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Winsted >> Finally, some good news for the Economic Development Commission. Dick Labich, chairman of the EDC, relayed a major win for Winsted companies who applied for grants this past year with the Merchant's Association.
In April, six Winchester companies applied for a total of $1,288,000 in funding.
"Banks weren't very free and easy with the loans," said Labich.
That was bad news for businesses looking to expand or people looking to start up new ventures in Winchester.
"As of this week, five of the projects have been approved. Two of the projects have already received checks," Labich reported.
That means a total of $794,500 in approved loans. There are also two matching grants totalling $95,000.
"The best news, out of these approved programs, 9 jobs are being created," said Labich. Hopefully this is only the beginning. Other projects are still being processed, so the hope is more approved projects and more jobs created in Winsted.
In addition, the EDC launched their cable television show this week with a positive response. Future shows are already in the works including one tentatively titled, "Friends of Main Street," which will bring together influential members of the region for discussion.
The EDC website is going strong now that a glitch with their email has been fixed. People are encouraged to email in suggestions and thoughts on the cable show, and for viewers who don't use the computer, phone calls are appreciated.
The status of several grants, including the STEAP grant, remains the same, and unfortunately the "Come Home to Downtown" project chose three different towns; Torrington, Middletown, and Waterbury; for their pilot program. That's a small loss for Winsted who had also applied.
A consignment shop and offices for the Gilbert School have begun moving through the planning commission. However, they are still in their infant stages.
Also in the infant stages is a commercial bakery for Winsted. At this point, there are just rumblings around town, but the interested party is serious about keeping a business like this, which could produce 20 new employment opportunities, within the city boundaries.
Overall, things remain the same in Winsted. They are still short on cash, but that doesn't mean that good things aren't happening. Tonight's meeting proves that there are still small victories.


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$1M in drugs, $200k in cash seized in Hamilton drug raids
Three arrests made so far
Hamilton police say local and state officers have broken up a major drug operation.
On Thursday, officers served 19 search warrants on six businesses and nine residences. The warrants were conducted in several jurisdictions in both Butler and Hamilton counties, police said.
Officers said they recovered more than 51,600 packets of synthetic drugs with a value of more than $1,000,000, as well as drug paraphernalia and $210,000 in cash, plus four handguns.
Photos: Drugs, cash, guns seized
Warrants were carried out at Wireless A, Pleasant Avenue Wireless and Smoke Shop, CK Wireless, Bonkerz, the Sycamore Market and the EZ Wireless Store, police said.
Three people, Erin Wilson, Tariq Abuawad and Tareq Odeh were arrested during the course of the investigation.
The raids are part of an ongoing attempt to battle an increase in synthetic drug use and sales. They say they had received reports that people from other counties and states were driving to Hamilton to purchase the drugs.
"Parents were calling. Kids were getting this stuff. You don't know what you're getting. We've had problems with this where people think it's something with a picture of Mickey Mouse on it and it's really something really bad for you," Hamilton Police Det. Rich Burkhardt said.
Police say the Ohio Investigative Unit also issued administrative citations against liquor licenses, reflecting alleged violations including drug sales, drug possession and receiving stolen property.
"I'm just glad that they're cleaning up the area I spent a lot of time in prison over drugs," recovering addict Rodney Jones said.
Agencies assisting the investigation included the City of Hamilton Police Department, Ohio Investigative Unit, Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, Butler County Sheriff's Office, Butler County Prosecutor's Office and the City of Fairfield and West Chester Police Departments.
The investigation is still ongoing and additional charges are expected.

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Doctoral studies in Sociology and Sociological Demography
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The phrase "in the midst of the years" occurs in some more literal translations of Habakkuk 3:2:
Yahweh, I have heard the report of you, and your work, Yahweh, do I fear. In the midst of the years revive it; in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy. (~ESV)
Is this a Hebrew idiom? What does it mean? Does it indicate something about the prophet's perception of himself in the flow of human history? Is the NIV rendering appropriate?—
Renew them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy.


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Maradona takes Dubai sports ambassador role
DUBAI (Reuters) -- Diego Maradona was appointed Dubai Honorary Ambassador of Sports on Sunday, less than two months after being sacked by the United Arab Emirates club Al Wasl.
The Argentine voiced a desire to coach in China during a trip to Beijing in August, but has accepted the ambassadorial role with Dubai Sports Council (DSC) after turning down "unsatisfactory" coaching offers.
His new role will also help resolve a dispute with Al Wasl, which sacked him in July just over a year into a two-year contract.
"Dubai Sports Council and I have discussed a few ideas and they are serious about upgrading the sports sector in Dubai," the 51-year-old World Cup winner told a news conference in Dubai. "For those who think that I have fallen down or I have collapsed, I'm stronger now."
The former world player of the year offered few details as to what his job will entail and Ahmad al-Sharif, secretary-general of Dubai Sports Council, was similarly vague.
"Maradona will inspire the new generation of talented players to reach the highest athletic levels possible," said Sharif.
Maradona's appointment comes after he was sacked as coach of Dubai-based Al Wasl following a trophyless season in which the club finished eighth in the 12-team UAE Pro League and suffered a surprise defeat in the Gulf Champions League final.
The Argentine's 800,000 UAE dirhams a month contract with the club was until August 2013, which the Dubai Sports Council will now take over, said DSC spokesman Murad al-Masri.
Dubai subsidises several of the emirate's soccer clubs, paying Al Wasl, Al Ahli and Al Nasr 40 million dirhams each in 2012, while Al Shabab will receive 60 million dirhams this year, according to Masri. He explained this money goes towards the clubs' wider sporting operations, not just soccer.
Maradona described some of the pressures facing a coach, even in a relative football backwater such as the UAE.
"I used not to sleep at all and it's really hectic and really tiring. For me, I would like to live more years," he said. "I would like to retire or relax for some time."


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As golf has evolved over the last two decades, golfers' swing has become more powerful, which has led to a higher incidence of early lumbar degeneration, according to a new study published today.
The work, published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, responds to the causes of the most common injury that now affects golfers, something that did not happen in the past.
"Among professional and amateur golfers, back disorders are still the most common injury, and comprise 55% and 35% of the injuries in these groups, respectively," according to the research by Corey Walker, Juan Uribe. and Randall Porter, of the Neurological Institute of Barrow (Arizona).
The authors also point out that modern professional golfers are experiencing back problems at much younger ages than the general population due to the potentiation of their swing, which generates repetitive traumatic disc disease.


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The new AMD Radeon RX 470 GPUs are supposed to start hitting the market in a few days and since their bigger brother – the RX 480 has turned out to be a good choice for Ethereum mining, although it did not perform that good in other algorithms, people are interested in how well the RX 470 does.
We got a tip from a reader that apparently has an RX 470 8GB video card in his hands already and along with the information that was sent there was also a screenshot included to show the Ethereum mining performance he is getting.
The hashrate at stock settings for the GPU shows 24.5-24.6 MHS mining with Claymore's Dual Miner (only for ETH) and this is pretty much what the Radeon RX 480 does with the default settings.
So it seems that the slightly lower number of Stream Processors in the RX 470 did not result is drop of hashrate at least for mining Ethereum (ETH) as it is a more memory intensive algorithm, do note however that it should affect performance in other more GPU-intensive algorithms. Unfortunately we don't yet have any information regarding the performance of the RX 470 in other algorithms, but we should in a couple of days when we manage to get our hands on the new AMD video cards.
Do note however that there is a catch in this result being the same as on Radeon RX 480, the reason for the same Ethereum mining hashrate hides in the video memory.
How to select the best GPUs for mining?
As we mentioned the results shown on the screenshot are from an 8 GB model of RX 480 that apparently has the video memory running at 8 GHz (the same as on RX 480 8GB models), so the same performance is to be expected.
There will however be AMD Radeon RX 470 GPUs with 4GB of video memory where the operating frequency could vary between 6.6 GHz and 7 GHz and these should have lower performance for Ethereum.
Ethereum mining Asus Rx 470 4gb with 170mh on 780w power usage.
The expected hashrate in mining Ethereum is more like around 20 MHS for the 6.6 GHz video memory and about 21 MHS for the 7 GHz models.
So should you buy RX 470 8GB models with 8 GHz memory instead of RX 480 8GB models with 8 GHZ video memory if you are interested in mining Ethereum, Ethereum Classic or another crypto currency that uses ethash-based algorithm?
Don't be in a hurry to do so, because while most RX 480 cards with 8 GHz video memory could easily hit 8.8 GHz or 9 GHz with overclock it is highly likely that the RX 470 cards could be more limited in their overclock capabilities. Another thing to note is the price difference between the RX 470 and RX 480 for the 8GB models with 8 GHz video memory, if it is not big enough the 480 could remain the better choice.
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"In other words, according to this logic, there's no proof excessive mercury exposure can cause the symptoms of mercury poisoning. "
Brilliant ending to your April 7 cover story, "Generation Hg? Is Autism puzzle solved?"
If mercury at levels 125 times EPA limits for exposure can't cause mercury poisoning, what can? Is it another coincidence that autism and mercury poisoning symptoms are the same?
Thank you for truly examining the possibility that horrendous doses of mercury in our children's vaccines may be behind the epidemic of autism and an alphabet soup of neurological disorders such as ADD, ADHD, OCD, PDD-NOS affecting millions of children today.
And thank you also for mentioning the book, Evidence of Harm, which clearly ties thimerosal (mercury) in vaccines to autism. David Kirby spent three years researching this. He's not connected to the autism movement as a parent.
He's not conflicted with ties to the drug industry like many of the people in our federal health agencies are. He's an objective journalist, doing his job calling attention to the possible cause of a national epidemic. It's a well-documented and easy-to-understand book.
Too often the press merely repeats the denials of the federal health officials that mercury in vaccines is perfectly safe when injected into tiny babies. These officials are the people who approved and mandated the vaccines. We could hardly expect that they would admit they've allowed an entire generation to be exposed to toxic mercury with devastating results.
The continual denials and illogical reasoning from the medical community on the cause of the escalation of autism sound more and more like junk science. Aren't the people in the CDC and FDA supposed to have the answers?
Genes don't cause epidemics, doctors aren't suddenly smarter at diagnosing autism, and we have an expanded spectrum of neurological disorders, precisely because we've allowed unbelievable damage to be done through exposure to mercury.
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"Is this okay?" She'd been speaking the language longer, but Kex'ti still thought she had an accent.
"Of course. We cleared out the ogres, and we're having dinner just beyond the patrol border, we'll be back to report before sundown," he said.
She brought her knees up under her chin, and prodded the seared sporefish with her multitool. He was still learning her expressions. But, he was also still learning to cook Outland fauna.
"Oh." He grabbed a rock, and skipped it out in to expanse past the floating earth. Nagrand flowed out below in lurid greens and white pools. The wind blew, and the rocs reeled in the breeze. The Skyguards sat there, their nether rays floating just off the edge of the earthmote. The earthenware clinked with each prod of her multitool, and Kex'ti failed to notice she was eating the meal, rather than merely playing with the fish. He began to lose himself in thought when he heard her gasp. His hands darted to his daggers, and he turned. His companion sat there, her mouth full of food, a large chunk of fish on the multitool.
"The fish is very good!" she mumbled over the mouthful.
She smiled at him. If he could get a picture of her, the sporefish tucked into one cheek, the other side of her lips curled upward, it'd have been the one thing he'd carry with him through it all. As it was, he'd have to make due with the memory.
She reached out for help up. Instead, Kex'ti dropped a rock into her outstretched hand and smiled back. Rem tapped it against against a horn and slid her goggles into place. She gently rolled a dial along the top of one of the red lenses until she snapped the rock back and threw it out into the void at one of the windrocs. The creature screeched and dispersed, and the rock sunk into a pond far below, scattering a group of talbuk.
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After yet another move, wandering beach stand washes out of Westport
On the road again. And again.
The former Southport Beach concession stand, lacking a permanent home since Superstorm Sandy swept it from the beachfront last year, was residing -- temporarily -- at a state-owned commuter parking lot on the Sherwood Island Connector earlier this week.
But because of what Hunter King, the building's owner, called a "miscommunication with the DOT," he was forced Wednesday to again move the shack, which sat in a corner of the commuter lot for nearly a week.
When he got to the commuter lot Wednesday afternoon, King said he found the shack was hitched to a tow truck sent by the state Department of Transportation. "They wanted $845 to move it and then they said it would cost $2,000," said King, who claimed he had a permit from the DOT to leave it in the lot. "It's a permit for `oversize/overweight (vehicles) trip and return,' " he said. "It was good for a week, but we weren't there that long."
"We are trying to check on this and talk to Mr. King," Judd Everhart, DOT spokesman said Thursday.
King said he told the tow truck operator he would move the stand himself. "We took it to Nyala Farms where the property manager said we could leave it until noon today," King said Thursday morning.
The next planned destination for the small, weathered building? A private residence in Southport, King said.
In the months-long saga over the future of the former concession stand, King last week had moved it from a parking lot at Burying Hill Beach -- where he lacked permission to leave it -- to the commuter lot.
"We moved it during the day," he said, adding it only took "about five minutes" to complete the move of the structure that had housed a food concession he ran in Southport prior to last October's storm. This time, he said, the concession stand was secured to the trailer by "some yellow tie down straps."
King was the last person to run the stand at Southport Beach, where it had been a fixture for six decades, and in its place last summer operated a mobile concession stand there.
Prior to Burying Hill Beach, the stand had been deposited on the nearby front lawn of a friend's house on Beachside Avenue in Westport. But, King said, "It had to be moved because they were having a wedding there."
That site was the initial refuge for the stand after Fairfield officials threatened to demolish it if King did not move it from Southport Beach. Town officials have said that, in future, they want only mobile vendors on that beach.
King, nonetheless, hopes eventually to bring the building back to Southport Beach. However, Gerald Lombardo, Fairfield's park and recreation director, has said, "it definitely won't be going back" there.
Westport Police Capt. Sam Arciola said his department had been in contact with King since the shack turned up on Beachside Avenue, and called the stand "a hazard" when it was at Burying Hill.
Local police had no jurisdiction over the stand when it was at the commuter lot, and referred questions to State Police prior to its move Wednesday.


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NanoStation2, NanoStation Loco2, LiteStation 2 and PicoStation 2
The following devices are not NanoStations but these devices use the same image as well. They most probably require snapshot builds.
openwrt-atheros-ubnt2-squashfs.bin. Steps for flashing are the same as for NanoStation2.
Models of the Ubiquiti NanoStation family are quite similar to each other so the same images and instructions can be used for the listed devices.
Datasheets for all models are available from Ubiquiti.
|↓ Model
|Supported Since
|Current Release
|Unsupported Functions
|Forum Search
|Technical Data
|LiteStation 2
|LiteStation 2
|View/Edit data
|NanoStation 2
|NanoStation 2
|View/Edit data
|NanoStation Loco2
|NanoStation Loco2
|View/Edit data
|PicoStation 2
|PicoStation 2
|View/Edit data
|↓ Model
|CPU MHz
|Flash MB
|WLAN Hardware
|100M ports
|Gbit ports
|LiteStation 2
|Atheros AR2315
|Atheros AR2315
|NanoStation 2
|Atheros AR2315
|Atheros AR2315
|NanoStation Loco2
|Atheros AR2315
|Atheros AR2315
|PicoStation 2
|Atheros AR2315
|Atheros AR2315
|↓ Model
|Current Release
|Firmware OpenWrt Install
|Firmware OpenWrt Upgrade
|Firmware OEM Stock
|LiteStation 2
|NanoStation 2
|NanoStation Loco2
|PicoStation 2
Both NanoStation 2 and NanoStation 5 are supported by the OpenWrt AtherosPort. It is available as a pre-built image and can be built through buildroot.
The OpenWrt buildroot generates images that can be directly flashed to the NanoStation, usually with a name like openwrt-atheros-ubnt2-squashfs.bin (for the NS2 and Loco2).
When flashing those images, the Ubiquiti web interface will show a warning about unsupported third-party firmware. This warning can be ignored.
In order to upgrade from OpenWrt to a newer version, both the kernel mtd and filesystem mtd must be reflashed. The kernel is likely lzma compressed. If either mtd block isn't big enough, reflashing can not be completed through OpenWrt, but must be done through the RedBoot bootloader.
Recent versions of OpenWrt (8.09.2 and newer) support sysupgrade on this platform. To upgrade, put a combined firmware image into
/tmp on the device and flash it using the sysupgrade command as outlined below.
cd /tmp wget http://example.org/openwrt-atheros-combined.img sysupgrade openwrt-atheros-combined.img
This can also be used to upgrade a device if you don't mind loosing your old config.
tftp 192.168.1.20 tftp> bin tftp> put openwrt-atheros-ubnt5-squashfs.bin flash_update Sent 1965199 bytes in 28.8 seconds tftp> quit
or in Windows Dos prompt
tftp -i 192.168.1.20 put openwrt-atheros-ubnt5-squashfs.bin flash_update
7. Signal LEDs might be blinking during the upgrade. On a Nano5L, the power lights go back and forth. 7. Wait ~7 minutes before restarting or until the power lights stop their back and forth blinking. 7. Restart. The device should be back to its old configuration (OpenWrt doesn't overwrite or modify the NVRAM settings).
8. telnet to 192.168.1.1 and set a password with
To restore original firmware back you can't use mtd or sysupgrade but you have to use tftp method described above. (Note that the Nanostation will show up under 192.168.1.20 if everything is done correctly)
First put Nanostation in recovery mode via reset button on power on, and then flash original flash image via tftp.
If wireless does not work with eg. backfire 10.03.1 prebuilt firmware, and you get (in dmesg) "wifi%d: ath_attach failed: -22", then you may need to run the following script by Bill Moffitt. WARNING: This script might brick your router (but it worked for me, User:green, on a NanoStation Loco2).
#!/bin/sh # By Bill Moffitt - this script puts a zero in the 632nd byte of the appropriate device # date >>/etc/firstbootlog echo "Starting regdomain-script.sh" >>/etc/firstbootlog partn=`grep boardconfig /proc/mtd |awk '{print $1}' |cut -d: -f1` byte=$(hexdump -b /dev/$partn |grep 0000270 |awk '{print $9}') echo "Going to work on partition $partn where regdomain is $byte" if [ $byte == "000" ]; then echo "success" >/tmp/regdomain_success exit fi if [ $partn -a ! $byte == "000" ]; then echo "Setting up regdomain on partition /dev/$partn" >>/etc/firstbootlog dd if=/dev/$partn of=/tmp/mtdfile bs=1 count=631 && echo "got the first 631 bytes" >>/etc/firstbootlog dd if=/dev/zero bs=1 count=1 >>/tmp/mtdfile && echo "put in the zero" >>/etc/firstbootlog dd if=/dev/$partn bs=1 skip=632 >>/tmp/mtdfile && echo "got the rest of the file" >>/etc/firstbootlog mtd erase $partn && echo "erased the partition" >>/etc/firstbootlog dd if=/tmp/mtdfile of=/dev/$partn 2>>/etc/firstbootlog && echo "Finished flashing partition $partn" >>/etc/firstbootlog wait sync && echo "Sync succeeded" >>/etc/firstbootlog byte=$(hexdump -b /dev/$partn |grep 0000270 |awk '{print $9}') if [ $byte -eq "000" ]; then echo "regdomain is zero" >>/etc/firstbootlog sync && rm /tmp/mtdfile date >>/etc/firstbootlog echo "done with regdomain" >>/etc/firstbootlog echo "success" >/tmp/regdomain_success else echo "FAIL writing the file back to /dev/$partn - regdomain remains $byte" fi else echo "Could not find partition" >>/etc/firstbootlog fi
The two internal antennas work more or less automatically, using the driver's "diversity" setting to choose the correct one. Using an external antenna requires manually setting a few things:
sysctl set dev.wifi0.softled 0 gpioctl 7 0
These can be added to an init file in /etc/rc.d and /etc/init.d
In recent OpenWrt versions (8.09.1+) the antenna setting is covered by the wireless configuration.
The corresponding option is called
antenna and should be set within the
wifi-iface section.
uci set wireless.@wifi-iface[0].antenna=mode uci commit wireless wifi
|Value (mode)
|Use internal antenna with vertical polarization
|Use internal antenna with horizontal polarization
|Use external antenna port
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|Instruction set
|Qualcomm Atheros
|Atheros AR2315
|CPU @Frq
|MIPS 4Kc @180MHz
|Flash size
|4 MiB
|Flash Chip
|RAM size
|16 MiB
|RAM Chip
|SoC-integrated: Atheros 802.11b/g (400mW)
|1 port connected to the CPU
|passive POE (pairs 4,5+; 7,8 return) 12 to 24 VDC (POE injector included in the package)
This device is an integrated wifi spot designed to be used outdoor. With Ubiquiti Firmware, AirOS 3 actually, it can act as station, station WDS, client, client wds… There is a dual patch antenna system able to work in vertical or horizontal polarity, or to send RF to an external RP-SMA female or SMA female connector (depending of date of manufacturing) - This feature is software selectable with AirOS.
also, hardware partically compatibility with TP-Link TL-WA5210G
There are two screws under the label on the back. The newer M2 and M5 versions have just one screw under the label and two plastic pins that can be lifted out of their holes by pushing a plastic cable tie end next to them. After removing these, the board can be removed.
pin 1 - vcc pin 3 - RX pin 7 - TX pin 9 - gnd (9600 8n1)
RedBoot> fconfig [...] Local IP address: 192.168.1.20 Local IP address mask: 255.255.255.0 [...]
$ echo -e "\0377\0364\0377\0375\0006" > break $ nc -vvv 192.168.1.20 9000 < break ; telnet 192.168.1.20 9000
pin 1 - TRST pin 2 - GND pin 3 - TDI pin 4 - GND pin 5 - TDO pin 6 - GND pin 7 - TMS pin 8 - 3V3 pin 9 - TCK pin 10 - COLD_RST
Do note that the 10 pin headers used for both JTAG and Serial have a hart-to-hart pin distance, 'pitch', of 2 mm. Not the common 1/10" / 2.54 mm.
+Ethernet eth0: MAC address 00:15:6d:a8:b9:c2 IP: 0.0.0.0/255.255.255.0, Gateway: 0.0.0.0 Default server: 0.0.0.0 RedBoot(tm) bootstrap and debug environment [ROMRAM] Ubiquiti Networks certified release, version 0.9.00483.1103151313 - built 13:14:44, Mar 15 2011 Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Red Hat, Inc. Board: Ubiquiti Ubiquiti AR2315/6/7/8 based board (Ubiquiti NanoStation2 detected) Arch: ar2316 RAM: 0x80000000-0x81000000, [0x80040b80-0x80fe1000] available Flash: 0xbfc00000-0xbfff0000, in 64 blocks of 0x00010000 bytes each == Executing boot script in 1.000 seconds - enter ^C to abort RedBoot> cache off RedBoot> fis load -d -e kernel Trying LZMA decompression... Image loaded from 0x80041000-0x801df25c Entry point: 0x80196040, address range: 0x80042000-0x801bf000 RedBoot> go [ 0.000000] CPU revision is: 00019064 [ 0.000000] Primary instruction cache 16kB, physically tagged, 4-way, linesize 16 bytes. [ 0.000000] Primary data cache 16kB 4-way, linesize 16 bytes. [ 0.000000] Linux version 2.4.27-ubnt0 (buildd@builder) (gcc version 3.3.3) #2 Thu Mar 28 10:55:48 EET 2013 [ 0.000000] Determined physical RAM map: [ 0.000000] memory: 01000000 @ 00000000 (usable) [ 0.000000] On node 0 totalpages: 4096 [ 0.000000] zone(0): 4096 pages. [ 0.000000] zone(1): 0 pages. [ 0.000000] zone(2): 0 pages. [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,9600 console=ttyS0,9600 root=/dev/mtdblock2 rootfstype=squashfs init=/linuxrc ro [ 0.000000] Using 92.000 MHz high precision timer. [ 0.010000] Calibrating delay loop... 181.45 BogoMIPS [ 0.290000] Memory: 14228k/16384k available (1351k kernel code, 2156k reserved, 88k data, 68k init, 0k highmem) [ 0.410000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 2, 16384 bytes) [ 0.490000] Inode cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 1, 8192 bytes) [ 0.570000] Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) [ 0.650000] Buffer cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) [ 0.730000] Page-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes) [ 0.810000] Checking for 'wait' instruction... unavailable. [ 0.870000] POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX [ 0.930000] Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4 [ 0.970000] Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 [ 1.050000] Initializing RT netlink socket [ 1.100000] Starting kswapd [ 1.130000] Squashfs 2.2-r2 (released 2005/09/08) (C) 2002-2005 Phillip Lougher [ 1.220000] pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured [ 1.270000] Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with no serial options enabled [ 1.360000] ttyS00 at 0xb1100003 (irq = 37) is a 16550A [ 1.430000] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2 [ 1.480000] PPP Deflate Compression module registered [ 1.540000] MPPE/MPPC encryption/compression module registered [ 1.610000] spiflash: JEDEC compatible device detected (Manufacturer: 0x20; device: 0x2016) [ 1.710000] mtd: adjusted dev mtd2 size from 61440 to 65536 bytes [ 1.790000] Creating 8 MTD partitions on "spiflash": [ 1.850000] 0x00000000-0x00030000 : "RedBoot" [ 1.900000] 0x00030000-0x00100000 : "kernel" [ 1.950000] 0x00100000-0x003c0000 : "cramfs" [ 2.000000] 0x003c0000-0x003e0000 : "cfg" [ 2.050000] 0x003e0000-0x003f0000 : "FIS directory" [ 2.110000] 0x003ef000-0x003f0000 : "RedBoot config" [ 2.170000] mtd: partition "RedBoot config" doesn't start on an erase block boundary -- force read-only [ 2.280000] 0x003f0000-0x00400000 : "EEPROM" [ 2.330000] 0x00030000-0x003e0000 : "Working flash" [ 2.390000] Initializing Cryptographic API [ 2.440000] NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0 [ 2.490000] IP: routing cache hash table of 512 buckets, 4Kbytes [ 2.560000] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 1024 bind 2048) [ 2.640000] IPv4 over IPv4 tunneling driver [ 2.690000] GRE over IPv4 tunneling driver [ 2.740000] Linux IP multicast router 0.06 plus PIM-SM [ 2.800000] NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0. [ 2.870000] Ebtables v2.0 registered [ 2.910000] NET4: Ethernet Bridge 008 for NET4.0 [ 2.970000] Bridge firewalling registered [ 3.020000] 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8 Ben Greear <email@example.com> [ 3.100000] All bugs added by David S. Miller <firstname.lastname@example.com> [ 3.180000] VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly. [ 3.250000] Freeing unused kernel memory: 68k freed [ 3.310000] Warning: unable to open an initial console. [ 3.760000] Algorithmics/MIPS FPU Emulator v1.5 UBNT login: ubnt Password: Mar 28 10:58:13 login[297]: root login on `ttyS0' BusyBox v1.01 (2013.03.28-08:56+0000) Built-in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands. XS2.ar2316.v184.108.40.20658.130328.1054# cat /proc/cpuinfo system type : Atheros AR5315 processor : 0 cpu model : unknown V6.4 BogoMIPS : 181.45 wait instruction : no microsecond timers : yes tlb_entries : 16 extra interrupt vector : yes hardware watchpoint : no VCED exceptions : not available VCEI exceptions : not available XS2.ar2316.v188.8.131.5258.130328.1054#
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The Oracle ATG Web Commerce LDAP repository is an implementation of the Repository API that enables you to store and access profile data in an LDAP directory. Like other implementations of the Repository API, the LDAP repository uses Java components as representations of different elements of the data store. The LDAP directory corresponds to an LDAP repository. Each entry in the LDAP directory corresponds to a repository item, with the distinguished name of the LDAP entry serving as the repository ID of the corresponding repository item. The object classes of the LDAP directory map generally to item descriptors and Repository Views in the repository. These corresponding elements of the LDAP directory and the LDAP repository are described further in the following sections:
You define the relationship between the LDAP directory schema and an Oracle ATG Web Commerce LDAP repository in an XML file called an LDAP repository definition file. This XML template needs to be located in the application's configuration path. Unlike the SQL repository, the LDAP repository cannot use XML file combination to combine XML files in the configuration path that have the same name. Instead, you must use a single LDAP repository definition file in the configuration path.
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Checks whether TYPE is signed or not. If no INCLUDES are specified, the default includes are used. If ACTION-IF-SIGNED is given, it is additional shell code to execute when the type is signed. If ACTION-IF-UNSIGNED is given, it is executed when the type is unsigned.
This macro assumes that the type exists. Therefore the existence of the type should be checked before calling this macro. For example:
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Best Day Spas in Chicago
Cold and cranky? We scoured the city for the top retreats to beat the winter blahs
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Kohler Waters Spa at Burr Ridge
Battered by northerly winds and sorely in need of pampering, but getting on a plane for a week at Canyon Ranch isn't in the cards? Create your own mini spa vacation right here. It's easier than ever, thanks to the openings of several high-profile day spas in the Chicago area in recent years. There's the ultraposh Spa at The Elysian, for example. The mystifying menu-free Valeo at JW Marriott. And NoMI Spa, a chic refuge with a gateway to a polished lap pool and gym. All that extra competition is great news: It's prompting the others in town to sharpen their games. "Spas everywhere are raising the glam factor," says Susie Ellis of SpaFinder, an organization that monitors global spa trends.
Or are they? To separate the spas that make you feel like you're on a luxury vacation—if only for a day—from those that don't, we compiled a list of 45 day spas in Chicago and its suburbs, eliminating those that weren't full service (for example, they offered massages but not facials) or had gotten poor reviews. We called the remaining spas with a list of 15 questions, from whether they offer complimentary access to robes and sandals to whether they welcome guests who want to stay all day. Fewer than 25 made the cut. Then we started booking appointments anonymously, generally choosing the treatment or treatments that each spa considers its signature. And, of course, we spent time indulging in other amenities (gyms, steam rooms, whirlpools, and so on).
We got a few surprises: Some popular spots flubbed reservations or neglected housekeeping. But a full dozen met our standards, from bottomless carafes of cucumber water to virtuosic aestheticians and massage therapists. Five of them were good enough to deserve top ranking. For that elite list—and the rest of the winners—keep reading.
For An All-Day Retreat: Kohler Waters Spa at Burr Ridge
You could travel two hours north of Chicago to Kohler Waters Spa, a retreat in southeastern Wisconsin that consistently crops up on lists of the world's top destination spas. Or you could drive 20 miles southwest of the Loop for a similarly serene, hydrating experience at its sister location in Burr Ridge.
We were skeptical of the skin-softening claims of the spa's "remineralizing" water treatments. But we were believers after sampling the signature Highland Fling ($120 for 50 minutes, $130 on Saturdays), a coffee-mint exfoliation under the warm, gentle spray of a custom-made full-body Vichy shower (plus surprisingly pleasant periodic drenchings from buckets of warm water). More than an hour disappeared as we skipped between the sauna, immaculate steam room, and 25-foot whirlpool—with a plunging waterfall that does double duty as an impromptu back massager (see above). Time kept slipping away in the cozy, peaceful relaxation room (where chenille blankets were neatly folded on each reclining seat and we could help ourselves to all the tea, cucumber water, and snacks we could ask for).
Yes, Kohler Waters Spa is in a newly developed massive shopping center. That's not ideal. But more than any other spa we encountered, we felt this one tug us a little harder each time we thought of leaving—from the baskets packed with magazines near every chaise longue to the luxurious array of toiletries offered outside the showers. In every way, it was so hard to say goodbye. 775 Village Center Dr., Burr Ridge; destinationkohler.com
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"I'm just going to come out and say it: I love insecure women."
That was the introduction to an article entitled "The Case Against Female Self Esteem" by Matt Forney. I refuse to post a link to it because I don't want to give his site any more traffic than it has already gotten, but if you are hell bent on reading the awful things that he wrote in that article then feel free to Google it on your own.
The deep-seated anger I felt after reading this article was palpable. The more I read the angrier I got. I realize that my blog is almost entirely NFL Draft focused, and quite literally is 100% football focused, but thanks to all of the people who have read my work and supported me since I started writing, I have a platform from which to speak. This blog isn't a big platform. In fact, it is extremely small, but it is a platform none the less. After I read Forney's article I knew I had to respond to it. I apologize that this isn't football related, and perhaps some of you will be turned off by the fact that I am discussing something other than football. That's fine; you are entitled to your own opinion, but I would be remiss if I didn't respond to this article because I strongly disagree with many of the assertions Forney makes. The claims made were so egregious I honestly thought it must have been a joke or an article on The Onion, but unfortunately I don't think that is the case.
For those of you who didn't read the article yourself (which I thank you for, by the way, because I am not proud of the fact that my response may direct additional traffic to his article) I will highlight some of the claims that the author makes. If you are anything like me, you will likely be offended, and I apologize for that too. However, I need to discuss them briefly so I can illustrate why they are wrong. Here are some of the claims:
"The idea that women should have self-esteem or need it…is one of the most disastrous social engineering experiments of the modern era… [confidence] prevents women from fulfilling their natural biological and social functions. "
"In order for America to right itself, there needs to be a massive and concerted war on female self-esteem."
"From the moment they are old enough to speak, girls in America are bombarded with propaganda that artificially boosts their self-esteem."
"Most girls have done nothing to deserve self-esteem."
"Women claim they want equal rights, but don't want equal responsibilities. As such, they demand respect not based on their merit as people, but for merely continuing to breathe. Most girls' so-called achievements, the ones they take pride in, are complete jokes."
"If anything, having a college degree is a strike against a girl…as it shows that she's a conformist who thinks credentials are a substitute for knowledge and experience."
"The same goes for having a job. The vast majority of girls work useless fluff jobs…If every girl were fired from her job tomorrow, elementary schools would have to shut down for a couple days, but otherwise life would go on as usual."
"In squelching her inborn insecurity with you-go-girlisms and drugs, the modern woman has become an emotional cripple."
"They [girls] want to be collectively led back to the kitchen, told to make a nice big tuna sandwich with extra mayo and lettuce, then swatted on the ass as we walk out the door. I say we give them what we want."
Are you angry yet? I certainly was. It might seem like I quoted a lot from the article, but trust me those are just the things that made my blood boil. Very little of this article was based on actual fact, rather it was largely based on the author's personal opinions. Normally I would disregard an article so reliant on opinion and not on fact, but the notion that someone actually believes all of the things written in this article, much less advocates for other people to think the same way, warrants a rational response.
I hardly know where to begin in my response to this, but I suppose the assertion that America needs to start a war on female self-esteem in order to "right itself" is as good a place to start as any. I don't really think I need to spend much time on this thanks to this article as well as this article. Those are articles discussing the government shutdown and the FEMALE Senators that helped end the shut down. Senator John McCain was quoted as saying "Leadership, I must fully admit, was provided primarily from women in the Senate." Senator Mark Pryor of Arkansas added "The truth is, women in the Senate is a good thing, we're all just glad they allowed us to tag along so we could see how it's done."
It isn't a stretch or exaggeration to say that, had it not been for these women (who one might say are probably pretty strong and confident) the government shutdown would not have ended as quickly as it did. So knowing that, why would you advocate for a war on female self-esteem that discourages women like those who helped lead the charge for the end of the shutdown? These women prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that confident women aren't bad, in fact, they are essential. These articles debunk the myth Forney proposes that "most girls have done nothing to deserve their self esteem" and that "most girls' so called achievements are complete jokes." Obviously female senators aren't in the majority, but given their effectiveness in working together across the aisle to end the shutdown maybe they should be.
I previously mentioned that no rational person would advocate for a war on women's self-esteem. Unfortunately, the mass media has been doing a number on female self-esteem for years. Do you ever watch television ads? Do you see the scantily clad women in them? Do you ever read magazines? Do you ever notice the photo-shopped women on the cover or in the advertisements? If you aren't aware of how often women, even women who are objectively gorgeous without photoshop or even make-up, are photoshopped in magazines, advertisements and billboards, you should take a look at this article that highlights some considerable doctoring of women in the media. If you don't believe that women are bombarded with images of nearly perfect women that they are expected to emulate, check out this study that articulates similar thoughts.
I didn't realize that someone could be so completely oblivious to these facts, but that is my mistake. Still, the point is that when many young women see these images it negatively impacts their self-esteem. It can also ruin their own body image because they don't look the way the women in the pictures do, even though the women in the photos are not real. That leaves young women striving for an unattainable level of beauty that not even the women paid to be photographed were able to reach. Doesn't that sound like a problem to you? It might sound strange to some people, but if a woman close to you struggled with her body image or had an eating disorder I can assure you that you wouldn't find it funny in the least. It's a serious problem, particularly in the United States, and the portrayal of women in the media contributes to a myriad of problems for young women. So the author doesn't need to advocate for a war on female self-esteem to begin; it has been raging for years.
Unfortunately, the war on female self-esteem goes beyond pictures in magazines or advertisements on TV. Perhaps the most pervasive attacks on female self-esteem are in mainstream music, particularly rap music and music videos. I spent some time reading through a 26 page study titled "Misogyny in Rap Music" to further educate myself on something I already knew to be true: Women are not portrayed as equals in rap music, and are regularly degraded. In fact, according to that study, women are rarely portrayed positively and are often degraded in rock and country music as well.
This study focused on all rap albums that attained platinum status (selling at least one million copies) from 1992 to 2000, a timeframe the authors Ronald Weitzer and Charis E. Kubrin claimed had not been examined in previous research on misogyny in rap music. Weitzer and Kubrin pointed out that while they were solely focusing on studying misogyny in rap, a study done in 1999 indicated that in 57% of rock music videos women were portrayed in a "conventional" manner. That includes being passive, dependent on men, or accenting the woman's physical appearance. Only one third of the videos presented women as strong and independent.
Country music isn't much better, as a study done in 1999 determined that country music videos portrayed women in a traditional or condescending manner in two thirds of the videos, and only 9% of them presented women as fully equal to men. Just for the sake of being thorough, a study done in 1993 indicated that "blatant abuse" of women is uncommon in heavy metal songs.
That leaves rap music.
Surprisingly enough, misogyny was only found in 22% of the 403 rap songs that were randomly selected for Weitzer and Kubrin's study. They made sure to point out that while this is less prevalent than many people would expect, it is still clearly a significant theme. They also added that "significance is not simply a matter of frequency. Also important is the nature and intensity of the messages." They argued that the intensity of the derogatory messages aimed at women in rap music are much more intense than in other genres.
Weitzer and Kubrin also argued that "Much rap music… seeks to restrict, rather than broaden, women's proper roles and resuscitate male domination. The messages are thus both essentialist and normative—portraying men and women as inherently different and unequal." This leads me to the topic of "hegemonic masculinity" which Weitzer and Kubrin discussed at significant length. For those that are unfamiliar with this term, hegemonic masculinity has been defined as attitudes and practices that perpetuate heterosexual male domination over women (does this sound anything like Matt Forney?). "It ideologically legitimates the global subordination of women to men" (Connell and Messerschmidt 2005, 832).
According to the definition of hegemonic masculinity, to be a "man" requires the acceptance of attitudes that objectify women, practices that subordinate them, and derogation of men who adopt an egalitarian orientation equally affirmative of men and women and all sexual orientations (Connell 1987; Donaldson 1993; Connell and Messerschmidt 2005). "To remain normative, it requires ongoing reproduction via the mass media." Weitzer and Kubrin claim that, stated differently, "popular music can be seen as part of a larger ideological process of persuading the population that heterosexual male supremacy is natural and normal."
Weitzer and Kubrin also added that a number of rap songs can be described as a full-fledged "status degradation ceremony" directed at women. In these songs it is typically women in general, rather than a specific woman, who are shamed with derogatory names. This theme was present in half (49%) of the misogynistic songs in their study. Additionally, sexual objectification of women was evident in 67% of their misogynistic songs. Sexual objectification refers to the idea that women are only useful for sex.
The sexual objectification of women, according to Weitzer and Kubrin's study, has a flipside in the sexual empowerment of men. Male sexual bravado and hypersexuality were present in 58% of the misogynistic songs. Just as young men may earn respect from their peers if they are viewed as having casual sex with many women, rappers likewise frequently brag about their sexual exploits, and are rewarded for doing so.
Finally, Weitzer and Kubrin claimed that although women are presented as subordinate to men in a majority of rock and country songs as noted earlier, rap stands out for the intensity and graphic nature of its lyrical objectification, exploitation, and victimization of women. Rare are lyrics (in rap) that describe women as independent, educated, professional, caring, and trustworthy. Although the majority of songs in the original sample did not contain misogynistic lyrics, even these songs failed to present women in a favorable light. In other words, the absence of misogyny does not equate with a positive representation of women.
Now, that was a lot of information, so I hope I didn't overwhelm everyone reading this article with all of those statistics. I didn't include anything from the study that I didn't think was eye opening or significant. At the risk of dumbing down such a well done study, the point is that rap music, and other popular music in general, thrives on age-old stereotypes of women, degrades women, and rarely describes them as strong or confident. Now think about how prevalent this music is in our culture, and how easy it is for young women to hear this music or see music videos for these songs. It's just as easy for young men to listen to this music, and while mainstream songs certainly aren't solely responsible for how young men learn about how to interact with women, it certainly isn't helping them learn to treat women with respect and dignity. In fact, this study argues that many rap songs are doing the complete opposite.
Once again, if you are curious to read any more about the misogyny in rap music, refer to that study. My point has been made: the mass media isn't artificially propping women up as the author claims, it is dragging them down. The irony of this is that even in spite of this onslaught of negative messages from the mass media, women outpace men in college enrollment by a ratio of 1.4 to one. According to this article describing a book called 'The Rise of Women' a 2010 study showed that 36% of all women graduate from college versus only 27% of all men. That might have something to do with the fact that the rate of women being the primary breadwinners in their household has quadrupled since 1960. This article claims that in 2007, before the recession started, only 20% of women told Pew Research Center that their "ideal scenario" would be to work full time rather than part time or not at all. That number has jumped to 32% by the end of 2012.
The fact that women are out-earning men or solely supporting their household is made all the more impressive considering the significant gender wage gap in this country. According to data from the US Census Bureau, women still earn 77 cents for every dollar that men earned in 2012. That equates to a wage gap of $11,500 between men and women. While that may not concern Forney, it certainly concerns women who are being paid less for doing the same work as men (though Forney likely doesn't believe they do the same work) and all this wage gap is doing is hurting households that rely on income from women to support their families. That is a serious problem, and the backwards ideologies Forney propagates in his article contribute to the lack of progress in solving these problems.
I do have one confession to make. I hate to admit it, but the author does have a point about finding vulnerability attractive in women. Maybe it's how I'm wired, but I have always been drawn to women who might "need me." Maybe it's because of where I grew up, or maybe it's because when I was 16 my mom needed me to provide her with a little bit of extra emotional support when she was going through chemotherapy after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Or maybe it's because my little sister, who I love more than anyone on this planet, has been dealing with self esteem issues since she was a little girl. But even though I admit that I feel the same way as this author does in this particular instance, I hate that I feel that way. I love being there for people, whether they are women or men, and I think all of my close friends would echo that statement. Nothing makes me more proud as a person than someone telling me that I am a good friend, except for people telling me that I am a good brother to my sister.
Forney and I are different, though, in that I do not wish vulnerability on women. I do not want women to lack confidence. I do not want them to struggle with self-esteem issues. I do not want women to look at themselves in the mirror and hate their bodies. I want women to be confident, to have a strong self-esteem and healthy body images. That is what every man in this country should want, because if they advocate for anything else then they are doing potential harm to any woman they love, whether it be their wife, their daughter, another family member, or just a female friend.
So I have to ask, why must so many men spend so much time tearing women down instead of building them up? Clearly women are capable of doing spectacular things (the fact that I even have to say that in the year 2013 made me die a little inside) so why do men cling to these backwards ideas of what women are capable of or what they should be asked to do?
The opinions described by Forney are, unfortunately, ones that a number of men in this country share. Looking at the comment section for his article made that clear to me. That brings me to my next question. Why are confident men revered as strong leaders, but confident women are ridiculed and often pigeon-holed as "bitches"? I don't have any evidence for this, but I think men who hate confident women are threatened by them. What is more terrifying than something you don't understand? I don't profess to be an expert on confident women, but I can tell you one thing: I'm not afraid of confident women. I have been trying to help my sister become more confident in any way I can since I was 16, and the strides she has made are amazing. She's about to graduate from college with a degree in psychology and is a better student and academic than I could have ever dreamed of being. I am so proud of her for all she has ACCOMPLISHED, especially because of all she has overcome in her young life, and because she is becoming more confident and self assured. I almost feel like a proud father watching her grow up and become stronger and more confident with each passing year.
Why isn't that the norm? Well, unfortunately it's likely because of fathers. Some refer to them as "daddy issues" in jokes, but they are not a joke. Studies have shown that the relationship between a daughter and her father are incredibly important because they shape what women know and look for in men. When the father is either absent or emotionally closed off those young women tend to be insecure, lack self confidence and have poor self esteems. As a result they go looking for male attention and approval from other men. Take a quote from this article, for example:
"A father's love gives a girl strength, empowers her, makes her feel worth of a man's love," says the counselor. What she means is a father's affirmation goes a long way into building a woman's self esteem. Girls loved by their fathers tend to be very confident. "Even if they encounter partners who may try to abuse them or tear down this confidence, they are not easily demeaned," she says.
From another daddy's girl, Milly Babirye, 37, "It is the best thing to know that you are valuable. If you grow up hearing positive things, knowing you are capable it makes you able to weather anything. No one can take that away from you."
This explains why most of the confident women I know also boast of a very close relationship with their fathers, or at least did in cases where he is deceased.
This perfectly illustrates my point, and this article illustrates the negative aspects of absent or emotionally insufficient fathers:
Women with 'daddy issues' are usually seen to have an unhealthy need for male attention. Sometimes that plays out as being clingy, sexually aggressive, or promiscuous; other times as using men and then abandoning them (often just like fathers have done). Women let themselves be mistreated by men because they so desperately ache for male attention.
Did you have a father in your life growing up? Without a safe male role model, women can have a difficult time developing a healthy view of self and sexuality. Think about it. Without a father, you don't have anyone to show you love that has nothing to do with sexuality and everything to do with who you are. If your only experience with men is distant or sexual, it's easy to see yourself as a sexual object versus a complete person with much to offer a relationship.
It is obvious that fathers are integral to the development of their daughter's self-esteem and self worth. Absent fathers or fathers who do a poor job of connecting emotionally with their daughters perpetuate a vicious cycle that is causing women to struggle with self esteem and self confidence. This isn't to say that every father is like this, which certainly isn't the case. However, if we are going to correct the problem with women's self-esteem it starts with our fathers. So to all the men reading this: be a good father to your children whether they are boys or girls. Teach your sons how to treat women with respect, and teach your daughters that they are worthy of respect and love.
I think it's safe to say that I have gone on a long enough rant on this subject by now, but hopefully this sufficiently evidences how strongly I disagree with so many of the things Matt Forney wrote. I have been lucky to be surrounded with many strong women in my life, from my grandmother, my aunts, my cousins, their friends, my female friends, and most importantly my own mother. I can say without a doubt that if it were not for these strong women supporting me since I could first form memories I would not be who I am today. I can only hope that any man reading this will take this time to think about all of the women in his life and how they have helped shape the person he is. I know this isn't the case, but I wish every man had the chance to be surrounded with such a strong, positive group of women. Having read the author's thoughts on the subject, I am inclined to make the assumption that he hasn't had this luxury. That would certainly explain some of the negative opinions he seems to have of women. I hope by writing this I am able to restore some faith in this country's men–faith that any female who read Forney's article surely lost.
Thanks for reading,
P.S. I'm sure a lot of people who read Forney's article will become angry and feel the need to lash out. I would ask you not to do that. I spent some time looking at the author's Twitter account yesterday and he is clearly feeding off of the backlash and vitriol some women are spewing back at him. I am not saying that it isn't deserved, but he is clearly enjoying the fact that he is causing women so much anger and frustration. Either don't respond to it, or do so respectfully. Don't stoop to his level.


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Liam Hemsworth Joins 'The Expendables 2'
Posted on Monday, September 19th, 2011 by Russ Fischer
Briefly: The focus as we've covered The Expendables 2 has been the list of actors returning from the first movie, and the other '80s and '90s action stars that might join in the sequel. All told, the list is pretty huge already: Sylvester Stallone will be joined by Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris, Bruce Willis, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The assembled circumference of all those biceps would enclose a bus; collect the cast's testosterone and you'd probably be able to fuel it for a cross-country run.
Now we've got a new, younger body to add: Liam Hemsworth, junior brother of Chris 'Thor' Hemsworth and one star of The Hunger Games, has signed on. We don't know his role, but the thinking is pretty transparent: bring in female audiences under 24. The Expendables 2 shoots soon in Bulgaria under the direction of Simon West. Nicolas Cage and John Travolta remain possible participants as well, because the cast just wouldn't be ridiculous enough without them. [Variety]


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I know that you're out there. You've heard of this "linux thingy" and thought you might give it a spin on the weekend. You gave it a whirl, started the machine up, and something didn't quite work as expected.
I've done admin work in both Windows and Linux. I've also watched people "struggle" with trying to grasp Linux. This appears to happen again and again, so the question(s) become:
What were your expectations?
How were those expectations not met?
What was the basis of those expectations? Was it your prior experience?
The most coherent answer with complete examples will be awarded. If I can't find an answer that explains the bulk of difficulties encountered, this will be turned into a wiki.
Re-edited the title to make it 'less inflammatory'.