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[1]Looking west from Lyon Street, a strip of new sidewalk and gutters takes form along the 19300 block of Sonoma Highway. The improvement is part of the land deal that allowed construction of Valley Oak Homes, a 43-unit affordable rental project on 2.07 acres off Lyon Street. The new sidewalk will run, almost, to the Old Bowl Center; there will be a break in front of the home of a landowner who was not part of the parcel deal
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Indian Springs State Park
Flovilla, GA 30216
770-504-2277 | 800-864-7275
Conveniently located near I-75 in middle Georgia, Indian Springs is one of the oldest state parks in the United States and a popular spot for outdoor recreation. For centuries, Creek Indians collected the spring water for its healing qualities, and during the 1800s, the area was a bustling resort town. Today, visitors can still sample the spring water flowing inside the stone Spring House built by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.
Park guests can enjoy wading in Sandy Creek or swimming in McIntosh Lake, named for Creek Chief William McIntosh who signed an illegal treaty deeding Indian land to Georgia in 1825. A small museum, open seasonally, highlights Creek Indians, the resort era and CCC history. Cottages and campsites may be reserved for overnight stays.
Info & Amenities
Hours of Operation
Sunday: 7:00AM - 10:00PM
Monday: 7:00AM - 10:00PM
Tuesday: 7:00AM - 10:00PM
Wednesday: 7:00AM - 10:00PM
Thursday: 7:00AM - 10:00PM
Friday: 7:00AM - 10:00PM
Saturday: 7:00AM - 10:00PM
Admission & Fees
Daily ParkPass $5.00
Nature Trails
Facility Amenities
Parking on Site, Picnic Area, Picnic Shelter, Public Restrooms
General Information
Group Amenities
Near Interstate Highway
Boat Rental
Suitable for Ages
All Ages
First Day History Hike
01/01/2015 - 01/01/2015
Join a park ranger for a journey through time. Discover the history of Indian Springs State Park, sample the famous spring water, and tour the park museum. This moderate hike will involve some steps and hills. Participants will meet at the park museum at 10 a.m.read more
Painting Building Interior
01/24/2015 - 01/24/2015
Volunteers will paint the inside of bathroom #4 in the day use area. Meet at the park office.read more
Groundskeeping at the Office
02/21/2015 - 02/21/2015
Volunteers will tidy the grounds around the park office. Projects include trimming trees and bushes and removing unwanted plants and debris.read more
Spring Fling
03/21/2015 - 03/21/2015
Take advantage of the spring weather at Indian Springs! Enjoy games, crafts, vendors and fun for the whole family!read more
Spring Fling Set Up and Break Down
03/21/2015 - 03/21/2015
Volunteers are needed to help set up tables and tents for the Spring Fling and break them down after the event.read more
Global Youth Service Day
04/18/2015 - 04/18/2015
Children and parents are encouraged to participate in this year's Global Youth Day of Service project: a Trash Mob! Participants will hurry to collect as much trash from the park grounds as possible in 30 minutes. Be sure to wait for the start signal! Register at the park office by 11 a.m.read more
Junior Ranger Day Camp
06/15/2015 - 06/18/2015
Want something fun to do this summer? At Junior Ranger Day Camp, children learn about nature, history, and animals while playing games and making new friends. Children will earn badges to take home. Join your child for International Picnic Day on the last day of camp! Open to children ages 6-12. Register at the park office before June 1, 2015.read more
Indian Springs Volunteer Project - Your State Parks Day
09/26/2015 - 09/26/2015
Join the Friends of Indian Springs State Park for a volunteer project at the park. There is no parking fee on Your State Parks Day, so stay for the day and enjoy Your State Park!read more
Sock Hop
10/10/2015 - 10/10/2015
Dust off your poodle skirts and letter sweaters and join in the Sock Hop! Enjoy music, dancing, and refreshments at the Stone Pavilion.read more
Storytime with Santa
11/28/2015 - 11/28/2015
Tours of Idlewilde, the historic house currently used as the park office, will be available. The house will be decorated for the holiday season. Souvenirs may be purchased during the tour. This event is presented by the Friends of Indian Springs State Park. Donations to the Friends of Indian Springs State Park are welcome.read more

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Chamonix had been regarded as one of the world's most famous ski resort
destinations for extreme skiers and snowboarders. Brevent, Flegere, Le Tour,
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full blast ski season.
With the upcoming event called Winter Sessions; a
unique collection of events throughout the French Alps, where music, art and
snow sports collide will surely delight party goers as well. Can you think
of a better way to begin your New Year than 4,810 meters above the ground, with
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What makes cheap flights to Chamonix irresistible to
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facilities, convenient roads and airports and of course plenty of snow. Add to
this high-end shops and boutiques, nice restaurants and bars to dine in,
well-planned activities and programmes that cater, not just to
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The upsurge in apartment and lodging services in the
area commences now that the ski winter season has officially begun. If the rest
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Join host, Marc Summers, for a chomping good time during Salad Days. First head to a Soup-er Salad restaurant to sample the menu Then, check out how croutons churn out and find out which tuna is the bee's knees. Plus, see how pepper mills get carved out.
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Crosstex Energy Reports Second-Quarter 2012 Results
The Crosstex Energy companies, Crosstex Energy, L.P. (NASDAQ:XTEX) (the Partnership) and Crosstex Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:XTXI) (the Corporation), today reported results for the second-quarter 2012.
Second-Quarter 2012 Compared with Second-Quarter 2011 – Crosstex Energy, L.P. Financial Results
The Partnership realized adjusted EBITDA of $48.7 million and distributable cash flow of $23.4 million for the second quarter of 2012, compared with adjusted EBITDA of $55.4 million and distributable cash flow of $32.9 million for the second quarter of 2011. Adjusted EBITDA and distributable cash flow are non-GAAP financial measures and are explained in greater detail under "Non-GAAP Financial Information." There is a reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to net income (loss) in the tables at the end of this news release.
The Partnership reported a net loss of $2.4 million for the second quarter of 2012 versus net income of $1.7 million for the second quarter of 2011."We continue to focus on our long term goal of enhancing our scale and diversification even though sharply lower natural gas liquids prices affected our current results," said Barry E. Davis, Crosstex President and Chief Executive Officer. "We have made progress in new operating areas that complement our existing businesses, including the recent acquisition of our crude, condensate and water services business in the Ohio River Valley and the completion of long-term commercial supply contracts for Phase I for our Cajun-Sibon pipeline extension project." The Partnership's second-quarter 2012 gross operating margin of $90.3 million decreased $6.3 million from gross operating margin of $96.6 million for the second quarter of 2011. The decline was mainly due to a less favorable processing environment, which was partially offset by increased gathering and processing activity in the north Texas region during the quarter. Gross operating margin is a non-GAAP financial measure and is explained in greater detail under "Non-GAAP Financial Information." There is a reconciliation of this non-GAAP measure to operating income in the selected financial data table at the end of this news release.
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See the largest granite monolith, the tallest waterfall in North America, and touch a giant sequoia, Earth's oldest living thing.
Had to make this political didn't you. Regarding the discussion on Global warming and the sequoia's, do you think maybe the 38 million people that live in California have anything to do with water usage? That's up from about 4 million in 1920 and I'm not even counting the increased population in surrounding states. I agree with Mark's comment also, not what I expected or wanted to see.
I know Yosemite and this is not the show I'd like to see. I'd like to re-experience the 49-mile High Sierra Camp Loop: Toulumne Meadows to Glen Aulin to May Lake to Sunrise to Merced Lake to Vogelsang and return to Toulumne Meadows.
See http://www.yosemitepark.com/high-sierra-camp-trail-descriptions.aspx.
I've been on all of the trails described there many times. What I'd really enjoy is a 2 hour IMAX movie of the High Sierra Loop. I'm now 67 years old and living in Ohio, so I'm unlikely to ever experience the Yosemite back country again except vicariously.


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CA Technologies And Citrix Team To Simplify And Accelerate The Adoption Of Cloud Services
Today at Citrix Synergy™, the conference where mobile workstyles and cloud services meet, CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) and Citrix (NASDAQ: CTXS) announced that they are partnering to help enterprises and service providers increase agility and productivity by providing additional management and monitoring capabilities on top of Citrix cloud and desktop virtualization solutions.
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The first area of collaboration between the two companies focuses on leveraging CA Technologies management solutions to provide in-depth insight and control of public and private clouds built on Citrix Cloud Platform technologies. This focus will initially include the following:
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CBS Sports' LeslieAnne Wade Going Independent
The top PR executive for CBS Sports, LeslieAnne Wade, is leaving the company to start her own media strategy and public relations firm, the network says. Wade's first client will be CBS Sports, where she will be "closely involved in the overall media relations effort around CBS Sports businesses, personalities and programming."
Wade has been with CBS since 1993.
"I take such tremendous pride in my long time association with CBS Sports," said Wade in a statement. "With the support of Leslie Moonves, Gil Schwartz and Sean McManus, I was given an opportunity to further a path in new media relations, and for women in sports television. It is an enormous professional compliment to count CBS Sports as the first client in my new venture."
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There are so many things that can be said about forgiveness.
I expect I could go on for many more weeks, discussing, explaining, citing examples. But I feel I've touched on enough to come to my point of raising the question: Why forgive? Why is it so important?
To me, it's alien not to forgive, but that in itself is only an aspect of my personality or an expression of opinion. I think there's far more value in forgiveness for all of us, that goes far deeper than a particular incident or relationship.
I believe we have an inner core. When we choose not to forgive, that inner core hardens.
We have a heart that is a piece of flesh that pumps blood through our systems. But I believe we also have a non-material 'heart' that defines who we are. There is a non-physical part of us, where we are vulnerable, sincere, genuine, the place in our being where what really matters to us resides. When we have been hurt we are understandably tempted to protect that inner core - it's only natural; we don't want to be hurt again. But in protecting that part of us that is so delicate, we can put up barriers to keep hurt out. In so doing, we also make it difficult for our true selves to live, breathe, express.
Apart from being unforgiving because we have been hurt, there is also the aspect that if another person has done wrong, he should face consequences. I believe this is true. But if those consequences includes our judging them, we are really hurting ourselves. I happen to read the Bible, where it says, 'don't judge or else you'll be judged.' I understand this to imply a few different things but the one thing I'll address here is this:
There is self-interest in forgiveness, maybe it's even selfish. Forgiveness is healthy.
When we forgive, we are letting go of an issue and living in the present rather than in the past. When we forgive, we are keeping ourselves soft so that our faith and trust in people can be restored through other - better - relationships. When we forgive, we place all of the judgment we are putting on the other person to the courts, or onto their own conscience. When we don't forgive the opposite is true: by keeping that antagonism alive, we are hardening ourselves.
It is ironic that when we are unforgiving we may think we are holding the other party to account for a wrongdoing. In actual fact, we are holding ourselves to account for the relationship and trapping ourselves in the past.
Forgiveness and trust are not the same. Forgiving someone doesn't mean we blindly trust them again. It does mean not personally holding them to account for what damaging thing they have said or done. It means not having expectations or demands or requests that they fulfill. Forgiveness sets us free from the one who has caused us hurt or pain.
Of course there is risk involved in forgiving and opening ourselves to the future. We may get hurt again, in fact, we can almost guarantee that we will. But we will be wiser from the experience, and not fall as hard the next time. Trying to prevent being hurt again by holding on to the anger or bitterness will prevent joy as well.
I spoke last week about my mother, who died of cancer. She was a person who was deeply disappointed in me and in many aspects of life. She was, in many ways, a bitter person, because she was unforgiving. Unforgiveness is a kind of cancer. I'm not saying that cancer is caused by a lack of forgiveness and I'm not saying that by practicing forgiveness you can prevent cancer. But I do believe that had my mother been a forgiving person, she may have been a healthier person, not only emotionally but physically as well.
"The Sound of Silence" is a song from the sixties, by Simon and Garfunkel. In that song is the line, 'Silence like a cancer grows'. The silence between people, when hurt and blame have occurred, grows. And in that growth, we can so easily nurture our hurt and feed our blame. It is so much healthier to give that pain and blame away, so that it doesn't feed on us anymore.
So, what do we do if we choose to forgive? Where do we send our pain? How do we express the forgiveness? Sometimes it isn't even possible to speak or to write to the person who has hurt us. Sometimes it is unwise to confront them, as they could harm us.
Just as we choose to forgive to set ourselves free, we live through the pain - the temporary pain - in order to heal. And we do heal, so that life can continue in all its richness. That's what I believe. It's what I try to practice. I've been hurt, but I've been healed. And life continues to be rich and full of hope. For me it's been a journey. But one I wouldn't trade.
Next time I'll start a new series, about Insecurity. Because in my case, through the experiences I lived combined with the sort of person I am, I developed insecurities from a young age. In order to find the richness and hope that life has to offer, I have chosen to face them and have overcome.
Until next Thursday....
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There is no experience that can't be useful to me at some point in my life. There is no lesson learned that cannot make a contribution to the future.
A tiny drop of water is a part of the ocean. A tiny speck in the night sky is a ginormous star in the distance. It all depends on perspective.
So, this examined life is to offer reflections in the hope of discussing things which are of value to myself and to others.
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There is no experience that can't be useful to me at some point in my life. There is no lesson learned that cannot make a contribution to the future.
A tiny drop of water is a part of the ocean. A tiny speck in the night sky is a ginormous star in the distance. It all depends on perspective.
So, this examined life is to offer reflections in the hope of discussing things which are of value to myself and to others.
Love, Sarah
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Homewood-Flossmoor AD's death stuns school community
BY PAT DISABATO AND BILL SCHEIBE Sun-Times Media August 8, 2013 8:04AM
Alec Anderson
Updated: September 10, 2013 6:16AM
Alec Anderson was remembered Thursday as a dedicated high school administrator whose top priority was to make sure students had positive experiences.
The Homewood-Flossmoor athletic director was found unresponsive Wednesday night after working out at the school. An autopsy Thursday found Anderson, 54, suffered a sudden cardiac death, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. Coronary artery disease and arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease were contributing factors, the medical examiner's office said. His death was ruled natural.
H-F girls basketball coach Anthony Smith, who saw Anderson shortly before his death, said it had been a typical day. Smith, who worked under Anderson at Bolingbrook High School and coached the Raiders to four state titles, had invited Anderson to a late lunch with sisters Morgan and Taylor Tuck, former All-Area players for the Raiders.
"He came into the gym to check in with me, which is something Alec did all the time, and it was just another day," Smith said. "I told him that Morgan and Taylor were coming back home from (college), but he told me that he wanted to work out. If Morgan and Taylor wouldn't have been here, I would have joined him."
Anderson was found unresponsive near a treadmill about 7:30 p.m., officials said. The Flossmoor Fire Department took Anderson, of Kankakee, to South Suburban Hospital in Hazel Crest, where he was pronounced dead at 8:06 p.m., according to the medical examiner's office.
Smith said he considered Anderson a friend as much as he considered him a boss.
"We talked and joked for a while and then I left (for lunch)," said Smith, who won state titles at Bolingbrook while working under Anderson in the 2005-06 season and in three straight seasons from 2008-11. "The next thing I know, I get a phone call that he's gone. I just saw him.
"I'm waiting for someone to say, 'Hey, it was something else, it's not true.' He was always there like a coach, wanting to do the best for the kids and the school. I can't believe it."
Anderson was named athletic director at H-F in July 2012, after being the assistant principal of athletics and activities at Bolingbrook from 2005 to 2012.
H-F boys basketball coach Jim McLaughlin called Anderson "a great man."
"This is a tremendous loss for the H-F community," McLaughlin said. "He was very soft-spoken, but at the same time, he was able to get his point across. His main goal was making sure the student-athletes had a great experience."
Anderson made his mark first as a football coach at Kankakee, leading the Kays to a 68-35 record with eight playoff appearances in 10 years from 1987-96. He also held administrative positions at Evanston and Urbana high schools.
"He was a dedicated administrator who always had the students' best interests in mind," Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 233 Supt. Von Mansfield said in a prepared statement. "He will be missed as a colleague and as a friend. Our sincere condolences and prayers go out to his family and friends."
Anderson is survived by his wife and a daughter.
Arrangements were pending and were to be posted at www.hfhighschool.org, according to H-F's website.


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Cree Introduces Next Generation Color LEDs
Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) announces commercial availability of XLamp ® XB-D color LEDs and XLamp XM-L multi-color LEDs. The high performance color LEDs provide lighting manufacturers with discrete and multi-color LED options to more cost-effectively address a wider spectrum of applications such as architectural, vehicle and display lighting.
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''A lot more folks are seeing folks similar to themselves fishing from a kayak,'' said Walter Loos, a chief adventurer for Paddle and Trail.
The rise of interest in kayaks and kayak fishing will be on display this week during one of the busiest stretches for shows around Chicago outdoors.
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On the more serious side, there will be plenty of kayaks, which are hot items in urban areas such as Chicago, and SUPs to sample.
''One thing people have a mental block on is transportation of the equipment,'' Loos said. ''So that is where a lot of collapsibles and inflatables come into play, especially in places like Chicago, with a lot of people and not a lot of space.''
Loos said the drought last summer heightened interest in kayak fishing locally.
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If you are coming to the Boat Show to consider options in kayaks, canoes or SUPs, Loos has some basic advice. First, lay a good base of knowledge by going online and watching videos at Paddle and Trail's site (paddleandtrail.com) or at the sites of manufacturers.
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"The kids were both taller than I was, and I realized those years had gone by and I had missed them, and my children had never even been to the Grand Canyon," said Malkoff, who spent several of her children's earlier years caring for her husband after a terrible skiing accident. "I was filled with such remorse. I just wanted to recapture those years."
What she did next was a bit unusual: Malkoff and her husband, Mel, sold their Villa Park home in 2006 and hit the road in an RV with their kids, Dave and Edith, for a three-year exploration of the country.
"I really wanted the kids to have a feeling of America," Malkoff said. "When they heard the song 'America the Beautiful,' I wanted them to know what that looked like."
Malkoff presented highlights of that adventure on Sunday at the Orange County Public Library's University Park branch. It was the latest in a series of more than a dozen talks she's given to homeschooling groups and RV associations since returning from their trip in 2009. Through the talks, Malkoff said, she hopes to inspire other families to "live life more fully."
Her biggest piece of advice to families yearning for adventure: "Don't wait. Do it right now."
"I can't even tell you how neat it is to be with your family (on the road)," she said.
Over three years, the family toured 23 states. They kissed frogs at a Mark Twain festival in Hannibal, Mo, went trunk-or-treating in 20-degree weather in North Dakota, and visited four presidential libraries.
Mel Malkoff split his time between Southern California and wherever the family RV was parked and Mary Ann Malkoff helped run the family's project-management business from the road.
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The couple handed out sheets from familiesontheroad.com listing the daily travel expenses of eight families.
"It's a different way to live, and it's really a matter of just setting free," he said.
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The educational experiences the children gained were priceless, the Malkoffs said. Everything can be turned into a learning experience, from tornados to museums to county farmers markets.
"It helped me mature a lot," Dave, now 20, said on Sunday. "I have also gotten a much greater sense of the world, how big it is and how different it is just in one county."
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PC Connection, Inc. (PCCC) To Release First Quarter Results–2012
PC Connection, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCCC), a provider of a full range of information technology (IT) solutions to business, government, and education markets, will release its first quarter 2012 operating results after close of market on Thursday, May 3, 2012. At 5:00 p.m. ET on that date, management will review these results during their quarterly conference call. To access the conference call, please dial 877-856-1962 (US) or 719-325-4758 (International). The conference call will be available to the general public on a live webcast—in listen-only mode—on the Company's website at http://ir.pcconnection.com. To access the replay of the call, please dial 888-203-1112 or 719-457-0820 and enter the access code 5021834.
About PC Connection, Inc.
PC Connection, Inc., a Fortune 1000 company, has four sales companies: PC Connection Sales Corporation, MoreDirect, Inc., GovConnection, Inc., and Professional Computer Center, Inc. d/b/a ValCom Technology, headquartered in Merrimack, NH, Boca Raton, FL, Rockville, MD, and Itasca, IL, respectively. All four companies can deliver custom-configured computer systems overnight from our ISO 9001:2008 certified technical configuration lab at our distribution center in Wilmington, OH. Investors and media can find more information about PC Connection, Inc. at http://ir.pcconnection.com.
PC Connection Sales Corporation (800-800-5555), the original business of PC Connection, Inc. serving primarily the small- and medium-sized business sector, is a rapid-response provider of IT products and services. It offers more than 300,000 brand-name products through its staff of technically trained sales account managers and telesales specialists, catalogs, publications, and its website at www.pcconnection.com. This company also serves the consumer and small office users under its PC Connection Express brand (888-800-0323) at www.pcconnectionexpress.com and is, under its MacConnection brand (800-800-2222), one of Apple's largest authorized online resellers at www.macconnection.com.MoreDirect, Inc. (561-237-3300), www.moredirect.com, provides corporate technology buyers with best-in-class IT solutions, in-depth IT supply-chain expertise, and access to over 300,000 products and 1,600 vendors through TRAXX™, a cloud-based eProcurement system. Backed by over 500 technical certifications, MoreDirect's team of engineers, software licensing specialists, and project managers help reduce the cost and complexity of buying hardware, software, and services throughout the entire IT lifecycle. GovConnection, Inc. (800-800-0019) is a rapid-response provider of IT products and services to federal, state, and local government agencies and educational institutions through specialized account managers, catalogs, and publications, and online at www.govconnection.com. Professional Computer Center, Inc. d/b/a ValCom Technology (630-285-0500), www.valcomtechnology.com, provides technology services to medium-to-large corporate organizations utilizing its proprietary cloud-based IT service management software, WebSPOC™. Through its experienced technical service personnel, ValCom Technology provides network, server, storage, mission-critical onsite support, installation, and hosting of lifecycle services. pccc-g
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Overview Of The Debian GNU/Linux System
Since the beginning of the project, Debian has been designed with up-gradability in mind. Every component of the system can be easily upgraded with just a few simple tools. Packages installed with dpkg can be easily upgraded. All one needs to do is install any upgrade package normally, just as if installing it for the first time, and dpkg will automatically detect that an older version of the package is installed on the system and ask for confirmation that it should be upgraded. dpkg takes care of the rest, asking whether to replace configuration files, and notifying the user in the unlikely event that any manual steps need to be taken after the upgrade has been completed.
Similarly, the base system is upgradable, albeit by a slightly different method. Periodically, the Debian Linux Association will release upgrade packages to the latest release of the base system. Usually this will involve executing a script or a similar task. The upgrade process will always be simple and will usually be fully-automated.
The key point to make about upgradability in Debian is that the user need only install the base system once. Upgrade packages to the base system will be provided when a new version of the distribution is released, and packages in dpkg format will always be upgradable. In summary, the entire system will be upgradable with an absolute minimum amount of work on the user's part.
The current release of Debian may be found at the Internet FTP site sunsite.unc.edu in /pub/Linux/ distributions/debian. It is also available at a number of public "mirror" sites around the world; for details on how to obtain a complete and current list of mirror sites, please see below.
We have several e-mail lists set up for developers and the general public to use. Bruce Perens (firstname.lastname@example.com) is the manager of the lists and the moderator of debian-announce.
email@example.com A moderated mailing list for important Debian announcements (new releases, bug fixes, etc.)
firstname.lastname@example.com An open forum for users of Debian (questions and intelligent discussion are welcome here)
email@example.com A closed mailing list for use only by Debian developers and BETA testers
The first two lists are open admission. To join them, send mail to email@example.com with the following information in the body of the message:
subscribe debian-announce YOUR-NAME-HERE subscribe debian-user YOUR-NAME-HERE
Put your name where it says YOUR-NAME-HERE!
If you are actively developing software for the Debian distribution, you should subscribe to debian-devel. Send mail to firstname.lastname@example.com with a sentence explaining what software you are developing and a request to be added to the list.
For the latest Debian announcements and information, Debian users have one of three options:
Join the debian-announce mailing list. Please note that you do not necessarily have to be on the Internet to do this; many of the popular on-line services (CompuServe, for example) have Internet mail gateways. You may also join any of the other mailing lists from such an on-line service, but as many on-line services surcharge incoming and outgoing mail to the Internet you may wish to think twice before doing so. debian-announce is a moderated mailing list; the others are not and can be quite active.
Download the files in /pub/Linux/distributions/ debian/info on sunsite.unc.edu. These files contain detailed information about Debian and its motivations, the Debian Linux Association, where Debian can be obtained (FTP, BBS, etc.), where Debian and related materials can be ordered and so on.
Request the information from the Debian Linux Association. If you do not have access to the Internet or FTP, hardcopy of recent announcements mailed to debian-announce and the contents of /pub/Linux/ distributions/debian/info may be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:
The Debian Linux AssociationStation 11P.O. Box 3121West Lafayette, IN47906 USA
By the time this article is published, the Debian system should be available on floppy diskette and CD-ROM from the Debian Linux Association and the Free Software Foundation. Please send mail to firstname.lastname@example.com or the Debian Linux Association at the address above for the latest ordering information.
Ian Murdock (email@example.com) is the founder and leader of the Debian project. He can be reached via c/o The Debian Linux Association at the address above.
A simple thanks to you sir...
What can I say? Debian is the best for me. I've been using Linux for about 10 months time and I started using Debian and get rooted on the feeling and taste of Freedom. Long Live F/OSS, Long Live Debian.
In Philippine Bisayan dialect: "Padayon sa pg-uswag Debian"
Thanks a lot!
Hi All Debianers,
This article was very emotional for me! I met Debian in 1999, it was love at first sight! :-) I have tried other distros also, but always returned to my roots!
Long live Debian! :-)
great work
Thank you, Ian and all Debianers! I am using Debian since 2004 and it's become my only OS.
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 5.44 GMT
President Mahinda Rajapaksa returned to the island today (September 29) after successfully completing the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly held in New York, USA. He also chaired a very fruitful meeting with the US business community during the visit.
The President was received at the Bandaranaike International Airport by several cabinet ministers, members of parliament, Secretary to the President and other officials.
During the visit President Rajapaksa met with the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Emir of Qatar His Majesty Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Iranian President Mohamoud Ahmadinejad, Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenburg, Turkish President Abdullah Gul, Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Gelding, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Portugal Prime Minister Jose Socrates and Hungarian President Pal Schmitt.
President Rajapaksa had a highly productive discussion with the UN Secretary General where he apprised the UNSG that the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) was fully transparent and was established on the principles of accountability in keeping with Sri Lanka's own method of searching for the truth regarding a prolonged conflict, and identifying ways of preventing such conflicts in the future.
Addressing the UN General Assembly, President Rajapaksa stated that the entire focus of the nation is now on building a lasting peace; healing wounds, ensuring economic prosperity and guaranteeing the rights of the whole nation to live in harmony.
'We are pursuing a nation-wide agenda of renewal. Sri Lanka has already returned over 90% of the internally displaced persons to their original villages that were previously riddled with landmines', he further said.
Addressing the Millennium Development Goals session, the President stated that Sri Lanka has incorporated Millennium Development Goals key performance indicators in Sri Lanka's national budget policies. He pointed out that as a result Sri Lanka has already attained or is on track to attain the MDGs, despite formidable odds, including the almost thirty years of a violent terrorist movement and the December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami.
The foundation was laid for a fresh relationship between Sri Lanka and Norway when President Mahinda Rajapaksa met with Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenburg at bi-lateral discussions. The Norwegian Prime Minister observed it was very important that President Rajapaksa was engaging in both rebuilding the country and reconciliation among communities, and said that Norway was eager to play a supporting role in the emerging situation in Sri Lanka.
Dr. Radhika Coomaraswamy, Under-Secretary General and Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children & Armed Conflict, said she was impressed and pleased with the current situation regarding children who had been forcibly drawn into the armed conflict by the LTTE at bilateral discussions with the President. She expressed satisfaction at the steps being taken to rehabilitate and provide both education and training to the children who had been caught in the conflict. She said that once the issue of four children who had so far been unaccounted for was resolved; the entire matter of child soldiers in Sri Lanka could be considered closed.
The further strengthening of bonds between Sri Lanka and Iran was the keynote of discussions between Iranian President Mohamoud Ahmadinejad and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa. President Rajapaksa thanked the Iranian President for the assistance given to Sri Lanka by Iran, especially the concessionary terms for the sale of fuel, the upgrading of the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery and assistance for the Uma Oya Irrigation Project. The Iranian leader congratulated President Rajapaksa on his leadership in the successful defeat of terrorism, and the steps being taken to build peace in the country with reconciliation among all communities.
The Emir of Qatar had great admiration for the restoration of peace in Sri Lanka and the work already being done towards reconciliation and mutual trust among all communities and he responded favourably to a request by President Rajapaksa for Qatar to supply Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) to Sri Lanka for development needs.
The President held fruitful talks with the Malaysian Prime Minister where they discussed on seeking greater investment opportunities in Sri Lanka and other trade-related matters beneficial to both countries.
During other bilateral meetings, the Portugal Prime Minister stated that assistance will be provided to develop the tourism industry in Sri Lanka. The President also met the Hungarian President where they discussed matters of common interest to both countries, particularly the development of economic and cultural relations.
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