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Proposition 12 a Winner Five Years Later
October 1, 2008
By: Joseph Nixon
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Five years ago, Texas voters adopted Proposition 12, the constitutional amendment ratifying the cap on noneconomic damages in lawsuits against doctors that the Texas Legislature established in House Bill 4.
The five-year results have been impressive, and the legislation will produce great benefits for Texas patients as long as the reforms are kept intact.
The lawsuit reforms in HB 4 were a common-sense approach to eliminate gamesmanship and strong-arm tactics in the legal process:
Juries should hear more evidence.
Only those individuals at fault should pay, and only that percentage of their fault.
Damages should be limited to what the plaintiff actually paid or incurred — or what someone paid or incurred on the plaintiff's behalf — thereby eliminating inflated or phantom damages.
Within 120 days of filing suit, the plaintiff should submit a medical report written by a physician in the same or similar field as the physician being sued clearly identifying the standard of care in the case, how it was violated and that damages resulted from its violation.
Noneconomic damages should be capped at $250,000 for any and all doctors sued, with an additional cap of $250,000 for each of up to two medical care institutions.
The argument for HB 4 went like this:
Reforming medical liability laws will result in fewer lawsuits. Doctors will pay reduced insurance premiums. More doctors will come to Texas. And Texans will have greater access to healthcare. The dominoes have fallen exactly as predicted.
Before HB 4, 1 out of 4 doctors had a claim brought against him or her each year. Today, medical malpractice liability lawsuits are down by half.
That led to a dramatic drop in insurance premiums paid by Texas physicians.
Texas Medical Liability Trust has repeatedly dropped its rates and returned dividends to renewing policyholders, equating to a more than a 50 percent rate cut.
There are also more than 30 new insurers — up from just four in 2003 — and even those carriers are cutting their rates.
Because of the huge rate cuts and stable insurance market, doctors have flocked to Texas.
Since 2003, Texas has licensed 14,500 new doctors. Each year sets a record for license applications filed. We hoped for an increase in physicians being recruited out of residency programs, but no one anticipated the volume of doctors bringing mature practices and experiences to Texas.
Finally, access to healthcare has improved remarkably.
Before Proposition 12, the state's population was growing; the number of Texas physicians was not.
Texas ranked 45th in the nation in doctors per capita. South Texas and the border region suffered the worst, and Victoria and Beaumont were losing physicians.
Today, Victoria and Beaumont have reversed those losses and added specialists. There are 52 percent more physicians in San Antonio, 57 percent more in El Paso and 46 percent more in Houston. The Rio Grande Valley's increase is almost 15 percent.
The Memorial Hermann Healthcare System typically recruits two or three physicians per year in pediatric subspecialties.
This year, it added 26.
Charity care in Texas is up by more than $600 million.
Hospital administrators credit Proposition 12 with the massive facility expansions under way, such as the $1.5 billion expansion to Texas Children's Hospital, the booming Medical Center in San Antonio, and the 100-bed cardiac facility at Fort Worth's Methodist Hospital.
HB 4 was a reasonable response to specific problems and weighed the competing societal needs of access to healthcare versus unlimited awards of noneconomic damages. There are wonderful stories of doctors new to communities whose skill and training have saved a life or corrected a condition for a person who would not have otherwise benefited.
HB 4 worked better than predicted and with minimal changes in our tort system. It has been good medicine for Texas, and its common-sense reforms need to stay intact.
Joe Nixon is a Senior Fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a nonprofit, free-market research institute based in Austin. He was chairman of the Texas House Civil Practices Committee and the author of House Bill 4.


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VENICE, CA—In his latest movie, director B. Skow tackles another ripped-from-real-life event with the issue of a girl whose parents are both in the adult industry actually getting into the jizz biz herself.
Proud Parents (Skow for Girlfriends) stars Casey Calvert as the daughter looking to follow her parents' lead by becoming a porn star. Moving ahead with a documentary crew and without the permission of her unsuspecting parents, Casey takes the dark ride into the other Hollywood.
"These are issues that people in the adult industry have always faced and it's an angle that will interest just about anyone," Skow explained. "How are we supposed to handle it if our kids want to follow in our footsteps? It raises a lot of really interesting questions—and makes a great premise for a movie."
The trailer is currently running exclusively on Fleshbot, which points out that the movie, "which was inspired by true events, continues the button-pushing, taboo-busting films that B. Skow has been doing of late, not unlike another recent film, Daddy's Girl."
The movie also stars Keisha Grey, India Summer, Lily LaBeau, Aiden Ashley, Steven St. Croix, Kurt Lockwood, and Scott Lyons.
Another of his recent releases just received a great, Highly Recommended review from XCritic. Writing about Beautiful New Faces, Don Houston points out that "the talented director having had his praises sung loud and often by a multitude of critics as well as having contributed some blogs over the years himself."
He writes that it is "clear that Skow has another winner on his hands," and lauds Skow's recent work in general.
"Skow's current distribution deal with Girlfriends Films has allowed him to break free of his former corporate chains and offer up a wealth of variety in his works of late, some of them truly outstanding."
Skow for Girlfriends is represented by Rising Star PR.
Watch the trailer for Proud Parents here.
XCritic's review of Beautiful New Faces can be found here.
Check out Skow for Girlfriends here.
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The boyish Mel has big plans to travel the world with her brother - until his plans suddenly change. Presented with an opportunity to escape her dreary life when she is mistaken for a Portuguese male by a young hitchhiker, she grabs the chance and reinvents herself. As "Miguel," she falls for Jenny--who turns out to be much younger than she claims. At the same time Mel is caught up in another lie, pretending to have a boyfriend herself to keep her family happy.
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Critics say museum's artistic standards will suffer FEB 20 2004
Critics say museum's artistic standards will suffer if it lends its Monet collection to a gallery in Las Vegas's Bellagio casino.
Critics say museum's artistic standards will suffer if it lends its Monet collection to a gallery in Las Vegas's Bellagio casino.
Hey, if you thought we were classy because we got Picasso baby, wait until you see our Monets! That's class baby!
In 1863, when Monet participated in the first Salon Des Refuses, the "establishment" didn't even consider his work to be art. What were the MFA's "standards" when they acquired their first Monet? (According to the MFA's website, the earliest Monet accession seems to have been in 1906.)
It's all relative.
What the article didn't mention was that Steve Wynn is putting on the Monet show because he has a large collection of the artist's pieces he's trying to SELL. He figures that putting on a show with Boston's large collection of works is a great way to raise the profile of his sale, as well as make more money from admission. The $1 mill he's paying Boston's MFA is pennies compared to what he's going to make from the whole thing. (Read this in newsweek a couple of weeks ago).
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- 5 scallions, white and greenparts, finely chopped
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- 2 cups cooked quinoa (or substitute wheatberries, farro, or brown rice)
- Meat from 1 whole roasted chicken, roughly chopped, about 3 pounds
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- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
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Nope, that's where you go wrong.
f'(x) = x as long as N is a number independent of x.
When N is independent of x, f'(x) = N.
See, f(x) = x + x + ..(N times).. + x = Nx
So, f'(x) = N.
I think an example might make things a bit clearer.
Let us define f(x) = x + x + x = 3x.
So f'(x) = 3.
Now, f'(x) = 3 is completely independent of x.
So, f'(x) is not gonna change whether x=3,4,5 or anything.
Universally, if f(x) = 3x, f'(x) is always equal to 3, whatever x be.
D(Nx) = N. But, D(x.x) != x.
Tell me one thing ... if f(x) = 5x,
what is f'(x) when x = 100 ? 5 right ??
and what about x = 200 ? again 5 right ??
So, can you say 100 = 200 ?? NO.
When you write f(x) = Nx, your func is a linear one with constant slope -- so has a constant derivative at all values of x.
When you write f(x) = x times x, it depends on x twice. So, it is basically quadratic in nature. It's slope varies with x.
You are accepting things in the wrong way .. I mean try to feel the Maths behind, not the formula.
Formulas may deceive you, but logic never does.
And, if my explanation still doesn't satisfy you.. why not ask someone who you trust ??


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Chief People Officer
Zynga's new chief exec Don Mattrick is shaking things up in management at the social gaming firm, which apparently includes getting rid of a number of top senior execs. Chief technology officer Cadir Lee, chief operating officer David Ko and chief people officer Colleen McCreary are all leaving the firm that makes Farmville, …
My sentiments precisely.
Please tell me that this is a Reg-ism for chief HR drone and not a real job title ... although having worked for a Merkin company in the past I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised if it is.
Yeah, it is a standard Merkin title for Head of Human Remains.
No dude, it's Chief Pokémon Officer
This is a gaming firm.
Nononononono ... not Pokemon. Trademarks and all that ...
Surely you mean 'Monsterville'
<--- FAIL .. because Zynga deserve to do just that.
Nope, this is a new one. Hope it doesn't catch on...
CPO and the other two C functions to be combined. New job title C3PO
This is the type of company that would suit Icahn down to the ground. (And he could do what he wanted without annoying anybody).
What were they doing before now if they could be dismissed with such impunity?
Not much I expect
Probably filming a meeting.
Divert cash to bonuses. Hold meetings. Send each other Powerpoint slide sets.
Isn't this the company that makes its fortunes on free games? Never mind, I have a family member who paid for Farmville.
Actually if you pay for Fartville it could cost substantially more than what you pay to play a proper game, even a new AAA console game.
I used the AAA console for the price - easy £40.
Even more than Facebook I never understood the value. People are fickle and quick to move onto the next thing.
Generally the majority of senior executives in a software company do nothing but eat up the bonus pool (see EA). What Zynga really needs is some decent new games people will pay for.
New games? We know this already, but they've lost their mojo.
In fact, they were just caught plagiarizing recently, weren't they?
ALL of Zynga's output has been plagarism.
Not quite!
Generally the majority of senior executives in a software company
do nothing but eat up the bonus pool increase the salary and wages expense, at the expense of the rank and file employees (see EA).


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The 17th Annual European Union Film Festival is at the Gene Siskel Film Center. It's one of my favorite film events of the year, and I'll give some quick capsule reviews on the films I manage to see throughout the fest.
An interesting examination of the extremities and malleability of personal identity, The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas (Η αιώνια επιστροφή του Αντώνη Παρασκευά) (Greece, 2013) is filmmaker Elina Pyskou's debut feature film. It features the dry and darkly surreal tone of other Greek New Wave filmmakers like Giorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth) and Athina Rachel Tsangari (Attenberg), but features a more schematic visual narrative (lots of deliberate, almost static long takes, drawing a little more from recent Eastern European films) and a few seemingly incongruous but effective Kubrickian flourishes.
Antonis Paraskevas (Christos Stergioglou, a very good Greek film regular) is the host of a popular morning news and entertainment program on Athens' TV3. He's been doing this for quite a few years now - reporting the news, ringing in New Year after New Year after New Year, and hosting the occasional beauty pageant - but feels he's being taken for granted by his employers and his once-adoring public. So he stages his own 'mysterious' disappearance, holes up in a deserted off-season resort hotel, and watches the reactions of his fellow newscasters, who, of course, express, and report as fact, their most lurid and sensational fears. He's plotting a melodramatic return, which he hopes will reinvigorate his career, but, once removed from the artificially earnest, and/or earnestly artificial, world of big fish – small pond celebrity, Paraskevas' own sense of who he is, and what he's really a part of, takes a few intriguing psychological turns. There are some understated, and quietly effective, deadpan comic elements to the story, but the film gains gravity as it progresses, and we slowly realize that Pyskou isn't interested in creating a comedy here. There's a studied deliberateness that exposes Pyskou's lack of visual storytelling experience, but she has a firm grip on the varying tones of the film, and all of her good ideas make it through. It's a bit of a slog – it's short on rhythmic dynamics – but I liked this film a lot overall.
'The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas' is the opening film for the Gene Siskel Film Center's European Union Film Festival. It screens on Friday, March 7th at 6 p.m. and Monday, March 10th at 8:00 p.m.
The Strange Little Cat (Das Merkwürdige Kätzchen) (Germany, 2013) is an odd and wonderful little film. A family starts their day, and a meal is prepared for additional visitors later; friends, family. The film takes place in their small apartment, primarily in the kitchen, with a few adventurous excursions into the laundry room and the hallway leading to the apartment's door. Very little of the film makes reference to their outside lives – the little girl's school experiences, or what any of them do for a living. They simply act and react to who they themselves are within this small group, in this specific milieu. Often, director Ramon Zürcher keeps key events offscreen, and registers their impact in the reactions of others. Zürcher's camera seems to discover events just as we ourselves experience them, rather than constructing a larger visual narrative that we can then pick and choose from. I'm not sure how much casting variety he had to draw form, but he gets extraordinarily evocative mileage from the faces he found, and/or the mimetic talents of the cast available to him – a lot of bemused affection, veiled tolerance and general familiarity, positive and negative, hums underneath the seemingly mundane activities. It's a very unique, and, at times, genuinely amusing film that's one of the damndest things I've seen in a while. I'm quite looking forward to seeing it again – and, at a very efficient 72 minutes, it's a lot of food for thought in very little time. Highly recommended.
'The Strange Little Cat' screens on Saturday, March 8th at 5:30 p.m. and Wednesday, March 12th at 6:00 p.m.


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A Huge project I've been working on for the last 6 months is finally going to be revealed soon. I'm very excited. It represents my transformation from where I am to where I've always wanted to be.
Due to the investors and sensitive nature of the project I've had to fly to Costa Rica for the launch and will stay here through all of production. hint hint.
Alot of work with pre-production had me running around Miami looking for soundtracks for movie(s) that came out over a decade ago, but it looks like it's finally paying off. Hopefully the launch will be smooth. I'll post the new project url as soon as it goes live here!!!
Creation & destruction are two aspects of the same single force. The universe is a constant cycle of both. Both are equally necessary.
[Excerpt: Now this process at first and all through must be regarded as double–the light and the dark sides. One of the streams of divine energy is constructive, the other destructive; one of them is life, building forms; the other is death, breaking them up. Both are equally necessary, for destructive energy is going to destroy every form when it has served its purpose, in order that the materials used in the form whose purpose is over may be taken up by the constructive energy and built into a higher form. This process is what we call evolution. At every stage of the downward curve in which form becomes more prominent and life more veiled, forms will be brought into existence by this descending energy. Against it there will be working a destructive energy, which breaks up these forms as soon as their purpose is served, and they become outworn. There are thus two opposing streams of energy, by one of which forms come into existence and by the other of which they are constantly broken up, in order that higher forms may be built from their materials. There is no increase of matter it must be remembered, constant change, constant transmutation, but no increase and no diminution. Evolution consists on the form side of this process of destroying the lower forms that the higher forms may come into existence.] – The Light and Dark Sides of Nature


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Debugging a refcnt
By tdh on Sep 25, 2008
A refcnt is a way to keep track of how many outstanding holds are being used on a data structure. Say that you need to reference something in the data structure, but you don't want to do it while holding a lock. You do want to make sure that the data is still there when you go back. What you do is bump the refcnt and have the cleanup code never free that data until the refcnt goes back to 0.
Some issues are what happens if it never goes back to 0? Or if it accidentally goes back to 0 before you are done with it? The answers are that you leak memory and crash, in that order.
I'm debugging the scenario where the refcnt goes back to 0 before you release your hold. Before I dive into looking at that, let's look at the relevant code in the mirror mount source: usr/src/uts/common/fs/nfs/nfs4_stub_vnops.c (Note that this code will change over time, I'm linking to the copy of the gate.)
We bump the count here:
291 static void 292 nfs4_ephemeral_tree_hold(nfs4_ephemeral_tree_t \*net) 293 { 294 mutex_enter(&net->net_cnt_lock); 295 net->net_refcnt++; 296 ASSERT(net->net_refcnt != 0); 297 mutex_exit(&net->net_cnt_lock); 298 }
The first thing to note is that we grab net_cnt_lock before we do anything. How do we even know that is valid? Well, we grab a lock on the mountinfo and check to see if there is an ephemeral node:
696 mutex_enter(&mi->mi_lock); ... 701 if (mi->mi_ephemeral_tree == NULL) { ... 727 } else { 728 net = mi->mi_ephemeral_tree; 729 mutex_exit(&mi->mi_lock); 730 731 nfs4_ephemeral_tree_hold(net);
Oh, that is very naughty indeed - what I said and what the code says disagree. What do other parts of the code say?
1422 mutex_enter(&mi->mi_lock); ... 1444 nfs4_ephemeral_tree_hold(net); ... 1528 mutex_exit(&mi->mi_lock);
And a special case in nfs4_ephemeral_harvest_forest
2098 mutex_enter(&ntg->ntg_forest_lock); 2099 for (net = ntg->ntg_forest; net != NULL; net = next) { 2100 next = net->net_next; 2101 2102 nfs4_ephemeral_tree_hold(net);
I expect the code at 2102 to not hold the mntinfo4. We don't have our hands on that info at the time. But I believe the code at 731 to be a bug that will eventually bit us.
But back to the hold code:
295 net->net_refcnt++; 296 ASSERT(net->net_refcnt != 0);
We bump the refcnt and immediately assert that it is not 0. As refcnt is an unsigned int, this will catch the case where we wrap over the size of an integer. We don't ever expect to hit this case.
It is in the rele case that we are more concerned:
300 /\* 301 \* We need a safe way to decrement the refcnt whilst the 302 \* lock is being held. 303 \*/ 304 static void 305 nfs4_ephemeral_tree_decr(nfs4_ephemeral_tree_t \*net) 306 { 307 ASSERT(mutex_owned(&net->net_cnt_lock)); 308 ASSERT(net->net_refcnt != 0); 309 net->net_refcnt--; 310 } 311 312 static void 313 nfs4_ephemeral_tree_rele(nfs4_ephemeral_tree_t \*net) 314 { 315 mutex_enter(&net->net_cnt_lock); 316 nfs4_ephemeral_tree_decr(net); 317 mutex_exit(&net->net_cnt_lock); 318 }
First note that either we hold the lock ourself and call nfs4_ephemeral_tree_decr or we let nfs4_ephemeral_tree_rele grab the lock for us. The assert on 307 checks that this is valid. The assert on 308 checks to see that we are not already at 0 when we decrement. I.e., because the refcnt is unsigned, once we drop below 0, we can not do a check like:
ASSERT(net->net_refcnt >= 0);
By the way, we do not need to be holding mi->mi_lock everywhere we rele or decr. The reason we need to when we hold is that we need to know the memory is valid. With the other two operations, by definition, the memory must be valid.
To prove that statement, we need to show that the ephemeral tree can not be disassociated from the mntinfo4 without the mi->mi_lock being held. The only place we do that is in nfs4_ephemeral_umount:
2003 /\* 2004 \* At this point, the tree should no 2005 \* longer be associated with the 2006 \* mntinfo4. We need to pull it off 2007 \* there and let the harvester take 2008 \* care of it once the refcnt drops. 2009 \*/ 2010 mutex_enter(&mi->mi_lock); 2011 mi->mi_ephemeral_tree = NULL; 2012 mutex_exit(&mi->mi_lock);
Okay, further validation that we should have the lock held at 731.
The final piece of the puzzle is what happens in the harvester? I.e., we decided in 2011 to disassociate the tree with the mntinfo4. But we didn't release the memory. How do we do that? Well, we look in nfs4_ephemeral_harvest_forest and we also see why we don't care about holding mi->mi_lock there.
2098 mutex_enter(&ntg->ntg_forest_lock); 2099 for (net = ntg->ntg_forest; net != NULL; net = next) { 2100 next = net->net_next; 2101 2102 nfs4_ephemeral_tree_hold(net);
When we hold ntg->ntg_forest_lock, no other thread is allowed to manipulate the forest of ephemeral trees. What that means is that the current forest is locked and the memory is not going away. Hence we don't need to hold mi->mi_lock. The other code has to hold it because the reference in the mntinfo4 can go away (see line 2011).
2140 while (e) { ... 2247 e = prior; 2248 } 2249 2250 check_done: 2251 2252 /\* 2253 \* At this point we are done processing this tree. 2254 \* 2255 \* If the tree is invalid and we are the only reference 2256 \* to it, then we push it on the local linked list 2257 \* to remove it at the end. We avoid that action now 2258 \* to keep the tree processing going along at a fair clip. 2259 \* 2260 \* Else, even if we are the only reference, we drop 2261 \* our hold on the current tree and allow it to be 2262 \* reused as needed. 2263 \*/ 2264 mutex_enter(&net->net_cnt_lock); 2265 if (net->net_refcnt == 1 && 2266 net->net_status & NFS4_EPHEMERAL_TREE_INVALID) { 2267 nfs4_ephemeral_tree_decr(net); 2268 net->net_status &= ~NFS4_EPHEMERAL_TREE_LOCKED; 2269 mutex_exit(&net->net_cnt_lock); 2270 mutex_exit(&net->net_tree_lock); 2271 2272 if (prev) 2273 prev->net_next = net->net_next; 2274 else 2275 ntg->ntg_forest = net->net_next; 2276 2277 net->net_next = harvest; 2278 harvest = net; 2279 continue; 2280 } 2281 2282 nfs4_ephemeral_tree_decr(net); 2283 net->net_status &= ~NFS4_EPHEMERAL_TREE_LOCKED; 2284 mutex_exit(&net->net_cnt_lock); 2285 mutex_exit(&net->net_tree_lock); 2286 2287 prev = net; 2288 } 2289 mutex_exit(&ntg->ntg_forest_lock);
2248 completes the a while processing loop started in 2140 above. Among other things, this loop decides if a mirror mount has been idle long enough to automatically release it. It does this in a recursion elimination to visit every child and sibling node of the root of the ephemeral tree.
The interesting code starts on lines 2265 and 2266. If the refcnt is 1, then the hold we established on 2102 is the only reference to this node. Then, if the tree has been invalidated, either by the harvest loop above (this time or earlier) or by a manual unmount, then we know it is safe to release this node. We decrement the refcnt at 2267. This is important because if we leave it at 1 and push it on the harvest list, then another node can do a rele and we think it is okay. We remove it from the forst in lines 2272 to 2275 and push it onto a local linked list harvest on lines 2277 and 2278. We then go on to process the next node.
When we have finished all trees in the forest, they are all in one of 3 states:
- Not in use by a thread and harvested.
- Not idled out. May or may not be in use by a thread.
- In use by a thread, idled out, and not harvested.
With all of that background out of the way, let us look at a coredump:
> $c vpanic() assfail+0x7e(fffffffff8490b98, fffffffff8490b70, 134) nfs4_ephemeral_tree_decr+0x64(ffffff020db7fc18) nfs4_ephemeral_umount_unlock+0x3f(ffffff0004f33c14, ffffff0004f33bb8) nfs4_ephemeral_umount_activate+0x7b(ffffff0524673000, ffffff0004f33c14, ffffff0004f33bb8) nfs4_free_mount+0x2fe(ffffff047ae40dc8, 400, ffffff01974f2b28) nfs4_free_mount_thread+0x24(ffffff016623a9f8) thread_start+8() > \*ffffff0004f33bb8::print nfs4_ephemeral_tree_t { net_mount = 0xffffff0523c36000 net_root = 0 net_next = 0 net_tree_lock = { _opaque = [ 0xffffff0004f33c80 ] } net_cnt_lock = { _opaque = [ 0xffffff0004f33c80 ] } net_status = 0 net_refcnt = 0 } > ffffff0004f33c14::print boolean_t 1 (B_TRUE)
This is the assert on line 308. Some things we can tell right away is that this should be a manual unmount, since we came through nfs4_free_mount and not the harvester. The flags are 0x400, which means MS_FORCE - a forced umount call. Also, while the refcnt is 0, it has not been harvested. In that case, we would expect to see that the state would include NFS4_EPHEMERAL_TREE_INVALID. And indeed, the mntinfo4 (see net_mount) does still point to this node:
> ffffff0523c36000::print mntinfo4_t mi_ephemeral_tree mi_ephemeral_tree = 0xffffff020db7fc18 > ffffff0523c36000::print mntinfo4_t mi_ephemeral_tree | ::print nfs4_ephemeral_tree_t { net_mount = 0xffffff0523c36000 net_root = 0 net_next = 0 net_tree_lock = { _opaque = [ 0xffffff0004f33c80 ] } net_cnt_lock = { _opaque = [ 0xffffff0004f33c80 ] } net_status = 0 net_refcnt = 0 }
So, who did us in? Well, the first thought I had was this piece of code in nfs4_ephemeral_umount : (which we would have just called)
1990 nfs4_ephemeral_tree_decr(net); 1991 mutex_exit(&net->net_cnt_lock); 1992 1993 if (was_locked == FALSE) 1994 mutex_exit(&net->net_tree_lock);
We only hold the refcnt in here if we do not set was_locked to TRUE:
1764 int was_locked = FALSE; ... 1845 was_locked = TRUE; 1846 } else { 1847 net->net_refcnt++; 1848 ASSERT(net->net_refcnt != 0); 1849 } 1850 1851 mutex_exit(&net->net_cnt_lock);
Hmm, we also avoid using nfs4_ephemeral_tree_hold. We should probably create a symmetric function for incr like we did for decr.
Anyway, I fixed the code at 19909 and we still see the panic. The new one has the same signature. By the way, I found this probable error by matching holds to reles. I stopped with just the simple cases when I found the above issue.
Okay, what does nfs4_free_mount() do?
4039 /\* 4040 \* If we got an error, then do not nuke the 4041 \* tree. Either the harvester is busy reclaiming 4042 \* this node or we ran into some busy condition. 4043 \* 4044 \* The harvester will eventually come along and cleanup. 4045 \* The only problem would be the root mount point. 4046 \* 4047 \* Since the busy node can occur for a variety 4048 \* of reasons and can result in an entry staying 4049 \* in df output but no longer accessible from the 4050 \* directory tree, we are okay. 4051 \*/ 4052 if (!nfs4_ephemeral_umount(mi, flag, cr, 4053 &must_unlock, &eph_tree)) 4054 nfs4_ephemeral_umount_activate(mi, &must_unlock, 4055 &eph_tree); 4056
So we call nfs4_ephemeral_umount, which had that suspect piece of code. We know that we will not set NFS4_EPHEMERAL_TREE_LOCKED ourselves. We can see that it was not held, because pmust_unlock was set to TRUE. Also, the status tells us we did not mark the tree as NFS4_EPHEMERAL_TREE_INVALID and the fact that the mntinfo4 pointer is valid tells us we did not disassociate the tree from it. All of which tells me fixing line 1990 would probably have no impact on the execution path. I.e., I'm starting to suspect we don't have a problem with a race case.
The only way to return 0 and not disassociate the tree is to go down this path back in nfs4_ephemeral_umount:
1945 if (!is_derooting) { 1946 /\* 1947 \* Only work on children if the caller has not already 1948 \* done so. 1949 \*/ 1950 if (!is_recursed) { 1951 ASSERT(eph != NULL); 1952 1953 error = nfs4_ephemeral_unmount_engine(eph, 1954 FALSE, flag, cr); 1955 if (error) 1956 goto is_busy; 1957 } 1958 } else {
And as a matter of fact, the evidence suggests that no other code did this either. nfs4_ephemeral_unmount_engine must have been error free.
So either we have decremented the refcnt twice for our one hold or we decremented when we did not have a hold.
Heh, I've gone down many a code branch, only to backtrack as I found the code was correct. Perhaps we should return to our debug session? nfs4_ephemeral_umount_activate takes a pointer to a mntinfo4 and a pointer to a pointer of a nfs4_ephemeral_tree_t:
nfs4_ephemeral_umount_activate+0x7b(ffffff0524673000, ffffff0004f33c14, ffffff0004f33bb8) > \*ffffff0004f33bb8::print nfs4_ephemeral_tree_t { net_mount = 0xffffff0523c36000 net_root = 0 net_next = 0 net_tree_lock = { _opaque = [ 0xffffff0004f33c80 ] } net_cnt_lock = { _opaque = [ 0xffffff0004f33c80 ] } net_status = 0 net_refcnt = 0 } > ffffff0524673000::print mntinfo4_t mi_ephemeral mi_ephemeral = 0
The ephemeral node is not pointing to the same thing as the function. And I have more faith in the function, because it had to just execute:
1733 if (mi->mi_ephemeral) { 1734 /\* 1735 \* If we are the root node of an ephemeral branch 1736 \* which is being removed, then we need to fixup 1737 \* pointers into and out of the node. 1738 \*/ 1739 if (!(mi->mi_flags & MI4_EPHEMERAL_RECURSED)) 1740 nfs4_ephemeral_umount_cleanup(mi->mi_ephemeral); 1741 1742 ASSERT(mi->mi_ephemeral != NULL); 1743 1744 kmem_free(mi->mi_ephemeral, sizeof (\*mi->mi_ephemeral)); 1745 mi->mi_ephemeral = NULL; 1746 } 1747 mutex_exit(&mi->mi_lock); 1748 1749 nfs4_ephemeral_umount_unlock(pmust_unlock, pnet);
I.e., if we pass in a mntinfo4, either the ephemeral tree is already NULL or we free it and NULL it out. And oh crap, if mi->mi_ephemeral was a pointer to the same memory location as \*pnet, we just screwed the pooch and caused a core. I.e., the only place we should be removing this memory is at:
2010 mutex_enter(&mi->mi_lock); 2011 mi->mi_ephemeral_tree = NULL; 2012 mutex_exit(&mi->mi_lock);
Well, this entry is long enough as it is. I'll convince myself that removing 1744 is the correct thing to do and then test that fix. Note, this kmem_free might explain why systems do not always core. If the memory is garbage, all it has to be is non-zero for the assert to not trigger. Whether or not other nasty things could have happened is to be seen later.
UPDATE: Hmm, one is a mi->mi_ephemeral and the other is a mi->mi_ephemeral_tree. The end result may stand, but my analysis may be off. Back with more later!
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Stupid introspection.
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I've been very introspective lately, which I may have mentioned six or seven hundred times. It has to do with that Big Birthday and my Stalled Career and the fact that I can't lose weight as easily as I used to. Not that that last one is particularly upsetting anymore. When you have a Big Birthday, your level of not-give-a-crapness goes up exponentially and you say, "Five extra pounds? Pssshhhhh! I have control-top hose, an awesome black skirt and really tall boots." To paraphrase a line that was famous in the '70s: "If you can't dazzle 'em with brilliance, baffle 'em with optical illusions."
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Introspection. Introspection. Introspection.
Geesh, that was a lot to write. I'm going to have to find a shorter word meaning "introspection."
OK, so, the shortest one in the online thesaurus was "egoism," and I'm not sure I like that. There's also "brooding," which may be closer to accurate. Although, "whiny-pants"—which isn't in the thesaurus—is probably more like it.
We went to Buellton, California for my birthday weekend and did a bunch of stuff and junk, including paying a visit to Ostrich Land, where an 8-foot tall male ostrich immediately fell in love with my husband.
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It was a fun trip and then we had to get back to reality and I had to focus on why my career has stalled, and I realized I pretty much have only myself to blame. Myself and my boredom.
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My friend Sarene suggested I get back to writing button slogans and greeting card copy. I'm thinking she's got something there. It requires a lot more brainpower than you might imagine, but that's what makes it challenging.
I seriously need to get back to the funny.
Look what Sarene gave me for my birthday.
It's a vintage necklace with a golden pencil. How's that for damn good timing? I am now feeling much more inspired. And if I get all whiny-pants again, I can stab myself in the hand and tell me to knock it off.
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Featured in Vallarta Lifestyles Magazine, Summer/Fall 2010 issue.
As noted in our recommendations for this summer on, going to a mall during the hot and rainy weather offers an assortment of distractions and comforts. In addition to a variety of stores, products and services for both tourists and residents, many are air-conditioned and some feature movie theaters.
Our region has more than 10 shopping centers distributed along the bay, each with a distinctive touch, from the traditional Plaza Caracol, one of the first in Puerto Vallarta, to the modern Galerias Vallarta, with its international stores.
The following list offers a brief description of each of these malls, along with a table of amenities and an easy-to-use map.
Shopping center in one of Puerto Vallarta's inland neighborhoods.
Francisco Villa 1642, Ex Haciendas del Pitillal
Modern mall across from the Maritime Terminal.
Fco. Medina Ascencio 2920, Hotel Zone
Shopping center where you can pay utility bills and shop for staples.
Carr. 200 Norte 1297, Flamingos Club
More than 100 spaces housing restaurants, shops and much more.
Paseo de los Cocoteros 001, Nuevo Vallarta
One of the first shopping centers in Puerto Vallarta.
Fco. Medina Ascencio Km 2.5, Hotel Zone
Shopping center with assorted home decor shops.
Carr. 200 Norte Km 11.5, Airport-Valley
Shopping center at the entrance to one of Vallarta's most exclusive areas.
Fco. Medina Ascencio Km 7.5, Marina Vallarta
Shopping center with a view of the bay and the Pitillal river.
Fco. Medina Ascencio 2485, Hotel Zone
Shopping center with shops to meet basic needs of tourists and residents.
Carr. 200 Norte, Mezcales
Small shopping center near the northern end of the Vallarta Malecon.
Paseo Díaz Ordaz & 31 de Octubre, El Centro
Although not yet completed, some spaces are open for business.
Paseo de la Marina 121, Marina Vallarta
While the mall is still under construction, Wal-Mart is open for business.
Francisco Villa 1638, Ex Haciendas del Pitillal


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New e-novel by Ruth Myers— This writing game's for a dame
20 years ago, Ruth Myers had succeeded where most writers fail. Instead of just talking about writing novels, she reliably produced them, becoming a dependable midlist author. But two decades later, things have changed. Many writers have had to take publishing into their own hands, and Myers has published a new e-book.
Portraits of village, circa '70s
When in 1980 local artist Nancy Howell-Koehler needed a portrait taken for her new book, it didn't seem appropriate that she — a fine art photographer — hire someone to do it. So she devised a way to take a self-portrait using a long shutter release cord. Later, she used the same method to take photos of Yellow Springers.
Artist in residence at Mills Lawn—Students redesign their sign
The fifth-grade art students dove into the buckets of pottery shards in muted shades of blue, pink, orange and brown.
CMYS finals features winds, brass
By Jeff Huntington Chamber Music Yellow Springs will present the finals of the 27th annual CMYS Competition for Emerging Professional Ensembles on Sunday, April 29, 7:30 p.m., at the First Presbyterian Church. This competition is designed to give recognition and a career boost to two professional ensembles in their twenties who appear likely to be […]
BLOG — A day to geek out for local music
This Saturday local music fans can pick up limited edition vinyl releases at Toxic Beauty Records for National Record Store Day and rock out to local bands at the Live Earth Music Festival.
Piece sign: Mills Lawn School mosaic project in progress
Wendy Shelton's fourth- and fifth-grade students gathered outside late Thursday morning to begin work on the new Mills Lawn School front lawn sign.
YSHSTAA's Curtain Warmer— Keeping theater alive for the kids
Performing in theater helps students feel a part of a team, learn to memorize lines and organize information, respect deadlines, develop empathy and build self esteem. And above all, it's fun.
Auditions for 'Our Town' on Saturday
A group of local theater lovers, the Center Stage Community Theater, is holding auditions on April 14 for a summer production of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town."
Council hears art policy concerns
At the April 2 Village Council meeting, Council members heard from artists in the community regarding Council's plan to develop a new policy on art in Village-owned public spaces.
The trout beckons, in key of A
A film documenting the rehearsal and performance of Schubert's Trout quintet before Queen Elizabeth in 1969 by five soon-to-be world class musicians, will be screened at the Little Art Theatre as part of a fundraiser for the local Chamber Music Yellow Springs. The Winds Cafe will host a trout dinner following the film.


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Cool New Force Power: "Force Collapse/Blaze"
Here's something I found:
Usable By: The Emporer, Count Dooku (Works best with Emporer)
How To: This move is great, because it can do a HUGE amount of damage to somebody, and while its doing it, they can't move. Plus you can do it forever since the Force Bar magicaly regenerates as you do it. OK, so choose one of the characters shown above, and select Force Choke. Now go around untill you find somebody. Now here's the tricky part: Use force choke and choke them, THEN, Press and hold the "Change secondary fire" Button so you switch to lightning WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE SECONDARY FIRE BUTTON. This will make the person get choked and shocked at the same time! They'll be stuck in the air while taking huge damage, And you can do it forever!
Thats kinda cool, it's not really fair though, and why is it called force collapse?
Ah yes, the only thing worse then getting choked by a scary old man is getting choked and zapped to death by a scary old man at the same time.
Oh, is that what its caleld? I heard of it before, didn't know what it was called though. Cool.
Yeah since i discovered it way back i thought i would name it lol.
Cool name. :lol:
Obviously a bug never noticed by the developers ( :rolleyes: ), but it's still cool. :)
ITs one of those fun things, well, just don't do it on the web, it will get you kicked fast.
Heheh, gotta love those glitches. I'll try that one of these days.
I wish to share an even better glitch involving force choke. First force choke someone with anyone other then dooku or the emporer continue holding the secondary fire button and press the seondary switch button this will allow you to continue choking one person while slashing up another or walking up to the chokee and endinghis/her life all the quicker. Another advantage over force collapse: you don't have to be a slow crotetchy ole bugger with face problems. Finally of course don't try it online if you wanna stay in the game long. Oh yeah and it lets you move at normal speed instead of choke speed and doesn't drain energy. thank you kenobi your findings led to my findings *bows out of room*
Ooooo I better try that.
Also if anyone wants somethin tested out about either force collapsed or lil noname of mine i'd be happy to
you should name your move!
Please, use a cooler name for this cool move, force collaspe is too "supershadowy" :)
heh i'm open to uggestions for a name i really have no ideas
Reign of Fire? Just a suggestion...
meh, I say call it force PWN!, an accurate name if ever there was one.
Or somthing more descriptive, how about "Shock Therapy"?
Lol, that works too I suppose...
How about 'Lighting Choke' or 'Force Choke Lighting' (Force CL) ? Those are a bit long, but I don't see how 'Collapse' has anything to do with the move.
why not Force Why-the-heck-are-we-renaming-some-cool-move-like-this-the-naem-rocks-anyways
Because secretly, in the deepest, darkest, depths of our hearts, we really want someone to select our name... also I'm bored.
But yeah, force collapse does have a certain ring too it, and even if it doesn't make perfect sense, original names tend to stick.
myself and others call if infinite choke... wich makes sense.
"Force Exploit"???
Infinite Choke or Glitch Choke makes most sense.
I tried the glitch with the Emporer last night...absolutely hilariously AWESOME! It's hard to choose a name for it. I was thinking "Shock Choke" or "Blazing Stranglehold."
I'll make it a two name, since sum people like Collapse.
For Darkside people that like shadowy names, It's Force Collapse.
For Lightside people that like Supa-happy names, It's umm...
I know! Force Blaze!
It's too bad I can't change the thread topic.
Force Blaze! Brilliant!
Has anyone found any other glitches similar to this? I tried doing force choke and saber throw at the same time with Anakin, but it didn't work.
guess i didn't describe what happens well enough about that then sorry when you switch secondarys you aren't supposed to be able to saber throw it just frees you from choking limitations like speed so you can hack and slash with your saber while choking someone. was that clear?
Yeah that's understandable.
I don't think there are any more glitches like this.
there shouldn't be because those are the only ones with something that seems like it could be used like that all the other force powers are quick single throw/push/pull things
Yeah there are only like 6 Force Powers.
how bout force only gay ppl use glitches and cheats
Gay cheats and battlefront?
A match made in heaven. I WANT CUTE BABY PICTURES!
It's a fun SP trick, but a gay n00b move online.
Pin Sounds nice. Force Nailgun lol.
Here's something really cool:
Force Double-Team
Usable By: Anybody With Force Choke
How to Do It: This requires two people to pull of, but once you do it once, it'll become like a habit. This only works with 2 Villans. At least one of them has to have Force Choke. Pretty Straightforward: Once Chokes/Stuns, the other slices him up until he's dead.
Here's an AWSOMEz0R move:
Force PWNAGE
Usable By: Dooku or Emporer
How To Do It: This is basicly the most PWNAGING move ever, because you can kill your enemy under 3 seconds. Two Dooku's or Emporers need to team up. Now here's the cool part: Both of them use Force Collapse/Blaze on one guy, therefore killing him in a snap! lol PWND!
Wow, that could easily piss a lot of people off. lol! Maybe just do it once, and then never again if you want to keep playing...lol
Yeah you shouldn't do these moves online it gets people pissed off.
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The Imperial was recommended by a Toronto newspaper reporter and friend known to have an affinity for unique places, and she's adding to the din of sear words while pouring beer in everyone's glass. She describes Dundas Square as the Times Square of Toronto, but honestly it feels more like Cleveland's Public Square with a touch of East Fourth Street.
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In June 2008, Zoya Ministries took a a team of missionaries from Texas, Virginia and Florida to the MOM orphanage in Otutulu village, Kogi State, Nigeria. This is the report of this mission trip.
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Kaka'ako, 12/28/14
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West Coast, 11/20/14
FIVB World League Men's Volleyball, USA vs Russia
2014 Big West Basketball Tournament
I spent last week covering the 2014 Big West Basketball Tournament for the conference. Sixteen basketball games in five days. It was a great time which was capped off with a big upset by the Cal Poly Mustangs over the CSU Northridge Matadors for their first trip to the tournament in school history. Mahalo to Mike & Steve with the Big West and to Greg, Richard, John, and Matty for their help and support.
Here are a few images.
All images 2014 Copyright © Jordan Murph
Advertising Photography for the City of Anaheim Public Utilties
Back in January, I was commissioned by the City of Anaheim's Public Utilities' department to create their advertising and marketing photography for 2014. The Public Utilities department wanted to build their campaign around showing real Public Utilities workers serving the city in their natural element. We were able to get everything done with one location scout day and two production days. Mahalo to Melissa and Justin for such a fun shoot, and and to Shawn, Peter, Matt, Greg, and Richard for all their help and support. Here are some of my favorites.
Manti Te'o Portrait for Mana Magazine
Last summer I got a call from my friend and high school classmate Ke'ōpūlaulani Reelitz from back home in Hawaiī. Ke'ōpū is now editor of Mana Magazine, a relatively young publication made for Native Hawaiians by Native Hawaiians. Itʻs a beautiful publication telling the story and celebrating our culture. Mana had an upcoming feature about Manti Te'o, the Notre Dame star linebacker and 2012 Heisman Trophy candidate and part Native Hawaiian, who hails from the small town of Laie on O'ahuʻs North East shore. Manti is now playing with the San Diego Chargers.
Ke'ōpū said that Mana wanted to tell a story of what it is like to leave home to pursue your goals and success, and that they wanted to profile Manti and talk to him about his journey pursuing football professionally. Leaving home is a big part of "making it" for many children of Native Hawaiian decent growing up in the islands. The "mainland" or "continent" as we call it back home, is where many of our pursuits, dreams, and aspirations lead us. I immediately related to the story, having left home in college to pursue the learning opportunities in photography in California and the mainland. But no matter how great it is on the mainland, itʻs not home. Every Native Hawaiian I have met or spoken to, no matter how long they have been gone or why they have been gone, longs to return home. Itʻs hard to be away. Itʻs part of having your blood and roots tied to the land. The 'āina and kupuna, the land and ancestors, call to you and you feel it deep inside.
So needless to say, I was excited about contributing to the story. I coordinated with Ke'ōpū and Mana Art Director Janelle Kalawe about what we wanted to do. When it came right down to it, time was going to be the biggest factor. For editorial pieces, itʻs usually tough to get a professional athlete to sit for more than five to ten minutes, with five being the more realistic number. I came up with several possible ideas and setups that we could do in a small amount of time.
On the shoot day, the world famous Shawn Cullen helped me out and we got to the Chargers practice facility early to scout and get set up. We had several restrictions and Mantiʻs schedule kept changing while we were setting up and the ten minutes we were hoping for turned into "a few minutes or less" and that we needed to be fast so my extra setups went out the window. I chose a spot in the practice field utilizing the goal post. Shawn and I trimmed our setup and kept things simple. We set up my 6×6 Lastolite Skylite scrim overhead to shade our set from the midday sun. In keeping with the simple theme, we set up my Elinchrom Octabank with a Profoto 7B pack and Pro7 head to camera left just out of frame. We put a quarter CTO gel on the light to warm it up a little bit. I used a Nikon D700 camera with a 24-70mm f/2.8 lens.
When Manti arrived he was a consumate professional and great guy. I spent a little time talking story with Manti and trying to build as much of a connection as possible in a few short seconds and then we got to work. From the first frame to the last was three minutes and thirty five seconds. Manti was happy, the Chargers public relations team was happy, and so were we.
2014 BCS National Championship Fun Photos
Spent the first week of 2014 in Pasadena at the Rose Bowl for the last BCS National Championship game for Sports Illustrated. I got to help Erick Rasco, Mel Jones, and Terrance Phillips with the photo technology and editing backend and we set up and managed the network infrastructure for tethering the Nikon D4 cameras. Covering the game were staff photographers John W. McDonough, Robert Beck, John Biever, and freelancers Gary Bogdon and Donald Miralle. The team made fantastic images.
SI has always felt like a small family since I started as a Lighting Tech and 1st Assistant to John W. McDonough back in 2008. John has been a mentor to me and the the other photographers have as well even though they don't know it. The Sports Illustrated staffers, both current and former, are the best of the best of the best. Period. And there is nothing like getting to help them out and get to observe how they work. I've learned so much that way. And there is nothing like looking over the John Biever's shoulder while he's photographing football and seeing what he shot and having your jaw drop. I'm a lucky kid from the Big Island and I'm always grateful to get to support the team at big events.
It was also great to get to see a bunch of wonderful people who have done so much for me as a young photographer including another one of my mentors Peter Read Miler and Kallie, Bob "Pepaw" Rosato, Jon Soohoo, and Scott Clarke. Big mahalos to Eric Kay, Richard Mackson, and Joe Knight for all their help and support in getting the job done and taking care of us all in Pasadena.
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The ANC is a national liberation movement. It was formed in 1912 to unite the African people and spearhead the struggle for fundamental political, social and economic change.
The ANC's key objective is the creation of a united, non-racial, non-sexist and democratic society.
This means the liberation of Africans in particular and black people in general from political and economic bondage. It means uplifting the quality of life of all South Africans, especially the poor.
The ANC is in an alliance with the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). Each Alliance partner is an independent organisation with its own constitution, membership and programmes. The Alliance is founded on a common commitment to the objectives of the National Democratic Revolution, and the need to unite the largest possible cross-section of South Africans behind these objectives.
Author : Gwede Mantashe
11 August 2014
The African National Congress has received a detailed explanation from Comrade Pallo Jordan on claims that his qualifications are false. True to his character, he has apologised to the ANC, its membership and South Africa as a whole.
Comrade Pallo Jordan has also offered to resign his membership of Parliament, the National Executive Committee of the ANC and the ANC. The ANC National Officials have accepted his resignation from Parliament; his membership of the NEC and the ANC have been referred to the structures of the organisation.
A man of Comrade Pallo Jordan`s intellect does not need to perpetuate deceit; he must be given time to deal with his guilt. As the ANC, we have accepted his public apology; to apologise was not an action of the faint hearted.
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Gwede Mantashe
Secretary General
African National Congress
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Bay County, FL - At Southport Elementary there is definitely reason to celebrate.
The school earned an "A" grade for the ninth year in a row, one of eleven Bay County elementary and middle schools to do so.
"A" schools will soon be receiving money from the Florida School Recognition Program.
"It makes me feel proud and I'm happy for all the hard work that went on here to earn that money," said Dianne Miller, Principal of Southport Elementary.
Southport Elementary will be receiving 31,469 dollars.
Each "A" school gets 75 dollars per student.
However, the interesting part isn't how much money they are getting, but how the schools are choosing to spend it.
Most schools give the majority of the money to the faculty and staff.
"Normally 80 to 85 percent of it goes back in the form of bonuses to the teachers and instructional staff," said Gena Burgans, Director of Instruction for Bay District Schools.
In fact, that's one of the state's top recommendations for spending the money; but schools do have other options.
"I had one school that actually called in and was interested in buying laptop computers, or interested in buying a software program, that their school budget would not allow them to purchase this year," Burgans said.
Each school elects a steering committee to determine ballot items which are then voted on by faculty and staff.
Southport elementary chose the bulk of this year's money to go toward bonuses.
"Everybody contributes to making us an "A" school, so we have decided to do bonuses and then the money that's left after will go toward school supplies," Miller said.
Miller listed printer ink as one of the school's top spending priorities after faculty and staff bonuses.
But before anything happens, the money has to come in from the state. The district is still waiting to hear when that will be.
Each "A" school must submit their distribution plan to the district by Friday. They will be placed on the next school board agenda as informational items.
Bay District School recipients include:
Southport Elementary receiving 31,469 dollars.
Merriam Cherry Street Elementary receiving 33,554 dollars.
Bay Haven Charter Middle receiving 33,750 dollars.
Springfield Elementary receiving 37,481 dollars.
Bay Haven Charter Academy receiving 46,316 dollars.
Patronis Elementary receiving 51,338 dollars.
Breakfast Point Academy receiving 60,010 dollars.
Lynn Haven Elementary receiving 60,199 dollars.
Merritt Brown Middle receiving 61,753 dollars.
Surfside Middle receiving 77,187 dollars.
Mowat Middle receiving 77,588 dollars.
Regionwide District Totals:
Bay County is receiving 570,645 dollars.
Calhoun County is receiving 38,978 dollars.
Franklin County is receiving 24,041 dollars.
Gulf County is receiving 35,847 dollars.
Holmes County is receiving 24,791 dollars.
Jackson County is receiving 198,680 dollars.
Liberty County is receiving 22,881dollars.
Okaloosa County is receiving 1,108,501 dollars.
Walton County is receiving 250,802 dollars.
Washington County is receiving 104,630 dollars.


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Love to read? Love to write? Love to read or write about your Christian faith? Well, you don't have to wait for Oprah . . . all of your favorite things will collide this Saturday, December 8th, as Christian Authors On Tour (CAOT) present the Christian Writer's Literary Festival at the Enoch Pratt Free Library Central Branch.
The festival will take place between 11am and 4pm, and it will include the opportunity to hear and participate in panel discussions. Festival-goers will also have the opportunity to buy a variety of books from various Christian authors, meet some of the authors, hear book excerpts, and receive writing and ministry tips.
The Christian Writer's Literary Festival is free and open to the public. For more information about the panelists and authors click here. When you come to the festival, you can also bless women in need and the homeless with your donation of new hygiene products. These items will be collected at the registration table.


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I did not like this film and i do not recommend seeing it in the theaters. The film was way too graphic for my taste and I felt uncomfortable watching it. There were a lot of graphic sex scenes and hints of incest that was not pleasant or interesting to watch. This film is supposed to explore sex addiction but it only shows the effects of it and offers no explanations. This film raised a lot of questions that were never answered and the film ends in a question as well which made me frustrated. I think the performances were pretty good but it was hard to focus on them because the lead actor spent most of his time naked. Overall, i do not think this film is worth your money or your time.
I think that the film was alright but i do not think it is worth seeing in the theaters. I am not sure why critics are raving about this film, I did not find it to be as interesting or shocking. The film has a good pace and it is very good visually, basically technically the film is almost flawless but otherwise I did not enjoy it. I thought that the film had no message and no point, the sex was kind of meaningless and I really do not like films that have no point, it bothers me actually. The character study in the film is pretty convincing and the performances are really strong but that is not enough. Overall, this film is not for everyone and it was definitely not for me.
This is a drama set in New York city about a guy named Brandon who has a very private sex addiction and his life gets disturbed when his sister comes for an indefinite visit, the film is directed by Steve McQueen and stars Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan and James Badge Dale. This was a very intense film that feels kind of claustrophobic and unsettling but i do recommend seeing it because it is very interesting. The characters in the film are very exposed and the audience can see every emotion and unsettling though that is going through their mind, it is chilling and uncomfortable sometimes but I enjoy a challenge. The film does not offer any comfort and many people will find it to be a bit too intense but I loved it and I recommend seeing it in the theaters.
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Sorry for appearing almost dead here.
Lots of work to do, lots of stress going on in my life right now,
but hey, maybe I will have time for a few commissions in a while.
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I won't do point commission, and also a big nope for requests.
As much fun as it is, but I have no time for this right now :<


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Saturday, April 5, dawned sunny but windy in Baltimore County (Maryland). Residents eagerly reported to Hawthorne Elementary School to check in for participation in "Project Clean Stream," their annual clean-up program for their waterfront parks. Volunteers came dressed for dry or wet clean-up activities with support for the Clear Creeks Project, sponsored by the Gunpowder Valley Conservancy.
The Middle River Watershed quality, over the past few years, has been dropping. Having always been a "B+," the current rating has dropped to a "D." The watershed has 13 sub-watersheds including Cowpens Creek and Dark Head Creek, both within the Hawthorne community. In an effort to reverse this decline, local residents have become actively participating in shoreline clean-ups.
On this sunny Saturday morning, over 120 volunteers signed in. Many brought their own bags to be filled with litter and small debris. The hosting organization also arranged for several boxes of large 'yard bags,' the volunteers quickly filled with all sorts of trash and debris.
Within an hour, the pile of filled bags began looking like a small mountain. Sadly, the volunteers were also pulling tires, a sofa, a living room chair and other large debris that had been dumped in the creek over this past winter. Volunteers were on hand with pick-up trucks, some even pulled flat-bed trailers or small carts that were quickly filled by the dedicated volunteers who wanted the park to be pristine by the end of the day's event.
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The Nature Conservancy has begun restoration efforts on Shamrock Island, a 110-acre island located west of Mustang Island in Corpus Christi Bay. As part of the Conservancy's coastal restoration program, Shell Oil has committed $500,000 to get the project underway.
Shamrock Island is among the most important islands in the western Gulf of Mexico for large colonies of sea and shore birds. Accessible only by boat, as many as 24,000 nesting birds rely on the island each year between February and August.
A slender bridge of land once connected Shamrock Island to Mustang Island. After a hurricane destroyed the land bridge, it became one of only four natural islands on the Texas coast that provides a safe haven for nesting birds. Mainland predators that would normally threaten the vulnerable nesting birds, their eggs, and their chicks cannot reach the island. The island is significant because its varied topography, landscapes, and vegetation attract and support a wonderfully diverse array of bird species in great numbers.
Over the years the island has sustained serious damage from winter storms that have swept across Corpus Christi Bay. Crashing waves and strong winds have pounded the island's western side, raking sand from its beaches, uprooting sea grass, and breaching the uplands that shelter the islands critical lagoons and wetlands.
Shamrock Island is now severely eroded and in need of restoration; on February 28th the Conservancy will announce its two-pronged restoration approach to ensure the island remains a safe haven for the thousands of birds that nest there each year.
"The restoration of Shamrock Island is a key priority for The Nature Conservancy," said Laura Huffman, Texas state director of The Nature Conservancy. If we are going to preserve Texas' amazing natural legacy for future generations, we need all sectors – private, business, public and non-profits – investing in on-the-ground conservation opportunities like Shamrock Island." The natural systems that ensure the health of the Gulf of Mexico are rapidly vanishing, threatening both our national economy and one of our national treasures. We're stripping away the Gulf's natural defenses yet expecting, wanting and needing it to perform as well, if not better, as it always has. This national workhorse can survive, but not without our help."
Total cost of the project is estimated at $2.3 million. The funding from Shell will be used to complete the first phase of the project, which is expected to be completed in late 2012.
"As an energy company striving to meet the growing demand for domestic energy, we recognize the importance of a holistic approach to the environment where we work and making the most of the natural resources we have," said Mary Grace Anderson, Shell's Development Manager and Decision Executive for the Mars B 'Olympus' TLP. This is one of the reasons we are proud to partner with The Nature Conservancy to restore Shamrock Island and ensure a sustainable habitat for nesting birds for years."
The Nature Conservancy is a leading conservation organization working around the world to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. Visit The Nature Conservancy on the web at www.nature.org. To learn about the Conservancy's global initiatives, visit www.nature.org/global. To keep up with current Conservancy news, follow @nature_press on Twitter.


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Discussion in 'PC' started by Sir8BitHero, Jan 28, 2013.
You heard it here folks
The question is what will it be?
What will it be? WHAT WILL IT BE!?
Fuckin' awesome, that's what.
Keep it on the DL folks.....much like Xmas gifts, the anticipation is 90% of the fun....


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The Birdola Kob Bar for Squirrels is perfect when you need a diversion. Place the Kob Bar in an area apart from bird feeders to draw those darn squirrels, chipmunks and other critters away and let birds eat in peace. The Kob is made of all natural, wholesome ingredients, so you know the squirrels are getting a good meal too!
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Ingredients: Corn, Black Oil Sunflower Seeds, Peanuts, Gelatin.
Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein (min) - 11%
Crude Fat (min) - 6%
Crude Fiber (max) - 3%


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Legendary multi-award winning actor Eli Wallach died on Tuesday from natural causes. He was 98.
Wallach has appeared in more than eighty films since his first starring role in 1956's "Baby Doll," though is perhaps best remembered for his key roles in two of the most famous westerns of all time - "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly" and "The Magnificent Seven".
Other films in which he often played a memorable role included his turns as Guido in "The Misfits, " The General in "Lord Jim," Napoleon in "The Adventures of Gerard", Don Altobello in "The Godfather Part III," Adam Coffin in "The Deep," Cotton Weinberger in "The Two Jakes," Donald Fallon in "The Associate," and small but key roles in more recent fare like "Mystique River," "The Ghost Writer," "The Holiday" and his final film "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps".
He has also guest starred on countless TV shows from "ER," "LA Law," "Murder She Wrote" and "Kojak," to "Law and Order," "Nurse Jackie," "Highway to Heaven" and even played Mr. Freeze on two occasions in the 1960s "Batman" series - saying he received more fan mail about his two brief guest appearances on that show than about all of his other roles combined.
Wallach had been married to stage actress Anne Jackson since 1948 and the pair have three children, five grandchildren and several great grandchildren. His niece is a famed historian, while his great-nephew is New York film critic A.O. Scott.