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Welcome to the home of Chez Scheme, where you'll find information on and resources relating to Chez Scheme, a powerful implementation of Scheme designed to maximize programmer productivity as well as application reliability and performance.
Chez Scheme Version 9.4 (Open Source)
See github.com/cisco/chezscheme.
Chez Scheme Version 8.4
Chez Scheme Version 8.4 is now available. One highlight of this release is support for manipulating annotations, which the expander and compiler use to track source information. Another is compile-time creation of constant, immutable record instances. Please see the release notes for a description of these and other changes. For pricing and ordering information and other inquiries, please contact us.
As always, Petite Chez Scheme is available for use without fee. Petite Chez Scheme is built from the same sources as Chez Scheme, but without the compiler. It serves both as a royalty-free run-time environment for compiled Chez Scheme programs and as a complete interpreter-based Scheme implementation for those who do not require the extra functionality and performance delivered by the compiler. Download it now and try it out.
Documentation for Chez Scheme comes in two parts. The The Scheme Programming Language, 4th Edition (TSPL), which is a general introduction to and reference for Scheme. It is available for order direct from MIT Press and various online and local retailers. The full text is available online, along with errata.
The Chez Scheme Version 8 User's Guide (CSUG), which is specific to Chez Scheme, can be purchased from lulu.com. The full text is also available online, along with errata.
Chez Scheme Version 7.4dChez Scheme Version 7.4d, an implementation of R5RS Scheme with numerous extensions, while no longer supported, is still available, including the free Petite Chez Version 7.4d.


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Let's read together ... Several partnering organizations are hosting a lineup of book-related events for this year's Eagle Valley "One Book, One Valley" initiative.
One Book, One Valley is a valleywide reading and discussion program that encourages all residents to read the same book at the same time to create a community book club. This years' book selection for One Book, One Valley is "Into the Beautiful North" by Luis Alberto Urrea. The lineup of events is highlighted by two exciting evenings at Colorado Mountain College: a panel discussion of the book on Friday, March 22, and a live theater event with the Vail Valley Theater Company on Tuesday, April 2.
Here is the full schedule of One Book, One Valley events:
• Book Discussion: Town of Vail Public Library, Wednesday, March 13, 5 p.m.
• Book Discussion in Spanish: Eagle Public Library, Saturday, March 16, 2 p.m.
• Book Discussion: Avon Public Library, Thursday, March 21, 6:30 p.m.
• Panel Discussion featuring Jan Attoma, CMC Professor of ESL; Carol Koch, CMC Assoc. Professor of Spanish; Katy Walker, CMC Librarian; and Megan McGee Bonta, from Catholic Charities: Colorado Mountain College in Edwards, Friday, March 22, 6 p.m.
• Book Discussion: Eagle Public Library, Monday, March 25, 6:30 p.m.
• Theater Performance featuring the Vail Valley Theater Company: Colorado Mountain College, Tuesday, April 2, 6 p.m.
• Book Discussion: Gypsum Public Library, Monday, April 15, 6:30 p.m.
• Film Screening of "Sin Nombre" (R): Avon Public Library, Sunday, March 17, 2 p.m.
• Film Screening of "The Magnificent Seven" (NR): Town of Vail Public Library, Wednesday, March 20, 5:30 p.m.
• Film Screening of "The Magnificent Seven" (NR): Eagle Public Library, Sunday, April 21, 2 p.m.
For more information, call Cortni at the Avon Public Library (970) 949-6797 or visit www.coloradomtn.edu/onebook. All programs are free and open to the public, with a suggested donation of $5 for the Vail Valley Theater Company at the April 2nd event.
One Book, One Valley is presented by The Bookworm of Edwards, Colorado Mountain College, Eagle Valley Library District, and Town of Vail Public Library.


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Highlighting the need for Congress to pass U.S. President Barack Obama's American Jobs Act proposals to create jobs and invest in our nation's infrastructure, U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner recently toured UPS's Worldport facility. Also on the agenda was a roundtable meeting with local business leaders, including CEO Scott Davis.
"If our businesses are to grow and create jobs, if our economy is to climb decisively and swiftly out of its stagnant hole, we and our leaders need to be practical. In the transportation business, that means finding a way to keep our infrastructure from unraveling," said Scott.


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The University of Kentucky is upgrading its campus security to an integrated system. Video surveillance and analytics will work with IP cameras, encoders, and access control devices over the network. Users will be able to manage the system locally or remotely through a Web browser.
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In the run-up to, and immediate aftermath of, every presidential election there will be those who say they are moving to [insert foreign country here] if their candidate's main challenger wins.
In the end, no one actually moves anywhere, but the quadrennial tradition persists.
Next time around, however, it's likely that at least one person will be shying away from making idle threats about leaving the country — at least in public.
18-year-old Kristen Neel of Georgia thought she would be just another threat in the crowd when she tweeted shortly after President Obama's reelection that she was "moving to Australia, because their president is a Christian and actually supports what he says."
However, not wanting to get stuck with someone as ignorant as Neel, the people of Australia quickly banded together and tweet-shamed her into oblivion.
"[O]ur "president" is a prime minister, is a woman, and is an atheist," responded one of the more than 1,500 Twitter users who retweeted Neel's remark. "I think you meant Antarctica. Move there."
Others were a bit more kind to Neel. "Not one word of that sentence is true," tweeted @ABCnewsIntern. "I'm not even angry, I'm impressed."
And here are a few more:
Neel has since deleted her Twitter account and has likely gone into hiding, but not before issuing this clarification: "I was referring to the prevous (sic) office that actually had a moral position."
Oh, wait. That doesn't actually clarify anything.
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Fun Family Tree Wall Decal
Overview & Details
- Family tree wall decal.
- Peel-and-stick wall art for child's room.
- Add your own family snapshots.
- Stick, re-stick and reposition the decals with no damage to painted wall surface.
- Great way to reinforce family connections, especially for long-distance family members.
- Set includes: 1 tree 30 x 19", 8 frames 3 ¼ x 4" to 5 x 4", and 25 leaves approx. 4" x 2".
- Wipe clean.
- Made in USA.
Brighten up your child's bedroom and create family connections with our colorful and creative Family Tree Wall Decal. Our tree-shaped decal is a great way to keep family members close while adding color and whimsy to your child's bedroom décor. The simple peel-and-stick wall art is made from durable vinyl, making it easy to place the family tree on any wall. It won't damage painted surfaces or leave behind sticky residue. Easy to remove, reposition and replace. Includes a variety of frame-cutouts for adding your own snapshots. Wipe clean. Made in USA.


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Noz technology injects the head with nitrogen gas for one of the world's lightest, most durable heads.
Extreme Truoffset for maximum shot power, superior control and the best feel in the game.
A pinched U-scoop paired with a maximum control angle creates unmatched ease in groundball pick up and the greatest amount of accuracy while shooting and passing.
Reverse rail string holes let the stringing begin above the bottom rail for a channeled pocket formation and lace protection.
Meets US Lacrosse specs.
TruOffset is a patented technique that lowers the sidewall in a head below the centerline of the shaft, which lowers the pocket for the deepest possible pocket that's allowed within the rules. A deeper pocket means better ball control and increased speed on shots and passes.


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This weekend, chairlifts all over Colorado will come to a halt as many resorts close their runs for the winter. Rather than looking back on the ski season, Copper Mountain will be looking forward to spring with its Sunsation Weekend, starting with the Red Bull SlopeSoakers on Saturday.Beyond a simple pond skim, SlopeSoakers sets rails over the water, adding another element of difficulty to the task. Prizes will be awarded for Best Overall, Best Costume, Best Crash, Best Trick and various subcategories. Top prize is a Copper Mountain season pass for the 2013-14 season. Registration is free and open to 100 participants; preregister online or sign up on site before the event.After the SlopeSoaker awards, stick around for two opening sets by The Spazmatics and DJ Landry, followed by a headlining concert by Matt & Kim.
Matt Johnson, of Matt & Kim, knows the duo's live shows are one of its biggest assets. The concerts have become legendary for the inclusive, participatory vibe he and Kim Schifino create, which makes audiences feel they're as much a part of the experience as the performers up on stage.So it makes sense that the new Matt & Kim CD, "Lightning," was crafted in the studio to enable the songs to translate easily to the concert stage. That wasn't the case with the duo's previous album, the 2010 release "Sidewalks.""Our last album, the 'Sidewalks' album, there are a lot of songs we love. We love that album," Johnson said. "But it really had to be adapted to get the live energy that we have on stage. ... I think on this album, 'Lightning,' we took some of that stuff of how we adapted those songs from 'Sidewalks' for live and we just made the original versions like that."The sugary pop hooks of the earlier albums are still there, but songs such as "Now," "Overexposed" and "Much Too Late" have the kind of frenetic beats that haven't really been a Matt & Kim signature on previous albums. "I felt we really could jump completely on the band wagon of this electronic dance music thing," Johnson said. "In the end, we were going to do whatever felt true to Matt & Kim, and I felt what's more true is keeping with the live drum sound. Like (on "Lightning") we went more live drum sound than we've had ever."If we had just decided we were going to completely go into the digital domain, I think it would definitely not been true to what Matt & Kim is all about."Johnson thinks one of the keys to Matt & Kim's success has been their willingness to be themselves, especially on the live stage. And even though the duo has graduated from small clubs to venues holding 2,000 to 3,000 people, Johnson feels he and Schifino will still be able to connect with the crowds and create the back-and-forth exchange of celebratory energy that has always characterized their concerts."We still do what we do, which is we talk a lot to the audience between songs and just be our same embarrassing selves," Johnson said. "This room isn't about the two people here on stage. It's about the 2,002 people that are all in this room together."
Returning for its second season on Sunday, the CopperMan winter adventure race takes competitors through a variety of unique obstacles, including the hot chocolate pit, the king of the mountain and tube crawl. The race will launch in two heats, the first with a superhero costume theme and the second with a retro theme. Up for grabs are a Copper Mountain season pass, a Copper four-pack and a $50 Experience Copper card.Preregistration for the CopperMan 3-kilometer race is available online on the Copper website for $25, or latecomers can register on site for $30 an hour before the event.
Los Angeles band Ozomatli will incite a massive dance party as the final act of Copper Sunsation. Saxophonist and clarinetist Ulises Bella said the band is a good fit to springboard the mountain into spring."Ozomatli's sound is really celebratory, really uplifting, and all we focus on is getting people to dance and stuff like that," he said. "And nothing says getting out of winter like dancing around in the beautiful weather."Bella admitted that he's very sensitive to Summit County's high elevations"I always get the massive headaches, so I have to drink a lot of water and think about it a lot," he said. "Musically and crowd wise it's always a good time in the mountain towns; it is always good for us."Ozomatli's music runs the gamut from politically charged to full-on party groove. Shows at the heavier end of the spectrum champion progressive politics and civil rights, but Bella said it's all a matter of playing to a particular audience."We've stuck to our guns and what we consider our own message," he said. "When we play a festival or a usual show, people don't want to get preached on, so we realize that if we want to say something, we have to take a certain time out of the show and do it. ... If it's a party and not about the politics, then that's what it is."Bella said the members of Ozomatli pride themselves on getting the crowd to dance and have an extremely good time. The band is in the middle of recording a new album and has been trying out some of the new material at its live shows."It's sounding really, really big as far as live sound is concerned because we recorded it in this old studio in Hollywood and it acoustically sounded huge in there," he said of the album "It's premature to put a finger on what it's going to all turn out to be. Stylistically, we're definitely making up a lot of great sounds and cool rhythms."For more information about Copper Sunsation events, music and more, visit www.coppercolorado.com.


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The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Baseball team, coming off back-to-back Southland Conference Tournament appearances, will start preparations to make it three straight on Friday with the start of the fall practice at Chapman Field.
"Tomorrow is getting all the coaches and players excited, I think even coach Rich [assistant strength coach Richard Burnett] is really excited for the team to finally get on the field," said head coach Scott Malone. "The players are ready to take it to the next level after doing just group work so far this semester."
The Islanders return 18 players from a year ago, and will bring in 24 newcomers to fall practice. Of the newcomers, 14 are from the high school ranks, while 10 have collegiate experience at a junior college.
Eight seniors, one junior and eight sophomores comprise the returning players from the 2012 team. Seniors Adam Hoelscher and Trevor Foss will be in their fourth year on the squad, while Tim Beard, Stafford Brantley, Eric Weiss, Tim Keller, Jonathan Gonzales, Franco Pace and Brad Porras will be in their second year as Islanders after transferring in last season.
"It goes beyond the hitting and the pitching, it is time to establish an identity as a team," said Malone. "This is when the leadership of the upper-classmen starts to come through and team camaraderie starts to build. We have worked in small groups so far, but we are not a team yet, just a bunch of young, talented kids. Starting practice will help us develop that chemistry."
The practice on Friday will begin at 2:30 p.m., and the team is scheduled for a 9:30 a.m. start on both Saturday and Sunday, depending on weather.
The practice season will culminate with the Blue/Gray World Series on Nov. 8-10 at Chapman Field.
For all the latest on Islanders Baseball, like the team on Facebook (Islanders Baseball), follow them on Twitter (@CorpusBaseball) and visit www.GoIslanders.com.


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There are two search engines that have promise that made themselves public in 2010: DuckDuckGo and Blekko. DuckDuckGo has active search spam removal, you can access it via secure HTTP (HTTPS), and is a search engine that also relies on crowd sourced data.
Web of Trust has reputation ratings of over millions of websites, and has an active community of about 15 million users now. Best of all, there's no bots doing these ratings, but community members …[Read more...]


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State Sen. Mike Nozzolio, R-Fayette, is encouraging local servicemen and women to apply for a state program that gives recognition to veterans who served during the Cold War.
The program offers Cold War Recognition Certificates from the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs to any New York state resident who served in the military and was honorably discharged between the end of the World War II and the breakup of the Soviet Union.
Applicants must certify that they were honorably discharged by providing a supporting document such as a DD 214, NGB Form 22, or WD AGO Form 53-55.
To apply for a certificate or to learn more about this important recognition, call (518) 591-5296 or visit http://dmna.ny.gov/awards For more information or assistance, contact Nozzolio's office toll free at 1-888-568-9816.
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If the Associated Press Pro32 NFL Power Rankings mean anything, the 49ers' game at New England on Sunday night might be a Super Bowl XLVII preview.
The Patriots moved into the top spot in the rankings after their 42-14 demolition of fellow AFC heavyweight Houston on Monday night.
The 49ers became the highest-ranking NFC team in the poll, released Tuesday, vaulting two spots to third after beating the Miami Dolphins 27-13 on Sunday.
The Atlanta Falcons' 30-20 loss to the lowly Carolina Panthers helped the 49ers' rise in AP's rankings. The Falcons fell from a tie for second with New England to fifth in the poll, which is based on votes from 12 media members.
The Patriots received 11 first-place votes. The other went to the Denver Broncos, who jumped two spots to No. 2.
The Texans dropped from first to fourth after being humiliated by the Patriots.
The 49ers' lofty ranking might not last long: Their next two opponents posted a combined score of 100-14 this week.
After playing New England, the 49ers travel to Seattle for another Sunday night game, Dec. 23. The Seahawks moved up four spots into a tie for eighth with Baltimore after their 58-0 win over the Arizona Cardinals.
Here are the voters' comments on the 49ers after Week 14, as provided by the AP (voter affiliation and ranking in parentheses):
Chris Berman (ESPN, 2) -- As good as they are, be careful 49ers: The division lead is precarious.
Clifton Brown (Sporting News, 2) -- Sunday night game against Patriots could be Super Bowl preview.
Cris Collinsworth (NBC Sports, 5) -- Comment unavailable
Rich Gannon (CBS Sports/SiriusXM NFL Radio, 3) -- Switch to quarterback Colin Kaepernick seems to have worked.
Bob Glauber (Newsday, 3) -- Two more sacks from Aldon Smith, who is in the running for Defensive Player of the Year. And now for the two-week stretch that could decide playoff positioning: at New England and at Seattle.
Rick Gosselin (Dallas Morning News, 4) -- The 49ers can join the Falcons with 4-0 records against the AFC this season with a victory Sunday in New England over the Patriots. The NFC leads the interconference series, 31-23.
Clark Judge (CBSSports.com, 4) -- Forget about suspending Brandon Jacobs. The 49ers should suspend the schedule. They next go to New England and Seattle, where the home teams lose as often as it snows in San Diego.
Ira Kaufman (Tampa Tribune, 3) -- Going for a 4-0 sweep of the AFC at Foxborough Sunday night.
Pat Kirwan (SiriusXM NFL Radio/CBSSports.com, 6) -- The Colin Kaepernick experiment continues. He can run for sure, but he throws a touchdown only once every 43 passes, and he's been sacked seven times in the last two weeks. This week it's the Patriots on the road, and they will take the run away.
John Lynch (Fox Sports, 5) -- San Francisco needs to finish hard as the Seahawks are on their tails in the NFC West. The scorching hot Patriots and the aforementioned Seahawks remain on their schedule.
Alex Marvez (Foxsports.com, 3) -- It was the kind of physical victory that 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh cherishes. San Francisco's rushing attack produced 117 second-half yards and wore down Miami's strong run defense in a 27-13 home victory.
Dan Pompei (Chicago Tribune, 4) -- Beating the Dolphins was one thing; beating the Patriots would be something else.


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Adium is a fast and free instant messaging client which supports AIM, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo!, Google Talk, Yahoo! Japan, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Novell Groupwise, and Lotus Sametime. Adium supports beautiful WebKit message display, tabbed messaging, encrypted chat, file transfer, and more. Give it a try; you won't look back.
Adium is currently translated into Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, and Traditional Chinese.
Required OS: not specified
Tags: chat , im , msn , jabber , aim , icq , twitter
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Currently the 'invisible' status doesn't work for google talk: when in invisible mode, user is seen by contacts as idle, and not as offline. (It works for msn, though).
This should be corrected in version 1.3, due on 2008-07-13.
Robust chat app but quite problematic with file transfers and resource hog #2 right after the Web Browser.
great app way faster then the microsoft msn!
It's because the Sparkle appcast feed hasn't been updated. I removed the extra 1.1.4 entry and the appcast feed. Should be okay now. Weird.
Why is the version number jumping up and down like this? This happened back when 1.1.4 came out as well.
adium has been at version 1.2 for the past two days.
Good app, does what it says on the can. The problem is that the services it supports are rather backwards. I used to be a big Adium user, now I centralized everything on skype which offers audio and video chat.
Erm, yeah, why was 1.1.4 posted twice and then downgraded back to 1.1.3?
Why the downgrade to 1.1.3? 1.1.4 is the current version and the info here was updated to reflect that yesterday.
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One of the biggest misconceptions in disc golf is that getting your foot legally behind the mini in a wide open field doesn't matter. How many times have you heard, "Well, I'm not going to call a guy who's 400ft out that misses his mark by 6 inches"?
The situation came up yesterday when Jared Pittman and myself were camped out behind where Shane Stewart was throwing his approach on a 720ft hole. As many of you know Shane approaches his shots at a pretty hard angle and was approaching this one at almost 90 degrees. Well he came up about a foot short of getting to his mini so his plant foot was a foot right of the line of play. It was so obvious that I blurted out foot fault and Jared called it as well. There's more to the story, but Shane said something that drove me nuts. He said it doesn't matter when you're way out in the middle of a field. Let me assure you nothing could be further from the truth.
Here's a perfect example: Shane of course is now watching me like a hawk and I have the same shot coming up. Because I'm thinking about it a little more, I kept my head down a split second longer than normal, and this caused me to short arm the throw a little which ended up in me missing about 100ft left. From 400ft away every little thing you do wrong in a throw is going to be pronounced by a much bigger miss which is precisely why it's more important to call a foot fault in that position.
People focus on putting foot faults way more than fairway throws. While often people try to gain an advantage when straddle putting from behind a tree, most putting foot faults are from people who just always line up a few inches to the side of their mini. I would argue that while that habit is ridiculously stupid and unnecessary, it gains far less advantage than the guy who misses by 3 inches from 400ft away. It's not about your body position in relation to the target, it's about your body position in relation to your feet! The guy putting is standing still and is going to be standing still regardless of where he sets up legal or not. However, a guy taking a run up to a mini has to be very coordinated to keep his stride in good balance while getting his foot to land on a 30cm line with no width!
BTW, thanks to Damon Culver for this idea. In other words he's the guy you should blame for getting me to rant on here each Monday after tournaments.


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What is free software? Should you care and if so, why and what does it have to do with cakes and my mother?
My mother and computers
"Write a complete beginner's guide to free software", they said. "It has to be something that your mother would want to get excited about", they said. The problem is my mother neither knows nor cares what software is. The closest she gets to using a computer is when she uses the timer on her oven. I still need a typical reader in mind when I write this though so, for the purposes of this article, my mother not only uses a computer, she gets annoyed when it doesn't perform as expected and she knows that there is no such thing as an "Any" key. She is the target audience, she may use computers at home or at work or both but she has not given much thought to the software she uses or the licence under which she received it.
For the purposes of this article, my mother uses a computer and gets annoyed when it doesn't perform as expected
In this article I'll be explaining a little about what free software is and why you should care. I expect and hope you'll have some questions but for the most part I hope you'll not get confused or lost.
Note: I am not a licencing expert and I'll be using some simplifications. If you are knowledgeable about the subject and feel the need then please comment but remember this is a beginners guide—simplification is the name of the game here.
What is free software?
Wherever you encounter free software, you'll find the term free is being used in relation to freedom and not cost. You may also encounter the phrase "Free as in speech, not as in beer" which reinforces this idea. Whilst reading this article I suggest you forget about cost altogether as it might be a distraction.
The fact is that some computer users don't like to pay for their software (but don't slip it under their jackets in the store) and some don't mind paying. When I say "free software" I am talking about software with freedom attached. I'll explain what that freedom is later but for now remember that cost is not important. Confusingly some free software will cost you money. Much of it doesn't, but what binds all free software (and much of the surrounding "community") together is not cash flow—it's freedom.
Whilst reading this article I suggest you forget about cost altogether as it might be a distraction
Let's talk about cakes for a minute. Some cakes cost money and some don't. Similarly some come with the recipe and some don't. What I'm interested in here is not how much the cake costs to buy or make but what you are allowed to do with the recipe and the cake once you have it.
Imagine this scenario:
- You receive or buy some cakes from someone and they give you the recipe as well.
- They allow you to use the recipe to make your own cakes at home.
- They allow you to change the recipe to leave out the nuts you are allergic to.
- They allow you to redistribute (even sell) both their original and your nut-less version of the cake.
- They insist that if you do redistribute you give others the same option.
- They insist you do not pass the original off as your own work. [1]
It may seem obvious but what they've given you (aside from cakes) is freedom: freedom to use, change and redistribute the cakes and the recipe. You might be thinking that people rarely give you recipes with such conditions attached but those conditions are often inherent in the gift. If you gave a recipe to someone and you were happy for them to pass it on, wouldn't you be angry if they sold it to others but did not allow their customers to pass it on? You gave (or sold) those cakes and/or recipes with certain freedoms attached and you would expect those freedoms to be respected when the cakes and/or recipe is passed on. In short, you want the cakes and recipe to remain as free as when you distributed them.
If you gave a cake recipe to someone ... wouldn't you be angry if they sold it but did not allow their customers to pass it on?
An additional point to note is that when you have access to the recipe, you know what is in the cake—handy if you have that nut allergy or just don't like them. If you don't trust the baker then access to the recipe also means you can make your own cake and be assured of exactly what went in it.
Substitute software for cake and source code [2] for recipe and you can see what the free in "free software" means. I bet you thought the cake analogy wouldn't work!
The advantages of having source code are similar to those for having recipes—except we're not talking about allergies here. If you can see the source code, you can check for things you don't like. You can personally (or have someone else) check the code to ensure it doesn't contain any untoward bugs, back doors [3] or any other malicious code. You can also check the software's security and integrity. Furthermore, you can also learn from the source code by seeing what does what and how. Having a recipe means not only can you make that cake but also that you can use the methods and techniques from that recipe in your own ones. If you like the way someone has implemented something in their software you can use it in yours—in accordance with the free licence. Try that with proprietary software and you might be needing a lawyer and a lot of money.
What's in a licence?
The freedoms we're talking about are within the licence under which you receive the software. All software has a licence. Public domain software says "Do what you want with it—we don't care". Proprietary software often has a licence which says "Use it but don't pass it on, don't change it and don't try to find out what it's made of". Free software says "Use it, change it, redistribute it but don't stop others doing the same".
Why should you care about the licence?
At first glance you might not care about the licence. When you buy cakes you don't stop to think if you will be allowed to give them away—you just do it and when you buy software you often don't think about the licence restrictions.
This is where the analogy breaks down a little. When you buy a cake you own the cake—even the baker cannot take it back, it is legally yours. However, when you buy software, you do not own the software and the software company can take it back or at least stop you using it. That's because you buy a licence to use the software and not the software itself. It's like buying permission to eat the cake but never owning the cake itself. Of course, you have to imagine this cake never disappears even if you eat it (work with me here, I told you the analogy breaks down at this point).
Is free software licencing risky?
Some people think free licencing leaves you open to abuse. After all, what is to stop someone abusing the freedom you have given them? One reaction to this potential abuse of trust is to stop giving away the recipe and start policing what people do with the cakes as well, but that brings all sorts of additional costs. You have to stop people analysing the cake to determine the ingredients, you have to stop people reproducing the cake and passing it off as their own. You have to start with the assumption that every customer wants to abuse your trust. All this costs money and time and these costs have to be recovered—so guess where they are recovered from? That's right, the customer, you and me.
Now you can see how much simpler (and better) life is with free cakes
Now you can see how simple (and better) life is with free cakes! The baker need not worry about whether her customers will give her recipe to their neighbours in fact she actively encourages them to do so! For the customer there's no worrying that sharing the cakes with their colleagues will land anyone in trouble. They are freely allowed to pass the cake to others. The baker may well receive feedback and additions to the recipe, including why certain ingredients are a bad idea in certain markets.
If an individual customer wants the cake baked specifically to their needs they can change the recipe or have another baker change it for them. They can even (but don't have to) redistribute the new version as long as they adhere to the licence and pass on the freedom.
The recipe can now reach markets that a single baker could not possibly reach and each person who uses it is referenced back to the original baker's work. Even if you're the type who just likes to buy cakes off the shelf and doesn't care about the recipe you should be able to see the advantage of free licencing.
Again substitute software for cakes and you can see why we should all care more about our software licences. With cake recipes we expect this kind of freedom—why not with software? An important point to note is that (like cake recipes) free software licences do not insist you redistribute any changes you have made. If you make changes to the source code for your own (or your company's) purposes, then you do not have to distribute them. But, if you do distribute the changes, then you must do so within the terms of the licence.
Does producing free cakes mean you can't make money?
At first glance, it would seem that giving away your recipe is a fast way to go out of business. Why would people buy from you when they can make their own or buy from a competitor?
Again this is where the analogy breaks down a little but there are still a number of ways to make money through free licencing. For a start, not everyone wants to bake their own cakes—some of us are happy to buy them. The days of buying software in boxes at the store may be numbered but people are quite happy paying over the net. Additionally, some customers will need help with understanding or modifying the recipe; and where better to get help than from the original baker? Perhaps you could include free software in your hardware product—there are a number of broadband modem/routers on the market which do this.
Some companies use free software in their own products and have been successful in making money (Google anyone?)—but if you want to do this pay attention to the licence. Other companies have two models: one for non-profits and individuals and one for businesses. The former coming at zero cost and the latter costing money but coming with additional services and/or features that business customers require.
Finally, don't forget you are not having to pay for all that additional security we mentioned above. You may not be passing that cost onto the customer but that will mean your product is better value. A free licence—on a good quality product—will assist in getting your software known as people will start recommending it to each other. As said, some of those will pay for it. In the end—as with anything—people will pay if the product is worth it. Nobody will buy a cake that tastes awful and makes you sick regardless of the licence!
The importance of free software
I can't understate how important freedom is in a software licence. That's because like every other freedom, once you give it up it's very nigh-on impossible to get it back. You may not have paid attention to the licence before but ignoring it means software companies will own your computer. You'll own the hardware but they will (and often do) decide what you can and can't do with it, and when you need to replace it.
I should have mentioned that my mother is a diabetic. She (and anyone baking for her) has to substitute the sugar in most cake recipes. My father doesn't bake and yet enjoys the same cakes baked for my mother—cakes baked from recipes my family passes around freely. Free software does not dictate that you have to be a developer to enjoy its benefits and developers are not forced to operate outside of copyright law or good business sense to use it. Now, anyone got any cake?
Notes and acknowledgements
[1] Actually, not passing work off as your own is part of copyright law but I included it to show that free software licences are not outside of copyright they actually permit greater freedom within it.
[2] The source code is like a recipe from which you make software. It is used should you wish to build the software yourself (rather than use a pre-built version). It also means you (or someone on your behalf) can examine in detail what the software does.
[3] A back-door is where the person who writes the software deliberately leaves a way to access the software remotely. In this way, they can potentially manipulate your computer, read your data or monitor your computer usage, and usually without your consent.
The chocolate cake image used within figures 1 and 3 is adapted from an original work released under a Creative Commons Acknowledgement licence. The original can be found at http://flickr.com/photos/ktlindsay/.
Slight fix
I'd say instead of perhaps saying that you can eat the cake (imagine cake) Perhaps saying that it's like the baker allowing you to eat as much of the particular cake whenever you come into the store, and than suddenly not allowing you...
Have you cake and eat it.
Thanks for this article. I have been using Linux for less than a year and it has been a real eye opener concerning free open source software. I switched to OpenOffice.org and FireFox, use GIMP and Fspot too.
I must admit to being a bit vague on my understanding of the term "Free,as in beer" that I've read a lot, and as to how money can be made from such software. Your article has now clarified this for me.
Glad to be of assistance
Glad to help. I must admit it took me a while to get my head around the "free as in speech" stuff especially in relation to software. The concept of Free software is a little hard to grasp for those of us who have only really encountered the proprietary - let's be honest here - the Microsoft way.
Sharing information is important
I see far too many misconceptions on the web relating to free software in this day and age. An article such as this can help with dispelling some misconceptions. Good job.
"The advantages of having source code are similar to those for having recipes..."
Reading your article made me realise that I've grown rather accustomed to the advantages of FOSS over the years and tend to take them for granted now. However, I don't think I'll ever stop being amazed by the power and flexibility of Emacs, and in particular, the extraordinary magic that can happen if one finds a bug in it. I think I'll do a screen capture video of the process next time I find one. Of course not all software can be like Emacs - not even most FOSS - but I think it would be illustrative.
I really like this article it cleared up alot of things. I am a linux newbie but in time i will get to where i want to go.
Similarities too...
I see the similarities when looking at the socio-political system. Several generations ago, the indigenous inhabitants fought wars to preserve the culture and traditions of a collective people. Under a closed form parliamentary democratic self fulfilling system, the sacrifices made have been dishonored by marginalizing the indigenous peoples in favour of promoting the status of immigrants (parasitic muslim terrorists now abuse the Western social welfare system and Africans have a propensity to defraud the system). If only those that fought the wars had the principle of free software inheritance passing down the generations.
Understanding the free software concept
The anology that the writer uses makes one understand what a free software means. A very well written article. Hats of to him.
Wonderful article, atleast
Wonderful article, atleast it helps us understand what free software is all about, and what we are risking while "agreeing" to end user licence agreement!
Free Software and analogies -and the danger of misinterpretation
Free Software and the recipe analogy...
The analogy of free software and recipes is good, but can easily be misinterpreted!
I'll explain this with thoughts by a fictional guy called Tony.
~~Tony wrote: "If you go to a bakery and buy a cake, is it unethical if you don't get the recipe as well?"
The analogy between recipe and source code, in the way Tony presents it, is flawed.
Let me explain: the cake is the OUTPUT of the recipe. If a recipe is freedomrespecting (by allowing unrestricted use, modification, and distribution with out without modification), then this does not apply to the OUTPUT, i.e. the cake. Put another way: the cake (output) is not the corresponding source of the recipe-steps performed. (See http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=1116 at tracktime 30:58)
To fix the analogy. Here's an example of a violation of "freedomrespecting recipes":
Assume a recipe-seller states: "all my recipes are freedomrespecting." You then decide to purchase from him a recipe-executor-black-box, and a number of recipes on USB-stick. At home you plug in the recipes-USB-stick into the recipe-executor-black-box and select "Grandma's ultraspecial chocolate cake". The executor-black-box removes some ingredients from the connected ingredients-containers (flour, sugar, chocolate, etc.). You cannot see what's going on inside, but after one-and-a-half hours... out comes a cake!
So you tell yourself: well that's great, but I want to bake this cake with my own hands and change the steps slightly. You connect the recipes-USB-stick to your own computer, expecting to find the steps. But low and behold: you find that the "recipes" are only in a machine-readable binary format, that you cannot decipher them.
This is a freedomrespecting recipe violation!!! If the recipes really were free, you would have received not only the binary format, but the steps of the recipe in human-readable english as well!
Now lets say you have acquired a freedomrespecting recipe for a cake (and here I really mean a free recipe, in that it is not obfuscated or coded; but instead a description of steps). Lets say you have a bakery and sell a customer the cake (baked according to the recipe): do you have to give the customer the recipe?
No, since the cake is the output. You are not selling the customer the steps to produce the cake.
But now you might try and apply this to software and say: "But look here: the binary program is the output of the source code. So if you pass on the binary program, you don't have to pass on the source code, right?"
This would be a misunderstanding, since the program is NOT the output of the source code. Instead: the program is merely the output of a compiler. But the binary program is a direct transformation of the source code: The steps in the program, are still the steps in the source code. We say: the source code is the "CORRESPONDING SOURCE" of the program binary.
Thus with free software, the software ... in all the forms it is distributed: binary, etc. needs to include the "corresponding source", that give one the freedom to modify it.
~~Tony wrote: "If you buy a radio, is it unethical if you don't get the construction plans for it?"
This analogy between construction plans and source code is also flawed.
The construction plans can be free (freedomrespecting). But the construction plans are not the corresponding source of the radio: The radio does not perform the construction steps. The radio does not have a corresponding source, since it is the output of the construction steps.
~~Tony wrote: "If you buy some software, is it unethical if you don't get the source-code?"
Depends on your view. You can certainly argue: yes. First off: the steps the program runs, are the steps that are described in the source code. Furthermore: if the program runs on a general purpose computer, then you could easily change it (lets say it is not software that is burned into a ROM for an appliance like a toaster.) Then it is only fitting that you should really be able to make use of this possibility (changing the program on your computer), and that requires a form of the program that is best suited to do that job: the corresponding source.
On the other hand: If you have proprietary software, then - even though you are running the software on a device that easily allows changes - the owner of the proprietary software has deliberately decided to make this difficult or illegal for you to do. Then only the owner controls the program, and you might be called a fool for using it.
If you buy a processor, is it unethical if you don't get the "hardware description language"-description (HDL) of the processor?
Depends on your intent: do you want to analyze what the processor's logic is doing, and then have the possibility to make changes to the processor and create your own (with the guarantee that your logic will be on the chip [and not some fab's back-door logic])?
If you buy a processor created by a fab with modern photolithography, then you get a chip that you cannot change. In that case you don't need the HDL-description. BUT: if you buy the whole fab itself (oh: so you have those billions of dollars?!), then you have the possibility to make changes. In that case you'd be a fool, if you don't insist on getting all steps, and descriptions, etc. for making the processor chip, and being able to change it, for example if the chip happens to have a serious bug! If you cannot fix the chips hardware-bug, you'll probably be out of business very soon.
If on the other hand you buy a FPGA (not so expensive: say 500 dollars or cheaper), and the processor is synthesized on that FPGA, then you can change the hardware-description (via the HDL) and load the changes onto the FPGA. In that case, you'd be a fool, if you don't get the freedomrespecting HDL-description (e.g. in Verilog or VHDL code), in order to actually do that.
The free software definition (of Stallman [via GNU project and the FSF]), applies to the source code and to the binary program. The 2 (source and binary) are linked: the steps in the binary program are the steps in the source code: they are just a transformed version of the same thing. Except that one is easy to change (source code) and the other is incredibly difficult to change (binary program).
The source code is the corresponding source of the binary program. Free software gives you the freedom to make changes (that you can realistically realize, since that's what you can do on general purpose computers), by providing you with the corresponding source.


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It's all part of Allen and general manager Reggie McKenzie gathering as much information as possible on their quarterback situation before they head into the offseason.
"I don't think he's done anything to play himself out of that position," Allen said of McGloin.
At the same time, Allen stopped short of anointing McGloin the unquestioned starter the final four games.
Most important, the Raiders need to have a firm grasp on what they have in McGloin and Pryor. To that end, Allen said he wants to see more of Pryor this season, too.
"We need to have a good evaluation of what we have at the quarterback position as we move forward," Allen said. "These last four weeks will be instrumental in us being able to do that."
Next year's NFL draft is regarded as a quarterback-rich one. The Raiders can't afford to overlook that position if they aren't sold on either McGloin or Pryor as the long-term answer at a position that has been unsettled since Rich Gannon retired.
Pryor backed up McGloin the past two games, and he is the only other quarterback on the roster now that the Raiders waived rookie Tyler Wilson, a fourth-round draft pick in April.


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Obama proving Khrushchev was on money
No one would be prouder of Barack Obama than Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet leader in the 1950s and '60s.
If only he were alive today to see how far the United States has swung to the left. In 1959 he said, "We cannot expect the Americans to jump from capitalism to communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving Americans small doses of socialism until they suddenly awake to find they have communism." In 1962 Khrushchev said, "The United States will eventually fly the communist red flag. The American people will hoist it themselves."
Four years of eroding freedom under the Obama regime and four more to come, is it that far-fetched to say that Nikita Khrushchev's prediction is coming true?
Mark Marcotte
D.C. may as well fly flag of hammer, sickle
The election has brought the socialists out of the cellars; they have finally won the battle for the future of this country.
Some of us remember fighting off the red masses -- now they're in the White House. Khrushchev said it would be accomplished through the schools -- has anyone met up with a conservative teacher lately?
It's unsettling that the public now considers those who want the budget balanced and the constitution to be honored as radicals. This is total loss of rational thinking, but now the concept is as normal as socialist politicians buying your vote, and if we think it's wrong, then we are extremist. Where will the money come from to pay the debt? Just print it up and pay the bills? If that works why not print us all a million dollars? Consider that the government could steal all of the money from the successful plus the money from all of your paychecks for a full year, and there will still be debt. Teachers don't teach economics; it might hurt their candidate.
Edward Magoon
Can political mockery only go one way?
If the Emperor of Oakland, Jon Barrilleaux, had his way, would there be any humor left in the comic strips?
No doubt, he satisfies his daily Gary Trudeau fix, but claims Bruce Tinsley's comic "has no reader value" because it dares to quip something that rubs him the wrong way. This liberal-minded man reveals he is actually rather close-minded when it comes to tolerating any dissent or wit from the opposition, so he rails against the "neoconservatives" for expressing their point of view. Barrilleaux would prefer to mock and censure those who don't hold his views than tolerate freedom of expression.
Please, Mr. Barrilleaux, if you get to keep your Doonesbury, then let us keep Mallard Fillmore. The difference is: Fillmore is funny, witty and quite perceptive; Doonesbury is bleak, snarky and cynical. Sorry you had to resort to an insult aligning Fox News with Mallard Fillmore fans.
And the culture war will only get worse.
Paul Shepherd
Remember united spirit of Pearl Harbor
The Pearl Harbor attack on Dec. 7, 1941, brought every able-bodied American into a united effort to win the war.
The war lasted only four years, and we won! There were no politics involved -- we were fighting to save our country, every American worked as one to solve the disaster, and we did! Our politicians in Washington, D.C., had better realize that we have had an economic disaster in the making for years. They should be less busy trying to be re-elected with lifetime perks, thinking about themselves, and start working for America. We all have to take reductions to save our country -- instead of adding debt to our grandchildren's future.
Edward Metz
Keep Sowell; attacks unfair
Several letters have been published lately criticizing Thomas Sowell for his articles.
Sowell is a well credentialed, highly educated and well-informed author and columnist. These writers may not agree with his opinions, but it is unrealistic to denigrate him for those opinions simply because they are generally conservative in nature.
I suspect they are like many of my liberal acquaintances who are not even interested in conservative views, so it is difficult to understand why they would be troubled by them.
Please continue to carry Thomas Sowell's articles (and Mallard Fillmore). After all, there are other liberal op-ed pieces, such as Leonard Pitts (and Doonesbury) to offer balance.
Glen D. Polzin
Volunteers not the way to staff our fire stations
As a retired volunteer fire chief, I find Yan Pawlak's letter to be offensive and insulting to paid and volunteer firefighters.
Volunteer firefighters have many purposes, their main one being to provide additional manpower and resources to a paid fire department. In today's world they cannot take the place of paid firefighters, and at the same time provide the high level of skills and services that the paid firefighter provides and the public expects. The training and education required to perform the job of a full-time firefighter prohibits the job from being performed on a volunteer basis day-in and day-out. I know -- I have been there and seen what it takes.
Being a firefighter is not a part-time job, nor is it just about fighting fires. It's about quick response times, having and performing basic and advanced medical skills and services; hazmat response, cliff and high rise rescue, water rescue and much more. In time of need, a person's life depends on the firefighter to get him to a hospital quickly and alive. In addition to all the education and training necessary to become a full-time paid firefighter, the firefighter also has to accept the fact that his life expectancy is going to be about 10 years less than the average person. That's right: his desire to help a fellow person will cost him 10 years off his life.
A firefighter's job is 24 hours a day, 365 days a year -- there is no part time here. Pawlak needs to be reminded that these six-figure pensions were negotiated and that it was his elected officials who negotiated and signed off on the contracts. These elected officials thought at the time it was a great deal. No one held a gun to their heads and made them sign it. At one time the pension investments where doing well, and some were even self-funding.
The question should be how the taxes collected during these "good" times were allocated and spent. Pension reform and budget reform are going to be necessary to make this work in the future. Replacing paid firefighters with volunteers is not the answer. By the way, only an uninformed half-wit could remark on how a firefighter spends his day. Be safe.
Terry Givens


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Mary P. Strite, 91, a resident of the Mennonite Home in Maugansville, Md., and formerly of Waynesboro, Pa., died at 6:25 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in the Meritus Medical Center of Hagerstown.
Born Aug. 23, 1921, in Sykesville, Md., she was the daughter of the late Irvin L. and Fannie A. (Martin) Strite.
She was a member of the Millers Mennonite Church near Leitersburg, Md.
Surviving family are one brother Landis Strite, Hagerstown; a twin sister, Martha I. Strite, a resident of the Mennonite Home, Maugansville; several nieces and nephews; and a number of great-nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by a sister Catherine Williams; brothers Aden Strite, Elmer Strite and infant brother Ira Strite.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at 2 p.m. at the Millers Mennonite Church near Leitersburg with the Millers Mennonite Church Ministry officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church on Tuesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. and one hour before the service on Wednesday.
The family requests that flowers be omitted.
Arrangements were handled by the Harold M. Zimmerman And Son Funeral Home of Greencastle.
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I downloaded version 3.1. No Problems while installing.
But programme will not start or open files saved, even not after restart of pc.
My OS: W7, 64 bit.
Had absolutely no problems running 3.0.
What's wrong with me or the programme? Hope the files saved are not damaged.
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What to Watch for in the Jobs Report
The government's latest snapshot of the U.S. labor market on Friday is expected to show a decent increase in hiring in April. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal forecast nonfarm payrolls rose 215,000 last month and the jobless rate fell a tenth of a point to 6.6%. The report will cap a busy week of economic readings, including one that showed gross domestic product grew an annualized 0.1% in the first quarter. Here are some factors to watch in the release at 8:30 a.m. EDT.
Springing Into Action?
Friday's report should help answer the key question of whether the economy is springing back to life after a winter slump spurred at least partly by bad weather. Job growth picked up in the prior two months, with the economy adding 197,000 jobs in February and 192,000 in March. A reading above 200,000 would boost optimism about the labor market, but few economists expect job growth to reach November's gain of 274,000 anytime soon.
Quality, Not Just Quantity
The headline number only tells part of the story. The number of Americans only working part-time because they can't find full-time work remains elevated, a sign of slow labor-market improvement. There were 7.4 million such "underemployed" workers — those working part-time for economic reasons — in March. That was up from 7.2 million in February but below December's 7.8 million. The share of temp jobs to private payrolls stood at an elevated 2.4% in March, a possible sign of caution among employers. The sectors that added jobs also could reveal the labor market's underlying strength. Manufacturing employment dipped in March after growing slowly in January and February. Construction employment has edged up this year but remains far below its prerecession peak. Retail job growth, which typically accelerates along with consumer spending, has stalled in 2014 after rising quickly the past two years.
Participation Pickup, Or Plateau
Labor-force participation, having matched a three-decade low of 62.8% in December, picked up a bit in the first three months of this year. The question is whether that growth will be sustained. The rate still stood at a historically low 63.2% in March, far below the 66.4% reached in January 2007 before the recession started later that year. A gradual move up could show that people who gave up the job search due to discouragement might re-enter the market if they sense improvement.
Higher Wages?
A decent pickup in wages would be a critical sign of firming in the labor market, forcing employers to pay workers more to secure talent. February's increase in the average hourly wage for private-sector workers — up 9 cents to $24.31 — offered hope of a tightening market. Average wages fell back a penny in March and were up a mediocre 2.1% from a year ago. Before the recession, they were regularly growing at above 3% year over year. The Federal Reserve wants to see higher wages and overall inflation as a sign the economy is on stronger footing as the central bank steadily withdraws its support.
Also, watch for a change in the work week, which climbed a healthy 0.2 hour to 34.5 hours in March. An increase in hours worked would boost workers' incomes and eventually consumer spending, the primary driver of U.S. economic growth.


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Kirt D. Allison, 43, of New London, Mo., suffered moderate injuries when he fell from a 2014 Polaris Ranger in which he was a passenger at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 2, at 14053 Clemons Drive in Ralls County, Mo.
He went by private vehicle to Hannibal Regional Hospital, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
Officers reported Clarence L. Steinman, 83, of New London, was driving the vehicle, which started abruptly, and Allison fell from it.
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2. Taking portraits of people: 15:31 (2007.10.12#5)
Ian Irving was kind enough to not only introduce me to a wonderful little cafe (Lou's Coffee Bar at Runnymede and Annette) and share his insights on consulting and tech evangelism, but to also sit for a portrait by this amateur.
Good side-lighting. Yay dimples. =) I also like the background - the exchange bookshelf at the cafe. I cropped this one really tight, which improved the composition a bit.
Next time I take a picture, I'll spend a little more time trying to make sure it's in focus.
Not bad for a quick shot, though. =)
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1. Food photography attempt: 10:59 (2007.10.09#2)
That's what we had for Thanksgiving dinner. I borrowed W-'s camera to take the shot, as his was already all set up. This picture used the room light and an external flash unit placed diagonally in front of the pan. I like how the background is nice and soft, the roast is detailed, and the mashed potatoes are cheery but not overwhelming.
If I could shoot this picture again, I'd add another flash behind the roast in order to add more definition. I'd also find a way to minimize the shadow cast by the front edge of the pan, perhaps by raising the front-diagonal flash or increasing the toplight. I'd get rid of that sprig of whatever that is in front of the lamb, too. I'd also increase the depth of field by changing apertures so that more of the roast is in focus.
W- and I enjoy cooking and taking pictures of food. We usually have time to get a few shots in before hunger sets in. <laugh>
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Topic: Never Too Old To have Surgery
hi, everyone,
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lance … a3=E24A35F
God bless.
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http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lance … a3=E24A35F
God bless.
Percy....the issue of aging population and treatment options had been addressed in one of the ASCO Advocacy training symposiums I had attended.
In contrast to the prior believe that age restrictions should be imposed, the emerging, overall consensus is for individual, clinical and psychological evaluation of the elderly patient. Based on the findings, criteria for treatment options should equal those of the younger patient population.
I totally agree on this statement;- "the emerging, overall consensus is for individual, clinical and psychological evaluation of the elderly patient."
God bless.
Thanks for posting this link Percy. This story was all over the UK media in the tv, papers etc when this report came out here last week.
I hope all is well with you Percy,
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NC doctor gives up license after break-in charge
Published: Saturday, October 19, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, October 19, 2013 at 12:50 a.m.
HENDERSONVILLE (AP) — A North Carolina doctor has voluntarily surrendered her license after police say she broke into a neighboring medical office to continue seeing patients.
The North Carolina Medical Board received a letter from Dr. Felicia Brabham of Hendersonville giving up her license to practice medicine. Brabham did not have a listed telephone number and could not be reached for comment Friday.
Police this month arrested the 59-year-old physician on felony charges including breaking and entering.
Hendersonville Police Sgt. Nathan Smith says Brabham moved her medical records, lab supplies, and even her cat into the neighboring office in her professional building. That office space is leased by a South Carolina-based plastic surgery practice and only used about once a month.
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Shire buys Premacure
13.03.2013 - British Shire plc has broadened its therapeutic scope to neonatology by the strategic acquisition of Swedish Premacure AB of Uppsala.
The privately held biotech company is running a dose finding, safety and efficacy Phase II programme for the most common cause of visual loss in childhood – the prevention of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Currently, only symptomatic treatment is available for ROP. Shire will purchase Premacure for an undisclosed upfront fee and success-dependent milestones.
In ROP, preterm infants (born before 31 weeks of gestation) lack specific growth factors, such as insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), which supports normal childhood development and which is involved in ROP. The Swedish have developed a first-in-class recombinant protein replacement therapy termed rhIGF-I/rhIGFBP-3 (insulin-like growth factor-1 binding protein-3) for the orphan disease. The company believes administration of IGF-1 to premature infants, as a substitute for the maternal and endogenous source, allows for the establishment of a physiological level of the hormone comparable to that present in utero.
Shire said it will continue the ongoing Phase II study, the primary goal of which is to restore the IGF-1 levels in preterm infants to those found during normal in utero development. " We will build on the work that Premacure has done and will apply Shire's proven ability in developing protein replacement therapies for rare disorders to bring this much needed therapy to the market," said Flemming Ornskov, CEO Designate of Shire. The treatment targets a patient population of 1,100–1,500 in the US alone .
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Total Serum Protein
How It Feels
The blood sample is taken from a vein in your arm. An elastic band is wrapped around your upper arm. It may feel tight. You may feel nothing at all from the needle, or you may feel a quick sting or pinch.
There is very little chance of a problem from having a blood sample taken from a vein.
- You may get a small bruise at the site. You can lower the chance of bruising by keeping pressure on the site for several minutes.
- In rare cases, the vein may become swollen after the blood sample is taken. This problem is called phlebitis. A warm compress can be used several times a day to treat this.
- Ongoing bleeding can be a problem for people with bleeding disorders. Aspirin, warfarin (Coumadin), and other blood-thinning medicines can make bleeding more likely. If you have bleeding or clotting problems, or if you take blood-thinning medicine, tell your doctor before your blood sample is taken.
A total serum protein test is a blood test that measures the amounts of total protein, albumin, and globulin in the blood. Results are usually available within 12 hours.
The normal values listed here-called a reference range-are just a guide. These ranges vary from lab to lab, and your lab may have a different range for what's normal. Your lab report should contain the range your lab uses. Also, your doctor will evaluate your results based on your health and other factors. This means that a value that falls outside the normal values listed here may still be normal for you or your lab.
Total protein:
6.4-8.3 grams per deciliter (g/dL) or 64-83 grams per liter (g/L)
3.5-5.0 g/dL or 35-50 g/L
Alpha-1 globulin:
0.1-0.3 g/dL or 1-3 g/L
Alpha-2 globulin:
0.6-1.0 g/dL or 6-10 g/L
Beta globulin:
0.7-1.1 g/dL or 7-11 g/L
High values
High albumin levels may be caused by:
- Severe dehydration.
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MORGANTOWN - Dana Holgorsen said Tuesday his West Virginia University football team can ill afford to look past a 1-10 Kansas team, as the Jayhawks are the conference's top running team.
Kansas has dropped 10 straight games after opening the season with a win over Division I-AA South Dakota State, but most of those losses have been by a touchdown or less.
"If we relax and feel good (about being bowl-eligible), then we're going to get beat," Holgorsen said. "If our guys have learned anything at all this year, it's that they better be ready to play."
Kansas is led by the running back duo of James Sims (956 yards) and Tony Pierson (730 yards).
"We've morphed away from being a 50-50 team to being a run-first team," Kansas coach Charlie Weis said.
"We have to figure out ways to stay one step ahead of the posse, so we're not dialing up the same plays every time because we haven't been lighting it up with the passing game."
Despite being the best team in the Big 12 Conference when it comes to running the ball, Kansas is the worst team when it comes to winning.
"Every game they've played, they've been competitive," WVU quarterback Geno Smith said. "Some have even come down to the wire. They are starving for a win, and we're next on their list."
The two teams hook up for the first time since WVU defeated Kansas 21-0 in Morgantown in 1941. WVU snapped a five-game skid last weekend at Iowa State, and it is looking to start a positive streak in an effort to improve the post-season picture.
The game kicks off at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, and FSN will televise the contest.
The Mountaineers, 6-5 overall and in seventh place in the 10-team conference with a 3-5 mark, has played well against the run this season. The key for the much maligned defense will be to figure out if and when the Jayhawks will be running the football.
"Kansas is a difficult team because they have a new offense every week," defensive back Darwin Cook said. "They have about five different offenses they can show us.
"We have to prepare for every offense. We won't know what they will be in until the first drive, and then we can put in our game plan."
WVU linebacker Jared Barber said he is looking forward to facing the Kansas challenge.
"I didn't know until this week that they are actually first in the Big 12 in rushing," he said. "I'm pretty excited to see how we will do since we've played well against the run this year. We just have to stay grounded and disciplined. We need to tackle everybody and hold everybody in."


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Pebble's Steel Aims to Bring the Fashion Conscious Into the Smartwatch Fold
One of the biggest criticisms of smartwatches? They're ugly. These big-screened plastic wearables are nowhere near as handsome as the Movado, Nixon or Tag Heuer timepiece you might already have on your wrist.
It is something that has been driving Pebble, the maker of one of the most popular smartwatches, pretty crazy. "We wanted to figure out how we could get Pebble on more wrists, and the answer was through an industrial design change," Eric Migicovsky, the CEO and founder of Pebble, said in an interview.
With that, the company is introducing the Pebble Steel at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Monday. As the name gives away, the Steel is a metal version of the company's popular watch, which brings phone notifications, customizable watch faces and fitness-tracking capabilities to your wrist.
The Steel has the same 1.26-inch backlit outdoor-readable e-paper display and physical buttons to navigate it, but it is now 10 percent thinner and comes in a brushed stainless steel and a black matte stainless steel. Each $250 watch will come with a metal and leather strap. (Migicovsky said they couldn't decide which they liked better, so why should buyers?) The size of the metal strap can be adjusted by removing the links.
The watch is certainly more stylish and svelte than the original Pebble, which will still remain on shelves for $150. It's also smaller than Samsung's Galaxy Gear. Yet from my first impression, it still doesn't feel like a particularly high-quality watch, in part because it lacks the heft of a luxury good.
Still, the Steel could prove its worth with more functionality in a sleeker frame. Pebble is launching an app store for its watches, which will include a sports-score app from ESPN, and an app from Pandora that lets you control your phone's music. The store will appear on Pebble's iOS and Android smartphone apps later this month.
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Of course, the Pebble Steel is just one of many high-tech bracelets and watches debuting at the Consumer Electronics Show this week. Companies including Archos and Qualcomm will be exhibiting their watches as rumors continue to swirl that Apple and Google are working on their own wrist wearables.
Migicovsky doesn't seem worried, though. "There are always more and more people getting into the game," he said, as he strapped his Steel back on his wrist. "It's pretty exciting."


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VIENNA, W.Va.-Cemeteries are special places for Jeff Smith.
"I think the condition of a cemetery tells something about a community, and we should be respectful of them," he said. "The people buried there were like us. They lived their lives here, had jobs and families, and contributed to the community's growth."
So it's not surprising that Smith, 63, has spent the last couple of years on restoration of two graveyards that are the final resting places of members of the Hiett family, located just inside the city limits of Vienna, W.Va.
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SAM SHAWVER The Marietta Times
Jeff Smith, Williams District coordinator for the Wood County Historical and Preservation Society's Rural Cemetery Alliance committee, stands by the grave of Charles Fulton, who drowned in 1869 at age 19. The grave is among 13 Smith has restored in the Hiett Cemetery in Vienna.
Williams District coordinator for the Wood County Historical and Preservation Society's Rural Cemetery Alliance committee, Smith finished restoration of all 13 graves in the oldest of the two cemeteries in September of this year.
"When I first saw it, the area was so overgrown with trees and vines you could hardly tell it was a cemetery," he said.
After clearing the site of overgrowth, he began the painstaking task of locating and repairing the headstones and foot stones of each grave.
Fact Box
About the cemeteries
The Hiett cemeteries are located just east of 59th Street in Vienna, W.Va., along the south side of Grand Central Avenue.
To see a map of identified cemetery sites on the Wood County Assessor's web site, go to http://gis.kimballdata.com/WoodCounty/code/map.aspx
Volunteers are always welcome to assist with the restoration efforts of the Rural Cemetery Alliance, a committee of the Wood County Historical and Preservation Society. Contact society president Bob Enoch at (304) 485-8655.
"You have to be careful and make sure not to move anything out of its original place," Smith said. "And I always research a cemetery before working on it."
He said markers in the older section indicated burials from 1823 to 1909, while the latest burial in the newer cemetery was 1959.
Smith is still working on restoration of the latter cemetery, but discovered those buried in the older graveyard include James and his wife Lucretia (Pugh) Hiett; their son, Obadiah Hiett with his first wife, Clarissa M. and his second wife, Elizabeth Rebecca (Coble) Hiett; James and Lucretia's daughter Ruth (Hiett) Temple; and Obadiah and Clarissa M. Hiett's son, Wallace N. Hiett.
Also buried at that site is Peter M. Simmons and his daughter, Jettie Mae Simmons, Minnie B. Mick, Calvin Willis Cunningham and Charles H. Fulton.
During his research, Smith found an interesting account of the death of 19-year-old Charles H. Fulton reported in the Marietta Daily Times in 1869.
Fulton and his cousin Harlan P. Hiett, a son of Obadiah Hiett, drowned on April 17 of that year while crossing the Ohio River in a coal-loaded skiff near the head of Buckley Island north of Marietta.
The river was reportedly running high, and the boat began taking on water. The two panicked and jumped into the swift current, but were apparently weighted down by their clothing and could not make the 30- to 40-yard swim to shore.
Smith said Charles Fulton's father, Capt. J.J. Fulton, watched the drownings helplessly from the shore as there was no other boat available to rescue the young men.
The pilot of the riverboat Mount Claire spotted and recovered Charles Fulton's body from the Ohio River two weeks later. Smith could find no record of Harlan Hiett's body being found.
At the older Hiett graveyard Thursday, Smith pointed to Charles Fulton's gravestone, the upper portion of which was engraved with the image of an anchor.
"The anchor caught my eye when I first saw the stone," Smith said. "I thought at first this was the grave of a boat captain. But then I looked up the use of an anchor on gravestones and found it's often symbolic of hope or eternal life."
Smith said there are apparently no remaining members of the Hiett family still residing in the local area, so the reason for establishing two family cemeteries within 75 feet of each other will likely remain a mystery.
He's continuing to work on restoration of the newer Hiett cemetery as time and weather permits.
Bob Enoch, president of the Wood County Historical and Preservation Society, said the Rural Cemetery Alliance committee has been working for at least three years on identifying cemeteries in the county.
"We started about three years ago and have located around 300 of them," he said. "We've posted all of those on the county assessor's website, and have rated each cemetery according to condition. But it's an ongoing effort."
Enoch said about 100 of those graveyards have been classified in poor condition and in danger of being completely lost.
"And of that 100, around 60 contain less than 10 gravestones," he said, but added that every cemetery is important.
"The people buried in these graves came into this county, lived here, and contributed to what we have today," Enoch said.
The goal of the cemetery alliance is to preserve and restore as many of the sites as possible.


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Epigenomics management change
12.10.2012 - Berlin-based diagnostics specialist Epigenomics AG has named its current Chief Financial Officer Dr. Thomas Taapken as the new Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 October 2012.
He will replace Geert Nygaard who will leave the Executive Management of the company. "On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to thank Geert Nygaard for his dedication to the Company for the past five and half years", said Heino von Prondzynski, Epigenomics' Chairman of the Board. Prodzynski, a former Head of Roche Diagnostics, joined the company's board in March this year. He is regarded as a renowned industry expert. Epigenomics has faced several changes in the company's business strategy in the recent years. Taapken joined Epigenomics in April 2011 as Chief Financial Officer from Biotie Therapies (Finland). From 2005-2008 Taapken worked with elbion NV, which was then acquired by Biotie Therapies.http://www.european-biotechnology-news.com/people/bio-people/2012-2/thomas-taapken.html


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In cases of child sexual abuse, the most dramatic points may be the abuse itself, the revelation, the arrest and, ideally, the conviction.
But a lot happens between these steps and the process of dealing with abuse often continues long after.
"You never forget it. You never get over it. You just move past it," said Monica, the mother of a sexual abuse victim, who agreed to speak to The Marietta Times for this series on condition of anonymity.
The first step after learning about the abuse is to make sure the child is safe, said Alice Stewart, intake assessment unit supervisor at Washington County Children Services.
"The first choice, because you don't want to re-victimize the child ... is for the child to stay in the home," she said.
That may not be possible in some cases, such as if the offender lives in the home and doesn't leave because the child's parent doesn't believe the accusation. So the next step is to look for a friend or family member to take the child.
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To learn more
For information about preventing, identifying or dealing with sexual abuse:
Washington County Children Services - 373-3485.
Child Welfare Information Gateway, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - www.childwelfare.gov
If that isn't feasible, the child would be sent to foster care. Unless behavioral or mental health issues require otherwise, the child would be kept in Washington County, Stewart said.
Visits would still be set up with the non-offending parent "if the non-offending parent can be appropriate," Stewart said, meaning they would not talk about the case or try to talk the child into recanting.
After a case is opened, and sometimes for long periods after, including following the resolution of the case, counseling for victims is provided by Washington County Children Services through the Private Violence Project. The program offers grant-funded counseling for children who have experienced physical and sexual abuse and is available to county residents whose cases have been investigated by Children Services.
The process of helping a child cope with his or her abuse and heal from it varies with each individual, Private Violence Project counselor Lee Ann Bates said.
"A lot of it is just that they are a survivor and they were brave, even brave in disclosing this," she said.
Bates described her approach to counseling in some cases using the word "popcorn" - popping back and forth between serious subjects and topics the child is more comfortable with, like friends and interests. Younger children may convey their experiences through demonstrating with toys or writing or drawing about them.
How long a child requires counseling also varies by individual. Bates has worked with some children for just three or four sessions, while others have been meeting with her for two years.
And if a child who has stopped coming to counseling needs help again later, they can always come back, Bates said.
"Sometimes it takes years to get over this," she said.
The effects of sexual abuse can resurface at certain times in life. For example, Bates said that as teenagers develop sexually they may be able to process the experience in a way they couldn't when they were younger. Dating, marriage and childbirth are other times the issue may arise again, according to materials provided by Children Services.
Parents are never identified clients for Bates' counseling services, but they can be a part of it if it helps the child.
Monica said Bates' counseling and other help from Children Services was beneficial to her family.
"They have things in (place) to help you with your kids," she said. "I didn't know they did all this stuff."
Children Services can refer families to various entities for help, such as EVE Inc., L&P Services and more, said Kimberly Ensign, protective caseworker. She noted EVE provides parenting classes and assists victims of any kind of personal violence, even if they're not staying at the shelter.
"We partner with everyone we possibly can to help (families)," Ensign said. "We've done some pretty crazy stuff to help people out."
In the past, the agency had funds to assist people who needed to move, she said.
Monica is also grateful for the support she received from caseworker Ginger Davey.
"She's family now, whether she likes it or not," Monica laughed.
Stewart said although a caseworker can keep a case up to 45 days, they often stay connected to the family for longer than that - whether it's attending court hearings or just listening.
"Sometimes that's all people need to get through these situations is just a little boost from someone who believes them and their child," Stewart said.
Monica said she was nervous about the outcome of the abuser's trial, but "Ginger kept reassuring me through the whole thing, 'We got him.'"
The suspect was convicted.


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My PS3 connects via Wifi and has been working that way fine. Then yesterday it no longer communicates with my desktop. I tried PMS wirelessly on my laptop and it works, then I tried my laptop wired in and it doesn't work. I'm guessing the problem is my router? I even re-installed Windows 7 64bit on my desktop and it still can't connect. Plugging in an Ethernet cable into my PS3 isn't an option, my router is on the 2nd floor and the PS3 is located in the basement.
I've tried forcing the IP address and the render to PS3, but to no avail.


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