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Senior Lecturer
Research Interests
Research at the flower lab mainly focuses on ornamental plants and the control of flowering time: Flowering plants undergo a transition from vegetative to reproductive development, whose timing is regulated by internal and external cues. Understanding the factors affecting this process at the physiological, morphological and molecular levels gives insight into the flowering strategies used by different plants and eventually enables manipulation of flowering time in ornamentals. The possibility of improving selected traits (e.g. flowering time, fragrance induction) through genetic engineering manipulation has been investigated in several ornamentals. The effect of salinity has been tested in several ornamental crops. In some cases, salinity improved flower quality.
Current Projects
1. Flower transition and flowering time. The process of flowering transition is been studied in lisianthus (Eustoma grandiflorum) and in two Lilium species at the physiological, morphological and molecular levels, with special empahsis on the response of the plants to vernalization (extended exposure to low temperatures, as a means to induce or hasten flower induction). Molecular regulation of the vernalization process is investigated.
2. Introduction of new ornamental crops
- The development of the wild Lilium candidum as a new cut flower (Madonna lily) as a cultivated ornamental cut flower is being undertaken. Research includes collection of L. candidum accessions from wild populations in Israel and characterization of L. candidum development and flowering.
- Halophyte plants as new ornamentals
3. Anti-viral effect of plant extracts. The effect of extracts from several plants and their fractions are being tested against different Herpes viruses.
Recent publications
Yarmolinsky, L., Zaccai, M., Ben-Shabat, S., Mills, D., Huleihel, M., 2010. Anti-herpetic activity of Callissia fragrans and Simmondsia chinensis leaf extracts in Vitro. Open Virol. J., 4:51-56.
Yarmolinsky, L., Huleihel, M., Zaccai, M. Ben-Shabat, S., 2012. Potent antiviral flavone glycosides from Ficus benjamina leaves. Fitoterapia 83(2): 362-367.
Saadon, S., Zaccai M., 2013. Lilium candidum bulblet and meristem development. In vitro Cell & Dev. Biology – Plant 49:313-319.
Meir, M., Zaccai, M., Raveh, E., Ben-Asher, J., Tel-Zur, N., 2014. (In Press). Performance of Ziziphus jujuba trees correlates with tissue mineral content under salinity conditions. Agricultural Water Management 142: 47-55.
Lugassi-Ben Hamo, M., Martin, C.V., Zaccai, M., 2015. Characterization of expressed sequence tags from Lilium longiflorum in vernalized and non-vernalized bulbs. Journal of Plant Physiology 173: 72–81 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2014.09.015).
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July 25, 2014
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In just 12 days all members of the UIC women's soccer team will arrive together on campus for the first time and begin training for the inaugural season. Our roster is comprised of 25 remarkable student-athletes who have all bought in to the idea of setting the foundation for a first-year program.
I encourage all soccer enthusiasts and UIC supporters to come witness this historic season unfold. Our 20-game schedule features 11 matches at Flames Field, which is located at 901 W. Roosevelt in the heart of UIC's south campus.
Home competition begins on Saturday, Aug. 16, at 7:30 p.m. CT, with an exhibition match against IPFW. The following Sunday on Aug. 24, UIC women's soccer will host its very first regular season contest versus Big Ten-member Iowa at 1:00 p.m.
Single game and season tickets are now on sale through the UIC Ticket Office (312-413-8421) or by clicking here. Fans looking for the best value are directed to the UIC All-Sport Pass, which provides admission into all home events.
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Nominations will be announced Dec. 15.
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College Hockey:Alaska not straying from what netted first NCAA tournament spot
Alaska capped its 2009-10 season with the program's first trip to the NCAA tournament, so it's only fitting that UAF is picked third this season, the highest preseason prognostication in Nanooks history.
How does Dallas Ferguson, the third-year coach responsible for turning around the UAF program, follow all of this up? With what got him here to begin with.
"I told the team … that it's nice to be recognized but that everybody right now is 0-0-0," Ferguson said. "We feel that it's nice to be recognized but we're not going to worry about preseason polls or what's behind us. We've got to focus on moving forward and getting better every day."
The Nanooks began last season with back-to-back hardware, capturing both the Kendall Hockey Classic and the Brice Alaska Goal Rush. They followed that quick start and a record of 9-5-3 at the midseason break. UAF had just one win in January, though, slumping (1-4-3) through the month before rebounding at the end of the season — only to lose a home first-round CCHA playoff series to Northern Michigan.
Ferguson knows that a similar arc to the season may not yield the results he and the Nanooks want. "I think one of the things we want to focus in on is just making sure we're being consistent with everything that we're doing in all facets of our program," Ferguson said. "Finding that level of consistency just doesn't happen; it's something we focus in on every day, being your best … just being focused in on today and not worrying about anything else."
Part of the reason that UAF is on everyone's radar this season is the depth the Nanooks have at each position. This is a veteran team, and now one that is tournament tested. Said Ferguson, "I'm real happy with some of the decisions that we're going to have to make being that we have some tough decisions to make about who's going to be in the lineup every night."
The Nanooks return a solid defense, backstopped by junior Scott Greenham, but lose 19 of their 108 overall goals with the departure to graduation of Dion Knelsen, who played online with CCHA rookie of the year Andy Taranto. Ferguson said that senior Dustin Slather has been skating with Taranto in the early going; the two are the only returning Nanooks with 10 or more goals last season.
"We've been mixing some guys in there to see where the chemistry's at," said Ferguson, who added that he expects this year's captain, Kevin Petovello, to contribute to the offense after missing much of last season to injury.
With 18 returning players, all with tournament experience, Ferguson said his team returned prepared.
"We've talked about keeping a level head because that is behind us," Ferguson said. "There's a lot of work that has to go into it and our focus was going into the summer and everybody doing what they needed to do to get better so that we can hopefully give ourselves an opportunity to be successful again."
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Okay, Okay, after all the nasty things I said about the original Kindle and the Segway, now I am doing a one-eighty. Well, not exactly. I was talking about the old kindle. The Kindle 2 has just come out, and I am amazed at the features that are available on it.
First off, it is a slender 1/3 of an inch. It has a hugely long battery life. Two weeks! You can download books directly from the internet, subscribe to newspapers like the Wall Street Journal (right now for 99.00). It will carry around 1500 books (equivalent to every book currently on the premises).
I thought the old Kindle a bit clunky like most book readers, but now I see what an electronic book reader can be. Heck, the new Kindle 2 can even read to you!
Back in the ancient 90s at a party, I got in a discussion with a couple of programmers about ebook readers. They were telling me that they would make books obsolete. I told them that I did not think that old fashioned paper books would ever go out of style. True readers would not want to give up the feel, the ability to dog ear and make notes in margins. Until today I thought smugly how right I was and how wrong they were. After all how could an electronic device have the look of paper? At Amazon they have thought of all of that. The electronic paper technology is actually a pleasure to read. My favorite feature is that you can make annotations on the text. One added feature…the books are cheaper than if you bought them in a bookstore and you can order them from your armchair by the fire.
p.s. (10 Mar 2009) – I am a frequent reader of Aaron Wall and his blog. He has his own enthusiastic review of the Kindle 2. He talks about having two or three for reference. I have thought it might be nice to have one each for my wife, my daughter and myself. However, with storage for 1500 books, I think one will be enough for now.


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On this day, May 12, 1937, George Denis Patrick Carlin was born. An American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, actor and writer/author, he won five Grammy Awards for his comedy albums. In 2004, Carlin placed second on the Comedy Central list of the 100 greatest stand-up comedians of all time, ahead of Lenny Bruce and behind Richard Pryor. A frequent performer and guest host on The Tonight Show during the three-decade Johnny Carson era, he was also the very first host of both the very first episode of Saturday Night Live as well as the first-ever host of "Fridays" (1980), an ABC show fashioned after "SNL".
Carlin was noted for his thoughts on politics, the English language, psychology, religion, and various taboo subjects. Often compared to Lenny Bruce, his forte was social and political commentary, spiced with nihilistic observations about people and religion peppered with black humor. He is also noted for his masterful knowledge and use of the English language. His "Seven Dirty Words" comedy routine were central to the 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation, in which a narrow 5–4 decision by the justices affirmed the government's power to regulate indecent material on the public airwaves.
Has received two Grammys: for his albums "FM & AM" (1972) and "Jammin' in New York" (1993). Starred in 14 HBO specials from 1977 until his death in 2008. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Live Theatre at 1555 Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Inducted into the Comedy Hall of Fame in November 1994. Awarded the 2008 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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George Carlin appeared in the following among others.
Outrageous Fortune
Car Wash
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
The Prince of Tides
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Scary Movie 3
Jersey Girl
Happily N'Ever After
1907 – Katharine Hepburn (Academy Award-winning Actress: Morning Glory [1932-33], Guess Who's Coming to Dinner [1967], The Lion in Winter [1968], On Golden Pond [1981]; Adam's Rib, Pat and Mike, The African Queen, The Rainmaker, Rooster Cogburn, Suddenly Last Summer, Mary of Scotland, Love Affair; died June 29, 2003)
1938 – Millie Perkins (actress: Wall Street, Ensign Pulver)
1948 – Lindsay Crouse (actress: The Juror, The Arrival, Desperate Hours, Places in the Heart, The Verdict, Slap Shot, House of Games, Eleanor & Franklin, All the President's Men, Traps)
1950 – Bruce Boxleitner (actor: Scarecrow and Mrs. King, The Babe)
1958 – Kim Greist (actress: Homeward Bound series, Throw Momma from the Train, Brazil, Chicago Hope)
1962 – Emilio Estevez (actor: Breakfast Club, Repo Man, Young Guns, Stakeout, The Mighty Ducks, Men at Work, Freejack; Martin Sheen's son, Charlie's brother, Paula Abdul's ex)
1966 – Stephen Baldwin (actor: Fled, The Usual Suspects, Under the Hula Moon, Threesome, The Great American Sex Scandal, Born on the Fourth of July, Home Boy, The Young Riders, The Prodigious Hickey, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas; brother of actors Alec, William and Daniel Baldwin)
1969 – Kim Fields (actress: The Facts of Life, Living Single, Baby, I'm Back)


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Global Mind Change startles us into reconsidering the role of consciousness in major areas of human concern: science and education, spirituality and consciousness research, health and healing, psychology and psychotherapy, economics and management. Revolutions are generally thought of as large-scale, bloody upheavals involving whole countries and societies. But there are quieter revolutions that begin in the individual mind and create the kind of change that may be even more significant. By deliberately changing their internal image of reality, people are transforming the world. Right now we are living through one of the most fundamental shifts in history—a change in the actual belief structure of Western industrial society.
Global Mind Change, first published in 1988, connects every major field of human endeavor in its exploration of the possibilities for social transformation through internal change. Harman, whose career spanned both the technical (electrical engineering) and psychological sciences, examines the role of consciousness in five areas:
"No one has contributed more than Willis to our ability to understand the world from an entirely new perspective, one that is more embracing of our humanity and our great human consciousness, business, science, and the planet. In a masterful weaving, he spins out a new world view that can truly bring about the global mind change we all long for." —Margaret J. Wheatley, author of Leadership and the New Science and coauthor of A Simpler Way
"The influence of Willis Harman's social thought has grown for several decades now, and will continue to grow for many years to come. Global Mind Change is perhaps his most important book. It challenges many current assumptions about human nature and the world in general, and it opens up new perspectives on science, business, ecology, and religion." —Michael Murphy, author of The Kingdom of Shivas Irons and founder of the Esalen Institute
"Willis Harman's work stands as a superb testament to the human spirit in the modern and postmodern world. Global Mind Change is one of his finest and most provocative statements, highlighting the utterly fundamental role of consciousness in the evolution of humanity-thus reflecting, as well as helping to bring about, the very changes it courageously announces." — Ken Wilbur, author of Sex, Ecology, Spirituality
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SAFC sizzle on opening day clash.
2003 – Sunderland kicked off their season at 5.35pm in a televised fixture at Nottingham Forest. This is probably the hottest conditions in which the club have played a competitive match, with the pitchside temperature at 39c at kick off.
1985 – Former England international Eric Gates signed for Ipswich Town for £150,000.
1983 – Sunderland beat St Mirren 1-0 in the final of the pre-season tournament, the Isle of Man Trophy.
1975 – Striker Mel Holden made his debut in the first Anglo-Scottish Cup tie to be played at Roker Park. The game, in front of 12,673 spectators, ended in a 1-0 win for Carlisle United.


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I hope the Holiday Season has been joyous thus far. The Harrison Society kicked off the Holiday season a few weeks early as the board members of the Harrison Society organized the "Second Annual Harrison Holiday Crawl" to benefit "Toys for Tots." On the evening of November 16th, 75 Harrison Society Members along with their friends and family met at Amen Corner & hit the streets of Mass Ave, spreading Holiday Cheer all along the way.
The end result: 120+ gifts for families in need and memories for a lifetime. Though the response and turnout were amazing, this is just the beginning. We hope that fellow members will contribute gifts to the cause in the "Toys for Tots" giftwrapped boxes next to the elevators on the first floor. Our goal is 200+ gifts this season, so what do you say Toy Troops – let's come together for a great cause this Holiday season.
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The Harrison Society is hosting a free networking Suite Night for those interested in learning more about becoming a ticket holder, as the Pacers take on the Detroit Pistons. The game tips at 7PM, so whether it's a package for the company/family, a group event for parties, or a suite night for a new product showcase, we have a menu that caters to everyone. If you have interest in making it out to the game, please call or email 317. 917.2988 or firstname.lastname@example.com. This is first come first serve, so availability is limited. I can leave your tickets with Ma Donna at the Club the morning of the game. So feel free to grab a bite or beverage at the club prior to coming over for the game!
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Imagine nasty smelling liquid oozing from the ground around your house, waterways, and playgrounds. For those who choose to live in NC, it is not for toxic infrastructure. There is a ready metaphor between our aging sewage lines and repeated oil line breaks nationwide to legislation flowing from Raleigh. The laws are moving through without debate, no analysis of jobs, long range costs, or input from professionals. Legislation seems written by top campaign donors and lobbyists who want to privatize education, prisons, medicaid, and disregard civil and first amendment rights. Alarms should be requesting first response teams to treat the crisis; but legislators have invested half of their red ink to limit voting. Reducing early ballots, complicating voting for college students, and redistricting have reduced majority sentiments. What happened to the most progressive and successful state in the South?
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The Albuquerque Isotopes battled back from an early three-run deficit but ultimately lost 4-3 to the host Iowa Cubs on Monday afternoon. Kris Bryant's solo home run in the fifth inning proved to be the difference.
Albuquerque (35-42) trailed 3-0 entering the third inning when Walter Ibarra hit a leadoff single through the left side. Erisbel Arruebarrena followed with an RBI double and took third base on the late throw home.
Two batters later, Trayvon Robinson grounded out to second base, while Arruebarrena scored on the play. Joc Pederson then drew a walk, stole second base and scored the tying run on Clint Robinson's single through the left side.
Iowa (39-36) took the lead for good when Bryant blasted his third home run in the last two games. The shot to center field came with two outs in the fifth inning.
The Isotopes were able to threaten the Cubs in the seventh inning. Alex Liddi hit a leadoff double and went to third base on a groundout, but he was left stranded as Arruebarrena struck out swinging, Johnny Monell walked and Trayvon Robinson grounded out to second base.
Ibarra singled with two outs in the ninth but Arruebarrena popped up foul to right field to end the game. Blake Parker earned his 16th save for Iowa.
Albuquerque starter Jeff Bennett (4-2) allowed four runs, three earned, on nine hits and two walks while striking out seven batters in six innings. Dallas Beeler (5-3) got the victory as he allowed just three runs in six innings.
Javier Baez had given the Cubs the early lead as he singled with two outs in the first inning, advanced to second after Chris Valaika walked, then stole third base and scored on a throwing error by catcher Tim Federowicz. Arismendy Alcantara and Ryan Kalish hit back-to-back, one-out RBI singles in the second inning to make it 3-0.
Albuquerque and Iowa will wrap up their four-game series Tuesday at 11:05 a.m. Right-hander Zach Lee (6-7, 4.45 ERA) will start for the Isotopes against Cubs left-hander Tsuyoshi Wada (7-4, 2.81).
Albuquerque right-hander Carlos Frias was named the Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Week. In two starts last week, Frias allowed just one run in 13 innings of work. He struck out 17 while allowing just eight hits and four walks. ... Arruebarrena's RBI double extended his hitting streak to 10 games. He is batting .436 (17-for-39) with five RBI during the streak.


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This weekend, filmgoers have two main new options of entertainment: Either go see the Justin Bieber documentary, the aptly titled Justin Bieber: Never Say Never or the new Adam Sandler/Jennifer Aniston comedy, Just Go With It. Unfortunately, reviews have not been kind to the latter. So if you're looking for a way to get your chuckles out or just watch Aniston be pretty then maybe these would be some better options, easily accessible on DVD.
Friends: This should be an incredibly obvious pick for any profile of Aniston's work, it made her a star and a multi-millionaire. Yet, there is a reason, it was a darn good comedy. Yes, there were missteps, hell all around bad seasons (seven, nine), but there were then the seasons that got it right and are worth repeat viewings to fully appreciate (four, eight). Maybe it's time you revisit your favorite six fake Manhattanites. If you were too young to remember when Ross loved Rachel, Monica and Chandler were just friends, Joey was Al Pacino's butt double, and Phoebe only knew the song "Smelly Cat" then maybe its time to get those DVDs.
Grade: A
The Object of My Affection: Based on the novel by Stephen McCauley, this may be one of the more under appreciated films of Aniston's career. She shines as a woman who discovers she is pregnant with her ex's child and chooses to raise the baby technically alone with the help of new best friend/roommate George (a charming Paul Rudd). This is an interesting comedy that asks you to wonder how two people can fall in love without being in love due to their being in the wrong bodies for each other. What defines a family? It's not only meant to make you laugh (which it will) but think, and along with an amazing extended cast of quirky characters.
Grade: A
Office Space: Give yourself a high five if you remember Aniston was even in this cult favorite film from director/writer Mike Judge. It's a biting satire about corporate America still rings true, although some of the jokes may have gotten a bit staid with time. Yet, its still a really funny and irreverent comedy that doesn't hold back. If anything this movie may remind you to go find a stapler too (see movie to understand this comment).
Grade: A-
The Good Girl: Writer Mike White and director Miguel Artera produced one of the finer independent movies of the 00s with this chillingly dark comedy. Aniston shows off both her charm and ability to play more dramatic roles as the depondent Justine, who dreams of a happier life away from her dreary husband and dead end job. Once Jake Gyllenhaal's Holden arrives in her life, all bets are off and all the audience can do is sit back with wonder at what will happen next. This film is also aided by excellent supporting turns by White and Zoey Deschanel.
Grade: A-
He's Just Not That Into You: One of the better plotlines in this melange of stories based on the like titled book involved Aniston's beleagured Beth trying to convince her long-term boyfriend (played by Ben Affleck) to marry her. Their debates were multi-faceted and entertaining about determining if people should be wed. Now if only the rest of the movie made as much sense as their piece of the puzzle. It's a decent date night movie, especially with Valentine's Day around the corner, but not for those looking for a laugh riot.
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"The Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Jacqueline Laurita may have learned a thing or two when she found out that her son, Nicholas, had been diagnosed with autism. He had been digressing his speech and she wasn't sure what was happening. Since then, she has been in full support mode and trying to help him out in any way possible. But it sounds like she has some valuable advice for people who are not parents of an autistic child. According to a new Wetpaint Entertainment report published on March 24, "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Jacqueline Laurita is now revealing that people dealing with autistic children should be patient.
People are working with people who have autism on a daily basis, whether it is in an office, at the beauty shop or even doctors. To these people, Jacqueline has some advice. "Patience," she revealed when asked about it. "Talk softly. Use 'trim' instead of 'cut.' Try using a positive reinforcer." If a child is getting a haircut, Jacqueline suggests distractions. "Offer a distraction (iPad, movie)," Jacqueline adds. "Work quickly!"
Even though she hasn't been filming the show this season, she has been keeping fans updated on Nicholas' progression. She has been sharing videos on Instagram, showing fans that he is doing quite well.
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Who do you believe is lyrically close to Lupe? Right now
Lupe's Lyrical Competition?
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I agree w/verbal I was essentially trying to say the same thing, but Lupe is def. in his own category
T.I....JOE BUDDEN.... :S the only one that can be put in the same category as lupe right now in terms of lyrics is prob Jay Electronica and Wale
OLD Kanye, not this new one lol (although I still don't mind him...but lyrically he used to be hotter to me) but other than that, I can't really say anyone is touchin Lupe he has his own style that no one is really that similar to.
this might be a cliché but no one. the guy is lyrically insane. kanye might just, MIGHT just jump half the height lupe can jump but yeah. nobody else.
I would say Joe Budden and Kanye, too. But Kanye needs to calm down, b/c I loved Kanye when he first came out, but now he's crazy


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ahhhhhh!!!!!! hide your ducks and chikens! cool this looks like the begining of a series! can't wait to see what happens!
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TCP testing in Linux is an continuous process. These tests are concerned with the behavior and correctness of the TCP protocol in the Linux kernel.
More will be added to this page soon.
Many tools are available for building TCP tests, but some of the basic ones are:
- Iperf
- a simple client/server test application.
- TcpProbe
- kernel module that creates a way to see TCP endpoint state changes
- Netem
- emulate long delays, packet loss etc.
When running TCP experiments over high Bandwidth Delay Product (BDP) you probably want to change the maximum available TCP window size. TCP tuning is done via wikipedia:sysctl parameters documented in Net:Ip-sysctl (or Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt) see for more info.
At a minimum increase tcp_rmem[2] for receiver and tcp_wmem[2] for sender to twice the BDP.
If the test involves repeated connections, you should also turn off the route metrics:
sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_no_metrics_save=1
Normally Linux will remember the last slow start threshold (ssthresh). This modifies the result of the second test, and causes errors.
Congestion Control
The purpose of congestion control tests is to observe how the congestion window changes with different network conditions. These tests have lots of possible variables and there is no one "right answer".
A basic test would be:
- Start iperf server on the receiver
iperf -s
- Insert tcp_probe module (as root) on sending machine and filter for iperf port. You can change the mode to allow non-root user access
modprobe tcp_probe port=5001 chmod 444 /proc/net/tcpprobe
- Capture tcp probe output (on sender) and place in background
cat /proc/net/tcpprobe >/tmp/tcpprobe.out & TCPCAP=$!
- Run iperf test on sender for 15minutes
iperf -i 10 -t 300 -c receiver
- Kill capture process
kill $TCPCAP
The tcp probe capture file will contain one line for each packet sent.
0.073678 10.8.0.54:38644 192.168.1.42:5001 24 0xb6b19bb 0xb6b19bb 2 2147483647 5792 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | | | | | | | | +- [9] Send window | | | | | | | +------------ [8] Slow start threshold | | | | | | +-------------- [7] Congestion window | | | | | +------------------------ [6] Unacknowledged sequence # | | | | +---------------------------------- [5] Next send sequence # | | | +------------------------------------- [4] Bytes in packet | | +------------------------------------------------------- [3] Receiver address:port | +----------------------------------------------------------------------- [2] Sender address:port +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] Time seconds * The value of slow start threshold here is (-1) which means it hasn't been determined yet * Time since Tcp probe was loaded.
This text file can be easily filtered and modified with standard tools such as awk and perl. A common usage is to make a plot of congestion window and slow start threshold over time using gnuplot.
$ gnuplot -persist <<"EOF" set data style linespoints show timestamp set xlabel "time (seconds)" set ylabel "Segments (cwnd, ssthresh)" plot "/tmp/tcpprobe.out" using 1:7 title "snd_cwnd", \ "/tmp/tcpprobe.out" using 1:($8>=2147483647 ? 0 : $8) title "snd_ssthresh" EOF
The result should look something like this:
A set of scripts to run test like this and plot are available [1]
There are many possible factors that can be evaluated in any test.
For a good discussion of the issues see the paper:
On the effective evaluation of TCP and Experimental evaluation of TCP protocols for high-speed networks.
- Algorithim
- Linux provides many congestion control algorithms now.
- TCP needs to adapt to a wide range of band-width delay products
- Loss
- TCP should recover from moderate loss, but since most congestion control algorithms use loss to estimate BDP; they have trouble distinguishing random packet loss from router queue overflow packet drop.
- Fairness
- Define fairness and how to measure it
- Background traffic
- Describe how to add background traffic via harpoon here
On Linux TCP should be able to fully saturate the network given a sufficiently fast CPU and bus for a single connection. Some useful tools are:
- netperf allow for measuring CPU utilization
- Apache benchmark for measuring lots of web connections
- curl-loader web traffic generation (HTTP/S, FTP/S) with 10-20K and more real HTTP sessions
See also Performance Testing .
There are (expensive) TCP protocol validation suites.
Fuzz testing is a useful way to find unexpected bugs in the TCP processing.
ISIC is a suite of utilities to exercise the stability of an IP Stack and its component stacks (TCP, UDP, ICMP et. al.)
- Web100 project
- Protocols for Long Distance Networks conference 2007 2006
- Hamilton Institute Experimental testing
- NCSU developers of CUBIC and BIC, experimental results [2] [3]
- Stanford Linear Accelerator Testbed experiments and report
- Stephen Hemminger development tests results 2.6.19-rc3 2.6.19-rc4 pre-2.6.22


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Coming off an impressive first-round KO, Daniel Spohn switched things up and showcased his grappling ability in a two-round unanimous decision win over Todd Monaghan on Wednesday night's episode of "The Ultimate Fighter 19."
Spohn landed several takedowns in the fight and all three judges scored the fight 20-18 in favor of the Columbus, Ohio native. Spohn's victory was part of episode three of "TUF 19" and it aired on FOX Sports 1.
Prior to his victory on episode three, Spohn violently knocked out Tyler King on the debut episode of "TUF 19." Spohn was one of eight light heavyweights to earn a victory on the debut episode.
Like his first fight on the show, Spohn opened up the fight with a left kick. After a series of feints from both fighters, Spohn landed a straight left and followed it up with a takedown.
Spohn worked his way to mount and started to work on locking down an arm-triangle choke. Monaghan was able to defend and eventually was able to scramble back to his feet.
Spohn quickly responded with another takedown but Monaghan was looking for a kimura once it hit the ground. The father of four was able to break free and controlled the fight on the ground for the rest of the opening round.
A lot like the first round, Spohn controlled the second and final round with takedowns and top control. Spohn landed three more takedowns in the round and was able to execute his game plan throughout the fight.
"I feel really good about my fight," Spohn said on the show. "I wanted to show some of my other skill set and that is exactly what I did."
With the win, Spohn advances on to the semi-finals and is now just one win away from the live finale in Las Vegas in July. If he can win two more fights, he will earn a six-figure UFC contract.


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The Bedouin in IsraelJuly 1999
Israel's Bedouin citizens - a minority within the Arab minority - have in recent years received increased attention, both from the media and from government institutions.
The process of integrating the Bedouin into Israeli society takes place on two levels - the formal, i.e., by government policy; and the informal, i.e., by changing relationships with Israeli society in general and Jewish society in particular.
The process, as may be expected, is fraught with "natural" difficulties experienced by this cultural group:
Yet a comparison of the situation of the Bedouin in Israel to that in Arab countries will show that Israeli Bedouin enjoy conditions that their brethren lack, mainly in two areas: welfare and land ownership.
Israel's attitude towards its Bedouin citizens has always been positive. Well aware of the difficulties of the Bedouin and based on a thorough knowledge of the subject, the last two governments have begun taking steps to solve the problems with unprecedented determination and allocation of the necessary funds.
A Ministerial Committee for the Advancement of Bedouin Affairs, comprising ten government ministers has been set up and, over the next four to five years, billions of NIS will be allotted for the implementation of the new programs. The Minister of National Infrastructure, who is responsible for construction and housing as well as for the Israel Lands Administration, has been empowered to negotiate with the Bedouin regarding land rights and has adopted a policy of a "once-and-for-all" solution to those problems.
The Bedouin population in Israel currently numbers 170,000 persons, living in the following regions:
The Bedouin population has increased tenfold since the establishment of the State (1948), due to a high natural increase - about 5% - which is unparalleled in Israel, or elsewhere in the Middle East. A high fertility rate related to traditional social values regarding size of family and/or tribe as a political advantage, as well as modern health and medical services with easy access, which reduced infant mortality and increased life expectancy, are responsible for this figure.
More than anything else, education can contribute to the integration of the Bedouin into Israeli society. Under the Compulsory Education Law, every Bedouin child is entitled to twelve years of free education and the law is very strictly enforced, at least at the elementary school level. Three factors enhanced implementation: an awareness of the necessity and the benefits of an education as an economic and social-mobility tool; the idleness of children and youngsters in the wake of moving to permanent settlements (they had been the main labor force tending the fields and the livestock); and the establishment of a relatively large number of schools in the scattered locations of the Bedouin.
Within a single generation, the Bedouin of Israel have succeeded in reducing illiteracy from 95% to 25%; those still illiterate are aged 55 and above.
Thirty to fifty percent of the students in elementary schools (depending on location) go on to high school, a ratio similar to that elsewhere in the country's Arab sector. They attend Bedouin high schools in the Negev and Arab high schools in the central and northern regions of the country.
Some 650 Bedouin - 30% of the Bedouin high school graduates of 1998 - are enrolled at present in post-secondary education. About 60 percent of them attend teacher training colleges and 40 percent study at the universities (including the Technological College of Be'er Sheva). In addition, 35 students are enrolled in universities abroad, since they did not qualify for admission to Israeli institutions; the universities now tend to ease admission standards for Bedouin students.
Health Services
The National Health Insurance Law (NHIL) which took effect onJanuary 1, 1996 considerably improved health services for about 30% of the Bedouin population who had not belonged to a sick fund. According to the NHIL, every resident is entitled to a basket of health services provided by clinics, specialists and hospitals.
Mother-and-child care centers provide health education, check-ups monitoring development and immunization. Today, hardly any Bedouin women give birth at home; going to hospital makes the mother eligible for a grant from the National Insurance Institute and provides unaccustomed pampering.
The Bedouin in the Negev
Most of the Bedouin tribes in the Negev hail from the Hejaz, a region in the north of the Arabian peninsula.
Education: At present there are 33 elementary schools, three high schools and three vocational schools for the Bedouin community in the Negev. At the elementary level, with an enrollment of 95%, the school population is made up of equal proportions of boys and girls. But because Bedouin society regards females as inferior and does not encourage them to study, girls make up no more than 10% of the pupils in high schools. At first many teachers had to be brought in from outside the community, today 60 percent of the teaching staff is Bedouin.
All the Bedouin high schools and 60% of the elementary schools in the Negev, are located in the seven Bedouin towns there. Over the past five years, extensive resources have been invested in schools, especially in buildings, services, water pipes, heating and more. Computers and laboratories have also been introduced.
Health: There are clinics in all seven Bedouin towns in the Negev (in Rahat, proclaimed a city in 1994, there are four clinics and a day-hospital). The medical staff includes Jews and Arabs; fifteen of them are Bedouin doctors. Most of the Bedouin living outside the towns can reach the clinics easily; in the more outlying areas, several mobile clinics provide services in the mornings.
A total of 12 clinics provide services in the Negev at present (one clinic per 6000 persons); another 10 clinics are in various stages of establishment. Hospital facilities are available in Be'er Sheva. If a gap still exists between health services in the rest of the country and in the Bedouin towns, it relates more to the physical domain than to the level of medicine.
Land Rights: In most countries in the Middle East the Bedouin have no land rights, only users' privileges. Israeli Law is derived largely from Mandatory (British) law which in turn incorporated much Ottoman law. Under Israeli law, a person who has not registered his/her land in the Land Registry cannot claim ownership; but in the mid 1970s Israel let the Negev Bedouin register their land claims and issued certificates as to the size of the tracts claimed. These certificates served as the basis for the "right of possession" later granted by the government. Following the signing of the Treaty of Peace with Egypt, it became necessary to move an airport to a locality inhabited by 5000 Bedouin. The government, recognizing these land claim certificates, negotiated with the certificate holders and paid compensation to them. Most moved to Bedouin townships, built houses and established businesses.
In recent years the Ministerial Committee for the Advancement of Bedouin Affairs has undertaken to solve the problem of land ownership and has been assured of the necessary funds. The government is willing to leave some 20% of the land claimed in Bedouin possession and to compensate them for the remainder. In the past, tensions relating to land ownership have led to violence. A solution is now possible, but it requires the willingness and goodwill of both partners.
Two kinds of land offenses make media headlines: illegal building and grazing in protected areas:
Illegal building. Tents and light structures (shacks and huts) built illegally are treated forgivingly. But construction of houses of stone or concrete without a building permit is considered an offense, since adequate infrastructure and services cannot be provided. Some 2,000 such locations with buildings already exist, scattered over an area of about 1,000 square kilometers.
Grazing in protected areas. Most of the livestock of the Bedouin in the Negev who keep flocks of sheep and goats are registered and approved by the Ministry of Agriculture, which provides pasture land outside the Negev for six to seven months of the year, since the carrying capacity of the Negev is limited. Owners who, for reasons of tax evasion, have not registered their livestock and do not receive Ministry of Agriculture services, frequently trespass on nature reserves or populated areas. They are liable to be punished under the law.
Permanent locations: The establishment of permanent towns did not begin until the Bedouin themselves constructed buildings to replace tents. But the urbanization process is by no means simple, as the planners have to deal with issues involving tradition and social structure and the Bedouin themselves have difficulty in articulating their wishes in planning terms.
The first Bedouin town, Tel Sheva, was founded in 1967. Here all possible mistakes were made, both by the planners and by government officials. Since then another six towns have been established in the Negev and an effort was made to learn from each previous experience. But the planning concept focused on urban settlement, while many Bedouin wanted to live in rural localities. Today there are plans to found such rural localities and it is hoped that they will satisfy the traditional aspirations of the Bedouin.
The Bedouin urban population in the Negev (1998)
The total Bedouin population of the Negev is about 110,000, which means that about 57,000 are still scattered in outlying areas. It will be Israel's task in the near future, to solve, together with the Bedouin, the problems of their settlement in towns and rural communities.
Livelihood: The desire of about 30% of the Bedouin in the Negev to retain traditional occupations - the raising of livestock and dry farming - as a source of primary or additional income, causes them to seek pasture land, the supply of which is decreasing due to development and increased quantities of livestock. Given the arid conditions of the Negev, the government, though increasing quotas from time to time, providing veterinary services and refraining from the importation of mutton, must limit pasture land. This is at times depicted in the media as cruel, and the Bedouin as victims of high-handedness.
Other sources of livelihood are:
1. Thirty percent of the Bedouin in the Negev have permanent jobs (in factories, government services etc.).
2. A similar percentage of unskilled workers cannot obtain permanent jobs and they are the immediate victims when recession and unemployment strike. The National Insurance Law guarantees minimal income to the unemployed, the elderly, the disabled or ill and to orphans and widows.
3. In private enterprise: they have succeeded to capture three niches in which neither Jews nor Arabs compete (providing income to an estimated 25% of the population): as agricultural contractors with modern mechanical equipment; as owners of trucks, utility vehicles, buses and cabs, or as salaried employees of transportation companies; and as contractors for development work, involving the use of heavy mechanical equipment.
The Bedouin in Central Israel
No Bedouin lived in central Israel in 1948. The fact that 10,000 currently live in this region is the result of migration from the Negev, due to two main factors:
Pasture migration: In 1957 the Negev was struck by drought which lasted for six years. The military administration, responsible for the Negev Bedouin localities at the time, came to the aid of the owners of large herds who requested permission to move to State-owned pasture land in central Israel. This migration led to the establishment of dozens of Bedouin settlements from Kiryat Gat to Mount Carmel, which developed pleasant social and political relations with their Jewish neighbors. In 1977 the government decided that the Bedouin should return to the Negev. Those who had land in the Negev returned there, but the majority remained in Central Israel, because they had abundant pasture land and some of the family members had found jobs, especially in and around the major Jewish cities. In 1992 a new policy, under which they were offered additional rural localities, was adopted; but the process of settlement will undoubtedly last many years.
Labor migration: The second factor that led to the migration of Bedouin to central Israel was the search for work, especially by families that lacked land and livestock. This migration process, which lasted from 1954 to 1970, created Bedouin centers in the cities of Ramle and Lod and the villages of Taibe and Kafr Kassem; lesser numbers settled in other Arab villages. The migrants belonged to two socio-economic groups: those who had left behind land in the Negev and those (the majority) who had not. The latter obtained permanent jobs and income and had no intention of leaving. Most of those who had left land in the Negev returned there in 1980, when the government recognized land claim certificates (see above - Land rights).
In the cities: The Bedouin who moved to Central Israel adapted quickly to urban life, free as they were of the social and political pressure of the Negev Bedouin who opposed moving to the townships set up for them by the government. They moved into houses abandoned by Arabs who had fled the country during the War of Independence, or built shacks (such as the train-station section of Lod). The government is now planning housing projects, taking their traditional needs into consideration. Having become permanent residents and enjoying better national and municipal services, the Bedouin show much interest in both general and municipal politics. in these cities they have also developed special relations with the two dominant communities, the Arabs and new Jewish immigrants.
In the villages: Paradoxically, the Bedouin who migrated from the Negev to Arab villages were not able to create positive relations with the villagers, despite a common religion and language; they are, instead, considered foreign implants. In 1997 the Kafr Kassem Local Council published a leaflet criticizing their Bedouin neighbors, even demanding their eviction. The incompatibility between the Bedouin, who bought small plots of land for agriculture, and the villagers seems to be linked to the cultural-historical difference between farmers and desert dwellers. But like all Israeli citizens they enjoy education, health and welfare services, despite their claims of being discriminated against by the local authorities, especially in the separate neighborhoods that they have built for themselves in each village.
The Bedouin in Northern Israel
The Bedouin in Galilee and the Jezreel valley, numbering about 50,000, unlike those in the Negev and in the Central region, hail from the Syrian desert. At the beginning of the century their nomadic way of life and militancy put them in a position to harass villages and demand tribute, giving them a sense of superiority over the fellahin (farmers). During the British Mandate the Galilee Bedouin were encouraged to purchase small plots of land and such purchases were recorded in the Land Registry as legal possession.
Towards the end of the British Mandate and during the struggle for the establishment of the State of Israel, many Bedouin joined the Jewish forces, believing that the Jewish state would be generous to them. This also explains the continued good relations after the establishment of the State, as manifested, first and foremost, in volunteering for the security forces and serving on the front lines; volunteering is considered by the Bedouin to be part of their blood-pact with the State of Israel.
One example of the good relations between the State and the Bedouin in the North is the tolerance displayed by the government regarding violations of building laws, non-expropriation of land and the establishment of the townships of Beit Zarzir and Ka'abiya.
Whereas the Negev Bedouin are ambivalent in their attitude toward the State and their identification with it, the northern Bedouin identify with it almost fully. This is manifested, first and foremost, in the extent of volunteering for the security services. As a result, the Bedouin in the North are rewarded with a friendly attitude, both from the establishment and from Jewish society at large.
The "Blood Covenant" between the Bedouin and the State of Israel has its roots in pre-State times. Since then, Bedouin volunteers in the Israel Defense Forces have served valiantly in operations behind enemy lines, on intellegence missions, side by side with kibbutz members in special reconnaissance units and as trackers with the Border Police.
The Wall of Tears of the Yad Ed monument, sponsored by the Jezreel Regional Council, is inscribed with the names of 110 Bedouin fighters who fell in the service of their country.


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Captain America being replaced by African-American partner Sam Wilson, The Falcon
(CNN) -- Move over, Steve Rogers. Let the Falcon take wing.
The Falcon, aka Sam Wilson, is taking over as Captain America from Rogers, Marvel announced Wednesday.
The new hero isn't just far younger than Rogers, who "must surrender his blues for a sturdy cane," Paul Montgomery wrote on Marvel.com; he's also an African-American very much in tune with the modern world.
"While Sam shares many of Steve's beliefs in a general sense, he's also a very different person with a very different background," editor Tom Brevoort said on the website. "He didn't grow up in the 1930s, he's a modern-day man in touch with the problems of the 21st century. For most of his professional life, Sam has worked as a social worker, so he's seen the worst of urban society up close, and how crime, poverty, lack of social structure and opportunity can affect the community."
The Falcon debuted in 1969 in "Captain America" #117. He was Marvel's first mainstream African-American superhero.
Right away he found himself going against Captain America's nefarioius Nazi foe, Red Skull, when a trip to a tropical island pitted him against the "Exiles," a group of former Nazis who had been affiliated wtih the archvillain. Wilson triumphed in that adventure and became friends with Captain America.
Over the years, with the help of his faithful falcon friend, Redwing, Wilson has fought crime on behalf of S.H.I.E.L.D. and other Marvel organizations.
In the 2014 movie "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," the Falcon was portrayed by Anthony Mackie.
Rogers isn't leaving the fold. He'll be a "remote strategic advisor," according to Brevoort.
This is the second time in a week that Marvel has changed up its universe. On Tuesday, the company announced that the new Thor will be a woman.
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Yoshiyuki Murakami1) 2),
Shu Watanabe2),
Hironobu Kuruma2),
Tadamitsu Matsuda,
Rui Watanabe5),
Atsushi Senoo2)
1) Department of Physical Therapy, Uekusa Gakuen University
2) Graduate School of Human Health Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University
3) Department of Physical Therapy, Ryotokuji University
5) Department of Physical Therapy, Kiyose Rehabilitation Hospital
Passive tactile discrimination, Functional MRI, Learning
[Purpose] We evaluated brain organization during passive touch and tactile discrimination using functional magnetic resonance imaging and examined the influence of learning. [Methods] The subjects were 7 persons who were experienced Mahjong player and were able to distinguish a Mahjong tile pattern by thumb touch without visual clues and 10 persons who were novices with no Mahjong experience. During magnetic resonance imaging, all subjects lay resting in the supine position, with their eyes closed. They were given touch and tactile discrimination tasks using the dominant thumb. [Results] In both groups, contralateral (thumb) sensorimotor cortex activation occurred during touch and bilateral sensorimotor cortex activation occurred during tactile discrimination. In both groups, there was a significant difference between the touch and tactile discrimination tasks. Compared to touch, the activation area was significantly increased during tactile discrimination. No significant between group difference was observed in either the touch or tactile discrimination task, but during tactile discrimination, the activation area tended to be larger in the experienced group. [Conclusion] Brain organization clearly differed between passive touch and passive tactile discrimination. Our findings suggest that with passive tactile discrimination, brain area activation may increase with learning.
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That happens when some sites just want to get the full credit as if they were the ones who found it and uploaded it, which is a bit lame because there are many people who will actually notice. But well, that's how it goes, every original has their imitators.
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Fuck it. In every news story we post now instead of:
Joe, "sauce"? Come on we're not 4chan .
(Hopefully people understand that reference.)
Yay for no static! Thanks for the find!
>>Linkin Park is everything, and everything else is nothing.<<
has the HT WBR internal been released or something, is their any major differences with the actual hybrid theory, cause i see its the exact same track listing
Don't step out of this house if that's the clothes you're gonna wear
I'll kick you out of my home if you don't cut that hair
Your mom busted in and said, "What's that noise?"
Aw, mom you're just jealous it's the
Beastie Boys
AKA Adam Yauch 1964-2012
Part of Me and Carousel just blowed my mind
Way to judge a whole forum, David. A lot of people praised the instrumental and actually liked it, it's just people don't appreciate being lied to when someone claims a fan-made mix is the studio version, that's all. Uploading a track with no context just opens itself to that criticism and people have the right to say it.
Cool find! Thanks Ginger, Will and LPA! Downloading now.
In other news, while accessing one of the mirrors, it has come to my attention that 'Helen in London' wishes to chat with me. Her greeting is somewhat forward and presumptuous however, and she is dressed rather provocatively considering we have thus far never met. I've told her that I'm waiting for a FLAC rip of a rare Linkin Park find to download, but she's having none of it... I get the feeling she's not even listening to me.
LPA > Helen
Thanks LPA for selecting me as 'Monthly Mix-Up' Winner for:BundleOfNerves: Mike just comes out of the gates swinging, though.
October '11 (Dance-Pop), November '11 (Mash-Ups), March '12 (Hip Hop) and November '12 (Castle Of Glass)
and as a Runner-Up for: July '12 (Burn It Down) and October '12 (I'll Be Gone/Victimized/In My Remains).
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So I just finally got a chance to hear this and totally marked out while hearing the differences in some of the lyrics between this version and other demos of demos. Totally fucking blew my mind clean off!
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Tubing at Gorgoza, provided by Gorgoza Park.
Bucket List—Grab some adventure, family-style
Walk on the Moon
Go deep in space with a 360-degree show in Hansen Dome Theatre at Clark Planetarium and use your newfound knowledge to stage a landing on the free MoonScape set. 110 S. 400 West, SLC, 385-468-7827, clarkplanetarium.org
Meet the Ghosts of Park City
Once, Park City visitors could go below the earth to tour an old silver mine. Nowadays, the most fun way to learn Park City's history is through its spirits. Check out Park City Ghost Tours. parkcityghosttours.com
Ride the rails
Heber Valley Railroad is known for excursions like a river rafting/train ride combo. But we can't wait for Hobo Days. Enjoy a tin-can-cooked dinner before chugging to Deer Creek Dam for hobo stories around barrel fires. Just preface your name with "Boxcar." Aug. 9-10, $45, 450 S. 6oo West, Heber City, 801-581-9980, hebervalleyrr.org
Go Tubing
The biggest bummer about snow tubing is gravity. It's way fun to slide down the hill but a pain to drag your tube back up. Gorgoza Park eliminates the trek with a tow rope. It's cold, white fun until your feet freeze, then into the yurt for hot chocolate. 3868 W. Kilby Rd., Park City, 435-658-2648, gorgoza.com
Camp Out for the Pioneer Day Parade
Days of '47 is a Utah-only holiday, and it's famously "bigger than the Fourth of July." The big event is the Days of '47 Parade, but remember, even if you're on time for this parade, you're late. The best spots go to those who get there early—way early. Pack your camping gear, games and a cooler to spend the night before, in anticipation of the grand marshall's whistle at 9 a.m. Find the route and more info on the July 24 parade at daysof47.com.
Make a Movie
If your teen's more inspired by Waiting for Superman than Superman himself, maybe he or she has a story to tell, too. SpyHop's REEL Stories shows teens how to create their own documentaries. 511 W. 200 South, SLC, 801-532-7500, spyhop.org
Volunteer with Furry Friends
Best Friends Animal Society runs the largest no-kill animal shelter in the country. Support Best Friends' no-kill mission by volunteering at their sanctuary, by socializing the dogs, cats, rabbits, parrots, pigs or doing a construction project. 5001 Angel Canyon Rd., Kanab, 435-644-2001, bestfriends.org
Fam Camp
Utah's best asset is its outdoors and experience in it is the best gift you can give your kids. Go with them to Aspen Grove Family Camp for fishing, a ropes course and more natural fun near Mt. Timpanogos. 9521 N. Alpine Loop Road, Provo, 801-225-9554, aspengrove.byu.edu
Track Down Your Ancestors
The largest library of its kind, the LDS Family History Library has all the microfilm, books and databases you need to map out your family tree or find out if grandpa really was a flim-flam man. 35 N. West Temple, SLC, 866-406-1830, familysearch.org
Throw a Cool Kiddie Party
Parents everywhere can outsource their child's party to Chuck E. Cheese or a bubble house. Be a Utahn and call the Creative Capsule. A classic Airstream trailer rolls up to your house and entertains up to eight kids creatively. 801-541-9865, thecreativecapsule.com
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Tote Your Tot in Style
Frustrated with other carriers, Salt Lake City mom Elle Rowley invented a stylish, baby-wearing wrap from her home. Solly Baby wraps (in bamboo and organic cotton) offer a pocket for pacifiers, a sewnin sleeve for easy folding and the perfect amount of stretch for growing infants. $65-$70, sollybaby.com
The Chamberlains—With four kids and a big dog, Rachel and David Chamberlain run an action-packed Utah household.
Get The Gear
Family Members Listed Clockwise:
On David (Dad): Chrisys London driving crap, $75, The Men's Haberdashery; tie, $8, The Tie Shop; cooking apron, $16-30, Plates and Palates; soda, Blickenstaff's; baseball glove, $60, Sports Den.
On Rachel (Mom): Long stem bouquet $65, Bloomingsales; ladies' dotted jersey gloves, $3.59, Wasatch Shadows; garden tools, $8, Wasatch Shadows; Vera Bradley baby bag, $118, Touche.
On/near Georgia (age 5): Superhero costume, $30, JW Allen & Sons; giant Whirly Pop, Blickenstaff's; Orchard Nightlight, $125, Twig Creative; Twig & Cotton Child's Chair, $125, Twig Creative; blooming flower headband, $30, Oopsie Daisy; Adora baby doll, $90–$135, JW Allen & Sons.
On/near Kingston (age 3): Salt Lake Bees baseball cap, $25, Fanzz; Berkshire dog treats, $8 for three, Caputo's; big dog food bowl, $15, Posh Paws; Woof Door mat, $16, Bloomingsales.
On Cassius (age 2): Sugar Doodle Kids boys pajamas, $29–$38, Sugar Doodle Kids, Stroller with detachable carrier, $460, Babinski's Baby; baby bottle, $17, Jublo infant sunglasses, $32, Babinski's Baby.
On Kevin (dog): ZoHots leash $12, Posh Paws.
On Beau (age 12): Skullcandy headphones, $30, skullcandy.com; Mad Pax bubble backpack, $60, Oopsie Daisy; graphic novel, Dr. Volt's Comic Connection; Tanara acoustic guitar, $89, Guitar Czar; soda, Blickenstaff's; Penny Nickel skatboard, $120, JW Allen & Sons.
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Owned by the National Trust, classed as a SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest). About 530 hectares (1300 acres) in size. Toilet, cafe cycle hire and shops at the visitor centre. For more details about the history have a look at this Wikipedia page.
Has around 2 million visitors a year, mainly on the summer weekends and holidays. A lot of the park is of unrestricted access, except for areas around the private houses and the agricultural land. Please note that most of the entrances are closed at night, including the Carburton entrance. The Apleyhead entrance is always open (except when closure takes place for special events). The park may be closed odd days in the summer for concerts.
There is a car parking charge of £6.00 for non National Trust members. The main car parks are marked on the map below.
Bus services include the Sherwood Arrow which goes to the Carburton cross roads and also travels to Sherwood Pines, Sherwood Forest visitor centre and Rufford Park — this is mainly a summer service only though.
Disabled visitors can hire a wheelchair — for more details call 01909 544917.
Heathland — really, I suppose, better called acid grassland, as much of it is dominated by wavy hair grass, there is also some southern-type heathland with ling and heather. Has scattered Oak, Birch, Sweet Chestnut, Scots Pine, Gorse and Hawthorn. The National Trust has carried out a lot of work to restore some heathland to the park since the 1980s. This includes grazing of areas by sheep and replanting bare areas with heather. Much of the Sherwood Forest area of heathland was lost between the 1920s and the 1980s. It was ploughed up for cultivation, turned into monoculture forests, used for coal mining or just neglected allowing invasion by bracken and scrub.
Farmland — mainly arable, but some sheep pasture.
Woodland — has large areas of Oak (both Pedunculate and Sessile), Silver Birch, Beech and Sweet Chestnut with a ground layer of brambles and bracken, plus plantations of Spruce and Pine and not forgetting the long avenue of Lime Trees.
Lakes and the River Poulter — open water with Alder, Sallow, Ash and sedge marsh..
Made by damming the Poulter, it is about 90 acres in area, being fairly shallow, but usually with steep banks. It gained several acres in size when heathland to the north-east end sank, because of mining subsidence.
The lake is used for coarse fishing, but no water sports take place on it, meaning that most wildfowl is undisturbed. It was one of the first breeding sites of Gadwall in the county. Goosander winter in some numbers here (maybe as high as 50 birds).
Along with the area between the Carburton and Clumber bridges, the best part of the park for woodland birds. The area to the left of the photograph and back to the buildings is the traditional one for Hawfinches, but also the most popular area for visitors, so an early morning visit is advised. Marsh Tit, Nuthatch, Tree Creeper and Coal Tit are easily seen.
As the birds here are used to people walking by, scattering some seed on a tree stump and retiring a few metres will give some excellent photographic opportunities. The lake on the right of the photograph has a wide variety of waterfowl especially in winter.
The reedbed here was formed by mining subsidence a few years ago. This used to be the site of a huge Swallow roost in past autumns, but now numbers, though still substantial are a lot less. Hobbys can be seen here hunting the hirundines in August and early September.
The fields and hedges around here are also worth a look, especially in winter, for finches and buntings.
That's the Carburton and Clumber Bridges
This area is also suffering from mining subsidence, with the northern side of the Top Lake sinking quite noticeably.
This area is mainly wooded with a wide variety of trees and shrubs, from Yew to Oak to Beech to Scots Pine and has a good selection of birds, including Willow Tit, Woodpeckers and in the summer Blackcaps. Mandarins can be seen in this area from time to time.
Mainly open heathland. Only Great grey Shrike and perhaps Stonechat the interesting birds in winter. Tree Pipits, Redstarts, Willow Warblers, Common Whitethroats and Yellow Hammers breed in the summer.
Hobby — around the Ford especially in August evenings when they come to play with the Swallows.
Lesser spotted Woodpecker — regular in the 1990s, now only a handfull of sightings a year.
Wood Lark — uncommon in the Dukeries mid nineteeth century, but a commonish breeder in the mid-twentieth century, declining again in the next couple of decades. Now on the up again, and in spring and summer regular on the South Lawns. If they are not singing then look on the fence posts and listen for the distinctive call.
Nightingale — The standard test for suitable habitat is to send a field worker dressed in white overalls, into bushes, if he cannot be seen then the habitat is suitable for Nightingales (allegedly). Used to be common and a regular breeder up to the end of the 1970s. Its decline predates the large scale clearing of rhododendrons by the National Trust, which has been blamed for the decline.
Marsh Tit — listen for the buzzing "chip-chip-chip-chip" in the spring and summer. Prefers larger and more mature trees than the Willow Tit.
Great grey Shrike — visits some winters to the heathland. An elusive one on the South Lawns in 2004-5 and again in 2007/8.
Corvids — up to 15 years ago the only corvids present in the park were Jays and Jackdaws, but in 2006 Magpies and Carrion Crows are the most noticeable corvids. Carrion Crows have also been accused of damaging the heathland by digging up areas to look for beetle grubs, causing bare patches.
Hawfinch — used to be fairly easy to see in the winter up to the 1990s around the Chapel Wood, between the two bridges and around the cycle hire building, now hard to find even in February and March. Yew trees are attractive to this species in the earlier part of the year. The largest flock the author has seen was of about 20 birds in the 1980s, but in the South Lawns area. The increase in Grey Squirrels in the park over the past 15 years is one possible reason for the decline in Hawfinches.
Mammals include hordes of Grey Squirrels and considerably less numbers of Roe Deer which are best searched for at dusk. Noctule and Natterer's bats also occur.
Any criticisms, corrections or comments to the author Derek Huskisson
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Should Tesco Heed Buffett's Advice and Rethink Its U.S. Strategy?
Warren Buffett, the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, is not shy about making his feelings known about his extensive investment portfolio.
He may not be a serial activist, but when something bothers the Sage of Omaha he says so, either directly to the company in the form of private advice, or in public (he openly berated Kraft for issuing stock to pay for its Cadbury takeover).
So when he and Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman Charlie Munger questioned Tesco's less-than-successful foray into the U.S. with its Fresh & Easy chain (they said it was ill-advised and should be looked at hard, according to The Times of London), at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual meeting last weekend, it counts as a stinging rebuke to the world's third-largest supermarket group by sales.
But, more tellingly, Mr. Munger didn't say Tesco should cut its losses in the US. Rather, he said he doesn't know if the company can finally make a go of Fresh & Easy, which racked up £186 million in losses last year, and he seemed prepared to let Tesco have a bit more time to see if it can make it work.
Tesco's new CEO Philip Clarke is doing just that. He's given himself until fiscal 2013 to start breaking even in some months, not all, and has started opening earlier to attract the coffee and doughnut crowd (as mundane as that sounds, this was the only example Philip Clarke would give at the company's full year results last month of the innovations Fresh & Easy is making to increase footfall to its U.S. stores).
Mr. Buffett and Mr. Munger implied they would prefer it if Tesco doesn't try to take over the West Coast of the U.S., but since it's already there, and with an improving sales trend and a "smart guy at the top" (Tesco's U.S. head and deputy chief executive Tim Mason), "maybe they're skilful enough so that they can make it work".
A Tesco spokesman said:
"As we said last month, Tesco remains committed to the Fresh & Easy business which is very popular with its customers, and we have set a number of medium-term targets for the business."
For the moment then, Tesco's top team is not for turning when it comes to Fresh & Easy. Even when prompted to do so by one of the world's most successful investors.


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If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me if I was dating or when I was getting married, I'd be able to quit my job, move to the Caribbean and live on the beach!
I went to a small Baptist college in a small town, and after my eighth bridesmaid dress, I started to feel like a leper. How did I miss out on meeting my special someone? What's wrong with me? What didn't I have that all the other girls had? Would I meet him somewhere else? If so, where? Wait … is it possible that God is telling me that I'm called to never get married?! Please, nooooo!!! Whyyy, God?! Why?!!!
Okay, so I admit I can be a little dramatic. If God did call me to singleness it wouldn't be the worst thing that could happen to me. If you're single (or you remember when you were), you've probably asked yourself those questions and more. You've also most likely had to battle the comparison trap.
I was in that trap one very lonely night after watching yet another friend find love and get married. I began comparing myself to all my friends who were now wives. I thought about how much I hated to cook, how I don't like doing laundry, how I couldn't sew or do any of the things that a "good wife" is supposed to do. I don't even like to babysit! I thought about the Proverbs 31 wife and all that she did for her family and husband. And with each comparison, I grew more and more discouraged and weary. If finding a husband was based on what I can do, then forget it! There was no hope for this athletic, minimal-makeup-wearing tomboy.
In my moment of self-pity, God spoke something to me I will never forget.
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TV: Manager on Graham deal
by Stuart Vose
Boss delighted to add striker.
Martin O'Neill took time out of his deadline day schedule to brief SAFC TV about the signing of Danny Graham.
In an exclusive interview, O'Neill talks about his delight at securing the striker's signature and talks about fitting in both Graham and top scorer Steven Fletcher.
He also previews Saturday's game at Reading - make sure you watch the full interview only on SAFC TV now.


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Hunter Hayes took to his website on Monday (March 10) to tease the tracklist for his sophomore album, out May 6. After a few hours, the singer finally unveiled the title: "Storyline." Meanwhile, each song was uncovered by fans sharing links on Twitter and Facebook, ultimately revealing 14 tracks and the songwriting credits.
Hayes co-wrote every song on the album, including his latest radio single "Invisible," and co-produced the record, alongside industry tastemaker Dan Huff. Legendary steel guitarist Paul Franklin makes an appearance on the album, as well as Hayes' touring band.
On Wednesday (March 12), Hayes will premiere his "Invisible" music video on "Good Morning America," with the full-clip airing on across CMT, MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, Palladia and Clear Channel Media and Entertainment platforms, too.
"I was a total geek, I was a total nerd and I just didn't have a place," Hayes explained of the song, as previously reported. "I still am both of those things and I'm proud of that, but it took me a while to realize it's okay to be proud of that."
For each "Invisible" digital download, a monetary equivalent will benefit ConAgra Foods' Child Hunger Ends Here campaign, of up to one million meals.
In a few weeks, Hayes will embark on his We're Not Invisible Tour. "The Voice" season four winner Danielle Bradbery and duo Dan + Shay will be his opening acts.
"Storyline" tracklist:
1. Wild Card (Hayes, Luke Laird, Barry Dean)
2. Storyline (Hayes, Troy, Verges, Eric Paslay)
3. Still Fallin (Hayes, Pierce)
4. Tattoo (Hayes, Verges, Dean)
5. Invisible (Hayes, Baker, Katrina Elam)
6. …interlude (Hayes, Baker, Elam, Dean, Buckmaster)
7. You Think You Know Somebody (Hayes, Ellis)
8. Flashlight (Hayes, Verges, Dean)
9. When Did You Stop Loving Me (Hayes, Ellis)
10. …like I was saying (jam) (Hayes, Ellis)
11. Secret Love (Hayes, Ellis)
12. Nothing Like Starting Over (Hayes, Verges, Gordie Sampson)
13. If It's Just Me (Hayes, Baker, Elam)
14. Love Too Much (Hayes, Ellis)
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Looks like our prediction of a cozy romp in a duvet fell on deaf ears as the guys of One Direction bring their sweet-sounding, yet potentially misdirected, "Little Things" to life with a black-and-white video treatment. Sparing us the visualization of a girlfriend's frustrated attempts to button her jeans, the video focuses on 1D doing what they do best: singing, and staring deep into your soul. It's as good a strategy as ever to avoid addressing the subject and distract from the minor stir Ed Sheeran's lyrics may have caused. Allow Zayn to kick things off:
He's not the only one undressing the camera with his eyes.
Although Liam and Niall are more likely to politely ask you out—and maybe hold your hand—with their eyes.
Oh to be that microphone below those pouty lips.
This candid, intimate lens also gives us an idea of how the guys use their downtime in the studio: Harry's determined to find out what the fancy buttons on the soundboard really do, and Zayn's obsession with pinching Hazza's cheek at inopportune moments continues. People with piping hot mugs of tea shouldn't throw stones, Louis, and is that Liam playing the guitar? We knew Nialler had an axe, but here three out of the five guys pluck away at (our) acoustic (heart)strings.
Harry recently told Vogue UK that One Direction wanted to experiment with their new music, in hopes of moving towards more of a "live" sound with "less little synth sounds" and "more guitars and drums." Pair that with their newfound tendency to dance in public places and it's like they're a whole new band. Almost. We still have the floppy hair, which is fine form across the board as Louis' mop narrowly edges out Harry, Niall and Zayn's in terms of towering height. Do you think Liam feels left out having shed all that extra weight?
Watch the boys do their thing below.


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Imprisoned in a kennel cage for six months, Rocky had been seized from his former owners because of inadequate fencing. A list of requirements handed down before Rocky could be returned demanded expenses the previous owners could not afford.
Shortly after the pit bull terrier and mastiff mix was seized in August 2013, his adoption photograph appeared on Pet Harbor; on and off but a clear indication Rocky had been made available for adoption.
Then on March 5, Rocky's photo appeared again with "Rescue Only" marked next to his name. No documentation had ever been produced giving any reason for the restrictions, but humane advocates worked diligently to find a qualified organization able to work with Rocky and follow all city and state requirements for Rocky's subsequent approved rescue.
Read Rocky's story by clicking here.
Rocky's miracle came! Details were worked out; donations for Rocky's rescue and training were pledged, and at noon on March 5, the rescue volunteer arrived at San Bernardino Animal County Shelter to leash up A452039 and walk Rocky out of the building by the front door.
It was not to be; as the volunteer arrived, Rocky's kennel was empty; the poster read "Euthanized."
In an email to the rescue organization, Sergeant Adam Affrunti of the San Bernardino Police Department replied:
"... this animal was confiscated after he was involved in several attacks. After the court heard the case, the hearing officer ruled that Rocky was a "potentially dangerous dog" and put a number of restrictions on the owner to insure he was properly contained to prevent him from attacking anyone else.Being a public servant, I did not feel that Rocky should be released, even to a rescue, in order to insure the safety of the public, in my community or not. I am not sure why any rescue would believe that he was going to be released, I assure you I did not promise anyone I was going to release him... he had manifested a severe behavior disorder that would not allow him to be suitable for placement as a pet. This is a misfortunate (sic) situation, and assure you we did everything we could to make his stay here as pleasant as possible."
Why was Rocky kept at the shelter for nearly seven months? Why was there no previous indication that this dog was to be euthanized? Wouldn't any dog locked up for six months in a kennel need special attention and care?
Sadly, Rocky was just doomed to die. Volunteers stated, although Rocky was not allowed out of his kennel, the dog was gentle and friendly. Earlier that morning, Rocky had been sleeping peacefully on his cot; perhaps he was dreaming of running in the park and chasing squirrels?
In a response to Sergeant Affrunti's notification of Rocky's demise, volunteer and animal advocate stated:
"...The staff at SBC also DID note Rocky's file when the Rescue called to confirm a rescue pull. Never was it stated that this dog was not available to be rescued.
I am also confused that a Hearing Officer would allow a "potentially dangerous dog" to be returned to his owner if the owner would have complied with the number of restrictions, and proper containment set at the Hearing. It is very confusing that perhaps a potentially irresponsible owner could have claimed his dog, but a responsible Rescue that funds Certified Trainers and appropriately kennels a dog of this nature is denied.
...I believe perhaps more confusion has occurred because the staff and volunteers at SBC loved this dog. Rocky was never actually temperament tested by a Certified Temp Tester
...The last minute judgment call to "un list" Rocky as rescue only, to unavailable, has further devalued what the rescue process is about. Rocky had a life time commitment by a rescue to train and rehabilitate him. Dogs with worse behavior than you have noted with Rocky, have been in the public eye from confiscation, 100% rehabilitation and re-homed. These "potentially aggressive dogs" have been shown in many human interest stories, various media outlets, and social networks."
A petition has been created on behalf of Rocky.
Rest in peace Rocky.
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