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In the lowland tropics of northern Colombia, 60 miles from the Caribbean coast, Cerrejón is an empty, forbidding, seemingly endless horizon of dusty outback, stripped of vegetation and crisscrossed with dirt roads that lead to enormous pits 15 miles in circumference. It is one of the world's largest coal operations, covering an area larger than Washington, D.C. and employing some 10,000 workers. The multinational corporation that runs the mine, Carbones del Cerrejón Limited, extracted 31.5 million tons of coal last year alone.
Cerrejón also happens to be one of the world's richest, most important fossil deposits, providing scientists with a unique snapshot of the geological moment when the dinosaurs had just disappeared and a new environment was emerging. "Cerrejón is the best, and probably the only, window on a complete ancient tropical ecosystem anywhere in the world," said Carlos Jaramillo, a paleontologist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. "The plants, the animals, everything. We have it all, and you can't find it anywhere else in the tropics."
Fifty-eight million years ago, a few million years after the fall of the dinosaurs, Cerrejón was an immense, swampy jungle where everything was hotter, wetter and bigger than it is today. The trees had wider leaves, indicating greater precipitation—more than 150 inches of rain per year, compared with 80 inches for the Amazon now. Mean temperatures may have hovered in the mid- to high-80s Fahrenheit or higher. Deep water from north-flowing rivers swirled around stands of palm trees, hardwoods, occasional hummocks of earth and decaying vegetation. Mud from the flood plain periodically coated, covered and compressed the dead leaves, branches and animal carcasses in steaming layers of decomposing muck dozens of feet thick.
The river basin held turtles with shells twice the size of manhole covers and crocodile kin—at least three different species—more than a dozen feet long. And there were seven-foot-long lungfish, two to three times the size of their modern Amazon cousins.
The lord of this jungle was a truly spectacular creature—a snake more than 40 feet long and weighing more than a ton. This giant serpent looked something like a modern-day boa constrictor, but behaved more like today's water-dwelling anaconda. It was a swamp denizen and a fearsome predator, able to eat any animal that caught its eye. The thickest part of its body would be nearly as high as a man's waist. Scientists call it Titanoboa cerrejonensis.
It was the largest snake ever, and if its astounding size alone wasn't enough to dazzle the most sunburned fossil hunter, the fact of its existence may have implications for understanding the history of life on earth and possibly even for anticipating the future.
Titanoboa is now the star of "Titanoboa: Monster Snake," premiering April 1 on the Smithsonian Channel. Research on the snake and its environment continues, and I caught up with the Titanoboa team during the 2011 field season.
Jonathan Bloch, a University of Florida paleontologist, and Jason Head, a paleontologist at the University of Nebraska, were crouched beneath a relentless tropical sun examining a set of Titanoboa remains with a Smithsonian Institution intern named Jorge Moreno-Bernal, who had discovered the fossil a few weeks earlier. All three were slathered with sunblock and carried heavy water bottles. They wore long-sleeved shirts and tramped around in heavy hiking boots on the shadeless moonscape whose ground cover was shaved away years ago by machinery.
"It's probably an animal in the 30- to 35-foot range," Bloch said of the new find, but size was not what he was thinking about. What had Bloch's stomach aflutter on this brilliant Caribbean forenoon was lying in the shale five feet away.
"You just never find a snake skull, and we have one," Bloch said. Snake skulls are made of several delicate bones that are not very well fused together. "When the animal dies, the skull falls apart," Bloch explained. "The bones get lost."
The snake skull embraced by the Cerrejón shale mudstone was a piece of Titanoboa that Bloch, Head and their colleagues had been hoping to find for years. "It offers a whole new set of characteristics," Bloch said. The skull will enhance researchers' ability to compare Titanoboa to other snakes and figure out where it sits on the evolutionary tree. It will provide further information about its size and what it ate.
Even better, added Head, gesturing at the skeleton lying at his feet, "our hypothesis is that the skull matches the skeleton. We think it's one animal."
Looking around the colossal mine, evidence of an ancient wilderness can be seen everywhere. Every time another feet-thick vein of coal is trucked away, an underlayer of mudstone is left behind, rich in the fossils of exotic leaves and plants and in the bones of fabulous creatures.
"When I find something good, it's a biological reaction," said Bloch. "It starts in my stomach."
Henry Sapiecha


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Programs from the Halifax Ladies Musical Club
- MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 72
- File
- 1921, 1922, 1924
Part of John Daniel Logan fonds
File contains two programs with performances by members of the Halifax Ladies Musical Club: "An Evening with Canadian Creative Composers" with a lecture by Dr. J.D. Logan (November 1, 1921) and a "Debate" between the old masters and modern composers (November 21, 1922). File also contains two programs presented by the Club, for performances by the Hart House String Quartet (Geza de Kresz, Harry Adaskin, Milton Blackstone and Boris Hambourg) (November 28, 1924) and the Hambourg Trio (Greza de Kresz, Reginald Stewart, and Boris Hambourg) (January 11, 1924).

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Meet Dr. Williams
Michael R. Williams, DO, MD, MBA
President, UNT Health Science Center
Dr. Michael Williams was named President of the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) in July 2013. He previously served on the UNT System Board of Regents, a position he held for 15 months and relinquished prior to being named Interim President of UNTHSC in December 2012.
He is a Fort Worth native and as a 1981 graduate of the UNTHSC, is the first alumnus to lead the 44-year old institution. The UNTHSC is comprised of five separate schools of study: the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the School of Public Health, the School of Health Professions and the UNT System College of Pharmacy.
He practiced anesthesiology and critical care medicine in Dallas and Fredericksburg, Texas, for over twenty years. Then, from 2008 to 2012, he served as CEO of Hill Country Memorial Hospital in Fredericksburg. Under his leadership, the hospital received numerous awards for quality, including: the Malcolm Baldrige National Best Practice for Leadership 2013; Top 10 Finalist for the 2013 Malcolm Baldrige National Presidential Quality Award; and designation as a Truven Top 100 U.S. Hospital in 2012 and 2013.
Dr. Williams earned his bachelor's degree from Texas Wesleyan University. Following the completion of two medical degrees (DO and MD), he completed residency and fellowship training in anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School/Parkland Hospital and the Texas Heart Institute. He has completed a Master of Business Administration from Duke University and a Master's degree in Health Care Management from Harvard University.
Dr. Williams is board certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology in both anesthesiology and critical care medicine. He is a Fellow in the American College of Health Care Executives and a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians. He is a past vice president of the Fredericksburg Independent School District Board of Trustees. Currently, he serves on the Texas Wesleyan University Board of Trustees and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Board. In 2013, Dr. Williams was named to the U.S. News and World Report's Advisory Council for the Hospital of Tomorrow and remains an active member.
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Lagrangian Description for Particle Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics – Entangled Many-Particle Case
A Lagrangian formulation is constructed for particle interpretations of quantum mechanics, a well-known example of such an interpretation being the Bohm model. The advantages of such a description are that the equations for particle motion, field evolution and conservation laws can all be deduced from a single Lagrangian density expression. The formalism presented is Lorentz invariant. This paper follows on from a previous one which was limited to the single-particle case. The present paper treats the more general case of many particles in an entangled state. It is found that describing more than one particle while maintaining a relativistic description requires the introduction of final boundary conditions as well as initial, thereby entailing retrocausality.


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CHATHAM COUNTY , Ga., May 21 (UPI) -- In a lawsuit filed in Chatham County, Ga., on Wednesday, Richard and Elizabeth Jones say negligence claimed the life of their daughter, 27-year-old Sarah Jones, a camera assistant on the Gregg Allman biopic Midnight Rider.
Jones was struck by an oncoming train on February 20 when cast and crew were filming scenes on a trestle in Doctortown, Ga. Several other crew members were injured.
The Jones family has named Allman, the film's director, Randall Miller, multiple producers and CSX Transportation, the company that owns the railroad tracks and another company that owns the surrounding land, in the suit. The suit claims that the 18 defendants failed to follow safety precautions on the shoot and that producers did not have permission to film on the train tracks.
"Despite the fact that they planned to film a scene on active railroad tracks, and despite their knowledge of the danger presented by filming a scene on active railroad tracks, none of the Midnight Rider Defendants, or their agents, representatives, contractors, or employees, obtained the proper permission or approval from Defendant CSX to conduct filming on the trestle bridge," the suit reads.
"While the Midnight Rider Defendants knew that they did not have permission or approval from CSX to film on the railroad tracks, they concealed this fact from the rest of the Midnight Rider cast and crew, including Sarah."
The Jones family is seeking unspecified damages.
Local officials are also investigating the incident for possible criminal charges.
"All of us on the production team are devastated by the tragic accident that happened today. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of our crew member," Midnight Rider Productions said in a statement after Jones' death.


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MAKE blog regular Guy Himber built this orrery for an online Lego competition… so sweet.
I always wanted to build something like this ever since I saw a giant fantasy orrery in the movie Dark Crystal. As it has been on my builder's 'wish list' for a while I figured the Iron Builder Competition was a perfect time to try one out!
I made it with the Sun off-centered ( vs. center ) to make it more dynamic to view. The cycles and planets and moons are all fantasy based ( so go cry to your Mom if you don't like how Mars has a Moon or Venus looks like Jupiter )


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In today's world, there are many reasons to use tanning lotion and there are as many brands. There are so many selections to choose from that it is difficult to narrow down your preference. Tanning lotions come in various formulations of cooling, tingle, and bronzing, and there are several lotions that mix all three of these. Did you know that indoor tanning lotion works just as well outdoors? On our web site we give detailed tanning lotion product descriptions so that you can make an informed choice. You can taylor you tanning lotion choice to your individual skin type.


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Seib & Wessel: Early Challenges for Iran's Rohani
WSJ's Jerry Seib describes the high stakes confronting Iran's newly elected President Rohani, both on the country's nuclear program, and on the fate of Syria's Assad, a close Iran ally who now faces stepped up U.S. efforts to oust him.
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the ... Sony while the rest the world is so quiet these ... we had an election in Iran ... where moderate well ... and we had more bloodshed in Syria looks like this honestly so where does that we will buy ... well you see things related Adcetris epics that see things that happened this week with the US kind of welcome the election ... of President Ripon even new Iranian president because he's ... you know relatively more moderate and has been relatively more flexible on nuclear issues and ... just about everybody else which isn't saying much but saying something ... the same time present Obama says ... ok and and organist or arming the rebels in Syria well ... if you if you arm the rebels in Syria and a defeat President Assad in Syria that's a big blow to the Iranians and so ... their big stakes on both the nuclear issue and on the Syrian issue for the Iranians Justice's new president comes and how ... do we really think that the new Iranian president has been of maneuvering room immunity ... to the Ayatollah still runs the show he let some of the other people ... but let them run that most people don't think so ... um although you know there's also a theory that ... there's a deal out there that even the you know that the religious leader until the company wants to do in the long run that ... lets the Iranians go right to the edge of actually producing nuclear weapons but stopped short ... as they get the best of both worlds and since they ... have nuclear capability everybody knows that ... they have ... demonstrated to move across the line if they wanted to ... but they don't have to bear all the scary all the baggage that goes with actually having nuclear weapons in defiance of international community this isn't a way what the Israelis worry about the most ... I mean there were others who are not the Iranian bomb ... but they're also worry about an Iranian regime that has a well known nuclear capabilities but he is an undershirt of international sanctions in the street or bully its neighbors without having to pay the price for ... them when you look at ... what the president to use the G eight meeting he tried to bring along some the other countries on Syria didn't make much progress apart from Russia which ... we were affected by it is well worth initiate everybody was trying to bring Obama along on Syria to serve running mate succeeded in that now the last guy left on the other side is is prudent for Russian they need numbers and that ... the Russians are not going let go of this I think that's one thing to me this week ... um supporters Syrian support of President Assad ... that's the last place the Russians have in the Middle East don't have any real influence there to ... be very reluctant to let that go that's why think if you going to ... get rid of President Assad in Syria ... answer to stabilize the place you'll only the students the Russians they will have a role in the post inside Syria ... and their cynical enough that now ... the whole mess ... well you know there would be something this the Sensex's whoever takes over fixing Syria after this is the ... best I've seen that in your proposition to say the waning ... well he started soon I think the ... that that was what tipped the US is inching into acting and he seemed to have weathered the worst of the last two years ... he got help from Hezbollah of the Hezbollah militia next door and Lebanon this and thousands of fighters ... that tip the balance that to the balanced warranted um ... the government and away from the rebels ... and that that everybody terrorists into the White House direction that's probably the reason prison Obama ...


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During the weekend after the earthquake, NJSP Sgt. Len Strobel, DHS Emergency Management Director William Schaffer, who also coordinates state and nongovernmental agencies in the repatriation effort, and HSP Officer William Carlo manned the command center (below) for survivors returning to McGuire Air Force Base.
DHS arranged for transportation for 173 survivors lacking finances and sent nine mental health counselors to talk with many of the returning 600 evacuees.
Certified disaster mental health crisis counselors are also meeting with members of Haitian-American communities across the state, in churches, schools and community centers. For continuing updates on disaster mental health information, go to our Disaster and Terrorism Branch - Haiti Earthquake Response and Rescue page.
DTB's Gladys Padro is also co-chair of the Multi-state Disaster Behavioral Health Consortium, where 24 states collaborate to ensure that State authorities are represented in disaster and emergency response planning and preparedness activities, as key partners in all Federal public health and medical preparedness activities.
Haiti Presidential Candidate Leon Jeune will address the Burlington County Haitian Community on a "Call to Action" and speak on the status of Haiti.
This informational meeting is Tuesday, February 23 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn Westampton, 111 Hancock Lane, Westampton, NJ 08060; Phone: 609-702-1600
The CDC information includes:
Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network. SATERN has volunteers that have been monitoring Ham radios all night for info coming from the area. Should anyone be looking to locate a loved one or get any info on someone they can register at www.qso.com and go to "health and welfare registry".
Russ Hendrickson. KC2VFHwww.salvationarmynj.org
The website also offers those interested in donating in-kind a portal to register their goods online, which then become viewable by NGOs that may have a need for such goods.
Lastly, the site now allows unaffiliated/spontaneous volunteers interested in volunteering a portal to register their interest. NGOs will have access to the volunteer portal to match their needs with the registered individuals in the system. It is important to note that NGOs are reporting that their capacity to absorb additional volunteers is limited and as a result, individuals' generous offers to support relief and recovery in Haiti is greatly appreciated but may go unneeded.
ELCA Disaster Response in Haiti - While many humanitarian organizations are unable to get aid into Haiti, ELCA Disaster Response partners are already on the ground assisting survivors. Your help is needed now to bring immediate relief and continued hope for our sisters and brothers in Haiti. One hundred percent of your gifts designated to Haiti will be used in this vital response effort. To donate online, go to https://community.elca.org/NetCommunity/SSLPage.aspx?pid=538 To donate by mail send to: ELCA Disaster Response, 39330 Treasury Center, Chicago, IL 60694-9300, (write "Haiti Earthquake Relief" on your check's memo line); or by phone at 800-638-3522.
The Salvation Army - Donations to Relief Work in Haiti - the best way to help is to donate money. Give Online: www.salvationarmyusa.org Give by Phone: 1-800-SAL-ARMY (1-800-725-2769)For the latest updates on The Salvation Army's response to this disaster, please visit http://blog.salvationarmyusa.org/Tzu Chi Foundation - Gathering relief goods from neighboring countries. Tzu Chi team members and the medical team are on standby. The relief team will be on the road once the travel plan is finalized. They are continuing to communicate with their local contact and are gathering relief information. They will post all the related relief efforts on their web site www.us.tzuchi.org.UMCOR (United Methodist Church) will be responding to Haiti's survivors through our international unit, and our United Methodist Volunteers in Mission will likely plan to assist with rebuilding projects in the future. Learn more about this initiative www.umcor.org.UNICEF staff are ready to deliver disaster relief to the children and families affected by the earthquake in Haiti. Online donations are being accepted at https://secure.unicefusa.org/site/Donation2?df_id=6680&6680.donation=form1 United Way Worldwide Disaster Fund, https://volunteer.united-e-way.org/uwwwdisaster/donate/ Gifts to the Fund support long-term recovery efforts to rebuild lives and infrastructure devastated by disaster and to address educational, financial and health-related challenges. Indicate that donation is for Haiti earthquake. You can also text HAITI to 864833 (UNITED) to make a $5 donation to this Fund.
Resources from the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) and theCenter for the Study of Traumatic Stress
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The FBI today reminds Internet users who receive appeals to donate money in the aftermath of Tuesday's earthquake in Haiti to apply a critical eye and do their due diligence before responding to those requests. Past tragedies and natural disasters have prompted individuals with criminal intent to solicit contributions purportedly for a charitable organization and/or a good cause.
Therefore, before making a donation of any kind, consumers should adhere to certain guidelines, to include the following:
Anyone who has received an e-mail referencing the above information or anyone who may have been a victim of this or a similar incident should notify the IC3 via www.ic3.gov. For further information, please visit the FBI's Web site: http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel10/earthquake011310.htm


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Rock veteran Mick Jagger has become a great-grandfather.
The Rolling Stones frontman's granddaughter Assisi has given birth to a baby girl, according to Hellomagazine.com.
No further details have been revealed. The baby is the 21 year old's first child with her chef boyfriend Alex Key.
The arrival means Assisi's mum, socialite and jewellery designer Jade Jagger, is a grandmother at 42. She is also currently expecting a child.
The pair celebrated in March with a joint baby shower.
The birth brings some happy news for the Jagger clan, which was rocked following the suicide of Mick's longtime girlfriend L'Wren Scott in March.


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So Louis has had some passing curiosity about babies being born lately. A few weeks ago, looking at my stomach he asked me "Where is your scar?" and I asked "What Scar?". He said "From where the doctor took the babies out of your tummy." I certainly hadn't planned on having that conversation so soon...but I thought it was best to be honest but leave out the details. I reminded him that we had gone to the hospital, and explained that babies come out of mommy's vagina, and the doctor helps mommy at the hospital. Well he accepted that and went on his way.
But apparently he's been talking to Daddy about it, and Daddy threw in some details, such as there is a lot of blood and yucky stuff. Which is true, so you can't be mad at Daddy, and Louis seemed pretty accepting of this information. Which brings us to my most recent "Birth" Conversation.
Louis says "Remember when you went to the hospital and the babies came out of your vagina and there was a lot of blood and yucky stuff?"
Me "Yes...."
"Mommy I have a question".
Oh lord, what can it be.........
"Mommy, does the doctor have a car?"
"Ummmm, yes."
"What kind of car?"
"Ummm, a Lexus SUV thing."
"But where did she park it? Did she park it in the garage?"
"I don't know......"
"I didn't see her car."
Yeah. She has a car.
This conversation courtesy of my sweetie who also will wake me up in the middle of the night putting a finger to my face "Mom.....booger!"
Could I love him anymore?
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Can you tell me if she has a nice house?
Posted by Gidge Uriza at 10:50 PM
4 comments:
- Becky said...
This must be the Age of the Booger. Oooh, I can't wait for farts and belches.
- Thu Jan 19, 08:38:00 AM
- Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah said...
You got lucky with the car question.
Next time it will be something much much worse.
- Thu Jan 19, 09:16:00 AM
- tammy said...
How old is he??? My almost 7 year old has not asked about any of that - yet!
- Thu Jan 19, 04:34:00 PM
- Gidge Uriza said...
He is three!
- Sat Jan 21, 03:29:00 PM


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Source code
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In computing, source code is any collection of computer instructions (possibly with comments) written using some human-readable computer language, usually as text. The source code of a program is specially designed to facilitate the work of computer programmers, who specify the actions to be performed by a computer mostly by writing source code. The source code is often transformed by a compiler program into low-level machine code understood by the computer. The machine code might then be stored for execution at a later time. Alternatively, an interpreter can be used to analyze and perform the outcomes of the source code program directly on the fly.
Most computer applications are distributed in a form that includes executable files, but not their source code. If the source code were included, it would be useful to a user, programmer, or system administrator, who may wish to modify the program or to understand how it works.
Aside from its machine-readable forms, source code also appears in books and other media; often in the form of small code snippets, but occasionally complete code bases; a well-known case is the source code of PGP.
The notion of source code may also be taken more broadly, to include machine code and notations in graphical languages, neither of which are textual in nature. An example from an article presented on the annual IEEE conference and on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation:[1]
For the purpose of clarity 'source code' is taken to mean any fully executable description of a software system. It is therefore so construed as to include machine code, very high level languages and executable graphical representations of systems.[2]
The source code which constitutes a program is usually held in one or more text files stored on a computer's hard disk ; usually these files are carefully arranged into a directory tree, known as a source tree. Source code can also be stored in a database (as is common for stored procedures) or elsewhere.
The source code for a particular piece of software may be contained in a single file or many files. Though the practice is uncommon, a program's source code can be written in different programming languages.[3] For example, a program written primarily in the C programming language, might have portions written in assembly language for optimization purposes. It is also possible for some components of a piece of software to be written and compiled separately, in an arbitrary programming language, and later integrated into the software using a technique called library linking. This is the case in some languages, such as Java: each class is compiled separately into a file and linked by the interpreter at runtime.
Yet another method is to make the main program an interpreter for a programming language[citation needed], either designed specifically for the application in question or general-purpose, and then write the bulk of the actual user functionality as macros or other forms of add-ins in this language, an approach taken for example by the GNU Emacs text editor.
The code base of a computer programming project is the larger collection of all the source code of all the computer programs which make up the project. It has become common practice to maintain code bases in version control systems. Moderately complex software customarily requires the compilation or assembly of several, sometimes dozens or even hundreds, of different source code files. In these cases, instructions for compilations, such as a Makefile, are included with the source code. These describe the relationships among the source code files, and contain information about how they are to be compiled.
The revision control system is another tool frequently used by developers for source code maintenance.
Source code is primarily used as input to the process that produces an executable program (i.e., it is compiled or interpreted). It is also used as a method of communicating algorithms between people (e.g., code snippets in books).[4]
Computer Programmers often find it helpful to review existing source code to learn about programming techniques.[4] The sharing of source code between developers is frequently cited as a contributing factor to the maturation of their programming skills.[4] Some people consider source code an expressive artistic medium.[5]
Porting software to other computer platforms is usually prohibitively difficult without source code. Without the source code for a particular piece of software, portability is generally computationally expensive.[citation needed] Possible porting options include binary translation and emulation of the original platform.
Decompilation of an executable program can be used to generate source code, either in assembly code or in a high-level language.
Programmers frequently adapt source code from one piece of software to use in other projects, a concept known as software reusability.
Software, and its accompanying source code, typically falls within one of two licensing paradigms: open source and proprietary software.
Generally speaking, software is open source if the source code is free to use, distribute, modify and study, and proprietary if the source code is kept secret, or is privately owned and restricted. The first software license to be published and to explicitly grant these freedoms was the GNU General Public License in 1989. The GNU GPL was originally intended to be used with the GNU operating system.
For proprietary software, the provisions of the various copyright laws, trade secrecy and patents are used to keep the source code closed. Additionally, many pieces of retail software come with an end-user license agreement (EULA) which typically prohibits decompilation, reverse engineering, analysis, modification, or circumventing of copy protection. Types of source code protection – beyond traditional compilation to object code – include code encryption, code obfuscation or code morphing.
Legal issues in the United States
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In a 2003 court case in the United States, it was ruled that source code should be considered a constitutionally protected form of free speech. Proponents of free speech argued that because source code conveys information to programmers, is written in a language, and can be used to share humor and other artistic pursuits, it is a protected form of communication.
One of the first court cases regarding the nature of source code as free speech involved University of California mathematics professor Dan Bernstein, who had published on the Internet the source code for an encryption program that he created. At the time, encryption algorithms were classified as munitions by the United States government; exporting encryption to other countries was considered an issue of national security, and had to be approved by the State Department. The Electronic Frontier Foundation sued the U.S. government on Bernstein's behalf; the court ruled that source code was free speech, protected by the First Amendment.
The way a program is written can have important consequences for its maintainers. Coding conventions, which stress readability and some language-specific conventions, are aimed at the maintenance of the software source code, which involves debugging and updating. Other priorities, such as the speed of the program's execution, or the ability to compile the program for multiple architectures, often make code readability a less important consideration, since code quality generally depends on its purpose.
See also
- Coding conventions
- Legacy code
- Machine code
- Bytecode
- Obfuscated code
- Object code
- Open-source software
- Programming language
- Source code repository
- Syntax highlighting
- ^ SCAM Working Conference, 2001–2010.
- ^ Why Source Code Analysis and Manipulation Will Always Be Important by Mark Harman, 10th IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation (SCAM 2010). Timişoara, Romania, 12–13 September 2010.
- ^ Extending and Embedding the Python Interpreter — Python v2.6 Documentation [1]
- ^ a b c Spinellis, D: Code Reading: The Open Source Perspective. Addison-Wesley Professional, 2003. ISBN 0-201-79940-5
- ^ "Art and Computer Programming" ONLamp.com, (2005)
- (VEW04) "Using a Decompiler for Real-World Source Recovery", M. Van Emmerik and T. Waddington, the Working Conference on Reverse Engineering, Delft, Netherlands, 9–12 November 2004. Extended version of the paper.
External links
|Look up code or source code in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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- Source Code Definition by The Linux Information Project (LINFO)
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Facebook engineers have made it easier for developers to embed PHP by developing a PHPEmbed library..
"The library is just a more accessible and simplified application programming interface (API) built on top of the PHP Server API (SAPI). The library is so useful, we decided to share it with the world," writes Facebook Engineer Andrew 'Boz' Bosworth.
Python vs. PHP: Choosing your next project's language
Bosworth said that the PHP programming language has solidified itself as the language of choice for many top Internet properties, including Facebook, as it is easy to use and integrates well with Apache, Memcache, and MySQL.
"Despite its suitability for web development and scripting, PHP is generally not the best choice for standalone software or servers. C++, on the other hand, is well suited for building both online and offline services," he writes.
"Unfortunately, if the new services operate with data managed by the existing PHP code base it can be dangerous to use a separate data access pattern. If the cache keys or database schema were to change in the PHP code base then the service would be broken (and potentially corrupting data for the PHP code base) until the code was updated and the program recompiled and restarted."
It was in response to this problem that Bosworth and his colleagues decided to embed the PHP Interpreter into C++ binaries.
"This isn't a novel endeavor by any means; Apache uses the PHP Server API (SAPI) to accomplish exactly that. However, when we began attempting integration of our own we found that the SAPI required quite a bit of expertise to manipulate effectively," Bosworth says.


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Chocoholic: Chocolate Chip Cookie Tart
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The two things I love best about a chocolate chip cookie is the raw uncooked dough (salmonella who?) and the soft and gooey meltiness just after the cookie emerges from the oven. I was really craving that fresh from the oven cookie but wanted to make a whole dessert out of it, like a brownie pie, so I decided to make a chocolate chip cookie pie. (It actually morphed into a tart, but will work in both types of plates). To get a handle on the volume of cookie dough I needed to fill my 9-inch plate, I perused the handy dandy internet for an idea of ingredient amounts.
I started out wanting to simply toss the dough straight in the pan. But after futzing around with ingredients to land on a texture which, even when cool, kept that sort of dense, moist texture of a warm cookie, I realized I'd need some sort of crust to support it and let me get a slice out in one piece. I kept it simple though, with an easy press-in shortbread crust that doesn't need to be prebaked. I had a pretty tart pan lying around so I used that to bake the final pie.
This tart doesn't even need a mixer to make it. Both the crust and filling are stirred in a bowl. Melted butter and a lesser ratio of flour than your typical cookie keep it indefinitely at that underdone stage even though I could tell that it had indeed cooked through (the filling will begin to soufflé). Crunchy walnuts add texture. Because the filling is moist, the chips tend to sink to the bottom, creating a fudgy layer of chocolate underneath the buttery cookie layer. To top off a warm slice, I couldn't resist a scoop of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream and a squirt of chocolate sauce.
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About the Author: Yvonne Ruperti is a food writer, recipe developer, former bakery owner, and author of The Complete Idiot's Guide To Easy Artisan Bread. You can also watch her culinary stylings on the America's Test Kitchen television show. She presently lives in Singapore as a freelance writer for Time Out Singapore. Check out her blog: shophousecook.com . Follow Yvonne on Twitter.
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Vandals splash paint on downtown Torrington horse mural
Torrington >> The horse mural, located at the corner of Main Street and Maiden Lane, was vandalized Thursday night by unknown assailants.
Faith Ferratto, of Alchemy Wellness Studio, called the Register Citizen Friday to report the incident. The horse mural is located on the side of Ferratto's building at 79 Main St.
"It must have happened last night," said Ferratto. "Shame on them."
This is the second mural by artist Danielle Mailer to be vandalized in Torrington. Her cat mural was also vandalized. That project was finished in August 2012.
"I'm surprised and shocked," said Mailer. "I received such support from the community. The horse was so well received. I'm deeply hurt."
The horse mural was finished in November 2012.
Some point last night, Jan. 31, someone splashed pink paint on the legs of the horse. The paint dripped down the wall and onto the sidewalk. There is glass smashed around the base of the mural.
"I'm not that concerned because the mural has a clear coat on it which is graffiti proof," said Mailer.
Hopefully the mural will be restored to its original condition after Mailer visits the site and accesses the damage.
"It's really upsetting," said Mailer.
Reach Kate Hartman at 860-489-3121, ext. 343.


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Mayor's Office
The Wastewater Division of the City Public Works and Utilities Department removed a stoppage in a wastewater sewer line that led to an overflow and release of wastewater from a manhole near the western edge of Highlands Golf Course. Officials said an accumulation of greasy deposits and tree roots in the collection system line may have caused the stoppage and resultant overflow.
Wastewater received a call from golf course maintenance staff about a possible overflow at about 8 a.m. today. City crews immediately began work to contain and stop the overflow and remove the obstruction in the line. Cleanup and removal of the overflow will be completed by 4 p.m. today. The volume of the overflow was estimated at about 5,000 gallons.
City crews inspected nearby drainage ways downstream of the overflow and took samples of water from those areas for further testing. Initial observations and testing did not show any detrimental effects to the surface or grasses in the area. Reports of the inspections and samples were provided to the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department and the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality.
Mike Mandery, Assistant Superintendent of Wastewater Collection, said most stoppages in Lincoln's wastewater system occur from oil and grease deposits from restaurants, commercial businesses and private residences.
For more information on this notification or Lincoln Wastewater operations, contact Mandery or Brian Kramer, Superintendent of Wastewater Collection at 402- 441-7961.


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Picture Frames - Using Amazing Glaze
Amazing Glaze is an innovative product that places a transparent, glass-like finish over an image. Follow these steps to create a one-of-a-kind jewelry component.
Print this Technique
Picture or design
Amazing Glaze
Adhesive (we used Hypo Cement)
Picture Frame Template
Art Knife or
Beading Scissors 1-1/4 in. Blade
Chain Nose Pliers (for handling hot objects)
Toaster Oven or Conventional Oven
Step 1
Find a picture or design for the frame.
Step 2
Move the template over the image until you have found desired placement. Use a pencil to trace the template.
Step 3
Cut out the image with a pair of scissors or an art knife.
Step 4
Apply a thin coat of an adhesive to the picture frame.
Step 5
Lay the image into the picture frame.
Step 6
Let the glue set for a few minutes.
Step 7
Fill the frame completely with Amazing Glaze. Place the frame on a tray to catch any excess powder.
Step 8
Make sure there is an even layer of powder in the frame. Shake or wipe off any excess powder. Do not over fill the frame or the glaze will spill over the edges.
Step 9
Set frame on an aluminum foil covered baking tray. Insert tray into a pre-heated oven or toaster oven - preheat to 275'.
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Watch the frame closely. The powder will become translucent. When all of the powder has changed to clear, it is done. This process should take about 3-20 minutes (depending on how large the bezel and how much glaze is used).
Step 11
Using an old pair of chain nose pliers, carefully pull the frame off of the tray. Let the frame rest on a heat resistant surface until cool - approximately 15 minutes.
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Congratulations! You have created a unique picture frame piece to use in your jewelry designs.
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We require that you be 18+, love Destiny, or gaming in general and have a chill attitude. Yes we love to win, and we do win often, but sometimes we dont, and that's OK too!
We host Raids every Sunday night and Trial runs Friday and Saturdays, Iron Banner Pain Trains, and tons of other stuff. By participating you get points, points turn into prizes, Prizes include:
- Amazon GIft Cards
- Elite Controllers
- Xbox Consoles and much much more!!
If you're interested in joining our community, sign up on the website, leave a message below or hit me up for a party chat
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Crowley Solutions is a dedicated, full-service Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Construction Management and Offshore Engineering team that takes pride in our ability to offer our customers a complete portfolio of marine solutions across the globe and in the most challenging of environments. Through our diverse capabilities and experiences, Crowley is able to safely provide greater value to our customers with multi-faceted marine design, construction management, and offshore support-related projects.
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Clients look to Crowley to deliver complex projects in the world's most challenging locations. Crowley's project management expertise is the key to getting your project done on time and within budget. As project manager, Crowley incorporates all or part of the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) functions to meet or exceed client expectations.
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In Crowley's previous experiences in rig/platform towing, customers have relied on Crowley to provide oversight and coordination of the subcontractors' efforts for entire Rig/Platform towing operation. With Crowley's Ocean class fleet, we are able to offer high bollard pull offshore rig/platform towing capabilities. Our Ocean Class tugs offer 10,800 horsepower, 165 MT minimum bollard pull and Dynamic Positioning technology. Our expertise include:
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Got a hot new game? Want to bring it to PAX? Hope you've got a trust fund.
The people at BitFlip Games have written an entertaining (and eye-opening) blog post that breaks down how they managed to spend close to $12,000 just to get their game Minion Master out on the show floor.
Here's their numerical breakdown:
The Recap:
- Booth: $1300.00
- Furniture: $435.28
- Mounts: $67.40
- Beer/welding: $14.75
- Server Stand: $60
- Computers (8): $3265.36
- Screens (7): $1813.21
- Router, Cabling, Power: $186.92
- Misc. Supplies: $78.20
- Promotional Cards: $1836.10
- Shirt/Caps: $600
- Electricity: $219.50
- Incidentals: $1650
- Airfare: $1257.40
- Housing: $710
Total: $11758.70.
Pretty crazy stuff. Check out the full blog post for explanations of why everything cost what it did.
If you're a game developer and you've brought a game to PAX or a similar trade show, how much did you wind up spending? Let us know in Kinja below.
So, You Want to Take Your Indie Game to PAX. [Bit Flip Games — thanks, David!]
Note: The headline for this article originally read "Want To Bring Your Indie Game To PAX? That'll Be $11,758.70." Some folks pointed out how that could be seen as misleading, so we've changed it.


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Well it has been a very long week, but I will give you all some highlights.
1. I am no longer without a housing assignment! Woo Hoo! I will be living with my sorority sisters and couldn't be happier about that. I want to enjoy every last minute with them before I enter the dreaded big girl world. Yikes! It is hard to imagine what I'm going to do when I'm in law school and know no one, since I'm used to seeing at least 10 sisters a day during the school year.
2. 14 days to bid day! It seems like the longest 14 days of my life. Having my little or grandlittle look my direction and not be able to speak to them breaks my heart.
3. Which leads me to point 3. Part of my role as a Recruitment Counselor is to work move-in day. I am not a morning person by any means, so when I found out that I had to be at my university at 5:45 a.m., I was pretty sure this was a sick joke. But it wasn't, so I got my self up, and even made it 3 minutes early. One thing I have really become aware of about myself is the way that I act when I'm in a bad mood. You could offer me a free trip to anywhere in the world, all expenses paid, and I would still find something to complain about. This is something I don't like about myself, so I have been working on it a lot. To my surpirse, I managed to stay in a positive mood. When others around me whined, I put a positive spin on things and went about my way. I made sure all of the girls knew how much they were appreciated, and tried to let them leave and get breakfast diplomatically. I was pleased with how the day went, but definitely ready to crash afterwards.
4. I had a meeting with my Journey Reunion Group this week and it was just what I needed. Its nice to spend time with other women who went on a journey to find a deep relationship with Christ. One of the girls is planning a wedding for next August! Its just amazing to bond with people who have hearts like mine.
5. One of my best friends is expecting twins! Today she found the most beautiful wedding dress. Since I couldn't be there, she sent me pictures. I am in love with her dress and couldn't be happier for her. I am just hoping that she will be able to find the financial means to cover the rest of the $700 dress.
6. I was able to catch up with one of my best friends this week and get sushi! Since I lived almost an hour away from all of my friends and generally had to close at work on half-price sushi day, this was a treat for me! Its nice to be able to take a break from such a crazy schedule
7. There was a devastating loss in my hometown this week. Please keep them in your prayers. It is devastating when any life is lost, especially someone that is so successful and such an example.
That is basically it. What have y'all been into this week? Hope everyone has a great start back to school!


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DA seeks witnesses in Thursday's MIT officer's shooting in Cambridge
Investigators: Sean Collier, 27, shot, killed by Marathon bombing suspects
Investigators are asking anyone who was in the area or witnessed the shooting that left an MIT police officer dead last week to contact them.
MIT Officer Sean Collier, 27, was shot to death on the school's Cambridge campus by the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings.
The Middlesex County District Attorney is looking to talk to anyone who was near the corner of Main and Vassar streets at about 10 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. Thursday.
That intersection includes parts of the Stata Center and the Koch Institution for Integrated Cancer Research.
The DA's office is also interested in talking to anyone who was on Ames Street near Main Street at the time.
Anyone with information is asked to call MIT Police Detective Bill Boulter at 617-258-9724, Cambridge police at 617-349-3331 or the Middlesex District Attorney's Office/Massachusetts State Police at 781-897-6600.


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Sprint, scurry or scamper your way around the East Strand in our RNLI Summer Series fun run!
To welcome lifeguard to the north coast of Ireland the RNLI will be holding a 10K and 5K run on East Strand.
Bring your family along to join in the fun and help raise vital fund for the RNLI's lifeguards.
Last year our lifeguards saved 107 lives and assisted 18,779 people, the RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea and continues to rely on public donations to maintain its lifesaving service.
To join in the fun you can register on line at www.rnli.org.uk/summerseries or contact 028 9047 3665 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
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PS Don't forget, Raft Race 2010!! Planning has started already so please send us ideas/suggestions. And if you want to help please contact us on the e-mail address above
Thank you once again to all our Rafters! Rain failed to dampen your spirits and we had a record turnout of 83 Rafts!! Which was amazing! The day got off to a great start with the Junior Raft Race: Results below...
Orange hand built craft - Kellie, Rachel, Derek and Shane
Rafts from as far afield as Newtownards, Belfast, and even Portglenone arrived in not so sunny Portrush to take part in the 28th Raft Race sponsored by SPAR Retail.
83 Rafts registered this year to take part. This is one of the highest entries so far. In pouring rain the keen rafters took to the sea with gusto! But as usual the Hawthorne inn from Portglenone took the honours. These guys really know how to raft.
The Raft Race Committee are overwhelmed at the number of rafts and enthusiasm deployed this year especially in light of the economic downturn.
Rosemary Bell, Chair of the Raft Race Committee said: 'We are indebted to all our rafters for their enthusiasm in raising funds for Portrush Lifeboat Station, especially in such inclement weather. Everyone entered the spirit of the event, which is great fun for the rafters and the organisers. We are especially indebted top SPAR retail for their generous sponsorship'
Sunday stayed dry for the Church Service on the quay, which was well attended. The Portrush Lifeboat Chaplain conducted the service for 2009 Rev Peter McDowell, assisted by Pastor Todd, Rev Robert Simpson, and Deaconess Julie Peake. Ballywillan Band as usual provided the music.
The Waiters Race made a welcome return this year organised by Rodney Byrne and Alan McFadden. There was a great turn out from the local hostelries. However, Royal Portrush Golf Club won the day returning the most fluids to the finishing line. Sharman Crawford and Holly Williams lifted the trophy for collecting the most money, £850.
In total the amount raised by the Waiters Race was £1800
The Raft Race Committee would really love your comments on the day and how we can improve it. Please send all suggestions to email@example.com


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Official sites for The University of Texas at San Antonio are those that officially represent UTSA programs and contain official content targeted at external and internal audiences.
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The core of UTSA's web identity is the official UTSA header. This header must appear on all official UTSA websites. It is recommended that all pages adopt the UTSA header and footer in the university's signature blue that includes all the required elements. The UTSA branding masthead offers a simple way to connect our thousands of sites and let users know where they are at all times. No content can appear on top of this element at any time.
UTSA websites are designed to be accessible, so that people with disabilities have access to online information, data and services comparable to that accorded individuals who do not have disabilities. UTSA follow the standards established under Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, amended in 1998 by the Work Force Invesment Act (Section 1194.22 and its subsequent amendments) as its minimum requirements for web accessibility. It is recommended that we follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines established by the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Accessibility Initiative (W3C-WAI) that are not addressed in Section 508.
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Yesterday, Chelsea started their Champions League campaign by losing at home against Swiss champions FC Basel, 2-1. And that's OK.
Basel are really good. They score all the time, and they've made somewhat of a habit out of beating top English teams over the last couple years. Many could've seen Basel nicking a point in London. A few might have even seen them winning outright.
But it's not just yesterday's result that has Chelsea's next match looking more important than a mid-September match against Fulham really should. After the return of manager José Mourinho from Real Madrid, the Blues were everyone's conservative pick to win the Premier League, but they now haven't won in four matches. By Sunday, they'll have gone an entire month without winning a single match in any competition.
Before the Basel loss, they lost away in the Premier League to a spirited Everton side, 1-0. Before the international break, Chelsea lost to Bayern Munich in penalties in this year's UEFA Super Cup, just four days after drawing Manchester United at Old Trafford.
There's no shame in any of these results on their own. They're finding it difficult, like everyone would, to win against reigning domestic champions and an overachieving Everton side. But all them together amount to one of club's worst starts since owner Roman Abramovich took over and turned Chelsea into Chelsea. Even before the Basel loss, journalists were beginning to take note, to Mourinho's disgust.
When this reporter pointed out that this is Chelsea's worst start in a decade, the Special One reamed him out. When he asked if the Blues' start was anything to be worried about, Mourinho dismissed the notion.
This is Mourinho being Mourinho. He's one of the world's top managers. He wins wherever he goes, no matter what. He's also clever and funny, and uses his wit to either endear himself to media or dickishly deflect questions he doesn't want to answer. But the questions remain. Even though it's still early in the season, Chelsea faithful are asking if Chelsea are already doomed to fall short—at least of their Premier League aspirations.
The answer to that is... complicated. Chelsea's goal is to win the Premier League. And with 34 matches to go, they're only three points off league leaders Liverpool. It'd be stupid to rule anyone out, especially a squad that's bursting with talent and has an incredible manager. But.
History tells us that maybe Mourinho should be worried. It's a long, long campaign, and every team, even the ones that end up on top, experiences miniature crises and dips in form throughout the season. Teams that win the league, though, usually don't have runs like this.
Over the past decade, Premier League champions have gone a few weeks without a win, like Manchester City did between March 24 and April 11, 2011 before regaining form late and catching Manchester United in stoppage time on the final day to win the league. There's also precedent for teams starting off slow, like Chelsea now: In the 2008-09 season, United won only once in its first seven matches across all competitions, but beat out Liverpool by four points to lift the trophy. The season before that, it took five matches for United to record their first victory, but by seasons end, United had still managed to edge out Chelsea by two points.
Even during the seasons United turned their slow starts into championship runs, though, there were caveats. In 2011, City and United finished the season level with 89 points each. Arsenal, in third, had 70. In 2009, only Liverpool and Chelsea finished anywhere close. Arsenal finished fourth with 72 points, 18 less than United. In 2008, 11 points separated United and fourth-place Liverpool. Everton finished fifth with 65 points, 22 points off United. The argument could be made that the Premier League wasn't as competitive then as it is now. There were fewer quality teams to play, so the best teams could fall behind a bit and come back.
The Premier League is even different today than it was as recently as two years ago. We've seen teams like City, Tottenham, and Arsenal, and even sides like Southampton and Swansea, improved after injections of money. After beating United a couple weeks ago and remaining unbeaten after four Premier League matches, Liverpool look like they might maybe just about possibly be back. The league's deeper now. Every point dropped matters, especially as you can expect more teams to keep pace with the league leaders further into the season.
Then there's the other question: whether their shiny, newish manager and the additions of Willian, André Schürrle, and Samuel Eto'o (among others) give Chelsea a strong enough squad to challenge for the Premier League or even Champions League.
The answer to that will be fascinating, because Mourinho himself hasn't been able to decide who his best 11 players are. He's changed lineups liberally, and so far has curiously favored attacking midfielders Willian, Oscar, and Eden Hazard over Spaniard Juan Mata, who was Chelsea's best player last season. Chelsea legends and leaders John Terry and Frank Lampard started on the bench against Basel, and Terry never saw the pitch.
You'd imagine that Mourinho is simply too great a manager for indecisiveness to hamper the squad for much longer. But when he does figure out his best squad, it'll still have holes. After failing to buy Wayne Rooney from United, Chelsea took two huge gambles at the transfer window deadline, allowing promising forward Romelu Lukaku to join Everton on loan, and bringing in Eto'o for free.
At this point, the jury's out on whether Lukaku is ready to head the line for Chelsea, or if he needs one more year running the show at a smaller club. (Mourinho thought the latter.) It's also questionable whether or not Eto'o, one of the greatest players of this generation, is anything more than a shadow of what he once was at Barcelona and when he partnered with Mourinho at Inter.
No one really knows the answer to either question yet, but Mourinho has already fielded a side at Old Trafford that didn't feature a single striker. Until the January transfer window, Mourinho will have to rely on Eto'o, who might never pan out, Fernando Torres, who's consistently inconsistent, or Demba Ba, who sucks a little bit. In Mourinho's favored 4-2-3-1, it's vital that the center forward can capitalize off of Chelsea's inherent advantage in the midfield. At Real Madrid, Mourinho had both Karim Benzema and Gonzalo Higuain. In his first stint at Chelsea, he had Didier Drogba. All three were beasts who could hold up play and handle scoring duties on their own, which gave Mourinho's teams license to devote more players to shoring up the defense. Mourinho's teams are famously difficult to break down, but part of the reason they are is because Mourinho's forwards are always world-class. Eto'o looks lively so far, but somewhat toothless.
So we don't know if Chelsea have anything to worry about, but the idea that they do really isn't just the invention of the famously impatient European press. It's a real question, one that will be answered in the coming games and weeks, starting against Fulham. Only once some time has passed will we know if this is just a hiccup—nothing more than early stutters of a smooth-running machine—or if last month's results are indicative of a fatally-flawed squad. And by the time we do, it may be too late.


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The Wall is not being built on, or in most cases near the 1967 Green Line, but rather cuts deep into the West Bank, expanding Israel's theft of Palestinian land and resources. In total, 85% of the Wall is located in the West Bank.
When completed, the Wall and its associated regime will de facto annex some 46% of the West Bank, isolating communities into Bantustans, ghettos and "military zones".
This means that the Palestinian population in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, including almost 1.5 million refugees, will be encircled on only 12% of mandate Palestine.
Some 12% of Palestinians in the West Bank will be living in the closed military zone of the Jordan Valley or surrounded on three or four sides by the Wall or isolated between it and the green line. They face increasingly unbearable living conditions - the loss of land, markets, movement and livelihoods - and many will face expulsion.
This includes over 200,000 Palestinians of East Jerusalem, who will be totally isolated from the rest of the West Bank. 98% of the settler population will be included in the de facto annexed areas.
The Wall is not a new "idea" - since 1994 the Gaza Strip has been surrounded by a barrier that cuts off Palestinians there from the rest of the world.
The Apartheid Wall's Location and Costs
In November 2000 Israeli Prime Minister Barak (Labour Party) approved the first project to build a "barrier". Construction of the Wall, including land confiscation and the uprooting of trees, began in June 2002 west of Jenin.
As of summer 2010, 520 km of the planned 810 km, or 64%, had been completed. Wall construction was slow for most of 2010 as a result of worries about the financial crisis and ongoing court cases. Instead of building new portions of the Wall, work focused on modifications in the areas of Bil'in, Jayyus and around Jerusalem.
In the latter half of 2010, there was renewed work in Jerusalem where the focus was on closing gaps in certain areas. In Bethlehem, Wall construction has restarted in al Walaja village, where the village will be surrounded on all sides. Work is also ongoing in Beit Jala, where the Wall is being built along a settler road.
The Jordan Valley remains almost completely isolated from the rest of the West Bank as a closed military zone.
According to Israeli military officials, the Wall's total length will be some 810 km. The cost of the Wall is now estimated at $2.1 billion, and each km costs approximately $2 million. In addition, the Occupation has spent 2 billion shekels to construct alternative roads and tunnels.
The Wall has destroyed a large amount of Palestinian farmland and usurped water supplies, including the biggest aquifer in the West Bank. 78 Palestinian villages and communities with a total population of 266,442 will be isolated as follows:
- Villages surrounded by Wall, settlements and settler roads - 257,265 Palestinians.
- Villages isolated between Wall and Green Line - 8,557 Palestinians
- Villages isolated and residents threatened with expulsion - 6,314 Palestinians.
The so-called "disengagement", "modifications", "convergence" and "development" are all part of the Israeli rhetoric that hides the overall strategy for the complete colonization of the West Bank and the expulsion or enslavement of the Palestinian population.
The "modification" of the path of the Wall, far from being a benefit for the local population, often only returns a fraction of what was stolen. It also serves to distract from the ICJ ruling, which calls for the dismantling of the Wall, not the rerouting of small sections. In addition, these modifications often ensure that the lands that remain isolated behind the Wall cannot be accessed by their owners, effectively annexing them. Instead of dismantling settlements, the Occupation continues to expand them, in particular those located around Jerusalem and Bethlehem.
Apartheid Wall as a Network
The concrete Wall is present in Bethlehem, parts of Ramallah, Qalqilya, parts of Tulkarm and throughout the Jerusalem envelope. It is 8 meters high - twice the height of the Berlin Wall - with watchtowers and a "buffer zone" 30-100 meters wide for electric fences, trenches, cameras, sensors, and military patrols. In other places, the Wall consists of layers of fencing and razor wire, military patrol roads, sand paths to trace footprints, ditches and surveillance cameras.
The Apartheid Wall's "buffer zone" paves the way for large-scale demolitions and the expulsion of nearby residents, as in many places the Wall is located just meters away from homes, shops, and schools. The land between the Apartheid Wall and the Green Line has been declared a "seam zone", and all residents and landowners in this area must obtain a permit to remain in their homes and on their lands.
The Occupation has created agricultural "gates" in the Wall; these do not provide any guarantee that farmers will have access to their lands but instead strengthen Israel's strangling system of permits and checkpoints where Palestinians are beaten, detained, shot at and humiliated. In total, there are:
- 34 fortified checkpoints - 3 main terminals, 9 commercial terminals, and 22 terminals for cars and workers that control all Palestinian movement.
- 44 tunnels will connect 22 small ghettos inside 3 main ghettos.
- 634 checkpoints or other military obstructions including trenches, roadblocks, metal gates under Occupation control.
- 1,661 km of settler roads connect settlements and settlement blocs and complement the Wall system.
Creating Ghettos
The ghettoization project in all of its forms imprisons the Palestinian population and, in many places, isolates it from basic services. This, along with the loss of land, markets, and resources, results in the inability of communities to sustain themselves adequately and with dignity.
Northern Ghetto
The northwestern part from Jenin to Qalqiliya (the "first phase" of 145 km) is complete while continuing south until Salfit. From there it merges with the other portion of the Wall to form a ghetto in the north.
Within the "first phase", 13 villages west of the Wall have been de facto annexed to Israel and some 50 villages are separated from their lands.
Also in the "first phase", Israel has confiscated 36 groundwater wells and at least another 14 wells are threatened with demolition in the Wall's "buffer zone".
Central Ghetto
Salfit, the most fertile area of the West Bank known as the "food basket", will lose more than 50% of its land – isolated behind the Apartheid Wall.
North of Salfit, the Ariel settlement bloc cuts into 22km of the West Bank, separating the Central Ghetto from the North. This annexes 2% of the West Bank.
The Wall winds 22km into the West Bank to annex the settlement blocs creating two fingers: Immanuel and Ariel. The route of the two creates small, isolated Palestinian ghettos. Communities like 'Izbat Abu Adam, Dar Abu Basal and Wadi Qana are isolated inside the settlement blocs themselves. Another three villages, Az Zawiya, Deir Ballut and Rafat, east of the Ariel Finger, are to be surrounded on four sides by the Wall and connected to the reset of the West Bank by tunnel. More than a dozen villages located along the route of the Wall will collectively lose thousands of dunums of productive land.
The Wall encircles the Holy City and the ring of settler colonies around it, furthering Jerusalem's isolation from the West Bank. The Wall rips through villages and neighborhoods, separating families, cutting social and economic ties, and ghettoizing areas stolen by the Zionist project in its plans for Jerusalem as the future capital of Israel.
New settlements are under construction around Jerusalem built on the annexed lands. This seeks to enlarge the number of Jewish settlers in the area in the project to change the city's demography. Some 25 villages and neighbourhoods will be completely isolated from the rest of Jerusalem and the West Bank and squeezed into five different ghettos. The Wall in Jerusalem is almost completed. Only small parts in the north and east of the city are still under construction. The Jerusalem district will, in total, lose 90% of its land when the Wall is completed. It is a central component of the plan to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from Jerusalem.
The right of Palestinians to live in Jerusalem is also under threat, and of the 396 Palestinian structures that were demolished by Israeli forces in 2010, many were located in Jerusalem.
Southern Ghetto/Bethlehem/Hebron
In the southern West Bank the Apartheid Wall encircles Bethlehem by continuing south of East Jerusalem in both the east and west. With the land isolated by the Wall, annexed for settlements, and closed under various pretexts, only 13% of the Bethlehem district is available for Palestinian use. In Bethlehem and Hebron concrete walls surround the main holy sites, Rachel's Tomb and Abraham's Mosque respectively. Rachel's Tomb is already inaccessible to Palestinians and is being annexed. The Wall isolates thousands of dunums from Hebron district, threatening cattle rearing, which is a main of source livelihood in the area.
Jordan Valley
Since 2000 the Valley has been surrounded with 6 checkpoints controlling all access. The Occupation announced in February 2006 a plan to annex 28.5% of the Valley, including 24 villages with a population of 52,000 along with their water resources and the Eastern aquifer. 200,000 people living in the Tubas and Nablus regions who own land or have family in the Jordan Valley are denied access.
Gaza Strip
The Gaza Strip, with a population of some 1.5 million people in 365 km2 is one of the most densely populated places on the globe. It is a prison that has been completely surrounded for years by walls and razor wire. The Wall in Gaza extends to about 55 kilometers starting from northwest of Beit Lahia until southeast of Rafah. Along the Wall runs a "buffer zone" which ranges, since the Gaza assault, between 300 – 600 meters. Anyone approaching the buffer zone runs the risk of being shot. The consequences of the buffer zone have been severe. 25% of the most fertile agricultural lands in Gaza are not useable. 15% of Gaza farmers are deprived of work, joining the ranks of the unemployed and becoming dependent on the food aid.
Repression of popular resistance
Popular resistance to the Wall, which consists of demonstrations and various means of direct action, began with the first demolitions in 2002 and has continued ever since. Repression by Israeli forces has been severe. There have been 16 people killed in demonstrations against the Wall, half of them under 18. Thousands more have been injured, and hundreds arrested. From 2008 – 2009 in the village of Ni'lin, for instance, nearly 500 were injured by Israeli fire, and more than 70 were arrested. The first wave of killings and serious repression lasted for a year and began in 2004 with the killing of 5 people in Biddu, which had organized mass demonstrations against the construction of the Wall. In 2005, 3 children were shot dead in Beit Liqya. A similar wave of killings occurred during 2008-2009, when Occupation forces killed 5 in Ni'lin and 1 in Bil'in, again in response to ongoing resistance.
Repression continued in 2010, and arrests in villages protesting the Wall increased. This is not to say that violence disappeared; protestors are continually beaten and injured by projectiles at demonstrations. In March 2010, soldiers shot and killed Mohammed Abdelqader Qadus (16) and Usaid Abd Qadus (19) in the village of Iraq Burin. The village had been holding weekly demonstrations in protest of settler violence and land confiscation.
Arrests related to actions against the Wall and settlements continued to increase. From our grassroots committees and local human rights NGOs, there has been an estimated 250 arrests of human rights defenders (HRDs) in response to actions against the Wall and settlements. This number does not include Jerusalem, where an estimated 750 Palestinians, many of them minors, were arrested in 2010.
Despite this repression, grassroots action against the Wall and settlements continue to expand across the West Bank. Friday protests continued in the villages of Bil'in, al Ma'sara and Ni'lin as well as the Saturday protests in Beit Ummar. The weekly protest in an Nabi Saleh, which began a year ago, remains strong.
Marches against the checkpoint in Beitin, the Wall in al Walaja and Beit Jala have also been organized, in addition to the protests against the settlements that were also occurring every Saturday in Iraq Burkin and more recently in the old city of Hebron.
These demonstrations are costly for Occupation forces. During the trial of Abdallah Abu Rahmah, documents presented revealed that ammunition used against demonstrations from August 2008 – 2009 cost 6.5 million NIS (1.83 USD), and the concrete wall erected in Ni'lin, a response to the continued cutting of the fence, cost 8.5 million NIS (2.39 USD).
Settlement expansion and settler violence
Despite the pretense of international political pressure, settlement expansion continued in 2010, with a considerable amount of activity taking place in and around Jerusalem. In January, 600 new settlement units were approved in East Jerusalem in the settlement of Pisgat Ze'ev and around the Palestinian neighborhood of Shu'afat. This was followed in March by the approval of 1600 housing in Ramat Shlomo, north of Jerusalem, as well as 1300 units in Pisgat Ze'ev, Neve Yakoov, and Har Homa. Construction on many of the buildings in Pisgat Ze'ev and Neve Yakoov began or reached various stages of approval throughout the year. In April, the Occupation municipality approved 321 settlement units in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.
New homes for settlers were built around Bethlehem, where Occupation authorities are also in the process of continuing Wall construction. In March 112 settlement units were authorized for construction in Betar Illit, while in June construction on 100 units began near Beit Jala and al Walajah. At the end of the year, a plan to build 90 housing units in the Gilo settlement was approved.
Settlement activity continued in other areas of the West Bank as well. According to the PNA, during the first half of 2010, 1135 housing units were built, 339 in East Jerusalem and remainder in other parts of the West Bank. Also in the first half of 2010, 3009 settlement residential units were under construction, 1029 in the West Bank.
More construction is planned, and media reports in June reported settler councils planned to build 2,700 new housing units, many in the northern West Bank. Other reports in September revealed that 12,000 housing units were planned for East Jerusalem settlements, and that 50,000 more new housing units were in various stages of planning, approval or construction through the remainder of the West Bank.
Settler violence against Palestinians also increased in 2010, with more than 300 "incidents" recorded by UN OCHA. Of these, 205 related to attacks and damage of property by settlers. In 108 cases settlers attacked and wounded Palestinians. As has been the case in past years, attacks intensified during the yearly olive harvest, in particular in villages around Nablus, where Palestinian residents faced dozens of settler attacks.


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Yesterday the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the conviction of a couple for homicide – or, as NBC News put it, the conviction of a "deeply religious Wisconsin couple who prayed over their dying daughter rather than seek medical help." Not fanatically religious or irrationally religious or stupidly and dangerously religious but "deeply" religious. Let's give them extra deference and admiration for the profundity of their unreasonable magical thinking even as we report that their "deep" religion caused them to let their daughter die of an easily treatable condition.
Kara Neumann, 11, of Weston, Wis., died March 23, 2008 — Easter Sunday — of complications of untreated juvenile onset diabetes.
According to the case records, Kara had been showing symptoms of exhaustion and dehydration for more than a week, but her parents, Dale and Leilani Neumann, refused to take her to a pediatrician, and decided to respond to her illness with prayer, not medicine.
How deep. Or rather, how inexcusably stupid and self-indulgent and whimsical. They might as well cut their children's arms and legs off to make a nice dinner, in the expectation that praying will make the bleeding stop and the arms and legs reappear.
The Neumanns don't belong to any particular church, but they identify as Pentecostals, according to factual findings in the court record, none of which the Neumanns disputed. Some Pentecostals — but by no means all — believe that prayer and strong religious belief can cure all illnesses, a tradition that helped give rise to famous "faith healers" like Oral Roberts and Benny Hinn.
They have no right to believe that. They might as well believe a power saw is the best implement for combing their children's hair. If your beliefs are lethal to other people you have to stop coddling them. You don't get to believe that you can push your child out of a tenth floor window because God will catch her.
As Kara weakened, the Neumanns asked family and friends to pray for her, too. The day before his daughter died, Dale Neumann posted a message on a Christian listserv with the subject line "Help our daughter needs emergency prayer!!!"
"We need agreement in prayer over our youngest daughter, who is very weak and pale at the moment with hardly any strength," the message said.
He posted a message on a Christian listserv, did he. So technology is ok for him. Technology is ok when it gives him an extra tool with which to mess around with idiotic "beliefs" – but when it comes to his daughter's health and life, why, no, only magical incantations will do.
Dale Neumann testified that he knew Kara was sick but never thought she might die. In fact, he testified that he thought that Jesus would bring her back from the dead, as he did with Lazarus in the Gospel of John.
Wisconsin is among 17 states that allow religious defenses against felony charges of crimes against children, according to records compiled by Children's Healthcare Is a Legal Duty, a nonprofit activist group that opposes religious exceptions to child health and safety laws.
Shame on you Wisconsin, and the other sixteen states along with you.
"If we were to adopt the parents' reasoning, no prayer-treating parent would know what point is beyond 'a substantial risk of death' until the child actually stopped breathing and died," Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson wrote.
Steven Miller, Dale Neumann's attorney, criticized Wednesday's decision as having "essentially gutted the faith healing privilege under the child abuse statute."
The what??! There shouldn't be such a thing as a faith healing privilege – it's insane! You can't abuse your children except you can if faith. Wrong! Bad idea. Bad, bad, bad idea.