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A new 50-state report urges state and federal leaders to make rural students and their communities a far greater priority.
The new edition of Why Rural Matters, from the nonprofit, nonpartisan Rural School and Community Trust, provides an overall "priority" ranking of the 50 states, showing the greatest needs in rural education. The report also ranks the states and includes state-by-state data on demographics and poverty, student achievement, state resources, and college and career readiness.
"While some rural schools thrive, far too many rural students face nothing less than a national emergency. Many rural schools and districts face vastly inequitable funding and simply cannot provide the opportunities that many suburban and urban schools do," said Robert Mahaffey, the executive director of the Rural School and Community Trust, based in Washington, D.C.
The report places Wisconsin 40th on the rural school "priority" ranking and cites both positive and negative aspects of rural education in Wisconsin. Most significantly, it notes, Wisconsin's rural schools receive far less in state support than schools nationally (77 cents per local dollar versus $1.24 nationally).
"Just over one in three Wisconsin schools is located in a rural area. Although the state has a lower than average percentage of non-White students in rural districts, the rate is increasing and now more than 10% of rural Wisconsin students are of a different race. Funding is more heavily dependent on local revenue than in most other states, and rural teacher salaries are just above the national average. Wisconsin's rural students are on par with their counterparts in other states on English assessments, but perform significantly better on math and science tests. Nine in ten students who begin high school in a rural district end up graduating, and this rate is only slightly lower for minority students."
Rural schools offer many attributes of quality schools that parents want for their children: smaller settings, personal attention, and a strong sense of community and identity. But many rural schools and students face serious challenges, the report shows.
Some of the Why Rural Matters report's key national findings:
- Lots of students are rural: Nearly 8.9 million students attend rural schools—more than the enrollments of the New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago—and incredibly, the nation's next 75 largest school districts combined. More than one in four schools are rural, more than one in six students attend schools in rural areas, and more than one in four rural students is a child of color. At least half of public schools are rural in 13 states.
- Many districts are very small: Half of rural school districts in 23 states have enrollment smaller than 485 students (the national median enrollment for rural districts)
- States with greatest rural needs: The top 10 national "priority" states—those with the greatest needs in rural schools across an array of measures—are: 1) Mississippi, 2) Arizona, 3) Alabama, 4) South Carolina, 5) South Dakota, 6) Georgia, 7) Nevada, 8) Florida, 9) Oklahoma and 10) Alaska.
- Most rural students live in big states: Half the nation's rural students live in just 10 states. The largest rural enrollments are in Texas, North Carolina, Georgia, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Alabama, Indiana, and Michigan.
- Achievement impressive overall—but low in some states: On average, student achievement in rural schools is comparable to those in suburban areas on the Nation's Report Card (the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP). Even still, scores are lowest for rural students in New Mexico, Mississippi, Alabama, Hawaii, and Louisiana.
- Rural readiness varies: Measures of students' preparedness for higher education and career paths are mixed nationally. A majority of rural 11th and 12th graders in Ohio take one or more Advanced Placement course, but only 5 percent do in Louisiana. Fewer than one in four rural juniors and seniors take the SAT or ACT in California and Oregon.
- Diversity is substantial: Rural America's demographics are changing like those of many places across the country: The majority of rural students identify as nonwhite in several states, including California. In New Mexico, 85 percent of rural students are children of color, the highest rate in the U.S.; the state also has the highest rate of students from low-income families at 85 percent. Nevada has the nation's highest mobility rate for rural students at 17 percent—followed by Oregon and Colorado.
- Resources, equity elusive: Resources for rural schools often are still a major problem. Per-student investment for rural students is lowest in Idaho and Oklahoma, each spending less than $4,400 per rural student, and highest in Alaska and New York, each spending roughly $12,000 per student. Rural educator pay is often low, despite challenges in finding and keeping quality educators. Salary averages are lowest in Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas, and highest in Alaska and New York.
- Lack of early childhood programs: Most of the top 10 overall "priority" states enrolled no more than 12 percent of their 4 year olds in public pre-K classes—including South Dakota, Nevada, Alaska, Mississippi, and Arizona, all of which enrolled 6 percent or less of eligible preschool students.
The full report is available at www.ruraledu.org and www.instituteforchildsuccess.org.


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Zucchini Bread
A few days ago I posted my review of Brown Cow Cream Top Greek Yogurt (speaking of which, this site go over and enter to win the giveaway!). I knew I wanted to make some sort of quick-bread with the plain Greek Yogurt and decided on Zucchini bread. I had never even tasted Zucchini bread before, but I had a feeling I would love it. And I was right! Not only did I really like this bread, prothesis but my entire family did, too- we finished off pretty much the entire loaf the day I made it.
Because our oven is broken, I went over to my neighbors and made this at their house. While it was baking I watched the Olympics- I have absolutely loved watching them this past week. My favorite sports are gymnastics, swimming, and sprinting. I also love the equestrian events, but I haven't seen any being aired! What are your favorite Olympic games to watch?
So anyway, back to this bread. My middle sister was worried because it had zucchini in it, but this doesn't taste remotely healthy! It's sweet, not dry, and the outside is nice and crisp. I love eating it heated with butter on it. I think this bread, as with most quick breads, gets better overnight, but I wouldn't know since we ate it all ;)
I liked this bread enough that I am going to make it again tomorrow! I would definitely recommend it.
And finally, get on over to this post to win some delicious yogurt! The giveaway is open until August 18th.
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1 pound zucchini (you'll end up with about 1 to 1 1/2 cups of zucchini once it has been shredded and wrung through a towel to rid of excess liquid)
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon allspice
1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1/4 cup plain yogurt (I used Brown Cow Plain Greek Yogurt)
1 tablespoon sour cream
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and grease the loaf pan with cooking spray.
- Chop the very ends off the zucchini and finely shred it, peel and all. Place the shredded zucchini in a clean kitchen towel, wrap the towel, and wring the ends to squeeze out all the excess water. You should have about 1 to 1 1/2 cups of dry zucchini. Set the zucchini aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, allspice, and salt. In a smaller bowl, whisk the sugar, yogurt, eggs, sour cream, apple sauce, and butter until combined.
- Gently fold the yogurt mixture and zucchini into the flour mixture, using a rubber spatula or wooden spoon to fold the ingredients together until just combined. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan.
- Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a few crumbs attached, 45-55 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes then turn out into wire rack to cool for at least 1 hour. Store well-covered for up to three days.

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Stop laughing, this is serious. Toyota today announced a new, add-on performance pack for the Prius. The package mainly improves — now stop that! — the Prius's stance, with a lowering kit, 17" forged alloys and rear anti-sway bar. C'mon, I said no laughing, and I mean it.
The Toyota Racing Development (TRD) package, which tacks $3,699 on the Prii Two, Three and Four, and $2,999 on the Prius Five — also includes a set of spoilers, skirts, and rear diffuser and 215/45 tires on those alloys.
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Postponement puts Philadelphia's pitching in perspective
PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies postponed Tuesday's game against the Braves at Citizens Bank Park because of rain. The rescheduled date, which will not be this week, will be announced as soon it is confirmed.
The postponement does not alter the order of the Phils' rotation. Left-hander Cliff Lee will pitch Wednesday night, while right-hander A.J. Burnett will pitch the series finale Thursday afternoon. Right-handers Jonathan Pettibone, Kyle Kendrick and Roberto Hernandez would fall in line to pitch this weekend in Colorado.
But the Braves have skipped right-hander David Hale, who was scheduled to pitch Tuesday. Lee instead will face right-hander Julio Teheran, and Burnett will face left-hander Alex Wood.
Perhaps a night off will help Philadelphia's starters get on track. They have pitched more than six innings just twice in 13 games, which has placed additional pressure on a bullpen with the third-highest ERA (5.53) in baseball.
Phillies starters are 22nd in baseball in innings pitched, but are seventh in pitches thrown. It is partially why Phils games are averaging three hours, 17 minutes, which is the third-longest average in baseball.
"For me, the game starts with pitching and defense," manager Ryne Sandberg said in his office before the postponement. "I think overall, our pitchers have to establish the strike zone and work ahead in the counts. I think that is a big part in why we're playing the slowest games and longest games in baseball. Every time I look at the clock and leave [the ballpark], it's almost midnight. I can't believe it, but it is what it is.
"Our pitchers are throwing a lot of pitches, so on the starting-pitching side of things, they've been limited on the time that they can be out there. And then we've had to use our bullpen, and then with some of our bullpen guys, it has been the same thing with the amount of pitches coming out of the 'pen."
The Phillies had planned to celebrate Jackie Robinson Day on Tuesday, but pregame festivities surrounding the Jackie Robinson Salute were moved to Wednesday, including both teams wearing No. 42 jerseys.
All fans attending Wednesday's game will receive the commemorative Jackie Robinson print, featuring quotes from Phils players and Sandberg on what Robinson meant to them.


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Ok so it is official... I will totally say this game kicks ass.... Yea it has its flaws.... Yes it took a full week of play-time for to get to the "kick ass" point... but if you meander your way (painfully at times...) through the first long leg of this game, you'll be pleasantly surprised by a real gem of an SRPG here..The coolest pro of this title for me is the way they keep the narrative (which is waaaay improved over Zero BTW) in tact whilst allowing you to play in a VERY non-linear way. In fact, dare I say, I've never quite felt such a sense of open-world, non-linearity in an SRPG of this nature before. The cons really held this game back for the first 8-12 hours for me though, which is a shame because I can see alot of people putting it down and never giving it so much as another glance throughout its meager beginnings..... And to be completely honest, I still don't dig the skill system (too much random-ness in developing effective configurations of characters skills for the coming battles for my taste..... you'll find yourself thinking you've got a solid set-up for one battle and then completely dwarfed in the next without reworking things.... which requires a wee bit too much menu surfing IMO)... But other than those two (albeit major) problems, this game is a HUGE step up for Idea Factory if you ask me.... I'll post more as I make my way through this title, but that is my final two cents on the first weeks worth of getting aquainted with this one.
You convinced me to get it! I liked the first one, but the battle system was clunky to the point that I gave up midway through the third generation. When every single battle out of eighty threatens a total party kill, due to the mechanics, the game is too hard. Granted, I liked Ar Tonelico Qoga and I have a really high tolerance for flaws, so I guess I'm in the target demographic! ;-)
Quote from: Zendervai on July 02, 2012, 06:58:18 PMYou convinced me to get it! I liked the first one, but the battle system was clunky to the point that I gave up midway through the third generation. When every single battle out of eighty threatens a total party kill, due to the mechanics, the game is too hard. Granted, I liked Ar Tonelico Qoga and I have a really high tolerance for flaws, so I guess I'm in the target demographic! ;-)Eh? To be quite honest, I've no idea what you're talking about. The first Agarest is easy until you start hitting the bosses in Generation 3 that wipe out your party in one attack. Methinks you, er, didn't know the mechanics well. But I didn't either, not until midway through my first playthrough in Generation 4 (which says a lot for the game in general, that it takes some ~400 battles to fully understand the system).This game has a difficulty spike right at the very start, because the game does a terrible job of explaining everything, and once you get the mechanics down, it's relatively uneven from then on. One battle I can pass with no trouble, the next the enemies toss my characters around like dolls. I'm assuming it's like the first one and eventually the bosses will butcher you if you position your characters incorrectly. I find it more difficult than Agarest 1, but most likely because I do knows Agarest 1 so well.Some things I definitely like, though. They're expanding on the lore (one of the best parts of the series) considerably. I love the new skill system, very interesting.
So I got this game, and it really is a massive improvement. Most of Idea Factory's games make me wonder why they are picked up for release here, but this one could probably get a release on its own merits. One thing that made me laugh though was that after the super serious opening scenes, not offset by the relatively somber pre-menu opening sequence, we get a super happy and cheery opening with dancing right out of nowhere. Then right back to serious. The Agarest games tend to have an extreme amount of mood whiplash, but this is really pushing it. I am enjoying it though.
Well, at their current rate of improvement, maybe our grandkids will get a good IF game.


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Nonetheless, the House passed a proposal that would cut Medicaid spending in half over the next decade, cutting funds for seniors in nursing homes and the poorest moms and kids, who make up the majority of those on Medicaid, Sebelius added.


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Anne Heche gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Dear Gossips,
Thank you Regina – Gemini weekend was a blast! And Gemini host George Stroumboulopoulos totally killed it… did you watch? His opening film skit was brilliant.
Face to face with Brandon Walsh! Almost lost my sh-t midway through the interview - only slightly less gorgeous than the way you remember him…which means Jason Priestly is beautiful. Short, but beautiful. 90210 forever.
And then there's Anne Heche - a crazy bitch, yes, but there is something about Anne Heche. Or maybe it was her coat. She arrived wearing the.most.gorgeous Dolce & Gabbana red satin trench (see attached) that flared out in a full pouffy skirt at the back and then proceeded to entice James Tupper into taking it off for her on the carpet. The two could not stop pawing at each other the entire evening – we have the exclusive video on eTalk etalk.ctv.ca tonight and to be honest… I couldn't stop watching.
Anne and James were on my flight home late last night, surprisingly low key and still deeply in the throes of early, horny, addictive infatuation and in a creepy way, I feel the same about Kristin Kreuk from Smallville.
She presented at the Geminis, she was also on our flight back to Vancouver, and I won't bother attaching a photo because photos do not do this girl justice. In person, Kristin Kreuk is, like, otherworldly beautiful. Like, weak-kneed beautiful… a modern manifestation of Narcissus – if I looked like that, my eyes would never leave my own face either.
More gossip from the Geminis to come later including the clothes.
Sorry about the late start. Flew in on a late flight last night… please forgive?
Monday – am blogging all day, check back often!
Eat it, lick it, snort it, f*ck it!
Yours in gossip,
PS. My love and thanks as always to the Holmes Team for always making work weekends so memorable.
PS. To a long-time loyal reader – Lori M… Happy Birthday!!!
PPS. Colin Farrell doesn't need you to put it there, although if he asked, I totally would.
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Sweet goddess. Have you seen anything low classier than those shoes? Because unless you"re lookin" for a john on Hollywood boulevard, footwear like this is absolutely unacceptable. As are the soap opera bangs. Although I"m not sure Anne Heche could even get a job on daytime television these days. Full Story


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SAMJ: South African Medical Journal
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SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.101 no.2 Cape Town feb. 2011
MRI of a twin pregnancy in a uterus bicornis unicollis
Matthys van Wyk; Nasreen Mahomed; Mala Modi
A 30-year-old woman was seen at 24 weeks for a discrepancy between the symphysis-fundal height and the gestation by dates. Ultrasound examination revealed a twin pregnancy and showed the placentas to be implanted 'back-to-back' over what appeared to be a septum that extended from the uterine fundus to the cervix (Fig. 1). A bicornuate unicollis uterus was confirmed on MRI and revealed two divergent uterine horns separated by a deep fundal cleft, surrounded by myometrial tissue, containing a fetus within each horn (Fig. 2). A single cervix and vagina was visualised (Fig. 3), in keeping with a Class IVA Müllerian duct abnormality.1 At 33 weeks, an emergency caesarean section delivery was performed via two separate classic incisions into each corpus.
A spectrum of congenital uterine malformations is attributed to the abnormal fusion of the pair of Müllerian ducts or failure of the absorption of the uterine septum;2,3 bicornuate uterus is the most common.3 Spontaneous twin gestation in a case of bicornuate uterus is rare. MRI is a valuable adjunct to sonar, which can be diagnostically limited in the third trimester. MRI assists in delineating external uterine contour, characterising septal composition, endometrial/myometrial ratio and defining the subtype of Müllerian duct anomalies.3 Deep uterine bifurcation causes myometrial distortion denying each corpus the full complement of musculature, resulting in a higher incidence of reproductive loss, malpresentations, fetal dysmorphia, premature labour and perinatal morbidity and mortality as well as maternal death.2-4
MRI influenced management in our patient by characterising the uterine anatomy, so allowing proper surgical intervention and planning the future management of pregnancies.
1. The American Fertility Society classifications of adnexal adhesions, distal tubal occlusion, tubal occlusion secondary to tubal ligation, tubal pregnancies, mullerian anomalies and intrauterine adhesions. Fertil Steril 1988;49(6):944-955. [ Links ]
2. Arora M, Gupta N, Jindal N, Jindal S. Unique case of successful twin pregnancy after spontaneous conception in a patient with uterus bicornis unicollis. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2007;276(2):193-195. [ Links ]
3. Marten KVR, Funke M, Obenauer S, Baum F, Grabbe E. MRI in the evaluation of mullerian duct anomalies. Journal of Clinical Imaging 2003;27:346-350. [ Links ]
4. Barmat LI, Damario MA, Kowalik A, Kligman I, Davis OK, Rosenwaks Z. Twin gestation occupying separate horns of a bicornuate uterus after in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer. Hum Reprod 1996;11(10):2316-2318. [ Links ]
Matthys van Wyk is a final-year registrar in radiology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Nasreen Mahomed, a specialist radiologist, has a particular interest in paediatric imaging. Mala Modi, former Head of Radiology at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, is an expert in fetal MRI.
Corresponding author: M van Wyk (firstname.lastname@example.com)


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This article explains how to manually set up a network connection. For automatic network configuration see [[Network manager]].
This article explains how to manually set up a network connection. For automatic network configurationsee [[Network manager]].
To set up or troubleshoot a network connection, go through the following conditions and ensure that you meet them:
To set up or troubleshoot a network connection, go through the following conditions and ensure that you meet them:
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This article explains how to manually set up a network connection. For automatic network configuration, and to save network settings in network profiles, see Network manager.
To set up or troubleshoot a network connection, go through the following conditions and ensure that you meet them:
- Your network interface is listed, see #Listing network interfaces.
- Your network interface is enabled, see #Enabling and disabling network interfaces.
- If its a Wi-Fi connection, you must be connected to your Wireless LAN, see Wireless network configuration.
- Your network interface has an IP address, see #IP addresses.
- Your routing table is correctly set up, see #Routing table.
- You can ping your default gateway.
- You can ping a public IP address.
- You can resolve domain names, see #Resolving domain names.
- 1 Device driver
- 2 Network management
- 3 Ping
- 4 Resolving domain names
- 5 Set the hostname
- 6 Tips and tricks
- 7 Troubleshooting
- 7.1 Swapping computers on the cable modem
- 7.2 The TCP window scaling problem
- 7.3 Realtek no link / WOL problem
- 7.4 No interface with Atheros chipsets
- 7.5 Broadcom BCM57780
- 7.6 Realtek RTL8111/8168B
- 7.7 Gigabyte Motherboard with Realtek 8111/8168/8411
- 8 See also
Device driver
Check the status
udev should detect your network interface controller (NIC) and automatically load the necessary kernel module at startup. Check the "Ethernet controller" entry (or similar) from the
lspci -v output. It should tell you which kernel module contains the driver for your network device. For example:
$ lspci -v
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. L1 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev b0) ... Kernel driver in use: atl1 Kernel modules: atl1
Next, check that the driver was loaded via
dmesg | grep module_name. For example:
$ dmesg | grep atl1
... atl1 0000:02:00.0: eth0 link is up 100 Mbps full duplex
Skip the next section if the driver was loaded successfully. Otherwise, you will need to know which module is needed for your particular model.
Load the module
Search in the Internet for the right module/driver for the chipset. Some common modules are
8139too for cards with a Realtek chipset, or
sis900 for cards with a SiS chipset. Once you know which module to use, try to load it manually. If you get an error saying that the module was not found, it is possible that the driver is not included in Arch kernel. You may search the AUR for the module name.
If udev is not detecting and loading the proper module automatically during bootup, see Kernel module#Automatic module handling.
Network management
iproute2 provides the major network configuration utilities, many of which are accessible via the ip(8) command-line interface. Be aware that configuration made using
ip will be lost after a reboot. You can automate these commands using scripts and systemd units. Also note that
ip commands can generally be abbreviated, for clarity they are however spelled out in this article.
Network interfaces
By default udev assigns names to your network interfaces using Predictable Network Interface Names, which prefixes interfaces names with
en (wired/Ethernet),
wl (wireless/WLAN), or
ww (WWAN).
Listing network interfaces
Both wired and wireless interface names can be found via
ls /sys/class/net or
ip link. Note that
lo is the loop device and not used in making network connections.
Wireless device names can also be retrieved using
iw dev. See also Wireless network configuration#Get the name of the interface.
If your network interface is not listed, make sure your #Device driver was loaded successfully.
Enabling and disabling network interfaces
Network interfaces can be enabled / disabled using
# ip link set interface up|down, see ip-link(8).
To check the status of the interface
$ ip link show dev eth0
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast master br0 state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 1000 ...
UP in
<BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> is what indicates the interface is up, not the later
state DOWN.
eth0, taking it down will also remove the route, and bringing it back up will not automatically reestablish the default route. See #Routing table for reestablishing it.
IP addresses
An IP address can either be assigned manually (called static IP address), described in #Manual IP address management, or assigned dynamically using #DHCP. If you use a static IP address, you will also need to manually configure your default gateway in the #Routing table.
Manual IP address management
IP addresses are managed using ip-address(8).
List IP addresses:
$ ip address show
Add an IP address to an interface:
# ip address add address/prefix_len broadcast + dev interface
- Note that:
- the address is given in CIDR notation to also supply a subnet mask
+is a special symbol that makes ip derive the broadcast address from the address prefix
- Note: Make sure manually assigned IP addresses do not conflict with DHCP assigned ones. See this forum thread.
Delete an IP address from an interface:
$ ip address del address/prefix_len dev interface
Delete all addresses matching a criteria, e.g. of a specific interface:
$ ip address flush dev interface
Routing table
The routing table is used to determine if you can reach an IP address directly or what gateway (router) you should use. If no other route matches the IP address, the default gateway is used.
The routing table is managed using ip-route(8).
PREFIX is either a CIDR notation or
default for the default gateway.
List routes:
$ ip route show
Add a route:
# ip route add PREFIX via address dev interface
Delete a route:
# ip route del PREFIX via address dev interface
A DHCP server provides clients with a dynamic IP address, the subnet mask, the default gateway IP address and optionally also with DNS name servers.
To use DHCP you need a DHCP server in your network and a DHCP client:
Note that instead of directly using a DHCP client you can also use a network manager.
ping is used to test if you can reach a host. See the ping(8) manual. Note that computers can be configured not to respond to ICMP echo requests.[1]
When you receive no reply, you can use a traceroute (traceroute(8) or tracepath(8)) to further diagnose the route to the host.
ping: icmp open socket: Operation not permitted when executing ping, try to re-install the iputils package.
Resolving domain names
To resolve a domain name using your system configuration, run:
$ getent hosts domain_name
For more fine-grained DNS queries use a dedicated DNS lookup utility, like dig(1) (provided by bind-tools) or drill(1) (provided by ldns).
If you cannot resolve domain names but you are connected to the internet, see resolv.conf and check the
hosts line in nsswitch.conf(5).
Set the hostname
A hostname is a unique name created to identify a machine on a network, configured in
/etc/hostname—see hostname(5) and hostname(7) for details. The file can contain the system's domain name, if any. To set the hostname, edit
/etc/hostname to include a single line with
Alternatively, using hostnamectl(1):
# hostnamectl set-hostname myhostname
To temporarily set the hostname (until reboot), use hostname(1) from inetutils:
# hostname myhostname
To set the "pretty" hostname and other machine metadata, see machine-info(5).
Local network hostname resolution
The pre-requisite is to #Set the hostname, after which hostname resolution works on the local system itself:
$ ping myhostname
PING myhostname (192.168.1.2) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from myhostname (192.168.1.2): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.043 ms
To allow other machines to address the host by name, it is necessary to either:
- Configure the hosts(5) file, or
- Enable a service which resolves the hostname.
myhostname nss module, enabled by default in
/etc/nsswitch.conf. However, clients may still rely on
/etc/hosts, see [2] [3] for examples.
To configure the hosts file, add the following line to
127.0.1.1 myhostname.localdomain myhostname
/etc/hosts is significant. The first string is considered the canonical hostname and may be appended with parent domains, where domain components are separated by a dot (ie.
.localdomain above). All following strings on the same line are considered aliases. See hosts(5) for more info.
As a result the system resolves to both entries:
$ getent hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.1.1 myhostname.localdomain myhostname
For a system with a permanent IP address, that permanent IP address should be used instead of
- Samba provides hostname resolution via Microsoft's NetBIOS. It only requires installation of samba and enabling of the
nmbd.serviceservice. Computers running Windows, macOS, or Linux with
nmbdrunning, will be able to find your machine.
- Avahi provides hostname resolution via zeroconf, also known as Avahi or Bonjour. It requires slightly more complex configuration than Samba: see Avahi#Hostname resolution for details. Computers running macOS, or Linux with an Avahi daemon running, will be able to find your machine. Windows does not have an built-in Avahi client or daemon.
Tips and tricks
Change interface name
You can change the device name by defining the name manually with an udev-rule. For example:
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", ATTR{address}=="aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff", NAME="net1" SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", ATTR{address}=="ff:ee:dd:cc:bb:aa", NAME="net0"
These rules will be applied automatically at boot.
A couple of things to note:
- To get the MAC address of each card, use this command:
cat /sys/class/net/device_name/address
- Make sure to use the lower-case hex values in your udev rules. It does not like upper-case.
If the network card has a dynamic MAC, you can use
DEVPATH, for example:
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DEVPATH=="/devices/platform/wemac.*", NAME="int" SUBSYSTEM=="net", DEVPATH=="/devices/pci*/*1c.0/*/net/*", NAME="en"
The device path should match both the new and old device name, since the rule may be executed more than once on bootup. For example, in the second rule,
"/devices/pci*/*1c.0/*/net/enp*" would be wrong since it will stop matching once the name is changed to
en. Only the system-default rule will fire the second time around, causing the name to be changed back to e.g.
To test your rules, they can be triggered directly from userspace, e.g. with
udevadm --debug test /sys/DEVPATH. Remember to first take down the interface you are trying to rename (e.g.
ip link set enp1s0 down).
wifi1. For further details please see the systemd documentation.
Revert to traditional interface names
If you would prefer to retain traditional interface names such as eth0, Predictable Network Interface Names can be disabled by masking the udev rule:
# ln -s /dev/null /etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-setup-link.rules
Alternatively, add
net.ifnames=0 to the kernel parameters.
Set device MTU and queue length
You can change the device MTU and queue length by defining manually with an udev-rule. For example:
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="net", KERNEL=="wl*", ATTR{mtu}="1500", ATTR{tx_queue_len}="2000"
mtu: For PPPoE, the MTU should be no larger than 1492. You can also set MTU via systemd.netdev(5).
tx_queue_len: Small value for slower devices with a high latency like modem links and ISDN. High value is recommend for server connected over the high-speed Internet connections that perform large data transfers.
ifplugd for laptops
ifplugd is a daemon which will automatically configure your Ethernet device when a cable is plugged in and automatically unconfigure it if the cable is pulled. This is useful on laptops with onboard network adapters, since it will only configure the interface when a cable is really connected. Another use is when you just need to restart the network but do not want to restart the computer or do it from the shell.
By default it is configured to work for the
eth0 device. This and other settings like delays can be configured in
netctl-ifplugd@.service, otherwise you can use
ifplugd@.service from ifplugd package. For example, enable
Bonding or LAG
See netctl#Bonding or Wireless bonding.
IP address aliasing
IP aliasing is the process of adding more than one IP address to a network interface. With this, one node on a network can have multiple connections to a network, each serving a different purpose. Typical uses are virtual hosting of Web and FTP servers, or reorganizing servers without having to update any other machines (this is especially useful for nameservers).
To manually set an alias, for some NIC, use iproute2 to execute
# ip addr add 192.168.2.101/24 dev eth0 label eth0:1
To remove a given alias execute
# ip addr del 192.168.2.101/24 dev eth0:1
Packets destined for a subnet will use the primary alias by default. If the destination IP is within a subnet of a secondary alias, then the source IP is set respectively. Consider the case where there is more than one NIC, the default routes can be listed with
ip route.
Promiscuous mode
Toggling promiscuous mode will make a (wireless) NIC forward all traffic it receives to the OS for further processing. This is opposite to "normal mode" where a NIC will drop frames it is not intended to receive. It is most often used for advanced network troubleshooting and packet sniffing.
[Unit] Description=Set %i interface in promiscuous mode After=network.target [Service] Type=oneshot ExecStart=/usr/bin/ip link set dev %i promisc on RemainAfterExit=yes [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
If you want to enable promiscuous mode on interface
eth0 run enable
Swapping computers on the cable modem
Some cable ISPs (Vidéotron for example) have the cable modem configured to recognize only one client PC, by the MAC address of its network interface. Once the cable modem has learned the MAC address of the first PC or equipment that talks to it, it will not respond to another MAC address in any way. Thus if you swap one PC for another (or for a router), the new PC (or router) will not work with the cable modem, because the new PC (or router) has a MAC address different from the old one. To reset the cable modem so that it will recognise the new PC, you must power the cable modem off and on again. Once the cable modem has rebooted and gone fully online again (indicator lights settled down), reboot the newly connected PC so that it makes a DHCP request, or manually make it request a new DHCP lease.
If this method does not work, you will need to clone the MAC address of the original machine. See also MAC address spoofing.
The TCP window scaling problem
TCP packets contain a "window" value in their headers indicating how much data the other host may send in return. This value is represented with only 16 bits, hence the window size is at most 64Kb. TCP packets are cached for a while (they have to be reordered), and as memory is (or used to be) limited, one host could easily run out of it.
Back in 1992, as more and more memory became available, RFC 1323 was written to improve the situation: Window Scaling. The "window" value, provided in all packets, will be modified by a Scale Factor defined once, at the very beginning of the connection. That 8-bit Scale Factor allows the Window to be up to 32 times higher than the initial 64Kb.
It appears that some broken routers and firewalls on the Internet are rewriting the Scale Factor to 0 which causes misunderstandings between hosts. The Linux kernel 2.6.17 introduced a new calculation scheme generating higher Scale Factors, virtually making the aftermaths of the broken routers and firewalls more visible.
The resulting connection is at best very slow or broken.
How to diagnose the problem
First of all, let us make it clear: this problem is odd. In some cases, you will not be able to use TCP connections (HTTP, FTP, ...) at all and in others, you will be able to communicate with some hosts (very few).
When you have this problem, the
dmesg's output is OK, logs are clean and
ip addr will report normal status... and actually everything appears normal.
If you cannot browse any website, but you can ping some random hosts, chances are great that you are experiencing this problem: ping uses ICMP and is not affected by TCP problems.
You can try to use Wireshark. You might see successful UDP and ICMP communications but unsuccessful TCP communications (only to foreign hosts).
Ways of fixing it
To fix it the bad way, you can change the
tcp_rmem value, on which Scale Factor calculation is based. Although it should work for most hosts, it is not guaranteed, especially for very distant ones.
# echo "4096 87380 174760" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_rmem
Simply disable Window Scaling. Since Window Scaling is a nice TCP feature, it may be uncomfortable to disable it, especially if you cannot fix the broken router. There are several ways to disable Window Scaling, and it seems that the most bulletproof way (which will work with most kernels) is to add the following line to
/etc/sysctl.d/99-disable_window_scaling.conf (see also sysctl):
net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling = 0
This problem is caused by broken routers/firewalls, so let us change them. Some users have reported that the broken router was their very own DSL router.
More about it
This section is based on the LWN article TCP window scaling and broken routers and a Kernel Trap article: Window Scaling on the Internet.
There are also several relevant threads on the LKML.
Realtek no link / WOL problem
Users with Realtek 8168 8169 8101 8111(C) based NICs (cards / and on-board) may notice a problem where the NIC seems to be disabled on boot and has no Link light. This can usually be found on a dual boot system where Windows is also installed. It seems that using the official Realtek drivers (dated anything after May 2007) under Windows is the cause. These newer drivers disable the Wake-On-LAN feature by disabling the NIC at Windows shutdown time, where it will remain disabled until the next time Windows boots. You will be able to notice if this problem is affecting you if the Link light remains off until Windows boots up; during Windows shutdown the Link light will switch off. Normal operation should be that the link light is always on as long as the system is on, even during POST. This problem will also affect other operating systems without newer drivers (eg. Live CDs). Here are a few fixes for this problem.
Enable the NIC directly in Linux
Follow #Enabling and disabling network interfaces to enable the interface.
Rollback/change Windows driver
You can roll back your Windows NIC driver to the Microsoft provided one (if available), or roll back/install an official Realtek driver pre-dating May 2007 (may be on the CD that came with your hardware).
Enable WOL in Windows driver
Probably the best and the fastest fix is to change this setting in the Windows driver. This way it should be fixed system-wide and not only under Arch (eg. live CDs, other operating systems). In Windows, under Device Manager, find your Realtek network adapter and double-click it. Under the "Advanced" tab, change "Wake-on-LAN after shutdown" to "Enable".
In Windows XP (example):
Right click my computer and choose "Properties" --> "Hardware" tab --> Device Manager --> Network Adapters --> "double click" Realtek ... --> Advanced tab --> Wake-On-Lan After Shutdown --> Enable
Disable has no effect (you will notice the Link light still turns off upon Windows shutdown). One rather dirty workaround is to boot to Windows and just reset the system (perform an ungraceful restart/shutdown) thus not giving the Windows driver a chance to disable LAN. The Link light will remain on and the LAN adapter will remain accessible after POST - that is until you boot back to Windows and shut it down properly again.
Newer Realtek Linux driver
Any newer driver for these Realtek cards can be found for Linux on the realtek site (untested but believed to also solve the problem).
Enable LAN Boot ROM in BIOS/CMOS
It appears that setting Integrated Peripherals > Onboard LAN Boot ROM > Enabled in BIOS/CMOS reactivates the Realtek LAN chip on system boot-up, despite the Windows driver disabling it on OS shutdown.
No interface with Atheros chipsets
Users of some Atheros ethernet chips are reporting it does not work out-of-the-box (with installation media of February 2014). The working solution for this is to install backports-patchedAUR.
Broadcom BCM57780
This Broadcom chipset sometimes does not behave well unless you specify the order of the modules to be loaded. The modules are
broadcom and
tg3, the former needing to be loaded first.
These steps should help if your computer has this chipset:
- Find your NIC in lspci output:
$ lspci | grep Ethernet
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)
- If your wired networking is not functioning in some way or another, unplug your cable then do the following:
# modprobe -r tg3 # modprobe broadcom # modprobe tg3
- Plug your network cable back in and check whether the module succeeded with:
$ dmesg | greg tg3
- If this procedure solved the issue you can make it permanent by adding
tg3(in this order) to the
MODULES=(.. broadcom tg3 ..)
- Regenerate the initramfs
- Alternatively, you can create an
softdep tg3 pre: broadcom
Realtek RTL8111/8168B
# lspci | grep Ethernet
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
The adapter should be recognized by the
r8169 module. However, with some chip revisions the connection may go off and on all the time. The alternative r8168 should be used for a reliable connection in this case. Blacklist
r8169, if r8168 is not automatically loaded by udev, see Kernel modules#Automatic module handling.
Another fault in the drivers for some revisions of this adapter is poor IPv6 support. IPv6#Disable functionality can be helpful if you encounter issues such as hanging webpages and slow speeds.
Gigabyte Motherboard with Realtek 8111/8168/8411
With motherboards such as the Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3, booting with IOMMU off (which can be the default) will cause the network interface to be unreliable, often failing to connect or connecting but allowing no throughput. This will apply to the onboard NIC and to any other pci-NIC in the box because the IOMMU setting affects the entire network interface on the board. Enabling IOMMU and booting with the install media will throw AMD I-10/xhci page faults for a second, but then boots normally, resulting in a fully functional onboard NIC (even with the r8169 module).
When configuring the boot process for your installation, add
iommu=soft as a kernel parameter to eliminate the error messages on boot and restore USB3.0 functionality.


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Your dental health matters to us!
Kate and Scott McKinzie
Ours is a dental practice that strives to make every patient feel at home and at ease. By providing health care with a personal touch, we can devote the time and attention that is necessary to help you attain healthy teeth and gums while addressing your specific concerns and needs. We bring a "family" feeling that you will immediately sense when you walk in our door.
Scott A. McKinzie


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SpecialtyGeneral Practitioner - Anaesthetics
StatusOpen for Applications
PositionPermanent full-time
CommunityWhitecourt(North Zone)Read more about this community
Closing DateJuly 01, 2020
Posted DateDecember 03, 2019
Clinic TypeGroup Practice
Number of Physiciansvarious
Clinic Hoursvarious
Hospital NameWhitecourt Healthcare CentreRead more about this hospital
Job Description
Responsibilities include but not limited to:
• Reside in and have as his/her primary residence, Whitecourt
• Establish and maintain a full time community based practice within the community
• Provision of extended hours (including evenings & weekends) of comprehensive care within the base community
• Provide hospital and call support as per call schedules, including full time participation in the Emergency Department and other call schedules as required
• Contribute to and participate in teaching programs and activities
• Contribute to and participate in other administrative responsibilities as assigned
There is a Primary Care Network in the community.
The successful candidate is recruited for the community of Whitecourt. Once chosen, the successful candidate may choose to operate their business by joining an existing practice or opening their own practice. This is the candidate's independent business decision and will not be managed through the recruitment process.
Qualifications & Experience
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) (desired)
Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP) (desired)
CCFP (desired)
CCFP-EM (desired)
Geriatrics (desired)
Candidate must have independent Emergency Room & Acute Care Hospital Experience in a rural setting within the past 1-2 years.
Preference will be given to applicants who do not require or have completed the CPSA Preliminary Clinical Assessment.
Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) (required)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) (desired)
- Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP) (desired)
- Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) (required)
- Certification in The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CCFP) (desired)
- Certificate of Special Competence in Emergency Medicine (CCFP-EM) (desired)
Additional Competencies
- Anaesthetics (Required)
- Geriatrics (Desired)
- Emergency Room Experience (Required)
A Flat Fee is paid to physicians who practice & reside in this community of $18631.67 per year provided his/her annual income for insured services is greater than $50,000. (Residency conditions apply, including living in the eligible community for nine of the previous twelve months ending on the payment date.) The Variable Fee Premium paid is an additional 17.30% for insured services provided in this community.
Rural, Remote, Northern Program (RRNP) - Please note, payments through the RRNP are capped at $60,000 per physician per year.
Medical Liability Reimbursement - reimburses physicians for their medical liability protection costs less a $1,000 deductible.
Continuing Medical Education - reimburses physicians for eligible continuing medical education costs. Each eligible physician receives a $2,656 annual allotment which can be carried forward for up to three years.
Parental Leave Program - provides $1,063 per week for up to 17 weeks to physician parents of a newborn or newly adopted child.
Business Cost Program - addresses escalating practice costs in community based practices. This fee modifier is added automatically to select office visits and consultations. This program applies across the province and all physicians who provide visit services in an office based setting will receive an additional $2.75 with the exception of Calgary and Airdrie where the fee modifier is $3.25 on select office visits and consultations.
APL is a free service, connecting you with practitioner jobs in Alberta, Canada.
After you have registered you will be able to submit your interest in this practice opportunity.
A letter of Eligibility or Application Approved from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA) or Alberta Medical License or Professional License is required for application.


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We are very happy to announce that we are releasing the 1.6 version of our favorite library. This release took longer than the usual due to the very busy schedule of the PCL community: code sprints, tutorials at robotics and computer vision conferences, contests, the Open Perception Foundation etc.
Due to the larger time difference to the previous release, the Point Cloud Library 1.6 contains a lot more new features, bug fixes, and awesome tools and apps you can take advantage of in your personal projects. More details on the change list.
As usual, you will find binaries for Windows, Debian&Ubuntu, and Mac OS X on the downloads page. or source code that you can compile for your favorite supported platform.
Thank you for the awesome support you have offered us so far!


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Challengers & Satellites
18.08.2006 -
Finland Hosts Inaugural FIVB
Satellite Stop
staging a men's Satellite event in 2005 where Latvia's Martins Plavins
and Aleksandrs Samoilous claimed the gold medal, Turku and the Nystrom
twins (Emilia and Erika) host some of the best Beach Volleyball players
in the world for Finland's first international women's event. The
Nystroms have competed in three Challenger/Satellite events and have
played on the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour since 2002. The twins won French
Satellite medals in Le Lavandou with gold in 2003 and silver in 2004.
Founded in the 13th century, Turku is the oldest and fifth largest city
in Finland with a population of neary 175,000. Located at the mouth of
the Aura River in the southwest of the country, it is the capital city
of the region of Finland Proper and the province of Western Finland, as
well as being the centre of the country's third largest urban area, with
around 300,000 inhabitants. Turku has one of the largest
Finland-Swedish populations in the country. Due to its location, the
Port of Turku is one of the busiest seaports in Finland. Turku has a
cultural identity as Finland's historical centre, as it was the largest
city in the country and served as its capital from its foundation in the
13th century to 1812. It also hosted the county's first university, the
Academy of �bo. Turku is considered Finland's 'second city' by some,
while others assign the title to Tampere.


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After six days of waiting for stable wind conditions, today was the day. The wind began to pick up in strength near noon and the first heats of the day gotunderway. Race director Olaf Van Tol made the decision to begin the day with the wave discipline, as the conditions were not 100% suitable for the freestylers.
The first heat of the day between Kelby Bright (North, NZL) and Mark Gee (BenWilsonSurf, AUS) was abandoned because the wind was still a bit too light to compensate for the strong current. A second attempt commenced 10 minutes later and was successfully completed as Bright took the lead with 7.67 points over Gee's score of 5.50 points. Great sportsmanship was shown by Tom Hebert (Airush, NCL) today, he stopped during his heat to pose for a picture taken by a couple of tourists watching the competition from the shoreline. Hebert's score of 4.10 point was not enough to defeat opponent Paul Jackson (Naish, AUS) whom had a score totaling 6.50 points. Troy Gibson (Slingshot, AUS) eliminated Luca Hearn (North, AUS) in a very close heat with a total of 5.47 points over Hearn's score of 5.17 points. Torrin Bright (Ozone, NZL) automatically advances as his opponent Daniel Bevan (F-One, AUS) did not start. Heat # 9A between Matt Tobin (Slingshot, AUS) and Stuey Martin (Cabrinha, AUS) was rerun due to a discrepancy. Martin won the rerun with a total of 8.33 points over Tobin's score totaling 7.77 points.
A short pause was conducted in order to change disciplines. It was a full day of kiteboarding action. The men's and women's freestyle single eliminations wrapped up with great results. Tom Hebert (Airush, NCL) was on fire winning 4 consecutive heats leading him into the final against the official 2010 PKRA World Tour champion and local superstar Andy Yates (Slingshot, AUS). Hebert defeated Yates in a very close, 3/2 judge's decision due to better execution on his switch tricks, a super nice NIS and an L3. Yates finished the singles in second place having eliminated Marc Jacobs (Switch, NZL) in a very close heat with a 2/1 judge's decision with power being the deciding factor. Yates also eliminated Mario Rodwald (North, GER) in yet another super close heat with a 2/1 judge's decision; better execution of the same tricks was the deciding factor in this heat leading him into the semi finals against Alberto Rondina (Cabrinha, ITA). Yates took another win with a 3/2 judge's decision which lead him to the final, while Rondina moved on to the loser's final against Brazilian rider Reno Romeu (North, BRA). Rondina defeated Romeu with a 5/0 judge's decision enabling him third place in the singles while Romeu takes fourth.
In the women's freestyle division, it was a winning day for Bruna Kajiya (Flexifoil, BRA) who eliminated Johara Sykes-Davies (Flexifoil, GBR) as well as Jalou Langeree (Naish, NED) in two consecutive heats due to better power and degree of technical difficulty. Kajiya moved on to win the women's final against Gisela Pulido (Airush, ESP) in a close 3/2 judge's decision due to Kajiya's excellent execution of switch tricks such as her Blind Judge 3 and performed with more power than Pulido who takes second place in the singles having defeated Shannon Ducker (Ozone, Australia) as well as Kari Schibevaag (Ozone, NOR) which lead her to the final. It was a great day for Jalou Langeree (Naish, NED) who defeated Marine Sudre (Cabrinha, AUS) as well as New Caledonia women's freestyle event winner Karolina Winkowska (Slingshot, POL) in a super close 2/1 judge's decision. Both Langeree and Winkowska performed with full power however Langeree had a better variety of tricks enabling her a spot in the semi final against Kajiya. Langeree was defeated in the semi final by Kajiya, which enabled Langeree third place in the singles by defeating Kari Schibevaag (Ozone, NOR) in the loser's final where Schibevaag takes fourth.
The day finished with three women's wave heats where Jalou Langeree (Naish, NED), Michelle England (Slingshot, AUS) and Almudena Naranjo (F-One, ESP) all move on to the third round. An award podium for the men's and women's freestyle single elimination winners was held on the beach where heaps of spectators watched and shared in on all the fun and excitement.
Tomorrow's skippers meeting is scheduled for 10:00am.
The PKRA Gold Coast Kitesurfing Pro 2010 event is sponsored in part by Nissan, Cabrinha, Red Bull, Gold Coast International Hotel, Fakie and The Temple with official partners Queensland Events, Gold Coast City Council, Tourism Queensland, Gold Coast Tourism, Katz Management, Glamorous Life Swimwear, Lovebirds Australia, Mojoz Swimwear with special support by Minotaur Sports Management Party Ltd. MSL – Michael Sing Lawyers, Keystone Events and 12 Below.


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Last Wednesday, one of two boats full of Haitians capsized on the way to Miami. Four woen drowned and the other boat was intercepted by the Coast Guard. Family members who were expecting calls from their relatives anxiously await news of their loved ones.
Haitians seek release of migrants on fatal smuggling trip
By Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald
October 21, 2013
The three strangers sat inside the Miami conference room reliving the details of the phone calls, which alerted them to be on the look-out for relatives in the coming days. Each would be arriving in Miami by boat from Abaco in the Bahamas, the callers said.
Five days later, no niece, no nephew, no daughter and no word about whether any of them are among the living — or the dead.
"We are suffering a lot because we don't know where they are," said Dieudonne Alcinor, whose niece Ysena Alcinor had sent word that after eight years, she was leaving the Bahamas with her three-year-old daughter and coming to Miami aboard one of two boats leaving Abaco.
One of those boats capsized Wednesday eight miles from Miami. Four of the 15 passengers, all Haitian women, drowned. The other boat was intercepted at sea that same day by the U.S. Coast Guard just a mile off Lake Worth. All of its passengers survived. Most have since been repatriated to Haiti.
On Monday, Dieudonne Alcinor and others who were expecting relatives called on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to help them find peace.
They want to know, they say, who was aboard the boats and are asking federal authorities to release the five survivors of the ill-fated smuggling trip who are not facing smuggling-related charges.
"These refugees are traumatized," said Marleine Bastien, founder of Haitian Women of Miami, who was joined by Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat in her appeal. "They have suffered enough."
Nestor Yglesias, a spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said the agency doesn't make names "readily available." He also noted that the capsized-boat incident is now part of an active criminal investigation.
Meanwhile, U.S. Coast Guard spokeswoman Marilyn Fajardo confirmed that a 25-foot vessel was picked up on the same day the other boats capsized. Two individuals were arrested and 23 others — all Haitians — were returned to Haiti Monday.
Bastien and other Haitian immigration activists say it's time for the Obama administration to end the different treatment of Cuban and Haitian migrants.
"It is a disgrace that we have a double standard here," said Jack Lieberman, a founder of the Haitian Refugee Center. "Cubans who step foot on U.S. soil get asylum and Haitians get sent back, put in concentration camps… and then sent back with no due process."
As he spoke, about 20 Haitians held up signs protesting the administration's policy and calling on it to "End Deportations Now."
Relatives said they did not encourage their loved ones to make the dangerous voyages, but they understand why they do so. They joined with activists in calling on Haitian government officials to stabilize Haiti and build hope in the country to keep people off the high seas.
"Hunger and misery are making people take the boats," said SaintAnna Similiel, who was told a nephew, who lived in the northwest Haitian city of Port-de-Paix, had decided to take the chance to make the dangerous voyage. "There is no work."
Parts of Haiti are still struggling to recover from the January 2010 earthquake, several regions are still reeling from last year's severe storms and a drought, and food prices are rising. The United Nations humanitarian agency said Monday that while conditions are improving, more than a half million Haitians still suffer from severe hunger. Meanwhile, 2.4 million Haitians still don't have enough food to eat.
Bastien said activists plan to protest outside the Broward Transitional Center at 7 p.m. Thursday, where they believe survivors are being detained.
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Daring Bakers: Milk Chocolate and Caramel TartWednesday, August 29th, 2007
Milk chocolate and caramel tart decorated with caramel containing ground hazelnuts
This is my second month as a member of the amazing Daring Bakers. The Daring bakers consist of proud women and men that love to bake and are not afraid of baking challenges. The idea of the Daring Bakers is that every month one baking recipe is presented that all members have to follow exactly without any modifications. During the month we share our experiences and learn to be better bakers. The recipe, our photos and experiences are then officially posted on a specified day, this time on the 29th of August. This month's challenge was a Milk Chocolate Caramel Tart consisting of a pastry with hazelnuts, cocoa and cinnamon which was filled with caramel mixture and then milk chocolate mousse topped with pieces of caramel. The recipe was picked by Veronica and Patricia.
How it all went:
I love the beginning of every month as that is when the new Daring Bakers challenge is presented. I always get enthusiastic, thinking a lot about the recipe. This time I was looking forward to bake the tart, as always, but the days passed by and I baked all sorts of cakes and cookies instead of the challenge. Eventually the month end was getting closer and last Sunday evening I finally made the dough. On Monday evening after work I made the caramel filling, which started really fine using the dry method when melting the caster sugar. I was pretty scared though, as I got a really nasty burn when making sugar candies many years ago. When I added the room temperatured cream to the melted sugar I instantly got a hard sugar layer on top of the cream. I was sure that everything would just explode in my face as the cream beneath the sugar started to simmer. I tried to calm down and started stirring the hard sugar and cream on a low temperature until I finally managed the sugar to melt again. After baking the filling in the oven I noticed that the filling was way too loose, so I had it in the oven for an additional 8 or even 10 minutes. It was still very wobbly when I took it out but I thought that it would set fine after being refrigerated (but it didn't set completely. I still don't know if it's the fan ovens fault or what I did wrong). As the caramel filling was cooling, I made the caramel for the decoration. Anne had mentioned that hazelnuts made the creation less sweet so I added some ground hazelnuts and the sugar came out very well and I managed not to burn myself. Then I started on the chocolate mousse. I melted my chocolate in the micro wave and let it cool a bit. I stirred it every now and then when I suddenly noticed that it was starting to stiffen even though it was still quite warm. So I took the stupid decision to combine it with the whipped cream, which of course kind of separated from the heat. Maybe separated it the wrong word, but it looked a bit weird. I had no problems with putting the mousse on top of the caramel filling and left the cake in the fridge until Tuesday evening when I decorated the cake with the burnt sugar and finally served it to Fredrik and a friend. And today Wednesday I'm writing the post :-)
The tart is absolutely too sweet. Although my "jury" agreed on that the tart would be pretty good if cut in really small pieces and served with strong coffee.The milk chocolate mousse set very nicely but was way too sweet even if I tried hard with finding a not too sweet and yet not over priced milk chocolate. And also as I wrote earlier it kind of separated. I thought that the caramel filling would get firmer after spending almost 24 hours in the fridge, but it was quite loose and you definetly can't hold up a piece of the cake with a fork in the caramel filling, like on the original photo which was provided when the Daring Bakers received the recipe.
Lessons learned (nb that some of these lessons should have been learned already last month):
1. Don't start baking too late in the evening.
2. Bake the cake on a weekend and not in the evening after work.
3. Make sure to use milk chocolate that isn't too sweet.
4. Don't be cocky and think that it's easy peasy, there are always things that can go wrong when baking a cake with so many parts.
5. Sometimes room temperatured ingredients just are not enough. In the case with the caramel filling I should have heated the cream before pouring it on the melted sugar.
6. You can't always succeed :-)
Will I do this tart again?
Probably some day in the future, with a few modifications though; at least a less sweet chocolate and less cinnamon.
To see how the other Daring Bakers managed the challenge, check out our blog roll.
Milk Chocolate and Caramel Tart
(The August challenge for the Daring Bakers. Source: Sweet and Savory tarts by Eric Kayser)
Preparation time: 40 minutes
Baking Time: 30 minutes
Refrigeration time: 1 hour
One 9-inch(24-cm) square pan; 1 10-inch (26-cm) round baking pan
½ lb (250 g) chocolate shortbread pastry (see recipe below)
1 ½ cups (300 g) granulated sugar
1 cup (250 g) heavy cream (30-40 percent butterfat) or crème fraiche
¼ cup (50 g) butter
2 whole eggs
1 egg yolk
2 ½ tablespoons (15 g) flour
1 ¼ cups (300 g) whipping cream
½ lb (250 g) milk chocolate
1. Preheat oven to 325 °F (160 °C).
2. Line the baking pan with the chocolate shortbread pastry and bake blind for 15 minutes.
3. In a saucepan, caramelize 1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar using the dry method until it turns a golden caramel color. Incorporate the heavy cream or crème fraiche and then add butter. Mix thoroughly. Set aside to cool.
4. In a mixing bowl, beat the whole eggs with the extra egg yolk, then incorporate the flour.
5. Pour this into the cream-caramel mixture and mix thoroughly.
6. Spread it out in the tart shell and bake for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
7. Prepare the milk chocolate mousse: beat the whipping cream until stiff. Melt the milk chocolate in the microwave or in a bain-marie, and fold it gently into the whipped cream.
8. Pour the chocolate mousse over the cooled caramel mixture, smoothing it with a spatula. Chill for one hour in the refrigerator.
To decorate: melt ½ cup (100g) granulated sugar in a saucepan until it reaches an amber color. Pour it onto waxed paper laid out on a flat surface. Leave to cool. Break it into small fragments and stick them lightly into the top of the tart.
Chocolate Shortbread Pastry
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Refrigeration :overnight
To make 3 tarts, 9 ½ inches (24 cm) square
or 10 inches (26 cm round)
1 cup (250g ) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons (150 g) confectioners' sugar
½ cup (50 g) ground hazelnuts
2 level teaspoons (5 g) ground cinnamon
2 eggs
4 ½ cups (400 g) cake flour
2 ½ teaspoons (10 g) baking powder
1 ½ tablespoons (10 g) cocoa powder
A day ahead
1. In a mixing bowl of a food processor, cream the butter.
2. Add the confectioners' sugar, the ground hazelnuts, and the cinnamon, and mix together
3. Add the eggs, one by one, mixing constantly
4. Sift in the flour, the baking powder, and the cocoa powder, and mix well.
5. Form a ball with the dough, cover in plastic wrap, and chill overnight.


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Comlabs News:
December 2015:
- Comlabs awarded a significant contract to supply ongoing satellite bandwidth, training and maintenance for Air National Guard.
- Polk County, Florida, Sheriff's Department awards Crime Scene Trailer bid to Comlabs.
October 2015:
- Comlabs delivered new B.A.T (Blood Alcohol Testing) vehicle to Providence, Rhode Island, Police Department. Here are local news links for this project.


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Metro Nashville Police
Police were seeking Earnest Woodley, also known as Earnest Moore, 39, a convicted murderer with a long criminal record.
A woman and her three teenage daughters who were wounded when the woman's barefoot boyfriend shot them Friday in Nashville, Tenn., were listed as stable at a Nashville hospital Friday night, police said.
Police were seeking Earnest Woodley, 39, also known as Earnest Moore, a convicted murderer with a long criminal record. Police said Woodley, who was charged late Friday with four counts each of attempted homicide and aggravated assault, fled wearing a gray T-shirt, blue shorts and no shoes.
Nicole Luke, 34, her twin 14-year-old daughters, Deona and Keona Luke, and their 15-year-old sister, Kierra Smith, were all shot Friday afternoon at an apartment complex in the Madison neighborhood of northeast Nashville.
Luke, Woodley and the three girls were in two vehicles driving to Memphis, where they were all moving, when they stopped at the complex to visit a cousin of Woodley's, police said. All but Kierra went inside.
Woodley's cousin told police that Luke and Woodley began arguing before Woodley shot Luke, Deona and Keona. He then went outside and shot Kierra, police said.
Three other children who were at the scene weren't injured: Woodley's and Luke's 3-year-old daughter and the cousin's two sons, ages 7 and 13, police said.
A witness, Courtney Hiles, told NBC station WSMV in an on-air interview that she first heard two gunshots and then four more.
"We went outside and saw the man running past our house, so we went over here to see what had happened and we saw the car," Hiles said. "There was a lady in the front seat, and she had been shot, and all of the windows in the car had been shot out."
Woodley remained at large Friday night and should be considered armed and extremely dangerous, police said.
Woodley, sometimes using the name Moore, has a long criminal record, state corrections records show. He was convicted of second-degree murder in 1991 and finished parole in 2010. His other convictions include aggravated assault and cocaine possession.
Watch US News crime videos on NBCNews.com
This story was originally published on Fri Jun 14, 2013 7:17 PM EDT


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TWO former Liberal leaders are calling for the opposition to release policy detail instead of pandering to ''extreme political elements''.
Former opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull also issued a thinly veiled criticism of Tony Abbott's negative attacks on the government and personal criticism of the Prime Minister Julia Gillard, using Barack Obama's election victory over Mitt Romney.
Mr Turnbull said the Republican candidate's failure to win the US presidential election should serve as a warning to political parties who embraced extremist views to win extra votes.
''The lessons for that for everybody is that if you run off to the extremes in politics, which is what the Republicans did, some of their candidates were saying some really bizarre things, which resulted in them losing,'' he said.
''You lose the credibility of the middle ground and elections are won in the middle ground.''
But frontbencher Andrew Robb, who is heading the policy development team, said the Coalition had no intention of revealing its suite of policy ideas before it was ''good and ready''. He urged Mr Abbott not to succumb to pressure from political opponents and polling data.
The public comments came as John Hewson, the Liberal opposition leader in 1993, said his former press secretary Mr Abbott was ''the most effective opposition leader in history'' yet stressed that he must ''give detail on two or three policies, give the electorate something to really think on''.


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While he was wallowing in mediocrity prior to the waiver claim, Rios face planted upon reaching the South Side. He finished the season with a macabre -0.1 Wins Above Replacement, according to Fangraphs. Making the worst first impression possible, Rios has been the subject of much derision.
The knee-jerk reaction is to say, "well, Kenny Williams blew it. Look at all that cash they owe him now." But is that really the case? Will Rios be an anchor on Chicago's payroll for years to come? Let's try to find out. …
February 1, 2010
The Sox $60 million question
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