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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298012076600727502.post148255817774403175..comments2017-07-25T08:59:38.262+01:00Comments on Everyday Linux User: 5 Reasons Why PCLinuxOS Is Better For Windows XP Users Than UbuntuGary email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298012076600727502.post-41664612878745950522016-08-09T08:20:15.285+01:002016-08-09T08:20:15.285+01:00Here is for reference http://bit.ly/2bfPIqRHere is for reference http://bit.ly/2bfPIqRmaate maarehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298012076600727502.post-24151429346335707412016-08-08T12:29:30.318+01:002016-08-08T12:29:30.318+01:00When you spend too much time on windows the Linux ...When you spend too much time on windows the Linux can be lil bit tricky but once you get the hang of out then you will never go back to windows OS that's for sure. It is also not that difficult to set VPN on Linux. You can follow this guide for help.
http://www.vpnanalysis.com/how-to-setup-vpn-on-linux/maate maarehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298012076600727502.post-80163841017244356292016-06-29T18:34:26.700+01:002016-06-29T18:34:26.700+01:00No doubt that pclinuxos is crushing the market now...No doubt that pclinuxos is crushing the market now. It's fast, functional and reliable. But as I use purevpn for me. I've decided to go with Nord vpn after reading https://www.thevpnlab.com/reviews/purevpn-review/ . It really works great so far. The only minus is the amount of nations, but 27 will do for me. Pamela Bryanthttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298012076600727502.post-67624041132767730072016-06-17T10:31:55.555+01:002016-06-17T10:31:55.555+01:00I usually don't mix Linux packages if it requi...I usually don't mix Linux packages if it requires something from a different DE that I'm using at the time. When I install a different Linux distro. I use all their default software that it installed for me. This is how I learn how the other Linux packages work. And I can see if it's better than the previously one I was using. Linux is fun and enjoyable. Let your system choose which Linux distro to use and I don't thing its difficult to configure VPN in Linux. I am using PureVPN and it is working perfect. For more details about PureVPN Review visit Best VPN Provider.Kyle Morrishttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298012076600727502.post-63586395450567425222015-10-20T10:46:39.056+01:002015-10-20T10:46:39.056+01:00I have a real soft spot for PCLinuxOS. The Distro ...I have a real soft spot for PCLinuxOS. The Distro hopper stopper! I guess that the type of person PCLinuxOS is best suited to is an old school XP user. It's not a cool distro like Arch. It's for stick in the mud old timers. Stability, remember stability?... Well PCLinuxOS has it in spades. I don't think this guy has the best arguments for why PCLinuxOS might be a better distro for a WindowsXP user than Ubuntu. However I do think he maybe right, well kind of. I see the typical PCLinuxOS user as being middle-aged and up. Using their computers daily but on older kit or at least low cost/ low powered hardware. Not at all interested in new thing just because they are new. Much more interested in stuff that works, and works every damn time. If Linux Disro's were cars PCLinuxOS would be a trusty pick-up truck, reliable and useful, not sexy but gets the damn job done. So for all those people that ask for a distro for their dad or uncle PCLinusOS may very well be the disrto of choice. I think we all know someone like that, tell them about PCLinuxOS they will feel right at home. One thing i hate, its easy to configure vpn on windows xpnWillie Ameshttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298012076600727502.post-57273863767228911562014-09-06T19:41:38.101+01:002014-09-06T19:41:38.101+01:00Your logic skills leave much to be desired. I see...Your logic skills leave much to be desired. I see several possibilities for what may have been the issue, but it's unlikely that PCLinusOS was one of them. Perhaps you should start learning how to think critically and troubleshoot, and that will help you solve your issues better than attacking one distro or another because you didn't apply logical sequences of troubleshooting steps to figure out what the issue actually was.

If there is blame from the software end of things, it is likely to be found in one of the components of PCLinuxOS, and most likely the bootloader, which is not coded by the PCLinuxOS staff. So again... your logic is left wanting.

Had you replaced the hard drive and then tried to install PCLinuxOS again, you would have seen that one of two things was likely:

A) Your first hard drive was failing.
B) Your first hard drive was incompatible with the version of the bootloader PCLinusOS uses.

Furthermore, it likely would have SURE ENOUGH installed just as well on the hard drive you replaced it with. But you didn't do that, so because your logic sucks, you assume that Ubuntu did right where PCLinuxOS was a failure, without knowing if that is really true or not.

And, Ubuntu may have installed on top of the original hard disk, if you had tried that, because it uses a later version of GRUB.

So instead of trying "for kicks" to replace the hard drive next time, how about you do some critical thinking and troubleshoot it out before you assume one distro is faulty based on a lack of real understanding of what actually firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298012076600727502.post-59027841999379979832014-09-06T19:28:33.363+01:002014-09-06T19:28:33.363+01:00Security is easily dealt with. Go to the PCLinuxO...Security is easily dealt with. Go to the PCLinuxOS Control Center, and click on the Security tab. Click "Configure systems security, permissions and audit". For a typical desktop machine, in the Basic Security tab, check the "Enable MSEC Tool" checkbox, and select "Standard" security level. Choose File>Save from the menu tab at the top of the window, and confirm the choice. on my system, it makes 64 changes, and then you're done. Close that window, and you return to the security tab of the PCLinuxOS Control Center.

From there, for a firewall, click on "Set up your personal firewall". It will probably show a check mark next to "Everything (No firewall). Simply uncheck that, and then check off anything you need to allow through. For me, all I have to do is uncheck "Everything", and I'm done. then click "OK", and it will ask which interfaces it should watch for intrusion attempts. It usually has all of them checked, and I leave them checked and click "OK". Then it asks which interfaces you want to protect with your firewall, and I select everything listed and click "OK". It pauses for a moment, while it applies your new firewall, and then returns you to the security center screen. For most people using a standard desktop computer, that's all you need to do. Simple, quick and firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298012076600727502.post-89080028754655779212014-09-06T19:18:32.929+01:002014-09-06T19:18:32.929+01:00Opinions without substance are not very useful. O...Opinions without substance are not very useful. Or interesting. Tell me why it's "shit" when everything else I have tried since 2005 has failed to provide me with what I need to run my business, and get my job done. It's not perfect, but it's the best thing out there for what keeps my bank account full. Not even Windows or Mac can say firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298012076600727502.post-29031111011573819472014-09-06T19:12:46.233+01:002014-09-06T19:12:46.233+01:00You could have done what I do... installed PCLinux...You could have done what I do... installed PCLinuxOS, and then installed Windows in a VirtualBox VM. I get the best of both worlds, Windows actually runs faster, and whenever it decides it is suffering too much to keep living and commits suicide, I just click "Revert to snapshot" and in about 1 minute, I'm working again.

Plus backups are a snap, and I can create a Windows appliance that allows me to reinstall a known-good Windows in minutes if I have a catastrophic hard disk failure.

Why would you want Windows installed outside of a VM for anything other than playing firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298012076600727502.post-14491213008261353762014-09-05T13:13:18.789+01:002014-09-05T13:13:18.789+01:00PCLOS monty is a FARCE!!! it fugged up my hard dri...PCLOS monty is a FARCE!!! it fugged up my hard drive and would not install no matter what I did, it eventually put my bios in an infinite loop, I had just bought the system and a dang nice one, asus z97 pro, i5 6790, 8 mgs gskill, the works

I thought my mobo fired so I reinstalled the bios everything then for kicks I replaced the hard drive I took out of my older system and it booted right up so I though el no its the HD, fryws wasnt open so for giggles I reformatted the boot sector and SURE ENOUGH I was able to install ubuntu

this isn't the first time PCLOS has messed with my computer, back in 09 it FRIED my laptop mobo, thought it was just the mobo going out but now I have my doubts, its either intentional or very SHODDY programming careful if you have a z97 board it will get to the install then the box goes away and that's all it does, don't press it or it might mess you HD up like it did mine, and its not me I have been using linux since FreeBSD network installs from tarballs and I can install ubuntu in a flash, its just crappy coding at email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298012076600727502.post-57714579599702299122014-07-18T08:33:53.113+01:002014-07-18T08:33:53.113+01:00Actually, mate was developed by Arch. Mint is the ...Actually, mate was developed by Arch. Mint is the first distro to make it mainstream. I have a bootleg win 7 ultimate on my desktop for visual studio, and mint mate in a virtual machine for when not in visual studio so my shit ain't black :)
email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298012076600727502.post-60790665960277699072014-06-01T22:21:20.581+01:002014-06-01T22:21:20.581+01:00Hi there, thanks for the comment. I am planning on...Hi there, thanks for the comment. I am planning on an article this week actually that compares two of the best audio applications for KDE and part of that article looks at iPOD and other music device support.Gary Newellhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298012076600727502.post-42477320987821954902014-05-30T09:53:36.234+01:002014-05-30T09:53:36.234+01:00I don't know where you've read that, but a...I don't know where you've read that, but as a long term Linux user I can tell you that is nonsense. I've just put 'ipod' into the search box of the PClinuxOS package manager and it's come up with 19 possibilities - none of them iTunes obviously, which is probably where your misconception comes frommikkhhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298012076600727502.post-81654963173466031702014-05-29T00:56:08.305+01:002014-05-29T00:56:08.305+01:00hello I'm not sure if this is a problem for m...hello

I'm not sure if this is a problem for most Linux users or not. But with the recent retirement of Windows XP, I was forced to figure out a solution for my in-laws and their aging Dell Dimension 2400 box.

I would have like to have installed a Linux Distro; but everything that I had read, mentioned that Apple Products are not supported under Linux and my in-laws have a couple of iPod devices so I was forced to stay with Windows and installed Windows 7.

But is what I had read about Apple devices not being compatible with Linux true, or is there a "work around"?firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298012076600727502.post-54555205695851617972014-04-16T08:28:34.036+01:002014-04-16T08:28:34.036+01:00Good questions. I will write something up about th...Good questions. I will write something up about this in the next few days.Gary Newellhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298012076600727502.post-33823446609489955942014-04-15T18:11:02.055+01:002014-04-15T18:11:02.055+01:00But what about security? If it's all set &quo...But what about security? If it's all set "out of the box"... then what about the firewall? Do I need it? How do I know what settings? Where can I find the information? In the meantime, am I at risk? This is not at all intuitive... nor is it easy to understand where to find the information to do what ought to be very basic things. (I have been attempting to learn PCLinusOS for a few days now - I like it in that it's faster internet searching than windows- but there is never a straight answer to anything... and even the crooked ones are unclear! Sorry for my email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298012076600727502.post-4994002232978271282014-04-01T17:46:59.746+01:002014-04-01T17:46:59.746+01:00PCLinuxOS is an awesome distro. I have it install...PCLinuxOS is an awesome distro. I have it installed on both my HP tower and dell inspiron laptop. It recognized and set up the correct nvidia drivers during install, and having an older nvidia graphics card, this is a good thing. The KDE iso might be a little large, but it comes chock full of good software.

I've done enough distro hopping to know that cutting edge is nice, but stability and security are also nice and PCLinuxOS has a nice blend of current software and security & stability! Jlane01https://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298012076600727502.post-10411709002889164242014-02-11T18:46:36.897+00:002014-02-11T18:46:36.897+00:00And even point two is addressed by LMDE (Linux Mi...And even point two is addressed by LMDE
(Linux Mint Debian Edition), which is a rolling firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298012076600727502.post-48652721434093703932014-02-08T17:15:58.258+00:002014-02-08T17:15:58.258+00:00Except for point two about releases, this article ...Except for point two about releases, this article seems like it is mainly about the advantages of using a Mate interface. All the other points would apply equally to Mint, which is after all the main developer of Mate (not to mention Cinnamon). Personally, all else being equal, I'd rather go with/reward/boost the originator and lead developer of a technology than someone who just picked it up. So if the article's points are persuasive, then unless the releases issue is an important one for you, consider trying Mint.Purple library guyhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298012076600727502.post-11679636143497769462014-02-08T16:23:54.783+00:002014-02-08T16:23:54.783+00:00I picked PCLOS several years ago to breathe new li...I picked PCLOS several years ago to breathe new life into my XP machine. I found it very nice - especially the rolling update aspect. But when the machine finally was ready for retirement, I bought a new, cheap HP box with Windows 7 - intentionally avoiding
Windows 8 and the 'secure boot' issue. But PCLOS still couldn't run on it, because it doesn't support EFI booting or GPT partitioning at all. Not only that, it *tried* to install and trashed what was there. Hopefully they'll get over this issue, though their forum still recommends just wiping out windows and converting to MBR - not an acceptable solution at all (I use Windows to access my company's VPN, which unfortunately isn't accessible from Linux).

I've since moved to Mint KDE, which is pretty similar to PCLOS - and have mostly not looked back. I still regret having to do a new install every time a new version comes out. But PCLOS stopped being a viable email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298012076600727502.post-48779376713182429222014-02-07T21:08:46.059+00:002014-02-07T21:08:46.059+00:00Not at all. I see it as a good starting point beyo...Not at all. I see it as a good starting point beyond Windows XP.Gary Newellhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298012076600727502.post-75471330888903092512014-02-07T20:36:19.027+00:002014-02-07T20:36:19.027+00:00As far I know Ubuntu work best with my Nvidia Opti...As far I know Ubuntu work best with my Nvidia Optimus Laptop.hotroxy777https://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298012076600727502.post-34596571034487263402014-02-07T20:20:06.800+00:002014-02-07T20:20:06.800+00:00It seems to me you're saying that PCLinuxOS is...It seems to me you're saying that PCLinuxOS is perfect for people who can't learn anything beyond firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298012076600727502.post-89085734015028308542014-02-06T13:41:04.484+00:002014-02-06T13:41:04.484+00:00Haters are haters. They will not try what they do ...Haters are haters. They will not try what they do not know and criticize anything they do not use. Keeping an open mind is a good thing. A closed mind only traps one in what they already know. While I agree with your comment 100% Gary, you will never influence that type of person towards that open mind. I enjoy your site, keep up the good work. firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298012076600727502.post-68851116293373882192014-02-06T03:14:06.897+00:002014-02-06T03:14:06.897+00:00I have assisted dozens of Windows users in their m...I have assisted dozens of Windows users in their migration to Linux over the years, and I do agree that PCLinuOS is a fine and worthy alternative for Windows XP users, including the KDE GUI based release that seems to be just as speedy and easy to navigate as XFCE, or any other Linux GUI desktop.

The only two issues that could be deal breakers "at this very moment" for PCLinuxOS as compared to a Debian based distribution, for example, are: (a) no Netflix client for down streaming movies by subscription, and (b) the new Steam gaming engine from Valve.

Just his week I received an update notice on my KWheezy/ Debian 7.2 ASUS laptop indicating my ability to register with Steam and play dozens of latest Valve games. I have not attempted this adventure, as a 60+ plus ancient technologist with fading reflexes and a poor temperament for losing a battle with the Afghan Tali..n.

Can't use actual T word word for fear NSA will target me for interrogation. .
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Managing Work vs. Adding Resources
The June 12, 1999, issue of Fortune, contained a cover story entitled, "Why CEOÆs Fail." The author points out that poor execution is the common thread in the failure of these executives. Do you wonder if you or your CEO might be added to that list someday? Is your company facing increasing pressure from its board of directors to improve the financial performance of the company, while at the same time management is asking for more resources to accomplish the workload?
Under these conditions, senior management seems to have three options, each with an accompanying dilemma:
À If you cut available resources, you decrease output.
À If you increase resources, you increase costs.
À If you maintain the status quo, you haven't addressed the issue.
So, what do you do? How do you improve the productivity of the existing workforce while keeping costs down?
The answer requires a paradigm shift in thinking about the operations of your business. This new paradigm presents fourth option: Limit the amount of work funneled into each process to match the capacity of that process. Even the most efficient process, one that has been optimized for maximum output, will revert to chaos if the flow of work into that process is not controlled. In its annual report of the most commonly used management tools, Bain & Company states that process improvement has been consistently one the most effective tools in improving the financial performance of a company. However, every process has a capacity limitùan issue often over looked during process improvement initiatives.
DoesnÆt all work have to be done? The answer is, no! Tor Dahl, chairman of the World Confederation of Productivity Science, indicates that 92 percent of all work is in some form or fashion wasted time. The average American business wastes or misdirects work time in the following ways:
À Waiting for approvals, materials, or supportù23 percent.
À Doing things that shouldnÆt be doneù20 percent.
À Doing things wrongù18 percent.
À Failure to do the right thingsù16 percent.
À Doing things that should be done by someone elseù15 percent.
Assume that Mr. Dahl is half right: that means there is at least a 46 percent opportunity for improvement in productivity by eliminating non-value-added activities. Assume that through various initiatives of process improvement you could realize half of the 46 percent. A 23 percent improvement in productivity is significant in any business if such an improvement could be accomplished in one year.
The TCM Solution
Through a process called Task Control Management (TCM), there can be a realizable improvement in productivity of 25 percent to 30 percent in addition to whatever gains may be achieved by redesigning the process. TCM is based on the notion that there is an improvement in productivity when the flow of work into a process is balanced with the capacity of the processùeven without redesigning the process. Therefore, the paradigm shift is this: Assume that the flow of work into a process can be managed, that not all work is value added (because it isnÆt), and do not assume that all work needs to be accomplished (because it doesnÆt).
Every client I have ever worked with has had too many strategic initiatives, tactical initiatives, special projects, and/or CEO generated staffing tasks actively being pursued concurrently. Everyone works on the hottest project of the moment switching to the next hottest project when an executive would redirect the focus.
How do you know you have the problem of too much work or lack of workflow control? Watch for the following symptoms:
These symptoms apply to every process, whether it is the strategic-planning process, the accounts-receivable process, the product or service design-development process, or management processes. These symptoms also apply to all levels of the companyÆs hierarchical structureùthe individual, the department, the functional organization, and the company as a unit.
Through TCM, tasks are prioritized, filtered for value, and then assigned, based upon the skills and capacity of the resources within the process. Low value and non-value items are eliminated. High value items are worked on immediately, while lesser value items remain in abeyance.
Have you ever tried to improve your own productivity by practicing the rule of "Handle every piece of mail in your in-box only once?" Well, the same concept applies to all work. Give the department, the function, or the individual a limited number of tasks to complete and donÆt assign a new task until the resources are available to complete the new task from beginning to end. Filter out the non-value added tasks just as you do with your mail. Not all work is essential to the success of the business.
By using workflow control, significant operational and competitive improvement can be accomplished without adding capital or human resources. Workflow control must be the first step of any process-improvement initiative. The second step is process redesign. If you manage the work, the people will manage themselves. If you donÆt manage and control the flow of work, you will have chaos, regardless of how well you redesign the process.
Workflow management is not a simple process. Uncomplicated tasks and projects can be managed on an 8.5" X 11" tablet. But in some cases, long and/or complex projects must be managed using structured, work-breakdown project plans. Task Control Management can focus an entire company. It takes a great deal of discipline, but the rewards can be tremendous. TCM can convert companies from an activity-based orientation to a results-based orientation. It creates an atmosphere of drive, focus, improved morale, better financial performance, and heightened competitiveness. But above all, TCM gets tactical plans implemented, generates results, and, in turn, helps CEOsùand their companiesùsucceed.
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Most Australian businesses believe the carbon tax is here to stay but many are pessimistic about its economic impact and believe the price is too high.
A survey of 136 senior executives across a broad mix of industries by the Economist Intelligence Unit found companies were well placed to reduce their carbon liability: 85 per cent of directly affected firms were already putting emission-reduction strategies in place.
But the survey, commissioned by GE, also highlighted the unpopularity of the tax among businesses and scepticism about its purpose.
In particular, it found climate change scepticism had intensified. More than half the executives surveyed – up from 40 per cent last year – believed the impact of carbon emissions on global warming had not been sufficiently established to warrant wholesale changes in corporate strategy or behaviour. Sixty-four per cent believed the starting price of $23 was too high.
There was also widespread pessimism about the carbon price's economic impact: 75 per cent believed it would negatively affect operating costs, 65 per cent believed it would hit overall economic competitiveness and a similar amount believed it would affect jobs and exports.
Importantly, with companies such as Coles and Wesfarmers indicating they will push back on cost increases from suppliers, 87 per cent believed it would be very or somewhat difficult to pass through carbon price increases to customers.
Ben Waters of GE Australia and New Zealand said it was not surprising Australian businesses were nervous. "I think business sentiment will often be negative when a policy is imposing a new impost," he said. "We saw the same thing with the GST . . . in New Zealand with emissions trading. Concern quickly fell away afterwards."
Mr Waters said while many businesses did not agree with the tax, it was particularly important that 75 per cent believed it was here to stay.
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Warsaw (AFP) Dec 11, 2008
Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama called on the world community to bring China into the democratic mainstream, in a speech to Polish deputies Thursday.
"The free world has moral responsibility to bring China into the mainstream of world democracy. That is very essential, very important," the Dalai Lama told members of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee.
"My faith is thinner, thinner, thinner in (the) Chinese government, but my faith in (the) Chinese people is never shaken," he said, stressing he also hoped for "more openness" under China's current President Hu Jintao.
"The world community... should not isolate China -- China must be brought into the mainstream of the world community."
The Dalai Lama, who was speaking during an official visit to the Polish parliament, also called on the parliaments of Poland and other European Union states to champion the cause of civil right for Tibetans within China.
"Your influence and your persuasion is very, very important since our dialogue with the Chinese government is... faltering," he said.
On Thursday, China warned Poland that bilateral relations were at risk of being harmed, a day after President Lech Kaczynski met the Dalai Lama here.
A similar row erupted between Beijing and Paris after French President Nicolas Sarkozy met the Dalai Lama Saturday in Gdansk, northern Poland.
Apparently unfazed by Beijing's latest protest, the Dalai Lama told reporters Thursday: "It is now routine -- where I go, there is some special blessing from Chinese side."
The Dalai Lama is currently in Poland on an eight-day visit ending Friday at the invitation of Senate Speaker Bogdan Borusewicz and Poland's Solidarity hero and ex-president Lech Walesa.
A fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Walesa invited the Dalai Lama to Poland's Baltic Sea port city of Gdansk for weekend ceremonies marking 25 years since he received the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Polish anti-communist icon was honoured as the leader of Poland's Solidarity trade union.
China argues that the Dalai Lama, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, wants full independence for Tibet. He has dismissed this claim as "totally baseless" saying he wants autonomy for his homeland within China.
Now 73, the Dalai Lama has lived in exile in India since fleeing his homeland after a failed uprising in 1959 against Chinese rule.
China has ruled Tibet since 1951, after invading the Himalayan region the previous year.
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"The police must notify the family of the reasons for detention within 24 hours," lawyer Mo Shaoping told AFP.
"It has been nearly three days since they arrested him so (the police) are violating the law."
Liu, 53, a prominent intellectual and political activist, was taken from his home by police Monday after he signed a petition, "Charter 08", calling for major reforms to China's one-party communist rule.
Beijing police were not available to comment on Thursday about Liu's arrest.
Since his disappearance, more than 1,200 Chinese intellectuals have signed another online petition calling for Liu's immediate release, the Hong Kong-based Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy said.
"The arrest of Liu Xiaobo has resulted in extreme anger from reform-leaning intellectuals," the centre said in a statement.
"If the (authorities) step up their measures against Liu Xiaobo, there will certainly be an extremely large backlash by intellectuals."
Mo said he was aware of the online calls for the release of Liu, but did not sign it due to his position as his defence lawyer.
Many of the more than 300 academics, rights activists and political dissidents who signed the "Charter 08" also signed the online call for his release, Mo said.
The charter, modeled after Charter 77 issued by Czech political dissidents in 1977, called for greater human rights protections, free elections and an end to the Communist Party's dominance of the military, courts and government.
The Charter was issued for the 60th anniversary of the signing of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
It also comes ahead of sensitive anniversaries next year, including the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square democracy protests and the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Liu, a doctor of literature from Beijing Normal University, served 20 months in prison for his role in the Tiananmen protests and has been under police surveillance, in labour camps or house arrest for much of the time since.
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By Brandon Pollachek, PEO IEW&S PAOFebruary 17, 2010
FORT MONMOUTH, N.J. -- The fog of war is an element of battle that has plagued armies throughout military history. In Operation Desert Storm, approximately 24 percent of U.S. casualties were the result of direct-fire fratricide.
During the earliest phases of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, all eyes kept careful watch to see how ground forces would correct earlier friendly fire problems.
One solution, which has been fielded incrementally since 1995, is the Joint Combat Identification Marking System (JCIMS). JCIMS, managed by Product Director Target Identification and Meteorological Sensors (PD TIMS), consists of three components: Combat ID Panels (CIP), Thermal ID Panels (TIP) and Phoenix Infrared lights.
This combination, which is fielded on ground force vehicles for both the Army and Marines Corps, provides friendly forces through the use of infrared and thermal optical technologies. This capability helps to positively identify vehicles on the battlefield and reduce the risk of friendly fire upon their comrades.
"CIPs are passive emitters that are mounted on vehicles. When viewed through a thermal optic, a distinctive signature is visible that helps make a more informed 'shoot/don't shoot' decision at the point of engagement," said Mike Starr, PD TIMS, Combat ID liaison to U.S. Army Armor Center.
CIPs are the primary ground-to-ground thermal marking device for the ground force, while the TIP is the primary air-to-ground marker that provides fixed and rotary winged aircraft with situational awareness of the location of friendly forces on the ground.
The Phoenix Infrared light gives off a continuous signal, which can be viewed by forces using image intensification technologies like night vision goggles. During mounted operations, the Phoenix IR beacon is used primarily by drivers of combat and support vehicles to maintain situational awareness of where they are relative to the other platforms in their formation.
The Phoenix IR beacon is also a resource for dismounted soldiers equipped with night vision goggles and is used to mark personnel, caches, obstacles, obstacle lanes, sectors of fire, etc.
When used with the appropriate Techniques, Tactics, and Procedures (TTPs), the CIP, TIP and Phoenix Infrared light significantly reduce the chance of mistakenly engaging friendly units.
"JCIMS is compliant with the standard NATO agreement 2129," notes Starr. The standardization agreement ensures the system meets the wavelength and optic requirements for the NATO community. With various NATO ground and air forces participating in the Afghanistan coalition force, it is imperative that they be able to positively identify targets before engaging.
The JCIMS components themselves are relatively simple technologies that are fairly inexpensive. After their introduction into the Army and Marine Corps arsenals in 1995, the system's capabilities have significantly improved over time. However, the improvement is not necessarily related to changes made on the two types of panels and the Phoenix light.
Increased performance has been advanced by the optical technologies used to view them, such as the Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System (LRAS3), as well as first and second generation forward-looking infrared (FLIR) and Night Vision goggles, all of which have improved and therefore enhanced the ability of Soldiers, Marines and NATO forces to identify friendly forces.
Since first coming online 15 years ago, more than 80,000 JCIMS have been fielded for use by the Army and Marine Corps. The systems are protecting everything from M1 Abrams tanks to HMWVV and Stryker vehicles.
Currently the Army is installing the three-component system on Maneuver Brigade Combat Team vehicles in both the active component and Army National Guard. Additionally, the Marine Corps has mandated that JCIMS be incorporated onto the vehicles for all deploying Marine Expeditionary Units (MUEs).
Fielding of JCIMS will continue through Fiscal Year 2011 with eight to 12 Brigade Combat Teams being equipped and trained a year. The Training & Doctrine Command (TRADOC) institutional training centers as well as the combat training centers at Fort Irwin, Cailf. and Fort Polk, La. have been equipped with JCIMS so that units can train with the actual system during maneuver exercises before deployments.
The future for JCIMS includes new mounting methods that will ensure the panels stay affixed to the vehicle they are protecting. These methods are a response to lessons learned in both OEF and OIF. As new vehicles are introduced into the U.S. ground forces inventory, PD TIMS is planning to interface JCIMS with the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle and other modernization ground platforms.
JCIMS was once a quick-fix solution the result of a Combat ID General Officer Steering Committee directed by former Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Gordon Sullivan in 1991. Today, it has become a mainstay in the Army and Marine Corps inventory.
"For more than a decade the JCIMS has proven to be a simple but effective life-saving capability for U.S. ground forces and will continue to provide the friendly force target identification needed by our Warfighters to avoid incidents of fratricide," said Michael Karpie, acting director PD TIMS.
An additional improvement for combat identification is in the works as the Army and Marine Corps work out the requirements of Joint Cooperative Target Identification -Ground (JCTI-G) system, which would be a more robust, active-cooperative target ID capability. It is anticipated that the JCTI-G program will enter the Material Solution Analysis phase this fiscal year.
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I walked away from Southeast Drift's Land of the Great at Gresham Motorsports Park unscathed and uneasy.Newly poured asphalt adorns the raceway, as Gresham itself is a freshly renovated facility. I don't know if they have some sort of compound additive in the pavement, but the track has an immense amount of grip… making is VERY difficult for a 180hp tank to break loose. I was attempting to initiate faster than I have ever initiated… only to have the car set and hug the bank like I was going for a better lap time. The few occasions I could snap the car loose on the bank, it sucked the power dry from my rear wheels, pulling me right down toward the inner-wall. Fast.I (somehow) managed to qualify seventh, and was paired up with my buddy Dennis Mertzanis for the tandem comp. I didn't feel comfortable running solo – let alone tandem, so I told Dennis to steer clear of me… that I was basically going to forfeit the run to him. Dennis went on to take home 2nd place.A fairly big-name in Atlanta's drift scene approached me at the end of the day, and told me 'this is the next level for drifting here', and 'that drivers are going to have to step it up if they want to participate'. This bothered me for several reasons… the biggest being FOR WHAT? This is grassroots drifting… it is supposed to be about having fun. What fun is wadding your car up into a wall, and having to sit the next season out because you 'stepped it up'? For the majority of us who actually have an emotional stake in our cars – totaling it out trying to be a g-roots hero would be devastating. DEVASTATING.I probably will not be back to drive at Gresham. The risk just isn't worth it to me… especially when I (and the rest of Atlanta, really) have nothing to prove. Drifting already has it's superstars. I just want to have fun with my friends.
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The final Southeast Drift event of the year goes down this weekend at Gresham Motorsports Park. The practice event "Land of the Great" runs all day, and then once the sun sets… a comp ramps up under the lights. This will be my first time out to Gresham, and I love drifting at night, so I'm definitely stoked! Shouts to BH Design for the flyer work!


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Best Job Ever: Collecting Bones in Alaska
Imagine if you could go out walking and easily pick up something that hasn't been touched for hundreds, or even thousands, of years. Conservation paleobiologist and National Geographic grantee Dr. Joshua Miller does bone surveys on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska to study why critical habitats for caribou and other species have changed over time. Miller says, "Anytime we do a survey, we're finding scores and scores of bones."
Conservation as Wise Use in America's Arctic
If a place on earth motivates a Bar-tailed Godwit to fly more than 9,000 miles from southern Australia, the Buff-breasted Sandpiper to fly 8,500 miles from the pampas of Argentina, and Arctic Terns to fly some 11,000 miles from Antarctic, well, that place must be something special. That special place is the coastal plain of Arctic Alaska, where these birds and millions of others come to breed in a still-remote nursery on top of the world.
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By Jordan Schaul Today is the 50th anniversary of the largest, most remote and perhaps, most rustic protected wilderness area in the United States. Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), the most well known refuge in the system, turns 50 on January 6 with celebrations throughout central and south central Alaska. A bull caribou in…


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Do you fondly remember stories told by friends and relatives? The St. Tammany Parish Library will host a six-week series of readings and discussions about the folktales and storytelling traditions of Louisiana and the South as a region. The program, entitled "Folktales and Stories of the South and Louisiana", is part of the Readings in Literature and Culture (RELIC) series administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. The six-week series will be held on from5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Mondays from April 8 to May 13 at the Causeway Branch, 3457 Hwy 190, Mandeville.
"Folktales and Stories" will be conducted by Dr. Susan Blalock, an emeritus professor who has taught literature at St. Joseph Seminary College, the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, and Virginia Tech. The program will examine the folktales primarily from Anglo, African and Acadian traditions in Louisiana and the South. The six sessions are: 1) The Devil, Ghosts and the Role of Magic in the South and Louisiana; 2) Stories about "Why the World Is" and Human Affairs in the South; 3) Tales about People (Clever & Simple) in the South and Louisiana; 4) Animal Tales and Trickster Stories in the South and Louisiana; 5) Hero Stories in Black and White; 6) Reader's Choice: Swapping Stories from Louisiana. During the May 6 and May 13 sessions, participants can share their own stories and be recorded if they so choose.
Texts to be used include: "Swapping Stories: Folktales from Louisiana" edited by Carl Lindahl, Maida Owens and C. Renée Harvison;"Cajun Folktales" by J. J. Reneaux; "Afro-American Folktales: Stories from the Black Tradition in the New World" by Roger Abrahams; and "Storytellers: Folktales and Legends from the South" by John Burrison.
"Louisiana has a colorful and rich story telling tradition that has spanned many generations," Jim Segreto, Director of RELIC, observed. He added, "A meeting ground for various Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans, and as a player in much of the history of the United States, Louisiana displays an exceptionally diverse cultural variety which this program will endeavor to illuminate via the oral tradition recorded in texts."
The RELIC program is free and open to the public. RELIC was previously funded by the State of Louisiana, but state budget cuts to the LEH required the library to step up with its own funding to prevent a disruption of this highly popular annual cultural event. Those interested in attending must register in advance and borrow books used for the program at the Causeway Branch Library by April 4. Participation in the program is limited to 24 adults. For more information call 893-6280, extension 120.


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We are proud to be back for the 4th Annual Mudbugs in March! On March 29, 2014, with the help of our media partner, All the Hits Q107.5/96.1 and Get Down Memphis, we will bring the Mid-South a true, Louisiana-style crawfish boil with not just boiled crawfish, but the best and spiciest crawfish with corn, potatoes, sausage, and mushrooms. Held at Court Square Park, there will be local bands and musicians from 2:00 until 7:30 pm.
General Admission tickets will grant access to the park.
VIP tickets will allow access to separate areas with traditional crawfish tables for all-you-can-eat crawfish.
Crawfish and beer will be available for sale in the General Admission are as well as BBQ from the 2011 Memphis in May Patio Division winners, Fat Side Up.
BCB Entertainment, LLC was created to bring quality events to the Memphis area. With crawfish, music, and all things from New Orleans being passions of ours, Mudbugs in March is our flagship event.
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ST. CLOUD, Minn. (MSC) – A pair of one loss teams meet at Michie Field in St. Cloud Friday night when the St. Cloud Tech Tigers hook up with the St. Cloud Apollo Eagles in a marquee Metro Sports Commission match-up.
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Eleanor Bergstein
Eleanor Bergstein (born 1938) is an American writer, known for writing and co-producing the popular 1980s film Dirty Dancing, which was based in large part on her own childhood.
Life and career[edit]
Bergstein was born in 1938 in Brooklyn, New York. She has one older sister, Frances. Their father, Joseph,[1] was a Jewish doctor, leaving much of the care of the girls to their mother Sarah Bergstein. The family spent summers in the luxury resorts of the Catskill Mountains and while her parents were golfing Bergstein was dancing. She was a teenage Mambo queen, competing in local "dirty dancing" competitions and during university she worked as a dance instructor at Arthur Murray dance studios.
In 1966 she was married to Michael Goldman and worked as a novelist with books such as Advancing Paul Newman. She also tried her hand at scriptwriting and had success with It's My Turn which became a film starring Michael Douglas and Jill Clayburgh. During production the producers cut an erotic dance scene out of the script, sparking Bergstein's idea to write a more extensive story focusing on the "dirty dancing" competitions of her youth.
In 2004, she also created the stage version of Dirty Dancing, which opened in 2004 in Australia to sell-out performances.
- Dirty Dancing: The Musical, 2004 stage production
- Let it be me, 1995 film
- Ex-Lover: A Novel, 1989, ISBN 0-394-55306-3
- Dirty Dancing, 1987 film
- It's My Turn, 1980 screenplay
- Advancing Paul Newman, 1973 novel, ISBN 0-670-10518-X
- "Private Dancers", June 15, 2005, The Age
- Dirty Dancing, The E! True Hollywood Story, video documentary, first aired September 3, 2000
- "Dirty Dancing: Baby's Out of the Corner", May 2007, USA Today
- ^ 1940 United States Federal Census


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Nevada Men's Basketball Announces Team Awards
Burton And Story Share MVP Honor
Nevada Falls To No. 11 New Mexico On Senior Night
Malik Story scored 25 points for the Wolf Pack.
No. 11 New Mexico At Nevada For Senior Night Wednesday
Fuetsch And Story Play Final Game At Lawlor
Pack Senior Guard Keith Fuetsch
Questions With The Fourth-Year Reno Native
Fuetsch, Albright Win Give Back Like Jack Community Service Awards
Award will be given annually to student-athlete, staff member.
Keith Fuetsch talks with Ryan Radtke
Keith Fuetsch talks with Ryan Radtke about his role with Nevada and life after basketball. Also, there are some restaurant recommendations.
Keith Fuetsch talks with Ryan Radtke
Keith Fuetsch talks with Ryan Radtke on the Wolf Pack Coaches Show February 21, 2012.
Olek Czyz, Keith Fuetsch and Dario Hunt talk to the media
Olek Czyz, Keith Fuetsch and Dario Hunt talk to the media following the Wolf Pack's win over Cal State Bakersfield.
Senior Night - New Mexico at Nevada
Senior Night - New Mexico at Nevada
Nevada vs. Boise State
Nevada vs. Boise State
Green Bay at Nevada - Nov. 17, 2012
Green Bay at Nevada - Nov. 17, 2012
Southern Utah at Nevada - Nov. 18, 2012
Southern Utah at Nevada - Nov. 18, 2012
Oregon Tech - Nov. 6, 2012
Oregon Tech - Nov. 6, 2012
Senior who will once again be a backup point guard in his fourth year in the program ... Named to the 2012 WAC Academic team and recipient of the Nevada Athletics Department inaugural Give Back Like Jack Community Service Award for 2011-12.
2011-12: Played in a career-high 19 games and averaged 1.4 points in six minutes per game ... After walking on for the first two years he earned a scholarship for his junior season ... Named to the WAC Academic team ... Recipient of the Nevada Athletics Department inaugural Give Back Like Jack Community Service Award for 2011-12 ... In the season opener, scored seven points and played 20 minutes which are both career highs ... Made two-of-three field goals including one-of-two from behind the arc and both free throw attempts to total his seven points versus Missouri State ... Scored in eight of the 19 games in which he played ... Awarded third basketball letter.
2010-11: Played in five games his sophomore season and averaged 0.8 points and 0.2 assists in three minutes per game ... Scored four points at home versus San Jose State (2/5/11) to tie his then career-high making his only field goal attempt and two-of-three free throws ... Received second basketball letter.
2009-10: Saw limited action in his freshman year ... Played in nine games ... Averaged 0.8 points, 0.3 rebounds and 0.1 assists in 4.0 minutes per tilt ... Scored a season-high four points vs. South Dakota State (12/12/09) ...Made his first career three-pointer vs. Tulsa (12/23/09) ... Earned first basketball letter.
High School
A 2009 graduate of Bishop Manogue High School in Reno ... Was a NIAA Top 10 Student-Athlete of the Year in 2008-09 ... Earned first-team All-North and All-Sierra League honors and third-team all-state accolades in basketball as a senior ... Was also an all-league selection in football (first-team defensive back and second-team wide receiver) ... Lettered four times in basketball and three times each in football and track and field ... Captained all three squads ... Averaged 16 points, four assists and four rebounds per game as a senior ... His career highs were 36 points and 12 rebounds in games his senior campaign ... Turned in 14 points, four assists and four rebounds per contest as a junior ... Also earned first-team all-region and all-league honors and third-team all-state honors in basketball, second-team all-league accolades in football and All-North laurels in track and field (high and triple jump) his junior year ... Was a member of the National Honor Society from 2006-09.
Marketing major ... Son of George and Deborah Fuetsch of Reno ... Has an older sister, Rachel (25) ... His mother, Deborah, played tennis at Nevada from 1980-82 ...Lists starting at defensive back in the regional championship game as a sophomore as his most exciting sports moment so far ... Full name is Keith Seevers Fuetsch.


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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Aircraft maker Hawker Beechcraft filed for bankruptcy protection Thursday after reaching agreement with the majority of its secured lenders and bondholders on a plan to restructure its massive debt.
Read The Advocate's story from April 9 for more on Louisiana's connection to Hawker Beechcraft
Hawker Beechcraft, which is based in Wichita, Kan., said in a statement that it filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in federal bankruptcy court in New York in order to expedite the prearranged restructuring of the company and some of its subsidiaries
Under the terms of its restructuring plan, about $2.5 billion in debt and almost $125 million in annual cash interest expenses would be eliminated. The company also said it had obtained a commitment for $400 million in financing that will enable it to continue paying employees, venders and others. It said all orders will be fulfilled and service to customers will be uninterrupted.
The company employs some 7,400 people, with roughly 4,700 working at its Wichita facility. It also has factories in Little Rock, Ark., Britain and Mexico, as well as more than 100 service centers worldwide.
Hawker Beechcraft Corp., which is owned by GS Capital Partners and Onex Partners, has struggled with tepid demand for its military planes and business jets over the past few years.
"We are pleased to have reached an agreement with our largest lenders and bondholders on a solution to stabilize and improve our capital structure," Robert Miller, CEO of Hawker Beechcraft, Inc., said in a statement. "In the last three years, the company has made aggressive transformational changes in all operational functions, and today's announcement represents the next step forward."
The company said restructuring its balance sheet and recapitalizing the company in partnership with our debt holders will dramatically improve its ability to compete in a rapidly changing environment.
The company said more than two-thirds of its bank and bond holders are parties to the agreement.
Since its founding and highly-leveraged 2007 purchase of Raytheon's former aircraft unit, Raytheon Aircraft, Hawker Beechcraft has carried a heavy debt burden, reporting a total debt of $2.3 billion at the end of 2011, according to its annual statement to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In its annual statement, which was filed with the SEC on April 13, Hawker Beechcraft reported operating losses of $481.8 million in 2011 and a net loss of $632.8 million, when factoring in $135.6 million in interest expenses and other costs.
Some 350 employees were handed 60-day layoff notices last month in the latest round of work force reductions.
The company insisted at the time that the layoffs wouldn't affect its agreement with state and local officials to keep its aircraft operations and at least 4,000 jobs in Kansas until 2020 in exchange for $45 million in incentives.
Hawker Beechcraft can trace its Kansas roots to Beech Aircraft Corp., a company founded by Walter and Olive Ann Beech that began making aircraft in the 1930s.


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Katy Perry is getting a bit more wild without Russell Brand on tour with her. She called a fan onto stage and gave him a special prize a kiss from the music star herself! The fan clearly shocked wondered around a bit and was permitted to give Katy a kiss on the cheek before she said " Did you enjoy that? Now get the fuck off my stage"… LOL Katy is just as crazy as ever but I think the fact she's missing her hubby is starting to show.
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We all know that the Civil War killed too many Americans. But it also changed the way Americans thought about death.
Or that, at least, is the argument being made by Death and the Civil War, a Ric Burns film coming to PBS' American Experience in September.
The film is based on a book by Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust, who says it's incredible how much change was wrought in America by those four years of bloody conflict. Among the changes we owe to the Civil War, she says, are the creation of national cemeteries and the birth of a duty to identify dead soldiers and notify their next of kin.
Death, says Faust, was central to the Civil War experience. That may sound obvious, but the sheer staggering numbers of the dead made the impact far more powerful than we may imagine. If you look at the number of deaths as a percentage of the population, she says, it would be comparable to present-day America losing 7 million soldiers. And to add to the pain, half of the dead in the Civil War were never identified.
The impact of that loss was heightened, says Burns, by photography. The Civil War was the first conflict to be photographed - and those photographs were often of dead bodies on a battlefield.
They may seem gruesome to us now. But Burns thinks we've lost something by stepping away from such images. "We need to know what it cost. We need to feel it. We need to see the bodies. ... Otherwise we don't understand with a full vividness the moral consequence of our decision."


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Redlands East Valley Girls Varsity soccer team is the first program in school history to reach the California CIF Finals. This book highlights REV's remarkable season, through kidnap breakfast, pasta feeds, tournaments, league games, and of course CIF playoffs. Also included are tributes written to the seniors graduating in the class of 2007.
The book showcases 130 pages of photos covering the 2006-2007 high school soccer season. REV soccer fans will enjoy this keepsake for a lifetime.
Any sales of this book to family, friends, or Wildcat fans will help defray the cost of providing this book free to the girls and their coaches.
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Harrison, Polamalu likely out against Jets
Linebacker James Harrison and safety Troy Polamalu missed practice Friday and are expected to sit out the home opener Sunday against the New York Jets at Heinz Field.
Harrison (left knee) and Polamalu (right calf) missed the entire week of practice and are listed as questionable to play. Both dodged questions Friday about their availability.
Polamalu said coach Mike Tomlin would decide whether he plays.
Harrison said he didn't have to practice Friday to play Sunday but added that it's a good idea. Tomlin generally sits a player who doesn't participate in Friday's practice.
Harrison acknowledged he likely will miss his second straight game.
"There's no need to try and hurry and rush yourself back and having to deal with an injury for the rest of the season instead of saying, 'I'll sit out for a few weeks and get healthy,' " Harrison said. "It's too early in the season to go out there and actually do more damage."
Harrison missed five games last season after suffering a fractured orbital bone against Houston in Week 4. He missed another because of a suspension following an illegal hit on Cleveland quarterback Colt McCoy.
Polamalu, who played through a series of nagging bumps and bruises last season, hasn't missed a game since an Achilles injury sidelined him for back-to-back games against the Jets and Carolina in Weeks 14 and 15 of the 2010 season.
The Steelers face a difficult challenge with Harrison and Polamalu out. Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez, seemingly invigorated by the presence of Tim Tebow, had perhaps his best game in two years in a 48-28 thrashing of Buffalo last week.
"Our job is to play one game at a time," Polamalu said, "but we definitely don't want to get an even worse injury that could jeopardize your entire season."
Linebacker Chris Carter again is the likely replacement for Harrison, and Ryan Mundy probably will start for Polamalu. Mundy replaced Ryan Clark in last week's season opener in Denver and recorded two tackles.
"I would like to go after any quarterback, but I'll have to wait until I'm healthy," Harrison said, responding to a need to pressure Sanchez and Tebow.
Running back Rashard Mendenhall (knee) participated in practice but is doubtful, while running back Jonathan Dwyer (foot) is probable along with defensive end Ziggy Hood (back) and left tackle Max Starks (illness).
Stevenson Sylvester (knee) will sit out his second game.
Ralph N. Paulk is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at email@example.com or 412-320-7923.


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Here is a guest post on the AAASS conference from friend of Registan.net David Reeves.
Another year, another AAASS conference. Not as much drunken debauchery as last, year, which was surprising since this year's conference was held in New Orleans. People tended to go to bed earlier than before, perhaps they had learned their lesson. Still doesn't mean there was no 'informal caucusing" as we used to call it back in the Model UN days, the row of dives across the street from the hotel serving cheap drinks and smoky atmospheres 24 hours a day.
However, believe it or not, the conference isn't just one big social scene, there is actual work being done. This area studies society covers any country in the former European communist block (save East Germany). This includes Central Asia and the Caucasus, which were the panels where I hung out, mostly. However, I'm a historian, and I didn't attend anything that went past 1991. Nevertheless, I thought the readers of this blog might be interested in some of what was presented at the conference. I will not talk about all the panels I went to, for the sake of brevity and to cover up those I slept through.
One of the most interesting papers I saw presented was by Matthew C. Jamison of Oxford. In his paper, "Weakness, 'Disobedience', and Russian Expansion into Central Asia, 1864-1865" he challenges the accepted explanation behind Russian aims in the region. The previous narrative states that the Russian generals in the region, in particular Chernayev, acted on their own without St. Petersburg's consent, indeed often against the government's wishes. Chernayev is the prime example, but von Kaufmann, Skobelev and others fit into this paradigm as well. Their ultimate goal was personal glory, as winners of great battles and imperial masters. Jamison calls this interpretation into question, stating that Chernayev did not work on his own volition. He followed orders from St. Pete and didn't go any farther. I would think this further calls into question the idea of a "hard" and "soft" policy regarding military action in Central Asia, with a party led by foreign minister Gorchakov calling for restraint against the military. In public pronouncements to Europe, he complained of the actions of his generals, saying they were out of control, thus hoping to calm Great Game fears. But if St. Pete was directing the conquest, either Gorchakov was kept in the dark or new all along what was happening. Any 'soft' policy was a smokescreen.
Another paper I popped in to see that was particular interest to me was by Andrey Alexander Shlyahkter from Chicago, "The Kremlin's Carrot: The Politics of Investment into the Soviet Union's Border districts, 1920s-1930s". While he is looking at the European borders, many of his findings relate to the southern border regions as well, especially the Caucasus. He finds that fear of the British compelled Soviet's to pay "special attention" to the border regions. In my own research concerning Azerbaijan during the same period bears this out, though I am somewhat surprised there was also this fear along the European border. The experiences of the Civil War did not fade away. Andrey shows that increased economic development was seen as a means to strengthen their border regions. Because of the recent wars, these areas were especially economically underdeveloped, and his ideas corresponds in my thinking to Terry Martin's "Piedmont Principle", that the border regions were to be areas where the accomplishments of the Soviet regime would be on full display, in order to entice Azeris, Ukrainians, etc., on the other side of the border to join the revolution. The contraband trade was a consequence of this underdevelopment. The unregulated trade and smuggling was directly linked to the lack of consumer goods, and hence authorities were given another reason to develop the border regions. I talked to Andrey last year at Bilingua in Moscow, he was on his way out, I was on my way in, and he told me about his research. Since then I have paid attention to smuggling along the Azeri-Persian border. I look forward to seeing more from Andrey, and he will be duly footnoted.
The main panel on Soviet Central Asian history consisted of Douglas Northrop of Michigan, Jeff Sahadeo of Carleton U. in Canada, and Adrienne Edgar of UC Santa Barbara (and my advisor). All three have had their first book published, and with this panel they introduced their next projects. Northrop is looking at earthquakes in Tashkent, and his presentation focused on the reconstruction efforts following an earthquake. (Sorry, can't remember the year; 1950s?) The reconstruction of Tashkent was a showcase of the brotherhood of Soviet nations, as all people came together in the time of tragedy. Sahadeo's new work is based more on oral histories and interviews than archival research, as he looks at Central Asian migration within the Union following WWII. One interesting theme he is looking at is how Russians view each nationality, instead of them as a whole. How are images of Armenians different than Georgians? Uzbeks and Kazakhs? Edgar is now looking at inter-ethnic relationships and marriage in Central Asia. Something that she mentioned that really caught my ear was one Soviet campaign which promoted inter-ethnic marriage. This campaign in Central Asia extolled the 'modernity of Russian women', a model of the perfect mate. This campaign did not push for the marriage of local women to Russian men, something that surely would have caused uproar. Anybody who had been to Central Asia knows that women are virtually forbidden from being involved with non-nationals. This campaign seems to tacitly acknowledge this reality. All these paper were very interesting, and I look forward to seeing how they progress. But the one criticism I told them, and one I am increasingly frustrated with as a scholar of the Caucasus, is how these Central Asianists always leave out the Caucasus. Sahadeo is exempt from this criticism now, but not Northrop or Edgar. Sure, Northrop is looking at a specific earthquake or two in Tashkent, but there is no region in the former USSR with more tectonic activity than the Caucasus. As far as Edgar is concerned, I find ignoring the Caucasus is especially unfortunate, as the ethnic complexity of the region would provide some very interesting examples for discussion. Oh well. I'll just mention that to her every once in a while.
Another panel that may be of interest to Registan readers was one concerning Islam in Kirgizia, Azerbaijan, and Bosnia. The Azerbaijan paper was mine, and looked at Soviet attempts to stamp out religious processions in the 1920s. I argue that this campaign was consistent, indeed strengthened, throughout the 1920s. Ali Iğmen from Long Beach State presented on religious policy among the Kyrgyz in the 20s and 30s, early Bolshevik attempts at converting Kyrgyz to Soviet culture were uneven as the social and economic climate did not allow for a steady cultural policy. Russian administrators did not understand the culture they were dealing with, and often interpreted and changed central policies to local circumstances. Because of their unfamiliarity, they relied on the views of previous imperial administrators. While outside of our region, Emily Balic's paper on Nazi/Muslim collaboration and resistance in Bosnia I found really interesting. Local Muslim leaders at first believed the Nazis would give them greater autonomy and would help them in the fight against Chetniks and Ustashe. When these expectations were not met, most broke with the Nazis and fought against them. This temporary alliance in Bosnia is used by many polemicists as an early example of 'Islamo-Fascism", and the intrinsic commonalities between the two. Balic shows this to be hogwash, as local Bosnian Muslims were simply playing the odds at any given moment in a bloody war. Local conditions played a far greater role than any common ideology.
The theme of the conference itself was "The Persistence of Empire", something that is of great interest to me, as the concept of empire, and its relevance to the Soviet Union, is a theme of my dissertation. There was a panel with Terry Martin of Harvard, Ron Suny of Michigan and others, as well as a well as a talk by Mark Beissinger of Princeton. Martin refuted the idea many have that he believes the Soviet Union was an empire, regardless of the title of his book, "Affirmative Action Empire". Instead, he believes the Soviet Union was a "non-nationalist state". Suny provided his definition of empire. Empire is a means that the metropole dominates the periphery; empire is rule and legitimation where the right to rule is comes from conquest and the civilizing mission. As the ultimate goal of the imperial civilizing mission, theoretically, the success of empire leads to no need of empire. This is what happened in the Soviet Union, the peripheries were modernized, until they were ready for independence. This all sounds good to me.
I realize now how long I have been writing, reaching 1500 words. For this reason I will skip Beissinger's talk, as it could easily turn into the intro to my dissertation. Wrapping up, I just want to say to my fellow Central Asia and Caucasus scholars not to limit yourselves to the CESS or MESA conference, but to join us next year in Philadelphia. I'll buy you a drink.


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Several people asked me for a copy of Leonard's presentation from MAX 2009. The session has been recorded but not posted yet so for now, you can look at the PDF file.
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PDF: Inside and Out
Learn surprising details about the inside of a PDF file. Learn about Adobe turning PDF over to the International Standards Organization(ISO). Adobe expert Jim King will describe what Adobe's original intentions were with PDF and how that fundamental architecture has been robust enough to evolve and support the features customers have required over the last 16 years. PDF standards architect Leonard Rosenthol will explain how Adobe no longer "owns" the PDF standard after it became ISO 32000-1. You'll understand why PDF has survived and become an international standard when some other document formats with similar goals are now extinct.