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So, you are interested in contributing to the GNU Hurd project? Welcome! Every single contribution is very much encouraged.
There are various ways to contribute; read up on contributing to...
If someone of you is lurking around here and would like to contribute, but feels she / he could do so better under formal mentoring: please contact us, or just speak up at one of the regular IRC meetings!
We also have a list of open issues and one for more elaborate project ideas - the latter originally written for the Google Summer of Code, but not exclusively. Even just investigating open issues, without being able to fix them, can be useful, because a issue that has been tracked down often becomes obvious to address for people who know the stuff -- but these people typically don't have the time that is needed to track down the issues.
Improve GNU Hurd Running on GNU Mach
The GNU Hurd running on the GNU Mach microkernel is what is commonly meant when people are talking about GNU/Hurd systems.
This system has mostly been designed and implemented in the '90s. It works and is usable. For example, these web pages have been rendered on a GNU/Hurd system.
You can try it out for yourself: for getting access, installing Debian GNU/Hurd will probably be the easiest and most feature-complete solution. If you don't have spare hardware to use for doing so, you can also get a shell account on a public Hurd machine. Depending on the things you're going to work on (and on your internet connection), this may be an easy way of getting used to Hurd systems. Installing in a virtual machine is another possibility, see the page about running a Hurd system for the full story. In particular, running a Debian GNU/Hurd QEMU image may be a viable alternative.
Then you can either play around and eventually strive to do something useful or -- if you want -- ask us to assign something to you, depending on the skills you have and the resources you intend to invest.
Please spend some time with thinking about the items in this questionnaire.
Before you can significantly contribute to the operating system itself, you'll need to take some time to learn about the system, for example: microkernels for beginners, Mach's concepts, Hurd's concepts, the critique. Until you can understand and do the basic exercises listed there, you won't be able to significantly contribute to the Hurd.
For more reading resources, please see these web pages, for example, Hurd documentation and Mach documentation for links to a bunch of documents.
Small hack entries
Here is a list of small hacks, which can serve as entries into the Hurd code for people who would like to dive into the code but just lack a "somewhere to begin with".
- Make pfinet OK with the ethernet device going away. This would be a very
nice feature: being able to just restart the ethernet driver; we've just not
taken the time to fix it yet, but it shouldn't be very hard. The code begins
, thedevice_open
call, which producesedev->ether_port
. Basically, one needs to catch errors like EIEIO when using it, and in that case re-open the device. See also the notes on implementation, Bugs, IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-09-03. - Add a futex kernel trap to GNU Mach. This can be useful for nicer locking
primitives, including inter-process primitives.
can be used as an example in thegnumach
source tree for how to add a kernel trap. GNU Savannah task #6231 - Add a
RPC to GNU Mach. Currently the Mach debugger keepsarg[0]
from the stack with ugly heuristics (seegnumach/i386/i386/db_interface.c
...). It would be far better to letexec
simply set the name and record it intask_t
can be used as an example in thegnumach
source tree for how to add an RPC. glibc needs to be recompiled against the updated mach.defs to get access to it from userland. exec would probably call it fromhurd/exec/exec.c
. - Write a partfs translator, to which one gives a disk image, and
which exposes the partitions of the disk image, using parted, and
the parted-based storeio (
settrans -c foos1 /hurd/storeio -T typed part:1:file:/home/samy/tmp/foo
). This would be libnetfs-based. - Write virtio drivers for KVM.
- Port valgrind. There is a whole ?GSoC proposal about this, but the basic port could be small.
- Use libz and libbz2 in libstore. See
etc., they should be replaced by mere calls to libraries, GNU Savannah task #6990 See also the discussions on exec. - Add
already has this kind of information, it's a matter of making procfs do the same. GNU Savannah bug #32770
Porting Packages
Please contact us before spending a lot of time on the following porting tasks: some work may already have been done that you can base your work upon.
For guidelines, please have a look at the dedicated porting page.
Debian GNU/Hurd
Goal: Debian Wheezy Release Canditate
There is a goal of getting Debian GNU/Hurd into shape for a technology preview/release candidate with Debian Wheezy (expected towards the end of 2012 or beginning of 2013).
The to do list is on http://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/Hurd.
The following missing packages/missing functionality block a lot of other packages, and are thus good candidates for porting, in order to increase archive coverage:
- umount functionality in busybox
- ruby1.9.1
Here is a list of packages that need porting.
You can also just install Debian GNU/Hurd and find what doesn't work or suit you and try to improve that.
Or, you can pick one from the list of failing packages.
Open Issues
There is a list of open issues. This list includes everything from bug reports to open-ended research questions.
Instant Development Environment
This is a very brief guide to get your development environment set up. Pester ArneBab @ irc.freenode.net on IRC if something does not work (open issue documentation)
- Install qemu-kvm via your distros packages.
- Download the qemu image:
wget http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/debian-hurd.img.tar.gz
- Unpack it:
tar xf debian-hurd.img.tar.gz
- Run it:
qemu-kvm -m 512 -no-kvm-irqchip -drive cache=writeback,index=0,media=disk,file=debian-hurd.img
# …irq… is a currently necessary fix due to some changes in Linux. Optionally use--curses
to keep your keyboard layout. If need be modprobe kvm_amd, kvm intel and kvm to get kvm support (which is much, much faster). See also: kvm FAQ. - login as root
apt-get update
apt-get install -y git mercurial emacs vim
apt-get build-dep -y hurd gnumach
git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/hurd/hurd.git
git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/hurd/gnumach.git
git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/hurd/incubator.git
- Get more from the repo list.
- Read the docs on these pages.
- Start hacking.
- For shutting down, use
, then pressc
in grub and issue halt (to avoid filesystem corruption). Adding--no-reboot
to the qemu line should help, too.
Design / Research: GNU Hurd on a Modern Microkernel
Developers have identified a number of problem with the Hurd on Mach system. Problems, that can not easily be fixed by bug-fixing the existing code base, but which require design changes -- deep going ones actually.
As such systems (as the desired one) are not in common use, but are -- if at all -- research projects, this new Hurd on a modern microkernel project itself is more a research project than a sit down and implement/code/hack project.
If you're interested in contributing in this area, knowing the Hurd on Mach system (see above) nevertheless is a prerequisite. At least have a deep look at the documentation pointers. Also read through the HurdNG section.
Please send email to the l4-hurd mailing list for discussing this post-Mach system design.
Technical Writer
Our hackers (programmers) typically do what their kind always does: they code. What they don't like too much is documenting their wonderful achievements. On the other hand, there are people (you?) who enjoy documenting technical matters, so don't hesitate to contact us if technical documentation shall be your contribution to GNU Hurd development.
A good start is probably to just start using the Hurd, and play with the translators. In the process you will probably find that some of the documentations are missing some details, are outdated, etc. That is were you can start contributing for instance.
As an advice: do not start yet another documentation from scratch. There are already a lot of tutorials in the wilds, and they are almost all completely outdated. Rather contribute to the existing official documentation: this wiki, the documentation in the Hurd source, the Debian Hurd port pages.
Web Pages
Please read about how to contribute to these web pages.
Final Words -- Difficulties
Please note that doing substantial contributions to a project as big and as encompassing as the GNU Hurd is not a trivial task. For working on the GNU Hurd's inner guts and getting useful work done, you have to plan for a many-months learning experience which will need sufficient self-motivation. Working on an advanced operating system kernel isn't something you can do in a few free minutes -- even less so without any previous kernel hacking experience.
Likewise, the Linux kernel maintainers are stating the exactly same difficulties, which is well presented by Jonathan Corbet in his 2010 Linux Kernel Summit report for the opening sessions about welcoming of newcomers.
But of course, none of this is meant to be dismissive, or to scare you away -- on the contrary: just start using the GNU Hurd, and either notice yourself what's not working as expected, or have a look at one of the Open Issues, and we shall see if you'll evolve to be the next core Hurd hacker! You'll just have to get excited about it!


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Yes, but what they give is very frequently not useful. I'd argue that a culture of contribution to a common core is much more important than the legal requirement, overall. Also GPL is often sidestepped so that the actual useful stuff isn't shared anyway, even when it probably should be (c.f. kernel modules).
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And the complaint is because commercial vendors _do_ give back to BSD projects, either the code, or money, as donations or salaries. GPL projects reusing BSD code very rarely contribute anything back.
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Sure some do. Most of them? [reference needed]
> GPL projects reusing BSD code very rarely contribute anything back.
... to the original, BSD-licensed project.
GPL projects "merely" contribute back to *any* person or company not allergic to the GPL, for free. Not as generous as the BSD license but much more generous than no contribution at all.
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That seems a little crazy. IIUC any patches to BSD licensed code in a GPL project can be distributed under the BSD license back to the BSD project by the original patch author. The author can always license code to different parties under any license they wish. What's stopping people from contributing code back to BSD projects?
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In addition, many GPL people believe that it's a much better license than BSD, and so they _really_ want their work under the GPL.
If either of these are the case, then the patches don't get contributed back under BSD
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I realize that, it seems like a poor reason. Maybe git needs an "export as bsd" option for ones own code 8-)
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BUFFALO Marcus and Nick Foligno are brothers, sons of retired NHLer Mike. Father Mike played some 1,018 regular-season games with Detroit, Buffalo, Toronto, and Florida, but his stay with the Sabres was the longest and most memorable of his career. He was with that team for a decade (1981-91), and it was during these years that he had his two sons.
The boys, of course, became rink rats, and pretty good hockey players to boot, but with a four-year difference in age they werent always playing the game together. And there begins a curious story which saw the elder Nick represent the United States at two World Championships (2009, 2010) and Marcus play for Canada here at the U20 in Buffalo. They are two of a small group of brothers who have such divided loyalties.
The two other prominent pairs of brothers who fit into this category are the Reichels and the Tikals. Robert Reichel represented the Czech Republic many times, but his brother, Martin, played for Germany. Both appeared at the Olympics, World Championships, and World Cup of Hockey.
Frantisek Tikal, meanwhile, was a well-respected Czechoslovak in the late 1950s and throughout the 60s, but his brother, Zdenek, played for Australia at the 1960 Olympics.
As for the Folignos, their national divergence was a natural one. With Nick, he started his hockey career in Hershey in the States, and he started the U.S. development program when he was about 15 or 16 years old, Marcus explained. For me, I was living in Canada at the time so it was natural Id play for Canada.
Indeed, Nick joined the U.S. National Team Development Program for two years, 2003-05, but then returned to Canada to play for Sudbury in the OHL when his father coached the team. Nick was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in 2006 and has been an integral part of the team since midway through the 2007-08 season. He wore number 71, which his father wore in Toronto, and which is the reverse of the 17 that Mike wore all those years in Buffalo. Marcus wears number 17 for Canada here at the U20 for the same reason.
However, because of his link to the USNTDP, Nick accepted an invitation to play for the United States at the 2009 World Championship in Switzerland. He played again this year when the tournament was hosted by Germany.
Was it awkward to see big brother to play for the other side, as it were? Nick developed more in the U.S., Marcus explained. Really, I was just happy for him to have the opportunity to play in the World Championships, but in the future, if we ever play against each other, Canada against the U.S., Ill be looking forward to that.
Yet Marcus never had that same feeling of playing for the Americans. I never got noticed by USA Hockey, he explained, so its not like I had a choice to play in one country or the other. But that didnt matter. It was always in my mind to play for Canada, and I wanted to be here.
Father Mike sits in the stands on this dilemma, a proud parent regardless of childrens passport. I think our dad is just happy we got the opportunity to play in this tournament, said Marcus. Whatever country were playing for, its a big deal. For me to represent Team Canada is special for me and my family. My dad was a Canadian, so it was special for him, too.
Another special family moment came in 2009 when Marcus was drafted by the very Sabres his dad had played so long and hard for a generation earlier. It seemed like it was meant to be, Marcus said of the selection. Another coincidence is that earlier in that 09 draft the Sabres selected Zack Kassian, a Canadian teammate of Folignos here at the U20.
Marcus and brother Nick have kept in close contact during the U20s, the older offering support however possible. Yeah, were texting every day, mostly him giving me a bit of advice, so were going back and forth.
Marcus has had an excellent tournament to date, scoring twice and providing some grit to go with the skill. He has a few crucial games coming up, and more time in Sudbury before getting to the NHL, but if his father and brother can do it, Marcus can, too.


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Light from some of the universe's most energetic explosions is allowing scientists to probe the nature of space-time, according to new observations of so-called gamma-ray bursts from the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's Ikaros spacecraft. Photons released by these bursts help place limits on a unified model of all of the forces of nature — what scientists call a "theory of everything."
Using the Gamma-Ray Burst Polarimeter (GAP) onboard the spacecraft, a team of Japanese scientists have made the most precise measurements of energetic gamma-ray burst photons to date.
"This result puts a fundamental constraint on quantum gravity, a dream theory reconciling Einstein's theory of relativity and quantum theory," Kenji Toma, of Osaka University, said in a statement.
A quantum universe
Gamma-ray bursts are exceptioinally powerful explosions thought to result from violent events like star deaths and collisions of dense neutron stars. Toma and his team used detailed measurements of gamma-ray bursts to study the properties of the photons and determine their polarization, or how their electric fields are oriented in relation to the motion of the particles. The electric field of polarized light bounces up and down on an axis perpendicular to the direction the photons travel in. [5 Reasons We May Live in a Multiverse]
"Most 3D projection systems in movie theaters project two versions of the movie at two different polarizations — both at 45 degrees to the horizontal, but perpendicular to each other — so that when you view the movie through appropriately polarized glasses, the left eye sees the version of the movie meant for the left eye, and the right eye sees the version meant for the right," astrophysicist Derek Fox of the University of Pennsylvania told SPACE.com by email. Fox was not part of the team behind these findings, but studies gamma-ray bursts like those observed in this case.
The findings could have implications for superstring theory — the idea that all fundamental particles are actually loops of vibrating string — which is one attempt to unify nature's forces and create a theory of everything. If the idea is right, it would help reconcile two contradictory theories: Einstein's general relativity, which describes things that are very big, like gravity, and quantum mechanics, which describes the realm of the very small.
"We live in a quantum universe — quantum mechanics is needed to describe the behavior of all forces and all particles at the subatomic level," Fox said. "Ultimately, we can hope to develop a 'quantum gravity' theory of these phenomena."
Violating symmetry
Superstring theory scientists predict that if particles and anti-particles (antimatter is an opposite form of normal matter) traded places and time was reversed, the world would still look the same. If any evidence is uncovered that matter and antimatter actually act differently, or violate their apparent symmetry, it could offer support for superstring theory.
"If it were proven to be violated by any physical process, even at some tiny level, then this would radically change the direction of current theoretical approaches to constructing a unified model of all the forces of nature," Fox said.
Collecting observational evidence can prove challenging, as many quantum structures are too small to probe with present-day technology on Earth, making a space-based probe a necessity.


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SERVING THB PEOPLE OF HUNTLEY SINCE 1960 ®|ie IHuntlep fntmMt HUNTLEY, ILLINOIS THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1992 - VOLUME 32, NUMBER 8 USP;3 580-360 Local Youths Charged With Huntley High School Vandalism By Joyce Liput Late one night they struck. The Huntley High School building was spray-painted with a variety of vulgar graffiti and profanities directed both at the school and the Huntley Police Department. On Monday, June 8, the police arrested four teenagers in connection with the crime. Charged with contributing to the deliquency of minors and criminal damage to property were Richard Ewert, 19 and James Schultz, 18. The two men allegedly defaced the school with the help of two 14-year old juveniles from Huntley who were charged with criminal damage to property. Police do not release the names of under-age offenders. Huntley Chamber Elects Officers, Directors By Tracey Scliwartz Local businesses held their first official meeting as the Huntley Area Chamber of Commerce and Industry last Thursday morning, June 4, at the Village Inn Restaurant. Over breakfast representatives from over 25 different businesses and taxing bodies elected officers and a board of directors. Tom Jurs of Re/Max Crystal Lake was elected President; Dr. Jim Kline of Chiropractic Physicians Plus, Vice President; Huntley Librarian Jane Thompson, Secretary; and a State Bank of Huntley representative, Treasurer. The Board of Directors includes: Dr. Dean Lodding, Huntley Dental Associates; Ted Jankowski, Huntley Material Handling; Dr. William Awe, Huntley Chiropractic Clinic; Glen Hunter, Huntley Properties; Leland Brasile, Union Special; Karen Kohley, The Huntley Farmside; Bob Lempke, Prime Group; and Tim Essig, Huntiey Country Store. Attorney Ralph Hardy is pursuing the charter application for the new business association. Official incorporation is obtained first from the Secretary of State and then approved by the Attorney General and the IRS. So far, Sharon Hammermeister of Huntley Properties who has been opei'ating as acting Director has received nine confirmed six month $100 memberships from local businesses. Huntley Village - employee Cathy DeQuaker will soon take over as a part time temporary Executive Director for the new Chamt>er. Huntley Properties is currently looking for an office space for DeQuaker to operate from. Hammermeister says they have received two offers of space. "So it looks like it's gonna fly," says Hammermeister,"I think that's exciting." The next meeting of the Huntley Area Chamber of Commerce and Industry will take place on Thursday, July 2, 7:30am at the Village Inn Restaurant. McHenry County Defenders Offer Summer Conservation Activities — It's not easy being green . .. and the McHenry County Defenders would like to continue to help. Students from grade school through high school, individually or in groups are eligible for funds to support summer conservation and/or environmental activities. These activities might include environmental camps, clean up activities or anything your students or scouts can think of to help "mother earth." Please submit a brief summary of the activity or project and it's estimated cost to: Youth Conservation Fund, c/o McHenry County Defenders, 132 Cass St., Woodstock, II. 60098 or call Anne at 815-344-5647 for more information. Deadline for application is June 15, 1992. Wayne and Carol Donaliue present a clieclc for $1,000 to Huntley Librarian Jane Thompson and Huntley Library Board member Hazel Kloempken at the library earlier this week. Donahues Present $1,000 To Huntley Library By Tracey Schwartz Over 200 friends and family attended the retirement picnic for Carol Donahue of Huntley, at the Donahue Memorial pavilion in Deicke Park on Sunday, May 31. In lieu of gifts, picnic attendees made donations to the Huntley Library District. Donations totalled one thousand dollars which Carol and her husband. Wayne, presented to the librarian, Jane Thompson, earlier this week. Donahue retired after 16 years with the Woodstock School District #200. She was the librarian at the Dean Street and Greenwood schools in Woodstock. The donation will be used to purchase children's picture books for the library. Donahue will assist Thompson with the book selection. Donahue wishes to thank all her family and friends who gave so generously to the Huntley Library District and made her retirement so special. Huntley Firefighters Put In Tough Week By Tracey Schwartz The Huntley Fire Department was extremely busy with 13 rescue calls and 5 fire calls just last week. Among those were one of Huntley's largest and intense fires and a serious collision involving a Huntley woman. The fire occured the afternoon of Wednesday, June 3, at 41W947 Big Timber Road, known to some as the old Brill Farm. HFPD, along with 11 other area fire departments, used 120,000 gallons of water fighting the 4-alarm blaze for five hours. The main bam, an equipment shed, a garage and a smaller bam were completely destroyed. The firefighters did manage to save the farmhouse. It did sustun fire damage to the front porch and kitchen roof with smoke and water damage throughout. Fortunately there were no injuries and the three house cats were saved. The property is owned by Clarence Burnidge who rented the farm to Clyde Hagemann and the farmhouse to Debbie and Jerry Hagemann. After a two hour investigation by the State Fire Marshall, the fire is reported to have started along the east wall of the main bam by the silos. The cause is undetermined. The loss estimate for the contents of the house and bams is $33,000, however there is not yet an estimate on the total damage. HFPD responded to a serious car accident Sunday afternoon at Knoll Top Road and Marengo Road. Rebecca Ann Sweeney of Huntley, had allegedly turned her car left in front of an eastbound vehicle with two passengers, Jeffrey and Cynthia Babb of Belvidere. HFPD extricated the three and gave initial treatment to their injuries. Jeffirey Babb was flown via Flight For Life helicopter to Rockford Memorial Hospital. Cynthia Babb and Sweeney were taken to Woodstock Memorial Hospital. Although initially all three were listed in critical condition, at press time they were all reported to have improved.
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Title | The Huntley Farmside |
Date | 1992-06-11 |
Month | 06 |
Day | 11 |
Year | 1992 |
Volume | 32 |
Issue | 8 |
Decade | 1990-1999 |
Creator | The Huntley Farmside |
Coverage | Huntley, Illinois, United States |
Description | Weekly Newspaper from the Huntley Area Public Library Collection |
Subject | Newspaper Archives |
Rights | This material may be protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S. Code). |
Publisher | This Collection was digitized and loaded into CONTENTdm by OCLC Preservation Service Center (Bethlehem, PA) for the Huntley Area Public Library. |
Source | Reproduction of library's print newspaper archives |


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Thread: Issue with a drop down list
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Issue with a drop down list
I am using this script in a business card form to populate a list of work titles that the user can choose from.
The list is in Norwegian and when selected it also selects a hidden value in English for page 2.
The challenge is that one of the work titles (sjef) in Norwegian has tree different values in English. So it lists the same title tree times.
(sjef=boss of communication, sjef=boss of transport, sjef=boss of company)
Is it possible to add a description to the Norwegian list from the English values that will not be visible on the result page?
Hopefully only for this one work title not for the hole list.
As it is now the user has to go back and change the value after he/she sees the result.
Here is the script:
Code:<?php require "config.inc.php"; echo " function fillPos(){ // this function is used to fill the position list on load "; $q7=mysql_query("select id, name, en_name from met_pos WHERE parentid=0 ORDER BY name"); echo mysql_error(); while($nt7=mysql_fetch_array($q7)){ echo "addOption(document.drop_list.Pos, '$nt7[id]', '$nt7[name]');"; }// end of while ?> } ////////////////// function removeAllOptions(selectbox) { var i; for(i=selectbox.options.length-1;i>=0;i--) { //selectbox.options.remove(i); selectbox.remove(i); } } function addOption(selectbox, value, text ) { var optn = document.createElement("OPTION"); optn.text = text; optn.value = value; selectbox.options.add(optn); }
Jun 25, 2013, 01:28 #2
Would this give you the result you want?
PHP Code:while($nt7=mysql_fetch_array($q7)){
if ($nt7[name] == 'sjef') {
echo "addOption(document.drop_list.Pos, '$nt7[id]', '$nt7[name] ($nt7[en_name])');";
} else {
echo "addOption(document.drop_list.Pos, '$nt7[id]', '$nt7[name]');";
Code:sjef (boss of communication) sjef (boss of transport) sjef (boss of company)
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Just what I was hoping for.
Thank you very much!


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This is was an article written by Anne Flaherty that hit the AP wires this morning....I've been hearing this through the rumor mill for awhile, and it has been among the veterans top, loudest and frequent of complaints.. .
Either having PTSD be this one size fits all diagnosis for the inevitable mental and emotional challenges of re-transitioning back into American life after service...or having a "personality disorder" that turns out to be pre-existing -- something the army then says it didn't catch when it originally screened soldiers to evaluate their readiness to go to war -- that limits the scope of benefits a soldier is entitled to when he or she returns.
don't like to sound cycnical, but on the face of it, it appears as though the Army is now using the tricks of the trade used by insurance companies for many years - when they abruptly drop a suddenly very sick person of medical coverage -- with the argument that it was a pre-existing conidtion.
That was just declared illegal for insurance companies to do, thanks to the Obama administration and anyone who worked on health care reform. but is this what the Army is doing?
The wire story is attached below, with links.
BC-US--Soldiers-Wrongly-Discharged, 2nd Ld-Writethru,1178
Advocates see trouble for misdiagnosed soldiers
Eds: Refreshes headlines.
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By ANNE FLAHERTY
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - At the height of the Iraq war, the Army
routinely dismissed hundreds of soldiers for having a personality
disorder when they were more likely suffering from the traumatic
stresses of war, discharge data suggests.
Under pressure from Congress and the public, the Army later
acknowledged the problem and drastically cut the number of soldiers
given the designation. But advocates for veterans say an unknown
number of troops still unfairly bear the stigma of a personality
disorder, making them ineligible for military health care and other
"We really have an obligation to go back and make sure troops
weren't misdiagnosed," said Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen, a clinical
psychologist whose nonprofit "Give an Hour" connects troops with
volunteer mental health professionals.
The Army denies that any soldier was misdiagnosed before 2008,
when it drastically cut the number of discharges due to personality
disorders and diagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorders
Unlike PTSD, which the Army regards as a treatable mental
disability caused by the acute stresses of war, the military
designation of a personality disorder can have devastating
consequences for soldiers.
Defined as a "deeply ingrained maladaptive pattern of
behavior," a personality disorder is considered a "pre-existing
condition" that relieves the military of its duty to pay for the
person's health care or combat-related disability pay.
According to figures provided by the Army, the service
discharged about a 1,000 soldiers a year between 2005 and 2007 for
having a personality disorder.
But after an article in The Nation magazine exposed the
practice, the Defense Department changed its policy and began
requiring a top-level review of each case to ensure post-traumatic
stress or a brain injury wasn't the underlying cause.
After that, the annual number of personality disorder cases
dropped by 75 percent. Only 260 soldiers were discharged on those
grounds in 2009.
At the same time, the number of post-traumatic stress disorder
cases has soared. By 2008, more than 14,000 soldiers had been
diagnosed with PTSD - twice as many as two years before.
The Army attributes the sudden and sharp reduction in
personality disorders to its policy change. Yet Army officials deny
that soldiers were discharged unfairly, saying they reviewed the
paperwork of all deployed soldiers dismissed with a personality
disorder between 2001 and 2006.
"We did not find evidence that soldiers with PTSD had been
inappropriately discharged with personality disorder," wrote Maria
Tolleson, a spokeswoman at the U.S. Army Medical Command, which
oversees the health care of soldiers, in an e-mail.
Command officials declined to be interviewed.
Advocates for veterans are skeptical of the Army's claim that it
didn't make any mistakes. They say symptoms of PTSD - anger,
irritability, anxiety and depression - can easily be confused for
the Army's description of a personality disorder.
They also point out that during its review of past cases, the
Army never interviewed soldiers or their families, who can often
provide evidence of a shift in behavior that occurred after someone
was sent into a war zone.
"There's no reason to believe personality discharges would go
down so quickly" unless the Army had misdiagnosed hundreds of
soldiers each year in the first place, said Bart Stichman,
co-director of the National Veterans Legal Services Program.
Stichman's organization is working through a backlog of 130
individual cases of wounded service members who feel they were
wrongly denied benefits.
Among those cases is Chuck Luther, who decided to rejoin the
Army after the Sept. 11 attacks. He had previously served eight
years before being honorably discharged.
"I knew what combat was going to take," he said.
Luther, who lives near Fort Hood, Texas, said throughout his
time in the Army, he received eight mental health evaluations from
the Army, each clearing him as "fit for duty."
Luther was seven months into his deployment as a reconnaissance
scout in Iraq's violent Sunni Triangle in 2007 when he says a
mortar shell slammed him to the ground. He later complained of
stabbing eye pain and crippling migraines, but was told by a
military doctor that he was faking his symptoms to avoid combat
Luther says that he was confined for a month in a 6-by-8 foot
room without treatment. At one point, Luther acknowledges, he
snapped - biting a guard and spitting in the face of a military
After that episode, Luther says, the Army told him he could
return home and keep his benefits if he signed papers admitting he
had a personality disorder. If he didn't sign, he said, he was told
he would be kicked out eventually anyway.
Luther, whose account was first detailed by The Nation, signed
the papers.
His case highlights the irony in many personality discharges. A
person is screened mentally and physically before joining the
military. But upon returning from combat, that same person is told
he or she had a serious mental disorder that predated military
As in the civilian world, where many insurance companies deny
coverage for illnesses that develop before a policy is issued, the
government can deny a service member veteran health care benefits
and combat-related disability pay for pre-existing ailments.
Despite the Defense Department's reforms, groups such as the
National Veterans Legal Services Program say they don't have enough
manpower to help all the veterans who believe they were wrongly
denied benefits.
Stichman says his organization has more than 60 law firms across
the country willing to take on the legal cases of wounded veterans
for free. But even with that help, the group doesn't know when it
would be able to take on even one new case.
A congressional inquiry is under way to determine whether the
Army is relying on a different designation - referred to as an
"adjustment disorder" - to dismiss soldiers.
Sen. Kit Bond, a Missouri Republican, wants the Pentagon to
explain why the number of these discharges doubled between 2006 and
2009 and how many of those qualified to retain their benefits.
As for Luther, he got lucky. After about a year, he says the
Veterans Administration agreed to reevaluate him and decided that
he suffers from post-traumatic stress syndrome coupled by traumatic
brain injury. The ruling gives him access to a psychologist and
psychiatrist every two weeks, despite his discharge status, he
But Luther acknowledges that he still struggles. In June, he
received word that the Army had turned down his appeal to correct
his record, which means he could never return to the service or
retire with full benefits.
A week later, he says, he lost his job delivering potato chips
because a superior felt threatened by him. Luther says he misses
the Army.
"When I was in uniform, that defined me," he said. "It's what
made me, me."
U.S. Army Medical Command: http://www.armymedicine.army.mil
Department of Veterans Affairs: http://www.va.gov/
"Give an Hour": http://www.giveanhour.org
National Veterans Legal Services Program: http://www.nvlsp.org/
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Hello Abigail..Hope you are well...Here is a message regarding PTSD from Joe Biden VP
....enjoy the weekend....hugs Clare..so long Abigail...
Good morning,
This Tuesday, after more than seven years of war, President Obama will end the United States' combat mission in Iraq.
While the war in Iraq has at times been a divisive issue for Americans, one common belief has always remained: Our nation has a sacred obligation to our troops and the families who serve with them.
In his Weekly Address, the President discusses the end of the combat mission in Iraq and what his Administration is doing to support our veterans once they get home:
Since we took office, more than 90,000 troops have returned from Iraq, leaving a force of up to 50,000 U.S. troops who will support Iraqi Security Forces. By the end of next year, all American troops will be out of Iraq.
These men and women have put their lives on the line. They have spent months or years away from their families and homes. Many have suffered devastating injuries. And some who left for Iraq will never return home.
Including veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, there are nearly one million more veterans in our country than there were a decade ago. I can tell you that President Obama is 100% committed to supporting our troops and their families not only when they are fighting abroad, but also when they come back home.
That's why the President has made one of the largest investments in veterans' care and support in our nation's history. Here are just a few things this Administration is doing to support our vets:
•Improving veterans' health care by modernizing and expanding hospitals, cleaning up and simplifying the claims process, and directing significant resources into treating Traumatic Brain Injuries and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).•Giving nearly 300,000 veterans and their family members access to higher education through the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
•Devoting more resources to job placement and training, directing the federal government to hire more veterans and encouraging the private sector to follow suit.
As our brave men and women return from Iraq, it's important that all of our veterans know that we are a truly grateful nation. To all of our troops – Thank you for your service; you are true American heroes. To all of our military families – Thank you for your courage and sacrifice.
Vice President Joe Biden
P.S. Right now, Americans across the country are sending their messages of thanks and support to our troops as part of our Saluting Service in Iraq effort on WhiteHouse.gov. Take a minute to check out President Obama's message to our troops and leave your own message:
The White House • 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW • Washington, DC 20500 • 202-456-1111
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Colored Wiring Diagram #8C4
Two Forced Air Furnaces sharing a replacement air supply duct controlled by one fresh air damper with Power Open Damper
HMI Hoyme Manufacturing Inc. Special Note: Circuits are colored for clarification only and are not necessarily those found in actual installations.
Diagram #8C4: Two Forced Air Furnaces sharing a common replacement air supply duct controlled by one Power Open fresh air damper. The damper opens when either furnace fires. If using a Power Close damper, go to wiring Diagram #8C for details.2. 24Vac Relay Adaptor (ADP-0241-05A) to operate the damper from either furnace.
3. Ready mounted Optional Toggle Switch with Timer (SPDT) (TMADP-0240-3WS ) to override the damper to be opened or closed at pre-determined times.
1. The Power Open (PO) Replacement Air Control Damper will open when the thermostat of either furnace asks for heat, and will remain open until both thermostats turn the furnaces off.
2. The ADP-0241-05A uses both sides of the relay to control the 24Vac circuits and damper.
3. The Timer/Adaptor TMADP-0240-3WS has a manual toggle switch to keep the fresh air damper open when desired but also has a 24hr. Timer that automatically prevents the Damper from opening at predetermined times due to intervals of outside foul air.
N.B. Replacement Air Damper is not affected by the 'Manual' setting of the furnace fan or by the operation of an Air Conditioner.
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Composition of the House
When the Founding Fathers created the Constitution, they divided the powers among the Congress (legislative branch), the president (executive branch), and the courts (judicial branch). The United States Congress is a bicameral legislature consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate. It is the chief policy-making and representative branch of the national government. Since the United States is a representative democracy, members of Congress represent the people by translating public
Committees and the Iron Triangle
The committee system dominates the House of Representatives. It is within committees that much of the daily work of the House is completed. Committees meet to discuss specific policies, work to control the congressional agenda, and guide legislation as it progresses through Congress until it is either signed or vetoed by the president. Representatives can be members of several different committees during any given session. (Video is narrated with slides and speeches.)
Composition of the Senate
Congress is made up of two legislative houses—the House of Representatives and the Senate. One hundred senators, two from each state, serve and represent their constituencies in the Senate. (Video is narrated with slides and speeches.)
Power, Committees and Debates
Power in the Senate is not as clearly defined as it is in the House, and it is much more widely dispersed. Although the Constitution makes the vice president of the United States the president of the Senate, the real power is held by the majority and minority leaders who dictate legislative agenda. The party whips are the senators who ensure good communication among party members and work with the party leaders to urge members to vote with the party on key issues
What is the House of Representatives?
Here's how the number of representatives in the House are determined and where the lines are drawn. (Video has slides and narration. Professionally-made video)
Just the Facts: Historical Icons - Edward Kennedy
This brief video is a tribute to Ted Kennedy, the man who lived a life marked with controversy and personal tragedy, but he gained a reputation as a steadfast liberal politician who worked tirelessly on issues such as education and health care. Because many of images are from older sources, many of them appear blurry. (02:12)
A House or Representative Session
Way to long, over five hours, this video shows what it is really like on the floor of the House. The transcript along side the video is very handy and contains words that can be used for a word wall. A real eye-opener for students as they can see what the nearly empty chamber looks like.
School House Rock - No More Kings
This is a classic School House Rock animated video of the story of the pilgrims arriving in America. NOTE: This is another video that had to be uploaded as the original video that was on WatchKnow was deleted from YouTube. Good sound quality. (03:00)
Acts Leading to American Revolutionary War
This two minute podcast explains the Acts that led to the American Revolutionary War. The images are incorrect as a whole, but the four major factors are explained. A good overview, but lacks depth and an effort to explain why the British took such actions.
Common French Phrases for the Mail
Learn common French phrases for mail. Stephanie Hourie Morrow is a native French speaker and has been giving language lessons for 10 years. Each sentence is pronounced in English and French while the French phrase appears on the screen. For beginning to intermediate learners. Good sound quality.
Reading Comprehension - Compare and Contrast - Kindergarten
Explore the concept of 'compare and contrast' with your Kindergarten students. The video consists of single slide accompanied by narration. Narrated by Sally Sharp http://blog.learningtoday.com
Short stop-motion video created by middle school students in the collaborative stop-motion project known as The Longfellow Ten.
The Prohibition of Alcohol in the 1920s
The era of national prohibition began in 1920 with the establishment of the Eighteenth Amendment and was enforced by the Volstead Act passed by Congress that same year. The Act forbade the manufacture and sale of beverages with an alcoholic content greater than .5 percent. Zealous supporters of this law, including many women and parishioners, believed that prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcohol would eliminate the social problems caused by intoxication.
The Catcher in The Rye
This video was made by a student for an English class. It gives an explanation of the book ,The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger. The video uses clips from Igby Goes Down to summarize The Catcher in the Rye.
Call of the Wild Part 2
This is an old animated video based based on the novel, Call of the
wild, by Jack London. The reading of the story by excerpts being read
from the novel.
Lemony Snickets -The Bad Beginning Chapter 4
This is a Sims 2 animation of chapter 4 of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events ,The Bad Beginning.
Neil Gaiman Talks about The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman talks about the his book, The Graveyard Book. He talks about what what the book is about and what children and adults think about his book.
Race to Nowhere: Strees and Students Film
Is the amount of daily stress that students deal with becoming too much to handle? This three minute video explains a bit about the demands put on students by standardized testing. Some hints at how to improve the situation are offered. The video is a promotion of Race to Nowhere.
Race to Nowhere
This 2:32 minute long video is a trailer to the movie Race to Nowhere, which is about the stress placed on students to do well. Although it is limited and lacks any statistics, it does present a compelling argument to long at the decision to have more standardized testings in schools and the pressure it places on students.
How to Teach Two-Digit Multiplication
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OXFORD — Chris Hester's office, at Grover Gundrilling's new Oxford facility, still has that new building smell.
Workers are putting the finishing touches on several other offices in the 50,000-square-foot former warehouse at 59 Industrial Way in Oxford.
Hester, Grover Gundrilling's president, said the company has been shifting equipment and staff to the new facility for the past three weekends and has already started work there.
The company's expansion coincides with its partnership with Prime Natural Resources, an investment firm based in Houston, Texas.
According to Hester, about six months ago, Prime bought a majority share in Grover Gundrilling, providing capital for the expansion.
According to its website, Prime's investment portfolio include companies that manufacture oil and natural gas equipment and precision instruments, as well as shares in northern Iraq energy interests and a Colombian palm oil plantation.
Hester calls the partnership a "private equity recapitalization."
Hester is quick to allay fears that outside ownership will compromise the company's dedication to the Oxford Hills community.
If anything, he is confident the new partnership will enable the company's growth.
Prime CEO Jan Veldwijk said the company was impressed with Grover Gundrilling, both in terms of management and finished product.
The company is already invested in other machining businesses that are clients of Grover Gundrilling – the company had lots of work and Prime could move more work to the company Veldwijk said.
Prime's capital allowed Grover to launch the Oxford expansion much faster than it might have.
"We just helped them grow faster," Veldwijk says. Prime will not interfere in day-to-day operations, Veldwijk said. Both he and Hester are adamant that Prime's investment is only helping Grover grow, not putting its future in Oxford Hills in jeopardy.
"The last thing we will do is risk losing anybody there or destabilizing it," Veldwijk said. "We think it's a great company."
The company's expansion will not lead to shuttering its current locations in Norway, Hester said. The company needs to expand to keep up with its clients' needs.
"Basically, what it comes down to for us is we've been hearing from our customers that they wish there were more ways they could work with us," Hester explained.
The Oxford location was perfect for the company, Hester said. It was important to remain local and have a space it could rapidly renovate to suit its needs.
"We can come in, invest capital and get to the business of hiring people and serving our customers as quickly as possible."
Hester said 30,000 square feet were renovated, adding office space, production flooring and employee amenities, as well as landscaping and paving.
The company's skilled workforce made choosing a local facility doubly important, Hester said.
Grover Gundrilling has invested considerably in its existing employees and moving operations too far out of the area would have put it at a disadvantage, Hester said.
It also allows the company to bring on more people. Hester estimates 35 new positions will be created because of the expansion, adding to 100 existing employees.
Those jobs won't all be created at once, he said. Positions will be filled as the company moves forward with its five-year plan.
"I think we have enough space to achieve what we're trying to accomplish in the next few years," Hester said, but he doesn't dismiss the possibility Grover Gundrilling might need even more space down the road.
Hester won't discuss how much the expansion cost, but said it was a "significant investment" that demonstrates the company's commitment to the community.
"Grover Gundrilling is associated with the Oxford Hills," Hester said. "This is our home, this is our company's home."
Even with financing from an outside investor, Grover Gundrilling's aim is to keep growing and keep that growth in Oxford Hills, he said.
"It's important for people to understand that we're committed to these communities, that business is good and we're able to keep giving back to the communities that helped get us here."


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A college dormitory with a farm, home insulation made from newspaper and cargo freight panels for siding were a few of the ideas on display this month by local high school students at the seventh-annual Sustainable Design Challenge at DuPage County's JTK Administration Building in Wheaton.
One design featured a model for permeable concrete designed to collect rain that could be stored underground. The "Eco House" by Glenbard East students Sara Smith, Fatima Sakrani and Katie Czervionke also included bamboo flooring, newspaper insulation and wallpaper in the form of recycled paper.
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49 comments:
- rpattzgirl said...
I love how they said they had exclusive photos of young Rob (we've seen them 100x) and "never seen before photos" seen them all a 100X, and then had to revert back to old quotes from CH!
Nope, nothing new..E News Fail, again.
But....anytime someone shows Rob photos, I'll watch and drool!
Thanks Dani...
Back to reading FF. - October 16, 2009 at 11:53 PM
- bonemama said...
you said all RPG...ugh!
- October 17, 2009 at 12:09 AM
- Ellie said...
LOL, rpattzgirl, I feel exactly the same way!
But I'll never turn down a change to drool over any of Rob's pic.
And yes, back to the ff reading (High Anxiety, right now..) - October 17, 2009 at 12:09 AM
- RPlover said...
ugh, nothing new, same regurgitated crap! and no new pics, either, but any Rob pics for me will do the trick! ;) besides we've been so spoiled today with the happy-trail goodness it's very difficult to complain!
speaking of FF-when is the EP update gonna come?! I'm dying! lol - October 17, 2009 at 12:31 AM
- Ana73 said...
RPG - you said it all. nothing "new".
and back to reading FF - Near You Always
ellie - how are you liking High Anxiety, i liked it - it's building up to a great story. - October 17, 2009 at 12:34 AM
- Ellie said...
Ana, I'm only on chapter 5~~I really like this Edward. He's frustrated, but sweet. :)
- October 17, 2009 at 12:42 AM
- Ellie said...
Oh, and I like Near You Always, too!
- October 17, 2009 at 12:45 AM
- rpattzgirl said...
I'm reading deconstrcting Dracula and confessions of a nanny right now, while waiting for EP, cw/ia, dark side of the moon and the freaking office to update! High anxiety is next in my list! Vamp in basement is also not complete -ugh!
FF is driving me nuts!
Shutting down now and need to watch twilight...missing Edward!
Night ladies! - October 17, 2009 at 12:46 AM
- Ana73 said...
ellie - i like the whole family in HA , they each add their part to their story. i finished it and waiting on the update. i have about eight that i am waiting on updates too :(
- October 17, 2009 at 12:51 AM
- Ellie said...
nite, rp...oh, and new chapter of EP is supposed to drop tonight!
squeeeeeee!!! - October 17, 2009 at 12:52 AM
- Sarah said...
i'm not dissing you girls for posting it bc i know why you do, but if i can speak my mind for a moment to any LURKERS out there who happen to be reading - this shit is retarded. and quite funny. how funny would it be if none of the "couplings" and "hook-ups" were true? very. and as i've stated several times, i don't think they are true.
baby rob is the only thing they had to show anyway to get people to watch, imo ;) - October 17, 2009 at 12:53 AM
- Ellie said...
Oh, don't start me on waiting for updates...there's too many for me to count! lol
For a lot of them, I have to go back to the first chapter to remember which ones they are! - October 17, 2009 at 12:53 AM
- Ellie said...
Seeing is believing, Sarah...
so I always hold out for proof. :) - October 17, 2009 at 12:55 AM
- Ellie said...
And baby Rob was a cutie!
- October 17, 2009 at 12:56 AM
- MJForever said...
E News and the Daily 10 are always full of FAIL. LMAO
- October 17, 2009 at 1:00 AM
- femroc said...
None of that report was new - and a lot was contrived and just wrong info. You just can't believe anything you hear or read, I say.
If they - Robsten - actually say it seriously then I'll believe it.
All of the interest keeps us focused on the upcoming movie - which is what Summit likes.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ - October 17, 2009 at 2:02 AM
- femroc said...
I wish Ben Barnes had gotten Jacob's role.
See how good he and Rob look together - WOW - THAT would have really been a love triangle I could get into! - October 17, 2009 at 2:08 AM
- rosa said...
hahaha, I like the guy on the bottom video because he used a 12 year old girl voice to introduce all the People magazine gossip! lol
And Rob and kristen ain't telling anyone jack shit what's up with them, that's why I like them so much. So, yeah, no one's gonna hear anything from the source one way or the other I'm guessing.
He was so cute as a kid though. - October 17, 2009 at 2:45 AM
- LittleBear said...
Crap about Rob and Kristen, as always - but at least they're not focusing on Taycob's abs for once :)
- October 17, 2009 at 3:51 AM
- JLD said...
I thought Rob said he never dated Nikki Reed. I've also read a recent news report where Kristen sys that she doesn't answer the Robsten question anymore because she is tired of have to answer the same question all the time. Personally I'm not surprised it must get incredibly boring having to answer the same question all the time knowing that what ever you say won't make the slightest bit of difference.
It goes to show that whatever these two say about their relationship status won't make the slightest bit of difference.
The press have an agenda and if something doesn't fit their idea of the perfect fairytale it is ignored whether it is true or not. The press lies time and time again. They also twist and manipulate their stories so much so that when someone like Kristen tries to have their say it is made to look like they are lying.
Be wary of what you read in the media especially when it comes from gossip magazines and websites. Most of the time the stories printed are made up of rumours and lies.
I am more likely to believe the actors than the media.
This is also why I refuse to be lead along by the whole Robsten rumour because in reality I don't have a clue what is going on.
Yes there is chemistry between Rob and Kristen, we can all see that but how real is Robsten? Or is it just another product of the media's fantasy fairytale, which in reality doesn't exist. - October 17, 2009 at 5:23 AM
- Temptation said...
JLD ....could put it better myself....I so agree with you...
- October 17, 2009 at 5:26 AM
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- Suz said...
I love (re) hash with my eggs. - October 17, 2009 at 7:45 AM
- Cheeeseburgerrs. said...
Did anyone watch the Jay Leno Show last night? JOHN MCCAIN IS A TWILIGHT FAN!! i was shocked!
Anywase.. i saw this hilrious video on twilight gossip - it's so funny
http://twilight-gossip.com/2009/10/16/obsessed-with-robert-pattinson-parody/ - October 17, 2009 at 8:24 AM
- rpattzgirl said...
Ahh, too bad they took down the HTB casting vids, they were awesome!
- October 17, 2009 at 9:12 AM
- Nicole said...
As much as I hate the whole "are they? Aren't they?" crap in all the media now, it is giving a lot of publicity to new moon & the twilight series which can't be a bad thing.
- October 17, 2009 at 9:56 AM
- spunkinator said...
mm, what story is EP?
i like Wide Awake, and The Office.
any other good ff I should read? - October 17, 2009 at 10:04 AM
- beyonce said...
I see it differently personally. Much of the media speculation is not coming from a vacuum. There hasn't always been this "robsten" craziness, and Ted is not influential enough to make it happen on his own.
Some of this is purely the media jumping on the bandwagon. Robert and his "love life" sells.
Some of this though is how Robert and kristen have been dealing with the issue differently since Spring in terms of not confirming or denying. That's a classic deflectionary move, and the minute people in the media pick up on that strategy, they start going nuts. The decision to stop talking about their private lives, not offering denials like they did in the past, skipping red carpets, etc. have helped feed the frenzy.
That doesn't mean they are together, but this attention is not coming out of nowhere either. Of course people are going to circle like sharks unfortunately. - October 17, 2009 at 10:59 AM
- crazy vamp said...
The same ol'stuff! :(
I am so looking forward for the round of NM interviews...
Miss you, Robert! - October 17, 2009 at 11:25 AM
- RPlover said...
@spunkinator-if you like FF and liked WA you HAVE TO read EP!! It's Emacipation Proclimation and it is SO GOOD. and she just updated! yay :)
- October 17, 2009 at 11:50 AM
- LovesRob said...
You gals are right on....the not answering questions is feeding the frenzy. I'm sure they are being told by Summit not to say anything. And their co stars saying they don't know whats going on is B.S.! They all know! It's all marketing. Personally, I don't think they're together. They have denied it repeatedly before...now I'm sure Summit has said "Oh, lets not say ANYTHING and that will get everyone all riled up! Even Melissa Rosenberg said "People confuse on screen chemistry with off screen chemistry." Dosen't that say something? They're not together! You're all right...the media and everyone has ignored all this and just chooses to believe they are together.
Like I said before...why can't Rob just be a single guy? My brothers were all single in their 20's. One of them hardly dated til he met and married his wife at the age of 26. It's OK for Rob to be single! I wish the media would get a grip! But...this sells, and its getting New Moon the attention....so...there's my say! :) - October 17, 2009 at 1:36 PM
- Karina said...
Rob and kristen are not acting on their own, I actually believe that, they are both well-represented. But I don't think they are acting all on summit's part either. Robert and Kristen have their teams, and their people are not going to let Summit put them in positions that compromise their lives to such a degree as going on along with romance rumors which have made their personal lives intolerable for months now.
Studios have not had that sort of influence over their stars since the 50's. Stars are not beholden to studios anymore like the old days, they are free agents and they are well buffered by managers and agents. Rob doesn't go three feet without one of his people scurrying along behind him. lol
That doesn't mean they are together at all. They have their reasons though for not talking about their private lives, and Robert frankly is too big of a star to be a studio's bitch and letting his personal name and celebrity and lie go through the ringer for "free publicity." - October 17, 2009 at 2:02 PM
- Karina said...
ps: I personally don't buy either the shipper or the nonshipper ideas that Summit has as much power as their theories afford them.
Shippers think Rob and kristen were kept apart from eachother contractually or at least through hardballing by Summit.
Nonshippers think Rob and Kristen are both engaging in some promotional gossip to keep NM afloat.
I say both theories are completely outlandish honestly, studios don't have that much power over their stars either way. Neither instance can be contractual, and their people would never tolerate their stars being treated with so little regard in either instances. - October 17, 2009 at 2:07 PM
- LovesRob said...
Oh I'm not saying they are studio bitches....I totally understand that. But I'm sure the studio has a certain marketing plan, and confers with them and/or their agents and come up with ideas such as "lets not say anything....good marketing for New Moon". I'm sure if Rob and KS didn't want to do this they wouldn't. Why wouldn't they anyway...it's not hurting them really. I'm sure the truth WILL come out eventually. When all this dies down, and they move on to other films....then we'll all know sort of what really happened...I for one am looking forward to finding out! :)
- October 17, 2009 at 2:07 PM
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- October 17, 2009 at 2:22 PM
- amazeofgrace said...
"I'm a little lip brush long and sweet, Rob's lips are my target, oh what a treat" LMAO
- October 17, 2009 at 2:23 PM
- Karina said...
Gotcha, lovesrob, i was talking in general too, not to you specifcally.
But this is hurting them unfortunately. Robert is getting overexposed, and he's too new of a star to be on tabloids and not let that define him more than his acting. Brad is a tabloid figure too, but he's got two decades of film to balance it out. Poor Rob has one starring role under his belt, and now he's stuck alongside Jon Gosselin and Jessica Simpson on the tabloids. That's HORRIBLE for him honestly, it's overexposing him and the harder it will be for him to escape the Edward Cullen tag the more his celebrity is associated with it.
Kristen's had a hard deal too. She was not papped that much, until rumors started igniting in summer. Since then she's been a relentless target and while Rob is at least seen favorably, she's often a tabloid target of ridicule, whether it's scrutinizing her body or her once respect acting resume. She's being dismissed as a one note Bella actress lately, when before Twilight she was highly respected as an indie actresess.
So, there's a price they are paying for this gossip fodder., most definitely. - October 17, 2009 at 2:33 PM
- skorpia said...
theyre gonna rehash the same stuff over and over again. we should send summit a nastygram and say we need new interviews already,,,same pics and now the same quotes from over a year ago jeez
- October 17, 2009 at 2:34 PM
- rosa said...
Kristen at least has a really great resume to her name, she had a name before Twilight. She had a reputation as an up-n-comer. Robert doesn't have any of that--all he has was that he was the pretty boy who got killed in HP4. Now he's famous playing a pretty boy again.
Robert's sorta screwed people, with this attention he's getting. It's too much for someone with no experience and that's what sets people up to say "he's so five minutes ago" the minute the series is through. Robert would not be putting himself through this for publicity-he's said so himself that he's looking long term and he's not going to compromise his chances by simply focusing on the success of the franchise. - October 17, 2009 at 2:44 PM
- skorpia said...
I read all youro comments and agree totally. im one of the few that dont believe theyre together. I do believe theyve hooked up. Not dating just bangin. Keeps it simple. anywho-just my opinion. The whole media frenzy is orchestrated. Im sure the pr people are gettin put to good use.what pisses me off is the tabloids dont even do a little research-they just make up the craziest crap . Ok mag has sunk to a new low with that lovenest crap.
- October 17, 2009 at 2:45 PM
- Federico Zarco said...
nice videos!
federicozarco.blogspot.com - October 17, 2009 at 2:51 PM
- skorpia said...
Rosa I think ROb is gonna be around for a LOOOOOOOng time. Hes got a huge fanbase now and because he sings,plays guitar and piano,composes his own music-well lets not forget hes gorgous,down to earth,not a jerk and mysterious. We come beggin for more everythime! lol! I cant wait for all his future projects-Im a diehard fan. He blew up-females of all ages love him and some of the gay brothers too. He aint going nowhere without a crowd anymore-I just hope the frenzy dies down a little bit. People get photographed having a bite-but this guy cant even go out sometimes. I cant even imagine the aggravation.yeah-i cant even see him overexposed...
- October 17, 2009 at 2:53 PM
- rosa said...
I hope he is in it for a long time, but his current fanbase is part of his woes. lol And that's part of the problem of being a teen idol, teen fanbases are fickle, demanding, and rigid about what they want him to be in.
I say as long he pulls a johnny depp and stomps on his pretty boy status, he'll probably be okay. But fans need to see they are part of his problem though, the media only follows him because there's a demand. And teh demand is making him overexposed like others have said. - October 17, 2009 at 3:10 PM
- MJForever said...
Bad publicity, good publicity, is publicity. The only one winning in this Robsten mess is Summit. Whether this is a move on their part or not, Summit is still winning. I only believe one thing, Rob and Kristen's management team suck.
- October 17, 2009 at 3:54 PM
- jerseygrl2 said...
You ladies make me laugh! Ted C. works for E!, someone else very close to R/K works for E as well. Ted has been in the biz for 20 yrs. do you think he'd stand behind "Robsten" for over 6 mos. now and risk his reputation if it wasn't true? For those of you living under a rock not seeing the clues, get some prozac, you will need it. And don't bother bashing me as some crazy "shipper", I hate that word and would never ship people, I'm a fan of them individually and/or together, I won't be back.
- October 17, 2009 at 4:14 PM
- crazy vamp said...
I think "monika" got a new name... :((( ooops...
Hon, you can take that prozac, I have vodka... way much better.
Ooops, *hip*, I am already drunk. Soooorryyy!... - October 17, 2009 at 5:59 PM
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- October 17, 2009 at 7:52 PM
- solas said...
I don't know Rob personally and so can only extrapolate and analyze from his words, but it seems to me that he is not one to calculate on how to 'play the game;' that is, he will not make moves to have people remember him in a certain way, or to 'stomp' on a role, or to look deliberately for a different fan base to have more appeal to studios. It seems to me that he will do what he wants-- take on roles that teach him, or draw something new from himself, or that help him explore himself or other issues- roles that interest HIMSELF with no concern about the fickleness of fanbase or demands from studios. I also think that if he can NOT do what he wants, if there are no interesting roles offered, he will do something else-- hopefully, his music, where he really would have the freedom to do what he wants, and express himself in new ways, from his soul, and/or develop his own studio or label. In other words, I don't see him being a whore (excuse my language if it offends)to studios, fans, etc.
- October 17, 2009 at 9:53 PM
- MJForever said...
Ted's reputation?
LMFAOROTF x 100!!!!!!!
alright, you make me laugh, now go back to the loonie bin, thanks. - October 17, 2009 at 11:16 PM


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We use only the highest quality materials in our crib mattresses. Which is why we can sleep at night.
We don't sell crib mattresses, we sell parents
peace of mind.
peace of mind.
Our philosophy on crib mattresses is simple:
It's what's on the inside that counts.
It's what's on the inside that counts.


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GUCCI, this MIA is something else.
M.I.A. - "Bring The Noize" (Official Video)
GUCCI, I need 1 bale of 100 dollar bills.
Ill post my PIC soon.
Be ready.
GUCCI, I love you brother.
Young Jeezy - Way Too Gone (Explicit) ft. Future
The music video for "Lemonade"- off The State vs. Radric Davis- IN STORES DECEMBURRR 8th!
Ep 5 - Gucci Mane: The Road To The State Vs Radric Davis: The Tell All Interview w Miss Info In this episode Gucci Mane takes us back to his days as a young hustler and talks about growing up in his hometown. FREE GUCCI MANE! The State vs. Radric Davis - In Stores DecemBURRR 8th!


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NYCH is a dynamic neighbourhood centre for newcomers, helping build strong, healthy communities.
visit our campaign page: Newcomer New Start 2013
Executive Director, Shelley Zuckerman's digital story... Play >
Abdi and Mark talk about their journeys and their goals... > Play
"Immigration is a good teacher, you learn to know what is really important to you..." >Play
"My determination never lost hope..." >Play
In 1990, North York Community House ('NYCH') came into existence as a result of a sizable donation from an anonymous benefactor. Over the course of 22 years, this single act of generosity grew into an organization dedicated to assisting newcomers … More