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KUNA, Idaho - Gary Moon releases "Laser," his young prairie falcon, as the sun's first rays set southern Idaho's desert horizon ablaze. The two-pound female, a tiny radio transmitter strapped to each leg, lifts from Moon's leather gauntlet and with every wing beat circles higher into the sky.
Moon, a semi-retired 70-year-old businessman and mechanic from Boise, Idaho, waits until his bird soars to 400 feet before sprinting toward a pond. With no ducks on the water, however, he reaches inside a sack at his side, flinging a homing pigeon aloft. Instinctively, Laser dives; only a last-second maneuver keeps the pigeon from becoming falcon fodder.
"Anybody can go out with a gun and get a limit of ducks in a few hours," said Moon, who 53 years ago pulled his first bird, a young red-tailed hawk, from its nest and was bitten by the falcon bug for life. "With falcons, it's the lure of the unexpected."
With its arid southern plain scoured with deep river canyons, Idaho is raptor country. More than 700 pairs nest each spring in the 485,000-acre Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area south of Boise. Moon's Laser has plenty of wild company, with up to 200 prairie falcon pairs, the highest breeding density in the world - along with American kestrels, golden eagles, red-tails and fleet peregrine falcons that dive at 200 mph and decorate Idaho's state quarter.
It's also home to a select few who, like Moon, use these birds to hunt.
What they practice today is a remnant of what residents of the Middle East, China and Europe did hundreds or even thousands of years ago: Using birds to scare up a meal. Whether it's a duck or a pheasant, falconers must act quickly after a successful hunt to separate raptor from prey - not unlike nomadic tribesmen in places like Mongolia who still fly giant eagles after small game or even foxes. Other modern day falconers don't eat the prey, but hunt for the sport only - and to provide their birds with food.
"It's watching something that happens every day in nature, but you get to do it up close and personal," said Boise falconer Bob Collins, who flies a gyrfalcon and a peregrine.
Falconers are active in many states. Moon joined more than 300 people from around the world who hunted with falcons last week in Kearney, Neb., at the meeting of the International Association of Falconry and Conservation of Birds of Prey.
In Idaho, about 160 people have state raptor permits, according to a 2011 Department of Fish and Game survey. They reported harvesting 700 game birds, half of them ducks. That's just a sliver of the 210,000 ducks shot by all 14,100 licensed hunters in Idaho in 2011.
"They're really dedicated to making sure that their tradition stays alive," said Jeff Knetter, upland game and waterfowl biologist at Fish and Game, the agency that regulates falconry in Idaho.
Some animal rights groups have questioned the practice of keeping wild birds captive. That's one reason the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service outlines strict requirements for people who want to hold raptors, to prevent them from being exploited.
In Idaho, falconers must buy a $29 state license and a $100 federal license, as well as serve a two-year apprenticeship under a master falconer with at least seven years of experience.
Before unleashing their raptors on ducks, pheasant or even sage grouse, every falconer must buy a general hunting license.
Would-be falconers also must pass a written test even experienced falconers said is difficult. Idaho Fish and Game also inspects their raptor houses, known as "mews." Moon's mews, at his home in a neighborhood just south of Boise's downtown, consists of a storage shed with three 10-foot-by-10-foot dog kennels for his birds.
Like many falconers, Moon acquired Laser the old-fashioned way: Permits in hand, he and a friend scaled a lava cliff in southeastern Idaho's Minidoka County on a rainy spring day, taking two of four young birds from a nest.
That makes Laser an "imprint" bird, one Moon likely will keep for life.
For others who capture "passage" birds - migrating raptors simply on their way through an area - they may keep them for just a season before returning them to the wild. For instance, nearly every winter, Bill Heinrich, another Idaho falconer, traps a dark, chocolate-colored merlin, trains it for three weeks and flies it after starlings, their natural prey.
"Merlins are extremely fast," he said. "The starlings are dead within seconds."
Come springtime, Heinrich releases his merlin to return to its summer home in the vast boreal forests of pine and spruce trees in Canada or eastern Russia.
Heinrich is a raptor biologist at The World Center for Birds of Prey, an education center run by the raptor conservation group, The Peregrine Fund. From its 580-acre hilltop campus south of Boise, its staff does work around the world, including saving endangered species like the California condor.
Falconers use bits of chicken or sometimes quail as treats to lure their birds back. But in rare instances, they don't return.
With a leather-hooded Laser sitting calmly on a backseat perch, Moon drives his camouflaged Honda SUV nearly every day into Idaho's open country. It takes hours of patient training. "The more they fly, the better they are," he said.
Just this month, Laser took her first Hungarian partridge, a classic midflight strike above the stark Idaho desert beneath the Lost River Mountains.
"It was beautiful," Moon said. "The feathers just flew in the sunlight."


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This was posted to Reddit last night by a user who claims that his friend was handed this card at an NBA game.
I've never heard of this practice before, and while it gives off a bit of a Big Brother-y vibe, it's better than getting booted from the arena without warning. And honestly, sports fans can be huge assholes who often need to be told to shut up.

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Tire maker Michelin says its profits rose 7.5 percent last year despite a struggling car market in Europe, and expects to keep up volumes this year.
Michelin SA said in a statement Tuesday that it was helped by growth in emerging markets and high margins on specialty tires.
Micheiln reported (EURO)21.47 billion ($28.75 billion) in sales, up 5.8 percent from (EURO)20.72 billion in 2011 but slightly below forecasts of (EURO)21.62 billion by analysts surveyed by FactSet.
The company, based in Clermont-Ferrand in central France, said 2012 profits were (EURO)1.57 billion, up from (EURO)1.46 billion the year before.
Michelin says it expects to "hold volumes steady in 2013, in a market environment that is uncertain in mature markets but still expanding in the new ones."


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The objective of this conference is to stimulate and enhance international dialogue and co-operative efforts of relevant law enforcement agencies of the OSCE Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation and participating States on methods and good practices to increase their capacities to identify and counter emerging transnational threats
The aim of the conference is to assess the Police (and Customs) Co-operation Centres (P(C)CCs') technical and operational capacity to identify the gaps to be addressed in order to provide for better co-ordination, co-operation and real time information exchange mechanism among the border security and management services in the region.
The Roundtable is specifically geared towards the Mediterranean region and will help showcase the important role that regional approaches and effective co-operation mechanisms can play in addressing cross-border challenges, to include those related to migration flows.
This training will primarily focus on introducing practical measures to reduce the risks of conflict stemming from the use of ICTs by States, specifically in the Mediterranean region, following high threshold cyber-attacks, for instance against critical infrastructure.


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This semester I am taking part in what is being called "Networks Studio: Crossing Infrastructures" which is a 2nd year grad student wide (94 students) studio effort. The idea is that, while broken up into individual studios of around 11 students each, we will all share a joint site and overall ambition.
Each separate studio will approach the site and program, which is the site of the proposed new international bridge crossing between Detriot, MI and Windor Canada, from different angles and motivations. The end result will hopefully be 94 unique proposals ranging over 14 different approaches all converging into an overall shared disciplinary conversation about infrastructure and architecture's role...responsibility? within it.
My particular studio section, led by Professor Thom Moran http://bit.ly/tLm7mu, will be investigating the "Big Box" and its place within architectural discourse. Studio brief...
Spatial Products:
"Instead of assuming that the vast interior spaces created for the smooth functioning of global commerce are so common that they do not warrant study, we will start from the opposite assumption: they are so advanced that we need to learn more about them. We will proceed outward from our own expertise, buildings, investigating how architectural agency can come from an architectural detail or product, permeating the nuts and bolts of global commerce with new sensibilities."
The untangled, non-architect jargon, goal of this course is to investigate Big Box stores from the point of view that they are totally awesome in the advanced ways in which they seamlessly move merchandise from the store to our pockets.
Our first task was to research the way in which these stores are put together, through stealthy measuring techniques. The result of which were larger than life drawings as detailed as we could possibly make them.
I should have mentioned my fellow students participating in this studio:
Brittany Gacsy
Clay Montgomery
Megha Chandrasekhar
John Quinn
Matt Gilbert
Bennett Scorcia
Chris Mascari
Sameer Sharif
Jared Lanctot
Tim Jurasewicz
Harry Solie (me)
Photo Credits to Brittany Gacsy
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I am a graduate student and an entrepreneur at the University of Michigan Taubman College where my studies are focused on leveraging design ideas across multiple scales and platforms. Meeting at the intersection between design, tectonics and fabrication, I am continually exploring how a design idea can navigate complex material and production systems and evolve into fully realized architectural artifacts.


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Lew Expected To Be Confirmed As Treasury Secretary
Lew Expected To Be Confirmed As Treasury Secretary
President Obama's nominee for Treasury Secretary Jack went before the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday. Lew appears headed toward confirmation by the full Senate. But he did get some pointed questions from Republicans about his stint as an executive at Citigroup.
Jack Lew, President Obama's pick for Treasury secretary, appears headed toward confirmation by the full Senate. He fared well during his confirmation hearing at the Senate Finance Committee yesterday.
But as NPR's John Ydstie reports, Lew did get some pointed questions from Republicans about his brief career in the private sector as an executive of Citigroup.
JOHN YDSTIE, BYLINE: Lew was at Citigroup from 2006 to 2009 as the financial crisis hit, and he received a $940,000 bonus, just as the giant bank received a government bailout.
Asked whether it was immoral to accept the bonus, Lew, said he'd performed well for the company during that period.
JACK LEW: And I was compensated for my work. I'll leave for others to judge.
Lew was also questioned about his personal investment in an offshore private equity fund. Its address was a building in the Cayman Islands, which President Obama has referred to as the largest tax scam in the world. Lew said he initially wasn't aware of its location and he sold the investment in 2010.
I took a loss when I sold the investment. I always reported all income. I always paid any taxes that were due.
YDSTIE: As for more immediate matters, Lew said Congress and the White House must come up with an alternative to the $85 billion in automatic budget cuts scheduled for March 1st or risk serious damage to the economy.
John Ydstie, NPR News, Washington.
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What's really annoying is that to someone knows a bit about Middle Eastern culture and language, a lot of things are very phony. These are some random things from 24 that I found. (Note: I am not a native speaker of Arabic. I just learned some in school.)
- There is an hostage execution scene, with the captors talking in front of a black background with Arabic text on it. Guess what the text says: "الموت لأمريكيين", which means "Death to Americans"! I'm quite sure no "terrorist" would want to say that. "Death to America", they may say.
- The names of some Middle Easterners are pretty made up. There is this family, named "Araz". Now that's an Azerbaijani name, and no one would really be named Araz if he's not an ethnic Azerbaijani or from the Caucasus. But guess what? Their first names are very Arab first names (not even names common in non-Arab Muslim world), and their son has a very Persian first name (Behrooz)! A totally impossible combination.
- The writers seem to have taken "terrorist" names from whatever was at hand. Two minor terrorists, Arabs in apperance, whose names is mentioned almost next to each other in the same episodes. Guess what are they last names? The first is named "Khatami", the second "Ardakani". Where are these names coming from? They come from the full name of the very popular reformist former President of Iran, Seyyed Mohammad Khatami Ardakani. Interestingly, that full name is rarely mentioned, except in one place, an old version of CIA's world factbook. The writers simply got their hand on whatever they could find about "terrorist" regimes, and took the smiling president's name. They didn't know that Ardakan is the name of a small city in central Iran, and Arabs would probably not name themselves after that city.
- Arabic text is not what it looks like in the real world at all. The letters are usually disjoint, each letter on its own, instead of contextual shaping. In some cases, it's even both left-aligned and left-to-right.
Of course, 24 is famous for showing torture to be working sometimes, depicting huge conspiracies, showing government officials on very foolish errands and breaking laws left and right, and very interestingly, a Democratic Chief of Staff becoming a Republican Chief of Staff in the next administration. (All in all, I really think the world of 24 is a parallel universe. Fun to watch, but not much connection to real world.)
The disjoint Arabic phenomenon is not unique to 24, of course. Even better-produced shows like Lost do it. In Season 4, Episode 9, a TV news programming is shown, supposedly in Tunisia broadcasting something happening in Iraq. The Arabic text is totally disjoint, and unacceptable to anybody who knows anything about the language or script.
I suppose the producers pay people to translate the text into Arabic. Can't they also make sure the software they use to render the text also displays it fine? If it doesn't, why bother? Just show some squiggles!
Tintin did it much better, with much lower budget, I guess.


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NimbleMarketingPro necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 221 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
PSCI (It stands for "Performance, Strategy, Change, Improvement")
PSCI helps hospitals analyze PERFORMANCE, identify an improvement STRATEGY, stimulate CHANGE, and monitor IMPROVEMENT across DRGs (diagnosis related groups), with process- and outcome-centric intelligence, predictability and transparency in COST OF CARE and QUALITY OF CARE. PSCIs closed-loop decision support solutions break down silos across hospital systems to deliver actionable intelligence and what-if predictive modeling for improving overall hospital financial performance.
That's technical-speak for "we analyze variance and the impact to performance." This means performance in terms of Cost of Care, and in terms of Quality of Care.
Design a logo that screams:
How you're going to do it, I don't know. When you do, you'll be our hero!
We are a modern, polished, professional company. Our goal is to introduce unique, creative solutions to create a paradigm shift in the way hospitals analyze their performance. In that sense, we want to be agents of change. Our area of expertise is of major concern to hospitals, especially in light of recent US healthcare reform and legislation.
Our website will be located at http://www.pscisolutions.com, and the outcome of this project will drive website design and our corporate visual standards. The logo will be used in our online software product, all corporate collateral, and corporate website.
File samples: the pdf is where we "are" in terms of corporate identity (NONE!, ick!) ... the jpg is a really cool image we found online ... we like the "fresh" colors, the way the image appears to go from multi-dimensional to "flat" ... don't know that there's a way to incorporate "hospital," "healthcare" and/or "analytics" in a similar fashion, but if you can, WOW!
We sell software and consulting. We don't have any competitors, but if we did, some of them would be software companies, others would be "big 6" consulting companies like BoozAllen, IBM, Accenture, etc.
You can choose to incorporate the four elements or not in the logo (Performance, Strategies, Change, Improvement).
Some of the feelings we would like to convey are:
* Hospital-specific (we have no customers other than hospitals)
* Trusted adviser without being too "stuffy"
* Calm, methodical (since health care reform is a highly-charged topic)
* Attack Process Variance to fix quality and cost issues
* Don't want to appear *too* high-tech; our audience is not technically sophisticated
* Our audience is "C-Level" hospital executives, mostly men aged 45-65, many are doctors/surgeons
We're not entirely stuffy ... we are open to creativity.
We consider black, white and all shades of gray "colors" ... feel free to color way outside the lines ... just NOT in pinks and feminine colors.
At the close of this project, we will launch another that will be for our website design.
Final artwork requirements:
* Vector artwork, EPS for PC
+ Original in color for use on white/light background
+ Variation to use on black/dark background
+ All-white (or outline) variation to use on printed products (pens, etc.)
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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This post proposes a simple method to analyze gene hits from a screen in terms of GO categories, provides an example from the literature, and links to R code.
It is easy to find many very sophisticated algorithms and frameworks for analyzing the results of high throughput screens in the context of biological annotations to categories like the Gene Ontology (GO). The result is almost always p-values and enrichment scores for all GO categories, and it is common practice to then report the "most significant" (lowest p-value) terms. There are often a very large number of terms that meet reasonable significance criteria even after multiple hypothesis testing correction. This may be partly due to improvement in experimental methods, so that now even small effects result in statistically significant gene hits. Many comparative RNA-Seq experiments yield thousands of differential expression gene hits.
It is tough to get a feeling for the make-up of the hit gene list by a vanilla GO analysis because of the following problems:
- Screening by p-value tends to give large categories. This is for the same reason that screening differential expression by p-value tends to give genes with high average expression.
- Screening by enrichment gives very small categories. Again, for the same reason as screening differential expression by fold change tends to give genes with very low average expression.
- GO terms are not mutually exclusive, and hit lists tend to be made up of overlapping GO categories whose high rank on the list is due to a common set of hits.
The first two problems are common to any differential expression screen, but the overlap problem is unique to category analysis. Without exaggeration, these are the top 10 hits by p-value for a set of gene hits from a screen we did in the lab:
- multicellular organismal process
- anatomical structure morphogenesis
- system development
- multicellular organismal development
- anatomical structure development
- developmental process
- organ morphogenesis
- signaling
- skeletal system development
- nervous system development
More sophisticated GO analyses take into account the graph structure of GO to try to get around this problem, but it seemed like something very simple could do the trick instead. Here is a proposal:
- Decide the scale of GO terms you want to consider at the outset. Only consider GO terms that have more than some minimum number of genes annotated to it. The larger the cutoff, the broader the picture you will get.
- Find the GO term with the highest concentration of hits. This category has the greatest number of hits in the screen per annotated gene.
- Assign these hit genes to that GO category. Remove these genes from further consideration.
- Repeat 2,3,4 but considering only hits that remain unassigned. Continue until all hits are assigned, or you have as many GO terms as you want. Usually, the parent biological_process category will eventually get selected and sweep up all remaining genes.
Step 1 forces you to explicitly choose your resolution. Step 2 seeks to find categories that are as likely as possible to be actually involved in the biology you are studying. Step 3 bravely (or foolishly) assigns genes as doing the most enriched function they are annotated for, and Step 4 eliminates the GO overlap problem. This kind of algorithm is commonly known as "greedy," so we refer to it sometimes as greedy GO.
To illustrate we used the data set generated by Marks et al. 2012 (PMID: 22541430). These authors looked at the transcriptome differences between mouse ES cells maintained in serum-containing media or media containing two small molecule signaling inhibitors. They found nearly 1500 genes significantly more highly expressed in 2i media than in serum, and present their own category analysis (PANTHER database) in their Fig. 1c. Using the BioConductor-maintained org.Mm.eg.db annotation database for mouse as a source for GO annotations, here is a breakdown by the greedy method of the "high in 2i" gene hits from Marks et al. Cell 2012:
|cellular lipid metabolic process
|regulation of immune system process
|cellular nitrogen compound biosynthetic process
|ion transmembrane transport
|carbohydrate metabolic process
|neuron projection development
These are not the top hits, or handpicked in any way. They are the complete output of our greedy algorithm. No p-value threshold has been set here. In fact, the method does not even compute p-values. Compare to Fig. 1c in the paper, and you'll see the categories mostly agree, and that we avoided duplicate entries for lipid metabolism. The approach can be augmented with p-values by running something like goseq, which calculates the p-values for every GO category.
The R code for the functions that do the computations is here:
A script that does an analysis of the Marks et al. data is below, showing a simple way to get GO annotations into the right format, by exploiting a function in the goseq package.


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Investigators worked Sunday to piece together what killed Whitney Houston as the music industry's biggest names prepared for a Grammy Awards show that will undoubtedly feel as much like a memorial as a celebration.
Coroner's officials say they will not release any information on Houston's autopsy at the request of police detectives investigating the singer's death. Capt. John Kades says an autopsy was scheduled Sunday, but that a security hold prevents him from releasing any details on its status or whether any probable cause of death has been established.
Beverly Hills Police Lt. Mark Rosen said that his agency may release more details Monday about Houston's death, but it will depend on whether detectives feel comfortable releasing any information. A member of Houston's entourage found the 48-year-old singer unresponsive in her hotel room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Saturday, just hours before she was supposed to appear at a pre-Grammy gala.
Houston's body arrived at the morgue early Sunday. An official determination of her cause of death will likely take weeks while investigators await the results of toxicology tests.
Beverly Hills Police Lt. Mark Rosen said there were no signs of foul play when Houston was found by a member of her entourage. Paramedics worked to revive Houston, but were unsuccessful and the singer was pronounced dead shortly before 4 p.m. He said he could not comment on the condition of Houston's room or where she had been found.
Meanwhile, Houston's daughter was transported by ambulance to a Los Angeles hospital Sunday morning and later released. A source close to the family who did not want to speak given the sensitivity of the matter said she was treated and released for stress and anxiety. Bobbi Kristina Brown, 18, who is Houston's daughter from her marriage to singer Bobby Brown, had accompanied her mother to several pre-Grammy Awards events last week.
"At this time, we ask for privacy, especially for my daughter, Bobbi Kristina," Bobby Brown wrote in a statement released about an hour after she was transported from the hotel. "I appreciate all of the condolences that have been directed towards my family and I at this most difficult time."
Sunday's Grammys were to feature a musical tribute to Houston by Jennifer Hudson, and the show is likely to feature remembrances from fellow musicians on the red carpet and during the live telecast. During a show Saturday night at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Elton John called Houston an "angel" and the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. He then performed his melancholy classic "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me."
Houston herself won six Grammys and had been expected to perform at the pre-awards gala Saturday night thrown by music impresario Clive Davis, her longtime mentor.
Davis went ahead with his annual party and concert, which were held at the same hotel where Houston's body was found — and where it remained for most of Saturday night. He dedicated the evening to her and asked for a moment of silence.
The singer seemed fine
Houston had been at rehearsals for the Davis concert on Thursday, coaching singers Brandy and Monica, according to a person who was at the event but was not authorized to speak publicly about it.
The person said Houston looked disheveled, was sweating profusely and liquor and cigarettes could be smelled on her breath. It was the latest of countless stories about the decline of a uniquely gifted and beautiful artist, once the golden girl of the music industry.
The Rev. Al Sharpton remembered Houston while preaching Sunday morning at the Second Baptist Church in Los Angeles.
"Yes, she had an outstanding range," he said. "Yes, she could hit notes no one else could reach. But what made her different was she was born and bred in the bosom of the black church."
The congregation applauded and answered him with shouts of "Amen" and "Tell it!"
"A lot of artists can hit notes but they don't hit us. Say words but they have no meaning. Have gifts and talent but no anointing. Something about Whitney that would reach in you and make you feel," Sharpton said.
A sensation from her very first album, she was one of the world's best-selling artists from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. She awed millions with soaring, but disciplined vocals rooted in gospel and polished for the masses, a bridge between the earthy passion of her godmother, Aretha Franklin, and the bouncy pop of her cousin, Dionne Warwick.
Her success carried her beyond music to movies, where she became a rare black actress with box office appeal, starring in such hits as "The Bodyguard" and "Waiting to Exhale." Bishop T.D. Jakes, a Texas minister and producer on Houston's final film project, a re-make of the 1970s release "Sparkle," said he saw no signs she was having any substance issues. He said Houston was a complete professional and moved the cast and crew to tears two months ago when she sang the gospel hymn "Her Eyes on the Sparrow" for a scene shot in
"There was no evidence in working with her on 'Sparkle' that there was any struggle in her life," Jakes said Sunday. "She just left a deep impression on everybody."
She had the perfect voice and the perfect image: gorgeous, but wholesome; grounded, but un-loving. And she influenced a generation of younger singers, from Christina Aguilera to Mariah Carey, who when she first came out, sounded so much like Houston that many couldn't tell the difference.
But by the end of her career, Houston had become a stunning and heartbreaking cautionary tale. Her album sales plummeted and the hits stopped coming; her once serene image was shattered by a wild demeanor and bizarre public appearances.
She confessed to abusing cocaine, marijuana and pills, and her precious voice became raspy and hoarse, unable to hit the high notes of her prime.
"The biggest devil is me. I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy," Houston told ABC's Diane Sawyer in an infamous 2002 interview with then-husband Brown by her side.
Seemingly born into greatness, she first started singing at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., as a child. At the church on Sunday morning, a couple of sympathy cards were tied to a fence post. "To the greatest songstress ever," one said, and tied next to it was a small bouquet of fresh flowers.
The pastor asked for strength for Houston's family, said churchgoer Shawn Cooper, 32, of Newark. He said he hadn't regularly attended church but felt compelled to go on this Sunday.
"The Houston family means a lot to this community, they have done a lot for this community, and being there for them is the best thing we can do as a community," he said.
In her teens, Houston sang backup for Chaka Khan, Jermaine Jackson and others, in addition to modeling. Clive Davis, who as head of Arista Records had already signed up Warwick and Franklin, was instantly smitten by the statuesque young singer.
"The time that I first saw her singing in her mother's act in a club … it was such a stunning impact," Davis told "Good Morning America."
"To hear this young girl breathe such fire into this song. I mean, it really sent the proverbial tingles up my spine," he added.
Before long, the rest of the country would feel it, too. Houston made her album debut in 1985 with "Whitney Houston," which sold millions and spawned hit after hit. "Saving All My Love for You" brought the singer her first Grammy, for best female pop vocal. "How Will I Know," "You Give Good Love" and "The Greatest Love of All" also became hit singles.
Another multiplatinum album, "Whitney," came out in 1987 and included "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" and "I Wanna Dance With Somebody."
Some saw her 1992 marriage to Brown, the former New Edition member and soul crooner, as an attempt to toughen her image. It seemed to be an odd union; she was seen as pop's pure princess while he had a bad-boy image and already had children of his own. (The couple had one daughter, Bobbi Kristina, born in 1993.) Over the years, he would be arrested several times, on charges including DUI and failure to pay child support.
But Houston said their true personalities were not as far apart as people may have believed.
"When you love, you love. I mean, do you stop loving somebody because you have different images? You know, Bobby and I basically come from the same place," she told Rolling Stone in 1993. "You see somebody, and you deal with their image, that's their image. It's part of them, it's not the whole picture. I am not always in a sequined gown. I am nobody's angel. I can get down and dirty. I can get raunchy."
Houston once told Oprah Winfrey that she used drugs because of her rocky marriage to Brown, which included a charge of domestic abuse against Brown in 1993. They divorced in 2007.
Houston would go to rehab twice before she would declare herself drug-free to Winfrey in 2009. But in the interim, there were missed concert dates, a stop at an airport due to drugs, and public meltdowns.
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I wore this outfit out at the weekened but I never got around to posting it as I decided to do a lifestyle post (Which you can see here, its one for the coffee lovers) I was looking in Forever 21 for the items I talked about here and I picked up a few items from the shop with my own money. I'd gone off patterned trouser as of late but when I saw these I knew I had to have them. Monochrome, printed and geometric. All things that make my B&W heart flutter. Big love for this tee though. Mo Money, Mo Problems is one of my favourite quotes from Biggie and I just think its super relevant to life in general.
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mo money, mo problems
I wore this outfit out at the weekened but I never got around to posting it as I decided to do a lifestyle post (Which you can see here, its one for the coffee lovers) I was looking in Forever 21 for the items I talked about here and I picked up a few items from the shop with my own money. I'd gone off patterned trouser as of late but when I saw these I knew I had to have them. Monochrome, printed and geometric. All things that make my B&W heart flutter. Big love for this tee though. Mo Money, Mo Problems is one of my favourite quotes from Biggie and I just think its super relevant to life in general.
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That tee!!! Jheeeeeeez ! Have an amazing time in Paris xxxReplyDelete
Crazy, I'm listening to that song right now. Biggie is da best!ReplyDelete
Love the tee !! One of my favorite rap song ever. You look so great!! Good luck for you Paris trip ahah.ReplyDelete
Big kises from Paris ;)
I just can't get over how gorgeous your hair looks like really you're so stunningReplyDelete
Just loving the biggie smalls tee ;D have fun in Paris!! xxReplyDelete
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Nice outfit! Love the hat.ReplyDelete
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Have a great time in Paris... Jealous!
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That Tee! I love it! Enjoy your trip!ReplyDelete
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Really want one of those character tees! Can't believe its from forever 21 too :o Looks really good with those pretty trousersss. The fendora helps make it look a lot more formal and gives it some colour! xReplyDelete
Love the geometric print - it appeals to the engineer in me! Enjoy Paris!ReplyDelete
I have that t-shirt!!! Looooove itReplyDelete
I love those trousers. I couldn't decide between those and the dogtooth ones. I went for dogtooth in the endReplyDelete
ahh, love that teeReplyDelete
Those trousers are awesome, have a lovely time in Paris too! xReplyDelete
The jacket is lovely. Seems like you picked up quite a few nice pieces from Forever 21. I love that shop although i find that it is quite hard to navigate around the shop and i sometimes find it really frustrating how it's not laid out that nicely~ReplyDelete
Your outfit looks great :) I hope you have a lovely day! <3
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I love those patterned trousers! I haven't been to Forever 21 in ages which is weird 'cause I love their stuff!ReplyDelete
Great outfit and hope you have fun in Paris!ReplyDelete
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BEst t shirt ever... xoReplyDelete
I spotted that top when you did your Topshop haul - I need it!ReplyDelete
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loved the outfit, perfect for this weird London weather xReplyDelete
love your hat! It's such a nice colour. You style outfits so well xReplyDelete
that's great I am waiting for Paris posts !!ReplyDelete
okay...everything here is just PERFECT. love this outfit.ReplyDelete
Love that tee and them trousers are so cool!ReplyDelete
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Cute outfit!
Love the tshirt! xReplyDelete
Such a cool top! And I love how the burgundy hat looks with the monochrome outfit.ReplyDelete
Love the shirt! Aha, and I'm loving the trousers too. Have fun on your trip! xReplyDelete
Absolutely love your hair Lily! Have a fabulous time in Paris!ReplyDelete
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FAB trousers ! owwwh i'm so jel you get to go to paris for CLARINS - my fave brand.ReplyDelete
Have an amazing time
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I miss shopping in Forever21, such pretty clothingReplyDelete
Have an amazing time in paris!ReplyDelete
I love the tee and trousers! Have a great time in Paris :)ReplyDelete
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I love your trousers. Have a fun time in Paris, Lily - you lucky lady!ReplyDelete
Great outfit - the hat is so lovely! :)ReplyDelete
Love the outfit, I've never shopped at Forever 21 though I might check it out!ReplyDelete
Have fun at your bloggers event, i'm jealous!
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gotta love some biggie!ReplyDelete
PARIS! Gah I'm jealous.ReplyDelete
I'm loving your transition to smokey brown eyes recently!
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Love how you've styled this! Can't believe your hat is from primark <3 Hope you have ab amazing time in Paris!!! xoxoReplyDelete
Your going to love Paris its amazing! xReplyDelete
love those leggings! wish i could pull them off!ReplyDelete
I love that shirt. Love the song too.ReplyDelete
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such a cute outfit! super cool!ReplyDelete
I really really love this outfit !ReplyDelete
cute hat! :)ReplyDelete
that top is brilliant and I love the leggings/ trousers :)ReplyDelete
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this tshirt is amazing! love it! xReplyDelete
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I saw you wear that tee in one of your vids (I think) and I wanttt it! Gonna search at Forever 21 soon, have a fun trip to Paris! xxReplyDelete
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Love that hat and the print on those trousers! enjoy Paris :)ReplyDelete
How cool is this outfit, love it! ♥ReplyDelete
That is such a cool tee. xoReplyDelete
I loved that tee when you wore it in your youtube video recently so glad to see it again :L Such a good motto ;) xReplyDelete
love those trousers, I have a geometric black and white pair similar from River Island but I am just not brave enough to wear them!ReplyDelete
Love that tee and those trousers.ReplyDelete
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Love this look! The hat just tops it off :) I rushed out a bought that t-shirt too!ReplyDelete
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This title offers additional practice exercises for students following the Pure Mathematics 2 & 3 unit of the Cambridge International AS & A Level Mathematics syllabus (9709). The materials follow the same order as the corresponding coursebook and contain extra worked examples to help students understand the skills required of the syllabus. End-of-chapter review exercises are also provided to help students conduct self assessment, with answers at the back of the book to check understanding.
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A couple of months ago, we published a list of The Top 40 Kick-Ass Female Sci-Fi Characters, and while you loved counting down your favorite outer space fighter pilots and time-traveling heroines, you unleashed a battle-cry of: "What about our magicians? What about our mediums? What about our superheroes?" Because mystical stories are are considered fantasy instead of sci-fi. But don't you worry, we love our magical lady heroes too. Below we've compiled a list of the 65 Most Kick-Ass Female Fantasy Characters of all time. Enjoy it with a nice mug of Butterbeer!
65. Lydia Martin, Teen Wolf
For three seasons we've been begging her to stop screaming — and then we found out she's a banshee.
64. Rita, Groundhog Day
Don't be a jerk to Rita unless you want to live the jerk-iest day of your life over and over and over again.
63. Samantha, Bewitched
Before we'd even heard of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Sam Stephens became such a powerful sorcerer that she replaced her husband with a whole different dude and no one ever even noticed.
62. Allison Dubois, Medium
She sees dead people. And she chats them up in the past and in the present to help solve crime.
61. Joan Girardi, Joan of Arcadia
Sometimes you can save lives just by taking an outcast to prom. You know, if God whispers in your ear that it's something you should do, like every other day when he needs a favor when you're the modern day Joan of Arc.
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A federal court's ruling against MP3 resale service ReDigi could be bad news for Apple and Amazon, who've both considered setting up their own stores for second-hand digital content.
As we reported on Tuesday, U.S. District Court judge Richard Sullivan ruled that users aren't allowed to resell their old MP3 files under existing copyright law. The court granted a request by Capitol Records for summary judgment against RiDigi, which means there will be no trial. ReDigi itself is liable for secondary copyright infringement, and Capitol will likely seek payment for damages.
ReDigi lets music owners sell their MP3 files, and lets buyers purchase those files for as low as $0.49 per track. RiDigi also offers a syndication service for artists that lets them collect 20 percent of all pre-owned music sales revenue.
ReDigi argued that it doesn't technically copy music files, but instead transfers them to its own servers. To make sure the original owner doesn't hang onto a copy, RiDigi monitors the seller's computer for unauthorized tracks. Judge Sullivan didn't buy that argument, ruling that RiDigi was "distributing reproductions of the copyrighted code embedded in new material objects, namely, the ReDigi server in Arizona and its users' hard drives."
Fallout and recovery
While the ruling is bad news for ReDigi's users, it's safe to assume that most people haven't heard of the service. The larger impact may be on Apple and Amazon. Both companies have patented their own systems for second-hand digital content sales, so they're at least interested in the concept.
Perhaps Apple and Amazon's systems could succeed in court where ReDigi failed, either with tweaks to their legal arguments or with more resources at their disposal for the defense.
But with a precedent now set against MP3 resales, it seems more likely that Amazon and Apple will try to work out deals with the entertainment industry instead. Both patents seem designed to pacify rights holders, with Amazon allowing "thresholds" on the number of transfers between users, and Apple offering a way to pay the original publisher when a transfer occurs. Also, because iTunes and Amazon rely more on cloud-based storage for songs, it'll be easier for those companies to remove content from sellers' collections. In theory, could also remotely delete files from iOS devices and Kindles.
The ReDigi ruling doesn't kill the idea of second-hand MP3 sales. It just makes it much more difficult for any tech company to pull off without the support of major media companies.
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Fabien Potencier has posted a look at dependency injections - what they are and how they can effect your code (usually for the good).
Dependency Injection is probably one of the most dead simple design pattern I know. And odds are you have probably already used Dependency Injection. But it is also one of the most difficult one to explain well. I think it is partly due to the nonsense examples used in most introductions to Dependency Injection. I have tried to come up with examples that fits the PHP world better. As PHP is a language mainly used for web development, let's take a simple Web example.
His example uses a session variable, setting it to a language preference and wrapping a class around it to handle the getting and setting. The dependency injection comes in when he adds a SessionStorage class into the mix, a tool that could change the place and method where that session information is held. He suggests that the best place to set these kinds of dependencies is usually the constructor but it can be done as a setter or property injection too. It just depends on the need for the script at the time.


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http://youtu.be/inncr93Uio A fight broke out at a Quebec "beer league" in the north shore of Montreal last week, and it escalated until a player brought down a logger-style two-handed hockey slash over his opponent's head. JT from 25Stanley.com writes that the league is not pro, and "not even close to [being] semi-pro." It is, after all, a beer league. The slashing victim — who JT reports is 6'4" and 220 pounds and who got up immediately after the hit — has reported the incident to Montreal police and will bring criminal charges against the offending axeman.
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Found our niche with the Camping & Caravanning Club franchise
Becoming franchisees with The Camping and Caravanning Club has enabled Nicky Sellier and David Weller to realise their ambition to have a business of their own and a completely different lifestyle as well.
When the couple decided they wanted to change direction, they chose to buy a campsite and took a quantum leap in moving from the urban South East of England to the other end of the UK and the glorious open spaces of Skye.
David said: "I had been restless and needed a new challenge, having been a director of our family plumbing and heating business for many years. It was started by my great-grandfather in 1895 and had grown and diversified, so we were selling all sorts of DIY, building, hardware and garden items, as well as tents and other outdoor equipment.
"I worked very long hours and weekends and so saw very little of Nicky, who then had a job caring for children, latterly those with disabilities. We both felt under pressure. Losing close family members made me realise you've got to do things while you can, seize the moment and take the opportunity – I believe you're only here once and I didn't want to get to retirement and regret not doing what I really wanted to."
While they were mulling things over, Nicky and David took a camping holiday in Scotland, which David had visited many times before and knew well. Keen outdoor people, they love nothing better than camping and walking and being outside on mountains or in wild countryside.
On Skye they looked at small hotels, B & Bs and other properties that had the potential to be both home and business base. Driving round the island, they stopped one day to admire a stunning view and instantly fell in love with what they saw – a campsite on a 200 acre croft and with three-quarters of a mile of loch frontage.
"We both wanted this place as soon as we saw it," Nicky said. "You've got to want to live on site, as well as work on it," she added.
Convinced this was the way forward, they approached the owner about the possibility of buying. They were surprised – and delighted - when he replied, ironically, with "how did you know we wanted to sell?"
It took six months for the sale to go through. Nicky and David became proud owners of the site in December 2007 but with the thought of applying to become part of the Club's franchise network as soon as possible. As a Club member for many years, David knew about the franchise opportunity with its training and support.
He understood the benefits it offered, particularly national marketing, centralised bookings service and enhanced brand recognition.
Nicky and David turned their attention to making improvements on site so that it would conform to standards required by the Club. David explained: "Club members are familiar with the Club's ethos and expect their campsites to be better managed, in better locations, to be cleaner and have better facilities than the competition. Also, Club members tend to go camping more often and stay longer than a casual visitor. The Club has a clear set of policies, which members know and respect.
"Being part of this franchise has many advantages," he continued. "The most important is the Club's marketing expertise, with the opportunity to be listed in its nationwide directory of campsites and to have a presence on the web. Being part of a professionally-run and well respected organisation which has an instantly recognisable brand achieves much better results than an individual trying to do it alone."
Nicky joined in: "Because someone assists us with publicity and taking bookings, we can use our skills more effectively and focus on the aspect we love best – looking after our visitors, who come from all over the world to enjoy our magnificent scenery, diversity of wildlife and fascinating local history. They all have one thing in common: they thoroughly enjoy being here.
"Visitors, particularly children, love our growing menagerie – we inherited some of the animals and have acquired others so now we have Highland cattle, sheep, hens and ducks. There's never a dull moment. We plan to expand and hope to have a proper rare breeds farm before too long," she added enthusiastically.
Nicky has a natural affinity to children and young people, while David's 26 years' retail experience has been invaluable in looking after visitors and ensuring that they get what they want. It also enables him to run the campsite's licensed shop with expert ease and efficiency. "It has been great finding our niche," they agreed. "We love the place and what we are doing. We spend all our time together now but we have never been happier. We are delighted with our bookings for this year and are really looking forward to the future. Long-term, we would like ours to be the best campsite in Scotland," they concluded.


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The second annual Winter Mountain Games is taking place during Feb 8-11 in Vail Colorado. They have a slew of outdoor events going on, including biking, and this is the inaugural year for the X-Country mountain bike race (a.k.a. Fat Bikes), so you can be the first crowned Winter Mountain Bike National Champion. Anyone want to try their luck at that?
Winter in the Rockies will never be the same as professional and amateur athletes converge on the mountains and villages of Vail for a celebration of adventure sports, music, art and the great outdoors. The second annual Winter Mountain Games presented by Eddie Bauer features competitions in mixed climbing, biking events, Nordic and telemark skiing, ski mountaineering and snowshoe racing with $60,000 in prize money on the line, along with a one-day vertical challenge in Vail's legendary Back Bowls. The winter festival in Vail comes to life with free concerts, films, photo comp an interactive expo area, demo events and of course – dogs. The Winter Mountain Games presented by Eddie Bauer are a project of the Vail Valley Foundation.
For the biking aficionados we have On-Snow Bike Crit, XC Mountain Biking, Dual Slalom Biking and Best Trick Bike (a.k.a. Big Air). Although the big prize money is in the Big Air Comp, with a whopping $10K for the total purse, the others will help pay for the weekend, and the 1st place men and women in the 20k XC MTB race get a 9:zero:7 bike frame. Free live music will be Ana Sia & Kraddy, the Flobots and John Brown's Body.
Bike Schedule:
XC MTB (10k & 20k)- Friday Feb 8th
Crit (Fat Bike & MTB Divisions)- Saturday Feb 9th
Dual Salom – Sunday Feb 10th
Big Air Final – Sunday Feb 10th
Winter Mountain Games to Host Winter Mountain Bike National Championships
The 2013 Winter Mountain Games will offer up four winter mountain bike events over two days and crown several national champions.
With four different on-snow cycling events over the course of two days, the 2013 Winter Mountain Games presented by Eddie Bauer invites winter cyclists to take part in the country's largest celebration of riding on snow, February 8-10 in Vail. In addition to providing athletes with multiple opportunities to compete, this year's Winter Mountain Games also offers the chance to ride for the inaugural title of Winter Mountain Bike National Champion.
The Vail Valley Foundation expanded the cycling competitions of the sophomore edition of the Winter Mountain Games, adding Cross Country Mountain Biking to the 2013 schedule, along with the traditional On-Snow Bike Crit, Dual Slalom Bike and Best Trick Bike events. Each of the mountain bike events at the 2013 Winter Mountain Games will crown a men's and women's National Champion.
"We are excited to expand our Winter Mountain Games cycling options with the addition of the Cross Country event, while also providing the opportunity to be crowned National Champion," explained Ceil Folz, president of the Vail Valley Foundation. "Going back to the World Mountain Bike Championships in 1994 and 2001, Vail has played host to some of the best mountain bike races in the world. With the growing popularity of 'fatbikes' and racing bikes on the snow, we're pleased to now offer some of the biggest and best winter mountain bike races in the country."
The new Cross Country event will debut on Friday afternoon, February 8, combining with Saturday's On-Snow Bike Crit to comprise the endurance events. On Sunday, February 10, the Dual Slalom Bike competition will return to Golden Peak, along with the most anticipated event of the weekend, the Best Trick Bike competition. Registration is now open for all events at www.mountaingames.com.
The new Cross Country race will take place at the Vail Nordic Center on Friday afternoon with a 3 p.m. start time. Both the Dual Slalom Bike and On-Snow Bike Crit will take place on Vail Mountain at Golden Peak starting at 4:30 p.m.
The Best Trick Bike competition on Saturday night will once again offer terrific spectating opportunities, getting underway at 6:30 p.m. at the Golden Peak base area as marquis athletes, including last year's silver medalist, Mike Montgomery, take turns throwing down their best aerial tricks off a huge ramp, battling for a share of the $10,000 purse. The evening entertainment continues after the competition with a live reggae performance by John Brown's Body.
The 2013 Winter Mountain Games presented by Eddie Bauer are a project of the Vail Valley Foundation. For more information on the Winter Mountain Games, visit www.mountaingames.com.
About the Vail Valley Foundation
The Vail Valley Foundation is charged with enriching the Vail Valley and sustaining its unique spirit through the delivery of unparalleled arts, world-class athletics and inspiring education programs throughout the community. For additional information on the Foundation, visit www.vvf.org.
About Eddie Bauer
Established in 1920 in Seattle, Eddie Bauer is a specialty retailer that sells sportswear, outerwear, gear and accessories for the active outdoor lifestyle. The Eddie Bauer brand is a nationally recognized brand that stands for high quality, innovation, style and customer service. Eddie Bauer products are available at approximately 400 stores throughout the United States, Canada and Japan, through catalog sales and online at www.eddiebauer.com. Eddie Bauer is proud to be named a J.D. Power 2011 Customer Service Champion and is only one of 40 companies so named in the United States.
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Symposium: Anders Zorn: Sweden's Master Painter
Lincoln Park
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Moderated by James A. Ganz, Curator of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, this daylong series of discussions and lectures will bring experts together to talk about the work and life of Anders Zorn. Topics to be explored include Zorn's house and family, his watercolors, how his work relates to John Singer Sargent's, and more.
The afternoon lectures will begin with a choral performance led by Ragnar Bohlin, director of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus.
Expert speakers include Johan Cederlund (director of the Zornmuseet, Mora, Sweden), Per Hedström (deputy director of collections at the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm), Hans Henrik Brummer (former director of the Zornmuseet), Birgitta Sandström (former director of the Zormuseet), and Pedro Westerdahl (senior specialist of 19th- and 20th-century paintings and sculpture, Bukowskis, Stockholm).
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Tuesday 11 November 2014 - Sunday 17 July 2016
Australian success in Papua between July 1942 and January 1943 checked the Japanese southward advance but the victories at Kokoda, Milne Bay and the Beachheads did not remove the Japanese presence in the Mandated Territory of New Guinea to Papua's north. From early 1943, Australian troops embarked upon a series of campaigns in the Mandate–at Wau (29 January – 6 February 1943), Salamaua–Lae (April–September 1943), Finisterre Range (September 1943 – April 1944) and Huon Peninsula (September 1943 – March 1944) which eradicated the enemy threat from mainland New Guinea once and for all. These campaigns, the subject of this exhibition, were the largest series of interconnected operations ever undertaken by the Australian military and proved every bit as gruelling and hard fought as the earlier, more celebrated campaigns in Papua. The latter New Guinea campaigns saw Australia's troops hone the skills and demonstrate the prowess which, by war's end, had made them the world's finest jungle fighters.
This temporary exhibition is located in the the Galleries of Remembrance, a $45 million Victorian Government redevelopment that utilises 1,600 square metres of undercroft space that exists beneath the Shrine of Remembrance. Over 800 objects are included in permanent and temporary exhibition spaces which illustrate the experiences of Australians at war and in peacekeeping operations, from Pre-Federation to the present day, with a particular focus on individual and unit stories of Victorian service and sacrifice.
Last admission to the Galleries of Remembrance is 4.30pm.
Saturday 24 October 2015 - Sunday 9 October 2016
The Shrine of Remembrance presents an exhibition to mark the centenary of when Australia's first official war artist, Will Dyson, first began working on the Western Front.
The incisive political insight of Dyson's cartoons, particularly the Kultur Cartoons on the rise of militarism, had gained him international acclaim. On his appointment as an official war artist, Dyson shifted the focus of his drawings from grand political narratives to individual soldiers and their hardships in combat. Dyson depicted the miserable conditions, loneliness and suffering and the wry, understated humour of the ordinary soldier.
The exhibition presents some of Dyson's best known work, focusing on the limited edition lithographs made from his frontline sketches. Oil paintings on loan from the Australian War Memorial give further insight into the breadth of his art.
Ross McMullin's illustrated presentation will illuminate the life, creativity and humour of the conspicuously talented, remarkably versatile and internationally acclaimed Ballarat-born artist–writer Will Dyson, who depicted Australian soldiers with profound empathy and sympathy as our first official war artist. Dyson drew endurance and resilience, grit and grief. Arrive early to view some of Dyson's best-known work in the Humanity Under Fire exhibition, with access to the Galleries of Remembrance extended until 6pm exclusively for those attending this talk.
Date: Tuesday 5 April, 5.30pm arrival for 6pm start
Location: Auditorium, Shrine of Remembrance
Cost: FREE, gold coin donation welcome
Bookings essential
Friday 4 March 2016 - Sunday 7 August 2016
The Shrine of Remembrance marks the centenary of one of Australia's most tragic episodes on the Western Front during the First World War with this exhibition. The exhibition recounts the story of Australia's military operations during the Somme offensive of 1916 which centered on the small village of Poziѐres and the nearby Mouquet farm.
In a series of bloody actions between 23 July and 3 September 1916. the 1st, 2nd and 4th Australian Divisions succeeded in capturing their objectives but at a truly terrible cost: 23,000 casualties, including 6,800 men killed. The men distinguished themselves at places which have become bywords for Australian sacrifice – Gibraltar, the Windmill and Mouquet Farm. Official historian Charles Bean would movingly describe Poziѐres ridge as being 'more densely sown with Australian sacrifice than any other place on Earth.'
The story of Poziѐres is brought to life with the exhibition of photographs and works of art reproduced and on loan from the Australian War Memorial and Imperial War Museum and with the display of original artefacts on loan from private collectors and Victorian families.
Fromelles and Poziѐres: In the Trenches of Hell
Wednesday 9 March, 5.30pm arrival for 6pm start
Presenter: Peter FitzSimons
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Curator Tour: Poziѐres Exhibition
Wednesday 1 June, 12.30pm
Presenter: Neil Sharkey
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Monday 4 April 2016 - Sunday 26 March 2017
1966 was the year that Australia sent a Task Force to Vietnam, the year the first National Servicemen served in the war, and the year of the battle of Long Tan. Australia felt the heat of the Cold War and the throes of a youth revolution, in the year the first baby boomers came of age. Fifty years on, this exhibition tells the story of a year that changed Australia and the world.


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The integrated B.S./M.S. program is intended for highly motivated and qualified undergraduate students who wish to pursue an advanced degree. Students admitted to the program may, in the senior year, take up to nine credits of graduate courses that will count toward both B.S. and M.S. requirements.
Students should check with their faculty adviser or department chair about the availability of financial assistance (tuition waivers and/or stipend) for participation in the B.S./M.S. program.
Applications to the B.S./M.S. program must be made after the completion of 75 semester hours of coursework and prior to attaining senior status (completion of 90 semester hours). Normally, this means that students will submit applications in the sixth semester of the B.S. program (usually the spring term of the junior year). Please check with the B.S./M.S. adviser for your department to learn the specific due date for your application.
The Case School of Engineering sets the minimum grade point average for admission to the B.S./M.S. program at 3.0. Individual departments may set a higher minimum G.P.A.
The specific program of study must list the courses (research and classes) that will be counted for the M.S. degree (minimum of 27 credit hours). Up to nine hours of graduate courses can be used to count toward both the M.S. and the B.S. requirements. The courses to be double-counted are to be specified on the program of study. The program of study must be approved by the faculty adviser and department chair before being submitted as part of the application.
Please check with your individual department about requirements for the GRE exam.
For questions on the B.S./M.S. program or to request an application, contact the appropriate program adviser listed below.


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May was a wild month for preservationists in California. First came the scrambling, last-minute effort, ultimately unsuccessful, to preserve Pleasant Hill's CineArts domed theater. But then, in a victory to those who find modernism historic, the Palm Desert city council voted unanimously to designate the Sandpiper Condominiums Circles 11 and 12 the city's newest historic district.
The portions of the condo complex were designed by the Los Angeles firm Palmer and Krisel, which also designed the famed Alexander homes in Palm Springs, developed by the equally famed Alexander family.
That a unique structure built in 1967 can't make the historic cut in one California city, while a development built in 1965 gets unanimous approval in another, demonstrates the quirks and frustrations of preservationism as a cause.
This would be the perfect time to take in an educated, moderated discussion "addressing property rights, preservation, and the impact of architecture on our communities." Fortunately, that is exactly the description of such an event scheduled for June 5 at the American Institute of Architects in the East Bay. KQED host Michael Krasny moderates the discussion between the as-yet unnamed "architect, developer, activist, preservationist, and city regulatory representative."
For tickets and full details, click on over to the AIAEB site. Don't miss the post-program wine and cheese!


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ATLANTA (AP) - Pro wrestler Chris Benoit strangled his wife and smothered his son before hanging himself in his weight room, a law enforcement official close to the investigation told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
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Authorities also said they are investigating whether steroids may have been a factor in the deaths of Benoit, his wife and their 7-year-old son. Steroid abuse has been linked to depression, paranoia, and aggressive behavior or angry outbursts known as "roid rage."
"We don't know yet. That's one of the things we'll be looking at," said Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard. He said test results may not be back for weeks.
Autopsies were scheduled Tuesday by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
Authorities were investigating the deaths at a secluded Fayette County home as a murder-suicide and were not seeking any suspects. The official who described the manner of death spoke on the condition of anonymity because the information was to be released at a news conference later Tuesday.
Investigators believe Benoit (pronounced ben-WAH) killed his wife, 43-year-old Nancy, and son Daniel during the weekend and then himself Monday. The bodies were found Monday afternoon in three separate rooms of the house, off a gravel road about two miles from the Whitewater Country Club.
Nancy Benoit filed for a divorce in May 2003, saying their three-year union was irrevocably broken and alleging "cruel treatment." But she later dropped the complaint, as well as a request for a restraining order in which she charged that Benoit had threatened her and had broken furniture in their home.
In the divorce filing, she said Benoit made more than $500,000 a year as a professional wrestler and asked for permanent custody of Daniel and child support. In his response, Benoit sought joint custody.
Fayette County Coroner C.J. Mowell did not return calls seeking comment. The answering service for his funeral home said he was out of town.
Asked about the condition of the interior of the house, sheriff's Sgt. Keith Whiteside said investigators found "nothing really out of the ordinary." He said Benoit was found in the home's weight room, his wife in an office and the son in an upstairs bedroom.
Neighbors said the Benoits led a low-key lifestyle.
"We would see Chris walking in his yard from time to time. He wasn't rude, but he wasn't really outwardly warm," said Alaina Jones, who lives across the street.
Jimmy Baswell, who was Benoit's driver for more than five years, placed a white wreath at the Benoits' gate. "They always seemed like they were the happiest people," he said.
World Wrestling Entertainment said on its Web site that it asked authorities to check on Benoit and his family after being alerted by friends who received "several curious text messages sent by Benoit early Sunday morning."
The WWE, based in Stamford, Conn., said authorities asked that it not release further information on the deaths.
Benoit, born in Montreal, was a former world heavyweight champion, Intercontinental champion and held several tag-team titles. His names in the ring included "The Canadian Crippler."
"WWE extends its sincerest thoughts and prayers to the Benoit family's relatives and loved ones in this time of tragedy," the company said in a statement on its Web site.
"He was like a family member to me, and everyone in my family is taking it real hard," said fellow Canadian Bret Hart, a five-time champion with the World Wrestling Federation. The federation has since changed its name to World Wrestling Entertainment.
Benoit had maintained a home in metro Atlanta from the time he wrestled for the defunct World Championship Wrestling. The Fayette County Tax Assessors Office lists the value of the house, situated on more than 8.5 acres, at nearly $900,000.
The WWE canceled its live "Monday Night RAW" card in Corpus Christi, Texas, and USA Network aired a three-hour tribute to Benoit in place of the scheduled wrestling telecast.
Benoit's wife managed several wrestlers and went by the stage name "Woman." They met when her then-husband drew up a script that had them involved in a relationship as part of a story line on World Championship Wrestling, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
Benoit has two other children from a prior relationship.
Associated Press writers Debbie Newby and Jason Bronis contributed to this report.
Pro wrestler Chris Benoit and family found dead
ATLANTA (AP) - Pro wrestler Chris Benoit strangled his wife and smothered his son before hanging himself in his weight room, a law enforcement official close to the investigation told The Associated Press on Tuesday.


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What if the journey to Being the infinite being you truly are, is the greatest adventure you will ever go on? If you had the steps to being…would you take the journey?
Are you always looking for that 'something' we all know is possible? What if that 'something' is You? What if you being you is all it takes to change everything?
Being You isn't about getting you right. It's about being the energy of you, whatever that may be in any situation. When you start being you, you stop being the effect of the world around you. You're in the control seat and you know any situation can be changed.
Are you ready to be that potent?
What do you know about being the difference that truly creates change in the world?
Is now the time for you to show others what is truly possible? To invite them to take living to a whole new level?
Then this training may be for you!
This brand new series of classes on the elements of being – the Being You Adventures – feature tools from the 'Being You, Changing the World' book and the methods developed by Dr. Dain Heer.
Would you like to get to know the amazing Being You facilitators trained by Dr. Dain Heer? We have certified Being You facilitators all around the world. Together, you'll go on an exploration of possibilities!
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UC picks new head football coach
Texas Tech's Tommy Tuberville will lead Bearcats
It's out with the old and in with the new at the University of Cincinnati.
Tommy Tuberville resigned as Texas Tech's head coach on Saturday afternoon and was introduced at UC Saturday evening.
University officials have confirmed that Tuberville has accepted the head coaching job at UC.
A news conference happened at 6:30 p.m. at the Fifth-Third Bank Arena where Tuberville was introduced.
Tuberville has also been the head coach at the University of Mississippi, where he was named SEC Coach of the Year in 1997 by the Associated Press. He was also a finalist for the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year award in 2006 and 2007, according to a university statement.
Tuberville later took the head job at Auburn University and led the Tigers to an undefeated season and an SEC Championship in 2004. Auburn also received its first BCS game bid and defeated Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl under Tuberville, UC said.
Tuberville comes to Cincinnati after three years at Texas Tech, where his record was 20-17, the university said.
"Coach Tuberville's record speaks for itself over the past 17 seasons. It also speaks volumes to the visibility and leadership of our University that we were able to attract such an accomplished coach to lead our program into the future," UC Athletic Director Whit Babcock said in a press release.
UC said it was impressed by Tuberville's win over a ranked West Virginia team during the 2012 season.
He has an overall coaching record of 130-77 and a bowl record of 7-3.
According to a statement from UC, Tuberville led Texas Tech to an 8-5 record in his first season as head coach. He also became the first coach in Texas Tech history to win a bowl game in his first season, the statement said.
Texas Tech set a record for season-ticket sales under Tuberville, according to UC's statement.
The news comes just a day after Jones announced his decision to leave Cincinnati for the University of Tennessee.
Tuberville will take over a program that has been a steppingstone job for the last three head coaches. Mark Dantonio, Brian Kelly and Jones all left after three years for bigger programs -- Michigan State, Notre Dame and Tennessee.
The University of Cincinnati statement said Tuberville has a strong record of recruiting top football players and building a strong team.
For now, the Bearcats (9-3) are preparing for their appearance in the Belk Bowl. The team has won a share of four of the last five Big East titles.
Tuberville comes to Cincinnati with his wife, Suzanne Fette, and their two sons, Thomas Tucker and Troy Allen, UC's statement said.
Stay with News 5 and WLWT.com for the latest updates.


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Ahhhhhhh, the summer holidays are just around the corner. You know what that means … cook outs and glorious get togethers and the age old question pops up …
"What are your bringing?"
Tell them you are bringing Sweet Italian Pasta Salad.
It's a recipe that I perfected last year but never bothered to blog about it. It was gone before I could actually snap a photo – it's like that sometimes. Just how I rolls.
This pasta salad is easy peasy, the preparation of the additions is what takes the most time in my opinion. It's worth the effort I promise.
Simple, I am all about simple and this dish is simple. Rotini pasta works well for this pasta salad since it captures the dressing in it's spiral shape. I combine some great things like fresh sweet corn (but canned corn works, too), orange peppers, grape tomatoes, spinach, blue cheese and the pièce de résistance, Marzetti's Sweet Italian Dressing.
What the what? It's exactly what the name applies, a sweetened Italian Dressing and it's delish. Yes, this sugar lover would think it's delicious. I haven't tried making this superb pasta salad with any other dressings but if I would have to guesstimate … I think it would still be good. So don't be afraid to explore!
Wishing all my readers a Happy Memorial Day and would like to thank all those who serve and protect our nation!
Sweet Italian Pasta Salad
A Licious Original Recipe
4 cups of rotini pasta, cooked and drained (I used Barilla Whole Grain Rotini)
1 cup fresh baby spinach, chopped
1 cup corn (either fresh or canned, if canned make sure to drain)*
1 cup grape tomatoes, chopped
1/2 cup orange pepper, diced
1 cup blue cheese crumbles
1/2 cup Marzetti Sweet Italian Dressing
Cook pasta according to directions on box. While pasta is cooking prep your vegetables. Drain pasta and place in a large bowl. Add the veggies; spinach, corn, tomatoes, pepper, blue cheese and combine. Finally add the salad dressing to the mix until coated through out (Every bite should have a taste of dressing). Chill for at least 2 hours and serve with your favorite entree.
*If you decide to use canned corn, it does not have to be cooked before adding to the pasta however if your are using frozen or fresh corn be sure to cook! I like to roast fresh corn in the oven.


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Getting to RWTHCopyright: Peter Winandy
RWTH Aachen is easily accessible with public transportation. Buses and trains run frequently and reliably and ensure a quick connection to the city and surrounding areas.
By Bus and Train
The nearest train station to RWTH Aachen is the Aachen West Train Station. Both RWTH's central campus with the Main Building on Templergraben and the Campus Hörn can be reached from here by foot. However, they are also accessible by bus. Campus Melaten and the University Hospital Aachen can be reached in six to ten minutes by bus.
The Aachen Central Train Station and RWTH Aachen are connected by various bus lines. The bus ride to all campuses lasts about 20 minutes. The RWTH Aachen offices in Aachen Burtscheid and at Theaterplatz can be reached from the Central Train Station by foot.Copyright: RWTH Aachen
Train Connections to the Aachen West Train Station
- Regionalbahn, RB for short, and Regionalexpress, RE for short, coming from Mönchengladbach, Duisburg, Dortmund, that is RB 33 and RE 4
- Euregiobahn coming from Stolberg/ Eschweiler/ Langerwehe and Düren as well as from Alsdorf/ Eschweiler-St. Jöris and Heerlen, such as RB 20
Please Note
The Aachen West Train Station is not handicap accessible.
Train Connections to the Aachen Central Train Station
- RB and RE coming from Mönchengladbach, Duisburg, Dortmund, that is RB 33 and RE 4, and RE coming from Cologne, specifically RE 9 and RE 1
- Euregiobahn coming from Stolberg/ Eschweiler/ Langerwehe and Düren as well as from Alsdorf/ Eschweiler-St. Jöris and Heerlen, such as RB 20
- ICE from Brussels and Frankfurt. IC from Berlin, Thalys from Cologne and Paris
- Thalys from Cologne/Dortmund and Brussels/Paris
Take bus 13B from the Aachen Central Train Station and get off at the stop Technische HochschuleCopyright: RWTH Aachen
Bus Connections in Aachen
- Multiple bus lines connect the University with the Aachen city center, other city areas, and its surroundings. There are also numerous (direct) connections to Dutch and Belgian communities.
- You can reach the Main Building from the Aachen Central Station without switching lines by taking any of the following buses: 4, 7, 17, 24, 27, 33, 37, 47, 73, 77, 147 and 173 and getting off at busstop Driescher Gässchen. You can also take line 13B from the Aachen Central Station and get off at the busstop Technische Hochschule.
You can find the current connections on the ASEAG website or in the free ASEAG Mobil app.
By CarCopyright: RWTH Aachen
You can reach the RWTH Aachen Main Building via autobahn A4 from Heerlen/Eindhoven or Cologne, A544 towards Aachen Europaplatz, and A44 from Düsseldorf/Mönchengladbach or Liege/Brussels
You can find descriptions and information about parking at RWTH under Parking.
Environmental Zone
The Environmental Zone or Umweltzone was implemented in Aachen on February 1, 2016. Starting on this date, only vehicles with a green sticker or an official permit excluding them from this requirement may drive in the environmental zone. The majority of the University campus is located within this environmental zone.
Use the RWTH Navigator to see the exact location of the environmental zone.
By Bike
The City of Aachen is successfully improving the cycling infrastructure around the University, in order to create the best possible framework conditions. You will find a sufficient number of bike racks at almost all RWTH institutions, where you can lock your bike.
The University will expand and improve the options available.
Handicap Accessibility
Main Building
The Main Building has a handicap accessible entrance in the second inner courtyard on the backside of the building. The elevator, which is accessible on every floor, is also located in the second inner courtyard.
SuperC and Backsteingebäude
The SuperC and the Backsteingebäude, Templergraben 86, where the human resources department is located, are both handicap accessible at their main entrances and the elevators to all floors.
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RWTH Navigator
The RWTH Navigator enables you to quickly and easily search for buildings, institutions, parking, and busstops. You can also use it to plan your route and be directly navigated to your desired destination.


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The constitution-writing committee has completed all the articles – which may total over 200 – expect those on judicial and military matters, committee spokesperson Mohamed Salmawy told state news agency MENA on Wednesday.
All articles finished by sub-committees will be put to a final vote by the main 50-strong panel, which has already endorsed 120 articles almost two weeks ahead of the deadline, according to Salmawy.
Redrafting the national charter is part of the transitional roadmap set forth by Egypt's interim authorities following Morsi's ouster, which promises parliamentary elections and a presidential vote by mid-2014.
The 2012 Islamist-drafted constitution was suspended after president Mohamed Morsi was ousted by Egypt's army on 3 July after massive protests against his troubled year in power.
Officials say the final version will be completed on 3 December and will be submitted to interim President Adly Mansour for approval before being put to a national referendum.
© 2010 Ahram Online.


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Shell Script Pearls is designed to provide information about shell scripting. The book is collection with all tips and code sample you need to learn about shell scripting. Author has clearly demonstrated unique tools and script samples that go beyond the level of basic scripting. The book is useful for geeks, hackers, sys admin and advanced users. The book doesn't explain basic programming structure and syntax. If you are the beginner get some basic book or start with our own tutorial.
You will find lots of useful collection of a shell scripts and practical examples that can be used in day today life.
Chapter 1: Shell script Debugging – You learn about manual and automated shell scripting debug techniques.
Chapter 2: Standard Functions Library – You will learn how to create a library for common task.
Chapter 3: Date and time Manipulation – Many administrative tasks such as backup heavily depends upon date and time. This chapter explains date and time calculations.
Chapter 4: Comparison and tests – Learn how to write and use the comparison and test using conditional statements and loops.
Chapter 5: Accepting Command Line Options and Parameters – Learn how to pass optional parameters to you script to provide more customization.
Chapter 6: Testing Variables and Assigning Defaults – Learn about setting default variables or input parameters for a script. This will help you write customized and configurable shell script.
Chapter 7: Indirect Reference Variables – Learn how create indirect variable names (ability to generate variable names on fly)
Chapter 8: Shell process tree – You will learn about creating a shell process tree script for the currently running or all process.
Chapter 9: Data Redirection – If you get confused with output redirection or I/O redirection, this chapter provides the better understanding about redirection.
Chapter 10: Piping Input to read – Learn about pipes and related gotcha that came across while writing a portable script.
Chapter 11: Math from the shell – Learn how to use expr, bc and other tools to perform mathematical calculations from a shell.
Chapter 12: Cron – Learn how to create complex cron jobs and schedule jobs.
Chapter 13: Self-Linked Scripts – This is one my favorite technique – for example a shell script called backup can be called in several different names to make a backup to ftp server, tape or another server.
Chapter 14: Throttling Parallel Processes – Learn how to run a shell script more efficiently in large multi-user environments.
Chapter 15: Command Line Editing and History – Learn how to set various command line editing mode to save time.
Chapter 16: Scripting from the command line – Learn how to write quick and dirty one liners from a command prompt.
Chapter 17: Automating User Input with expect – Learn how to provide password / username and other parameters using expect tool.
Chapter 18: User Input Timeout – Learn how to write more advanced scripts. If the user doesn't provide input in a specified time the script should continue running with a default input.
Chapter 19: Instant keyboard Response – Learn how to write a key press detection shell script. For example detect keys pressed by end user and take an action.
Chapter 20: Directory Copying – Learn how to copy all sort of files using various tools.
Chapter 21 and 22: A brief tour of the X Display environment – Learn basic usage of X windows system.
Chapter 23: Command line email attachments – Learn how to send emails from a command line.
Chapter 24: Text processing one – liners: Learn basic usage of common tools such as awk, expr, sed and many others.
Chapter 25: Editing Files in Place – Learn how to use ed to edit text file and perform search and replace operations.
Chapter 26 to 42 provides advanced code examples and techniques such as:
- Reading variables from a flat text file
- Automating ftp task
- Automating email with procmail
- Automating RCS
- Writing a process management
- Running process from inittab file
- Password aging notification
- System snapshots
- Rotating log files etc
You will find shell man pages difficult to use and w/ examples. Ron has done good job explaining and providing valuable shell script code. You can use samples in your own projects. I recommend this book for every Linux / UNIX geek and System Administrator.
- Book title: Shell Script Pearls (Paperback)
- Author: Ron Peters
- Publisher: 16 Ton Press
- Pub Date: 11-May-2007
- Pages: 320
- Level of experience needed: Intermediate Linux / UNIX sys admin
- Who will find useful: Linux/UNIX sys admin / Geeks
- Additional goodies included (such as CDROM) …? : No
- Ratings : 4/5
- Purchase online @ Amazon