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Coming up in 2009
A lot has been written so far about what to expect next year — some valid, some not.
But has that ever stopped me from joining the year-end pile-on? Perish the thought.
So here are 10 things to expect in 2009.
Or not.
Remember, objects may be closer than they appear, and your mileage may vary.
10. 2009 will be the year of Linux. But so will 2010, as well as 2011 and 2012. In fact, by 2013, the last pair of eyes on the planet will finally glaze over when a Linux writer proclaims the following year to be the year of Linux, and the more thoughtful pundits will just know that it's now understood that the next year will be our year, for whatever reason, and they'll write about something a tad more significant.
9. Fedora 11 will outshine Fedora 10. As hard as it may be to believe — and after a month I still can't find a flaw with Fedora 10 — Fedora 11 will be an encore performance of what can best be described as a rock-solid distro, even for machines that go back a few years (in my case, a Dell 5000 Inspiron laptop and a Dell Optiplex desktop). Sadly, people will continue to be under the mistaken impression that Fedora is too "cutting edge" for anyone other than the most experienced superuser who might be too lazy to negotiate the Gentoo labyrinth (yes, that's a gauntlet thrown at the feet of my Fedora colleagues to work next year on dispelling that stupid myth . . . ).
8. The UFC pits Linus Torvalds and Richard Stallman against each other in a feature bout. What happens though is not one of those ridiculous near-death experiences for some poor troglodyte who normally gets suckered into the ring, but an epiphany for the entire FOSS community: Stallman and Torvalds meet at mid-ring and circle each other warily. Stallman opens the bout by saying maybe he was a little hasty in demanding GNU be stuck on the front of Linux, but Torvalds comes back with openly welcoming the option of joining the two names. Barriers between open source and free software dissolve. GNOME and KDE advocates embrace in a worldwide "kumbaya." Planets align. Then I wake up.
7. Zenwalk increases the pace of its development. It becomes Zenrun, and in finding that they can add and release improvements to an already above-average distro at an even faster pace, they rename it Zenfly in 2010.
6. Lindependence comes to Redmond, Wash. The hall is rented, the fliers posted, and the riot police stand at the ready, but they remain wary since they don't want to repeat the WTO fiasco in Seattle a decade ago. Nevertheless, yours truly — in a tribute to another overweight bald guy in the digital industry — opens the event with an insane onstage monkey dance that also brings him to within inches of a heart attack while Ken Starks unsuccessfully diverts the press' attention. The Digital Tipping Point's Christian Einfeldt, however, gets it all on video. Meanwhile, Debian, Fedora, Mandriva, OpenSUSE and Ubuntu reps — along with others who choose to join Lindependence in 2009 — hand out live CDs and demonstrate their distros. Yes, that's Red Hat's "Truth Happens" video (click here for Quick Time fans) looping in the background all the while.
5. Mandriva gets in touch with its feminine side. This distro renames itself Womandriva and becomes a more reasonable, nurturing distro, finally dropping the adolescent Mandrake zeitgeist from its early days. The distro's leadership also realizes what a huge mistake it was to let Adam Williamson go and rectifies that situation, adding a huge bonus to his salary.
4. The Madagascar Penguins join Tux as the Linux mascots. Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and the Private make Tux one of their own in their commando unit. Incidentally — this is true (you can look it up) — on the Madagascar DVD, the penguins provide their own commentary on their scenes. When Private is struggling to operate a computer while taking over the ship, Skipper comments, "What are you doing up there, playing Tetris? You told me you knew Linux, Private!" Just smile and wave, boys, smile and wave.
3. Windows 7 will be worse than Vista, as hard as that may be to believe. This development will result in yet another $30 million Microsoft ad campaign diverting attention from this latest offering. Realizing they picked the wrong Seinfeld character in their first campaign, the ad agency casts Jason Alexander with Bill Gates, making Gates look like the "cool one" in comparison.
2. Everyone joins the Ubuntu family. In an effort not to confuse brand new GNU/Linux users with the daunting tasks of trying to wrap their minds around 350 different distributions, distros give themselves new names: Fedbuntu, Debuntu, openBUNTU, Sabayuntu, Damn Small Buntu, CentBuntu, Dreambuntu, Slackbuntu, Pupbuntu, Mepbuntu, gNewBuntu, among others. Solbuntis and OpenSolbuntis also join the ranks.
1. Linux Foundation's "I'm Linux" video contest's winning entry grabs an Oscar. After Apple's "I'm a Mac" ad campaign, and Microsoft following with a painfully original "I'm a PC" theme, the Linux Foundation garners thousands of entries in its "I'm Linux" video contest. The Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences nominates the winner, which ends up awing those judging and the statuette for Best Short Film goes to the winner.
There are other developments, like the conflicts that the new OpenBSD Christian Edition causes, which may be addressed in a later blog.
Have a happy and prosperous new year.
(Fedora ambassador Larry Cafiero runs HeliOS Solutions West in Felton, California, and is an associate member of the Free Software Foundation.)
WWJR: What would Jesus run?
You would think that during the 13 years of Catholic school I proudly survived (one, interestingly, in which Bill O'Reilly was my 10th grade American History teacher at Monsignor Edward Pace High School in suburban Miami), I would have remembered the part about Christianity and capitalism being one and the same thing.
Yet, over the last couple of days, I've had interactions — I wouldn't necessarily call them "conversations" — with a Christian blogger who posted comments on my last two blogs, and who seems to think that those of us who are advocating FOSS are a bunch of pot-smoking, porn-surfing "librals"(his word, not mine) who are part of a communist plot to overrun the U.S. Not only this, it appears his beliefs run along the lines that Christianity and capitalism are synonymous, inseparably joined at the hip.
[As an aside, there is a great song by Todd Snider, "Conservative Christian Right-Wing Republican Straight White American Males" and the YouTube watch is well worth it.]
Nevertheless, the false theory that capitalism and Christianity are one and the same — the CEO Jesus Version 1.0 that this blogger seems to deify — started me thinking about a couple of things, namely:
- He's wrong about Jesus being a hardline capitalist, and I'll just point to Matthew 21:12 for starters (other examples abound in the Bible), where " . . . Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves . . . ." Of course, that would give Jesus something in common with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in the furniture tossing department, but I digress; and
- If Jesus were a computer user, he'd definitely use GNU/Linux and not BSD, for clearly symbolic reasons. But what distro would he run?
Someone already beat me to the second part of that thought, actually. In the blog openjesus.org, Jesus "wrote" last May the following item:
"In my office I have a few machines, none more important than my Ubuntu box called king. I recently upgraded it to Feisty Fawn, so like some of you I'm going through a bit of an adjustment with some little things. Beryl quit working right, for instance. I could throw a miracle at it or fire up the old omniscience to just know how to fix it, but sometimes even Jesus likes to work things out. I'm a pretty good troubleshooter in my own right, I'll have you know, and as a recent convert from Gentoo I sort of need something to be broken a little bit to really feel like my Linux desktop is dialed in. I'm sure some of you understand."
As I wait for the laughter to die down, I have to say that this site could very well be the best satirical site ever (and the line about Gentoo — very true!). No, I'm not just saying that to curry favor with the author.
But it may answer the question what Jesus would run on his desktop. I would have voted for Ubuntu Christian Edition, but never mind. Now His laptop . . . I would be willing to bet Debian is somewhere in the mix, whether it's Etch or a distro in the Debian family.
(Larry Cafiero is an associate member of the Free Software Foundation.)
Day of the Distro, Part Deux
Me? Leave things alone? NoooOOOoooo. Not me. I sat at home fiddling with Xubuntu 6.06 on the iMac and wondered aloud, only to the cat, "Gee, you know maybe I didn't give those other distros a fair shake." So I went through the drill again, starting around 6 this morning, of adding and removing distros and seeing how they fared.
Again, here are the players: indigo iMac, 256MB RAM (not 128 as I previously mentioned — what was I thinking?), 7GB hard drive, and the 6.10 version of Kubuntu; Gentoo 2006; Slackintosh 11; and Fedora Core 4; some coffee) and the new cat watching this time from the floor while I talked to the computer.
Basically, the test was installing, browsing and tweaking parts of the desktop and, in one case (see below), networking to an eMac.
Kubuntu kalling: I know how kool and krisp KDE is as a desktop. It is. Honest. And I'm not taking anything away from it when I say it's really not for me. Maybe I'm just not kognizant of how great a product KDE puts out — but I would venture to say that I am. It works really well. I wish I could put my finger on what it is about KDE that leaves me kold. But I can't, except to say that it's not for me.
[Note to Linus T.: If you really prefer KDE over Gnome, that's your right, and I will defend it to the death, both yours or mine. However, while I wasn't the one to come up with a kernel that set the industry on fire — for which all of us are truly thankful — I don't consider myself an idiot because I prefer Gnome. 'Nuff said.]
Sorry, Slack and Gentoo: Missed again. Someday, when I'm a lot more proficient at GNU/Linux and know can fathom installs with only the command line, I'll be back.
Putting on a Fedora: Fedora Core 4 was a pleasant surprise once I got it up and running. Not only that, it actually networked with the eMac that my wife has commandeered right away, without my having to prompt it (okay, so it asked me first, but I hadn't thought of putting it through those paces, to be honest). The only failing seemed to be browsing — pages and e-mail took forever to load. But it looked great and, with some work, I bet it would make a very good PowerPC option for GNU/Linux users.
Meanwhile, over the course of several hours the cat got bored — imagine that — and I went back to Xubuntu.
(Larry Cafiero, editor/publisher of Open Source Reporter, is an associate member of the Free Software Foundation.)
Day of the distro
Whew. For the what-to-do-on-your-day-off file, try choosing a distro to go on an indigo iMac, which is what occupied my Tuesday (between trying to figure out why my network fizzled between Macs — something on which I am still working).
Here are the players: indigo iMac, 128MB RAM, 7GB hard drive, and the 6.10 versions of Ubuntu, Xubuntu and Kubuntu; Gentoo 2006; Debian 3.1r5 (all 14 disks burned — sheesh); Slackintosh 11; OpenSUSE; Mandriva 2005 Limited Edition; and Fedora Core 4; some coffee; daughter Mirano's observations (likes Mandriva's Tux with the stars in his eyes) and the new cat perched in my lap after pulling him off the keyboard.
The winner and new GNU/Linux operating system on this machine: Xubuntu 6.10. More on that in a minute.
Debian disappoints: I don't know why — and I'll be the first to admit that it could be yours truly performing the ritual PEBKAC drill — but every time I try to install any version of Debian on any of my machines, it doesn't work. I'm crushed because I first tried GNU/Linux using Debian installed on a friend's machine and liked it. As a sentimental favorite, it's one I'd really like to use. Yesterday, same thing: Downloads but can't boot, and now I have 14 disks here . . . .
Slackintosh, Gentoo and Fedora all gave me the option of the command line from which to continue and my futile efforts to go past that point proved fruitless. Again, the problem very likely comes from operator error, but a little guidance would be nice.
OpenSUSE provided one of the world's greatest mysteries. How can an installer just abruptly stop three or four times in exactly the same spot? Neat trick. Next . . . .
The *buntus, lucky for me, were fairly idiot friendly. But Ubuntu 6.10 had a screen issue (as in an unresolvable black screen problem) that I couldn't get fixed. Kubuntu was adequate, but the more I use various distros, the more I find myself gravitating toward Gnome rather than KDE for the desktop. Don't get me wrong: In many ways, KDE is tres cool, but I find some of the features a little bit much for my computing use. But as the auto ads say, your mileage may vary. Xubuntu 6.10 provides a fairly clean and light desktop and it doesn't appear that the learning curve will be all that great (which is why I avoided Kubuntu).
So there you have it. As soon as I can get an Intel box (which is soon), I will probably try again, this time with additional distros that provide fully free software (free as in freedom, not price). These include gNewSense, BLAG, Ututo, and a fourth one that Richard Stallman mentioned in his speech in Berkeley that I can't remember off the top of my head.
(Larry Cafiero, editor/publisher of Open Source Reporter, is an associate member of the Free Software Foundation.)
News, blues and reviews
Finally grabbing a minute from my duties (in no particular order) as Dad, chauffeur, daily newspaper copy editor, raffle-ticket seller, Green Party official, honey-do husband and Open Source Reporter editor/publisher/webmaster, allow me a few random thoughts, cheap shots and bon mots (to quote the San Francisco Chronicle's Scott Ostler):
Lost in the shuffle: While panic reigned for the last couple of weeks regarding Daylight Saving Time being moved up a couple of weeks and while the Y2K-like distress accompanied the advent of yet another meaningless time change (which, incidently, should be abolished), did it occur to anyone to . . . ahem . . . just go into your preferences, find the time/date item and just set the clock ahead an hour? Sheesh.
C'est Ubuntu: This just in from across the Atlantic — the French government has decided to forego Windows and have the government work with an open source operating system, specifically the GNU/Linux distro known by all (and loved by many) as Ubuntu. Starting in June, 1,154 desks of the legislators and their parliamentary assitants in the National Assembly will feature GNU/Linux-based computers. Allez, France! "More on the story," as we say at OSR, from C|Net can be found here. But wait, there's more . . .
Who's carrying the ball for Open Source in England? It ain't Labour, surprisingly. The Conservatives have run with this issue, as shadow chancellor George Osborne has been saying to all that will listen that a Conservative government will insist all software is open source would cut the the UK's IT costs by 5 percent. Hello, Tony? More on the story, again, from Britian's IT Contractor here.
Gentoo hubbub: The GNU/Linux distro known as Gentoo has fallen on hard times. Or has it? DistroWatch, an above-average source of news in the GNU/Linux world, touched off a bit of a back-and-forth firestorm on the site's weekly report. What more interesting than DW publisher Ladislav Bodnar's story about Gentoo is the firefight in the reader comments that are linked at the bottom of the report's page. In his story, Bodnar writes that "[F]urthermore, one has to wonder: with the amount of time some of them spend flaming other people on the various mailing lists and planet blogs, do they actually have any time for coding?" So how do some of the pro-Gentoo people respond? With flamethrowers blazing, of course. A legitimate question, Ladislav, and a good story that, flaming aside, has resulted in a good discussion on your great site. Stick to your guns.
What will it be, Steve?: Those of you who know me — those three of you outside my family now reading this — know that I'm a completely committed Mac guy. Despite the fact I have taken the free software and open source software path, I still think that Apple still makes the best built hardware, period. I say this because having been faithful to the hardware for the last 15 years, I'm siding with DefectiveByDesign.org in asking everyone to sign a petition going to Steve Jobs to "set the ethical example" by eliminating digital rights management (DRM) from iTunes. You can click on the gif at the left to sign the petition (go ahead, but don't forget to come back). The petition responds to an open letter Jobs wrote on DRM last month. C'mon Steve: Other than axing the Newton (yes, finally I've forgiven you for that), your record has been flawless, and those of us who are eternally grateful to you for saving Apple hope you will continue to do the right thing. Keep it up by keeping your word on April 1.
Who left the dog out? Yep, I did. My apologies to the well known, and fairly loved, GNU/Linux distro known as Puppy — a dog that didn't make it into my GNU/Linux zoo tome a few blogs ago. It should have, and I really did plan to put it there, but I forgot. Here, have a Milk Bone, Puppy folks, and thanks for sparing me the embarrassment of notifying me personally in very civil e-mails — rather than frying me, Gentoo-supporter style, on my own blog.
(Larry Cafiero, editor/publisher of Open Source Reporter, is an associate member of the Free Software Foundation.)


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Wachovia Cuts Oracle Rating
Oracle (ORCL ) reported third quarter earnings per share of $0.09. Wachovia downgraded its investment recommendation on the shares to market perform from buy.
Analyst Jason Maynard says the third quarter results were below his original forecast. He notes that the company conceded it may be losing some market share in its applications business. Maynard thinks Oracle's customer relationship management (CRM) solutions business continues to struggle. He says Oracle cut fourth quarter guidance to $0.13-$0.14 EPS on a 25%-30% year-over-year decline in license revenue, given the state of the economy, competition, recent management changes, and lack of visibility. The analyst sees $0.41 fiscal 2002 (May) EPS and cut his $0.52 fiscal 2003 EPS estimate to $0.45. Given his revised fiscal 2003 estimate, Maynard believes the stock is currently fairly valued.


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Pahalgam (J-K), Feb 21 : Following heavy snowfall in Pahalgam, Residents anticipate a heavy rush of devotees during the annual Amarnath pilgrimage, benefiting the region's economy
The livelihood of thousands of residents of Pahalgam and nearby areas is heavily dependant upon the Amarnath pilgrimage, which attracts large number of pilgrims during summer.
"We are expecting that this year we will have a sizable ice lingam in there so that the people will come and have good look this year. Last year the pilgrims faced a problem because the ice lingam had melted," said Manzoor Bhat, Station House Officer (SHO), Pahalgam.
The residents hope that the ice lingam in the majestic holy cave will last till September when the pilgrimage concludes.
"This year we have had a good snowfall. There was about 5-6 feet of snow here. And Amarnath has received around 20-25 feet of snow," said Hanan Khan, a resident.
During the last two years the inadequate formation of the ice lingam had disappointed the devotees who visited the cave shrine. In 2007 the naturally formed ice lingam at Amarnath had shrunk to one-tenth of its size after a rapid melt-down.
The Hindus see the holy ice lingam in the Amarnath cave as a manifestation of Lord Shiva, the god of destruction and regeneration.
The cave shrine of Amarnath is situated on the narrow openings between the mountains of Lidder valley at a height of 3,888 metres in southern part of Kashmir.


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February 14, 2013
Happy Valentine's Day
Hey everyone here a new piece its perfect for a night out with girlfriends or for a romantic date. I love the big silver stone covered with black net and pearl chain. It also have Ruby quarts in it. The black chain has beautiful rose in it. Hope you guys like this piece of art.
Extra pics so that it helps to see the necklace more closely.
You can always contact me for pricing.
Cheers to new starts
February 13, 2013
Hello everyone………..it has been a long long time when we talked last. Since then I had a baby moved a lot of stuff happened but getting back to my favorite hobby making jewelry 🙂
Check this one out I love this necklace I love how it can from night to day easy peasy. Its wire wrapped piece. Love the pink stones they are not too shiny but work perfectly for day or night.
Take a look and let me know how you like it.
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January 14, 2011
Hey everyone………a new set of bracelet and earring set. Eggplant beads, Swarovski crystal findings, pink coral make this love earring and bracelet set. It has a lovely flower at the end of the earring and the bracelet. I love these because i created these and designed them too hope you guys like it equally.
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I rescued a pekingese recently, a little girl, she is 11 months old, she was treated poorly by her previous owner before being abandoned and as such has bad potty training habits. I have been trying the confinement thing after food and water and it helps for the most part, we live in a place where she can't go outside so she has to be indoors only, we have put pads down for her on the bathroom floor and when I confine her sometimes she gets it right, sometimes not, however my husband who works from home has to look after her during the day, some days she is great but she just does not get up to go to the bathroom she goes and wee's on the bed, or the couch or the wooden floors... please can someone help me with tips, I love her so much, I can't bear to have to find her a new home... is crate training the absolute best? I will buy one if I have to, and if so how long at one time can I put her in it for, next to my husband in the study, but in her crate? Thank u.
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she is weeing everywhere coz she feels unsecure, she thinks things around her is more important, so she marks them like males.
Anyhow for training, this is what works for my shih tzus.
I feed them breakfast 9am, and then take them outside (in your case the bathroom with wee wee pads) and sit there until he/she goes, and then feed again at 7pm and then take them outside/wee wee pad and sit there until he/she goes. It took a LONG TIME before they got it, I had 3 x worst of pee and poop around the house at first but they get it now. You may need to add in treats for pooping and peeing as incentive to a positive experience she can link to while going on the wee wee pads, and if she is peeing around the house, try to empty her by taking her to the wee wee pad throughout the day and give her a praise "good girl! in a high pitch happy voice" or a treat, something positive.
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1985-1996 Fleetwood and Brougham Forum Discussion, Interior lights won't turn off in Past Cadillac Vehicle Discussion; Hey guys, does any of you have ever had problems with the interior lights? Mine first did not want to ...
1985-1996 Fleetwood and Brougham Forum Discussion, Interior lights won't turn off in Past Cadillac Vehicle Discussion; Hey guys, does any of you have ever had problems with the interior lights? Mine first did not want to ...
Interior lights won't turn off
Hey guys, does any of you have ever had problems with the interior lights? Mine first did not want to turn off, and my power lock stopped working. I have changed the dimmer switch, the headlight switch. Nothing. As of today my dash lights went out as well. I took the dash apart, seems like everything is OK...
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Re: Interior lights won't turn off
It has an illuminated entry timer switch. It is located on the left side behind the light switch just below the left speaker. It's white in color.
Let me get a visual here.
You open door, lights come on, door closed, lights still on. Insert key in ignition, turn key over to start, lights should go off , but in your case, lights still on, right?
Dash can be a fuse. I don't recall which one at the moment. Maybe someone else can chime in...
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I/P fuse is 5 amp.....the courtesy lights are on the lighter fuse ........the illuminated entry will be on will be on GA trans fuse and or body fuse. Most times this issue is a ground problem but not always.
Re: Interior lights won't turn off
Check the yellow BODY fuse 20 amp or If it has the old style glass fuses check all of them with the key on, car off, with a test light. If it blows the power door locks quit and the interior lights stay on dimly. Usually caused by a shorted cigarette lighter socket front or back. Check all sockets for tin foil or dimes etc. Also this fuse can blow by using a loose socket phone charger in a lighter socket. Dash lights quitting is also probably a fuse caused by replacement of the headlight switch and you not having the battery disconnected while replacing.
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Re: Interior lights won't turn off
The wire can also come off the switch at the door and cause the lights to stay on if it touches the metal of the car. You probably have multiple problems since it didn't all just start at once.
Re: Interior lights won't turn off
Thanks for the ideas guys. Sorry that I did not write here sooner, just had no time... So, meantime my dashlights are back, all by themselves, they just started working again... Hopefully they stay that way. Carnut: that is exactly how it is. My lights are on dimly, and my power doors quit. I did check that BODY fuse before, and it is blown. I replaced it, everything worked perfectly, but than it blew again in about half an hour. I checked the front lighter, that looks fine, but my daughter loves to play on the backseat, maybe she did manage to stick something in one of the rear lighters. I will check it first thing in the morning. I will let you know.
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Hi guys on this note same issue, lights stay on unless i pull the fuse. Ive opened the dash and can not locate the timer, Ive looked high and low for the module with orange and white and gray and white wires nowhere obvious. I also pulled the relay panel next to the fuse panel and its not there either. I have an 81 Fleetwood Brougham 2 door. Any help would be appreciated. I ve scoured all the online ideas and still cant find the illumination timer.


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The 2010 Nobel-prize winner Konstantin Novoselov of the University of Manchester in the UK has taken up a part-time role at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands. Novoselov, 40, will hold a special chair in the electronic properties of novel materials at the university, which will be funded by Nijmegen's High Field Magnetic Laboratory (HFML), where the Nobel-prize winner carried out parts of his PhD research.
The Dutch physics community has welcomed the appointment, adding that it underlines the "special relationship" between Novoselov and Radboud University Nijmegen. Between 1997 and 2001, Novoselov worked at the university together with his former mentor Andre Geim, with whom he shared the 2010 Nobel prize for their work on the properties of graphene. Since its discovery in 2004, interest in this "wonder material" has rocketed – both in terms of fundamental science and potential future applications.
Novoselov, who was born and raised in Russia, says that he is honoured by the new position – which will not be paid, except for expenses – stressing that it seals a long-standing collaboration with Nijmegen. Indeed, Novoselov visits the HFML regularly to conduct experiments and he will continue to give occasional colloquia, although the new job will not involve any formal teaching commitments.
Nijmegen created a similar academic chair for Geim in 2010 and Novoselov has now been honoured in the same fashion. "Somehow, exact academic positions seem to be much more important to the Dutch than they are here," Novoselov told physicsworld.com. "I am only interested in doing my research as much as possible, the where and how is irrelevant, frankly."
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In 2001 both Novoselov and Geim left the Netherlands to take up positions at Manchester, apparently after Geim failed to find a position at several Dutch universities. Indeed, after the pair won the Nobel prize, which was for work they did in 2004 while at Manchester, both Novoselov and Geim complained that the Dutch research system was too rigid and did not give researchers space for creative fundamental research. The comments caused a storm in the Dutch media and within the Dutch research community.
Graphene theorist Carlo Beenakker of Leiden University calls Novoselov's appointment "a smart academic move" and says that the current relationship between the Dutch community and the graphene duo is excellent. "He comes to Nijmegen a lot anyway, working with graphene-theorist Michael Katsnelson, and with Geim already holding a visiting professorship, adding Novoselov seems logical," says Beenakker. "Geim and Novoselov are part of the Dutch graphene scene."
Gerard Meijer, dean of Nijmegen, adds that having Novoselov at the HFML will be "a true inspiration" for students and staff there. "To work with him is a unique opportunity that we would like to preserve for our university, as well as the future." However, Jan Kees Maan, director of the HFML, who supervised Novoselov during his PhD, admits that while the appointment is welcome, it comes a little late. "I think it is healthy for a young, brilliant scientist like Novoselov to find a career elsewhere, like at Manchester," says Kees Maan. "Even if in hindsight our university appears to have missed a Nobel laureate in the process."
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I've always liked them. We had one when I was a child. My sister has owned several.
I'm not scared of any dogs. I am cautious around all dogs. My only concern was the dog playing to rough with my smaller dogs. My female dog used to be scared of larger dogs. Starting with a puppy helped and they all play together nicely.
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GSD's were never on the radar for me. I am a Bully Breed/Boxer guy. GSD's have pointed face, pointy ears and to much fur...what's up with that??
Still we fostered a rescue and fell for him! WL OSD great for about 14 months then 'Rank Drive" issues and "people issues" none of which was apparent at 7 months,when we got him!
I over came the problems and learned alot..I also received the first stitches I got in my life! I love my guy he's a fantastic dog and yep I will have another when the day comes that Rocky is gone. :(
But I pretty much "never" recommend a GSD to anyone unless they have had one! I recommend a Shilo or King Shepherd, most folks want a dog that "looks" like a GSD but aren't prepared to deal with the real thing!
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Chapter 2 in "Introduction to Combinatorial Testing" from CRC Press. Background material for Introduction to Combinatorial Testing from NIST SP 800-142 and other technical papers, which explain concepts of combinatorial testing, application to the Document Object Model, concepts and methods of combinatorial coverage measurement, and the history of combinatorial testing development from statistical design of experiments methods.
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Jeep OM642 CRD Performance Mod's
I think its time we have a thread dedicated to all things performance and improvement modifications for the Jeep OM642 CRD engine. This will be helpful to have all the modifications we have done to improve upon the design, performance, and reliability of the drivetrain in one thread. I am going to start with my rough idea of importance once you buy your CRD. Will reserve several posts to keep this concise and for future improvements. I am going to overlook basic maintenance items because those should be done as per the maintenance schedule available in the owners manual. Please post with comments and suggestions.
1st Elephant Hose Mod
Several posts on this mod, I chose a little bit different approach. I used Goodyear 1 heater hose with some PVC hose connectors and stainless hose clamps. I put attached a short piece from the CCV valve to a 90 fitting down the side of the engine a ran along the body seam to the rear of the vehicle to keep any possible amount of gases going into the cab. I ran this setup with my stock intake for a while before I made my intake setup. I machined my own plug for myself and some buddies in town with CRD's. I have a couple extra if anyone wants one $18 shipped.
Routing from valve
90 to go down side of engine
Route down side of engine
Plug I machined
Plug installed
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Reserved 4.7K resistor mod for swirl motor issues. This mod is to jumper out the swirl motor if or before it fails. You need to get a ~ 4.7K ohm resistor in install it in pins red/green and grey. These are the two center pins in the four pin plug. I performed this mod before my swirl motor failed and have not had any problems since and it been several months.
Swirl motor plug
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Tuning. There are several tuning companies out there with good tunes. Custom Spooling, GDE, Inmotion, Stormtech, and others. I don't have experience with them all so I can't really say which ones is better. It depends on what you want as far as tuning and price. I choose Custom Spooling because there were able to provide me with DPF and EGR deletes and economy and performance tunes. They also have the ability to make changes/improvements if needed and they have great customer service.
I have posted before my 1/4 mile times bone stock and just tuning to show improvements. My tune has given me everything that I wanted. I have gained performance, reduce turbo lag, and ~ 2.5 city mpg gain. I have had zero issues with my tune since I have purchased almost a year ago.
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The exhaust system is roughly a 2.75" OD exhaust system with two catalytic converts, one DPF filter, and one pass through resonator at the rear. The biggest restriction is the DPF Filter. This needs to be removed if you really want to unleash the true performance of this engine. I welded up a DPF 3.0" stainless steel delete pipe to replace the filter pipe. It is pretty quick to install and if I ever needed, which I can't see why, I can reinstall the filter and return the vehicle to stock. I also cut out the resonator and installed a stainless steel 2.75" pipe in its place. The stock resonator weights about 16 lbs. You can get a DPF back exhaust system in 3" or 3.5", but it's not needed unless you are going for looks. The stock system flows plenty for any level of performance tune available. With these two items removed the vehicle exhaust note is barely louder at idle with a slight more rumble when accelerating.
DPF Delete
Resonator removed
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One big restriction in the intercooler plumbing is the turbo resonator. It is a kidney bean shaped component with hundreds of perforated holes to reduce noise from the turbo. It really just reduces flow and collects CCV oil. Not seeing many delete options, I came up with a simple delete using 2.5" aluminum tubing and a silicone reducer. I modified the stock turbo pipe to resonator connection for the silicone reducer. Cut the silicone hose going to the intercooler and attached it to the tube. I would like to come up with a more bolt on option. I have noticed reduced turbo lag, quicker turbo boost, and about .3 -.4 mpg improvement in the city. I have not had any problems so far.
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Intake system upgrade, the stock intake system does not leave much in the way for performance. It basically fits the under the plastic engine cover and provides air to the turbo. The plastic engine cover was removed pretty much from day one. To provide fresh cool air to the turbo you need to provide a path from the cool outside air. Cut the air filter tube from behind the grill to pull more cool air and less hot air off the radiator. Upgrade the filter inside the air box to a dry filter element. Remove the stock restricted plastic tube and replace with a 3"aluminium tube with silicone connectors. Notice reduced turbo lag, quicker boost, a little more intake sound, and about .3 mpg improvement.
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Methanol Injection
Running a Devil's Own Progressive Methanol Injection system. I wanted to install the system close to the injection location and I didn't want it inside the vehicle so I decided to mount it on the passenger side behind the bumper. Its a pretty tight fit. I am currently running a temporary 1.5 gal tank, until I can weld up an aluminum tank to fit better and give me more capacity. I inject in a plug I made to fit in the location of the intake silencer. Its after the IAT sensor not ideal, but it works and I won't have to deal with wet bulb issues with injecting so close before the IAT sensor. I will try to come up with something better, but I wanted to get it installed before the oil needed changing so I can get all the build up in this oil right. This way I can have a clean intake with clean oil.
Been running it for a couple of weeks and it works awesome. I currently have the system come on at 16 psi and full at 20 psi. It's very noticeable and you can see the egt temps come down if you do a sustained pull. Need to get some more time adjusting and running different nozzles. I am running a 3 GPH nozzle while I break in the system. I also have a 5 that I will move up to when I want some real power.
Pump installed passenger side
Pump and temporary tank installed
Controller mounted
Motor Shot - injector, wire harness, and fill tube
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Throttle Body Delete
Small update, I have been running the intake throttle without the throttle blade for a couple of weeks. No DTC's and its fun watching AutoEnginuity and seeing the % open value change and knowing there's no blade restriction. Not a very noticeable upgrade with all the other mods, but you can tell it's there. Working on pulling the whole intake throttle and replacing it with a 2.5" aluminum delete pipe. The stock intercooler won't fit a 2.5" silicone connector, it is to small so I had to go to plan B with my delete pipe from some extra material before I use the 90. It has the fitting for the IAT sensor and a 1/8 NPT bung for the water injection system.
Throttle blade removed
Out with the old and the eventual new
Delete pipe - simple design from scrap material
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Received new Intercooler
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So have you fitted the cooler? I was considering this, 600x300x76? i often sit in my garage looking at the tiny std cooler and think about upgrading it..........
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Nice thread buddy!
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It's nice to see someone trying to get the most out of our engine. I have an 08 GC and have looked several times for the kidney bung, but I can not locate it at all. I have read that they stopped using it in 08 but I could be wrong or the article was wrong. Is there anything else I would need to change when I go and upgrade the intake pipe? Thanks
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I am a first time home buyer and everything is new to me especially the lawn care. NEW JERSEY HOME... When I first moved in (feb 09) the grass was nice and full and green. It has been great till about middle of july. In june we had rain 20 days out of the month which was nice for my lawn. and then I started watering it with my sprinkler system at 18 min per zone. I started getting brown spots and i though it was fungus from all the rain and the soggyness specially the humidity. It wasnt grubs. I spread down some fungus control. and now we are 3 weeks after the fungus spreading and every time i cut the grass you can really notice the brown spots even more and im not cutting it short at all. cutting it on setting number 5 which i believe is 3 inches high.
I was thinking about getting a rain gauge and seeing how much water my lawn is getting when i water it, I heard 1 inch of water per week is good. Maybe my 18 min per zone isnt enough. maybe watering it at 5 am isn't good also. like i said im new and i would like to get some info on how to get my burn spots better. If i would guess i would have to say go heavy on the watering. please help. thanks!
There are many things that can cause brown spots on your lawn. Your mower could be leaking gas or oil, female dog urine burns grass, over watering, over fertilizing, etc. Unless it is freshly laid sod you shouldn't water your grass at least not very frequently as this encourages the root system to stay shallow.
You got me then, hopefully someone else will have some ideas for you.
Do you have any pictures?
My grass has turned somewhat brown too
There is a type of grass that does turn brown in the late summer (thru winter?)
I never water my lawn, only when planting grass seed
I've been here almost 6 years now
How were you getting soggyness at 18 minutes of watering? Were you doing this every day? By the way, there is nothing wrong with watering at 5:00 am. What you want to avoid is the lawn being wet for extended periods.
I would water very well one time just in case it is actually too dry at the roots. Then let it dry out thoroughly. If you have a fungus, one more watering is not likely to cause much more damage. Most fungi will disappear when the area dries up.
I'm in Jersey too, and I feel your pain. This summer my lawn stayed green and lush longer than it ever has. This I attribute to the unusual amount of rain we had in June. But since then it's steadily browned, as it always does later in the summer, especially on the sunny side of the yard. I don't water at all any more -- I used to, to try to fight the browning, but it never had any effect. As has been suggested, it may just be that you have a cool-season variety and there's not much you'll be able to do about it. That's the conclusion I've reached about my own lawn, FWIW. Hopefully yours will green up again in the fall, as mine does.
Do you bag your clipping or mulch? I cut my lawn on the highest setting, and mulch the clippings. I don't water at all, ever ( we have a well that is underproducing) and my lawn stays much greener than most of my neighbors, who all bag their clippings
What about your water?? Is it possible there is something in your water?? Is it softened water??
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As those of you who follow EWWTY know, I published an article last month detailing my experience with DMT. If you haven't read it you should do so now, it's really good – and I'm rarely willing to say that about my work.
Anyway, the article attracted far more readers and positive feedback than I could have anticipated; I've spent roughly as much time responding to everyone as I did writing the piece (which is awesome).
One of my readers, John Jr, had a series of really thoughtful questions about my DMT experience. I realized soon after reading them that my answers would be substantive enough to call for a separate new post. So, without further adieu:
DMT Q&A with John Jr
John Jr: Do you remember any smells during [the trip]? If so, could you describe them?
James K: Oh lordie, this is such a basic question yet it necessitates a complicated answer. Where to begin?
Well, the simple answer is no. However this question brings up a larger subject, which is the general effect DMT had on all my senses. It's extremely complicated to think about, let alone explain in writing. The best way I can describe it is that the DMT – kinda sorta – made me feel like my senses were merged. Almost, like, into a single "super sense."
I'm not even satisfied with that description of it, as it's an extremely simplistic way of putting a very fleeting and complicated sensation. But let me put it this way: if I had smelled something whilst on DMT, I doubt I would have been able to notice it, or even recognize it as a smell. However, I would reason that the sensation of smell might manifest itself differently during the trip. Obviously, I didn't dare touch this aspect of DMT in the article, as I couldn't figure out how to describe it well enough to have confidence that readers would interpret it how I intend.
The other thing this brings up is the smell of DMT itself. Which, for some reason, smells extremely familiar to me. Like, the same way a room with a similar smell to that of the pre-school I attended as a child smells extremely familiar to me. Clearly, it doesn't really mean anything, but your question reminded me of this.
Do you remember any change(s) of temperature during any of this, if so, could you describe it?
Hmm, I don't really recall anything along these lines.
I think I felt a rush of heat through my body right after taking the hit, but can't even really say that for certainly. Like I said above, the effect it had on my senses is indescribable… Having said that, I focused more on the hallucinations than anything else during the trip, rather than my senses, so perhaps if I were to do it again I could focus harder on how it affects my sense of smell and other stuff.
Did any of the beings really describe themselves as being deities (neutral or multi-gendered or not defined) and/or gods (male deities) and/or goddesses (female deities), or is that just what your friend thought?
Well, I can't speak for Alec, but I assumed that's just how he chose to identify them. This brings up another good topic, though.
Part of what I noticed whilst perusing the web for DMT-related entity encounters was the differences with which every DMT user who reported an encounter with entities interpreted them. The thing was, most of these users don't describe the beings very well. More often than not, the users ascribe some generalized name to the beings (e.g. "gods," "demons," or "aliens," etc…) but fall short of actually describing their outward physical make-up, as I focused on doing in this article. However, those who did actually get to the part about what exactly the beings looked like – regardless of what they chose to refer to them as – was either spot-on with what I saw, or damn near close. Though I should note, for the most part they were merely "damn near close," there were only a few reports I read which were similar enough to my experience to actually give me the shivers.
So, as far as Alec goes, I'll have to ask him what it was that led him to describe them as "gods," but I've always assumed it was out of a lack of anything else to refer to them as. I'll see if he has the time to come on here and give you a better answer.
The tribal-like dance that some of the beings did, are there any videos or something that you could share that might give us a somewhat similar example of how they danced?
I have been on the lookout for something of this nature, though I haven't exactly been searching super hard. However, the dance was rather specific. It is certainly possible that a human could re-create it, and I would certainly recognize it if I saw it. I like the
Have you ever had any dreams with these beings in them since you had this experience?
Great question. But no, I haven't. However, this is one of the things I wondered to myself in the days after the experience. In fact, I really expected that I would.
Though in retrospect, it makes sense that I haven't. Subjects given smaller doses of DMT don't report entity encounters; they don't make it past the open-eyed hallucinations. In the studies done by Dr. Rick Strausman, he found that there were basically "stages" of a full DMT trip. A small dose would induce mild to moderate open-eyed hallucinations, and a slightly larger dose would induce more severe open-eyed hallucinations. It wasn't until the subjects received the larger doses that they reported full-fledged encounters with beings. Given that the amount of endogenous DMT our brains produce during sleep is a much lower, sustained dose, it would make sense that I wouldn't see them during sleep. Besides, my dreams rarely deal with real experiences I've had – at least not directly. My dreams are typically pretty weird.
Could you or someone else draw/paint/create some examples of these beings and/or could you find & share some images that are somewhat similar to the beings?
Definitely the best question. I'm glad you asked these. This is an example of something I had realized but didn't think to put into words; but doing so will help to illustrate just how vivid the experience was. Short answer: Yes – an exact replica of the beings I saw on DMT could feasibly be designed by a talented 3D graphic artist. But I need to elaborate.
Not only do I think images of the beings could be created, but animations as well. All I know is, were I an animator for Pixar (and made 3D cartoon animations all day), I could easily replicate the beings from scratch. In fact, they would probably be even easier to create than, for example, one of the monsters from Monsters Inc. Having said that, it wouldn't work by simply describing them to an artist. Although they weren't very complicated in appearance, they were so abstract and obscure to the point I doubt anyone could accurately conceive of them through a mere worded description. The artist would need to experience the DMT trip for him or herself. While I'd certainly be willing to try and offer such an artist a sufficient description for them to work with, I doubt it'd work to produce anything accurate.
I struggled to find images to include in the article – and trust me, I searched hard. While I did find a lot of artwork that reminded me of the trip, none of it was adequately close enough for me to use in the article. I concluded that being as descriptive with my writing as possible would be the only way to give people an idea of what I saw.
Off the top of my head, George Grie is one artist whose work (some of it) reminded me of the experience. I should note, any image I've found which has reminded me of what I saw on DMT does so more in the tone of the piece, rather than its actual appearance.
Could you describe the look of the place behind the portal/light, could you describe your feelings of that place, and could you describe any sounds that you heard in that place?
The thing is, by the time they took me through the light, I wasn't very focused on the actual place. You gotta remember, by this point there was much for me to deal with. I can say, however, that it was similar to the place I was in before they took me to the light. That is, everything around me was represented through the coordinated flow of hexagonal patterns – albeit once I made it through "the light," they were no longer as vibrant or colorful.
As far as my feelings… Well, there were a lot of those, haha!
I mean, it was very surreal. How do you describe that feeling which comes with witnessing first-hand everything you've previously discarded as mythical nonsense? It was very calming, almost blissful. I felt I was where I belonged, though I knew I couldn't stay. The best way to describe the feeling, I suppose, is "profound."
And yes, I do remember hearing sounds. I searched the web for a way to describe it when I found my new favorite word. I heard glossolalia – or voices speaking in tongues. I hate that there isn't another word for it; clearly the average reader has never heard that word, and "speaking in tongues" is more of a cliché phrase than a word. But to explain further, basically I heard mystical sounding voices which spoke what sounded like words. Whether I was hearing gibberish or some crazy-ass spiritual language I can't tell you, but it certainly was a voice expressing organized sounds.
When the beings touched you, how did that feel and did it feel like that were draining some of your energy and/or recording information/data about you and/or sharing/giving something to you?
There's sort of two parts to this answer.
When they touched me, it literally felt like a person touching me. My recollection of this is quite vivid because at one point the female being caressed my face – that is, she ran four of her fingers from my upper cheek bone down to my chin in a sensual manner. One of my favorite sensations in this life is the feeling of a girl caressing my face. It's the most explicit way to communicate adoration. So I can say with certainty that it felt as real as anything else I've ever felt.
Additionally, they seemed able to reach through/inside me, as a ghost could hypothetically do. This question almost spooks me out a little bit, just because I do remember feeling they were extracting information/data about me. Having said that, at one point I also felt as though they already had this information about me. Something I never really touched on in the article was the overwhelming feeling that these beings always exist around me. That they always watch, whether it be as protectors or merely voyeurs. It was just one of those feelings that I had no rational reason to feel, but nevertheless felt.
If anyone else has anything to ask, please don't hesitate! I know John Jr will probably have some follow-ups. Answering these helped me recollect the experience, so I'm definitely hoping to answer some more.
A big thanks to John Jr for the questions – be sure to check out his blog!


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- DRI2 merged to intel master and server-1.6-branch.
We'll have DRI2 in this server release, seriously. We don't have DRI2 vblank-synced swaps going, but we should be able to make Mesa do its old path (wait for vblank, then ask DRM (now the xserver) to do the swap) and have people mostly happy with that. I just ran xcompmgr -c and glxgears at the same time and it was everything I thought it could be.
- DRM modesetting merged to drm-intel-next.
That means we're planning on having this working, seriously, for 2.6.29. It's ready to test today if you've got a lucky platform, with sudo modprobe i915 modeset=1, then using drmtest from the modesetting-gem branch of libdrm, or libdrm from that branch plus xf86-video-intel built against it. I hear the 2D driver needs a bit of love again after recent shakeups, but that may be unfounded rumor.
I'm doing my best to dogfood the whole mess on my development system, as we're planning on having DRI2 and GEM stable for release this month. I've got some misrendering with UXA, though things are much better today than before (Thanks Pierre Willenbrock!). 965 3D's in pretty good shape since my last fix, and I've been using it most days to play Eschalon. We've still got IRQ issues on GM965, though, as long as it's not my GM965. Plenty to keep us busy this month.


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Negotiations between Iran and the 5 members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany(P5 plus 1) ended with new concessions in regards to Iran's nuclear ambitions. The 6 nations, the US, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany, had previously made 3 demands of Iran before any sanctions could have been relaxed. The 3 main stipulations were that Iran must stop enriching uranium to 20% purity which is considered weapons grade, remove it's stockpile of material which was 20% or better by exporting it from the country, and completely shut down Fordow, a nuclear plant containing 2,710 centrifuges, which was built in secret and just discovered to exist in 2009.
During negotiations yesterday the U.S. and other word powers made concessions on 2 of those 3 demands, still insisting that Iran end it's 20% or better enrichment of uranium but now conceding the demands that Iran close the facility and ship all of their 20% uranium out of the country.
An unnamed "Western diplomat" insisted that Iran was asked to "reduce the readiness" of the Fordow plant and standing down more of the centrifuges located there. The concessions would also allow Iran to keep enough 20% uranium to power civilian research reactors in Tehran.
If Iran agrees to abide by the watered down restrictions on it's nuclear ambitions that country will be rewarded with the easing of sanctions in regards to the trade of gold and other precious metals and allow the importing of equipment for the Islamic Republic's petrochemical industry. All other sanctions would remain in place but the U.S. and her allies would refrain from imposing any further sanctions on Iran due to the current issue of nuclear proliferation.
European Union's high representative for foreign affairs, Baroness Ashton, who chairs the P5+1 said this was an opportunity for Iran to "take some initial steps that would improve the confidence of the international community in the wholly peaceful nature of their nuclear program. The real optimism will come when we start to see progress really being made. And that means our aspiration to see Iran move forward to pick up this proposal, to agree to it and to undertake to implement their part of it."
Israel fears that the U.S. and her allies are giving too much away with this deal and yesterday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that only a threat of "military sanctions" would cause Iran to back away from it's nuclear goals:
"I don't think there are any other means that will make Iran heed the international community's demands."
Saeed Jalili, the lead Iranian negotiator, was all smiles about the new concessions and said that "In this round of talks we have witnessed that, despite all the attitudes during the last eight months, they tried to get closer to our viewpoints. We believe this is a turning point."
Iran has yet to give a formal response.


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OP-ED: What's Worse Than a Nuclear War?
Saber rattling is common. Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that a fourth war could take place if the Kashmir issue wasn't resolved, and the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh replied that Pakistan "will never win a war in my lifetime."
A nuclear China already hostile to India could also quickly become involved in a conflict between the two enemies, and Pakistan is on the brink of becoming a failed state¾a development unknown and thus highly risky for a nuclear weapons nation-state.
Experts predict a nuclear war between India and Pakistan would kill about 22 million people from blast, acute radiation, and firestorms. However, the global famine caused by such a "limited" nuclear war would result in two billion deaths over 10 years.
That's right, a nuclear famine. A war using fewer than half their weapons would lift so much black soot and soil into the air that it would cause a nuclear winter. Such a scenario was known as far back as the 1980s, but no one had calculated the impact on agriculture.
The irradiated cloud would cover vast portions of the earth, bringing low temperatures, shorter growing seasons, sudden crop-killing extremes of temperature, altered rainfall patterns and would not dissipate for about 10 years. Now, a new report based on some very sophisticated studies reveals the crop losses that would result and the number of people who would be put at risk for malnutrition and starvation.
The computer models show declines in wheat, rice, corn, and soybeans. Overall production of crops would fall, hitting their low in year five and gradually recovering by year ten. Corn and soybeans in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Missouri would suffer an average of 10 percent and, in year five, 20 percent. In China, corn would fall by 16 percent over the decade, rice by 17 percent, and wheat by 31 percent. Europe would also have declines.
Making the impact even worse, there are already almost 800 million malnourished people in the world. A mere 10 percent decline in their calorie intake puts them at risk for starvation. And we will add hundreds of millions of people to the world population over the next couple of decades. Just to stay even with we will need hundreds of millions more meals than we now produce. Second, under the conditions of a nuclear war-induced winter and severe food shortages, those who have will horde. We saw this when drought depressed production a couple of years ago and several food exporting nations stopped exporting. The economic disruption to the food markets would be severe and the price of food will go up as it did then, placing what food is available out of reach for millions. And what follows famine is epidemic disease.
"Nuclear Famine: Two Billion People at Risk?" is a report from a world-wide federation of medical societies, the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (Nobel Peace Prize recipients, 1985) and their American affiliate, Physicians for Social Responsibility. It's online athttp://www.psr.org/resources/two-billion-at-risk.html They have no political axe to grind. Their sole concern is human health.
What can you do? The only way to assure ourselves this global disaster will not happen is to join the global movement to abolish these weapons of mass destruction. Start with the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (http://www.icanw.org/). We abolished slavery. We can get rid of these terrible instruments of destruction.
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