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This page is about the Full/Beta Version of the game, if you are looking for the Alpha/Free Version, see Alpha:Plant
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Plants are a class of non-experience-bearing monster that litters certain levels like the Ick Swamp. Worshipping The Earthmother can lead to these being spawned.
Nearly all plants have 1 HP, 0 damage, First Strike, Bloodless (doesn't leave a blood pool) and No Experience (for killing them). Basic plants can be removed without worry (unless you have burning an enemy or have a similar ends-on-attack ability). Others have certain effects that may be deleterious to your passage:
|Basic plant
|Mysterious Murkshade
|Mana burn, 100% magic resist
|Poisonous Pod
|Poisonous, 100% magic resist
|Erosive Eelroot
|Cursed, 100% magic resist
|Corrosive Creeper
|Corrosive, leaves corrosive pool on death
|Barbing Bush
|999 Attack
Corrosive Creepers and Barbing Bushes are vulnerable to magical damage, but the former will leave a pool of acid behind. Both are also susceptible to PISORF and WEYTWUT.


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ONEIDA CASTLE >> Holy Cross Academy couldn't narrow it down to a top two this year, Valedictorian Alanna Glidden and Salutatorians Maggie Vanderhoof and Kaylee DeZalia were chosen this year to represent the school's highest achievers.
Glidden plans to attend Le Moyne College for biology, eventually taking a focus in premedical studies. She wants to become a doctor or work in some facet of the medical field. "I'm going into medicine because my mother is very sick, and I want to be able to help sick people," Glidden said.
Vanderhoof plans to attend Daemen College for physical therapy, potentially to become a physical therapist. "My whole family works in the medical field, and I have grown up with a physical therapist that inspired me," Vanderhoof said that her friend's mother, Kathy Cummings influenced her decision.
DeZalia will be attending SUNY Brockport for nursing, eventually she wants to become a nurse or work in a similar field. "I want to be around people and be able to help people," DeZalia said.
All three of the girls said that English was their favorite subject in school. Glidden and Vanderhoof both played soccer for Holy Cross throughout high school and led student council as president and vice president their senior year. DeZalia said that Select Choir is her go-to extra curricular activity.
Glidden said that her parents and her English teacher Jeremiah Williams have been important role models for her.
"My mother has been very strong in her fight against cancer," Glidden said. Mr. Williams and my father are both nice, honest and strong in faith. I hope I can be like the three of them."
"I really looked up to my history teacher Mrs. Rudd and my sister Judy," DeZalia said. "They both have such strong personalities and are helpful."
The three girls said that faith played a role in their choice of college, though not as big as their futures.
"Le Moyne is a Catholic school, but I chose it mainly for my studies," Glidden said. "It seemed like a good fit."
"Daemen had the best physical therapy program for me," Vanderhoof said. "Though Daemen is no longer as religious as it was, God led me to my decision."
DeZalia said that Brockport is not a religious institution, but she hopes that she can make a good impression and set an example for fellow students to follow.
The three girls said they were surprised that there were two salutatorians this year, though it happened in 2009 as well. The girls said they have always been the top three in their class, DeZalia and Vanderhoof have always been neck-and-neck behind Glidden.
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Our program gives students numerous degree options to best pursue their individual interests and goals. All undergraduate students may choose between two distinct bachelor degrees, and a minor from more than 150 options. Our graduate students may choose from our PhD program, five master's degrees, two dual degrees and four certificate programs.
Through the ongoing success of so many of our alumni, trained within these programs, the School of Architecture has built a well-earned reputation of preparing leaders in our field. Our degree-curriculum — whether in architecture, landscape architecture, building science or heritage conservation — has always been intensive, in-depth and topical, with each program fusing history, theory, technology and design into a variety of degree programs that well-prepare our students for the rigors of the professional design practices.
Our graduates from these programs are truly world renowned as the foremost designers, practitioners and faculty in architecture of yesterday and today. We hold two Pritzker Prize laureates Frank Gehry and Thom Mayne as our alumni, as well as Case Study House Program participants, Pierre Koenig, Conrad Buff, Don Hensman and Cal Straub. Countless more of our alumni continue to established themselves as leaders in local and international practices. For instance, to name a few, Emmet Wemple, William Pereira, Albert Martin, Jon Jerde, Mark Rios, Ronald Altoon and Gerard Furbershaw all established their own local offices after graduating from USC, which then quickly grew into practices with world wide reputations for creative, groundbreaking architecture, landscape architecture and design.
Embracing the future, our students are encouraged to participate each year in one of our many global studies opportunities. We offer programs throughout the world introducing students to new cultural frameworks that contribute to the shaping of the global perspective.
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The future of the architectural profession rests on providing the highest caliber education to students who will become leaders in the industry and beyond. The USC School of Architecture demonstrates its commitment in bridging academic excellence and professional development through individualized mentoring programs, career guidance, and active engagement through the USC Architectural Guild. As the nation's most distinguished architecture professional alumni organization, the Guild has provided philanthropic support to enhance and promote the School's top priorities including scholarships, professorships, and school programs. For more than 50 years, the members of the Guild from all professional backgrounds and industries within the realm of architecture, design, construction and real estate development, have joined together with a shared vision that architectural education at USC must be supported and nurtured. In this spirit, USC Architecture students are presented with numerous opportunities to develop connections, both through personal and professional development such as one-on-one reviews of student resumes and portfolios and small group networking with selected industry leaders and firms. The School dedicates special attention and resources to ensure its students achieve their academic and career goals that align with their passion and core values.
Los Angeles is world-renowned for its vibrancy. The University of Southern California is a premier research institution. Both provide the USC School of Architecture with an unparalleled context for the study of the natural, built and technological environments. Positioned at the fulcrum of East and West, described by Dean Qingyun Ma as "a double frontier," the city, University and School combine to engage our students simultaneously on the global and neighborhood stage.
Los Angeles is described as the perfect laboratory for architecture students. Its variety of urban and environmental components, both cultural and physical, contributes to the city's diversity, flexibility and multiplicity in all aspects.
These conditions make it the perfect laboratory where architecture starts to challenge its boundaries. In this city is where the USC School of Architecture should be. But to be in it is not enough. It should be connected to it and immersed in it.
This immersion takes many forms.Our students actively participate in the city and its culture, studying notable architecture and landscapes through first-hand experience. Student design projects often reflect this interactive engagement by creating work that directly examines issues of the city, engaging in the real world issues of architecture, landscape architecture, building science and heritage conservation that surround them everyday.
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After World War II, UNESCO worked for the physical reconstruction of the educational facilities of war-devastated countries by building up library and museum collections. Since 1950 it has organized projects for primary education in Latin America, Asia, and Africa; it has also encouraged cultural exchanges between East and West, undertaking translations of important writings and organizing personal exchanges. A most important long-range UNESCO program concerns the problem of "fundamental education" —teaching people to read and write and to meet the problems of their environment. Centers to train educators have been established in Cambodia, India, South Korea, Liberia, Thailand, and Turkey, and fundamental-education centers have been set up in Latin America and in the Middle East.
In 1959, UNESCO set up an international committee to preserve and restore cultural property, which played a leading role in preserving Egyptian monuments threatened by the construction of the Aswan High Dam (see under Aswan). Funds were collected and experts assembled from all over the world in a successful effort to save the monuments, including the famous Abu-Simbel temples of Ramses II. In the 1970s and 80s, UNESCO was mired in controversy over the insistence of the developing nations, supported by the Soviet bloc, that it establish a "New World Information Order." At issue was a move to establish an international press code and licensing system for journalists, facilitating press controls by governments. The United States withdrew its membership (1984), followed by Great Britain and Singapore, charging UNESCO with budgetary extravagance and hostility to free press and free markets. By the mid-1990s, however, UNESCO was helping E European journalists adjust to a free press. Great Britain rejoined in 1997, the United States in 2003, and Singapore in 2007. In 2011, UNESCO's admission of the Palestinian Authority (as Palestine) as a full member sparked a new controversy, and led to U.S. funding cuts. In 2017 the United States announced it would withdraw, accusing UNESCO of anti-Israel bias; Israel also then announced it would withdraw.
See W. H. C. Laves and C. A. Thomas, UNESCO (1957, repr. 1968); G. H. Evans, The United States and UNESCO (1971); P. Lengyel, International Social Science: The UNESCO Experience (1986); R. A. Coate, Unilateralism, Ideology, and U.S. Foreign Policy (1988); W. Preston, Jr., et al., Hope and Folly: The United States and UNESCO, 1945–1985 (1989).


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The facility's Macy's store was pulling out all the stops with deep discounts and staying open for 65 hours straight until Sunday at midnight.
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College student Kaila Kramer said she found the store's hours nice because people don't always have time to do it.
Macy's also has mobile checkout counters, where employees walk around to ring customers up so they don't have to wait in line. The store's manager said business has been good throughout the day, but customers should set their alarms early if they want to shop at ease.
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"I love the part where somebody says 'action'"
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With Money Monster, Jodie Foster takes on the dark side of Wall Street. She talks about working in TV and what she likes about Germany
Ms. Foster, You're finally directing again! And for Money Monster, your new film about dirty deals on Wall Street, you were able to sign on George Clooney and Julia Roberts. What was it about the project that interested you most?
I thought the story was relevant to our time. Wall Street, and even more importantly, the subject of money concerns all of us. It can even make us crazy at times.
What does money mean to someone like yourself, who is not suffering from poverty?
Money can create so much pain and suffering. But the characters in the movie don't feel that money is the enemy, and neither do I. It's a way to express value.
What do you mean?
Many of us are confused about what our values are. Am I worthy to be loved, am I worthy to be remembered because I made so many thousands of dollars? Money is a measurement we put out there to tally up how seemingly successful we are in life. My film does not say that capitalism is wrong. It examines human motivation and how we express ourselves through capitalism.
Is it important to you to make films that provoke discussion?
I enjoy it when people discuss my work. I cherish painting, sculpture and music, but movies have influenced my life more than any other art form, and I hope the same goes for the people who watch my films.
So everyone has a different way of expressing themselves?
That's right. This is how we say who we are. I don't think movies will ever be relegated to mere entertainment.
Your film sheds light on the shady business practices engaged in by the financial world …
We look at that world and see a mysterious monster that we do not understand and, I believe, are not supposed to understand. For bankers and other people it's in their best interest for things to stay this way.
You make it sound like a conspiracy.
Well, there are powers at work that know exactly what they are doing. And more importantly: They know how to make money off all of us.
Your most recent work in television was directing the series Orange is the New Black. Has your approach to filmmaking changed?
I have always made fast films because most of the time I didn't have enough money to take a long time. I like to be clear in what I am looking for, and I like the pace that television gives you.
Your film addresses the subject of failure. Is it a more interesting subject than success?
It's easy to be successful and happy. But how do you deal with life when things don't go the way they should? It's fascinating to watch people deal with failure.
Directing is the last male bastion in Hollywood
Your success as a director has opened the door for other woman directors. Is this a happy side effect of your work?
The world is changing, and more films are being made by women than ever before. But directing is the last bastion that needs to change for women in Hollywood. I hope that women are not seen now as a hyped category, as if it's something special to bring a woman on board. Women are just as good and as capable as men.
What is your relationship with Hollywood today?
I've been in the business so long and made it through so many changes. I have actually reached many of my goals, something that never ceases to surprise me. I don't have to worry about what other people think about me so much anymore.
Will you continue to focus on directing, or will we be seeing you in front of the camera again?
I will never stop acting. I miss the part where somebody says "action" and then yells "cut." I'm not sure I miss celebrity culture and all the rest of it, though.
What are you afraid of today?
Well, I'm not a big fan of snakes. They scare me. Other than that, I'm a pretty rational person with few phobias. I make sure I get rid of my phobias through my movies.
The therapeutic effect of film … Are you more cautious or more relaxed when it comes to being a mother?
I'm pretty relaxed. That's probably because my own mother was over-cautious. I tend to be the opposite and let too many things go unpunished. But please don't tell that to my boys (laughs).
Is it true that your mother used to take you to see German films?
Yes, that's how I got exposed to movies by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Volker Schlöndorff. I was absolutely fascinated and it made me fall in love with movies even more throughout my life.
You are known to be quite a Germany fan. What is it you like so much about Germany?
I'm a big fan of Berlin. The city is so exciting, it's a real turning wheel for Europe. I have many friends in Germany, and believe it or not, I really like German food.


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A Los Angeles coroner said Monday that she is unable to identify Paul Walker's body because of how badly it was damaged in the car crash that killed him, and that she will need the actor's dental records to finalize her ID.
Walker, 40, died Saturday, along with friend and former race-car driver Roger Rodas, 38, when their car hit a light pole and a tree. "There was a post-collision fire, and the bodies are not visually identifiable," said Dana Bee, a deputy coroner with the Los Angeles Coroner's Office, the New York Daily News reports. "We are working to legally obtain the dental records."
The actor was riding in the passenger seat of a red Porsche Carrera GT when the accident happened. He reportedly got into the car at Always Evolving, a high-end car shop run by Rodas. The shop was having a fundraiser for victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
The two were returning from a spin in the Porsche with Rodas driving, when the car sped into a light pole and tree 500 yards from the shop.


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For the fifth year in a row, crime is down in the United States, according to FBI Statistics. The 2010 statistics show a 5.5% drop in violent crimes from last year's report.
But parts of the country are getting worse.
Flint, Michigan -- the most violent city in America -- saw a 10% increase in violent crime over last year, with 2,208 violent crimes per 100,000 people. Rust Belt neighbor Detroit was only slightly safer.
St. Louis, Mo. -- last year's most violent city -- saw an impressive 18% decrease in violent crime.
The cities on this list are ranked by violent crimes including murder, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault, per 100,000 people.


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Even with Europe's super-efficient public transportation system, there are times when it makes sense to rent a car. Having your own wheels is ideal for getting to more remote or rural places that aren't covered as well by public transportation: England's Cotswolds, Norway's fiord country, Spain's Picos de Europa mountains, France's Normandy beaches, Tuscan hill towns ...
Even if you don't plan to drive in Europe, bring your licence and a credit card. That way it's easy to rent a car for a day on a whim (and about $50-$100). While some countries (e.g. Austria, Italy and Spain) say they require you to also have an International Driving Permit (an official translation of your licence), car rental companies don't care about an IDP, and I've never bothered with one. If all goes well, you'll likely never be asked to show this permit - but it's a must if you end up dealing with the police in a country that requires it.
For the best prices, arrange your car rental before leaving home. Prices can vary dramatically, depending on the month, country and rental company. Shop around. The cheapest company for rental in one country might be the most expensive in the next. For trips of three weeks or more, leasing is cheaper. I generally go with a bigname company because it can make it easier to resolve any problems.
Compared to American cars, rental cars in Europe have less passenger room and trunk space, and manual transmissions are the norm. Automatics are pricier (about 50 per cent more) and may only be available if you arrange it well in advance and/or upgrade to a bigger car. Ideally, skip the automatic and brush up on your shifting skills (in case your reserved automatic doesn't materialize).
When booking your rental, check the location and hours of your pickup and drop-off choices. Smaller offices (even in big cities) typically close on Saturday afternoons, Sundays and holidays.
Offices routinely have a key box and let you drop off your car after hours.
Reconfirm your plans. When filming my public-television show in Ireland, I took a minute to call Avis in England to reconfirm our car pickup the next day at the ferry dock in North Wales. The man at Avis said, "Right-tee-o, Mr. Steves, we'll have your car waiting for you, noon tomorrow, at Heathrow Airport." No, in North Wales! "Oh, sorry, Mr. Steves. It's good you called ahead."
If I'm starting my trip in a major city like Paris, I take the train to an easier-to-navigate smaller town (such as Chartres) to pick up my rental. Then when I'm ready to fly home, I drop the car at the airport lot. An easy "one-way" rental like this is typically free within the same country (Germany and Portugal are the main exceptions). If you'll be crossing borders, ask about the costs before pinning down your itinerary, as dropping off in another country can trigger a hefty extra fee.
When renting a car, you're liable for a high deductible, sometimes equal to the entire value of the car. Baseline rates for European rentals nearly always include basic, mandated liability coverage - for accident-related damage to anyone or anything outside the car. It's (usually) up to you, however, to decide how to cover the risk of damage to or theft of the car itself.
You have three main options: buy a "collision damage waiver" (CDW) through the car-rental company (easiest but most expensive), use your credit card's coverage (cheapest - but check coverage limitations with your card company), or get collision insurance as part of a larger travel-insurance policy.
Driving in Europe is similar to driving this side of the Atlantic. Filling the tank abroad is like filling the tank at home, except it's euros rather than dollars. The cost of fuel in Europe (about $8 for three-and-a-half litres) sounds worse than it is. Distances are short, and European cars get great mileage. In big cities, park your car and use public transit; use your car for driving through the fun-to-explore countryside.
Beware of photo speed traps and restricted driving zones in old-town centres. Just because there was no police car in sight doesn't mean you weren't caught. You might not find out about the infraction until months later, when a letter arrives in your mail and/or a charge shows up on your credit card. Also, don't drink and drive - Europe takes its DUI laws seriously, and so should you.
Places accessible only by car typically have fewer tourists and more locals. Throw a tent in the back and you can go camping. If you glimpse a cute hill town, you can stop. If a town's hotels are booked up, you can drive to the next town. Behind the wheel, you have a freedom that train travellers only dream of.


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"The color red is the color of fire and blood. Hebrew words for blood and red have the same origin: "dm" means red and "dom" means blood. Blood and fire have both positive and negative connotations. Bloodshed, aggression, war and hate on one side and love, warmth and compassion on the other side. Ancient Greeks associated the bright, luminous red with the male principle…"
For our purposes, the positive and negative connotations have usefulness. Aggression and conflict, directed against a foe…love and compassion, the sort that binds a team with a common goal together.
"Protective powers of the color red against evil influence were common belief. Objects, animals and trees were covered in red paint, warriors painted their axes and spear-catapults red to endow the weapons with magic powers. Some of the Australian aborigines abide by this custom up to the present times. Neolithic hunters and germanic warriors used to paint their weapons and even themselves in blood of slain animals. Roman gladiators drank blood of their dying adversaries to take over their strength. In other cultures, the newly born were bathed in blood of particularly strong and good looking animals. Red painted amulettes or red gems, such as ruby or garnet, were used as charms against the "evil eye". Wearing a red ruby was supposed to bring about invincibility."
Protection against evil influence…assimilation of an enemy's strength…invincibility. Useful attributes in the task that is unfolding.
"Salvation from Evil is the subject of an ancient Egyptian charm: 'Oh, Isis, deliver me from the hands of all bad, evil, red things!'"
Fans of the Flyers might consider all things "Capitals" to be evil…and one hopes that they cry, "deliver us from the hands of all bad, evil, red things!" as the Capitals wreak havoc on their Flyers.
"Good and bad qualities are combined in Phoenix, the firebird. In Egypt, China and Central America it was associated with cleansing and revival. In China its name was the 'Vermilion Bird' or the 'Substance of Fire' and promised luck and longevity."
Cleansing, revival, luck, and longevity. We have seen the first three of these as the Caps live to fight another day. Now, let us hope for longevity…say, to mid-June or so.
"Mere perception of red color enhances the human metabolism by 13.4 %…On the other side aggression and violence can be triggered of by red color."
Energy is at a premium in the playoff season unfolding, as is the need to increase one's level of aggression and, dare we say it, "violence" to be visited upon an opponent.
So wear red…celebrate aggression and conflict, love and compassion. Besides, what is "orange," but a "warm red, intensified by a suitable yellow."
Flyers…suitably yellow.
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Retail & Asset Solutions are one of the market leaders within the retail sector providing merchandising and installation solutions to major retailers and brands across the UK and Ireland.
Your typical working week will be Sunday to Thursday (occasional Friday & Saturday's) and may involve travelling and staying away. Shifts are predominately nights; however, some clients require day shifts. Shifts will typically be 10-12 hours in length. Accommodation will be provided and is offered on a shared basis (when required). Work will be offered via a Casual Worker's Agreement.
The Role
- De-merchandise and re-merchandise stock with the use of planograms or in-store direction.
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- Expenses for travel and accommodation will be provided (when required)
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- Experience in merchandising and retail is advantageous but not essential
- A keen eye for detail
- Able to work independently or as part of a team
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- A general level of fitness required as heavy lifting and manual handling may be involved
- Basic IT and email skills, access to the internet will be required.
- Problem solving skills with a 'can do' attitude
- Holding a driving license and your own vehicle is advantageous but not essential
- Holding a FLT licence, Reach, Counterbalance or Bendi truck license is advantageous but not essential.
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The new Convention and Recommendation on Domestic workers - Employment Policy Department Knowledge-Sharing Workshop
- The new Convention and Recommendation on Domestic workers - Employment Policy Department Knowledge-Sharing Workshop pdf - 0.6 MB
The Employment Policy Department's 2011 annual retreat took place between the 20th and 23rd of September at the ILO premises in Geneva. Opened to ILO staff outside the Department, its goal was to share knowledge on progress made in five key work areas of the department: pro-employment macroeconomic frameworks, youth employment, sectoral strategies for employment creation, national employment policy formulation and research frontiers on the informal economy. A total of approximately 60 participants, representing the ILO (HQ and field) and external experts were successful in conducting vibrant discussions in all five thematic areas. These and the knowledge generated during the retreat are summarized in the report. Key lessons emerge for improving the Employment Policy Department's technical advisory services on employment, for translating research findings into policy advice and for improving collaboration between headquarters and field colleagues. Ideas and suggestions were generated both for future research and tool development and for the finalisation of this biennium's global products: (1) the handbook on employment targeting (2) the national employment policy guide (3) the guide for employment impact assessment of infrastructure investments and (4) the resource guide on the informal economy.


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Free-thinking and independent from the start, Rhode Islanders generated an incredible degree of diversity in their society and in their records. A researcher can quickly get lost in the multiplicity of available sources, which nonetheless represents a real treasure-trove of possibilities. The key to success lies in doing one's homework and having a plan of attack.
Rhode Island chapter in Ancestry's Red Book, Alice Eichholz, ed. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1992).
Maureen A. Taylor, "Genealogical Research in Rhode Island," in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Volume 88, No. 1, [March 2000]: 5-31. Up-to-date information on web sites, bibliography.
Genealogies: There are many good genealogies of Rhode Island Families in print. Check the library's catalogue for your family surnames.
Journals: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register and The American Genealogist [TAG] both contain many articles on R.I. families, including corrections to Austin. Register articles up to 1989 (except for J. Fiske's article on R.I. Research) are included in Genealogies of Rhode Island Families from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 2 vols. (Baltimore: GPC, 1989); each volume indexed.
Rhode Island Roots, quarterly journal of the Rhode Island Genealogical Society, published since 1974, includes both source material and compiled genealogy.
The Magazine of the Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, has published some good articles on R.I. families, as has The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record.
Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, from Rhode Island periodicals, 2 vols. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983) (not to be confused with the set of the same name that consists of articles from the Register), includes genealogical material from older periodicals published in Rhode Island: The Narragansett Historical Register and Rhode Island Historical Society Collections.
Alden G. Beaman, The Rhode Island Genealogical Register, published quarterly 1978 - 1986, annually 1987 - 1999 [last volume]. Volume 16 consists of an index to testators of will abstracts covering all of R.I. up to 1850. (Some volumes contain bits and pieces of other probate and town council material; individual indices in each volume are by surname only.)
Do a census analysis, using R.I. state and federal censuses:
Census of the Inhabitants of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Other "Vital Records": Alden G. Beaman, Rhode Island Vital Records, New Series, 17 vols. (Princeton, Mass., 1975 - 1995), covering Washington County, Newport County, and part of Kent County. Beaman's work complements the recorded VRs copied by Arnold, pulling information from wills and other sources that mention relationships. Very valuable for clues, but use with caution.
(Later Vital Records [post 1853] are indexed and available on microfilm at NEHGS, as well as at the R.I. Archives. Certificates are available only from the Dept. of Health in Providence.]
Information from Newport cemeteries is included in later volumes of Beaman, New Vital Records of R.I. and further microfilm and manuscript material is held by the R.I. Historical Society and the Elmwood Public Library, Providence.
When you have done everything you can in the Library, you're ready to start research primary source material. Two things are vital to remember:
Town Records (originals at town halls in R.I.; much microfilmed) include land records, probate records, vital records, town council records, and everything else except court records. Indexes are often poor to non-existent, hence the importance of photocopies from library sources such as Arnold and Beaman to help locate a specific record.
Rhode Island Historical Society Library, 121 Hope Street, at the corner of Power Street, Providence, 02906 (near Brown University, on the hill). R.I. H.S. holds the original Friends Records for Providence, Kingstown, and some nearby areas in Massachusetts. Their extensive collection of manuscripts includes also many private papers, seamen's protection registrations, and the Providence Town Papers. Web: http://www/RIHS.org
Rhode Island Archives, 337 Westminster Street, Providence, 02903. Military records; indexed lists of freemen; some early deeds and notarial records; petitions to the General Assembly; French and Indian War records; maritime records; census records. [ http://www.state.ri.us/archives/ ]
Newport Historical Society, 82 Touro Street, Newport, 02840 (next to the Touro Synagogue, in a building originally a Seventh-Day Baptist meeting house). In addition to a museum and a library of printed books, N.H.S. holds two series of books that contain all surviving original land and probate records for Newport, each with a card index. Another vault holds a wealth of manuscript material, including the original Friends Records for Rhode Island. [ http://www.newporthistorical.com/ ]
The Rhode Island Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 433
Greenville, RI 02828
[ http://users.ids.net/~ricon/rigs.html ]
The Society's quarterly journal, Rhode Island Roots, now 25 years old, has published much Rhode Island source material as well as compiled genealogies and many queries. Annual workshops as well as the journal put members in touch with each other. Volunteers throughout the state provide simple research services for members.
For more information on other libraries and societies in Rhode Island, including locations, hours of opening, etc., see Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research, 4th ed., Marcia D. Melnyk, ed. (Boston: NEHGS, 1999), pp. 172 -184.
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Carp, Wilson have potent bats to tame in Game 1
The task of setting a new tone for the 2011 World Series and restoring order on the mound will fall to aces Chris Carpenter of the Cardinals and C.J. Wilson of the Rangers in Game 1 on Wednesday. More >
Trip to World Series 'bittersweet' for Furcal
Champagne-drenched Cardinals shortstop Rafael Furcal posed near the entrance in the visiting clubhouse at Miller Park after Sunday's NLCS-clinching victory until his face hurt. He was not going to let this moment, this feeling, pass. More >
Motte finds success as battery's other half
Jason Motte began his professional career as a catcher, but he was converted to a pitcher in 2006, and he rocketed up to the Majors. Today, he serves as the Cardinals' de-facto closer. More >
Clinch allows Carpenter to get call in Game 1
With their 12-6 win over the Brewers in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series on Sunday, the Cardinals can now go with their ace Chris Carpenter in the opener of the World Series. More >
'Pens still have chapters to author in Series
The Rangers and Cardinals got this far because their relievers carried them. And now -- considering how much their starting rotations have struggled and how fearsome their lineups are -- we can probably look forward to a lot more bullpen usage between the Rangers and Cardinals. More >
Cards accomplish goal of avoiding Game 7
Technically, Sunday's Game 6 was not a do-or-die situation for St. Louis in the National League Championship Series at Miller Park. Manager Tony La Russa, his staff and players just treated it as one. More >
For Pujols and Cards, no time like present
When the Cardinals made two trades in late July to fortify their 2011 playoff chances, the description of the deals as "win-now" moves was almost pejorative. Turns out, that characterization was downright clairvoyant. More >
Cards, Crew turn Miller into launching pad
Game 6 of the National League Championship Series, which ultimately became a 12-6 Cardinals victory that sent St. Louis to the World Series, was an impromptu Home Run Derby in the early innings. More >
Pujols' gesture helps fans salute Prince
Albert Pujols called time in the eighth inning of what would prove Prince Fielder's final at-bat in the Brewers' final game of 2011, giving the fans at Miller Park a few more moments to say goodbye. At least, that's what the standing ovation felt like. More >
Take flight: Homers send Cards to Fall Classic
With a 12-6 rout of the rival Brewers at Miller Park, St. Louis completed a six-game dismissal of Milwaukee in the National League Championship Series on Sunday night and advanced to the World Series to face the Texas Rangers. More >
Redbirds well aware of punch Rangers pack
While the Redbirds certainly reveled in their postgame celebration, they know they're meeting a tough opponent in the Texas Rangers, who are appearing in the Fall Classic for a second straight year. More >
Brewers' beastly run ends with NLCS defeat
Shaun Marcum's disastrous one-inning start transformed Game 6 of the National League Championship Series at Miller Park into a Cardinals hitting clinic. An early barrage of runs sent the Brewers to a season-ending 12-6 loss and sent St. Louis on to the World Series. More >
Brewers tip cap to division-rival Cardinals
There were no excuses to be made in the home clubhouse Sunday night at Miller Park. Simply put, the Cardinals were the better team, and the Brewers knew it. More >
Redbirds are National League's gold standard
The time has come to move past the assumption, a mistaken one all along, that the Cardinals were already content. This is not -- and never was -- a team satisfied by merely playing in October. Their history indicates otherwise. More >
Brewers don't regret giving Marcum key start
Even after the gamble proved more disastrous than many had feared, Brewers manager Ron Roenicke stood by his decision to give Shaun Marcum one more attempt to regain the successful form that he had displayed through the season's first five months. More >
Sloppy fifth for Crew puts game out of reach
Jerry Hairston's actions accounted for two of the three errors the Brewers committed in the pivotal fifth inning of their season-ending 12-6 loss to the Cardinals in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series on Sunday night. More >
Freese named NLCS MVP after powerful series
Third baseman David Freese, who hit a three-run homer in the first inning of the Cardinals' 12-6 win against the Brewers in Game 6 on Sunday, was named the NLCS MVP. More >
Evenly matched foes should make for fun WS
Whether you saw this coming or not, the Cards and Rangers will meet on the game's greatest and grandest stage Wednesday at Busch Stadium, when Game 1 of the 107th World Series gets under way. More >
Pujols shaken up on controversial play in fifth
The Cardinals suffered a scare in the fifth inning on Sunday when Albert Pujols was hurt while retiring Ryan Braun at first base. Pujols remained in the game, though he said he injured his forearm and right knee. More >
Bulk of Crew's nucleus to return for another run
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Canonical is now sharing a minimal filesystem for ARM based called Ubuntu Core. See here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Core This image contains the APT software so you can install and customize your filesystem from a minimal installation. This is mainly for developers who want to run a custom filesystem on an embedded device.
Except specified otherwise, most instructions and information provided in this wiki is applicable to any ARM platform.
Configuring a boot partition e.g. Pandaboard
Here are a few steps I followed in order to get to a shell prompt on the serial console on my Pandaboard ES2.1:
- If you don't already have one, prepare an SD Card with 2 partitions: one for the boot and one for the rootfs. See here for detailed instructions: http://omappedia.org/wiki/SD_Configuration
- Open a terminal and follow the instructions below.
- Create a temporary folder:
TMPDIR=`mktemp -d`
- Get into this directory:
cd $TMPDIR
- Create the boot script file boot.script with the following content:
fatload mmc 0:1 0x80000000 uImage setenv bootargs rw vram=32M fixrtc mem=1G@0x80000000 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 console=ttyO2,115200n8 rootwait bootm 0x80000000
- Generate the boot.scr file:
mkimage -A arm -T script -C none -n "Boot Image" -d boot.script boot.scr
- Download the 12.04 release from Canonical:
wget http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-core/releases/12.04/release/ubuntu-core-12.04.1-core-armhf.tar.gz
- Download the MLO, u-boot.bin and kernel:
wget -O MLO http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/precise/main/installer-armhf/current/images/omap4/netboot/MLO wget -O u-boot.bin http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/precise/main/installer-armhf/current/images/omap4/netboot/u-boot.bin wget -O uImage http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/precise/main/installer-armhf/current/images/omap4/netboot/uImage
- Copy files over to the boot partition:
cp MLO u-boot.bin uImage boot.scr /media/boot
- Untar the filesystem onto the SDCard:
cd /media/rootfs sudo tar xvfz $TMPDIR/
- Clean files:
cd rm -rf $TMPDIR
- Alternatively, you can create your environment with
- Ubuntu 11.10, by downloading the following files instead of the one mentioned above:
wget http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/oneiric/main/installer-armel/current/images/omap4/netboot/MLO wget http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/oneiric/main/installer-armel/current/images/omap4/netboot/u-boot.bin wget http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/oneiric/main/installer-armel/current/images/omap4/netboot/uImage wget http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-core/releases/11.10/release/ubuntu-core-11.10-core-armel.tar.gz
- Ubuntu 12.10, by downloading the following files instead of the one mentioned above:
wget http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/quantal/main/installer-armhf/current/images/omap4/netboot/MLO wget http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/quantal/main/installer-armhf/current/images/omap4/netboot/u-boot.bin wget http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/quantal/main/installer-armhf/current/images/omap4/netboot/uImage wget http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-core/daily/current/quantal-core-armhf.tar.gz
Tuning the Filesystem
By default, the Ubuntu Core has no login prompt or serial console. You can get it to work with the following steps:
Getting a Terminal on the same serial port as for the console
- If you have a "console" bootarg in your u-boot you can simply add 2 files to read the "console=" from /proc/cmdline file and do similarly to the linaro-overlay-minimal Linaro package:
- On the SD Card rootfs partition, go to the init folder:
cd /media/rootfs cd etc/init
- Create a new file with the extention of ".conf". It could be "serial-auto-detect-console.conf" for instance with the following content:
# serial-auto-detect-console - starts getty on serial console # # This service starts a getty on the serial port given in the 'console' kernel argument. # start on runlevel [23] stop on runlevel [!23] respawn exec /bin/sh /bin/serial-console
- Secondly, create a shell script that will parse the kernel command line, read the "console" argument and launch the TTY:
This file shall be called the same name as in its invokation in the 'exec' line of the "serial-auto-detect-console.conf" file. Therefore, you need to create in our case a file named "/bin/serial-console" with 'r+x' (read and execute) rights:
for arg in $(cat /proc/cmdline) do case $arg in console=*) tty=${arg#console=} tty=${tty#/dev/} case $tty in tty[a-zA-Z]* ) PORT=${tty%%,*} # check for service which do something on this port if [ -f /etc/init/$PORT.conf ];then continue;fi tmp=${tty##$PORT,} SPEED=${tmp%%n*} BITS=${tmp##${SPEED}n} # 8bit serial is default [ -z $BITS ] && BITS=8 [ 8 -eq $BITS ] && GETTY_ARGS="$GETTY_ARGS -8 " [ -z $SPEED ] && SPEED='115200,57600,38400,19200,9600' GETTY_ARGS="$GETTY_ARGS $SPEED $PORT" exec /sbin/getty $GETTY_ARGS esac esac done
Login in "root" without the need of a password
- On the SD Card rootfs partition, edit the file /etc/shadow and remove the '*' character in between the semi-colons. You should get something like:
Getting network up and running
In most cases, you'll just need to look at your Linux Desktop PC settings and mimic those for your board. The following steps will describe the configuration when using a DHCP server.
Network configuration files for 'DHCP' client
A few files on your target filesystem need to be taken care of. You can edit them from a Linux PC, this is the easiest way as not even "vi" is installed on the Ubuntu Core Filesystem. Steps are as follow:
- Edit your /etc/network/interfaces file and add the bottom 2 lines:
auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp
- If you are behind a firewall inside a 'Corporate Network', the following 2 files may need to be edited to according to your Coporate settings:
- Edit your /etc/resolv.conf file and have something similar to this:
Remove the "<>" symbols and replace by your own corporate DHCP and DNS servers adresses.
search nameserver nameserver
- Add the proxy settings:
In your /etc/environment file, add something similar to this using your own corporate proxy server address and port number:
http_proxy="http://myproxy.ext.mycompany.com:80" https_proxy="http://myproxy.ext.mycompany.com:80" ftp_proxy="http://myproxy.ext.mycompany.com:80" no_proxy="localhost,.mycompany.com"
In your /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/proxy, add similar to this using your own corporate proxy server address and port number:
Acquire { http { Proxy
: ; Proxy:: "DIRECT"; } }
Just copy your similar file in your system and that should work.
Boot your Panda with network
- Re-insert your SD Card into the Pandaboard
- Boot the board with the network cable attached.
- You should have an IP address after you run the following command line:
/usr/lib/klibc/bin/ipconfig eth0
In order to avoid this step, it's simpler to just add 'ip=dhcp' in the bootargs.
The system will just request an IP address at boot time. In this case, your bootargs would look like it:
The system will just request an IP address at boot time. In this case, your bootargs would look like it:
bootargs quiet rw vram=32M fixrtc mem=1G@0x80000000 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 console=ttyO2,115200n8 rootwait ip=dhcp
- Finally verify you can use APT command:
apt-get update
should run fine.
[edit] Configuring APT to fetch all packages
- By default, many Ubuntu and TI packages are not installable, and hardware acceleration is not available. In order to fetch all Ubuntu and TI repositories (What's this ?), you need to add the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list :
# Ubuntu repositories deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ precise universe multiverse deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ precise-updates universe multiverse deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ precise-security universe multiverse # TI release PPA deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tiomap-dev/release/ubuntu precise main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tiomap-dev/release/ubuntu precise main
- And then run:
apt-get update apt-get install ubuntu-omap4-extras u-boot-tools --yes --force-yes
- Note that during TI package installation, a confirmation message will appear, before upgrading the kernel to 3.4.
- For more details, see TI release PPA
- Check content or create file /etc/flash-kernel.conf:
UBOOT_PART=/dev/mmcblk0p1 ROOT=/dev/mmcblk0p2
- Update the boot script file /boot/boot.script with the following content:
fatload mmc 0:1 0x80000000 uImage fatload mmc 0:1 0x81600000 uInitrd setenv bootargs ro elevator=noop console=ttyO2,115200n8 mem=1G@0x80000000 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 fixrtc bootm 0x80000000 0x81600000
- Note: you can add e.g. "ip=dhcp" option, but do not set any vram option.
- Now ensure that new boot.script is taken into account, run:
- You can now reboot
Adding a User Interface
- First you need to install Xorg:
apt-get install xorg
- And now a window manager. A light WM is OpenBox and it can be installed with the following command line:
apt-get install openbox obconf openbox-themes
Note: if this command fails, see Configuring APT to fetch all packages
- The PVR seems to have issues with the mouse cursor, hence just make sure to enbale the SWCursor option in your xorg.conf. This can be done in /etc/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-pvr.conf file:
Section "Device" Identifier "Video Device" Driver "pvr" Option "FlipChain" "true" Option "NoAccel" "false" Option "SWCursor" "true" EndSection
- Last but not least, start X:
- You are now ready to right-click on your mouse and open an X-Terminal.
Kernel and Bootloaders, do it yourself instead of using prebuilt binaries
So now, the basic system is up to date, you have a working minimal Ubuntu environment. As you have certainly noticed, so far you have been using pre-built binaries downloaded from the Ubuntu archive. So now it is time to get into the real stuff, and rebuild your own kernel and bootloaders and start customizing it!
First let's start with u-boot. Some decent efforts have been made by various people in the OMAP community to ensure that all the necessary patches are available in mainline boot. So in general, you just need to checkout a recent u-boot commit , build and put the binaries on SD boot partition... Nevertheless because u-boot is under active development, sometimes a random commit from the mainline tree might not work. As such it is recommended to use the most recent stable u-boot release (git tag) unless you really know what you are doing.
At the time of this writting, the most recent u-boot released version is v2011.12. So the following instructions will get you a working set of bootloaders for Panda and Panda ES (I tested on Rev A1 and Rev EB3):
git clone git://git.denx.de/u-boot.git git checkout -b v2011.12 v2011.12
make omap4_panda_config make
That will generate the following files:
MLO u-boot.img u-boot.bin
u-boot.img is exactly the same as u-boot.bin, but a u-boot header has been appended (using mkimage). Nowadays , with current version of u-boot it is expected to use u-boot.img, as this filename is hardcoded in the initial bootloader (MLO).
So now you can copy the 2 files (MLO and u-boot.img) onto the SD boot partition to replace the pre-built bootloaders, and you should be able to boot again, and verify that you are using your own bootloaders (check the boot traces).
Linaro is also maintaining its own stable version of u-boot which is being used for Linaro and Canonical releases. The git tree is located here http://git.linaro.org/gitweb?p=boot/u-boot-linaro-stable.git. As usual you should start by using the most recent tag/branch. In general Linaro tree might get a few more patches which are in the process of being upstreamed, but the differences with mainline tend to decrease over time.
Similarly to u-boot, there is some good support for Panda and Panda ES with the mainline kernel. As of this writting mainline kernel is at v3.3-rc1. If you checkout a recent mainline, you should be able to compile with the default OMAP defconfig, and it should boot:
git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git git checkout -b v3.3-rc1 v3.3-rc1
make omap2plus_defconfig make uImage
Alternatively, you might want to build the kernel modules as well:
make modules
The default omap2plus_defconfig is the kernel configuration that works on any OMAP2+ boards. There are default settings, that you might want to change. For example, you can enable USB EHCI and that will bring support for the USB host on the Panda. Of course there are tons of other settings that you can change, it is now time to start customization!
Chroot'ing into the Ubuntu Core Filesystem
One solution to customize your Ubuntu Core Filesystem is to do it from the Linux PC. Using a 'chroot' is sometimes quite convinient as you can run commands as you normally do on the ARM target. Here are some quick steps to get running:
Chroot configuration on the Linux PC
- Verify that on your Linux PC you have the 'qemu-user-static' Ubuntu package installed.
This can be done with the following command line (on your Linux PC):
dpkg -l qemu-user-static
- Have your SD Card mounted on your Linux PC and go to your rootfs Ubuntu Core folder, generally:
cd /media/rootfs
- Copy the qemu for arm file:
cp /usr/bin/qemu-arm-static usr/bin/
- If not done yet, have your network settings properly configured:
mv etc/resolv.conf etc/resolv.conf.saved cp /etc/resolv.conf etc/resolv.conf
- Then, mount sys, proc and dev:
for m in `echo 'sys dev proc'`; do sudo mount /$m ./$m -o bind; done
- Finally, chroot into your target filesystem:
sudo LC_ALL=C chroot . /bin/bash
You are now in your 'chroot' which means you can run commands like if you were on your target ARM device.
Using the 'chroot'
- The first step is to verify the network connection is fine. You can run:
apt-get update
- You are now ready to install any new package in your Ubuntu Core Filesystem using APT tools.
Getting out of the 'chroot'
- Un-mount the target filesystem:
Make sure your at the / target FS and run the following commands:
for m in `echo 'sys dev proc'`; do sudo umount ./$m; done
- Go back to your original network settings:
mv etc/resolv.conf.saved etc/resolv.conf
Helper scripts
- I created some helper scripts and was thinking it might be useful for everyone to share: https://github.com/DavidBercovitz/ubuntu-core


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Sometime back I noticed that whenever I run my favourite command, viz.
journalctl -xn -f -l
it was taking more time than usual. So, I thought to dig more into it and finally found that the following command:
sudo journalctl --disk-usage
showed that journalctl was using some huge space in tune of about 4GB. So, the solution was simple, vaccum the journal entries and the command to do so is :
sudo journalctl --vacuum-size 90M
Checking journalctl size after that confirms the size is reduced and after that indeed the above journal command takes no time 🙂
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Maybe it's because she was, for a long time, Google's most visible executive. Maybe it's because she's a feminist icon. Maybe it's because she's blonde and fashionable.
Probably it's all three reasons.
Because of this interest, we've been bugging our sources about Yahoo and Mayer nonstop for the past two months.
In the process, we've heard some confirmed and unconfirmed details which may not be worth their own post, but you might still find interesting:
- Mayer's accessibility via email has startled, in a positive way, some people working with her. She responds quickly and thoroughly, we're told.
- After new iPhones and free food, the next goodie Yahoo employees are getting is new laptops. This has been confirmed by multiple sources.
- More than a few Yahoo employees worry that these new laptops and iPhones will also help Yahoo spy on its employees and crack down on leaks to Kara Swisher.
- Mayer doesn't plan on hiring a COO anytime soon, though one source says "there's a stack of resumes from people dying to join the company from all over."
- One rumor is that Mayer told the Yahoo board she's going to at least double revenue in three years.
- Another rumor: Everyone says that Mayer was behind Google's $6 billion offer to buy Groupon in 2010, but we hear she was actually vehemently opposed to it.
- Yahoo is aggressively recruiting a board member, a big name in the Valley. Reports say its Max Levchin. One rumor is that he's hesitating because he's a product person and Mayer is a product person, and there can be only one chef.
- One consistent theme we've heard is that while Yahoo engineers are more motivated than ever, Yahoo's sales people are "adrift" under the Mayer regime. They don't feel like they have marching orders.
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BAKER � Saturday�s Baker Heritage Festival drew more exhibitors and attendees than ever before, North Okaloosa Heritage Association members, the event�s organizers, said.
BAKER � Saturday�s Baker Heritage Festival drew more exhibitors and attendees than ever before, North Okaloosa Heritage Association members, the event�s organizers, said.
Establishing actual attendance figures is impossible, association and Baker Block Museum Director Ann Spann said, but just by observing crowds, they knew they surpassed previous years' attendance.
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Many exhibitors praised student volunteers from Baker School�s JROTC battalion, who helped erect tents, tote display materials and assisted at the heritage association's table.
"The Baker ROTC (had) outdone themselves," association member Phyllis Enzor said. "They were here before we got started and (they were) here helping take down."
Under a blue autumn sky, people came from throughout Northwest Florida and Southern Alabama to hear bluegrass and gospel music, sample treats and observe demonstrations of folk arts, crafts and traditional pioneer practices at more than 60 stands.
James and Susie Lowery, who visited from Red Level, Ala., enjoyed sampling Georgia cornbread at Betty McLeod's stand. The Baker woman was one of several vendors selling the sweet cake.
"This is good," James Lowery said.
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Many attendees were delighted to see former Okaloosa County Supervisor of Elections Elsie Garrett; ill health had kept her homebound for nearly two years.
She joined her husband, J.T., who displayed his vintage 1960s Ford Galaxy police car, with a "Mayberry Sheriff's Office" seal. He costumed as Barney Fife, the deputy on "The Andy Griffith Show."
"I think more people are happier to see Elsie than me," J.T. said.
Inside Heritage Park's log cabins, Florida State Parks re-enactor Anne Harvey cooked a traditional harvest stew of apples, prunes, rice and pork meat over the open hearth.
Across the room, her sister, Mary Ellen Wexler, churned butter in an antique hand-cranked churn, while the women's mother, Ernestine Harvey, supervised from her fireside chair.
Such demonstrations, which included cypress shingle making, quilting and blacksmithing, supplemented Baker Block Museum exhibits and regional historic societies� displays.
Outside, vintage Model T and Model A Ford cars and trucks attracted many attendees.
Retired Baker School teachers Kay and Roger O'Neal paused periodically to study displays and chat with exhibitors, but more often receive former students� greetings.
"This area is rich in history," Roger O'Neal said. "What a great day to come out and see it."


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In my first article on Amazon's EC2, Getting Started with the Cloud: Amazon Web Services, an Infrastructure as a Service (or IaaS) offering that provides total control over all aspects of an architecture, from its hardware resources to its OS flavor and version, and ultimately to any and all software required (think databases, application servers, etc). This low level of control is what many software development and operations teams require and even desire. However, this level of control often equates to complexity and a resultant slowdown of a development-deploy cycle.
It's not surprising then to see competitors attacking Amazon's cloud market share with higher-level offerings, known as Platforms as a Service (or PaaS), which abstract a lot of the intricacies of a system architecture ranging from hardware configurations all the way down to what software is provided or not provided. In essence, PaaS offerings are a lot like a sandbox (that is, you are free to play within their bounds, but if you want to go outside of them, you're out of luck). Thus, they facilitate rapid development and deployment because development teams don't need to deal with a lot of system details it's all just there. Examples of such successful PaaS offerings include Google App Engine (or GAE) and Heroku.
A PaaS like GAE makes rapid deployment a breeze, provided you play within Google's sandbox. All aspects of memory allocation, space allocation, and even mundane things like load balancing are handled for you by Google's team of engineers. GAE (which has been extensively covered this year on Dr. Dobb's in Allen Holub's series of GAE how-to articles) scales without manual intervention. That is distinctly different from leveraging a raw EC2 environment, where scaling, among other things, is handled by you. Not surprisingly, many development teams have opted to go with PaaS offerings even if they do in some ways restrict aspects of the development cycle. In essence, development teams are wiling to live with restrictions if they provide a benefit. In the case of GAE, it does rapid deployment.
Nevertheless, Amazon does offer a PaaS that abstracts away a lot of the low-level system details, but also provides you with a high degree of control that isn't apparent in competing PaaS offerings. Thus, with AWS, you have the opportunity to have your cake and eat it too!
Introducing Elastic Beanstalk
Amazon's Elastic Beanstalk is a cloud-based all-in-one rapid deployment environment that lives on top of the Amazon Web Services infrastructure. Elastic Beanstalk packages up EC2, S3 (Amazon's cloud-based storage service), RDS, SimpleDB, and a host of other Amazon offerings into one easy to configure and use product. Thus, you don't need to make a lot of choices or have sysadmin skills to put a viable Web application that's capable of mass scalability on the AWS platform into production.
With Elastic Beanstalk you get handy features that you wouldn't easily get if you rolled your own EC2-based environment. For instance, an Elastic Beanstalk provisioned application is easily monitored by Amazon; in fact, during the provisioning process, you can provide Amazon a special URL to ping to monitor application availability. What's more, if your application does go down, Amazon will notify you via email. Even though Amazon provides you with the base EC2 instances on which to run your Web application, you are still able to SSH to those instances all you have to do is provide Amazon with an existing key pair.
You also get a URL. That is, your Elastic Beanstalk instance is, by default, given a publicly available URL related to your environment's name (though you must first pick an available name). For example, if your application's name is caprice, your provisioned Elastic Beanstalk URL would be http://caprice.elasticbeanstalk.com.
Furthermore, just like with all other AWS products, you have a bevy of options available for deployment and management of Elastic Beanstalk applications. I tend to favor the Web-based AWS management console; but you also can use an Eclipse plug-in, or even a command-line client (just as I showed you in the first article in this series, Getting Started with the Cloud: Amazon Web Services).