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Linux Events
I attended Aviram Jenik's lecture on Sunday. Before the lecture I had enough time to give a quick appetizer in the form of my "Template Toolkit" Lightning Talk. I received one positive criticism, and two others that said that it was not very understoodable. I believe they were correct and I understood how to improve it. (but think it may make it into a seven minutes or ten minutes talk).
Immediately after I was finished (and before I had the chance to hear any feedback) Aviram came, and started with the lecture. The lecture was very good, funny, and interesting. I first believed it was going to be a "preaching to the choir" type of lecture, but it ended up also bringing up alternatives for full disclosure, and many cases from the security history. (some of which were very amusing) The room was crowded, and Shachar (who is also a humorist "behesed") also contributed things.
There was also a Haifux Lecture on SMTP and Qmail by kilmo. It seemed interesting and Eran was there, but I was very tired that day so I decided to leave prematurely. I dozed off at least twice during the ride back home, so I guess I couldn't have made it through the lecture.
I ended up modifying my Template Toolkit lecture and am looking for a chance to give the modified one before the YAPC.
Talk with Ya'el Marksemer
On Monday, I drove to the Technion with Ya'el Marksemer (the girl who studied Game Theory with me, and also was Orr's Officemate), and had a very pleasant talk with her on the way. We discussed many topics. Among them:
- SQL - she said she studied about databases in a course, and found the bare SQL standard very hard to get by with. I told her that database vendors create incompatiblity on purpose so people will not want to port their databases to something else. I then told her of my (so far failed) Extended SQL initiative.
I told her about a Technion lecturer I know. When I came to see him once he was running an old PC computer with fvwm on it probably running Linux. What he did was that he invoked one Emacs window and worked on it exclusively.
When I came to meet him again, a year ago or so, his computer was upgraded. Now, he had a Red Hat system with the Red Hat icon instead of the K, anti-aliased graphics, flashy looking and all. What did he do? Invoke an Emacs session and worked in it exclusively.
Of course, he was quite old and studied at MIT back then. I'm still very fond of him.
- Software Management Stuff - we discussed having private offices (Peopleware, etc.) vs. two or three people in an office. I told her of a company I worked for, where people had to move their chairs to let me out and she said that was indeed unbearable. I told her that Microsoft U.S.A. allocates an office even for interns. Like I said, she was a theoretical computer scientist, but she was still interested.
- Her Thesis - she said she and her instructor for the M.Sc. were now writing a scientific article about the proof she did for his conjecture. She said she only used high-school Combinatorics there, but there was a certain tricky part. I told her I wish to write an article for a scientific journal about Freecell Solver, but said I would need someone to tutor me and instruct me exactly what to do.
Forums Threads of Interests
My post to Hackers-IL's about "Reading Open Source Code" took several interesting turns. First of all we came into conclusion that reading code was relatively neglected in university, even though it's a very important skill and can possibly teach students how to write better one. Otherwise, Tzahi Fadida said that some open source code (and non-open-source code) was very hard to read, and we discussed what measures could be taken. We discussed the XP-belief that no documentation should be written for the code, because the code needs to be self-explanatory. And we further discussed the validity of XP and how "scientific" it is or should be.
My post Some Thoughts on FogBUGZ for Windows on the Joel on Software forum may be of interest, because it contains a answer by Joel.
Here's another one: More Linux Developers than Windows Ones . This recent statistics, and what does it mean. (and what would be the implications of open source on programmers) An offspring of this post is Open source complexity Issue.
There was an opinion piece in the Register that was Slashdotted and discuss.fogcreek.com'ed. See this thread on Joel on Software for some of my comments.
Finally, if you want to converge the two most common themes in the JoS forum (outsourcing and open source vs. the world) to one big conspiracy theory, look no further than here.
All in all, mailing lists, the Joel on Software forum and Whatsup.org.il are a huge productivity killers! But they do add some insights and understanding even to very knowledgable persons.
Linux Problems
Here's a bootload of problems I've encountered recently. Ever since I installed the Bitstream Vera TTF fonts, many fonts on my desktop got uglier. I don't know why it happens and I don't know how to fix it, but I'll look into it. (removing the package did not help).
I also was able to install and use kernel 2.6.0 today, with some advice from a Linux-ILer (to install the module-init-tools package). At first, the Internet did not work because I did not compile the Tulip-class modules (they were off by default), but now everything is in order. (I'm writing this E-mail on 2.6.0)
The mouse cursor however, became much faster after the upgrade. I found a good workaround by issuing "xset m 10/10" (play around with the numbers), but all in all it is quite frustrating, and I'm not sure I'm happy with it as it is now.
Finally, an old problem which still was not resolved. When I play an mp3 file using XMMS with artsd, then I must set my buffer size to over 1000ms (precisely that - 999ms does not work) or else the sound sounds garbled. It does not happen with directly to ALSA playback or with KDE's Noatun. It is annoying because the music gets played for another second when I press the stop button or when a song is switched.
Recent Update: - my computer accidently rebooted itself when I shut down X, and some of my files got corrupt. Luckily I had a backup and was able to restore .ICEauthority and the .kde sub-dir to a working state. Other than that, I found a way to change the font in gvim to something more likable. Now for the other apps.
I populated some of the Israeli Perl Mongers Wiki (created a page there for non-Perl Israeli Projects) and created a Wiki hypertext base for WWW::Form. I also wrote some of the outline for the second draft of an essay I wrote a prelimary version of some time ago. Now comes the hard part of writing it in DocBook, entirely.
I also wrote the Cross-UNIX Portability - Facts and Myths technical article. (first on paper and then on computer - don't ask).
Too much time E-mailing. Far too less coding. Teh teh.
Certified graydon as Journeyer for his work on the Monotone version control system.


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My mother found this cool rusty old piece of tin during her thrifting travels. I always thought the pattern on it was beautiful, and she kindly gave it to me. Yippeee! A cool piece of junk for my walls! I'm well on my way to escaping my wall display dulldrums.
I actually thought that in its natural, rusty state, it was beautiful and unique, but it was really rusty, flaking and dirty. It had to be helped. I could either try to frame it as is, or paint it. Sounds like a good excuse to try another glazing project!
I spray painted it white, then applied a burnt umber glaze over top. I did a few layers, as I really wanted the detailed pattern to show up.
I have yet to find a home for my piece of tin. I'm also not sure how I will mount it. I was thinking of either using a hidden hook on the back, or perhaps a short length of chain on either side, extending up to more decorative hooks. Any other ideas??? So I ask you, amazing, talented and creative bloggers, how would you display/hang a funky 'ole piece of tin? Do tell!!!
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By Ben Levisohn
China's solar stocks have leaped out of the gate this morning, well most of them anyway. And while there's no single factor driving them higher (at least that I can find, but please let me know if I'm wrong), there are some smaller reasons for the positive sentiment.
For starters, Canadian Solar (CSIQ), meanwhile, was chosen to supply modules for a Louisburg, North Carolina solar project. From the press release:
Argand Energy Solutions and Horne Brothers Construction, Inc. began construction of the ground-mounted, utility solar power system on June 3, 2013, with system grid connection targeted for August 2013. Approximately 7,700 of Canadian Solar's CS6X-300P PV Modules will be installed in the solar power project, capable of supplying enough energy to power about 460 homes annually upon completion.
Canadian Solar has jumped 2.2% to $12.30 so far today.
Meanwhile, Orips Research's Zev Spiro says it's time to buy Jinko Solar (JKS)–if you're a believer in technical analysis. In a report today, Spiro writes:
Outlook in JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. shifted to positive last week following a high volume move above significant horizontal resistance in the $10/10.25 area. The horizontal level acted as resistance since 2011 and was the neckline of an approximate two year long bullish complex inverse head and shoulders bottoming pattern. The high volume move above resistance signaled a bullish trigger of the bottoming pattern and indicated an uptrend with a minimum expected price objective in the $18 area.
After a quick jump, Jinko has now dropped 4.2% to $10.54, a fall that Spiro said was a possibility:
Prices may, or may not, pull back to retest the neckline in the $10/$10.25 area, now support. Following Friday's sharp up move, portfolios may initiate lightly at current levels and add either on a pull back that tests and holds the $10/$10.25 area, or, in the future following a consolidation.
Finally, MarketWatch offers up three reasons why it thinks "solar stocks will remain hot:" higher oil prices, increased demand, and consolidation in China. On the latter point:


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Because improving outcomes for developmental education students has become a priority at MCC, the Foundations for Student Success grant aims to break down barriers for students in these courses.
The FSS grant objectives focus on improving the quality of developmental education programs starting with the developmental math program and moving into developmental reading and developmental English.
The focus on developmental education at MCC is one of the strategies for increasing completion rates overall. Specifically, grant priorities are related to the improvement of course completion rates and improvement of persistence and graduation rates at the college.
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Sunday, November 4, 2012 - 3:00pm
Threshold Repertory Theatre
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This tale of struggle and survival comes from acclaimed director, Judy Townsend. Post war, the Prozorov family tries to stay afloat in their once bustling army inhabited town. Suitable for all ages, the story of social status and society will be "…emotionally vibrant, precisely detailed…"- The NY Times. Threshold Repertory Theatre, 84 1/2 Society St. Thursdays-Saturdays, 8pm. Last two Sundays, 3pm. $20, $15 senior; $10 student. (704)996-7037, www.charlestontheatre.com


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Breakfast need not be the usual fare on Saturday and Sunday morning. With family members enjoying their time off, weekend mornings become an opportunity to nourish your tummies and warm your hearts. Brighten your Saturdays and Sundays by trying out these creative ideas for the most important meal of the day – all while spending quality time with your family.
No Ordinary Pancake
Stop making boring pancakes and start whipping up something you'll all be excited to see on the breakfast table. The weekend allows you more time to give your breakfast a delightful twist. Add in special ingredients to impress your family. Include berries or chocolate chips into your pancake batter, or cook them in silly shapes. Top with even more fruits, chocolate syrup, and swirls of whipped cream!
Rainbow Parfait
Make a rainbow parfait from fresh fruits and yogurt the way Delia from Delia Creates prepared it with her kids; this is a perfect example of spending quality time in the kitchen with your family. Summer weekend mornings will be brighter when you create this colorful concoction. It's as easy as slicing your favorite fruits, such as berries, bananas, kiwis, grapes, and pineapples, and layering them in a tall glass to make a nice rainbow mix. Spoon a small dollop of yogurt into the center of the glass, and top with granola or a whole grain, unsweetened cereal for crunch.
Breakfast Pizza
Eggs + pizza = gangbuster delicioso! With her breakfast pizza, Catherine of Weelicious took advantage of her family's love for pizza and eggs. To make this morning delight, just crack one egg on top of a round mini pizza dough, sprinkle it with salt, cheese, and crumbled bacon or any other toppings you prefer, and bake it in the oven. It's so simple that you can get your whole family cookin' with you and piling on their own favorite toppings.
Scrambled Egg Muffins
These heavenly – and oh-so healthy! – scrambled egg muffins are guaranteed to put a smile on everyone's morning faces. Anne from Fannetastic Food shares the recipe for this easy breakfast that has all the nutritious stuff you need to start the day. How to make them? Whisk eggs. Add in chopped fresh spinach, basil, tomato, skim milk, spelt flour (or whole wheat pastry flour), grated cheddar cheese, sea salt, and black pepper. Pop them in the oven and bake for 25 to 30 minutes. And as Anne says, "Everything is better in muffin form."
After a long work week, reward yourself and the whole family by whipping up a delightful breakfast on Saturday and Sunday. And while you're at it, have some early morning fun and get the whole family involved, too!


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By Riley Manning/NEMS Daily Journal
TUPELO – U.S. and Israeli citizen Ron Baker returned to his hometown of Tupelo last Thursday to speak to Tupelo's Luncheon Civitan Club.
Baker is the executive administrator of the Bat Kol Institute in Jerusalem, an organization focused on helping Christians understand their Jewish roots.
Outside of his religious efforts, Baker works as a psychotherapist, providing therapy to soldiers. Some of his patients are American soldiers, but the majority of them are Israeli soldiers.
To the Civitan Club, Baker gave insight into the mental conditioning of a soldier, the conflict between prayer and patriotism.
"I try to help soldiers keep being soldiers," he said. "That's hard, because killing, while totally unnatural, is essential to war. No matter the training, you can't know if someone can do it until they are faced with a kill-or-be-killed situation."
Baker also gave details into the current situation of Israel, who is at a cease-fire with Hamas-controlled Gaza.
One of Baker's two sons lives in Gedera, an Israel city within range of the Hamas short-range rockets.
"Every house in Israel has a bomb shelter. It's the law," he said.
He also said half of the Israelis did not want the cease-fire, because the Hamas frequently use such opportunities to smuggle in better weapons. According to Baker, weapons are produced in Iranian plants in Africa's Sudan. From there they are transported through Egypt, then into Gaza through tunnels.
"[Israel's] iron dome defense system, which intercepts short-range rockets and artillery, has been about 90 percent successful," he said. "But when they fire a thousand missiles, that's still a lot of missiles getting through."
Though he spent time in Israel by participating in the Yom Kippur War, the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were a calling for Baker. He said the war would be arduous, but he has hope.
"I was sitting in front of a television when the second plane hit. I knew a war unlike other wars had begun, and I knew Israel was the best place to do my part," he said. "I put my faith in the men of good will, who step forth, make good laws, and keep them, because the men of ill will won't."


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Flying 2,000 feet over San Francisco on a spring day in 1935, Lee Ya-Ching was enjoying her first aerobatic lesson in an open-cockpit trainer. As her instructor started a series of loops, wing-overs, and barrel rolls, Lee's safety belt suddenly detached—and she found herself sliding out of the airplane. She later recounted in a radio interview, "I was too stupefied to act for a few seconds. Then, in a flash, I remembered all I had been told and pulled the ripcord. I made a perfect three-point landing—right in the middle of San Francisco Bay. But I treaded water, grunting and blowing like a porpoise, until a friendly launch came along and I was lifted aboard."
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Aviation wasn't the obvious career choice for the charismatic Lee, who as a teenager had been one of China's top silent film actresses. She starred in eight films, and fans bought anything bearing her image, from movie magazines to notepaper. Then, at age 16, she headed to England to continue her education.
It was watching an airshow in Paris that set Lee's life on a new course; she determined to become China's first female aviator. She told radio host Fred Reed in 1943, "When I was a tiny girl, I often listened to fairy tales at my grandmother's knee. One of them was told to me often, and it impressed me greatly. It was the legend of a kind lady who flew through the clouds, helping the poor and the unfortunate, and it impressed me very much. I was back in China in 1931 after schooling in Europe, and I saw how ruthlessly Japan started her pattern of aggression. Then and there, I decided to do my bit for China…and began studying the fascinating art of flying. I knew even then that someday I would be able to help my homeland with this knowledge of aviation."
More than any other figure—man or woman—Lee did exactly that, demonstrating her passion for flight throughout China at a time when her countrywomen weren't even allowed to drive cars. In the decade before World War II, if you had asked anyone in China to name just one pilot, the answer you probably would have gotten would have been Lee Ya-Ching.
She earned her pilot's license in 1933, in Geneva, after a memorable flight in a small, shaky airplane, possibly a Caudron. ("The pilot flew the trembling craft over the Alps and I had horrible visions of landing unceremoniously on Mont Blanc.") By early 1935 she had relocated to Oakland, California, for advanced training at the Boeing School of Aeronautics. There, Lee flew Stinson and Stearman trainers, and a Ford Tri-motor transport. Her unpublished autobiography, dictated at the tender age of 27 to ghostwriter Elsie McCormick Dunn (and now in the National Air and Space Museum archives), summarized the period: "She struggles with intricate subjects—meteorology, mechanics, navigation, etc; doffs silk gowns for greasy overalls; gets up at 6 a.m. instead of noon to attend classes." In a 1943 radio interview, Lee recalled: "The engine of a plane became as familiar to me as the palm of my hand. Yes, I got very greasy and dirty, and often I was disgusted at the drudgery connected with absorbing American aeronautic training. But now I am eternally grateful that I stuck to it and passed these courses. American aviation is rightly the envy of the world."
Lee returned to Shanghai in late 1935, U.S. private pilot's license in hand, eager to use her fame to promote civil aviation. But while the Shanghai Flying Club (part of the China Aviation League) embraced Lee, the Chinese government wasn't inclined to grant a license to a woman. After intense lobbying, Lee was finally evaluated by a member of the Chinese air force and given a government pilot's license—along with a special assignment. She flew 30,000 miles throughout China, evaluating airdromes and air routes in the interests of civil aviation. Once the task was complete, she helped organize China's first civilian flying school, serving as the school's sole female instructor. In honor of Chiang Kai-shek's 50th birthday celebration in 1937, she performed an aerobatic routine—the first ever by a Chinese woman in her own country—before 150,000 spectators.
Lee continued to score more aviation firsts. Patti Gully's book Sisters of Heaven notes that Lee planned to write a book on China's civil air routes, and embarked on a fact-finding tour in a Junkers Ju 52. After being approached by the Southwestern Aviation Corporation, a government-owned airline flying between China and Europe, Lee did a stint as a transport pilot. On July 7, 1937, the Sino-Japanese War broke out. Lee offered her services as a combat pilot. When refused, she asked permission to fly as a ferry pilot or a courier. Both suggestions were rejected. Lee was grounded for the duration of the war, when all civilian flying was prohibited.
Intensely disappointed, she established a Red Cross hospital, using her own money. Lee recounted in a radio interview, "When war broke out, I helped to established refugee camps and an emergency hospital for our wounded soldiers. The Japanese put a price on my head. I heard about it and managed to escape from Shanghai several days after the Japanese occupied that city. I came to know the full fury of the war that the Japanese had inflicted on my people when I traveled between Canton and Hong Kong along a railroad line that was continually bombed. In 1938 I decided I could best serve my country by helping to enlist the aid of Americans in our cause."
Lee had hoped that various American contacts—including wealthy socialites and film stars—would help her secure an airplane for a goodwill tour, which she would pilot herself. Putting up her own jewelry (worth more than $6,000) as collateral, Lee secured the loan of a Stinson SR-9B from the Beech Aircraft Company. In her aircraft, dubbed Spirit of New China, Lee began a goodwill tour, raising money for Chinese refugees. The tour was wildly successful. With help from relief organizations, socialites, and fellow aviators (including Louise Thaden) and film stars, the tour visited 40 cities in just three months.
In a 1939 letter, Lee described the overwhelming response to her Chicago arrival: "I had a wonderful reception both from the Chinese community and the American public. We had a big crowd of several thousand at the airport and I greeted them by broadcasting from the roof of a building. We had a parade of over one hundred cars with Chinese and American flags. The procession, headed by boy scouts and girl guides, extended for more than ten blocks."


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Both of these shows premiered tonight. I watched them both. And they were like night and day.
GI Joe: Renegades has some minor issues with the character designs. They're abstract, but in a way that's a bit jarring at first. But you get used to it quickly, and the animation is top notch.
Overall, the show was excellent. It's a worthy update to the original, with plenty of homages thrown in. (I caught the line "got to get tough" briefly in the theme music, two background characters looked remarkably like Junkyard and General "GI Joe" Colton, a nod to Flint and Lady Jaye's relationship in earlier incarnations, and, of course, the "Now you know" line in Cobra's TV ad.) But it's definitely something new, and unlike GI Joe as we've seen it before. And Hawk's eyepatch is the tip of the iceberg. Mindbender is a nerdy young fellow, the Joes are on the run from Flint (and I can't tell you how odd it feels to root for Duke over Flint), and Cobra is a seemingly benevolent super-corporation. I'd seen stuff on the Bio-Vipers in some promotional material and was worried about that angle, but it's handled really well. I especially love the origins of the code names.
Some bits that could have been blown, like Cobra Commander's reveal or the twist with Tunnel Rat smelling bad were handled pretty masterfully. This shouldn't be a great shock, given that the writers have Batman: The Animated Series, Gargoyles, and several other classic series on the resumes (and, yes, even The Clone Wars). I think it's safe to say that reports of Ripcord's demise have been greatly exaggerated, however.
Transformers: Prime was almost the opposite. It almost seemed like casting Cullen and Welker as Prime and Megatron was the only thing they got right. I wish Hasbro would get over the sudden weird fetish with making Bumblebee be this silent, deadly warrior. It's too fundamental a change to the character, not to mention it seems like a major knockoff of Snake Eyes when the show airs right after a superior Joe cartoon that features Snake Eyes prominently. (And don't say that I'm being hypocritical because I don't mind Renegades Ripcord being black. That's just a cosmetic change.)
Animation was downright bad throughout Prime, and the color palettes so monochromatic, it got hard to watch. I almost dosed off; if the show wasn't boring my daughter so much she got up and was loudly playing something else, I would've slept. The writing was just bad (and, really, what should we expect from the writers of the movies?), and it seemed to culminate in the human kids. A stereotypical loser guy, an insanely bizarre Japanese exchange student, and a nerdy little kid who looks like he just stepped out of the Disney flop Meet the Robinsons and can understand Bumblebee's weird chirping for reasons that make no sense and the script doesn't even try to explain. I don't know which of them was worst.
Strangely, as bad as the show was overall, I actually liked the parts that were solely focused on Decepticons. Aside from everyone but the main three being what appeared to be generic Battlechargers or Stunticons (and mindless, mute, and identical) and Soundwave's being essentially a Decepticon Bumblebee (mute and talking in recorded clips from other characters), the Con parts were quite good. The dark palette and abstract designs worked on them, and there had clearly been a lot more work done on their dialogue and voice acting.
There was a lot of potential, and it was blown. It's a concept that should have worked, and never clicks except the relatively short bits with Megatron and Starscream. It would take a full-on G1 Grimlock takeover to save this mess. By contrast, GI Joe: Renegades was so insane a premise, it should not have worked by any stretch of the imagination, and it's, so far, second only to Resolute as the best Joe series yet.


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Also available is the Turbo Phatt (pictured above). It has 128 voice polyphony, 2 additional Internal ROM expansion slots, 4 additional outputs (6 total), 16 additional MIDI channels (32 total), and digital S/PDIF output. The Mo'Phatt is also available in a keyboard version called the MK-6 Mo'Phatt Keys. A desktop MPC-sequencer style module is also available, called the MP-7 Command Station.
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- 9063: Beat Garden 32 MB ROM - standard in Orbit 3.
- 9082: Protozoa 16 MB ROM - standard in Proteus 1, 2, 3.
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- 9084: Techno Synth Construction Yard 32 MB ROM - standard in Orbit 3.
- 9085: Orchestral Session Vol. 1 32 MB ROM - standard in Virtuoso 2000.
- 9086: Orchestral Session Vol. 2 32 MB ROM - standard in Virtuoso 2000.
- 9087: World Expedition 32 MB ROM - standard in Planet Earth.
- 9088: Sounds of the ZR featuring the Perfect Piano 32 MB ROM - standard in Ensoniq Halo.
- 9089: X-Lead 32 MB ROM - standard in Xtreme Lead-1, XL-7 and XK-6.
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Last night Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck announced the birth of their son (insert quirky name here) and I almost peed my pants in excitement. Then I remembered that's socially unacceptable and no one would find it charming that I peed my pants over the birth of a child that I will never meet. It's just that their first two children, Violet and Seraphina, are so absoultely adorable that I almost can't handle the thought of having to stalk a third precious Affleck child. Being obsessed with celebrity children is an exhausting hobby and you have no idea how much one photo gallery of a day at the park can take out of me.
I don't know if it's the glasses or the mismatched outfits, but I've always had a soft spot for Violet . Something about her strikes me as so normal and I just know if I was born in the late '00s, we'd be the best of friends. It almost goes without saying we would start a Babysitter's Club book club and discuss the characters in depth.
Seraphina I don't know as well so I can't say for sure whether we'd be friends. But going along in this completely healthy fantasy I have in my head, I'm sure I'd see her because I would be hanging out with Violet so much.
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At 23, Jennifer Lawrence is experiencing a level of success most actresses can only dream of. As the arrow-slinging heroine Katniss Everdeen, she's the star of the huge blockbuster Hunger Games movie series. The second installment, Catching Fire, was released on November 22. It smashed box office records, ending an already huge year for the young actress.
In March, Lawrence received the Best Actress Oscar at the Academy Awards. She won for her performance as a young widow in the 2012 drama Silver Linings Playbook. She tripped on her way to the stage to accept the award but brushed it off and laughed at herself as the audience gave her a standing ovation.
Lawrence's relatable personality has earned her many fans, but she doesn't let the success go to her head. Her cast mates and friends describe her as down-to-earth, hilarious, and big-hearted. Lawrence's Hunger Games costar Willow Shields, 13, recently raved to TFK about working with her. "She is so sweet, she's hilarious, she's like a big sister [to me] on set, and I always have a blast filming with her," Willow said. "There's no else who could play Katniss."
Lawrence was born on August 15, 1990. She grew up in Kentucky with her parents and two older brothers, from whom she got her wicked sense of humor. At age 19, she was nominated for her first Oscar for her role in the independent film Winter's Bone. Lawrence tries to promote healthy body images. Katniss is described as underfed in the Hunger Games book series, but Lawrence refuses to appear unhealthy on camera. "I'm never going to starve myself for a part," she told Elle magazine last year. "I don't want little girls to be like, 'Oh, I want to look like Katniss, so I'm going to skip dinner.'… I was trying to get my body to look fit and strong—not thin and underfed."
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By Bobby Harrison/NEMS Daily Journal
JACKSON – It appears Mississippi will join about half the states in not participating in Medicaid expansion during the 2014 calendar year, forfeiting at least one of three years where all health care costs from the expansion will be paid by the federal government.
But even though legislative Democrats were unsuccessful in expanding Medicaid during last month's special session, the issue isn't dead for good in Mississippi.
During debate in the June 28-29 special session, House Minority Leader Bobby Moak, D-Bogue Chitto, said he had been told by some Republican legislators the issue "will be revisited" during the 2014 regular session.
Democrats don't plan to let the issue rest.
"We are going to pursue it," said Rep. Steve Holland, D-Plantersville. "It is an active subject. It continues to be a work in progress.
"We will continue to make the case for the working people of Mississippi to have health insurance."
It has been estimated that by expanding Medicaid to cover those earning up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, as is allowed by the federal Affordable Care Act, health care would be provided to about 300,000 primarily working Mississippians.
The state's Republican leaders – Gov. Phil Bryant, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and Speaker Philip Gunn – have been staunchly opposed to the program as an overreach of government and because of the expense to the state.
Democrats pointed out during the special session that according to the most recent numbers from Bryant's Medicaid officials, the expansion will cost the state $7 million the first year for $70 million in federal funds and over a seven-year period will cost the state a cumulative $450 million while receiving $8.6 billion in federal funds.
But unless there is dramatic turnaround, Mississippi won't participate in the first year of the program, starting in January, when the federal government pays 100 percent of the health care costs associated with the expansion. The $7 million in state costs for the first year, cited by the Division of Medicaid, are primarily administrative costs.
For the first three years of the program, the federal government pays 100 percent of the health care costs. It eventually stairsteps down to 90 percent of the health care costs associated with the expansion paid by the federal government in 2020. It is supposed to remain at that level.
No guarantee
Bryant and Republicans argue there is no guarantee the federal government will continue to pay 90 percent of the costs after 2020. Democrats counter that the same can be said for any joint program the state participates in with the feds, but the federal government has been consistent since the 1960s in meeting its commitment to the existing Medicaid program.
Recently, Mississippi's matching requirement for the additional Medicaid program has risen slightly, but that has more to do with shifts in the formula that determines the matching rate for each state.
Mississippi, the poorest state in the nation, still has the best matching rate with the federal government providing about 73 cents of every $1 on health care for the 640,000 elderly, disabled, poor pregnant women, and poor children on the existing program. Nationwide, the average matching rate for the federal government is a little more than 57 percent, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Also, according to Kaiser, Mississippi is hardly alone in opting not to participate in the expansion. According to the latest information provided by Kaiser, 21 states are not participating for at least the first year and debate is continuing in an additional six states.
In the Deep South, Arkansas is the only state participating with debate not finished in Tennessee.
In general, states under Republican control have opted not to participate in the expansion, while Democratic-controlled states are participating, but there are some exceptions. For instance, Arizona with a Republican governor and Legislature, is participating, while in Florida and Ohio, Republican governors wanted to participate but were blocked by Republican legislatures.
During the 2014 session, which begins in January, the Mississippi Legislature will again have to take up provisions of the existing Medicaid program dealing with continuing taxes on health care providers to fund the program. That will give Democrats a chance to again force debate on the subject and potentially a floor vote on expansion.
In the meantime, some leaders have said they intend to study the entire Medicaid program in the coming months before the start of the 2014 session.
"I support extending the agency for one year to study ways to reform the program, improve care and find efficiencies to save money," Reeves said before the special session.


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Mid-Week Motivation Booster from Tim Connor – 6/22/11
Weekly Quote
"Time is what we want most, but… what we use worst."
~ William Penn
Weekly TimBit
Everywhere you look, life is getting more and more complicated. While on the surface technology may appear to simplify your life there are always tradeoffs. There are many factors that seem to be moving our lives faster and making them more complicated.
I recently read a survey that said (I am always suspect of surveys but here it is anyway) 70% of the population (USA) wanted more than anything else to simplify their lives. Yet these same very people keep buying more toys and faster computers. Interesting paradox. We have been led to believe that more makes it easier. Faster makes it easier. I don't think so. Only when you determine in what areas you are guilty of complicating your life can you change it if you decide to.
Question for the week
What complicates your life and what can you do about it?
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Still chugging along. Not dead yet. :)
Still chugging along. Not dead yet. :)
Nine cardiac arrests now. Or maybe ten. It's a little harder to keep track than you might imagine.
It's also an interesting excercise to transfer fame-in-application-development into the consulting arena. It's working, though. A transfer to linux for a customer a year ago has cut their systems TCO by a whopping 90 percent, including consulting fees, training, and whatnot. Much niftiness to be had by all.
Now for the educational part of our little session...No, wait. I might post it as an article instead.
Took a nasty fall today. Damned ankle folded up under me. The pain and shock triggered another cardiac arrest, which was a bloody nuisance, but has now passed. Fun, fun, fun.
Spent some effort bringing Exult code up to snuff with g++ 3.0. I think I've found a library bug in the handling of std::streambuf, but there doesn't seem to be a clear reporting path for the library.
The move was completed in 8 days, following which I caught a
cold. Bah.
The two cats seem to be settling in well, and I've been picking up with my customers and site visits again. All in all things are going well. Attacked the (new) back lawn with the push-mower, and looking forward to a fine crop of peaches.
Soaking up Buffy Season 3 on DVD in two-episode chunks, as time permits of an evening. Still some boxes to unpack, and everything needs sorting and arranging.
Still moving house. Man, five days so far.
Moving house.
Still here. I just haven't had much to say...Certainly, it would be difficult to say it without ranting. Otherwise, life is good, and I'm floating along consulting at the moment.
Consulting is nice. You go and do, and the customer is happy, and you're happy, and the thing is done. In full-time work, you lurch from disaster to disaster, and nobody ever seems to be happy (unless they're planning to bail out).
I'm enjoying myself.
Simultaneity can be handled iteratively. Within limits.
To a point. Sigmoid activation function deadlocks can spread across a layer. Urgh.
Knowledge vs Reasoning. There is a line.
Layers. The mind accumulates crap through the day, then paves generalisations and abstractions over it during REM sleep. This then forms the concrete slab for the next day's accumulated crap and exceptions.
When did you last spend a bit of time thinking about quantum manifolds? I mean, really.
Atomic valencies, high-energy particles, and molecule sieves. Eratosthenes, where is thy ribose, hmmm?
C++ is still short a few string types.
Q: Will I be the first person to bring an FPU to it's knees handling audio-mixing? Perhaps. There's a lot to be said for a floating-point audio pipeline.
Layers. I see a faint glimmer of my transparent colour key creeping in on the edge of some sprites. Hmm. I'm pretty sure that I shouldn't. Considering that it's a fairly ugly puce, I really don't want to in any case.
32x32x32 pixel blits give me double the frame-rate of 64x64x32 pixel blits, despite the fact that I'm doing four times as many of them. Either we're not at home to common-sense, or the amount of data in the blits is considerably more optimal for the underlying metal. I prefer the latter option.
Two robotics muscle solutions have presented themselves. One is organic, the other not. Honestly, what was I thinking? If you can't pull, then push...The trick is where you push, and how, then the result is the same as a pull. I can build it, but if it's electrical, there's issues of power (of course) and muscular crosstalk. On third or fourth thoughts, muscular crosstalk may be an advantage...a feature, rather than a bug. How small can I make it without having to machine parts? I'm guessing about four centimetres long with a maximum diameter of about 8mm would work well if I can manage it. Anchoring? My subconscious suggests tungsten. There's probably a good reason.
For pity's sake, people, remember that virtual methods cost you an extra pointer dereference (and an add). Duh. Do try to learn something about computers. Even if it hurts, okay? You're supposed to be IT professionals...
Still here. Chugging away at code. Not much to tell, really.
Dreaming strangely and long. The above quote from last night's efforts. They're starting to come with titles, credits, soundtracks, and occasionally commercial breaks. Unfortunately, most of my dreams appear to be made in the 70's with cheap special effects (and awful haircuts). It's not freaky yet. If one of these films or series ever appears in the external world, then I shall be duly freaked...but not today.
ARGH! Looks like Deus Ex 2 and Thief 3 just got the 'Microsoft Xbox Kiss Of Death'. Change them to suit a console, and they just won't be the games we want to play. Don't change them to suit a console, and they won't make enough dollars to get a PC port after the 6 or 12 months that the Kiss requires. I am bummed.
Cabled and wired and moved appliances between here and Preston. Results are more than satisfactory. Now, I just have to acquire a particular Akai remote.
Thought about EMP cannons. Delivery of a focused EM pulse to a target is easy (at least over short distances of say, 20 or 30 metres). Detaching a coherent fluid magnetic matrix from the point of generation and handing over to the delivery guide seems trickier. Oh...wait. No, I have it now. Duh. I should have thought of that two days ago. That brings us back to the power requirement again, but that was to be expected. Not a toy to be operated from a car cigarette lighter.
Can discriminator-bridged backpropagation be applied to a self-organising Kohonen network? I mean if I track input and output sets in a sequential short-term memory buffer with an applied discriminator, then apply backpropagation techniques to the Kohonen network, will I have guided organisation between circumstantial inputs and actualised outputs? Has anyone tried it? Do any of you actually lay awake nights thinking about that sort of thing?
P2P developers: MD5 is both order and length dependent. Think about it. C'mon guys...the secret is to bang the rocks together.
Is there any current real-world analogue to myomer (other than kelp or actual muscle tissue)? You know, the whole contractile-response-to-electricity thing.
Entropy is just another statistic.
Some days I don't much have to wonder why it is that most folks don't seem to understand half of what I'm talking about.
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
Keep up with the latest Advogato features by reading the Advogato status blog.
If you're a C programmer with some spare time, take a look at the mod_virgule project page and help us with one of the tasks on the ToDo list!


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CHFI review
The studying for it involved the CHFI manual that you can get from Amazon.
As for other methods of studying involved what I learned in school over the past few years and also what i have learned at my internship. Although there were two EnCase questions on it that I didn't know.
The thing about this test is that when you read the question usually you can rule out one or two of them right away. It's ECCoucil's way of being sarcastic on some of their questions.
Another way of studying was that before Saturday I was attending a CEH/CPT class in Colorado Springs taught through InfoSec Institute and that helped as there were a few questions that dealt with hacking and security.
The test took me by surprise as there were a few Ipod questions on there that I didn't know but again I guessed and from asking my boss I guessed correctly.
The exam was fairly easy and I blew through it in less than an hr. I suppose I could have gone faster but I reviewed my answers and thought about some of them I didn't know.
I generally liked this test and felt that for the $250 I spent on it, it was worth it and it finally feels good to put some letters behind my name.
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Eric Holder and the Phantom Terrorists at U.S. Gun Shows
The fact that Attorney General nominee Eric Holder is no friend to gun owners is not a surprise. What may be a surprise, and worthy of examination at his confirmation hearing, is Holder's post-9/11 contention that a pressing threat to our national security is terrorists shopping for weapons at U.S. gun shows.
In an op-ed from October 2001, Holder cited the 9/11 attacks as a reason to enact tighter gun control provisions:
In the wake of the horrific terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, the nation is eager for ways to increase security at home and understandably so. These unspeakable crimes have taken thousands of innocent lives, devastated countless families and made us feel a new and terrible kind of vulnerability. Throughout the country, people are having the same conversations: How could this happen? How do we cope with it? And what can we do, as a nation and as individuals, to safeguard against further acts of terrorism? ...
If the recent increase in firearms sales is attributable to people who may lawfully purchase firearms, that is the decision of the individual and not a matter that should be the subject of government oversight. If, on the other hand, any firearm purchased in this country falls into the hands of a terrorist because no background check was done, that is another national tragedy waiting to happen.
In his op-ed, Holder claimed there were "numerous and chilling" examples of gun shows putting arms in the hands of terrorists, and specified two. The first was Conor Claxton, who Holder wrote was "smuggling guns and other weapons from the state for use by the Provisional Irish Republican Army." Claxton was indeed convicted of weapons smuggling, but was acquitted on the charges of attempting to supply arms to terrorists. And for what it is worth, the IRA claimed they had not sent Claxton to obtain the arms. In the eyes of the law, he was your basic gun smuggler a criminal, to be sure, but not a terrorist.
The second example cited by Holder was Ali Boumelhem, who, in his description, "went to a Michigan gun show, where he was legally exempt from a background check, and purchased assault weapons, shotguns, ammunition and flash suppressors that he intended to ship to the terrorist group Hezbollah."
NRO contributor Dave Kopel pointed out that while some of what Boumelhem was accused of smuggling could have been obtained at a gun show, the FBI informant's description of "automatic weapons, explosives, grenades and rocket launchers" are certainly not. Kopel observed, "it appears that Boumelhem had some source unrelated to gun shows from which he obtained very powerful weapons." Kopel noted that Boumelhem was already a convicted felon and unable to make the purchases, so he brought his brother to gun shows, to make "straw purchases." Background checks like the one Holder was calling for would not have stopped the straw purchases, since the straw purchaser (the surrogate for the real buyer) is chosen because he has a clean record.
Beyond that, if any member of al-Qaeda had ever bought a gun at an American gun show, we would have heard about it, endlessly. The fact that these two are the only examples citable out of the millions of transactions at gun shows over the past decades suggests that on the list of threats to U.S. national security, the probability of a terrorist buying a firearm at a gun show ranks just above an invasion from Mars.
It is revealing that in the aftermath of two terrifying terror attacks one involving boxcutters and hijacked planes, the other involving anthrax that the first instinct of Holder was to make it harder to purchase a gun. As the nation was beset by real threats, he decried the fake one.
UPDATE: Another fun question for the confirmation hearing: What did then-Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder think when Bill Clinton convened a meeting in 1999 "to prepare an all-out offensive on guns in the coming year"? Did he feel that "an all-out offensive on guns" was in keeping with the Second Amendment?
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If I thought I would get paid...I'd make it money....but I think the above will hurt your more than losing a little money.
Bill Davis
I bet she wanted you to be honest with yourself and be a good democrat too.
Mystery speaker tomorrow night at the RNC My guess Clint Eastwood
Imagine a banker not liking Obama...that might be neck-in-neck with one of many "green" energy companies that contributed to him that are now bankrupt (easy money) that took millions in payback handouts.
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Will you release the source-code of your modified codeblocks?And what is about the PHP-Backend to manage the libraries?It is always good to have some choices but i think there is already a official IDE in development using Qt.
I looked at how to develop a codeblocks plugin. But i can not even compile the hello world plugin. Possible because i use wxWidgets from the SVN trunk and codeblocks is not easy to compile with wxWidgets 2.9.Or do you want to integrate the tool differently?I could look further in plugin-development for codeblocks.
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02-19-2013, 02:41 PM #11Senior Member Red tailed catfish
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I was examining the supplies you have - are those test strips you are going to use to test your parameters?
May I recommend you get an all-in-one liquid test kit? They are much more reliable and give you many more tests for the initial cost - if there's a way to return what you already bought.
It looks like those are liquid tests but I agree, it would probably have been more cost efficient to purchase the master test kit.
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02-20-2013, 01:17 AM #13Junior Member Guppy
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Hind site is 20/20. I should have bought the master kit.
Nice looking tank. I can't wait to see what your going to put in it once it's cycled.Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit. -Vince Lombardi
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. ― John Wooden
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It's full of water! I have a supply line run to it. The drain is done. The filter is running. And, the air pump is running. Now to start my fishless cycle.
I decided to run as much PVC as possible and have the least amount possivle of hose.
You can also see the manifold for the air stones.
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Here's the drain coming out from behind the wall into the utility closet.
Here's the hot and cold water lines coming in.
I have a valve on both lines. That way, I can adjust the water temperature, and then use the single valve after the T to turn it off and on. I'll also leave the cold line shut off so that I don't have a loop from my cold to hot water lines.
02-26-2013, 02:03 AM #17Junior Member Guppy
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I've seeded the tank and am dosing up the Ammonia. I bought the Ammonia from Ace. In this pic you will see a bag of gravel from our existing tank, as well as an old filter. I've since removed the blue filter media from the filter, and placed it and the bag of gravel directly into the new Eheim filter.
Do I remove this from the filter once my cycle is complete?
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By Tiernan Ray
Here are some things going on this morning in your world of tech:
Shares of Oracle (ORCL) are down $2.29, or 5.3%, at $40.22, after the company yesterday afternoon missed fiscal Q4 expectations and projected Q1 revenue and profit in line with consensus.
There appears to be a fairly strong divergence of opinion on the Street as to the seriousness of the miss. Walter Pritchard of Citigroup is the lone downgrade this morning, that I can see, cutting the stock to Neutral from Buy, and cutting his price target to $41 from $44, writing that there is "too little evidence to refute fundamental weakness."
Reflecting on revenue growth in "software as a service" that was below 10%, year over year, excluding acquired properties, Pritchard writes "While ORCL accounting is more conservative than many SaaS peers (especially on ERP / HCM SaaS deals), the low growth rate suggests that the "base" of SaaS business such as 2012 and 2013 acquisitions Taleo, RightNow and Eloqua is under- performing its markets."
However, Cannacord Genuity's Richard Davis reiterates a Buy rating, and a $48 price target, writing that the stock is over-sold as an over-reaction to Oracle's cloud computing numbers. "Numbers wise, Oracle posted a 3% upside to operating cash flow. Inasmuch as Oracle does not pay a tolling fee for its database to itself, Oracle will have more pricing cushion with which to compete."
"Perhaps more importantly, the breakout of cloud will make it financially less disruptive for Oracle to accelerate the pace of tuck- in cloud acquisitions."
Richard Kugele of Needham & Co. this morning reiterates a Hold rating on shares of Rackspace Hosting (RAX), reflecting on an article by VentureBeat from Wednesday in which IBM executive Lance Crosby, head of Big Blue's SoftLayer business, in which Crosby says IBM is not interested in acquiring Rackspace. "
In IBM's view RAX does not have enough technology to warrant an acquisition, and that IBM SoftLayer already does everything RAX does from a professional services perspective." Adds Kugele, "We completely agree with the view expressed by Mr. Crosby," writes Kugele, and notes that Accenture (ACN) or Infosys (INFY) could be acquirers, but that a likely price of $5 billion "would make the deal challenging."
Shares of Rackspace (RAX) are up 28 cents, or 0.8%, at $36.98.
Jason North of Jefferies & Co. this morning initiates coverage of 3-D printing names 3D Systems (DDD), Arcam (ARCM), ExOne (XONE), Proto Labs (PRLB), Stratasys (SSYS), and Voxeljet (VJET), assigning DDD, ARCM and Stratasys a Buy rating, and the other three a Hold.
Writes North, "3D printing will create L-T value by revolutionizing manufacturing, but our checks indicate that the vast majority of potential mfr orders this year are for R&D or proof-of-concept rather than for full production. We do not expect a N-T order inflection."
Shares of Apple (AAPL) are up 24 cents at $92.10 following an article this morning by The Wall Street Journal's Eva Dou and Lorraine Luk stating the company is "planning multiple versions of its smart watch," citing multiple unnamed sources. The authors write Apple may include more than 10 sensors in the device, and that an attempt is being made to give the device a more unique functionality than typical smart watches.
In a related note this morning, Craig-Hallum Capital's Richard Shannon this morning writes that sensor supplier InvenSense's (INVN) parts may be in an Apple's device. He reiterates an Outperform rating on InvenSense shares and a $22 price target.
That endorsement of InvenSense follows a note yesterday from Roth Capital Partners's Krishna Shankar suggesting the company may have gotten multiple wins in the Amazon.com (AMZN) "Fire" smartphone introduced on Wednesday, including "multiple cameras and advanced motions sensors."
InvenSense stock is up 11 cents at $21.46,


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Symposium examines Buddhist art, Sept. 28
Posted September 20, 2007; 10:07 a.m.
Leading scholars of Buddhist art and manuscripts from northwestern China will travel to Princeton to present research in a symposium at 1:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 28, in 101 McCormick Hall.
The event, titled "Dunhuang Manuscripts and Paintings: An International Symposium Honoring James and Lucy Lo," honors the Los for 60 years of work to preserve materials and images from Dunhuang, the westernmost Chinese stop on ancient trade routes known collectively as the Silk Road. Dunhuang is home to nearly 500 caves preserving thousands of sculptures and wall paintings, from the fourth to 13th century, and more than 40,000 manuscripts. About 80 medieval manuscripts acquired by the Los are part of the Princeton University Library collection.
One of the symposium participants, Huaiyu Chen, assistant professor of religious studies at the University of the West, studied the Princeton collection and is publishing a scholarly catalog of it. The other participants are Jacob Dalton, assistant professor of religious studies at Yale University; Jean-Pierre Drege, professor of Chinese history and philology at the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris; Fan Jinshi, director of the Dunhuang Research Academy; and Susan Whitfield, director of the International Dunhuang Project.
The symposium is sponsored by the Buddhist Studies Workshop and the Tang Center for East Asian Art. Additional support was provided by the University Library, Program in East Asian Studies, Council of the Humanities, Department of Religion, Yale University Council on East Asian Studies, American Trust for the British Library, ARTstor and Mercer Trust.
The event is open to the public, but registration is required. To register, visit tang.princeton.edu/dh/dunhuang-home.html.


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Four thousand years of history have been revealed in the City of David, where visitors gain important understanding of Jerusalem's unique place in the world. The City of David Visitor Center has been built overlooking the fascinating remains of a monumental building some believe was the palace of Jerusalem's kings.
A huge water cistern evokes the story of Jeremiah's imprisonment (Jer. 38:6). The touring route descends via Warren's Shaft and more recently discovered tunnels to the Gihon Spring where Solomon was crowned (1 Kings 1:33). The walk then continues to remnants of the actual Siloam Pool from Second Temple times, where the blind man healed by Jesus washed (John 9:11). The adventurous can then slosh 1,500 feet through Hezekiah's Tunnel (2 Chron. 32:30), or take the "dry walk" through another ancient conduit.
Wet or dry, the City of David is a must-see on any Jerusalem itinerary.


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The 24-hour urine copper test measures the amount of copper in a urine sample.
Quantitative urinary copper
A 24-hour urine sample is needed.
Cap the container. Keep it in the refrigerator or a cool place during the collection period.
Write your name, date, and time you completed the test on the container.
For an infant, thoroughly wash the area where urine exits the body. Open a urine collection bag (a plastic bag with an adhesive paper on one end). For boys, place the entire penis in the bag and attach the adhesive to the skin. For girls, place the bag over the labia. Diaper as usual over the secured bag.
This procedure may take a couple of attempts. Lively infants can move the bag, causing the urine to be absorbed by the diaper. Check the infant frequently and change the bag after the infant has urinated into it. Drain the urine from the bag into the container provided by your health care provider.
Return the bag or container as instructed.
A laboratory specialist will determine how much copper is in the sample.
No special preparation is necessary for this test, but if the collection is being taken from an infant, a couple of extra collection bags may be necessary.
The test involves only normal urination, and there is no discomfort.
Your doctor may order this test if you have signs of Wilson's disease, a genetic disorder that affects how the body processes copper.
The normal range is 10 to 30 micrograms per 24 hours.
Note: Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
The examples above show the common measurements for results for these tests. Some laboratories use different measurements or may test different specimens.
An abnormal result means you have a higher than normal level of copper. This may be due to:
There are no risks associated with providing a urine sample.
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Bachelor of Music program: $1,300
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Log Church to break ground for expansion
The Crosslake Evangelical Free Church, also known as The Log Church, announced its groundbreaking ceremony, which will conclude the worship service at 10 a.m. Sunday, April 28, for a 16,000 square-foot addition to its existing building located at 37218 County Road 66 in Crosslake.
All are welcome to attend this event.
"We are simply out of space," said Senior Pastor Fred Cressman. "Our activities — especially with the children and youth — have us bursting at the seams. While it's a good kind of problem to have, our space needs center around additional safe children's space, classrooms, improved handicap accessibility and fellowship areas."
The building effort will include a weather-tight, expanded facility with immediate finished space for a new entryway, elevator and sanctuary entrance.
Additional finishing work within the new structure will be completed over time as the additional funds become available.
"We are stepping out in faith to build this addition," Cressman said, "and it's important to note that this isn't about building a building, but rather, it's about building a tool to help us reach out to others and continually grow His Kingdom."
The building financing campaign theme is "Making Room ... Growing God's Kingdom."
Additional information is available online at www.crosslakeefc.org or through the church office at 218-692-4141.
Crosslake Evangelical Free Church started as a summer church that met in the Fish and Game building in Crosslake from 1968-81. In 1983, the church was organized and established, and the original building was built on a 3-acre lot that was gifted to the church.
In 1995, the first addition was built to accommodate a growing congregation.


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Nawwww I'm not upset at ya Frett but I will say Happy Gilmore is a good flick. Its hard to say that the Bob Barker scene isn't the best part of the flick!Originally Posted by bobafrett
Nawwww I'm not upset at ya Frett but I will say Happy Gilmore is a good flick. Its hard to say that the Bob Barker scene isn't the best part of the flick!Originally Posted by bobafrett
One of the other good lines from Happy Gilmore comes to mind: "Grizzly Adams did have a beard."
Yo momma. That's right, I said "yo momma".
Rogue II you can help yourself to a warm glass of shut the H up.Originally Posted by Rogue II
I eat pieces of ---- like you for breakfast.
No...I... Just stay out of my way or you'll pay, listen to what I say.Originally Posted by JJB
Yo momma. That's right, I said "yo momma".
"I just may !"Originally Posted by JimJamBonds
I'm posting these pics for Jaymz and my other zombie killaz (what up Guyute and Hellboy and the others ??? ) but if anybody else wants a gander at the ol' Cae-Dog, now's your chance.
These are from last weekend's Fangoria Weekend of Horrors convention, first is me with George F***ing Romero (and what appeared to be G-Ro's grandson? ) and then me with Tom Savini.
Very nice Caesar. About time you posted some pics of you. JJB you're next(both of you.)
thanks Chux Turbo LBC Bobafrett Mtriv73 Rjarvis JF96 JT JMG FB Rogue2 Tycho Slicker Deoxy Caesar JontheJedi JJReason Brandon Solo JMS UK for great deals.
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#24 - Gone but not forgotten
I've never been so jealous in my entire life. Awesome stuff!!!Originally Posted by Caesar
"That's the best deal you're gonna get. I won't tell you you can save yourself, because you can't."
Sorry Wildcat, I forgot to include you in the list of Zombie fans. My bad !
There were tons of other cool folks at that show too, including Nathan Fillion aka Mal Reynolds from Firefly/Serenity who was there with people like Michael Rooker (a very drunken Rooker, I might add ) to promote the new flick Slither. The pics of Fillian and Rooker are awesome/hilarious.
The thing about Romero is that it is was the second time I "met" him at a convention, the first time being for a Day of the Dead reunion in 2004. However, they were moving the line along so quickly that we could NOT get pics with George. But I got him this time, I was not going to be denyed twice.
It's about time, Caes. You look pretty close to what I pictured, too.
Now I for sure won't be able to quit you.
It's a blacked-out blur but I'm pretty sure it ruled.


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Chemtura targeting China, fast-growth marketsComments Email Print
GUANGZHOU, CHINA — Chemtura Corp. executives provided an update on the firm's latest investments, expansions and products at Chinaplas, to include the start-up of commercial production at an Arkansas plant of one of its newer flame retardants, Emerald Innovation 3000.
The publicly traded, Philadelphia-based company also expects to close soon on its deal to buy the bromine assets of India's Solaris ChemTech Industries Ltd., and said the first products should roll out of its new $95 million, multipurpose manufacturing plant in Nantong, China, by the end of 2013's third quarter.
Keith DuPont, vice president and general manager of Chemtura's Great Lakes Solutions business unit in West Lafayette, Ind., said the firm's new facility in El Dorado, Ark., has begun commercial production with a nameplate capacity of at least 22 million pounds of Emerald Innovation 3000. The product, based on technology licensed from Dow Chemical Co., is said to offer producers of expanded and extruded polystyrene a brominated polymeric flame retardant that offers a more sustainable option as they transition away from hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD).
DuPont said that sales of the product began late last year, and that several customers are working to make the transition from HBCD before the sunset date of Aug. 21, 2015, in Europe. Additionally, he noted, "customer qualifications are accelerating both in the Americas and Japan." He expects sales to begin in the United States and Mexico early in this year's third quarter.
In India, Chemtura is proceeding with the acquisition it announced last September whereby it will assume control of the bromine and bromine chemicals division of Gujarat-based Solaris ChemTech. Terms were not released, but the deal includes two manufacturing facilities, a well-established research and development center, and a multi-products facility in Gujarat. The new subsidiary will be based in New Delhi, and will provide "a regional, low-cost supply for bromine," according to Chet Cross. Cross, who relocated from Philadelphia to Shanghai this past January, is executive vice president and group president of Engineered Industrial & Performance Industrial Products.
It registered its regional headquarters in Shanghai in 2000; opened its first China plant (in Nanjing) in 2004; registered its Nanjing application development center in 2010; broke ground on the above-mentioned plant in Nantong last year; and established a shared services center in Shanghai earlier this year.
The big Nantong plant in Jiangsu province is a three-year project and, at $95 million, represents the single largest investment by Chemtura since its formation in 2005. Cross said the plant's first phase is "mechanically complete" and commissioning is beginning now for the anchor line of petroleum additives, plus some polyurethane plastomers.
The project's second phase will produce more plastics-relevant products, Cross said, including organometallics and some thermoplastic polyurethane materials. The aim is for the plant to be fully operational by August 2015.
Finally, Chemtura announced May 15 it had acquired from UP Chemical Co. Ltd. the remaining 50 percent stake that it didn't already own in South Korea's DayStar Materials LLC. DayStar makes markets high-purity metal organic precursors for the fast-growing LED market. It had formed DayStar as a joint venture with UP Chem in 2011.


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Went by several Targets looking for after-Christmas clearance, and saw some Retaliation at all stores. Even items that had been clearanced were ringing up at full price (I was seriously hoping to get that ninja 3-pack for some insanely low price, but it was not to be). Methinks that they might have a home at Target and perhaps other stores with the next reset, since Hasbro's not bothering with a street date the second time around.
I'm just hoping and praying that Wave 5 makes it to retail. I needs me some of that new Crimson Guardsman.


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Hey everyone,
I just signed up for the forums, because I have a question about the size of a pup!
I just had a question for you. We're thinking about picking this little guy up. My hesitation is his size. He is 12 weeks today. I don't see that pudgy, think body. He almost looks like a proportional miniature lab right now haha!
Should we be worried? Is this normal for him to not have those big think paws, and legs? We've seen the Mother and Father dogs, and they are completely normal labs. Mom was ~70lbs, and dad was ~90lbs.
Our other lab was much bigger and more developed than this guy, at around the same age.
Any experiences?
Thanks for the help!


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Continuing the VT the Bounty Hunter Thread ....where I posted pics of our last VTeatime, I have another page up of pictures of our VTeatime yesterday. You can see them HERE
Thanks to VT for my AF Virago and another TIE Bomber to open The Virago was $3! How does he do it !!
Warstar is off to Montana to go to film school. Good Luck Warstar, we'll miss seeing you, but know we'll still see you on the Forums.


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The flashcache example is an interactive command-line application that looks up NASDAQ stock symbols and displays current quote information. A cache loader, QuoteLoader, is used to read quotes from quotes.nasdaq.com and cache them in the distributed cache for quicker access. The example is located in the GemFire installation under examples/dist/flashcache
Before running this application, you need to configure your environment according to the instructions provided under the GemFire installation in examples/EnvSetup.html.
Once your environment is set, change to the
directory to run the application.
The application prompts for a NASDAQ stock symbol. Enter a symbol, such as SUNW, to request a quote. Enter no symbol to exit. The cached quotes are distributed to other GemFire caches connected to the same distributed system. Optimistic distribution is used, so there is no locking or acknowledgment of updates, and quotes are distributed asynchronously. Here is a sample run, with command input in bold:
$ java flashcache.Quote Enter symbol: ORCL (QuoteLoader netSearching for ORCL) (QuoteLoader querying nasdaq for ORCL) ORCL: last sale=9.85 net change=-0.34 volume=26,526,419 Enter next symbol: AMZN (QuoteLoader netSearching for AMZN) (QuoteLoader querying nasdaq for AMZN) AMZN: last sale=36.37 net change=-0.19 volume=5,668,938 Enter next symbol:
$ java flashcache.Quote


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FlowerMart through the years
Nothing says springtime in Baltimore like flowers, big hats and lemon sticks. Shop at plant and other vendor displays, take part in a hat contest and check out lots of family entertainment options at FlowerMart -- a city tradition since 1911. The 2014 FlowerMart runs May 2-3 in Mount Vernon (in the area surrounding the Washington Monument).
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These beautiful prints are reproductions of the famous "Hortus Eystettensis" originally done by Basilius Besler in the early 1600s. His work, "Hortus Eystettensis" (Garden of Eichstätt), is man's earliest documentation of a specific garden and over 1,000 varieties of flowers were depicted in 367 exquisitely engraved and colored plates. In the early 1600s, the Prince Bishop of Eichstätt in Germany created what was probably the first comprehensive botanical garden devoted to flowering plants. Many of the exotic flowers were imported from the Americas and the Ottoman Empire. Besler documented this vast garden, depicting each plant as it bloomed throughout the four seasons. The Hortus Eystettensis is exceptional for many reasons, but mostly for the stunning flowers portrayed.
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thought that was the case... cuz is still on turkey thugs just not in the front seat just behind the camera like in the old days... they did alot of new things on the show it is get n to be a little to product placement based for me... still love bob walker i was watch n mossy oaks shows on-line for a long time just to see bob walker mouth call everything by natural voice!!!
yes i have a fav call also by quaker boy its just the cheap waterproof a'banshee box call with the curved lid man that curved lid is so nice!!! i got it as a gift & thought i would never use this thing but i was wrong turkeys love the sound of the walnut box call!!!??? i now carry it with me all the time...!!! also R.I.P. dick kirby you were the man 52-53 strait grand slams season after season man do the math dick kirby stacked up the long beards like wood!!!


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Brian Zumhagen
Brian Zumhagen has been a weekend anchor at WNYC since 2003. His career in journalism started in 1993, with an internship in the press office of the German Green Party's parliamentary delegation. Brian went on to spend the rest of the '90s working as a reporter, producer, and fill-in anchor at NPR member station KQED in San Francisco. He's returned to Germany several times over the years for reporting projects. Most recently, he won a grant from the Arthur F. Burns Fellowship to produce radio features for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Before coming to WNYC, Brian was a frequent contributor to PRI's The World. He reported for the program on 9/11 and served as the show's United Nations correspondent during the run-up to the Iraq war. Brian lives in Queens with his wife and children.


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Bikerscout - Nom Anor is not shipping until next year (or really close to Christmas if nothing else).
The next SW items I hope to find are multiple Seripas (Clone Wars) and the Walking Cannon (Clone Wars - from the movie).
I don't think there is anything else out there shipping that I don't have.
For Transformers, I'm going to start looking for Soundwave products (Cyberverse, Deluxe, Human Alliance - no reports of these shipping yet though).


text: My two year old lab breezed through force fetch this spring when we began formal training. Never drops a bumper or duck during training or junior hunt test and has handled a few live ducks and 4 geese real well this season. Problem began yesterday on pheasant and quail. He has dropped both before getting back to me and then refused to hold them when i put them back in his mouth - even with collar pressure. On today's retrieve he dropped it short and when i ordered him to fetch he rolled over on his back. No amount of pressure would make him pick up the bird. Question is should I quit the upland hunting and start all over again with force fetch or wait till the season is up and then address it - apparently I wasn't too good doing it the first time, but he seemed to really get it - grabbed everything in front of him.


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Chuck Norris is his name, and Chuck lives up to all expectations that might go along with the name. Chuck became part of our family almost three years ago while I was in Afghanistan as a gift to my wife. He quickly bonded with my Andi and they were stuck to each other like glue. Straight away we could See Chuck was unlike any Bully we ever had in our life before. His willingness to learn, obey and preform tricks and commands made him an instant hit with friends and family as well on YouTube. Chuck loves people, and upon returning from overseas Chuck and I joined a Pet Therapy program visiting individuals that needed some entertainment and joy in their life. When he sees our Therapy back pack he knows it is time for him to go to work, and Chuck has not disappointed as he brings smiles and laughter to so many. Not only is Chuck Norris a great pet, family member and friend to all, but Chuck Norris has also been a great Bully to use in educating others about the positive and loving sides of the English Bulldog. I used to hear from people that Bulldogs are stupid and could not be trained, but after introducing them to Chuck those opinions and stereo types are shattered and put to rest. Chuck has made an impact not only in our lives, but in so many others throughout our community that we are no longer known by our first and last names, but instead the people who belong to Chuck Norris the English Bulldogs. Chuck Norris is such a huge part of our family that we could not imagine our lives without him.. It is amazing the bond this dog has built with so many, and it is because of this I feel he is a great representative of the English Bulldog.
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