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Allison dreams of the life she could have had if she'd become the attorney she originally wanted to be.Episode 22
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Allison repeatedly dreams about a woman who is being watched by a stranger in her bedroom.Episode 20
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Three girls are found murdered. Allison's visions connect Det. Scanlon with the case.Episode 19
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Allison dreams that her brother was involved in a local bank robbery. Her suspicions grow when he unexpectedly shows up in town and gets involved with a con woman.Episode 17
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Allison helps the District Attorney try to find a missing brother of a close friend. She becomes paranoid about antiterrorist agents from the government. Joe gets uneasy when he suspects that Bridgette might be communicating with a dead author.Episode 16
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Allison has problems with staying impartial about a case when she develops maternal feelings for a teenage boy who is accused of killing his former boss. Bridget finds a stray dog and wants to keep it.Episode 15
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Allison gets a minor concussion when slipping in the bathtub. When she goes to get an MRI she has a strange vision about a man she just met.Episode 14
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Allison helps with the location of a missing child. Afterwards she gets a vision about the child's future and is not sure anymore what she should do to help the child.Episode 13
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The spirit of the doctor from the episode ìPenny for your Thoughtsî is back and after Allison's daughter Ariel.Episode 12
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Allison can't get a psychotic murderer out of her head which makes Joe worry about his daughters' well-being.Episode 11
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Allison dreams about hitting a girl with her car and a woman whose house is haunted. She finds out that the woman killed herself. Now Allison must try to put all the pieces together.Episode 10
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Allison has a vision that could jeopardize D.A. Devalos' chances for re-election. Meanwhile, Joe runs into an ex-girlfriend from college.Episode 8
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Joe serves his jury duty on a case against a man accused of murdering his rich wife. Allison starts having visions about the man but D.A. Devalos orders her not to work on the case because of a conflict of interests.Episode 7
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Allison dreams that she's a woman who's been committed to a mental institution in 1959. After viewing taped sessions from the clinic, Allison discovers that the woman from her dream had made claims of being Allison DuBois, living in 2005.Episode 3
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While Capt. Push lingers between life and death, Allison struggles to decipher confusing messages from the other side in an attempt to stop a serial killer before he claims his next victim.Episode 1
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M/S Amadeus Rhapsody*****
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An evening on board is a feast for the sense. Take a seat in the
Amadeus´ grand on-board restaurant, enjoy the fine view through the panoramic window and
then let us pamper you. That is how it should be, as the chef and his team will delight
you with their lovingly prepared creations. Who could decline such hospitality? You will,
of course, need a fine wine to accompany these gastronomic pleasures and the head waiter
will be happy to advise you. Then sit back and enjoy this sensual symphony. The next day
will again be filled with impressions and images as countryside, villages, towns pass by.
You will be able to tour castles and palaces, stroll through shopping streets and narrow
alleys and then in the evening return to the comfortable surroundings of the
cruise ship.
This ship is the third and newest member of the 5-star Amadeus fleet, whose passenger
vessels rank among the most handsome and modern inland waterway cruisers and meet the very
highest standards in terms of comfort, design and technology.
The AMADEUS CLASSIC carries a maximum of 146 passengers in 69 spacious two-berth cabins
and 4 suites, which measure 15 m² and 22 m² respectively.
The large-scale sun deck, characterized by its distinctive Amadeus-style awning, has a
fun-pool, lido bar, giant chess game, and a new development, this a walking
track for fitness enthusiasts.
The Panorama restaurant and bar are on the Mozart deck, with wide windows through which
you can enjoy uninterrupted views of landscapes that are fascinatingly different when seen
from the river. The tastefully decorated Amadeus Club is a new development, with an
atmosphere conducive to reading and relaxation.
The hairdressers is on the Strauss deck, which also has a fitness studio equipped
with the latest machines - and where you can have massage
As one of
the most spacious river cruise ships in Europe, the MS Symphony blends
elegance and style with friendliness and unsurpassed service. You'll feel
pampered and, perhaps more important, you'll feel relaxed. Upon boarding,
you unpack once and spend the rest of the journey enjoying the sights and
the casual camaraderie that river cruising creates.
New in
2003, the Symphony offers 73 staterooms — 69 deluxe cabins and four
beautifully appointed suites. The ship can accommodate 146 passengers.
Each stateroom offers large windows and beautiful views. A Splash Pool and
walking track are just some of the other amenities.
Style Beds, TV with Satellite Channels and Onboard Movies,
Individually controlled air-conditioning, and vanity with make-up
69 Deluxe Cabins are 160 square foot each.
Style Beds, Flat-screen TV with Satellite Channels and Onboard
Movies, Individually controlled air-conditioning, mini-bar, cozy
sitting area with Sofabed, full bath with bathtub/shower and vanity
with make-up mirror.
The 4
Jr. Suites are 236 square foot each.
The MS Amadeus Royal has 68 spacious outside
cabins (160 sq ft) and 4 suites (230 sq ft) each fully
air-conditioned with private bath facilities, shower, telephone
and satellite color TV. Mozart Deck cabins are equipped with
French balconies, Strauss Deck cabins with panoramic windows, and
the Haydn Deck cabins with windows. Ship facilities include the
Panorama Restaurant, Amadeus Club (library), Sun Deck, Fun Pool
and Golf Putting Green, a walking track, Lido Bar, Panorama
Lounge, an E-mail Station, On-board Shop, Hairdresser, Nautik
Cafe, Fitness Center and Wellness Spa.
All cabins are 160 square feet, except suites.
A floating holiday home for all aficionados of sophisticated river
cruising, - these are our MS DELTASTAR and MS DONASTAR. Anyone who has ever boarded this
ship has been immediately captivated by its particular brand of charm. It is as though
life on board it is under its own sign of the zodiac - Comfort. The cabins are
on the outside, and equipped with shower, WC, washbasin, air-conditioning and music
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some dancing.
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Royal Deck
Sapphire Deck
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MS Poetry
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Step aboard the Poetry and you will
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highlights of Europe –
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Poetry has to Offer
Some of the largest staterooms (at 172 square feet) of any ship cruising the
rivers of Europe. Most of the staterooms
have floor to ceiling windows; the rest
have picture windows. The windows can be opened in most of the staterooms
so you
can enjoy the passing scenery from French balconies. Each ship accommodates 178
The dining room, lounge, and recreation areas are larger than most ships on the
rivers. Both the dining
room and lounge have floor to ceiling windows so you can
enjoy sweeping views. Unique to these ships
is the glazed lobby, open to the Sky
Deck with a central glass cupola – a sparkling welcome to guests.
The dining room and lounge are located on the upper deck, and you have a great
view from both.
The fitness center has a massage salon, gym equipment, and whirlpool.
Other included values of the ms Poetry
immediately after passing under a bridge
Deck Plan ms Poetry
Technical Data
Built: 2004; Length: 426 ft.; Crew members: 43; Cabins: 89
Sky Deck
Royal Deck - Poetry
Sapphire Deck
Indigo Deck
Adjoining room
The spacious passenger cabins and suites are on the outside
and are very tastefully furnished.
The cabins on the Mozart and Strauss deck have, over their
whole width, windows with sliding doors (French balconies).
The cabins on the Haydn deck have the same dimensions and
equipment as those on the other decks, but their windows are
smaller. If desired, the two beds can be made up separately.
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The sofa bed can, if needed, be turned into a third bed
Ms Amadouro
Discover the rich history of Portugal and Spain as you journey through the Douro River Valley aboard the deluxe MS Amadouro, the newest ship cruising the Douro River. Enjoy a glass of Port wine as you mingle with new friends in the spacious Panoramic Lounge or relax on the Sun Deck as the ship sails past beautiful vineyards along the hillsides of the Douro River.
State-of-the-art Public Areas:
Gift Shop
Restaurant with open seating
Panoramic Lounge with a bar and dance floor
Sun Deck with a bar, swimming pool and two Jacuzzis
Spacious staterooms with private balconies on the Upper Deck and large picture windows on the Main Deck. All staterooms offer TV, individually controlled air-conditioning and heating, hairdryer, ample closet space, vanity with sitting area and full length mirror.
Elevator reaching three different levels: Lower Deck, Main Deck and Upper Deck
The MS Amadeus Elegant will complete the
"Amadeus-Class Fleet" in 2010 and will set new
standards in European river cruising.
Cabin description: (Ms Amadeus Elegant)
Cabin Mozart/Strauss/Hayd Deck (app.
161 sq.ft)
panorama window with french balcony
(fixed window on Haydn-Deck), bed, TV,
WC/shower, cabinet, telephone, writing desk
Technical Data (Amadeus Elegant)
The m/s AMADEUS Brilliant will have
the same classic look as its two sister
ships - the AMADEUS Elegant (2010) and
AMADEUS Diamond (2009) - with a pointed
bow and will, with its 110-m length, fit
perfectly into the elegant AMADEUS
fleet. Passengers will find the same
high standards of service and interior
fixtures and fittings as they have
become accustomed to aboard the other
AMADEUS vessels when they are greeted on
the AMADEUS Brilliant by the atmosphere
of a modern hotel room with TV, minibar
and designer bath in the stylishly
furnished 15-m² standard cabins. Most
of the 67 cabins have magnificent
panoramic windows and French balconies,
which turn this mode of travel into a
truly memorable experience. The same
applies to the 9 elegant suites on the
Mozart deck, whose 22-m² of space and
equipment offer passengers pure
Technical Data:
Maiden voyage on the Rhine
The AMADEUS Brilliant's maiden
voyage will start in Strasbourg on 1 May
2011 and take in the impressive scenery
all the way down the Rhine to
Amsterdam. The new river cruiser will
ply up and down Europe's waterways for
the rest of the 2011 season, including
14-day voyages from Amsterdam to Vienna,
7-day voyages from Budapest to the Black
Sea, and 7-day cruises along the Danube
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Inspections, Compliance, Enforcement, and Criminal Investigations
Flowers Baking Company of Thomasville, Inc. 27-Jul-03
Department of Health and Human Services
Public Health Service
Park, Maryland
Miller, President
Flowers Baking Company of Thomasville, Inc.
300 South Madison Street
Thomasville, Georgia 31792
Dear Mr. Miller:
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reviewed the label for Nature?s Own Reduced Carbohydrate Premium Wheat bread. As a result of our review, we have determined that this label causes the product to violate the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act) and implementing regulations in Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The specific violations relate to misbranding and are explained below.
First, this product is misbranded under section 403(r)(1)(A) of the Act (21 USC 343(r)(1)(A)) because its label bears the nutrient content claim ?Reduced Carbohydrate,? which is not a term defined by FDA by regulation (see 21 USC 343(r)(2)(A)(i)). Similarly, the claims ?Only 7 Grams of Carbohydrates Per Slice? and ?50% Less Carbohydrates Than Regular Bread? are also nutrient content claims in violation of the Act. These claims are unlawful because they implicitly characterize a level of carbohydrate in this bread product and are not made in accordance with the regulations in 21 CFR Part 101, Subpart D (see 21 USC 403(r)(2)(A)(i); 21 CFR 101.13(b)). Although FDA has not established regulations for the types of claims set out above for carbohydrates, the regulations permit statements that do not in any way implicitly characterize the level of a nutrient in a food and are not false or misleading in any respect (see 21 CFR 101.13(i)(3)). For example, statements such as ?100 calories? or ?5 grams of fat? or, in this instance, ?7 grams of carbohydrate,? are permissible labeling claims.
Second, Nature?s Own Reduced Carbohydrate Premium Wheat bread is also misbranded because its label bears the claim ?An Excellent Source of Fiber,? which is not made in accordance with 21 CFR 101.54(b). Section 101.54(b) permits an ?excellent source of fiber? claim on the label or in the labeling of foods provided that the food contains 20% or more of the Daily Reference Value (DRV) for fiber per reference amount customarily consumed (RACC). The DRV for fiber is 25 grams (see 21 CFR 101.9(c)(9)) and the RACC for bread is 50 grams (see 21 CFR 101.12, Table II). Thus, in order for a product to bear an ?excellent source of fiber? claim, it must contain at least 5 grams of fiber per 50 gram serving. The nutrition information for this bread, however, states that one 28 gram serving contains only two grams of fiber. This amount fails to meet the requisite standard established by 21 CFR 101.54(b) to qualify for an ?excellent source of fiber? claim.
Finally, this product?s labeling violates FDA?s regulations because it bears the claim ?2 Grams of Soy Protein Per Slice? without including the Percent Daily Value for protein in the nutrition information, as required by 21 CFR 101.9(c)(7)(i).
The above violations are not meant to be an all-inclusive list of deficiencies for the labeling of Nature?s Own Reduced Carbohydrate Premium Wheat bread or any other products your firm manufactures or labels. It is your responsibility to ensure that all of your products are labeled in compliance with applicable statutes and regulations. You should take prompt action to correct these deviations and prevent their future recurrence. Failure to make prompt corrections could result in regulatory action without further notice. Possible actions include seizure and/or injunction.
Please notify this office in writing, within 15 working days of receipt of this letter, of the specific steps you have taken or plan to take to correct the noted violations. Copies of revised labels for the product should be submitted. If corrective actions cannot be completed within 15 working days, state the reason for delay and the time within which corrections will be completed.
You should direct your written reply to me at the Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Office of Nutritional Products, Labeling and Dietary Supplements (HFS-820), 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, Maryland 20740.
Felicia B. Satchell
Division of Food Labeling and Standards
Office of Nutritional Products, Labeling and Dietary Supplements
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition


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The group is back. Or atleast, trying to be back. One can hope can he?
The group is back. Or atleast, trying to be back. One can hope can he?
Kuat Militia is being changed to Alliance of Free Planets
A grave threat has struck, and half of the galaxy has already fallen...
The destruction of Dormand Kaas by the Defender of the Core
A raid on Fondor that left the sith shipyards in ruins and Fondor free from sith control.
I know of no diplomat in the Sith that would have issued any threat. This is clearly a ploy to get you to attack us whilst we are busy gutting mutant survivors of Omega Red. I'm already bloody enough... I would not declare war against the Republic at this time. We are currently allies and I intend to keep it that way, at least until the Vong war is concluded.
Wait! We are Sith! Wtf are we doing with diplomats O.o. It just hit me :P
the Republic is on high alert. We have received threats from Sith diplomats.
who are the sith diplomats ? Are you trying to break up the galactic alliance ?
Wtf??? Who threatned you? You should already be on high alert btw. With the Vong and a Virus on the loose I`m suprised you weren`t on red alert O.o. I discourage any attacks on our territory for they shall be answered by the screams of the innocents on all uninfected planets. As soon as you fire on any Sith fleets/stations/planets I shall order Sith Assassins placed all over the galaxy to go to planets with sheilds on and land on them then to unleash the Virus. Don`t be a fool. Just calm down and tell any fleets you have moved to withdraw. Do you really want War so soon after the last?
I wasn't planning to attack. I only wish to defend.
Then you Forces shall defend agaisnt nothing. No attack shall come from the Sith.
Well, considering we FOUGHT in the war and DIED in the war, meditation isn't exactly the description I'd give. We did our part, Johnny. And you did yours.
And destroying 5/8ths of the galaxy is better?
You got any better ideas
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WASHINGTON - A popular song by LMFAO has borne some unexpected offspring.
A parody of the group's hit "Sexy and I Know It" is all about a body of a different kind. "Pregnant and I Know It," starring what appears to be a very pregnant Angela Profitt, has more than 1.5 million hits on YouTube since being posted earlier this year, and takes on a stage of life familiar for many women.
Consider these enlightening and honest lyrics:
"When I finally fall asleep, my leg begins to cramp
Got a fetus in my belly, and TUMS by my lamp
I pee my pants when I sneeze and I'm so afraid blow it, blow it, blow it, blow it..."
You know how it ends. What isn't known is how Profitt's kid one day will view his mom's antics.
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Billionaire retailer Gerry Harvey yesterday said that the debate about foreign retailers not being forced to collect GST on some Australian purchases had been misconstrued as a battle between the internet and companies like his own Harvey Norman empire.
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A Message from Linda DennyPhoto courtesy of Women's Enterprise Publications and WE MagazineOn July 15, 2010 the Census Bureau released the most recent data on small businesses in America. The number of women owned companies (51+ percent ownership and control) increased by 20.1 percent since the last business census in 2002. In 2007 (the date of the Census), women-owned firms held 28.7 percent of all non-farm businesses in the U.S., 6.4 percent of total employment and 4 percent of total receipts. The total number of U.S. businesses increased between 2002 and 2007 by 18.0 percent to 27.1 million.Other highlights about Women Owned Firms from the 2007 Census included:
So how do WBENC Certified women's business enterprises compare? Very favorably! We have actually seen steady growth, not just in the number of certified WBEs but in some of the averages of these companies. In January 2007, WBENC had 5,800 certified WBEs with an average of $7.6 million in annual revenue, 48 employees and 14 years in business. In June 2010, we celebrated 10,000 certified WBEs with an average of $8.3 million in annual revenue, 42 employees and 16 years in business. Even though the business landscape has changed considerably since 2007, women business owners remain optimistic. There are several research studies that indicate women's businesses will be leaders in creating badly needed new jobs as their companies continue to grow and prosper. WBENC is doing its part to help. We are making changes to the WBENCLink database that will make WBE companies even more visible. These changes include expanded industry codes that are much more definitive. We are adding the new NAICS codes, dropping the seldom used SIC codes, and adding an entirely new coding system; the United Nations Standard Products and Services Codes (UNSPSC), an international coding system used by an increasing number of corporations. WBENC's new recertification application will require action on the part of each currently certified WBE, who will be contacted by their Regional Partner Organization with instructions on how to update their online profile.All changes will allow a corporation searching WBENCLink to understand, in far greater detail, exactly what it is the WBE firm does. In addition, the new WBENC Certificate of Certification will now accommodate up to 35 NAICS and 35 UNSPSC codes instead of the current three. I know both WBEs and Corporate Members will be pleased!Be sure to watch the August President's Video on WBENC.org for more details and check out the website for updates on what is happening.
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Will there ever be a restaurant at 1001 Studewood Street again? The building, which was originally constructed to house Robert Gadsby's Bedford in 2008, has sat vacant since subsequent tenant Stella Sola closed in May 2012. There were plans for a while for it to be a second Killen's Steakhouse locat ... More >>
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It was a sad day in Wharton on Monday, August 4, when 40-year-old Hinze's Bar-B-Que burned to the ground as a result of a pit fire. The Houston Chronicle reports that the fire occurred during the evening around 7 o'clock; no injuries were reported. Hinze's was a favorite of many Houstonians and thos ... More >>
Ah, the old-fashioned American diner. The place where the servers wear uniforms with tarnished gold name tags, the coffee tastes like city tap water and the food is nothing, if not predictable. It's been the same since man first walked on the moon, and it sure ain't gonna change any time soon. Al ... More >>
The Houston Chronicle reports that Newk's Eatery will be opening its second location in Houston at 20802 Katy Freeway in Katy on Saturday, August 2. The first Newk's that opened in Houston is located at Cypress at 25712 Northwest Freeway. Newk's serves a variety of large salads, a selection of pizza ... More >>
New York Times: The NYT sat down with Lisa Fain, blogger of Homesick Texan, and who is originally from the great city of Houston, but currently lives in New York. Fain recently released her new cookbook, "The Homesick Texan's Family Table," and during her book tour, she made several food stops throu ... More >>
Last week ended with sad news when local baker, Jody Stevens, lost her home in a fire. Thankfully she was not at her home during the fire, but she lost everything inside her home, including the the tools she uses for her cake business, Jodycakes. Various restaurateurs and chefs have created fundrais ... More >>
It's always sad to see a long-standing restaurant shutter, but, after 15 years, Dirk's Coffee, formerly Diedrich Coffee, has decided to close its doors. The coffee shop on Montrose Boulevard closed on Tuesday, April 8, according to Eater. Back in 2012, Katharine Shilcutt ranked the Mayan Mocha at Di ... More >>
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Not all food trends are annoying, and though we know "to each his/her own" is a good rule by which to live, there are a few gems out there in the food world that we cannot wait to see more of. Here are Five 2013 Food Trends That We Hope Stick Around in 2014:
The Fourth of July weekend was filled with exciting openings and a surprising closing. Let's start with the closing of one of the 1252 Tapas Bar locations. The Vintage Park location of 1252 Tapas Bar closed on July 6, but don't worry, the other locations in Uptown and The Woodlands are still open. ... More >>
Open the Taps: The big news this week is the passage of a few beer-related bills in the Texas Senate. Open the Taps has the rundown on what it means now that brewpubs' annual production limit has been raised to 10,000 barrels and breweries can sell beer directly to consumers for on-premise consumpti ... More >>
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The week so far has been full of good news, bad news, blind items and idle speculation. In other words, buckle up for a bumpy ride of a round-up. First is news from B4-U-Eat that Portugallia -- the city's only Portuguese and Angolan restaurant -- closed quietly last week. The restaurant we reviewed ... More >>
Huffington Post: In the first of two articles that set Houstonian tongues wagging this week, travel writer David Landsel offers his reasons as to why Austin is the most overrated tourist destination in America -- and why Houston is the most underrated. Among them, Landsel includes "plenty of good fo ... More >>
How many Malaysian restaurants does it take to feed Houston? If you guessed two, you're correct. Proving that Houstonians like their Malaysian food in one single flavor -- Banana Leaf flavor -- newcomer Asam Laksa Malaysian closed this week in Chinatown. It could have also had something to do with t ... More >>
Houstonia: With the unveiling of his first review for the newly launched Houstonia magazine, it's officially time to stop referring to Robb Walsh as "former Houston Press food critic Robb Walsh" and instead as "Houstonia food editor Robb Walsh." Read his first review of Tony's and help Walsh decide ... More >>
If you've been looking for former Eating...Our Words contributor and Zilla Street Eats chef Jason Kerr lately, look no further: Kerr is the new chef at the recently opened second location of Hollister Grill on Washington Avenue. According to Eater Houston, the menu at this newer Hollister Grill is b ... More >>
Texas Monthly: "For a city that sits so near to the coast, Houston is often criticized for lacking in contemporary seafood establishments," notes Layne Lynch in Texas Monthly. To find out why, Lynch visits with Jean-Philippe Gaston of popular new raw bar Cove. "We're the fourth largest city in the n ... More >>
GQ: In the first of a few national spotlights on Houston this week (did you see the James Beard Award nominations yesterday? hot damn!), GQ's head food writer Alan Richman lists the 12 most outstanding restaurants of 2013 (early in the year though it may be.) and gives two of the spots to Houston re ... More >>
Intercontinental Airport must have finally gotten the memo that its dining options were sorely limited considering Houston's rich culinary offerings, because it looks like something's finally being done about it. Earlier this month, there was the news that chef Johnny Hernandez is opening The Frute ... More >>
Eating My Words: Not to be confused with our own blog, this is Texas Monthly's food blog -- mostly penned by head food writer Patricia Sharpe, who recently named her top picks for the 12 best new restaurants in Texas. Spoiler alert: Four are in Houston, by far the most that any city racked up. Scie ... More >>
From the Gutt: Riffing on last week's post from First We Feast which listed 20 things "everyone thinks about the food world (but nobody will say)" is local blogger Tom Gutting, who normally writes about wine but has now made me wish he'd write about other food-related topics with much more regularit ... More >>
Urban Swank: What were your favorite meals of 2012? The Urban Swank girls -- along with fellow food bloggers Hank On Food and our own Carla Soriano -- round up their own magical meals, including the spaghetti carbonara from Coppa, jar-jar duck from Uchi and foie gras torchon from Brasserie 19. Eate ... More >>
Last week's roundup was heavy on the closings, but not this week. Although there were some high-profile places that shuttered, this week features mostly good news. But in the grand tradition of breaking news to people, let's go ahead and start with the bad. First is that Tintos, the tapas joint in ... More >>
29-95: Opening today is Brooklyn Athletic Club, the new restaurant from Lance Fegen and chef Jeff Axline that took over the spot where Zimm's Little Deck once stood. Greg Morago has a preview of the space, which features two spaces in one: "The Clubhouse, a 45-seat, diner-style, full-service restaur ... More >>
As our own Josh Justice hinted at in last week's round-up of jinxed restaurant locations, there is indeed a steakhouse moving into the old La Strada spot on Westheimer. According to a press release that went out this week, La Casa del Caballo -- the second location of "the most internationally popu ... More >>
Eater Houston: I love useful maps, and Eater Houston's recent "heat map" of the city's best brunch destinations is just that. Old favorites such as Fountain View Cafe and Hugo's mingle with newer hot spots like Boomtown Coffee. CultureMap: Equally useful is Sarah Rufca's map at CultureMap of the 10 ... More >>
Dallas Observer: Last week's cover story at our sister paper in Dallas chronicled the resurgence of craft breweries in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. "Free from the hangover of the '90s craft beer bust," writes Lauren Drewes Daniels, "Dallas' small brewers cheer another round of growth." Anyone wh ... More >>
From the Gutt: Does every wine drinker's palate matter? That's the question posed this week by local wine blogger Tom Gutting, who writes that it's "silly to think that an 'expert' taster's opinion, such as that of Robert Parker or James Laube or James Suckling, should be given dictatorial deference ... More >>
It wasn't quite a Lord of the Rings-style Oscars sweep for Underbelly last night at the 2012 Houston Culinary Awards -- the restaurant didn't win in every category in which it was nominated -- but chef Chris Shepherd and mixologist/bar owner/restaurateur Bobby Heugel took home four awards between th ... More >>
29-95: This week, take a trip out to Marfa with J.C. Reid, who heads to far west Texas in search of a Tex-Mex item rarely found this far east. What is it? The "elusive flat enchilada," which sees tortillas and cheese stacked lasagna style and then baked before being topped with a fried egg. Looking ... More >>
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New York Times: Houston is getting all the national love this week. After being called "Texas's best and most diverse food city" by Andrew Knowlton in Bon Appétit, it's getting a spotlight from none other than The Gray Lady herself. The New York Times noted our sprawling Chinatown over the weekend ... More >>
Houston's ten best iced coffee crinks
The joke wasn't even that funny. New York celebrity chef David Chang, hearing that Jeremy Lin would likely come to Houston to play for the Rockets, at least for three years, tweeted yesterday, "@momofuku is looking to sign a three year lease in Houston, Texas." As Eater National reported today, ... More >>
Houston Chronicle: If you're wondering whether or not the Eatsie Boys will have beer from their own 8th Wonder Brewery when their Montrose cafe opens later this year, wonder no more: The answer is a firm no, thanks to bizarre and outdated TABC laws. Ronnie Crocker tackles the messy task of explainin ... More >>
As Eater Houston reported earlier this week, West Oaks Mall is losing one of its biggest anchors -- Alamo Drafthouse -- as the chain expands into other areas of Houston, namely Midtown and Cypress. In its place, West Oaks Mall is getting a western-themed bar from country singer Toby Keith, Nashvill ... More >>
Delicious Mischief: If I didn't have a lady-poker-and-fried-chicken night all lined up for this past Sunday, you can bet I would have been at Triniti for its dinner collaboration with the Mercury Baroque string ensemble. Fine dining with courses orchestrated to match a series of classical movements? ... More >>
By the time you read this, I will be on a plane home to Houston from Las Vegas, where I will have hopefully won $1,000,000 off a nickel slot machine and eaten at the Wicked Spoon -- which, from what I can tell in the April edition of Saveur, looks like the coolest damn buffet in the world. I say ho ... More >>
OC Weekly: In response to our response to his original post (how meta) on the five most influential American cities in Mexican cuisine, the OC Weekly's Gustavo Arellano admits that Houston has been influential in the development of Mexican cuisine. Just not in the ways that you're thinking. Delicio ... More >>
Free Press Houston: Hate Yelp? Then you'll love Jay's screed against the restaurant review website over at Free Press Houston. In his essay, Jay -- who's better known as the blogger behind Guns & Tacos -- says that biggest problem with Yelp that its "platform is dependent on malicious activity, whic ... More >>
Robb Walsh: In case you hadn't heard... Texas oyster season is now open! Look for Texas appellation oysters this year, especially from purveyors like Louisiana Foods and at the Saturday by-catch market from PJ Stoops. Blog of an Aspiring Foodie: After a long absence, Chris is back with a fierce pos ... More >>
Photos by Mai PhamChef/Owner Kevin Naderi of RoostIt's not often that a small restaurant becomes an instant hit, but from what I could see on a busy Tuesday night with a small line forming at the door, neighborhood eatery Roost possesses everything it needs to make it -- a small, cozy space; ... More >>
That didn't last long...As 2012 gets up and running, restaurants have hit the ground running. This week's round-up includes two expansions, a few openings and a couple of noteworthy closings. Expanding into downtown as promised, The Burger Guys finally announced its new location this week: K ... More >>
Today, Latin Bites Cafe, the tiny seven-table Peruvian restaurant that received critical acclaim during its one year, five month reign in Houston's warehouse district, is having its grand re-opening to the public in its brand spanking new Memorial location (5709 Woodway Dr.). At the helm of the bri ... More >>
Coming soon: Free bitch-slaps for anyone who says, "Meet me at the Finn."It's been a busy month for restaurant openings, closings, name changes and remodels. Hang onto your coffee cups -- we've got a lot of restaurant news to get through in one post. Openings: BlackFinn American Grille is c ... More >>
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pushing a remote branch to github.com:
git remote -v
Try to verify that origin is set to the correct thing.
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pushing a remote branch to github.com:
git remote -v
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For some time now, I have been very interested in the compilation process of programming languages and how they are converted to assembly. Naturally, I became very interested in LLVM portable assembly syntax, and how its syntax compares to x86 assembly. It turns out that it is very readable and understandable, unlike the bare bones assembly found when disassembling a program. I found that it is actually a lot easier to analyze x86 assembly after it has been been generated from LLVM as intermediary since the LLVM block labels are commented into the assembly blocks and in general the structure looks very similar. Let us look at an example of a simple hello world program.
@0 = internal constant [20 x i8] c"Hello LLVM-C world!"
declare i32 @puts(i8*)
define void @sayHelloWorld() {
%0 = call i32 @puts(i8* getelementptr inbounds ([20 x i8]* @0, i32 0, i32 0))
ret void
Looking through the following example, the global @0 is set with a string. An external function where the body is defined somewhere else needs to be initialized with the declare keyword. A new function, however, needs to be defined along with its body, return type, and parameters. Each function body needs to have at least one label, which in this case is aName. After the block label, the call function is used which calls puts function from an external definition. The function getelementptr returns a pointer to an element specified with certain bounds. When the inbounds keyword is used, access is denied outside of the bounds specified. The register %0 is set with the result of external puts function, and a void is returned. Now I will present the equivalent x86 assembly.
.section __TEXT,__text,regular,pure_instructions
.globl _sayHelloWorld
.align 4, 0x90
_sayHelloWorld: ## @sayHelloWorld
## BB#0: ## %aName
subq $8, %rsp
leaq ___unnamed_1(%rip), %rdi
callq _puts
addq $8, %rsp
.section __TEXT,__cstring,cstring_literals
.align 4 ## @0
.asciz "Hello LLVM-C world!"
Let us look at exactly what is going on. The stack pointer is advanced so that we may put local variables onto the stack. The string we would like to output is saved into %rdi register and _puts is called with the parameter. The stack pointer is returned to what it was originally and we return from the function.I think my favorite part about the following code is that LLVM has left us breadcrumbs which can give us insight into the interoperability of the x86 assembly. Particularly, we can see that @sayHelloWorld, %aName, and @0 entry block entry points are provided for us! Even though the following code snippet is not complex, for code blocks of greater complexity this information might be very important for us.
For reference, here is the C code necessary to generate and run the LLVM Hello World example.
A solution to a given algorithmic problem may be given in terms of a yes/no answer. NP is defined as polynomial running time necessary to verify that a solution is correct. P is defined as the actual running time to find whether there is a solution, which is polynomial. Therefore, it can easily be seen that something which runs in polynomial time could be easily verified in polynomial time as well, given an instance of the solution, so P is a subset of NP. However, does this mean that P == NP? There might be other algorithms that have different running time magnitudes, however which might be able to be verified in polynomial time.
Now, what does it mean for a problem to be NP-complete? It is a type of problem that could be verified in polynomial time, however there is no known algorithm that could solve the problem in polynomial time. There may be an algorithm, however it has never been discovered. If there is such an algorithm for at least one of these NP-complete problems, this means that there is an algorithm for all of them, and thus in fact all NP-complete problems are in the class P as well.
Therefore, if we know a problem that is already NP-Complete, we can prove another problem being NP-Complete as well. What this means is that if we know the running time of some problem that is NP-Complete, we know the running time of the other problem is at least as fast. So if there is a language L and we know language L' is NP-Complete, we can reduce all inputs of of L' to inputs of L such that when we feed input into L', we have a transformation function f which reduces input instance x of L' into input instance f(x) of L. From this, if the problem L gives a yes/no solution to input f(x), we know as well that L' will give us the same answer based on input x. The five steps we must perform are
1. Prove L is an element of NP
2. Select a known NP-complete language L'
3. Describe an algorithm which computes a function f that maps every input instance x of L' into an input instance f(x) of L
4. Prove that the input x is an element of L' if and only if f(x) is an element of L
5. Prove that the algorithm necessary to generate f runs in polynomial time
One of the things that monads have been very useful for is State. Most of the time there is some intermediate structure that is not necessarily part of the result however it is needed in the intermediate calculation in order to come out with the final output. I was very lucky in finding Wadler's Paper that explains monads by examples, which inspired me to create my own. Conveniently enough, I remembered a function that I wrote a while back for Project Euler where every number that is not the sum of two abundants is added up. The function takes as input a number to check as well as a list of all its known abundant numbers so far.
accumIfNotSumOfTwoAbundants (result,abundants) num
| isAbundant num == True && isSumOfTwoAbundants abundants num == True =
| isAbundant num == False && isSumOfTwoAbundants abundants num == True =
| isAbundant num == True && isSumOfTwoAbundants abundants num == False =
| isAbundant num == False && isSumOfTwoAbundants abundants num == False =
The function has a "side effect", in that it checks if the passed number is abundant before checking if the number is the sum of two previously known abundants. If the number itself is abundant, the number needs to be added to the currently passed list of abundants for the next round of calculation. Along with that, the result must be passed, which is the accumulated result so far plus the number passed if the number is sum of two abundants, otherwise only the accumulated result. So, how do we go about finding the result? In order to gain an appreciation of monads, let's not use folds but instead write the recursive calls manually, which will look something like
main = let (a,x) = accumIfNotSumOfTwoAbundants (0,[]) 12
(b,y) = accumIfNotSumOfTwoAbundants (a,x) 13
(c,z) = accumIfNotSumOfTwoAbundants (b,y) 14
in putStrLn (show (c,z))
where c is the result and z is the intermediate list. Now the question is "can we abstract the list in a type since it is essentially global state", and the answer is yes we can! The inputs to the original function need to be slightly modified so that the list "state" is the last parameter being passed rather than being passed as a tuple along with the result. Let's define a new type now
type StateTrans s a = s -> (a,s)
As guessed, s is a generic state and a is the result. Now is the time to define the two famous functions, composition and return.
(>>>=) :: StateTrans s a -> (a -> StateTrans s b) -> StateTrans s b
p >>>= k = \s0 -> let (a,s1) = p s0
(b,s2) = k a s1
in (b,s2)
unit :: a -> StateTrans s a
unit a = \s -> (a,s)
Notice that I have defined composition as >>>= rather than >>= and return as unit to avoid compiler confusion. Now comes the main driver that pipes everything together.
main = let eval = accumIfNotSumOfTwoAbundants 0 12 >>>=
\a -> accumIfNotSumOfTwoAbundants a 13 >>>=
\b -> accumIfNotSumOfTwoAbundants b 14 >>>=
\c -> unit c
in putStrLn . show $ eval []
As noticed, the intermediate list does not need to be passed around every single time, only the result. The initial empty list is passed only once to the function eval. However, the function eval does not take any parameters, so how can we pass an extra parameter? Due to the magic of partial application it turns out that when we call accumIfNotSumOfTwoAbundants 0 12, it is actually a function with type [Integer] -> (Integer, [Integer]). Wow, that looks exactly like our type that we defined earlier! Well, it is just so convenient that it is the first parameter of input of >>>= function as well. That means that p in this case is really the expression accumIfNotSumOfTwoAbundants 0 12. With the combined power of lazy evaluation and partial application s0 does not need to be extracted right away and is instead a thunk that will be evaluated later. So then k a is really the anonymous function \a -> accumIfNotSumOfTwoAbundants a 13. Notice that here a is the result of the first function which is the first parameter to the anonymous function as well. Here, s1 is the intermediate state that came as a result of calculating the first expression, which is then passed to k a, which in turn becomes (\a -> accumIfNotSumOfTwoAbundants a 13) s1. As can be observed, multiple functions may be strung together in such a fashion, in a very similar fashion to unix pipes. It is time to talk about the function unit. It is not necessary in the following example and writing main without unit call would yield same result as with it. However it is good practice to have it since you know exactly the value that you are returning. Interesting to note is that unit may return an intermediate value as well such as
main = let eval = accumIfNotSumOfTwoAbundants 0 12 >>>=
\a -> accumIfNotSumOfTwoAbundants a 13 >>>=
\b -> accumIfNotSumOfTwoAbundants b 14 >>>=
\c -> unit a
in putStrLn . show $ eval []
The main thing to realize is that unit takes as a parameter the intermediate, and raises it to the monad which in this case is (result,state). From here on out an actual instance of a monad may be used so that main may be rewritten in a do style notation.
In order to create an instance of Monad, we will have to create a newtype and cannot use type synonym anymore.
newtype StateTrans s a = ST( s -> (a,s) )
The new monad instance will look such as
instance Monad (StateTrans s)
(ST p) >>= k = ST( \s0 -> let (a,s1) = p s0
(ST q) = k a
in q s1 )
return a = ST( \s -> (a,s) )
The ST function essentially acts as a lifting function which transforms into StateTrans type. Another function is necessary, applyST, which drops the result into something usable by other functions.
applyST :: StateTrans s a -> s -> (a,s)
applyST (ST p) s = p s
Now, we are able to write the main portion of our code in a style that is similar to C syntax.
main = let eval = do
a <- ST (accumIfNotSumOfTwoAbundants 0 12);
b <- ST (accumIfNotSumOfTwoAbundants a 13);
c <- ST (accumIfNotSumOfTwoAbundants b 14);
return c
in putStrLn . show $ applyST eval []
Reference: Haskell and Monads
R is a statistical plotting language, similar to Matlab. It's not very user-friendly though, especially when you try to use it for the first time. In my class, I needed to plot two functions in the same graph, for Voltage and Current through an RL circuit. Here is what I used in order to accomplish that:
> t = seq(-2*pi,2*pi, length=1000)
> f = 4*cos(2*t)
> g = 0.398*cos(2*t-1.466)
> plot(c(t,t), c(f,g), type="n", xlab="t", ylab="y")
> lines(t,g, col="red")
> lines(t,f, col="blue",lty=2)
> legend(-2.636377,3.731795,"y=0.398cos2t-84″,lty=1,col="red")
> legend(-2.636377,4.264303, "y=4cos2t",lty=2,col="blue")
The result I got was
About a week ago during spring break, I actually got OpenAFS running on an old computer that someone gave to me. There are two parts to the configuration, the client and the server. Getting the installation to properly run on the server was a challenge, but it worked. The client on the actual server was working, however when I tried to make it work with another separate computer, it totally crapped out. After a long waiting period in an IRC chatroom, it was noted that I had my /etc/hosts file totally wrong, and the file is not the same for the client and the server. For future reference, this is what the file needs to look like:
127.0.0.1 localhost
your.static.ip.addr hostname.network.ext
I was on a private network, so I just used ecks-net.priv for the network.ext string. However, whenever I used the vos listvldb command, it was showing me wrong output. Even when I fixed my /etc/hosts file it was showing the incorrect IP address. Apperently OpenAFS keeps a database of the server's ip address taken from /etc/hosts upon initialization of the software, and keeps that in there no matter if you change your /etc/hosts file or IP address. If something like that happens, or for some reason the client registers the incorrect ip address, this is what you will need to do at the server:
vos syncvldb -server `hostname` -verbose -localauth
vos syncserv -server `hostname` -verbose -localauth
vos changeaddr localhost -remove -local
vos listaddr -nore
/etc/init.d/bos shutdown
cd /var/lib/openafs/DB
rm vldb.DB0 vldb.DBSYS1
cd /var/lib/openafs
rm sysid sysid.old
cd /var/log/openafs
rm *
/etc/init.d/openafs-server start
vos listvldb
vos syncvldb `hostname` -local- verbose
vos listvldb
Your vldb should now contain the correct hostname. What we did is we deleted the database file, then regenerated it back again. Here is a reference to the actual IRC log, you can track down the conversation by looking for the "noecksit" string. This is very useful when you change your static IP address and have to reconfigure OpenAFS with the new IP address.
After about half a year, I can finally say that I am comfortable using haskell as a language. Dealing with the functional part, the biggest stumbling block for me were the Data types, just because you cannot declare Data types in other languages as you do in haskell. In languages like Java or Python you can't really really declare your own Data types. You can create classes, but that is different since they may not be just containers, they may change the outside world somehow. In haskell, a Data type is just that, a container, kind of like a slot for some value. That value may be restricted to a certain subset, or it may be a special kind of slot (for instance, a tree), but it cannot be executed to change some state outside of itself. The other thing that I haven't seen before anywhere else is the use of higher-order functions, and mainly being able to pass a function as a parameter to another function. I have never seen this property in math either, but I'm sure it exists, I just haven't taken such advanced courses yet. That leads me to my topic, which is an AI agent for a tic-tac-toe implementation that I made using haskell. It is available at hackage if anyone wants to try it out. I used two references when I was coding the project, Principles of Artificial Intelligence by Nils Nilsson, and the paper Why Functional Programming Matters by John Hughes. Both of these were excellent references, especially the paper. The program makes extensive use of higher-order functions and function composition. It uses minimax and alpha-beta pruning for its algorithm. Using these functions, I could test out certain functionalities one by one. What I used to do before in imperative languages was print statements, which would get very messy. Here I can just test the input of a function, and as long as it returns the desired output for all my tests, I don't have to worry about that function at all. That lets me concentrate on one problem, without thinking about other functions introducing some errors. I also used maps and zips in a nice way. I first made a function that given a board, returns a list of all the possibilities of that board, calling it moves. After that, I made a recursive function reptree that in this case takes moves (a function!) as parameter, and a Tree with only one root, mainly the board that we wanted to pass into moves. The reptree function constructs another tree with the board as root, and since the children of the root is a list, it maps reptree moves over the list generated by moves called with the root board as parameter. Therefore, it becomes a recursive function that given a certain board as parameter, can generate a tree of all the possible possibilities ever to occur! OK, that however generates only the board moves, what I really want the actual values of the moves. Therefore I have a function getValue, that for a certain board, outputs a number and that's all it does. How it actually generates this number is explained in the comments of the source code. All I do then is map the function getValue over the tree that I generated and I get as output a tree of the values. I can then just simply feed that output to maximise which would return to me the most advantageous value. One thing that the paper doesn't mention and something I didn't find anywhere is how to get the actual board, since you get a value from maximise but you can't really do anything with it, all it tells you is the value of the best move, but the actual move is lost. Therefore, I just made a tree zipper that zips the two trees together and returns a tree of tuples consisting of the value and the actual board. We then feed the tuple to maximise, with it only looking at the first value, but actually returning a tuple of the value and the best move. That gives you a best move that the agent should make some time in the future however, considering both the player and the enemy play optimally. We need the best move right for the next move that we need to make, not the move a couple of plies down the line. It's good thing that I provide a list of history that tells us what moves the board has already generated, so I just backtrack to one move after the current move and I have my best move for the next ply. My code is still not as pretty as I would like it to be, due to a couple of hacks I had to make, but it is a lot better than what I would have had to go through if I wrote this in an imperative language.
I just got done with another semester of college. It was tougher than usual since I had 6 classes. With the little time that I have had, I've been intently trying to learn Haskell, which is nothing like I have seen before, since it is purely functional, unlike all the other imperative languages I'm used to. It seems promising, but will probably take a while to fully grasp it. In trying to learn the languages, I've thought about making libmpd-haskell work with xmonad to play and stop music with a button. Midway through, someone changed something some feature in xmonad, and it stopped working anymore. Rather than try to fix this in a language I don't know, I made a nice ebuild for gentoo instead.
First of all, let me provide an explanation for what minix is and why it may be useful. I remember hearing about minix a long time ago when I was reading Just For Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolution, where Linux Torvalds and Andrew Tanenbaum, creator of Minix, argued which OS would survive. Linux originated from minix, and even though they are both derived from unix, they differ greatly how they function on the inside, with the most notable feature being the kernel. Linux is monolithic, with all the drivers running in kernel-space, meaning a bug in some driver could crash your computer easily, whereas Minix uses a client-server model for its kernel, where drivers are run in user-space. This introduces some latency, but also introduces reliability, since a driver crash will be the equivalent of a user program crashing, which is harmless to the system. The easiest way to check it out is to put it on a virtual machine and let it run. I chose bochs because it was the easiest to install (qemu wanted me to have a different compiler), and it seems to be the most suitable for testing OS code. The biggest downside is that everything is emulated, which makes it rather slow to run. For regular file editing and browsing it's fine, but when it has to write to a disk, it can take significantly longer than running it bare on the machine. The hardest part for me was getting minix to run, so I will explain it in detail. Once you install/compile bochs on your HDD, it will look for a .bochsrc file in your user directory (/home/username or ~). You can acquire minix through downloading from their website, or you may already have a CD-ROM with minix, as in my case. In our .bochsrc file, we will first need to specify a romimage and vgaromimage that bochs can load. Bochs comes with a default one, I used it and it was fine. They're located usually under /usr/share/bochs, but may be different depending on your system. The names of the files are BIOS-bochs-latest and VGABIOS-lgpl-latest. The first two lines, if you plan to use the default images, should be:
romimage: file=/usr/share/bochs/BIOS-bochs-latest, address=0xf0000
vgaromimage: file=/usr/share/bochs/VGABIOS-lgpl-latest
Now is the time to emulate a CD-ROM from which to boot minix. The power of bochs lies it the fact that it can very easily emulate devices, and they can be pretty much any file that you specify. So, in the case that you are booting from a CD-ROM, and the name of the device is /dev/cdrom (you may have to adjust), your line to add would be
ata0-master: type=cdrom, path=/dev/cdrom, status=inserted
In the case that you have only the minix iso file, the line to add would be
ata0-master: type=cdrom, path=/path/to/iso/file, status=inserted
For whichever type you use, at the end you will need to specify to boot from cdrom:
boot: disk
Now you should try running minix by typing "bochs" at the prompt. You will see the Main Menu of Bochs. Specify [5] (the default) to get on with the simulation. It should present you with a nice bootup screen and after the OS loads, you should be able to login with "root". This is a live CD so you can explore the structure and all from the CD image directly. Of course, you'd want to install it to disk to be able to change minix around and save its current state. In order to do that, you will need to save the OS to disk. In order to do that, you will need to make an image file on your HDD, which acts as a partition for your virtual machine. You can use dd for that, but in order to make it easier, bximage should be used, which comes with bochs. After starting it up, you should see
Do you want to create a floppy disk image or a hard disk image?
Please type hd or fd. [hd]
Specify the default, [hd]. After that you would get
What kind of image should I create?
Please type flat, sparse or growing. [flat]
The default, [flat], should be specified again. You should now see
Enter the hard disk size in megabytes, between 1 and 129023
Minix does not need a lot of space to run, however I read somewhere that you should allocate 1 GB in order to install anything you want on there, so I specified I typed in 1024 MB, and if you have the space and plan to add packages, should too. The minix website specifies that for minimum you will need 50 MB, and if you want to have all the sources, you will need 600 MB. After you specify how much space you want to allocate, the program will give a diagnostic message of what it will do, and ask you to specify the name of the image
What should I name the image?
I chose the name "minix.img" but it's up to you what you want to name it. After writing to the HDD, it will print out a line which you should add to your .bochsrc file
ata0-master: type=disk, path="minix.img", mode=flat, cylinders=cn, heads=hn, spt=sn
You can add that line, but you will need to change ata0-master to ata1-master, considering you still have the line where your ata0-master corresponds to your CD-ROM image, and change the boot: parameter to point to disk. This is what my final .bochsrc file looked like
romimage: file=/usr/share/bochs/BIOS-bochs-latest, address=0xf0000
vgaromimage: file=/usr/share/bochs/VGABIOS-lgpl-latest
ata0-master: type=cdrom, path=/dev/cdrom, status=inserted
ata1-master: type=disk, path="minix.img", mode=flat, cylinders=2080, heads=16, spt=63
boot: cdrom
From there, running minix and setting it up on your HDD should be a breeze. After logging in with "root", run setup and accept all the defaults. There should be a partition that you can now install to. After a considerate amount of time of installing packages (considering you did a Full Install), you should get a screen telling you that everything succeeded. After that, exit bochs and just change the boot: parameter to point to disk and you are done. Next time you run the simulator, it should boot from the image file and you should be presented with you brand new minix installation.
Thanks to tor and a packet sniffer, I was able to conclude that firefox by default leaks its dns requests when using a SOCKS v5 proxy. Therefore, what happens is that even though the rest of the traffic is encrypted, the actual requests for the names are leaked through, and if some knowledgeable administrator looks at the logs, can conclude that we are encrypting our traffic. For instance, a request for facebook.com would look like this:
the content of this site should be blocked by the http proxy
DNS REQUEST: www.facebook.com
where this is usually blocked, this file should not have been able to be accessed
DNS REQUEST: www.facebook.com/profile.php
To get rid of this disparity, we need to change some settings in firefox. At the url bar type in about:config, after which look for network.proxy.socks_remote_dns and change it from default, which is set to false, to user set which is set to true. In such a way, your dns traffic will be routed through the socks proxy rather than leaked through.


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Featured news
Coming clean on patches
The debate is about when researchers should alert the general public to the flaws they find. Industry protocol calls for discoveries to be kept quiet until a patch is availableusually no less than 30 daysto minimize the threat from hackers who could do damage in the interim.
That process, however, could soon change. A prominent security expert last week announced that he will give software companies just one week to patch a new vulnerability before he releases data about the flaw to the public.
[ Read more ]
Related items
- Article: Full Disclosure of Vulnerabilities - pros/cons and fake arguments (8 April 2002)


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The last time the Phillies faced the Marlins, they completed a sweep to improve to 30-30 on the year. Ryan Howard was in the lineup. Ben Revere was hitting .245. There was still hope of a winning season.
The Phils were 9-4 against Miami through June 5. All 13 of those games came while Giancarlo Stanton was on the DL with a hamstring injury. Stanton, who's hitting .295/.415/.636 over his last 25 games with eight homers, is batting fourth.
The Marlins actually have a better run differential (-121) than the Phils (-129). How sad is that?
Cliff Lee (13-6, 2.97) is on the hill Monday night. With one out, he'll reach the 200-inning mark for the sixth straight season. No other active NL pitcher has done that. In the AL, Mark Buehrle (12), CC Sabathia (7) and James Shields (7) have longer streaks.
The Phillies face Marlins rookie Sam Dyson, who is making his first career start. Dyson had a 2.82 ERA in 61 minor-league appearances, but struck out just 4.9 batters per nine.
This is the first game of the Phillies' final homestand of the season. They have three here this week with the Marlins, then three with the Mets. After that, they hit the road for seven in Miami and Atlanta.
At 69-80, the Phillies are two losses away from their first losing season since 2002, when they went 80-81. If the season ended today they'd have the 13th pick in the draft.
Tonight's lineup
1) Cesar Hernandez, CF
2) Jimmy Rollins, SS
3) Chase Utley, 2B
4) Carlos Ruiz, C
5) Domonic Brown, LF
6) Darin Ruf, 1B
7) Cody Asche, 3B
8) Roger Bernadina, RF
9) Cliff Lee, P


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Ramona's NJROTC has eventful summer and plans active year
By Deanna Lasley
This summer was an eventful one for Ramona's Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) unit. Cadets gave more than 360 hours of community service. They helped clean up at the high school baseball fields, picked up and dumped trash at the Ramona Country Fair, and attended a variety of leadership events.
During the week of June 27 through July 2, five qualified cadets were chosen to go to Leadership Academy at the Irvine Ranch Outdoor Education Center. One was a staff cadet who had been there last year, Alexis Baggett. The other four were cadets going to learn. Jamie Whitney (she was also top athlete of 175 cadets), Darien Hightower, Spenser Jones and Jackson Rath experienced classes of physical fitness, practical leadership, advanced military drill, self-awareness and other NJROTC subject areas.
To graduate the academy, they had to earn over a 90 percent in all personnel inspection, pass a final written exam, pass the fitness challenge with minimum of satisfactory, and pass all dormitory inspections.
A different important event was Sail Academy, where cadets Carlo Silva, Anthony Jauregui, Lauren Barrett and Aaron Paris gained training in leadership, teamwork, communications, decision-making, critical thinking skills and physical fitness while learning small and large boat handling — all taking place in San Diego Bay.
Another interesting opportunity came about for Brendan Ryan, Alec Richardson and Jackson Rath, who attended STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) classes. Brendan went to Emery Riddle University in Daytona Beach, Fla., while Alec and Jackson attended the one at the University of San Diego. Only 200 cadets of over 80,000 enrolled in ROTC are able to experience this opportunity to help grow as a student and look at possibilities for future jobs.
Overall it was a great and fun summer filled with tons of hours of giving back to the community and physical and academic training for our NJROTC unit.
Looking ahead, Ramona High's ROTC unit plans to participate in, among other activities, the Troy Athletic Meet, the Neptune Olympics, drill meets and more community service. The unit plans a trip to Hawaii during spring break.
It's not too late to sign up for ROTC. To learn more about the program, talk to Chief Bob Richardson or Commander Mike Ernst in Room E16.
Cadet Deanna Lasley is public affairs officer for the Ramona NJROTC.
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- NJROTC finishes third in state
- NJROTC partners with guided missile destroyer
- NJROTC goes from doghouse to penthouse
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Weakly, Opinions
It really sucks having a column that only comes out every three weeks, seriously. I mean, last week I woulda had some Opinions and stuff about Balloon Boy or whatever was happening last week, but now Balloon Boy is over, right? I mean, now it's boring because it was an Inside Job or whatever, so who cares, right? No offense to Balloon Boy, or Box Boy, I guess it should be now, because he hid in a box, and, I mean, I know it's not his fault, and maybe he will be able to Rehabilitate himself or something, but I'm not about following him on the Twitter, which is also Over, I think, right? It's enough Twitter, yes? I mean the Discussion? It was like the Teevee and Newspapers and Radio and the parts of the Internet that were Not Twitter were all blabbering about Twitter and people in Real Life talked about it and made fun of it or decided to Get In On It, and now it's boring, see? You fucking Killed it as a Topic because it was super-easy to talk about. Don't talk about that shit, man, it's like discussing if you do Crossword Puzzles, see? Lotsa people work on Crossword Puzzles but it's not a "Trending Topic"-twit-thing to Discuss Out Loud, you know? Right? Nobody talks about Crossword Puzzle unless they are in a Crossword Puzzle club or something. I don't even know if there is such a thing. Probably not, right? What would you talk about, like, "Man, it's like, some Seven-Downs are brutal, huh?" Zzz-zznore! No offense. I'm not hating on Crossword Puzzles or any Hobbies, even stupid fucking Sudoku, which I don't like, because I don't like Numbers unless they have Dollar Signs in front of 'em, so it's like, it's not boring to do these activities if you Want to do them, you know, go ahead and Do It ('Til You're Satisfied), but my Thesis Statement here is: It Is Boring To Talk About That Shit.
Speaking of Escherichia coli, another thing I coulda had a column on last week or the week before or the week before or whatever-infinity was this Hamburger-Meat deal, but now it's Boring and Over, you know? I mean, there was an article in The New York Times about how there's some Deadly Hamburger-Meat out there that will fuck you up big time, and so I was like, "OK, from now on, I will make my own Hamburger-Meat," but then I read or saw on Teevee (it's all a blur) something about how the sponge in my kitchen sink is the Filthiest Thing on Earth, because it is a Sponge, which Absorbs Things, and that's what I use to Clean the surfaces, so, OK, no sponges and I'm not making my own Hamburger-Meat, but no more Random Meat, man. Then, I remembered I got a box of those Bubba Burger® burgers in my freezer, and look, if you are a Meat Aficionado, I ask you, have you ever had one of those? I don't know what kinda Evil Planet-Destroying Ingredients they put in those things, but Holy Cow, man, jeez, that's some good fuckin' Hamburger-Meat, and now it's like, when was that article? It's gotta be OK now, right? I mean, I haven't seen anything about Bad Meat on my Twitter, you know? Hamburger-Meat? And besides, it's from not cooking 'em all the way through, right? If I cook the shit outta those bad boys, then I'll effectively be cooking the Shit outta those bad boys, right? I can't take it, man, I can't throw away a half a box of Bubba Burger®, man. I'm hungry.
Anyway, that goddamn fucking asswipe Balloon Boy and his whole chipmunk family could be outta his box and up in a Balloon right now and nobody would give a shit because now it's like-when, last week? Yesterday?-Airplane Pilots are driving past their fucking target? I mean holy fucking shit, man, what the fuck is that? I hope every-goddamn-body on that plane got a free fucking ticket, Jesus H. International Airport, man, wowee, I can't fucking believe those boneheads. It's like, we're all here as a Nation, feeling Good about Airplane Pilots because of that Sully Sulzberger guy or whatever, the guy who splash-landed that fucking plane, how awesome is that guy, and these chowderheads miss the Airport? Because they were talking or something? Doing Sudokus? Nice going, goofballs. I hope there's some sorta Untold Top-Secret Story about how you guys Saved The Earth or at least America or something because in my opinion (which I really didn't think I would have one of anything this week on account of my column is still only every three fucking weeks), but you guys need to be fired, seriously, because now that's two-count 'em-two bullshit things that happened over Our Airspace, you know? Now, I have to go back to wondering if the motherfuckers flying my plane are drunk or just incompetent, thank you very fucking much. Anyway, this week is Halloween, that's a topic, and how fucked is Halloween this year? We got flu, Pandemic flu, and Escherichia coli. Are the kids supposed to wash the fucking candy in Purell® or what? Plus: Yeah, I can't wait, a whole bunch of pestilence-carrying wee ones are gonna be ringing my goddamn doorbell? Fuck that. I'm turning my lights off and going to a movie. Maybe I'll leave my box of Bubba Burger® out for 'em.
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(This is a guest post from Amy Kessel).
In a recent post, Kate wrote these beautiful words:
Whatever we see in the world, that is us, too. Cultivate a willingness to compassionately drop down into the zero center of someone else's imperfection, and you'll see their pain, and a piece of your own. We are not so very different. We are far more alike than we often believe. With courageous hearts, we can change the world.
In my work and in my life I'm seeing the changes brought about by so many people doing their best to live courageously. Look around at our online tribe and you'll agree that there's a movement underway; I sense a rising tide of self-discovery impacting relationships at every level. We're willing to be transparent with our processes, to ask for input, to show our scars. We crave real connection, not superficial relationships. We write about issues that might be hard to digest, and engage in conversation at a heart level rather than an "impress the others" sort of way. We're nothing less than revolutionary.
Viva la revolution!
A revolution is made of individuals, of course, and each of us is as important as the next person. Individual acts ripple out and affect us all. This is what I mean by a rising tide – I am brought along by your willingness to share with me what you're learning. I benefit from your insight, your challenges and your inspiration. Thank you for contributing in your own precious and unique way, especially if you squirm and sweat as you hit "publish".
I often do.
The revolution has made my world much more fulfilling, and for that I'm so grateful. I get to interact with my peers in a heartful and authentic way. I've done posturing and prostrating, and it doesn't serve me. Instead, my sometimes raw and messy truth is on offer for you to use as it serves you. And thank you thank you for doing the same.
My love letter to the world is a series of reflections on what's been happening as I live my life, both online and in person, with aspirations of an open heart:
The more I love freely and without restriction, the more I truly receive.
We're all connected, yes, but some of us come with barbs and sharp edges. Loving people through their obvious protective devices is a gift I'm working hard to be able to give. It means refusing to take things personally when they aren't mine to take. Listening with love and compassion. And receiving the same as it comes back my way.
When I offer up my vulnerability, you respond in kind.
This is the field I long to meet you in, and this is what feeds me at a soul level. Without vulnerable heart to heart connection in my life, I'd eventually wither up and blow away. Vulnerability unlocks permission in me to swim in the emotional deep end. Is it scary? Yes. Potentially harmful? You bet. But just about as necessary as food and water.
When I'm acting within my integrity, you reward me by moving mountains.
This seems to happen most when my integrity requires me to step way outside my East Coast, perfectionist, people-pleasing comfort zone. The results floor me each and every time; integrity catalyzes resonant resolution. Sure, the way forward might include disagreements, opposing points of view and different agendas – but in the end I'm left with the satisfaction of speaking my truth and being heard.
As I learn to step more fully into my power, I'm given ample opportunity to widen my reach. What power means to me: Authenticity. Transparency. Imperfection. Intuition. These are qualities I seek in others, and others seek in me. The more I show up this way, the more I find myself doing my right work with my right people.
You send me lessons until I finally learn what I'm needing most to know. Apparently you have an endless supply of lessons. And patience. My lizard brain is persistent, isn't it? I keep thinking I've got it, until we go head to head once again. Oy.
I also see that there are no mistakes. Each time I experience a "failure", I get another valuable lesson. This makes failing a lot less crushing and much more interesting!
I think I've experienced the limits of love and then one of my children breaks open my heart in an entirely new way, and I see I've just touched the surface. I am totally in awe of my capacity to love. I wasn't prepared for this. More than anything else in my life, experiencing deep love continues to heal, educate and inspire me.
There are some things that are unequivocally wrong, and you make that very very clear. Karma escapes no one. When we mistreat each other, we pay dearly. Indeed.
What I reap, I sow. Especially kindness. Generosity. Wisdom.
Collaboration is the new competition, especially in our online tribe. This means everyone wins. Thanks, world, for making this so!
Amy Kessel is a certified life coach who helps women unfurl into their authentic selves. Her style of coaching is a blend of intuition and gently fierce reflection, flavored by insatiable curiosity. Amy's clients explore their unfurling via one-on-one and group coaching, as well as in residential retreats.
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