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The onset of meningitis can occur suddenly and progress rapidly, with the potential to become fatal within a matter of hours. Survivors can be left with debilitating neurological side effects ranging from speech disorders to mental retardation and paralysis.
Since 2011, Sabin has worked to improve meningococcal disease estimates, focusing on Latin America. Through regional symposia, research and advocacy, Sabin provides a broader base of knowledge on which to build future initiatives, while bringing together key stakeholders to better understand and fight meningococcal disease.
In partnership with the International Vaccine Access Center at the Johns Hopkins University (IVAC), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Sabin performed an analytical review of the epidemiological burden and economic impact of N. meningitidis in the Latin America and Caribbean region. The results of the study show N. meningitidis is the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in many Latin American countries, and that the economic impact of meningococcal disease can vary widely across countries in the region.


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CHICAGO—The Chicago Teachers Union has released a position paper on the increasing reliance on standardized test scores in measuring teacher effectiveness and school improvement as part of its "Pencils Down" campaign against high-stakes testing in schools. The paper, titled Debunking the Myths of Standardized Testing, discusses the history and advancement of the high-stakes testing movement and provides evidence against its effectiveness despite being a staple of corporate education reform.
The era of accountability through federal education policies No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top has greatly inflated standardized test taking and "test prep" curricula without evidence connecting these elements to real learning. Standardized testing grew out of the American tradition of using quantitative attempts to measure intelligence as a pretext for racist and exclusionary policies, according to the paper, and today's tests remain discriminatory and greatly contribute to the "achievement gap" along with inequities in housing, employment, education and health care.
Recently, teachers at Garfield High School in Seattle decided to refuse to give the NWEA MAP test to their students. Chicago also has its own history of saying "no" to testing—in 2002, 12 teachers at Curie High school refused to give the CASE exam and were successful in their efforts to keep the exam out of their classrooms.
"These tests are little more than a means of controlling teachers and students, and we've seen what the outcomes of that are," said CTU President Karen GJ Lewis. "When you expand this control and discrimination in education to include greater concerns about race, poverty and class, gaps widen and problems grow much worse for our society."
Debunking the Myths of Standardized Testing has four major sections exposing shortcomings in the high-stakes testing model. The first section highlights the contributions of standardized testing to a growing achievement gap; the second section shows how test scores fail as measures of learning when high-stakes testing dominates curricula and instructional practice; and the third section discusses how high-stakes testing takes up valuable instructional time and negatively impacts student learning.
"Time and resources are also concerns," said CTU researcher and co-author of the paper, Dr. Carol Caref. "There is a tremendous amount of time spent on teacher professional development, test prep, test analysis, computer lab use and money needed to maintain, upgrade and buy new computers solely for the tests."
"It's an imperfect model that's being implemented by people who know very little about what works best in the classroom," Lewis said. "It's part of a business model, not a true means of evaluating the quality of education our children are receiving."
The paper concludes that corporate interests continue to push towards a harmful test-centered public education system in order to align the outputs of public education with the needs of an unequal and highly polarized economic system. Debunking the Myths of Standardized Testing shows that an overreliance on standardized tests has led to reduced graduation rates among students of color, narrowed the curriculum in all subjects and grade levels and ill-prepared students for fulfilling careers and civic engagement. The reforms of the accountability era are harmful policies that lead to neither short-term successes nor long-term prosperity for students.

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* Suns snap five-game losing run with rare road win (Adds quotes, detail)
Jan 12 (Reuters) - Luis Scola and the fast-paced Phoenix Suns heaved a collective sigh of relief after snapping a 12-game road losing streak with a rousing 97-81 win over the Chicago Bulls on Saturday.
Argentine forward Scola scored 22 points and bench player Michael Beasley weighed in with 20 as the Suns stunned the Bulls at the United Center to improve to 13-26 for the season.
Phoenix outshot Chicago by 49 percent to 36 from the field and out-rebounded their opponents 46-42 with a welcome return to form after being beaten in their five previous games.
"It was a much, much, much-needed win for us," Suns head coach Alvin Gentry told reporters after his team recorded a 2,000th victory for the franchise in their 3,599th game.
"And it was against a quality team, so that made it even better. For the first time in a long time, I thought we played well for four quarters, where we executed."
Forward Carlos Boozer led the way with 15 points on six-of-14 shooting for the Bulls, who slipped to 20-15 just three days after a 104-96 upset by the lowly Milwaukee Bucks.
"I have to get more out of our team," Chicago head coach Tom Thibodeau said. "Everyone has to do it, starting with me. It's my job to have them ready. Right now we're not doing as well as we should.
"We have to play with more intensity, more of an edge. We are not doing that. We have to correct it."
With guard Richard Hamilton getting the stroke going early on to score eight points, the Bulls made a promising start to lead 21-20 after a closely contested opening quarter.
However, the Suns took control as the red-hot Beasley drained 14 points on seven-of-eight shooting to help his team forge ahead 49-42 by halftime.
A Sebastian Telfair three-pointer stretched the Phoenix lead to 77-63 after the third quarter and they outscored Chicago 20-18 in the fourth to remain in charge.
"I stayed ready," said Beasley after his most productive game since he scored 21 points against the Los Angeles Clippers on Dec. 8.
"It felt good to have the ball finally drop my way. I'm going to build on this personally and just get better throughout the season." (Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes in Los Angeles; Editing by Alastair Himmer)


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J. Alden Mason, noted archaeological anthropologist and linguist, was born in Orland, Indiana and attended school in Philadelphia attaining his A.B. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1907. He pursued his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley completing his dissertation on the ethnography of the Salinan Indians of California. Mason was influenced by Alfred J. Kroeber while at Berkeley and Edward Sapir of the University of Pennsylvania. The J. Alden Mason curatorial years (1922-1967) produced three archival boxes of correspondence and in-house memos, along with Section reports, research notes and articles and notes for publication. This material, in addition to personal records of Dr. Mason and evidence of his scholarship were arranged into series and placed in chronological order.


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8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.
9 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?
10 And Saul sware to her by the Lord, saying, As the Lord liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.
12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.
13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.
14 And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.
15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing theLord is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?
17 And the Lord hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David:
18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day.
19 Moreover the Lord will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the Lord also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.
20 Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
Purcell's music text paraphrase:
In guilty night, and hid in false disguise,
Forsaken Saul to Endor comes and cries :
Woman, arise, call powerful arts together,
And raise the ghost, whom I shall name, up hither.
Why should'st thou wish me die? Forbear my son,
Dost thou not know what cruel Saul has done?
How he has killed, has killed and murdered all
That were wise and could on spirits call?
Woman, be bold, do but the thing I wish,
No harm from Saul shall come to thee for this.
Whom shall I raise or call? I'll make him hear.
Old Samuel, let only him appear!
What, what dost thou fear?
Nought else but thee,
For thou art Saul, alas! and hast beguiled me.
Peace, and go on, what seest thou? let me know.
I see the gods ascending from below.
Who's he that comes?
An old man mantled o'er.
Oh! that is he, let me that ghost adore.
Why hast thou robbed me of my rest to see
That which I hate? this wicked world and thee?
Oh! I'm sore distressed, vexed sore;
God has left me and answers me no more;
Distressed with war, with inward terrors too,
For pity's sake tell me, what shall I do?
Art thou forlorn of God and com'st to me?
What can I tell thee then but misery?
This kingdom's gone into thy neighbour's race,
Thine host shall fall by sword before thy face.
Tomorrow then, till then farewell and breathe:
Thou and thy son tomorrow shall be with me beneath.
Farewell, oh! farewell.
In guilty night: Saul and the witch of Endor, Z134 (published in 1693), composed by Henry Purcell (1659-1695).
Additional scripture reminder to readers about witches, if there is a greater fascination about witchcraft at this time of year, so close to Halloween:
10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, 11 or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. 12 Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord; … — Deut. 18:10-12a (New International Version)
See also: Wikipedia on the Witch of Endor.
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U.S. and Russian officials have given their commitment to a political solution for the deepening Syrian conflict, a United Nations envoy said on Sunday, but Moscow dismissed speculation it was preparing for President Bashar al-Assad's exit.
With rebels now fighting on the doorsteps of Damascus, Assad's forces kept up their now daily artillery strikes and air raids on eastern suburbs as well as some rebel-held districts on the capital's outskirts.
U.N. special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi met the U.S. and Russian deputy foreign ministers in Geneva for the second session of tripartite talks in less than a week, apparently in response to rising violence that now threatens to engulf Damascus.
"All three parties reaffirmed their common assessment that the situation in Syria was bad and getting worse," a statement from Brahimi said. "They stressed that a political process to end the crisis in Syria was necessary and still possible."
Notwithstanding his comments, commitment to a political process could be at risk. Western officials were among those who helped rebels to create a unified chain of command at the weekend, and Washington is expected to recognize the opposition as the sole representative of the Syrian people next week.
Russia, Syria's main arms supplier, insisted its position on Assad had not softened and it was not negotiating on the future of the president, whose family has ruled Syria for 42 years.
"We are not holding any talks on the fate of Assad," Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying by Itar-Tass news agency in Moscow. "All attempts to present the situation rather differently are shady."
Several countries are believed to be supplying both sides in the conflict, with Iran bankrolling Assad's war efforts while its regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Qatar arm the rebels.
Brahimi said the talks aimed to find a solution based on last June's Geneva Declaration, which called for a transitional government. This proposal originally foundered over different interpretations of that transition; Washington said Assad could not play a role but Russia insisted that his fate should not be decided outside Syria.
Syria's 20-month-old uprising, which began as peaceful protests but has descended into civil war, has become increasingly bloody with over 40,000 people killed.
The rebels have gained momentum in recent weeks, capturing a series of military sites across the country often with the help of radical Islamists. However, some activists believe the opposition is still far from toppling Assad, whose army has largely held together and who has many heavy weapons.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported army shelling and clashes across the country on Sunday, with 60 counted dead before evening. Death tolls have averaged at around 100 per day in recent weeks.
In the north, the radical Islamist group Jabhat al-Nusra, linked to Al Qaeda in Iraq, led other rebels in seizing on Sunday a regimental command center in Aleppo province, which borders Turkey.
The British-based Observatory, which has a network of activists across the country, said the centre's commander fled along with 140 soldiers. Five troops soldiers were captured.
Western powers have become increasingly alarmed by the role of groups such as Jabhat al-Nusra, which Washington is considering putting on its terrorist list.
Radical groups have gained increasing popularity and influence despite their small numbers. The seasoned fighters they attract from Syria and abroad have increased the effectiveness of their attacks.
Some rebels and residents feel the militants are more disciplined than other rebels, drawing fewer charges of looting and kidnapping.
Damascus has become a focal point of battles over the past week, as rebels effectively shut the international airport by clashing with Assad's forces near there. Foreign flights have been suspended and residents say the airport road is closed.
Rebels who have called their campaign "Operation Opening the Road to Damascus", uploaded video on Sunday that showed heavy gunbattles and explosions rocking several rural towns around the capital. The video also showed rebels firing a fully functioning tank which they had captured from the army.
But there is no clear winner yet in a battle where neither side seems to have advanced. The Syrian army has claimed many successes around the capital, airing footage on state television of soldiers raiding parts of the rebel stronghold of Deraya.
"Our noble forces in Deraya have destroyed some of the terrorist dens used by al Qaeda terrorists to store weapons and other criminal tools," said a report on Syria TV, which usually refers to rebels as terrorists. "Many terrorists were killed."
Still, rebel gains have helped drive a surge of diplomatic efforts among Gulf Arab states and the West to support the opposition and its newly-formed umbrella group, the Syrian National Coalition.
The move may be encouraging defections. Nine judges defected in a YouTube video published on Sunday. Such videos, however, are difficult to verify as the Syrian government has restricted media access in the country.


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We wish the following statement weren't true: Some of us are fascinated by the fascination with Victoria Beckham. Don't get us wrong, she was always our favorite Spice Girl (she was the only one who seemed to get how funny it all was, she couldn't really sing, she wasn't even necessarily conventionally pretty, but she played it droll) and you could never laugh at her because, to bastardize the words of Gypsy Rose Lee, she was the one laughing first — at herself. That said, Beckham's transformation from singing heart-wrenching lyrics ("Last time / we had this conversation, baby / I decided we should be friends / But now / We're going 'round in circles / Tell me will this deja vu ever end?") to being self-proclaimed Queen of the World, is, well, a little odd. Maybe we missed something, but she married a soccer player (which, yes, we know is like the equivalent of, uh, marrying Britney), had some babies, took to anorexia in a way that even Mary-Kate Olsen could only dream of, started dressing ridiculously and in turn transformed into one of the biggest paparazzi targets of our day. Who is Victoria Beckham, really? And why do we care? And also, why does Beckham — a DFS sufferer if we ever saw one — believe her first contribution to the fashion-hungry masses should be a denim line? Denim? Really? The uniform of coal miners? With these thoughts in mind, we sent Jezebel's Jennifer Gerson to Saks Fifth Avenue last night to document Beckham's in-store appearance for the launch of her denim (and eyewear) line DVB. After the jump, Jennifer's take on the scene, the "star", and the clothes.
THE SCENE: While there's definitely a crowd, it seems meager compared to the clusterfuck at Steve & Barry's for Sarah Jessica Parker's Bitten line last week. In fact, there are probably only 80 or so people here, not counting members of the press (who've been neatly wrangled into one of the biggest press corrals I have ever seen anywhere), and at least a third of the assembled are AWOL employees from the Saks make-up counters. But the seemingly mild-mannered crowd erupts into mayhem the moment Beckham enters the building: The paparazzi screams, "Victoria! Victoria!" and the crowd follows along, thrusting cameras and camera phones in the air with a fervor (and, frankly, arm-thrusting) comparable to that of a Nazi rally, ca. 1938. I am pushed, shoved, almost physically uprooted from my spot and then, almost as soon as it has begun, it's over. Beckham has simply entered, smiled, posed for a photo with Saks execs and casually headed up to the 5th floor, where the denim line is on display.
THE STAR: There are more people upstairs (about 100 - 200 — estimation has never been one of my stronger points) in line to get Beckham's autograph. As I watch her sign, I notice she's got the dealing-with-the-commoners thing down pat: First, a huge smile breaks across her face as each fan approaches, then she takes said fan's hand, shakes it, asks her (or him) for his name, signs a little notecard, and poses for a picture. (She is yes, also thin. Very thin. Crazy thin, even.) Creepily, the second the cameras start flashing the smile disappears and that famous pout of hers takes its place. She actually physically transforms herself into a different (and uglier) person when there's a camera aimed in her direction. Which is too bad — she's so much more accessible when she smiles.
THE CLOTHES: There is a bootcut jean, a straight leg jean, a miniskirt, and a capri. And that's it. Strangely — perhaps generously? — the clothes run huge. As the saleswoman guides me towards a pair of jeans two sizes smaller than I normally wear, she also mentions, casually, "You know they're all one length, right?". Yup, every single one of the full-length jeans has a 34-inch leg. The jeans, however, fit very well — extremely well, in fact, — which the saleswoman also mentions. They are, she tells me, almost universally flattering. But no one else seems to care: I am the only person who seems to be trying anything on. The jeans rest sadly on the racks, neither touched nor discussed. People, it seems, wanted pictures of Victoria, not any other part of her.


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A penile implant is a device used to help men with erectile dysfunction . Penile implant surgery is often recommended for those who are unsatisfied with less invasive alternatives such as medications or injection therapy. In many cases, the implant is not noticeable after the surgical wounds have healed. An orgasm may be achieved with a penile implant so long as the patient had the ability to achieve an orgasm before having the surgery.
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Israeli bulldozers demolish a Palestinian family's home in the al-Tur neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, 26 March.
"All of these initiatives are pieces of the Jerusalem puzzle that Israeli authorities are fitting together," says Saleh. "And the aim is always to minimise the Palestinian population in the city."
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Denny Enochs is a Mustang enthusiast like the rest of us. He likes and has owned a number of early Mustangs. But when he got the chance to buy a nice, mostly original '78 King Cobra, he followed through with the deal.
Eighteen years ago, Denny acquired the most collectible Mustang II of all.
Ford built a scant 4,313 of the special King Cobras in the final year of the Mustang II, so the odds of finding one unmolested were pretty low, especially in such a flashy color combination with the ultra-desirable T-top option.
Denny says the 60,000-mile car looked great except for faded paint and stripes along with a little surface rust on the body. The 302-2V looked stock and ran great. Likewise, the interior was sharp except for faded plastic inserts around the back hatch. The wheels had the typical "ashen"appearance.
At first, Denny wasn't out to restore to concours. He just wanted to get the car looking good for occasional driving and cruising to car shows. He started with a repaint of the Tangerine Orange exterior and new stripes, including the giant Cobra snake on the hood, ala the Pontiac Trans Am of the era.
Soon Denny was off to shows. But he kept incurring point deductions due to faded plastic inserts in the back window area. Through a local paint store, Denny learned how to repaint the plastic, faded almost to white, back to the factory orange. First he removed the plastic trim. Then he stripped it with ammonia. Next, he sprayed on an adhesive to "soften it up a little"and before it dried he sprayed on specially mixed paint to match the factory color.
Denny was surprised how good the job appeared, making his interior look almost new. The one concession to stock is real brushed aluminum in front of the driver. The original Ford instrument panel was plastic. Denny went upscale because the look is the same and the brushed aluminum is less prone to scratches.
When Denny bought the car, the rear window slats were in place. He says the original owner asked the dealer to install them when the car was new. Denny added the rear quarter window covers; they integrate well with the King Cobra look and also keep sunlight off the inside back trim.
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The protective clear coating on the "Lacy" aluminum wheels had turned ashen thanks to the coat of clear cracking from day-to-day use, allowing water to migrate underneath. "I found a guy who was able to remove the clear coat,"Denny says. "He told me not to put the clear coat back on or I would have the same problem in a few years. Now all I do is polish them."
Under the hood, Denny explained that the bright trim is aluminum except for the chrome cap on the master cylinder. Aftermarket headers help exhaust flow. Denny removed the emissions equipment because in Pennsylvania he can pass inspection without the air pump because he registered the car with classic tags.
Is the car popular at shows? Denny says it depends on the show, then, when pressed, adds that the car has won "50 to 60 trophies."No doubt, most of the attention comes from the factory looks. Ford designers did a great job with the front air dam, fender flares, reverse-facing hoodscoop with "5.0"decals, and blacked out trim.
Until Denny decides to go concours, he sees no reason to get down to the nitty-gritty with the details. The reason is simple. The King Cobra is already a head-turner that few people ever get to see.


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Unless you're counting host Ken Jeong's decision to dress as Flavor Flav and then crawl under Nas' legs, Eminem offered the biggest Hip Hop presence at Sunday night's Billboard Music Awards. It should be noted that Em didn't actually attend the mostly Pop affair, which was dominated by the likes of Justin Bieber, Beyonce and Britney Spears.
Eminem tied Bieber for the most awards at six wins. Out of 46 award categories, Shady took home nods for Top Artist, Top Male Artist, Top Rap Artist, Top Billboard 200 Album [Recovery], Top Rap Album and Top Rap Song ["Love The Way You Lie" ].
While the selection process by the National Acacemy of Recording Arts and Sciences has recently come under fire for their more subjective methods used for selecting Grammy Award winners, Billboard stated, "all finalists and winners were determined by a combination of chart performances." The eligibility period for nominations ran from February 28, 2010 through March 1, 2011. The amount of their respective awards reflected the strength of Eminem and Bieber's current sales. To date, Em's Recovery has sold over 3.8 million copies, while Bieber's My World 2.0 has moved over 2.7 million units.
Notable performers Sunday night were Cee-Lo Green, Beyonce, Mary J. Blige and Lil Wayne, and Rihanna and Nicki Minaj, who both featured Britney Spears as a guest performer.


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Chocolate is lady-crack, if advertisements are to be believed. But the women who grow the cocoa that feeds the masses are not having similar mouth orgasms; instead, they're paid much less than their male colleagues and face discrimination in the workplace, in addition to hunger and poverty.
Oxfam has a new investigation of cocoa supply chains in 4 countries showing how horribly the women who grow cocoa used by companies like Mars, Mondelez and Nestle — which control more than 40% of the global chocolate market, purchase nearly one third of the world's cocoa and net more than $45 billion a year in confectionery sales —are treated.
The brief includes stories from women like Agnes Gabriel, a 37-year-old migrant worker living in Ayetoro-Ijesa, Nigeria, who gets paid $3 a day for her work on a cocoa farm while her male counterparts make more than twice that amount, and Arti, a laborer at a cocoa exporting factory in Makassar, Indonesia who says she is made to work without a contract and is called an "animal" by her supervisor. Then there's the processing factory where all the female workers were laid off after a few demanded equal treatment and pay.
The "comfort food" industry is booming, and these companies could improve conditions for women if they cared, but Oxfarm's research shows they don't. At the very least, this report is an excellent way to justify spending too much money on that fair trade ethically-sourced chocolate from the obnoxious guy at your farmer's market.


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We wanted to make a cake that would look wonderful, taste great, but still be manageable. The layers are a basic pound cake, and the frosting is a simple cream-cheese variation. Sandwiched between the layers is store-bought jam.
We know the thought of freezing your showpiece layers can be a little scary. We've tested several, however, and want to emphasize that it's infinitely better to freeze the layers up to one month (don't refrigerate them) than to have them dry out at room temperature.
Finally, you'll need some sort of base for the assembled cake. This can be anything from a very large platter to a piece of wood covered with tulle.
Important: Two separate batches of the following batter are required in this recipe. You'll need twice the quantity of the batter ingredients below, but do not double when mixing the ingredients.
- Yield
- Serves 50
- Active Time
- 5 to 6 hours
- Total Time
- 1 day
- For each batch of batter:
- 12 large eggs
- 3/4 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons vanilla
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 6 cups cake flour (not self-rising)
- 6 sticks unsalted butter (1 1/2 pounds), softened
- 3 cups sugar
- For assembly:
- 4 cups lemon syrup
- 2 1/3 cups rose hip, rose fruit, or seedless blackberry jam (about 3 jars, 12 ounces each)
- Cream-cheese frosting
- 8 (1/2-pint) containers blackberries (about 8 cups)
- Special equipment:
- 1 (12- by 2-inch) cake pan
- 1 (9- by 2-inch) cake pan
- 1 (6- by 2-inch) cake pan
- 2 packages Magi-Cake or homemade foil strips
- 1 (12-inch) serrated knife
- 4 (11-inch) cardboard rounds
- 4 (8-inch) cardboard rounds
- 4 (6-inch) cardboard rounds, trimmed to 5-inch rounds
- 1 medium-size piping bag and 3/16-inch plain tip
- Cake base or large platter
- 5 (8-inch) plastic straws
- Cake-decorating turntable (optional but very helpful)
- Garnish: petals from 3 large organic and nontoxic roses and blackberries (optional)
- Bake cake layers:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease cake pans and line bottom of each with a round of wax paper. Grease paper and dust pans with flour, knocking out excess. Wet Magi-Cake strips and fasten around each pan.
- Whisk together eggs, milk, and vanilla. Whisk salt into flour in another bowl. Beat butter (it should be room temperature) with sugar in a 5-qt. standing electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add flour and egg mixture alternately in 3 batches, ending with egg mixture and beating on low speed just until incorporated.
- Divide batter among pans so each is filled to 1 inch from top. (If you have a wall oven or other small oven, see cooks' notes, below.) Bake in upper and lower thirds of oven, with 12-inch pan on upper rack, 20 minutes. Gently turn pans in place so that part of cake that was toward back of oven now faces front and bake cakes until a tester comes out of each with a few crumbs adhering, 10 to 20 minutes more, depending on cake size. Transfer each cake as done to a rack to cool. Cool cakes slightly (9-inch and 6-inch cakes for 10 minutes; 12-inch cake for 20 minutes) and invert onto racks, peeling off paper. Turn cakes right side up and cool completely.
- Clean pans. Make second batch of batter; bake and cool cakes in same manner.
- Assemble cake:
- Work with 12-inch cakes first. Trim top of each with long serrated knife to make level, then cut cakes horizontally in half. Put each 12-inch layer, cut side up, on an 11-inch cardboard round. Brush cut sides generously with syrup. Stir jam until smooth and spread about 2/3 cup on a 12-inch layer. Invert another 12-inch layer (with cardboard), cut side down, onto jam. Discard top cardboard round and spread about 2 1/2 cups frosting on top. Sprinkle with 1 layer of blackberries to cover frosting. (If berries are 1 inch or larger, halve them lengthwise.) Slide the third 12-inch layer, syrup side up, onto berries, discarding cardboard, and press gently. Spread about 1/2 cup jam on layer and invert the last 12-inch layer (with cardboard), cut side down, onto jam, then discard cardboard.
- Spoon 2 cups frosting onto 12-inch tier and cover cake with a thin coating. (This is called crumb-coating. It tamps down any loose crumbs to keep them out of the top layer of frosting and fills in any crevices.) Chill 12-inch tier while working on remaining tiers.
- Trim and halve 9-inch cakes similarly and put on 8-inch rounds. Brush cut sides generously with syrup. Assemble and crumb-coat 9-inch tier in same manner (use about 1/3 cup jam and 1 1/4 cups frosting between layers; crumb-coat with about 1 1/2 cups frosting). Chill 9-inch tier.
- Repeat procedure to make 6-inch tier (use about 2 1/2 tablespoons jam and about 3/4 cup frosting between layers; crumb-coat with about 3/4 cup frosting) and chill until firm.
- Reserve 2 cups frosting for piping. Place 12-inch tier on cake base (preferably on a cake turntable) and frost. Then frost remaining tiers. Chill frosted tiers (do not stack) at least 4 hours.
- Cut 3 straws in half and insert 1 straw piece in center of 12-inch tier all the way to bottom. Insert remaining 5 straw pieces in a circle about 1 1/2 inches from center straw and trim straws level with top of tier. (Straws support tiers.) Carefully put 9-inch tier (still on cardboard) in center of bottom tier. Cut remaining 2 straws in half and insert into middle tier in similar manner, with 1 straw piece in center and remaining 3 straw pieces in a circle around it. Carefully put 6-inch tier (still on cardboard) on top, in center of middle tier.
- Fill in any gaps between tiers and any imperfections with frosting and transfer the remainder to pastry bag fitted with 3/16-inch tip. Pipe a decorative border around the bottom edge of each tier. Save remaining frosting for touch-ups—just in case.
- Cake should come to room temperature before serving (it may stand at cool room temperature about 6 hours). Garnish cake with roses and serve slices with blackberries.
·If you can't fit the entire assembled cake on its base into your refrigerator, a good place to stop is after assembling and crumb-coating the 3 tiers but before stacking them together. Go to that point 1 day ahead and keep the tiers chilled. Cover each loosely with plastic wrap once the frosting is set. (No smelly things in the fridge, please!) After frosting the tiers, chill them overnight.
·Some of our ovens are wall ovens, which tend to be small (ours are about 19 inches wide, 15 inches high, and 17 1/2 inches deep). We found that the cakes cooked more evenly when we cooked the 12-inch cake alone on the middle rack, then the 6-inch and 9-inch together on the middle rack. If you do this, fill all the pans at the same time but leave the 2 smaller cakes at room temperature while baking the 12-inch.


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Passion of Jesus Christ
(1) A devotion paid to Christ in memory of His Passion through pious exercises commemorating His sufferings, such as the Way of the Cross; in several Masses of the Passion, in countless prayers; also through art, pictures and statues depicting various phases of the Passion; and through a vast literature, mostly ascetical and devotional in nature. This devotion is of ancient origin, though it did not flourish in the early Church as it does today. The devotion as it exists today dates from the time of Saint Bernard and Saint Francis of Assisi.
(2) A feast celebrated on the Tuesday after Sexagesima Sunday. Its object is to honor the sufferings Christ endured for the salvation of mankind. It originated in the 16th century, and was reintroduced by Saint Paul of the Cross. There are also other feasts commemorating special mysteries of the Passion.
(3) In the four Gospels, the Passion is so recorded that one account supplements the other. The Synoptic Gospels contain a brief narrative, in substance common to all. Matthew and Mark have additional passages in common. The further passages which are found separately in the three synoptists quite easily harmonize with the intention that particular narrator had in mind, and with the peculiarities elsewhere noted in the same narrator; this is likewise true of John's account of the Passion. Both by the omission of mysteries recorded by the Synoptists, and by the narration of others omitted by them, the fourth Gospel is true to its traditional character as being of later date.
- "Passion of Jesus Christ". . CatholicSaints.Info. 1 December 2019. Web. 30 October 2020. <>


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The maple tree, it is estimated, has been a prominent figure and symbol of the country of Canada and the people that reside there for centuries. With a history that extends back to the 1700s, the maple tree (and its well-known leaf) is implanted itself on more than just the Canadian soil, but in the hearts of those who call it home. So dear to the hearts of Canadians is the maple leaf, that poet Alexander Muir sang its praises in a song he wrote after serving with the Canadian forces in 1866. He wrote: "The Maple Leaf/ Our Emblem Dear, / The Maple Leaf Forever. / God save our Queen and heaven bless, / The Maple Leaf Forever."
Today, however, the maple tree is in danger of being completely wiped off of the Canadian landscape, especially in the Ontario province where lack of security and incoming threats pin the species in an unprotected corner. "Our maple trees are under threat, we have an invasive species coming up through New York State," explained the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, Gord Miller. "We have climate change acting on our maple trees"—further questioning: "Is that the Ontario you want to live in?"
The incoming threat is the Asian longhorn beetles that are making their way up and over the Canadian/US border and specifically into the Ontario province. Like most invasive insect species, these beetles will blow through the populations of maple trees, leaving the trees damaged, dying, and unable to survive the swarm. Add that to the ever present danger of global warming—which, among other things, strangles the environment where the trees are best equipped to survive—and the maple trees have a huge battle ahead of them.
Miller is among the many concerned that believe that unless the Ontario government acts quickly to assess the risks and takes progressive steps in preventing their widely devastating impact, the maple trees may disappear within the coming decades. According to Miller, the Ontario government first knew about the longhorn beetle threat back in 2003, and had the opportunity to get a handle on it early on but let the issue slip from their hands.
With a biodiversity strategy that expired over a year ago, the fate of the Ontario ecosystem is up in the air and on the desks of officials. And as the issue becomes harder to ignore, the unavoidable toll on the economy becomes even harder to overlook. "Protecting our resources, protecting our fisheries, protecting our forests, this is vital to keeping jobs, to paying bills here in Ontario," states Jonah Schein, a Member of Provincial Parliament, in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
"I don't think the whole world expects everyone to succeed, but they expect when you sign these agreements you try," explains Miller, believing that this is not a lost cause, and it is the duty of the higher-ups to works towards a solution. "And after that there is a whole questions of international credibility that comes into play. It's not as if something is going to happen in the future, these are things that are happening right now." Ontario officials need to be pressured to act quickly on behalf of the environment and the job that relies on them. To help put the pressure on, please sign the petition here.
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It's time for another installment of Pot Psychology, the biweekly "advice" column in which we attempt to solve everyone's problems with an herbal remedy.
(Remember, kids: Don't do drugs!) In this edition, Rich and I answer questions about tampons, pads, constipation, and diarrhea. Got a burning question? Send it to email@example.com. Or to Twitter.


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Wahbi Khazri inspired Tunisia as they powered their way into the semi-finals at the Africa Cup of Nations by ending Madagascar's unlikely dreams of glory.
Goals from Ferjani Sassi, skipper Youssef Msakni and substitute Naim Sliti secured a 3-0 quarter-final win in Cairo to set up a showdown with Senegal on Sunday, but it was Khazri who led the way with a fine individual display.
Tunisia enjoyed the better of a keenly-contested first half, but were unable to make the pressure count.
St-Etienne's Khazri came closest to breaking the deadlock with a curling 32nd-minute free-kick which Melvin Adrien clawed away, and the Malagasy keeper had to get down well to turn away Ghaylen Chaaleli's well-struck effort 10 minutes later.
Khazri thought he had broken the deadlock seconds after the restart after sliding the ball past Adrien, although a late, but correct offside flag ended his celebrations.
However, the opening goal did arrive with 52 minutes gone when Sassi's shot took a wicked deflection off defender Thomas Fontaine and wrong-footed the keeper.
It was 2-0 on the hour when Adrien could only parry Khazri's effort and Msakni followed up to find the bottom corner, and the former Sunderland midfielder fed Sliti to complete the scoring in stoppage time.
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Chris Herren gives Marshall Henderson advice
- Chris Herren is one of Marshall Henderson%27s biggest supporters
- Henderson tweeted that he spoke to Chris Herren
- Herren is a former NBA and Fresno State guard who famously battled drug and alcohol addiction
Chris Herren is one of Marshall Henderson's biggest supporters. He loves the "guts" that the Ole Miss guard plays with on the court. Now, Herren, a former NBA and Fresno State guard who has battled drug and alcohol addiction, said he believes Henderson needs to show those same "guts" off the court.
Herren told USA TODAY Sports by phone Thursday that he spoke to Henderson to provide him with advice on his "personal life." Thursday evening the Wall Street Journal reported, citing an Oxford, Miss. police report, that a small amount of marijuana and a bag that contained what appeared to be a small amount of cocaine had been found in Henderson's car during a May 4 traffic stop.
"You can never minimize the fact that you're jeopardizing your future," Herren said. "It's tragic for me to see his situation knowing what I know, what I went through, what I did.
"Ultimately, he needs to get down to the reason why a substance is more important than yourself, your family and your future," said Herren. "Whether it's basketball, football, baseball or any sport at a high level, the price to pay is a lot of pressure. That's why he needs to incorporate some balance in his life and surround himself with people who have the same dream he does."
After the phone conversation, Henderson tweeted Thursday afternoon that he connected with Herren.
Ole Miss announced Henderson's suspension Wednesday through a statement by men's basketball coach Andy Kennedy in which he noted Henderson must do a "better job of living up to the high standard we expect from him." The reasoning for the suspension was not disclosed.
Kennedy, speaking Thursday at the Peach Jam basketball event in North Augusta, S.C., said Henderson is enrolled at Ole Miss for summer's second session, which began June 27. There's still a chance Henderson could return to the basketball team. "Otherwise, he'd have just been dismissed," Kennedy said.
Herren said an assistant coach from Ole Miss, as well as "people concerned for Marshall's health" outside of the basketball program reached out to see if he would talk to Henderson back in late May. He was given Henderson's number and left a message. Henderson didn't call back until Thursday afternoon, shortly after he started following Herren on Twitter.
"He sounded very sincere and open. He has talent and he doesn't want to waste it," said Herren, who tweeted a supportive message for Henderson Thursday morning.
"He's very interested, no, he's very invested in doing the right thing for himself. He's a kid in a very tough spot right now — under a very public spotlight. It's hard enough to navigate through this when you don't have headlines and cameras and news reporters. This is serious stuff. Marshall sounded great as he could possibly sound as far as getting this figured out, as far as turning this around."
Herren has written about his struggles with substance abuse in "Basketball Junkie: a Memoir" and was the subject of the ESPN "30 for 30" documentary "Unguarded". He has become one of the most coveted motivational speakers for college and professional teams.
Henderson, who was named Southeastern Conference tournament MVP and led the conference in scoring as a junior last seasons, came to Ole Miss a year ago with a past that included an arrest on forgery charges stemming from when he was a high school senior. After failing drug tests in January 2012, he also served jail time. He became a polarizing figure on the court for his taunting, jersey-tugging behavior.
"People judge his antics on the court. They're not hearing what's being yelled at Marshall Henderson, what's being said about him, his family," Herren said. "I've been there, I've had 12,000 people chanting 'cocaine.' That's hard for the best of the best to process. Never mind a kid bouncing a basketball."
"He can get through it with basketball or without basketball," Herren added of Henderson. "This isn't a terminal illness. It can be. If caught early, the sky is the limit."
Contributing: Nicole Auerbach from North Augusta, S.C.
Scott Gleeson, a college basketball writer/producer for USA TODAY Sports, is on Twitter @ScottMGleeson.


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Imagine this: A gang battles with police during a standoff at a hotel where 35 people were taken hostage. It ends in a gunfight that leaves one dead and four police officers wounded.
There are no teeth marks.
No, that isn't a never-before-seen twist in the "Twilight" series. It's the real-life violence that took place in Rio de Janeiro recently that may cause filming of the last installment of the vampire franchise to be halted.
According to various internet reports, city officials are working to convince Summit Entertainment that Rio is safe for rolling. Meanwhile police are cautioning producers to rethink their schedule.
Production on "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn" was slated to begin in the next few weeks.
So will Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner be diverted to a different exotic locale to tie up their teen drama? At stake is $1 million that would be pumped into the local economy.
Summit execs told Radaronline that they are planning (hoping) on keeping it in Brazil, even if it means moving it out of the violence-prone city. They are keeping their options open.
"The possibility of filming portions of [the film] in Brazil has always been under consideration and we are continuing to scout locations within the country."
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Gene risk factors for age-related brain disorders may affect immune system function
Scientists have discovered gene variants that affect the function of immune cells in young, healthy people. Interestingly, many of these same gene variants are known risk factors for diseases that occur later in life, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. This linking of known gene risk factors for age-related neurological disorders to immune system functions, such as inflammation, offers new insights into Alzheimer's and other disorders and may one day lead to promising therapies.
Funded in part by NIH, a study by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, and colleagues appeared May 2, 2014 in Science. The work of lead author Dr. Towfique Raj was supported by an NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award. This program helps ensure a diverse pool of highly trained scientists are available in appropriate scientific disciplines to address the Nation's biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research needs.
The researchers studied T-cells and monocytes, two types of immune cells in blood samples donated by 461 young, healthy volunteers of diverse ancestry living in Boston. They profiled the cells to measure the expression of more than 19,000 genes found in each cell type. They then identified how gene variants in the samples influenced the function of the immune cells.
They found that gene variants that confer risk for certain diseases, such as type 1 diabetes, also controlled the activity of T-cells. T-cells are specialized in that they adapt to environmental triggers and can respond to specific allergens and viruses. In contrast, known gene risk factors for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases influenced the function of monocytes. Monocytes are associated with innate immunity and are more generalized in their function to fight infections and help clear away dead cells and cellular debris.
While more research is needed, the study advances our understanding of the complex interplay between disease-related genetic variations and the immune system. For the Alzheimer's research community, the findings offer an intriguing possibility of developing interventions that enlist immune cells in delaying or preventing the onset of the disease.
Reference: Towfique R, et al. Polarization of the Effects of Autoimmune and Neurodegenerative Risk Alleles in Leukocytes. Science. May 2, 2014. doi:10.1126/science.1249547


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Immensely likeable, charming and conciliatory; she is also energetic, courageous and fiercely determined. Extremely sensitive and emotional by nature, she could experience fluctuating moods and a certain amount of nervous tension... Josefa is capable of living in harmony with the vibrations of her master number 11, which endow her with tremendous physical and moral strength. Her view on life would therefore be broad and idealistic; her aspirations elevated and noble... (especially if she was born on an 11th or 29th, in November, or when the sun was in in Aquarius). However, most of the time she lives this number an octave below, revealing herself to be fragile, impressionable and suggestible with her head in the clouds. She could oscillate between these two energies during the first part of her life, since the master number is only fully expressed on reaching maturity. Josefa is honest, frank and direct; she doesn´t see the point in beating around the bush and loathes pretentiousness with a passion while injustice which makes her absolutely furious. Indeed, even though she is usually all smiles, sweetness and light, she is nevertheless capable of violent rage if you rub her up the wrong way. She can be very talkative and spontaneous, lively and quick as a flash; and although she remains essentially altruistic with a great love for humanity, she is not completely indifferent to the material realm and could sometimes be sensitive to external symbols of wealth. She likes to take care of her appearance and could have a penchant for precious stones or beautiful clothes. As a little girl, a bubbly and mischievous ray of sunshine, she is vivacity personified! She has plenty of energy and is a real chatterbox who isn´t afraid to speak her mind. She can be possessive and requires plenty of reassurance, love and affection because she is highly receptive to her environment. Stories, legends and fairy-tales certainly fascinate her, but she also craves action and the company of others!
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|System Administration Guide: Network Services Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Information Library
Part I Network Services Topics
Part II Accessing Network File Systems Topics
4. Managing Network File Systems (Overview)
5. Network File System Administration (Tasks)
6. Accessing Network File Systems (Reference)
8. Planning and Enabling SLP (Tasks)
10. Incorporating Legacy Services
Part V Serial Networking Topics
15. Solaris PPP 4.0 (Overview)
16. Planning for the PPP Link (Tasks)
17. Setting Up a Dial-up PPP Link (Tasks)
18. Setting Up a Leased-Line PPP Link (Tasks)
19. Setting Up PPP Authentication (Tasks)
20. Setting Up a PPPoE Tunnel (Tasks)
21. Fixing Common PPP Problems (Tasks)
22. Solaris PPP 4.0 (Reference)
Using PPP Options in Files and on the Command Line
How PPP Configuration File Privileges Work
/etc/ppp/options Configuration File
/etc/ppp/options.tmpl Template
Where to Find Examples of the /etc/ppp/options Files
/etc/ppp/options.ttyname Configuration File
Using /etc/ppp/options.ttyname on a Dial-in Server
Using /etc/ppp/options.ttyname on a Dial-out Machine
options.ttya.tmpl Template File
Where to Find Examples of the /etc/ppp/options.ttyname Files
Configuring User-Specific Options
Configuring $HOME/.ppprc on a Dial-in Server
Configuring $HOME/.ppprc on a Dial-out Machine
Specifying Information for Communicating With the Dial-in Server
/etc/ppp/peers/myisp.tmpl Template File
Where to Find Examples of the /etc/ppp/peers/peer-name Files
Configuring Modem Speed for a Dial-up Link
Defining the Conversation on the Dial-up Link
/etc/ppp/myisp-chat.tmpl Chat Script Template
Modem Chat Script for Calling an ISP
Basic Chat Script Enhanced for a UNIX-Style Login
Chat Script for External ISDN TA
How to Invoke a Chat Script (Task)
Creating a Chat File That Is Executable
Authenticating Callers on a Link
Password Authentication Protocol (PAP)
What Happens During PAP Authentication
Using the login Option With /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
What Happens During CHAP Authentication
Creating an IP Addressing Scheme for Callers
Assigning Dynamic IP Addresses to Callers
Assigning Static IP Addresses to Callers
Assigning IP Addresses by sppp Unit Number
Creating PPPoE Tunnels for DSL Support
Files for Configuring Interfaces for PPPoE
Examples of sppptun Commands for Administering Interfaces
PPPoE Access Server Commands and Files
Using PPPoE and PPP Files to Configure an Access Server
PPPoE Client Commands and Files
/etc/ppp/peers/peer-name File for Defining an Access Server Peer
23. Migrating From Asynchronous Solaris PPP to Solaris PPP 4.0 (Tasks)
25. Administering UUCP (Tasks)
Part VI Working With Remote Systems Topics
27. Working With Remote Systems (Overview)
28. Administering the FTP Server (Tasks)
29. Accessing Remote Systems (Tasks)
Part VII Monitoring Network Services Topics
30. Monitoring Network Performance (Tasks)
The dial-out machine and its remote peer communicate across the PPP link by negotiating and exchanging various instructions. When configuring a dial-out machine, you need to determine what instructions are required by the local and remote modems. Then you create a file that is called a chat script that contains these instructions. This section discusses information about configuring modems and creating chat scripts.
Each remote peer that the dial-out machine needs to connect to probably requires its own chat script.
Note - Chat scripts are typically used only on dial-up links. Leased-line links do not use chat scripts unless the link includes an asynchronous interface that requires startup configuration.
The contents of the chat script are determined by the requirements of your modem model or ISDN TA, and the remote peer. These contents appear as a set of expect-send strings. The dial-out machine and its remote peers exchange the strings as part of the communications initiation process.
An expect string contains characters that the dial-out host machine expects to receive from the remote peer to initiate conversation. A send string contains characters that the dial-out machine sends to the remote peer after receiving the expect string.
Information in the chat script usually includes the following:
Modem commands, often referred to as AT commands, which enable the modem to transmit data over the telephone
Phone number of the target peer
This phone number might be the number that is required by your ISP, or a dial-in server at a corporate site, or an individual machine.
Time-out value, if required
Login sequence that is expected from the remote peer
Login sequence that is sent by the dial-out machine
This section contains chat scripts that you can use as a reference for creating your own chat scripts. The modem manufacturer's guide and information from your ISP and other target hosts contain chat requirements for the modem and your target peers. In addition, numerous PPP web sites have sample chat scripts.
The following is a basic chat script that you can use as a template for creating your own chat scripts.
ABORT BUSY ABORT 'NO CARRIER' REPORT CONNECT TIMEOUT 10 "" AT&F1M0&M5S2=255 SAY "Calling myserver\n" TIMEOUT 60 OK "ATDT1-123-555-1212" ogin: pppuser ssword: \q\U % pppd
The next table describes the contents of the chat script.
This release includes the /etc/ppp/myisp-chat.tmpl, which you can modify for use at your site. /etc/ppp/myisp-chat.tmpl is similar to the basic modem chat script except that the template does not include a login sequence.
ABORT BUSY ABORT 'NO CARRIER' REPORT CONNECT TIMEOUT 10 "" "AT&F1" OK "AT&C1&D2" SAY "Calling myisp\n" TIMEOUT 60 OK "ATDT1-123-555-1212" CONNECT \c
Use the next chat script as a template for calling an ISP from a dial-out machine with a U.S. Robotics Courier modem.
ABORT BUSY ABORT 'NO CARRIER' REPORT CONNECT TIMEOUT 10 "" AT&F1M0&M5S2=255 SAY "Calling myisp\n" TIMEOUT 60 OK "ATDT1-123-555-1212" CONNECT \c \r \d\c SAY "Connected; running PPP\n"
The following table describes the contents of the chat script.
The next chat script is a basic script that is enhanced for calling a remote Solaris peer or other UNIX-type peer. This chat script is used in How to Create the Instructions for Calling a Peer.
SAY "Calling the peer\n" TIMEOUT 10 ABORT BUSY ABORT 'NO CARRIER' ABORT ERROR REPORT CONNECT "" AT&F1&M5S2=255 TIMEOUT 60 OK ATDT1-123-555-1234 CONNECT \c SAY "Connected; logging in.\n" TIMEOUT 5 ogin:--ogin: pppuser TIMEOUT 20 ABORT 'ogin incorrect' ssword: \qmypassword "% " \c SAY "Logged in. Starting PPP on peer system.\n" ABORT 'not found' "" "exec pppd" ~ \c
The following table explains the parameters of the chat script.
Starting PPP right after the CONNECT \c is often called a PAP login by ISPs, though the PAP login is actually not part of PAP authentication.
The phrase ogin:--ogin: pppuser instructs the modem to send the user name pppuser in response to the login prompt from the dial-in server. pppuser is a special PPP user account name that was created for remote user1 on the dial-in server. For instructions about creating PPP user accounts on a dial-in server, refer to How to Configure Users of the Dial-in Server.
The following chat script is for calling from a dial-out machine with a ZyXEL omni.net. ISDN TA.
SAY "Calling the peer\n" TIMEOUT 10 ABORT BUSY ABORT 'NO CARRIER' ABORT ERROR REPORT CONNECT "" AT&FB40S83.7=1&K44&J3X7S61.3=1S0=0S2=255 OK ATDI18882638234 CONNECT \c \r \d\c SAY "Connected; running PPP\n"
The following table explains the parameters of the chat script.
Refer to the chat(1M) man page for descriptions of options and other detailed information about the chat script. For an explanation of expect-send strings, refer to Chat-Script Field in /etc/uucp/Systems File.
A number of web sites offer sample chat scripts and assistance in creating the chat scripts. For example, see http://ppp.samba.org/ppp/index.html.
You call chat scripts by using the connect option. You can use connect "chat ..." in any PPP configuration file or on the command line.
Chat scripts are not executable, but the program that is invoked by connect must be executable. You might use the chat utility as the program to be invoked by connect. In this instance, if you store the chat script in an external file through the -f option, then your chat script file is not executable.
The chat program that is described in chat(1m) executes the actual chat script. The pppd daemon invokes the chat program whenever pppd encounters the connect "chat ..." option.
Note - You can use any external program, such as Perl or Tcl, to create advanced chat scripts. The chat utility is provided as a convenience.
connect 'chat -f /etc/ppp/chatfile'
The -f flag indicates that a file name is to follow. /etc/ppp/chatfile represents the name of the chat file.
Caution - The chat program always runs with the user's privileges, even if the connect 'chat ...' option is invoked from a privileged source. Thus, a separate chat file that is read with the -f option must be readable by the invoking user. This privilege can be a security problem if the chat script contains passwords or other sensitive information.
Example 22-1 Inline Chat Script
You can place the entire chat script conversation on a single line, similar to the following:
connect 'chat "" "AT&F1" OK ATDT5551212 CONNECT "\c"'
The complete chat script follows the chat keyword. The script terminates with "\c"'. You use this form in any PPP configuration file or on the command line as an argument to pppd.
If the chat script that is needed for a particular peer is long or complicated, consider creating the script as a separate file. External chat files are easy to maintain and to document. You can add comments to the chat file by preceding the comments with the hash (#) sign.
The procedure How to Create the Instructions for Calling a Peer shows the use of a chat script that is contained in an external file.
You can create a chat file that is an executable script to be run automatically when the dial-up link is initiated. Thus, you can run additional commands during link initiation, such as stty for parity settings, besides the commands that are contained in a traditional chat script.
This executable chat script logs in to an old-style UNIX system that requires 7 bits with even parity. The system then changes to 8 bits with no parity when running PPP.
#!/bin/sh chat "" "AT&F1" OK "ATDT555-1212" CONNECT "\c" stty evenp chat ogin: pppuser ssword: "\q\U" % "exec pppd" stty -evenp
# chmod +x /etc/ppp/chatprogram
connect /etc/ppp/chatprogram
Chat programs do not have to be located within the /etc/ppp file system. You can store chat programs in any location.


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SUNY Canton will continue its popular Living Writers Series next month with New York Times sports columnist and bestselling author William C. Rhoden.
Rhoden will be discussing his work at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, in the Convocation, Athletic and Recreation Center nicknamed Roos House. The event is free and open to the public.
"Focusing on the juggernaut of professional sports, Rhoden forces us to examine and question some of the fundamental ideas our culture has to offer about race, power, and history," said Assistant Professor of English Phil LaMarche, who created the series to allow students enrolled in his Living Writers Course to meet and hear from the authors whose books they are required to read in class.
Rhoden is perhaps best known for his book "Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete," which deals with the challenging issue of the status of the black athlete in contemporary America. Using the pervasive metaphor of the plantation, Rhoden describes a modern sports industry defined by white ownership and black labor.
During a journalism career that has spanned more than three decades, Rhoden has tackled complex issues in the sports world. He has written "The Sports of the Times" column since 1990, and his work has been included in a number of anthologies including "The Best American Sports Writing 2007." Rhoden is also a frequent guest on ESPN's long-running Sunday morning show, "The Sports Reporters."
Rhoden's accolades include a Peabody Award for his writing on the HBO documentary "Journey of the African American Athlete." Most recently, he wrote the HBO documentary "Breaking the Huddle," about the integration of College Football, which won a 2009 Emmy for outstanding Documentary Film. He is also author of the critically acclaimed book, "Third and A Mile: The Trials and Triumphs of The Black Quarterback."
Rhoden will answer questions and be available for book signings after the event. Copies of "Forty Million Dollar Slaves" will be available for purchase.
Upcoming presenters will include Iain Haley Pollock, author of "Spit Back a Boy," at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, and Siobhan Fallon, author of "You Know When the Men Are Gone," at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 24. Both events will be held in the College's Kingston Theater and are free and open to the public.
Media inquiries should be directed to Gregory Kie, Media Relations Manager, or call 315/386-7527.


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TUF 14, which will begin filming in June, is expected to feature both featherweight and bantamweight contestants for the very first time.
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Miller had been scheduled to face Aaron Simpson at UFC 132. That bout will no longer take place, however, Simpson will remain on the card against a new opponent.
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The traffic reports on AM radio might help humans navigate, but the electromagnetic waves they travel on could have the opposite effect on birds. A 7-year investigation has discovered that radio waves disrupt the piloting systems of migratory European robins. The work, experts say, provides convincing evidence that such transmissions can alter animal behavior.
For decades, people have feared that cellphones, power lines, and other sources of electromagnetic radiation might harm both human health and nature. But don't fret. Your cellphones are still safe to use in the wild. "Modern-day charlatans will try to exploit this study to claim that cellphone radiation causes damage, but it's not screwing up the robins," says geobiologist Joseph Kirschvink of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, who was not involved in the study. "It's telling them to use a different sense."
European robins, like many migratory birds, can navigate via Earth's magnetic fields—but they don't have to. Scientists have known for 30 years that robins' magnetosense deactivates when it might lead them astray, for instance if they hit a spot where Earth's geomagnetic field dramatically changes strength. Low-intensity radio waves now join this group of negative triggers.
Biologists at the University of Oldenburg in Germany stumbled upon the phenomenon by accident in 2004 while they were testing a basic feature of European robin behavior. During the spring and autumn, the birds' urge to travel is so strong that captured individuals will reflexively start jumping in the direction of their migration, even scratching up the bottom of their cages. But when the robins were held in wooden huts on campus, they were suddenly clueless as to which way they were supposed to be going.
So the researchers started experimenting to see why the birds' compasses appeared to have shut off. Change their food? No difference. Tweak their sleep cycles with artificial lighting? Nada. Finally, they started wondering if the magnetic fields produced by electronic devices on campus might be the culprit.
To find out, the researchers installed aluminum wallpaper inside the birds' wooden huts. The metal sidings were linked by means of wires to metal rods buried in the dirt outside. When electromagnetic noise struck the aluminum, it was soaked up and passed into the land. Known as "grounding," this canceled out the electromagnetic noise coming through the huts' walls, leaving a signal from only Earth's magnetic field. After the screens were built, the robins aligned in the right direction, the team reports online today in Nature. But when the shields were switched off, the birds became disoriented again.
Given the skepticism surrounding prior research into electromagnetic noise and animal habits, the project leaders used double-blind experiments to replicate the finding. Undergraduate and graduate volunteers ran the trials. Some worked in wooden huts with the shields turned on, while others had them off—but to eliminate bias, the students didn't know who was working where.
"We added a number of securities to protect ourselves from wishful thinking," says neurosensory biologist Henrik Mouritsen of the University of Oldenburg, who led the study. "The conditions were repeated with different generations of students, and experiments were blinded on all levels."
Artificially reintroducing magnetic fields into a screened hut allowed the researchers to pinpoint possible sources of the misguiding noise. The most disorienting electromagnetic noise had frequencies matching those produced by AM radio stations and small devices like electronic article surveillance—those little magnetic tags for clothing at department stores. This is 1000 times less powerful than the frequencies emitted by cellphones and 400 times higher than those produced by power lines. Moving the birds to a rural location without electronic noise immediately restored their navigation skills.
European migratory bird populations are declining. Though habitat destruction is the main suspect, the findings raise questions as to whether humanmade electromagnetic pollution from radio stations and home electronics is a general problem across Europe, or if this phenomenon is specific to Oldenburg.
"I just wonder where this strong field originates," says retired zoologist Roswitha Wiltschko, who co-discovered the avian magnetic compass with her husband Wolfgang in the 1970s and who was not involved in the work. "We were doing these experiments in the central district of Frankfurt, a major city, and we never had problems with magnetic fields disrupting the orientation of our birds." Wiltschko feels the study is "really well done" but thinks more research is needed before claiming that this is a general occurrence.
If it is, the effect should be short-ranged and limited to within 5 to 10 km of AM stations, says Kirschvink, who thinks that birds may have evolved this off switch for their magnetic compass long before Guglielmo Marconi invented the radio in order to combat radiation fluxes created by the sun's activity.