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It's probably important to point out that the go-deje library, where most of the complexity is implemented (and where most of the bugs are) has had 100% coverage testing for awhile now. As good as it is, it does not catch every bug, it's only a basic starting point that can be caught with a lint-y pass. I regularly have to write additional tests that cover functions that are already 100% tested by line, because covering every line does not guarantee covering every usage scenario. I can give two examples right off the bat, both of which were unearthed and headshot in a single ticket:
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One minor feature, but multiple bug fixes. We'll see how much I'll be able to visually demonstrate.
UPDATE: Was able to actually explain all the bug fixes that made this week's demo a success. Everything went really smoothly. It was nice. Definitely need to ship a fix for that topic issue, though.
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- Fixed a bug where setting OnPrimitiveCallback to nil would break on next applied Primitive.
- Fixed two container issues - one with creating scalarContainers for numbers, the other with exporting empty lists.
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It would be really cool if CLI clients were better capable of bootstrapping themselves, when starting from a file, with no peers. Partly because this doesn't require interaction with the browser client, which can fall over for complex documents. I'm hoping to accomplish this with a temporary approach to timestamps.
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Beware: Aaron Young leaves a mark. The artist, in fact, made lots of marks when he unleashed a crew of motorcyclists to pop burnouts on a floor of painted boards last year at New York's Park Avenue Armory. He also sprays surfer tags on his enameled-bronze rocks, creates sculptures that look like broken-down chain-link fences (dipped in gold), and even burns the impression of Jesus Christ onto corneas after a viewer stares at one of his psychedelic silk-screen paintings for 30 seconds. Young is a Californian by birth and also by artistic practice—he's like a hippie who wised up to hard reality and is now part tough guy, part total sweetheart. His work deals in that ongoing scrimmage between countercultural expression and commercial artifact. As the downtown art star prepares for another motorcycle performance in Moscow and a solo show at New York City's Bortolami Gallery in November, he talks with his friend and fellow artist Adam McEwen about trips, trades, and trade-offs in Young's new apartment.
ADAM McEWEN: I like your new loft. It's great. What are those on the table?
AARON YOUNG: Kinoki?
AM: On the table are Kinoki Detox Foot Pads. Where did you get those?
AY: I had to go to Duane Reade the other day to get passport pictures for a visa for Moscow. It's summertime so I felt like detoxicating myself.
AM: Are you photographing your feet?
AY: I haven't taken any documentation of the progress of Kinoki Detox Foot Pads.
AM: It's body-cleanse through the foot. Why are you going to Moscow?
AY: To make a performance similar to the one that I did last September with motorcycle riders. This time we're using all motorcycle riders from Moscow to have more of a social-sculpture aspect. In New York we used all motorcycle riders from here. I'm actually going in a week to do recruiting. I was supposed to go with my main motorcycle rider, Wink 1100 from the Bronx, but he's having problems with his passport. So a little American white boy has to go over there and talk to all of these tough Russian burnout specialists.
AM: Is there a burnout scene in Moscow?
AY: It's huge, actually. When I was there the last time, some guy tried out for me in the garden restaurant while we were having dinner. He just showed up.
AM: What colors will the panels on the ground be?
AY: The performance is taking place at an old chocolate factory right on the Moscow River, and it's across from the Kremlin.
AM: So will you make red panels?
AY: I thought that would be too easy. There's a gold dome on this church right across the river. So I'm going to do four shades of gold with black on the top. I have 24-karat gold sculptures going into the rest of the show. It's a Gagosian group show.
AM: Are they for sale?
AY: No. I think they're just going to be proofs.
AM: You should sell them.
AY: I'll have to look at the exchange rate that day. I don't know the price of gold. Is the price of gold the same everywhere? Is it the same in Russia as it is in the U.S.?
AM: I'm not sure. Where do you buy your gold?
AY: That's what I'm wondering. Then I can set my prices for my sculptures based on that. [laughs]
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AM: It's funny, when you think of motorcycles and art, you think of Michael Heizer in the early '70s in the desert. But it's an interesting evolution from the early '70s to Tom Ford, who sponsored your piece at the Armory.
AY: The Armory became this snowballing monster . . . These days, especially to do a big performance in New York, it costs a lot of money to produce. Tom and Sotheby's were amazing to throw down the cash. But it's hard not to drain the idea while getting caught up with who gave the money. Everybody starts to pick apart all of that stuff that went in to producing it, rather than the idea itself. There are choices and compromises. Art Production Fund was rad. I had final decision on everything. Whether I made the right decisions or not, that's already past. Moscow will be different.
AM: The Moscow bikers will make a different piece, presumably, than the New York bikers.
AY: When I go and I meet the guys, I just shut my mouth and let them show me what they can do. It's just like using material, or drawing a line . . . You use their craft, and you formulate it into the idea that you have. It's just like using wood or metal or whatever.
AM: Meanwhile, you're going surfing?
AY: Yeah, I go to Costa Rica at 6 A.M. tomorrow.
AM: Did you learn to surf in California?
AY: I grew up surfing in California, since I was 10 years old. It has heavily influenced my sculpture. Surfing is a very territorial thing.
AM: I was thinking about your silk-screens for sexual-power pills and buff bodies. That's like a weird inversion of California health. People think of California as natural, and then you copy those over-the-counter 75-cent pill packets.
AY: They're the sight-buys-all the stuff that they have at the checkout in delis. I'm sure that the salesmen for these things come up to the clerks, and they're like, "Let's position this by the cash register so we can have sex and money right next to each other." It's like, "I'm going to take this six-pack of beer, this granola, and the Top Gun sexual stimulant."
AM: I always do. It goes from a hippie with a daisy in her hair to the fake energy supplement at the deli counter. In the end, there's always a product. The ginseng supplement at the deli counter is a product for sale, and even artwork that riffs on it is a product for sale.
AY: With anything that you produce as an artist, you have a choice of putting it out or not. What makes up your practice? Is it stuff that you hold onto, the stuff that you put for sale, or what you show? There's a lot more to all of us as artists than what people see in the galleries. There's tons of other stuff that we're doing on a daily basis. You're only seeing so much of it.
AM: It would be good to be riding motorbikes on a daily basis instead, like those guys.
AY: I'm actually scared of motorbikes. I thought about buying one once, but I got a car instead. That didn't work out well.
AM: I was once in a car with you at the wheel in Miami. It was very scary.
AY: I was going down one-way streets the wrong way. Dash [Snow] was in the front seat.
AM: That was an alarming moment. Have you seen the new Batman, the Christian Bale film?
AY: It's actually the Heath Ledger film. In one of the films Ledger made, Lords of Dogtown [2005], they have great graffiti from early Venice Beach, like, "If you don't live here, don't surf here." There's a "Go home," there's a "Locals only." On a few of my rock sculptures, I write "Go home," "Locals only," stuff like that-on the bronze pieces.
AM: Did you take those from that film?
AY: No. I used to write that when I was a kid in Carmel, in Monterey, in Big Sur. Our places started to become well known. Like I said, surfing's very territorial. When you're in the water, there are only enough waves for a certain amount of people.
AM: What does "locals" mean? How local?
AY: You could become a local whether you lived an hour away or not, just as long as you surfed there at least three or four times a week. But you'd have to get your way into that "lineup," is what they call it, when you're out in the water.
AM: You'd be accepted if you were good and regular.
AY: You would get good, that's the thing. If you just showed heart, really, if you just kept on coming back . . .
AM: Were you accepted?
AY: I've gotten hit in the face, when I've been out there on my board. I've almost died many times, not from other people but from waves. I'm not saying that to sound cool.
AM: "Hero artist survives brutal beating."
AY: That's why we've become good friends—
AM: I've never met you before.
AY: We have the same foundation. We both went to art school in California, even though you're from Scotland. That's why we understand each other.
AM: It's funny how many of those West Coast conceptual artists were really just stoners tripping out, getting into nerve endings. Didn't Robert Smithson smoke a lot of dope? Was there a lot of Ecstasy in San Francisco? There's a lot of it in London.
AY: Are you kidding? I used to throw parties for about three years. That pretty much—that and other things—paid for my undergrad. And also confiscating drugs from all of the little kids and reselling them at the same parties! We had a shakedown system.
AM: That's a pretty slick system.
AY: It was funny when the little kid that walked in with 50 hits of Ecstasy got his stuff sold back.
AM: Poor kid. That's like art history. Steal it, reuse it, resell it. Next.
AY: Take control of all the materials that you have, set the boundaries, set the parameters, and make whatever you can out of it.
AM: Do you think a lot of art gets recycled?
AY: You're talking about a word like reference, right? Some people use it as this crutch that forms the armature of their piece, as in, "This is a validated artwork that I am referencing. This makes it legit artwork because it's referencing this brush stroke or these colors." You need to make up your own armature. Although I do think you need to nod at the past and wink at the future with everything that you do.
AM: Do you think artists make better work when they're wearing designer clothes?
AY: I don't think I've ever made art in designer clothes.
AM: Basquiat made some great art wearing designer clothes. It's a very Warholian thing. It's like, say yes to everything. Didn't Balenciaga send you a bunch of shit in a cardboard box a couple of months ago?
AY: Yes.
AM: I saw Gardar [Eide Einarsson] wearing a pair of leather drawstring pants. Shiny leather soft trousers.
AY: They were very dark green leather trousers. But they were like sweats, like warm-up pants. They had elastic that bubbled at the bottom.
AM: Did you ever wear those?
AY: I sent them—
AM: You're wearing them now. You're lying.
AY: I sent everything back. I did not take anything.
AM: You're wearing all of it right now.
AY: I did not take anything from it. But Adam Kimmel just made me like six or seven suits—three-piece suits, which are sick.
AM: What does he get from that?
AY: We have an agreement. I gave him one painting, and now I have clothes for life.
AM: It's good to trade.
AY: Yeah. I would rather trade an artwork than sell an artwork. How about you?
AM: I like trading.
AY: That's not a fuckin' answer. It's one or the other. Do you like to trade or do you like to sell? Would you rather have money or would you rather have art?
AM: I can't pay my rent trading. But I wouldn't say I prefer to trade than sell . . . There are not that many things I want. I know people who trade dentistry for art.
AY: I do that. I had to! I had two root canals. Artists don't usually have insurance.
AM: I would love to trade art for dentistry, actually. But I also want my art to go to people who really want it.
AY: Well, what if the dentist is a collector? How would you feel if your painting was hanging in the dentist's office?
AM: I think that would be fine.
AY: I have a gigantic painting hanging in my dentist's office. But he bought that one.
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This is a community whose best hopes and aspirations can become a model for others to emulate. As we articulate and pursue our own niche, one that synthesizes the best of the college and the university, one that builds upon our rich past, we need to be comfortable with what we are. But we must never be complacent with what we are. We should recognize that Dartmouth remains a work in progress.
What does it mean for us as faculty members that Dartmouth is both a college and a university? It means that we share institutional obligations, even as we remain active participants in the worldwide community of scholars within our disciplines. It means that our small size can be an advantage, because of the flexibility it affords. Cooperative endeavors and shared ambitions often bear more and better fruit than can result from individuals working alone. Cross-disciplinary collaborations in many fields not only enhance the teaching and research enterprises, but they also contribute to personal and professional satisfactions. Being a faculty member at Dartmouth provides the opportunity to teach and to work closely with some of the finest undergraduate students in the country, in a residential community that encourages and supports research.
What does it mean for you as undergraduate students that Dartmouth is both a college and a university? It means a size and scale and aspiration sufficient to afford a rich curriculum, but within a community that one can stroll across in 10 minutes and meet friends along the way. It means an unsurpassed range of off-campus opportunities second to none and arts programs that are incredibly rich and accessible. It means the opportunity to study with faculty who are committed both to teaching and to scholarship. Perhaps most important, being a student at Dartmouth means being encouraged to take one's self seriously as a young scholar -- a person of promise who has a rare and valuable opportunity to learn and grow. It means that here students are not merely passive recipients of information, but are active participants in their own learning process. It means also that the out-of-classroom experience complements and supports the central mission of the College. Whether it is in athletic competition or recreational sports or artistic pursuits, or in conversations at the residence halls or dining tables, we recognize that learning here has never been --nor should it be -- limited to the classroom.
What does this synthesis mean for you as graduate or professional school students? It means that your professors are as committed to teaching and to the quality of your academic experience as are those who teach only undergraduates. It means that you, too, benefit from studying within a community large enough to be intellectually vital while it remains one of a human scale -- where you have an opportunity to know not only your classmates and colleagues, but also the faculty with whom you work.
What does this synthesis mean for you as a Dartmouth graduate? You too can take pride that the undergraduate program that will remain at the heart of this College is envied by many and is second to none. It means that you can take pride in the fact that your alma mater is enriched and enhanced by the presence of three of the oldest professional schools in their respective disciplines. It means that the whole institution benefits from the presence of select graduate programs within the sciences -- small programs, excellent in their own right, that enrich and enhance the entire institution. It means that you have a justifiable pride in the scholarly accomplishments of this faculty. As alumni and alumnae, your loyalty to Dartmouth -- your support, your enthusiasm -- have always been, and will continue to be, integral to the College's success.
And what does this synthesis mean for those of us who form the staff and administration? It means that we facilitate the mission and success of this complex institution, we steward a rare community of learning, and we use our skills to maintain and promote its many purposes. As staff and administrators you are the part of the Dartmouth family that enables it to function. Your selfless energy and your commitment to maintaining this place encourage in me a sense of confidence in our future. I am pleased to be part of the administration of such a place and to have you as colleagues.
My commitment, then, as your 16th President, is to affirm our purpose and to build upon our enviable strengths. I expect to pursue my vision of Dartmouth energetically and to use the persuasive powers of this office to strengthen further this great institution. And I expect to be held accountable for our success in leading Dartmouth into the new millennium. I welcome the challenge.
In the 17th century, the Japanese poet Basho wrote: "In my new robe this morning -- someone else." I do not expect to be someone else in my new robe. But I do like its fit. And I am prepared, in this new office, to take on new challenges and new roles. I look forward with anticipation and excitement to the work ahead. Together we can accomplish much.
Now I would like to take a moment to address the Class of 2002 in particular. I have had the pleasure of welcoming you individually to Dartmouth and I am pleased to join with you on a new and exciting journey. You will share much together as a class, and through your studies, activities, and interests you will share much with others in this community. But don't ever forget that it was your own accomplishments and promise that brought you here. And ultimately it will be against your own accomplishments that you will be judged and that you will judge yourself -- whether you have pushed yourself, stretched and grown; whether you have availed yourself as fully as you might have of the rare and precious opportunities that this place will afford you. The burden of regret is a heavy one. Take on the burden of responsibility instead; it is no lighter, but surely it is more rewarding in the end. Emily Dickinson wrote:
We never know how high we are
By the act of matriculation you have been asked to rise. You have become part of Dartmouth, and Dartmouth forever more will be a part of you. You will never be the same. Four years from now you will graduate from Dartmouth, as tens of thousands did before you. You will go on to make a difference -- in business, public service, the professions, education, the arts, and myriad other endeavors. But you should know that by your very presence here, Dartmouth itself will be changed, as well. This is as it should be. For along with me, and with the faculty and administrators, staff and graduates, you each assume responsibility for making certain that the richness of this special place endures and grows. Take on this responsibility with confidence and joy -- but also share with me a profound sense of gratitude for the privilege we have been given.
We have work to do, members of the Class of 2002. We have work to do, you and I -- and it is time for us to begin! Thank you.
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July 22, 2009
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SAN BRUNO, Calif. ---- The West Coast Conference and Orleans Arena announced today a three-year contract extension that will keep the WCC Men's and Women's Basketball Championships in Las Vegas through 2012.
The extension comes after the West Coast Conference sold out the Orleans Arena for the 2009 WCC Basketball Championships. The 2009 championship, which was the WCC's first-ever at a neutral site, set conference records for both total championship attendance (33,320) and single session championship attendance (7,845).
"I am very pleased that the West Coast Conference and The Orleans Arena have agreed to extend our partnership for the next three years," said Jamie Zaninovich, Commissioner of the West Coast Conference. "Thanks to the efforts of The Orleans management and staff, our 2009 basketball championship was an overwhelming success and we expect to improve upon the experience for our student-athletes, coaches and fans with this contract extension."
The agreement will bring the WCC Basketball Championships to the Orleans Arena on March 5-8 of 2010, March 4-7 of 2011, and March 2-5 of 2012.
The 2010 WCC Championships will feature the same format as the 2009 event, with a combined total of 14 men's and women's games over four days. Tickets for the 2010 championship will go on sale to the general public on Friday, November 13.
"We are thrilled about the return of the WCC to the Orleans Arena and look forward to again hosting their conference championship in 2010, 2011 and 2012," said Darren Davis, Orleans Arena Executive Director. "The Orleans Arena has established itself as the leading neutral site college basketball venue in Las Vegas and we are very proud of our success and look forward to the fantastic seasons ahead."
The Gonzaga Bulldogs won the 2009 WCC Men's Basketball Championship by defeating the Saint Mary's Gaels 83-58. In addition to being played in front of a sold-out crowd of 7,845 at the Orleans Arena, the game was seen in nearly 1.1 million homes on ESPN, was carried on over 125 stations on the Westwood One Radio Network, and was also heard live on Sirius Satellite Radio.
"Las Vegas and the Orleans did a phenomenal job of hosting the WCC tourney, and we look forward to going back in the years to come," Gonzaga men's basketball head coach Mark Few said.
In the 2009 WCC Women's Basketball Championship, Gonzaga claimed the title and automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament with a 66-55 win over defending champion San Diego in a game that was nationally televised by ESPNU.
"I am thrilled that the WCC has reached an agreement with the Orleans to host the WCC Championships through 2011-2012," San Diego women's basketball head coach Cindy Fisher said. "We had an outstanding experience last year and felt like the Orleans went above and beyond to make their first year hosting the event a success. We are looking forward to returning to Las Vegas and we know that the Orleans and the WCC staff will make it a first class experience for our student athletes and fans."
The WCC, in conjunction with the Orleans Arena, also launched the WCC Hall of Honor and the Zappos.com/Soles4Souls Shoe Drive at the 2009 championships.
The inaugural WCC Hall of Honor class of Frank Burgess, Hank Gathers, Doug Christie, Clive Charles, Tom Meschery, Bernie Bickerstaff, Joe Ellis and Carroll Williams was inducted prior to Saturday's quarterfinal games. The 2010 WCC Hall of Honor brunch will be held on Saturday, March 6, 2010, and tickets to the brunch will go on sale to the public this winter.
The Zappos.com/Soles4Souls Shoe Drive was a season-long initiative during the 2008-09 basketball campaign that resulted in the donation of over 5,200 pairs shoes both domestically (to the Clark County School District and Las Vegas After School All-Star Program) and internationally. The WCC, Zappos.com and Soles4Souls will team up for the shoe drive again in 2010 with the event culminating before the women's basketball championship game on Monday, March 8.
"Our vision for the West Coast Conference basketball championships is to create an event which serves as a celebration of the conference, its traditions and values," Zaninovich said. "The Hall of Honor brunch and the WCC/Soles4Souls Shoe Drive powered by Zappos.com help us execute upon this vision and they will be essential elements of the championships for many years to come."
2010 WCC Basketball Championships Calendar
(game/event times TBA)
Friday, March 5 Opening Round Games
Saturday, March 6Hall of Honor Brunch
Saturday, March 6Quarterfinals
Sunday, March 7 Semifinals
Monday, March 8 WCC/Soles4Souls Shoe Drive powered by Zappos.com
Monday, March 8 Championship Games
About the West Coast Conference
The West Coast Conference was formed in 1952 and has evolved and grown to become a nationally recognized and competitive force in Division I intercollegiate athletics, with 13 conference-sponsored sports: baseball, men's and women's basketball, women's rowing, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's golf, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's tennis and women's volleyball. The WCC is characterized by the stability of its membership - only two conferences have been together longer - and its unique emphasis on combining excellence in athletics with excellence in academics.
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EIGHT paintings, pictured, by renowned Wareham artist Alastair Michie sold for more than £1,000 at a recent auction.
Wareham's Cottees auction house handled the sale, which was also filmed for BBC TV's 'Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is' show.
All but one of the nine paintings on offer was sold, for prices ranging between £80 and £260.
The eight made £1,140 in total.
Alastair Michie, who moved to Wareham shortly after World War II, died in 2008.
He was a talented painter and sculptor, who pursued a successful career as a freelance designer and illustrator before embarking on his artistic life in the early 1960s.
Creativity was strong in Michie's genes – his mother Anne Redpath is widely acknowledged as one of the finest Scottish painters of the 20th century.
John Condie, of Cottees Auctions Limited, expla- ined: "Cottees of Wareham had been instructed on behalf of a Poole vendor to sell a collection of nine paintings by the renowned local painter Alastair Michie.
"He (Michie) moved to Wareham after the war when he took up residence in the imposing Queen Anne House in South Street, from where he sold the majority of his works.
"Michie's abstract style earned him a solid reputation in the 1960s and 1970s as an artist and sculptor having been influenced by Mark Rothko and others and he became a Royal West of England academician."
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|Rated: PG-13 for violence and thematic elements
Starring: Michael Joiner, Michael Higgenbottom, and Louis Gossett, Jr.
Released: February 25, 2011 (theaters) / August 16, 2011 (DVD)
After the accidental death of his son Tyler, police officer Mac (Michael Joiner) has been continually bitter, which puts a serious strain on his relationship with his wife and other son, Blake. When he gets assigned a fellow officer known as "The Preacher" as his partner--much to his chagrin--Mac doesn't know what to think. After another tragedy strikes, it is only by learning the true meaning of grace that Mac and his family make it.
My Review
While the production values weren't the best, the heart behind this film makes this a worthy effort. Emotionally intense, and with a message we all need to hear, this Christian film is among the better ones I've seen. It's not perfect, but it definitely is worth at least a rental.
Content Concerns
- Sex: None. 5/5
- Nudity: A young man is seen shirtless on the operating table. 4.5/5
- Language: One usage of the euphemism "freakin'", and one near-usage of a racial slur. 4/5
- Violence: The opening scene shows a child being killed in an accident; it's not graphic. Guns are pointed in one scene, but no shots are taken. A woman slaps her husband. A teenage boy is shot, and seriously wounded; the scene is a bit bloody. An attack's aftermath is shown, with both a woman and her baby being bloodied. 2.5/5
- Drugs: It is said that a character is using drugs, and is called "Doobie Brother" as a result. Another character is seen drinking alcohol three times. 3.5/5
- Frightening/Intense Scenes: Along with what was mentioned under "Violence," Mac's displays of anger are a bit unsettling. 2/5
- Other: Prejudices are mentioned, and not just Mac's. 4/5


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Circa 1920
A pair of wrought iron andirons with fine scroll and twist work and double age-darkened brass ball finials. From a Western Massachusetts estate. Stamped with Swedish export tags.
Minimum height: 36"
Overall: 17" w. x 28" d.
1 pair total available.
On display at our 28th Street showroom.


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Numerous residential access technologies face path MTU discovery issues. PPPoE connections (with MTU = 1492 bytes instead of 1500 bytes) is the best-known example, and we'll see more of them as various tunneling-based IPv4-to-IPv6 transition mechanisms (6rd, DS-Lite, MAP-E) become more popular.
Obviously you could use the same old MSS clamping tricks in the brave new IPv6 world or decide (like DS-Lite) to deal with IP fragmentation in underlay access networks ... but there's another option in the IPv6 world: reduce client-side MTU with router advertisement messages.
How does it work?
IPv6 router advertisement messages (defined in RFC 4861) could include MTU option to "... ensure all nodes on a link use the same MTU value in the cases where the link MTU is not well known."
As is usually the case in networking, that option is commonly misused for a TCP MSS clamping kludge: if the router advertises an MTU lower than 1500 bytes on client-facing interfaces, the clients will pick up the lower MTU setting and start advertising lower MSS value in TCP SYN packets.
Examples: the IPv6 MTU advertised on Ethernet interfaces should be 1492 bytes in PPPoE environments and 1480 bytes in 6rd environments.
How good is this solution?
The reduced LAN MTU trick works only if:
- The end-hosts listen to the MTU option in router advertisement messages (usually they do);
- All routers attached to the LAN advertise the same value (or you have a single router, as is usually the case in residential deployments);
- You don't mind that intra-LAN communication uses reduced MTU value (no jumbo frames).
Not exactly the best solution there is, but it's good enough for residential deployments ... and in many cases it's the best you can do. There's no ipv6 tcp adjust-mss command in Cisco IOS (and I wasn't able to find one in Junos either).
In a recent e-mail exchange Trevor Warwick claimed ip tcp adjust-mss command modifies MSS option for both IPv4 and IPv6 TCP sessions since IOS release 15.2(4)M ... without considering the larger size of IPv6 headers. An IOS developer obviously did a great job ;)
How is it configured?
Cisco IOS always advertises the link MTU in router advertisement messages. You can change the MTU with the ipv6 mtu command and inspect the contents of router advertisement messages with the debug ipv6 nd command.
ICMPv6-ND: Request to send RA for FE80::C800:8FF:FE04:6 ICMPv6-ND: Sending RA from FE80::C800:8FF:FE04:6 to FF02::1 on FastEth0/1 ICMPv6-ND: MTU = 1400 ICMPv6-ND: prefix = 2001:DB8:0:1::/64 onlink autoconfig ICMPv6-ND: 120/60 (valid/preferred)
Some low-end CPE devices automatically reduce the LAN side MTU to reflect the WAN connectivity (PPPoE or 6rd).
More information
Building large IPv6 service provider networks webinar describes the fine points of IPv6 router advertisement mechanisms and related Cisco IOS configuration; 6rd, DS-Lite and MAP-E are described in IPv6 transition mechanisms webinar. You get access to both of them (and numerous others) with the yearly subscription.


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If you're a boomer like me, you know that you've never done anything that you didn't do in a crowd.
Frank Newport, editor in chief of Gallup and a boomer himself, pointed out that the large number of post-World War II births from 1946 to 1964 were "like a pig moving through a python, having an impact on society at every stage of their lives."
And now as they pass the age 65 benchmark, the age at which people have traditionally embraced retirement, he predicts boomers will continue to have a dramatic effect on virtually every aspect of American life. Here are 10 areas that he thinks aging boomers will turn upside down, changing retirement planning forever.
- Social Security and Medicare. Boomers are living longer than any generation before them and actuaries believe the number of people claiming benefits from these two programs will double in the years ahead. Since both of these programs are pay-as-you-go, relying on younger generations to pay for those who are already retired, Newport says this isn't great news for the younger generations who will be supporting boomers in their old age. Who will pay more or who will get less?
- Health care. The pharmaceutical industry will find it profitable to make more drugs that treat the ailments of aging, such as Alzheimer's, hearing and vision problems, heart disease and cancer. Nursing homes and other care facilities will expand. Physicians and others who specialize in gerontology, the treatment of elderly people, will be in demand. Also, funeral directors likely will be very busy.
- Religion. If boomers are anything like the generations that have come before them, they'll grow more spiritual the older they get, creating an increased demand for religious and spiritual leaders and experiences.
- Travel and vacation. People without full-time jobs or other commitments often have the urge to travel. It is unlikely that the boomer generation will be any different, creating opportunities in the transportation, hotel and tourism industries. Newport thinks that there will also be growth in the education market -- boomers will travel to take courses in things that interest them.
- The legal industry. Not only will boomers be making wills and setting up trusts, they'll also be dying off, leaving those behind to engage in legal disputes over what they have or haven't been left.
- Charities, legacies and volunteer work. Boomers will have time on their hands to work for no pay for the causes they care about, and some of them will leave those causes considerable sums of money.
- Promoting causes. Not only will boomers give time and money, they'll also give their votes and their emotional support to the causes they believe in. Newport speculates that because so many boomers grew up in a period of history when social protest had an enormous impact, many of them will again embrace this method of achieving change. "We could well see the new phenomenon of 'boomer protests' in the years ahead," Newport says.
- Housing industry. If boomers would all decide to sell their homes and move elsewhere, this could create a flooded market for suburban houses. The upside is that this could create a huge market for innovative retirement communities in attractive places, including college towns, warm weather havens and big cities.
- Dining out. With money to spend and nobody at home to cook for, empty nesters will be filling their bellies at restaurants and carry-out establishments.
- Financial advice. Lots of boomers aren't poor. In 2013, Gallup calculated that boomers ages 50 to 64 spent an average of $93 a day. Younger seniors who are 65 to 74 years old spent an average of $87. This is much more than millennials, ages 18 to 29, who spent just $73 a day. Helping boomers figure out how to manage income in retirement will undoubtedly be a great industry in which to work.
Newport concludes, "It's a brave new world ahead for boomers as they age past 65, and also for the U.S. as a nation."


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You got your Rhiannas, your Nicki Minajs, your Beyonces and the video vixens like Amber Rose but you can keep all of them. There's a new WSP (Wifey Stimulus Package) that seems to get hotter every picture, every video and her name is Dawn Richard and she still personifies with humility that make you think, you might have a shot. Well you might???
Songwriter, Platinum artist (Danity Kane), co-lead singer of Diddy-Dirty Money and MTV Geek's hottest new comic book creator(Danity Kane)…That's Dawn Richard. We watched her in Making Of The Band, year after year grow from the little cute girl who was made homeless because of Hurricane Katrina, when it destroyed her city of New Orleans and displaced her family and hundreds of thousands of it's natives. We watched her become a pop star but didn't quite stand out, with Aubrey O Day and her wild antics and then D.Woods with that Hot-Lanta body that kept our attention, from noticing the sweet, quiet, evolving muse. And then the relationship with her and former Day26 member, Que Mosley was cute. But Que wasn't yet the man to bring her out. Not quite yet. She wasn't the Dawn she is now. Diddy must have made the girl get "dirty". She's oozing sex appeal now but she still remains the sweet girl next door. She even says excuse me when she says a curse word??!! Who does that???!!! Wifey Stimulus Package.
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Listen To Her Solo Remix Of Dirty Money's "I Know"
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eMeals is proud to announce the launch of our newest Paleo Meal Plan, coming next week! Like all our other plans, the Paleo Meal Plan will include seven easy and delicious dinner recipes and a shopping list to make Paleo meal planning simple. Check out this sample recipe from the plan and let us know what you think.
Skirt steak is flavorful and rich, but can sometimes be tough – be sure to cut it into thin strips across the grain.
- 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 pound skirt or flank steak, trimmed
- 4 cups baby mixed greens
- 2 cups chopped tomatoes
- 4 pieces bacon, cooked and crumbled
- ½ cup thinly sliced red onion
- 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- Preheat broiler. Combine paprika, cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, oregano, salt, and pepper in a small bowl.
- Brush olive oil evenly over steak. Sprinkle both sides with spice mixture, pressing to adhere.
- Place on a broiler pan. Broil 4 inches from heat for 8-10 minutes, turning once.
- Remove from oven; let stand 15 minutes before slicing.
- Combine mixed greens, tomatoes, bacon, and red onion in a large bowl.
- In a separate bowl, combine vinegar, oil, mustard, garlic, salt, and black pepper.
- Stir with a whisk and toss with salad mixture. Top salad with steak.
Nutrition Information (per serving): Calories: 380, Total Fat: 25.4 g, Saturated Fat: 6.4 g, Cholesterol: 82 mg, Sodium: 668 mg, Total Carbohydrates: 10 g, Dietary Fiber: 3.7 g, Sugars: 4.3 g, Protein: 29 g


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(CNSNews.com) – Ahead of a hastily-arranged visit to New Delhi by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, India is demanding that neighboring Pakistan act firmly against those behind last week's deadly attacks in Mumbai.
Rice, speaking in London, urged Pakistan bluntly "to follow the evidence wherever it leads," and said while she did not want to jump to conclusions "this is a time for complete, absolute, total transparency and cooperation – and that's what we expect."
Pakistan has denied any link to the attacks, and President Asif Ali Zardari appealed to India not to allow the deeds of "non-state actors" to cause regional hostility.
The governments of the nuclear-armed neighbors both have reasonably good relations with the U.S., which under the Bush administration has initiated a strategic partnership with India while looking to Pakistan as a vital ally against Islamic terrorism in the region.
Pakistan has warned that any security deterioration on its eastern border with India will necessitate a redeployment of forces currently battling the Taliban and allied militants on its western flank, adjacent to Afghanistan.
India's foreign ministry called in Pakistan's ambassador on Monday night and informed him that the Mumbai attacks -- which occurred over a 60-hour period and killed at least 172 people, including six Americans – were "carried out by elements from Pakistan."
"[The] government expects that strong action would be taken against those elements, whosoever they may be, responsible for this outrage," ministry spokesman Vishnu Prakash said in a statement afterwards.
The envoy was told "that Pakistan's actions needed to match the sentiments expressed by its leadership that it wishes to have a qualitatively new relationship with India," he said.
'No association with militancy'
Indian police said the only known survivor among the gunmen, a 21-year-old Pakistani, had confessed to being a member of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), a Pakistan-based Sunni group with a history of violent attacks against India, and said the terrorists had embarked by boat from Pakistan.
Lashkar-e-Toiba ("Army of the Pure") was established sometime between 1989 and 1991 with the backing of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) service to fight Indian control in the disputed territory of Kashmir. Its founder was Hafiz Muhammad Saeed.
Blamed for numerous terrorist attacks against India, it was formally banned by Islamabad, acting under U.S. pressure, in 2002.
But experts say it continues to operate openly under the name of an ostensibly separate "charitable" group called Jamaat ud-Dawa (JuD).
In a statement released on Sunday, JuD spokesman Abdullah Muntazir slammed reports portraying LeT and JuD as "one and the same," and insisted they were "two entirely different organizations."
Muntazir charged that describing JuD's leader, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, as the head of LeT was "completely incorrect and untruthful, and a deliberate attempt to mislead people."
JuD "has absolutely no association with militancy" and does not approve of any action, anywhere, "in which unarmed civilians and public places are targeted," he added.
Muntazir did not respond to emailed queries Tuesday about historical and current links between JuD and LeT.
'If LeT is involved, Pakistan state cannot escape culpability'
The claim that JuD has nothing to do with LeT has been widely discounted. The State Department, which has designated LeT as a foreign terrorist organization, describes JuD as the LeT's "front organization."
In its most recent report on global terrorism, the department says that after it was outlawed in 2002, "[LeT] and its leader, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, continue to spread ideology advocating terrorism, as well as virulent rhetoric condemning the United States, India, Israel, and other perceived enemies."
The report also notes that when senior al-Qaeda member Abu Zubayda was captured in Pakistan in March 2002, he was located at an LeT safe house in Faisalabad. "[This] suggested that some [LeT] members were facilitating the movement of [al-Qaeda] members in Pakistan."
Dr. Ajai Sahni, executive director of the Institute for Conflict Management in New Delhi, said Tuesday that while preliminary evidence pointed to LeT, it remained to be seen whether any direct involvement of state agencies, especially the ISI, could be established. Doing so, he said, "will always be difficult."
But he pointed out that LeT, "in its present avatar as the Jamaat-ud-Dawa, enjoys full freedom of operation in Pakistan, and significant state support."
"To the extent, consequently, that the Lashkar is involved, the Pakistani state cannot escape culpability."
Sahni, who is also editor of the South Asia Intelligence Review, said Islamabad's assertions that LeT is formally banned is no defense.
"The same institutional establishment and leadership that operated under the banner of the Lashkar is now free to act as the Jamaat-ud-Dawa."
Noting Rice's imminent arrival, Sahni said the Indian government's attempts to get international pressure to bear on Pakistan have apparently been successful.
But he sounded unconvinced that outside countries, including the U.S., wielded much clout.
He recalled that after the bombing last July of the Indian Embassy in Kabul, U.S. intelligence agencies had backed Indian and Afghan assertions of an ISI hand behind the attack (The suicide bomber was allegedly an LeT member.)
There were great expectations then, as well, "that this would result in stronger action against Islamabad," Sahni said.
"Pakistan, however, has weathered many such storms and its diplomats and proxies are quick to range across the world peddling their theories of root causes and Muslim grievance to ever-willing audiences in the West."
'America is bleeding'
Despite the banning of LeT in 2002, Saeed has not stopped making provocative statements.
"America is bleeding these days," he wrote in the Urdu publication Jasrat in June 2004. "It has become a threat to peace. When a wounded animal becomes a threat to one's life, it is shot dead. It is time to gun down the U.S."
"Islam was spread and propagated in the world through jihad," he said in a speech in Lahore the following month. "Through jihad, infidels were defeated in the world and infidelity crushed. Islam achieved eminence and even today, jihad will lead to similar results by the will of Allah."
Fired up last year by the appearance of cartoons satirizing Mohammed, Saeed led public protests. After five people died when protests turned violent, Pakistani authorities placed him under house arrest for several days to prevent him from leading more demonstrations
In April of this year, he called for a jihad against Western countries for blasphemy.
"Hindus, Jews and Crusaders have risen against the Muslims by publishing cartoons and films blasphemous of Islam's prophet," the Roznama Express, an Urdu daily, quoted him as saying at a conference of Islamists.
On its Web site, JuD has a section providing its views on a range of issues and conflicts.
It accuses the Western world of complicity in Israeli "ethnic cleansing" against Palestinians, while "the Kashmiris are fighting a legitimate freedom struggle and the civilized world must acknowledge and support their cause."
On Iraq, "the whole world now knows … that the U.S. twice invaded Iraq under totally false pretexts for the sake of stealing its oil."
"The world has come to see the U.S. as a bully who will cheat, lie, and use brute force, to oppress less powerful nations and steal their natural resources," it says. "Moreover, the people of the world, especially Muslim nations, have learned that the only way to save themselves from American state terrorism, is to resist with valor."
JuD says the "war on terror" is a Western propaganda tool aimed at maligning Islam, paving the way to invading Muslim lands, and discouraging the spread of Islam in the West.
It denies any association with al-Qaeda and says it has never "declared jihad" against the U.S. or any other nation.
"However, [JuD] does morally support those Muslims who have been illegally subjugated by an oppressive foreign power and are struggling for their freedom."


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Spring is in full force, and I don't think I've ever seen this many people (including myself) sporting pastels! It's essentially a necessity for spring weather, and is a perfect way to feel feminine and weather appropriate. With everyone finally accepting their pastel wardrobes, I beg the question: Is it too soon to pull out the neons? The answer is no! Now that school is finishing up and summer is beginning pull out your bright clothing and start soaking up the sun. This Fashionista stood out amongst the crowd in her bright outfit.
This Fashionista is wearing a bright pink chiffon shirt and floral shorts. She accessorized her bold outfit with structured tan bag, and a pair of wedges. For the finishing touches, she added a tan belt, and a pair of aviator sunglasses. This look is polished, but still remains fun and girly. Pairing this look with wedges like she did makes the look more appropriate for a graduation party, or brunch in the city. If you wanted to make this look more casual, all you would need to do is swap the heels for a pair of ballet flats or sandals.
This bright look is a great transition to summer because of it's bright color palette. The floral print and breezy fabrics scream spring but bumping up the color scheme to neons makes it more appropriate for summer. Neon colors can easily become "rave wear" if it's not worn in a polished way. Tucking her loose chiffon shirt into her fitted shorts balances out the amount of leg she's showing. It keeps the looks more sophisticated. So, when it comes to wearing neon colors, keep the shapes simple and it will make for a chic yet bold look!


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The Dead Weather member threw rants at the likes of Liv Tyler, Mary-Kate Olsen and Keith Richards' daughter Alexandra.
Jack White flew into a rage at a gig in New York on Wednesday night, July 4 - accusing the star-studded crowd of failing to "rock out". The singer/guitarist took to the stage at the Don Hill venue in Manhattan with his band The Dead Weather and the audience was packed with high-profile names including Liv Tyler, Mary-Kate Olsen and Keith Richards' daughter Alexandra.
But White wasn't impressed with the atmosphere in the venue and yelled at the crowd for failing to participate in the gig. He told them, "F**k you, you hip motherf**kers! Why don't you rock the f**k out? Maybe I should go grab those free drinks and shove them down your throats, you hip mother**kers!"
The New York Daily News also reports White ejected a man from the front row for taking pictures, but had calmed down by the end of the set and apologized to gig-goers for his earlier outbursts. He said, "I'm sorry I blew up at you guys earlier. Thanks for coming out."


text: So Jamal Crawford, Brandon Roy, Brandon Bass, an others have allready signed with teams. All I am hearing is that Mayo is the front runner to be signed in Indy, chris Kaman(if Roy hibbert isn't retained) then Courney Lee. Anyone else out there that anyone knows of? The paces are letting very much out.


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Plans outlined for high-voltage line
CHAMPAIGN — Ameren Transmission has outlined several potential route corridors it may use for a high-voltage transmission line connecting its Sidney and Rising substations.
All the potential corridors run west from Sidney to points along or west of Interstate 57, then north to the Rising substation northwest of Champaign.
Maps displayed at an open house Tuesday at the Hilton Garden Inn showed:
— The east-west leg might follow a corridor along County Road 900 N or one lying midway between county roads 600 N and 700 N. The former would put the line on the north side of Philo; the latter would put it on the south side.
— The north-south leg might follow a corridor along County Road 700 E (Rising Road); one along County Road 600 E; or one midway between county roads 400 E and 500 E. The first two would put the line to the east of Bondville; the third would put it on Bondville's west side.
Each corridor is about 2,000 feet wide, so there's a lot of leeway for determining the eventual route.
Ameren Transmission spokesman Leigh Morris said after public feedback on the potential corridors is received, routes will be proposed and be shown to the public at an open house in Champaign in early October.
Ameren will likely identify at least one "primary" route and at least one "alternative" route.
The line is part of the Illinois Rivers transmission project, which will include a 345,000-volt line extending from Palmyra, Mo., to west of Terre Haute, Ind. That line would run through Quincy, Meredosia, Pawnee, Pana, Mount Zion and Kansas, Ill.
The line between Rising and Sidney, estimated to be about 28 miles long, is separate from that but also carries 345,000 volts.
The section of the Missouri-to-Indiana line east of Mount Zion would likely extend through Moultrie, Coles, Edgar and Clark counties, according to Ameren Transmission maps.
The northernmost of those potential route corridors would run along the southern borders of Piatt and Douglas counties.
Ameren Transmission expects to file a case seeking approval from the Illinois Commerce Commission in November, with a final order expected no later than July 2013.
More information is at http://www.ilriverstransmission.com.
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Patrick Wolf
Sundark and Riverlight
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US: 25 Sep 2013
When Patrick Wolf released his first album Lycanthropy, he was a 20-year-old who had been working on this project since he was nine. In this album, which perfectly epitomizes the flamboyant intimacy of Wolf's oeuvre and his world vision he shows a penchant for drama which makes sense considering he'd written most of these songs as a teenager; however there is also a timeless, haunting quality to them which helped contribute to that idea that Wolf is a time traveler, a contemporary of Oscar Wilde who suddenly found himself among us.
It's strange to think that it's been ten years since Wolf first burst into the scene and that it's been so long, that he's re-recorded these songs for a compilation album charmingly titled Sundark and Riverlight. The album consists of the two parts in the title, one which deals with clarity and hope, the other with loneliness and songs written when, in the artist's words, "not thinking about other people."
I've admired Wolf's work since as long as I can remember, because he made it OK to be who you were before other pop artists made this their whole shtick. At one point, when studio execs were trying to turn him into a "male Kylie Minogue", he refused to give into this easy path and started his own label. His music, which combines medieval tunes with lyrics sung by Tilda Swinton feel as erudite as it is refreshingly joyous.
As I got ready to call Patrick Wolf, I couldn't help but have preconceptions about who he would be. His larger than life personality and the overpowering, baroque majesty of his songs had always intimidated me, as much as it had inspired me. I knew that his singing voice was completely different than his every day tone, which forgoes the intensity of his performance "mode" for a soft, almost whispery tone. On the first, of what would be three attempts of conducting this interview I sat by the phone as my life was about to enter one of its biggest changes yet. I was moving from what had been home for seven years, to New York City.
The first time around, due to some mishaps Patrick and I were on different schedules and we ended up missing each other. The second time, I reached out to him and can't help but confess I was delighted when I heard his voice on the other side of the telephone. After asking where I was, and listening to my confession about being in the tropics, he ooh-ed and replied "how glamorous", even if he himself was in Los Angeles, widely regarded as one of the most dazzling places on Earth.
I immediately got the feeling that Patrick wasn't as imposing as his songs made him out to be, and just when our conversation was getting interesting, a thunderstorm made us postpone the call. He asked me to call again the following day—right after lunch—and I used this extra day to do some more research into his persona, only to realize that we shared similar life experiences (up to a point of course). Like Patrick, I too had trouble finding a place I could really call "home" and like him I too had been victim of a hate crime because of my sexual orientation.
On other occasions, the more you humanize the subject, the less interesting it tends to become, but in Patrick Wolf's case, the experience was absolutely gratifying. On the third day, we finally made it through the whole interview ...
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How did you select the songs to include in Sundark and Riverlight?
I had dozens of sheets on my walls. I never knew I had these many songs and then there it was, an entire life just hanging from the walls ... I got drunk and had fun and thought about my life and my favorite songs. It was a long, arduous process but I just trusted myself when I started to get loose a bit. I knew I needed to be in a place with no pressure and then I just selected 20 songs.
Why did you feel the need to redo these songs in acoustic form?
If you're going to transform something you have to redo it completely. Also, people can relate a lot to the sincerity and honesty of one person and one instrument and I knew there was a truth about these songs that needed to be said in a different way.
You've said in the past that you're a musician first and then you're a lyricist. With this stripped down versions, did you feel this was the moment for people to concentrate more on the lyrics of your songs?
Yeah, maybe that's the right thing. This might be the best lyrical selection yet. I chose the songs with the strongest messages, and I think they all speak on a broader level, other than just being confessional. When you write the songs, you're thinking about yourself and then it's weird when you know people—your fans—relate to them ... so for this album I've also taken into context when people say songs mean something to them. It was definitely a test as a writer.
You have said that this album is your biography ...
It's more of a self-portrait at 29. It is biographical in terms that it uses terms of the past, but as an album it's a self portrait.
If someone listens to these songs for the first time would you want them to know the original versions first?
I love these songs for what they are, they don't mean as much as they did when I first wrote them, back then I would've been more protective of them, but for this album I decided I would find a new relationship with the song. I also love the experience of being in a recording studio and wanted to apply that discipline to songs. Now I know about the best mics, the best piano, I have learned more about my voice. Things I never knew at the beginning, I don't wish I did, because it makes the record what it is.
Are you done with the other songs for now? Are you saying goodbye to an era or just celebrating its existence?
I wouldn't call it a celebration, it's something more of a funeral. Or a graduation ...
this is a rite of passage; this is what these songs need to go through. It's my personal jubilee, 10 year anniversary!
You mention that songs reveal new meanings with passing time. Can you give me specific examples of how songs in your new album say different things to you now than what they did once?
[silence] In "Paris" for example—there is something in the lyrics that doesn't resonate anymore. I know was about 16 or 17 and suicidal and really thinking of not thinking past tomorrow when I wrote that and I don't feel like that anymore. It's a song for me and others that means don't give up in a very complex way. Writing it I didn't think it'd be that way, I thought it was a confessional and I see now it works on a deeper level, it helps people.
Some of these songs which at the time I thought were lyrically idiosyncratic ... I've had people in Dubai have write to me "the song 'Paris' means the world to me" and they've never been to Paris! The songs take a deeper level. "Oblivion" too ... there is something about it and people relate to them. Working with poetry you never understand why people relate ...
In the album you divide songs by whether they're "dark" or "light". Do you think fans will be shocked by how you've categorized some of the songs?
I never thought of "Hard Times" as a dark song for example ... there are element in the titles, songs written within darkness, searching for happiness, "Hard Times" really is like that, it's a bit like "Libertine", where I'm saying "this is what's wrong, show me resolution". On "Libertine" it's a positive message, it doesn't mean when you're in periods of darkness you don't wanna be searching for happiness.
Riverlight songs were written in happiness, I'm constantly morbid, even in my happiest times I'm thinking about death. I'm not saying that's me but a lot of people feel the same way. When we are most happy and we have everything, we think everything will end soon. This is the human condition.
You say that you're done with London at least in your songs. Have you found a new city to obsess over?
Quite a few. I want to not see London a bit, I really feel very happy in this house in Laurel Canyon, I wish I had the means to live here in terms of writing and not drinking. I would love to stay here for a year and write, but we have other cities to visit.
Have you been working on new material as well?
Yes, lots and lots, I've been writing songs ... understanding what the next big statement is going to be. If I learned anything, I have to think two, three or four times about things to make sure I've got the concept right. I need privacy now, so the album won't happen till next year and it won't be anything expected.
I'll be posted, I was very sorry to miss your last show in New York.
[laughs] Oh that's alright, the shows kinda sucked too!
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LITCHFIELD -- Thomas "Dennie" Williams feels right at home outside with birds and butterflies. His house, which is on land his family has owned for three generations, is full of them and growing up he regularly wandered around the acres of woods and wildlife around him.
After retiring from being an investigative and court reporter for the Hartford Courant, Williams decided to write a book about the spiritual connectivity between humans and wild animals.
Williams published his new ebook, "The Spirits of Birds, Bears, Butterflies and All Those Other Wild Creatures," through Smashwords, an ebook distributor. The book catalogues, in 14 stories, the interactions Williams and others have had with nature, mostly birds and butterflies.
"I want [readers] to understand that if you have this realization that animals, birds and fish have this spiritual ability to interact and intercommunicate, then we as people will be so much better not only to wild creatures but to the environment because we will realize that that's their home," said Williams.
It was William's investigative senses that started his idea for the book.
About three years ago, he was at a blueberry patch when a butterfly landed on him. After flying away a few times, it kept returning to him. He thought that the behavior was irregular.
The instance called to mind another memory in which Williams had been talking to an old man in Vermont. Two butterflies circled around his head and became more animated as the man's story did. Williams found this too to be unusual.
"When you're an investigative reporter you cannot resist investigating something that is a mystery," said Williams. "You have this butterfly who is being chummy to you and why?"
Williams decided to see if there were other instances of human-wild animal interaction and found he was not alone.
"You have to investigate it or [readers] will think you're writing fiction and that's the last thing you want to do. You want to tell the truth and have people realize that there's a spiritual world out there that connects human beings and creatures," said Williams.
Growing up, Williams spent a lot of time outdoors. His family had acres of land and he remembers being deeply influenced by it. He used to chase ducks down the river (in the area that's now the Livingston Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy. He also spent time in Barnard, Vermont, where he enjoyed the outdoors as well.
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It would not be an exaggeration to state that Virat Kohli has come of age as an international cricketer during India's ongoing tour of Australia. India really haven't had a lot to cheer about Down Under, but one of the few highlights has been Kohli becoming increasingly confident in his talent and abilities.
Kohli has been India's best batsman in Australia, even though it is his first tour to that country; and he showed remarkable courage and determination against Sri Lanka at Hobart on Tuesday to keep his team's hopes of reaching the finals of the Commonwealth Bank tri-series alive.
It is always difficult to chase a target in excess of 300 in one-day internationals, but when it needs to be done within 40 overs, the team batting second needs a combined effort as well as someone to put up their hand and take the responsibility of leading the side over the line. Kohli did just that with his magnificent and well-paced 133 not out off just 86 balls (16 boundaries and two sixes) as India successfully chased the target of 321 set by Sri Lanka in only 36.4 overs with seven wickets in hand. Thanks to their sub-par performances in their previous games, India had to win their last league match inside 40 overs to get a bonus point and pile the pressure on Sri Lanka to earn the right to face Australia in the best-of-three CB Series finals. Kohli looked like a man on a mission when he came to the middle and was understandably delighted when India overwhelmed Sri Lanka and put in their best display of the tri-series; ironically despite the fact they had their backs to the wall at the start of this match.
Kohli's innings also overshadowed Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara's centuries in Sri Lanka's total of 320 for 4. Dilshan flayed India's bowlers all over the ground as he hit his way to a 165-ball 160* that contained 11 fours and three sixes; he also shared a 200-run partnership for the second wicket with Sangakkara (105 from 87 balls). At the break, Sri Lanka would have thought they had put more than enough runs to not only win the match but also book their berth in the finals. But, those hopes were turned to smoke courtesy Kohli and the rest of India's top-order.
While chasing such a daunting target, especially in a crunch match, a positive start is required. And, that's what Virender Sehwag (30 off 16 balls) and Sachin Tendulkar provided as they got India's chase off to a flier adding 54 runs for the first wicket in 6.2 overs. Tendulkar, who scored a 30-ball 39, was the second wicket to fall with India's score on 86 in the 10th over; but the opening batsmen had laid the foundation for a successful chase.
It was important for the momentum set up by the openers to continue; and Gautam Gambhir did just that with his 64-ball 63 and 115-run partnership for the third wicket with Kohli to keep India in check with the required rate. After the fall of Gambhir's wicket, Kohli was joined in the middle by the under-pressure Suresh Raina; and the pair thrashed Sri Lanka's bowlers and found boundaries at regular intervals. Raina played his best innings of the tour as he hit three boundaries and a six in his 24-ball 40* and shared an
unbroken partnership of 120 runs in only 9.1 overs with Kohli for the fourth wicket that hastened India's win.
But, all these were supporting acts to Kohli's stupendous and mature innings. Kohli has shown in the past that he isn't too overawed by pressure and has backed himself to deliver the goods in such situations. That confidence stood him in good stead at Hobart where he was in devastating form and took Sri Lanka's spearhead Lasith Malinga to the cleaners. Kohli scored 44 runs from the 15 balls he faced from from Malinga, including 24 off his seventh over. The sequence of shots in that over read 2 (which got Kohli to his hundred off 76 balls), 6, 4, 4, 4 and 4. The utter disdain with which Kohli despatched Malinga and made him look like a net bowler instead of one of the best pacers in the world, is an indication of his immense self-belief.
Kohli was hardly troubled during his innings and Sri Lanka's bowlers ran out of ideas quite soon to either contain or dismiss him. It didn't help their cause that Kohli hit the boundaries almost at will and kept the scoreboard ticking over with his quick running between the wickets which put the fielders under pressure. Kohli scored his runs all over the ground - 54 runs on the off and 79 on the leg side - and hardly played any false shot, which made the task of setting fields for him all the more difficult for Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene.
Kohli had got starts in his last couple of innings, but threw his wicket away by playing reckless shots. At the Bellerive Oval though, Kohli wanted to make his start count and he didn't take too many risks when he first came into bat, but as his innings went on, he started expressing himself and played a number of imperious shots and proved to be too handle to for the Sri Lankans.
The 23-year-old said after the match that this was his best one-day innings, and added his self-belief has been his biggest motivation factor on the Australia tour. "That was the best one-day innings I've played in my career because we needed to pull off a win with a bonus point and we were able to do that so I am really happy with the performance. I have been believing in myself every day and waking up and thinking I belong here and that I can score runs at international level and that's the biggest thing that has kept
motivating me on this tour," Kohli stated.
This wouldn't have been the case though had Kohli been dropped after failing in the first two Tests in Australia. The India team think-tank has got many things wrong on this tour, but one of their few correct decisions was to ignore calls for Kohli to be axed and persevere with him for the third Test at Perth. Kohli scored 44 and 75 at the WACA Ground, and he later said it was a pivotal moment in his fledgling Test career. He took that confidence into the fourth match at the Adelaide Oval and scored his maiden Test century (116) even as India suffered their second consecutive whitewash in an away Test series.
Kohli has the passion, talent, ability and determination to have a long and successful international career; but he really needs to control his emotions and body language on the field as it detracts attention away from his undoubted cricketing abilities. Kohli has been involved in some heated exchanges with the fans in Australia, and in one such incident, he showed his middle finger to the crowd on the second day of the Sydney Test and was fined 50 percent of his match fee as a result. He also needs to get out of the habit of using cuss words while celebrating, and instead let his cricket do all the talking for him.
He has been hailed by his team mates and former cricketers alike in the past, who see him as a future India captain. A day after Kohli scored his maiden Test hundred, former India captain Ravi Shastri said, "Virat's passionate and he's got that hunger... He has that want to succeed... He wants to compete against the best and to do well against them... It's there within him."
Kohli has everything in his favour; he just needs to focus on continuing his growth as a cricketer, being a role model and playing an important role in Indian cricket as it faces a tricky transition phase.


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Case Detail
Christopher Enoch Abeyta
Case Details
Case Type: Missing
Height: 2' 2"
Case Status: OPEN
Weight: 22 lbs
Identifying Marks:
Incident Date: 07/15/1986
Agency: Colorado Springs Police Department
City: Colorado Springs
Date of Birth: 11/28/1985
County: El Paso
Date of Death: Unknown
Agency Case #: 86-20515
Age: 1
Judicial District: 4th Judicial District
Gender: Male
Year Solved:
Race: Caucasian
NamUs Case #: 3902
Eyes: Blue
NCMEC Case #: 600552
Hair: Blond/Strawberry
About this Case:
On July 15, 1986, seven month old Christopher was taken from his parents' bedroom in the middle of the night. The investigation found the home garage door opener was missing and their basement window was open. (second photo is age progression) Anyone with information regarding this case, is asked to please contact the Colorado Springs Police Department.
If you have any information about this case, please contact:
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I actually own a copy of Bible Adventures on NES. If only I could find my NES so I can enjoy the wonderfull stories of the bible in a crappy NES game.
There is a Godless Gamers Group on Steam .. if anyone would like to join us.
There's a group of us on Steam if you would like to get yourself added.
I just added you as a friend Nicole!
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I'm on Steam. ImSoAwesomeLOL
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