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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581796047007430534.comments2016-07-01T11:56:10.172-04:00Ben Morris' firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581796047007430534.post-42235849967725986122014-04-03T09:23:06.837-04:002014-04-03T09:23:06.837-04:00The immediate result would probably be a huge shif...The immediate result would probably be a huge shift of students from  Computer Science to Programming. Maybe some CS departments would cease to exist due to lack of interest. Programming students would learn the basics they need to succeed in the corporate world. Thanks.George Mousavihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581796047007430534.post-22612751273925982902013-08-03T14:44:06.513-04:002013-08-03T14:44:06.513-04:00Thanks for the ideas. Is it possible to add new ar...Thanks for the ideas. Is it possible to add new articles to Zotero library in this email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581796047007430534.post-51441569386071909672013-06-25T05:15:03.811-04:002013-06-25T05:15:03.811-04:00I don't think that there will be any projects ...I don't think that there will be any projects that are funded as well as running successfully. Very few will be there who will be ready to donate their time and labor. Mill Jonsonhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581796047007430534.post-13945114138668838932013-06-05T07:51:30.912-04:002013-06-05T07:51:30.912-04:00Ben, that is so amazing! I don't know anything...Ben, that is so amazing! I don't know anything practical about Python, but this post/notebook make the concepts you are illustrating very clear. Really cool. Eric email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581796047007430534.post-1034326145382895452013-05-28T13:10:57.052-04:002013-05-28T13:10:57.052-04:00I began some work with phylopic before the API was...I began some work with phylopic before the API was ready. Here is my proof of concept for integrating silhouettes into a R ggplot legend. Didn't plan with Scott so I'll just merge my efforts into his work.K. Ramhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581796047007430534.post-15629226457361552702013-05-28T12:19:20.593-04:002013-05-28T12:19:20.593-04:00Thanks for the tip! I'll update my code to ref...Thanks for the tip! I'll update my code to reflect this.

I love what Scott has done with fylopic - the integration of phylopic images with R's plotting functions is very cool.Ben Morrishttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581796047007430534.post-35103782011253086172013-05-28T12:12:48.777-04:002013-05-28T12:12:48.777-04:00Very cool! Note that the SVG file does not exist ...Very cool!

Note that the SVG file does not exist for all submissions. You can check whether there is one by using the Image method with the "svgFile" option. If you also use the "pngFiles" option, you could pick the largest PNG file if there is no SVG file.

I need to update the Links page with a link to this and Scott's Fylopic.Mike Keeseyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581796047007430534.post-21128045230229926862013-05-26T10:35:52.598-04:002013-05-26T10:35:52.598-04:00You really should add a comment/link for Mathemati...You really should add a comment/link for Mathematica. It's easier than Haskell, does everything R does and much more, is VERY strong for scientific programing, and is inexpensive for studentsGeorge Wolfehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581796047007430534.post-85529041603986478162013-05-26T01:38:51.021-04:002013-05-26T01:38:51.021-04:00Nice! R version started here: https://github.com/s...Nice! R version started here: https://github.com/schamberlain/fylopicScott Chamberlainhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581796047007430534.post-71991010503600718072013-05-13T17:40:38.561-04:002013-05-13T17:40:38.561-04:00That's true, these are good examples of succes...That's true, these are good examples of successful open source projects. Some things they have going for them: (1) little to no operating costs: code is hosted on public servers, and development/administration time is donated; and (2) very broad in scope, so they're useful to many people and thus many people contribute. Projects that have regular maintenance costs or appeal to smaller niches of scientists will have a tough time succeeding using this model.Ben Morrishttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581796047007430534.post-13433325712057482302013-05-09T10:13:02.711-04:002013-05-09T10:13:02.711-04:00The Bio* projects are all essentially community su...The Bio* projects are all essentially community sustained. Not by donation of funds but by donation of time and labor.Unknownhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581796047007430534.post-18703588300139914592013-02-16T10:04:20.472-05:002013-02-16T10:04:20.472-05:00You're doing everything right - the error read...You're doing everything right - the error reading in the tree should go away once BioPython accepts my pull request. Still, the whole tree is really too large to be very useful as is.

Step 2: right now I'm working on putting up a web server backed by the RDF treestore, and I just converted the Newick string into RDF (almost 2 GB.) So, once we launch (hopefully within the next month or two) you'll be able to get a subtree by providing a list of taxa, and it should be very fast.Ben Morrishttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581796047007430534.post-65403239378940543812013-02-16T01:40:12.459-05:002013-02-16T01:40:12.459-05:00so are there plans to provide this via an API? It...so are there plans to provide this via an API? Its such a large tree, R no likey as you would guess. Tried to read in python:

In [1]: import Bio.Phylo as bp

In [2]: from Bio.Phylo import Newick

In [3]: tree = bp.read('path/to/ncbi_taxonomy.newick', 'newick')

but lots of errors....

Is this how you read in newick trees in Python?Scott Chamberlainhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581796047007430534.post-28789928435191815552013-02-15T23:42:55.469-05:002013-02-15T23:42:55.469-05:00awesomeawesomeScott Chamberlainhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581796047007430534.post-86811908315148848462013-02-15T20:36:01.230-05:002013-02-15T20:36:01.230-05:00After downloading the files, it took about a minut...After downloading the files, it took about a minute and 20 seconds.Ben Morrishttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581796047007430534.post-85761059190971637542013-02-15T20:29:00.139-05:002013-02-15T20:29:00.139-05:00nice, how long does the python script take to run?...nice, how long does the python script take to run?Scott Chamberlainhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581796047007430534.post-10669160483369742372013-02-15T10:18:27.510-05:002013-02-15T10:18:27.510-05:00looking forward to itlooking forward to itScott Chamberlainhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581796047007430534.post-80849007402577990842013-02-06T18:11:28.980-05:002013-02-06T18:11:28.980-05:00Ben, thanks for a great piece. I think Brian has ...Ben, thanks for a great piece. I think Brian has hit the nail on the head -- while other purposes of journals are less relevant, journals control the reputation economy, and that is why we submit to them. I think Richard Price puts it rather well in the recent techcrunch piece: http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/03/the-future-of-the-scientific-journal-industry/ Richard predicts that individual reputation will eventually replace journal reputation, and (for better or worse) I think he is right again.

It is already true for folks like Jonathan Eisen, who can place a paper Nature would have jumped on (4th Domain) in PLoS ONE, announce it on his blog which is read by most leading science journalists as well as colleagues, and have the paper covered in the NY Times, the Economist, and scores of other outlets all the same. His networking and personal branding have allowed him to replace the traditional reputation economy.

In other media forms, I think personal reputation has largely replaced the value of brand reputation (publisher, broadcaster, record label, etc), and can be built in many ways that do not depend on those things, so it is perhaps unsurprising that this may happen to science as well.

Brian's concerns about if that is good or bad for the little guy may be all the more valid in such a world, but it will be hard to say. Any system has its winners and losers.
Carlhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581796047007430534.post-60783044261353986182013-02-06T14:01:01.103-05:002013-02-06T14:01:01.103-05:00Thanks for your post Ben. I couldn't agree mor...Thanks for your post Ben. I couldn't agree more with what you said. Seems like this is going to be a very slow changing problem because of all the money wrapped up in it, e.g. Elsevier can lobby congress etc. more persuasively than lowly academics can.

It seems like the common refrain is that younger academics have more to lose by not trying to get into high impact factor journals as they still need to get their tenure track jobs. That's probably true for many people? This publishing fiasco gives a good reason to leave academia IMO. Scott Chamberlainhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581796047007430534.post-32075810786893850232013-01-23T20:38:39.915-05:002013-01-23T20:38:39.915-05:00Brian, thanks for commenting - you raise some vali...Brian, thanks for commenting - you raise some valid points.

Finding appropriate papers to read seems to me like a great machine learning problem, and increasingly is being treated as one. For example, Google Scholar can be used as a recommendation engine to find papers similar to your own publications (http://jabberwocky.weecology.org/2012/08/24/using-google-scholar-to-keep-up-with-the-literature/). Its suggestions are based on content so you can get journals and authors that you wouldn't have sought out. But you're right, I think these tools need to evolve further before they become as convenient and consistent as browsing each issue of the top topical journals in an RSS reader.

I'm curious just how successful new, relatively unknown authors are at breaking into journals like Science and Nature. Sure, anyone on the planet can submit, and in an ideal world only the quality of their work would dictate where they published, but is that really the case?

Altmetrics (http://altmetrics.org/manifesto/) are an important complement to open access. Some very smart people are attempting to address the issues you raise, and they seem to have some great ideas, including transforming and expanding peer review so that some indication of an article's quality is available shortly after publication. I haven't really seen this implemented yet so it remains to be seen how well it will work.Ben Morrishttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581796047007430534.post-74730877518252527402013-01-23T19:52:52.774-05:002013-01-23T19:52:52.774-05:00I'd like to focus on just one of your points: ...I'd like to focus on just one of your points: name recognition, or impact factor more generally. This does matter. In theory, we should all read all the relevant papers in our field, plus sample from other fields. In practice, there is just too much. But how to select which ones? Imagine, for simplicity, that everyone decided to publish in PLOS one. You can only consume 20 papers a day. Do you pick the ones closest to yours based on some metric (shared citations, perhaps)? How would you notice a major trend in a related field? Do you read anything by your favorite scientists? How does new talent get noticed? Do you see what is popular in tweets by colleagues? The most tweetable may not be the most important. The advantage of something like Science is that anyone on the planet can submit something, have it looked at, and get it published for free. And people are guaranteed to notice the paper and this new author. PLOS ONE could do something like star the most important papers (while still accepting ignoring impact) so that people can see which ones to be sure to glance at. Another useful aspect of binning papers into impact categories (such as by journal, but not always by that) is when trying to judge applicants. New assistant faculty position, 200 applicants from a variety of fields: they haven't had time to get cited much, so h-index is not useful yet, so you can read 600 papers and compare them or do some filtering: "she has three Science/Nature papers, he has two papers in the Journal of the Springfield County Bird Club: let's look at her application first." I think there are ways to include impact of papers other than relying on commercial journals, but having some way to communicate this at the time of a paper's publication is more important than you say above. Brian O'Mearahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581796047007430534.post-60060702792079053202013-01-18T09:27:08.351-05:002013-01-18T09:27:08.351-05:00If you can read french, I developed this idea here...If you can read french, I developed this idea here:
 http://www.oranadoz.net/le-programme-est-un-logiciel-punk/
(google automatic translation may help you)

- firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581796047007430534.post-52685734134420079192013-01-18T08:06:07.969-05:002013-01-18T08:06:07.969-05:00I really like this distinction between 'progra...I really like this distinction between 'program' and 'software'.Ethan Whitehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581796047007430534.post-786989188719524122013-01-18T02:08:22.706-05:002013-01-18T02:08:22.706-05:00I agree with E. White. I would add that slowing do...I agree with E. White. I would add that slowing down science and *taking time* to develop *software* instead of just programs would allow reuse of this software for further experiments. It's easier to maintain something you use than something you don't use anymore and for which you didn't think of any future.
(I make a distinction between a program and a software: a program has no future, it's just written to do one thing; the development of software is driven by ideas of what it should be in the future, giving it potential for evolution).
So, when software development will be recognized as valuable as publications, it could be an incentive to invest in software rather than just write programs.

- firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581796047007430534.post-20141780982193669212013-01-17T10:16:47.083-05:002013-01-17T10:16:47.083-05:00I think this is largely a question of changing att...I think this is largely a question of changing attitudes in academia to value software as much as (or more than) publications. I think this is beginning to happen (e.g., NSF's recent biosketch change, Titus Brown's recent grant reviews, etc. It will take some time, but it is happening. Those of us who really value this stuff are gradually reaching the phase where we hire postdocs and serve on search and tenure committees.

The reason that I have confidence that this is coming is that at its core science and academia are all about reputation, and reputation is driven by what people see and use on a regular basis. In the long run I think that widely used software will actually produce a more direct route to this kind of reputation building than writing papers.Ethan Whitehttp://email@example.com


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EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES (A-3, PG): John and
Aileen Crowley (Brendan
Fraser and Keri Russell) are the parents
of three children: John, Jr. (Sam M.
Hall), Megan (Meredith Droeger) and
Patrick (Diego Velazquez). But Megan,
eight, and Patrick, six, have a congenital
condition called Pompe disease–similar to muscular dystrophy–where
the body lacks a certain enzyme that
breaks down glycogen, a stored form of
sugar needed for energy. This causes
the bodyĺs organs to enlarge and
shut down. The life expectancy
for children with this condition is
two years.
As Megan zips around the
house in her special wheelchair
under the care of Aileen and
around-the-clock nurses, Patrick is
slowing down. John works at a
pharmaceutical company that
seeks to develop a cure, but it is
slow going. When he discovers
the advanced work of Dr. Robert
Stonehill (Harrison Ford), a doctor
at Nebraska University, on a
treatment protocol, John goes into
Stonehill is convinced his work in
enzyme research will yield the best
chance for a cure, but he is underfunded.
John promises to come up with
the half million dollars needed, but
falls short. Stonehill suggests that he
and John create their own lab and they
go into business but struggle to find
funding. As the children become sicker,
pressure mounts for a treatment. Then
John is forced into one of the most difficult
decisions a parent and provider
for a family with very sick children
must make.
This based-on-a-true-story medical
drama depicts how decisions are made
regarding the development of medicines
and treatments: profitability. Yes,
the science comes into it, and it does
take millions to carry out research. But
at one point John and Aileen upset the
corporation when they bring Pompe
families together: They put a human
face on the illness. So does the film.
Harrison Ford, whose curmudgeonly
character in the film is a composite of
real-life doctors and scientists, is the
executive producer for the film, which
means he put up most of the money for
it to be made. He was inspired to do so
after reading The Wall Street Journal writer Geeta Anandĺs 2006 book The
Cure: How a Father Raised $100 Million
and Bucked the Medical Establishment in
a Quest to Save His Children.
Extraordinary Measures is the first
movie for a new subsidiary of CBS–CBS
Films–based in Los Angeles. Itĺs a moving
and inspiring story, but does not
require a box of tissues to get through.
This restraint on the part of director
Tom Vaughan (What Happens in Vegas)
is evident in the heartfelt performances
of Fraser and Russell; it makes them
believable. The real-life Crowleys, who
are Catholic, obviously have medical
insurance and means. Hopefully, their
struggle, and the struggles of parents
like them, will be a voice for those who
do not have access to such breakthrough
This is a story of courage and risk–and the first medical miracle drama I
have seen that ends on a literally
sweet "sugar high." Mature themes,
brief language.
"PUSH" BY SAPPHIRE (not yet rated,
R): Precious (Gabourey "Gabby"
Sidibe in her breakout role) is a
poor, overweight teenage girl in
ill-fitting clothes who lives with
her mother, Mary (MoĺNique, The
MoĺNique Show), in Harlem. She is
far behind in school. She is also
the mother of a Down syndrome
child and expecting another baby
after being raped by her father
when she was 13 and again at 16.
Precious can barely read. Her mother is
a cruel tyrant who is angry, not at her
partner, but at Precious for "stealing"
the father away from her.
Precious drops out of public school
but wants to get her G.E.D. Her former
principal tells her about a school
for young women in similar circumstances.
There she encounters a teacher,
Ms. Rain (Paula Patton, Swing Vote),
who takes the students where they are
and challenges them to be all they
can be.
But Mary tells Precious to forget
school and to sign up for welfare.
Precious continues at school but discovers
a kind social worker, Mrs. Weiss
(Mariah Carey) at the welfare office.
Mrs. Weiss draws out Preciousĺs story
throughout the film, so that by the
end, we are amazed by Precious and can even feel a little compassion for
her mother.
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push"
by Sapphire is about the physical, emotional
and sexual abuse of a child by
both parents. Sapphireĺs Precious is a
composite character based on the
downtrodden but strong young women
whom Sapphire knew in New York.
The whole system of family, school,
state and Church seems to have failed
Precious. But individuals, within an
extended community, reach out with
care to offer support to the young girl,
who finds her inner strength.
Audiences would never know that
the filmmakers are almost all newcomers.
Even Lee Daniels, who produced
the 2001 film Monsterĺs Ball that won a
Best Actress Oscar for Halle Barry, is a
first-time director here.
Precious won the Grand Jury Prize
and Audience Award at Sundance in
2009. It is a challenging film to watch,
but so filled with amazing performances–especially by Sidibe, the
chillingly terrifying MoĺNique, an
almost unrecognizable Mariah Carey
and a sweet Lenny Kravitz as a nurse–combined with themes of life and hope,
that this is sure to be an awards contender.
Mature themes, child abuse, sexual
assault, language.
2012 (A-3, PG-13): The calendar of the
ancient Mayans predicts that the world
will end in 2012. Director Roland
Emmerich is a master at apocalyptic
disaster movies (Independence Day, The
Day After Tomorrow) and 2012 is no
exception to his penchant for big, loud
Scientists observe that the earthĺs
crust is heating because of a solar flare
in 2010 and predict a cataclysmic event
in 2012. One of the scientists, Adrian
Helmsley (Chiwetel Ejiofor), rushes to
tell Carl Anheuser (Oliver Platt), the
White House chief of staff, of this startling
discovery. This starts a chain of
events aimed at preserving a select
number of humanity.
Heads of state work with China to
build seven immense super vessels, or
"arks," that all together will carry
400,000 people. The question is: Who
decides who will be saved and who will
preserve the worldĺs cultures? Will it
be by lottery? Will it be to the highest
A few years earlier, a writer, Jackson
Curtis (John Cusack), published a novel
with a similar prediction. Helmsley
owns the book and is intrigued by the
question the author proposes: Is it possible
for someone to give up his or her
life for another? Willy-nilly, the fate of
Curtis and his family merges with that
of Helmsley as the disaster rocks the
2012 is a film that is too big for itself.
The 1998 film Deep Impact had many
similar themes as the waters threatened
to submerge the earth, but more
effectively used a sparer, less frantic
approach. Besides an improbable plot
and points that do not connect, 2012 is almost three hours long.
But 2012 has many more interesting
themes in addition to human generosity;
it is a modern reimagining of the
biblical story of Noah and the flood
(Genesis 6:5-9:28). There is also a John
the Baptist figure (Woody Harrelson)
and much religious imagery.
This is a scary story, but not good
enough to be truly terrifying. More
than apocalyptic, 2012 is about natureĺs
way of renewing itself on the face of the
earth–and God is present. Language
and peril.
weeknights): The much-hyped
variety show is flat, dull and
mostly disappointing, except for the
"headlines" and "Jay Walking" segments
imported from The Tonight Show that he helmed for 17 years.
THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW (ABC): Oprah
Winfrey announced on November 20,
2009, that her talk show will conclude
in 2011 after 25 years on the air. Possibly
the most significant female in
U.S. history in terms of talent, cross-cultural
influence, media, wealth, philanthropy,
status and possibilities, she
is said to be moving to Los Angeles to
begin a cable television network.
PG): This interpretation of Maurice
Sendakĺs best-selling childrenĺs picture
book is not for young children, but a
parable of family, loneliness, coming-of-age
and community. I did not enjoy it
as much as contemplate the journey of
Max into his imagination so that he
could go home again. This is a film to
talk about. Peril and language.
AMELIA (A-2, PG): Director Mira Nairĺs
biopic about Amelia Earhart, played
by look-alike Hilary Swank, is beautifully
filmed but does not tell us very much
about Americaĺs accomplished
pioneer aviatrix and feminist. But the
voiceovers of her poetry and writings
give us a glimpse. Mature themes.
THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS (not yet rated, R): Based on a 2004 supposedly
nonfiction book by Jon Ronson,
it is a conspiracy theoristĺs delight, an
investigation into alternative combat
methods by the U.S. military, based on
the paranormal, New Age movement
and psych-ops. Ewan McGregor is excellent
as the reporter. Jeff Bridges and
George Clooney excel in a film that is
as poignant as it is absurd. Profanity.
A-1 General patronage
A-2 Adults and adolescents
A-3 Adults
L Limited adult audience
O Morally offensive
The USCCB's Office for Film and
Broadcasting gives these ratings. See
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Issue 495 -- 23rd - 29th July 2011
Madrasa: Somaliland's Alien School And Its Aftermath
By Abdirahman Mohamed Diryes
The surroundings you live in shapes your entire life: your way of thinking, your code of dress, and your personal priorities. Good example of this is the two parts of valley-divided city of Hargeysa, southern part including some areas of New Hargeysa, mullahs of all types from oldest ones like Timo wayne to the newest ones like Salaf Saalix or Faasid from the perspective of some people are inescapably affecting the lives of youth especially the vulnerable ones such as the new arrivals from rural world and the desperate, unemployed. Everyone is impersonating clergymen wadaado since they become paradigm of discipline, education, and business success much like Moran Christians. To b e successful, all you need is to be Gadhwayne (beardy) and wear shorts of different kind! However, some criminalized business fell apart already. As saying goes "ill-gotten gains never prosper"
You can hardly hear any other successful Somali rather than Sheikhs which are role models for the present and future generation. From Orphan selling to Saudis, schools, engineering, teaching, car mechanic, and to everything else, Sheikhs are there! But the few enlightened ones including me who used to live in the southern part of Hargeysa, in fact, very much worried when US Drone attacks will begin chasing terrorists hiding in the area because we are not less criminal than Nuclear Pakistan. Some our mosques more criminalized than Red mosque of Pakistani terror manufacturer which stormed by Paki troops. Does Somaliland dare to speak out instead of appointing as MPs to legalize these ugly dudes as they worked as finance officers, and fund-raisers of Jihadist's networks in some points in their lives?
The fact that Gulf built Madrasa, not hospitals, caused us to outnumber only in organized crime. We did not yet fully recover from 1994 devastation; nonetheless, do you think the FBI is unaware of what Al-Hudda, Al-Cumar, and other places of dubious nature are engaged? If your activities are legitimate. Then just expose to the public as well as to the elected government of Somaliland.
In this part of the city, sheikhs whose wealth source is mysterious and some of them whose wealth is ill-gotten gained through shipping youth to Zone Five and Southern Somalia as suicide bombers, are role models for the past and present generations. Some of so-called sheikhs not only came back from Gulf States as usual but also from Canada, industrial nation with liberal views unexpected to produce such dubious contractor, with detrimental ideologies along with project of building only unessential infrastructure: Madrasa and plenty of unwanted Mosques.
In true version of Islam Sufism, Mosques are needless to be built as the entire earth including Churches and synagogues, temples are mosque place. I do not know whether that verse was removed and replaced with one calling mass murder, suicide bombing or false martyrdom against people of all faiths. Moreover, building mosques or any other place of worship is not and would not be a sphere of international cooperation among Muslim nations; have you ever heard a Chad, the poorest country in the world, asking Saudis or Kuwaitis to build Mosques for them?! Since the religion a matter of personality, mosque construction is upon the discretion of the local community, not foreign folks—of course you can pray in Massalah, a roofless, while having the same virtue (Ajar) as the extravagantly decorated Ali Matan if not more— that is why we hear Ina Bootan, Ina Rusheeye, Ina Imaan, Baxsane Mosques, these are built neither by Kuwait nor Qatar.
None of the mosques in ex-Hargeysa ever built by Arabs, instead, Somalis built some places of worship in the Arab World in pre-oil era. During Siyad, Somalia have their own financing system of its Mosques, and council of Muftis like Sheikh Sufi, Sheikh Dirir's teacher, and ex-Awqaf and religious affairs minister before the current minister of Palestinian name took over the ministry. The story that we were not Muslim enough in the past before Saudi-trained mullah's arrival is absolutely a myth.
A Friday, a friend of mine has attended a mosque in Dubai, the Imam, an Egyptian, righteous-looking man, was preaching Anti-kafir( western) with great enthusiasm ,and how they deserve death!—no one deserves death and if so why God created them in the first place?—18 year old Emirati schoolboy on holiday working as a volunteer intelligence officer stood up; handed over a piece of paper written " stop preaching incitement" then the Imam said " I was warned" andaruunii , but kept continuing with same line of ferociousness . The other Friday, the same little boy stood in Imam's lot and told the congregation that the Imam simply wants to destroy the future of this country (UAE) with demagogic trash. " this man was offered a prestigious job of leading worshippers alone…," the little boy said angrily " but technically, he is a foreigner and not better than the garbage collector from India , so he should abide by the laws of not meddling other countries' internal affairs…," is this patriotic event likely to happen in Hargeysa? At the least not for now.
So, shall we protect our country as much as that from foreigners regardless of religion? Or invite terrorists from all over the globe to proselytize us; nonetheless, the poor Imam, the pious, was deported back to Cairo, a city to secure job of pimp never mind a decent one is like to pull star out of sky, to disseminate his silly poetry, therefore, you can see from there, no Arab or Islamic World, that each Muslim have the right to go in without visa, such things are written in outdated books which are totally irrelevant or exist only in our imaginary realm. Think over if Andulus (modern day Spain) was visa free for poor masses in the Middle East which was enduring abject poverty at the time as the Quran tells.
Sheikh Adam Siiro, who grown up and earns his livelihood in Hargeysa, makes not mistake whenever he defends his pragmatic views simply based on the love of his people, not hatred of other Somalis as his opponents may portray him. His stance about deportation foreign nationals including Somali-speaking ones and Arabs as well deserved our applause, not disapproval.
Although the southern part is much smaller than the north part of Hargeysa, it has more mosques including Mihrab-less one in Qudhacdheer and Madrasa than entire city combined! It is sad moment that infrastructure of terrorism is taking root there; today is darker than yesterday as Madrasa of offbeat sect with new Arab name is built; every morning I used to wake with new Madrasa landing somewhere in my neighbor; only womanly name is left to build; I can see Sudanese, Bahraini, UAE, Saudi, Pakistani Madrasas, and etc, which only meters apart with conflicting ideas. One part of Hargeysa, the US is building schools such as Abaarso Tech, on the other, the Arabs are building terror schools to feed their addiction of Jihadism. Why Arabs not expel Chevron, Shell, Kafir Business, before they come to our poor, naïve, to exploit them? One day we regret of letting Arab-funded Madrasa to be built in our villages. Definitely, we will be sad when facts behind those Madrasa are declassified by Gulf States. It takes decades to rehabilitate toxic byproducts of Madrase.
Yesterday was Sheikh, and Amoud Secondary Schools that produced our effective leaders, academia, and straight forward mullahs, but today the future seems to lie with Abaarso Tech, the first American run school in Somalia. This will definitely produce tomorrow leaders as this was described as the best in the Horn of Africa, shall we keep our kids at Madrasa of X beel jacfar or Y khidaab to listen to jihad music and have Godane and his ilk as a role model! This criminality will not last long. You shape the present to mold the future but you cannot reverse the past. Have you seen modern schools teaching mathematics in the southern or eastern Hargeysa other than Madrasa that indoctrinates kids? Egal, Tuur, and many others were proud of been graduates of British-run schools. You know why? Again have you seen someone proud of been a graduate of Madrasa apart from been frustrated and confused?! However, I want my people to wake up before it is too late. For the time being, we can change the course of our lives.
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PARKERSBURG — Wood County commissioners debated giving employees a pay raise in light of the recent news the county's ending balance came back $218,920 less than the projected $950,000....
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JB: The budget wasn't off by 25%. The money of what was expected to be left over at the end of the year was down 25%. If they give the employees a raise then next year the money will have to be found to keep paying for that raise and try to give them another. They can't count on have money left over to continue making raises. The budget might get too tight to allow for it. Give them a significant bonus and do it again when the money is there.
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Phoenix, will you ever learn that the Wood County Commission has nothing to do with the pay of city employees? It sounds like the only one concerned with keeping quality employees for Wood County is Mr. Six.
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I wonder how they could miss the budjet by 25%? Also what is the average salary for county workers?
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@sharkbitten: Get over it. How many times are you going to cry about Couch being a tax evader. It doesn't matter what screen name you use, a whiner will always be a whiner.
If it was really that cut and dry, don't you think the county would have collected. While I don't like the idea that these taxes are unpaid, I do not believe it is his burden to bear. If you bought a business and it owed debt, you then become liable for that debt. That is pretty basic logic to most of us.
Do you want to do something about it? Run for his commissioners seat and impose the tax burden to him. Oh wait, you tried that already and didn't get the votes.
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While I do think that the county employees deserve a raise, I do not see the necessity to make a rash decision without gathering all the pertinent information. Though the county employees are not living as easily as they think they should, they are by no means struggling to make a living. If you want to make a serious debacle and ruin the luxuries you have, go ahead and form a union. You will be sorely disappointed when you get a 10 cent raise every year and nothing else to go along with it but union dues. That is definitely not a viable option. I believe the commissioners have a tough decision and will make the right choice but I applaud them for not making a decision based on emotion. We pay them to make these tough choices and like it or not, they are doing their job. Do you have a problem with that? Vote them out, if not, get over it. And think about the money they do give away; if they didn't, you would be crying about how they do nothing to support the community.
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Those who work for the county need a pay raise,it's there income to raise a family,pay tax ,etc.etc.Now you see why employees need a union,keep forcing these employees and that is what you will get.
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Just because surrounding municipalities have given raises is NO reason to give a raise. The money is not there for a raise. City employees in general do NOT deserve a raise. Don't do this. It is not right and it will just leave the commission scheming on how to take the money from someone else to pay for it.
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Then you have the nerve to propose a 15 cents raise.. I feel sorry the people who work in your dental office, they must all be on food stamps. I know of some employees with over 25 yrs of service and they still make a low income wage. Fuel has gone up, a gal of milk has doubled, the price of food in general has gone through the roof, and yet you keep denying your employees a increase.Did into that rainy day fund.. it's been pouring for 5 yrs straight and your employees are drowning!!
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Well, here we go.. everyone jump on the merry go round. Six I applaud you for your comment. Yes they do give money away with no regards to their employees. why do they do that, well it saves them face, makes them look good. The employees.. they don't see them, they come in go into their little office, close the door and make sure they are gone before anyone can stop them to ask any questions. They are cowards. Oh, but come election time.. they are front and center. Well this voter will NOT vote for any of them every again. They have done nothing for this county, or it's employees. Did you see Dunn's statement "We need to do something for the employees; we haven't done anything for them for the five years I've been here. I think the right thing is to give something, and we need to keep looking for additional revenue sources. I know we can give them something and we can work it out in the budget later," Of coarse you haven't done anything, and gee that's how long you've been i
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why not give the fishbone bar and grill another check or give the airshow more money. all those underpaid people can get by while this do nothing commission continue to do nothing except collect their 30some thousand a year.
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You have to balance budget and have money for rainy day fund.why not cut commissioners pay 10,000 a year they only work part time and give employees something . What about new vehicle you bought sheriff also cut out money for outside expenses.
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Aug 1 a new county clerk.
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The GP likes to reinvent every wheel that exists before touching the code for the actual app. Some people call that real coding. It isn't very productive though.
The GP likes to reinvent every wheel that exists before touching the code for the actual app. Some people call that real coding. It isn't very productive though.
Hehe you missed a fairly thick joke there
No one is denying that another vulnerability was found. Vulnerabilities will be found in any software.
Yeah, that one piece of malware is a real pain.
Yes, malware for OSX and iOS does exist. It is very possible. But the problem seems to be about the same size as malware for Linux at this stage. By that I mean there is very little of anecdotal evidence of widespread, active malware in the wild targeting OSX, iOS and Linux. The same can't be said for Windows.
So far I've never been hit on OSX, iOS or Linux. I've had plenty of Windows machines go down in flames though. I still have friends of family for which this is a fairly regular occurrence. Even myself, I had a fully patched Windows VM just for testing websites in IE. No antivirus installed. Visited some legitimate news and html/css sites... Boom. Malware installed.
I wish I had mod points to give go you.
First up... Thank you for Rake, Jim. It is a great tool and I can only imagine how many tasks a day are fired off with Rake. Not to mention that you were an active member of the programming world, and a great person by all reports. You will be missed by many.
Many of you may not have heard of Jim Weirich, but that isn't the point. Through the fog of your low IQ and ignorance, you may have gleaned that someone who contributed a widely used feature for a programming language that has an active and thriving community. They appreciate his contribution greatly, and from what I have heard in the past Jim was also once of the nice guys.
The total lack of respect in the comments at the loss of someones life saddens me. Trolls have no shame of course, so I'll do something useful today instead of feeling bad about Anonymous Cowards.
The quality of the comments at Slashdot has dropped so low that they actually detract from the story, way worse than just adding nothing. I've been coming to Slashdot less and less over time because of this. Slashdot used to be *gasp!*
I can't believe I'm suggesting this as someone that values freedom of speech, but is it time for Anonymous Coward to go? Should slashdot require a user to login before commenting? Let's face it... Anonymous Coward adds as much to a meaningful discussion as someone who drives past a coffee shop and yells out, "Look at me!". I would finally be happy to see the last of Mr Coward. You can still say whatever you want, but put your id to it.
240ms from Singapore, apparently in orbit.
Magical and exclusive? Do you mean like when Windows PCs started to ship with FireWire ports?
You're 100% correct that a reasonable amount of effort is needed to test a patch that is going to be deployed to users and enterprise systems.
But here we have a known exploit, and Oracle with their huge pool of resources cannot manage to release patch for it before Feb 2013? You can believe that they don't have the resources to test the patch in a shorter time frame or even create a better one? I seriously doubt that it takes Oracle months to regression test a single patch.
The bottom line is that Oracle are the owners of Java, and they can't patch it in a timely fashion.
Companies and people running Java applications are OK with this?
I was once a huge fan of Java and in all seriousness, this is one of the exact reasons that I don't touch Java anymore. I don't even look at MS stuff either for similar reasons.
I hope all cars sound like they used to on The Jetsons.
You can roll back to an earlier version without too much trouble. OK, harder than it should be, but it wasn't what I would call hard.
I didn't run into any "conflicts".
I wrote about it here http://scottbarr.blogspot.com/2010/07/rolling-back-iphone-ios4-to-iphone-ios3.html
... but I would consider that an overreach
I would consider it more of a reach around.
Other way around; he used to work for Gillette. He left after they cancelled his 1000-blade razor project.
Yes, I also heard about the 1000-blade project getting cut...
"Write once, exploit everywhere"
Well, someone had to say it.
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Additive blending with overflow - Is this even possible?Posted Wednesday, 21 May, 2014 - 03:00 by Antiochos in
I'm curious if there's any way to get a colour to wrap around when it hits its max value to 0 again with OpenGL. It's for a screensaver effect - I figure I'll end up doing it by texture manipulation, but I thought I'd toss it out here to see if there's something I missed.
I can't think of a way to do this through blending, but this would be simple to implement in a shader.
One way would be to render your scene to an offscreen rgba16i texture, and then draw that on the screen with a simple shader that does fract() on the whole color. There might be a need to normalize the color /255 before doing the fract part.
I think you'd need GL.ClampColor(ClampColorTarget.ClampReadColor, ClampColorMode.False); when reading the texture.
And finally with that texture you'd be able to wrap the pixels only 255 times. In that case you'll either ping-pong the values with another texture every now and then,or use a rgba32i texture.
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This is a delightful villa, well-furnished, tastefully decorated with superb facilities, lovely patios with shrubs and trees all in a peaceful location. The views are stupendous and well worth the long (sometimes hair-raising) climb up from the coast road. The air-con was good and not too noisy. The pool is small - fine for a cooling dip but dont expect to do any lengths - the seas better for a lovely swim.
We booked the villa two days before arrival and worked all details out with the owner. The villa was very nice and all clean. The villa is located some way up the hill side, so a car is a must. It is a very quiet and private. We were 100% happy about our stay.
Great location with beautiful views of the sea in one of the nicest areas of the island. The villas have a nice swimming pool, plenty of space and all you need for a very nice holiday. As mentioned in the description, a car is definitely required. The owner is very responsive and helpful, everything was arranged very easily. In summary, we were very satisfied!
We stayed as a family of 6 adults to celebrate my retirement. We were looking for somewhere which would meet the needs of mid twenties to 50 somethings. Everyone in the party thoroughly enjoyed the stay - there was plenty of space to be together or to be separate. All said they would like to come again.
We mostly ate outdoors and there was a good bbq. The views were absolutely fantastic and changing weather paterns, shipping etc gave plenty to look at - binnoculars essential!
The pool was small but good to cool off in and there was a nice shady area as well as space to sun bathe.
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We found the villa very clean and comfortable. We ate at a variety of taverners and didn't have a bad meal. We found 'Vitamins' on the main road very good and impressively friendly. They even gave some of our group a free lift back up to the villa one evening when the car was needed elsewhere.
We had a fantastic week and would thoroughly recommend it to friends and family. Both villas were very well equipped, cool, clean and spacious. Outside areas were well looked after and the views stunning. The pool, although not big, was lovely. Some visiting neighbours' cats were a welcome addition for animal lovers. The only downside is the steep, bendy and narrow road up to the villas - a hire car is essential. I found it a bit daunting at first but feel proud of the improvement in my driving skills! The other driver loved the excitement of the hairpin bends and meeting cars coming the other way.
This is a great place to stay. The villas inside are well designed, clean and very comfortable, exceptionally well equipped-very new. They are a very contemporary mix of traditional Corfoit buildings with modern interiors. The Olive Press, has two lovely modern bathrooms, one with a gorgeous spa bath. The location is in the up-market and prettiest area of Corfu.
The views are really spectacular and we felt it was very good value for the high standards achieved. It is at the top of a hill, but you won't be disappointed.
There are lots of paved areas in shade and sun where you can relax, eat, drink and take in the views. Two weeks passed by all too quickly.
I was nervous about renting this villa because it's at the top of a long,steep hill and not on the beach. It sure was a great decision and I highly recommend it! With stunning views and a very comfortable layout, Villa Kalypso is better than a lot of the other places we saw during our stay. The property is VERY clean and new. We were 2 families (7 people) traveling together. The pool's perfect for a morning and afternoon dip. Our kids loved it and we had group dinners right next to the pool or up on the terrace with views (and a grill!). Kitchens are fully equipped and the air conditioners all worked really well. We were very well taken care of by both a cleaning lady and pool guy. One problem with our dishwasher was fixed within hours. Because of the location, it worked best for us to leave in the morning on day trips by car and come back when we were finished. Trips to the North, West and East coasts are all convenient from this location by car. Our favorite trip was to Sidari to visit and swim among the rock formations in the north.The drive up the hill makes it a bit inconvenient if you need to go back and forth to your place throughout the day, but it's such a gorgeous place to come home to, you might not even want to leave! Added bonus: the Greek neighbors across the street were friendly, too. We loved it.
Apolosies is on the hillside above Nissaki on the north east coast and within just a few miles are the lovely beaches of Nissaki, Agni ,Kaloura and Kalami and further to the north, Kassiopi.
There are supermarkets in Nissaki and the beach there has many very good tavernas right on the waters edge.
Nissaki has water sports and a diving centre and you can hire a boat for trips along the bay. Barbati is just a few miles to the south and Ipsos is only a few more miles where you can find a more lively night life.
Kassiopi to the North has a lovely harbour surrounded by tavernas and there is also a range of shops.
Mount Pantokrator is the highest on Corfu and creates a backdrop to the villa you can drive to the top to see the views and the monestry.
|Rental Period
|Minimum Price
|Additional Nights
|Weekend Night
|Monthly *
|Event Price
high season 4 people
20 Jul - 31 Aug
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
mid season 4 people
1 Sep - 30 Sep
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
mid season 4 people
1 Jun - 19 Jul
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
My Standard Rate
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
|Pet Fee
|Refundable Damage Deposit
Basic rates are shown for up to 4 people parties of 5 up to 10 will need to calculate an extra £125.00 per person per week into the quote provided.
* Approximate monthly price. Actual pricing will depend on the days of the month you stay.


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