U.S. Releases its WRWC Team, Assembly

The USA Women's National Rugby Team has officially announced the roster of 26 players and four reserves who are set to assemble in the weeks leading up to the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup (WRWC) in England.

“It is never an easy task to trim down a squad we have been working with for almost four years,” said Women’s National Rugby Team Coach Kathy Flores. “With the 2010 World Cup less than two months away, we are working to prepare for every variable possible and select according to the needs of the team, in regards to the commitment and dedication of each individual and their contribution to the squad.”

Assembling on July 10, the USA squad will hold a residency camp at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine for three weeks before departing for England.

“The U.S. Women will feel right at home in the college’s top-notch residential and athletic facilities,” Women’s High Performance Manager, Alex Williams said. “Bowdoin is home to one of the few women’s varsity rugby programs in the country and it’s a great environment for the intense final preparations prior to the World Cup.”

The residency camp will include a lot of individual and unit skill work, along with strength and conditioning sessions, video analysis, and creating game plans for its upcoming RWC pool matches. Brought into the camp will be additional skill specialists, sports psychologists, nutritionists and select media personnel who will all work with the players and staff in preparation for the team’s biggest event of the quadrennial.

The National Team’s time at Bowdoin College won’t be all work and no play, however. On July 12, the USA Women’s Team will host an Under-19 rugby clinic for new and upcoming Under-19 female players and then on July 25, the Women’s National Team will play the Northeast Rugby Union All-Star Women’s Team in a final Women’s Rugby World Cup warm-up match for the Eagles.

The U.S. will also have one week of preparation and acclimatization once landing in England, prior to the kick-off of the 2010 Women’s Rugby World Cup.

The 2010 Women’s Rugby World Cup features the top 12 teams from around the world. The teams are sorted into three pools and will play pool opponents on three match days through August. The fifth-ranked USA Women’s Team is in Pool B along with second-seeded England, Ireland and Kazakhstan.

The USA will face the 11th-ranked Kazakhstan, first, on Friday, August 20. Four days later, the USA will play the eighth-seed, Ireland side, on August 24 and will finish against England on August 28.

“We don’t have the luxury to look past any team at the Women’s Rugby World Cup,” Flores added. “While we were playing Canada in June, Kazakhstan played close matches with South Africa. Ireland is lining up practice competition in the coming month and I am sure England will be training and lining up practice matches as well. No team is taking anything for granted in this event.”

The U.S. Women’s Rugby World Cup Team includes:

Forwards

Sharon Blaney (Beantown)

Stacey Bridges (Texas A&M)

Jamie Burke (Beantown)

Lisa Butts (Berkeley All-Blues)

Melanie Denham (Beantown)

Farrah Douglas (Keystone)

Blair Groefsema (Berkeley All-Blues)

Phaidra Knight (New York)

Jillion Potter (Minnesota Valkyries)

Beckett Royce (Oregon Sports Union)

Lara Vivolo (New York)

Kittery Wagner (Beantown)

Maurin Wallace (Beantown)

Kristin Zdanczewicz (Minnesota Valkyries)

Backs

Claudia Braymer (Albany)

Emilie Bydwell (Beantown)

Amy Daniels (Beantown)

Ashley English (Berkeley All-Blues)

Victoria Folayan (Berkeley All-Blues)

Melissa Kanuk (Minnesota Valkyries)

Ashley Kmiecik (Oregon Sports Union)

Lynelle Kugler (Twin Cities Amazons)

Kim Magrini (Keystone)

Nathalie Marchino (Berkeley All-Blues)

Vanesha McGee (New York)

Christy Ringgenberg (Minnesota Valkyries)

Reserves

Stephanie Bruce (Berkeley All-Blues)

Kate Daley (Keystone)

Naima Reddick (Berkeley All-Blues)

Hannah Stolba (Minnesota Valkyries)

For more information on the Women’s National Team, please visit www.usarugby.org/goto/women_eagles. To follow the WNT on the road to the Women’s Rugby World Cup or for the chance to sponsor a day of residency for the U.S. Women’s Rugby Team visit www.weWaNTrugby.com. Also, don’t forget to check out the Women’s Rugby World Cup website at www.rwcwomens.com.

About Bowdoin Bowdoin is an independent, nonsectarian, coeducational residential, undergraduate liberal arts institution founded in 1794. It is located in Brunswick, Maine, a town of 21,000 on the Maine coast. Study at Bowdoin leads to a bachelor of arts degree in one of over 40 departmental and interdisciplinary majors. Bowdoin enrolls approximately 1,750 students from across the country and around the world. For more information, please visit www.bowdoin.edu.


Q:

How do I know if an off the shelf switch is vlan capable?

I have a managed switch that handles the vlan config. VoIP phones run on one, everything else on another. I need to buy some off the shelf switches due to the difficulty of adding another drop in some locations of our office. How can I tell if an off the shelf dumb switch will work with the vlan setup?

A:

So after some trial and error I have discovered that off the shelf switches manufactured in the last few years will handle this traffic correctly. There is a bit of guesswork required though, because none of them seem to give any information one way or the other.


@file:JvmName("platformjvm")
package io.kotest.assertions.show

import kotlin.reflect.KClass

/**
 * Return a [Show] based on available runtime classes.
 * Ex. A standard Java 8 JVM will have the 'java.nio.file.Path'
 * type while certain versions of the Android JVM will not.
 *
 * Uses reflection to check for the available classes
 * to avoid a runtime [ClassNotFoundException] when
 * called on a JVM platform that may not have the
 * required compiled types.
 *
 * @return [PathShow] if [A] is a 'java.nio.file.Path',
 * or [FileShow] if [A] is `java.io.File`,
 * or `null` otherwise.
 */
@Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
actual fun  platformShow(a: A): Show? = when {
  javaNioPathKlass()?.isInstance(a) ?: false -> PathShow as Show
  javaIoFileKlass()?.isInstance(a) ?: false -> FileShow as Show
  else -> null
}

private fun javaNioPathKlass(): KClass<*>? = try {
  /*
   * There is no KClass reflection API to find a
   * class by string so the Java Class Reflection
   * API must be used.
   * See https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-10440
   */
  Class.forName("java.nio.file.Path").kotlin
} catch (_: ClassNotFoundException) {
  // ignore Path as it may not exist on Android.
  null
}

private fun javaIoFileKlass(): KClass<*>? = try {
  /*
   * There is no KClass reflection API to find a
   * class by string so the Java Class Reflection
   * API must be used.
   * See https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-10440
   */
  Class.forName("java.io.File").kotlin
} catch (_: ClassNotFoundException) {
  null
}


Q:

Not able to send sms from smsgateway.me after its update

I was sending sms programmatically using php from localhost. But today after update of smsgateway.me to v4, I am not able to send any message. I actually don't know how to pass API key to given example. I tried a lot but no success.
Request Endpoint
Endpoint:   https://smsgateway.me/api/v4/message/send
Method: POST
Request Parameters
Name    Location    Required    Description
Content body    true    JSON payload with the information of SMS messages the API should send

Request Example
[
  {
    "phone_number": "07791064781",
    "message": "Hello World",
    "device_id": 1
  },
  {
    "phone_number": "07791064782",
    "message": "Hello World",
    "device_id": 2
  }
]

I also check with postman but it is returning "500 Internal Server Error"
Can you please check and help me. Thanks.

A:

I read the docs on their site, and it appears that you might have forgotten to send the API key with the request. If you have the API key, you need to send it in an Authorization header.
Authorization: <the api key here>

Using Postman, you can set this header and retry.


Re: Polygamy, USA

I think I missed a couple of the early episodes and would like to see them. I may check to see if I can view online if they don't rerun.

I have read that most all of those people on the show know each other, even though they don't seem to. AND that includes Hyrum and Kelly. I have also read some very surprising things about Isaiah's second wife, but I won't go there on this thread. It may be just rumor.

I also heard that Rose is not yet married. I get this feeling that Rose may not be getting a name, because she just isn't that attracted to the males in her life. That could be for a number of reasons. Recall how she didn't particularly want a man for herself. She said she would prefer to join an existing family where she would be a second or third wife. Perhaps marrying a man is just not what she really wants, but she doesn't know how to handle it. I'm just speculating, not trying to label Rose, of course.

Re: Polygamy, USA

Originally Posted by Debb70

Hmmmm.....I think it came on Sunday or Monday nights on National Geographic channel. I'm not sure if you can get it ON Demand or not. Time Warner has about 12 On Demand channels, there's Primetime, Entertainement, Lifestyle, etc. They probably will rerun it.

It appeared to me that this week's episode was the finale. I could be wrong. They showed flash backs to scenes from previous shows and they had a woman get called to speak in church and she commented on the filming crew and what kind of an experience they had. I hate to see it go. I liked it.

Also, if you don't want to watch online, if you have Time Warner Cable there is a feature that allows you to go to use the keyboard on the screen to type in the name of the show and it will list the days and times a show will be on for the next week. If you're interested, let me know and I'll give details on how to find this feature. I use it a lot.

Thanks, Debb! You are such a sweetie!

I will look on the NG channel and yes I have On Demand and will check there.

Re: Polygamy, USA

This show is rerunning the entire season on 6/18 starting at 9:00 a.m. I looked over the descriptions and I do think it's all of them. I must have only missed the first episode. I think there are only about 6 episodes. I'm going to to set my DVR to record all of them, just to be sure.

Re: Polygamy, USA

Cool! Thanks Debb70! I will be setting the DVR.

On a side note, does anyone know how law enforcement could come after them (they mentioned in the episode the attorney general would only go after abuse cases). I know polygamy is against the law, but if they only legally marry one wife how is that against the law? Are the other women considered common law wives or something?

Re: Polygamy, USA

Originally Posted by Starbucks880

Cool! Thanks Debb70! I will be setting the DVR.

On a side note, does anyone know how law enforcement could come after them (they mentioned in the episode the attorney general would only go after abuse cases). I know polygamy is against the law, but if they only legally marry one wife how is that against the law? Are the other women considered common law wives or something?

I know. I used to wonder that too, but I looked into it awhile ago. This is what I recall. Apparently, some states, like Utah, Arizona, etc. have laws that make it illegal to have plural spouses, EVEN if they are not legally married to you. It's illegal to even hold yourself out as having more than one wife. I'l try to find the statute. I thought it was odd too, but that's what Kody on Sister Wives was afraid of when he went public. It's different from the charge of bigamy, which is when you actually marry more than one wife.

Re: Polygamy, USA

Originally Posted by momrek06

Taping all of them now, Debb! Am watching the first epi now as they introduce all the families!

Looks great! Thanks for the heads up about it being on this week!

Please post your reaction. I'm not an advocate for their way of life, however, I found this show to be the most interesting and informative one I've ever seen. I actually liked all the Mormons on there except for Mr. Crowely. You'll see why. I expecially liked Rose Marie and all her moms.

Re: Polygamy, USA

Unfortunately as really sad but true as it sounds, a lot of people will watch this show. For several reasons. Either to get a kick out of it or just to see out of curious eyes. Sorry not going to watch. But that is just IMHO! There are a lot of shows like these that are popular. For strange reasons.

Re: Polygamy, USA

Originally Posted by Passepartout

Unfortunately as really sad but true as it sounds, a lot of people will watch this show. For several reasons. Either to get a kick out of it or just to see out of curious eyes. Sorry not going to watch. But that is just IMHO! There are a lot of shows like these that are popular. For strange reasons.

I totally agree with you, Karen. In fact, I would go even one step further and say that to me, "Polygamy, USA" is more like a 'documentary' than a typical reality show. Maybe the poster was thinking of "Breaking Amish" which actually IS a huge embarassment to the genre of reality tv.


Q:

Salesforce Validation Rule

I have a requirement that in Filed client_Logo__c(URL) whenever user enters any URL : IF it dosen't begin with http or https then it must throw a validation error.

A:

Welcome to the exchange!
Have a look at the following link for some more in-depth explanation Click me!
For your case, if this is a default field, create a Validation Rule on your object.
Error Condition Formula

NOT(
   OR(
      BEGINS( client_Logo__c, "http"),
      BEGINS( client_Logo__c, "https"),
      ISBLANK( client_Logo__c )
   )
)

The rest (Rule Name, Error message) can be whatever you like
Edited:
Updated formula for further requirements
Have a look at the following
Examples of Validation Rules

Create Validation Rules
 - Trailhead


android_getaddrinfofornet
android_gethostbyaddrfornet
android_gethostbynamefornet
__android_set_abort_message
arc4random_addrandom
arc4random_stir
basename_r
__bionic_name_mem
dirname_r
dlmalloc
dlmalloc_inspect_all
dlmalloc_trim
dlmalloc_usable_size
__findenv
free_malloc_leak_info
__futex_wake
_fwalk
__getdents64
get_malloc_leak_info
__get_thread
__get_tls
localtime_tz
mktime_tz
__open
posix2time
__pthread_gettid
__sclose
__sflags
__sflush
__sfp
SHA1Final
SHA1Init
SHA1Transform
SHA1Update
__sinit
__smakebuf
__sread
__srefill
__srget
__sseek
strftime_tz
__swbuf
__swrite
__swsetup
__system_properties_init
__system_property_add
__system_property_area_init
__system_property_find
__system_property_find_nth
__system_property_foreach
__system_property_get
__system_property_read
__system_property_serial
__system_property_set
__system_property_set_filename
__system_property_update
__system_property_wait_any
_thread_created_hook
time2posix
tzsetwall
__wait4


Association of differentiated thyroid carcinoma with HLA-DR7.
Seventy-four American white thyroid cancer patients were typed for HLA-A, B, and DR antigens. A significant increase in HLA-DR7 was found in the nonradiation-associated thyroid cancer patients (42.5%, 20/47 cases), compared to 22.8% of 979 normal controls. The association is stronger in the follicular and mixed papillary-follicular subgroup (52.0%, 13/25 cases, P corrected less than 0.01). The occurrence of various malignancies in family members was found in 57.9% of HLA-DR7 positive patients, versus 20% of HLA-DR7 negative patients, in a retrospective record review. Although the frequency of HLA-DR7 was not increased in the radiation-associated thyroid cancer patients (22.2%, 6/27 cases), the interval from the irradiation date to the onset date of thyroid cancer was shorter in HLA-DR7 positive cases (17.3 +/- 6.2 years) than in HLA-DR7 negative patients (29.4 +/- 11.5 years). This data suggest that HLA-DR7 is associated with and may influence development of thyroid cancer.


The family of the late former President Roh Moo-hyun filed a libel suit, Monday, against Rep. Chung Jin-suk of the largest conservative Liberty Korea Party (LKP) over his claims last week that Roh committed suicide after quarreling with his wife.

The allegation by Chung, a former aide to ex-President Lee Myung-bak, prompted uproar among liberal politicians.

Roh Geon-ho, son of the late President Roh Moo-hyun, appears at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, Monday, to submit a complaint against Rep. Chung Jin-suk of the largest conservative Liberty Korea Party for libeling his father. Chung wrote on Facebook last week that Roh and his wife, Kwon Yang-sook, had a quarrel just before Roh committed suicide in 2009, and Kwon ran away from home. / Yonhap

The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) claimed Chung is raising a groundless allegation in order to defend Lee from an ongoing investigation into state-perpetrated irregularities committed under the Lee administration (2008-2013). Chung was Lee's chief secretary for political affairs from 2010 to 2011.

Chung wrote on Facebook on Sept. 20 that Roh committed suicide in 2009 due to a quarrel he had with his wife, Kwon Yang-sook, after Kwon and their son were questioned by prosecutors over allegations that they received bribes worth millions of dollars from former businessman, Park Yeon-Cha. Chung also said Kwon ran away from home after the quarrel.

Regarding Roh's death, liberals have claimed the conservative president unfairly targeted his liberal predecessor in an act of political retaliation, while conservatives said the bribe allegations involving Roh's family still need to be unearthed.

"Chung's blunt remarks are hurting the people," DPK Chairwoman Rep. Choo Mi-ae said at a party meeting, Monday. "But the people will see through his intentions and will not fall prey to his stratagem."

Rep. Park Nam-choon called on the party to take legal action promptly against Chung, saying his remarks cannot be forgotten even after he expressed regret.

"Conservatives have politically used the late Roh whenever wrongdoings of the conservative governments were disclosed," Park said. "Such impure attitudes are not acceptable. They should take legal responsibility."

Chung made the controversial remarks while state prosecutors are investigating allegations that the National Intelligence Service (NIS) attempted to exercise influence on public broadcasting under the Lee administration through detailed plans including personnel intervention.

The NIS's in-house reform committee, set up under the Moon Jae-in administration, handed over relevant documents to the prosecution on Sept. 14 and requested the investigation. Moon was Roh's chief of staff.

Expectations have been growing that Lee could be the subject of such a probe.

Separately, Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon filed a complaint with the prosecution against Lee, Sept. 19, accusing him of defamation and abuse of power. Park claimed the NIS systematically conducted illegal surveillance on him and spread groundless rumors about him and his family during the Lee administration.

As the controversy grew, Chung wrote on Facebook again on Sept. 23, expressing regret over the criticism regarding his earlier post.

"I did not intend to hurt the late Roh or his family," he said, claiming the Moon administration is unfairly targeting the Lee government in another act of political retaliation "to resolve Roh's deep sorrow."

The DPK members said Chung's explanation only served to deepen the controversy, saying he de facto admitted that Lee retaliated by orchestrating the 2009 investigation by the prosecution against Roh.

Citing that the LKP is currently calling on the prosecution to investigate the bribe allegations involving Roh's family again, the DPK members also said Chung and the LKP are trying to water down the controversy over the alleged unlawfulness of the NIS under the Lee administration.


Q:

Improve performance of perl code that finds custom-intersection of two lists

I wrote the following perl code to return an intersection-like list for any two input lists, provided $returnintersection is true. Otherwise, it will return any one common element, and if there is none, will return 0.
By intersection-like, i'm referring to wild card matches - 123* from one list will match 12345 from the other list.
Here is an example of input and corresponding output.
getintersection (
 ['123*', '999', 'V890', '871'],
 ['10001', '8789', '999', '1234', 'V89*'],
 1
)
will return
('999', 'V890', '1234')

I'd like to know if i can write it in a way that will perform better ? I'm sure the algorithm ere is not the best one out there. Anything that will help bring its complexity down will be appreciated ! Its performance is crucial as it is a very commonly called routine. (Performance => speed, assuming that either list could contain anywhere between 1 and 3000 elements)
Code -
    sub getintersection {
        my ($l1, $l2, $returnintersection) = @_;
        if (!$l1 || !$l2) {
                return $returnintersection ? undef : 0;
        }
        my ($small, $large);
        if (scalar @$l1 > scalar @$l2 ) {
                ($small, $large) = ($l2, $l1);
        }
        else {
                ($small, $large) = ($l1, $l2);
        }

        my (%lhash, %l_starred, %s_starred, @intersection);
        foreach my $l (@$large) {
                $lhash{$l} = 1;
                if ($l =~ m/^(.+)\*$/) {
                        $l_starred{$1} = 1;
                }
        }
        foreach my $s (@$small) {
                if ($lhash{$s}) {
                        return $s if (!$returnintersection);
                        push @intersection, $s;
                }
                else {
                        foreach my $k (keys %l_starred) {
                                if ($s =~ /^$k/) {
                                        return $s if (!$returnintersection);
                                        push @intersection, $s;
                                }
                        }
                }
                if ($s =~ m/^(.+)\*$/) {
                        $s_starred{$s} = 1;
                }
        }
        foreach my $s (keys %s_starred) {
                foreach my $l (@$large) {
                        if ($l =~ /^$s/) {
                                return $l if (!$returnintersection);
                                push @intersection, $l;
                        }
                }
        }

        return $returnintersection ? @intersection : scalar @intersection;
}

A:

As I read it, your implementation doesn't benefit from distinguishing between a small and a large set. Even so, what really matters is which set has the largest number of starred elements because they can't be dealt with in linear complexity.
First off, take a look at the possible combinations of non-matches:
Set 1       | Set 2
Normal      | None
Starred     | None
None        | Normal
None        | Starred

Then the possible combinations of matches:
Normal      | Normal
Starred     | Normal
Normal      | Starred
Starred     | Starred

It is obvious that anything that can be matched using hash lookups should be done first because the complexity is linear, so first part of the algorithm should be:
for all elements in set1
    if element is normal, put in %normal_1_lookup
    otherwise put in @star_1
for all elements in set2
    if element is normal, put in %normal_2_lookup
    otherwise put in @star_2

for intersection of %normal_1_lookup, %normal_2_lookup
    put element in result
    delete element from %normal_1_lookup and %normal_2_lookup

You can optimize this by folding the last loop that calculates the intersection into the second loop that calculates %normal_2_lookup, but I'm writing it like this to make it more readable.
Now all the light lifting is out of the way, the elements that already matched have been deleted and you don't have to iterate anything to know which elements are stars and which aren't.
for all elements is @star_1
    for all elements in %normal_2_lookup
        if star_1 element matches normal_2 element
            put normal_2 element in result set
            delete normal_2 element from %normal_2_lookup

Now repeat switching the two sets.
Finally you can add a matching of @star_1 against @star_2, but I am unsure if that is intended.
This should cut down the complexity to o(s_1 * n_2 + s_2 * n_1) (add s_1 * s_2 if you want to match star elemnts from both sets) in stead of what seems to be o(n_1 * n_2).
If you want to optimize even further, you could use Tries on all the elements in one of the sets to do the matching.


Q:

nameValuePair key added in new JSONObject

When I am building a json object from string it is appended with a root key "nameValuePairs".
String curStr = "{\"e\": \"{}\", \"f\": \"{}\", \"g\": \"{}\"}";
JSONObject oldObj = new JSONObject(curStr);

results to
{"nameValuePairs":{"b":"{}","c":"{}","a":"{}"}}

Why?
Any way to prevent that?
Btw, I am using the string json to represent the actual json which I will use later.

A:

First of all your json is syntactically correct but I guess you wished to represent objects as values, in your case the curly brackets are evaluated as simple strings:
String curStr = "{\"e\": \"{}\", \"f\": \"{}\", \"g\": \"{}\"}";
JSONObject oldObj = new JSONObject(curStr);

using a json like this instead will produce values as objects:
String curStr = "{\"e\": {}, \"f\": {}, \"g\": {}}";
JSONObject oldObj = new JSONObject(curStr);

Anyway, I've tried to create that JSONObject and then print a toString of it, and it will simply print the json, without any accessory name.
As you find out in the comment the problem was given by Gson, that will evaluate the JSONObject as a map. I've tried a little example and I've got "map" as field. Probably I've tried a different version of Gson.
Gson gson = new Gson();
String jsonStr = gson.toJson(oldObj);

result: {"map":{"f":"{}","g":"{}","e":"{}"}}
If you want to create a custom object and deserialize a json with Gson create a class with those properties and use the fromJson(String json, Class clazz) method
public class Test {
    private String e;
    private String f;
    private String g;
}

and
Gson gson = new Gson();
Test myTestObj = gson.fromJson(curStr, Test.class);

Hope this will help you. :)


Survival after major cardiac surgery: performance and comparison of predictive ability of EuroSCORE II and logistic EuroSCORE in a sample of Mediterranean population.
The European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) II has been recently introduced to improve mortality prediction in cardiac surgery. We compare the predictive ability of the new EuroSCORE II with that of the original logistic EuroSCORE and we made an evaluation of a sample of our population submitted to major cardiac surgery in the context of a Mediterranean country. Predicted and observed mortality were recorded in 1,200 consecutive patients undergoing major cardiac surgery at our institution with both logistic EuroSCORE and EuroSCORE II. Patients were grouped according to type of surgery: isolated valvular (n = 538), isolated coronary (n = 322), combined (n = 192), and miscellaneous (n = 148). Predictive capacity of both scales was compared for overall population and for each group in terms of calibration and discrimination using the observed by expected mortality rate, Hosmer-Lemeshow test, and C-statistic. Overall mortality was 6.8%, whereas that predicted by logistic EuroSCORE and EuroSCORE II was 9.7 and 3.7%, respectively. Mortality in our population was higher than mortality expected according to the original EuroSCORE II database. For all groups included in our population, logistic EuroSCORE overestimated mortality and EuroSCORE II underestimated the outcome even more. However, EuroSCORE II showed better calibration than logistic EuroSCORE for overall, valvular, and combined surgery. In contrast, logistic EuroSCORE demonstrated better calibration for coronary surgery. Discrimination capacity was good for both risk scores, but it was superior for logistic EuroSCORE than for EuroSCORE II in all considered subgroups unless combined surgery. Mortality in our population was higher than the mortality that would have been expected by the new EuroSCORE II analysis. Although EuroSCORE II has good calibration and discrimination capacity, both are worse than those demonstrated by logistic EuroSCORE. Forthcoming evaluations are necessary when the new model will be widely used.


Q:

Is there a penalty in having a non-aligned Jcc which is nearly never taken in Intel/AMD 64?

I have a loop I use to add numbers with carry.
I'm wondering whether having .done: align would give me anything? After all, it will branch there only once per call to the function. I know that a C compiler is likely to align all branches affected by a loop. But I'm thinking that it should not cause any penalty (especially since we have rather large instruction caches now a day).
//    // corresponding C function declaration
//    int add(uint64_t * a, uint64_t const * b, uint64_t const * c, uint64_t size);
//
// Compile with:   gcc -c add.s -o add.o
//
// WARNING: at this point I've not worked on the input registers & registers to save
//          do not attempt to use in your C program with this very code.

    .text
    .p2align    4,,15
    .globl      add
    .type       add, @function
add:
    test        %rcx, %rcx
    je          .done
    clc
    xor         %rbp, %rbp

    .p2align    4,,10
    .p2align    3
.loop:
    mov         (%rax, %rbp, 8), %rdx
    adc         (%rbx, %rbp, 8), %rdx
    mov         %rdx, (%rdi, %rbp, 8)
    inc         %rbp
    dec         %rcx
    jrcxz       .done
    jmp         .loop

    // -- is alignment here necessary? --
.done:
    setc        %al
    movzx       %al, %rax
    ret

Is there clear documentation about this specific case by Intel or AMD?

I actually decided to simplify by removing the loop as I only have 3 sizes (128, 256, and 512) so it's easy enough to write an unrolled loop. However, I only need an add so I don't really want to use the GMP for this.
Here is the final code which should work in you C program. This one is for 512 bits, specifically. Just use three of the add_with_carry for 256 bits and just one for the 128 bits versions.
//    // corresponding C function declaration
//    void add512(uint64_t * dst, uint64_t const * src);
//

    .macro add_with_carry offset
        mov         \offset(%rsi), %rax
        adc         %rax, \offset(%rdi)
    .endm

    .text
    .p2align    4,,15
    .globl      add512
    .type       add512, @function
add512:
    mov         (%rsi), %rax
    add         %rax, (%rdi)

    add_with_carry 8
    add_with_carry 16
    add_with_carry 24
    add_with_carry 32
    add_with_carry 40
    add_with_carry 48
    add_with_carry 56

    ret

Note that I do not need the clc since I use add the first time (carry is ignored). I also made it to add to the destination (i.e. dest[n] += src[n] in C) because I'm not likely to need a copy in my code.
The offsets allow me to not increment the pointers and they only use one extra byte per add.

A:

Holy clock cycles Batman, you're asking about efficiency when you used jrcxz over a jmp instead of just jnz after dec?
You'd only consider the slow loop or somewhat-slow jrcxz if you were avoiding FLAGS writes entirely by using lea 1(%rcx), %rcx.  dec writes all flags except CF, which used to lead to partial-flag stalls in ADC loops on CPUs before Sandybridge, but now it's fine.  A dec/jnz loop is ideal for ADC loops on modern CPUs.  You might want to avoid an indexed addressing mode for the adc and/or the store (possibly with loop unrolling) so the adc can micro-fuse the load, and so the store-address uop can run on port 7 on Haswell and later.  You can index the mov load relative to one of the other pointers which you increment with LEA.

But anyway no, alignment for never-taken branch targets is irrelevant.  So is alignment for the fall-through path of a branch that always falls through, other than usual code-alignment / decoder effects.
Alignment for rarely taken branch targets isn't a big deal either; the penalty is maybe an extra cycle in the front-end, or fewer instructions ready for pre-decode in a clock cycle.  So we're talking about something like 1 clock cycle early in the front end in the case where that path actually executes.  This is why aligning the top of a loop used to matter, especially on CPUs without loop buffers.  (And/or without uop caches and other things that hide front-end bubbles except in rare cases.).
Correct branch prediction will typically hide that 1 cycle, but usually leaving a loop results in an incorrectly predicted branch unless the iteration count is small and the same every time.  That first cycle might only fetch one useful instruction near the end of a fetch-block of 16 bytes (or even zero if the first instruction is split across the 16-byte boundary), with later instructions only getting loaded in the next cycle.  See https://agner.org/optimize/ for Agner Fog's microarch guide and asm optimization guide.  IDK how recently he's updated alignment guidelines in the asm optimization manual; I mostly just look at his updates to the microarch guide for new microarchitectures.
In general uop caches and buffers between pipeline stages make code alignment a lot less of a big deal than it used to be.  Aligning the tops of loops by 8 or 16 can still be a good idea, but otherwise it's often not worth putting an extra nop anywhere that will be executed.
You can imagine cases where it might have a bigger effect, like if previous code never executes, alignment to a cache-line or page boundary could avoid touching an otherwise-cold cache-line or page.  That can't happen with your code; there are "hot" instructions less than 64 bytes before your jump target.  But that's a different kind of effect from the usual goal of code alignment.

More code review:
RBP is a call-preserved register.  If you want to call this from C, pick a register like RA/C/DX, RSI, RDI, or R8..R11, that you aren't using for anything.  Or for Windows x64, there are even fewer call-clobbered "legacy" regs (that don't need a REX prefix).  Looks like all your loop instructions need a REX prefix for 64-bit operand-size.
clc is unnecessary: xor %ebp, %ebp to zero RBP already clears CF.  Speaking of which, 32-bit operand-size is more efficient for xor-zeroing.  It saves code-size.
You could also avoid the dec in your loop by indexing from the end of your arrays, with a negative index that counts up towards zero.  e.g. rdi += len; rsi += len; and so on.  RCX = -len.  So inc %rcx / jnz works as your loop condition, and as your index increment.
But like I said above, you might instead be better off with lea for a pointer increment and index your other arrays relative to that.  (p1 -= p2, then use *(p1 + p2) and *p2, and increment both with one p2++ in asm.)  So you might still want a separate counter.
You can call GMP library functions instead of writing your own extended-precision loops.  They have hand-tuned asm for many different x86 microarchitectures with loop unrolling and so on.


Clinton vows more help to clear Laos of Vietnam War bombs

Touring region to raise U.S. influence

By Bradley Klapper -
Associated Press -
Thursday, July 12, 2012

VIENTIANE, LAOS — Decades after the U.S. gave Laos a horrific distinction as the world’s most heavily bombed nation per person, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has pledged to help get rid of millions of unexploded bombs that still pockmark the impoverished country - and still kill.

The U.S. dropped more than 2 million tons of bombs on the North Vietnamese ally during its “secret war” between 1964 and 1973 - about a ton of ordnance for each Laotian man, woman and child. That exceeded the amount dropped on Germany and Japan together in World War II.

Four decades later, American weapons are still claiming lives.

When the war ended, about a third of approximately 270 million cluster bombs dropped on Laos had failed to detonate. More than 20,000 people have been killed by ordnance in Laos since then, according to Laos‘ government, and agricultural development has been stymied.

Mrs. Clinton, gauging whether the nation can evolve into a new foothold of American influence in Asia, met Wednesday with the prime minister and foreign minister, part of a weeklong diplomatic tour of Southeast Asia. The goal is to bolster America’s standing in some of the fastest-growing markets of the world and counter China’s expanding economic, diplomatic and military dominance of the region.

Mrs. Clinton said she and the Laotian leaders “traced the arc of our relationship from addressing the tragic legacies of the past to finding a way to being partners of the future.”

Laos is the latest test case of the Obama administration’s efforts to “pivot” U.S. foreign policy away from the long wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The efforts follow a long period of estrangement between Washington and a former Cold War-era foe and come as U.S. relations also warm with countries such as Myanmar and Vietnam.

Ordnance cleanup

In her meetings, Mrs. Clinton discussed environmental concerns over a proposed dam on the Mekong River as well as investment opportunities and the joint efforts to clean up the unexploded bombs dropped across Laos over what once was called the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

Greater U.S. support for programs in those fields will be included in a multimillion-dollar initiative for Southeast Asia to be announced this week.

Mrs. Clinton visited a Buddhist temple and a U.S.-funded prosthetic center for victims of American munitions. There she met a man named Phongsavath Souliyalat, who told her how he had lost both his hands and his eyesight from a cluster bomb on his 16th birthday, four years ago.

“We have to do more,” Mrs. Clinton told him. “That’s one of the reasons I wanted to come here today, so that we can tell more people about the work that we should be doing together.”

Although the U.S. bombed Laos to loosen its alliance with the North Vietnamese, the current Vietnamese government focuses its efforts in Laos on recovering its own dead more than cleaning up unexploded bombs.

Cleanup has been excruciatingly slow. Washington-based Legacies of War says only 1 percent of contaminated lands have been cleared, and it has called on Washington to provide far greater assistance.

The State Department has provided $47 million since 1997, though a larger effort could make Laos “bomb-free in our lifetimes,” said Rep. Michael M. Honda, California Democrat, on Wednesday.


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Ruby: One and the same, he and my Uncle Qrow work together a lot (Uncle Qrow thinks he's annoying, but he at least respects Wades skill) so we know each other pretty well. Who knows what he's doing with Carnage right now, I mean the last time they met Carnage ripped-out Wade's stomach and cut off all his limbs.

~Meanwhile~

Deadpool: [Drawing on the tank containing the corrupted Klyntar with a marker, showing it as a bloody mess] And this is what you'd look like if your daddy didn't pass down MY healing factor to you.


Something creep…

Something creepy happened when mystery became secular, secrecy became a technology, and privacy became a right. The inviolability of the self replaced the inscrutability of God. No wonder people got buggy about it.


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Harry Potter had never really managed a normal, peaceful Halloween, so he really shouldn't have been surprised when he was suddenly displaced from the grocery store and found himself in front of a maniacally cackling man in a very dramatic outfit.

Fury destroys lives. It clouds judgement, ruins friendships, and can make a person do horrible things he may regret for the rest of his life. Merlin was always taught to control his temper, and taught never to enrage anyone else if he could help it. But this time, fury was the only tool he had to save his king. Whatever it took, he would save Arthur.

"Edward, get back here!" Hoenheim blinked in surprise at Trisha's words and turned from utter curiosity to see—to his shock—the toddler running toward him, soaking wet and as naked as could be. One-shot! Cover pic by KIMJIMWO on dA!

Their enemies are behind bars, but victory isn't as sweet as they'd hoped. Shinichi never got his cure and Kaito just can't let go. It's only in each other's eyes that they can see themselves anymore. :KaiShin:

After a failed kidnap attempt, Merlin begins acting strangely. As Arthur and the others try to figure out what really happened that night, dangerous attacks begin on Camelot. Will Arthur ever discover what's wrong with his servant, or will this just be another one of Merlin's secrets? No slash.

Life's not easy. Never has been, never will be. That's why some of us chose to give it up. Too bad the people around us tend to fight back. Which way would be better off? With or without him? ShinxKai. Also under construction. ADOPTED BY: CsillaDream.

fem!Tsuna. One accident three years ago changes everything for Sawada Tsunayuki when she joins the Disciplinary Committee. Now, instead of being groomed as the wife of Vongola Decimo, she is being given a chance to become the Decimo herself.

When Trisha Elric and Van Hohenheim move to Xing to start a new life and raise their child, they didn't really expect to be thrown head-first into their political system. With treachery, betrothals, ninjas and Emperors; finding their feet and by-passing culture shock is not going to be easy. And then there's the baby to think about... A mostly gen, Xingese!AU, multi-chapter fic

Druid camps are being attacked by Morgana. In a desperate attempt the Druids send one of their own to Camelot to plead with King Arthur for his help. Arthur struggles with what he should do and Merlin tries to convince him of the right thing. MAGIC REVEAL Set after S4 UPDATED: Chapter 25 is up! COMPLETED - Sequel Coming Soon!

No one gets hurt on a Kid heist. All the policeman agreed that although Kid was an annoying bastard who toyed with the entire police force, none of them sustained a too serious injury that they would have gotten if they were stationed elsewhere. -KidCon-

Academy AU. They wanted Jim to grow up and take on real responsibility, too bad no one in the school was prepared for it. When Jim starts teaching a class, he throws the entire Academy into chaos. Can Spock help Jim with his problems and help the school? Will Jim even give this stranger the time of day? See how Jim matures or if he crashes and burns and how the school handles it.

Gwaine has a problem. A big problem. A possibly treasonous, very dangerous, uncontrollable problem that may or may not get him killed and put all of his friends in danger. He once told Merlin that he was the only friend he had, and maybe that isn't true anymore. But Merlin is still the only friend he can trust. And he needs help. Non-slash. Post S4. Rated for drinking/drunkenness.

Normal people didn't have to worry about this sort of thing when they go on vacation. They worry about things like losing their luggage, catching a cab or something similar. Not alien invasions. Harry, however, had never been normal. Then again, neither were these guys. One-shot

NOW COMPLETE. Leonard McCoy thinks he has nothing in common with command-track cadet Jim Kirk, until a series of events forces them together. When a training mission derails into a seemingly hopeless situation, both have to learn to trust each other to survive.

Haruhi is rather famous for not caring about gender differences, and that can more or less be blamed on Ranka. So, is it so unreasonable that this confuses everybody around the young Fujioka? Male!Haruhi. oneshot, don't own, complete.

Why yes, aliens did make them do it. Old cliche. Starting off with a diplomatic kiss...does that count as a title drop? Most definitely Kirk/Spock and certainly not to be taken seriously. Completely for the sake of craziness.

Taken out of context, John Watson leads a terrifying life. You have to wonder what those poor women he dates thinks of it, especially if John decides to try keeping one away from Sherlock, and Sherlock decides that it'd be best if he could get rid of her

Giftfic for the AMAZING fmapreshwab, who wanted Juliet to have Shawn and Lassy locked together in a room to work out their differences. It's gonna be epic. At least, that's the plan. Shassie slash, of coursee. Eventually.

"Yesterday brought the Beginning, tomorrow brings the end, and somewhere in the middle, we became the best of friends." Author Unknown. In Need and Deed Sequel. Events are in motion that will bring together a crew that once became a legend. Crew fic.

Or how to kiss without those pesky lips. Jim's sneakiness leaves something to be desired and Spock is a touch telepath, as always. Fortunately, they're both romantics at heart. JimxSpock, Spork, whatever.

After the Promised Day, Edward took his little brother home to rest and heal. But one day, he returns to the life of a Military Dog. Why? Rated for language and alcohol, FMA belongs to Arakawa. COMPLETE

Running the delivery service, it never occurred to Cloud that a parcel would be delivered to him. Not when he was doing the delivery. And especially not one that came from Gongaga of all places. Oneshot.

Cowrite with Bard Linn; AU, ensemble, m/f m/m f/f. When a little blond boy awakens an old Turk from his long sleep, no one could've guessed how things would change. CH.52: "To the limitless future." COMPLETE

"There are friends who pretend to be friends, then there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother." Proverbs 18:24. In an Alternate Universe, Spock and Kirk meet as teens, and prove this to be true to Vulcans, Humans, and anyone else in their way.

The blond lowered his voice to a husky whisper, wickedly edged with just the hint of a purr and delivered the final blow: "or maybe, you want to give me what I want… as much as I want it?" RoyXEd, one-shot.

The long awaited sequel to 'What I Always Wanted'. Danny has always wanted to be in space, and he finally is...but the cost is high. He has watched everything he loved fade and die over the centuries. Can he make a new place for himself in Starfleet?

For all of his diabolical genius, Vlad has his moments. Things don't always go according to plan, and for one who tends to bank a lot on his plans, the consequences can be dire. Danny isn't the only one who should be afraid of Jack and Maddie...

SSHPDM, oneshot. Harry saves Snape and Malfoy from what seems to be an assassination attempt. He saves people all the time. But Snape and Malfoy don't get saved all the time, and to a Slytherin, debts always demand repayment. COMPLETE.

Haruhi never got drawn into the music room, never broke the vase, never owed a debt. She was, however, shown to the gym by Mori so that she could study in relative peace. That's really got to change a few things. Oneshot. Complete. Do Not Own. MxH

Oneshot. Do Not Own. Naruto's first steps were up the wall and across the ceiling. Of course, the boy still wants to become the Hokage some day, but how would having that extra bit of control change things? Maybe...

A misunderstanding traps Danny, Sam, and four of their schoolmates in the Ghost Zone. With no weapons and no way out, can they even survive, much less keep Danny's secret intact? Adopted from shamrock17.

Collection of light-hearted one-shots in response to Arietta Fenton-Phantom's challenge. Read and have fun! Disappearing Act: A field trip gone wrong leads to an unplanned journey through the Ghost Zone for Casper High students and teachers.

Considering the education received at the Academy, it's a wonder that anybody graduated, not just Naruto. At least our hero realised that if he wanted to learn, he was going to need different teachers. Don't own, oneshot, complete.

Cloud Strife was kicked out of Nibelheim when his mother died; he was only five years old. He was adopted by the most unlikely of creatures: Nibel Wolves. based loosely on Jungle Book stories. oneshot complete don't own. onesided, Seph/Cloud beginnings.

Written for DC Kinkmeme. A prank backfires, and Kid finds himself on the receiving end of a far-too-potent drug. Now, he just needs to figure out how to safely pay Akako back for that lovely additive he borrowed. Explicit, KidCon.

When Shinichi is shrunk by mysterious men in black, he isn't sure what to do. Somewhere along the way, he finds himself living under the same roof as a sweet, but naive police detecive and working with some interesting people in order to remain Conan.

Naruto makes a good shinobi, but a lousy weapon. Danzo has finally managed to connive Naruto into Root, or so he believes. Naruto, who will now be within reach of his emotionally inept, traumatized, fanatical devotees. What on earth was he thinking?

When Jack and Maddie let slip that they've experimented with ghost hybrids, Team Phantom is determined to learn everything they can about the project. The only problem- they don't like where it's headed. At all.

The Ministry needs to approve Severus Snape's application for him to start his life again after the war. Harry Potter has set himself up with a non-dangerous specialist muggle career. Neither have been particularly good at avoiding trouble for long.

"Mom, what if I was part ghost?" Cautiously I look towards her through the dark. I can see that she has a strange expression on her face, partly amused and maybe slightly alarmed. Crap. Why did I do that? -Just some lovely DP angst/rated T for swearing-

oneshot. complete. don't own. Lily Evans was daughter of Alice Evans nee Kingsley and the man she had an affair with after she'd found a man outside of Underland who she loved enough to marry. Harry is the grandson of Tarrant Hightop: The Mad Hatter.

oneshot. complete. don't own. What if... Harry was immortal... and forever young... and the reason for the Hidden Countries... and the Tailed Beasts... and just so happened to run into Gaara and Naruto? I have no idea, honestly.

Mustang, Edward, and all the other Alchemists of fair Amestris are starting to lose their grip on their own minds and bodies. The Amestrian military is in chaos as dozens of its higher-ranking officers start losing their minds to an unknown sickness,

The Aburame Clan has always been loyal to Konoha, they have always had faith in it's Hokages, and they know better than most that what someone holds inside themselves, does not define them. Third in my Of Children and Monsters compilation.

Akimichi Chouza knows that food isn't the only thing humans need to survive. There are other hungers that need to be met and people are never meant to be alone. Second in my "Of Children and Monsters" compilation.

Cloud thought he was a pretty likeable guy. Sure, he had his enemies—quite a few, in fact—but generally, people got along with him. That's why it was such a shock to find that for reasons unknown, Angeal Hewley hated Cloud Strife's guts. Angeal/Cloud.

A oneshot for now. This is a snapshot of sorts from a larger story idea, a sort of what-if. Introspective piece; Valerie tries to understand an enigmatic figure she's never truly managed to pin down. I don't own DP!

Danny is leaving for college in the fall, but before then he wants to make amends with Vlad, so that his family will be safe in his absence. He agrees to become the elder halfa's apprentice, but is there more to his ploy then he claims? SLASH, DxV

Starting over with only the word of the man who claims he's your real father isn't easy, but the life of Danny Phantom has never been easy. With his world pulled out from under him, Danny must learn to live a different way, and find secrets along the way.

God hates him. But Naruto finds that being slingshot to the past is by far the least of his worries... especially when an enamoured teenager by the name of Namikaze Minato is vying for his attentions! Rather one-sided MinaNaru, shounen-ai, timetravel, AU.

Harry was left in the Australian outback by his relatives. Rather than dying from exposure, the heat, or any of the many and varied nasties that could have easily killed him, Harry was found. Don't own. COMPLETE.

Reverse'verse: Because of his many talents, one of Edward's new duties is running the circus that the State Alchemist examinations has become. Things rarely go smoothly for Edward. FMA Bigbang 2011 entry.

You know how when you're in high school and you're trying to decide on a career, every single adult you ask says not to worry about it too much because it's bound to change anyway? Turns out they weren't kidding.

Paying a visit to Zack's grave, Cloud has a strange dream and wakes up several years in the past as a SOLDIER cadet. He thought he was done, but it seems the Planet had other plans. Post-AC. Warning: Possible boyXboy pairing between Cloud and Sephiroth.

Hawkeye touched the delicate petals with her fingertips, smiling at the light and sweet fragrance. It wasn't in her nature to gush over such a silly gift, but the Elric brothers' thoughtfulness touched her. Contains fluff, cuteness and a dash of Royai. Happy Valentine's Day!

It made perfect sense, if he thought about it. There was no other reason why Edward's height never changed, why he never grew, why he was still just as skinny as when he first joined the military. And it brought a jolt of pride when he thought about it.

First year: "Celebrities," Harry said. "Fame makes them mad. I take it the wizarding world doesn't really have them, then?" Draco and Ron exchanged glances. "No, not really." AU, assorted oneshots and snippets.

The Academy's teachers thought they were getting one over on the Hokage, graduating an ill-prepared Naruto while Iruka was sick. The Hokage knew he was getting one over on the entire village when he assigned Morino Ibiki as Naruto's Jounin sensei.

Disciplinary duty takes a turn for the surreal when General Sephiroth uses Cadet Strife for his personal errand boy. However, when Cloud starts to notice something wrong with the General, he takes it upon himself to do more than just scrub the ceilings.

There is fallout to being not entirely human that no one ever saw coming. Danny's become something more ghost than human, mentally and emotionally. After much introspection, will he decide to complete the process?

Zack has really been getting on his superiors' nerves with his gross facts for far too long. But then he finds someone who actually appreciates it...and love blooms like mold on a rotten orange. Happy Valentine's Day!

As the Kyubi no Kitsune descends upon the Hidden Village of Konoha, as Madara begins his plans to bring 'peace' to the world, he is unaware of three figures, watching him from atop the Hokage Mountain.

Naruto has been keeping dangerous secrets for years. A long-forgotten dream that just won’t die, an ally he shouldn’t know and a friend no one thought he had are what keep him going. Graduating is the least of his problems…

Danny gets an acceptance notification from a school that he never applied to. I know what you're thinking…green ink, owls, and a castle, right? Sorry, not this time. An attempt at originality towards a worn concept. Rewrite coming soon.

When a training simulation uncovers something that Cadet Kirk was never meant to remember, it breaks him. McCoy can't sit by and watch Jim crumble. When asked what he's willing to do to get the old Jim back, Leonard has only one answer. "Anything."

3x13 tag. Lancelot doesn't understand Merlin. He saves all of Camelot, yet asks for no recognition. Well someone needs to thank him, and Lancelot decides to fulfill that roll. But what if someone else is within hearing distance when he does?

ONE SHOT. COMPLETE. DO NOT OWN. There are some things that you can change when you go back in time. There are some things that have to happen regardless. He just tries to not think about the paradoxes that he's creating, it would only give him a migrane.

Just a quick tag/epilogue to the wonderful Movie 14. I know we aren't supposed to question movie canon too seriously, but some things have to be said... by Satou, Takagi, Heiji, KID, and especially Conan.

A heist goes wrong, so badly wrong, and Kaito finds himself a ghost, but that won't stop him fighting, especially when he finds a new ally in a certain chibi-tantei who knows more about death than anyone had ever guessed... KaiShin eventually.

As I missed Lestrade in "The Blind Banker", I decided to write this. John has another date, and Sherlock is left wondering why. He goes to the only other normal person who will speak to him to find out. Sherlock/Lestrade

It's 1927, and Daniel Fenton has recently been given ghost powers. With his best friends to back him up, he struggles to find a way to protect a world that hates him and deal with the injustices and insanities of the time. Possible DxS in later chapters.

Zack knows the Nibelheim mission isn’t going well. Taking Cloud along to dig the General out of the basement is a gamble, but his only hope. There's no way he could've foreseen everything that would result from it.

Long oneshot. After being cheated on right before Christmas, Danny meets the most unlikely of people to confide in. Can Danny's Christmas cheer be salvaged? Rated for minor swearing and underage drinking.

AU. Bones is working a shift at the Academy's Emergency Room, when a critical case is brought in and he helps patch the patient back together. Afterwards, he continues to be drawn to his patient's bedside.

Life moves on, even when you don't want it too. Conan Edogawa had said good by to his childhood love and is moving on in a new town. Will he be able to have anyone close to his heart again? Or Will his world just fall to pieces again?

AU: One simple conversation over a saucer of sake can cause a snowball effect of change in young Naruto's life. The resulting mentorship by a beloved pervert at a ripe young age will change the Uzumaki forever. WiP. Nx?

Obsessed with learning more about Danny Phantom, Paulina becomes Mrs. Fenton’s apprentice in ghost hunting, overcoming tacky outfits, the disapproval of friends and family and the occasional evil ghost.

When Namikaze Minato and the Kyuubi were sentenced to battle for all eternity, the Shinigami forced a deal. Inside the god's stomach, it was will against will, life against life, and the Yondaime won the war. Who knew it would turn out this way...

Danny has been learning more about himself and his powers lately with Jazz's help. But his parents have been learning more about the Ghost Boy, and Valerie has been learning more about being a ghost hunter. AU after Reality trip.

One night Kaito inadvertently saves a young boy's life and, bent on finding the one who endangered it in the first place, finds himself so engrossed in a mystery that he's not so sure he can get out unscathed! KaitoxConanxShinichi. On Hiatus.

The look on my parents' faces – eager, curious, somewhat hateful – wasn't exactly hard to give away their intentions. I knew what they were going to do to me even before Mom snapped on a pair of rubbery, white latex gloves.

In which there is an Experimental Miscalculation of Unparalleled Proportions, an attack on Soul Society by a Monstrous Regiment, and four Captains and one Vice-Captain can only save the day by Nobility, Heroism, and Self-Sacrifice. Right.

ONESHOT! Post OotP: Light Slash, MarikxHarry: "Set in the holidays post-DoM, Harry finds a way to keep sane using street art, only to find a certain bored cute-no handsome Egyptian making alterations to it. They confront eachother."

A powerful sorcerer named Emrys resides in Camelot, a silent guardian to Prince Arthur. But why would any sorcerer protect a Pendragon? Candun intends to find out, even if it means kidnapping the prince of Camelot as bait. No Slash! Sequel now posted!

-Complete- They've always been there, out of reach, but they never abandoned me. Yet as I grew they moved farther away. It's like the way a normal kid would see his parents age and have the chance to come to terms with the fact that one day they'll die.

Six year old Naruto has his priorities straight: There is nothing in this world more important than his ramen budget. His guardian, Jiraiya, needs to be reminded of this fact every once in a while by hitting him where it hurts the most...in his pants.

Hakuba and Nakamori decide to find definite proof as to whether Kaito is Kid or not. In the process of their discovery, they find things they never bargained for. What happens when certain people don't want them knowing?

Conan is deeply hurt when his lover disappears for almost ten years without a single explanation. When Kaito returns, he has a wife and two children, wounding Conan even more. But something more seems to be going on with the "happy family". But...what?

The discovery of a hidden painting in the late fuhrer Roy Mustang's library leads to more questions than answers. . . what is the meaning behind it? A mysterious history begins to unfold. . . Roy/Ed eventually.

Supposing Valerie didn't have a change of heart after rescuing Dani in D-Stabilized. Suppose she did take Phantom back with her. What would she have asked him? And will the halfa end up giving away more than he realizes?

-Oneshot- Too late to stop Sasuke, Kakashi retrieved Naruto from the Valley of the End. Only as his delinquent student recovered did he begin to understand who the blond really was, and in the process he learned about himself as well.

COMPLETE. A few months after the destruction of Vulcan, Captain Kirk accepts an unorthodox mission from Starfleet Intelligence that involves an incognito mission across the Neutral Zone to investigate rumors of kidnapped scientists.

It was a hard decision to tear down the Fenton Portal, but a necessary one. That's what Maddie thinks until she discovers that her son has been stranded in the Ghost Zone! And what does this have to do with the disappearance of Phantom? Oneshot.

Spock's got a paint-peeling command of expletives, but only in his native language. The average speaker of Standard has no idea that he's anything but calm and collected, but he can scald the ears off a Vulcan.

Never mess with mythical ghost-made items, especially not time medallions with their own special ectoplasm. NEVER stick it into a halfa and send him through a portal. Nevermind Dan's genius, he was an idiot too. Angst Day fic

AU PoA: When Luna Lovegood is condemned to Azkaban prison for her part in opening the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter is the first to protest. Minister Fudge is reluctant to comply, but then again he never really had a choice in the first place. Oneshot.

Naruto and Sai play a dangerous game to hone their shinobi skills. Their goal—to annoy their target enough to attack them both with their most powerful jutsu at maximum killing intent. Their next target—Konoha's number one recalcitrant Uchiha Sasuke.

Roy was no stranger to hearing the last words of dying men. But this time was different. This time, it was Fullmetal bleeding in his arms, dying on a cold hospital bed, while Roy and Al together await the final outcome. Would he live, or would he die?

AU cliche. When the Sandaime fell, a nightmare descended upon Konoha. But on the day the nightmare began, no one noticed that one teacher's aid and a few young children disappeared. That simple fact may be the only hope Konoha has left.

Time travel. Sounds like fun, right? No. No it's not. Cloud was determined to get back home, the past be damned, but with Aerith haunting his every step it didn't look like that would be happening any time soon. No pairings.

Ah, the Fenton family's first trip into the Ghost Zone... It's a monumental achievement for Jack and Maddie, even if it was an accident... Too bad little Danny's too young to remember it in later years!

Naruto doesn't often get sick, but when he does he knows his routine: hunker down and be miserable. But this time around maybe he can finally have a taste of what others normally have. Naruto-Fluff-ness.

Danny gets turned into a 2-year-old and his enemies start attacking thinking he's weak. Over time though they start to wonder: what's worse? The new annoying and hyper Danny Phantom, or the fact that they still can't beat him?

-Oneshot, ch.440-centric- The man before him was the same man who had ruined his entire life. Naruto wanted to hate him, but couldn’t. He didn’t understand exactly why it had happened, but he understood desperation. And he did, somewhat, understand love.

General Sephiroth was the first person to admit that he had difficulty understanding people and emotions.Zack and Cloud prove to be good teachers. Most of the time, they are unwitting teachers.I do not own any part of Final Fantasy.

AU, post-Valley of the End. What if Kakashi made it to the valley in time? What if the events of the Kyuubi's defeat played out differently? How would things turn out then? Yondaime lives! Please read and review!

COMPLETE: When Ed shows up unexpectedly after a two year disappearance, Roy tries to help him and learns that there is a darker meaning to the words 'equivalent exchange':Suspense, Psychological, Dark, Divergence, COMPLETE:

Albus’ plan failed, the war was lost. But his forgotten brother, Aberforth has a plan too. A not entirely normal plan, but then Aberforth isn't really normal. Ladies and Gentleman hold onto your broomsticks, the Black twins are coming to Hogwarts MWPP era

Ran finds out about Conan's secret and she doesn't react well. When Kaito finds himself in danger from the crows, he invites Tantei-kun along for the ride. What sort of trouble will these to run into together? And who else will they have left to turn to?

When Kaitou Kid dies during a heist, he winds up wandering the world as a ghost. When he finds out someone close to him actually knows about ghosts, he works with them to solve his own murder and take down the Black Organization.

Aoko wakes up on the day of New Years. After poking around she soon finds herself running away from monstrous people in an attempt to get to her boyfriend's house. But will these obstacles stop her, especially when she starts to remember the night before?

When Paulina is offered a ride home from an unexpected source, she gets a huge shock; Since when, Paulina wanted to ask, did Danny Fenton ride a motorcycle? No PP, D/P friendship, Paulinacentric, oneshot.

Shinichi and Kaito return after 5 years of absense along with a few FBI agents. Hattori, Kazuha, Hakuba, and Aoko are assigned to work with them and they all need to cooperate in order to bring the Org. down. Rated T for minor language.

I used to be terribly afraid of storms. I'd hide in my bed all day. Storms represented my worst fears. But now...I'm not scared anymore. It doesn't matter how many more storms come my way. Cause you know what? I'm not alone anymore. Never will be.

Albus Dumbledore kept a great secret about the 'Boy' Who Lived...Whatever could happen and how can 'he' live through with pretending? Watch as 'he' tries to keep up with the prejudices of society. AU, first year, girl!Harry, challenge from SaphirePhoenix.

Naruto, stay with me,' Tsunade cried, the tears in her eyes almost audible. But he was so tired and the darkness was sweeping in... 'You must go back,' he whispered, his face haloed in light. 'There's still so much for you to do there.' YONDADDY fic!

n. A literary work or speech expressing a bitter lament or a righteous prophecy of doom. You make choices you regret for the rest of your life. For Valerie, that choice was her inability to accept that Danny Fenton and the ghostboy were one in the same.

In his late twenties, Vlad decided to take his revenge on Jack that causes an accident that ends with death. But in a twist of fate, he comes across a very unique survivor in the wreck the infant half ghost Danny.-Discontinued-

Genderswitch: It was understood that Colonel Mustang was ambitious. Just how ambitious was carefully not spoken of among those who knew andthe whys of it even less. Edward Elric has a habit of uncovering secrets, whether he means to or not.

Mr. Lancer finds himself in an unparalleled situation, he has access to something which can give him incredable insight into the personal workings of Amity Park's local ghost teen hero, Danny Phantom. COMPLETE!

/Slight AU, DxS/ Sam's got a strange ability...she's the only one that can see and hear ghosts. So what will happen when she moves to Amity Park, home of the world's best ghost hunters? And what's with the Ghost Boy in spandex who insists on haunting her?

Just shy of his second year, Danny learns of a custom meant to honor the day each ghost first entered the next world. Now the great Danny Phantom must face a throng of well meaning ghosts and somehow survive their gifts with his secret and sanity intact

AU. Bitten by a Vampire the night Voldemort attacked, Harry Potter is believed dead. So what happens when Remus shows up at Hogwarts with a fifth year son bearing the lighting scar and the name of Lupin 14 years later?

One-shot. "Of course, the history books are always filled with rumours and legends, lies and half—truths, more than the usual in the story of the town's most famous spook..." The story of one lonely spirit boy.

Jasmine Fenton is embarrassed by her family. But as she staggers under the strain of being the only normal Fenton, a term paper teaches her some interesting things about family, not just the ones we're born into, but the ones we make for ourselves.

Nine years ago Vernon Dursley brought home a certain puzzle box. His nephew managed to open it, changing his destiny. Now, in the midst of Voldemort's second rise, Harry Potter has decided to recreate the Lament Configuration... and open it... again.

After Sirius' death, Harry begins to have awkward dreams at night, and during the day his mind plays tricks on him. Trying to solve the mystery, Harry returns to the Death Chamber that holds the dais, and discovers something he never expected. FINISHED

My first FMA fic, written in early March. g Hughes attempts to enlist Roy in something of a hare-brained scheme to set Ed up with a nice girl. To put it mildly, it backfires. (Some RoyEd content, spoilers for episode 13).

Jazz says there was a point in life where people would often change because to not do so would be to break a little inside. She calls it eccentricity and claims that Danny has already hit that point. (He doesn't see it.)


ash catcher

An attachment providing a second bubbling source for water pipes. This keeps the bong in a clean and pristine condition by catching any ash sucked through from the bowl, but an ash catcher should not be confused with a double bubble. A double bubble is a type of bong and an ash catcher is like a bubbler for the bong. Every ash catcher has an added bonus of further filtering carcinogens, and it's rumored adding hot water to the ash catcher will pull more carcinogens out than cold water; but ice cold water is wanted to cool and condense the smoke. By combining the two stages of different water temperatures the hit created from this will be a supersmooth monster.


The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) submitted the record of Ishaq Dar’s statement in Supreme Court today.

According to the record Ishaq Dar submitted his application for pardon on April 20, in year 2000. Chairman NAB approved his plea for pardon on April 21. The investigation officer submitted request for recording the statement of Dar on April 24 and his confessional statement was recorded on April 25th.

Shahid Hamid, the counsel of Ishaq Dar, in his arguments said that the disqualification plea against his client was dismissed in intra-court appeal, while the decision of dismissing references against Nawaz Sharif and other have already been quoted.

Justice Asif Saeed Khosa asked, the court had ordered in the decision to dismiss the reference and not to investigate the matter? The counsel said that the division bench had difference over the re-investigation of the matter, so the referee judge decided the matter.

Shahid Hamid said that the decision was not challenged in the Supreme Court. The appeal time against the court decision has been lapsed.

Justice Ijaz Afzal said that Ishaq Dar’s confession was recorded after he became the approver. The counsel said that the money laundering case against his client has been ended. He could not be disqualified over mere allegations. According to the NAB record Ishaq Dar is not an accused now, the lawyer said.

The counsel said that the statement of an approver taken on oath could not be used against him. Justice Ijaz Afzal remarked that the statement can not be used against Ishaq Dar but can be used against the prime minister.

Shahid Hamid said that under the criminal procedure code clause 26, his client Ishaq Dar could not be tried again.

Justice Azmat Saeed observed that ” We will not here review the confession of Ishaq Dar even the petitioner pleads for it. The principle of Double Jeopardy will be applied over Ishaq Dar,” the Justice said.

Justice Ijaz Afzal remarked, ” Ishaq Dar was not sentenced in the case. Thus, the principle of Double Jeopardy could not be applied here.”

Justice Azmat asked the counsel to give his arguments over the point that a man in the same case can be tried twice or not?”

Shahid Hamid said that the statement was taken from his client by telling him that otherwise he would not be allowed to leave the Attock Fort.

After hearing the arguments the bench summoned written reply from concerned departments for not filing appeal against the acquittal of Ishaq Dar.

“Why the NAB, Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) and the State Bank didn’t file appeal against acquittal of Ishaq Dar,” Justice Khosa asked.

The Attorney General said that the written reply will be submitted to the court.

In the previous hearing, the bench directed the prosecutor National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to produce the record of confessional statement of Ishaq Dar he made in Hudaibiya Paper Mills reference.

Shahid Hamid representing Finance Minister Ishaq Dar argued that “my client being blamed for recording a confessional statement before a magistrate on April 25, in year 2000.”

The statement said that Ishaq Dar confessed 14.866 million rupees money laundering. It has also been alleged that the accounts were opened for the brother of the prime minister, the counsel said.

The Counsel said that his client was detained at house after the military coup and was offered a government post on ‘cooperation’.

He was made to sign the statement with force and was arrested after the statement recorded, Shahid Hamid said. He was kept under detention till year 2001, the counsel further said.

The counsel said that in a detailed interview after his release, his client refuted the confession statement. “If the magistrate hadn’t attest it, it is nothing more than a piece of a paper,” Justice Ijaz Afzal remarked.

The charge-sheet on the FIR was submitted and the case was decided in 1997. A lower court dismissed the charge-sheet and acquitted the accused in 1997, the lawyer said.

Justice Asif Khosa said that only charge-sheet was withdrawn on a petition, the FIR still exists. How the accused acquitted in the case?

The counsel said that the statement has been nothing more than a piece of paper. “It is not a piece of paper, it is part of an evidence on which no action taken,” Justice Khosa said. The NAB reference was dismissed as the investigation not made according to the law.

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