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Macpup Opera is a branch of Linux based on the famous Puppy Linux, which is known for it's small size and portability. Puppy was designed to be able to run from a CD or portable flash drive. Macpup Opera takes the Puppy feature set and wraps it up in a beautiful and user friendly interface. The release of version 2.0 of this distro brings with it:
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Re: Re: Presentations Package Announcement
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- Subject: [mg83966] Re: [mg83920] Re: Presentations Package Announcement
- From: DrMajorBob <drmajorbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 07:21:49 -0500 (EST)
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Wolfram has plenty of experts on algebra, calculus, math, and programming, but... I doubt they have many (or any) who can craft a meaningful diagram, chart, or presentation like David Park can. He's a genious at that stuff, and he has spent years fine-tuning tools to help. The examples alone are worth the price, but beyond that, David has implemented a MUCH simpler paradigm for combining diverse graphical elements. The results are native graphics objects in the end, but David's code makes building them far easier. Bobby On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:30:11 -0600, sdw <nospam.warwick at jps.net> wrote: > After 10+ years of Mathematica being in existence, why Wolfram can't > seem to > include these capabilities directly in the program I do not understand. > > > > > > David Park wrote: >> I have now released the Presentations package for Mathematica Version 6. >> Presentations is a follow-on package for DrawGraphics. It can be >> obtained at >> the Mathematica page of my web site below and costs $50. Previous >> purchasers >> of DrawGraphics have been sent email notices and may freely upgrade to >> Presentations. If you are a purchaser who has changed your email >> address and >> have not received a notice please contact me with your current address. >> >> >> >> Presentations is a package designed to facilitate the use of >> Mathematica in >> studying standard textbook material, in writing tutorials for students, >> in >> research, and in using Mathematica in technical communications. >> Although it >> started as basically a graphics package it is now being enlarged to >> accommodate the many new features of Version 6 and to contain generally >> useful features that might not specifically be graphics. >> >> >> >> A 'presentation' is my term for any display of data or information >> about a >> scientific or mathematical concept that goes beyond simple text and >> equations. >> >> >> >> Some of the features of Presentations are: >> >> >> >> 1) Rather than treating graphics as a collection of major plot types >> that >> are difficult to combine, Presentations treats all graphics including >> curves >> and surfaces as graphics primitives that may be easily combined in one >> drawing statement. >> >> >> >> 2) Since graphical elements are all treated as primitives they can be >> easily >> manipulated and transformed. Routines are provided for that and the new >> geometric transformation routines of Version 6 have been cast in a form >> convenient for this use. >> >> >> >> 3) There is a suite of routines for generating custom ticks and grids, >> free >> standing scales, symbolic tick scales, and polar grids to replace the >> usual >> Cartesian axes. >> >> >> >> 4) There are 3D arrows with arrowcones that can be drawn in a number of >> styles. There are routines for marking angle arcs and right angle >> indicators >> on 2D geometrical diagrams. >> >> >> >> 5) For 2D graphics there are the LocatorDraw and LocatorLine routines >> that >> allow the user to temporarily add locators to a graphic, position them, >> and >> then copy the positions into a drawing statement. >> >> >> >> 6) There is provision for Text3D that allows true 3D text that rotates >> with >> the image and hides behind surfaces. >> >> >> >> 7) There is a complete set of routines for complex function graphics. >> These >> include primitives such as ComplexPoint, ComplexLine, ComplexText, >> ComplexCurve etc., that use complex arguments instead of coordinate >> pairs. >> In addition there are complex forms of maps, surface plots, contour >> plots, >> density plots and domain coloring plots that use a single complex >> iterator. >> There is a BranchArg routine that allows the user to set the branch >> line in >> the complex plane at any angle. There is a general multifunction with >> memory >> capability that calculates all function values and orders them to be >> continuous with a previous, close-by, evaluation. There is a Riemann >> sphere >> routine and a StereographicMap routine. There are information panel >> primitives for providing numerical information along with dynamic >> graphics. >> >> >> >> 8) There is an IndefiniteSequences subpackage that allows the >> formatting of >> expressions that contain ellipses to indicate skipped terms or factors >> in >> sums, products, tables, free standing sequences and infix expressions. >> There >> is the ability to do some operations on the expressions and to convert >> them >> to normal Mathematica expressions. >> >> >> >> 9) The Presentations package is a natural extension of standard >> Mathematica; >> it uses the regular Mathematica interface and in no way cuts the user >> off >> from any regular Mathematica functions, including the regular graphics >> functions. >> >> >> >> 10) Presentations is extensively documented with individual Help pages >> for >> each function. In addition there are many extended examples showing >> practical cases of graphics and extended presentations. There are three >> essays on 'Writing Notebooks', 'Writing Presentations' and 'Writing >> Packages' in which I try to give tips on avoiding traps and getting the >> most >> productive use from Mathematica. One example, EllipseArea, illustrates a >> style of writing notebooks that does everything actively and generates >> embedded knowledge. There is a sample toy package that can be used as a >> model for users who have never before written packages. There is an >> included >> optional style sheet that, to my taste, corrects many of the >> deficiencies of >> the WRI style sheets. Currently, the entire package contains 193 files >> and >> occupies some 3.5 MB (without the graphics being evaluated) - a true >> bargain >> for $50. >> >> >> >> >> >> David Park >> >> djmpark at comcast.net >> >> <http://home.comcast.net/~djmpark> http://home.comcast.net/~djmpark >> >> >> >> > > -- DrMajorBob at bigfoot.com
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MOD Productions manages a range of creative digital projects including live event media, games and apps, screen-based stories, web-based software, publications and recorded media. We specialise in cross-media and transmedia.
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MOD needs a new template-driven website to showcase our products & services to potential clients. The site will also serve as an access point for the broader cross-media community to many years worth of case studies. MOD already has a logo (attached) that we would like the website to be designed around (i.e. white, simple & accessible). The project is to design the Home page for the new website (wireframes are already completed).
Implementation in Wordpress is preferred. The wordpress theme should support the pages detailed and support the functional requirements (see attached 'Additional Info' pdf).
Our new website needs to promote our products and services to our clients, which include media production companies, creative and communications agencies, arts and community organisations. The decision-makers are very diverse in terms of age, gender, background etc so the site must be relevant and accessible to a broad range of people.
The site should also be accessible to other members of the community who are interested in MOD productions, such as other cross-media creators and geeks (however the main target for the site is potential clients). We anticipate that these visitors to the site will gravitate more towards the social networking and 'News/Blog' sections of the site.
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AP: Exchange student sponsor out over abuse claims
Fri., Nov. 30, 2012
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An organization has lost its government designation to bring foreign exchange students to the United States after facing allegations of mismanagement and lax oversight that included students being placed in homes where they were sexually abused.
State Department spokeswoman Susan Pittman told The Associated Press on Friday that Pacific Intercultural Exchange, or PIE, was removed Wednesday from the department's list of official sponsors.
State Department officials haven't said exactly what problems led to PIE's removal, but documents and emails obtained by AP in July showed allegations of serious problems, including sexual abuse by host fathers. The documents also showed that the State Department had concerns about PIE's operations for years.
The San Diego-based company was part of a network of organizations that brings close to 30,000 high school students to the U.S. annually. PIE and other sponsors charge the students' families thousands of dollars to arrange for them to live in American households and go to high school.
The U.S. government also gives grants to students from some countries.
PIE was suspended from the program in July. The company challenged the suspension, but it was upheld during an administrative appeals process.
The State Department also decided at that time to deny PIE's sponsor re-designation, which comes up for renewal every two years.
The company faced a Wednesday deadline to appeal the decision, but decided not to challenge it, meaning the company was removed from the sponsor list, Pittman said.
The company did not immediately respond to a message Friday.
"The department has had long-standing concerns that PIE operated its exchange program in a manner that put at risk the health, safety and welfare of student participants," Pittman said. "The department remains vigilant in its oversight of exchange visitor program sponsors to ensure that the participants' experiences are safe and rewarding."
Two of the most serious cases of problems involved host fathers convicted of sexually abusing exchange students, including one in which PIE was accused of failing to do an adequate background check.
Officials in Louisiana were so alarmed by the living conditions of PIE students that in 2010 the Vermillion Parish School Board banned the company from placing students in the district.
The company also tried to falsify records in 2010 to conceal the fact that it brought a 17-year-old girl from Kazakhstan to Maryland without having her registered for school, according to documents reviewed by AP.
PIE's president, John Doty, told his staff in a 2006 email that the company narrowly dodged sanctions for canceling "a number" of students who signed up to participate in 2005. The email also said Doty went to Washington D.C., in 2006 to meet with State Department officials because he was again faced with canceling participants, this time 113 Korean students.
PIE's website says it has brought more than 25,000 students to the U.S. since the 1970s.
The company generated nearly $3.5 million from October 2009 to September 2010, according to a 2011 IRS filing required of nonprofit organizations. About $1.26 million was from government contributions or grants, but the majority of the company's money, about $2.26 million, came from its foreign program fees, according to the document. The company's website says it has facilitated exchanges for more than 25,000 high school students since the 1970s.
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Alan Wolfe
Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life
Alan Wolfe served as the founding director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, and Professor of Political Science, at Boston College from 1999 until his retirement in 2016.
Widely regarded as one of this coutry's most prominent public intellectuals, he is the author and editor of more than 20 books, including, most recently, At Home in Exile: Why Diaspora Is Good for the Jews (2014), Political Evil: What It Is and How to Combat It (2011), The Future of Liberalism (2009), Gambling: Mapping the American Moral Landscape (co-edited with Erik Owens, 2009), Does American Democracy Still Work? (2006), Return to Greatness: How America Lost Its Sense of Purpose and What it Needs to Do to Recover It (2005), The Transformation of American Religion: How We Actually Practice our Faith (2003), An Intellectual in Public (2003), School Choice: The Moral Debate (editor, 2002) Moral Freedom: The Search for Virtue in a World of Choice (2001), One Nation, After All (1999), and Marginalized in the Middle (1997). Both One Nation, After All and Moral Freedom were selected as New York Times Notable Books of the Year.
Professor Wolfe attended Temple University as an undergraduate and received his doctorate in political science from the University of Pennsylvania in 1967. He has honorary degrees from Loyola College in Maryland and St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia.
He is a Senior Fellow with the World Policy Institute at the New School University in New York. In the fall of 2004, Professor Wolfe was the George H. W. Bush Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin.
A contributing editor of The Wilson Quarterly, Commonwealth Magazine, and In Character, Professor Wolfe writes often for those publications as well as for Commonweal, The New York Times, Harper's, The Atlantic Monthly, The Washington Post, and other magazines and newspapers. He served as an advisor to President Clinton in preparation for his 1995 State of the Union address and has lectured widely at American and European universities.
Professor Wolfe has been the recipient of grants from the Russell Sage Foundation, the Templeton Foundation, the Smith Richardson Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Lilly Endowment. He has twice conducted programs under the auspices of the U.S. State Department that bring Muslim scholars to the United States to learn about separation of church and state. He is listed in Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America and Contemporary Authors.
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Use of Low Molecular Weight Heparin (Tinzaparin) to Treat Blood Clots in Patients With Kidney Failure
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00186745
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Last Update Posted : April 19, 2016
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Blood clots in the leg veins, known as deep vein thrombosis, are important because they may travel to the lung (known as pulmonary embolism) and cause death. Blood clots are treated with blood thinners, or anticoagulants. The preferred treatment is an anticoagulant known as low molecular weight heparin (LMWH). LMWH is given by an injection under the skin, which is convenient for patients because they can self-administer this medication at home, and no blood testing is required. However, LMWH is cleared from the body through the kidneys, so patients who have kidney failure are generally not treated with LMWH because they may be at a higher risk of bleeding.
One type of LMWH, known as tinzaparin, may be less dependent on the kidneys for clearance and may not increase in patients with kidney failure. The investigators would like to use tinzaparin to treat patients who have deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism, and who also have kidney failure.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the blood thinning effects of tinzaparin build up, or accumulate, in patients with varying degrees of kidney failure compared to patients without kidney failure. The blood thinning effects will be measured using a blood test known as an anti-Xa level. Patients will be followed over the time they receive tinzaparin and those patients who are found to have potentially high levels of tinzaparin (based on the anti-Xa level) will have their tinzaparin dose adjusted. The investigators believe that the levels of tinzaparin will not accumulate to potentially dangerous levels in a significant number of patients with kidney failure.
|Condition or disease
|Venous Thrombosis Pulmonary Embolism
|Drug: Tinzaparin
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|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
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|148 participants
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|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
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|Tinzaparin for Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism in Renal Insufficiency: A Pilot Study
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|March 2005
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|November 2015
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|February 2016
Experimental: 1
All patients in this cohort receive treatment with weight-adjusted, standard-dose tinzaparin for treatment of venous thromboembolism. Trough anti-Xa level measurements done on any 2 of days 3, 5 or 7 of treatment. Patients with a trough anti-Xa level > 0.5 IU/mL receive dose adjustment of the tinzaparin.
Drug: Tinzaparin
Dose: 175 IU/kg subcutaneously once daily, up to 7 days. Dose reduction as per protocol if anti-Xa levels exceed pre-defined limits.
Other Name: Brand name: Innohep
- Anti-Xa level measured on any two of Days 3, 5 or 7 of treatment [ Time Frame: Up to 7 days of treatment ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult patients 18 years of age or older
- Objectively confirmed VTE requiring anticoagulant therapy, including lower extremity and upper extremity deep vein thrombosis (catheter and non-catheter related, including dialysis access thrombosis [i.e., graft, fistula]); peripheral vein thrombosis (e.g., portal vein, mesenteric vein, cerebral vein thrombosis), and pulmonary embolism
Exclusion Criteria:
- Weight exceeding 105 kg
- Unstable declining renal function, defined as documented change in creatinine > 20% in the past 3 months or clinical circumstances likely to be associated with change in renal function, such as dehydration or severe intercurrent illness. Where no previous creatinine values exist and the patient is otherwise stable, patients will not be excluded on the basis of unknown previous renal function.
- Known allergy to heparin/LMWHs or history of heparin induced thrombocytopenia
- Treatment with UFH, LMWH, danaparoid, oral direct thrombin inhibitors for >48 h
- Bleeding requiring hospitalization or blood transfusion within 6 months(exception is blood transfusion given in relation to surgical procedures within 6 months)
- History of intracerebral hemorrhage
- Known active liver disease (AST or ALT > 3 times the upper limit of normal, or bilirubin > 50 umol/L)
- Known active peptic ulcer disease, with ongoing symptoms or need for anti-ulcer medical therapy
- Thrombocytopenia (platelet count of < 100 x 109/L)
- Ongoing need for antiplatelet agents (clopidogrel, ticlopidine, aspirin > 325 mg daily)
- Pregnancy or lactation
- Geographic inaccessibility
- Unable, or unwilling, to provide written informed consent
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00186745
|Canada, Ontario
|St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
|Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8N 4A6
|Principal Investigator:
|Wendy Lim, MD
|St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton / McMaster University
|Principal Investigator:
|Mark A Crowther, MD
|St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton / McMaster University
|Responsible Party:
|Wendy Lim, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|September 16, 2005 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|April 19, 2016
|Last Verified:
|April 2016
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
Venous thrombosis
Pulmonary embolism
Kidney failure
Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight
Pulmonary Embolism
Venous Thrombosis
Embolism and Thrombosis
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Fibrinolytic Agents
Fibrin Modulating Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action


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BioChef Atlas Slow Juicer
The complete juicing package; ready to change your health!
The BioChef Atlas Living Juicer was developed by Vitality 4 Life after over 20+ years in the juicing industry and seeing the customer's need for a "beginners" juicer; a primarily simple, fuss-free and easy to use machine. If you are just getting started with cold press juicing, then the BioChef Atlas Juicer is for you... Minimal parts, maximum juice extraction and comes complete with everything you need to get started and inspired!
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Experience tells us that the easier a product is to use, the more the customer will use it, so the BioChef Atlas was designed primarily with that in mind. The BioChef Atlas Juicer features a smart and compact design with all moving parts simply locking in to one another in moments; no fiddly attachments or clips to worry about.
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Juicing is a great way to encourage your children to consume more fruits and vegetables. You can experiment with different flavour combinations with the fruits they prefer and you know that there is no colouring, preservatives or added flavours. Try our favourite combination for kids - orange and carrot. There is no exposed moving parts when juicing so no little hands can be injured during use, so it is perfect for the whole family to use.
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|Cable Length


text: House Speaker John Boehner said last week that congressional Republicans plan to sue President Obama over the president's use of executive orders. Obama responded by calling the threat a political stunt. Editorial cartoonist John Darkow says Boehner objects to Obama "getting things done," while Gary McCoy suggests Obama will just issue another executive order to avoid the lawsuit.


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Yuelin Li
posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 8:05 am
I am new to Mplus.
I'm trying to teach myself how to fit the 2 models in Muthen, Brown, and colleagues (2002, in Biostatistics). The app11.html example, found on
), appears to fit model 1. But I can't find the Mplus syntax for model 2, in which the 4-class profiles are fitted to the binary distal outcome of juvenile court record. Help is greatly appreciated.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 12:19 pm
See UG ex 8.6.
If that is not sufficient, I can send you my input for the article, but it is in an out-dated language form and therefore less succinct.
Bruce A. Cooper
posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 4:52 pm
Hi Bengt -
I'm also trying to learn how to run GGMM, and I've benefited a lot from Chapter 8 of Duncan, Duncan, & Styker (2006). But in their example input 8.3 and in UG ex 8.6, I don't understand how including (say, from 8.6) the "categorical = u" statement results in regression of U on C as shown in UG Figure 8.6, puts U in the model, where U is a distal outcome. Why isn't there a model statement, like "U on C#1"
Probably it would take too much time to answer this way, but is there some place in the manual (I have looked but not found it) or another of your publications that would explain the syntax and/or defaults for distal outcomes in GGMM?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 3:06 pm
We don't have a u ON c because we don't print a regression coefficient in this case so don't use ON. Think of the regression of a binary outcome on a binary covariate,
u = b0 +b1*x
When x=0, u=b0. When x=1, u=b0 + b1. There is simply a shift in this case. Mplus estimates b0 for one class and bo + b1 for the other class.
Bruce A. Cooper
posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 3:28 pm
Thanks very much for your quick reply Linda!
Follow-up question because my earlier question was pretty convoluted: How does the program "know" what to do with a variable (categorical or quantitative) in a model, just because it is listed (in the case of UG ex8.6) in the VARIABLE: NAMES ARE statemtents? Or in other cases, perhaps, in the USEVARIABLES statement? It is not in the MODEL: statement anywhere.
Does that mean that any (all?) variables included in the VARIABLES: NAMES ARE statement or USEVARIABLES statements will be treated as distal outcomes in a mixture model?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 5:42 pm
All variables on the USEVARIABLES or the NAMES statement if there is no USEVARIABLES statement are included in the analysis. If there are no BY, ON, or WITH statements associated with them, means/thresholds and variances if appropriate are estimated for the.
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|Working Group I: The Scientific Basis
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2.2.6 Are the Retreat of Glaciers, Sea Ice, and Snow Cover
Consistent with the Surface Temperature Trends?
A significant relationship has been found between interannual variations (correlation = -0.60) of the Northern Hemisphere snow-cover extent and land-surface air temperature in spring since the 1960s. However, the observed increase in temperature during the winter is not reflected in a reduced snow-cover extent. Reduced ice cover on the Northern Hemisphere lakes and rivers, primarily due to earlier onset in spring of ice-free conditions during the 20th century, is consistent with reduced snow cover extent in that season. Sea-ice retreat in the Arctic spring and summer is also consistent with an increase in spring, and to a lesser extent, summer temperatures in the high northern latitudes. Summer temperature increases have been less than in spring in nearby land areas, but Arctic sea-ice extent and especially thickness have markedly decreased. Nevertheless, there is only a small indication of reduced Arctic sea ice during winter when temperatures have also increased. Antarctic sea-ice extent has not decreased since the late 1970s, possibly related to recent indications of little change in Antarctic temperatures over much of the continent in that period . There is now ample evidence to support a major retreat of most mountain glaciers during the last 100 years in response to widespread increases in temperature. There has been especially fast glacial recession in the tropics in recent decades, although tropical temperatures in the free atmosphere near glacier levels have increased little since 1980 according to radiosonde and MSU data.2.2.7 Summary
Global surface temperatures have increased between 0.4 and 0.8°C since the late 19th century, but most of this increase has occurred in two distinct periods, 1910 to 1945 and since 1976. The rate of temperature increase since 1976 has been over 0.15°C/decade. Our confidence in the rate of warming has increased since the SAR due to new analyses including: model simulations using observed SSTs with and without corrections for time-dependent biases, new studies of the effect of urbanisation on global land temperature trends, new evidence for mass ablation of glaciers, continued reductions in snow-cover extent, and a significant reduction in Arctic sea-ice extent in spring and summer, and in thickness. However, there is some disagreement between warming rates in the various land and ocean-based data sets in the 1990s, though all agree on appreciable warming.
New analyses of mean daily maximum and minimum temperatures continue to support a reduction in the diurnal temperature range with minimum temperatures increasing at about twice the rate of maximum temperatures over the second half of the 20th century. Seasonally, the greatest warming since 1976 over land has occurred during the Northern Hemisphere winter and spring, but significant warming has also occurred in the Northern Hemisphere summer. Southern Hemisphere warming has also been strongest during the winter over land, but little difference between the seasons is apparent when both land and oceans are considered. The largest rates of warming continue to be found in the mid- and high latitude continental regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Analyses of overall temperature trends in the low to mid-troposphere and near the surface since 1958 are in good agreement, with a warming of about 0.1°C per decade. Since the beginning of the satellite record (1979), however, low to mid-troposphere temperatures have warmed in both satellite and weather balloon records at a global rate of only 0.04 and 0.03°C/decade respectively. This is about 0.12°C/decade less than the rate of temperature increase near the surface since 1979. About half of this difference in warming rate is very likely to be due to the combination of differences in spatial coverage and the real physical affects of volcanoes and ENSO (Santer et al., 2000), see also Chapter 12. The remaining difference remains unexplained, but is likely to be real. In the stratosphere, both satellites and weather balloons continue to show substantial cooling. The faster rate of recession of tropical mountain glaciers in the last twenty years than might have been expected from the MSU and radiosonde records remains unexplained, though some glaciers may still be responding to the warming indicated by radiosondes that occurred around 1976 to 1981.
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Adrian Noble directs Old Globe's staging of landmark Stoppard play
Think of it as the theatrical equivalent of a photobomb — a case of incidental individuals pushing (or bumbling) their way into the frame.
And then set that thought to rest, because "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" is as much puzzle as it is picture — an absurdist and darkly comic exploration of the more random and even ridiculous aspects of existence.
Tom Stoppard's 1960s-vintage play, which takes two peripheral characters from "Hamlet" and plops them (much to their befuddlement) in the middle of the action, seems an ideal complement for a pair of Shakespeare plays — like some kind of Elizabethan antimatter.
Just don't tell that to Jay Whittaker, the distinguished Old Globe Shakespeare Festival veteran who returns this year to play Guildenstern. Whittaker has taken on some demanding roles at the fest over the past four seasons, including the leads in "Richard III" and "Amadeus."
But acting in Stoppard's work, he says, "is like doing gymnastics while trying to juggle."
Whittaker is quick to add he's a fan of the play and of the playwright. But compared with the deep sense of heart in Shakespeare, "Stoppard is pure intellect," he says.
"Shakespeare is so much easier, because there's a logic to it, there's a rhythm to it; the verse just helps so much. But in this, it's not at all (the case). It's these intellectual ideas and these funny rhythms, and you have to try to fill it in and do the rest."
Which might not be quite so hard if Whittaker weren't also playing the major role of Oberon in "A Midsummer Night's Dream," which runs in repertory this summer with Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" and the Stoppard work. (John Lavelle plays Rosencrantz.)
"I think the hardest thing for me in flipping between the (rehearsal) rooms is when I'm in the head space of Guildenstern," Whittaker says. "Your mind has to clamp down like a trap when you're playing Guildenstern, and then open up and take in the vastness of the universe as Oberon."
Director and festival artistic chief Adrian Noble happens to be a longtime friend of the playwright's, but he has never staged "Rosencrantz" before. His history with the work, though, goes back way before he met Stoppard; Noble used a speech from it when he auditioned for Britain's National Youth Theatre as a schoolboy.
"I didn't get in, by the way," he adds. (Noble had to console himself by eventually becoming the longtime artistic leader of the illustrious Royal
Noble declines to take credit for one intriguing happenstance of this production: Lucas Hall, who plays the (relatively small) part of Hamlet, portrayed the same character at the Globe six years ago — in "Hamlet" itself.
"That's kind of cute, isn't it?" Noble says.
Maybe the first time "cute" has ever been used in association with this particular play.
When: Runs in nightly rotation with "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "The Merchant of Venice." Most performances at 8 p.m.; check with theater for exact dates and times. Through Sept. 26.
Where: Old Globe's Lowell Davies Festival Theatre, Balboa Park
Tickets: About $29-$92
Phone: (619) 234-5623
Online: theoldglobe.org


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4 oz cold block cream cheese
1 cup flour
1/2 cup cold butter, cut into tablespoons
1/2 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoons salt
2 cups diced rhubarb
1 cup raspberries
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
3 eggs
1 egg yolk
For the crust:
Preheat oven to 400F. Place all of the crust ingredients in the food processor. Pulse until dough just comes together. It will be sticky. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour. Press into tart pan. Set aside.
For the filling:
In a mixing bowl, whisk together the whole eggs, the egg yolk, sugar, vanilla, salt and cream. Arrange the rhubarb and the raspberries on the pie crust. Pour the egg/cream mixture over the fruit.
Cover the very edge of the pan with foil all the way around and bake for 20-30 minutes or until the the custard is set. Remove to a wire rack and cool. Serve at room temperature.


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The Cultural Center
The Cultural Center offers a range of resources in support of DU's pursuit of Inclusive Excellence, including the programs and services listed here and at left, in the Center itself and our staff, who are happy to consult by email, phone or in person.
We are also working with campus partners on a new, all-campus Inclusive Excellence web site, collecting all the initiatives and support for IE across the campus. If you have suggestions of or requests for useful DU or wider weblinks, documents, readings, etc, please let us know.


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Russia Population 2020
There are no official figures for the population of Russia in 2016, but the 2010 census, the results of which were released in late 2011 and early 2012, reports that the official population of Russia was 142.9 million. The most current estimate for 2020 reports that the population is around 145.93 million.
The Census results are probably the most reliable indicator, but other estimates of the Russia population are available. Rosstat, the official Government statistics agency, suggested that the population of Russia in 2011 was 141.8 million, and the CIA estimated that the population was even lower: 138.7 million.
Russia Area and Population Density
Russia is one of the few countries with a negative growth rate, and its 2020 population is estimated at 145.93 million, a decline from an estimated population of 146.3 million in 2015. It's currently the 9th most populous country on earth, despite being the largest by area.
Like most countries, Russia undertakes a census every decade or so. There is no fixed schedule, though, and until 2009 it was not certain that the 2010 census would even take place. It was only a late intervention from the Russian Government, allocating 10 billion roubles, that prevented it from being pushed back to 2013.
The full Russian census results were released in sections throughout 2011 and 2012; these can be viewed at the official Russian Census website (in the Russian language).
For the headline figures, this Russian population infographic created by Russian news agency RIA Novosti is informative.
The estimated 2014 population of Russia, which was 142.5 million, was pretty interesting, as Russia released its latest batch of data, as reported by Forbes. This information shows that Russia's run of increasing births and decreasing deaths may be ending. From January to March 2013, the number of births shrank by about 4,000, while the number of deaths increased the same amount. This means the natural loss of population was about 20% larger than in the previous year.
Russia's natural change in population over the past twenty-five years has been fairly unstable, decreasing in the early 90s, leveling out and then climbing beginning in 2005 before leveling out again.
Largest Cities in Russia
Moscow is the largest city in Russia with a population of 12.1 million people, which also makes it the 11th largest city in the world. Saint Petersburg is the second largest Russian city, with 5.1 million people, making it the 50th largest city in the world.
Interestingly, Russia is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world, in part due to its harsh climate. The country has a population density of just 8.4 people per square kilometer (22 per square mile), but the population is most dense in the European area of the country around Saint Petersburg and Moscow.
Russia is mostly an urban country; according to the census results, 74% of Russians live in urban areas -- either towns or cities. Ten other Russian cities have a population of more than a million people.
Interestingly, the population of Russia's cities has increased over the past ten years, reflecting the increasing urbanization of Russia as people move from the countryside to cities in search of better employment.
Russian Demographics
As you can see from the graphic, almost half of all Russians live in just two areas: the Central and Volga federal districts. The further east you go --to Siberia and beyond -- the less dense the population is.
The graphic also demonstrates that Russia is a fairly ethnically diverse country. Although almost 81% of Russian citizens identify themselves as ethnic Russians, there are also other large ethnic groups. 3.9% of Russians are Tartars, 1.4% Ukrainians, 1.2% Bashkirs, 1.1% Chuvashs and 1.0% Chechens. 3.9% of the population did not declare any ethnic origin.
In total, there are more than 185 different ethnic groups in Russia. Russian is the official language of the country and spoken by almost everyone. There are a total of 35 official languages in Russia, and more than a hundred other languages that do not have official recognition. Some are close to extinction.
Russia Religion, Economy and Politics
The Russian state religion is Orthodox Christianity. There is no official census data on religion, but a 2012 survey indicated that 41% of Russians were Russian Orthodox Christians, 13% were non-religious, 6.5% were Muslims, and 5.5% were "undecided."
Russia Population History
The Russian population has been steadily declining for almost two decades now. When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the population of Russia was recorded at 148,538,000.
Over the next decade, the population decreased at a fairly steady rate of a half percent per year. The causes for this were twofold. Firstly the number of people dying increased due to a fall in living standards, and among men who were hit hardest, alcoholism. The average life expectancy for women held fairly steady at 75 years, but Russian male life expectancy dropped dramatically to 63 years.
Combined with this, birth rates fell sharply as well. From around 17 per 1,000 persons in the mid 1980s, the rate fell to below 10 per 1,000 in the mid-1990s – well below the rate needed to sustain a population. Economic uncertainty was a major factor in this, persuading people against having children.
Russia Population Growth
The Russian economy grew strongly during the first decade of the 20th century, and in 2009 the Russian population saw a small but significant increase. The increase was reported as between 15,000 and 25,000 people and was attributed to a falling death rate and increasing migration.
There are also indications that birth rates may be increasing slightly – probably due to a combination of increased confidence in Russia's economic prospects and government incentives to new mothers -- especially a $10,000 payment which is made to mothers who have three or more children.
Population growth and demographics have long been a problem for Russia, as a decade ago the nation was losing 1 million people a year, and many doubt Vladimir Putin's plans will work. Time will tell if Russia is able to overcome its issues and see greater growth, as otherwise it will be prone to collapsing infrastructure with its massive land area and untapped natural resources.
Russia Population Projections
The rate of change of the Russian population is very close to 0% at present and the population isn't expected to change much by 2020. Further in the future, it is expected that the population will continue to decline slowly, getting down to 140 million by 2030, and 136 million by 2040.
Components of Population Change
|One birth every 18 seconds
|One death every 17 seconds
|One net migrant every 4 minutes
|Net gain of one person every 11 minutes
Source: By MyName (Bradmoscu (talk)) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], from Wikimedia Commons


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Datasheet: UDRCDS
Important: Use only Compass Linux images and dstarrepeater packages. They contain support specific to the UDRC™. Source is available for review on GitHub.
During initial startup do not modify the basic Raspberry Pi setup. For example, do not overclock the Raspberry Pi, it is not needed as performance is more than adequate, and doing so can change clocking values on busses used by the UDRC™ causing it to either not function or be unstable. If you make any changes not listed in these instructions, and your UDRC™ does not function, return to the original settings.
Mount your UDRC™ on a Raspberry Pi 2 or Pi 3
Note: Raspberry Pi 3 Addendum
Make sure the pins are properly aligned and use the supplied standoffs to support the board above the HDMI port.
Universal Digital Radio Controller
ircDDB Registration
If you are a local simplex node or using a personal callsign, do not register at ircDDB.net use QuadNet instead. If you want to use your personal call sign, you will be able to run the repeater and perform linking to repeaters and reflectors, but will be unable to do callsign routing including STARnet Digital groups.
If you are running a repeater, and haven't previously registered at ircDDB, now is a good time to register a unique callsign for your repeater at ircDDB.net . In the United States this needs to be a club callsign, in other countries a secondary callsign is necessary. If you already have an ircddbgateway registered, you can just add this repeater to it at configuration.
Create the Boot Image
- Obtain a high quality microSD card. A Class-10 card of 8GB or more is recommended.
- Download a Compass Linux image from archive.compasslinux.org
- The 'lite' version is without a GUI and will require hand editing of the dstarrepeater configuration file. The full version has graphic configuration tools for those new to setting up dstarrepeater and ircddbgateway.
- Unzip and copy the uncompressed image to the SD card using the procedure outlined on the Raspberry Pi site.
Boot for the First Time
- Place the microSD card in the Raspberry Pi.
- Attach a monitor and keyboard/mouse to the Raspberry Pi
- Attach Ethernet via the RJ-45 jack to your network.
- Apply power using the microUSB port next to the HDMI port (good if you are not at the repeater site)
- Allow the Raspberry Pi to boot up
- Login (User: pi, Password: raspberry)
- From a terminal command line, verify that the UDRC™ is recognized by typing the command aplay -l (that's a lowercase l) and observe that udrc is listed as a card. If you do not see it listed, power down and remount the UDRC™.
Perform any Linux configuration specific to your installation,
e.g. assign specific network addresses, install favorite tools, etc.
(This is beyond the scope of NW Digital Radio support, please use
Linux support resources for assistance.)
Note: DO NOT RUN raspi-update - it will break your install
You may wish to edit the /etc/hosts file
and add reference to the hostname, for example if you keep the default
'compass' hostname, add a line
127.0.1.1 compass
To preset the pins and levels on the UDRC™ we provide a
script. Execute the following:
curl -L -s https://goo.gl/7rXUFJ | sudo sh
(the 'pipe' or | is usually above the \ key on most keyboards -- if you want to see what the script does, leave off '| sudo sh')
- To gracefully shutdown the Raspberry Pi, you may use the command sudo halt
Install Applications
You may install any mix of GUI and non-GUI versions of the repeater and gateway software. Use the following commands on the command line.
For the GUI tools:
sudo apt-get install dstarrepeater ircddbgateway
If you want a set of desktop Icons to start the GUI applications, see:
and download file icons.tgz to the 'pi' user home directory /home/pi then
tar -xzvf icons.tgz
For the non-GUI tools:
sudo apt-get install dstarrepeaterd ircddbgatewayd
If you are running ircddbgateway on another computer, there is no need to install it on the Pi. You will configure dstarrepeater to access the ircddbgateway.
Starting dstarrepeater
Make sure the UDRC™ is
connected to the radio or repeater via Mini-DIN 6 port.
NOTE: Many standard Mini-DIN 6 cables, e.g. PS2 cables, do not have all of the pins wired and will not work! Be sure your cable has all 6 pins wired straight through. If you obtained the cable from NW Digital Radio it will have all pins wired.
Login to the Raspberry Pi
Download the seed file for the dstarrepeater
sudo curl -L -s -o /etc/opendv/dstarrepeater_1 https://goo.gl/owjCLU
If using the GUI install, you can edit the file with:
sudo -E dstarrepeaterconfig 1
If non-GUI, use an editor like nano or vi to edit, e.g.
sudo nano /etc/opendv/dstarrepeater_1
You will need to change the repeater callsign and gateway callsign to your system. If you are doing a 70cm repeater these are the only settings that need changed for initial configuration. Only adjust other settings if you understand their effect.
In /etc/opendv/dstarrepeater_1 edit:
Set serialConfig to
serialConfig 5# For simplex access points (hotspots) and non DR-1X repeaters attached to the Mini DIN-6 connector
Set mode for simplex
mode 1or duplex
mode 0
Once configured, issue the command:
sudo systemctl start dstarrepeaterd@1
If you want to see a GUI, run the commands:
sudo systemctl stop dstarrepeaterd@1
sudo dstarrepeater 1
The UDRC™ should now decode D-STAR signals received on the radio or repeater's input. Test by keying up and watching the display on the D-STAR Radio.
If you want the dstarrepeaterd daemon to start on reboot, issue the command:
sudo systemctl enabledstarrepeaterd@1
A video of hints for management of the daemon.
NW Digital Radio does not possess, or test, every model of radio or repeater that may be used in homebrew hotspots and repeaters. You will need to use this troubleshooting guide to determine the right settings for your particular install.
Logs for troubleshooting are at /var/log/opendv
Each radio and repeater model may need adjustments to the standard configuration. The items that may need adjustment are as follows:
- Under dstarrepeater config in modem sound card, make sure both TX and RX sound cards are set to udrc
- Also you may need to adjust TX and RX invert based on the radio and band.
- Modulation level is set using using the program alsamixer, select the udrc, adjust LO first and then PCM to get the right deviation
- Detection level is set in alsamixer with the ADC setting
The "poor man's" approach to getting this working. (Without a deviation meter and spectrum analyzer.)
Use a second FM receiver and listen to the transmissions. You should hear modem tones on each transmission, assuming you are using a simplex frequency (DUPLEX offset 0.0), for both your D-STAR radio and the radio or repeater. Listen to the relative volume of the two transmissions. Is the radio or repeater is 'louder' or 'quieter' than the D-STAR radio? If it is louder then you need to decrease the drive of the modem out of the UDRC, if it's quieter, then you need to increase it.
If they are the same, then you need to adjust the TX polarity in modem setup (via dstarrepeaterconfig 1)
If the radio is keying but no tones, check the 'Sound Card' settings in dstarrepeaterconfig 1 -- make sure both TX and RX are set to udrc.
How do you change the drive level, you ask? Glad you asked.
You need to open a terminal and run the program alsamixer and press 'F6' key to switch to the udrc. See here fo keyboard commands.
There are two controls that adjust the level of the modulation. One titled PCM (on the far left) and one titled LO which is almost all the way to the far right (use the right arrow key to get to it). Start with the LO level, take it up or down (louder or quieter) to see if you get the output level right. If that doesn't get you there, you may need to fine tune with PCM. When you get it just right, look at the upper left of the screen and note the level in 'dB' for PCM and LO. You can use those numbers to modify a script to reset the modem to those values in the future.
Note: if you do not hear any audio on the FM radio when the UDRC™ is transmitting, make sure LOL is not muted in alsamixer.
When you get it right, press the ESC key and give the command
sudo alsactl store
You can create your own script by saving the default script
curl -L -s https://goo.gl/7rXUFJ -o ~/my-setup-script.sh chmod +x ~/my-setup-script.sh
Edit the script changing the values for PCM, LO, and ADC according to what you found in alsamixer setup.
You can then use the script to reset values when needed.
ircDDBGatewayVisit our quick startup Wiki page for ircDDBGateway.
Since there are no special instructions for ircDDBGateway for the UDRC™, please refer to the documentation in the files section of the Yahoo Group ircDDBGateway
If you would like a web based dashboard for ircDDBGateway, check out the real time dashboard at ircNodeDashboard
NW Digital Radio is in the process of setting up various community groups at Groups.io Please create a personal account at Groups.io Join the main NW Digital group by sending an email from your registered email account to email@example.com and then send an email to email@example.com Please use the group for questions and to share your experiences, so that all UDRC™ users can benefit from the replies.


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On rare occasions, if I change the name of a the executable file after compiling it, it will no longer open.
Most recently, a piece of software was running successfully for over a month, and then would no longer open after being closed.
Recompiling the source on other computers did not produce the error, however, the problem persisted when transferring the malfunctioning exe to other computers.
An executable freshly compiled and moved with it's entire project directory would run when transferred to the computer where the error occurred, but an error would recur if the exe was renamed.
Written using Borland C++ Builder 6, on Win XP. Application is multithreaded.
Any ideas on what is causing this and how do I avoid it?


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|Don't worry..I'm not eating yellow snow (1974-ish)
I didn't realize how much I loved the four seasons until I joined the Army as well. I lived in California, Texas and Hawaii when I served. Needless to say Honolulu, San Antonio, and Monterey don't see much snow! But we're talking winter here, so best to get on with it...
I have great memories of looking out the front window of the house with the snow-covered roads (before the plows would get there and the snow would turn black). Watching the cars driving by slowly on the fresh snow was so peaceful. It's like the world became quieter and everything just seemed more relaxed. We had a mock-orange tree in the backyard. Now I say "tree" but mock-orange really aren't supposed to get THAT big. It was a "bush" gone wild. My dad had a peat-moss/compost heap right next to the mock-orange and I'm sure that the decades of those extra nutrients seeping into it helped to create this monster bush! During the winter the snow we would get was generally wet. Not that dry powdery stuff. This was heavy and great for snowballs...although crap for shoveling. When we'd get a good heavy snow the mock-orange would get so weighed down that it's branches would bend over and touch the ground. The result was our own personal igloo! Seriously...it looked like we had a giant igloo in the backyard when it happened, and we would find a way in and use it as our own personal fort! I'm amazed that tree lived through all that!
Snow never bothered me. In fact, when it would snow, my spirits would rise. I didn't mind shoveling at all. My dad would complain incessantly about shoveling and the snow plows plowing him back in. It never bothered me. Not when I was a kid and not later when I was driving. I love helping other people and when it would snow we'd try to shovel out some of the elderly people that lived near us as well. I remember one time (and it is a nice memory) of my younger sister and I helping our father shovel his car out when someone got stuck trying to go up the side-street by our house and getting stuck. It was uphill, which pretty much describes Hazleton to begin with, and he got stuck. Spinning tires and no traction. Having been stuck in slush down by my college and having had two strangers soak themselves to push me out always stayed with me so my sister and I went over to help him get up the hill.
It had to have looked silly. Two teenage, petite girls walking over and offering to give his car a push. My dad tried to stop us before walking over. Telling us that we wouldn't be able to help, but we didn't care. When other people see you helping, chances are someone else will stop by and help out too. And someone did....my dad finally put down his shovel and helped us push him out of the snow. Then we all went silently back to our own shoveling. Things like that make you feel good inside though and I like to think that it may have turned his grumpy "I hate snow" off for five minutes.
My maternal grandparents were teachers, but pretty much everyone before them were coal miners or married to coal miners. Knowing this now, I think of how the winter must have been a difficult time for them. Walking to work had to have been freezing. At least the mines were a constant temperature throughout the year so they could get a warm up...when they weren't worried about a subsidence, I suppose!
It does give you pause to think about how things were so much harder years ago, yet we still find something to complain about. I suppose we always will. I suppose that in 100 years our descendants will look back and think about how hard we had it!


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4 slices good quality white bread
4 hard-boiled eggs, sliced
handful of small leaf watercress
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
2 teaspoons Saucy Mama Dijon or Tarragon Lemon mustard
1/2 teaspoon tarragon vinegar
freshly ground black pepper
Whisk together the dressing. Spread on two slices of bread. Top with a layer of egg then the cress. Top with remaining bread slices.


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21st April and the Doctor's most iconic enemies are in town to help launch the Doctor Who: The Adventure Games.
The Snooker World Championship is being contested in Sheffield and former world champion John Parrot was on hand to welcome the Daleks to the city!
DAVID (Dai) BRADLEY, star of the 1970 film KES joined JOHN LEVENE at GALAXY FOUR on SATURDAY 30th JANUARY to meet fans and sign autographs. David's numerous TV appearances include Z Cars, A Family at War, The Jensen Code, The Flame Trees of Thika and more recently in the independent film ASYLUM.
JOHN LEVENE aka Doctor Who's Sgt Benton made a return visit to GALAXY FOUR to meet and sign autographs for the many fans who turned out to see him on a chilly January day. As usual, John took time out to mingle with attendees, chat casually and freely answer questions about his life and career. In 2010 John made only a brief visit to the UK from his home in the USA and we are very pleased that he decided to join us on one of the few stops he made. It is his first visit to GALAXY FOUR since 2004.
JOHN had previously worked with DAVID BRADLEY on the cult TV series THE JENSEN CODE in 1973 and have they have been good friends ever since.
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All commands in this section are shown using sshg3 and scpg3 from the machine running Tectia Client. Server-side configuration can also be done by logging in to the remote server and entering the commands locally.
To enable public-key authentication with your key pair:
Place your keys in a directory where the Connection Broker can locate them.
By default, the Connection Broker attempts to use each key found in the
$HOME/.ssh2directory on Unix, or in the
%APPDATA%\SSH\UserCertificatesdirectories on Windows.
You can also add other directory locations for keys on the Keys and Certificates page of the Tectia Connections Configuration GUI. See Managing Keys and Certificates. On Unix, you can use the
general/key-stores/key-storeelement in the
ssh-broker-config.xmlfile. See the section called "Key Store Configuration Examples".
(Optional) Create an identification file.
Using the
identificationfile is not necessary if all your keys are stored in the default directory and you allow all of them to be used for public-key and/or certificate authentication. If the
identificationfile does not exist, the Connection Broker attempts to use each key found in the default directory. If the
identificationfile exists, the keys listed in it are attempted first.
Create a file called
identification, on Unix in your
$HOME/.ssh2directory, or on Windows in your
Edit it with your favorite text editor to include the following line (replace
id_rsa_2048_awith the file name of the private key):
IdKey id_rsa_2048_a
The keys are assumed to be in the same directory with the
identificationfile, but also an absolute or a relative path can be given. For example, on Windows:
IdKey UserKeys\id_rsa_2048_a
The identification file can contain several key IDs. For more information on the syntax of the identification file, see
Connect to
Serverusing some other authentication method and create a
.ssh2/authorized_keys), or a
.sshdirectory under your home directory if it does not exist already.
Depending on the server version the remote host is running, run one of the following commands:
Tectia Server on Unix or z/OS:
$ sshg3 ServerUser@tectia_server mkdir .ssh2
If you do not want to use an authorization file on Tectia Server 5.x or later on Unix, create also the
$ sshg3 ServerUser@tectia_unix mkdir .ssh2/authorized_keys
Tectia Server on Windows:
$ sshg3 ServerUser@tectia_win "cmd /c mkdir .ssh2"
If you do not want to use an authorization file on Tectia Server 5.x or later on Windows, create also the
$ sshg3 ServerUser@tectia_win "cmd /c mkdir .ssh2\authorized_keys"
OpenSSH server on Unix or z/OS:
$ sshg3 ServerUser@open_server mkdir .ssh
Copy the public key to
Depending on the server version the remote host is running, do one of the following actions:
Tectia Server 5.x or later on Unix and Windows:
Use SCP to upload your public key to the server, to your
authorized_keysdirectory (by default
$HOME/.ssh2/authorized_keyson Unix servers, or
%USERPROFILE%\.ssh2\authorized_keyson Windows servers):
$ scpg3 id_rsa_2048_a.pub ServerUser@tectia_server:.ssh2/authorized_keys/
Tectia Server 4.x on Unix and Windows:
Use SCP to upload your public key to the server (by default to the
$HOME/.ssh2directory on Unix and to the
%USERPROFILE%\.ssh2directory on Windows servers):
$ scpg3 id_rsa_2048_a.pub ServerUser@tectia4x_server:.ssh2/
Tectia Server for IBM z/OS:
The public key must be converted to the EBCDIC format. This can be done by including the scpg3
dst-sitecommand-line option, or the sftpg3 site commands in the file transfer command. For more information on the site parameters, see Site Command.
Use SCP to upload your public key to the server (by default to the
$ scpg3 --dst-site="C=ISO8859-1,D=IBM-1047,X=TEXT" id_rsa_2048_a.pub \ ServerUser@tectia_zos:$HOME/.ssh2/
OpenSSH server on Unix:
Use SCP to upload your public key to the server, to your
$ scpg3 id_rsa_2048_a.pub ServerUser@open_unix:.ssh/
Create an
authorized_keysfile on
Depending on the server version the remote host is running, do one of the following actions:
Tectia Server 5.x or later on Unix and Windows do not require an authorization file if the public keys are stored in the user's
authorized_keysdirectory. However, an authorization file may be optionally used. See instructions for creating the file below in the Tectia Server 4.x information.
Tectia Server 4.x on Unix and Windows and Tectia Server for IBM z/OS require an
authorizationfile stored in the user's
.ssh2directory. The authorization file specifies the public keys that are authorized for login.
Add the key entry to the authorization file. On a Unix or z/OS server:
$ sshg3 ServerUser@tectia_server "echo Key id_rsa_2048_a.pub >> \ .ssh2/authorization"
On a Windows server:
$ sshg3 ServerUser@tectia4x_win "cmd /c echo Key id_rsa_2048_a.pub >> \ .ssh2\authorization"
An example authorization file is shown below (by default
$HOME/.ssh2/authorizationon Unix and z/OS servers, and
%USERPROFILE%\.ssh2\authorizationon Windows servers):
Key id_rsa_2048_a.pub
This directs Tectia Server to use
id_rsa_2048_a.pubas a valid public key when authorizing your login.
OpenSSH server requires that the public key is converted to the OpenSSH public-key file format and stored in the
authorized_keysfile in the user's
Convert the public key to the OpenSSH public-key file format on the server and append it to your
$HOME/.ssh/authorized_keysfile. This can be done with a remote command on an OpenSSH server as follows:
$ sshg3 ServerUser@open_server "ssh-keygen -i -f id_rsa_2048_a.pub >> \ .ssh/authorized_keys"
Make sure that public-key authentication is enabled in the
ssh-broker-config.xmlfile (it is enabled by default).
<authentication-methods> <auth-publickey /> ... </authentication-methods>
Other authentication methods can be listed in the configuration file as well. Place the least interactive method first.
Server is configured to allow public-key authentication to your account, you should now be able to log in from
Client to
Server using public-key authentication.
Try to log in:
Client$ sshg3 Server
You should be prompted for the passphrase of the private key. After you have entered the passphrase, a Secure Shell connection will be established.


text: Oh Japan! Why must you take something so pleasurable—massaging breasts—and devise a mechanical substitute for doing it yourself? And not only that, paint it gold, call it "Lucky Palm", and plaster a Buddha on the side? That's right, it's a Lucky Palm Breast Massager, straight from Japan, powered by AA batteries. As someone who studied a bit of Buddhism, I can say that Siddhartha would probably approve (he was real letch). When he was around, no lady's middle road was safe. [e-nls - Thanks Captain Japan!]


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Web Radius brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 124 Designs von 39 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
CrowdSpace needs a logo! CrowdSpace is an online service that enables users to easily and affordably manage members in their groups, unions, congregations, etc.
Previously our service was marketed to faith-based institutions. We are opening our services to other markets and need a new brand to better communicate and connect with these various market verticals. We don't feel there is any one competitor that stands out as providing a "memorable brand experience," nor do we feel there is any competition that can provide a complete solution as affordably as we can - considering we provide it for free.
We appreciate all of the work you are going to put into this, and we will definitely be providing frequent feedback as we receive submissions.
(Note: Feedback might be limited over the Aug 16/17 weekend.)
CrowdSpace is for people who run / manage groups. Think community clubs, churches, minor sports leagues, user groups, associations, etc. Forming groups is a fundamental part of the human experience. Our job is to make things easier for the people who run / manage those groups.
Our target markets are wide ranging: from small business and non-profits to the enterprise. We need a logo / brand image that can connect with all of these groups.
People that are attracted to our service are either spending too much on another service, not using anything at all, or are looking to find an easier solution. We are a very "you" oriented company - we care about solving pain points for our users (e.g., tracking membership, sending group emails, printing mailing labels).
Some phrases that inspire our thinking:
- groups
- people
- affordable
- social
- connections
- easy
- professional
- "you" focused
- service vs. product
- trusted
- friendly / warm
- approachable
- fun but clean cutOne major consideration must be that this logo will appear throughout our web application and in emails as well as offline (stationery, business cards, invoices, clothing, etc). So 2 or 3 colors, vector graphics, and scalable down to small dimensions.
The logo should be contemporary and clean (but not too Web 2.0).
- Contemporary and clean
- Creativity
- Vector graphics
- Scalable down to small dimensions
- Design to be overwhelming
- Complication
- Too many colors
- Lowercase 's' in crowdspace unless words are different colors (don't want people to think it's Crowds Pace)
- Cheese (people holding hands, etc.)
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Friday, November 9, 2012
Magic Brownie Truffles!
I know what you're thinking - they don't look so bad. But they were. They were gummy and crumbly at the same time! How?! The flavor was fine, but the texture was awful! As soon as I took one bite I knew they were destined for the food processor! Mr. Wing-It said he liked them and he asked me to leave a couple of squares "untruffled". The man is weird.
Anyway, I threw the blondies into the food processor with some freakin' almond butter and enough melted chocolate to form a sticky dough. After processing for a few seconds I had a tasty truffle mix, which I shaped into little balls, which were then dipped in melted chocolate chips. The result?
Voilà! Like magic, Brownie Truffles!
Yes! Brownie Truffles! I'm telling you, man, chocolate is an airhead's best friend! I didn't bother making them pretty because I had already messed with this recipe long enough. I just wanted to be done! Inside shot...
Success! Next time you fudge up your blondies, or cookies, or cake, you'll know what to do! :)
Let's ask a random duck what he thinks about these Magic Brownie Truffles...
One out of one duck approves!
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That gummy-crumbly duality — I know it well. That baking failure oxymoron that makes no sense. Only you could right the situation so adroitly, and save what would otherwise hit the can. Well done. Truffles trump again!ReplyDelete
And I see you have reappeared. :)
super brilliant!!ReplyDelete
I'm going to steal this re-purposing of food idea. I just made these protein bites that....aren't good at all. I'm really not sure if I can save them though. I always fear that if I try, I'll just end up wasting more food. BUt really, add some more sugar and some chocolate and you can't go wrong, right?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 10, 2012 at 11:22 PM
Well you certainly have THIS little black duck's approval so that would be 2 out of 2! ;). I must say...when I first saw the title of this post I thought "ello ello (spoken in a U.K. Mr Plod accent...) ello ello I said...this sounds like some of those "special" brownies that me mam always warned me about at parties!" but on closer inspection the magic appears to be totally degustory and not illegal at all (unless stuffing yourself with an entire batch in a gluttenous haze can be prosecuted...it can't can it?!) We made something similar with a Christmas cake that was less than stellar last year and Steve is STILL raving about them and asking me to make them again (problem is I can't remember how!) I recon that I will substitute your gorgeous totally kosher balls and he will have something new to rave about :) Cheers for an absolutely positively scrumptious (thats my best mary poppins accent there in case you didn't recognise it...) recipe :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Two out of two ducks approve! Score! Ha! You're right! It does sound like it would be a post about "special" brownies! I hope we can't be prosecuted for stuffing an entire batch of truffles in our bellies, or I am going to be in some serious trouble with the law! :DDelete
You're going to have to make a less than stellar cake on purpose so you can recreate your Christmas treats! I thought your Mary Poppins accent was supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! (totally copied and pasted that)
They both sound delish to me!! But the truffles look over the top good. Bravo for saving food with chocolate! :)ReplyDelete
Your truffle magic is so inspiring! I feel like I need to make some bad recipes so I can coat them in chocolate :)ReplyDelete


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B. McMillen necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 138 diseños de 36 diseñadores freelance.
We are branding a restaurant based on the theme of the Bahamian tradition of Dutch Oven Cooking (Covered Cast iron pots cooking on hot coals). Dutch Settlers brought this method of cooking to Eleuthera Island and it spread throughout the Bahamas.
Our product is good food, served quickly.
Our location is in the Nassau, Bahamas Airport. Our customers are the traveling public, most of them on vacation. Our restaurant will serve primarily Pizza, Rotisserie Chicken, and dry-rubbed ribs. We want to provide a comfortable Bahamian atmosphere. The logo should be fairly simple, easy to read and carry the Dutch Oven cooking message.
We need an interesting logo to represent our Bahamian Cooking themed restaurant. The sign/logo image should reflect a sense of the islands and the Dutch Oven method of cooking. This is a new food service concept and we are creating an original brand logo. We hope to expand this dining concept to multiple locations over time.
Note: Our primary use of the sign/logo will be in a sign over the food service counter. It must fit within a 2' x 20' area, and this will be a primary factor in selecting the winner. It should include the venue name "Bahama Dutch Oven", and an associated or integrated graphic icon. The icon may occasionally be utilized by itself.
The font style(s) and color direction is at the designer's discretion to reflect the Dutch Oven theme. The focus is food & beverage sales.
It needs to be scalable – from a large wall sign to a business card. No clip art or stock images please.
We will require a full color high res .tif, a .jpg, a layer separated Photoshop .psd (RGB), an .eps file, and a black and white high res .tif.
The linear aspects of the sign are important - that is the main design we are serching for. it does not have to fill up the 2' by 20' space, but that is what the airport allows us, and of course, we want to maximize our exposure.
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A great number of exciting new digital operating modes have developed, largely because of the availability of personal computers, soundcards, and advanced software. But amateur digital communication began in earnest in the late 1940's (if you don't count Morse as a digital mode!) when hams worked out techniques of connecting mechanical Teletype keyboard/printers to amateur gear using FSK and AFSK modulation. WSJT has become a very popular tool for digital communications. FSK441 mode is in use for meteor scatter contacts and JT65 is popular for terrestrial communications.
Amateur radio (ham) operators utilize EME for two-way communications. EME presents significant challenges to amateur operators interested in working weak signal communications. Currently, EME provides the longest communications path any two stations on Earth can utilize for bi-directional communications. Amateur operations use VHF, UHF and microwave frequencies. All amateur frequency bands from 50 MHz to 47 GHz have been used successfully, but most EME communications are on the 2 meter, 70-centimeter, or 23-centimeter bands. Common modulation modes utilized by amateurs are continuous wave with Morse Code, digital (JT65) and when the link budgets allow, voice..
The interaction between Earth's magnetic field and Solar particles is a complex and mysterious field of science. The storm events involve high electric currents in the ionosphere and vast amounts electric power affecting to great many things. One of the ways to observe what is happening up there, is to detect the effects of these phenomena to non ionizing long wave electromagnetic radiation - radio waves.
Hams have been putting stations in their cars since the Twenties (1920's that is). Today, there is great satisfaction in facing the challenge of installing a transceiver in our small cars and pick-ups, using somewhat inefficient antennas, and still being able to make contacts with hams thousands of miles away while "tooling" down the highway.
Every year since 1968, during the last weekend in July, the Central States VHF Society hosts an annual technical conference. There are two days of technical presentations, antenna range gain measurements, noise figure measurements, a flea market, and often times a vendor area. It's a great time to learn about weak signal VHF communications and an excellent place to network and catch up with old friends.
The Central States VHF Society, Inc. (CSVHFS) is a not-for-profit organization chartered in the state of Missouri. It was begun in the mid-1960s to foster amateur radio operation on the bands above 50 MHz. Membership currently numbers about 300, principally in the Midwest states. However, it has members in states from the Atlantic Coast to the West Coast as well as Canada and several foreign countries.
The CSVHFS holds a Technical Conference once a year. The goal of the conference is to raise the technical level of amateurs by providing a forum for presenting technical papers relating to VHF, UHF, and Microwave, to provide a focal point for the discussion on operating practices and procedures, on exploration of modes such as EME, MS, FAI, E-skip, etc. and other topics that promote operation on Amateur bands above 50MHz.
Proceedings from these conferences are published by the ARRL and can be purchased from the League.