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My social life has become zero. And after becoming an astrologer, I don't have any friends either. All my friends have become my clients with time. And to be honest I love it that way. A life of a loner is what I have always dreamt of, and by God's grace it has been blessed. Of course I have a wife, two beautiful daughters, and a supporting family, but then still – being alone gives me the most pleasure - god knows for what reason!
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The Trail of the Serpent
The Trail of the Serpent
By Mary Braddon; Chris Willis (Editor); Sarah Waters (Introduction by)
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1837-1915), Victorian England's bestselling woman writer, blends Dickensian humor with chilling suspense in this "exuberantly campy" (Kirkus Reviews) mystery. The novel features Jabez North, a manipulative orphan who becomes a ruthless killer; Valerie de Cevennes, a stunning heiress who falls into North's diabolical trap; and Mr. Peters, a mute detective who communicates his brilliant reasoning through sign language. This edition includes a critical Afterword and endnotes by Victorian scholar Dr. Chris Willis.
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About 30 times a year, a surgery patient in Washington state has a sponge or surgical instrument left inside them. It's one of the most commonly reported medical mistakes.
Anesthesiologist: "We're just going to give you a little bit of oxygen, okay? Nice slow, deep breaths here. You're doing great. All right?"
At the University of Washington Medical Center, a surgical team is prepping a 49-year-old man for a hernia repair. Before they cut into his abdomen, they go though a long checklist of preparations. They're designed to minimize the chance of harming the patient that the hospital's trying to help.
Anesthesiologist: "Cushing vein retractors?" "Two" "Gelpies? "Two…"
A big part of the prep-work is a careful count of every piece of metal or cloth or plastic that might end up inside the patient during surgery.
Anesthesiologist: "Sponges?" "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10."
And they'll do the same count after the surgery's done to make sure nothing's gone missing. Checklists and counts have been widely adopted by hospitals in recent years. But medical mistakes remain a leading cause of death and injury nationwide.
The numbers fluctuate year to year. Five years in a row, UW Med Center had the state's worst record of leaving things inside its patients. Then last year, UW had a perfect record: Nobody came out of surgery with a retractor or sponge or anything else left inside them. Hospitals with Multicare in south Puget Sound and Swedish in Seattle left the most objects in their patients last year. It happened six times at Multicare and five at Swedish. Now, these hospitals do thousands of surgeries each year.
Vassall: "So it's really an uncommon event."
Dr. John Vassall is chief medical officer at Swedish. He and other health care experts say such egregious errors shouldn't be uncommon. They should never happen.
Vassall: "We've been working diligently on a daily basis to reduce harm to our patients."
Vassall says the system of pausing to count sponges and instruments isn't as straightforward as you might think.
Vassall: "It works, but it's not perfect. Part of reason for that is when you're counting the sponges at beginning, the sponges are nice and clean and white and sterile. I don't want to get too graphic for your listeners."
Aw, that's okay. We can handle it.
Vassall: "When you're counting at the end, they have blood on them, the color's different, they blend in with the tissues. It's a lot harder to find and count them."
Eww. Hospitals have tried to make it easier for surgical teams to eyeball the balled-up, blood-soaked sponges that they've stuffed inside a patient. Tom Varghese is a chest surgeon at UW.
Varghese: "We have these sort of hanging racks where you actually put the sponges in a visual display. The surgical team can actually look and say, yes, those are the actual sponges that were used."
While few hospitals have adopted it, there's also a high-tech fix for missing sponges.
Reed: "That almost never happens now. It's incredibly rare, if new technology's used."
Dr. Lester Reed is in charge of patient safety at Multicare. The Tacoma hospital chain now uses electronically enhanced sponges. Inside each sponge is a radio-frequency tag about the size of a grain of rice. During surgery, they can wave an electronic wand over the patient. If any sponges are hiding inside, it lets them know. The Bellevue-based manufacturer says the sponge-tracking system costs about $10 per surgery. The main problem: it's a lot easier to embed electronics inside a sponge than in a retractor made of steel. Reed and other doctors say there's something more important than any technology in making hospitals safer.
Reed: "Communication really rests, we now know, at the heart of almost all medical errors, in one way or another. It's communication."
Hospitals are hierarchies, and in an operating room, the surgeon is still the alpha dog. It can be intimidating for others to speak up.
Reed: "These aren't physicians who are screaming at patients or at nurses. It's a subtlety, it's the subtlety of arrogance that might be present."
Reed says Tacoma General and the other Multicare hospitals have been working for the past five years to improve the way doctors and nurses interact. When Tacoma General left a retractor inside a patient last year, an internal review pointed to poor communication between a male surgeon and an unidentified nurse.
Reed: "In this particular case, she or he didn't quite feel comfortable enough to say, 'I don't think something's right here.'"
Reed says the lost retractor led Multicare to change its tool-counting procedures. The surgeon involved no longer works at Tacoma General. Back at the University of Washington, preparations for the hernia surgery continue. Surgeon Patch Dillinger orders his seven coworkers to speak up.
Dillinger: "Anybody with questions? Concerns? Anyone w/concerns you must speak up immediately, otherwise we're ready to roll."
The team takes a second safety pause. This time, they do something even simpler than counting sponges. They introduce themselves. It's not rocket science, but sometimes just knowing somebody's name makes it easier to talk to them.
Vassall: "Something as simple as that reduces a number of errors."
John Vassall with Swedish explains why so many hospitals use these ice-breaking introductions before surgery.
Vassall: "In the past, it would be very difficult for a nurse or, say, an environmental services worker to stop a doctor and say I don't think this is right, and in many places that's still the case. But now we understand unless we're watching each other and being accountable and careful about each other's actions, then we can't have a safe system."
When it comes to external communication about their mistakes, hospitals are less interested in people speaking up. Many hospitals say they embrace transparency as a tool for learning and growing safer. But when a patient or their survivors settle a medical negligence lawsuit with a hospital, the hospital usually seeks a gag order, to keep them from talking about their settlement.
Roberts: "Confidentiality clauses are very commonly requested, and they're often agreed to."
Nathan Roberts is a trial lawyer in Tacoma. He often represents victims of medical mistakes.
Ryan: Hospitals are essentially agreeing to pay for silence?
Roberts: "Correct. I think they don't want the embarrassment out in the public light, and they don't want people to know about their fatality rates and about their injury rates. They don't want to scare people."
A spokeswoman for the Washington State Hospital Association says most companies use confidentiality agreements when they settle lawsuits, and hospitals are no different.
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Weymouth Symmes was a retired Missoula banker when he wrote those words. Today, the Vietnam vet who served as leading petty officer on Swift boat PCF-56 from February 1969 to February 1970 is at the center of a national campaign controversy as the treasurer of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the non-partisan organization whose TV ads attacking Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's Navy service have been at the forefront of the news for the past month.
That "the most ordinary group of middle-age people" could mobilize into a national force impacting the 2004 campaign is, says Symmes, "a great story of America."
Not everyone agrees. In past weeks, Arizona Sen. John McCain has called the Swift Vets' ads, which have yet to air in Montana, "dishonest and dishonorable." Georgia Sen. Max Cleland has labeled their attacks "scurrilous" and "slanderous." Even President Bush said last Thursday he does not believe Sen. Kerry lied about his war record.
But Symmes says no matter how much Bush "begs" his group to take its ads off the air, they intend to "forge on." Despite having received its largest donations from longtime Texan Bush supporters Bob Perry and Harlan Crow, "We're very politically naïve," says Symmes. "We've had no coordination with the Bush campaign or the Republican Party at all…This isn't a political group. It's how we feel personally about John Kerry."
At the heart of the Swift Boat controversy: What really happened during the incidents for which Kerry received his three Purple Hearts—awards that qualified him to leave Vietnam after four months of his 12-month tour. The Swift Vets recall Kerry's wartime actions as unworthy of the medals. Kerry supporters who served with him in Vietnam recall his actions as heroic. Veterans on both sides are certain of their memories.
But, as Symmes articulates in his book, combat is confusing, and perceptions can vary.
Especially 35 years later, in an election year. Symmes, who says "John Kerry did lie about his military service," doesn't talk much about his book these days—a book that does not, in fact, indict John Kerry, but rather includes what Symmes today calls a "neutral" account of Kerry's attendance at a "wonderful" 1995 Swift boat veterans reunion in Washington, D.C., along with a photo of Kerry and the full text of the speech the Massachusetts senator gave that day.
It was coincidence, Symmes says, that his book was published the same month retired Rear Admiral Roy Hoffman (overall commander of Kerry's Swift boat group) called him to see if Symmes would be interested in forming a group to fight back against negative portrayals of Hoffman in Kerry's biography, Tour of Duty, by Douglas Brinkley. After that phone call, Symmes received an e-mail inviting him to an organizational meeting in Dallas in early April; 10 people showed up, Symmes included, and became the steering committee for Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, which now counts 250-plus members.
According to Symmes, the Swift Vets wouldn't have formed at all if Kerry hadn't made his military service a central platform of his campaign.
"There's a culture in the military," says Symmes. "The Navy expects its officers to be gentlemen…the Navy expects you to conduct yourself as an honorable individual. That's just what's expected." And Kerry, says Symmes, disrespected the military by leaving Vietnam with questionable Purple Hearts after just four months and then testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1971 about atrocities committed by American troops in Vietnam. That testimony, says Symmes, was "an absolute lie." He sees Kerry's postwar involvement with the "radical" Vietnam Veterans Against the War as a "sort of stain" that "has stayed with us as Vietnam veterans, and it's very personal."
That personal reaction is part of the Swift Vets' problem, says retired Skipper of PCF-31 Skip Barker, whose interview with the Independent was arranged by the Kerry campaign. Barker served on Swift boats alongside John Kerry in 1969 and now works as a cotton farmer and lawyer in Selma, Ala. "Their anger over [Kerry's 1971 Senate testimony] is causing them to contrive and create out of their own cloth, in an attempt to discredit his war record," he says. "Really they're mad about what he said in 1971. I submit people like them who are angry are intellectually lazy…or dishonest on the issue of the subject matter of his testimony."
Symmes says the subject matter of Kerry's testimony—atrocities committed by American troops in Vietnam—"just didn't happen…All I can speak for is myself," he says. "I never saw [atrocities]. I never was aware of it. People I served with aren't aware of it. It just didn't happen. I'm not saying it never happened in Vietnam. War is an ugly thing. Unfortunately there are consequences for civilians in war that are tragic."
Also referencing those tragedies, Barker points out that even President Johnson's Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara has called Vietnam a mistake. If you "look back with the enlightenment subsequent to [Vietnam]," says Barker, "John Kerry wasn't naïve, and he wasn't a peacenik. He was prescient. He could see reality for what it was because he's intelligent, curious, and determined to understand. That's where he was in 1971.
"I think it takes a very big man to on the one hand say I honorably served my country at a time of war," continues Barker, "but on the other side say it was a wrong war. There's a disconnect there that requires some real intellectual work and honesty, and I'm afraid that a lot of these [Swift Vet] guys are not capable of it."
What Symmes can be undeniably credited with, though, is belief in his cause. He speaks with a deep-seated sense of military honor when he says that "all off us had superficial wounds of the type that John Kerry had, and we would never have thought of asking for a Purple Heart."
Yet, Kerry was awarded three Purple Hearts. He was honorably discharged. Symmes acknowledges this and says, "Nobody's denying that he was there and that it was highly dangerous. But just to kind of game the system to sort of build your résumé and then realize after three months this is really dangerous and I don't want to be here anymore and then leave—" Symmes stops.
(Interestingly, the Swift Vets' own website clarifies that use of the "three injury-loophole to leave combat early" was not Kerry's idea, but fellow Swift Officer Thomas Wright's, who, with two other officers, "informed him of the obscure regulation, and told him to go home.") Retired Lieutenant Colonel John Keefe, who served two tours with the Marines in Vietnam and now lives in Missoula, echoes Symmes' sentiments. "The main issue of that period was integrity," he says over the phone. "I stayed in Vietnam because I'd just taken over a battalion because my best friend was killed in combat…I believe that a guy doesn't desert his troops."
Vietnam Army vet Pete Lawrenson, who retired as Missoula Police Chief in 2000 and is now Security Chief for Montana Rail Link, also speaks out against Kerry. While he is "not saying the Americans did everything perfectly" in Vietnam, he says that their actions were also not the atrocities about which Kerry testified, and he is still offended about what Kerry said in 1971.
Asked if he thinks the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth is politically motivated, Lawrenson says, "I think, sure, there are some political undertones to it. Otherwise, why haven't we seen it before?" Symmes and the Swift Vets are particularly concerned with the day Kerry received his first Purple Heart. Symmes says Kerry got the award for nothing more than a Band-Aid wound, a "tiny sliver" of shrapnel in his arm after he fired an M79 grenade launcher in Cam Ranh Bay on Dec. 2, 1968. He says Kerry asked Commander Grant Hibbard (now a Swift Vet) if he could apply for a Purple Heart, and "Hibbard said, 'forget it,'" says Symmes.
So how did Kerry get the Purple Heart?
"Well, we're not sure," says Symmes. "If we had the military records, we could say a little better, but our assumption is that after [Hibbard] left [Vietnam], he took the copy of the medical form, took it to another person and had them sign off on it, so [the Purple Heart] got issued later."
Barker, as a lawyer, says that to deny the Swift Vets' attacks he relies on Kerry's released military records as evidence from a time when "you do not have bias or prejudice or political agendas." He says, "I look at the contemporaneous memorializations in writing by Grant Hibbard, Roy Hoffman, [Lieutenant Commander] George Elliott, and [Division Commander] Joe Streuli, and you find this black-and-white memorialization of what they then thought of John Kerry's performance in Vietnam.
"And lo and behold," says Barker, "Hibbard ranks [Kerry] as one of the top few…Streuli submits a fitness report on John Kerry…and again ranks him as one of the top few." Elliot, says Barker, gave Kerry the "highest possible grades" in 11 of 16 leadership categories and wrote "that John Kerry emerges as the acknowledged leader of his peer group."
Symmes argues that Kerry has made available only a selection of his military records; if Symmes himself were to show you just a couple of his records, he says, "you'd think, boy, this guy could be admiral tomorrow."
Retired Skipper of PCF-103 Foster Wright (also referred by the Kerry campaign), whose boat was in the same unit with Kerry in both Cat Lo and An Thoi, says in a phone call from New Hampshire that he's weighed both sides' claims and feels the most generous support he could give the Swift Vet argument is that wartime was confusing.
Referencing the incident for which Kerry received a Bronze Star (awarded for valor) and third Purple Heart (awarded for injury sustained during enemy fire) for pulling First Lieutenant Jim Rassmann out of the water after one of the boats in their group hit a mine, Wright, who was not present with Kerry that day, says: "The evidence is overwhelming that the way it was written up by the Navy officially is accurate."
The Swift Vets' trouble with Kerry's awards that day is twofold: First, claims Symmes, Kerry's boat fled the scene rather than helping the damaged boat (Symmes suggests Rassmann fell from Kerry's boat as a result of the surge Kerry created by fleeing; Wright recalls being told that a B-40 rocket or another mine had blown Rassman into the water). Secondly, claim the Swift Vets, and contrary to official Navy records, there was no enemy fire that day, which is a requirement for a Purple Heart. Yet swift boat Commander Larry Thurlow, a Swift Vet who also received a Bronze Star that day, and today says there was no enemy fire, didn't question Kerry's Bronze Star until now.
Says Symmes: "They probably didn't—they almost certainly didn't—come under enemy fire."
Asked if Bush's incomplete service in the National Guard during Vietnam was as dishonorable as Kerry's leaving after four months of combat, Symmes says, "I really am trying to stay apolitical in this…Our issue is with John Kerry and his service. Those are perfectly appropriate questions, and they should probably be put to Bush."
Asked how the Swift Vet attacks against Kerry might impact troops in Iraq, who might wonder if their service, too, might one day be questioned by their peers, Symmes says, "Haven't even thought of it, to be honest. I don't think there's one of the 250-plus of us that don't fully honor the men and women that are serving today."
He also emphasizes that he and the Swift Vets have questioned no other Vietnam vet's service but Kerry's. Of Rassmann's account of Kerry saving his life, Symmes says, "I am not disparaging [Rassmann's] service. He was there. He was in the water. There was gunfire…He's got his memories of it. The people who served with John Kerry have their memories of it."
Mustn't Kerry also have his memories of the incident? "Sure he does," says Symmes. "Vietnam is the most traumatic event for this country since the Civil War. People just don't realize how emotional this whole issue is, and it's particularly emotional for those of us who were over there."
In listening to the Swift Vets for the past few weeks, retired Skipper Foster Wright has heard their emotion, too. "They're angry that we lost the war," he says. "They're saying that we would have won if it wasn't for guys like Kerry…There's a visceral anger, and they've convinced themselves that all these other bad things have happened, and I don't think they did. We were so young," he says. "We were all in the thick of things. I think memory becomes convenient sometimes, but evidence, in my mind, is overwhelmingly on the side of John Kerry." email@example.com


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For the study, the Greece-based research team divided a group of 20 21-year-old women into two even groups. One group practiced one weekly bout of concentric exercise for 30 minutes for eight weeks, and one group practiced one weekly bout of eccentric exercise for 30 minutes each week over the same time period. The specific exercise chosen was knee extension (a common exercise to increase quadriceps strength) and all of the exercises were performed on a piece of exercise equipment known as an isokinetic dynamometer.
The women were asked to perform 75 repetitions for each leg (five sets of 15 repetitions with a two-minute rest period between each set) either raising (concentric) or lowering (eccentric) the legs against the resistance provided by the dynamometer. The women were asked to move their legs against the maximum resistance they could bear (the researchers noted that the maximum declined with each successive set as the women's legs fatigued).
Prior to the initial workout and after the eighth and final workout session, researchers drew blood samples and conducted other diagnostic tests such as calorimetry to assess resting energy expenditure. Then, the researchers compared the baseline results of these tests with the eighth-week results within each exercise group and across the two exercise groups.
They discovered that the women who participated in the concentric training regimen did NOT markedly improve their triglyceride levels, blood lipid levels, or their resting energy expenditure between baseline readings and the measurements taken at end of the study period. In fact, most readings were flat between the pre- and post-training measurements.
By contrast, the eccentric group saw triglycerides fall by 13%, total cholesterol by 10%, and LDL (bad) cholesterol by 16%. In addition, HDL (good) cholesterol rose by 9%, fat oxidation rose by 9% (i.e., they burned more body fat), and resting energy expenditure increased by 5%. These improvement levels are consistent with improvements achieved through more intensive exercise routines.
As the study authors concluded, "On the basis of the evidence derived from the current study, eccentric training markedly increased muscle strength and performance, REE (resting energy expenditure), and lipid oxidation as well as decreased insulin resistance and blood lipid profile. It is reported that only 30 minutes of eccentric exercise per week for 8 weeks was sufficient to improve human performance and health, rendering eccentric exercise a promising novel type of physical activity … The favorable effects of eccentric training, as evident in the present investigation, are probably equal to or even superior to classical modes of training, like resistance and aerobic exercise lasting for about an hour and performed three to five times per week."
So, What's the Big Deal?
Well, like we said before, many people find it challenging to stick with exercise programs that require three to five hours of weekly exercise. An eccentric exercise program may allow people to achieve similar benefits from 30 minutes of weekly exercise. As the study authors pointed out, "Taking into consideration that the current trend in overweight and obesity statistics has become epidemic, such enhanced energy expenditure and lipid oxidation levels during recovery from eccentric exercise could assist in body weight management issues."
Good forms of eccentric exercise include bench stepping, downhill walking, and resistance training where the intensity of effort is stressed on the unwinding or lengthening motion rather than the shortening or concentrating motion. A certified fitness instructor at your local health club should be able to recommend specific exercises that involve eccentric movements.


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Bettini wins first stage of Tirreno-Adriatico
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ROME, March 8 - Former race winner Paolo Bettini of Italy won a sprint finish to claim the first stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico in Tivoli on Wednesday.
The Quick Step rider out-sprinted Erik Zabel of Germany and Thor Hushovd of Norway after his team mates pulled back an early attack on the gradual climb to the finish of the 167-km stage.
Bettini jumped to the front in the final 200 metres and held on in the dash to the line.
"Last year I suffered in this race because I'd had a lot of health problems. This year my form is much better and I've shown it," Bettini told reporters.
"I knew the final part of the stage and timed my effort just right. I have to thank my team mates because they did a great job helping me on the climb to the finish.
"Winning is even nicer when everything goes perfect like that."
Bettini won the Tirreno-Adriatico in 2004 and is keen for a second overall victory.
"I'm not going to hold back. This year's route is tough. The stage five time trial and the uphill finish at San Giacomo on stage six will decide the race," Bettini said.
"Levi Leipheimer and Stefano Garzelli are the big favourites but I've thrown my hat into the ring and I'm going to give it a go."
Tirreno-Adriatico is known as the race of the two seas because it crosses central Italy from the west coast Tyrrhenian sea to the east coast Adriatic.
Thursday's 171-km second stage is from Tivoli to Frascati in the hills south of Rome.
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The event takes place after a service in Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral organised by Merseyside Support After Manslaughter and Murder (SAMM).
People who have had a traumatic experience of crime were being invited to release a balloon.
John Sandwell, development officer of Merseyside SAMM said the balloons were a sign of releasing trauma.
The event is taking place on European Victims Day.
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A new exhibition about Judaism opened this week at Amsterdam's Nieuwe Kerk museum. The objects on display all come with a story because, the museum argues, stories are central to Judaism.
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Thanks to Stumptown Disc Golf, Next Adventure and Firefly Disc Golf we have tons of swag to give away at the grand opening dedication as prizes and just for fun. Come out rain or shine. I'm told the "anonymous" donor will be there to see what this "disc golf" sport is all about, so please come out and help them feel like their money was well spent!
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I've been looking through the unverified Twitter account that supposedly belongs to Amanda Bynes and I'm really starting to wonder.... is it the actress at all? Back when she had an "official" account (that cute little blue check mark that celebrities gain after taking a picture of themselves for Twitter with a sign reading that it's "really" them), Amanda was discussing the delicacy of sex with men who were of the African-American persuasion. This was before she made the movie EASY A, claimed to have retired, came out of retirement to promote the movie, and then has slinked off into whatever the hell this business is. I have to ask you, is this news??
Besides that, from the images that are getting posted to this account, while the similarities in the faces are there, it could just be that someone is yanking a few "real" pictures of the actress with pierced cheeks and then sticking in some random ones of her in wigs, looking very much NOT like Amanda Bynes. What do all of you wonderful people make of this?


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In a move described as a "precautionary step," the Menlo Park City School District has sent the tenant of its former O'Connor School site — the German American International School — notice that it may be forced to vacate the property before its lease expires.
The district sent the preliminary notice late last month to meet a termination-clause requirement in its lease with the German American school that permits it to break the lease before its June 2016 end.
Superintendent Maurice Ghysels said the notification would allow the district to take back the campus at 275 Elliot Drive in Menlo Park for the 2014-15 school year. But, he noted, the school board is waiting for an enrollment study to be completed before making any decisions about whether to reopen the campus as a district school, or whether to pursue other options now being examined to address the district's skyrocketing enrollment.
"We are on the margin of over-enrollment," Mr. Ghysels said in a recent newsletter. Since 2000, student enrollment has increased by about 40 percent, he told the Almanac.
Enrollment this year is 2,791, up 81 from the prior school year, he said.
Current enrollment at the district's four schools — Laurel and Encinal in Atherton, and Oak Knoll and Hillview Middle in Menlo Park — is far higher than projections the district was basing facilities decisions on in earlier years. In 2009, for example, when the school board was debating whether to renew the German American school's lease for another term, enrollment for 2014 was projected to reach a mere 2,150.
German American school officials could not be reached for comment. The school has leased the Elliot Drive site since 1991, and its 315 students occupy one building and several portables, according to the school's website.
Last March, it bid on a lease for the Las Lomitas School District's former Ladera School site. It was outbid by Woodland School, which has occupied the site since 1981.
In his newsletter, Mr. Ghysels said that an ad-hoc district committee has been "working closely with the city to rigorously analyze all available demographic and enrollment information" to try to ascertain future enrollment growth as much as possible.


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Cinnamon Creek Presents - A weekend with the World Champion Seminar
Hey everyone,
Just a heads up and a chance for you to mark your calendars. Cinnamon Creek is proud to host the 2011 3D ASA Men's Pro World Champion (Jamie Jamison) the 14th and 15th of January as we prepare for the opening of the 2012 ASA Season.
Required Materials Notebook, Pen, Equipment (Bow, Arrows, release)
High Level Topics Include (but may not be limitted to):
Release Styles
Sight Setup
Rest Setup & Tuning
Bow Setup & Tuning
Aiming Technicques
Indoor Shooting
Form & Q&A
Form assessment
Yardage Judging
Practice Routines
Setting Goals
Starts Saturday @ 10am upstairs in CCR (and last till approximately 5pm)
- Cost is $50 For Saturday, Sunday will be a 3D Shoot with Jamie Present (Extra)
- The shooting seminar will include classroom as well as outdoor instruction.
- Bring a notebook, a pen, and your equipment (bow, arrows, release etc).
You can call the shop and reserve your spot ahead of time and for additional information call (817) 439-8998
Keep in mind those are the high level topics. There are several sub categories within each. It should be a very informative day for all.
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I'm planning to put the pigeons in the bedroom - ironic really as I'm actually not a fan of real life pigeons! Maybe looking at them on my wall every day will help me conquer my fear!
The Classic jelly design is possibly one of my favourites... and I love the image below of the dining table where each setting has a different napkin!
I will post pics of the wallpaper when I have decided on how I'm going to decorate the entire room, and actually get round to doing it!


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Lisa H. Nowell and Peter D. Dileanis, U.S. Geological Survey, Sacramento, California and Paul D. Capel, U.S. Geological Survey, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
More than 400 monitoring studies and 140 review articles (1960's-1992) were reviewed to assess pesticide contamination in sediments and aquatic biota of United States rivers. These include five major national programs that monitored pesticides in river or estuarine sediments, fish, or mollusks. The studies differed substantially in objectives, study design, and analytical methods. Forty-one pesticides or their metabolites were detected in sediments (44% of those targeted) and 68 in aquatic biota (64%). Most of the pesticides detected were organochlorine insecticides or their metabolites. This reflects the hydrophobicity and persistence of these compounds as well as bias in the target analyte list. Relatively few pesticides other than organochlorine insecticides were analyzed; of these, several compounds of intermediate water solubility and hydrophobicity were detected. Examples include the insecticides chlorpyrifos, carbofuran, and diazinon; and the herbicides 2, 4-D, dacthal, oxadiazon, and trifluralin. Pesticide detection frequencies and concentrations reflect a combination of past agricultural use, water solubility, environmental persistence, and analytical detection limits. A few compounds were associated with land uses other than agriculture in some studies. Examples include chlordane and isopropalin (urban and industrial use), lindane, and aHCH Superfund and industrial sites). Existing data are adequate to assess nationwide trends for many pesticides in freshwater fish, but not in sediments. Nationally, residues of DDT, chlordane, dieldrin, endrin, lindane, and (a-HCH declined during the 1970s then leveled off during the early 1980s. Local areas of high concentrations have persisted. Toxaphene residues declined nationally during the early 1980s. The limited data available do not indicate a national decline in dacthal contamination.


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I am a firm believer in using coupons appropriately and in line with the manufacturer's and retailer's rules. Because I post shopping lists that match Rainbow's sale prices with coupons, I thought it would be helpful to share their coupon policies as I understand them. These policies apply to all Roundy's stores including Copps, Pick 'N Save and Rainbow Foods.
General Policies
Roundy's general coupon policies are as follows:
Internet printed coupons. Coupons printed from the internet must be legitimate, printed in color or black and white and have the following:
- "Manufacturer coupon" printed on coupon
- Bar-scan code
- Current expiration date
- Website where printed from must be on coupon
Manufacturer's coupons for purchased products only. Manufacturer's coupons will only be accepted for purchased products. Items received for free through store promotions ("meal deal" or "buy one, get one free") are not considered purchased products; therefore, manufacturer's coupons can not be used for these products.
Maximum value of coupons. Coupons are accepted only for products of equal or greater value; they do not give cash back on coupons. Sales tax is paid by the customer at full retail.
Free product coupons. Free or "buy one, get one free" product coupons printed from the internet will not be accepted at Roundy's stores; free or "buy one, get one free" product coupons from the newspaper will be accepted.
Maximum value of internet printed coupons. There is no limit on the value of an internet printed coupon.
Right of refusal. The store has the right to refuse any coupon printed from the internet at any time.
Stacking store coupons with manufacturer-issued coupons. A store coupon can be redeemed with a manufacturer's coupon for the same item.
Doubled Coupon Policies
Roundy's stores doubles coupons (a "doubled coupon" means that a $1 off coupon is equal to $2 off):
Weekly. Every Wednesday – even when it is not explicitly advertised in the paper. Right now, Roundy's stores are also doubling coupons on Saturdays (through September 2012).
$25 threshold. Roundy's formal corporate policy is that the sale price value of the groceries in your transaction must be at least $25 for your coupons to be eligible for doubling. However, the registers are currently programmed (as of March 18, 2010) to double coupons when the shelf price (the highest price listed on the shelf tag, which is usually the full, pre-sale price) before coupons is $25. If you plan your transactions using the shelf price versus the sale price, you do so at your own risk that the registers have been modified to align with their formal corporate policy.
Only five. Up to 5 manufacturer's coupons can be doubled per transaction.
It's automatic. The registers automatically double the face value of the first five eligible coupons scanned if your groceries meet the $25 threshold. All that to say, the cashier does not push a button or manually "approve" you to have doubled coupons. The register just does it.
The first five. The first 5 eligible coupons scanned will double – that means you should hand the clerk your 5 highest value coupons first.
Up to $1. Only coupons valued at less or equal to $1 off will be doubled.
Exceptions. "Buy one, get one free" and "try me free" coupons are not eligible for doubling.
Coupons that say "Do Not Double." Some manufacturer-issued coupons say "do not double" on them. Roundy's formal policy is that they will not double these. Before I realized this was part of their formal policy I asked specifically about these coupons at my local Rainbow Foods. I was told that the store where I shop will allow these coupons to double if they double automatically when scanned. Note: I cannot tell which coupons have the "do not double" wording on them when I put together the weekly shopping list, so you will need to check them yourself.
Transactions. Roundy's official policy is that customers are encouraged to make one transaction to double their coupons, but again, this will vary from store to store. Most shoppers at Roundy's stores will find that they are allowed to make more than one transaction.
Your turn: What else have you learned about the coupon policies and practices at Roundy's grocery stores?


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What's the future of the Mac? On Thursday at Macworld 2011 I discussed the question with a panel of smart people: Daring Fireball's John Gruber, TidBits publisher Adam Engst, and Macworld's own Dan Moren. Join us for an interesting, intelligent discussion about where Apple may take the Mac in the future.
The Macworld Podcast feed is providing the audio version of a video broadcast from the show floor:
Download Episode #228: 24 MB, 49 minutes
If you'd like to see the panel with your own eyes, view the YouTube video.
[Editor's Note: Yes, in the video John Gruber is wearing a t-shirt containing a naughty word, famously worn by Keith Richards in 1975. If you or anyone you know who might be watching the video would be offended by a t-shirt containing that word, or is particularly a fan of Mick Jagger, please stick with the audio version--which is full of intelligent discussion and light on incendiary outerwear.]
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A mix of growing risk appetite and search for higher yield is working against the dollar on Thursday. Equity index futures rose inspired by gains for European stocks while the nation of Portugal took a step closer to requesting a financial rescue package from its neighbors. Investors brushed aside the potential for greater contagion and looked through to practically guaranteed higher interest rates in April coming from the European Central Bank.
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Euro – Despite a Moody's downgrade of 30 Spanish lenders midweek and the resignation of Portugal's Prime Minister following his government's defeat on a bill to reduce the budget deficit, investors flocked to the euro in search of a rising yield premium. The ECB has warned that it wouldn't be a surprise to see a tightening in monetary conditions on April 7 when it next meets and that rhetoric continues as representatives warn over the need to nip rising commodity prices in the bud before wage negotiations manifest an erosion of living standards. The euro rose to buy $1.4140 ahead of U.S. data and after data showed a cooler reading from purchasing managers in the manufacturing sector. The diffusion index slipped to 57.7 from 59.0 and came in shy of forecast while the services sector expanded marginally. Overall the composite PMI slipped from 58.2 to read 57.5. The euro rose against the Japanese yen to ¥114.41.
Japanese yen – The yen continues to flat-line versus the greenback for a fourth consecutive day. Dealers won't push for a strengthening of the yen in the safe knowledge that the G7 lurks beneath the surface in dollar terms. Meanwhile there is little incentive to sell the yen until the all-clear is sounded. The dollar buys slightly below ¥81.00 yen on Thursday morning.
British pound – Chancellor Osbourne shaved a penny off gasoline prices at the pump in Wednesday's budget and shifted the burden on to banks and oil producers. The budget revised growth lower in the face of sharp cuts in spending, deteriorating consumer confidence and buffeted by rising job losses. A retail sales report for February sank sentiment towards an increase in interest rates as shoppers bought less than analysts suggested. A headline decline of 0.8% in sales came after the imposition of a sales tax increase and coincided with rising costs at stores. Department store sales fell by the most in two years coincident with weakness in consumer confidence leaving forecasters searching for clues over where the next spurt in growth might spring from. Consumers are facing rising costs on all fronts. Earlier in the week official data showed the cost of living rose at 4.4% year-on-year, while today's retail reports confirm the point that consumers' pocket books are stressed. Price deflators indicate that all sales items rose by 2.4% last month rising to the highest in 17 years. All retail items rose by 3.9% in February compared to a year ago with the food deflator rising by 5.3%. The pound struggled against the dollar and fell sharply for a second day to $1.6150 as investors holding the pound lost further conviction that the Bank of England will stand by its inflation-fighting mandate when growth looks as visibly shaky as it does.
U.S. Dollar – Recent indications show that the health of the manufacturing sector has picked up and that consumers are becoming more confident in their purchase decisions. Initial claims data released later today should see little change from the prior week's reading of 385,000 first-time benefit claimants. Also scheduled for release is a durable goods report estimated to show rising demand for goods meant to last more than two-years. The dollar continues its weakening trajectory in the face of returning confidence to global stock markets and as commodity prices continue to gain momentum. The dollar index remains marginally weaker at 75.75 ahead of today's economic reports.
Aussie dollar – The Reserve Bank in its semi-annual Financial Stability Review said that the nation's banks and insurers were sufficiently well-capitalized to absorb the series of natural disasters that had bitten the country. Risk appetite is back on an upswing overnight and has led to buying of the Aussie lifting its value against the dollar to the highest in just over two weeks. Today the Aussie buys $1.0182.
Canadian dollar – Recent evidence on the economy has shown a marginal slowdown and coupled with a rising domestic dollar the Bank of Canada doesn't have much to do at present. A stronger currency has kept inflationary pressures in check while government measures to restrain excessive borrowing habits have cooled consumer demand. The result is a Goldilocks economy growing not too fast and not too cold. There remains a potential election in the wings with a campaign trail likely to keep the Bank of Canada at bay although at this point the need to change its stance looks unnecessary. The price of oil has burst through $106 per barrel on Thursday and with equity index futures higher, the Canadian unit is in demand and buys $1.0236 as it unwinds damage inflicted after a report showed weakness in consumer spending earlier this week.
Andrew Wilkinson is a Senior Market Analyst at Interactive Brokers LLC
Note: The material presented in this commentary is provided for informational purposes only and is based upon information that is considered to be reliable. However, neither Interactive Brokers LLC nor its affiliates warrant its completeness, accuracy or adequacy and it should not be relied upon as such. Neither IB nor its affiliates are responsible for any errors or omissions or for results obtained from the use of this information. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.


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Amanda Bynes: 'I Had A Nose Job'
Amanda Bynes has unleashed another extra long message on Twitter — this time concerning magazines and websites using old photos of her and how she's changed over the years.
That, and the announcement that she had a nose job.
Here's what the 27-year-old wrote on Twitter on Saturday:
"Intouch used a photo from years ago on their cover and I hate it! The reason I've asked all magazines and blogs to stop using old photos of me is I don't look like that anymore! I had a nose job to remove skin that was like a webbing in between my eyes. I wasn't going to tell anyone, but I look so much prettier in my new photos that I don't want old photos used anymore! I'm so sick of magazines and blogs using old photos! When will they stop? I will never look like that again! Having surgery was the most amazing thing for my confidence!"
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About Rod
Rod Drury is the CEO and co-founder of Xero and serves on its Board of Directors. As the visionary behind Xero he has been acknowledged by his international peers through many technology and business awards, including 2013 EY New Zealand Entrepreneur of the Year, NZ Herald Business Leader of the Year in 2012, member of the NZ Hi-Tech Hall of Fame, NZ Hi-Tech Entrepreneur of the Year in 2006 and 2007, World Class New Zealander for ICT in 2008, and Honorary Fellow of the Institute of IT Professionals NZ. Before starting Xero, Rod was involved in a number of successful startups including Context Connect, Glazier Systems and Aftermail.
About Magda
We all know Magda the comedian; now, it's time to introduce Magda the author. Magda is one of Australia's most beloved actors, having graced our screens for many years as Sharon in the sitcom Kath and Kim. She's also appeared in the award-winning film Babe and its sequel, worked alongside Robin Williams in Happy Feet, and even appeared in a national tour of Grease: The Arena Spectacular. Magda has received many accolades throughout her career and none more so than for her autobiography 'Reckoning'. In the words of Peter Craven in his review published in the Australian: 'Reckoning is a riveting, overwhelmingly poignant autobiography by a woman of genius. It is an extraordinary hymn to the tragic heroism at the heart of ordinary life and the soaring moral scrutiny of womankind. Every library should have it; every school should teach it.'
About Tim
Tim Leberecht is a German-American author, entrepreneur, and consultant with 20 years' experience in marketing leadership roles and is the author of the international bestseller, The Business Romantic: Give Everything, Quantify Nothing, and Create Something Greater Than Yourself . He is also the founder of The Business Romantic Society, a global collective of strategists, advertisers, curators, artists, developers, designers, researchers, and data scientists with the shared mission to bring beauty and enchantment to business. Tim is a prolific writer and presenter. His TED Talk '4 Ways to Build a Human Company in the Age of Machines' has almost 2.5 million views.
About Trent
Trent Innes has more than 18 years of experience growing and managing major businesses in the accounting and IT industries. Initially joining Xero as National Sales Director, Trent was appointed as Managing Director in 2016 to manage the company's next phase of growth. Prior to Xero, Trent worked at Microsoft for six years as National Sales Manager of the Microsoft Business Group in Australia, managing company's enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) businesses. He started his career as a Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA). Trent's experience includes business leadership, sales management, channel development, strategic planning and scaling software-as-a-service businesses.
About Anna
Anna joined Xero in February 2016 as Managing Director for New Zealand, bringing a deep experience of online, financial services and operations. She has a strong passion for driving the success of New Zealanders and their businesses through technology. Formerly General Manager Internet Banking at ASB, Anna's leadership saw the launch of many digital world firsts across the Bank, including Virtual Branch, Facebook Payments and LikeLoan, along with awards recognising world class digital experiences. Her tenure at ASB also included leadership roles across Marketing, Innovation & Design, BankDirect, Contact Centre and Audit, and she was recognised globally as a Judge for the EFMA Innovation Awards over consecutive years. Most recently Anna was General Manager Digital First at Spark. She is a Capacity Partner with the Springboard Trust and is also an alumni from the Global Women 'Breakthrough Leaders' programme.
About Craig
As Country Manager for New Zealand, Craig is a key member of the global sales leadership team, responsible for driving relationships with government, financial institutions, enterprise, and promoting the small business economy. Craig has been with Xero for several years, and returns to New Zealand from the United Kingdom, where he led Xero's entrance into Europe, the Middle East and South Africa markets.
Craig is a father of four and a successful former rugby player who spent more than eight years playing professionally in New Zealand, France, England, and Wales.
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Behavioural Researcher & Strategist Kieran is a speaker, author, educator and mentor who's out to challenge the limits of our imagination – limits she believes are self-imposed. She's the co-founder of The Impossible Institute, an innovation and engagement think-tank that challenges and redefines what is possible. Their specialisation is understanding the human behaviours and belief systems that drive and motivate us, and teaching others how to harness that power commercially. Kieran's reputation as a rare leader in the Mad Men world of advertising, along with an entrepreneurial mindset and sharp humour have made her the go-to woman for publications like CEO Magazine. Together with business partner Dan Gregory, Kieran is on a mission is to turn ImpossAble Thinking into an epidemic.
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Marty Wilson is a TED Speaker and international expert on using humour as your secret weapon in business to increase resilience, retention and revenue. He is a former Australian Comic of the Year and was a full-time Stand Up Comic for 8 years in the UK, but is also a registered Pharmacist so he balances proven scientific data with laugh out loud stories. This makes his programs and MC work incredibly human and instantly relatable to a wide variety of audiences.
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Dr Adam Fraser has been an educator and researcher in the area of human performance for the last 18 years! In this time he has worked with elite level athletes, the armed forces and business professionals of all levels. In the last 4 years he has delivered more than 600 presentations to over 50,000 people in Australia, US, New Zealand and Asia. In 2005 he was runner up in the young investigator of the year for his PhD research.
In addition to this Dr Adam is the author of three best selling books, including his latest book 'The Third Space'. Adam is a regular presenter on TV and Radio and has appeared on Mornings, Today Tonight, Sunrise, Today show, Kochie's Business and What's good for you! Also he has been profiled in the Australian Financial Review and BRW.
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Heidi is passionate about helping Australians develop a better relationship with money. When presenting for TV or radio, Heidi draws on her experience as a successful business owner, finance expert, lawyer and consumer advocate.
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Steve serves as a non-executive Director of Telstra (appointed September 2009) and Fletcher Building Limited (appointed July 2015). Steve also serves as a non-executive Director and advisor to a number of organisations that span start-ups and larger established organizations.
Steve is an Adjunct Professor and member of the Business School Advisory Board at the University of Technology Sydney.
Steve was the founder and President of the Society for Knowledge Economics (SKE), a not for profit think tank which operated from 2005 – 2014, to encourage and promote new and better leadership and management practices which enable innovation, productivity and sustainability.
The Australian Financial Review has twice included Steve in the top five listing of the most influential members of the Australian technology industry. Steve holds a degree in Civil Engineering (with Honors) from the University of New South Wales.
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Back to Basics
Test: 2000 Dodge Ram 1500 Sport SLT
When we were expecting the latest Road Test truck and were told it was going to be a Dodge Ram, well we naturally assumed it had to be an extended cab 4x4 probably loaded to the top with the latest trim and equipment. Well, we guessed wrong but were in for a great surprise because we tend to get a little spoiled these days when it comes to pickup trucks. A 2000 Dodge Ram 1500 Sport showed up on our doorsteps with a standard cab, manual transmission (yes you heard us, M-A-N-U-A-L) and 5.2 Liter Magnum V8.
Of course you know that there has never been so much choice in the marketplace or a better time to buy when it comes to truck configurations these days. There is a truck out there for every type of purpose, business or lifestyle. You can have a standard cab - which is increasingly rare, extended cab, four door extended cab, crew cab short bed, crew cab long bed, dual rear wheel... you get the picture. We definitely like choice but sometimes it pays to go back to the basics to again learn to appreciate just how lucky we are with all of the choices today.
In a way its kind of ironic that the Dodge Ram we tested made us feel we were going back to the basics because you can point back to just a few years ago when the 1994 Ram was introduced and made the rest of the industry take note
that pickup
trucks didn't have to be boring boxes anymore. The 1994 Dodge Ram
started a revolution in looks and features across the board that
continues to this day and shows no appearance of stopping anytime
soon. Our 2000 Dodge Ram just made the revolution that much more
apparent to us.
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It looms out from the middle of the console - one tall, long shift lever. When you first see that shifter in this Ram one of two emotions comes to mind - fear and loathing because you have never driven, or rarely drive, a stick or sheer joy at the fact that in front of you is a direct connection to a V8 engine.
These days manual transmissions are pretty rare in full size trucks and diminishing each year as automatics increasingly become standard equipment. With a manual transmission the driver has complete control over gear selection and how much power is transferred to the rear wheels. In the rainy San Francisco winter this was helpful in driving during wet conditions or in making prompt departures from
stoplights in dry ones. Manual transmissions also make driving more fun. Some of us do drive vehicles other than pickup trucks and when we do we like them to have sticks if possible. And there is nothing like the feeling of exhilaration that comes from driving a stick up San Francisco's infamous hills knowing that you have battled gravity to fight another day. Bring it on!
The gear shifter itself was quite easy to use and reach. Shifts were clean and crisp with only very occasional gear hunting. The only gripe about the shifter was that Dodge should have wrapped the boot at the bottom in leather, like the steering wheel, or vinyl rather than the rubbery 'pyramid' that made the SLT package look cheapened. A few dollars extra would have gone a long way towards improving the interior appearance.
The standard cab pickup, like the manual transmission, is also exceedingly rare today. What once used to make up around 70% of all truck sales now makes up less than 30%. Our Ram, with its long gear shift and 40/20/40 bench seating, could accommodate no more than two adults comfortably and any attempt to sandwich an adult in the middle was quickly struck down by the unfortunate candidate for the middle seat.
The 7.5"
of reclining travel and cloth material made the seats quite comfortable
to use on long and short drives.
On the outside, even with two wheel drive and a short bed, the Dodge Ram was still quite imposing and continues to lead the pack in looks. Its aggressive front end has worn quite well in the years since its introduction. The Intense Blue Pearl paint job and 16"x7" cast aluminum wheels suited the 1500 Sport Appearance Group package well. The Sport Appearance Group package is an option with the SLT trim and includes additional paint colors, body-color front and rear bumpers, a black grille with body color trim, fog lights, Sport decals and aluminum wheels.
The bed of the truck, though not used for any heavy hauling while we had it, was large enough to potentially handle just about anything we could throw at it.


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User-Mode Linux lets you run Linux inside Linux. It is a safe, secure way of running Linux versions and Linux processes. Run buggy software, experiment with new Linux kernels or distributions, and poke around in the internals of Linux, all without risking your main Linux setup. User-Mode Linux gives you a virtual machine that may have more hardware and software virtual resources than your actual, physical computer. You can assign your virtual machine only the hardware access you want it to have. With properly limited access, nothing you do on the virtual machine can change or damage your real computer or its software.
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Release Notes: It is now possible the to attach the UML gdb to sleeping threads. /proc/exitcode, a hardware watchdog driver, and support for kernel and userspace watchpoints were added. It is now possible to change the backing file of a COW file. The mconsole driver now sends panic notifications to mconsole clients. The crash that some people saw on UML shutdown has been fixed.
Release Notes: UML is now self-hosting. A number of debugging fixes were made, including support for userspace watchpoints, ddd support, allowing the UML debugger to shell out, and closing a security hole. iomem works again. The block driver supports partitioned devices. Many other smaller bugfixes and additions were made. uml_net now acts as a bridge.
Release Notes: Console flow control now works. The consoles and serial lines now support SIGWINCH. The ubd driver's COW bitmaps are now properly byte-swapped. Some drivers now supply entropy to /dev/random. The signal mask is now initialized so that odd environments can't screw UML up by passing in bogus masks. UML is now robust in the face of tmpfs running out of space. Running UML on a processor without cmov support now causes a panic rather than a hang. Crashes caused by use of a tty_struct after it had been freed and by the installation of cmucl have been fixed.
Release Notes: Sound, MTD, LVM, and md are now supported. UML is now secure against a hostile root. The new pthreads library works. Several data corruption bugs were fixed. The console and serial line initializations are now configurable. Persistent TUN/TAP is supported. The BogoMips calculation was fixed. uml_moo now supports V2 COW files. Many other bugs were fixed.
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Wars goes darker on 1979
The juvenile jokes get noticeably toned down on eclectic and multifaceted EP
1979 (independent)
Wars' outstanding first album, 2011's Pacey From Mighty Ducks, was as funny as it was tuneful, as its giddy pop-punk songs were packed with puns and tongue-in-cheek musical allusions to everyone from Drake to Weezer.
The follow-up 1979 EP is, by contrast, less concerned with jokes than with subtly expanding the band's sonic palette. "Wars 1979", culled from a forthcoming full-length, clocks in at 3:47, which is almost a full minute longer than anything on the debut. Its steady bass plucking and subtle keyboard backdrop bear traces of new wave, while the halftime breakdowns add cinematic drama to singer Chris van der Laan's admission "We should find a cheaper neighbourhood."
The five-song outing is rounded out by tracks that are exclusive to this digital-only release, and they're every bit as multifaceted and eclectic as the opening cut. The hard-hitting "New Steve (On Another Helicopter)" blends punk shouts with reverb-dosed harmonies, while "Mexican Sequel (Demo)" is a minute of ambient crowd sounds, spoken word, and studio noodling. Perhaps the most interesting of the batch is a wonderfully warped cover of Nirvana's "Territorial Pissings", which begins with skin-crawling feedback before morphing into a scream-filled psych-punk scorcher.
Despite the superfluous closer, a half-baked jam called "Struggle Bend (Chanting Compendium)", 1979 is an indication that Wars may be headed in a more shadowy direction. Then again, the upcoming album will reportedly bear the goofy title Neville Say Never, so maybe not.


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I should have been a plumber fixing drains.
And mending pure white bathtubs for the great Diogenes
(who scorned all lies, all liars, and all tyrannies),
And then, perhaps, he would bestow on me -- majesty!
(O modesty aside, forgive my fallen pride, O hidden
The lamp, the lantern, the lucid light he sought for
All too often -- sick humanity!)
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Your user name is established when you create your accounts at myau.american.edu.
Student network accounts are exactly the same as faculty or staff accounts. All three groups enjoy the same privileges of access to personal information through the MyAU.american.edu portal, wireless network, and software available for download. The main difference is that student email is hosted by Google and the address is @student.american.edu. Also, faculty and staff have a shared drive (usually mapped to the letter I) where they share files with others in their department. Back to List
Your AU user name will continue to be active as long as you are employed by American University. If you separate from the university, your accounts and files will be immediately deleted.
Your AU user name will continue to be active as long as you are registered for classes or maintaining matriculation. If you graduate or stop maintaining matriculation, your access to systems may be reduced at the end of the next semester's add/drop registration period. You may retain your "student.american.edu" e-mail address, although this may transition to an alumni address over time. Back to List
Each individual at the university is allowed only one account per system for security and account auditing reasons. The synchronization of information between different systems requires that each individual be assigned a consistent, unique user name to be used across all systems. Back to List
The Help Desk can easily give your student account access to the shared drive and networked printers in your office, as long as it is requested by your supervisor. For security reasons, you may have to configure your computer to manually connect to the I: drive for the shared folder for your office. Back to List
Students can find their AU ID number on their acceptance packet. Faculty and part time staff can obtain their AU ID number from their department. New full time staff will have their accounts created by the IT Help Desk as part of the IT OnBoarding process. Back to List
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If you need assistance with any step of the account creation process, please contact the Help Desk at 202-885-2550, email@example.com, or AskAmericanUHelp. Back to List
Your AU-sponsored Gmail account uses the same username as your other AU accounts, and it should also use the same password as your myAU account. If your Gmail password is not working, please log into the myau.american.edu Web portal. Click on TECHNOLOGY. Under Personalized Links, click the SYNCHRONIZE PASSWORDS link and follow the on-screen instructions. Make sure you check the box to also synchronize your Gmail password.
If you are unable to log into the portal, contact the IT Help Desk at 202-885-2550, email@example.com, or AskAmericanUHelp to request a password reset, after confirming your identity. You can also reset your password using your secret question and answer, by accessing the RESET AN EXPIRED OR FORGOTTEN PASSWORD link on the myAU login page.
The Blackboard system utilizes a separate account, but the password should be the same as the one you use for myau.american.edu. If you are unable to log into Blackboard with your portal password, contact the IT Help Desk at 202-885-2550, email@example.com, or AskAmericanUHelp.
Email and Blackboard utilize separate accounts, but the passwords should be the same as the one you use for myau.american.edu. Sometimes the system takes longer to create the email account, so try logging in again 1-2 hours after you complete the account creation process.


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On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 11:55:31PM -0700, Nivedita Singhvi wrote: > If the client has disabled TCP_QUICKACKS via setsockopt() > on this socket (i.e. tp->ack.pingpong = 1), we'll fall > through to this code when completing the 3 way handshake > from TCP_SYN_SENT state. However, tcp_enter_quickack_mode(tp) > unconditionally resets tp->ack.pingpong to 0, of course. > Subsequent acks will be quick acks, rather than delayed > acks, as hoped. Or what am I missing here? The quickack should be only send on the next incoming packet, which is effectively the delayed ack needed. > Is tp->ack.pingpong not intended to store the user choice > of "dont/do quick ack" as set by TCP_QUICKACKS? We reset > it (pingpong) when we receive data that fills our > out of order queue, or receive out of order/window or retransmitted > data, so it doesnt seem to be the case.. I think TCP_QUICKACKS was an afterthought which never completely worked. The real purpose of pingpong is to safe the state of the pingping heuristic. Best would be probably to either remove TCP_QUICKACKS or make it a separate flag. > Any clarification here would be appreciated! > > On an unconnected note, why are there 2 mailing lists, linux-net > and netdev? Is one deprecated, or preferred? linux-net has been historically been more user support oriented and included non kernel things, while netdev is strictly aimed at kernel development stuff only. These days linux-net traffic is so low (it used to have much more "support" traffic) that it doesn't make much difference anymore; but it is probably still a good idea to e.g. send patches to netdev instead of linux-net. -Andi
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A Celebration of Our History
April 22 -- October 29, 2000
Feminist and Women's Advocate
"I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career."
For almost 30 years, Gloria Steinem has been a leader of the third generation of feminists. Following in the footsteps of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Margaret Sanger, Steinem crusades for every woman's right to control her own body. In 1972 Gloria founded Ms. Magazine, a popular platform for American feminism. For 15 years she served as editor and continues her support as a writer and consulting editor.
Steinem co-founded the Women's Action Alliance, the National Women's Political Caucus, the Ms. Foundation for Women, and the Coalition of Labor Union Women. She has also been active in peace and civil rights campaigns, Vietnam war protests, and political campaigns.
As was the case with her predecessors, Gloria Steinem faces organized resistance from religious groups, political parties, and both men and women. But as in the 19th century, at least parts of her message are slowly but steadily gaining support.
Historic Artifacts:
READER'S COMPANION TO U.S. HISTORY, edited by
Wilma Mankiller, Gwendolyn Mink, Marysa Navarro, Barbara Smith, and Gloria Steinem.
Autographed by Gloria Steinem.
-- On loan from Joyce Harken, Mount Vernon IA
MAGAZINE, Spring 1972 Premier Issue
MS. MAGAZINE, 1982 10th Anniversary Issue
TIME MAGAZINE with article, "Fighting the Backlash." by Gloria Steinem & Susan Faludi, March 1992
OUTRAGEOUS ACTS AND EVERYDAY REBELLION, by Steinem
REVOLUTION FROM WITHIN, written by Steinem
REPORT, "The Spirit of Houston: First National Women's Conference"
BOOKLET, "Birthday Book" prepared for Steinem's 50th birthday
POSTER, "Support the ERA-Put Women in the Constitution"
PHOTOS of Steinem
-- On loan from Ms. Magazine, New York NY
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