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Since we began to partner with the village of Maramara we have been praying that the Gospel would reach the hearts and minds of the people there and that we wouldn't simply be providing them with a well and a school (though those are great things). I know many of you have been praying for that as well. That is why I love reading stories like the one below – it gives me great hope for the village of Maramara and all that God can do in and through them for His glory and their great good. I find the map included in the article to be a harsh reality, and it drives me to prayer even more.
You can read the article in its original form HERE or take a look at it below.
Africa's Hinge
UGANDA | Four out of five residents of fast-growing, 37-million-strong Uganda identify with Christianity. Most Ugandans glowingly welcome evangelical visitors and side with Christian conservatives on many social issues. But beneath the surface, Uganda faces enormous challenges.
After Scripture reading, speeches, and prayers, students stepped forward one by one to receive their degrees. Some mothers didn't let elaborate clothing stifle their enthusiasm. When they heard their children's names, they jumped up from molded white plastic chairs and ran to the edges of the lawn, joyfully ululating and dancing, like David 3,000 years ago before the ark. They see the academic degrees as economic guarantees in a country still facing massive poverty and unemployment. With half of the nation's people younger than 15—the average Ugandan woman has six children—demographic pressures are intense.
The problem, though, is that college graduates want white-collar jobs and there aren't enough. Those with less education have worse prospects. Uganda has seen economic improvement over the past two decades, but the hundreds of young men sitting around on every main street may soon be joined by thousands more. Many women seem to work harder as they try to sweep dust from the front of tiny shops made of metal and cardboard, but that's a labor only a Sisyphus would love. Some young people sell their family's land to move to Kampala, buy a boda-boda (a motorcycle), and then have nothing to fall back on.
Meanwhile, the mayor of Kampala is a Muslim, the number of mosques is increasing, and at least 15 percent of Ugandans pledge allegiance to Islam. Many Muslims say that Sharia law and Islamic interest-free economics would create a stronger society. The key question for Uganda, and for Americans who love it: Will Christians there show their countrymen that Christianity has answers to the country's problems? Uganda has also been very much in the news recently because of its legislation against homosexuality, which many U.S. and European officials have lambasted: My column ("Problem or solution?") in this issue discusses that.
In the short run those problems—and many other African countries have similar ones—are more severe than the long-run threat of Islam, but Ugandan Muslims appear increasingly aggressive. Newspapers have run stories of Islamists throwing acid in the face of one convert to Christianity, and of a father almost starving to death his teenage daughter after she professed faith in Christ. A Pew Foundation survey, "Tolerance and Tension: Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa," found at least 45 percent of professing Christians in Uganda consider Muslims to be violent.
Historically, when Muslim populations exceed 10 percent—call that a critical mass—Islamists start pursuing opportunities to make others accede to their demands. Uganda itself has experience of Muslim minorities dictating to the whole nation. In the 19th century, for example, Kings Ssuuna II and Mutesa I fell under Islamic influence, and Muslims battled Christians in 1888. From 1971 to 1979 Major General Idi Amin, a Muslim, ruled Uganda: A corrupt dictator, he murdered between 100,000 and 500,000 Ugandans, according to international observers and human-rights groups.
And the question is: Will Africa go as Uganda goes? The map to the left (and on the cover) shows that Uganda is an African hinge. Countries in green are majority Muslim: They typically have little liberty of any kind, particularly religious. Countries in red are less than 10 percent Muslim and have little if any Islamic agitation. The front-line nations in yellow are 10-50 percent Muslim and have maintained largely secular legal systems, although at least nine Nigerian states have imposed Sharia law.
A deep Christianity can readily deal with Islamic threats, but Christian leaders acknowledge that continent-wide belief is often only a centimeter deep. Many store signs in Uganda show a desire to proclaim belief: God Is Able Beauty Shop. God's Mercy Computation Center. Billboards, though, reflect massive health problems—"HIV testing is good and normal"—and materialist beliefs: "A man is called a man only if he has a home." Anglican leader Onesimus Asiimwe notes that two out of three Sunday worshippers are under 25 years of age, and nominal Christians far outnumber mature ones. "Our Christianity lacks depth."
MY WIFE AND I (you can hear Susan's coverage of the UCU graduation and other Uganda experiences on World Radio) visited four projects in the Kampala area—Uganda Christian University, African Bible University, Transforming Nations Alliance training, and Anglican evangelism training—each with different approaches:
• UCU, owned by the Anglican Church and with a main campus 16 miles east of Kampala, is the first private university in Uganda to receive a government charter. It now has a beautiful campus with a mix of old buildings that would be at home in Britain, and new ones—including a library cleverly designed to keep students cool without resort to air conditioning. It's growing rapidly: 8,000 students now choose from among dozens of majors. Law, education, science and technology, health, and other disciplines all have seats at the table.
UCU now faces challenges not unlike those hitting American Christian colleges. Some are financial, with leaders deeply involved in fundraising and building programs. Some are theological: To its credit, UCU is guarding against the drift that can readily occur when professors with a personal faith but training in secular universities worship on Sundays but on Mondays approach their subjects with materialist presuppositions. UCU has a new Institute of Faith, Learning and Service chartered "to assure the Christian identity of the University." Some challenges concern job placement: As hiring opportunities emerge, will employers prefer graduates committed to honesty in the knowledge that God is watching them?
UCU has impressive graduates who know that finding a job will be hard, so they emphasize their willingness to work hard. Daisy Nakiwala Nsangi: "I made sure I maximized every moment I got to read." Rose Adede, daughter of a single mom: "I worked hard to excel." Mollen Ainembabazi: "Many people wondered why I spent so much time reading. … I woke up at weird hours to read." Linnet Namanya: "I credit God for all my success."
• The much-smaller African Bible University (ABU) is assuring its Christian identity by having its 113 students major in biblical studies and minor in business, communication, or education. They go deep into principles of biblical interpretation, books of the Bible, Christian ethics, history, and other topics. Students also hear excellent preaching from Vice Chancellor Palmer Robertson (disclosure—I sat under his teaching for two years when he was a pastor in Maryland) in a beautiful chapel funded by a St. Louis PCA church. A bell that was once on a plantation in Texas, where it tolled for slaves, now summons students to freedom.
ABU graduates are also aware of the Islamic threat, since the university sits on Lobowa Hill seven miles south of Kampala, opposite a big mosque on an adjacent hill. On a peaceful afternoon Robertson, while sitting on a porch swing with one of his young sons, was asking what the Sixth Commandment teaches. He got the right answer—"Thou shalt not kill"—as a rant blared through a mosque loudspeaker. The ABU radio station responds by airing music and theological programming to reach Muslim listeners who would risk their lives by entering a church but can and do communicate with one DJ by text messaging.
• The Transforming Nations Alliance works without classrooms, dorms, or libraries. It looks for Christians beyond college age whose pastors say they have leadership ability, and Susan and I sat in on a training session that featured eight such earnest men and two women. They sat in the sort of inexpensive chairs that are ubiquitous throughout Africa and South America at tables that formed a U. No bells and whistles in this ordinary room pocked with stained beige walls and barred windows.
But what they planned was extraordinary: Instead of discussing the usual notion of waiting for Western aid, they debated past and future "seed projects." Young members of Nakalama Rapha Deliverance Church were starting a brick-making project. Women of the church wanted land to grow more vegetables. Church members in Kikubamutwe, a Kampala slum area, planned a neighborhood cleanup. Others spoke of cleaning litter from drainage ditches or building a shelter for the elderly.
UGANDA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: Belinda Evy Nabude celebrates with grandmother and aunt.
UGANDA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: Swearing in Student Guild Government.
UGANDA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: Library.
CROSSROADS OF FAITH: TNA representative Judith Murungi (center).
CROSSROADS OF FAITH: Raising the cross on the ABU chapel.
CROSSROADS OF FAITH: Kampala mosque.
Training session participants were unimpressed by a government-organized literary project and a United Nations child-feeding project: They've seen big talk and poor results many times. Participants stressed the need to accomplish tasks in one day, so onlookers can quickly see tangible results. They broke down tasks into basic steps: threshing the area around a well; erecting a fence to keep animals out; removing mud so the well can hold more water from the infrequent rains; and creating and clearing trenches so rainwater flows into the well.
Trainer Judith Murungi emphasized the importance of avoiding dependency, developing local resources, and understanding that Christianity is more than praying and attending church. Many Ugandans profess to be Christians but also believe that evil spirits and curses control their lives. Murungi spoke about how God has given Ugandans creativity and energy that will allow them to change their communities and defeat poverty. They can dig latrines, wash hands before eating, and use mosquito nets to keep out malarial mosquitoes: small, doable projects.
Seed projects demonstrate to Ugandans that God can use meager local resources to bless a community. The projects demonstrate that Ugandans don't have to wait for outsiders to come and fix problems, and that God cares about the physical well-being of His children, not just the spiritual.
• The fourth approach is straightforward evangelism: We watched 40 Anglican youth and student coordinators learn about street evangelism and then head out in a bus, in a van, and by foot to go door-to-door. Evangelist John Nicholas Okwalinga and retired Covenant College professor Henry Krabbendam stopped at one cement-walled, metal-roofed house lingering amid hard-packed red clay and mango, avocado, and banana trees. They knocked on the door and a young mother, Maria, opened it, as a runny-nosed toddler in a T-shirt and beaded bracelets on both wrists tugged on her dress. Maria set down two empty plastic jerry cans for water, and her little girl started climbing on them.
Okwalinga and Krabbendam didn't mince words: Citing biblical references, they told Maria that she has a cobra heart (Psalm 58:3-4), a past filled with excrement (Isaiah 64:6), and a destructive life (Romans 3:12-16). They told her about a crucified Jesus who eradicates the cobra heart, purges the excrement past, and changes the toxic life. They said through His resurrection Jesus supplies a new heart, new righteousness, new holiness. The woman listened, then welcomed the Bible they gave her and their pledge to return and see how she's doing.
ALL FOUR OF THESE CHRISTIAN EFFORTS fight a prevalent fatalism—the idea that Ugandans are born poor and will die poor, throughout their lives controlled by curses and witchcraft. For eons hunger and grinding poverty—consequences of this worldview dominated by the need to avoid upsetting evil spirits—have plagued Uganda. British control from the late 19th century to 1962 brought missionaries but also European materialism. Now, the Chinese government is buying up mineral rights throughout Africa, while Muslims, who once enslaved many in East Africa, seek to enslave their posterity in a works-based religion that persecutes other faiths.
Islamists offer dollars and a promised land of dolls to young men willing to give their lives to kill Christians and Jews. Other Muslims purchase wives from nominally Christian Ugandan fathers who are willing—if there's enough money in it— to have their daughters become Muslims. Some Ugandans would rather be employed Muslims than unemployed Christians. A variety of quasi-Christian ministries have fought back by offering their own rewards through a prosperity gospel. Faith healers have found a market: When Benny Hinn came to Kampala, some Ugandans arrived six hours early to get a place.
In Uganda now, rapidly increasing cohabitation is undermining marriage. Alcohol consumption is massive. Old superstitions, such as gaining a feeling of security by carrying the skin or hair of a lion, remain. Muslims say they revere marriage so much that every woman must be in one, along with up to three other wives. Muslims say they throw out bottles and superstition. Christians need to demonstrate the ability to demolish vicious cycles of apathy, corruption, poverty, disease, and degeneration.
Some believe Uganda can escape eventual Muslim dictatorship by developing secular, materialist institutions such as Makerere University, the Harvard of Uganda—but it is the type of institution that generates liberal opposition to Islamic revolutions and then goes under when the tide rises. Soft secular faiths have not competed well against Islam's scimitar-edged ferocity, particularly when they provide occasional circuses but insufficient amounts of bread.
That's particularly true when politicians who claim the mantle of Christ offer honeyed words but corrupt practices. In December an international NGO, Transparency International, released its 2013 Corruption Perception Index: Uganda dropped from a miserable 130th place to an even worse 140th. Also in December, the African Development Bank noted that Uganda has an external debt of $5.5 billion, but from 2002 to 2011 more than $7 billion obtained by individuals through corrupt means flowed into bank accounts and tax havens outside of Uganda.
The Transforming Nations Alliance contends that "[Ugandan] Christians are still very shallow in their understanding of Scripture and still have a mindset locked in the animistic worldview that is fatalistic … hence the poverty, social instability, domestic violence, and other social problems that bedevil the nation. The level of corruption is so high that the stability of the nation is seriously threatened." ABU student Garnet Kibombwe wrote thoughtfully about the problem and asked, "What does Christ think when he sees us giving and taking bribes, cheating, abusing people …?"
South of the Sahara, the number of Muslim adherents has gone from 11 million in 1900 to 234 million in 2010, and the number of those professing Christ during that time period has soared from 7 million to 470 million. Yet, TNA reports that "while many Sub-Saharan African countries boast of large Christian populations, their impact or influence is hardly seen or noticed in the real world. The Church in these nations has largely lost credibility and is accused of being totally irrelevant in society."
If those 470 million Christians are educated and energized, they can avoid falling under Muslim enslavement—and that is the latest "if" in a long struggle. Ishmael and Isaac were at odds 4,000 years ago, Muslims and Christians fought often during the millennium that began in Muhammad's time 1,400 years ago, and the war, sometimes cold and sometimes hot, goes on today.


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PolyFest held
Onslow County Parks and Recreation hosts its first annual PolyFest from noon to 8 p.m. July 25 and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. July 26 at Onslow Pines Park in Jacksonville. This two-day event includes Samoan, Tahitian and Hawaiian dancers, food, games and crafts. For more information, call 910-347-5332 or onslowcountync.gov/parks.
July 26
Kayak/yoga adventure
The North Carolina Coastal Federation offers a summer kayak and yoga trip on the White Oak River from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. July 26. Paddlers will launch from Cedar Point Recreation Area. Reservations are required with $35 for members and $45 for non-members. For more information or to register, call 910-325-3600.
July 27
Blood drive held
The American Red Cross has scheduled a blood drive from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. July 27 at the Infant of Prague Catholic Church located at 205 Chaney Avenue in Jacksonville.
July 28
Education camp offered
The N.C. Cooperative Extension offers an environmental education camp �Wetland Wonders� for ages 8 to 12 years at the Onslow County Environmental Education Center in Sneads Ferry. The three-day camp runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost $85. For more information, call 910-455-5873.
July 29
Tuesday Bingo held
VFW W.E. Baggs Post 9960 in Cedar Point hosts bingo at 7:30 p.m. July 29 at Morgan Hall. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with early bird game at 7 p.m. For more information, call 910-393-8053.
Infant of Prague holds bingo in the parish hall on July 29 with doors opening at 5 p.m. For more information, call 910-455-0733.
July 30
Business Basics seminar
The Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce offers a �Business Basics� seminar at 9 a.m. July 30 at the chamber located at 1099 Gum Branch Road in Jacksonville. Join Roxanne Reed of UNCW Onslow Extension on starting a new business in Onslow County. Registration fee $5 with light refreshments. For more information, call 910-347-3141 Ext. 235.
July 31
RAP grant-writing workshop
The Council for the Arts is seeking applications for the 2014-15 Regional Artist Project Grants. The Onslow County Council for the Arts offers a free grant-writing workshop for the RAP grants at 11 a.m. July 31 at 826 New Bridge Street in Jacksonville. The deadline to apply for at RAP grant is Sept. 12. For more information, contact the council at 910-455-9840.

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US speedskaters shut out again at Olympic oval
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The prospect of a medal shutout at the Olympic speedskating oval for the first time since 1984 grew more real for the U.S. on Sunday, as no American women managed to come near the podium in the 1,500 meters.
Heather Richardson had the best showing in Sunday's race, skating her second-best time at sea level in 1 minute, 57.60 seconds to wind up seventh. Brittany Bowe ended up 14th and Jilleanne Rookard was 18th.
Meanwhile, the Dutch swept the medals in an event for the third time at Adler Arena, giving the skating-crazed nation 16 of 24 long-track speedskating medals so far at the Sochi Games.
As did the men a day earlier, the U.S. women switched back to the skinsuits they wore during the World Cup season, ditching the new Mach 39 suits that were touted as the fastest in the world when the team received them on Jan. 1. Both versions are made by Under Armour.
The Americans didn't practice or race in the new suits until they arrived in Sochi. Although they first saw the suits after the U.S. trials last month, they didn't get them back again until the pre-Olympic training camp in Collabo, Italy, after individual tailoring had been completed.
"I think you guys are making more of a deal on the skinsuits than we are," said U.S. coach Ryan Shimabukro. "The athletes have to go and compete no matter what. The suits that they raced in today, that's the suit Brittany broke the world record in, that's the suit that Heather won three out of the four World Cups this year."
Shani Davis said the skaters "absolutely" should have gotten the new suits before Jan. 1 so they could have tried them out in competition. The four-time Olympic medalist from Chicago finished eighth in the 1,000 and 11th in the 1,500, his two best events.
Shimabukro acknowledged the delivery of the suits so close to the Olympics was "probably one of the things that we're going to look at after the season's over."
Bowe downplayed the suit controversy.
"The coaching staff and Under Armour have put in a lot of hours trying to figure out what to do," she said. "Nobody knows what it is. It could be this, it could be that. That's just one factor to try to eliminate and you saw the results today. We gave it our best shot."
Bowe, of Ocala, Fla., had no interest in comparing how she felt wearing the old suit and the new suit.
"I'm not the brains behind the construction of the skinsuits," she said. "I just put on what I'm given."
Tension has clearly been running high in the U.S. camp, with some of the skaters carefully choosing their words when talking about the suits.
On Saturday, media were limited to five questions about the suits. On Sunday, Bowe was hustled away from U.S. reporters after a few minutes. That led to a surreal scene in the mixed zone at the oval, with reporters accusing the team's spokeswoman of cutting Bowe off.
Richardson, of High Point, N.C., tried to be upbeat after the 1,500. She had the same seventh-place finish in the 1,000 and was eighth in the 500.
"Today was actually pretty good. I can't complain at all," she said. "I was so much more relaxed than I've been at any point during this competition."
Richardson has been the best U.S. woman in Sochi, with three top-10 finishes. Bowe was eighth in the 1,000 and 13th in the 500. Rookard, of Woodhaven, Mich., was 10th in the 3,000 in her only other individual event.
Brian Hansen of Glenview, Ill., had a pair of top-10 finishes on the men's side: seventh in the 1,500 and ninth in the 1,000.
Four years ago in Vancouver, U.S. speedskaters won four medals, all on the men's side. The women are headed toward getting blanked for the third straight Olympics, not having won any medals since taking three at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games.
"We're not going to do a full analysis. It's too emotional. It's too in-the-moment," Shimabukro said. "To do a specific analysis, you got to do it with a clear head and an open heart. Now is not the time."
Shimabukro said the way to try to change the team's sinking momentum was to stay consistent in its preparation.
"The worst thing you can do is all of a sudden start throwing darts," he said. "You want to make sure you stick with the recipe that has gotten them to where they were and where they want to be. It could just be the perfect storm right now that's going the other way for us."
Even before the suit debacle, the U.S. had little chance of contending for medals in the last two individual events: the men's 10,000 and women's 5,000.
With no American finishing higher than seventh so far, it's hard to see how the U.S. could put together a medal contender in either the men's or women's team pursuit, either.
The U.S. has been shut out in Olympic speedskating twice, most recently in 1984.
"When we fall short, it's very tough," Shimabukro said.


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Virgo/Committers/Process Advice
- 1 Development advice for committers
- 1.1 ssh keys; why and how to get them
- 1.2 how to subscribe to virgo-inbox
- 1.3 how to fix a bug
- 1.4 what is a ripple and when to do one
- 1.5 Understanding virgo-build's synergy with p2
- 1.6 Creating a release (milestone or higher)
- 1.7 Creating Tomcat binaries as bundles
Development advice for committers
These sections are incomplete. Please either supply the required details or request more information if you require it.
ssh keys; why and how to get them
Set up ssh keys so that you are not prompted for a password at many and/or inconvenient points.
- git.eclipse.org - instructions here
- build.eclipse.org - same procedure as for git.eclipse.org
To request a full shell, either raise a bugzilla or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Probably best to email and ask for a full shell on both the above servers.
how to subscribe to virgo-inbox
You need to do this so you are notified of new bugs.
- Open bugzilla in a browser.
- Click on Preferences.
- Click on the Email Preferences tab.
- Add email@example.com to the list of users to watch. firstname.lastname@example.com and email@example.com may also be of interest.
how to fix a bug
All our enhancements and bugs (in fact, every change that happens to the product or the code base) start life with a bugzilla. We generically refer to them all as bugs. Bugzilla entries should record any information associated with the change.
To make it easier to share the work it is helpful to follow some simple guidelines:
- starting work on a bug
- assign it to yourself while you are working on it: change the "Assigned to" field to contain your email address and change the status to ASSIGNED.
- if you make a code change for the bug, ensure the commit log message begins with "bug nnnnnn: "
- giving up on a bug
- if you want to pass the bug to someone else to work on, please change the "Assigned to" field.
- if you want to put the bug back in the backlog, please change the "Assigned to" field to "firstname.lastname@example.com" and change the status to NEW.
- closing a bug
- If you want to remember to make sure the raiser validates the fix, change the status to RESOLVED and let the raiser change it to CLOSED.
- if the fix is straightforward and you don't want to involve the raiser, change the status to CLOSED.
what is a ripple and when to do one
Understanding virgo-build's synergy with p2
As of 3.5.0 virgo-build produces its own build-tools that leverage p2 technology. P2 is now actively involved in the packaging process of virgo-build and the build-tools are used in every packaging repository (excluding snaps). There are a number of steps that are performed over a packaging repository during builds.
An overview is shown below:
Note that the assembly outcome zips from every Virgo server packaging repository are in fact p2 initial installations from the published Virgo update site and then zipped into the assembly file. The provisioning itself installs only the kernel region content in the OSGi framework. The user region content is installed as a resource that is unzipped as part of the installation - this is how the /repository directory is populated. Common for every packaging repository is the publish_resources directory. It contains p2 metadata that will be used to publish the Virgo update site. The publish_resources directory contains features and product files, sometimes categories too.
Understanding features
Features mainly consist of a feature.xml - that is the only mandatory part. A feature.xml file contains references to other bundles or plugins. It is important to understand that a feature ideally should contain only the bundles that form its semantic core, not their dependencies too. For example in order to have DS working we need three bundles, but their feature only includes the single DS bundle itself. The feature dependencies still need to be published in the Virgo update site so a feature install operation can drag them over to the targeted runtime. There are other accompanying files to a feature.xml such as properties and license. These are not mandatory but I believe are standard practice within Eclipse.
Understanding products
Products are defined by a single yourname.product file. It contains more complete information of a product such as required features and runtime configurations. It can also directly require bundles(plugins) but cannot mix the two modes. Either features or bundles are required, not both. The configurations can contain system properties that are written in the config.ini file during install and can also contain autostart and start-level information about bundles.
Understanding p2.inf files
A p2.inf file contributes more information to the p2 publisher helping us achieve a more precisely configured result. This instruction file can modify almost anything about a published InstallableUnit (a.k.a IU) and is quite powerful. Examples are modify an IU's requirements, what it provides, add action instructions to the IU that will be executed on various phases of the provisioning process such ass unzip on the install phase or change the permissions on the configure phase. More details on it can be found here. For features and products the accompanying p2.inf file must be placed in the same directory as the feature.xml and the yourname.product file.
In principle you should be extremely careful when handling p2.inf files. I would recommend to stick to the auto-generation tool - it is sufficient for the Virgo use cases.
Managing bundle startup
You might have noticed that bundle startup seems to be manageable both from the product file and a p2.inf file. We utilise both approaches. Normally an Eclipse product contains the autostart information of all bundles with the features only describing the included bundles. When new features are provisioned Eclipse autostarts all new bundles and their depependencies. This approach firstly has the downfall of having performance overhead and secondly it may lead to activating bundles that really must have been just RESOLVED and that could cause inconsistencies and clashes if activated in an inappropriate environment. Another downfall of this approach is that you can't take a feature and install it anywhere else and expect it to be properly starting only its necessary parts.
The right approach for Virgo would be to take the startup responsibilities down to the features. This has the benefits of being able to define exactly which are the active parts of your feature so it can work properly, so starting only what you need. Another benefit is that installing this same feature to another system that doesn't start every incoming bundle too will result in a proper startup.
So the guideline here is to define in the feature what part of its semantic core must be started with the default start level. In the product file we will define startup instructions for bundles that are not included in any feature but features depend on them. Also the product file is the place for any non-default start level configurations. For example the medic bundles need to be started on start level 3 and this is described in nano's base.product
Understanding publishing
The input for publishing is a directory that contains a /plugins, /features and optionally /binaries. The /binaries directory contains the zipped resources that are published by the virgo-build-tools. All features are published in a jar form in the /features directory and all bundles must be places in the /plugins directory. As a result the p2 publisher produces content and artifacts repositories - optionally compressed - in the publishing directory.
Product inheritance
Virgo's products are organized in such a way that they are inherited to reuse the definition of their content. The inheritance itself is realized by a p2.inf instruction added to a product saying this product requires another one. Here's an example containing the nano.product and the instructions for it to require the base.product IU.
Here's a list of products that are reused by the packaging repositories:
|Packaging Repo
|n/a (first repo in chain)
|base.product from nano
|kernel-base.product from kernel
Auto-starting bundles
In order to autostart a bundle in a feature just include the autostart="true" attribute in the bundle's description like it is done here. This attribute is recognised by the p2.generate-inf ant target included in virgo-build 2.19 and virgo-build-tools-1.2.0 onward so make sure you execute this target over the features directory of your prepared for publishing example. This should be already configured for the packaging repositories. This will configure your bundle to autostart with the default start level.
In case you need to autostart bundles that are dependencies of your features add autostart configurations for them in the product file where they will be included. Use the product file for unusual start level settings too like it is done here.
How to add new bundles (to /plugins)
To add new bundles to plugins you need to either create a new feature for them or include them in already existing feature depending on their semantics.
- To add a new feature just copy an existing one and edit its feature.xml and feature.properties files.
- Your next step is to require this feature from a product file.
- Lastly you need to make sure to download via Ivy these bundle dependecies into the /plugins directory in your prepared for publishing location.
- Normally the packaging repositories use ${target.dir}/assembly as their prepared publishing location.
If everything is well your feature will be installed as part of the product provisioning and your bundles will be downloaded as part of the provisioning in the /plugins folder and will be configured with the desired autostart instructions.
How to publish new zipped resources
Zipped resources are published in such a way that their content is unzipped in the root directory of your provisioning destination. Also note that if many zipped resources contain the same file it isn't determined in which order they will be unzipped.
Here's an example of preparing zipped resources for publishing. And here's an example of the actual publishing using the p2.publish-binary and p2.publish-binary-chmod targets.
Creating a release (milestone or higher)
The hardest and riskiest thing to do is run successfully the releaselor script as described here and here.
What remains if everything goes well is to update the online documentation (User guide, etc.) and the relevant web pages of the Virgo project.
Both are manually checked in to CVS.
CVS settings are as follows:
Repository: :extssh:<commiter_id>@dev.eclipse.org:/cvsroot/org.eclipse
Path: HEAD/www/virgo/documentation and HEAD/www/virgo/download
Here's a list of simple steps after the CVS access is configured:
1. Delete the current documentation from HEAD/www/virgo/documentation/version/docs/*
2. Upload on the same location the new documentation that was produced by the releaselor script in its working directory
3. Move the index.php file from HEAD/www/virgo/documentation/old_version to the new version folder you just created for the new release and change the links inside it to match the new version.
4. Create new release notes for the new version and upload them in HEAD/www/virgo/download/release-notes. Follow the naming standard of the existing release notes there.
5. Change index.php or milestones.php in HEAD/www/virgo/download depending on what release you are producing to include the new version on the download page.
Creating Tomcat binaries as bundles
Tomcat binaries do not provide OSGi metadata, so we use bundlor in order to make them bundles.
Tomcat binaries and sources can be obtained from the maven repository: http://repo2.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/tomcat/
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I've been following with interest the stories of two particular 'grey navy' warships of the twentieth century: the Great War vintage Destroyer HMS Caroline, and the Falklands veteran Frigate HMS Plymouth.
I've gone on record before with my opinion that warship preservation in this country is woeful. We have a marvellous collection of older historic ships – Mary Rose, Victory, Warrior, Trincomalee, Great Britain to name but a few. But HMS Belfast aside, we have a terrible record of preserving twentieth century warships for the future admiration of British people who did not live through those turbulent years. It's an inadequate tribute to the millions of British men – and women – who served with distinction during some of Britain's finest years.
Portsmouth was perhaps the first place to really tap into the naval heritage idea. Of course, HMS Victory went into dry dock here in the 1920's, around the same time as which the Royal Naval Museum was founded. With the freeing up of space and docks in the yard as it was run down, HMS Warrior and the Mary Rose joined in the 1980's, making a fine collection of ships. There was definitely a concerted effort to develop the historic dockyard in Portsmouth, with an awareness that the Royal Navy and the Dockyard were winding down, and that tourism would be a growth sector.
Yet what is really missing is a ship from the 'grey navy', the twentieth century. Time and time again ships have been decomissioned, and ideas for preservation mooted, with nothing happening and a flood of fine old ships going to the breakers yard. Personally I think that HMS Fearless would have made a fine museum, with a flight deck for various events, and a tank deck that would have given plenty of potential for exhibitions etc. It also would have made a useful link up with the Royal Marines Museum.
At present HMS Caroline and HMS Plymouth are the two most prominent warships up for grabs. But both, steeped in history, are at serious risk of going for razorblades. HMS Caroline was built in 1914, and served at Jutland. After the end of the First World War she was decomissioned and has served as a naval reserve depot ship in Northern Ireland ever since. She was finally decomissioned in March 2011. She is formally under the ownership of the National Museum of the Royal Navy, based in Portsmouth. There have been plans to open her up as a museum ship in Belfast, but nothing more than public pronounciations. It's time for definite action if they want to keep her there – such an important ship should not be allowed to sail into oblivion because the city leaders in Belfast can't come up with a plan to make good on their promises. The MOD will commence disposal procedures soon if a concrete plan is not formed for her future use, and the National Museum of the Royal Navy have promised that if Belfast cannot get their act together she will be brought to Portsmouth. Presumably if that happens then we'll hear a lot from Belfast about the pesky English stealing their ship. If it matters that much, they'll find a way. Somehow I doubt it. Whatever happens, she should be preserved as closely to her 1914 appearance as possible, where as many people as possible can see her and appreciate her.
The Falklands War veteran HMS Plymouth, a Type 12 Frigate, is also in a vulnerable state at present. Decomissioned in 1988, for some years she was a Museum ship in Birkenhead. However, In 2006 the Trust that owned her closed, leaving her homeless. She is still in Birkenhead, but time is running out to find a permanent home for her. Plymouth has expressed a trust in homing her, fittingly in her old home port and namesake city. However, the offer of a berth at Millbay Docks was withdrawn in 2007, and it has been rumoured that she has been sold for scrapping – these reports are, as far as I can tell, unconfirmed. The situation with inactivity is similar to that in Belfast – Plymouth City Council has 'expressed an interest', but nothing more. Plymouth's record on naval heritage isn't so much woeful, but non-existant. Time and time again we hear MP's Plymouth pleading that the loss of the naval base would decimate the city. Yet virtually nothing has been done to develop any kind of alternative industries or maritime heritage sector. We're constantly being told that Devonport is the largest naval base in Europe. Look on google maps, and then the list of RN ships based in Plymouth, and you can see that there is plenty of superfluous space there. There was a possibility at one time that she could come to Portsmouth, but to be honest she has very little connection with Pompey, and if it comes to a choice between Caroline and Plymouth, the authorities will probably choose Caroline.
Personally I would like to see both preserved, and maintained to their 1916 and 1982 appearance respectively, in a setting that does them justice. But we just don't do warship preservation in this country. I've done a bit of research on Museum ships in the US – they have seven battleships, five aircraft carriers, once cruiser, five submarines and two destroyers. Considering Britain's proud naval history, what we have left is a poor return. Although they are large and expensive to maintain, ships should be seen in the same context as how museums develop their collections of other historically important artefacts. And what better way to display naval heritage than in a ship? Any other way seems inadequate in my opinion. Reading about the Nelsonian navy is one thing, but going onboard HMS Victory is on a different planet. It just needs more planning and foresight – potential museum ships need to be identified before they leave service, and chosen for their suitability.
Related articles
- Falklands warship HMS Plymouth on which Argentinians surrendered is destined for the scrapyard (dailymail.co.uk)
- HMS Plymouth: Falklands frigate lies rusting as it awaits final voyage to scrapyard on 30th anniversary of war (dailymail.co.uk)
- Warning… all hands on deck at Stormont or Caroline will sail for Portsmouth (belfasttelegraph.co.uk)
- Save Our Ship… fight on to sink plans to scrap HMS Caroline (belfasttelegraph.co.uk)
- Save Our Ship: Dan Snow joins calls to save HMS Caroline (belfasttelegraph.co.uk)
- HMS Caroline – the last survivor of the Battle of Jutland?" (rnzngunners.wordpress.com)
- WWI warship set to leave Belfast (bbc.co.uk)
- Help Save HMS Plymouth (ntcmalvern.wordpress.com)
- MORALE: Ancient Warships Survive On Merit (strategypage.com)


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VIDEO: Dan Dennett: Cute, sexy, sweet, funny. 2009 07:48
In this video, Dennett, (like his doppleganger James Randi), mixes some good science with showmanship with sleight of hand to make his not-quite-so-honest points.
In his illustration of supernormal stimuli, he presents three images at 05:28 representing supernormal sweet, sexy, and cute but really only the chocolate cake can be unambiguously quantified as being sweeter than something 'normal' like a piece of fruit. A Vargas girl is not necessarily sexier than a Vargas model, and a doll is not necessarily cuter than a baby. For being hyperstimulating, these two examples are more straw man misdirection than convincing argument.
The thing that bothers me with Dennet's 'inversion of reasoning' here is that it takes the qualia of sweet, sexy, cute, and funny for granted. He says 'honey is sweet because we like it, not we like it because it's sweet'...'sweetness was born with the wiring, which evolved'.
He's partially right. Sweetness is not an objective characteristic of glucose molecules. I would say that our
for sweetness is evolved, however the sweetness itself is a different thing. If you eat three pounds of fudge at once, you would find that afterward, the idea of eating more sweet food makes you nauseous. Eating a bag of M&Ms would still taste sweet but you may not like it. This directly contradicts Dennett's argument.
He is saying that sweet is merely a mechanism to point us in the direction of high glucose foods - I say partially, yes, but that doesn't explain what sweet is and how it might have came to be. He says 'if you looked at glucose molecules til you were blind, you wouldn't see why they tasted sweet. You have to look in our brains to understand why they're sweet'.
He's wrong. You can look at the brain 'until you are blind' and you won't see why they taste sweet either. It makes no difference whether you look at the exterior appearances of molecules or neurons, there's not going to be any sweetness there - nor any sexy, cute, or funny. These things have no process of natural selection to evolve through. They are interpretations of pattern, not physical phenomena. It's not like an eye which evolved from simpler neural light-sensor bubbles, there is no subjective proto-sweetness, no configuration of molecular geometry and cellular interface which equals sweetness, unless those cells are part of you - your brain, your tongue. Only then is there an experience of any kind.
As for the attempt to explain how humor works in similar terms at the end, I think that it's worthwhile to understand our behaviors from a mechanical evolutionary perspective, but again it obfuscates the real questions - the hard questions of consciousness. It's not whether or not funny can be tied to some utilitarian cognitive drive - that's missing the whole point. It's why should there be funny at all? All of these drives could be accomplished without consciousness at all - and they are, everywhere in our bodies outside our conscious attentions.
Our T cells seem to debug the body pretty well without us having to reverse engineer a way for them to LOL. Our brains don't need to laugh, or experience sweet, or cute, or sexy to accomplish survival and reproduction. They are fine on their own, just as a complex computer wouldn't need to experience anything 'personally' to be able to process any number of complex realities. Cockroaches survive. It's not that hard. We don't need humor to do it.
It's more accurate to say that cute, sexy, sweet, and funny are a collaborative phenomena of both subjective qualities and objective behaviors. To attribute subjective qualities exclusively to evolutionary consequence short changes out worldview and disqualifies the source of the worldview itself. Understanding evolution is a great and important step in our own evolution, but without being integrated with subjective realities, it can lead to a kind of intellectual crutch which reduces all phenomena to automatic mechanisms except the intellect itself, which is seen as too fuzzy and irrelevant to be trusted to any task but empirical instrumentalism.
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This is my attempt at dressing for the on and off Winter/Spring weather we have been having in Seattle Lately. For a few hours it will be warm enough to wear just a t-shirt, pants and sandals and then a few hours later I'll need a coat, scarf, and hat. When the weather is so moody, I usually just wear some Spring time shoes like these cute wedges from Blowfish Shoes paired with a dress and a light coat so if it gets too warm, I can just take off the coat. And if it gets chilly I'll just whip out the scarf from my purse and I'll be cozy and warm again.
This velvet burgundy coats is one of my very favorites. It was my grandmothers from the 70s and it has a matching velvet skirt which has a teeny tiny waist that I definitely can't squeeze into :) I love velvet coats. I have another velvet coat that I got in 6th grade that is STILL one of my favorite coats. I remember my dad picking it out and telling me, "Oh Moorea, this is so you. Get it in a few sizes too big so you can fit it as you get older because I can guarantee you will keep it forever." He was right, and isn't it awesome that my dad both knew my taste so well as a 6th grader and could predict my taste as an adult? My dad has good taste. Props to you Dad!
Speaking of family, my Dad, Mom, and middle sister Alexandra are flying to Israel right now and will be there for about 2 weeks! I'm quite a bit jealous that I couldn't afford to go with them but I hope one day I can go to Israel with my family. My parents go every year. It started off with them doing tours of the Holy Land and, over the years, my Dad started to kindle a lot of friendships with people from all walks of life in Israel and Turkey. They are two of his most favorite places on earth. My middle sister saved and saved this past year so that she could go with them on the trip this year. I'm so excited to hear how the experience was for her. Through a DNA test, My dad found out a few years ago that he is 1/8 Jewish which was pretty amazing for him to discover along with some other peeks into his heritage, which in turn are a part of my heritage. Now that I know that I am 1/16 Jewish, I think traveling to the Holy Land in a few years will take on new meaning when I try to imagine my ancestors who I never knew about until a few years ago.
All that being said, I am currently in my hometown in Northern California taking care of my 16 year old sister and her friend who is living with my family, my parents 3 cats, my sister's dog, and house sitting my family's house. I'll be here for 2 weeks which means I'm going to be missing my boyfriend a lot but hey, we did long distance at the beginning of our relationship for 8 months and managed just fine so hopefully this will be a breeze. I haven't had to take care of anyone or any animals or really maintain a HOUSE house since I was in high school and even then I was still just a kid living in a house with parents. So this will be an interesting endeavor being a substitute mom to two teenagers and managing a house and taking care of 4 animals while also keeping up with work for my jewelry business and blog designing.
Since college, I have lived in little houses with lots of roommates and then trickled down to little apartments with one or two roommates, roommates who are rarely home. So wish me luck trying to be all domestic and motherly while juggling that with full time+ work. (How do you Mom/Career women do it!? I admire you/I hope I can balance my life like you one day. I guess right now is a practice run :) It's going to be a challenge but hopefully my littlest sister and I can have a little fun too. Maybe a few hiking trips and thrifting and stuff will have to happen to spice up our lives while I'm in Nevada City. And I'll be spending some time catching up with old friends from home, seeing some friends from the Bay Area/San Francisco, and hopefully meeting up with some of my favorite Sacramento based friends who I met through blogging, Liz and Katie.


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WASHINGTON, U.S. - On Monday, a dramatic twist emerged in the ongoing investigation into alleged collusion between U.S. President Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russia to sway the 2016 Presidential election.
The investigation, that is being led by multiple agencies has gripped the nation for over a year now, after American intelligence agencies concluded in January last year that Russia had interfered with the election.
On Monday, House Intelligence Committee Republicans declared that they have found no evidence of collusion between Trump's campaign and Russia.
The investigation that was being lead by Representative Michael Conaway of Texas is said to have however confirmed Russian interference.
Conaway said in a statement on Monday that committee Republicans agreed with the conclusions of American intelligence agencies that Russia had interfered with the election, but that they broke with the agencies on one crucial point: that the Russians had favored Trump's candidacy.
He said, "The bottom line: The Russians did commit active measures against our election in '16, and we think they will do that in the future."
However, he pointed out, "We disagree with the narrative that they were trying to help Trump."
This was one of the two bipartisan investigations into the alleged collusion on Capitol Hill.
However, its abrupt end is likely to provoke sharp objections from committee Democrats, who have been warning Republicans not to close the matter.
Meanwhile, the closure of the investigation by Republicans comes at a time when new evidence emerged as part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the same topic.
Mueller is pursuing new lines of inquiry related to the case that have been left largely unexplored by the committee.
Overall however, the decision by the committee is set to come as a brief victory for Trump, as the decision will prove to be a convenient talking point even before Mueller interviews the president and possibly other key witnesses.
During a briefing with reporters on Monday afternoon, Conaway said, "We found no evidence of collusion. We found perhaps some bad judgment, inappropriate meetings. But only Tom Clancy or Vince Flynn or someone else like that could take these series of inadvertent contacts with each other, meetings, whatever, and weave that into some sort of a fiction and turn it into a page-turner, spy thriller."
Conaway added that the committee would turn over a 150-page draft report to Democrats on Tuesday for review and comment.
This document, according to reports, includes over 25 recommendations related to election and cyber security, counterintelligence practices and campaign finance rules.
He added that the committee was preparing a separate, in-depth analysis of the intelligence community's assessment too.
Now, apart from Mueller, there's now only a single committee on Capitol Hill that is investigating the attack on American democracy full time.
According to Conaway, as part of its investigation, the panel interviewed over 70 witnesses and reviewed more than 300,000 pages of documents.
However, Democrats have argued that that effort has fallen well short of gathering all the evidence.
They added that important witnesses have not been interviewed, and records have not been subpoenaed, including bank documents and certain communications that are paramount to understanding the case.
On Thursday, the committee's final interview took place with Trump's onetime campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski.
Further, reports revealed that several other witnesses, who are thought to be central to the investigation never appeared before the panel.
These included Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, his deputy, Rick Gates, Trump's former National Security Adviser, Michael Flynn, and his campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos.
All four are currently under indictment by the special counsel.
Meanwhile, Conaway added on Monday that he hoped to work expeditiously with American intelligence agencies to declassify the report and make it public.
Adding that the committee would consider any significant new evidence that may emerge in the case in the future.


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... that "a regular verb of the first conjugation with a sequence of principal parts ending in -are, -avi, -atum.
However it would appear that csun website,
begs to differ, what with the fourth principal part being -atus for those same verbs that were listed as "regular" in the Latin-English vocabulary list in the back of Wheelock's. I've checked other web sites. Some say the 4th is -atum, some -atus. Who's right, and if they're both right, which should I memorize? I'm told to memorize the principal parts even before the meaning since Anglophones will have the least problem remembering the meaning. Which then should I memorize? -atus or -atum??
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Hassan's faith: In the state she trustsEDITORIAL
February 08. 2014 12:13AM
Gov. Maggie Hassan presented her Thursday State of the State address as a framework for improving New Hampshire's economy. "The state of our state is determined, as we focus relentlessly on strengthening and growing New Hampshire's economy and middle class," she said.
In case people did not get the message, her office issued a press release declaring that the governor had called to "strengthen middle class and accelerate economic growth." Her speech, though, showed that she is taking the same sort of ineffective approach that President Obama has taken since 2009 - because they share the same jaundiced view of the private sector.
Hassan's address revealed a great affection for "public service," defined by sacrificing one's self for the state or community. She began by thanking charity volunteers, military personnel and state employees. "Thank you, to all of our public servants, for all that you to do strengthen our state," she said. This is how she started a speech focused on expanding economic growth - by failing to mention, much less thank, a single entrepreneur.
How does she envision the state strengthening the economy? "(W)ith open minds, open hearts and common purpose.... That starts with advancing the priorities that support innovative economic growth and help businesses create good jobs, the kind of jobs that will strengthen and grow our middle class."
In Hassan's view, government creates growth when politicians decide what types of jobs the state should have, then enact policies that cause businesses to create those jobs. President Obama has governed under precisely that philosophy for five years. It has failed nationally, and it will fail in New Hampshire.
Hassan identified a few areas of legitimate government action that could enhance the state's business climate. If our transportation and electric utility infrastructure and our public schools fail, our economy suffers. Improving them will help.
But her unfounded faith in the wisdom of the state to guide our economy through targeted incentives crafted to create precisely the types of jobs she prefers will lead to wasted resources.
Our economy will not realize its full potential as long as our scarce public resources are squandered by people who have more faith in the state than in the people.


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Standard 8GB Wii U has 3GB space after mandatory installations
Did you pre-order the basic 8GB Wii U just to download console exclusives? If so, you're going to be disappointed. Nintendo has revealed the smaller models only have 3GB of space left once the system has finished downloading its mandatory installs.
This means you'll be forced to buy external hardware if you want to install most titles. Even lightweight games such as the 3.2GB Nintendo Land can't comfortably snuggle onto the device.
The Wii U will support up to 2TB of memory from drives that have an external power source. Nintendo has suggested USB storage can be used, although it isn't recommended.
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Hot, Cold. Up, Down. Canada, US…. are we really poles apart? When it comes to the online space do Canadians differ from the rest of the world?
When it comes to time spent online, Canucks spend more hours surfing by almost twice the worldwide average. Added to that, a recent Comscore report indicates that 1 in 5 Canadians own a smartphone, putting us just above US penetration levels. This panel will discuss the behavioral variances that drive social media strategy for companies marketing in Canada. Regulation, trust, privacy and technological contrasts - or similarities - will be discussed in terms of how these operating differences impact the Canadian market.
We are pleased to have Richard Binhammer (Dell), Dave Fleet (Edelman Digital), and David Jones (Proximity) and Julie Tyios (JugnooMe) on this panel, which will be moderated by Keith McArthur (Rogers Communications). Is there really a "border" online? Join us to find out!
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China's tallest building nears finish in Shanghai
SHANGHAI (AP) — A topping-out ceremony was held Saturday for China's tallest building in the financial hub of Shanghai when the final beam was hoisted to the top of the skyscraper and installed in a flag-waving ritual.
At 632 meters (2,073 feet), the Shanghai Tower in the city's Pudong district is the world's second-tallest building, surpassed only by Dubai's Burj Khalifa, which soars 829.8 meters (2,722 feet).
After the ceremony, workers will move onto the building's interior construction. Once it is completed next year, the Shanghai Tower will have retail and office space, a luxury hotel and likely a museum.
"I'm very proud," Wu Weiming, who helped installed the last beam, told reporters.
Designed by U.S. architectural firm Gensler, the glass-and-steel, 121-story building takes on a transparent and spiral form.
China's booming economy has fuelled a building frenzy, including some of the world's tallest buildings. The Shanghai Tower replaces the Shanghai World Financial Center — completed in 2008 — as the country's highest building.
The Shanghai Tower is the last piece in a group of super-tall skyscrapers in Shanghai's Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone, which includes the Shanghai World Financial Center and Jin Mao Tower, both among the tallest in the world.
And in the south-central city of Changsha, developers are in the midst of building Sky City, an 838-meter (2,749-foot) structure that would overtake Burj Khalifa.
This summer, China also unveiled the world's largest building in terms of floor space in the western city of Chengdu. The New Century Global Center edged out the previous record-holder, the Dubai airport.


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Comcast drops bid for Fox assets, leaving Disney in pole positionReuters
December 11. 2017 9:02PM
Comcast Corp. said on Monday it had abandoned its bid for most of the assets of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc., leaving Walt Disney Co. as the sole suitor in pursuit of the $40 billion-plus deal.
"When a set of assets like Fox's becomes available, it is our responsibility to evaluate if there is a strategic fit that could benefit our company and our shareholders. That is what we tried to do and we are no longer engaged in the review of those assets. We never got the level of engagement needed to make a definitive offer," Comcast told Reuters in a statement.
Disney's negotiations with Fox are continuing, and a deal could be reached as early as this month, other sources close to the situation said, asking not to be identified discussing confidential deliberations.
Disney and Fox did not immediately respond to requests for comment.


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NEW YORK - March 30, 2009 - --Giants star Plaxico Burress is returning to New York City court in his gun possession case. Burress accidentally shot himself in the thigh at a nightclub in November. He has been charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the second-degree, a felony that requires a minimum jail sentence of 3 1/2 years if convicted.
Rumors are swirling about a plea deal, but a call to his attorney Ben Brafman was not immediately returned Monday. The district attorney's office didn't comment. Burress is due in court Tuesday.
Prosecutors commonly offer reduced charges in gun possession cases, considering past criminal history, arrest circumstances and the reason for having the weapon.
The 31-year-old wide receiver has no criminal record.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says former President Bill Clinton will help Democrats offer a clear vision of the future when he takes the podium at the Democratic National Convention.
Emanuel tells NBC's "Today" that Clinton faced the same early struggles battling Republicans as Obama has. But after Clinton was re-elected in 1996, Republicans began to work with the president, leading to a balanced budget agreement.
Emanuel, who served both presidents, says he expects Obama would win the same type of cooperation from Republicans if he wins a second term. Democrats are eager to portray Obama's economic policies as mirroring those of Clinton, who presided during a time of prosperity.
Clinton has been actively campaigning for Obama and will offer the president's name for nomination on Wednesday night.


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DETROIT - The 2013 North American International Auto Show officially opened to the public on Saturday, Jan. 19, and will remain open through Jan. 27, 2013.
Whether this is your first time to the North American International Auto Show in Detroit or you attend the show annually, there is something new and exciting for everyone heading downtown.
First, there are the cars. Without a doubt, automakers have come up with some pretty awesome vehicles this year, including some new concepts like the Ford Atlas, Toyota Fun-Vii and Honda EV-STER.
If you're looking for some fun, there are plenty of exhibits to try out, including the 1963 Chevy Greenbrier exhibit, where you can create your own personal flip book.
Finally, after experiencing some of the first few exhibits at NAIAS, you may need to recharge your batteries. Inside the Lincoln Personal Soundscape, you can channel your inner REM sleep, and for your cellphones, Chevrolet offers cellphone charging zones called "Plug Charge Chill" stations.
Before heading out, be sure to download the free official North American International Auto Show app for your iOS or Android device. The app offers a floor map of where each exhibit is located inside Cobo Center, all packed full of information to help you find parking downtown, places to eat, and even the latest weather conditions.
See you there!
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By Lee Reich
Originally posted on September 14, 2006
There's gold in them thar' . . . fruits. Uncommon fruits. At least that's what I and a number of other agricultural researchers and potential consumers believe.
Most growers gravitate toward the familiar when considering what fruits to plant. But grow these fruits and you're competing on the world market; apples, for instance, are grown and shipped almost everywhere to be marketed as a round, red commodity. Furthermore, familiar tree fruits such as apples, peaches and cherries are beset with serious pest problems across much of the country. Raspberries, strawberries and blueberries are relatively free of pest problems but they, like the familiar tree fruits, are also grown and shipped all over the country. People often habitually purchase these fruits along with their other supermarket items, unaware of the "dessert" delicacies that ripe, fresh fruits can truly be.
Consider, then, a handful of uncommon fruits that, in addition to having unique and delectable flavors, are relatively free of pest problems. Such fruits could tap into specialty markets, including those catering to the growing population that appreciates organically grown foods, ethnic foods, or just foods that taste great.
These uncommon fruits are ideal for direct marketing where the consumer has the chance to sample and ask questions, and where long-distance shipping and long-term storage need not be considerations. I am reminded of a recent "sustainable agriculture" fair to which I was invited in New York City; my booth was swamped with people begging to know where they could buy the pawpaws, hardy kiwifruits and shipovas I was handing out as samples.
Let's start with pawpaw (Asimina triloba), an uncommon fruit with good market potential. Although fully cold-hardy over most of the country (to USDA Zone 4), pawpaw has many tropical aspirations and appeal. This northernmost member of the custard apple family grows to become a medium-sized tree with large, lush leaves resembling those of avocado.
The mango-sized fruit itself is reminiscent of banana: It hangs in bunches, and the creamy white flesh inside has often been likened to banana in flavor. In my opinion, the flavor of the best pawpaws is more like crème brulee (but without the fat or added sugar), or perhaps a combination of banana and vanilla custard along with a touch of pineapple and avocado.
Pawpaw is also easy to grow. The tree is not choosy about soil, requiring the same good drainage, moderate fertility and full sunlight as most other fruit plants. Once pawpaw is up and growing, it should require no sprays and little or no pruning. Space plants 10 to 15 feet apart in the rows.
Pawpaws are a little more difficult to transplant than most fruit trees, so it's best to purchase plants from a reputable nursery and plant with care. Some people prefer to plant potted trees. In any case, if you want to reap the best quality fruit in the shortest time, start with a grafted tree of some named variety. A couple of dozen varieties are available from nurseries. Among my favorites are Zimmerman and those in the Pennsylvania Golden series, the latter known for ripening earlier than most pawpaws. At least two different varieties are needed for cross-pollination, and fruit is borne on both varieties.
In late summer and early fall, pawpaw fruits begin to ripen—their skins turn lighter green or yellowish and speckled brown (again, like a banana). In addition to providing weed control and water conservation, maintaining organic mulch beneath the trees cushions the fall of any ripe fruits, which will eventually drop. Fully ripe fruits store for a few days, fruits picked slightly underripe will keep for a few weeks under refrigeration before ripening and the pulp freezes well.
The handling of the ripe fruits is really the major market limitation of pawpaw—a problem that can evaporate with sufficient customers sufficiently hungry for their taste.
Hardy kiwifruit
Hardy kiwifruit (Actinidia arguta) is another uncommon fruit whose claim to market success lies in its delectable flavor. This cousin to the familiar supermarket kiwifruit is grape-sized, with a smooth, edible skin that makes it convenient to eat. The interior appearance and the flavor are similar to supermarket kiwifruit except the hardy kiwifruit has a sweeter flavor and aroma making it the more delicious family member.
Hardy kiwifruit is a very vigorous vine needing sturdy support and regular pruning—a few times each season. I grow my hardy kiwifruits on a trellis built from T-shaped posts that stand six feet high by five feet wide, and are set about 30 feet apart in the row. Along the tops I run five parallel wires. I train each young plant, set 10 feet apart, up a stake to the center wire then prune the top of the developing trunk so it makes two branches. Each branch runs in opposite directions along that center wire, with fruiting arms growing out perpendicular to that branch and draped over the outer wires.
No plant is perfect, and hardy kiwifruit has its flaws. First of all, you need a separate, nonfruiting male for pollination—but one male can sire up to about eight females. Second, although the plants are very cold hardy with age (to USDA Zone 4), they are not very cold hardy when young. I wrap the young trunks in winter to keep off the sun and the full force of winter cold. And third, hardy kiwifruits begin growth early in the season, so early that late spring frosts sometimes nip or kill back tender new shoots, another characteristic that seems to diminish with age. Give hardy kiwifruits a site, such as a north slope, that is not particularly prone to late spring frosts.
Limitations aside, hardy kiwifruit is relatively pest-free and yields a delectable fruit that you just pop into your mouth. Harvest-time is late summer and early fall, and fruits can be stored in good condition for weeks if harvested slightly underripe. Anna, earlier-ripening Geneva and Dumbarton are some particularly good fruiting varieties.
Gooseberries and currants
Gooseberries and currants (Ribes spp.) both began their rise in popularity a hundred years ago, fell out of favor in the 1920s when they were blamed for spreading a devastating white pine disease, and have recently been recapturing interest.
They are both fruits of northern climates and do best in the upper half of the country. They are among the few fruits that do not require full sunlight; mine thrive in the partial shade between my planting of pawpaw trees.
Currants and gooseberries are borne on bushes growing about 4-feet high and wide, more or less depending on the particular varieties. Keep the plants vigorous and fruitful with a renewal method of pruning, cutting the oldest wood and some of the youngest wood down to the ground each winter.
Blackcurrants bear best on 1-year-old wood, so remove any stems the winter after they bear fruit. Gooseberries and redcurrants (which also come in pink and white) bear best on 1-, 2-, and 3-year-old stems, so remove any stems older than 3 years old.
The key to success with gooseberries and currants is choosing varieties that are disease resistant and have good flavor. Unfortunately, the very best-tasting varieties of gooseberry are too susceptible to diseases to be recommended. But almost as flavorful—and very disease resistant—are varieties such as Poorman, Glendale, Red Jacket, Captivator and Hinonmakis Yellow.


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Highland woman underwent controversial stem cell treatment
15/11/2005 16:45
A Highland woman who underwent controversial stem cell treatment in an effort to combat her multiple sclerosis says the procedure has enabled her to walk for the first time in more than five years.
Amanda Bryson traveled to the Netherlands in a wheelchair less than a week ago.....back home, she's now able to walk with limited support.
Only five days ago she traveled to a clinic in the Netherlands for controversial stem cell treatment confined to a wheelchair......Amanda has battled with multiple sclerosis since she was fourteen, but now she says she's making a rapid road to recovery.
The procedure involves taking stem cells from an umbilical cord which are then injected into the patient....it's thought Amanda's the first person in Scotland to undergo the treatment.
She says she will never be fully cured of multiple sclerosis but hopes to continue to improve with physiotherapy and check-ups.
The procedure cost thirteen thousand pounds. Amanda's family were so determined she should have it the money was raised over eight weeks, with the bulk coming from the Kyle area where the family has connections.
In a statement tonight the Society said that MS is a very variable condition which affects people in different ways. In view of possible risks, they say great caution is needed when considering any unorthodox treatment which has not been subjected to rigorous trials and review.
But for Amanda, she feels the treatment has given her an improved quality of life which until now she says she could only have imagined.
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Geigerrig 1600 Hydration Engine Backpack
- Tactical backpack that lets you carry 100 oz. of pressurized water
- Great for hikers, bikers, climbers, and motorcyclists
- Features a waterproof section for your electronics
Water. American Express's catchphrase may have been "Don't leave home without it," but water is even more important than a credit card for your survival. After all, not all places take credit cards. For instance, the Appalachian Trail accepts neither Visa, MasterCard, nor American Express. However, it will accept your hiking boots.
Bike, hike, climb, spelunk, and camp prepared with the Geigerrig 1600 Hydration Engine Backpack. "Hydration Engine?" Yep. So check this out. The Geigerrig's secret is pressurization. Using a bulb like the one on a blood-pressure cuff, you inflate the bladder to create pressure. Enough pressure that the water literally sprays out when you're ready for it. No more using up your precious oxygen trying to suck water while climbing a steep hill. With a pinch or a bite on the Geigerrig's tube, you get a steady spray of water every time.
There are times when a trickle just isn't going to cut it, and pressurized water can really make a difference. For instance, when you have a wound that needs cleaning. When you're doing science on the trail and accidentally get something in your eye (sand? dust? sunblock?). It's great for sharing water, too, with others, two-legged and four, without having to share a mouthpiece.
But built around the hydration engine is a backpack that will hold enough for a 1-2 day trip. Throw in your food, first aid kit, electronics, and a change of clothes. The backpack has an integrated slider chest strap, a removable hip belt, and ergonomic shoulder straps designed for industrial load disbursement. Plus, the back features pads and "air drive" ventilation to keep you dry.
And when you're back home? The reservoir turns inside out and can be stuck in the top rack of your dishwasher. No more letting your hydration system conduct its own science experiment without your knowledge in the offseason.
Product Specifications
- Tactical backpack that lets you carry 100 oz. of pressurized water
- The perfect bag for gear geeks
- Great for hikers, bikers, climbers, and motorcyclists
- Has MOLLE loops across the front
- Details on the pocketses
- Frontmost section: 14" tall x 8" wide (restricted by elastic, so can expand) x 1/2" deep, has 3 net partitions, two small zip pockets, pen holder, small hook-and-loop pocket, and a small clip, closes with 2 zippers which are arranged so the whole section is waterproof
- Middle section: 18" tall x 10" wide x 4" deep at bottom (top is maybe 2" deep - reservoir sits in space), closes with 2 zippers
- Rear section: for the hydration engine, closes with a single zipper
- 2 exterior side pockets: 6 1/2" high x 5" wide x 2" deep, PVC-reinforced, close with a single zipper
- Liquid Capacity: 100 oz. (3L)
- Dry Capacity: 1600 in.3
- Photographer Liz fit all her climbing gear in one Slide-top design of reservoir lets you fill it anywhere
- Filters can be added to the line to purify water on the trail
- Compression straps can help keep your profile minimal
- Removable hip belt provides extra support, more MOLLE space, and two additional zippered pockets (adjusts from min 28" to max 50")
- Heavy-duty nylon top handle
- Comes with a 2013/2014 Spartan Race High Adventure Passport with dozens of 2-for-1 deals on outdoor adventures
- Materials: Heavy-duty 1680 ballistic nylon, neoprene sleeve on reservoir, high-grade polymer plastics on buckles and clasps, industrial-size 10 coil zippers
- Dimensions: 21 1/2" long x 13" wide
- Weight: 3.2 lbs. (empty)
- Reservoir is top-rack dishwasher-safe


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Assault claims not bothering Qld: Myles
The assault allegation against Queensland's Will Chambers hasn't even been discussed by his State of Origin teammates, according to Nate Myles.
The Maroons' front-rower, himself no stranger to dealing with an off-field issue, believes claims Chambers pushed a man to the ground during a night out in Brisbane's CBD is a matter for the authorities to look into - not the players.
Tristan Furniss, 24, has made a formal complaint against Chambers and was questioned at length on Wednesday by police following the incident at the Down Under Bar.
Police media told AAP on Thursday morning the investigation was still open and no formal charges had been laid against Chambers.
Myles remains hopeful the situation won't affect preparations as the Maroons try to avoid a series whitewash in next week's Origin finale in Brisbane.
"It's not the first time we've had distractions in camp and, as a team, we just need to keep doing what we're doing," he said.
"None of the boys have really been affected by it. To be honest, we haven't even spoken about it.
"That's a process, in regards to that situation, that we're not involved with."
NSW star Greg Bird has joined the growing chorus of people highlighting Queensland coach Mal Meninga's comments pre-Origin I about Mitchell Pearce.
The Sydney Roosters' star was arrested in May during a night out in Sydney's King's Cross and subsequently overlooked by NSW coach Laurie Daley for the series opener.
Meninga at the time claimed Queensland players would never jeopardise their position in the team with poor off-field behaviour.
Many are now claiming he needs to dump Chambers despite not being charged by police.
Myles says there's no doubt it's a tough situation for Chambers as he tries to prepare for his Origin debut.
"If it wasn't enough for him getting ready for his first game, now it's a test of getting ready with another thing out there," Myles said.
"Will's a great bloke and his footy's been doing enough to get him in the side. I know he's going to be alright. He's just got to come out here, train hard and play better on the night."
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