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OSCON 2009: Day Five
Here's my summary of day five, but it's a little late. I didn't get a chance to post it Friday because the wireless got cut off promptly at 2:30 PM. Yeah, I had my aircard with me, but I was too busy talking technology at the tables with my fellow geeks. It was a good time, but I'm getting ahead of myself.
The day started too early, but I think that was because of the late night at the SourceForge CCA party. I managed to get to the conference center in time to catch the last two keynotes, but like most keynotes, I didn't get much out of them. They were entertaining, though.
Following the keynotes was an interesting, but thoroughly uneducational, history of JSON. I should have gone to another talk, but such is life when you have 13+ sessions to choose from and only a summary to go off of.
After this, I attended a talk about data scalability. I learned more in this session than in most others, but there was little practical advice given. It was all theory and no practical solutions to the problems presented. However, given the scant 45 minutes the talker had to fill, I'm sure he left lots out just to shoehorn the talk into such a short time. I'm glad I attended this session as it refreshed my knowledge of what I already knew about scaling databases and gave me new items as food for thought.
The closing keynote of the conference was very entertaining, and I'm glad I sat through it. The part about "What PC can I buy for $1500 when using Linux?" was phenomenal. Now, I just need to find $1500 lying on the street. 🙂
Then came hanging out with the friends I had made during the week. I had about three hours to kill. During this time, I helped one of the Ubuntu guys install Jaunty on a newly won HP netbook that another fella had won. Well… When I say helped, I mean I loaned him my aircard so he could install a few minor packages and get some critical updates installed. He did all of the work. I'm quite impressed by the speed of Jaunty on the new HP netbook. It made me wish I had won one of them. I think there were a total of six given away during the week.
Then came a quick train and bus ride to the airport, waiting around for a couple of hours at the airport and a very late flight home. I managed to make it home, get a shower and crawl into bed around 12:45 in the AM exhausted and happy to be home.
All-in-all, OSCON 2009 was a great trip, and I'm hoping to make it back again next year. Now to dive into my notes and prep a presentation here at work….
OSCON 2009: Day Four
The day started like any other with my alarm going off on time. I snoozed it a few times, but still made it to OSON in time to check my email and hang out with my fellow geeks for a short while before my first session started.
Then I made it on to Introduction to Forensics which was a great session. There was tons of good information presented, and I can't wait to get my hands on the slides. Even without the slides, I made copious notes that will make BossMan happy.
Immediately following this was a wonderful presentation by Chris Shifflet about human behavoir in regards to security. There were a few good videos he presented to support his position, and I learned quite a bit about the psychology of usability and user behavoir. I think I came away from this presentation with some good stuff. I can't wait to pass on this knowledge.
Then came lunch and some expo hall time. I had actually covered the entire expo hall the day before, so I spent some time at the various booths that had intrigued me from the day before. I learned a few more things, especially about GPLv2 vs. GPLv3. I'll have to admit that the swag from this year does not match the years before. That's Ok, I guess. It just means that my coworkers will be a little disappointed in me this year. Sorry guys.
Following lunch and expo hall time was a great speech by a Firefox staff member about their efforts to scale their web sites to handle the great, record breaking, Download Day, and I learned quite a bit in this session. Though most of the talk was focused on getting TikiWiki to perform better, I still learned some valuable lessons.
Next came High Performance SQL in PostgreSQL, and it was a sorry-ass talk. The examples were all contrived and at a high school programming level.There were very few actual business-practice type examples given, and I turned to my email to pass the time. I probably would have walked out of the session, but I was in the front row and I didn't want to cause a scene by walking out. Such is life.
I spent the next break just hanging out and talking to some Ubuntu guys. They were all wearing "Ubuntu Guru" t-shirts. I enquired about acquiring a t-shirt like what they had, but was told it was a limited edition local group thing. One guy gave me his email address and contact info just in case he got more in the future. He promised to send me one if I got in touch. I love the open source community!
Then came the Perl Lightning Talks. The organizer, R Geoffrey Avery, roped me into speaking at them. We had TONS of technical difficulties as my netbook did not like their video system at all. I still managed to get my Perl script converted to DOS format, so I could open it up on a Windows machine in Notepad. Then I gave my three minute (I had up to five minutes, but didn't need it all) speech on how Perl saved my bacon when it came to calculating hundreds of binomial distributions for game balance in a role playing game I am working on in my spare time. It was the first time I had spoken in such a large group of strangers in a long time, and I didn't do a great job at it. I did OK, but not great. It was still a rush, and good practice for future presentations that I may want to give in front of crowds.
Then I attended a session regarding xdebug in PHP. I learned quite a bit from this session, and I can't wait to bring this information back to work to spread the joy. It's a good thing to use.
Then came the cream-of-the-crop of the parties for OSCON…. The SourceForge CCA (Community Choice Awards) party. This is the blowout blast of the entire conference, and what I was really looking forward to. While there, I hung out with some really excellent people, swapped some great stories, gleaned some good information, and got another tattoo… Yes, a third tattoo. It's of the camel from the O'Reilly Perl book. It fits quite well with what I do for a living, and I'm very happy with it. It's not a precise representation of the Perl cover, but it's close enough to make me happy. Here's the pic.
Pardon the sorry quality of the photo. It was done with my cell phone. I'll have better pictures to post when I get home and have access to a real camera.
After getting the tattoo, I hung out with my fellow geeks and had a good old time. This is the first time since hitting this low, low altitude (I normally live at 7.400 feet) that I've gotten a good buzz from the alcohol at the party. Then again, it could be from the serious amounts of ibibement that I took part in.
Today was a really good day of technology, tattoos, geek-dom, and just plain old learning.
See you tomorrow from the last day at OSCON!
OSCON 2009: Day Three
Day three is in the books, and it was a really good day.
I started out the day in the expo hall and ran around met a wild array of vendors hawking their wares. Ok. That sounds a little bad, but everyone is trying to make a buck these days. I learned quite a bit from a few of the vendors, and a little bit from some of the others.
After the expo hall trip was a visit to room B2 for a session on using FOSS (Free Open Source Software) in an educational environment. I love seeing what the educational institutions are using as far as FOSS goes, so I try to attend these events. It was quite educational, and the speaker was very enthusiastic.It was a good session to attend.
Afterwards followed a long hike to J3, which was all the way at the other end of the conference hall. This session was about teaching kids how to program. It was a great overview of some of the K-12 software that is out there. I was hoping to use some of the information in regards to methods of teaching my team how to do their job (not all of the, but some of them.) I didn't come away with lots of information in that regard, but I did discover lots of new tools for dealing with teaching kids how to think logically. That'll help once Kiernan, my son, is old enough to type and use a mouse.
More expo hall and a quick lunch followed this session. Nothing too exciting here, but learning more from expo hall vendors. I did renew my FSF (Free Software Foundation) and EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) memberships during this time. I think I was a month overdue for both of them.
I skipped the next session, which would have been Programmer Insecurity and the Genius Myth, in favor of having a lengthy talk with the PostgreSQL guys about why my work should upgrade from 8.1 to 8.3/8.4. BossMan: If you read this… We need to do the upgrade ASAP. Lots of security, performance and maintenance issues are resolved in the more current versions. Hot Plate Item!
After talking to the PostgreSQL guys, I went to a session about the state of SourceForge, which revealed all sorts of cool new features and tools SF has released recently. It convinced me to move my three open source applications from my personal server to SF. It's a bullet point on my growing to do list for the future.
Once this was done, here was a break in the action. I ran to my hotel room, dumped my bag, and returned to the expo hall to try to collect more swag. I ended up not winning the HP netbook from Intel, but I'm going to try again tomorrow. I had a good time learning more about various technologies from varous vendors and it was a good time (and free soda/snack thanks to SourceForge.)
After this came a great talk about filesystem performance and databases. It turns out that ext3 is not the best solution for database performace. BossMan: If you read this… We need to think about going to xfs for our databases! There was some great empirical evidence on this topic, and I can't wait to return to work to share this with our DBA.
Next came a great talk about Inspekt. It's a way to sanely manage superglobal data in PHP and do so in a secure manner. I'm going to rework the previously mentioned open source applications of mine to use Inspekt and then maybe move that knowledge into to some work-based applications to lock things down even tighter. I think it'll be great. I'm also going to join the mailing list for this tool and see if I can contribute back to it because it's such a great idea.
Follow the last session was more expo hall time which included free beer and free pizza. It doesn't get much better than this. I talked to a guy I met last year and we had a good time talking technology and geek stuff.
Then I ran to my hotel room (notice a theme?), dumped all my stuff, threw on my horrendous glow-in-the-dark yellow T-Shirt from Linuxfund and made my way to the Motif Lounge where there was a party underway. After a couple of hours of free drinks and talking with my fellow geeks, I made my way back to the hotel (no running this time) to write this up and head to bed.
Having said that…I'm off to the softness of my pillow.
See you tomorrow!
OSCON 2009: Day Two
Day two started out like day one, and I found a great seat up front in the Hacking Web Sites tutorial. I was really hoping for some serious hands-on experience at hacking a web site. I don't really need the experience since this is kind of my specialty in the security field, but it's always nice to pick up new tips and tricks. The tutorial was mostly theory with some practice thrown in to boot. Even though the talk wasn't exactly what I was expecting, I did come away with two pages of notes and some good ideas on what to do in pen-testing and what not to do in coding. Good stuff.
The second tutorial was also security related, but this time we were learning about locking down PostgreSQL. The speaker was very good and knew his stuff. He ran through all sorts of scenarios from default installs, how to fix them and how to break them. The notes were very very good, and I also came away with a few pages of notes to hand off to my DBA back at work when I return to the office. I also have a booklet packed with detailed information that is also useful. We also covered quite a bit about encryption, ssh tunnels, SSL and similar topics. This was all review for me as we use all of this at work already, but it was a good refresher of the knowledge, and I even learned a new trick that I think will help me at work. We'll have to see how that pans out.
After the tutorials, I ran off to find food in the form of a Philly cheese steak which was really nummy. I did this solo as I could not find a familiar face to snag to bring with me. Ah well. It was nice to have a little solo-based downtime.
Then it was back to the conference for the Ignite Talks and the O'Reilly/Google Open Source Awards. The ignite talks were fantastic, though a couple of them got a little political, and that always rubs me the wrong way.
Congrats to all of the winners of the awards, and thanks to the speakers who entertained all of us before and after the award ceremony.
I need to speak to one of the ignite talks, but first let me explain what they are. Each speaker has 15 seconds per slide and 20 slides. Do that math and you realize that they only have 5 minutes to cover a topic. What topic? Any topic. There were talks about hacking assistive technologies for disable people, textiles, a new movie rating system someone wants, improving the lives of teachers (we'll come back to this one), the semantic web (thanks Damian!), and fixing rigged elections in Nigeria.
The one that really spoke to me was the one that ended up stating there are no open source tools or collaborative efforts to help teachers teach. This gaping hole in our technological wonders leaves our children at a disadvantage. I think I can help out with this effort, and I tracked down the speaker after the event was over. I managed to fight my way through some overly wordy people, and got my business card in the teacher's hands. Anyone that knows me even a little, knows that I would love to be a full time teacher, but I can't afford to live the way I do on their salary. The hope is to teach night college once I finish my Masters degree, but we'll see how that goes. In the mean time, I can put my current skills to good use and maybe help this teacher out with his lofty goals of improving the lives of his fellow teachers.
I would post the teacher's name and possible contact info because he put them on his slides. However, I was an idiot and didn't bring a laptop, pen, paper or papyrus/reed with me to do some note taking. I wasn't expecting to need to. I just hope he doesn't lose my business card.
That's the wrap up from today. I just got a tweet from one of the award winners. They're heading out to a nearby bar to do some celebratory drinking. I'm going to run out and join them since it's only 9:30 PM and tomorrow doesn't start until 10:45 for the classes (the keynotes start earlier, but I usually skip them.)
OSCON 2009: Day One
Day one of OSON 2009 was a fantastic experience. I got to my first tutorial, PHP The Good Parts early and got a good seat. The tutorial ran through so many parts of PHP that was just not aware of and that can help me improve my programming. Of course, most of the items are just a month old (part of PHP 5.3) so this means upgrading all systems to PHP 5.3 if I want to take advantage of the items. We'll see what use cases I can come up with to justify the upgrade. I can't wait to show off some of the new things I learned with my fellow developers.
Lunch was good and I spent it with some fellow geeks. I learned a little bit about the Human Genome Project and how Perl is used to facilitate this process. I'm quite impressed that Perl can handle 8-12 terabytes of data crunching to sequence a gene. Very impressive. I'd love to get my hands on that code to see what it's like. Probably won't happen, though.
The second tutorial was about Perl 5.10 and what is new in the language. I was hoping for more examples of "You did it this way in the past, but now can do it this different way" but there wasn't much of that. It was a solid half day of new features flying at me, and I'll admit that I didn't absorb much of it because there were few practical examples. I did get my hands on the slides in PDF format for later review. Maybe reading them at a more leisurely pace will allow me to gather in the knowledge. It seemed like most of the tutorial covered Unicode details, so I guess that is where Perl 5.10 has made the most strides recently. That's good to know even if it doesn't affect me directly since I don't deal with Unicode characters all that often in my Perl work.
I attended a BoF (Birds of Feather) meeting about running PHP on multi-core systems. The folks at Sun Microsystems really did their homework for this BoF and have contributed back to the Zend engine and the open source PHP engine for improving performance in a multi-threaded multi-core environment. We swapped business cards because they have some experimental items that I want to play with and I offered to beta test some things for them on my AMD 64-bit mulit-core server.
Once that BoF was done, I headed out to pool and dinner with Chris from Yahoo! We had a good time eating some good food, drinking some good beer and shooing lots of pool at the First Market Pool Hall.
It was about midnight by the time I landed in bed after a hot shower and I slept fairly well out of pure mental exhaustion.
OSCON 2009 – Photos
Here are two photos that I've taken so far from OSCON 2009. I love the first one as it shows exacly how close I am to the conference center from my hotel.
The second one is of a beautiful building that is across the street from the conference. It's just great!
I might post more photos later if I take them with my phone. We'll see how things go.
OSCON 2009: Day Zero, Part Two
I made it to my hotel, got settled in, and headed right next door to the OSCON registration area. I got my badge and bag of goodies. The bag this year is not as good as the ones from the past two years, but that's OK. It's another bag with the name of my favorite publisher on it.
The "swag in the bag" was mainly advertisements from the various vendors. I leafed through them and trashed most of them. The past two years, I kept most of the adverts and ended up trashing them at home. No sense in carrying them around or flying them back home when they'll just end up in the same place.
The items I did keep from the bag were two magazines, a Think Geek catalog, an OpenSolaris CD, a notepad (though not as cool as the ones Google gave out last year), and a advertisement for SourceForge's annual award party. If you remember, last year's party is where I got my first tattoo. I might get another one this year. We'll see how things pan out.
Now that I'm checked into the hotel and the conference, I think it's time to go in search for food and drink.
Oh. The hotel room here is awesome. It's the closest one to the elevator and is very spacious for a single person. I like it quite a bit. The only downside is that you have to pay $13 a day for Internet access. I'm not paying that when I have my aircard with me and it's reliable and secure. Not sure what level of security the hotel has on their wireless…
OSCON 2009: Day Zero
I'm sitting at my gate for my flight to San Jose, CA as I type this. I made it to the airport in record time, made it through security in record time, and have killed off an hour with some reading. Now I'm killing more time typing this up.
This is my third trip to O'Reilly's OSCON, but this is the first time I'll be going to San Jose. Actually, this will be my first trip to California. I just hope it doesn't fall off into the ocean while I'm there.
While going through security, I decided to experiment with something. I know. I know. Dealing with TSA is not the best time to try a social experiment, but it was harmless. I tried to chat up every agent I had to deal with. It started with the one giving directions to the least crowded security line, continued on with the two directing traffic, and went on with the three I had to deal with that were actually doing the security work. I dealt with six TSA agents in total, and I asked them how their day was going, encouraged them to have a good day, and little chit-chat items like that. It was a fun experiment, and I encourage other people to try to do the same. With my very small sampling of TSA agents, I found that 2 out 3 agents are too busy with their days to offer a smile or make eye contact with the passengers they are screening. The other 1 out of 3 were very friendly and helpful. I enjoyed my few brief moments in their company.
I might post again later tonight from my hotel room once I'm settled in. We'll see how it goes. For now, I have more reading I want to do before it's time to pack up and get onboard the steel, titanium and steel tube with wings that we cal an airplane.
Kindle? No Thanks.
I was seriously thinking about asking for a Kindle as a gift for Christmas. They're a little steep, but I would love to be able to buy and read books without lugging around the weight of the books. That was until I read these two stories.
It seems that Amazon is selling e-books for their wildly popular Kindle and then stealing them back from the consumer (with a refund) by deleting them from their customers' Kindles with a remote kill switch. Imagine if you bought a book from a brick and mortar store, then woke up one night to find the sales clerk or manager digging through your book shelves to reclaim the latest Stephen King book you brought home a few weeks ago. I imagine someone would get thier sorry ass shot for stealing books back, even if they meant to leave your cash on your shelf in place of the book.
As far as I'm concerned, Amazon is stealing from their faithful customers. What else will they do with the Kindle in the future? I can't wait to see how else they will screw over their customers. I'm not going to be one of them. That's for sure.
Backup Disaster
Here's my backup schema.
My laptops (3 of them) and flash drives (a handful of them) get backed up to an external hard drive named "Helix".
Helix, in turn, gets backed up to an identical external hard drive named "Operator".
Now that the scene is set….
I had successfully backed up 2 of 3 laptops and all my flash drives to Helix. While laptop #3 was being backed up, I decided to save a little time and wiped Operator to make room for the fresh image coming in from Helix.
Well… Dammit… During the backup of the third laptop, things went all screwy and the hard drive at itself. Now I'm left with no backup of anything I deemed important. You see, there was data on Helix that was not on any of my laptops or flash drives. I'm not sure what to do now other than to fsck Helix and see if I can recover the drive. I really hope that I can because I can't afford to lose the years (decades?) worth of collected data, files, music, PDFs, pictures and more. I just hope the fsck works. It churned all night last night and didn't finish by the time I had to leave for work. I have the drive plugged into my laptop now, and a second fsck is churning away. I hope things come out well. We'll see…
Now to figure out an affordable solution for backing up the data that just lives on Helix and none of the laptops or flash drives. *sigh*


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Coffin Point at Beaufort Branch Book Club
I am the presenter for Coffin Point: The Strange Cases of Sheriff Ed McTeer at the Beaufort Branch Book Club meeting Thurs., Aug. 18th at 5:30 pm.
The session will be held in the South Carolina Room on the first floor of the 311 Scott Street building. (Yes, in our old quarters downstairs.)
It is not necessary to have read the book to attend - but it'd sure help the presenter if you have! Contrary to popular perception, I don't like to hear myself talk.
Questions for discussion are posted on the Beaufort Branch Book Club blog.
Expect surprises!
About the Author
Grace Cordial has been responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Beaufort District Collection at the Beaufort County Library since 1999. The Beaufort District Collection exists to acquire, preserve, maintain and make accessible a research collection of permanent value which records the history, culture, and environment of our part of the South Carolina lowcountry. Besides the research room, Cordial manages the "Virtual BDC:" the BDC web pages, the Online Obituary Index, two digital collections, a new BDC.BCL Facebook page, and the Connections blog.
Among her duties is to coordinate or present programs about local history, Gullah culture, and our coastal environment, including occasional instructional sessions about how to perform historical and/or genealogical research.

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As a world leading producer of beef and agricultural products and Australia's largest beef producer, AACo has a long and proud history.
We continue to diversfy our operations into a vertically integrated agribusiness, backed by a solid history of sustainability and growth.
AACo owns and operates a strategic balance of properties, feedlots and farms comprising around 7 million hectares of land in Queensland and the Northern Territory. This equates to roughly 1% of Australia's land mass.
1824 - 1850: The Beginning
In 1824, AACo was established as a land development company with the assistance of the British Parliament's Crown Grant of 1,000,000 acres in the Port Stephens area of the Colony of New South Wales.
In 1831, due to the unsuitability of the initial land grant at Port Stephens, a portion of it was exchanged for 101,000 hectares at Warrah on the Liverpool Plains and 127,000 ha on the Peel River, which was to eventually become known as Goonoo Goonoo. Shorthorn bulls were imported from England to develop the company herds.
By 1850, despite droughts, depressions and some heavy stock losses, the company's sheep numbers had risen to 114,118, cattle numbers to 8,306 and horse numbers to 1,436. While cattle outlets were originally restricted to the domestic market, wool provided export income along with horse sales to India.
1901 - 1950: The Move North
The early 20th century brought with it a number of challenges, with an intense drought stretching from 1901 to 1903. This challenge however began to further shape the company, as its effects on the NSW estates stimulated the need to diversify geographically.
During World War I, from 1914-1918, there was a large labour shortage, especially for wool production. In addition to this, the Australian Government acquired the wool clip on behalf of the British Government to assist the war effort. These factors influenced the company to move away from sheep and increase their cattle production.
The company, in its move north, began selling subdivisions of its southern estates. This helped to finance the purchase of Headingly at Urandangie in Queensland in 1916 and Avon Downs in the Northern Territory in 1921.
During the 1930s, AACo and Peel River came together again, jointly purchasing Caldervale in Queensland as a holding depot for cattle sent from Headingly to Warrah.
The Second World War, from 1939 to 1945 presented the company with similar challenges to those faced in the First World War. The labour shortages and lack of income from wool further influenced the company in moving away from sheep and into a specialised cattle enterprise.
In 1948, the geographic and enterprise diversification that the company had undertaken in the early half of the century was maintained with the purchase of Rockhampton Downs in the Northern Territory and South Galway in the Channel Country.
In 1950, AACo also purchased Brighton Downs and, assisted by the Korean War Wool Boom, moved into the East Kimberley region, purchasing the properties Auvergne, Newry, Argyle Downs and Ivanhoe.
1951 - 1987: Expansion of cattle production
In the early 1950's, the company's move into cattle encouraged the use and integration of Santa Gertrudis cattle into the herd. These cattle were more suitable for the Barkly Tableland regions and were an asset for the upgrade of the Shorthorn herds. During this time, the entrance into the USA markets and close of the UK outlet, caused cattle markets to change rapidly.
During the 1960's the efficiency of the supply chain was greatly improved as a result of the construction of beef roads. With the commencement of the eradication of brucellosis and tuberculosis, a huge development programme in fencing and watering was initiated.
In 1963, the company purchased Wrotham Park in North Queensland. However, a period of rationalisation in 1979 saw the sale of the Kimberley Group and the purchase of the renowned Brunette Downs on the Barkly Tableland.
Between 1974 and 1976, there was a beef price crash created by expanded cattle numbers in Australia and in the United States. This economic challenge affected the company, but its developed strength and effective management enabled AACo to see out the crisis.
In 1984, due to the earlier introduction of helicopter mustering which had greatly improved mustering efficiency, AACo established its own helicopter division.
1985 saw the end of a 160-year ownership with the sale of Goonoo Goonoo on the Peel River. Southern land had become valuable, and these sales allowed the company to purchase of properties in the Gulf of Carpentaria - Gregory Downs, Canobie and Dalgonally. In 1987, another Gulf property, Wondoola, was purchased after the sale of Caldervale.
Over this time, the livestock operations had changed even more, with the gradual phase-out of sheep, the continual upgrading of the Santa Gertrudis herd and the introduction of Brahman cattle, which were suited to the new land investments in the Gulf.
1987 - 2000: Intensification and integration
From 1987, consumer needs became a more prominent issue, increasing the pressure on the company to meet with consumer demands. This influenced further integration and intensification of the enterprise and required a full focus on northern beef production, which had the benefit of low cost of production.
In 1990, the Goonoo aggregation was formed and developed in Central Queensland, and in 1994, a 17,500 capacity feedlot was established.
Also in 1994, the purchase of a further breeding station, Austral Downs in the Northern Territory, and growing out areas in the Gulf at Clonagh and Kalmeta, led to specialisation of cattle production to maintain high growth rates.
With these refinements in the characteristics and achievements of the herds, Meteor Downs in Central Queensland was developed as a support for advanced cattle breeding and adaptation, utilising cattle studs and a large artificial breeding centre.
In 1996, the valuable New South Wales property, Windy, the last vestige of Warrah, was sold, after a continuous period of ownership spanning 165 years.
In the year 2000, the company was moving from strength to strength, with brandings at 108,000 and sales 133,000 from the entire AACo herd of 363,000. These sales were going to not only domestic customers, but to export markets in Asia, America and the Middle East.
AACo commenced the new millennium with the same grand vision as that of 1824, to build on a history of sustainability and growth in Australian agriculture.


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Proposed Boundaries (in PDF)
On December 20, 2012, Tucson Unified School District Governing Board approved closure of 11 district schools and recommended receiving schools to consolidate with the closing schools and accept transferring students. This is a first step toward solving a $17 million budget deficit projected for the 2013-2014 school year.
Consolidation recommendations will be finalized upon completion of a public process of setting school boundaries and federal court approval of those boundary decisions and desegregation requirements. Boundary committees comprised of parents and TUSD staff members will meet to recommend new school boundaries.
In addition, neighborhood meetings were held in January 2013 to gather public input on the boundaries and on any other considerations for the consolidations. These proposed boundaries are still under review by the boundary committees. The proposed boundaries were presented to the Governing Board on February 12. After board approval, they were submitted to the courts. The boundaries are not final until they receive court approval.
Review the proposed boundaries (in PDF).
Closing schools continue to operate as usual through the 2012-2013 school year
The Tucson Unified School District Governing Board has approved closure of 11 district schools as a first step toward solving a $17 million budget deficit projected for the 2013-2014 school year.
The board also approved recommendations (noted below) on receiving schools that will consolidate with the closing schools and accept transferring students.
The schools that will be closed are:
Schools approved for closure will continue to operate as usual through the end of this school year, which concludes on May 23, 2013. Academic instruction will not be interrupted and schools will continue to be welcoming and supportive of their students and families.
Additionally, consolidation recommendations are not final until the completion of a public process of setting school boundaries and those boundary decisions and desegregation requirements get approval from the federal court. The school boundary process will include the development of parent and staff regional boundary committees and public meetings. See the notice above for information about neighborhood meetings.
The governing board also approved preparing Manzo Elementary School for a conversion to a TUSD charter school. Sewell and Cragin elementary schools were also under consideration for closure, but will remain open.
The approved closures will cut $4.2 million from next year's budget and provide $4.5 million in annual savings. The district will now work to identify remaining cuts and will review many options including reductions in central administration, general administration, outsourcing of essential functions, reducing benefit costs, and modifying staffing standards.
The district will work to finalize budget decisions by the end of February to facilitate staff transitions and other changes.
As we decide how to close our $17 million budget deficit, it is important that we deliver educational services to retain and attract students to TUSD schools. The community has made it clear that they want schools with the following features:
Currently, TUSD has 13,000 empty seats throughout the district – that's equivalent to 26 empty schools. Dollars are being spent to keep schools open, even those that may be half-empty due to low enrollment. It is an inefficient use of taxpayer funds. Consolidating schools will allow available resources to be directed into the classroom so that more money is spent on students rather than on sustaining an overabundance of buildings.
TUSD will factor in operational transportation and energy efficiencies as well as reductions and consolidations in central administration and other administrative areas. However, these reductions in and of themselves will not eliminate the $17 million deficit.
Building consolidations mean more resources for technology and instructional programs and services needed for academic student achievement. We ask our TUSD families, employees, and community to work with us as we strive to both balance the budget and provide each child with 21st Century global educational opportunities.
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Since Mother's Day is only a week away, it is best to think about motherly heroes this week. This includes those heroes from the animal world because sometimes they encounter even more grief and challenge than human mothers do and just when they have things kind of settled, their babies are whisked away from them – many times never to be seen again.
Many human mothers find it difficult to part with their children even when they are full-grown, so it is inconceivable to them that a child could be taken from a parent in only six or eight weeks. There are cases of animal mothers displaying just how badly this hurts them, too. Sometimes they have to go to great lengths to get over the pain that they feel in their hearts.
Helen Woodward Animal Center (HWAC) in Rancho Santa Fe, California, has witnessed such extreme acts of love from many of their orphaned animals, but some stick out more than others. One such case was brought to light earlier this year when Dream, an abandoned four-year-old Poodle was rescued by an overcrowded shelter near Lancaster, California.
Shortly after this thin, dirty, matted stray arrived, she gave birth to two pups. One was too small to survive. It was a wonder either did because the abandoned mother was so skinny, no one ever suspected her to be pregnant.
Dream was devastated; her heart broken. Although she was in such an emotional despair, she still 'mothered' her remaining puppy, all the while exhausted, underweight and fighting for her own survival.
No matter how hard Dream worked, the dog was still an emotional wreck; carrying forth a very sad disposition. That is when the Lancaster shelter contacted HWAC. Mother and son, Cupcake, were transferred at the end of December and were promptly sent to a foster home where they received the love and attention both truly needed.
However, just a few short weeks later, HWAC received another transfer; this time from a partner shelter in Kingman, Arizona. This time a mother Aussie Blend, Karly, and her seven puppies arrived on January 10th. The smallest of Karly's litter, Candy, a little girl, was suffering; not half the weight of her siblings and getting trampled in the process of trying to get to her mother's milk.
The superb group of workers at HWAC had an inspirational thought and wanted to try it out. They knew that the love of a mother extends far beyond being a birth parent. If it didn't, humans would never adopt a baby that they did not conceive.
So, based on this intellect, they brought Candy to the home where Dream and Cupcake were. Dream didn't think twice. She took candy into her pack as though she had given birth to her herself. Cupcake and Candy became instant siblings. The circle was complete! Where Dream had felt cheated by the loss of her other puppy, Candy seemed to close the hole in Dream's heart.
When the puppies were old enough to be adopted, people loved this story and scooped the puppies up. Dream got a home of her own, too, once her milk dried up. The people that adopted her will be able to learn a lot from the endless supply of love that this little mother has to give.
Now that she and her puppies are no longer together, the dog will be able to mother her new family; love and protect them the way she did Cupcake and then Candy. Animal mothers are amazing creatures and can teach us human mothers a few things along the way.
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(Note from Chris: We're very proud to welcome Virgil Exner Jr. as an official Car Lust contributor. Mr. Exner is of course the son of famous designer Virgil Exner of Forward Look fame, and a distinguished automotive designer in his own right. He previously contributed a rebuttal to Cookie the Dog's Owner's original Stutz Blackhawk piece.)
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Let's assume the application will always request the default port and that default port is, say, 30000. We have sub1.domain.com, sub2.domain.com and sub3.domain.com, all of them pointed at the same IP. I want to redirect the request to sub1.domain.com:30000 to port 31000, sub2 to 32000 and sub3 to 33000. All of them on the same IP.
I've tried socat/netcat and iptables but they all resolve the domains to an IP address which, in this case, is the same so it breaks the redirection.
Any ideas? Is this even possible? I have some networking knowledge and understand layers a bit… The problem here is cross-layer, so I'm not sure there's even a way to do it unless I write a server that listens on that port and redirects based on requested domain… :\
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Wrens (Troglodytidae)
Ochraceous Wren (Troglodytes ochraceus) - HBW 10, p. 439
French: Troglodyte ocré
German: Fahlstreif-Zaunkönig
Spanish: Chochín Ocráceo
Other common names: Irazu Wren
Taxonomy: Troglodytes (?) ochraceus Ridgway, 1882, Volcán Irazú, Cartago, Costa Rica.
Formerly considered a race of T. solstitialis, but recent DNA work strongly supports treatment as a separate species. Three races recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ochraceus Ridgway, 1882 - highlands of Costa Rica (Tilarán and Talamanca ranges and mountainous areas in between).
- ligea Bangs, 1908 - mountains of W Panama.
- festinus Nelson, 1912 - Cerro Pirre, in E Panama; possibly also adjacent NW Colombia.
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I am trying to configure my fresh install of Ubuntu Server 12.04 to act as a entry point for two of my networks (the machine has 3 ethernet cards). The basic setup I am looking to achieve is to connect via
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eth0 and share that internet connection on
eth1 &
eth2, also providing a
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eth0, can someone please guide my through the rest of the process for what I am trying to achieve?
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As the earliest extra-biblical Christian confessional document, the Apostles' Creed has stood the test of time as the preeminent testament to creedal orthodoxy. This is for good reason, even apart from its primacy. The creed attributed to the earliest missionary followers of Jesus distills the basic outline of what it means to be a Christian into a short summation that belies the depth and richness of what it proclaims. It is quite possible that in years of rote recitation, the creed has appeared dry to us and flat. But let's look at it again, perhaps with fresh eyes.
Here is the text I will be working from during this series:
We believe in God, the Father Almighty,
the Maker of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord:
Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried;
(He descended into hell.)*
On the third day He rose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven,
and sits at the right hand of God the Father;
from which he will come to judge the living and the dead.
We believe in the Holy Spirit;
the holy catholic church;
the communion of saints;
the forgiveness of sins;
the resurrection of the body;
and the life everlasting.
It's possible that we have become so familiar with the creed that we've become blind to some of its unique qualities. First, notice that the creed is not merely a catalog of doctrines but is phrased as a confession. "We believe" it urges us to say. Sincere recitation of the creed requires faith in the God who has accomplished these great things and belief that these great things were accomplished. In this way, the Apostles' Creed is not just theology, but doxology, and as it is so often included in the liturgy of Christian worship services, it is meant to be recited together, as a body of believers, as an act of worship.
The Apostles' Creed is not simply textbook theology; it is hymnbook theology! It is the song of a liberated heart, similar to the biblical confessions and doxologies, the eruption of personal confession that is faithful profession. The creed is a confession in the truest sense of the word: Christians confess with the creed that these are things they must believe to be saved.
When G.K. Chesterton wrote of confessional orthodoxy, he made an important point in proclaiming, "I did not make it. It is making me," (a line Rich Mullins made sure to include in the chorus of his sung version of the creed on his album "A Liturgy, A Legacy, and a Ragamuffin Band"). Why is this an important point? Because it asserts that the Apostles' Creed is not the invention of theologians, just as it was not the invention of the apostles. It was formulated by them, of course, but it came from what really happened in history and what really happened in their hearts and lives as a result of what really happened in history.
At our best, apart from God's intervention, we would not have created a philosophy that confessed God's supremacy and glory. Our creed would have asserted (not confessed) the accomplishments of ourselves. It would include the phrases "We think" and "We feel." But the supernatural saving power of the gospel at the center of the Apostles' Creed is the shaper of the lives who confess it. It "makes" the confession "We believe."
Secondly, speaking of the gospel, notice the narrative shape of the creed. It tells the gospel story! Beginning with the one true God—who is self-sufficient and needful of nothing—creating the universe. It then goes on to detail the incarnation of God in flesh, giving us the historical detail of Christ's birth and life and death. Then it moves on to the next plot point in the grand tale of redemption: the resurrection; then the ascension. And this is why the Holy Spirit, who is the third person of the triune Godhead, equal in deity and one in substance with the Father and the Son, doesn't appear until the latter portion of the creed. Confession of the Spirit coincides narratively with the sending of the Spirit at Pentecost after the ascension of Christ.


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Image Comics is a comic book company founded by creators for creators. It allows writers and artists creative freedom and flexibility, but at the loss of a larger, (possibly) more influential institutions such as DC or Marvel. Over the past several years a lot of amazing properties have taken off (via Image Comics). Not only are their creators reaping the benefits, but they are also aiding in the growth and talent of a great, collective company by gaining more prominence in a difficult industry. For example, "The Walking Dead" is an Image title and has done exceedingly well in various markets including (but not excluding) comic, trade, television, and merchandise. This is a more modern example, but other famous series have spun out of Image as well such as "Spawn," Witchblade," "Saga," and "Haunt"— All of which are incredibly popular and possess larger followings, equating to dollars and attention.
One of the great parts of Image Comics is that besides getting to read and see the talent of fresh faces, audiences get to see some of their favorite artists from the big three (Marvel, DC, and Darkhorse) run with a pet project, which sometimes yields fantastic results that can't be replicated under the restrictions of their home company.
Rick Remender has been a comic book writer and artist for almost two decades and continues to produce content for Marvel while working on his own projects in his 'spare' time. He is well-known for his work with the Punisher, Uncanny X-Force, Venom, and the current run of Captain America. Image Comics has always been a second home for Remender. During his years at Marvel he has been able to produce some amazing work under the Image banner. "Fear Agent" is probably his most prominent Image property, but recently he has released a new series dubbed, "Black Science."
"Black Science" is nestled behind a stellar cover by artists Matteo Scalera and Dean White, which harkens back to science fiction films of the 1970's. It strives for modernism by including a white strip down the lefthand-side, thus bringing attention the equally iconic "Black Science" logo mimicking a wave in bold, block lettering. We then see the title's main character (forefront and center) battling demonic, electric frogs with what appears to be Hypnotoad's larger, more-imposing cousin in the background.
Once the book is cracked open a great thing happens: A rich and dark world beckons. Readers are introduced to Grant McKay in the first panels courtesy of a realtime conversation with his companion and inner monologue that explains McKay's personal failings and insecurities from the get-go. Garbed in a space suit reminiscent of the 1940s and 50's, McKay leads a life of action and intrigue— Scrambling from one scene to the next, McKay's moments are quick-paced resulting in a quick-read. Grant comes across as a more-macabre version of Hickman's Reed Richards. He is intelligent (almost cunningly so), however, due to this universe's physics the rabbit hole that McKay has plunged into seems to blend the laws of science with the fantasies of magic synergizing Black Science. This idea lies at the heart of McKay and company's planet trotting misadventures, which makes for a wonderful start to hopefully a great and diverse string of parables.
Matteo Scalera's pencilings and Dean White's painted art compliments Remender's narrative excellently. The artwork is vivid. The coloring itself isn't bright but a wide spectrum of darker tones are used, which match the underpinnnings of the plot while also highlighting the beauty of the science fiction and fantasy elements. The creatures are brought to life with detail and certain panels pay direct homage to classic media of the same genre. There is a scene about halfway through the issue that heavily reminded me of Jaba the Hut's palace at the beginning of "Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi."
Needless to say, I was impressed. This was not a title that I was specifically seeking out, but after randomly picking it off the shelf and perusing its gorgeously crafted pages and plot I am hooked. If you enjoy "Saga," "The Fantastic Four," and/or "East of West" you will enjoy "Black Science."
I give "Black Science" four-and-half stars out of five. Remember shop local, shop smart. Pick up your copy of "Black Science" from your local comic book retailer, and if you happen to live in Spokane, WA stop by Merlyn's Sci-fi and Comic Book Shop for all of your comic and gaming needs.


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Make your home addition one that works for your home and the flow of your life. Photo Credit: Jeremy Levine Design
It has to be a small percentage of American homeowners that
couldn't do with a little more space—a new and better bathroom or master
bedroom and even a new and better lifestyle. Home additions provide a
chance to customize your home as well, a chance to create a personalized piece
of that ultimate dream home.
Home additions are doubly attractive for growing families
who absolutely must add new space but cannot deal with the hassle and expense
of purchasing a new home. In addition to the personal appeal of home expansion,
home additions add value, function, and all-important comfort.
The Master-ful Bedroom
As much as multiplying kids are the reason for many home
additions, it is often the parents that get to enjoy the new space. What better
way to enjoy new space than with a new master bedroom, complete
with master bath?
The fact is that parents with growing families need at least a corner of
intimate luxury more than ever. Common upgrades include separate jacuzzi
bathtubs, custom vanities, walk-in closets, and more.
The Studious Den
Dens, studies and home offices
are also quite popular. They offer a place for homeowners to make money from
home or a haven for enjoying their intellectual side. They can also be a great
spot for visiting with guests, displaying (or finally reading) a personal
library, or writing that long-delayed novel. Many dens have large wood windows,
offering classic appeal and an inspiring view.
To Dine is to Live
Often the need for a home addition lies in the need for more
living space, or just space for the new dining room table. Increasing the size
of the living
or dining room can vastly increase the home's comfort level. It equals more
room for friends and family and the opportunity to incorporate many new
features: a fireplace
with surround,
a new home
theatre system, or floor-to-ceiling windows for more natural light, not to
mention free passive solar heating.
Expanding living rooms are also great excuses to put in a sliding glass or French
door leading out to a new deck
or patio.
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Yet another popular home addition is the second story. It
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We are in Urfa and we've turned our clocks back 12,000 years. To the Neolithic, aka, the New Stone Age, an era in which the oldest place of worship was still 'the topic of the day'. Yes, you're right; it's impossible. There is no way of traveling back in time yet. But if we really want to, it will happen; some way will be found. We can watch, for example, Ahmet Turgut Yazman's feature-length film, 'Göbeklitepe: The World's First Temple'. Why? Well, out of curiosity for one thing. If not that, then because it's worth stepping backwards to leap into the future.
And who knows? Perhaps making a leap of 12,000 years could help us construct a future full of surprises. Counting two years of research and preliminary studies, a total of four years went into the making of this documentary, which was shot in India, Egypt and at Urfa Göbeklitepe in southeastern Turkey. The two- and three-dimensional animated visual effects took 1,200 hours alone. Backed up with animations and interviews with experts in the fields of archaeology, astronomy, mysticism, religion and history, the film takes the viewer back 12,000 years in a story that questions beliefs and reveals how taboos begin to break down when we scratch the surface a little.


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Strite says combining the two
into a single team simply makes sense. Because
everyone is invested in the result, design/remodel
firms also tend to use higher quality subs.
While they won't typically be the lowest bidder,
Strite says they're the best choice for return
on investment.
"You get a lot more product for
the dollars through a design/remodel firm," he says. "We design for
our people to build so we're not doing a full set of architectural bid-set plans
with every nut, bolt and washer included. We want to put that money into the project
and not into the design."
He adds: "With design/remodel,
you have the best of right brain and left brain. The client gets the best of both
The homeowner from hell
Once the work begins, all remodeling pros are alert for the warning signs that
they've signed on with the homeowner from hell.
Bob Larson,
a self-employed plumber in Tacoma, Wash., says the most common variety is the
homeowner who scampers down to the local hardware superstore and hauls back low-priced
fixtures and fittings.
"A lot of times, if the
homeowner doesn't know what they're doing, they will buy sinks and faucets that
are incompatible. That means extra time and trips to come back while they get
that straightened out," Larson says. "And a lot of times they'll buy
cheap garbage like plastic faucets that cost me extra time to get to stop leaking.
If I'm buying the stuff, I buy what I know is good quality that I don't have to
mess around with."
says it's common practice in the trades to mark up the cost of materials anywhere
from 15 percent to 20 percent. Mess with that formula at your peril.
the homeowner wants to buy their own fixtures and I'm not making a profit off
it, I'm under no obligation to come back and fix it if something goes wrong, whereas
if it's a sink that I've installed, then I will come back," he says. "If
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Xerox Parc researchers Patrick Baudisch and Nathan Good have designed a novel Focus Plus Context Screen, a large, low-res display with a high-res display embedded within. The hybrid projection technology allows the user to view details of images up close, while seeing the periphery in lower resolution. Customized software preserves the proper scaling of an image across both regions. The technology is aimed at users who work with visualizations that are too large and detailed to fit on conventional displays and who must continuously pan and zoom to examine specific areas. According to the developers, the technique enables users to work faster with fewer errors, and because only a portion of the screen is in high resolution, the technology is less expensive than array-based projection systems that provide sharp images over the entire screen. In the photo above, the inset area allows users to see individual cars on a satellite photo of San Francisco, while the surrounding region provides context by showing important landmarks of the city. —PL
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UPDATED December 11, 2015
Custody and kidnapping are complicated and it is important to try to find an experienced lawyer to help you with your case. The terms used on this page are defined generally, and may have different meanings in your state. Please check with a lawyer for advice about your specific situation. For legal referrals, go to our MT Finding a Lawyer page.
If you are afraid that the other parent will take your children away without your consent, you might be able to ask the judge to issue an emergency custody order, which most states provide. You may want to ask the judge to include in the order that the other parent cannot take the children out of the state, or that the other parent may only have supervised visitation. Please see Can I get temporary emergency custody? for more information as to what factors a judge might consider when deciding whether or not to grant emergency custody. You can also go to the Custody section of your state for more information.
Depending on your state's restraining order laws, a threat to take your child and leave the state might also possibly qualify you for a restraining order. You can read more about your state's laws on our Restraining Orders page.
The answer to this question is very complicated and may depend on many different factors. The laws on parental kidnapping (also known as custodial interference) are different in each state. In some states, it may be against the law to take children out of state only if it violates a custody order or if there is an active custody case pending. In other states, the act of taking the children out of state itself may not be illegal unless the parent conceals (hides) the children from the other parent. Other factors that may be considered are whether the parents are married (and considered to have equal parental rights) or, in the case of unmarried parents, whether the father's paternity has been legally established. Also, there could be a big difference if the other parent is planning a brief visit out of state, a long absence, or if s/he is planning on moving out of state for a long time. We strongly suggest talking to a lawyer who specializes in custody matters and/or a prosecutor to find out if the other parent's actions are legal or not. See our Finding a Lawyer page for information about resources in your state.
If you are in the middle of a custody case in court, you may be able to ask the judge to seize (hold onto) the child's passport. If there is no ongoing case, perhaps you may even be able to file for a restraining order if you qualify and ask the judge to hold the child's passport as part of that case.
If the child does not have a passport but you fear the other parent may apply for one for the child, the State Department has a program called the Children's Passport Issuance Alert Program. The program is explained as follows:
"The Children's Passport Issuance Alert Program (CPIAP) is one of the Department's most important tools for preventing international parental child abduction. The program allows parents to register their U.S. citizen children under the age of 18 in the Department's Passport Lookout System. If a passport application is submitted for a child who is registered in CPIAP, the Department contacts and alerts the parent or parents. The passport lookout system gives all U.S. passport agencies as well as U.S. embassies and consulates abroad an alert on a child's name if a parent or guardian registers an objection to passport issuance for his or her child. This procedure provides parents advance warning of possible plans for international travel with the child."
See the State Department's Child Abduction Prevention page for more information.
To enter your child into the program, you will have to complete the Entry Request Form, provide proof of your identity (a photocopy of your driver's license or other ID card), and submit a photocopy of your child's birth certificate or other documentation to show that you are the child's parent or legal guardian.
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Note: If your child has dual citizenship, then s/he may be able to travel out of the country on the passport of the foreign country. The State Department cannot regulate passports from a different country, so you may want to contact that country's embassy or consulate to ask if they have a similar program. You will find contact information for embassies and consulates under U.S. Embassies & Consulates on the top right-hand corner of the screen.
The answer to this question is very complicated and may depend on many different factors. We strongly suggest talking to a lawyer for specific legal advice on your situation. The laws on parental kidnapping (also known as custodial interference) are different in each state. In some states, it may be against the law to take children out of state only if it violates a custody order or if there is an active custody case pending. In other states, the act of taking the children out of state itself may not be illegal unless the parent conceals (hides) the children from the other parent. Other factors that may be considered are whether the parents are married (and considered to have equal parental rights) or, in the case of unmarried parents, whether the father's paternity has been legally established. Additionally, there may be a big difference between if you are planning a short trip out of state, a long absence from the state, or if you are intended to move out of state long-term.
Again, please talk to a lawyer in the state you are thinking of leaving from who understands custody laws and criminal laws to determine what your state's laws are and how they might apply to your situation. Please click on Finding a Lawyer.
If you have been charged or fear being charged with parental kidnapping, please let us know and we will try to get you in touch with an organization that can help you.
Depending on your situation, you may also want to apply for temporary emergency custody. Please see Can I get temporary emergency custody? for more information.
If you are applying in a state where you and the child have recently arrived:
Under a law called the UCCJEA, you can apply for temporary emergency custody in a state that is NOT the "home state" of the child if the child is present in the state and:
If you have not left the state yet or you have left but have not been charged with kidnapping, we strongly suggest that you talk to an attorney who specializes in custody laws in your state. Hopefully, the attorney can advise you on whether or not you are in danger of committing parental kidnapping if you leave and what possible court actions you can take before leaving to leave legally (such as applying for custody perhaps). If you have left, you can ask about what steps you can take to try to avoid being charged with parental kidnapping. Go to our Finding a Lawyer page for more info.
In some states, if you are criminally charged but you are fleeing a pattern of domestic violence or to protect a child, then you may have what is called an "affirmative defense" to the charge of parental kidnapping but this can depend on your state's laws and your specific situation. If you have enough evidence to prove this defense, you might be able to avoid being convicted - but it may not prevent you from being arrested and charged with the crime and you can still have suffer all of the consequences that could come with being arrested such as losing custody. If you are fleeing domestic violence or to protect your children, it may be a good idea to collect evidence of the abuse before you leave, if at all possible, depending on your situation. Evidence of domestic violence or child abuse may include proof of calls to 911, police reports, medical reports, criminal convictions of the batterer, proof that you have seen a counselor and tried to get help, testimony from family, friends, or other witnesses, or anything that is evidence of an ongoing abusive relationship. Note: In some states, there are specific conditions you need to meet BEFORE or after you flee to take advantage of these legal protections. You can ask an attorney in the state you left from for this information.
If you do take your kids out of the state and are charged with kidnapping, you or your lawyer can contact us and we can try to refer you to experts who can assist you. Be sure to tell us that you have been charged with the crime of kidnapping or custodial interference and from what state.
Again, we strongly recommend that you talk to a lawyer who understands domestic violence, custody and your state's criminal laws before you make a decision. A lawyer can help you put together the necessary evidence if you must leave the state.
Depending on your situation, you may also want to apply for temporary emergency custody. Please see Can I get temporary emergency custody?
The answer to this question is complicated and may depend on many factors such as whether leaving the state violates the other parent's visitation time, whether the custody order addresses leaving the state, whether the custody case is ongoing, how long you will be away, etc. To find out how these factors may affect your ability to leave the state with your child, we strongly suggest showing your custody order to an attorney who specializes in custody for specific advice. Go to our Finding a Lawyer page for legal referrals.
Generally, if leaving the state would interfere with the other parent's visitation with the child or violate any other term of your custody order, you may be at risk of facing criminal parental kidnapping (custodial interference) charges in addition to any civil contempt charges for violating a custody order. Being charged with either may put you at risk of losing custody as well as other penalties. Also, often times when a custody case is pending (ongoing), both parents may be prohibited from removing the child from the state (jurisdiction).
If leaving the state would violate your custody order, you may likely need to file in court to ask the judge to modify the order to allow for your child to leave the state.
If the other parent agrees to allow you to leave the state in violation of the custody order, you may want to ask an attorney whether getting written, notarized permission from the other parent would be enough to protect you from a later accusation of parental kidnapping or violation of the court order or not. There may be other protections in your state that allow you to take your children out of state, even if the custody order doesn't appear to permit it.
Again, please talk to a lawyer in your state who is familiar with custody and domestic violence.
If there is some court action involving the children (divorce, custody, visitation, child support, etc.) that is in process, then it may be illegal for you to take the children out of state, even temporarily, without permission from the judge and/or consent of the other parent. If you have a current court action of this sort, then you may want to ask the judge or your attorney if you can take the children out of the state.
Also, keep in mind that once a court action is started in one state, then that state court generally has jurisdiction (power) over the case until it is finished. Sometimes you can move the case to another state, but it is often really hard to do. If your case is finished and you want to try to change a final custody order in a different state, go to our Changing a final custody order page for more information.


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Read back through your "performance problem posts".
Given the level of your knowledge, I'm not so sure your should attempt an engine swap such as this. I'm not saying you're incapable, just that this would be a lot more difficult than trying to fix a misfire.
It's not that hard, but not a direct swap in (electronically).
Do a search for more info.♠
Not, about the misfire you experience. Does this still hold true:
If yes, have you tried replacing the EST module?Originally Posted by flattopwill
Seems that if you unplug it and the issue goes away, that's a pretty good indication of where your problem may lie.....
Here's a littel info on codes related to ESC. Keep in mind, a module can fail and not set a code, the ECM is not always perfect....
Code 42 seems rather important to me as you once posted a code that seemed to be "222" by your description. Is it possible you had a code "42"? Check your ecm again and see if there is a stored code 42. If so, follow the code recommendations above.Originally Posted by gntype web site
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Stop throwing parts at it!
You're just going to end up broke......and still no truck. There's a logical sequence to desnagging these problems, this is step one.....


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Subcommittee on Elections Hearing on: "Federal Election Commission: Reviewing Policies, Processes and Procedures"
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Opening Statement-Robert A. Brady
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Subcommittee on Elections
Hearing on: "Federal Election Commission: Reviewing Policies, Processes and Procedures"
November 3, 2011
I want to thank the chairman for holding this oversight hearing on the Federal Elections Commission (FEC), the first the Committee has held in some time.
It goes without saying that the committee has exercised its oversight role of the FEC over the years by reviewing reports to Congress, informally and formally meeting with all the commissioners, meeting with the Inspector General, the General Counsel and Congressional Relations office to gather more clarity on issues and work to improve the functions of the agency.
The FEC exercises its duties in four major areas: Enforcement, regulations, audits, and advisory opinions. While few will debate the merits of the FEC's mission, it is the agency's propensity to deadlock, sometimes on the most mundane of issues, that has me concerned. It is an agency full on controversy and dissention, oftentimes the result of partisan politics rather than a genuine disagreement of ideas. It has been jokingly observed that the FEC cannot even agree on which day of the week it is.
Never before in our history has the role of money in elections been more influential than it is today. Outside spending in congressional races is higher than it's ever been. As a result, it is imperative for the FEC to ensure the integrity and fairness in our electoral system. They must level the playing field. Since 2003, the Commission's percentage of split votes on enforcement actions skyrocketed from less than 1% in 2003 to more than 10% today. Further, the percentage of split advisory opinion votes is at its highest level, 29%, since 2008, when it was 22%. I am not inclined to believe this is a result of thoughtful debate but rather a strict and blind adherence to partisan beliefs. We cannot afford to continue this political charade at the expense of much needed enforcement and regulation.
Not only are the percentages of split votes increasing, but the number of total votes taken is as well. Since 2003, the number of total votes taken in enforcement actions is down from 1036 to 139. With respect to audits, the number is down from 59 to 13. Regulation votes have seen a decrease from 29 to 11. Advisory opinion votes are down from 51 in 2003 to 41 in 2010. This is a troubling trend.
This Committee, and Congress, have taken up several pieces of legislation that are within the FEC's purview. Some have become law, as in the administrative fines program while others, such as the DISCLOSE Act, were never enacted. America will continue to hold scheduled elections, regardless of inaction or deadlock at the FEC and those elections require rules and protections for their continued safety and integrity. This Committee has always encouraged disclosure and I would ask that we continue to embrace the sunlight that should be cast upon all elections.
It is timely that we have the FEC here today, just as a new trend is starting to emerge in campaign finance: the Super Pac. Prior to the Supreme Court's decision in Citizen's United, and subsequently SpeechNow.org, the Super PAC did not exist. There is now roughly one Super PAC registering with the FEC per day. Officially known as "independent-expenditure only committees," Super PAC's are not subject to the same contribution limits as other fundraising groups and while they must disclose their donors, it is not always clear, as a result of tactics such as shell corporations, exactly who is donating. A lack of meaningful disclosure coupled with unlimited contribution limits is a dangerous mix to a democracy.
Prior to the FEC's creation, Congress sought to limit the effect that wealthy individuals and special interests could have on elections through, among other things, laws mandating disclosure of campaign contributions. When Congress saw these laws were not enough, the FEC was created to enforce them. We are already in the midst of presidential primaries. In little more than a year, we will have another presidential election. We, as voters, are in an era of uncertainty when it comes to our elections and who is funding them. The Supreme Court, whose Justices are appointed by the President to lifetime terms, has already drastically transformed the face of campaign finance by allowing for Super PAC's, and more change is inevitable. As such, it is critical that the FEC fulfills their intended mission.
I would again like to thank the Chairman for calling this hearing and I look forward to hearing the testimony of our witness.
The Honorable Cynthia L. Bauerly - Testimony
Chair, Federal Election Commission
The Honorable Caroline C. Hunter - Testimony
Vice Chair, Federal Election Commission
The Honorable Donald F. McGahn II - Joint Statement
Commissioner, Federal Election Commission
The Honorable Matthew S. Petersen
Commissioner, Federal Election Commission
The Honorable Steven T. Walther
Commissioner, Federal Election Commission
The Honorable Ellen L. Weintraub
Commissioner, Federal Election Commission
Submitted testimony
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