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'Reckoning' with the Past Through Civil Rights Trials
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer, a civil rights project that brought hundreds of mostly-white college students from the North to volunteer in Mississippi to register black voters.
On June 21, 1964, a white civil rights worker named Mickey Schwerner and two Freedom Summer volunteers—Andrew Goodman, a white New Yorker; and James Chaney, a black Mississippian—went missing, in the town of Philadelphia, Mississippi.
Rita, Schwerner's wife and fellow civil rights worker, refused sympathy, telling the press, "I personally suspect that if Mr. Chaney, who is a native Mississipipan Negro, had been alone, that this case, like so many others that had come before, would have gone completely unnoticed."
The FBI found the bodies of Schwerner, Chaney and Goodman 44 days later, on August 4, 1964. An all-white jury and judge convicted only a few of the men responsible for their murder, and none of the perpetrators served more than six years in prison.
In the late 1990s and in the early years of this century, prosecutors throughout the South decided to re-open many civil rights-era murder cases—cases with victims that, because of the racist juries and judges that presided throughout the South, rarely saw equal justice under the law.
Along with the Schwerner, Chaney, and Goodman case, prosecutors re-opened the Birmingham Church bombing case that killed four black girls in 1963, and the 1966 Natchez, Mississippi murder of Ben Chester White, a farmer killed by three white men who had hoped to lure Martin Luther King to the area, hoping to assassinate him.
These cases and the complex reasons for re-opening them are the subject of "Racial Reckoning," a new book by Renee Romano, a professor of history at Oberlin College.
As Romano tells The Takeaway's John Hockenberry, the murders took place within a Southern society that, at best, looked the other way when racist crimes were committed, and at worst, aided and abetted those crimes.
"What we see is that, while most of the crimes were committed by a small group of men, often members of groups like the Ku Klux Klan, they were able to continue in their terror campaign because they had the tacit and sometimes open support of politicians, of the police, of law enforcement, and juries that acquitted them, if they even went to trial," she says.
These present-day trials provide a specific type of narrative, she says, one conducive to a "redemptive" narrative in Southern politics. These trials aim to serve as proof that the Southern justice system has changed, that it's now colorblind and no restitution for past crimes that have led to present-day problems is needed. In sum, Romano says, these communities hoped that "by putting one old man in jail, we are free from this history."
But Romano tells Hockenberry that the historical evidence supports a different narrative, one in which Southern society was at least somewhat complicit in these civil rights-era crimes.


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Remember Daniel Bard? He was the Boston Red Sox 2006 1st round draft pick out of the University of North Carolina. He had a big arm and was widely regarded as an elite prospect. Initially, he lived up to the hype. From 2009-2011, he was an elite set up man for the Red Sox and one of the most feared pitchers in the MLB. It wasn't unusual to see his blazing fastball that sometimes hit 100 mph on the radar gun paired with his sharp breaking slider that kept hitters guessing.
In 2010 and 2011, he appeared in over 70 games and led the league in holds both seasons. When Jonathan Papelbon (The team's closer at the time) was looking for a new contract, many fans and experts believed the Sox could let him go and make Bard the next closer.
Then September of 2011 came along. Like the rest of the Red Sox team, which experienced one of the most epic collapses in MLB history, Bard fell off. His ERA that month was above 10 runs per 9 innings, his record was 0-4, and he seemed to lose all control over his pitches. In a matter of a month, he went from a top set up man in the league to arguably one of the worst, and nobody knows why.
Following that season, the Red Sox decided to move Bard into the starting rotation instead of putting him back as the set up man, a decision that ultimately may have ruined his career. Bard had some decent starts, but he just never looked right there. Bard's velocity went down considerably and his lack of command made it easy for batters to be patient and sit on his fastball. The result was one sub-par start after another with the tipping point being an outing against Toronto in which he failed to make it out of the 2nd inning while allowing five runs.
The Red Sox sent Bard down to their AAA affiliate Pawtucket so that he could work on his control and get his confidence back. He appeared in 31 games for the Paw Sox with all but one of them being in relief and his ERA was 7.03. That number varies quite a bit from the one the Red Sox wanted to see before bringing him back to the big leagues. Nonetheless, Boston called him up to have an extra arm in the bullpen for the final month or so of the season. The results were no different. Bard appeared in six games, pitched four and a third innings, and allowed nine runs.
After the 2012 season, the Red Sox decided that Bard had not yet proved that he is ready to be in the majors yet. Bard started the season off in AA Portland and once again he produced more of the same: Sky-high walk and ERA rates. However, Boston still gave him another chance in late April, where he pitched in two games, totaling an inning, giving up a run and walking two.
The Sox sent Bard back to Pawtucket after that stint and his performance hit a low point in the month of May. His numbers weren't just bad, they were embarrassing. Before getting shut down due to an abdominal strain of May 15th, he threw 91 pitches. Just 28 of those were strikes and six of them were wild pitches (Bleacher Report).
Bard was placed on Portland's disabled list shortly after that game and has not returned to action since then. He will most likely pitch for Portland when he comes back and a return to the big leagues does not appear to be in Bard's immediate future.
For now, Bard's story seems to be of a star that could have been and it goes to show that maintaining big league success is far from easy. On the bright side, he is still only 28 years old, so his career isn't over yet.
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-Wes Chester, CAGS Seven years in the making, Ritual & Healing is a collection of articles on the therapeutic experiences of ritual in work, play and ordinary life. Don Eulert, who resides at the heart of Alliant University's Center for Integrative … read full article
As a lifelong learner and dedicated volunteer involved in arts and education I approached the E.A.I. introductory class with curiosity and some trepidation. A few prior E.A.I. graduates were in my circle and I highly admired them all, but didn't really imagine taking on such a large commitment or inspiring to make such a shift in my career path or life direction.
I was awestruck by the end of the weekend. Having never so clearly before been exactly where I should be. My overwhelming feeling was "this is who I am, this is what I do."
I haven't looked back and am on the most fantastic journey of my life.-Tara Gravis
When I attended the Intro Course, I said to myself, "this is what I have been looking for… for so long." Before the weekend was over, I was already planning the next two years and what I would do to be in this beautiful place.
So, yes! Of course the introductory course changed my life, without a doubt! It was the beginning of another era, another way of feeling and seeing the world around and inside me.
"Judith is the most gifted facilitator I have ever encountered. Her complete embodiment and use of the arts in healing brings amazing results. A whole new world opened up to me after being guided by her expertise and heart-warming sensitivity to the human condition. Whether she is hired as a private therapist, speaker, or teacher, I believe she is worth more than money could ever buy."-Amy Shamansky
"Inspired. Inspirational. Judith coaxes the soul into being when she teaches. Being her student was nothing less than life changing."-Deb Ogburn, R.E.A.T.
"Dr. Judith Greer Essex, director of the Expressive Arts Institute, provides an exemplary education for those seeking a healing profession through the arts. Her knowledge of the philosophy and practice of expressive arts is articulated with intelligence, compassion, and delightful humor. As a student, I was encouraged and supported throughout the program with great insight and honesty. Dr. Essex is truly a wise woman who knows how the arts can help us find our way. I fully recommend Dr. Essex and the Expressive Arts Institute for education and training in expressive arts."-Anita Carter
"I have known Judith, who I call Greer, for over 35 years. We met when we worked together at the first domestic violence shelter in San Diego. Without at doubt, she is one of the smartest women I know, and she is my go-to person whenever I need insightful, wise advice. Greer has built her school and career from the ground up with dedication to cutting edge creativity and academic grounding. You will benefit greatly from working with her, I guarantee it."-Victoria Garcia
"You have prepared us so well, thank you. All the vocabulary for us makes total sense- some folks have not a clue what the professors are saying. We do Thank you, thank you. This experience has been exciting, motivating and extraordinary so far. And it's really only just begun. I wanted to send my thanks to our Momma EXA bear ♥"-Marissa McInerney, Student
"Greer is a raw driving force beneath and within. The depth of her blue eyes, and the magnetic smile, is a pure invitation to try…, experiment…, or just to stay still. I always enjoyed when the existence connects us. It is an experience to take with me anywhere I might go."-Jose Roberto Nascimento
"Oh, how marvelous to be led in creative expression — especially when technology and its offspring run amuck around us, especially when Judith is role modeling, teaching, leading, gamboling with Light and Love."-Sharon Goodlove, Goodlove Counseling
"Dr. Essex is a professor and mentor I'm fortunate to have. Her expertise in facilitating a learning environment that allows experience, open-ended growth of trust and competency on both the individual and group levels is uniform. She has taught me to stretch the boundary of current ideas and relations in the modern world, encouraged individual creativity and thought, and continues to have a high expectation for student self-autonomy in learning by doing and making a life for ourselves. I look forward to becoming a colleague in the future with her in supporting the art and health community."-Michelle Josey, Expressive Arts Intern & ESL Instructor
Thanks is for Giving: A Message of Hope for the Divided American Table
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Vena Cava's New Converse High-Top Plus Holiday Shopping Secrets Revealed
Vena Cava's Sophie Buhai and Lisa Mayock have been wearing Converse since childhood, and still rock the classics on a regular basis (click here to see how Sophie styles them). The decision to create a special-edition shoe for Converse's 1HUND(RED) Artists series, 10 percent of whose proceeds will go to the Global Fund which helps eliminate AIDS in Africa, came about over a casual dinner. Then, the duo quickly came up with design, each sketching their signature deco/Native American print directly onto the ivory canvas high-tops.
Both expert shoppers (I quickly discovered this fact after spending the day shooting in their respective closets for ELLE.com's Wardrobe Chic feature), Sophie and Lisa shared their holiday shopping secrets with me last night at their launch party for the new shoe. Sophie hasn't started shopping, but plans on "ordering some old-school camping supplies, like thermoses, flashlights, and blankets." Lisa, on the other hand, is fini. Cleverly, she shops throughout the year, finding special gifts for loved ones along the way. "If you find the perfect gift for someone in March, buy it and save it for the holidays."
The Vena Cava for Converse 1HUND(RED) Artists Chuck Taylor launches on December 5 at converse.com.
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Welcome to the pre-Post-PC era
Joe Brockmeier wrote an insightful piece on ReadWrite entitled "What We Lose in a Post-PC World" that starts off with this: "Tim Cook, Ray Ozzie, and a host of others have proclaimed that we're in a "post-PC world." Well, not quite yet, but you can see it from here."
You can see it all right, with the Hubble. It's that far off in the distance.
I agree with most of that Joe writes, incidentally. In fact, I agree with all of what Joe writes, except for the "see it from here" thing (I'm assuming he didn't use a telescope, space-borne or otherwise). There are things that you can do with your post-PC apparatus, like surf the web, watch videos and all those important digital experiences. But bear in mind that you're not going to be using Blender on your Android tablet anytime soon.
So while we wait for Hallmark to make up cards heralding the Post-PC era, allow me an introduction of a new placeholder era: the pre-Post-PC era. In the pre-Post-PC era, discussions we're now having involve the how and what you can — and can't — do with new technology like tablets and smartphones, followed by heated discussion about the same, punctuated by name-calling, general flaming and hurt feelings around issues of disagreement at which time parties go to neutral corners and take a 10-count before coming back into the proverbial ring and discussing the issue with cooler heads.
Meanwhile, technology marches on and as evening falls on the pre-Post-PC era — which might be called the post-pre-Post-PC era by purists, opening another argumentative can of worms as a sideshow — Blender developers will actually get an Android version for tablets up and running, just proving the point that you can do it, but ignoring the important question around why you would make software to run on something that's not built for the job.
"Because they can," they might say, and that's a valid answer.
One more prognostication: Sailing through the Post-PC era, there will be a post-Post-PC era, after the advent of the pre-post-Post-PC era, where people will start thinking, "You know, I had a laptop (or desktop . . . or both) once where I didn't have to strain my eyes on such a small screen, and where I actually got stuff done rather than just wasting time." Or something like that.
At that time, the post-Post-PC era will allow everyone to realize what most of us already know: That what's nebulously referred to as post-PC hardware works in tandem with, not as a substitute to, the hardware like laptops and desktops that already exist.
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and develops business software at Redwood Digital Research, a consultancy that provides FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment.)
An appeal to reason
A little over an hour ago, I was giving the final read on what was originally this blog item, under a different title and with a metric ton or two of humor, cutting criticism and the high quality of commentary that you'd expect from this blog. It was in derisive and cutting response to what Mark Shuttleworth considers "innovation" as outlined in this morning's ZDNet blog item by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols.
Having the ability to use the English language to slice and dice the ridiculous with the accuracy of a Benihana chef with a complete set of Ginsu knives — whether it's an idea or a person or both — is both a blessing and a curse. The Mark served up some pretty meaty fastballs right in my wheelhouse — a baseball metaphor now that we're in spring training — and if he puts them where I can hit them, they're gone. And I tattooed them, right into the next time zone.
But reading the blog item over again before deleting it, I felt like Bill O'Reilly. That alone forced me to take a shower and rewrite this blog item.
In any case, rather than put you through an eye-rolling, arm-waving rant on this screen about how The Mark's vision of reality differs from — well — reality (to say nothing of his uncanny knack for hyperbole and a penchant for exaggeration, followed by responses to criticism that redefine ad hominem), I'm just going to appeal to reason and let the reader decide.
Quoting Shuttleworth from the ZDNet blog: "Yes, we are moving beyond the desktop, but we are also innovating to make the desktop itself, better."
No, you're not, Mark. Here's why.
Unity: This is a one-size-fits-all solution to a situation that requires a wide range of flexibility, unless of course you don't consider the user interface for a tablet any different than that of a 17-inch monitor, and everything between. How this can even be remotely considered innovation when, for all intents and purposes, it's a round peg trying to go into different shaped holes?
Wait for the improvement? No, thanks. I tried Unity for an entire day, and I wanted to like it. I spent a couple of hours tweaking it, reading wikis (thanks, Google) and getting it to where it would best work for me. But it got to a point where its functionality failed on so many levels, in large part to a UI that was not suited to my hardware. I wanted very badly to say something nice about it — "Um . . . it's a nice color" — but I even couldn't do that. Unity is a digital cowpie, and no matter how many improvements you make to a cowpie, it's still a cowpie.
As a result, I'm glad to use Xubuntu on one of the lab's machines, which is the one distro in the 'buntu universe that shines.
HUD: Head-Up Display — no, I'm not going to ask "head-up" what? Nope, I'm not going there. Having tried this (HUD, that is, not . . . um, never mind), I can't see how this is an improvement: I have to type the name of a program I want in order to get the program I want. Couldn't I do this — oh, I don't know — from the command line? And if so, doesn't this make HUD a GUI for the command line?
A more important question: This is innovation? The only way this is innovation is that Canonical had this ill-advised, counterproductive concept of doing things this way before anyone else did. Being the first to do something counterproductive is not innovation; arguably, it's regression.
If you like Unity and it works for you, use it. Like HUD? Same thing. I have no problem with people using what they want — that's a key to using Free/Open Source Software — and you should be glad that FOSS provides a wide range of choices on many levels, including the user interface.
But innovation? No, that's not a good word for what Canonical is doing with Unity and HUD. Or at least it's not a word that describes it.
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and develops business software at Redwood Digital Research, a consultancy that provides FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment.)
Counting to four
The recent FOSS hubbub-in-a-teapot has Linus Torvalds ranting about security — again (remember the "masturbating monkeys"?). The rant deals with having to use root passwords on OpenSUSE for basic daily usage, which Linus find a bit much and says so with inspired prose.
Arguably, he has a point, or several. How he makes it, though, is a bit over-the-top.
Pot, meet kettle. I have a reputation for being quick on the proverbial draw when it comes to things that annoy me — to the point where my Santa Cruz Sentinel colleague Tony Solis has made a chart designating the "Larry Threat Level" on any particular newsroom day. And if you permit me a Captain Obvious moment, writing when you're furious is not the best thing to do. I've had to backpedal on more than one occasion because the white-hot prose that flew from the keyboard here sounded great in the fury of anger, but later it paled in comparison.
So I don't mind so much that Linus went off like a Roman candle about this incident. What I do mind a bit — and I think it's way beneath him, no matter how annoyed he is — is this line from his "venting," as he puts it: "So here's a plea: if you have anything to do with security in a distro, and think that my kids (replace 'my kids' with 'sales people on the road' if you think your main customers are businesses) need to have the root password to access some wireless network, or to be able to print out a paper, or to change the date-and-time settings, please just kill yourself now. The world will be a better place."
Calling security-obsessed programmers "masturbating monkeys" is one thing. Suggesting suicide for something that, at best, is an annoyance that can easily be fixed is akin to spraying down someone with automatic gunfire after they kick you in the shin.
Truth in advertising: I have a stake in this, sort of. Years ago, a friend of mine had a spouse who commited suicide. On a variety of levels, it was extremely traumatic for family and friends, and it's not something you fix from the command line or by writing better code. It's permanent.
When things annoy me — which is more often than I'd like — I go walk in the woods. Fortunately for me, I live within walking distance of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, where I go to put things in perspective; 200-foot trees can do that. Linus, I know redwoods are native to northwestern Oregon, so a walk among the trees might be good idea before hitting the keyboard to vent. Or dive, since I know you're a scuba diver (the Pacific is not far from Portland, if I remember correctly).
So Linus, and everyone else, it's also good to take Mark Twain's advice: "When angry count four; when very angry, swear."
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and develops business software at Redwood Digital Research, a consultancy that provides FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment.)
Stop the presses
It consistently awes me, sometimes to tears, to see how consistently wrong some Free/Open Source Software commentators are about things like the current state of the desktop. To hear some of them tell it, it's a hand-wringing, brow-furrowing situation in which the fate of the entire paradigm rests in the delicate balance.
Let me explain this in simple terms: It's not. If anything, it's an invitation to a front-row seat to witness digital Darwinism at its finest.
So stop acting like this is a crisis. It's not.
Unity is a dog — it's a textbook case of incredibly bad judgment by The Mark to make a cookie-cutter, all-in-one user interface across a wide range of different hardware. But that's all it is. Is it the death knell of the desktop? Hardly. It's not even the death knell of Ubuntu.
The same with GNOME 3: Arguably a bad move, but not one that is forcing GNOME to fold up the tents and go the way of the Studebaker or the hula hoop.
KDE thriving? In my opinion, it is. That's a good thing, and they have weathered some bad times recently to come out stronger and with a good product for those so inclined to use it.
Xfce making progress at GNOME's expense? Tough if you're a GNOME guy or gal, but not bad in the grand scheme of things. Xfce has always been a good desktop environment which is finally getting the recognition it deserves — it will be interesting to see how they take advantage of this (and good luck, guys and gals).
There is even more attention now toward window managers like Openbox and Fluxbox, as the current desktop environment "crisis" ushers in a sort of renaissance for window managers that gives users a new look at a facet of Linux that is not often discussed.
The bottom line is that's what it's all about: choice. Choice is good. Having choices is a virtue, not a vice. It's simple: Get that and you get FOSS.
[Note to the Linux Foundation: You may think that firstname.lastname@example.com works, but I'm still getting bouncing e-mails across a wide variety of machines using various e-mail programs on FOSS and non-FOSS platforms. Tell you what: I'll just print out my blog from yesterday and mail it to you. Watch your mailbox.]
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and develops business software at Redwood Digital Research, a consultancy that provides FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment.)
What I do
Yesterday started out in uncharacteristically annoying fashion and, to be honest, I was counting on it to make a thrilling comeback to become a typically normal day sometime before mid-afternoon.
No such luck.
One of the several things that made it a day to shake one's head at and try to forget as soon as it's over is a form letter I got from the Linux Foundation rejecting my request to attend the Collaboration Summit. "If you would like us to reconsider our decision, please email us at and provide more specific details about your job function and why you would like to attend."
Email? Oh, I'll do one better, Linux Foundation.
In reality, Linux Foundation, if you think that there are others more worthy than me to attend the Collaboration Summit, I'm completely OK with that. Additionally, not going to the Collaboration Summit — as much as I'd like to attend — allows me to rearrange time that I can put toward attending another Linux event elsewhere in the country.
But here's why I think I should be allowed to attend the Collaboration Summit, and I'd be grateful if you'd keep this in mind for future applications for other Linux Foundation events.
I started using Linux in 2006 — the PowerPC version of Debian on an Indigo iMac G3 — while campaigning for Insurance Commissioner in California as the Green Party candidate. You can blame Cameron Spitzer, then the Greens' IT guy, for showing me Linux and the Free/Open Source Software paradigm.
Since the end of that campaign where I just missed being elected by a paltry 47 percent of the electorate, I have been an advocate for Linux and FOSS. I formed the Cabrillo College GNU/Linux Users Group in 2007 while attending school there. In 2008, I organized an event called Lindependence in Felton, California, where the town had three opportunities in July of that year to try out Linux. We gave away 300 live CDs of various distros in the course of the month and we estimate that we could have converted between 30-40 people to the ranks of the Linux users.
The offshoot of Lindependence — the Felton Linux Users Group — thrives in our area, and is a regular attendee at farmers markets in the Santa Cruz County area, providing "organic software" free of proprietary additives and preservatives.
In 2009, I formed a partnership that became Redwood Digital Research, a consultancy providing Linux and FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment. Our client roster is small — an asbestos abatement company, two restaurants, an electrical contractor and a grocery store — so we don't pull in Gatesian or Jobsian numbers on our ledger. But we do OK.
There are other things I do on behalf of Linux: I'm the publicity co-chair for the Southern California Linux Expo, the largest community-run Linux show in the country. I held what others (not me) describe as a "leadership position" in the Fedora Project, including serving as an Ambassador mentor. These days, I primarily work with a distro called CrunchBang, a Debian derivative, which I find provides the best Linux experience for any user choosing to try it.
I also write this blog, "Larry the Free Software Guy," and its distro-specific sibling, "Larry the CrunchBang Guy." The former is commentary on FOSS issues of the day, written with what I hope is always a high degree of insight and humor.
That may not be enough, but that will have to do. I also have a family — my daughter, now 14, has been giving Linux presentations for two years as well — and a full-time job, so I make no apologies if this does not clear the proverbial high bar set for Collaboration Summit admission.
Again, I don't mind if you want to give the pass to the summit to someone you think is more deserving — and there are thousands of folks out there in the FOSS world who are more deserving than me. I get that, and I would completely agree. But you should know that I'm not your standard-issue casual Linux user, either.
Oh, and one more thing, Linux Foundation: Thanks for all the great work you do.
[EPILOGUE: The address firstname.lastname@example.com — which is included in the email sent with the rejection as a link at which to appeal the Linux Foundation's decision — does not work, and I have the bounced e-mails to prove it. Is it firstname.lastname@example.com maybe? Maybe.]
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and develops business software at Redwood Digital Research, a consultancy that provides FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment.)
Mea maxima culpa
Yes, I know LinuxCon has come and gone, and I think they've got the publicity thing covered, especially with the 20-year thing, the gala party, and with Linus being there and all. The buzz is still going, and that's good. But if you're going to a Linux show, make it the Ohio LinuxFest in September. Bradley Kuhn and Cathy Malmrose are keynoting — along with Jon "maddog" Hall — so you'll not want to miss that (especially Cathy — Go ZaReason!).
My friend Amber Graner, an editor at Ubuntu User magazine, took Jim Zemlin out to the woodshed over the topic of yesterday's blog item, saying yesterday in a Google+ post to me:
"I take issue with leaders in the community using the word 'idiot' to describe users who don't give back. While I realize the article was pointing to business at first glance the casual end user may think, 'I use Linux but I'm not giving back yet?' 'Am I an idiot because I don't know how or where my skills are needed?' But maybe that's just me reading everything through the lens of an end user. I think this message could have been conveyed differently without the use of name calling."
Granted, I'm not a "leader in the community," but I'm sure this scolding was levelled at me as well. That's OK, because Amber is right, and I'll apologize before I clarify.
Mea culpa, folks.
The word "idiot" is a little over-the-top in this case. "Myopic" may have been a better choice for Jim Zemlin in the Network World article quote and, afterward, for me in my blog item. Though "Don't be myopic" doesn't roll off the tongue as easily, it's probably more accurate. Also, while I agree with the sentiment behind Jim Zemlin's quote, this sentiment is generally reserved for those who, for all intents and purposes, have been around for awhile and freeload on the FOSS paradigm's dime.
Amber is right about the use of harsh words intimidating end users, putting them on the defensive; especially new users. I can't speak for Jim Zemlin, but I think his quote was aimed at business users of Linux and I don't think he meant to call out new users who have yet to contribute. Speaking for myself, it was not my intention to be off-putting; rather, I had hoped that my item would be a rallying cry to volunteer. To paraphrase John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your distro can do for you — ask what you can do for your distro."
The reason I wrote my blog item yesterday was to point out there is a lot to be done and, with an increasing user base, hopefully a lot more people to do it.
If you've been using Linux and FOSS for awhile and are comfortable in some area — graphics, documentation, "people" stuff — then step up. If you're a new user and you don't know where to go, take your time to get your proverbial feet wet in Linux and FOSS and, more importantly, get used to what's generally known as "the community." With the exception of some "bad apples" you'll encounter from time to time (mostly in Internet Relay Chat, or IRC, channels), most people in the community are willing and able to help you along.
One thing new users can do immediately is file bug reports when you find something wrong or when you find a glitch in a program. Most distros have a vehicle — Bugzilla or something along those lines — where you can point this out. Try to be as complete as possible in your description, but if you feel you must contribute right away, that would be a good place to start.
Also, as Juan Rodriguez commented in the last blog, you can always donate money to those distros and/or FOSS programs that have a mechanism to collect donations (usually, there's a "donate" button on their site). That's always a useful resource.
So contribute where you can, how you can, when you can.
You'd be myopic not to.
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Don't be an idiot
Yes, I know LinuxCon has come and gone, and I think they've got the publicity thing covered, especially with the 20-year thing, the gala party, and with Linus being there and all. The buzz is still going, and that's good. But if you're going to a Linux show, make it the Ohio LinuxFest in September. Bradley Kuhn and Cathy Malmrose are keynoting — along with Jon "maddog" Hall — so you'll not want to miss that (especially Cathy — Go ZaReason!).
Jim Zemlin of the Linux Foundation is not one to mince words. In an article on the Network World website by Julie Bort, Zemlin says that while there is no longer a moral imperative to contribute to open source software — something I will take issue with later — he says the following: On the issue contributing back, "[It's] not the right thing to do because of some moral issue or because we say you should do it. It's because you are an idiot if you don't. You're an idiot because the whole reason you're using open source is to collectively share in development and collectively maintain the software. Let me tell you, maintaining your own version of Linux ain't cheap, and it ain't easy."
Veiled or unveiled, this has been interpreted — as outlined later in the article — as a swipe at Canonical/Ubnutu and their much-documented lack of technical contributions back to the Linux kernel and FOSS. Incidentally, Zemlin also makes the point that he's not calling out Canonical with this quote: "Just to be clear, Canonical staff, engineers, management are not idiots. They get open source well and as they grow, I think it will be in their business interests to give back," Zemlin said.
We're not going to go there today, either, except to say this: Canonical/Ubuntu has done an outstanding job in marketing Ubuntu, and there has never been an argument that they have done most for getting Linux in people's hands.
While I agree with Zemlin on non-contributors being idiots, the issue I have with him is this quote on the "moral issue" of contributing back. He seems to think is no longer important, and in another quote he says: "It doesn't matter. I don't care if anyone contributes back." He may be talking about businesses here, but it's unclear. For the sake of argument, let's say he's not talking about businesses — just in case — and that he doesn't care if anyone contributes back.
That's going to be a bit of a problem. On an ethical and moral plane, there is always an obligation to give back something for getting something.
At the risk of being branded a communist, Karl Marx comes into play here: "From each according to their ability, to each according to their need."
Everyone who uses Linux and FOSS gets from each "according to their need," and conversely everyone who uses Linux and FOSS should contribute back "according to their ability." While the Linux kernel is the domain of programmers, and they seem to be covered in this regard, there are thousands of other ways to help out in the distros and/or FOSS programs that you use. Distros and FOSS projects can always use help; some of you are already contributing to your chosen distro or software.
If so, thanks.
If not, then why not?
Can't program? Neither can I, which is why I don't contribute in that area — I want distros and FOSS programs to actually work.
Can you put words together to make sense, complete with subject-verb agreement? Help out with documentation.
Artistically inclined? Help out with graphics and design.
Are you a "people person"? Distros like Fedora, OpenSUSE and Ubuntu have ambassador-type communities that promote their distros, and other FOSS programs may have the same kind of programs as well.
Most distros — like Fedora, OpenSUSE, Ubuntu and others — would welcome your help and have things you can do. Same with FOSS programs like LibreOffice. You know what you use, and you can reach them through their Web sites.
The fact is there is a lot to be done and, chances are, you're the one who can help out.
You'd be an idiot not to.
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The State Bar of California named Harry Sondheim, '57, as the inaugural recipient of the award, which will bear Mr. Sondheim's name. Created in 2010, the Harry B. Sondheim Professional Responsibility Award will be given every three years to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the development of attorney professional responsibility standards in the state of California.
As noted on the State Bar of California web site, "Mr. Sondheim's individual long-term contribution to the development of California's professional responsibility standards is exemplary and laudable. The Rules of Professional Conduct developed by the Commission and the ethics opinions issued by COPRAC have been greatly influenced by his personal commitment to lawyer competence and public protection and the designation of the new award as the "Harry B. Sondheim Award" gives due recognition of his invaluable contribution to the State Bar and to the legal profession in California."


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Angry Birds Space! Rovio have never been a company that rests on it's laurels and that doesn't appear to be changing as only a few days after they launched their leading brand on Facebook, that they teased their millions of avid followers with a teaser of Angry Birds Space. Little is known about what this brand new version of Angry … Read More
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Edinburgh, U.K. – Kevin Ng Games today updated iPhone game Kick Flick 2010, adding iPad and iPhone 4 Retina Display support, free to existing users. Kick Flick 2010 is the first game to offer support for both HD devices in the same app at the lowest App Store price of $0.99. Kick Flick 2010 is a soccer game in which … Read More
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My little brother has finally arrived. He's actually been around a while, but I haven't had time to write in my diary cause being a good boy has taken so much of my time and energy. Brother Pugsly keeps a close eye on me cause he says we have to be extra good to help out Mommy & Daddy since they have their hands full with our new baby brother. He seems okay so I think I'll let him stay. Lately it seems I've been able to make him laugh - not sure how, but when I'm around he laughs. I just walk around and wag my tail and sniff his feet and that little guy goes BONKERS with laughter. It's been so much fun. Hopefully soon he'll be able to run around with us in the backyard and then we can really be playmates!
Everyone has been giving my mommy and daddy congratulations for our recent news that we're having a baby. Brother Pugsly says this is great news but I'm not so sure. I think babies are like those little things that come over now and then and bang things around and fall down and try to hit me. I always run away and they always chase me. I don't know why brother doesn't run. I try to hide by him but when those little things come, he just stands there while I try to get outta there!
Mommy, Daddy and brother are so excited. I guess I'm excited too cause now it's my turn to be a big brother like brother has been to me.
My big brother Pugsly said that the new year means we have to make some resolutions. I didn't know what that meant so he said that it means you have to make some promises to yourself about some stuff you will do this year. He said he wants to lose some weight - YEAH RIGHT! heehee. Here are my resolutions:
* Stop biting my brother's legs when we play
* Stop biting my brother's tail when we play
* Stop kicking brother out from his food dish and stealing his food (though if he wants to lose weight you'd think I was doing him a favor, my Mom & Dad always get mad so I'll stop .. or try to stop)
* Be less crazy
* Stop pee-ing in the house
* Stop pee-ing in the house
* Stop pee-ing in the house
* Stop pee-ing in the house
* Stop pee-ing in the house
The last one is a big one so I thought I'd include it a few times.
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Changing leaves aren't just for New England. The Deep South has its own share of striking fall colors to view. One of the best places to see these colors is central Alabama's Oak Mountain State Park.
For just $3 per person, leaf peepers can enjoy a colorful fall weekend of hiking or camping in the park. The peak times to experience the bright colors are from late October into November.
Encompassing 9,940 acres, Oak Mountain State Park is the largest state park in the state and is home to the state's largest wildlife rehabilitation center.


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There are several things that many of us fear will be in a long list our grandchildren draw up of 'how could you possibly have let that happen'? Cooking the planet with fossil fuels and presiding over a massive extinction of our fellow creatures will, I am sure, be there. So will be our squandering an incredible class of life-saving medicines, antibiotics, unless we act fast to save them.
This is the first time MRSA of livestock origin has been found in British pig meat. The findings add to the growing evidence that overuse of antibiotics in farming is contributing to resistance in life-threatening infections in humans, and supports the call for urgent action to address inappropriate use in farming.


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The Rocktagon – 650 North vs Heartist
Another battle rages on in The Rocktagon! Listen to these songs and vote for the song you like best. It's 650 North vs Heartist
Listen to both songs and then vote often for the song you like best. The deadline to vote is 5pm Central Wednesday. Remember, your votes determine the winner. The winning band, who stays in the Rocktagon, will be announced Wednesday night at 6pm and then we'll find out who the next challenger will be. The Rocktagon battle is brought to you by Unspoken Art Studio and Custom Tattooing.
Heartist – "Pressure Point"
Heartist hails from Orange County, California and are coming out with their debut album this year via Roadrunner Records. Watch their new video for "Pressure Point" here: www.bit.ly/1l2o7eK , and check out the band on Facebook here.
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650 North – "Radio Gods"
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Q: Do supplements of B vitamins really help people who are nervous or low on energy?
A: Supplements can legally carry claims about how a nutrient is linked to structures or functions in the body, but these claims don't always mean what consumers assume. Vitamins B-12 and B-1 (thiamin) are important for healthy nerve cells that send messages to the brain, allowing us to see, smell and move. However, that does not mean that boosting these vitamins offers any help to people who feel nervous. Likewise, we need several B vitamins for metabolic processes that convert the food we eat into energy. If your diet is low in B vitamins, therefore, you may feel less fatigued if you boost consumption of these vitamins. Other people, such as those who have had certain kinds of digestive tract surgery or disease (such as celiac disease or Crohn's) or who take medications (like some peptic ulcer meds or metformin), may not absorb the B-12 they need despite adequate intake. Because about 10-30 percent of adults over age 50 have reduced stomach acid that splits food's vitamin B-12 into an absorbable form, they are advised to take a B-12 supplement. However, once needs are met, research suggests that adding more does not improve energy level. If you are low on energy because of lack of sleep, over-zealous calorie-cutting, a poor diet low in other nutrients, a sedentary lifestyle or too much work or stress, you need to address the real problem to resolve your energy shortage.
Q: How can I be sure my baby is getting enough from breastfeeding? My mother keeps telling me I should "supplement" with formula, too.
A: In most cases, experts advise not to feed a baby formula while getting breastfeeding established, because this can decrease baby's demand for breast milk and end up reducing mother's milk supply. Ask your baby's doctor if your baby is growing at a healthy rate. It is quite normal for babies to lose weight during the first week after birth, but then should be consistently gaining. Growth rate of breastfed babies is typically a bit slower than that of babies fed only formula, and research now suggests this may be a healthier pattern. For the first few days, mothers produce thick, immune-boosting colostrum rather than regular milk. After that, expect your baby to wet five to six disposable, or six to eight cloth, diapers daily. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, besides the number of wet diapers, another sign that your baby is getting enough milk is acting satisfied after each feeding. At first, your baby may have two to over five bowel movements daily, but then it is quite normal to reduce to two or fewer daily. Feed your baby as often as he or she wants to feed, which will change with growth spurts, but is usually at least eight times a day. Let your baby nurse until satisfied, often 10 to 20 minutes per breast. Your body produces breast milk based on demand, so if you think your baby needs more milk, boost production by adding extra feeding times daily. Also, make sure you are getting adequate rest and drinking enough water. And not only does smoking let harmful chemicals into your breast milk, it also reduces your milk supply; so if you've been a smoker, this is a fabulous reason to quit. If you have questions, or think your baby is having trouble getting the hang of this, contact a lactation (breastfeeding) consultant at your local hospital or the La Leche league in your community or online.
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text: First time posting on here and today I purchased my first pistol. Have always had shotguns and decided it was time to purchase me an early Christmas gift. Hope i made the right decision, since the Glocks (22 and 23) just did not feel right to me and decided on a Springfield XDM .40 caliber with a 4.5" barrel. Now it's time to hit the range and get more familiar with it. Was thinking about getting night sites and maybe a laser also and wanted your opinions on which would be best to get out of them.


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Bakhtin wins IBO title in Russia
By Mike Angel Lopez
In a cold freezing night in Moscow, Russian Alexnader "Knight Alexander" Bakhtin (30-0, 11 KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision against tough Filipino fighter Rolie "Gasolina" Gasca (19-3, 5 KOs) in a clash for the vacant IBO world super bantamweight title fight on Tuesday at the Varshavka Sky.
In the co-main event, Russian lightweight Eduard Troyanovsky (12-0, 9 KOs) came with in a huge height and reach advantage and used it to his advantage to keep tough Filipino Joseph Von Minoza (14-0, 6 KOs) at a distance. Minoza went toe to toe with the lanky Russian in a good action packed fight with Minoza landing some big shots, but in the 6th and 7th rounds, Troyanovsky took control of the fight, and Team Minoza thought he had enough and decided to not come out for the 8th round. Troyanovsky is the new PABA beltholder.


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For three years, Pat Murphy called on Ike Davis to do pretty much everything.
The first baseman/outfielder/pitcher was one of the very best to ever play for Murphy at Arizona State. He never hit worse than .329 in a season, homered 33 times over three seasons and logged more than 70 career innings as a pitcher.
Davis and his former skipper reunited Tuesday night at Kino Stadium in a situation that seemed unfathomable a season ago.
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Product PerksTM ProductPerks.com is now on Twitter: @ProductPerks
Recent posts there have been about usability of websites, with specific links and examples. I'm interested to see where it goes. Look for some links to good facilitation tools for teambuilding and organizing sometime soon.
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text: I have a chance to buy a 1958 series 63 two dr. hardtop for $19K. The car is in excellent condition--including paint, body, chrome, interior, undercarriage and engine (everything). It's a really nice car in a #2 condition. I'm no Cadillac expert but like the car--is this a fair price or a good deal or too much? Thanks!


text: I have a '96 140k mi, jetta 2.0. It has been doing funny things for a while and I have tried to figure out how to change the fluid. At first it was jerking but now it's having a very hard time taking off in first gear , it just slips, but reverse is fine. I just descovered yesterday that the first owner broke the fill cap and it has been leaking! I found directions online to cange the fluid and called the local dealer so see if they could do it and they told me that it was a very bad thing to do cause it had "lifetime oil", I knew this was a lie. I need to do something Can anyone give me some help?


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[PREVIEW] The 2014 edition of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup -- with a record field of 80 teams -- begins on Wednesday with eight first-round games, all involving amateur teams. Here are three games to follow.
U.S. Open Cup: Schedule
DETROIT CITY FC-RWB ADRIA. The Detroit City FC model is
hot, and helping fuel the growth in the NPSL, which has 71 teams in 2014, up from 57 a year ago. Le Rouge was founded by a group of five soccer fanatics intent on building a community team. DCFC
averaged 1,800 fans a game in 2013 and almost doubled the number of season-ticket packages for this season as of a month ago. Most of the players hail from local universities. Two went on to sign with
MLS clubs in 2014: Adam Bedell and Fabio Pereira.
Founded in 1959
by Croatian immigrants devoted to promoting Croatian culture during the era of Communist Yugoslavia, RWB Adria (named after the Adriatic Sea) is the third oldest club entered in this year's Open Cup
after Schwaben AC, another Chicago club founded in 1926, and New York Greek American Atlas, founded in 1941. Adria, whose former players include the late Portuguese star Eusebio, plays in Chicago's National Soccer League, which it currently leads. The 2011 U.S. Amateur Cup champion will be making its fourth appearance in the current version of the Open
Cup. Its roster includes players who hail from eight different countries.
Venue: Stevenson High School in Livonia, Mich. (7 p.m. ET)
VENTURA COUNTY FUSION-CD AGUILUCHOS USA. It's one of the traditional powers of the PDL against a relative newcomer
from the NPSL. Founded in 2007 and PDL champion in 2009, the Fusion has made the PDL playoffs each of the last five seasons. Its alumni include such current MLS players as Chance Myers, Andy Rose and Eric Avila. Five former Fusion players were drafted into the 2014 SuperDraft,
including midfielder JJ Koval, who is starting for the San Jose Earthquakes.
Ventura County beat Southern California's FC Hasental in the first
round of the 2013 Open Cup and faces another California NPSL team in the first round in 2014. CD Aguiluchos USA is a Salvadoran version of Chivas USA, modeled after Salvadoran powerhouse Aguila. Its
roster includes former La Selecta star Rudis Corrales, who scored against the USA in the 2010 friendly that would be one of the four international games
match-fixing charges were centered around. (Twenty Salvadorans, Corrales not among them, received bans ranging from six months to life.) Aguiluchos plays its home games at Raimondi Park, in the
industrial section of Oakland.
Venue: Ventura College Sportsplex in Ventura, Mich. (7 p.m. PT)
WESTERN MASS PIONEERS-MASS PREMIER SOCCER. Pro soccer in Western Massachusetts dates back almost 50 years to Ludlow Lusitano of the old ASL. Lusitano
Stadium, built in 1918, is one of the oldest soccer stadiums in the United States. The Pioneers entered the USL system in 1998 and were one of the league's top teams at the third division level,
winning the D3 Pro League championship in 1999 and finishing second in the USL Second Division in 2005. This is the eighth time that the Pioneers, now members of the PDL, have qualified for the Open
Cup. The farthest they have advanced is the third round in 2005 when they lost to the Chicago Fire at Lusitano Stadium.
Mass Premier Soccer beat New York's Lansdowne Bhoys in
the USASA Region I semifinals to qualify for the Open Cup. Mass Premier got a break in the preliminary round as it lost to AC Blaugrana, but the Rhode Island club was disqualified for using an
ineligible player. In the next round, it crushed Icon FC, 5-0, after the New Jersey USASA champion started the match with only nine players on the field.
Venue: Lusitano Stadium in Ludlow, Mass. (7 p.m. ET)
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Picture should be in place of the oher Ba Bac, should we change her last name(for less confusion?)
BAO DO, alsoshe had 3 children:
Dung Nguyen (son)
Dung Nguyen (daughte
Cuong Nguyen (son - deceased)
What you should do is UNTAG her in the photo, and tag the correct person.
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'05 GC Limited Entertainment Center rattles
Hi, I have a 2005 GC Limited with the DVD entertainment center for the reat seats.
It has a rattle coming from it when your driving down the road. It could be from a bump, or just the sways in the road.
Does anyone have any idea as to how to fix this?
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i would assume in one of the places its not completely flush with the roof.i would have someone drive as you apply pressure to different places on the entertainment center to see if thats the problem.
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ARS Research Targets
|A new type of pestivirus in wildlife has been identified by Agricultural Research Service scientists. "Pestivirus" is a scientific term for a group of viruses that includes economically important ones such as bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) viruses and hog cholera virus, also known as classical swine fever virus. Pestiviruses can also cause reproductive failure and congenital defects in ruminant animals.
Microbiologist Julia F. Ridpath and others at ARS' National Animal Disease Center (NADC) in Ames, Iowa, characterized the new virus, which was isolated from antelope tissues by Wyoming State University researchers.
"While no disease is yet associated with the new pestivirus, its presence in wildlife is significant because wildlife come in close contact with domestic livestock and can transmit disease," says Ridpath. The identification of this new pestivirus is the result of ongoing research being done at NADC to improve the detection and control of pestiviruses.
Research on pestiviruses dates back to the 1930s, when USDA researchers showed that hog cholera was caused by a virus. They developed a test and a vaccine that led to eradication of hog cholera in the United States in 1978.
Current pestivirus research at NADC focuses on BVD viruses, which circulate in cattle herds, leading to lower milk production, poor feed conversion, and significant reproductive problems. They are the most important enteric viral agents of cattle in the United States. Although many commercial vaccines exist for BVD viruses, they continue to be one of the most costly disease problems facing U.S. cattle producers. Losses could be reduced if a quick, reliable, and technically simple test were available to field veterinarians.
With the goal of producing improved vaccines and diagnostics, ARS and ImmuCell Corporation of Portland, Maine, have entered into a research agreement to develop quicker, field-ready tests for detecting BVD viruses. And ARS and Intervet, Inc., of Millsboro, Delaware, have entered into a research agreement to develop a new, more effective vaccine for BVD viruses.—By Linda McGraw, Agricultural Research Service Information Staff.
Julia F. Ridpath is in the USDA-ARS Virus and Prion Diseases of Livestock Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, P.O. Box 70, Ames, IA 50011; phone (515) 663-7372, fax (515) 663-7458.
"ARS Research Targets Bovine Viral Diarrhea and Other Pestiviruses " was published in the October 2001 issue of Agricultural Research magazine.


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[26 August 2009]
HBO's True Blood's opening credits do a bang-up job of setting the tone for the show. With images of naughtiness happening in nature, people and in between, it lets the audience know they're in a different world with True Blood. Not to mention the song by Jace Everett.
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Warm or Cool tones?
I'm in a constant dilema about my hair color. I like having highlights in there, but I want them to complement the rest of me.
The problem is, everything I've read about skin and hair tones says that a person with pinkish skin like I have, with the veins looking blue-ish through the skin should have cool-toned hair. Ashy blondes and browns, etc.
But I also happen to have light brown freckles on my face---and that, according to ''the rules'' calls for warmer tones in hair. Strawberry blondes, golden, reds, etc.
So, any of you has this kind of coloring? If so, what do you do when you want to add a little something to your hair?
Pink skin (blushes and sunburns easily)
Light-brown freckles
Hazel eyes (Olive green with small rusty brown center)
Hi- it helps to think about what your natural hair color is and what colors you look best in.
For example - I look best in yellow based colors, so reds that veer toward orange rather than a blue-red are best for me. I look terrible in blue or fuschia.
When you think about the color clothing you look best in, also think about how saturated the colors are - do you look good in pastel shades or do you look better with stronger colors?
Do you look better in brown or black?
Same with makeup - do you look best in corals, pale pink, strong pink,or deep red with blue undertones?
If you give us info about these maybe people on the boards can help you figure out what hair colors would work. I'd be happy to try to help you figure it out!
You might be able to go with either tone. Another test is to see if silver toned or gold toned jewelry looks better next to your skin.
My hair (naturally dark blond) has lots of gold/red undertones that I am constantly battling. I want cool, silvery blond hair, like my daughter and most of my relative have.
Thank you so much! It's such a puzzle.
My natural hair color is light brown and looks ashy at the roots, but gets a bit of golden highlights in the sun.
I do know that I look good in colors like turquoise, indigo, fushia, bright lemon-sunny yellows, grassy and olive greens. Reds that are not orangey. But also some lighter tones like blue-gray and lavender.
Of all the neutrals, gray looks best on me, some cool dark browns too.
I'm pretty sure crisp white suits me better then cream tones.
Coral, orange, rusty, copper and peach look horrible with my skin. Black tends to wash me out but doesn't look too bad.
With the makeup, I'm having as much trouble figuring it out. Because both purples and reddish-browns make the green of my eyes pop.
Soft-rose blushes more towards blue then orange I think are the best because they match my natural blush.
Both silver and gold suit me! They each bring out something, so I can't figure it out that way either....
I don't fit with any of the charts that tell you if you're warm or cool... or summer or fall. I just go by holding things up to my face to see what really looks the best with my skin, hair and eyes.
I LOVE auburn, I agree it would make my eyes stand out...but would it not also bring all the red tones in my skin, making me look blotchy?
I'm a redhead and my skin is very fair pink. It's so pink that no company makes a foundation to match. They all look really yellow, no matter how neutral they are. I wear Lancome's dual finish powder called Rose Clair... you know what rose means... PINK! I'm biased, but I think redhair looks best on people with a fair skin and a pink undertone.
For how dark you should aim for in your hair color - do you look BEST in pastels or more saturated colors? Take your cue from that.
As for makeup even thought the reddish browns make the green in your hazel eyes pop - do those colors complement your skin?
And in jewelry - if silver and gold both look good does one look better?
Since you like auburn it seems like you should probably look for a shade with burgundy/wine tones as Ringlets suggested. And if you go for highlights they would be on the ash side not golden.
Judging skin tones is tricky. My coloring might appear pink to you but it really has a yellow undertone and I look best in an orange based auburn, corals, olive green, etc. Burgundy & gray look terrible on me. Ringlets' suggestion to hold colors up to your face is the secret to finding colors that complement your skin.
Good luck!
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Multi-electrode Radiofrequency Renal Denervation System Feasibility Study
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Last updated: October 24, 2016
Last verified: October 2016
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This is a prospective, single-arm, non-randomized and open label feasibility study. The study is intended to evaluate safety and efficacy of multi-electrode radiofrequency renal denervation in patients with uncontrolled hypertension.
|Uncontrolled Hypertension
|Device: Medtronic Multi-electrode Radiofrequency (RF) Renal Denervation system
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Multi-electrode Radiofrequency Renal Denervation System Feasibility Study
Further study details as provided by Medtronic Vascular:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Acute safety as measured by procedural complications [ Time Frame: 1 month ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Change in Office Systolic Blood Pressure [ Time Frame: Baseline to 6 months ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|October 2016
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Renal Denervation
Device: Medtronic Multi-electrode Radiofrequency (RF) Renal Denervation system
The Medtronic Multi-electrode Radiofrequency Renal Denervation System is comprised of a single-use, disposable catheter and a reusable generator.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior)
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Individual is ≥ 18 and ≤ 80 years old.
- Individual has an office systolic blood pressure of 160 mmHG or greater (≥ 150 mmHg for Type 2 diabetics) based on an average of 3 office/clinic blood pressure readings
- Individual is adhering to a stable medication regimen including ≥ 3 anti-hypertensive medications(preferred that one is a diuretic) for a minimum of two weeks prior to screening.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Individual has an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of < 45 mL/min/1.73 m2
- Individual has type 1 diabetes mellitus
- Individual requires chronic oxygen support or mechanical ventilation (e.g., tracheostomy, CPAP, BiPAP) other than nocturnal respiratory support for sleep apnea.
- Individual has primary pulmonary hypertension.
- Individual is pregnant, nursing or planning to be pregnant.
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|Alfred Hospital
|Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3004
|St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
|Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3065
|Epworth Hospital
|Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3069
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|Wellington Hospital
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Doors fight back over lawsuit
Two members of rock band The Doors have hit back at a lawsuit brought by drummer John Desmore lawsuit over the use of the band's name for concerts.
Doors drummer Densmore is suing keyboard player Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger over a Los Angeles concert that featured a stand-in singer and drummer.
Ex-Cult singer Ian Astbury replaced the group's late singer Jim Morrison and former Police percussionist Stewart Copeland also performed at the 4 February concert.
Manzarek has said the concert, and the use of the name Doors 21st Century, had been used with Desmore's approval.
"John has an open invitation," said keyboardist Manzarek. "Everybody asked him and he said, 'No, my ears (are too damaged)'.
"Then I said, 'Why not play hand percussion?' and John said, 'No way. I'm not a sideman'.
"Instead he then chose to sue us. He gave Robby his blessing (to use the name)."
Manzareck said he and Krieger were entitled to use the band's name.
"This is ridiculous. The guy who put together the band and plays keyboards is performing with the guy who wrote Light My Fire, Love Me Two Times and Love Her Madly, said Manzarek.
"If we're not The Doors, then who is?"
"Sad and hurt"
The gig was attended by concert promoters from across the US and the agency which books the band is now fielding offers for April and May concert dates and summer shows in Europe.
Densmore, 58, is suing Manzarek, 63, and 57-year-old Krieger for breach of contract, trademark infringement and unfair competition.
Astbury and Copeland have also been named in the suit.
"I'm sad and hurt my former bandmates are misusing the logo and the name, confusing people," said Desmore.
"It shouldn't be called The Doors if it's someone other than Jim singing."
The Doors, one of the biggest bands of the 1960s, broke up a few years after the death of their singer Jim Morrison in 1971.
The name and logo of the band are owned by a partnership of the three surviving members, together with the estate of Morrison and his late wife Pamela Courson.
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Top Story Podcast 5/31/11:Palin's Bus Trip, Steve Millington, Tom Luna
Top Story Podcast 5/31/11: First hour – Sarah Palin is taking a bus trip along the eastern seaboard. Also, Steve Millington. Second hour – Idaho School Superintendent Tom Luna. Some are wondering if Palin's bus trip on the east coast is a prelude to her announcement that she's running for president. Read more
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Diamond Detective FREE
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The precious gems of Gemopolis have been stolen; get on the case to recover them!
Track down the gang of criminals responsible in this dazzling FREE puzzle adventure where you can advance your career from police trainee, all the way up to chief commissioner.
Using simple controls, create chains of like-colored gems to gather clues and help you catch the thieves before they escape. The longer the gem chains, the quicker you can hunt them down, and the greater the rewards! Use Diamond Bombs, Star Gems and Lock Tiles to speed up the chase. With 60 levels of burglar-snatching action, six precious diamonds to locate, and multi-level trophies to attain, this fantastic jewel jam will dazzle you for hours!
Catch the thieves before they get away!
* Tackle 60 levels of burglar-snatching action to recover six precious diamonds
* Gather clues to nab the thieves by matching together chains of like-colored gems
* Use Diamond Bombs, Star Gems and Lock Tiles to gain the advantage
* Win multi-leveled trophies and advance your career all the way to chief commissioner
Diamond Detective is a free game with advertising in it. The ads do not interfere with gameplay.
Highly recommended for fans of Bejeweled, Chuzzle and Jewel Quest!
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Would Be A Great Game However...
In mid-game a pop up ad will appear and you have to wait for it to load to hit skip all the while the game does not pause. It's a bummer to return to a "Game Over" especially when you are a few moves away, racing the clock to pass the level. It's too bad because the graphics are great and the game overall is a fun mental break. I expect to have/see ads on a free game, but when ads appear mid-game without a game pause option it's a bit much and an app killer.
Loading issues not good!
I love this of game. Thought I'd try mobile version. After each level it tries to load something. I don't know what cause it doesn't load. I have to exit out of each level when done to play the next. Not a fun way to play a cool game. Sorry only two stars for this reason. Hope it gets fixed soon.
I love it!
Very very nice for a free game. I know it's free because of the ads but sometimes the ads are a bit aggressive. If it wasn't for some of the ad pop ups in mid game it would be five stars for sure!
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- Released: Feb 19, 2010
- Version: 1.1.4
- Size: 8.3 MB
- Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
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Italian Sausage Sandwich Casserole
All the flavor of a hot Italian sausage sandwich in a quick and easy casserole that will surprise and satisfy your friends and family. Serve with a ready-to-use salad and as a treat end your meal with Nestlé Toll House chocolate chip cookies.
- 1 1/2 pounds Italian sausage, cooked, drained and sliced into 3/4-in pieces
- 1 (16 oz) loaf Italian bread, cut into 1-inch slices
- 1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
- 2/3 cup mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 containers (15 oz.) ea BUITONI Refrigerated Tomato Herb Parmesan Sauce
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup BUITONI® Shredded Parmesan Cheese
Directions, Reviews, Nutrition
PLACE bread in single layer over bottom of prepared baking dish.
MIX cream cheese, mayonnaise, basil and oregano in small bowl. Spread over bread slices.
COMBINE sauce, garlic and sausage in medium bowl. Spoon over cream cheese mixture; top with mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese.
BAKE for 25 to 30 minutes or until hot and cheese is melted.
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Everybody loved this one!
Everybody in my family enjoyed this one. So easy to make! It will definitely become a regular on our menu. Good additions would have been mushrooms and sauteed onions.
Very Good
Made this for Sunday dinner. My husband loved it. Told me I could make it again. I added sauted onions & peppers, I also sauted the garlic with these. I used my own choice of spaghetti sauce also. I wasn't crazy about the bread. But I will make this again.
Italian Sausage Sandwich Casserole
I tried this for dinner on Sunday. It was delicious. Accompanied with an antipasto salad it would be out of this world. It was also very easy to prepare.
I make this casserole whenever my son comes home from college. It is one of our favorites. It is flavorful and easy to make.
Not that great
The combination of mayo and cream cheese doesn't sound appetizing, and tastes only slightly better than it sounds. This tasted almost like a lasagna for people who didn't like ricotta cheese or something. I didn't think it tasted anything like an Italian sausage sandwich.
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Serving Size: 1/8 of Recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 8
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Published: 2013-06-03, by Ana Gracia.
Talking Ginger is a funny app for kids where a cat talks and reacts to your actions when you touch him or his belongings. It's easy to use, you just need to tap on whatever part of his body you want and he'll react by making noises or moving. In addition, if you talk he'll repeat the last sentence you said, so this should be entertaining for kids.
The storyline is the following: Ginger is getting ready for bed and needs to shower and dry, brush his teeth and go potty so you should help him and unlock a piece of his dreams in reward, out of the 50 available. It might be fun for kids but it's a completely useless app for adults, since it's just a cat doing silly things and repeating the same actions over and over again.
Outfit7 is the developer of this app, along with plenty of other ones that are available for you to download, like Ginger's Birthday, featuring the same character on its brithday. This is only recommended for kids and babies, otherwise it gets boring and unfunny.
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One of the most remarkable developments in the world of fiscal policy is that even left-leaning international bureaucracies are beginning to embrace spending caps as the only effective and successful rule for fiscal policy.
The International Monetary Fund is infamous because senior officials relentlessly advocate for tax hikes, but the professional economists at the organization have concluded in two separate studies (see here and here) that expenditure limits produce good results.
Likewise, the political appointees at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development generally push a pro-tax increase agenda, but professional economists at the Paris-based bureaucracy also have produced studies (see here and here) showing that spending caps are the only approach that leads to good results.
Heck, even the European Central Bank has jumped into the issue with a study that reaches the same conclusion.
This doesn't mean balanced budget requirements are bad, by the way, but the evidence shows that they aren't very effective since they allow lots of spending when the economy is expanding (and thus generating tax revenue). But when the economy goes into recession (causing a drop in tax revenue), politicians impose tax hikes in hopes of propping up their previous spending commitments.
With a spending cap, by contrast, fiscal policy is very stable. Politicians know from one year to the next that they can increase spending by some modest amount. They don't like the fact that they can't approve big spending increases in the years when the economy is expanding, but that's offset by the fact that they don't have to cut spending when there's a recession and revenues are falling.
From the perspective of taxpayers and the economy, the benefit of a spending cap (assuming it is well designed so that it satisfies Mitchell's Golden Rule) is that annual budgetary increases are lower than the long-run average growth of the private sector.
And nations that have followed such a policy have achieved very good results. The burden of government spending shrinks as a share of economic output, which naturally also leads to less red ink relative to the size of the private economy.
But it's difficult to maintain spending discipline for multi-year periods. In most cases, governments that adopt good policy eventually capitulate to pressure from interest groups and start allowing the budget to expand too quickly.
That's why the ideal policy is to make a spending cap part of a nation's constitution.
That's what happened in Switzerland early last decade thanks to a voter referendum. And that's what has been part of Hong Kong's Basic Law since it was approved back in 1990.


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Ailing Farrah Fawcett shaved own hair in video diary
By Jill Serjeant
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Farrah Fawcett is shown shaving off her famous blond hair in a heart-wrenching personal video diary of her long battle with cancer that is reaching its end.
"Farrah's Story" -- effectively the self-written obituary of the "Charlie's Angels" star -- was given a semi-private premiere on Wednesday night ahead of a nationwide broadcast on NBC television on Friday.
The 90-minute film, much of it narrated by Fawcett herself, chronicles the highs and the lows of the actress's numerous medical treatments since her 2006 diagnosis with anal cancer and the recent weeks when she has been bedridden, heavily medicated and barely able to recognize her son.
Her long-time companion, actor Ryan O'Neal, called Fawcett a fighter and said the 62-year-old actress wanted to share her cancer journey with the public -- on her own terms.
Fawcett found international fame in the 1970s for her role as the tanned, blond private eye in the hit television show "Charlie's Angels". The film includes footage of a delighted young Prince Charles of Britain getting to meet her.
Unflinching in its detail, the film shows Fawcett sometimes vomiting from the side effects of her cancer treatments and on other occasions dancing with friends during times when her tumors had shrunk.
"I do not want to die of this disease. I want to stay alive," she said when the cancer spread to her liver in 2007.
"So I say to God ... it is seriously time for a miracle." Continued...


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Welcome from Missouri.
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Welcome from Alabama.
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Hi there.
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from Central Florida!
And I can see already from your pic's...you'd make a great addition to any neighborhood!
Stay alert...stay safe!
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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Welcome! from Virginia?
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The second amendment is the reset button of our Constitution.
Welcome. Nice looking collection of guns.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Indiana quarterback Ben Chappell took hit after hit in the first half Saturday.
He just kept getting up, and eventually punched back.
Chappell threw for 297 yards and three touchdowns in the second half, rallying the Hoosiers for a 36-34 victory over Arkansas State.
The victory allowed Indiana (4-2) to sweep its four nonconference opponents, end a two-game losing streak and regain some momentum as it heads back into conference play next week at Illinois.
Arkansas State was led by Ryan Aplin, who was 33 of 44 for 275 yards with two TD passes, two TD runs and two interceptions. He also set a single-game school record for completions, but the Red Wolves (2-5) still dropped to 0-5 all-time against Big Ten foes.
For 30 minutes, it looked as if Arkansas State might end that drought and earn the second win in school history over a BCS school.
But Chappell's huge second half changed everything.
His first TD pass, a perfect 27-yarder that Terrance Turner nearly plucked off the helmet of Kelcie McCray, gave Indiana its first lead of the game, 19-14, with 4:08 left in the third quarter. The Hoosiers made it 22-14 when Mitch Ewald booted a career-long 46-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter.
That's when the two high-scoring offenses finally started trading jabs.
Aplin used a 62-yard kickoff return to get the Red Wolves back in the game on Sirgregory Thornton's 6-yard TD run. The conversion pass failed, making it 22-20 with 11:39 to go.
Then it was Chappell's turn to fight back. He took the Hoosiers 60 yards in five plays, hooking up with Max Dedmond on a 16-yard TD pass with 10:04 left.
Aplin followed that with a 5-yard TD pass to Dwayne Frampton to make it 29-27 with 8:05 still to play, and Chappell wasted no time making up for that.
On Indiana's next offensive play, he hooked up with a wide open Damarlo Belcher, who got behind the secondary and broke one tackle on his way to a 65-yard score that made it 36-27.
Aplin finished the game with a 22-yard TD pass to Thornton with 47 seconds left, but the onside kick went out of bounds and Indiana ran out the clock.
Chappell was 26 of 42 for 382 yards with four TDs. Senior Trea Burgess, who replaced the injured Darius Willis in Indiana's lineup, ran 19 times for 102 yards. Tandon Doss caught eight passes for 103 yards and a score, and Belcher had six catches for 121 yards.
Frampton set a new Arkansas State record with 12 receptions in the game, finishing with 93 yards and one TD.


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Susan, Have you tried the new RD Client app for iPad by Microsoft? It's Cool! Works on SBS 2008 and 2011. John
Microsoft bought the old iTap rdp app. But be aware it requires you to buy RDs cals to be legal.
You cannot access a workstation directly via RDP without kicking in the need for RDS cals.
Use remote web workplace and you need no cals.
Hit the workstation using RDgateway and you need cals.
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but where should we enter the cal license keys in the sbs 2011 ?
This has to be widest license abuse out there.
There's no console to put them in.
So it is required to buy normal rds user or device cals as for a terminal server (additionally to the SBS user or device cals) but not activate these cals or the terminal services on the SBS maschine or enter a license key somewhere in the SBS ?
Just put it them in a shelf after buying (like the "normal" user or device SBS cals) ?
I think Rosewood is absolutely right …
yes, you just put them on the shelf.