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Update July 27 16:01 UTC : 21 people have been killed yesterday by torrential rainstorms in quake disaster area in Gansu. This midery is just local news in China. Nobody in the world is still interested in this increasing dead toll. NO images or video on TV. Media can be cruel for poor people.
Update July 27 10:45 UTC : A new earthquake with epicenter approx. 180 km to the South of the M6.6 earthquake has injured 13 people, collapsed and damaged homes. Bad luck for the people there as bad weather is still responsible for many new landslides. Roads got blocked and telecommunications were down (again). Hard to say at this point whether the earthquake occurred on the same fault or another one, but we are almost 100% sure that there is a link in between both.
Update 26th July 17:16 UTC : The number of injured people was again raised. At least 2395 people suffered different kinds of injuries, among them 720 who were treated in hospitals. (60 already left the hospital)
Note: These are only the number of earthquake injuries. People, who were injured in the landslides, which occurred later (see below), are not counted here.
Important update 09:38 UTC : Xinhua news reports 9 people dead and 4 missing in new landslides :
Nine people are buried and four are missing after two separate landslides in northwest China's Gansu Province on Thursday, local authorities said Friday.
A rain-triggered landslide happened at about 9:30 a.m. in Nanyu Village, Niangniangba Township, Qinzhou District of Tianshui City burying 13 people. Four have been rescued but nine are still buried, according to the provincial emergency response office. Four people are still missing after a landslide in neighboring Yongguang Village that occurred at about 10 a.m., according to the office.
Roads linking the seat of Niangniangba Township to the places where the landslides happened have been damaged by floods. Rescue work is under way.
Important CATDAT update July 25 10:46 UTC :
* 117 towns – 1163 villages – 77,799 households and 323933 people have been affected
* 200,351 people have been temporarily relocated
* 45,998 rooms (10,065 households affected) collapsed
* 52,099 rooms (17,229 households affected) were severely damaged and 99,067 rooms (29,062 households affected) were slightly damaged.
* The direct economic damage is around 5.68 billion CNY (around 900 million USD).
* Minxian has around 2.64 billion CNY damage and Zhangxian around 2.41 billion CNY (showing the difference between the two counties). All other locations have less than 170 million CNY each.
A full report will be made once the economic damage values solidify.
Update July 25 09:34 UTC : A video shows what probably is the 200 meter wide landslide who buried 4 houses and killed 12 people. Vast masses of soil have broken off and have buried the houses. Dramatic footage. At the bottom side of the video you can still see some remaining walls of the houses. In hilly areas with soft soil, people should also include a safe evacuation location away from a potential landslide risk.
Update July 25 08:02 UTC : The number of injured people, who were treated in hospital, was raised to 1461.
Update July 25 09:20 UTC : The Chinese Gansu and National seismological bureaus have started post-earthquake scientific work. They are mapping landslides, traces of fault rupture etc. All this work will be used to better map the risks of future earthquakes and to strengthen the construction guidelines in the future.
Update July 24 13:46 UTC : A very good English spoken Al Jazeera video showing the daily living circumstances of the Gansu Minxian people.
Update July 24 09:47 UTC : The map below, published by the Chinese seismological authorities, shows the MMI VIII (dark red) hardest hit zone. The destruction in the MMI VIII is huge. The MMI VII (very strong shaking) is also responsible for a lot of misery. Further away damage is still present but not as cruel as in the dark red area. The red lines on the map are the mapped faults. The Yellow dot is the epicenter or breaking point. Below the Intensity map, the focal mechanism of this earthquake as reported by USGS
Update July 24 09:17 UTC : The Gansu seismological bureau has released some specifics about this earthquake. Specialized independent technical teams are currently assessing what exactly happened. These teams operate independent from the Relief and Rescue teams. Some of their conclusions :
- The most severe damage was inflicted in a zone of 1 to 2 km in width
- Field workers have not yet located the surface rupture zone
- 2 massive landslides are responsible for the dead of at least 12 people. The smallest of the 4 (still 200 meter wide) destroyed 4 houses killing 12 people living in them
- smaller landslides were responsible for a alot of damage to roads, farms, houses, terrace field, etc.
- even houses build with a reasonable good earthquake resistance suffered damage in the epicenter are due to the foundations.
- Most of the adobe houses collapsed near the epicenter while brick houses suffered less collapses but merely cracks
- this was a poor underdeveloped mountainous area
- 2 bridges have collapsed
Update July 23 07:57 UTC : We have unfortunately to report that the last missing person has been found dead, which brings the total fatalities to 95. ER thinks that the only way this number may increase is that severely injured people may not survive at the end and that some remote villages have not been reached by rescue personnel.
In a recebt note a report showed that army troops have been hiking for many hours to reach completely destroyed villages. These villages are small rural settlements where most of the houses are made from adobe. Adobe houses are like carton during an earthquake.
What looks like a long time is only 40 hours after the quake hit. In this period army, police, fire department, staff and employess from many specialties like transport and agriculture have done and are doing an extraordinary job to bring rescue and relief to the quake damaged area. They still have a lot of work todo and getting relief goods to the needed is still a problematic affair.
Update July 23 07:57 UTC :
The Gansu seismological bureau released the following data
- The death toll has unfortunately climbed to 94
- 1 person is still missing
- 1001 people have been treated for different earthquake related injuries, some of them serious
Update 23:11 UTC : No new data at the moment as we are living through the Chinese night. We expect more data and hopefully no more fatalities during the Chinese morning hours.
Update 17:13 UTC : 2 videos who are illustrating perfectly what we are reporting since 18 hours.
Update 16:59 UTC : The Chinese Academy of Sciences has performed a rapid remote sensing survey of the area affected by the earthquake which results in 16,340 square kilometers! This area has a population of 900,000.
Important Update 16:43 UTC : The provincial earthquake administration has released the following updated data (20:00 local) :
- fatalities and missing : unchanged
- injured : 628 people
- 22 counties affected
- 204 towns / villages affected
- 5,786 collapsed rooms
- Lanzhou Military Region sent 1322 military personnel in active duty
- Militia and reserve forces 1428 people
- medical and epidemic prevention unit : 65 people
- two helicopters have arrived and perform disaster relief missions
- 1620 armed police and rescue forces were dispatched
- 25 mobile telecommunications in 7 towns have been damaged. 4 are being repaired and are functioning again. Work is going ahead on 21 others.
- Relief goods are currently distributed and consist of food, tents, quilts, cotton-padded clothes, etc
- great work has already been done and will go ahead the following hours, days and even weeks
Update 13:47 UTC :
- 2 new fatalities have been reported from Longnan, bringing the total on 89 people 🙁
Update 13:47 UTC :
- The death toll has unfortunately climbed to 87.
- 5 people are recorded as missing
- 593 people have been treated for different earthquake related injuries
Update 13:46 UTC : Good and important news from the earthquake region. The ministry of transportation has ended all repair work at the National and Provincial roads in the earthquake region. This will enable relief and rescue trucks to transport the necessary equipment closer to the epicenter area.
Update 12:51 UTC : Something ER just learned now in reading the earthquake responsive : Veterinary emergency task group that works closely together with the Ministry of agriculture to assess asap all animal related topics, like prevent dead animals becoming sources sickness, getting abandoned animals to their owner, helping farmers manage their stock. This service is extremely important in rural areas where animals are often the only wealth of the owner. The teams include also veterinarians.
Update 12:15 UTC : Just like it happened in the Sichuan earthquake a couple of months ago, the Central Disaster Management team has taken over the lead in the rescue and relief efforts. Premier Li Keqying will overview personally every effort going on for rescue and relief. Earthquakes in China are divided into different categories. Some do only need local county response, others Province and the very big ones are managed by the Central Government.
An earthquake which is managed buy the Central Bejing Government has all possible power to engage whatever means possible. Army, police even temporarily allocation of civilian aircraft lies in their power.
We can make sure to our readers that this response is by far the most efficient in the world. Will it be perfect ? Never, but since we cover almost every earthquake in the world who needs assistance, we know what we are talking about. Congratulations to the Chinese response teams.
Update 11:19 UTC : A video from a China News channel with a reporter in the earthquake damaged areas (can be slow to load)
Important Update 10:22 UTC :
Sad to report that the victim numbers are increasing by the hour (these are all "at least" numbers):
- 75 people are now confirmed as being killed
- 14 have been recorded as missing
- 584 people are being treated for all kinds of injuries
- Chinese seismologists have said that the shaking intensity near the epicenter must have been VIII or "severe shaking"
Update 10:30 UTC : The experts of the China Earthquake Network have given more details about the technicalities behind the quake. They speak about the influence of stronger earthquakes the last 10 years on the faults that triggered this earthquake. The fault is likely a North South direction fault. Ano no major earthquake happened in this area since 1900 (see also our bottom map), stress has accumulated and has been released now. Perfectly normal are telling the scientists. 405 aftershocks so far, some of them +5. They expect this to go on for at least a week with +5 still possible. For that reason they ask people to be super-careful and not to live in damaged houses. For those camping in the open, they ask people to be careful and look at the terrain at all sides, mainly to avoid secondary geological elements like landslides, flash floods, etc.
Update 10:15 UTC : To imagine better the destruction the earthquake has inflicted, the picture below.
At least 14 people are still missing.
Update 10:00 UTC : Weather during and immediately after an earthquake is incredibly important both for the chance on landslides and the way rescue has to be organized and relief goods to be distributed. Bernhard Mühr from KIT Karlsruhe has made a short study on what to expect in the earthquake area until the end of July. The conclusion of this in-depth weather forecast : very good considering the monsoon period.
Brief Meteorological and Climatological Overview
Minxian and Zhangxian Districts, Gansu, China
Issued: Monday, July 22, 2013
Climatological Overview
There is a strong gradient in precipitation from Lantschau southward. The districts hit by the earthquake, Minxian and Zhangxian, expect significantly more rain than Lantschau. The monthly rain amounts during the summer months are about twice as much (~100-150 mm).
The districts in many places have rugged terrain, narrow valleys are located between mountain ranges that rise to more than 3000 meters.
Monsoon rains often are associated with thunderstorms and are of great intensity. These downpours frequently lead to sudden rise of river levels, flooding and might trigger landslides.
Long term average (1961-1990) mean of rain in July in south-east asia. Red rectangle indicates the earthquake region. Source: www.wettergefahren-fruehwarnung.de, Data source: Climate Research Unit
Rain forecast
The latest GFS-model run (July 22, 2013, 00 UTC) doesn't show much rain for the next 8 days in the affected area. Widespread and large rain amounts are not to be expected. However, in unstable monsoon airmasses localized rain areas and thunderstorms might occur any time. Their intensity can be large and thus cause problems with river levels and landslides at places.
RaiRRain forecast: Accumulated rain during the next 8 days until July 30, 2013. In the region hit by the earthquake (rectangle) large and widespread rain amounts are not very likely until end of month.
Source: www.wettergefahren-fruehwarnung.de; Data source: GFS model run, July 22, 2013, 00 UTC
Update 09:34 UTC : The number of injured persons has increased to 462 (from 412)
As we have expected it fropm almost immediately after the earthquake hit, landslides have also been triggered. At least 10 houses have been buried in Meixian, Minxian county.
Update 08:51 UTC : Chinese are far better pupils if it comes to earthquake preparedness than most other countries in the world. One example : once out of the building, most people evacuate to the middle of the street or in open places.
Update 08:47 UTC : A picture we will see more and more in the future. Death toll will decrease considerably in the future due to earthquake resistant (new) houses and apartment buildings. The villages in the rural areas do not have the money to build this way and people are in great majority still living in very old primitive houses. Conclusion : less and less fatalities in (modern) cities and only a fraction less in rural areas.
Update 08:39 UTC : If ever you have visited the terracotta army in Xi'An (like me) : this earthquake was well felt in Xi'An too. Distance from Epicenter to Xi'An : +300 km. The bottom message is : you are probably traveling around the world and arrive in earthquake countries which you are not aware off. Be always prepared for an earthquake and know what to do.
Update 08:31 UTC :
- 27,300 people have been relocated so far from Minxian County.
- Damage we can confirm so far : 1200 rooms collapsed, 21,064 severely damaged rooms+ we are still waiting for the specific details on slight damage.
Update 07:34 UTC : Without details about the locations, 56 killed and 412 injured people are confirmed by authorities. At least 14 more people are still missing.
Update 07:01 UTC : The numbers again increased. Currently confirmed is a toll of 53 deaths and 337 injuries.
Update 06:53 UTC : 48 deaths and 326 injuries are confirmed now.
45 people were killed and 270 injured in Minxian, 1 killed and 26 injured in Zhangxian, 1 killed in Longnan City and 1 killed and 20 injured in Dangchang County.
Update 05:45 UTC : 47 deaths and 296 injuries are still the current statistics from this earthquake.
There is also little information coming out in addition as counting and preliminary assessment of the damage continues.
Around 20,000 rooms have been severely damaged. Again, we hope that other news services will start correctly reporting the damage in "rooms" and not "houses". The China earthquake bureaus count in "rooms" (the space between 2 lateral supports) as it makes it easier to quantify the damage.
Update 05:04 UTC : Reports of 47 deaths are coming through from Chinese TV channels. Minxian Dingxi City - 45 deaths, Zhangxian - 1 person, Longnan City Lixian - 1 person.
Update 04:45 UTC : 6 aftershocks stronger than M3 have been recorded. 5 between 3.0 and 3.9, and one M5.6 aftershock.
Update 04:45 UTC : An attempt will be made to classify further the known casualties (22 deaths, 296 injured) and damage (10000 rooms collapsed/severely damaged and 100000 rooms damaged):-
Ma Po town Minxian - 岷县蒲麻镇 - 3 deaths
Meichuan town - 梅川镇 - 7 deaths, 45 injured
Lu Well? - 闾井 - 1 death
申都 - 2 deaths
Wo - 禾驮 - 1 death
Zhangxian Ishikawa - 中寨镇 - 3 deaths.
In the 13 townships, 1203 rooms have collapsed (380 households) and 21000 rooms are severely damaged (5600 households). It is thus expected that around 200000 rooms are slightly damaged.
Electricity and communications are still down in many areas.
Update 04:26 UTC : 22 people have unfortunately been killed.
Minxian Dingxi City - 19 people,
Zhangxian - 2 people,
Lixian Longnan - 1 person.
- 296 people have been injured.
- 10000 rooms have collapsed or been damaged, and 100000 rooms have been slightly damaged. (approximately the same as 30000 houses).
- around 100000 have been emergency relocated (not necessarily homeless, just relocated while the response teams do their work and will be provided accommodation, food etc., while houses are checked for cracks and stability)
- around 300000 people are affected.
Update 03:51 UTC : The earthquake occurred as people were working in the fields and starting their work day, hence the fatality ratio will have been reduced slightly.
Update 03:45 UTC : Ma Po Minxian rural township has also had severe damage. As communications are down in the area, the death toll is expected to rise in the coming hours.
Update 03:42 UTC : Dingxi City Taihe Village has nearly been completely destroyed. Over 450 rescue staff are present along with around 100 CEA, province and city seismological bureau workers, as well as around 600 Militia. Again, Earthquake-report.com commends China on their system of Federal, Province, City and county seismological/earthquake bureaus. It speeds up response in such disasters.
Update 03:38 UTC : 19 deaths and 270 injured so far from the earthquake. Many were as a result of collapsed structural members of houses.
Update 03:15 UTC : 11 deaths and 81 injured so far.
Update 02:49 UTC : Given the rain, landslides are expected in the region as a result of the earthquake (this occurs as wet ground makes it easier for a surface (of depth 1-2m to slide down a hill). Communications and power have been interrupted in the region, so information is still sparse.
Update 02:47 UTC : Again we hope that the impact of this earthquake will be limited however given the population, damage in at least the order of the 100s of millions of CNY is expected.
Update 02:45 UTC : Aftershocks including one of Ml5.6, have brought down additional rooms.
Update 02:41 UTC : 300 militia have been sent to the region.
Update 02:39 UTC : Gansu and Ningxia province is of course famous for the world's deadliest earthquake of the 20th and 21st centuries, with 273400 people being killed in the 1920 Haiyuan earthquake.
Update 02:39 UTC : 3 people have been killed and dozens injured. There are reports of collapsed rooms from 13 townships.
Update 01:43 UTC : It is currently raining in the epicenter area which makes landslides more likely.
Update 01:40 UTC : Minxian, the closest city to the epicenter reports in Ma Po collapsed houses and at least injured people. The country and district responsibles are rushing to the earthquake area. Mobile telecommunications are interrupted in the epicenter area.
Update 01:26 UTC : Chinese media report that :
The earthquake occurred at 7:45 a.m. at the junction of the Minxian County and Zhangxian County, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. The local people in the Minxian County said strong tremor was felt and they saw noticeable shake of trees and homes, adding that the quake lasted for about one minute. Meanwhile, the earthquake was also felt in neighboring cities of Dingxi, Longnan, Tianshui, as well as the provincial capital city of Lanzhou. Xi'an City, capital of the neighboring Shaanxi Province was also reported to have felt the quake.
Update 01:17 UTC : This is a small village only 1 km away from the epicenter (USGS epicenter). The image shows farming fields in the form of terraces and a village build upon a ridge. Extremely dangerous, not only for shaking damage but also for landslides.
Update 01:06 UTC : CEIC has recorded 4 aftershocks in between M3, and M3.9 since the mainshock.
Update : Min, Zhang and Wushan counties are populated by several hundred thousands of people.
Update : We are almost certain that damage will have been inflicted during this earthquake. We expect that reaching the direct epicenter area may take several hours as the landscape consists of rugged low level hills.
Update : The I Have Felt It reports we are getting are mostly coming from Xi'An, the city who has these phenomenal terracotta army warriors. Xi'An is about 350 km from the epicenter.
Update : the expected shaking at some Chinese cities based on the data from USGS (M5.9). Chinese have M6.6 but deeper than USGS which may after all have the same intensity.
Update : The Chinese seismological authority has reported a M6.6 at a depth of 20 km, an even grimmer perspective than the M5.9 from USGS on which the data below have been calculated. There is no reason not to believe the data from the Chinese as they are highly specialized in earthquakes.
Update : USGS expects a very strong MMI VII shaking for approx. 19,000 people, a strong shaking for 150,000 people and a moderate shaking for 379,000 people.
A very dangerous earthquake struck the Gansu province, China
13km (8mi) E of Chabu, China
151km (94mi) W of Beidao, China
154km (96mi) SE of Linxia, China
177km (110mi) SSE of Lanzhou, China
1233km (766mi) WSW of Beijing, China
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Magnitude : 6
Local Time (conversion only below land) : 2013-07-22 07:45:57
GMT/UTC Time : 2013-07-21 23:45:57
Depth (Hypocenter) : 10 km
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Disney's animated film Wreck-It Ralph is an unabashed love letter to classic video games.
A handful of your faithful TechHive editors enjoyed an advanced screening of the film's theatrical debut, and after comparing notes we agreed that the best way to watch Wreck-It Ralph once it arrives in theaters on Friday is to know nothing about the plot and everything about all the games and tech that influenced the movie, so that you don't miss out on any of the callbacks.
To that end, we scrambled to jot down every game character cameo and retro reference we could spot, and then sat through a Q&A session with the folks who made Wreck-It Ralph a reality, to learn how a movie that wallows so deeply in geek culture gets made.
Know the history
Turns out making the movie was harder than it looks: The idea for Wreck-It Ralph had been kicking around Disney for almost a decade under various names (Joe Jump, Reboot Ralph), while other studios struggled to adapt video games for the silver screen. Box-office bombs like Doom, Hitman, and Max Payne attempted to convey what makes games so compelling, something Disney seems to have actually achieved here by creating original characters that viewers don't recognize or have preconceived ideas about and then sending them on a boilerplate hero's journey through a classic arcade filled with references to real-world popular games.
In fact, the arcade in the film is a composite of childhood memories of actual arcades in California, including Golf N' Stuff in Ventura and Castle Park in Sherman Oaks. The decision to set the film in an arcade was controversial, since so many of us play games on a PC or home console these days, but director Rich Moore settled on the classic coin-op for his backdrop after discovering that even his teenage son understood what an arcade was and why it was such an alluring geek refuge.
"I never saw a Charlie Chaplin film or a Laurel and Hardy film in a theater, but I knew what those were as a kid," said Moore. "They were part of the fabric of popular culture."
To that end, the range of games referenced in Wreck-It Ralph spans 30 years of tech, from 8-bit arcade machines straight out of the 1980s to the light-guns and racing wheels commonly found on contemporary game cabinets. Even if you haven't played or even heard of most of the games referenced in the film, you can still enjoy the actual story, which revolves around four original characters and their somewhat predictable (but still enjoyable) quest to save the arcade from imminent disaster.
Spot the cameos
You'll enjoy Wreck-It Ralph a lot more if you have an idea of what to look for going in. There are so many direct and indirect references to the characters, locations, and culture of gaming that it's nearly impossible to catalogue every easter egg, but we did our best to scour the Internet and our brains to pull together a list of the highlights.
That said, this list is far from complete. Between clear cameos, original characters with obvious inspirations, and cultural homages, it's possible that nobody could catch every reference—maybe not even Disney.
"We worked with 400 to 500 people on a film like this, and each of them has a different game or a different thing about video games that they love," said producer Clark Spencer when we asked him whether there was an official tally sheet somewhere in the bowels of Disney with a list of all the Wreck-It Ralph references. "All of them would come up with ideas and say 'Hey, what if we put this over in the corner, what if we put this up here somewhere?' So really, I don't think anyone has a complete list."
Keep an eye peeled for references to these games while you're watching Wreck-It Ralph, and, in the comments below, add any we missed, so other readers will know what to watch for.
- Street Fighter
- Super Mario Bros.
- Pac-Man
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Paperboy
- Tapper
- Dig Dug
- BurgerTime
- Space Invaders
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Asteroids
- Centipede
- Frogger
- Pong
- Q*Bert
- Altered Beast
- Metal Gear Solid
- House of the Dead
- Mega Man
- Mortal Kombat
- Gears of War
- Candyland
- Mario Kart
- World of Warcraft
Play the games
The best way to prepare for Wreck-It Ralph is to play some games and appreciate the culture that inspired and shaped the film. You can pop over to the promotional website right now and play through Flash versions of the fake games featured in the film. Disney also released an iOS version of the Fix-It Felix Jr. game featured in the film—it's an entertaining way to kill a few minutes if you have some downtime. The on-screen directional pad and Fix-It button are much more comfortable to play with on an iPad than an iPhone or iPod touch, especially if you manage to get it working with an iCade cabinet.
If you feel like playing some real games you can also point your browser to the Atari Arcade to play classic Atari arcade games like Centipede, Pong, and Asteroids in your browser via HTML5. If you ever owned one of the classic games referenced in the movie, you might consider dipping a toe into game emulation, using MAME or another popular emulator to emulate the games you purchased on your PC. This is a smart idea if you don't want to risk damaging old game cartridges or hardware, but it's also something worth hacking together if you just want to play the games on your awesome new HDTV.
If you're uncomfortable with the idea of downloading emulators or you just want to expand your game collection, consider tracking down some vintage video games. I can't recommend this last tip enough; the first thing I wanted to do after watching Wreck-It Ralph was revisit the arcade I grew up in as a kid, but since it's roughly 400 miles away (Camelot Golfland in Anaheim), the next best thing was to dust off my old Sega Genesis and pop in Sonic the Hedgehog. If you're passionate enough about games to have your own trove of treasured memories and tech, you'll appreciate Wreck-It Ralph as more than just another animated family-friendly feature.
This story, "Can you spot all the video game references in "Wreck-it Ralph"?" was originally published by TechHive.


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Batson, T. (2012) The Wait is Over: The LMS and the ePortfolio Merge to Serve a Culture of Learning Campus Technology, May 16
In this article, Batson argues that Sakai's OAE (Open Academic Environment – formerly Sakai 3) reflects a new paradigm of online learning, moving from an instructor-led to a learner-led environment based around its e-portfolio capability.
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Fedora 15 is a very interesting release for both users and developers. Let us take a brief look at some of the new features of Fedora 15 Lovelock.
GNOME 3 with GNOME Shell as default desktop
With Fedora 15, the GNOME stack has been updated to GNOME 3 and GNOME Shell is now the default desktop. Fedora 15 is probably the first major Linux distribution to ship with GNOME 3.
The Ubuntu users did not like the introduction of Unity in Ubuntu 11.04. Let us see how the Fedora users respond to GNOME Shell.
In case you are not a GNOME user, Fedora has that covered as well with KDE SC 4.6 and Xfce 4.8.
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systemd finally included
systemd has been finally included in Fedora 15. systemd is a system and session manager for Linux which gives better performance using aggressive parallelization. Here too Fedora 15 is the first among the major Linux distributions to adopt systemd.
Dynamic firewall
Fedora 15 has a new dynamic firewall which makes it possible to change settings without restarting the firewall. An immediate effect of having a dynamic firewall is that it will make persistent network connections possible and make remote printer discovery easier.
LibreOffice replaces OpenOffice.org
Like many other Linux distributions, Fedora 15 has dropped OpenOffice.org and replaced it with LibreOffice. The user interface of LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org are almost identical. So, users will not have any trouble adapting to the new application.
For the complete feature list of Fedora 15, refer to this page.
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About this blog
As one of the "baby bulge" children, born in 1948, I am of a generation that missed the war. But it is still very close and very real. As a child, much of my time was spent exploring bomb sites, old bomb shelters, pill boxes and the paraphernalia of war. My stamping ground was Hackney Marshes, and the River Lea, where we watched the barges being unloaded, much as they were in the 1940s.
Churchill was still alive when I was born. He was to have a spell as prime minister as I grew up, too young then to understand what was going on. But I was one of the hundreds of thousands who filed past his coffin after he had died, and I watched his funeral. You really did then have a sense that a moment in history had passed.
With that, the war is part of my make-up. It shaped my generation and gave us much of our "world view", defined who we were and how we felt about ourselves. And within that period of the war, there is of course that very special time - the Battle of Britain. It may not mean as much to the current generation – especially as history teaching is so poor – but it really did have a very, very strong influence.
It was about our parents, and the British nation which stood up against the forces of evil. We, us, the Commonwealth and Empire, held the line. The forces of good prevailed. And the Battle of Britain had a certain innocence and purity about it. It made you feel good about yourself because you were British. It was a British achievement. It was part of your heritage.
On the 70th Anniversary of the start of the Battle, therefore, I decided set up a blog as a personal tribute to the "few" - the gallant RAF pilots who were the heroes of the battle. My entirely unambitious objective was to write a daily summary of events as they happened on each day, each exactly seventy years previously. There was no ulterior motive, and no expectation of doing anything more in an area where all the main historical issues seemed to have been settled.
The process of writing, however, focused the mind on events and the narrative in a way that just reading a series of books and reports cannot do. I thus found myself being drawn more and more into the established narrative than I had originally intended.
Responding to comments on the blog forum and my own innate curiosity, my source list widened and my reading deepened. But, contrary to my expectations, that process led not to an improved understanding and appreciation of events, but exactly the reverse. Away from what might be termed the classic "shoot 'em up" narrative, there are huge areas of disagreement on the sequence of events, their meaning and their importance. None of the crucial issues, it seems, are at all settled.
The artificial battle
First and foremost though, what emerges is that the battle, at the time of its fighting, had no separate or distinct identity. For it formally to exist as the event which is currently recognised, it had to be defined - as to its nature, its participants and timespan. As a battle - with a beginning, an end and a recognisable outcome - it is an artificial creation.
The currently accepted definition is that component of the air war fought between 10 July and 31 October 1940 over British soil and adjacent seas. The aim was to deprive the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) of the air superiority it needed to achieve over the English Channel and Southern England, in order to permit the execution of Operation Sealion - the invasion of Britain. The participants are defined as aircrew members of RAF Fighter Command who flew one or more authorised sortie during the period.
In so far as the Luftwaffe did not achieve local air superiority during the period of the battle (at least, during daylight hours), and the invasion of Britain did not take place, Fighter Command is deemed to have won the battle. It is thus lauded as our saviour, having claimed t have prevented the subjugation of this island race - and by inference the whole of the "free" world - by the Nazis.
A conceptual problem
With all of these concepts, I now have a serious problem. Firstly and mainly though, it is highly unlikely that Sealion, the invasion of Britain, would ever have been launched by the Germans, irrespective of whether air superiority had been achieved.
Even in peacetime, during daylight with perfect sea conditions and the best possible equipment, the task required, of delivering over 100,000 men and their supplies and equipment, the first wave to land near simultaneously on a series of beaches in Southern England - and then keeping them supplied and reinforced - would have been an amazing feat of organisation and seamanship.
Here, too many writers and analysts are simply not thinking straight, and it is not hard to work out why. Take away the threat of an invasion and the classic Battle of Britain narrative falls. Then as now, they need the threat of the invasion to be real, or the conventional narrative does not stand up.
But it takes little imagination to work out why the narrative is false. The "invasion", on which so much depends, was fraught with danger - even without hostile intervention. The invasion fleet was to be an ad hoc collection of river barges and ships. The river barges, many unpowered, were not designed for sea voyages and barely seaworthy even under optimum conditions. And the conditions were far from optimum.
The journey itself was to be undertaken at night, with poorly-trained and inexperienced crews, without the benefit of large-scale rehearsals, into highly dangerous and unpredictable waters. Furthermore, this was to be done without basic navigational aids - such as lighted buoys, beach and harbour lighting, and lighthouses - all in waters where sailors approaching the coast in daylight, without local knowledge, are advised to take on pilots.
Amazingly, this feat of navigation and ship handling was also supposed to be done without radio communications. The Germans thus picked dates for the invasion when there was to be a quarter moon, giving (supposedly) enough light for visual signals (flags and some such) to be used. In confined waters, in darkness, nearly 3,000 vessels were supposed to be co-ordinated through a series of complex manoeuvres to bring them to the beaches.
Then there was the minor problem of the British response. To deal with that, air superiority was a necessary condition for embarking on the exercise. But then, for far too many commentators, the thinking stops. Too few go on to consider whether it was also sufficient - i.e., that the invasion could have gone ahead, had air superiority been achieved.
Arguably, in order for the Germans to proceed, they would also have had to have gained command of the sea. That, they never had, and neither did they have the means of securing it. Yet, without it, ranged against the might of the Royal Navy, a contested invasion could not have succeeded.
This particular issue, though, has been argued out over the decades and, as it stands, this is denied by the traditionalists. But again, they are not thinking straight. Firstly, it is undeniably the case that any invasion fleet approaching British shores would have done so at night. Under cover of darkness, the Royal Navy could operate freely, without the intervention of air power which was wholly ineffective between dusk and dawn.
Secondly, while the limitations of the Home Fleet are constantly highlighted, those who would deny the role of the Navy also have to deny or downplay the presence of over a thousand small craft employed by the navy, ranging from sloops and armed trawlers, to armed yachts, MTBs and MGBs, and smaller craft. While not a formidable force against heavily armed warships, against the barges, small ships and motorboats of an invasion fleet, these could have caused great slaughter and chaos.
The perilous nature of the venture, and the almost certainty that it could not succeed, begs the question as to whether Hitler, and some of the main players, such as Goering or Raeder, the C-in-C of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine), actually wanted to carry out the operation - or what their real motives were.
Hitler, perhaps did not want an invasion because it thought it might fail. Mostly, though, his enthusiasm waned because he thought it an unnecessary risk. He expected the government of Britain to collapse, and was constantly putting out peace feelers in the expectation that the British government would see sense and sue for peace.
Räder most certainly believed it would fail, and thought Britain could be defeated by a blockade. Nor was he far wrong in his expectation - the U-Boat and long-range air assault on shipping, the mining of the coastal seas and the bombing of the ports very nearly brought the UK to her knees. Göring lacked commitment to the invasion. He never seriously planned for it and never took part in the planning meetings. As with Dunkirk, he wanted to win victory for himself and his Luftwaffe, without having to share the glory with the navy or the army. Like so many of his time and generation, he also had an inflated view of the effectiveness of air warfare and, in particular, the power of the bomber.
Necessarily, what emerges from this is the view that, as a military exercise, the battle conducted by Fighter Command was strategically irrelevant. There was never any realistic prospect that Britain was going to be exposed to a contested invasion. And had there, despite all the odds, been a German invasion, it would have been defeated in detail not by the RAF but primarily by the Royal Navy.
Re-defining the battle
If it is the case that the invasion threat was not real, then the Battle of Britian has been wrongly defined. If you prefer, it has been expropriated by a group which is claiming exclusive ownership of something which is much bigger and more important than that which they project. For, while Fighter Command's day battle may have been of little strategic importance, that is not to say that there was not a different battle going on, the Battle for - Britain.
Certainly, it is the case that Hitler sought to defeat Britain, but an invasion was only one of his options. The first was the traditional blockade, Hitler seeking to turn the tables on the British and do to them what they had done to his country in the 1914-18 war. Another option was the utilisation of air power as a weapon of terror, cowing the population to such an extend that they would force their own government to sue for peace.
What emerges from this is that - from the German perspective - there were three interlinked and overlapping components to a battle which could rightly and properly lay claim to be components of a larger and real Battle of Britain, any one of which could, in theory, have brought Britain to the point of surrender. When all three are taken into account, the battle lasted much longer than the 114 days attributed to the very limited part of the war fought by RAF Fighter Command.
Briefly the order in which the battle played out was the the "blockade" phase, when the Germans sought to deprive us of the supplies essential to the prosecution of the war and, indeed, our very survival. This was overtaken for a short time by the second component, the invasion phase, during which Fighter Command fought with the Luftwaffe for the daytime control of the sky, on the assumption that Germany did, in fact, intend to invade. The third "terror" phase, more commonly called the Blitz, then took over, during which time the "blockade war" continued. That part, more commonly styled as the Battle of the Atlantic, was not defeated until 1943.
The Churchill agenda
If the Germans had their own agendas, so did Churchill, and they were not simply the mirror image of the German ambitions. The most obvious agenda would have been the defeat of the Germans but, right from the start, Churchill recognised that Great Britain, without the support of France, could not amass a land army on the continent of Europe big enough to take on and defeat the German.
Therefore - and it is vitally important that this is properly understood - in the early days, Churchill's strategic objective was not to win the war. He neither sought nor intended to defeat the Germans. The first task he set, with the approval and agreement of the military chiefs of staff, was to survive long enough for the United States to enter the war and field an army which could, alongside the British, defeat the Germans.
From this devolved a second and intimately linked task, which was to convince a neutral, reluctant and largely isolationist United States to join the war on the side of Great Britain. That required projecting a narrative to the people and the government of the US, creating, in effect, propaganda war between Great Britain and Germany, the latter's objective being to keep the United States out of the war.
Beset by a string of failures and defeats, which continued after Dunkirk, with the loss of Somaliland and Kenya, and the debacle at Dakar, it thus became imperative to convince the United States that Britain could hold its own, and stay in the war. A nation on the brink of defeat was not going to get the support of the US, and it therefore became necessary to deliver a victory. To achieve that, the propaganda was focused on Fighter Command, creating a version of the Battle of Britain which the British, through its gallant airmen, was winning. To that extent, the activities of the RAF were being used to create a drama to entertain and captivate the Americans.
But there was another agenda - of domestic rather than international relevance. This was to do with Churchill securing his political base with his own Party. A newly appointed prime minister in May 1940, head of a coalition government, leading the nation in an unpopular war, he had to secure the commitment of the British people as well.
Progressing the arguments
With such issues under consideration, and many more, the writing has developed its own momentum, especially as it has become evident that the story has not yet been fully told. One wonders whether it ever can be but, on the other hand, one knows that additional areas must be explored.
This blog now sets out to give as comprehensive an overview of the events as can be done within the limitations of the format. The central premise is that the battle can only be properly understood if the events are seen as an integral whole - the military, on the sea and land and well as in the air, the political, social and economic. The air battle, I assert, is only a very small part of the whole and not necessarily the most important.
That assertion, though, is not cast in stone. The blog has become a journey of discovery. My general technique (although not followed slavishly) is to write a basic narrative for each day, based on a limited number of (mostly secondary) sources, the objective being to tell a reasonably coherent story.
I then widen the range of sources, going back to original material, piling layer upon layer, correcting, adding, refining, revising and (I hope) improving the narrative as it develops, all to meld it into a single, integrated narrative. No one post is a definitive statement. Each and every one is subject to addition, revision and re-shaping.
In so doing, I bring to the table a synthesis of existing and original material. There is no point in re-inventing the wheel and, through the scholarship of people such as Francis K. Mason and his superb Battle over Britain, we have as good a record of the day-to-day Fighter Command air battle as we will probably ever get. In Larry Donnelly's The Other Few, we then have a useful record of other aspects of the air war, involving Bomber and Coastal Commands. This adds a necessary and wholesome balance and I use both sources freely, plus many more.
But what I then add is a whole raft of original and vastly under-exploited sources which are now available on-line and are thus accessible to the research process. And here, the internet brings a highly significant dimension to the research, which hitherto has been poorly understood. It offers a revolution perhaps every bit as profound as the Spitfire brought to air warfare.
The research process
The issue, as with the Spitfire, is speed. A wide range of sources have now become available, from across the world, which no longer require a physical presence in order to obtain access to them. With many of the databases also electronically searchable, it is also no longer necessary to plough through thousands or hundreds of thousands of papers to find relevant material. Tasks which often took weeks and sometimes months - with the attendant expense, which can itself cripple the research process - can now often be completed in seconds.
The sources that add a special dimension to the narrative are very substantial. Not least, is the entire archive of Flight magazine, the weekly specialist aviation magazine, which was published right throughout the war, and which provides as unique insight into the thinking and development in aviation, during the period. The publishers have made the searchable archive available specifically to enhance the research process, and are to be warmly commended for it.
To this, one can add the electronic archives of the Manchester Guardian and the New York Times, the "right wing" Daily Express, the left-leaning Daily Mirror, and that of the regional "county" newspaper, the Yorkshire Post. Latterly, I have also been able to acquire copies of Reynold's News, the Daily Worker and The Tribune magazine and the Scottish Herald. Accessible online are the complete editions of the daily Hansard, the record of the proceedings of both Houses of Parliament through the period, and the weekly briefings from the Chiefs of Staff to the War Cabinet, plus the War Cabinet minutes and associated papers.
With that, we also have half a dozen or so on-line narratives of the Battle of Britain, some new, some official (such as the RAF Campaign Diary) and some well established, all of which give immediate access to the bare bones of the events, and much else besides. And we also have, courtesy of the academic team who published it in book form, the complete set of reports from the Ministry of Information's Home Intelligence team.
On top of this, there is a vast range of local and regional web sites which have sprung up over the last decade, representing thousands of hours of research labour, by local historians, archivists, librarians, journalists and many others, adding a phenomenally rich source of material which has barely been tapped. The quality is obviously variable but the best is highly professional and has been extremely valuable.
As the work progresses, the information accrues and the arguments develop and mature. But this is an evolution as much as a revolution. What you read today is not necessarily exactly what you will read tomorrow, especially as the writing is being pursued in conjunction with the blog forum, where many readers are adding their own observations and information, which is then incorporated into the growing narrative.
On 31 October 2010, the daily narrative ended ... but the writing did not. It continued, and eventually became a book, The Many Not The Few, published in March 2012. And now the process has reversed. Progressively, I am inserting the text of the book back into the blog, adding to it where necessary, expanding the story - with additional photographs and other material as it comes available to me.
This, therefore, continues to be a live project. Updates have been entered up to and including October 2012, with the addition of the separate label category, "Shelter War". I will continue to add material, and expand entries, as time permits.
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As of 2012, more than 29,000 species of plants are listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices, nearly 400 of which are native to the United States. Which species are listed? To determine if a species is protected internationally by the CITES treaty, please consult the CITES Species Database where you search by scientific or common name.
Please note that the Appendix in which a species is listed determines its trade regulations. An Appendix I plant cannot be commercially traded. An Appendix II or III plant can be traded but will require the appropriate permits or certificates. For more information on the Appendices, visit our How CITES Works page. For information on the permitting process, visit our Branch of Permits page.
For information on select CITES-listed plants, scroll down to see highlighted species. Or choose from the list of plants on the menu to the left.
American Ginseng: American ginseng is a long-lived perennial plant that grows in woodlands in the mountain areas of the Eastern United States and Canada. American ginseng roots have been traded continuously in international commerce since the beginning of the 18th Century. The biggest market has always been in Asian countries, where several tons of wild American ginseng are exported every year. American ginseng has been protected under CITES since 1975.
Mahogany: Mahogany consists of three species in the same genus in the Meliaceae family – bigleaf mahogany, Pacific coast mahogany, and Caribbean mahogany. Mahogany is native to the Caribbean and Central and South American lowland tropical or subtropical forests where rainfall averages between 1 and 2.5 meters. It is a strong, hard wood with a red hue and fine grain pattern, making it ideal for use in furniture, doors, paneling, musical instruments, ships, caskets, veneer, and plywood. Due to strong demand for the wood of these relatively slow-growing trees, all three species are CITES listed.
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COLUMBUS – There were many reasons why Columbus would have been happy exiting Dick's Sporting Goods Park with a scoreless draw against Colorado. The Crew was playing for the second time in four days on the road and in its third match in eight days while also having to contend with an altitude level that can sap the air from the lungs. All that being said, there was is no excuse for the way a possible point turned into a 1-0 defeat on Saturday.
With just over 10 minutes left on the clock, Colorado went down a man when midfielder Pablo Mastroeni was ejected for a mild skirmish with forward Steven Lenhart in the 76th minute. Somehow, instead of taking advantage of the situation, Columbus became careless and allowed Rapids defender Drew Moor to score in the 85th on a header after a free kick.
"You've got 11 players on the field, but if you can't win individual battles at crunch time that's the result," Crew assistant coach Mike Lapper said.
Head coach Robert Warzycha was not in attendance because of his daughter's high school graduation in Columbus.
It was the second game in a row in which the Crew (6-2-3) have lost points because of a late goal that could have been prevented if the defense paid attention.
"It's supposed to be the other way around," midfielder Adam Moffat said. "We're the team known for scoring on set pieces."
But not this time, and that's why the Crew have two losses and a draw since opening the season unbeaten in eight games.
Reserve right back Jed Zayner was caught ball-watching on the decisive play as Jamie Smith's ball floated across the field to near the left post. Zayner was flat-footed as Moor went over him to head the ball past goalkeeper William Hesmer.
The past three games have been tough for Zayner, who's been filling in for injured Frankie Hejduk. Eric Brunner, who normally plays at center back, got the starting nod over Zayner on the right but had to leave in the 53rd with a hip injury.
That Zayner was not included in the starting lineup was not a surprise. After filling in so well last season for Frankie Hejduk, he's struggled lately.
First, Zayner left the backdoor open against LA, which allowed Michael Stephens to score an easy goal a week ago. On Wednesday against San Jose, Zayner unnecessary fouled Bobby Convey just outside the penalty area on the left side, which led to the Quakes' tying goal in the 79th minute.
"That's the beauty of soccer," Lapper said. "You play so well then the game comes down to individual battles. It's a kick in the teeth but I can't fault the guys. The attitude was right. The energy and commitment to play was there. They stuck to the game plan."
But instead of beauty, the players would rather have results.
"We're disappointed with not getting a point," defender Andy Iro said. "At this level, you'll get punished. For whatever reasons, different players at different times had lapses. I don't know if it's the number of games we've played the last three weeks, [but] that's really no excuse. We have some tired legs and probably some tired minds."
Blaming the latest defeat on Zayner would be foolish. There were enough culprits to go around, especially leading scorer Guillermo Barros Schelotto.
In the 74th minute, Eddie Gaven made a nice dribble through traffic and passed to Lenhart at the top of the box. Lenhart put a crafty heel-touch to Schelotto for an open shot from 10 yards on the left side, but the Argentine shot it 10 yards over the goal in a colossal flub.
"Nine times out of 10 it's in the back of the net," Lapper said.
The midfield dustup that saw Mastroeni off after Lenhart's foul on him occurred just a few minutes after Schelotto's miss.
As Mastroeni lay on the ground, Lenhart kicked the ball into his stomach and he retaliated in front of referee Kevin Stott.
The Crew's only good opportunity with the one-man advantage came in the 84th minute, when Schelotto's free kick went to the far post but Iro was unable to put a header target. After that, the Rapids (6-3-1) went down the field and showed Columbus the proper way to do it.
"We've played pretty well in the past three games," Moffat said. "We felt we should have won at least two of those games and gotten points in all of them."
Columbus now head into the three-week World Cup break hoping, for obvious reasons, that defenders Frankie Hejduk and Danny O'Rourke recover from their injuries during that time.


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Flame was arguably the next big thing in the state sponsored malware section after Stuxnet. If you are not aware, Flame is a malware that was used to infect computers in the Middle East for espionage purposes.
Flame was investigated by a joint effort of Kaspersky, Symantec, ITU-IMPACT and CERT-Bund/BSI. Symantec had earlier failed to crack the password of Flame's Control Centre and had put out a blog post asking for help in cracking the hash, 27934e96d90d06818674b98bec7230fa. Dmitry Bestuzhev of Kaspersky cracked the hash to find the clear text password as [email protected]#. We are not yet aware of the method he used to crack the hash.
The decoding of the hash led to the researchers being able to see the Command-and-Control servers for the Flame malware. Kaspersky has posted a detailed blog post analyzing the C&C. All of the servers were running a 64-bit version of Linux called Debian. The programming languages used where PHP, Python and bash and virtualization was run under OpenVZ.
An initial look at the C&C revealed that the attackers had used a minimal interface with no terms such as bot or botnet, possibly to avoid suspicion of hosting company. There was no way to send commands to the C&C as well.
To send a command or set of commands to a victim, the attacker uploaded a specially crafted tar.gz archive, which was processed on the server. A special server script extracted the archive contents and looked for *.news and *.ad files. These files were put into corresponding directories "news" and "ads". The C&C allows an attacker to push an update to a specific victim, or all victims at a time. It is possible to prioritize a command which allows to organize an order of commands (i.e. collect all data and only after self-removal). The priority and target client ID was transferred in an unconventional way. They were stored in the filename that the attacker uploaded to a C&C.
The researchers also discovered three protocols – SP, SPE, FL and IP which were used to communicate with different clients of which, Flame was identified as FL. This suggests that there are three more Flame like malware in the wild which have not been discovered yet.
The analysis of the C&C shows that servers were first setup on 03 December, 2006 which suggests that Flame was operational for much longer than what we had first thought. The scripts used by the operators also contained other valuable information, the nick name of the developers. Kaspersky hasn't published their names and has only identified them as D, H, O and R in the blog post.
You can read more about the Kaspersky's analysis of Flame's C&C here and a whitepaper by Symantec on Flame here [PDF].


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Can't login to MyATT.net
User Help for Seamonkey and Mozilla Suite
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Used to be able to do this, now I get:
JBWEB000065: HTTP Status 403 -
JBWEB000309: type JBWEB000067: Status report
JBWEB000068: message
JBWEB000069: description JBWEB000123: Access to the specified resource has been forbidden.
JBoss Web/7.4.8.Final-redhat-4
I've added UA strings for att.net and att.com but that didn't help.
general.useragent.override.att.net Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0
general.useragent.override.att.com Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0
Any suggestions welcome. Aite works fine in Edge.
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
You've added old UA - most websites ignores Fx 52 ESR version and are looking for latest. Change "52" (in all 4 places) with "60" and see what happens.
Changed it to Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/60.0 then restarted Seamonkey but still get the same error when I try to login to MyATT.net.
Something other than sniffing causing this I guess. I'll try it in Seamonkey Safe Mode.
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
BOTH "52" to "60" in one UA. You've missed one...
EDIT: Even in Firefox 60.0.1 I can't open this website:
... all I can see is blank page.
ADB+ shows list of elements (not blocked on that site) but I can see blank page only.
Maybe because of GDPR...?
Fixed the other so both say 60.0, no help. Firefox 60.0.1 works on the MyAtt.net site just fine. Only Seamonkey gets the JBWEB error and only after I enter my userid and password and press Enter.
Same error is I run in Seamonkey Safe Mode.
I'll try a new account, that's about all I have left to try. If that doesn't work then I'll have to use Edge for this one site, which is okay as I like Edge. Just don't want to give up Seamonkey E-mail. If I'm ever forced to do so I guess I will move to IMAP with Outlook, but unless I'm forced to do so.
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
So the https://www.att.com/shop/myuverse/dashb ... geTV-Plans page loads successfully, & you enter your un/pw successfully, though after that you error?
Have you tried after starting SeaMonkey in Safe Mode?
And if that doesn't work, test in a new, clean Profile?
What happens if you start with either of these?
Fire 750, bring back 250.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:220.127.116.11) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
Safe Mode, new, clean profile and both of the links all get the same error after I enter uid/pw.
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
Starting with, https://www.att.com/my/, I just logged in successfully, ending up here, https://www.att.com/my/#/accountOverview.
I have NoScript & uBlock (among other extensions).
To test, I simply Allowed Globally in NoScript.
uBlock I left as is.
No issues logging in.
I have never logged in before on this computer.
I did test this in a Private Window.
My UA is lock stock & barrel, except I don't display 'Lightning', Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0 SeaMonkey/2.49.3.
Some sort of blocking or interfering going on in your end?
HOSTS file? Antivirus (in particular one that injects itself into https: streams?
Fire 750, bring back 250.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:220.127.116.11) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
I posted this on an ATT community forum, where complaints also have started to show up:
This is an issue ATT needs to work to resolve. It is cropping up on several forums:
https://www.reddit.com/r/waterfox/comme ... e_account/
(Don't just say use another browser/method - if it's showing up with both Mozilla browsers (FF and SeaMonkey), it's an issue worthy of attention.)
For me, it began early this morning (3 a.m. 6/15/18) on https:/att.com/my/. I have had no issues until now using the SeaMonkey browser (2.49.2). At the same time, I tried it on my mobile app, and after logging in it said the site was unavailable (I did not get a denied message on the app). To test, I tried Chrome, FF and Edge, all on Win 10 (vsn1803 build 17134.112 5/31/18. All showed the 403 error.
(Note that I had no issues after the Win update till now and had not made any changes to SeaMonkey since the Feb. update.)
As of this morning, the app is working as are FF, Edge and Chrome. But not SeaMonkey.
I have done all the potential fixes: Cleared all private data, specifically deleted ATT.com cookies, shut down add ons, started in safe mode, reinstalled the browser (2.49.2) then installed updated version (2.49.3). Restarted the computer after each change to additionally clean things out. I even deleted Skype, as one commenter on another forum said that worked.
Additionally, I checked SeaMonkey 2.49.2 on OsX Sierra (same config and add ons as Win10, in normal mode and no add ons turned off) and it worked fine.I then updated to 2.49.3 and it worked fine. So it seems to be some kind of sniffing or other issue with SeaMonkey on Win10.
Also, FWIW, I can log into att.net fine on all browsers. So it would appear there is some script or sniff on att.com that is causing an issue.
If this only occures on Win 10 1803 it might be the regexp bug in Windows 10. 2.49.4 will take care of it but has been delayed. Because 52.9 is just around the door now we will wait for it at this point in time to make sure to include the latest security fixes.
You can check if Bills 64 bit 2.49.4 version fixes it:
Ah, forgot about that bugger.
(Thanks frg for pointing us in the right direction.)
Bug 1452619 SyntaxError when creating literal RegExp in eval
So it was fixed in FF 52 ESR & FF 59.
FF 56 would not have been patched.
And Waterfox, being FF 56 based, would have had to manually backport those fixes & I suppose he did not.
I'm on Win7 (so no issues with 1803, or Win10 in general ) so Waterfox works fine for me on at&t's site.
Fire 750, bring back 250.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:220.127.116.11) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
Please see parallel discussion at https://www.reddit.com/comments/8mva2g/-/e0u7256/
Bill's 64-bit build, indeed, fixed it.
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Race to the Top Proposed Changes Applauded
NEA President commends Administration's focus on rural students
WASHINGTON - February 12, 2011 -
NEA President Dennis Van Roekel today commended the Obama Administration on changes to the Race to the Top program in its Fiscal Year 2012 budget proposal.
In 2012, the U.S. Department of Education has indicated that the program would include a rural focus and be targeted towards districts, not states, as the current program is designed.
"As we wait to review the Administration's FY2012 budget proposal, we are encouraged by the new focus on rural schools in the Race to the Top program. The renewed commitment to students who live and learn in rural and frontier areas of the country is a great step forward for the Race to the Top program," said Van Roekel.
"NEA supports the plan to limit Race to the Top to school districts," said Van Roekel. "We commend the Administration's further refinement of this program, as long as it requires local collaboration, best practices that boost student learning, more flexibility for turnaround models without minimizing the need for results, and as long as it does not reduce the basic funding for children in poverty."
"We call for a budget that increases resources for students who need consistent and targeted support. The federal government needs to honor America's commitment to provide all children with a level playing field in education," said Van Roekel.
"We know that the real drivers of change in schools come from educators, administrators, parents, and communities working together at the local level – district by district, school by school. Together we will help all students succeed," said Van Roekel.
Visit www.nea.org to learn more about NEA's work to make great public schools for all students.
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CALDWELL, Idaho — Idaho's 2013 apple crop is expected to be lighter than normal, but the state's largest orchards are reporting good quality.
Orchardists say Idaho had ideal weather for apple production last year, but a hard spring frost and much higher summer temperatures will cause production to be down this year.
"For us, it will be a much lighter crop load, but the eating quality is going to be very nice," said Kelly Henggeler, general manager and co-owner of Henggeler Packing Co. in Fruitland.
Henggeler said the spring frost had a significant impact on growth in areas where temperatures dropped the most.
"There's just not a lot of fruit coming from those growing areas," he said. "A few degrees made a big difference in whether you had a good crop or a very light crop."
Trees in higher elevations or on hilltops fared better than those in lower elevations, he said.
"In higher elevations that had better air flow during the frost there seems to be a pretty good crop," he said.
Henggeler said unusually high summer temperatures in the Treasure Valley impacted the sizing of Gala apples, which were picked in late August, but favorable fall conditions have resulted in "some nice finishing on Red Delicious and Fujis and some of the other later season varieties."
Idaho's apple harvest generally winds up by late October, though some late-season varieties such as Pink Lady could still be picked into November. Early season varieties such as Gala have already been picked and harvest of later season varieties such as Red Delicious and Fuji is winding down.
Idaho apple production totaled 70 million pounds in 2012, according to USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. That was up from 60 million pounds in 2010 and 2011 and 45 million pounds in 2009.
Michael Williamson, owner of Williamson Orchards in Caldwell, said the spring frost also took a toll on his orchards' apple production. Sun screen products applied to apples during the hottest part of summer kept sunburn issues to a minimum, he added.
"The frost that hit us in the spring lessened the crop a little bit, but the quality is very good," he said. "The apples have very nice color and there is very little sunburn."
Dan Symms of Symms Fruit Ranch in Caldwell said the frost is only part of the reason his company's apple production will be off a little this year.
The real issue that affected crop size was mediocre pollinating weather during bloom period in late April, he said. The bees were available but there was a lot of wind and cool weather during that time.
"If it's windy or cold, the bees don't fly," he said.


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Flat-fee variable annuity provider Jefferson National announced Monday that recent additions to its sub-account portfolio means it has more than 65 tax-deferred funds in the alternative investment category, which it claims is the most of any variable annuity currently offered.
The company now offers BFP Capital Management and W.E. Donoghue, the only variable annuity platform to do so, and Hatteras Funds will be offered beginning June 15. It also added new funds from existing partners: Invesco, Legg Mason, Janus, Fidelity Investments and Wilshire Funds Management.
"We've done studies that show tax deferral can add as much as 100 basis points of performance annually," Laurence Greenberg, president of Jefferson National, told AdvisorOne. "Now, tax deferral had been largely dismissed by advisors because the focus was really on annuity riders and guaranteed products. Those cost money, which cancelled out the benefits of tax deferral. But now we can add the tax deferral piece back in with alternatives, and that's a huge benefit."
Greenberg said that when the company focused on the asset classes that needed tax deferral, alternative investments were a natural addition to the portfolio.
"We also have relationships with almost 1,700 RIAs across the country that are using Jefferson National's Monument Advisor. They kept asking for more offerings in the alternative space. We heard them and acted to fulfill that demand."
He noted the company's recent panel at the NAPFA National Conference in Chicago, "Alternatives, Next Generation ETFs and the Tax-Efficient Frontier: New Tools for the New Normal," in which tax inefficiency as a barrier to entry with advisors and alternatives was discussed.
"Our latest addition of alternative strategy investment options goes right to this point," Greenberg said.
"The two big positives for us is the diversification aspect and the fact that you have some semblance of risk control," adds David D'Amico, president of Braver Wealth Management in Needham, Mass. "The big negative was the tax inefficiency. If you take that away you have the added performance, which compounds annually. It also becomes more of an absolute return strategy, where you avoid some of the big loss years. Those two together can really add up to something."
The new funds add to a lineup of 380 tax-deferred funds across a range of 59 Morningstar categories. Jefferson National's Monument Advisor is now used by 1,650 RIAs and fee-based advisors nationwide.
Jefferson National is not the only annuity provider to trumpet its alternative investment offerings of late. In early March, Jackson National Life announced it, too, is bringing alternative investments to the masses. The company, based in Lansing, Mich., launched Elite Access, an investment vehicle designed to provide greater portfolio diversification through the use of alternative asset classes. Elite Access combines three core elements—alternative investments, risk management and tactical management—to address market volatility and the potential for higher returns with less risk.
"Coming out of the economic crisis, advisors and clients were rightly asking if there was a better way [to minimize risk and achieve returns]," Clifford Jack, head of retail for Jackson, said at the time. "Pensions and endowments seemed to get it right, so advisors were looking to replicate what they did in order to reduce volatility and increase performance. As a result, they are more likely to consider counter-correlation products that decrease risk; something other than simply traditional stocks and bonds."
According to the company, Elite Access features "a wide range of investment options and philosophies, all optimized through the benefits of tax deferral."
Individual investment options fro mJackson National include:
- Alternative investments: Twelve options, including managed futures, commodities, listed private equity, global infrastructure, convertible arbitrage and emerging-market debt that provide enhanced diversification potential;
- Traditional investments: Options from well-known, reputable active managers such as American Funds, Franklin Templeton, JPMorgan and T. Rowe Price that span across investment styles.


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10 Steps to Advanced Keyword ResearchBlog Post: July 19, 2009
Before optimizing the website with the keywords I suggest to check if you can rank for that keywords. My firs advice is to check the keyword/keywords on Goolge Adwords Keyword Tool External and choose the ones that have Monhly search volume between 1.000 and 5.000. Choose 1-5 of these keywords and try to optimize your blog/website for them.
I'm using only free tools for keyword research for my websites, blogs. These are: Adwords Keyword Tool External, WordTraker Free Tool, SpyFu (free), SEO3Firefox free plugin. To improve my work and for faster results I've created a small free tool that helps me put all them togheter, tool that can be found at www.keywordsvampire.com


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Open House on Sunday, July 22, 2018 1:00PM - 4:00PM
Across the street from a park. Casita has just been redone. Beautiful corner lot with low maintenance landscaping. This home is lovely inside and out and is definitely move-in ready. Five bedrooms, three and a half baths. Included is a full bedroom and bath downstairs with a separate entrance. Wood floors in the kitchen and family room. Garage floor is finished and the house is stylish and immaculate. Gas Fireplace in the family room. Garage is accessed from the wide alleyway behind the home.


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After looking at (Q)Scintilla for some time now it starts looking that implementing WinMerge-kind of file compare is not possible. The editor (rightfully) assumes that lines in files are sequential. But WinMerge GUI would require adding some missing lines between lines to synchronize files. That kind of GUI might not be possible to implement without modifying editor components themselves. And that is something I'm not interesting in doing - after having lots of problems in WinMerge with it. Implementing properly might take same time than most of the other porting work.
So what are alternatives?
I think the only real alternative is to implement "mapping" area between editor panes. Like many other compare programs do.
I'm keeping wiki up to date when I'll progress. I've written about this problem to: http://bitbucket.org/kimmov/winmergeqt/wiki/FileCompare