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...on the way home was hit by a drunk driver! ....
Good grief Red. 30,000 pound RV vs 3,000 pound car won't be a good outcome for the little guy.
...Also, if the guy was truly used up on his insurance, would your uninsured motorist coverage apply? ...
I found out the hard way what uninsured motorist covers and more importantly what it doesn't cover (this was State Farm in Florida.)I was stopped for a traffic light and got rear-ended, the guy had no insurance. I thought, no problem - I have uninsured motorist coverage. Wrong. Uninsured motorist coverage is NOT for collision repairs but only medial expenses . So I was left holding the bag for my $500 collision deductible. At renewal and thereafter I declined that coverage, I have medical insurance and certainly didn't need that kind of specialized extra coverage.Again, this was State Farm in Florida, it might be a completely different situation with other companies and/or different states. So the moral of the story is don't assume.
That's the way Illinois is too. Uninsured motorist only covers the medical side. So IF you only have liability and comp, and a person hits you with no insurance, you're just out.
Just had this conversation with my insurance agent and as I understand it that is the way PA is as well. He said most people assume the uninsured motorist coverage covers everything - nope!
"Yup! Sign this waiver. You have that coverage on your primary auto and that means you are fully covered on both the MH and the Toad. No add'l coverage needed."
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Thomas Mallouk, Evan Pugh Professor of Chemistry, Physics, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Penn State, has been selected as a Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS). ACS Fellows are nominated by their peers and selected for their outstanding achievements in and contributions to the sciences and the profession, and for providing excellent volunteer service to the ACS community.
Mallouk is one of the pioneers in research on the self-assembly of inorganic molecules. He is a solid-state chemist who is highly regarded for his research in applying inorganic materials to a broad range of problems in chemistry. He and his students showed in 1988 that inorganic crystal lattices can be grown one layer at a time on surfaces by wet chemical techniques. Since then, his lab has used this approach to make surface structures for artificial photosynthesis, chemical sensing, and the separation of left-handed and right-handed forms of the same molecule, which is a critical step in many applications. Currently, his group is developing new materials to address problems in photochemical energy conversion, energy storage, nanoscale electronics, catalysis, environmental remediation, and powered movement on the nanometer length scale.
His work has been recognized with an an Exxon/American Chemical Society Solid-State Chemistry Award in 1986, a Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1987, an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship in 1988, a Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award in 1989, and an Alpha Chi Sigma Outstanding Professor Award in 2003. He was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society, in 2006, and is currently chair-elect of the Section on Chemistry of AAAS. He also received a Penn State Priestley Undergraduate Teaching Award in 2006, followed by the Penn State Schreyer Honors College Teaching Award in 2007. Mallouk won the American Chemical Society National Award in the Chemistry of Materials in 2008 and was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009. He was named an Evan Pugh professor at Penn State in 2010.
Mallouk is the author or co-author of over 350 research publications and has edited four books on solid-state synthesis, interfacial chemistry, and chemical sensors. He has been associate editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society since 1996, and has served on editorial boards for the Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Advanced Functional Materials, Chemistry and Materials, the Canadian Journal of Chemistry, the Accounts of Chemical Research, and Nano Letters. Mallouk was the director of the Center for Nanoscale Science, a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center supported by the National Science Foundation, from 2005-2010, and he currently is the associate director of the Center. He also has been director of the Center for Solar Nanomaterials at Penn State since 2010.
Mallouk holds a number of patents for innovations that resulted from his research. He has been chief scientist for NuVant Systems Inc., an electrochemical technology company, since 2000. Together with then-graduate student Cary Supalo, Mallouk headed the Independent Laboratory Access for the Blind (ILAB) project at Penn State from 2004-10, developing laboratory techniques and technology for students who are blind or have low vision. Their work resulted in the establishment of Independence Science, LLC, a company that provides materials, resources, and advice to students and helps institutions meet the compliance goals of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Mallouk earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry at Brown University in 1977 and a doctoral degree in chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley in 1983. He was a member of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Texas at Austin as assistant professor from 1985 to 1989, associate professor from 1989 to 1991, and professor from 1991 to 1993. He joined the faculty at Penn State in 1993, and in 1998 he was named the DuPont Professor of Materials Chemistry. He also was named a professor of physics in 2005, and a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology in 2012.

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(btw I got unlimited dsl for 21.99 U.S. a month )-Cpilot (May 11, 2006, 04:45 PM)
I got a 8 Mb DSL unlimited band for 15 Euro per month ( between $17 to $20 )
just tried 'ShaPlus Bandwidth Meter' - very buggy on my system: strange output and won't unlock itself from its screen position.
the problem is with the current bandwidth meters is that they monitor the whole period that the computer is online.i need it to monitor between specific hours - outside of those hours i can download/upload an unlimited amount without penalities from my isp.maybe instead of writing a little program to do what i originally asked for, i only need a util that will turn on a typical bandwidth monitor at a specific time - and then turn it off at a later set time each day. providing the bandwidth monitor keeps a running total it would work the same as my original request. any suggestions for a little util to run other apps by specified times?-nudone (May 12, 2006, 01:20 AM)
thanks for the suggestion, i've used 'netmeter' in the past but i'll try it again and see if it has the cumulative bandwidth feature i'm after.-nudone (May 12, 2006, 07:34 AM)
all i need now is the ahk script to only let 'netmeter' run at the required times... -nudone (May 12, 2006, 08:50 AM)
the download/upload limit that is set on my account at the moment is 30 gig max (email warnings are sent at 24 gig). this isn't so terrible as i can download things through the night without any bandwidth restrictions but i have once exceeded their 30 gig limit and don't really want to do it again - they will expect me to upgrade my account - i pay £23 a month already so it's not on the cheap side here in the UK.-nudone (May 11, 2006, 04:00 PM)
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My quote doesn't posit anything of the sort. The Dhammasaṅgaṇī Cittuppādakaṇḍa offers lists of phenomena present (meaning mental factors concomitantly engaged) in a skillful, unskillful, etc, cognition. Thus, it's concern is phenomenological. The section on Rūpāvacarakusala lists the mental factors engaged in an optimally skillful rūpāvacarajjhānacitta. This list includes sammādiṭṭhi, sammāsati, sampajañña, samatha, and vipassanā. Taking the canonical Pāḷi treatises into consideration, as well as the numerous major non-Pāḷi Abhidharma treatises, there is nothing whatsoever unusual about the inclusion of vipassanā here. In all of our discussions you have yet to offer any canonical support for the premise that vipassanā cannot be engaged while abiding in jhāna.Sylvester wrote:Your quote above posits an absolute ontological statement
Again: This thread is about Bhante G's teachings, and your introduction of Piya Tan's critique of Bhante G. I've pointed out a couple of serious flaws in Piya Tan's reading of the suttas, and provided canonical support for Bhante G's teaching on samatha and vipassanā conjoined in jhāna. You've offered no canonical support for Piya Tan's critique of Bhante G's teachings. And you've offered no canonical support for the notion that vipassanā cannot be conjoined with samatha in jhāna.
Moreover, you seem unwilling or unable to acknowledge the consequence of Ven. Brahmavamso and Ven. Sujato's interpretation of sammāsamādhi: To accept Ven. Brahmavamso and Ven. Sujato's interpretation, one has to accept that every single treatise and every single commentator in the history of Buddhist exegesis was wrong regarding sammāsamādhi. Do you accept Ven. Brahmavamso and Ven. Sujato's interpretation of sammāsamādhi or not? If so, do you accept this consequence or not?
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Republicans in the US House of Representatives backed away on Friday from a fiscal clash with US President Barack Obama next month that could have risked a government default and chaos in financial markets, shifting to a new, less aggressive stance.
Top Republican leaders, meeting in Williamsburg, Virginia, said they were prepared to allow the US government to borrow enough money to keep it fully operating for the next three months without demanding immediate spending cuts from Obama.
Instead, the Republicans, who control the House, will require as part of the legislation raising the debt ceiling, that the Democratic-led Senate pass a budget plan by April 15.
If the Senate fails to act, they said, members of the US Congress would not get paid. How that might work in practice, in light of existing budget law and constitutional restrictions on changing congressional salaries in the middle of a term, was unclear. House Republicans hope to pass the legislation next week.
Republican leaders, including House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor, made the announcement after an annual retreat at a resort in Williamsburg, where members listened to pollsters describe the party's decline in standing among US voters.
It followed a humiliating defeat in the "fiscal cliff" battle that ended on New Year's Day with Obama getting tax increases he sought on the wealthy without committing to significant budget cuts Republicans were seeking in return.
The announcement marked a major climbdown for Republicans, who have seen the debt ceiling as their strongest point of leverage in Washington's partisan spending wars, despite the consternation it caused the White House, global financial markets and public opinion.
Indeed, the main target of the new approach appeared to be the US Senate rather than Obama.
The White House on Friday welcomed the three-month extension plan as long as it was not conditioned on spending cuts. Obama has argued that negotiations on spending cuts should be part of larger deficit reduction talks, and not be tied to the debt ceiling.
"We are encouraged that there are signs that Congressional Republicans may back off their insistence on holding our economy hostage to extract drastic cuts in Medicare, education and programs middle class families depend on," White House spokesman Jay Carney said in a statement.
Adam Jentleson, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid also said the Republican approach was reassuring.
"If the House can pass a clean debt ceiling increase to avoid default and allow the United States to meet its existing obligations, we will be happy to consider it," he said in a statement.
A spokesman for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was less receptive. "This proposal does not relieve the uncertainty faced by small businesses, the markets and the middle class. This is a gimmick unworthy of the challenges we face and the national debate," Drew Hammill said.
The details on the new Republican approach appeared less pressing to party leaders than defusing the politically and economically explosive debt ceiling battle that was expected in late next month and early March.
The US Treasury needs congressional authorization to raise the current US$16.4 trillion US debt limit sometime between the middle of next month and early March. How long a debt ceiling lasts — a few months or a few years — depends on the amount of borrowing authorized.
Republicans had promised to use the occasion to demand deep spending cuts from Obama and his Democrats, and some had said they were willing to push the government to the brink of default if their demands were not met.
That sort of rhetoric all but vanished on Friday.


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Tennis: Sooners Sweep San Diego
"We played a very complete match today for the first time in a while," OU head coach John Roddick said. "San Diego is a tough team and I was proud of the way we competed."
The Sooners (12-5) began the match by winning a tight doubles point over the Toreros (11-7).
On Court 2, No. 71 Guillermo Alcorta and Axel Alvarez Llamas started strong, winning the first match of the day against Romain Kalaydjian and Uros Petronijevic, 8-1.
Lawrence Formentera and Nick Papac snatched the first team point for OU after they beat Ciaran Fitzgerald and Victor Pugliese, 9-7.
The Sooners carried their momentum into singles.
Alcorta defeated San Diego's only ranked player, No. 78 Clarke Spinosa 6-1, 6-3 to extend OU's lead.
Shortly after that, No. 30 Costin Paval overcame a 0-3 deficit in his first set to win his match at the No. 1 position 6-4, 6-0.
Alvarez Llamas claimed the win for the Sooners after he defeated Uros Petronijevic 7-5, 6-1.
Nick Papac extended OU's lead to 5-0 with a win at the No. 6 position. Dane Webb followed that with a win on Court 3, winning the only match of the night that went to three sets.
Peerakit Siributwong completed the Sooners' sweep by defeating Victor Pugliese 6-3, 7-5 at the No. 5 position.
The Sooners stay home for an Easter afternoon match against No. 69 Sunday, March 31, at 1 p.m.
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Oklahoma 7, San Diego 0
1. Spinosa/Visy (OU) def. No. 29 Paval/Webb (SD), 8-7 (5)
2. No. 71 Alcorta/Alvarez Llamas (OU) def. Kalaydjian/Petronijevic (SD), 8-1
3. Formentera/Papac (OU) def. Fitzgerald/Pugliese (SD), 9-7
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
1. No. 30 Costin Paval (OU) def. Thibaut Visy (SD), 6-4, 6-0
2. No. 51 Guillermo Alcorta (OU) def. No. 78 Clarke Spinosa (SD), 6-1, 6-3
3. No. 61 Dane Webb (OU) def. Romain Kalaydjian (SD), 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
4. Axel Alvarez Llamas (OU) def. Uros Petronijevic (SD), 7-5, 6-1
5. Peerakit Siributwong (OU) vs. Victor Pugliese (SD), 6-3, 7-5
6. Nick Papac (OU) vs. Ciaran Fitzgerald (SD), 7-6 (1), 6-2
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2012 Mini JCW Coupe: Wrap-Up
Last year, after our first drive in the 2012 Mini JCW Coupe, we were instantly struck by the fun factor that came with this itty-bitty Cooper. So, when BMW suggested that we take a deeper look at the car's reliability and long-term practicality, our team jumped at the chance to spend a full year with it.
Now, 12 months and nearly 17,000 miles later, our JCW Coupe has seen multiple autocross rallies, weekends filled with mountain roads and even a handful of road trips. But where does the Mini Coupe shine, and where does it fall short?
The Good
When it comes to driving the Coupe, every person we've put behind wheel has come back with the same opinion: It's fun. And when we say "fun," we don't just mean that it's nice to drive to and from work; it's wildly, insanely, edge-of-your-seat entertaining. The John Cooper Works model comes tuned up with a big turbocharger, is good for 208 horsepower, has big brakes for ample stopping power and has a big, bad suspension that makes cornering an art form. The Coupe is just one of those cars that had us driving a little too fast and a little too spiritedly all the time, and we've loved every minute of it.
Despite the Coupe's racy nature, we've found ourselves pretty satisfied with its fuel economy, too. Granted, we haven't tasted anything near 40 mpg and it does require premium gasoline, but we won't complain about the combined 31 mpg we've enjoyed while driving around pretty aggressively. On weeks where we were gentle with the car, it saw upwards of 36 mpg on the highway, and on weekends where all we wanted was a good time on mountain passes, we saw as little as 19. Even so, for the sheer amount of enjoyment that came from that little 1.6-liter 4-cylinder, we're walking away with a pretty high fun-per-gallon ratio.
Perhaps the best part about driving the Coupe in its first year of production has been the joy of flaunting its unique styling around town. The Mini owners community is vast, but many of these Mini motorers hadn't seen the new coupe before we pulled into gas stations and parking lots or simply stopped at traffic lights. In the past year, the Coupe has garnered dozens of waves, thumbs-ups and smiles, and if you were willing to stand around for a few minutes, it provided an easy conversation-starter, too. The Mini Coupe is popular, it ought to have its own Facebook check-in. We were asked most often if it was a hardtop convertible (it's not), but we understand why the roof design might confuse a few folks. And oh, the self-deploying spoiler came with rave reviews from every Mini owner we met. If nothing else, the deviation from the normal Mini design has been a huge hit and has made at least a few of our drivers a handful of new friends along the way.
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If you're shopping for a car like a pre-owned Porsche Cayman, the Mini might make for an interesting alternative. However, if you're thinking about the Coupe as a practical small car, put that thought to rest. It's not. As a 2-seat sports car, it also comes with 2-seat sports car inconveniences. The seats are comfortable, but they can't fully recline. The trunk is surprisingly spacious, but oversized items won't fit.
We were also left feeling a little uncomfortable with the Coupe's massive blind spots. While forward-facing visibility was acceptable, we found ourselves second guessing lane-changes and receiving less-than-friendly honks from time to time as we merged. The rear window is small, and can doesn't give you a full view of what's behind. Plus, the rear spoiler automatically pops up at speeds over 55 mph. It's a real concern of ours, and you'll have to make sure that the funky styling is worth the potential compromise in safety before you buy the Coupe.
The price on the Mini JCW Coupe is what gives us real commitment issues, though. Our car came with a handful of niceties like xenon headlights, leather seats and the navigation system with Mini Connected Drive, but for $38,350, it should have. But where were the heated/power seats, automatic climate control or push-button start? They're all options, but it would take nearly $45,000 to get us there. We think that's just too much money for this little car. Reasonable alternatives include cars like the Infiniti G37, Audi TT or BMW 1 Series for the same cash. Now, keep in mind that the base Mini Coupe only costs $22,000 to get into, but options drive the price up quickly, and the car finds itself competing against luxury sport coupes in a hurry. The JCW treatment alone adds about $10,000 to the price of the base car.
The Takeaway
If you're looking for an immensely fun and unique little car with a cool community of owners and tons of style to boot, the Mini John Cooper Works Coupe is a great way to go. We've really enjoyed it, and it's proven to be very reliable along the way. The endearing little car keeps both driver and passenger entertained, earns lots of smiles and may even save a few pennies at the gas pump. However, if a tight budget is your primary concern, it might make more sense to take a look at less expensive alternatives like the Scion FR-S, Subaru BRZ, Hyundai Genesis Coupe or even the Ford Mustang.


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Advancing Azarenka sidesteps marriage talk
Victoria Azarenka had more trouble ducking questions about marriage than she did in overcoming Sloane Stephens on her way to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Monday.
The Belarussian, trying to win the title for the third consecutive year, was too consistent for Stephens and wrapped up a 6-3 6-2 victory in confident fashion.
After the match, Azarenka was quizzed about whether she might be about to marry her boyfriend, the rapper-singer, Redfoo.
"There's nothing still [showing off her ring-free left hand]," she said. "Once you see a big, big bling... big, big bling... maybe."
Image: Victoria Azarenka (left), Redfoo
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'It had better be bigger than Caro's'
Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki has been sporting a dazzling ring after agreeing to marry golfer Rory McIlroy and Azarenka said the competition is on.
"It had better be bigger than Caro's," she said in an on-court interview.
The only other thing Azarenka had to dodge was a backhand from Stephens midway through the first set that hit her in the groin.
Twelve months ago, Azarenka was accused of gamesmanship when she took a 10-minute injury timeout after failing to serve out for victory in their semi-final.
Having then broken Stephens in the next game to reach the final, she claimed she had needed the break because she "almost did the choke of the year" and was roundly jeered by the crowd on Rod Laver Arena.
The direct hit came when Azarenka led 4-2 in the first set but it did not break her concentration as she took the opener and then broke to lead 2-0 in the second.
A lot of the games went to deuce and Stephens stayed in touch to 3-2 but was then broken again in the seventh game and Azarenka served out for victory.
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With top seed Serena Williams beaten on Sunday and third seed Maria Sharapova going out earlier on Monday, the path is clear for Azarenka to win a third straight title.
But the 24-year-old, who next faces either Polish fifth seed Agnieszka Radwanska or Spanish prospect Garbine Muguruza in the last eight, said the shocks just proved that no one could be taken lightly, whatever their ranking.
"I don't consider myself a favourite because I don't consider anybody as the favourite," she said.
"Anybody on any given day - we've seen that happen last couple days - can bring their best game. It doesn't matter that you're number two or whatever."
However, Azarenka did admit she feels her game was coming together nicely after a difficult end to 2013.
"I'm happy with the way I played," she said. "It was important just to stay in that zone and try to create another opportunity."
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SOCORRO, N.M., March 3, 2004 – The New Mexico Tech Graduate Office and the New Mexico Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (NM-AGEP) are co-sponsoring a statewide workshop on ethics and responsibility in scientific research, from 10:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. on Friday, March 12, at New Mexico Tech's Joseph R. Skeen Library.
The workshop, titled "Research and Communities: Practicing Science Responsibly — A Discussion on New Mexico Water Issues," will focus on contemporary issues in professional research ethics, with particular emphasis on the complexity and importance of current water issues throughout the state.
The workshop will include an introductory presentation, small-group dialogues, and a panel discussion among some of New Mexico leading researchers, engineers, and public officials who are directly involved with water issues.
Panelists scheduled to speak include: Cynthia Abeyta, hydrologist and Middle Rio Grande Coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Robert S. Bowman, professor of hydrology and hydrology program director at New Mexico Tech; Maceo Carillo Martinet, doctoral candidate in the Freshwater Sciences interdisciplinary program at the University of New Mexico; and Jim McCord, principal groundwater hydrologist and New Mexico manager for Hydrosphere Resource Consultants.
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The Obama administration faces the midterm elections in the vortex of forces that might impale it. Does President Obama recognize the magnitude of the risks?
Even if the great recession is statistically over, unemployment will likely continue to exceed 10 percent for many months. Double figure unemployment has a resonance with wide sectors of the population. Beyond the ugly numerical symbolism, most people now know friends who have been laid off and enjoy little prospect of a job: "Am I going to be next?" is the inevitable reaction. The attendant insecurity in turn makes consumers unwilling to exceed barest necessities and businesses reluctant to invest.
Bad as this situation is, it could easily become worse. The mere reduction in the rate of job loss is cited by Wall Street conservatives, the Blue Dog Republicrats and establishment media to suggest that a rebound is under way. They will hound the Fed to raise interest rates and pressure Congress for a whole range of budget-cutting initiatives. Should they succeed, the possibility of a so-called W-shaped recession becomes more likely.
In a world where economic insecurity now virtually trumps all other issues, Obama has staked his political future on health care and winning the good war in Afghanistan.
Though the health care legislation most likely to pass will insure more Americans, it lacks cost containment for the currently insured. Even provisions to prevent insurance companies from denying coverage of pre-existing conditions will likely be met by company increases in premiums and-or deductibles and co-pays. The New York Times cites recent studies that Big Pharma already is increasing prices to establish a higher base from which future price reductions would be calculated.
Obama faces a tenuous job market, growing foreclosures and rising health insurance premiums. Meanwhile, investment banks reap huge bonuses by taking taxpayer-backed bets on stock in companies that most aggressively "downsize."
One indication of whether Obama recognizes the risks in these converging factors will be the guest list for the jobs summit. He should invite Paul Krugman and Dean Baker, both of whom predicted the real estate collapse and highlighted the inadequacy of the first Obama stimulus package. Both have detailed proposals for market-friendly tax and spending policies that would create new jobs.
Obama's good war will likely amplify left and right distrust of the president. And these amplifications cross several registers. War aims remain unattainable. "Counterinsurgency" runs afoul of two considerations. If any large portion of the country is to be even partially protected the doctrine itself implies a need for vastly more troops than even Gen. Stanley McChrystal is proposing.
The government the U.S. endorses is neither honest nor democratic. Much of the country will remain in the hands of the Taliban and warlords whose distrust of al-Qaida is exceeded only by hatred for the U.S., democracy and women's rights.
This war will not come cheap. The U.S. already spends nearly $200 billion yearly in Iraq and Afghanistan, a figure sure to grow if the president accepts any current escalation strategy. The budget hawks give little consideration to the effects of wartime spending on the deficit or long-term economic growth. Several credible econometric studies show that military spending is a poor job creator in comparison with education and alternative energy programs.
Yet when increases in these domestic initiatives are proposed, the size of the current deficit suddenly becomes an insurmountable barrier. Programs that would increase jobs and make us more able to cope with unstable energy supplies and a world of rapid global change become unthinkable.
Is Obama to be drowned in a choir of who lost Afghanistan, tanked the budget and the economy? We should not wait to find out. The California Democratic Party has just passed a resolution asking the president to withdraw forces and commence multiparty peace talks in Afghanistan. Democrats in Maine and other states should follow.
The steelworkers union has just entered a partnership with Spain's Mondragon worker co-op to explore how workers here can become direct owners and managers of the plants that are lying idle. These struggles can be connected. Activists need to encourage mutually reinforcing programs and enthusiasms to counter the angry mixture of xenophobia and hatred of all things public that is brewing.


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Golf is a truly wonderful game as you already know but if you suffer from back pain it can make even looking at your clubs almost unbearable.
And when it comes to golf back pain, many people are confused. One person says do one thing, your doctor says do something different, and your friends say to try something else.
So today, I'd like to end the confusion regarding golf back pain with a question I recently received:
"I've spent hundreds of dollars trying to get rid of my golf back pain over the past few years. I've wasted my money on all kinds of gadgets, doctor visits, bulky equipment and pain pills.
I'm about to throw in the towel. My doctors say I just need a few more visits, so I go a few more times. The pain continues. I buy a machine online which says my pain will go away after using it. The pain continues. Everything I try, the pain continues.
I'm desperate, and hoping you have some kind of resource you can point me to that will help me be able to get out there and swing my clubs again without pain."
My Response:
Thanks for the question. And thankfully I think I can help!
There's a book which was written by a great guy I know – Jesse Cannone. He's the owner of the Healthy Back Institute and is the ONLY guy I trust when it comes to getting rid of any pain I'm having, including golf back pain. Best part is – he's actually giving his book away for FREE right now on his website
Here's why I love his book. Most people try to sell you whatever their latest gadget or widget claims to help. Most doctors try to help, but as you've probably noticed… only give you temporary relief.
In Jesse's book, he explains WHY that is. Now I'm not the back pain expert like he is, so here's the short version. Pain develops in your body through several sources. Some of those sources include the diet you're eating, your mental health, how much stress you're under, and other lifestyle factors.
But the one thing most people don't understand is how much the muscle imbalances in your body create the pain you're feeling. This is something you've probably never heard, but Jesse explains it in his book. And hey… if nothing else is working… why not give the book a read? It's pretty short, and very readable. It only took me a few hours to finish it and it absolutely changed my life.
You can grab a copy of his book for FREE here
Here are a few more reasons I LOVED his book.
#1 – Because his philosophy is based on a balanced approach, if you follow his advice you'll also notice that losing weight becomes much easier, you'll be happier, and even have more energy.
#2 – I don't know about you, but I hate reading boring books that seem to go on forever. I was shocked at how fast and easy I was able to read Jesse's book, because it was written in a very reader-friendly style.
#3 – At the end of the book, Jesse actually gives you his suggestion for which back pain treatment will work best for you, depending on the condition you're suffering from. This section in itself is worth its weight in gold!
So if you have ever suffered from back pain that is holding you back from playing better golf, or are currently dealing with it, I highly recommend
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Sergey wrote:dnk.nitro wrote:Thanks! You do really awesome work!
Thanks! I appreciate it.dnk.nitro wrote:Yes, now it works for solution folders/subfolders. However, it works only in "Show all files" mode. If I turn off that mode, but have some extensions configured in the "File types to always show", those files still are missing. But are shown for "real" solution projects.
Yeah, I see it too now that you mentioned it. I went too restrictive and applied my patch to the problem you originally reported to "Show all files" mode only. Should be fixed now. Give new beta 18.104.22.168 a shot and see how it works for you.
http://www.usysware.com/files/DPackSetup2008Beta.exe - for VS 2008, 841Kb
http://www.usysware.com/files/DPackSetup2010Beta.exe - for VS 2010, 861Kb
PS See my previous reply too.
dnk.nitro wrote:Today beta I've downloaded from here shows me a message that it is expired. Can you please release another beta with the fix included?
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Hazel Wolfe has believed that the dark voice shes been hearing since she was six years old has been a symptom to her Schizophrenia. But now, after years of treatment, with mixed results, her delusion is becoming all too real. Has she been misdiagnosed her entire life, or has her illness escalated to the point medication is no longer effective.
Talon, her beastly tormentor, finally shows himself to Hazel after years of watching and testing the destined Redder, just after her twentieth birthday. Through displays of magic and a daring rescue, he convinces her to journey with him to his home realm of Afthonias. There, she alone will open a mysterious box to free his kind. Should she fail, his race will be annihilated.
Armed with telekinesis, incineration manipulation, and other extraordinarily powerful gifts, Talon must teach Hazel how to wield her new powers and survive against the ones who hunt her, all while denying his urge to have her for himself. But as they set off on their dangerous, high stakes mission, Hazel and Talons conflicting personalities collide. And when life and death become a choice, her mind begins to darken.
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THE REDDER is an 87,000 word, urban fantasy adaptation of the fabled Pandora legends with series potential. I am currently working on earning my B.A. in English while finishing my next book, a suspenseful dystopia that takes gender roles and flips them on their sides.
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O'Reilly: "Even Jewish people like Christmas"
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FOX News Channel host Bill O'Reilly touted a group's complaint that department stores Macy's and Bloomingdale's have replaced their "Merry Christmas" greetings with "Season's Greetings" and "Happy Holidays" and declared on the December 1 edition of FOX News' The O'Reilly Factor, "Even Jewish people like Christmas."*
The newly formed group, which calls itself Committee to Save Merry Christmas, has produced no evidence of what it calls "intentional and deliberate exclusion of 'Merry Christmas' in the Federated Department Stores advertising and decorations." Regardless, O'Reilly explained, "I understand this attack on Christmas. We do a lot of reporting on it." Though a statement from Federated Department Stores, which owns Macy's and Bloomingdale's, acknowledged that many stores have chosen to display nonreligious holiday greetings, the company noted that it allows individual stores to make their own decisions about holiday advertising, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Apparently speaking seriously, O'Reilly's guest, Forbes magazine senior editor Elizabeth MacDonald, blamed department store decorations for holiday season alcoholism and depression: "And you have got to wonder why people become depressed alcoholics around the season, because the meaning is sucked out of it." As if to confirm that this was not just an offhand remark, MacDonald repeated her hypothesis moments later: "Again, I have to say I'm not surprised people become depressed alcoholics during the Christmas season."
After O'Reilly read from Federated's statement, in which the company notes that they "realize this is an important issue to many people and we respect everybody's views" but that "phrases such as 'Season's Greetings' and 'Happy Holidays'" are "more reflective of the multicultural society in which we live today," he declared that the statement "teed me off worse." MacDonald derided the statement as "really defensive."
MacDonald claimed that the greetings "'Happy Holidays'" and 'Season's Greetings'" don't "speak to" Jews or Christians: "[B]eing Jewish or being Christian -- does 'Happy Holidays' speak to those people? No. Does 'Season's Greetings' speak to those people? No."
An unscientific poll of Christians and Jews by Media Matters for America revealed that members of both religions reported a heartwarming sensation after receiving nonreligious holiday greetings.
* When Media Matters first published this item, we incorrectly stated that MacDonald said, "Even Jewish people like Christmas." In fact, O'Reilly made this statement.
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Norrie's Thoughtful Pink & Green Nursery
Name: Norrie (14 Months)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
The nursery was the first room in our house that I feel like my husband and I truly and completely decorated. We really wanted to welcome our daughter to a finished space that she could eventually call her own.
The theme of the nursery was "no obvious theme." We simply wanted a space that was cheerful, welcoming, feminine, and able to be played in. To start we selected a wallpaper with a simple feminine pattern that my father hung for us. Because you enter the room on an angle, we only applied it to one wall to create a focal point for the room. From there we painted the walls a light grey with lavender undertones to pick up on the silver dots in the wallpaper, while contrasting with the green.
To soften the wood floors we purchased a colorful flat woven rug. We wanted something cleanable, durable and with a flat weave. This way toys won't get stuck in the carpet's fibers, blocks will stack evenly, cars will roll on forever and baby's crawling knees are still protected. We also added a faux sheepskin for a soft spot to sit while playing on the floor.
A fully upholstered glider was a must for the space. Before our daughter was born we had a barrel chair that we repurposed from another room, but within one week of her birth we knew we needed a more comfortable rocking chair for those late night feeds. So we made the switch and never looked back. In fact, now we love it because two can comfortably sit and snuggle for a bedtime story.
Her changing table was her great-great-grandmother's vanity. We updated the hardware with glass knobs from Anthropologie. Watercolor artwork hangs on the wall from her great-grandmother's 20th wedding anniversary trip to New Orleans. Along with these family heirlooms we made her a mobile with bright and colorful paper cranes — forty in all. Woven blinds and sheer cotton drapes adorn her windows to keep the room as bright or dark as desired. The extra fabric also helps to keep the space feeling pillowy and cozy.
We had so much fun pulling this nursery together and giving our daughter her very own space. Thank you so much for having us!
Source List:
- Paint: Benjamin Moore: Apparition 860
- Rug: Dash and Albert: Jamaica Ticking
- Chair: Babies R Us - Klaussner Virginia Glider in Oatmeal
- Knobs: Anthropologie - Silhouetted Zinnia Knob
- Drapes: IKEA
- Faux Sheepskin: IKEA
- Ikat Pillow: West Elm
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HTS should, at the very least, have put the IG-88 and Clone up on their site by now, but so far, nothing. I've said it before, but if I could get rid of my non-Fett Titanium figures, I'd just call it a day on this line. I'm highly doubtful that this line is going to go much further given the shoddy retail situation with them.
The distribution and availability of these things have gone completely to hell after the first two waves (which is typical for Hasbro's last 11 years of doing modern SW toys), and I'm highly doubtful I'll ever see the newer ones at retail. There are still gobs of unsold Sandtroopers, Bossks, and Vaders around me (both regular and "vintage" finish) and the IG-88/Clone wave NEVER showed up at any retailer near me. Now Grievous and Threepio are "out" and Maul/Luke/Jango are seemingly hot on their heels.
I thought this would be the final straw with me for this line until I went into Target today to see the same Bossks and Sandtrooper that have been there for at least the last 4 months, covered in dust, along with a new shelf tag that said "NCF" on it for them. Which means, "NOT CARRYING FORWARD." Meaning Target isn't getting anymore, and given Wal-Mart's glut of the same on a much larger level, I doubt WM will be getting anymore either.
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Getting to Know Vinny
Parents' Names: Michael and Nora Lally
Major: Economics
Best Athletic Moment: Being selected to try out for the junior national team
Favorite MLB Team: New York Yankees
Favorite MLB Player: Andy Pettitte
Favorite Quote: "Concentration is location."
Biggest Inspiration: John Stuper
One word to describe yourself as a person: hard working
One word to describe yourself as a player: confident
Why Yale?: Yale has my ideal combination of academics and athletics.
Which of your Yale teammates would make the best baseball coach and why?: Stefan Schropp, because he knows a lot about the game.
Which of your Yale teammates do you admire most and why?: Chris Walsh; He's one of the hardest working guys on the team.
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On Sunday, Steelers safety Ryan Clark applied a textbook hit to Giants receiver Victor Cruz in the end zone. There was no contact with Cruz's head or neck, and Clark didn't hit Cruz anywhere with Clark's helmet.
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Web Server BackupSeptember 22, 2005
Get a full local backup of your remote web server with some basic command-line interaction and
rsync. Bonus for OS X users: clickable icon backup goodness.
This is one of those handy tricks I discovered way too late, which some of you may not already know.
Problem: You have a web server located somewhere not physically close to you. You use FTP to send and receive files. You're generally okay with this setup, except for one little chink in the armor: backup. Even if you don't run remote scripts which generate files on the server (I'm looking at Movable Type here) which you never remember to backup, sooner or later your local copy and the server will lose synch.
Solution: How about a way to backup a perfect copy of the remote server, incrementally, so that each new update only downloads the files that have changed (and not the whole multi-gigabyte site)? It's as great as it sounds.
Caveat: Though your local computer can run any OS, this only works if the server itself is Unix-based, and you have shell access. If your site runs on IIS, it won't work. If your host doesn't provide you with a shell account, it won't work. In theory, your shell login should be the same as your FTP account, but not necessarily. You may want to get in touch with your host to verify your settings.
Warning: The most important things you should pay attention to are the various path settings. If you get them wrong, and somehow end up moving files to or from the wrong spot, data could become corrupted awfully quickly. The first time you run this, make sure you also have an alternate method of recovering from data loss. Just in case.
Basic Necessities
To pull this off, we need to dip into some Unix hackery, which is a bit scary for those of us used to the cushy buttons and checkboxes of a GUI. If you're on OS X or Linux, you've already got everything you need. Open up the Terminal in the former, or the command line in the latter. (If you're using Linux, presumably you already know how to get a command line and I don't have to explain this further, not that I could anyway.)
If you're on Windows, you're going to need some extra software, namely something called an "rsync client". Though it's probably overkill, grab Cygwin for now — which is a command line environment that comes with a set of powerful tools, all very much like what you get in a Unix-based OS — and you'll get rsync with it. Install, then run Cygwin and you should be taken to a Unix-like command line.
Finding Your Local Backup Directory
So we should all be on the same page at this point, with a command prompt greeting us (shown below). If you already know how to get to your backup directory on the command line, skip ahead to the header "Running rsync".
Now we want to find the directory that will house our backed-up site. This can be anywhere on your local system, and getting to it is going to depend largely on your computer's configuration. In my case, I have a partition on my hard drive called 'Shine', which is mounted as a separate volume. This is the equivalent to calling a partition the G: drive in Windows. So let's begin at the root (otherwise known as /) of our system by issuing the "change directory" command: cd /.
We can take a look at what's in the root by issuing the "list" command: ls.
Where exactly to go from here depends on your OS; on a Mac, partitions are stored under /volumes. Under Cygwin on Windows, the User Guide should help you figure out where you need to go. So if we're working on a Mac, let's change the directory to /volumes and take a look at what's in it using the ls command again:
On my system we see two volumes, Sparkle and Shine, which correspond with my local partitions. I'm going to skip the ensuing directory drill-down to find my ultimate destination, but by continuing to use cd and ls to navigate your file system, find the directory you'll be storing your backup in. (You can either create it ahead of time with the file manager in your OS, or use the Unix mkdir command once you're in the parent directory.) Your prompt will likely be the current path, if not you can display the path by invoking the pwd command:
Running rsync
Now we're ready. I'll cut to the chase and just show you right now what you're going to be typing (more or less), and explain it afterward:
Let's break it down piece-by-piece.
rsync - the program name itself, this is just causing it to run.
-aze - these are three options we're specifying. a sets archive mode, which does things like preserve permissions and use relative paths. z compresses file data to speed up the transfer. e allows us to connect to a remote server. There are more options available, but these are the essential ones for what we're trying to accomplish.
ssh - ssh, or secure shell, is a method of securely connecting to a remote server. The previous e option told rsync that we wanted to do so, and ssh is the protocol we're going to use to do it.
username@ - this is your username on the remote server. Again, this may be similar to your FTP program's login, or it may not. You'll want to contact your host if you don't know what your shell login is.
184.108.40.206 - this is the IP address of your web server. You likely won't be able to just enter yourdomain.com here, so using your IP address is the best bet. However, that's a pain when you don't have a static IP, so alternatively this can also be the name of your host's server. I can use aristotle.multipattern.com in place of an IP address, for example.
:/home/username/public_html/ - this is the full server path to the root of the directory you want to back up. Note the preceding colon, this is important for separating the IP address from the server path. By full server path, I mean you need to know where your site sits within the filesystem of the remote server. You might be able to find this with your FTP program by continuing to navigate up in the hierarchy until you can go no further; then simply chain together the resulting directories you navigated through until you get a full path back down the hierarchy to your web site's root. Otherwise, you may need to contact your host for the full path.
. - and finally, an important trailing space followed by a single period. This indicates the current local path, which is where we navigated to earlier. Alternatively you could skip the initial step of finding this on the command line and use an absolute path here instead of a period, ie. /Volumes/Shine/Personal/mb-backup.
At this point, if you have the correct data entered, you should be ready to go. Hit return, and if the server is found, it will prompt you for your password. Enter it, then wait. The first sync will take quite a while.
If everything is working properly, it will appear that nothing is happening; when rsync has finished synchronizing, the command prompt will simply pop up again with no message one way or another, and you'll be able to view the results by issuing an
ls command. If you don't see your entire remote server's contents now on your local hard drive, something has gone wrong. (For some reason on OS X, I get a message informing me that "stdin: is not a tty". It doesn't seem to affect the backup though, and everything else runs as expected.)
Aliasing your Backup
That's about it if you don't mind entering the command manually every time you want to backup. But you can also create an alias or a shell script for the entire command that will make life a little easier. In this case, make sure to use the full absolute path on your local server instead of the period, so that the scripts are callable from anywhere.
Aliasing involves opening up your shell user profile. There are a bunch of different Unix shells, bash being a more common one. Each will have its own profile naming scheme. In bash, this is .bash_profile, and creating an alias means adding a line like this with your own settings: (make sure it's all on one line)
alias backup='rsync -aze ssh firstname.lastname@example.com:/home/username/public_html/ /Volumes/Shine/Personal/mb-backup'
The user profile file itself is stored in your home directory, which is most likely the directory that loads when you first open up the command line — if not, you can get to it with the command cd ~. It may be difficult to open a file with a preceding period in Windows (if Cygwin even uses this format); unfortunately I can't really be of much more help here, so the User Manual is once again your friend.
Assuming you've managed to create the alias, you can now invoke the backup simply by typing backup on the command line.
OS X Shell Script
We can take it one step further in OS X though, and create a clickable icon for the backup. This involves opening a text editor and creating a new text file, which we'll save as a shell script. Enter the following as the contents of the file, replacing with your own settings where appropriate:
#!/bin/bash rsync -aze ssh firstname.lastname@example.com:/home/username/public_html/ /Volumes/Shine/Personal/mb-backup
The latter three lines are identical to the command-line we generated earlier, and should all be on one line. Save this file wherever you want it, but make sure to give it a ".command" extension. Also very important, make sure that the line break formats are Unix, not Macintosh or DOS.
Once you have this file saved, you'll need to make sure you have executable permissions on the file. Open up the Terminal again and find the directory you've saved it in, then issue this command:
chmod 744 filename.command
The very last step will probably be necessary, depending on your system configuration. In the Finder, right-click (Ctrl-click if you have to) on the file and select "Get Info". In the "Open with" menu, select Terminal from the list. Close the dialogue, and you're done.
Now whenever you wish to backup your server, all you need to do is double-click the icon and enter your password. If it's not working as expected, check out this tutorial on executable scripts for more help.
Finally, if this simple set of Unix commands is brand new to you, you may also wish to look into the ability of ssh to lock down your mail, especially if you use a wireless internet connection of any kind.
There's gold in the Unix command line. It's worth learning.
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I wrote an article on using rsync with Strongspace on Windows, that can be readily adapted to any SSH server.
Dave, you should look at generating SSH keys to avoid having to type your password at each login. The guide for Strongspace is here:
…but it's essentially the same for every Unix SSH server.
Wow, thankyou. Your article has just saved me a heap of effort, thanks again :)
"What do you know about this utility:"
RsyncX is great for local system backups to external drives, I use it all the time. I think I heard once that you're only going to want to be running it on OS X systems though, due to resource forks, but I'm not sure about the specifics. I've never got it working remotely, anyway.
What a great article! I agree with everything except the Cygwin part–I wouldn't recommend running it unless you have to, Windows doesn't play very nice with it.
Oh, and you can get your current path in UNIX by using the 'pwd' command. Just type pwd at the prompt and it will tell you your current, full filesystem path.
It's great to see more people plugging into rsync and how excellent it is. One thing I haven't been able to figure out is how to do an rsync operation like this, but add in stuff that should be skipped and *not* backed up.
Is there any way to do this outside of creating a copy of the item locally and changing its permissions?
Thanks for sharing this. But what about the more important data from the database? How to solve this?
"But what about the more important data from the database?"
If it's MySQL, there are plenty of ways. PHPMyAdmin has an option to export databases. Your host's control panel might too. If nothing else, you can ssh in to your server and use mysqldump. (I touched on the latter briefly at the end of this article a few months ago – http://www.mezzoblue.com/archives/2005/05/19/security_no/ )
If you are put off by the lack of feedback as rsync is working you can add the "–progress" option on the command line (note that it can't appear between the "e" and the "ssh"). Alternatively you could change "-aze ssh" to "-azPe ssh".
If you don't want to type your password, you can also generate an SSH key on the command line.
"ssh-keygen -t rsa" will create a keypair in the ".ssh" directory within your home folder. It will ask if you'd like to add a passphrase to your key. If you don't want a passphrase then you can just press return (but read the warning below).
The keypair is stored in two files: "id_rsa" (the private part) and "id_rsa.pub" (the public part). Now, you need to copy the public part onto your remote machine. It should be added to the file "authorized_keys" in the remote ".ssh" directory (create it if it doesn't exist).
If you don't have an authorized_keys file, then you can simply copy "id_rsa.pub" as that file. The following command will do it.
scp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub username@remotemachine:.ssh/authorized_keys
(you'll need to enter your remote password, hopefully for the last time).
Now, about SSH key passphrases. If you didn't add a passphrase to your key, then it means anyone with the private part of the key (the id_rsa file) can use the key and potentially gain access to the remote machine. If you can guarantee that file is safe (using FileVault, never letting anyone touch your machine, etc) then that's ok. If you did add a passphrase, then each time you use the key you'll be asked for the passphrase. This is just as annoying as having to type your password all the time. Fortunately, there are a couple of OSX tools that handle this for you (SSH Keychain and SSH Agent). It's up to you. Either way, your private key is valuable and you should protect it.
Excellent primer on rsync. I love that little tool!
I like to keep my production sites as clean as possible so when I sync from staging to production I throw a "–delete" in there to remove files on production that are not needed anymore:
rsync -azE –delete /path/on/staging/ /path/on/remote
Just a note – I believe you have to have a copy of rsync that supports "-E" to use that option. -E helps handle the MacOS metadata so some Linux/Unix hosts might not have rsync patched. Conversely if you are not syncing to/from a Mac then you can omit it. I am not a sysadmin so if anyone can confirm that rsync needs to be configured on a Linux/Unix to support MacOS MD that would be great. I use OS X Tiger and my server are updated to handle OS X MD so I always add -E.
A quick and easy way to back up a whole mysql DB is:
mysqldump -ulogin -ppass –opt dbName > dbName.sql
Just SSH to your server, run the command and dl/copy your .sql file for safe keeping.
Just a few more tips, lifted straight from my ./scripts directory. As I don't run a Mac, YMMV, but this should work on any *nix variant.
Firstly, I run a slightly different command, as follows:
rsync -azr –delete -e ssh username@yourserver:/home/username/public_html/ /home/username/backups/
The -r is for recursive directory traversal, and the –delete has already been mentioned in comments above.
I also like to backup my databases at the same time by adding the following to the same script:
rsync -azr –delete -e ssh username@yourserver:/var/lib/mysql/ /home/username/backups/mysql
I then have a script set up to run nightly to copy such files to my computer, but this means that if the database somehow gets corrupt just before this time, the backup will also be corrupt. So I run multiple scripts in multiple directories, to keep various snapshots of my files taken from different times - nightly, weekly and monthly. (NOTE: Running automated scripts over SSH requires keypair as described by Dean Jackson, above)
So my scripts would now look something like this:
rsync -azr –delete -e ssh username@yourserver:/home/username/public_html/ /home/username/backups/nightly
rsync -azr –delete -e ssh username@yourserver:/var/lib/mysql/ /home/username/backups/nightly/mysql
rsync -azr –delete -e ssh username@yourserver:/home/username/public_html/ /home/username/backups/weekly
rsync -azr –delete -e ssh username@yourserver:/var/lib/mysql/ /home/username/backups/weekly/mysql
rsync -azr –delete -e ssh username@yourserver:/home/username/public_html/ /home/username/backups/monthly
rsync -azr –delete -e ssh username@yourserver:/var/lib/mysql/ /home/username/backups/monthly/mysql
Just add such scripts to your crontab, to run at the appropriate times, and you should be backed up fairly well, with 3 backups to cover you an any particular time.
40 5 * * * /home/username/backups/nightly.sh
30 5 * * 0 /home/username/backups/weekly.sh
20 5 1 * * /home/username/backups/monthly.sh
Hope this helps a few people.
Just a boring note: '-e ssh' has been the default in rsync since version 2.6.0, so you don't need to specify it.
Interesting… I've used rsync to keep my dev and live sites in sync and to atomically launch new features.
But I never really put the pieces together on the remote-backup front. Nice article.
This is what I'm talking about! Great post!
As for backing up MySQL databases with rsync - you can just copy the mysql data directory directly. This is much faster than using mysqldump, but will ONLY work for MyISAM tables ( NOT InnoDB! ).
"But what about the more important data from the database?"
I don't know enough about rsync, and you may have already considered this, but what about putting your remote directory in Subversion instead?
re: ssh keys
Thanks all for the suggestions, ssh keys have been on my to-do list for ages. Haven't had much luck yet, but I'll keep plugging away at it.
"what about putting your remote directory in Subversion instead?"
I just about added a line to the original article to this effect. svn or cvs would work perfectly well too. I've just found them harder to grasp (and higher maintenance) than rsync. Plus, when working on more than one site the rsync method just seems easier. But that's just me.
Again, I don't know if rsync does this, but the added benefit with version control is that you can revert your entire directory and all of its files to a previous state if the need arises. And the need has arisen for me so I've found it useful.
I know what you mean about the setup. I guess it depends on your host. I'm on TextDrive and setting up a Subversion repository was pretty simple. After setup, I read through the free Subversion book online to learn a few basic commands. After the initial sync, keeping in sync is just: "svn up".
But, as I think you were implying, the important thing is do something that works for you, as long as you do something.
Thanks, Dave, and other commenters for the SSH tips. :)
My only tip to add to this would be: for finding out the remote path you're backing up… to save having to traipse up the directory tree on your remote server using FTP, just SSH into it instead and run the 'pwd' (print workin' directory) command.
Hello :)
Why not use the site synchronize method in Dreamweaver?
It's great :) One click (or perhaps two) and you're done.
To Neil who was asking about skipping directories, I use unison for automated backups, unison is pretty much rsync with some stuff made easier.
One of the things made easy, is that in your ~/unison/default.prf file (i.e. yoyour preferences file ) , you can set
ignore "/music"
ignore "/.trash"
or whatever.
I highly recommend unison for this problem specifically.
I don't own a Mac so I don't know for sure, but couldn't you use Automator to run your shell script file periodically instead of having to remember to run it?
Just a thought.
Des, (and Neil), rsync can easily exclude defined files and/or directories using the –exclude flag. It is especially handy as you can use wildcards to omit certain files with a specific patterns in their filename. Here are simple examples of two common uses:
Putting the remote directory in subversion would be a mess. You'd then have to script something on the remote end to check the whole thing in each day. :-)
For basic site stuff it's fine and it's good to version any actual modifications you make to a webapp's code… but a lot of webapps do store some dynamic things in there which also need to be backed up.
Wow. First time checking out your site and this is really great stuff even for someone only recently becoming involved with server based web design. Thanks for pointing out some useful knowledge, and keep doing what you do.
Great information! I am considering using this to transfer a complete site from one host to another so preserving permissions is critical as is keeping directory structure (I'll be using Mac OSX unless I am forced to use Windows).
When it comes time to restore to the new host, what is the correct way to expand everything so that all directory structure and files/permissions are restored to the same state they were in the original site?
Thanks to all of you for some great info!
1)what is the benefits of having a back up server? in details
2)what is the disadvantages of having the back up server? in details
"If everything is working properly, it will appear that nothing is happening"
Throw on a -v (verbose output) to stay more informed to what exactly rsync is doing…
Just a note on another way to change local directories in the terminal if said directory is open in a window (or you find traversing through the GUI easier than cd/ls). Type cd [space] and simply drag the folder you wish to change to into the Terminal window. Great article - thanks.
i had a problem: very large files (2Gb+) were causing the process to stall. but there's a –max-size option, so rsync will ignore files over a certain size.


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NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A year ago, Indians were shocked when catastrophic floods hit the state of Uttarkhand in the country's northwest, killing more than 5,500 and affecting more than 100,000 others.
Experts blamed the heavy toll in part on the state government's lack of preparedness to handle disasters, despite a history of calamities in the region, including 1998 flooding that killed over 300 people in one village.
Last year's flood, considered India's worst natural disaster since the 2004 Asian tsunami, has left experts questioning whether the country is adequately prepared to respond to disasters, particularly at the state and local level.
"Each disaster continues to frustrate the government and the community. The country needs professional approaches," said Chandan Ghosh, head of the geo-hazard risk management division at the National Institute of Disaster Management.
According to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, India's disaster profile is alarming. Almost 85 percent of the country is vulnerable to one or more hazards such as earthquakes, floods, droughts, cyclones and landslides. More than 50 million people are affected by natural disasters annually, according to the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM).
Yet India's preparedness lags far behind what is needed given the magnitude of the potential dangers, expert say.
"There are significant gaps in preparedness on various aspects of risk management, particularly for catastrophic disasters like major earthquakes and floods," said P.G. Dhar Chakraborti, a former head of the disaster management authority and a senior fellow at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), a New Delhi-based think tank.
According to Dhar Chakraborti , India's vulnerability arises in part because of a lack of know-how for assessing risks at very local level, poor enforcement of standards and regulations, and inadequate risk mitigation.
Although a 2005 law on disaster management has been put into effect at the national level, it exists only on paper in a few states and districts, experts say.
The act created a National Disaster Management Authority, with the power to allocate resources and supervise disaster management across the country. A national disaster response force was also formed for rescue and evacuation.
In addition, the act authorised the government to strengthen existing infrastructure in disaster-prone areas and help create an early-warning system.
The few states with functioning state disaster management authorities, such as Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Bihar, are the ones with the most serious history of natural disasters, said Dhar Chakraborti.
But other vulnerable states like Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim and Assam need to step up their preparedness considerably, he said.
There are concerns that even one of the most affluent and resource-rich states – Maharashtra – needs to do much more.
A 2014 World Development Report said Maharashtra's largest and most cosmopolitan city, Mumbai, remains highly vulnerable to the heavy rains that occur almost annually, despite well-identified solutions to reduce the risks.
The city's drainage system is over 100 years old and incapable of handling annual monsoon rains, the report said. Following a heavy monsoon in 2005 that killed over 400 people and caused huge damage to infrastructure and buildings, a committee recommended overhauling the drainage system, but implementation of the plan has lagged, the report said.
Although all of India's states have departments of disaster management or relief and rehabilitation, they are still poorly prepared to lend support in times of disasters, according to the UN Development Programme (UNDP), which has been working with the central government and several states over the past decade to prepare disaster management plans, set up emergency operations centres, assess risks and train search and rescue teams.
"Facilities such as emergency operations centres, emergency communications, and search and rescue teams are being made available... but these systems and facilities need to be strengthened," said Krishna Vatsa, the UNDP's Bangkok-based regional disaster risk-reduction advisor.
The problem is not one of money, according to Vatsa. The national government has budgeted a total of around $5 billion to prepare for disasters for the period 2010–2015, with the central government contributing 75 percent and the states the remainder. With these resources, the state governments can set up systems, train staff and improve their coordination with districts, Vatsa said.
But in a number of recent disasters, 2010 mudslides in Leh (India's second largest district in Jammu and Kashmir state), a Sikkim earthquake in 2011 and the Uttarkhand floods of 2013, the level of preparedness was inadequate, leading to high levels of mortality and displacement of people, according to TERI.
"Disaster management is yet to be seen as an essential part of good governance and integral to development planning," said disaster risk reduction specialist Hari Krishna Nibanupudi of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).
"The biggest concern is the attitude of policy makers, implementers and local government towards investing in people-oriented preparedness at different levels," said Aslam Perwaiz, head of disaster risk management systems at the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre
India's capacity to manage disaster risk is challenged by its size and huge population, according to a report by the Overseas Development Institute, a British think tank. The report said the country is likely to have the greatest exposure of any nation in the world to extreme weather and natural disasters by 2030.
The northeast region is most at risk from earthquakes and lacks seismically secure infrastructure and buildings, according to the report. It is also vulnerable to landslides, floods and erosion.
Flooding on the country's plains is a regular occurrence, and although communities are resilient, the intensity of floods has reduced their capacity to adapt, Sharma said. He added that local adaptation efforts driven solely by communities are no longer sufficient and additional, scientifically planned adaptation is needed, which will require government support.
Some efforts have been made in southern India's coastal states to deal with coastal disasters, especially in Odisha, which won acclaim for its effective response to cyclone Phailin in October 2013.
The death toll was fewer than 50 after the successful evacuation of nearly a million people to cyclone shelters and safe locations in the state and in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh state, according to the National Institute of Disaster Management. In 1999, over 10,000 people were killed by a cyclone in the same area.
"A lot of initiatives are taking place on the ground" to strengthen vulnerable communities, Ghosh said, including preparedness and mitigation measures in 176 districts prone to multiple hazards across 17 vulnerable states.
At the national level, the National Disaster Management Authority has a trained national disaster response force with 10 battalions, each with 5,000-10,000 personnel, stationed in several parts of the country for speedy deployment for rescue, evacuation and response.
Naresh Newar is a Kathmandu-based writer with an interest in climate change issues.
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Close to 1000 workers at department store Allders are set to lose their jobs after administrators announced the 150 year-old business was to close.
Administrators from Duff & Phelps have confirmed the North End shop will close its doors for the final time on September 22, after the only serious potential buyer withdrew their interest.
A spokesman from the company said: "The Joint Administrators, all of leading global financial advisory and investment banking firm Duff & Phelps were appointed on 15 June 2012 and since their appointment have explored all potential options to secure a buyer for the business as a going concern and safeguard employment.
"Although a number of parties expressed interest during the marketing process, no formal offer was received and the remaining interested party withdrew their interest within the last 24 hours."
The news was delivered to staff at a meeting this morning, while concessions owners were informed by their colleagues shortly afterwards.
Monique Rebeiro, owner of concessions stand Hatz is facing a huge uphill struggle following the announcement.
She is owned about £20,000 in unpaid fees from the former Allders owners, and has been told she must stop trading in the store on September 16.
She said: "My most immediate concern is working out where I am going to keep my stock, and that is before I start looking at a new location.
"During the past few months all we have been trying to do is pay off are debts after the mess we were left in.
"We have got that under control but it has left a hole and we don't have that start-up money needed for a new store."
She attacked the handling of the news.
She said: "It shows no respect. The concessions stall managers were forced to wait around while the staff are all in a meeting. These are people's livelihoods and their futures."
In response to the news Croydon Council has offered traders support in trying to find new premises.
The council is coordinating the Allders Staff Support Group, including advisers from Jobcentre Plus, the Skills Funding Agency, Croydon Adult Learning Services, Croydon College and local retailers and will provide an employment support package for anyone who will be made redundant following the closure.
In addition, plans are in place for a one-stop training and employment advice shop in the Whitgift Shopping Centre for staff affected by the closure.
Councillor Mike Fisher, Leader of Croydon Council, said: "We're tremendously sad that it is likely that the store will be closing its doors. It has been part of the town for a very long time.
"Unfortunately, Allders has been unable to keep up with the competition in the modern retail market.
"What I am confident about is that the current plans for the redevelopment of the Whitgift Centre will see this site given a new lease of life.
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