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Real Estate
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Dates of Publication in the Chicago Tribune
Des Plaines
Dear Sister
This Beach Boy's now singing in the key of luxe
Episcopal church may go own way
By Russell Working, Tribune staff reporter
Suburban bar fight takes cue from city
By John Keilman, Tribune staff reporter
Valfer, Gertrude
Hollywood calling
By Steve Knopper, Special to the Tribune
Jeffords M.d., Francis W.
Where the U.S. military is the family business
By Kirsten Scharnberg, Tribune national correspondent
Molloy, Paul
Rich Londoners perfect culture of self-indulgence
By Mary Jordan and Karla Adam, The Washington Post
Gail Bennett: 1927 - 2007
By Andrew L. Wang, Tribune staff reporter
Mira Nair turns her grief into triumph
By Michael Wilmington, Tribune movie critic
Richter tackles case of the missing career
By Terry Armour
Fleming, Otis
The challenge of military leaders in Iraq
By David L. Grange, President and CEO, McCormick Tribune Foundation
Year later, battle goes on
By Antonio Olivo, Tribune staff reporter
U.S. evangelical group firm on climate stance
By Alan Cooperman, The Washington Post
Pardon me while I place this bet
NASA: Shuttle dings won't setback launch
By Items compiled from Tribune news services
Temperatures on roller coaster this week
By Tom Skilling
From winner to designer to blogger
By Beth Botts, Tribune staff reporter
Passenger sit-in
By Jerry Wilkerson
National Recap: Top News From The Week
Passengers' rights
By Daniel Messick
Lewis, Annette
Ask Tom Why
By Tom Skilling
Turkey shoot puts club in court's sights
By Items compiled from Tribune news services
Raid on rebel base leaves 23 dead
By Items compiled from Tribune news services
Iraq Digest
By Tribune news services
The war's endgame
Name Dropping
Name Dropping
Mancini, Phyllis A.
Hamas minister attacked by gunmen in West Bank
By Items compiled from Tribune news services
Overbooked airports
By Chuck Dill
World Recap: Top News From The Week
Proposed Iran sanctions raise concerns
By Items compiled from Tribune news services
Corrections And Clarifications
10 things
BY MARK JACOB, the Tribune's foreign/national news editor
National Recap: Top News Of The Week
O'connell, Helen C.
Telecom official: Court lifts ban on YouTube
By Items compiled from Tribune news services
Sievert, Earl E.
Cikanek, Mildred M.
Nichols, William
Refugee camps fill as conflict worsens
By Items compiled from Tribune news services
Weather Terms
By Tom Skilling
Texas has big, tough plans for migrants
By Miguel Bustillo, Tribune Newspapers: Los Angeles Times
Fugiel, Mary Wanda
Store within a store opens
By Mary Daniels, Tribune staff reporter
Bjerkness, Florence P.
Rossi, Mary J.
Sir, William H.
Beck, James R.
Vitaliano, Rose M.
2 16-year-olds arrested after gang fight at school
Shanahan, John F.
Lewandowski, Edward
Giving up air
By Gregory Stachnik
Yates, Georgiana P.
Higgins, Bill V.
Kashash, George H.
Plant, weed, water, blog ... blog!
By Beth Botts, Tribune staff reporter
Rae, Violet G.
Frizie, Evelyn B.
Don't blame the crew
By Wendy Smith
Holubik, Charles F.
Van Altena, Garret John
Gilbert, Angeline M. Hoff
Uruguay economy wins praise from Bush
By Maura Reynolds, Tribune Newspapers: Los Angeles Times
Impostor abducts newborn from hospital
By Items compiled from Tribune news services
Activists focusing on raids, rights
By Antonio Olivo, Tribune staff reporter
Bill would ax benefits for kids of migrants
By Miguel Bustillo, Tribune Newspapers: Los Angeles Times
Irish eyes, quilters will be a-smilin'
By Sherida Warner, Cox News Service
Personals: Who's Who & What's Up
By Terry Armour
Murray, Brian M.
Hough, Doris E.
Councils offer slums justice, hope
By Laurie Goering, Tribune foreign correspondent
A reader's green living idea
Will Sundance Kid take Hudson home?
By Terry Armour
Keffer, Mary L.
Swierczynski, Alan J.
Cain, Charlotte E.
Atwood, Geraldine F.
Wegner, William E.
What Others Are Saying
Lerner, Dorothy
Tompkins, Edwin H.
Change Of Subject
By Eric Zorn
Who, what, wares at the fair
By Karen Klages, Tribune staff reporter
Jonas, Wanda H.
Hahn, Gerhardt
Lawicki, Dorothy I.
Petrunic, Madelyn J.
Jankowsie, Henry J.
Paleczny, William J.
Bagger Sr., Edward J.
Leo, Lucille G.
To sir, with smooth
By Terry Armour
Kelly, Cheryl A.
Iraqis misidentify key terror suspect
By From Tribune news services
Dissections alive and well in class
By Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post
Press cries wolf over testifying
By Steve Chapman, a member of the Tribune's editorial board
Corsino, Joseph L.
Doyle, Edward J.
Kendzora, Ervin F.
UN plan for Kosovo's status hits snag
By Items compiled from Tribune news services
Skibniewski, Xavier
To ask and answer before putting in a path
By Beth Botts
All in the family . . . if you look hard enough
By Bob Secter, Tribune staff reporter
Folks hopping mad about city's use of `Spring Bunny'
By Theresa Harrington, McClatchy/Tribune newspapers
Folks hopping mad about `Spring Bunny'
By McClatchy/Tribune newspapers
Dog owner rescued from frigid harbor
Mahoney, Mary Alice
Krozel, Wanda A.
Prince, Robert J.
Salamanca, Marysol Harvest
Kids' artwork documents joy, sadness of Cabrini life
By Mary Schmich
Buckingham, Phillip J.
Suspect in soliciting girl online arrested
Felix, Pytel Fritz
Owca, Edward J.
McGANN JR., ALFRED A.
O'malley, Mary B.
News, notes, updates from HDTVland
By Kevin Hunt, Tribune Newspapers
Twin-engine plane crashes in Munster street, 2 killed
CDC study unmasks much more
By Jodi S. Cohen, Tribune higher education reporter
Thou art all ice? Sculptors carve for glory
By Robert K. Elder, Tribune staff reporter
Zahour, Noreen L.
Thomas colorblind in his own mind
By Clarence Page, a member of the Tribune's editorial board
Schneider, Jack
Staat, Alma
Guzak, Mary Ryan
Raddatz, Theresa M.
Tatter, Charles
Northern, Tobette
John Inman: 1935 - 2007
By From Tribune news services
Second life
Pavlik, Anna
Carlton, Dick
Schoening, Emma R.
Casas, Alonzo O.
Kelly, Shirlee E.
Cole, Lester P.
Ascenzi, Donna M.
Schultz, John V.
Averting another Walter Reed
By Jack Fuller, a former editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune
De La Caridad Fernandez, Ynes
Fitzpatrick, Helen Louise
Curie council won't take back ouster
By Steve Schmadeke, Special to the Tribune
Breen, Mary Ellen
Bazarnik, Michael L.
Zoller, Estelle
Andonoplas, Nick
Weber, Mary
Freese, Marilyn G.
Spring ahead with colorful dinner ideas
By Ron Bilaro
U.S., Iran clash at talks in Iraq
By Liz Sly, Tribune foreign correspondent
Peterson, Jean Marie
Walski, Julius R.
Clair, Mary R.
Girl, 7, becomes 10th victim in Bronx fire
By Items compiled from Tribune news services
City puts its garden show on hold 'til next year
By Beth Botts, Tribune staff reporter
Busch, Sarah
How 2 urban strongmen got things done
By Blair Kamin, Tribune architecture critic
Mangione, Louis N.
Raab, Herbert D.
Mortell, Almarie Joan
Coffman Sr., Thomas P.
Deaths Last Week
Mallin, Michael S.
Kobiljak, Ronald D.
Sejud, Charles J.
Katsis, John N.
Greven, Stella M.
Harrington, Pauline R.
Ford, Troy Julius
Peanut butter recall backdated to 2004
By Items compiled from Tribune news services
Rager, John A.
Nakai, Aiko
Landry, Ronald R.
Amundson, Joseph G.
Henze, William T.
Slezak, John H.
Ucherek, Norbert J.
Cerf, Thomas N.
Debate canceled due to remark on Obama
By Items compiled from Tribune news services
Lewandowski, Wanda
Bachar, Betty Lou J.
City's liaison to gays takes pride in special hall of fame
By Sid Smith, an arts critic for the Tribune
Peanut butter recall expanded
By Items compiled from Tribune news services
With slum justice comes hope
By Laurie Goering, Tribune foreign correspondent
Hanes, Joseph Meredith
Proud yet sad memory of student who gave all
By Kathleen Fischer
Martone, Patrick
Schlimm, Harriet M.
Garden Clippings
By Beth Botts
Waishwell, Shari M.
Friedman, Eunice
Katz, Lois
Wasserman, Earl
Whipple, Robert
Bamberger, George E.
Piekarz, Lottie Ann
Ada E. Townsend: 1919 - 2007
By Graydon Megan, Special to the Tribune
Feeney, William J.
Couples find wedded bliss more blissful in separate bedrooms
By Tracie Rozhon, New York Times News Service
Ex-Sen. Eagleton, in farewell letter, urges `vote Democratic'
By Items compiled from Tribune news services
Olson, Kathryn Suzanne
Drug Court turns around lives on the edge
By Dennis Sullivan, Special to the Tribune
Blagojevich allies help state sell off student loans
By Jodi S. Cohen and David Jackson, Tribune staff reporters
Snap, crackle, sellout?
By Mark Caro, Tribune entertainment reporter
The eco-centrics
By Karen Klages, Tribune staff reporter
Goldstein, Gladys R.
Prendergast Iv, Richard W.
Gentile, Elaine Lucille
Carreras, Horace
Rich Township man found dead after fire
Wrongful birth lawsuit filed against Planned Parenthood
By Jonathan Saltzman, Boston Globe
Clark Dlouhy, Mary Jane
Stonich, Gregory
Welles was the master of the long goodbye
By Michael Phillips, Tribune movie critic
Voss, Floyd M.
Tipping a few while parenting
By Harlene Ellin
Deaths Last Week
O'malley, Raymond F.
Gerue, William A.
Disher, Philip J.
Readers sound off about WBEZ change
Sadauskas, Paul J.
North Korea and `Easter eggs'
Rexinis, Theano
Enhanced Fujita tornado rating scale is now official
By Tom Skilling
Styles, Barbara Y.
Boedigheimer, Arnold
Dingwerth, Donald F.
After wind snatches letter, getting refund is no breeze
By Jon Yates, Tribune staff reporter
For sale: Rare violins, some strings attached
Cloche encounters
By Elaine Matsushita
President challenges UN deployment plan
By Items compiled from Tribune news services
Raab, Herbert D.
Siano, Ralph
Goszcyznski, Stephanie
Anderson, Irene A.
Strocchio, Martin E.
Jensen, Carl M.
Mazurowski, Eleanor
Art teacher gets a Golden Apple
Deswik, Dorthea M.
Did UN agency serve as ATM for North Korea?
By Bay Fang, Washington Bureau
Leave coneflowers in winter
By Nancy Clifton, Special to the Tribune
Traffic aide hit by vehicle dies
Hartney, William W.
Panocha, Edward A.
Canik, Edward L.
Sachno, Jerome
Dissections alive and well in class
By Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post
Himel, Mary
CDC study unmasks much more
By Jodi S. Cohen, Tribune higher education reporter
Stein, Richard L.m.
Truth of `300' is tale worth telling today
By John Kass
Up on the roof
By Nina A. Koziol, Special to the Tribune
Hermanson, Donald
Oldest kibbutz caves in to free market
By John Murphy, Tribune Newspapers: Baltimore Sun
Ex-boyfriend charged in fatal shooting
Troyke, Aranka Vera
John Inman: 1935 - 2007
By From Tribune news services
Beloved spouse's death shatters widow's hopes
By Michelle S. Keller, Tribune staff reporter. Tribune staff reporter Jeremy Gorner contributed to this report
Wilgenbusch, Darlene
Matura, Carol M.
Is Obama Black Enough?
By Dawn Turner Trice, a Tribune Metro columnist
Officials probe fatal plane crash
By Dennis Sullivan, Special to the Tribune
10 things you might not know about Dick Cheney
By Mark Jacob | Tribune staff reporter
Sorrentino, Robert J.
Maksa, Rosemary A.
Woman's suit says birth was wrongful
By Jonathan Saltzman, Boston Globe
Police probe arson after fire kills 4 in Wrigleyville
By Matt Walberg and Angela Rozas, Tribune staff reporters. Staff reporter David Heinzmann contributed to this report
Burton, Lillian E.
Reuwer, Frank W.
Elmer F. States: 1912 - 2007
By Joan Giangrasse Kates, Special to the Tribune
Thou art all ice? Sculptors carve for glory in Alaska
By Robert K. Elder, Tribune staff reporter
Jensen's a beautiful fit for 'Ugly Betty'
By Robert Lloyd, Tribune Newspapers: Los Angeles Times
Derrick Sanders takes August Wilson's crown to Broadway
By Chris Jones, Tribune theater critic
A cultural taboo fades
By Kayce T. Ataiyero and Bonnie Miller Rubin, Tribune staff reporters
For sale: Rare violins, some strings attached
Henk, Adeline E.
Can condo force out unruly tenants?
By Mark Pearlstein
Why real estate market reports may not add up
By Kenneth R. Harney, Washington Post Writers Group
Shaky time for retirement plan security
By Janet Kidd Stewart
Conserving takes some energy
By Marilyn Kennedy Melia, Special to the Tribune
Conservative investing carries its own risk
By Tami Luhby, a staff reporter for Newsday, a Tribune Co. newspaper
The week ahead
With apologies to Kermit on `the phrase'
By Mary Umberger
Former rowdy tech firms now attracting investors
By Andrew Leckey, a Tribune Media Services columnist
New wounds revive former pain
BY ANDREW LECKEY, a Tribune Media Services columnist
Soaring oil helps `green' construction
By Jim Carlton, The Wall Street Journal
Tech-savvy callers can cut phone bills
BY GREGORY KARP, a personal finance writer for The Morning Call, a Tribune Co. newspaper in Allentown, Pa
Atari guru reinvents food, frolic with UWink
By Dawn C. Chmielewski, Tribune Newspapers: Los Angeles Times
Loan delinquency rate is continuing to climb
By Craig Torres, Bloomberg News
Business leaders raise tax concerns
By Tribune staff reporter
From green wave to blue: Save water
By Sara Schaefer Munoz, The Wall Street Journal
Amazon fighting on many fronts
By Andrew Leckey, a Tribune Media Services columnist
People: A Look At Local Promotions And Career Moves
Get the most of refund, but don't overdo it
By Gail MarksJarvis
Temp agency gives re-entry to job market
BY CARRIE MASON-DRAFFEN, a columnist for Newsday, a Tribune Co. newspaper
Investment flows to Europe
By Peter Woodifield, Bloomberg News
Awards show evolution of development
By Jeanette Almada, Special to the Tribune
Debate sparks before event even begins
By Phil Rosenthal
Vector graphics to the Xtreme--even at high price
By James Coates
Personalize retirement strategy for best results
By Humberto Cruz, a columnist for Tribune Media Services
Variety gives Cityview an urban flavor
By Annemarie Mannion, Tribune staff reporter
Caution flag raised on junk bond sales
By Suzanne Cosgrove, a staff reporter for the Chicago Tribune
Personalities in abundance at Black trial
By Susan Chandler, Tribune staff reporter
Rumbling trains part of charm of artist's home
By Sheba R. Wheeler, The Denver Post
Spring home selling season getting off to a rocky start
By Kathleen M. Howley, Bloomberg News
Outdoor spaces get friendlier in senior housing
By Jane Adler, Special to the Tribune
Shape of things to come feeds gardeners
By Michelle Slatalla, New York Times News Service
Tiny houses embracing larger visions
By Bethany Lyttle, New York Times News Service
Levy based on gross receipts reaches too far
By David Greising, Tribune chief business correspondent
Youth serves a central role
By Susan Diesenhouse, Tribune staff reporter
Building a future out of scrap metal
By Ann Therese Palmer, Special to the Tribune
Keller funds center at Baylor University
By Cox News Service
So, Larry, let's talk about your new Beverly Hills home
By Ruth Ryon, Tribune Newspapers: Los Angeles Times
Embracing The Environment
By Leslie Mann, Special to the Tribune
Residential Sales
Landis wants public in his corner
By Philip Hersh
Knicks 90, Wizards 89
Rhodes goes from best to worst
By Tribune news services
City is Guillen's, and he wants to keep it that way
By Rick Morrissey
By Steve Rosenbloom
Few have tools to win it all
By Mike DeCourcy, Sporting News
For Prior, there's no relief
1-game wonder gets back on track
Buehrle, rotation continue struggles
2 can play that game
By Brian Hamilton, Tribune staff reporter
Warriors 99, Clippers 89
Cavaliers 94, Bucks 92
Spurs 93, Nets 75
Jazz 96, Hornets 86
Adjusting to leaner body takes Myers time
By Jim Salisbury, Philadelphia Inquirer
Hawks 99, T'wolves 93
NL contenders stricken with concerns
By Phil Rogers
2 can play that game
By Brian Hamilton, Tribune staff reporter
76ers 100, Pacers 96
No. 5 Memphis romps to 22nd straight victory
By Tribune news services
Grizzlies 115, Bobcats 107
Offering thanks for Danks
Joyful night for Badgers
By Teddy Greenstein, Tribune staff reporter
Pistons 95, Nuggets 82
Can Twins keep their big fish in small pond?
By Ken Davidoff, Tribune Newspapers: Newsday
Rush's new guy a good catch
By Jack McCarthy. Special to the Tribune
Sosa puts focus on the present
By Paul Sullivan, Tribune staff reporter
Scoring, fighting take center ice
By Jim Gintonio. Special to the Tribune
Oden makes it look easy, scout says
By Fred Mitchell
Bulls may be hurt by Allen's absence
By K.C. Johnson, Tribune staff reporter
Flying finish for Phoenix
By Bob Sakamoto, Tribune staff reporter
Deng a citizenship award finalist
By K.C. Johnson
Bulls: Allen expected to recover fully
By K.C. Johnson, Tribune staff reporter
Angels: Assigned C...
ESPN's expanding power riles critics
By Emily Badger, Tribune Newspapers: Orlando Sentinel
Texas' trio unafraid to launch
By Skip Myslenski
Boston: Optioned RHP...
Falling Phoenix
By Bob Sakamoto, Tribune staff reporter
Glenbard West 77 EAST AURORA 58 At...
It's thumbs-down for new-age caps
By Sam Mellinger, Kansas City Star
High-stakes time
By Bob Sakamoto, Tribune staff reporter
Isles' Simon awaits penalty
By Tribune news services
Make way for big boys
By Mike Downey
There's no black, white with Blanco
By Luis Arroyave
Rivalries suffer with class break
By Barry Temkin
Irish foresee good seeding in NCAAs
By Avani Patel, Tribune staff reporter
Computer crashes White Sox
By Dave van Dyck, Tribune staff reporter
Can fresh start lead to her 1st victory?
By Dave Caldwell, New York Times
NIU's Judson out after 7-23 season
By Reid Hanley, Tribune staff reporter
Brady baby talk is premature
Daddy Matta in hot water for technical foul
BY BRIAN HAMILTON. Tribune staff reporter Reid Hanley and Terry Bannon contributed
Last hope gets away
By Bob Sakamoto, Tribune staff reporter
Limping into NCAA tourney?
By Terry Bannon, Tribune staff reporter
Major conferences getting too many bids to NCAA
Gameday proves the easy part for rookie head coaches
By Ethan J. Skolnick, Tribune Newspapers: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Childress beckons Earnhardt
By Ed Hinton
Kasey Kahne won the pole at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with...
By Tribune news services
Time flies for those who tie their own flies
By Lew Freedman
Fenwick trying to double up
Finding road little rougher
16th tech costs Pistons' Wallace
By Tribune news services
Trevians' loss no fluke
By Ross Forman. Special to the Tribune
Ceaseless slander against the Irish
By Chris McNamara
The customer is not always a jerk
By Ed Leighton
Scholarship puts family at odds
By Amy Dickinson
5 Things We Learned From ...
By Chris McNamara
A black-tie burglary?
By Sally Sullivan
Hoops jerseys get cozy
By Wendy Donahue
About This Issue
By Elizabeth Taylor
Party favors
By Nancy Watkins
Slice of life
By Leah Eskin
About Face
By Reported by Celia Daniels
5 Things We Learned From ...
By Anne E. Stein
Fat-cat epidemic looms
By Adele Angle, Tribune newspapers: Hartford Courant
Fits to a T
By Ellen Warren
Here's a toast to life as a part-time sports hero
By Patrick Kampert
No. 231: Olympic-size smackdown
Feel lucky? Well, do ya?
By Emilie Le Beau
A friend's breast subs for mom's in a feeding pinch
By Julie Deardorff, Tribune health and fitness reporter
Here are the steps the recipe leaves out
By Reshma Rao Beeranthbail
Whose bed is it? Often, everybody's
By Penelope Green, New York Times News Service
Maxwell Street blues
By Rick Kogan
sunday 10:11 a.m.
No. 229: Get the (political) party started
A Message Carved In Stone
By Authorship: Philip Berger
Won't raise your heart rate? You won't raise mine
By Abby Ellin, New York Times News Service
'Life'goes On
By Stevenson Swanson. Stevenson Swanson is a Tribune national correspondent
How to get around the fake-phone-number routine
By Terry R. Yormark II
Readers serve seconds on table manners
By Heidi Stevens, Tribune staff reporter
By Amy Tara Koch, the trend reporter for NBC 5 and Style Phile columnist for RedEye
Hair hordes
By Wendy Donahue, Tribune staff reporter
Thinking outside THE CAGE
By William Hageman, Tribune staff reporter
No girls allowed
By Rosemary Sullivan, Special to the Tribune
Love is blind
By Patrick Kampert, Tribune staff reporter
By Authorship: Jeff Lyon
'It's A Verdi ... It's A Poulenc ... It's Supernumerary!'
By Emily Stone, a Chicago free-lancer who writes frequently for the Magazine
Head trip
By Kate O'Hare, (Copyright) Zap2it
From The Precincts
National Best Sellers
New In Paperback
Editor's Choice
By Elizabeth Taylor, literary editor
2 kindred spirits struggle to overcome the persistent pull of family, memory
By Brian Bouldrey
By Jay Bobbin, Zap2it
Charting the path of our geometric knowledge
By Nathan L. Harshman
Down and out at a Chicago ad agency
By Art Winslow, a former literary and executive editor of The Nation and a frequent contributor to the Tribune
Second reading of a book's first sentences
Rick Gomez
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By Kristin Kloberdanz, a Chicago writer
Examining the political radicalism of Martin Luther King Jr.
By Eric Arnesen, professor of history at the University of Illinois at Chicago
News In Brief
By From Tribune News services
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World Watch
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The Resourceful Traveler
By Toni Salama
No sea legs needed for slice of Alaska
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What's Up
Registered Traveler plan stumbles
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2007 Geneva Motor Show
Crossover joins revamped lineup to give Saturn a whole new Outlook
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Feast for the senses
Frequent-fliers will love new AA site
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Full-size Tundra hauling hefty price
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Check with dealer on OnStar upgrade
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Sometimes a traveler just needs a TV sedative
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Web sites designed to help the disabled traveler
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East African safari takes the long route
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Nothing's normal in Torres del Paine
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- Magic & Wizards, the original name for Duel Monsters
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Ice Cube is an actor, and former "Gangsta" rapist or rapper. (I'm not sure which one he is). He was a member of NWA or possible the NRA. Greatest actor of all B-level crappy movies.
If you talk trash, he will pull your car. For nothing in life is to be legit. Don't punk that boy cause Cube ain't did it.
Ice Cube is one of the Ice-Brothers Rapping Family:
- Ice Cube
- Ice-T
- Vanilla Ice
- Iced Coffee
- Shaved Ice
- Hawaiian Ice
- Italian Ice
- Icee-Hot


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Recon is an SSL audit tool, checking for common, certificate-related errors in SSL-enabled services. Provide it a list of SSL services for which you are responsible, run it periodically, and Recon will warn you of impending certificate expirations, mismatched certificate names, and unavailable services.
The sctplib library is a fairly complete prototype implementation of the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP), a message-oriented reliable transport protocol that supports multi-homing and multiple message streams multiplexed within an SCTP connection. The API of the library was modeled after section 10 of RFC 2960, and most parameters and functions should be self-explanatory to the user familiar with this document. In addition, the library also provides a number of helper functions for managing timers and UDP communication.
Rambutan is a set of end-user applications software that assists a system analyst in the gathering and categorization of facts for a requirements specification document. In its current state, the product consists of two programs that perform similar functions. A handheld application is used to gather facts in the client's site while a desktop application is used to edit and further refine the requirement statements in the analyst's office. Both applications allow the user to enter, modify, and display data that make up a requirements specification document.
AnimalTracker can be used to track the position of animals and their behavior in the context of an observation. Users can draw a map of the area and position the animals on it. The application can then calculate the distance between the animals and the distribution of them on the map across a specified time period. All data can be exported as tables to be used in spreadsheet applications or statistics programs.


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The Temple of the Sun Goddes was one of the largest temple in all Rokugan, [1] and the largest in Otosan Uchi, devoted to Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess, but after Yakamo ascended it was devoted to him, the Lord Sun, as the Temple of the Sun God. [2]
Appearance Edit
Located in the Ochiyo district, it was of simple construction, but the monks tended the woodwork in a way that made it glow with a light all its own, enshrouding the temple wih a golden aura. [3] Behind the temple laid the Kanshi Community, a former siege storage of the Imperial City. [4]
Tradition Edit
The monks there were the epitome of the charitable, philanthropist image of the monk class. Upon the conclusion of their duties each day they moved among the heimin of the city, bringing relief to the sick and the hungry. [1]
Scorpion Coup Edit
In the first day of the Scorpion Coup news of the Imperial Heir's death was spread. The monks of the temple run the huge bell to mark the passing of the boy-prince. [5] During the fourth day of the Scorpion Coup the corpse of Bayushi Dairu, the late Scorpion's heir, was arrived at the Temple of the Sun Goddess. The monks refused to allow them entry, caliming the Scorpion acts as dishonorable, and not worthy of Lady Sun consideration. They were slaughtered on the spot by the forces of Dairu's father, Bayushi Shoju. The otherwise impassive district was led directly into the fighting against the Scorpion, to exact the dishonorable act. [6]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Way of Shinsei, p. 104
- ↑ Battle for Otosan Uchi, Part 1, by Rich Wulf and Shawn Carman
- ↑ Otosan Uchi:Book 1, p. 65
- ↑ Otosan Uchi:Book 1, p. 87
- ↑ Otosan Uchi: The Scorpion's Sting, p. 57
- ↑ Otosan Uchi: The Scorpion's Sting, p. 80
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Living Left-handed is now out of print. Chapter 1 has been reproduced here for you to read.
There are estimated to be two hundred million left-handers in the world: nine million in the United Kingdom, over seven million in Italy, five million in Japan, thirty million in the United States of America, and forty-eight million throughout Europe. Figures vary from ten to twenty per cent of the population and are difficult to obtain because an official census of sinistral people has never been carried out in any country.
In 1886, left-handers made up 70 per cent of the Punjabi population, in 1932, nearly 8 per cent in Switzerland, only 3.8 per cent in Stuttgart and 4.6 per cent in Berlin. (By 1974, the overall German statistics had strangely reduced to 0.44 per cent.) In 1933 there were 10 per cent in Palestine, and in 1953, 5.5 per cent in Scotland. In France in 1962, 11 per cent of men were left-handed and 9 per cent of women. In 1983, there were 11 per cent in Japan, and in the UK in 1985, one survey among 15- to 65-year-olds produced 30.7 per cent left-handers. In 1921, 11.9 per cent were found in special schools and 18.2 per cent among 'mental defectives'.
American surveys range from 2 per cent in New York in 1911 to 4 per cent in Ohio in 1930 and 6.4 per cent in Detroit in 1941. Nationwide, figures varied from 1 to 29 per cent in 1927 to 11 per cent in 1960. In 1952, the United States Army revealed that left-handers made up 8.6 per cent of recruits. Of them, 7.8 per cent were passes and 9.7 per cent were failures.
Even though these figures are so disparate, to include them in future population censuses, as has been suggested, would probably create even more confusion. Most statistics are gathered by researchers from their work with schoolchildren. They do not always take into account the adult population but are thought to be a fair indication of statistical trends.
But because of the various degrees of laterality, and the fact that some people may be more right- or left-handed than they think, a question on an official Census form to determine laterality percentages would probably produce totally misleading results and is not to be recommended. The only true record would be produced by laterality testing, which ideally should be done at various stages of a child's development.
Despite their 'sinister' origins, a high percentage of left-handers have hit the headlines over the years. The first noted left-hander was Mucius Scaevola, a hero of Roman legend, who was ordered to be burnt alive after an assassination attempt on Porsenna, the King of Etruria. But he won the King's favour and pardon by fearlessly holding his right hand in the fire. Thereafter, he was known as 'left-handed Mucius'.
Since then, the line of left-handers has passed down through Alexander the Great, Charlemagne, the Emperor Tiberius, Lord Nelson (for whom there was no alternative) and Joan of Arc (whose portrait in the copy of her trial, now in the National Archives in Paris, reveals her holding her sword in her left hand), to one-third of all United States' Presidents since 1945, including Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan (who was changed) and George Bush (Snr).
Statesman and philosopher, Benjamin Franklin, was a left-hander who, in addition to helping frame the American Constitution, found a moment to pen an appeal for the left in the form of 'A Petition to Those Who Have the Superintendency of Education':
'There are twin sisters of us; and the eyes of man do not more resemble, nor are capable of being on better terms with each other than my sister and myself, were it not for the partiality of our parents, who made the most injurious distinction between us.
'From my infancy I have been led to consider my sister as a being of more educated rank. I was suffered to grow up without the least instruction, while nothing was spared in her education. She had masters to teach her writing, drawing, music and other accomplishments, but if by chance I touched a pencil, a pen or a needle I was bitterly rebuked; and more than once I have been beaten for being awkward, and wanting a graceful manner…
'Must not the regret of our parents be excessive, at having placed so great a difference between sisters who are so perfectly equal? Alas! We must perish from distress; for it would not be in my power even to scrawl a suppliant petition for relief…
'Condescend, sir, to make my parents sensible of the injustice of an exclusive tenderness, and of the necessity of distributing their care and affection among all their children equally. I am, with profound respect, Sirs,
'Your obedient servant,
In the UK, King George VI was a noted changed left-hander and Queen Victoria was ambidextrous.
Prince Charles experienced an enforced change to the left when he broke the humerus in his upper right arm after a fall on the polo field in June, 1990. Much concern was shown for the heir to the British throne when complications set in after the two breaks, above his elbow, were set in plaster at a cottage hospital in Cirencester.
A month later, HRH was still in pain, there was little sign of healing and a holiday in Majorca did not help. The Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, recommended a three-hour operation involving a hip bone graft, which took place at the end of August.
Although his sporting life was at stake, he was expected to resume the use of his right hand eventually. In the meantime, the Prince switched sides and was reported as having '…perfected a scratchy signature…' and the ability to paint, sketch and shake hands with his South Paw. 'Life on the left will never be good enough for Prince Charles," proclaimed the Daily Mail, whose concern was whether he would ever be able to play polo again.
Of present-day politicians, only the Shadow Foreign Secretary, the Rt Hon Gerald Kaufman and the Rt Hon Lord Jenkins of Hillhead have admitted to being 'of the left', while the right wing keep their left-handed leanings to themselves.
In the world of entertainment, creative left-handers abound. Among them are George Burns, Charles Chaplin, Bernie Clifton, Michael Crawford, Leslie Crowther, Robert De Niro, Richard Dreyfuss, W. C. Fields, Uri Geller, Rex Harrison, Rock Hudson, Derek Jameson, Danny Kaye, Michael Landon, Marcel Marceau, Harpo Marx, Anthony Newley, Ryan O'Neal, Robert Redford, Paul Shane, Telly Savalas, Rod Steiger, Dick Van Dyke. Female left-handers in the entertainment business include Carol Barnes, Jean Boht, Carol Burnett, Greta Garbo, Judy Garland, Betty Grable, Olivia de Havilland, Goldie Hawn, Hope Lange, Shirley Maclaine, Marilyn Monroe, Kim Novak, Su Pollard, Esther Rantzen and Eva Marie Saint.
Composers and musicians include C.P.E. Bach, Benjamin Britten, Bob Geldof, Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney, Cole Porter, Prokofiev and Ringo Starr. Fashion designer Zandra Rhodes is left-handed, as are cartoonists Calman and Ronald Searle, and artists Albrecht Durer, Hans Holbein, Paul Klee, Edwin Landseer and Pablo Picasso. Both Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci were ambidextrous.
They are prolific, too, in the world of sport, boasting such famous names as Babe Ruth, John Barnes, Bjorn Borg, Bob Charles (golf only), Brian Close, 'Little Mo' Connolly, Jimmy Connors, Mark Cox, Jaroslav Drobny, Guy Forget, Neale Fraser, Sara Gomer, David Gower, Herol Graham, Marvin Hagler, Ben Hogan (golf right), Ann Jones, Bill Knight, Rod Laver, Henri Leconte, John McEnroe, Martina Navratilova, Manuel Orantes, Tony Roche, Gary Sobers, Mark Spitz, Roscoe Tanner, Roger Taylor, Guillermo Vilas and Mark Woodforde.
Other prominent left-handers include Albert Einstein, Herbert Hoover, Nelson Rockefeller, Billy the Kid, the Boston Strangler, the Black Panther and Jack the Ripper.
Today's famous left-handers might well have joined fellow sinistral Joan at the stake had they been born in earlier centuries, for the left-handed minority have endured a traditionally bad press throughout the ages. To discover why, we must delve back into history.
Experiments with animals have revealed little in relation to the origins of handedness for animals have paws, not hands, which have superior values and uses for humans, in particular dexterity. And animals appear to have no particular preference for either paw. Some researchers have noted such peculiarities as the elephant digging roots more with the right tusk, dogs being consistent in which hind leg they raise when urinating, saddle horses trained to canter off on the right foot, which seems to create problems for some, the discovery of variable hand preferences in some monkeys, the predominant right-sidedness in rats and a divided preference in squirrels and cows.
The results indicate that there are no special leanings to any one side over the other. Animals, on the whole, tend to be ambilateral, although they can be trained to the specific use of one particular side and a minority are one-sided, by chance.
'Every man did what was right in his own eyes. Some handled their tools and drew with the left hand. A larger number used the right hand, but as yet no rule prevailed. In this, as in certain other respects, the arts and habits of that period belonged to a chapter in the infancy of the race, when the law of dexterity, as well as other laws, begot by habit, convenience or more prescriptive conventionality, had not yet found their place in that unwritten code to which a prompter obedience is rendered than to the most absolute of royal or imperial decrees.' Sir Daniel Wilson, The Prehistoric Man, 1876.
Archaeologists, unearthing Stone Age relics from between 100,000 years ago and 4,000 BC, have found that aboriginal man had no particular hand preferences. Neolithic man's flint tools were honed for left and right use in equal measure. In the Paleolithic era, humans used whichever hand suited them best. Some used tools and drew with their left hand and an equal number seem to have used their right hand.
In 1890, hand-held stonescrapers unearthed in France and Switzerland had double edges. Around 56 per cent of them were honed for left-handed use. In north Surrey, Neolithic flint pounders, awls and borers were found to be made equally for right and left-handed use, indicating ambidexterity. Stone implements, arrow blades and spearheads left by North American Indian aborigines in the USA clearly revealed a higher left-handed bias than in later eras. Thirty-three per cent of the rock drawings were made by left-handers.
Other anthropological findings at the turn of the century revealed a higher percentage of left-handed artists than we find in today's society and a more equal distribution of hand preference. Primitive Australians, Africans, Hottentots, Bushmen, Bantus and Pygmies were all found to favour the left hand.
Anthropologist, Paul Sarasin (1856-1929), found some wedge-shaped stones and hatchets in Moustier, France, sharpened on the left and others on the right side, indicating an equal number of left- and right-handers in the Stone Age and this was echoed in other areas. It seems to have been during the Bronze Age that the preference for right-handedness occurred, revealed by the cutting edges of tools and the sickle, made for right-handers only, a preference which has persisted down the ages.
As man's implements became progressively more sophisticated, from stone to bronze to iron, society's cultural habits advanced from basic hunting, fishing and farming. Stone Age tools were sufficiently simple and primitive to afford use by either hand with no problem. Bronze Age tools, however, were more advanced and could not be switched to either hand. The maker decided on its sidedness, not the user, who also had to pass it down through generations of descendants who were obliged to use that hand. But it meant that the user could develop special strengths on one side of his body, making for more speed and efficiency on that side.
Children have their skills passed on to them by the adults in society, who have already formed their own hand preference and the tradition is passed on, by social pressure. Right-handedness, or dextrality, became adopted as part of man's culture and passed into the social code, taking on religious, moral and magical significance. Left-handedness became inconvenient and eventually virtually taboo, ostensibly so as not to hinder the advancement of civilisation. As the right gained ground on all fronts, inevitably, the left began to decline in acceptability, becoming associated with the more negative aspects of abnormality, darkness and wickedness.
Some cultures reacted in quite extreme ways. In Albania, left-handedness is said to be banned. The Indonesians bind their children's left arms to their sides to prevent use. The Kaffirs scald and bury their sinistrals' left hands in the hot sand. Zulu children are also banned from using their left hands. In Arab countries, the left, or 'unclean hand', has traditionally been used for personal hygiene (likewise among Hindus), while the right hand is used for eating. The origin of the phrase, 'to give one's right hand' for something, relates to the custom of cutting off a thief's right hand, thereby rendering him useless, for the left is not socially acceptable. Today's more educated Arabs have a more relaxed attitude towards left-handedness, although in India the taboo still persists. Rural Japanese women are likely to be divorced if caught using their left hands. African women from certain tribes of the Niger river are not allowed to cook with their left hand. In the Maori language, the right side denotes the male (strong, virile and good) side, while the left side denotes the female and everything bad. Ironically, although there are more left-handed men than women in the world, the left side in most cultures is always correlated with women – in Buddhism, Yin, the weak side and the weaker sex – and the right, strong, Yang, with men. Only the American Zuni Indians and the Chinese come out in favour of the left. When I lived in Paris, the French constantly noted my left-handedness, with loud exclamations, as though I was some kind of phenomenon. It does not appear to be encouraged there, nor in Germany, although left-handed shops in both countries do exist. A shop has been in existence in London for over 20 years and each American state has at least one left-handed store. In Juniata College, Darby, Pennsylvania, a special scholarship is exclusively reserved for left-handers.
'The stranger greets thy hand with proffered left? Accept not: 'tis of loyalty bereft. Left-handed friends are underhanded foes; True openness a swordless right hand shows.' Harvey, Sheep in Wolves' Clothing, 1.98.
To reinforce the negative concept of left-handedness and the left side, the language of the left reflects the cultural background, its progress and advancement among the different societies. Abram Blau in The Master Hand lists the right as 'permanence, force, power, strength, grace, dexterity, dispatch, godliness, rectitude, truth, goodness, and sanctity.' In direct contrast, the left represents, 'the opposite, the reverse, the lack, the negation of all the traits and characteristics attributed to the right hand.'
The word 'right' comes from the Latin rectus meaning straight, erect and just, a position of honour. The word for left, sinister, from the Latin for left, denotes 'a bad omen, inauspicious, evil, awkward, wrong, perverse, improper, unlucky, unfavourable, and bad.' In Latin and Greek, the left hand was the shield hand or laeva, or the pocket hand, sinister deriving from the word sinus or pocket of the toga. Even the Anglo-Saxon word for left, lyft, means weak or broken, the left arm being the weak arm, while right means straight, erect or just. In Germany, left is licht or leicht, meaning light or fragile.
We have even invented phrases to reinforce these emotions, such as 'right-hand man' (coined during the Middle Ages when the King's favourite was seated on his right), 'left-handed friend', 'two left feet', 'left behind' but 'right behind one' and 'right on'. We talk of left-handed marriages, compliments and oaths. The bar sinister was reluctantly bestowed on the bastard son, an unlucky state of affairs for any noble family. In politics, we inherited the French custom of labelling 'right wingers' (nobles) and the 'left wing' (pre-revolutionary capitalists). The propaganda machine has worked well over the centuries in most countries to indoctrinate the people with an abhorrence of the left.
Today, we have inherited a host of derogatory nicknames, most of them indigenous to individual areas. These range from 'Molly-dooker' (woman-handed) in Australia to 'cack-handed' (from the French 'caca' for excrement) in England.
'…it definitely influenced my personality – I was aggressive – I hated being called "cack-handed Clara"', commented one woman on her left-handedness. In Scotland, we are 'Corrie-pawed', in Cornwall 'Clicky-handed', in the West Midlands 'Keggy-handed', in Lancashire 'Kay-fisted', in the North of England 'Cuddy-wifters' and in the South, 'Skivvy-handed'. The list goes on.
'Evil and Good are God's Right Hand and Left.' Philip James Bailey, Festus, Proem.
In general terms, the Bible does little for the left, offering at least 100 references in favour of the right and around 25 references unfavourable to the left. These are not all aimed at the left hand but the left side. 'Then he will say to those on his left, '"Away from me, you that are under God's curse! Away to the eternal fire which has been prepared for the Devil and his angels!" (Matthew, 25:41). This does not necessarily denote that all left-handers are cursed.
Left-handed Ehud, of the tribe of Benjamin (which seems to have boasted quite a few left-handers), fared better than most when he stabbed King Eglon of Moab with a dagger he had secreted on his right thigh, in order to help save the children of Israel. But Biblical allusions to the good right and the bad left abound, throughout the Old and New Testaments. The Talmud tells us: 'Let your left hand turn away what your right hand attracts.' Sotua, 47.
But it was the goat (or scapegoat) which was chosen to represent the dark and evil left-hand path, in contrast to the lovable and useful sheep which took the right (in both senses of the word) road. The cloven-hooved goat's links with the great god Pan probably gave it the push over the edge needed for it to be associated with the Devil. But it was St Matthew who, in the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats, finally split the left and right in the name of Jesus. In the Vision of Judgement all nations will be divided before the Son of Man when he appears, as the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. Those on his right will inherit the Kingdom and those on the left hand will be cast into Hell.
It seems out of character for the Great Man to be prejudiced against such a minority group. Although Jesus was obviously not referring to left-handers in particular, the allusion was enough to damn the left side forever and, with it, those who favoured the use of their left hands. It would be a blasphemy not to carry out Church rituals with the right hand: the sign of the cross, the blessing, the taking and offering of the wafer and chalice of wine. In the marriage ceremony, right hands are joined together, while the metal wedding ring, to ward off evil, is placed on the left hand's third, or 'charm' finger.
'Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth,' Matthew 6:3 (King James version), said Christ in his Sermon on the Mount. Overmuch has been made by previous writers on the subject of these Biblical quotations, and they were obviously not intended to be taken literally. The more commonsense translation in the Good News Bible states: 'But when you help a needy person, do it in such a way that even your closest friend will not know about it.'
Biblical art comes down firmly on the side of the right. Depictions of Christ and God always show them blessing with their right hands, while, in direct contrast, the Devil is always seen hurling curses with the left. Even Michelangelo, a presumed ambidexter, depicted Eve holding the apple in her left hand four times, and we all know what the outcome of that was.
It has been theorised that man's obsession with sun worship and sun gods created a bias to the right or east in countless early civilisations, with the exception of the Chinese. The Buddhists favoured the symbolic Red Bird, Yin (south) and tortoise, Yang (north). The left road of life was perilous, while the right eightfold path was propitious. In India, left and right castes dominated the Hindu religion.
Aristophanes subscribed to the theory that we were all created round and that there were no back, front, left, right, wrong or right sides to us at all. In anger at man's arrogance, Zeus split us in half and tossed us to Apollo who made us face forwards. If we didn't behave, we could be split again and made to hop on one leg – the right one presumably. Classical Greek literature is riddled with bias to the right and disdain of the left, even according to Parmenides' belief that the male foetus was carried on the right and the female on the left.
Plato described the wonderful place in which the soul rested after it left the body so that it could receive its sentence. The Judges sit between two openings, sending the righteous down the right-hand road leading to Heaven and the criminals down the left-hand road leading downwards. Parables must have travelled far in those days.
In Plato's The Laws, the Athenian blames laterality prejudices on 'the stupidity of nurses and mothers…Indeed, the natural aptitude of the two arms is the same, and it is ourselves who have made them unequal and who do not use them as we should,' he says, thereby creating another prejudice towards woman's irresponsibility.
In Greek mythology, Uranus (Heaven) united with Gaea (Earth), creating seven children, the Titans. The youngest, Cronus, attacked Uranus while he slept, with a flint sickle, castrating him with the left hand and throwing the genitals and sickle into the sea. The severed organ gave birth to Aphrodite but the event did not do much in the way of public relations for the left hand.
The left fell from favour after the Roman augurs, a religious body of prophets, changed sides. The Roman augurs originally faced the south, so that the east or left side was favourable. The Greek augurs faced the north, rendering the left side unfavourable. Although the Romans overran the Greeks, they unfortunately adopted the Greek custom.
Originally, a lightning flash from left to right was lucky, upon which the Assembly had the day off. The flight of birds from left to right was also propitious. But the Romans by tradition favoured the right, adopting the right-handed handshake, entering a friend's home right foot first and inventing the left-to-right alphabet (not to mention the Fascist salute).
Michel Udon and Pierre Burgot confessed that they rubbed their left arms and hands with a certain powdered ash, and that when they touched an animal, they caused it to die.' Boguet, Examen of Witches.
No wonder then that superstition of the left became correlated with all things evil, and in particular, the Devil and witchcraft. The evil eye is on the left and the Devil's rituals and spells are carried out traditionally with the left hand. The Grand Cabbala, some kind of a man-goat, is said to shake hands with his left. The 'Devil's mark' was usually found on the left side of the body.
Satan's followers make the circle widdershins, or anti-clockwise, the antithesis of all good sun worshippers. The word is of German derivation – widersin means against the direction. Doing things the opposite way to the norm is the cult's way of ridiculing traditional religion. The name Satan is taken from the Talmud's Samael, the Chief of Satans and Prince of Demons, Se'mol meaning left.
During the Middle Ages, it was, of course, natural to persecute anyone who deviated from the norm, be they red-headed, three-nippled or left-handed. Superstition was based on fear and those who did not conform to the herd's cognisance of what was acknowledged to be the norm, by virtue of its majority, could be condemned, to eradicate that fear and absolve one's conscience. Fear of witchcraft had its origin in the guilt experienced by the less charitable members of society who slammed the door in the faces of poverty-stricken old ladies who begged for a crust. It was easier to assuage one's guilt by blaming them when the milk turned sour. The cult of Black Magic with its left-orientated Black mass was something else.
'If left-hand fortune give thee left-hand chance, be wisely patient.' Quarles, Emblems, iv, 1.4.
Judas Iscariot was unlucky enough to spill the salt on the table in da Vinci's painting of The Last Supper. My mother always threw a pinch of fallen salt over her left shoulder, this superstition stemming from the belief that this is where the Devil stands, the right being the spot where your Guardian Angel hovers. The righteous, of course, always stood on God's right.
The left having been negated to a subsidiary and socially unacceptable role, it was no wonder that hopes and desires could be dashed in simple minds by its intrusion in the most mundane happenings. The Scots were wary of which foot went first into their breeches and of putting their 'skir' or left foot down first when entering a house. Another unlucky omen was to put one's left shoe on the right foot by mistake.
An itching left palm can signify financial loss, it is bad luck to pass the wine with the left hand, or pass the wine bottle anti-clockwise round the table. A feud raged for nearly 20 years between the households of William Hargill and Lord Stourton in the 16th century after Lord Stourton proffered the left-handed toast to the Hargill family, with whom he was out of sorts.
It has been queried whether the Hebrews represented a left-handed culture owing to the fact that they write and read from right to left, but so do the Arabs. In the Old Testament (Judges, 20:16), the tribe of Benjamin in Gibeah boasted 700 specially-chosen left-handed men …'and every one could sling stones at a hair breadth and not miss', a little ironical when you consider that the word 'Benjamin' stems from Ben Yamin, or Son of the Right Hand. They were, eventually severely trounced by the Israelites, being no match for their 400,000 soldiers.
In Chronicles I, 12:2, a company of left-handed soldiers from the tribe of Benjamin who met David 'were armed with bows and could use both the right and the left hand in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow.' A famous left-handed Inca in pre-Spanish Peru was named Lloque Yuponqui, or 'one who is left-handed and renowned for pious acts.' Sardinians have been pictured with shields on the right arm holding swords in their left hands, as have many Knoters of the 5th century BC pictured at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. There are many depictions of Egyptians carrying out their daily tasks with the left hand and even a legend that Alexander the Great discovered a left-handed country whose inhabitants tried to convince him that the left hand was more honourable because it was closer to the heart.
In 1990 Russian scientists discovered that 75 per cent of Taimyr natives living in Russia's Arctic north were left-handed. It was thought that right-handers aged quicker in extreme cold, but they could find no other satisfactory explanation for this phenomenon.
Today's left-handers are more liberally treated, compared to previous generations. So how do they fare in contemporary society, and how are they perceived by the dextral majority?
1990 Diane Paul
Note: For the answer to that question, see Chapter 2.


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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-2186?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12896122#action_12896122 ] Simon Willnauer commented on LUCENE-2186: ----------------------------------------- Hey Yonik, bq. Could you show some examples of the most efficient way to use this API? Sure! While it's already late over here I am happy to provide you those two examples. This is how you can index CSF with this Attribute approach: {code} RAMDirectory dir = new RAMDirectory(); IndexWriter writer = new IndexWriter(dir, new IndexWriterConfig(Version.LUCENE_40, new SimpleAnalyzer(Version.LUCENE_40))); Document doc = new Document(); Fieldable fieldable = new AttributeField("myIntField"); ValuesAttribute valuesAttribute = fieldable.attributes().addAttribute(ValuesAttribute.class); valuesAttribute.setType(Values.PACKED_INTS); valuesAttribute.ints().set(100); doc.add(fieldable); writer.addDocument(doc); writer.close(); {code} This is how get the values back via source or the ValuesEnum: {code} IndexReader reader = IndexReader.open(dir); // this might be integrated into Fields eventually Reader indexValues = reader.getIndexValues("myIntField"); // can get cached version too via reader.getIndexValuesCache(); Source load = indexValues.load(); long value = load.ints(0); System.out.println(value); // or get it from the enum ValuesEnum intEnum = indexValues.getEnum(); ValuesAttribute attr = intEnum.getAttribute(ValuesAttribute.class); while(intEnum.nextDoc() != ValuesEnum.NO_MORE_DOCS) { System.out.println(attr.ints().get()); } {code} I guess this should make it at least easier to get started. > First cut at column-stride fields (index values storage) > -------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: LUCENE-2186 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-2186 > Project: Lucene - Java > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: Index > Reporter: Michael McCandless > Assignee: Simon Willnauer > Fix For: 4.0 > > Attachments: LUCENE-2186.patch, LUCENE-2186.patch, LUCENE-2186.patch, LUCENE-2186.patch, mem.py > > > I created an initial basic impl for storing "index values" (ie > column-stride value storage). This is still a work in progress... but > the approach looks compelling. I'm posting my current status/patch > here to get feedback/iterate, etc. > The code is standalone now, and lives under new package > oal.index.values (plus some util changes, refactorings) -- I have yet > to integrate into Lucene so eg you can mark that a given Field's value > should be stored into the index values, sorting will use these values > instead of field cache, etc. > It handles 3 types of values: > * Six variants of byte[] per doc, all combinations of fixed vs > variable length, and stored either "straight" (good for eg a > "title" field), "deref" (good when many docs share the same value, > but you won't do any sorting) or "sorted". > * Integers (variable bit precision used as necessary, ie this can > store byte/short/int/long, and all precisions in between) > * Floats (4 or 8 byte precision) > String fields are stored as the UTF8 byte[]. This patch adds a > BytesRef, which does the same thing as flex's TermRef (we should merge > them). > This patch also adds basic initial impl of PackedInts (LUCENE-1990); > we can swap that out if/when we get a better impl. > This storage is dense (like field cache), so it's appropriate when the > field occurs in all/most docs. It's just like field cache, except the > reading API is a get() method invocation, per document. > Next step is to do basic integration with Lucene, and then compare > sort performance of this vs field cache. > For the "sort by String value" case, I think RAM usage & GC load of > this index values API should be much better than field caache, since > it does not create object per document (instead shares big long[] and > byte[] across all docs), and because the values are stored in RAM as > their UTF8 bytes. > There are abstract Writer/Reader classes. The current reader impls > are entirely RAM resident (like field cache), but the API is (I think) > agnostic, ie, one could make an MMAP impl instead. > I think this is the first baby step towards LUCENE-1231. Ie, it > cannot yet update values, and the reading API is fully random-access > by docID (like field cache), not like a posting list, though I > do think we should add an iterator() api (to return flex's DocsEnum) > -- eg I think this would be a good way to track avg doc/field length > for BM25/lnu.ltc scoring. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: email@example.com
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Hi, I'm trying to create a new subject categbory for our trouble ticketing system. Currently we have "helpdesk" but I want to also create a "marketing" ticketing system within what we already have. Any suggestions?
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Mar 21, 2012 at 11:04 UTC
If I am understanding correctly, it sounds like you want to be able to separate helpdesk tickets from marketing support tickets. If that is the case then I would imagine that you would just need to add a new custom attribute and set it up as a choice with picklist options of Helpdesk and Marketing. Then you would have to adjust all of your ticket rules, views and reports to filter for either helpdesk or marketing.
Mar 21, 2012 at 11:06 UTC
I am kind of going through the same situation and in need of setting up an environment for our online support environment. But I think instead of incorporating them into our helpdesk instance of SW I will setup their own server. Thoughts?
Mar 21, 2012 at 11:09 UTC
There is always the option of setting up a separate instance of SW just for marketing tickets and issues. Just make sure to disable all network scanning as well as disable all alerts and monitoring. You could then setup a portal just for marketing and an e-mail address for just the marketing tickets. I recommend the separation if you have a spare computer on which you can install SW. I have 4 instances of SW - one for IT, one for Maintenance, one for QA tool calibration, and one QA Audit tracking.
Good luck!
Mar 21, 2012 at 11:11 UTC
You can even install the marketing SW instance on someone's workstation that is always powered on, and it shouldn't slow them down much since you would just be using it for help desk (and maybe devices / purchases but definitely not scanning). Just backup the config!
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i have been asked to put foward a disaster recovery proposal for my company. i have never attempted to do one before. i was hoping i could get some general suggetsions about some best practices in the area.
If you could get me started it would be greatly appreciated.
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Apr 15, 2009 at 7:58 UTC
Nsoft Solutions is an IT service provider.
I know that's one of the website I've used in the past when writing one up.
Other than that, you should outline the critical aspects of your technical infrastructure.
Write down all the points of contact for your company as well as for the building and other emergency contacts.
Make notes of your backups, how long it takes to implement those backups and how far back you can go.
Try to make a list of all the possible scenario's. For example I'm in New York so in my DRP I may leave Tornado out, however, I will include a plan for a terriorist threat of power outage. I would include the points of contact, and the nearest offsite location. I would also include how long it would take to offset all the necessary data or make that site live. ETC, etc.
DRP's are very long. Some firms spend thousands in some rare cases millions on these. So take it step by step.
Apr 15, 2009 at 8:48 UTC
Four parts of any good DRP.
Risk Analysis
Implement Plan
Good things to include at Risk Analysis stage are potential risk of natural disasters, power outages and fires.
Say how you would go about recovering the system in any of these eventualities, i would mention some form of UPS system, backup system and fire prevention system.
Its good to talk about site and business critical area security. How are these being managed? How easy to access either? In case of breach of security how are you being alerted?
You need to identify a budget with superiors so you can effectively plan for any such eventuality.
When implementing any new system have clear and consise instructions so anyone else who needs to look at recovery can go in and get the system up and running.
Finally- its very important to test any system, there is no point in spending your valuable time and money if when it comes down to needing the systems for real that they dont work.
Set routines for testing different areas of your DRP, if you do this regularly and keep a note of all details then you cannot go far wrong.
Apr 15, 2009 at 12:10 UTC
I think the first thing you want to find out, what is your budget? Because DR can become pretty expensive. Then I would find out, what is the financial loss if your main technology services are down for one whole day, and compare the two.
Apr 15, 2009 at 2:52 UTC
This is an excellent topic, however it has been discussed before in depth on another spiceworks thread:
There are some good article links and tips there.
Apr 16, 2009 at 6:23 UTC
just wanted to through my hat in to the ring.
There's a massive different between Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity. DR might very well recovery your data but if your staff don't have desks, telecoms, etc it's pretty pointless.
Business Continuity encompases DR and much more so I'd recommend going do this route. There's no point in doing half a job and then having everyone screaming at your when something goes wrong.
BC requires backing from the highest level and a project leader should be appointed at the highest level to ensure everyone pulls their weight. All areas of the business require a BC team and BC team manager (i.e purchasing BC team). There's a British Standard BS 25999 to work towards and I don't think it'll be too long before this is adopted as an International Standard. A BC project can last 12 months+ depending on the size of the company. It'll be expensive and time consuming to implement to maintain but the business can reap the benefits in the long run.
Apr 16, 2009 at 1:53 UTC
Nsoft Solutions is an IT service provider.
To add on, your organization must be fully committed to this, there's no since in you doing all this work and investing money on something if you guys don't setup testing schedules and actually prepare for these events.
"Ideas without action are worthless"
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Sanchez performed her brilliant game plan and he broke early in the set of tilting the balance of the game. Pairs seemed a little out of class as the match began and soon found himself behind the game score 4-1. However, her spirits rose and recovered to force the set into a tiebreaker. Sanchez showed no signs of nerves as they successfully secured four consecutive points to take the initiative established a 1-0 score.
In the second set, Peer seemed to have lost confidence in her shots and made several backhand errors. S? Nchez full advantage of her opponent's inability to convert easy chances to score and broke the throw at regular intervals. The Spanish took the opportunity with both hands and made the opponent pay dearly for their mistakes. It requires only seven games in the series to conclude the contest in straight sets.
Although pairs achieved a satisfactory 69 percent of first conversion service, a large number of unforced errors meant she was always fighting a losing battle. The Israelis in favor of tennis made 36 unforced errors, which played a vital role in deciding the outcome of the game. His defensive strategy does not help them achieve their goals as she hesitated to approach the net.
Sanchez was with the control and accuracy and secured 67 percent of first serve points. She also managed to win 60 percent of the points on her serve to get back in a strong position in the party.
Until this season began, the clay was known as one of the most popular Peer surfaces because it has an impressive record in the red surface. However, after recent fighting, which has fallen to number 20 in the world in the world rankings after flirting with the 10 for a while? His departure from the first round here at Roland Garros was the fourth time for 24 years in major tournaments, and the third in the last four races he has participated in co is known for her fighting spirit and determination unmatched so that we can expect to make a strong return to WTA forthcoming, but should address the shortcomings in her game to get positive results.
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Last year, ACLU pursued a complaint from Robert Collins, a corrections officer at the Maryland Department of Corrections. According to Collins, who was already an employee at the Maryland Department of Corrections, his employer asked for his Facebook email and password. His co-workers were asked for this information as well.
"My fellow officers and I should not have to allow the government to view our personal Facebook posts and those of our friends just to keep our jobs," said Collins.
After the ACLU put up a fight, the Maryland Department of Corrections stopped asking for social networking usernames and passwords from both employees and applicants. However, it found a loophole and simply asked that applicants log onto their Facebook accounts themselves right in front of the employer.
According to Melissa Goemann, legislative director of ACLU of Maryland, another state corrections officer contacted the ACLU about a similar case where employers had asked for Facebook emails and passwords to dig for information. Also, seven potential prison guards out of 2,689 applicants were
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SUMMARY:This ficlet is about what happened on a parallel world where Cell decimated all life on Earth.
NOTES:Was one of two ideas I had for The Human Challenge, but I write slower then erosion, so…
And so the world ended.
Or should it be said only Humanity came to an end? The world for the most part was doing just fine. In fact there would be new places for other forms of life both old and new to take root, now that Man had all but faded away.
No, the world had not ended. All was well. Yet... Yet, extinction had occurred. In all the history of the world such an event has only come to pass twice. In Three billion years just twice.
In both those cases, the extinction did not stand. For they had not been natural. The first occurred over five million years ago, when a strange egg, utterly dripping with entropy, was deposited on the Earth. Striking the world with weight and power contrary to its size, the egg wiped out all life.
The second event happened a mere four hundred years past. In contrast to the first cataclysm it was only an eye blink ago. The firestorm that came was a legend from another world. A golden force that carelessly moved from world to world sanitizing life-forms with a glee that was more corruption then euphoria. This too was undone.
Though the world could chug along after the loss of a dozen species, nature abhors a vacuum. And every organism provides a necessary element that no other is capable of volunteering. Unless Nature decides this element it is no longer needed, or must be altered.
And that can be a violent time for the obsolescent, cruel even, because Nature can be cold when it comes down to the bottom line. Generous on one hand, and heartlessly murderous on the other. The open hand, and the closed fist.
Mr. Popo saw it all. This ebony creature that has existed throughout ages long forgotten. This immortal who's stood at the sides of gods, and at times when duty demanded it, stood alone as the devil.
Mr. Popo, on his flying carpet, soared across the land, searching with his own eyes for signs of human survival. He had found no indication of it from the Sky Temple, but this way made the fact more real. And Mr. Popo felt it was disrespectful to lord over the Earth and distantly acknowledge the passing of an entire race.
So he flew to every corner of this emptier Earth, the echoes of death screaming up at him from below. Men, women, children--babies, all crying out in protest as a pointed siphon slid through their flesh to absorb their life forces. And Popo wept.
Mankind was no more. Never again will their like be seen again. For their extinction was natural.
Though he disagreed--or perhaps he simply found it unfair--Humanity's end came to an end at the hand of one of its own. By one who was not indicative of the race as a whole. But to the Universe, this was an example of free will being displayed in all its glory.
Cities forever vacant and more than half-demolished, stood as nothing more then cement and steel monuments. No longer were they homes or places of work. Just crumbling wreckage that howled mournfully with the wind as inhuman breath.
Mr. Popo motioned with his hands and erased all remnants of the human developments as he passed over them. There couldn't be such an obvious record of the former society's existence. And room must be made for the new.
Mr. Popo headed next to an ocean. It was no coincidence the ocean he chose held the small island that had belonged to the old turtle hermit. It was from here, from the island's thin sandy shores, that Mr. Popo placed his hands in the crystalline blue water, and let a kaleidoscope of ancient energies, energies that originated from Creation itself, flow through him and into the water.
Blue became all colors, a liquid prism, carrying the Genesis energy to every connecting lake and river on Earth. Causing the planet to glow like a spherical rainbow. Had there been any witnesses to the spectacle, they certainly would have been brought to tears by the Earth's aesthetic magnificence during those few minutes of grace.
Not only for its beauty, but also the purpose behind it.
Mr. Popo returned to his carpet, his task completed, and rose into the air. And rose, and rose. There was nothing left for him here.
Humanity was gone. Soon to be replaced by another species and Mr. Popo's sense of loss was great. The pain he felt was far more pointed then an immortal in his position should feel.
For he had come to enjoy the presence of Humanity despite all their faults, and for all their strengths. He even discovered a love for the mortal race through the eyes and heart of a Kami that had every reason to despise them. A people that had never shown the alien any kindness, only violence and mistrust. And still this Kami forgave these often-narrow beings, and chose to protect them unselfishly for centuries. He mourned each death he could not prevent; ached in his heart for every cry for salvation he was unable to provide…
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Toyota GM Denies Bid for Aston Martin
It's no secret; Toyota is buddy-buddy with British luxury automaker Aston Martin. The two firms have collaborated before, perhaps most famously the iQ-based Cygnet city car, and the latest gossip indicates is the "capital T" is interested in buying Aston.
A recent Bloomberg report indicated that Toyota has already begun an investigation into whether or not to buy a stake in the luxury British automaker; though according to Toyota Division General Manager Bill Fay, no such action has been taken – at least to his knowledge. Speaking to AutoGuide at a recent Detroit-area ride-and-drive event for the all-new Avalon Hybrid earlier this week Fay gave a flat denial on the topic of a potential acquisition of Aston Martin. "[I] don't know anything about it," he said.
Fay isn't the only one quiet on the subject either, with Aston Martin sources also commenting that the brand is not for sale.
Still, various other goings-on seem to indicate the two automakers are getting snuggly. Last year their two CEOs swapped rides at the Nürburgring during the VLN series race. Akio Toyoda snagged Ulrich Bez's V12 Zagato in exchange for seat time in a race-prepared Lexus LFA.
Additionally, reports indicate Aston Martin has taken a liking to Toyota's larger V8 engines and possibly the hellacious Yamaha-built V10 in the LFA. These powerplants could be more fuel-efficient than the English automaker's big, honkin' V12.
Of course all of this is pure speculation but the tea leaves do appear to be telling us something. It wouldn't be a shock if Aston became a member of the Toyota family in the not-too-distant future.


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