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texi2any: A Texinfo Reference Implementation
Above, we called
texi2any "the" translator for Texinfo
instead of just "a" translator, even though (of course) it's
technically and legally possible for other implementations to be
written. The reason is that alternative implementations are very
likely to have subtle, or not-so-subtle, differences in behavior, and
thus Texinfo documents would become dependent on the processor.
Therefore, it is important to have a reference implementation that
defines parts of the language not fully specified by the manual (often
intentionally so). It is equally important to have consistent
command-line options and other behavior for all processors.
For this reason, the once-independent
texi2html Perl Texinfo
processor was made compatible with the C implementation of
makeinfo, to avoid continuing with two different
implementations (see History). The current implementation,
texi2any, serves as the reference implementation. It
inherited the design of customization and other features from
texi2html (for more on
texi2html compatibility,
texi2html). However,
texi2any is a full
reimplementation: it constructs a tree-based representation of the
input document for all back-ends to work from.
Extensive tests of the language were developed at the same time as
texi2any; we plead with anyone thinking of writing a program
to parse Texinfo input to at least make use of these tests.
texi2html wrapper script (see
provides a very simple example of calling
texi2any from a
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More consequentially,
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Perl script using the
Texinfo::Parser module interface; it's
also in the util source directory. (Its functionality may also
be useful to authors; see texi-elements-by-size.)
With the release of
texi2any as the reference
implementation, development of both the C implementation of
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Last night, RuPaul's Drag Race returned with season four and a brand new flock of queens. Ones to watch: The macabre Sharon Needles, who has a "meth look" and a Tammy Faye Bakker tattoo and spit up fake blood on the runway; Kenya Michaels, a diminutive diva with a stunningly beautiful face some queens deem "fishy" — aka too girly; and Jiggly Caliente, the "Asian plus-size Barbie" with swagger. The theme of the episode was "Rupocalypse," and there were guest appearances by drag zombies, Elvira and Shangela, among others. The photo challenge was an homage to Alexander McQueen, and the runway show — as seen above — was "post-apocalyptic couture." Or as Lashauwn Beyond called it, "post apopkalakic."
Jiggly Caliente and Alisa Summers had to lipsync for their lives to "toxic" by Britney Spears; Jiggly tore up the stage! Alisa had to sashay away. All in all, it was a fantastic start to the new season. One line that made me laugh so hard? "She went from looking like Aretha Franklin to Biggie Smalls." OMFG I am so glad this show is back.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Neil Patrick Harris is returning to the stage — and not to hand out awards.
The four-time Tony Award host and former "Doogie Howser, M.D." will star on Broadway in the spring as the gender-bent rock chanteuse at the center of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," the cult musical that was made into a cult movie.
The rest of the creative team members, cast, dates and the theater will be announced later.
Written by John Cameron Mitchell and composer Stephen Trask, "Hedwig" was an unlikely hit fashioned out of a strange story: a tale of obsession, glam rock, a botched sex-change operation and a quest for identity.
Mitchell starred in an off-Broadway production that played for two years starting in 1998 in the dilapidated ballroom of an ancient Greenwich Village hotel and reprised the role in a 2001 film version. In a statement, Mitchell said: "Who better to pass the wig to but the finest entertainer of his generation?"
Harris, the 40-year-old "How I Met Your Mother" star, has been featured in three Broadway productions, including "Assassins," ''Proof" and as the exuberant master of ceremonies in "Cabaret."
In a statement, Harris said: "I am simultaneously ecstatic and terrified to be stepping into Hedwig's heels. It is truly a once-in-a-lifetime role and I can't wait to begin the journey."
Mark Kennedy is on Twitter at http://twitter.com/KennedyTwits
Neil Patrick Harris to return to Broadway — to act
NEW YORK (AP) — Neil Patrick Harris is returning to the stage — and not to hand out awards.


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by Jon Caroulis
Mt. Airy resident and La Salle University German Professor Vincent Kling recently was awarded the Schlegel-Tieck Prize of the Goethe Institute in London for the best translation of a literary work from German to English.
Kling was honored for translating the novel, "Why the Child Is Cooking in the Polenta" (in German the title is "Warum das Kind in der Polenta kocht"), by Aglaja Veteranyi, published by Dalkey Archive Press in London and Champaign, Ill.
"I had no idea I was even in consideration," said Kling, who has been living in Mt. Airy for the past three years and previously lived there for five years. "The publisher submits the recommendations, not the author. It would never have dawned on me that my work is in the same league as that of earlier laureates, among whom are some very eminent people."
Kling says the book is a very highly autobiographical novel about a young girl who escaped with her family, all circus performers, from Romania, and has been traveling with them through Europe and North Africa.
"I have written an afterword for the Dalkey edition that tells more about how Veteranyi broke away from her family, who was very abusive, when she was 17. She returned to Switzerland, where she had lived for a long time and gained literacy in German," Kling said. "The voice in which her novel is spoken is extremely distinctive, narrating in a childlike way the most harrowing details of exploitation and abuse."
Kling said he never heard of Veteranyi before Dalkey Archive approached him about translating her novel.
So, what is translating a book from one language to another like?
"It is exciting and tedious at the same time," said Kling, "and the main requirement, even more than knowledge of the language from which the translation is being made, is a command of the language into which it's being made."
Growing up, Kling said his family, which came from Germany on his father's side, never spoke the language. He discovered he had an affinity for other languages, and took a course in basic German when he was in the Army.
When he enrolled at La Salle, which had a language requirement, he started taking more courses in German. At first, Kling was an English major (and taught in La Salle's English Department for many years before switching to Foreign Languages), but changed his major.
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Spencer Pratt is steaming, again.
"The Hills" star has brewed up a new feud – one with co-star Audrina Partridge.
Spencer announced on his Twitter page on Thursday afternoon that he and wife Heidi Montag are no longer pals with the busty brunette.
"I would like to make it CLEAR! My wife and audrina have severed all ties!" Spencer Tweeted. "We no longer deal with that fake world and fake people like her."
It wasn't clear why Spencer took aim at Audrina, but he hinted that the bombshell might be jealous of the attention his wife has received since she underwent 10 plastic surgeries in one day to increase, among other things, her rear end and her cleavage.
"Audrina - Don't hate because your nasty Tijuana plastic surgery got you no press… and my wife is #1 story on people - 5 days in a row!" he claimed.
Audrina has never admitted to undergoing plastic surgery and on her Twitter, the star appeared to steer clear of Spencer's comments, posting no replies to his messages. A rep for Audrina wasn't immediatley available for comment when contacted by Access Hollywood.
Spencer and his wife have been involved in a host of headlines over the last several weeks including a split rumor, which the couple shot down.
Additionally, late last month, Heidi raised eyebrows when she appeared at a "Hills" photoshoot, but refused to take part in the picture with the rest of her cast, with a rep telling Access Hollywood at the time that the blonde was ill.
"Heidi's not there and I don't know why," Audrina told Access at the time. "I honestly don't. We're all shooting together and I think she's shooting later… So I really don't know why she's not with us."
Audrina added that Heidi seemed fine a few days before the MTV shoot.
"Kristin and I just filmed with her, probably four days ago and everything seemed fine," she said. "But, I don't know."
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More than an Annual 5K: 13th Carnegie Center 5K and One Mile Fun Run to Take Place in Princeton, NJ
For Immediate Release
(Kingston, NJ, June 22, 2012) – The Parkinson Alliance® announced the date of the 2012 Carnegie Center 5K and One Mile Fun Run (CC5K), which will take place on Saturday, September 22nd, establishing its 13th year in the Princeton community.
Since its inception, this road race has made its mark by offering an abundance of amenities to runners, as well as to the general Central New Jersey community. In addition to a USATF Certified 5K, the CC5K draws the community together to support the cause of Parkinson's disease. 100% of net proceeds raised will go to research. A One Mile Fun Run and post-race activities are also offered, for those who are looking for a cause-oriented fall event, for all ages.
Two new amenities are being introduced by The Parkinson Alliance: one of which will be an upgrade to the 5K race course; the other coincides with its mission to raise funds and awareness for Parkinson's research. The 5K will offer chip timing, which will uniquely identify and score runners as they cross the Finish Line. Secondly, all registered participants will have access to their very own, runner's/fundraising webpage, which will serve a dual purpose. Personal webpages can be used by runners to (1) let their network know about their participation, and (2) fundraise for Parkinson's research.
In 2011, over 600 registered participants, with runners from the age of five through 77, raised closed to $70,000. Hundreds of unregistered participants attended to root for family and friends running in the event, or to support the Parkinson's community. "For The Parkinson Alliance, this is proof that the CC5K is made up of both runners and the local community who want to take action. The addition of chip timing will only have positive impact on the CC5K. To those who are participating because of their connection to the Parkinson's community, online fundraising is now an option to be able to make a difference for their loved one with Parkinson's," noted Carol Walton, CEO of The Parkinson Alliance.
While new additions have been announced, The Parkinson Alliance still expects traditions to continue, predicting that the 2012 CC5K will be another gathering of runners and walkers, with teams made up of family, friends, and co-workers. Post-race activities will include a Kids' Zone with moonbounces, clown, and face painter; refreshments; DJ; and door prizes featuring items donated by local merchants. All Fun Run participants will receive medals, and awards will be presented to the 5K's top 3 teams, and top 3 male and female in various age categories.
At the 13th CC5K, the 2012 King Award will be presented to First Choice Bank. Created in memory of Joseph G. Fennelly, a generous philanthropist and long term volunteer of The Parkinson Alliance, The King Award recognizes a sponsor's dedication and commitment to the Parkinson's community. Randy Hanks, President and CEO of First Choice Bank, will receive the award. First Choice Bank became the first community bank to open in the area in 40 years, when it opened its first branch in Lawrenceville in 2007. They are also a host to an Annual Golf Outing which raises proceeds to benefit local non-profits, including The Parkinson Alliance.
The CC5K offers corporate sponsorship opportunities, starting at the $500 community level.
To register and join the race activities, go to www.cc5K12.kintera.org or call 800-579-8440 / 609-688-0870.
About The Parkinson Alliance®
The Kingston, NJ based national non-profit organization is dedicated to raising funds to help finance the most promising research to find the cause and cure for Parkinson's disease. The Parkinson Alliance (PA) is the umbrella organization for the Parkinson's Unity Walk®, the signature annual event held in New York's Central Park. Local events include Princeton Dines Out for Parkinson's, Chair Yoga for those with Parkinson's, and Princeton Dance for Parkinson. PA is committed to helping improve the quality of life of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) patients and their caregivers through self-report patient surveys. Fundraising occurs all year via marathon and 5K events by Team Parkinson®. Additional information can be found on www.ParkinsonAlliance.org.
2012 Carnegie Center 5K and One Mile Fun Run / www.cc5K12.kintera.org
The Parkinson Alliance / 800-579-8440 / 609-688-0870 / email@example.com / www.parkinsonalliance.org


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Yes, you read that correctly.
Whitney Houston may have passed away in 2012, but her hologram will be taking center stage in a country-wide tour beginning in 2016.
The project is being spearheaded by Hologram USA, along with Pat Houston (the late singer's sister and the president of her estate, for what is surely going to be the concert of the year.
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The tour isn't the only time that adoring fans can relive Houston's classics, however, as plans for a multimedia digital and cable show are said to be underway as well.
"I was heartbroken when Whitney passed away in 2012," Hologram USA and FilmOn CEO Alki David said in a statement obtained by Rolling Stone.
PHOTOS: Divas who died too soon
"The opportunity to share her spectacular gifts with the world again is exactly what I hoped for when I built the hologram business. I'm confident we'll create the ultimate celebration of Whitney's amazing artistry," David said.
Meanwhile, Pat Houston released the following statement echoing the excitement for the upcoming tour.
"It's a great opportunity for her fans to see a reinvention of one the most celebrated female artists in history and to continue a legacy of performances that will not be forgotten in years to come," she said.
PHOTOS: Whitney's greatest performances
This isn't the first foray into the world of late famous singers for Hologram USA.
In fact, they just partnered up with the Apollo Theater in Harlem and are slated to host a series of hologram concerts beginning with an evening to remember with long-gone singer Billie Holiday--which is currently scheduled for around Thanksgiving.


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On Thursday night I plan to attend a free concert at MacArthur Park by Loudon Wainwright III, one of my favorite singer-songwriters, that starts at 8 p.m. MacArthur Park is on a Red Line subway stop that can whisk me back to Union Station for a Metrolink ride home at, depending on how long ol' Loudo performs, either 9:30 p.m. (doubtful) or 11 p.m. (likely).
In October, there won't be a choice: That late train will be scrapped, the victim of a dispute between San Bernardino County's transportation agency, known as SanBAG, and Metrolink.
Well, that's the way things go — a step forward here, a step backward there. If you like public transit, you learn to expect setbacks.
Here's the background. The commuter train system serves San Bernardino, Riverside, Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties. About half the agency's budget comes from taxpayers and half from fares.
Metrolink sent bills for the fiscal year that began this month to those five counties' transportation agencies. Four counties agreed to their share, paying 7.3 to 14 percent more than last year, but San Bernardino refused.
Its share, an 8.8 percent increase, was too much for the board of directors, which on June 4 considered offering 5 percent but settled on 3 percent, roughly $300,000 more than last year, for a total contribution of $11.8 million.
"Our argument with Metrolink was that money doesn't grow on trees, it's certainly not growing at an 8.8 percent or 10 percent rate, and you need to live within your means," Ray Wolfe, executive director of SanBAG, told me Monday.
"Unfortunately," Wolfe added, "other member agencies didn't take that approach."
As usual, the 909 proudly goes it alone.
SanBAG funds Omnitrans, the county's bus provider, from the same pool of state money that funds Metrolink, and SanBAG held Omnitrans to a 3 percent increase. Omnitrans didn't cut buses or raise fares.
Metrolink, by contrast, got 10 percent more last year from SanBAG and now was back asking for 8.8 percent.
"I can't see a sustainable train service with 8 to 10 percent increases on an annual basis," SanBAG President Dennis Michael, the mayor of Rancho Cucamonga, told me Tuesday.
Michael said he was mystified upon learning that Metrolink's CEO, Michael DePallo, was in the audience at the SanBAG board meeting but didn't speak up to persuade directors the increase was justified.
And, Michael said, "my frustration with Metrolink is that cuts to service was their first answer." The agency ought to "sharpen its pencils" and make cuts like other government agencies have done, he said.
Metrolink says diesel fuel prices keep rising and that its labor costs do too. The agency worked with SanBAG to come up with cuts to San Bernardino County's service to reflect the lower subsidy. The result was the loss of four weekday trains.
"We tried to pick trains that would have the least impact," Metrolink spokesman Jeff Lustgarten said.
Affected are two midday runs: Train 310, which leaves L.A. at 12:20 p.m., and Train 327, which leaves San Bernardino at 2 p.m. In June, the number of daily riders on those trains averaged 128 and 110, respectively.
Also affected are the two last runs: Train 339, which leaves San Bernardino at 9:05 p.m., and Train 338, which leaves L.A. at 11 p.m. June ridership averaged 32 and 38, respectively.
Admittedly, 70 people total on that to-and-from train aren't many, and so those are obvious trains to cut. But it's still 70 people and a useful service, including for Dodger fans taking the train to home games.
Metrolink's weekend late trains will be unchanged, leaving L.A. on Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. and on Sundays at 9 p.m.
The cuts were approved at a Metrolink board meeting Friday, held in San Bernardino to allow locals to comment. In the spirit of the proceedings, I took the train there.
I boarded in Rancho Cucamonga, where unlike other Inland Valley stations they now have paid parking. Only the best for Rancho Cucamonga.
The way it's set up, you park in a vast lot, walk to the station, buy a daily permit, return to your car to put the receipt on your dash, then curse as your train pulls in and leaves without you. Thankfully, I got there in plenty of time to walk back and forth repeatedly.
Parking was $4.50 and the round-trip train ride was $15.50. for a total of $20 to spare myself 40 minutes of driving. If the train was a taxi, the fare counter would have spun like a slot machine's tumblers.
At the meeting, the only familiar face was that of Paul Eaton, the mayor of Montclair. "Come to see what Metrolink's trying to do to us?" Eaton asked me.
The meeting itself was anticlimactic: Nobody showed up to speak. Two emails from the public were summarized: one asked that they keep late-night service and another suggested keeping late-night service on Thursdays and Fridays.
The board voted in favor of the cuts, with no dissent, and that was that. Although Larry McCallon, the board chair and a councilman in Highland, noted that the midday trains are the ones he uses the most. So he feels some of our pain.
McCallon, who's on both the SanBAG and Metrolink boards, told me Monday that he can see both sides.
Metrolink needs to be efficient, McCallon allowed, but an agency that answers to five counties with their own needs and agendas, he said, can't be held to the same standards as Omnitrans.
Overall, ridership on the San Bernardino Metrolink line, the one that stops in Rialto, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, Upland, Montclair, Claremont and Pomona, is down. "I do believe we've reached a tipping point on fares," McCallon said, "and we should look at reducing them." He added with a chuckle: "But that would take a greater subsidy from member agencies. It's a Catch-22."
For late-night travel, some of us can take Foothill Transit's Silver Streak bus, which runs between downtown L.A. and Montclair and whose fares are a mere $2.45. Starting Oct. 1, the last weekday Metrolink train home will leave L.A. at 9:30 p.m.
Here's some historical perspective.
When the Pacific Electric trains debuted on July 11, 1914, the Red Cars had eight weekday round trips between San Bernardino and Los Angeles. A schedule printed in the July 12, 1914 edition of the San Bernardino Daily Sun was unearthed for me by my colleague Joe Blackstock.
It shows that on weekdays, the last eastbound train out of L.A. left for San Bernardino at 11:15 p.m. A century ago, we must have been more sophisticated.
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AboutSF is Back Up and Running!
We're back! It took us a little while, but AboutSF is back up and running, good as new. We've decided to shake things up by using a new design scheme for the site, which we hope will make it easier to use the site on a regular basis, on a variety of devices and platforms. Everything from the old site, content-wise, is still here and easy to use and access.
Let us know what you think about the new look and feel for the site if you feel inclined! We're going to continue to work on the new version of the site in the coming weeks, especially since we're still at work overhauling our Speculation Speakers Database, which is going to take a little longer yet before it's back up and running. Of course, we'll also reiterate our offer for volunteers to come aboard and write for/contribute to the site in the coming weeks and months. You can email us at email@example.com if you're interested.
More soon, especially regarding new materials that we'll be sharing with readers shortly from our AboutSF YouTube page and elsewhere. Stay tuned!


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After Elsie Poncher sold the crypt above Marilyn Monroe's on EBay, she was expecting to get paid.
Historically, that's how a sale works. One party makes an offer. The other party accepts. Exchange money. Exchange goods. Everybody's happy.
For Poncher, that's not how it worked this time.
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The top bidder backed out of the deal, after making a winning bid of $4.6 million. The next 11 bids, all over $4.5 million, also fell through, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Now Poncher is wondering if EBay could have done more to stop "phony balonies."
EBay spokesman Usher Lieberman said that if Poncher would have contacted the company first, they could have offered more help.
In an e-mail to the Los Angeles Times, Lieberman said:
"For high-profile auctions such as these, our strong recommendation is that sellers contact EBay prior to listing the item as we can help them establish a process for pre-approving bids."
Lieberman told the Times that EBay can use an outside auction house to check a bidder's financials. Also, the company can require bidders to submit a deposit.
None of those options were offered to Poncher, her representative told the Times.
But the crypt deal isn't dead just yet. EBay representatives, the Times reported, want to re-list the crypt.


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Here are some of the websites and blogs that I have come across the week ending December 18, 2011.
This week is about blogs only -
Robineau Family Genealogy www.robineau.ca/page/4 The website says that most of the blogger's family is from Eastern Ontario, Quebec, and France. The surnames are Sauve, Cartie, Lavimodiere, Powell, and White.
After They Left Antrim: A Peacock Family History http://ulsterpeacocks.blogspot.com Hugh Peacock (Ellen Waggot) and Thomas Peacock (Sarah Smith) left Ulster and immigrated to King Township, York County, Ontario in the mid-nineteenth century.
Etobicoke Cemeteries http://torontocemeteries.blogspot.com There are some cemeteries of Etobicoke, Toronto onsite here, with tombstone data online.
Forsyth Family History http://eastlothianforsyth.blogspot.com This blog covers the "ancestors and descendants of John Forsyth who was born in Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland in 1835. He came to Canada about 1855 (perhaps with his brother, Charles) and appears in the 1861 Census in King Township, York County".
The Kelowna & District Genealogical Society www.kdgs.ca There is some information on this blog about the society.
Loom to Lumber: Family History of Robert Gavin and Sarah Miller http://lanarkgavins.blogspot.com This blogs covers the family of "Robert Gavin and Sarah Miller and their descendants. The 1841 Scottish census records that Robert was a hand loom weaver born in Ireland. The couple and their young family emigrated from Lanarkshire after 1841, taking up land in Poland, Dalhousie Twp in Lanark County, Ontario".
Missisquoi County Canada Genealogy Research http://missisquoicanadagenealogyresearch.blogspot.com Started in 2008, the blog is the "Roll Call of familes being researched in the Missisquoi area", which is in Quebec.
Prairie History Blog www.reginalibrary.ca/blogs/index.php?blog=7&tempskin=_rss2 New editions of magazines are discussed. The blog is part of the Regina Public Library.
The Hillmans Of Elgin County www.hillmansofelgin.blogspot.com A look at the Hillman family who immigrated from Wiltshire to Ontario, and then spread throughout North America.
Ukrainian Genealogy Group - Prince Edward Island, Canada http://uggpei.blogspot.com Started in 2004, this blog interests people who have a Ukrainian ancestry.
Next Week's Blog (Dec 26th) – Canadian Genealogy Books for the Holidays


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ABUS Steel-O-Chain 4804K
This item is currently not available.
ABUS quality locking cylinder (hardened steel) with an automatic cylinder and reversible key.
- Hardened 4mm square chain with a durable black textile sleeve that protects the bike's paint from scratches
- Easily transported under the seat, wrapped compactly around the seat post
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Tassie Volunteer night
The Launceston AYCC group meets every Wednesday at 4:30.
Our branch started after a group of us went to Power Shift 2011, and we now have a great group of dedicated volunteers and a larger network of supporters in both Hobart and Launceston.
As young people we are the ones who stand to be the most affected by climate change, but we think by becoming involved in groups like the AYCC young people are also in the best position to take action. Our volunteers are a diverse and passionate bunch of young people who are already doing incredible things on climate change.
In Launceston, weekly meetings happen every Wednesday from 4:30pm - 6:00pm
November 08, 2016 at 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Launceston Environment Centre
72 Tamar St
Launceston , Tasmania 7250
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72 Tamar St
Launceston , Tasmania 7250
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This is the blog of China defense, where professional analysts and serious defense enthusiasts share findings on a rising military power.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Orbat, Naval Cooperation-2012
112, 115, 137, 138, 527, 528, 548, 529, 530, 2 Songs, 022s, 881, Peace Ark, J-8s, JH-7s, Z-8s, Z-9s...
-- Yexu
A total of 16 vessels and two submarines from Chinese navy would participate the drill, including five missile destroyers, five missile frigates, four missile boats, a support vessel and hospital ship. Together with them are 13 aircrafts and five shipboard helicopters.
The Russian warships include the Pacific Fleet's flagship Varyag, a slava-class guided missile cruiser, Marshal Shaposhnikov, Admiral Panteleyev and Admiral Vinogradov, three Udaloy-class destroyers.
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Immigrant Voices is a new feature I hope to do here on Latinaish.com once in awhile. Basically I will pick a topic and those who identify with being a Latino/a immigrant will send me their thoughts/memories on that topic to share here. Those who participate are welcome to remain anonymous if they wish. If a name is given, I'll also provide a link back to their Twitter profile and/or blog.
Today's topic is "Christmas." I hope you enjoy the stories shared here today.
"My first Christmas in the United States, I don't really remember. I had only been here a couple months and I wasn't working yet. All the days passed the same sometimes. My second Christmas here, in 1997, Tracy and I had a wedding date picked in January but she lived with her parents and I still lived with my brother. That year my brother went with his wife and daughter to Puerto Rico to visit her side of the family. I was all alone in their apartment on Christmas Eve and there wasn't even any food in the house. I didn't have money or a car. I didn't really have any friends. It started to snow outside the windows, and someone knocked at the door. It was Tracy and she came with grocery bags full of food. We pulled the sofa bed out of the couch and spent the evening eating and watching T.V. together. It wasn't anything like Christmas in El Salvador, but I was happy during those hours she stayed with me."
– Carlos López (Blog)
"My best memory is that of the Christmas I spent with my grandpa in Tejutepeque, a small village in Cabanhas.
My sisters and I ended up living with him for a while and part of that time included the Christmas season. He didn't have a tree or anything else as he wasn't accustomed to having kids over or in general, decorating his house.
His solution: chop down a coffee tree from the local hills. He then proceeded to decorate it with whatever was around the house like packing peanuts, etc. In the end, everyone in town wanted to check it out because it was so unique."
"For my mom, my sister and I, living 'sin papeles' was hard enough, but when the holidays came around it felt like we had it twice as hard…mainly because we moved around a lot and we never knew if we were even going to have a Christmas or where we would end up. But somehow my mom always worked her magic and found a way to get a tree and put gifts under it for us. And if we needed a place to stay, we knew we could always count on friends or family. We may not have had much, but just being around family and friends during the holidays was very comforting and gave us some of the best memories of our childhood."
– Rafael Gameros (Twitter)
"I was 7 when I came to live in the States. Besides the general cultural shock, the Christmas tradition shock was even greater. I had always spent Noche Buena with my Abuelitos in El Salvador, but only my Abuelita migrated with me. Abuelito refused to come. So the first 3 or 4 years, right after opening presents, stuffing my face with "Sanwiches de Pollo Salvadoreños" and having fun with my family, my stomach would become a knot and I would retire to my room, to cry. It would not be a melancholic cry either, it would be a hysterical sob fest. I still get chills remembering my 9 year-old self crying into my pillow, missing my Abuelito and the Salvadoran Christmas of my younger years. Abuelo passed away 3 years ago, and I only saw him twice after emigrating to the US…"
– Emisela (Twitter)
Celebrating Christmas as a Latino in the U.S. means strategically finding the line between your own cultural beliefs and society as a whole. For us, it means going to mass on Christmas to celebrate the birth of Jesus but also enjoying Santa and all the commercialism of the day. When my "American" friends ask how we celebrate Christmas, I find it hard to say that we had tamales – my response is usually, "traditional/family."
– Hector Flores (Twitter)
"Growing up, my sister and I would have to board a plane every other year to spend Christmas with our dad and his new family in Houston. We were always happy to visit and be with him, but I could never get over the fact that Christmas in Houston was much quieter and serene than it was in El Salvador. I always missed the smell of pólvora (gun powder) and going to sleep way, way past midnight to the sound of cuetes being lit all around."
Early Christmas Day… we groggily made it out of bed, following my mother into the living room…There, smiling from ear to ear next to the white three story bookshelf he'd built with his own hands was my father, not saying a word, just pointing at what was sitting on each layer of the shelf…Immediately we raced across the room, screaming and hollering, jumping from one end of the room to the other with our brand new toy cars in our hands. The size, make, model, and even the color of our cars, today, are memories long gone, many, many years ago, but the one thing that has always remained in the deepest and most treasured of my childhood memories is the feeling in our hearts that morning.
We knew we didn't have any money. We didn't have a Christmas tree, or even so much as a single Christmas light anywhere inside or outside of our house, but somehow, some way, whatever little money they had, our parents had managed to make certain we didn't wake up to just another day on Navidad. Even better, my two older sisters didn't get anything at all and they were just as happy and excited for us as we were."
-Juan Alanis (Blog / Twitter)
(Read this story in its entirety: Miracle in Edingburg, Texas)
My first Christmas was in Michigan. I was recently married, so it was the first Christmas with my hubby, (so romantic). I loved the idea of a white Christmas, a freshly cut tree, a fireplace, different food to what I usually had etc. But then it hit me. I had no family to hug at 12 o'clock, no fireworks, no kids' laughter, no cumbia music in the background. I felt very nostalgic. I felt so lonely and even though my husband had tons of love and presents to give me, there was an enormous emptiness in my heart. I talked to my family, every single one of them. They were all together at my house. They told me what the menu was going to be, all the fireworks they had bought, and how much they missed me.


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Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman, with three grandchildren and her adopted daughter (to right, reflected in mirror): photo by Gordon Parks, August 1942 (Gordon Parks Archives, Library of Congress)
To the servant, society is an establishment, in which he finds his place.
To the rebel, a particular society is a tyranny; the alternative for which he fights is a new and better society.
To the exile, society is beyond him, but may change.
To the vagrant, society is a name for other people, who are in his way or can be used.
Beginning of the ball season, Berlin: photo by Carl Weinrother, 1934 (Deutsches Bundesarchiv)


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Documentary produced in Portland, Oregon features the stories of survivors of Cambodian genocide
PORTLAND, OREGON 16 April 2012. The Portland Center for Public Humanities presents an acclaimed film by the Cambodian-American Community of Oregon On May 8, 2012 at 7 pm in 238 Smith Memorial Student Union (1825 SW Broadway). This event is free and open to the public.
The "OH" Project, An Oral History: Healing from the Cambodian Genocide is a moving documentary about the experiences of survivors of the Cambodian genocide of 1975-79. The film features intergenerational interviews of survivors by their children and grandchildren, all now living in the state of Oregon. The survivors' narratives of familial disruption and violence are interwoven with accounts of strength, resourcefulness, and love. By telling their stories and grieving their losses together, the narrators and their interviewers move through a powerful process of healing and regeneration. Historical footage and photographs frame the narratives with a cogent re-telling of the history of the Pol Pot regime, giving a vivid context for the suffering endured by millions of Cambodians at the time.
The OH Project was produced in collaboration with SpinFilm in 2008 with support from the Northwest Health Foundation, Vision Into Action, and Portland State University. The film was recognized by the Oral History Association in 2010 as an outstanding community based oral history project. This screening and panel discussion is a collaboration between the Cambodian-American Community of Oregon, the Public Humanities Center, and PSU's Holocaust and Genocide Studies Project and is co-sponsored by the Department of English at PSU and the Oregon Holocaust Resource Center. The partners hope to foster learning and dialogue about the issues of genocide, war, trauma, and survival in a comparative global context.


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If you haven't seen Monochrome 3.0.1 for OS X, you should. This is an application for converting batches of color images to grayscale. Monochrome gives you control over the conversion process and applied effects, so you can create a consistent set of output images. October 22, 2015


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| 8.3°C Dublin
ENGLAND'S autumn is beginning to look as bleak as the Twickenham weather after Willem Alberts' fortunate try earned South Africa victory today.
Stuart Lancaster's men now head into next weekend's appointment with world champions New Zealand on the back of narrow defeats at home to Australia and the Springboks.
England competed every step of the way with South Africa, matching the Springboks for intensity and desire and they battled back from 16-6 down with real heart.
They were the better team, particularly in the second half when Owen Farrell came on, but their undoing was a slice of bad luck just after the interval.
When Ben Youngs' hacked clearance rebounded off JP Pietersen, the ball fell to Alberts who scored rugby's equivalent of an open goal.
Farrell added three penalties to the two struck by Toby Flood as England battled all the way to the death. Lancaster will be encouraged by those qualities.
But assistant coach Graham Rowntree himself said yesterday that he was sick of talking about lessons learned and England, despite Alberts' fortunate try, could have won the game.
Flood missed two first-half penalties and again the spotlight will fall on a decision made by captain Chris Robshaw when England were awarded a kickable penalty with just over a minute remaining.
Last week, England were criticised for not taking their points. Today, Robshaw changed his mind having initially told Farrell to kick for touch.
Farrell slotted the penalty, but England could not gather the restart and South Africa held on to extend their unbeaten run in this fixture to 11 matches, dating back to 2006.
England had drawn heart from their 14-14 draw with South Africa in the third Test of the summer tour. Those lessons Rowntree referred to included the need to match the Springbok physicality.
Joe Launchbury was given his first international start while Alex Corbisiero, Tom Wood and Ben Morgan were brought back to bring some steel into the England pack. They all delivered.
Youngs justified Lancaster's decision to promote him into the starting side with a clever display at scrum-half, as did Mike Brown on the wing.
England reprised their tour tactic of using two full-backs and the grim, wet conditions meant this was always going to be an arm-wrestle in the rain at Twickenham.
England had to display their intent from the outset and did, with Geoff Parling blocking Ruan Pienaar's box kick and Robshaw pounced on Patrick Lambie to win the penalty.
Flood missed his shot at goal but England kept the pressure on as Brown claimed a confident high ball and escaped two defenders.
Parling and Morgan both piled forward as England drove within five metres of the Springbok line. Chris Ashton was wrapped up but England won a second penalty shot at goal for offside and this time Flood made no mistake with the boot.
England defended resolutely when Flood lost the ball as he tried to run from deep but Eben Etzebeth stole a lineout and the Springboks earned a penalty which Lambie converted.
Flood returned from a brief spell in the blood-bin to exchange penalties with Lambie but then missed a second penalty shot at goal, earned by a strong England scrum.
Morgan crashed holes in the Springbok defensive line but England could not capitalise and Lambie edged the Springboks ahead for the first time in the match.
England came searing out of a scrappy passage of play, dominated by the boot and some poor kick-chasing, with a clean break from Alex Goode onto a clever ball from Ben Youngs.
But Flood's kick in behind skipped dead in goal before Manu Tuilagi could get to it and England then wasted a five-on-three overlap.
Just after the restart, South Africa extended their 9-6 half-time lead in a bizarre circumstances.
When Juande Kruger lost control as he drove for the line, Ben Youngs tried to hack the ball clear but it crashed into JP Pietersen.
The ball rebounded towards Morgan, who could not gather it on his own line and Springboks flanker Alberts pounced to score a try that was converted by Lambie.
Lancaster reacted to England falling 10 points down by sending on Farrell for Flood and they raised the intensity.
JP Pietersen could not take an excellent box-kick from Ben Youngs and Morgan spread the play wide for Tuilagi, who crashed through the South African defence.
A mistake from Farrell put England on the back foot but they came storming out of defence with an interception from Tuilagi inside his own 22.
Tuilagi powered downfield and then fed Ashton but a poor pass to Brown, who should have come closer, checked England's momentum and a promising move ended when Launchbury knocked on.
England kept piling on the pressure, helped by some poor South African kicking. Mako Vunipola crashed into the Springbok 22 and England won another penalty when Francois Louw came in off his feet.
Farrell converted it and then booted England back into South African territory but again the Twickenham crowd were left frustrated as Ashton knocked the ball forward.
England came again and, with a minute remaining, earned the kickable penalty which Robshaw, eventually, instructed Farrell to kick for goal.
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Linksys WRT54GL or WRT54G Revision 2 or lower running DD-WRT. Running the stock Linksys firmware will most probably still have the problem, and upgrading the WRT54G Rev 3 or higher can be problematic. Just a few $ more for a GL when buying new!
Linksys RV042
DLink DI-655
Top Global MB6800
Routers that give you problems with dropouts:
Anything from Belkin
Apple Airport Extreme
Other common steps taken to resolve problems is to change your Internal IP Address range from 192.168.1.x to something else. You can use any private network range including 10.x.x.x or 172.16.x.x - 172.31.x.x or 192.168.x.x.
I always recommend to most people to purchase a Linksys WRT54GL. As they are good quality routers and when loaded with DD-WRT I have yet to have a problem with one of them. The steps you need to take to upgrade a WRT54GL with the stock Linksys firmware to DD-WRT:
Steps for guarenteed working "no periodic dropout" and "no need to reboot router" internet access unless there is something physically wrong with your cable modem or cable connection:
1) Buy WRT54GL from Ascent, (I don't work for them, but their prices are fair, and it's free delivery!)
2) Download the Mini and Standard versions of DD-WRT Version 2.4 from the DD-WRT site.
3) Wait for router to turn up, and unbox and plug in (don't bother with the included CD), connect from laptop / desktop to wired (not wireless) connection, have DHCP enabled on your PC, if you have a static IP address for TCL Cable, write those numbers down!
4) Browse to router at http://192.168.1.1 login with User=admin Password=admin (default for Linksys firmware) and firmware upgrade to DD-WRT with the MINI version first. This is VERY IMPORTANT that you upgrade to MINI first, as the stock linksys firmware doesn't support images larger than 3MB, and the Standard DD-WRT is 3.6MB, if you update to the Standard before MINI you will BRICK your router, and need to recover it using the TFTP.
5) Wait for router to reboot, then login to http://192.168.1.1 logging in this time with User=root Password=admin (default for DD-WRT) and upgrade from Mini to Standard firmware (since you can upgrade to 4MB images as the WRT54GL has a 4MB flash with DD-WRT loaded), also select "reset to factory defaults" as part of firmware upgrade.
6) Wait for reboot and browse to http://192.168.1.1 again and change to static IP, plug in your TCL static IP plus the Paradise DNS servers (184.108.40.206 & 18.104.22.168).
7) Change Wireless Network name, and enable WPA2 or at the very least WPA since WEP or No Encryption is asking for trouble! Otherwise disable wireless all together!!
8) And you are done, remember the days that you had random dropouts from your TCL internet connection..
Other extra things you could do:
I like turning on the Enable / Disable wireless with Quick Setup Button, this means that you can with the quick setup button on the front of the router enable or disable your wireless, good if you want to stop people snooping when you are away at work. You can also by default have the wireless turned off when you boot, then turn it on with the quick setup button. Nice feature.
I am happy to configure anyones WRT54GL if they feel uncomfortable with the steps above.


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Thu, 28 June 2007 at 9:09 am
Greg Laswell: Mandy Moore's "Extraordinary" Man
Mandy Moore and her new main man Greg Laswell (San Diego musician/producer) get up close and personal while out to lunch with friends at the Grove on Wednesday in Los Angeles, Calif.
(Laswell's songs have recently appeared on Smallville, One Tree Hill and The Hills. You can actually watch him play a show TOMORROW, June 29 at The Hotel Cafe @ 9PM in Hollywood.)
The couple were spotted at LAX airport together back in April.
15+ pictures inside of Greg and Mandy getting their lunch on…
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Photos: Matei/Chris/Bauer-Griffin Posted to: Greg Laswell, Holding Hands, Mandy Moore


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While the project has earned the support of thousands through social media and public relations campaigns, several Woodhaven residents of their concerns about security, parking, property devaluation, encroachment on private backyard space, funding and sustainability at a meeting of the Woodhaven Residents Block Association (WRBA) on Monday evening at Emanuel United Church of Christ.
Construction began on the Rockaway Beach Branch rail line in 1877. In the mid-1950s, the city acquired the lower half of the line running from Ozone Park to the Rockaways and converted that section of the tracks to accomodate the A train, which still services the area today.
After a series of track fires on the trestles between Rego Park and Ozone Park and in light of decreased ridership, the LIRR discontinued service on the line indefinitely in 1962.
It has become common to compare the QueensWay plan to The High Line in Chelsea that was built on an abandoned rail line, but Dolores Rosado said that despite similarities, the two projects are by no means the same.
"Friends of the High Line raised their essential private funds for the 1.4-mile trail and 90 percent of its operating costs are covered by private donations," Rosado said.
Rosado feels that the concerns of Woodhaven residents are going unaddressed by Friends of the QueensWay, and is especially concerned about the issue of security.
"Crime at the city parks increased 44 percent this year, and Forest Park had a very high number of serious crimes," she said. "We don't have enough parks patrol officers, and the 102nd Precinct covers a lot of territory. Why would we want to expand on more public space? Personally, I would like to see improvements on the many existing trails that we have in our park."
Neil Giannelli, a spokesperson for No Way QueensWay, cited concerns about property devaluation for homeowners whose property borders the proposed greenway, citing a 2003 Reed College study by Dr. Noelwah Netusil.
Netusil's study found that "specialty parks, trails, and cemeteries within 200 feet of property were found to have a statistically significant effect on a property's sale price," and that "trails and cemeteries were estimated to decrease a property's sale by 6.81 percent and 4.86 percent respectively."
"I waited 40 years to buy a home," said Giannelli. "Now they're threatening my real estate value."
Even as the Friends of the QueensWay see Governor Andrew Cuomo's endorsement of a feasibility study as positive progress, Christine Barbour feels that it is an underhanded move from a governor who doesn't want to have to put money into reestablishment of LIRR service.
"Governor Cuomo was more than happy to send down $467,000 for the feasibility study because it was for the greenway, and the greenway is a city unit; it's not a state unit," said Barbour. "If it's anything mechanical, the state is going to have to pay for that. He doesn't want that on his books. We can be stuck with the greenway if that happens, and we will also be stuck with higher taxes."
Arlene Annunziada felt that the money being spent on this feasibility study was a waste, and would be better used to bolster school budgets and local businesses, a point that Thomas Aiello agreed with wholeheartedly.
"You're closing down schools, you're closing down hospitals, you're spending all of this money, for what? " Aiello asked. "You put a park you want to walk on? You want to walk, walk on the street, walk on the sidewalk. You don't have to walk on a walkway."
Maria Thompson, the WRBA's financial secretary, felt that Friends of the QueensWay should "leave Woodhaven out of the equation because it's going to do nothing for us."
"The people that run on the [QueensWay], they're not going to come to Jamaica Avenue to eat something or shop," said Thomson, who is also executive director of the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation. "They're there to run, to exercise, and they're not going to do anything for our avenue or our commerce.
When they keep on running, we're left with the security problems if there are any," she continued. "We're left with debris if there's any, and we're left with everything to clean up after they finish running."
WRBA president Edward Wendell said that while many residents are currently against the QueensWay project, if the Friends of QueensWay were able to develop a sustainable plan for the maintenance and security of the park that it is still possible to change many Woodhaven residents' minds.
"Prove to us that you can solve these problems and get this thing into the model of what you plan to bring into our neighborhood, and I think you'll find a much more receptive community," Wendell said.
Ivan Mrakovic, vice chair of Community Board 9, urged community members with concerns to withhold judgment on the proposed project, as they have only begun the process of finding whether the QueensWay is a feasible option.
"This feasibility study, which just got started in October of 2013, is a ten-month process, so we're two months into it," he said. "It's going to be a very methodical process. We're just in the beginning of the process so I beg your patience."
Mrakovcic maintained a positive outlook after the forum ended, even though many Woodhaven residents are opposed to the idea of a greenway cutting through their neighborhood.
"I thought this was going to be an anti-QueensWay and probably anti-rail activation, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that there's a good debate and people are more open-minded than I was expecting," he said.
Deborah Zombek, who lives near 98th Avenue, said after the forum she is torn between the choice of a rail line and a greenway, but she agrees that the space needs to be put to use one way or another.
"I'm still split between everything. I think the light rail would be good to get into Manhattan, I think the bike path would be good for the neighborhood, but now hearing everybody's arguments about security and if they come into the neighborhood, where are they going to park?" asked Zombek. "But I don't want to see the land just sit there like it's been."


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Ryan, Jones lead Falcons past Chiefs
Kansas City, MO – Matt Ryan threw for 299 yards and three touchdowns and also ran for a score to lead the Atlanta Falcons to a 40-24 thumping of the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.
Julio Jones hauled in six balls for 108 yards and two touchdowns and Tony Gonzalez caught a touchdown pass against his former team for the Falcons (1-0), who were eliminated in the wild-card round of the NFC playoffs by the New York Giants last season.
After a strong first half, Matt Cassel finished 21-of-33 for 258 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions. Dexter McCluster caught six passes for 82 yards and Kevin Boss caught two passes for 36 yards, including a 22-yard touchdown reception for the Chiefs (0-1), who finished 7-9 in 2011.
Ryan found Jones in the end zone for an eight-yard score on the game's opening drive. Ryan methodically drove the Falcons down the field, completing 6-of-8 passes for 68 yards including a back-breaking first down on 3rd-and-8 on the Chiefs' 42-yard line where he found Jones over the middle for an 11-yard gain. Five plays later Ryan targeted the former Alabama-stand out for the touchdown.
Kansas City's first drive stalled on the Atlanta 21-yard line and it was forced to settle for a Ryan Succop 39-yard field goal. On 3rd-and-9, Cassel connected with Dwayne Bowe for 23 yards, but the Chiefs couldn't get anything going on the shortened field.
Jacquizz Rodgers returned the ensuing kickoff 77 yards to the Kansas City 24, but the Falcons couldn't get anything going on offense and were forced to settle for a 34-yard Matt Bryant field goal.
The Chiefs knotted it up on their next drive when Cassel hooked up with Boss for a diving touchdown pass in the end zone. Cassel lofted one over Boss' right shoulder and the tight end did the rest, diving forward and hauling it in to tie the game at 10-10.
Ryan found Jones for a screen pass with 7:48 remaining in the second quarter to put the Falcons up 17-10. Jones received a great block from Harry Douglas to give him the necessary room to make a play.
After doing it with his arm, Cassel did it with his legs and tied the game at 17-17 with a 5-yard scramble for a touchdown. Earlier in the drive, Jamaal Charles broke a 46-yard run to put the ball on the Atlanta 34-yard line. Back- to-back nine-yard gains put the ball on the Falcon's 10, and Cassel would do the rest, breaking a tackle on the goal line for a touchdown.
Atlanta added a field goal in the waning seconds of the first half after a 25- yard pass to Gonzalez put the falcons inside the Chief's 5-yard line. Ryan was sacked on the next play, but Atlanta got the yards back with a 7-yard pass to Roddy White. Ryan's pass on 3rd-and-goal was incomplete and Bryant sent it through the uprights from 21-yards out.
Succop missed a 40-yarder on Kansas City's opening drive in the second half after Cassel led offense down the field, exploiting the Falcons with a faster, no huddle pace. Cassel hit McCluster with a 21-yard pass before connecting with the undersized back for another 15 yards two plays later, but the drive stalled and after an incomplete pass on third down Succop hit the right upright, spoiling a chance to tie the game.
It was all Falcons from that point as they extended their spread to 27-17 when Ryan ran it in from five yards out. Earlier, Ryan found Jones with a 31-yard strike before going back to him for 19 yards two plays later. An 11-yard Turner rush put Atlanta inside the 10 of the Chiefs. Three plays later, Ryan ran it in untouched.
Stephen Nicholas pounced on a Cassel fumble, and on the very next play Ryan connected with Gonzalez for a 7-yard score.
William Moore intercepted Cassel's pass on the ensuing drive and the Falcons turned it into three more points when Bryant nailed a 30-yard field goal.
Nicholas came up with another big defensive play after picking off Cassel on the Chiefs' following drive, but Rodgers was stood up on 3rd-and-1 and the Falcons turned to Bryant once again. This time around, Bryant made a 41- yarder.
Kansas City added a score with five seconds remaining when Shaun Draughn punched it in from four yards out.
Game Notes
Atlanta turned all three of the Chiefs' turnovers into points ... Jones has 10 career touchdowns and four two-touchdown games ... The Chiefs were without starting corner back Brandon Flowers and linebacker Tamba Hali, who was suspended for violating the NFL's policy on substance abuse.


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I have some backup's of website on my laptop, which I occasionally want to view. Now, I could have setup apache to serve them directly with VirtualHost or alias but wanted a better solution. So, docker comes to rescue.
First, I installed fedora-dockerfiles and then made some modifications, here they are :
sudo yum install fedora-dockerfiles
After this is done, go to /usr/share/fedora-dockerfiles/apache and make some modification to Dockerfile. After the modifications, the file looks like this
FROM fedora
MAINTAINER "Scott Collier" <email@example.com>
RUN yum -y update; yum clean all
RUN yum -y install httpd; yum clean all
RUN echo "Apache" >> /var/www/html/index.html
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ADD run-apache.sh /run-apache.sh
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Let's face it: Most interactive experiences are pretty darn serious. Of course, there are those that are appropriately so. We don't want people having a laugh in the operating room or on the trading floor — though, who knows, the latter might have been just the thing to stop the fear-driven capitulation in the markets last week. Still, even most consumer user experiences end up feeling very straight-laced.
As what must be a bit of an escape from the general heaviness of past few weeks, I've found myself pondering the idea of whimsy in interaction design. Now, there are the kind of experiences that are primarily playful, like games and other kinds of entertainment (for example, around here, we're all really loving Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers' Bloom, a generative music toy for the iPhone), but I'm thinking more about ways to add a touch of playfulness to the everyday.
It must have been Droog, the famed Dutch industrial designers that first inspired me with how just the right touch of whimsy can bring a modern functionalist design to life without reducing its utility. (Ironically, "droog" means "dry" in Dutch — a term often used to characterized the deadpan lowlands sense of humor. As they say in their faq: "The droog mentality could be summarized as 'dry'. 'Dry' as in dry wit, unadorned informality, ascetic irony. 'Dry' as that essentially Dutch inclination to 'do normal' and at the same time critically investigate what you're doing and the way you do it.")
The Come a Little Bit Closer Bench by Nina Farkache for Droog is both attractive and fancifully inventive — it allows people sitting on it to move closer and further away from each other as the seats glide over marbles.
So that's certainly one kind of interaction design. What about software?While Google's "I'm feeling lucky" button is clearly has the very functional potential to save users work by reducing clicks, it's also has a fun and slightly irreverent sentiment that also kind of reinforces the quality of Google's search capabilities.
In many cases, it seems that playfulness in interface design is not just for laughs but also help users tap into a different part of themselves than the strictly rational mind. OhmForce, a bunch of slightly crazed French audio software whizzes provide "funky" skins for their products that feel designed to help users think a bit more like Lee Scratch Perry, and little less like Bill Gates.
OhmForce's OhmBoyz delay effect
So I'm left wondering how these ideas fit with the kind of projects we do on a day-to-day basis. In some ways, playfulness is at odds with the efficiency, but in other ways, these things are the basis of the experience. The small animations in the iPhone interface make it feel more responsive and enjoyable, even when in actuality they burn CPU cycles and actually delay response. As modernist architects eschewed all ornamentation in the name of mechanical function, only to later find a vernacular of "modern" style, I hope we're on the way to finding a vocabulary of ways to add a little joy to interactive experiences.
What d'ya think? What have you found to be a joyful interactive experience?


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Sports geeks everywhere now have a new excuse to spend endless hours on YouTube.
The expansive online sports network Bleacher Report is using YouTube to become what ESPN is to cable.
The network announced that it will debut a new sports channel on YouTube later this week.
Bleacher Report will be the latest company to join the Google-owned video-sharing site's push to have more original content on its website.
YouTube is investing heavily to convince major production studios and media companies to create channels on its site.
"Video is great platform for us in delivering content to today's connected viewer looking for information around the teams and topics that fans care most about," Dave Nemetz, co-Founder and VP Video Programming and Production, said in a statement. "These original programs are a reflection of that commitment and we strongly believe that users will get an enhanced experience from these shows."
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(Reuters) - Former Pennsylvania State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky lost his bid on Wednesday for a new trial on child sex abuse charges.
Judge John Cleland rejected the request in an opinion posted on the Centre County Court's website. Sandusky's attorneys had argued they lacked enough time to prepare for the trial.
Sandusky, a former defensive coordinator, was convicted in June on 45 counts of abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period. He was sentenced to a prison term of 30 years to 60 years in a case that tarnished the reputation of late Penn State coach Joe Paterno and focused national attention on child sexual abuse.
Cleland, who had presided over Sandusky's high-profile trial in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania not far from State College, said Sandusky's attorneys Joe Amendola and Karl Rominger had failed to show that they had needed a continuance to be able to sift potential evidence and to prepare.
"There was, in other words, no prejudice to the defendant by denying defense counsel's motion for a continuance," he wrote.
Sandusky's attorneys also had argued that a new trial should be held because of such issues as erroneous instructions to the jury, lack of specificity in the charges and prosecutors' comments on Sandusky's failure to testify at trial.
Cleland rejected those points as well.
A grand jury in November charged the university's former president, Graham Spanier, with participating in a "conspiracy of silence" to cover up Sandusky's behavior.
Two other officials, Athletic Director Tim Curley and retired Vice President Gary Schultz, also face new charges of child endangerment, criminal conspiracy and obstruction of justice.
They were charged in November 2011 with failure to report suspected abuse and perjury. Both have pleaded not guilty.
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Smelling, as the New York Times put it in 1895, "like the blending of new-mown hay, the damp woodsy fragrance of a fern-copse, and the faintest possible perfume of the violet", the aromatic allure of ambergris is not difficult to understand. In the Middle East it is an aphrodisiac, in China a culinary delicacy. King Charles II is said to have delighted in dining on it mixed with eggs. Around the world it has been a rare and precious substance, a medicine and, most of all, a component of musky perfumes.
You'd never think it started as whale faeces, and smelling like it too. As Herman Melville said in that compendium of all things cetacean Moby Dick, it is ironic that "fine ladies and gentlemen should regale themselves with an essence found in the inglorious bowels of a sick whale".
But vats of genetically modified bacteria could one day be producing the expensive aromatic chemical craved by the perfume industry, if research reported by biochemists at the Swiss fragrance and flavourings company Firmenich in Geneva comes to fruition. Their results are another demonstration that rare and valuable complex chemicals, including drugs and fuels, can be produced by sophisticated genetic engineering methods that convert bacteria into microscopic manufacturing plants.
Made from the indigestible parts of squid eaten by sperm whales, and usually released only when the poor whale dies from a blocked and ruptured intestine and has been picked apart by the sea's scavengers, ambergris matures as it floats in the brine from a tarry black dung to a dense, pungent grey substance with the texture of soft, waxy stone.
Because ambergris needs this period of maturation in the open air, it couldn't be harvested from live sperm whales even in the days when hunting was sanctioned. It could be found occasionally in whale carcasses – in Moby Dick the Pequod's crew trick a French whaler into abandoning a whale corpse so that they can capture its ambergris. But most finds are fortuitous, and as was reported recently large pieces of ambergris washed ashore can be worth many thousands of dollars.
The perfume industry has long accepted that it can't rely on such a scarce, sporadic resource, and so it has found alternatives to ambergris that smell similar. One of the most successful is a chemical compound under the trademarked name of Ambrox, which was devised by Firmenich's fragrance chemists in the 1950s and featured, I am told, in Dolce & Gabbana's perfume Light Blue. One perfume website describes it, with characteristically baffling hyperbole, as follows: "You're hit with something that smells warm, oddly mineral and sweetly inviting, yet it doesn't exactly smell like a perfumery or even culinary material. It's perfectly abstract, approximating a person's aura rather than a specific component".
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To create Ambrox, chemists start with a compound called sclareol, named after the southern European herb Salvia sclarea (Clary sage) from which it is extracted. In other words, to mimic a sperm whale's musky ambergris, you start with an extract of sage.
This is par for the course in the baffling world of the human sense of smell, or as scientists call it, olfaction. In this case Ambrox has a very similar structure to the main smelly molecules in ambergris, but this doesn't always have to be so: two odorant molecules can smell almost identical while having very different molecular structures (they are all generally based on frameworks of carbon atoms linked into rings and chains). Equally, two molecules that are almost identical, even mirror images of one another, can have very different odours. Quite how such molecules elicit a smell when they bind to the proteins in the olfactory membrane of the nasal cavity is still not understood.
Back to ambergris – clary sage is easier to get hold of than whale faeces, but even so the herb contains only tiny amounts of sclareol, and it is laborious to extract and purify. That's why Firmenich's Michel Schalk and his colleagues wanted to see if they could take the sclareol-producing genes from the herb and put them in the gut bacterium Escherichia coli, the ubiquitous single-celled workhorse used by the biotechnology industry for cloning genes and expressing therapeutically useful products.
Sclareol belongs to a class of organic compounds called terpenes, many of which are strong-smelling and are key components of the essential-oil extracts of plants. Sclareol contains two rings of six carbon atoms each, formed when enzymes called diterpene synthases stitch together parts of a long chain of carbon atoms. The Firmenich researchers show that the formation of sclareol is catalysed in two successive steps by two different enzymes.
Schalk and colleagues extracted and identified the genes that encode these enzymes, and transplanted them into E. coli. That alone, however, doesn't necessarily make the bacteria capable of producing lots of sclareol. For one thing, it also has to be able to make the long-chained starting compound, which can be achieved by adding yet another gene from a different species of bacteria that happens to produce the stuff naturally.
More challengingly, all of the enzymes have to work in sync, which means giving them genetic switches to regulate their activity. This approach – making sure that the components of a genetic circuit work together like the parts of a machine to produce the desired chemical product – is known as metabolic engineering. This is one level up from genetic engineering, tailoring microorganisms to carry out much more demanding tasks than those possible by simply adding a single gene. It has already been used to make bacteria produce other important natural compounds, such as the anti-malarial drug artemisinin.
With this approach, the Firmenich team was able to create an E. coli strain that could turn cheap, abundant glycerol into significant quantities (about 1.5 grams per litre) of sclareol. So far this has just been done at a small scale in the lab. If it can be scaled up, you might get to smell expensively musky without the expense. Or at least, you would if price did not, in the perfume business, stand for an awful lot more than mere production costs.
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The final section of the spire that will top off One World Trade Center is raised past iron workers to the top of the building in New York, on May 2. The spire will be permanently attached at a later date.
Construction crews on Thursday hoisted the final segment of spire that will top One World Trade Center and complete a piece of the New York City skyline missing since the 9/11 terror attacks.
A crane guided the final piece into a temporary structure that will house the section until final installation by iron workers at a later date.
Once installed, the spire — weighing more than 700 tons — will crown the Freedom Tower at 1,776 feet, making it the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The building currently tops out at 1,368 feet.
9/11 Memorial President Joe Daniels watched the spire piece rise Thursday morning from the memorial's office windows overlooking the World Trade Center site.
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By chance, the hoisting fell exactly two years after Navy SEALS shot and killed Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind behind the terror attacks that demolished the two World Trade Center towers and killed thousands of Americans.
"To have the One World Trade Center spire happen today — it feels poetic, and it feels like poetic justice," Daniels said.
The event came one day after a 250-pound piece of an airplane wing, believed to be part of a 9/11 jetliner, was removed out of an alley near the World Trade Center where it was found last week and taken into police custody.
When the building is completed, and once it is verified by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, One World Trade Center will be the third-highest building in the world, behind Dubai's Burj Khalifa (2,717 feet) and Mecca's Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel (1,972 feet).
Willis Tower (formerly called Sears Tower) and the Trump International Hotel & Tower, both in Chicago, are currently the two highest buildings in the U.S.
The spire — complete with galvanized steel broadcast rings — will serve as part of the One WTC's transmission facilities for the region's media outlets. Perched at its tip is the spire's stainless steel beacon.
A large group of spectators gathered to watch the needle's ascent on Thursday.
Tourist Moulen Katherine called the spectacle "impressive" and "emotional."
Rick and Cindy Baldwin of Charlotte, N.C., had just arrived in New York City and called the sight "inspiring" and felt "excited to be part of New York City."
"I'm more interested in watching the people, they are as inspiring as the spire — the camaraderie they feel as they watch it rise... we get to be part of history," Cindy Baldwin said.
Pockets of workers and tourists watched as two building crew members affixed an American flag to the spire.
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The spire's pieces were scheduled to be raised Monday but were delayed by wind.
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Workers attach a harness to the final piece of spire before it is hoisted to the roof of One World Trade Center, on May 2.
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People watch as the spire is hoisted to the top of One World Trade Center in New York, on May 2. Once the spire is put in place One World Trade Center will be the tallest building in the western hemisphere.
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An ironworker uses a line to steady the final piece of a spire, affixed with a U.S. flag, before it is lifted to the top of One World Trade Center in New York, on May 2.
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Workers watch as the spire for the top of One World Trade Center is hoisted to the top of the building in New York, on May 2.
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Briggs had been the chief marketing officer at Google's Motorola Mobility and will be replacing Facebook's Eric Antonow, the social network's vice president of marketing, according to AdAge. Before being at Motorola Briggs had been a vice president of consumer marketing at Google and in charge of marketing for search, commerce, Chrome and Google+. Before joining Google in 2010, he was the chief executive of gift card startup Plastic Jungle, a general manager of eBay Canada and marketing executive for PayPal.
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Antonow will stay through September before leaving to pursue other projects. Unlike Antonow, Briggs will now report to vice president of products Chris Cox rather than chief operating officers Sheryl Sandberg.
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The poaching of a high-ranking Google executive isn't unusual, and does seem to lend credence to our recent report that Google employees don't tend to last long -- usually around a year. Briggs lasted about three years, which means he was probably more than ready to leave.