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Date: Friday 15th April 2011
Location: Telecom ParisTech, Paris, France
This event will take place in Paris. The venue is in Telecom ParisTech (former ENST, the place of the first OCaml Meeting).
The OCaml Meeting is the a place where OCaml enthusiasts can meet and discuss various subjects ranging from webservers to parser/lexer of natural languages in OCaml. Most of the topics focus on practical OCaml subjects (libraries or applications) but broadening the field is allowed.
Sylvain Le Gall will arrive early (~08:00). So there should be someone starting at 8AM.
- 09:00 - 09:30: Participant arrival with coffee
- 09:30 - 09:45: OCamlCore.org news and projects by Sylvain Le Gall
- 09:45 - 10:15: Talks
- 10:15 - 10:45: Talks
- 10:45 - 11:15: Talks
- 11:15 - 11:30: Break
- 11:30 - 12:00: Talks
- 12:00 - 12:30: MirageOS
- 12:30 - 13:00: Talks
- 13:00 - 13:05: Meeting photo
- 13:00 - 14:30: Lunch
- 14:30 - 15:30: OCaml annual report by Xavier Leroy
- 15:30 - 16:00: Talks
- 16:00 - 16:30: Break
- 16:30 - 17:00: Talks
- 17:00 - 17:30: Talks
- 17:30 - 18:00: Talks
- 18:00 - 19:00: Demonstration and discussion time
Each talk should take between 20 and 25 minutes, plus 10 to 5 minutes of questions. Feel free to submit your talks directly to the organizer (gildor @nospam@ ocamlcore.org) so that we can discuss it and add it the list below. Before the meeting, you should send a copy of your slides to be linked on this page. The deadline for talks submission is 6th April.
The core Caml system: status report and challenges, by Xavier Leroy
Xavier Leroy, senior research scientist at INRIA Paris-Rocquencourt, leads the development team for the core Caml system.
This talk will briefly review ongoing work on the core Caml system and discuss some medium to long-term challenges, both technical and organizational.
OASIS-DB: a CPAN for OCaml, by Sylvain Le Gall
OASIS-DB is a set of tools and a webserver that helps to manage OASIS enabled softwares and libraries to live together. It uses OASIS data to build a database and to understand the link between each packages. It also provides a backup site for tarball. The webserver is built on top of Ocsigen and Lwt.
This talk will show the architecture of OASIS and OASIS-DB and demonstrate some of its low paperwork publication scheme: upload your tarball to the website and let all others download, compile and install it using only 2 commands.
Sylvain Le Gall is an OCaml consultant working at OCamlCore SARL
js_of_ocaml: Compiling Ocaml bytecode to Javascript
Client server Web programming with Eliom
Using OCaml to generate 198,278 lines of C, by Richard Jones
We use OCaml in the libguestfs project to generate large amounts of boilerplate C code. This short talk (10 mins) will explain what the problem that existing projects such as libvirt suffered from and how we successfully solved it, and what difficulties remain.
MirageOS, by Anil Madhavapeddy
Developping Frama-C Plug-ins in OCaml, by Julien Signoles
Frama-C is an extensible and collaborative platform dedicated to source-code analysis of C software. It is fully developed in OCaml. Any OCaml developer can extend the platform with a new plug-in in order to add new analyzers or functionalities.
This talk will show the Frama-C architecture and main services and how Ocaml is used to implement them. It also explains specificities of Frama-C plug-in development and their raisons d'être.
Jocaml, by Luc Maranget
The eternal Solution for Memoisation: Ephemerons, by François Bobot
The meeting will take place 2011/04/15 from 9am to 6pm at Telecom ParisTech site Barrault.
To go to Telecom ParisTech, you can consult the access page.
You must have an identity document (French ID card, passport). It will be kept at the entrance and returned when you leave.
The meeting is kindly sponsored by the CAML consortium, so the lunch and the coffee breaks are free.
The lunch will take place inside Telecom ParisTech at the cafeteria. A plate with desert and entry will be ready at the Telecom ParisTech cafeteria, you will have to pick the main course in the cafeteria. You will also get a token for coffee.
Telecom ParisTech has had a list of some place where you can book a room:
- Ibis (**), 177 rue de Tolbiac 75013 Paris, tel. +33(0)184.108.40.206.60
- Verlaine (**), 51 rue Bobillot 75013 Paris, tel. +33(0)188.8.131.52.14
- Timhôtel (**), 22 rue Barrault 75013 Paris, tel. +33(0)18.104.22.168.67
- Saint-Charles (***), 6 rue de l'Espérance 75013 Paris, tel. +33(0)126.96.36.199.12
- Hotel de la Manufacture (***), 8 rue Philippe de Champagne 75013 Paris
These addresses are from 2006, so they should have changed. It doesn't include breakfast.
During the conference, you can use your laptop and internet through Telecom ParisTech network. In order to do this, you will have two to connect using an ethernet cable. Unfortunately, no wifi connection will be available. Since the number of ethernet plug is limited people are invited to come with some ethernet switches to be able to offer more plugs.
Type E (French) Power plug will also be available, if your laptop doesn't have enough power to stay on battery a whole day. Just as for ethernet plug, people are invited to come with their national adapter for type E power plug and with power strip to be able to offer more plugs.
The list of participants is maintained here and you can register through this link. You need to have a valid login on the OCaml Forge to register.
There is enough room for 70 people in the room booked and the list of participants will be closed on 8th April.
Organization team
Team list:
- Sylvain Le Gall, main contact
- Dario Teixeira who has contributed a large part of the registration website
- If you wish to help, add your name to the list.
We need help for: video (camrecorder), sound (microphone) and general guidance of people during the day (e.g. welcome stand)


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Apex didn't have a community theater troupe until now. Jensen said the Apex Arts Council had been expressing interest in starting a group for years.
"We came up with this idea about two month ago," Jensen said. "Things just came together at the right time and place."
London Salt has nothing to do with our neighbors across the pond. The name actually comes from a punny play on Sterling and Jensen's first names – London, like Paris, and Salt, like Pepper.
Jensen, a recent graduate of UNC-Pembroke, has been acting since he was a kid. He will serve as director and choreographer for the group's first show.
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Kernel/Traditional compilation
The summary below is helpful for building custom kernels from kernel.org sources. This method of compiling kernels is the traditional method common to all distros; however, an excellent method of cleanly installing the custom kernel with makepkg and pacman is also included.
Alternatively, you can use ABS to build and install your kernel; see: Kernel Compilation. Using the existing Template:Package Official PKGBUILD will automate most of the process and will result in a package. However, some Arch users prefer the
traditional way.
New users who are not fully familiar with compiling a kernel should have a look at Kernel Compilation without ABS for New Users.
Fetching source
- Fetch the kernel source from
ftp.xx.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/, where xx is your country key (f.e. 'us', 'uk', 'de', ... - Check [1] for a complete list of mirrors). If you have no ftp gui, you can use
wget. For this example, we will fetch and compile 188.8.131.52; you should need to change only the version to get a different kernel.
For instance:
$ wget -c http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-22.214.171.124.tar.bz2
- It is always a good idea to verify the signature for any downloaded tarball. See http://kernel.org/signature.html for how this works. Basically:
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- Copy the kernel source to your build directory, e.g.:
$ cp linux-126.96.36.199.tar.bz2 ~/kernelbuild/
- Unpack it and enter the source directory:
$ cd ~/kernelbuild $ tar -xvjf linux-220.127.116.11.tar.bz2 $ cd linux-184.108.40.206
Prepare for compilation by running the following command:
make mrproper
This ensures that the kernel tree is absolutely clean. The kernel team recommends that this command be issued prior to each kernel compilation. Do not rely on the source tree being clean after un-tarring.
Build configuration
- (Optional) Copy the .config file from the running kernel, if you want to modify default Arch settings.
$ zcat /proc/config.gz > .config
- Configure your kernel.
The Traditional Way:
$ make menuconfig (Will start with a fresh '.config'. Option dependencies are usually automatically selected.)
Other build targets (Since kernel 2.6.32):
$ make oldconfig (Only works with the old '.config' file, copied into the build directory. Also marks previously unused options as 'NEW'.) $ make localmodconfig (Tries to extract /proc/config.gz from running kernel. Pre-selecting options/modules in use.) $ make localyesconfig (Same as above, except that as many modules as possible compiled into the kernel.) $ make xconfig (Depends on Qt. A nicer interface. Dependency checking not verified.) $ make gconfig (Depends on GTK. Otherwise same as xconfig.) $ make help (Lists ALL targets available.)
Note: for more information about the build target "localmodconfig" refer to the 2.6.32 release notes.
- Make your changes to the kernel and save your config file. It is a good idea to make a backup copy, since you will likely be doing this multiple times until you get all the options right.
- If you are compiling a kernel using your current config file, do not forget to rename your kernel version, or you may replace your existing one by mistake.
$ make menuconfig General setup ---> (-ARCH) Local version - append to kernel release '3.n.n-RCn'
What about /usr/src/ ?
Using the /usr/src/ directory for kernel compilation as root, along with the creation of the corresponding symlink, is considered poor practice by some kernel hackers. They consider the cleanest method to simply use your home directory. If you subscribe to this point of view, build and configure your kernel as normal user, and install as root, or with makepkg and pacman (covered below).
However, this concept has been the target of debate, and other very experienced hackers consider the practice of compiling as root under /usr/src/ to be completely safe, acceptable and even preferable.
Use whichever method you feel more comfortable with.
Compilation and installation
Choose one of the following:
1. Manual, Traditional method
make all if you use GRUB and still have LILO installed; it will configure LILO in the end, and you may no longer be able to boot your machine! Remove LILO (pacman -R lilo) before running
make all if you use GRUB!
- Compile it:
$ make
(Same as make vmlinux && make modules && make bzImage - see make help for more information on this.)
- If you have a multi-core computer (i.e Dual Core, Quad Core, etc), you can compile the kernel faster by adding the -j flag. This will use all processors at 100%
$ make -j[# of processors + 1]
- Install modules: (This needs to be done as root.)
# make modules_install
This copies the compiled modules into a directory in /lib/modules named by the kernel version and appended string you set in menuconfig. This way, modules are kept separate from those used by other kernels on your machine.
- Copy kernel:
# cp -v arch/x86/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-YourKernelName
- If you need any modules loaded in order to mount the root filesystem, build a ramdisk (most users need this). The -k parameter accepts the kernel version and appended string you set in menuconfig and is used to locate the modules in /lib/modules:
# mkinitcpio -k FullKernelName -g /boot/initramfs-YourKernelName.img
You are free to name the /boot files anything you want. However, using the [kernel-major-minor-revision] naming scheme helps to keep order if you: Keep multiple kernels/ Use mkinitcpio often/ Build third-party modules.
If you are using LILO and it cannot communicate with the kernel device-mapper driver, you have to run
modprobe dm-mod first.
2. With makepkg and pacman (Recommended)
See Kernel Compilation.
Bootloader configuration
Add an entry for your amazing new kernel in your bootloader's configuration file - see GRUB or LILO for examples. Note that if you use LILO, the kernel sources include a script to automate the process:
$ arch/i386/boot/install.sh
If you use LILO, remember to type
lilo as root at the prompt to update it.
Using the NVIDIA video driver with your custom kernel
To use the NVIDIA driver with your new custom kernel, see: Installing the driver for a custom kernel. You can also install nvidia drivers from AUR.


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WOODSTOCK – After 19 years as a basement business that was quickly expanding, NICA Shooting has moved into a retail space in Woodstock.
"My husband wanted his basement and garage back," said co-owner Brenda Mason of her husband, Tim.
"Everyone always asks what NICA stands for and I tell them it is for my kids, NIcholas and Caitlyn," Brenda said. "It was a special tribute to them because the company is the only reason I was able to stay home with them when they were younger."
Tim and Brenda Mason welcomed their first grandchild in December when Caitlyn gave birth to Makenna. Shortly before Makenna was born, Nicholas, a U.S. Army lieutenant, was deployed for his first tour to Afghanistan. He's expected to be back in September.
The store features a small retail area packed with merchandise while the back of the building is used as storage and shipping space.
The company specializes in clothing and accessories for hunters and the great outdoors, carrying merchandise from Browning, Beretta, Galco, Bob Allen and more. NICA recently began to develop its own line and offers a cold-weather insulated jacket as well as a high-end shooting vest.
The company started in 1994 when Tim and Brenda Mason recognized a need for hard-to-find items in the shooting sports. "My husband is 6-foot-3 and it was virtually impossible to find vests and jackets that fit him," Brenda said. "At the time it was difficult to find anything for women in the sport, or left-handed people like my son. We saw this gap in the market and decided to try to close it."
Shortly after the company began, the Internet became easily accessible and NICA became one of the first and only online shooting accessories company. A company that started with a card table and one rolling clothing rack has now become an internationally recognized name in shooting sports. "We never imagined we would take it this far," Brenda said.
Brenda said the move from the basement to right off the square at 114 E. Calhoun St. in Woodstock "has been a big change. But I am excited to start seeing our customers face to face, and bringing in new customers that didn't realize we were here," she said.
"We look forward to celebrating our 20th anniversary in February in a new space and welcome the public to join us, as well," she said.


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WHAT'S NEW--The No Child Left Behind Act
Focuses on What Works
- Requires use of programs and materials grounded in scientifically based research. Local school districts are required to use research-based programs and materials.
Increases Accountability for Student Performance
- Requires school districts to submit annual reports to the secretary of education. School districts must report annually on how program funds were used and the extent to which the funds increased access to, and the use of, school library media resources.
How It Works
The new Improving Literacy through School Libraries program is a competitive one-year grant program for districts in which at least 20 percent of the students are from families with incomes below the poverty line. In years in which the appropriation exceeds $100 million, the program operates as a state formula program. Then, districts are eligible if 15 percent of their students are from families with incomes below the poverty line; or the percentage of these students is greater than the statewide percentage of children from such families. Districts receiving program funds may use them for such things as purchasing up-to-date school library media resources, including books and advanced technology, providing professional development for school library media specialists, and providing students with access to school libraries during nonschool hours, weekends, and vacations.
Key Requirements
If the appropriation exceeds $100 million, states will assist districts in meeting program requirements and in using scientifically based research to implement effective school library media programs. States also will evaluate the quality and impact of district activities, and determine the need for technical assistance and whether or not to continue funding districts.
How It Achieves Quality
As districts plan their library improvement efforts, they are required to use programs and materials that are grounded in scientifically based research. They are also required to conduct a needs assessment to clearly identify the areas in which their school library media centers require improvement.
How Performance Is Measured
Districts submit to the secretary annual reports that describe program activities and the extent to which their school library media resources were made more available and used more. In years in which the program is state-administered, states compile district reports and submit them to the secretary. In addition, a national evaluation is to be conducted on program effectiveness within three years after passage of the No Child Left Behind Act, and biennially thereafter.
Key Activities For The State Education Agencies
State education agencies (SEAs) must:
- Submit a plan, application, and reports to the U.S. Department of Education and administer the formula grant portion of the program if funded at $100 million or higher.
- Cooperate with the competitive grant program recipients in the state when the appropriation is less than $100 million.


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Dr. Ir. Hari Wijayanto
Head of Statistics Department
Preparing students with statistics and analysis for the global future
Institut Pertanian Bogor students enter workforce with hiring edge
To ensure its graduates enter the job market equipped with the skills that top employers demand, the Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB) uses SAS® to teach statistics and analytics.
"Our mission is to produce high-quality graduates who understand the importance of quality and productivity in a global, competitive environment," says Dr. Ir. Hari Wijayanto, Head of the Statistics Department at IPB. "SAS technology goes hand in hand with our mission."
"As one of the country's leading institutions of higher education, our key advantage is that we reliably produce graduates empowered with the analytical skills required in modern business," Hari says. "And our graduates have an explicit advantage when employers require SAS skills."
IPB uses SAS software because it allows students to learn more than statistics. With SAS, students can learn about sophisticated data mining, forecasting and optimization methods.
... our key advantage is that we reliably produce graduates empowered with the analytical skills required in modern business.
Dr. Ir. Hari Wijayanto
"In our teaching, learning and research process, we need extensive statistical capabilities to analyze large data sets from disparate sources," Hari says. "SAS meets that goal. Statistical procedures in SAS are constantly being updated and enable us to go beyond the basics for more advanced statistical analyses."
Statistics students use SAS/STAT®, Base SAS, SAS/GRAPH®, SAS/QC®, SAS/OR® and SAS/IML® in their courses. The software is installed on 100 computers for teaching and learning. Students learn about data management, experiment design, statistical methods, statistical computation and simulation methods.
Students analyze data with a broad range of statistical methods, including analysis of variance, mixed models, regression, categorical data analysis, Bayesian analysis, multivariate analysis, survival analysis, psychometric analysis, cluster analysis, nonparametric analysis, survey data analysis, post fitting inference, multiple imputation for missing values and study planning.
In the future, lecturers will become more involved in the SAS Academic Program by enrolling in SAS training and research projects. Currently, about half of the department's lecturers are mastering SAS; the goal is to integrate it throughout the department.
About IPB's Statistics Department
The Statistics Department of IPB provides two levels of degrees: bachelor of statistics and a post-graduate program (master's and doctorate degrees in statistics and applied statistics). The department aspires to be a leading center of higher education for statistics in Indonesia. Meanwhile, its current mission is to produce reliable statistics graduates who have an awareness on the importance of quality and productivity to global competition.
IPB is one of the leading universities in Indonesia and its Statistics Department is committed to developing statistics science in the country by collecting, managing and reporting the data with quantitative analyses that drive interesting conclusions.
Provide students with analytical skills that go beyond statistics.
SAS® Education Analytical Suite
Better teaching, learning and research processes; graduates enter the job market with the skills employers seek.


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Luxury homes in Paris had been more in demand than in supply in recent years, thanks to a boom in high end real estate markets across Western Europe. Whether intended as investments or civilized pieds-a-terre, properties in the best neighborhoods have been highly sought-after. Increasingly, pricey acquisitions for the ultra-wealthy come from the Middle East, as well as Russia, China and and other emerging economies.
That's all changed since the new French president, Francois Hollande, vowed to levy a "rich tax" of 75 percent on the highest incomes. The country's ultra wealthy have been eyeing the exits, offering their homes for sale in numbers that give buyers more room to bargain.
Click ahead to see a few of the properties that some of Paris's top brokers have begun shopping since Hollande began threatening to soak the rich.
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The Obama administration's Victoria Espinel is now accepting feedback on the costs and risks that intellectual property infringement has on the US public. Victoria Espinel is the first US Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and her job is to "help protect the creativity of the American Public" by coordinating with all the federal agencies that fight the infringement of intellectual property, which include video games, music, and books; and infringing upon the many other creative works like photographs in the US.
Here is the link to the pdf:
and the official white house write up:
Since our photographs are our creative work, we must voice our concern at the way the internet and other publications can affect our art form with unauthorized use. So please send your thoughts on the matter to:
Victoria Espinel: firstname.lastname@example.com
In your email, you should include your background (name, location and profession), how image theft affects you and what should be done to protect our rights as photographers, especially on the internet.
The deadline is March 24th 2010 at 1700hrs EST. Make sure our voices are heard!
PRO-IP Act - Intellectual property feedback for President Obama
Started by Drew, Mar 17 2010 08:00 PM
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"Journalism is what someone else does not want printed, everything else is public relations."
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Gstaad Grand Slam | 8 - 13 July 2014
Lausanne, Switzerland, January 22, 2014 – The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour will once again be the centrepiece of the international beach volleyball calendar in 2014.
From Long Beach in California to Shanghai in China and many places in between players will compete for their share of the $10.2m in prize money on offer from 10 Grand Slams, an inaugural FIVB Grand Slam Final and 10 Open tournaments. The Grand Slams conclude with the first ever FIVB Grand Slam Final, which will offer $500,000 in prize money.
Last year the men's tournament went down to the wire as Latvia's Janis Smedins and Aleksandrs Samoilovs held off the challenge of Brazil's Pedro Salgado and Bruno Schmidt at the Durban Open in December. Brazilian fans did have something to celebrate though as Talita Antunes and Taiana Lima won the women's crown after dominating all season.
It means that both sides will be pushing hard to retain their titles, while the depth of the teams chasing them grows ever deeper.
Initially nine Grand Slam events were named, but in recent weeks the total went up to the maximum of 10 when the Klagenfurt returned as a host following a year off the Tour when the Austrian venue hosted the CEV Beach Volleyball European Championships.
The lake-side resort will once again welcome the crème-de-la-crème of the beach volleyball world as the Austrian city gets set to host the ninth double-gender Beach Volleyball Grand Slam of the 2014 season from July 29 to August 3.
This year will mark the 17th time that the Lake Worthersee site has hosted a stop on the international circuit. With the exception of last season, the men's World Tour has stopped in Klagenfurt every year since 1997 and the women's since 2001. In 2001 Klagenfurt also hosted the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships and this year's tournament will make Klagenfurt the most experienced host in the World Tour's history with 16 men's and 12 women's tournament to its name.
"Beach volleyball players and fans have come to expect the best from Klagenfurt," said FIVB President Dr. Ary S. Graça F°. "I am proud to have the opportunity to now build on the previous successes of this stop on the World Tour and look forward to once again experiencing all that this excellent venue has to offer."
"We are very happy to organise the A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam in cooperation with the FIVB at Lake Worthersee in Klagenfurt, Carinthia again this year," said Hannes Jagerhofer of the ACTS Group, the official promoter of the event.
"The dates for the Grand Slam are hereby confirmed and official. We are sure that this year's Grand Slam will exceed all the expectations of all athletes, fans, sponsors and partners by offering an exceptional week in Carinthia."
Earlier in the month, the organisers of the Moscow Grand Slam announced a date change to June 11 to 15 so as to accommodate Klagenfurt's inclusion in the 2014 beach volleyball calendar.
Also making a return to this year's calendar is Stavanger in Norway, another popular stop on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. The unique dockside venue, which hosted the 2009 World Championships, was last present on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in 2011, after 13 straight seasons, but returns with a Grand Slam from June 24-29.
The ever-popular Stare Jablonki, returns as a Grand Slam after hosting the World Championships last year. The venue on the banks of Lake Mazury will now welcome beach volleyball players and fans from August 19 to 24.
Through the year there are a host of familiar cities hosting Grand Slams; Long Beach in the USA continues for a second season after a successful debut in 2013, while The Hague in the Netherlands is planning on spreading the tournament over four different cities in preparation for their hosting of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in 2015.
There are also Grand Slams in Fortaleza in Brazil, Berlin, Moscow and Gstaad in Switzerland before the FIVB Grand Slam Final.
The participants in the FIVB Grand Slam Final, for
which the location and dates are still to be confirmed, will be made up of the
top eight nations on the FIVB Beach Volleyball Grand Slam ranking with a
maximum quota of two teams per country, per gender. The newly conceived Grand Slam Final has yet to be assigned and the FIVB
is in negotiations with the promoters who have shown an interest in staging
this event.
Fuzhou in China, Anapa in Russia, Xiamen in China and Phuket in Thailand will once again host Open tournaments with a further five organised in Puerto Vallarta in Mexico, Czech capital Prague, Parana in Argentina and Qatari capital Doha with Durban in South Africa once again bringing the season to a close in December.
The newest addition to the 2014 beach volleyball calendar, the FIVB U17 Volleyball World Championships will be held in Bahia Banderas in Mexico, providing yet another opportunity for young beach volleyball players to come to the fore and gain international experience in their sport.
Polish town Myslowice will once again do the honours of hosting the FIVB Beach Volleyball U23 World Championships while Oporto in Portugal will put its previous experience of hosting the FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships to practice yet again in 2014. Cypriot resort Larnaka will host the U21 World Championships.
The second edition of the Youth Olympic Games are set to take place from August 16 to 28, 2014 in the Chinese city of Nanjing and it will be the first time beach volleyball will be included in the sporting line-up.
2014 Beach Volleyball Calendar
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Social Timeline: A wet, fun week in Gstaad for a scenic Grand Slam
Lausanne, Switzerland, July 14, 2014 - After a week off, the FIVB World Tour was back in action this week. The Swiss Alps were the setting, as the alw... More...
13.07.2014 17:52:23
All eyes on Transavia Grand Slam as Tour get ready for World Champs warm-up
Gstaad, Switzerland, July 13, 2014 – With the Gstaad Grand Slam wrapped up for another successful year the attention of the beach volleyball world wil... More...
13.07.2014 17:06:32
Dalhausser and Rosenthal make it back-to-back gold with Gstaad success
Gstaad, Switzerland, July 13, 2014 – Phil Dalhausser and Sean Rosenthal won a second consecutive FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour gold medal when they... More...
13.07.2014 15:06:05
First Grand Slam gold as Semmler and Holtwick win all-German affair
12.07.2014 20:48:24
Gstaad Gossip - Gentlemen's Golden Game
12.07.2014 20:38:40
Gstaad Gossip - German Girls Guaranteed Gold
12.07.2014 20:19:25
Dalhausser aiming for home delights in Gstaad
12.07.2014 19:55:16
Alison and Bruno out to deny Dalhausser and Rosenthal Gstaad gold
12.07.2014 17:41:22
Gstaad set for all-German final
12.07.2014 13:24:34
Thousand-match man Sacco takes final bow in Gstaad
11.07.2014 20:28:53
Canadians match season's best after three-set thriller in Gstaad
11.07.2014 19:28:33
Home favourites delight Gstaad crowd by eliminating top seeds
11.07.2014 19:09:49
Identical Italians inspiring
11.07.2014 18:04:49
Austrian pair silence Gstaad crowd for season's best
10.07.2014 19:52:17
World champs back on form as Gstaad Grand Slam heats up
10.07.2014 18:57:14
Spanish pair out to match compatriots achievements in Gstaad
10.07.2014 17:19:15
Czechs show renewed belief to boss pool in Gstaad
10.07.2014 14:20:36
Emanuel Eminence Enhanced
09.07.2014 19:20:17
Swiss delight as women lay down early marker at Gstaad Grand Slam
09.07.2014 18:55:52
Borger and Buthe seeking continued improvement in Gstaad
09.07.2014 18:16:13
Student and master roll into Gstaad main draw
09.07.2014 15:57:19
Stefanie Schwaiger seeks steady substitute
08.07.2014 16:42:25
Polish Pair Procure Pool Play Place
08.07.2014 15:28:12
Maria Antonelli and Juliana pushed hard, but into Gstaad main draw
06.07.2014 15:31:51
FIVB World Tour resumes in Switzerland at FIVB Gstaad Grand Slam
04.07.2014 20:30:30
TALKIN' STATS: 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour—July 4
30.06.2014 08:08:38
Talking Stats: 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour—June 30
30.06.2014 01:12:44
FIVB World Tour takes week off after three straight FIVB Grand Slams


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Because of the unusually cold weather, Gulf Power Company customers are using much more electricity than usual. Customer demand will continue to rise as freezing temperatures are expected again early next week.
Because of the unusually cold weather, Gulf Power Company customers are using much more electricity than usual. Customer demand will continue to rise as freezing temperatures are expected again early next week.
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Come mid-August, most of us are sick of fighting the heat and humidity in the battle to tame our hair. Here's how a few of us are coping, but we want to know: How are YOU dealing with your summer hair woes?
Kara M. Says:
Wrangling my it's-always-frizzy-no-matter-how-much-mousse-I-use summertime hair is a constant battle. I'm always looking for timesavers and frizz tamers. My current solution? Scarf headbands like the ones you can buy online at Intuition. It's a scarf and headband in one – with a piece of elastic at the back – which means no slipping, no re-tying, and no knotted strands of hair. And for me, that means an instantly chic hairdo with the least amount of effort (a bit like Jessica Simpson and Nicole Richie, left). Voila!
Click through to the next page to read more and share your own summer hair tips!
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Amy K. says:
I am just looking for anything that cuts down on time and effort spent on my hair. Headbands — multi-colored, really wide or super skinny, with a bow or shiny patent leather — are the perfect accessory to jazz up a pony tail and bangs or a messy bun. I love a hairstyle that requires so little skill. Here are some of my picks, I am especially obsessed with these Cara Couture Mini Bamboo Headbands (Gotta love the little bamboo accent, very Gucci-esque) for a perfect quick fix!
Melissa L-G. says:
No headbands for me — I decided to cut off 7 inches of my hair to beat the heat! Now, it's all about scrunch-n-go for me in the morning. The first step is a healthy dose of Bumble and Bumble Grooming Creme, which makes me frizz-free. And then on to the Frederic Fekkai Wave Spray, which makes my sort of wavy here transform into Kate Hudson-like ripples (after much scrunching!). If I want a messier look, I turn to Bumble and Bumble Surf Spray and a little bit of Kerastase Vinyle Nutri-Sculpt to flip out the ends. Less than 5 minutes in the morning takes care of my hair all day long.


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Battle of the 'Fantastic Voyage' researchers
January 12, 2012 by Amara D. Angelica
The 1961 classic science-fiction movie Fantastic Voyage movie is about a team of scientists who are shrunk down and sent in a miniature submarine inside the body to repair a blood clot in an ailing colleague's brain. How far have today's scientists come in exploring inside the body?
Pretty far. We've reported on 17 research projects since 2003 to develop innovative endoscopes and other devices for exploring the gut, brain, colon, heart, bladder, tissues, and tumors — even imaging inside a cell and monitoring molecules, both of which are actually smaller than what you see in the movie.
They haven't quite worked out the human-shrinking part yet, though.
The latest project, just announced, is by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), who have successfully tested a controllable endoscopic capsule that has the ability to "swim" through the body and could provide clinicians with unprecedented control when photographing the inside of the human body.
The capsule is designed to be swallowed like a pill and can be equipped with a camera. Once inside the patient's digestive track, a doctor can "steer" the capsule through the body using an MRI machine, photograph specific areas of interest, and view those pictures wirelessly.
The capsule is an evolution of an an earlier project at Tel Aviv University.
By the way, 20th Century Fox is reportedly planning to produce a 3D remake of Fantastic Voyage, produced by James Cameron.
So how small were the humans shrunk to, judging by what you see in the trailer?


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"Caught in self-centered dream, only suffering; holding to self-centered thoughts exactly the dream." These practice principles enable us to live the life we are, to chew-up the life we are. In the midst of arising-passing circumstances and conditions, not holding to attachment is fundamental life practice, Zen practice. To be at peace and free is not being caught by the ...Read More »
Extreme Earnings and Buddha Dharma – preliminary musings
The following are some preliminary musings and questions on economic and power disparities from a Buddhist practice perspective: We seem to live in a world of differences – of cold and hot, wet and dry, strong and weak, smart and dull, rich and poor, and the many other manifestations of the ongoing impermanence of conditions arising and passing that is ...Read More »
Being Attuned, Being Present
Because this is exactly who we are, it is simple and straightforward. Because it is simple and straightforward, nothing extra is needed. Yet it seems easy to "slip off" into what I will call our favorite channels–our favorite habits. Sitting, we often find our self tuning into favorite channels of ignorance, favorite channels of habits. We do this during much ...Read More »
No Need to Do Zazen, Therefore Must Do Zazen
No need to do zazen. No need to practice. Therefore, we must do zazen, must practice. Do you see this? Do you see this no-need? Unfortunately, much of the time many of us live in a world of needing and not needing. I need this, I don't need that. And we believe this viscerally as the truth of who we ...Read More »
Your Life Is Not About You
Often, we think my life is about me, act as if my life is about me. So, we get into all sorts of troubles. Sometimes these troubles are an impetus to practice, to sit. And then, even in the midst of this we sneak in "my" to practice – sneak in that practice is about me. It is not quite ...Read More »
"Yes" to Life, Parts 1 & 2
Part 1 All of us are engaged in ongoing practice! Unfortunately, most of the time our ongoing practice is self-centeredness, saying I, me and my. Habits, thoughts, beliefs and behaviors are the basis of this ongoing self-centered practice. Through "I think…", "I feel…, "my idea.., "my…" we see, hear and act. It is this ongoing self-centeredness practice that keeps us ...Read More »


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Tuesday, March 06, 2007
More Comings, Goings And Other Stuff
JOY BENEDICT JUMPS TWO CHANNELS: And exclusive, as far as we know...
OMW hears that WKYC/3 Akron Bureau reporter Joy Benedict is leaving to join ABC affiliate WEWS/5.
We hear she'll take the morning reporting position on the station's "Good Morning Cleveland", presumably as a direct replacement for now-former "NewsChannel 5" reporter Michelle Relerford. Benedict starts March 16th at Channel 5.
While she was at WKYC, Benedict not only reported Akron/Canton news for the local NBC affiliate, but was also the fill-in anchor for Eric Mansfield on the station's "Akron/Canton News", which airs weeknights on Time Warner Cable.
You know, the local news show on cable channel 23 in Akron/Canton, and some day, maybe if we're good and beg and scream loud enough, on the Summit County part of former Adelphia system now run by Time Warner.
(Sorry, old habits. But really, TWC and WKYC folks, we could have built our own TV news studio by hand, in the time it's taken you guys to get together on this...)
TWO SIGHTINGS OUT OF CANTON: Well, one far away and one near, of personalities who used to air in the Hall of Fame City.
AllAccess reports that former AC WHBC-FM/94.1 Canton "Mix 94.1" afternoon personality Steve Rockford has landed at 106.9.
No, not Clear Channel rock WRQK "Rock 106.9" in Canton, but as program director of hot AC outlet WKZA/106.9 in Lakewood NY, near Jamestown.
We could have also spooked you out another way and said "at "Kiss FM", because the station carries that slogan also used by many Clear Channel top 40 outlets, including Cleveland-based WAKS/96.5.
But alas, it's owned by a company called Cross Country Communications. We'll assume that's a locally-owned outfit, despite the "outsized" name.
In case you're not sure where WKZA is, it serves extreme southern New York State, and the station's signal also covers a chunk of northwestern Pennsylvania. Not a heavily populated chunk, but a chunk nonetheless. If you head up to the Peak n' Peak ski resort, you'll hear the station there.
And closer to home, a denizen of Freedom Avenue lands on Smyth Avenue, as former WKDD/98.1 swing/weekend/traffic guy Rob Mackenzie lands at D.A. Peterson top 40 WZKL/92.5 Alliance for overnights and weekends...
WHK'S 85TH ANNIVERSARY: Salem Cleveland talk outlet WHK/1420 has begun trumpeting the station's 85th anniversary on the air.
We're not all that surprised, as we gave you the heads up a while ago of the upcoming production of an 85th Anniversary on-air special, which we assume will air sometime this month.
But along with frequent on-air mentions, we're told that WHK now has an anniversary timeline up on the station's website.
The folks at Salem don't even shy away from some of the more controversial history of the station, with a mention of the one and only Gary Dee (and a newspaper wedding announcement picture with Dee and former wife Liz Richards) gracing the 70's entry.
Of course, it's kind of hard to produce anything even remotely resembling a WHK timeline without a nod to one of its signature personalities of the past.
And they also nod to the popular "Voice of the Fan" sports format of the mid-90's.
We're told that former WHK sports talk host Les Levine, who hosts FOX Sports Net Ohio's "Cleveland Rants" and has done occasional fill-in for Good Karma sports WKNR/850, has voiced a liner or two to mark WHK's anniversary...
WHILE WE'RE SEGUEING: ...between WHK and WKNR, we're told by an OMW reader that WHK is running promos for the "Inside the Great Outdoors" weekend outdoor sports show, which has run for some time on the station once known as "SportsTalk 850".
The reader suspects the outdoors show is paying its way onto WHK, which sells block time on weekends for local programming...and WHK, of course, is no longer co-owned with WKNR. The time given, at least to us, is Saturdays from 2-4 PM.
"Inside the Great Outdoors" disappeared from WKNR a while back, round about the time that Premiere's "Costas on the Radio" got nudged into a Sunday morning time slot...in the station's recent schedule shuffle...
JOHN TESH CROSSES THE STREET IN LIMA: OK, even programmer Dan Baisden would have to admit that syndicated host John Tesh has probably never visited Lima, Ohio, let alone actually "crossed the street" there.
But Baisden tells OMW that Tesh's radio show is moving - from Clear Channel AC outlet WMLX/103.3 St. Mary's OH to Maverick Media's WDOH/107.1 Delphos OH, which he programs. (For those not Western Ohio Conversant, both cities are near Lima and serve the Lima market.)
Tesh's release says he's "privileged" to join WDOH, and touts the radio station's "great playlist".
What, he's gonna say anything bad about a new affiliate?
Just once, we'd like a syndicated host's boilerplate quote about a new affiliate to say something like "You know, this station really stinks, but they paid us enough money, so what the heck! It beats not being on at all in, umm, what market is this again?"
Our guess is if you put "Lima" in front of Tesh and he wasn't aware the text was about a new affiliate, he'd pronounce it like the city in Peru.
(This is just a general comment about network/syndicated show press releases, and not the station in question...)
WDOH starts Tesh next Monday, from 7 PM-12 midnight...
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oa--when i was a teenager, our family vacationed in chautauqua. THE station to listen to up there was KISS, WKSN 99.5. Thats the station I first heard the Stones do "(I can;t get no)SAtisfaction."
The KISS moniker goes back to the mid/late 60s--long before randy micheals trademarked the format for jacor/amfm/clearchannel.
WHK had HUGE ratings in the late seventies when Gary Dee, Joe Finan and Don Imus were on the station playing country music. It blew the market away for about 4 years. And now look at it. Very sad how times have changed.
Considering how it was Salem that pulled the plug on the Sports Voice of the Fan in Cleveland, it's cruelly ironic that the station now wants to even mention that era in the anniversary "celebration".
For many of us, there's not much reason to celebrate at this time.
What happened to Michelle Relerford?
Thanks for spreading the news about our move of John Tesh. He is the #1 show in Lima with Women 35-54 and I couldnt be happier to place him on afternoon drive on our station. This really gives WDOH an advantage over the competition in that drive time.
As for WKZA, if I am not mistaken, Jimmy Steele (former PD of WNCI and Kiss Buffalo) is a partner in Cross Country. He also is the stations voice last I heard. Congrats to Rockford.
Thanks for your accurate reporting:
Dan Baisden
Salem pulled the plug on the standards format. I was listening the last day the standards were on.
Spooky how the standards/oldies format was dropped after the week that classic Cleveland broadcaster Bill Randle passed away.
That's just the way AM Radio is these days folks.
Everybody is just going after a particular niche these days and not focused on attracting an overall audience.
WTAM is all about local talk and carrying the sports teams.
WKNR is primarily local sports talk.
WHK wants the conservatives.
WERE caters to minorities and liberals.
WWGK is national sports talk.
WWMK wants kids and teens.
WHKW is for the believers.
Back in the day, it was more about getting as many people to listen as you can, and terms like "demographics" and "target audience" weren't so freely thrown around.
It's just a different time.
Michelle Rutherford left TV-5 because she wanted an anchor gig, and it wasn't happening at WEWS.
Put COMPELLING personalities on the police band and you will draw a crowd.
Recall the late 70's- early 80's when Lanigan and Dee had HUGE numbers at a time when the Cleveland market and WMMS had the highest FM penetration rate in the country.
Put COMPELLING personalities on the police band and you will draw a crowd.
Recall the late 70's- early 80's when 1220/WGAR's Lanigan and WHK's Dee had HUGE numbers at a time when the Cleveland market and WMMS had the highest FM penetration rate in the country.
he he...you said penetration
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Anonymous, re: standards...
Salem didn't pull the plug the week after Bill Randle passed away.
They did it TWO DAYS after he died.
Now, mind you, it was already slated to be yanked that Sunday night anyway, but the ignomony was still terrible.
You think a standards station could work in Cleveland today?
How well does WHK's Sunday Afternoon standards show do in the ratings?
Put Eddie Mularz and Mike Catan on WKNR that will draw huge numbers.
WKSN was never on 99.5 in J'town - it was (and is) on 1340, with a sister FM, WHUG, that was on 101.7 and is now on 101.9. Yes, "Huggin" and "Kissin." In the sixties and early seventies, the stations were owned by Lowell "Bud" Paxson, long before he gave the world HSN and Pax. (99.5 in WNY is religious WDCX outta Buffalo.)
Well, it MUST be noted that the history of WHK radically deviates when we get to 2001: the intellictual unit and callsign moved to AM/1220, while the tx and signal was traded to WCLV, inherited WRMR/850's intellictual prorperty in the process from Salem (while originally intended as a simulcast on 104.9) became WCLV (AM) and then WRMR. WCLV sold off WRMR back to Salem, which killed off the standards, installed the conservatalk format and brought back the WHK call sign.
Makes sense. Only WHK's old intellicual unit ("The Word" format) is still at 1220. Hell, (hehe) it even added a "W" to their WHK callsign! For all intents and purposes, the "new" WHK that took over WRMR is a new, different property that only shares the call letters. Nothing more.
Oh, and the time line erroniously states that WHK unveiled their current talk format in 2005; in reality, it was the year before. I don't know the complexities, but it shouldn't have taken THAT long for the FCC to change a stations callsign, no? (Unless Mike Luczak was just so vain that he WANTED to hear himself say "WRMR Cleveland" at the TOH!)
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- VODood said...
Standards in Cleveland was good for Top 6 when it flipped. But I doubt it was making money.
WTOD/Supertalk 1560 Toledo carries "The Sounds of Sinatra" with Sid Mark Sundays 12n-2p, and then "American Standards by the Sea" with Dick Robinson 2-4pm.
Toledo is an older market, a mini Cleveland. Standards was good for 2 share 12 plus on WCWA/1230. But it wasn't making money.
Standards are on WTOD on Sundays only due to the HUGELY populuar polka show, celebrating 60 years April 29. Made sense to put on programming that would target the polka listeners, who for the most part only come to the station for polka and not for the talk programming during the week.
Re Mike Young's Sunday afternoon show on 14K: He keeps begging for money just like the non-commercial FM's. So obviously his ratings are not attracting advertisers.
Among all the frequency swapping and format changing back in 2001: Although WHK's "The Word" format went directly from the 1420/98.1 combo to 1220 AM, the call sign actually didn't. It took a short detour by way of 1000 AM.
Contrary to comment above, Dilbert and Finan didn't really play country music per se. They would come out of TOH news with a record just for imaging, and then spend the rest of the hour just talking.
Other station hosts played country music.
BTW anyone who ever enjoyed hearing Dilbert do nothing but insult callers should check out Michael Savage. He does it too, but only when the callers deserve it. And once in awhile he actually says something worth hearing.
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Template:LS2 How to upgrade the LinkStation HD-HLANv2 (Mipsel) to 2.6 Linux Debian using NFS (edit. This could actually be used for any Server with "debootstrap")
It took me a couple of fits and starts to plow my way through this procedure. Hopefully this write-up will help someone else.
Before starting, we need to have "telnet" access to the LinkStation and have NFS installed on it as well. Get the U-Boot package and install it. I have to compliment the developers of u-boot and say what a great bit of software it is. It's like having an OpenBoot PROM on the LinkStation and probably the last time flashing is required on the box. Being able to run a full scale OS on this little box makes you realize how powerful this thing really is. Again, my compliments.
On the LinkStation, create a "/boot" directory and copy both a 2.4 and a 2.6 kernel there as well as add the 2.6 modules to the /lib/modules directory. In the /boot directory :
rename the original 2.4.20 kernel to vmlinux-2.4.20_mipsel_linkstation.gz ln -s vmlinux-2.4.20_mipsel_linkstation.gz vmlinuz
U-boot is hardcoded to use addresses 192.168.11.150 and 192.168.11.149. If the network is not 192.168.11.0, re-compile u-boot OR add logical addresses to the servers, i.e. "ifconfig eth0:0 192.168.11.149 up" for the console server and any other address on the "11" subnet for the NFS server if they are not one and the same.
Setup NFS on a Linux Server box and apt-get install "debootstrap". Just to make it easier, here is an example /etc/exports file :
/mnt/export1 *(rw,sync,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash) /mnt/export2 *(rw,sync,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash) /mnt/export3 *(rw,sync,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash)
On the Linkstation, mount "/mnt/export3" and copy the root filesystem to there.
- mkdir /mnt/servername - mount serveraddress:/mnt/export3 /mnt/servername - cd / - tar -cf - (*list of directories*) | (cd /mnt/servername ; tar -xvf -) *list of directories* is everything except "mnt, proc and sys" and any other mounted file system. We just want what's on the root partition. i.e. - bin boot dev etc home ... - cd /mnt/servername - mkdir proc sys
Recreate the mount points from /etc/fstab.
- mkdir -p mnt/existing_mounting_points - edit etc/fstab and comment out the "/" mount point # Not /etc/fstab but /mnt/servername/etc/fstab - cd boot - rm vmlinuz - ln -s vmlinux-2.6.22.gz vmlinuz
NFS boot the OS from /mnt/export3
- Launch u-boot.
- My NFS server is different from my Console server
- setenv serverip 192.168.11.148 - setenv rootpath /mnt/export3 - setenv nfsfile boot/vmlinuz - run nfsload
- And my network block is different than u-boot defaults
- setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=192.168.178.148:${rootpath} ip=192.168.178.150:192.168.178.148:192.168.178.254:255.255.255.0:LShostname::off - bootm
At this stage you should be running exactly the same except booting via NFS and we have the ability to recover, whatever happens to the system. We are also running a 2.6 kernel which we need in order to be able to run the bootstrap from a chroot environment.
Make sure you have backups !.
Make sure you have backups !.
Make sure you have backups !.
Go back to the NFS server and create a soon to be exported partition
Create a 2Gig file in the /mnt/export1 directory.
- cd /mnt/export1 - dd if=/dev/zero of=./file bs=1k count=1000k
Create a filesystem on that file.
- mkfs -t ext3 ./file
Loop mount the file.
- mount -o loop ./file /mnt/export2
Add the base installation packages.
- debootstrap --arch mipsel lenny /mnt/export2 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian
debootstrap will exit with an error :
"Unable to chroot /mnt/export2 mount -t proc proc /proc"
It's expected.
Mkdir /mnt/export2/boot and copy the 2.6 Mipsel kernel to /mnt/export2/boot and the modules to /lib/modules/"kernel name and version". In the /mnt/export2/boot directory.
- cd /mnt/export2/boot - ln -s vmlinux-2.6.22.gz vmlinuz
Copy the bootstrap files to /mnt/export1
- cd /mnt/export2 - tar -cf - * | (cd /mnt/export1 ; tar -xvf -)
Export both /mnt/export1 and /mnt/export2
- exportfs -av
Telnet into the LinkStation and let's get ready to rumble :
- mkdir /mnt/servername - mount serveraddress:/mnt/export1 /mnt/servername - mkdir /mnt/servername/proc - mkdir -p /mnt/servername/dev/pts - chroot /mnt/servername mount -t proc proc /proc - chroot /mnt/servername mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts - chroot /mnt/servername
- mkdir /mnt/bootstrap - mount -o loop ./file /mnt/bootstrap - mkdir /mnt/bootstrap/proc - mkdir -p /mnt/bootstrap/dev/pts - chroot /mnt/bootstrap mount -t proc proc /proc - chroot /mnt/bootstrap mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts - chroot /mnt/bootstrap - touch /var/lib/dpkg/diversions - touch /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride
Edit /etc/apt/sources.list and insert :
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
We can also edit this file from the NFS server side at /mnt/export2/etc/apt/sources.list
We now need to install the package "aptitude" using dpkg which will complain about unresolved packages. Give it what it needs till aptitude is able to run.
Run aptitude, select whatever packages we think we need and don't forget to install telnet, openbsd-inetd, ssh and login.
Reboot but this time use /mnt/export2 as our rootpath.
- setenv rootpath /mnt/export2
Do realize that we can look at all the log files on servername:/mnt/export2 in order to debug the installation if we need to, which in some ways is almost better than having a console and no access to the filesystem.
When everything works to our liking, overwrite /dev/hda1 which is our original root filesystem.
- mkfs -t ext3 /dev/hda1 - mount /mnt/hda1 /dev/hda1 - cd / - tar -cf - (*list of directories*) | (cd /mnt/servername ; tar -xvf -) - mkdir /mnt/hda1/proc /mnt/hda1/sys
Congratulations! That little box is now a full blown Server.
N.B. We need to create the files diversions and statoverride because dpkg will complain and be unable to continue at some point. We also mount /dev/pts because though dpkg would work, it will whine about it. The whole business about the loop back mount is dpkg (again) unable to work over an NFS mounted file system without rpc.lockd.


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'If I want anything worthwhile in this life, I have to fight for it. That's not a bad thing for a man to learn, is it...or a nation? To fight!'
Familiar but okay-enough WWII actioner. 20th Century-Fox's Cinema Archives line of hard-to-find cult and library titles has released Immortal Sergeant, the 1943 war movie from Fox, based on the novel by John Brophy, directed by John M. Stahl, and starring Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, Thomas Mitchell, Allyn Joslyn, Reginald Gardiner, Melville Cooper, Bramwell Fletcher, and Morton Lowry. Drawing inspiration from better sources like The Lost Patrol, Beau Geste, and All Quiet on the Western Front, Immortal Sergeant certainly won't offer any surprises to devotees of the genre, but it's an agreeably workmanlike effort, nonetheless, with good performances from the small cast, and a low-key but solid production. An original trailer is included in this nice-looking black and white fullscreen transfer.
The deserts of Libya, North Africa, 1943. Exhausted from their latest action, British Army Sergeant Kelly's (Thomas Mitchell) 14-man mechanized combat unit is again called upon by H.Q., this time for a simple reconnoiter patrol. Kelly, a savvy retired veteran of WWI who insisted on combat duty when he re-upped, is slowly taking into hand his second-in-command, Corporal Colin Spence (Henry Fonda), a former London journalist who's odd-man out in the group: he's Canadian. Quiet, reserved, and reticent in decision and action to the point where a few members of the group wonder if he's truly officer material, Spence relies heavily on Kelly's warm, assured guidance, as do the others in the unit, including career Tommys Cassidy (Allyn Joslyn), Pilcher (Melville Cooper), Symes (Bramwell Fletcher), and unit grouser and complainer, Cottrell (Morton Lowry). Once in the desert, the group is attacked by Italian planes, with Colin zapping one of them...which unexpectedly crashes into one of their trucks, killing eight of the British soldiers. With another truck out of service, their compass smashed, and gas, food and water low, the lost unit is given momentary aid by a passing British recon plane, with the pilot warning them of a stationary Italian armored vehicle between the unit and home. Realizing they have no choice but to mount a nighttime offensive against the Italians, Kelly's surprise maneuver is thwarted by Symes' rifle accidentally discharging, causing his death and Kelly's grave wounding. Knowing Spence won't leave him for the sake of the unit's safety, Kelly kills himself, leaving a thoroughly unprepared, frightened Spence in charge of leading the survivors back to base. All through these events, Spence has been having flashbacks to his deeply unsatisfying London-based relationship with gorgeous pianist, Valentine Lee (Maureen O'Hara), who couldn't help but be attracted to Spence's opposite: brash, forceful, smooth operator Tom Benedict (Reginald Gardner), a popular wartime journalist and radio personality. While these memories of his personal weakness and indecisiveness amplify the terror of his present situation, countering interior voices of his deceased Sergeant Kelly help Spence navigate the starving, thirsty unit's toughest obstacle: a do-or-die battle with 21 Germans at a desert oasis.
Critical opinion about Immortal Sergeant, back in 1943 and now, seems to be pretty well divided between those reviewers who didn't cotton to all the cliches in this actioner, and the others who gave the brisk outing conditional approval. Count me among the latter. Based upon the bestseller from John Brophy (apparently, it was a popular enough novel to have Fox refer to the movie adaptation, in the opening on-screen credits and on the poster art, as "John Brophy's Immortal Sergeant"), this smaller-budgeted "A" war film was rushed through its tight 30-day production schedule before star and enlistee Henry Fonda was due to report to the Navy. The prolific, skilled Lamar Trotti, who had already penned three of Fonda's biggest hits, Young Mr. Lincoln, Drums Along the Mohawk, and the soon-to-be-released The Ox-Bow Incident (and who would go on to script important Fox titles like Guadalcanal Diary, A Bell for Adano, The Razor's Edge, Captain from Castile, Cheaper by the Dozen, and American Guerrilla in the Philippines), was also tagged to produce his own script (according to what I've read, Darryl Zanuck wanted to personally produce this outing, but was unable to, due to his wartime duty). Several directors more associated with action-oriented titles were assigned to the script in pre-production, including Henry Hathaway and Archie Mayo, before John M. Stahl, more noted for his melodramas (Imitation of Life, Back Street, Magnificent Obsession, Leave Her to Heaven), was finally assigned. Released on January 29, 1943, Immortal Sergeant received mixed reviews, but performed well at the box office.
There isn't a lot of "there" there in Immortal Sergeant, so I'm not going to spend a lot of time picking it apart. Regardless of Immortal Sergeant's lack of freshness and novelty, one can't find fault with either Stahl's ultra-smooth direction (the preponderance of studio mock-ups over the few set pieces in the California desert is a budgetary necessity that Stahl mostly overcomes), or the performances. Lovely O'Hara has the sketchiest character , playing a fickle filly we never get a chance to understand (sure Fonda's a weakling any girl would throw over...but for deliciously unctuous, ineffectual snot, Reginald Gardner?). Thomas Mitchell does his standard avuncular, loveable uncle bit (flawlessly, I might add), while Fonda is appropriately weak and sniveling without the loss of too much of his dignity, before he grows, convincingly enough, into his leadership role. As for producer Trotti's script, its billboarded message about personal courage, both martial and romantic, won through war-time adversity, isn't at all ambiguous or even remotely "hidden" within a layered, complex narrative, while Stahl's smooth, assured directorial approach is equally straightforward and uncomplicated. You get exactly what you think you're getting in Immortal Sergeant, no more, nor less. Certainly, aspects of the storyline are going to remind you of other, better movies--you'd be hard-pressed to find a wholly "original" war movie from any studio in 1943. John Ford's classic The Lost Patrol gives you a far more convincing depiction of a patrol lost in the desert; William Wellman's Beau Geste is the definitive example of doomed military bravery in the face of overwhelming opposition; and Lewis Milestone's All Quiet on the Western Front gives a more compelling look at the relationship between a raw recruit and his kindly, wise martial mentor, and that recruit's subsequent growing competence on the front line. Just because Immortal Sergeant rehashes these and other conventions of the "patrol lost in the desert" subgenre of war films doesn't make it inherently "bad" for the borrowing itself, but rather just...ordinary, for its competent, if unremarkable, approach.
The DVD:
The Video:
The fullscreen, 1.37:1 black and white transfer for Immortal Sergeant looked particularly good, with a sharp, detailed image, and solid blacks that held. Fine grain, and few screen imperfections like dirt or scratches.
The Audio:
The Dolby Digital English mono audio track is serviceable, with very low hiss. No subtitles or closed-captions.
The Extras:
An original trailer is included.
Final Thoughts:
Unremarkable yet competent, reasonably entertaining rehash of familiar war themes. The only major fault one can find with Immortal Sergeant is that you've seen it all before, and better done. However...you've also seen all this done worse, too, for that matter, so the smooth, familiar Immortal Sergeant gets a "recommended" for fans of the genre and stars.


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The season of go-go-go and then go some more is upon us. Thanksgiving is just the start of big meals, holiday parties, crowds, wrapping paper, high heels, cocktail gatherings, kids' holiday recitals, office parties, cookie exchanges …. 'Tis the season for chaos, so we're all going to need something to help us forge ahead. My solution: comfy sweats.


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After the cutscene ensues, you'll find yourself in the taxi place's garage. Get into Roman's taxi as directed, and take him to the hardware store as the game tells you to do. He's not going there to buy building supplies, however. There's a backdoor card game going on there, and even though he owes extensive amounts of money to Albanian loan sharks, he thinks he's got a good chance to win. The GPS will direct you eastward through the borough after heading north along Mohawk Avenue, bringing you through all sorts of locales, including East Hook, Rotterdam Hill, Downtown, and to Schottler.
When you reach Schottler, you're close. Park in front of the building the GPS brings you to and listen closely to what Roman tells you. The Albanian loan sharks might show up during the card game, so you need to look out for them. Using his old phone, you should call him during the game if they show up. Not surprisingly, they will show up. But first, Roman will give you a call, so be sure to answer it!
When the beige car Roman describes to you pulls up on the other side of the street, and two angry-looking men walk out of it, you know these are the guys Roman was describing. Quickly follow the on-screen prompts to bring up your phone, and select Roman from your phonebook. Call him and let him know they're coming, and he'll run back out to the car. The Albanian loan sharks will follow suit, and before you know it, you'll find yourself in a car chase. Keep in mind that you will fail this mission if you don't alert Roman of the loan sharks' arrival in time.
Even though you'll find yourself under gunfire as soon as the chase begins, the Albanians simply won't be able to keep up with you if you even have a remote understanding of how to drive your getaway car. The GPS will give you a succinct route that will bring you back to the safety of the taxi office, but remember you can take a shortcut of your choice if you're comfortable with doing so. Either way, getting away from them isn't difficult at all. Trust us -- much, much harder chases await you later in the game.
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Lochte to dip toe in acting pool with '90210' appearance
LOS ANGELES – Olympic champion Ryan Lochte put his toe in the acting pool for a cameo appearance on the CW drama series "90210."
The swimmer says it was his first acting gig and he was "really nervous" because he "didn't want to mess it up."
He says "everyone was really nice. They helped me out," adding: "Hopefully, I killed it through the end."
Lochte won five medals, including two gold medals, in swimming events at the London Olympics.
The "90210" episode with Lochte will air at 9 p.m. EDT on Monday, Oct. 29.
The show's producers say there's no water involved in the scene, adding that Lochte "deserves a little rest on dry land."
He attended the premiere of "The Expendables 2" in Los Angeles on Wednesday night.


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Jack Nicholson Says Peace Out to the Lakers
A staple court-side at the Staples Center every Lakers home game is Jack Nicholson. He usually gets there early and stays til the end.
With the Lakers team in disaray and no end in sight, maybe even Jack is getting a little tired of what's going on in LA LA Land.
On Friday night, the Lakers hosted the best team in the Western Conference in the Oklahoma City Thunder and were trounced.
In the 4th quarter the Lakers trailed the Thunder by 22 and Jack Nicholson had seen enough and vacated with Adam Sandler with 7:31 left in the game.
Take a look at the video proof! (BTW, Try and Figure Out Who's Coat Adam Sandler is Holding...)


text: This grill from Tammock Trading in Switzerland can barbecue fish, chicken, vegetables and steaks. The Solar-Grill has a flexible mirror, which focuses the sun beams on the self-contained barbecue cup, allowing it to heat up. Your meal is heated evenly from all sides, without direct irradiation by sunlight. The price is 180 Euros, which is about $217 US dollars.