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The Linux AMDGPU for R9 285 arrives
Subject: General Tech | April 21, 2015 - 03:07 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: tonga, linux, carrizo, AMDGPU, amd
It will not be officially rolled in until kernel 4.2 but you can currently grab the new binary blob by following the links from Phoronix. This new AMDGPU kernel driver will be used by both the full open-source driver and the Catalyst driver provided officially by AMD and provide support not only for the R9 285 but upcoming families as well. There is still some development to be done as AMD's Alex Deucher told Phoronix that this initial code lacks power management features for Tonga but that will be addressed shortly.
"At long last the source code to the new AMDGPU driver has been released! This is the new driver needed to support the Radeon R9 285 graphics card along with future GPUs/APUs like Carrizo. Compared to the existing Radeon DRM driver, the new AMDGPU code is needed for AMD's new unified Linux driver strategy whereby the new Catalyst driver will be isolated to being a user-space binary blob with both the full open-source driver and the Catalyst driver using this common AMDGPU kernel driver."
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HD video streaming drone with autopilot; have fun with the 3DR Solo
Subject: General Tech | April 15, 2015 - 12:35 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: drone, linux, 3DRobotics, Cortex A9, solo
The 3DR Solo drone is powered by a Cortex A9 processor running at 1GHz which gives the Pixhawk 2 autopilot feature some power to work with, a good thing as some pilots will be too busy watching the HD video stream. If you buy the model with the GoPro gimbal or knock one up yourself, the Solo is capable of wireless streaming 720p video up to a distance of 1.2 miles (1.9km) with a delay of about 180ms. You will have a flight time of 25 minutes unladen, 20 minutes if you are hauling a GoPro or any other equivalent payload. It will not be cheap, it is being released on May 29th at a price of $1000 or $1400 with a GoPro gimbal, but you can check out more of the stats at Linux.com if you are still interested.
"3DRobotics today announced its first Linux-based drone, a Solo quadcopter touted as the first Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to support full control of GoPro cameras and deliver live-streaming HD video to mobile devices."
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A quiet upgrade to Linux 4.0
Subject: General Tech | April 13, 2015 - 12:28 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: linux, Linux 4.0
The upgrade to version 4.0 of the Linux kernel happened quietly over the weekend, less a huge step forward than an incremental improvement. The most interesting feature for those who support Linux boxes will be the non-disruptive kernel patching, allowing you to apply patches without causing downtime; assuming you properly tested the patches that is. As well support for Intel's new Quark processor has been added and support for the Z13 found in IBM machines has also been improved. It was hinted to The Inquirer that version 4.1 is likely to see far more changes incorporated in its release.
"The new number isn't a sign of a major upgrade. As we've chronicled, Torvalds thinks that it looks a bit silly when version numbers go beyond x.19. He therefore decided it would be best to tick over from 3.19 to 4.0 for the sake of neatness, rather than to celebrate any particular milestone in the kernel."
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Saved so much using Linux you can afford a Titan X?
Subject: Graphics Cards | March 27, 2015 - 04:02 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: gtx titan x, linux, nvidia
Perhaps somewhere out there is a Linux user who wants a TITAN X and if there is they will like the results of Phoronix's testing. The card works perfectly straight out of the box with the latest 346.47 driver as well as the 349.12 Beta; if you want to use Nouveau then don't buy this card. The TITAN did not win any awards for power efficiency but for OpenCL tests, synthetic OpenGL benchmarks and Unigine on Linux it walked away a clear winner. Phoronix, and many others, hope that AMD is working on an updated Linux driver to accompany the new 300 series of cards we will see soon to help them be more competitive on open source systems.
If you are sick of TITAN X reviews by now, just skip to their 22 GPU performance roundup of Metro Redux.
"Last week NVIDIA unveiled the GeForce GTX TITAN X during their annual GPU Tech Conference. Of course, all of the major reviews at launch were under Windows and thus largely focused on the Direct3D performance. Now that our review sample arrived this week, I've spent the past few days hitting the TITAN X hard under Linux with various OpenGL and OpenCL workloads compared to other NVIDIA and AMD hardware on the binary Linux drivers."
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In love with smartwatches but want them open source and under $1000?
Subject: Mobile | March 24, 2015 - 07:02 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: Android, linux, smartwatch
Linux.com offers you a shopping list of smartwatches which are all less expensive than the fruit flavoured models and run Android or Linux. From familiar models like the Pebble and the older and less impressive Neptune Pine and Omate TrueSmart to leaked models like the Tizen-based Samsung Orbis you have quite a few choices to look through. There is even Monohm's large Runcible that is more of a pocket watch than a wrist watch to consider. In many cases the details are a bit lacking but the model names are known so you can get a leg up on your research for when they are finally revealed with full specifications.
"Much to the delight of Apple fanbots everywhere, Apple has now fully unveiled the Apple Watch. The watch, which was previewed in September, will go on sale April 10 and ship on the 24th. Based on its brand name, styling, accessories, and battery life claims, it will likely be a big hit -- at least as far as smartwatches go."
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Microsoft Changes Secure Boot Rules with Windows 10, Could Mean OS Lockout
Subject: General Tech | March 22, 2015 - 09:14 PM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: windows 10, Secure Boot, microsoft, linux
Secure Boot is a security measure that prevents malware from interfering with the boot process, but it can also prevent unsigned operating systems from booting on the same hardware. While Microsoft's "Designed for Windows 8" guidelines required manufacturers to permit users to disable the Secure Boot option, the upcoming Windows 10 release will not have this rule in effect. At WinHEC it has been revealed that Windows 10 guidelines leave it up to the OEM to decide if they will allow users to disable UEFI Secure Boot in the system setup, and making this optional presents an interesting question about compatibility with other operating systems. OEM's will be required to ship computers with Secure Boot enabled to comply with "Designed for…" rules, and while they could then choose to provide the option to disable it (currently the required standard), preventing user installation of other OS software could be seen as a way to streamline support by eliminating variables.
Why does this matter if most people who purchase a Windows 10 computer will run Windows 10 on it? This could be an issue for someone who wished to either replace that Windows 10 installation with another OS, or simply dual-boot with an OS that didn't support the Secure Boot feature (which could be a build of Linux or even an older version of Windows). Requiring OS files to contain digital signatures effectively locks out other operating systems without special workarounds or keys, and although open-source operating systems represent a small segment of the market thanks to the way computer hardware is sold to most people, it is concerning to think future hardware could cause a loss of the freedom of choice we have always had with operating systems.
Microsoft enjoys market dominance with Windows thanks to its licensing model (giving it a monopoly on pre-built PC systems that don't have an Apple or Chrome logo on them), but reportedly began considering possibilities "to assert its intellectual property against Linux or any other open-source software" a decade ago, and this has reached farther than they probably imagined with the adoption of Android (from which Microsoft makes money on every device sold). Is this Secure Boot move nefarious, and does Microsoft consider Linux to be a potential threat to the their desktop market share? It could be that Microsoft would simply like to claim that Windows 10 is the safest version of Windows yet, and that isn't a bad thing for consumers. Unless they want to easily use another OS on the hardware they purchased, that is.
Preparing a Broadwell powered NUC for Linux
Subject: Systems | February 6, 2015 - 02:04 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: linux, nuc, Broadwell
After the great experience Phoronix had setting up the X1 Carbon with both Fedora and Ubuntu, they purchased a new Broadwell based NUC to experiment with. This model uses the Core i3 5010U with an onboard 900MHz HD Graphics 5500, support for 2 DIMMs of up to 64GB of DDR3-1866, an M.2 SSD card and a 2.5" HDD or SSD. Intel has stated that Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, and openSUSE will all be compatible so Phoronix has a bit of testing ahead of them. There are no benchmarks as of yet but you can see their teardown of this new NUC here.
"With wrapping up my Core i7 5600U Broadwell Linux tests using the new ThinkPad X1 Carbon in the next few days, fortunately the Intel BOXNUC5I3RYH just arrived as the first available NUC Kit shipping with a Broadwell processor. The NUC5i3RYH features a Broadwell Core i3 processor, HD Graphics 5500, and support for a M.2 SSD card and 2.5-inch HDD/SSD."
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Chromecast meets Linux
Subject: General Tech | January 21, 2015 - 02:01 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: linux, chromecast, DIY, stream
Linux.com has put together a quick tutorial on how to stream content to Chromecast from a machine running Linux, giving you an incredibly inexpensive and effective way to stream your own capture media. With the use of a Samba group in openSUSE you can send data to the Chromecast dongle attached to your TV, something that was not initially possible with Chromecast. The author took this a step further, showing you how to set up your Android devices to stream to Chromecast as well. Learn how to here.
"Chromecast is one of the most used devices in my household. After using it for over a year now, I believe there is no longer a market for the so-called 'smart TV'. Inexpensive devices like Chromecast can turn any HDMI-enabled TV into a smart TV with immense possibilities to expand its features."
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Steam for Linux will teach you the difference between backups and redundancy
Subject: General Tech | January 16, 2015 - 12:45 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: steam, linux, idiots
If you move the Steam home directory of $STEAMROOT in Linux then you are running the risk of running rm -rf on your user directory, which in the case of this unfortunate person on Slashdot included their attached USB hard drive. This is rather nasty bug and one which is easily avoidable by the use of proper syntax but unfortunately the command rm -rf "$STEAMROOT/"* contains an unnecessary / and without an error checking facility included if there is no $STEAMROOT directory the command run is rm -rf "/"*. As it is in your home folder you do not even need to be running as root so for the time being it would be very wise to leave your Steam files in their default location and to realize that anything plugged into your machine is not a true backup until removed from your system.
"I launched steam. It did not launch, it offered to let me browse, and still could not find it when I pointed to the new location. Steam crashed. I restarted it. It re-installed itself and everything looked great. Until I looked and saw that steam had apparently deleted everything owned by my user recursively from the root directory. Including my 3tb external drive I back everything up to that was mounted under /media."
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Subject: Networking | December 15, 2014 - 12:46 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: linux, Red Hat, rhel, little-endian
Hot on the heels of Fedora's release last week comes a Beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The new release comes with updates to user authentication via LDAP, Kerberos and FreeOTP as well as Security Content Automation Protocol Security Guides which are standards intended to make compliance and security testing easier. OpenLMI is a standardized remote API for configuring Linux severs and will be very welcome for those who have to manage servers remotely and may be one of the most heavily tested of the new features on this OS. Lastly, The Register notes that this version brings little-endian support when running on Power8 hardware which will make porting applications far less of a nightmare than it currently is.
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A Simplified Palestinian Strategy for the Next Phase of the Struggle
Sharabi, Hisham, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
A Simplified Palestinian Strategy for the Next Phase Of the Struggle
Aside from being a revolt against the enemy, the current intifada has been a revolt against the existing Palestinian reality. Proclaiming the Palestinian people's rejection of agreements signed in their name without their consent, it insists as well on their right to participate in determining their own destiny.
Furthermore, the intifada has brought the Arab peoples back into the struggle against Zionism and colonialism, and erased the existing equations in Palestine and the Arab world as a whole.
The al-Aqsa intifada, in short, has pushed the Arab-Israeli conflict to a new phase.
What are the characteristics of this coming phase and what are its consequences?
An Israeli reading of what can be expected to happen in the coming years was offered in the Feb. 15 edition of the Israeli daily Ha'aretz by Meron Benvenisti, one of Israel's most important, moderate and humane analysts: "The ugliest scenario of all is about to take place: The retaliatory strikes that will be undertaken by Israel against the Palestinians will lead to bloody reactions, which will in turn lead to more brutal collective retaliation that would result in doing away with what is left of the Palestinian Authority's powers. All attempts to reach a solution of the crisis will fail because of internal differences. The winner in Israel will be the elements that feed on hatred and bitterness--the elements that derive their strength from bloodshed."
Benvenisti then recalled what he had predicted 20 years ago: "The coming conflict will be a drastic one whose barbarism will reach a primeval level. It will not be a political conflict such as occurs among contemporary states, but a bloody conflict that springs from primitive instincts beyond policy, and aims at asserting the self and expunging the other--motivated by fear of physical annihilation and blind adherence to full justice that accepts no bargaining--a violent `dynamic' conflict that would not cool off or cease in the near term."
This, in my view, is an accurate scenario or reading of what may happen in the coming phase. The question for us is: what must be done to prepare for this phase and confront the coming Israeli violence?
There are four elements that, if they materialize in the coming years, will enable the Palestinian people not only to face Israel but also change the balance in the entire region.
First: Comprehensive material support for the Palestinian people in the West Bank, Gaza and inside Israel. This support would ensure the building of an integrated Palestinian economy that provides all Palestinians with basic social services--health, education, housing, employment.
Promises of support will not by themselves be enough. There must also be methods and modalities to ensure their implementation. For example, an independent foundation can be established along the lines of the Kuwaiti Fund for Arab Development to administer the support project and supervise the mechanics of implementation, etc. To make such a project work we need political will, rational organization and proper nationalist sensibility.
Second: Ensuring international protection for the Palestinian people. Lack of international protection and supervision that leaves the besieged Palestinians to the mercy of the Israelis, and the continuation of the status quo under Israeli military domination (a continuous state of siege and suppression) would surely lead to the most serious consequences for living standards, social and economic conditions, and would transform Palestinian society into an impoverished, shattered and illiterate society that suffers from diseases, impotence and internal paradoxes--a society easy to dominate and difficult to change for a long time to come. …

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Calphalon® Contemporary 21-pc. Knife Setpp5002301467
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Combining premium grade materials and expert craftsmanship with essential comfort and safety features, Calphalon cutlery helps you prepare meals more efficiently and confidently.
- tapered from cutting edge to spine and from tip to heel for superior strength and greater cutting versatility
- ergonomic grip handle uniquely contoured for one-size-fits-all comfort
- one piece forging of blade, bolster and tang for long-lasting durability
- hand-ground to a perfect, equal edge and fine satin finish
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Rated 4 out of 5 by Geeky engineer Great set for the price and performance We got the set for our wedding gift 5 years ago. Its a great set and after dailey use, it still looks brand new. I do have to sharpen the knives about every 6 months or so. Considering dailey use, I would say thats more than acceptable. It got no rust spot or dents or chips. But I hand wash them right after use and hand dry them right after wash. I never soak them in water or leave them dry in drying racks. Love it overall. However there is one small complaint to keep it from getting 5 stars. The edges are sharp, but the ridge of the blade are sharp as well. The blades are thick. So the top ridges basicallly got 2 sharp edges. They are like your ski blades and will cut your fingers if run your fingers across them by accident. I use my fingers as fence against the chef knife blades during fast chopping. Occcasionlly my fingers would run along the top ridge and would get a cut. It would be nice if they are slightly rounded on top. I tooke care of it by running a sharpening stone across it couple times. Other than that, its a great set. You won't find a better set for less. October 29, 2015
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CeBIT und ICS.UG Konferenz / Social Connections 8 / Updates für Portal Plugins und Connections Apps
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I once had a PC870 bounce out of the quick-cage of a Vx and get caught under my rear tire. I skidded on it for about 10 ft before stopping. But it didn't break and I was able to finish the ride. A few side plates were rather flattened on the edges!
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I once had a PC870 bounce out of the quick-cage of a Vx and get caught under my rear tire. I skidded on it for about 10 ft before stopping. But it didn't break and I was able to finish the ride. A few side plates were rather flattened on the edges!
I was pushing pretty hard on the pedals, up a slight hill, and suddenly the RD dropped the chain all the way to the small cog as the chain burst. (It had been miss-shifting for a bit beforehand.) My legs were shocked by having nothing to push against and I skidded a short distance but managed to unclip and get off. We were riding next to a nice older gentleman who had a chain tool (what luck!) but unfortunately his tool was missing the pin so it was useless (what luck!). He rode on and I ended up getting help from somebody else about 20 minutes later, and in the process teaching him how to fix a chain. All in all not a bad day, but I will definitely be switching out that chain.
Halfway Home :(
gt e, that's a serious rainstorm.
I managed to beat the storm on my commute home this afternoon (and caught the train despite a late start back to the station):
Nice typical Holland tour beyond Holysloot in Waterland, just above Amsterdam.
Awesome day and good company: a friend, his Gazelle '79 (with matching helmet from the era) and of course my Bridgestone.
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GT, that was a gully washer wasn't it!? I was happy to be in my car. Did you get pelted with that quarter sized hail?
My first ride since I broke my arm in April! 17 miles up to Zio Carlo's for a pint and then back home.
Thats a great way to toast in your regained freedom Doohickie! Glad you're feeling better
I rode the trail along the beach this morning. Lovely day, about 22 degrees C. Not bad for winter.
This is part way up Mt. Hamilton on the way to Lick Observatory near San Jose. I had hoped to make it to the top, but I flatted a couple miles after this pic was taken and then snapped my Silca pump. :( So, I turned around rather than risk having to come down a 15 mile descent on an unglued spare tubular or getting stranded without a pump.
Sunday I rode to the new Neuse river trail from my house, then took it (~32 miles) to its end at the spillway/dam of Falls Lake, NC. The dam is ~50 miles riding to it that way. I rode the short way home through town (raleigh) for a total of 78 miles. Nice ride but I need to work on fuel / hydration management for that distance, I had to dismount once at mile ~60 because I felt quad cramps coming on. Made it home from there okay but I soft pedaled the rest of the way.
here's a crappy cell phone pic from the dam:
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Stunning bike!
I rode my commute today. It was tough but rewarding. I've ridden a lot this week. Last night was band practice, which always means a late night. Plus I'd previously brought home from the office a thingy I'm working on, so I had to lug its weight back up the hills on the west bank of the Blackstone River. (It did fit into the handlebar bag though.)
On the other hand, about half an hour before I had to head for home I found the cause of an very obscure bug I was charged with fixing, something I've been chasing for a week. I then explained it to my boss, and the resulting conversation made me leave about 10 min later than usual. But I felt satisfied and happy.
Beer is good. A nice IPA. It's good to be home.
64 sunny miles on the De Rosa. I went through Foster into Killingly and Sterling CT. Some tough hills.
Bog Meadow Reservoir
Water tower at abandoned mill
barn at sheep farm
Steeple of South Killingly Congregational Church (1837) A nice Greek Revival church.
In CT I rode up Bear Hill Rd, Cook Hill Rd, Slater Hill Rd, Saw Mill Hill Rd and Gibson Hill Rd, but the hardest by far was Valley View Rd. It hurt.
threshed field
I went down a new road to take a short cut back into RI, but I came to another phantom bridge on google maps.
The old bridge had been moved to the side like a giant steel and concrete lego.
I only had 1400' elevation gain, but I beat myself up on the hills. I tried to climb too fast I think.
Beautiful photos and a great ride as usual JJS.
Any idea what the shell of a concrete building was originally used for? Are there quite a few abandoned industrial buildings in that part of the country?


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April 30, 2016
Kinston's comeback came up short, as the K-Tribe fell 8-7 to Frederick Tuesday night at Grainger Stadium. The K-Tribe trailed all game, spotting Frederick a 4-0 lead until Beau Mills hit a towering two-run home run in the bottom of the third inning. Kinston suffered through four errors leading to four unearned runs to help Frederick start fast. Frederick extended their lead to 7-2 after five innings before the Indians bats woke up. Kinston batted around in the bottom of the sixth, capitalizing on RBI singles by Todd Martin and Carlos Rivero. Alex Castillo drew a walk with the bases loaded to cut the Kinston deficit to 7-5. After Frederick scored a run in the seventh inning, Kinston pulled back within two runs with an RBI single from Mill in the bottom inning. The score would stay 8-6 until the bottom of the ninth, when an RBI double by Rivero scored Mills, cutting the Keys lead to one. With the tying run on third and two outs, Cirilo Cumberbatch bounced a grounder back to the mound to end the game.
K-Tribe pitcher Hector Rondon took the loss for Kinston, giving up five hits and three earned runs in three and two-thirds innings of work. Jack Renshaw got the win for Frederick. Kinston is back in action Wednesday night at 7pm at Historic Grainger Stadium.
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How does punishment fit in to giving people a "70 times 7" chance to begin again? A lawyer's perspective on faith and restorative justice.
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Reconciling the relationship between these two virtues
The University of Notre Dame honors Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran and Focolare president Maria Voce — a new shared endeavor between academics and ecclesial movements
A bonus at the end of a two-year court trial. How a friend following through until the end also moved a lawyer to be generous toward the client…
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Prosecutor Henry Shea brings mercy to criminal justice
Bioethics researcher Marina Casini sees human rights being used against humans themselves. Will we betray the equal dignity of every human being?
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Crocheted patterns from Creepy Cute Crochet. Lots of fun
there not creey there adorable XD escecuallly the bride and groom
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"I'm Not Going To Go Away"
An interview with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad.
L.W.: How is Fatah doing?
S.F.: In opinion polls, Fatah has recovered since 2006 some of the lost ground. What people don't know is that in 2006, in terms of percentage of overall vote, Fatah and Hamas had about the same percentage—about 44 percent for each of them.
L.W.: If Abu Mazen and Khaled Meshal form a national unity government, is your head the price of this union?
S.F.: From the very beginning, I viewed my role as a caretaker until there was a method by which the country could be put back together. I would not rule myself out of being in government in a situation where there is unity.
L.W.: So you would not rule yourself out?
S.F.: The reality is that there is no agreement to keep me if there is reconciliation. This puts me in a very awkward position. It is as if I am prime minister only for the period of separation. I am a unionist. We are not going to be able to have a Palestinian state so long as there is a separation between Gaza and the West Bank. We must unify our country.
L.W.: I heard you were thinking of forming your own party. Would you go into government in the future?
S.F.: That is definitely something I would not rule out. I would much prefer for that to be the outcome of an election. I do not think—as many wrongly do—that it is easier to govern without a legislature. I think it is totally wrong. My message is simple: We want people to be given the opportunity to exercise their full right to choose their leadership. And it's overdue. That's what really matters to me.
L.W.: Does anyone else inside Fatah or Hamas share your enthusiasm for elections? If so, how will elections come about?
S.F.: This is something I believe is going to happen, and I hope sooner rather than later. The more people are given the opportunity to express themselves on the issue, the more likely it is that elections will take place.
L.W.: Do you think people will take to the streets here like they did in Cairo? If Abu Mazen and Khaled Meshal can have a government and shuffle the deck around, why would they have an election?
S.F.: I think people may have a thing or two to say about that. I think people would beg to differ. People here yearn for the possibility to choose their leadership. We were among the first in the Arab world to have open, fair and inclusive elections. And I believe that our people should have that opportunity again, and I expect them to demand it.
L.W.: And you believe that they will?
S.F.: I believe it is their absolute right. How do we get to the point where we have elections? If it is going to be left up to the dialogue to produce this, that's not really going to do it. It is something that is going to have to really be forced on the system. People are not going to be patient forever, waiting for rounds of dialogue, one after the other.
L.W.: I know that President Abbas and Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu have been exchanging letters and that the chief Palestinian settlement negotiator, Saeb Erekat, and Israeli negotiator Yitzhak Molcho are [having meetings] in Washington, D.C.
S.F.: Sequentially, not simultaneously. Molcho was there last week, and Erekat is this week.
L.W.: Are they trying to reopen a dialogue on the peace process?
S.F.: In some form, maybe. Whether that will be adequately productive remains to be seen. I believe that's not where the focus should be. Where I believe the investment should be is on issues that pertain to our capacity to deliver services to our people, to improve governance [in order to] enhance our efforts in achieving statehood.
L.W.: You were against going to the United Nations last fall for recognition of the Palestinian state, weren't you?
S.F.: I am for any initiative that brings us closer to the day when we are able to live as free people in a country of our own. I was always preoccupied with what the reality on the ground is going to be in Palestine the day after the U.N. vote. Clearly, if there were not an effort to end the Israeli occupation, then the reality on the ground would be the same the day after. I don't need another declaration of statehood - we already have one.
L.W.: Do you think that Prime Minister Netanyahu is serious about ending the occupation?
S.F.: We have not seen the kind of movement on the ground that is consistent with projecting this belief. Going back to June 2009, Netanyahu signaled for the first time a willingness to accept a two-state solution concept. But in terms of projecting that into effective support for a two-state reality, there is a serious distance to be traveled. What is the alternative to the Palestinian state as a solution to this conflict? There is no meaningful alternative.


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Groupon, the daily deals service, has narrowed its net losses by 96% to $3.59m (£2.2m) for the three months ended 31 March 2012, while slashing marketing costs by nearly 50%.
The company, still in its first year on the stockmarket, made a maiden operating profit of $39.6m after revenue surged 89% year on year to $559.3m.
Revenues in North America rose 75% to $238.5m while international revenues surpassed that figure, climbing 101% to $320.7m for the same period.
It has cut marketing spend to $116.7m, which is 49% lower than the same period a year ago, when it was $230.1m. It claimed to be seeing "greater leverage" for its marketing investment.
Worldwide user numbers now stand at 36.5 million worldwide. It claimed it acquired approximately the same number of new users in this quarter as in the fourth quarter of 2011, but with marketing spend 25% lower compared to then.
Groupon also attributed its growth to technology innovations, greater consumer and merchant satisfaction and growth in mobile.
Earlier this year, Groupon reached a settlement with the UK's Office of Fair Trading, in which it agreed to "change its practices to comply with the law" and apologised for letting customers down.
The agreement came after a three-month investigation following complaints from consumers and a referral from Advertising Standards Authority.
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We have so many sleep issues, I'm not sure what to address first and how to go about doing it.
Background: He has always slept like crap. He had colic and still has acid reflux (and I think in the midst of these we have created some habits because its the only way he could be soothed). He is a very needy baby, and I am now thinking that is a result of being chronically overtired. We bedshare for naps and night time. He nurses back to sleep 5-7 times per night. I have tried night weaning but I wake up in the middle of the night and find myself doing it in my sleep (my willpower and motivation are prettyyyy weak at night lol) He has NEVER slept in his crib and is very afraid of it. My husband works nights so he is gone about 4 nights per week, so I will be doing a lot of this alone. I am working during the day part time, and i work friday nights until late (I don't get home til 11pm and he stays up and waits for me).
So here are my issues:
1. I want to night wean, but I don't know how to make his possible when I wake up doing it. Maybe a tighter sports bra with not so easy access?
2. It might help if he is in his own room. There is a mattress on the floor of his room, but if he wakes up he would obviously have free reign of that room.
3. He is almost 30 lbs, so I can walk him for about 5 minutes and thats it. He is also in full blown tantrum mode, and he likes to throw himself backward and there have been many instances where I've come close to dropping him. If I rock him in the chair, he tries to throw himself off of it
4. DH is opposed to CIO. I am kind of open to it, just don't know if I can do it by myself (willpower/carrying him/leaving him unattended in a room?)
Which thing to I address first? the night weaning or bed sharing? I just need an action plan but I am so tired that I have a hard time sticking to it.


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text: A pair of slits separated by 1.4 mm, are illuminated with monochromatic light of wavelength 433 nm. The light falls on a screen 2.57 m away producing an interference pattern. A piece of glass with index of refraction n = 1.77 is placed at one slit. Placing the piece of glass in front of the slit causes the maxima to shift 0.28?x, where ?x is the distance between adjacent maxima. What is the thickness of the glass in ?m?


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Near Ground Zero, Adage Is Location, Location and Luck
By JANNY SCOTT and SUSAN SAULNY
Published: February 3, 2002
It is the great question, still waiting to be answered:
A hole is blown in the heart of downtown Manhattan. One hundred thousand workers and thousands of residents are abruptly displaced. Tourism founders, recession settles in. Which businesses survive? Which move away or close for good? And what takes root in their place?
Nearly five months after the attack on the World Trade Center, the thousands of businesses in Lower Manhattan are in countless disparate states of recovering, dying and being reborn — some flourishing, some foundering, many struggling to maintain a foothold somewhere along the rocky slope in between.
Their different fates can be traced to a complicated mix of factors, including the nature of each business and its customers and things like location, insurance coverage, access to emergency assistance, relationships with creditors and capacity for self-reinvention.
And blind luck.
Handbags are flying out of the Coach store at the South Street Seaport — in part because the World Trade Center mall and its Coach store are gone. Another store, 14 Wall Street Jewelers, is doing fine — especially now that all pedestrian traffic turning off Broadway is being funneled in front of its door.
At the Regent Wall Street hotel, where they were cooking with Bunsen burners immediately after Sept. 11, occupancy has been 10 to 15 percentage points higher than a year ago. But the president, Christopher Knable, claims little credit: until recently, every comparable downtown hotel was closed.
In the worst shape are some businesses nearest the trade center, conceived in some cases to serve a population of 50,000 that is no longer there. Trapped in the frozen zone around ground zero, they languish, their future uncertain, their customers scattered or dead.
Those in better health include companies with a customer base beyond Lower Manhattan; businesses that have benefited in unexpected (and sometimes discomfiting) ways, and enterprises that in at least a few cases have struck upon ingenious approaches to adapting to a post-9/11 world.
At AST Sound, a family-owned audio and video retailer in TriBeCa, sales plummeted in the weeks after the attack. Then a neighboring landlord offered the owner, Michael Kramer, three times his current space at two-thirds his current rent. So AST Sound is expanding; last week, it moved across the street.
Mr. Kramer has landed several emergency grants and loans. He was given new office furniture and free legal help negotiating his lease. He is expanding his corporate-contracting department to handle what he hopes will be increased demand for teleconferencing and videoconferencing, an alternative to business travel, when downtown Manhattan rebuilds.
But a dozen blocks south, Vivia Amalfitano has not been able to reopen the three restaurants that she co-owns. They have been mired in the frozen zone around the trade center site for 20 weeks. She says she has failed to qualify for much emergency help — in one case, she said she was told, because she has not managed to reopen.
Loans Carry Risks
In desperation, she has begun looking for new space. She depends on the restaurants for income, as do her parents, uncle and brother, she said. She has not applied for a Small Business Administration loan because, she said, she cannot risk putting up her house as collateral without knowing the restaurants' fate.
Halfway between Ms. Amalfitano and Mr. Kramer, geographically and otherwise, sits Allison Luongo, the 26-year-old owner of Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory , a 14-month- old candy store on Chambers Street that she says lost as much as $20,000 in business in the three weeks it was closed after Sept. 11.
Business was so slow for months that Ms. Luongo remembers going next door to the barbershop and saying: "I'm not getting a haircut today. So, unless you want chocolate, we should all just pack up and go home for the day." (They did.) Business improved in December. But, she said, "we're still really on the brink."
The fate of businesses like Ms. Luongo's, Ms. Amalfitano's and Mr. Kramer's will determine the future of downtown, many think. They say that unless restaurants, retailers and service providers recover, the bigger companies, residents and tourists who fled on Sept. 11 will not return.
But there is a conundrum: unless the big firms, the residents and the tourists return, the small businesses and cultural institutions will have no customers and will fail.
"Think of a new-growth forest," said Jerrold Nadler, the congressman who represents Lower Manhattan. "A forest fire burns down a lot of old trees. As long as a sufficient base is left, new trees will grow. But if you don't have a critical mass, you will have a major disaster area for a long time.
"If too many of the small businesses are gone in April, say, then it's going to be a wasteland. Other businesses will move or fail. People won't want to move back. The biggest single factor in whether Lower Manhattan again becomes the financial engine for New York or not is whether a critical mass of our small businesses survive."
In many ways, the signs of neighborhood recovery are encouraging.


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New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Derek Jeter's recovery from ankle surgery is coming along just fine — despite photos of the shortstop with a little added girth making the rounds. Cashman saw the New York Post photos of Jeter outside a Miami hotel with the headlines "Derek Eater" and "Captain Munch" with what looks like a few extra pounds on the shortstop's normally fit body and didn't seem too concerned. Of course the comments were made right before the GM was preparing to rappel 22 stories down a Stamford, Conn. building, so he might have had other things on his mind. "I saw that the picture said he was heavy. I can tell you he is heavy," Cashman said before a practice run down the building with former Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine. "Even if he was, I'm not worried about Derek Jeter in that capacity in any way. You are not going to find anybody more committed to being the best he can be than Derek Jeter." Jeter is expected to be ready on Opening Day despite the restrictions on how much he can work out. The 38-year-old is still in a walking boot and has been told by doctors to keep off his left ankle. He underwent surgery on the broken ankle in October after suffering the injury in Game 1 of the ALCS. "He had a checkup a couple of weeks ago in North Carolina and everything is going really well," said Cashman. "The bottom line is the most important thing Derek can do right now is rest. When you're dealing with high end competitors, you're trying to make sure they stay off that foot. And we lived through that this year with Andy Pettitte." As for the photos, Cashman joked, "It was probably a wrinkle in his shirt."
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Summer gathering will bring to campus young African leaders for training, mentoring and more
February 9, 2016
Ryan Connolly, '16, recognized for his work as dramaturge on 'Threepenny Opera'
February 9, 2016
Shift will make it easier for graduates to move into their field of their choice
February 4, 2016
Selection of math major Guillermo Ortiz marks seventh straight BSU appearance
February 2, 2016
Elaine Clement-Holbrook, '75, notches 634th win, tops in state history
February 1, 2016
Nicholas Bryden, '16, showcases his work at National Collegiate Research Conference
January 27, 2016
New program to allow educators to take courses designed and taught by world-famous institution
January 26, 2016
Students spend winter break investigating the island nation's past and present
January 25, 2016
BSU Police offer active-shooter training to campus community
January 19, 2016
MLK Day of Service Draws Hundreds to campus
April 29, 2016
Campus hosts local chamber and Sen. President Rosenber
April 28, 2016
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, James T. Brett and the Bartletts to address graduates
April 28, 2016
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April 27, 2016
One of the first things Erico Fortes saw when he arrived at BSU was Professor Michael Black with his homemade drone. At once, he knew...
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Mike Gomes receives 2016 Afro-American Achievement Award
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Back-to-back speakers discuss current events
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Campus hosts regional geography conference
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Anthropologist discusses findings of long-term study
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The REMSEN Barn Festival of the Arts Has Been a Tradition in Our Town for over 35 Years
In Remsen, when the summer fades and fall is in the air... and it is the fourth full weekend in September, then it must be the Remsen Barn Festival of the Arts! A tradition for more than 30 years, the main street of Remsen is transformed that weekend into a venue for more than 250 crafters and food vendors. The street is closed to vehicle traffic, allowing approximately 225 arts and craft exhibitors and 25 food concessions to line the street. A farmer's market can also be found mixed with the craft booths. Admission to the Festival is free and parking can be found in several authorized Barn FOTA parking lots.
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The US services sector slowed in June but there were was a pickup in hiring, according to an ISM report released Wednesday.
The Institute for Supply Management said business activity in the massive services sector fell to 52.2 on its purchasing managers index from 53.7 in May.
The June reading was the lowest since November 2009, when the index registered 50.9 percent.
The sharp decline surprised analysts who had penciled in a consensus estimate of 54.0 for the sector, which accounts for about 80 percent of the private sector economy.
A reading above 50 indicates growth and one below 50 shows contraction.
"The ISM report was a disappointing read on the US economy (excluding manufacturing) in a month that saw Fed tapering fears ramp up, along with liquidity problems in China hitting the front pages," said Jennifer Lee of BMO Capital Markets.
It "looks like businesses were more rattled in June about the economy than consumers were," she said.
The ISM said 11 service industries reported increased business activity, while seven said it had fallen.
"The majority indicate that growth has been slow and incremental; however, it is still better year over year," Anthony Nieves, chair of the survey committee, said in a statement.
New orders fell the most in June, down 5.2 percentage points from May, followed by business activity and production, down 4.8 points.
But employment jumped 4.6 points, to 54.7, in the 11th consecutive month of growth.
The encouraging reading on employment came ahead of Friday's government report on June unemployment and jobs creation.
Earlier in the day a pair of positive indicators on employment -- the ADP payrolls firm's private-sector hiring and the Labor Department's weekly jobless claims report -- pointed to steady jobs growth.
The Labor Department is expected to report on Friday that job growth edged up to 180,000 in June from 178,000 in May and the unemployment rate held steady at 7.6 percent.


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People's Place of Milford will be participating the The Allstate Foundation Purple Purse Challenge next month to raise awareness for domestic violence survivors experiencing financial abuse by their partners.
People's Place's Shelter, Advocacy, Freedom and Empowerment (SAFE) Program will be one of 200 domestic violence organizations nationwide participating in the challenge. The Allstate Foundation will award $500,000 among those participating organizations.
The challenge, which runs from Sept. 2 to Oct. 3, provides contests to raise additional funding, which could provide an extra award from the Allstate Foundation. The organization that raises the most money by Oct. 3 will win a $100,000 grand prize.
The purple purse is a symbol of a woman's financial domain and the color represents domestic violence. The challenge will provide funding to the SAFE Program for services including emergency shelter, case management, advocacy, counseling, a 24-hour hotline and children's services, which People's Place provides for domestic violence victims for free.
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The Power of Independent Thinking
Partitioning Iraq for Peace
Recorded: Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Senior Fellow Ivan Eland, author of Partitioning for Peace, appeared on "Doug Stephan's Good Day" radio program. Eland talks about the state of terrorism in the Iraq and whether the US creates more of a problem with its intervention. He also discusses the question of how ISIS is different than other terror groups.
Experts: Ivan ElandType: RadioIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Culture/ Society, Defense and Foreign Policy, Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, Freedom, History (International), Nationalism, Politics, Race Issues, Religion, Terrorism and National Crises
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Recorded: Monday, January 14, 2013
Alexander Tabarrok, Research Director for the Independent Institute, discusses gun buyback programs on Americas Radio News Network hosted by Ernie Brown and Rachel Sutherland.
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What President Obama Should Learn from His Predecessors
Recorded: Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Amid the current economic and financial crises, President Obama may do well to remember the men who have come before him.
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What about Butt. Is that a bad word? I could never use it growing up. It had to be called bottom. Butt is short for buttocks which is the correct term so I don't see how that could be a "bad" word.
I also wasn't allowed to say stupid or idiot and I still get chastised now for saying sucks! I had to say "stinks".
Are there words that you weren't allowed to say that you don't have a problem with your LO saying?
If she wants to call it her butt, or say something sucks (as long as its not me:)) I'm fine with that.


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The Independent has signed up to be the content partner of the new HTC One smartphone, as part of the paper's collaboration with HTC BlinkFeed, which aggregates and updates content throughout the day.
BlinkFeed allows users to generate a personalised news feed straight to their home screens by selecting the content they are most interested in. Users also have the option to read articles in full on the HTC One, which comes with a metal case and a price tag around £500.
The phone has been designed to challenge the Samsung Galaxy S4 and iPhone 5.
Zach Leonard, managing director of digital at The Independent, said: "Delivering high-quality journalism that is fresh and up-to-date is at the heart of what we do.
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Peace-keepers in action in Haiti
The first involvement of Sri Lanka in a UN Peace-Keeping Operation
was in 1960, where a group of six service personnel from Sri Lanka Army
led by Brigadier C T Caldera, were deployed in the Democratic Republic
of Congo (MONUC).
This first group was replaced in 1961, by a contingent led by
Brigadier J G Balthazar. Thereafter, for about four decades, there had
not been any involvement in peace-keeping missions by our troops, until
the Government of Sri Lanka deployed 2 military observers in Congo, in
Since then, as a Force Contributing Country, Sri Lanka has provided
the services of military and police personnel for UN Peace-Keeping
Operations in different conflict zones around the world namely, The UN
Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), UN Peace-Keeping Mission in
Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC), UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS),
UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), UN Operation
in Burundi (ONUB), UN Mission in Cote d'lvoire (MINUCI), UN Mission in
Liberia (UNMIL), UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) and UN Office in
Timor-Leste (UNOTIL).
According to the records of Sri Lanka Army, about 1602
personnel had already completed their tour of duty with UN Peace-Keeping
Missions. They have served in different capacities which include
military observers and staff officers. Currently there are 1013 Sri
Lankan service personnel attached to UN Peace-Keeping Missions. Sri
Lanka ranks in the 15th place in terms of the contribution of military
and police personnel to UN Peace-Keeping Missions.
The individuals who have served in UN Missions have gained valuable
experience in peace support operations. Other than participating at
peacekeeping missions, Sri Lankan Security forces and police personnel
have actively participated and benefited from various training
programmes conducted by the UN to enhance the skills and capacities of
personnel involved in peace-keeping and related activities. The Multi
Platoon Training Exercises (MPE), conducted prior to deployments is one
such important activity. The third such MPE was held at the Institute of
Peace Support Operations Training (IPSOTSL) at Kukule Ganga, Sri Lanka.
This institute was established in 2004 with the main objective of
conducting pre/post deployment training of UN peace-keepers.
L/Cpl Jayasinghe JBAJ
Dag Hamersh"ld Medal
L/Cpl Wijesinghe HM
Two Sri Lankans, Lance Corporal Jayasinghe Jasin
Bastiyan Arachchige Jayalath Jayasinghe and Lance Corporal Herath Mudiyanselage Wijesinghe
of Sri Lanka Army were killed in 2005 while serving in Haiti. These two
Sri Lankan servicemen were awarded the Dag Hammarskjold medal on 26th
May 2006, when the UN marked the International Day of UN Peace-Keepers.
Dag Hammershjold Medal is awarded posthumously to members of
peace-keeping operations who lost their lives while serving under UN
peace-keeping operations.
Source: Sri Lanka and the United Nation, 50 Years of Partnership -
Ministry of Foreign Affairs - 2006
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This entrepreneur is requesting her second loan from FSMA to buy more goods in order to introduce new typical Dominican dishes and increase her revenue. Clara Celeste would like to improve her family's living conditions.
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Paging Karl Rove and ilk! – After you read two different reports here, see if you think the established GOP bigwigs behind the scenes have managed to turn the once 'Grand Old Party' into nothing but a 'crime family' in recent years. All one has to do is look at the gutless wonders leading the GOP in the Senate and the House to know the answer to the question above…or do you think I'm wrong about my conclusion when it comes to this issue?
Anyway friends, see what you think about what democrat pollster Pat Caddell has to say about this news, along with El Rushbo too.
You can read both reports here and here:
The civil war between the Tea Party and the GOP Establishment has been brutal. But could it be the reason congressional Republicans aren't putting the heat on President Obama for the IRS scandal?
Democratic pollster Pat Caddell thinks so, and radio host Rush Limbaugh said it's plausible. One historian even told Breitbart News the modern GOP resembles a "crime family."
"The establishment Republicans want the IRS to go after the Tea Parties," Caddell told Fox News on Sunday.
"When you have 71 percent who want an investigation, 64 percent who believe that it is a sign of corruption including nearly a majority of Democrats," Caddell said, "the reason is the establishment Republicans want the IRS to go after the Tea Parties. Got it?"
Here's some of Rush:
Agreeing with a theory put forth by Democratic pollster Pat Caddell, conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh said on Monday that the GOP establishment has failed to push for a higher-level investigation into the IRS because they want the tax agency to "go after the Tea Party."
"When you have 71% who want an investigation, 64% who believe it is a sign of corruption including nearly a majority of Democrats, the reason is the establishment Republicans want the IRS to go after the Tea Party," Limbaugh said.
The Tea Party represents an "outside threat to their power hold," he explained.
Limbaugh went even further, theorizing that the GOP might even be willing to lose elections in order to get rid of the Tea Party.
"That's why there hasn't been any establishment Republican pushback on the IRS," he added. "It's almost safe to say the Republican establishment might be willing to lose a couple of elections if it meant getting rid of the Tea Party; because it's clear, folks, they don't want to win any elections the Tea Party can claim any credit for."
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So I haven't felt my baby move much this morning and I'm starting to get nervous. By this time of the morning he's usually rolling all over the place! So far I've only felt maybe 5 or 6 small motions, since about 7am, which is normally the time that I am driving to work and I notice thats when he starts to move (its now almost 10). What makes me more nervous is that I drank some iced coffee and lots of cold water and it doesn't seem to be helping, and normally he'd be kicking the crap out of me after that.
Anyway I did just shake my stomach a bit and he moved around a little. I'll give it the full 2 hours and then call my doctor if I don't get the 10 counts.
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Ghostbusters #17 by DanSchoeningWatch
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Ghostbusters #17 is a great collaboration by DanSchoening (on lines) and luisdelgado (on color) showing a great scene full of mystery and wonder! ( Featured by RadicalLizard )
the island of the dead,ties in perfectly
This is cool!
Congrats on the DD
Who you gonna call!!
Love the style, but why does the ghost mob look so textured in comparison to the clean look of the rest of the piece, maybe you sized it up from a smaller size? I hate when I do that xD Awesome though
Who ya gonna call...
Who ya gonna call...
Radical Larry!
Who else sees a suicune??
This is excellent.
Ghos LOSE
Fantastic art
Hollywood should revamp Ghostbusters.
Wow, fantastic work both, this looks incredible.
Who you gonna call?
He-Man! lol
You mean, Ghostbusters, don't you?
Pssh, I rather call Danny Phantom!
Fantastic composition! Well done cover, congrats for the DD!
Congrats on the well deserved DD, Dan!
just remember one thing....don't cross the streams.
Man, you guys are a great team!
More than a POW camp -- the fact that it's NYC's "Potter's Field" makes it a huuuuuuuuuge source of ghosts!
This is gonna be a fun story.
Gorgeous stuff as usual, your work never disappoints, and kudos to you and Luis for always bringing a good show.
*wikis hart island*
Civil War PoW camp eh? that might prove interesting
Civil War PoW camp eh? that might prove interesting
Yay, new cover! Hart Island, eh? Me thinks the cemetery will be important.


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