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Lee University Alumni have the opportunity to enjoy numerous events from casual dinners to exciting baseball games. These events allow our alums to connect with one another. Below are some of our past events. Don't forget to be on the look out for upcoming ones!
Let's BoxOn Saturday, January 19th alumni got together and learning the basics of boxing from Cleveland Mixed Martial Arts instructor Tommy Wales. This event was a blast and everyone had a great time. Testimonial from Lynda Cather: "I LOVED this event! It was a great work-out and totally FUN!!! Never thought I would do it, but all who were there were great and gracious!!! EXCELLENT!!!"
Pinterest PartyAn alumni party inspired by the famous social media site Pinterest! Alumni of all ages and their children created beautiful wreaths and enjoyed desserts and snacks from our Alumni Pinterest page.
Lee At-large Atlanta--Catalyst East LuncheonAfter hearing some of the best Christian speakers at Catalyst East in Atlanta, Lee alumni made a short walk across the street to the 1818 Club for a buffet lunch and shared stories and laughs with old friends.
Bonlife Coffee
Supporting a Lee Alum, we joined Bonlife owner, Jeremy Moore ('01), for an insightful evening of coffee, brew methods, and giveaways.
Lee At-large—Columbus, Ohio
The Alumni office packed up and made a trip to Columbus, Ohio for all the alumni in that area. This was an unforgettable event with food, a live band, and several giveaways. On September 15, I joined about 30 alumni for the 3rd annual "I went to Lee College in the 1970s" Braves game. This event, organized by alum Eddie Robbins, is always a treat. I began attending last year and meet new alumni faces each year! We all gather in the 755 Club at Turner Field to watch the Braves play. This year's game was especially exciting as they were most likely post-season bound! I brought everyone an Alumni t-shirt as a token of thanks for taking time to re-connect with each other! I hope to continue making this event an annual occurrence.
Chattanooga Lookouts Game
In our second annual event, alumni came together in the "Dug-Out", located right on the third base line and enjoyed hot dogs, hamburgers, and chicken fingers while enjoying the beautiful weather and watching the Chattanooga Lookouts play.
General Assembly Reception (combined local & Lee At-large event)
Lee Alumni Reception at the General Assembly What an amazing way for us all to see hundreds of our closest friends! Nearly 700 alumni joined us for the biannual Lee Alumni reception at the 2012 Church of God General Assembly in Orlando, FL. This popular event was Wednesday, July 25 at 9 pm in the Florida ballroom (rooms 1-4) of the Hilton Orlando. We will be at this same location for the 2014 Assembly (venue TBA). Stay tuned!
Alumni Family Night Picnic
An event for the whole family! Everyone came out for an entertaining picnic full of hamburgers, hot dogs, and all the sides to make for a wonderful dinner. The kids were entertained with inflatables, cotton candy, and snow cones on a warm June evening. After all the energy was exerted, we ushered everyone to the Dixon Center full of popcorn, drinks and an endless amounts of candy and prepared to watch Despicable Me.
Alumni Hike
Lee Alumni met for breakfast then followed hiking expert and Lee alum, Robin Taylor ('84), on a day hike thru Cloudland Canyon State Park! On Saturday, May 19 at 7:30 am. Lee provided breakfast, lunch and transportation, and we met in Centenary Room of the Lee Administration Building for bagels and coffee at 7 am before heading out.
Lee At-large Nashville
Monday, April 2nd partnered with the Admissions Office to do a LinkUp in the Nashville area. This is a recruitment event but we thought it would be a good excuse to have dinner with area alumni. Here are the details:
Country Music Marathon & Pasta Pig-out
On Friday, April 27 at 6 pm (the night before Country Music Marathon in Nashville) the alumni office was again pleased to host this popular pre-run "carb load," called "dinner" for us non-runners. This event always well attended (now in its 7th year!) and each year we have limited space at Buca di Beppo, so alumni always act fast to save a spot!!
Ocoee Dam Deli: Eat like a Man If ingredients like salt, butter, and biscuits make you happy, then dinner at the Ocoee Dam Deli was your favorite event so far. Established in 2005 by Johnny and Michelle Gorman, the Dam Deli is actually a full-blown restaurant that made you wonder why you've waited this long to eat there.
Lee At-large Atlanta on Tuesday, March 20 in the DoubleTree hotel ballroom in Marietta, GA. We met up with area alumni for some dinner preceding the LinkUp recruitment event. We encouraged alumni to also bring along any neighbors, friends, or family who were making that college decision.
Will and Estate Planning 101:Where there is a will there is a war: Estate Planning 101 || Lee alum and planned-giving expert, Paul Bowman ('94), gave us simple pointers for making sure our family and charitable interests are taken care of after we're gone.
An evening with Rep. Kevin Brooks ('90)From the Alumni House to the State House: Q&A with Lee alum and State Representative, Kevin Brooks
We were very excited about this one! The Tennessee Legislature is in session and there are a lot of local issues being considered. Kevin Brooks ('90) agreed to spend the evening clearing up all misunderstandings, political and otherwise.
Lee At-large 1970's alumni Braves game
This event was organized by members of the "I went to Lee College in the 70's" group, but I was invited as an honorary member. It was a great time meeting some new people, and getting to know quite of a few of them much better! We stayed in the restaurant the entire time and were busy talking and laughing to notice much of the game (the men were probably a little more engaged).
Dunkin Donuts and stories from Cambodia trip
Enjoyed some goodies and heard all about Lee Alumni's recent trip to Cambodia! Fred Garmon, Executive Director of People for Care & Learning, came to give details about our partnership for Southeast Asia.
Dinner at O'Charley's
We reserved the private room for a casual dinner fellowship for local alumni with appetizers on us! The atmosphere provided our alumni a way to connect with one another while enjoying a nice dinner and some laughs from old Vindagua pictures.
Chattanooga Lookouts Game
Alumni came together in the "Picnic Pavilion", located right behind the outfield and enjoyed hot dogs, hamburgers, and chicken fingers while enjoying the beautiful weather and watching the Chattanooga Lookouts play.
Lee Alumni go to Cambodia!http://webpages.leeu.edu/alumni/
The Alumni Office and 13 Lee alumni went to Cambodia with Fred Garmon and People for Care and Learning. Alumni virtually traveled alongside us to visit and work in Bangkok, Thailand, Siem Reap, and Cambodia. Each day we blogged, posted video journals, and updated alumni through the Alumni Facebook & Twitter pages.
Family Night Picnic & Movie
An event for the whole family! Everyone came out for an entertaining picnic full of BBQ, and brought sides to make for a wonderful dinner. The kids were entertained with inflatables and whiffle ball on a warm May evening. Later, we all settled in to watch "Toy Story" via projector and screen on the lawn in front of the Alumni house.
Lee At-large: Alumni Luncheon at Mount Paran Central
Sunday, May 1, 2011 Luncheon for all Lee alumni in the Atlanta area immediately following the Lee Singers in the morning service.
Country Music Marathon & Pasta Pig-out On Friday, April 29 at 6 pm (the night before Country Music Marathon in Nashville) the alumni office was again pleased to host this popular pre-run "carb load," called "dinner" for us non-runners. This event always well attended (now in its 7th year!) and each year we have limited space at Buca di Beppo, so alumni always act fast to save a spot!!
Lee Big 80's gathering (Lee At-large Atlanta event)
Sat. April 30, 2011 What an amazing weekend of reconnecting with our alumni in Atlanta. I was given the opportunity to meet several alumni as well as get better acquainted with a lot more. We gathered at an alum's condo event room for dinner and games!
Lee At-large "Link Up" alumni dinnersThe alumni office partnered with the Admissions Office to host four LinkUp events during Spring Break 2011. This is a recruitment event, but we thought it would be a good excuse to have dinner with area alumni. Over the course of one week, we traveled with the Admissions team to Cincinnati, Memphis, Nashville and Atlanta. What a fantastic time of meeting new faces and seeing old friends!
Alumni Fitness ClassOur March, Clevelanders, etc. event featured a "How-to" fitness clinic with Lee alum and local fitness guru Johnny Clemons! He demonstrated great cross training/fitness techniques to get us ready for warmer weather. Johnny is a certified trainer and an expert in health and fitness and complimentary for each local alum. It was definitely something for everyone, no matter the experience level.
Dinner at FulinsWhat a great inaugural local event we had! Excellent representation of alumni from all ages, from the Class of 1955 to 2010! It was wonderful times of fellowship for everyone-pictures from the night have already been posted to the Lee University alumni Facebook page. This inaugural local event has created great buzz among other Clevelanders for next month's event!
Sushi RollingOur Clevelander's, etc. event for February catered to those who love to cook, and what could be more interesting than learning to roll your own sushi?! We booked Sodexo's Executive Chef for a fun night of creating California and Philadephia sushi rolls! This event was in the President's Dining Room on Lee's campus, and each attendee received a recipe book filled with our featured items and note space. We look forward to repeating this event soon!


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Rookie wide receiver Denarius Moore has burst on the scene in a way few rookies do in the NFL, especially fifth-round draft picks. He is making eye-opening, jaw-dropping plays on a regular basis at training camp. Through it all, the Tennessee product takes it all in stride. On Sunday, he fielded several questions about how he views his role with the Raiders, what it's like to garner so much attention and how he approaches his job.
Q: What kind of expectations did you have when you arrived at camp?
A: "Just coming in and proving to the team what I'm capable of doing, trying to make the team and showing the coaches what I'm capable of doing, also."
Q: Are you playing above your head or is this the every-day Denarius?
A: "I hear it here and there, coaches say I'm doing a good job, players say I'm doing a good job, they actually talk to me more. So, I guess I'm fitting in pretty well with the team right now."
Q: What's your reaction to Hue Jackson singing your praises all the time?
A: "It feels pretty good hearing it from the head coach. This is my first time actually hearing it. But hearing it from him, it means a whole lot to me right now."
Q: Nice to be compared to Jacoby Ford by Jason Campbell?
A: "I know he's fast like I'm fast, but Ford, running side by side, he has me on that one. Him comparing me to Jacoby Ford is a big deal for me right now."
Q: Anything you need to work on?
A: "Still working on my blocking techniques, catching the consistent passes, and then working in and out of my breaks."
Q: How did you survive getting your hair cut when the other rookies got buzzed?
A: "My position is not pretty much hyped up on that right now, but I do hear here and there that my eyebrows are going to be cut off. It's coming soon."
Q: Will it be while you're sleeping?
A: "No, they're going to wait until right before the game and then they're going to cut them."
Q: Your stock soaring because of all the injuries to the other receivers?
A: "It sort of threw me out there on the street real fast. I have to learn everything real fast, pick up on the offense real fast. So, by them going down, it's just a chip on my shoulder right now that I got to prove that I can learn the playbook fast enough, faster than other rookies, and that they can depend on me if they want to."
Q: Any veteran receivers taking you under their wing?
A: "All of them pretty much put me up under their wing. Darrius Heyward-Bey put me up under his wing. Jacoby Ford, Louis Murphy, all of them, pretty much put me up under their wing. Even though it feels good, they still help me out on the side."
Q: Do you have the mind-set that every pass your way is yours?
A: "Yeah, that's how I feel. If the ball's thrown my way, if it's around my area, that I can catch it. It should be mine."
Q: Nice to see fellow receivers such as DHB taking care of you during practice?
A: "Yeah, it's like we're joking back and forth. Even though he's tired, I may be tired, we joke back and forth with each other just to keep the practice going by fast."
Q: What's it like having things go so fast. How is the chemistry in games?
A: "It should be the same as practice, a little bit more faster tempo here and there. That's why we practice so hard, so it can just come easy during the game."

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Skiing Through the Southern Snowpocalypse
Written by Joshua Horn on Monday, January 09, 2017
When a blizzard drops a whopping 2" of snow in North Carolina, many of us hunker down with a good supply of milk, bread and eggs. Some of us dig out some 30 year old skis, crank up the Jeep, and spend the afternoon tumbling up and down the road.
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I have taught for 15 years. Six years ago I received an electronic smartboard. I have since been developing all of my lessons with the smartboard software. I have become very adept at designing lessons and train new teachers how to use the smartboards.
The main focus of our district is student engagement. All of my lessons I design are focused on keeping the students engaged. I use animated clipart, colors, patterns, weblinks, pictures, and videos to make the lessons both interesting and exciting for the kids. I want my students excited to come to school each and every day!!
I have won the CCS Curriculum Competition in 2008 and 2009 for grades 4-6 (Arizona competition for designing lesson using smartboard software).
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I have been happily married for 10 years now. We have 5 wonderful children. Our natural daughter is now 14 years old. We have 4 adopted Korean children ages 6, 4, 3, and 1. I enjoy spending time with all of them and we hope to adopt more.
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Snow White Must Die
Other Editions of This Title:
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Hardcover, Large Print (4/1/2013)
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"Snow White Must Die "by Nele Neuhaus is a tremendous new contemporary mystery series and huge international bestseller with more than 3.5 million copies in print
On a rainy November day police detectives Pia Kirchhoff and Oliver von Bodenstein are summoned to a mysterious traffic accident: A woman has fallen from a pedestrian bridge onto a car driving underneath. According to a witness, the woman may have been pushed. The investigation leads Pia and Oliver to a small village, and the home of the victim, Rita Cramer.
On a September evening eleven years earlier, two seventeen-year-old girls vanished from the village without a trace. In a trial based only on circumstantial evidence, twenty-year-old Tobias Sartorius, Rita Cramer's son, was sentenced to ten years in prison. Bodenstein and Kirchhoff discover that Tobias, after serving his sentence, has now returned to his home town. Did the attack on his mother have something to do with his return?
In the village, Pia and Oliver encounter a wall of silence. When another young girl disappears, the events of the past seem to be repeating themselves in a disastrous manner. The investigation turns into a race against time, because for the villagers it is soon clear who the perpetrator is and this time they are determined to take matters into their own hands.
An atmospheric, character-driven and suspenseful mystery set in a small town that could be anywhere, dealing with issues of gossip, power, and keeping up appearances.
Praise For Snow White Must Die…
"...[an] emotional page turner, fueled by unexpected plot twists."--Kirkus Reviews "German author Neuhaus makes her U.S. debut with this impressive multidimensional police procedural, which has already been published in 15 countries with more than three million copies in print. Convicted on circumstantial evidence of murdering two vanished 17-year-old girls, 30-year-old Tobias Sartorius returns home to Altenhain, a village near Frankfurt, after serving his 10-year sentence, to find his parents divorced and their lives as hopeless as his has become. The townspeople maintain a mafia-like code of silence to protect terrible betrayals past and present, even as the discovery of the skeletal remains of one of the missing girls leads Det. Insp. Pia Kirchhoff and Det. Sgt. Oliver von Bodenstein to suspect Tobias was innocent. Meanwhile, the two police officers get caught up in personal crises that realistically counterpoint the violence that greets Tobias's attempts to re-establish his life, when yet another girl goes missing and masked villagers nearly kill him. Again and again, Neuhaus inserts the old Grimm fairy tale refrain—"White as snow, red as blood, black as ebony"—that describes Snow White, the role of one of the original missing girls in a high school play 10 years earlier, to underscore the grimmest of human emotions: white for icily plotted revenge, red for raging jealousy, black for homicidal madness.--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "...[will]keep readers turning the pages up to the unpredictable ending...an addictively engaging mystery filled with suspects, confusion, love, and fear. Sure to intrigue and satisfy mystery fans, especially those who love international crime procedurals.--Library Journal
"...exciting and well-crafted... It has long been the fashion in police-procedural books for officers' private lives to be interwoven with professional duties. Ms. Neuhaus uses this pattern to greater effect than most, indicating parallels and contrasts between the cops' relationships and those of the villagers, and showing how the police's off-duty preoccupations complicate and distract them from work and even jeopardize their safety." -- The Wall Street Journal
"Snow White Must Die... has been a bestseller in Europe. It's easy to see why. Nele Neuhaus has a flair for the ominous and the ornate. Her primary setting, the village of Altenhain, makes those secretive villages in Agatha Christie novels seem as harmless as a collection of gingerbread houses. Altenhain is the anti-Christie town: Instead of quaintness, it offers decay; instead of Miss Marple, there's a spiteful populace of voyeurs whose curiosity stokes the smoldering embers of violence." --The Washington Post
"This novel is bursting with conspiracy and subterfuge and a raw exposition of the ugliness that can inhabit the human soul. Like detectives Pia Kirchhoff and Oliver von Bodenstein, readers won't stop until the shocking ending is finally revealed."--USA Today
"With an entire town to populate and eleven years of history to explore, Nele Neuhaus had a monumental task ahead of her, one she tackled with impressive craft and style. Snow White Must Die is one mystery wrapped in a dozen others, startlingly capturing the long memory and insular nature of small towns everywhere."—San Francisco Book Review
"Snow White Must Die...does an excellent job of exploring small-town venality as Kirchoff begins to suspect that it takes a village to cover up a murder. There are no magic mirrors or dwarves, but there are enough poisonous secrets lying fallow to take care of an entire apple orchard."--Christian Science Monitor "This superb police procedural is German writer Nele Neuhaus's American debut, and it should put her instantly in the company of with such foreign-language writers as Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell. The story is dense, the plot riveting and the deduction letter-perfect.Neuhaus does a great job of investing the village with all the overtones of the Grimms'tales, full of mystery and hidden secrets, silence and cover-ups. This book is a major bestseller in Europe, and it's sure to be one here, too."--The Globe and Mail "...an engrossing plot and that could make Neuhaus a contender for the kind of acclaim Stieg Larsson has won. Snow White Must Die moves at a brisk clip with a narrative that ranks as storytelling at its best."—San Jose Mercury News
"With more twists and turns than you can shake a stick at and a suitably over-the-top ending, Snow White Must Die is excellent poolside fare."—The Guardian
Minotaur Books, 9780312604257, 374pp.
Publication Date: January 15, 2013


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Kinsten manufacture the positive resist coated printed circuit board (PCB) for many prototyping, educational and low volume applications. Even some high volume applications have used Kinsten PCB to keep the full process secure and in-house.
Phenolic substrate PCB is particularly suitable for less demanding applications. Kinsten supply it with 1oz copper cladding on one side. The phenolic substrate is coloured brown, and is commonly seen in older electrical equipment. It is easier to cut and drill compared to fibre-glass PCB
However, it is not as robust, and is not suitable for use in situations where vibration or flexing is present. Care in soldering is recommended, as excessive soldering temperature or times can lead to charring more readily than fibre-glass substrate.
Kinsten Presensitised PCB
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Protective film to be removed before exposure.
Film provides best protection of photo sensitive layer when cutting.
Minimum shelf life of 1 year when stored in a cool dry environment.
Photosensitive layer
The positive resist has good exposure latitude and can produce very detailed track layouts when suitable artwork and processing is used.
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Debian Services
Installing and Configuring Postfix on Debian
- Install postfix (this will remove exim since there can't be two mail systems)(If you have a website, choose internet site if configurations will ask):
aptitude install postfix
- Check the log mail.log, mail.err, mail.info, mail.warn to see if postfix runs.
cat /var/log/mail.log
- Configure: Now add your domain to config files, so others can't abuse your mailsystem. We do it with postconf
postconf -e "myorgin = example.com"
- Now add your hostname (computer name). Use command "hostname" if not sure. It will show you your hostname.
postconf -e "myhostname=server1.example.com"
- Now add domain name that your system will handle.
postconf -e "relay_domains = example.com, example2.com, example3.com"
- Reload Postfix Server:
postfix reload
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telnet localhost 25
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Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost.localdomain. Escape character is '^]'. 220 server1.example.com ESMTP Postfix (Debian/GNU)
- Now sent an email to yourself:
mail from:<firstname.lastname@example.com> rcpt to:<firstname.lastname@example.com> data To: email@example.com From: email@example.com Subject: Hey my first email This is my first email on debian postfix after installing configuring it. It was easy. See you
- Now to end data hit enter, type in a dot, and hit enter again:
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- Your are done. you can type "mail" and see if you have some.
- Now let's get to next step:
- If you have a router with firewall you will need to enable port 25 and forward that port to your computer.
- You will need to enter your MX records in your domain provider. (ex. godaddy.com, or dnspark.com)
Check your mx records: go to http://www.dnsstuff.com/ locate "DNS lookup". From pulldown menu select "MX". Type in your domain name (ex. example.com). You should see some records there. If you don't see any MX records go back to previus step. You have to have MX record otherwise other computers won't be able to see you when sending emails.
- Usefull commands:
qshape mailq qshape deferred postsuper postsuper -r ALL (requeue all emails)
- You should be set. If your isp is blocking the traffic then you might need to do the following:
Debian Postfix and smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com
SBC global block port 25 on its DSL users: http://help.sbcglobal.net/article.php?item=4640
- We will use sbc smtp server via authentication to sent emails. Do this:
- Install these two modules (They tell postfix how to authenticate):
aptitude postfix-tls libsasl2-modules
- ADD to main.cf by using postconf. Just type:
postconf -e "relayhost = [smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com]" postconf -e "smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes" postconf -e "smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd" postconf -e "smtp_sasl_security_options = noanonymous"
- Create a file called sasl_passwd in /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd. Inside type in
[smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com] firstname.lastname@example.com:mypassword
- Now change permisions so others can't read it:
chmod 600 /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
- Now postmap it. (creates database-like file so postfix can read it)
postmap /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
- Restart postfix
postfix reload
- Done. You can use "mutt" to sent emails outside. Check /var/log/mail.log to see if everything is working.
Mailman with Postfix
- Install mailman:
aptitude install mailman
- When done type:
newlist mailman
- Start mailman
/etc/init.d/mailman start
- You should be able to see mailman running now. Visit:
http://www.yourwebsite.com/cgi-bin/mailman/admin or
- Because postfix is a secondary choice for Debian we need to add few more stuff:
- Edit /etc/postfix/main.cf and where you see "relay_domains" add lists.yourdomain.com. You would get something like this:
relay_domains = example.com, lists.example.com
- In same file add ,hash:/var/lib/mailman/data/aliases after alias_maps
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases,hash:/var/lib/mailman/data/aliases
- Now type:
postconf -e "transport_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/transport" postconf -e "mailman_destination_recipient_limit = 1"
- In /etc/postfix/master.cf add:
mailman unix - n n - - pipe flags=FR user=list argv=/var/lib/mailman/bin/postfix-to-mailman.py ${nexthop} ${user}
- Edit or create /etc/postfix/transport. Add this line:
lists.example.com mailman:
- Then postmap it:
postmap /etc/postfix/transport
- Now edit /etc/mailman/mm_cfg.py and add:
MTA = 'Postfix' DEB_LISTMASTER = 'firstname.lastname@example.com' POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAIN = ['lists.example.com']
- Done. Now restart postfix, mailman
/etc/init.d/postfix reload /etc/init.d/mailman restart
- Create a mailing list:
newlist list_name
- If you want archives add this to /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
Alias /pipermail/ /var/lib/mailman/archives/public/ Alias /images/mailman/ /usr/share/images/mailman/
- Done. Go to
[Optional] If you want to move your mailman to a new server here is how you do it. MailmanTransfer
Ampache (Music Server) on Debian
- Ampache the music server.
- We need ampache.
aptitude install ampache
- If you don't have mysql installed, install it
aptitude install mysql-server
- Now we just need to enable ampache in apache2. The config file was already created for us.
- Create and edit ampache file for apache2(the webserver). This will tell apache2 about ampache: "/etc/apache2/sites-available/ampache.conf":
sudo ln -s /etc/ampache/ampache.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/ sudo a2ensite ampache sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload
- Just for the reference Debian Jessie and apache2.4+ The file looks like:
Alias /ampache /usr/share/ampache/www <Directory /usr/share/ampache/www> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride All </Directory>
Optional, you could change Alias from /ampache "/usr/share/ampache/www/" to something like
Alias /musiclover "/usr/share/ampache/www/"
- Enable the site
a2ensite ampache
- Reload apache
/etc/init.d/apache2 reload
- Almost done. Now go to this link and follow directions.(enter your database password and press install.)
- It will ask for root mysql server, it will create database and everything else.
- It will ask you to save the configuration file.
- Download it and copy it to /etc/ampache/ (Note where you saved it)
cd /etc/ampache/ sudo cp /home/lucas/Downlods/ampache.cfg.php ./
- Done. Enjoy
- When you add music. www-data needs to be able to read your music. So you need to add www-data to group permissions. This can be done by:
chgrp -R www-data /path/to/mymusic/*
- or in my case i created group users
addgroup users chgrp -R users path/to/mymusic/* adduser www-data users
- Done. Amapche uses around 20kb of bandwith per stream per user.
- Last thing. Change the theme under preferences to "Fresh".
Mod Python and PSP
- Installing python scripting pages with mod python on debian and apache2
aptitude update aptitude install libapache2-mod-python
- Module should be enabled, to check type:
a2enmod mod_python
- Enable psp support by adding following in /etc/apache2/httpd.conf :
AddHandler mod_python .psp .psp_ PythonHandler mod_python.psp
- Your final httpd.conf should look something like this:
<Directory "/var/www/pspwebsite/folder"> AddHandler mod_python .psp .psp_ PythonHandler mod_.psp PythonDebug On Options Indexes MultiViews AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all DirectoryIndex index.psp </Directory>
- Save the file and reload apache:
/etc/init.d/apache2 reload
- Done enjoy.
MoinMoin Wiki with Apache2 and Mod Python
Apache2 and mod_python should be installed by now. If not do
aptitude update aptitude install apache2 aptitude install libapache2-mod-python
Now Install moinmoin wiki.
aptitude install python-moinmoin mkdir /var/www/mywiki cp -r /usr/share/moin/data /usr/share/moin/underlay /usr/share/moin/server/moin.cgi /var/www/mywiki chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/mywiki
- Configure apache2
- Add the following lines to /etc/apache2/conf.d/wiki:
Alias /wiki/ "/usr/share/moin/htdocs/" <Location /mywiki> SetHandler python-program PythonPath "['/var/www/mywiki','/etc/moin/']+sys.path" PythonHandler MoinMoin.request::RequestModPy.run PythonOption Location /mywiki PythonDebug On </Location>
- Reload apache2
/etc/init.d/apach2 reload
- Configure Moinmoin
- Edit /etc/moin/farmconfig.py. You have 2 options.
wikis = [ ("mywiki", r"^yoursite.com/mywiki/.*$"), ]
wikis = [ ("mywiki", r".*"), # this is ok for a single wiki ]
- Also, in /etc/moin/farmconfig.py comment out data_dir and data_underlay_dir (we need those defined separately for each wiki)
- [Check] See if /etc/moin/mywiki.py exists. If it does go ahead and edit it. If not copy this file to mywiki.py
# cp /etc/moin/moinmaster.py /etc/moin/mywiki.py
- Then edit /etc/moin/mywiki.py
sitename = u'MyWiki' # [Unicode] data_dir = '/var/www/mywiki/data' data_underlay_dir = '/var/www/mywiki/underlay'
- Comment out data_dir if it is somewhere else in a file 1.Reload apache
/etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload
1.[Done] Enjoy your new wiki at http://yoursite.com/mywiki/
[Optional]If you want your default website to go to mywiki right away. Edit /etc/apache2/sites-available/default, and where you see RedirectMatch do
#RedirectMatch ^/$ /apache2-default/ RedirectMatch ^/$ /mywiki/
- [Optional]If you would like to enable file attachment add this to /etc/moin/mywiki.py, right below previous changes. Namely right under data_underlay
allowed_actions = ['AttachFile']
docbook xml to pdf
- If you install python-xml and dblatex you will be able to render dockbook and convert to pdf.
aptitude install python-pdf aptitude install dblatex
- Go to you wiki page, click on render as docbook, save it and run this command:
dblatex -T simple -o WikiSandBox.pdf WikiSandBox.xml
Debian Anti-Spam Anti-Virus Gateway Email Server
Mail Server
- Easy to setup, but advanced mail server:
Fax Server
Network Time Synchronization
NetworkTime aka the NTP Date
FTP Server
Photo Album Server
- Photo album gallery server.
Domain Controller, Samba
VMware Server On Debian
- Very good how-to which didn't require from me any additional configuration to install vmware on debian and then windows xp as a guest os is here:
Kernel Upgrade
- On an upgrade when your kernel has been updated you need to download the kenel headers and reconfigure vmware.
aptitude update aptitude install linux-headers-$(uname -r) /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl
Bacula Enterprise Bacukup
Debian Configuration
Change from dhcp to static ip
- edit /etc/network/interfaces
- comment iface eth0 inet dhcp and below type :
iface eth0 inet static [tab]address 192.168.1.200 [tab]network 192.168.1.0 [tab]netmask 255.255.255.0 [tab]broadcast 192.168.1.255 [tab]gateway 192.168.1.1
- Your file should look like:
#iface eth0 inet dhcp iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.200 network 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 gateway 192.168.1.1
- or
iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.5.200 network 192.168.5.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.5.255 gateway 192.168.5.254
Multimedia player and codec on debian
Add the repository from http://www.debian-multimedia.org/debian-m.php to your:
Add mirror deb http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/debian/debian-multimedia/ (your distro ex:stable,testing,unstable).
- For my version it would be:
deb http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/debian/debian-multimedia/ stable main
- Now install xine(movie player) and xmms(mp3 player):
aptitude update aptitude install xine-ui aptitude install xmms
- Now install windows file format .wmv support:
aptitude install w32codecs
- If you would like to be able to read dvds install libdvdcss2
aptitude update aptitude install libdvdcss2
- Done. You can remove the mirror we just entered from source list if you wish to do so.
- Amarok. Very functional Media player
aptitude update aptitude install amarok
- Rythmbox is your second choice. Its lightweight but somewhat has the similar feeling as itunes.
- xmms is your linux version of popular winamp. It is small, playes music every time.
Multimedia player and codec on debian 64 bit
Add the repository from http://www.debian-multimedia.org/debian-m.php to your:
Add mirror deb http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/debian/debian-multimedia/ (your distro ex:stable,testing,unstable).
- For my version it would be:
deb http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/debian-multimedia/ testing --arch=amd64 main deb-src http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/debian-multimedia/ testing --arch=amd64 main
- Now install xine(movie player) and xmms(mp3 player):
aptitude update aptitude install xine-ui aptitude install xmms
- Now install windows file format .wmv support:
aptitude install w64codecs
- If you would like to be able to read dvds install libdvdcss2
aptitude update aptitude install libdvdcss2
- Done. You can remove the mirror we just entered from source list if you wish to do so.
Mount Windows Share
- You need to have smbfs installed. If you don't do this:
aptitude update aptitude install smbfs
- To mount windows share drive you need to create a folder:
mkdir somefolder
- As root or with root privilages (su root or sudo)
mount -t smbfs -o username=administrator,password=password //windowsservername/folder /home/lucas/somefolder
If you don' want the password to show up you could do
mount -t smbfs -o username=administrator //windowsservername/folder /home/lucas/somefolder
- If you would like to enable a non-privilage user to have write access to share add UID option
mount -t smbfs -o UID=lucas,username=administrator,password=password //windowsservername/folder /home/lucas/somefolder
[Optional] You can replace administrator with your username. You can also replace windowsservername with ip address //192.168.1.10/folder ....
Add a network card
- See if your card is in a list.
lspci -v
- Add a network card by a hardware number. Replace 00:00:..:00 with your harware number. It should be 16 characters.
ifconfig eth1 hw erher 00:00:..:00 uo
Raid 1 Setup
Power Users
- If sudo command is not installed, install it.
aptitude update aptitude install sudo
- Then run visudo
Copy root ALL=(ALL) ALL and paste it right below. Then change root to your user name on the pasted line.
yourusername ALL=(ALL) ALL
Disable ssh root access
Edit file sshd_config file
vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
On a line where you see Permit root login change it to no
PermitRootLogin no
- Restart or reload ssh
/etc/init.d/ssh force-reload
- This will prevent other users from trying to get guess your password. 100s of lines on your system that look:
Security Events =-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Feb 5 07:21:15 localhost sshd[8586]: Failed password for root from xx.xx.xx.xx port 60618 ssh2 Feb 5 07:21:15 localhost sshd[8588]: Failed password for root from xx.xx.xx.xx port 60637 ssh2
AWStats on Debian
- Install AWStats
aptitude update aptitude awstats
Configure the apache2 for awstats
- Copy configuration file for apache2.
cp /usr/share/doc/awstats/examples/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d/awstats
Then edit /etc/awstats/awstats.conf file and make sure the file contains (double check the apache2 word)
LogFile="/var/log/apache2/access.log" SiteDomain="mysite.org" LogFormat=1
- Change a permission on apache log file
chmod o+r /var/log/apache2/access.log
Make it a default that access.log has these permissions, editing the /etc/logrotate.d/apache2 and make sure it has these lines
create 644 root adm
- And
prerotate /usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=awstats.www.mysite.org.conf -update endscript
- Final file should look similar to :
/var/log/apache2/*.log { weekly missingok rotate 52 compress delaycompress notifempty create 644 root adm sharedscripts prerotate /usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=awstats.conf -update endscript postrotate if [ -f /var/run/apache2.pid ]; then /etc/init.d/apache2 restart > /dev/null fi endscript }
- Reload apache
/etc/init.d/apache2 reload
- And visit:
http://localhost/cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config=awstat.conf or http://www.mysite.com/cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config=awstat.conf [Optional]
To make it easier to remember the address you can edit /etc/apache2/conf.d/awstats and add this line.
RedirectMatch ^/logs /cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config=awstat.conf
- Now you can access the awstats statistics by going to
- Done.
apt preferences
As of October 1st apt will install recomended packages as well.
- If you would like to view packages from other distrubutions, (testing, unstable)
- Create a file
vi /etc/apt/preferances
- And inside put these lines. Change the Pin-Priority to reflect your default install.
- If you are using testing Debian make sure testing is the bigger number.
- This file will install only from the highest pin but it will show you if the packages is available in testing or unstable
Package: * Pin: release a=stable Pin-Priority: 600 Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 450 Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 400
Now add testing and unstable to /etc/apt/source.list by coping and paste deb and deb-src lines and change stabel to testing, and then again stable to unstable.
- Update list
aptitude update
Debian User Configuration
Change default editor
- Install your editor
- Example:
aptitude update aptitude install vim
- Run configuration change
update-alternatives --config editor
- From a list pick your editor. And you are done.
Flash player
- Flash player for Debian Linux
- Add nonfree to your repository.
aptitude update aptitude install flashplugin-nonfree
- Restart Firefox/iceweasel
If for some reason the flash player doesn't work you can always use manual setup.
Download flashplayer.tar.gz file from http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/
- Extract it.
- And move one of the files over to:
cp /home/lucas/Desktop/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ cd /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins/ ln -s /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
- Restart Firefox/iceweasel
Java Runtime Enviroment (JRE)
You will need to add 'non-free' to your /etc/apt/source.list then do:
aptitude update aptitude install sun-java5-jre aptitude install sun-java5-plugin
- If you want you can take away 'non-free' when done, and do aptitude update
Debian Printing
Remote Connection
- You can connect to Microsoft Windows Remote Connection via rdesktop
- Install rdesktop
aptitude update aptitude install rdesktop
- Then you can start rdesktop or from a command line
rdesktop ip.add.re.ss or rdesktop remoteconnection.example.com
Copy photos and videos from Android via SSHDroid and sshfs
- If you need to mount your android phone (example motorola droid turbo 2, and you need to get to SD Card; here is the command for it).
#Install SSHDroid App, press start cd ~/Pictures mkdir tmp sshfs -o transform_symlinks email@example.com:/ ./tmp/ -p2222 #password: admin #replace ip address with what it says on your phone. #now copy the pictures and videos with cp archive mode to keep the datetime stamp cp -a .tmp/sdcard/DCIM/Camera/* ~/Pictures/myDroidBackup/
Laptop and Debian
Intel ipw2200 wireless card
- Due to FCC or other frequency radiation levels restrictions, we need to download firmware from: (click agree on the bottom)
- Untar it
tar xzvf ipw2200-fw-3.0.tgz -C /lib/firmware mv /lib/firmware/ipw2200-fw-3.0/* /lib/firmware
- Drivers come with kernel so let's install modules for ipw2200
- Find out what is the kernel version you have.
uname -a
- Replace 2.6.18-5-486 with the version you have.
aptitude update aptitude install ipw2200-modules-2.6.18-5-486 or aptitude install ipw2200-modules-$(uname -r)
- Then this will tell you a list of wireless devices:
- Done. In my case wireless card was attached to eth2
Authenticate with wpa using PSK TKIP
* Install wpasupplicant
aptitude update aptitude install wpasupplicant
* Open /etc/network/interfaces
vi /etc/network/interfaces
*If you see "iface eth2..." add the following lines, but change ssid and password:
iface eth2 inet dhcp wpa-ssid thisismynetworkname wpa-key_mgmt WPA-PSK wpa-proto WPA wpa-pairwise TKIP wpa-group TKIP wpa-psk thisismypassword wpa-dribver wext
*Exit, and now type:
ifup eth2
*Done. If you want you your wireless card to connect each time you boot your computer add this above "iface eth2.."
auto eth2
Broadcom 1390 Wireless Card
Intel Graphic card - Higher reolution
- install 915resolution
aptitude install 915resolution
- See what resolutions are available
915resolution -l
If the resolution you desire is not listed you will need to dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and add new resolutions.
- For example (using mode 5c (1920x1440):
sudo 915resolution 5c 1280 800 24
User Manuals
DVD9 to DVD5
DVD9 to AVI
AVI to FLV
Basic Unix Commands
SSH terminal connection timeout
- If you get an error:
Read from remote host example.com: Connection reset by peer Connection to example.com closed
- Edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and add:
ClientAliveInterval 150
Dynamic MMap ran out of room
- If you see an error like:
Reading package lists... Error! E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room E: Error occurred while processing vlc (NewVersion1)
apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=25165824
Seagate Free agent invalid mount option
If you get the following error:
invalid mount option when attempting to mount free agent seagate
aptitude install ntfs-3g
Python and VIM
aptitude update aptitude install vim-python
Tab and 4 spaces
Add this to system vimrc. /etc/vim/vimrc
set tabstop=4 set shiftwidth=4 set expandtab set smarttab
- In order to convert a file from a tab structure to a 4 space structure we can use this vim code. Type:
- When you paste and you get extra tab you can type this to disable tab auto indent:
set paste
- When done do:
set nopaste
Syntax coloring
- For specific exiting I use these two usefull commands.
- You can place them in /etc/vim/vimrc or ~/.vimrc
filetype on syntax on
- The first one makes vim recognize the filetype, and the second one gives you coloring of the text.
- Because the filetype is recognized you can use CTRL-n to do auto completion in vim.
- If you would like to have an autocompletion of modules you import here is what you need to do:
- Download the pydiction:
- As root:
tar -xzvf /home/lucas/Desktop/pydiction-0.5.tar.gz -C /usr/local/bin/ chown -R root:root /usr/local/bin/pydiction-0.5 chmod 755 -R /usr/local/bin/pydiction-0.5
- Now Edit the vimrc of the system /etc/vim/vimrc and add these lines
if has("autocmd") autocmd FileType python set complete+=k/usr/local/bin/pydiction-0.5/pydiction isk+=.,( endif " has("autocmd")
- Done
- Open some python file and on a new line type:
import xml. press CRTL+n and you should see the available modlules
- To add some of your modules type
python /usr/local/bin/pydiction-0.5/pydiction.py csv
If for some reason your are not able to do it. Open pydiction.py file and on a first line type import csv or your modulename and run the command again.
- Here is a screen shot:
Python Manual
Data Mining
Using rpy
Csv to Sql
Create and add elements in XML
from xml.dom.minidom import parseString
- creating new document, and root element at the same time.
doc = parseString(u'<top/>'.encode('UTF-8'))
- print doc.toprettyxml() will show you how it looks
- this would create:
<?xml version="1.0" ?> <top/>
Now we reference to our <top/> element by:
- We create another element by:
- Add it under our top element by:
- Create another element and add it under element1
- How to create a text node:
text1=doc.createTextNode(u'My first text')
- Since we have no reference to subsection1. We start at reference to element1
- add second subelement:
- create next text element, and add it to subsection2
text2=doc.createTextNode(u'My second text') element1.lastChild.appendChild(text2)
- We are working with references. To switch text in subsections, you could do:
element1.firstChild.appendChild(text2) element1.lastChild.appendChild(text1)
PerlPython Phrasebook
Python Manual
Python Manual. Quick referance guide.
Python and OpenOffice
- How to use python to manipulate open office documents. Use python tamplates to fill in openoffice docs. Replacement for form building such as custom vb script,foxpro forms, etc.
OpenOffice: Replace blank cell with
- Next to your column insert an empty column
In the first row enter this formula and replace the A1 with the column name you want to analyze.
- This formula will fill in the value if its blank. Drag it down to the last column
- When done copy the new values.
Go to the original column and do paste special, deselect all except for "number or a string" depending which one you use.
- Done.
Deploy Turbogears2 and Pylons app via modwsgi modwsgideploy
Building Software For Industry
Bazaar revision control system and launchpad hosting
Electronic Data Interchange
- Image management and paperless GPL systems.
- Svn is a software that manages any type of data. It monitors its changes, lets you update them, and if something went wrong you can go back to previous version with no problems.
Install svn
- Let's install it on Debian:
apt-cache search svn aptitude install subversion
- Subversion is installed!
Create svn Project
The story goes like this: I have a project I am working on. It is located at
- This folder includes
/home/lucas/my_best_project/trunk/install.c /home/lucas/my_best_project/trunk/readme.txt
- I keep my working files in trunk. I want it in subversion now!
- We need to tell subversion where it can store its repositories:
- It will be in
- Now create repository directory:
svnadmin create /usr/local/src/my_best_project
Import svn project
- Now I am going to import my_best_project to svn
svn import /home/lucas/my_best_project file:///usr/local/src/my_best_project -m "initial import"
Folder /home/lucas/my_best_project is not important anymore. SVN is not concerned what you are going to do with it.
Checkout svn project
Now we need to start working with subversion and we do that by creating a folder where we can work on my best project with subversion. It will be in /home/lucas/new_folder/ We need to go to that folder. And from that folder we issue command:
svn checkout file:///usr/local/src/my_best_project
- Now it created
- This folder contains files i kept in a trunk. I can now work on it and let svn take care the version tracking.
Checkout svn project via ssh
*[Optional], you could use subversion over ssh. You need to install subversion on your computer and then:
svn co svn+ssh://your.remote-server.com/usr/local/src/my_best_project or svn co svn+ssh://firstname.lastname@example.com/usr/local/src/my_best_project
- Done. Now its time to make that tool great.
Svn ignore files in repository
- [Optional] You can igore files like pyc when working in subversion by using:
svn propset svn:ignore "*.pyc" myfolder/ svn propset svn:ignore "*.log" myfolder/
svn transfer- dump, load
- Dump
svnadmin dump /path/to/repos > repos-dumpfile
- Load
svnadmin create calc; svnadmin load calc < calc-dumpfile
svn relocate
svn switch --relocate https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/PROJECTNAME/trunk https://PROJECTNAME.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/PROJECTNAME/trunk
svn terminology
SVN Terminology
The following is a list of common terms used throughout the SourceForge.net SVN documentation:
- SVN client: Software run by a SVN user to access the SVN server.
SVN repository: The SVN server stores a copy of the software and data that the project has uploaded. The server retains both the most recent version and every historical version (past changes). This copy of the software and data uploaded by the project is a SVN repository. Each project hosted on SourceForge.net has its own SVN repository.
Project UNIX name: The unique name the project founder selected when registering a project for hosting on SourceForge.net. This value can be located on the project summary page (e.g. https://www.sf.net/projects/PROJECTNAME/) to the right of the phrase, "Project UNIX name:".
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Left heart catheterization is the passage of a thin flexible tube (catheter) into the left side of the heart to diagnose or treat certain heart problems.
Catheterization - left heart
You may be given a mild sedative before the procedure starts to help you relax. The health care provider will place an IV into your arm so that you can receive medication during the procedure.
You will lie on a padded table. Your doctor will make a small surgical cut on your body, usually near the groin. Then your doctor will insert a flexible tube (catheter) through the cut into an artery. Sometimes the catheter will be placed in your arm or wrist. You will be awake during the procedure.
The doctor will use live x-ray pictures to carefully guide the catheters up into your heart and arteries. Dye will be injected into your body to highlight blood flow through the arteries. This helps the doctors see any blockages in the blood vessels that lead to your heart.
The catheter is the moved through the aortic valve into the left side of your heart. When in place, a special dye (contrast) flows through the tube. This helps the doctor better see your heart.
The procedure may last from less than 1 hour to several hours.
You should not eat or drink for 8 hours before the test. (Your doctor or nurse may give you different directions.)
The procedure will take place in the hospital. You may be admitted the night before the test, but it is common to come to the hospital the morning of the procedure.
Your health care provider will explain the procedure and its risks. You must sign a consent form.
You will be given sedation to help you relax before the procedure, but you will be awake and able to follow instructions during the test.
You will be given local numbing medicine (anesthesia) before the catheter is inserted. You will feel some pressure as the catheter is inserted, but you should not feel any pain. You may have some discomfort from lying still for a long period of time.
The procedure is done to evaluate:
The procedure may also be done to repair certain types of heart defects, or to open a narrowed heart valve.
When this procedure is done with coronary angiography, it can open blocked arteries or bypass grafts.
The procedure can also be used to:
A normal result means the heart's size, motion, thickness, pressure, and arteries appear to be normal.
Abnormal results may be a sign of cardiac disease or heart defects, including:
Complications may include:
Davidson CJ, Bonow RO. Cardiac catheterization. In: Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, Libby P, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders; 2011:chap 20.
Kern M. Catheterization and angiography. In: Goldman L,Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier;2011:chap 55.
Popma JJ. Coronary angiography. In: Bonow RO, Mann DL, ZipesDP, Libby P, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders; 2011:chap 21.
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The new year is always a great way to curb old habits that are no longer serving us and manifest new habits that are working for us.
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We decided to pack our bags and head southeast for an unforgettable road trip adventure through Sedona, Grand Canyon, Horseshoe Bend, and last but not least Monument Valley. The weather was in the mid 70's to low 60's so just enough Spring sun was peeking through to make us comfortable during the day. We arrived at Phoenix International Airport on a sunny Thursday morning and were greeted by Andy Calvo from Goupdrive with a brand new robust Jeep Rubicon, fresh off the lot (it was a free upgrade because of the long wait we had to endure), which was born for off roading. We immediately jumped into the Jeep and made our way towards Sedona on Interstate 17. I have heard many people claim that Sedona has that "special charm" and it is a "very magical place" so I was pretty eager to find out myself.


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(AP)—A vet hopes groundbreaking surgery has relieved the arthritic hip pain of a 13-year-old Siberian tiger at a Texas sanctuary.
Tacoma is one of the 66 big cats at the In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue and Education Center in suburban Dallas.
President Vicky Keahey (KAY'-hee) says Tacoma has suffered from hip dysplasia for two years. The pain started to affect him four months ago when he stopped exercising and his hind leg muscles began to wither. All he did was sleep.
Dr. Toby Willis operated on Tacoma last week, cutting the nerves that carry pain impulses from his hip to his brain. Willis says the procedure, which has never before been performed in the U.S., should ensure the aging cat has less pain.
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Freeman's HR, 5 RBIs power Braves past Mets 13-5
Freddie Freeman homered, doubled and tied a career high with five RBIs, powering the Atlanta Braves past the New York Mets 13-5 on Monday.
Freeman put the Braves ahead with a two-run double off Daisuke Matsuzaka in the first inning. Freeman made it 6-1 with a three-run homer a dozen rows deep into the right-field seats in the second.
Jordan Schafer got four hits and stole three bases for Atlanta before leaving with a lower back strain. Andrelton Simmons drove in three runs.
The NL East-leading Braves, who matched their season high for runs, have won seven of eight.
Freeman is hitting .349 (23 of 66) with five homers and 16 RBIs against the Mets this season.
Paul Maholm (10-10) snapped his four-game losing streak. He yielded three runs on six hits and three walks and needed 100 pitches to make it through five innings.
Matsuzaka (0-3) lasted only three innings and allowed six runs on seven hits. He has a 10.95 ERA in three starts since signing with the Mets.
Josh Satin hit two doubles for New York.
The Mets, who lost at Washington on Sunday night, arrived at their team hotel in Atlanta about 4 a.m. on Monday, followed by luggage about 30 minutes later. That left players only a few hours to sleep before the bus trip to Turner Field for the 1:10 p.m. first pitch.
The 32-year-old Matsuzaka was released by Cleveland on Aug. 20 and signed with the Mets two days later. He is 0-7 in his last eight starts since Sept. 2, 2012, with Boston.
Simmons' double in the fifth off Gonzalez Germen drove in Chris Johnson and B.J. Upton. Justin Upton doubled off Pedro Feliciano in the sixth and scored on Brian McCann's single. B.J. Upton's double drove in McCann for a 10-3 lead.
Matsuzaka had an RBI single in the second. Zach Lutz had a pinch-hit double in the Mets' two-run fourth.
NOTES: The Braves said Schafer is day to day with a lower back strain. ... Atlanta also scored 13 runs in a 13-3 win at Philadelphia on July 6. ... Matsuzaka recorded his first career RBI with a single in the second. ... The Braves recalled RHP Kameron Loe from Triple-A Gwinnett. ... The series continues Tuesday night when Braves RHP Kris Medlen faces Mets RHP Carlos Torres.


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- Ferrari 458 Speciale – My god. If someone dangled the keys to a Speciale before me and said, you can have this, but you shan't sample another performance car ever again, I would take it – it's that good. Its naturally-aspirated V8 will cause inappropriate tingling at 9000rpm. Meanwhile the brakes, throttle, steering and gearbox react to your inputs as if spliced into your nervous system. And lord is it fast. What a car.
- Rolls-Royce Wraith – On a tight road it feels fairly nautical so it's not the driver's pick, but if you're after a luxury missile, look no further. The ride is so sublime; it has springs of marshmallows and shocks filled with caramel. It wafts over bumps like the suspension travel is two metres. Who cares, you might say. But then give it the berries and that twin-turbo V12 rockets you, almost silently, to 100km/h in 4.6sec. Plus, it turns heads like it's feathered.
- Porsche 911 Turbo – There are many cars than have 383kW and can do 0-100km/h in 3.0sec but if they turn you white with fear, it's a bit pointless. The 911 Turbo wields this power, and is that fast, yet any nincompoop could stomp the throttle in the middle of the corner, on a racetrack, and nurse the 911 Turbo into oversteer. It's so fast it demands mental recalibration (and makes a Fiesta ST feel like a hire go kart) but yet it's somehow friendly at the same time.
- Jaguar F-Type Coupe R – Cars of 2013? The F-Type convertible might make my biggest disappointment list. Sure, it's fast – silly, silly fast – but it doesn't quite have the cornering talent to back up the oomph (and looks). I feared the Coupe would be the same. I was wrong, thankfully. The Coupe is a monster with a mighty throttle but will dance playfully at the flex of your right foot. But knucklehead antics aren't its only trick. Drive cleanly and it's rewarding, too; it's a rugby player that knows ballerina. Oh, and the noise. Its exhaust note's since ruined every other V8 for me.
- BMW i8 – So I only drove it through the 'burbs but I felt like George Jetson, hovering silently in what feels like a four-wheeled spacecraft. I knocked the i8 into angry mode and gave it some stick and was relieved to find an exhaust note that isn't terrible (even if there's a bit of artificial aural sweetening). A massive relief – hybrids can be good. Very good.
Very Honourable Mentions: Caterham CSR175 (it's a motorbike for those who value living); Peugeot RCZ-R (caused me to laugh out loud and there are cars twice as fast that can't do that).
- BMW M4 – Last year I drove the E46 M3 CSL – the actual car on the cover of MOTOR's Performance Car of the Year 2004 issue. It worked voodoo on my little driving soul – fast but friendly, loud and full of character. The E92 is similarly beguiling with its leather-jacket V8. But the M4, though extremely fast, feels like BMW went through a checklist – power, brakes, suspension – but missed the one that says "soul". And any car that's more intimidating than exhilarating when driven fast isn't for me.
- Mini Cooper S – Mini Cooper Ss haven't traditionally made the greatest performance cars. But you always forgave them because, by god, if a devilish titter didn't erupt from your gob during a fast blast up your favourite road, you needed emotional defibrillating. But the new Mini Cooper S, while no doubt a better car than its predecessor, feels heavy, mired in too many electronics and just less fun.
- HSV GTS Maloo – I love, love, love the HSV GTS sedan. For $92K it is a supremely capable bargain bullet – good power, great brakes, impressive handling and suspension. I hoped the ute would carry over the sedan's magic but something got lost in translation; the GTS Maloo doesn't feel its 430kW and the steering struggles making it a more frustrating than fun drive.
Scott Newman – Associate Editor
- Ferrari 458 Speciale – The best car I've ever driven by some margin. As a driving experience, it is simply incredible – I actually feel a deep, harrowing sadness that I may never drive one of these again. If only Ferrari would let us compare it to something, anything…
- Jaguar F-Type Coupe R – Not as polished as a 911, but much more character. With an unlimited fuel and tyre budget, one of these would be parked in the Newman garage.
- BMW i8 – Turns out the future isn't so scary after all. Brilliantly polished sports car that just happens to be able to operate in silence using no fuel. Looks amazing, too.
- Bentley Continental V8 S – Big British bruiser full of character and drives better than anything weighing 2.4 tonnes has any right to. Feels special and makes a mega noise.
- Porsche 911 Turbo – A warm January day; Porsche's new 911 Turbo lines up for its first performance run and nails 3.07sec 0-100km/h and 10.98sec 0-400m. And would do it all day. Incredible car.
Honorable mentions: Lexus LFA, BMW M3 CSL (it was a good year…)
- Nissan Pulsar SSS – There are few bad cars around these days, but this deserves the title. I have fond teenage memories of both the N13 and N14 Pulsar SSS models; the latest one discredits the badge.
- BMW M3/M4 – Both are amazingly capable and incredible pieces of engineering, but I've been lucky enough to drive both E46 and E92 M3 this year and would prefer to drive either over the new one – it's not meant to be like that.
- Lotus Elise – Perhaps this is unfair, as a short drive in the rain does not constitute a proper drive, but came away thinking it was like a poor imitation of a Toyota 86 at more than twice the price. Need to revisit for a proper drive, as have heard amazing thing about Hethel's sportster.
Louis Cordony – Staff Journalist
- BMW i8 – BMW did a fantastic job in taming the complexity of its hybrid drivetrain in to a remarkably refined driving experience. A geek's wet dream.
- Fiesta ST – So much fun to be had for relative peanuts: Oodles of torque, knife-sharp steering and a satisfying gearshift that slots with telepathic accuracy.
- Nissan GT-R – Nothing I've yet driven has parted traffic like the R35 GT-R. The effortless speed from its twin-turbo V6, especially above 100km/h, is astonishing. Could own one, but I'd want to have the talent to tame it first.
- HSV R8 – This particular example had the finest six-speed manual I've ever sampled of the General's which made access to that 340kW LS3 infinitely sweeter. And the sound on lift-off in sport mode: like a gurgling volcano.
- VW Golf R – The cherry sweet electric steering rack from Mk VII Golf GTI, cosseting adjustable dampers and an explosive 206kW all-claw drivetrain mean the Golf R crosses country better than light aircraft.
Honorable mentions: Peugeot RCZ-R, Abarth 695 Assetto Corse
- Abarth 595C Competizione – Rorty soundtrack fails to compensate for the severe lack of logic: slow steering match to the turning circle of a planet in a light city car? Need to be a serious fan of the brand to stump up such cash.
- Peugeot 208 GTi – Not a terrible car. Mentioned because it's a shame it didn't woo me like I wish it would have. Strong engine, classy package, but just doesn't try hard enough to win your heart.
- Mini Cooper S – A great platform in dire need of aesthetic and handling venom. Proper tyres and soon to be released JCW package couldn't come sooner.
Curt Dupriez – Road Test Editor
- Porsche 911 Turbo – Point-to-point, the quickest, most startling yet friendliest car I've driven this year, wrapping in a want-for-nothing package of all-round excellence.
- Ford Mustang GT Performance Pack – over-delivers performance against muscle car traditions, proper feel-good vibe and a genuine bright light on the horizon for Aussie lovers of V8s in an otherwise dim outlook
- Mercedes-Benz C-Class – Even in basic C200 spec the everyman Merc raised the bar in one of the world's toughest segments in so many areas that all other comers (Audi, BMW, Lexus, et al) are now forced to lift their games.
- Ferrari F12 Berlinetta – Ah yes, that multi-day punt in the ultimate Italian super GT ranks as one of my most enjoyable drives of all time.
- Porsche Macan Diesel – Hands-down best small SUV, in fast, fun and affordable yet highly frugal oiler form, brings so much holistic goodness to a segment in desperate need of Macan's fun factor and all-round quality.
- Maserati Quattroporte – Smart styling can't save the limo that robs Chrysler's parts bin so obviously, lacks modern features, rides/steers poorly, is overpriced and so obviously aimed at young, cashed-up and clueless poseurs.
- HSV Maloo GTS – Despite good buzz factor the driving experience is far less than the sum of its heroics specifications and under-delivers both as a performance prospect or as a workhorse.
- Ford Ranger ute – Not MOTOR fodder, but I'm a big fan of progressive new-school diesel tech and the agricultural Ranger (as sampled in manual 4x4 form) does nothing to dispel the widespread stigma of oiler's rattly old-school traditions.


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There is no question that there is a surging urge to digitise. But what inspires this? What is the point of all this activity? There are a number of conversation strands to this topic, and I look at some of them here. It is likely there are more, and others. What does emerge is that there are professional, philosophical, economic and possibly even cultural differences in approach to digitisation, and these are by no means consistent or consensual. In fact, some of the drivers for digitisation seem to be using the same means to achieve quite different ends.
1. The first and perhaps most obvious inspiration for the digitisation of the world's documents and cultural artefacts finds its origin in the zeitgeist of the so-called information society: a zeitgeist, may it be said, which by now is surely rather old and tawdry, and exposed for the misconceived delusion that it is. We now know that all societies have always been 'information societies'; that we by and large agree with Daniel Bell and Manuel Castells that the concept of the 'information society' is in fact but another stage of the capitalist industrial society, which encourages consumerism. We are aware that the notion of 'globalisation', in the way it is enacted by multinationals to exploit the poor and disadvantaged in favour of the rich, has some serious ethical questions to answer. We can also, quite quickly, dismiss the idea that technologies, in and of themselves, can create change or increase social development: it is the USE of them, and the PURPOSES for which they are used that will make the desired differences in the lives of individuals, communities and societies. This purpose, from the point of view of information professionals, is to assist in the communication of information (or ideas) between people. Alas: at the same time, there seems to be a parallel desire to keep populations ignorant or misinformed, at least by certain regimes: information flows are suppressed.
2. A second driver for digitisation is certainly economic. This has two aspects: firstly, digitisation and increasing use of information and communication techologies (ICTs) seems to be understood to be the way to create new jobs, new possibilities to make money and perhaps even fortunes. This aspiration was dashed at least once, with the dot.com bust in the 1990s: the only people who seem to be making money now are those who are selling the equipment – which needs to be constantly updated and replaced – and the software – although possibilities here seem to be limited with the increased availability of free software and, more importantly, Open Source coding systems. Some online endeavours are financially valued in strange ways, too, which are perhaps difficult to understand. The billions of dollars that Facebook is allegedly worth is, to my mind, a strange phenomenon. But there are still seemingly unlimited opportunities for online merchandising, marketing and retailing, and consultants in social networking marketing seem to be thriving.
The other side of the economic or financial aspect is the possibility for saving money and cost-cutting. This applies not only to the vending of virtual objects such as ebooks or online services (website hosting, for example), which cost little to store and maintain. The replacement of libraries by the internet seems to be a very real possibility for many governments dealing with the fallout from the Global Financial Crisis (GFC – which always, for some reason, reminds me of Dahl's Big Friendly Giant – BFG). David Cameron's present regime in the UK is a good example of this: it extends to replacing large numbers of public servants whose work can, apparently, also be done by citizens using the internet. ICTs continue to be deified as saviours of the world, if one is to believe the rhetoric that is expressed in many government documents, particularly perhaps some of those emanating for the iEurope European Union's digital economy initiatives.
3. Digitisation of documents does, however, open doors that were previously firmly shut. The Open Educational Resources University (http://wikieducator.org/OER_university#Core_initiatives_of_the_logic_model) campaign being led, to all intents and purposes, by Wayne Mackintosh, is a prime example of this. It uses the best characteristics of the 'information society' , such as globalisation, to reach scholars and teachers all over the world, in order to create and distribute university learning materials to those who live all over the world – not just in the rich parts – so that they will have access to tertiary education. Surely this is the only way forward, in this dimension? I have mentioned Open Source software; there is also an increased movement towards access to ideas that is possible in a digitised, virtual, networked, information environment: Open Access. This is particularly useful for the dissemination of scholarly information, as well as those documents that are required to support other roles in society, not forgetting entertainment. All of these possibilities, combined with the increasing mobility of ICT devices (smaller and cheaper) and wireless access, may perhaps lead to significant improvements in people's lives. Some even say that ICTs facilitated the recent political changes we have seen in North Africa.
4. We cannot rule out the possibility that digitisation is also being stimulated by technological determinism. "Oooh! I want to build a twaddler! It's new! It's big! It's shiny!" But what can it be used for? Does it help me? Will it last for ever? Do we need one? Rather cynically, there does appear to be some of this in a few digitisation initiatives, which have lasted for only as long as the funding has been around – and there doesn't appear to have been enough reason or purpose to continue the funding. While, for many reasons, I endorse and support – and am enthusiastic about – the purposes to which the digitisation of cultural resources and documents can be put, I am still more than a bit concerned about the long-term prognosis. 'Digital preservation' still appears, to me, to be an oxymoron. As well as this, as I have been saying for about two decades, the technology is still very primitive: I don't think that our clever colleagues in computer science and technologies have come anywhere near to where their work might still take them. Regarding existing technologies as the 'last word', or even suggesting that things may stay more or less the same (simply because our imaginations fail us), could mean making a very big mistake indeed.
5. The last aspect of the enthusiasm for digitisation may be motivated by a desire for control (above and beyond any economic or financial considerations). Access to information (or ideas, which I find to be the most useful synonym) has always, and will always be, regarded politically, as ideas may be – and indeed often are – dangerous: at least to the status quo, and especially to those who would be upset or lose out if the status quo were to be disturbed. Paradoxically, digitisation simultaneously provides the possibility for loss of centralised control: the use of Twitter and Facebook in Egypt, for example, or perhaps as a slightly more exaggerated example, WikiLeaks and now UniLeaks (http://www.unileaks.org), which could be seen as serving as the conscience of contemporary society. Citizen journalism – and indeed all social media – are other expressions of this facility. Information, or ideas, no longer have to be sanctioned by those in power or positions of authority: anybody (even me) can say what they like and have the possibility of being heard all over the world. UKUncut ( http://ukuncut.org.uk/blog/26th-march—invite-your-friends) provides but one example of this. This may possibly be an unexpected outcome of (4) above: "We invented the twaddler but we didn't realise it could be used like THIS!".
Looking forward to hearing from you – and please post comment here and on the Wallwisher!
All the best as ever, wherever you are
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A graduate from the Pratt Institute, he veered away from sketching for some time as he got into painting and experimented with other different styles.
"It took four years of college to get to that point," he said. The point he's referring to is where he could draw a believable cartoon with enough movements and enough character to stand on its own.
Now, a writer of several stories for children, which are soon to be published, and an illustrator of cards that send simple and quirky messages with a dash of cuteness, the 23-year-old is looking to make a name for himself.
He often draws animals because of his love for them and his passion for protecting them. On his blog, he often posts illustrations of animals that take on human characteristics.
From cards with cool foxes on it that read, "Wish you were here," to animations with lanky giraffes that seem to take on a clumsy demeanor and another where a monster is reading a bedtime story to a little girl, lulling her to sleep, Harrington's illustration style is easily caught. It comfortably pulls a viewer and soon-to-be reader in with their easy, colloquial and simple messages. He even showcases kid-friendly sculptures.
But for him, illustration is another extension of himself.
"It's a means of communication for me," he said. "I've gotten this close, I have to keep going."
His main aim is to have people identify with his style and with him. "I want people to know where I'm coming from when they see my work and identify with me," he said.
To see some of Chris's illustrations, visit his blog.


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I was wondering how mathematicians of today would treat, for example, Euler's proof of zeta(2).
In William Dunham's book 'Journey through Genius' ( http://www.amazon.com/Journey-through-Genius-Theorems-Mathematics/dp/014014739X ), the writer states (more or less) that most mathematicians of today wouldn't aprove of Euler's methods, as his treatment of the 'infinite' doesn't uphold to today's modern standards of rigour.
His evaluation of Zeta(2) and all other even zeta-arguments op to Zeta(26) was correct, however. Would Euler's proofs get published in a well-respected math journal?
(Of course, his papers would now be written in english and the would-be published results aren't known to the mathematical community, yet).
Thanks in advance,
Max Muller
PS: O.K. everyone, I think many of you have stressed some important points regarding this question. I can't choose one, which is why I have upvoted some of your answers and left the question as it is. Thank you for your thoughts.
PPS: I'm sorry for the confusing title of the question in its previous form. I hope you all think it is stated better now.