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"Someone shot at me tonight – and though they missed, The Glitter Dome is a bit more …. holey … tonight. We've had intermittent problems with someone honking their horn outside our house at very late hours and screaming obscenities Once, they threw a firecracker in our front house. Last night, they screamed "F'ing WITCH" – quite clearly. No mistake. Today, we received several telephone calls where the caller said something unintelligible and then hung up, as well as an inappropriate post on one of my Rupert videos. This is obviously personal. And now, they have crossed the line and have caused property damage. And yes – the first window they hit is where I sit. It is time to deal with this. And so we shall. We ask for your assistance in calling for swift justice."
I contacted Kyrja personally for a follow-up statement where she said the police investigation is ongoing, and that she does not regret being an "out" Pagan despite the attack.
"The only statements I know to make at this point is that the investigation by our local police department is ongoing at this point, and we do appreciate their efforts. I have seen a few posts throughout the day from people who have stated our situation is the very reason they prefer not to make their Pagan faith known. And, while I certainly respect their own choices, I can tell you that I would never have known the level of happiness and peace I do now if not for having made my own choices both public and well-known. Too, if we are unwilling to get to "reveal" ourselves for the people we are – to include the spiritual paths we walk, we will never diminish the level of stigmatism for all of our brothers and sister. Normalizing our faith sometimes requires courage; more often doing so provides more opportunities for celebration. If we had the opportunity, what I would like to do is to educate the individual(s) responsible for these incidents and to have them do community service within the Pagan community. Chances are, it would be quite the eye-opening experience for them."
We will keep you posted on this incident as further developments occur. We wish safety for Kyrja's family, and that justice be brought to her attackers. For those wanting to know more about Kyrja's work writing children's books, you can visit her web site, or Facebook page.


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- School choice in Texas a Matter of Civil Liberties - October 30, 2013
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With the reassignment of his chief of staff to the Pre-K 4 SA campaign, Mayor Julián Castro has obviously learned about the collapse of public support for his idea to create the 17th school district, run by city government.
Even I have been amazed, as I speak all around the city, to see that no one in the audience, other than the mayor's campaign staff, supports his pre-K idea. These citizens have figured out that this plan is about politics, not children — or more aptly, politics at the expense of children. (See "21 Reasons Why the Pre-K Tax Plan Is a Bad Idea" at the Pre-K page at The Heartland Institute. And listen to a podcast on this issue here.)
The mayor's pre-K plan spends $15,500 per child at four huge "model" centers, each housing several hundred 4-year-olds. Starting salaries for teachers will be $64,500, increasing to almost $80,000 after eight years.
Many of the kids who enroll (and the state and federal funds) will likely come from existing public school pre-K programs, which means the added value will be small or even negative. The city is basing this plan on 2,300 "unserved" children they have discovered in U.S. census data. They don't know the names of these children or where they live, or whether they are enrolled in private programs or are homeschooled. For whatever reason, the parents of these children have chosen not to enroll their children in all-day pre-K. The city is assuming these same parents will now drive across town, or put their 4-year-old on a bus, to attend one of the city mega centers.
With 678 existing pre-K providers in town, there are lots of better options for parents.
The mayor's scheme will cost more than $300 million over eight years, and it won't deliver much for the money. The difference between half-day and full-day pre-K is lunch, recess, a nap, and one hour of instruction. Predicated upon a goal of "improving the workforce," do we honestly think that in a single year of instruction this program will prevent a child from dropping out of school after 10 more years in the public school system?
This program establishes the city as the premier expert in pre-K, a title no one recognizes but the city. As such, it will re-educate existing pre-K teachers in the latest methods, since these teachers have somehow missed all the research about how to teach 4-year-olds.
Voters are being asked to approve not a pre-K plan but a new tax and the creation of a "municipal development corporation" that can reinvent itself according to the political whims of its unelected board. In addition to teaching pre-K, state law authorizes such corporations to give scholarships, make grants to colleges and universities or fund "any other undertaking that the corporation's board determines will directly facilitate the development of a skilled workforce." This is a politician's dream slush fund.
It is unknown which school districts will participate in the program. If a district declines to participate, it gets to keep the state and federal money it is currently receiving for pre-K. Residents of that district will be paying the tax, but kids within its boundaries will be ineligible for the city program.
Let's improve pre-K if it needs improving, but not create another government bureau to do what existing providers are perfectly capable of doing.


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D-Rays 3, Florida 0. One night after winning their second straight game with a walk-off homer, the Rays welcomed back manager Joe Maddon by sweeping the Marlins on Sunday afternoon. This one was a little easier for the Rays as Scott Kazmir continues to dominate all comers. In this latest start, Kazmir pitched 8 shutout innings, allowing 4 hits and just 1 walk. He tied his career high of 11 strikeouts. Since Kazmir's opening day loss, he is now 7-1 with a 1.65 ERA. Tyler Walker came on and pitched a 1-2-3 9th to pick up his 8th save in 9 opportunities. The Marlins never really threatened. Only two runners reached second base, and the first one was promptly picked off by Kazmir. Tampa has now won 4 straight and 5 of 6 to raise their record to 20-24 and pull into a tie with the Orioles for 4th in the AL East.
Now we don't want to get ahead of ourselves, but if the All-Star game was next week, we have to think that Kazmir would get a lot of consideration from Ozzie Guillen to start the mid-summer classic for the American League. He is tied for the major league lead in wins (7), and he is second in the AL in ERA (2.39) and strikeouts (67). In reality, the only other serious candidate would be the Yankee's Mike Mussina, who is 6-1 with a 2.57 ERA in the same number of starts (10).
So as we approach the second anniversary of the trade that landed Kazmir, let's all take a moment and say thank you to the New York Mets. And if you know a Mets fan, this has been very hard for them so we suggest a gift. We think the gift for 2nd anniversaries is actually a Scott Kazmir jersey or a Jeff Wilpon voodoo doll. Ken Davidoff of Newsday is already calling it the second worst trade in team history after sending Nolan Ryan to the Angels. For those that haven't noticed…Victor Zambrano just had surgery to reconstruct his elbow and is done for the season and now the fear is that his career might be in jeopardy. And if Kazmir starts the All-Star game their pain will only get worse. They get furious everytime Scott does well, and that is just reading a boxscore. We can't even imagine what might happen if they have to actually watch him start the All-Star game and strikeout David Wright and Carlos Delgado. Ouch. We don't think that even a first place Mets team will help their fettucini alfredo stay down any better.
Mets pitching in flux [Baseball For Thought]
Kazmir deal getting worse [newsday]
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You�d think that companies would get it right. They spend $130 billion a year on boxes, bags and blister packs, yet many packaged goods still remain hard to open, undersized or overwrapped for the products inside.
Consumer Reports recently took a close look at common packaging challenges consumers face. By sorting through reader and Facebook fan submissions, it identified four basic gripes and more than a dozen product-specific examples.
��Oyster� is Consumer Reports� term for hard-to-open products. These are often gadgets imprisoned in clear, tight-fitting plastic, which displays merchandise from all angles and discourages theft. But it also foils honest folks who have tried razor blades, scissors, box cutters and even saws to free the contents they�ve bought.
��Black holes� are products surrounded by lots of air. Federal law is supposed to prevent excessive �slack fill� � nonfunctional or empty space. But there are loopholes in the law, if, for instance, the package does double-duty as a dispenser. One example a Consumer Reports reader pointed out was Kraft Velveeta Shells & Cheese containers. Even when cooked, the shells and sauce occupy little of the container.
��Downsized products� are those whose packages are shrunken by companies typically as an alternative to a blatant price increase. Companies usually blame downsizing on higher costs of ingredients, labor and energy. Downsizing can occur in sneaky ways � Huggies reduced the number of Pull-Ups diapers from 72 to 70 but kept the words �New Larger Size� on the label.
� �Golden cocoons� are tiny doodads shipped in oversize cartons, sometimes with enough paper, bubble wrap or airbags to cradle a priceless vase. Not taking any chances, Williams-Sonoma cradled the cotton napkins it sent to one reader in bubble wrap, then placed them in a large box before shipping.
Consumer Reports also discovered that some companies are aware of packaging problems.
For example, Amazon�s frustration-free packaging program is meant to reduce wrapping for shipped products and make them easy to open, but it doesn�t always ensure it�s better, cheaper or even different from the usual packaging. Some of Amazon�s more than 100,000 frustration-free items have the same packaging whether bought from Amazon or elsewhere. To ensure the wrapping is truly frustration-free, Consumer Reports suggests calling Amazon before ordering to find out exactly how the product�s packaging differs.
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In this week's (abbreviated holiday edition) compilation of pop culture crap, Ryan Seacrest has a new beard and if you can run the WWE, you can run for senate.
1.) How to extend your DWTS 15 minutes
Julianne Huff doesn't mind encouraging baseless rumors that she's dating Ryan Seacrest in exchange for some camera time.
2.) Vince McMahon's wife is running for office.
Linda McMahon, Vince McMahon's wife, is running for Senator in Connecticut on the Republican ticket. What I like more than the fact that she actually uses her experience (as well as clips) from the WWE as relevant job experience is that she refers to the WWE as a soap opera. Because it so is.
3.) Tami
Tami from the Real World L.A. (you know, the one who got an abortion, had her jaw wired shut as a diet, and was weird about gay people despite working at an HIV clinic) is on some show called Moonlight. It's about vampires.
4.) This guy didn't know who was president in 1985.
He actually needed to use one of his life lines. Seriously, the question isn't "Are you smarter than a fifth grader?" but "Who wants to be a millionaire?" Obviously he does not.
5.) This guy
Seriously, he's my new favorite thing. What is that accent? What are those faces? Why is this on the news? Who is this guy? And why was I not aware of him until now!?!?


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With some indication of reflwivity, this seems to be close to the intent of proud:
n. esteem; estimate, computation
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Almatolmen wrote:With some indication of reflwivity, this seems to be close to the intent of proud:
n. esteem; estimate, computation
MithLuin wrote:Thank you very much for such a prompt reply!
I admit to being a complete novice with Quenya, so determining which case to use wasn't obvious to me. I agree with you that possessive works better than genitive for what is being conveyed - I mistakenly thought possessive was only for 'ownership'. As for the final line, it's meant to convey an attack - the sound of the horns is the sound of the attack being launched against the walls. So...'against' rather than 'in the direction of' but still movement towards, so....maybe? I don't suppose there is a clear way to convey 'in opposition to'?
Súriva is better. There is also a word hwindë (whirlpool), so if that can be adapted to whirlwind in some way...?
MithLuin wrote:(1)Be he foe or friend, [be he foul or clean],
Náto var notto var seron
Násië cotto hya meldo
[I consider the second phrase redundant/superfluous, so left it out.]
MithLuin wrote:(4)Man yet unborn upon Middle-earth,
Hildor Endorenna (man) uiënte onostier
[I am *super* unsure about this grammar! I was trying to say '(they) have not been begotten' and thought it might be 'uantë onostier' or 'uiënte onontier,' but I really don't know.]
MithLuin wrote:(5)neither law, nor love, nor league of swords,
Alvar axan, alvar melme, alvar tiriste maciliva
Lá axan, hya lá melme, hya lá tiriste maciliva
MithLuin wrote:(7)shall defend him from Fëanor, and Fëanor's kin,
U-antuva cauma Fëanárolla ar Anonillon Fëanáro
[I mean to say, 'will not give protection from Fëanor and from Fëanor's Sons.]
MithLuin wrote:(8)whoso hideth or hoardeth, or in hand taketh,
Man nurtea hya auta haurasse hya mapea nondasse
MithLuin wrote:(10) a Silmaril. This swear we all:
Silmaril. Vanda sina maitalmë:
I was hoping to work a sense of 'each of us' into this, perhaps using 'ilya', but in the end didn't make it work.
MithLuin wrote:(11) death we will deal him ere Day's ending,
Firië mahtuvalmes fai ré-metta,
MithLuin wrote:(12) woe unto world's end! Our word hear thou,
nainië tenn' Ambar-metta! Vandalma hlara
MithLuin wrote:(15) On the holy mountain hear in witness
*Oiolossessë hlara ar á astar
I suppose 'stand by' is a bit superfluous, but oaths need someone to witness them, so I didn't want to leave that out.
MithLuin wrote:(16) and our vow remember, Manwë and Varda!"
Ar vandalma termar enyalien, Manwë Vardayë!
I wasn't really sure what to do about 'remember' here...
MithLuin wrote:I agree that "á hlarë" would be the standard way to say "hear" in the imperative. I was wondering if it might be a special case, though, like "look"? So if that would be "ela," is it possible that "hear" would be "hlara"? Or maybe thinking of "look" and "listen" the same way is an English thing, and I should not try to take that idea into Quenya.
MithLuin wrote:For "Manwë Vardayë!" I was trying to express "Manwë and Varda" as a matched set. I forget where I saw an example of this, but here is what I was trying to use: http://www.eldamo.org/content/words/wor ... 60551.html
But maybe I should just have written Manwë yo Varda?
MithLuin wrote:Qui nás cotto hya meldo (1)
Arauco Moringotto hya Vala calima
Elda hya Maia hya Apanóna
Hildor i uiënte onostier Endorenna
Ilar axan, ilar melme, ilar tiriste maciliva (5)
Ilar thossë, ilar raxë, ilar Umbar insa
antuva cauma Fëanárollo ar Anonillon Fëanáro
Ye nurta hya harya haura hya mapa nondasse
Hiriessë harya hya háya hatë
Silmaril. Vanda sina carilmë: (10)
Fírië mahtuvalme sena fai ré-metta,
rúþë tenn' Ambar-metta! Á hlarë vandalma
Eru Ilúvatar! Oiala lúmenna
á húta mé cénai cardalma loita
Mi Oiolossë á hlara ar ná astarmo (15)
ar á enyalë vandalma, Manwë yo Varda!
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Venus Express Flight Control Team preps for launch
The flight control team is in intensive training for the Venus Express launch on 26 October. Through more than a year of preparation, a group of individual experts has been forged into a pan-European team who trust in each other's skills and abilities.
For the flight control team (FCT), the people who actually fly Venus Express, working on a 220-million-Euro science mission that will travel to Earth's nearest planetary neighbour in record time can be very demanding.
And then there is the lengthy time devoted to repeated simulation sessions, designed to prepare the team for any eventuality during launch and early operations as well as during the routine phase.
But the payback comes in the genesis of a pan-European flight team that works extremely well together and whose members know each other's capabilities.
Fourteen experts supported by ESOC specialists
The Venus Express FCT consists of the Spacecraft Operations Manager (SOM), Andrea Accomazzo, originally from Italy, and 13 engineers, analysts and spacecraft controllers, all of whom work at ESA's Space Operations Centre (ESOC), in Darmstadt, Germany.
The FCT works directly for the Ground Segment Manager and Flight Director, Manfred Warhaut, from Germany, and is supported by numerous ESOC specialists in the areas of flight dynamics, software support and ground stations, among others.
Team spirit 'essential'
After several years at Fiat Avio, where he helped design the Vega launch vehicle, Andrea joined ESA in 1999, working at ESOC on Rosetta, ESA's comet-chasing mission; Venus Express is his first mission as Spacecraft Operations Manager.
"It's a challenge to build a team. In two years, I have gone from managing myself to managing a team of 13 people. I am happy to say that the team spirit has been pretty good; it has really grown in the past few months as we have become focused on launch," says Andrea.
He adds that the team, "Works hard, but we have fun too. I would say that good team spirit is absolutely essential for reducing tension and stress, particularly during launch, the Launch and Early Operations Phase (LEOP) and Venus Orbit Insertion (VOI)."
'Spacons' in the driver's seat
Working as Spacecraft Controllers, or 'spacons,' the FCT counts Francesca Krueger, Glenn Hurrell and Roland Koehler as some of the more recently joined, junior members who nonetheless bring a great deal of enthusiasm and intensity to the mission.
Francesca, for one, also typifies the complex antecedents of this pan-European team: her father is American and her mother Italian, and she actually grew up in Darmstadt speaking English, German and Italian.
She is also remarkable for having entered the space industry later in her career after earning a degree in computer science in the UK. She previously worked in business in London and Spain.
"It's fantastic to work here. The international environment is tremendous," she says. It's a challenge to get everything organized for the mission, she admits, but the effort is worth it.
ESA YGT takes on VEX challenge
Isabelle Dauvin, from a town near Caen in Normandy, France, is also keen on the Venus Express mission, her first.
She joined ESA as a Young Graduate Trainee (YGT) in 2004 after earning physics degrees in France and Canada, and she works as a mission planning engineer.
"I work on the mission planning system to coordinate spacecraft operations with payload activities so that we don't have problems like drawing too much power all at once," she says. "I like my job because I get to learn a little about everything involved with the spacecraft," said Isabelle.
From Giotto to Venus Express
Norbert Schmitt, who, like Krueger, is from the Darmstadt area, is spacecraft analyst for VEX.
He joined the VEX flight team in November 2004 after working on Rosetta and XMM. Norbert is a radio engineer by training and now works on the mission control system software and associated databases.
"It's a deep-space mission. It's a challenge to fly around Venus. My last deep-space mission was Giotto; I guess once you start on planetary science missions, you stay with it," he says.
Ignacio Tanco and Peter Schmitz also work as spacecraft engineers for VEX, covering systems and payload operations, respectively.
Ignacio overseas mission-wide activities such as operations readiness, testing, procedures and training; after launch, he'll focus on planning, preparations for VOI and evaluation.
Originally from northern Spain, Ignacio earned degrees at two American universities before working at Motorola on Iridium and, back in Europe, at Vega and Telespazio; he moved to ESOC in 2001 where he worked on Rosetta.
"VEX is a very fast mission. We'll be at Venus in just a few months. The word 'express' in 'Venus Express' is very appropriate," he says, referring to the shortened time it has taken to prepare and launch the mission.
FCT split for round-the-clock manning
His German colleague Peter Schmitz serves as Deputy SOM and will head up the "B" team when the FCT is split into two teams to provide 24-hour-per-day manning in ESOC's Main Control Room during the immediate post-launch LEOP phase.
Peter is also responsible for overseeing flight-related issues for the Venus Monitoring Camera (VMC), and he is planning the Moon observation campaign, due to occur 14 days after launch. "Every FCT engineer has at least one or two payload instruments to look after. Overall, this work is very interesting and a challenge due to the short time frames involved," he says.
Peter started at ESA in 2000 after a stint as a YGT, and VEX will mark his fourth launch campaign after Ulysses, Mars Express and Rosetta.
VEX team concentrates experience
The VEX team, which includes five other engineers, clearly benefits from a great deal of collective experience with Rosetta and Mars Express, two sister missions with which Venus Express shares many commonalities including some hardware, software and basic spacecraft architectures.
Not only does this ultimately save money, but the reuse of experience gives the flight team an invaluable edge.
It also shows that, for some, flying space missions is in their blood.
"I think the most important thing is that space operations have to be a genuine passion," says SOM Accomazzo. "Development times are relatively long compared to other fields and this can sometimes lead to frustration or to the feeling that you never get there. If you aren't really motivated, it can be hard."


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Honey-Sriracha Glazed Buffalo Wings
Honestly I never thought I'd find a wing recipe that would measure up to the classic Buffalo combo of Frank's Red Hot and butter. The honey-chipotle-barbecue wings usually pale in comparison to the vinegary, spicy original. But these Honey-Sriracha Glazed Buffalo Wings from The Sriracha Cookbook are a game changer when it comes to sweet-spicy wings.
Even though Sriracha can be pretty spicy, there are undeniable sweet elements to this sauce, but the half cup of orange blossom honey doesn't make it over-the-top sweet. The lime juice balances it all out. The sour edge plays up the spice and dulls the sugar perfectly. I served mine with the usual accompaniments (celery sticks and blue cheese dressing) but I'm looking forward to making them again with cucumber spears and a creamy dressing made with cilantro and toasted sesame oil.
As always with our Cook the Book feature, we have five (5) copies of The Sriracha Cookbook to give away this week.
Adapted from The Sriracha Cookbook. Copyright © 2010. Published by Ten Speed Press. Available wherever books are sold. All Rights Reserved.
- Yield:6 to 8
- Vegetable or peanut oil, for frying
- 4 pounds chicken wings
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 2/3 cup Sriracha
- 1/2 cup orange blossom honey
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- Juice of 1 lime
- Chopped fresh cilantro, for garnish
- 2 tablespoons white sesame seeds, for garnish
Preheat the oven to 200°F. Prepare the deep fryer by filling with oil to the manufacturer's suggested fill level. (Alternately, a cast-iron or other wide heavy-duty pan can be used; fill with oil to a depth of 2 to 3 inches, but no more than halfway up the side of the pan.) Tuck the wing tips beneath the wing to avoid burning them, or remove the tips and save to make stock.
Heat the oil to 350°F. Fry the wings in batches for 10 to 12 minutes, until crispy and golden brown. Be careful not to crowd the pan, as this will lower the temperature of the oil significantly and result in soggy wings. Keep batches of cooked wings on a wire rack set over a baking sheet (or on a foil–lined baking sheet) in the preheated oven until all the wings have been fried.
While the wings are frying, melt the butter in a medium saucepan over low heat. Add the Sriracha, honey, salt, and lime juice, stirring to combine. Keep warm over low heat. Put the cooked wings in a large mixing bowl and toss with the Sriracha mixture. Plate the coated wings on a large platter, garnishing with cilantro and sesame seeds.
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T.I. clearly has a way with words. Almost a year ago to the day, the Atlanta rapper talked a suicidal individual out of jumping to his death.
This past weekend, Tip was playing the role of peacemaker again, this time calming down a very angry Diddy.
MTV's RapFix reports that during an event at club Compound, which Diddy MCed, the rap mogul became very angry, calling out a person inside the club for promoting a beverage other than Ciroc vodka, for which he is a stakeholder.
Things got heated as Diddy snatched the drink from the partygoer, after which the man approached the entrepreneur.
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Friday, September 2, 2011
The MiM Risk Score (MRS)
This evidenced-based risk score was developed to help predict overextending of Mothers in Medicine. The goal is to prevent burnout, stress, and associated unpleasant psychological states by monitoring weekly risk, and following guidelines for treatment accordingly.
To calculate risk:
MRS = age/2 * number of dependents + k [C + Lu + Na]
Number of spouses/life partners * + 1
Age = Age of MiM in years
Number of dependents = number of children, care-requiring parents, exceptionally ineffective spouses/life partners, very large and needy household pets. For pregnancy, multiply total by factor of 1.5.
k= work constant. For full-time work, k=1. For part-time work, k= 1.5 * % of full-time worked (e.g. ½ time = 0.75 since hours worked is always more and uncompensated)
C = number of times you have to call your cell phone to find out where you put it in the past week.
Lu = number of times you are too busy to eat lunch, forget to eat lunch, or accidentally bring a Tupperware with a half ear of corn and half of a large white onion by mistake instead of the lunch you packed the night before. Hypothetically speaking.
Na= number of times you have called your children the wrong name in the past week.
*for polygamists, add only 0.5 for every successive spouse after primary spouse; for work spouses, add 0.25 each; only spouses/life partners currently living with you for the majority of the week count in full.
**** Risk score interpretation ****
MRS > 50 = High risk for overextending. Schedule child-free vacation, delegate projects, get a babysitter for a night out, add another spouse/life partner (or increase efficiency of current one), for the love of God say no to new commitments. Wine.
MRS 41-50 = Moderate-high risk of overextending. Schedule spa date. Say no to new commitments. Delegate projects. Possibly add another spouse/life partner (or increase efficiency of current one). Adjunct retail therapy.
MRS 30-40 = Moderate risk of overextending. Schedule coffee with girlfriend(s). Say no to new commitments. Delegate projects.
MRS < 30 = Low risk of overextending. Good job! Offer help to your MiM friends in higher risk categories.
n.b. Risk score prognostication has not been scientifically validated.
8 comments:
- ImmunologyMomSeptember 2, 2011 at 3:43 PM
Nice. This algorithm would be significantly improved by making k=hours worked per week/5. This would give more importance to C, Lu, and Na.ReplyDelete
Also the number of spouses/life partners should be weighted for the amount of time per week that that spouse/life partner is NOT at work.
- AnonymousSeptember 2, 2011 at 3:43 PM
I was going to use my cellphone calculator to calculate this, then realized I couldn't find it and had to call it to find it!ReplyDelete
Very nice.
Love it!! I'm not sure how you want to factor in that I'm entirely too tired to calculate my score.ReplyDelete
Higher math and me do not agree on Fridays. Pretty sure I am in need of wine. Hilarious, nonetheless.ReplyDelete
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Hilarious! Need an extra conversion factor for 1) working with spouse; and 2) working with father-in-law. Either way, I definitely need more wine and spa days.ReplyDelete
Ha! That's Dr Mrs MiM Risk Score.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 1, 2011 at 2:46 PM
Fun! However, you forgot to add in a component of "degree your job nourishes versus drains you." Burnout is not just about hours worked and dependents. You can work only 30 hours a week and still be burned out at your job. Speaking from experience...ReplyDelete


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By Margot Carmichael Lester, Monster Contributing Writer
If you've been unemployed for a while, you may be feeling a little desperate. But letting that feeling show during your job search can be the kiss of death. So what exactly distinguishes desperate job search behavior from proactive behavior — and how can you avoid the former?
"When candidates are feeling desperate, negative or cynical, the employer can smell it a mile away," says Ford Myers, author of Get the Job You Want Even When No One's Hiring. "Desperation is a total turnoff. Instead of opening more doors for the job seeker, these behaviors close doors to new opportunities."
We asked hiring managers and others to share their experiences with desperate job seekers and offer tips on how to avoid crossing the line.
Blatant Self-Promotion
A 2009 La Salle University graduate got a lot of media coverage by handing out his resume to people passing in cars in Philadelphia. Bad idea, Myers says. "Don't spread a resume around like confetti," he says. "It will give the impression that you're begging for any job. And what sort of hiring manager wants a candidate like that?"
Instead, Myers advises job seekers to approach their search by changing the conversation from "I need a job" to "I can solve problems for your business." Stymied job seekers would be wise to step back and take stock of their true value in the working world. "This boosts the confidence of candidates, and positions them to behave more professionally and appropriately," he says. "If job seekers are unable to identify and articulate their value, a good career coach can help prepare and package them for a much more effective search experience."
Extreme Follow-Up
Jeff Vaught, president of Transition Essentials, a career consulting firm in Orion Township, Michigan, remembers being hounded by a desperate job seeker a few years ago. "Only a few hours after setting up the interview, the candidate called to confirm," he recalls. "And then again at midnight that same day, leaving a voice mail that they were 'too excited to sleep.' It didn't end there, though — they also called again at 7:30 a.m. the next morning."
Vaught canceled the interview and didn't reschedule. "The lack of common sense of appropriate business etiquette made it difficult to imagine them working for the company," he says. "The desperation raised a lot of red flags."
A better approach would have been to make one follow-up call to confirm the interview — ideally, first thing the morning of the appointment. "That would have shown a better sense of etiquette as well as a concern for my schedule," Vaught notes. "Overall this would have shown an individual who was being professional and enthusiastic about the position without crossing the line to desperation mode."
Crazy Talk at the Interview
When you do meet potential employers, be mindful of how you present yourself, cautions Richard Laermer, CEO of New York City-based RLM PR. "Language is everything," he says. "People act as though they are being cute, and so they say what they think we want to hear instead of what distinguishes them from the crowd. It's all the adorable ways folks say 'I'm so perfect for you.' I can't take them seriously."
Here are some lines Laermer has heard over the years:
- "If you hire me, I'll do anything — and I mean anything — to make this work!"
- "It's true that every journey starts with a cute pair of shoes — and I have that pair!"
- "My whole life has been leading to this job. Let's do it."
- "I'm a future star — why shouldn't you have the advantage first?"
What he does take seriously, though, is straight talk. "If you know why you're good, show me, don't tell me," he says. Provide quantifiable examples of how you could help the business meet goals. "Those who explain themselves in a cool and deliberate way get my attention," he says.
Toeing the fine line between being proactive and seeming desperate can be tough, but staying on the proactive side is crucial to job search success.
"It's a fact that assertive rules the day, and especially in hard times," Laermer says. "But, man, some of the things people [do] to get attention are shocking. And I wonder who taught them that. You can already see how much training they're going to need to get into shape. Why would we call them in?"
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Everyone who drives through Scottsville is probably familiar with this large white house beside the funeral home. It's easily the most noticeable place on Valley Street, the main route through town.
Since 1916 when it was built, the house has had just two owners: Dr. Luther Stinson and his family, and the current owner, Oliver Kuttner. He bought the place from Mrs. Stinson, who's now over 100 years old. Kuttner, a well-known developer, transformed the original single-family home into three large apartments. From here, anything's possible.
People who've been watching the renovation of the place are probably wondering what's going on. The answer is that all the basics have been taken care of. The slate roof seems in fine shape, all exterior woodwork has been snugged and joined, the oil-fired hot-water radiator heating system provides the best kind of winter warmth, and the plaster walls (in all but one room) are good as new and primed, ready for the new owner's color choices.
An elegant brick patio has been completed just off the kitchen, and the large wrap-around porch has been restored to its former glory (even to the sky-blue ceiling). That porch is one of the best things about the house. Sweeping around three sides of the house upstairs and down, it's a reminder of times gone by, and from the second level, views of rooftops and steeples close and far are like a classic painting.
The beauty of a work-in-progress is that it's all potential– here limited only by a new buyer's imagination. Being traditionalists, we'd like to see the place return to its former glory as a single-family house. With a large kitchen, two full bathrooms (one already renovated in high style, with beautiful rustic tile), large rooms of graceful proportions (with fireplaces), a charming outbuilding for a nanny or rental income, and that grand porch, it could be the in-town rival of any manor house in the surrounding countryside.
With Scottsville's current renaissance, returning the place to multiple rental units might make sense (although it would break our heart). The former configuration of three units (using the basement as part of one, along with one side of the main level) worked well and could easily be recreated.
But the property's commercial zoning makes many other options possible. A bed and breakfast might work, given the relative dearth of Scottsville accommodations. A law or insurance firm could gussy it up to make a swanky impression– frugal barristers might even enjoy the prospect of living upstairs and gliding downstairs to work each morning.
The outbuilding deserves special mention. During Dr. Stinson's tenure, the first level was the garage– the chauffer driver lived upstairs. The new brick patio has foreclosed the possibility of using the space for cars, but at the same time has increased its charm as separate living quarters. Kuttner has added a new fireplace in what could be a unique master-bedroom suite on the second level (a big bath has been roughed in).
The property bumps up against a hill, but leveling it and adding a retaining wall would make possible a second-level patio or garden accessed from the house and from the outbuilding by cross-over "bridges" that would create a unique backyard living and entertaining space.
We can't provide much detail about the full attic because it's closed off with a big scary trap door like something out of The Shining. But one peek revealed that it's huge and useful for storage if not as actual living space. The small yard has been planted with tiny boxwoods to complement the existing established specimens around the porch. In all, there's a lot to work with at 550 Valley Street.
When the place is finished– whether as a grand single-family residence or an elegant law office or upscale bed and breakfast– it has the potential of being a true showplace.


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CUNY Portal
This gateway, which you use your CUNY Portal ID (and password) to enter, gives you access to any services hosted centrally to be used by all of CUNY's colleges. These services include eSIMS, Blackboard, DegreeAudit/DIG, and the eMall. More information is also available here.
Hunter NetID
This username (and its password) are what you use to access services hosted specifically at Hunter, for the Hunter community only. These services include e-mail, the wireless network, PAC terminals, and OneCard. More information is also available here.
Blackboard (or Bb)
A course management system heavily used within CUNY. It permits the instructor to post assignments & quizzes, hold discussions on internal forums, upload files, and more. (Not all instructors use all features.)
"Public Access Computers" are terminals around the Hunter campuses that students can use for basic web browsing (including checking e-mail).
Your Hunter student ID card has accounts encoded on it that let you use it to pay for printing, copying, cafeteria food, and dorm laundry at Brookdale. These account services are known collectively as "OneCard." More information is also available here.
Also called DIG (Degree Information for Graduation), this is a CUNY-hosted tool that lets you check what courses you still need in order to obtain your degree.
CUNY eMall
A web-store available through the CUNY portal that allows members of the CUNY community to purchase software and hardware at significant discounts. (This is also where you can download free anti-virus software.)
Quick links to:
- Your Hunter Net ID for wireless access
- CUNY Portal: Blackboard, Degree Audit (DIG), CUNY Alert, CUNY eMall, etc.
- Forgot your CUNY Portal ID/password?
- Blackboard: General information and Outages, Blackboard 9.1 Student Resources (PDF files and video tutorials).
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September 27, 2013
Students from Stevenson University went to the convention center in Baltimore, MD to help with the United Way Homeless Connect event and be a positive influence in the community.
November 4, 2013
Stevenson University celebrates Homecoming and Family Weekend 2013. Homecoming is about bringing the past and present together with events like the Chili Cook-off, Powder Puff football game, Bonfire, Alumni Milestone and Happy Hour, Mustang Madness, Tailgating, the Football Game, and the Crab Feast.
October 21, 2013
Each October, Stevenson University sponsors the "Building Community Day" for all students. During the event, more than 500 students, faculty, and staff devote a full day to giving back to their community by contributing to hunger relief programs, economic development projects, and environmental sustainability establishments throughout the greater Baltimore region.
October 18, 2013
Stevenson University hosts the national NCAA DIII Hoopsville National Invitational Classic at the Owings Mills campus gym on November 22-24, 2013. Go to: http://www.hoopsville.eventbrite.com.
October 9, 2013
Baltimore photographer Harry Connolly spent 16 years and took 20,000 photos chronicling changes in Baltimore's Little Italy neighborhood. On Thursday, Oct 3, 2013, Connolly presented his work at the St. Paul Pavilion at Stevenson University in a celebration of art and Italian culture.
October 8, 2013
Founder's Day was celebrated on October 1, 2013.
October 7, 2013
Stevenson University's annual "Lego Challange" teaches valuable career lessons and skills to new students. This year's "Lego Challenge" will bring more than 800 freshmen to the University's Owings Mills Gym on Friday, November 9, 2012, for the competition. It will also bring new York-based brick artist Nathan Sawaya to campus for the unveiling of a custom lego sculpture that conveys the principles and values of Stevenson's Career Architecture process.
October 2, 2013
Stevenson University is proud to present the play "Two Rooms" by Lee Blessing. The show will run in the Black Box Theatre on Greenspring at 7:00pm - Oct 10, 11, 12 & 17, 18, 19. Hope to see you there.
September 27, 2013
Click the link below for more information on the programs. http://gps.stevenson.edu/log/forensic-graduate-programs/?yt-url Learn more about Stevenson University's innovative Forensic Graduate programs. These innovative master's degrees in Cyber Forensics, Forensic Science, and Forensic Studies are designed to provide advanced education to individuals looking to get into forensic fields or to accelerate their careers.
September 27, 2013
Students from Stevenson University went to the convention center in Baltimore, MD to help with the United Way Homeless Connect event and be a positive influence in the community.
September 20, 2013
WSR Wild Stang Radio has a new home at Stevenson University! With a brand new state of the art radio studio in the Rockland building lobby DJs will enjoy more exposure and interaction with students in their new location. Check out the radio station at: http://now.stevenson.edu or on Live 365.com search (WSR or Stevensonu)
September 16, 2013
3 Songs. No Flash: My Adventures as a Rock 'n' Roll Photographer features the work of Jefferson Jackson Steele, Photography Lab Manager and Adjunct Instructor. Steele takes us through his 33 year career of being a Rock N Roll photographer.
September 6, 2013
See the energy and feel the passion at the fall 2013 pep rally at Stevenson University. Gear up for another great season and go to http://www.gomustangsports.com for up-to-date info on games, scores, rankings and more!
September 3, 2013
Ever wonder what the drive looks like from Stevenson University's Owings Mills campus to the Greenspring Campus? Well, now you can see it from a motocycle's perspective. http://www.stevenson.edu
August 27, 2013
Stevenson University celebrated it's 2013 Convocation on Thursday, August 22nd. Convocation brings together all members of the University community - from new and returning students and their families to faculty, administrators, staff, and other friends of Stevenson.
August 26, 2013
Stevenson University encourages all of its students, faculty and staff to join the really, really cool campus Opt-In service to stay up to date on emergency closings, activities and sports. Go to the SU NOW Portal to sign up: http://now.stevenson.edu
August 22, 2013
The Superbowl Champions, Baltimore Ravens held a public practice at Stevenson University's Mustang Stadium on August 18, 2013. It was great to meet the players and see a professional team practice.
August 19, 2013
The Stevenson University crew prep the field for football! Go to GoMustangsports.com for more information!
August 9, 2013
Faculty, staff and ukulele musicians from around the Baltimore area assembled at Stevenson for the annual Ukefest on the Greenspring campus. It was a great time full of fun, laughter and great music. For photos of the event go to: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevensonuniversity/sets/72157634571076902/
July 24, 2013
Baltimore born Hollywood director, writer, and actor Jason Winer was the Keynote speaker at Stevenson University's 60th Commencement.
July 12, 2013
To celebrate the first national championship, Stevenson University unveiled a giant banner outside Mustang Stadium
June 28, 2013
On June 26, 2013, Paul Cantabene, Head Men's Lacrosse coach at Stevenson threw the first pitch at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Watch the Men's Lacrosse team win the NCAA DIII Championship here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAkk4UbvERM
June 26, 2013
On June 13th, Blue U at Stevenson University hosted a healthy grilling demonstration to get everyone ready for the summer grilling season.


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British Star & Indie Queen Join the Legendary Alan Alda as Guest Stars in 2nd Season of Acclaimed Comedy Series,
Premiering Monday, June 27th
LOS ANGELES, CA - (March 31, 2011) - Hot British film star Hugh Dancy and indie film queen Parker Posey have signed on as guest stars for the second season of the hit SHOWTIME comedy series THE BIG C, premiering June 27th. Dancy will star in at least 6 episodes as Lee, a charming cancer patient who, after a rocky start, befriends Cathy (Laura Linney) during their time in an experimental drug trial. Meanwhile, Posey signs on for 4 episodes playing Poppy, an older woman who develops an unlikely relationship with Cathy's teenaged son, Adam (Gabriel Basso). Recently announced guest star Alan Alda will play Dr. Atticus Sherman, Cathy's oncologist.
THE BIG C is currently shooting in Stamford, Connecticut and will premiere on SHOWTIME on Monday, June 27th at 10:30 PM, immediately following the premiere of WEEDS. THE BIG C is created and written by Darlene Hunt, who serves as executive producer, along with showrunner Jenny Bicks, Laura Linney, Neil H. Moritz and Vivian Cannon. It is produced by Sony Pictures Television.
Having appeared in many UK films and TV shows, Dancy became well-known to American audiences for his work in the blockbuster military action drama Black Hawk Down, Dancy has also made his mark in notable romantic comedies, including Confessions of a Shopaholic and The Jane Austen Book Club. He is Emmy-nominated for his turn as Earl of Essex in the mini-series Elizabeth I. Dancy will next be seen starring in the acclaimed feature Martha Marcy May Marlene in the fall, and will also be seen in Our Idiot Brother in August. He will voice the role of Marshall Mallow in the upcoming animated feature Dorothy of Oz.
Posey had breakout roles in several successful indie films of the '90s, including Dazed and Confused, Party Girl and suBurbia. But she made an indelible mark on audiences with her hilarious work in several of mockumentarian Christopher Guest's films, including Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind and For Your Consideration. She earned a Golden Globe nomination for her work in the 2002 mini-series Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay. Additional film credits include House of Yes, You've Got Mail, Superman Returns and The Anniversary Party. On television, she has made notable guest appearances on Boston Legal and Will & Grace.
THE BIG C stars Laura Linney in her Golden Globe(R)-winning role as Cathy Jamison, a reserved, Minneapolis wife/mother/teacher whose cancer diagnosis forces her to shake up her life and find hope, humor and the light side of a dark situation. This season, Cathy progresses from Denial to Anger on the grief cycle and will become an all-out warrior in the fight against her Stage 4 melanoma.


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A sea of red greeted the 8th ranked University of Louisville basketball Cardinals Saturday afternoon as they walked into the KFC Yum! Center for the regular season finale against Notre Dame. The theme was "Wear Red for the Seniors" as the Cardinal faithful said goodbye to point guard Peyton Siva, junior Gorgui Dieng and student assistant (and former player) Mike Marra. The Cards took control early and maintained it throughout for the 73-57 win.
Coach Rick Pitino decided he wanted Dieng to participate in the traditional farewell of the student-athletes because he thinks his Senegalese center has a legitimate shot to be picked up in the first round by the NBA. If not, Dieng has said he will return for his senior season with the Cards.
Siva leaves the school ranked number two in assists behind LaBradford Smith and also second in steals behind Louisville legend Darrell Griffith. Other the other side of the student-athlete equation, Siva is an academic All-American, only the second player at the University of Louisville to earn the honor.
While the Louisvillians who couldn't get into the KFC Yum! Center were along Bardstown Road at the St. Patrick's Day Parade, Card Nation had to contend with the Fighting Irish, a team that took the Cardinals to 5 overtimes back in February. The Irish came out victorious in the longest game in Big East history.
The Cards were also playing for a share of the Big East title and the number two seed and the double-bye going into the Big East tournament. Their tourney run will begin in the quarterfinals.
Louisville flexed their muscle early with Gorgui Dieng playing like the NBA scouts in the house wanted to see. The Lakers, Orlando, Houston, Utah and Atlanta all sent people to watch and Dieng didn't disappoint. His 9 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks in the first half set the tone and triggered big performances by Peyton Siva and Luke hancock as well.
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Miriam Benjamin
The system worked by pressing a small button on the back of a chair which would relay a signal to a waiting attendant. At the same time a light would illuminate on the chair allowing the attendant to see which guest was in need of assistance. The system was adopted and installed within the United States House of Representatives and was the predecessor of the methods used today on airplanes to signal stewardesses.
Ms. Benjamin was the second Black woman to receive a patent.


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The Biblical Case Against Supporting Israel
The Biblical Case Against Supporting Israel
There are certain times in a man's life when his fingers tremble to type a thought, when the weight of a declaration lies so heavily upon his heart, that he can only with great difficulty and precaution bring himself to write it. In this particular case, the writer treads carefully knowing that two paths lie before him, both, in a sense, approved in specific circumstances by God Himself, but human reason and spiritual enlightenment determining which of the two is viable. I speak, in this case, of the decision of whether to support Israel militarily or not.
Israel, from an entirely secular standpoint, is a faithful ally in a territory plagued with treacherously barbarous enemies. Her neighbors, almost entirely opposed to the Laws of Liberty and even amongst themselves considered suspicious, cannot be relied upon for any kind of fidelity. Even with leadership favorable to Westerners, the people of the Middle East – within whom the source of Middle Eastern power lies – stand increasingly opposed to reason and justice, their psychotically frenzied mobs marching on dictators who can only be replaced with other dictators, shedders of blood replaced by more bloodshed, the cycle of inhumanity seeming to only increase with each and every revolution. And yet amongst these, there is a voice most amicable and a people most sane, a flower in the desert wilderness, a nation whose level of comparable civilization is denied only by peoples untrustworthy and devoid of sensibility.
Such relative civility, though Israel is far from perfection, should alone convince men that Israel's defense is worth the cost. But it is well known that in America, devout Christians add atop these reasons another, entirely religious in its nature, and potentially dangerous in its misapplication. There is a passage in the book of Genesis in which the Almighty speaks to His servant Abraham, a formal declaration of protection and blessing which has not failed Israel to the present day. Jehovah declares "I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you." This, and this alone, oftentimes provides the sole reason why a great many devout Christians support the Israeli state, and perhaps if entirely isolated from the rest of Scripture, the passage would suffice as a reason to maintain an eternally positive relation to her.
But though it must never be taken as a call to curse (it would be better to cut one's own tongue out than to curse a son of Abraham), other Biblical passages exist which at the very least call men to dissociate themselves from the nation. After Israel had divided into Israel and Judah, the righteous king of Judah, Jehoshaphat, allied himself with the apostate Israeli kingdom, an act which brought the curse of Jehovah upon a sizable economic investment. Jehoshaphat's own religious devotion was not itself enough for the Lord to bless his decision: a mere alliance with an openly disobedient Israel was enough to punish his entire state. And the prophet Jeremiah, unheeded throughout his entire ministry, begged the children of Judah not to stand with their king, but rather to flee Jerusalem into the custody of their besiegers, where they would be protected. This act, commonly recognized as an act of defection, was entirely righteous, and blessed by God Himself.
There are other instances, as well, which plainly record the failures of a disobedient Israel's allies, who not only suffered, but were conquered as a result of that alliance. Judah's king Amaziah was specifically instructed that entering battle alongside the children of Israel would result in military defeat, and other kingdoms – Egypt, specifically – though attempting to protect Judah from being destroyed, suffered losses which resulted in their subjection to peoples perhaps more barbaric than they. The prophet Isaiah's voice cries from centuries past,
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help,
who rely on horses,
who trust in the multitude of their chariots
and in the great strength of their horsemen,
but do not look to the Holy One of Israel,
or seek help from the LORD.
Yet he too is wise and can bring disaster;
he does not take back his words.
He will rise up against the house of the wicked,
against those who help evildoers.
But the Egyptians are mortals and not God;
their horses are flesh and not spirit.
When the LORD stretches out his hand,
those who help will stumble,
those who are helped will fall;
all will perish together.
The question which must be asked, then, is not so much whether we must ally ourselves with Israel, but rather how closely Israel allies herself with Jehovah (particularly if we are to believe that Israel remains a people before God, and that He concerns Himself specially with them). Should it be found that her leaders openly support the violation of Mosaic Law, permitting injustices and abominations which God Himself detests and forbids, her disobedience should sound an alarm which cannot be muffled, and which strikes a sense of fear into the heart of every believer. In short, men of God should retract their hand so nobly extended for so long, knowing that Jehovah's heavenly magazine will empty, and that when it does, anything up to the very destruction of Israel herself is possible, regardless of the economic and military power of her allies.
It is not my intention to refuse protection to any faithful son of Abraham, men made more precious by their increasing rarity, and sensible in their reverence toward the Laws of Liberty. Rather, I ask the reader to humbly consider whether Israel's amicability and similarity alone is reason for their defense, and whether or not there is another more viable heavenly perspective. For Israel herself, by herself, is nothing. She derives her identity, value, and purpose from the mouth of Jehovah, a God who has already proclaimed without any degree of uncertainty that His perspective alone determines the circumstances in which men should ally themselves with that people.
What perspective will ours be, then? Let ours be harmonized with His, and may His will alone stand. Bless, and do not curse, but tread reverently, knowing that God Himself at times empowers the barbarous for His purposes.


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Once upon a time, handling signals in Perl code had a pretty big gotcha — one that you couldn't work around. Perl 5.8 changed signal handling in a way that eliminated that gotcha, but replaced it with a different one, harder to trigger, but no less surprising.
The original gotcha
Signals are delivered asynchronously — by design, you can't predict when they're going to arrive. They can't arrive during the execution of a low-level machine instruction, but that's pretty much the only guarantee you get.
Now, that might be fine and dandy if you're writing in assembler, but that's not true of most of us these days. In other languages, you're going to run into a problem. Suppose your main code is busily modifying some data structure, and that your signal handler wants to modify the same data structure. Then when the signal is delivered, and your handler is invoked, the data structure could well be in a temporarily-inconsistent state. So if the handler does anything that modifies the data structure, it's likely to end up corrupting it.
This can be particularly awkward for Perl. The problem is that when your code executes, that involves manipulating data structures inside the runtime (or "interpreter" if you prefer). If the signal handler does the same sort of manipulation — and let me tell you, it almost certainly does — then that's a good way of corrupting the runtime's internal data structures in ways that can cause all manner of exciting crashes.
Safe signals
The change in Perl 5.8 that deals with problem is called "safe signals". Rather than having your signal-handling Perl code be directly invoked during the asynchronous receipt of the signal itself, Perl just has the signal handler note that a particular signal has been delivered. Then at suitable safe moments, it checks whether any signals have been delivered but not yet handled, and if so, invokes the appropriate Perl handler.
This neatly deals with the issue. The runtime never does anything from a signal handler that could corrupt its own data structures. But Perl-side handlers still get invoked asynchronously with respect to the main program.
The new gotcha
Unfortunately, this introduces a problem of its own. It's all down to what counts as a suitable safe moment to invoke your Perl signal handler. To a first approximation, that means between execution of the individual operations that your code is compiled into. (There's some additional complexity to allow handlers to be invoked during interrupted I/O system calls, but that's a relatively minor detail.)
In most circumstances, this works just fine. The problem is when Perl-internal ops take a long time to execute.
Sam Tregar recently posted a message to the Perl-XML mailing-list about a problem he was having with XML::LibXML. When he fed certain badly-broken documents to XML::LibXML's HTML parser, that triggered an infinite-loop bug in the underlying
libxml2 library. He was attempting to work around that bug by using a timeout:
eval { local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { die "TIMEOUT\n" }; alarm 10; $libxml->parse_html_string($html); alarm 0; };
First, Sam sets up a signal handler for the duration of this
eval block, to raise a distinguishable exception on receipt of a
SIGALRM. The first
alarm call asks for a
SIGALRM signal to be delivered after 10 seconds. Then the HTML is parsed; if that finishes in a reasonable amount of time, the second
alarm call disables the timeout. Once it's all finished, surrounding code checks whether the timeout occurred, and acts appropriately if so.
This looks like perfectly reasonable code. The only problem is that it didn't work — Sam's timeout exception was never getting raised.
Knowing about the way Perl safe signals work offers a simple explanation of what's happening here. XML::LibXML's
parse_html_string method calls an XS function which uses
libxml2 to do the parsing. When the Perl runtime invokes an XS function, that's a single op. So if the XS (or one of the C functions it uses) goes into an infinite loop, that op never finishes executing. But the Perl runtime waits for an op to finish before invoking your signal handler, so the handler never runs.
There are workarounds for this. I suggested to Sam on the list that he just switch back to the pre-5.8 signal-handling behaviour. That's done by setting the
PERL_SIGNALS environment variable to the string
unsafe. Unfortunately, you can't do it from within the program you want to be affected — the variable has to have been set at the point the Perl runtime starts up. A simple option is to put an
env(1) wrapper round your code:
$ env PERL_SIGNALS=unsafe perl html_parser.pl
Failing that, in some situations, it might be possible to get your program to wrap itself:
BEGIN { if (!$ENV{PERL_SIGNALS} || $ENV{PERL_SIGNALS} ne 'unsafe') { $ENV{PERL_SIGNALS} = 'unsafe'; exec $^X, $0, @ARGV; } }
This isn't without problems, though — remember that the modern "safe" signal handling is specifically intended to prevent a large class of unpredictable, hard-to-debug memory-corruption bugs that happen only on receipt of signals at certain times.
There isn't really a perfect solution to Sam's problem. The only other option is to disable the safe handling just for this specific signal. Instead of using the normal
%SIG variable to install a suitable handler, you can ask the
POSIX module to install an unsafe
SIGALRM handler; Perl's perlipc documentation has the details. That obviously doesn't eliminate the problems caused by immediate signal delivery, but it does minimise the situations in which they can bite.
Aaron Crane is El Reg's Technical Overlord. This piece was originally published on his personal website.


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UFC Champ Praises Jesus Christ, Tells Fans to 'Hug on Your Loved Ones'
UFC Champ Praises Jesus Christ, Tells Fans to 'Hug on Your Loved Ones'
After dominating his opponent during the UFC on Fox 5 main event on Saturday, Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight champion Benson "Smooth" Henderson told the crowd there are more important things in life than fighting.
Before answering any questions for UFC commentator Joe Rogan during his post-fight interview inside the cage at Seattle's KeyArena, the outspoken Christian fighter took a moment to acknowledge God by quoting the Book of Philippians.
"'I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.' Can I get an amen?" said Henderson to the sold-out crowd of over 14,000 people.
Henderson described his opponent, Nate Diaz, as being "tough as heck," but said he was well-prepared for the fight – and it showed. Even though the main event went to a decision after 25 minutes of fighting, Henderson won all five rounds on all three of the judge's scorecards.
After retaining his title in what Rogan described as "arguably the most talent-rich division in the UFC," the outspoken Christian fighter took a moment to share the emotional weight he carried throughout the competition.
Henderson dedicated his performance to his teammates, Victor and Yaotzin Meza, whose mother is currently battling lymphoma cancer. He also fought for his business partner, Joe Ervin, whose teenage son passed away just last week in a hiking accident.
"Fighting's cool. I love this guys, thank you guys for all of the support. Seattle, I love you, but fighting is just a small part," Henderson told the crowd. "There's a lot more to life, guys. There's a lot more to life. Hug on your loved ones, cherish them. These moments we have together, they're a lot shorter than you think."
After the fight, some questions were also directed toward the bizarre allegations that Henderson has been fighting with a toothpick inside of his mouth. When asked by Rogan if it was true, Henderson responded only by saying: "That's too dangerous."
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During the press conference afterward, when asked again about the toothpick, Henderson told reporters that he did like to have one in his mouth when training and fighting. A few minutes later, though, he said he was "joking" and was being "facetious."
Henderson's faith also became a topic of conversation during the press conference. When asked if there was a conflict between his religion and "beating somebody in the face," Henderson said he doesn't see a conflict between his faith and competing in the sport of mixed martial arts.
He also shared how his faith impacts his life and his fights.
"For me it's more of just a daily walk. It's what I do every day, it's not really about putting on a show ... It's about your daily walk with the Lord, and I'm not ashamed to wear it on my sleeve," he said. "I'm not ashamed to put it out there. Another thing: I'm an emotional fighter, I'm an emotional guy. That's what helps me get worked up in the right mental frame to go inside the octagon and try and beat somebody up."
Henderson's victory over Diaz marked his second successful title defense since he won the UFC lightweight belt in February 2012.