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Before we emerge the required packages for uvesafb functionality, we have to configure the kernel properly.
Before we emerge the required packages for uvesafb functionality, we have to configure the kernel properly.
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Uvesafb is an improved framebuffer driver for Linux systems with some enhancements compared to vesa. Uvesafb can allow you to get a full-resolution console, even if you have installed a graphics driver that does not support full-resolution consoles. Examples of drivers like these: ati-drivers and NVidia-drivers.
Kernel configuration
Before we emerge the required packages for uvesafb functionality, we have to configure the kernel properly.
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Device Drivers -> <*> Connector - unified userspace <-> kernelspace linker ---> Graphics support -> [*] Support for frame buffer devices ---> [*] Enable firmware EDID Console display driver support -> [*] Video mode selection support [*] Video mode handling helpers Frame buffer hardware drivers [*] Userspace VESA VGA graphics support
Build the kernel (make), do not install the kernel and modules ( make install modules_install). You can choose uvesafb as a module, unlike vesa.
Next, we emerge dev-libs/klibc (package not on wiki - please add). Klibc has to be compiled against a kernel that includes uvesafb support. This only has to be done once:
# emerge klibc
sys-apps/v86d (package not on wiki - please add) is the userspace helper that runs x86 code in emulated environment. Uvesafb will not work without v86d. Now, we emerge
# emerge v86d
Back to kernel configuration
Reconfigure the kernel to include /usr/share/v86d/initramfs as an initramfs source file:
General Setup-> [*] Initial RAM filesystem and RAM disk (initramfs/initrd) support (/usr/share/v86d/initramfs) Initramfs source file(s)
Rebuild the kernel: make and install it, install the modules
Bootloader configuration
If you compiled uvesafb into the kernel (not as a module), you can configure its behavior by editing the 'params += ' line in /etc/boot.conf. Below, some of the more common switches used with uvesafb are explained.
- video=uvesafb:<screen y-res>x<screen x-res>-<color depth>: Tells the kernel that you want to use the uvesafb driver for console output. Also specifies that you will be using uvesafb at a set x-screen resolution, y screen-resolution, and color depth. Set the first part to the size of your screen (in pixels). For example, if I had a 1920x1080 screen and wanted a color depth of 32, I would add the following: video=uvesafb:1920x1080-32
- mtrr:x: X represents the number 0 or 3. This option allows you to set up the memory type range registers for uvesafb. Setting x=0 disables mtrr and setting x=3 enables mtrr. x=3 is the default setting for this switch. mtrr:3 is recommended.
- ywrap: Add support for display panning. Recommended.
For more information regarding these switches, check out http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt
Now that you have a basic understanding of these different switches, configure your /etc/boot.conf:
boot {
generate grub
default "Funtoo Linux: uvesafb"
timeout 3
"Funtoo Linux: uvesafb" {
kernel bzImage[-v]
params += video=uvesafb:1920x1080-32,mtrr:3,ywrap
Realize that the configuration in the above file will not work on every computer. You must change the resolution (and possibly other switches) to best suite your needs.
After you have finished editing your /etc/boot.conf, run the following:
# boot-update
finally, reboot your computer so that you can test out uvesafb:
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The National Sports Council (NSC) has given troubled Tanzania Tennis Association (TTA) to hold its general election by June this year or otherwise face the music.
NSC's official Mohamed Kiganja said failure to abide to the latest notice; the council would intervene and appoint interim leaders.
He said the council had early this year directed TTA to put its house in order by forming regional and district committees and, draft a new constitution.
Kiganja said the Government has the authority to see that all the sports bodies in the country are run by officials who are democratically elected.
He openly said putting the interim committee to run TTA will not mean that the Government is interfering in running sports activities, but rather it must be understood that sports bodies should be operated in conformity with rules and regulations in force.
"We have remained with only one month and few days before June and sought to know how prepared is TTA for the proposed elections, if they have started implementing points raised by NSC", Kaganja said.
TTA's chairman Dennis Makoi said changing the A leadership will not improve the game in the country, hence he is not thinking of the June elections but how the game can improve in the country.
He said he is thinking above tennis as he has plans to have a national sports policy that would upgrade sports as a sector and not only one sporting activity.
Makoi said a sport in the country is not improving because the Government does not have development policy not because of sports leaders but rather lacks infrastructure development.
Makoi bragged that during his reign the game of tennis improved and reached to many people. However, he failed to mention some of their achievements and contradicted himself when he said a sport in the country has not reached a level of promotion as it is still at its infant stages.
"My brother you seem as if you are not in our country, Tanzania has not come to the level of promoting its sport it is still at infantry stage", said Makoi.
He further asked all stakeholders to address and advocate national economic development through sports.
The Makoi leadership was appointed on interim basis in 2000 and told to hold the general elections after three years, but up to now they have not met the obligations
Currently Makoi and Inger Njau who is his secretary general are running the fairs of the association.


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Parliamentary oversight committee secretariats have recommended institution of penalties or surcharges on Public officers responsible for loss or misuse of public funds under their custodianship.
This is one of the resolutions of the four-day workshop of the Oversight Committees Secretariats on the work of the Controller and Auditor General which was conducted by the National Audit Office (NAO) in Dar es Salaam.
The facilitator of the workshop, George Haule, a Performance Auditor with the National Audit Office said the secretariats called for amendments of the Public Audit Act, 2008 and its regulations to stipulate the procedures for the National Assembly to procure an external firm to Audit NAO.
Haule said the secretariats had also resolved that NAO should arrange capacity building workshops for legislators serving in Parliamentary Watchdog Committees and other related Committees on how they can effectively use performance Audit reports in questioning responsible officers.
In his closing remarks, Charles Mloka who represented Clerk of the National Assembly of Tanzania stressed to members of the secretariats to follow principles of accountability when executing their duties.
"You must take into consideration issues such as good governance, risk managements, control and reporting on performance (so as) to seriously serve the taxpayers of the country," he said.
For his part, Jumaa Mshihiri, Acting CAG thanked the presenters and facilitators from National Assembly, NAO, Ministry of Finance, Office of the Treasury Registrar and Public Procurement Regulator Authority for their contributions in the success of the workshop.
Opening the workshop on November 22, this year, Clerk of the National Assembly has called on the three oversight committee of Parliament to improve their performance by equipping themselves with the appropriate and relevant knowledge to effectively control public resources.
He pointed out that the challenge that the parliamentary staff faced was to build their capacity in research so as to be better able to control public resources. He added; the Audit Office and the NAO were responsible for managing an enormous amount of public resources.


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Ballpark number - $30-50/SF for normal garage - in your area, considering need for perimeter foundation to get below frost depth, probably about $40/SF unfinished, $50 finished.
In your area, if you can afford it, I would talk to a Realtor friend (or the one who sold you the house) about how much value a garage would add, and the difference between one and two car - very few houses are built with one cars these days except on narrow city lots, so it might pay (if your budget can handle it) to make it a two-car while you are at it.
Also, a standard 1 car is about 12 x 20 feet - if you make it large enough for a full size pickup or SUV then about 12 x 24 or 12 x 26', which could improve resale value. The current trend is toward 8 to 8-1/2' ceilings and 7-1/2 to 8 foot high entry clearances also, rather than 7 to 7-1/2' ceiling and 6-1/2 foot beam clearance, to handle larger pickups and SUV's with racks.
Definitely - if you are interested, there are good videos on how it works on This Old House and Hometime websites, and probably on Youtube too, or google - "epoxy floor covering"
It takes A LOT of careful prep and you have limited working time to handle it (it is a 2-component product like epoxy glues and fibreglass resin, so has vdery limited working time after you mix the two components), so unless you are quite experienced with fast-setting finishes I would NOT recommend you do it yourself - get it wrong and it is MUCH harder to remove than to put on. Also, it is important to sprinkle the non-slip material over it at the right time without stepping in it or getting any on flooring that is not yet covered with the epoxy.
Find a specialty contractor for garage floor sealing - normal painters and contractors may or may not know how to do it. Rough cost estimate, WITHOUT moving a lot of stuff in and out of the garage, $1.25-3.00/SF depending on how expensive a finish you get. Keep in mind you will have to move everything out of the garage for a few days to a week, or pay them to come twice (which I have seen done) - to do it by halves about a week apart, with you moving workbenches, tool chests, etc from one end of the garage to the other before they come back.
There are a lot of off-brand products out there - a lot of them are garbage, and some claiming to be epoxy are not even 2-component, so not true epoxy. I would stay with national industrial brand names like PPG, Rustoleum, Armorchip, AkzoNobel, Dulux, ISF - the ones made by consumer paint companies like Behr, Sherwin Williams, etc seem to have a lot of bad press about them.
One thing to consider, is if your slab was coated with a water repellent or sealer, that will probably have to be sandblasted or ground off before an epoxy can adhere properly - for about $0.50-1.00/SF more.
If you are not up to spending $1000 or so on protecting a floor you drive on, you can get Rustoleum Epoxy Shield Concrete Floor Paint for about $40/gallon that, as long as you degrease and scrub the floor well before hand, sticks quite well including over a normal concrete sealer. While the rustoleum stuff is actually an acrylic, not a true epoxy, it does good for the $. The competing latex concrete paints peel and lift off in no time - they are fine for coating a basement floor to reduce moisture passage before putting down flooring, but do not hold up to garage traffic.
I redo the central driven-on half of mine for about $45 in degreaser and paint about every 10 years and while it does not look like a showroom floor after the first few weeks, it does the job of being easy to clean and repels most vehicle stains (except gasoline, paint solvents like laquer thinner or acetone, or automotive spray solvents like brake or carb cleaner, which will all soften and bubble it). It also is not anywhere as slippery as an epoxy finish. You do have to let it dry a full week to avoid peeling from tires sitting on it.
As a condo owner I presume you have checked with the condo manager - most condos have rules about types of finishes that can be used, and in some cases even colors.
That is a pretty old and small house to be putting much money into.
My recommendation would be to do no more than box in the carport as a garage, if you have use for that.
Adding a bathroom and laundry room to a garage generally means a new foundation for them, so significant cost for the small added space you are getting. Generally, one would recommend an addition rather than putting those in a garage. However, for this old a house an addition could be equal to the value of the house.
My recommendation - talk to the Realtor you bought it from, or a Realtor friend, about what certain improvements could do to the value of the house. I fear you will find that anything other than a teardown might not add to value at all, because any significant addition to that old a house, and that size if typical of the neighborhood, would make it an oddball house for the area and reduce rather than enchance saleability.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- If you live in the CSRA, after Richmond County answers your 911 call, it's transferred to the Goldcross Dispatch Center.
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Augusta Fire Chief Chris James says the old contract with Gold Cross is outdated and needs improvement.
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One of the issues would require Goldcross to keep a minimum amount of ambulances available to respond to emergency calls in Richmond County.
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Experts on Vouchers and Charter Schools Offer Suggestions at Agenda Setting Conference for a TC New Research Center
The two-day conference on the agenda for the new National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education was a chance for Henry M. Levin to reverse roles.
Instead of leading the discussion, Levin, who is TC's new William Heard Kilpatrick Professor of Economics and Education, spent much of the time listening attentively and taking notes. That's as he intended it.
The goal of the conference was to solicit comments and recommendations from scholars, students, teachers, government officials, philanthropists and others about the issues that should be explored by the new center.
The Center was established to provide a truly non-partisan source of information for educators, lawmakers and the public on privatization in education: what it means for the schools and the children they serve. The Center is being funded through the generosity of the Achelis and Bodman Foundations and the Ford Foundation.
In welcoming the more than 100 conference participants, TC President Arthur Levine, said: "We have conservatives who have looked at vouchers program and never found one that didn't work and liberals who never found one that did work. It's time that we gave this issue an unbiased look."
Professor Levin said: "The biggest question I've gotten so far is 'Can it be done?'"
Levin is an optimist and said emphatically that the answer is yes.
He said the Center will be a lean operation, which will conduct some of its research in partnership with other organizations. He plans to develop a Web site that will provide information on the Center's activities. The Web site will also include a compilation of studies on voucher programs.
Many of the participants at the conference said that a non-partisan source of information on privatization in education is desperately needed.Frank Newman, President of the Education Commission of the States, urged Levin to be more than unbiased. "You don't want to be neutral," he said. "You want to be objective. Some things are right and some things are wrong."
Two national education writers, Lee D. Mitgang and Christopher V. Connell, explained that the news media struggles to objectively cover voucher plan stories. The pair interviewed veteran education writers across the country and presented their findings as one of the 15 papers submitted for the conference. They discovered that "the voucher argument stands apart as one that provides special challenges for reporters," Connell said.
Joe Williams, who is the resident voucher expert for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, told them that he routinely fields questions from reporters at other newspapers across the country where vouchers have been proposed. Williams told them: "Vouchers are a tough subject, an emotional subject, and it's very hard for a general interest newspaper to wrap its arms around it."
Even among the education press, reporters find it a difficult topic to cover.
Lynn Olson, senior editor of Education Week, told Connell and Mitgang: "One of the hardest things about covering the voucher story is that there aren't any neutral people. There's a feeling that everyone has a vested interest."
Connell added: "What is in short supply are genuinely honest brokers."
Mitgang and Connell said that the Center should also be a source of information about the use of vouchers in other countries that have used them much longer and more broadly than the United States.
Indeed, one participant at the conference was Harry A. Patrinos, an economist in the Human Development Department of The World Bank. Because of the important role education plays in economic development, Patrinos said: "We need to learn more about what's going on in education in the U.S. and other countries."
Another conference panelist, Peter Cookson, who is also Director of the Center of Educational Outreach and Innovation, urged Levin to think creatively about the role his new Center can play in discussions about privatization in education.
Cookson, who has studied school choice for almost a decade, said: "If we let the word privatization set the agenda, then the work to be done is already forecast."
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Some legislators say just because New York wants to ban supersized sodas and other sugary drinks doesn't mean North Carolina cities and counties can try it, too.
Three state House Republicans filed a bill Tuesday that attempts to make clear North Carolina local governments can't pass ordinances to prohibit soft drink sales above a particular size. The bill says it doesn't apply to rules related to the cleanliness of soft drink dispensers.
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies is, in the final sense, a theft from those who
hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.
This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers,
the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children."
– Dwight David Eisenhower
In recent years, an estimated 20 million children have been forced to flee their homes because of conflict and human rights violations and are living as refugees in neighbouring countries or are internally displaced within their own national borders.
More than 2 million children have died as a direct result of armed conflict over the last decade.
More than three times that number, at least 6 million children, have been permanently disabled or seriously injured.
More than 1 million have been orphaned or separated from their families.
Between 8,000 and 10,000 children are killed or maimed by landmines every year.
– Source: UNICEF
In peace, sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature and fathers bury sons.
– Herodotus, c. 484 – 425 BCE


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|PostgreSQL 9.5.2 Documentation
|Appendix E. Release Notes
Release Date: 2010-03-15
This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.1.19. For information about new features in the 8.1 major release, see Section E.182.
A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.1.X. However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.1.18, see Section E.164.
Add new configuration parameter ssl_renegotiation_limit to control how often we do session key renegotiation for an SSL connection (Magnus)
This can be set to zero to disable renegotiation completely, which may be required if a broken SSL library is used. In particular, some vendors are shipping stopgap patches for CVE-2009-3555 that cause renegotiation attempts to fail.
Fix possible crashes when trying to recover from a failure in subtransaction start (Tom)
Fix server memory leak associated with use of savepoints and a client encoding different from server's encoding (Tom)
substring() for
bit types treat any negative length
as meaning "all the rest of the
string" (Tom)
The previous coding treated only -1 that way, and would produce an invalid result value for other negative values, possibly leading to a crash (CVE-2010-0442).
Fix integer-to-bit-string conversions to handle the first fractional byte correctly when the output bit width is wider than the given integer by something other than a multiple of 8 bits (Tom)
Fix some cases of pathologically slow regular expression matching (Tom)
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European otter
European otter, Devonshire, England. @ Ivan Teage
The European otter (Lutra lutra) is a broadly distributed marine mammal found in both marine and freshwater systems over considerable portions of Europe, Asia and North Africa; in fact, this species has one of the broadest distributions of all mammals in the Palaearctic ecozone (Eurasia and North Africa).
|Lutra Lutra. Source: Biopix
Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
This carnivore was once abundant from the Eemian to early Holocene in locales when glaciation was not present. However, as a result of persecution by humans, habitat destruction and water pollution from agricultural runoff, L. lutra is currently at risk of extirpation in some parts of its historic range, and is clearly a rare species in much of its primordial habitat. It is officially globally classified as Near Threatened by the IUCN.
Lutra lutra chiefly consumes a wide gamut of fish species, which are mostly of non-commercial value; moreover, much of the diet comes from an assortment of arthropods and mollusks. To the extent that the Earth's climate may be becoming warmer, the threatened species European otter may be a beneficiary, since its northern range limit is confined by the tundra biome, and could be enlarged by a warmer Northern Hemisphere.
The following taxa are recognised as subspecies:
- L. l. aurobrunnea i: This subspecies occurs in the Garhwal Himalayas of northern India and at higher altitudes in Nepal
- L. l. barang: This taxon is found only in Southeast Asia (Thailand, Indonesia and Peninsular Malaysia)
- L. l. chiensis: This subspecies occurs in southern China and in Taiwan.
- L. l. kutab: This subspecies is found only in northern India and Kashmir
- L. l. lutra: This northern subspecies is known from the far north of Eurasian Russia, where it inhabits only taiga to North Africa. In the far north, this taxon is found in the myriad of small pools and rivulets, but depends on an ice-free environment to feed and navigate. The fact that it is able to colonise any areas where tundra has thawed implies that the subspecies may benefit from a range expansion, if there is a warming trend in the Northern Hemisphere. For example, L.l.lutra is a permanent resident on some of the very cold islands off the Kolsky Peninsula.
- L. l. monticola: iThis taxon occurs only in northern India (Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Assam regions) Nepal, Bhutan and Burma
- L. l. nair: This taxon is found in southern India and Sri Lanka
This mammal exhibits a pelage that is brown and sleek, but commonly paler on the ventral side. Lutra lutra adults generally range from 55 to 100 centimeters (cm) in body length, plus a tail extending about another 40 cm. Adult body mass is characteristically in the range of seven to twelve kilograms.
Like most otters it manifests an elongated supple body, thick tail and abbreviated leg structure. A key adaptations for natation involves its webbed feet. The extremely dense, short fur traps an air layer to insulate this otter, assisting in its adaptation to cold waters. Numerous highly sensitive specialised hairs, known as vibrissae, frame the snout and assist in prey location.
Habitat and Ecology
Habitat of the subspecies L.l.batang at Mai Po Marsh
Hong Kong Territory. @ C.Michael Hogan
European otters are found along fractal protected coastlines and near coastal rivers, estuaries and lakes; however, they may also occur in more interior freshwater systems, so long as the water quality is relatively high. When occurring in marine waters, they require a nearby freshwater source to periodically scour their fur in order to retain its insulation character. They are most often seen in relatively shallow waters, frequently along rocky shorelines and where there is a significant amount of aquatic vegetation, the buoyant fronds of which they can use for cover and assistance in flotation, in much the same fashion as their distant cousins the Southern sea otter of California utilises kelp.
Lutra lutra also prefers natural environments where access to coastal, riparian or lacustrine terrestrial vegetation provides good quality natural cover and additional foraging potential. Notable riverine characteristics promoting high Lutra lutra densities also feature: presence of a high density hydrographic net; presence of sandy river banks versus clay plains; abundance of small tributaries that are rich in small frogs and fish; and presence of high numbers of European beaver (Castor fiber). In the latter regard, L lutra are known to utilize beaver burrows as cover.
Prime coastal habitat for the European otter,
Mull, Scotland. @ C.Michael Hogan
Coastal habitat is suitable over large portions of the European continent, including perimeters of the Celtic Sea, English Channel, Bay of Biscay, Irish Sea, Sea of the Hebrides, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, Baltic Sea, Gulf of Riga and Mediterranean Sea. Furthermore, some European countries offer suitable otter habitat hundreds of kilometres inland from the nearest sea. For example, in Romania, not only are European otter found within the Danube Delta, but far inland within the Carpathian Mountains. In Poland and Bulgaria, otters are found far inland in the rivers that have sufficiently high water quality and have a minimum of hydroelectric installations. The European otter, in fact, can be found in mountain valleys as high as 1400 metres in places such as Bulgaria, including numerous small watersheds in West Rhodopy Mountain, Bulgaria. In Turkey, however, overgrazing of riparian terrestrial cover, human hunting and water pollution have almost extirpated L. lutra from inland areas, except for parts of the Coruh River. In Soain L .lutra is found along parts of the coastline but also in interior riparian zones in such ecosystems as the Iberian sclerophyllus forests, where populations may be considered relicts of broader prehistoric distributions.
The southern limit of the European otter range in the Middle East is comprised by Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Iran. Lutra lutra is also found in northern parts of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia in North Africa, particularly along the coastal zone of the Mediterranean Sea and its western arm the Alboran Sea.In Eurasia, the northern limits of the European otter range are defined by the presence of tundra.
This otter is found broadly and patchily across Russia; moreover south of the Tundra, in Mongolia, L. lutra is found along the Halh River in Ikh Hyangan Mountain Range. It has also been reported from downstream of the Tengis River in northern parts of Hövsgöl Mountain Range and around the Eröö River Basin in western Khentii Mountain Range.
The Southeast Asian distribution includes Sumatra, South Korea, southern and eastern China, northern Vietnam and Cambodia, Laos, Burma, and Bangladesh. In India L.lutra is found in the very north and in the southeast, as well as in Sri Lanka. The species is thought to be extirpated in Japan. The Eurasian otter can also be found occasionally along the Tes River in northern Khangai.
Population Density
Some of the most detailed population density data of Lutra lutra has been accumulated in the British Isles and in the Baltic states. Correspondingly these areas reveal some of the loci of highest otter concentrations. Along the coastlines of the Shetland Islands, Island of Jura, Isle of Mull, Island of Islay as well as the nations of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, marine densities of one individual per 1.0 to 3.7 linear kilometer of coastline are characteristic.
In riverine systems the densities are not dissimilar as measured per kilometer of bank-line. For example surveys along the Altai River between Siberia and Mongolia, the L. lutra counts vary from one individual per 2.5-5.0 lineal river kilometers. In Lithuania riverine densities are even better ranging from one individual per 1.8-5.0 kilometers, with the greatest numbers found in the Jura, Gruda and Anyksta Rivers.
While general population trends of the European otter have trended downward in accordance with the human population explosion of the twentieth century, there are some notable regional trends. In Russia, for example, populations were in general decline during the 1900s, but most of the losses were in Asian Russia as opposed to European Russia. Latvia offers some of the best census data, showing the L.lutra systematic decline of the late 1960s to late 1980s, corresponding to what Bleiere et al refer to as the intense collectivisation period, where enterpreneurial family farms were replaced by state run communal farms. Habitat loss and adverse farming practises resulted from poor conservation practises of the central planned economy rather than human population intensity. Correspondingly the L. lutra population rebounded sharply with the end of Soviet control and the return to capitalistic local run farming at the end of the Cold War.
Feeding Habits
The European otter is a carnivorous mammal that feeds primarily on fish; however, the great majority of fish consumption is of species and fish sizes that are of little commercial importance. If driven by need or opportunity, Lutra lutra can take and devour a fish of several kilograms in body mass. A Romanian stomach contents study found the diet of L .lutra to consist of 78 percent fish; eight percent frogs: six percent other small mammals; and eight percent invertebrates (crustaceans, mollusks, insects) . (Council of Europe. 1996) Furthermore, the European otter is known to be sufficiently opportunistic to consume carrion or even human garbage.
The European otter is rather mobile and has been tracked to cover a typical distance of about 12 kilometers per day, with less need for travel in the summer feeding season when food is most plentiful; however, if necessary, Lutra lutra can cover a distance of 20 to 30 kilometers in a day. Typical ranges for the species are on the order of ten to twenty square kilometers; home ranges of males do not overlap. Lutra lutra engages in scent marking of territories.
Lutra lutra can close its diminutive ears and its nose when submerged. Mother otters are known to engage in elaborate teaching techniques to instruct cubs in fishing. After a mother has caught a live fish, she will often release it to allow the cubs a close range prey pursuit, sometimes with the fish slightly disabled.
Vocalisations of the European otter may involve a high frequency whistle between a female and her cubs, and also twittering noises emanating during play-fighting; furthermore, cat-like sounds are sometimes produced when members of the same species fight.
Reproduction and Survival
The Lutra lutra species is considered of low fecundity; moreover, female European otters attain sexual maturity at age approximately two years. Only in the far north of the species range is birthing seasonal, with these extreme northern latitude populations giving birth preferentially in late spring to early autumn, coincident with maximum availablity of many prey species. Litter sizes typically range from one to four cubs, with a mean of about 2.4 to 2.6 offspring, depending on regional variance. The young are dependent on maternal care and instruction until age 1.0 to 1.5 years.
Survival of cubs is best illustrated by the age structure of a total L.lutra population. Within sample sizes in the hundreds of total individuals, the first year animals (cubs) represent about 26 to 30 percent of all individuals. Second year animals (advanced cubs and young adults) represent 14 to 16 percent of the total population. The balance of the population are sexually mature adults. The sex composition of the species is extremely stable, with virtually equal numbers of animals of both sexes present in all age cohort groups, from birth to adults.
Lutra lutra is classified by the IUCN as Near Threatened. Up until the 1990s there was a generally held opinion that the species was in widespread world decline. More detailed research released at the Netherlands conference in 1994 suggested that L. lutra populations were chiefly suffering in areas subject to relatively high industrialisation, and that the source of mortality was chemical contamination by organochlorine pesticides and herbicides, PCBs and mercury; specifically, the population declines were triggered by bioaccumulation in the food chain of these lipid seeking chemicals. In addition to habitat threat and aquatic related mortality, there are a significant number of deaths from motor vehicles in developed countries, where automobile usage is high.
The European otter has some level of protection in most European countries and parts of Russia. Chief mechanisms of conservation include preservation of coastal habitat; afforestation of inland riparian areas; reduction in use of herbicides and pesticides that can result in aggravation of deleterious runoff to rivers; bans on human killing of otters; and use of gully plugs for overgrazed watersheds experiencing excess erosion.
Specific areas of regional extinction include the Kuril Islands of Russia, as well as numerous rivers and lakes of the Russian regions of Krasnodar and Kursk.
- Daina Bleiere, Butulis Ilgvar, Antonijs Zunda, Aivars Stranga & Inesis Feldmanis. 2006. History of Latvia: the 20th century. Riga: Jumava. ISBN 9984380386
- J.Conroy, R.Melisch & P.Chanin. 1998 The Distribution And Status Of The Eurasian Otter (Lutra Lutra) In Asia - A Preliminary Review. IUCN Otter Spec.Group Bull. 15(1): 15-30
- Council of Europe. 1996. Seminar on the conservation of the European otter (Lutra lutra): Leeuwarder, the Netherlands, 7-11 June 1994. 239 pages
- Encyclopedia of Life. 2011. Lutra lutra
- S.Hauer et al. 2002. Reproductive performance of otters Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758) in Eastern Germany: Low reproduction in a long-term strategy. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 77.3: 329-340.
- D.Macdonald. 2001. The New Encyclopedia of Mammals. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
- J.Ruiz-Olmo, A.Loy, C.Cianfrani, P.Yoxon, G.Yoxon, P.K.de Silva, A.Roos, M.Bisther, P.Hajkova & B.Zemanova. 2008. Lutra lutra. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. [Database entry explains NearThreatened status of this taxon]


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Timothy Kincaid
December 8th, 2008
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty published a full page ad in the New York Times today decrying the "violence and intimidation being directed against the LDS or 'Mormon' church" by opponents of Propostion 8. Those signing the missive included:
- Kevin "Seamus" Hasson – the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
- Nathan Diament – Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations in America
- Rick Cizik – National Association of Evangelicals.
- Ronald J. Sider – Evangelicals for Social Action
- Chuck Colson – Prison Fellowship
- Chris Seiple – Institute for Global Engagement
- Dr. Alveda King – civil rights activist
- William J. Donohue – Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights
- Robert Seiple – Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
- Douglas Laycock – University of Michigan Law School
- Marvin Olasky – The King's College, New York City
- Roger Scruton – writer and philosopher
- Armando Valladares – former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Human Rights Commission
Although the signatories claim to "differ about a great many important things" including "the wisdom and justice of California's Proposition 8", I find little evidence of this assertion.
The chief signatory, Kevin "Seamus" Hasson is, on the surface, neutral. However he has on several occasions stated his opinion (and that of his organization) that marriage equality is "very expensive in terms of religious liberty", has an impact that is "severe and pervasive", and that he opposed the court's actions legalizing same-sex marriage.
Some others on the list, including Alveda King, Chuck Colson, Roger Scruton, and William Donohue, represent the extreme of anti-gay activists – those who not only oppose marriage equality but any rights or freedoms granted to gay persons. Armando Valladares and Nathan Diament, while not outright haters, are on record in opposition to gay marriage as well as other rights and freedoms.
Others are lesser known and some are liberal on environmental or economic issues. Douglas Laycock advocates for the separation of religious and civil recognition. And Marvin Olasky advocates that "same-sex marriage be opposed only in ways that treat gays as still possessing human dignity". Rick Civik supports some civil unions recognition.
But I was unable to find a single instance of anyone signing onto this list that was either directly effected by Proposition 8 or opposed to its passage. The range within the signatories is from "I oppose gay marriage" to "I really, really, really oppose gay marriage and anything else that would benefit gay people in any way."
Now let's examine this "mob violence and intimidation" against Mormon Churches and their members and see if it merits a full page of condemnation.
Becket and Pals listed a grand total of one objectionable event, so we'll look at it first:
- "Thugs sent white powder" to two Mormon churches.
It has never been determined just who sent the powder or why. That, of course, doesn't deter those who think that gay people should quietly accept a second class status from making the baseless accusation.
The other incidences of "violence" (if you really stretch the word) through November 24th have been itemized by the Salt Lake Tribune. They consist of:
- Disruption. A group called Bash Back! disrupted services at an Evangelical church in Lansing, Michigan.
- Vandalism: There have been windows shot out with a bb gun, walls spray-painted, and glue poured into the locks of LDS churches. A Pentecostal church was peppered with eggs and toilet paper.
- Minor Arson: A Book of Mormon was set on fire on a LDS church doorstep and a plastic plant lit on fire at a University. Someone tried to burn a Yes on 8 yard sign.
In addition to the items listed by the Tribune, I also know of:
- A Styrofoam cross being carried into a Prop 8 protest by a Phyllis Burgess, a 69-year-old Palm Springs perennial anti-gay agitator, was snatched and broken.
- A group of Christian Dominionists were taunted and yelled at by angry gays until they were escorted by police out of the Castro in San Francisco.
Incidents of physical violence seem to have been limited to two, one on each side, and both before the election:
- A man was hit why trying to protect Yes on 8 signs outside a church in Modesto.
- An opponent to the proposition was attacked by a supporter and hit with a Yes on 8 sign in Torrance.
But from the language of Becket and Pals, you'd think that buildings were aflame and hospitals full from the victims of rampaging homosexual mobs terrorizing the nation:
Regrettably, some public voices have even sought to excuse the threats and disruptions simply as "demonstrations" that got out of hand. Perhaps that's true in some cases. Far too many, however, seem never to have been demonstrations in the first place, but more nearly mobs, seeking not to persuade but to intimidate. When thugs send white powder to terrorize any place of worship, especially those of a religious minority, responsible voices need to speak clearly: Religious wars are wrong; they are also dangerous. Those who fail to condemn or seem to condone that intimidation are at fault as well. Consciously or not, they are numbing the public conscience, which endangers us all.
I condemn the behavior that is listed above. I do not, by any means, seek to justify or excuse vandalism. It is not appropriate to break someone's protest cross even if she is seeking to insult and offend. It is absolutely not acceptable to trespass onto a church property in order to disrupt services.
But the sole instance that could even remotely be considered "nearly a mob" was the instance in the Castro. And while one incident may be "far too many", this language is intended of obfuscate rather than clarify.
I have to conclude that this ad had nothing to do with violence against Mormons. Rather it is a way of demonizing gays and using insinuation to portray a community as violent and aggressive.
Wayne Besen at Truth Wins Out lists some examples of the religious bigotry spouted by some of these very signatories.


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Deputies say proactive patrolling led to the arrest of three people.
Stephen Woods of Snow Hill is now facing several charges including possession with a firearm by a felon, possession of a stolen vehicle, possession of stolen goods and attempted breaking and entering.
The Pitt County Sheriff's Office noticed Woods and two male juveniles walking around the Road Runner Grill on US 13 in Farmville early Sunday morning. The men were questioned, but the deputy was called to another incident. When the deputy returned, they discovered the grill had been broken into.
A short time later, another deputy located their vehicle but the three fled on foot. Woods was apprehended and taken into custody but deputies did not find the two juveniles.
A few hours later the sheriff's office received a report of two men trying to steal two four-wheelers off a porch on Bell Arthur Road. The two male juveniles were found hiding under a house and are being referred to Juvenile Services and charged by petition.
Woods' bond was set at $350,000 secured.
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The legislative power is vested in Congress, which consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
The Senate is composed of 24 senators who are elected at large. The House of Representatives is composed of not more than 250 members who are elected from legislative districts apportioned among the provinces, cities and Metro Manila and through a party-list system of registered national, regional, and sectoral parties or organizations.
A legislative district comprises, as far as practicable, contiguous, compact, and adjacent territory. Each city with a population of at least two hundred fifty thousand, or each province, should have at least one representative. As of 2003, there are 209 legislative districts.
The party-list representatives should constitute 20 percent of the total number of representatives including those under the party list. The seats should be elected from the labor, peasant, urban poor, indigenous cultural communities, women, youth, and other sectors as provided by law, except the religious sector.
What are the powers of Congress?
- To enact laws, including appropriation and taxation measures
- To conduct legislative investigations
- To request heads of departments to appear before it
- To act as Board of Canvassers for the Presidential elections
- To call for special elections for the presidency and the vice presidency
- To declare war and delegate emergency powers
- To revoke or extend the privilege of the habeas corpus or declare martial law
- To concur in the presidential power to grant amnesty
- To confirm certain appointments made by the President
- To approve treaties and international agreements
- To determine the President's physical fitness to discharge the duties of his or her office
- To impeach the President, the Vice President, members of the Supreme Court, members of the constitutional commissions, and the Ombudsman
- To allow utilization of natural resources
- To amend the Constitution
Privileges of legislators
- They are privileged from arrest while Congress is in session in all offenses punishable by not more than six years imprisonment.
- They cannot be questioned or held liable in any other place for any speech or debate in Congress or in any committee thereof.
What legislators cannot do
- They may not hold any other office or employment in the government, including government-owned -controlled corporations, during his or her term without forfeiting his or her seat.
- They may not personally appear as counsel before any court of justice or before electoral tribunal, or quasi-judicial, and other administrative bodies.
- They may not be appointed to any government office which may have been created or the emoluments thereof increased during the term for which he or she was elected.
- They may not, directly or indirectly, be interested financially in any contract with, or in any franchise or special privilege granted by the government during their term of office. They may not intervene in any matter before any government office for pecuniary benefit or where they may be called upon to act on account of their office.
- They may not enjoy an increase in salaries they themselves approve until after their full term has expired.
Who acts on electoral disputes involving legislators?
The Senate and the House of Representatives each have an electoral tribunal which acts as the sole judge of all contests relating to the election, returns, and qualifications of their respective members. Each electoral tribunal is composed of nine members, three of whom are justices of the Supreme Court who are assigned to the tribunal by the chief justice; the remaining six are the members of the Senate or the House of Representatives chosen on the basis of proportional representation from the political parties and the parties or organizations registered under the party-list system. The senior justice in the electoral tribunal will be constituted within 30 days after the Senate and the House of Representatives shall have been organized with the election of the president of the Senate and the Speaker.