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1. Not my best day ever: 01:26
Two dinner parties in two days: Simon Ditner's potluck (I brought brownies) and Pavel Zaitsev's Russian dinner. I wish the timing could've been better, because life is so much more fun when you don't have to deal with cramps and related indignities.
It's just one of those days when I find myself with less energy than usual. I hate that.
I'm so glad that Simon Rowland came along to both parties. In particular, I was pretty out of it during Pavel's small dinner party, and Simon made up for my conversational dead weight by just connecting with people there. He's awesome.
Why was I so out of it? Aside from the circumstances, I had gotten fairly stressed out in transit. I ordinarily try not to get stressed out about stuff, but I found it hard to calm myself. Pavel had called me up a few times to follow up, so I felt *really* guilty about being late, and I felt so stressed out about it that Simon suggested we take a taxi instead. When we got there, though, I was a little bit relieved to see that the party hadn't started yet--but I was off for the rest of the evening, and I couldn't muster the strength to connect with the other people there.
I'm not happy with the way I behaved today. I can't do much about it now, but maybe I can do better in the future. One way to do that, I suppose, is to confine myself when I'm having one of these days...
It wasn't all bad, though. The highlight of my day was learning more about the Philippines. Simon was curious, so we looked it up on Google Earth and in the CIA Factbook.
In retrospect, I probably shouldn't have gone out knowing that I wasn't quite there. I'm tempted to spend tomorrow curled up with a stuffed penguin and feeling sorry for myself, but that won't accomplish much. Maybe tomorrow's sunshine will make me feel better.
So yeah, I do too have days when I feel awkward, even terrible.
2. Planning my birthday party: 21:09
I've been drafting my invitation for my 23rd birthday party. I know, I know, I'm late. I should give people more than a week's notice. But with one thing or another... Meep.
I started drawing up a guest list, and I felt panic starting to set in. I'm at over 40 people right now. Looking at the living room... Meep.
I need to focus. This is *my* birthday party, and I'll celebrate it the way I want to. =) I want to:
- Tell stories about my past year. Lots of firsts!
- Share my questions.
- Set and share goals for the next year.
It's more important for me to have an intimate party than it is to have a large one. I want to invite people who would care about my last year and be there for my next one. If I'm going to ask people for letters, they should be people to whom I can write similar letters. Plus points for people who read my blog and comment. ;)
Okay. 23 people, including myself. We'll just have to find some way of fitting into my living room at Graduate House.
I must be ruthless about my party plans. I can celebrate with other people later. =)
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- Little joys (141 words)
- Waking up with wonder (146 words)
- Reaching out and being human (519 words)
- Compassion (61 words)
- Life! (926 words)
- Poetry (24 words)
- Places to eat in New York City (47 words)
- Also of note: East West Books (52 words)
- Sweet! The Peer Review: Graduate Studies and Academic Life (254 words)
- Crazy idea for Emacs: Random Emacs taglines (121 words)
- Crazy Emacs: Personalized signatures with random taglines (196 words)
- Must be a better way to reserve books at the library (71 words)
- 43folders blogger and GTD guru Merlin Mann in Toronto tomorrow (58 words)
- So many resources! (103 words)
|Pick up books from library
|Clear my desk
|Empty my purse
|Put away my coats and clothes
|Read in preparation for stats class
|Clear my floor
|Read for KMD course
|Rest break
|Prepare materials for class tomorrow
|Rest break
|Figure out what to do about midterms and CASCON
1. Little joys: 09:47
On the way back from Simon's place last night, I took a streetcar with a wonderful surprise. The streetcar driver sang out the stops in this beautiful, beautiful voice! I was so tempted to take the car all the way to Humber just to keep listening to him. On the way out, I told him that I really wished I could tip on the TTC and that it was the awesomest streetcar ride ever. I wish the other riders on the streetcar were as appreciative. He deserved a lot of warm and fuzzy thoughts!
I love it when people go above and beyond, turning even ordinary jobs into something that brings joy to other people. I remember the announcer for Delta Airlines at the Washington airport whose sense of humor over the public announcement system made the four-hour delay so worthwhile.
2. Waking up with wonder: 09:51
I've figured out a great way to start my day. I love waking up to the alarm on my cellphone, hitting the snooze button, and spending the next five minutes slowly waking up and thinking of all the things that make me happy and grateful to be alive. I also mentally sort through my day and think of what I want from it.
Sometimes it takes more than one snooze button and sometimes I fall asleep again. When I notice that I'm getting sleepier instead of more awake, I focus on just doing the very next step: sitting up, for example. I will graduate to doing this kind of five-minute meditation sitting up, or maybe even over breakfast. I think it'll be easier to stay awake that way.
Speaking of breakfast, I need to clear out my part of the fridge and go for more groceries...
3. Reaching out and being human: 11:20
Most of the time, I'm on the top of the world. People wonder where I get the energy to be so enthusiastic and positive almost all the time.
Here's the secret: I get that energy from other people. Being around loving people fills me with great love, which spills over into everything else I do and everyone else I meet. People don't have to be perkily happy. They just need to be real, and I'm lucky to be surrounded by very real friends.
I get that energy from all the wonderful things around me, too. A singing streetcar conductor. Sunlight glinting off a sign. Sentimental letters. Crazy coincidences. My parents observed that it was very rare for me to be disappointed or sad for more than twenty minutes or so. What can I do? The world kicks in. =)
For longer-running, deeper-seated issues, though, sometimes I end up returning to what threw me out of whack in the first place. Sometimes the issue's too big for me to deal with. When I'm running on empty, that's when the most amazing and wonderful thing happens: people and the universe just infuse me with love (and, occasionally, vast quantities of hot chocolate).
It never fails to amaze me how my moments of weakness are those which draw me closer to other people. This is why I do not fight being sad, do not deny it, do not hush it away or starve it of sunlight. The other day, as Dan Howard comforted me, he said that he was glad that I shared this with him. Before that day, I had seemed to be some unapproachably, inhumanly happy person. Now our bond is stronger for those tears: he knows more of me, and I know that he can know that me and still be there.
The outpouring of warm and fuzzy thoughts from people I'd never even met fills me with great gratitude and the determination to give even more back to the world. My life has been too short and my work too small for me to deserve the smallest fraction of the love I have received, and so I am driven to be more and love more in order to repay this tremendous debt--one of gratitude to the world. Not that I ever can. The interest on this debt grows and grows. The principal of it grows and grows. But it is a debt I am happy to labor under!
I am human, and these are the moments that make me love being so. I am flawed, and as Quinn pointed out, that's a wonderful opportunity for others to show compassion--and for me to learn by their example.
Tim Sanders told me the story of how a reporter once asked Albert Einstein what question he would ask if he knew he would get an answer. Immediately--as if he had been thinking about it for a long time--Einstein said, "Is the universe friendly?" To him I would say: the world is not only friendly, but loving. To the world: I love you too. I love you too. I love you too.
4. Compassion: 12:15
I am also very, very lucky to have people who remind me that this experience of great love is not yet universal. Some provide me with an opportunity to be compassionate. Others remind me that I have been extraordinarily lucky and loved, and that not everyone has the same experience or awareness. Thank you for helping me grow as a person.
5. Life!: 12:18
Since childhood, I have had a gift for working with computers. For a while, this seemed like the perfect fit for my life. My grade school teachers were not surprised to find me interested in computers in high school. My high school teachers were not surprised that I took computer science in university. One of my university teachers told me I'd do well in "hard" computer science and encouraged me to go for a master's degree, maybe even a PhD.
But I am also awakening to a gift I have with people. I want to reach millions and millions of people over generations and generations. I want to lift them up, inspire them, share my experiences with them. I want to tell their stories and help make their dreams come true. This is what I want to do with my life.
I don't want to wait until I've made my money before I do good. I want to get out there and live and love and do and write and speak and share. I will keep my needs simple, my schedule flexible, and my overhead low so that I can spend as much time as possible developing myself and other people.
I belong to the world not just as a mind, but also as a heart, and I will make a life that allows me to express both.
So, concretely, how can we make this happen?
- I want to repay the trust the university has shown in me by finishing my master's degree and doing well.
- I want to set up a newsletter and topic-focused blog that inspires people and shares tips with them.
- I want to write best-selling books. The second book will be easier than the first, so I should really just sit down, pull out material from my blog, do more research, and make this happen. Hey, maybe even before I'm 25. ;)
- I want to be a totally awesome professional speaker. That way, I can reach *lots* of people with not only my message but with my communication style. It's also a good reason to meet people around the world.
- I want to set up an organization for generous connecting.
- Lots more!
How can I make this self-supporting? I want to get as quickly as possible to the point where I don't have to worry about my expenses so that I can follow these crazy ideas for free. Then I can build up my crazy idea capital, and then we're off!
The best way for me to do that is not to plan for retirement at 60 with a slow-and-steady savings plan, but to take advantage of my crazy ideas, train my intuition, and get better at going from crazy idea to reality.
If I open my mind and look for ways I can create value for other people (like my networking business cards that list my favorite networking books!), then I'll probably be able to create enough value to make the kind of life I want.
(Crazy idea! Trust in coincidence by having business cards with random stuff on the back. Moo cards does this with Flickr photos. Why not do that with whatever you currently want/have? I think business cards should be short-run and current. That way, they're more than just a static piece of contact information, and you'll have reasons to keep giving people your cards and for people to keep reading yours! Maybe I should start date-stamping my business cards... Ah, now there's a great idea...)
Right. That's the ticket. I should keep a notebook of all these crazy ideas. Probably a blog page *and* a paper notebook. Probably part of my Moleskine. And I should go and make those crazy ideas happen, like advertising on my laptop or tweaking my business card, etc.
I don't mind giving the ideas away. I get terrific feedback. In fact, if other people pick up the idea and run with it, that means I get to train my crazy-idea sense for free!
Remember the movie Phenomenon? I want to be that guy, overflowing with lots of ideas and improvements! I want to be someone you tell about the cool stuff you're working on because I'll be enthusiastic about it too, and I *might* just go "Hey, what do you think about trying out ...?"
Simon's fantastic at designing systems from scratch. I'm good at thinking about how to improve something that's already there, finding things to smoothen, noticing things that are missing... Come to think of it, even my computing background points to this. Why do I love open source development? Because I can build on what's there! Why am I totally addicted to Emacs? Because it indulges my crazy-idea thing! Whee!
So I want the ability to explore all these crazy ideas even when I'm working. I have lots of options in terms of the type of job, too.
- A high-margin job that will train me up and take advantage of what I can do well and the crazy ideas I can come up with - marketing and sales, maybe?
- A job that develops my skills even though it requires more work and concentration, such as writing. But not for long.
- Something that pays for my expenses without demanding any mindshare, such as waiting tables ;) (Can't do that on my work permit, though!)
Right. Getting a better sense of what I want in life. There we go. Does that sound like a plan? Let's make it happen. =)
6. Poetry: 12:44
One of our friends blogs poetry between stories of his work. It's always interesting reading, although you wonder sometimes if you should probe further...
7. Places to eat in New York City: 13:45
Things to remember next time I'm in New York: Jim Suto highly recommends Little Lad's Restaurant and Cafe, which has a USD 2.99 vegan buffet special (eat-in) of homemade soups, salads, entrees, and breads. 120 Broadway downstairs. Totally vegan - no animal products. Way cool!
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8. Also of note: East West Books: 13:51
I picked up a pretty set of postcards from East West Books in New York City (78 Fifth Avenue at 14th). The bookstore feels great. Check it out if you find yourself in the area. It's open daily from 10 AM to 9 PM. http://www.eastwestnyc.com , +1 212 243 5994.
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9. Sweet! The Peer Review: Graduate Studies and Academic Life: 14:16
I opened my mailbox to find a small publication called "The Peer Review: Graduate Studies and Academic Life." The cover advertised an article on "The Ultimate Guide to Scholarly Publishing: Editors of leading journals tell you how to make sure your research gets published *before* you hit the job market". It continued: "Also inside: How to memorize all of your students' names in just one class: + why some students hate new ideas (and what to do about it)." The trailer: "Grad research: The nurture of your true nature... do fish have feelings?"
I should just take a picture of it, really. ;)
I'm sold. I don't remember signing up for this, but the first thing I thought was, "This is a terrific idea." The second thing I thought was, "How can I help with this?" The third thing I thought was: "How can I send them warm and fuzzy thoughts for a job well done?"
So I've left voicemail (although the office will be closed for a few weeks), blogged this entry, and sent enthusiastic kudos to the Peer Review folks. I would totally subscribe to this in order to keep more of this content flowing, and I would love to write for it as well.
Check it out. A casual flip-through reveals both good U-of-T-specific content as well as lots of other helpful things.
Now I'm thinking: how can we syndicate this idea to lots of other universities? I'm sure other universities have some kind of serious grad-student-oriented bulletin...
10. Crazy idea for Emacs: Random Emacs taglines: 14:34
Would anyone happen to know of a way to select a random symbol with a description?
Actually. Hmm.
(progn (apropos ".") (write-file "~/.taglines.random-emacs-symbols") (delete-matching-lines "Plist") (delete-matching-lines "not documented") (replace-regexp "\n " " - " nil) (delete-non-matching-lines " - "))
Et voila! Random Emacs taglines together with the code:
(defun sacha/random-tagline (&optional file) "Return a random tagline and put it in the kill ring." (interactive) (with-current-buffer (find-file-noselect (or file "~/.taglines")) (goto-char (random (point-max))) (let ((string (buffer-substring (line-beginning-position) (line-end-position)))) (kill-new string) string))) (defadvice remember (after sacha-tagline activate) "Add random tagline." (save-excursion (goto-char (point-max)) (insert "\n\nRandom Emacs symbol: " (sacha/random-tagline "~/.taglines.random-emacs-symbols") "\n\n")))))
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Random Emacs symbol: eshell-remove-entries - Function: From PATH, remove all of the given FILES, perhaps interactively.
11. Crazy Emacs: Personalized signatures with random taglines: 15:05
Of course, that naturally leads to the crazy idea: "What if I can personalize my signatures?" Knowing that Paul Lussier is an Emacs geek, I can reward him for reading all the way to the bottom of my message... ;)
(defun sacha/gnus-personalize-signature () "Personalizes signature based on BBDB signature field. BBDB signature field should be a lambda expression. First person with a custom signature field gets used." (let* ((bbdb-get-addresses-headers (list (assoc 'recipients bbdb-get-addresses-headers))) (records (bbdb-update-records (bbdb-get-addresses nil gnus-ignored-from-addresses 'gnus-fetch-field) nil nil)) signature) (while (and records (not signature)) (when (bbdb-record-getprop (car records) 'signature) (setq signature (eval (read (bbdb-record-getprop (car records) 'signature))))) (setq records (cdr records))) (or signature t))) (setq-default message-signature 'sacha/gnus-personalize-signature)
So then all I have to do is add the following field to his record:
signature: (concat "Sacha Chua - Emacs geek What crazy idea can I help you hack next? Random Emacs symbol: " (sacha/random-tagline "~/.taglines.random-emacs-symbols"))
Emacs. One crazy idea at a time. Now I can use this to select random information, like my favorite networking books or a list of my upcoming events...
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Random Emacs symbol: sort-coding-systems-predicate - Variable: If non-nil, a predicate function to sort coding systems.
12. Must be a better way to reserve books at the library: 16:31
I'm going on another reading spree, this time on relationship marketing.
At some point in time, I will be annoyed enough to write a non-(mouse and pageload)-intensive way to say "Request all selected books and have them delivered to my nearest branch."
Argh. Little inefficiencies like that annoy me. That is so getting hacked. Probably during CASCON, even.
Random Emacs symbol: Info-edit - Command: Edit the contents of this Info node.
13. 43folders blogger and GTD guru Merlin Mann in Toronto tomorrow: 22:18
Merlin Mann of 43Folders and uber-cool GTD/productivity lifehacking will be in town for a podcast tomorrow (Tuesday). http://upcoming.org/event/111696/
I will probably not be able to go, or if I do, I'll be cramming for school in the background. But go and have fun!
Random Emacs symbol: auto-coding-alist-lookup - Function: Return the coding system specified by `auto-coding-alist' for FILENAME.
14. So many resources!: 22:54
Every so often, I just stop and wonder what I've been doing with my time. This usually happens when I go on an academic reading spree and I rediscover just how amazing it is that the University of Toronto has full-text access to almost everything.
I'm *so* tempted to scale back everything as much as possible and just pack lots and lots of information into my head. ;) I want to take advantage of all the magazine subscriptions and the huge library just two blocks from my residence.
I love reading!
Random Emacs symbol: - Macro: Return the header of article NUMBER.
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Chinese Internet firm Tencent's fast-growing mobile messaging application WeChat isn't making money yet, but according to rival Sina, the application is already taking user attention away from competitors.
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- A screenshot shows the Apple iTunes page for recently released English-language version of Tecent's WeChat mobile messaging app.
Speaking during Sina's earnings call on Friday, chairman Charles Chao said that the time users spent on the company's Weibo microblogging platform declined slightly in the third quarter from the second quarter, in part due to competition from WeChat. Though analysts have pointed to rising competition between Weibo and WeChat, Mr. Chao's comment marks the first official indication from either of the companies that the game is on.
Launched in early 2011, WeChat already has more than 200 million users and has helped Tencent claim a healthy chunk of China's middle- and upper-class users, who do not necessarily use the company's microblog or QQ desktop-computer messenger services.
That means it is square on Sina's turf, since Sina Weibo is predominantly used by China's urban upper crust. Tencent reports larger user numbers for its own microblogging service than Sina does, but most analysts argue that users of Tencent's Weibo tend to be less wealthy or from smaller cities in China.
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BELPRE — A final air permit has been issued to Kraton Polymers to replace two coal-fired boilers at the Belpre plant, the Ohio EPA announced on Friday....
Have any partys on the deck you built last year? You claim to entertain various law enforcement officers and witness them drive home drunk....Let me know when you have the next one, if they drive through city limits there are still good officers on the force that will make you eat asphalt.
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I see forthebuttof has several new names. How many did you get banned since I last heard your nonsense? As you worked, or still work for a power plant you would be the first to trade childrens lives for your fat paycheck right? Out in the the "country" you don't deal with the crime or user tax and contribute exactly what to the city of pburg? Any man who spends this much time defending Bob and playing on these boards obviously neglects his family. Enjoy your beer while you continue for years to live your life talking about a city you dont live in or pay anything to....
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MrMayhem sucking off the welfare system still means you are polluting the environment if you are capable to get a job.
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Dupepont has already poisoned your water, so now let them further pollute your air? A very small percentage of the population has lucrative salaries and those few are poising you, themselves and their OWN CHILDREN. When people start dying and direct links are made to their pollution, I would like to see their face when they realize they traded money for their childrens health.
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Christopher E. Arthur, 27, 140 Jon Road, Warrenville, South Carolina, faces charges of Burglary - First Degree (two counts), Burglary - Second Degree (two counts) and Grand Larceny.
"Firearms were stolen during a number of these break-ins, so Arthur should be considered armed and dangerous," said Sheriff Michael Hunt.
On January 17, Arthur and another individual smashed the rear window of a home, and while inside, took a handgun from 609 Cherokee Drive, North Augusta.
Crystal L. Newsome, 19, 258 Carline Road, Burnettown, South Carolina, also faces charges in the same case for Burglary - First Degree.
ACSO holds warrants on Arthur for burglaries at the following locations: Laverne's Bar and Grill, 258 Pleasure Island Road, Gloverville; 1948 Augusta Highway, Aiken; 594 Howlandville Road, Warrenville.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Baseball senior Trevor Foss got his final season on The Island off to a great start this past weekend, and he was rewarded with both national and Southland Player of the Week honors. The native of Janesville, Wisc. was named a Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper on Monday, and he followed it up with the Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week honor on Tuesday afternoon.
Foss tossed a complete-game shutout against Texas – Pan American on Saturday, giving up just three hits and no runs while striking out a career-high 15 Broncs batters. He walked just one batter as he was in complete control throughout the contest. He allowed two hits in the third and one in the eighth as he held UTPA hitless in 7-of-9 innings.
The righty set the tone early, striking out the side in the first inning and picking up multiple strikeouts in the first, fifth, sixth, eighth and ninth innings to complete the shutout. The most batters Foss faced in any inning were five, while facing the minimum in six separate frames.
The 15 strikeouts topped his previous best of 11, set last season against McNeese State on Senior Day, with Foss setting down the 11 in six innings before giving way to relief.
The Islanders Baseball team will be back in action on Wednesday night, taking on UTSA in a 6:30 p.m. game at Chapman Field. Foss' is schedule to pitch next against Oklahoma on Saturday in the 2013 Kleberg Bank College Classic at Whataburger Field. First pitch for the College Classic game is set for 6 p.m.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW -- Trying to reduce redshirting, a practice from college athletics, in kindergarten, one elementary school district is intervening in the parental decision of when a child is ready to start school.
Over the years, kindergarten has transformed from a play space to a buckle-down place with homework. As a result, more and more parents whose children would be the youngest in their kindergarten class have decided their kids need to spend an extra year in preschool.
Now, the Mountain View-Whisman School District has decided that it, and not just parents, will determine kindergarten readiness. If a parent wants to hold back an eligible child from kindergarten, the district will evaluate whether that child the next year should enter kindergarten or go straight to first grade.
That has thrown parents for a loop, including some who have been told their preschoolers will be put in first grade in August and skip kindergarten. "I have people who are rather alarmed and want to wait that extra year, but now feel like they'll be punished if they do," said Rachel Martensson, a preschool teacher in Mountain View.
Peggy Prendergast is trying to decide whether to sign up her son Sean, who will be 5 in late July, for kindergarten. She's leaning toward taking preschool teachers' recommendation that he wait a year. But "this new rule is throwing a wrench into the whole system," she said. She's afraid that if Sean attends another year of preschool, Mountain View-Whisman officials could send him to first grade in 2014-15. "That makes no sense whatsoever."
It's not an easy decision, because it's hard to predict children's development.
District Superintendent Craig Goldman cites wording in the state's new transitional kindergarten law as virtually mandating older children start in first grade.
Section 48010 of the Education Code states that "A child shall be admitted to the first grade ... if the child will have his or her sixth birthday on or before" Oct. 1 of the 2013-14 school year.
The important word is "shall," Goldman said. However, he said that the district will consider parental preference and preschool recommendations when evaluating children for placement. "If it's appropriate for a child to be in kindergarten, they are going to be in kindergarten," he said. But for parents who simply want their children to be the oldest in their class, the district won't go along: "There's no place for giving a competitive advantage in kindergarten."
Joe Simitian, who as a state senator shepherded through the Legislature the change in kindergarten start ages, said his bill didn't change language to prevent older children from attending kindergarten.
Simitian's bill phases in earlier cutoff dates for the birthdays of kindergartners, to align with most other states. California used to require a child entering kindergarten to turn 5 by Dec. 2 of that year. For the current school year, that date moved to Nov. 1; for the next school year, a child must turn 5 by Oct. 1. The cutoff date will become Sept. 1 in 2014 and years after that.
Children with fall birthdays, who miss the new cutoff but would have made it under the old rules, may attend a "transitional kindergarten" class for a year before entering regular kindergarten. Those children will not be affected by Mountain View-Whisman's policy on 6-year-olds, Goldman said.
The state has no official position on the question, and the law is vague. But the cutoff dates "were meant to be minimum ages so we're not starting students too young," said Carrie Roberts of the California Department of Education. "It didn't say if a child was 6, they couldn't go to kindergarten."
California, however, allows school districts the autonomy to interpret the law.
Goldman said he fears that if the district didn't place eligible students into first grade, the state could hold back payments for that child.
Roberts dismissed that possibility. "We will pay" for students who attend, she said.
Other school districts are continuing past practices of allowing parental discretion on when children start school. The Sunnyvale and Cupertino districts are not changing policies. "Most parents make the right choices," said Claire Castagna, assistant superintendent of the Sunnyvale School District.
Bonnie Malouf, who teaches kindergarten at Stevenson Elementary in Mountain View, has mixed feelings about the district's change. It's true that kindergarten has rigorous standards and that some kids are immature, she said.
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The little sticker that is causing a world of trouble for Microsoft and Intel.
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Microsoft executive -- "We set ourselves up"
One of the most iconic images of Microsoft's Windows Vista launch in January 2007 was the small "Windows Vista Capable" stickers on computers months before, reassuring customers that when the new operating system came out, their computers could be updated to the latest and greatest. Unfortunately for the consumer it appears that the capabilities that these stickers promised were intentionally exaggerated to benefit Microsoft and chipmaker Intel.
A class action suit filed against Microsoft in April 2007
accused Microsoft of intentionally misleading
consumers with the stickers, claiming the "Vista Capable" logos on computers that were anything but. The suit centered around several key points, among which was that the computers sold could not run Windows Vista's more impressive features such as the Aero user interface, and were left with only a bare-bones skeleton of Vista. The suit
forced Microsoft to redefine
its definition of what exactly "Vista Capable" meant, which included Microsoft's addition of a disclaimer that some of the PCs bearing the sticker could not run significant Vista features such as Aero.
Meanwhile, the legal case proceeded forward. Armed with internal emails obtained from Microsoft, the plaintiffs,
represented by high-power attorney Jeffrey Tilden of Gordon Tilden Thomas & Cordell,
took their case before a U.S. District Judge in order to gain class action status
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, with the primary focus being to determine whether Microsoft intentionally deceived consumers to sell PCs. The judge also opened the door for the suit to also encompass gripes about the lack of Aero if the plaintiffs found another named plaintiff who bough Vista but was unable to run Aero.
Now in the aftermath of the ruling, the Judge Pechman
unsealed 158 pages of Microsoft corporate emails
(PDF) that paint a picture Microsoft would rather not have the public see.
Some of these emails featured Microsoft employees candidly describing the program with, "
Even a piece of junk will qualify" for "Vista Capable" designation. The now famous email from
Mike Nash, currently a corporate vice president for Windows product management, states, "
I PERSONALLY got burnt ... Are we seeing this from a lot of customers? ... I now have a $2,100 e-mail machine."
Less dramatic, but equally damaging was the email from
Jim Allchin, then the co-president of Microsoft's Platforms and Services Division, stating grimly, "
We really botched this ... You guys have to do a better job with our customers."
The most interesting emails though, turn out to be the new ones. While a number of key portions of several emails were redacted, the parts that remain paint a picture of intentional deception that Microsoft virtually admitted to in the internal emails.
In the emails Microsoft executives discuss how the
Intel 915 Chipset
was to initially be deemed incompatible Windows Vista. The policy was abruptly reversed. Says one of the executives in charge of the decision, "
In the end, we lowered the requirements to help Intel make their quarterly earnings so they could continue to sell motherboards with the 915 graphics embedded. We are caving to Intel. We worked the last 18 months to drive the [user interface] experience and we are giving this up."
This admission is extremely significant as it precisely describes what was alleged by the class action suit. Microsoft will have to fight an uphill battle to prove that its employees' email correspondence was inaccurate and misleading.
Other emails make it clear that retailers had voiced frustrations with Microsoft, and were met with stubborn resistance from Microsoft executives due to the policy, which aimed to underhandedly pump up Intel's chipset sales. Says one Microsoft executive, guiltily, "
I was in Best Buy listening to people and can tell you this did not come clear to customers. We set ourselves up."
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ATI & Nvidia not listed...
Those PCs with ATi or Nvidia chipsets didn't have the performance issues of the intel 915 or lower.
A/N have always had more powerful 3D graphic abilities, very weak compared to most add-on cards, but still 3-5x better than intel. When people were looking for a basic-low cost PC, I'd recommend an AMD/ATi/Nvidia setup for the better desktop experince... Face it, for basic functions, any 2ghz PC with XP will do the job, a bit more for vista, as long as it has 2gb of RAM or more.
Seems to me, that intel should be included in the suit. They pushed M$ into lying about the qualifications.
"Intel is investing heavily (think gazillions of dollars and bazillions of engineering man hours) in resources to create an Intel host controllers spec in order to speed time to market of the USB 3.0 technology." -- Intel blogger Nick Knupffer
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"Starbuck" is one of those high-concept yet formulaic, sitcom-like comedies that gets by on charm and speed. It is manipulative and ingratiating ut totally worth your time if you manage to pass one crucial test: Does French-Canadian actor Patrick Huard's smile make you happy? For me, the answer is yes.
Huard reminds me of something director Paul Thomas Anderson once said about John C. Reilly, that the mere sight of his longtime collaborator — that genial, rubbery Reilly mug — makes him smile. Comparisons tend to cheapen things, but what the hell: Mash up Francois Truffaut, Daniel Auteuil and Judd Nelson, and you get Huard's homely/handsome/comical face. It's those kind Truffaut eyes, radiating warmth and passionate concern, that sell this movie's humanist spirit, despite its lack of bite or great surprises.
Huard plays David, a perpetual screw-up in his early 40's who finds out he is the father of 533 children. See, when he was a young slacker, he made tons of quick cash as a sperm donor—over 600 times. Since he used an alias, Starbuck, 142 of his now-adult offspring are filing a class-action lawsuit to get the sperm bank to divulge their father's true identity.
The suit couldn't come at a worse time for David, who is ducking violent loan sharks he owes bigtime, whose girlfriend is pregnant and whose job delivering meat for his father's butcher shop is always imperiled by his complete incompetence. Yep, it's one of those movies, the kind of reality-flavored comic fluff Ho'wood once factory-milled for "SNL" alumni every few months, before Judd Apatow took over the market last decade, adding a bigger dash of improvisatory salt.
David emerges as a character who has has been outlawed in movies, a lovable guileless fuckup. The fashion in popular films has been more along the lines of "As Good As It Gets"-through-"Silver Linings Playbook," where the hero who starts off sour and mentally unstable ends up sloughing off the traumas and disappointments that made him so.
"Starbuck" is interesting mainly because of its investment in a character who doesn't have to be mean to be interesting. David knows what love is, and that's his problem. He seems to have no concept of time or self-preservation once he gets absorbed in the work of helping somebody whose plight has touched his heart.
Screenwriters Ken Scott and Martin Petit take the safest route through these familiar situations, but director Scott's dynamic staging and tendency to let Huard carry the scenes with screwball aplomb keep us focused on David's universal predicament. Any single man who has found himself suddenly facing the prospect of fatherhood should relate. David's girlfriend knows nothing of his secret Starbuck identity but assumes that he is unfit to raise the one child she knows he's fathered: hers. Unaccomplished and aimless at 42, he seems, in her estimation, certain to go along with her plan to raise the child alone.
Contrived as it is, the long midsection of the film covering David's awakening to the glories of fatherhood is often unavoidably profound and moving. He gets a dossier containing the identities of all his adult children and goes snooping into their lives. Each stock "messy" situation (the drug addict, the dour goth kid, the disabled kid) and proud moment (David discovering he's fathered a soccer star, a musician, an actor and a lifeguard) plays out with all the hugging and learning you'd expect from pre-Larry David television dramedy.
Yet I found myself awash in the same awkward emotion that accompanied the end of "Saving Private Ryan." Remember when elderly Ryan had a heart-to-heart at the grave of the man who saved his life back in WWII? The mob of descendants lined up behind him in soft focus? It was so transparently mawkish, what Steven Spielberg was up to in that scene, and yet it was so devastatingly powerful. All those generations of Ryans who simply wouldn't be if not for an unfathomable chain of events — but also if not for a few clear, moral, compassionate decisions made in faith.
"Starbuck" has several moments like that, and they are honest ones. Forget about the silly plot; it's all in the eyes.
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pkg fix is my friend - a followup
By User12611829-Oracle on Dec 20, 2012
Does the pkg fix reinstall binaries if the hash or chksum doesn't match?Yes, it does. Let's actually see this in action, and then we will take a look at where it is getting the information required to correct the error.
Since I'm working on a series of Solaris 11 Automated Installer (AI) How To articles, installadm seems a good choice to damage, courtesy of the random number generator.
# ls /sbin/install* /sbin/install /sbin/installadm-convert /sbin/installf /sbin/installadm /sbin/installboot /sbin/installgrub # cd /sbin # mv installadm installadm- # dd if=/dev/random of=/sbin/installadm bs=8192 count=32 0+32 records in 0+32 records out # ls -la installadm* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33280 Dec 18 18:50 installadm -r-xr-xr-x 1 root bin 12126 Dec 17 08:36 installadm- -r-xr-xr-x 1 root bin 74910 Dec 17 08:36 installadm-convertOK, that should do it. Unless I am terribly unlucky, those random bytes will produce something that doesn't match the stored hash value of the installadm binary.
This time, I will begin the repair process with a pkg verify, just to see what is broken.
# pkg verify installadm PACKAGE STATUS pkg://solaris/install/installadm ERROR file: usr/sbin/installadm Group: 'root (0)' should be 'bin (2)' Mode: 0644 should be 0555 Size: 33280 bytes should be 12126 Hash: 2e862c7ebd5dce82ffd1b30c666364f23e9118b5 should be 68374d71b9cb91b458a49ec104f95438c9a149a7For clarity, I have removed all of the compiled python module errors. Most of these have been corrected in Solaris 11.1, but you may see these occasionally when doing a pkg verify.
Since we have a real package error, let's correct it.
# pkg fix installadm Verifying: pkg://solaris/install/installadm ERROR file: usr/sbin/installadm Group: 'root (0)' should be 'bin (2)' Mode: 0644 should be 0555 Size: 33280 bytes should be 12126 Hash: 2e862c7ebd5dce82ffd1b30c666364f23e9118b5 should be 68374d71b9cb91b458a49ec104f95438c9a149a7 Created ZFS snapshot: 2012-12-19-00:51:00 Repairing: pkg://solaris/install/installadm DOWNLOAD PKGS FILES XFER (MB) Completed 1/1 24/24 0.1/0.1 PHASE ACTIONS Update Phase 24/24 PHASE ITEMS Image State Update Phase 2/2We can now run installadm as if it was never damaged.
# installadm list Service Name Alias Of Status Arch Image Path ------------ -------- ------ ---- ---------- default-i386 solaris11-i386 on x86 /install/solaris11-i386 solaris11-i386 - on x86 /install/solaris11-i386 solaris11u1-i386 - on x86 /install/solaris11u1-i386Oh, if you are wondering about that hash, it is a SHA1 checksum.
# digest -a sha1 /usr/sbin/installadm 68374d71b9cb91b458a49ec104f95438c9a149a7
If so does IPS keep the installation binaries in a depot or have to point to the originating depot to fix the problem?IPS does keep a local cache of package attributes. Before diving into some of these details, it should be known that some, if not all of these, are private details of the current implementation of IPS, and can change in the future. Always consult the command and configuration file man pages before using any of these in scripts. In this case, the relevant information would be in pkg(5) (i.e. man -s 5 pkg).
Our first step is to identify which publisher has provided the package that is currently installed. In my case, there is only one (solaris), but in a large and mature enterprise deployment, there could be many publishers.
# pkg info installadm pkg info installadm Name: install/installadm Summary: installadm utility Description: Automatic Installation Server Setup Tools Category: System/Administration and Configuration State: Installed Publisher: solaris Version: 0.5.11 Build Release: 5.11 Branch: 0.175.0.0.0.2.1482 Packaging Date: October 19, 2011 12:26:24 PM Size: 1.04 MB FMRI: pkg://firstname.lastname@example.com,5.11-0.175.0.0.0.2.1482:20111019T122624ZFrom this we have learned that the actual package name is install/installadm and the publisher is in fact, solaris. We have also learned that the version of installadm comes from the original Solaris 11 GA release (5.11-0.175.0.0). That will allow us to go take a look at some of the configuration files (private interface warning still in effect).
Note: Since package names contain slashes (/), we will have to encode them as %2F to keep the shell from interpreting them as a directory delimiter.
# cd /var/pkg/publisher/solaris/pkg/install%2Finstalladm # ls -la drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4 Dec 18 00:55 . drwxr-xr-x 818 root root 818 Dec 17 08:36 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25959 Dec 17 08:36 0.5.11%2C5.11-0.175.0.0.0.2.1482%3A20111019T122624Z -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26171 Dec 18 00:55 0.5.11%2C5.11-0.175.0.13.0.3.0%3A20121026T213106ZThe file 0.5.11%2C5.11-0.175.0.0.0.2.1482%3A20111019T122624Z is the one we are interested in.
# digest -a sha1 /usr/sbin/installadm 68374d71b9cb91b458a49ec104f95438c9a149a7 # grep 68374d71b9cb91b458a49ec104f95438c9a149a7 * file 68374d71b9cb91b458a49ec104f95438c9a149a7 chash=a5c14d2f8cc854dbd4fa15c3121deca6fca64515 group=bin mode=0555 owner=root path=usr/sbin/installadm pkg.csize=3194 pkg.size=12126That's how IPS knows our version of installadm has been tampered with. Since it is more than just changing attributes of the files, it has to download a new copy of the damaged files, in this case from the solaris publisher (or one of its mirrors). To keep from making this worse, it also makes a snapshot of the current boot environment, in case things go terribly wrong - which they do not.
Armed with this information, we can use some other IPS features, such as searching by binary hash.
# pkg search -r 68374d71b9cb91b458a49ec104f95438c9a149a7 INDEX ACTION VALUE PACKAGE 68374d71b9cb91b458a49ec104f95438c9a149a7 file usr/sbin/installadm pkg:/firstname.lastname@example.com... or by name
# pkg search -r installadm INDEX ACTION VALUE PACKAGE basename dir usr/lib/installadm pkg:/firstname.lastname@example.com basename dir var/installadm pkg:/email@example.com basename file usr/sbin/installadm pkg:/firstname.lastname@example.com pkg.fmri set solaris/install/installadm pkg:/firstname.lastname@example.com pkg.summary set installadm utility pkg:/firstname.lastname@example.com finally...
# pkg contents -m installadm ..... lots of output truncated ...... file 68374d71b9cb91b458a49ec104f95438c9a149a7 chash=a5c14d2f8cc854dbd4fa15c3121deca6fca64515 group=bin mode=0555 owner=root path=usr/sbin/installadm pkg.csize=3194 pkg.size=12126There is our information using a public and stable interface. Now you know, not only where IPS caches the information, but a predictable way to retrieve it, should you ever need to do so.
As with the verify and fix operations, this is much more helpful than the SVR4 packaging commands in Solaris 10 and earlier.
Given that customers might come up with their own ideas of keeping pkgs at various levels, could they be shooting themselves in the foot and creating such a customized OS that it causes problems?Stephen Hahn has written quite a bit on the origins of IPS, both on his archived Sun blog as well as on the OpenSolaris pkg project page. While it is a fascinating and useful read, the short answer is that IPS helps prevent this from happening - certainly much more so than with the previous packaging system.
The assistance comes in several ways.
Full packages: Since IPS delivers full packages only, that eliminates one of the most confusing and frustrating aspects of the legacy Solaris packaging system. Every time you update a package with IPS, you get a complete version of the software, the way it was assembled and tested at Oracle (and presumably other publishers as well). No more patch order files and, perhaps more important, no more complicated scripts to automate the patching process.
Dependencies: A rich dependency mechanism allows the package maintainer to guarantee that other related software is at a compatible version. This includes incorporations, which protect large groups of software, such as the basic desktop, GNOME, auto-install and the userland tools. Although not a part of dependencies, facets allow for the control of optional software components - locales being a good example.
Boot environments: Solaris 10 system administrators can enjoy many of the benefits of IPS boot environment integration by using Live Upgrade and ZFS as a root file system. IPS takes this to the next level by automatically performing important operations, such as upgrading the pkg package when needed or taking a snapshot before performing any risky actions.
Expanding your question just a bit, IPS provides one new capability that should make updates much more predictable. If there is some specific component that an application requires, its version can be locked within a range. Here is an example, albeit a rather contrived one.
# pkg list -af jre-6 NAME (PUBLISHER) VERSION IFO runtime/java/jre-6 18.104.22.168-0.175.1.2.0.3.0 --- runtime/java/jre-6 220.127.116.11-0.175.1.0.0.24.1 --- runtime/java/jre-6 22.214.171.124-0.175.0.11.0.4.0 --- runtime/java/jre-6 126.96.36.199-0.175.0.10.0.2.0 --- runtime/java/jre-6 220.127.116.11-0.175.0.9.0.2.0 --- runtime/java/jre-6 18.104.22.168-0.175.0.8.0.4.0 --- runtime/java/jre-6 188.8.131.52-0.175.0.0.0.2.0 i--Suppose that we have an application that is tied to version 188.8.131.52 of the java runtime. You can lock it at that version and IPS will prevent you from applying any upgrade that would change it. In this example, an attempt to upgrade to SRU8 (which introduces version 18.104.22.168 of jre-6) will fail.
# pkg freeze -c "way cool demonstration of IPS" firstname.lastname@example.com runtime/java/jre-6 was frozen at 188.8.131.52 # pkg list -af jre-6 pkg list -af jre-6 NAME (PUBLISHER) VERSION IFO runtime/java/jre-6 22.214.171.124-0.175.1.2.0.3.0 --- runtime/java/jre-6 22.214.171.124-0.175.1.0.0.24.1 --- runtime/java/jre-6 188.8.131.52-0.175.0.11.0.4.0 --- runtime/java/jre-6 22.214.171.124-0.175.0.10.0.2.0 --- runtime/java/jre-6 220.127.116.11-0.175.0.9.0.2.0 --- runtime/java/jre-6 126.96.36.199-0.175.0.8.0.4.0 --- runtime/java/jre-6 22.214.171.124-0.175.0.0.0.2.0 if- # pkg update --be-name s11ga-sru08 email@example.com follows is a lengthy set of complaints about not being able to satisfy all of the constraints, conveniently pointing back to our frozen package.
But wait, there's more. IPS can figure out the latest update it can apply that satisfies the frozen package constraint. In this example, it should find SRU7.
# pkg update --be-name s11ga-sru07 Packages to update: 89 Create boot environment: Yes Create backup boot environment: No DOWNLOAD PKGS FILES XFER (MB) Completed 89/89 3909/3909 135.7/135.7 PHASE ACTIONS Removal Phase 720/720 Install Phase 889/889 Update Phase 5066/5066 PHASE ITEMS Package State Update Phase 178/178 Package Cache Update Phase 89/89 Image State Update Phase 2/2 A clone of solaris exists and has been updated and activated. On the next boot the Boot Environment s11ga-sru07 will be mounted on '/'. Reboot when ready to switch to this updated BE. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Please review release notes posted at: http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=E23824&id=SERNS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------When the system is rebooted, a quick look shows that we are indeed running with SRU7.
Perhaps we were too restrictive in locking down jre-6 to version 188.8.131.52. In this example, we will loosen the constraint to any 1.6.0 version, but prohibit upgrades that change it to 1.6.1. Note that I did not have to unfreeze the package as a new pkg freeze will replace the preceding one.
# pkg freeze email@example.com runtime/java/jre-6 was frozen at 1.6.0 # pkg list -af jre-6 NAME (PUBLISHER) VERSION IFO runtime/java/jre-6 126.96.36.199-0.175.1.2.0.3.0 -f- runtime/java/jre-6 126.96.36.199-0.175.1.0.0.24.1 -f- runtime/java/jre-6 188.8.131.52-0.175.0.11.0.4.0 -f- runtime/java/jre-6 184.108.40.206-0.175.0.10.0.2.0 -f- runtime/java/jre-6 220.127.116.11-0.175.0.9.0.2.0 -f- runtime/java/jre-6 126.96.36.199-0.175.0.8.0.4.0 -f- runtime/java/jre-6 22.214.171.124-0.175.0.0.0.2.0 if-This shows that all versions are available for upgrade (i.e. , they all satisfy the frozen package constraint).
Once again, IPS gives us a wonderful capability that is missing in the legacy packaging system.
When you perform a pkg update on a system are we guaranteed a highly tested configuration that has gone thru multiple regression tests?Short answer: yes.
For the details, I will turn your attention to our friend, Gerry Haskins, and his two excellent blogs: The Patch Corner (Solaris 10 and earlier) and Solaris 11 Maintenance Lifecycle. Both are excellent reads and I encourage everybody to add them to your RSS reader of choice.
Of particular note is Gerry's presentation, Solaris 11 Customer Maintenance Lifecycle, which goes into some great detail about patches, upgrades and the like. If you dig back to around the time that Solaris 10 9/10(u9) was released, you will find a links to a pair of interesting documents titled Oracle Integrated Stack - Complete, Trusted Enterprise Solutions and Trust Your Enterprise Deployments to the Oracle Product Stack: The integrated platform that's been developed, tested and certified to get the job done. These documents describe several test environments, including the Oracle Certification Environment (OCE) and Oracle Automated Stress Test (OAST). All Solaris 10 patches and Solaris 11 package updates (including Oracle Solaris Cluster) are put through these tests prior to release. The result is a higher confidence that patches will not introduce stability or performance problems, negating the old practice of putting a release or patch bundle on the shelf while somebody else finds all of the problems. Local testing on your own equipment is still a necessary practice, but you are able to move more quickly to a new release thanks to these additional testing environments.
If I am allowed to ask a follow up question, it would be something like, "what can I do proactively to keep my system as current as possible and reduce the risks of bad patch or package interactions?"
That is where the Critical Patch Updates come into play. Solaris 11 Support Repository Updates (SRU) come out approximately once per month. Every third one (generally) is special and becomes the CPU for Solaris. If you have a regular cadence for applying CPUs or Patch Set Updates (PSU) for your other Oracle software, choose the corresponding SRU that has been designated as that quarter's CPU. You can find this information in My Oracle Support (MOS), on the Oracle Technology Network (OTN), or just read Gerry's blog in mid January, April, July and October.
Thanks again to David Lange for asking such good questions. I hope the answers helped.


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The percentage of registered voters casting ballots early dropped from 42 percent in 2008 to 39.3 percent in 2012, but that is still a big percentage compared to 2004, when 29.6 percent voted early.
In swing states where President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney are in close races, early voters set new records, but in Texas, where Republicans dominate elections, turnout has dropped, probably because of a lack of enthusiasm on both sides.
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Liver biopsy
A liver biopsy is a test that takes a sample of tissue from the liver for examination.
Alternative Names
Biopsy - liver; Percutaneous biopsy
How the Test is Performed
Most of the time, the test is done in the hospital. Before the test is done, you may be given a medicine to prevent pain or to calm you (sedative).
The biopsy may be done through the abdominal wall:
The procedure can also be done by inserting a needle into the jugular vein.
If you receive sedation for this test, you will need someone to drive you home.
How to Prepare for the Test
Tell your health care provider about:
You must sign a consent form. Blood tests are sometimes done to test your blood's ability to clot. You will be told not to eat or drink anything for the 8 hours before the test.
For infants and children:
The preparation needed for a child depends on the child's age and maturity. Your child's provider will tell you what you can do to prepare your child for this test.
How the Test will Feel
You will feel a stinging pain when the anesthetic is injected. The biopsy needle may feel like deep pressure and dull pain. Some people feel this pain in the shoulder.
Why the Test is Performed
The biopsy helps diagnose many liver diseases. The procedure also helps assess the stage (early, advanced) of liver disease. This is especially important in hepatitis C infection.
The biopsy also helps detect:
Normal Results
The liver tissue is normal.
What Abnormal Results Mean
The biopsy may reveal a number of liver diseases, including cirrhosis, hepatitis, or infections such as tuberculosis. It may also indicate cancer.
This test also may be performed for:
Risks may include:
Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2010:section IX.
Lomas DJ and Mannelli L. The liver and spleen. In: Adam A, Dixon AK, Gillard JH, Schaefer-Prokop CM, eds. Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology: A Textbook of Medical Imaging. 6th ed. New York, NY: Churchill Livingstone; 2014:chap 31.


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The Department of Special Collections and University Archives houses over 35,000 volumes reflecting an evolving history of collecting at UMass Amherst. Beginning in the late 1860s with a focus on agriculture and the natural sciences, SCUA has developed into a resource for the study of regional and local history in New England, emphasizing our varied cultural, social, religious, and political histories.
Beyond New England, SCUA has built strength in several distinct areas, ranging from the history of social change to the extraordinary collection of Japanese rarities collected by the geologist Benjamin Smith Lyman during the Meiji era. Other noteworthy collections include those pertaining to the culture of the Cold War: a growing collection of books printed in East Germany and one of the largest collections of materials in the United States from the Solidarity movement in Poland.
All books and periodicals held by SCUA are cataloged in the Library's online catalog and summary descriptions of most major book collections, but not individual titles, are included in SCUA's own online catalog, UMarmot.
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The library holds key works in apiculture, entomology, gardening, landscape design, organic agriculture, pomology, sustainability, and viticulture, with numerous works in animal husbandry. Materials date back to the 16th century, however the strength of the collections lies in the late 18th and 19th centuries.
Cookery in New England
The collections of Beatrice A. McIntosh, Athena Savas, and Lynette Foucher, among others, include books, pamphlets, and ephemera relating to the culinary history of New England, including many thousands of cookbooks published by church and community organizations.
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Gay and Lesbian Literature
The centerpiece extensive of our holdings is the collection of gay rights pioneer Barbara Gittings and her partner, Kay Tobin Lahusen, which includes books on the history of homosexuality in America, works by and about gay writers, gay activism, and related topics.
Literary collections
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Local and regional histories, novels, and other writing about Massachusetts from the eighteenth century to the present. These include an array of election, ordination, installation, dedication, fast-day, mission, farewell, and funeral sermons; Fourth of July orations; and addresses to or by benevolent, cultural, and civic organizations in the Commonwealth. SCUA also collects works printed in small towns and rural districts of Massachusetts from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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Valuable collections for the history of antislavery in New England and politics of the left. The John P. Roche and Steven Siteman Collections focus on the American left from the late 19th century through the 1950s, with some European materials and materials from the political right.