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Democrats stumped by flurry of Republican demands
Even if Democrats were willing to negotiate over reopening the government and lifting the debt ceiling, they wouldn't know where to start because of confusing signals from Republicans, the second-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives said on Monday.
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer said it is unclear what Republicans want, with many conservatives clamoring to roll back President Barack Obama's healthcare law and House Speaker John Boehner saying he will not raise the debt limit unless Obama negotiates on ways to reduce deficits.
"It is such a roller-coaster of inconsistencies that it's hard to follow what they want and what they would take," Hoyer of Maryland told Reuters in an interview. "It's hard to find out how we can get out of this place they've put us in."
As the government shutdown neared the end of its first full week and an October 17 deadline to raise the debt limit drew closer, Obama and his Democrats have refused to negotiate on Republican demands over these issues. Democrats have said they would not be threatened into negotiations, and first the government must be funded and borrowing authority increased.
If the government were reopened and the threat of default were removed, Hoyer said he would gladly launch talks to try to narrow differences between Democrats and Republicans on spending. He said Democrats have already compromised on this front by accepting automatic spending cuts that were part of the stop-gap measure to fund the government that has stalled in Congress, prompting the shutdown.
Hoyer said Democrats have made it clear they won't accept changes to Obama's signature healthcare law, but that many Republicans don't believe this. No Republican has offered specific demands on spending cuts or tax changes in exchange for raising the debt limit, he said.
"It's hard to know how we compromise. Compromise with what?" he said.
On Sunday, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, a driving force behind the Republican push to block the healthcare law, said Republicans want three things before raising the debt ceiling: a plan to reduce spending, a promise for no new taxes and measures to "mitigate the harm from Obamacare," the widely used name for the law to expand health insurance coverage.
Hoyer contended there are enough Republican votes in the House to pass a funding resolution without conditions to reopen the government. It is less clear whether there are enough Republicans to vote for a clean debt limit increase, he said.
Boehner said on Sunday that a debt limit increase without any conditions would not pass the House, where Republicans hold a 233-200 majority.
Hoyer said that should be put to the test by bringing the funding and debt limit bills to the floor. "Show the American people that there aren't the votes," he said.


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Incoming 1Ls / Bar Documents« on: March 08, 2009, 11:10:00 PM »
Just a question for anyone who has gone through Illinois C&F, what documents does the bar request/have access to. I had a disciplinary issue at my UG, and as a favor to me and for doing a bunch of service, the dean erased my disciplinary record. I have copies of the actual dispositions, however, I don't believe the school will. I am basically wondering how far deep does the C&F committee look into your past. Which documents do they request and which ones do they have access to? Thanks for your help.

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The Texas Rangers don't just have the hottest ticket in town. The home opener for the back-to-back American League champs appears to be the hottest ticket in baseball.
Fansnap.com crunched numbers this week from the various websites the company searches and found the average price for Friday's home opener in Arlington was $270. That's $12 more than the Boston Red Sox's home opener at legendary Fenway Park, one of the major leagues' smallest and most popular stadiums.
That also edges out home openers for a team the Rangers defeated in last year's playoffs, the Detroit Tigers, as well as the teams that beat Texas in its consecutive World Series appearances, the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals.
David Christopherson, an owner of Metro Tickets in Victory Park and a longtime Rangers follower, said he's amazed by the demand. By midweek, he had only six tickets left for Friday's game against the Chicago White Sox out of the hundreds he initially owned.
"This opening day is the biggest it's ever been," Christopherson said.
He said this is the second consecutive year he's made that statement. In 2011, the Rangers returned from their first World Series appearance with a larger and more energized fan base, and that excitement doesn't appear to be slowing.
At Stubhub.com, one of the major online ticket sites, officials could not provide exact numbers of Rangers tickets sold or values because of its contract with Major League Baseball. Joellen Ferrer, a company spokeswoman, did say that page views of tickets for the Rangers' home opener were up 20 percent from last year. On that site, the cheapest ticket available for Friday was $108.
The team's home openers have consistently been sellouts even when the Rangers weren't expected to be competitive. But demand the past couple of years has been so high that the Rangers held lotteries to determine which fans would have a chance to buy tickets to opening day. Most fans, though, had to purchase season tickets or multigame packages to ensure they could get face-value seats for Friday's game.
Looking at past and future
The team's growing revenue from bigger crowds and playoff runs is not just going into the Rangers payroll.
Texas spent $13.5 million in the off-season to add a new sports bar, four new concession stands and an indoor children's play area in centerfield. The renovations also include a new centerfield club, a redesigned visitors bullpen and higher railings in response to a fan's fatal fall last year. A statue of that fan, Brownwood firefighter Shannon Stone, and his son was unveiled Thursday afternoon.
The first pitch for the home opener is scheduled for 1:07 p.m., minutes after the ceremonial first pitches by members of the 1972 Rangers team. In that debut season, the team's old ballpark, Arlington Stadium, averaged a little more than 11,000 fans per game. This year, the Rangers sold more than 20,000 season tickets for the first time.
The Rangers also sold more than 100,000 tickets the first day single-game tickets were available.
While Friday's game was sold out long ago, seats were still available but going fast for Saturday. On Wednesday, there were fewer than 1,000 seats available for Saturday, 5,500 for Sunday and 11,000 for Monday — the regular-season debut of high-profile pitcher Yu Darvish.
The Rangers this week also started selling $25 standing-room-only tickets for Saturday night's game.
Records may stand
While demand was high for tickets to the opening homestand, it wasn't clear whether it would be a record-breaker. Because of Easter, team spokesman John Blake said, Sunday's game might not be a sellout.
To break the franchise's record attendance for a three-game series, the ballpark would need to average more than 49,631 per night. After off-season renovations eliminated a net of 900 seats, the team now lists the ballpark's seating capacity at 48,194 — although it can go higher with standing-room-only tickets.
Even with the Rangers' success, fans and the team aren't expecting nightly sellouts. The high price for tickets to the opening series quickly falls off, said Fansnap.com spokesman Mike Janes.
The average Rangers ticket price for this season so far is $54, down slightly from $67 in 2011, according to Fansnap.com figures. Those lag far behind Boston, the Chicago Cubs and the Toronto Blue Jays, which all average more than $100 per ticket.
Ticket prices, however, have been on the rise for Monday's start by Darvish, one of baseball's most expensive free-agent signings in the off-season. The average price jumped from $36 to $59 the week after the Rangers announced that Darvish would pitch.
Christopherson said he wasn't sure how fans would react this season after the Rangers famously twice came within one strike of winning the franchise's first World Series. Instead of frustration over last year's loss to St. Louis, he said it appeared to convince fans that a title is still within reach.
"It was disappointing, but it didn't change the ardor of the fans," he said.
Today's events
8 a.m. — Parking lots, Majestic Grand Slam Gift Shop open; valet parking begins in North, West and East Lexus valet lots
10 a.m. — Gates open; Texas Rangers alumni will greet fans at the gates
10:30 to 11:15 a.m. — Rangers take batting practice
11 a.m. — South Lexus Valet Parking begins
11:15 a.m. to 12 p.m. — Chicago White Sox take batting practice
12:30 p.m. — Rangers alumni introduced on field; presentation of colors by U.S. Air Force Honor Guard from Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls
12:37 p.m. — White Sox starters introduced
12:42 p.m. — Rangers players and clubhouse personnel introduced; American flag will enter the field held by members of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines; unfurling of the Texas flag on Greene's Hill in centerfield
12:52 p.m. — National anthem by Texas country group Reckless Kelly; unfurling of American flag on the field; B-1 Bombers flyover by 7th Bomb Squad of Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene
12:56 p.m. — Ceremonial first pitch by 13 members of the 1972 Rangers team to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Rangers
1:02 p.m. — Managers/umpires meet at home plate
1:07 p.m. — First pitch
SOURCE: Texas Rangers
Opening day tips
Fans are encouraged to arrive early for the sellout game. Additional parking will be available at Cowboys Stadium in Lot 4 and at Hurricane Harbor on Lamar Boulevard, north of Interstate 30. Six Flags Over Texas lots will not be available for opening day Rangers parking. Rangers officials say fans will want to be in their seats for pre-game ceremonies beginning at 12:30 p.m. For the best way to get to the ballpark, check texasrangers.com/directions before the game. Fans who park in Rangers parking lots will receive exit maps. Cash parking in Rangers lots is $12.
Tailgate parties are permitted in Rangers parking lots of Rangers Ballpark as long as festivities do not interfere with normal parking or extend into additional spaces. Use of an open flame is prohibited. Outside food companies are not permitted to cater tailgate parties. Extra parking spaces will not be sold for tailgating equipment.
Top tickets
Average price for baseball home opener tickets:
Chicago White Sox at Texas Rangers: $270
Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox: $258
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals: $248
Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers: $226
Pittsburgh Pirates at San Francisco Giants: $220
SOURCE: Fansnap.com


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Crony Capitalism: Big Companies Sponsor Fancy Dinner For TPP Negotiators
from the not-cool dept
The latest is the news that tonight (as we post this), a bunch of big companies who employ some of the key lobbyists supporting the extreme nature of TPP... are hosting a fancy, expensive dinner in Washington DC. The dinner is sponsored by the US Chamber of Commerce, Philip Morris, Chevron, PhRMA, Microsoft, Pfizer, Amgen, Dow Chemical, among others... and the ambassadors from the TPP countries will all be in attendance (though we've heard, but don't have confirmation, that Australia just pulled out after realizing how bad this looked).
The next round of TPP negotiations take place next week in Australia, so it's nice that the corporate interests pushing an extreme version of the agreement get to wine and dine all of the key negotiators at an expensive and closed off dinner in DC, huh? Public interest groups? They just found out about the dinner today and (as you might expect) really aren't welcome.
What's amazing to me is how incredibly tone deaf the USTR and the US government is to how this appears. The USTR is negotiating a massive agreement that will change IP laws in pretty significant ways which clearly could favor some of these large companies. And just days before they're set to negotiate... they're letting some of the biggest special interests supporting an extreme vision for TPP buy them a fancy dinner? Even if you can believe that they're not actually influenced by this, do they not realize just how bad this looks?


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The efficient Wildcats opened up a big lead in the first half, and Terriers were unable to recover.
After making a charge at the Southern Conference's top team, Wofford ultimately slipped to the bottom.
The Terriers cut a 15-point deficit in the second half down to six, but Davidson was too strong and took a 68-57 win Saturday night in the Benjamin Johnson Arena.
Wofford (8-15) dropped to 2-8 in the league and into last place in the South Division. The Citadel climbed out of that basement spot by scoring 60 points in the second half and winning at Furman, 84-79.
The new difference between best and worst wasn't really too much — at least in the second half.
"You have to play hard the whole game, not just one half," said Wofford freshman Spencer Collins (Easley High School), who led all scorers with a career-high 24 points. "Davidson did that and that's why they got out to such a big lead. … We eventually picked up the intensity. In the first half, we didn't have that and it got us in a hole."
Davidson (15-7, 10-1) made 11 of its first 14 shots, all coming from close range, to build a 25-13 advantage. Collins was keeping the Wildcats from running away with it before the Terriers got out of the starting gate. When it was 28-20, he had 12 of Wofford's points.
But the Wildcats continued to get layups, a dozen in the first half alone in building a 38-23 advantage. At the break, they were outscoring Wofford on points in the paint, 26-4. During one stretch, they made eight straight shots.
"We ran our offense really efficiently," Davidson 6-foot-10 senior forward Jake Cohen said. "We executed the game plan really well and got the shots we wanted to get. When you have the weapons like we do and we run our stuff right, we're going to shoot the ball the way we did in the first half."
Cohen finished with 15 points and eight rebounds. Chris Czerapowicz added 15 and six. De'Mon Brooks and Tom Droney scored13 points each.
Wofford made Davidson work much harder in the second half. The Wildcats, after making their first shot after the break, went nine possessions without a field goal, managing only a pair of free throws. Their shooting percentage went from 63 in the first half to 32 in the second.
"We played better defense in the middle and didn't let Cohen get in comfortable spots," Wofford head coach Mike Young said. "He's so good. He's such a good player. Lee Skinner did a whale of a job on him and we were quicker to the ball, so we were able to get a guard down there to help. It gave them something to think about."
Wofford point guard Indiana Faithfull made a 3-pointer from the corner and then another from the opposite side to make the score 54-47 with 7:30 remaining. Collins hit a pull-up jumper and drove from the top of the key to the basket for a three-point play that cut Davidson's advantage to 59-53 with less than five minutes left.
"Getting close is no consolation," Young said. "We've come too far to feel good about losing. We've got to win."
The Terriers committed three straight turnovers after trimming the deficit to six points, simply running out of time.
"We know they are a tough team, especially on their floor," Cohen said. "We knew we couldn't just walk away with it. We thought they were going to fight back and they did. I give them credit for not giving up. They made it tough on us for 40 minutes."
"That's what Wofford does," Davidson head coach Bob McKillop said. "You know they're going to make you chase them in their offense until they get something that's open. They're going to capitalize on that. They're going to be gritty and tough as nails on defense."
Faithfull finished with eight points, six rebounds and a career-high nine assists in playing all 40 minutes. Karl Cochran added 14 points and two assists. The Terriers had just two points off the bench, however, while Davidson had 15 despite using only seven players.
Wofford plays host 7 p.m. Thursday to Elon, which leads the North Division with records of 15-7 overall and 8-2 in conference play.


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The Red Storm will play the No. 14 seeded Bluejays, the automatic bid from the Missouri Valley Conference, on Sunday, March 18, in a 5:05 p.m. (ET) tip-off at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla. The game will be televised live on ESPN2.
The winner of the St. John's-Creighton match up will face either No. 6 Oklahoma (20-12) or No. 11 Michigan (20-11). Oklahoma and Michigan will tip off at approximately 7:30 p.m. (ET) following the Red Storm and Jays.
The No. 3 seed is St. John's highest seeding in the NCAA tournament in program history. Previously, the Red Storm's highest seed was No. 6 in 2010.
"This is a great feeling and I'm really proud of our kids and the program for being able to do it [make the tournament] three times – that is a tremendous accomplishment," remarked head coach Kim Barnes Arico. "Not only to make the tournament three times, but also to get a No. 3 seed, it's really impressive. We have had a lot of quality wins and the ladies stepped up to the challenge."
This will be Barnes Arico's fourth trip to the Big Dance during her 10-year tenure with St. John's. Barnes Arico is 3-3 in the NCAA Tournament, taking the Red Storm to the Second Round all three times (2006, 2010 and 2011). With the No. 3 seed in 2012, she is the only Red Storm coach to take the women's basketball team to three-straight tournaments.
The 2011-12 season marks St. John's seventh appearance in the NCAA Tournament with its first in 1983. Overall St. John's has a record of 4-6 in the Big Dance and has made it to the Second Round four times (1988, 2006, 2010 and 2011).
In 2011-12 St. John's (22-9) remained in the national spotlight as one of the top teams in the Big East Conference, which had eight teams selected to the 2012 tournament field. Picked to finish seventh in the conference, Barnes Arico led the Red Storm to a No. 2 seed in the league championship and finished the regular season on an eight-game winning streak. In the second half of the regular season, St. John's won 14 of its last 16 games, defeated six top 25 programs, went 7-1 against Big East opponents on the road and celebrated its third-straight 20-win season.
On February 18, St. John's made national headlines as the Red Storm defeated then-No. 2 Connecticut, 57-56, to end the Huskies' 99-game home-winning streak.
The Creighton Jays (20-12) received an automatic bid to the Big Dance after capturing its second MVC Tournament title. It is Creighton's fourth time in the NCAA Tournament, first since 2002, the last time the Jays won the MVC. Creighton also received berths in 1992 and 1994.
Sunday's NCAA First Round meeting will be just the second between the Red Storm and the Jays, who last played each other on November 29, 1997.


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Joined: 15 Jan 2009
Posts: 734
Posted: Sun 18 Oct 2009, 23:02
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Hmmm .....
xav795 wrote:
I have followed the step by step, but i get the same error message concerning the permission.
I can see that i still have an old cups directory named cups-old. Can it interact with the active one?
No, it doesn't use (or even look into) cups-old folder. It's only a backup reference. You can delete it if you don't need it anymore.
Based on your description above so far, the last thing that came to mind is filesystem corruption. Yes, a borked filesystem can prevent CUPS from printing .....
I've seen this happened mostly on full hdd installs (I had this problem twice myself many months ago. I don't use hdd installs anymore), seldom occurs on frugal installs but it can still happen. Since you mentioned that you can print from puppy430, then I suggest doing a fresh boot from puppy with pfix=ram and fsck your partition or savefile. If it's a minor thing then it should be fixable. If the corruption is beyond repair then you will need to rebuild your partition or savefile.
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Posts: 26
Location: France, Paris
Posted: Tue 20 Oct 2009, 04:14
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You are right, my pupsave is corrupted.
I dont know how i did it, but, even fsck can't read my pupsave.
In fact i have a problem with many files of my usb flash.
I was regularly using a dd command to backup my flash disk (in fat32) to a backupfile.dd on another partition in ext3 format, because i wanted to be able to copy more that 4Go.
Is there something wrong doing this way?
when i wanted to restore my backup i was doing a
dd if=/mnt/sdx/mybackup.dd of=/dev/sdy
But i could see recently that i was not able to mount my dd file.
I was getting this message when doing
mount -t vfat /mnt/sdd1/sauv_puppy2.dd /mnt/testfs -o loop
ount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop2,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
and dmesg
FAT: invalid media value (0x06)
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev loop2.
Here is the result of fsck on my pupsave, saved on a ext3 partition.
# fsck /mnt/+mnt+sdd1+pup_save-xav.2fs
fsck 1.41.9 (22-Aug-2009)
e2fsck 1.41.9 (22-Aug-2009)
fsck.ext2: Is a directory while trying to open /mnt/+mnt+sdd1+pup_save-xav.2fs
The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
Is there a way to rebuild my pupsave?
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Posted: Tue 20 Oct 2009, 10:21
Post subject:
Hmmm .....
xav795 wrote:
You are right, my pupsave is corrupted. ........
It looks pretty bad ... but it's not really your fault ... The worst that I had was a full hdd install that got corrupted in less than two weeks ... The shutdown process didn't do it real "gracefully" and tend to do it "quick-n-dirty" ...
I don't think directly fixing and re-using the pupsave is possible now ..... I suggest trying to copy out your important data (if you have any) and create a new save file .... and do fsck at least once a month ... once a week if you frequently boot up puppy ...
On my own systems, I love the simplicity of FAT32 partitions and ext2 pup_saves ... NTFS partitions is only used to store files larger than 4GB ... I've never had any unrecoverable corruption ever since ...
To make pup_save backups, the easiest way to preserve the settings would be to boot pfix=ram or use a different pup_save and copy the pup_save you want to somewhere else ...
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Location: France, Paris
Posted: Tue 20 Oct 2009, 11:43
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I have restarted with a new puppy 4.12 (i am using a french version i am waiting for the french 4.3).
Thank you a lot, patriot for all the time you spent with my problems, i will save my pupsave more carefully with the options you told me about.
All my data are not losen, i could save most of all.
I will try to have a better strategy for saving my data.
I must improve my level of knowledge in how puppy works to understand what is inside a pupsave.2fs, a puppy412.sfs.
In fact, a technical book on puppy should be a nice present for christmas. I will search the forum and Barry's blog to get it.
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Posts: 26
Location: France, Paris
Posted: Mon 09 Nov 2009, 09:19
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After my new start with a fresh french 4.12, i have noticed that after the installation of cups 1.3.11, i get a problem of permission, discussed above.
For the moment, the only thing that works is to first apply the commands you gave to me.
rm -fr /var/spool/cups
/etc/init.d/cups restart
then i can print something without problem until my next reboot.
Each time a boot, i can't start printing someting without executing these two lines.
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Posted: Tue 10 Nov 2009, 01:37
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Hmmm .....
xav795 wrote:
rm -fr /var/spool/cups
/etc/init.d/cups restart
then i can print something without problem until my next reboot.
Each time a boot, i can't start printing someting without executing these two lines.
On your next reboot, before doing the two lines above, please do this in a terminal :
ls -la /var/spool
ls -la /var/spool/cups
and do it again after executing the rm -fr & cups restart ... We'll be able to compare the difference, if any .....
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Location: France, Paris
Posted: Tue 10 Nov 2009, 04:56
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There is something strange : Each time i reboot, i am getting files in /var/spool/cups, that i must delete, else, my future print job won't be done, because of the permission denied message.
(One thing i do at each reboot is to force filechecking with the option in syslinux.cfg : pfix=fsck,copy.)
Here are the steps :
0. I am starting with a fresh /var/spool/cups that is empty.
1. First i reboot
Executing the ls, i get :
# ls -la /var/spool
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2009-11-09 14:05 .
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 100 2009-11-02 20:17 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 25 2005-12-05 23:56 cron
drwx--x--- 4 root nobody 4096 2009-11-09 23:32 cups
# ls -la /var/spool/cups
total 228
drwx--x--- 4 root nobody 4096 2009-11-09 23:32 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2009-11-09 14:05 ..
-rw------- 1 root nobody 729 2009-11-02 16:30 c00005
-rw------- 1 root nobody 910 2009-11-03 15:25 c00006
-rw------- 1 root nobody 746 2009-11-06 10:35 c00007
-rw------- 1 root nobody 746 2009-11-06 10:43 c00008
-rw------- 1 root nobody 872 2009-11-09 09:54 c00011
-rw------- 1 root nobody 746 2009-11-09 14:05 c00013
-rw------- 1 root nobody 746 2009-11-09 14:13 c00014
-rw-r----- 1 root nobody 185304 2009-11-03 15:25 d00006-001
drwxrwx--T 2 root nobody 4096 2009-11-09 14:13 tmp
2. I delete all and restart cups with
rm -fr /var/spool/cups
/etc/init.d/cups restart
3. Executing the ls again, i get :
# # ls -la /var/spool
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 60 2009-11-10 09:36 .
drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 140 2009-11-02 20:17 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 25 2005-12-05 23:56 cron
drwx--x--- 3 root nobody 80 2009-11-10 09:36 cups
# ls -la /var/spool/cups
total 0
drwx--x--- 3 root nobody 80 2009-11-10 09:36 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 60 2009-11-10 09:36 ..
drwxrwx--T 2 root nobody 40 2009-11-10 09:36 tmp
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Posts: 7
Posted: Sun 07 Feb 2010, 23:18
Post subject: Identical problem
Subject description: cups 1.3.11 permission denied
I'm having an identical problem to xav795's.
I'm using the cups 1.3.11 pet, and everything works fine until I reboot. Then printing no longer works, and I begin getting permission denied errors. The only solution is to delete the /var/spool/cups directory, and restart cups.
I've tried a complete reinstall and the problem persists. I am not able to find any cause, as the permissions show up exactly the same before I delete the /var/spool/cups directory as it does when I restart cups and it gets re-created. How strange? This isn't a huge issue, as I seldom re-boot, however, if there is no logical explanation to why this is happening, could someone please help me write a script that will automaticly delete the /var/spool/cups directory BEFORE cups gets started by /etc/init.d/cups on each reboot?
I believe this could be my simplest solution, and since I'm not concerned with keeping a log of print history I don't see any potential problems with this.
Is anyone else having this problem?? It just doesn't make sense.
Thank You
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Posted: Mon 08 Feb 2010, 03:07
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If you're seeing the extra files like xav795, it's most likely some file corruption issue (on my system, they're only in tmp)
edit: or bug?
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Posted: Mon 08 Feb 2010, 04:04
Post subject: Workaround found
Thanks for the reply jpeps
It would seem to me that this problem is un-related to corrupted file system, since both xav795 and myself have completely started from scracth (and a new puppy). I have completely re-formatted my drive and started over, even though I had no reason to believe that my filesystem was corrupted. First thing I did afterwards was install cups 1.3.11 pet and proceed with trying to get cups to work.
Nonetheless, the problem has persisted for both both of us, continuing to get the dreaded "Unable to open file "/var/spool/cups/xxx" - Permission denied" error, and no print output.
Since removing the /var/spool/cups directory & subsequently restarting cups makes everything work fine until reboot (and since there doesn't seem to be a solution available), I've come up with the following work-around:
#####EDIT! 2-8-10 DO NOT USE THIS SCRIPT! See my post below#####
Create a new file in /etc/init.d lets call it "fixcups"
Copy this code into the new file:
# Fixcups
# Script to remove cups spool directory on shutdown
if [ "$1" = "start" ]
echo -n "doing nothing"
if [ "$1" = "stop" ]
echo -n "removing cups spool directory"
rm -fr /var/spool/cups
echo "Useage: `basename "$0"` [start|stop]"
Since puppy runs everything in init.d with "start" when the computer boots, you will see that this script does absolutely nothing at startup.
At shutdown, however, puppy runs everything in init.d with the directive "stop", so the script removes the cups spool directory at shutdown. How convenient! At the next boot, cups will start, and immediately re-build the /var/spool/cups directory, and printing will work without permission denied errors.
Why not create a startup script that removes the /var/cups/spool directory and also restarts cups at boot? Because I'm not sure what order the files in init.d get executed....it wouldn't be good to "restart cups" before cups even starts, right? With my solution, there -shouldn't- be any side-effects, since we're just removing a directory that will get rebuilt at the next boot.
I hope this helps someone else out.
Thanks everyone for the help.
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Posted: Mon 08 Feb 2010, 05:55
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Kind of weird it's saving jobs anyway, if /etc/cups/cupsd.conf has "PreserveJobHistory Off". After deleting the few jobs in tmp on my system, it didn't add any new ones after printing some test jobs from Geany.
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Posted: Mon 08 Feb 2010, 06:32
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Hi jpeps,
I just tried these options in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf,
PreserveJobHistory Off
PreserveJobFiles Off
I then deleted the files within this folder
rm -fr /var/spool/cups
and restarted cups
/etc/init.d/cups restart
Printing a document then work, but like each time, even without the option in cupsd.conf
So i restarted toutoulinux , (french 4.1.2 pupplet.)
The /var/spool/cups directory is still containing files, it's seems to be the history, and i can't print without doing a clean of these old files.
So i am still using these commands , like samwathegreat, when i want to print for the first time after booting :
rm -fr /var/spool/cups
/etc/init.d/cups restart
It works well but this is not clean because files in this folder are growing.
There is a purge somewhere that does not work.
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Posted: Mon 08 Feb 2010, 11:56
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Also setting "AutoPurgeJobs Yes" and "MaxJobs 1" and then restarting cups doesn't work either?
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Posted: Mon 08 Feb 2010, 13:15
Post subject: NEW SOLUTION
Ok so the shutdown script did have some unwanted side effects....caused a problem loading cups at the next boot.
Here is my FINAL solution, this one is tested confirmed working great. Simply edit the /etc/init.d/cups file:
Find the section of the script for start:
case $1 in
start | restart | reload)
if $IS_ON cups; then
if test "$pid" != ""; then
kill -HUP $pid
rm -fr /var/spool/cups
if test $? != 0; then
$ECHO "cups: unable to $1 scheduler."
exit 1
$ECHO "cups: ${1}ed scheduler."
and add the line
rm -fr /var/spool/cups
right before prefix=/
This solution removes the spool directory RIGHT before cups gets started. I've checked the logs, and there are no side effects, and printing works right away.
Good Luck!
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Posted: Mon 08 Feb 2010, 15:28
Post subject: Update
The modified startup script continues to work flawlessly
For anyone who is interested in finding out why this has to be done, I've found something interesting:
If the modified startup script is not used, at the next boot, we will receive the dreaded "Unable to open file "/var/spool/cups/xxx" - Permission denied" error - the problem xav and I have been experiencing.
What i've noticed is that when it doesn't work, the job will appear in the "jobs" section of cups under the user "anonyomous", or "nobody" or my windows username if I'm tryint to print through samba. Nothing gets printed, and cups shows status as stopped with the permission denied error. Also, -everything- that you try to print shows up in the status and does not go away.
However!, after running:
rm -fr /var/spool/cups
/etc/init.d/cups restart
1) everything in jobs disappears (naturally...we just deleted the spool directory)
2) anything that I print actually DOES print
3) EVERYTHING that I print (whether through lpn, cups test page, or windows samba client) shows up in the cups "jobs" page showing user "root" None of them show "nobody" or "anonoymous"!
So it seems that after a reboot, cups writes anything that gets printed into the spool directory with that user's username (e.g. nobody, anonymous), BUT once you delete the spool directory & restart cups (and cups re-builds the spool directory and "repairs permissions") any printed files get written to the spool directory as user "root"
This seems to be the key - it looks to me like at each reboot, cups writes print jobs to the spool directory as "nobody, etc.", and subsequently, the necessary filters aren't able to read the file because of permissions mismatch. After executing our "fix", everything gets written as root, so the filters are able to process the print jobs without errors.
I've also noticed that this bug doesn't seem to affect post-script printers because there is no filtering to be done.
It also doesn't seem to affect windows samba clients, printing to a non-postscript printer when you use the proper windows driver for your printer, and set it to "print directly to printer" (raw). I'm guessing that once again, this is because the file doesn't need to pass through any filters, cups simply sends the raw data to the printer, and it prints fine.
It only seems to affect non-postscript printers when printing anything from a linux box, including the cups "print test page" (because it has to pass through the appropriate filters).
If anyone is interested, the printer I'm using is a canon MP-240, and I'm using "Patriot"s Canon MP-240 Puppy pet package (from 3.00 source) from http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=47444
After viewing the cups error log in debug mode, I see that the printing process gets stopped when cups tries to pass the job through the "pstops" filter - the log shows "Unable to open file "/var/spool/cups/xxx" - Permission denied" THE SAME error that we see on the cups "printer" page.
So it has something to do with how cups writes the print jobs to /var/spool/cups & who "owns" the file. Seems that if it's not root, the filters can't read it.
Nonetheless, the modified startup script fixes the problem so I'm happy (and I can print!!)
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Book Love
Hello Friends,
Happy Friday! May your weekend enjoy some quality writing and/or reading.
"The disorder in Yashar's apartment was that comfortable littering and stacking that only another writer can recognize as order - the considered scatter of papers and books a writer builds around himself until it acquires the cozy solidity of a nest."
But on the days writing feels more like hell (revisions, anyone? anyone?)?...
And get your fun on!
Know this: I love you.
I love you for being my friend, for loving words and creating worlds and for understanding why I love words and creating worlds.
Thanks for being in THIS world. *hugs*
52 comments:
- Lindsay N. Currie said...
Hi LOLA!!!! So glad to see you posting today. It gave my Friday the oomph it needed. Cute Poe pic BTW - that made me laugh out loud!!!
- September 16, 2011 at 1:01 PM
- Linda G. said...
Hi there! Yes, that is EXACTLY what heaven is. :)
- September 16, 2011 at 1:13 PM
- Sarah said...
Aw. Happy weekend to you, too!
- September 16, 2011 at 1:19 PM
- Connie Keller said...
I love the library photos!!
- September 16, 2011 at 1:22 PM
- Anonymous said...
Awww - you are seriously too sweet for words! Also, yes, yes that is exactly my idea of heaven.
- September 16, 2011 at 1:41 PM
- elizabethreinhardt said...
I am laughing so hard over Poe dancing! Ah...off to make some Extremely Poor Choices! Woot!
- September 16, 2011 at 2:11 PM
- Kelly Polark said...
Ha ha Poe Dancing!!!
Beautiful and fun pictures as always, Lola!
Have yourself a fabulous weekend!
- September 16, 2011 at 2:19 PM
- Lady Gwen said...
Love, love, love this! Thanks Lola :)
- September 16, 2011 at 2:21 PM
- Laura Marcella said...
I sure hope Heaven is exactly like that!
I'm ROFL at the Poe dancing. OMG!
- September 16, 2011 at 3:04 PM
- Matthew MacNish said...
I hate my job. I almost didn't have time to make it here today. But now that I did:
o(Oo0)o <- that's a panda, or a monkey
*huggles and shizz*
- September 16, 2011 at 3:04 PM
- Giles Hash said...
That's great! I love it :D
- September 16, 2011 at 3:04 PM
- Carol Riggs said...
Thanks for the fun pics! And have a great quality weekend yourself. :)
- September 16, 2011 at 3:17 PM
- Meredith said...
Haha, this post made me so happy! I want all of those libraries--definitely my idea of heaven! And I need that Keep Calm poster in my life. :)
- September 16, 2011 at 3:17 PM
- The Golden Eagle said...
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- September 16, 2011 at 3:27 PM
- The Golden Eagle said...
It sounds like heaven to me. :) Great pictures!
Have a wonderful weekend!
(Typo above. :P)
- September 16, 2011 at 3:27 PM
- Tere Kirkland said...
Mwah! Have a great weekend, Lols!
Off to troll the internet for more pics of awesome libraries/offices for my pinterest. ;)
- September 16, 2011 at 3:41 PM
- Heather said...
*hugs back!* You're the best hon. I love those pictures of the bookshelves, they're so inspiring! Makes me want a cup of tea and a notebook. :)
- September 16, 2011 at 3:43 PM
- Jon Paul said...
Hmmm...methinks I need a better writing nest. I guess I better add a trip to Nests-R-Us to the weekend agenda. :D
...and I had no idea Poe could even dance!? I wonder what he makes a night...
- September 16, 2011 at 4:09 PM
- Alex J. Cavanaugh said...
Look at all those books!
- September 16, 2011 at 4:49 PM
- Sophia Richardson said...
Why is the rum *always* gone? Such a great poster.
- September 16, 2011 at 4:49 PM
- Sophia Chang said...
These are HILARIOUS!!!! Especially the poe dancing one
- September 16, 2011 at 5:16 PM
- Old Kitty said...
Awwwww to be surrounded by such a library with comfy chairs and suitable liquid refreshments is so my idea of heaven!! Yay!!!!
Have a great weekend too lovely Lola! Good luck with your edits!! Take care
- September 16, 2011 at 5:32 PM
- Sarah Ahiers (Falen) said...
Poe Dancing was my fav
- September 16, 2011 at 6:50 PM
- Christa said...
I started reading DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS tonight. Um...I am afraid I might be a book hoarder. Your library picture makes me think my problem might not be that bad.
- September 16, 2011 at 7:33 PM
- Jessica Love said...
Poe Dancing just made my day!
Happy weekend!
- September 16, 2011 at 8:29 PM
- A.J. Mullarky said...
Poe Dancing!!!
- September 17, 2011 at 4:29 AM
- Liza said...
Oh darn. Why IS the rum gone?
- September 17, 2011 at 8:32 AM
- Carolina Valdez Miller said...
How awesome...Poe dancing. Haha!
Hope you have a lovely weekend, my dear.
- September 17, 2011 at 4:18 PM
- Jemi Fraser said...
So fun - I love that first picture with the books and the window. Looks like my little piece of heaven for sure :)
- September 17, 2011 at 8:06 PM
- Karen Amanda Hooper said...
I love all of those pics and sayings/quotes. :)
- September 18, 2011 at 10:09 AM
- Rebecca Emin said...
What great pictures! I enjoyed this post a lot.
- September 18, 2011 at 4:24 PM
- Anonymous said...
Aww, Lola, what a lovely post. I love you, too, and am glad you're in this world. My heaven isn't quite what you described but that certainly sounds like a place I'd like to visit at some point.
- September 18, 2011 at 8:20 PM
- Tara said...
Hrmm. My animals are at my feet fighting over my attention and whining while I ignore them. Not sure I want that for eternity. ;-)
- September 19, 2011 at 10:24 AM
- Carolyn V said...
Oh my gosh! I totally feel like that revisions girl! lol! Too funny. You're awesome Lola!
- September 19, 2011 at 10:52 AM
- allie said...
Love the pictures, especially all those books. Wow. Great post, very entertaining.
I've nominated you for a Versatile Blogger award. If you'd like to pick it up, you can do over on my blog. Thank you, :)
- September 19, 2011 at 12:11 PM
- LTM said...
LOL! Lola... the Keep Ca... "why is the rum gone" one KILLS. Good stuff. *snort* :D ((biggest hugs))
- September 19, 2011 at 9:19 PM
- Anonymous said...
I want that office. It looks so comfortable.
Happy writing and have a great week.
- September 20, 2011 at 1:30 AM
- Anonymous said...
You're just so enjoyable. Thanks for sharing all of those delicious pictures...drooling. Sarah xx
- September 21, 2011 at 9:15 AM
- Anonymous said...
oh what i wouldn't give for a library of my own!
- September 21, 2011 at 6:41 PM
- Portia said...
My dream house always has a fantastic Beauty and the Beast library :) I wish we could all have coffee there every morning together!
- September 22, 2011 at 9:32 AM
- James Garcia Jr said...
Love right back at you, buddy.
- September 22, 2011 at 10:08 PM
- Lydia Kang said...
Yes, that is definitely my idea of heaven!
- September 22, 2011 at 10:39 PM
- Anonymous said...
A heaven, it is! The Poe pic made me laugh out loud. I love the "It's been lovely..." pic!
- September 23, 2011 at 8:32 AM
- Christina Lee said...
AWWWWW Love all of this. *squeezes you*
- September 23, 2011 at 1:18 PM
- Theresa Milstein said...
I LOVE rooms filled with books.
Poe dancing? Too funny!
- September 25, 2011 at 9:53 AM
- Kerri Cuev said...
Have a great weekend Lola! I'm leaving an award for you on my blog :)
- September 25, 2011 at 11:47 AM
- Lisa said...
Swooning over those photos of libraries and reading nooks.
I love seeing what you're doing on Pinterest. When I'm not doing revisions, of course.
- September 26, 2011 at 4:09 PM
- Roxy said...
Lola, you are the best. Just when I need a boost of encouragement and inspiration, I visit you and my heart is lifted. Thanks for these lovely pictures. They remind me of why books and writing are so special.
- September 27, 2011 at 1:55 PM
- Misha said...
Aah... those books look divine.
Good luck with the revisions! :-)
- September 27, 2011 at 2:29 PM
- Carolina Valdez Miller said...
Still cracking up at Poe dancing. Ha!
- September 29, 2011 at 11:09 PM
- Anonymous said...
This is my favorite Friday post today! ^_^ Love the Poe Dancing :D
- September 30, 2011 at 12:28 PM
- J.L. Campbell said...
Have a good weekend. I'm at the screaming point on the editing. :)
- September 30, 2011 at 4:27 PM
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Men's basketball: Mount Saint Mary 52, Yeshiva 44
Third-seeded Mount Saint Mary held on to win a Skyline Conference quarterfinal playoff in Newburgh. The Mount plays at No. 2 Purchase in a 7 p.m. Thursday semifinal.
Donte Howell's layup with a minute to play put Mount Saint Mary up for good. Joe Henain added a pair of foul shots with 37 seconds left.
Howell scored 15 points with Henain and Joe Stabach adding eight apiece for the Knights (19-7).
Sixth-seeded Yeshiva dropped to 11-15.


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Who saw? Who was seen? Was it you?
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While I was going to work last Thursday, I saw you on Bryn Mawr standing near your truck. You're tall, rock an awesome beard and, if memory serves, are quite studly. I was wearing a brown pleated miniskirt, red sweater, scarf and boots and had my hair in braids. You stopped and rolled down your window to tell me how cute I looked and I wanted to tell you how cute I thought you were too. Hang out sometime?
Leaving your small child (4-6 years) in a locked car with the windows rolled up on a hot day while shopping at ghetto Smith's is deplorable. When you spend money to advertise your own conscientiousness with a vanity plate on a Prius, its hypocrisy. Luckily your car is easy to remember. If I see him left in the parking lot again while you shop, I'm calling child services.
It was a while ago, but I came to the front desk of our office looking for help with jump-starting my car. You offered me a different kind of jump. I've been thinking a lot about you and have tried to find you. I know it's a bit late, but I'd love to take you up on that offer.


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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - A Texas-based soldier is jailed without bond in southwestern Illinois after being accused of robbing a convenience store.
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Authorities say Grant entered Mac's One Stop Shop in Swansea in October, pointed a handgun at a clerk and demanded money. Investigators say the two men struggled and the gun discharged.
Grant is based at Texas' Fort Hood but is from South Carolina.
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When Israeli scientist Professor Ada Yonath was growing up, her role model was the Polish-French scientist Marie Curie, the pioneer in the field of radioactivity. During her lifetime Marie Curie was awarded two Nobel prizes in different scientific fields. Now, fittingly, Yonath has been awarded a Nobel prize of her own.
Yonath, who is 70, was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry for her groundbreaking work in understanding how cells build proteins. She is only the fourth woman to win the Nobel chemistry prize, and the first since 1964, when British woman Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin received the prize.
The professor, who is head researcher in the field of structural biology and biochemistry at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, shares her prize with UK scientist Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and American Thomas A. Steitz. The decision was announced today by the Nobel committee in Stockholm.
Yonath is widely considered the pioneer of ribosome crystallography. Her research, carried out over a 25-year period, has revealed the modes of action of over 20 different antibiotics that target bacterial ribosomes.
Through this work she has been able to identify how bacteria become resistant to antibiotics, a problem of great concern worldwide as the growth of antibiotic resistant super bugs like MRSA, continues unabated.
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Her research lays the groundwork for scientists to start developing new bacteria-resistant antibiotics that better target the ribosomes of pathogens to avoid the problem of resistance.
The scientist, who has won many prizes for her work – including the Israel Prize in chemistry, the Wolf Prize in chemistry, and the L'Oreal and UNESCO Life's Work Prize for women in science, was also the first Israeli biologist to work with NASA, sending research material to outer space. She contributed her expertise on 12 NASA missions.
Yonath, who spent Israel's War of Independence huddled in a Jerusalem bomb shelter, is no conventional scientist. Her family were poor, and her parents had little education. They recognized their daughter's talent, however, and ensured that she go to the best possible schools.
"I never thought about me being a woman or not when I did science – I was just a human being born into an extremely poor family," Yonath told ISRAEL21c in an interview last year."We were so poor we didn't even have books."
In the past, Yonath says, the common wisdom was that women were not good at math or science, and could not be good scientists because of the time and dedication the profession requires.
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"Women make up half the population," she told ISRAEL21c. "I think the population is losing half of the human brain power by not encouraging woman to go into the sciences. Woman can do great things if they are encouraged to do so."
This year's three laureates in chemistry all generated three-dimensional models that show how different antibiotics bind to ribosomes.
In a statement the Nobel committee said: "These models are now used by scientists in order to develop new antibiotics, directly assisting the saving of lives and decreasing humanity's suffering. All three have used a method called X-ray crystallography to map the position for each and every one of the hundreds of thousands of atoms that make up the ribosome."
Yonath, who says that retirement is a long way off, is to receive a share of the prize of 10 million kronor [$1.4 million], a diploma, a gold medal and an invitation to the prize ceremony in Stockholm in December.
In 2005, Israeli mathematician, Yisrael Robert Aumann received the Nobel Prize for economics for his work on conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis. He shared the prize with Thomas Schelling.
Israeli physicist Yakir Aharonov lost this year's Nobel Prize for physics, despite predictions that he was likely to win.


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I am asking anyone who has meshes hosted here on this site or others that build meshes in Lightwave or 3d Studio (Not MAX) if they will let me import thier meshes to blender to render. Reason I ask is blender tends to screw up details, or not imort textures or assign them right, If anyone is willing to overlook that, please PM me and let me know . I am loooking for new meshes to use, and not much is available for blender, so i have to rely on importing, but i cant do that without the author's permission because the tendency of things changing during the import process.
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Abstract: Ephesus: Harbor, City and Hinterland
Ephesus was one of the most important ancient harbour cities, yet it nevertheless had to contend with a continually progressive silting up caused by natural sedimentation processes. In order to guarantee an optimal connection to the sea, the settlement was moved on numerous occasions, until an artificial landing was created with the construction of the late Hellenistic-Roman harbour which was connected to the sea by an originally broad canal. An impressive scenario was offered to visitors: the northern slope of the Bülbüldağ was bordered by tomb buildings, and after the 3rd century A.D. a necropolis also grew up along both sides of the canal. From the harbour basin, which was framed by both functional and prestigious buildings, the visitor arrived at the city via three gates. The harbour region was without doubt the pulsating centre of the city with markets, baths, sacred structures and numerous administrative buildings.
A distinct upswing and cultural transformation went hand in hand with the establishment of the Province of Asia and the designation of Ephesus as its capital city. In the archaeological record, this development is particularly impressively manifested during the Augustan period, after which time a significantly Roman character of the material culture can be observed. The urban appearance of Ephesus in the Roman Imperial period was stamped by numerous private foundations and honorific monuments which bordered the public plazas and streets. A number of factors are responsible for the economic prosperity of the city. Thus, for example, the city had an extremely fertile hinterland at its disposal, where agriculture, above all the cultivation of olives and wine, could be intensively practiced. The abundance of raw materials in the hinterland of Ephesus was also of great significance; the presence of marble in particular can be pointed to. The harbour of Ephesus, where tariffs were also collected, served as trading hub and reloading point for goods of every description. Wares from Asia Minor were shipped from here, while imports from the entire empire and beyond were delivered to the city and the wider region. An additional factor of economic importance was the Artemision, which – as large-scale landholder, as the "bank of Asia", and also as a pilgrimage sanctuary – contributed measurably to the prosperity of the city and its population. The provision of a metropolis such as Ephesus, whose inhabitants made high demands for consumption, was a logistical challenge: sites of production and transportation routes needed to be maintained in a functioning capacity, markets had to be adequately supplied, and distribution guaranteed.
As capital city and seat of a bishop of the now significantly smaller Province of Asia, Ephesus retained its key function as trading hub throughout Late Antiquity, even when with the founding of Constantinople the focal point of activity was now transferred to the new capital. Great consideration was still paid to maintaining the harbour basin and the canal. By means of the construction of outer harbours, large ships could anchor offshore and unload their cargo, which would be brought into the city on smaller boats. The numerous Christian sanctuaries, above all the Basilica of St. John and the Church of St. Mary, attracted hordes of pilgrims, and thus a brisk trade in tourism and eulogies was developed.
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Saturday's unprecedented semi-tropical temperatures, which reached 76 degrees, lured a crowd estimated by a race official at 172,000 to the river banks — believed to be the most in history for the Head of the Charles regatta's first day.
The previous temperature record of 68, which was set in 1979, was broken by 11 a.m., according to a race official.
A helpful tailwind also produced seven course records: in the senior master women's eights (Marin RA, 17:44:45), men's senior master doubles (Saman Majd/Mark Alloway, 18:05:01), senior master women's doubles (Inge Stekl/Fran Tuite, 19:50.91), men's alumni eights (Northeastern, 14:49.25), women's alumni eights (Michigan, 16:24:13), men's club eights (Brown, 14:41.27), and men's master eights (Molesey, 15:14.86).
Rower hospitalized
Saiya Remmler, the five-time defending champions in the women's master doubles, passed out just before the 2-mile mark and was taken to St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Brighton for treatment.
"I think she was fairly unresponsive when they got her, but she then became responsive," said regatta executive director Fred Schoch, who thought that the unusually warm conditions likely were a factor.
Remmler and new partner Linda Muri, Harvard's assistant men's lightweight coach, were comfortably ahead at the Weld Boathouse checkpoint shortly before Remmler stopped sculling.
"The Head of the Charles is probably the safest regatta in the world," said Schoch, who said that the 16 rescue launches on the course can respond to emergencies within 90 seconds. "They have a clear line of sight to the entire race course."
A tough task
Harvard's heavyweight crew, which is bidding to become the first US college eight to retain its title in the championship event since Navy in 1983, will have a daunting pack of pursuers Sunday afternoon. The US Rowing entry starting just behind includes Steve Kasprzyk and brothers Ross and Grant James from the boat that just missed a medal at the Games. The Great 8 (a.k.a. Tideway Scullers) returns five men from the 2009 title boat, most notably Olympic singles champion Mahe Drysdale. And Washington, which the Crimson dethroned last year, is back after winning the national championship in the spring. Harvard, whose 2011 victory was its first since 1977, has four varsity veterans back plus four sophomores.
Spirit of '72
The 1972 Olympic men's crew (a.k.a. the "Alte Achter") celebrated its 40th anniversary by finishing a startling 38th out of 44 entrants in the senior master eights in what may have been its final Head appearance. "We passed a boat," crowed Bill Hobbs, whose seatmates were last a year ago. Their coach, Harry Parker, whose expectations were justifiably modest, was impressed. "Their first accomplishment was that they were able to shove off," he observed. "The second one was that they came back. They did OK." . . . Team Attager finally succumbed to the calendar as its streak of six straight titles in the senior master eights was snapped by the Palm Beach kids (relatively speaking), who were seven years younger on average. "We were crestfallen but realistic," said Schoch, who feared that he may have jinxed his third-place seatmates by ordering up "Lucky 7" shirts. "Job well done to Palm Beach and Marin." . . . The Campbell family from New Canaan, Conn., which has four members rowing here, had a solid first day. Sisters Mary (16) and Claire (13) finished 15th and 23d in a field of 42 in the women's club singles. Father Andrew, Sr., who was 31st in the men's senior master singles, later joined with Claire to finish eighth in the parent-child doubles. Big brother Andrew Jr., the world bronze medalist in the lightweight single, will row with one of the Harvard eights in the championship event Sunday afternoon . . . The most bizarre pre-regatta injury may have been suffered by Richard Kendall, who fractured a rib recently after reaching for a Yuengling porter while lowering himself into a post-workout bath. The 82-year-old Kendall (a.k.a. Old Man River) still will be going after his 12th senior veterans singles title in 13 years. "I'll make 'em work," he vowed.


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Contract talks between management and nurses at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital are now at a bitter standoff, and hospital chief executive officer Kevin Burchill said this week that he is prepared for the possibility of a strike.
"Everything is now off the table. We're prepared for the worst but we expect the best," he said.
Mr. Burchill said some 33 registered nurses at the Vineyard hospital are now officially working without a contract. He said the contract was extended once, from Sept. 22 to Nov. 3. The nurses have asked for another extension, but Mr. Burchill said yesterday that the answer is no. "I do not intend to grant this request for an extension. That is absolutely clear," he said.
Only one side of the story has been made fully public; spokesmen for the local nurses' union said they were unable to make detailed statements until after a meeting scheduled for Monday next week.
"We are not looking to escalate this, and their approach to this has obviously not been helpful," said Eamon Hogan, associate director of the labor relations program for the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA). Mr. Hogan has represented the Vineyard nurses for 23 years.
Relations between hospital management and the nurses are believed to be at a low point unlike anything seen in recent memory.
Mr. Burchill said he first sat down with union spokesmen on Sept. 13. He said a Sept. 21 meeting was canceled by the union. He said both sides agreed to voluntary federal mediation; one session was held last Friday. There is disagreement between the two sides over the date of the next meeting.
"Right now they are working without a contract and to my knowledge there have been no strike votes and no information picket votes," Mr. Burchill said.
Mr. Burchill said he has retained the services of a company in Colorado to provide replacement nurses in the event of a strike. He reported that at the end of the session on Friday he waved the check he had written to the replacement company in front of the group of Vineyard nurses.
"This was destined for a collision course. This is just like Brockton - and if they want it to be like Brockton, it can be like that," Mr. Burchill said, referring to a 103-day nurses' strike that rocked the Brockton hospital this year.
Mr. Burchill said the hospital offered the nurses a three-year contract with a four per cent salary increase each year, plus a two-tiered "clinical ladder" that would offer salary increases in connection with clinical performance. He said the hospital offer also included a proposal to increase per diem rates for nurses every year.
He said the nurses want a package that includes a five per cent cost of living salary increase in the first year and six per cent in the second year, plus step increases that would amount to three and a half per cent for each step. He said the nurses also want early retirement benefits at age 58 and a more liberal prescription drug plan. He described a philosophical difference between the two sides. "We were looking for recruitment and retention. We're talking about raising the bar of clinical performance and rewarding people for it. There is a marked difference between rewarding people for longevity and for performance," he said.
Mr. Hogan said the early retirement request has been dropped. "We were prepared to drop most of our proposal; the remaining issue is the salary issue, and we are prepared to work on that," he said. He said hospital management has proposed a nearly complete gutting of the contract - an unprecedented move. He described other hardball tactics, including the elimination of a longstanding practice that allows nurses who are on the negotiating team to be paid for their time if a negotiating session takes place during regularly scheduled work hours.
"We may or may not be on a collision course. They have broken tradition," Mr. Hogan said. He agreed with Mr. Burchill that there is a philosophical difference, but he took another view about the solution. "I think there is a philosophical difference - but when they are talking about recruitment and rewarding seniority - those two things don't need to be mutually exclusive," he said.
The quality of the nursing care at the Vineyard hospital has drawn accolades over the years. Two years ago, one Island resident was so impressed with the nursing care while he was a patient that he gave $100,000 to the hospital.
The labor news is much better at the Windemere Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Burchill and hospital chief financial officer Tim Walsh said there is now a memorandum of understanding for a contract with Windemere workers. Mr. Walsh is also the acting administrator at Windemere. The worker contract is the result of two sessions with a federal mediator. The two-year contract will include a four per cent salary increase each year, plus 10 paid holidays with an agreement to go to 11 paid holidays after the contract runs out. Also at the end of two years, differentials (pay for night and weekend shifts) for Windemere workers will be increased to the same level as at the hospital. Housekeepers will be paid an additional 25 cents an hour.
Mr. Walsh also reported that operating losses at the nursing home fell sharply in August and September, thanks to the elimination of "travelers," expensive nursing assistants from outside agencies. He said overtime pay has also been reduced as the nursing home gradually replaces an employee schedule built around part-time workers with a schedule built around full-time workers who put in 40 hours a week. Windemere is now projected to end the fiscal year with an operating loss of about $450,000. Most of the loss derives from the months before August, when the cost of outside labor soared. Losses in August and September were $26,640 and $6,272, respectively.
"I think the August and September numbers are what we should be able to run it at - conceivably we could run at a loss of $150,000," Mr. Walsh said.
He said an aggressive training course for certified nursing assistants has begun to pay dividends in the form of trained full-time workers; he said the home plans to continue to offer courses and to recruit workers from the Island community.
The Windemere fiscal year ends Dec. 31. The corporate name of Windemere is WNR Inc.; the nursing home is a subsidiary of the hospital and the hospital is carrying a $2.5 million mortgage on the home.
Financial news at the hospital is far worse. Second quarter financial statements show a year-to-date operating gain of $772,964, but this is a time of year when the hospital usually makes money and the number is in fact some $478,000 under budget. Mr. Burchill and Mr. Walsh said the hospital is now on target to post a $1.1 million operating loss at the close of its fiscal year on March 31. As is now the ongoing practice, the blow will be softened by using some $1.3 million in projected gift money to offset the loss.
There is more bad news. Mr. Burchill and Mr. Walsh confirmed that the hospital lost about $250,000 in the stock market this year. About 40 per cent of hospital endowment money is invested in the stock market. Another interesting fact also emerged: The bull market of recent years allowed the hospital to raid its unrestricted donor money for cash, thanks to an accounting practice permitted for charities in Massachusetts. Under the provision, the hospital can take seven per cent of appreciated assets in cash each year. The hospital has been taking advantage of the loophole at the maximum rate, but there is also another provision: The money must be returned if the withdrawal causes the base cost of the investment to drop.
Mr. Burchill and Mr. Walsh said this year is a close call, so the money will not be withdrawn.
"It's hit us twice - once on the balance sheet side and once on the revenue side, where we obviously cannot take the appreciation. All in all about $450,000," Mr. Burchill concluded.


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So my son and I got through all sorts of issues early in our breastfeeding relationship- at birth he had oral aversion due to an emergency c-section and intubation due to meconium and birth depression and it took 3 days for him to eat anything except for by syringe. Then due to flat nipples and engorgement we had to use nipple shields for 2 months. Then I had thrush twice (baby too). Then I had massive oversupply with overactive letdown causing choking and gas. My record for pumping at that time was 17 ounces at a sitting. Then he got his first teeth around 5 months, and bit me a couple times severely, but taking him off and telling him no worked well, and it only lasted a couple of days. I EBF (pumped while at work) for 6 months until he started solids. He night weaned himself at 6 months (he LOVES his sleep) and I immediately got my period back 2 weeks later. At that point my milk supply started to regulate and I pumped about as much milk as he used in a day, instead of the crazy amounts I'd done before. Over the next 2 months, my supply dropped some during pumping such that I had to dip into my stash some, but he never seemed to have any issues when we were nursing, and I would nurse him only when we were together (no bottles).
Last month I got a severe case of pneumonia, to the point where my doctor wanted to admit me and I refused. High fever, antibiotics, etc. I made sure I took no medications that would limit milk supply and took antibiotics that were safe, drank as much as I could tolerate it. I laid in bed and my husband would bring him to me. However, I could feel my supply was low. He then went on a nursing strike (I think because of the supply)- OK, I pumped as often as he had been eating, and got next to nothing out (1 ounce at a time) and kept offering, but he would arch and cry and scream, so I would give him what I pumped and really went through my stash and waited him out.
10 days later I'm feeling better, pumping is not going great (about 2 ounces at a time).One day he finally decides he wants to nurse again, and that day goes great and I figure all my problems are solved.
Then he decides to bite me. HARD. REPEATEDLY. I figure, OK, we've done this before- it looks like his top 4 teeth are coming through all at once. I tell him no, stop nursing when he does it. However, he seems to not really care when I pull him off the breast. He'll start crawling around and trying to get away without crying. He does it at the beginning, in the middle, at the end- it's completely unpredictable. He starts taking chunks( yes pieces) out of my breast) so that there is blood everywhere for me to clean up.
I start trying all the things on kellymom. I try pushing him into (my rather ample) boob when he bites- this makes him bite harder. I try being sterner about saying no- he has no reaction. I yell in surprise one time- he starts to cry but bites again. I try putting my finger in between his jaw gently to unlatch when he bites- he cries hysterically like it hurts him (?from teething). I try giving him something to chew on beforehand and replace it with the boob when he bites and tell him to bites on this. I even tried flicking him on the cheek lightly once in desperation but he cried hysterically like I hurt him, and I'm not interested in doing anything that causes him to have that pain cry- I want him to feel safe with me. I try doing it only when he wakes up and is still a bit sleepy. NONE of this works. He really doesn't seem too interested in nursing. If he's sleepy he'll try it for a few seconds but will bite unpredictably and then really not care if I offer again or not. I try taking out most solids and bottles. He becomes dehydrated and has no wet diapers, and loses a pound, and still doesn't seem to care too much about nursing when I take him off. He won't take a sippy despite trying for the past 4 months, nor will he take any water in the past 4 months either.
Anyways, it's now a month later. I continue to offer him the breast several times a day. If he is awake he doesn't really care and ignores it. If he is sleepy he will suck for a minute or two then bite. I continue to tell him no and take him off but he doesn't care too much. I don't wake him at night because when I try to even slightly wake him he wakes up all the way and screams inconsolably and is not interested at all (he has always preferred sleep to eating, even as a young baby). I have tried it in a bath, and in bed in the dark with zero distractions. I have tried lying on the floor with my shirt off and having him crawl around and offer it as he is playing. I've tried feeding him after giving him some pumped milk so he isn't too hungry and feeding him right after pump letdown so he doesn't have to wait. Lying in bed with him skin to skin and cuddling doesn't last long as he is all boy and has no interest in cuddling or staying still for any length of time, and if I try to keep him in bed with me he cries and wants to crawl around the room. Cosleeping is not an option as 1. He hates it because he wants to lie by himself without touching anything when he sleeps and if he doesn't have enough room he wakes up and cries 2. He crawls out of bed like lightning and I'm worried about safety when I'm asleep. We coslept until he was 4 months old but he is pretty particular and by trial and error found out he preferred to sleep alone past that age....sigh.
I have been pumping whenever he eats and often more but even with fenugreek and tea and extra fluids I can't get more than 2 ounces at a time. I feel like I have plenty though, even though I'm no longer responding to the pump, as I feel pretty uncomfortable when I wake in the AM. If I pump more often than a few times a day, my nipples go into vasospasm and start to hurt and start turning blue, including even with changing suction/speed/phalange size/using a hospital grade pump. Once I had such bad vasospasm after pumping through this I developed a sore there. I have changed the membranes and used 3 different pumps and even tried a manual pump to no avail.Not pumping is never going to be an option as I work full-time and have done so since he was 10 weeks old. I have now blown through my stash and have started him on formula for 1-2 feeds per day for the past week, much as I don't want to. He seems to like it fine but I am very unhappy about it.
Has anyone ever made it through biting for this long? I know it's rare to self-wean before one year, but this kid just doesn't seem to care that much for the breast anymore and seems to regard it as some sort of chew toy. I am a very stubborn person and he seems to have inherited that and won't do anything he doesn't want to do (see the oral aversion even at birth) I am committed to pumping to give him some breastmilk until 12 months, but I had really been hoping to breastfeed to one year and beyond and am pretty sad that that doesn't seem to be in the cards for us unless something changes. My lactation consultant who has helped me through all the other stuff is out of ideas. Has this ever happened to anyone? Is this a stage he might get through? I am feeling less that it is a stage now that it's been a month....


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Amanda Knox slams Italian court reasoning on guilt: 'I am innocent'
SEATTLE – Amanda Knox says an Italian appeals court's reasons for reinstating the conviction against her in the murder of her roommate are unsupported by evidence or logic.
On Monday, the court issued its explanation for reinstating Knox's conviction, saying it was she who delivered the fatal knife blow to 21-year-old Meredith Kercher in 2007.
Knox was first convicted, then acquitted, in Kercher's slaying. The acquittal was vacated last year by Italy's highest court, which ordered a new appeals trial, and she was convicted again.
In a written statement Knox said "I am innocent." She said forensic evidence refutes the appeals court's theory that more than one person attacked Kercher and that a small kitchen knife was used in the murder.
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It is going to be high 50s and low 60s tomorrow with 5-10 miles wind. Anyone wanne hit tomorrow? I am about 4.0 (maybe 3.5 now since the hibernation period).
I am flexible with locations and schedules as long as there are bus stop or train station nearby.
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Hi Jay - I'd be up to hit around tomorrow. I'm also around a 4.0 and getting out of a long hiatus. I could do anytime after 1:30 or 2:00. I'm right next to lake shore park but I could do anywhere between lakeview and streeterville - would that work?
Hey Celeste,
You wanne try tomorrow at 3:00pm at Waveland North Court?
I also live on the northside. Are their any courts near you? I am about a 4.0.
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I'm more inclined to think Natalie got money as an incitement. Losing the chance to play for POV would have been game changing if Kevin hadn't won it, but not for her because she has immunity. We know she lies and I just can't see them letting her BF in. She has said that they will see him on Thursday. Did she have on nice clothes when the feeds came back? I don't remember noticing.
TL she was in her black tanks and maroon mesh shorts.. and her hair was as usual a HOT MESS!! she says the DR told her over and over don't you want to put on something nice??
I wish she would sleep through Her Eviction and they had to drag her out of the house in her blanket.
she did not seem natural around him...i would have been all over my man...it did not seem real.......does she have feeling for anyone?
She did seem very weird around him...almost awkward. She didn't even say 'I love you', did she?
She did seem very weird around him...almost awkward. She didn't even say 'I love you', did she?
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You've all heard about the skydiving booty call. But that pair is hardly the first to combine two adrenaline rushes into one. They're not anywhere near the last, either. Extreme sex is the story of the season, with everyone trying to find ways to bone down while kite surfing or bungee jumping or whitewater rafting on a blow-up doll. Seriously.
Notes From a Trend
Celebs do it. Look no further than British tycoon Sir Richard Branson for proof. Vanity Fair featured a photo spread of Branson kiteboarding with model Denni Parkinson naked and clinging to his back (see the eye-popping image on next page). Granted, you aren't going to get up to top speed, but who the hell cares?
Zealots freak out about it. A British evangelical Christian group denounced a book featuring a crude drawing of a couple having sex atop a skateboard. The controversy highlights the truly international character of the trend. In England, they're humping on top of moving skateboards. In Russia, they're mounting sex dolls and using them as whitewater rafts.
Porn reflects it. The prolific Gianna Michaels starred in a "film" about motocross culminating in a massive orgy. More on the nose: that video of a couple going at it whilst suspended from a repelling rope. (Google "alpine sex" and you'll find it.)
Pay cable pushes it. The Playboy TV show Badass is all about action sports and nakedness. So far, they've gotten lovely ladies to strip down and try everything from ziplining to drifting to shark cage diving and more. Sherra Michelle told us all about it. Personally, we're not crazy about anything that combines nudity and a harness, but these women smile through it like champs. Day rates probably help.
On one rather obvious point, our experts agree: people want a little extra thrill to go with their sex. Obviously there's something more to it than that. Otherwise, why not just hook up while you hold up a liquor store or rip the labels off mattresses?
"Anything that elevates levels of blood flow generally equals more physical pleasure," Miyoko Fujimori, a former Playboy TV talk show host and author of The Housewife's Guide to the Practical Striptease. "The pelvic area of either sex becomes engorged." Apparently, men are not the only ones who get boners. "The vaginal cavity is flat when not aroused, like a flaccid penis. When women become aroused, the vaginal walls fill with blood, creating a space in the canal for more pleasurable penetration."
There's another factor involved: most extreme sex sports take place in public. Richard Wagner, Ph.D., asserts that sexual exhibitionism backs up the trend. "Extreme sports and public sex are just one of these kinds of displays," says Wagner, a clinical sexologist in private practice in Seattle. "I actually don't see a fundamental difference between the two. I suspect that the people who exhibit these behaviors don't either."
Mikaya Heart, author of The Ultimate Guide to Orgasm for Women and an avid kite surfer, provides a third perspective. "Kite surfing often sublimates my need for sex," she says, adding that action sports provide a release similar to orgasm. Thus, we see the adrenaline rush from both ends: it heightens the excitement of the moment, but that heightening of excitement leads to a greater sense of relief after. Think not just of the best orgasm you've ever had—think of the best post-sex nap you've ever had, multiplied by ten thousand.
Our Take
Of course we accept the word of our sexperts, but they seem to be missing out on something. We're a generation raised on easily accessible hardcore porn, and sex is a bit like drug use. You need to constantly up the dosage. Add to that a social media crowd largely unafraid of getting drunk and exposed and posting the photos on Facebook and Twitter, and you've got a potent thrill-seeking mixture. Action sports and sex combine to meet needs previously undiscovered. But really, why are you reading this article? Why aren't you finding a halfpipe to go make extreme love on?


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