A big problem with EGTB is their size.

When I start to do suicide EGTB, I know that I can apply symmetry to reduce the size, but it was hard to program. So I decide to let them big, because the need of EGTB was more important.

Now we have all EGTB up to 4 pieces, but the size is way to big to able to transfer them easily. 34.5 Gb is too big. So if I want to transfer them, or even think to generate 5 piece EGTB, I need first to reduce the size.

I finally apply the symmetry to them, and modify the reader to be able to read them. Here some fact

In Non-Compress form:
all 2 piece EGTB : 216 Kb
all 3 piece EGTB : 88.5 Mb
all 4 piece EGTB : 34.5 Gb

In Compress form:
all 2 piece EGTB : 66.7 Kb (reduction of 69%)
all 3 piece EGTB : 31.3 Mb (reduction of 64,6%)
all 4 piece EGTB : 9.94 Gb (reduction of 71%).

At this we can add regular compression like .zip , .bzip or .rar . I hope that will result in less than 1.5 Gb in total.

About 5 piece EGTB with symmetry it still about 2.3 Tb so even with .zip compression it will be about 221 Gb.

I wonder how Angrim was able to do 5 piece EGTB in about 57 Gb. I think I’m able to do a another symmetry reduction for EGTB with pawn, but even with that I will reach about 107 Gb.

OFFICIAL ‘UKRAINE CRISIS’ NUMBERS 11/24/09

1,679,237 SICK

99,661 HOSPITALIZED

397 DEAD

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Ukraine H1N1 mutation now HIGHLY SUSPECTED in Houston, Texas – YouTube

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Troubling Reports Out Of Iowa And North Carolina Raise Fears That Deadly H1N1 Swine Flu Mutations Have Already Reached The United States

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Iowa: Polk County Coroner – We’re Seeing Hemorrhagic Lungs – YouTube

Dr. Niman On Swine Flu D225G ‘Perfect Cytokine Storms’

Ukraine H1N1 Mutation now in Iowa, USA – State Officials LIE to stop panic – Media Blackout Soon? – YouTube

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NYTimes CHANGES story to downplay H1N1 mutation – YouTube

1918 RBD D225G In Lung Cases In The US

1918 Spanish Flu Has Been Recreated and is around the World in Cases – great ‘big-picture’ article

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6 SoCal Schools Closed – 4 Confirmed H1N1, 17 Suspected

H274Y Tamiflu Resistance Explodes In The US

West Virginia Judge rules kids must take swine flu jab at school – No matter what the parents want

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What Really Happened In Ukraine?

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AlJazeera: H1N1 vaccinations under scrutiny – YouTube

Euro Swine Flu Deaths Doubling Every Two Weeks

First UK Swine Flu Vaccine Death Reported

Uzbekistan closes border with Kazakhstan due to swine flu

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Ukraine H1N1 Mutation: Oracle software and the Reverse-Engineered 1918 Spanish Flu – YouTube

Oracle Corporation: Founded by CIA and friends – YouTube

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Reported flu stats by country

(courtesy of Flu News Network)

Canada
•  Newfoundland confirms 8th death, 40 yr old woman from Labrador West (Link)
•  ’Second week of November’ had ‘more deaths than entire spring’ (Link)

•  Overuse of antivirals risking ‘resistance’ (Link)

China
•  Hong Kong SAR: Monitoring of human swine influenza virus (Link and link)
•  More than 20 mln people vaccinated against A/H1N1 flu in China (Link)

Costa Rica
•  Two More Swine Flu Deaths, Bringing Total to 40 (Link)

Czech Republic

•  Confirmation of 5th death (Link)

Egypt
•  Egypt reports 10th death case of A/H1N1 flu (Link)

Greece
•  2 new deaths confirmed from H1N1 (Link)

India
•  2 more deaths confirmed in Rajasthan (Link)

Japan
•  Teenager Yamaguchi girl died Saturday of confirmed H1N1, 70th deceased (Link)

Maldives Islands
•  Maldives Islands confirm local H2H spread of H1N1, 1 death, 3 more cases (Link)

Saudi Arabia

•  Braving flu threat, Muslim faithful descend on Mecca (Link)
•  Hajj pilgrims in Saudi unfazed by swine flu (Link)

Sri Lanka
•  Confirmation of 8 deaths, 260 patients with H1N1 so far (Link)
•  Polonnaruwa confirms surge of cases there (Link)

Sweden
•  Sweden confirms 14 swine flu deaths (Link)

Ukraine
•  Panic over hundreds of flu deaths exploited by Ukraine’s politicians (Link)

United Kingdom
•  5yo boy dies from suspected swine flu (Link)

United States

•  US: New flu plant to open (Link)
•  US: Vaccine system remains antiquated (Link)
•  IA: Polk Coroner: H1N1 Deaths Understated (Link)
•  MA: 15 Needham firefighters, 32 others got wrong vaccine (Link)
•  ME: 7 Confirmed H1N1 Deaths In Maine (Link)
•  MI: In the news today: What’s happening with H1N1 flu (Link)
•  OR: 3 new deaths, 7 new hospitalizations (Link)
•  PA: New Death on PA DOH Website 11.22.09 (Link)
•  SD: South Dakota confirms 12 yr old boy was 20th death from H1N1 (Link)
•  NC: As state battles H1N1, syphilis cases rising (Link)
•  SC: 6 more deaths last week in South Carolina, 56 new cases (Link)

Uzbekistan
•  Border closed with Kazakhstan to all but citizens (Link)

General
•  Can your doctor spot H1N1?  (Link)

•  ECDC situation report on outbreak of influenza A(H1N1) 23 Nov 2009 (Link)

Commentary
•  Effect Measure: Trying to understand the Norwegian swine flu mutations (Link)

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OFFICIAL ‘UKRAINE CRISIS’ NUMBERS 11/20/09

1,576,203 SICK

91,457 HOSPITALIZED

362 DEAD

63,284 RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL

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Quarantine Being Abolished in Many Areas of The Ukraine – Govt. Says Flu Epidemic Stabilized

CDC Alert Sent Out to Physicians to Look Out for Hemorrhagic Pneumonia

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Sharp Rise In England Swine Flu Deaths

Swine Flu Vax Offered To Healthy UK Kids

Dutch Swine Flu Halted After Baby Deaths

Dutch Pull 110,000 Doses Of Pfizer’s Prevnar

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D225G In Fatal H1N1 Cases In Norway?

Large H1N1 Tamiflu-Resistant Cluster In Wales

H1N1 D225G In Russia Raises Pandemic Concerns

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British Columbia Sees Spike in Swine Flu Vaccination Reactions

Hawaii: 6 transported to hospital after getting swine flu vax

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US Air Force Adds Kids to Pentagon’s Mandatory H1N1 Vaccine Program

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Reported flu stats by country

(courtesy of Flu News Network)

Bulgaria
•  Bulgaria Registers 2 More Swine Flu Fatalities (Link)
•  Bulgaria Set to Call Off Swine Flu Epidemic, Second Wave Feared (Link)

Canada
•  Flu vaccination campaign a ‘mess’ that should be discontinued: health official (Link)

China
•  China’s official H1N1 death count suspect: report (Link)

Egypt
•  Human H5N1 case (Link)

France
•  Low path bird flu outbreak (Link)

India
•  2 more deaths confirmed in Rajasthan state (Link)

Lithuania
•  Lithuania records first swine flu death (Link)

Moldova
•  Moldovan soldiers given onions to fight swine flu (Link)

Norway
•  Pigs with H1N1 were infected by humans  (Link)

Sri Lanka
•  Kandy schools close from Monday (Link and link)

Switzerland
•  Switzerland has confirmed its first death from swine flu (Link)

United Kingdom
•  Wales confirms 7 new deaths, 21 total now (Link)
•  5 yr old London girl died of H1N1, parents told it was ‘tonsilitis’ (Link)

United States
•  U.S. FDA: Fraudulent 2009 H1N1 Influenza Products List  (Link)
•  CDC: Notifiable Diseases/Deaths in Selected Cities Weekly Information (Link)
•  Problems plague swine flu vaccination program (Link)
•  CA: Orange County confirms one new H1N1 death(Link)
•  CA: H1N1 may have caused SIDS death in San Diego infant (Link)
•  FL: H1N1(Swine Flu): The Fifth Guy – An Incredibly Creative Hand Washing Campaign (Link)
•  KY: northern Kentucky confirms 5th death from H1N1 (Link)
•  MN: H1N1 flu shot clinics are a hit (Link)
•  NJ: Swine flu kills 6 adults in state (Link)
•  NV:Two More Flu Deaths Reported in Southern Nevada (Link)
•  NY teen dies of complications from swine flu (Link)
•  NY: Likely H1N1 Flu Cases Rising Again (Link)
•  NY: 10th grader died from H1N1 in Niagara County (Link)

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the “Forums” section of the band’s official web site:

“I hope that everyone that is in a band and has been watching how things have transpired are taking notes. This record [MEGADETH's 'Endgame'] has been out for weeks and weeks, and no radio play from the radio person at Roadrunner [Records, MEGADETH's record label], nothing. Zero.

“But that should be expected; this is the same guy I HAD TO ASK to get me interviews. Talk about a Gomer moment!

“Now, I am going to be forced to rely on my own radio station to play MEGADETH, but that’s OK, I seem to be doing the label’s job every day, in every city, and I am used to it after these last two records.

“I am waiting to talk to the owner of Roadrunner, and all I ask is that you pray that this guy has even a modicum of respect for me and how hard I have been working for him. And he gets the lion’s share of the revenue, while I get news that with the best record I have recorded in decades has now dropped off of the charts.

More here: MEGADETH’s MUSTAINE On ROADRUNNER: I Seem To Be Doing The Label’s Job Every Day, In Every City - Nov. 19, 2009

OFFICIAL ‘UKRAINE CRISIS’ NUMBERS  11/19/09

1,540,514 SICK

88,744 HOSPITALIZED

354 DEAD

58,143 RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL

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Messages from inside Ukraine: What’s Really Going On

Plague or Plan? Ukraine’s mystery disease ‘burns out lungs’ – YouTube

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Swine Flu Deception and Disinformation Exposed!

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Birds at a Show in the U.K all started dying – autopsy – hemorrhaging of Lungs

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Ukraine Update: 1942 study – Bacteria in conjunction with H1N1 destroys lungs – YouTube

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H1N1/Swine Flu Forward Progress Since 1989

Could WHO announce the ‘return’ of the 1918 Spanish Flu any day?

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Ukrainian newspaper: “Ukraine Hiding The Truth” – Over 1,000 dead – Over 2 million infected

Ukraine vs. Greece World Cup Qualifying Match – in Ukraine – stadium almost empty

26,000 Ukrainian Health Care Workers (doctors, nurses, etc.) Sick!

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Low flying planes reported in Derby, UK and Poland – 11/18/09

More unusual aircraft activity over Poland

Flu Attacks Poland Article

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ALL Fatal Ukraine Cases at GISAID Have RBD D225G

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Reported flu stats by country

(courtesy of Flu News Network)

Ukraine
•  Swine flu – the number of victims in Ukraine grows up every hour (Link)
•  The number of diseased people is now close to 1.5 million (Link)
•  Fragile Care Worsened Swine Flu in Ukraine (Link)

Azerbaijan
•  Azerbaijan starts vaccination against swine flu early December (Link)

Canada

•  B.C. sees spike in severe reactions to flu shot (Link)
•  Eye opening Canada flu stats from crofs blog (Link)
•  Quebec investigates 2 nurses who took doses of H1N1 vaxx home for family (Link)
•  British Columbia confirms 5 deaths since Nov. 10, & 144 ’severe’ cases (Link)

China
•  Beijing offers residents free A/H1N1 flu vaccinations (Link)

Denmark
•  Climate conference vaccinations get priority  (Link)

Duchy of Normandy
•  Channel Islands-Schools hit by flu-like illnesses (Link)

Europe
•  Measures to fight H1N1 swine flu in Europe (Link)

Finland
•  Santa promises swine flu won’t cancel Christmas (Link)

Hungary
•  Hungarian authorities declare swine flu epidemic (Link)

India
•  4 new deaths confirmed Tuesday (530 total) and 176 new cases (Link)

Indonesia
•  Indonesia: To produce local vaccine (translated) (Link)

•  Production of H1N1 vaccine begins in 2010 (Link)
•  Indonesia Produces Seed for Bird/Pig Flu Vaccine (Link)

Iran
•  H1N1 flu death toll at 100 (Link)

Jamaica
•  Jamaica confirms 6th death (Link)

Norway
•  Anti-virals available without prescription  (Link)

Palestine
•  West Bank: 5 H1N1 deaths (Link)

Poland
•  Polish inspector reports nation’s first swine flu fatality (Link)
•  Two Swine Flu Related Deaths in Poland (Link)

Russia
•  Russia registers 5,613 A/H1N1 flu cases (Link)

Spain
•  96th death a 6 yr old son of hospital administratino worker in Torrevieja (Link)

Switzerland
•  Switzerland registers first swine flu death  (Link)

United Kingdom
•  Swine flu exam fury (Link)
•  Hotline overdiagnosing flu but missing serious illness (Link)

United States
•  Visually Mapping Avian Flu May Help H1N1 (Link)
•  U.S.: Santa’s lobby for H1N1 vaccine (Link)
•  U.S.: Air Force Adds Kids to Pentagon’s Mandatory H1N1 Vaccine Program (Link)
•  US – House committees probe pandemic vaccine decisions (Link)
•  ND: N. Dakota reports ‘unusual’ flu season thus far (Link)

•  NV: State Reallocating Las Vegas Vaccine Supply Away From Health Dist. (Link)
•  NY: 4th death in Rochester area confirmed and 3 other deaths in NY state (Link)
•  OR: Lane County H1N1 deaths disproportionately high (Link)
•  OR: McMinnville Oregon woman dies from H1N1 (Link)
•  OR: pet cat death confirmed from H1N1 in Oregon (Link)
•  OR: Three new deaths, 22 new hospitalizations (Link)

•  OR: 3 more influenza deaths announced today (Link)

•  PA: (26y/o) Philadelphia man dies after long flu ordeal (Link)

•  PA: Pittsburgh infant died of suspect H1N1 (Link)
•  PA: Six more fatalities have been added to the PA DOH website as of 11/17/09 (Link)
•  RI: Rhode Island confirms 2 more deaths from H1N1 (Link)

•  TX: Officials confirm Tarrant’s 8th swine flu death (Link)
•  WI: Department of Health Services confirms 11 more swine flu deaths in Wisconsin (Link)
•  WI: Wisconsin confirms 11 more deaths, 31 total now, 33% increase in one week (Link)

General
•  CDC: 2009 H1N1 Flu Information for People with Disabilities and Their Caregivers or Personal Assistants (Link)
•  If H1N1 joins with the bird flu, pandemic may be much worse (Link)
•  Not just swine flu – new cold virus may lurk, too (Link)

Commentary
•  Recombinomics: Niman says D225G change in H1N1 is in Ukraine, other nations (Link)

OFFICIAL UKRAINE NUMBERS – JUST RELEASED FOR 11/18/09

1,502,345 SICK

85,904 HOSPITALIZED

344 DEAD

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Solutions To Help Those Forced To Take The H1N1 Vaccine

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Swine Flu: RBD D225G in China and Australia Raise Concerns

Ukraine Crisis: Russian video – “Lungs As Black As Coal” – YouTube

Chem-trails, H1N1 Vaccines, and NWO Depopulation: DETAILED PLAN for MURDER via CYTOKINE STORM – YouTube

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Another Swine Flu “Vaccine” Victim? – YouTube

Swedish Woman Gets Swine Flu – Despite Being Vaccinated Against It

Italian Doctors Reject Swine Flu “Vaccine”

UK Doctors: Britons Rejecting Swine Flu “Vaccine”

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Ukraine outbreak UPDATE: 11/17/2009 W.H.O makes press release, it’s NOT “the plague”… – YouTube

A National Emergency – under the Stafford Act: Goodbye BILL OF RIGHTS & HELLO MANDATORY VACCINATIONS

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Reported flu stats by country

(courtesy of Flu News Network)

Australia
•  ’Fever guide useless for flu’ (Link)

China
•  Two die in China after H1N1 Swine Flu vaccination (Link)

Germany
•  German H1N1 Flu Cases Double in a Week: Authority (Link)
•  Man, 55, dies after vaccination (Link)
•  Swine flu kills two in Bavaria (Link)

India
•  3 more deaths, 526 dead now in India, 139 new cases in past 24 hrs (Link)
•  Chandigarh confirms more than 100 H1N1 cases, closes 7 schools (Link)

Israel
•  Woman dies of swine flu as virus’ death toll in Israel reaches 48 (Link)

North Korea
•  Worker at Gaeseong Site Diagnosed With H1N1 Flu (Link)

Poland
•  Poland suspects 2nd H1N1-related death (Link)

Romania
•  Romania confirms 3rd death of citizen, in Italy (Link)

Spain
•  Balearic Islands had confirmed a second death from H1N1 (Link)

Thailand
•  1,500 Rapid Response Units On Bird Flu Watch Standby (Link)
•  Different officials….different story: Thailand free of bird flu (Link)

Tunisia
•  Tunisia confirms first two deaths of A/H1N1 flu (Link)

Turkey
•  13 more die of swine flu in Turkey, raising toll to 73 (Link)
•  Turkey confirms 73 deaths, and 56 in ICUs from H1N1 (Link)

Ukraine
•  Health Ministry confirms 282 deaths of flu and acute respiratory viral infections (Link)
•  Confirmation of 315 deaths  (Link)

United Kingdom
•  ’Miracle cure’ for swine flu girl, 4, saved from the brink of death (Link)
•  North Wales: Mystery of the dying budgies: Dozens of prized birds drop off their perches in front of judges during show (Link)
•  Scotland’s 38th death and two Tamiflu-resistant cases (Link)
•  Child is latest swine flu victim (Link)
•  Strain of swine flu resistant to Tamiflu infects two people in Scotland (Link)

United States
•  Swine flu booster shots? Good luck with that (Link)
•  South still leads in child deaths from swine flu  (Link)
•  CDC: New Guidelines for Pneumococcal Vaccination (Link)
•  Three More Cases Of Swine Flu In Pets (Link)
•  CT: Connecticut confirs another H1N1 death, 17th overall (Link)
•  GA: Ken Ober, Remote Control Host, Dies at 52 [symptoms of flu] (Link)
•  KS: Kansas flu activity at more than ‘twice the normal level’ (Link)
•  LA: Louisiana confirms 2 more deaths, 35 total deaths thus far (Link)
•  MI: Michigan’s Kent County confirms 3rd H1N1 death (Link)
•  NY: Brookhaven Town Councilman Keith Romaine dies unexpectedly (Link)
•  OH: Swine flu may have peaked in Akron region  (Link)
•  OR: Hospitalizations up 37 in one day and 2 new deaths (Link)
•  PA: PA DOH Adds (3) more on 11/16/09 (Link)
•  PA: Four Confirmed H1N1 Deaths In Allegheny County (Link)
•  TX: UT Southwestern scientist begins to unravel what makes pandemic H1N1 tick (Link)
•  UT: H1N1 cases down in Salt Lake County (Link)
•  WA: 12 yr old boy died in Grays Harbor County (Link)

Image of the Day: Is It True?

To America and China the rest of the world must look like poultry and game… what’s the main course?

President Barack Obama inspect honor guards during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, November 17, 2009. REUTERS/David Gray. Image may be subject to copyright.

Related Links:

• 338,000 Afghan infants dying under Obama war
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Without going into much detail, we had ALMOST achieved 25-man-ness.  We had to pug in a few.  Sadly, we sucked and it was clear that there were f-tards in the raid that had no business being in a 25-man.

The drama llamas promptly gquit.  Yay!  See ya!

We ran a fresh 10 tonight and smacked all the T9 content available to us (no, we’re not running Grand Crusader – yet).  It feels good to be killing stuff again, rather than scraping my face across the floor as a result of too much stupid in the raid.

Got a fresh new healing mace (sorry – Wowhead does not list the 232 version – no gem slot and slightly reduced stats) last week once it was clear 25-man was not on – always a good day when a new weapon drops.  Still waiting on my old girlfriend to drop my spec-specific hat.

Oh, and I got the Draconic for Dummies off Raggy tonight.  Missed out on Nef the other night due to the fact that my cable modem (brand new) decided that it would suck.  So just a Nef kill and then 10 Elementium Ore (which you see on the AH all the time – not) and the Sceptre….  well.  More work to do there.

Anyway, good to be back to smacking stuff with gusto.  We’re gonna head into Uld 10 tomorrow and see if we can deal with Hodir and Thorim.  The earlier stuff should be regarded as farm, esp with all the new trick gear from ToC 10.

Med Endgame er vi ovre i den mere seriøse genre, filmen omhandler borgerkrigen i Sydafrika, nærmere bestemt følger den en ung britisk mand spillet af Johnny Lee Miller (bedre kendt som Eli Stone i serien af samme navn), der arrangere en række møde imellem de 2 stridende parter, de sorte som er imod Apartheid og folk der repræsentere den hvide regering i landet. Filmen omhandler ligeledes Nelson Mandela sidste fængselstid.
Hvis du er typen der er til de lidt mere dybe politiske film, så skal du helt sikker se den film, jeg tror det bliver en af de film der river den ene efter den anden Oskar i land

Filmen er lidt for langsomlig til mit temperament, men ellers glimrende og lærende film 4/5 stjerner

Ditlev

Russian Article about Ukraine – Says It’s Not Swine Flu

The WHO Needs To Release Facts On How They Came To Their Conclusion

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Latest Ukrainian Plague figures: 1,457,564 very ill – 83,026 serious to critical condition hospitalized -  Official dead: “328″ (real numbers much higher)

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Deadly flu spreads across Ukraine – great article, lots of info

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Doctors Learned Why Ukrainians Dying!

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Parainfluenza? 1918 Spanish Flu? A Virulent Mutation of H1N1 Swine Flu? The Mystery Ukraine Plague Continues to Spread as Questions Grow

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CYTOKINE STORM and the INFLUENZA PANDEMIC: Treatment Options?

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The Move to De-Populate the Planet

2009 List Of Dead (and missing) Microbiologists

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166 Cases and 15 Deaths From H1N1 CONFIRMED in Ukraine – What About The Other 1.3 Million?

Health Minister of the Ukraine – “No longer need to Publish Confirmed Cases of Flu Victims”

Ukraine Dead Now 315 – WHO Still Hiding Sequences

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Japan man dies of “new type of influenza”

Swine Flu Tamiflu Resistant Cluster In Scotland

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FDA Approves More Vax For 2009 H1N1 Virus

MSNBC Calls For A Swine Flu BOOSTER SHOT

Record Number Of Pediatric Deaths

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Low Vitamin D Levels Linked To Proliferation of H1N1

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Reported flu stats by country

(courtesy of Flu News Network)

Bahrain
•  Bahrain confirms 7th death, 22 cases and 3 critical (Link)

Canada
•  Unadjuvanted H1N1 vaccine approved for wider use (Link)
•  Canadian hospitals face Swine Flu nightmare, 1,324 admitted (Link)
•  Several BC hospitals at capacity, some overcapacity overflow (Link)

India
•  3 more deaths yesterday and 161 new cases of H1N1 (Link)
•  45th death recorded in Gujerat, 26 yr old woman (Link)

Israel
•  confirmation of 46th death (Link)

Jordan
•  Confirmation of 11th death from H1N1, 143 new cases, 85 hospitalized (Link)

Thailand
•  Thailand’s North alerted of bird flu outbreak (Link)

United Kingdom
•  Swine flu outbreak closes school (Link)
•  Scotland: Swine flu claims two more victims (Link)

United States
•  US: VOA officially confirms new CDC estimates of nearly 4000 US deaths from H1N1 (Link)
•  AZ: Arizona confirms 1st death in Graham County (Link)
•  OR: More Ferrets Diagnosed With H1N1 (Link)

General
•  Playing chicken with a nightmare flu
(Link)

Research
•  Cross-Reactivity to 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus (Link)

Commentary
•  How the Swine Flu Has Spread: Google Flu Trend  (Link)
•  Recombinomics: WHO Evades Ukraine Sequence Questions at News Conference (Link)

Recently, I found a document that explain how the team of University of Alberta manage to solve Checkers.

They use a proof procedure that had 4 different algorithm/data components:
1-Endgame Database
2-Proof tree manager
3-Proof solver
4-Expert Seeding.

I was happy to see that we use all these components and even more, let explain this.

1-Endgame Database, currently all Azor use at minimum the 3 pieces EGTB, and some use the 4 pieces EGTB. All 4 pieces positions are directly send to Azor who have the 4 pieces EGTB. It sure that I need to reduce EGTB size to be able to send all 4 pieces EGTB to all Azor, and to be able to generate the 5 pieces EGTB. So at least we use this components for solving, but need improvements.

2-Proof tree manager, it’s the name give from University of Alberta, to something like the opening book. This permit to see the progress of the solving tree. Recently we start to use symmetry in the opening book to reduce the search tree. It’s useful in near end game. Like for the checker , here on suicidechess, we use this tree as a transposition table, to avoid recalculate the same positions many times, and to reduce the search tree again. The proof tree manager it’s the visible part of the project.

3- Proof solver. On suicidechess we call it Azor. Currently Azor use only one algorithm , the Proof-Number Search. This algorithm have been great for any Suicide chess engine. To quote Stanisvla Goldovski: “To restrict your opponent, you will not only need material advantage, but also advantage in mobility and space.” That exactly the purpose of Proof-Number Search. In a unclear position, the Proof-Number Search will give advantage to the player who have more mobility. The Azor is made to be able to install on most computer, to increase the speed of solving.

4-Expert Seeding. Even with a good algorithm, and a lot of CPU power, nothing can beat the knowledge of human. Human can give advice, that it will be prove as right after a lot of cpu cycle. That’s why on suicidechess, users can choose what will be next position to be calculate. Some suicide expert said that giving your b-pawn at the start of the game is dangerous, current analyses like the opening 1.b4 or 1.e3 b5 tend to prove it.

Solving suicide chess, is a long task to do. For checker which is a simpler game in term of complexity, it took 18 years. So even with better CPU power, I think we won’t be able to do it in less time. Suicidechess project had start in June 2007 , even if we took the same amount of time to solve it, that lead use to 2025. But even checker are solve, there still exist world championship of checker, because human can memorize all positions, and in these competition, the first three move are random ( up to 174 different position). In chess, you can use the 960 different starting position also known as Fisher chess. I don’t know if I’ll be alive to see all 960 positions solved, but at least I already saw 8 of these positions solved. Yep you read it right, 8 starting positions are solved are the list:
bbnrkqnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBNRKQNR
bbrnkqnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBRNKQNR
brnbkqnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNBKQNR
brnkqbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNKQBNR
rnqkrnbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNQKRNBB
rnqknrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNQKNRBB
rnqkbnrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNQKBNRB
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As you may saw 4 last one are symmetry of the 4 first one. A other proof that symmetry is important.

Yes it is true! While rumors of a “Big Four” tour dwindled to far-fetched dreams, others began of a tour involving Slayer, Megadeth, and Testament. Luckily these rumors have now been CONFIRMED as the three thrash titans will embark on a 26-date run across the U.S. as well as six Canadian stops to make up for the recently postphoned tour.
With all the rumors and interview comments made from both the Slayer camp (aka Kerry King) and the Megadeth camp (via Dave Mustaine) I’m glad to see these two bands can at least stand each other long enough to put on what will be a tour almost 20 years in the making. With Megadeth releasing Endgame, and Slayer’s recent release of World Painted Blood, this should be a hell of co-headlining tour, not to mention the awesome release earlier this year from Testament. Dates are as followed:
1/18- WaMu Theatre, Seattle, WA
1/19 – Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
1/21 – Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA
1/22 – Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA
1/23 – Dodge Theatre, Phoenix, AZ
1/25 – Magness Arena, Denver, CO
1/26 – Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, NM
1/27 – El Paso Coliseum, El Paso, TX
1/29 – Verizon Wireless, Houston, TX
1/31 – Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN
2/1 – Gwinnett Arena, Duluth, GA
2/2 – Broadbent Arena, Louisville, KY
2/4 – Roy Wilkins Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN
2/5 – UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL
2/6 – Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI
2/9 – Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford, CT
2/11 – Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ
2/13 – Susquehanna Center, Camden, NJ
2/14 – Tsongas Arena, Lowell, MA
2/16 – Pavillon de La Jeunesse, Quebec City, QC
2/18 – John Labatt Centre, London, ON
2/19 – Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON
2/20 – Bell Centre, Montreal, QC
2/22 – Moncton Coliseum, Moncton, NB
2/23 – Metro Centre, Halifax, NS

-Chris

Megadeth and Slayer camps just announced “The American Carnage Tour” for early 2010.

From the Press Release: (Megadeth.com | Slayer.net)

“American Carnage” is the first time that Slayer and Megadeth will have toured the U.S. together since 1991’s epic “Clash of the Titans” tour. To celebrate that and in recognition of the tough economic times that many of their fans are having, Megadeth and Slayer have decided to roll back the price of a chunk of tickets at every U.S. show to the “1991 price” of $10.00. These specially-priced tickets will be limited and when they’re gone, they’re gone. Megadeth has also teamed with iloveallaccess.com to provide an Ultimate Fan Package including premium seats, meet and greets, pre-show parties and more.

In addition, Testament – who was also on the “Clash of the Titans” bill, will be Special Guests on the entire tour, marking the first time that all three bands have shared a stage together in more than 18 years, and making this a “must see” metal event.

JANUARY
18 WaMu Theatre, Seattle, WA*
19 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR – tickets sold via www.rosequarter.com
21 Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA*
22 Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA* (tickets on sale 11/21)
23 Dodge Theatre, Phoenix, AZ**
25 Magness Arena, Denver, CO*
26 Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, NM*
27 El Paso Coliseum, El Paso, TX*
29 Verizon Wireless, Houston, TX**
31 Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN*

FEBRUARY
1 Gwinnett Arena, Duluth, GA* (tickets on sale 11/20)
2 Broadbent Arena, Louisville, KY* (tickets on sale 12/4)
4 Roy Wilkins Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN* (tickets on sale 12/4)
5 UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL* (tickets on sale 12/4)
6 Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI*
9 Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford, CT**
11 Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ*
13 Susquehanna Center, Camden, NJ*
14 Tsongas Arena, Lowell, MA*

Slayer and Megadeth are also re-scheduling the east coast leg of the “Canadian Carnage” tour, postponed from this fall.

Canadian Carnage
16 Pavillon de La Jeunesse, Quebec City, QC – tickets sold via Billetech.com
18 John Labatt Centre, London, ON – tickets on sale 11/27 via JohnLabattCentre.com
19 Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON – tickets sold via Ticketmaster.ca
20 Bell Centre, Montreal, QC – tickets sold via Admission.com
22 Moncton Coliseum, Moncton, NB – tickets sold via MonctonColiseum.com
23 Metro Centre, Halifax, NS – tickets sold via TicketAtlantic.com

Megadeth.com | Slayer.net | TestamentLegions.com

SLAYER

MEGADETH

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Queen and king versus king and rook endgames are a bitch to play when the king is close to his precious rook. The amount of tactical moments that have to be heeded are so vast that construing an endgame narrative seems nigh impossible. So for the time being, I’ve abandoned the quest to master that endgame, and will tell you the story of its little cousin instead, the very easy and simple queen and king versus king and rook endgame when the king is far away from his precious rook. Are you ready? Once upon a time, a queen checked a king…

This technique may come in handy in several endgames: check out Sacrifice for Check and Winning the Lucena with a Rook Pawn.

Last few weeks, I didn’t program a lot, because some sickness. But now I’m back on track.

Today, I had release the version 16.6. Few changes , but nothing big. This afternoon, I found a bug in nessegrev / Azor that existed since the beginning. So a 16.7 will be release soon. Before this I have to test and make some choice like speed vs depth search.

I need to release a new update for StayAlive too, but that will be quick to do.

There’s so many things to do for suicidechess, I hope to do as much I can, before I got a real job.

I still have some future dream about suicide:
1- I wish to make a suicide engine that will merge nessegrev, with the Wizard engine. The wizard engine will provide more strategies in middle game, while nessegrev will bring his opening book, his quick way to find win path and his endgame play.
2-I wish to make a new nessegrev, that will be multi-core, to take advantage of new cpu
3-Finish a suicide applet to provide a web version of nessegrev.
4-If I got a better budget for suicidechess, I hope to remove the database of my personal computer to put it on maybe a Amazon service. This will provide a better stability and less latency, so this will help the speed of the website.
5-Provide even more services for any suiciders.

About suicide in general, I like to see that suiciders try more different opening. Recently I saw some interesting games between Amitj and Gasgo, most of them were 1.a3 opening. Even if this opening isn’t rate good on suicidechess and nilatac book, but this opening provide many nice middle game positions.

Hopefully I wish to see more high-ranked suiciders to participate to Fics suicide tourney, but I tend to agree with many of them, that 3 0 or 5 0 games are too short. Longer games are way more interesting.

Time to go back to jub-hunting…

In my ACIS improvement plan, I mentioned “memorising certain endgame positions with the help of gifs”. Endgames, like everything in chess really, are about knowledge and technique. On the one hand, it’s helpful to know that you can checkmate with a rook against a king, but not with a bishop against a king. It makes your life easier to know that bishops of opposite colour tend to be drawish, or that a queen against a single pawn isn’t always a win. That’s endgame knowledge. Then there’s technique: the actual skill of executing a mating attack with a rook against a lone king; how to achieve a draw with bishops of opposite colours; how to prevent the pawn from queening if you have a queen versus a lone king and pawn, or how to draw if you’re on the side with the pawn. Etc. etc.

I’ve recently posted two endgame knowledge gifs: rook vs rook and pawn on the 4th rank, and rook vs rook and pawn on the 5th rank. I consider those semi-useful. Maybe they’re not that useful, but it’s kinda cool to know such things by heart. And I included some hints as to the technique of how to play those endings. However, those comments are a far cry from actually mastering this type of endgame. Therefore, I need to study and practise the technique involved. The first step towards mastering the technique, I believe, is an endgame narrative. Just as chess is a narrative that progresses from opening to middlegame to endgame, the endgames themselves are narratives. For instance, mating with a rook: you progress from trapping the enemy king in a box with your rook, closing in with your king, and making the box smaller and smaller until mate. Of course, you’ll still have to calculate precisely and be watchful at every step that your narrative doesn’t deceive you. Nonetheless, narratives are extremely useful because they give you at least a hunch as to what kind of moves to look out for.

Therefore, I intend to post gifs of endgame narratives. I shall replay a certain endgame with the help of the Nalimov Tablebase, try to understand with my patzer instincts the essential technique and based on that add a running commentary to the gif. Of course such a narrative cuts out crucial details and ignores important variations, but it should give me at least a general idea as to what type of move sequences are involved in such an endgame. It remains to be seen whether absorbing such a narrative does more harm than good.

So here’s some endgame knowledge (if the Black king is on a red square, it’s a draw, otherwise it’s a win):

And here’s the corresponding endgame narrative: