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By Roger McKinney
Globe Staff Writer
JOPLIN, Mo. —
The school shooting at Newtown, Conn., last month focused new attention on mental illness.
That attention was partly brought about by Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, who made a statement on the tragedy Dec. 21.
"Our society is populated by an unknown number of genuine monsters," LaPierre said. "People that are so deranged, so evil, so possessed by voices and driven by demons that no sane person can ever possibly comprehend them."
He went on to ask how many more mass shootings there would be "given our nation's refusal to create an active national database of the mentally ill."
But his comments and his proposal for a database did not sit well with advocates of the mentally ill, including Ron Honberg, director of policy and legal affairs for the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
"He blames these tragedies on everything but guns," Honberg said.
Del Camp, vice president of clinical operations for Ozark Center, the mental health wing of Freeman Health System, said LaPierre's remarks didn't do anything to advance the discussion.
"To characterize people with a serious mental illness as demons and monsters is not helpful to begin with," Camp said. He added that few people with serious mental illness commit violent acts.
The Newtown shooter, Adam Lanza, reportedly had a form of autism, which some experts label as a developmental disorder that also is included as a serious mental illness, although the parents of children with autism take issue with it being described as a mental illness.
Vicky Mieseler, vice president of clinical services for Ozark Center, said the shooting has brought attention to mental health issues but regrets that it took a tragedy to raise the awareness.
Attempts to reach the National Rifle Association for additional comment were unsuccessful.
Camp said too often the effect of mental trauma early in life is overlooked. He said trauma can create a sense of powerlessness that can cause someone to resort to violence for control.
"We really don't know all the facts," he said. "There seems to be a rush to judge things quickly. I think if you look underneath the quick answers, you're going to reveal the impact of trauma."
Dr. Tamon Paige, a psychiatrist with Mercy Hospital Joplin, said some of the comments made following the tragedy serve to reinforce the stigma felt by people with mental illness. He and other local mental health professionals also challenged the proposal of a database for those with mental illness.
"I think that's a very bad idea," Paige said. "That would just cause people not to seek treatment for mental illness."
Mieseler, citing a study that says only 4 percent of violent crimes are committed by people with mental illness, said because it is such a low percentage, no database can address the issue.
Honberg said the majority of people with mental illness aren't dangerous and the majority of people who commit violent crimes don't have a mental illness. Despite that, he said, it's reasonable to keep guns out of the hands of people with a serious mental illness.
He also said current federal law should be rewritten and state compliance should be required.
Laws currently require states to report to the National Instant Background Check System those committed to a mental institution or "adjudicated as mentally defective."
Honberg said the language is both vague and offensive, and NAMI wants legislators to rewrite existing laws to adopt standards consistent with modern medical knowledge and legal procedures. The organization has been pushing for that since the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007.
"The NAMI perspective is that we think the federal law is imperfect," Honberg said.. "We support making the law clearer."
But, he noted, the NRA has tried to thwart such efforts.
$4 billion cut
Honberg said $4 billion has been eliminated from state mental health budgets in recent years. He said police are often the first responders when someone with a mental illness is in crisis. At the same time, gun laws have eased, and Honberg said it's often easier to buy a gun than to get treatment for a mental illness.
"We run toward and try to help people showing clear signs of a physical illness," Honberg said. "When people are acting strangely or show signs of a psychiatric crisis, we run away."
Phil Willcoxon, CEO for Ozark Center, said Joplin is bucking the trend, in part related to the 2011 tornado.
"I think Joplin's very fortunate to have good access to mental health treatment," Willcoxon said. "Following the tornado, I think we have developed a large safety net for mental health issues. We're at the forefront in Joplin and in Missouri. There is a strong coalition of providers to make sure that safety net is in place and effective."
One in four
One in four American adults experiences a mental health problem in any given year, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, but the U.S. surgeon general has concluded that "the overall contribution of mental disorders to the total level of violence in society is exceptionally small."


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McCain's Presidential Bid Seriously Damaging His Image in AZ
by Jonathan Singer, Wed Aug 22, 2007 at 07:21:06 AM EDT
Thought that John McCain was an Arizona institution who, like Barry Goldwater before him, could not be hurt in his home state by a disastrously embarrassing and unfruitful presidential bid? Think again. Check out these new numbers pitting him against a potential 2010 Democratic challenger.
Gov. Janet Napolitano would beat Sen. John McCain if the two went head-to-head in an election, according to a new poll.
The Rocky Mountain Poll of 629 voters across the state also finds the Democratic governor is the most popular statewide elected official. She was ranked as doing an excellent or good job by 59 percent of those asked, and only nine percent gave her a poor or very poor rating. That's the lowest negative rating for Napolitano since she took office in 2003.
The poll found that 76 percent of Democrats think she's doing an excellent or good job, while 51 percent of independents and 41 percent of Republicans give her that ranking.
In a hypothetical head-to-head race for McCain's Senate seat, 47 percent of those polled would vote for Napolitano, 36 percent for the sitting Republican senator, and 17 percent were undecided.
If she so chooses, Napolitano could well be one of a whole slate of red state Democratic Governors running for the United States Senate in 2010, potentially helping the Democrats reach the mythical (at least in the last three decades or so) mark of a 60-seat majority in the chamber. Other names considered for 2010 bids include Kansas' popular Democratic Governor Kathleen Sebelius, who could potentially run for an open seat (Sam Brownback has indicated that he might retire in 2010), which would give the Democrats their first win in a Senate election in the state since 1932; and Oklahoma, where Democratic Governor Brad Henry (who won reelection over a GOP Congressman last year by a 2-to-1 margin) could conceivably defeat the, um, eccentric and unnecessarily petty freshman Republican Senator Tom Coburn.
It's not yet clear that this is something that Napolitano wants. But if she does at all, she certainly seems to at least have a path, however difficult, to victory in a Senate bid against McCain in 2010 (assuming he decides to run again).
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Fri, 24 January 2014
Larry Mahnken talks about his work as an MLB Datacaster -- the ones responsible for the Gameday feeds on MLB.com
Then, Clay Wendler of SB Nation talks about his life putting sports video on the Internet via the latest craze (at least in terms of file formats), the GIF.
Then, Joe Block, radio announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers discusses life in the booth, and how he got his start in broadcasting.
Plus, the MVP of My Heart.
(all music by David Temple)
Direct download: Episode_17_-_The_Presenters.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 2:34 AM
Fri, 15 November 2013
First up is the 1899 Cleveland Spiders, the losingest team in baseball history.
Then, I talk to Tim DeBlock and James Yasko, two writers and Astros fans, about our modern equivalent of the Spiders, the 2013 Astros.
And loveable loser turned momentary hero Jimmie Wilson is the MVP of My Heart.
Direct download: Episode_16_-_The_Losers.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 2:05 PM
Tue, 3 September 2013
First, I talk to Adam Darowski of the Hall of Stats about Deacon White, a baseball pioneer who finally got his due.
Then, writer Bill Mullins joined me to talk about his new book about the Seattle Pilots, Becoming Big League: Seattle, the Pilots, and Stadium Politics.
Michael Clair discusses his irrational love for the sacrifice bunt.
And Zack Greinke, he of the mighty bat, is the MVP of My Heart.
Direct download: Episode_15_-_Overlooked.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 1:36 PM
Mon, 12 August 2013
Direct download: Episode_14_-_Bullpen_Culture_with_Glen_Perkins.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 3:34 AM
Mon, 29 July 2013
Take the total number of hits, and divide by the total number of at-bats. That's batting average. It's been with the game almost as long as bats and balls. It was adapted from a cricket stat of the same name. For all its faults, it's still the standard measurement for a hitter's ability. If a player leads the league in stolen bases for a season, they are the stolen base leader. Strikeouts, home runs? Same thing. Leader. But batting average is so entrenched in the game, such a litmus test for hitting, that if a player has the best batting average at the end of season, he's not the leader, he's the champion. He owns a batting title.
A couple of clicks on Baseball Reference will take you to a complete list of players who had the highest batting averages at the end of every season. You can scroll through year after year and see names you recognize right away, and some you may have to think about. Some were singles hitters. Slap hitters. Some had tremendous power to go with their average. Most fell somewhere in the middle. But if you go back, way back to the beginning of the game, you'll see the name of a guy who, at least on paper, hit for a high average and a good deal of power, but not the way you think.
Before we talk about Ross Barnes' special talent, we should talk about the rules of baseball in the 1870s. Back then, players didn't get penalized for foul balls. They just didn't count. Also, hitters got to call where they wanted their pitch. They got to choose between a high pitch and a low pitch. And because of these odd rules, hitters began learning a certain skill. They would call for a ball low, and they would chop down on the ball with a special stroke that would put a lot of spin on it. English they call it. They would chop the ball into fair territory. But the spin they worked so hard to employ would eventually cause the ball to go foul which, at least in the 1870s still qualified as a hit. This would cause infielders and outfielders alike to run all over -- to the edges of the outfield, yards and yards away from the foul line, even under the bleachers where the spectators sat. It made it impossible to throw the runner out at first, or even second or third sometimes. If the ball didn't start fair, the batter had as many tries as he wanted since fouls didn't count. So all these batters would chop the ball fair, and let it roll foul. Chop it fair. Roll it foul. Over and over and over. And the ones who could do it best would rack up the hits.
And nobody did it better than Ross Barnes. Charles Roscoe Barnes was born 11 years before the Civil War began, and was one of the early pioneers in organized baseball. He was lauded for his ability to hit the fair-foul ball. He hit over 400 three separate years, he also lead the league in on-base and slugging percentage for three seasons. He even led the league in steals for one season. In 1876, the first season of the National League, he had an OPS of 1.052, 123 points higher than the next guy. His OPS+ ranked him 135% better than the average league player that year. You could not stop Ross Barnes. You could only hope to contain him. And he did it all with his great skill at chopping the ball fair, and then rolling it foul. He chopped and rolled his way to three batting titles, and the admiration of baseball fans and players alike. He was the Barry Bonds of his time, yet almost completely opposite.
And then. It was gone.
The havoc Barnes brought to the field began to cause people concern. He was destroying the competition with his rules exploitation, and something needed to be done. They tried less drastic measures first. They moved the cast-iron home plate (a favorite target for fair-foul hitters) behind the apex of the foul lines so it could no longer be a in play. They moved the batters box back so it became harder to get the initial hit to land in fair territory. But despite the league's tries, Barnes kept beating them. Henry Chadwick even tried proposing a rule that would add a tenth player to help combat Barnes and his ilk, but that never caught on.
And so finally in the Fall of 1876, a new rule created by Harry Wright was employed. It made all batted balls that pass outside the foul lines before reaching first base or third base
foul, and all batted balls that strike the ground and remain within the foul lines until they reach either first or third base fair. The same rules we have today. Barnes would hit .272 the following season.
My friend and writer Patrick Dubuque wrote about Barnes: "Every once in a while an athlete comes along and breaks the rules of a sport, by making it too easy in a way no one expected. George Mikan dominated the paint so thoroughly that basketball had to institute the three-second rule; Tiger Woods stretched golf courses by treating Par 5 holes like Par 4s. Ross Barnes broke bunting."
Baseball today is still partially wrapped up in PED talk. There is a lot of chatter about what things need to change and how, and new guidelines keep getting put in. But Patrick is right. Very VERY rarely do rules change because a player is making it unfair for everybody else simply because he's so damn good. Ross Barnes did that. He wasn't a hulk of a man with great power, or a crafty pitcher who doctored the ball to a point beyond recognition. But he changed how baseball was played forever, just by hitting the ball fair, and letting it roll foul.
Direct download: Episode_13_-_FairFoul.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 3:29 AM
Thu, 18 July 2013
Episode 12 of Stealing Home deals with three stories from three buildings, all having something to do with the All-Star Game.
Featuring the original Home Run Derby:
A moonshot from All-Star Games past:
And a final send off from the most recent All-Star Game:
Direct download: Episode_12_-_Three_Buildings.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 2:50 AM
Tue, 2 July 2013
Episode 11 of Stealing Home is all about phenoms, and the how the current crop is doing such amazing things.
At the top of the show, I talk to Jason Parks of Baseball Prospectus about seeing phenoms on the other side. He is a prospect analyst, and follows these guys from the start.
Yasiel Puig has taken the league by storm, and newly-minted band Puig Destroyer is dedicating music to him, with a sound that matches Puig's game in intensity.
Chris Cwik is a baseball writer, but not so long ago he was in charge of the scoreboard for the Washington Nationals. And he happened to be there during a pretty cool time for the franchise.
That, plus a ground-breaking MVP of My Heart.
Direct download: Episode_11_-_Phenoms.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 2:09 AM
Wed, 19 June 2013
In this episode of Stealing Home we look at the baseball history and present of the Windy City.
Wrigley tour guide Alex Roberts shares his life as ambassador to one of the most historic places in baseball.
Tom Flynn talks about being a White Sox fan from a distance.
For the Club, eugenkiss
Direct download: Episode10_-_Chicago.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 4:14 AM
Fri, 24 May 2013
Like or not, gambling and baseball are forever tied. Episode 9 takes a look at that relationship.
Aviary, Ian MacNeil Brown
Direct download: Episode_9_-_Gambling.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 3:17 PM
Mon, 6 May 2013
The games within the games -- the card games, the simulations, and fantasy -- are all highlighted in Episode 8 of Stealing Home.
We start off by talking to some old friends of mine and how they spent a summer trading off responsibilities for making a fictional Cardinals (or maybe Royals) team a World Series Champion in Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball.
Direct download: Episode_8_-_The_Game_Within.mp3
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Shot put safety:
Ideally, shots should be retrieved from the field when stationary, then carried to another thrower, or to a storage area. If shots are rolled in from the field, youngsters may reflexively reach down to scoop up the moving shot. But the deceptively heavy shot can easily injure young hands. If shots must be rolled, instruct the young throwers to either wait for the shot to stop before picking it up, or to stop it with the bottom of a raised foot.
Shot put grip:
Putting the shot:
While the shot is termed a "throwing" event, it is not literally thrown. Indeed, beginning shot putters must be taught not to try to reach back and throw the shot as if it were a baseball or football. Again, the deceptively heavy shot could cause arm injuries in that scenario.
Using the proper motion, the competitor punches the shot skyward at approximately a 45-degree angle.


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I teach the NC concealed handgun training class and this is a question that I have been asked quite a few times. I have a recommendation from the AG liaisons office at our justice academy. Their recommendations at times have been known to hold no bearing on real world so I wanted to get some opinions from officers that are likely to encounter this situation.
Vehicle stop scenario
Heres the set up, you are stopping a vehicle (license check, DUI checkpoint, minor infraction, etc) that has multiple passengers along with the driver. One or more of the passengers have legally permitted concealed handguns. The driver is not armed and the driver also has no prior knowledge of the concealed weapon status of the passengers.
Here in NC we have the requirement to notify LE that we are carrying when approached or addressed.
First, when do you want to be notified of the passengers armed status? As soon as you address the driver? Wait till you address the individual passengers? Not at all if you only talk to the driver? Other?
Second what would be the perfect way for this to play out for you? Passengers notify the driver that they need to talk to the officer as soon as approached and let the driver handle it? Have the passenger address the approaching officer and inform? Wait till addressed individually?
I teach the answer that the AG liaisons provide but nothing says I cant also include real world answers that may keep some of the more high strung students from getting into deep yogurt when they do get stopped.
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Client Dinner-Bloomington/Edina area
Hi all - looking for a recommendation for a restaurant in general area - we are staying in Bloomington. Client dinner, but business casual dress. I see there is a McCormick & Schmicks, but hoping for something more local with comparable atmosphere and pricing.
Thank you for your help!
I really like Ciao Bella, at 494 and France, or Parma 8200. I wouldn't recommend the McCormick & Schmick's in Edina. Every time I've been there, the food has been terrible. The DT location is better, for some reason.
Ciao Bella
3501 Minnesota Drive, Bloomington, MN 55435
Thanks all for the feedback, leaning to Parma or to their other restaurant, D'Amico Kitchen. Will post a review here.
D'Amico Kitchen
901 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55403
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We did go to Parma, phenomenal meal and experience all the way around. Our server, Molly, was excellent and knew the menu inside and out. Since it was our first time there she reviewed it in detail for us and answered a lot of questions. She also made an excellent wine recommendation for a reasonably priced Montepulciano. Appetizer - we ordered the Fried Sicilian rice balls,just because the name was intriguing. Actually risotto wrapped around a piece of fresh mozzarella, rolled in light panko then flash fried. Not greasy at all,served on marinara sauce. Entress included sea bass, the beef tenderloin (mine) and the canneloni. Everyone raved and no one shared. The tenderloin was perfectly medium as requested, juicy and flavorful, not overpowered by spices or sauce.
Definitely must return next time I am in Bloomington.


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By Claudia Assis, MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Energy stocks gained Monday, extending their gains to a fifth session.
Pipeline operator Kinder Morgan Inc. /quotes/zigman/3811989/delayed/quotes/nls/kmi KMI -1.36% and coal producer Consol Energy Inc. /quotes/zigman/190880/delayed/quotes/nls/cnx CNX +0.33% stayed ahead of the pack, with shares up 3.2% and 3.8%, respectively.
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The broader equity markets rose as well as data showed Chinese exports exceeding expectations.
Exports rose 7.2% from a year earlier. Economists expected a 6% expansion.
The stock market also struck an optimistic tone ahead of Apple Inc.'s investor event on Tuesday. The company is expected to unveil new iPhone models, including a cheaper version.
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Major oil and gas companies gained more modestly. Shares of Exxon Mobil Corp. /quotes/zigman/203975/delayed/quotes/nls/xom XOM -0.14% rose 0.9%, while shares of Chevron Corp. /quotes/zigman/289939/delayed/quotes/nls/cvx CVX -1.04% advanced 0.8%. ConocoPhillips /quotes/zigman/294662/delayed/quotes/nls/cop COP -2.18% shares gained 1%.
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Shares of refiner HollyFrontier Corp. /quotes/zigman/5690091/delayed/quotes/nls/hfc HFC -2.02% dropped 2% after a downgrade from Morgan Stanley to equal weight, the equivalent of "hold," from overweight, or "buy."
Shares of Sanchez Energy Corp. /quotes/zigman/7695217/delayed/quotes/nls/sn SN -5.14% retreated 1.3%. Sanchez said Monday it bought acreage in Texas' Eagle Ford shale formation for $220 million in cash.
Refiners broadly underperformed the rest of the sector on Monday, with shares of Marathon Petroleum Corp. /quotes/zigman/5611608/delayed/quotes/nls/mpc MPC +0.11% down 1.8% and Tesoro Corp. /quotes/zigman/243084/delayed/quotes/nls/tso TSO -2.75% down 1.3%, two of the top decliners among energy stocks on the S&P 500 index.
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Sarah Palin's 'Libertarian Streak' Doesn't Impress Libertarian Party
If the former VP candidate leaves the GOP, she wouldn't find open arms in two different third parties.
Former vice presidential candidate and Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, openly mulled leaving the Republican Party in a Saturday interview on Fox News, citing her "libertarian streak." The Libertarian Party, frequently a refuge for renegade Republicans, isn't sure that she would be a good fit – and the Reform Party, too, says it has "zero interest" in Palin.
"[W]hile a few of Sarah Palin's views are aligned with those of the Libertarian Party, her pro-interventionist foreign policy, her support of the 2008 Republican-led bailouts, her loyal support of Big Government Republicans, her social conservative agenda and her lack of concrete backing for any serious downsizing of Big Government runs afoul of the Libertarian Party's goals and most Libertarians' views," the Libertarian Party's executive director, Carla Howell, told U.S. News.
Palin could conceivably find a home in the Constitution or Reform parties - but the Reform Party, which had its heyday in the 1990s, is entirely uninterested.
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"The Reform Party would probably have zero interest in Sarah Palin," Reform Party Chairman David Collison told U.S. News. "The primary reason is that we are not really as closely aligned with the tea party as people would think."
Collison said his party aspires to be viewed as centrist, and embraces activists affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement. "Palin would basically torpedo that," he said.
U.S. News was unable to reach a representative of the Constitution Party - a generally right-leaning party that in 2012 nominated former Virginia Rep. Virgil Goode, a Democratic-turned-Republican congressman, as its presidential candidate.
Over the weekend, Palin responded to a question about whether she would consider starting a new "Freedom Party" with radio host Mark Levin.
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"I love the name of that party – the 'Freedom Party,'" she said. "And if the GOP continues to back away from the planks in our platform, from the principles that built this party of Lincoln and Reagan, then, yeah, more and more of us are going to start saying, 'You know, what's wrong with being independent,' kind of with that libertarian streak that much of us have. In other words, we want government to back off and not infringe upon our rights."
She added: "I think there will be a lot of us who start saying 'GOP, if you abandon us, we have nowhere else to go except to become more independent and not enlisted in a one or the other private majority parties that rule in our nation, either a Democrat or a Republican.'"
It's probable that Palin – the 2008 Republican Party vice presidential candidate – won't actually leave the party. Ahead of the 2012 presidential election there was speculation that Palin might bolt the GOP to run as an independent, but that never happened. Instead, she offered GOP nominee Mitt Romney a tepid endorsement one day before the election.
"I wouldn't be surprised [if Palin left the Republican Party]," Collison said. "A lot of the tea party folks have obviously become disillusioned. The Republicans have shown some interest in swinging back toward a pragmatic center."
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A 47-year-old Milwaukee woman is facing charges after she allegedly cashed a forged check at a Wauwatosa bank she claimed came from an auto title loan.
Jeannie A. McKinney was charged Saturday in Milwaukee County Circuit Court with one count of identity theft for financial gain. If convicted, she faces up to six years in prison and $10,000 in fines.
According to the criminal complaint:
On March 7, McKinney went to , 6950 W. State St., where she cashed a check for $4,490 payable to Georgia McKinney. She presented her ID for the transaction and received her money.
The money had been drawn from an account held by Cottonwood Financial Wisconsin LLC and it was later determined to be forged. Investigators then discovered McKinney went to another bank on March 20 and tried to cash a check for $1,890 from the same account, but left the bank after the check was declined.
McKinney was interviewed by and she said she got the money from an auto title loan she got in Waukesha, but didn't remember which of her vehicles she got the loan on.
She claimed the second check that she tried to cash was also from an auto title loan, however, the Cottonwood Financial informed investigators it doesn't give out checks of less than $2,000.
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How to Port Linux When the Hardware Turns Soft
"The bigger game was 'pinball'. You win one game, you get to play another. You win with this machine, you get to build the next. Pinball was what counted." —Tracy Kidder Soul of a New Machine. I won at pinball.
I got Linux up and running on new hardware, and other opportunities with other hardware and with other embedded OSes have occurred. Board bring-up for the E12 was hard. Somewhere on Kernel-Newbies I read advice to newbie kernel hackers to lurk on the mailing lists for a few years before attempting anything serious—advice I am glad I did not take. I did not start this as a complete novice. I had a lot of experience that made this much easier. It was thrilling, mythical and magical. I can call myself a Linux Kernel Developer—though maybe not too loudly around Linus Torvalds, Andrew Morton or Alan Cox. But, it was not more difficult than many other software tasks—just more rewarding.
I would like to thank Dr Trout at Pico for paying me for projects I would do for free.
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David Lynch is a software consultant. Programming is like art or music, he does it because he loves it. He is always seeking new and challenging software projects such as embedded board bring-up—preferably Linux/open source (www.dlasys.net).
Linux has become a key foundation for supporting today's rapidly growing IT environments. Linux is being used to deploy business applications and databases, trading on its reputation as a low-cost operating environment. For many IT organizations, Linux is a mainstay for deploying Web servers and has evolved from handling basic file, print, and utility workloads to running mission-critical applications and databases, physically, virtually, and in the cloud. As Linux grows in importance in terms of value to the business, managing Linux environments to high standards of service quality — availability, security, and performance — becomes an essential requirement for business success.
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I know there are the standards "holiday" movies (It's A Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story, Miracle on 34th Street), but do you have any favorites that aren't one of the "popular" ones?
I really enjoy the hallmark/lifetime movies but I would say my fave holiday movie is Ernest Saves Christmas nd Mickey's Christmas Carol.
White Christmas with Bing Crosby has been my most loved movie since I was a child!
I really enjoy watching A Wizard of Oz with all the nieces and
nephews when we're together during the holidays. Not a standard
holiday movie but we all love it!
The Christmas Story is pretty good for a more modern one, but I generally like the old classics. And let's not forget "A Charlie Brown Christmas" for TV shows.
The Grinch that stole Christmas is my favorite. The older one. I
remember watching that as a kid. It brings back alot of good
My all time favorite since 1972 is The House Without A Christmas
Tree! I was twelve then and I remember clearly that first time I
watched this moving with my Mom.
Rudolph the red nose reindeer --the original..my sons look
at the movie with me and my husband and really enjoy it
--especially the songs
My fav is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
elf is soo funny
Christmas Vacation is great but i love it's a wonderful life
the most!
Let's keep it simple. Do unto others as you would have others do
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Wigan Athletic have received a boost with the news that a facial injury for Victor Moses is not as serious as first feared.
The winger was hurt during Saturday's 2-1 victory at Liverpool after being fouled by Martin Skrtel in an incident which led to the penalty that opened the scoring for Wigan at Anfield.
Moses was replaced by Albert Crusat before half-time and club officials were worried that the Nigerian international - who has appeared in all of Wigan's Barclays Premier League matches so far this season - had fractured his jaw.
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First, assault can be strictly verbal. That's why battery is a separate crime. So where I would draw a line on acceptability may be different from what you thought. I have absolutely no tolerance for intimidation, stalking, etc. An absence of "yes" means "no."
The analogy with racism is an interesting way to get past assumptions (no snark). OTOH, women were not insulted per se in the breast size case, but rather, one aspect of women was equated with greater attractiveness -- crude, but not sexist, AFAICT, because it's not like men don't have their own markers for attractiveness. Frankly it said more about the shallow presenter than about women.
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103: Closing down Hebron
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A shopkeeper a few hours before the shops at Bab al Baladya are set to be closed.
Hold off
International officials try to negotiate with the army to delay the evictions by a week so the shopkeepers can make the necessary preparations.
Get it off, quick
When the army closes down shops, they weld shut the metal doors. Shopkeepers and volunteers try to take these doors out in a desperate attempt to prevent this.
You can't shut doors that aren't there
Shopkeepers and volunteers remove shop doors out in a desperate attempt to prevent soldiers welding them shut.
Closed for business
Soldiers weld shut the metal doors of the shops, making sure they will not open again.
You're nicked
Internationals and Palestinians tried to prevent the army from closing down the shops by sitting in front of them. As soon as the military arrived, they are arrested several of them.
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Shopkeeper Azzam Abukhalaf, who was hitten and kicked on the head by a soldier, say witnesses. An Ecumenical Accompanier helped revive him.
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Shopkeeper Azzam Abukhalaf, who was hitten and kicked on the head by a soldier, is unconscious and given first aid by an army medic.
Shopkeeper Azzam Abukhalaf, who was hitten and kicked on the head by a soldier, is unconscious and given first aid by an army medic.
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The Israeli police and army regularly film and photograph even peaceful demonstrations. Some people film back.
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A soldier throwing a sound bomb, a small grenade that makes a big noise, used for crowd dispersal.
Photographs by Jeppe, Ecumenical Accompanier in Hebron
Hebron, 10 August. Three Palestinian shopkeepers had a visit from an Israel army official who told them they would be evicted from their shops in 1 hour.
The shops are in Bab Al Baladya, the heart of the old city of Hebron, where the Israeli army has a heavy presence to protect illegal Israeli settlements in the area. The army has gradually closed many of the shops in the area and installed checkpoints that completely killed Palestinian commerce in nearby Shuhada Street. Recently, locals and internationals have organized demonstrations for the re-opening of Shuhada Street. In response, the army announced it would close yet more shops.
A shopkeeper, Azzam, told us the army had visited two weeks ago to inform him that if Saturday demonstrations in support of the shopkeepers of Shuhada Street continued, they would close the shops. He said the issue wasn't in his hands. The organisers of the demonstrations refused to give up their struggle to re-open Shuhada Street. Today, the army arrived to close down the shops.
In a desperate last attempt to save the shops, shopkeepers and volunteers tried to take out the metal doors so they could not be welded closed. At the same time, the crowd in the square grew, in spite of the presence of snipers on nearby rooftops. Some protestors staged a sit-in to prevent the army reaching the shops. They were arrested.
Azzam was hit on the head by a soldier. Unconscious, he was carried away by a Palestinian and an Ecumenical Accompanier. An army medic rushed over to give him first aid, before a Palestinian ambulance arrives. The presence of cameras may or may not have influenced this action. Azzam suffered a concussion but was released from the hospital the same night.
As the soldiers start welding shut the doors, a Palestinian started chanting protest songs. He was arrested. At around 7.30 PM the shop doors were welded shut and the soldiers retreated. Then, a sound grenade exploded - a completely unnecessary provocation.
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Germany has had great success in the solar industry area, and there's a lot that we can learn from the country.
Germany isn't sunnier than the U.S.
The solar energy industry in the United States is growing, but not as quickly as in some countries that have taken the lead.
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New York to inject US$107 million into large-scale PV projects over 2 years
Through the NY-Sun Initiative — a programme which aims to co-ordinate a well-funded solar energy expansion plan — US$107 million will be injected into the NY-Sun Competitive PV Program to facilitate the development of large-scale PV systems throughout New York, US, Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced.
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The Hatboro-Horsham School District knew the approximate $650,000 earmark from the federal government would go away eventually – but the possibility of the loss beginning next year has made district officials "fearful."
Officials, during Tuesday night's school board meeting, announced plans to lobby against President Obama's proposal to cut federal impact aid for districts, including Hatboro-Horsham, that receive federal government funding for military land within the district's coverage area.
Each year, Hatboro-Horsham receives roughly $650,000 because the 1,100-acre Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove is not on the tax rolls, Superintendent Curtis Griffin said.
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"This happened once before in the Clinton administration," Reichert said, adding that it had been reinstated. "This time I'm fearful."
For this year's district budget, which is slated for adoption in June, officials are so far projecting a $1.7 million deficit, slightly less than the $2 million shortfall for this same time last year.
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Sears Holdings Corp reported a quarterly loss this morning. But the thing that left analysts like Credit Suisse's Gary Balter scratching their heads was the company's expectations for higher earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) for the full year.
"We are struggling with what we are missing in the context of Q1 being down over $385 million in EBITDA and other comments in the release that talk about the expected difficult sales and gross margin environment," Balter said in his research note.
Sears said sales fell about 6 percent to $11.1 billion in the quarter. Total U.S. same-store sales were down 8.6 percent as the appliance, lawn, garden and apparel segments languished.
Balter described the second half of the past year for Sears as an "unmitigated disaster" with very high inventories, and expenses that pointed to sales levels that were not reached.
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Jul 28th @ 9:05 am in News by Scott Staley
The Cultural and Recreational Director of the Bill Heddles Recreation Center in Delta has made a deal with herself that she won't retire until the center is improved. Mountain Valley News writes that Wilma Ervin met with the public last week to update them on the cost, time frame, and logistics of the pool expansion. The biggest hurdle is funding. Ervin continues to seek grant money and donations to fund the project.
Source: Mountain Valley News (Posted 10:16a)
The EPA will be in Montrose for the next few days as they remove toxic wastes from the now-defunct Elizabeth Mining and Development Inc. northwest of town. According to the Daily Press, waste removed includes hydrochloric acid among other things. An investigation into the facility was launched in 2006, which lead to the indictment of owners Joseph and Steven Casebolt on charges relating to hazardous waste disposal and fraud. Currently, Montrose County taxpayers are footing the bill for the cleanup, but the EPA will try to recoup cleanup expenses.
Source: Daily Press (Posted 10:16a)
The Colorado Department of Transportation has begun a major road improvement project on I-70B (also known as Highway 6 & 50) between 24 Road and 24 ¾ Road. The project involves concrete reconstruction, with two additional driving lanes; a new storm sewer system; an updated signal system; utility relocation, curb, gutter, sidewalk and landscaping.
"This section of I-70 B sees an above-average number of accidents," CDOT Region 3 Transportation Director Dave Eller said. "Adding lanes, improving access points and upgrading signals will greatly improve safety and mobility for motorists and pedestrians."
The project was contracted to Lawson Construction of Loveland for $9.36 million, $4 million of which was funded by *FASTER legislation (Funding Advancements for Surface Transportation and Economic Recovery). Monies collected under the FASTER Safety Fund are to be used for construction, reconstruction, or maintenance projects that the Transportation Commission, a county or municipality determine are needed to enhance the safety of a state highway, county road, or city street.
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iOS beta code has often revealed details about Apple's upcoming devices. According to a new report published by 9to5Mac iOS 5.1 beta code has evidence that points to a quad-core A6 chip which is rumored to debut with iPhone 5 and iPad 3. The references to quad-core iPhone and iPad … Read the Full Story →
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With the sounds of the Holiday celebrations still ringing in the ears another sound can now be heard and that's the noise of the iPhone Jailbreak community cheering in celebration of the release of an untethered Jailbreak for devices running iOS 5.0.1, but not for the iPad 2 or the … Read the Full Story →
A representative for Samsung revealed today that the Korean company is developing a smartphone that boasts a 2GHz dual-core CPU, giving the device data processing capacities of 4GHz – performance that rivals desktop PCs. The rep said: We are planning to release a 2Ghz dual core CPU-equipped smartphone by next year. … Read the Full Story →
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"Over the past four and a half years, we've worked to put college in reach for more students and their families through tax credits, improving access to financial aid and new options that make it easier to repay those loans," Obama said. "But if we're going to keep the doors of higher education open to everyone who works for it, we need to do more — much more."
Kevin Hearn, Niagara University's vice president for student affairs and the interim dean for enrollment management, will also be making the trip to Buffalo today and said he's really interested in hearing what Obama has to say about affordability of higher education, a topic he struggles with in his day-to-day responsibilities.
One area he said universities can really make progress in is graduating students on time. Typically reported based on six-year enrollment figures, graduation rates at Niagara are focused on four-year completions.
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Secret Service to Protect Americans from Herman Cain Campaign
Between the sleeper cell network known as "Bravo" and alleged would-be assassins deluded enough to believe Jesus Christ would return to Earth as a dirtbag from Idaho, the Secret Service has its hands full. Now comes a new responsibility for the agency, as it embarks on its first ever protective detail of a nationwide book tour…
Presidential candidate Herman Cain will receive protection from the United States Secret Service, the agency confirms to CNN.
Cain will be the first candidate in the race for the Republican presidential nomination in the 2012 election cycle to be placed under the protection of this federal law enforcement agency.
It is not yet clear why Cain is getting Secret Service protection.
A spokesman for the Secret Service refused to say whether there were specific threats against Cain, but a series of incidents at recent campaign events may be responsible for the increased security. On Tuesday, a bodyguard for the Cain campaign shoved a Washington Post reporter covering the candidate in Iowa. On Wednesday, the campaign was forced to apologize after a Florida police officer, claiming to provide security for the campaign, served and protected another journalist straight into the ground…
As the journalists trailed Cain, the officer, who was in plain clothes, blindsided National Journal/CBS News reporter Lindsey Boerma into the side of the campaign bus. Moments later, as journalists circled around the bus toward Cain, the same man stuck his arm out and clotheslined Boerma.
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They were...weird. Especially "To love a patty". There's really not much to say, and Breath of fresh Squidward was a good concept, but it felt too short.
To Love a Patty: Another heavily padded episode. And I would've liked to see jealously from Sandy, or Patrick trying to find his own "girlfriend"> But no, we had to have a musical number. And "gross-out still shots" should have died with Ren & Stimpy. D-.
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A Fresh Breath Of Squidward: Like the concept, got annoyed that the second half was at the overused Krusty Krab. Picked up at the party, the ending was enjoyable, and would have been more a shock if we didn't see SpongeBob, Patrick, & Squidward getting electrocuted.
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To Love A Patty: You know Spongebob's weird when the first time he actually tries to get in a romantical relationship with someone it's a... piece of meat, literally. There were some pretty good gags in this one: Spongebob giving the tough customer a shoe, Patrick and Sandy in Spongebob's house and Patrick wanting his own sandwitch, the song (hey I do still like the musical numbers and it was worth it to see Spongebob cut up all those clams) and Spongebob bribing Mr. Krabs, but it did focus a bit too much on the stink of the Patty at the end and Spongebob being sick was pretty predictable. Not to mention it didn't have a load of enjoyable moments like the best SB does and just a few. Still worth watching I suppose.
A Breath Of Fresh Squidward: You know I always did want to see an episode where the tables get turned and Squidward annoys Spongebob. IMHO it would of been better to see Squidward annoy spongebob in every facet Spongebob's good at: Karate, Jellyfishing, and showing them goofing around more then in just a quick montage. As others said focusing it totally on the Krusty Krab in this case was defintley a bad thing. I really did like the opening though (with Squidward finding out Spongebob and patrick watch him while he sleeps, Squidward's happiness center hiding in his brain, and Spongebob and patrick being captaluted out and in of Squidward's yard) but the next day after New Squidward comes in could of used some work. And I would of liked to see Squidward-Patrick and Spongebob interact with nice Squidward and not just Squidward Squidward.
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