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Tuesday's minor league report. As you may have guessed Daytona was postponed yet again.
The AZL Cubs lost to the Mariners 4-1 in one of their two games on Tuesday. Duane Underwood got the start and pitched pretty good going three innings and allowing no runs on no hits, while walking one and striking out three. Anthony Prieto pitched the next 2.1 innnings and took the loss giving up four runs. At the plate Justin Marra had himself a nice day going 2-for-2 with a double and a triple. He also scored the Cubs lone run when he was driven in by Trevor Gretzky who also had two hits. Shawon Dunston also had a hit in the loss.
The AZL Cubs scored four times in the seventh to beat the Mariners 7-6. The offense did a nice job in not giving up in this one. Shawon Dunston was 2-for-3 with a two runs scored and an RBI. Anthony Giansanti who is working his way back from injury also had two hits and drove in three. Justin Marra, Ben Carhart, and Garrett Schlecht all had a hit and an RBI in the game. Carlos Penalver and Jeffrey Baez each had a hit in the win. Carl Lang got the start only pitching one inning and allowing no runs. Carlos Martinez-Pumarino continued to struggle as he gave up five runs, four earned on six hits in only three innings. After Steve Perakslis gave up one run in two innings Chad Martin pitched a scoreless seventh and earned his third win of the season.
After a rough loss on Monday night Boise came out swinging beating Yakima 7-4. Pierce Johnson started, but struggled a bit giving up three runs in two innings. Felix Pena came in relief and pitched five wonderful innings allowing only one unearned run and striking out three. Eduardo Orozco pitched the final two innings notching his sixth save of the season. Offensively Gioskar Amaya had himself a nice night going 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBIs. Albert Almora had a hit and an RBI and Marco Hernandez also drove one in. Stephen Bruno and Xavier Batista each had a hit and combined to score three runs. It was good to get back in the win column after last nights debacle.
Peoria came back strong on Tuesday beating Wisconsin 4-2. Jeff Antigua was good enough to win this one, but got a no decision. He last 5.2 innings allowing two runs, one earned on five hits, while striking out five. Austin Reed threw 2.1 scoreless innings in getting the win. Larry Suarez pitched the ninth and recorded his fourth save. After a couple rough games for Jorge Soler he got back on track going 3-for-4 with an RBI. Sergio Burruel also had a nice night at the plate adding three hits and driving in one run as well. Pin-Chieh Chen contributed with a hit and an RBI. Timothy Saunders, Dustin Geiger, and Wes Darvill all had a hit a piece with Darvill also scoring a run and stealing a base. It was good to see the Chiefs and Soler get back on track in this one.
Tennessee lost a pitcher's duel 3-1 in 11 innings. Eric Jokisch started for the Smokies giving up no runs in five innings of work. He left in line for the win and Trey McNutt and Tony Zych got it to the ninth inning scoreless, but Frank Batista gave up a run in the ninth. Kevin Rhoderick took the loss as Casey Harman couldn't get the final out of the 11th before the two runs scored. Jae-Hoon Ha and Matt Cerda were the only Tennessee players to have multi hit games. Justin Bour had a hit and drove in the only Smokies run. Rubi Silva and Matt Szczur each had a hit in the loss.
Iowa scored two in the seventh to beat Memphis 2-0 on Tuesday. Seth McClung started for the Cubs and was brilliant pitching seven strong innings allowing no runs on six hits, while walking one and striking out six. Scott Maine pitched a scoreless eighth and turned the ball over to Blake Parker who struck out two in recording his sixth save of the season. The Cubs didn't do much offensively, but a two-run homer by Jeff Frazier proved to be more than enough. Blake Lalli also had a hit and scored on the Frazier home run. Diory Hernandez and Matt Tolbert each had doubles in the Cubs victory.
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12 best amps for heavy metal
It's been a couple of years since we last asked you all to tell us, from the bottom of your black hearts, about your favourite amplifiers for making the infernal devil's music that is heavy metal.
As you'd expect, there have been a lot of changes since 2010. This year's top 12 is a very different line-up, with newcomers aplenty. As for the winner... well, we'll let you discover what this is for yourself.
Scroll through to find out which amps won a spot on the list: these are the heaviest, most bowel-crunching models your money can buy
First up: Marshall 2203KK
Marshall 2203KK
MusicRadar's verdict:
"As long as you're aware that it does exactly what it says on its tattooed tin and not a great deal else, you'll be blown away. Slayer guitarist Kerry King's fearsome signature amp is a no-nonsense heavy rock model that sounds phenomenal."
4 out of 5
NEXT: Diezel Hagen
Diezel Hagen
A 100 watt beast, the Diezel Hagen boasts four channels - clean, crunch, mega and lead - four individual preamps and a whole world of heavy hurt for any soul brave enough to push it to the extremes.
NEXT: Orange Thunderverb 200
Orange Thunderverb 200
MusicRadar's verdict:
"For a studio musician or producer, the combination of built-in attenuation and world-class guitar and bass tones will prove very tempting."
4.5 out of 5
Orange Thunderverb 200 Head review
NEXT: Orange Dark Terror
Orange Dark Terror
MusicRadar's verdict:
"Often when we review 'lunchbox' amps, the range of rock guitar sounds peaks at classic metal in terms of heaviness. Take a look at Orange's endorsee roster and you'll see that the company knows a thing or two about 'heavy', and the Dark Terror takes it to the next level for an amp of its stature. The perfect high-gain partner for recording and medium-sized gigs."
Next: Bogner Uberschall
Bogner Uberschall
Apparently, Uberschall means supersonic in German, and that's exactly how fast you'll be blown out of the nearest window if you decide to push this meanest of heavy rock amps to its limit.
Available in two configurations - the standard Uberschall, with clean and super high gain channels, and the Twin Jet, with semi-clean to hot rod gain and super high gain channels - according to Bogner, this is an amp which will "seek you out, relentlessly, while you sleep, in this life and the next." Scary stuff.
Official Bogner Uberschall website
NEXT: Blackstar Series 1 S1-200
Blackstar Series 1 S1-200
MusicRadar's verdict:
"Fantastic tone, great character and lots of perfectly usable features. One thing that's missing from so many multi-function amps these days is character, but the Series 1 amps have tons of it, with all the flexibility you need. It's been a very long wait for these amps to arrive, but it's been worth every minute!"
4.5 out of 5
Blackstar Series 1 S1-200 head review
NEXT: Engl Powerball
Engl Powerball
MusicRadar's verdict:
"The ENGL Powerball amp head is designed for incredible volume without sacrificing tone. We talking heavy duty here. This isn't an amp for a coffee house jazz group -- not that there's anything wrong with that. This amp is for hardcore sonic crushers, guitarists who want to rattle the senses (with both tone and dBs)."
NEXT: Marshall JVM410H
Marshall JVM410H
MusicRadar's verdict:
"Hugely versatile, easy switching system, superb tone and excellent low-noise performance mean that this flagship classic will blow your socks (and ears) clean off!"
4.5 out of 5
MusicRadar's verdict:
"It's not as versatile or value-packed as many might expect for the money, but it does replicate EVH's core tones perfectly."
NEXT: Peavey 6505+
Peavey 6505+
MusicRadar's verdict:
"Although you'll need to sit with it to dial in your own tones, the 6505+ is one of the dirtiest heads around. The rhythm tone is what rock and metal players should aspire to."
4 out of 5
Next: Laney Ironheart
Laney Ironheart
Proudly built by those heavy rocking folks at Laney, the Ironheart comes roaring out of the heart of the Black Country looking for a fight.
Three channels and a Watts control which allows you to crush the output of the amplifier and achieve high-gain metal tones at volumes more acceptable to a suburban bedroom than, say, Wembley Arena, there's plenty to enjoy here.
Official Laney Ironheart website
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Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier EDIT
This year's winner, with an eardrum smashing 22.83% of the vote, is the mighty Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier.
It's not hard to see why hundreds of you voted for Mesa/Boogie's latest Rectifier. Three channels, 150 watts, and enough raw attitude to take down a rhino, the Triple Rectifier is the latest iteration of Mesa/Boogie's defining high-gain sound. It's not clean, it's not polite, and it most certainly does bite - which is exactly why you've voted it the perfect heavy metal amp.


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A Brief History of Georgia Counties
A Brief History of Georgia Counties
Nationwide, there are just over 3,000 counties in the fifty states. The number and size of counties varies considerably from state to state. Georgia has 159 counties, second only to Texas, which has 254. Every part of Georgia - even the barrier islands along the Atlantic Ocean - falls within a county. This means that no matter where you live in Georgia, you reside in a county.
In the United States, counties serve as the principal political subdivision of a state. Each state has divided itself into specific political areas known as counties (or as "parishes" in Louisiana and "boroughs" in Alaska). In each county, local officials act as arms of state government, performing many state-related functions, such as administering elections, marriage licenses, and vehicle registration. In addition to serving as important subdivisions of the state, counties have a second role. In Georgia, they are the largest general-purpose form of local government. This means that apart from helping administer state government functions, counties can provide a variety of local services to their citizens. In this role, some large urban counties resemble cities in the types of local government services they provide.
Origin of Counties
How did counties originate? In 7th-century England, Saxon kings began marking off their kingdoms into areas called "shires," the Saxon word for "share." In time, the king began naming an official in each shire to administer the king's policies locally. That official was known as the "shire-reeve" - or "sheriff" as he soon came to be known.
At about this time in France, the ruling duke of Normandy began awarding his key supporters with areas of land to administer. The supporters were given the title "count," and in time the district each administered was called a "county." When William, Duke of Normandy, conquered England in 1066, he brought his practice of awarding his counts with land. In England counties replaced the old system of shires. By the early 1200s, all of England had been divided into counties. The first American colony to establish counties was Virginia in 1634. Soon other colonies began creating counties.
History of Counties in Georgia
When James Oglethorpe founded the colony of Georgia in 1733, he brought no instructions from the Trustees for dividing the new colony into political subdivisions. In reality, there was uncertainty and debate as to the precise boundaries of Georgia. Also, beyond defense and distributing land grants, there were few governmental functions to be performed in Georgia's early years. Still, it seems probable that the Trustees envisioned the creation of counties in Georgia, for a 1735 report on Georgia's Salzburger immigrants includes a map of the Savannah area entitled "A Map of the County of Savannah."
The first attempt to form counties in Georgia came in 1741. The Trustees decided to divide Georgia into two colonies - one named Savannah and one named Frederica. Each county would be headed by a president. War with Spain, however, kept Georgia occupied with more pressing matters, and the idea of counties died for the time being.
After Georgia became a royal colony, its new legislative assembly made the Church of England the official church of Georgia, and divided the colony into eight parishes. As in England, parishes served as church districts for support of the clergy and other religious expenses. Unlike England, however, Georgia's parishes served as governmental districts for conducting elections, collecting taxes, caring for the poor, keeping roads passable, and recording vital statistics.
In 1765, Georgia's colonial assembly divided the land south of the Altamaha River into four additional parishes, giving the colony a total of 12 parishes. Following the Treaty of Augusta in 1773, a large area of Creek and Cherokee lands to the north of Augusta was ceded to Georgia. This land was not designated as a parish, rather becoming known as "Ceded Lands."
After the outbreak of war with Great Britain, Georgia's revolutionary government adopted a new state constitution. The new constitution refashioned the twelve parishes and the area known as "Ceded Lands" into eight counties (see provision). With the exception of Liberty County, each new county was named for a prominent English supporter of the rights of the American colonies.
After the Revolution, thousands of settlers from other states moved to Georgia looking for cheap land. As a result, state officials increasingly pressured Creek and Cherokee Indians to give up more and more of their land. After each Indian land cession, Georgia's legislature would divide the territory into counties. The land was then surveyed and divided into districts and lots.
By 1800, Georgia consisted of 24 counties. An explosion in the number soon followed, with 53 new counties creating during the following 27 years. In Dec. 1831, Georgia claimed authority over all Cherokee and Creek lands in Georgia. Twelve months later, the legislature designated all Cherokee lands within the state as "Cherokee County." This was a huge area that never really functioned as a county, so In in Dec. 1832 the legislature created ten counties out of Cherokee County - including a much smaller county by the same name. Georgia now had a total of 89 counties.
A new era in the history of Georgia counties followed. As no Indian territory remained in Georgia, the only way to create new counties was by dividing existing ones. Organizing a new county simply required passage of an act in the General Assembly. It was an easy process, and during the decade of the 1850s, 39 new counties were created by the legislature.
By 1875, the number of counties had grown to 137, with no end in sight. To stop this explosion, a new state constitution in 1877 prohibited the legislature from creating any more counties in Georgia. For 16 years, the number of counties was frozen at 137. But state lawmakers were pressured for more. In 1904, the General Assembly proposed amending Georgia's constitution to allow 145 counties. Voters approved the change, meaning the 1905 General Assembly would have the chance to create 8 new counties. The House of Representatives created a New County Committee, which was busy the entire session considering 23 petitions to form new counties. Late in the session, legislators approved 8 new counties - the maximum allowed after the 1904 constitutional amendment. But the pressure to create new counties continued.
In 1906, lawmakers sought to create a new county - to be named Ben Hill - from portions of Wilcox and Irwin counties. Because an act of the legislature cannot conflict with the state constitution, the only option was to amend the state constitution. The legislature could have proposed an amendment that raised the constitutional limit to 146 counties. For whatever reason, legislative supporters of Ben Hill County chose another approach. Leave the 145-limit in the constitution and simply add an additional provision that said: "Provided, however, That in addition to the counties now provided for by this Constitution there shall be a new county laid out from the counties of Irwin and Wilcox, bounded as follows … ." Voters of the state approved the constitutional amendment, and Ben Hill became Georgia's 146th county. Thus began the practice in Georgia of creating new counties by constitutional amendment. By 1924, Georgia had 161 counties - 16 of which had been created by amendments to the state constitution.
Why were new counties so popular in Georgia? There were many reasons. Until the 1960s, Georgia was basically a rural state, with the majority of people living in the countryside or in small rural communities. Even today, much of the state remains rural in character.
For rural residents, counties performed many important functions. For instance, residents recorded the sale or purchase of land with the county's clerk of superior court. It was the county sheriff who provided protection and served legal papers. The county also determined the ad valorem taxes on personal property owned by residents. County officials conducted state and county elections, issued marriage licenses, probated wills, issued car tags, and performed many other important functions.
Although the source of the statement has never been verified, reportedly there was a rule of thumb in Georgia that every citizen should be within a one-day round trip by horse or wagon from the seat of county government. In reality, however, other factors more commonly were behind the push to create new counties. Sometimes, residents of a remote area felt the county was not provide adequate services (particularly with respect to grading dirt roads). Personal disputes and political controversies frequently led to the division of an existing county. For instance, until 1871, Watkinsville served as the seat of government for Clarke County. However, that year Athens supporters persuaded the General Assembly to designate Athens as county seat. However, residents of western Clarke County were unhappy about the change. The dispute ended four years later when the legislature created Oconee County out of the western half of Clarke County.
Sometimes, the boundaries of early counties had been laid off without regard to natural features, such as rivers and mountain ridges. Later, these natural features were used to form smaller counties with more logical borders. Another important reason for the large number of counties is that with each new county came jobs and political power. New counties also meant numerous elected and appointed offices to fill, including a sheriff, judge, court clerk, ordinary (probate judge), tax commissioner, coroner, surveyor, and other positions. Also, until 1965, each Georgia county - no matter how small - was entitled to at least one representative in the General Assembly. Thus, with each new county came a new state legislator.
In many cases, petitions for forming a new county were a matter of local pride. And there were instances where the impetus was economic. For example, prominent leaders of Doerun in northern Colquitt County sought the creation of a new county with the hopes that Doerun would become the county seat, which would mean growth because of the new county buildings and jobs.
The era of creating new counties finally ended in 1924, when Peach County was formed from portions of Houston and Macon counties. Georgia now had a total of 161 counties. Eight years later, the number of counties dropped by two. As a cost-saving measure during the Depression, Milton and Campbell counties consolidated with Fulton County on Jan. 1, 1932. This brought the number of Georgia counties to 159.
In 1945, Georgia voters ratified a new constitution - one which provided an absolute limit of 159 counties, with an additional requirement that no new county could be created except through consolidation of existing counties. The 1945 constitution also provided that counties or parts of counties could merge or consolidate with neighboring counties, providing the action first was approved by the General Assembly and then by a two-thirds vote in referendums in the affected counties.
Georgia's Constitution of 1976 kept the absolute limit of 159 counties and the requirement that no new county could be created except through consolidation or merger of existing counties. It replaced the two-thirds approval requirement for merger referendums to a majority vote in the affected counties - but added the stipulation that at least 51 percent of the registered voters in the counties affected must participate in the referendum.
Georgia's current constitution, which became effective in 1983, maintains an absolute limit of 159 counties. It dropped the language from the 1945 and 1976 constitutions that no new county could be created except by consolidation of existing counties (although as a practical matter, so long as there is a 159-county limit, creating a new county necessarily requires consolidation of existing counties or parts of counties). The 1983 constitution also provides that the "metes and bounds of the several counties and the county sites shall remain as prescribed by law on June 30, 1983, unless changed under the operation of a general law." Any proposal to merge two or more counties or merge portions of one county with another must be initiated through passage of an act in the General Assembly and subsequently approved by a majority of those voting in referendums in each of the affected counties. (The 1983 constitution dropped the 1976 requirement that at least 51 percent of a county's registered voters must participate in the referendum approving the merger.)
In addition to approving mergers of counties, county residents can vote to consolidate their county government with the governments of cities within that county, as has been done in a number of Georgia counties since 1970.
County Government
In 1789, the General Assembly provided for an inferior court in each county. Consisting of five justices, the inferior court had jurisdiction in judicial matters not entrusted to the superior court. The inferior court also had some administrative authority (e.g., providing for construction of county courthouse and other public buildings, levying taxes, and overseeing maintenance of county roads). The inferior court had a third function - to serve as a "court of ordinary". [In the Roman Empire, the "ordinarius" was the officer who first heard important civil and criminal cases.] The court of ordinary had a variety of functions, including probating wills and estates, determining guardianship of children under 14, and issuing marriage licenses.
An 1851 constitutional amendment transferred the functions of the court of ordinary from the inferior court to a separate court of ordinary to be administered by a new elected county official known as the ordinary. The inferior court continued with responsibility over other county affairs until 1868, when a new state constitution abolished the inferior court.
The 1868 constitution provided that "courts of ordinary shall have such powers in relation to roads, bridges, ferries, public buildings, paupers, county offices, county funds and taxes, and other matters, as shall be conferred on them by law." However, the 1868 constitution also authorized the General Assembly to create county commissioners "in such counties as may require them, and to define their duties."
Upon ratification of the 1868 constitution, every county in Georgia was governed by the county ordinary. But, this changed quickly. In 1869, the General Assembly passed a local act creating a three-member "board of commissioners of roads and revenues" for Harris County. The next year, legislators provided for commissioners in four more counties. Fifteen counties switched from ordinary to commissioners in 1871, followed by 14 in 1872, 20 in 1873, 8 in 1874, 14 in 1875, and 11 in 1876. While some counties subsequently abandoned the commission form of government, by 1877 over half of Georgia's counties were governed by county commissioners rather than ordinaries.
The 1877 constitution continued the ordinary as the governing authority of each county unless the General Assembly otherwise provided for "commissioners of roads and revenue." The constitution was silent on how many commissioners were required, with the number - usually 3 - determined by the legislature in the local act creating the commissioners. In 1879, in changing the form of government for Forsyth County, the General Assembly authorized a single commissioner to run the county. Reportedly, Georgia was the first and only state to allow the sole commissioner form of county government. But, in reality, there was little difference between sole commissioner and ordinary as governing authority of the county. Both were a single individual elected by the voters to run the county.
In 1974, voters approved a constitutional amendment to change the name of the office of ordinary to probate judge. A 1976 compilation by the Association County Commissioners of Georgia showed that only two counties - Towns and Union - were still governed by the probate judge, while 26 counties were governed by a sole commissioner (in some instances aided by a board of advisors). Separate local acts passed by the 1984 General Assembly for Towns and Union counties replaced the probate judge as governing authority with a sole commissioner effective January 1, 1985. Today, no Georgia counties are governed by the probate judge, while 9 counties - Bartow, Bleckley, Chattooga, Murray, Pickens, Pulaski, Towns, Union, and Walker - are still governed by a single, full-time commissioner. Interestingly, seven of the nine counties are in North Georgia.
Any decision to change the number of commissioners requires passage of a local act in the General Assembly, with the legislation stipulating whether the change must be subsequently approved by county voters in a referendum. Any change would also require pre-clearance by the U.S. Justice Department under the Voting Rights Act. In recent decades, as noted above, the trend has been to move from sole commissioner to boards of commissioners. There has been only one instance - Murray County - where county residents supported a switch from sole commissioner to a board of commissioners and later decided to return to the sole commissioner form of government.
In addition to commissioners, counties have other elected government officials known as "constitutional officers" (since they are enumerated by office in the state constitution). County constitutional officers include the clerk of the superior court, judge of probate court, sheriff, tax receiver, tax collector, and tax commissioner (in those counties where the offices of tax receiver and tax collector have been consolidated into a single office). County constitutional officers are elected for four-year terms and have such powers and duties as provided by general law. Although dependent upon funding from the county commission, county constitutional officers have a degree of autonomy in carrying out their duties not enjoyed by other county government officials.Ed Jackson, University of Georgia


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One of the most well-known poems by T.S. Eliot is The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, in which there is a clear portrayal of how uncertainty becomes a paralyzing, counterproductive force. Prufrock wants to do something about his life, but his mind wanders and the continuous promise that "there will be time" to act prevents him from toeing the line and reaching out to what he wants.
This very same situation can be argued about Linux distributions and becomes particularly relevant concerning Mandriva Linux in the context of the stormy times that it has been facing.
Why? Well, one of the greatest strengths of Linux, in general, is community participation, or volunteer work. It is no secret that this mysterious factor bedazzles analysts and challenges economic paradigms: talented people invest their effort and time to develop a product even when they are not receiving any money for doing so. Their commitment makes it possible to find answers to the most diverse problems (ranging from security holes to minor tweaking of the final Linux distributions or free software) in a fraction of the time that mega-budget companies need to release patches or updates.
Mandriva S.A. has two main assets: an enormous community and a nice product that includes tools than no other Linux distribution has, such as its Mandriva Control Center. Yet, it is the community that I would like to discuss here. A community is, in the end, a group of individuals, each one having his/her personal motivations, goals, and needs. Studies have shown that communities work because individuals understand that the wellbeing of the group somehow ensures their own wellbeing. This group-sense creates a collective culture that benefits everyone, even the "least productive" or the plainly unproductive members of the community.
Linux users show different attitudes. Free loaders are particularly problematic since they complain a lot and contribute with nothing to the common goal (bringing the developers' morale down sometimes with their leech-like lifestyle). These are the Prufrocks in the Linux community: they stay distant, entangled in a million indecisions and bringing nothing onto their plates.
The anxiety levels in the Mandriva Community chat forum have reached a boiling point as Mandriva S.A. has failed to communicate future plans involving the development of the desktop distribution to the members of the community. Mandriva users have waited patiently but no official words have come from representatives and, when enough is too much, anxiety can become a propeller.
So, following the lyrics of the French National Anthem ("Aux armes, citoyens, /Formez vos bataillons"), a member of the Mandriva community made a call for community organization to fork from the company and continue developing the beautiful distro. The response was one of approval.
At this point, I am sure that there are many self-calming J. Alfred Prufrocks thinking that "there will be time to contribute" and asking themselves if they have the courage to do something minimal ("to eat a peach", in the poem). With their passivity, all they are doing is staggering the progress of the distro they use.
I, for my part, lack expertise concerning packaging, so I cannot help there... But, if "the moment is forced to its crisis", I will work hard translating because I like Mandriva.
I will do it stealing time from the little time I have. For as long as I have strength. For free.
And I am not alone.
Thanks to srlinuxx, from Tuxmachines.org, I discovered that, at last, there are some new words on the Spring Version release. Thank you!
A blog to compile what I have learned (and what I am learning) about Mandriva (and GNU/Linux in general) since 2009, when I migrated. Current distros I'm using: OpenMandriva Lx 4 Mageia 7, PCLinuxOS, Fedora Workstation 31 (KDE spin), PicarOS, Pisi Linux 1, Elive 3, and AntiX 13.
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|This is my beginning of the year attention signal. I say, "Give me
your best monkey face!" and students respond by blowing out
their cheeks (can't talk!) and pulling on their ears (can't be
touching anything). Works like a charm!
No matter how many years I have been doing this teaching kindergarten thing, I STILL get nervous planning and making sure I have everything all set and ready to go for the first day of school I thought I'd share some tips to help make your planning easier and make your first day back to school as smooth as it possibly can be:
- Remember that this is likely the first real school experience for most of your students. They do not necessarily know how to "get in a line" or even how to "sit criss cross apple sauce". You need to take the time to TEACH them these itty bitty things and it will take a big chunk of your first day.
- Make sure students have a name tag that will stay on them all day that says their name, as well as YOUR name. Kindergarten children are easily "lost" on the first day of school.
- They do not understand the difference between cold and hot lunch. You are better off calling it home and school lunch.
- These children are going to be on OVERLOAD from the moment they get in line with you. They are going to need brain breaks frequently throughout the day. Plan in 10 minute increments and put in lots of tasks that do not involve lots of directions (movement breaks, math tubs, extra recess, etc.). These unstructured times will give you a chance to get to know the children you will be spending the rest of the year with.
- Over plan! It won't take much to over plan because you will not get to everything you want to. The great thing about being over planned for the first day is that you can choose which activities will work best for this group which you are meeting for the first time AND you will have activities ready to go for the second day, too.
- Know your attention signal and be ready to practice it A LOT during the first day. Make it a game throughout the day to see how quickly they can respond by listening.
- Have all supplies that you need for the day organized and ready to go.
- Be sure to have a personal conversation with each of your new darlings! This will make them feel special, allow you to get to "know" them a bit, AND make them excited to return the next day.
- Send home something to the parents letting them know how their child did on their first day of kindergarten. I have certificates that all say they had a great day in kindergarten on the first day, but I will add anything additional to the back (if necessary) like, "Davey only cried for a couple of minutes after you left and then smiled for the rest of day" or "Sylvia was very shy today!" etc...
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Around 93,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from all across the EU and Croatia completed the survey, making it the largest and most comprehensive survey of its kind to date. LGBT people were asked whether they had experienced discrimination, violence, verbal abuse or hate speech on the grounds of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Participants were also asked to identify where such incidents took place, such as at school, work, when seeking healthcare or in public places.
At a time when the fundamental rights of LGBT persons are being discussed in national parliaments across the EU, initial survey findings reveal that nearly a half of all respondents had felt discriminated against on grounds of sexual orientation in the past year before the survey. These and other findings will be discussed during a panel debate at the conference.
The debate will be opened with a keynote address by Viviane Reding, Vice President of the European Commission. In the panel discussion the results will be discussed by Kinga Göncz (European Parliament), Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz (Polish Secretary of State), Kathleen Lynch (Irish Minister of State), Maria Ochoa- Llidó (Council of Europe), Evelyne Paradis (ILGA Europe).


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"The Book of Me Written by You" is a project I first saw on Geneabloggers, devised by the inspired Julie Goucher of Anglers Rest. It's a natural for genealogists who dwell mainly in the past. We should thank Julie: Shame on us if we forget our own biographies, neglect attention to our own lives because who knows us better than us? How could a third party possibly get it right??
This is important work. The assumption is that the scribblings will satisfy an intensely curious future someone (not happening now, is it). Not that we are compelled to make just every old thing public.
|Image by Thomas MacEntee at Geneabloggers
Regarding the serial prompts, this writer has already fallen behind Julie's schedule. Regarding the personal history, I began it long ago and then skittered sideways when it became problematic. Problematic means how confessional are you going to be. You know, in case your kids get their hands on it before you actually die. Besides, other projects hopscotch the order of precedence with distractions always leading from one thing to another.
Take now for example, multi-tasking Book of Me along with
breakfast preparation,
no, it's more like lunch time, thinking calcium and fibre, where are
the radishes, and attending to the laundry upstairs but on my way out
the door CBC radio plays "Jerusalem!" so needs must halt
and joyously deliver word for word (it's a Pavlovian thing:
wherever I am when the opening chords sound, a thousand days of
morning hymns at boarding school kick in) which then reminds me I
wanted to look up William Blake designs for another project, write
that down in the daytimer, why is that plant on my shelf looking
brown, reach the laundry room only to catch an unavoidably
socially-interactive moment with the local hypochondriac, then to
quickly fold some of that same laundry so it doesn't get horridly
wrinkled, making the bed at the same time somehow goes with it,
better vacuum up those popcorn bits, discard yesterday's scattered
reading material, ...
Good lord. Is that who I am? Where were we?
I had to scroll down AnglersRest for Prompt One, Who Am I? (posted 31 August). OK, tick off everything on that list. No: correction. Delete tea drinker, chocolate lover, and Alfie whoever he is. On second thought, that must be who Julie is. Let's add camel chaser. Is that good enough? Maybe the defining of oneself should begin with a blank page (like my head goes when I run across anything that smacks of
numbers). I can see Prompt Four will appear before I properly get
over this one.
Next. Prompt Two, My Birth (posted 7 September). My birth. That's a good one. Truthfully, I don't remember a thing. Everything from birth to ca. two years and ten months old is a blur, deeply hidden in the neurological recesses. Julie did a terrific job on hers. This must be the hardest part. No baby book courtesy of Mom. Besides, can we trust mothers to tell the truth? Sure, she was an original source with primary information but was she conscious the entire time? How much credibility do we give the Arthur Janov school of thought?
This is quite tiring so far. Definitely more work to do. Good thing it's a long way till we get to my problematic parts. Up the flag and carry on, Julie.
© 2013 Brenda Dougall Merriman


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Have you ever seen a skilled Tetris player performing and thought to yourself, "He must be great at packing a moving truck?" We put that notion to the test, assembling several handy moving tips from a Tetris pro.
Tetris masters aren't that easy to find. There are no large, organized tournaments for the game and its countless variants, so we reached out to The Tetris Company, which put us in touch with John Tran, a 25-year-old Tetris master from Menifee, California.
Tran mainly practices his skills on the online Tetris website Tetris Friends, where he regularly scores high in the leaderboards. When he isn't playing, he hangs around his Tetris community site, Harddrop.com.
Why do people consider him a Tetris pro?
"I think the main reason why people consider me a pro is for my multiplayer skills. I try to combine high speed play with efficient down-stacking and improvised T-spins to put heavy pressure on my opponents," Tran explains, using language that only a true Tetris aficionado would understand.
"When I first started playing I kept having Tetris dreams," says Tran, explaining an experience shared by many other Tetris players over the years. But where many stop at the dreams, John has carried his expertise into real life. "I started noticing how shapes fit together such as boxes, books, or whatever else was in my room. It comes in handy when you're organizing or cleaning up."
He sounds like the perfect candidate to give us packing tips, so without further ado...
Packing Tips From A Tetris Master
• "Take a glimpse at your next pieces (moving boxes in this case) to determine the best placement positions."
Think ahead. Putting a box in a spot that fits nicely might seem like a fine accomplishment, but when it makes it difficult to place subsequent boxes it does more harm than good.
• "If you have a box that doesn't fit neatly, hold onto it and un-hold it when it won't mess everything up."
The urge to simply cram everything into the back of the truck as quickly as possible is strong. Don't force it. If a container doesn't fit, simply set it aside until it does.
• "Stack as flat as possible. The even field will save you reaction time and give you more stacking options."
Not only will stacking flat allow for more stacking options, it'll also increase stability, reducing shifting while you make your move.
• "Avoid creating unnecessary gaps to maximize space usage."
This tip goes along with saving pieces until there is a good spot for them. Don't leave gaps. If you need to, dig through what you're packing to find something that will fit the space. A tight pack is a stable pack.
• "Leave an empty column open for your long boxes, and if you don't have any long boxes buy some."
Long boxes aren't just for comic books anymore. The long, slender containers are perfect for filling gaps where wide boxes won't fit, adding precious stability to your stack while maximizing space usage.
• "Don't waste your long boxes!"
That having been said, don't simply toss the long boxes in where they aren't needed. Save them for when you need to make a packing Tetris. A nice long box can stabilize several rows of boxes all at once.
• "Multiplayer will help you reach a faster time, so have some friends and family help you out."
Extra hands are always helpful when packing, but make sure you and your friends and family are on the same wavelength. Without coordinated strategy, even the strongest stack can topple.
Before we say goodbye to John Tran, the Tetris Master gives us one more tip on getting the most out of the popular puzzle game.
"I think Tetris teaches you patience and how to plan ahead in real life just like you do in the game."
I think he's proven his point.


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It's a special time of year.
School is out. Students are off enjoying summer vacation. The buildings are empty and quiet (not sure if this is the best use of taxpayers' money, but I force myself to live with it).
Only one thing left.
Besides scooping off the top of my desk (can you say overdue).
I'm not going to lie, it's a couple of stress-filled hours.
Is everything ready? Will the students be on their best behavior?
How long into the ceremony before the sound of an air horn rattles my insides?
It's a lot of whistling/screaming/yelling by the crowd and me shaking my head in disgust (on the inside… never on the outside).
And if all of this wasn't enough, there's always the added pressure of checking the weather forecast every 14 seconds. This process begins about 4 months in advance of graduation.
I'm not sure why I check because the forecast for graduation day is always the same.
Sunshine. No breeze. 100% humidity. Drought-like conditions. And if that wasn't enough, the temperature is always between 107 degrees and boiling.
It's hell.
If hell was located inside a packed high school gymnasium.
I guess one could argue that makes me the devil, but let's not go there.
Every year it's the same thing. I sweat through my shirt. Then my suit.
This all happens while I'm getting dressed.
Once I arrive at graduation, I feel like I'm standing in a puddlle.
But sadly there's no water leak, it's just my shoes and socks acting as a dam for the river of water running down my back.
I don't think internal organs can sweat, but I could swear my kidneys and liver are moister than usual.
I try to keep my tie dry, but I usually give up about 45 minutes into the big event when I begin using it as a towel.
This may seem gross, but it's not as gross as me shaking every students hand with my giant drenched paw.
It's like I dipped it in the locker room urinal.
It's comforting to know my last interaction with students after 13 years of education is me creeping them out with my 15-year-old-boy-on-a-first-date-clammy-cold-sweaty hand.
Graduation is a wonderful event in students' and families' lives.
I just think it would be more special if it would snow.
Just once.


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Today I have baked some healthy tasty granola bars, mixed with honey, peanut butter, butter, vanilla extract and granola. Then baked in the oven for 10 to 15 minutes. They are very similar to Flapjacks but you use granola, which consists of rolled oats, fruit, nuts and honey. I have used shop bought granola but home-made granola would be great, next time I will use home-made. This recipe features in a cookbook that was sent to me this week from Patty, my dear friend in America. The book is a legacy of all her family and friends favourite recipes from years gone by, and also features a few of my favourite recipes which I have passed onto her during the years. These Granola Bars are the perfect pick me up snack!
Thank you Patty ;o)
Thursday, 13 March 2008
Granola Bars
♥Posted by the goddess Maria♥ at 13:31
Labels: Flapjacks/Granola
5 comments:
- Finla said...
Hi hi after yesterdays brownie you are going healthy bars :-)))
Yeah you are really correct about going striaght to hip stomach and bumb. I mean about the brownies
- 13 March 2008 at 18:22
- Maria♥ said...
Hi Happy Cook
Thanks for dropping by. Yeah I've gone healthy today, with Easter around the corner there will be chocolate overdose and I'm trying to steer away from it till then. But then again tomorrow I plan on making the Chocolate Guinness Cake for St Patricks Day!
- 13 March 2008 at 18:32
- Finla said...
Hi hi looking forward to your guiness cake.
- 13 March 2008 at 19:06
- Rosie said...
Mmmmmm lovely granola bars sweetie! Keep up the good work loving your bakes :D
Rosie x
- 19 March 2008 at 17:07
- Maria♥ said...
Thanks Rosie.
- 19 March 2008 at 18:28
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Tim McFarlane to be CEO of ATG Asia/Pacific
Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), the UK's largest theatre owner/operator and producing group, has today announced that Tim McFarlane has agreed to join ATG in the newly created role of CEO for ATG Asia/Pacific.
ATG is already an active theatre producer in Australia (The Rocky Horror Show, Guys and Dolls, West Side Story, and having just opened Legally Blonde in Sydney) and now intends to replicate in Australia and elsewhere in the Asia Pacific region the integrated business model that ATG has successfully followed in the UK – combining theatre ownership/management with producing activity and ticketing/marketing operations.
This expansion would be a key part of creating an unrivalled international touring circuit, which it is intended should also include increased activity in North America (where ATG already has a New York office) and Europe. A strong operation in Australia with its established theatrical market and high quality talent pool (both artistic and technical) would provide an excellent platform for growth elsewhere in the Asia Pacific region which will be led by Tim as CEO of ATG Asia/Pacific, based in Sydney. He will start his role in 2013.
Tim is currently the Managing Director of The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific where he is responsible for The Really Useful Group's (RUG) activities in Asia, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Tim has enjoyed 18 very successful years with RUG producing Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, Sunset Boulevard, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber and most recently an acclaimed production of Love Never Dies.
Prior to joining RUG, Tim was General Manager of the Adelaide Festival Centre Trust and the world renowned Adelaide Festival from 1986 to 1994. Tim produced many theatre events while at the AFCT, including co-producing with John Frost the acclaimed production of The King and I and a production of South Pacific which toured Australia and Hong Kong. Tim also co-produced with Helen Montagu the Australian and New Zealand tour of 42nd Street, beyond its Sydney, Australia season.
Tim was President of the Entertainment Industries Association (now Live Performance Australia, LPA), Australia's National Theatre Industry Body from 1992 to 1994 and is a life member. He was a Trustee of the Sydney Opera House from 1997 until 2005 and Chairman of the Sydney Opera House Risk Management Committee from 2002 - 2005. Tim was appointed a Director of Opera Australia in June 2006, where he is also Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee.
Tim McFarlane said:
'To work with Howard and Rosemary to take their vision for the theatre and entertainment industry into the most dynamic and exciting region in the world is an opportunity I was not going to miss. China, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, Australia and Singapore have become major entertainment markets and continue to grow. For nearly 20 years I have been part of developing the entertainment industry in these markets. Audiences in Australia, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo and other major Asian cities are sophisticated and discerning. I look forward to working with ATG and the many partners I have worked with in Asia to build on this success.'
Howard Panter, ATG's Joint CEO & Creative Director, said
'I am thrilled that Tim with his ability, passion and unprecedented experience in the Asia/Pacific region has agreed to head up this new exciting development for ATG. We look forward to a new period of growth with Tim.'
ATG is the British commercial theatre success story. Co-founded by Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire in 1992, ATG is the largest owner/operator of theatres in the UK with 39 venues, an internationally recognised theatre producer with co-productions in New York, across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia and is a leader in theatre ticketing services through ATG Tickets. Bucking current retail trends, ATG continues to achieve steady year on year growth.
ATG presents an average of 30 productions a year and is an award-winning producer in the West End, the UK regions, on Broadway and internationally. ATG production companies and partnerships include Sonia Friedman Productions (SFP), First Family Entertainment (FFE), Jerry Mitchell Productions, Tali Pelman Productions, Jamie Lloyd Productions and Theatre Royal Brighton Productions.
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text: Steve Wright, OutdoorChannel.com Every Day is Fourth of July Country music star Craig Morgan celebrates freedom all year long Every Day is Fourth of July Christmas of eighty-nine was a lonely time for mePanama was probably fine but it was nothing like TennesseeI never thought the day would come when I might have to kill a manI did not sleep a wink that night but we won for Uncle Sam Once I was a soldier and not afraid to die Now I'm a little older and not afraid to cryEveryday I'm thankful just to be aliveWhen you've been where I've been any kind of lifeIs paradise — From "Paradise" written by Craig Morgan and Harley AllenAs a songwriter, every experience in life – both good and bad – provides material that can be worked into a tune.As an American, nothing makes you appreciate freedom like days spent in another country that has none. Country music star Craig Morgan spent 10 years of active duty in the U.S. Army and almost another decade in the Army Reserve."It would be easier to tell you the places I haven't been," said Morgan in answering a question about his military history.That experience has left Morgan with a special perspective on the freedom we enjoy, but don't appreciate enough, in the United States of America. July 4th is the one day each year when Americans celebrate freedom. That time comes a bit more often for Morgan."Every day is the Fourth of July in my world," he said. "It's really hard to grasp how fortunate we are in this country until you see those that are so much less fortunate. I've seen it and experienced it first hand."Check out Craig Morgan's photo gallery.That's what separates Morgan from many others in the music world. He writes and performs songs based on a wealth of experience amassed in his 47 years. Morgan's song "Paradise," co-written with Harley Allen, is a perfect example. It came as a result of Morgan being stationed in Panama with the Army's 82nd Airborne Division as part of "Operation Just Cause," which began December 20, 1989, and ended 42 days later, after the U.S. captured Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega. Twenty-three U.S. troops were killed in that encounter; another 325 were wounded.Morgan has been described as what you get when you cross a soldier with a country music singer. Because he has been there, he keeps giving back. The former Army staff sergeant has performed for U.S. troops overseas nine times. In 2006 he received the U.S.O. Merit Award for his efforts. The list of U.S.O Merit Award winners also includes movie director Stephen Spielberg and the late Bob Hope, whose overseas entertainment of U.S. troops is legendary.Morgan was one of the first to entertain troops in Afghanistan, after the U.S. invasion in 2001."They were still sweeping up glass at the Kandahar airport," Morgan said. "It's hard for people to even fathom the lifestyle in that country. If you can imagine being stranded on a desert island, to me that's about what Afghanistan is like."When Morgan was growing up in Kingston Springs, Tenn., near Nashville, he dreamed of being a war hero rather than a country music star. Even though his father played bass guitar in country band, it was becoming a songwriter, rather than a performer, that ultimately attracted Morgan to the music business."I knew you could make money writing songs, where, as an artist, it's really difficult," he said. "Very few people make it in that world. I didn't expect to be an artist."But if you can write songs, you improve considerably your chances of performing them. The secret of Morgan's success can be traced to his wide range of experience. In addition to his military service, Morgan has been employed as an emergency medical technician, a Wal-Mart assistant manager, a deputy sheriff and a construction worker.Added to that wide-ranging work experience is Morgan's love of hunting and fishing, in particular, and a lust for life, in general. He continues to compete on a "dirt bike" motorcycle racing circuit.I got this daredevil rebel geneThat pushes me a little past extremeI've felt it ever since I was a little kidI ain't gonna get to my rockin' chairScratchin' a head full of silver hairAnd look back on a bunch of things I wished I didI'm gonna meet my maker with an empty bucket list— from "Being Alive and Livin'," written by Craig Morgan and Chris WallinMorgan, obviously, never fit the mold of fast-rising, young music phenom. He was a married father of five children before his he had his first top 10 hit on the U.S. country music charts – "Almost Home" in 2003, which remains his signature song, at least in his eyes."It's the song that kind of made things happen for me," Morgan said. "It's a song that will be one of those classics. I've received more accolades for that song than anything I've ever written."Co-written with Kerry Kurt Phillips, the song's accolades included a "Song of the Year" award from BMI and a Songwriter's Achievement Award from the Nashville Songwriters' Association International. It tells of a winter encounter with an old man who is sleeping behind a trashcan. The homeless man, awakened by an offer of help, expresses his wish to be left alone. And like many of his songs, it draws on Morgan's youth, when his love for the outdoors left many memories.He said,"I just climbed out of a cottonwood treeI was runnin' from some honey beesDrip dryin' in the summer breezeAfter jumpin' into Calico CreekI was walkin' down an old dirt roadPast a field of hay that had just been mowedMan I wish you'd just left me alone'Cause I was almost home"— from "Almost Home," written by Craig Morgan and Kerry Kurt PhillipsMorgan, who was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2008, now has 14 top 10 country music songs to his credit, ranging from "Redneck Yacht Club" to "That's What I Love About Sunday."He has been married for 23 years now and no longer has the day-to-day worries of providing for his family. But at a time when others might think about slowing down, Morgan appears to be striding into his prime and enjoying every hard-working minute of it. In addition to his success in the music world, he has an award-winning TV show on the Outdoor Channel – "All Access Outdoors," which began its third season on July 1.And Morgan is considering expanding his workload. He's seriously pondering publishing a book. His dedication to entertaining U.S. troops has provided another deep source of stories to tell. When asked to single out a couple of the heroes he's met, Morgan refused, saying, "There are so many. It would be hard for me to tell you one because I'd be doing an injustice to all the people I've met, all the stories I have."It's going to make a great book some day."Morgan already has a title in mind: "Who Cares""It's a statement, not a question," Morgan said.It would be one more testament to a man who revels in the art of storytelling.And when we're old and rocking on the porchRe-living all our gloryYou might have a few less scarsBut I'll have better stories— from "Better Stories," written by Monty Criswell, Michael White and Lee Thomas Miller,performed by Craig MorganAnd it's the stories about freedom that Morgan enjoys telling the most. That only makes sense for a man who celebrates the Fourth of July every day of the year. GET THE NEWSLETTER Join the List and Never Miss a Thing. Sign Me Up


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Committing Changes to Your Repository
Time to do our first commit! To make the change in .
gitignore official, type
git commit -m "Added deleteme.txt to .gitignore" .
Figure 11: Committing with a commit message.
–m option is followed by the commit message. You could just type
git commit, but then Git would load up a text editor and you'd be required to type a commit message anyway. In Mac OS X and Linux, vim is the editor that would load up; and in Windows, you'd get an error. If you prefer a full screen editor in Windows, you can type this to configure it:
git config --global core.editor "notepad"
If you end up in vim and are unfamiliar with it, note that it's a very geeky and unintuitive but powerful editor to use. In general, pressing the escape key, and typing "
:x" will save what you're writing and then exit. The same syntax will work to choose a new full screen editor in OS X and Linux, of course replacing notepad with the
/full/path/and/filename of a different editor.
The full screen editor is necessary if you want a commit message with multiple lines, so if you hate vim, configure Git to use an editor you do like.
To see the commit you just made, type
git log.
Figure 12: Log of the most recent commit.
The change on top is yours. Oh, what the heck, let's take a look at it with diff:
Figure 13: A diff output of the commit.
+deleteme.txt is the change that was just committed. The way this diff works is that Git tries to show you three lines before and after each of your changes. Here, there were no lines below your addition. The
-3,3 and
+3,4 are ranges.
- precedes the old file's range, and
+ is for the new file. The first number in each range is a starting line number. The second number is the number of lines of the displayed sample before and after your modification. The 4 lines displayed only totaled 3 before your change.
Note that if you want to revert changes you made, the safest way is to use "
git revert," which automatically creates a new commit that undoes the changes in another commit. If you wanted to undo that last commit, which has the SHA-1 starting with 0c22, you would type:
git revert 0c22.(Don't actually do this if you are following along.)
Pushing Your Changes to Remote Repository
You cloned your repository from your GitHub account. Unless something went horribly wrong, the repository on GitHub should be:
https://GitHub.com/<your GitHub username>/potayto.git
Git automatically labels the location you cloned a repository from as "
origin." Remember when I said the internals of a Git repository were easily accessible in that .
Git folder in your project? Look at the text file
Figure 14: The contents of the .git/config file.
It's as simple as this.
Before I explain how to make your changes on the version of your code stored on GitHub, I should first explain more about branches. I already noted how a branch is a separate version of your code. A change made to one branch does not affect the version of your repository represented by another branch, unless you explicitly merge the change into it. By default, Git will put your code on a "master" branch. When you clone a project from a remote repository ("remote" in this case means hosted by GitHub), it will automatically create a local branch that "tracks" a remote branch. Tracking a branch means that Git will help you to:
- See the differences between commits made to the tracking branch (the local one) and the tracked branch (remote)
- Add your new local commits to the remote branch
- Put the new remote commits on your local branch
If you didn't have your local branch track the remote branch, you could still move changes from one to another, but it becomes more of a manual process. To do this, first, type
git status.
Figure 15: Showing that the local repository is ahead of the remote repository.
deleteme.txt change you made in your local master branch is not yet on Github! You have one commit that Github's origin) remote master branch (denoted as origin/master) does not yet have.
Let's put the change on Github. Git's
push command, if you don't provide arguments, will just push all the changes committed in your local branches to the remote branches they track. This can be dangerous, if you have commits in another local branch and you're not quite ready to push those out also. (I once accidentally erased a week of changes in New York Magazine's main repository doing this. We did manage to recover them, but don't ask.) It's better to be explicit. Type
git push origin master.
Figure 16: Pushing commit.
You don't really need to concern yourself with the details of how Git does the upload. But as for the command you just typed, Git's
push lets you specify the "remote" that you're pushing to, as well as the branch. By specifying the branch, you tell Git to take that particular branch ("master," in this case) and update the remote branch, on the origin (your Github potayto repository) with the same name (it will create a new remote "master" branch if it doesn't exist). If you don't specify "master," Git will try to push the changes in all your branches to branches of the same names on the origin (if they exist there).
If you type "
git status" again, you'll see your branch now matches the remote repository's copy of it. You can also look at the changes to the origin, by typing
git log origin/master.
Figure 17: Log of changes to the origin.
This is the syntax to see a log of the commits in the master branch on your "origin" remote. You can see the change is there. You can also see this list of commits by logging into Github, viewing your Potayto repository, and clicking on the link in Figure 18.
Figure 18: Seeing changes to the origin.
In the next installment of this tutorial, we'll examine how to pull changes from the remote repository, how to handle merges and merge conflicts, and other workflow tasks that are part of standard SCM work with Git.
Scott Danzig has been programming for more than 20 years. His personal projects on Github can be found at https://Github.com/sdanzig.


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COLOSSAL-TCA Novice Time Conquers All Tuesday 04/12/2012, 18:09
In the hectic run up to Christmas and the unexpected voyage of two infamous Clint City members, Copper has had his work cut out for him, down at the Clint City Police Department.
In his haste to be as proactive as possible through this busy season, Dayton has accidentally shred a very important document. This document is an Ancient Crime Statement, describing in detail, one of Clint City's first and most horrific murders. Copper, furious, throws Dayton out of his office and tells him to "Go bust a Montana or something'. For should this document not be remade, or redrawn, the Killer will be released of all charges against them. "And they were guilty as sin." Copper mused.
Horrified, he retrieves the poor strips of ancient parchment from the waste paper basket and glues them back together as best he can. But alas, its no good, the document is far from complete, whole words are either
illegible or entirely missing.
Copper, who was the officer who handled the report at the time, thought back to the interrogation he'd had with the Killer, how the killer had confessed to everything. He believed, even though it was a long long time ago, that he'd be able to fill in the blanks from his memory and remake this very important crime report. He stared at the few salvaged words:
chenkz Colossus Hip Hop Messiahz Thursday 06/12/2012, 17:07
Also another hints for Q5 please?
i played some elo but i guess i'm not that lucky to bump into some answer
COLOSSAL-TCA Novice Time Conquers All Thursday 06/12/2012, 17:11
Question 5 Clue #2: You can always see them in the background.
COLOSSAL-TCA Novice Time Conquers All Thursday 06/12/2012, 19:07
This event has finished
Congratulations to those that made it to second place: PinkRose458 Avoid-50-50 and DragoRoyal who worked as a team to solve the event. They are now the proud owners of 2x Chiara Crs and 300x Mok.
And congratulations to third place, chenkz who is now the proud owner of a 0xp Chiara Cr
Congratulations to you all.
Apologies to all that came close, but didn't quite make it. Anyone who reads this AND sent me some answer(s) at some stage, send me what you've completed so far, and I'll make sure you get 500 clintz for each correct answer as a consolation prize. You have until the time I post the answers, to do so.
We are finishing off a private version of this riddle in guild:949330 and when completed I will post ALL answers and solutions AND how to get to there.
Until then, thank you for playing, I sincerely hope you enjoyed this event.
chenkz Colossus Hip Hop Messiahz Friday 07/12/2012, 03:57
Thanks for the prize and this amazing riddle.
i'm sure everyone enjoyed this event, i hope there are another great event like this again
0 Kerry Imperator E X C A L I B U R Friday 07/12/2012, 15:37
Congratz Arun, Void & Drago This proves that XC players are not just good in ELO, they're smart too
COLOSSAL-TCA Novice Time Conquers All Saturday 08/12/2012, 05:42
I will now post all answers, solutions and 'just how in the hell to get there'.
Once again, congratulations to all the winners and sincere thanks, not just to them, but to everyone who had a go at this. This was an incredibly difficult Riddle to solve and NOBODY should feel in any way 'unintelligent' for not having been able to do so.
I would like to note, that some of the players didn't even have English as their first language and to have got even one or two questions correct, is nothing short of remarkable. The fact that some of these players solved EVERYTHING, is something I, personally, could never have done, had my primary language been anything other than English. I have no shame in stating that fact.
Rest assured, had 'the shoe been on the other foot', I don't believe I would have managed to solve this.
Question 1 is fairly straight-forward. All one needs to do is correctly calculate various elo scores. The best and easiest way to do this would be by using Urban Rival's elo calculator.
Wait, such a thing exists?
Indeed it does and you can find it here: http://www.urban-rivals.com/game/rules.php?show=elo
Right at the bottom of the page, lies the elo calculator. Then its just a matter of entering in player's (2-9) elo figures and you should get something like this:
Answer: 1310
(I'd of put the answer at 1510, but nobody would've believed it)
COLOSSAL-TCA Novice Time Conquers All Saturday 08/12/2012, 05:43
Question 2 will be a favorite among Urban Rival's Historians...
Acid Dc must lock down the date in which he was poisoned by a rival. We know that date isn't before the date that Acid Dc came to Clint City. Kerry mentions this, but also mentions another separate date entirely.
Kerry mentions it can't be before Acid Dc came to Clint City before mentioning this other unknown date. Therefore, we know that the answer ALSO CAN'T be the date that Acid Dc came to Clint City i.e the date in which Acid Dc first appeared on Urban Rivals, which can be found on his character page. Nearly everyone who participated, gave this date, which was incorrect.
Actually, nobody fell for the trap in which I had originally set. This whole question is about how Acid Dc got poisoned. Or rather... WHEN. So how do we know WHEN Acid Dc was poisoned,.
Well... we don't actually, but we DO know it can't have been BEFORE a particular date. And that particular date MUST be the date at which the ABILITY 'Poison' first came to Urban Rivals.
Back to my original trap... Of course I wanted you all to scream FREAKS FREAKS FREAKS! And give me the date at which the Freaks first came to Urban Rivals. But, of course, the Freaks weren't the first cards who used poison...
COLOSSAL-TCA Novice Time Conquers All Saturday 08/12/2012, 05:43
Actually, the first cards to EVER use poison, were Gheistling and Nina. And these two cards both arrived in Clint City on 30/11/06.
An interesting note to add, is that this particular date is not the same for everyone. You may notice how your date might be a few days off. This is due to Timezone differences between countries and continents. I would have accepted (and did accept) any answers which were within 24 hours of the date we have in the United Kingdom.
Also, although only one player spotted this. Various fan sites of Urban Rivals cite separate dates entirely, weeks, even months apart. If I noticed your answer showed this, I prompted you to use only the ACTUAL Urban Rivals website as your means to locate the answer.
I guess the bigger question is... who's right and who's wrong? Urban Rivals, or the fan sites?
A very helpful topic that would have aided you in locating the answer, would have been: http://www.urban-rivals.com/en/community/forum/?mode=viewsubject&forum_page=0&id_subject=1955667&subject_page=0#answers
Answer: 30/11/06 (Or close enough)
(Much love to my friend MasterfuI )
COLOSSAL-TCA Novice Time Conquers All Saturday 08/12/2012, 05:44
Question 3 will make you go... hmm?
What makes this question fairly challenging is its sheer simplicity...
Something or someone appears 'by magic' in the middle of two characters, Aktara and Crassus. THIS IS ALL WE KNOW.
This isn't even a simple case of 'Where the hell have I seen that before?'. Because as far as I know, I'm the first person EVER, to have spotted this mistake on behalf of the Urban Rival's staff. I'll take Kudos now...
To get there, its just a simple case of scouring the Urban Rival's website. And eventually, you might come across the Comics section: http://www.urban-rivals.com/en/comics/
The answer lies in a 'Clint City Heroes' comic entitled 'Montana Day Afternoon', Episode 2...
I'll give you some time to find that comic
Now, going from left to right, find the 5th picture, its the one right in the middle. Look at the first picture (at the top) And there, you'll see two particular characters, Aktara and Crassus.
In this picture they're standing right next to each other. But one picture down, who's now suddenly appeared (as if by magic) in between them?
Why, none other than Smokey Cr of course and quite by mistake.
Answer: Smokey (Cr)
(The fact he appeared as if in a puff of 'Smoke', the fact that he was in a police station at the time, the fact that he's now Cr... everything points to THIS killer, as if by... coincidence... But all this was intentional, I promise! *Lies*)
COLOSSAL-TCA Novice Time Conquers All Saturday 08/12/2012, 05:44
Question 4 is... a load of nonsense...
For the most part, anyway.
I did warn you I loved my red herrings... didn't I?
Regardless, there's a whole ocean of them in this particular question.
Ok, ok, so 4 pirates have found some treasure, they take what they want, then barter around (as pirates do) one gets greedy, steals the treasure and... Oh noes, it doesn't add up correctly. He gets mad, the other guy admits to having bought a beer, I mean COME ON, one beer? Is that too much to ask for? He'd had a long day digging, he was tired, he wanted to celebrate the fact that he'd just found a fortune, what's wrong with that?
But... either these guys suck at math or something's gone awry.
Except... it hasn't.
All's fair in the game of... I can't complete that sentence... So now you're thinking... they're pirates right? Any one of them could have stolen the treasure?
But what if I told you none of them stole the treasure? Not even a pirate stole this treasure? Hell, not even a character from Urban Rivals stole this treasure?
Has your mind blown yet?


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Quick OverviewCounterpower is the single idea which explains why social movements succeed or fail. It has helped win campaigns, secure human rights, stop wars and even bring down governments. 'This is a wonderful, inspiring book. Tim Gee breathes new life into the protest movements of past and present so that we can draw strength from our many victories. There is much to learn here, and much to galvanise us in the struggle for social justice.' John Hilary, Executive Director, War on Want ISBN: 978-1-78026-036-5 Format: ePub, 208 pp Publication date: 20 October 2011
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Change can and does happen. But why is it that some campaigns succeed while others fail? Is it luck, or is there a common strategy unifying those that have achieved their aim, and what can we learn from the past? In Counterpower, activist Tim Gee seeks to get to the root of how change happens by taking an in-depth look at the strategies and tactics that have contributed to the success (or otherwise) of some of the most prominent movements for change from India's Independence Movement to the Arab Spring. He concludes that any campaign is winnable in theory, but only if we are aware of our power.
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Ghent University's centre of microsystems technology has developed a spherical curved LCD display which can be embedded in contact lenses and handle projected images using wireless technology.
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