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Rome: Silvio Berlusconi insisted on Sunday he won`t be Premier again if his conservative party, now trailing in opinion polls, wins Italian elections next month.
The media mogul told an interviewer on Sky TG24 TV that his political heir and former justice minister, Angelino Alfano, is his choice to head Italy`s next government.
For months, Berlusconi has been coy about whether he wants a fourth term as Premier.
"If we win, the Premier will be Angelino Alfano," Berlusconi said.
Front-runner in polls testing sentiment for the February 24-25 elections is centre-left leader, Pier Luigi Bersani. But it appears unlikely he`ll win enough votes to govern alone.
A potential coalition partner is caretaker Premier Mario Monti, who is heading a centrist ticket and trailing both Bersani and Berlusconi in polls.
Monti, an internationally respected economist, was appointed in late 2011 to replace Berlusconi, who resigned as Italy risked succumbing to the Eurozone debt crisis. Bersani proved to be one of Monti`s staunchest allies in Parliament, backing him on pension and labor reforms.
Those measures, including raising the retirement age and making it easier to fire workers, were bitterly opposed by Italy`s unions, traditional allies of the political left.
Milan daily Corriere della Sera, whose editor-in-chief interviewed Monti for today`s edition, said that the outgoing premier was considering modifying some of the labor reforms. Asked about reports that he might soften the measure that made it easier to fire workers, Monti would only say that "for now, nothing had been decided".
In the interview, Monti said his candidacy tapped into the public`s "intolerance" with the ruling class.
Today, during an appearance in the northern city of Bergamo, Monti presented his candidates for parliamentary seats, including many neophytes to politics, such as mid-level businessmen and leaders of volunteer groups.
Also presenting a slate pitching to citizen disgust over politics, corruption and incompetence is Beppe Grillo, a strident comic and political agitator whose "Five Star" movement, like Monti`s grouping, is another fresh phenomenon in national elections.
Polls indicate the comic`s bid to win over those disenchanted with mainstream politics could make a strong showing.
Berlusconi is among political leaders scrambling to line up "clean" candidates for the elections, eliminating from the ballot politicians who are under investigation or have lower-court convictions for corruption or ties with organised crime.


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TSA's Investigation Into Groping Agents Ensured They Wouldn't Be Prosecuted
from the because-of-course dept
Now here's the thing: this only came out because the TSA agent blabbed about it to a colleague, who then reported it, leading to an investigation. Many people find it odd that the two TSA agents (who are still unnamed) merely lost their jobs, rather than got arrested for this activity. Chris Bray, over at TSA News (found via Amy Alkon -- herself no stranger to intrusive TSA searches), went and grabbed the actual Denver police report on the incident, revealing that it appears that the TSA set up its "investigation" in a manner to almost guarantee no criminal charges and that the names of the TSA agents would remain secret.
Specifically, the TSA was first told about this scheme on November 18th of 2014. First, it took nearly two months for the TSA to do anything about it, and it did not contact the police during this time. Instead, on Feburary 9th, TSA investigator Chris Higgins observed the screening area and saw the signal/button push/grope of the genitals. Higgins made no attempt to speak with or identify the victim of this assault (this is important). Instead, he just spoke with the two TSA agents who were terminated at some later time (exact date not clearly indicated). The Denver police were not told about any of this until over a month later, on March 19th, 2015, at which point they noted that without a named "victim" there wasn't much they could do.
On that same day, the inspector, Higgins, told the Denver police that he had also spoken with a deputy district attorney who had told him that without a victim, it was unlikely they could prosecute a case. It's unclear when that conversation took place, but it appears that the TSA had plenty of time to fire the TSA agents and make it basically impossible for the police to file a case before then telling the police what happened. As Bray notes, this all seems rather suspicious, as if the TSA's "investigation" was much more about covering up the TSA's misdeeds, rather than holding the agents responsible:
Isn't that convenient?
So in November of 2014, the TSA was warned that two of its officers were currently, actively conspiring to commit sexual assault. But the TSA did not notify the police about that anonymous tip. The Denver Police Department is the agency that regularly polices Denver International Airport; the DIA Bureau is listed on this directory.
If the TSA had notified the police about the tip in November, the police could have been watching the checkpoint to observe the groping incident that was instead witnessed by a TSA employee. But the police didn't know about an allegation of active, current, ongoing sexual assault, because the TSA didn't tell them.
And so an act of sexual assault occurred right in front of a TSA investigator — and the investigator let the victim walk away without approaching him and identifying him.
Then, in March 2015, the TSA informed the police of the allegation, and of the evidence of the event that a TSA investigator had personally witnessed more than a month before. But the TSA didn't notify the police until both employees had been fired — in other words, until both participants in a scheme to commit sexual assault had been removed from the place in which they allegedly committed it.
It's as if someone called the fire department to report a pile of cold ashes. The TSA waited to call the police until the passengers were long gone, the TSA officers alleged to have committed the crime were long gone, and the crime witnessed by a TSA investigator was more than a month old.
Bray asked the TSA why it didn't contact the police earlier, and received a boiler plate response about how "intolerable" the actions were, but no substantive response to Bray's actual questions.
Yes, the groping scheme is a scandal, but it seems like a much bigger scandal is how the TSA handled the case -- first allowing the criminal activities to go on for two months without notifying police, and then making sure that no one could be actually charged with a crime.

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Just as the swallows return to Capistrano, the reason for SIUE (a.k.a. students) returns soon for Fall Semester (Move-in is August 19-20.). They will be getting their textbooks, moving into residence halls, and generally adapting to being back to school. As a result, pedestrian traffic may be more congested. Drivers are reminded to be alert for pedestrians. Each and every student is invaluable to SIUE.
Classrooms and labs on campus that are locked are assigned to the department responsible for the key for safety or security reasons. FM does NOT lock or unlock these rooms, but it would be a huge help and greatly appreciated (as well as avoid confusion when classes resume), if departments post contact information on these door signs and inform departmental faculty accordingly. FM appreciates the assistance.
Departments are asked to remind students of the difference between Facilities Management and Facilities Management Housing. Facilities Management Housing can be reached at extension 2070 or www.siue.edu/housing. FM appreciates the assistance.
ClipBoard readers are reminded (and asked to remind others) that e-mails to an individual mail box may not be checked while that person is on vacation or away. An e-mail requiring immediate attention should also be copied to email@example.com to ensure a response even if the addressed supervisor is on vacation.
Window Upgrades
New vestibules on the south and west side of Peck are open! The west vestibule really changes the interior appearance and will enhance the use of the space by greatly reducing cold drafts. Windows in the office area are nearly complete; new piping and window heaters have been installed; winter usage should be much more comfortable. Work will continue on the classroom wings with a completion date expected in mid October. However, all work affecting classrooms will be complete before classes resume.
Engineering Building
All of the failed window units have been replaced. One window on the north entry broken during the winter will be replaced as soon as the glass panel arrives, which may be around Labor Day.
Dunham Hall
Contract negotiations between CDB and the Abatement Consultant have delayed the completion of the bid documents, but the contract is now in place. The bid documents should be ready in November, but actual work won't start until the end of the school year. Once a contract is awarded (which can take 6 weeks), then the contractor has a great deal of paperwork to submit for approved before materials can be ordered. It may appear nothing is happening, but simply preparing for construction is a great deal of work.
Science Lab Building West
Those watching the progress of the construction have observed the first floor framing and floor slabs being poured. The contractor is working on a schedule to complete the construction by the end of March. The electrical, heating, ventilating, plumbing and fire protection contractors have all stated that they have 6 months of work to complete once the building is fully enclosed. Thus, the challenge for the general contractor is to get each floor poured and the exterior walls erected.
Engineering Building Addition
Architects are preparing the contract documents for the University to review prior to going out for bids. The bid date will be established this fall.
Vadalabene Center Addition
Construction contracts have been let and the contractor expects to start work on the site near the end of August. The University has to replace a gas line along Circle Drive just before the contractor starts the site excavation.
Morris University Center
The contractor remodeling Pizza Hut and Taco Bell has worked diligently to complete the renovation earlier than expected. These restaurants won't be open in time for the start of school on August 22nd, but should be finished shortly thereafter - the exact opening date will be set to allow for training in the new facilities and will be announced by MUC.
Art & Design West
Contracts have been issued to contractors and they anticipate starting around the end of August. The parking lot at Art & Design will be closed to the public as the contractors need the space for construction materials and storage. The sidewalk west of Art & Design from Evergreen will be closed by construction; an alternate route will be built to accommodate Evergreen Hall students. Painted striping will mark the route which will lead through the existing building.
The architects are working on the renovation plans for the existing building and expect review documents soon. Bids will be sought later this fall.
Refrigeration Plant
A fence is to be erected to separate the engineering students' workshop area from the main portion of the refrigeration plant. A new exit door is also being installed in the north wall as part of the fence project.
Rendleman Hall
A project to replace windows in Rendleman Hall is in the contract document stage and will be bid this fall. Work will begin in the spring. In addition to replacing the windows, two new vestibules will be added to the building to improve heating and cooling in the main lobby and corridors. This will greatly reduce energy consumption in the building, and enhance the comfort of building occupants.
A new hitting facility will begin construction shortly. The building will feature an infield fielding practice area, several pitching practice areas, four hitting cages, and equipment storage space. The plan is to complete the building before Christmas.
Alton Campus
Most of the larger projects have been completed. A divider wall is being erected in a laboratory and windows will be replaced in four tract houses. Most of the current projects call for studies: renovation of laboratories in the Science Building, review of needed tuckpointing on all buildings, and window replacement for the last occupied building not updated thus far.
The new STEM classroom renovation is under way. Demolition has been completed and the exposed roof structure painted black. A new glass entry way will be installed along with floating ceiling segments, nifty lighting fixtures, a room to house a special copier that creates 3-D duplicates of objects, and a video wall. This center will be a showpiece for the campus and East St. Louis.
Numerous improvements have occurred throughout the summer to the parking lots, walkways, and grounds. Lot P-11 nearly doubled in size, new walks were added to the fan lots where road and parking lot repairs occurred, Residence Road was rebuilt from Prairie Road to the Woodland main entry, and parking lot lighting was enhanced with better energy efficient lights.
Those who travel to or through St. Louis are aware of the many current road construction projects, and that more are planned. To avoid work zones, call 1-888-ASK-MODOT or visit their website at www.modot.org/stlouis/ .
Get up-to-the-minute traffic information on interstates or major state routes by dialing 5-1-1 from most cell phones; if 5-1-1 isn't available, dial 877-478-5511 (877-4STL-511).
Temperature Control, Work Order Control, Customer Service/650-3711
Key Control/650-3200
Utilities & Energy Management/650-3329
Business Manager, Alicia Wainright/650-3161
Janice LaRiviere/650-3804 (Maintenance)
Steve Brandenburg/650-2069 (Building Services, Grounds)
Ed Matecki/650-2258 (Utilities)
Frank Zaloga/7252 or 6350 (Alton SDM and ESLHEC)
Rick Klein/650-3575
Mohammad Rouf/650-3917
Patrick Long/650-2810
Facilities Management Fax: 618-650-2595
After hours/week-end building problems: 650-3324


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Joe Romeiro just posted a new trailer of 333 Productions called Lateral Line. In the short clip there are some great scenes coupled with a great soundtrack. I am just not too clear what the plot / story will be about...regardless, looking forward to seeing the whole thing.
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Over the last few days Google have launched a potential game changer into the search world. 'Search plus Your World' has set up a firm foundation for Google to move into becoming a social search engine in an effort to make its search results more personalised and relevant to the individual user, allowing them to have more access to information and content from people they know or from within their own online sphere.
One of the main changes brought in through this update is the way that Google+ accounts, pages and information have become even more deeply intertwined with search results. Information shared on Google+ is becoming even more prominent in today's SERP (Search Engine Results Page), out ranking rival social networks in search rankings and set to play a deeper role in personal searches. This is why any current SEO Training should include information about the way we currently use Google+ and guidelines about using it as a tool to help get your content, and message, across.
Keeping organised groups of experts, pages and enthusiasts of different subjects is a great way to filter and view new content and comments around one topic. Building your own directory of large circles not only opens up your network to a wider audience it also helps to build internal links.
When your content appears on other users' streams it is indexed by the web crawlers and the more a piece of content is crawled the more importance search engines place upon it.
So the more people you share your content with the better chance you have of achieving a high search ranking, as well as improving your odds of receiving more shares, +1's and comments.
We have put together a few Google+ circles for you to add to your own profiles, so you can get a start on growing your network:
- SEO: Here is a circle of SEO experts profiles and pages which will give you the latest and up-to-date information from the world of SEO
- Social Media: A circle of the movers and shakers in Social Media
- Project Management: Includes experienced project managers, project management methodologies and pages offering project management tips
- Software Testing: Pages and profiles offering insight and tips on software testing
- Photoshop: Adobe Photoshop enthusiasts and professionals who share their knowledge of how to best use the photo editing software.
Make sure you add more profiles and pages to these circles expand your reach.
Google have been including author information into their search results for a while now, displaying a thumbnail photo and link to the author's Google+ account within search results. However, now they have made it easier for Google+ users to lay claim to their online content without having to link your content to your profile using HTML author tags.
By adding the sites you contribute content to in your profile's 'Contributor to' box and by making sure your email address is added to the 'Work' box all on your profile, Google will include your image and G+ account details to its indexed links; as long as the original post includes your name and ideally your email address.
This is a great tool to allow you to stake claim to your work and direct readers to your own account, as well as being potentially a great way of cracking down on people copying your work rather than sharing it.
Take a look at Google's content guidelines to find out more about including your author information in search results.
The Profile
Your profile is your online you. Google+ has set itself apart from other social media sites such as Facebook by making public profile pages far more searchable to search engines by default, indexing information such as:
- Your Biography
- All text from any publicly shared posts
- Anything you have +1'd, be it on Google+ or on an external site
- All of your photos
- Links to anyone who has added you in one of their own circles
A lot of information can be extracted from this, which is why you can use your profile as a tool to connect everything you have done online, making it searchable in personal searches and Search Plus Your World queries. Luckily, Google do make it easy for you to manage what information you do and don't want shared and indexed, so spending that extra bit of time sorting out your privacy settings is a must.
Due to its keyword rich and easily web bot readable set up, shared content on Google+ has a tendency to do very well in search results. While some say this is due to Google favouring its own products a lot of it is due to the way they optimise their pages, which include long and descriptive title tags which hold more valuable information for crawlers to use in order to accurately index the page.
Also, using your circles you can easily specify who you share your content with, so you can easily target your audience with relevant content they would be interested in. This will mark the post as "Limited" on your shared post, which when clicked will show who you have selected to be privy to the post. Combine this with tagging people using a "+" or "@" before typing their name to really give a sense of personalisation, thus highly increasing the odds of your content being viewed by the people you really want to see it.
We have recently published a post giving the low-down on 'Search plus Your World' and its potential threat to SEO and online marketing, so be sure to give it a read to find out more about how the new development could affect your SEO efforts.
From what we've seen personal search is here to stay, so the time is now to adopt techniques to get your content found or risk falling off of the search map forever.
Written for Cornwall SEO by Silicon Beach Training providers of SEO Training, PRINCE2 Training, Business, Management, Programming and Mobile Development Workshops.


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The National Health Information Center (NHIC) is a health information referral service sponsored by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. NHIC puts health professionals and consumers who have health questions in touch with those organizations that are best able to provide answers. Using a database that contains descriptions of health-related organizations, NHIC staff refer people to the most appropriate resource. Spanish language information specialists are available.
Review Date: Thursday, July 14, 2011
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The mission of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) is to provide leadership for disease prevention and health promotion among Americans. ODPHP undertakes this mandate through the formulation of national health goals and objectives; the coordination of the Department of Health and Human Services activities in disease prevention, health promotion, preventive health services, and health information and education with respect to the appropriate use of health care; and the stimulation of public and private programs and strategies to enhance the health of the Nation. ODPHP is organized around four areas: prevention policy, clinical preventive services, nutrition policy, health communication, and Telehealth. ODPHP's Prevention Policy oversaw the development of HEALTHY PEOPLE 2000, the national prevention agenda, and manages the process by which progress is monitored. ODPHP's Clinical Preventive Services staff promote the appropriate use of immunizations, screening tests, patient counseling, and other prevention activities in clinical settings. The staff coordinate the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and its development of age- and sex-specific guidelines for preventive services. ODPHP acts as a catalyst for activities that strengthen the Department's capabilities and national leadership in nutrition research, nutrition monitoring, nutrition services and training, nutrition education, food safety and quality, and international nutrition. ODPHP promotes improved access to health information through coordination of Federal health information resources and partnerships with local channels, such as libraries. ODPHP manages the Federal gateway to consumer health information on the Internet, healthfinder (www.healthfinder.gov). ODPHP also operates the National Health Information Center (NHIC). The Science Panel on Interactive Communication and Health (SciPICH) is promoting the evaluation of effective communication technology for health information and education.
Review Date: Monday, October 05, 2015
The DeafMD.org Foundation was established to help create crucial health education materials in American Sign Language (ASL) for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing Community. DeafMD.org is an innovative Web site providing accurate, concise, and valuable health information in American Sign Language to the Deaf & Hard of Hearing population. Using health information created by two trustworthy and unbiased government sources—the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health, DeafMD's team of healthcare providers, linguists, and educators translates this complex information into ASL.
Review Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2015
The mission of the DCMP is to promote and provide equal access to communication and learning through described and captioned educational media. The ultimate goal of the DCMP is for accessible media to be an integral tool in the teaching and learning process for all stakeholders in the educational community, including students, educators and other school personnel, parents, service providers, businesses, and agencies.
The DCMP supports the U.S. Department of Education Strategic Plan by committing to the following goals: 1) Ensuring that all students who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind have the opportunity to achieve the standards of academic excellence. 2) Advocating for equal access to educational media as well as the establishment and maintenance of quality standards for captioning and description by service providers. 3) Providing a collection of free-loan described and captioned educational media. 4) Furnishing a clearinghouse of information and research about accessible media.
5) Acting as a gateway to Internet resources related to accessibility. 6) Exploring and adapting new media and technologies that assist students in obtaining and using available information.
The DCMP is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and is administered by the National Association of the Deaf.
Review Date: Tuesday, October 06, 2015
The Health On the Net Foundation (HON) promotes and guides the deployment of useful and reliable online health information, and its appropriate and efficient use. Created in 1995, HON is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, accredited to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. For 15 years, HON has focused on the essential question of the provision of health information to citizens, information that respects ethical standards. To cope with the unprecedented volume of healthcare information available on the Net, the HONcode of conduct offers a multi-stakeholder consensus on standards to protect citizens from misleading health information.
HON is funded by the State of Geneva, several European projects, the French National Health Autority (HAS) and the Provisu foundation. HON is also supported by the Geneva Hospital since its inception.
Review Date: Thursday, May 26, 2011
Healthy Roads Media maintains on-line materials in print (audio, web-video, mobile video) in 25 languages and on hundreds of topics.
Review Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2013
The Office of Communications and Public Liaison (OCPL) is responsible for communicating information on NIH programs and activities to the public, the media, the scientific and medical communities, and public advocacy groups. OCPL leads the effort to communicate information about NIH programs, issues and accomplishments to the public, the media, public interest groups, and the scientific and medical communities. OCPL manages the principal Web site for NIH and produces a variety of original communication products tailored for different external audiences. OCPL also coordinates the NIH "Clear Communication: An NIH Health Literacy Initiative," an example of a trans-agency program that offers materials and resources for professionals to use in reaching individuals with literacy challenges or those with disabilities and disorders that serve to create obstacles to communication.
Review Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2011
The Partnership for Clear Health Communication (PCHC) was founded in the fall of 2002 by a Steering Committee of 19 organizations and individuals working closely with health literacy experts. PCHC is a national, non-profit 501(c)3 coalition that serves as an information source regarding the scope and impact of health literacy in the U.S., as well as what providers and patients can do to improve health communication in every provider-patient interaction. Their mission is to build awareness and advance solutions to improve health literacy and positively impact health outcomes.
Review Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2013
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Copyright Length And The Life Of Mickey Mouse
from the exploring-the-details dept
And for what purpose?
Bell notes that Disney honestly wouldn't lose that much even if there were no copyright on the early Mickey Mouse films. Yes, people would be able to do some new things with the Mickey Mouse found in Steamboat Willie (though, not the more modern Mickey Mouse), but Disney would still hold the trademark on the Mouse and could probably stop plenty of uses.
But, really, the bigger point was made by Boyle, via Twitter, where he noted that we are "the first generation to deny our own culture to ourselves and to drive the point home, he notes that no work created during your lifetime will, without conscious action by its creator, become available for you to build upon. For people who don't recognize the importance of the public domain and the nature of creativity, perhaps this seems like no big deal. But if you look back through history, you realize what an incredibly big deal it is -- and how immensely stifling this is on our culture. And then you realize this is all done under a law whose sole purpose is to "promote the progress" and you begin to wonder how this happened. It goes back beyond Mickey Mouse, certainly, but Mickey and Disney have been huge drivers of this attempt to stifle new culture, all in the name of limiting competition for itself. What a shame.


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The wiki is being retired!
Documentation is now handled by the same processes we use for code: Add something to the Documentation/ directory in the coreboot repo, and it will be rendered to https://doc.coreboot.org/. Contributions welcome!
This article describes how to build LinuxBIOS v2 on FreeBSD and boot FreeBSD using LinuxBIOS and ADLO inside Qemu.
All steps outlined in this article have been performed using FreeBSD 7.0-BETA1. Other versions of FreeBSD might work, too, but have not been tested. The patches mentioned in this article have been created against LinuxBIOSv2, Revision 2897.
In order to build ADLO on FreeBSD, you need the following ports installed:
- devel/gmake
- devel/dev86. See details below.
To build LinuxBIOS on FreeBSD, you need
- devel/gmake
- lang/python. At the time of writing this article, that port installs Python 2.4. Possibly other version of Python also work but haven't been tried.
To boot FreeBSD in QEMU you need
- emulators/qemu with modifications. Please refer to the QEMU Build Tutorial for details.
Obtaining LinuxBIOS
See this page on how to download LinuxBIOS. I recomment you checkout the latest Version of LinuxBIOS v2 using Subversion.
Applying the required patches
The LinuxBIOS build process assumes that the make utility is GNU make. This isn't true on FreeBSD (or the other BSDs for that matter), where GNU make is installed as gmake.
A patch which addresses this can be found here. To download and apply this patch, run the following commands from the top-level directory of your LinuxBIOS source tree (e.g. /home/phs/LinuxBIOSv2):
$ ftp http://linuxbios.org/images/b/b6/LinuxBIOS_ADLO_FreeBSD.tgz $ tar xzf LinuxBIOS_ADLO_FreeBSD.tgz $ patch -p0 < LinuxBIOS_ADLO_FreeBSD.diff
Building ADLO
In order to boot FreeBSD using LinuxBIOS, ADLO is used as a payload. Therefore, it must be build before the LinuxBIOS image can be built. Building ADLO on FreeBSD requires that the 8086 development environment is installed. See the following section for details.
ADLO is part of the LinuxBIOS v2 source tree. Assuming you have applied the required patches, it can be build by issuing the following commands from the top-level directory of your LinuxBIOS v2 source tree:
$ cd util/ADLO $ gmake
You will now find the ADLO payload at util/ADLO/payload.
Building the 8086 development environment
ADLO requires the devel/dev86 port which installs the 8086 development environment. This is a new port not yet included in the FreeBSD Ports tree, see Problem Report ports/117480. To build the port, download and extract the shell archive attached to the problem report.
$ ftp -o devel_dev.shar http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?prp=117480-1-shar $ sh devel_dev.shar $ cd dev86 $ su # make install
This has to be done only once, before building ADLO. You don't have to reinstall the port if you rebuild ADLO.
Building LinuxBIOS
The QEMU build tutorial covers all steps required to build LinuxBIOS for QEMU. As a quick reference, assuming you have applied the required patches do:
$ cd targets $ ./buildtarget emulation/qemu-i386 $ cd emulation/qemu-i386/qemu-i386 $ gmake
Make sure you use the gmake utility on FreeBSD!


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Dow posts fourth loss in a row as US stocks slide
The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 200 points Thursday, its biggest decline in six weeks.
The pullback came as investors reacted to discouraging economic reports from China and intensifying tensions in Ukraine.
It was the worst day for the market in six weeks and the fourth loss in a row for the Dow. The plunge was a sharp contrast to the relatively quiet trading earlier in the week following a record-setting run last week.
Stocks started the day trading slightly higher following news of a pickup in U.S. retail sales last month, but the gains didn't last.
"The data out of China has been weak. The retail sector in America seems to be a total disaster. It's enough, combined with what's going on in Ukraine, to get people a little bit nervous and sell," said Ian Winer, director of trading at Wedbush Securities.
The Dow Jones industrial average slid 231.19 points, or 1.4 percent, to 16,108.89. The S&P 500 index fell 21.86 points, or 1.2 percent, to close at 1,846.34. The Nasdaq composite dropped 62.91 points, or 1.5 percent, to 4,260.42.
The last time the market had a bigger decline was Feb. 3, when the Dow sank 326 points, or 2.1 percent.
Thursday's slide erased the S&P 500 index's gains for the year and extended the Dow's year-to-date loss to 2.8 percent. The Nasdaq is still up 2 percent so far this year.
Stocks that fell outnumbered those that rose more than two to one.
Bond prices rose as traders sought safety. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note declined to 2.65 percent from 2.73 percent a day earlier as bond prices rose.
Nine of the 10 sectors in the S&P 500 index fell. Information technology lost the most. Utilities bucked the trend, rising 0.9 percent. Investors tend to buy those stocks when they want to reduce risk and hold stable companies that pay steady dividends.
Concerns over China worsened Thursday after government figures there showed industrial production rose in the first two months of the year at a rate that was lower than analysts were expecting. Retail sales growth also fell short of estimates.
"At this stage, investors are linking these negative data points coming out of China and they don't like what they see," said Lawrence Creatura, a portfolio manager at Federated Investors. "Even small hiccups there can have large implications for investors."
The market jitters intensified later in the morning, when President Barack Obama issued remarks after meeting with Ukraine's new prime minister at the White House.
Obama said that if Russia continues an aggressive path in Ukraine, the United States and other countries will be "forced to apply costs" to Moscow.
Citizens in the Ukrainian region of Crimea are set to vote on joining Russia on Sunday. The U.S. and European Union say the referendum violates Ukraine's constitution and international law. Russia has said it will respect the results.
Secretary of State John Kerry told a Senate committee on Thursday that Moscow should expect the U.S. and Europe to take measures against it should Russia act on a vote by Crimea to join Russia.
"The hardening of the rhetoric in these communications is a change," Creatura said.
Winer said that investors weren't panicked.
"The selling is pretty complacent," he said. "This is more about how people are positioned in the market."
Several companies that provide oil and gas offshore drilling services fell Thursday.
Diamond Offshore Drilling fell $1.99, or 4.3 percent, to $44.39, while Noble Corp. shed $1.38, or 4.5 percent, to $28.98. Transocean lost $1.25, or 3.1 percent, to $39.54, and National Oilwell Varco slid $2.13, or 2.8 percent, to $75.18.
Investors received some encouraging news on the U.S. employment picture.
The government reported that applications for unemployment benefits dropped 9,000 last week to 315,000. Applications are a rough proxy for layoffs. The declines indicate companies are confident enough about the economy to keep their staffs.
A separate government report showed U.S. retail sales rose 0.3 percent in February as Americans spent more on autos, clothing and furniture.
Spending had fallen 0.6 percent in January. The increase suggests that spending has started to recover after being tempered by snowstorms and freezing temperatures that blanketed much of the country.
Among the stocks that posted gains was Plug Power Inc. The alternative energy company reported revenue jumped to $8 million as it lined up some big clients. The news sent the stock vaulting up $1.20, or 17.6 percent, to $8. The stock has been soaring in recent weeks, and traded below 50 cents a share as recently as Nov. 6.


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(especially since half those threads are now listed under VH Bob's account; this thread will need an FAQ =).
To call it just a prank is a pretty big misnomer, I think. It's really like a graphical, conceptual fanfiction, of the best possible kind.
What other places did it fool?
Griff is a member of The Patriots. Along with Walter, Aaz and CnC. I'm sure of it now...
The entire Chinese Berserk fandom, according to blueberserk, plus countless random leechers.
It's really like a graphical, conceptual fanfiction, of the best possible kind. I had no idea of 1/2 the ideas you elaborated on here Griff. Had no idea you'd considered so many possibilities. Final product looks great.
Now that that's behind us, how about a 100 years later follow-up?
I love it, Grif! Griffith on his chair of despair is very powerful and well done. Also Isidro look pretty damn cool, great job!
Very beautiful work! I especially like the work on the girls, there's a certain dignity upon them. Very powerful stuff! Isidro is just killer, but that's okay if one considers his master.^^But yeah, i'd like to see further entries, especially for Farnese and Serpico! Mahou Shoujo Farnese..or in this case Mahou Otome.
Since Conan was mentioned as being one of the influences for Mr. Miura, I think it would be cool to see a picture of guts sitting on his throne with the DS at his side, and Casca in a skimpy get up at his feet in a sexy pose, ala Frank Frazetta.
Best quote from the topic : "The placement of the image in the zip file was legit, it was a joke from Miura. I got the distinct impression that it couldn't be a fake made by the SK people because it looked too good."
Hmmm, maybe actually. I had a little idea I never did that could work with that...
Anyway, thanks for the kind words all, I always feel sort of sheepish about these things though, because even though I'm doing some editing, it's still 100% Miura's work that I'm like... desecrating, basically. =)Ah well, all in tribute to the man and his work.
(What about the two Japanese users who showed up only once in that thread though? Sock Puppets?).
Yes nothing in YA so far but look for any news regarding Miura not nessesarely having to do with Berserk. Theres been rumors about him working on a possible side project but no official confirmation. Im very curious and wondering if anyone on these boards knows something?
I've heard the rumors about side projects too. Not anything about Japan but Berserk stuff like a art book or video game and even a gaiden like snow and flames but bigger. Thats the one I want and have heard most and since this isn't a normal break the silence from all camps hopfully means something else from what we've seen before.
Wow that is great to hear! I had just about given up hope hearing anything from this board because most people seem to be missing the point that Miura isn't only still hard at working but possibly on a other Berserk project or story. I have heard a lot of the same things going around including that it is no coincidence that in absense of Berserk from YA they have been publishing background information and particularly timelines. I really think it is going to be some sort of history of Berserk. Maybe even something involving the past of Skull Knight and the forming of Midland? That is only my speculation though.
Check out this!!! A Japanese book vendor started a stir about what Miura was working on over the past many months! He said that this is on flyers to be in the new release of YA Arasi and theres sure to be more infos in YA with the publish of episode 284! It looks like our suspicions were right!!
It may be no joke. I came here to share the same thing but looks like Tomo beat me to it. This has been getting buzz for months its not just something that came up today. Its even been discussed here before in the current ep threads if you remember. I for one hope its on the mark because Id much like that over a game or artbook.
You dont sound like one to decide gaijin. Do you even know what YA Arasi is? its okay to skeptical until its more widely confirmed but theres no need to sound off ignorantly because youve been easily fooled by others. A lot of people have been following this for months.
If its a joke its from Japan but nobody has said so. So its likely real and i hope so! About the timing in the story from those knowing better then I is it could be something like a gaiden like the episodes of snow and flames. Something already done but that would not continue as part of the series. But none really knows. Maybe its why during his break they ran timelines of berserk history?
Yes this is no joke and not funny to be sure. 20 years later is in fact quite real as I am reading it right now. I don't know why this person who is apparently no longer posing as Gurifisu would post an image from Miura-sensei's famous gaiden and say it was something they made up except to be a prostitute of attention.


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Mod Mix Monday #38
21 comments:
- AshTreeCottage said...
Love that gallery wall! I hope that you are feeling better soon.
Susan and Bentley
- February 20, 2012 at 9:56 PM
- Natasha in Oz said...
Thanks so much for having me today. You are such a dedicated blogger to host this party for us! Take care and I hope you feel better soon.
Best wishes,
Natasha In Oz
- February 20, 2012 at 10:39 PM
- Chrissie said...
Beautiful picks! Thanks for hosting!
- February 20, 2012 at 10:40 PM
- Jennifer @ Town and Country Living said...
Love the map mirror and chalkboard. Thanks for hosting, Nita!
- February 20, 2012 at 10:54 PM
- jeanetteann said...
Love that garden,in fact love all the pics, mmm lots of inspiration here
x jeanetteann
- February 20, 2012 at 11:29 PM
- Alison @ The Polohouse said...
So many pretty images Nita!
Love that sweet little color patch on the stone driveway... that is brilliant!
Hope you are feeling better.
I had it the week before Valentine's Day and the stuffy/runny nose part took almost two weeks to go away.
The flu part was awful...so rundown and lethargic!
Feel better.
- February 21, 2012 at 12:04 AM
- Carrie @ lovely etc. said...
Love all the features - thanks for including my map mirror!
- February 21, 2012 at 4:59 AM
- amy of the salvage collection said...
thanks so much for the feature... esp with our pup!!
love the group you put together! see you next week!
- February 21, 2012 at 6:26 AM
- vintage girl at heart said...
Hope you get to feeling better soon! I think the virus bug came to Oklahoma and decided to in fect everyone!
LOVE that kitchen the lighting bar stools and of yes THAT STOVE!! Love the pop o' RED!
Love the photo wall gallery in the first photo too. And the oval buffet..swoon.
I love reading your blog it's like crack for a junkin' nest fluffin' lets paint something chubby gal!
Enjoy this fabulous weather!
- February 21, 2012 at 8:22 AM
- Mick said...
Hoping you feel better soon! I love the mix of "Victorian style" and Midcentury in the first picture. I have a 92 year old Secodn Cousin thatlives in the vastlands of Oklahoma, Her entire house is wall to wall pictures. The house was builtin 1919 and the rooms have 12 foot ceilings, as you can imagen thats a LOT of framed pictures from all decades and times of life, but its aweinspiring.
- February 21, 2012 at 10:28 AM
- Tammy @BeatriceBanks said...
Thanks for hosting! I always enjoy getting to link to your party!
- February 21, 2012 at 11:25 AM
- Courtney ~ French Country Cottage said...
Hi Nita!!
Hope you are feeling better! I'm linked up this week and am following you on linky now too. Thanks for hosting!
- February 21, 2012 at 12:15 PM
- Scribbler said...
I am so sorry you have been sick -- and so glad that you are feeling better.
Thanks for hosting this party -- I guess my old GWTW mirror qualifies as vintage?
- February 21, 2012 at 12:55 PM
- Ricki Jill Treleaven said...
I caught a cold over two weeks ago, and it is still lingering a little. I hope you get better soon, Nita! I love the room you posted. The ceiling looks like it has been glazed. It is a stunning room! Great features from last week, too.
Ricki Jill
- February 21, 2012 at 7:51 PM
- Jann said...
Hope your feeling better...LOVE the things you posted...wish I could "transport" that beautifully colored flower garden as well...:o) Be well....
- February 22, 2012 at 3:23 PM
- KLW said...
Brick work and low growing plants in the middle of the driveway...genius!!!
- February 23, 2012 at 12:31 AM
- Bring Pretty Back said...
Feel better soon!! Love everything about this post!
Have a pretty day!
- February 23, 2012 at 11:56 AM
- Fox Hollow Cottage said...
My goodness! I think everyone in blog land is sick. (me included) No fun. Hope you are 100% real soon Nita! Thanks for hosting. Love Kelly's kitchen and that garden is darling! I expect a fairy to peek out ;)
- February 23, 2012 at 5:43 PM
- Amy @MaisonDecor said...
Nita, I just love that pebble driveway with the garden. I would love to have that...I've been busy helping my dad, but he left to go home to FL today~so I am back!
- February 24, 2012 at 9:58 AM
- Carrie said...
So much fun stuff!!! Love the Harry-Potter-ish gallery of photos on the first picture! So wonderful! Wish I had something handmade to share :( Haven't done anything home decor related in a while! Thanks for sharing all this for inspiration!
- February 24, 2012 at 10:30 PM
- sheds brisbane said...
I read this whole post, Its such a valuable post mirror frame, town garden, Ballard Design and dream kitchen interior. In all these things I like most garden and garden sheds. Its such a beautiful post.
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Battle rounds on "The Voice" entered their final frenzied week Monday — replete with agonizing decisions for the coaches, disappointing trips home for a few pop star hopefuls and stunning second chances for a few more, thanks to other coaches' steals.
The night started out with a match-up between bubbly erstwhile P.R. professional Jessica Childress and grieving R&B singer Vedo, still grappling with his mother's death from cancer.
But Jessica lacked confidence. "Her strength is that she has this incredible range. Her weakness is she doesn't know it," Usher said.
When the pair performed their high-octane take on the Bruno Mars hit "Locked Out of Heaven," the coaches talked up the pair's chemistry, and Shakira praised Jessica's performance for oozing personality. Ultimately, though, Usher went with Vedo, and Jessica bid a gracious and bubbly adieu to "The Voice."
The moment was bittersweet for Vedo.
"I just really, really, really wish my mom was here. But she's here in spirit, you know?" he said backstage. "I know she's smiling."
Next up were two of Shakira's team members, a pair of singers who couldn't have seemed more different. Luke Edgemon, a professional background singer with a knack for a ballad, was paired with Monique Abbadie, a Cuban-American former child star with a big stage presence.
Pairing them for a cover of of Lady Gaga's "You and I," Shakira cautioned Monique not to get too Broadway in her delivery, while Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden urge Luke to explore letting his voice break a little bit, saying it sounded more honest.
Despite their differences, the pair wound up with an unexpectedly sensational stage presence together, and the normally low-key Luke blew all the coaches away. Adam called him a "revelation," while Usher assured him, "You've got a career ahead of you, baby. I've not heard a voice like that."
"Where the hell did Luke come from?" a wowed Blake asked. "I thought Luke won," he added.
But Luke didn't, thanks to a strategic move by Shakira.
Praising Monique for learning, as she said, "the importance of using just enough Tabasco" to flavor her performance, Shakira opted to keep her Latin pop protege on her team, knowing full well that another coach would choose to steal Luke.
And that they did, with Blake and Usher both fighting over him, and Blake calling his performance "awesome" and "one of the most energetic, pitch-perfect performances that I've seen in the battle rounds in a long time."
Luke, looking flabbergasted by the attention, made a strategic pick of his own and picked Blake. "I'm sad to leave Team Shakira," he said, "but Blake is a winner."
Next up was a pairing of two of Blake's team members, ballerina-turned-rock'n'roll frontwoman Jacqui Sandell and 17-year-old country hopeful Savannah Berry. Blake assigned them to country group Little Big Town's song "Little White Church" because he wanted them both to break out of their more serious material.
Each singer had her own challenges. Savannah struggled with keeping up with the song's pace, as mentor Sheryl Crow noted, while Jacqui struggled — successfully, to her and Blake's delight — with hitting the song's high notes instead of growling her way through them.
After their performance, Blake praised the ways both singers took his advice to heart. "You both took the notes I gave you, and you put them into motion," he said. But ultimately, he chose Savannah as the winner, and Jacqui headed home.
Another Shakira duo came next, this time two R&B singers — grocery stocker C. Perkins and Kris Thomas, whose effortlessly high vocal range the other coaches had mistaken for a woman's at blind auditions — whom she assigned a different Bruno Mars song, "It Will Rain."
When they performed, Kris managed to take to heart Shakira's advice to feel the song and not to try to impress his audience with vocal runs. Still, she and the other coaches said both singers could have done more.
"We still haven't seen everything that either one of you could do," Blake told them. Shakira agreed. "I think that you were holding back a bit. I've seen you guys do better in rehearsals," she said.
She picked Kris as the winner, and just as a disappointed C. thought he was heading home, Usher swooped in at the last second to steal him.
Gravelly-voiced, dread-headed Memphis blues singer Patrick Dodd of Team Adam got no such reprieve, unfortunately, despite the praise he won from the coaches after his battle with quirky folk-pop duo Midas Whale.
The two acts were matched up on the Elvis Presley classic "Burning Love," and their guest mentor Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum warned that Patrick faced an uphill battle with it. "I think Patrick's really gonna need to have a presence on stage, because he's one person and they're two," she said.
The other coaches praised Patrick's singing. "It's like he gargles with broken glass," Blake marveled, while Usher said, "That's the kind of voice the world is missing right now."
The decision was a hard one, Adam said, maybe his hardest yet. "I wanna throw up right now," he said. But he had to pick Midas Whale as the winner, he said. That meant Patrick was heading home, sans steal, though with no hard feelings.
Finally on Monday came a pairing of two soulful singers from very different backgrounds: young classically trained singer Orlando Dixon and Utah-bred soul singer Ryan Innes, still scarred by a recent break-up.
Each brought to the Bill Withers classic "Ain't No Sunshine" what the other lacked, as Usher and guest mentor Pharrell Williams noted. "Your voice is incredible, but it is your shield," Pharrell told Orlando, urging him to let his emotion show, in what the aspiring singer called "a life-changing moment."
Onstage, Orlando took that advice to heart — while Ryan tapped into the fact of his own broken heart for their battle performance. "You moved the room," Usher remarked to Orlando.
Usher agonized a while over his decision, knowing either singer would prove a boon to his team, but ultimately he picked Ryan. "I think that he's gonna be able to move people with that conviction and that depth," he said.
But Adam didn't pass up the opportunity to snag a performer whose show he had called "a revelation" — and he stole Orlando, to Usher's relief. "I'm really happy that Adam picked him," Usher said.
That left three "Voice" hopefuls on different teams than they'd begun at the end of Tuesday night and another three heading home without a reprieve from a steal.
Battle rounds on "The Voice" wrap up Tuesday night on "The Voice."
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After the bloodiest and most divisive war in American history, Commander in Chief John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic instituted the holiday at Arlington Cemetery in 1868 "For the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village, and hamlet churchyard in the land."
Though many states in the south refused to observe Memorial Day fully and continued to honor their Confederate dead on a separate day, the entire country adopted the day after World War I as a day to honor soldiers fallen in any war. Since a Congressional act in 1971 the last Monday in May has been observed as a national holiday in nearly every state, ensuring a three day weekend.
For us now it a much appreciated holiday after a long spring of busy weeks and preparations for the summer ahead. It affords us a little extra time and the opportunity to reflect on what has been gained and lost in war, as well as to smell the flowers which have come back to visit us after a long winter.
Memorial Day is, at its root, a beautiful holiday that takes us past politics and history to a more universal place.
It is about reconciliation.
It is about overcoming division, honoring those that gave their all, and renewing our own commitment to the "great work" of living right here, right now on the earth in community.
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On November 20, Lionsgate is putting out Tarantino XX, an elaborate, eight-film Blu-ray box set dedicated to the last 20 years of Quentin Tarantino's career, both as a director and writer. The studio is not merely shoving everything from True Romance to Inglourious Basterds into the same box and calling it a day, though. It also put together a further two discs of special features for fans to enjoy, and we happen to have a little snippet of the five-plus hours of new material to share with you today.
It's from the new 20 Years of Filmmaking segment, a retrospective on Tarantino's career as seen through the lense of coworkers, critics, actors and fellow filmmakers. The clip we've been given to share features producer Richard Gladstein doing an impersonation of Harvey Weinstein's reaction to reading Pulp Fiction for the first time. It's a funny, personal story about the early days of one of the best films ever made, and it's the kind of nugget that should make any film geek smile.
Warning, there is one F-bomb about halfway through. (Surprisingly only one.)
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For the second time this month, Apple's website has tipped that iWork will be coming to iPhone. The evidence this time, popping up in some international versions of the online Apple Store, is pretty indisputable.
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Now that's a new one, so, if you switch the new subtronic TTL to manual it doesn't work well? This isn't supposed to happen, I don't think, but I guess it would solve your problem if you remove the ready light pin (there are no effects on TTL as far as I know, so you can just remove it and leave it out).
yes, indeed, I think that was a problem recently when I was diving in Yap and Palau. I had another problem with one of the flash and the flash arm battery (Mike Veitch knows about it...) and therefore switched to manual shooting using one flash only. And sometimes, kind of erratic, my camera was kind of blocking (not firing, not reacting at all) until I switched off both the camera and the flash and after a minute or so it was ready again. But happened only sometimes...could not figure out what is was and was not aware that it might be the problem like described in this thread until I read yesterday this one again... so I will test again all kind of options next time diving (unfortunately not before April in the Bahamas with Jimmy...ha ha).
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Dianna Agron: Thanksgiving 'Glee' Episode Appearance!
Dianna Agron dons a cute pair of sunglasses while shopping at American Rag and Buffalo Exchange with a close friend on Sunday (November 18) in Los Angeles.
Earlier this week, the 26-year-old actress was spotted holding hands with Christian Cooke in New York City.
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Dianna recently shared when she will be back on the hit show Glee.
"I'll be on the Thanksgiving episode. You'll see the interaction between my character and the other characters that graduated, and the new kids that are trying to take on their legacy," Dianna said. "Quinn is having a great time at Yale — almost too great. There's this scene where she doesn't even realize how much she's rubbing it into Santana. It's quite comical. She's a little in over her head without even realizing it."
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LONDON (AP) -- Manchester City kept up its stubborn pursuit of Manchester United with a routine 2-0 win over Fulham on Saturday, with David Silva's double reducing the champions' deficit to four points in the Premier League title race.
The Spain playmaker secured City's fourth straight league win by scoring in the 2nd and 69th minutes for his first goals in two months, increasing the pressure on United ahead of its testing visit to Tottenham on Sunday.
"All we can do is win our games,'' City assistant manager David Platt said. "We have to make sure we keep getting victories so if United do slip up, we are in a position to take advantage of that.''
Liverpool thrashed Norwich 5-0 to revive hopes of qualifying for European competitions next season, with Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge striking up a good combination up front and both getting on the scoresheet at Anfield.
France striker Loic Remy scored on his debut for Queens Park Rangers but a 1-1 draw at West Ham kept the club bottom of the standings, five points adrift of safety after Reading's 2-1 come-from-behind win over struggling Newcastle and Aston Villa's 2-2 draw at West Bromwich Albion.
Wigan replaced Villa in the bottom three after losing 3-2 at home to Sunderland, while Swansea beat Stoke 3-1 in the other match.
With United winning the last four games in its bid for a 20th league title, City knows it cannot afford any more mistakes in the run-in and the defending champions did their job against Fulham, without ever finding their best form.
Silva provided the cutting edge, following up Mark Schwarzer's save from a long-range shot from Edin Dzeko to plant a rebound into the bottom corner after just 95 seconds to make it 1-0. He then ensured there was no way back for Fulham by running onto Carlos Tevez's flick and chipping home a deft finish.
"David Silva was the best player on the pitch and he was fantastic, a quality player,'' said Fulham manager Martin Jol, who acknowledged his team is in a "relegation battle.''
"To concede in the second minute is a horrific scenario.''
With Chelsea and Arsenal not meeting until Sunday and fifth-place Everton in action on Monday at Southampton, Liverpool had a chance to pull closer to the teams above them in the race for the remaining European spots behind the Manchester clubs.
It had no trouble, with Norwich meekly surrendering and taking the number of goals the team has conceded against Liverpool in their last three matches to 13.
Luis Suarez, back in the headlines for the wrong reasons this week after admitting diving in an early-season league match, showed his good side by helping set up Jordan Henderson's spectacular opener and then slotting in the second for his 16th of the campaign.
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers reserved special praise, however, for Sturridge after the striker continued his goal-a-game start to his Liverpool career by scoring in the second half along with Steven Gerrard and an own goal by Ryan Bennett.
"He is terrific outside the box but he is a real killer in it,'' Rodgers said. "It's three goals in three games for him and I think there will be many to come. We have played well for most of the season but Daniel coming in adds that extra threat.''
Liverpool is three points behind Everton having played a game more and a point ahead of Swansea, which warmed up for the second leg of its League Cup semifinal against Chelsea by downing Stoke thanks to two goals by Jonathan De Guzman.
Michael Owen scored Stoke's consolation - his maiden goal for the club, 150th in the Premier League and first in any competition in nearly 15 months.
Joe Cole's first goal in his second spell for West Ham denied Remy a dream debut for QPR following his club-record move from Marseille on Wednesday, for a reported 8 million pounds ($12.7 million).
"We are still (bottom) but we are in much better shape that we were six or seven weeks ago,'' QPR manager Harry Redknapp said. "There will be teams looking over their shoulder.''
Adam Le Fondre came off the bench to boost Reading's survival hopes, scoring both the team's goals to leave Newcastle just two points off the bottom three.
"That was a tough defeat for us,'' said Newcastle manager Alan Pardew, whose team finished sixth last season to qualify for the Europa League.
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I am not a teacher.Originally Posted by Kenneth
1. Daydreaming about your girl.....he was mocked by..........
2. Looks like your girl is with someone else.......
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Dear teachers,
Would you help me check if the sentences below have any grammatical mistakes or not?
1. Daydream about your girl, huh? he mocked at Lionel first thing in his usually nastiest way.
2. Looks like your girl got snatched by someone else, said Tham from behind. (Is 'snatched' a suitable word?)
Thanks so much!
I am not a teacher.Originally Posted by Kenneth
1. Daydreaming about your girl.....he was mocked by..........
2. Looks like your girl is with someone else.......
snatched is fine
Huh? "he mocked at Lionel first thing in his usually nastiest way..."Originally Posted by Kenneth
first thing... what? Where's that superlative coming from? Nastiest? Where are the less-nasty cousins?
Sharing information, comparing ideas, suggesting more appropriate ways of expression has to the best of my knowledge been a focus in this forum. This includes considering questions as very serious even those our own level of experience may deem unneccesary. A friend does not use his superiority but shares freely.Originally Posted by Nahualli
Back to the original question - it is easier to make corrections when the context is given. You may want to say - he teased Lionel in his usual nasty way.
If you look at both our replies, they say basically the same thing. You indicated missing context, whereas I demonstrated it.Originally Posted by twostep
Last edited by Casiopea; 10-Dec-2004 at 13:26. Reason: Does not contribute to the original poster's question.
In my view, the more opinions expressed here the better - even if they don't agree.
In addition, with regards to sentence 1., have you thought about altering the word order?Originally Posted by Kenneth
1. He mocked Lionel, first thing, in his usual nasty way, "Daydream about your girl, huh?"
Either "Daydream" or "Daydreaming", as twostep suggests, works. "Daydream" is short for "You will daydream about your girl, huh?"
As for the phrase 'usually nastiest way', it's rather odd, as Nahualli points out. What about?
his usual nasty way
his usual nastiest of ways
Agreed, and yet in looking back at the thread, I believe Nahualli has done exactly that. In response to the grammaticallity of sentence 1., both you and Nahualli provided the following responses, respectively:Originally Posted by twostep
Twostep: Daydreaming about your girl.....he was mocked by..........
Nahualli: Where's that superlative coming from? Nastiest? Where are the less-nasty cousins?
From where I stand, I see that Nahualli's response address the superlative "nastiest", which your post does not. So in all fairness, Nahualli has indeed complied with the rules of this forum by "suggesting [a] more appropriate [way] of express[ing] the original poster's sentence 1.
But ... the context, albeit word-order tangled, was provided. It's just that it happened to be worded in an odd way. That is, one can indeed mock someone in a nasty way or one's usual nasty way, and even in one's usual nastiest of ways, wherein the plural noun 'ways' houses the comparative referent for the superlative.Originally Posted by twostep
That's an excellent question, and an explanation would be very helpful.Originally Posted by Nahualli
Please remember that if a poster asks a question, the assumption is that s/he's not just looking for an answer, but that s/he's also looking for an explanation. I understand you are fabulous with explanations, so please, if you will, dazzle us, but keep in mind that not all of us are, sort to speak, "in the know" about why such and such is awkward or unacceptable, so you'll have to explain it to us in a way that everyone can understand.


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Goodman uses lies, distortions in column
Amy Goodman (July 26) is a radical left-wing columnist who has never concealed her hatred for Israel. In fact, she hates Israel so much she writes a column about the Israel-Hamas conflict consisting only of anti-Israel lies and distortions. She must assume her readers are too stupid to wonder about the cause of the hostilities.
If she'd written the history of World War II, she would start with the air raids over Germany and the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan. She would have left out everything that preceded those events.
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Israel acts to defend itself against attacks
Ms. Cynthia Zavatski's article on the Israeli "offensive" describing Israel's attempt to defend its people and its home as "a crime against humanity" leads me to ask the following questions:
What would you do if an enemy determined to destroy Oregon dug tunnels to transport thugs and weapons to ascend in your backyard at night to kidnap you or members of your family? What would you do if missiles that tear flesh and concrete alike asunder were to come at you and your neighborhood? What would you do if you lived in a small nation the size of New Jersey surrounded by enemies on all sides and were attacked?
Do not be misled by media that is one-sided in its coverage. Would you not act to protect your land and your family even when the enemy, as Hamas is doing, were to use its own citizens as shields? Would you not do all in your power to destroy the tunnels completely? I think you certainly would!
Israel is not acting for reprisal as you think, but to protect its land and its people. If an enemy attacked America as Hamas is attacking Israel, you bet you would change your opinion in a hurry. Do not be so quick to judge unless you truly take the time to understand what is taking place in Gaza.
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Concerning the issue of the city's proposed opening up of R-1 short-term rentals in Ashland which include many new and unique conditions (i.e. one guest party at a time, one rental area within the residence, owner must be present during visitor occupation, one car per visiting party, no kitchen usage, etc.).
Without city enforcement of other more broad conditions, a host of individuals have been operating illegal accommodation businesses for years. In fact, almost as many illegal operators were discovered as there were legal ones. If this new category of STRs is created, there will be a flood of applicants. Once approved and operating by the dozens, and more likely by the hundreds, how will the city ensure compliance?
Without practical enforcement, these newly "legalized" operators will ignore whatever conditions and ordinances that are not convenient for them. As a result the entire traveler's accommodation situation in Ashland will become a free-for-all that will end up in total chaos. At this point when the city finally realizes it's mistake it will be very hard to legally reverse what they have allowed thus creating a perpetual mess that will negatively impact Ashland's residents, property values and the quality of the visitor experience.
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The original blueprints for the Plaza redesign, "Plan B," presented to the public on June 21, 2012, did not take into consideration the extensive lateral surface root matrix of the sunset maple that has just died on the Plaza. Typically in this region, this variety of maple will send long surface roots out, and produce a shallow tap root. The maple's root lattice is approximately the diameter of the leaf canopy of the tree, just underground, near the surface. If you will go down to the Plaza, you will see the dead leaf canopy projects well outside the concrete seat walls that hem in the maple.
Two park officials have just stated privately that the surface roots of this maple were significantly cut during the construction process, despite warnings to the city administrator against doing this by other city officials. An arborist should be consulted to determine the postmortem forensics of the maple, but it is obvious that extensive hacking of the roots contributed to this maple's demise. Even if this maple had been screened off during construction, as it should have been, Covey's "Plan B" blueprints all but guaranteed that the surface roots would have to be hacked away to make way for the concrete seat walls and pavers. Why wasn't an arborist consulted at the outset?
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I'm feeling blessed. Around midnight on Tuesday night, Amazon made my novella free for the US and the UK. It was downloaded about 3,000 times during the first 24 hours after this change. To put that in perspective, that's nearly half the total downloads I've had over the first 9 months since I released the book (across all e-bookstores). In just 24 hours.
I'm a lucky guy.
To celebrate this and to thank the ebook gods, I'm giving away a free Kindle 3 -or- black-and-white Nook (the winner chooses either the Kindle 3 or the B&W Nook). You're welcome to enter my drawing for this prize. I'm also going to choose another winner, who will be able to choose a registered non-profit US charity; I'll donate $100 to the charity of that person's choice. You can enter multiple times, and here's how:
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Republican Senators Urge Obama To Move On Keystone XL Pipeline
WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - All 45 Republican U.S. Senators urged President Barack Obama on Friday to end delays and approve the northern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline that would connect Canada's tar sands with refiners at the Gulf of Mexico.
The letter was timed ahead of the president's annual State of the Union speech on Tuesday, although it is unknown if Obama will make a reference to Keystone.
"Given the length of time your administration has studied the Keystone XL pipeline and the public's overwhelming support for it, you should not further delay a decision to issue a Presidential permit," the senators wrote to Obama in an effort led by John Hoeven of North Dakota and John Barrasso of Wyoming.
First proposed in 2008, TransCanada Corp's pipeline is currently awaiting a final environmental impact statement (EIS) from the U.S. State Department, which is involved in the process because the pipeline crosses a national border.
That report was thought likely to have been released in late 2013, although there was no firm deadline. The impact statement will trigger several more steps on the path to an approval or rejection of Keystone.
"We, therefore, request that you issue the final EIS and Presidential permit approving the pipeline as soon as possible and tell us when we can expect your decision," the senators wrote.
The lawmakers noted that Obama told Senate Republicans in March that a decision on Keystone would be made before the end of 2013.
"We are well into 2014 and you still have not made a decision," they said.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said he was unaware of the conversation with the president that the senators cited, and he noted that the State Department was driving the process.
The 1,200 mile (1,930-km) pipeline would carry some 830,000 barrels a day from the Alberta tar sands to the U.S. Gulf Coast. The southern leg of the pipeline, from the Gulf to a storage hub in Cushing, Oklahoma, started operations this week.
"We need a safe and efficient system to transport crude oil in this country. The Keystone XL pipeline is a vital piece of the puzzle," the senators wrote.
Secretary of State John Kerry on Jan. 17 offered no timetable for a decision on Keystone, but said he hoped an analysis of the thousands of public comments on its environmental impact would be done "soon."
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