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Opinion: Is Obama Destroying the Democratic Party?
Former Democratic political strategist Ted Van Dyk on the unserious new Democratic party. Photo: Associated Press
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When School Fee Hikes Count as 'Budget Cuts'
At Rochester Community Schools, when the district increased fees for students to play sports or join extracurricular activities, this was counted as "budget deficit reductions" and reported as such to the media.
At Clarkston Community Schools, an increase in federal funds and a projection of more state revenue from additional students was classified as "budget reductions."
At L'Anse Creuse Public Schools, each one-time budget cut is re-counted each successive year when the district boasts of its cost-saving prowess. For example, a single batch of $500,000 in cuts made in 2001 was added to every succeeding year of reports so that by 2010 it was reported as a $5 million "cumulative" reduction. In a May 10 letter to parents, the district said its costs had been reduced by $90 million since 2001.
And yet all three districts report general fund budget growth that matches or exceeds inflation over the last few years when these cuts were reportedly enacted. Michigan Capitol Confidential requested and received documents detailing the reported cuts at the three school districts.
L'Anse Creuse's general fund expenditures have increased from $82.9 million in 2001 to $115.7 million in 2010. The 2010 budget that is now $11 million more than it would have been if spending growth had just matched inflation over the decade.
L'Anse Creuse Superintendent DiAnne Pellerin said in an email that the re-counting of one year's budget cut every successive year was "a means of communicating the cumulative impact of budget reconciliation efforts that have occurred over time. Programs, positions, etc. that have been eliminated or reduced have not been replaced or restored and, under current financial circumstances, are not likely to be."
But Ralf Seiffe, research director at the nonprofit Institute for Truth in Accounting in Illinois, said L'Anse Creuse's accounting was "a huge stretch" if overall spending is still rising.
"The real cost of schools is what you spend on them, not what you might have spent or what you cut from what you weren't going to spend," Seiffe said. "This is 'pay no attention to the man behind the curtain' kind of stuff. This makes no sense at all."
The Oakland Press reports that Rochester Community Schools claims nearly $28 million in cuts since 2001. Budget documents on the district website show general fund expenditures have grown from $110.6 million in 2001-02 to $158.8 million in 2010-11, leaving the budget $22 million higher than it would be with growth that paced inflation over the time period.
Besides categorizing increases in "pay to play" fees and fees for school clubs as budget cuts, Rochester also claimed hikes in ticket prices for athletic contests and rent it received from rental properties as part of "budget deficit reduction measures." Superintendent Rod Rock said his district has "avoided or reduced" expenditures by $16 million since 2007.
Clarkston's general fund expenditures were $79.3 million in 2007 and increased to $83.7 million in 2010, just about matching the rate of inflationary growth.
In 2009-10, Clarkston claimed it made $1.8 million in reductions. But more than $1 million of those cuts are an increase in revenue from a projection of 30 more students and the "premise" that the district would receive $860,000 more in federal funding.
Rock said that the school has decreased the budget through cuts and not funding programs, but also acknowledged that they also included increased revenue and anticipated federal funding hikes as cuts in the analysis.
See also:
Coverage of School District Claiming Cuts
Step Increases: The Big Teacher Raises That Don't Make the News
Superintendent Praises Proposed School Pay Raise Reform — Bill Awaits Snyder Signature or Veto
Employees Pay for 21.5 Percent of Health Care at U of M
Michigan Teacher Salaries and the Highest-Paid College Graduates in America
Extra K-12 Cash to Be Tied to Mandatory Health Care Cost Sharing and Other Reforms
Politicians May Prop Up – But Not Reform – 'One of the Best Public Pensions Around'
The $39 Billion Bill for 'One of the Best Public Pensions Around'
Commentary: Five Easy Questions to Ask School Officials
Cutting state spending requires going where the money is: K-12 education
Michigan Capitol Confidential is the news source produced by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Michigan Capitol Confidential reports with a free-market news perspective.

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Everyone has a dream. José Paronella's dream became a reality. On five hectares beside Mena Creek Falls he built his castle, a picnic area by the falls, tennis courts, bridges, a tunnel, and wrapped it up in an amazing range of 7,500 tropical plants and trees. He even harnessed the waterfall for his electricity. Paronella Park opened to the public in 1935.
Today, visitors to the park marvel at the achievements of one man.
Admission to Paronella Park is valid for 24 months and covers both the tours. There is a 45 minute guided walk that explains the extraordinary story and takes you through the highlights of the park, as well as the stunning Darkness Falls Tour where the castles and waterfall are flood-lit to allow for amazing photo opportunities.
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How To Destroy Angels
From nine inch nails wiki
How To Destroy Angels is a musical project founded by Trent Reznor, Mariqueen Maandig and Atticus Ross, with Rob Sheridan later becoming a member in a mainly visual capacity. The band have an official site at howtodestroyangels.com.
The project was announced in April 2010, when they released a series of teaser videos. The band is named after How To Destroy Angels, a song, and first release, by Coil. The first single, "A Drowning" was released on May 4th 2010 via Pitchfork Media. There is currently a Q&A on their Facebook page.
The band released its self-titled debut EP as a digital download on June 1, 2010 with a physical release the following month. The band announced via twitter on 30th November 2011 that they would be putting out a cover of Bryan Ferry's "Is Your Love Strong Enough?" on The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Soundtrack.
On February 26, 2011, Trent Reznor revealed that the first full-length album had been finished and would be released in early Fall 2011. He also revealed that the album would be free, with the options of higher-quality sound files for money and a physical release. On September 21st 2012, after several months of hinting, Trent Reznor finally announced that the band's second EP, An Omen EP, would be released on November 13th.
Reznor also announced that the band was now signed with Columbia Records and would be releasing their full length album, Welcome Oblivion, in early 2013. The band was originally signed with The Null Corporation but in signing to a major label, the free album concept was no longer viable. The album was released on March 5th, 2013 and was followed by a short North American tour, featuring Alessandro Cortini as an additional member.
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The band's live debut was originally scheduled to be Coachella 2013, but an earlier date, in Pomona, California, was played. The live setup includes highly immersive visual effects to work with the music, manipulated live by Rob Sheridan from the stage. Songs from all three of the collective's releases have been played.
Some material was also performed in guest appearances by Mariqueen Maandig with Nine Inch Nails during the NIN 2014 Japan Tour and the NIN + QOTSA Tour.
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Every once in a while a software bundle comes along that is almost impossible to pass up. This would be one of those times.
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- 2 teaspoons coriander seeds
- 1 teaspoon caraway seeds
- 1 teaspoon dried mint, crumbled
- 3/4 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
- 1/4 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- 1 3/4 pounds trimmed boneless lamb shoulder, cut into 1 1/2-inch cubes
- 2 cups chopped onions
- 1 2/3 cups canned crushed tomatoes with added puree
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 small cinnamon stick, broken in half
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 1/4 cups coarsely chopped peeled carrots
- 1 small green cabbage (about 1 pound), quartered, cored, cut into 1/4-inch slices (about 7 cups)
- Coarse kosher salt
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, divided
- 1 1/2 cups shelled fresh shell beans (such as cranberry, cannellini, flageolet, or pinto; from about 1 pound unshelled) or one 15-ounce can cannellini, rinsed, drained
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh Italian parsley
- Ground cumin
Recipe Preparation
Heat small skillet over medium-high heat. Add coriander and caraway seeds to dry skillet; toast until aromatic and slightly darker in color, stirring frequently, about 3 minutes. Finely grind in mortar with pestle or in spice mill. Transfer spice mixture to medium bowl. Add mint, salt, turmeric, crushed red pepper, and 1 tablespoon oil; mix to paste. Add lamb; toss to coat. Cover and chill at least 8 hours or overnight.
Heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil in large pot over medium heat. Add lamb mixture and onions; sauté until outside of meat is no longer pink and onions begin to soften, about 8 minutes. Add crushed tomatoes, garlic, cinnamon stick, and bay leaf. Bring to simmer. Add carrots, then cabbage; sprinkle with coarse salt and pepper. Add 1 1/2 cups water and 2 tablespoons lemon juice to pot; stir to combine. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer until meat and cabbage are tender, stirring occasionally, 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours.
Meanwhile, place fresh beans, if using, in small saucepan. Add pinch of coarse salt and just enough water to cover beans. Simmer uncovered until just tender, 10 to 30 minutes, depending on kind of bean. Drain.
Remove cinnamon stick and bay leaf from stew. Add cooked beans (or canned beans, if using) and remaining 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Simmer 5 minutes to allow flavors to blend. Season to taste with salt and pepper. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead. Refrigerate uncovered until cool; cover and keep chilled. Rewarm over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
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New Jersey Senator Puts the Hobo in Hoboken
A New Jersey state senator went on a "self-appointed undercover mission" as a homeless man earlier this week, to spotlight what he views as discrimination against single men and those with mental health issues seeking shelter.
Richard Codey, 65, called around to dozens of local homeless shelters before finding a Goodwill in Newark that would admit him without a Social Security Number.
According to a Reuters write-up of the affair, the most dramatic moment seems to have been the Goodwill's shower call, which threatened to erase an hour of painstaking (and probably costly) make-up application.
"I was terrified because I knew if I had a shower, my makeup was coming off," said Codey, whose undercover team included a makeup artist who spent nearly an hour transforming him, painting tobacco stains on his teeth and drawing broken blood vessels and dirt on his skin.
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WrestleMania blared on television for two hours until it was lights out at 10:30 p.m.
In the end, Codey, no stranger to the tricks of amateur espionage (he went undercover at a state-run psychiatric hospital while serving as a senator in 1987), was able to skate around the mandatory shower rule just by avoiding eye contact with the worker rounding men up.
The Reuters website has a couple pictures of Codey in head to toe Derilicte. He doesn't look as glamorous at Tyra Banks did when she went undercover. But he does look homeless.
The senator, also a former New Jersey governor, plans to use his findings to seek more federal funding for the homeless.
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Sizing Up the Obesity Crisis
By nurturing healthy habits, public school educators are tipping the scales in kids' favor.
Perry County Central High Runners
Photo by Larry Robinson
By Cindy Long
Throughout the day, students at Evoline C. West Elementary School in Fairburn, Georgia, put down their pencils for 10-minute physical activity breaks like jumping rope and winding around the classroom in conga lines. In Anchorage, Alaska, Huffman Elementary students cross-country ski after school during the long winter months. And at Park Elementary in Tulsa Oklahoma, they're saying goodbye cookie dough, hello wrapping paper. For fundraisers, that is.
They're all working with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a partner organization in the National Education Association's Health Information Network (NEA-HIN) campaign to counter the childhood obesity epidemic.
A key component of the campaign is partnering with on-the-ground organizations that work every day to improve the health of children. "We want NEA members to know these organizations are already in our schools, and that they have a credible work history," says NEA-HIN Manager of Programs Nora Howley.
Ginny Ehrlich, executive director of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, encourages educators to sign up for the organization's Healthy Schools Program online. Participation is free and provides access to hundreds of resources and tools for implementing healthy changes at school.
"Students who are healthy learn better, are better able to concentrate on their work, have better attendance, and perform better in class," says Ehrlich. "Schools are powerful places to not only teach young people the academic skills they need to succeed, but also healthy life skills."
From "Couch to 5K" in Kentucky
Another NEA-HIN partner is Action for Healthy Kids, which collaborates with the Alliance For a Healthier Generation (the Alliance) at schools nationwide, including Perry County Central High School (PCCHS) in Hazard, Kentucky.
Perry County Central High Runners
Photo by Larry Robinson
The high school was honored last summer by the Alliance with a Bronze Award for efforts to improve school wellness, which is no small feat in southeastern Kentucky.
Hazard is in the heart of the eastern coalfields of Appalachia. This is rural America, where the median income is just over $20,000, 30 percent of families live below the poverty line, and buying organic produce at Whole Foods is not an option. On top of that, Perry County lies in an eight-county area identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as the least physically active region in the state.
But the kids at PCCHS are working to change all that. Students like senior Corey Bryant, 17, who has long struggled with weight and was determined to join his classmates to whip his and the entire student body into shape.
"The best part is the motivation," he says. "We're pushing each other to get healthy."
First, they started a physical activity club they named "Walk It Out," where students use breaks within their class schedule to walk laps outside around the school or inside the gym. Then they formed a co-ed intramural basketball league, complete with a tournament and championship game in April. And this year they challenged the entire student body to go from couch potato to road race runner in the "Couch to 5K" afterschool interval running program.
They got their fitness ideas from Students Taking Charge, a project of Action for Healthy Kids (AFKH) that helps students across the country make their schools healthier places.
"The students wanted to get more of their classmates off the couch and away from TV and video games," says principal and NEA member Estill Neace. "They're training three days a week for two community 5Ks, one this fall, and another in the spring, using a grant from AFHK to pay the entry fees."
Even Neace is trying to "walk the walk" by training with the group and cutting down on his Diet Pepsi consumption.
He also set a good example by getting rid of unhealthy vending snacks and working with the school's dietician to improve the nutritional standards of school meals to meet the guidelines of the Alliance, which are higher than the requirements of the state.
"Plus, there are no more pizza or candy fundraisers," says Neace. "We do a lot more car washes now."
Break Out the Breakfast
The school also wants to expand its breakfast program and recently applied for AFHK's School Breakfast to School Wellness Partnership grant, a crucial program for rural schools.
Hazard is in one of the nation's "rural food deserts," a term used to describe areas where there are lots of fast food chains but limited access to markets selling healthy, fresh food. And because it's in a low-income community, 80 percent of students are on the free or reduced-price meal plan. Breakfast and lunch served at school might be the only meals many of these kids will eat.
A longtime advocate for universal school breakfast, NEA-HIN is working to expand the country's school breakfast program and is launching breakfast-in-the-classroom resources for NEA members later this year.
"It's important that kids start the day well-fed, with nutritious meals," says Lisa Sharma, NEA-HIN's Program Coordinator for Nutrition, Hunger and Physical Activity. "Eating a healthy breakfast is tied to improved academic performance and can help kids develop healthy eating habits they will carry with them into adulthood, which can help prevent obesity."
Kids who skip breakfast are more fatigued and less focused by late morning, which can trigger behavior problems. They have more difficulty concentrating and don't perform as well on tests. They also have more sick days, more visits to the nurse's office, and eat more calories later in the day, leading to weight problems.
The same can be true when they eat unhealthy meals. That's why NEA-HIN, along with NEA lobbyists, pushed for a robust reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act this year. They urged Congress to increase resources for all school meal programs, given the link between good nutrition and academic success; to establish nutrition standards for all foods sold on the school campus, including vending machine fare; and to provide training for food service workers to learn new ways to up the nutritional value of school meals.
"Schools have made a lot of positive changes in response to federal requirements for wellness policies, but even in tough economic times the government needs to continue funding these programs," says Jerald Newberry, director of NEA-HIN. "With the serious threat the obesity epidemic poses to the health of our nation, there is no excuse for not having healthy schools."
A few steps in the right direction can go a long distance—like 26 miles. After joining the fitness program at PCCHS, junior Brad Williams, 16, ramped up his training regime. This fall he'll run the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C.
"It all starts with that first step," he says.
What else is NEA-HIN doing to fight obesity?
Micelle Obama's Let's Move Campaign
Photos courtesy of The White House
It wasn't long after the First Family moved into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue that Michelle Obama broke ground on the White House Kitchen Garden with students from Bancroft Elementary School in Washington, D.C. Through the garden, she began a discussion with kids about proper nutrition and the role food plays in living a healthy life.
A year later, she launched "Let's Move," a children's health campaign that aims to beat childhood obesity in a single generation, so that children born today will reach adulthood at a healthy weight. A key ingredient of her campaign is healthier meals at school.
"It's a no-brainer," says Marie Knutson, a food service worker at Lien Elementary in Amery, Wisconsin. "How can we expect children to develop and grow if we don't feed them properly, especially when we don't know what they're getting home?"
Photos courtesy of The White House
Knutson's school has begun to serve more fruits and vegetables—many of which are harvested from the school's new garden—as snacks as well as with lunches, but she says they still buy too much processed, prepackaged food because it's less expensive.
"The problem is, we only have so much money," she says.
That's why NEA is "at the table" with the Let's Move campaign to ask for more funding for school meals and more training for food service workers to help them plan and prepare healthier menus. NEA also lobbied for additional funding through the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act.
The vote didn't happen before this issue went to press, but to track its progress visit our Legislative Action Center.
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- NEA Health Information Network Physical Activity and Nutrition page
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Lindsay Bernard Hall was born at Liverpool, England, in 1859 and studied at the Royal College of Art in London and at the Antwerp and Munich Academies. He arrived in Melbourne in 1892.
Hall was appointed Director of the National Gallery of Victoria and its Art School, where he continued the Munich traditions established there by his predecessors George Follingsby and Eugen von Guérard.
His purchases for the Gallery under the terms of the Felton Bequest were both liberal and perceptive and included the masterpiece 'Boulevard Montmartre, Morning, Cloudy Weather' by Pissarro, selected from an exhibition of the artist's work held at London's Grafton Galleries in 1905.
In his own practice, Hall's preferred subjects were nudes, still lifes and interiors, of which his home provided numerous views for the artist to paint. A similar painting, which also shows the distinctive mirror hanging on the wall in 'Chez-moi', is in the collection of the University of Melbourne, titled 'Dining room interior', and dated circa 1910-19.
Hall was a member of the Victorian Artists' Society and regular exhibitor at the Society from 1893.
Bernard Hall died in England in 1935.
(circa 1919)
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68.9 x 51.5 cm stretcher; 68.9 x 51.5 x 7.5 cm frame
Signature & date
Signed u.l. corner, black oil "B.Hall". Not dated.
Purchased 1919
Not on display
Accession number
Referenced in 1 publication
Bernard William Smith, A catalogue of Australian oil paintings in the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1875-1952, Sydney, 1953, 85. cat.no. 242


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Let It Come Quietly
1. Let it come quietly this day, as sifting snow upon the earth.
Let me be quiet, worshiping with all my heart,
remembering my Savior's birth.
Let there be singing in my heart
and choirs caroling His name, telling His praise like holy angel's song.
Oh, let His light light up my soul to point me to His holy way,
a star to follow to His love.
2. Let is come quietly, His peace, His deep, abiding, perfect peace.
This Christmas day let us believe with all our hearts,
and let all hate and hurting cease.
Let there be giving, sharing, too.
This is the birth of Christ, our Lord, blessed Redeemer, holy Son of God.
Oh, let His light light up my soul to point me to His holy way,
a star to follow, a star to follow, to follow to His love.
Text: Mabel Gabbott
Music: Michael Moody
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host$ '''cd ~/BeagleBoard/oe'''
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host$ find . -name "*uImage*" | grep 2.6.32 | grep boot
host$ find . -name "*uImage*" | grep 2.6.32 | grep boot
We are looking for uImage, but we only want the 2.6.32 version. The last grep file the file in the '''boot''' directory. Several lines are printed, but the one I'm interested in is:
We are looking for uImage, but we only want the 2.6.32 version. The last grep file the file in the '''boot''' directory. Several lines are printed, but the one I'm interested in is:
Revision as of 13:44, 30 December 2011
This class is about developing software for embedded Linux. So far we have been doing all of our development on the Beagle. This works well for small (and not so small) programs. However, we are now moving into kernel development and that's best done on a more powerful host computer. Here you learned how to download and install the cross-compilers and the source for kernel and u-boot. Now we'll use those tools.
First we'll check everything by compiling the Hello World program, then we'll try the kernel and u-boot.
Cross-compiling Hello World
Listing 2-4 on page 29 of the text is an embedded version of Hello World. If you've set up your git repository you will find it in helloWorld.c when you do a git pull. Compile and run it on your host to be sure it works.
host$ gcc helloWorld.c host$ ./a.out Hello, World! Main is executing at 0x400524 This address (0x7fff8260bdf8) is in our stack frame This address (0x601038) is in our bss section This address (0x601020) is in our data section
Now that you know it's working, let's cross compile it. First set the paths to find the cross-compilers. Put the following in a file, call it ~/.oe/crossCompileEnv.sh. Make sure the path is correct for your system. This is for a 32-bit linux.
# add cross tools to your path PATH=~/BeagleBoard/oe/build/tmp-angstrom_2010_x-eglibc/sysroots/i686-linux/usr/bin:~/BeagleBoard/oe/build/tmp-angstrom_2010_x-eglibc/sysroots/i686-linux/usr/bin/armv7a-angstrom-linux-gnueabi:$PATH export ARCH=arm export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-
Here it is for 64-bit
# add cross tools to your path PATH=~/BeagleBoard/oe/build/tmp-angstrom_2010_x-eglibc/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/bin:~/BeagleBoard/oe/build/tmp-angstrom_2010_x-eglibc/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/bin/armv7a-angstrom-linux-gnueabi:$PATH export ARCH=arm export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-
Now source the file and compile again. (Note: you only have to source once per terminal session.)
host$ source ~/.oe/crossCompileEnv.sh host$ ${CROSS_COMPILE}gcc helloWorld.c host$ file a.out a.out: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.16, not stripped
The file command tells what's in the file. In this case we have an ARM executable. Success! Now copy to your Beagle and run
host$ scp a.out root@beagle:. host$ ssh root@beagle ./a.out Hello, World! Main is executing at 0x8374 This address (0xbeb32d4c) is in our stack frame This address (0x10650) is in our bss section This address (0x10648) is in our data section
The scp copies a.out to the beagle and the ssh runs the a.out on the beagle. Notice the address are very different from the host version.
Finding the Kernel and Installing It
After doing this exercise you have a Beagle kernel on your host computer. Let's see if it works.
Once compiled the kernel is put in a file called uImage. You may have seen it in the FAT partition on your SD card. Let's find it on your host. One way to find it is
host$ cd ~/BeagleBoard/oe host$ find . -name "*uImage*" | grep 2.6.32 | grep boot
We are looking for uImage, but we only want the 2.6.32 version. The last grep file the file in the boot directory. Several lines are printed, but the one I'm interested in is:
The first part of the path (in italics) is the path to the kernel. Check it out.
host$ cd build/tmp-angstrom_2010_x-eglibc/work/beagleboard-angstrom-linux-gnueabi/linux-omap-psp-2.6.32-r110b+gitr5fc29e7b2a76a64a739f857858ef0b98294aa155/git host$ ls -F arch/ drivers/ Kbuild modules.order samples/ usr/ block/ firmware/ kernel/ Module.symvers scripts/ virt/ COPYING fs/ lib/ net/ security/ vmlinux* CREDITS include/ MAINTAINERS patches/ sound/ vmlinux.o crypto/ init/ Makefile README System.map Documentation/ ipc/ mm/ REPORTING-BUGS tools/
We'll be learning what's in many of these over the next couple of weeks. Remember this location. Let's find uImage.
host$ cd arch/arm/boot; ls -shF total 13M 4.0K bootp/ 6.3M Image* 4.0K Makefile 3.0M zImage* 4.0K compressed/ 4.0K install.sh 3.0M uImage host$ ls -l uImage -rw-r--r-- 1 beagle beagle 3144300 2011-12-08 01:02 uImage
It should have the date that you did the bitbake. Let's see if it runs on the Beagle
host$ scp uImage root@beagle:. host$ ssh root@beagle beagle$ cd /boot; ls -F total 18M 4.0K MLO@ 372K Module.symvers-2.6.32 1.4M System.map-2.6.32 80K config-2.6.32 4.0K u-boot.bin@ 0 uImage@ 3.1M uImage-2.6.32 8.9M vmlinux-2.6.32 beagle$ ls -l uImage lrwxrwxrwx 1 www-data www-data 13 May 12 2011 uImage -> uImage-2.6.32
So the uImage that is there is a symbolic link to uImage-2.6.32. Let's save the working uImage in a difference file and copy our new uImage in.
beagle$ mv uImage-2.6.32 uImage-2.6.32.orig beagle$ mv ~/uImage uImage-2.6.32
And then reboot.
beagle$ shutdown -r now
After a couple of minutes your should be back and running again. Check and see if you are really running the new kernel.
beagle$ uname -a Linux beagleboard 2.6.32 #3 PREEMPT Thu Dec 8 01:02:13 EST 2011 armv7l GNU/Linux
It worked! That's the date I compiled mine on.
Installing a New U-boot
While we're at it, let's install a new U-boot. Note: The new U-boot isn't working for me.
host$ cd ~/BeagleBoard/oe/build/tmp-angstrom_2010_x-eglibc/work/beagleboard-angstrom-linux-gnueabi/ host$ ls -F linux-3.0.9-r110a/ linux-omap-psp-2.6.32-r110b+gitr5fc29e7b2a76a64a739f857858ef0b98294aa155/ shadow-188.8.131.52-r5/ u-boot-2011.09-r4/
There's the U-boot directory.
host$ cd u-boot-2011.09-r4/git/; ls -F api/ COPYING fs/ mkconfig* post/ tools/ arch/ CREDITS include/ mmc_spl/ README u-boot* board/ disk/ lib/ nand_spl/ rules.mk u-boot.bin boards.cfg doc/ MAINTAINERS net/ snapshot.commit u-boot.lds common/ drivers/ MAKEALL* onenand_ipl/ spl/ u-boot.map config.mk examples/ Makefile patches/ System.map u-boot.srec
The file we want is right on the top level.
host$ scp u-boot.bin root@beagle:. host$ ssh -X root@beagle beagle$ cd /media/mmcblk0p1/; ls -F
MLO* u-boot.bin.broken* uEnv.txt* U-BOOT.BIN* UIMAGE* uEnv/
Here we've changed to the FAT partition which is where u-boot lives. Back it up and install the new one.
beagle$ mv U-BOOT-BIN u-boot-bin.orig beagle$ mv ~/.u-boot-bin . beagle$ shutdown -r now
You should now see the new u-boot running. However I was unable to get the 2.6.32 kernel to boot.
Compile via make
I need to get back to this...
When you use bitbake it sets up all the paths to use the correct cross compilers. You can also build the kernel or u-boot by using make if you set the paths like we did above.
If you haven't already, source the file and cd to the kernel directory and try a make.
$ source ~/.oe/crossCompileEnv.sh $ cd ~/BeagleBoard/oe/build/tmp-angstrom_2008_1/work/beagleboard-angstrom-linux-gnueabi/linux-omap-psp-2.6.32-r88+gitra6bad4464f985fdd3bed72e1b82dcbfc004d7869/git $ make xconfig
To make the kernel and u-boot run
$ make uImage $ make u-boot
Where do these put the new uImage? It's not where bitbake puts them. Here's how I found them.
$ find . -name uImage
If you would prefer to maintain your own kernel source tree outside of OE, see these directions: BeagleBoardLinuxKernel Alternatively it is possible to run the official omap branch of the linux kernel. Take a peek at this page: BeagleBoard#Linux_kernel.


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MAKING a noise in a library is frowned upon but figures today reveal the traditionally quiet book rooms have been the scene of thefts, assaults and public order offences.
Police statistics show that more than 100 crimes have been committed in Oxfordshire's libraries in the past three years.
Incidents include a sex crime, a racially aggravated assault, and a case of outraging public decency.
But the most common crime is theft which made up 81 of the county's 106 library crimes between April 2010 and October last year.
Oxford-based author Tim Pears said he was surprised by the figures and felt sorry for the librarians who had to deal with criminals.
He said: "You don't think of libraries as the kind of places criminals hang out in, but maybe there is a more educated kind of criminal in Oxford."
But he said: "If they are stealing the books that is terrible, that is a disgrace."
The author questioned whether the introduction of computers at libraries had attracted more criminals.
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"So it's the price you are going to have to pay for having open access. The last thing you would want is security on the door."
The figures, released under the Freedom of Information Act, show there were 35 library crimes in 2010/11, 32 in 2011/12, and 23 in 2012/13.
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Other crimes at our libraries include an incidents of harassment and outraging public decency at the Oxford Central Library, a crime under the Computer Misuse Act in Oxford University's Sackler Library in St John Street, an assault at the historic Bodleian Library in Broad Street, and an attempted burglary at Bury Knowle Library.
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The robot's thermal emission spectrometer was acting up, and engineers are obtaining data from it while troubleshooting.
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"If it is the optical switch, we could use a redundant one built into the instrument," said Phil Christensen of Arizona State University, lead scientist for the miniature thermal emission spectrometers on both rovers.
In a statement released by NASA, Christensen added that if the root cause cannot be remedied, scientists could still get useful data from the instrument in its currently impaired condition.
The rovers have been on Mars since January 2004 and were guaranteed for only three months of work. Mission officials had always expected that if nothing unexpected cropped up, the rovers would operate longer.
Opportunity is continuing to operate, observing a crater called Vostok.
The problem dates back to March 3 and 4, when eight of 17 attempted readings by the instrument yielded incomplete data sets, according to the statement. The spectrometer sits high on the rover's mast and observes rocks and other targets from afar. It measures infrared radiation.
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So we are now finishing up our first week of class and it seems like it is going to be an interesting semester. In my 'Jesus' class, most of the students are very religious. That's fine. But I am concerned about why they have chosen to take a class on the historical Jesus when they clearly only seem to care about the Jesus of their particular faith tradition. Worse, although students are required to have a background in New Testament (you have to have completed the Intro to New Testament course in order to take the course on Jesus), some don't appear to have any clue.
The professor asked us all to write out a 'Gospel'; that is, to give a brief explanation of who Jesus was, why he is or isn't influential, and why do we think we should or shouldn't study him. It was a fantastic exercise that I enjoyed. But some of the other gospels out there were just..well… terrible. There is no other way to put it.
One student listed the birthplace of Jesus as Nazareth(!) while another seemed to think that kings sought advice from him. Yet another believed that Jesus was discussed in the Septuagint! I shake my head. One student who seemed to have a greater grasp of the concepts knew of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, but her ideas about the text imply that she hasn't actually read the gospel. She must have watched a program about it on History or some other similar channel because she thought that Jesus was fashioning pots out of clay (actually it was sparrows in a stream) and has some silly notion that Jesus just goes around hurting people in it (far from it actually).
So I guess I have concerns. What exactly did these students learn in Intro to New Testament? I had a great professor and the class seemed to take away a lot. So what happened with these students? Granted, the class is about Jesus so chances are that by the end of the semester these students will have a better understanding of the historical Jesuses (I hope); but why even bother taking the class if you don't at least have some basic knowledge of the Gospel accounts?
And why do religious individuals just presume that taking a course on the historical Jesus will be like attending a second church? Nearly 2/3 of the student gospels written were faith statements. Do they not realize they will have their faith shaken? And how can one call themselves a religious Christian when they don't even know where Jesus was born? I mean that is pretty basic stuff.
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(Anchorage) Attorney General David W. Márquez issued a warning today for Alaskans to be on the lookout for variations of the Nigerian e-mail advance fee scam. The Department of Law has received reports of scams involving the late Morris Thompson over past several months and warns that other deceased Alaskans could be used to "bait" potential victims.
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And now, with the tenth anniversary over, Andy and Ben and everyone on the team would like to take this moment to say a very special thanks.
"From that first tent-pole climbing high-wire act at Abbot Hall Park in Kendal a decade ago, we never believed it would turn into what it has. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to every single person who has, by coming or contributing, made this festival with us."
See you in the fields for another ten years.
Photographs by
Tom Martin,
Scott Salt,
Lisa Errico,
Benjamin Paul,
Ian Taylor, Paul Whiteley,
Giulia Spadafora and
Amy Weightman.
Words by Gavin Haynes. Web development by Andrew Kendall for Digital Photo Gallery. Art direction by Kris Atomic.


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Contributors: matt, ryan, andy, mdawaffe, tellyworth, josephscott, lessbloat, eoigal, cfinke, automattic, jgs, procifer, stephdau
Tags: akismet, comments, spam, antispam, anti-spam, anti spam, comment moderation, comment spam, contact form spam, spam comments
Requires at least: 4.0
Tested up to: 5.3
Stable tag: 4.1.3
License: GPLv2 or later
Akismet checks your comments and contact form submissions against our global database of spam to protect you and your site from malicious content.
== Description ==
Akismet checks your comments and contact form submissions against our global database of spam to prevent your site from publishing malicious content. You can review the comment spam it catches on your blog's "Comments" admin screen.
Major features in Akismet include:
* Automatically checks all comments and filters out the ones that look like spam.
* Each comment has a status history, so you can easily see which comments were caught or cleared by Akismet and which were spammed or unspammed by a moderator.
* URLs are shown in the comment body to reveal hidden or misleading links.
* Moderators can see the number of approved comments for each user.
* A discard feature that outright blocks the worst spam, saving you disk space and speeding up your site.
PS: You'll be prompted to get an Akismet.com API key to use it, once activated. Keys are free for personal blogs; paid subscriptions are available for businesses and commercial sites.
== Installation ==
Upload the Akismet plugin to your blog, activate it, and then enter your Akismet.com API key.
1, 2, 3: You're done!
== Changelog ==
= 4.1.3 =
*Release Date - 31 October 2019*
* Prevented an attacker from being able to cause a user to unknowingly recheck their Pending comments for spam.
* Improved compatibility with Jetpack 7.7+.
* Updated the plugin activation page to use consistent language and markup.
* Redirecting users to the Akismet connnection/settings screen upon plugin activation, in an effort to make it easier for people to get setup.
= 4.1.2 =
*Release Date - 14 May 2019*
* Fixed a conflict between the Akismet setup banner and other plugin notices.
* Reduced the number of API requests made by the plugin when attempting to verify the API key.
* Include additional data in the pingback pre-check API request to help make the stats more accurate.
* Fixed a bug that was enabling the "Check for Spam" button when no comments were eligible to be checked.
* Improved Akismet's AMP compatibility.
= 4.1.1 =
*Release Date - 31 January 2019*
* Fixed the "Setup Akismet" notice so it resizes responsively.
* Only highlight the "Save Changes" button in the Akismet config when changes have been made.
* The count of comments in your spam queue shown on the dashboard show now always be up-to-date.
= 4.1 =
*Release Date - 12 November 2018*
* Added a WP-CLI method for retrieving stats.
* Hooked into the new "Personal Data Eraser" functionality from WordPress 4.9.6.
* Added functionality to clear outdated alerts from Akismet.com.
= 4.0.8 =
*Release Date - 19 June 2018*
* Improved the grammar and consistency of the in-admin privacy related notes (notice and config).
* Revised in-admin explanation of the comment form privacy notice to make its usage clearer.
* Added `rel="nofollow noopener"` to the comment form privacy notice to improve SEO and security.
= 4.0.7 =
*Release Date - 28 May 2018*
* Based on user feedback, the link on "Learn how your comment data is processed." in the optional privacy notice now has a `target` of `_blank` and opens in a new tab/window.
* Updated the in-admin privacy notice to use the term "comment" instead of "contact" in "Akismet can display a notice to your users under your comment forms."
* Only show in-admin privacy notice if Akismet has an API Key configured
= 4.0.6 =
*Release Date - 26 May 2018*
* Moved away from using `empty( get_option() )` to instantiating a variable to be compatible with older versions of PHP (5.3, 5.4, etc).
= 4.0.5 =
*Release Date - 26 May 2018*
* Corrected version number after tagging. Sorry...
= 4.0.4 =
*Release Date - 26 May 2018*
* Added a hook to provide Akismet-specific privacy information for a site's privacy policy.
* Added tools to control the display of a privacy related notice under comment forms.
* Fixed HTML in activation failure message to close META and HEAD tag properly.
* Fixed a bug that would sometimes prevent Akismet from being correctly auto-configured.
= 4.0.3 =
*Release Date - 19 February 2018*
* Added a scheduled task to remove entries in wp_commentmeta that no longer have corresponding comments in wp_comments.
* Added a new `akismet_batch_delete_count` action to the batch delete methods for people who'd like to keep track of the numbers of records being processed by those methods.
= 4.0.2 =
*Release Date - 18 December 2017*
* Fixed a bug that could cause Akismet to recheck a comment that has already been manually approved or marked as spam.
* Fixed a bug that could cause Akismet to claim that some comments are still waiting to be checked when no comments are waiting to be checked.
= 4.0.1 =
*Release Date - 6 November 2017*
* Fixed a bug that could prevent some users from connecting Akismet via their Jetpack connection.
* Ensured that any pending Akismet-related events are unscheduled if the plugin is deactivated.
* Allow some JavaScript to be run asynchronously to avoid affecting page render speeds.
= 4.0 =
*Release Date - 19 September 2017*
* Added REST API endpoints for configuring Akismet and retrieving stats.
* Increased the minimum supported WordPress version to 4.0.
* Added compatibility with comments submitted via the REST API.
* Improved the progress indicator on the "Check for Spam" button.
= 3.3.4 =
*Release Date - 3 August 2017*
* Disabled Akismet's debug log output by default unless AKISMET_DEBUG is defined.
* URL previews now begin preloading when the mouse moves near them in the comments section of wp-admin.
* When a comment is caught by the Comment Blacklist, Akismet will always allow it to stay in the trash even if it is spam as well.
* Fixed a bug that was preventing an error from being shown when a site can't reach Akismet's servers.
= 3.3.3 =
*Release Date - 13 July 2017*
* Reduced amount of bandwidth used by the URL Preview feature.
* Improved the admin UI when the API key is manually pre-defined for the site.
* Removed a workaround for WordPress installations older than 3.3 that will improve Akismet's compatibility with other plugins.
* The number of spam blocked that is displayed on the WordPress dashboard will now be more accurate and updated more frequently.
* Fixed a bug in the Akismet widget that could cause PHP warnings.
= 3.3.2 =
*Release Date - 10 May 2017*
= 3.3.1 =
*Release Date - 2 May 2017*
* Improve performance by only requesting the akismet_comment_nonce option when absolutely necessary.
* Fixed two bugs that could cause PHP warnings.
* Fixed a bug that was preventing the "Remove author URL" feature from working after a comment was edited using "Quick Edit."
* Fixed a bug that was preventing the URL preview feature from working after a comment was edited using "Quick Edit."
= 3.3 =
*Release Date - 23 February 2017*
* Updated the Akismet admin pages with a new clean design.
* Fixed bugs preventing the `akismet_add_comment_nonce` and `akismet_update_alert` wrapper functions from working properly.
* Fixed bug preventing the loading indicator from appearing when re-checking all comments for spam.
* Added a progress indicator to the "Check for Spam" button.
* Added a success message after manually rechecking the Pending queue for spam.
= 3.2 =
*Release Date - 6 September 2016*
* Added a WP-CLI module. You can now check comments and recheck the moderation queue from the command line.
* Stopped using the deprecated jQuery function `.live()`.
* Fixed a bug in `remove_comment_author_url()` and `add_comment_author_url()` that could generate PHP notices.
* Fixed a bug that could cause an infinite loop for sites with very very very large comment IDs.
* Fixed a bug that could cause the Akismet widget title to be blank.
= 3.1.11 =
*Release Date - 12 May 2016*
* Fixed a bug that could cause the "Check for Spam" button to skip some comments.
* Fixed a bug that could prevent some spam submissions from being sent to Akismet.
* Updated all links to use https:// when possible.
* Disabled Akismet debug logging unless WP_DEBUG and WP_DEBUG_LOG are both enabled.
= 3.1.10 =
*Release Date - 1 April 2016*
* Fixed a bug that could cause comments caught as spam to be placed in the Pending queue.
* Fixed a bug that could have resulted in comments that were caught by the core WordPress comment blacklist not to have a corresponding History entry.
* Fixed a bug that could have caused avoidable PHP warnings in the error log.
= 3.1.9 =
*Release Date - 28 March 2016*
* Add compatibility with Jetpack so that Jetpack can automatically configure Akismet settings when appropriate.
* Fixed a bug preventing some comment data from being sent to Akismet.
= 3.1.8 =
*Release Date - 4 March 2016*
* Fixed a bug preventing Akismet from being used with some plugins that rewrite admin URLs.
* Reduced the amount of bandwidth used on Akismet API calls
* Reduced the amount of space Akismet uses in the database
* Fixed a bug that could cause comments caught as spam to be placed in the Pending queue.
= 3.1.7 =
*Release Date - 4 January 2016*
* Added documentation for the 'akismet_comment_nonce' filter.
* The post-install activation button is now accessible to screen readers and keyboard-only users.
* Fixed a bug that was preventing the "Remove author URL" feature from working in WordPress 4.4
= 3.1.6 =
*Release Date - 14 December 2015*
* Improve the notices shown after activating Akismet.
* Update some strings to allow for the proper plural forms in all languages.
= 3.1.5 =
*Release Date - 13 October 2015*
* Closes a potential XSS vulnerability.
= 3.1.4 =
*Release Date - 24 September 2015*
* Fixed a bug that was preventing some users from automatically connecting using Jetpack if they didn't have a current Akismet subscription.
* Fixed a bug that could cause comments caught as spam to be placed in the Pending queue.
* Error messages and instructions have been simplified to be more understandable.
* Link previews are enabled for all links inside comments, not just the author's website link.
= 3.1.3 =
*Release Date - 6 July 2015*
* Notify users when their account status changes after previously being successfully set up. This should help any users who are seeing blank Akismet settings screens.
= 3.1.2 =
*Release Date - 7 June 2015*
* Reduced the amount of space Akismet uses in the commentmeta table.
* Fixed a bug where some comments with quotes in the author name weren't getting history entries
* Pre-emptive security improvements to ensure that the Akismet plugin can't be used by attackers to compromise a WordPress installation.
* Better UI for the key entry field: allow whitespace to be included at the beginning or end of the key and strip it out automatically when the form is submitted.
* When deactivating the plugin, notify the Akismet API so the site can be marked as inactive.
* Clearer error messages.
= 3.1.1 =
*Release Date - 17th March, 2015*
* Improvements to the "Remove comment author URL" JavaScript
* Include the pingback pre-check from the 2.6 branch.
= 3.1 =
*Release Date - 11th March, 2015*
* Use HTTPS by default for all requests to Akismet.
* Fix for a situation where Akismet might strip HTML from a comment.
= 3.0.4 =
*Release Date - 11th December, 2014*
* Fix to make .htaccess compatible with Apache 2.4.
* Fix to allow removal of https author URLs.
* Fix to avoid stripping part of the author URL when removing and re-adding.
* Removed the "Check for Spam" button from the "Trash" and "Approved" queues, where it would have no effect.
* Allow automatic API key configuration when Jetpack is installed and connected to a WordPress.com account
= 3.0.3 =
*Release Date - 3rd November, 2014*
* Fix for sending the wrong data to delete_comment action that could have prevented old spam comments from being deleted.
* Added a filter to disable logging of Akismet debugging information.
* Added a filter for the maximum comment age when deleting old spam comments.
* Added a filter for the number per batch when deleting old spam comments.
* Removed the "Check for Spam" button from the Spam folder.
= 3.0.2 =
*Release Date - 18th August, 2014*
* Performance improvements.
* Fixed a bug that could truncate the comment data being sent to Akismet for checking.
= 3.0.1 =
*Release Date - 9th July, 2014*
* Removed dependency on PHP's fsockopen function
* Fix spam/ham reports to work when reported outside of the WP dashboard, e.g., from Notifications or the WP app
* Remove jQuery dependency for comment form JavaScript
* Remove unnecessary data from some Akismet comment meta
* Suspended keys will now result in all comments being put in moderation, not spam.
= 3.0.0 =
*Release Date - 15th April, 2014*
* Move Akismet to Settings menu
* Drop Akismet Stats menu
* Add stats snapshot to Akismet settings
* Add Akismet subscription details and status to Akismet settings
* Add contextual help for each page
* Improve Akismet setup to use Jetpack to automate plugin setup
* Fix "Check for Spam" to use AJAX to avoid page timing out
* Fix Akismet settings page to be responsive
* Drop legacy code
* Tidy up CSS and Javascript
* Replace the old discard setting with a new "discard pervasive spam" feature.
= 2.6.0 =
*Release Date - 18th March, 2014*
* Add ajax paging to the check for spam button to handle large volumes of comments
* Optimize javascript and add localization support
* Fix bug in link to spam comments from right now dashboard widget
* Fix bug with deleting old comments to avoid timeouts dealing with large volumes of comments
* Include X-Pingback-Forwarded-For header in outbound WordPress pingback verifications
* Add pre-check for pingbacks, to stop spam before an outbound verification request is made
= 2.5.9 =
*Release Date - 1st August, 2013*
* Update 'Already have a key' link to redirect page rather than depend on javascript
* Fix some non-translatable strings to be translatable
* Update Activation banner in plugins page to redirect user to Akismet config page
= 2.5.8 =
*Release Date - 20th January, 2013*
* Simplify the activation process for new users
* Remove the reporter_ip parameter
* Minor preventative security improvements
= 2.5.7 =
*Release Date - 13th December, 2012*
* FireFox Stats iframe preview bug
* Fix mshots preview when using https
* Add .htaccess to block direct access to files
* Prevent some PHP notices
* Fix Check For Spam return location when referrer is empty
* Fix Settings links for network admins
* Fix prepare() warnings in WP 3.5
= 2.5.6 =
*Release Date - 26th April, 2012*
* Prevent retry scheduling problems on sites where wp_cron is misbehaving
* Preload mshot previews
* Modernize the widget code
* Fix a bug where comments were not held for moderation during an error condition
* Improve the UX and display when comments are temporarily held due to an error
* Make the Check For Spam button force a retry when comments are held due to an error
* Handle errors caused by an invalid key
* Don't retry comments that are too old
* Improve error messages when verifying an API key
= 2.5.5 =
*Release Date - 11th January, 2012*
* Add nonce check for comment author URL remove action
* Fix the settings link
= 2.5.4 =
*Release Date - 5th January, 2012*
* Limit Akismet CSS and Javascript loading in wp-admin to just the pages that need it
* Added author URL quick removal functionality
* Added mShot preview on Author URL hover
* Added empty index.php to prevent directory listing
* Move wp-admin menu items under Jetpack, if it is installed
* Purge old Akismet comment meta data, default of 15 days
= 2.5.3 =
*Release Date - 8th Febuary, 2011*
* Specify the license is GPL v2 or later
* Fix a bug that could result in orphaned commentmeta entries
* Include hotfix for WordPress 3.0.5 filter issue
= 2.5.2 =
*Release Date - 14th January, 2011*
* Properly format the comment count for author counts
* Look for super admins on multisite installs when looking up user roles
* Increase the HTTP request timeout
* Removed padding for author approved count
* Fix typo in function name
* Set Akismet stats iframe height to fixed 2500px. Better to have one tall scroll bar than two side by side.
= 2.5.1 =
*Release Date - 17th December, 2010*
* Fix a bug that caused the "Auto delete" option to fail to discard comments correctly
* Remove the comment nonce form field from the 'Akismet Configuration' page in favor of using a filter, akismet_comment_nonce
* Fixed padding bug in "author" column of posts screen
* Added margin-top to "cleared by ..." badges on dashboard
* Fix possible error when calling akismet_cron_recheck()
* Fix more PHP warnings
* Clean up XHTML warnings for comment nonce
* Fix for possible condition where scheduled comment re-checks could get stuck
* Clean up the comment meta details after deleting a comment
* Only show the status badge if the comment status has been changed by someone/something other than Akismet
* Show a 'History' link in the row-actions
* Translation fixes
* Reduced font-size on author name
* Moved "flagged by..." notification to top right corner of comment container and removed heavy styling
* Hid "flagged by..." notification while on dashboard
= 2.5.0 =
*Release Date - 7th December, 2010*
* Track comment actions under 'Akismet Status' on the edit comment screen
* Fix a few remaining deprecated function calls ( props Mike Glendinning )
* Use HTTPS for the stats IFRAME when wp-admin is using HTTPS
* Use the WordPress HTTP class if available
* Move the admin UI code to a separate file, only loaded when needed
* Add cron retry feature, to replace the old connectivity check
* Display Akismet status badge beside each comment
* Record history for each comment, and display it on the edit page
* Record the complete comment as originally submitted in comment_meta, to use when reporting spam and ham
* Highlight links in comment content
* New option, "Show the number of comments you've approved beside each comment author."
* New option, "Use a nonce on the comment form."
= 2.4.0 =
*Release Date - 23rd August, 2010*
* Spell out that the license is GPLv2
* Fix PHP warnings
* Fix WordPress deprecated function calls
* Fire the delete_comment action when deleting comments
* Move code specific for older WP versions to legacy.php
* General code clean up
= 2.3.0 =
*Release Date - 5th June, 2010*
* Fix "Are you sure" nonce message on config screen in WPMU
* Fix XHTML compliance issue in sidebar widget
* Change author link; remove some old references to WordPress.com accounts
* Localize the widget title (core ticket #13879)
= 2.2.9 =
*Release Date - 2nd June, 2010*
* Eliminate a potential conflict with some plugins that may cause spurious reports
= 2.2.8 =
*Release Date - 27th May, 2010*
* Fix bug in initial comment check for ipv6 addresses
* Report comments as ham when they are moved from spam to moderation
* Report comments as ham when clicking undo after spam
* Use transition_comment_status action when available instead of older actions for spam/ham submissions
* Better diagnostic messages when PHP network functions are unavailable
* Better handling of comments by logged-in users
= 2.2.7 =
*Release Date - 17th December, 2009*
* Add a new AKISMET_VERSION constant
* Reduce the possibility of over-counting spam when another spam filter plugin is in use
* Disable the connectivity check when the API key is hard-coded for WPMU
= 2.2.6 =
*Release Date - 20th July, 2009*
* Fix a global warning introduced in 2.2.5
* Add changelog and additional readme.txt tags
* Fix an array conversion warning in some versions of PHP
* Support a new WPCOM_API_KEY constant for easier use with WordPress MU
= 2.2.5 =
*Release Date - 13th July, 2009*
* Include a new Server Connectivity diagnostic check, to detect problems caused by firewalls
= 2.2.4 =
*Release Date - 3rd June, 2009*
* Fixed a key problem affecting the stats feature in WordPress MU
* Provide additional blog information in Akismet API calls
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BRUSSELS—A group of European pro-life organizations is mobilizing against embryonic stem cell research in a way that the European Commission cannot ignore. One of Us, a so-called European citizens' initiative, has collected 1.7 million signatures from all 28 E.U. member states for a proposal that would block funding for research in which embryos are destroyed; under E.U. rules, the European Commission must now consider turning the proposal into legislation.
Research commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn will meet the organizers of the initiative here today; on Thursday, they will defend their case during a public hearing at the European Parliament. The commission has until 28 May to spell out its response.
The proposal is a direct attack on a delicate compromise over the use of embryonic cells in research, a topic on which the union is sharply divided. "Any roll back of this agreement would be a major step backwards for research across regenerative medicine, reproductive health and genetic disease, and delay the development of much needed treatments for a host of untreatable conditions," said a group of 31 research organizations and universities from across Europe today in a statement. The group, led by the Wellcome Trust, urged the commission and the Parliament to oppose the initiative.
European citizens' initiatives, a democratic novelty introduced in 2012, allow citizens to propose E.U. legislation; if a proposal gets at least 1 million verified signatures from seven or more member states, the commission has to consider turning it into law. (One of Us is only the second one to reach that threshold; the first one called on the commission to implement the human right to water and sanitation.)
E.U. member states have different regulations in the area of embryonic stem cell research, ranging from very permissive—for example in Belgium, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, where creating embryos for research purposes is allowed—to very restrictive—as in Poland and Lithuania, where research with embryonic stem cells is illegal.
As far as E.U. funding is concerned, member states have agreed to disagree. Under the European Union's 7-year research program Horizon 2020, which started this year, the union does not sponsor research that is illegal in the country where it would take place. In addition, the commission never funds research activities that create human embryos for research purposes. But the proponents of the One of Us initiative say this arrangement is too lax; they argue that no E.U. money at all should go to research activities that destroy human embryos. This would block funding for stem cell research using leftover embryos from in vitro fertilization.
"The dogma underlying [the plea] is that as soon as the ovum is [fertilized], there is a person with a soul," says Charles Susanne, a retired biology and anthropology professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles who now studies bioethical issues. "Based on this principle, it's natural to reject abortion or research using embryos of no more than 4 or 8 cells."
In its legislative proposal, One of Us refers to the 2011 ruling of the European Court of Justice in a case known as Brüstle v. Greenpeace, which stated that processes and products involving human embryonic stem cells are not patentable in the European Union. The judgment "indicates that fecundation is the beginning of human life and in the name of human dignity excludes the patenting of any procedure that involves or supposes the destruction of a human embryo," the organizers write. The European Union should apply that principle across the board, they argue.
Julian Hitchcock, a life sciences lawyer at the London-based firm Lawford Davies Denoon, says that argument can't withstand legal scrutiny. The court's ruling was limited to biotechnology patents and can't be read as a general statement about where life and human dignity begin, Hitchcock says.
Under the previous E.U. research program, from 2007 to 2013, the European Union spent €156.7 million on 27 collaborative projects in health research involving the use of human embryonic stem cells, a commission spokesman says. "Europe is currently a global leader in these competitive research areas, and clinical trials are already underway resulting from stem cell research," today's joint statement from the scientific organizations says. "Any move to restrict research using embryos will threaten this position, and prevent researchers developing vital treatments for patients."
Observers say it is hard to predict if the Eropean Commission will reopen discussions on its hard-won agreement. "A priori I would hope not, since the decision has already been made … to keep the compromise" under Horizon 2020, Susanne says.
One of Us, which boasted the support of Pope Benedict XVI, says it has received about €160,000 from three pro-life foundations in Spain and Italy in the past 2 years.


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Getting started
Advanced tutorials
If we want to model user activity that does not originate from a PC based browser what can we do?
A common example of this scenario would be to simulate user activity from a mobile / cell phone. In this case we'll use an iPhone, of course any smart phone or tablet could be used for this purpose.
Before we start we'll need to have access to a wireless network and we'll need to know the IP address of the machine where AgileLoad is installed. To get the IP address just use ipconfig /all command at the command prompt in Windows (Start -> Run & type cmd). Take a note of that IP address as we'll need to tell the device about that later.
Note: make sure you choose the correct adapter that connects you to the WiFi, this may not be the WiFi card especially if you are connected to a LAN which is connected to the WiFi where the device is.
Then we need to tell AgileLoad not to use its standard capture mechanism, in this case we are going to use AgileLoad's proxy server to capture the traffic coming from the device. We do that by choosing Options -> Record from the menu bar and then choosing Proxy from the Record mode drop down list.
We'll leave the advanced settings as default. These is more information on these in the on line help. If you do click on advanced you'll see AgileLoad is configured to listen on port 90 by default, this can be changed if necessary.
Note: Ensure you firewall on your machine is disabled, or at least open port 90 on the firewall to allow traffic through it otherwise you will not be able to capture anything.
For the final part of the set up we need to configure the device to use the proxy that we have set up, please refer to your device instructions on how to do that and use your IP address and port 90 for the settings. For an example of setting up an iPhone please see the video accompanying this tutorial here: Mobile Capture for load testing
Now we are ready to record our transaction. Click the record button in AgileLoad script editor, that will start the listener and we are ready to interact with the mobile web. Navigate to your target on your device and you will start to see that the Script Capture Bar should have a number in it (it references the number of requests that have been captured) that increments. If you see nothing then nothing is being captured and something must be blocking the traffic or the traffic is not going through the proxy.
Once you have captured your transactions then you can click the stop button in the same way that you would when recording any other script with AgileLoad. You now have a script that can be parametrized or edited as necessary and added into a performance test scenario.
Next Mobile capture for load testing video


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It is with great sadness that we pass along news that one of the original creators of 12" G.I. Joe, Don Levine, has passed away. Services will be held at Sunday in Providence, RI at Temple Bethel.
We send our condolences to his family on behalf of the Club membership and G.I. Joe fans the world over. Thank you, sir, for making growing up a little bit better.
To read the Providence Journal story...Click Here!