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Mental health calls #1 drain on Berkeley police resources
Responding to people with mental health issues is the number one drain on police resources in Berkeley, a police officer who specializes in the topic said this week.
Nationally, 10% of police calls are for people having a mental health crisis, according to Berkeley Police Officer Jeff Shannon. In Berkeley, that number is 35% or more. Over the past five years, police have seen a 43% increase in calls for "5150s," or people who are a danger to themselves or others, he said.
"Not only in Berkeley, but across the nation, we are experiencing a mental health crisis," Shannon told members of the Berkeley Safe Neighborhoods Committee on Monday. "We are seeing way more people who are sick, way more people who are in crisis, who need help, than we have capacity." … Continue reading »
Soda distributors frustrated at city of Berkeley's lack of guidance on soda tax
As the co-owner of the San Francisco-based Waterloo Beverages company, Camilo Malaver enjoyed doing business in Berkeley. But he did not want anything to do with Berkeley after voters adopted a soda tax in November.
In January, when the tax was implemented, Malaver decided to stop restocking his supply of craft sodas and naturally sweetened beverages in Berkeley to avoid further confusion.
His gripe was not against the tax itself; his frustration was aimed primarily at the city for what he saw as a poor job relaying information on how to comply with the tax. He's keen to restock in Berkeley again, but, for now, he is waiting to see how the tax will develop.
"Berkeley is a good city to do business with the university, but now, it's tough," Malaver said. "We're in limbo. Everybody's lost and [we] don't know what to do." … Continue reading »
After Berkeley protests: Local merchants react to damage, looting at their businesses
Berkeley's major commercial districts are awash with plywood — some of it covers broken glass, some has been erected as a preventive measure to protect vulnerable windows.
Many of the protests that have taken over Berkeley streets this month, in response to police-involved killings of unarmed black men, have remained peaceful. Others have culminated in smashed storefronts and blazing trashcans.
Merchants' reactions to the destruction run the gamut from patience and praise of the peaceful majority, to criticism of the hands-off approach taken by the Berkeley police Sunday, Dec. 7, the night local businesses sustained the most significant damage. … Continue reading »
Floods, outages keep Berkeley busy as storm hits
Berkeley city workers handled more than 100 requests related to flooding, and more than 30 calls for tree-related issues, Thursday during a large storm that has been sweeping the Bay Area, authorities said.
City spokesman Matthai Chakko said the city had received 127 calls about flooding as of nearly 3 p.m., and 34 calls about tree-related issues. All of those calls had been cleared by 5 p.m. Staff also gave out more than 5,000 sandbags to Berkeley residents, who were able to pick them up at locations around the city.
Malcolm X Elementary School also experienced significant flooding, and Chakko said the Berkeley Unified School District — which had shuttered all schools and offices Thursday due to the weather — was handling that issue.
See Berkeleyside's live blog of the "Pineapple Express" storm's local impacts.
There were several street closures, on Bolivar Drive and Bay Street, and around Ashby Avenue (which is also known as California 13). By late afternoon, Ashby around Interstate 80 had been closed in both directions due to flooding, authorities said. Ashby was expected to re-open by midnight Friday.
(Watch a playlist below of many storm-related videos shared with Berkeleyside by readers Thursday.) … Continue reading »
Berkeley councilman says city mishandled legal fees in Measure S redistricting lawsuit; city disagrees
Less than a week before Berkeley voters will decide whether to adopt new council district boundaries, a local official has criticized the city for how it handled legal fees for a lawsuit over the proposed council lines that are on the Nov. 4 ballot with Measure S.
It's the latest rebuke in a prolonged public battle over district lines that began in earnest last year. City officials and staff have countered that proper procedure was, in fact, followed, and that nothing inappropriate occurred.
At Tuesday night's Berkeley City Council meeting, local resident Stefan Elgstrand told officials he had been dismayed to learn about the payment by staff of $140,000 — which he said council did not approve — to lawyers who represented the city in a lawsuit related to redistricting earlier this year. Elgstrand, who was previously an intern for Councilman Kriss Worthington, authored a map last year that was rejected by council and has been among those leading the charge to have the adopted map thrown out. He's also a lead organizer in the opposition campaign against Measure S. Since Elgstrand's public comment Tuesday, Councilman Jesse Arreguín and his aide Anthony Sanchez have added their voices to the criticism, and publicly excoriated the city for how it handled the payment of the legal fees.
City officials have been working to adopt new district lines for several years, but the process has been contentious. Council adopted a new map in December, and said the boundaries had garnered widespread community approval and complied with all legal requirements. Critics of that map — including Elgstrand, Arreguín, Worthington, Phoebe Sorgen and Council 1 challenger Alejandro Soto-Vigil — then led a referendum drive to force council to rescind that map in favor of a compromise, or put the issue to the voters.
The referendum drive was successful, which suspended the use of the map council had adopted. The city then took to the courts to determine which lines should be used leading up to the November election. A judge ultimately ruled that the map council adopted should determine the districts up through Nov. 4. … Continue reading »
Tagged Alejandro Soto-Vigil, Anthony Sanchez, Berkeley City Council, Berkeley elections, Berkeley politics, Berkeley redistricting, Berkeley Student District Campaign, District 7, Election 2014 Berkeley, Jesse Arreguin, Kriss Worthington, Linda Maio, Matthai Chakko, Measure S, Stefan Elgstrand, Susan Wengraf, Zach Cowan
Report: Berkeley spends $12.2M annually on children
Last Thursday afternoon, 40-some kids sprinted around Willard Park, capturing flags and thwacking tether balls. That's the typical scene at the park most summer afternoons, where the campers at Berkeley Day Camp's extended care program keep busy until their parents come pick them up.
Recreation services like the popular day camp claimed a good chunk of the $12.2 million that the city spent on children last year, according to a brand new report that details — for the first time ever, according to the city — the funding spent on children's programs and services in 2013. … Continue reading »
Berkeley residents weigh in on new LED streetlights
The city of Berkeley's project to convert thousands of old streetlights to LED bulbs is well underway, and the changes have not gone unnoticed by community members.
Last fall, the Berkeley City Council voted to allow the city manager to seek a $3.5 million loan from the state to swap out its old high pressure sodium and metal halide lamps with light emitting diode (LED) fixtures. Better light quality, improved energy efficiency and reduced greenhouse gas emissions were among the project's main goals.
The city began its investigation into the possibility of LED streetlights in 2012 with a council referral to the Public Works and Energy commissions. In 2012 and 2013, more than 100 streetlights were replaced with LED lights at the Berkeley Marina and along Telegraph Avenue. This year, the city plans to finish the job, and is slated to replace all 8,000 of its old streetlights with LEDs.
So far, roughly 25% of the lights have been replaced, according to city spokesman Matthai Chakko. The new bulbs use 65% to 85% less energy than the old high pressure sodium lights and should last 15-17 years, Chakko said. The old lights required replacement every few years. … Continue reading »
Tagged Berkeley City Council, led, Matthai Chakko, PG&E, Streetlights, sustainability
Berkeley animal shelter budget raises questions
Community supporters of Berkeley's municipal animal shelter have been raising alarm bells about the shelter's budget for the coming fiscal year — and their concerns about the city's lack of budgeting transparency are broadly shared.
The proposed budget for the fiscal year that starts in July is $1.69 million, which is comparable to what the shelter ultimately got in the fiscal year that ends this month, City Manager Christine Daniel told city officials by email May 27.
But shelter supporters say that amount has not been enough to cover operating costs, and fear the shelter may be forced to close one day a week or more as a result. They say the shelter has struggled to cover increased utility costs in its new, larger space, which has a sophisticated air filtration system to cut down on the spread of diseases. Supporters say, too, that services the city used to pay for, including a spay-and-neuter program for low-income residents as well as training for pit bull owners, now must be funded through community donations.
The budget has come before council and the public several times since May 20, and is expected to be approved next week.
According to city spokesman Matthai Chakko, a detailed budget that would show utility costs for the Dona Spring Municipal Animal Shelter is not available: "The budget doesn't have line items to that degree," he said via email. Chakko said animal shelter director Kate O'Connor was not available last week for an interview. He said the shelter is "fully funded," but did not respond to questions about whether the shelter might have to reduce its hours. (The facility is currently open seven days a week.)
The lack of transparency has been a bone of contention for shelter supporters, particularly those who worked to help build the new shelter and fund some of its services. … Continue reading »
Tagged Animals in Berkeley, Berkeley Animal Care Commission, Berkeley Animal Care Services, Berkeley city budget, Berkeley City Council, Berkeley public art, Christine Daniel, Dona Spring Municipal Animal Shelter, Friends of Berkeley Animal Services, Jill Posener, Kate O'Connor, Linda Maio, Matthai Chakko, Pets in Berkeley
Report suggests new Berkeley anti-discrimination policies
Berkeley city staff are reviewing a report by Oakland-based firm Mason Tillman Associates that recommends changes in city policies in response to allegations of racism in employment practices.
The report, which was sent to Berkeley City Council members by the city manager in May, was commissioned by the city in September 2013 after an August 2013 report by the Berkeley NAACP.
Read our past coverage of the city's ongoing dialogue with the Berkeley NAACP.
The Berkeley NAACP report cited "many" complaints, dating from the 1980s through 2013, by Berkeley city employees of color alleging "unfair hiring and promotional practices, favoritism, cronyism and unfair treatment of African Americans." The NAACP recommended 21 policy changes to fight the problem, including the institution of a city oversight body to monitor discrimination and 16 hours per year of mandatory cultural competency training for all city employees. … Continue reading »
Caltrans fence forces homeless to find new camp
Responding to complaints that the homeless people who camped under the Gilman/I-80 underpass were engaged in criminal activity, Caltrans has fenced off the area — pushing the encampment onto a narrow strip nearby.
Caltrans installed the fencing between Feb. 10 and March 6 at the request of the Berkeley Police Department, "in order to help curtail criminal activity in the area," said Caltrans spokesman Robert Haus via email.
"We have had complaints regarding criminal activity associated with the encampment down there," said police spokeswoman Officer Jennifer Coats via email. "We have reached out to those camping in the area through members of our Crisis Intervention Team (CIT), Area Coordinators, and Mobile Crisis workers." … Continue reading »
City of Berkeley heads to court over redistricting lines
The city of Berkeley has filed a lawsuit against the Alameda County registrar of voters and the Berkeley city clerk to determine which district lines to use in the November 2014 election.
City officials say the lawsuit is necessary to determine district lines after a successful referendum drive by some Berkeley voters earlier this year halted the use of a new district map adopted by a 6-3 vote by the Berkeley City Council in December.
The city is required to redraw district lines every decade to rebalance the population across Berkeley's eight council districts.
Three members of the council — Kriss Worthington (District 7), Jesse Arreguín (District 4) and Max Anderson (District 3) — have taken issue with the adopted map, primarily due to the boundaries of District 7. The district, as adopted, features a majority of student-aged voters, but detractors say it cuts out some of the most progressive members of the Cal community by failing to incorporate several blocks north and east of campus, which include co-op housing and other group living accommodations such as dorms and International House. … Continue reading »
Tagged Berkeley City Council, Berkeley elections, Berkeley politics, Berkeley redistricting, Berkeley Referendum Coalition, Berkeley Student District Campaign, Election 2014 Berkeley, George Beier, Jesse Arreguin, Kriss Worthington, Mark Numainville, Matthai Chakko, Measure S, Remcho Johansen & Purcell, Stefan Elgstrand, Tim Dupuis, United Student District Amendment, Zach Cowan

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Jim, you can quantify many of the risks but I suspect this is a little bit like the saying that insurance companies charge more for red cars. It isn't that red is somehow more dangerous (if anything it is easier to spot) but that the folks who pick flashy cars probably also are "flashy" drivers, i.e. more aggressive, and that's what is being targeted.
A lot of cruisers frankly cruise solo or short handed and don't keep an adequate watch. A lot of ocean freight doesn't keep watch either. And, folks who go to sea in small boats are likely to be less conservative than the ones who stay on land. (Wm. Buckley Jr. aside.
So I'm not sure you could sort out all the issues and just use "ocean voyaging" as a sole criteria. I think skill and experience levels, age, occupation, and others would be the weighted factors, not just voyaging.
Are voyagers also non-smokers?
In that case, maybe that's all an insurer needs to know. One big set of bills they won't pay, and if they disappear at sea, you've got seven years before you have to pay out anyway.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Deep water got nearly all the bids in third federal oil and gas lease in the Gulf of Mexico since the BP oil spill.
Of $133.8 million in winning bids, only $4.6 million was for areas less than a half-mile underwater. Chevron USA Inc. and ConocoPhillips Co. led a group of companies that made 131 bids for 116 tracts in the western Gulf.
That brings total lease sales in the Gulf to more than $2 billion over the last 12 months. Before that, lease sales were halted as the federal government scaled back production and imposed sweeping new safety measures and requirements following the Deepwater Horizon disaster in April 2010.
Recent huge discoveries producing 100,000 to 200,000 barrels a day, such as BP PLC's Thunder Horse field and Shell's Perdido field, have been in deep water, said Erik G. Milito of the American Petroleum Institute.
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Neither BP nor Shell was among the 13 companies that submitted bids for Wednesday's sale.
Chevron USA had two of the day's highs: a total of $56 million in high bids, and the largest single bid. That $17.2 million bid topped offers of $11.3 million by Anadarko US Offshore Corp. and $11.3 million by Exxon Mobil Corp. for the same tract. It was the farthest west of four tracts in a row for which Chevron had high bids totaling nearly $38.2 million.
ConocoPhillips had more high bids, 62 to Chevron's 28, for a total of $51.7 million.
Overall, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management offered about 20 million acres in the western Gulf, off Texas and extreme western Louisiana and got bids for about 652,500 acres. Seventy tracts are at least half a mile deep, and 35 others are nearly a mile under water.
Production in the Gulf is still below the levels forecast before the 2010 oil spill. Geoffrey Brand, senior economic adviser for the American Petroleum Institute, an industry trade group, said output is about 29 percent below the 1.76 million barrels a day that the federal Energy Information Administration had predicted for 2012.
U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., said the moratorium imposed by the government after the BP oil spill has cost the U.S. money.
"There is no disputing the fact that our nation's domestic energy production on federal lands is far lower than what was projected before this administration took office, and is trending in the exact opposite direction of the rapid growth we're seeing on private and state lands," Vitter said.
The western region's previous sale, last December, brought more than $324 million in leases. The central Gulf, the region where BP's Macondo well was located, is a much more attractive area for drillers. An auction for that region in June brought in $1.7 billion in high bids, the fourth-largest amount for that region since 1983 and $751 million more than the one for the same area in March 2010, a month before BP's Macondo well blew out.
BP had $239.5 million in winning bids in the June lease sale.
The bureau rejects bids considered below fair-market value. It rejected 22 of June's 454 high bids as too low. It will be months before it decides if any of Wednesday's bids will be rejected.
The idea of setting a fair market value for the tracts interested members of an energy delegation from Myanmar, who questioned BOEM official Thierry DeCourt through a translator before the sale.
About 3 percent to 5 percent of all bids are rejected as "grossly underbid," he told the group.
The Environmental Protection Agency's suspension of new federal contracts for BP on Wednesday had nothing to do with its not bidding, said John Rodi, BOEM's regional director for the Gulf of Mexico.
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I wrote about Allods Online a few years ago, probably during beta but never really played the game so I missed the whole launch Item Shop Debacle. I did install the game last year sometime and made a handful of low-level classes, finally deciding to "stick with" (inasmuch as we blogger-types stick with anything) the Arisen Heretic, a Healer archetype for the Empire.
A couple weeks ago, right about the same time I was kinda-sorta getting it in my head that maybe I would start looking at getting back into Lord of the Rings Online finally, some other traditional MMO fantasy themeparks came into the Google+ discussion threads. Of course, Trion announced RIFT was going F2P which was, and still is, big news. Somehow Runes of Magic briefly entered one of the conversations. Hudson and I both agreed it was a good game, and I did really enjoy playing the Priest/Knight class combo up til around level 30-ish give or take when I got stuck with a bunch of group quests but no one available in the mornings to group up and do them. [Familiar story around this blog, I know…] I halfway considered reinstalling it today, but Jeremy nipped that idea in the bud by beating me to the punch then dropping the news that — at least on the Artemis server — RoM is practically dead. There's only two guilds left on Artemis who run end-game at all. Shame…
So, I patched up Allods, which has had several updates and launched its latest expansion today with a couple events (one gives a free mount if you login every day for the next 28 days, for example) and set out to re-learn my Heretic. Not too difficult, really, he was only level 14 with a handful of skills on his hotbar. Several quests later, he's now level 15 and earlier today I hooked up with one of the more well-known guilds on the Yul server and joined them. So far a friendly bunch, they don't mind that I'm casual by necessity, and they do both end-game raiding and Astral PvP which is totally my scene assuming I end up liking the game enough to get that far. So, hey, I'm excited now to be playing Allods and seeing what that game is all about! Plus, if I do end up taking it to level-cap, it would make a great experience for me to do that in a designed-from-the-ground-up F2P game rather than my usual Western former subscription converted to F2P/Freemium.


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According to the report, women walking alone near the intersections of 14th Street South and Portland and Chicago Avenues have been approached from behind, robbed and sexually assaulted. Police have little information about the suspect, saying only that he is described as a black male.
The investigation is ongoing. The crime report urges anyone with further information to contact MPD sex crimes investigator Sgt. David Matson at 673-2358.
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· At night, try to stay on well-lighted streets. Avoid doorways, shrubbery, dark shadows near buildings, and other potential hiding places.
· While out walking or jogging, stay aware of your surroundings. Look alert and confident. Make quick eye contact with people around you.
· Avoid going out alone. If possible, walk with a friend or co-worker. Two people together are much less likely to be targeted by an attacker than one person alone.
· If you are being followed on foot, turn around and look at the person following you. This gives you time to think and lets the person know that you are aware of him. Walk quickly to the nearest public place where there are other people.
· If you are confronted by an attacker, FIGHT BACK. If possible try to make a make a mental note any of his hair, eyes, eyebrows, nose, facial hair, mouth, voice, breath, age, height or build.
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For students who intend to take up higher studies at a good university or college in a foreign land, especially in the USA, getting a good score in GRE and TOEFL is essential. Both the examinations are mandatory and are treated as qualifying examination.
Across the world, the examinations are conducted by US-based Educational Testing Services (ETS) and two of its officials - Director of Communications and Services for the GRE Dawn Piacentino, Programme and Teresa Sanchez-Lazer, the Executive Director of the TOEFL Programme were in touch with The Hindu Education Plus through e-mail, giving out the finer points on how to crack the examinations.
Graduate Record Examination or GRE is basically divided into three sections: Analytical writing, Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning. Ms. Dawn says, that the Analytical Writing section was designed to measure one's ability to articulate complex ideas and effectively support the ideas with relevant examples. "In the new format it has two 30-minute timed tasks: Analyse an issue and analyse an argument. And it is reported on a 0-6 scale," she says. Dawn further adds, "while taking the test it is important to budget your time. Within the 30-minute time limit for each task, you'll need to allow sufficient time to think about the topic, plan a response and compose your essay. Save a few minutes at the end of each timed task to check for obvious errors. Although an occasional typographical, spelling or grammatical error will not affect your score, severe or persistent errors will detract from the overall effectiveness of your writing and lower your score."
The Verbal Reasoning section is designed to measure a student's ability to analyse and draw conclusions from discourse, understand multiple levels of meaning, select important points, and understand the meanings of sentences and entire texts. There are two 30-minute Verbal Reasoning sections in the test, each containing about 20 questions. The Verbal Reasoning score is reported on a 130–170 score scale, in 1-point increments. "For Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning, raw scores are determined by the number of questions a student answers correctly. Nothing is subtracted from a score if you answer a question incorrectly. Therefore, to maximise your scores on the Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning measures, it is best to answer every question. Work as rapidly as you can without being careless. Since no question carries greater weight than any other, do not waste time pondering individual questions that you find extremely difficult or unfamiliar," says Dawn.
The programme director of GRE says that preparation for the test will depend on the amount of time one has on hand and his or her personal preferences for how to prepare. "At a minimum, before you take the computer-based GRE revised General Test, you should know what to expect from the test, including the administrative procedures, types of questions and directions, approximate number of questions and amount of time for each section. The administrative procedures include registration and appointment scheduling, date, time, test centre location, cost, score-reporting procedures and availability of special testing arrangements. You can find out about more about what to expect by visiting http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/tips/," says she.
Dawn also advises the students to make best use of the practice tests. "Free materials are available at www.takethegre.com/prep. Download the POWERPREP II Software to experience a simulated test-taking experience. Connect with other test takers by visiting the GRE page on Facebook and interacting with other GRE test takers to exchange ideas. Sign up to get official test-taker updates at www.takethegre.com/signup."
Executive Director of the TOEFL Programme Teresa Sanchez-Lazer says that the secret of cracking TOEFL is practice. Doling out a few tips she says, "learn more about your favourite topic and share what you have learned with a friend. Listen to podcasts, recorded lecturers and read good articles. Find a speaking partner, preferably with an original English speaker or try an online video chat."
Create your own vocabulary cards and carry them wherever you go. It's a great way to practice and pass the time! Pull them out while travelling and use the time well.
For reading skills, summarize and paraphrase reading passages. Use outlines to assist in organising your ideas. Practice reading to improve your comprehension. Become familiar with reading and answering questions on a computer screen as this is the format used for the TOEFL iBT test.
For speaking skills, read a short article from a newspaper or magazine aloud. Give a one-minute oral summary of the article. Express your opinion regarding the article.
For writing skills, watch your favourite television show. Write a summary of the episode.
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Book Review - Linux Toys: 13 Cool Projects for Home, Office and Entertainment
Linux Toys: 13 Cool Projects for Home, Office and Entertainment could borrow the old Linux Gazette slogan, "Making Linux just a little more fun". This book's target audience is novice users, and it makes a good gift for a friend entering the penguin world from the easiest and more playful side. The toys covered include a music jukebox, television recorder/player, arcade game player, home broadcast center, telephone answering center and toy car controller.
The chapters on toys that require hardware tinkering all are illustrated with plenty of pictures and include suggestions on how to not hurt yourself and your toy. The authors explain each step clearly, and their support continues with a companion Web site, www.linuxtoys.net.
The most interesting section of the Web site is the one where new Linux toys are proposed and built. They go from combining two or more of the book projects to entirely new stuff, such as home automation or timeshifting radio.
All toys are built using Red Hat 9 (not included) as the base system. The extra programs needed by each project are in the attached CD-ROM, all packaged in RPM format.
The thing I liked most is also the one thing that might provide the most frustration to the inexperienced user. The authors do their best to hide the complexity behind each project and to provide a software set-up procedure as quick and painless as possible. This includes, for each chapter, custom-made RPMs and one single script to install all of them from the CD-ROM. Unfortunately, the script invokes RPM in such a way, rpm -i --quiet $pkg --nodeps --force, that if something goes wrong the user is left without a clue. This almost is never a problem on a new system built only with vanilla Red Hat 9 and the book packages. On a box previously submitted to the tiniest bit of customization, however, all kinds of problems may be masked. We therefore recommend modifying the enclosed install scripts to save error messages in a log file; see man rpm for details. With this precaution, the book surely is a lot of fun.
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Its not as bad as you say!
The goal of Linux Toys was to take some older hardware you may have laying around and putting it to work doing something useful. Blindly running their rpms on your desktop machine wasn't their goal (it was hard enough to get some of this stuff to work on a plain RedHat 9 machine). Many of the projects are meant as stand-alone machines (the video server, arcade game player, digital picture frame, etc.
I think they did an excellent job of balancing the details needed to get something working and ease of use for someone new to Linux wanting to build a 'toy'. I have used their video server chapter several times in setting up cameras on my LAN, and while I didn't use their rpms I did use their chapter as a guide and it got me up and running quickly.
(full disclosure -- Chris and Chuck are friends of mine and they wrote Chapter 9 about my DigiTemp software)
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I submitted this review some months ago, and right now I haven't
the book handy, so I'm going by memory.
Of course, in the single-purpose case it doesn't matter if some
dependency is broken, because we know that the authors have
tried themselves first everything they suggest, have tested those
single purpose appliance, and made sure that they do their job even if
rpm complains.
My comment (IIRC) came exactly from the fact that not all the projects where for separate boxes, and that the book itself is meant to show to
a Linux novice how much he or she can do with this operating system. That's why I think that it would have been better to add warning messages, or leave the procedure as is and add a note in the
And, of course, Linux Toys remains a fine gift/resource for experienced and novice hackers alike.
This book is targeted at any
This book is targeted at any geek who enjoys tinkering with and building your not so average projects such as a digital picture frame or a linux based automated answering machine. It is clear and concise with an easy on the eyes reading style. I enjoyed it, you will too.
Disclaimer: I am a personal friend of one of the authors (Chuck) and am the guy who suggested using VOCP for the Digital Receptionist
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How to make my girlfriend squirt ?
I heard making a girl squirt she will feel very good, I wanna do it on my GF, make her feel good. can someone please teach me ?
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Just start off slow by fingering and place a hand on her stomach above her va ja jay,
start fingering her faster with more fingers and stimulate the clit while doing that ,then try to reach a soft area inside her va jay jay and massage it with one finger, while you keep fingering her fast. keep doing that until she squirts..
here is a link that you can read, that's how I found out about this! not that I have tried or anything..
An article from Askmen.com on a woman's ability to orgasm in which the introduction indicates a woman who can't orgasm "don't know how" and that women who squirt are more sexually in tune with themselves than women who don't. Yes, and according to Cosmo, every man is just waiting for a woman to stick her finger up his ass. All great , reputable, scientific sources of info. Articles like those need to be taken with not just a grain of salt - an entire shaker of it.
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I agree that its just the same as any orgasm, but it is something special I believe, so if a woman can or cannot squirt doesn't make her any less sexual. although if she can't come at all then she might have a problem or kinda not feeling comfortable yet or the guy has no idea what he is doing. anyhow all women are different when it comes to this matter, plus thier personalities. some are more sexual than others.
That line a more sexual woman would squirt is kinda stupid because its a matter of preferance and ability!
some guys actually hate squirting and some love it! although I don't understand why a man could get grossed by it when all men are squirters themselves! anyway its all good, whether she is a squirter or not, whatever makes her feel good and comfortable!
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According to the Planned Parenthood website, only 1 in 10 women squirt during orgasm. For those that have the ability, it's thought to come from stimulating the G-spot, however it's not known if all women have a G-spot, or if they do, whether all women can orgasm from G-spot stimulation. So while you can try, realize it's rare - most women orgasm without squirting, and orgasm from primarily clitoral stimulation. Whether a woman could be trained to squirt is probably not known - surprisingly, our understanding of female sexuality is still quite rudimentary as sex research is difficult to conduct and difficult to fund.
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Editor: Mr. Nam V. Do has intentions to relocate the Moore/Washburn Cemetery, located at 1171 Gilgal Rd, Turners Station. The families buried there include Moore, Washburn, Smith, Perry, Gillion, William Florence and Hill. He stated that the graveyard was abandoned. The cemetery has a rock wall surrounding it. For some years the cemetery was cleaned off and just recently cleaned up again. It
The Lady Panthers volleyball team (3-7) stayed close most of the match against the visiting Lady Bearcats of Walton-Verona, but were ultimately unable to put a winning run together. They lost 25-18, 25-20 Tuesday night. Head Coach Kristen Arbinger said her team played well, despite the final score, and noted Walton-Verona's consistency as a quality she wants her team to develop. &ldquo
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Editor: The Carroll County High School girls soccer team will have a breast cancer awareness night during our home soccer game vs. Whitefield Academy on Sept. 23, game time scheduled for 6 p.m. We are working with our local American Cancer Society representatives to help put it on. They will be selling t-shirts as well as baked goods the night of the event. During half time we will be do
Carroll County native and rockabilly legend Art Adams returns to Carrollton this weekend for a hometown concert. The Art Adams Band, based in Plainfield, Ind., will bring Adams' patented rockabilly sound to General Butler State Resort Park for the Sept. 18 "Play 'er Agin" Concert Series on the grounds of the Butler-Turpin State Historic House at the park at 7 p.m. Adams
Andy Sisenstein is recuperating at home from injuries sustained in an Aug. 26 traffic accident on Ky. Hwy. 36. Sisenstein was airlifted from the scene to University of Louisville Hospital for treatment. He spent several days in the Intensive Care Unit at the facility, his father, Jim Sisenstein said Tuesday. Sisenstein, a 2010 Carroll County High School graduate and standout in football, basket
Quincy Hogan tied for 19th place out of 97 golfers at the 8th Region Class "A" State tournament Saturday at the Arlington Country Club in Richmond, Ky. She finished with a score of 85, 13 over par. "I was extremely pleased with the majority of Quincy's shot making for the round. She really played well," Head Coach Jay Jones said. The girls teed off at 11:30
After more than 100 years of service, the roof at St. John's Catholic Church is being replaced. The new model is a driftwood-colored, barrel vault-style, Gerard stone-coated metal roof with a 50-year warranty, according to the Rev. Kuvungal Davy. "The color will not really fade," he said. "It will not need any paintin
Carroll County's defense continued its dominance, shutting out Ludlow High School, en route to a 24-0 victory Friday night on the road. The unit has allowed just two points—none by the opposing offense—in three games. "The defensive line had a lot to do with that because they get pressure. If you get pressure, everyth
Kentucky State Police arrested a Carrollton man in connection with the fatal traffic incident resulting in the death of Aaron L. Martin, 24, from Ghent. Trooper Brandon Maupin arrested Donnie F. Ketterer Jr., 36, at 4:15 p.m. on Sept. 1, according to a news release. Ketterer is charged with leaving the scene of an accident and failing to re
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Michael Hart of Campbellsville has been named to the dean's list for the winter/spring terms at Centre College, an honor reserved for students who maintain at least a 3.6 grade point average.
Hart is the son of Cynthia and Scott Hart of Campbellsville and a graduate of Taylor County High School.
Centre College, founded in 1819, is a nationally ranked liberal arts college in Danville.
Campbellsville/Taylor County Trail Town will host its second Connexions Triathlon on Aug. 2 at Green River Lake State Park. Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. and the event starts at 8:30.
The race will begin at the Lone Valley pavilion with a three-mile boat paddle along the GRL shore. Next will be a 20-mile bike ride through the park and last is a 5K run/walk along the road leading to the Lone Valley ramp area.
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Bill Goodman, host and managing editor of the Emmy Award-winning public affairs series "Kentucky Tonight" on Kentucky Educational Television is joining the mass communication department at Campbellsville University as an adjunct faculty member.
Samantha Stevenson
School might be out for the summer, but for two days each month, Campbellsville University buzzes with life.
LINC Freshman Orientation season is underway with new students coming on campus and getting involved with the campus, getting their IDs made, schedules settled and getting to know each other.
Joan C. McKinney
Campbellsville University will offer a master of arts degree in sports management beginning this fall.
The MASM allows students to specialize in sport management, along with receiving advanced training in areas such as finance, event planning and sports ethics.
A Wise Choice Preschool and Daycare LLC, located at 659 W. Main St., is now participating in the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program administered by the Kentucky Department of Education.
Meals will be served at no separate charge to enrolled participants at the center and are provided without regard to color, national origin, sex, age or disability.
Taylor County Fair Association President Mike Litchfield presented $1,000 scholarships to a Taylor County and Campbellsville high school graduate at the Taylor County Fair.
Taylor County High School graduate Sarah Litchfield and Campbellsville High School graduate Mollie Williams were this year's scholarship winners.
Drew Tucker
Ellie McKinley, a senior from Campbellsville, recently spoke at a Campbellsville University Campaign for the Commonwealth alumni event in Lexington on May 22.
McKinley, who is majoring in public relations and Spanish, said CU is "my home away from home."
"It's a great place to find your calling and I've been able to find mine through the endless possibilities I've been able to have," she said.
Campbellsville University's Dr. Joe Early Jr., associate professor of theology, presented two papers recently at two theological meetings.
Early presented a paper, "Birthed in Controversy: The Withdrawal of the Baptist Missionary Association from the Baptist General Convention of Texas," at the Baptist History and Heritage annual society meeting in Sioux Falls, S.D.
"My challenge to you, the Simmons College of Kentucky graduates of 2014, is that you will become people who will make a difference!" Dr. John Chowning, vice president for church and external relations and executive assistant to the president of Campbellsville University, told the graduates at Simmons College of Kentucky May 17 during their baccalaureate service.
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Recent figures from the German Federal Employment Agency reveal that the number of Greeks working in Germany increased by 9.8 percent in one year, and the number of Spaniards by 11.5 percent. Portuguese and Italian workers also made a beeline for Germany. Overall, these four countries sent over 450,000 workers, a 6.5 percent increase, to Germany over the past year.
The internal migration trend of European workers has inspired a considerable amount of debate and anxious handwringing. I recall a recent conversation with a German friend who was lamenting about all the young Germans who are moving out of Germany. So I asked her, "Where are they moving to?" When she said Austria and Switzerland, I couldn't help but laugh. That's like someone from California complaining that their young Californians are moving to the states of Oregon or Washington.
In the United States—which has for the most part constructed a successful economic, monetary and political union over the past two centuries—one would never hear someone say that a young Californian who picked up and moved to New York or Texas or Florida to get a job was somehow a failure of California, or even California's loss. Mostly because, over time, other young people from New York or Texas are going to move to California or Florida or elsewhere in the US. That's the type of natural ebb and flow of transmigration one should expect.
In fact, one of the criticisms of the European system has been that while capital, i.e. finance, corporations and banks, have become global companies and in that sense hyper "migratory," workers remain stuck in place, rooted in the home soil (primarily due to reasons of language and culture, as well as the logistical challenges to relocation). This gives banks and corporations leverage over workers. So should we now lament an increase in labor migration?
I don't think so. In fact, I actually view the emigration of Spaniards, Italians and Greeks as a positive, and something that Europe needs to get used to. Sure, to the extent that it represents a brain drain from these states, that is a downside. But Spain, Greece and Italy need to do more to attract businesses from other parts of Europe to relocate there, and with it will come those businesses' skills and expertise. If Europe is to have a dynamic continental economy, it really can't work any other way, can it?
And keep in mind, this is not the first time Europe has seen waves of mass emigration. In the 1960s, entire families from poorer, rural Spain left for the factories of northern Europe. In 1965, 80,000 people emigrated and in 1969, 100,000 emigrated, mostly to Europe.
This is part of the "new normal," and how a European "Union" is supposed to work.
STEVEN HILL (www.Steven-Hill.com) is the author of Europe's Promise: Why the European Way is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age and 10 Steps to Repair American Democracy.