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Born in Sydney, Australia, Nanami Cowdroy was still able to have close ties to her Japanese-European heritage, in fact, the red stamp on the corner of each of her paintings is her name in Japanese, meaning Seven Seas. Her artwork is a large mix of media from pen, pencil and ink, to water colour and spray paint on paper. After hand making her pieces, she later adds some digital elements including the soft gradient backgrounds. Cowadory's favorite subjects are watery creatures and Goldfish.
I was kidnapped by aliens, they came down from outer space with ray guns, but I fooled them by wearing a wig and laughing in a foreign accent, and I escaped.
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Comment: Re:And less than four years later... (Score 1) 211
Comment: Limited Imagination (Score 1) 97
Why does everyone always assume that life requires water, anyway? Couldn't there be a planet out there infested with silicon-based life forms who live at 300 degrees Celsius, or whatever?
Comment: Re:Turing test not passed. (Score 1) 285
So now anything we understand is not intelligence???
When I was in grad school back in the 80's, I knew a guy who was researching AI. He complained that as soon as some technique was understood, people would say it wasn't AI any more, so as a result the AI profession as a whole never got much credit for advancing.
Comment: Re:How to prove the source code maps to the binary (Score 1) 178
The other way to hide the backdoor is to make it a hard to find bug. Plausible deniability is quite high.
Reading a huge codebase is an unlikely way to spot backdoors anyway. After a few thousand lines the reader's eyes would glaze over, and anything subtle would be missed. This isn't as easy as looking for two-digit year fields a la Y2K reviews.
Besides, the Heartbleed bug should have been a clue that open source alone doesn't make security issues "transparent". Somebody has to both read and understand the code to detect these things, and an OS like WIndows is so huge that nobody can understand the whole thing. Even a relatively small, specialized module like OpenSSL slid by for years without anybody noticing the problem.
Comment: Reinhold Messner was right! (Score 4, Interesting) 198
Comment: Re:Bad summary is bad (Score 1) 199
Comment: Re:secure by default (Score 1) 248
I'm disappointed that you're disappointed.
And I'm disappointed that you're disappointed that he's disappointed. Snowden has sure been bad for morale.
Comment: I've seen a lot of James Bond movies (Score 3, Funny) 170
Comment: Re:How does one determine the difference... (Score 1) 389
The biggest problem with general jury duty is it is unbounded.
IMO, the biggest problem is that the two sides get to reject jurors. If they just picked 12 random people without any challenges allowed, then required (say) only 10 of 12 to agree on the verdict, the system would work more efficiently and with less gaming. Maybe exceptions could be made for hardship or disruptive jurors could be ejected (and fined), but the current system is mostly gamesmanship. Lawyers don't want intelligent jurors, they want jurors they can manipulate.
Comment: Re:Umm .... (Score 2) 209
Disregarding that a year is one orbit around the sun, if you consider a year that is 1/13th of the current one, we would all fry.
This redistribution of orbital motions is trickier than I thought.
Comment: Re:Umm .... (Score 4, Funny) 209
Comment: Re:Can't Tell Them Apart (Score 1) 466
I diagnose you egomaniac paranoid
Is that a showstopper? I mean, he's a fucking genius, cut him some slack.
I like the idea of having the interviewee read code. In a team environment, that's more important than how much code you can crank out.
Comment: Re:What a complete waste of time and money (Score 1) 203
we have a civilian launch system
Or at least a way to launch rich people and vapid celebrities to 50 miles above seal level. Unfortunately, we have no way to keep them from coming back (yet).


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DANVILLE — Here's a look at recent law enforcement calls:
Incidents reported to police include:
Residential burglary in the unit block of South Collett Street. A Wii, Xbox, Playstation 3 and three video games were taken.
Assault at Lincoln Lanes, 107 W. Harrison St.
Disorderly conduct in the 700 block of Sherman St.
Theft of medication in the 3600 block of North Vermilion Street.
Battery in the 200 block of Forrest Street.
Domestic battery in the 1600 block of East Fairchild Street.
Disorderly conduct at Meade Park Elementary School, 200 S. Kansas St.
Theft in the 2100 block of Corrine Street.
Medical assistance in the 900 block of East Seminary Street.
Medical assistance in the unit block of Brewer Road.
Theft in the 160000 block of Potters Woods Road.
Retail theft at Kmart, 2721 N. Vermilion St.
Disorderly conduct in the 800 block of North Logan Ave.
Residential burglary in the 200 block of Tennessee Street.
Theft in the 1200 block of East Main Street.
Possession of cannabis, 30-50 grams, in the 600 East Fairchild Street.
Death investigation in the 15000 Boat Club Road.
Possession of cannabis at Clay and Chandler streets.
Domestic battery in the 1200 block of North Franklin Street.
Vermilion County
Domestic battery in the unit block of Brooks, Westville.
Disorderly conduct in the 300 block of County Road 1130E, Indianola.
Accidents involving tickets or injuries include:
Wednesday, 12:37 p.m. – At South Bowman Avenue and South Street, involving Kimberly M. George, 26, of the 100 block of Indiana Street, and Monique S. Ford, 32, of Danville. George was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.
Crime Stoppers pays rewards up to $1,000 for information on felony crimes or fugitives in the Vermilion County area. The Crime Stoppers can be reached at 446-TIPS or an anonymous e-mail left at vermilioncounty.crimestoppers
Firefighters responded to the following calls:
Wednesday, 10:07-10:14 a.m. — A medical call in the 700 block of McReynolds Street.


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The Judicial Nominating Commission has forwarded the names of two nominees to Gov. Dave Heineman for his consideration to fill an open judgeship in central Nebraska.
The nominees are North Platte attorney Richard Birch and Lincoln
County Attorney Rebecca Harling. They are seeking appointment as
Nebraska's 11th Judicial District judge to replace Judge John
Murphy, who retired last month. The district consists of 17 central
and western Nebraska counties and is based in North Platte.
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Environmentalist and author Colin Beavan this week announced his candidacy for Congress, joining Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, D-Fort Greene, and Councilman Charles Barron, D-East New York, in the in Congress.
Amongst his campaign issues are:
- A constitutional amendment making the right to vote inalienable
- Massive voter registration and civic engagement promotion
- Massive shift of military spending towards education
- U.S. leadership on climate change mitigation and adaptation
"We have to face up to climate change, the end of oil, and the failure of consumption to make people happy," said Beavan in a press release announcing his candidacy. "Robust local economies help solve all these problems."
Beavan, 48, was born and raised in Manhattan and has been a resident of Clinton Hill for a little more than a year, according to Ryan Harbage, Beavan's campaign manager.
On employment, affordable housing and crime, "[Beavan] believes the more support and resources to local economies, the more jobs and less crime there will be," Harbage said. "What he's trying to do is help foster healthier and happier communities, and there are a number of ways to do that."
Beavan, an author best known for his book, "No Impact Man," about a self-experiment to make as little environmental impact as possible for one year, has a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Liverpool. He sits on the board of directors of Transportation Alternatives, and is on the advisory councils of Just Food and 350.org, a global organization dedicated to solving the climate crisis.
Beavan has never held a public office, but he is uncontested so far in the 8th Congressional District's Green Party primary next month and will go straight to general election in November. He has chosen not to open a campaign office.
"We're all volunteer, and we're trying to keep expenses low, so we're doing it out of our homes in the neighborhoods," Harbage said.
His next public appearance will be at the Brooklyn Food Conference at Brooklyn Tech on Saturday at around 3:30 p.m.
Beavan's team will also host listening parties inviting community dialogue and will hold a voter registration drive on June 6 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, according to Harbage.
"We don't have the other venues nailed down yet for the listening parties, but we're looking at community centers and senior centers, places like that," he said.
For updates on Colin Beavan and his candidacy, you can join his newsletter on his site, votecolin.org, or email him directly with questions and concerns at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Solia Tourmaline Ceramic Ion Flat Iron (1-1/4")
JenniferHairOily HairThick or Coarse Hair7+ Years Of Perfect Hair With This IronI bought this iron over 7 years ago with a 1 year warranty. 11 months into my warranty, the iron stopped working (some kind of electrical issue; never looked into it). I immediately requested a new one and Folica shipped it to me with no questions asked. I have been using the replacement iron ever since and it has only recently started glitching. I will gladly purchase another of these irons. I have very long, very thick wavy hair that I can straighten to perfection in 15 minutes with this iron. Never snags and doesn't damage your hair over time (would still recommend a heat protection spray though!). Love this product and Folica.posted May 11, 2014Link to this post
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BeccaHairDark BrownNormal HairLove!! Better Than Chi.I have had this straightener for around three years now and I couldn't be happier. I have used CHI brand flat irons in the past, and I actually liked the Solia flat iron better, it seemed to glide across my hair much easier without snagging or pulling on my hair. Although it is three years old, it is just as great as the first day, despite being dropped on the bathroom floor on a daily basis. Can't go wrong with this!
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KaitlinHairLight BrownColor Treated HairThick or Coarse HairBest Flat Iron I've OwnedI love this flat iron! It gets hot within a few minutes and stays hot while I iron my whole head. I have really thick hair and was hesitant to switch from a 2" to a 1 1/4" flat iron, but after my Chi died and I saw the amazing reviews for this iron I had to have it. I also loved that it came in purple! It gets the frizz out of my hair after I blow dry it and keeps it straight for the whole day (barring rain or insane humidity). I use it almost every day and it hasn't damaged or dried out my hair at all.
I've had my Solia for 5 years and it still works like I bought it last week. I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a quality flat iron that will last them awhile.
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AutumnHairAuburnNormal HairIt Was Great, Until It Broke.I received this late October/early November and really liked it. It made my hair shiny and it didn't kill my hair compared to my last straightener. I took good care of it, used about 3-4 times a week, and it sat at the same place on my vanity. No misuse no nothing, and it randomly stops working in January! It just wouldn't turn on. I obtained a return form and the first option under reason for return is "it stopped working". Which makes me believe it occurs more often than it should. Now I have to pay 9.95 for a replacement.
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RobinHairMedium BrownCurly HairGreat While It LastsThe flat iron is great while it lasts. The first one I bought lasted about 6 months and stopped working (seems to be a trend). Sent it back and the replacement maybe lasted about the same amount of time and began "shorting out", had to keep the wire in a certain position for it to heat up so it would still go off and on as I used it because the wire moves. Longevity definitely not a quality of this product. Now to find a new brand..posted Apr 29, 2014Link to this post
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KristinHairColor Treated HairThick or Coarse HairStopped Working After Two YearsMine just stopped working one day after 2 years and 5 months of use. The warranty is for 2 years, so I am SOL. Also, I felt like it didn't add any shine like other flat irons I've used, and I didn't like that it didn't have an automatic shut-off feature. I would not recommend this product at all.posted Apr 26, 2014Link to this post
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CrysldPGH, PAHairDark BrownCurly HairYou'll Never Go Back, Never!I am sooo in love w/ this flat iron, I can't even begin to describe just how much I love it! when I first bought this, I had been going back & forth, trying to decide between this or the Sedu, but, finally, I chose this, mainly because of the beautiful sapphire-colored plates & I am sooo happy I did! at the time, I was 17 or 18, so that was way back in 2007 or 2008 & it still works AMAZINGLY well, plus the cord is VERY long.
before I decided to take the plunge on this, I was using Revlon's Perfect Heat Ceramic straighteners & buying new ones, like, every couple of years or so & they were damaging my hair SO badly, ntm, I was wasting my money! I think they sell them on here, so look them up, but DON'T buy it cause the ceramic peels off, too; overall, it's a waste.
when I bought this straightener, my hair was pretty long but it was only to the bottom of my shoulder blades; now, it's almost down to my waist & my hair is naturally curly & to straighten it, from being curly, it only takes about 10-20mins., which is amazing! you will NEVER go back to using any other straightener, ever. I actually don't know why I didn't buy this sooner than I did. I can say nothing bad about this & nothing else, other than I very, very highly recommend buying a Solia. the sides of the plates don't even get that gross black residue on them, probably, mainly because you don't need to put a lot of products in your hair before you style it, so it doesn't get build-up. my hair can get really dry but even when it does, it still looks amazing & beautiful & so shiny, thanks to this.
just put some Biolage Smoothing Milk on wet hair (or serum), let it dry or blow dry it, straighten it, then spray it w/ a few spritzes of shine spray & you're good to go!
I don't know what I'll do when this breaks, if it ever does! I'll MOST DEFINITELY buy a new one. you do have to be very, very careful w/ the cord, though, just because it's so long that it gets tangled up very easily, right away, but I think since it has such a thick outer plastic, it might have a little extra protection.
anyway, the last thing is that you don't even need to turn up the heat all the way to 450.. in fact, if you do, your hair would just get really flat, plus it'd be wasting electricity. buy this, you won't regret it & it will last you forever!posted Apr 23, 2014Link to this post
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Michele C.New JerseyHairMedium BrownNormal HairColor Treated HairLove My Solia!I was heartbroken when I had to finally say goodbye to my trusty Sedu flat iron I had had since 2007 (7 years!). I immediately jumped on Folica to figure out a replacement, and found the Solia. Well, I am THRILLED with this flat iron! Of course I had to get it in purple (my fav color), but I am very impressed with its heat-up time, it is very smooth and gentle on my hair and the automatically adjusting plates really do make for great contact with all of my hair. Definitely 2 thumbs up here and I highly recommend it!1 out of 2 shoppers thought this review was helpful.
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AliChicago, ILHairBlondeCurly HairColor Treated HairFine or Thin HairBest Flat Iron There Is!This is actually the second time I've purchased this exact flat iron. My first one just died after SEVEN years. It felt like a family member had died. Luckily, Folica was still offering the exact same flat iron for the best price I could find. I knew I wanted another Solia since the first one worked so well and lasted so long. I would definitely recommend this to anyone in the market for a new one.1 out of 1 shoppers thought this review was helpful.
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Previous O.HairCurly HairHrmI bought 3 of these from this site because there was such a great deal on them. At first they seemed great but I noticed I get really bad headaches and bad fatigue when I use them. Then red paint started getting everywhere and even on my hands. I felt this stuff was toxic so I switched to the black one but the headaches and sleepy, fatigued feelings continued. It was months before I realized the sticker said they came from Korea. I'm concerned there is lead or some other substance coming from the brightly painted ceramic heating plates or the plastic. I'm thinking this should be tested just in case since girls of all ages are using these products. I'm shopping for a replacement and I don't think I'm buying anymore Solia products again.12 out of 17 shoppers thought this review wasn't helpful.
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Ada —
• Ada Skeet and Trap Club is going to be open from 6-8:30 p.m. This is in addition to its regular days open, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday from 1-5 p.m. Officials from the club say they plan to do this during the hot summer days, until Tuesday, Sept. 17. Skeet and Trap fields will be open. You don't need to be a member to shoot. Regular members will be availalbe to answer questions. For more information, phone Ron at 421-4843.
• Al-Anon meets at 8 p.m. each Tuesday at St. Luke's Episcopal Church.
• Freda DeOdis Flatt is Ada Artists Association's July featured artist of the month. Her work is featured at Karen's Art and Framing, 108 E. Main. A closing reception is 4:30-6:30 p.m.
• Emotions Anonymous is meeting every Wednesday from 12 noon until 1 p.m. at Central Church of Christ, 820 Stadium Drive. For more information, phone Kristina at (580) 279-4870.
• Divorce/Bereavement Support Group meets each Wednesday at 7 p.m. at The Compassion Outreach Center, 1124 Cradduck Road, Ada. This group offers support for those who have lost a loved one through divorce or death. For more information, phone Tom at 580-332-6506.
• A dance is conducted each Wednesday at Irving Community Center, 704 N. Oak, from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Cost is $5 per person and is open to the public.
• Ada Chickasaw Senior Center hosts an Indian taco sale at 1005 Chamber Looper. Pie auction begins at 5:30 p.m. with Dr. John Garber as auctioneer. Entertainemnt will be provided by Red Barn Band. Cost is $7 for taco, dessert and drink. For delivery of two more dinners phone 436-1007.
• Athletes at Vanoss Public Schools in grades 5-12 will be given physicals Aug. 1 in the school cafeteria between the hours of 3:30-6:30 p.m. Cost is $15 each (payment must be made in cash.) Students will need a signed physical form granting parent permission which may be picked up from his or her coach or signed when the student arrives for the physical.


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I was making a list and reflecting upon the year 2011 and how often the and staff have supported our community. I thought it would be an appropriate time to share with you many ways we at the North Andover Senior Center give back to the community.
We work with other organizations to maintain numerous programs that support our seniors, such as the Boston Food Bank, providing monthly provisions for those that need additional support.
Medical transportation is provided by 21 volunteers. These volunteers are recruited by the North Andover Senior Center and they are supported by the Northern Essex Elder Transport Program. Through our transportation coordinator we are able to provide medical transports for our older adults to Boston and local health care facilities for their medical appointments. These drivers receive a stipend for their mileage from the NEET Program.
Monthly, through donations brought into the Senior Center, we send care packages to our troops all over the world. We support our older adults socially by offering various programs that are supported through the efforts of so many businesses in the community.
The Friends of the North Andover Senior Center provide funds for emergency assistance programs, scholarships for free classes and programs along with half price MVRTA transportation tickets for North Andover Seniors. We serve as an emergency shelter during storms.
Through the support of Lazarus House we arrange to have hot meals delivered on holidays to elders who are home alone. Our Tuesday morning knitting group has provided knitted hats to Lawrence School children. Youth volunteers are able to earn community service credit by giving their time at the Center. Our Friday morning Cuddles program has sent handmade dolls to children locally and all over the world.
Many of our seniors are on a fixed income but that does not stop them from giving back to others. We are so fortunate to live in this community and we are so grateful for what we have and what we can do to help our neighbors. Thank you sincerely from the bottom of our hearts!


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October 16-18, 2014. While the field of environmental history has provided new horizons within which to situate work and workers, this conference intends to expand those horizons through investigating the multi-fold meanings of "nature" from a wide range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives.
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January 8-9, 2015. The University of Sydney, Australia. This conference aims to bring together historians and scholars interested in exploring the comparative and transnational dimensions of the labor history of both Australia and the US. Preliminary schedule now available.
- Fighting Against War: Peace Activism in the Twentieth Century
February, 11-13, 2015 (CFP Deadline, July 31), University of Melbourne, Australia. Throughout the twentieth century, labour movement activists have been in the forefront of challenges to war and militarism. This conference, hosted by the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, seeks to restore their role to our historical memory.
- Fighting Inequality: Class, Race, and Power (CFP Deadline: September 15)
May 28-31, 2015. Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Joint Conference of the Labor and Working-Class History Association and the Working-Class Studies Association. Economic inequality, while long a challenge for working-class people, has grown and become increasingly central in public life. It has been a theme in struggles for justice for low-wage workers and has shaped policies related to education, housing, health care, and the right to organize.
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March 5-8, 2015. CFP Deadline: September 1, 2014. The Southern Labor Studies Association invites academics, activists, students, attorneys, public historians, archivists, and any other people interested in the experiences of working people in the Early American or US South to propose sessions for our next conference, which will take place from March 5-8, 2015. We will meet in two locations: at the University of Maryland, College Park during the day on Thursday, March 5, and then in Washington, D.C. from the evening of March 5 to the morning of Sunday, March 8.
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September 24-28, 2014, at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN. CFP Deadline, May 31, 2014. This year's theme involves the role of women and members of the gay and lesbian community who participated in the struggle for Civil Rights.
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It certainly has been a cathartic couple of weeks on the racial front.
Donald Sterling, billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, has been banned from any participation in the NBA, hit with a $2.5 million fine and may be forced to sell the team for his derogatory statements regarding blacks.
So now all the rest of us – Caucasian, Latino, African American, Asian – can feel better about ourselves. We have purged a racist from our midst and put everybody else on notice: Watch what you say lest you be excommunicated from legitimate society.
But I'm not feeling so good. I thought America was the land where you weren't supposed to have to watch what you say, unless it was "Fire!" in a crowded theater.
I thought the whole notion of free speech means defending the right to say things that most people find loathsome. That the answer to ignorant, bigoted or racist speech was more speech - not crushing the speaker.
And that the principle of "defending to the death" another's right to say things that may be stupid, disagreeable or outright nasty has been at the core of our understanding of the First Amendment for generations.
Is it really progress to junk all that over the inane, private pronouncements of a sick, rich, old, white guy?
I carry no brief for Sterling. This is not a defense of what he said – only his right to say it without sanctions from an organization that, if the private utterances of all its participants were made public, would have a lot more ostracizing to do.
And that is the first, big problem with the orgy of punishment issued to Sterling - privacy.
This was not a radio and TV host like Don Imus making a racist, sexist comment on air to a national audience. This was a guy having what he thought was a private conversation with his black, Hispanic mistress (confidante?) in which he demanded that she not promote her relationship with other blacks or to "bring them to my games."
Yes, it was ignorant, bigoted and pathetic - but also private. If law enforcement had come up with that recording without a warrant, it would have been laughed out of any court in the land.
Are the rest of us ready to turn over transcripts of everything we've said in private? I doubt it.
Then there is the double-standard problem regarding bigoted speech.
Jamie Foxx, the actor, hosted "Saturday Night Live" not long ago and promoted his latest movie, "Django Unchained," by remarking, "I kill all the white people. How great is that?" His comment wasn't, "Don't bring white people to my movies," but instead how great it is that his character kills all the white people.
He was just being funny, he said later. Sure. Try flipping that, where a white actor celebrates his character "killing all the black people."
Of course, there was no self-righteous huffing from Hollywood. No big fine levied against Foxx. No ban, or even suspension, on appearing in Hollywood films.
Which is fine, but that is the way it ought to be for Sterling, too.
I have a problem with what Foxx said, but I defend his right to say it, and I don't think he should get banned from his profession for saying something pathetic and bigoted. If I have enough of a problem with him, I can refuse to see any of his movies and change the channel when he comes on TV. I can encourage others to do the same. But I shouldn't be demanding that he be banned from the movie industry.
Foxx is not the only example of the double-standard on racist speech. Jesse Jackson, self-appointed "civil rights leader," famously referred to New York City as "Hymietown" - an overt, hateful slur of Jews. Al Sharpton, one of the nation's most persistent race hustlers, has a history of anti-Semitism and has also referred to whites as "crackers."
I despise what they say - hey, I despise most of what hustlers like them say – but they have every right to say it without being fined $1 million or more.
It's a mystery to me why people like Sharpton and Jackson end up on television so often as "spokesmen" for African Americans. I would think the black community would be embarrassed – as embarrassed as I would be if Sterling claimed to be a spokesman for whites.
The bottom line is that Sterling has plenty of company when it comes to racism, and not just from other whites.
Free speech is based on tolerance. I hear endlessly from those demanding Sterling's scalp that they are tolerant, and they want him ostracized because he is not.
They don't understand the word. Tolerance means putting up with what you find dumb, distasteful or even dead wrong. It doesn't mean celebrating or endorsing what Sterling said. You can criticize it and show solidarity with those he demeaned; those displays of solidarity at Clippers games were among the few excellent and appropriate responses to what Sterling said.
But they also ought to defend his right to say what he did. Freedom of speech does not exist to protect what is popular; that needs no protection. It is in place to protect the unpopular, and yes, the politically incorrect
That principle is far more important than anything Donald Sterling said.
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On paper, Wendy L. Cope, 48, is supposed to be in Western State Hospital, getting treatment for chronic schizophrenia. Sunday was supposed to be Day 57 of a potential 90-day stint, backed by a court order issued Dec. 11.
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Until Friday morning, Cope was a missing person: a vanished grandmother, mentally ill, last seen Jan. 17, panhandling at a Fife truck stop without her medicine, her wallet, her money or her phone.
A missing-person alert from Fife police described her as "very friendly and highly vulnerable."
Two days ago, Cope was found 680 miles from home at a homeless shelter in Yuba City, Calif. — a possible victim of physical abuse, according to a family member who spoke to her on the phone.
"She's just scared," said Lori Shuffelen, Cope's sister-in-law. "She doesn't know where she is. We're working on getting her home now. It's a godsend."
The outcome was a relief. Family members feared the worst, and police had made little headway in the three weeks since Cope was reported missing.
"We've hit all the shelters, all the hospitals, everything," police spokesman Tom Thompson said Feb. 4, before Cope resurfaced. "If we could get a lead, we'd try it."
Friday's good news ended one frantic chapter, but family members remain mystified by the circumstances surrounding Cope's swift release from treatment into a seemingly shaky environment.
Cope has a long history of contacts with the county mental health system, including at least six involuntary commitments since 2007, sources told The News Tribune. In a recent interview, Shuffelen confirmed those circumstances, noting Cope has spent time at Western State in the past. Her illness first emerged in 1998.
The most recent commitment dated to early December, when Cope's son brought her to St. Clare Hospital in Lakewood. She'd been behaving strangely at her apartment complex, disrupting other tenants and raising the threat of eviction, sources said.
Her actions and documented illness led to an involuntary civil commitment hearing Dec. 11 in Pierce County Superior Court. The hearing ended with a finding and an order: Cope, deemed gravely disabled, was ordered to Western State for 90 days of treatment.
From there, the details get foggy. Patients court-ordered to Western State don't necessarily arrive instantly, and the hospital doesn't always know they're coming. Initially, Cope was sent to Telecare, an evaluation and treatment center in Lakewood, adjacent to the state hospital grounds.
Telecare contracts with OptumHealth, the private company that provides mental health service to Pierce County under a state contract. Optum heads the regional support network for Pierce County — one of 11 such entities in the state, though the others are public agencies.
Some networks notify Western State when they receive patients court-ordered to the hospital. Others, including Optum, do not, said Ron Adler, the state hospital's CEO. At his prior job running a similar state facility in Alaska, he grew accustomed to a "legal desk" that receives notice of court orders. Western State has no such system, he said.
Without the notifications, he cannot say how many cases similar to Cope's run through the state system. In other words, he can't say how many patients ordered to Western State never arrive.
"Some of the (regional support networks) share the court orders with us. Some of them don't — there's an issue there," Adler said. "I just asked about that last month, and we weren't getting them. That was an issue several months ago that we identified, and we are attempting to rectify it."
Adler did not know Optum's policy regarding notifications to the state hospital.
"That would be a very good question for Optum," he said. "That's a problem — if we're not getting the court orders from the court, we really don't know who we're responsible for. There should be a direct link between us and the court."
The News Tribune sought answers from Optum and asked several questions regarding general release policies and notifications to Western State.
Specifically, The News Tribune asked whether Optum notifies the state hospital when its patients are court-ordered to state commitment. The newspaper also asked whether Optum considers the home environment where a patient is to be released.
Optum's CEO, Cheri Dolezal, did not answer any of those questions, but she responded with a general statement issued through a spokesman.
"Optum is committed to helping people with mental health needs achieve long-term recovery," the statement said. "We have clear standards and procedures established to help ensure people receive the right care, at the right time and place."
Citing court records, sources told The News Tribune that Telecare released Cope from treatment Dec. 14, three days after she'd been ordered into 90 days of treatment. Shuffelen, Cope's sister-in-law who lives in Blaine, said Cope was discharged to the care of her 30-year-old son. Family members weren't happy with that decision.
"He's not somebody that should have been trusted with her care at all," Shuffelen said. "He is not capable of taking care of her."
The statement reflects a long-running family dispute. The son's recent legal history in Pierce County Superior Court includes three restraining-order petitions signed by three women between Oct. 18 and Dec. 9. All complain of harassment, violence or threats of violence, and continuing drug use.
The News Tribune was unable to reach Cope's son.
In theory, patients with mental illness released from treatment should depart with treatment plans intended to ease their transition into the community. Depending on the severity of the patient's illness, the treatment plan can be reviewed by the court. In Cope's case, there is no indication of such a release review.
Shuffelen spent Friday on the phone with relatives, trying to reconstruct her sister-in-law's movements over the past three weeks.
She said Cope was dropped off at the Fife truck stop Jan. 17, and was seen panhandling. Eventually, she got a ride from a truck driver, who rolled south to California.
"It sounds like, from my understanding, that this truck driver took a lot of advantage of Wendy," Shuffelen said.
Two days later, Cope's son reported her disappearance to Fife police, Thompson, the police spokesman, said.
The truck driver reportedly left Cope at a Walmart parking lot in Yuba City. From there, she found her way to a homeless shelter. For days, no one knew who she was, until she mentioned a relative's name.
Thompson confirmed Cope's whereabouts Friday evening after speaking with police in Yuba City. The details of her return still were unsettled Friday night.
Technically, the 90-day order to Western State is still active. This time, Shuffelen hopes her sister-in-law gains entry and gets treatment.
"Wendy finally got coherent enough," Shuffelen said. "She finally got coherent enough. Now the thing is trying to bring her back and save whatever of Wendy is left."
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Police should have brought sandwiches and sodas to the park outside a Taipei hotel where Taiwan negotiators and counterparts from old foe China held talks. Hardly anyone demonstrated against the mid-April meeting.
What's more, over the weekend, as the two sides met more formally in China to sign agreements on trade and finance, Taiwan TV viewers watched news about swine flu in Mexico and the United States or celebrity scandal reruns. Monday morning newspapers' editorials barely raised the usual spectre of Taiwan sacrificing its democratic self-rule to Communist China in exchange for lucrative trade deals.
What a change. Last year as the administration of China-friendly Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou began meeting with Beijing after a decade of frozen relations marked by occasional war threats, Taiwan's China-hostile opposition thundered against what they saw as a sell-out to Beijing and led massive demonstrations during the second round of talks, in Taipei.
Does anyone care anymore? The short answer is "yes", but many people have accepted the idea that China, which has threatened to use force to end Taiwan's self-rule, can talk with Taiwan on non-political issues such as trade without rattling the political status quo.
"The third round of talks is just part of a process," said Wu Chia-jung, 23, a law student at National Taipei University. "I approve of this method of dialogue. Taiwan is in a weak position. No one wants to fight."
The latest, muted reaction also shows that Ma's government has learned basic public relations skills, including recent newspaper and TV ads spelling out the economic benefits of closer relations with China.
"They've certainly done a better job of communicating with the public," said Taipei-based political risk analyst Raymond Wu. "It's a start. It's something they didn't do last time."
Support in Taiwan for talks with China, even if passive, bodes well for the riskiest venture so far between the two sides: a broad pact that will knock down a rack of existing trade barriers. The deal needs public consensus in Taiwan to pass the next round of negotiations without immediate risk to the ruling party.


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After introductory remarks from Mayor Madeline Rogero and Michael Dunthorn, from the city's office on homelessness, Council members offered words of support for the plan.
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Dear all,
background information:
I did code a timesheet management system for my company with PHP where the user has to submit time entries and has an online form with several start and end times. The start and end times are all simple HTML select option dropdowns. I want that the first End time selection will be the next start time selection. Basically a simple dependency of the dropdown. My approach was that I want to solve this with JavaScript. In my php code I am echoing the following and call the set_time_hour java script function in order to change then the next drop down (this.value should be the value of the next dropdown.
echo "<select class='normal' name='$field_id' onChange=set_time_hour(this.value,'$field_id_js')>";
When the user changes then the end time dropdown the next field (next start time entry) should be changed accordingly.
The javascript looks like this
function set_time_hour(hour_value,next_field){
alert (hour_value);
alert (next_field);
document.getElementById(next_field).value = hour_value;
The alert calls are giving me the right values. but the
document.getElementById(next_field).value = hour_value;
is not working. What is wrong there? Do you have an idea?
How can I change the value of a select box with Javascript?
The select box values are already popoluated with PHP so I just want to select the right value.


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DNA analyses have shown that the mutation cropped up in Europe about 8,000 years ago, and quickly spread all the way to India. Today, it is carried by more than 95% of people of Northern European descent.


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Understanding NTP Reachability Statistics
You're a typical system administrator, with a million and two urgent things to do before you get to go home for the day. Next on your list is bringing up a new NTP server for your department so your systems can use the Network Time Protocol to synchronize their clocks with a reference time source (see Sidebar). You've already compiled and installed ntpd for your platform and are ready to take the next step.
NTP: The Network Time Protocol
Keeping accurate time is an important aspect of both system administration and network security. If you've ever had the dubious pleasure of trying to match up log events on multiple systems, you know how critical accurate timestamps can be in tracking an event as it flows through your network.
On a busy server, you may have dozens of similar log entries every second. If your system clocks are even a few seconds apart, you may have tremendous difficulty determining which event on Server A matches up with the same event on Server B. NTP addresses these issues by keeping system clocks synchronized with a reference time source, often to within a few milliseconds even over the open Internet.
Any system clock can be designated as the master clock in an NTP infrastructure, regardless of whether or not it keeps accurate time. Rather than using an arbitrary time source, most enterprise-class networks synchronize a local master clock with Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) as maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Time (NIST) or the US Naval Observatory (USNO).
Systems within an enterprise then should synchronize with the local master clock rather than directly to a remote time server. This reduces network latency and jitter for local time clients, conserves bandwidth on WAN links and limits the load on public time servers that otherwise might be overwhelmed by an excess of individual client connections.
The proper use of NTP ensures a consistent time base for all internal systems. In addition, synchronizing to UTC enables you to share the same time base with any external systems that have done the same.
Start your NTP daemon. Curious to see how well it's syncing up, you monitor the output of ntpq (see Listing 1) and watch the reachability statistics in the reach field climb towards the mysterious upper bound of 377. At last, the system has reached that exalted state, and all is well with the world.
$ watch ntpq -pn Every 2s: ntpq -pn Thu Apr 17 13:41:29 2003 remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter ============================================================================== *192.168.38.127 .GPS. 1 - 46 64 377 43.763 -5.586 0.700
You go celebrate with a mocha latte, only to return to find the reach field now reads 357 (see Listing 2). Concerned, you decide to investigate.
remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter ============================================================================== *192.168.38.127 .GPS. 1 - 16 64 357 23.994 -10.649 2.565
The poll field tells you the daemon polls the remote server every 64 seconds. The when field shows that the last poll was 16 seconds ago. That leaves you plenty of time to set up a packet capture to see what's happening to your precious time packets.
# The "-n" flag turns off name resolution for both # speed and readability, and to prevent DNS traffic # from cluttering the results if you don't specify a # specific port. The "-i" flag specifies which # interface to monitor (usually eth0 or eth1). The # host and port flags limit the output of tcpdump to # NTP traffic to and from the specified IP address. tcpdump -n -i eth1 host 192.168.38.127 port 123
Use tcpdump (Listing 3) to look for NTP packets. You let tcpdump run for awhile, and see several NTP transactions similar to this one:
21:04:45.446566 172.16.24.16.ntp > 192.168.38.127.ntp: v4 client strat 2 poll 10 prec -16 (DF) [tos 0x10] 21:04:45.485103 192.168.38.127.ntp > 172.16.24.16.ntp: v4 server strat 1 poll 10 prec -15
Hmmm. Looks like the NTP packets are flowing freely. But a quick check of ntpq shows that reachability has now dropped to 177. What's going on here?
It turns out that the explanation relates back to the strange upper bound of 377 for the reach field. This field is not, as one would assume, a sequential counter of successful connections. Instead, it is a circular log buffer containing a set of eight bit-flags.
Each remote server or peer is assigned its own buffer by ntpd. This buffer represents the status of the last eight NTP transactions between the NTP daemon and a given remote time server. Each bit is a boolean value, where a 1 indicates a successful transaction and a 0 indicates a failure. Each time a new packet is sent, the entire eight-bit register is shifted one bit left as the newest bit enters from the right.
The net result is that dropped packets can be tracked over eight poll intervals before falling off the end of the register to make room for new data. This recycling of space in the register is why it's called a circular buffer, but it may make more sense to think of it in linear terms, as a steady, leftward march--eight small steps, and then the bit ends up wherever bits go when they die.
For reasons that seemed good to the developers, this register is displayed to the user in octal values instead of binary, decimal or even hex. The maximum value of an eight-bit binary number is 11111111, which is 377 in octal, 255 in decimal and 0xFF in hex.
So why does the value of the reach field drop when packets are being successfully sent and received? For those of you who dream in octals, this next part may seem obvious. For ordinary mortals, it requires closer scrutiny.
The answer is that the lower numerical values are caused by the left-shifting of the reachability register. Remember, the buffer is not a metric, it is a FIFO log. So, if you have received the last eight NTP packets successfully, the log contains all 1s and the reach field contains the octal value of 377.
Let's assume that on the next update, a packet is dropped. Because NTP is a UDP-based protocol with no delivery guarantees, this is not necessarily a cause for alarm. But the NTP daemon dutifully logs the failure in the circular buffer and waits for the next poll period. The log now contains 11111110 and a reach field value of 376.
If the next seven polls are successful, seven 1s are added from the right-hand side of the register, pushing the 0 representing the dropped packet further towards the left (and digital oblivion). Listing 4 shows the progression of a single dropped packet through the reachability register.
Buffer Octal Decimal -------- ----- ------- 11111110 376 254 11111101 375 253 11111011 373 251 11110111 367 247 11101111 357 239 11011111 337 223 10111111 277 191 01111111 177 127 11111111 377 255
As you can see, the 0 representing the dropped packet is moved one bit to the left every time the daemon polls its server. The numerical value assigned to each bit is higher on the left than on the right. In the binary system, the leftmost digit holds a value of 128, while the rightmost digit represents a value of 1. So, as the zero moves leftwards, it actually produces a lower numerical value, despite the fact that its distance from the right-hand side of the register represents an increase in the time since the packet was dropped.
If the zero falls off the end of the register, and no other packets have been dropped, the value of the reach field jumps back to 377 with no intervening steps. This can be very confusing if you insist on viewing the numbers as a connection metric rather than as a history log.
For a simple script that can parse your reach fields without all that dangerous mucking around with rusty bits and pointy octals, see the ntp_packets.sh script (Listing 5). Listing 6 shows the script's output from an NTP server that failed three consecutive polls but appears to be back on track.
#!/bin/bash #################################################### # ntp_packets.sh # -------------- # # Show FIFO log of the last 8 packets for each # NTP server or peer in a more human-readable # format. #################################################### # Convert circular buffer's octal value to decimal, # and then compute the binary value that represents # the boolean received status for the past 8 NTP # packets. display_buffer () { IP=$1 unset packets let buffer=0$2 while [ $buffer -ne 0 ]; do packets=$(( buffer % 2 ))$packets buffer=$(( buffer >> 1 )) done # Indented EOF flag at end of here-document must # be preceded only by a tab, or the script # breaks. cat <<-EOF Last 8 packets received from $IP: 8......1 $packets EOF } # Parse the output of ntpq to get the IP address and # reachability value for all peers and servers. # xargs won't exec functions, so we'll store the # values as positional parameters instead. set -- $( /usr/sbin/ntpq -pn | awk '{print $1, $7}' | sed -e 's/^[*+-]//' | grep '^[[:digit:]]' ) # Display output. while [ $# -ge 2 ]; do display_buffer $1 $2 shift 2 done
Last 8 packets received from 192.168.38.127: 8......1 10001111
Now that we've unlocked this deep, dark mystery, you can finally relax. There's nothing wrong with your NTP server, which only leaves a busy sysadmin like you with a million and one urgent matters left to solve before your next mocha latte.
Todd A. Jacobs, CISSP CCNA LPIC (email@example.com) is president of CodeGnome Consulting, LTD. In addition to spending way too much of his free time researching obscure technical topics, Todd likes riding his Honda Shadow, reading fantasy novels and listening to the latest Doctor Who audio dramas from Big Finish Productions.
Superb! Thanks for the
Superb! Thanks for the explanation.
superb explanation
I once got all the details out docs, much labour. Your article is much more concise and a so much easier to understand.
Great work!
Re: Understanding NTP Reachability Statistics
Excellent article. Nice explaination, just right on the details. Thank you !
Re: Understanding NTP Reachability Statistics
Excellent article! Simple, consise with the right level of technical. One more building block in the wall of NTP understanding.
Re: Understanding NTP Reachability Statistics
Finally the "ntpq -p" command makes sense...
Great explanation, documentation, example & script..
Regards from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Re: Understanding NTP Reachability Statistics
Great Insight ... Difficult to find such explanations on net .
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