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text: More than twenty years after Tim Rollins + K.O.S. (Kids of Survival) first presented their works at the Museum für Gegenwartskunst, the unique and on-going collective will now show a new selection of works based on Rollins' studies of art as a form of collaboration in which individual creativity becomes operative as an agent of social change. When Rollins started teaching at a school in the South Bronx, New York, in 1982, he developed a pedagogical method aiming to nurture individual abilities. Classical and modern literature, philosophy, and political theory became the raw materials for Rollins and his team. Writings by Martin Luther King, Gustave Flaubert, and Homer, among others, serve as points of departure for a visual language that includes modified pages from books pasted directly onto the canvas.

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I was wondering whether it was possible to have method calls as the value in a HashMap (or LinkedHashMap). For example, I'm designing a virtual PDA program for a uni assignment. One of my classes is a 'Menu' class which acts as sort of a template for the PDA class's menus. What I'm aiming for is a HashMap in the Menu class, where the key is the menu option (type String) and the value is the method called by selecting that option. The PDA class will then create a bunch of Menus, and fill each Menu's map with the Menu options and the methods called by those options.
Basically I think I want a field like this in the Menu class:
private HashMap<String, [Method Call]> menuOptions
And then have a method in the PDA class that does something like this:
menuOptions.put("Option A", doSomething());
where 'Option A' is the name of the option, and 'doSomething()' is a method signature.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me.


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In this very special episode of Savage Love, I answer letters from readers who made the largest donations to the campaigns to preserve marriage equality in California (www.noonprop8.com), protect same-sex couples in Florida (www.sayno2.com), and defeat Stephen Harper in Canada.
I'm a 31-year-old heterosexual woman, and my boyfriend and I are starting to experiment with "pegging" (great term, btw). He's very much into submission and humiliation, and I find I'm pretty damn good at the fem-dom thing. I understand that preferences run the gamut and every couple needs to figure out their own boundaries, but I was wondering if you could give me your perspective on a couple of things I find troubling.
1. My boyfriend can be bossy sometimes, but I find his assertiveness particularly irritating when he tells me how to dominate him. Shouldn't this be my job to figure out what I want to do to him and just do it? I would never actually hurt him, but I think he's too bossy for a sub—or is that what people mean by "the bottom is actually in charge?"
2. One of our "games" is when I get him almost to orgasm… and then don't allow him to come. He really likes being denied orgasms, and maybe it's my inner man-pleaser, but sometimes I just like when he comes because it makes me feel some sense of accomplishment and competence as a lover. However, I've noticed lately that when I do let him come, he kind of acts like a jerk afterward. Is this typical post-orgasm, men-don't-need-to-cuddle behavior, or is he upset because I didn't "deny" him? I've asked him, but he's not very chatty when he's in his post-orgasm jerk mode.
Inexperienced Pegger Eagerly Gratifies
1. It's not your job to "figure out" how to dominate him. It's your job—both of your jobs—to talk about your turn-ons at great length and then come up with a mutually pleasurable list of BDSM activities and fantasies that you want to explore together. Then when you're fucking around, IPEG, stick pretty close to the items and fantasies on that agreed-upon list—not a list of what he wants, but a list of what you both want—while gently pushing his boundaries. And while you're fucking around, he should refrain from all bossy behaviors and just freaking submit.
Unless, of course, he opts to use his "safe word." But to prevent him from "topping from below," IPEG, tell him that using his safe word ends the scene and the sex. If he uses his safe word, you get up, clean up, go to bed, give each other a kiss, and talk things over later. That way he won't use the safe word to edit, i.e., it won't be a tool he can use to boss you around while you're topping him.
2. If he's not chatty in post-orgasm mode, chat with him later—you know, when enough time has passed to put him back in pre-orgasm mode. (An hour? Two? Twelve?) And tell him what you've told me: You'll deny him orgasms regularly, but you intend to make him come regularly. Because it's what you want.
And a fem-dom relationship is supposed to be about—or appear to be about—what you, the fem, wants and not what he, the dommed, wants.
I don't have a question in particular, but your column inspired me to donate to this worthy cause (No on Prop 8). However, I do have an addendum to your advice to Blowing Smoke, which I thought was… eh.
Blowing Smoke likes smoking pot and she likes giving head—but her mouth is too dry after smoking up to give a good blowjob. Now this is a little gross, but generally when people vomit they emit an excess amount of saliva. So, one way to remedy a lack of lubrication when giving a blowjob is to deep-throat his cock until you provoke a slight—emphasis on SLIGHT, you don't want to actually puke on him—gag-reflex reaction, which will trigger the production of saliva.
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Thanks for sharing your money and tossing up those insights, STGA. Now Blowing Smoke can get to work on fine-tuning the ol' gag reflex.
I donated a pretty large sum for a guy who drives an 11-year-old Taurus. I wish I had a good question for you. So, uh—have you ever received a question that made you dry-heave a little in revulsion? What was the question?
Too Much Light Blinds
Questions that have me heaving are a dime a dozen, TMLB. At least one arrives every day. (After a couple of close calls—dry heaves that almost went wet—I am now careful not to read my mail immediately after a meal.) It's the questions that elicit a rare "Oh my God!" that are remarkable. The most recent example: A poop lover who felt that I was unsympathetic to his kind—and I am—took it upon himself to desensitize me to poop "play" by sending me several dozen digital images of himself and his wife before, during, and after a "session." Unsurprisingly, his efforts backfired.
Thank you for getting people involved in the No on Prop 8 campaign!
I'm a 30-year-old gay guy and moved from one city to another. Shortly after I moved, my boyfriend dumped me and I began a fairly long and severe depression. I had scarcely any friends in my new city, but never in my life did I need friends more.
The problem was that many of the guys I met were interested in a romantic relationship. I, however, was entirely undatable. But because I was lonely, I went ahead and dated these guys for a while. These were great guys, and I really wanted their friendship, but I wasn't emotionally available for more. I feel bad because I ended up jerking them around and hurting some feelings.
This is my question: How can a young gay man negotiate the whole "friends" thing? Should I view other single guys as poor prospects and seek out girls/couples/heteros for friendship? Is the line between friendship and dating always fuzzier for gay men?
Looking For Friends
You're making this more complicated than it needs to be, LFF.
Look, you were depressed and alone in a new city and had recently been dumped, LFF, and all of that sucks. But it's naughty for folks—gay, straight, bi, whatever—to take advantage of people who find them attractive. And that's exactly what you were doing to those guys. There wasn't anything "fuzzy" going on here, LFF; you weren't confused about your feelings. Those guys made it clear that they were into you, it was clear to you that you weren't into them, but you went ahead and dated them anyway—you encouraged them to think you had some interest in them—because you wanted their companionship and support.
And you got it—under false pretenses. Understandable, again, given your emotional state, but not cool.
Now, you don't have to rule out all other single gay men as potential friends in the future, LFF, just the ones who are attracted to you sexually and/or romantically. Unless you're all things to all people—and you can't be because no one is—there are single gay men out there who might want your companionship but not your ass, LFF. Make friends with them.
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Chevron Warns On 3rd Quarter Due To Refining Earnings Drop
10.10.2013 -
Chevron, the second-largest U.S. oil company, warned on Wednesday that third-quarter earnings would be lower than in the second quarter due to "significantly lower" earnings from its refining division as fuel margins were squeezed.
The company also said second-quarter earnings included foreign exchange gains of about $300 million, whereas it anticipated similarly sized losses for the third quarter.
Chevron shares fell as much as 1.2 percent in after-hours trading, extending a small decline during the regular session.
Analysts, on average, had been expecting earnings per share of $3.08 for the third quarter, which would have been up from $2.77 in the second quarter and $2.57 in the third quarter of 2012, according to estimates on Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
In its interim update for the third quarter, Chevron said crude-input volumes at its U.S. refineries were slightly higher as its Richmond, California, plant resumed normal operations following an August 2012 fire, offset by planned maintenance at its El Segundo refinery to the south.
International crude-input volumes rose from the previous quarter, but the company also cited a handful of industry figures showing margins for its fuel heading lower.
Oil and gas production from wells rose slightly from a depressed second-quarter level, with maintenance in the Gulf of Mexico curbing overall output. Oil and gas production accounts for about nine-tenths of the company's business.
Average U.S. oil-equivalent production of oil and gas fell to 651,000 barrels per day in July and August from an average of 659,000 for the entire second quarter.
Worldwide, Chevron produced 2.59 million bpd in the first two months of the third quarter, up from 2.58 million in the second, with output outside the United States picking up as production projects resumed.
The company reports full third-quarter results on Nov. 1.


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Tips-HOWTO Maintainer
Welcome to the Linux Tips HOWTO, a list of neato tricks and optimizations that make Linux more fun. All I have in here right now are tips off of the top of my head, and tips from the old Tips-HOWTO (Why take out decent tips, right?). So send all your favorite hints and tips to me so I can put them in the next Tips-HOWTO.
Paul Anderson Maintainer--Linux TIPS HOWTO
Edit your /etc/syslog.conf, and put in the following line:
# Dump everything on tty8
*.* /dev/tty8
One caveat: REMEMBER TO USE TABS! syslog doesn't like spaces...
From a newbie to another, here is a short script that eases looking for and viewing howto documents. My howto's are in /usr/doc/faq/howto/ and are gzipped. The file names are XXX-HOWTO.gz, XXX being the subject. I created the following script called "howto" in the /usr/local/sbin directory:
if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
ls /usr/doc/faq/howto | less
gunzip -c /usr/doc/faq/howto/$1-HOWTO.gz | less
When called without argument, it displays a directory of the available
howto's. Then when entered with the first part of the file name (before
the hyphen) as an argument, it unzips (keeping the original intact) then
displays the document.
For instance, to view the Serial-HOWTO.gz document, enter:
$ howto Serial
Here comes a short script which will check from time to time that there is enough free space available on anything which shows up in mount (disks, cdrom, floppy...)
If space runs out, a message is printed every X seconds to the screen and 1 mail message per filled device is fired up.
# $Id: check_hdspace,v 1.18 1996/12/11 22:33:29 root Exp root $
# Since I got mysterious error messages during compile when
# tmp files filled up my disks, I wrote this to get a warning
# before disks are full.
# If this stuff saved your servers from exploding,
# send praising email to email@example.com.
# If your site burns down because of this, sorry but I
# warned you: no comps.
# If you really know how to handle sed, please forgive me :)
# Shoot and forget: Put 'check_hdspace &' in rc.local.
# Checks for free space on devices every $SLEEPTIME sec.
# You even might check your floppies or tape drives. :)
# If free space is below $MINFREE (kb), it will echo a warning
# and send one mail for each triggering device to $MAIL_TO_ME.
# If there is more free space than trigger limit again,
# mail action is also armed again.
# TODO: Different $MINFREE for each device.
# Free /*tmp dirs securely from old junk stuff if no more free space.
DEVICES='/dev/sda2 /dev/sda8 /dev/sda9' # device; your put disks here
MINFREE=20480 # kb; below this do warning
SLEEPTIME=10 # sec; sleep between checks
MAIL_TO_ME='root@localhost' # fool; to whom mail warning
# ------- no changes needed below this line (hopefully :) -------
let MINMB=$MINFREE/1024 # yep, we are strict :)
while [ 1 ]; do
for DEVICE in $DEVICES ; do
ISFREE=`echo $DF | sed s#.\*$DEVICE" "\*[0-9]\*""\*[0-9]\*" "\*## | sed s#" ".\*##`
if [ $ISFREE -le $MINFREE ] ; then
let ISMB=$ISFREE/1024
echo "WARNING: $DEVICE only $ISMB mb free." >&2
#echo "more stuff here" >&2
echo -e "\a\a\a\a"
if [ -z "`echo $MAILED | grep -w $DEVICE`" ] ; then
echo "WARNING: $DEVICE only $ISMB mb free. (Trigger is set to $MINMB mb)" \
| mail -s "WARNING: $DEVICE only $ISMB mb free!" $MAIL_TO_ME
# put further action here like cleaning
# up */tmp dirs...
elif [ -n "`echo $MAILED | grep -w $DEVICE`" ] ; then
# Remove mailed marker if enough disk space
# again. So we are ready for new mailing action.
MAILEDH="`echo $MAILED | sed s#$DEVICE##`"
sleep $SLEEPTIME
If you're like me, you have a list with 430 subscribers, plus 100+ messages per day coming in over UUCP.
Well, what's a hacker to do with these huge logs?
Install chklogs, that's what.
Chklogs is written by Emilio Grimaldo, firstname.lastname@example.com
, and the current version 1.8
available from ftp.iaehv.nl:/pub/users/grimaldo/chklogs-1.8.tar.gz.
It's pretty self explanatory to install(you will, of course, check out the info in the doc subdirectory).
Once you've got it installed, add a crontab entry like this:
# Run chklogs at 9:00PM daily.
00 21 * * * /usr/local/sbin/chklogs -m
While you're at it, mention to the author how nice a peice of software this is:)
Create a file called rmcores(the author calls it handle-cores) with the following in it:
USAGE="$0 <directory> <message-file>"
if [ $# != 2 ] ; then
echo $USAGE
echo Deleting...
find $1 -name core -atime 7 -print -type f -exec rm {} \;
echo e-mailing
for name in `find $1 -name core -exec ls -l {} \; | cut -c16-24`
echo $name
cat $2 | mail $name
And have a cron job run it every so often.
Quick way to move an entire tree of files from one disk to another
(cd /source/directory && tar cf - . ) | (cd /dest/directory && tar xvfp -)
[ Change from cd /source/directory; tar....etc. to prevent possibility of trashing directory in case of disaster.
Thanks to Jim Dennis, email@example.com, for letting me know. -Maint. ]
Ever wondered which directories are the biggest on your computer? Here's how to find out.
du -S | sort -n
Kudos go to John Fisk, creator of the Linux Gazette. This is an excellent e-zine plus, it's FREE!!! Now what more could you ask? Check it out at:
BTW, It turns out that (1) LG is now out on a monthly basis, and (2) John Fisk no longer maintains it, the fellows at SSC do.
I don't know if many people have this problem, but there is a "feature" of GNU
make version 3.70 that I don't like. It is that VPATH acts funny if you give it
an absolute pathname. There is an extremely solid patch that fixes this, which
you can get from Paul D. Smith <email@example.com>
. He also posts the
documentation and patch after every revision of GNU make on the newsgroup
"gnu.utils.bug" Generally, I apply this patch and recompile gmake on every
system I have access to.
Q: How do I stop e2fsck from checking my disk every time I boot up.
A: When you rebuild the kernel, the filesystem is marked as 'dirty' and so your disk will be checked with each boot. The fix is to run:
rdev -R /zImage 1
This fixes the kernel so that it is no longer convinced that the filesystem is dirty.
Note: If using lilo, then add read-only
to your linux setup in your lilo config file (Usually /etc/lilo.conf)
If you often get device busy errors on shutdown that leave the filesystem in need of an fsck upon reboot, here is a simple fix:
To /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt
or /etc/rc.d/rc.0
, add the line
mount -o remount,ro /mount.dir
for all your mounted filesystems except /, before the call to umount -a. This
means if, for some reason, shutdown fails to kill all processes and umount the
disks they will still be clean on reboot. Saves a lot of time at reboot for
Simon Amor, firstname.lastname@example.com
ls -l | sort +4n
Or, for those of you really scrunched for space this takes awhile but works great:
cd /
ls -lR | sort +4n
# /usr/local/bin/print
# a simple formatted printout, to enable someone to
# 3-hole punch the output and put it in a binder
cat $1 | pr -t -o 5 -w 85 | lpr
I call this script 'forall'. Use it like this:
forall /usr/include grep -i ioctl
forall /usr/man grep ioctl
Here's forall:
if [ 1 = `expr 2 \> $#` ]
echo Usage: $0 dir cmd [optargs]
exit 1
find $dir -type f -print | xargs "$@"
Here is a simple two-liner which recursively descends a directory hierarchy removing emacs auto-save (#) and backup (~) files, .o files, and TeX .log files. It also compresses .tex files and README files. I call it 'squeeze' on my system.
#SQUEEZE removes unnecessary files and compresses .tex and README files
#By Barry tolnas, firstname.lastname@example.com
echo squeezing $PWD
find $PWD \( -name \*~ -or -name \*.o -or -name \*.log -or -name \*\#\) -exec
rm -f {} \;
find $PWD \( -name \*.tex -or -name \*README\* -or -name \*readme\* \) -exec gzip -9 {} \;
ps -aux | sort +4n
ps -aux | sort +5n
Tips-HOWTO Maintainer
I do a lot of C programming in my spare time, and I've taken the time to rig vi to be C friendly. Here's my .exrc:
set autoindent
set shiftwidth=4
set backspace=2
set ruler
What does this do? autoindent causes vi to automatically indent each line following the first one indented, shiftwidth sets the distance of ^T to 4 spaces, backspace sets the backspace mode, and ruler makes it display the line number. Remember, to go to a specific line number, say 20, use:
vi +20 myfile.c
Most hackers already have ctags on their computers, but don't use it. It can be very handy for editing specific functions. Suppose you have a function, in one of many source files in a directory for a program you're writing, and you want to edit this function for updates. We'll call this function foo(). You don't where it is in the source file, either. This is where ctags comes in handy. When run, ctags produces a file named tags in the current dir, which is a listing of all the functions, which files they're in and where they are in said files. The tags file looks like this:
ActiveIconManager iconmgr.c /^void ActiveIconManager(active)$/
AddDefaultBindings add_window.c /^AddDefaultBindings ()$/
AddEndResize resize.c /^AddEndResize(tmp_win)$/
AddFuncButton menus.c /^Bool AddFuncButton (num, cont, mods, func, menu, item)$/
AddFuncKey menus.c /^Bool AddFuncKey (name, cont, mods, func, menu, win_name, action)$/
AddIconManager iconmgr.c /^WList *AddIconManager(tmp_win)$/
AddIconRegion icons.c /^AddIconRegion(geom, grav1, grav2, stepx, stepy)$/
AddStartResize resize.c /^AddStartResize(tmp_win, x, y, w, h)$/
AddToClientsList workmgr.c /^void AddToClientsList (workspace, client)$/
AddToList list.c /^AddToList(list_head, name, ptr)$/
To edit, say AddEndResize() in vim, run:
vim -t AddEndResize
This will bring the appropriate file up in the editor, with the cursor located at the beginning
of the function.
This is a fairly common problem, almost to the point of being a FAQ. I don't know if RedHat has fixed this bug in their distribution, but you can repair it yourself. If you look in your /etc/hosts file, you will find it looks something like:
127.0.0.1 localhost yourbox
When sendmail starts, it does a lookup on your hostname(in this example, yourbox). It then finds that the IP for yourbox is 127.0.0.1, sendmail doesn't like this, so it does the lookup again. It continues with this for a while until it eventually gives up and exits. Fixing the problem is extremely easy, edit your /etc/hosts file and change it to something like this:
127.0.0.1 localhost
10.56.142.1 yourbox
RedHat's distribution comes with color-ls, however why they don't configure it for colour use by default is beyond me. Here's to fix it.
First, type eval `DIRCOLORS`
Next, alias ls='ls --color=auto'
And put the 'alias.....' in your /etc/bashrc
What if you're compiling and you've missed a library that needed linking in? All gcc reports are function names... Here's a simple command that'll find what you're looking for:
for i in *; do echo $i:;nm $i|grep tgetnum 2>/dev/null;done
Where tgetnum is the name of the function you're looking for.
You probably compiled the program into a binary named test, didn't you? Linux has a program called test, which tests if a certain condition is true, it never produces any output on the screen. Instead of just typing test, try: ./test
dd if=/dev/hda8 of=/etc/dosswap
gzip -9 /etc/dosswap
mkswap /dev/hda8 XXXXX
swapon -av
Make sure you add an entry for the swap partition in your /etc/fstab file
swapoff -av
zcat /etc/dosswap.gz | dd of=/dev/hda8 bs=1k count=100
# Note that this only writes the first 100 blocks back to the partition. I've found empirically that this is sufficient
>> What are the pros and cons of doing this?
Pros: you save a substantial amount of disk space.
Cons: if step 5 is not automatic, you have to remember to do it by hand, and it slows the reboot process by a nanosecond :-)
Here's a trick I've had to use a few times.
Desperate person's text file undelete.
If you accidentally remove a text file, for example, some email, or the results of a late night programming session, all may not be lost. If the file ever made it to disk, ie it was around for more than 30 seconds, its contents may still be in the disk partition.
You can use the grep command to search the raw disk partition for the contents of file.
For example, recently, I accidentally deleted a piece of email. So I immediately ceased any activity that could modify that partition: in this case I just refrained from saving any files or doing any compiles etc. On other occasions, I've actually gone to the trouble of bring the system down to single user mode, and unmounted the filesystem.
I then used the egrep command on the disk partition: in my case the email message was in /usr/local/home/michael/, so from the output from df, I could see this was in /dev/hdb5
sputnik3:~ % df
Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on
/dev/hda3 18621 9759 7901 55% /
/dev/hdb3 308852 258443 34458 88% /usr
/dev/hdb5 466896 407062 35720 92% /usr/local
sputnik3:~ % su
[michael@sputnik3 michael]# egrep -50 'ftp.+COL' /dev/hdb5 > /tmp/x
Now I'm ultra careful when fooling around with disk partitions, so I
paused to make sure I understood the command syntax BEFORE pressing
return. In this case the email contained the word 'ftp' followed by
some text followed by the word 'COL'. The message was about 20 lines
long, so I used -50 to get all the lines around the phrase. In the
past I've used -3000 to make sure I got all the lines of some source
code. I directed the output from the egrep to a different disk
partition - this prevented it from over writing the message I was
looking for.
I then used strings to help me inspect the output
strings /tmp/x | less
Sure enough the email was in there.
This method can't be relied on, all, or some, of the disk space may have already been re-used.
This trick is probably only useful on single user systems. On multi-users systems with high disk activity, the space you free'ed up may have already been reused. And most of use can't just rip the box out from under our users when ever we need to recover a file.
On my home system this trick has come in handy on about three occasions in the past few years - usually when I accidentally trash some of the days work. If what I'm working survives to a point where I feel I made significant progress, it get's backed up onto floppy, so I haven't needed this trick very often.
Use the Immutable Flag
Right after you install and configure your system go through the /bin, /sbin/, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin and /usr/lib (and a few of the other usual suspects and make liberal use of the 'chattr +i command'. Also add that to the the kernel files in root. Now 'mkdir /etc/.dist/' copy everything from /etc/ on down (I do this in two steps using /tmp/etcdist.tar to avoid recursion) into that directory. (Optionally you can just create /etc/.dist.tar.gz) -- and mark that as immutable.
The reason for all of this is to limit the damage that you can do when logged in as root. You won't overwrite files with a stray redirection operator, and you won't make the system unusable with a stray space in an 'rm -fr' command (you might still do alot of damage to your data -- but your libs and bins will be safer.
This also makes a variety of security and denial of service exploits either impossible or more difficult (since many of them rely on overwriting a file through the actions of some SUID program that *isn't providing an arbitrary shell command*).
The only inconvenience of this is when building and doing your 'make install' on various sorts of system binaries. On the other hand it also prevents the 'make install' from over-writing the files. When you forget to read the Makefile and chattr -i the files that are to be overwritten (and the directories to which you want to add files) -- the make fails, you just use the chattr command and rerun it. You can also take that opportunity to move your old bin's, libs, or whatever into a .old/ directory or rename or tar them or whatever.
All new stuff starts under /usr/local! or /usr/local/`hostname`
If your distribution is one that leaves /usr/local empty then just create your /usr/local/src, /usr/local/bin etc and use that. If your distribution puts things in the /usr/local tree than you may want to 'mkdir /usr/local/`hostname`' and give the 'wheel' group +w to it (I also make it SUID and SGID to insure that each member of the wheel group can only mess with their own files thereunder, and that all files created will belong to the 'wheel' group.
Now discipline yourself to *ALWAYS! ALWAYS! ALWAYS!* put new packages under /usr/local/src/.from/$WHEREVER_I_GOT_IT/ (for the .tar or whatever files) and build them under /usr/local/src (or .../$HOSTNAME/src). Make sure that it installs under the local hierarchy. If it *absolutely must* be installed back in /bin or /usr/bin or somewhere else -- put a symlink from the local heirarchy to each element that when anywhere else.
The reason for this -- even though it's more work -- is that it helps isolate what has to be backed up and restored or reinstalled in the event of a full re-install from the distribution medio (usually CD these days). By using a /usr/local/.from directory you also keep an informal log of where your sources are coming from -- which helps when you're looking for new updates -- and may be critical when monitoring the security announcement lists.
One of my systems at home (the one I'm calling from) was put together before I adopted these policies for myself. I still don't "know" all the ways that it differs from the stock "as installed" system. This is despite the fact that I've done very little with my home system's configuration and I'm the *only* person who ever uses it.
By contrast the systems I've set up at work (when I was thrust into the role of system administrator there) have all been configured this way -- have been administered by many contractors and other MIS people, and have had a large number of upgrades and package installations. Nonetheless I have a very good idea which precise elements were put in *after* the initial installation and configuration.
I noticed a few overly difficult or unnecessary procedures recommended in the 2c tips section of Issue 12. Since there is more than one, I'm sending it to you:
# lowerit
# convert all file names in the current directory to lower case
# only operates on plain files--does not change the name of directories
# will ask for verification before overwriting an existing file
for x in `ls`
if [ ! -f $x ]; then
lc=`echo $x | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'`
if [ $lc != $x ]; then
mv -i $x $lc
Wow. That's a long script. I wouldn't write a script to do that;
instead, I would use this command:
for i in * ; do [ -f $i ] && mv -i $i `echo $i | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'`;
on the command line.
The contributor says he wrote the script how he did for understandability (see below).
On the next tip, this one about adding and removing users, Geoff is doing fine until that last step. Reboot? Boy, I hope he doesn't reboot every time he removes a user. All you have to do is the first two steps. What sort of processes would that user have going, anyway? An irc bot? Killing the processes with a simple
kill -9 `ps -aux |grep ^<username> |tr -s " " |cut -d " " -f2`
Example, username is foo
kill -9 `ps -aux |grep ^foo |tr -s " " |cut -d " " -f2`
That taken care of, let us move to the forgotten root password.
The solution given in the Gazette is the most universal one, but not the easiest one. With both LILO and loadlin, one may provide the boot parameter "single" to boot directly into the default shell with no login or password prompt. From there, one may change or remove any passwords before typing "init 3" to start multiuser mode. Number of reboots: 1 The other way Number of reboots: 2
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We're starting from raw, clean source. First, obtain the sendmail source code. I've d/led version 8.9.0, which is, as you will notice, bleeding edge. I grabbed it from ftp.sendmail.org:/pub/sendmail/sendmail.8.9.0.tar.gz
It's about 1Meg, and considering I'm running 8.7.6, I think it's worth the effort. If this works, you'll undoubtedly hear about it, elsewise I can't get the new HOWTO versions out without e-mail:)
Now, once you've got the source d/led, unpack it. It'll create a dir called
in the current directory. Change into that directory,
read the README and RELEASE_NOTES files(and be amazed at the updates they've
done). Now, cd in src. This is where most of your work will be done.
A quick note: Sendmail is a small, powerful and well-written program. The sendmail binary itself compiled in less than 5 minutes on my 5x86 133 with 32Megs RAM! The entire compile and install(sans config) took under 15 minutes!
I don't normally run BIND on my system, so I found the lines:
# ifndef NAMED_BIND
# define NAMED_BIND 1 /* use Berkeley Internet Domain Server */
# endif
and changed the 1 to a 0, ala:
# ifndef NAMED_BIND
# define NAMED_BIND 0 /* use Berkeley Internet Domain Server */
# endif
On Debian 1.3.1, db.h is by default installed in /usr/include/db, instead of /usr/include, where sendmail hopes to find it. Change to the src, mailstats, makemap, praliases, rmail and smrsh directories and execute the following command:
./Build -I/usr/include/db
Once you've done that, cd .. and type make install. There! Sendmail version 8.9.0 should now be installed! This is, of course, assuming you already have your original configuration. For everything to work smoothly on my system, since I host free mailing lists for people using majordomo, I had to add the following to the beginning of my /etc/sendmail.cf:
O DontBlameSendmail=forwardfileinunsafedirpath, forwardfileinunsafedirpathsafe
Sendmail 8.9.0 is rather pedantic about directory and file permissions these days, and will complain about dirs and files in aliases or .forward files that are group or world writeable. While it's not a good idea to disable this pedantry, I am only running with a single person at the console and I felt it was okay to allow this minor security hole. YMMV.
Create and maintain a /README.`hostname` and/or a /etc/README.`hostname` [Or possibly /usr/local/etc/README.`hostname` -Maint. ]
Absolutely, from *day one* of administering a system take notes in an online log file. You might make "vi /README.$(hostname)" a line in root's /bash_logout. Another way to do this is to write an su or a sudo script that does something like:
function exit \
{ unset exit; exit; \
cat ~/tmp/session.$(date +%y%m%d) \
>> /README.$(hostname) && \
vi /README.$(hostname)
script -a ~/tmp/session.$(date +%y%m%d)
/bin/su.org -
(use the typescript command to create a session log and create a function to automate appending and updating the log).
I'll admit that I haven't implemented this automation of policy -- I've just relied on self-discipline so far. However I have been toying with the idea (even to the point of prototyping the scripts and shell functions as you see them). One thing that holds me back on this is the 'script' command itself. I think I'll have to grab the sources and add a couple of command line parameters (to pause/stop the script recording from the command line) before I commit to using this).
My last suggestion (for this round):
Root's path should consist of 'PATH= /bin'
That's it. Nothing else on root's path. Everything root does is provided by a symlink from /bin or by an alias or shell function, or is a script or binary in /bin, or is typed out with an explicit path.
This makes anyone running as root aware (sometimes painfully so) of how he or she is trusting binaries. The wise admin of a multi-user host will periodically look through his or here /bin and /.*history files to look for patterns and loopholes.
The really motivated admin will spot sequences that can be automated, places where sanity checks can be inserted, and tasks for which "root" privileges should be temporarily eschewed (launching editors, MTA's and other large interactive programs with elaborate scripting features that *might* be embedded in transparent or data files -- like the infamous vi ./.exrc and emacs ./.emacs and the even more insidous $EXINIT and the embedded header/footer macros). Naturally those sorts of commands can be run with something like:
cp $data $some_users_home/tmp
su -c $origcommand $whatever_switches
cp $some_users_home/tmp $data
(...where the specifics depend on the command).
Mostly these last sorts of precautions are overboard for the home or "single" user workstation -- but they are very good policy the admin of a multi-user -- particular a publicly exposed system (like the one's at netcom).
exec /usr/bin/X11/X -indirect hostname
I add this because when I was, desperately, trying to set it up for my own subnet over here it took me about a week to suss out all the problems.
Caveat: with old SLS (1.1.1) for some reason you can leave a -nodaemon after the xdm line -- this does NOT work for later releases.


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Homes sold in the last 12 months | 124 | 322 | 265 | 285 |
Average house prices | £121,326 | £240,017 | £364,857 | £198,281 |
For a compact city, Peterborough packs quite a punch.
The city stands on the banks of the River Nene, to the west of the Fens, and boasts evidence of human settlement in the Bronze Age, while the Anglo-Saxon era saw the building of the monastery which became Peterborough Cathedral.
Property in Peterborough is varied to suit all needs. Terraces, detached homes and semis with anything from one to four bedrooms are to be found across the city, as well as in the surrounding countryside and villages. There is also a great variety of studio flats and other apartments.
The city became a designated New Town in the 1960s, and there has been a bold £1bn regeneration of the central and surrounding areas since, leading to further expansion. Peterborough also boasts one of the UK's fastest growing economies and is traditionally a place of low unemployment.
With its modern, bustling urban centre, the city is a delight for anyone seeking a little retail therapy.
Queensgate Shopping Centre has more than 90 stores, is open all week and has parking for hundreds of vehicles. Cathedral Square is another vibrant central area, with street entertainment, al fresco cafes, Farmers' Markets and more! Or check out the Rivergate centre's independent traders.
A major stop on the East Coast main line, Peterborough is less than an hour away by train from Central London, with regular high-speed services covering the 75 miles to the capital's King's Cross station.
The A1 (M) London to Edinburgh route passes through the city, while the Millennium Green Wheel project provided 50 miles of cycle ways, footpaths and bridleways offering safe, continuous car-free routes across the city.
These great transport links make commuting very convenient, and there is also easy access to London Stansted and East Midlands airports.
This gem of a city is packed with attractions and things to do, including Peterborough Museum, re-opened in 2011 after a £3m refurbishment, and home to a 1,550-year-old woman!
Peterborough Cathedral, forming a dramatic backdrop to the city centre, is a magnificent piece of Norman architecture with a unique thirteenth century nave ceiling and stunning West Front.
Two local theatres offer drama, ballet and concerts, while there are great restaurants serving up dishes from a rich variety of cuisines catering for a wide range of tastes. Bars and clubs keep Peterborough buzzing until the early hours.
The city is also home to a wide range of special events including the annual East of England Show, Peterborough Festival and the CAMRA beer event.
With award-winning parks, watersports, countryside walks and places like Ferry Meadows Country Park on the edge of town, residents can enjoy the amenities of a modern city while still having plenty of breathing space.
Finally, the city is home to the flagship Thomas Deacon Academy, the Voyager School, which has specialist media arts status, and two further education colleges, completing the picture of Peterborough as a city offering a fantastic quality of life.
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The landlord has the responsibility to keep the structure in a safe and sanitary condition, in compliance with state and local housing, and health and safety codes. In general, this means that the landlord must keep in working order:
There must be running water, reasonable amounts of hot water and heat. In most cases, waste receptacles must also be provided. The landlord must give the tenant reasonable notice of an intent to enter the premises for any reason and must not harass the tenant with unreasonable or repeated demands of entry.
The tenant has the responsibility to keep the premises clean and sanitary.
The tenant must:
If the tenant believes that the landlord has not met his/her responsibilities under the law, there are a number of options available. A tenant must make a written complaint to the landlord by certified mail to rectify the problem and give thirty (30) days in which to do so before any of the remedies may be instituted.
The remedies may be found in Section 5321.07 of the Ohio Revised Code. They include rent deposit actions, lease termination or a request for a court order to repair. There are, however, conditions the tenant must meet before taking advantage of these remedies - see Section 5321.07 of the Ohio Revised Code.
Of course, the tenant has the responsibility to pay the rent on time, maintain the rental unit properly and fulfill the obligations under the law.
Generally, if the tenant does not meet these responsibilities, the landlord may terminate the rental agreement and take action to evict the tenant. The court can also order the tenant to pay the landlord for past due rent and damages to the premises.
Adequate notice to the tenant to comply with the requirements of the law and allowing time to repair the situation should be given before using any other option. A three (3) day notification prior to filing an action for eviction may include notification to the tenant of their rights. A full explanation of the procedures can be found in Chapter 5321.07 of the Ohio Revised Code.
To report any concerns to our staff, visit our Citizen Request Tracker.
Our online job center contains information on available positions and how to apply.
A stormwater sewer is not treated; it goes directly to water body, pollutants and all. Stormwater sewers go directly to local water bodies without being treated. A sanitary sewer goes to the waste water treatment plant where the water goes through a complicated process where it is cleaned and released back into the water. Sanitary sewers go to a wastewater treatment plant to be treated before discharging into a local water body.
Constellation (Constellation New Energy – Gas Division, LLC) continues to serve our community's program. The current program will run through the November 2019 bill cycle. Constellation is certified by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, and currently supplies customers and governmental aggregation programs across Ohio.
Governmental Aggregations allow an entire community, groups of communities, or a county to join together to form one large buying group. Once voters authorize an aggregation, elected officials are then permitted to shop for natural gas on behalf of their residents and small businesses.
As a large buying group, residents participating in an Aggregation have more buying power. The aggregation is in a better position to negotiate favorable pricing and supply terms than what could ordinarily be achieved by any one individual resident.
In Ohio there are two types of Aggregations. A community may conduct an "Opt-Out" program or an "Opt-In" program. With Opt-Out programs, each eligible resident is automatically enrolled in the program unless they notify the supplier that they do not wish to participate. With Opt-In programs, each resident must notify the supplier to actively enroll in the program. Opt-Out Aggregations are the most common types of aggregation programs because they result in higher participation that usually results in lower rates.
For starters, a community must obtain the approval of voters to form a natural gas aggregation program. Community leaders are then permitted to proceed through a series of steps to become certified by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio as a Governmental Natural Gas Aggregator.
Dominion Energy Ohio (DEO) will continue to deliver your natural gas and maintain the pipeline system that brings it to your home or business. You will continue to call DEO 1-877-542-2630 for emergency repairs or gas leaks. For non-emergencies such as billing questions, service turn on or turn off, call 1-800-362-7557.
The City's Governmental Aggregation Program can go on indefinitely. This program with Constellation is for 2 years and will end with your November 2019 billing period.
Yes. Our eligible community-owned facilities can be included in the program.
Natural gas prices are highly volatile. Market rates change often and quickly. Price differences between communities will vary based primarily on the contract term and the dates on which pricing was secured for the community.
A resident moving within the same community can stay in the aggregation by providing Constellation with their new address. If a resident moves out of the community or does not provide Constellation their new address, their participation will end and no early termination fee will apply.
We have retained Independent Energy Consultants, Inc., a PUCO certified broker and aggregator of electric and natural gas, without using any taxpayer money. They have designed, implemented, and administered similar successful gas and electric programs that impact over 100 communities across Ohio. We will have their assistance and that of Constellation Energy throughout the program.
If you have additional questions please call Constellation at 1-844-467-4294. Customer Service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For general information on natural gas deregulation in Ohio, you can visit the Web Sites of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel, or the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. Please do not contact our offices. We are pleased to have made this program possible, but are not prepared to handle calls.
Constellation will always try to accommodate residents should they wish to enroll after the initial enrollment period. However, Constellation reserves the right to decline late enrollments depending on market conditions. If enrollment remains open, you may enroll by calling Constellation directly at 1-844-467-4294.
Yes, however your supplier may charge an early termination fee. All residents should check the terms and conditions of their current contract for more information
Yes. During the initial enrollment, any eligible resident that does not receive an Opt-Out Notice may contact Constellation directly at 1-844-467-4294 or online on the Constellation website to enroll in the program.
No, by law there are certain limitations on eligibility. All of the current participants in our City's program will receive a notice of the new program rates, terms and conditions and continue to be eligible. Newly eligible residents or businesses must be located within the Barberton City limits. Furthermore, they must have received an Opt-Out Notice from Constellation.
Here are the criteria for new member eligibility:
The new 24-month fixed rate for our program begins with November 2017 gas flow (December bill cycle) and is $3.45 / Mcf through your November 2019 bill cycle. This rate compares very favorably to offers residents can find on their own and unlike many offers, our program has no penalty if you decide to leave early.
Customer switching takes place when meters are read. Therefore, your start date for the new rate will depend on when Dominion Energy Ohio (DEO) reads your meter. Your service from Constellation is expected to begin with gas flowing in November 2017.
No. Enrollment in the program is free and you need not take any action. You only need to be eligible to participate. Please refer to the eligibility criteria shown in the other FAQ questions in this section.
Yes. If you are on budget billing you will remain on budget billing. (Note: Dominion Energy Ohio (DEO) calculates your monthly budget amount each month by summing your total delivered gas cost on a rolling 12-month basis and dividing that total by average monthly usage in the same 12-month period.)
No. For your convenience, you will continue to receive only one bill from Dominion Energy Ohio (DEO). It will show DEO's delivery charges and the supply charge amount owed Constellation. DEO continues to read your meter, issue monthly bills and responds to all service calls.
Yes. Constellation will mail several informational packets to the groups of customers. They will explain the program rate, terms and conditions and means of enrollment.
The following are the types of information packets sent to residents:
With the assistance of a PUCO certified consultant, a community seeks bids from Certified Retail Natural Gas Service Providers. A qualified bidder is selected to supply the aggregation with its gas for a set period of time.
An "Opt-Out" Notice is sent to each eligible community resident prior to the start of the aggregation. Each resident has 21 days from the postmarked date on the notice to contact the supplier to withdraw or "Opt-Out" of the program. After the 21-day period, any resident not opting out will be submitted to the utility company for enrollment in the program. The utility company will send notice of the pending enrollment to each participating resident. Each resident will then have 7 days to rescind their enrollment in the program by contacting the utility company. After the 7-day rescission period, all participating customers are officially enrolled in the program. The new supplier will appear on your natural gas bill within one to two billing cycles after enrollment is verified by the utility.
Yes. A very attractive feature of our program is your ability to leave free of charge at any time for any reason. There are several "formal" opportunities to take yourself out of the program.
First, when an offer is presented you will have 21-days to opt-out by returning a card to Constellation or making a toll-free phone call. If you do not Opt-Out, Dominion Energy Ohio (DEO) will then send to new members a confirmation notice giving you 7 more days to cancel the switch.
Furthermore, by law, you will be able to leave without penalty at least every two years. If you would like to leave the program at any time, simply notify Constellation at 1-844-467-4294.
While most residents will remain in, and benefit from, Governmental Aggregation Programs, the choice is up to you. If you do not want to participate you will have 21 days in which to return a reply card to Constellation or call them toll free at 1-844-467-4294.
If you fail to do that, Constellation will continue to serve you or enroll you as a new customer. Dominion Energy Ohio (DEO) will acknowledge the enrollment and send you a confirmation letter reminding you of the pending switch. That letter will mention that you can cancel the switch by contacting DEO within 7 days.
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If an incorrect rule interpretation or decision by an employee is made in good faith, the establishment has no liability.
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Players may not talk on the phone or on skype using other devices while at the poker table.
All tournament and satellite seats will be randomly assigned.
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A participant who will enter during the first round of play will received a full stack so long as the blinds have not passed their starting position. Participants who enter after the first round of blinds will have chips deducted from their stack. One small blind and one big blind will be taken for every level passed including the level you entered on if the blinds have already passed your seating position.
A player who started the tournament in the wrong seat will be moved to the correct seat and will take his current total chip stack with him.
Accommodations for players with special needs will be made when possible.
Players going from a broken table to fill in seats assume the rights and responsibilities of the position. They can get the big blind, the small blind, or the button. The only place they cannot get a hand is between the small blind and the button.
In flop and mixed games when balancing tables, the player who will be big blind next will be moved to the worst position, including taking a single big blind when available, even if that means the seat will have the big blind twice. Worst position is never the small blind.
The number of players at each table will be kept reasonably balanced by the transfer of a player as needed. When there are more than 3 tables balancing will occur when the table is 3 players short.
In flop games, the final table will consist of 10 players unless the tournament structure states otherwise. In six-handed games, the final table will consist of 7 players.
Cards speak. Verbal declarations as to the content of a players hand are not binding. However, any player deliberately miscalling his hand may be penalized.
All cards will be turned face up with no delay once a player is all-in and all betting action by all other players in the hand is complete.
In a non-all-in showdown, at the end of the last round of betting, the player who made the last aggressive action in that betting round must show first. If there was no bet in the last round, the player to the left of the button shows first and so on clockwise.
A player must show all hole cards when playing the board in order to get part of the pot.
Muck, muck will be accepted. Asking to see a hand is a privilege granted at the TD's discretion to protect the integrity of the game (suspicion of invalid hand, collusion, etc.) This privilege is not to be abused. A player who mucks his cards face down at showdown without fully tabling it loses any rights he may have to ask to see any hand. Open muck is not allowed.
Your hand will be declared dead if:
a) You fold or announce that you are folding
b) You throw your hand away in a forward motion causing another player to act behind you.
c) The hand does not contain the proper number of cards for that particular game.
d) You act on a hand with a joker as a holecard. (A player who acts on a hand without looking at his cards assumes the liability of finding an improper card)
e) You have the clock on you and exceed the specified time limit.
Cards thrown into the muck may be ruled dead. However, a hand that is clearly identifiable may be retrieved at management's discretion if doing so is in the best interest of the game. We will make an extra effort to rule a hand retrievable if it was folded as a result of false information given to the player.
Cards thrown into another players hand are dead, whether face up or face down.
If a card with a different colored back or a double card with the same rank and suit (e.g: 2 K's of spades) appear during a hand, all action is void and all chips in the pot are returned to the players.
Dealers cannot kill a winning hand. Players are encouraged to assist in reading tabled hands if it appears that an error is about to be made. However, if the cards or one of the cards touched or are in the muck pile they are ruled dead.
In Flop games when there are two or more high hands the odd chip will go to the left of the button.
Each side pot will be split separately.
If a pot has been incorrectly awarded and mixed with another players chips that were not in the pot and the hand can be reconstructed, the floorperson will determine how much was in the pot by reconstructing the betting, and then transfer that amount to the correct player. However, if a new hand has begun and then the mistake is noticed there won't be a reconstruction of the pot.
To keep the action moving, it is possible that a game may be asked to continue even though a decision is delayed for a short period. The delay could be needed to check the cameras, call the poker manager for a ruling or some other good reason. In such circumstances, a pot or portion thereof may be impounded by the house while the decision is pending.
The right to dispute a hand ends when a new hand begins.
When time has elapsed in a round and a new level is announced by a member of the tournament staff, the new level applies to the next hand. A hand begins with the first riffle.
Chip Race: When it is time to color-up chips, they will be raced off with a maximum of one chip going to any player. The chip race will always start in the No.1 seat. A player cannot be raced out of a tournament: A player who looses his remaining chip(s) in a chip race will be given one chip of the smallest denomination still in play. Players are encouraged to witness the chip race.
Players are entitled to a reasonable estimation of an opponents chip count: thus chips should be kept in countable stacks. Stacks should be kept clean and in multiples of 20 pieces. Players must keep their higher denomination chips visible and identifiable at all times. Tournament directors will control the number and denomination of chips in play and may color up at their discretion.
Players may not ask for deck changes.
Re-buys: a player may not miss a hand. If a player announces the intent to re-buy before a new hand, he is playing chips behind and is obliged to make the re-buy.
Once a reasonable amount of time has passed and a clock is called for, a player will be given a maximum of one minute to make a decision. If action has not been taken before time expires, there will be a ten second countdown followed by a declaration to the effect that the hand is dead. If the player has not acted before the declaration, the hand is dead.
No rabbit hunting is allowed. Rabbit hunting is revealing any cards "that would have come" if the hand had not ended.
Looking through mucked cards isn't and won't be allowed.
A player must be at his seat by the time all players have been dealt complete initial hands in order to have a live hand. A player must be at his seat to call time.
A player must remain at the table if he has a live hand. Thus even when the player is All-in.
Tournament play will use a dead button.
Players who intentionally dodge any blind when moving from a broken table will incur a penalty.
Button in heads-up: In heads-up play, the small blind is on the button and acts first pre-flop and last on all subsequent betting rounds. The last card is dealt to the button. When beginning heads-up play, the button may need to be adjusted to ensure no player takes the big blind twice in a row.
Misdeals: In flop games, misdeals include but are not necessarily limited to:
a) Exposure of one of the first two cards dealt
b) Two or more exposed or boxed cards
c) First card dealt to the wrong seat
d) Cards dealt to a seat not entitled to a hand
e) A seat entitled to a hand is dealt out
Players may be dealt two consecutive cards on the button. If substantial action occurs, a misdeal cannot be declared and the hand must proceed.
Substantial action is defined as either:
a) Any two actions in turn, at least one of which must involve putting chips in the pot( i.e. any two actions except 2 check or 2 folds) OR
b) Any combination of three actions in turn ( check, bet, raise, call or fold)
If the Flop contains 4 (rather than 3) cards, whether exposed or not, the dealer shall scramble the four cards face down. A floorperson will be called to randomly select one card to be used as the next burn card and the remaining three cards will become the flop.
If the dealer deals the turn prematurely the card is taken out of play even if the rest of the players decide to fold. The betting is then completed. The dealer burns a card and puts face down the river card. He will then re-shuffle the remaining cards together with the card that was taken out of play (the prematurely deal card) but not the burn cards or mucked cards. The dealer then cuts the deck and turns the turn card without burning a card. After the final round of betting no other cards will be dealt. The dealer will just turn face up the river card that was earlier put face down. If the river card is dealt pre-maturely the deck is re-shuffled and dealt in the same manner.
Players must act in turn. Verbal declarations in turn are binding. Chips placed in the pot in turn must stay in the pot.
Action out of turn will be binding if the action to that player has not changed. A check, call or fold does not change action. If action changes, the out of turn bet is not binding and is returned to the out of turn player who has all options including: calling, raising, or folding. An out of turn fold is binding.
If there is a discrepancy between a players's verbal statement and the amount put into the pot the bet will be corrected to the verbal statement.
In no-limit and pot-limit, a raise must be made by:
a) Placing the full amount in the pot in one motion
b) Verbally declaring the full amount prior to the initial placement of chips into the pot
c) Verbally declaring raise prior to the placement of the amount to call into the pot and then completing the action with one additional motion.
It's the player's responsibility to make his intentions clear.
A raise must be at least the size of the largest previous bet or raise of the current betting round. If a player puts in a raise of 50% or more of the previous bet but less than the minimum raise, he must make a full raise. The raise will be exactly the minimum raise allowed. In no-limit and pot-limit, an all-in wager of less than a full raise does not reopen the betting to a player who has already acted.
Anytime when facing a bet or blind, placing a single oversized chip in the pot is a call if a raise isn't first verbally declared. To raise with an oversized chip, raise must be declared before the chip hits the table surface. If raise is declared but no amount, the raise is the maximum allowable for that chip. When not facing a bet, placing an oversized chip in the pot without declaration is a bet of the maximum for the chip.
When facing a bet, unless a raise is first declared, multiple same-denomination chips is a call if removing one chip leaves less than the call amount.
Example of a call: preflop, blinds are 200-400: A raises to 1,200 total (an 800 raise), B puts out two 1,000 chips without declaring raise. This is just a call because removing one 1,000 chip leaves less than the amount needed to call the 1,200 bet. Placing mixed denomination chips in the pot is governed by the 50% standard in Rule 52.
There is no cap on the number of raises in no-limit and pot-limit play. In limit events there will be a limit to raises even when heads-up until the tournament is down to 2 players. The house limit applies.
Poker is a game of alert, continuous observation. It is the caller's responsibility to determine the correct amount of the opponents bet before calling, regardless of what is stated by the dealer or players. If a caller requests a count but receives incorrect information from the dealer or players, then places the amount in the pot, the caller is assumed to accept the full correct action and is subject to the correct wager or all-in amount. As with all tournament situations, Rule 1 may apply at TD's discretion.
Players are entitled to be informed of the pot size in pot-limit games only. Dealers will not count the pot in limit and no-limit games. Declaring 'I Bet the Pot' is not a valid bet in no-limit but it does bind the player to making a bet.
Dealers will be responsible for calling string bets and raises.
Players use unofficial betting terms and gestures at their own risk. These may be interpreted to mean other than what the player intended. Also, whenever the size of a declared bet can have multiple meanings, it will be ruled as the lesser value. Example: 'I Bet Five' if it is unclear whether 'five' means 500 or 5,000 the bet stands as 500.
Anytime before the end of the last betting round of a hand, folding in turn when facing a check or folding out of turn are both binding folds and may be subject to penalty.
Conditional statements regarding future action are non-standard and strongly discouraged. They may be binding and/or subject to penalty at TD's discretion.
Example: "if- then" statements such as "If you bet, then I will raise"
Players may not hold or transport tournament chips in any manner that takes them out of view. A player who does so will forfeit the chips and may be disqualified. The forfeited chips will be taken out of play.
Playing out of a chip rack when you move from a broken table is not allowed.
Players must protect their own hands at all times. If a dealer kills a hand by mistake, or a hand is fouled the player will have no redress and is not entitled to a refund of bets. If the player initiated a bet or raise and hasn't been called, the uncalled bet or raise will be returned to the player.
Floorpersons reserve the right to require that any two players not play on the same table.
Penalties and Disqualification:
A penalty may be invoked if a player exposes any card with action pending, throws a card off the table, violates the one-player-to-a hand rule, or similar incidents occur. Penalties will be invoked in cases of soft play, abuse, disruptive behavior, or cheating.
Penalties available to the tournament director include verbal warnings, "missed hand" penalties and disqualification.
Except for a one hand penalty, missed hand penalties will be assed as follows:
The offender will miss one hand for every player including the offender, who is at the table when the penalty is given multiplied by the number of rounds specified in the penalty.
For the period of the penalty the offender shall remain away from the table but will continue to be dealt in.
Tournament staff can asses a one-hand penalty, 1, 2, 3 OR 4 round penalties OR disqualification. A player who is disqualified shall have his/her chips removed from play.
Repeat infractions are subject to escalating penalties.
Players are obligated to protect other players in the tournament at all times. Therefore players whether in the hand or not, may not:
a) Disclose contents of live or folded hands
b) Advise or criticize play at anytime
c) Read a hand that hasn't been tabled
The one-player-to-a-hand rule will be enforced.
A player who exposes his cards with action pending may incur a penalty, but will not have a dead hand. The penalty will begin at the end of the hand.
Poker is an individual game. Soft play will result in penalties, which may include forfeiture of chips and/or disqualification. Chip dumping and/or all other forms of collusion will result in disqualification.
Repeated etiquette violations will result in penalties. Examples include, but are not limited to, unnecessarily touching other players' cards or chips, delay of the game, repeatedly acting out of turn or excessive chatter.
During the days of international tournaments the poker tournament registration will be open a week in advance. You can register for multiple tournaments. We suggest that you register during this week as the tournaments will be capped at 50 players and they will be open to all players. The tickets are non-refundable. At the TD's discretion more players will be allowed to fill in the seat opens.
Daily tournaments will end on the same day (with an exception for the Friday Tournament). The last hand will be given 30mins before the casinos closing time. If a deal is not reached the TD will split the money according to the chip stacks.
Once a deal is reached between players on the final table no more hands will be dealt and the points will be given according to chip stacks.
A Player must be at his seat when the first card is dealt on the initial deal or he will have a dead hand. A player not then at his seat is dealt in, he may not look at his cards, and the hand is immediately killed after the initial deal.
Cash Game Rules:
When you enter a game, you must at least the minimum buy-in for that table.
A new player will not be required to post a blind until the button has made one complete revolution around the table, provided a blind has not yet passed
his seat.
A new player entering the game has the following options if the button made one complete revolution around the table:
a) Wait for the big blind
b) Post an amount equal to the big blind and immediately be dealt a hand
New players can enter on the dealer button.
A player who misses any or all blinds can resume play by either posting all the blinds missed or waiting for the big blind. If the player chooses to post the total amount of the blinds, an amount up to the size of the minimum opening bet is live. The remainder is taken in as part of the pot. On the next turn to act the player has the options to raise.
A player who changes seats will be dealt in on the first available hand in the same relative position. Example: if you move two active positions away from the big blind, you must wait two hands before being dealt in again. If you move closer to the big blind, you can be dealt in without penalty. If you do not wish to wait then you can post an amount equal to the big blind and receive a hand.
Adding to your stack is not considered a buy-in and may be done in any quantities between hands as long as it doesn't exceed the maximum buy-in of the table.
A player who is forced to transfer from a broken game to a game of the same limit may continue to play the same amount of money even if it is less than the minimum buy-in.
A player switching games voluntarily must have the proper buy-in size for the new table.
Cash is not permitted on the table. All cash and will be changed into cash chips in order to play. Plaques taken out on the table are automatically in play.
All chips and money must be kept in plain view at all times. Any removal of chips from the table during hands is not permitted. A penalty will be given to the player if this is a repeated violation.
If you return to the same game within one hour of cashing out, your buy-in must be equal to the amount removed when leaving the game.
Players can leave their cash chips on the cash table for a maximum of 45minutes when there is a waiting list. If the player doesn't return after 45 minutes the chips will be removed from the table. Your absence may be extended if you notify a floorperson in advance.
If your chips are removed from the cash table (for absence longer than the time limit) and when you return there is a waiting list your name will be put on the waiting list together with the other players. Seating will then be according to the list.
No one is allowed to play other players chips.
Permission is required before taking a seat in a cash game.
Splitting pots will not be allowed in any game even if there are only two players left in the hand. However, chopping the big and small blind by taking them back when everyone has folded will be allowed.
Insurance propositions are not allowed. Management will decline any agreement between players and the pot will be awarded to the best hand.
The players are allowed to agree to run the board twice or three times when a player is All-in. A maximum of two players to run the board more than once.
The games table limit will not be changed when a game has already started if one or more players object. Raising the limit is subject to management's approval.
No seat will be locked up for more than 10 minutes if there is a waiting list.
Keeping the cards to show the other players at the end of the hand is not permitted.
A non player may not sit at the table or behind a player. Exceptions will be made when there is only one cash table and if none of the players object. However, it is improper to look at any hand or comment on any action. Infraction of this rule will lead to the guest being escorted out of the cash area.
It is a player's responsibility to be in the playing area and hear the list being called. A player who intends to leave the playing area should first notify the list person.
When there is more than one cash game of the same stakes and poker form, we will not force players who are already seated to move tables. However, new players entering will be seated to balance out tables in order to best preserve the viability of existing games.
A transfer to a same stakes game is not allowed if the game being left will then have fewer players than the game being entered.
A player may be on the list for a seat move on more than one cash table with the same stakes if he was forced in the beginning to sit at a table to balance it out.
A player who is already in the game has precedence over a new player for any seat when it becomes available. No change will occur after a new player has been seated.
When a game breaks, each player may draw a card to determine the seating order for a similar game. The floorperson will draw a card for an absent player. If the card entitles the absent player to an immediate seat the player has until due for the big blind to take his seat . He will be put up first in the list if not back in time.
Only one straddle will be allowed. However, if all the players on the table agree there can be more than one straddle.
The minimum no. of players for a straddle is 4.
The straddle is not treated as a raise. After the straddle the minimum raise is double the bet. Example: SB:1 / BB:2 / UTG:4 (straddle) / UTG+1: 8 (min raise)
Players that are not present at the table will not receive a hand.
Buying The Button: A player may enter the game between the Button and the Small Blind and 'Buy the Button' by putting in both blinds. The Small Blind amount is taken into the center and is considered 'dead' and the Big Blind remains in front of the player starting the betting action. The natural order of the blinds resumes in the next hand when the player entering and posting receives the Button and the two players in front of the Button satisfy their blinds
Oracle Casino reserves the right to alter these rules as and when necessary without prior notification. Management decision is Final.


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The American Freedom Defense Initiative is a Pamela Geller-led organization that seeks to inform Americans about the dangers of Islamic extremism. Among other things, AFDI has placed advertising on buses in several metropolitan areas that contain educational messages. Many Muslims regard these posters as dirty pool, because they are so unfair as to quote the actual words of respected Islamic clerics.
The latest round is taking place in San Francisco, where AFDI has placed this placard on ten buses:
Those are hateful words, to be sure: "Killing Jews is worship that draws us close to Allah." They come from Hamas, and it would be impossible to overstate the evil of that organization. For just one example, check out this post on how Hamas teaches kindergarteners in Gaza. How hateful can you get?
AFDI's bus posters have proved controversial. One might expect that the organization would get credit for exposing Hamas's crazed ideology, but no:
A controversy has been re-ignited this week as ten new ads go up on San Francisco Muni buses containing quotes used by terrorists.
"Killing Jews is worship that draws us closer to Allah," reads one of the ads, which has people debating the line between free speech and hate speech.
Really? Is that a tough one? Hate speech is saying that killing Jews is worship, right?
Several San Francisco city leaders, including District Attorney George Gascon, have condemned the campaign.
"San Francisco won't tolerate Islamophobic bigotry," said Gascon. "The only thing necessary for evil to prevail is for good people to look the other way and do nothing."
Board of Supervisors President David Chiu said the American Freedom Defense Initiative is made of "well-known hate extremists" and said he is introducing a resolution at Tuesday's board meeting to denounce the ads.
This is one of the most perverse reversals of common sense ever. Praising the killing of Jews isn't hate speech, that is perfectly fine! But exposing the fact that Hamas advocates killing Jews–that is "hate speech," and "Islamophobic bigotry" which "good people" are obligated to condemn! And those who seek to let people know that Hamas views Jew-killing with unalloyed favor are "well-known hate extremists!" Members of Hamas and other jihadists escape any condemnation whatsoever; apparently they are just like Rotarians or Boy Scouts, or members of the Democratic Party.
I can't say this is the sickest news story ever, because the competition for that title is so stiff. But it is definitely a contender.


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