sour jane. just my take on it. thanks for reading
Walter from Antwerp, BelgiumProbably inspired -- I wouldn't say based -- by guitar evangelist Mother McCollum's 'Jesus Is My Aeroplane' from the 1930's.
Shreyashi Ganguly from Bangalore, IndiaPleasure spiked with pain, is somewhat akin to "bittersweet joys"... any artist or creator goes through that. while music might be the governing force for the band, transportng them to a higher plane, the pursuit isn't always smooth. there are frustrations to cope with and the dissatisfaction of not getting it out just right (as it had sounded in the head). Although what keeps them coming back to it, is the joy of being able to create music.
Richard from Bradley, IlThis is all about John's Hedonism addication after he left the band.
Lindsay from Blue Mountains, Australiawhen ppl comment on the fact that a particular peppers song is about A.K's drug issues you just have to know that it may be based about it but thats not the message the song is intended to give you you need to read into it more listen closer find the hidden magic that is the RHCP
Trevor from Omaha, NeAnybody else love Flea's bass line in this song?
- Bob, Norristown, PA
I totally agree. To be honest with you, the bass line is actually easy to play; for those of you who might have been wondering.
Ben from Oakville, CanadaI dont think flea once said that he invented slap bass. Secondly, he didnt "steal" any bass line, it may be similar but hes playing what suites the song, which is in g minor.
Grayson from Cleveland, Ohthe part in the song "the star of Mazzy must, push her voice inside of me" is taken from the mazzy star song "dust" off of Mazzy Star's second album. it is a very mellow song and before the aforementioned line above, Anthony sings, "i'm turning into dust again..." taken very much so from the song "Dust" by Mazzy Star. and "Mazzy Star" isn't the name of the female singer, but the name of the whole band. much like "Pink Floyd" is not a person, but the name of a band. the Mazzy Star album "Dust" is from is also from the same album as the song "Fade Into you", which was prett y popular. it is a mellow, but great album. very conducive for getting high...
Darren from Bombay, Indiareally terrible song....this band is ordinary except for the bass player.
Mikey from North Bay, Canadaguys, that bassline maybe awesome..but if you check out one song by Larry Graham, former bassplayer for Sly and the Family Stone, and pretty much the man behind making electric slap famous, you will see flea copped it and didnt give credit...in a bassplayer magazine interview flea said the line was a very "generic" bassline, what he meant is that he stole it and chalked it up to it being done before...I cant remember what song but its in G Minor and is almost the exact same thing...i would believe larry came up with it first since he is the one who inspired flea
Katie from Your Mom, United Statesthe song is about A.K's drug addiction....read the book.
Lisa from Melbourne, Australiayeah i think Aeroplane is basically about Music acting as an aeroplane, and your love for it takes you higher to another place... :)
Evan from Philadelphia, PaThis song is awesome. I play the bassline all the time; it's really funky and unique. Also, this song isn't about drugs-it's about how music makes them move. Also, to marko, "Melancholy Baby" is a book that Flea likes.
Ryan from Suffolk, Nyincredible bassline, one of the best ever
Billy from Boston, MaThis would be a good song if they cut out the annoying little kids in the background.
Brian from Baton Rouge, Lathe line "...the star of mazzy must, push her voice inside of me..." is in reference to singer Mazzy Star, who actually has an amazing voice.
http://www.mazzystar.nu/
Marissa from Geneva, FlDoes anyone one know what mazzy must is? the lyrics say "my melancholy baby the star of mazzy must" PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!i really want to know what it means!!!!!!
Danno from Sussex, Englandthe bass on this song is unrivalled... the only better bass i can think of is the solo In Coffee Shop... Flea is a GOD...
Marko from Melbourne, Australia"i'm overcoming gravity" "my melancholy baby" man this song is about drugs and the affects of drugs, and from what i remember he said that in scar tissue
Brian from Corpus Christi, TxFlea has to be one of the best bass players of all time, next to John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin of course.
J from Londonish, Englandflea had a song on some gospel album he owned called 'jesus is my aeroplane' and that's what initially inspired the song
im not too sure about the details of the lyrics
Bob from Norristown, PaAnybody else love Flea's bass line in this song?
Paul from Edinburgh, ScotlandAnthony is the one whole fell into the pool. It was while they were doing the "swings" scene and I think the swing broke or he slipped and fell in!
Kate from Sandusky, Ohanother interpretation is that it is about drugs. "i like pleasure spiked with pain" could be talking about shooting up.....the pain with the needles and the pleasure that comes with it.
Liz from Surrey, Englandone of them fell into the pool whilst filming the video.
Ty from Niagara Falls, CanadaDoes anyone else think this song is about sadomasochism? Never heard that any of the Peppers were into that stuff, but I wouldn't put it past them.
Tom from Trowbridge, EnglandIn the video, the water in the pool is freezing cos they went over budget and couldn't afford to heat it!
Nick from Paramus, NjOne interpretation of this song is that it is about the repressed frustration that Anthony went through having to find a replacement guitar player again because it reminded him of Hillel.
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DAVIS CALLED MORT A "PROFESSIONAL LIAR"
While watching Tuesday's we'll-never-forget-where-you-were-at-that-moment press conference from Raiders owner Al Davis, there was a point where it initially sounded as if Davis called ESPN's Chris Mortensen a professional liar.
But then as we continued to listen to the words of Davis and assessed them in context, we assumed Davis was talking about Kiffin.
Over the past 24 hours, we've talked with various league and media sources about whether Davis was talking about Mort or Kiffin, and there was a split of opinion in this regard.
On Wednesday, Raiders spokesman Mike Taylor told the Mercury News that Davis was referring to Mortensen, not Kiffin.
And so, per Davis, Mortensen is a professional liar.
Though we were impressed by the performance on Tuesday of the 79-year-old owner and we sense that he truly believes everything that he said, there's no basis for calling Mortensen a liar of either the professional or amateur variety.
When reporting on the Kiffin situation, Mortensen was simply doing his job. If Kiffin or his agent were feeding information to Mort and Mort reported it, Mort was merely the messenger. Sure, there are journalistic principles to consider such as whether Mortensen sought a reaction from the Raiders before going with a given story, but failure to do so doesn't make him a liar unless he actually knows that his source is lying to him.
Our position on this shouldn't be interpreted as a favor for a colleague in the industry. I'm not really part of the industry, and we've called out Mort in the past when, for example, he tried to blame a swing and a miss on the fact that his source was simply wrong. Still, I'm just a guy with a computer who calls B.S. when he sees or smells it. And it's B.S. for Davis to take a shot like that at Mortensen.
Sure, there are some folks in the industry who are liars. Mortensen, however, isn't one of them.
Funny. You guys do the same thing with Pasquarelli.
ESPN ragged on the Davis press conference as highlights played, they are biased in reporting & sometimes won't back off an untrue story that why there is a distrust amoung organizations. Davis might have meant taht by calling Mort a liar.
Ex: Belicheck & Tom Jackson incident w Lawyer Malloy.
Mike…dig a little deeper….go back to LaMonte/Gruden and you will know what he is talking about…..I won't charge you for the tip.
As "Fair and Balanced" as Fox news.
Hunter S. Thompson was right: "Al Davis makes Darth Vader look like a punk".
"He is a strong willful man and the last thing you feel for him is pity, although you feel a kind of awe — something Kiffin learned too late.
Floria is starting to prepare his stories to jump to Kiffin's side now..
My goodness Florio, you're infatuated with this press conference. Is Al Davis secretly your grandfather and are looking for any hint that he's "still sharp as a whistle"?
"Yikes"???? Is all you can say after defending Al?
Al has totally lost it and I hope not only does Kiffin become part owner of the Raiders I would like to see Mort become his partner, slander suits can do that.
Go ahead defend Al Davis a little more now.
Journalistic Principles. LOL How about basic journalism, that would be a good start. Taking sides before all the information is in is stupid.
I like it how Florio set himself up an out after taking heat for the last 24 hours' of crotch nuzzling of Davis.
Al made a personal attack against someone? Perish the thought.
The truth is Al Davis is as evil as he is delusional. If it isn't enough that he goes through head coaches like socks (many of whom have gone on to become some of the winningest coaches in the league) what he did to Marcus Allen was criminal. In that context, it is wholly laughable to consider Al Davis the victim in the Davis/Kiffin situation. I hope Kiffin wins the superbowl with an AFC rival in the future.
oh so now you're back off the al davis bandwagon?? give me a break florio!
Seriously Florio? History also shows that Hitler and the majority of his commanders "truly believed everything that they said," BUT THAT DOES NOT MAKE THEM RIGHT. After reading your posts regarding this matter in the past two days I was forced to register to make comments on this site solely for this reason. You really need to go back and think about what you're saying here. Convicted killers sitting in jail still INSIST that they are innocent, are you saying that simply because they "believe everything that they say" that they have been wrongly imprisoned? Hell let's just let 'em out, I mean they do BELIEVE that they didn't kill anyone so thats good enough for me!
I've read before that you're a lawyer, but what accredited law school would ever teach you this? Reconsider your points please Mike, and put up a post that fixes all of this. At first (after your first post Al Davis press conference) I thought you were just laying the sarcasm on PRETTY thick, but I can now sense that you TRULY BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. Please stop.
Raiders are a joke of a franchise and the crypt keeper Al Davis needs to sell this team already. Better yet….keep the team Al! I love to see this team and their dirty fans suffer!!!
Ask you to commit to excellence, proclaim you a liar, with cause, and operate by a nocturnal millionaire who hates sunlight.
Polygraph you about the crimes you've been caught doing, while wearing a kevlar vest, and holding a grudge against the nocturnal millionaire.
Have your team go 13-3 and then fire your head coach because the GM doesn't like him and re-hire a coach who the nocturnal millionaire fired.
Mortenson is a liar. He also has an agenda to mistreat any news concerning the Raiders. Take off your hate blinders and watch the sports franchise that gets THE worst, most biased, coverage of any team in the world.
Combine that with a coach who is feeding the moron media what they want to spread like a disease, and you have Kiffin sitting in his living room with leopard chairs in the background, lol.
If Vince Young were a Raider it would be spun that he caved to the pressure of Al. And it would still be front line news. You are all duped by your stereotype based hate and wanting to hear bad things about the Raiders. Putting others down to make yourself feel better. Really mature. Mort can create his own stories and you all buy them, hook, line and stinker.
Isn't Jamarcus 3 biscuits? Ryan fired? Kiffin fired three weeks ago? No one will work for him? Al tries not to respond but there are limits to what someone can take, and I do not blame him for coming with the goods against Punky Kiffster. It isn't fashionable to agree with Davis, but those with a brain do.
Mortenson tells you what you want to hear. I am telling you what you need to hear.
Impressed? Impressed with the inane ramblings of a bitter and obviously senile old man who is trying to pin the blame for the sorry state of his franchise on a coach he hired years after the decline started? Do you remember where the Raiders were when they hired Kiffin? Do you remember why they hired Kiffin? Because no one within the NFL would even consider the job! Impressed? Wow!
PS @ unctaylo: Apparently the JDs are beside the MBAs on the "Free, take one." table at WVU.
Doesn't Davis realize he's not going to find a quality coach willing to take over the cluster-F in Oakland?
Name a quality Raiders head coach since Gruden.
Seems to me you are posting without paying attention to what Mort has said. He was on Mike and Mike this mornin and addressed his lies. Not only does he stand by his reporting, he states that many of his reports come from multiple sources and/or not Kiffin. The most telling example is Davis saying they spoke after the Buffalo game. Mort claims their were numerous witnesses and sources to the Davis coming up to Kiffin but not saying anything, after being creeped out by the old bag Kiffin asked, do we need to talk or somethin, and Davis said, no, it's not important, I have nothing to talk to you about. (Something to that effect.) So everyone can decide for themselves if that is "talking" and if Davis, Kiffin, and/or Mort are the liars.
I find it increasingly amusing to read the haters going on about howmuch money Kiffin is going to win a court from Al Davis. Here's a wake up call doofus'…. i am no lawyer but I can pretty clearly see that the best Kiffin will get will be 3.5 milion plus court costs. And THAT isn't even likely to happen.
Al Davis has dirty hands. Sure bet. But ultimately it is Kiffin who is hurt the most here. It is crystal clear what Kiffin's motivations have been all along. It was pretty clear he was using Oakland as a means to a better job somewhere else from the start. Plus the money he planned to purge from Oakland. Do I blame him? Certainly not. But this is the thing… he could have accomplished the same goal without being a turd. So he has clearly hurt himself. It's not like he didn't know what he was getting into wit Oakland.
Shame on Al Davis for expecting his coach to do what he expected to do.
Shame on Al for expecting his coach to do what he was told.
Shame on Al for protecting his troops.
Shame on Al fopr giving the guy a chance and misjudging him.
Shame on Al for rewarding loyalty to him employees.
Shame on Al for discarding disloyal employees who disrupt the organization.
Shame on Al for allowing his employees the freedom to make responsible choices when he knows many won't.
Shame on Al for giving people eond, third and fourth chances.
Shame on Al for being obsessed and protective about his 800 million dollar business.
Shame on Al for giving the press his side to the story 9 months late.
Shame on Al for having opinions about things controversial related to football.
Shame on Al for standing up for himself.
And most of all.. shame on Florio for looking at both sides of a situation.
You all should step back and look at yourselves to see how ignorant some you are being. Al Davis has dirty hands. Sure bet. But the majority of complaints are just dumb, and to be frank, quite biased. Get over yourselves and quit hating. Try spending some that energy supporting your worthless teams. Because maybe if they were better… you wouldn't have to spend so much energy trashing Oakland.
Oh yeah.. one more thing… For the Marcus Allen sympathizers… you must not remember the dirt on Marcus Allen that was exposed during the OJ trial huh? Is it possible that Marcus got what he deserved? Naw…. and T.O. was a victim in Philly too right? I bet that you must love Ocho Stinko too?
If you work for BSPN, your a liar, plain and simple.
Wow Florio, kinda surprised you are defending Mortenson. Especially after the way you go after Len PastaBelly.
Sorry, Mortenson lost credibility with me years ago, just another shill for whomever gives him the most information (see Tom Donahoe).
All in all, ESPN is a shell of it's former self. Maybe they need to go "Back, back, back" and regain some of the credibility they used to have.
BTW, I'm all for Davis and his rant. History has shown that he is a shrewd businessman, and the future will show that Kiffin is all Davis said he is.
al got up and spewed steamers at everyone he was mad at.
yup old al is as clean as the driven snow. he makes all the decisions, then other people get to take the fall.
it isnt hate to say that the raiders' dysfunctionality stems from the top.
Mort should slap Davis upside his head with a big fat slander suit!!!
Well there's reporters, lawyers and liars, and damned if I can tell the difference between 'em.
Al Davis is clearly a mean old man and he may be somewhat out of touch with the current NFL, but he's lucid and I admire the way that old fart flips the finger at everybody. You may not like his way, but it's his way or the highway just like it's always been, baby. Go on witcher bad self Al, just as long as you possibly can.
Al Davis needs a muzzle…he is suffering from alzheimers and besides he a friggin douche bag who is singlehandedly destroying his own team.
I think he meant John Tomase, not Mort. Hey, he's 79 and allowed to have a senior moment or two.
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A Mighty Damned Fine Preacher - Julian Carroll comes home
Mary Potter & Ivan Potter, West Kentucky Journal
Governor Carroll and Benny Brown - old friends and supporters were in the labor rally crowd.
(October 11, 2014) - Former Kentucky governor and current Kentucky state Senator Julian Carroll returned home on Saturday and couldn't stop grinnin'. The Paducah native, now in his mid eighties, was the last speaker of the day at the labor union rally that featured younger stars of the Democratic Party.
For many old timers, a Julian Carroll "chat" was the bow on a package of Democratic chocolates. Youngsters who had never heard the former governor sat transfixed as he marched up and down the concrete concourse, clutching his microphone, bringing his Sunday preachin' skills to a Saturday political rally.
Carroll asked the crowd if they knew he is a preacher. "Well" he said, "I am and a damned good one, I think." The crowd roared.
The former governor pointed out kinfolk and old friends in the crowd. He asked one man sitting in the crowd if he knew him. J. R. Gray pointed to himself and said, "Me?" The crowd all knew Gray as the former Kentucky Secretary of Labor, the first to serve in the cabinet position created by Steve Beshear.
Carroll reminded the crowd that when Wendell Ford won his race for Kentucky lieutenant governor, he did so with fewer than 700 votes. "That was 1/5 of a vote per precinct at that time. That's how close it was."
His advice to several thousand union members - "Get your ass out and do something."
Before he relinquished the microphone, Senator Carroll, the octogenarian politician, made an announcement that surprised no one.
He's going to run again.