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Security: KJS and KPDF Security Advisories
The KDE Project released a security advisory today for a heap overflow vulnerability in KJS. Earlier this month, a number of integer overflows affecting KPDF, and consequentially KOffice were found and fixed. Patches have been made available and your distributor should have updated binary packages. The KDE security advisory page has an overview of all KDE advisories. Links to source patches are contained in the advisories.
what about a k_patch_gethotnewstuff, gets all the files it needs , compiles, and replaces only the files it has to.
Because it does not create new files, it will not conflict with the package management of the various distributions.
just an idea, i have not the time to implement it.
Re: Auto_Patch_Install
"k_patch_gethotnewstuff" would need to be run as root, and would change the checksums of the apps installed by the distro tools, which might cause them to freak out. Using the distro's own updating tool would be far simpler (especially since a lot of distros patch KDE with their own custom patches).
By Corbin at Fri, 2006/01/20 - 6:00am
Re: Auto_Patch_Install
Doesn't prelinking already do that?
By greg at Fri, 2006/01/20 - 6:00am
Re: Auto_Patch_Install
The CRCs are only for *Complete* Packages , and only used @ install. If you would change a file while its installed , the package managers will never know.
The advantage is clear : Fast Security Fixes.
Re: Auto_Patch_Install
No. RPM based systems has a db of hashes of all the files belonging to installed packages.
rpm -qfi and rpm -V -a are very handy. The latter checks for any changes to filesizes permissions etc etc, to all installed packages.
I would rather have large updates, than losing my ability to do basic security checks of installed software on my box.
By Peter H.S. at Fri, 2006/01/20 - 6:00am
Re: Auto_Patch_Install
ah ok didnt know that, but the DB is not checked upon removal , only for security checks .
If an attacker changes a file, he will most probably change the checksum too, so i dont think you should trust thats silly check.
Patch the System in the first place, and the chance an attacker replaces a file because he broke through that hole ist gone.
As linux marketshare rises, we musst have the ability to fix problems instant, and a gentoo like system where the system compiles the needed stuff and replaces it would be nice.
If it work well, then the packagemanagers can implement something like : "register changed file in package X"
Re: Auto_Patch_Install
Even if the attacker alters the DB (generally that isn't done), you could still check against the RPM files. Gentoo also does a similar thing (at least for the config files, not sure about everything else). Gentoo also doesn't instantly get the new versions, someone has to update the ebuilds (with either a new tar.{gz,bz}, or add the patches to the list of patches).
It also probably would be faster in most cases to wait for the distro to release new packages rather than compiling it on the local system (think ccache and distcc). KDE really shouldn't encroach on the package manager's territory (most distros would probably patch KDE so it wouldn't update then).
By Corbin at Fri, 2006/01/20 - 6:00am
Re: Auto_Patch_Install
I am fully aware, that one can never check the integrety of a system from it self, though one can actually perform a "tripwire" like check of the installed rpms from a read-only media with similar rpms on.
It is not trivial to change a hash value in the RPM db, and certainly not in a automatic way. Most attacks are automatic-scripts, either by script-kiddies, or spammers, and therefore "rpm -V -a" gives a reasonably defence against root-kits that overwrite systemfiles.
The present system with signed rpm packages, containing a full version of the fixed program is lightyears better than anything the competition has. The only downside is bandwith usage, which sucks for modem-users. Then again, it always sucks to be a modem user.
System integrety is more than intrusion detection, and your proposal simply break any existing pagkage system, without any gain what so ever.
I vastly prefer "new_fixed_package.rpm" instead of "old_package.rpm + hotfix+hotfix+hotfix. It is so much easier, faster and simpler to deal with.
By Peter H.S. at Sat, 2006/01/21 - 6:00am
Re: Auto_Patch_Install
Dumb idea.
By Anonymous at Sat, 2006/01/21 - 6:00am
Re: Auto_Patch_Install
i dont think so , you can also use this for development - it monitors #kde-commits , and if you choose update , it compiles only a few files , and your ready.
By chri at Sat, 2006/01/21 - 6:00am
Re: Auto_Patch_Install
kdesvn exists - for building from source but not for updating a binary distribution.
By Anonymous at Sun, 2006/01/22 - 6:00am
By chris at Sun, 2006/01/22 - 6:00am
Variable names
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Variables named "uuuuu" and "vvvv"?!
By EHa at Sun, 2006/01/22 - 6:00am
Re: Variable names
did you see the semantics behind those variables ? i think its ok
By chris at Sun, 2006/01/22 - 6:00am
Re: Variable names
That question was answered in a comment over Slashdot (http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=174643&cid=14527629):
«Check section 15.1.3 of the ECMA standard (http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST/Ecma-262.pdf), which the source refers to. The algorithm is explained there, and the variable names are taken from the standard for readability.
Sheesh, do a little homework first.»
By blacksheep at Sun, 2006/01/22 - 6:00am
No news about the Firefox port to Qt?
Are there still issues with kde devs not getting cvs access to the Mozilla codebase?
By ac at Sun, 2006/01/22 - 6:00am
Re: firefox-Qt
Firefox is being ported to Qt by KDE developers?
By blacksheep at Sun, 2006/01/22 - 6:00am
Re: firefox-Qt
By ac at Sun, 2006/01/22 - 6:00am
Re: firefox-Qt
Unfortunately that message was from September 2004....
Would be nice to see something by now.... Would make my use linux a lot more...
By boemer at Sat, 2006/02/18 - 6:00am
Re: firefox-Qt
Everyone has access to the Mozilla CVS...
By Reply at Sun, 2006/01/22 - 6:00am
Re: firefox-Qt
By firefox at Sun, 2006/01/22 - 6:00am
Re: firefox-Qt
I repeat, everyone has access to the Mozilla CVS.
As for commit rights, the link you posted answers the question. Nothing stops anyone from porting the code. It's very simple, you start contributing patches and when enough of them are accepted you'll probably get a CVS account. And if you don't, you can rely on other people commiting the patches or making them available as a branch somewhere else.
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This limited-edition photograph, by 2013 Aperture Portfolio Prize winner Bryan Schutmaat, is from his series Grays the Mountain Sends. The series describes mining sites and small mountain towns, as well as the people who built them, work in them, and sometimes seek to escape them. Ram Under Plexiglas, Milltown, Montana (2012) symbolizes the complex relationships between nature and culture, man and beast, and wild and tame that are fostered in such western American landscapes. In this image, as with the series as a whole, Schutmaat's carefully controlled palette and rigorous composition speak to the tensions the photographs represent.
Bryan Schutmaat was born in 1983 in Houston, where he later completed a BA in history at the University of Houston. He also received an MFA in photography from the Hartford Art School in Connecticut. Schutmaat's photographs have been exhibited in such venues as the Photographic Resource Center at Boston University; Houston Center for Photography; Photo Center Northwest; and Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, among many others. His work has been published in American Photo, PDN, Hotshoe International, VICE, The Sunday Times Magazine, Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazine, CNN, and elsewhere. In 2013, he won first place in Center's Gallerist Choice Awards as well as the grand prize in the Daylight Photo Awards, and he was named a Flash Forward Emerging Photographer by the Magenta Foundation.
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Stiff neck suffers, will hear conflicting advice on whether you should put cold or put heat on a stiff neck.
And, it really depends on whether the sore neck is an acute problem or a chronic one. A general rule of thumb is to ice for acute pain and heat for chronic pain.
Heat will increase blood flow when applied to the skin so can be invaluable for treating chronic neck pain and poorly healed neck injuries.
Waking up with a stiff neck caused during sleep process
A stiff neck often caused by sleeping in a draft or awkward position will also benefit from the application of heat. As heat penetrates the painful area, blood circulation increases due to the dilation of blood vessels. This increase in blood flow reduces inflammation, brings extra oxygen and carries away waste and toxins. As this process takes place, pain will reduce.
Heat should not be used on an acute neck injury or where discoloration or swelling is present as it may increase internal bleeding.
Water is a more effective heat conductor than air and the neck can tolerate moist heat at a temperature higher than that of dry heat. Many people use hot water bottles for neck pain relief. The bottle should be half filled and the excess air removed helping it conform more easily to the body. The temperature should be checked to make sure it isn't too hot and wrapping a towel or cover around it will make it safer and more comfortable.
A hot shower with the shower head directed on the painful area can also provide relief for stiff neck. While soaking in a hot tub is traditionally a method for soothing aches and pains, lying in a tub does not promote good neck posture.
Products On The Market Aimed At Relieving Stiff Neck
There are a variety of products on the market designed to give neck pain relief. Specialized neck wraps containing gel can be heated by using a microwave or by soaking in boiling water for a set period. These wraps are designed to prevent burning and mold to the contours of the neck for maximum pain relief.
Herbal neck wraps, containing spices and herbs such as ginger, black pepper and juniper berries can be heated in a microwave and will dispense moist heat and the relaxing properties of the herbs.
Neck roll pillows, providing a contour that supports the natural cervical spine curvature can be found with optional non-toxic heat pack inserts. Made from memory foam these pillows mold around the neck and retain heat.
Electrical heating pads are also available and mold well to body contours due to flexibility. They can cause irritation or burning if set too high and if you fall asleep. And, some electric heating pads may use dry heat, it is best to purchase models with moist heating pads for soothing penetrating heat.
There are a number of topical products designed to create heat on painful areas. Some may cause a numbing sensation and prevent the patient from feeling exactly how hot they are. Products such as Deep Heat containing menthol can be used with caution if applied to cool skin as they have been known to create a burning sensation when the skin is warm.
Some herbal-based products are gentler on the skin and if applied after using heat therapy will penetrate deeper through the skin.
Heat is a useful medium in relieving neck pain as long as it is used carefully and safely. So, go ahead- use heat on that stiff neck.


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Eurofer President Urges European Steel Shake-Up
Europe's steel mills face obsolescence and steelmakers may quit the region if politicians continue to prevent restructuring and capacity cuts in the sector, Wolfgang Eder, the chief executive of Austrian specialty steelmaker Voestalpine and president of the European Steel Association, or Eurofer, said in an interview.
Mr. Eder's comments came as some European steelmakers this week reported steep losses or announced layoffs. London- and Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal, the world's top steelmaker, Wednesday posted its first annual loss and a deeper quarterly loss, adding to the gloom surrounding the global steel industry, which is suffering from weak demand, especially in Europe.
Swedish steelmaker SSAB Friday said it had cut its dividend and posted a deeper fourth-quarter net loss than analysts had expected. Germany's ThyssenKrupp said Friday it will reduce the number of employees at its Steel Europe unit by more than 2,000.
Overcapacity plagues Europe's steel industry. Europe has a crude steel capacity of around 210 million metric tons, but since the fall of Lehman Brothers in 2008, it has never produced more than 170 million tons, Mr. Eder said. This puts regional overcapacity at roughly 40 million to 50 million tons of steel, he said.
No improvement in demand is foreseen in the first half of 2013. A burst of restocking at the year's start to replenish inventories depleted late in 2012 has signaled a recovery that may last only two to three months, Mr. Eder said.
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We've taken a few weeks off in our search for the perfect case for the BlackBerry Bold 9900. In honor of today's NHL Trade Deadline, today we'll take a few moments to look at the NHL BlackBerry Bold 9900 Skin Cases, courtesy of Gentec International.
If you are unfamiliar with Gentec International, they are the largest consumer accessories supplier in Canada. They mostly sell their products under other names, such as Roots Tuff Skin. During the Canadian Wireless Trade Show in September 2011, they had mentioned that they would release a line of NHL-branded silicone skins for BlackBerry 7 devices.
The rugged, silicone rubber case offers maximum protection for your device. I typically am not someone to be looking for a stylish case, but I was proud to use this case with my favorite hockey team (Toronto Maple Leafs) proudly displayed on the back of my phone.
- Minimalist packaging
- Great access to all ports/buttons
- Very slim/lightweight
- Vibrant & Prominent NHL team logo
- Very hard to remove case from phone.
- Unable to put phone in holster.
- Only Canadian NHL teams available
- Only available for Bold 9790 & 9900
Overall, Gentec's NHL BlackBerry Bold 9900 Skin Cases provides a great small & lightweight protective case. You can get it today for only $25.00 through one of the many stores found on Gentel International.


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It"s that time of year — the weather takes a dip, people bundle up and head outside during the first three weekends of October for Open Studios. This year, the countywide art gallery of sorts will give visitors the chance to see the studios and buy the wares of more than 300 artists. Among the mix is five-time participant, ceramicist
LIZ CRAIN of Capitola (lizcrainceramics.com). "Open Studios is my fall monster showcase and in many ways caps off my work year," says Crain.
She started exploring with the medium of clay as "an aging baby boomer who still had young children at home," she says. Nowadays, the bedrooms her children once inhabited are being used to make her art. One son"s former room is her "cockpit of creativity" while the other son"s room is used for storage and staging; her three electric kilns sit in a detached garage. "During Open Studios, I turn my dining room into my display gallery and visitors can then take a short walk down the hall and peek in the studio, along the way seeing storyboards, slideshows and other displays about my process: from a lump of clay to photographing the finished work," she adds.
Crain will have 100 pieces featured during the first and third weekends of Open Studios. Visitors can check out her hand-built and decorated "faux metal" ceramic vessels including cone-top cans with soda or beer labels, pitchers and fillers, lidded cans with vintage style graphics, old gas cans and drums, and children"s watering cans and sand pails. Prices range from $50 to $500.
"Clay is primal stuff," says Crain. "A direct connection to both the ancients and our own childhoods."
The Stoners
MICHAEL BASHISTA wrote to me recently and I instantly loved his approach: "There are a lot fewer stoners in Santa Cruz than you would think," he quipped. Really? I thought weed was practically the town mascot. But Bashista was referring to a different kind of stoner — stone carvers. Several of them are participating in Open Studios. Amongst the "stoners" he"s referring to include himself, his mentor
MIKE MCCLELLAN and fellow artist
JEFF ARNETT. McClellan will show during the first weekend, while both Bashista and Arnett will show the second weekend. There will also be an encore weekend that will feature the work of Arnett.
For Bashista, this is his first foray into Open Studios. He started working with stone, or "direct carving" as he prefers to call it, when he was in his late fifties. His first introduction was during a weekend workshop at Esalen in Big Sur. "It is very rewarding exposing the beauty of something that is millions of years old in a form carved over weeks or months," says Bashista.
The Printmaker
NORA GRANT was in her first semester at UC Berkeley and was determined to enroll in an Intaglio Etching class. "I was an English major, and it was next to impossible to get into upper division studio art classes if you weren"t an art major," she says. "Plus, I didn"t really know anything about printmaking. But I was persistent. I kept coming early to class and the teacher eventually let me in. Once in, I spent most of my time in the print studio. I was enamored with the old tools, mechanic smells and archaic processes. The studio was my home. I"d write there too. Some days I wouldn"t do anything but file and polish plates, but I still went because I didn"t want to deny the potential of something happening."
Something did indeed happen. She became a printmaker. With a love for texture, she says she prefers working on prints that "make you scratch your head and ask, "what is that made from?" I like exploring the ostensibly mundane patterns in the world, like the inside of a copper sponge or cracks in eroding pavement. I"m also drawn to more minimalist imagery, so the marks on the page and the viewer"s imagination have plenty of room to breathe. Industrial wastelands, text, netting, holes; I"m kind of all over the place in what I find beautiful. A lot of my prints involve distorted grids or organized squiggles, because I like that visual dichotomy of order and chaos."
Grant merges the worlds of order and chaos in her day job working for the Museum of Art & History, where she"s been hired to run a new project — Pop Up Museums. The first pop up is from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday at the Museum.
The Painter
As a child,
TAYLOR REINHOLD loved to experiment with art by drawing cartoon characters and writing his name in different styles. "Art has always been something I"ve wanted to surround myself with," says the 25-year-old Reinhold. Five years ago he started painting and only one year later he merged his talents with a group of other artists to form Made Fresh Collective. This team of creative locals collaborates on various projects in the community including painting murals, teaching workshops at non-profits, and organizing the Urban Arts Festival which took place in Watsonville in 2011. Made Fresh Collective also design and print T-shirts. In addition to the 10 core members, "There are over 30 artists, musicians, photographers and skateboarders who have worked together with us on projects," Reinhold says.
"The art work on our shirts are a clash of animal prints and characters layered with calligraphy and graffiti," he adds.
Beginning in October, Reinhold"s work will be displayed for two months at the Santa Cruz Coffee Roasting Company. Alongside it will be the work of 16 other artists from Made Fresh Collective. Befitting the wide range of talent in the group, the collection will include fine art paintings, illustrations, graffiti, and abstract symbolism. (Visit madefreshcollective.com for a look at the group"s work.)
"The show will definitely be a big step in the direction our crew is trying to step in which is gaining recognition and an understanding of street culture and how it can inspire a community in a positive way," he says.
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After the latest reformulation with the addition of Asia Airpass, the Alliance now offers seven fare products: Africa Airpass, Asia Airpass, China Airpass, Europe Airpass, North America Airpass, Circle Pacific Fare and Round the World Fare.
Star Alliance Airpasses allow customers to travel within a certain geographic region using flights offered by the various Star Alliance airlines. Fares are calculated based on flight coupons and offer a better price/product ratio than buying individual tickets for the same routes. Airpasses can be acquired in conjunction with any international round-trip ticket for travel in the region on a Star Alliance member airline.
Circle Pacific Fare
The Circle Pacific Fare is designed to simplify travel between destinations in the Pacific by using flights from various Star Alliance airlines. Passengers can choose among the destinations offered and create a personalised circular itinerary. The fare is calculated based on the total distance covered and the class used in cases where passengers have the option of purchasing First, Business or Economy Class fares. Journeys must begin and end in the same country.
Round the World Fare
Star Alliance will continue to offer its popular Round the World Fare, which allows passengers to make use of the entire Star Alliance network to travel around the globe. Compared to single point-to-point tickets, this fare product has attractive prices, with levels defined according to the distance and class used. Passengers can choose from three levels of miles: 29,000, 34,000 or 39,000. The fare is available for travel in Economy, Business or First Class. Tickets are valid for one year and allow for between three and 15 stopovers. In addition, there is currently a special offer underway for the Round the World Fare, which includes a maximum of 26,000 miles and between three and five stopovers. The fare is only available for travel in Economy Class, and the ticket must be acquired seven days prior to departure.
Star Alliance – Book and Fly
Star Alliance's "Book & Fly" is an online booking tool that allows passengers to plan their Round the World and Circle Pacific trips from the comfort of their own homes, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Bookings can be made anywhere in the world and electronic tickets are issued automatically. The booking engine is available in English, German and Japanese.
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Police: Couple caught having sex on Baldwin Park restaurant table in front of children
Orlando police called after couple refused to stop sex acts
ORLANDO, Fla. – A couple was caught having sex at a popular Baldwin Park restaurant in front of adults and children, according to a police report.
Orlando police said Jeremie Calo, 32, and his date were "having sex on a table in view of minor children" on the patio of Paddy Murphy's restaurant.
"That's ridiculous that they would do that out in public and also in front of kids," said Ashley Webster.
Several witnesses told Local 6 that parents with children were eating on the patio as the couple started making out, then things went further.
"That's totally unacceptable and insane. I'm shocked. I can't believe that," said Jackie Kelvington as she watched her daughter at gymnastics across the street. "I would absolutely yank my kids, get them away from that situation and hope that they didn't see too much."
The manager at Paddy Murphy's, Tom Murphy, said as soon as he realized what was going on he put a stop to it. He told the couple, "Compose yourself, pay your tab or I'll call the police," according to the report.
Calo replied, "She can't get up at this time" because his date was still on top of him.
Murphy called police, and the couple then stopped what they were doing.
When police arrived, they arrested Calo for fighting with the manager and refusing to pay the $101 bill.
Neither Calo nor his date were arrested for any of the sex allegations because none of the parents who saw the sex acts wanted to write statements for police.
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Today … a little over an hour ago, Israel commemorated the Holocaust. At sundown last night and beginning with sunrise, the Israelis remember. They remember so that it, The Holocaust, will never happen again. If you were in Israel you would see at 10:00am local time, a siren sounds and that everything comes to a stop. Pedestrians stop walking. Cars halt … people get out of their cars (some) and it is silent. Last evening … candles & lights. Today, silence and commemorative events.
#Remember what happens when a people ignore the rights and dehumanize a small segment of their own society. In the 2oth Century it was the Nazis. Today, who are engaging in similar atrocities?
If you have eyes to see, then you know who. Remember. We should all remember!


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Quilting Community AQS Authors
Susan McKelvey
Susan McKelvey caught the quilting bug in 1977 in a quilting class in Greensboro, North Carolina. The first assignment was to stitch one Dresden Plate block. Susan was so excited that she made twenty, used up all of her scraps, and found herself hooked. Although quilting was not a part of her family heritage, it has become a part of her children's livesthey grew up under her design and sewing tables. In 1984, Susan wrote her first quilt book, COLOR FOR QUILTERS, and many have followed. Susan has indulged her passion for quilts and fabric as an artist, author, designer, and entrepreneur. Through her company, Wallflower Designs, she has produced many patterns and tools for quilters.


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Trends and Countertrends
Now that the headlines are filled with doom and gloom about housing and the U.S. economy, I am a stock market Bull. What?! Does that mean I really think the economy is healthy and all the negatives will magically vanish? No, it just means I respect trends and countertrends.
Here's the key illusion to get past: that any market cares about fundamentals. Housing did not double and triple in a decade based on fundamentals of supply and demand-- it tripled on speculative fever. Ditto for every bubble in every era. Demand for petroleum did not suddenly exceed supply in the past 3 months, causing oil to shoot from $70/barrel to $98/barrel--it was driven up by speculators/managers buying oil futures.
Markets respond to sentiment, not fundamentals. And whether we like it or not, the human mind prefers habits of thought. One habit is a desire for change and novelty and a distaste for calm. Thus markets tend to swing from negative sentiment (fear/anxiety) to positive (greed/euphoria).
Like our brethren species the rat, we habituate quickly to what works. The rat soon learns the blue button issues a food pellet and the red one triggers an electric shock. In a similar manner, with the exception of a brief period in 2001-2002, investors and speculators have been amply rewarded for "buying on the dips." Betting against the market can be rewarding during brief countertrends/reversals, but since the emergence of the Great Bull Market in 1982, 25 years ago, buying on the dips as been rewarded as regularly as hitting the blue button for a food pellet.
Along with many others, I have been posting for several years now about the structural problems in the U.S. and global economies, focusing on the inevitable crumbling of the global housing bubble. All of this remains true, but the markets march to different drummers-- other traders and the mad swirl of sentiment.
As soon as everyone everywhere is spouting doom and gloom, the market will surge up. And just as predictably, when everyone is singing the everlasting praises of the economy, then the market is poised for a vicious decline. It's called contrarian investing, and it simply mirrors human psychology.
Isn't the economy sliding into a prolonged recession? Yes. Won't that eventually effect the stock market? Yes. But the long-rewarded habit of buying on the dips will take a few years to be behaviorally modified; only after several years of repeated losses will speculators/investors hesitate from buying on the dips. 25 years is a long time; most traders/investors cannot recall what a Bear Market feels like because they weren't trading 30 years ago.
One thing traders have long noticed is that certain points act as strange attractors in stock charts. That is, prices tend to move up and down to these points. Sometimes the attraction is as simple as a round number; as legendary stock trader Jesse Livermore noted 80 years ago, a stock nearing $100 will almost certainly exceed $100 for absolutely no reason other than the attraction of that big round number. (Ditto for gold, etc.)
Another set of attractors can be found in Fibonacci numbers. Here is a short-term chart of the NASDAQ 100 (NDX) courtesy of frequent contributor Harun I. which illustrates the peculiar but useful attraction of "Fibos":
Interestingly, the long-term Fibonacci 38.2% extension on the NDX lies around 2,300-- meaning that there are purely technical reasons for suspecting that level will act as an attractor, drawing the NDX up to a new high at 2,300, regardless of the lousy fundamentals of the U.S. and global economies.
This kind of analysis tends to keep us honest as investors by calling our assumptions into question. Is there a guarantee than the NASDAQ 100 will shoot up to a new high at 2,300? Of course not, but the possibility should be considered.
Thank you, Richard S., ($10), for your kind contribution to this humble site. I am greatly honored by your readership and support. All contributors are listed below in acknowledgement of my gratitude.
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
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"After I pass away
And My pure doctrine is absent,
You will appear as an ordinary being,
Performing the deeds of a Buddha
And establishing the Joyful Land, the Great Protector,
In the Land of the Snows."
(Buddha Sakyamuni, spoke of his coming as an emanation of the Bodhisattva Manjusri in the short verse from the 'Root Tantra of Manjushri')
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''At a time when nearly all in this Northern Land
Were living in utter contradiction to Dharma,
Without illusion, O Tsong Khapa, you polished the teachings.
Hence I sing this praise to you of Ganden Mountain.''
''When the teachings of the Sakya, Kagyu, Kadam
And Nyingma sects in Tibet were declining,
You, O Tsong Khapa, revived Buddha's doctrine,
Hence I sing this praise to you of Ganden Mountain.''
''In merely a few years you filled
The land from China to India
With peerless holders of the saffron robes.
Hence I sing this praise to you of Ganden Mountain.''
''In person and in dreams you come to those
Who but once recollect your image.
Tsong Khapa, who watches with compassionate eyes
I sing this praise to you of Ganden Mountain.''
''Manifesting sublime austerity and discipline,
The form and fragrance of your life were incomparable.
O Tsong Khapa, controlled one pleasing to the buddhas,
I sing this praise to you of Ganden Mountain.''
By the strength of the sons of your lineage
And by my having faithfully offered this praise,
May the enlightened activity of Buddha Shakyamuni
Pervade the earth for ages to come"
(The 8th Karmapa, Gyalwa Mikyö Dorje, wrote in his poem 'In Praise of the Incomparable Tsong Khapa')
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You are Avalokiteshvara, great treasure of compassion,
Not aimed at true existence,
And Manjushri, master of flawless wisdom.
As well as Vajrapani, destroyer of hordes of demons without exception.
O Tsong Khapa, crown jewel of the sages of the Land of Snows,
Losang Dragpa, I make requests at your feet.
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Dear, Worthy Root Guru,
please ascend the lotus seat atop the head of myself and
the other beings, and in your great kindness, please remain with us.
Bestow upon us the blessings of your body, speech, and mind.
Precious, noble root Guru,
please occupy the lotus seat atop the head of myself and
the other beings, and in your great kindness remain with us.
Please grant us your blessings for our temporal success and for the supreme attainment.
Beloved, noble root Guru,
please occupy the lotus seat within our hearts,
and in your great kindness remain with us.
Please stay until we achieve the great goal of enlightenment.
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(1) May the boundless prayers I have offered with a pure, extraordinary wish be able to free countless beings from cyclic existence be fulfilled as true words by the might of the non-deceptive Three Jewels of Refuge and the powerful sagely masters.
(2) In all my lives, one after the next, may I never be born in any rebirth state in which I have reverted to being a miserable creature in an unfortunate realm. But rather, may I always attain a human body with complete liberty and endowments for Dharma study and practice.
(3) From the moment I am born, may I never be attached to worldly pleasures. But rather, in order to attain Liberation, may I, by my thoughts of renunciation, involve myself with unrelenting joyous effort in seeking to live a pure moral life.
(4) In order that I might take robes, may none of my circle or possessions cause me any interference. But rather, may all favourable conditions come about as I have wished.
(5) Once I am ordained, then as long as I live may I never be stained by the fault of committing any proscribed or naturally unspeakable negative actions just as I promised before the eyes of my Abbot and Spiritual Master.
(6) By relying on pure moral conduct, may I, for the sake of all my mothers, be able to actualize over countless eons, with the myriad difficulties involved, every profound and vast Mahayana Teaching that exists.
(7) May I be continually cared for by a holy Spiritual Master whose mind-stream abounds with good qualities of scriptural knowledge and insight, whose senses are calmed, who has self-control, a heart of loving-compassion and the courage of mind to accomplish undauntedly the purposes of others.
(8) Just as Sadaprarudita devoted himself to Dharmodgata, may I also totally please my holy Spiritual Master unpretentiously with my body, life and all my possessions, thereby never causing him displeasure for even a moment.
(9) May the meaning of Perfected Discriminating Awareness in all its profundity, stilled of extremes and devoid of mentally fabricated modes of existence, be shown to me always as it was taught to Dadaprarudita, unpolluted by the fouling waters of distorted conceptions.
(10) May I never fall under the influence of misleading friends or wrong-minded Gurus who are teachers of either nihilist or eternalist views which transgress the meaning of what Sage Buddha intended.
(11) By securing myself to the boat of listening to teachings, thinking about and meditating upon them, and by flying the mainsail of a pure, extraordinary wish, being propelled by the wind of unrelenting joyous effort, may I free all beings from the ocean of cyclic existence.
(12) However much I might improve my mind by listening to teachings, being especially generous, keeping pure moral discipline and developing analytical discriminating awareness, may I be free to the same extent from all consequent feelings of haughty conceit.
(13) Without being quenched, may I hear endless teachings on Buddha's scriptural pronouncements close at the side of a learned master who opens up the exact meaning of these texts by relying on nothing but the force of pure logic.
(14) Having analyzed fully and correctly with the four types of reasoning, day and night, the meaning of the teachings I have heard, may I cut off all doubts with the critical awareness I have gained from having thought about the points to be contemplated.
(15) When, through an awareness that has come from having thought about the extremely profound ways of the teachings, I have found certain conviction in what they actually mean, may I devote myself to solitude with the joyous effort that severs all entanglements with this life and thereby actualize the insights with proper meditation.
(16) When, by having listened to the teachings, thought about and meditated upon them, I have developed on my mind-stream the insights of the essential points of the Victorious Buddha's intentions, may I never have any attitudes arise of longing for my own happiness or for the appearances of this lifetime which would just cause me attachment to worldly existence.
(17) When, with an attitude of detachment from all objects of wealth, I have overcome miserliness, may I first gather beings into my circle by material generosity and then satisfy them completely by teaching the Dharma.
(18) Having thought well about renunciation, may I always uphold the victory banner of Liberation for which I would never forsake until my attainment of Enlightenment even the most minor moral training I have assumed, though my life be at stake.
(19) Whenever I see, hear or recall any beings who would beat, tease or humiliate me, may I be free of anger and in response address myself to their good qualities and thus meditate on patience.
(20) Having completely abandoned the three types of laziness that prevent me from gaining virtues not yet attained and from improving further upon those that I have, I exert joyous effort in virtuous practices.
(21) Having forsaken the mental quiescent states that would practically propel me into cyclic rebirth by their missing the power of penetrative insight to deflate the extreme of worldly existence and their lacking the moisture of compassion to soften away the extreme of tranquil passivity, may I meditate instead on a joint achievement of all three.
(22) Having fully abandoned the endless variety of wrong, distorted views which take as supreme a partial idea of Voidness which the mind has made up from having become frightened at the true meaning of the profound nature of reality, may I gain the insight that all phenomena are primordially void of inherent, findable existence.
(23) May I yoke to the flawless rules of discipline those monks who with a inconsiderate attitude discard the pure moral trainings, never fearing the actions despised by the holy and who, in breaking their precepts, are in fact trainees in virtue in outward appearance alone.
(24) May I quickly and easily lead to the path praised by the Victorious Buddhas anyone who has missed the right path and is on a distorted, wrong trail, having come under the influence of a wrong-minded Guru or a misleading friend.
(25) When I have captivated the bold masses of foxes of misinformed speech with my lion-like roar of correct explanation, debate and written exposition, may I then care for them with whatever means might be skilled for their taming and thus uphold the victory banner of the undeclined teachings.
(26) Each time I am born and can drink of the nectar of the Sage Buddha's words, may I be endowed with a good family, body, wealth, power and wisdom, a long life, no sickness and great happiness so that I might be best equipped to help others.
(27) Toward those who continually harbour thoughts of harming my body, life or possessions and also towards those who speak unpleasantly to me, may I especially develop love as if I were their mother.
(28) By developing on my mind-stream a pure, extraordinary wish and an Enlightened Motive of Bodhicitta through meditating on cherishing others more than myself, may I thereby confer on those who would harm me the peerless attainment of Enlightenment without any delay.
(29) May everyone who sees, hears or recalls these prayers be undaunted in realizing the aim of all the great waves of Bodhisattvas' prayers that they become enlightened.
(30) By the force of offering these extensive prayers which have come into being by the power of my pure, extraordinary wish, may I fully complete the perfection of prayer and thereby fulfill the hopes of all living beings.
Om Ah Guru Vajradhara Sumati Kirti Hum
Om Ah Guru Benzadhara Sumati Kirti Siddhi Hung
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So in the last week I've pulled shots of something like 10 different commercial espresso blends and another probably 15 single origin shots on top of that. In addition, I've cupped a dozen or so coffees. I'm trying to draw these all together into some sort of conclusive thought but it's daunting.
I guess the first conclusion is that there are some coffees out there that really are well suited to home machines. And if the home machine in question is a very nice and expensive one... then your options get wider.
Everyone who was around over the holiday period (Bronwen, Stephen, Kyle, Valerie, Alex, etc. etc.) seemed really impressed by the Briccoletta. In people's minds the real standout blends we checked out included the Hairbender (though we all agree that it's gonna be a tough nut for many home machines and baristas) and the Doma Vito's Blend. Not shockingly, the current standard-bearer for home espressos is the Black Cat and it continued to impress with its consistency and ease of use. On the other hand, the single best espresso of the weekend was made from the Vivace Vita - a notoriously not user-friendly blend. I figure it was largely luck, but...
We all continued to be amazed by how good single origin espressos taste on home machines. When comparing shots from a top commercial machine (a Mistral or a temp-stabilized Linea or a Synesso) to these home machines, there is a noticable gap in quality when it comes to all the blends. But the gap is either quite small or in some cases non-existent when it comes to the single origin espressos. This... I don't get.
Oh... we had a wonderful day cupping a ton of samples that Andrew Barnett sent up to us. We cupped a whole stack of the E lot Ethiopians including a wonderful Yirgacheffe from the Hama co-op and an incredible natural Sidamo. I have pulled shots of all these coffees as well and, while three or maybe four of them would make great components in blends, none of them are great single origin espressos (sadly).
Finally... we both cupped and pulled shots of the mighty Panama Esmerelda (thanks Bronwen). It's an astounding coffee. But... it was interesting to cup it on a table of Ethiopians. I've only cupped it alongside other latin coffees - where it really stood out. When on the table with a whole bunch of top Ethiopians, it really didn't stand out to the same degree. It was still my favorite coffee on the table - but it didn't outright dominate the other coffees as it usually does.
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Appeal brought on 26 July 2019 by European Road Transport Telematics Implementation Coordination Organisation - Intelligent Transport Systems & Services Europe (Ertico - ITS Europe) against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) delivered on 22 May 2019 in Case T-604/15: Ertico - ITS Europe v Commisison
(Case C-572/19 P)
Language of the case: English
Appellant: European Road Transport Telematics Implementation Coordination Organisation - Intelligent Transport Systems & Services Europe (Ertico - ITS Europe) (represented by: M. Wellinger and K. T'Syen, avocats)
Other party to the proceedings: European Commission
Form of order sought
The appellant claims that the Court should:
quash the judgment of the General Court of 22 May 2019 in Case T-604/15;
annul the Contested Decision1 and confirm the SME (micro, small and medium-sized enterprise) status of the appellant; and
order the Commission to bear the costs of these proceedings, including the proceedings before the General Court.
Pleas in law and main arguments
In support of the appeal, the appellant relies on three pleas in law.
The contested judgment is vitiated by an error of law in that it finds that (i) sections 1.2.6 and 1.2.7 of the Annex to Commission Decision 2012/838/EU2 of 18 December 2012 on the adoption of the Rules to ensure consistent verification of the existence and legal status of participants, as well as their operational and financial capacities, in indirect actions supported through the form of a grant under the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities and under the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community for nuclear research and training activities and (ii) Article 22 of Council Regulation No. 58/20033 of 19 December 2002 laying down the statute for executive agencies to be entrusted with certain tasks in the management of Community programmes relate to separate remedies.
The contested judgment misapplies and violates the SME Recommendation4 and violates the fundamental legal principles of legal certainty and protection of legitimate expectations (and is therefore vitiated by an error of law) by finding that it is legally permitted to deny the appellant the status of SME based on the "purpose and spirit" of the SME Recommendation despite the fact that the appellant formally satisfies the criteria of the SME Recommendation (which is not contradicted by the contested judgment).
The contested judgment is vitiated by a manifest error of assessment and substantively invalid, in so far as it finds that the appellant "did not have to contend with the handicaps usually faced by SMEs" (and that the appellant therefore would not be an SME under the "purpose and spirit" of the SME Recommendation).


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Text messages introduced Thursday in the rape trial of two high school football players provided differing accounts of what happened between them and a 16-year-old girl: One from a defendant described mutual sex, while another from the girl said she remembered leaving a party with the players but nothing after that.
The flurry of text messages sent around the eastern Ohio city of Steubenville after the alleged rape last year were presented as evidence on the second day of the trial before Special Judge Thomas Lipps, who is hearing the case without a jury.
"Swear to God I don't remember doing anything with them," the girl wrote to a friend, a boy who authorities say saw the assaults. "I wasn't being a slut. They were taking advantage of me."
Ma'Lik Richmond, 16, and Trent Mays, 17, are charged with digitally penetrating the West Virginia girl, first in the back seat of a moving car after a party Aug. 11 and then in the basement of a house. Mays also is charged with illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material. The two maintain their innocence.
Prosecutors insist the girl was too drunk to consent to sex, while defense attorneys have portrayed her as someone who was intoxicated but still in control of her actions.
Witnesses have said the girl was so drunk she threw up and had trouble walking and speaking.
In one text after the alleged assault, the girl told a boy who prosecutors say watched the attack, "Wait, I think I was drugged. I know I have no memory from after I left" the party.
The case has riveted the small city of Steubenville amid allegations that more students should have been charged and has led to questions about the influence of the local football team, a source of a pride in a community that suffered massive job losses with the collapse of the steel industry.
The texts introduced Thursday in juvenile court included admissions by Mays that he digitally penetrated the girl. In other messages, he told friends he'd participated in a different, mutual sex act with the girl.
He also sent messages to his friends to try to get them to gloss over what happened that night. In a text to a boy who lives in the house where the second attack is said to have happened, Mays wrote: "Just say she came to your house and passed out."
In another message that prosecutors said Mays sent to the girl's father, he said, "this is all a big misunderstanding."
Prosecutors also presented texts sent by Mays to friends in which he suggested Steubenville football coach Reno Saccoccia would let the players involved off lightly.
The coach "took care of it," Mays said in one text introduced by prosecutors.
"Like he was joking about it so I'm not worried," Mays said in another text.
Saccoccia has not commented about the allegations, and Steubenville school officials have refused to make him available. Phone and email messages were left after hours for Superintendent Michael McVey. The district has promised to boost education programs about bullying, date rape and sexual harassment and add training for faculty and staff members.
Additional testimony Thursday came from a former Steubenville high school student, Sean McGhee, who said he considered the girl his friend and said she was extremely drunk the night of the party. McGhee, who goes to Campbellsville University in Campbellsville, Ky., said he was upset after hearing about the alleged assault and texted Mays.
Dissatisfied with Mays' account, he texted back: "I saw the pix, bro. Don't lie."
Walter Madison, an attorney for Richmond, challenged McGhee's account, saying he may have exaggerated in his mind the girl's intoxication because of his anger over the allegations.
Authorities said they collected 17 cellphones in their investigation. The evidence they yielded is considered crucial to prosecutors' case against the boys because of photos taken that evening.
Three teenage boys who are key to the prosecution's case are expected to take the stand Friday. Defense attorneys could call the girl to testify since a West Virginia judge ruled Tuesday night that she and two of her friends could be subpoenaed.
If convicted, Mays and Richmond could be held in a juvenile jail until they turn 21.
The Associated Press normally does not identify minors charged in juvenile court, but Mays and Richmond have been widely identified in news coverage, and their names have been used in open court.
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Hundreds of hardy swimmers rang in 2014 with a plunge into the icy sea off Coney Island.
Members of the Coney Island Polar Bear and Ice Breakers clubs and other brave bathers stripped down to their trunks or dressed in costumes for the annual New Year's Day splash Wednesday.
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Bar Report: Monkeypod Kitchen
Left: the Monkeypod mai tai, right: blended Don Tiki
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Peter Merriman's Monkeypod Kitchen picks up the cocktail slack where other casual concepts fall short. In general, the drinks are crafted with attention to detail, using a finely-tuned combination of locally-sourced ingredients and fresh flavor combinations.
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We love Monkeypod's semi-outdoor seating and live music, though the upstairs bar is always my choice for the best cocktails. There's also a quality beer selection, including microbrews and beers from around the world.
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Tim Rita, formerly of The Modern's Lobby Bar, 53 By the Sea, and Halekulani's Lewers Lounge, is one of the bartenders (or bar chefs as Monkeypod likes to call them). He loves to play with seasonal ingredients, and he uses them in sophisticated ways. We enjoyed his blended Don Tiki, which featured a lemongrass-cardamom syrup, local Thai basil, amaretto, and blended scotch. A seasonal, off-menu mai tai balanced Rita's lavender-peppercorn falernum—a take on the clove-almond-ginger cordial that adorns many tiki drinks—against a blend of local rums, resulting in a transcendent experience for this tiki fanatic.
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As with many large restaurants, cocktails can be spotty if sitting in the dining room; truly the best bar experience is at the bar itself. Otherwise, Monkeypod holds its own in Hawaii's cocktail scene.
[Correction 7/26: a previous version of this article incorrectly stated Tim Rita as the bar manager; Jason Pohlman is the bar manager.]


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Love-'em-or-hate-'em outfit that Team Hoodie has become, that hot dash into history has inspired anything but apathy. "I think everyone cares about it a little bit," said Browns QB Brady Quinn, whose college coach used to work for Bill Belichick.
Love-'em-or-hate-'em outfit that Team Hoodie has become, that hot dash into history has inspired anything but apathy. "I think everyone cares about it a little bit," said Browns QB Brady Quinn, whose college coach used to work for Bill Belichick. What does New England's winter in the sun mean to players who were on the wrong side of the run at 16-0? The Cleveland Browns went the length of the field on their opening drive Oct. 7 at New England. They flew home with a 34-17 loss. "It would be great to see history," said Browns linebacker Willie McGinest, a former Patriot. "It would be great for my friends, guys I see, guys I played with. Why not?" The Patriots want no part of a history writer's strike. "We've had great seasons before," QB Tom Brady said this week. "We've been 14-2." There are few greater Patriots than McGinest, a second-year Brown who might be a Hall of Famer. Not much chance he'll want an orange helmet affixed to his bronze bust. In New England, he went to a Super Bowl with Bill Parcells and three more with Belichick. This could change soon, but for now Belichick has never won a Super Bowl without McGinest. "They just don't make mistakes," McGinest said. "When you make mistakes, they take advantage." Spygate is not how McGinest defines Belichick: "He's one of the best to ever coach the game, point blank." Cleveland linebacker D'Qwell Jackson, who made 11 tackles at New England, planned to watch Giants vs. Patriots on Saturday night. "Very impressive," Jackson said of the run. "My hat goes off to all the coaches and all the players. They're a bull's-eye every week, but they keep rolling." Winning a fourth Super Bowl in seven years would be a greater feat. Browns head coach Romeo Crennel was defensive coordinator for the other three. "Their defense is good, their offense is good, their special teams are good ... and then all of those units play well," Crennel said. "They are just solid all the way across the board. ... That's why you can say they are one of the better teams of all-time." If the Browns make the playoffs and win their opener, they would play at New England in the second round. Guessing the hate-'ems outnumber the love-'ems, most of America would be rooting for Cleveland. "They're doing the history thing," Browns linebacker Chaun Thompson said. "I'd tip my hat if they won the Super Bowl, but I don't want them to win it. I want us to win it." As dreaming the impossible dream goes, that might transcend 19-0. Tom Was Terrific Time has warped Tom Coughlin's reputation. Now, he's the grumpy old man the Giants put up with because he keeps getting them to the playoffs. In another time, he was a miracle worker. If Bill Belichick is the coach of this decade, then Coughlin was the coach of the '90s. His expansion team, Jacksonville, was set up with advantages Cleveland and Houston didn't enjoy years later. Regardless, it is incredible in retrospect that he got the Jaguars to an AFC title game in their second year. The Jaguars were respectable against New England in the game to reach the 1996 season's Super Bowl, but they lost 20-6. Coughlin followed up that season with years of 11-5, 11-5 and 14-2. It's a longshot that Coughlin, 60, will keep building the Giants and win two Super Bowls. If somehow Eli Manning broke through and it happened, though, Coughlin would belong in the Hall of Fame ‹ bronze bust scowling. Case for the Defenders Tennessee and Indianapolis, combatants in the Sunday night game so important to Cleveland, both have contenders for NFL Defensive Player of the Year. It remains to be seen whether the Colts will use the national TV game to showcase safety Bob Sanders' candidacy or rest him for the playoffs. Houston's Gary Kubiak, head coach of a division rival, called Sanders "the best safety in football." Tennessee's candidate is tackle Albert Haynesworth, highly motivated to show his wares going into unrestricted free agency. He has a modest six sacks, a good number for an interior lineman. He has 20 QB pressures, a great number. One perspective: Cleveland defensive linemen Robaire Smith, Shaun Smith, Orpheus Roye, Ethan Kelley and Simon Fraser have 16 pressures combined. Plenty of personnel men who passed on Sanders are kicking themselves for letting him slip to the Colts in the second round the 2004 draft. Extra Points - Warren Sapp, one of the most self-centered blowhards to breeze through the decade, drew three straight rant penalties during the same post-play argument in Oakland's 49-11 loss to Jacksonville. Agent Howard Slusher was the first presenter to be booed at a Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Sapp might become the first player. - Why was it widely written and spoken that the Patriots game meant little or nothing to the Giants? There's no incentive in pulling one of history's great upsets? Reach Canton Repository sports writer Steve Doerschuk at (330) 580-8347 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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BRIDGEVIEW Ill. – The LA Galaxy overcame several key absences to earn a crucial road win Sunday afternoon, defeating the suddenly struggling Chicago Fire 2-1 in front of 18,203 fans at Toyota Park.
Chad Barrett and Omar Gonzalez scored for the Galaxy, who played without injured attacker Landon Donovan and suspended midfielders David Beckham and Juninho. It was more than enough for LA, who outlasted a late goal from Chicago's Dominic Oduro to earn the win.
Barrett put the Galaxy ahead in the 42nd minute. Forward Miguel Lopez crossed a ball in from the right, finding Barrett completely wide open at the penalty spot. The former Fire striker did the rest, calmly taking a touch before slotting his shot inside the left post and past goalkeeper Jon Conway, who started in the Chicago net in place of typical starter Sean Johnson.
Barrett started his MLS career with the Fire and spent three-and-a-half years with the club before he was traded to Toronto. He scored three goals in four matches against Chicago with the Reds before adding another one as a member of the Galaxy on Sunday, and found the back of the net for the first time with LA since coming over from Toronto in an offseason trade.
Gonzalez doubled the lead in the 72nd minute, rising above the Fire defense to head a Lopez corner kick home from eight yards out.
Oduro, however, pulled one back with his first goal in a Fire kit in the 89th. The Ghanaian forward took on Gonzalez on the right wing, rounding the center back in the box before blasting a shot past keeper Donovan Ricketts and inside the far post.
The Fire pushed hard for an equalizer after Oduro's strike, but couldn't quite find one, dropping their record to 1-1-3 and extending their losing streak to three games. LA improve to 3-1-3 with the result.
Galaxy Manager Bruce Arena made five changes to the side that drew Toronto FC on Wednesday, inserting Frankie Hejduk, Chris Birchall, Michael Stephens, Paolo Cardozo and Lopez into the lineup.
Fire Head Coach Carlos de los Cobos made three changes to the squad that lost 4-2 at Portland on Thursday, relegating Johnson, defender Dasan Robinson and winger Patrick Nyarko to the bench in favor of Conway, Josip Mikulic and Davis Paul.
The sides traded chances in the first half, with both coming close to scoring on several occasions.
The Fire had a good opportunity in the 18th minute. Forward Diego Chaves flicked a long ball into space and fellow striker Gaston Puerari ran onto it, sprinting past Galaxy defender Leonardo for a one-on-one with Ricketts. Puerari's chip from the top of the box beat the Jamaican keeper but didn't go in, sailing just wide of the right post.
Chicago had another one-on-one with Ricketts in the 29th minute. This time it was defender Gonzalo Segares who got behind the Galaxy backline, running onto a Puerari through ball on the left side. But the Costa Rican left back couldn't find net, dragging his low left footer wide of the far post.
The Galaxy had a goal controversially disallowed in the 35th. Barrett powered a left footer in from the top of the arc, but it was called back when the referee ruled that offside forward Miguel Lopez interfered with the play by letting the shot roll through his legs.
Both teams came close to scoring in the 65th. Segares cleared LA midfielder Mike Magee's header off the line and the Fire quickly launched a counter, playing a long ball to Chaves to start the attack. The Uruguayan forward dribbled into LA's box and got a good look at goal, but sent his effort from the right side well wide of the net.
Fire defender Cory Gibbs went out injured in the 70th minute; one minute after Chicago used their third and final sub. The injury forced the Fire to play the final 20 minutes down a man. The Fire lost for the second time in four days after they fell to the Portland Timbers 4-2 in the Timbers' first-ever MLS game at JELD-WEN Field on Thursday.
Scoring Summary:
LA -- Chad Barrett 1 (Miguel Lopez 1) 42
LA -- Omar Gonzalez 1 (Miguel Lopez 2) 72
CHI -- Dominic Oduro 1 (Jalil Anibaba 1) 89
LA Galaxy -- Donovan Ricketts, Frankie Hejduk (Bryan Jordan 79), Omar Gonzalez, Leonardo, Todd Dunivant, Chris Birchall, Michael Stephens, Paolo Cardozo (Sean Franklin 68), Mike Magee, Chad Barrett (Juan Pablo Angel 77), Miguel Lopez.
Substitutes Not Used: A.J. DeLaGarza, Brian Perk, Josh Saunders.
Chicago Fire -- Jon Conway, Jalil Anibaba, Josip Mikulic, Cory Gibbs, Gonzalo Segares, Marco Pappa, Michael Videira (Dominic Oduro 59), Logan Pause, Davis Paul (Patrick Nyarko 46), Diego Chaves, Gaston Puerari (Orr Barouch 69).
Substitutes Not Used: Yamith Cuesta, Dan Paladini, Bratislav Ristic, Sean Johnson.
Misconduct Summary:
CHI -- Michael Videira (caution; Reckless Tackle) 10
LA -- Mike Magee (caution; Reckless Foul) 31
LA -- Michael Stephens (caution; Reckless Foul) 63
LA -- Frankie Hejduk (caution; Reckless Tackle) 73
CHI -- Dominic Oduro (caution; Unsporting Behavior) 93+
Referee: Niko Bratsis
Referee's Assistants: Colin Arblaster; Mike Kampmeinert
4th Official: Edvin Jurisevic
Attendance: 18,203
Time of Game: 1:53
Weather: Clear-and-45-degrees


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We have talked about the importance of rabies vaccines, but there are other diseases carried by critters that pet owners need to be aware of.
As afraid as we may be of snakes, they are actually more afraid of us. Snakes would rather be left alone than bothered, but when they are disturbed or they feel threatened or are injured, they become increasingly aggressive and more prone to strike.
The insistent curiosity of dogs makes them more susceptible to a snake strike, especially hunting and working dogs that spend most of their time out in the field, where the snakes that are big enough to pose a threat are more likely to be found.
Snakebites are classified as venomous or non-venomous. The best way to tell whether the snake you or your pet have encountered is venomous or not is by paying close attention to the markings and coloring of the snake and the shape of the head and eyes. A diamond shaped head and a brow that covers a portion of the upper eyeball with pupils that are vertical slits indicate a venomous snake. Non-venomous snakes have rounded heads, round eyeballs, and round pupils.
If bitten by a non-venomous snake, treat it the same as you would a puncture wound. The bacteria from the dog's skin and the snake's mouth can cause an infection that may develop into an abscess. These wounds are usually treated with antibiotics prescribed to prevent the infection from spreading.
With venomous snakebites, timing is everything. Often the actual strike may not be observed.After a venomous bite there will be rapid swelling and significant pain in the area of the bite. The immediate area will become severely bruised and may weep blood tinged fluid through the wound. It is important to seek medical treatment for your dog as quickly as possible. Try to keep your pet calm and the bite wound below the level of the heart and do not, under any circumstances, attempt to remove the venom yourself.
Identifying the snake will help determine the appropriate treatment because venom from each species of snake reacts differently to the body. Small dogs are at a higher risk than larger ones because they will receive a higher dose of venom per pound of body weight.
There is a vaccine available for venomous snakebites that may be useful for hunting and working dogs. It causes the body to produce antibodies to the venom making the dog somewhat immune. While the vaccine does not totally reduce the damage from a snakebite, reports indicate that it can significantly reduce the severity of the reaction. The vaccine should be given in the spring before the time that snakes become active and a booster given prior to the start of hunting season.
In any case, veterinary care should be sought immediately after a snakebite because a venomous bite is a life-threatening emergency.


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Fine Photobooks auction at Christie's
Those of you with deep pockets will be interested to know that there is another Christie's auction coming up on Thursday, April 10, 2008. This is being touted as the greatest photo book auction to date. All of the 200 lots come from an "important private collection" in which some of the rarities of photography book history have been amassed and all of which are supposedly in very fine condition. What additionally makes many of these extra special is the fact they are signed or are association copies. For instance should you have an estimated $40,000 you might be the highest bidder for a copy of Brassai's Fine PhotobooksParis De Nuit signed to Andre Kertesz from Brassai. Oh -- and many come housed in a custom-made cloth folding box with foil stamped titles and information on the spine.
Here are a few other items that caught my eye:
A copy of Jindrich Styrsky's Emily Comes To Me in a Dream published in 1933 for $70,000. This is the deluxe issue, one of only 10 copies signed by Strysky and Bohuslav Brouk who provided the text.
A copy of Facile inscribed by Paul Eluard and Man Ray to Hans Bellmer. ($35,000)
Bill Brandt's The English at Home within which Brandt inscribed a note to his wife's sister and signed it 'Billy.' ($4,000-6,000)
Hans Bellmer's La Poupee with an additional silver print. Number 4 of only 5 copies. ($60,000-80,000)
Robert Capa's Slightly Out of Focus inscribed "To Pat Covici who published my first book [Death in the Making] and sold 317 copies in ten years of it. With continuous love, Robert Capa." ($5,000)
Henri Cartier-Bresson's The Decisive Moment signed by 'Hank' to Edward Weston. ($25,000) Bresson seemed to enjoy finding different ways to sign his name by using Hank, Henri and the very unusual moniker of Enri Ca Bre'.
A copy of William Klein's Life is Good and Good For You in
If you have an estimated $60,000-90,000 you might wind up the proud owner of a complete set of Ed Ruscha's 19 different artist's books.
For $2,500-3,500 you could own Bruce Nauman's Burning Small Fires which is an artist book of photographs of Nauman burning a copy of Ruscha's Various Small Fires and Milk. I like the book but financially speaking I think Bruce would've been better off if he hadn't taken a match to his copy.
Harry Callahan's Photographs signed to Aaron and Caroline Siskind ($4,000-6,000)
One fun item is a copy of Lee Friedlander's Self-Portrait on which the back cover of the book is printed with an upside down and sepia colored version of the front cover design and photograph. Within Lee's inscription he offers a return policy to the recipient Arnold Crane.
There is an interesting copy of Robert Adams's The New West that was from the collection of Peter Bunnell a curator at the Museum of modern Art who curated
There is a copy of a book that I must own at some point in my life. Take this as a small cry of assistance to anyone for whom money is no object and who feels an appreciation of my efforts here at 5B4 enough to want to reward me with a copy of Yutaka Takanashi's Toshi-e - Towards the City. ($4,000-6,000) Raise a paddle in the name of 5B4. Pretty please? (Second book in comp above after Friedlander)
One other book that I saw down in
A copy of Donigan Cumming's disturbed little book, The Stage within which Cumming has annotated many of the pages with the subject's current status of: 'alive', 'gone mad', 'beaten to death', 'dead', etc. ($2,500-3,500)
For those of you like me who feel out of place even observing auctions from the sidelines should at least find a copy of the catalog which is the thickest I have ever seen for a book auction. Each title is given its own page and often its own spread of pages. In most cases, the signature or inscription is shown.
Christie's is offering six days of previewing for this auction starting on April 4 and running each day until the auction so albeit unfortunate that that will be the closest that most of us will ever get to these great books, it will be a treat to see them in person.
It will be interesting to see how this auction does considering how fine the American economy is doing. According to Bush all is well because our Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke worked over the weekend to straighten it all out so I am expecting record-setting results. So go to it, turn your gold into paper at the wave of an auction paddle.


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By Kay S. Pedrotti
Unbeknownst to most Lamar County residents – except for law enforcement – is a mystery about two miles of Interstate 75 that defies explanation.
It's the area of the big highway that clips off a patch of the northeast corner of the county, forming an almost-triangle between mile marker 200 on the north and 198 to the south.
Lamar's own Bermuda Triangle
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I attended the Cleantech Green Building Symposium this week in San Francisco and heard Dian Greuneich, director of the California Public Utilities Commission, unveil California's Strategic Plan for Energy Efficiency (PDF) adopted into law this year, with the goal of dramatically reducing the energy consumed by both residential and commercial buildings. Buildings currently account for 40% of all energy used in the US, and if you factor in the energy used to manufacture building materials, that figure rises to a whopping 52%.
Clearly, making buildings more energy efficient is one of the most, if not the most, important thing we can do to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. And implementing energy efficiency is not difficult. One expert on the panel, Steve Selkowitz of Lawrence Berkeley Labs said, "We're not talking about low-hanging fruit. The fruit is just lying on the ground."
California has already proven that regulation at the state level can have dramatic long-term benefits. The California Energy Commission (CEC) implemented building and appliance standards way back in 1978, flattening out the rate at which individuals were increasing energy consumption.
For the past 30 years, California has stayed at about 7,000 kWh's per person per year while consumption in the rest of the US has continued to rise, and rise rapidly. The average US resident now consumes about 12,000 kwH per year.
It's not the fault of the consumer. Few other states have codes requiring that buildings, heating & cooling systems, and appliance be more efficient. The CEC estimates that such regulations in California have saved California consumers more than $56 billion to date, with an additional projected savings of $23 billion by 2013.
What is Zero Net?
California's Long-Term Energy Efficiency Plan was inspired when Commissioner Greuneich was visiting the UK in 2007. The British government has already set a goal to achieve 'Zero Net' homes by 2016. Greuneich thought, "Well if they can do it by 2016, we can at least do it 2020." Those was born the 2020 plan.
A Zero Net home uses both radical energy efficiency measures and on-site energy generation to make the home "energy independent." That means all of the building's energy needs are met on the property, and it does not increase either energy demand or greenhouse gas emissions. Zero Net homes will result in less cost for the home owner, and will create jobs by spurring a host of new technologies made in the USA -- from insulation, windows and building materials to micro-wind turbines and solar hot water heaters.
Several hundred Zero Net homes are in development, including the Geos project in Colorado, which uses a new technology called "GeoSolar" -- a combination of solar photovoltaic and ground-source heat pumps (which store solar heat in the ground). The look just like regular homes, but incorporate technology and design engineering readily available today.
As many experts points out, "This is not rocket science." It is just about getting these homes written into the building codes, and providing incentives that will offset the initial investment costs.
Big, bold strategies
This is just what the State of California is planning to do. The Energy Efficiency Plan is the result of a year-long collaboration between energy experts, utility companies, business and consumer focus groups, nonprofits and the California Public Utility Commission. The result are four "Big, Bold Strategies" that will drastically reduce average per capita energy consumption. The four strategies are:
1. All new residential construction will be Zero Net by 2020.
2. All new commercial construction will be Zero Net by 2030.
3. The HVAC (heating, ventilation & AC) will receive a major overhaul and new codes.
4. the LIFE program will be implemented by 2020, giving low-income resident access to energy efficient products for their homes.
A prototype for the future
The California PUC is already in discussion with the Obama Transition Team and talk is that the Zero Net plan adopted into law by California will become a prototype to roll out nationwide. California is also working closely with the Chinese government. It's not going to help the planet very much if the US becomes carbon neutral while China, the fastest growing economy in the world, continues to consume more and more fossil fuels. So a partnership has been formed to share the developments in the US Zero Net market with China, helping them and the world manage growth while maintaining a heathy environment.


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Sunday, March 14, 2010
Bar-tailed Godwits - again!
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great godwits!ReplyDelete
everybody else seems to be seeing and photographing godwits at the moment. I'd love to as well, but they are not exactly high alpine birds...
happy birding,
Wonderful shot of the Godwits. Great capture of their fat bellies.ReplyDelete
Hi Dale, right here they are the most common of all the shorebirds. Definitely a low altitude bird!ReplyDelete
Hi Eileen, they need all that fat and arrive at their destinations very much thinner.
Hope you get that full breeding plumage close up before they all leave.ReplyDelete
I love your captures of the Bar-tailed Godwits Mick, especially those in-flight shots. Marvelous!ReplyDelete
Isn't it amazing how far some birds travel on one tank of gas? NPR did a story on fuel efficiency of cars vs honey bees, I think someone should do a study of birds "miles per gallon."
Hi Gwendolen - thanks for your wishes for a good photo of a Godwit in full breeding plumage. I just need some fine weather so I can get out on my kayak!!ReplyDelete
Hi Larry, that's a very interesting link about the fuel efficiency of the honey bee. http://www.jstor.org/pss/4089124 That's a link about a recent study that shows that even the Godwits' internal organs shrink just before their migration. Apparently since they are not used on the migration the abdominal organs are not important! They must re-build these organs after the migration.
Good ones, Mick. I'd forgotten how chubby they can become.ReplyDelete
Thanks Tony - interesting to think that the fat fuels their flight.ReplyDelete
Love the images of the Godwits Mick!ReplyDelete
Thanks BirdingMaineReplyDelete
Very cool! Nice action shots in flight there--kudos!ReplyDelete
Thanks LanaReplyDelete
I think that is what is so exciting about birds. So many different looks to cover. :) You don´t get tired of them. Your set of photos are great. :)ReplyDelete
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MONTGOMERY | The Republican majority in the Alabama Legislature handed the GOP governor a major defeat Monday night by rejecting his proposal to delay the start of private school tax credits for two years.
MONTGOMERY | The Republican majority in the Alabama Legislature handed the GOP governor a major defeat Monday night by rejecting his proposal to delay the start of private school tax credits for two years.
The House voted against the governor's proposal 57-10 Monday. Then the Senate agreed 19-15 at the urging of the architect of the tax credits, Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh. Most Republicans voted against the governor, while most Democrats either voted with him or did not vote.
Marsh said the state shouldn't wait on giving tax credits to parents who move their children from failing public schools to private schools, or non-failing public schools.
"People don't want to put their child on hold," he said.
Gov. Robert Bentley called the legislative votes "fiscally irresponsible."
"My first responsibility is to the people of this state, and I believe the majority of the people support this executive amendment," Bentley said.
The disputed tax credits are part of the Alabama Accountability Act that the Republican majority passed Feb. 28 and that the governor signed into law.
The bill provides flexibility to city and county school systems in complying with state education laws. It also provides state tax credits of about $3,500 for parents who enroll a child in a private school or non-failing public school rather than a public school rated as failing.
Bentley wanted to delay the tax credits until 2015 to allow time for failing schools to improve and for the state to repay $423 million taken from a state savings account to prevent education budget cuts during the recession.
House budget committee Chairman Jay Love, R-�Montgomery, said the state is financially capable of beginning the tax credits now and repaying the money by a 2015 deadline. Estimates of how much the credits will reduce tax collections annually range from $40 million to $65 million, with the Bentley administration leaning toward the high end.
The sponsor of the Accountability Act, Rep. Chad Fincher, R-Semmes, said he was frustrated with the governor because he never discussed any concerns about the tax credits when he signed the Accountability Act in March and not for weeks afterward.
"I don't want to wait another day to provide an opportunity to kids in failing schools," Fincher said.
Bentley's proposal was an executive amendment he attached to a bill passed by the Legislature two weeks ago to clarify the definition of a failing school and to make sure no private or non-�failing public school has to take a student from a failing school. The House rejected his amendment 57-10 and then voted 59-6 to reapprove the bill. That sent the bill to the Senate for the decisive vote that turned the bill into law.
Bentley's opponent in next year's Republican primary for governor, former Morgan County Commissioner Stacy Lee George, watched the vote from the House gallery.
"This governor is weak, and this proves it," said George, an opponent of the bill.
The bill also provides tax credits for individuals and businesses who donate to scholarships for children whose parents can't afford to move them from a failing school even with the tax credits. Marsh said he will start immediately trying to raise money for scholarships.
"History will prove if we have made the right decision. I think we have," Marsh said.
Democratic Sen. Hank Sanders said the tax credits are historic, but for a different reason.
"We will look back and see this is the moment we stopped moving forward with public education," Sanders said.