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My gnome desktop isn't giving me any sound. the volume controls don't even
work. Upon investigation, I find that root has sound, non-root users don't:
$ aplay /usr/share/sounds/gtk-events/clicked.wavPlaying WAVE
'/usr/share/sounds/gtk-events/clicked.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate
44100 Hz, Mono
*** PULSEAUDIO: Unable to create stream.
aplay: set_params:962: Unable to install hw params:
$ aplay -l /usr/share/sounds/gtk-events/clicked.wav
aplay: device_list:205: no soundcards found...
$ sudo aplay -l /usr/share/sounds/gtk-events/clicked.wav
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC260 Analog [ALC260 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
#So root has something... non-root doesn't....
$ sudo aplay /usr/share/sounds/gtk-events/clicked.wav
W: core-util.c: Failed to open configuration file
'/users/jjensen/.pulse/client.conf': Permission denied
E: authkey.c: Failed to open cookie file '/users/jjensen/.pulse-cookie':
Permission denied
E: authkey.c: Failed to load authorization key '/users/jjensen/.pulse-cookie':
Permission denied
*** PULSEAUDIO: Unable to connect: Connection refused
aplay: main:546: audio open error: Connection refused
Now I comment out the line "/etc/alsa/pulse-default.conf" in
/etc/alsa/alsa.conf, to remove pulse from the equation:
$ sudo aplay /usr/share/sounds/gtk-events/clicked.wav
(I hear it!)
So I need your guidance here... I'm not sure if this is a pulse audio problem,
or if pulse is just confusing the issue and it is a "non-root users can't get to
alsa" problem. Please help!
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
f8 x86_64, with all updates as of Nov 14th 2007.
I have found a common theme here... when I use xdm or wdm, I get no sound. When
I use gdm the sound works.
SURELY gdm isn't required to get sound working in Gnome!?
ConsoleKit is required to set the permissions on the sound devices properly. If
your login manager doesn't use ConsoleKit then it won't grant you the right
permissions on your sound devices.
Wow... so this is a big change in what DMs are/were expected to do. Is there no
way to make ConsoleKit aware of a *local* login via pam, or via the ConsoleKit
Seems like DMs shouldn't have to do something special to make sound work.
On the contrary, *something* has to change permissions to ensure that the
logged-in user (and only that person) has access to things like sound devices.
In the past it was pam_console, but this is being obsoleted by ConsoleKit /
See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureRemovePAMConsole or
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Desktop/FastUserSwitching for some details.
GDM and KDM both support ConsoleKit. It's a bug in wdm/xdm that they don't.
There are actually patches that add ConsoleKit support to xdm floating around;
not sure about wdm.
I'll buy that... pam_console needs to go away, and HAL/ConsoleKit is the way to
handle permissions. Should we change this to a bug against wdm then?
I guess you're using wdm then? Moving this to a wdm bug.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 228079 ***

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Just forwarding this to the editors. Comments can be found here; http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-ws-arch/2002Aug/0306 (ignore that footnote - not sure where that came from) MB -- Mark Baker, CTO, Idokorro Mobile (formerly Planetfred) Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. firstname.lastname@example.com http://www.markbaker.ca http://www.idokorro.comReceived on Thursday, 26 September 2002 00:41:02 UTC
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Auckland Mounted Rifles
8th Reinforcements
probably photographed about August - October 1915 at Trentham
8th Reinforcements
probably photographed about August - October 1915 at Trentham
back row:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1. John Kingstone Hull, 13/2520, Corporal, Otana, Waiuku, Auckland. Next of kin,G.G. Hull (father), Otana, Waiuku, New Zealand. Died 7 October 1954 aged 61 years, reg. 1954/28774.
2. McKay
3. Whiteman
4. Thomas Percy Shinton Cowern, 13/2551, Trooper, Kawhia, King-country, next of kin Fred Cowern (father), Kawhia, New Zealand. Died 26 March 1967 aged 89 years, reg,
5. Davis -
Edward Bently Davies, 13/2554, Trooper, Papatoetoe, next of kin, T.B. Davies (father) Papatoetoe, Auckland
William Davies, 13/2555, Trooper, 83 Wellesley Street, Roslyn, next of kin, Mrs R. Bird (mother), 83 Wellesley Street, Auckland.
6. Walter James Norton, 13/2612, Trooper, Waimauku, next of kin Mrs E.E. Norton (mother), Waimauku, via Hokianga Heads. Died 13 June 1962 aged 71 years, reg. 1962/25599.
7. Gordon Thomas Gunson, 13/2575 , Trooper, 33 Arthur Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, next of kin, Mrs W. Gunson (mother), 33 Arthur Street, Ponsonby, Auckland. Died 12 July 1962 aged 68 years, reg. 1962/28143.
second row:
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
8. Thomas Murray, 13/2600, Trooper, Clevedon, next of kin, Mrs A. Murray (mother), Clevedon, Auckland
9. Edwin Joseph Binns, 13/2532, Trooper, Waiuku, next of kin Mrs F.M. Binns (mother), Waiuku, Auckland
10. Herbert Wills Wyllie, 13/2632, Trooper, Papatoetoe, next of kin James Wyllie (father), Papatoetoe
11. Christopher T. Fawcett, 13/2562, Trooper, Clevedon, next of kin, C.A. Fawcett (father), Clevedon, Auckland
12. Alfred Linwood, 13/2586, Lance-Sergt., Mrs Jean Linwood (wife), Waiuku, Auckland
13. Albert Sydney Wyllie, 13/2631, Trooper, Papatoetoe, next of kin James Wyllie (father), Papatoetoe
14. James Archibald McNair, 13/2607, Trooper, Otaua, Waiuku, next of kin P. McNair (brother), Otaua, via Waiuku. Born 28 February 1894 Auckland - died 14 October 1917,
Killed in Action, Ypres, Belgium
15. Linton Hames, 13/2576, Private, Waiuku, next of kin J. Hames (father), Maungaturoto, Auckland.
16. Martin Murray, 13/2599, Trooper, Post-office, Oparau, next of kin, Mrs M. Hickey (sister), Pukekohe, Auckland.
Died 28 March 1918
Lance Corporal Martin Murray who, as announced in our last issue, has been killed in action was 39 years of age. He was the second son of Mrs Bodkin, of Pukekohe, and of the late Mr John Murray. Born in Dunedin he received his earlier education from the Dominican Nuns and later from the Christian Brothers. He enlisted with the 8th Reinforcements and served in Egypt, Somme, Messines and at Passchendeale, in charge of a Lewis gun. Arriving in the North Island 16 years ago he was a road contractor in the King Country for some years prior to enlisting. His headquarters were, however, with his sister, Mrs M. Hickey, at Pukekohe. His step-brother, Sgt. A. Bodkin, is still on active service.
third row:
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
third row:
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
17. William Griffin Yeates, 13/2633, Sergeant, 48 Ardmore Road, Ponsonby, Auckland, next of kin George Yeates (father), East Tamaki, Auckland
18. George Herbert Erickson, 13/2561, Trooper, Post Office, Whitford, Akaaka, Auckland, next of kin P. Erickson (father), Belwood Avenue, Dominion Road, Auckland
19. Norman Edward John Rossiter, 13/2617 Trooper, Waiuku, next of kin S.T. Rossiter (father), Waiuku, Auckland
20. Alan Lindsay Stuart Ferguson, 13/2517, Sergeant, Mount Smart Road, Penrose, Auckland, next of kin, Thomas Ferguson (father), Mount Smart Road, Penrose, Auckland
21. Maxwell Aldred, 13/2510, Captain, Waiuku, Auckland, next of kin, Mrs. M. Aldred (wife), St. Stephen's Avenue, Parnell, Auckland.
22. Leslie Wilfred Basley, 13/2519, Lance-sergt., Manukau Road, Parnell, Auckland, next of kin G.W. Basley (father), Solicitor, Auckland
23. Charles Rainsford Barriball, 13/2527, Trooper, Waiuku, next of kin on embarkation, A.M. Barriball (father), Waiuku. Died 17 April 1970
24. Robert Alexander Bruce, 13/2536, Trooper. Waiuku, next of kin, R. Bruce (father), North Rowe, Shetland Islands, Scotland. Killed in Action, Palestine, 14 November 1917 aged 26 years; the Auckland Mounted Rifles was involved in the Battle of Ayun Kara on that day. Son of Robert and Andrina Bruce, of Lochend, Northmavine, Lerwick, Shetland Islands. Native of North Rowe, Lerwick.
fourth row"
25 26 27 28 29 30
25. George Black, 13/2533, Trooper. P.O., Silverdale, next of kin Mrs Mary Black (mother), Papakura, Auckland
26. Harry Crabtree Frost, 13/2566, Trooper. Wiri, Papatoetoe, next of kin John Frost (father), Wiri, Papatoetoe, Auckland
27. Charles Quinney, 13/2616, Trooper. Post-office, Mauku, Auckland, next of kin Mrs Sadie Quinney (wife), G.P.O., Wellington. Died 11 August 1916.
28. James Frederick Doak, 13/2558, Trooper, Care of Miss O'Rorke, Ramarama, next of kin John George Doak (father), Fernside, North Canterbury. Son of Rose Annie and John George Doak
29. John Cornelius Finn, 13/2563, Trooper, Clevedon South, Auckland, next of kin Mrs Alice Ann Finn (mother), Clevedon South, Auckland.
30. Alfred Walker, 13/2627, Trooper, Papakura, next of kin John Lewis Walker (father), Papakura.
Local Representation.
The Auckland Provincial quota for the Eighth Reinforcement Draft of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, to go into training about the middle of August, includes the following, viz:
Mounted Rifles.
Charles R. Barriball,
Robert A. Bruce,
Edwin J. Burns,
Linton Hames,
John K. Hull,
Alfred Linwood,
James A, McNair,
Norman E. J. Rossiter,
all of Waiuku;
Charles R. Barriball,
Robert A. Bruce,
Edwin J. Burns,
Linton Hames,
John K. Hull,
Alfred Linwood,
James A, McNair,
Norman E. J. Rossiter,
all of Waiuku;
Christopher T. Fawcett,
James C. Ghezzi,
Thomas Murray,
all of Clevedon;
James C. Ghezzi,
Thomas Murray,
all of Clevedon;
John C. Finn, of Clevedon South;
Harry C. Frost, of Wiri;
Harold A. Marshall, of Buckland;
Charles Quinney, of Mauku;
Alfred J. D Sharp, of Pukekawa; and
Alfred Walker, of Papakura.
Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 63, 30 July 1915
Harry C. Frost, of Wiri;
Harold A. Marshall, of Buckland;
Charles Quinney, of Mauku;
Alfred J. D Sharp, of Pukekawa; and
Alfred Walker, of Papakura.
Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 63, 30 July 1915


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"A lot of people are losing their home, their church, a family member," said Kelly Sweitzer, the Soapbox's bar manager, who has worked there since 2007.
It's not quite the day the music died, but it's close.
Patrons, musicians and employees lamented on Friday the announcement that the Soapbox Laundro-Lounge, a major downtown Wilmington music venue since 2001 and something of a local institution, will close July 28.
On Facebook, as well as in the nonvirtual world, memories of favorite musical moments resurfaced and well-wishes were passed on to Soapbox owner Brent Watkins and his 20 or so full- and part-time employees.
"A lot of people are losing their home, their church, a family member," said Kelly Sweitzer, the Soapbox's bar manager, who has worked there since 2007.
"Five or six of us knew last week, so it's had some time to settle in, but that didn't make breaking the news to people any easier in the last 24 hours," Sweitzer said.
Even as Watkins said moving the Soapbox somewhere other than its 255 N. Front St. home in the Elks Temple Building remains a possibility, Timmy Sherrill, operator of the Nutt Street Comedy Room, which set up shop in the building's basement four years ago and enjoys a symbiotic relationship with the Soapbox, vowed to open a free-standing comedy club elsewhere.
In a letter to supporters posted to the Soapbox's website, Watkins spoke of financial difficulties that led to the venue's downfall.
"Without a significant injection of outside capital," Watkins wrote, "The Soapbox cannot, going forward, continue to operate within its original confines."
With the possibility of a re-birth far from certain, however, those who spent time at the Soapbox – whose unusual business plan drew in patrons for marathon laundry sessions (while they enjoyed suds of another variety) by day while offering up music on multiple stages at night – concentrated on the good times that were had.
"I had many birthday parties there, and even my going away party with (former Wilmington band) Mullet Revolta," said Hillery Conroy Terenzi, a longtime Wilmington music fan who now lives in Atlanta.
"It was my go-to place when I came (back) to visit," Terenzi said.
For musicians, the Soapbox isn't just a place to play and check out other bands, but a networking hot spot where collaborations and inspiration are born.
"My first real venue show was at the Soapbox," said Karl Kuehn of the local punk rock duo Museum Mouth, which has gone on to statewide and even national attention, winning a song contest on mtvU, an MTV offshoot that focuses on up-and-coming artists.
Originally signed up to play the Soapbox by Chason Huggins, who used to book shows for the club, "He and that venue really got us off the ground," Kuehn said.
Travis Burdick of the Wilmington bands Deadly Lo Fi and Shake Yell Dance performed in public for the first time in 2010 at the long-running open mic night hosted by local musician Sean Thomas Gerard of rockers Onward, Soldiers.
"It's the first place I got the nerve to play," said Burdick, who said all his local music connections stemmed from that first, nervous-making performance.
"If it wasn't for that place, it would've never happened. It's nice when you find a venue that has bigger acts but is very welcoming to the smaller local acts," he said.
The Soapbox opened on the ground floor but soon expanded to an upstairs space so that, on many nights, the venue hosted two separate shows and as many as 10 bands or more in a single evening.
Established national acts such as old-time stalwarts Carolina Chocolate Drops, guitar hero Buckethead and indie rockers Okkervil River played there, while once-local bands such as The Love Language, The Rosebuds and Bellafea began building crowds there before going on to wider acclaim.
An often-cited success story is North Carolina act The Avett Brothers, who first played the Soapbox for a crowd of dozens before going on to international stardom.
Soapbox general manager Joe Jones estimates that as many as 15,000 performances may have taken place there in the 12 years since the venue opened.
"Maybe that's a high number, maybe that's a low number, but it feels about right," said Jones, who's been at the Soapbox for 10 years – "a third of my entire life," he said.
He started working the door, built the venue's first website and booked many a show for the Soapbox. "I've had every title," Jones said. "My first real job (there) was drinking beer at the bar."
"It kind of defined who I am. I quit a couple of times but always came back," he continued. "It seems small and local here, but when I go to other towns I see how vibrant this town and its music scene is."
It's not solely about the music. Many a movie wrap party has been held at the Soapbox, including one famous, private affair for the film "Idlewild" during which Macy Gray, Liza Minnelli, Ben Vereen and Big Boi all performed.
Art shows and art openings were held there, many a local band did photo shoots back in the laundry area and it was a favorite spot for events by the Cucalorus Film Festival.
The Soapbox provided "a burst of energy in not only the music community but the whole art community," said Andy Bilinski, a Wilmington musician.
"It brought people together."
Even as the Soapbox's demise at its current location became a certainty -- the building is now listed for sale -- the closing is not necessarily seen as the death blow for the music scene it might've been at one time.
The Whiskey, Orton's, The Satellite and The Calico, just to name four downtown venues, offer multiple nights of live music each week. Ziggy's by the Sea, a music venue set to open July 3 at 208 Market St., has a capacity of approximately 750, double the capacity of Soapbox's larger upstairs venue.
"With Ziggy's opening up soon, it should help fill that void" of a place for national acts to play, said John Hinnant, outgoing president and CEO of Wilmington Downtown Inc.
The Soapbox's closing announcement sets off a month-long going away party with all of the club's weekends booked through the end of July, and more shows sure to be added as bands begin to clamor to play the venue one last time.
"I hope this last month is going to be busy," said Sweitzer, the venue's bar manger, whose connection to the Soapbox may be stronger than some others – she met her fiancee, Charles Smith, there, and the two are set to be married Sept. 28. "I hope we can see everyone's faces and just hug it out."
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Errol Morris, in Five Takes
Take 5: Errol the Provocateur
Near the end of SOP, Sabrina Harman declares, "I just don't know what I would've done different, put in the same situation." She pauses slightly, then: "Looking back all the way up, I wouldn't have joined the military…." The remorse is palpable, but there's no apology, no jeremiad against her former superiors. Despite the initial criticism, Morris himself remains unapologetic for the film's lack of closure. He's content to ask his questions and let people tell their stories, just as he's done throughout his career.
Morris: I can't tell you how many people have come out of this movie and said, "Well, they didn't apologize, they're not sorry, and they're bad people." For me, it's something very different. They've been destroyed by this. The entire failure of the Iraq war has been blamed on them. No, these people are not lily white. They were involved in stuff that was beastly. But the worst part of it was the stuff that was policy.
Hardie: Errol's movies are about lifting the rock to see what's underneath. They're more about exposing ideas and allowing the viewers to make up their mind about what they're seeing. Here, he just happens to be lifting the rock on Abu Ghraib.
Williams: With Mr. Death and The Fog of War, the best comments I ever got were "I saw the movie last night, and now it's the third day later and I'm still discussing it with somebody." That's what I think is unique about Errol's movies. It's not like you come out and say, "Okay, where do you want to eat now?" It always brings up some topic of discussion. That's what I imagine is his goal.
Kelikian: He loves controversy: He is engaged by it, and he engages it. Errol means his films to be controversial, because they're never black and white—there's always that gray area.
Morris: Every day we get the New York Times and the Boston Globe. It comes to the house, and you open it up, and you shudder for a whole variety of reasons. It's an awareness that the world has gone to hell, at least for me, and one doesn't really know what to do about it. I guess my solution to that, my very, very small partial solution to that, is I made this movie.


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The English soldier regained consciousness while flat on his back on a cot in a battlefield medical unit. Still groggy from the shell that had landed close by, he expected to see a white face unfolding bandages. Instead, he was pleasantly surprised to observe a man in a turban holding out a cup of tea. That special drink was and is still called chai, the word that Indians give to the khaki colored, sweet and strong libation with a real kick.
These days, affluent South Koreans sip chai in one of the many Starbucks cafes that dot the country, which has since risen to be the world's 11th largest economy. This tea first entered Korea during the war, when Indian medical personnel offered it to wounded UN/Commonwealth soldiers to help revive them from battlefield trauma. Chai then disappeared from South Korea for decades until the Seattle-based Starbucks chain added it to its menu to appeal to South Koreans with -- literally -- a taste for the exotic.
As we commemorate fifty years of relations between India and South Korea, it is necessary to recall the important -- and colorful -- contribution of the former to the latter's success. India is most famous among Western soldiers for dispatching the Indian Army's 60th Parachute Field Ambulance Platoon that used chai as medicine. But among scholars, the Indian name that stands out is that of diplomat K.M. Panikkar. First lets set some context. On June 27, 1950, two days after North Korea invaded South Korea, American President Harry Truman ordered the US 7th Fleet to steam into the Taiwan Strait to defend the Guo Min Dang regime, an ally, from the risk of China attacking. By then, communist China was raptly watching events. On September 30, Zhou warned the Washington that "the Chinese people will not tolerate foreign aggression...." In fact, the ex-Soviet archives have since proven that the north started the war.
Enter the Indian diplomat Sardar Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, more commonly known as K.M. Panikkar. He was born in 1895 and enjoyed an illustrious career as a journalist, scholar, historian, administrator, playwright, novelist and diplomat. Panikkar had sharpened his mind at Oxford and read for the bar at the Middle Temple in London before he returned to India. He taught at the University of Calcutta, a nerve center for India's robust intellectual class that centered on the state of Bengal. The influential newspaper the Hindustan Times took him on as an editor in 1925.
In 1947, the Indian people regained their independence from England and India appeared as a free country and republic on the world stage. No longer would London, a distant and foreign city, make foreign and defense policy decisions for 350 million Indians.
Now Panikkar's talents were more fully recognized and he became the Indian ambassador to China during the years 1948 -1952. After that, he also served in Egypt, which was a leader of the non-aligned movement that opposed backing either superpower America or Russia. He also later presented his credentials in France. In his book called Two Chinas, which appeared in 1955, Panikkar exposed his leanings for the new China of Mao Zedong. In those years, India and China were close friends and even hailed each other as "brothers." To be sure, it was half a decade before the war that revealed and deepened the difference between the two ancient Asian countries. But it was in Beijing that he played a role in the Korean conflict.
That transpired when Zhou warned through friendly countries such as India that mainland China would act to safeguard China's security on the peninsula. However, Truman regarded the message that Panikkar passed along as "a bald attempt to blackmail the UN" -- and dismissed it. China and the US-led UN army went on to fight for close to two and half years for control of the peninsula. In fact, the combined UN army defeated North Korean regime in the fall of 1950, liberating Pyongyang, and unifying some 90 percent of the peninsula. But then China's counter intervention that Panikkar had warned about drove the Western forces as far south as Daejon. It was the single longest military retreat in US army history. As for the medical unit, what are the essential facts about it? Its efforts went far beyond what the term "platoon" suggests. It was closer to a mobile army surgical hospital known in the West as a MASH unit.
The commander was Lieutenant Colonel A.G. Rangaraj. He and his brave men swung into action on December 4, 1950 in Pyongyang. At that time, the US 8th Army was retreating from the north after China's entry. The Indian unit officially played the role of the medical evacuation unit for the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade and it aided this unit throughout the war. The Indians nobly put aside the centuries of imperialism they had suffered under the English to save lives.
Very soon, Rangaraj's actions won the respect and even affection of the troops from the English Commonwealth countries because they provided excellent medical care and its men showed courage, even under fire. Just about all the Commonwealth soldiers evacuated from the Korean War battlefield passed through the Indian unit's hands before being sent to better facilities. In an important note, some members of the 60th Indian Field Ambulance Platoon actually parachuted the U.S. 187th Regimental Combat Team at Munsan-ni on March 22, 1951.
South Koreans are nowadays recalling these Indian contributions to the war effort. For instance, in November 2011, Seoul sent the so-called Little Angels children's entertainment troupe to India as a way of lionizing the Indian medical units. As for Panikkar, he remains one of India's most famous diplomats. Although his aforementioned warning to Washington was correct, the latter was too intent on a complete victory, meaning the destruction of the North Korean regime and unification of Korea, to heed it.
So the next time you find yourself sipping a steaming cup of spicy chai in a Seoul cafe, face southwest toward India and raise the cup in a salute to the Indian medics who nobly assisted the UN soldiers.
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With traditional Linux distributions comes either the fear of having little or no documentation, or the knowledge that one will have to use the many forum, IRC, and mailing list resources to find answers to the problems that might crop up.
With SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 , this fear should not exist. Although the many resources open to Linux still exist as channels of support, SLES has one channel most distributions do not::
And well-written documentation, at that.
On the main tool-bar on the desktop, you probably have noticed the "life-saver" icon.
This is the documentation, or help desk, icon.
If you ever have any questions, or are stumped by something not working quite right, the first place to go is to the life saver.
For instance, let's say you're interested in setting up a web server, but you have no idea how to do it.
First you click on the life saver icon, and a new window will open up.
*note* You'll see in the middle of the right-hand content screen the link "SLES adminguide (English)" - I highly recommend reading this section if you're new to administrating Linux servers. It is a fantastic resource.
Now, back to our web server example...
In the upper left-hand corner, you'll see a search input field. Enter "web server" in, and click Search
If this is the first time you're runnng the SLES documentation application, you'll see a couple of windows pop up asking you questions. This is because SLES wants to know how you want to set up your documentation.
The first one asks you if you want to create the documentation index now. Click Yes
Another window will open
Although you don't need to, it's probably a good idea to check all of the boxes, so your documentation will encompass as much as possible. If you choose to check everything, please know it might take a long time for your computer to create the index.
The only ones you need marked are the bottom two
- Release Notes
- SLES adminguide (English)
When it's done, make sure "web server" is still entered in the search field of the main help window, and click Search
You'll see results similar to the image below:
There you have it. With the results from the Adminguide, you'll most likely have more than enough information to install a fully-functional web server on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.
Each one of the links provided as results to your search under the Adminguide will open up a new section. For example. If I click on the 2nd link under the Adminguid in the results (Chapter 22. The Apache Web Server), the following content will be displayed.:
The documentation is quite extensve and I have found it most helpful. You might want to give it a try when you're in a pinch.
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Review: Gabriel Bruce - "Cars Not Leaving"
After releasing one of the best tracks of 2012 and a pretty solid rendition of "Silent Night", Gabriel Bruce is back with a stoic new single going by the name "Cars Not Leaving". The Springsteen-leaning composition features what seems to be Bruce confronting love on the rocks ("hold on now/just hold on a minute/this car's not leaving if you're not in it/no idea how lucky we are") with moving organs and some nicely timed sax in the background. It unfolds like a classic rock epic, something few singers can pull off, luckily this UK musician has got the chops.
The single hits retailers March 11th through Luv Luv Luv Records. Stream it below.


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If there is one brokerage house on street that is on mission of educating market participate at large on investing, its Ambit. This time they did a townhall with Mr. KN Sivasubramanian's – Ex-CIO, Franklin Templeton and it is nothing short of amazing learning experience that one can ask for. Here is full transcript of the same – Ambit-Townhall-Mar17-2017.pdf-1 . Ignore everything and read this first, miss at your own peril.
The cheapskates who don't want to spend on the big, fat Indian wedding – Link here
Why Carlos Ghosn took ten years to taste success in India – Link here
Ritholtz's Rules of Valuations – Link here
The secret war on your savings has already begun!! – Link here
Apple's next big thing: augmented reality – Apple has built a team combining the
The cheapskates who don't want to spend on the big, fat Indian wedding – Link here
Why Carlos Ghosn took ten years to taste success in India – Link here
Ritholtz's Rules of Valuations – Link here
The secret war on your savings has already begun!! – Link here
Apple's next big thing: augmented reality – Apple has built a team combining the strengths of its hardware and software veterans by acquiring small firms with knowledge of augmented reality hardware, 3D gaming and virtual reality – Link here
Gradual Improvements Go Unnoticed – Link here – "Bill Gates said: "Headlines, in a way, are what mislead you, because bad news is a headline, and gradual improvement is not."
How food delivery apps have changed the game for restaurants – Link here
Silicon Valley likes to "move fast and break things." What happens when it makes cars? – Link here
"Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors With Ukrainian Firmware" (DE) – Link here – just wondering if any Indian and Chinese tractor manufacturing are taking advantage of the situation or not?
A startup says it can now produce enough for 4 million meatless burgers a month – Link here – I think India just found how to save its cow or India's beef export may just get hit?
The Behavior of Stock Market Manias – Link here – This article is based on book called Bull by Maggie Mahar – it has taken one example of Dell computers to highlight use & misuse of ESOPs, buyback and of course playing derivative market when your core job was to manufacture & sell PC- super article MUST READ
Although Dell (the founder) was personally selling his own shares, he clearly he wasn't concerned about using Dell (the company) cash to buy back excessively overvalued shares. In fact, the company readily admitted that the shares repurchased weren't done with any sort of benchmark to value, they were done simply to offset the dilutive effects of the huge number of options that the company executives gave themselves.
Connect to Levo at airports and network for business deals in a lounge – Link here – I guess analyst/FM would hope to run into management of listed or even unlisted companies to understand business.
Silicon Valley Would Rather Cure Death Than Make Life Worth Living – Link here –
This reminds me of a scene from movie Troy between Achilles and Briseis where Briseis is lecturing Achilles about God and Achilles says "I'll tell you a secret. Something they don't teach you in your temple. The Gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again." (YouTube Link here)
How to short Uber (and other private companies) – Link here
The Hardest Question in Portfolio Management – Link here
Take It to the Limit – Here are just 15 of the obstacles we face – Link here
Top 10 Habits of Millionaires for Building Wealth – Link here


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They'll be filming a documentary about their trip and hope to spread the word about how electric bicycles can benefit the environment and our health.
For more information go to their Kickstarter campaign page at www.kickstarter.com
You can also check out their recent blog post about the benefits of electric bicycles here.
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Yes, we know it's not technically stuffing, but this baked brioche number will have your taste buds doing a happy dance this Thanksgiving…or really, anytime. Here's a stuffing (ahem, dressing) worthy of your in-laws.
1 brioche loaf, cut into 1-inch cubes and lightly toasted (be careful because brioche burns quickly)
8 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 cups carrot, small dice
2 cups celery, small dice
2 cups Spanish onion, small dice
4 cloves garlic, smashed
4 sprigs thyme
1 sprig sage, plus 8 leaves
1 quart dark turkey stock or chicken stock (unsalted)
Salt and pepper
You can either buy turkey stock or make your own. We like to take turkey necks, rub them with tomato paste, and roast until very dark. Then add mirepoix, garlic and aromatics, simmer for eight to ten hours, and strain. If you decide to use a stock that has sodium, make sure you adjust your seasoning so the stuffing is not too salty.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
In a large sauté pan, add two tablespoons of olive oil and two tablespoons of the butter. Add thyme, sage and garlic until garlic starts to dance in the pan. Add carrot, celery & onion all at once and cook until translucent. Carefully ladle in stock and cook until stock reduces slightly and vegetables are nicely glazed. Pour mixture into a mixing bowl and allow to cool. Once cool, remove garlic, thyme and sage.
For baking, you can either make individual portions in small oven-proof dishes or bake the stuffing in one large casserole dish. In either case, butter the baking dishes before adding the stuffing.
In a mixing bowl, combine the toasted brioche with half of the vegetable and stock mixture and lightly toss, being careful to not break up the bread too much. Pack the bread mixture into the baking dish(es) and press down until it is tightly packed. Add just enough of the remaining vegetable and stock mixture so that the bread is firm in the dish but not overflowing with liquid. Top with the remaining butter for good measure and garnish with sage leaves.
Bake for 45 minutes until golden brown and bubbling. Remove and rest for 30 minutes before serving. Stuffing can be made a few hours ahead and reheated while your turkey is resting.


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RICHBURG – Richburg Town Councilman Albert Stewart Jr. has observed traffic speeding down William Stevenson Road and wants to have two speed limit signs installed there to slow down motorists.
Stewart brought the matter before Richburg Town Council at its April meeting.
Stewart lives on William Stevenson Road, which is in the Richburg town limits.
FAIRFIELD – As a youngster, Johnny Dewese developed an interest in the judicial system and remembers pumping gas and bagging groceries at Raines Store in the Mitford community when Muscoe "Muck" Raines was county magistrate.
"He held court in the store," Dewese said. "I was intrigued with the people who came in. I always had an interest in court."
After graduating from Great Falls High School in 1969, Dewese went to work at J.P. Stevens.
Lancaster County closed on property Wednesday for a new Indian Land recycling and household trash collection center county officials hope to open later this year.
According to Lancaster County councilmen Larry McCullough and Brian Carnes, the 4.6-acre property is an undeveloped tract on Northfield Drive in the Perimeter 521 Commerce Park off Charlotte Highway (U.S. 521) behind the old Di Dee's Diner.
McCullough said the county hopes to begin work on the site within the next two months with the goal of a third-quarter 2015 opening.
A Lancaster man who was arrested last December for choking his girlfriend and threatening to kill her was sentenced to two decades behind bars during a plea hearing at the Lancaster County Courthouse on Thursday, April 16.
Danny Nelson, 48, was sentenced by Circuit Court Judge Brian Gibbons to 20 years in the S.C. Department of Corrections after he pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and battery, according to a press release from 6th Circuit Solicitor Randy Newman.
The city of Lancaster is now among the nation's best when it comes to providing fire protection to its homeowners and businesses, said city of Lancaster Administrator Helen Sowell in announcing the big news Thursday, April 17.
"Congratulations!" she said. "Under the leadership of Chief Chuck Small, the men of the Lancaster Fire Department have been recognized with an ISO (Insurance Service Office) rating of Class 1."
The Lancaster High School Lady Bruins' basketball team was celebrated throughout the city and state this past week for its impressive 2014-15 season 27-0 record that culimnated with a AAA state title.
On Thursday, April 16, the LHS team was honored in Columbia on the floor of the S.C. House floor by Rep. Mandy Powers Norrell (D-44), an LHS alum.
Lancaster County School District received a notice Tuesday, April 14, from one of its produce providers about a recall of Taylors Farms spinach.
Sometimes, it's as much what you're driving as how you're driving it that can get you in trouble, a lesson two Lancaster County men learned recently in separate DUI arrests.
A Lancaster & Chester Railroad train out of Kershaw jumped the tracks in Lancaster on Tuesday, April 14, rerouting traffic on South Market Street for hours.
When it comes to reducing alcohol-related car accidents and underage drinking in Lancaster County, Dr. Harold Holder believes a cutting-edge prevention strategy more than two years in the making may be the key to keeping residents safer.
Holder, a DUI prevention strategist from the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE) in Berkeley, Calif., revealed the results of the county's 'Take U Out of DUI' initiative during a Wednesday afternoon, April 15, press conference.
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2012 has been a wonderful year. I met incredible people and made new friends, I got to work with some of them. I had a second solo art show and got published in amazing magazines and blogs. I got to visit magical places from Seattle to Los Angeles, Boston, London, Coachella, Montreal… I got married!!! I am living my dreams and I want to thank my family and friends and you who've been following my work for all the support you gave me this year. May 2013 be as good as 2012 if not better!
I wish you all a very successful and happy 2013. Be passionate!


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What is bigHand Digital Dictation?
BigHand is a Microsoft Gold Partner and ILTA Silver Sponsor specializing in voice productivity software. BigHand's leading product for legal, BigHand Digital Dictation software, allows a user to dictate directly to your network using a handheld microphone, headset, remote device, BlackBerry, cell phone or via the web.
A compressed and encrypted sound file is then transferred instantly to available secretarial support, wherever they may be located in North America or the world. Importantly BigHand software is built to respond to the way you work, whether you are a small, medium or large organization.
Why is bigHand Suited to Your Users?
BigHand is the only digital dictation product based on extensive market and product research from attorneys and IT support professionals, which was undertaken in advance of designing the product. This initial research highlighted that four 'User Qualities' were regarded as being the key elements of the "ideal" digital dictation system:
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BigHand adopted these 4 user qualities as the cornerstones of the BigHand3 end user experience.
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BigHand3 Digital Dictation represents a new generation of digital dictation workflow software. With a unique, service orientated back-end and technical firsts across multiple areas of functionality BigHand technology wins 8 out of 10 RFIs in which it is entered. Benchmark application testing found it to be the most powerful and flexible digital dictation system currently available, more feature rich and more secure than any other product. BigHand3 offers 4 specific Technical USPs:
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BigHand was named as the fastest growing legal software developer in The Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 league tables for both 2006 and 2005.
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I'm ready to take advantage of any opportunity to visit Mackinac Island and Marcie Quist and the Metamora Combined Driving Event presented that opportunity. Mackinac Island is a little gem just east of the Straits of Mackinac which separates the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan.
Marcie was the President of the Jury at the Metamora CDE and as we are friends outside of the combined driving world, and as Marcie had not been to Mackinac before, we made a plan to visit the Island after the event. How fun to see this unique island through Marcie's eyes.
Because Marcie wanted to see the Mackinac Bridge up-close-and personal, we drove over it (a five-mile span and one that frankly makes me a little nervous) to St. Ignace on the upper peninsula side. Many of the ferries are now high speed things but all freight – including horses – go in different ferries and only from St. Ignace. We hadn't even parked the car when we spied two horses departing a ferry. They were held by no other than Debbie Egan. She and Ron have leased a pair of Dutch Harness Horses to people who live on Mackinac's West Bluff. They were taking them to Ohio for a couple of weeks. That was just the start to a great 24 hour adventure.
We had a private carriage tour of the island, lunch at Grand Hotel, a visit with Ben Mosely who works for Grand Hotel and manages their stable (I wrote about the grand opening last summer in Driving Digest). We had dinner at the Woods restaurant which required a half-hour carriage ride each way. We stayed at a charming B & B. We rented bikes on a "dusk to dawn" rental so we could get up at 7 a.m. and ride around the perimeter of the Island (8 miles) before breakfast.
All this, and we caught the 10 a.m. ferry back to St. Ignace, crossed the bridge again (better this time) and I dropped Marcie off at Pellston for a noon flight.
I've organized trips to Mackinac Island before and I wonder if Driving Digest subscribers would be interested in a group trip to the Island sometime in 2014. It is truly something that should be on everyone's bucket list. If enough are interested, I will try and put something together. The folks on Mackinac love to welcome horse and carriage people.


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After a down-in-the-dumps week that saw New York lose at DC and New England, the Red Bulls (10-9-3) face another hot division rival, the Chicago Fire (7-9-5) at the Swamp on Saturday (7:30p ET, MSG). Tomorrow's Fire squad will look nothing like the team that New York blanked 3-0 on May 24th, however. Impressive roster addtions Temoc Blanco and Paulo Wanchope have lifted Chicago to within a single point of playoff position. Chicago's new coach Juan Carlos Osorio has the Fire playing with confidence, while the Red Bulls are once again looking to keep their season on a positive note. A loss will drop New York to .500, where they haven't been since Week 1 (0-0-1).
Recent Form/Playoff Position
New York: LWWLL/3d in East, would face DC in 1st rd.
Chicago: WDWLW/6th in East, 1 pt. from playoff pos.
Here's a line-by-line look at what to expect tomorrow:
The Fire forwards vs. the New York defense:
Calen Carr and Pablo Wanchope vs. Hunter Freeman, Jeff Parke, Seth Stammler, and Chris Leith (and Ron Waterreus). Carr (3g) has to be elated with the additions to his Fire squad. His Costa Rican strike partner (1g) has been terrorizing defenses for most of his storied career at EPL clubs like West Ham and Man City. While Wanchope is a little long in the tooth, he'll be dangerous against MLS defenses. The NY backline's three goals for tomorrow: 1) stop allowing keepers to get assists, 2) stop allowing own goals, and 3) provide confidence that they can help win some points. I guess after Conway's howler last week, the Walrus will be back in the NY net. Advantage: Chicago
The Red Bulls' attackers vs. the Chicago defense:
Jozy Altidore and Juan Pablo Angel vs. Dasan Robinson, Diego Gutierrez, and C.J. Brown (and Jon Busch). Not much more can be said about Jozy and the Angel. They score goals (21 of NY's 36 this season and 8 in the last five games). They have flair. They'll be playing at home. Hopefully they'll produce. Chicago has pitched a surprising four shutouts in their last five. Yes, their opponents included TFC, RSL, and Columbus, but they also shutout KC at home last week.Advantage: New York
The Midfields:
Dane Richards. Claudio Reyna, Joe Vide, and Clint Mathis vs. Ivan Guerrero, Chris Armas, Temoc Blanco, Bakary Soumare, and Logan Pause. Vide has been a steady sub, and has supplanted Dave van den Bergh in the starting lineup. Richards continues to have a fine rookie season. Key stat for New York: the Red Bulls are 5-6-3 in matches that Claudio Reyna plays, 5-3-0 in matches he does not. Chicago's midfield now runs through Blanco, who has two goals and four assists in his five matches in a Fire uniform. Armas will be steady as always at d-mid and Guerrero is always tough. Advantage: Push
The Coaches:
Rookie coach Osorio has to thank his lucky stars that Blanco and Wanchope are on the roster, because the Fire were woeful without them. He has his team jelling at just the right time, and has his team believing in themselves. Arena should start thinking about his next gig, because his present one might not be his much longer. Advantage: Chicago
One has to wonder how many of the 66,000+ that attended the Red Bulls' last match will return in the middle of a holiday weekend, though the appearance of Blanco may tip attendance to the support of the visitors. On the field, one club is making gains, while the other is accepting its fate. You guess which one is which. Advantage: Chicago
Blanco and Wanchope have punished the U.S. MNT for years. Tomorrow, they'll punish the Red Bulls in front of a group of happy Mexican fans at Giants Stadium. Chicago wins, 3-1.
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First Person Shooter...
Firmly sticking to the Half Life 2 formula, Deep Down is a new entry in the story of Alyx and Gordon as they continue the hunt for Combine Advisors in the area surrounding White Forest.
Combine Forces, Zombies and Antlions lay between them and the brooding menace deep below the earth that will test both their skills further than ever before.
If you miss the Half Life 2 formula and are tired of waiting patiently for Episode 3 then this mod is for you. Featuring new gameplay elements, fiendish puzzles and blistering action, Deep Down will provide your Half Life 2 fix (well some of it at least).


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Sturgill Simpson Booked for 'Saturday Night Live'
Sturgill Simpson has been booked as the musical guest for an upcoming episode of Saturday Night Live.
SNL shared the news during Saturday night's (Dec. 17) episode; Simpson took video of the announcement (above) and shared it with his social media followers. Felicity Jones will host the episode, set to air on Jan. 14.
Simpson will be the latest in a long line of country and Americana artists to grace the Saturday Night Live stage during the show's four-decade run. Margo Price, Chris Stapleton and Maren Morris all performed on the show in 2016 alone, while Blake Shelton acted as the sketch comedy show's host and musical guest in January of 2015. Garth Brooks, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift are also among those who have hosted and performed on SNL.
Since releasing his debut album, High Top Mountain, in 2013, Simpson has earned a bevy of fans, as well as critical praise, with his traditional sound and style. His latest release, 2016's A Sailor's Guide to Earth -- his first project since signing with Atlantic Records -- debuted at No. 1 on the country albums chart and at No. 3 on Billboard's all-genre 200 chart. On Dec. 6, A Sailor's Guide to Earth received two nominations for the 2017 Grammy Awards: one for Best Country Album and the other for the all-genre Album of the Year.
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McDonnell Lines Up Endorsement From GOP Rising StarDec 09, 2008
Republican Gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell today announced that Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal will participate with him in a news conference tomorrow in Richmond where the popular Republican also will headline a fundraiser for the attorney general. We hope to be there and bring back some insights.
Here is the official word from McDonnell's office:
Attorney General Bob McDonnell and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal to Hold Joint Press Conference Wednesday in Richmond
Jindal Visiting Richmond to Headline Fundraiser for McDonnell's Gubernatorial Campaign
Louisiana Governor, and national Republican figure, Bobby Jindal will visit Richmond on Wednesday, December 10, to support Attorney General Bob McDonnell's 2009 campaign for Governor. The two will hold a press conference at the Jefferson Hotel at 11:35 a.m. Following that event, the governor will headline a private fundraiser for the attorney general at another location.
All members of the press are invited and encouraged to attend Wednesday's press conference. Governor Bobby Jindal has built an impressive record in his role as Governor of Louisiana, and established himself as one of the rising stars of the Republican Party. Prior to being elected to his current position he served as a member of Congress, and, prior to that, as the youngest-ever president of the University of Louisiana system. Today he is the nation's youngest governor, and he is widely considered to be a frontrunner for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination if he chooses to run.


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Save the Red Door Family Shelter
Streetknit was created to help people in need. Because of all of you, we've been able to donate 1000s of hand knitted items to shelters and agencies across the city of Toronto. Now one of those shelters faces a more serious threat – it may be closed leaving the families who have to rely on it without a safe place to go. For more details, please read this. And if you can, come down an emergency community meeting this Monday, April 7th from 7pm – 9pm at the Ralph Thornton Centre, 2nd floor, 765 Queen St. E and speak out against losing an invaluable community resource to yet more condos. Thanks for your time!


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Before we get into the 2003 big picture, can I just step aside for a moment and mention something of huge significance for me. This was the year that, for the very first time, there was a UK clinical trial of ERT. This was at The Willink Centre in Manchester, under Dr Ed Wraith and co-workers. This was a dream come true and added to a growing feeling that my own part in the story, such as it was, was coming to a logical end.
2003 was again a year of solid progress. In retrospect, we had moved pretty clearly to a situation where we knew that ERT would be available. For many people, this was even more difficult than wondering if it would be available. It was now a waiting game, not a hoping game. In particular, many adult patients were wondering when it would be their turn to feature in a trial.
This led to occasional tensions. The IPA were in regular contact with Genzyme, yet much of this was under strict terms of confidentiality. This meant that information could not be passed on to the patients, who were - understandably - restive.
Nevertheless, a series of regular updates held things together.
Issue 10 of the Pompe's Bulletin came out in February, bringing people up to date on a whole range of things, including the Manchester trial.
There were regular Pompe Program updates (contents agreed between the IPA and Genzyme) of progress.
These were released on February 18, March 19 (Genzyme press release), September 10 (press release)
The latter brought the first news of adult onset trials and of 'Special Access' for patients who did not fit into clinical trials but who were in demonstrable need. This was a mark of Genzyme's success in ramping up production - they could not have made such promises without absolute confidence in supplies of enzyme. From now on, alpha-glucosidase would be much more widely available, in advance of formal commercialisation.
As you can imagine, having been aware of developments through regular contact with Genzyme, it was a great feeling of relief to have them out in the public domain. It was recognised though that something bigger and public was needed to signal progress to patients. That something was the biggest and best Pompe event so far - the 2003 IPA Conference at Heidelberg in Germany.
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23 And he said to them, "Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, `Physician, heal yourself; what we have heard you did at Caper'na-um, do here also in your own country.'" 24 And he said, "Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his own country. 25 But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Eli'jah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great famine over all the land; 26 and Eli'jah was sent to none of them but only to Zar'ephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Eli'sha; and none of them was cleansed, but only Na'aman the Syrian." 28 When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. 29 And they rose up and put him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw him down headlong. 30 But passing through the midst of them he went away.
Meditation: How would you react if Jesus spoke this message from the pulpit on Sunday? It was customary for Jesus to go weekly to the synagogue to worship and on occasion to read the scriptures and comment on them to the people. His hometown folks listened with rapt attention on this occasion because they had heard about the miracles he had performed in other towns. What sign would he do in his hometown? Jesus startled them with a seeming rebuke that no prophet or servant of God can receive honor among his own people. He then angered them when he complimented the gentiles who seemed to have shown more faith in God than the "chosen ones" of Israel. They regarded gentiles as "fuel for the fires of hell". Jesus' praise for "outsiders" caused them offence because they were blind-sighted to God's mercy and plan of redemption for all nations. The word "gospel" literally means "good news". Isaiah had prophesied that the Messiah would come in the power of the Holy Spirit to bring freedom to those oppressed by sin and evil (see Isaiah 61:1-2). Jesus came to set people free from the worst tyranny possible -- the tyranny of slavery to sin and the fear of death, and the destruction of both body and soul. God's power alone can save us from emptiness and poverty of spirit, from confusion and error, and from the fear of death and hopelessness. The gospel of salvation is "good news" for us today. Do you know the joy and freedom of the gospel?
"Lord Jesus, you are the fulfillment of all our hopes and desires. Your
Spirit brings us grace, truth, life, and freedom. Fill me with the joy
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Last Thursday, my beloved dog Bear made his final trip to the vet.
|A rainy day in Indian Heaven Wilderness
I knew it was coming. Bear was over 14 years old. His hips and back legs were failing, and the doggy ibuprofen he'd been taking for several months wasn't keeping pace with the pain. He couldn't make it through the night without pooping in the house, so we had to sequester him in the bathroom (which he hated). But those of you who've had pets know how much they become members of the family. I just couldn't bring myself to make that final appointment. Finally, my kids and husband convinced me it was time to say goodbye.
|On Hamilton Mountain
It all began back in 2003. My daughter, spotting a cute puppy in the local pet store, asked me if we could have a dog. Not wanting to be the bad guy, I told her to "ask your father," thinking my hubby would nix the idea. My bluff was called when Denise posed this question to her Dad, and surprisingly he said yes.
|Denise and Bear
By then, the cute puppy had already been adopted, so my kids and I visited the Oregon Humane Society on a quest for our new best friend. At first, I was less than impressed. Most of the dogs were barking furiously as we passed by, and I didn't want a loud barker. But then Denise discovered a black and white dog huddled in the corner, looking sad. A tag on the door said his name was Bear.
|McNeil Point, above the shelter
After taking him out to the exercise area, Denise and Bear connected instantly. A week later, we were loading him into our minivan.
|Bear loved his Frisbee
Over a year old, Bear had already lived a hard life. His former owners surrendered this wonderful dog because they couldn't afford to care for him (the shelter staff also hinted that divorce and domestic violence were involved). Bear was dangerously thin, filthy dirty, and suffering from Kennel Cough (he'd never been to a vet for vaccinations). When we brought him home, Bear was also recovering from being neutered (the Humane Society "fixes" all their animals prior to adoption).
|"C'mon mom, put down the camera and let's go!"
My daughter instantly bonded with Bear. She took him for daily walks, was responsible for feeding, and even cleaned up the poop! She taught him to do tricks, and he slept in her room every night. A shy, skittery dog, it took Bear a little more time to connect with the rest of my family. But once he realized this was home, Bear opened up to us all, and took his job of keeping track of us seriously. We became his "pack."
|Enjoying the flowers
We never determined Bear's exact lineage, but always assumed it was mostly Border Collie. A little research discovered this breed needed to have a "job" or they started causing mischief. By accident, we discovered Bear loved to play fetch, and found he was a great Frisbee catcher. Playing Frisbee every day became Bear's "job" and he did it well. In his prime, Bear could jump and catch a Frisbee in midair. He was deadly accurate, and rarely missed.
|Ready for another Frisbee throw!
Never have I seen a dog who loved his Frisbee as much as Bear. He'd carry it in his mouth on walks to the park, and soon was known in our neighborhood as the "Frisbee dog." Bear's way of greeting someone new was to drop a Frisbee at their feet, and look hopefully up at them. Little kids were his favorite playmates, and Bear didn't care if their throws were short - he'd faithfully fetch the Frisbee and return it to their feet.
|Classic "Border Collie crouch"
During the day, when Roger and I were at work and the kids at school, we'd leave Bear in our fenced backyard. Bear, who took his house watching job very seriously, didn't like being someplace where he couldn't see out front. He was such a smart dog, Bear figured out ways to escape from our backyard, and gained his freedom countless times. He never wandered far - we always found him sitting on our front doorstep. In the house, he'd stare out our living room window, keeping an eye on the activity in our front yard. A knock or chime of the doorbell brought out a round of ferocious barking - that is, until the person walked inside, where they were greeted with a Frisbee dropped at their feet.
|Bear demonstrates his amazing jumping abilities
Bear and I bonded over our love of hiking. After taking him on a few quick rambles in the Gorge, I discovered Bear was happy bounding down a trail. But he never traveled far, always keeping his "people" in sight. When hiking with a large group, his herding instincts kicked in. Bear would run back and forth on the trail, checking on his "herd," making sure everyone stayed together. We always joked Bear traveled twice the distance of anyone else.
|Near Dollar Lake, Mt. Hood
I often hike by myself, and Bear made a great companion on those solo trips. I can think of a couple instances where I'd lost the trail, and Bear was the one that found the way. I never worried about wild animals, or creepy people. No was was going to mess with someone who had a dog. Bear would normally run ahead of me a short distance, and then look back as if to say "are you coming?" I have many photos of him staring back at me as if to say "put down the camera and let's go!"
|Flower field, Grassy Knoll Trail
Bear and I have hiked a countless number of trails both in Oregon and Washington. He's had many trips to the coast, where Bear would run and run along the sandy beach, wearing a big doggy grin. He's come camping with us, and made several trips to both Montana and South Dakota. Roger even tried to take Bear fishing, but that didn't go so well. All Bear wanted to do was fetch the line after it was cast into the water.
|Final beach trip New Year's Day 2015
The funniest thing about Bear was his obsession with bubbles. He absolutely loved to jump up and pop them. Bear was a very smart dog and knew what a bottle of bubble stuff looked like. He'd get so excited when someone brought out a bottle. Going through my photos, I discovered this video of Bear showing off his finest bubble-popping moves.
Sadly, over the last two years of Bear's life, the hiking, bubble-popping, and finally even the Frisbee catching came to an end. When Bear stopped climbing the stairs to our bedrooms and stumbled going in and out the back door, I knew his days were numbered.
|A gray, old dog
Our house seems so quiet now. There's an empty spot in the bathroom where his dishes once resided. I already miss Bear's tail-wagging greetings when I come through the door.
He was the best hiking buddy a gal could ever ask for. RIP Bear. I know you're in a better place, but I'm sure gonna miss you.


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Roasted Lemon Chicken with Veggies including green beans and red potatoes. One of the easiest and yummiest dinner recipes!
Tried and True Recipe
Happy Wednesday! I have another Tried and True recipe here to start off your morning. I bet you're wondering what you should do for dinner. Well, wonder no more. This Lemon Chicken with Veggies dish is just begging for you to make it. It seems like there are millions of different ways to make chicken. This recipe is a new way for us! It's simple, delicious, and perfect for dinner! It can easily be changed up too, so I'm going to try some other vegetables next time we make it. 😉
I love being able to throw something together before the kids get home from school, then let it cook while we do homework. It's ready and perfect just in time for dinner. No crazy kids running around the kitchen at 5 o'clock while you're trying to figure out what to make. Try it out and I bet you'll love how smoothly your dinner prep (or as I like to call it "witching hour") goes.
We love all the hearty veggies with this chicken and feel like you get an entire meal with this one recipe. Be sure to try it out and let us know how it goes. 😉
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Lemon Chicken with Veggies Recipe
- 6 tbsp Olive oil
- 2 lemons 1 thinly sliced, 1 juiced
- 4 tsp minced garlic
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 3/4 lb green beans trimmed
- 8 small red potatoes quartered
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
Coat a large baking dish with 1 TB of the olive oil. On the bottom of your dish, arrange lemon slices in a single layer.
Combine the remaining oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt, and pepper In a large bowl. One by one, you will need to coat the green beans, potatoes and chicken in the oil mixture. Start by adding the green beans first. Toss to coat. Then, using tongs, remove the green beans and place them on top of the lemon slices. Next, add the potatoes to the olive-oil mixture and toss to coat. Using your tongs again, arrange the potatoes over the green beans, along the inside edge of the dish. Last, coat the chicken in the oil mixture and place in your dish. Pour any remaining olive-oil mixture over the chicken.
Cook at 350 for 1 hour - 1 hour and 15 minutes (or until potatoes and veggies look soft and chicken cooked through). Serve warm.
Recipe Video
Adapted from realsimple.com.


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Moves to cap renewables / West German buyer for east German lignite?
"Short-sighted cap fans"
Despite fighting climate change being a national objective and renewables now the cheapest source of energy, leading conservative politicians want to use reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) to halt the development of renewables, writes Malte Kreutzfeldt in the taz. Kreutzfeldt says this is absurd because following the Paris Agreement, Germany must do much more to reach the 2 degree target on global warming, let alone a limit of 1.5 degrees. Moreover, the limit introduced in the reformed legislation is on the share of renewables in the energy mix, not absolute capacity. With power demand set to rise, stronger growth of renewables is needed in the coming years, Kreutzfeldt argues.
See the article in German here.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
"Energiewende will cost consumers billions"
The FAZ reports that grid development costs could amount to 40 billion euros over the next decade. The four big German transmission grid operators have submitted plans to the Federal Network Agency for grid extensions to be built by 2025. A decision to use underground rather than overhead cables has increased costs by 8 billion euros, the article says. Other costs include 5 billion euros to connect offshore wind farms to the grid.
"Soft Power for Solar Power: Germany's New Climate Foreign Policy"
Germanwatch has released a study looking at Germany's efforts to integrate climate change into its foreign policy agenda. The study found that in some areas, Germany's diplomatic efforts on climate change had been "surprisingly effective", the environmental group said in a press release, citing the G7 agreement. However, some areas "display a lack of coherence, for example the parallel existence of the old energy security diplomacy and the new climate and 'Energiewende' diplomacy," the statement said.
See the press release and study in English here.
See CLEW's dossier on the European context of the Germany Energiwende here.
See CLEW's dossier on the energy transition and international security here.
Power Magazine
"Germany's Energiewende at a New Turning Point"
In 2015, Germany increased its renewable power capacity by more than ever before, Lee Buchsbaum writes for Power Magazine, but disruptions to the rest of the energy sector may be behind government moves to "slow the green trend down". The big four energy companies had warned that expanding renewables would mean higher power prices and threaten grid stability – but they have been proved wrong, as wholesale power prices have – and continue to – fall and Germany's grid ranks among the most reliable in Europe.
See the article in English here.
Research Centre for Energy Economics
"Power transition with tailwind"
According to an analysis by the Research Centre for Energy Economics reports, renewable power generation is set to exceed government targets, achieving a share of up to 85 percent of consumption by 2035. According to their projections renewables could make up 60 percent of the energy mix in 2025, mainly due to technological progress in wind turbines, compared to the government target of 40 - 45 percent. The institute said this level of growth must go hand in hand with the development of the grid and storage, and changes to the power market design.
See the statement in German, with diagram of projected renewable development here.
"Wind top new power generation source in Europe"
Wind is now Europe's third largest source of power, with 142 gigawatts (GW) or one third of all installed capacity, energypost reports. Germany has more installed capacity – 45 GW – than any other country, and was responsible for 47 percent of new wind capacity additions in 2015, the article says. E.ON and RWE were the biggest installers of offshore wind in Germany.
See the article in English here.
"East German lignite: Steag in the running?"
West German power producer Steag could bid for Vattenfall's brown coal operations in Lausitz, dpa reports. So far, the company, which is owned by local municipalities on the Ruhr region, has declined to comment on whether it will make an offer on the assets. Environmental groups are petitioning Steag offices and town halls with a stake in the company not to. However, the powerful IG BCE trade union is open to the idea, dpa reports, and its head is vice-chairman of the board for Steag.
See the article in German here.
Federal Environment Ministry
"Electric buses important for sustainable mobility"
The Federal Environment Ministry has announced a new subsidy programme for electric buses. Speaking at a conference of the Association of German Transport Companies, Environment Secretary Jochen Flasbarth said the government was promoting the use of emissions-free buses to improve urban quality of life. A funding policy was currently being drawn up to expand support for hybrid buses to electric vehicles, Flasbarth said. The city of Cologne recently added eight electric buses to its fleet.
See a press release from the ministry in German here.
See CLEW's dossier on the energy transition in the transport sector here.
KfW Group / Germany Trade & Invest
"German government announces further promotional measures for PV battery installations"
The German government launched a new phase of support for PV battery storage on 1 March, with loans available from the KfW development bank and subsidies from the Energy and Economy Ministry. The programme is aimed at stimulating the market and technological development of smaller PV storage systems and will run until 2018.
See a statement in German from KfW here.
See a statement in English from GTAi here.
pv magazine
"Daimler to invest 500 million euros in second German battery production plant"
German carmaker Daimler has announced plans to invest 500 millions euros in a plant producing lithium-ion batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles, pv magazine reports. Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche said the plant would respond to growing demand for electro-mobility. The factory is to be built adjacent to an existing plant in Saxony and is expected to begin production in summer 2017.
See the article in German here.
Federal Motor Transport Authority
"Vehicle registrations in February 2016"
In February, 751 new electric cars, and 3,532 new hybrid cars were registered in Germany, according to a statement from the Federal Motor Transport Authority. 47.2 percent of vehicles registered were diesel. The average CO2 value fell to 127.5g/km.
Find the press release in German here.


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Serious illness has come into your life and the lives of those who care for you. The future is uncertain. You are meeting a lot of new health care team members and talking with them. You are trying to digest a lot of information and to make important decisions. You are probably experiencing a lot of powerful emotions at this time and may be feeling overwhelmed.
Nanaimo Hospice is available to be of support to you as soon as you or your loved one has been given a diagnosis that the illness is not curable. We want what is best for you and your family. Support is provided based on your unique needs, in a way that least disrupts your quality of life.
Patients and families experience many unfamiliar losses, changes, and demands during the course of a life limiting illness. Sometimes it is enough to know that what is happening is normal, or to be expected. Other times, when patients and family members misunderstand what is happening for each other, more information and helpful suggestions can increase their tolerance and support for one another.
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