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Thirty area agriculture producers gathered in the Bear's Club room at ConnXion Entertainment in Mtn. Grove, April 14, 2014 for an Advanced Grazing School that featured information on multi-species grazing, soil fertility, and pasture conversion to reduce fescue toxicity. Presenters ...Read More »
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Joretta Sawyer was hostess for Bunco with Joretta being high, Dixie Garrett, second, Sybil Heckendorn, door prize and Janet Sallee, consolation. After one hour of games, refreshments were served to the winners and the following regular members: Jewell Elliott, Lucille ...Read More »
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Posted 18 August 2011 - 12:52 PM
US Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann gets dates wrong as she stops off in South Carolina on campaign trail
Republican US presidential candidate Michele Bachmann offered a "happy birthday" message to the late singer Elvis Presley even though 16 August is the anniversary of his death.
Bachmann shouted "Happy Birthday, Elvis!" from the stage at a campaign stop at the Beacon Drive In, a South Carolina restaurant famous for its fried food and sweet tea.
After her stump speech on Monday, the US congresswoman from Minnesota told a group of reporters that she was happy to be in South Carolina "on the anniversary of Elvis Presley's death".
"He's still alive. He's alive in our hearts," Bachmann said.
Presley was born on 8 January 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi. He died on 16 August 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee.
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She ser needs to JOAB, DIAF and the KHS.
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Bachmann: I'll bring back $2 gas
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- President Michele Bachmann has a promise: $2 gas.
"Under President Bachmann you will see gasoline come down below $2 a gallon again," Bachmann told a crowd Tuesday in South Carolina. "That will happen." Sure, politicians promise all kinds of things on the campaign trail. But Bachmann, a leading contender for the 2012 Republican nomination, is wading into truly tricky territory.
The price Americans pay at the pump is tied to the crude oil market -- a global system largely beyond the reach of Washington. It's certainly true that prices -- now about $3.50 a gallon on average -- have risen since President Obama took office. "The day that the president became president gasoline was $1.79 a gallon," Bachmann said. "Look what it is today."
Of course, that's not the full story.
When Obama took office, the country was mired in a terrible economic contraction. "That was in the 4th inning of the greatest recession of our lifetime," said Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at the Oil Price Information Service. During recessions, demand for gasoline plummets as trucks pull off the road, companies cut back on travel and laid off workers drive fewer miles. "You have to be careful what you wish for because the recipe for cheap prices these days is economic disaster," Kloza said.
Since early 2009, the economy has recovered somewhat and demand for crude has risen. It has even spiked in the developing world -- especially in China, India and South America. Kloza said that increased crude demand is the principal driver behind higher gas prices. "We're going to have to recognize the rest of the world has this increasing appetite for oil," he said. "If we go below $2 a gallon, it probably means there has been a lot of wealth loss and we are in a deflationary period."
There are some measures that could be taken to lower gas prices, according to Phil Flynn, a senior market analyst at PFG Best. A stronger dollar would take pressure off prices, and reducing the number of miles Americans drive in gasoline-powered cars would also weaken demand. "I never say never," Flynn said. "But whether or not Bachmann can do that in four years is a tall order." Bachmann did not lay out a specific plan to drop prices on Tuesday. But her campaign website says that as president, she would ease restrictions on drilling and roll back federal regulations on the shale gas industry. While increased oil and gas drilling in the United States may create good-paying jobs, reduce reliance on foreign oil and lower the trade deficit, it would have little impact on gas and oil prices. Drill baby drill won't lower gas prices
That's because the amount of extra oil that could be produced from more drilling in this country is tiny compared to what the country -- and the world -- consumes.
Plus, any extra oil the United States did produce would likely be quickly offset by a cut in OPEC production. According to a 2009 study from the government's Energy Information Administration, opening up to drilling areas off the East Coast, West Coast and the west coast of Florida would yield an extra 500,000 barrels a day by 2030.
The world currently consumes 89 million barrels a day, and by then would likely be using over 100 million barrels. After OPEC got done adjusting its production to reflect the increased American output, gas prices might drop a whopping three cents a gallon, the study said.
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'cept it ain't funny. It's chilling to me that she's come as far as she has.
Nice to see her starting to self-destruct.
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Prolly wont be good as Lisa Ann's "Nailin Palin". Production value was through the roof, story, emotions!
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Bachmann Warns Beware Soviet Union
(NewsCore) - COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Minnesota congresswoman and 2012 presidential candidate Michele Bachmann left some listeners scratching their heads Thursday when she said during a radio show interview that the US was in danger of being eclipsed by the Soviet Union. Bachmann made the remark during an appearance on the Jay Sekulow radio show while campaigning in South Carolina. "It really is about jobs and the economy," Bachmann said when asked what was on the minds of American voters she met on the trail.
"But what people recognize is that there's a fear that the United States is in an unstoppable decline. They see the rise of China, the rise of India, the rise of the Soviet Union and our loss militarily going forward." The Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991 at the end of the Cold War. It is not the first gaffe for Bachmann. Earlier this week she wished Elvis Presley a happy birthday on the 34th anniversary of his death. Previous flubs include erroneously saying that film star John Wayne was from her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa, claiming that the Founding Fathers worked tirelessly to end slavery, and saying that the "shot heard round the world," which started the American Revolutionary War, was fired in New Hampshire, instead of Massachusetts.
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Despite mentions that t-shirts from the Experimental Gameplay Project (that cleverly included the games themselves on a bundled CD) were selling out in some Target locations, a developer whose work was featured has told Boing Boing Gadgets that Target will not be continuing to sell the products. "We have recently found out that target isnt going to go forward with EGP," said our source. "We are going to try a few other places to see if we can get it picked up." I asked why, since it appeared to be novel idea making a least a few sales to the gaming community. "[EGP T-shirts] sold slightly less then what Target views as good enough to keep in store. But [the distributors] are going to try the line out at places like Hot Topic and Urban Outfitters in the coming months. We will see how it goes." Hot Topic or Urban Outfitters do seem like better fits for the t-shirts and games, but part of what made the whole thing so exciting was to see indie games in such a mainstream outlet. I have not contacted 2D Boy or the Experimental Gameplay Project to confirm this report as they have still not responded to my previous queries about the project in general.
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Yep, was at Target yesterday and they were just marking them down by 30%…the first sign that they will no longer be carrying them. Too bad.
Well that's a damn shame. I'll have to scour the local Targets for some, because I'll be damned if I'll buy them from Hot Topic or Urban.
I found them in clearance too
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nice decor, pretty cool environment, lousy food! the food is way over priced and is not all that great at all. i feel like they think they can be rude and over price the food because they think guests will come bcak just for the decor of the place. boy were they wrong with me.Like this review?Yes|Flag Abuse
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It's really fun for kids...if you're near all the action. If you're in the back...it's just another over priced resturant. The food is fair. \r One MAJOR piece of advice.....ONLY use cash. Soon after we left the place my bank called to ask if I had just made a $2,500 purchase. I may just be jumping to conclusions, but my card was out of my site for a good while as I waited to sign the bill.Like this review?Yes|Flag AbuseProvided by Citysearch
Our family has been there many times in the past few years and never had a single issue. The service was good and food was fresh and delicious. Not this time. We arrived there 10 minutes prior to our reservation time and were almost immediately taken to a table which we did not like. Asked the waitress to get us a table in Jungle Room, which is a more privet, if you will, part of the restaurant and were told no prob... view moreLike this review?Yes|Flag AbuseProvided by Citysearch
Visited on a Monday afternoon before the lunch rush. There were only a few tables occupied. My water glass was dirty and had to be replaced. The sides were cold and fries were added to an entre when my guest specifically declined them. I will not be returning. Some restaurants think they can get away with poor quality and service because of their location.Like this review?Yes|Flag AbuseProvided by Citysearch
Sad to say that Rainforest food that I ordered taste like frozen. I ordered Chicken Fried Steak for $17.99, I mean the price is was too much. Root Ber cost $3.50 a bottle. I could have gone to Alioto's Restaurant for lunch menu and have ""Sauteed Shrimp Garlic with Butter Lemon Sauce for only $13.85, plus a decent place with spectacular view of Golden Gate Bridge. My advise next time is to check around the area fo... view moreLike this review?Yes|Flag AbuseProvided by Citysearch
Please do not go this hole in the wall. It is absolutely garbage. The food is horrible and service is bad. All this place seems to do is salty frozen Costco with ranch dressing. Just like every other wharf restaurant add some ranch to make it delicious to tourists.Like this review?Yes|Flag AbuseProvided by Citysearch
This is a fun place to take guests or a big group. The larger-than-life foliage, aquarium tanks, moving jungle animals, and periodic lightning shows are fun and make the meal memorable. The menu is HUGE with tons of options, most pretty tasty but not unbelievably great. There is also an extensive drinks menu. Because there is so much seating and big tables, this is a great place to go with a bunch of people, or even ... view moreLike this review?Yes|Flag AbuseProvided by Citysearch
I often take visiting out of town guests here simply because it's a fun place to go. The quality of the food is really hit-and-miss...some menu items are tasty (such as the crab cake sandwich...which, as of last month, was no longer on the dinner menu) while others are just blah. You are paying for the scenery and not much else. But unlike the reviewer before me, I've never had a problem with the service and neve... view moreLike this review?Yes|Flag AbuseProvided by Citysearch
We waited so long just to order and when that food took forever, we ordered an appetizer. Even the appetizer took a long time. Children receive a special $2.99 rate for each paying adult on Wednesdays but the restaurant will charge for every little thing and not disclose that it's extra. For instance, after you order for your child, the waiter will ask if they want fries, apple sauce etc. you assume its part of the ... view moreLike this review?Yes|Flag AbuseProvided by Citysearch
This place is a FABULOUS getaway. You forget you're in the city. You will be swept away by the amazing atmosphere...the thunder & lightning, shooting stars, gorillas going crazy, elephants stomping and roaring jaguars! Don't forget the HUGE fountain in the restaurant and the massive salt water tanks of LIVE tropical fish! You'll definately enjoy this getaway....and the food....DELICIOUS!Like this review?Yes|Flag AbuseProvided by Citysearch


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Nice studio with a good location in central Warsaw. Small but with everything you meed, plus balcony with a lovely view to a park. Lukasz was very helpful and responsive to all our questions. Thanks! Recommended.
Nicely located just by a park, with walking distance to a lot of nice places. It's small, but has everything you need. I loved the balcony and the summer view from there :) Lukasz was a very good host and was easy to get in touch with!
Everything was great very helpful host also a very good location great places to go to nice restaurants , I will go there again
Lukasz was a great host and his flat is simply lovely. The balcony is perfect for a summer evening! Lukasz was very generous in allowing me to check in late (11:00pm!) and met me at the flat. He provided clean linen and towels and the apartment kitchen is fully stocked should you desire to make a quick meal before going out to enjoy all that Warsaw has to offer. He also has many guidebooks which allow you to explore the varied neighborhoods of this wonderful city. I would heartily recommend Lukasz and his flat for anyone thinking of visiting Warsaw!
We had such a lovely time in Lukasz's Warsaw flat. The apartment is bright, cozy, comfortable, and located next to some of Warsaw's cultural and natural treasures. Lukasz has a wealth of guidebooks and recommendations, so you are certain to have a good time (as long as you brought a good pair of walking shoes, that is). If I ever have a chance to come back to Warsaw, I will definitely look to rent it again!
Great location by the park--easy walk to old town and all over the city. Perfect size for 1-2 people. Has all the essentials at an affordable rate!
Perfect Location! the neighborhood is nice areas full of green parks and nice cafes. very close to the city center and the river. Lukasz and his friends are extremely nice and helpful. the flat is small but well designed and equipped. Highly recommended!
I booked Lukasz' place for my boyfriend and his friend for a few nights. Everything from booking to this review was smooth and easy. Lukasz was very open and made sure that the guys are informed about how things are going, how to get to the apartment etc. The guys loved the apartment, it was suitable for their needs and was in a perfect location. The view was breathtakingly beautiful too. There were parks nearby and it was quiet. The apartment was also very clean. Even though Lukasz wasn't able to be there at the time of their arrival, he had organized everything well and there were no problems at all. I, and the guys, would highly recommend Lukasz as a host and his apartment as a holiday stay!
It's difficult to image that a host can be better! Lucas met us on the bus station from the airport and lead to the house. On our way to it (about 5-7 min) I could ask him all I wanted to know about Warsaw from the local. The view from the balcony was magnificent and the flat itself was really-really cozy, despite it's not big size. All the staff is inside, whatever you need. It was a dreamlike rest) Thanks Lucas)
Wonderful apartment! Very cozy and lovely flat at the center of Warsaw. There are some supermarkets near this place, a bus stop under the windows. Location is very convenient . Nice green park, cafe near the house. You can walk to the center street 10 minutes. There are all electronic devices and good wifi :) and of course there is a small nice balcony where you can breathe fresh wonderful air of unforgettable Warsaw. It is necessary to say, that a host of this flat is very very friendly , nice and ready to help at any moment. You should only white him and you will get an answer immediately. So, I really very recommend this flat, because of good location, wonderful host and having all necessary devises for cooking, laundry, ironing, using Internet :)
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Lukasz and his girlfriend were a nice guests! They were very friendly, I can call them colleague as they host people in Warsaw. I recommend them as guests
Lukasz and his partner were excellent guests at Saraii... I did not have the pleasure of meeting them but our Manager Hassan was full of praise for them both... I am told that they both understood the eco/sustainable tourism focus that Saraii is based on and i'm always happy when we have guests that truly appreciate and support our endeavour. Thank you guys for being great guests...
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Lukasz is a great, reliable guy. I think he can be a really great companions and definitely he's a great person to meet!
I met this guy only once, but he left a lot in my mind and hearth :) always ready to help by phone, and creates a nice atmosphere for your stay. Highly recommend!
I've known Łukasz for over 5 years now and he's always been a very reliable and trustworthy person. Always ready to help others, you may be sure he'll do almost anything to make you feel comfortable at his place. Good lad through and through, I can recommend him with no hesitation.
Lukasz is my brother and we're renting together a small studio in most beautifull Warsaw area - Powisle. He lived there for 5, then me for over 4 years. When I moved yout, we decided that this is perfect place for short time rental - small but cheap and centrally located, surrounded by many hip clubs. He's a great and caring host who knows and loves our city. If you are looking for some interesting events in Warsaw - he is the one to ask. As a guest he will cause no trouble.
I would recommend staying on care of Łukasz - for sure you will be able to sleep peacefully as well as all day you do not run out of things to do
I've known Lukasz since forever and heard he's a great host - the one to show you around town and make friends with! As traveller I can only imagine him to be a stress free guest, who will never cause you any trouble.
Łukasz is a great host who knows city well. Highly recommended.
I met Lukasz and his adorable girlfriend in their trip to the Middle East. They were really amazing to accompany. During their visit to Damascus we had the chance to know each other more, experience off the road activities, enjoy food, talk about politics and be friends for ever. All what can I say that they are so caring. I recommend anyone to deal with them as you would be surprised with the reception level they carry. Thumbs up.
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Publicado por Hvaldesb
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Nice Location and comfortable rooms
The hotel is well located near business district and also to the convention center. The rooms (apartments) are big and well equipped with kitchen and dinning room. It's a little difficult to get a...
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Avaliação feita em 23 de Agosto de 2014
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Apartment vs Hotel Room
Oak Chateau is a managed service apartment building. This offers bigger rooms with sitting area, bedroom and kitchen. The quality of the rooms are good and I enjoy staying here when I am in Beijing...


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Novotel Brussels Centre Tour Noire is one of the hotels near Brussels St. Catherine. The fish market with its many gourmet restaurants and trendy shops ensure a successful weekend or break in the center of Brussels. The hotel is built around the historicmonument of the Black Tower and is within walking distance from the famous Grand Place. The hotel features a wellness area with jet-stream pool relax area, infra-red showers, hammam and fitness room, ideal for relaxing after a busy day.
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Our 217 rooms have free WiFi and flat screen TV. The hotel offers everything for a successful business stay or plan your meeting in one of our 11 meeting rooms. For your meeting in Brussels Novotel Brussels Centre Tour Noire is the place to be!
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Like most any other country, the Philippines is rich in customs and traditions handed down from generation to generation. While Filipinos were able to preserve most of these olden and even revered practices, some of these were products of foreign influence, assimilated in the native culture and nurtured through time. Maligayang Pasko Kasalan Maskara Independence Day PROCEED TO END Christmas in the Philippines is one of the biggest holidays on the calendar. The country has earned the distinction of celebrating the world's longest Christmas season, with Christmas carols are heard as early as September and the season lasting up until Epiphany (January 6 on the Julian Calendar and January 19 on the Gregorian Calendar). Christmas in the Philippines is a mixture of Western and native Filipino traditions. As December 24th dawns, the last Mass of Simbang Gabi is attended; then preparation begins for Noche Buena, which is a family feast that takes place after midnight. 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It was also a time of tragedy; on April 22 of that year, the inter-island vessel Don Juan carrying many Negrenses, including those belonging to prominent families in Bacolod City, collided with the tanker Tacloban City and sank. An estimated 700 lives were lost in the tragedy. In the midst of these tragic events, the city's artists, local government and civic groups decided to hold a festival of smiles, because the city at that time was also known as the City of Smiles. They reasoned that a festival was also a good opportunity to pull the residents out of the pervasive gloomy atmosphere. The initial festival was therefore, a declaration by the people of the city that no matter how tough and bad the times were, Bacolod City is going to pull through, survive, and in the end, triumph. The festival features a street dance competition where people from all walks of life troop to the streets to see colorfully-masked dancers gyrating to the rhythm of Latin musical beats in a display of mastery, gaiety, coordination and stamina. Major activities include the MasKara Queen beauty pageant, carnivals, drum and bugle corps competitions, food festivals, sports events, musical concerts, agriculture-trade fairs, garden shows, and other special events organized ad-hoc every year. BACK The Philippine Declaration of Independence occurred on June 12, 1898 in the Philippines, where Filipino revolutionary forces under General Emilio Aguinaldo (later to become the General Philippines' first Republican President) Emilio proclaimed the sovereignty and independence Aguinaldo of the Philippine Islands from the colonial rule of Spain after the latter was defeated at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish- American War. The declaration, however, was not recognized by the United States or Spain, as the Spanish government ceded the Philippines to the United States in the 1898 Treaty of Paris, in consideration for an indemnity for Spanish expenses and assets lost. The United States recognized Philippine independence on July 4, 1946 in the Treaty of Manila. Independence Day was observed in the Philippines on the July 4 anniversary of this event until, upon the advice of historians and at the urging of nationalist politicians, President Diosdado Macapagal signed Republic Act No. 4166 into law on August 4, 1964, designating June 12, which had previously been observed as Flag Day, as the country's Independence Day. According to the history books, it was on this date that General Emilio Aguinaldo raised the Filipino flag from his balcony and called the people to take up arms against their colonizers. The day is marked with ceremonies, memorial events and historic exhibitions. This year"s celebrations was like all other previous celebrations, very eventful. In a speech at a flag-raising ceremony to mark the 111th anniversary of the declaration of independence by the Philippines, the ambassador told his compatriots that unity would earn them the respect of others. A slew of other events marked the day-long Independence Day celebrations at Hyatt Plaza Mall, including cultural presentations, awarding of plaques of recognition to exceptional Filipino achievers, native games and martial arts demonstrations. Renewal of passports, registration for absentee voting, a medical camp, a bazaar offering free haircuts and Filipino food and a car show were the other attractions of the event. A concert by Filipino local bands at the Philippine International School Qatar and a musical show by famous artistes Rico Blanco and Rica Peralejo at the Qube club at Ramada Plaza capped the day"s events. BACK My country, INDIA is a land of diversities and has many culture and traditions and similarly when I read about the history of Philippines on the internet, I found that Philippines is also a colorful country like mine. Then I decided to make a presentation on its traditions, cultures and famous days but I could only include the four that I found to be the most interesting and something new, which highlights the liveliness of the people of this "Land of Fiestas". Hope you enjoyed it… MADE BY- MANI MAKKAR ST. MARK"S SR. SEC. PUBLIC SCHOOL NEW DELHI, INDIA
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My handicap is 14.8 and I needed all my weapons to get around here at that level. The course is well maintained and as usual in Kenya everyone is very friendly and helpful.
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Leisure golf course was a nice course with great caddies, and attentive staff. The course is a challenge and is in very good shape. We were pleasantly surprised at the quality of the course. Pony, and Kenjoy were great caddies we requested them on our second day of golf. Also it was very affordable, we rented clubs and paid for...
We played 18 holes over the weekend and it started off very slowly. We must have been at reception for half an hour, trying to get a game, it just seemed like hard work.
It cost us 3500 KSH to play 18, one of the most expensive golf courses I had to pay for in Kenya, but my thoughts, you...
we didn't play, just walked through and talked to the pro and some caddies. ended up walking about 5 or 6 holes and got a good feel for the place which is very scenic! incredible flowers, 100 year old baobob trees, birds and animals on the course. very friendly staff.
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The golf course is lovely so is the range and shop but the caddy's are the opposite, all they want is money when I was chosing my caddy the one I had before wanted to be my one and I chose someone else, then she started to shout at me, I was shocked by the behaviour of a golf caddy....
This is the 4th time playing at Leisure lodge and I have noticed the course has gone downhill.I have always had the same caddy and he say's it's due to a new management of the club.The greens are very wooly and slow some also have a lot of disease on them.
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MPROTECT(2) Linux Programmer's Manual MPROTECT(2)
mprotect - set protection on a region of memory
#include <sys/mman.h> int mprotect(void *addr, size_t len, int prot);
mprotect() changes protection for the calling process's memory page(s) containing any part of the address range in the interval [addr, addr+len-1]. addr must be aligned to a page boundary. If the calling process tries to access memory in a manner that violates the protection, then the kernel generates a SIGSEGV signal for the process. prot is either PROT_NONE or a bitwise-or of the other values in the following list: PROT_NONE The memory cannot be accessed at all. PROT_READ The memory can be read. PROT_WRITE The memory can be modified. PROT_EXEC The memory can be executed.
On success, mprotect() returns zero. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.
EACCES The memory cannot be given the specified access. This can happen, for example, if you mmap(2) a file to which you have read-only access, then ask mprotect() to mark it PROT_WRITE. EINVAL addr is not a valid pointer, or not a multiple of the system page size. ENOMEM Internal kernel structures could not be allocated. ENOMEM Addresses in the range [addr, addr+len-1] are invalid for the address space of the process, or specify one or more pages that are not mapped. (Before kernel 2.4.19, the error EFAULT was incorrectly produced for these cases.)
SVr4, POSIX.1-2001. POSIX says that the behavior of mprotect() is unspecified if it is applied to a region of memory that was not obtained via mmap(2).
On Linux it is always permissible to call mprotect() on any address in a process's address space (except for the kernel vsyscall area). In particular it can be used to change existing code mappings to be writable. Whether PROT_EXEC has any effect different from PROT_READ depends on processor architecture, kernel version, and process state. If READ_IMPLIES_EXEC is set in the process's personality flags (see personality(2)), specifying PROT_READ will implicitly add PROT_EXEC. On some hardware architectures (e.g., i386), PROT_WRITE implies PROT_READ. POSIX.1-2001 says that an implementation may permit access other than that specified in prot, but at a minimum can allow write access only if PROT_WRITE has been set, and must not allow any access if PROT_NONE has been set.
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1995 Ford Bronco Question: Oil Pressure
When it is cool the engine starts up and runs good no noises. Even after the initial high idle at startup there is no noise oil pressure good. After a while of driving when at lower RPM's the oil pressure gauge drops and the engine begins to knock. You start driving oil pressure goes back up and no noise. - prodigy9904
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Don't drive it until the oil pump has been changed as this same thing happened to my 1990 Bronco 5.8 and Ford replaced the engine under the extended warranty and you can get a estimate here for oil pump replacement www.repairpal.com/estimator and locate a repair shop here www.repairpal.com/directory - Valleyautotech
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This is a bad oil pump. 5.8 is a bear to replace because the cross member is in the way to drop the oil pane down. Very few cases you can unbolt the motor mounts and raise the motor gently up. The pump pick up screen is likely gunked up but if you go through all the trouble to take that out to clean it and you don't change the pump while you are there, you are cutting off your nose to spite your face as they say. One thing is certain , you will cause expensive damages to your engine if you don't react. Good luck! Joe R. - Visitor
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Petitioning Manchester Civil Justice Centre M60 District Judge Haigh
Shouldn't I be allowed to raise my children my way?
Because as a mother i have an equal right to bring up my children regardless of my beliefs and way of life just as my children have the right to equal shared contact."
Imagine you are a Muslim woman, a convert trying to live a peaceful life, when suddenly you are told you are only allowed to see your children for 6 hours per week because of your beliefs.
Seranna from Manchester became a Muslim 14 years ago at the age of 16 and married the father of her 2 children four years later.
As with any relationship they had their problems and there were some mental heath issues. They divorced two years ago in 2011.
The two boys age 8 and 10 want to live with Seranna especially as there are physical chastisement issues with her ex husband. Seranna has remarried now and is happy in her new relationship which has produced twins in the last year.
CHANNEL, Greater Manchester's counter terrorism department investigated Seranna because of comments and pictures on facebook, they interviewed her and came to the conclusion that Seranna is an extremist with extreme views.
"In summary the impression I got from my talk with Seranna was that she was intelligent and had very opinionated extreme views. She would not discuss the contents of her facebook pages believingthat we already knew. She disageed with Western involvement in Islamic countries and that force was necessary to repel them. Due to Serenna's lack of engaement it was impossible for Channel along wth other services to work with her so our involvement ceased at this point.
They also spoke briefly to the yougest of the 2 boys,
"He said they were not allowed to listern to Western music as his mother and her husband said it was "Haram", although he did not know the meaning of this term (forbidden under Islamic law). He and his brother could not watch cartoons and could only watch Islamic television.
His father pointed out that he was wearing Manchester United tracksuit bottoms but he was not allowed to do this at his mothers. He confirmed this as being correct again saying they told him it was Haram. He did also say his mother's new husband who he believed he was called Abu G was nice and took them to the park.
This report was then handed to the relivent parties who concluded that Seranna was, in their own words "radicalizing her children" They conluded that for her to see her 2 boys for 4 hours per week was enough, with a proposed increase to 6 hours in the future. THIS IS A PERMANENT PROPOSAL!
Do you believe a person should lose their children because of their beliefs?
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Allow Seranna Abdullah to see her children for more than 6 hours per week. Both the boys and Seranna deserve this as this is their basic human right.Seranna has been charged with no crime and is not a risk to her children, Please do the right thing!
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William "Bill" White Guilty of Sending Death Threats
Last Friday, a jury in an Orlando, Fla., federal courtroom found William "Bill" White guilty of sending death threats to officials in May 2012. Sentencing is set for Nov. 21, when White, 37, will face the possibility of decades in prison.
White is already incarcerated in Florida for sending threats to other individuals. Before he was arrested in 2008, White had held posts in neo-Nazi groups and ran the movement gossip site, Overthrow.com. White is a particularly obnoxious racist, frequently using the most crude racial slurs available and constantly harassing people he doesn't like by calling for their lynching or worse. He once put President Obama on the cover of his publication, the National Socialist, with a gun sight over his face. The text read, "Kill this Nigger?"
The charges against White stemmed from emailed threats against FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force Agent Kelly Boaz, Circuit Judge Walter Komanski and then-State Attorney Lawson Lamar, prominent officials in the case against the American Front white-supremacist group whose Osceola County compound was raided in May 2012. ( continue to full post… )
AFA Jumps the Shark: 'ALS Challenge Kills Babies'
In recent weeks, it has seemed as if the American Family Association—already listed by the SPLC as an anti-LGBT hate group—has been on a mission to transform its public image from that of ordinary family-values advocates to a pack of wild-eyed radicals foaming at the mouth about their perceived enemies.
AFA spokesperson Bryan Fischer has been leading the way. In recent weeks on his radio program, Fischer has:
- Declared it will be "the end of America" if Congress does not impeach President Obama.
- Denounced anyone who uses the word "racist," then insisted that Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder are "racists."
- Sided with radical Islamists in Iraq in calling Obama a "devil worshiper."
- Suggested on Twitter that accepting homosexuality leads to people to commit acts of necrophilia.
- Said that LGBT people are inherently disqualified from holding public office.
- Written an article in which he wonders if Robin Williams will go to heaven and insults Williams's mother's belief system (she was a Christian Scientist, Fischer says, and that is "a counterfeit form of religion that is neither Christian nor scientific")
It's not just Fischer, though. A couple of AFA analysts recently decried the recent editorial direction of Archie Comics, saying they now promoted "the occult and homosexuality."
But as absurd as all these declarations might be, Fischer may not be the only one from AFA making such spurious claims. Kevin McCullough, a fellow AFA pundit who contributes at the organization's commentary site, The Stand, recently published the following headline and article:
The ALS Challenge is a wildly popular fundraising stunt for the ALS Association in which people are encouraged to pour a bucket of ice water over their heads, record it on social media and then challenge other people to otherwise join them or make a donation to the association.
The stunt has become an Internet sensation, with participants including movie stars, pop singers and politicians, as well as a wide range of others. It has also inspired some moments of accidental low comedy on the Web.
But according to McCullough, the fun and frivolity is overshadowed by his view that "this very challenge is contributing to the on going destruction of human life – intentionally."
The ALS association is actively now funding embryonic stem cell research and admitting that they likely will continue to do so in the future.
The funding of embryonic stem cell research means that children are created and at their earliest stages of life they are destroyed so that the stem cells (from usually the base of the brain) can be harvested to perform tests with.
Embryonic stem cell research has proven zero percent effective in combating diseases like ALS and other neurological degenerative diseases.
Stem cell research has proven to be a controversial issue for years, with many conservative Christians, including the Southern Baptist Convention, viewing it as akin to abortion. The embryos used for the research are fertilized in the laboratory, and there has never been a baby born or created in such conditions.
The ALS Association also claims to have produced substantial scientific research that, contrary to the AFA's claims, indicates progress toward finding a cure for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, the progressive and fatal neuromuscular malady commonly known as "Lou Gehrig's disease."
ALS afflicts about 30,000 Americans, with about 5,600 new cases diagnosed annually. More than 5,000 people die each from the disease. The ALS Association reports that so far more than $31 million has been raised by the ice-bucket challenge.
LOS Joins 'Southern Heritage' Activists In University of Mississippi March
OXFORD, Miss. –– In response to the University of Mississippi's recent decision to distance itself from its contentious confederate past, members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) and the Mid-South Flaggers joined the racist League of the South (LOS) to rally under the guise of protecting "southern heritage."
Billed as a protest, members of all three groups waved Confederate flags alongside the LOS Southern Nationalist flag and signs proclaiming that "Anti-racism is the brainchild of racism" as they marched last weekend through the center of Oxford, Miss.
The event was organized to protest the University of Mississippi's recent decision to rename Confederate Drive –– a street that cuts through the center of campus –– and install plaques at racially divisive sites to better contextualize them. The changes came after three students hung a noose and a pre-2003 Georgia state flag around the neck of a statue of James Meredith, the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi.
But, at an event billed as a rally in defense of Confederate heritage, one has to wonder if the event's true intent was merely another moment to hide hate behind heritage. ( continue to full post… )
Fred Phelps, Anti-LGBT Hatemonger Extraordinaire, Reportedly Dead
Fred Phelps, America's most rabid gay-basher and a man who drew almost universal contempt from the far right to the far left, has reportedly died at age 84. Timothy Phelps, one of his 13 children, told WIBW-TV in Topeka, Kan., that the vitriol-spouting pastor of Westboro Baptist Church died before midnight Wednesday in a local hospice.
Phelps and his extended family, which made up the bulk of Westboro's congregation, spent almost a quarter of a century issuing vulgar and incredibly spiteful rhetoric against LGBT people and their supporters. The group was especially loathed for picketing the funerals of American soldiers who died in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying God was punishing a "fag-enabling" nation.
That's not all. Phelps and his followers attacked school children killed in bus crashes, victims of crazed killers, Nobel Peace Prize laureates, schools, synagogues, and a whole host of others for supporting homosexuality, typically in the most tangential of ways. When Al Qaeda attacked the United States in 2001, Phelps' response was to savage the murdered pilot of one of the downed airliners as "the filthy face of fag evil," among other things. He also attacked Jews, picketing synagogues and saying Jews' "vermin ancestors" had killed Christ.
Phelps' reported death came amid a flurry of reports, based on statements from one of his estranged sons, saying that Phelps had been ex-communicated last fall from the Topeka church he started in 1955. The reports claimed that others in the church had formed an all-male board of elders, thrown out longtime spokeswoman and heir apparent Shirley Phelps-Roper, and tossed Phelps out of his own church because he said that he thought congregants should be kinder to one another. If true, it was an exceedingly ironic end for a man who was not known for his kindness in any way. ( continue to full post… )
New Intelligence Report: Radical Right Declines
After four years of stunning growth, the radical right declined significantly for the first time in 2013, according to the latest count by the Southern Poverty Law Center, released today. But with a total of more than 2,000 groups, the extreme right remained at historically high levels.
The decline was due to an improving economy, dismay at the re-election of President Obama, law enforcement crackdowns, and the co-optation of the far right's issues by purportedly mainstream politicians. It also reflected internal difficulties in the radical groups themselves, along with the failure of a whole series of their apocalyptic predictions to materialize.
Hate groups declined by 7% last year, from 1,007 in 2012 to 939 in 2013, and from an all-time high of 1,018 in 2011. But by far the most significant drop came among antigovernment "Patriot" groups, including armed militias, which fell 19%, from 1,360 groups in 2012 to 1,096 in 2013. While those drops were significant, the total number of groups was still almost twice as high as in 1996, when the first wave of the militia movement peaked while hate groups were also relatively high.
As reflected in a number of right-wing terrorist plots uncovered last year, the decline did not seem to dampen the violence coming from the movement. In fact, the movement seemed to grow more hard-line as more moderate members dropped out.
"The radical right is growing leaner and meaner," said Mark Potok, senior fellow at the SPLC and author of the report. "The numbers are down somewhat, but the potential for violence remains high. Moreover, there is a disturbing dynamic at play. At the same time that the number of extremist groups is dropping, there is more mainstream acceptance of radical right ideas." ( continue to full post… )
Idaho Journal Recounts History and Lessons of Aryan Nations
Bill Morlin, a Hatewatch blogger and the journalist who covered the Aryan Nations longer and better than virtually anyone else, has a great piece up about that group in the Blue Review, a journal of popular scholarship published by the Boise (Idaho) State University College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs. Bill's thought-provoking piece recounts the history of the neo-Nazi group that haunted northern Idaho for three decades, until founder Richard Butler's death in 2004. In particular, it focuses on how Aryan Nations and kindred groups gave Idaho a reputation for white supremacy that it is still battling today.
Squabbling Aryan Nations Factions Descend Into Vicious Name-Calling
A Louisiana-based faction of the neo-Nazi Aryan Nations, headed by a man with his own checkered criminal past, has severed its ties in a rather public, name-calling way with an Illinois-based motorcycle club, the Sadistic Souls, headed by a former Ku Klux Klan leader.
Morris L. Gulett, the Louisiana man who calls himself "Aryan Nations World Leader," accused the Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club and its president, Dennis "SS Lightnin'" McGiffen, of being "drunks and race-mixers" who do little more than post pictures of themselves on social media with their middle fingers raised.
Not one to hold back, McGiffen responded with his own Internet posting late last year, calling Gulett a "rabbi," a "costume Nazi" and a "worthless welfare king" deserving of the "Sadistic Souls MC Asshole of the Year 2014" award. McGiffen's posting comes complete with an obscene Photoshopped image of Gulett appearing in a body orifice of an African-American woman.
The tumultuous marriage between Gulett's white supremacy organization and the equally racist Sadistic Souls MC lasted less than two years — yet another example of strife and infighting between various splinter remnants of the Aryan Nations that developed after the 2004 death of Aryan Nations founder Richard G. Butler.
In the 1990s, the Aryans Nations was perhaps America's most visible neo-Nazi group, but it started to fall apart after the Southern Poverty Law Center sued it in 1999, winning a $6.3 million judgment the following year for its clients, who had been terrorized by Aryan Nations security guards. Since Butler's death, a range of former members have claimed to be his rightful heir as Aryan Nations chieftain, but none has succeeded in bringing the group back to prominence, and most spend the bulk of their energies attacking one another as undeserving pretenders and worse. ( continue to full post… )
Former Army Special Operations Officer Attempting to Relaunch Notorious Neo-Nazi Group
National Alliance (NA) Chairman Erich Gliebe has shut down his neo-Nazi group's websites, ended recruiting of members, and moved to liquidate many of the embattled NA's remaining assets, including 289 acres of its West Virginia headquarters compound, where founder William Pierce was buried almost a dozen years ago.
But now two former senior NA members have announced their intention to bring what was once America's most influential hate group back to its glory days by relaunching it in another state under their own leadership. One of them is William (Will) W. Williams, 66, a retired Army Special Forces operator, and the other is broadcast engineer Kevin Alfred Strom, 57, a convicted child porn enthusiast with a long history on the racist right.
The men recently announced plans to rebuild the NA using a barn on Williams' remote property in Mountain City, Tenn., as a base of operations.
The announcement comes at a time when Gliebe's failed leadership seems to be driving the remnants of the NA into oblivion. But Williams, an outspoken and self-described "biological racist," remains one of the most respected former NA officials in the history of the group, and he has high hopes of bringing it back. Williams has a reputation for being a fearless close quarters brawler on racist forums and an absolutist when it comes to Pierce's unique brand of National Socialism. He also is known as someone ready and able to attack enemies both outside and inside the racist movement. ( continue to full post… )
Leader of Anti-Gay Hate Group to Run for Governor
Scott Lively, leader of Abiding Truth Ministries and the co-author of a revisionist work that blames gay men for the Nazi Party who, ultimately, had a hand in the Holocaust, has decided to run for governor of the state of Massachusetts as an Independent. The election is slated for November 4, 2014.
Lively made an announcement about his decision yesterday on his blog, Scott Lively Ministries, stating that "a true conservative independent could win the governorship," since, by his reasoning, the Massachusetts Republican party is "controlled by moderate to liberal 'progressives' and the Democrats are virtual communists." Both parties, Lively asserts, "embrace and champion the culture of death." ( continue to full post… )
In a Near-Final Collapse, the Neo-Nazi National Alliance Ends Membership
The National Alliance (NA), the faded organization that once was the powerhouse of the American neo-Nazi scene, seems to be giving off a final death rattle. Its leader says it will no longer function as a membership organization, a move that reflects the fact that it has now lost virtually all of its supporters.
In a letter sent to members earlier this month, NA Chairman Erich Gliebe said the group will now be "supporter-based," rather than made up of active, dues-paying "members" divided into chapters around the country. Gliebe portrayed the change as a "step forward" and "the beginning of a new approach that will appeal to a broader range of people" and a way of avoiding members with "serious character flaws."
Gliebe's Sept. 6 letter was immediately mocked by former members and others who have seen the NA fall from a highly organized and financially stable group of some 1,400 members to a fractious club of fewer than 75 members, most of whom stopped paying their monthly dues long ago. Californian Jim Ring, who until he quit last year was the group's most respected and influential member, savaged Gliebe on his own website. ( continue to full post… )


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