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by iffo » Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:29 am
by The Cat » Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:47 am
The Haman hoax
http://answering-islam.org/authors/katz/haman.html
Quite obviously, Bucaille lied. Ranke's transliteration does not say "Haman", nor does Ranke say anything about him being the "Chief
of the workers in stone-quarries".... There is not even one Egyptian tablet, let alone many, on which the name Haman was found, nor is
the artefact with the inscription that allegedly contains the name Haman "a monument"; it is a door post and it does not say "Haman".
Most ironically, there has not even been a "Hof Museum" in Vienna for more than eighty years!
The hoax, stage one: Maurice Bucaille
http://answering-islam.org/authors/katz ... aille.html
The inscription as provided by Wreszinski does not make any kind of reference to any Pharaoh. Bucaille had decided (beforehand) to
identify this person with the Haman of the Qur'an. Therefore, based on the Qur'an, he says that he was an intimate of the Pharaoh
(which one?), as well as speaking of his great importance, but that is not something that can be deduced from this inscription. This
is a bold claim by Bucaille with absolutely nothing to support it, and thus further evidence that Bucaille simply invented the whole tale.....
But there is another part, in the middle of the inscription, that was not translated by Wreszinski.
(means Amun)
This was the common way to name the people appointed for certain duties at the temple of Amun....
Stage two: Islamic Awareness
http://answering-islam.org/authors/katz ... eness.html
See the graphic above...
First, the IA-team removed a space. They write Ranke's transliteration as "hmn-h(?)" instead of "hmn-h (?)". Does that make any
difference? Yes, it does, and in this case this difference is crucial. The question mark does not refer to the final "-h" alone, it refers
to the name as a whole. Second, there is a footnote attached to the question mark in parentheses. And this footnote explains why
the question mark is there. It is intellectually dishonest to make up another meaning for the question mark than the meaning given
by the author who put it there.....
One thing, however, is certain: Ranke did not suggest that the final "h" can be dropped. On the contrary, according to Ranke it is an
abbreviation for a longer name, probably Hemen-hetep, meaning "(the god) Hemen is merciful"..... The hieroglyph transliterated
"hmn", is the name of an Egyptian deity. It is not the name of a human being, but the name of a god.
Stage three: Harun Yahya
http://answering-islam.org/authors/katz ... yahya.html
Which I'll let you the pleasure to discover...
nb. There are much more observations in the links provided.
by Muhammad bin Lyin » Thu Aug 11, 2011 7:35 pm
Why are Muslims such desperate and habitual liars?
by Connedbymo+co » Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:09 pm
Muhammad bin Lyin wrote: Why are Muslims such desperate and habitual liars?
Insecurity!
Muslims have no interest in the truth, they only care about maintaining their delusion.
Connedbymo+co
by marduk » Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:20 pm
Not surprising that Haman wasn't mentioned in any Egyptian text, considering that it's a Persian or Babylonian name and not an Egyptian one. Gee, how did the almighty Allah miss that? Seems Allah and Jibril proved the Quran a fraud by mentioning a member of the court of Xerxes and saying that he was a member of the court of an Egyptian pharaoh, not just once but 6 times. I guess he wanted to make sure there was no miscommunication about the Quran being a fraud. Thanks for the very clear sign, Allah.
Many western scholars have concluded that Haman is unknown to Egyptian history. The name Haman is first mentioned in the Biblical book of Esther, some 1,100 years after Pharaoh. The name is said to be Babylonian, not Egyptian. According to the book of Esther, Haman was a counsellor of Ahasuerus (the Biblical name of Xerxes) who was an enemy of the Jews. It has been suggested that Prophet Muhammad mixed Biblical stories, namely the Jewish myths of the Tower of Babel and the story of Esther and Moses into a single confused account when composing the Qur'an.
http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Quran/ ... haman.html
Esther 3:1 After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, and advanced him and set his throne above all the officials who were with him.
The term Agagite is used in the Book of Esther as a description of Haman. The term is understood to be an ethnonym although nothing is known with certainty about the people designated by the name. As the events of the Book of Esther occur in Persia, it is considered likely that the term refers to people from the Persian town of Agag.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agagite
The Jews seem to interpret it as Haman being a descendant of King Agag. Still Persian and still not Egyptian.
In some respects, Mordecai's struggle with Haman was an extension of the ancient Israelite war with Amalek. Mordecai's ancestor Saul had spared the life of the Amalekite King Agag. Mordecai refused to bow to Agag's descendent Haman, and Haman, in turn, tried to avenge himself by planning to exterminate the Jews of Persia.
Mordecai won on every score. First, King Ahasuerus, unable to sleep one night, chanced on the record of Mordecai's good deed on his behalf. Next, as a reward, the king ordered Haman, of all people, to parade Mordecai through the streets of Shushan on a royal horse, proclaiming, "This is what is done for the man whom the king desires to honor!" (Esther 6:11). Finally, Haman lost his life after Esther denounced him to the king, and Mordecai, of all people, replaced him as minister.
Did any of this Purim story really happen? Plenty of historians say it didn't. They point out that while King Ahasuerus may have been the Persian king Xerxes I, who reigned from 486 to 465 B.C.E., no references to the events described in the Scroll of Esther exist in Persian sources. Furthermore, the names Esther and Mordecai sound suspiciously like those of the Babylonian gods Ishtar and Marduk, making it likely that our story is a retelling, maybe a parody, of some ancient folktale or myth. Some scholars argue that the whole story was invented, possibly during the Second Temple era, to give a Jewish slant to an old, popular spring festival.
http://jhom.com/calendar/adar/lots.html
There you have it, Muhammad claiming that the Persian Haman was an Egyptian. You don't get much more wrong than that. What happened to Allah's infallibility?
by iffo » Fri Aug 12, 2011 2:46 am
How about one say Quran story is correct and bibie story is wrong like many others that he was persian.
by marduk » Fri Aug 12, 2011 3:01 am
iffo wrote: How about one say Quran story is correct and bibie story is wrong like many others that he was persian.
Then the Quran would have stated that mankind should disregard the Book of Esther, because if it didn't then we would have little choice but to think Muhammad was a fraud.
by piscohot » Fri Aug 12, 2011 5:34 am
Quote: There is not even one Egyptian tablet, let alone many, on which the name Haman was found, nor is the artefact with the inscription that allegedly contains the name Haman "a monument"; it is a door post and it does not say "Haman". Most ironically, there has not even been a "Hof Museum" in Vienna for more than eighty years!
which part of this you do not understand, iffo?
Quran miracle (16:69) : Bees eat ALL fruits
Quran miracle (27:18) : an ant SAID, "O ants, enter your dwellings that you not be crushed by Solomon and his soldiers while they perceive not."
piscohot
by iffo » Fri Aug 12, 2011 12:23 pm
marduk wrote:
Bible is corrupted we say all along
by yeezevee » Fri Aug 12, 2011 3:05 pm
Indeed Bible is corrupted and Christ was impostor. Well the only way to correct wrong of these Christians to preach Dawah to them and convert them to Islam., If they don't come to Islam Beat them Up and Rape them wherever we find iffo..
and.. and don't forget to send donations to Dawah International peace tv. dear iffo.
by piscohot » Sat Aug 13, 2011 8:53 am
iffo,
you are very much like this guy....
by The Cat » Sat Aug 13, 2011 1:45 pm
Then why is it that the Koran repeats the same biblical flaws about 'Pharaoh'... which never was a personal name but a title.
There never was a pharaoh named 'Pharaoh'. This comes down to say that 'His majesty' is a proper name. Ludicrous...
Now, does it mean that the Koran is just as corrupted?
by Ram » Sat Aug 13, 2011 5:37 pm
The Quran and the Bible are both myths. iffo is desperate to convince us about the lies in the Quran. If the Quran was the Truth it would have been clear by now.
Even Muslims do not agree - every Muslim has his own interpretation. Mullah iffo, first go talk to Muslims, then come here to spout your nonsense.
वासुदैव कुटुम्बकम्।
سارا سنسار ایک پریوار ہے۔
The Whole World is a Family.
by iffo » Sun Aug 14, 2011 2:57 am
I don't think it should be considered a mistake if bible / quran called him Pharaoh. Its not they gave him that name but even before the bible time he was called by his own people Pharaoh, that's how the world knew him.
by Multiple » Sun Aug 14, 2011 4:07 am
Moron his TITLE was Pharaoh just like many countries have a man with the TITLE King . Its a position not a NAME. Why are Mohammedans so cretinous.
by marduk » Sun Aug 14, 2011 4:12 am
Knowing the Pharaoh's name would have made the Quran the word of God. The world would have been astonished if the Quran had said Thutmose II. Sadly, it didn't do that, proving conclusively that it is mere plagiarism with very bad translation of the source texts by Muhammad, who may have been able to read SOME Syro-Aramaic, just enough to be able to engage in trade but not enough to properly read religious texts. Even a child can read SOME words by simple recognition of their basic forms.
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by Connedbymo+co » Sun Aug 14, 2011 8:45 pm
iffo wrote: Its not they gave him that name but even before the bible time he was called by his own people Pharaoh, that's how the world knew him.
The same way the world thought the sky was a canopy, the seven heavens were visible, a wall trapped a community forever........etc?!
Which are all myths confirmed by the Koran:
Hasn't the penny dropped yet?
by Muhammad bin Lyin » Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:31 am
piscohot wrote:
by iffo » Fri Aug 19, 2011 12:30 am
old bag should be sent to mental institution
by Muhammad bin Lyin » Fri Aug 19, 2011 5:59 pm
iffo wrote: old bag should be sent to mental institution
He's merely giving the correct, honest interpretation of the Quran. He's honest and you are not, but rather self deluding. It's really that simple, even though you'll never admit it.
And these hadiths even confirm that the Quran says the sun orbits the earth. How much denial can you possibly be in?
Volume 4, Book 54, Number 421:
Narrated Abu Dharr:
The Prophet asked me at sunset, "Do you know where the sun goes (at the time of sunset)?" I replied, "Allah and His Apostle know better." He said, "It goes (i.e. travels) till it prostrates Itself underneath the Throne and takes the permission to rise again, and it is permitted and then (a time will come when) it will be about to prostrate itself but its prostration will not be accepted, and it will ask permission to go on its course but it will not be permitted, but it will be ordered to return whence it has come and so it will rise in the west. And that is the interpretation of the Statement of Allah: 'And the sun Runs its fixed course for a term (decreed). That is The Decree of (Allah) The Exalted in Might, The All-Knowing.'" (36.38)
So not only does it say the sun orbits the earth everyday, Muhammad also makes an impossible prophecy about the sun reversing the course it travels and rising in the west, when in fact, if the sun reversed the actual course it traveled, that would have nothing to do with it rising in the west. And any prophecy is not supposed to come from Muhammad, and instead Allah is supposed to have given it to him. So either Muhammad is wrong and dead crazy, or Muhammad is a flat out liar.As far as the authenticity of the hadith, it's confirmed in other hadiths as well.
I entered the mosque while Allah's Apostle was sitting there. When the sun had set, the Prophet said, "O Abu Dharr! Do you know where this (sun) goes?" I said, "Allah and His Apostle know best." He said, "It goes and asks permission to prostrate, and it is allowed, and (one day) it, as if being ordered to return whence it came, then it will rise from the west." Then the Prophet recited, "That: 'And the sun runs on its fixed course (for a term decreed)," (36.38) as it is recited by 'Abdullah.
Book 001, Number 0297:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Dharr that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) one day said: Do you know where the sun goes? They replied: Allah and His Apostle know best. He (the Holy Prophet) observed: Verily it (the sun) glides till it reaches its resting place under the Throne. Then it falls prostrate and remains there until it is asked: Rise up and go to the place whence you came, and it goes back and continues emerging out from its rising place and then glides till it reaches its place of rest under the Throne and falls prostrate and remains in that state until it is asked: Rise up and return to the place whence you came, and it returns and emerges out from it rising place and the it glides (in such a normal way) that the people do not discern anything (unusual in it) till it reaches its resting place under the Throne. Then it would be said to it: Rise up and emerge out from the place of your setting, and it will rise from the place of its setting. The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said. Do you know when it would happen? It would happen at the time when faith will not benefit one who has not previously believed or has derived no good from the faith.
It's not my fault that you and other Muslims feel the need to lie to yourselves and live in denial.


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Lion and Lamb
A literal interpretation of the image of the lamb that was slain and the seven seals – from St Antony Babelsberg
40 Names of Jesus in 40 days of Lent — Day 17
And one of the elders said to me, "Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals."
And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
Revelation 5:5 ESVUK
"Safe?" said Mr Beaver; "don't you hear what Mrs Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King, I tell you."
C S Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
On giving a blessing to his son Judah, Jacobcalled him a young lion. This image is continued in Revelation, which is full of Old Testament imagery, which C S Lewis then used for Aslan the lion who is the Christ/God character in the Narnia series of children's novels. He isn't safe but he is good is as good a description of Jesus as I can think of in a children's book.
I was taught in school not to mix metaphors. Here the visual metaphors are terribly mixed. The Lion of the Tribe of Judah becomes the Root of David becomes the Lamb that was slain. If you try to visualise this passage, which is how I approach this style of writing, you will find these shapeshifting images difficult. The image comes in three parts:
The Lion of Judah
Judah. despite being the fourth eldest, became the inheritor of Jacob after Reuben was disinherited for sexual conduct, and Simeon and Levi were cursed for their fierce anger; a strange decision as Judah also had sexual misconduct in his past. Yet Judah is given the first blessing.
The Root of David
The prophecy says that a shoot will come from the root of Jesse, King David's father, and will become a branch that will bear fruit (Isaiah1:11). The Messiah shall be a descendent of David's family. Later on, Isaiah (v 10) says the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner of the people. Between these two references to the root is the passage that the lion will lie down with the lamb. This is where I believe the symbolism of this part of Revelation comes from.
The lamb that was slain
For those wanting Jesus to come back as a smiting warlord, I have a disappointment for you. The victory is not won through strength but through sacrifice. Jesus has authority because of his sacrificial death. Jesus said that if we want to be great in the kingdom of God we have to serve others, victory through service is the way of Jesus, it should be our way too. The prophecy of Isaiah was given in poetry and referenced in a very figurative part of the Bible. We must be careful not to push the metaphor too far.
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Thank you for opening a challenging image for me. It is tough. It challenges so many of our expectations. The servant king who showed us that the way to victory is service is a tough act to follow
21/03/2022 at 11:04 am Reply
Hi John.
These are challenging to write too. There would not be much point in doing them otherwise.
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Expensive (think $15,000) sets will dispatch before the configuration gets on.
At the current year's CES in Las Vegas, the Consumer Technology Association touted the debut shipments of 8K TVs — flaunting multiple times more goals than 4K — with a normal 200,000 units sold (manufacturing plant to merchant) and $545 million in income amid 2019.
Each significant set creator highlighted 8K TVs in their presentations. They are huge (Samsung's range from 65-inch to 98-inch) and expensive (a 85-inch demonstrate records for $15,000).
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Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Sabled Sun is for sure one of the most prolific projects Simon Heath is involved with. The debut album (cf. "2145").
Cryo Chamber has released a special Christmas gift to all of those who support the label. Continuing their yearly tradition, the label picked some interesting.
Cryo Chamber has just released Sabled Sun's "2148" album. In case you didn't know, Sabled Sun is the solo project by Cryo Chamber's label boss.
A 190 minute dark soundscape album recorded by 25 ambient artists to pay tribute to H.P. Lovecraft. That is in short what you can expect.
Cryo Chamber reveals the followup to 'Cthulhu and Azathoth': 'Nyarlathotep' – list of dark ambient artists revealed!
In 2014 Cryo Chamber got some of the most prominent dark ambient artists together to synchronize their studios during a year of collaboration creating the.
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Simon Heath is one of those visionary artists active in the dark-ambient fields who seems to have an endless inspiration to.
Cryo Chamber informs us that Sabled Sun's "Signals IV-V-VI" 3CD set has arrived. The long awaited 3CD release of the "Signals" series comes in a.
In 2014 Cryo Chamber got some of the most prominent dark ambient artists together to synchronise their studios during a year of collaboration creating the.


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New Brunswick RPS put on hold
The New Brunswick government is putting on hold a recommendation to implement a renewables portfolio standard (RPS) in the Canadian province until it works out its climate change action plan. The RPS proposal was made by the province's Market Design Committee (MDC), which was appointed to help write the rules for a competitive electricity market in New Brunswick. The government plans to introduce competition at the wholesale and large industrial retail levels beginning in April 2003. While energy minister Jeannot Volpé accepted most of the MDC's 95 recommendations, he separated out several dealing with environmental issues, including the RPS, for further discussion. "These will be considered in conjunction with New Brunswick's pending climate change action plan," says the government. That plan is due by the end of the year. David Coon of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick criticises the decision to withhold approval for the "one substantive recommendation" that would foster new renewable energy in the province as "an abuse of the multi-stakeholder process." He points out that the report represents a consensus among the MDC's industry, environmental, utility and government representatives. "By taking this ham-fisted approach to the recommendations of the MDC we can only assume that the province is responding to a concerted lobby from private interests against a renewable portfolio standard for New Brunswick," Coon says. The government did accept recommendations to allow net metering for generation with a capacity of 100 kW or less, and adopt interconnection standards that accommodate embedded generation.


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AWARD-WINNING YOUNG PEOPLE'S HOUSING GROUP FACES BLEAK FUTURE
Only 9 months after receiving an award a Herefordshire young people's housing group faces a bleak future.
Representatives of Supported Housing for Young People Project found themselves attending the Cabinet meeting in the Shire Hall on 17 March to learn their fate. SHYPP is now fighting to survive massive funding cuts proposed by the same Herefordshire Council which had honoured them for their hard work and dedication.
Last month the Conservative administration of Herefordshire Council voted down a budget amendment proposed and seconded by It's Our County councillors Sharon Michael & Mark Mansell which aimed to provide transition funding over two years to enable SHYPP to survive the move to a more sustainable funding model. Cllr Patricia Morgan, deputy leader of the council, promised SHYPP that there would be funding to ensure no damage to this vital service.
Now, only a week after Cabinet approved a Homelessness Strategy that did not mention SHYPP, and the very day after Chancellor George Osborne announced more than £100m to tackle homelessness, Cllr Morgan was presenting proposals for £78k of transitional relief – over only one year – as a small concession to the cuts confirmed for SHYPP.
Ignoring the impact of the government's cuts to housing benefit and SHYPP's assertion that other funding sources could not fill the hole, Cllr Morgan proceeded to lecture the young people and SHYPP staff on the necessity for change in a changing world.
Cllr Anthony Powers, leader of the main council opposition group It's Our County, asked whether cabinet had considered SHYPP's counter-proposals: "Surely SHYPP's own ideas have been looked at by the council?" Apparently not: the Monitoring Officer confirmed that the SHYPP proposals had not been "material to the decision" and so were not included as background papers to the cabinet report.
Cllr Powers commented: "It seems this decision has been made without all the evidence being looked at. I will consult colleagues about a Scrutiny Committee call-in."
"There's no point pulling the funding rug from underneath this award-winning local project just as central government is recognising the need for preventative action on homelessness", he added.
CONTACT: Cllr Anthony Powers 07710 943313
Anthony Powers letter to the Hereford Times. Is the High Town refurbishment a waste of money?


This week the cards indicate that you are faring well. You are trying to move away from your trials and tribulations. You are making new beginnings and slowly inching towards a calmer place and let the stormy sea behind you. However, the cards indicate that you are experiencing some challenges in doing this and no matter how hard you try to leave the past behind you, it keeps catching up with you. Leos who have just entered a new relationship need to ensure that they do not carry any emotional baggage with them.


'ssh' will be used to connect to a remote job submit host. Please ensure you have a ssh client installed. The instructors will supply a slip of paper with username, password and hostname during the session.
You can get the slides from this talk there as well as additional material for our tools.
The CCL designs software that enables our collaborators to easily harness large scale distributed systems such as clusters, clouds, and grids. We perform fundamental computer science research that enables new discoveries through computing in fields such as physics, chemistry, bioinformatics, biometrics, and data mining.
The software suite we write and maintain is the CCTools software package.
Specialized Software. A selection of applications tailored to specific compuation tasks.
Makeflow is a workflow system for executing large complex workflows on clusters, clouds, and grids.
Makeflow is easy to use. The Makeflow language is similar to traditional Make, so if you can write a Makefile, then you can write a Makeflow. A workflow can be just a few commands chained together, or it can be a complex application consisting of thousands of tasks. It can have an arbitrary DAG structure and is not limited to specific patterns.
Makeflow is portable. A workflow is written in a technology neutral way, and then can be deployed to a variety of different systems without modification, including local execution on a single multicore machine, public cloud services such as Amazon EC2 and Amazon Lambda, batch systems like HTCondor, SGE, PBS, Torque, SLURM, or the bundled Work Queue system. Makeflow can also easily run your jobs in a container environment like Docker or Singularity on top of an existing batch system. The same specification works for all systems, so you can easily move your application from one system to another without rewriting everything.
Makeflow is powerful. Makeflow can handle workloads of millions of jobs running on thousands of machines for months at a time. Makeflow is highly fault tolerant: it can crash or be killed, and upon resuming, will reconnect to running jobs and continue where it left off. A variety of analysis tools are available to understand the performance of your jobs, measure the progress of a workflow, and visualize what is going on.
Work Queue is a framework for building large master-worker applications that span thousands of machines drawn from clusters, clouds, and grids. Work Queue applications are written in C, Perl, or Python using a simple API that allows users to define tasks, submit them to the queue, and wait for completion. Tasks are executed by a standard worker process that can run on any available machine. Each worker calls home to the master process, arranges for data transfer, and executes the tasks. The system handles a wide variety of failures, allowing for dynamically scalable and robust applications.
Work Queue has been used to write applications that scale from a handful of workstations up to tens of thousands of cores running on supercomputers. Examples include Lobster, NanoReactors, ForceBalance, Accelerated Weighted Ensemble, the SAND genome assembler, the Makeflow workflow engine, and the All-Pairs and Wavefront abstractions. The framework is easy to use, and has been used to teach courses in parallel computing, cloud computing, distributed computing, and cyberinfrastructure at the University of Notre Dame, the University of Arizona, and the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire.
This tutorial goes through the installation process of CCTools, the creation and running of a Makeflow, and how to use Makeflow in conjunction with Work Queue to leverage different execution resources for your execution. More information can be found a http://ccl.cse.nd.edu/. For specific information on Makeflow execution see http://ccl.cse.nd.edu/software/manuals/makeflow.html and Work Queue see http://ccl.cse.nd.edu/software/manuals/workqueue.html.
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Once the instance is up, we are going to add a few packages to allow for easy installation. Most of these packages are already installed on batch submission sites, but possibly not in all Jetstream instances.
After adding this log out and back in.
Note: If you would like to test this out with Work Queue on another machine, now is a great time to launch and do these setup steps on each machine. Hint hint you should do this.
As a good reference point for workflow design and examples we are going to use our Makeflow Examples repository.
You will notice that a workflow can run very slowly if you submit each job individually. To get around this limitation, we provide the Work Queue system. This allows Makeflow to function as a master process that quickly dispatches work to remote worker processes.
listening for workers on port XXXX.
The first configuration we discussed would be to run both the Makeflow and the Worker inside of container to allow for a consistent environment.
We will not do this here, as that is extremely similar to running in Atmosphere/Jetstream to begin with. This is great way to test out different software configurations when determining what is needed for a workflow and how different software will interact.
The second configuration is to run each task inside of separate containers. This configuration is useful for specializing the configuration each task uses and not assuming the execution site has any software requirements aside from docker or singularity.
We have three additional examples that will work with the above provided container.
Each of these examples may have a small amount of setup to pull/compile the software needed.
BLAST is a common bioinformatic application used for determining alignment of a query dataset with a known reference set. BLAST compares each line independently of each other, allowing for clear parallelism opportunities.
We use an older BLAST executable for this example, as this creation script has not been changed. These commands pull down the executable and a reference database.
BWA is similar to BLAST in that it is a bioinformatics tool that aligns a query dataset with a reference dataset. BWA does not operate on highly structured reference data like BLAST, but uses a fasta or fastq data file for both the query and reference.
The first line creates the reference dataset and the second will create a query dataset based on a portion of the provided reference dataset. This allows us to guarantee there will be some overlap and data analysis at each step for this example.
The test analysis example that we are providing is a simple makelfow that analyzes a set of Shakespeare's plays. This workflow gives an example of using Makeflow to parallelize a text search through a collection of William Shakespeare's plays. Makeflow will download the plays, package up the version of Perl at the location Makeflow is running, and run a text analysis Perl script in parallel to figure out which character had the most dialogue out of the plays selected.
This workflow relys on Perl and CCTools being installed, so there is no further setup needed.


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To become authorized in either the residential or commercial program, there is a one-time, nonrefundable fee of $50. To become authorized in both programs, the fee is $75. For each financed project, there is a 1.99% fee assessed (sometimes less for commercial projects), which is less than what you would pay if your customers used credit cards or other forms of financing.
I submitted my project for approval. How do I receive payment and how long does it take?
Contractors are always paid directly from the lender, minus any contractor fees (up to 1.99%). Several of our lenders offer direct ACH payment. Please let us know if you would like to receive your funding electronically, rather than receiving a mailed paper check. Pending complete contractor and customer paperwork, you can expect to receive funding within five to seven business days. If you believe that funding has not occurred within ten to 14 business days of your project being completed, please contact us directly so we can investigate.
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Italy sees a smaller day-to-day increase in new Covid-19 cases
Updated / Monday, 23 Mar 2020 18:45
Doctors and nurses from Cuba's Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade are bid farewell before they travel to Italy to help in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic
Italy has recorded a smaller day-to-day increase in new coronavirus cases for the second straight day, officials said, while warning it was too soon to know if the worst is behind the country with the world's second-biggest caseload.
Data from the civil protection agency on Monday showed 4,789 new cases, nearly 700 fewer than the increase of 5,560 reported on Sunday.
The number of deaths also did not rise by as many. There were just over 600 registered on Monday compared with 651 on Sunday.
Italy has been anxious to see the figures for new cases and deaths go down as its health system struggles under the weight of the world's largest Covid-19 outbreak outside China.
By Monday, Italy had a total of 59,138 virus cases compared with China's 81,496.
"We need more consecutive results to confirm the trend, to be more certain that we are in a favourable situation"
Health authorities have said it will be a few more days before they know if Italy is at the beginning of a positive trend.
A senior national health official, Silvio Brusaferro, resisted being too optimistic, saying the improvements were due to actions taken at the beginning of the month, not in recent days.
"We need more consecutive results to confirm the trend, to be more certain that we are in a favourable situation," he said.
"I don't feel like taking one side or the other to confirm that it is there or not. We can take note of what we see today."
In Milan, the capital of Lombardy, by far Italy's worst-hit region, local health officials expressed cautious optimism as day-to-day increases of positive test results and new hospital admissions were smaller, but they expressed renewed worry about the need for additional intensive care beds.
Cuba's decision to dispatch a team 50 medical personnel to the country also came as a welcome boost.
The crisis has already claimed the lives of 18 doctors in Europe's worst-hit country, with Cuban news agency Prensa Latina reporting that 36 doctors, 15 graduate nurses and a logistics specialist from the Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade had been sent to a field hospital in Crema in Lombardy to bolster local resources.
Moving reception for 52 Cuban doctors arriving in Italy to help fight #coronavirus.
"He who says he is not afraid is a superhero, but we are not superheros, we are revolutionary doctors." Leonardo Fernandez, intensive care specialist pic.twitter.com/xigPgyChA3
— Cuba Solidarity (@CubaSolidarity) March 22, 2020
Alma Clara Corsini became the oldest person to recover from the virus at a hospital near Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region.
The 95-year-old grandmother, who was initially hospitalised on 5 March, told reporters: "I'm fine, I'm absolutely fine."
Praising those medical professionals who hastened her recovery, she added: "They were wonderful, the people who looked after me."
Meanwhile, the Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis has cancelled his one-day trip to Malta on 31 May due to the outbreak, saying that it would be rescheduled at a later date.


he set down the now empty can.
of the old dark coffee table.
drifting away on the wind.
as the eternal night dragged on.
that used to be called a home.
driving him into the black of night.
barefoot in the cold grass.
the world asleep in peace.
as if an old man in need of a cane.
and were just as quickly gone.
the front door in case of need.
just felt comforting and right.
enjoying the feel of the wood.
as he felt the violence rise within.
blood coursing through his veins.
his muscles tensing in silent expectation.
and before him stood only the tree.
by roots hidden deep in the ground.
stories of a life's experience and dreams.
of moments cherished and regretted.
of faded memories over the years.
branches morphing into memories of a life.
then wholly lost as fate conspired against.
a loud crack as the bat struck the tree.
as each memory blazed before his eyes.
strong against the vicious onslaught.
over what was lost, never to return.
until his shoulders began to ache.
blows of wood on wood slowly splintered.
a volcanic eruption long held in check.
driving him past the limits of exhaustion.
the strength waned as the bat fell.
the bat lay motionless in the grass.
and feeble efforts at destruction.
before resting his back against the tree.
of the merciless rage and anguished attack.
a husk of a body physically shattered.
a small respite from the voices.
as light crawled out of the dark.
he sighed and moved so slightly.
stiff and aching clenched in claws.
to nonsense questions with no answers.
unhindered by a sorrowful heart.
covered in murky crimson of dried blood.
of innocent blood that was once shed.
to revive the crushed hopes of man.
his face to the warm glory of the rising sun.
Make no mistake, we were born into a WAR!
light or dark, good or evil, life or death.
It's winter. Night. In a forest. You come across an abandoned house.
The house was dark illuminated by the full moon overhead that would peek out from behind the clouds crossing the nighttime sky. No lights appeared in any of the windows and the night was utterly still and quiet. I had been walking for hours and was cold and tired. This was the first place I had encountered that might give me some shelter from the cold and snow that could start falling at any moment.
As I came closer to the house I could see in the moonlight that it was old and run down, obviously not cared for and abandoned. Approaching the front porch and steps I noticed that two were completely missing and the third did not look all that stable. I carefully stepped across to the porch floor gingerly feeling with my foot to make sure it would hold my weight. I seemed sturdy enough so I pushed myself up onto the porch and found myself staring at the peeling paint on the front door. Looking down the handle was covered in frost. I tentatively reached for the handle and the bitter cold shocked me as my fingers closed around the knob. Turning it slowly I heard the click of the and the door gently swung inward as I stood motionless staring into the black. I hesitated standing trance-like, feeling like a sinner before the gates of heaven and afraid to enter. A blast of icy wind quickly brought me back to the present and I again realized how cold I was.
I stepped forward and into the front room before my mind could talk me out of it. I walked slowly forward-looking around the room at the old furniture covered in dust grime and cobwebs. The floor was littered with books and papers, lamps lay on their sides and I caught a glimpse of a rat as it quickly scurried away. The moon light through the windows cast eerie shadows from the trees outside. The wind blew and the shadows danced across the walls as if alive.
Next to the long since abandoned sofa I saw an open book. As I approached it appeared to be some kind of register with names and dates scrawled in it. It reminded me of the old hotel registers that guests would sign when they rented a room for the night. This was odd but intriguing making me forget my cold and tiredness. I peered intently at the book bending down to look closer waiting for the clouds to again part and the light of the moon to filter in. When at last it did I squinted intently to read the words.
The last entry was dated October 30, 1974 almost 40 years ago followed by the printed name, William J. Ralston. My heart skipped a beat and my breath caught in my throat. William J. Ralston, I whispered. This could not be true. I had always been called Bill but my mother had told me my given name was William, named after my grandpa. William J. Ralston, that was my name right down to the J for James just like my grandpa.
Standing in the icy cold I quickly recalled the stories my mother and grandmother had told me about my grandpa who had disappeared 10 years before I was born. He had been fishing along the river in these very same woods in late October and had simply vanished. Search parties were organized and there was never a trace of him found. I even remember the final story in the local paper about the search ending and how the man named William J. Ralston, my grandpa was presumed dead.
I felt my breath coming quickly and the air seemed to grow colder. It was then that I heard the whisper that seemed to float on the wind. "Fishers of men." Startled I quickly glanced around the room and it was then that I noticed the giant painting above the fireplace. In the dark with the only light from the moon outside it appeared to be an outdoor scene in the mountains with a very large lake or river running through it. In the center of the canvas was a large row-boat with 10 or 12 men at the oars. Behind them stood a stoic figure all dressed in black staring straight ahead and pointing as if giving orders. The scene was ordinary in every way but mesmerizing at the same time.
As I stood staring at the painting it appeared to come alive and I could see the men straining against the current, hear the oars slapping against the water and the waves against the boat while the black figure screamed. Suddenly the figure turned towards me looking out of the painting and pointing directly at me. I could not move. It leaned further forward seemingly coming out of the painting. Before I could react a skeleton hand shot out and grabbed my wrist and I was lifted off the floor.
I could feel myself being pulled towards the painting closer and closer. As I entered the cold water I was abruptly shocked and gasping for breath. The bony hand-held tightly to my wrist and an evil smile crossed its face. As my head came up out of the water I looked into the figures face and it revealed only a skull. I could not scream, but I struggled hard. The figure then screamed "I will make you fishers of men!" and then laughed the voice reverberating throughout the house as the wind whipped through the house.
"I believe!" I found myself shouting over and over. It was then that I realized one of the men rowing the boat was shouting the words with me. The black figure seemed to recoil from the words and bellowed, "No!" The bony skeleton hand that had been gripping my wrist suddenly let go and I was grabbed around the shoulders by a strong-arm. I found myself being dragged through the water by this unknown figure. Suddenly, the water cascaded over the edge of the picture frame and we were falling crashing to the floor in a pile of twisted arms and legs.
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An unrelenting surge in interest rates for home mortgages pushed borrowing costs to their highest level in two years, stymieing demand from potential homeowners, data from an industry group showed on Wednesday.
Interest rates on fixed 30-year mortgages rose for the ninth week in a row to average 4.68 percent in the week ended July 5, the Mortgage Bankers Association said. It was the highest level since July 2011 and a 10 basis point increase over the week before.
The surge in costs has been expected to push some undecided buyers into the market as they rush to lock in rates before they rise even more, but MBA's seasonally adjusted gauge of loan requests for home purchases fell 3.1 percent, the second-straight week of declines.
Rates have been rising since early May, and the increase accelerated after comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke last month that the central bank expects to wind down the pace of its quantitative easing later this year if the economy improves as expected.
The recent higher cost of mortgages has raised concerns that the increase could dampen demand and slow the housing recovery, though most economists do not expect the recovery to be derailed. Even with the increase, rates remain historically low.
Demand for refinancing has been hit harder as refinancing becomes less attractive at higher rates. MBA's measure of refinancing applications fell 4.4 percent last week and the refinance share of total mortgage activity slipped to 64 percent of applications.
The index of mortgage application activity, which includes both refinancing and home purchase demand, fell 4 percent.


The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) with its Headquarters in Vienna, Austria is using Microsoft Forefront protection for Exchange 2010 which is currently installed on 11 Exchange 2010 servers and is protecting approximately 4000 Exchange 2010 on premise mailboxes.
Microsoft is going to stop support for Microsoft Forefront Protection for Exchange by the end of 2015 therefore, the OSCE is seeking to identify the potential solution that can replace the existing system.
- Exclusions for file types, email addresses, etc.
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In an attempt to thank Cody Parkey for missing the Bears' potential game-winning field goal, Eagles fans are sending the kicker money through Venmo.
The only problem? It's unclear which account — if any — is actually his.
The account is unverified, so it could belong to the 26-year-old whom the Bears signed to a four-year, $15 million contract (with $9 million guaranteed) last offseason — or it could also be someone who is very fortunate to share the same name as him.
Either way, several scammers decided to cash in on this opportunity.
To little surprise, people actually sent money to these random accounts.
While Eagles fans are in the giving mood, Bears fans are looking for payback.
Some who apparently lost money wagering on the Bears are requesting money from the Parkey accounts.


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Apple gaming service Arcade arrives on iOS public beta
Apple's subscription-based gaming service Arcade is available now in iOS 13 public beta -- three days before its official launch on September 19, the media reported.
IANS | Sep 17, 2019, 01:29PM IST
New Delhi: Apple's subscription-based gaming service Arcade is available now in iOS 13 public beta -- three days before its official launch on September 19, the media reported.
The family-focused service will let you play more than 100 exclusive games across iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Mac and Apple TV.
"When Apple Arcade launches on the App Store on September 19, players around the world will start to get their hands on games that have been years in the making," the company said in a statement late Monday.
There are games like "The Enchanted World" where players take on the role of a fairy who uses puzzles and challenges to piece back together her collapsing world.
For creators and friends Ivan Ramadan and Amar Zubcevic, both 33, the game is much more than that: It's a metaphor for a child growing up in a time of war.
Both Ramadan and Zubcevic grew up in Sarajevo during the conflicts in the Balkans in the 1990s, and both had parents that used creativity to shield them from the violence and danger around them.
Out of those childhood memories, "The Enchanted World" was born. The game, published in conjunction with developer Noodlecake, features the music and folklore of the Balkans.
In Borderleap's "Patterned," players colour intricate puzzle pieces and arrange them to complete a satisfying canvas.
Nate Dicken, 43, the solo developer behind the outfit in Blacksburg, Virginia, created the game as a method of finding calm.
The varied patterns were sourced from 15 designers around the world -- 14 of whom are women. Nate created "Patterned" exclusively for Apple Arcade.
"Overland" is a post-apocalyptic road trip adventure game from Finji, co-founded by Adam and Bekah Saltsman, 37 and 38, respectively.
The couple, who live in Grand Rapids, Michigan with their two young sons, modeled "Overland" after a mishmash of their favourite classic board games, books and films.
Players drive west across a rapidly deteriorating United States, rescuing survivors, scavenging for supplies and occasionally inviting a stray dog along for the ride.
In "Card of Darkness," players solve card-based challenges that feature hand-drawn characters with a sense of humour. Solo developer Zach Gage, 34, teamed up with legendary animator Pendleton Ward to bring this game to life.
The gaming service on the App Store will be available in over 150 countries with iOS 13 for Rs 99 per month and is being launched with a one-month free trial.
Apple Arcade gaming service will have games from developers like Konami, Capcom and Annapurna Interactive, and more.
Top trending games of the week (December 30, 2019 - January 5, 2020) on Apple Arcade
Top five Apple Arcade games of the week (Nov 18-23) on Apple iPhone
Apple may enter this new product category in 2020
Here's another proof of Dark Mode coming to WhatsApp
OnePlus gets 'inspired' by Apple, brings this iPhone feature to its phones
WhatsApp rival, Telegram pushes a major update for Android and iOS users
The latest camera feature of iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max coming to older iPhones
Facebook may be working on its own Google Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV Stick rival
1Apple gaming service Arcade arrives on iOS public beta
2Top trending games of the week (December 30, 2019 - January 5, 2020) on Apple Arcade
2Top five Apple Arcade games of the week (Nov 18-23) on Apple iPhone
2Apple may enter this new product category in 2020
2Here's another proof of Dark Mode coming to WhatsApp
2OnePlus gets 'inspired' by Apple, brings this iPhone feature to its phones
2WhatsApp rival, Telegram pushes a major update for Android and iOS users
2The latest camera feature of iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max coming to older iPhones
3Facebook may be working on its own Google Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV Stick rival


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Silhouettes and Polychromes
This book addresses 15 years of John Young's early-career practice comprising of his distinctive Silhouette and Polychrome works. These bodies of work are classified by Young as the first of four distinct phases within his artistic career, with the Silhouette and Polychrome Paintings being followed by his Double Ground Paintings and Abstract Paintings. This monograph provides an invaluable insight into Young's trajectory as a contemporary artist who has grown to prominence both in Australia and abroad, and into the thematic, material and conceptual development of his practice since 1979.
As an artist whose work is grounded in the study of philosophy and contemporary art theory, this publication includes illuminating essays by art critics Christina Davidson, Graham Coulter-Smith and Graham Forsyth. These essays are followed by 60 pages of full-page plates in colour and black-and-white, and selected writings of John Young including recollections, notes, and propositions for his work.
John Young Zerunge is a Hong Kong-born Australian artist whose painting practice reflects on the history of Western late-modernism through a bi-cultural lens. Young studied science and aesthetics at the University of Sydney before completing a degree …
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News Roundup: Gossip Girl, 90210, One Tree Hill and More
Gossip Girl led the Teen Choice 2010 nominations, earning six total. Gossip Girl and 90210 were both nominated for Choice TV Show: Drama. Penn Badgley (Dan, Gossip Girl), Chace Crawford (Nate, Gossip Girl) and Tristan Wilds (Dixon, 90210) were all nominated for Choice TV Actor: Drama. The Choice TV Actress: Drama category featured all current and former teen drama stars: Blake Lively (Serena, Gossip Girl), Leighton Meester (Blair, Gossip Girl) and Sophia Bush (Brooke, One Tree Hill) along with Olivia Wilde (Alex, The O.C.) for House and Shailene Woodley (Kaitlin, The O.C.) for The Secret Life of the American Teenager. Ed Westwick (Chuck, Gossip Girl) was nominated for Choice TV Villain. Joshua Jackson (Pacey, Dawson's Creek) and Paul Wesley (Donnie, The O.C.) were both nominated for Choice TV Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi for Fringe and The Vampire Diaries, respectively. Kristen Bell (Gossip Girl, Gossip Girl) was nominated for Choice Movie Actress: Romantic Comedy for When In Rome and Choice Movie Actress: Comedy for Couples Retreat while Michelle Williams (Jen, Dawson's Creek) and Rumer Willis (Gia, 90210) were both nominated for Choice Movie Actress: Horror/Thriller for Shutter Island and Sorority Row, respectively. Badgley and Adam Brody (Seth, The O.C.) were each nominated for Choice Movie Actor: Horror/Thriller for The Stepfather and Jennifer's Body, respectively.
The CW Sourcies have begun and the first category is Best Kiss. From our shows, you can vote for Adrianna and Navid's reunion kiss in the 90210 season finale or Haley and Nathan's kiss in the One Tree Hill season finale after she reveals she's pregnant.
SoapNet made a few changes to the Sunday teen drama schedule: The O.C. is getting two additional hours, now airing from 6-9am while Beverly Hills 90210 airs from 9am to 1pm and One Tree Hill from 3pm to 7pm. I've updated their show pages to reflect this.
MTV spoke with Kevin Zegers (Damien, Gossip Girl) about his upcoming film schedule, including The Story of Bonnie and Clyde, which will also star Hilary Duff (Olivia, Gossip Girl).
AnnaLynne McCord (Naomi, 90210) was on the Today Show this morning.
Mekia Cox (Sasha, 90210) was cast in Undercovers, a new NBC series.
Tori Spelling (Donna, Beverly Hills 90210) will co-host The View tomorrow, the same day her book uncharted terriTORI is released. I am planning to go to her book signing tomorrow night.
An excerpt from uncharted terriTORI was posted on the Today Show site.
Paul Johansson (Dan, One Tree Hill) is directing and starring in an adaptation of Atlas Shrugged.
SoapNet has a new One Tree Hill quiz called Test Your Dan Scott I.Q. I scored a 90 percent and was told "YOU'RE DANGEROUS! You know too much about Dan Scott for his comfort. Arm yourself, or take a page out of Abby Brown's book and hightail it out of Tree Hill before he confronts you" but I don't think all the answers are accurate.
Tags: 90210, Abby, Abby Brown, Adam Brody, Adrianna, Alex, AnnaLynne McCord, Atlas Shrugged, Beverly Hills 90210, Blair, Blake Lively, Brooke, Chace Crawford, Chuck, Couples Retreat, Damien, Dan, Dan Scott, Dawson's Creek, Dixon, Donna, Donnia, Ed Westwick, Fringe, Gia, Gossip Girl, Haley, Hilary Duff, House, Jen, Jennifer's Body, Joshua Jackson, Kaitlin, Kevin Zegers, Kristen Bell, Leighton Meester, Mekia Cox, Michelle Williams, MTV, Naomi, Nate, Nathan, Navid, NBC, Olivia Wilde, One Tree Hill, Pacey, Paul Johansson, Paul Wesley, Penn Badgley, Rumer Willis, Sasha, Serena, Seth, Shailene Woodley, Shutter Island, SoapNet, Sophia Bush, Sorority Row, Teen Choice 2010, Teen Choice Awards, The CW Sourcies, The O.C, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, The Stepfather, The Story of Bonnie and Clyde, The Vampire Diaries, The View, Today Show, Tori Spelling, Tree Hill, Tristan Wilds, Uncharted terriTORI, Undercovers, When In Rome
News Roundup: 90210, One Tree Hill, Gossip Girl and The O.C.
Digital Spy has a very interesting video interview with Tristan Wilds (Dixon, 90210).
Shenae Grimes (Annie, 90210) will be a presenter at the MuchMusic Awards later this month.
It's not too late to book a ticket to Nashville for the Jana Kramer (Alex, One Tree Hill) concert on the 16th, featuring a "special One Tree Hill surprise." There are a few spots remaining. There will also be an open rehearsal the day before at Steve's Restaurant & Bar at 7pm.
The One Tree Hill Season 7 DVD will be released August 17 and Gossip Girl Season 3 will be released on August 24, the same day as the 90210 Season 2 DVD. (Note that the press release for GG seems to overstate the ratings for season 3.)
Kevin Zegers (Damien, Gossip Girl) is starring in a Rock Mafia video with Miley Cyrus.
Kristen Bell (Gossip Girl, Gossip Girl) and Olivia Wilde (Alex, The O.C.) are both nominated for PETA's Sexiest Vegetarians of 2010. Bell won in 2006.
Navi Rawat (Theresa, The O.C.) will have a three-episode appearance on Burn Notice, beginning later this month.
Tags: 90210, Alex, Annie, Burn Notice, Damien, Digital Spy, Dixon, GG, Gossip Girl, Jana Kramer, Kevin Zegers, Kristen Bell, Miley Cyrus, MuchMusic Awards, Nashville, Navi Rawat, Olivia Wilde, One Tree Hill, PETA, PETA's Sexiest Vegetarians, Rock Mafia, Shenae Grimes, Steve's Restaurant & Bar, The O.C, Theresa, Tristan Wilds
Categories : 90210, Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, The O.C.
Have you voted in the Teen Drama Evaluation yet?
In case you missed it earlier, Chace Crawford (Nate, Gossip Girl) was arrested today for possessing marijuana.
There is a new trailer for Twelve, starring Crawford.
Gossip Cop and I again busted rumors that Ed Westwick (Chuck, Gossip Girl) and Jessica Szohr (Vanessa, Gossip Girl) are back together as a couple. They are just hanging out as friends, people.
Westwick will be a presenter at the CFDA Fashion Awards on Monday.
Aaron Tveit (Tripp, Gossip Girl) will appear in the Hollywood Bowl production of RENT.
Kevin Zegers (Damien, Gossip Girl) is currently filming the movie Vampire.
Examiner.com has an interview with Gossip Girl author Cecily von Ziegesar.
Drop Dead Diva, which is co-executive produced by Michael Lange (director, BH90210, DC, The O.C. and OTH), has its second season premiere Sunday night on Lifetime.
Persons Unknown, featuring Jason Wiles (Colin, Beverly Hills 90210), premieres Monday on NBC.
Jana Kramer (Alex, One Tree Hill) has a concert in Nashville later this month, where she will do a meet-and-greet and also have a "special One Tree Hill surprise."
E! Online has an interview with Joe Manganiello (Owen, One Tree Hill) about True Blood.
Gossip Cop busted a false Life & Style story about Katie Holmes (Joey, Dawson's Creek) being pregnant.
Tags: Aaron Tveit, Alex, Beverly Hills 90210, BH90210, Cecily von Ziegesar, CFDA Fashion Awards, Chace Crawford, Chuck, Colin, Damien, Dawson's Creek, DC, Drop Dead Diva, E! Online, Ed Westwick, Examiner.com, Gossip Cop, Gossip Girl, Hollywood Bowl, Jana Kramer, Jason Wiles, Jessica Szohr, Joe Manganiello, Joey, Katie Holmes, Kevin Zegers, Life & Style, Michael Lange, Nashville, Nate, NBC, One Tree Hill, OTH, Persons Unknown, RENT, The O.C, Tripp, True Blood, Twelve, Vampire, Vanessa
Gossip Girl Evaluation Results
Thanks to all who voted in the second annual Gossip Girl Evaluation.
The winners of each of these will face-off against the winners in the One Tree Hill and 90210 polls.
Winners: Blair, Chuck
Noteworthy: Each essentially creamed the competition, with none of the other girls even able to get double-digit percentages, though the boys fared a bit better. Still, they were a long way behind Chuck's 64.8 percent.
Last Season's Winners: Blair, Chuck
Thoughts: Fully expected this given the loud fanbase I see on nearly every site covering Gossip Girl. But I expected Chuck to totally destroy the competition as Blair did. Guess she really still is Queen Bee.
Winner: Blair and Chuck
Noteworthy: The only couple to come close–and by "close," I mean not close at all–was Serena and Nate. Serena-Tripp and Vanessa-Scott were the only couples not voted for at all.
Last Season's Winner: Blair and Chuck
Thoughts: If you didn't see this coming, I don't know what to tell you. And that's not to say the couple doesn't have its detractors (see below).
WORST CHARACTERS
Winners: Jenny, Dan
Noteworthy: Vanessa narrowly "lost," receiving just five votes less than Jenny. There was a smaller margin on the male side, with Chuck actually getting a decent percentage of vote.
Last Season's Winners: Vanessa, Dan
Thoughts: Personally, I think the different between Jenny and Vanessa–this season at least–is that Jenny some people have hatred for and no respect, whereas Vanessa simply doesn't entertain. Similarly and dissimilarly, with Dan and Nate (who came in first and second, respectively), I think it's just a case of who bores and annoys more, as opposed to actual disgust or exasperation with the characters.
WORST COUPLE
Winner: Vanessa and Dan
Noteworthy: Vanessa and Dan didn't win by much at all. They were closely followed by Serenate, Serena-Tripp and Dan-Georgina. All couples received at least one vote, with Blair and Chuck getting four.
Last Season's Winner: Vanessa and Nate
Thoughts: Can't say I'm surprised V/D won but I could've seen the title going to several other couples since there were so many pairings (and lackluster ones at that) this season, in my opinion. Serenate clearly divides people. I imagine there's more dislike for Blair-Chuck out there than people are willing to admit (even in an anonymous poll), or perhaps it's just, as I feel most of the time, indifference.
FAVORITE SUPPORTING CHARACTER
Winner: Dorota
Noteworthy: Dorota and Georgina were neck-and-neck last year but a fair distance apart this time around. Dorota's competition was actually Eric, although he still only had half the votes Dorota got. After Eric, Lily had the next strongest showing. Quite a few didn't receive any votes, but Cameron, K.C. and Maureen each received one. Really, folks?
Last Season's Winner: Georgina
Thoughts: I think Dorota is the "break-out" character of the show, a semi-hidden gem if you will, and am eager to see what they do with her next season given she has a child now. I was quite surprised by Eric and Lily doing so well, mostly since they are seen pretty off-and-on throughout the season (though nearly all of the supporting characters are) and I don't think I've ever really heard someone say they like Lily. Good to know now that some people do! Jack also received one vote, which surprised me, as I assumed he would do well under the "character you love to hate" theory. I realized I probably should've included Gossip Girl her/himself as an option.
BEST STORYLINE
Winner: Blair and Chuck's relationship
Noteworthy: "Chair" or "Bluck" (whatever you prefer) had the most votes by far, with about equal numbers voting for them overall or focusing on the break-up/Jack storyline. Much to my surprise, the next highest amount was for Dan and Olivia's relationship. Serenate's relationship followed closely. There were a few votes for Georgina's storylines, particularly in the beginning of the season, as well. The most blunt answer: "Jenny GONE (at least for now). Nothing else this season was all that good."
Invalid Others: None
Last Season's Winner: Blair and Chuck's relationship
Thoughts: Kudos to people following the stipulation of focusing on this season only. Boo to those who selected the wrong option (though it happened significantly less than in the OTH evaluation). While the storyline with Chuck and Evelyn/Elizabeth received more than one vote, I expected to have more support.
WORST STORYLINE
Winner: Jenny
Noteworthy: Strong dislike for Jenny all around this season, from the character in general to specific storylines, such as trying to be Queen Bee, messing with Serenate and, of course, sleeping with Chuck. Example answers: "Only 1? There were a few… Anything involving Jenny for sure," "Damien and Jenny The Drug Dealer – what a useless waste. and i LIKE Kevin Zegers" and "the chuck and blair break up 😦 and well..everything with jenny." The next highest vote-getter was the season-long storyline with Serena and William.
Last Season's Winner: Multi-way tie due to all single votes
Thoughts: Can't say I didn't see this coming, though I expected it to be rivaled by votes for Blair and Chuck's break-up, which didn't even end up coming close. On the flipside, I know there are lots of Jenny fans out there, especially Jenny-Nate fans. Guess they just don't read TDW!
BEST CLIFF-HANGER
Winner: Georgina telling Dan she's pregnant with his baby
Noteworthy: This one nearly toppled the competition, although Chuck getting shot wasn't far behind. Together, they had a significant majority of votes. There were three other single responses: whether Blair and Chuck will reunite, Chuck finding a woman at his father's grave and "none." Most interesting responses: "Georgina's pregnancy, fo' sho'," "Chuck being shot even though he is not dead," "Georgina! Holy Crap!" and "chuck getting shot and georginas pregnancy, although cwtv.com ruined it!"
Last Season's Winner: Serena finding out where her dad is/Georgina requesting to room with Blair at NYU
Thoughts: I wasn't surprised here, either, as the Georgina reveal and Chuck shooting essentially came out of nowhere in the final minutes (seconds?) of the finale. Not sure what the "cwtv.com ruined it!" comment is referring to.
RATE THE SEASON OVERALL
Winner: 7.5
Noteworthy: There were equal votes for 7 and 8, so I thought it was fair to average them. All values were voted for, with the next highest value being 5.
Last Season's Winner: 8
Thoughts: Critics and fans alike have complained of a drop in quality this season, though I was kind of expecting an even lower rating to win, especially given the decisiveness the finale has caused.
RATE THE SHOW OVERALL
Winner: 10
Noteworthy: Again, all values received at least one vote with 7 and 8 again faring well. But 10 came out on top, just as it did for One Tree Hill. Will 90210 pull off a perfect score as well?
Thoughts: So much for that drop in quality. Or perhaps the increase in value for the show as a whole is just a product of more people–or different people–voting this year.
Don't forget to vote in the 90210 Evaluation if you haven't already.
Tags: 90210, Blair, Bluck, Cameron, Chair, Chuck, Damien, Dan, Dorota, Eric, Georgina, Gossip Girl, Jack, Jenny, K.C., Kevin Zegers, Lily, Maureen, Nate, Olivia, One Tree Hill, Scott, Serena, Serenate, Tripp, Vanessa, William
Categories : Gossip Girl
Second Annual Gossip Girl Evaluation
With the One Tree Hill evaluation now complete (results will be posted later today), we move on to Gossip Girl.
You have until Saturday at 11:59pm eastern to vote in these polls.
**Please remember your answers should be based solely on the season that just ended, except for the last question, which is about the show overall.**
Note: The format is wonky for the open-ended questions. Please put your answer in the "other" space.
Tags: Agnes, Bart, Blair, Brandeis, Bree, Cameron, Chuck, Cyrus, Damien, Dan, Dorota, Eleanor, Elizabeth, Elliott, Eric, Evelyn, Georgina, Gossip Girl, Grandfather, Holland, Jack, Jenny, Jonathan, K.C., Lily, Maureen, Nate, Olivia, One Tree Hill, Patrick, Rufus, Scott, Serena, Tripp, Vanessa, Vanya, William
Spoiler: Watch With Kristin
Marriam in Mississauga, Ontario: I was just wondering if there's hope after all for Body Politic now that The Beautiful Life has been canceled? Body Politic should have been picked up to begin with, it was the smartest prospect for the CW since Veronica Mars.
Sorry, the death of TBL doesn't mean that Body Politic will be resurrected. Honestly, it's dead and buried, and you gots to let it go. Sorry, dear. That said, if you love good TV, hold out for the CW's Life UneXpected, which is coming up soon and is wonderful!
Rene in Washington, D.C.: What's up with this new guy coming to Gossip Girl?
Damien (Kevin Zegers) is bad news. If you like raccoon-eyed Little J, you're in luck, because sources tell us Damien's going to bring Jenny "to a dark place." Break out the mascara and eyeliner, Jenny.
Mel in Boise, Idaho: I really like Bree and Nate together on Gossip Girl. Please tell me that Joanna Garcia is sticking around for a while?!
Sorry, Bree's not exactly a paragon of sweetness and light. Her intentions are not as pure as we've been led to believe. The redheaded Gossip girl mostly just wants revenge on Carter, and she wants it bad. Better luck next time, Nate.
Sydne in Canada: Loved the Gossip Girl clips for tonight. Can you tell us anything else about the episode?
Feeling a bit Bluck-deprived? We promise you'll get your "Chair" fix tonight. Just as Jenny thought a new beginning was in store, the reigning queen bee has yet another showdown with predecessor Blair. B just can't let go of the past, and when Little J begins the school year with a no-more-hierarchy rule, her little lackeys reach out to the reluctant NYU undergrad for an intervention. Of course, it takes the always incredible Chuck Bass to pull B back to reality.
Juliet in Arkansas City, Kans.: Have you got any spoilers on Brooke and Julian from One Tree Hill?
Yes, but it's not necessarily what you One Tree Hill fans will want to hear: Alex comes between them, and Brooke receives some devastating news.
Kimmy in Seattle: I've read that Clay has some big secrets on One Tree Hill. Any idea what they are?
Not entirely, but it sounds like Nathan's basketball career isn't the only thing that brought the sports agent to Tree Hill. Superstud Robert Buckley tells us: "He has a lot of mystery in his past, and they did not waste any time introducing that. Episode seven has been my personal favorite so far…I was so completely enthralled and affected by it." And while we're not sure what it is, Rob says that people will be filtering in and out of the show to piece together his past life.
Shannon in Encinitas, Calif.: All right, I have to ask. The whole porn thing in last week's 90210 was too weird. Are they going to elaborate on that?
We'd almost forgotten about Navid's family business too, but Michael Steger tells us that 90210 is about to delve into the adult film biz: "We're going to see my parents again. They're going to talk more about the porn industry, and a lot of dirty details from my Dad's past are going to surface." With Navid's journalistic chops, we're curious to see if he's the one who uncovers the dirty deets.
Janet in Palmdale, Calif.: I loved the season premiere of Californication. Any spoilers?
In episode two, "The Land of Rape and Honey," Hank starts his teaching gig at the university and Chuck Bass takes Professor Moody's criticism too hard—OK, it's just Ed Westwick guest starring. In the meantime, someone gets raped, and Becca lashes out, leading to more father-daughter drama than we've ever seen on the show.
Credit: E! Online
Lots of stuff here!
1. The Body Politic starred Brian Austin Green (David, Beverly Hills 90210). Life UneXpected stars Kerr Smith (Jack, Dawson's Creek). I remember someone saying they hoped they'd bring Body Politic back but I can't remember if it was here or elsewhere. I'm curious to see Life UneXpected, though. (Not that I can even find the time to watch another show!)
2. A dark place for Jenny? As I said when this Zegers news was announced, we've been there and done that.
3. While Joanna Garcia only has 1 more episode (I believe), the door is open for her to return. I don't see how this was the "Romeo and Juliet" love story, though, that Garcia and Chace Crawford claimed it would be. Yes, feuding families but is anyone really digging them as a couple?! At this point, I think it's better that she has another connection to the group and if that's through Carter, so be it.
4. Why would we feel Bluck deprived? Last week had plenty of Chair in it! And sadly, I didn't like it then and I didn't like it tonight.
5. The Alex thing we could've guessed last week. As far as Brooke goes, I have a feeling she won't be able to have kids or something like that.
6. Robert Buckley gave the same vague quote he's been giving to all the media. But I don't know how E! doesn't know the spoilers that we do. This is their JOB!
7. As strange as this might sound, I'm glad we'll be seeing more of the porn stuff on 90210. I would hate for it be that go-to device every 20 or so episodes just for comedy. Let's see a real storyline.
8. We already knew about Ed Westwick and Californication.
Tags: 90210, Alex, Beverly Hills 90210, Blair, Bluck, Body Politic, Bree, Brian Austin Green, Brooke, Californication, Carter, Chair, Chuck, Chuck Bass, Clay, Damien, David, Dawson's Creek, Ed Westwick, Gossip Girl, Jack, Jenny, Joanna Garcia, Julian, Kevin Zegers, Life UneXpectured, Michael Steger, Nate, Nathan, Navid, NYU, Robert Buckley, Romeo and Juliet, The Beautiful Life, The CW, Veronica Marks, Watch with Kristin
Categories : 90210, Beverly Hills 90210, Dawson's Creek, Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill