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Given the limited evidence on firms' sampling policies after Sarbanes-Oxley, these findings contribute to the current literature on audit sampling and provide insights into sampling policies and procedures that are important for researchers, educators, regulators, and practitioners to better understand the application of audit sampling in the current audit environment. This study provides evidence on current sampling practices and identifies important differences in sampling policy among the largest audit firms. Responses represent firm policy, and although the sampling experts indicate that they believe that firm guidance is followed in the field, actual sampling practices may vary.
Christensen, B. E., Elder, R. J., & Glover, S. M. 2015. Behind the Numbers: Insights into Large Audit Firm Sampling Policies. Accounting Horizons 29 (1): 61-81.
This study provides several important practice implications. First, prior research on audit sampling that relied on the assumption of relatively large error rates may not provide useful guidance for post-SOX audit sampling populations. Second, auditing educators, regulators, and standard setters benefit from an updated understanding of how auditors apply audit sampling guidance in auditing standards when using audit sampling in the field. For example, knowing the relatively high compliance (compared with prior periods) with requirements in auditing standards should impact the way audit sampling is taught in universities and firm trainings, how peer and federal inspectors address audit sampling issues, as well as the need for further clarity of auditing standards. Auditors also benefit as they consider the sampling techniques and input assumptions that will produce the most effective and efficient sampling plans. Specifically, an important implication of our study is related to the impact of standardized sampling templates. The firm in this study mandated the use of such templates, which contributed to levels of explicit consideration of error projection, sufficiency of sample sizes, and of sampling risk in planning and evaluating sample testing.
For more information on this study, please contact Steve Glover.
Durney, M., R. J. Elder, and S. M. Glover. 2014. Field data on accounting error rates and audit sampling. Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory 33 (2): 79-110
Although little research evidence exists on the effectiveness of audit sampling, auditors should consider the effectiveness of audit sampling compared to other sources of evidence, and the use of statistical compared to nonstatistical sampling for both tests of controls and tests of details to develop the most effective and efficient sampling plans. Auditors that use nonstatistical sampling techniques should evaluate procedures to determine whether sample sizes and evaluation of results are comparable to sample sizes and conclusions reached using statistical methods. Auditors also often fail to project sample misstatements and explicitly consider sampling risk; auditor performance in the evaluation of samples is enhanced with the use of standardized sampling templates.
For more information on this study, please contact Randy Elder, email@example.com.
Elder, R. J., A. D. Akresh, S. M. Glover, J. L. Higgs, and J. Liljegren. 2013. Audit sampling research: A synthesis and implications for future research. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory 32 (Supplement 1): 99-129
The results have implications about situations in which others evaluate the auditor's work after the fact, such as the audit review process or the examination of audit evidence by regulators, jurors, or judges. In such situations, decision makers need to evaluate the strength of previously gathered audit evidence, and to judge the extent to which the evidence supports a previously reached conclusion. Regarding the assessed sufficiency of audit evidence, the results suggest that evaluators of the auditor's work could require larger sample sizes under sequential sampling than under fixed sampling, to support the same level of confidence in the auditor's opinion. Although sequential sampling might in fact increase audit efficiency, the findings suggest that this benefit could be negated by subsequent unfavorable assessment of audit evidence from a sequential sampling plan.
For more information on this study, please contact Marietta Peytcheva.
Gillett, P. R., and M. Peytcheva. 2011. Differential evaluation of audit evidence from fixed versus sequential sampling. Behavioral Research in Accounting 23 (1): 65-85.
These findings suggest that the properties of haphazard samples chosen from control listings are likely to differ from those of random samples. Subconscious effort minimization and diversification behaviors, coupled with visual perception artifacts, yield samples that violate requirements for independence and equal selection probability. These violations, in turn, are likely to produce biased error projections with difficult to discern risk properties. Although widely used and specifically identified in audit standards as a sampling technique that can be employed to obtain a representative sample, haphazard sampling may not be a reliable substitute for random sampling.
For more information on this study, please contact Thomas W. Hall
Hall, T. W., A. W. Higson, B. J. Pierce, K. H. Price, and C. J. Skousen. 2012. Haphazard sampling: Selection biases induced by control listing properties and the estimation consequences of these biases. Behavioral Research in Accounting 24 (2):101-132.


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When Demetrios "Jimmy" Minadakis opened a restaurant in 1974, he had high hopes for the place's success — such high hopes that he chose the name Jimmy's Famous Seafood.
Nearly 40 years later, the Dundalk restaurant has lived up to — and deserves — its "famous" billing. Now run by Minadakis' sons, John and Tony, Jimmy's timeless takes on classic cuisine and professional service feel just as relevant today as they did in the 1970s.
On a Tuesday night during a busy holiday week, Jimmy's cavernous dining room was about half full, with a mix of couples and larger groups. At the table next to us, four older gentlemen chatted, dressed nattily in coats and ties, looking like they'd been meeting in the same spot, every week, for years. Jimmy's is that kind of place.
Though the patrons were full of charm, the dining room itself left something to be desired. It's large — great for those big groups — but the beige decor had a generic conference room feel. Next time, we'll eat in the bar, a cozy, dark space with walls lined with photographs of family, friends and local athletes.
Jimmy's menu has evolved over the decades, but the restaurant is still most known for timeless dishes, like steak and crab cakes. We kicked off our meal with an old-school favorite, Oysters Rockefeller ($13.95 for a half-dozen).
The oysters arrived steaming hot, topped with a rich blend of cheese and spinach. A splash of amaretto gave the topping an intriguingly sweet, nutty flavor.
Tuesdays are steak night at Jimmy's; the weekly special includes a choice of steak with two side dishes ($14.95). We stuck with the classics, ordering prime rib with a Caesar salad and baked potato.
The salad was standard but appealing, with crisp lettuce and creamy, salty dressing. The loaded potato ($1.95 extra) was loaded indeed: Stuffed full of bacon and smothered in cheese, it was enormous and tasty.
As large as the potato was, the prime rib was downright intimidating. Big enough to fill the plate to its edges, the meat came doused in its own juices. Though we wouldn't have minded a small dish of horseradish, the meat was well-seasoned and fork-tender.
Like the entrees, the service at Jimmy's sometimes feels like a welcome holdover from another era. Our young waitress was efficient every step of the way, but she kept her distance. While not unfriendly, she did not introduce herself or lean down to take our orders. Not everyone will like that detachment, but in the context of our meal, it felt professional.
Just after we ordered, she informed us that the prime rib was available cooked to medium, but not medium rare, as requested. She was timely enough that we could have changed our order, but even a little more done than is our taste, the meat was good.
Jimmy's has received significant attention for its crab cake platter ($28.95 for two, $14.95 for one). It's well-deserved.
The crab cake recipe hasn't changed since Jimmy's opened in 1974; the Minadakis family knows better than to mess with a good thing. The broiled cakes were large and crab-heavy, with big lumps of meat bound together by just enough filler — a tried-and-true mix of mustard, mayonnaise, seasoning and bread crumbs — to make them stick.
Like the prime rib, the crab cakes arrived unadorned on a simple plate; the kitchen didn't waste time with fancy garnishes. But on the side, a dish of Greek-style green beans wowed us.
Cooked until soft, the beans swam in a warm tomato sauce spiced with onions and herbs.
For dessert, we shared a chocolate-dipped, cream-filled cannoli ($3.95), courtesy of Vacarro's in Little Italy — a sweet and fittingly traditional end to the meal.
For the most part, Jimmy's menu felt timeless. However, the wine list could use a little modernizing. Without glancing at the drinks menu, we asked for a glass of malbec. After a brief consultation with the bartender, our waitress confirmed that the restaurant doesn't offer malbec, suggesting instead a glass of Santa Rita 120 merlot ($8).
The Chilean wine was fruity and serviceable, especially with the prime rib. But the exchange reminded us that though classic steak and seafood dishes hold up well, we're happy that restaurants have expanded their options since the '70s.
Still, as we lingered over coffee and our cannoli, we were thankful that Jimmy's keeps those old dishes — and the service style that goes with them — alive. The restaurant deserves every bit of that fame Jimmy Minadakis hoped for.
Jimmy's Famous Seafood
Back story: Jimmy's Famous Seafood has been a Dundalk mainstay since 1974. Now run by the sons of the original owner, Jimmy's serves solid takes on old-school cuisine like prime rib, crab cakes and Oysters Rockefeller.
Parking: Lot in front
Signature dish: Jimmy's crab cake hasn't changed since the restaurant opened in 1974 — and it doesn't need to. Big chunks of crab, held together with just enough filler, are sweet and well-seasoned. Order the Greek-style green beans, which come swimming in savory tomato sauce, on the side.
Where: 6526 Holabird Ave.
Contact: 410-633-4040
Open: 10:30 a.m.-1:30 a.m. daily
Credit cards: All major
Reservations: Accepted
Rating: ***
Nearby reviews: Dish Baltimore - Dundalk/Essex/Rosedale
[Key: Superlative: *****; Excellent: ****; Very Good: ***; Good: **; Promising: *]


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As written by Daniel Gilbert in his study guide to the best-seller "Stumbling on Happiness":
"Reality" is a movie generated by our brains. Because we don't realize this, we are far too confident that the stuff appearing in the movie is actually "out there" in the world when, in fact, it's not. When we imagine the future, we are similary overconfident that it will unfold as we imagine it.
The psychologist Jim Enns explains how our brains produce The Movie That Doesn't Seem Like A Movie. The fact that reality is a movie has important consequences for our personal and social lives, some of which are explored by the psychologists Edward Royzman, Kimberly Cassidy, and Jonathan Baron, and also by the psychologists Less Ross and Andy Ward.
More information can be found in:
J. T. Enns, "What Vision Is Not," in The Thinking Eye, the Seeing Brain (New York: Norton, 2004), 4-13.
E. B. Royzman, K.W. Cassidy, and J. Baron, "I Know, You Know: Epistemic Egocentrism in Children and Adults," Review of General Psychology, 7, 38-65 (2003).
L. Ross and A.Ward, "Naive Realism in Everyday Life: Implications for Social Conflict and Misunderstanding," in Values and knowledge: The Jean Piaget series ed. E. S. Reed, E. Turiel, and T. Brown (Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 1996), 103-135.


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Friday, March 30, 2012
EXCLUSIVE: SoapClassics Releases New AS THE WORLD TURNS DVD: The Story of Lily and Holden
The ten episode set traces the 25 year relationship of the legendary ATWT couple Lily Walsh and Holden Snyder. Along the way, other memorable stories and characters will appear including a few that have yet to be seen on DVD.
Here is a summary of the ten episodes on the new "Lily and Holden" set:
Episode 1. A Rocky Start. October 16, 1985
In this episode, Lily encounters Holden for the first time. He is a new stable boy at the Walsh estate, and is responsible for grooming and saddling the horses. Although Holden is sexy and mysterious, Lily feels that he is disrespectful, and does not know his place. She is rude and condescending to him and their relationship gets off to a rocky start.
Principal Cast: Martha Byrne, Jon Hensley, Brian Bloom, John Wesley Shipp, Scott Bryce, Finn Carter, Don Hastings, Colleen Zenk, Julianne Moore and Eileen Fulton.
Episode 2. Cry of the Wind. January 10, 1986.
In the months following their first meeting, circumstances forced Lily and Holden to spend time together at the Walsh stables and the Snyder family farm. To her surprise, Lily found herself increasingly drawn to both Holden and his family, whose decency and strong values appealed to her. She developed an especially deep bond with Holden's sister, Iva. Although the chemistry between Lily and Holden was clear by now, Lily was determined to deny it. In this episode, their mutual attraction becomes almost too much resist.
Principal Cast: Martha Byrne, Jon Hensley, Jennifer Ashe, Lisa Brown, Julianne Moore, Don Hastings, Kathryn Hays, Helen Wagner, Scott Bryce and Tonya Pinkins.
Episode 3. A Lie for Lily. August 25, 1987
Lily and Holden's relationship eventually blossomed into romance, and their path looked promising. But in the summer of 1987, Lily discovered a dark secret that both the Snyders and the Walshes had been keeping from her: her birth mother was not actually Lucinda Walsh, but Holden's sister, Iva (the episode in which Lily learns the truth about Iva is available on the SoapClassics collection, "20 Classic Episodes from As the World Turns".)
Lily was devastated by the news, in part because she had been deceived by the people she loved and trusted most, and in part because it meant that she was Holden's niece. Her only consolation was her belief that Holden himself had not betrayed her, because he hadn't known Iva's secret.
Lily ran as far and as fast as she could, ending up in Wyoming, where she took a job as a waitress in a diner. Holden eventually tracked her down to deliver stunning news: Iva had actually been adopted, which meant that Lily and Holden were not related after all. In this touching episode, the couple grows closer than ever.
Principal Cast: Martha Byrne, Jon Hensley, Cain Devore, Scott DeFreitas, Julie Ann Lowery and Andrew Kavovit.
Episode 4. Holden Blows It. December 16, 1987
The surprises weren't over for Lily. She eventually learned that even Holden had lied to her about Iva, and she became furious with him as well. In despair, Lily turned to the arms of her old friend, Dusty, and lost her virginity to him. Meanwhile, Holden became infatuated with the young vixen Emily Stewart, and the two of them became engaged. In this climactic episode, an anguished Lily visits Holden the night before his wedding, and asks him if he truly wants to marry Emily.
Principal Cast: Martha Byrne, Jon Hensley, Melanie Smith, Brian Bloom, Marie Masters, Patricia Bruder, Jennifer Ashe, Colleen Broomall and Lindsay Frost.
Episode 5. The Bell Tower. February 1, 1994
The ensuing years were tumultuous and challenging for both Lily and Holden. Each married and divorced other people, and Holden became a father, before they finally found their way back to each other. Six years after they first met, the couple was finally married.
Unfortunately, as seemed to be their fate, Holden and Lily's happiness was short-lived. Holden was attacked on a trip to New York, and lost his memory. He could not remember anything about his past with Lily, and they ultimately divorced. Once again, Lily fled Oakdale. This time she returned with a new husband, the debonair Damian Grimaldi.
But Lily had not seen the last of Holden. His memory was returning in flashes, and he gradually restarted his relationship with Lily. Lily was now torn between her old and new loves. In this sexually-charged episode, she makes a decision which will change all of their lives.
Principal Cast: Martha Byrne, Jon Hensley, Paolo Seganti, Terry Lester, Margaret Reed, Michael Swan, Tamara Tunie, Brooke Alexander, Scott Bryce and Marie Masters.
Episode 6. Meet Luciano Grimaldi. May 16, 1995
Not surprisingly, life continued to be complicated for Lily and Holden. Shortly after they were reunited, Lily was kidnapped. Damian heroically tracked her down and rescued her, causing Lily to give their marriage another chance. Soon after, she became pregnant with Damian's child. In this episode, Lily gives birth on the Snyder farmhouse kitchen floor, with Holden helping her deliver a baby named Luciano, later to be known as Luke. Like his mother, Luke would grow up before the cameras, and would eventually assume an important place in the show's history.
Principal Cast: Martha Byrne, Jon Hensley, Paolo Seganti, Yvonne Perry, Kelley Menighan, Shawn Christian, Marie Masters, Allyson Rice-Taylor and Maura West.
Episode 7. Switched at Birth. August 16, 1999
By the summer of 1999, Lily had left Damian for good. She remarried Holden, and soon became pregnant with his child. But arch villain David Stenbeck kidnapped Lily, and she delivered a baby girl while she was his prisoner. Lily and her baby were eventually rescued, and Holden and Lily named their new daughter Hope. Months later, in a shocking plot twist, Lily and Holden learned that their baby had been switched at birth by David, who had kept their daughter for himself. In this touching episode, Lily and Holden are at last reunited with their true biological daughter.
Principal Cast: Martha Byrne, Jon Hensley, Lesli Kay, Cassandra Creech, Elizabeth Hubbard, Maura West, Peter Parros, Eileen Fulton, Colleen Zenk and Benjamin Hendrickson.
Episode 8. The Imposter. September 6, 2000
Lily and Holden had finally found some peace, and were looking forward to a happy life together. Then, fate once again intervened, when Lily discovered an old photo of a woman who looked exactly like her. Lily became obsessed with finding the woman, and eventually tracked her down in Atlantic City, where she discovered that the woman, Rose D'Angelo, was working as a showgirl.
In one of show's more unlikely plot developments, a strange twist of fate now delivered Lily to a deserted island, where she was marooned with Simon, a man who had been renovating her house. Meanwhile, Rose D'Angelo assumed Lily's identity in Oakdale, where she managed to fool everyone.
In this episode, Holden has rescued Lily from the island, and they are together again. Lily is relieved and happy to be home, until she learns that her identity has been successfully assumed by an imposter for months.
Principal Cast: Martha Byrne, Jon Hensley, Paul Leyden, Kristina Sisco, Lesli Kay, Tom Eplin, Jeremy Zelig, Kelley Menighan Hensley and Paul Korver.
Episode 9. Another Twist in the Road. December 5, 2005
By the fall of 2005, Lily had given birth to another daughter, Natalie, and Holden had adopted Luke. But Holden was ultimately unhappy in the marriage, and he moved out and started a relationship with Julia Larrabee. After Julia's untimely death, Lily became romantically entangled with Julia's brother, Keith Morrisey. Just as it seemed that Lily might have found a new love, Luke's sudden kidney failure threw her back together with Holden, and she was reminded of how much she loved him.
In this episode, Lily longs to be with Holden again, but Keith is the only person who can find a kidney for Luke. He is willing to provide it, but it comes at a very high price indeed.
Principal Cast: Martha Byrne, Jon Hensley, Maura West, Marie Wilson, Roger Howarth, Scott Holmes, Jennifer Ferrin, Grayson McCouch, Colleen Zenk and Elizabeth Hubbard.
Episode 10. Ever After. January 13, 2006
Although she nearly married Keith in order to save Luke, Lily begged Keith to release her from their arrangement, and he surprisingly agreed. Lily and Holden were able to reunite with their three children and start again. In this romantic episode, Lily and Holden renew their vows in front of their closest family and friends.
Principal Cast: Martha Byrne, Jon Hensley, Van Hansis, Michael Park, Maura West, Elizabeth Hubbard, Grayson McCouch, Kathleen Widdoes, Benjamin Hendrickson and Kelley Menighan Hensley.
To order "The Story of Lily and Holden," visit SoapClassics.com. You can also watch a free episode which features one of the most famous moments in Lily and Holden history.
- AS THE WORLD TURNS ON DVD: Sara Ramirez Reminisces About Playing Hannah
- AS THE WORLD TURNS ON DVD: Eileen Fulton Reminisces About The Ending Of ATWT & Much More (Part 3 of 3)
- EXCLUSIVE: SoapClassics Releases Carly & Jack "CarJack" AS THE WORLD TURNS DVD!
- EXCLUSIVE: SoapClassics.com President Mark Yates Reveals New Details of ATWT DVD Release - How Did It Happen? What's Next? How You Can Make A Difference!
- Classic Soap Opera GUIDING LIGHT Next to be Released on DVD; SEARCH FOR TOMORROW, ANOTHER WORLD, THE EDGE OF NIGHT & TEXAS May Follow
- SoapClassics Begins Streaming AS THE WORLD TURNS on the Internet
- Soap Classics Will Hit Store Shelves Soon (AS THE WORLD TURNS & GUIDING LIGHT)
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- AnonymousMarch 30, 2012 at 1:20 PM
Thank you!ReplyDelete
Sounds like a great collection! Wonderful!ReplyDelete
I'm really looking forward to this--yay!ReplyDelete
Brian :-)
AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!...I adore Martha Byrne!...THANK YOU! :)ReplyDelete
i am very excited about this ! great collectionReplyDelete
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Wow... what an incredible bonus episode! Not only the Lily and Holden events going on (which I won't spoil,) but we also have Kim dealing with her stalker, Frannie and Doug, and even some John, Bob, and Lisa thrown in for good measure! What I would give to see more from this era of the show!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 31, 2012 at 3:26 AM
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Greg, glad you enjoyed. It was an unforgettable Lily and Holden moment but Holden is only on at the end so it didn't make the DVD but I wanted it to be the free episode. That was an amazing February sweeps (1986).ReplyDelete
@Roger Thanks so much for all your efforts to get these episodes released. Do you happen to know the exact airdate of the bonus episode?ReplyDelete


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NEW YORK (AP) - Exactly what does it take to make it in Hollywood? Thanks to Harvey Levin, one fame-hungry family is about to find out.
NEW YORK (AP) � Exactly what does it take to make it in Hollywood? Thanks to Harvey Levin, one fame-hungry family is about to find out.
Levin is co-producing a new reality series, "Famous in 12," so named for the number of episodes on the CW that the good-looking clan from sleepy Beaumont, California, will get to prove themselves. But they won't be alone: Levin's TMZ machine will help.
The Artiaga family, a writer-mom and model-daughter among them, were plucked from 10,000 videos submitted more than a year ago, Levin said Thursday by phone from Los Angeles.
He called the series a "social experiment" to test the boundaries of building an empire on limited to no talent.
"I don't think any of them can make it on their talent but they can certainly make it off of their will, and they have so much will and ambition," he said. "And they're game to scheme and that's what it takes. We're going to see whether the scheming works."
The series from Levin and Renegade 83 will premiere June 3. Levin promises hijinks, including one or more family members doing something to grab the attention of a celeb while said celeb is stopped at a red light. And there will be social media, with the family tweeting up a storm and appearing on TMZ shows and its website.
"We wanted to take a family that had no connection whatsoever to Hollywood and use the principles we've seen over the last nine years and see if they can pull it off. I don't know if they will or won't," Levin said.
TMZ will "give them a road map on where to go, ideas, what to do, but they have to make their own luck," he said.
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No. 22 Michigan routs Houston Baptist 107-53
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Mitch McGary pulled down a rebound and began dribbling, his teammates calmly finding their spots on the floor while the 6-foot-10 big man showed off his point guard skills.
After a brief pause, McGary kept right on going, all the way to the basket for a three-point play.
"Any time he gets a rebound, and he's just going by himself, we're OK with that," Michigan guard Nik Stauskas said. "I don't think anyone wants to step in front of him."
McGary had 12 points, nine rebounds and six assists, and No. 22 Michigan overwhelmed Houston Baptist 107-53 on Saturday, reaching its highest point total in over 15 years. Stauskas scored 17 of his 25 points in the first half, when the Wolverines were nearly flawless on the offensive end.
Michigan (6-3) bounced back quickly from a loss at Duke. The Wolverines led 60-34 at halftime after shooting 68 percent from the field — 10 of 16 from 3-point range — and committing only one turnover.
The Wolverines ended up tying a school record for 3-pointers with 16.
Glenn Robinson III scored 17 points for Michigan, which picked Houston Baptist's zone apart and punished the Huskies (3-6) in transition. Michigan had not scored this many points since a 112-64 win over Indiana on Feb. 22, 1998.
Rob Lewis and Ricmonds Vilde scored 10 points each for Houston Baptist.
"We came in and played quite a bit of zone in the first half and Stauskas was shooting right over the top of our shorter wings," Houston Baptist coach Ron Cottrell said. "So we went to man and I think it was more effective for us to make them run their man offense."
About the only anxious moment for Michigan came with 16:44 left in the game, when McGary took a hard fall near the basket and appeared to hurt his right leg. But he was able to get up and made a point of running hard to the bench when a replacement entered the game. When he got back to the sideline, McGary began waving his arms and the crowd responded.
He was back in the game less than two minutes later.
"Mitch would be unique," Michigan coach John Beilein said. "We've got to embrace his strengths, while we just clean up things that are really important to helping us be a good team."
McGary went from one end of the court to the other for his three-point play with 9:04 to go. Moments later, he pulled off a similar effort, but this time McGary found Stauskas in the corner for a 3-pointer and an 89-43 lead.
"I'd like to keep doing it as long as I don't turn the ball over," McGary said. "You don't really see guys doing it my size, but it's just what comes natural."
It's been an uneven start to the season for the Wolverines, who lost guards Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway Jr. to the NBA. In Tuesday's 79-69 loss to Duke, Stauskas was held to four points and attempted only two shots from the field.
"Obviously the Duke game, it was a struggle for all of us, pretty much," Stauskas said. "To get back out here and hit some shots and get a win, that definitely helps with our confidence."
Against Houston Baptist, Michigan had no trouble finding open shots. McGary led the fast break a couple times early in the game, making a nice pass to Stauskas for a dunk on one transition opportunity.
The Huskies shot terrifically early, but it was no use with Michigan scoring seemingly at will. At one point, Houston Baptist was 9 of 12 from the field and 3 of 4 from 3-point range — but still trailed by 10. Stauskas and Robinson made back-to-back 3-pointers to make it 29-19, and another 3 by Stauskas made it 43-23.
Robinson, who has had a quiet season so far, dunked just before the buzzer to stretch Michigan's lead to 26 at halftime. It was a remarkable margin considering Houston Baptist was shooting 67 percent from the field and had gone 4 of 6 from 3-point range.


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In a stunning act of generosity, Kenny Thompson — a father from Houston, Texas — has paid off the outstanding lunch debts of all of the children at a local elementary school where he mentors and tutors students. He was inspired to step up after reading about the school in Salt Lake City, Utah that recently garnered national attention after school board officials seized and threw out the lunches of up to 40 children because the students had unpaid balances on their lunch money accounts.
Speaking with local news station KSDK, Thompson explained how he came to the decision, saying, "I'm like, 'Wow. I know that's probably a situation at my school, and the school my son goes to, and the other schools I mentor at.' So I came in and inquired about it."
What Thompson discovered was that many students were subsisting on "reduced lunches" of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches because their parents were unable to cover the price of hot lunch.
"These are elementary school kids," Thompson told KSDK. "They don't need to be worried about finances. They need to be worried about what grade they got in spelling."
Rather than uselessly tsk the actions of the school system (not that it doesn't deserve a good tsking), Thompson put his money where his mouth is and forked over $465 to cover the debts of over 60 students.
Hats off to Kenny! Now, let's brainstorm a system that doesn't ever leave poor school kids hungry.
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I was struck by these words describing our situation in America, with a foreign agent acting as president, and the full capitulation of the government:
So the issue of the Birther forgeries was literally an operation coming from the operatives inside the Obama camp in their hired contractors. Just as Mockingbird was active in the JFK conspiracies, the same back fire was lit in the Birther issue in those forgeries. Inflame an issue with enough ludicrous forgeries, rough up Lt. Col. Terry Lakin for having an Asian wife, and allow the psychotic to act out with full protection of the police state, and the masses will never gell to impeach Obama, as the fight will be turned to how deranged the Patriots are…
Notice how the fundamental constitutional issue of natural born citizenship, Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 got marginalized by the intentional creation of the "Birther forgeries" and then ridicule "Birthers', who were nothing more than Americans who know that the Constitution is supposed to rule. And we knew from the constitution and a few other places by doing our own research of the unconstitutionality of the man calling himself Obama without ever discussing the birth certificate. Elections had to be stolen, especially in 2012, and will be in 2016 for the same reason.
That basic violation of the Constitution throws a lot out the window, and perhaps that is the basic reason for the lawlessness of this administration and the
tumble trickle-down effect on federal, state, and local agencies of government. At one of the highest level in our government—the Executive–the laws of the United States are not implemented, whole branches of government are ignored or cut-out of decision-making, free speech is ignored or punished, and wholesale assaults on the freedoms which are guaranteed by our Constitution regularly occur with the very foundation of governance undermined and ultimately replaced.
Both the Judiciary and Congress have taken over control of certain areas, and left others alone, which benefit their financial and political interests. The common motivator is money and power–things of the human sphere–even if within their system there are fierce internal rivalries. They think they can buy a Stairway to Heaven, or rule the world, or even save themselves from certain change, wayyyyy beyond "global warming".
…Sound Familiar?
The example set at the federal level is that you can violate the law and get away with it…thinking Lois Lerner, Eric Holder, that Congress won't pay attention to it or will give it lip service, and that free speech is not respected nor is the public opinion. For the first time in history the federal government has outwardly declared war on the citizens, at least the ones who call themselves patriots, veterans, Christians, constitutionalists, and… (name your favorite traditional American Organization here…)
Use this thread to check out your state, county, and local level governments and their ability to follow the rule of law. How are they governed? Who are they actually governed by? How are our institutions changing?
How deep does it go?
Open thread, in addition to the request above!


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Debian 10 buster released
After 25 months of development the Debian project is proud to present its new stable version 10 (code name buster), which will be supported for the next 5 years thanks to the combined work of the Debian Security team and of the Debian Long Term Support team.
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Debian GNU/Linux 10 Buster Operating System Officially Released
Debian GNU/Linux 10 "Buster" Operating System Officially Released, Download Now
The Debian Project has officially announce today the release and general availability of the Debian GNU/Linux 10 "Buster" operating system series as the new stable version of Debian.
More than two years in development, Debian Buster or Debian 10 has now been declared stable, available for download for all supported architectures, and ready for deployment in production environments. It's a major release that brings numerous updated components and lots of new features and improvements.
"After 25 months of development the Debian project is proud to present its new stable version 10 (code name buster), which will be supported for the next 5 years thanks to the combined work of the Debian Security team and of the Debian Long Term Support team," reads the release announcement.
LWN and It's FOSS on Debian Release
Debian 10 ("Buster") has been released
Debian version 10, code named "Buster", has been released.
Debian 10 Buster Released! Here are the New Features
The GNOME desktop which was 1.3.22 in Debian Stretch is updated to 1.3.30 in Buster. Some of the new packages included in this GNOME desktop release are gnome-todo, tracker instead of tracker-gui, dependency against gstreamer1.0-packagekit so there is automatic codec installation for playing movies etc. The big move has been all packages being moved from libgtk2+ to libgtk3+ .
Bits from Debian: Debian 10 "buster" has been released!
Debian 10 "buster" has been released!
You've always dreamt of a faithful pet? He is here, and his name is Buster! We're happy to announce the release of Debian 10, codenamed buster.
Want to install it? Choose your favourite installation media and read the installation manual. You can also use an official cloud image directly on your cloud provider, or try Debian prior to installing it using our "live" images.
2 Ways to Upgrade Debian 9 Stretch to Debian 10 Buster (GUI & Terminal)
Jonathan Wiltshire's Take
Jonathan Wiltshire: Testing in Teams
The Debian CD images are subjected to a battery of tests before release, even more so when the release is a major new version. Debian has volunteers all over the world testing images as they come off the production line, but it can be a lonely task.
Daisy and George Help Debian
After 25 Months, Debian 10 'buster' Released
After 25 Months, Debian 10 'buster' Released
"After 25 months of development the Debian project is proud to present its new stable version 10 (code name 'buster'), which will be supported for the next 5 years thanks to the combined work of the Debian Security team and of the Debian Long Term Support team."
Debian 10 "buster" Released, After 2 Years of Continuous Dev
Debian 10 "buster" Released, After 2 Years of Continuous Development
As promised by Debian project in the last month mailing list, the new stable version of Debina 10 "Buster" has been released on July 06th 2019, after 25 months of development.
It's Long Term Support (LTS) release and will be supported for the next 5 years.
This new release contains totally over 57703 packages, over 35532 software packages has been updated to latest version (It is 62% of all packages in stretch), it includes over 13370 new packages.
Also, removed over 7278 packages for various reasons from the distribution (It is 13% of the packages in stretch).
Debian: repository changed its 'Suite' value from 'testing'
Debian: repository changed its 'Suite' value from 'testing' to 'stable'
Debian 10 (Buster) was released two hours ago.
Sam Varghese's coverage
Debian releases version 10, Buster, with full secure boot support
The Debian GNU/Linux Project has released version 10 of its community Linux distribution, with Buster, as the release is named, having hit the download servers after 25 months of development.
A statement from the project said secure boot was now fully supported for amd64, i386 and arm64 architectures and should work out of the box on most secure boot-enabled machines.
More than 91% of the source packages included will build bit-for-bit identical binary packages.
"This is an important verification feature which protects users against malicious attempts to tamper with compilers and build networks," the statement, put out by Debian press team member Donald Norwood, said.
"Future Debian releases will include tools and metadata so that end-users can validate the provenance of packages within the archive."
Liam's Coverage
Debian 10 "Buster" has finally been released
Like other distributions, you don't need to install Debian right away. It has a "live" image you can stick on a USB, to test it without making any changes on your computer.
For those unaware, Debian is what both Ubuntu (so also Mint, elementary OS, KDE neon and many more) and SteamOS base themselves upon, so the work that goes into Debian affects a great many other distributions.
If you're not upgrading right away, rest assured that Debian 9 "Stretch" is still supported and will continue to be for 12 months with the Debian Security Team, after which it will be handed over to the Debian LTS team.
Phoronix's Michael Larabel already covers next Debian release...
Debian 11 "Bullseye" Cycle Prepares To Begin Long Journey
Now that Debian 10 "Buster" shipped, Debian developers are preparing already to kickoff the Debian 11 "Bullseye" development and begin with uploading new packages for this next major release of Debian GNU/Linux.
Assuming their release cycle remains roughly similar, Debian 11.0 won't be released until around summer 2021. It will certainly be interesting to see what this cycle holds besides the usual gathering of a slew of updated and new packages. It will be interesting to see if RISC-V or any other alternative architectures get promoted this cycle. It will also be interesting if Debian 11 sticks to GNOME Shell + Wayland as the default desktop experience.
Debian GNU Hurd 2019 Released With An ACPI Translator, Support For LLVM
In addition to the release of Debian 10.0 "Buster" this weekend, the team maintaining the Debian port to the GNU Hurd micro-kernel did their unofficial "2019" release.
Debian GNU/Hurd 2019 isn't an official Debian project release but remains an unofficial port. The Debian GNU/Hurd 2019 release is based on Debian Sid sources at the time of Buster's release, meaning the packages are largely the same. Debian GNU Hurd 2019 is just available for the i386 architecture and roughly 80% of Debian's massive package archive can be built for Hurd.
Bullseye's Message
Bits from the Release Team: ride like the wind, Bullseye!
Hi, Shortly before the end of the 6th July, we released Debian 10, "buster". There are too many people who should be thanked for their work on getting us to this point to list them all individually, and we would be sure to miss some. Nevertheless, we would like to particularly thank the installer team, the buildd and ftp teams, the CD team, the publicity team, the webmasters, the Release Notes editors, porters and all the bug squashers, NMUers, package maintainers and translators who have contributed to making buster a great release of which we should all be proud. First point release =================== As for stretch, we anticipate that the first point release for buster will occur in approximately one month's time. Please co-ordinate fixes which you would like to see included in the point release with the Stable Release Managers (SRMs) via a "pu" bug against the release.debian.org pseudopackage, including a debdiff of the current and proposed source packages. Remember to use reportbug unless you enjoy crafting the metadata by hand. No binary maintainer uploads for bullseye ========================================= The release of buster also means the bullseye release cycle is about to begin. From now on, we will no longer allow binaries uploaded by maintainers to migrate to testing. This means that you will need to do source-only uploads if you want them to reach bullseye. Q: I already did a binary upload, do I need to do a new (source-only) upload? A: Yes (preferably with other changes, not just a version bump). Q: I needed to do a binary upload because my upload went to the NEW queue, do I need to do a new (source-only) upload for it to reach bullseye? A: Yes. We also suggest going through NEW in experimental instead of unstable where possible, to avoid disruption in unstable. Q: Does this also apply to contrib and non-free? A: No. Not all packages in contrib and non-free can be built on the buildds, so maintainer uploads will still be allowed to migrate for packages outside main. All autopkgtest failures considered RC for bullseye =================================================== From now on, all autopkgtest failures will be considered release-critical for bullseye. So if your package has failing autopkgtests, now is a good time to start looking for a fix. Start working on bullseye ========================= With the start of the bullseye release cycle, you can now upload to unstable those changes you've been holding off during the freeze. Please do not rush to upload everything all at once, in order to manage load on the buildds etc. Automatic testing migration is not yet re-enabled, but that will happen during the next few days. As with buster, we would ask that you co-ordinate particularly large transitions or changes; if your plans involve major toolchain changes or otherwise have the potential to cause problems in unstable for a long time (e.g. due to FTBFS issues), please talk to us. We know that there are a large number of changes which have been waiting for the release to happen and we're keen not to stand in the way of those but would also like to avoid a number of larger transitions becoming entangled. That's it for now; it is time for the celebrations to begin, whether at a Release Party[1] or otherwise. :-) 1: https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyBuster For the release team: -- Jonathan Wiltshire firstname.lastname@example.com Debian Developer http://people.debian.org/~jmw 4096R: 0xD3524C51 / 0A55 B7C5 1223 3942 86EC 74C3 5394 479D D352 4C51
Debian GNU/Hurd 2019 released
Debian GNU/Hurd 2019 released!
It is with huge pleasure that the Debian GNU/Hurd team announces the release of Debian GNU/Hurd 2019. This is a snapshot of Debian "sid" at the time of the stable Debian "stretch" release (July 2019), so it is mostly based on the same sources. It is not an official Debian release, but it is an official Debian GNU/Hurd port release. The installation ISO images can be downloaded from cdimage (https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/10.0/hurd-i386/) in the usual three Debian flavors: NETINST, CD, or DVD. Besides the friendly Debian installer, a pre-installed disk image is also available, making it even easier to try Debian GNU/Hurd. The easiest way to run it is inside a VM such as qemu (https://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install) Debian GNU/Hurd is currently available for the i386 architecture with about 80% of the Debian archive, and more to come! * An ACPI translator is available, it is currently only used to shut down the system. * The LwIP TCP/IP stack is now available as an option. * A PCI arbiter has been introduced, and will be useful to properly manage PCI access, as well as provide fine-grain hardware access. * Support for LLVM was introduced. * The LwIP TCP/IP stack is now available as an option. * New optimisations include protected payloads, better paging management and message dispatch, and gsync synchronization. Please make sure to read the configuration information (https://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install), the FAQ (http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/faq.html) (or its latest version ()http://darnassus.sceen.net/~hurd-web/faq/), and the translator primer (http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd/documentation/translator_primer.html) to get a grasp of the great features of GNU/Hurd. We would like to thank all the people who have worked on GNU/Hurd (http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/history.html) in the past. There were not many people at any given time (and still not many people today, please join (http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/contributing.html)!), but in the end a lot of people have contributed one way or the other. Thanks everybody!
Debian 10 Buster is here (GNU/Linux OS with 5 years of support)
Debian 10 Buster is here (GNU/Linux OS with 5 years of support)
Now the Debian team has released Debian 10, code-named Buster.
The free and open source operating system includes thousands of new software packages, a new display manager enabled by default, support for UEFI Secure Boot, and many other changes. And Debian 10 will be officially supported for 5 years.
Among other things, Debian 10 uses the Wayland display server by default instead of Xorg, although Xorg is still installed and users can switch to it if they want/need to.
AppArmor is also now enabled by default, providing tighter security.
Andy Simpkins: Debian Buster Release
Andy Simpkins: Debian Buster Release
I spent all day smoke testing the install images for yesterday's (this mornings – gee just after midnight local so we still had 11 hours to spare) Debian GNU/Linux 10.0.0 "Buster" release.
This year we had our "Biglyest test matrix ever"[0], 111 tests were completed at the point the release images were signed and the ftp team pushed the button. Although more tests were reported to have taken place in IRC we had a total of 9 people completing tests called for in the wiki test matrix.
We also had a large number of people in irc during the image test phase of the release – peeking at 117…
Steve kindly hosted his front room a few of us – using a local mirror[1] of the images so our VM tests have the image available as an NFS share really speeds things up! Between the 4 of us here in Cambridge we were testing on a total of 14 different machines, mainly AMD64, a couple of "only i386 capable laptops" and 3 entirely different ARM64 machines! (Mustang, Synquacer, & MacchiatoBin).
Debian 10 'Buster' Linux-based operating system
Debian 10 'Buster' Linux-based operating system finally available for download
Debian is one of the most important operating systems, as so many other Linux distributions (such as Ubuntu) are based on it. In other words, it is part of the foundation that holds up many distros. With that said, it is a great operating system in its own right -- many folks depend on it daily.
Today, Debian reaches a significant milestone -- version 10. Yes, Debian is finally in the double digits. Believe it or not, development of Debian 10 (code-named "Buster") took more than two years! In fact, more than 60 percent of all packages have been updated since its predecessor. Probably the most significant update, however, is Wayland finally being the new default display server for the GNOME desktop environment.
Debian 10 'Buster' Released After 2 Years + Screenshots
Debian 10 'Buster' Released After 2 Years Development
Debian is one of the most important Linux distributions for the Linux community. Most popular Linux distros are based on Debian including Ubuntu that most of us use.
Debian team has released the most awaited release — Debian 10 "Buster". It came up after 25 months of development. Because of such a long time development, over 62% of packages have received updated versions and includes over 13370 new packages in the repositories.
So these were some big highlights from newly released Debian 10 "Buster". You can read the release note for the complete list of changes in Debian 10.
The best way to know all the features is by trying it yourself. Download Debian 10 live USB image. You can install it using the Calamares installer or standard Debian installer.
Debian 10 (Buster) Installation Steps with Screenshots
Debian Project has released its latest and stable operating system as Debian 10, code name for Debian 10 is "Buster", this release will get 5 years of support. Debian 10 is available for both 32-bit and 64-bit systems. This release comes with lot of new features,
Debian 10 Buster Video
Debian 10 Buster
Today we are celebrating the release of Debian Buster, aka 10.0. It is released on the 7th of July 2019 and in this review, we will mainly look at the Gnome Release, even though it is also available in KDE, Cinnamon, LXDE, LXQt, MATE and XFCE. I chose the Gnome edition as it is the default Desktop Environment for Debian 10.0 but I will have a look at some of the others in the future as well.
The Gnome edition comes with Gnome 3.30, which also means no desktop icons, but you can enable it with a Gnome Extensions, look here. It comes by default with Wayland, however, a person can choose a Xorg session or a Gnome Classic session in the login manager. It uses about 1.1GB of ram when idling and Linux Kernel 4.19. Enjoy!
Debian 10.0 Buster Run Through
In this video, we are looking at Debian 10.0 Buster, the Gnome edition.
This morning's coverage about Debian 10 "Buster" and "Bullseye"
Debian 10 "Buster" Released
It is a stable version and is based on Linux Kernel 4.19. It will use Wayland display server instead of Xorg.
The UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) support which was first introduced in Debian 7 has been improved in the latest version of Debian. Users should no longer need to disable Secure Boot support in the firmware configuration as Secure Boot support is included in this release for amd64, i386 and arm64 architectures which will work out of the box on most Secure Boot-enabled machines. It will feature more than 59,000 other ready-to-use software packages, built from nearly 29,000 source packages. Debian can be installed in 76 languages.
Debian 10 is here with updated software and enhancements
The Debian Project announces the release of Debian 10, codenamed buster, with five years of support.
Let's learn more about Debian before discussing its new features and changes. Debian is a free-to-use operating system that comes with a variety of other software packages that are free as well. Many popular operating systems, including Kali Linux and Ubuntu, are based on Debian.
The highly anticipated Debian 10 release took two years in the making. Accordingly, it has a lot of new stuff to offer, which we will discuss later. Also, the makers have termed this release as 'stable,' so you can start downloading it on its supported architectures or using it in production environments.
Linux Weekly Roundup #33
We also know that Debian 11 will have the codename Bullseye.
The Perfect Server - Debian 10 (Buster)
The Perfect Server - Debian 10 (Buster) with Apache, BIND, Dovecot, PureFTPD and ISPConfig 3.1
This tutorial shows how to prepare a Debian 10 server (with Apache2, BIND, Dovecot) for the installation of ISPConfig 3.1. The web hosting control panel ISPConfig 3 allows you to configure the following services through a web browser: Apache web server, Postfix mail server, Dovecot IMAP/POP3 server, MySQL, BIND nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more.
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols on Debian release
Debian 10 'Buster' Linux arrives
Debian, the most important, truly independent Linux distribution, has just released Debian 10 "Buster".
Apart from Debian, there are many important community Linux distros such as Fedora, which is the foundation for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and CentOS and openSUSE, which is SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)'s bedrock. Debian, however, stands alone. Its support comes purely from its community of users, not a company. At the same time, it is the core operating system for other important Linux distributions such as Canonical's Ubuntu. This means any Debian release is a big deal.
That's not to say Debian is a cutting-edge Linux. It's not. If you want the bleeding edge, you want Fedora. But if stability is what you value, Debian is for you. For example, while the Linux 5.2 kernel has just been released, Debian 10 comes with October 2018's Linux kernel 4.19.
Debian also supports no fewer than 10 different hardware architectures. These are: 64-bit Intel; 32-bit Intel; Motorola/IBM PowerPC; 64-bit IBM S/390 mainframe; both 32-bit ARM, and 64-bit ARM; and the almost obsolete 32-bit MIPS and 64-bit MIPS architectures.
Buster also comes with better Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) support for the x86 32 and 64-bit architectures and ARM 64-bit. With this, Debian should work out of the box on most Secure Boot-enabled machines.
Andy Simpkins: Buster Release Party – Cambridge, UK
Andy Simpkins: Buster Release Party – Cambridge, UK
With the release of Debian GNU/Linux 10.0.0 "Buster" completing in the small hours of yesterday morning (0200hrs UTC or thereabouts) most of the 'release parties' had already been and gone…. Not so for the Cambridge contingent who had scheduled a get together for the Sunday [0], knowing that various attendees would have been working on the release until the end.
The Sunday afternoon saw a gathering in the Haymakers pub to celebrate a successful release. We would publicly like to thank the Raspberry Pi foundation [1], and Mythic Beasts [2] who between them picked up the tab for our bar bill – Cheers and thank you!
Jonathan Wiltshire's "topical nightmares"
Too close?
At times of stress I'm prone to topical nightmares, but they are usually fairly mundane – last night, for example, I dreamed that I'd mixed up bullseye and bookworm in one of the announcements of future code names.
More somewhat belated coverage of Debian 10 'Buster' release
Debian 10 'Buster' Linux released
Debian, one of the longest-running Linux distributions around, has officially launched its tenth stable version: Debian 10 'Buster,' continuing the naming theme of characters from the Toy Story series of films.
First released in 1993 by founder Ian Murdoch, and named for him and his wife Deb, Debian has grown to become one of the most popular Linux distributions around - in no small part thanks to acting as the upstream distribution for Canonical's Ubuntu Linux and its multifarious derivatives, as well as the Raspbian Linux distribution created for the Raspberry Pi family of single-board computers.
Debian 10 'Buster,' the latest stable release, comes just over two years after Debian 9 'Stretch' - both continuing a naming convention going back to Debian 1.1 'Buzz,' taking character names from the Toy Story film series. It also comes with a major shift from the norm: When installed with the popular GNOME desktop, Debian 10 defaults to using the next-generation Wayland display server in place of the venerable Xorg - thanks to what the team describes as 'a simpler and more modern design, which has advantages for security.' Other desktop environments are also available, including KDE Plasma, Cinnamon, MATE, LXDE, LXQt, and Xfce.
Steve Kemp's upgrade experience
Upgraded my first host to buster
I upgrade the first of my personal machines to Debian's new stable release, buster, yesterday. So far two minor niggles, but nothing major.
My hosts are controlled, sometimes, by puppet. The puppet-master is running stretch and has puppet 4.8.2 installed.
Upgrade To Debian 10 From Debian 9 Stretch
Upgrade To Debian 10 From Debian 9 Stretch
Debian 10 codename Buster is already has been released few days ago. It was released on July 6, 2019. Debian 10 is a LTS version and it will be supported for 5 years.
In this post, we will show you how to upgrade to Debian 10 from Debian 9 Stretch operating system.
Debian 10 "Buster" Released with Download Links, Mirrors
Debian 10 "Buster" Released with Download Links, Mirrors, and Torrents
Debian 10 "Buster" released at 6 July 2019 with Long Term Support (LTS) lifespan of 5 years and 7 different desktop environments. Now, the Live Editions are available with Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE, XFCE, LXDE, LXQt, and MATE user interfaces. I listed here only the DVD versions and divided them into two architectures 32-bit and 64-bit. I also listed below the Checksums and where to get the Source Code ISOs. This is a compilation of all Debian 10 official download links including several mirrors and torrents. Happy downloading!
Debian 10 codenamed 'buster' released, along w/ Debian GNU/Hurd
Debian 10 codenamed 'buster' released, along with Debian GNU/Hurd 2019 as a port
Two days ago, the team behind Debian announced the release of Debian stable version 10 (codename – 'buster'), which will be supported for the next 5 years. Debian 10 will use the Wayland display server by default, includes over 91% of source reproducible projects, and ships with several desktop applications and environments.
Yesterday, Debian also released the GNU/Hurd 2019, which is a port release. It is currently available for the i386 architecture with about 80% of the Debian archive.
Debian Buster Arrives
Debian Buster Arrives
The Debian community has announced the release of Debian 10 "Buster." Debian is one of the most popular GNU/Linux-based distributions. Buster will be supported for the next five years.
Buster ships with several desktop environments including, Cinnamon 3.8, GNOME 3.30, KDE Plasma 5.14, LXDE 0.99.2, LXQt 0.14, MATE 1.20, and Xfce 4.12. In this release, GNOME will default to using the Wayland display server instead of Xorg. "The Xorg display server is still installed by default and the default display manager allows users to choose Xorg as the display server for their next session," said Debian community in a blog post.
The Reproducible Builds project enabled Debian developers to build bit-for-bit identical binary packages of the open-source packages available in Debian 10. "This is an important verification feature, which protects users against malicious attempts to tamper with compilers and build networks. Future Debian releases will include tools and metadata so that end-users can validate the provenance of packages within the archive," said the blog post.
Upload to Debian with just 'git tag' and 'git push'
At a sprint over the weekend, Ian Jackson and I designed and implemented a system to make it possible for Debian Developers to upload new versions of packages by simply pushing a specially formatted git tag to salsa (Debian's GitLab instance). That's right: the only thing you will have to do to cause new source and binary packages to flow out to the mirror network is sign and push a git tag.
Debian 10 "Buster" released
Debian 10 "Buster" released
The Debian community has announced the release of Debian 10 "Buster." Buster will be supported for the next five years. Buster ships with several desktop environments including, Cinnamon 3.8, GNOME 3.30, KDE Plasma 5.14, LXDE 0.99.2, LXQt 0.14, MATE 1.20, and Xfce 4.12. Buster supports a total of ten architectures, including 64-bit PC / Intel EM64T / x86-64 (amd64), 32-bit PC / Intel IA-32 (i386), 64-bit little-endian Motorola/IBM PowerPC (ppc64el), 64-bit IBM S/390 (s390x), ARMel, and more. Buster can be downloaded from the official Debian page.
Debian and code names
Debian and code names
Debian typically uses code names to refer to its releases, starting with the Toy Story character names used (mostly) instead of numbers. The "Buster" release is due on July 6 and you will rarely hear it referred to as "Debian 10". There are some other code names used for repository (or suite) names in the Debian infrastructure; "stable", "testing", "unstable", "oldstable", and sometimes even "oldoldstable" are all used as part of the sources for the APT packaging tool. But code names of any sort are hard to keep track of; a discussion on the debian-devel mailing list looks at moving away from, at least, some of the repository code names.
The issue was raised by Ansgar Burchardt, who wondered if it made sense to move away from the stable, unstable, and testing suite names in the sources.list file used by APT. Those labels, except for unstable, change the release they are pointing at when a new release gets made. Currently stable points to "Jessie Stretch" (Debian 9), while testing points to Buster. Soon, stable will point to Buster, testing will point at "Bullseye", which will become Debian 11.
He asked about using the release code names directly, instead, so that pointing a system at Stretch would continue to get packages from that release. But he also thought it would be nice to completely route around the code names, which "confuse people".
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Measurement and Calibration Protocol XCP – Fundamentals
Development engineers and technicians benefit from high-performance standards and tools for optimal parameterization of ECUs. Such standards and tools must enable flexible read and write access to variables or memory contents. The CAN Calibration Protocol (CCP) – an OEM-independent standard – was developed for this purpose back in the 1990s. At that time, CAN was the sole dominant system for in-vehicle networking.
As automotive electronics continued to develop, additional bus systems such as LIN, MOST and FlexRay came into use. Because it was restricted to the CAN bus, CCP reached its limits, and this led to the development of the XCP protocol.
Standardization by ASAM and Benefits
Like CCP, the "Universal Measurement and Calibration Protocol" (XCP) originated from the "Association for Standardization of Automation and Measuring Systems" (ASAM) and was standardized in the year 2003. Vector played a key role in its release.
The "X" stands for the variable and interchangeable transport layer. To satisfy needs for a universal communication solution in a wide variety of applications, the ASAM working group gave special attention to the following criteria:
- Support of a variety of transport layers such as CAN, FlexRay, Ethernet, SPI, SCI, USB, etc.
- Better resource utilization in the ECU (dynamic DAQ lists)
- Synchronous data stimulation (bypassing)
- Support of start-up measurement (Resume mode)
- Optimized communication by block transfer
- Polling of XCP functions available in the ECU (plug & play)
- More precise measurement data acquisition by measuring time stamps in the ECU (Slave) (Slave)
As a two-layer protocol, it consistently splits the XCP protocol from the transport layers, and it takes a Single-Master/Multi-Slave approach.
Protocol Layer and Transport Layers
XCP is capable of utilizing the same protocol layer based on different transport layers. This protocol is a universal measurement and calibration protocol that operates independently of the type of network that is used. ASAM defines the following standard transport layers (Status October 2016):
- XCP on CAN and CAN FD
- XCP on SxI (SPI, SCI)
- XCP on Ethernet (TCP/IP and UDP/IP)
- XCP on USB
- XCP on FlexRay
Single-Master / Multi-Slave Concept
The measurement and calibration system assumes the role of XCP master, while the ECU operates as a slave. The master and slave each communicate over the integrated XCP driver. There is an ECU description file (in A2L format) for each slave, which – among other things – specifies associations between symbolic variable names and their address ranges, physical meanings of the data and the checksum method used. The XCP master can read out all necessary information from these A2L description files.
In communication via XCP, a distinction is made between the "Command Transfer Object" (CTO) and the "Data Transfer Object" (DTO). For example, the master might send a command to the ECU over the bus by CTO, and the ECU acknowledges over the same pathway after executing the requested service. Available CTOs are: CMD (Command), RES (Response), ERR (Error), EV (Event) and SERV (Service Request Processor). The DAQ (Data Acquisition) and STIM (Stimulation) data transfer objects are used for event-driven reading of measurement variables from the XCP slave's memory or writing values to memory.
Measuring & Calibrating Throughout the Development Process
In measuring and calibrating with XCP, the specific environment in which the code or model (Simulink, rapid prototyping hardware, HIL, SIL, etc.) is run is irrelevant. That is, in optimizing the control algorithms for the ECU, you can use one and the same tool, always performing similar work steps. This makes configurations, measurement data and description files usable and interchangeable throughout the development process.
An XCP Master, such as CANape, is capable of communicating with different XCP slaves simultaneously. They include:
- ECUs or ECU prototypes
- Measurement and calibration hardware such as debug interfaces or memory emulators
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The XCP standard was developed with crucial input by Vector, whose extensive know-how and experience also flowed into comprehensive support of the measurement and calibration protocol:
CANape is primarily used for optimal parameterization (calibration) of electronic control units. You can calibrate parameter values during the system's runtime and simultaneously acquire measured signals. The physical connection between CANape and the ECU is over XCP (for all standardized transport protocols like XCP on Ethernet, FlexRay, CAN, etc.) or over CCP.
A complete tool chain for generating and managing the necessary A2L description files (ASAP2 Tool-Set and CANape with integrated ASAP2 Studio).
ASAP2 Tool-Set and CANape
The option .AMD/XCP extends CANoe by adding the ability to access ECU memory. Reading or writing to memory locations in the ECU is performed via the ASAM standardized XCP protocol (XCP on CAN, XCP onEthernet) or CCP protocol. Configuration is conveniently done with files in A2L format.
ECU Interfaces
The VX1000 measurement and calibration hardware offers the option of equipping ECUs with an XCP-on-Ethernet interface. This involves connecting a Plug on Device (POD) to the ECU for direct access to the controller, e.g. over DAP, JTAG, Nexus, etc. The POD transmits the data to a base module, which operates as an XCP Slave and provides the data to the XCP Master on the PC over XCP on Ethernet.
Embedded Software
Communication modules with separate transport layers for CAN, FlexRay and Ethernet
XCP Basic – free download, only contains basic XCP functions. Configuration of the XCP protocol and modification of the transport layer are performed manually in the source code. You need to integrate XCP Basic in your project yourself.
XCP Professional – contains useful extensions to the ASAM specification and enables tool-based configuration. Available for Vector CANbedded basic software.
MICROSAR XCP – contains the functional features of XCP Professional and is based on AUTOSAR specifications. Available for Vector MICROSAR basic software.
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XCP Training
Fundamentals Seminar
The goal of this seminar is to explain the mechanisms and models that form the foundation of XCP.
- Introduction to Fundamentals of the XCP Protocol
- Models for Synchronous Data Transfer
- Models for Calibrating
- Interface Specifications
- Special Aspects of the XCP Transport Layer
- Example Communication Sequences
2020-12-03 Product DescriptionVX0312 Fact Sheet
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2020-10-22 Product DescriptionVX1000 System Components Poster
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Two soldiers have died in incidents in southern Afghanistan.
The Ministry of Defence said next of kin of both have been informed, and it is expected they will be named on Saturday.
The first death was that of a soldier from the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. The MoD said the death at Camp Bastion in Helmand province was not thought to be the result of hostile action, though an investigation into the circumstances is continuing.
The member of 104 Force Support Battalion was attached to 4 Close Support Battalion, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME).
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Parry, spokesman for Joint Force Support (Afghanistan), said: "The condolences of all personnel serving with Joint Force Support (Afghanistan) are with the soldier's family and friends at this extremely difficult time."
Later on Friday, the MoD announced the death of a soldier from 28 Engineer Regiment, attached to 21 Engineer Regiment at Forward Operating Base Shawqat, Helmand province.
A spokesman said: "The soldier was involved in a shooting incident at a forward operating base in the district of Nad-e Ali. A full investigation is ongoing and the circumstances are not being treated as a hostile action."
Spokesman for Task Force Helmand, Major Laurence Roche, said: "I am very sorry to report the death of a soldier serving with 21 Engineer Regiment who was involved in a shooting incident at Forward Operating Base Shawqat.
"This is a tragic day for everyone serving with Task Force Helmand in Afghanistan as we mourn this sad loss of life. Our thoughts are with the soldier's family and friends during their time of grief and loss."
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Liverpool 5-0 – Swansea City – Premier League – 17th February 2013
Liverpool brought to an end their five-game winless run with a thumping 5-0 thrashing of Swansea on Sunday afternoon.
Penalty goals from Steven Gerrard and Daniel Sturridge book-ended a stroll in the park for the home side, with new-signing Philippe Coutinho getting on the scoresheet at the start of the second period and goals from Jose Enrique and Luis Suarez completing the mauling.
To be fair to Michael Laudrup, the Swans were without the likes of Michu, Ashley Williams, Angel Rangel, Wayne Routledge and Nathan Dyer, who were all on the subs bench ahead of next weekend's Captial One Cup final.
However, despite Swansea's weakend first 11, Liverpool impressed with a vibrant and flowing display. The only negative ont he day for Brendan Rodgers was the injury to Fabio Borini, which puts the Italian out of action for the rest of the season.
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Designing a responsive project using Adobe Captivate gives you the
Create an immersive learning experience for your learners and make learning interesting and interactive.
A Fluid Box is a layout mode that provides the arrangement of objects on a slide so that the objects behave predictably when the slide accommodates different screen sizes and devices. A Fluid Box is an easy to use layout model for e-learning designers. You can lay out child objects in any direction and have
A Fluid Box container expands the objects to fill available free
In Captivate, you can either insert a Fluid Box layout vertically or horizontally in a responsive project. Depending on the screen size, the objects in a Fluid Box container grow or shrink without compromising the screen width.
You can add Fluid Boxes the big button bar.
- Horizontal Fluid Box layout
- Vertical Fluid Box layout
In this example, you create a layout with one Fluid Box with four cue balls. The view changes accordingly as you preview the project in a different device.
Padding: Padding adds space on all sides of an object. To add padding horizontally to the objects, enter the padding value in pixels. Negative values are not allowed.
Distribute Objects Equally: Click the button to ensure that all objects in a Fluid Box are equally spaced and are of the same size. For example,
Wrap point: A Wrap point is a point, which when reached, wraps or rearranges objects with a change in the device width. For example, when the wrap point is at 80%, at 80% of the device width, an object gets rearranged in the Fluid Box according to the properties defined in the Wrap options.
Wrap: Defines when and how the objects in a Fluid Box wrap or rearrange themselves when a pre-defined threshold is met. The following options are available:
In this example, you create a layout with one Fluid Box with four cue balls. The view changes accordingly as you preview the project in a different device.
After inserting the vertical layout, click any part of the layout. FB_5 is the parent that represents the entire slide container. On the Property Inspector panel, you can view the entire hierarchy of the individual Fluid Box containers.
As you highlight a Fluid Box on the stage, the appropriate Fluid Box in the hierarchy above gets highlighted as well, so that you know which Fluid Box you are working with.
If you click anywhere else, the blue handles go away. To bring them back, perform any of the following:
- Click anywhere outside the stage area and then drag the mouse onto the stage.
- Click anywhere in the staging area and select the parent Fluid Box in the Fluid Box Selector section. You can see that the handles return.
The image above represents a layout for desktops (1024x627). To check how this layout behaves in other devices, move the slider at the top to see the changes in the layout.
If you preview the project in different devices, you can see that the Fluid Box containers align themselves intelligently according to the device width.
If the text specified in a text box spills over to accommodate the change in device width, a button appears at the bottom of the text container. Click that button to see the complete text. For example, in this case, the text appears as:
You cannot copy a slide that has objects in a Fluid Box and paste it to a blank or a responsive project. As a workaround, right-click the Fluid Box, choose Select All, and paste the objects to a blank or responsive slide.
If there is a single object in a Fluid Box, you cannot resize the object. You can see the red handles around the object, which means that the object can not be resized.
You can modify the width of a Fluid Box by changing the values on the Position panel in the Property Inspector.
For example, if the width of a child Fluid Box is 33.3% of the parent Fluid Box or 341 px, you can change it to the values you want and the changes then reflect on the stage.
In the Position panel, if you enter a value that is more than the maximum allowed value, the value resets to the original value.
Hit the play button to see your content automatically change shape and form factor across the full spectrum of device sizes. See how responsive your content is on every screen size.
Click the Layout Preview button to see your content automatically wrap, scale and align across device sizes.
You can also use the same option in the Wrap properties. Change the wrap property for the Fluid Box and click the Layout Preview button to check out the new wrapping behavior.
As discussed in the previous section, a wrap point is that level, which when reached, wraps or rearranges objects with a change in the device width.
For example, when the wrap point is at 80%, at 80% of the device width, an object gets rearranged in the Fluid Box according to the properties defined in the Wrap options.
Often in e-learning projects viewed in devices, you want objects to wrap in more than one Fluid Box. While you can easily set a wrap point in one Fluid Box, the ability to set wrap points in multiple Fluid Boxes give you more flexibility while developing e-learning projects.
To set up a wrap point in Fluid Boxes, click Edit > Preferences, or press Shift+F8 to launch the Preferences dialog.
Select the Enable WrapPoint
In the project, when you add multiple Fluid Boxes and objects inside each Fluid Box, you can see that you can enable wrap points in each Fluid Box.
When you move the sliders, the objects wrap at the exact point where you had specified the wrap threshold.
To view different
cp.responsiveButtons = { //"ButtonName" : [Primary,Tablet,Mobile], "Rewind" : [true,true,false], "Backward" : [true,true,true], "Play" : [true,true,true], "Slider" : [true,true,false], "Forward" : [true,true,true], "CC" : [true,true,true], "AudioOn" : [true,false,false], "Exit" : [true,true,true], "FastForward" : [true,true,false], "TOC" : [true,true,false] };
If you want each of the playbar control buttons to appear in Primary, Tablet and Mobile views, change the above code to [true,true,true] for all the buttons. Save and close the file.
For example, if you want the "Slider" to appear only in Tablet and Mobile views, then edit the code as follows:
"Slider" : [false, true, true]
If you want a different playbar to be responsive, follow the same procedure mentioned above but copy the responsive function in the js file first.
The first preference is given to the checkboxes in skin editor. If they are not selected, then irrespective of the value of true or false that button does not appear in the playbar.
Create a single screen capture that can be used across multiple screens and devices. Adobe Captivate allows you to choose the portion of the screen capture you want to display on smaller screens.
Use manual recording when you want to pick and choose a few screenshots during the recording process.
When you record using automatic recording, Adobe Captivate captures screenshots automatically and places them on separate slides. Automatic recording is the most commonly used recording method in Adobe Captivate.
To convert the project into responsive, click File > Save As Responsive. You can see a warning message about objects not being supported in a responsive project. For more information, see Unsupported objects in HTML5.
Click Save and save your project as a responsive project. You have a new responsive project, as shown below:
In any responsive project, Captivate lets you preview your project in various devices such as Desktop, iPhone, iPad, and so on.
You can create custom preview devices in addition to the ones already provided by default.
To create a custom preview device:
To add the preview in the list of preview modes, click + near the dimension fields. You can see the following dialog:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <devicelist> <device name="Desktop" width="1024" height="627" candelete="0"/> <device name="iPhone6" width="375" height="667" candelete="0"/> <device name="iPad" width="768" height="1024" candelete="0"/> <device name="Galaxy S7" width="360" height="640" candelete="0"/> <device name="Nexus 5x" width="412" height="732" candelete="0"/> <device name="Galaxy S8" width="1000" height="1000" candelete="1"/> </devicelist>
Create content with five breakpoints:
- Desktop with a viewport of 1024x627,
- Tablet Landscape with a viewport of 896x627
- Tablet Portrait with a viewport of 768x627
- Mobile Landscape with a viewport of 667x410, and
- Mobile Portrait with a viewport of 360x460
Preview the output using play slide in respective device layouts. Publish the content as HTML5.
Adobe Captivate enables you to drag and drop objects with a seamless experience across all the three breakpoint views in responsive projects.
For information on View-specific properties of
You can view the Align panel by clicking Window > Align.
You can see sliders available at the beginning and end of each breakpoint.
By default, five breakpoints are available for you to author content.
If you create content for any device bigger than the viewport size of the mobile layout, you can increase the size by just dragging the slider.
Any size above the default viewport size would assume the next higher viewport layout.
For example, if you want to have the mobile viewport as 450x450 instead of the default values. In such a case, since this size is higher than the Mobile and lesser than Tablet, it would assume the layout of Tablet.
Smart positioning is allowed in between breakpoints. Adobe Captivate enables you to preview the projects with seamless experience in between breakpoints. In other words, users do not experience any time lag in preview of output while traversing from one view to another view in between breakpoints.
Set different backgrounds in different views through inclusion/exclusion of objects.
You can also set the device height for each layout by selecting the Device Height check box in the Property Inspector. If Device Height is selected, you can see the yellow border for each layout as shown in below screenshots for Mobile layout.
Slide Height can be linked to Device Height by clicking the link icon next to Slide Height in Properties window as shown in the screenshot below. Change the slide height for specific view or for all views.
Adobe Captivate also allows you to customize the height of viewport as per the device height.
Viewport height is the page layout height for Primary (Desktop), Tablet, and Mobile. You can adjust this height to fit any specific device height with the help of Slide Height option in Properties.
Unlink the slide height from the device height to modify it.
Let us assume the viewport height and device height for mobile layout is 415. Consider a case
In this case, all the content inside viewport height is visible in
If the viewport height is bigger than the device height, then the content beyond device height is visible to the end user with the help of a scroll bar in the device.
Now, you can align any object at
- Insert any smart shape in the primary breakpoint slide.
- Click the smart shape and view position tab in
- Click Advanced. You can see the horizontal and vertical center alignment options as shown in the snapshot.
Now, you can align any object at center of the slide in all breakpoints of responsive projects using Captivate's horizontal and vertical center alignment options.
Enable the Align panel view, by clicking Window > Align.
Horizontal center alignment - if you apply this alignment, then you can move the object only in
verticaldirection in the slide. Its horizontal movement is restricted.
Vertical center alignment - if you apply this alignment, then you can move the shape only in
horizontaldirection in the slide. Its vertical movement is restricted.
Both horizontal and vertical center alignment - if you apply both the alignments then
movementis restricted in both the directions.
Color coding of the center and vertical alignment options is supported. The border color of two check box options attains the color scheme of
breakpointat which the alignment options are chosen.
If you have multiple shapes, then you can align a single object on the center of the slide and link the rest of the objects to the centered object to achieve slide centered flowcharts at all breakpoints.
If you de-align horizontal or vertical center option, the object does not move back to its original position.
You can set different default caption Text colors for the breakpoint views.
- Choose Edit > Object Style Manager
- Select Default Caption Style
- In Text Format, Click drop-down box next to Break Points and choose Desktop, Tablet Portrait, or Mobile Portrait.
- Choose the color for each breakpoint.
You can capture the interactions across all views and set autofocus for a specific interaction area in views. Set one smart shape as a background image in Responsive project and you are allowed to set crop area for the background image in different views.
Questions and Results slides, along with Master Slides are supported seamlessly across all the views in the Responsive Project.
Responsive properties and Themes are applicable for Question slides.
A star symbol indicates an overridden style in Sample Text area of the Property Inspector.
Adobe Captivate supports drag and drop interactions for responsive projects.
Drag-and-drop interactions provide an interesting and engaging way of assessing your users' knowledge. This interaction lets users answer questions by dragging and dropping objects in the designated areas or objects.
A drag-and-drop interaction involves a drag source and a drop target. Users drag the drag sources and drop them onto drop targets.
In responsive project, you can run the drag and drop interaction wizard by choosing Insert > Launch Drag and Drop Interaction Wizard. You can also choose Interactions > Drag and drop as shown in the snapshot below:
All the features of drag and drop interaction in Responsive projects are similar to the blank projects as well. For information how to create a drag and drop interaction, various features of the interaction and best practices see Drag and drop interactions.
From an expert: Responsive drag-and-drop-interaction
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Last weekend my neice Mahima got baptised in her church.
Prem, my BIL called up and told us about it. In her testimony she said that she was led to the Lord by her Aunt Amrita.I was surprised as I did not remember leading her to the Lord.
When the kids were small and they used to visit India from Nigeria I used to tell them Bible stories and bed time stories. Maybe it was one of those occasions.But Praise God for it.
During our family prayers Mahima choose a couple of choruses and songs and she would say the first prayer sometimes lapsing into cute Nigerian pidgin English, which we loved to hear.In her childish way she used to repeat some prayer requests again and again and one of us used to interrupt and say,"Mahima you prayed about it before." But she wouldn 't stop unless she was sure the Lord had heard her.
Those were good family worship times.
God bless you Mahima. may you always walk with the Lord.
In the picture you can see her with her Korean friend.
Tuesday, 3 June 2008
Mahima 's Milestone
Last weekend my neice Mahima got baptised in her church.
Posted by Amrita at Tuesday, June 03, 2008
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15 Fertilize my soul:
- Sita said...
The fact that you did not remember brings the picture to mind of you just walking along in obedience while God is our rear guard gathering the harvest of the seeds you have sown--exactly what Beth just taught us about not being weary in doing good...beautiful..blessings to Mahima...and may God continue to be her rear guard as she walks in obedience like her Aunt Amrita...
Love, Sita
- 3 June 2008 at 23:58
- Kate said...
Pretty girl! And how do your relatives come to be living in Nigeria?
- 4 June 2008 at 00:25
- Jeanette said...
I would not have been able to help it, I would have been crying for joy in your place, Amrita! What a wonderful post!
- 4 June 2008 at 04:03
- Donetta said...
Gardening... throwing seeds its sometimes a surprise what grows into a fruit. :)
- 4 June 2008 at 05:02
- Felisol said...
Dear Amrita,
the most important seed is sown among the children. Therefore the teaching of the Bible in schools is so important.
The children who have been under your influence are lucky.
Must be a blessing for you to to watch the harvesting your work.
Sow your seed until the night falls on,the Bible says.
The story of your Mahima inspire us all to carry on.
From your Felisol
- 4 June 2008 at 05:54
- Julia Dutta said...
Dear Amrita,
I would join with mahima to say, Amrita does sow the seed, in her own way, in many lives, including mine. I am truly happy about that and about Sita. Life looks very bright indeed!
julia :)
- 4 June 2008 at 16:05
- Pat said...
What a precious family story and what a wonderful testimony of God's faithfulness. It shows just how important it is to choose our words and actions wisely and with honor to God.
- 4 June 2008 at 17:46
- Robin said...
You obviously have been a strong influence in your neices life for the Lord-how wonderful that you were not even aware of this, that she watched your life and saw the Lord in you. a wonderful testimony!
- 4 June 2008 at 20:59
- Calfkeeper said...
Yes, what a wonderful testimony. I think that is how we are supposed to be; salt and light and not even aware of it. You never know how your life is testifying to someone. The Lord uses us in ways we'd never dream of.
Love, Rebecca
- 4 June 2008 at 22:22
- Katney said...
We never know how much influence we have simply walking quietly with the Lord. St. Francis of Asissi said, "Preach the Gospel, and if you have to, use words."
- 5 June 2008 at 09:09
- Vicki said...
Praise the Lord for her sweet testimony. You had a bigger impact on sweet Mahima than you realized!:-)
- 5 June 2008 at 10:27
- monsoon dreams said...
thats wonderful!my regards to mahima.you are a great example to follow,amrita.see how u have influenced a lil girl and shaped up her life.
- 5 June 2008 at 19:44
- Terra said...
Hi from California. I just joined CWO and found your blog there.
How delightful that your niece credits you with leading her to the Lord.
Probably you are showing her a wonderful example, and that is how you lead her (since you don't recall really leading her).
Terra terragarden.blogspot.com
- 7 June 2008 at 01:26
- Susan Skitt said...
How precious Amrita, to hear how your faithfulness in sharing with your family has resulted in your dear niece coming to Christ. It is a precious gift to find out about after all these years... Praise God!
- 7 June 2008 at 16:17
- Natalie said...
wow! that is wonderful
- 8 June 2008 at 07:42