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Killing the Primitive
As this first war of the 21st century accelerates, it's important to recall that the confrontation between primitive and civilized cultures is not new.
At the time of this writing, almost every newscast dealing with the "War Against Terrorism" shows some of the gadgets that are part of the hi-tech U.S. arsenal. For the last year and a half, audiences have been assailed with images of stealth planes, night vision goggles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and laser-guided "intelligent" bombs.
On the other hand, and in stark contrast with the American war machine, the terrorist forces are shown as utterly primitive. The so-called "forces of evil" often appear in a video clip showing a bunch of men in filthy clothes training in what seems to be a decrepit and dirty camp. In some other clips, the "enemies of the free world" are hidden in caves, holding antiquated rifles. However, their lack of advanced weaponry does not make them less lethal. Indeed, one only need consider how a handful of terrorists managed to circumvent state-of-the-art defense systems and obliterate the World Trade Center, a quintessential symbol of the States' economic power.
As this first war of the 21st century accelerates, it's important to recall that the confrontation between primitive and civilized cultures is not new. From the expansion of the Egyptian Empire across Africa, to the European conquest and colonization of America, to the recent wave of Al-Qaeda terrorist attacks, history is rich in examples where an outwardly primitive culture is in brutal battle against a civilized culture. Not surprisingly, the many anxieties generated and mirrored by these struggles are repeatedly translated into fiction. From Homer's The Odyssey to Antoine Fuqua's Tears of the Sun, the heroes embody the noble values of the civilization that creates them, while the foes represent savagery.
In particular, action and horror films showcase the battle between the primitive and the civilized. Here, I will examine three critically acclaimed films emerging from different decades and genres: Deliverance (John Boorman 1972), Aliens (James Cameron 1986) and Black Hawk Down (Ridley Scott 2001). For all their differences, these films have strikingly similar plots, presenting "typical" Americans boldly invading a primitive world that they do not really understand, and the terrible consequences they must face.
In order to understand the designated primitive in these films, we recall that the heroes stand for the values of the culture that creates them. In the cases of these films, the target audiences belong to the heroes' culture. This makes the "primitive" that which is perceived -- and represented -- as "different" from the target audience. While this assumption seems to be reasonable, it is also problematic, as the meaning of "primitive" is not absolute, but relative to the culture that generates the narrative.
So, the hillbillies in Deliverance, the xenomorphs in Aliens, and the Somalis in Black Hawk Down are representations of primitivism. On the other hand, the campers, the colonial Marines, and the U.S. troops all stand for the civilized. In each case, the primitive is portrayed as radically different from its civilized counterpart, and the civilized is strikingly similar to us (the movie audience). The primitive is bizarre, even repulsive, a member of a different race (literally or metaphorically), or species, as in the case of Aliens.
In Black Hawk Down, for example, the Somalis -- much like the Al-Qaeda recruits, wear filthy clothes and speak an unintelligible language. Moreover, they are incredibly thin, due to years of famine, and act as a collective force, ominous and seemingly unstoppable. Significantly, the Somalis are black, visually contrasted with the nearly all white American troops.
However, the difference between the primitive and the civilized is more than skin deep. It is further encoded in terms of class, social, and moral differences. In all three of these films, the civilized belongs to a well-established cast of adventurers, entrepreneurs, scientists, soldiers, even lawyers. He carries expensive gear, wears flashy clothes, and uses advanced technology. In Aliens, for example, the crewmembers work with fantastically sophisticated equipment, to the point that one of them, Bishop (Lance Henricksen) actually is a machine.
At the same time, in a futile attempt to dominate the primitive, the civilized tries to use money to purchase and humiliate its opposition. Consider, for example, how Black Hawk Down's Colonel Garrison (Sam Shepard) posts rewards for the capture of Mohamed Farah Aidid and pays informants for ambiguous intelligence. Here, the battle between the civilized and the primitive boils down to a fight between those who have economic power and those who lack it.
One of the most dramatic differences between the primitive and the civilized emerges in the morality of their behavior. In Deliverance, a hillbilly viciously rapes one of the campers (Ned Beatty), and in return, the city adventurers kill the rapist. In Aliens, the monsters rape, impregnate, and exterminate the human colonists, while the Marines eventually manage to nuke the entire place. And in Black Hawk Down, the Somalis abuse and desecrate the body of an American soldier at the site of the helicopter crash, and later on the American helicopters fire upon hundreds of locals on the rooftops.
As the heroes represent a society where gratuitous violence is morally objectionable, they must be "goaded" to violence in order to maintain their moral viability. The primitive aggresses with evil purposes, but because the civilized attacks to defend himself (or wreak righteous revenge), he is vindicated of his violent actions.
Ironically, the civilized society is traditionally more repressive than its primitive counterpart, which is uninhibited in its use of brutality and aberrant sexuality. If we subscribe to Freudian theory, the primitive is perceived by the civilized as an embodiment of their "repressed" desires, here "returned." This monster is impure and dangerous, threatening established order. Indeed, the monster's very existence raises anxieties of cultural mixing. These anxieties reach a zenith in the scenes where the primitive engages in interracial sex: the camper being raped by the hillbilly in Deliverance, the aliens impregnating the humans, and the Somalis stripping the stranded pilot in Black Hawk Down.
At one level, then, these films work as cautionary tales against getting too close to the primitives' bodies and lands. The action takes place in isolated places such as Appalachia (Deliverance), another planet (Aliens), and Mogadishu (Black Hawk Down). In these exotic locations, there is no electricity, no luxuries, and most important, no law.
This "other" place makes visible the films' scapegoating process, aimed to relieve the cultural guilt felt by the civilized. While the civilized in each case is visibly attacked, it invades and takes advantage of the primitive's territory in the first place. Indeed, the destruction of the Appalachian countryside by a power company in Deliverance, the terraformation of the planet's atmosphere in Aliens, and the kidnapping of government leaders by the U.S. troops in Black Hawk Down precede atrocities against the heroes.
Historically, when a civilized culture encounters a less civilized society, the former will invade, conquer, and exploit the latter. For example, European nations colonized Africa and the Americas during the "golden age of world exploration," which led to centuries of slavery and segregation. (In Aliens, Burke's [Paul Reiser] intention to put the aliens to use as bioweapons recalls the slave trade.) The civilized, "winning" in such circumstances, represses and rewrites the past by means of popular art, which includes literature, films, and TV shows.
This is certainly the case in Deliverance, Aliens, and Black Hawk Down, all centered on the victimization of the civilized by the primitive, while obscuring the initial invasion of the civilized into the territory of the primitive. The primitive thus embodies the very repressions the narrative enacts, and once again, the primitive is moralized. That is, as a consequence of the scapegoating process, political and ideological complexities are reduced to moral oppositions.
Although this discussion has been limited to three movies, it applies to a large class of action and horror films, and more recently, "news" media. Monsters (and evildoers) are usually primitive, and primitives are typically monstrous. The attacks on 9-11 and subsequent war against terrorism repeat this characterization, as a "civilized" culture wages war against a "less civilized" culture. Most likely, anxieties generated by this real life conflict, such as fear of the primitive circumventing advanced defense technology to destroy the civilized, will be embraced by future action and horror films. But we should bear in mind how, based on our perception of racial and socio-cultural differences, cultural products moralize and redefine our conceptualization of primitivism.


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Instructions for specific setups / platforms:
Before you can install Gallery 2, you need an up and running webserver with PHP support and a database server. For a full list of all requirements, please read our Installation Requirements page.
If you install Gallery 2 on a hosted webserver like most users do, you don't have to worry about how to install and set up a webserver etc. since it's all done and prepared for you. Your webhost has probably a control panel or other administration tools where you can create an empty database. Just skip this section and continue with Preparing to install.
Note: Some webhosts offer a 1-click installation of Gallery 2 saving you the trouble with installation preparation where you can install Gallery through the administrative panel of your website. We know about the following auto-installers:
Below are links to blogs and web sites that have installation instructions for Gallery on a typical shared hosting web space:
Setting up your own webserver is not the easiest thing to do. There are some free packages available that install a complete webserver with PHP and a MySQL server for you with a few clicks, but if you run into problems, you'll soon see that it's not very intuitive if you have no experience in such things.
You can follow this step by step guide to setting up an Apple Mac as a webserver
If you don't have a static IP address or a dynamic DNS (dnydns) account, your Gallery 2 on your own webserver will only be accessible to you and other computers on your local network and none of friends or customers can view your Gallery in the internet. We assume that you either have a static IP address / dyndns account or that you want to access Gallery 2 only from your intranet / desktop computer.
If you don't have installed any of the required components yet and if you prefer to not get involved with the technical details, there are some easy to install, all-in-one packages that install apache + MySQL + PHP with a few clicks.
If you want to install Gallery 2 on your own computer / server, then we recommend linux / *BSD as operating system since these are our primary development platforms and these are also the platforms most professional webhosting companies use. Other operating systems are also supported of course. There are various Linux distributions. Debian and Gentoo (among others) are highly recommended because they are mature, stable and well-suited for server applications and they include excellent package managers which resolve dependencies for you. Installing a webserver, php or a database server on such linux distributions is as easy as entering a single command à la "emerge apache2" or "apt-get install apache".
Apache2 is the webserver of our choice. Some Gallery 2 features like short URLs are only available for apache (short URLs are also available for other webservers since Gallery 2.1).
Gallery 2 is mainly developed for MySQL, but it runs also very well with PostgreSQL and DB2. Gallery 2 is not very well tested with Oracle. You can expect the best performance with MySQL, also because we use built-in functions of MySQL that we have to mimic in other database servers with user-defined functions.
You can get precompiled PHP binaries or the whole sourcecode from php.net. If you compile it on your own, don't forget to compile database support into PHP (e.g. --with-mysql= ... and --with-mysql-sock=... if you're using MySQL). Also, for translation / multilanguage support, you'll need gettext. And there are a lot more PHP compile options / extensions that are either required (e.g. PCRE) by Gallery 2 or useful in general. If you rely on GD (an image toolkit that is built-in into PHP) instead of the external, mostly superior image toolkit binaries (imagemagick, netpbm, graphicsmagick), then you shouldn't forget to add all the image formats to the PHP compile options (--with-jpeg=... , --with-png=..., etc). Compiling PHP is a topic of its own. Gentoo, Debian, ... will configure and compile it for you with a single command. And you can find numerous tutorials and HOWTOs about this topic as well as about the whole webserver + mysql + PHP topic in general.
1. Latest Version - There are four ways to get the code.
2. Storage - Create a directory for gallery to store photos. This must be writeable by the web server, but for security reasons we suggest that you do not put it in the web root. If you put it in the web root, then anybody can get directly to your images with their web browser which circumvents Gallery 2's security.
Unix Example
$ cd $HOME $ mkdir g2data $ chmod 777 g2data
Windows Example
C:\> mkdir g2data
In the Unix example, you may note that modes of 777 on your g2data directory are not all that secure. However, making it more secure depends on how your system is configured. Talk with your system administrator about ways to change the permissions on that directory to make it so that Gallery can still write to the files but that others can't. The general practice for doing this involves making the files or directories writeable by your system user as well as the web-server's group. For instance:
$ cd $HOME $ mkdir g2data $ chgrp apache g2data $ chmod 770 g2data
This may require 'root' privileges on a Linux/Unix system which is why you may need to contact your administrator in order to do this. It is, however, much more secure, particularly on a shared system.
3. Database - Right now we support MySQL, PostgreSQL, DB2, Oracle and MS SQL Server. MySQL is generally faster than PostgreSQL. We require you to create the database yourself. In our examples below, we'll be creating a database called gallery2. You can use any database name that you choose.
Grant all required privileges to your database user. This includes but is not confined to: CREATE TABLE, ALTER TABLE, DROP TABLE in the gallery2 database; SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE on all (gallery2) tables in the gallery2 database; CREATE INDEX and some other privileges that are specific to the different database management systems. CREATE/DROP DATABASE and the ability to GRANT privileges to other database users are not required.
MySQL Instructions
$ mysqladmin -uroot create gallery2 $ mysql gallery2 -uroot -e"GRANT ALL ON gallery2.* TO username@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'password'"
PostgreSQL Instructions
Frstly create a user (gallery2 for example) to connect to the database:
$ createuser -l -P gallery2 Enter password for new role: Enter it again: Shall the new role be a superuser? (y/n) n Shall the new role be allowed to create databases? (y/n) n Shall the new role be allowed to create more new roles? (y/n) n
Then create a database owned by this user:
$ createdb gallery2 -E UNICODE -O gallery2
If it complains that UNICODE is not a valid encoding name, then try:
$ createdb gallery2 -E SQL_ASCII -O gallery2
If it complains about that, too then try:
$ createdb gallery2 -O gallery2
On Windows 2003 Server (and maybe on other versions too) you have to write the database name at the end of the command:
C:\> createdb -O gallery2 -E UNICODE gallery2
Don't forget to allow gallery2 to access the database modifying your pg_hba.conf. For instance you can add the following insecure line:
hostnossl gallery2 gallery2 127.0.0.1/32 md5
Now you should be able to use user gallery2 to connect your gallery2 database.
Oracle Instructions
$ create database gallery2 {additional parameters};
DB2 Instructions
See http://codex.galleryproject.org/index.php/Gallery2:DB2
4. Graphics Toolkits - Gallery 2 works with NetPBM, ImageMagick, GD or GraphicsMagick. They're all almost equally good, though some say that NetPBM has slightly better quality and that ImageMagick is slightly faster than NetPBM. GD cannot do image rotation. GraphicsMagick and ImageMagick are very similar. GD can be very fast, but it will also use a lot of memory so it may cause you to run into predefined server limits. It is also compiled into PHP by default if your PHP is 4.3.0 or more recent, however it may not have support for all image types (e.g. it might not have JPEG support). If the binaries for NetPBM and ImageMagick are installed in default, or standard, locations then Gallery 2 will auto-detect them during installation. It won't cause any harm to enable all of these toolkits—in fact you'll get the widest file type support if you do so.
Gallery 2 is a web application and must be installed on your web server in order for you to use it. If you've unpacked it on your desktop, you will have to upload it to your server as part of the install process. Then you can configure it using your web browser.
1. Upload - Copy the Gallery 2 files to a directory on your webserver. There are several alternatives for this step:
For .tar.gz archives
$ tar xzf gallery2.tar.gz
For zip archives
$ unzip gallery2.zip
If you do not have shell access, you can ask your provider to do it for you, or you can make a miniature PHP script containing one of the above commands like this:
PHP code for opening .tar.gz archive
<? $output = shell_exec('tar xzf gallery-2.0.2-full.tar.gz'); ?>
Some webhosting companies offer a control panel with a web file-browser which is capable of extracting / unarchiving archive files. It's worth a try to check if this option is available.
Note: After uploading, you should close this version of the README and browse to the version that you just uploaded.
That way all the links in this document will point to the right places in your Gallery 2 install.
2. Begin Installing - Open up your web browser and browse to the install directory. Gallery 2 will walk you through the process of validating that your system is properly configured and will set everything up for you. __MAGIC_REMOVE__12903__
3. Authenticate - You will be asked to create and save a small text file in order to authenticate. You may not proceed until you do this. That's how Gallery 2 knows that you're authorized to use the installer. __MAGIC_REMOVE__12908__
4. System Checks - The installer checks your system to make sure that it will support Gallery 2. Make sure that all checks are successful! __MAGIC_REMOVE__12914__
5. Installation Type - Gallery can support multiple independent sites with a single installation of the code. Here you will select a standard single install or the location of a new multisite install. There is more information about multisite in the Gallery Codex. __MAGIC_REMOVE__12917__
6. Storage Setup - Read the instructions on the installer to set up a storage location for Gallery 2. This is where Gallery 2 will store all of your images, as well as other cache information. __MAGIC_REMOVE__12920__
7. Database Setup - Select your database type and enter your database authentication information. If this is not your first Gallery 2 installation and there are still some remains of the old installation, it will check the state of the installed version and offer a clean install option which will delete all your data in the storage directory and in the database. If the installed version seems to be fine, it will also offer to reuse the existing database tables. Select this option if you did not start the installer with the intent to start from scratch. __MAGIC_REMOVE__12926__
8. Admin User Setup - You are prompted for an administrator username and password. Type in a password and type it again to validate it. The full name and the email address are optional. But entering an email address is highly recommended. Once you're finished, click 'Create' to create the admin user for this installation of Gallery 2. __MAGIC_REMOVE__12932__
9. Create Config File - Gallery 2 will create the config.php file in your Gallery 2 directory. This contains all the answers you've provided in the installer and is necessary for Gallery 2 to function properly. At this point, there's also a sanity check to prevent you from damaging your Gallery install by running the installer when you should rather have started the upgrader. __MAGIC_REMOVE__12938__
10. Install the Core module - Here's where we create all the database tables and initial users and albums to get you started. Unless something goes wrong, there's nothing for you to do here. __MAGIC_REMOVE__12944__
11. Install other modules - Gallery 2 has lots of different modules that provide useful functionality. Choose which ones you want to use. You can always go to the Site Admin page later on to install, activate, deactivate or uninstall modules, so it's ok to experiment here. __MAGIC_REMOVE__12947__
12. Check Security - Gallery 2 walks you through the process of locking down your new config.php. __MAGIC_REMOVE__12959__
13. Finished! - Congratulations! You have successfully installed Gallery 2! __MAGIC_REMOVE__12965__
It is highly recommended to subscribe to the announcements mailing list to get notified about Gallery updates. We keep this mailing list very low volume to ensure that you only get notified about important announcements like security patch releases.
Gallery 2 has also modules that depend on external binaries. These modules won't work if the binaries they depend upon are not installed on the webserver. Under this category of modules fall the imagemagick and the netpbm module which are responsible for generating small preview images (so called thumbnails) and resized versions of your images.
If Gallery 2 failed to install and activate modules like imagemagick, netpbm, or zipcart, then it failed to automatically detect the presence and location of the required external binaries. Most probably, this means that your server doesn't provide the necessary binaries to use these Gallery 2 modules. Even if the Gallery 2 install did detect and activate the module, it may still not work. This because the install and activation is not checking thoroughly for the version of the binary program. Gallery 2 may need options or bug fixes not present in an older version found. Use the test button in the plugin's configuration area to see if maybe a check there detects the minimum version needed.
See Installing Modules With External Dependencies for further information.

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New Jersey, USA – Today, July 17th, marks the debut of Life Battery AIR – a portable, compact, stable battery inspired by and specifically designed for Apple products – as it launches via the popular crowd-funding platform site INDIEGOGO.
Mac book users and other Apple product owners now have their most reliable and powerful friend in this game-changing and truly innovative electronic breakthrough dubbed as "the world's most powerful battery."
Apple. Able. Stable!
On top of its incredible functionality that enables Mac book users to consume 63 to 68 hours of battery life with its 27,200 mAh capacity, Life Battery AIR's design features sleek and elegant curves along the edges that make it ergonomically friendly and easy to hold. The innovative new product also boasts of its stability feature with its magnetic charging input connection patterned after Apple's MagSafe power adapter. This prevents ports from getting damaged and also provides an easy cling-and-go, no-worries experience as users enjoy their Apple devices.
Output ports are also placed on top enabling the battery to stay flat and stable, as opposed to most power banks with ports on the side, which makes the charging plug lift the battery a little and gives it a bit of a stability issue.
Color Your Life!
A fun, unique feature Life Battery AIR has is an ability to adapt its color to the Apple product it pairs with. When placed with your Mac book, the battery perfectly coordinates with its design and color (Rose Gold, Gold, Silver, and Space Gray).
Life Battery AIR's beautiful design and superb functionality truly make it the most valuable, purposeful, and powerful companion for your Apple device.
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The high-powered battery is a product developed by New Jersey-based brand FliFli, under its parent company UTM Inc, established in 2008. As proven by its line of products, the company embodies passion in developing new innovative products. Before developing Life Battery AIR, FliFli has launched AirDrop for the DJI Phantom Series on Amazon last April.
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The Sneaky Chef's
We just got our no-nut butter. My child that HATES peas, loves it!! It really is amazing. The texture is so much like peanut-butter and there's no aftertaste like soy butter. You've got a great product!!
With that much vegetable power in it, I did not tell my kids The Sneaky secrets. Much to our surprise, the sauce was smooth and tasty. My kids enjoyed it and I enjoyed knowing they were getting extra veggies in for the day!
Hi! My 10 yr. old daughter (allergic to pn/tn, dairy, and eggs) LOVES your no nut butter! I was tickled pink when I discovered it at our local Target this summer, and it is Erin's favorite. Thank you so much for creating it and sharing it : )! Thank you!
As a no-nut family we have tried many a nut-free butter. This my friends…is our favorite…It is creamy, spreadable and cooks up great!…Every once in a while a product comes along that is truly worthy, we've had a few of those lately and this is surely one of them. This jar was SO good that I practically shed tears when it was empty! So did my kids! It has now become a staple for my household.
Hi, rather than ask a question, I just wanted to say Thank you!! I LOVE your Red Sauce and so does my 20 month old!! I was having a really hard time getting her to try new foods and eat fruits and vegetables. I came across your sauce in the grocery store and I figured I would give it a try. My 20 month old (Emily) absolutely loves it and cant get enough! I feel so much better about giving her this sauce then a regular just tomato sauce. Both her and my husband had no idea vegetables were in it! Great idea and thank you!
First of all I wanted to tell you that I received a sample of your no nut butter from my Tasterie subscription and the stuff is absolutely amazing. I have a little boy that lives on PB & J and was devastated to learn that the school I teach in and he attends, of over 500 students, is going nut free for one little boy. I was in a panic to find some alternative to peanut butter for his school lunches when this lunch saving sample arrived.
The Sneaky Chef also makes no-nut butter which is peanut, tree nut and soy free. Although nut butters are very healthy, they are often banned from schools due to a high number of kids having a peanut allergy. This no-nut butter really does taste a lot like peanut butter. I think that on a sandwich with jam, you would not be able to tell the difference. It is made from golden peas and can be used in place of any recipe that calls for peanut butter.
I had this over the summer in CT, a person in the family is completely allergic to ALL nuts. This was a HUGE hit with all children and adults. It was just GREAT!
I was impressed with the innovative No-Nut Butter…made from golden peas. The texture reminded me of a Jiff-style peanut butter, and the flavor was nutty and pleasing, both my sister and I really liked it. It baked very well into all baked goods too!…. The Smooth Red Pasta was a HUGE hit with everyone. I especially loved the ingredients list…ALL VEGGIES, and LOTS of them!
I think that this is a good way to introduce picky eaters to more vegetables. I would give kids this sauce and let them know that the vegetables are in it afterward. I would tell them that they do like vegetables and start introducing some of these vegetables in their diet, especially carrots and sweet potatoes which are sweet and milder than some vegetables.
Hello creator of no-nut butter! Thank you from the bottom of my heart/gut for creating a peanut free butter in a bpa free container at an awesome price. I am allergic to nuts and have tried every seed butter substitute on the market but nothing comes close to satisfying that 1 of a kind peanut craving. Sometimes I would binge eat peanut butter & become ill, but your no-nut butter offers a safe alternative that's actually satiating. Bless you!!!!
As it was in the beginning…your recipes are nourishing my 92 year old mother who dislikes anything green but gobbles up the maxed out meatloaf. She has no idea she is eating broccoli and spinach. Please give thought to applying your philosophy and talents to the aged. It is a shared joy to know that we are providing for those we love no matter what the age.
This was the best my family has eaten a meal in a LONG time. Seriously, everybody (husband, kids, me) cleaned their plates. I even heard several 'delicious' descriptions happening at my dinner table. The kids were honestly ooh-ing and ah-ing. My husband and I couldn't believe how well they ate! That was pretty awesome!
I just really wanted to compliment you on the no nut butter brand. Your no nut butter is always delicious and reliably nutritious. I feel like I buy a jar every time I'm at target because I just can't get enough!! Too often, companies only hear from unhappy customers- I just wanted to reach out and say thanks for putting such quality products on the shelves!
Holy cow! This stuff is AMAZING. I actually like it better than peanut butter, no lie. I have Diverticular Disease, so this is an amazing find. Thank you.
I'm from Dublin, Ireland. I've recently just returned from Pennsylvania after working in a summer camp there. The camp was completely nut free, so this is where the no-nut butter comes in. I basically lived off your no nut butter every day, I'd literally eat from the jar with a spoon. But now that I'm home, I miss it an extreme amount!
I think you are awesome! I have used your cookbook in the past but the sneaky chef butter takes the cake (no pun intended). My 12 year old is on the autism spectrum and has celiac disease. The sneaky butter is allowed in school and he takes it for lunch on gf crackers. He really likes it and it gives him a good amount of calories as he is underweight. Thanks again!
I just bought your no-nut butter and I'm so grateful! Finally, a peanut butter substitute that lives up to the promise on the label. I can't believe it tastes like peanut butter.
My children all have nut allergies so I'm always looking for easy lunch ideas or alternatives when I'm cooking and baking. My 4yo twins and toddler love it. And just FYI, I found your product at Target.
I've been a fan for years & you have helped me tremendously. My son is autistic & so very picky about food that it has been quite the struggle. Since I've known about you, he has been getting his fruits & veggies for years. He's now 16 years old. Love your products. I use the N0-Nut Peanut Butter & the plain red tomato sauce. He enjoys it plus lots of your recipes. Thank you for helping keep my child alive and well.
Parents of children with peanut allergies will rejoice over no-nut butter, which has the look and consistency of peanut butter, but is made from golden peas."
Hi Sneaky! I've been using your method for years. While I hear other moms complaining about the hours of crying at the dinner table, I've been eating meals in peace by sneaking veggies & fruits into our meals. After they lick their plates, I ask "Can you guess what nutritious ingredient was in that??" It's been wonderful. So, thank you for that. Thanks!
I believe that all those moms who think it's a bad idea to sneak the veggies in without the kids knowing, don't have picky eaters!!! I know this debate will go on, but I feel good about getting fruits and vegetables into my kids stomachs any way I can!


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Maryland ranks 3rd for guns lost, stolen from dealers
Pennsylvania ranks first
A new report finds that Maryland is among the top five states with the greatest number of guns federally licensed gun dealers reported lost or stolen last year.
WBAL-AM reported that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives report found that Maryland ranks third in the nation with more than 880 guns lost and 98 guns reported stolen from dealers in 2012.
Pennsylvania came in first in the ATF's ranking followed by Texas.
The National Crime Information Center database reported more than 190,000 guns were lost or stolen across the county and about 9 percent of those reports were from federally licensed gun dealers. The agency says many lost or stolen weapons go unreported.
The report comes as President Barack Obama pushes for stronger federal gun laws.


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Open Arms Hospice
Open Arms Hospice, a ministry of Bon Secours St. Francis Health System, provides care, support, and nurturing for patients living with a life-limiting disease. When a cure is no longer possible and the patient has decided to stop aggressive treatment, our team of experts steps in to provide for the needs of the patient and family.
We offer hospice care in our patients' homes, bereavement services, and inpatient hospice care at the McCall Hospice House of Greenville. Our in-home services are available to patients in Greenville, Anderson, Spartanburg, Pickens and Laurens counties in South Carolina.
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Sale of Royal Street Bus Garage Approved
For Immediate Release: July 18, 2013
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Board (WMATA) recently approved for future sale the Royal Street bus barn located between Royal Street and North Pitt Street in Old Town.
The obsolete Alexandria facility will be replaced by a new WMATA bus garage located in Fairfax County. WMATA plans to issue a solicitation in the fall of 2013 for sale of the Royal Street site upon groundbreaking of the new Fairfax bus garage.
"This has been a long time coming, with the City working hard to get this bus facility moved, so it is exciting news for Alexandria," said Mayor William D. Euille, who is a member of the WMATA Board. "The planned future sale will give the City the ability to encourage development that is appropriate for the neighborhood and that will improve our quality of life and benefit our residents."
The site is located on the block bordered by Pendleton, North Pitt, Wythe and North Royal Streets, and is currently zoned for townhouse use. The community will have opportunity to provide public input to the redevelopment of the bus barn site through the City's established development review process, which will culminate in a set of City Planning Commission and City Council land use discussions.
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Those who still travel to Damascus are surprised at how normal everyday life in the Syrian capital seems. Given the lively downtown area with its pulsating bazaars, it seems almost unreal that observers from the Arab League are in the city investigating brutal human rights violations.
Nevertheless, something has changed: people in cafés and taxis are talking about politics. They may not be doing so in loud, clear voices, but they are not whispering any more either. In the suburbs, demonstrations are being held every evening and protesters are dying every day. The uprising is moving closer to the capital.
I get a call to tell me that there will be a "party" in the district of Harista that evening. I am picked up by activists and driven to a so-called "safe house". Five young men are waiting for us in a living room that is illuminated by bright neon lamps. The curtains are drawn; the air is heavy with cigarette smoke.
An older man enters and is greeted respectfully by the others. Ahmad S.* is one of the leaders of the protests in Harista, a suburb of Damascus, where unemployment and humiliation at the hands of the security forces are driving the people onto the streets.
I ask what they expect from the Arab League observers. "What can we expect?" answers Ahmad S. "Should the mission not stop its work immediately as soon as another bullet is fired? Every day, 20, 30, 40 people lose their lives. The regime only signed the agreement to buy time."
Shooting at women and children
A young army deserter serves tea. Some only leave the flat to attend the demonstrations that take place every evening; others don't set foot outside for days. They haven't seen their families in months and change location once every few weeks.
The television is switched to Orient News, an opposition channel that broadcasts from Dubai. It shows the brutality of the regime in all its horror. The footage is horrendous, filmed with mobile phone cameras: bones breaking beneath the boots of members of the security forces; backs covered in whip marks, children lying in pools of blood.
When I ask whether the revolution can continue to remain peaceful, the men smile. Nobody wants violence and the revolution has indeed remained peaceful for a long time, one of them tells me. "But the regime is killing our people. They are shooting at women and children."
The rebels have no money to put up resistance and buy weapons. Ahmad S. takes an old Mauser revolver out of the drawer beneath the television. "How are we supposed to defend ourselves with that?" he asks. He slides a bullet into the barrel of the revolver, spins it and laughs. "At best, you could use this for Russian roulette."
We wait for a call from a driver who is supposed to be driving us to the demonstration in Harista. The army deserter looks out the window. Ahmad S. reprimands him. Does he not understand, asks Ahmad S., that the curtains have to stay closed as long as it is dark outside and the light in the room is switched on? At last, the telephone call comes through. Ahmad S. jumps up; a small, white car is waiting for us. Ahmad S. and the driver exchange news: who has been arrested today? Has anyone been killed?
The driver knows exactly what route to take. He avoids military checkpoints, driving instead under abandoned bridges, through tunnels flooded with water, across dark paths across fields.
A crowd of people has already set out from the Central Square in Harista. Everywhere we look, there are armed men from the revolutionary Free Syrian Army. Although an increasing number of rebels are trying to smuggle weapons into the country, the men of the Free Syrian Army, deserters from the regular Syrian army, have until now been the only ones who have been armed right from the start and who know how to handle weapons.
"The Syrian people are one"
I am the only woman and am instructed to stay close to my minders. If the demonstrators think that I am an informer, I could be beaten up. A young man leads the procession. Carried on the shoulders of others, he sings into a megaphone: "Down with Bashar now! The gift the Arab League gives us is slow death!"
The procession stops in front of the church of the small Christian community in Harista. The singer calls out: "Listen, Christians, listen! We wish you a holy Christmas. The Syrian people are one – regardless of whether we are Muslims or Christians. We are one! We are one!"
Up until now, the Syrian churches have officially supported the regime for fear of the Islamic parties that might replace it. Nevertheless, there are numerous Christians in the opposition. My minders explain to me that it is important to take away their fear. "For decades, the regime has been telling them over and over that only the regime can protect minorities. In reality, it is playing the religious denominations off against each other and is doing everything to divide the people."
The party is over
No sooner has the procession set off again, a shot rings out. The crowd scatters in all directions. We are swept along by the crowd and hide behind a car. More shots are fired. My minders pull me into a shoe shop. The shutters are immediately pulled down.
"What size shoe are you looking for?" asks the salesman, his voice dripping with irony. He offers us water to calm us down. There is a deathly silence on the streets. Behind the shutters, the lights are on. Ten minutes later, one of the minders receives a call from Ahmad S. Three demonstrators have been hit by bullets and have sustained injuries; six or seven have been arrested. The party is over.
It is vital that we leave the district; the security forces are already swarming around the streets. Another car is waiting for us in a side street. A member of the Free Syrian Army clears a small barricade out of our way. The barricade consists of nothing more than an old armchair and a traffic sign. He shows us the way and then quickly disappears in the other direction. A man gets into our car and invites us to take tea with him at his home. Mohammad U. is leader of the local coordination committee in Harista.
When we enter his flat there is a power cut. "This is the punishment for rebellious districts," he says. Since the start of the protests, the electricity has been shut off for hours at a time, the telephone lines switched off and the Internet blocked.
In the dark living room, his young daughter holds a torch over my notebook so that I can write. His 16-year-old son tells me about the time the security forces came to his school, arrested the headmaster and slapped a woman teacher in the face. They burned one pupil's hand on an oven to get him to admit that he had taken part in a demonstration. Muhammad U. himself spent a week in prison because of his father's activities.
All of his brothers are in prison. "If a regime is really interested in dialogue and clarification, does it arrest and torture innocent members of a family and shoot at peaceful demonstrators when observers are in the country?" he asks.
Wanted, dead or alive
The next day, we receive the news that a member of the Free Syrian Army is being buried in Duma, a suburb of Damascus. We decide to attend the funeral. Suleiman A., an activist from Duma, picks me up and gives me instructions. "They are looking for me, dead or alive. If we are stopped, I am the only one who will do the talking." I put on a headscarf. In Duma, a particularly conservative district, the women wear veils over their faces.
Suleiman A. owns a leather factory and was a preacher until he was removed from office in 2005 for speaking about democracy in the mosque. I ask him when he joined the revolution. He tells me that he joined right at the start, on the 15th. "So right at the start of the Syrian uprising in March?" I ask. "No," he laughs," on 15 December, at the start of the Tunisian revolution."
He goes on to say that he understood immediately that the democratic movement would not stop at Syria's borders. So he closed his factory and went underground. His wife sells some of her gold jewellery from time to time to keep the family going.
Duma has twice as many inhabitants as Harista. Although the inhabitants of Duma are not poor, the underdevelopment and the fact that the district has been neglected by the state are clear to see. We drive through illegal settlements, where most of the protests take place. The atmosphere at the funeral is grim. Shortly after our arrival, the young men get into position for the funeral procession. "The people demand a call for jihad!" they shout.
Suleiman A. senses what I am thinking. "We don't want an Islamic caliphate. But the situation in Duma is much worse than in Harista. Here, people die every day. And this is not only a demonstration; it is also a funeral."
The regime has been afraid of funeral processions since the start of the uprising. Now, dozens of documents have to be obtained for funerals from the security forces. Officially, only four men are allowed to accompany the corpse. "Isn't that strange?" says Suleiman A. "We are burying a martyr, who was shot dead at the funeral of a martyr, who himself was shot dead at a funeral."
Observers who are being observed
My clumsily fastened headscarf gives me away; the people know at a glance that I am not from Duma. We are quickly surrounded by a group of men. The father of the deceased tells me how his son was abducted by members of the security forces and how his lifeless body was dumped in front of the house. A wound across his torso had been sewn together.
One man pulls up his sleeve; another shows me his shoulder. There are burn marks caused by electric shocks and the marks left by cigarettes extinguished on the skin. Shots ring out; once again, we run for cover. The men run after me, calling "Don't forget! Write everything down! The observers don't come to us. You have to write it all down!"
Night has fallen again. My minder wants to drive me back to Damascus. It is too dangerous to stay in Duma, he tells me. On the way back, he tries to talk me into going to the hotel where the Arab League observers are staying and to convince them to listen to the activists from Duma.
The Arab League has only provided one telephone number, he says, and the line is always engaged. I tell him that the hotel will undoubtedly be watched by members of the security forces who are armed to the teeth. He sighs and laughs. "Observers who are being observed. What good does that do us?"
Layla Haj Yahya
© Tagesspiegel 2011
* Names have been changed to protect the people involved
Translated from the German by Aingeal Flanagan
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I downloaded this one from the library after reading and loving Lippman's I'd Know You Anywhere. It's the first book in her Tess Monaghan series, featuring unemployed journalist Tess Monaghan who stumbles into a job as a private detective when a friend is accused of the murder of a prominent Baltimore lawyer.
This is Lippman's first book and I think it shows. It's not that it has any major problems, but I also wasn't really impressed with the writing. Many of the characters felt flat and there were way too many subplots going on. The subplots did set a good back story for Monaghan, and at some point I'll probably keep reading to see how that back story plays out.
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Again, I could tell it was a debut. It just didn't capture my attention the way I'd Know You Anywhere did. The characters weren't as compelling and it lacked the same depth. Also, and I hate to say it this way, but I was less intrigued by the crime. I just didn't find it as exciting, which probably says a lot about how I'm desensitized to murder, but it just wasn't as interesting to me.
I'll definitely keep going with the series as I have time, but it's not something I feel compelled to follow up on immediately. It's a good, light read, but I feel like I'll spread the series out over the next few years, not something I'll NEED to finish, the way I do with many series. I'd recommend it to fans of detective series. It seems fairly typical fare for that genre. I'd compare it to early James Patterson (when he still, presumably, wrote his own books).


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Toyota unveiled a handful of production and concept Aqua models at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show. As you may recall, the Aqua will serve as the Prius C here in the United States when it lands at the Detroit Auto Show in early 2012. The Yaris-sized hatchback will come equipped with a 1.5-liter Atkinson cycle four-cylinder engine and an electric motor, though Toyota hasn't said what we can expect in terms of total output. We do know that the vehicle's svelte curb weight and smaller engine will likely translate into Prius-besting fuel economy numbers, so buyers can look forward to over 50 mpg in the city.
The brightly-colored Aqua Kiriri Version and Aqua Piriri Version joined the production Aqua under the lights in Tokyo, giving the world a better idea of what the model could offer in terms of dealer modification. The little hatch looks sharp, and the fuel economy figures are enough to make anyone grin.
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"A new study has shown that an antibody called 10-1074 is effective at neutralizing the virus, and is also safe for human use. The successful trial means we're one step closer in the long journey toward a cure."
The study, now published online in the journal Nature Medicine, details trials of the new HIV-neutralizing antibody in HIV-positive patients. According to the results, the antibody also led to high antiviral activity in these patients.


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Literary Crusader wrote:Edward sparkling and Bella taking it so seriously .
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my prof assign me to make an calculator, its our finals, yes i can make a calculator using switch case if else.. statements, but my prof says its better if i use GUI in java (even he's not teach as that one, because our lessons ends in looping statement xD ) i am studying in advance using google and youtube for clear explanation, but i dont get it , can you give me some basic calculator codes using swing(not applet because
im so confused on that part of java) and explanation or comment in every line
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import javax.swing; what is that code for?
private JLabels somthing like that, please can u do it for me?
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The bird is the word
The Angry Birds really have their work cut out for them. All over the land, sneaky swines have barricaded themselves into handy hideouts. Simple shelters can be easily demolished by catapulted birds, but when the pigs start making their dens from tougher materials such as rock and glass, you'll need to utilise your birds' abilities to blast and bomb your way to them.
As you hurl a bird towards the thieving pigs, press the X button to activate their special ability. Blue chicks will multiply into three and cause triple the damage, yellow birds will accelerate and crash through walls, while white birds will lay deadly exploding eggs, shattering just about everything below.
Precision and aim are paramount, so use the trail left by previous birds to work out where you should launch your next feathered cannonball. Each bird will make their own patriotic squawk as they hurtle through the air, followed by a cheer from the rest of the flock if they succeed or a grubby grunt from the pigs if they miss.
Work through the four episodes, each stuffed with loads of different levels and challenges, and put an end to those horrible hogs.
Flock together
Angry Birds follows a group of hacked off feathered friends on the mission of a lifetime. The green pigs have stolen the birds' eggs, so the cranky creatures must make a stand against their thieving farmyard foes. The pigs are in hiding and the birds will have to work together to find them and dish out their revenge.
Launch your birds towards the pigs using your trusty catapult to demolish their shelters and destroy them. The first few pesky porkers are hiding in simple wooden shacks, and as you progress, the hideouts become more extravagant and tougher to get your claws on.
More victims of the egg snatchers join your flock and aid the mission with their unique destructive powers. Who would have known the birds could multiply, accelerate and even explode when they want something so bad?
As the squawking birds take down the pigs, your points will increase and new levels will be unlocked. You have a limited amount of birds in each level, and the less you use, the more points will fly your way.
Launch the birds towards the enemy in over 100 increasingly difficult levels, and use logic, skill and brute force to crush the curly tailed bandits.
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text: Issue #4085 has been updated by rosenfeld (Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas). headius (Charles Nutter) wrote: > rosenfeld (Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas) wrote: > > > Honestly, there are certain features that are so difficult to implement efficiently that no matter how useful they may be they're not worth the cost. I believe local, non-lexical refinements fall into this category due to the complexity of constantly checking whether a refinement is active > > > > When you say that it couldn't be implemented efficiently it is not clear to me if you mean that code not using refinements would have its performance affected by the existence of such a feature. If that is not the case, then I think it is ok for the developer to decide whether the performance hit should be acceptable or not. > > That is definitely the case for some definitions of refinements (such as those that support refining code in an already-created proc). If I understand correctly this isn't the case for my local refinements request, right? But it doesn't matter anyway as I have given up on the idea of local refinements as well (more on that soon in a separate comment). ---------------------------------------- Feature #4085: Refinements and nested methods https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/4085#change-34584 Author: shugo (Shugo Maeda) Status: Assigned Priority: Normal Assignee: shugo (Shugo Maeda) Category: core Target version: 2.0.0 =begin As I said at RubyConf 2010, I'd like to propose a new features called "Refinements." Refinements are similar to Classboxes. However, Refinements doesn't support local rebinding as mentioned later. In this sense, Refinements might be more similar to selector namespaces, but I'm not sure because I have never seen any implementation of selector namespaces. In Refinements, a Ruby module is used as a namespace (or classbox) for class extensions. Such class extensions are called refinements. For example, the following module refines Fixnum. module MathN refine Fixnum do def /(other) quo(other) end end end Module#refine(klass) takes one argument, which is a class to be extended. Module#refine also takes a block, where additional or overriding methods of klass can be defined. In this example, MathN refines Fixnum so that 1 / 2 returns a rational number (1/2) instead of an integer 0. This refinement can be enabled by the method using. class Foo using MathN def foo p 1 / 2 end end f = Foo.new f.foo #=> (1/2) p 1 / 2 In this example, the refinement in MathN is enabled in the definition of Foo. The effective scope of the refinement is the innermost class, module, or method where using is called; however the refinement is not enabled before the call of using. If there is no such class, module, or method, then the effective scope is the file where using is called. Note that refinements are pseudo-lexically scoped. For example, foo.baz prints not "FooExt#bar" but "Foo#bar" in the following code: class Foo def bar puts "Foo#bar" end def baz bar end end module FooExt refine Foo do def bar puts "FooExt#bar" end end end module Quux using FooExt foo = Foo.new foo.bar # => FooExt#bar foo.baz # => Foo#bar end Refinements are also enabled in reopened definitions of classes using refinements and definitions of their subclasses, so they are *pseudo*-lexically scoped. class Foo using MathN end class Foo # MathN is enabled in a reopened definition. p 1 / 2 #=> (1/2) end class Bar < Foo # MathN is enabled in a subclass definition. p 1 / 2 #=> (1/2) end If a module or class is using refinements, they are enabled in module_eval, class_eval, and instance_eval if the receiver is the class or module, or an instance of the class. module A using MathN end class B using MathN end MathN.module_eval do p 1 / 2 #=> (1/2) end A.module_eval do p 1 / 2 #=> (1/2) end B.class_eval do p 1 / 2 #=> (1/2) end B.new.instance_eval do p 1 / 2 #=> (1/2) end Besides refinements, I'd like to propose new behavior of nested methods. Currently, the scope of a nested method is not closed in the outer method. def foo def bar puts "bar" end bar end foo #=> bar bar #=> bar In Ruby, there are no functions, but only methods. So there are no right places where nested methods are defined. However, if refinements are introduced, a refinement enabled only in the outer method would be the right place. For example, the above code is almost equivalent to the following code: def foo klass = self.class m = Module.new { refine klass do def bar puts "bar" end end } using m bar end foo #=> bar bar #=> NoMethodError The attached patch is based on SVN trunk r29837. =end -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/


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Alejandro Sanz Meets Berklee
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This SOLD OUT concert, showcasing Alejandro Sanz's music as interpreted by Berklee students and faculty, will celebrate the presentation of his honorary degree from Berklee, and feature Sanz himself on selected songs. Sanz's new album, La Música No Se Toca, is one of 2013's best-selling albums and he has produced three consecutive No. 1 singles in Spain, Latin America, and the U.S. Sanz has won a total of three Grammy Awards and 16 Latin Grammy Awards, including three Latin Grammy Album of the Year Awards, a distinction no other artist can claim for that category. The concert is being presented by the Berklee Mediterranean Music Institute under the artistic direction of renowned producer Javier Limón with Oscar Stagnaro and will be arranged and conducted by Matthew Nicholl.
Limón, artistic director of the Mediterranean Music Institute, has long been a friend to and collaborator with Sanz. Last semester, Berklee students in Limón's Songwriting in Spanish course were invited to produce a video of the Spanish sensation's hit song, "La Música No Se Toca," which you can view here:


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Key Features:
- RAM capacities: 40 KB to 48 KB
- Package: 100-pin plastic QFP, LQFP, 144-pin plastic LQFP
- Minimum instruction execution time: 31.25 ns (operating with main clock (fXX) = 32 MHz)
- General-purpose registers: 32 bits x 32 registers
- CPU features:
- Signed multiplication (16 x 16 -> 32): 1 to 2 clocks
- Signed multiplication (32 x 32 -> 64): 1 to 5 clocks
- Saturated operations (overflow and underflow detection functions included)
- 32-bit shift instruction: 1 clock
- bit manipulation instructions
- Load/store instructions with long/short format
- Memory space:
- 64 MB of linear address space (for programs and data)
- External expansion: Up to 4 MB
- External bus interface:
- Separate bus/multiplexed bus output selectable
- 8/16 bit data bus sizing function
- wait function (Programmable wait function, External wait function)
- Idle state function
- bus hold function
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- Watch timer: 1 channel
- Watchdog timer: 1 channel
- Real-time output port: 6 bits x 1/2 channel
- Serial interface:
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- 3-wire variable-length serial interface B (CSIB)
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- UARTA/I2C: 2 channels
- CSIB/I2C: 1 channel
- CSIB: 3/4 channels
- UARTA: 0/1 channel
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- CAN controller: 1 channel (CAN controller version only)
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- DMA controller: 4 channels
- CRC function: 16-bit error detection codes are generated for data in 8-bit units
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- ROM correction: 4 correction addresses specifiable
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On a side-note, our brave user (and now a contributor) Florian Steinel has got Rygel working with his PS3 already. According to him all his audio and image files are discovered and played/rendered without any problems but not all of his video files. Yes, there is still room for improvements but I was expecting quite a lot of work on making it work against a PS3 but glad to see that we are already very much compatible with it. Here are some screenshots of him playing with Rygel and PS3.
WARNING: If you want to try out Rygel with your PS3, you need to get tracker and vala from the SVN trunk.
UPDATE:Those weird looking titles in the screenshots turn out to be some Tracker-related issue:
<fsteinel> hhm, those name are already in the xml file lets see tracker...
<fsteinel> a tracker metadata bug nice, gstreamer gets it :-)
<fsteinel> gstreamer title: "El Reloj" -> tracker title: ÿþE


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I am finding that DateField objects do not seem to fire change events when they are updated. I am trying to use change listeners to keep field values in sync with model values in a uniform way, but DateFields don't seem to want to cooperate.
Here is a simple example.
FormPanel fp = new FormPanel();
final DateField df = new DateField();
df.addListener(Events.Change, new Listener() {
public void handleEvent(FieldEvent p_event)
MessageBox.alert("Date Field Changed", df.getValue(), null);
The change event never fires when I render this guy. In addition, I have tried firing the change event myself from the setValue() method, but that seems to wreak havoc with the widget a bit. Not sure why, but I am looking at the internals now.


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There has been some controversy about a recent book, by Mattel?, involving computer engineer Barbie — here's a remixed version with more positive messages, enjoy and Thanks — jd
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Maybe you've had a layover at Newark Airport or driven through Jersey on your way to NYC, but you've never really experienced the Garden State.
Buzzfeed dealt me that disheartening blow after I took their "How Jersey Are You?" quiz. I checked off a paltry 14 out of 100 key traits that would make me Jersey.
By the way, I was born and mostly bred in New Jersey, if I am to trust my birth certificate and childhood memories.
To reacquaint myself with the home state I haven't lived in for nearly a decade, I've started seeking good, classic Jersey eats during weekend trips from my current home in Brooklyn. It's been a slow process because I like staying at home about as much as I loathe driving (that is, a lot). But thanks to the kindness of friends/obligation of family, there's always someone to eat with me or drive me somewhere in the Garden State.
My last New Jersey night of gluttony took place at Pizza Town USA. Pizza Town USA. It's as good as it sounds, assuming you think it sounds awesome. Slice founder Adam Kuban reviewed Pizza Town USA three years ago, and aside from the prices, his positive review still holds up. I can't beat Adam at reviewing pizzerias, so I'm not going to try. I'm just here to 1) point you towards Adam's review, in case you haven't read it before, 2) toss in another thumbs up for Pizza Town USA, and 3) share a bunch of photos that you might enjoy.
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As a new business owner, you have important questions about your company's sales and marketing programs. How will you create a professional image and win customers? Where will you run ads and how often? How can you use public relations and special events to get noticed? How much should you invest in direct-mail marketing? Take this quick quiz to test your sales and marketing know-how; then read the expert tips to put your marketing program on the fast track.
Answer True or False
1. A new business should produce a quick, temporary brochure at
first, then invest in a higher-quality piece when the business
becomes successful.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B. False. You never get a second chance to make a first impression. Carefully craft your company's image from the start, or you risk creating a poor impression that will be difficult to correct. You may also miss out on sales that could be your initial springboard to success.
2. When it comes to sales and marketing, stick with what you do
best, such as networking or direct-mail marketing.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B. False. For most businesses, the sales cycle can be fairly long, requiring eight or 10 contacts with a prospect before a sale is closed. You need a wide range of sales and marketing tactics to motivate prospects throughout the cycle.
3. It's normal for a company's marketing activities to
increase or decrease based on work flow, with reduced marketing
during busy times and peak marketing during slow periods.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B. False. Entrepreneurs who market only in the slow times experience corresponding highs and lows in their cash flow and risk plunging into a valley so deep they can't market their way out.
4. The advertising term "frequency" refers to the
number of times you run an ad. If you run an ad seven times, you
have a frequency of seven.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B. False. Frequency is the number of times readers of a specific publication are expected to see your ad. While actual percentages vary among trade and consumer magazines and newspapers, for example, a typical subscriber will not see every page of every issue. This is why ads typically run many times in different issues of the same publication.
Choose the right answer for each of the following:
5. Each time a prospect is exposed to your message--in person,
on the phone, in an ad or when reading your brochure--which
question is foremost in his or her mind?
A. What will this cost?
B. How will this benefit me?
C. Who else is using this product/service?
D. What are the features?
Answer: B. How will this benefit me? Prospects make critical decisions about your company based on the benefits you communicate. No ad, brochure or face-to-face sales interaction can succeed unless it answers the prospect's primary question, "What's in it for me?"
6. Case histories (descriptions of how you've solved
problems for customers) are most useful when:
A. Overcoming objections
B. Building credibility
C. Demonstrating customer loyalty
D. All of the above
Answer: D. All of the above. Prepare three or four good case histories that demonstrate ways you've solved a variety of challenges for customers.
7. Contact-management software is valuable for companies
A. Hundreds of prospects
B. Thousands of prospects
C. Any number of prospects
Answer: C. Any number of prospects. The smaller your company, the better you must manage call-backs, letters and direct-mail contacts. Put the right software in place now to prevent important contacts from falling through the cracks.
8. Which of the three elements of an effective presentation can
most easily be upgraded using a videocassette recorder?
A. Content
B. Structure
C. Style
Answer: C. Style. Before your next presentation, videotape your rehearsals to help eliminate any negative vocal or physical behaviors.
Answer True or False
9. A steady stream of press releases to a single source
eventually gets your business noticed.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B. False. Journalists and news directors receive your information with one question in mind: "Will this information interest my readers or viewers?" Instead of a steady barrage of so-so information, fax or e-mail only what is of special interest or newsworthy; follow up by phone.
10. The best way to contact a new business-to-business prospect
is by phone.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A. True. The traditional contact sequence in business-to-business sales is: Call, mail, call. Those who mail first, then call, are generally disappointed to learn the prospect can't remember receiving their materials.
11. A typical response rate for direct mail is 1 to 3
A. True
B. False
Answer: A. True. That's why testing is so important. Mail 3,000 to 5,000 pieces first, and gauge results before mailing to the full list.
12. With all the information available on the Internet, you no
longer have to do your own primary research.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B. False. The Web has reduced the amount of primary research necessary to launch a business, but it can't replace testing your product or service with your real-life target audience, using tools such as surveys and informal focus groups.
13. You should maximize a limited special events budget by
taking a small booth in as many community events as possible.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B. False. A small booth in a fair with several hundred others gets lost in the crowd. A bigger booth or sponsorship in one key event allows your company to shine.
14. A one-on-one meeting is going well when your prospect is
doing most of the talking.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A. True. The two most important components of effective interaction with a prospect are asking questions and listening to the answers. If you're doing most of the talking, chances are your meeting isn't going well.
15. It's better to run an ad where there is less competition
so it will be noticed.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B. False. Media such as newspapers create what's called a "search corridor" by clustering competitive advertising in a designated section or on a particular day. This is where prospects look when they're ready to buy. Running an ad elsewhere is like opening a store a mile away from the mall--you get a lot less traffic and fewer sales.
How did you score?
Give yourself 10 points for each correct answer.
150 = A perfect score! You're a marketing whiz.
120 to 140 = Very good, but you could benefit from brushing up on the finer points of marketing.
70 to 110 = You've got some of the basics down, but need to learn more about marketing.
60 or less = You've got a lot of work to do.