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FOXBORO — Jordan Devey stood 6-foot-5 and weighed 270 pounds as a high school senior. So it was hardly surprising he spent his Friday nights on a football field and performed well enough to find himself entertaining several scholarship offers.
There was one twist.
Devey wasn't playing football at American Fork High, but the tuba in the school's nationally acclaimed marching band and it was his musical proficiency that drew the attention of several colleges in his native Utah.
"I went to every football game and sat on the sidelines," said Devey who gave up the sport after eighth grade due to intense knee pain from having Osgood-Schlatters disease. "Most of my friends who weren't in the band were on the football field. They always gave me a hard time trying to get me out there.
"I wanted to, it was just one of those things where we had the big picture in mind rather than the here and now."
That prudent approach paid off.
The here and now for Devey includes being an offensive lineman for the Patriots, who signed the undrafted rookie to their eight-man practice squad in early September just days after he was cut for a second time by the Baltimore Ravens.
Devey's journey to New England was circuitous, protracted and, especially, rewarding in a personal, pious and professional way.
After graduating from high school in 2006, Devey took a job working security on the graveyard shift for a computer company. Twelve hours a day, five days a week he checked diesel rigs bringing in shipments.
From there it was off to Costa Rica to serve a two-year mission as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Devey loved everything about the country from its beautiful beaches to friendly folks.
Well, mostly friendly.
Trying to get people to listen to his Mormon message was always demanding and occasionally demoralizing.
"You get a lot of doors slammed in your face," Devey said. "You see the best and the worst of people when you're doing that because a lot of times it is cold calling."
His experience in Central America, while focused on serving others, helped foster his individual growth.
"I definitely loved it and I learned a lot of things that I still apply in my life, about working hard and learning new things — I had to learn Spanish while I was down there," the easygoing and enthusiastic 25-year-old said. "So a lot of life lessons I picked up down there that will stay with me for a while."
When Devey returned to the United States he felt a bit out of place after having been immersed in Latin culture for so long. He had also grown another 2 inches and lost 50 pounds due to a diet heavy on rice and beans and a daily regimen that included lots of walking.
Devey also shed the knee pain that had beset him for years and decided to walk on to the football team at Snow College, not far from his hometown. He not only made the squad, he started for two years and — when was the last time you heard a lineman honored this way — was named the Snow Cats' Offensive Player of the Year on a team that wound up being ranked seventh in the country in 2010.
Now 6-foot-7 and more than 300 pounds, the athletic scholarships poured in. Devey settled on the University of Memphis, where he studied accounting, got married and played every snap in every game while seeing time at left tackle, right guard and right tackle over the next two years. Oh yeah, he was named team MVP after his senior season in 2012.
Although he went undrafted in April, Devey was signed by the Ravens right after the conclusion of the seventh and final round. He spent spring and summer in Baltimore before being released, re-signed and released again, leading to his becoming a Patriot.
Utah will always be home, but Devey has settled in quite nicely in Massachusetts.
"I absolutely love it here," he said. Coach (Bill) Belichick does a really good job. Everyone here is blue collar. It's all about going to work and the team and getting better every day. That's the kind of person I am, so I felt like I fit right in with these guys and I couldn't imagine a better group of guys to be around."
As for the tuba, Devey came home from Costa Rica and discovered he couldn't blow a note. That's about the only thing that hasn't worked out these last few years for him.
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Surrounded by white-sand beaches and lush rainforest, and bolstered by a towering statue of Christ, it's no wonder that the people of Rio name their home cidade maravilhosa – meaning marvellous city. As well as uncovering the city's architectural sights, from the sumptuous Opera House to the Cathedral, we'll take you up Sugarloaf Mountain. In a cable car, you'll have incredible views over the metropolis and the Copacabana and Ipanema beaches. Brazil supplies 65 per cent of the world's coloured gems, and we give you the chance to watch jewellers at work as they transform rough gemstones into works of art. The caipirinha is Brazil's national cocktail, so it wouldn't be right to visit without trying to make your own – or at least drink one. On a visit to a traditional barbecue at a churrascaria, you can learn how to mix the perfect caipirinha.
Tijuca National Park
The hand-planted Tijuca rainforest covers more than 32 square kilometres on the slopes of Rio's mountains. It is home to hundreds of species of plants and animals, many of which are threatened with extinction. The rainforest was replanted by Major Manuel Gomes Archer in the 19th century after the original area was destroyed to make way for coffee farms. It also houses the incredible statue of Christ the Redeemer atop Corcovado Mountain – one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. We'll take you on a cogwheel train ride through the forest and up the mountain, from where you'll enjoy fantastic views of the city. There's also an optional half day outing where you can discover the beautiful, peaceful forest in more depth – look out for capuchin monkeys, coatis, toucans and many exotic plants.
Iguassu Falls
Bordering Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, and spanning two miles along the Iguassu River, Iguassu Falls is one of the world's most spectacular waterfalls. It is actually made up of more than 250 separate cascades, the most powerful of which is the Devil's Throat. Each second, this spectacle spews 1,800 cubic metres of water over the rocks into a huge canyon below. The surrounding Iguassu National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a subtropical forest home to many endangered plants and animals. The giant otter and the giant anteater live here, as well as 250 species of butterflies, some of which are as big as your hand.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 68 diseños de 29 diseñadores freelance.
I am a young artist/college student who does internet marketing as a means to make ends meet. As an artist who works with other artists I feel it is important to help each other out - that is why I'm here! This site will provide sculptors with important information about the different types of clay, info about clay methods available today and eventually an online store for sculpting materials. It is important for me to have an exciting and eye-catching logo because I find sculpture very exciting but it's not easy to make clay seem exciting. I find clay and the process of shaping clay a very beautiful and unique process and would like those qualities somehow incoporated into the logo design. Most importantly I came here because I can see that this site has some very talented designers working for it, and I want something that is a result of genuine artistic creation rather than the result of just another "gig".
I am targeting professional sculptors, children and parents looking for information about clay crafts, so beginners and experts looking for information about clay and sculpting with clay.
I want the logo to be colorful and exciting - it's important for me to have a logo that makes clay look exciting. If possible, I would like the logo to play around with some of the intrinsic qualities of clay (malleability, texture, color etc.) but I also am looking for something completely unusual for this field, so I am open to artistic freedom. If you have any questions or concerns please e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com
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TEL AVIV, Israel, June 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. Congress is pushing for U.S. participation in developing Israel's Iron Dome counter-missile system, which would make the Americans partners to some degree in all the systems constituting the Jewish state's unique missile defense shield.
The U.S. House of Representatives this month tripled President Barack Obama's request for boosting U.S. funding of Israeli missile defense systems from $96 million to $284 million. This followed earlier increases in U.S. support for the Israeli missile programs.
U.S. financial backing for the missile defense systems began in the 1980s with the high-altitude Arrow program for which the Americans have paid the lion's share of the $1 billion development costs.
All this is separate from the $3 billion in military aid Israel receives from the United States every year.
The House Armed Services Committee approved the $284 million funding hike June 6. That includes an additional $15 million in funding for the Iron Dome system developed by Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems of Haifa.
It's the only one of Israel's anti-missile weapons that's been tested in combat, with a claimed kill rate of 85 percent. It's also the only one of those programs in which U.S. defense companies have not participated, and thus had no access to the advanced technology involved.
Iron Dome, the bottom tier of the Israeli anti-missile shield, is designed to intercept short-range missiles and rockets, the only such system in service in the world.
Its unique feature is its computerized fire-control system, which can determine the trajectories of hostile missiles. It only engages those that will hit populated areas and ignores those that won't.
U.S. defense contractors, and members of Congress, have been seeking for some time to participate in Iron Dome.
The House committee's funding increase stipulated, in an amendment proposed by Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., that "it may be obligated or expended for enhancing the capability of producing the Iron Dome system program in the United States, including for infrastructure, tooling, transferring data, special test equipment and related components."
In March, the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency for the first time included in its annual budget $220 million for Israel to buy more Iron Dome batteries in fiscal 2014. That was the first time the agency has specifically sought money for Iron Dome, underlining the U.S. Defense Department's effort to maintain military aid for Israel despite major cutbacks in defense spending.
The agency is also expected to seek another $520 million to fund other Israeli anti-missile systems, including the David's Sling and the high-altitude Arrow-3 currently under development.
The House of Representatives and the Senate indicated in 2012 they wanted to approve spending up to $680 million for Iron Dome through 2015.
The United States has long sought access to the Israeli-developed technology and is clearly using military aid to the Jewish state as leverage.
The Raytheon Co. has been working with Rafael for some time on developing David's Sling, which is designed to counter medium-range missiles.
Arrow-3, being developed by state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries and the Boeing Co., is intended to intercept Iranian and Syrian ballistic missiles outside Earth's atmosphere.
Neither participation involves co-production.
The Israelis, although concerned that joint development of these systems with the Americans, could inhibit export sales -- India and South Korea are interested in Iron Dome and Arrow -- would seem to have little choice but to accept U.S. participation.
In 2012, the House Armed Services Committee called on the Missile Defense Agency to "explore any opportunity to enter into co-production" of Iron Dome, given the scale of U.S. funding, even though Washington had no legal rights to the Israeli technology.
Israel initially opposed that and ruled out co-production. It offered Washington data on the technologies used in Iron Dome's Tamir interceptor rockets, provided intellectual property rights were observed.
But this was not enough for the House, or U.S. companies that saw the prospect of blunting the impact of the cutbacks in U.S. defense spending and the layoffs these would cause.
However, in March, possibly because of Israel's own defense budget cuts, Brig. Gen. Shachar Shohat, a senior officer in Israel's missile forces, said setting up a parallel U.S. factory to make Tamirs could be a "win-win situation for both countries."
He stressed this would allow the Americans to benefit from their financial support for Israel.


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Race of Man
The shortest-lived race of Middle-earth is also the race destined to rule in years beyond the Third Age. Their mortality, considered a unique gift, in time became known as The Doom of Men, a source of lamentation. Men are a varied race: the great Dunédain of the North; the skilled Horse-lords of Rohan's grassy plains; the proud soldiers of Gondor; the mysterious Haradrim far to the East. Men are capable of great courage and honour, but can fall easily to ambition, deceit, and betrayal. Known simply as the Big Folk to Hobbits of the Shire, Men have a large and strong build, and potent will that rises from a relatively short life span.


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The Peanut Gallery
We are a fantasy-sports news website, focusing on chat, images, data/stats and video for Australian Football fantasy football competitions. We have an existing website (http://www.peanutgalleryfooty.com.au/).
Our content is based on considering existing "fantasy football websites" which are:
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We do not want to copy these sites, we discuss the progress of the competions that operate from these sites, however, we would like to show a similar theme to what is on these sites so it is clear to users of our site that there is similarity in subject matter [we do include their content directly] whilst maintaining the fun element of our cfurrent site [peanuts as characters etc]
We want to improve the present visual aspects. We would like to simplify the layout/colors/etc to better present the different areas of the site - starting from the home page (i.e. 4 key sections with links). The logo can be taken form the existing page, although the text can be changed (different/better font). We provide lots of feedback.
Predominantly males aged 16 to 39 years of age in Australia who love Australian Rules football (AFL)
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Hip replacement rates vary widely
NEW YORK - Many hospitals are hard-pressed to tell people needing a hip replacement how much their procedure is likely to cost, according to a new study.
Even when they can cite prices, going rates for the procedure may vary from hospital to hospital by a factor of 10, researchers found.
"It was very frustrating," said Jaime Rosenthal, a student at Washington University in St. Louis, who led the new research.
"You got transferred to all these different people. You had to leave messages, call back."
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 327,000 Americans had a hip replaced in 2009.
The surgery is especially common among the elderly, who are covered by Medicare. Still, about half of all hip replacements in the U.S. are done on people younger than 65 - some of whom may not have private insurance.
For the new study, Rosenthal called 122 hospitals: two per state and two in Washington, D.C., plus the top 20 orthopedic hospitals listed in the US News and World Report rankings. During each call, she pretended to have a 62-year-old grandmother who needed a hip replaced but didn't have insurance, and asked for the total price of the procedure.
Just 45 percent of the top 20 hospitals and 10 percent of other hospitals could provide a complete cost for the hospital and doctor fees for a hip replacement, after up to five phone calls.
When Rosenthal called both the hospital and affiliated doctors separately, she did a little better. In those cases, her team was able to put together the prices of procedures at 60 percent of top hospitals and 63 percent of others.
Those totals ranged anywhere from $11,100 to $125,798, Rosenthal and her colleagues from the University of Iowa reported Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine.
She said some hospitals gave her reasons for a higher price - such as assigning her grandmother to a private room - but for others, it wasn't clear what went into the cost of care.
"It just points to the fact that most of us in the health system don't have any idea what the costs really are," said medical ethicist Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, who co-wrote a commentary published with the new study.
Often, only the hospital's billing office knows how much a patient is actually charged for a procedure such as a hip replacement, researchers noted.
Some of the variation in costs has to do with how hospitals factor in overhead to each patient's bill, Emanuel told Reuters Health. And the cost of an actual hip prosthesis can vary four- or five-fold across the country, he added.
Jeanne Pinder, founder of the transparency group ClearHealthCosts, said a ten-fold difference in price for any given test or procedure isn't unusual, even within a single geographic area.
"Nobody has any idea what they will pay in healthcare because the marketplace is completely opaque," Pinder, who wasn't involved in the new study, told Reuters Health.
"When you go into the system, you're usually not there because you want to be. You're usually anxious, upset, and there's a question of when you come out on the back end, whether you'll be bankrupt or not."
That's not only a concern for uninsured people, she noted, given how high co-pays or deductibles may be for those who are covered.
For a patient looking for cost information, there aren't a lot of options right now - other than waiting for more transparency to come through legislation or other means, researchers said.
"I don't know that the information is readily available right now," Emanuel said. "You can try to call around, especially if it's elective."
Rosenthal told Reuters Health the findings do show that people willing to make lots of calls might have success shopping around for the best deal. But hospitals don't make it easy.
"Patients can take responsibility and put pressure on hospitals to make this information available," she said.
Pinder agreed. "I always recommend that people ask," she said. "If you put this information into people's hands... you can start to think like a consumer."


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Back in beautiful Cleveland.
Amy and I had just moved into our brand new house. Having just spent $187k, taking a trip to Cleveland probably wasn't a good idea. It turns out it wasn't.
For some reason Gate C didn't open, and the opening gate had been moved to Rally Alley.
I found this out when I walked over to buy two tickets and saw the regular security guards all set up and ready to go. Luckily, there were two lines, and the people that were there formed only one, so I started the second line.
I was first into the right field seats and had the place to myself for at least one or two full minutes, but there wasn't a single ball to be found. Apparently there had been no early batting practice, possibly because a threat of thunderstorms existed a bit earlier in the afternoon.
After being shut out for more than a half our, and growing more irritated by my choice to come to Cleveland by the minute, I eventually snagged a home run in the second row – in front of the fan wearing the Choo jersey:
My second ball was hit by a random Indian into the trees in center field, and I ran over and grabbed it without needing the Cleveland Stick.
Another ball just missed going into the trees in Heritage Park, bouncing off of the railing and landing in the bullpen, right up against the wall. Here I am snagging it with the glove trick for ball #3:
My 4th and final ball of the day was a clean catch in center field from an unidentified Royal, but it ended a rash of close calls and ridiculous miscues. I had a ball deflected by a fan two rows in front of me, that cost me a clean catch and hit me square in the knee – a ball that I actually kicked away from myself when I was just about to pick it up – a guy dive on the ground and snatch a ball in a scrum leaving my finger bloodied, an overthrow from Joaquin Soria that was clearly intended for me but sailed three rows over me head, and multiple balls that were either a few rows short or too deep.
I considered four balls to be very poor for today, because of all the close calls.
Whatever, I was planning on going to Cleveland Saturday but am going to spend that time doing house stuff with Amy.
After batting practice, Amy and I salvaged the trip by eating at Zocalo restaurant in Cleveland.
Game: 4 balls (3 hit, 1 device)
Season: 316 balls (136 hit, 67 thrown, 73 device, 40 found)
Games: 59 games
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Service Mode Rules and Recommendations for Observation Blocks
Preparing Observation Blocks
Observations at all ESO telescopes are carried out by executing Observation Blocks (OBs) provided by the users. OBs for Service Mode runs at UT2 (i.e. using FLAMES, UVES and/or XSHOOTER), VISTA (i.e. VIRCAM) and VST (i.e. OMEGACAM) must be made with p2. OBs for all other Service Mode runs with Paranal Instruments must use P2PP version 3 (P2PP3). For (designated) Visitor Mode observation preparation, please follow dedicated Visitor Mode Guidelines.
Please refer to the P2PP3 User Manual and to the User Manuals of the different instruments for more specific information on the structure and content of OBs, and how to build OBs for different instruments. A number of tutorials describing step-by-step the construction of OBs for different instruments is available.
Service Mode OBs: rules and advices
It is important to keep in mind the Service Mode policies and the following rules and guidelines when designing a Service Mode programme or when preparing a Phase 2 package:
- Some observing strategies cannot be supported in Service Mode; in particular, real-time decisions about the sequencing of OBs, complex OB sequencing, or decisions based on the outcome of previously executed OBs (like adjustment of integration times or execution of some OBs instead of others).
- OBs are only executed once. If you want to repeat an identical observation multiple times, you must submit multiple OBs. This requirement applies to standard stars as well.
- OBs are normally executed non-contiguously. Since efficient Service Mode operations require continuous flexibility to best match the OB constraints with actual observing conditions, OBs for a given programme may be scheduled non-contiguously. Therefore, users should not expect their OBs to be executed in a specific sequence or in a linked way, unless a sound scientific justification (indicated in the README file and approved with a Phase 2 Waiver in case of a contiguous execution lasting longer than 1 hr) exists. Approved OB sequences should then be prepared as concatenations. Exceptions to this rule are cases in which one OB observing a calibration source needs to be executed contiguously to a science OB. In such a case place both OBs into a concatenation scheduling container to enforce their contiguous execution.
- Multi-mode, multi-configuration OBs are normally not permitted in Service Mode. Although multiple configurations within one OB may sometimes reduce overheads, scheduling and calibrating such OBs is extremely inefficient and can increase the calibration load to an unsustainable level. Examples of such multi-configuration OBs are those combining imaging and spectroscopy in a single OB, spectroscopy with multiple grisms or multiple central wavelength settings, or imaging with a large number of filters (although most imagers allow multiple broadband filters in one OB). Multi-configuration OBs are accepted only if duly justified and authorized by means of a Phase 2 Waiver Request.
- OB execution times must be below 1 hour. Long OBs are more difficult to schedule and execute within the specified constraints because of the unpredictable evolution of the observing conditions. For this reason, OBs taking more than one hour to execute are accepted by ESO only in exceptional cases and provided that a Phase 2 Waiver Request is submitted and approved. In such cases, ESO will consider the OB successfully executed if the constraints were fulfilled during the first hour of execution, even if conditions degrade after that time.
- Concatenation scheduling container execution time must be below 1 hour and exceptionally for CRIRES instrument science+telluric standard concatenation must be below 1.5h. Only in exceptional cases, and provided that a Phase 2 Waiver Request is submitted and approved, longer concatenations may be submitted. In such cases, ESO will consider the concatenated OBs successfully executed if the constraints were fulfilled during the first hour of execution, even if conditions degrade after that time.
- User-provided calibration OBs that need to be executed contiguously with science OBs need to be specified via concatenation scheduling containers.
- Time constraints must be indicated in the OBs. If you intend to observe time-critical events or monitor a target at specific time windows, you need to indicate this under the Time Intervals tab of the OBs. Please note that absolute (UT) time constraints refer to the interval in which the OB can be started, whereas for Local Sidereal Time (LST) time intervals, the time interval refers to the entire duration of the OB. For monitoring observations it is often more appropriate to put OBs in a time-link container. Specifying time windows as broad as possible will reduce the possibilities that your OBs are not executed because of higher priority programmes or because the observing conditions did not allow the observations during the interval that you specified. Usage of absolute time intervals must be scientifically justified in the README file. Please read carefully the time-critial OB execution policy.
- Specify the weakest possible Constraint Set values. OBs that can be executed under a broad range of conditions are easier to schedule. In particular, if photometry is needed of a field, it is normally sufficient to obtain a short integration under photometric conditions (transparency = PHO) and carry out the rest of the integration with OBs having a transparency = CLR constraint.


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Aarch64 Quickstart Guide
This page will help those new to aarch64 (ARMv8) get started with the Foundation Model provided by ARM. The F21-20140407-foundation-v8 Remix tarball provides an F21-based disk image, which includes a kernel, initramfs, and device tree blob, files to support booting the kernel using EFI and Grub2, and a sample script for starting the model. This Fedora Remix uses a look aside repository for the kernel package, which includes patches that are headed upstream, but not yet added to Fedora.
Download the Foundation Model
The first step is to download the Foundation model from ARM. The model is not re-distributable and will therefore require you to create a free account with ARM. Once completed, you will be able to download the Foundation Model and begin.
To run the model you may need to install some additional software with the following command:
sudo yum install xterm xorg-x11-fonts-{misc,100dpi,75dpi}* telnet bridge-utils
Extract the Foundation Model
Once you have downloaded the model, you will need to set up your environment. The model can be extracted to a path of your choosing. Your home directory will be used in this example.
Unpack the model:
mkdir ~/aarch64 cd ~/aarch64 tar xvzf FM000-KT-00035-r0p8-52rel06.tgz
Using the Model with an Image
Using the commands below, download and extract the Aarch64 root filesystem tarball.
cd ~/aarch64 wget http://dmarlin.fedorapeople.org/fedora-arm/aarch64/F21-20140407-foundation-v8.tar.xz tar Jxvf F21-20140407-foundation-v8.tar.xz
Allowing the Model to Connect to the Internet
On the host:
- Enable IP forwarding (as root)
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
- Set up Network Address Translation:
HOSTEXTERNAL=eth0 # Replace this with your outside interface sudo iptables -t nat -I POSTROUTING -o $HOSTEXTERNAL -j MASQUERADE sudo iptables -I FORWARD -i $HOSTEXTERNAL -m conntrack --ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT sudo iptables -I FORWARD -i ARM1 -o $HOSTEXTERNAL -j ACCEPT
- Firewall trouble? Try this:
sudo iptables -I INPUT -i ARM1 -j ACCEPT
The model uses Google's Public DNS server (188.8.131.52) for name resolution (/etc/resolv.conf).
Starting the Model
The kernel supports virtio, so the kernel image and initramfs are included on the image will be used in the boot process. You no longer need to use separate "Kernel Packages".
An example script for starting the model has been included in the tarball. This script performs the following steps to start the model:
sudo ../Foundation_v8pkg/models/Linux64_GCC-4.1/Foundation_v8 \ --cores=1 \ --visualization \ --image=linux-system-el3-foundation.axf \ --data=RTSM_VE_FOUNDATIONV8_EFI.fd@0xA0000000 \ --block-device `pwd`/aarch64-efi.img \ --network=bridged \ --network-bridge=ARM1 & sleep 5 sudo ifconfig ARM1 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
Both console (telnet) and ssh access are supported. To start the model, change to the F21-20140407-foundation-v8 subdirectory and run the script:
cd ~/F21-20140407-foundation-v8 ./efi-aarch64.sh
You should be able to ssh to the model once it has fully booted. You can use telnet to connect to the serial console using the provided ports as it boots.
- For console:
telnet 192.168.1.1 5000 # note this is the IP of the gateway and not the model
- For ssh login:
ssh email@example.com # note this is the IP address of the model
- To avoid image or filesystem corruption it is important to shutdown the model properly (ie 'shutdown -h now').
- After shutting down, ensure the process has been stopped before restarting.
The root password is 'fedora'.
Fixing build failures
If you want to debug a broken package, please visit the problem package list, follow the directions and claim the packages of your choice.


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I looked outside and saw ice still hanging from the trees. It was in that instance that I had a moment of weakness.
I looked outside and saw ice still hanging from the trees. It was in that instance that I had a moment of weakness.
I called the Havelock Police Department.
"This is Ken Buday at the Havelock News," I said. "Do you know if they are still having the Polar Plunge today?"
After all, places farther north and west had some significant ice. Maybe the roads were too hazardous, even though the one outside my house was perfectly dry.
"Yes. They�re out there now getting set up," the response came.
The temperature was 38 degrees outside, and I was about to go swimming.
I made a pledge that I would take a dive as part of the police department�s Special Olympics fundraiser if I received $100 in pledges.
On Friday afternoon, just one day before the plunge, I was still short 40 bucks. Having seen the weather forecast � high temperatures in the upper 30s with a brisk wind � I figured I had dodged a major bullet.
In steps my dad. Now, I�d like to think my dad loves me. Yet, when he found out I was $40 shy of the goal, he was in my office in five minutes giving me the donation that allowed me to reach that 100-buck level and securing my spot in the pool.
He told me he was going to make sure that I jumped, no matter how much money it was going to cost him.
So with my $100 donation in hand and confirmation that indeed the event would take place, I took off for the Havelock Walmart.
As I got out of my truck near a pair of Havelock police cars and a fire truck, someone asked me what was going on. I told the couple it was a polar plunge to raise money for the Special Olympics. I also asked if they wanted to participate. I think they laughed at me.
As the time for the plunge came, I positioned myself to take a few photos for the newspaper. As the first group jumped into the pool of 55-degree water, some of it splashed me.
It was cold, as I had suspected.
Because I took pictures of everyone else, I was the last to make the leap. And after hearing it from the crowd and my fellow plungers, I took a leap and landed with a splash.
I popped up and tried my best to quickly exit the water. As I emerged, I grabbed my towel and my brother met me by the pool.
I thought: "How nice. My brother came out to support me." Instead, he offered me an ice cream bar. He�s not one to let the opportunity of a good ribbing go by, but I couldn�t help but laugh � and shiver.
Honestly, the cold really didn�t hit me until I had dried off enough and headed to my truck for the ride home. I eventually got in a hot shower to get warmed up.
Ten of us went into the water, and through the support of friends and relatives, about $1,300 was raised for the North Carolina Special Olympics.
The Havelock Police Department will continue to raise money for the Special Olympics with various events throughout the year, and its officers and staff will participate in the annual torch run � in the spring, when it will be much warmer.
The next fundraiser is a Valentine�s Day dinner cruise in New Bern. If you�re interested in a nice dinner, boat ride � and a much warmer alternative to raising money for the Special Olympics � you can call the Havelock Police Department at 447-3212.
Ken Buday is the editor and general manager of the Havelock News. He can be reached at 444-1999 or at email@example.com.


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NASA says it has put to rest any lingering doubts about the identity of the first recorded supernova, described in the Chinese historical work Book of the Later Han as having taken place in 185 A.D.
As strongly suspected by observations made by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton Observatory in 2006, the "guest star" sighted by Chinese astronomers 1,826 years ago is, indeed, the rather prosaically named RCW 86.
Data from all four space telescopes were combined to produce this image of RCW 86 (click to enlarge)
One scientist studying the supernova remnants in 2006, Jacco Vink of the University of Utrecht, said at that time: "I think it is very interesting that we can now say with some confidence, but not absolute certainty, that RCW 86 is the remnant of A.D. 185."
NASA now says that all doubt has been removed. New observations made by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, better know as WISE, have not only confirmed the earlier suspicions, but have determined that RCW 86 is a Type Ia supernova.
Type Ia supernovas – supernovae? – are the death throes of white-dwarf stars that have sucked enough matter from their surroundings to increase their mass to such a degree that they go thermonuclear and violently explode.
"A white dwarf is like a smoking cinder from a burnt-out fire," said astronomer Brian Williams, the lead author of the new RCW 86 study. "If you pour gasoline on it, it will explode."
Which is exactly what RCW 86 did with sufficient brilliance to be noted by unnamed Chinese observers back in 185 A.D. The actual explosion, of course, took place quite a bit longer ago than that: RCW 86 is between 8,200 and 9,100 light years away.
What caused the lingering doubt after the 2006 observations was that the remnants of the dwarf that caused RCW 86 are spread over a significantly larger area than they should be for such a recently observed explosion.
"This supernova remnant got really big, really fast," said Williams. "It's two to three times bigger than we would expect for a supernova that was witnessed exploding nearly 2,000 years ago."
But with the discovery that RCW 86 is a Type Ia supernova, that fast growth rate has a simple explanation: the white dwarf sucked enough dust and gas out of the way – the same dust and gas that eventually caused it go thermonuclear – that when it exploded, its guts flew into unimpeded space. ®
An earlier version of this article misstated the distance of RCW 86.
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The Dallas Mavericks and their star Dirk Nowitzki may have won the world championship, but what people really want to talk about is the failure of the Miami Heat and its love-him-or-hate-him superstar.
LeBron James sent a message in the post-game press conference to people who were happy to see him fail — get a life.
Because at the end of the day, all the people that was rooting on me to fail, at the end of the day they have to wake up tomorrow and have the same life that they had before they woke up today. They have the same personal problems they had today. I'm going to continue to live the way I want to live and continue to do the things that I want to do with me and my family and be happy with that. They can get a few days or a few months or whatever the case may be on being happy about not only myself, but the Miami Heat not accomplishing their goal, but they have to get back to the real world at some point.
The implied lifestyle contrast was reminiscent of Lina, the evil silent movie queen in "Singin' in the Rain," saying "If we bring a little joy into your humdrum lives…"
Meantime, Nowitzki got off pretty much scot-free for his own bonehead move — running into the locker room before the game even ended instead of shaking hands with his opponents.
As one poster said on a Lakers forum, "Can you imagine if James or (Dwayne) Wade pulled something similar? That'd be getting crucified. But because it's Nowitzki and he comes across as a humble superstar, he'll get a complete pass."


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- Manuscript copy of letter from Francis Mairez and David Cooper of Montego Bay, Jamaica, [to Samuel and William Vernon], sent via Captain George Sweet on the Brig Othello, regarding profits from slaves sold on the Vernon's behalf and other trade business. Followed by a second letter dated August 22, 1775, from Mairez and Cooper [to the Vernons] regarding their accounts current.
- Inventory of goods consigned to Captain George D. Sweet aboard the Brig Othello, owned by Samuel and William Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island, departing Rhode Island to the Coast of Africa. Includes instructions that read, "To insurance in London, from thence to Affrica [Africa] at and from thence to market with slaves at 8 guineas." On back, "Invoice of slops [?] sent on board," such as frocks, hats, shoes, and rum.
- One leaf with manuscript on both sides. On front, letter to Mr. John Anderson of Bristol regarding international slave trade, market prices of 'young & likely' negros, and clothing for slaves being shipped. Includes mention of Brig Alert and Ship Hector, carrying slaves from the Coast of Africa to Barbados. Letter signed 'F. H. V E', Charleston [South Carolina]. On verso, letter dated May 8, 1784 to Messrs. Lycott and Maxwell of Barbados regarding communication between Captain William Lewellin of the Ship Hector and Mr. John Anderson of Bristol on January 20, 1784. Signed 'S. Ca' [Charleston, South Carolina]. Also on verso, letter fragment signed 'F. H. V E.'
- Remarks given [probably by Samuel or William Vernon] regarding a case against Captain Thomas Rogers, who is accused of producing falsified trade books and trading to his own benefit in Barbados, Cape de Verdes, St. Christopher, and Isle de Los. Document describes several instances of disregard for trade orders from the ship's owners.
- Four-page inventory of Homer Virgil Milton [probably of Jefferson County, Georgia]. Includes names and estimated value of aprroximately 32 slaves, among other household goods. Signed on last page by appraisers Samuel Clements, Robert Lowry, Tom Rim [?], and "Mark T." Made official and signed by Sherrod Arrington.
- Two-page petition by George Wooley against A. O. Roberts requesting a recision of a previous contract regarding the purchase from A. O. Roberts by George Wooley of the slave girl named Ann, on the ground that the negro slave is unsound and diseased, in Fayette County, Kentucky [previous contract attached].
- Ship manifest of "negroes, mulattoes, and persons of color taken on" the Steamer Baltimore of Washington from the port of Alexandria. Includes names of ship's Master, John Rogers, shipper J. N. Stark, collector Edward S. Hough and four slaves, Jane Diggs, Richard Diggs, Betsy Sanders and Charles Sanders.


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Larey F. Hazelton
Larey Frederick Hazelton, 75, died at his home in New Castle, Colo. on Thursday evening, Jan. 30, 2014 with his wife Rita Hazelton at his side.
Larey was born April 25,1938 to Frederick Guy Hazelton and Mildred Larey Hazelton in Lake Placid.
Larey served for nine years in the U.S. Navy and was stationed at the Treasure Island Naval Base in San Francisco when he met a young nurse, Rita Jane Schweikhardt. It was the best thing that ever happened to him. They were married in 1962 and had two children. They were married for more than 51 years.
Larey had a love for politics, history, bird watching and their winter home in San Felipe, Mexico. He enjoyed folk songs, classical music and all tunes by Jimmy Buffett.
Larey was a storyteller and family man who was crazy about his kids and grandchildren.
He is survived by his wife Rita; daughter and son-in-law Kelley and Mike Cox of New Castle; his son and daughter-in-law Grady and Suzanne Hazelton of New Castle; grandchildren: Kasey and Sarah Cox, Chelsey and Austin Usher, Sophie Anne Hazelton and Brian Larey Hazelton; and great-grandchild Landon Cody Usher. All his grandchildren called him "Pompa."
A memorial gathering will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9 at Mulligan's at Rifle Creek (the restaurant at the golf course north of Rifle). Chaplain Sean Jeung will officiate.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Hospice of the Valley (hchotv.org/?page_id=74).


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New York City police, firefighters to get $500 million hi-tech wireless aid
By DAVID B. CARUSO
Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK- The city has awarded U.S. defense contractor Northrop Grumman a $500 million (euro393 million) contract to build a wireless network that will allow police and firefighters to plug into city computer systems, even when they are rushing to emergencies.
In theory, the system will give police and fire battalion commanders in the field the same easy access to pictures, data and video that people have become accustomed to on their home computers.
Police hunting for a suspect would be able to download a mug shot or view a surveillance video. Fire chiefs might use the system to map the location of each unit or see around a wall of smoke and flames by getting live aerial footage of a burning building, beamed in from a hovering helicopter.
"Imagine what that will do for that staff chief, standing in front of a huge roaring inferno," fire Chief of Department Salvatore Cassano said Tuesday.
Other city officials could even use the system to read water meters or alter traffic light cycles to relieve vehicle congestion.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a statement announcing the contract that the system would give public safety personnel tools they have needed for some time.
"One of the most important lessons learned from the September 11th attacks was that our emergency responders need better access to information and clearer lines of communication in the field," he said.
Northrop said it will take five years to finish building the small radio antennas that will stretch the system across more than 300 square miles (777 square kilometers), but the network is expected to be operational by spring 2008.
Once complete, the network will work a lot like a giant version of the wireless routers people use for laptop computers in their homes.
The city picked Northrop over the telecommunications company Motorola Inc. after a six-month, $2.7 million (euro2.12 million) test of their competing systems in lower Manhattan. The $500 million (euro393 million) price tag covers the cost of building the network and operating it for five years.
Exactly what the broadband network winds up being used for is up to the city, which could use the bandwidth to do something as simple as transmit e-mail or as complicated as browsing old case files from the front seat of a police cruiser.
"Go as far as you want with an idea. The technology will be there," said Deputy Chief Thomas Gangone, head of the police department's technology division.
Right now the department has computers in about 2,000 cruisers, but wireless data streams in at speeds so slow most officers use them predominantly to check simple text-based criminal history databases.
Similar wireless networks are being built in hundreds of cities and towns around the U.S.
Some cities, including Philadelphia, Chicago and San Francisco, are developing public networks that will be available to residents for Web browsing and will compete directly with private-sector services run by phone, cable and satellite companies.
Before Hurricane Katrina, police in New Orleans were using a wireless network to monitor street security cameras. Corpus Christi, Texas, has a Wi-Fi network that can read utility meters and give database information to police officers.
New York's system will be for government use only and will come with some of the high-grade security protections that Northrop offers military clients, said Hugh Taylor, the McLean, Virginia-based president of the company's commercial, state and local group.
Taylor said the system would be among the largest and most robust ever built by a city but might not be unusual for long.
"I believe there are a lot of cities watching New York closely," he said.
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Capture One Express (for Sony) is a free award-winning editing software that provides RAW development, easy management and powerful editing tools. Capture One Pro (for Sony) can be bought for even more editing tools and tethered shooting capability.
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MLB has a tradition of sending a band of all-stars to the East after the season ends—to the MLB-Japan All-Star Series, for example. This year the great stars of MLB are headed to Taiwan for a three-game series with the Chinese Taipei national team. Wait a second, these are terrible stars!
Sure, there's Robinson Cano and Curtis Granderson, who evidently conditioned themselves to play into October and now have extra muscle mass to burn. And there's Miguel Cabrera, who, presumably, will take any chance to get out of his house.
But the rest is... yeesh:
Others on the roster, which is not yet complete, are infielders Erick Aybar (Angels), Michael Morse (Nationals), Ryan Roberts (D-backs), Skip Schumaker (Cardinals) and Danny Valencia (Minnesota); outfielders Emilio Bonifacio and Logan Morrison (both Marlins); catchers Drew Butera (Twins) and Jeff Mathis (Angels) and pitchers Bill Bray (Reds), Ross Detwiler (Nationals), Dillon Gee (Mets), Jeremy Guthrie (Orioles), Mark Melancon (Astros) and Jose Veras (Pirates).
Bill Bray, Mark Melancon, AND Jose Veras, the middlingest middle relief troika in the NL Central? Jeff "50 Career OPS+" Mathis? Danny ".294 OBP" Valencia? We hate to say it, but we kind of like Chinese Taipei's chances.


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Join us every Tuesday evening (except during breaks) for a family oriented storytime. We have stories, games, rhymes, silly songs, and we finish every story with a craft you can eat!
- Date:
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