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Justia Patents Client/serverUS Patent for Method for preconnecting to a server on a network Patent (Patent # 6,606,645)
Method for preconnecting to a server on a network
Oct 29, 2001 - AT&T
A method is disclosed for reducing user-perceived latency due to the time required to establish a connection to a server in a network. In accordance with the present invention, an open connection is established to a set of servers, there being some probability the user will contact one of the servers in the near future. This is referred to as preconnecting or prefetching the connection. In the context of a Web client-server network, a list of likely servers can be deduced from links on a current Web page a user is looking at or from a more sophisticated analysis of the user's browsing habits. When the user requests a resource from one of the identified servers, the network connection has already been established, thereby reducing latency and improving service quality, especially for higher bandwidth clients for whom the delay is most noticeable. In contrast to conventional document prefetching, preconnecting does not hog network bandwidth or consume cache space, and hence can be used with much less scrutiny. Moreover, the technique can be implemented in Web browsers without protocol modifications or changes to Web server code.
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This application is a continuation of Ser. No. 09/181,727, filed Oct. 29, 1998, now abandoned.
The present invention relates to communication in a client-server computer network and, in particular, to techniques for reducing user-perceived latency when a user requests a resource from a server.
Communications between computers in a network environment are handled by a common protocol. For example, with reference to FIG. 1, World Wide Web clients 110 and servers 120 on the Internet communicate utilizing the hypertext transfer protocol or HTTP. Underlying HTTP, communications are established and requests and responses are sent using connections based on the transmission control protocol or TCP. TCP is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite, which allows computers of different sizes running completely different operating systems to communicate with each other. TCP is a connection-oriented protocol: in other words, a connection must be established between two computers before data can be transferred. TCP uses a three-way handshake in order to initiate a connection: the client 110 sends a segment of data 201 requesting a connection to the server; the server 120 responds to the request 202; and the client must acknowledge the server's response 203 before a connection is established, as set forth in FIG. 2. Likewise, a formal procedure is required to terminate an open connection between the client and the server.
It is important to reduce delays from the time a resource is requested in a computer network to the time it is received. Such delays are referred to as user-perceived latency. For example, when a user issues an HTTP request over the Internet, there is a delay before the user receives the requested resource (e.g. a Web page). This delay has several components: (1) the round-trip time (RTT) required to establish the TCP connection; (2) the TCP "slow start"; and (3) the transmission time. The TCP "slow start" refers to the aspect of TCP whereby data is initially transferred at a low transmission rate and the transmission rate is doubled until bandwidth limits are reached (i.e. packets are lost or the connection speed saturated) and the transmission rate stabilizes. The connection-setup RTT, the TCP slow start period, and the transmission time all introduce a latency which the user experiences as a delay before receiving the requested resource. When the TCP connection is closed after receiving each requested resource, the above delay adds up and further reduces service quality.
Several techniques have been devised to address user-perceived latency. For example, two techniques form an integral part of the new HTTP 1.1 protocol (the techniques can also be deployed with the older HTTP 1.0 protocol): (1) persistent connections between the client and server and (2) pipelining of TCP connections. "Persistent" connection refers to the process of keeping a connection open for subsequent imminent requests (this is optional in HTTP 1.0 and the default in HTTP 1.1). Although persistent connections and pipelining can reduce latencies that accrue from the establishment of the TCP connection and slow start on subsequent consecutive requests to a server, the user will still experience these latencies on the first request issued to the server.
Another suggested solution has been the prefetching of documents. A prediction is made of what resources the user is likely to request and the resources are prefetched before the user actually initiates a request for the resources. The main down side to prefetching resources is the bandwidth requirement. Excessive prefetching may overload the user's link to the Internet which is often low bandwidth, e.g. a telephone line. It also may overload the network and reduce the overall service quality.
Another technique has been the caching of documents at the user's Web browser or at a cache shared by many users (i.e. proxy caching), a technique obviously limited by the size and content of the cache. Moreover, caching does not address the connection-setup RTT delay since a validation of the contents of the cache is still required. Another proposed technique has been reducing the TCP slow start by using a higher initial transmission rate. Although such an aggressive implementation of TCP can save on slow start induced delay, it can also cause user data to be lost by saturated routes.
The present invention relates to a novel technique for reducing user-perceived latency due to the time required to establish a connection to a server in a network. In accordance with the present invention, an open connection is established to a set of servers, there being some probability that the user will contact one of the servers in the near future. This is referred to as preconnecting or prefetching the connection. For example, in the context of a Web client-server network, a list of likely servers can be deduced from links on a current Web page a user is looking at or from a more sophisticated analysis of the user's browsing habits. When the user requests a resource from one of the identified servers, the network connection has already been established, thereby reducing latency and improving service quality, especially for higher bandwidth clients for whom the delay is most noticeable. In contrast to conventional document prefetching, preconnecting does not hog network bandwidth or consume cache space, and hence can be used with much less scrutiny. Moreover, the technique can be implemented in Web browsers without protocol modifications or changes to Web server code.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a typical client computer with connections to multiple servers.
FIG. 2 is an illustration of the TCP connection process.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a preferred embodiment of the invention.
In accordance with the invention, a connection is established to a set of servers with a probability of being accessed by a user in the near future (for example, up to 30 seconds to 2 minutes). The inventors refer to this as preconnecting or prefetching the connection. Preconnecting, in the Web client-server context for example, addresses the delay due to the RTT of establishing a TCP connection. This delay affects both low and high bandwidth clients, although eliminating this delay would be particularly advantageous for higher bandwidth clients.
First, a group S of Web servers is identified such that the next request by the user is likely to be a resource served by the server in the group S. See step 301 of FIG. 3. This can be accomplished by extracting hyper-links from the current Web page the user is browsing. The HREF links on the current page can be analyzed to create a list of likely servers the user will choose next. More sophisticated techniques may also be used involving studies of the user's browsing patterns or an analysis of the user's bookmarks file. The various techniques at predicting future user accesses that are contemplated for use with document prefetching can be translated for use with connection prefetching.
Second, a connection is opened to each server identified in the group S. See step 302 in FIG. 3. HTTP can specify to open the connection utilizing a feature built into HTTP 1.1 called persistent TCP connections, described above. The connection can also simply be kept open under HTTP 1.0. When the user requests a resource served by a server which is a member of the group S, within a short time period, there is an appreciable reduction in user-perceived latency. The request has been issued on an already-established TCP connection, therefore, reducing latency.
In contrast to the prefetching of documents, preconnecting does not hog network bandwidth or consume cache space, and hence can be used with much less scrutiny. Due to the high overhead required, document prefetching can only be used to servers with a significant probability of being accessed, e.g. 50%. On the other hand, preconnecting can be performed with a much larger group of servers that are much less likely to be contacted. Preconnecting consumes significantly less resources, and hence, can be employed even to servers where there is a low likelihood of future access by the user. Moreover, the cost of preconnecting can be further reduced by closing the connection as soon as it is apparent that the connection will not be used, rather than waiting for a default timeout by the server. For example, when the user issues a request and is presently looking at a different web page, and where none of the hyperlinks on the new page utilize the prefetched connection, the connection can be closed since it is obvious that the connection is not going to be utilized by the user anytime soon. See step 304 in FIG. 3.
The open connection can also be utilized to perform additional operations that do not consume a lot of bandwidth and can save on the user perceived latency that these operations normally incur. See step 303 in FIG. 3. For example, the open connection can be used to validate cached resources. Web browsers or proxy servers often maintain a cache of previously requested documents. When a cached resource is requested, it is served from the local cache and not requested again from the server, thus reducing latency. Before a cached resource is served, however, there is a need to ensure that the cached resource is not stale, i.e. the resource has not yet been modified by the server. This requires opening a connection to the server and using the connection to send an "if-modify-since" HTTP request. The request essentially queries the server whether the resource has been modified since the date it was cached. The user, thereby, again suffers the connection setup RTT delay and the additional delay due to the round of the "if-modify-since" request and response. When a connection is prefetched to a server providing a cached resource that has a probability of being requested soon, the prefetched TCP connection can be utilized to validate the cached resource before an actual request for the resource arrives. If the cached copy is indeed still valid, the latency from the delay from opening the connection—as well as the latency due to the second communication round—can be eliminated. Accordingly, if the cached copy is stale, the resource is not requested until the user actually requests the resource.
Likewise, the prefetched connection can be used to request header information of a resource to ascertain its size, estimate the network speed, or obtain some other meta attribute of the resource or connection that can be utilized by an intelligent agent, such as Web Browser Intelligence (WBI), to improve service. The prefetched connection can be used to follow an HTTP redirect, thus eliminating the second roundtrip time required when the current web page points to another web page. A connection can also be prefetched to a Domain Name Service (DNS) server in order to prefetch a name-to-address translation for the server, without following up with a connection to the server. DNS servers translate the name of a Web site such as "www.att.com" into the numeric IP address of the desired server, which must be specified before a TCP connection to the server can be established. In some circumstances, it may be advantageous to prefetch the name-to-address translation without preconnecting to the server. For example, when certain servers suffer from excessive preconnecting, DNS prefetching can be used to minimize the connections established to that server.
The technique of preconnecting is particularly useful when browsing search engines and catalogues such as Alta Vista™ or Yahoo!™, where any given page can reference a group of several different servers. The technique can be implemented as part of either the browser or the proxy cache code. The technique has the advantage that it does not require a modification of the protocol or any changes to a Web servers' code. It does not require wide use to be beneficial to the user and potentially has even greater benefits in speed as soon as HTTP 1.1 is deployed by most popular search engines. Moreover, the above technique is complementary to most of the other techniques described in the background for reducing user perceived latency.
Variations and modifications to the above-described preferred embodiment will be apparent to one skilled in the art that are within the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the claims below.
1. A computer relable medium containing executable program instructions for performing a method on a computer connected to a network comprising the steps of:
identifying a server with a probability of being accessed;
establishing an open connection to said server;
waiting for a user request to use said connection; and
utilizing the open connection after a user request to use said connection is received.
2. The computer readable medium of claim 1 wherein said connection is established to provide access to a resource on said server.
3. The computer readable medium of claim 2 further comprising the step of:
retrieving information regarding said resource without retrieving said resource.
where said resource on said server has been cached, validating said cached resource.
5. The computer readable medium of claim 1 wherein said server is a World Wide Web server.
6. The computer readable medium of claim 5 wherein the step of identifying a server further comprises the steps of:
analyzing a World Wide Web page currently being viewed by a user for a link to a server; and
identifying a server referenced in said link on said World Wide Web page.
7. The computer readable medium of claim 1 wherein said connection is a TCP connection.
where said server is redirected to a second server, establishing an open connection to said second server prior to a request to use said connection to said second server.
9. The computer readable medium of claim 1 wherein said server is a DNS server and wherein said connection is established to provide an address of a second server with a probability of being accessed.
10. The computer readable medium of claim 1 further comprising the step of:
closing the open connection if a user request to use said connection is not received.
11. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:
12. A method of reducing delay in connecting to a server comprising the step of:
identifying a server with probability of being accessed;
utilizing the open connection after a user request to use said connection is recieved.
13. The method of claim 12 wherein said server is a World Wide Web server.
14. The method of claim 13 wherein the step of identifying a server further comprises the steps of:
15. The method of claim 12 further comprising the step of:
17. The method of claim 12 wherein said connection is established to provide access to a resource on said server.
19. The method of claim 12 wherein said connection is a TCP connection.
20. The method of claim 12 wherein said server is a DNS server and wherein said connection is established to provide an address of a second server with a probability of being accessed.
6067565 May 23, 2000 Horvitz
Filed: Oct 29, 2001
Assignee: AT&T Corp. (New York, NY)
Inventors: Edith Cohen (Berkeley Heights, NJ), Haim Kaplan (Morris Plains, NJ), Uri Zwick (Tel Aviv)
Primary Examiner: Robert B. Harrell
Current U.S. Class: Client/server (709/203)
International Classification: G06F/1300;


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One of the first stages of Alzheimer's disease involves formation of toxic aggregates, called oligomers, of the protein beta-amyloid. These oligomers can start to form more than a decade before symptoms appear and before other known disease markers form. The ability to detect these oligomers would permit early disease diagnosis. This would make strategies to intervene before irreparable brain damage occurs possible.
An NIH-funded research team led by Valerie Daggett at the University of Washington developed a method to detect toxic beta-amyloid oligomers in patients' blood. They tested the assay, called the soluble oligomer binding assay (SOBA), on nearly 400 banked human blood plasma samples. Results appeared on Dec. 13, 2022, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Toxic beta-amyloid oligomers have a structure known as an alpha sheet that isn't normally found in proteins. Alpha sheets tend to bind to each other. SOBA takes advantage of this distinct structural feature. The researchers designed a synthetic alpha sheet molecule to bind to the alpha sheets in beta-amyloid oligomers. They showed that their designed molecule, called AP193, bound to the subset of beta-amyloid with alpha sheets but not to other, non-toxic forms of beta-amyloid.
Beta-amyloid oligomers normally reduce signaling in cultured neurons. Adding AP193 prevented this reduction in signaling. AP193 might thus form the basis for future therapeutic strategies.
When the team applied SOBA using AP193 to a cerebrospinal fluid sample from a person with Alzheimer's disease, they detected beta-amyloid oligomers. They did not detect oligomers in cerebrospinal fluid from a person who had no cognitive impairment.
Next, the researchers tested whether SOBA could detect beta-amyloid oligomers in blood samples. The samples came from more than 300 people who were diagnosed as having no cognitive impairment (controls), mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease, or other forms of cognitive impairment.
SOBA detected toxic oligomers in 52 out of 53 people with Alzheimer's disease or mild cognitive impairment. It did not detect oligomers in most of the control samples, although there were 11 controls in which SOBA did detect oligomers. Ten of these positive samples came from people who later developed mild cognitive impairment. This shows that the SOBA test detected the toxic beta-amyloid oligomer before Alzheimer's symptoms appeared. The team also measured conventional Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid samples from the same people. None of these correlated with disease state as well as the SOBA method did.
SOBA distinguished Alzheimer's disease from other forms of cognitive impairment. The team designed SOBA to detect only oligomers of beta-amyloid and not of other proteins. Consistent with this, samples from people with other forms of cognitive impairment tested negative.
Other neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's disease, also involve toxic protein oligomers. The team showed that SOBA could be modified to detect Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia.
These results suggest that SOBA could detect toxic oligomers in the blood even before cognitive impairment occurs. It could thus form the basis for early diagnostic tests of Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases.
"We believe that SOBA could aid in identifying individuals at risk or incubating the disease," Daggett says, "as well as serve as a readout of therapeutic efficacy to aid in development of early treatments for Alzheimer's disease."
— by Brian Doctrow, Ph.D.
This research was supported in part by NIA grants 1R01AG067476 and P0105136.
Reference: Shea D, et al. SOBA: Development and testing of a soluble oligomer binding assay for detection of amyloidogenic toxic oligomers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2022;119(50):e2213157119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2213157119. Epub 2022 Dec 9.

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Water conservation is an important part of every community's environmental management strategy: by using less water, each home can help reduce overall energy use. And by using less water, Juhasz knows she'll see lower utility bills, too.
The [BC home energy] auditor left a big package of information for us. He was great guy; very informative.
After the renovations, says Juhasz, she feels secure that the house is more energy efficient and comfortable. Plus, she says, it looks better, and she likes that the improvements give it a higher resale value.
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Throughout the Muslim world, and beyond, women like to dress both for comfort and according to their moral code and while this choice is largely linked to religion and culture, a woman's personal preferences will always play a large role in what she wears and how she wears it.
Dubai-designer Sarah Sillis identified this need for individual expression in exercise wear and her modest sportswear line Saqueena is proving popular on the market.
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The Range Drops "Florida" 360-Degree Virtual Reality Visual
Feb 7, 2017 12:00 AM PST
The Brooklyn DJ and producer also shared "New Lots," a 24-minute mix of unreleased music.
Last year, Brooklyn producer and DJ James Hinton (a.k.a. the Range) revolutionized the electronic music scene with Potential, a unique album (mostly) comprised of samples collected from random musicians on YouTube. Now, the Range has just unleashed an immersive visual for one of the record's standout number, the Ariana Grande "You'll Never Know" cover-sampling "Florida."
This 360-degree virtual reality music video allows the viewer to pan across a New York City rooftop dance party, and it can be seen from a different perspective with every playback. Directed by Andrea Allen, it features a spontaneous and groovy group of youngsters, each of who bring their own unique dance moves to the function. As the day turns into night, more and more people shuffle into the exuberant skyline shindig.
The playful vibe of "Florida" is amplified by the 360-degree experience. The track itself features sporadic vocal samples over boisterous bass, vivacious steel drums, and untamable percussion. Just as in the immersive music video does, the songs get livelier as it progresses.
We've already seen how virtual reality and cannabis complement each other, and a bit of kush will surely put your mind smack dab in the middle of this state-of-the-art video. In addition to the VR visuals, the Range has also released New Lots, a 24-minute collection of new and unreleased material that didn't make the cut for Potential.
The expansive mix, dropped via SoundCloud, showcases the Range's ability to splice samples from across the universe into one cohesive offering. The New Lots Megamix's shadowy undertones and spine-tingling vocal samples successfully create an atmosphere that is both desolate and excitable at the same time. Although the mix starts off surrounded by a calm darkness, it eventually builds to a booming percussion and synth driven crescendo.
Needless to say, Hinton has carved his own stylistic hovel in the electronic scene under his "The Range" moniker. His visual for "Florida" only serves as proof that his innovative mind spans beyond music and into the technological future as well.
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A salp pumps water through its body to filter out the phytoplankton. The population of salps (or salpa) ebbs and flows with the bloom of phytoplankton. As the plankton blooms, the salp population grows and feeds on the plentiful food. Salps play an important part in the ocean ecosystem by building up the carbon layer as their poop — and eventually their slimy dead bodies — sink to the ocean floor. A Los Angeles County lifeguard informed us that it's been 50 years since salp were seen at Zuma Beach.
Thank goodness I was safe from the ravages of diving dolphins and slimy salp! What fun sightings have you made on a recent training swim, bike or run?
Most of the reasons I run and participate in triathlons are selfish reasons: fitness, good physical and mental health, weight maintenance. I wanted to be "fit at forty" and I celebrated with my first sprint triathlon less than a month after turning 40 last year. Today I turn 41 — happy birthday to me!! — and I am more excited about fitness than ever.
I want to do triaflon with you when I'm your size.
The tri kit came as an early birthday present from my parents. Thanks Mom and Dad for the support and the awesome new gear!
Why do you tri or run or swim or bike or do what you do?
Call me crazy, but I love getting up early on a Saturday morning to knock out two hours of running before my family wakes up. I like to call my husband minutes after he and the girls have rolled out of bed so I can gloat, I mean, so I can amaze him with the fact that I've just run 13 miles while he slept. He's an excellent sport and he strokes my ego with the appropriate murmurings of how I'm insane (in a good way).
Saturday's scheduled long run called for 12 miles at a 9:51 pace. The last time I ran 12 miles on the Santa Ana River Trail, our half marathon training group celebrated that group milestone with a post-run potluck breakfast. There would be no such feast after this run, but I was lucky enough to have something just as fun to look forward to. My former half marathon coach and now friend Stephanie generously offered to meet me at mile six to refuel me with a sports drink and some wonderful company for the last six miles of the run. Right on time, she met me on the trail and I didn't even have to break stride as she helped me refill my sports bottle. What's more, she offered a choice of homemade organic juice sports drink, or Gatorade! Give me organic homemade any day!
Wait a minute, let me interrupt, the training plan called for 12 miles at 9:51, but the title of this post says "13 Miles of Running Fun." Yes, I had such fun chatting away with Stephanie that I forgot to keep track of the mileage. Good thing Stephanie spoke up or we could have ended up at the beach! (Not quite, but I felt so good I'd like to think I could have run all the way to Huntington). I also felt so great that I pushed the pace and finished the 13 miles at an average pace of 9:23 in just over 2 hours. Stephanie is a good sport to run an extra mile and faster than advertised. Plus she let me pick her running coach brain on the latest thoughts about dynamic warmups and ways to maintain good posture and form on the run. Who knew that the ladies can remind themselves to tighten their core by doing a few secretive Kegel exercises on the run?! I need all the posture and form reminders I can get. By the end of a race I am quite the hunchback. I might think my core is tight, my head is up, my shoulders are back and down, and my chin is in line with my chest, but the finish line photos prove otherwise!
Runners often lament that they get black toenails. I'm not sure anyone's pinpointed the exact cause of black toenails, the painful blood blisters under the nails. Ill-fitting shoes, downhill running, anatomy, swelling in the heat, lack of nail trimming, plain bad luck, some combination thereof? I do follow the advice to prevent black toenails: getting fitted for a proper size running shoe with enough room in the toe box, wearing wicking running socks, and trimming my toenails to the point they don't look fantastic in this Southern California flip-flop wearing culture.
I used my 10-year-old's non-toxic Piggy Paint to paint my nails black. It makes me smile every time I slip on my running shoes!
Do you get black toenails? What have you done to treat and/or prevent them?
Earlier this week we skipped the kids' tennis lessons so we could all go as a family to the last of our town's music in park events. The kids start school again next week and we are making the most of the remaining bit of summer break!
Usually my husband takes the kids to music in the park while I get some precious time to myself to work out, read, or clean house (even that feels like a much-needed break!) I didn't want to miss this special time with the kids and several of our family friends, so I made sure to spend the morning tidying up and getting in a workout. For cross-training on my marathon training plan, I did 30 minutes on the spin bike plus 15 minutes of the strength training exercises laid out in Run Less, Run Faster. Thank goodness I burned all those calories to make room for the evening's treats!
We started off the night with a toast to the Beatles vs. Stones tribute bands Abbey Road and Jumping Jack Flash.
Here's to music, family and fun!
Why yes that is "grape juice" and thank you local police for turning a blind eye to the drinking of grape juice in public at these events! We ate this corn salad for our picnic dinner along with some cucumbers, bell peppers and carrots that my 7-year-old cut up as a surprise for me! I call her my little sous chef.
For dessert, chocolate ice cream! Who can resist ice cream when it is FREE, compliments of the local realtors who helped sponsor the event.
Now that's a generous single scoop of yum!
I burned off a few more calories as we danced the twist and rocked out to several more Beatles and Stones songs. I got a bonus weight workout as my 37-pound preschooler only wanted to dance in my arms! I also got to test my lungs as I belted out "Satisfaction" along with the band in an encore performance to my Rolling Stones karaoke night.
As it started to get dark, a little boy handed out glow bracelets to all the other kids on the dance floor.
My four-year-old couldn't believe her good fortune!
A sense of community washed over me and I reveled in the glow of that feeling.


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A New Wildlife Bill Would Protect Texas' Numerous At-Risk Animals
This is exciting news for endangered species conservation.
By Gwendolyn Knapp 12/27/2017 at 8:00am
Image: TPWD
Nationwide, there are about 15,000 species that are of greatest conservation need or endangered, some 1,310 of them in Texas. But a new bipartisan bill called the Recovering America's Wildlife Act (HR 4647) , introduced into Congress on December 14, would provide $1.3 billion annually to states to improve and restore fish and wildlife habitats. The money would come from existing royalties made off of energy and mineral production on federal lands and waters. States would also need to come up with 25 percent in matching funds via private investors, grants, and the sort. Texas' share of the funding is estimated at more than $60 million per year.
The greater Houston area is "home to an astonishing array of species from bald eagles to bottlenose dolphins," according to Jaime González of the Katy Prairie Conservancy. "This legislation can help ensure that our children and their children have a chance to see these magnificent creatures here at home."
State wildlife agencies would be in charge of distributing the money to projects for habitat restoration, scientific research, and much more. The legislation aims give states more power over conservation efforts and to help protect species, so they don't have to ever go on the endangered list.
Read more about the bill at txwildlifealliance.org and about at-risk Texas species at tpwd.org.
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The ITC Deer Park Fire Is Out, But Now There's Benzene in the Air
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Demand for office space in Abu Dhabi has reduced due to the decline in oil prices directly impacting the oil related sector and indirectly impacting other sectors due to a slowdown in government spending, according to a new report.
JLL said in its latest Abu Dhabi Real Estate Overview report that large-scale requirements continue to be driven by the government sector and state-owned enterprises with the bulk of private sector demand focused on smaller office suites.
The report said that total office stock in the UAE capital reached approximately 3.4 million sq m during the first quarter of 2016. An additional 286,000 sq m GLA is expected to be delivered by the end of 2016, it added.
JLL said the office market wide vacancy rate currently stands at 20 percent but is expected to increase due to the delivery of further office space and the slowdown in demand growth.
In spite of weak demand, average Grade A office rents remained stable at AED1,850 per sq m due to limited vacancy within high grade stock. However, Grade B office rents decreased by 5 percent in Q1, averaging AED1,120 per sq m.
David Dudley, head of Abu Dhabi Office at JLL MENA, said: "The office market has been the most affected by the decline in oil price and government spending. There are signs of oil companies and government entities reducing headcount and office space requirements.
"However this is mitigated by minimal increases to new speculative supply – the majority of new office buildings are either pre-committed to end users or are in secondary locations."
He added: "While we are going through a period of weaker demand, Grade A Office Rents have generally remained stable, with limited vacancy in high quality buildings. Market-wide vacancy will continue to increase as further office space comes on stream during a period of weak demand. However, Grade A vacancy remains relatively low and therefore we expect Grade A rents to be broadly upheld."


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MOSCOW, RUSSIA - MARCH 23, 2018: AirBridgeCargo freighter Boeing 747-8F taxiing on the tarmac at Sheremetyevo Airport. Largest Russian cargo airline
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Rogier Honselaar is a tech consultant in Germany. He wanted to be able to control a cat door remotely and also be notified when his cat came home.
As with most projects, Rogier started searching the Internet and found some interesting projects. He got the idea to combine some of his favorite projects and make a remotely controlled cat door and alert system for his cat, "Gonzo".
When the idea was there, the execution was very easy using the IObridge module and components.
Rogier installed a Cat Mate Cat Door in his basement. The cat door opens when the electromagnet senses a magnet in the cat's collar. By running the sensor and switch over the the ioBridge IO-204, Rogier can be open and close the door remotely. He is also able to monitor when the cat comes in and out of the door. The messages get pushed to Ping.fm via the IO-204 and ioBridge web service. Rogier and his neighbor follows his cat on Twitter @fellnasegonzo to make sure Gonzo is home safe and sound.
At ioBridge.com, Rogier created a few control and monitor widgets. With some help from a friend, he controls and reads the widgets via a net-connected Windows Mobile app on his cellphone and can open and close the cat door on his Windows Home Server.
Thanks for sending us the project details – we are happy to share. You combined some very interesting things together and created a very useful project. We wish you and Gonzo well and hope you enjoy the new cat door! Who let the cat out? Meow.


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Q: c# jquery simple dialogbox I am new to C# and JQuery. I try to add jquery to a C# WebForm project.
What I want to do is this:
Add a button to a webform.
If that button is clicked serverside then display a JQuery dialogbox
This is the code that I have - if I click the button nothing happens.
I wonder where the problem is....
.aspx file:
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="frmMain.aspx.cs" Inherits="Dialog_YES_NO_mit_JQuery.frmMain" %>
<!DOCTYPE html>

  <title></title>

    <form id="form1" runat="server">

        Dialogbox using JQuery

        <asp:Button ID="btnDemo1" runat="server" OnClick="btnDemo1_Click" Text="Demo1" />

    </form>

.aspx.cs file  :
public partial class frmMain : System.Web.UI.Page
    {

        protected void btnDemo1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

            string message = "Message from server side";

            //ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript   (this.GetType(), "Popup",  "ShowPopup('" + message + "');", true);
              ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptBlock(this.GetType(), "Popup", "ShowPopup('" + message + "');", true);

        }
    }
}

A: here an example that works for me :
code behind :
    protected void ShowDialogClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        ScriptManager.RegisterClientScriptBlock(this.Page, this.GetType(), Guid.NewGuid().ToString(), "ShowDialogJS();", true);
    }

aspx :

<asp:Button runat="server" ID="btnShowDialog" Text="Show Dialog"
            OnClick="ShowDialogClick"></asp:Button>

EDIT :
I have two js files for jQuery :

A: try this
aspx
`
<form id="form1" runat="server">

        Dialogbox using JQuery

        <asp:Button ID="btnDemo1" runat="server" OnClick="btnDemo1_Click" Text="Demo1" />

</form>

`
added

i also added javascirpt files

A: Here's a complete example that works:

*

*You need to add a reference to jQuery UI library after the reference to jQuery as this is where the dialog logic is defined

*You need to add a reference to the jQuery UI CSS file to enable the modal popup styling.

<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.11.4/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet">

    <form id="form1" runat="server">

            Dialogbox using JQuery

            <asp:Button ID="btnDemo1" runat="server" OnClick="btnDemo1_Click" Text="Demo1" />

    </form>

Output:

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Pan Africa 03 Dec 2020
Africa left behind in pandemic science
By Christiaan van der Merwe
Image: Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research [CC BY-SA 4.0] via Wikimedia Commons
'Minute fraction' of early Covid-19 research funding made it to Africa, says study
Only a "minute fraction" of the Covid-19 research funding being spent globally seven months into the pandemic reached Africa—and the research that was done overlooked the continent's priorities, a study has found.
The study was published on the African Academy of Sciences' Open Research platform on 24 November. It was written by researchers based in Kenya and the United Kingdom, and has not yet been peer reviewed.
Just 3 per cent, or US$22 million of the more than US$720m committed to Covid-19 research as of 15 July this year was making its way to Africa, the paper says. The authors drew on projects registered with a global Covid-19 funding tracker run by the UK Collaborative on Development Research and the Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GLoPID-R).
None of the projects in the study sample were funded by domestic funders, the authors say.
However, domestically funded research is a blind spot for the tracker. As of 9 November, there were no South Africa funded projects listed for South Africa, despite the fact that many Covid-19 projects have been funded to date by the country's National Research Foundation and the South African Medical Research Council.
Most funding heading for Africa in the sample came from Europe, the authors say. The United States was conspicuous by its absence, given its normally strong role in supporting African health research. However, the US added projects in Africa to the tracker in August, they add.
African scientists were also under-represented in the Covid-19 research projects underway by mid-July. Of the close to 1,900 active projects, only 84, or 4.5 per cent, involved one or more African researchers.
Few projects targeted research areas specifically identified as being of benefit to Africa, the study notes. In April, African scientists mapped out research priorities for Covid-19, which included protocols in the absence of intensive care facilities and prevention of transmission in communities and clinics.
The authors argue that the relative lack of funding in Africa for Covid-19 research, and the under-representation of African researchers, could partly be explained by donor countries focusing on their own populations during the early months of the pandemic. The virus took hold in Africa later than in Europe and North America.
Many of the projects in Africa contained a capacity-building element—something that shows Africa's lack of preparedness for emerging disease outbreaks, the authors claim. They say that the speed with which this funding was made available could also indicate that the capacity built might not be long-lasting.
Looking ahead, research funders should ensure funding builds more long-term capacity, the authors write. "Moving forward, cooperation among research funders, enhanced mobilisation of domestic funding for capacity strengthening and periodic evaluations to guide future investments…are key steps for building sustained research capacity in Africa."
Link to full paper


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Carbohydrate metabolism is regulated by several allosteric regulators and kinases that inhibit or activate key enzymes in the glycolytic pathway.
Biomolecules are Altered Through Pathways Involving Transformations of Energy and Matter
Energetically unfavorable reactions become favorable when coupled to energetically favorable reactions. Although we typically think of this in terms of ATP hydrolysis or phosphate transfer, other bonds with a large negative free energy of hydrolysis (e.g. thioesters) are also common in biochemistry.
Reactions that have ΔG° values close to 0 can be tipped to proceed in either direction by changing the concentrations of substrates or products.
The synthesis of glucose through gluconeogenesis and the degradation of monosaccharides via glycolysis use similar reactions but different pathways. Key steps are different, and compartmentalization is important. The same theme is seen in beta oxidation and fatty acid biosynthesis.
Structure Determines Function
Monosaccharides are frequently depicted in Fischer projections to highlight the stereochemical differences. However, in solution, these molecules adopt a cyclic hemiacetal or hemiketal structure; this structure is best seen in a Haworth projection.
Polysaccharides can be broadly characterized by function as being energy stores or structural.
Energy storing polysaccharides can either be linear (e.g. amylose) or highly branched (e.g. amylopectin or glycogen). The branched forms enable the mobilization of monosaccharides at a higher rate, because release can happen simultaneously from several sites.
Structural polysaccharides are generally linear molecules, with multiple places where the strands can interact with one another through weak forces (typically hydrogen bonding, dipole–dipole and electrostatic interactions).
The structure of many enzymes is conserved throughout biology, and many of the same chemical reactions are employed in the breakdown and biosynthesis of carbohydrates in divergent species.
Evolution's Outcomes are Conserved
In contrast to some genes discussed in other chapters (e.g. the genes involved in eicosanoids and steroid metabolism), the genes coding for the enzymes involved in glycolysis are found throughout biology, and are therefore more ancient in origin. All of these pathways are conserved throughout evolution.
Because glycolysis is so basic to the existence of an organism, mutations that disrupt this pathway are often lethal or put organisms at such an evolutionary disadvantage that they generally fail to pass on these genes.


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Q: Is there a way to tell webbrowser to continiue script that is "stuck"? I have created this recursive script that checks what address your on, and then checks in another file hierarchy if that folder your in are in, also exists on that place. Like for example say you're on somerandomsite.com/example/folder/folder1/folder1_1  and then you might want to redirect the user to somerandomsite.com/another/example/folder/folder1/folder1_1 if that folder exists, otherwise just redirect him to somerandomsite.com/another (of course I have som special cases as well, like if folder/folder1/ exists but not folder/folder1/folder1_1, then redirect to somerandomsite.com/another/example/folder/folder1/ etc.
Now to my problem, I have a real slow recursive implementation, and say that there are 50 folders in folder "example", 100 folders in folder, another folders in folder1, and last 100 folders the last level, then my implementation takes long time to "match" all the names.
So some browsers display an error message that "some script has stopped working" since it is taking to long to execute. So my question is if there is some way to tell the browsers to let the script finish?
You can find the code for    the script here.
And for those who wounder how I perform the directory searches is that im creating xmlhttprequests to folders, and get a html version displaying all the folders, and then do a simple pattern match for each folder level. In the example above I do 4 xmlhttpRequests,
One to somerandomsite.com, patternmatch for "example"
One to somerandomsite.com/example/ patternmatch for "folder"
One to somerandomsite.com/example/folder/ patternmatch for "folder1"
One to somerandomsite.com/example/folder/folder1/ patternmatch for "folder1_1"

A: No.  That feature is designed explicitly for slow scripts, as you admitted yours is.  It's up to the user to decide whether to continue.  If there was an escape hatch all sorts of harmful scripts would use it.

A: I doubt that would occur with AJAX calls, since there is no actual script running while the request is made. Are you positive you don't have any infinite loops in your code.
Oh, there is a problem with your code:
handleXML is your event handler for readystatechange, and it calls checkState which spawns a timeout to call itself every second. So every time the state changes you spawn another repeating checkState.
You don't need checkState to call itself, because handleXML already calls it and is called every time the state changes anyways. Also if the status returned isn't 200 the checkState will call itself forever. I think browsers will be much happier with you if you change your checkState function to:
var checkState = function(xmlhttp, callback) {
    if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) {
        callback();
};

A: Good lord, do that on the server.  You're already "getting httprequest lists of directories within a directory" - just do the whole thing on the server.

A: No. Look into using Web Workers to get the job done. But be wary of compatibility with older browsers.

A: The script is doing that because to much is happening at once.
Wait to start a new xmlhttprequest until the previous one has finished.
Other then using a faster browser, you can't force a script to keep running.


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I'm happy to announce the second release candidate of Manjaro 15.12 (Capella)!

This is one of the biggest updates we did so far. Mostly due the C++ 11 ABI change within gcc. It is recommended to rebuild your AUR packages for this ABI. With this we finally dropping Plasma 4 for good. All users of this desktop should either switch over to Plasma 5 or any other maintained desktop, like LXQt.

So what changed? We have now Plasma 5.5 with all its goodies, updated Mesa, LibreOffice 4 and 5 series. Firefox 43 is using now GTK3. You might need to check your themes if you have unwanted graphical issues due this change. However we fixed Menda, so you should be fine with that theme.

Most of our kernels got updated to the latest point release. Kernel 4.2 gained extended stable support from Canonical. Bumblebee uses now the group 'bumblebee' for the X-Server. Your user should been added to this group automatically. Wine got its 4th release candidate and is now pretty stable. We renewed some features of Manjaro-Settings-Manager and changed our profile structure of our manjaro-tools. Maintainers of Manjaro Install Medias should adopt to this new style.

Archlinux upstream fixes are now from: Thu Dec 17 10:11:19 CET 2015.

It is always good to check for updated packages, even we don't notify you about them. As usual people using our testing branch will help us to get snaps over to our stable branch almost smoothly. For notifications on daily bases please take a look at our [mailing list](https://lists.manjaro.org/pipermail/manjaro-packages).

Kind regards,
Philip Müller and the Manjaro Development Team

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## Current supported kernels

* Linux310 3.10.94
* Linux312 3.12.51
* Linux313 3.13.11.31
* Linux314 3.14.58
* Linux316 3.16.7.21
* Linux318 3.18.25
* Linux319 3.19.8.11
* Linux41  4.1.15
* Linux42  4.2.8
* Linux43  4.3.3
* Linux44  4.4-rc5

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## Package changes

* community i686:  1505 new and 1527 removed package(s)
* community x86_64:  1503 new and 1524 removed package(s)
* core i686:  57 new and 58 removed package(s)
* core x86_64:  57 new and 58 removed package(s)
* extra i686:  1253 new and 1344 removed package(s)
* extra x86_64:  1254 new and 1345 removed package(s)
* multilib x86_64:  70 new and 69 removed package(s)

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## Links

* [Talk about this update](https://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=29156.0)
* [Changelog](https://lists.manjaro.org/pipermail/manjaro-packages/Week-of-Mon-20151214/005269.html)
* [Download](http://manjaro.github.io/download/)

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My how my days have changed over the last week or so. It's 7.30am I'm up, dressed, have been to Leamington and back to drop Oli at work and am now musing over an early morning cuppa. It's two days till my sister arrives for a week, Harry has no trousers or bow tie for his prom on Friday eve and is not going to be up any time soon for me to take him shopping. The house looks like a warehouse, Harry's room is indescribable and has to be spring cleaned from top to bottom before Annie arrives or one of them will be on the couch. I've got a lunch date with my lovely Aunt Loxie on Thursday for a good old catch up and we're hoping to call by and see my Aunt and Uncle as I'm missing their 60th Wedding Anniversary bash on Sunday. Andy's having a bit of a Birthday on Thursday too and ….. well I'm starting to get jumpy about how I'm going to get all I need to finished ready to teach over the weekend and then spend time with Annie. ….. I wish there were 48 hours in a day at the moment.
Our pics today are of a lovely gift from Lyn, one of the Creative Spirits. A very apt, beautifully altered canvas for this years World War 1 celebrations and remembrance. The background and sentiment are embossed and the large poppy was made using the Susan's Garden poppy die. Beautiful Lyn, thank you so much.
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Hi Clare, I hope you are managing to fit everything into your busy schedule !! I know exactly what you mean.
This canvas is stunning, and so very apt !! I'm especially loving the poppy, I really must get this die.
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More news. Less fluff. All local.
Wausau, Marathon Co. spend heavily on policing, mirroring national trends
by Shereen Siewert June 16, 2020 June 15, 2020
A standoff in Wausau on March 14, 2018. Photos courtesy of Then & Now Photography
BY PETER CAMERON, THE BADGER PROJECT
After the death of George Floyd, a black man, at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer on Memorial Day, calls to defund, demilitarize, reform and even abolish the police have grown louder across the country.
"All of us were saddened about the fact that some of our own had failed so dramatically and so miserably," Marathon County Sheriff Scott Parks said.
"At the same time to me, it doesn't justify what's taking place after the fact," Parks said, referring to the riots in American cities. "I work in the criminal justice system, I trust that system, and if I didn't that trust that system to work for us, then I wouldn't be in it anymore."
Wausau Police Chief Benjamin Bliven called Floyd's death "reprehensible."
Both men said their departments do not permit the knee to the neck tactic that killed Floyd, nor the strangleholds and chokeholds that have led to other deaths.
"We are a character-based, mission-focused police department," Bliven said.
And Wisconsin is one of a few states to require an outside investigation regarding deaths involving a police officer.
The Badger Project, a nonpartisan journalism nonprofit in Wisconsin, took a look at how local policing fares compared to national criticism.
Critics say many police union contracts protect bad officers, preventing the release of complaints and blocking chiefs from firing them.
The Badger Project found no language in the union contracts for Wausau Police, Everest Metro Police, Rothschild Police or the officers of the Marathon County Sheriff's Department that would prevent the release of complaints against officers to the public.
Wisconsin's Public Records Law requires agencies to keep documents, usually for at least seven years, said Bill Lueders, president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council.
The Wausau Police Department investigates all complaints against its officers, Bliven said. The Marathon County Sheriff's Office saves complaints in each employee's personnel file, Parks said.
Also per state law, the final decision on hiring and firing police at a city level is made by a five-person commission appointed by the mayor.
However, it is harder to fire a police officer in Wisconsin compared to most other employees.
Former Gov. Scott Walker's labor-busting Act 10 lowered the requirements for termination, making it "more employer friendly," said Frank Mattel, the employee resources director for Marathon County, but preserved the higher bar for police and fire unions.
Prior to Act 10, labor unions had a "just cause" standard that employers had to meet, which took more time and was a more drawn out process, Mattel added.
But Act 10 did have a local impact that played out in March 2013. After a citizen review reported the Marathon County Jail needed a massive overhaul in the wake of an attack on a female corrections officer, the jail administrator resigned and the county enacted major reforms. Act 10 had weakened union protections for correctional officers, Parks said, so there was no union to resist the changes.
Marathon County Sheriff Scott Parks speaks at a September 2017 news conference. Wausau Pilot & Review file photo
Another complaint nationally is that bad cops who get fired can get a job at another department. The Wisconsin Department of Justice has a database it requires police departments to update when an officer is fired or resigns due to an investigation.
Since its inception in 2017, at least 579 officers have been flagged, said Steven Wagner, director of the Training & Standards Bureau at the Wisconsin Department of Justice
But departments are not mandated to use the database to background check an officer before hiring, Wagner said.
Critics also say police budgets are huge compared to other government services, and accuse politically-powerful police unions of preventing any cuts.
After debt service, the largest item on the city of Wausau 2020 budget is the police department at about $10 million.
By comparison, the city budgeted about $1.4 million for community development.
"We need the officers we have to respond to the calls that we have," Bliven said.
He noted the Wausau Police Department employs two mental health professionals that can attend calls with officers, and one therapist that works with victims.
"We do recognize we aren't the experts in all areas," Bliven said.
In Marathon County, which has a total of about 700 full-time equivalent employees, the Sheriff's Office has by far the most, with about 200 full-time equivalent positions. The next largest is the Social Services Department with about 120 full-time equivalent positions.
Regarding calls to "defund the police, Parks said "I don't see that as being the answer to any of this."
He noted his department partners with mental health professionals from North Central Health Care in Wausau to create a crisis response team that answers calls of that nature.
Another criticism of American police is that they have become less Mayberry and more military. Images of officers in riot gear, body armor and shields have been prevalent during the protests and riots after Floyd's death.
In 2011, Marathon County purchased a Lenco Bearcat, an armored vehicle for just under $250,000, Parks said. It was used in a shootout in 2017 that saw one local police officer shot and killed after three other civilians had already been murdered. The suspect was firing at responding officers and the vehicle was used to "make contact" with him, Parks said, taking fire and likely saving the driver's life. Officers eventually shot and apprehended the suspect, who later died, Parks said.
Local departments have begun to rely on armored vehicles like this BearCat, featured in this 2018 stock photo, for protection during shooting incidents.
A second incident, the sheriff recalled, saw a suspect shoot and hit the passenger-side windshield, which held, again likely saving the life of the officer sitting there.
"That BearCat has paid off dividends," Parks said.
The Marathon County Sheriff's Office deploys the vehicle about once a month, Parks estimated, sometimes having it ready but out of sight in case it's needed.
In 2014, an attorney and his 75-year-old client publicly criticized the office after it arrived at the client's house with 24 armed officers and the armored vehicle over a property dispute. The man owed an $80,000 judgement to the small town of Stettin in Marathon County.
The man had a history of being armed or suggesting he was armed, Parks said, and the vehicle was placed in between the man's home and the bank employees who were present to tell officers what property to repossess. The man eventually agreed to pay the judgement, the sheriff said.
The Wausau Police Department and Marathon County Sheriff's Office have patrol rifles, tactical helmets, and things like shields and heavier body armor, which can be brought out when needed, but aren't used for regular policing.
"We hire our police officers to do dangerous things, and we owe it to them to make them as safe as possible," Bliven said.
Perhaps the loudest criticism of American police is that they target black folks and other people of color.
In 2016, Wausau Police were accused of racial profiling by a black man and local clergy. In his mugshot, the man's face was visibly swollen after his arrest. Officers said he and another man appeared to be near fighting outside a bar late at night, leading to the confrontation. Police released a video and audio recording in which the man gave a false name to officers before his arrest, said he resisted, and the chief at the time said officers had acted appropriately.
Of Wausau's 76 current police officers, seven are minorities, including five Hmong officers, Bliven said.
The Marathon County Sheriff's Department employs 90 armed officers, a small percentage of whom are Asian-American, African-American or Hipspanic, Parks said.
But minority representation within the force is just one piece of good relationships with minority communities, Bliven said.
Wausau Police Chief Ben Bliven gives a speech during a class at the FBI headquarters in Quantico, Virginia. Contributed photo
Bliven said he invites and meets with minority leaders in the community to hear their concerns and to share the department's tactics and philosophy.
"One of the key factors in law enforcement is, does your community trust you? Do they see you as a legitimate government organization who carries out their authority and responsibilities in a professional and fair way," Bliven said. "That work is never going to be finished and never going to be completed. It's a continuous process."
The Badger Project is a nonpartisan, citizen-supported journalism nonprofit in Wisconsin. Cameron is managing editor. He can be reached at pcameron@thebadgerproject.org.
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Ms. Marvel #41 Review
In Comic Reviews on July 11, 2009 at 10:36 am
Poor Moonstone. She's only been Ms. Marvel a short period of time and she is already forced to deal with a world of inconvenience. In Ms. Marvel #41, her problems seem to grow as she is struggling to deal with the New Avengers and our favorite mercenary, Deadpool. How will she handle this? What would Carol Danvers do!?
Brian Michael Bendis, Brother Voodoo, Clint Barton, Damien Hellstrom, Doctor Strange, Doctor Voodoo, Dormammu, Jeremiah Drumm, Parker Robbins, Ronin, Son of Satan, Stephen Strange, The Hood
"New Avengers" #54 Review
In Comic Reviews on June 26, 2009 at 2:13 am
New Avengers #54
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Pencils: Billy Tan
Inks: Batt and Billy Tan
Colors: Justin Ponsor
The Marvel Universe has a new Sorceror Supreme in Brother Voodoo, now known by the ridiculous moniker of Doctor Voodoo. Its a shame what's happening to Doctor Strange, someone fans love that Bendis has made a mockery of in recent years. Stephen Strange is still around, and taking on the task of training Doctor Voodoo, but seriously, why is Bendis doing this to Strange? Read the rest of this entry »
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VIDEO: The Pull List! Week of May 28, 2009
In The Pull List! on May 25, 2009 at 11:00 am
So this week, I decided to try something new! Your Pull List is now in a convenient, bite size format, in the form of the video below. Its still pretty experimental, but the goal is to start including a lot more video content, since its much easier to digest than long winded articles…though, don't get me wrong, there will still be plenty of written articles and reviews; we simply don't have the time or resources to do videos of everything at this stage.
Hope you enjoyed it! Leave a comment and let us know what you think for future episodes.
Alan Scott, Amazing Spider-Man, Aquagirl, Avengers/Invaders, Barry Allen, Bart Allen, Batman, Battle For The Cowl, Ben Grimm, Bishop, Black Adam, Black Panther, Blue Beetle, Bombshell, Bucky, Cable, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Deadpool, Deathtrap, Domino, Fantastic Four, Freddy Freeman, Green Lantern, Hope Summers, Human Torch, Invincible Iron Man, Invisible Woman, Iron Man, Isis, Jay Garrick, Johnny Storm, Justice Society of America, Kid Eternity, Kid Flash, Man-Bat, Mary Marvel, Messiah War, Miss Martian, Mockingbird, Mr. Fantastic, Namor, New Avengers: The Reunion, Peter Parker, Red Devil, Red Skull, Reed Richards, Ronin, Spider-Man, Stargirl, Static, Steve Rogers, Stryfe, Superman, Superman/Batman, Susan Storm, Teen Titans, Teleporter, The Flash, The Flash: Rebirth, The Thing, Thunderbird, Titans, Tony Stark, Vigilante, Wally West, Wildcat, Wolverine, Wonder Girl, X-23, X-Force
The Pull List! Week of April 1st, 2009
In The Pull List! on April 1, 2009 at 6:00 am
All I can really say is oy. Yeah, The Homeworld has been pretty dead this week, but we have an excuse. Derk is busy with school, which pretty much eats up all his free time. As for me, I've been pretty much dieing from allergies. So, sorry there's been no reviews of last week's comics up. Who knows, maybe I'll get the chance to take care of them later on. But here's this week's pull list (complete with cover art!), and look forward to some reviews. Its a fairly big week all around, and I for one am absolutely thrilled about Flash: Rebirth. But I'll discuss that later on in the week, so on with the show…
Batman, Black Panther, Bobbi Morse, Cable, Clint Barton, Clock King, Daredevil, Dark Reign, Deadpool, Dr. Doom, General Zod, Hawkeye, Hope Summers, Hydra, Joker, Kevin Smith, Kingpin, Matt Murdock, Messiah Child, Messiah War, Mockingbird, New Avengers: The Reunion, New Krypton, Nick Fury, Norman Osborne, Onomatopoeia, Ravager, Ronin, S.H.I.E.L.D, Secret Warriors, Static, Superman, T'Challa, Teen Titans, Terror Titans, Thunderbolts
The Pull List! Week of March 4th, 2009
In The Pull List! on March 3, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Looks like its time for the Pull List again. Marvel takes the crown for having the most exciting week of new comics, while DC seems to be taking an off week, releasing the first issue of the World of New Krypton mini and finishing up both the Cacophony and Terror Titans mnis. Come to think of it, doesn't DC have some little movie they've been talking about a little coming out this weekend? Wonder if they're related, hurm. Regardless, here's what you need to read in comics this week. Full listings are available at the publisher's web sites, or at http://www.diamondcomics.com/