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It was recorded by Francis Galton that during Napoleon's retreat from Moscow many a soldier saved his life by creeping inside the warm and reeking carcase of a horse that had died along the way. It is so, perhaps, with Gordon Brown. The once galloping economy, which he has ridden (if not exactly controlled) these past eleven years, has collapsed and expired beneath him. But within its suppurating bowels he might at least find some respite from the chill and bitter winds that swirl round about.
Certainly on the Andrew Marr show this morning the PM looked happier than he has all year. He repeatedly broke out in that slightly creepy, mistimed smile of his as he explained how the apparent collapse of the world financial system shows how important it was for the country, and indeed for the world, that he remains in charge. He even managed to claim that he had laid up reserves against the current catastrophe by paying off debt, conveniently forgetting that he has presided over the biggest spending splurge in history, a tax-funded bonanza that will go down in the records as not merely the most lavish but also the most ill-directed and wasteful that has ever been seen.
For every pound that has gone towards improving public services at least two have been frittered away, in quangoes and regulators, in managers, in phony "public consultations", in preserving and extending public sector pensions while the private pension funds were destroyed by stealth taxes, in diversity tsars and seminars and training courses, in "awareness" campaigns, in PFI contracts that will drown generations yet unborn in debt, in absurdly complex a paper-consuming rules for "tax credits" (where raising tax thresholds could have done the same job with far more efficiency and fairness), in unworkable IT schemes and databases, in unwinnable foreign wars, in cronyism and feather-bedding, and in decimating the British rebate. Among other things. All of which has given Britain the highest budget deficit of any major economy.
And this from a man who used to go on about Prudence.
The Sunday Times today reports that, now cash needs to be found to bail out the banks - not to mention paying for the unemployment that will be the inevitable consequence of the downturn - taxes will soar. A deficit in excess of £100 billion is forecast. It would be nice to think that some of the profligacy of the past decade could simply be reversed, that some of the more obviously unnecessary schemes (ID cards for a start) could be abandoned. And perhaps, if nothing else, the increased demands on the Treasury in the next few years will serve to slow down the inexorable expansion of the state into private life and voluntary associations. All the state snoopers need to be paid, after all, and where is the money going to come from?
And yet if all this represents the failure of the Blair-Brown years, it also provides Brown with his only hope of survival. Not just because the global meltdown makes the plotting and rivalry at the top of the Labour party look petty, squalid and suddenly irrelevant. Not just because, as Brown's people have been assiduously spinning, this is no time to "drop the pilot", or because, for all his miscalculations, the prime minister retains a grip on the detail of economic policy that no-one else in the Cabinet comes close to approaching. Though that does matter. The sudden disappearance of a leader that the financial markets know and, to an extent, trust would have potentially catastrophic consequences for the government's (and the country's) ability to survive in the weeks and months ahead. Even the Conservatives, enjoying a deserved and commanding lead in the polls, need time to develop and present a coherent economic plan, time of which they would be robbed by the snap election which would inevitably follow a Labour putsch. They would almost certainly win such an election, but at the worst possible time and with an uncertain political outlook.
More straightforwardly, though, the present crisis plays to Gordon Brown's strengths. The Independent on Sunday reports a halving in the Tories' poll lead over Labour. Much of this seems to be due to an improvement in the Liberal Democrats' fortunes following their (largely overlooked) conference last week, but the report is surely accurate in identifying a "Brown bounce". A year ago, Brown was enjoying a similar bounce. A series of small-scale crises - floods, a ludicrous incident at Glasgow airport caused by an inept would-be terrorist, the collapse of Northern Rock, handled by Brown and Alastair Darling in full dither mode - made the new prime minister's dull sobriety seem reassuring. Someone to cling to as the ship went down. It evaporated with suddenness, of course, as it became apparent that Brown lacked much in the way of solutions; but for a brief period, it seemed to many of the British public that he might be able to banish problems merely by glowering at them.
Well, the problems (the financial ones at least) didn't go away. Even the bad weather returned (that's global warming, for you). But as the long slow build-up of gloom has turned to panic, Gordon Brown again, for the time being, seems to be the proverbial safe pair of hands. And he knows it.
There's something else, too, and that has to do with the huge difference (presentationally, at least) between Gordon Brown and his predecessor. Tony Blair was a motivator, a magician, a creator of political narratives. The narratives themselves were largely illusory, whether he was conjuring up a "young country" or exaggerating the threat posed by Saddam Hussein, but they took on sufficient life of their own to produce measurable effects. It was only with his departure that the essential emptiness of the Blair project became readily apparent. Brown, it need hardly be said, lacks this rhetorical ability. He is a manager, a details man, a Muggle; there is about him no air of creativity. He cannot invent his own narrative, nor convincingly enunciate an inspiring programme. He needs an externally provided framework to function. For years, Blair's lofty pronouncements provided that framework, which goes some way towards explaining why he became so lost when he was left on his own. But the collapse of the global economy has a strong, an unavoidable, narrative of its own. For the first time since he took office, Gordon Brown doesn't need to come up with a vision. No wonder he looks so much more relaxed.
I was struck, in this morning's interview, by the number of times Brown said "the world has changed", "this is a new world", or variations thereon. It reminded me of Tony Blair in the wake of 9/11. That, of course, was his moment, when his messianic ambitions ran free and he could speak without irony of re-ordering the world around him. Seven years of folly ensued. But the age of Blair (and Bush) is now, finally, over. A duller, more realistic age has now begun. It's unlikely, in the long term, to be the age of Gordon Brown. But that has, at least, become a possibility.
Sunday, 21 September 2008
Saved by a dead horse
It was recorded by Francis Galton that during Napoleon's retreat from Moscow many a soldier saved his life by creeping inside the warm and reeking carcase of a horse that had died along the way. It is so, perhaps, with Gordon Brown. The once galloping economy, which he has ridden (if not exactly controlled) these past eleven years, has collapsed and expired beneath him. But within its suppurating bowels he might at least find some respite from the chill and bitter winds that swirl round about.
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Ok, here's my problem - some sites I visit do not fully load in the browser window, though when I go and check the source of the page, it's all there, down to the ending </html> tag. Same problem happens with Mozilla. Specifically, I've seen this happen with download.com, it loads the page title and the favicon, but all I see is a blank white screen afterwards with the status bar saying "Transferring Data from surveys.cnet.com" Time doesn't help either, because it simply doesn't load even after ten minutes. I'm running a DSL connection and other sites work just fine. I've also disabled my firewall (McAfee) and removed the process from the task manager list. I've also disabled just about everything else, including spyware shields and Virus Scanners but to no effect.
I'm just wondering why the site loads into the browser (I can see the source fully by clicking on view source) but doesn't appear on the screen...
Just some more info on my computer, just in case:
Windows XP Pro, DSL Connection, Firefox 1.0.2 and Mozilla 1.7.5, Windows XP firewall disabled as well. Tried with three different ISP's (56k for two of them) and the problem persisted with each one.
What does IE do on the same links?
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I haven't tried with IE yet as it is somewhat broken (one of the only reasons I'm using firefox). I'll try to get it fired up.
@AboyGuy - Yes, already tried that as well, uninstalled, reinstalled, made new profiles, and did all that. The problem still ocurred and has been for about two weeks now.
Post some links for sites where you suffer the problem so we can try them.
Download.com front page
MegaGames.com - front page loads, other pages do not (or load just the top part) (http://megagames.com/gcracks.html)
Gmail.com - logging in, but only for firefox.
I'm thinking that it has something to do with the ads, but I'm not running any ad-blockers or anything of that nature.
Checked with IE - It does the same thing, only it doesn't load all of the code like firefox does. Odd.
Also it does the same thing with my.yahoo.com at times, but reloading the page will let it work, unlike the other sites mentioned.
All work well for me on Fx 1.0
Tools | Options | Web features - lowest checkbox.
Yes I do, but turning it off does not help. I also tried turning off Java, images, referrer logging, and CSS.
Problem Solved - I uninstalled McAfee Privacy Service and the whole problem went away. I'm not sure why, but it worked and so it's all good.
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This is the first part of my interview with Robert Penfold, my neighbor, who is a multi-talented journalist and who has literally covered every big story in the world, hotspots included.
Patte Barham: Could you tell us about some of your favorite articles?
Robert Penfold: There's an article I wrote about a day after the Chilean miners were rescued because the Australian news wanted a first person piece about the rescue.
PB: Yes, and wasn't another story about when you were there the day before the Berlin Wall fell?
RP: Yes. (It fell) in the middle of the night, and that was also as good as when I was in Soweto when Nelson Mandela was released. Those are three good news stories.
PB: How did you ever get involved in the news business?
RP: I got started because my dad always had the newspaper delivered every day, and he always knew everything that was going on. I think it's got a lot to do with your parents and the guidance you get. We are from a newspaper family. I started on the equivalent of the Larchmont Chronicle, the weekly hometown newspaper outside of Sydney.
I got a cadetship, which is a traineeship, and I just worked my way through.
PB: What was the name of the paper?
RP: It was the MacArthur Advertiser, and they did two newspapers, that one and another called the Campbelltown News.
PB: What was your best story?
RP: My best story was when the Berlin Wall came crashing down. It was such an uplifting piece. Everyone in the world was really excited by it. So often when you're a foreign correspondent, you cover so many bad news stories; I also covered Hurricane Katrina, both shuttle disasters, as well as Cyclone Tracy that tore apart Darwin in Australia.
PB: What was your favorite story of all time?
RP: Definitely the Berlin Wall. And the celebration went on for days. And I took little pieces of the Berlin Wall to give to my family and my friends. But people were still incredibly excited about it, even two months later.
PB: Did you have to smuggle them?
RP: No, I just picked them up off the ground, because I was standing on top of the wall.
PB: Have you ever been afraid to do a story?
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And yet, if all the polls are to be believed, America is on the verge of electing an African-American as its 44th president. The probable election of Barack Obama would end a chapter in American history that began in the mid-16th century when the first African set foot on the soil of what was to become the United States.
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An Obama presidency would mean much in political terms. If the polls are accurate, there will be a House and Senate that will be overwhelmingly Democratic, and not simply Democratic, but "progressive".
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Racism, however, will not disappear. Race runs much too deep in the American soul on all sides. Perhaps people may work in the same places together, but often people of different colours do not live in the same communities or socialise together in their free time.
As if to prove that tensions remain, it was announced last week that police forces across America are taking measures to prepare for riots if Obama loses. But for those worried that the election of John McCain as president might cause African-Americans to take to the streets, I fear that the election of Obama might cause white people to take to the streets. There are black people who have absolutely no intention of celebrating in public if there is an Obama victory. We know too well that drive-by shootings did not start with us.
It is said that the Ku Klux Klan is hoping for an Obama victory. They're betting that once the flag of "The United States Of Africa" is raised over the Capitol, white people will finally "wake up". And whether he wins or not, Obama and his family will need round-the-clock protection for the rest of their lives.
And there is the real unspoken: black people who do not think that Obama is quite black enough. From the fact that his mother was white and that Obama himself was largely brought up by his mother's parents, to the fact that he has become a kind of Princess Diana figure for the type of middle-class white liberal whose contact with black people is minimal, there is deep suspicion among a minority of African-Americans. They are demanding that, since 99.9% of African-Americans will vote for him, Obama pay a "black tax". "Payback" is expected and will be demanded.
Yet despite these worries, and despite the possibility that Obama may not win on November 4, something awesome and beautiful has still occurred.
Through the candidacy of Barack Obama, the United States has demonstrated to the world the greatness of its robust democracy, and its endless possibility of renewal - and of transcendence.
Bonnie Greer is an American-born playwright. She lives in London where she wrote this piece for the Daily Telegraph.


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Trying to setup m0n0wall for the first time to try out a configuration
and can't even seem to get basic NAT working. I booted from CD with a
floppy in the drive. Setup the LAN and WAN only, then entered my Inbound
NAT entry for SSH to a PC on the inside, it automatically setup the
rule, is that all that is needed? Seems I'm missing something else that
is required to use NAT?


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As Canadians continue to adopt mobile technology and as demand for mobile payments capability continues to grow, the banking industry and credit union system on Monday announced a set of voluntary, secure, open guidelines for the development of mobile payments [2]at point-of-sale terminals in Canada.
The voluntary guidelines, known as the Mobile Reference Model, will serve as a blueprint for how mobile payment capabilities can be offered in the Canadian market, including guidelines around how information is exchanged among various parties to a transaction including financial institutions, payment card companies, telecommunications companies and merchants, according to the Canadian Bankers Association. While voluntary, the guidelines are intended to create a path to help all market participants move forward in developing mobile payment [2]solutions.
By developing a set of guidelines that all participants in the payments marketplace can work within, the goal is to ensure safety and security for merchants and consumers while allowing for innovation and competition among market participants, says the Association.
These guidelines were developed as an outcome of the federal government's Task Force for the Payments System Review in 2011, and provide definition for a fair, transparent, and competitive Canadian market for emerging payment options with mobile devices. The guidelines were developed by major Canadian banks and credit union groups.
Specifically the guidelines will benefit the market by provide a common framework for how mobile payments capabilities can work with existing payments systems such as contactless readers, which are already widely installed across Canada. A common foundation for mobile payments allows all market participants to benefit from the work done so far and to focus on delivering unique competitive offers to consumers.
The guidelines are designed to work with existing, secure contactless payment technology already in place today. This benefits merchants and consumers by building on an existing system, and leveraging the same security standards used by today's chip-enabled credit and debit cards, says the Association.
The mobile payment guidelines have been developed to be in full compliance with Canadian regulations and will respect the Code of Conduct for the Credit and Debit Card Industry in Canada.


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Dining in Temple Bar
From elegant three course corporate dinners to tapas with the girls, at Temple Bar Hotel we cater to all you could possibly need.
Experience a traditional three course Irish meal while you're dazzled with a live Irish show. The Irish Beef and Guinness Casserole is sure to impress and the assisette homemade desserts is un-paralleled!
Indulge in a sophisticated afternoon tea in the chic, central Toast. Allow us to transport you back in time with vintage fine-bone china, beautiful bites and dainty delights. Goats cheese and sundried tomato bruschetta or champagne and raspberry sorbet anyone?
Keep it casual with finger food, it's the only thing delicious enough to tear your attention away from The Match with 13 plasma screens to choose from. From mini falafel with natural yoghurt and fresh mint to beer battered onion rings, our menu is a score for everyone!
At Temple Bar Hotel our experienced chef has developed a traditional menu with a trendy twist sure to tantalise your taste buds no matter what the occasion.


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Houston Texans wide receiver Andre Johnson made some kids very happy when he treated 12 at-risk children in Child Protective Services to a Toys 'R Us shopping spree Tuesday afternoon.
The shopping spree was funded by the Andre Johnson Charitable Foundation, which he created during his 2003 rookie season. The kids had 80 seconds to fill their carts with as many toys as possible for themselves and their siblings. They were also each given a gaming system and two video games. The end tally? $19,521.
Johnson said about the spree, "You hear a minute and twenty seconds, and you don't think that's a long time, but you'd be surprised by what these kids can put into their buckets."
Johnson also said, "Everyday when I wake up, I ask myself, 'Who can I add value to today,' because it's not about me. It's all about helping someone else. And at this time of the year, there are many opportunities to help less fortunate children have a great Christmas."
After footing the bill for the children's Christmas presents, Johnson joined the Houston Police Department for its "Blue Santa" program, which surprised 800 students at Bastian Elementary School with Christmas presents.
Johnson said:
"A lot of these kids get discouraged because of where they grew up and things like that. I grew up in a single-parent home and I was fortunate to achieve my goals. So, whatever goals you have, just keep them out in front of you, don't let anybody distract you away from them, because there will be distractions that try to detour you away from your goals. That's the biggest thing."


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DENVER — Some of the victims fighting for their lives after being wounded in the movie-theater shooting rampage may face another challenge when they get out of the hospital: enormous medical bills without the benefit of health insurance.
Members of the public, along with Warner Bros., the studio that released the Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises," have contributed nearly $2 million to help victims, though it's not clear how much of that will cover medical expenses. One family is raising money on its own online.
And three of the five hospitals treating victims said Wednesday they will limit or completely wipe out medical bills.
Nearly one in three Coloradans, or about 1.5 million, either have no health insurance or have coverage that is inadequate, according to a 2011 report by The Colorado Trust, a health care advocacy group.


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To slice open my heart and examine the melon of my reason.
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I am an absurdist. I am aware that I can't help but get closer to death every second, and I don't believe in absolute happiness. Still, life can be enjoyable, and that's the only way for me to fight nihilism and pessimistic self-consciousness. I believe all future goals to leave something on the planet (Children, books, buildings, money, etc) are induced by individual's fear to die. I too have such goals but I believe that the more important are satisfaction of the present-self and enjoyment when there is opportunity.
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
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"We used them in the hallways of this apartment building to absorb and reduce noise," says Mariscal of Roppe rubber tiles. The firm also values the product's industrial look for its contemporary architecture. Made from recycled tires, the 12-inch-by-12-inch tiles come in pine, crimson, indigo, and earthtone (shown). Roppe, 800.537.9527; www.roppe.com.
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Albuquerque Events
Things to Do Around Town
Events every day of the year!
Discover the plethora of events taking place here, including concerts, festivals & more!
Albuquerque's eleven distinctive neighborhoods reflect the great diversity of our city, from the 300-year-old Old Town Plaza, to the gleaming new buildings of the buzzing Downtown area, the quiet beauty of the North Valley and the Spanish style architecture of Barelas. Each of these areas has a unique personality and a different variety of places to stay, things to do, and delicacies to eat. As you move around the city from one neighborhood to the next, we know you'll be amazed by the changes in architecture scenery, and the contrasts between the historic architecture - the Village of Corrales, and modern architecture - Downtown Albuquerque.
|Historic Old Town has been the heart of Albuquerque since the city was founded here in 1706. Today, historic Old Town is the city's cultural center, with seven museums and more than 100 shops, galleries and restaurants.
|Downtown is in the middle of a successful ten-year, multi-million dollar revitalization. Here you'll find bustling nightlife along Central Avenue (Route 66), including many nightclubs, theaters, restaurants and events. The Albuquerque Convention Center is located downtown and is surrounded by several major hotels.
|Nob Hill is a vibrant district bursting with eclectic shops, swank dining, and chic nightspots. Route 66 neon signs and architecture combined with predominantly locally-owned shops, galleries and restaurants make Nob Hill a hip and fashionable area located just east of the University.
|The Airport area is home to Albuquerque's world-renowned airport, major sport stadiums and arenas, as well as Kirtland Air Force Base and Sandia National Laboratories. There are plenty of hotels conveniently located next to the airport.
|The Midtown/University area is centered around the University of New Mexico campus and has hotels and restaurants that are conveniently located near the I-25/I-40 (Big I) interchange.
|The Uptown area encompasses a major business center as well as EXPO NM, and two of Albuquerque's major shopping malls. EXPO NM is the home to the New Mexico State Fair, one of the largest State Fairs in the country, and during the year it is a major venue for sporting events, festivals and concerts. Coronado Center and the newly opened ABQ Uptown feature major national department stores with nationally recognized brands.
|The Eastside of town encompasses the foothills of the Sandia Mountains which offer great outdoor activities like hiking and mountain biking. The Sandia Peak Tram will take visitors from the base to the peak of the mountain on a spectacular ride.
|Balloon Fiesta Park/N. I-25 area is home to Balloon Fiesta Park and the Balloon Museum. Many major hotels and chain restaurants are in this area, which offers convenient access to business and entertainment activities.
|The North Valley/Los Ranchos/Corrales areas are all in a lush green valley that runs along the Rio Grande. This area is known for great outdoor and nature-lovers' activities, wineries, farmers markets and peaceful spas.
|The Westside is marked by the peaks of dormant volcanoes and the treasures of Petroglyph National Monument, where visitors can walk among ancient volcanic rock etchings.
|Barelas and the South Valley maintain close ties to Albuquerque Hispanic roots and it is here you'll find many excellent New Mexican and Mexican restaurants, as well as the National Hispanic Cultural Center.


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Let these eight Wordbirds-for-the-Shutdown serve as a linguistic life raft to float you to safe harbor.
The cuts fracture, creating a microscopic web of fissures below the surface which provide a safe harbor for bacteria.
Let's lead 'em to the safe harbor of American renewal and the shores of American exceptionalism.
It [the safe harbor Act] made a woman who was pregnant above the law.
However, the recent bill stands in sharp contrast to what the state passed last year: the safe harbor Act.
The swift impulse swept her to anchor her craft for life in a safe harbor.
It was easily apparent that she had made a safe harbor none too early.
Wherever a safe harbor occurred a small village had clustered about it and the larger islands only were inhabited.
It is characterized by an indented coast and has a safe harbor.
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From: "Adele Earnshaw" <>
Subject: Re: [LAN] Geneaolgy sites and boards
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:52:51 -0000
References: <email@example.com><13C01904E72D420DBC37AC68E8AE43F9@Christine><firstname.lastname@example.com>
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Dear Bill,
I was not trying to be insulting and I, too, have received assistance from
my American friends to questions based solely in UK......
.....rather I was asking if there are any boards/forums which I can use
that are 'primarily' based in UK.
Of course, there are a great many folks in USA (lots of whom with which I
must share a large part of my DNA) who are most anxious to find out more
about their British ancestry.................however, the majority of boards
I have found are seemingly swamped with American folks looking for their
American ancestors, especially surname boards.................I'm sure that
you will understand what I mean and if I have been clumsy in my phrasing and
offended you, or others, then I apologise unreservedly.
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New Delhi, Feb 5 : The trial in the Delhi gang-rape case formally began against the five accused in a fast track court here Tuesday with the 28-year-old male friend of the victim testifying in court and police filing the woman's autopsy report.
The witness, a software engineer, came to court on a wheelchair, accompanied by his father.
The fast track court of Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna started day-to-day trial in the case after it framed charges of murder, gang-rape and kidnapping, among others, under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against five of the six accused.


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Has there been any discussion about producing diffs in a printable format?
A few people around work have been asking me for the ability to occasionally print diffs from codestriker. Of course the simple answer is that you can using your browser's built in print function. It even looks pretty good. But there are a few things that would make it more "printer friendly".
I think this could be done without adding a whole printing module, just adding a hyperlink to pages called something a bit shorter than "printer friendly version". People could select this from a multiple-file diff view or a single file diff view. It would simply redisplay the current page with the following modifications:


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This release should fix the ipfilter window scaling bug (a.k.a. QT
movie trailer downloads stall) again, brings preliminary channel
selection for 802.11a, fixes PPTP VPN + traffic shaper and adds
several improvements to the captive portal (among other things). IDE
HD standby for generic-pc is back as well - someone with the
appropriate setup please test this, thanks.
Detailed change log and downloads:
Note: for some reason, the rsync jobs that almost all of the mirrors
run to pull the images are taking a bit long today, so please be
patient - it might take a day or two for the images to appear on all
mirrors. At least two mirrors do already carry them though.
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I don't take being under the weather well. And something about having a cold on a tropical island seems wildly incongruous in an entirely stupid kind of way.
It makes me want to write told-you-so letters to all the old women who used to warn me that colds and flu bugs resulted from chilly weather and drafts. Pretty sure I haven't felt temps cooler than 79F since last July, during a 24-hour layover in Japan. Guam isn't cold, it doesn't have cold, and the only drafts are warm, humid-air ones. Therefore I should not have a cold.
I am sick and miserable. Sick enough that right now I'm as attached to my box of Kleenex as I normally am to my cell phone. Miserable because it's muggy and Guam-y outside AND inside because my power is out. It's 11:30 p.m., and I've sought refuge in my least favorite fast-food joint to drink bottled water, allow my sweat-soaked shirt to dry out, and wait for the battery on my longsuffering MacBook Air to die before heading back home to see if the Guam Power Authority has managed to work their magic.
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P3A question: high input impedance
While building a couple of smallish P3A mono amps a rather important question came to me. I'm planning to use a "passive preamp" - just a pot. But how does the P3A cope with a high and variable input impedance?
The pot I plan to use is an ALPS RK40 bought from LCAudio a couple of weeks ago. They still have plenty, as far as I understood. But the pot is only rated 10k. Will it be a problem?
Thanks in advance
Soeren B
Hi Soeren B,
I just completed my P3A last Friday and don't use any preamp, just plug my CD player straight in. Seems to work fine.
PS Have you seen Rod Elliott's new forums. You might get the answer directly from Rod there.
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Green & black gurdy; we made this one for a metal band who wanted a more 'rocker' look
Hurdy Gurdy Gallery
This page features a few examples of customized instruments that we've created in the past. We can also offer custom artwork to fit your personality as well. Over the years we've done everything from 'Viking' art to 'peace sign' rosettes. How would you like your hurdy gurdy to look?
Call or email
us for a free consultation.
Click here to see all the rosettes we offer for our instruments.
custom violet artwork, with soundboard decoration
Cherry Body/Spruce soundboard
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Anwyn painted this exquisite design for a customer who wanted our standard Rose art, but with custom soundboard decoration, for a Russian Gypsy feel.
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doily rosettes
& custom 'buttercup' artwork ; Cherry body, Spruce soundboard, & black tuners. Customer wanted an instrument to honor her dog Buttercup. (We're dog people too)
Purple & black hurdy gurdy, with iridescent moon rosettes. This is an electric-acoustic instrument.
This is the instrument we made for the Northbrook Symphony Orchestra performance. Walnut body, French Cross rosettes, inlaid wheel cover & keychest, rose art, with additional rose art added to the soundboard.
'Dragon Gurdy' Curly maple, upon which we did a brown color treatment with black accents and custom carved dragon's head (all per customers request).
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Cherry body, Sitka Spruce soundboard, and ebony accents, and a custom carved goat's head.
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TWO junior rowers from Hartpury College near Gloucester helped Britain bring home a bronze medal in the women's quadruple scull at the World Junior Championships in Hamburg.
Flo Pickles and Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne were joined in the boat by Anna Thornton of Nottingham RC and Susannah Duncan of the Tideway Scullers.
GB's juniors won three medals overall, out of the four finals they raced in.
The British quad moved strongly away from Romania in the second half of the race but they could not close the gap on the two leading crew. The Chinese team put in the strongest finish of all to overtake Germany and go on to win.
The GB crew did well to take the bronze medal in a time of 7:41.08.


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Can New York Times Point To When ACORN Workers Ever Offered Advice On How To "Evade Taxes"?
Blog ››› ››› ERIC BOEHLERT
Yesterday, Media Matters highlighted how a New York Times profile of Andrew Breitbart contained a key factual error with regards to the Shirley Sherrod controversy from last summer; an error that echoed the dishonest spin Breitbart has been pushing for almost a year now.
Well, it looks like the Times also erred in the same story when it suggested that as part of the Breitbart-sponsored ACORN sting in 2009, undercover videos captured ACORN workers "offering advice on how to evade taxes and conceal child prostitution." And yes, like the Sherrod mistake, this one also directly mirrors the spin Breitbart has used on the ACORN story.
When the story broke in 2009, everyone was sure the tapes showed ACORN workers offering up advice on how to evade taxes. Except that that's not what the tapes showed. It's just like how, in 2009, everyone was sure James O'Keefe entered the ACORN offices dressed as a pimp.
Except that that's not what the tapes showed.
Writes blogger Brad Friedman, who was at the forefront of the truth-telling campaign to unmask the ACORN pimp hoax [emphasis added]:
The Breitbart/O'Keefe videos showed no ACORN workers "offering advice on how to evade taxes." In fact, they showed just the opposite. For that matter, they didn't show ACORN workers offering advice on how to "conceal child prostitution" either, though they did reveal the pair playing on the sympathies of the workers, who believed they were trying to help save both Giles and the young girls from the imaginary, if dangerously abusive, pimp.
It's the same key point Friedman made in early 2010, after pouring over the ACORN tape transcripts:
In fact, in every ACORN office seen in the Breitbart/O'Keefe vidoes
as understood only by reviewing the text transcripts, since the videos are so purposely misleading on this point
ACORN employees advised that [Hannah] Giles must pay taxes, even if the income was gained through illegal prostitution. No ACORN employee ever advised the pair to "avoid paying taxes" as so many who fell for the hoax have described.
For the record, I know what it's like to make the evading-taxes mistake with regards to ACORN because I made it myself when I started looking into the pimp hoax story last year.
But Media Matters immediately corrected that mistake. Will the New York Times now do the same?
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text: On Wednesday 22 August 2007 12:49 pm, Andrei Kolu wrote: > > Is Josh or John Hixson on this list? I'd be interested in hearing ideas > > to improve upgrading. For larger installations, not keeping > > ports/packages across an upgrade is extremely unpleasant :/ > > > > -matt > > Especially for users on dial-up and slow/costly internet connections. Ports > tree should stay intact- whatever version it has. Upgrading ports with csup > or portsnap will be 100x faster. > > And I still don't get the idea about backing up user files in home folder? > What the point- all files would be on same folder later anyway... Back up > only KDE and apps configurations. PBI- installations should work after any > upgrade path (installcd/online)- if not then PBI is bad/**** and should be > banned from pbidir.com. I don't understand what you mean. What's the point of backing up home directories? You mean just overwrite them!? -matt -- Matt Olander CTO, iXsystems - "Servers for Open Source" http://www.iXsystems.com Public Relations, The FreeBSD Project http://www.FreeBSD.org BSD on the Desktop! http://www.pcbsd.org Phone: (408)943-4100 ext. 113 Fax: (408)943-4101


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Constructive review of Northern Ireland tourism sector lays out plan to boost visitor numbers
Arlene Foster, as Minister for the Economy, presides over a range of tourism responsibilities. Interesting ideas for improvements are on the agenda — and 2014 could be the moment when both policies and institutions gain fresh momentum.
Recently a thoughtful and constructive review of the Tourist Board and the wider tourism structures was commissioned from former senior civil servant John Hunter.
It offers the minister some pertinent advice. Not all the recommendations are comfortable for the Tourist Board but, in general, they merit early implementation.
There is an apparent contradiction in the current assessments of the recent degree of success in attracting more visitors and the open acknowledgement that current policies are not ambitious enough.
The headline statistics point to the increased number of visitors and the amount of visitor spending which fit well against the targets set in the Programme for Government: 4.2m visitors generating turnover revenue of £676m up to December 2014.
The existing targets are modest.
The minister is keen to acknowledge the recent achievements. However, she does have greater ambitions. There are serious questions to consider on the focus of visitor attraction policies alongside serious questions on the institutional arrangements.
John Hunter draws attention to the frustrations caused by the absence of an agreed strategic plan for tourism. A draft strategic plan was sent to the NI Executive in 2010 and, as John Hunter puts it, "approval by the NI Executive is long overdue". He suggests that the absence of an agreed strategy has inhibited the development of collaborative partnerships which could be the building blocks for future progress and has also caused a degree of confusion over the roles of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) and the Tourist Board.
Now, in the continuing absence of an agreed strategy for, or from, the Executive, we are being consulted on the proposals from John Hunter on improving the institutional arrangements in so far as they lie within the remit of the Executive.
The 33 recommendations in the Hunter review build up from a competent review of many of the individual tourist development functions across the whole range of relevant agencies. In a persuasive logical sequence, the functions are examined and conclusions reached. The analysis builds to reach critical conclusions.
The last three recommendations, in reverse order, are:
- The Tourist Board name should be changed in order to signal the scale of the envisaged transformation
- The board should engage in an organisation development and culture change programme to embed the transformation on the client
- The new chief executive should assume early responsibility for the development of the new organisation structure
The suggestion is that the organisation might be named 'Visit NI' or, alternatively, 'Discover NI'. In terms of language, the ambition is to attract more visitors, rather than using the term tourists.
With the changing nature of the visitor market, including business visits, conferences, holiday stays and welcoming returning family and friends, the term 'visitor' seems more comprehensive than 'tourist'.
John Hunter, diplomatically, spells out the need for a clearer organisation of the current board staffing. The organisation needs to be reshaped to focus more clearly on the 'destination areas and experience pillars' that are central to the core of visitor promotion. Equally, this reshaping should facilitate the new relationships with the 11 new local government authorities with their delegated community planning responsibilities. Care is needed for a complete rethink without trying to fudge the current structures alongside the new.
The Hunter report leaves one significant issue which merits reconsideration. There is a crucial need for better delivery of co-operative professional work with the (all-island) Tourism Ireland.
The present but necessary legal separation between the Tourist Board and Tourism Ireland needs to be enhanced by greater mutually supporting efforts.
This island is too small a destination to allow these sensitivities to damage the possible results.
This official consultation offers an improved prospectus on how to attract more visitors.
Company report: McLaughlin & Harvey
McLaughlin and Harvey is one of Northern Ireland's largest construction companies. The registered accounts also consolidate the results for its smaller subsidiaries in property development and wholesale distribution.
Business turnover at nearly £158m in 2013 improved on the previous year but was still well below the higher total of £198m in 2011.
Turnover improved in 2013 but the competitive margins were still demanding and both operating and pre-tax profit were lower than other recent years. The company reports that at the end of 2013 tender inquiries had increased and the order book was much stronger than a year earlier.
The company's strategic report includes not only a statement of the financial results but also contains an extensive review of its actions in respect of health and safety, environmental policy, quality measures and sustainability measures.
The wider range of policy statements is emphasised by reference to a number of industry standard accreditations, including OHSAS 18001 for health and safety, ISO 14001 on environmental standards and ISO 9001 on quality.
In a list of awards, the group takes particular credit from a 'most considerate site' 2013 where it took first place from over 9,000 sites across the UK.
The company also gained excellence awards in sustainability criteria and in recognition of efforts to show corporate responsibility.
Average employment in the group rose to 382 people in 2013, still well below the numbers five years ago but now recovering as the order book improves.
A reflection of changed trading conditions is to be found in decisions to vary the level of dividend payments. They fell to just under £0.14m in 2008 and £0.1m in 2009. In 2013 dividend payments of £1.3m improved on the recent much lower levels.
The balance sheet value of shareholders' funds increased at the end of 2013 to just over £40m continuing the improvement of each recent year. Ken Cheevers is the group chairman.
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ARLINGTON, Texas In the midst of the fireworks, dance performances, Ring of Honor ceremony and a record crowd of 105,121, there was a football game to be played as Cowboys Stadium was christened on Sunday night.
And the New York Giants, aided by a composed 330-yard night from Eli Manning, were eager to be the ultimate party-crashers.
Lawrence Tynes booted a 37-yard field goal as time expired to hand the Dallas Cowboys a 33-31 loss in the first regular-season game at the sparkling $1.15 billion stadium.
BOX SCORE: Giants 33, Cowboys 31
Tynes, who answered with his clutch kick, said the Giants took it as a "slap in the face" to be the opponent selected for the grand opening.
"We kind of felt like we were the homecoming fodder, where they could get an easy victory," Tynes said after booting the Giants to 2-0. "That was kind of our mantra all week."
For all of the glitz and amenities at their palatial home, the Cowboys, who lost their finale at Texas Stadium last December, remain a notch below in the football department.
NFL-RECORD CROWD: Cowboys welcome 105,121 to stadium opener
PHOTOS: Week 2 highlights
Turnovers represented the major issue this time. Tony Romo, who entered the game as the NFL's top-rated passer, threw three interceptions. Felix Jones fumbled away a kick return. The Giants cashed in by converting three first-half takeaways into 17 points, including Bruce Johnson's 34-yard TD runback of an interception.
"Obviously, a disappointing loss," said Cowboys coach Wade Phillips. "We had too many turnovers and that got us in trouble."
Still, the Cowboys (1-1) had a chance to pull out an ugly victory after Jones' 7-yard TD burst capped a 7-play, 71-yard drive and gave Dallas a 31-30 lead with 3:40 remaining.
The defense, though, couldn't hold.
BESTS & WORSTS: Superlatives from Week 2
Manning, who completed 25 of 38 passes, didn't commit a turnover and wasn't sacked, bailed the Giants out with clutch throws on the 11-play, 56-yard deciding drive. That he was working with a largely unproven crop of young receivers didn't matter.
On a second-and-18 from the Giants' 17, just before the two-minute warning, Manning scrambled from the pocket and found Derek Hagan for a 12-yard gain. It was Hagan's only catch of the night, as the fourth-year pro moved up in the pecking order after Domenik Hixon left the game in the first half with a knee injury.
Manning had no trouble trusting Hagan in such a key situation.
"Derek's been here since the spring," Manning said. "He's worked extremely hard and earned a spot on this roster. It was a scramble drill. He did a good job of coming back. That was a huge play. That put us in position to get a first down on that third down."
Next, Manning converted the first of two third downs on the drive, finding Steve Smith (10 catches, 134 yards, 1 TD) for 12 yards.
Five plays later, it was third-and-four from the Dallas 41, with 39 seconds on the clock. The Cowboys sent an all-out blitz, and Manning's pass was deflected at the line of scrimmage by nose tackle Jay Ratliff. Yet the pass had enough force to reach Mario Manningham (10 catches, 150 yards, 1 TD) as he ran a slant on the backside.
"If I had hit him in stride, we could have had a huge play," Manning said. "We got fortunate that as it got tipped up, he did a great job of staying with it and concentrating on getting the catch. It was a big play for us."
Another slant, 12 yards to Smith, set up Tynes' kick — his third field goal of the game.
"I scored the first and the last points," Tynes said of his place in the fresh history of the Cowboys' home, as the football from his winning kick rested on the seat in his locker. "It was pretty cool. That's why I ran after the ball."
Tynes made amends for a 29-yard missed field goal in the third quarter, which he hooked left and blamed himself for not properly lining up. But when it mattered most, Tynes reflected the poise that marked New York's effort.
He even had to kick the game-winner twice, as Dallas called timeout to nullify an apparent successful kick.
"We created opportunities for ourselves," said Giants coach Tom Coughlin, whose squad has started the season with consecutive victories against NFC East Division rivals. "My hat's off to the Giant team, and also to the Cowboys for the kind of football game that they played, too. They battled, they came back."
The Cowboys (1-1) spent the night on an uphill climb, with the turnovers. Romo, who didn't throw a pick in the opening game at Tampa Bay, said he was caught off-guard by a switch in coverage on the interception by Johnson. The pass wound up in a dead zone between two Dallas receivers — too high for Roy Williams, too short for Patrick Clayton, but perfect for Johnson, who sprinted along the sideline to the end zone.
"It's frustrating," said Romo, whose 29.6 passer rating was more than a 100 points lower than a season-opening 140.6 rating in Week 1. "I'm really, really disappointed in myself right now."
Not even the giant high-definition screens that suspend from the roof over the center of the field — a signature feature of the stadium — helped Dallas. Romo's second interception, just before halftime, was originally ruled an incompletion. But a replay on one of the 160 feet wide screens illuminated how the football caromed off tight end Jason Witten's foot and into the hands of Giants safety Kenny Phillips.
Phillips ran the football to the end zone, but because the play was whistled dead the Giants took over at the Dallas 28 after the replay reversal.
"They took away my touchdown." Phillips said. "But we did score off the turnover, so it worked out for the best."
Three plays later, Manning found Manningham for a 22-yard TD and 20-14 lead.
Phillips collected a second pick late in the third quarter, when Romo heaved a pass well beyond Sam Hurd. It was such an errant throw that Phillips fielded it like a punt.
"Really," Romo said, "I threw the ball thinking there was no one there, as you can tell by the way I floated the ball."
The Cowboys certainly didn't open their new home, which represents vision and creativity flowing from club owner Jerry Jones, with the best memories.
Said Wade Phillips, "I'm disappointed for Jerry because I wanted to win this one for him."
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Do you ever worry about your spouse becoming involved in an affair? Have you wondered what makes a spouse easy prey for someone else who's looking for an excuse to stray?
If so, then you have plenty of company. Given all the news stories and movies about cheating spouses, you'd have to be an ostrich with your head buried in the sand not to at least occasionally consider the possibility.
If you've always said, "My husband (or wife) would never cheat on me, " you're being unrealistic and naïve. Most people who have affairs aren't bad or weak individuals, but they are vulnerable at the time the affair begins.
Of course, there are some husbands and wives who engage in multiple affairs and appear incapable of being faithful—that's a different situation. In this article, I'm focusing on spouses who have a history of being faithful and then surprise themselves and others by cheating on their partner.
Here are some points to consider as you consider ways to strengthen your marriage and reduce the odds that your spouse will find solace in someone else's arms:
1. A spouse who is experiencing issues with aging and the stereotypic "mid-life crisis" is vulnerable. Self-esteem can plummet as an individual feels less attractive and desirable, and this can make her (or him) more susceptible to attention and compliments from someone other than the spouse.
2. A spouse who feels unappreciated by his (or her) partner is at higher risk for becoming involved with someone else who appreciates his good qualities and doesn't take him for granted. Many spouses who stray say that the mate only viewed them as a paycheck or someone to make their life easier. They didn't feel appreciated for who they were and their positive contributions to the marriage.
3. A spouse who is in a sexless marriage is very vulnerable. This is also true when there is a *** relationship but the partner treats sex as a "duty. " This is a sure set-up for trouble.
Couples sometimes try to coast along for years in this situation, with the unhappy mate trying to tolerate the situation for the sake of the marriage and/or the children. But the reality is that the spouse is often easy prey when "hot sex" with someone who enjoys it comes along.
4. A spouse who does not feel emotionally connected to her (or his) mate is at risk. In this situation, the individual may first become involved in an emotional affair with a co-worker or business associate, and this may eventually lead to more. A marriage that is lacking intimacy and a feeling of connection between the spouses is a set-up for an affair.
5. A spouse who is depressed, anxious, and unusually stressed is at risk. When an individual is depressed, worried, or under intense prolonged pressure, *** libido decreases. As a result, the spouse may erroneously conclude that he or she is no longer in love with the partner, not realizing that the physiological and emotional conditions are impacting the lack of *** desire.
Also, depressed individuals tend to focus on the negatives in a relationship and minimize the positives. Thus, it's easy for them to blame the partner for any problems in the marriage and view a new *** partner who arouses their desire as validation that everything is the spouse's fault.
6. A spouse who is in an unhappy marriage with long-term unresolved problems is at risk. Discouragement, anger, frustration, and bitterness cause emotional debris to accumulate that makes a spouse more vulnerable to an affair. Often, one or both partners lack the skills to resolve the problems and either they haven't tried marriage counseling or they didn't find the therapist who was right for them.
7. A spouse who has difficulty in confronting relationship problems directly is vulnerable to an affair. She (or he) will be likely to pretend that everything is okay and try to bury any negative feelings in order to keep the peace.
But eventually the unresolved feelings will surface and snuff out the passion in the marriage. At that point, the partner still may not have a clue about the depth of his mate's unhappiness and her susceptibility to a potential affair.
8. A spouse who doesn't have good problem solving skills and doesn't know what to do about an unsatisfying marriage is vulnerable. It's not uncommon for a spouse in this position to drift into an affair as a way to finally escape the marriage when the partner finds out. That way, the spouse gives the mate a solid reason to request a divorce and take the initiative in ending the marriage.
9. A spouse who uses escape as a way to avoid having to confront problems is vulnerable. The escape behavior can take the form of alcohol or drug abuse, working all the time, or involvement in an affair. When a spouse has a history of not taking responsibility and not dealing with problems, then escaping the reality of the marriage problems by putting focus and energy into an affair as a distraction and diversion is a very real possibility.
10. A spouse who doesn't feel that the partner really knows her (or him) for who she is and doesn't care about her is vulnerable. Many times, an individual involved in an affair will tell a counselor that the other person understands her and knows her much better than her own husband does. If a spouse acts uninterested in the mate's life, thoughts, and feelings, the resulting hurt and emotional pain can make her more susceptible to an affair.
Some of the situations listed above are situational, such as aging and prolonged stress, and may require giving a spouse extra attention and nurturance for a time. Others are reflective of a long-term relationship with major unresolved problems that could benefit from marriage counseling.
As you assess your own marriage and what steps to take to strengthen it, remember the importance of paying attention and giving consistent time, effort, and focus to your relationship.
Whatever you do, don't take your marriage or your spouse for granted. After all, if you don't appreciate and value your spouse, there's probably someone else out there who would be glad to step in and fill the void.
Nancy J. Wasson, Ph. D. , is co-creator of Overcome Control Conflict with Your Spouse or Partner, available at http://www.ControllingSpouse.com She is also co-author of Keep Your Marriage: What to Do When Your Spouse Says "I don't love you anymore!" which is available at http://www.KeepYourMarriage.com , as well as a free weekly Keep Your Marriage Internet Magazine . Dr. Wasson offers telephone and email coaching to individuals and couples who want to overcome relationship problems and create a rewarding, loving partnership.


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Turkey has agreed a $1 billion loan for Egypt during President Mohamed Morsi's visit to the country, the state-run MENA news agency reported on Sunday.
The borrowing is the first tranche of a total reported $2 billion Turkish aid package for Cairo.
President Mohamed Mursi signed the loan agreement with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan after giving a Sunday speech at Turkey's ruling AK Party conference in the capital Ankara.
During his first visit to Turkey as Egyptian president, Morsi spoke from the stage and urged his audience to support "nations that are aspiring to freedom and independence." Addressing the Turkish nation specifically, Morsi added: "The Arab world and the Arab Spring need you and your support to achieve sought-for stability."
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With season 6 premiere being the episode that I really enjoyed after season 3 finale, the second episode of season 6 continues to walk a great path!
Great acting, strong horror element and pure classic vampire scenery were the things that make this episode awesome!
Sookie is finally going to learn how to control and harness her powers, a good and powerful relative is on her side, Eric is trying to loose the anti-vampire initiatives that the Governor justifiably implemented, we see PURE CLASSIC vampire scene with Willa and Eric and of course, Bill as the original vampire is showing off his ridiculously powerful existence by feeding on humans with the most horrible way, smashing their insides with telekinesis, extracting their blood and directing it into his stomach without even swallowing! Man, it was the most horrifying scene on this show, I almost puked! Last but not least, Jesicca preying was a heartbreaking moment, I really loved it!
Drawbacks were, once again, the supporting storylines and Bill's ability to see the future (too much)!
If the season continues like this, season 6 is going to be pure epicness!


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October 26, 2001
AMHERST, MA - Saturday's Amherst College football game at NESCAC foe Tufts University will be audio Webcast on the Internet via Tufts' campus radio station, 91.5 WMFO. The Webcast will kick off shortly before 1:30 p.m. To access the audio, go to http://www.wmfo.org and click on the "Listen" icon on the left toolbar. There will also be a link to this page on the Amherst Athletics Website, www.amherst.edu/sports.
Amherst is 5-0 and is yet to surrender a touchdown this season, while Tufts is 4-1 after a heartbreaking 21-17 loss at Williams College.
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Thanks very much for your time on this. I have a few additional questions,
assuming you've got more patience.
On 12/6/07, Neil A. Hillard <m0n0 at dana dot org dot uk> wrote:
> In message
> <ae0fb5cd0712061423s63ad20acr1145b26bb21eca99 at mail dot gmail dot com>,
> F. Dudley Jr. <wfdudley at gmail dot com> writes
> >
> >Here's the setup I have with my current LRP firewall/router:
> >
> >static IP /28 block from my ISP (also, conveniently, my employer)
> >sss.sss.sss.16/28
> >Pipeline 130 T1 interface is sss.sss.sss.17
> >WAN side of my LRP box: sss.sss.sss.18
> >
> >LAN side of my LRP box: 192.168.1.0/24, router/gateway is 192.168.1.254
> >The 192 lan is where the Windows machines that my wife uses are quarantined.
> >
> >The Third port of my LRP box is for the routable IPs: sss.sss.sss.18.
> >Attached are machines (a mix of Linux and FreeBSD) responding to
> >sss.sss.sss.19-30 (31 is broadcast, obviously).
> >
> >So the first questions are:
> >
> >1. What should I set the address of the WAN port on the m0n0wall to:
> >I'd expect it to be: sss.sss.sss.18 / 28? 32?
> >I have the gateway set to sss.sss.sss.17, the Pipeline 130.
> Correct: WAN = sss.sss.sss.18 / 28, gateway = sss.sss.sss.17
> >2. What should I set the address of the ROUTABLE port m0n0wall to:
> >I'd expect, based on the LRP box, to set it to sss.sss.sss.18/28.
> I'm not entirely sure what the 'routable port' is. Do you mean the
> third interface? If so, set it to bridged to WAN - it won't have an IP
> address.
Yes, the third interface to the machines with routable IPs, what some call
the DMZ though I'm not sure that's really correct here.
> >3. Will I have to reboot all the machines on the inside so they
> >work when I switch firewalls, or can I just configure this and drop
> >it in?
> As you are swapping machines with the same IP address then you'll need
> to clear the ARP caches on the client machines or wait for them to
> expire. You will also need to clear the ARP cache on your T1 router,
> otherwise it will be attempting to talk to the LRP box which is no
> longer there.
> >4. If I ping the WAN address from the outside world, should I expect to
> >get a response?
> No. By default all access from WAN is dropped.
Is there any way to turn on icmp response from the WAN port? Or is that
really a bad idea? I like to be able to verify the link to the router, is all.
> >5. Do I need to set any static routes? I'm guessing not.
> No.
> >6. What are minimum rules that I need to put in the firewall ruleset to get
> >some traffic through? I've added some, but obviously have no idea what
> >I'm doing or I wouldn't be writing this. Once I have something basic
> >running, I'm confident I can add a rule to open a port for, say, ssh
> >to a particular machine on my "routable IP" segment.
> The default rule will allow all access from LAN so you should be able
> access the Internet from a machine on your LAN.
> >7. What NAT settings should I be using? I've chosen:
> >"Enable advanced outbound NAT" and then added a "rule" that says:
> >Interface=WAN, Source=192.168.1.0/24, Dest=*, Target=*
> OK. That would be the default if you'd have left advanced NAT disabled.
> What you'll need (so you can access the devices on your DMZ) is:
> Interface: WAN
> Source: 192.168.1.0/24
> Destination: NOT Network sss.sss.sss.16/28
> and leave all other options alone (but feel free to enter a
> description)!
So do I need this rule in *addition* to the one I had:
Interface=WAN, Source=192.168.1.0/24, Dest=*, Target=*
Or does your rule replace it? And do I want advanced NAT enabled or
disabled? The docs suggested to me that I did want it, because (I think)
my gateway address is inside of my block of IPs, and not separate.
> >8. What Proxy ARP settings should I be using? I have no idea here,
> >after reading Proxy ARP stuff on the m0n0wall site and also other places
> >online. LRP just had "on/off" as a choice, so I'm mystified here.
> >(And please tell me exactly what to put on the form, as I've not
> >been able to match up what people write in the m0n0wall mailing list
> >archives with the actual values that one would put in the web form.)
> None. You shouldn't need any.
> You will probably want to tick 'Enable filtering bridge' under System |
> Advanced. You will then need to add relevant rules to m0n0wall to allow
> access to / from the devices in your DMZ.
> I have this type of configuration (albeit with a /29) and it works a
> treat.
I'm trying it out now, even as I write this.
Thanks again,
Bill Dudley
> Neil.
> --
> Neil A. Hillard E-Mail: m0n0 at dana dot org dot uk


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Ear Gauges ... Ear Plugs ... Ear Spacers... What The Heck?!
Posted: Jun 06 2014
Welcome all to Body Jewelry Source. Occasionally we'll throw up a blog post up for stuff regarding our site and exciting products.
We've heard so many customers calling ear plugs many different things ... From ear plugs to ear spacers to ear gauges. We've heard em all. When shopping online for some new jewelry for your lobes it might be easier finding cool plugs online by searching for ear gauges but we don't like that term as much as you do haha.
Back when some of us here started stretching our ears we called them gauges and as we got more familiar with the jewelry we started calling them plugs overtime just like many of our fellow friends and customers. Sometimes the term ear gauges feels as a newbie term when referring to the jewelry for your lobes but we try to call our plugs PLUGS most of the time haha.
What term do you use the most and does it bother you when other people use a different term for them?
Posted by Steph on June 16, 2014
I change up what I call them depending on who I'm around. If I'm around people who don't have their ears spaced then I call them gauges or plugs, sometimes tunnels.
If I'm around people who have their ears spaced, then I call them plugs.
It also depends on what I am wearing, could be tunnels, could be plugs.
It doesn't bother me when people call them different things, because I never say the same thing.
What bothers me though, is when people who do not have their ears stretched or even pierced start talking about it like they know what they are doing/talking about.
I'm sorry but if you have never felt the pain of a blowout, don't pretend like you do!
If someone only went up to a size 2 and is trying to give spacing advise to someone starting out. Chances they aren't going to know the correct method of stretching because they likely didn't have to tape their ears to get up to the next size.


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CLEVELAND (AP) — The prosecution has rested its case in the trial of a Cleveland man charged with killing 11 women and dumping their remains around his house and yard.
The final witness for the state was homicide Detective Lem Griffin. He participated in the interrogation of 51-year-old defendant Anthony Sowell (SOH'-wehl). The interrogation was videotaped and shown to the jury over three days through Monday morning.
After the prosecution rested, the judge sent jurors home and told them to return Tuesday morning for the start of Sowell's defense.
Sowell has pleaded not guilty and could face the death penalty if convicted.
The women vanished one by one through September 2009, the month before Sowell's arrest. Police say they were lured with drugs and alcohol.