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Are you on Pinterest? I am, with a nice number followers (thank you, all!) and various "boards". One of my boards is called buckwheat recipes, and I've been pinning various recipes there utilising this non-grain/pseudo-grain. Despite the name, you see, buckwheat is not a grass, but a plant related to sorrel and rhubarb.
During the recent months I've noticed that this particular board is getting new followers on a daily basis, and individual buckwheat recipes get repinned by increasingly many pinners. Buckwheat is "in". I guess the popularity of buckwheat recipes is caused by a) this "pseudo-grain" being gluten-free and hence suitable as a wheat substitute for all those avoiding gluten and b) some popular Paleo templates/frameworks allow small to moderate consumption of buckwheat dishes. Plus it has a lovely nutty flavour when baked.
Have you tried buckwheat? It's pretty popular here in Estonia and I've got several buckwheat recipes here on Nami-Nami (listed at the end of this post, see below). While I prefer cookies with buckwheat groats, then I tend to have some buckwheat flour in the house as well. It's the compulsory ingredient in blini, the small yeasted pancakes served with smetana and caviar. Plus I love this buckwheat cookies recipe that I discovered years ago in a British food giant's Sainsbury's client magazine. Apparently the original recipe is by Doves Farm, and you could also use rice flour instead of buckwheat flour. I prefer buckwheat, for it has a lovely flavour of its own. Note that my version has way less sugar (100 g instead of 150 g) - if you've got a very sweet tooth, you may want to use more sugar perhaps.
I used to make these with chopped hazelnuts, but since our son is sensitive to hazelnuts, I've been using sliced/slivered almonds instead.
Have I missed your excellent buckwheat recipe and you'd like me to include it to the buckwheat recipes board? Leave a link to your blog post in the comments and I'll check it out!
Buckwheat cookies
Makes about 2 dozens
125 g butter, at softened
100 g caster sugar
1 egg
150 g (light) buckwheat flour
1 tsp baking powder
100 g chopped hazelnuts or chopped/sliced almonds
Heat the oven to 180C/350F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Cream together the butter and sugar, followed by the egg. Mix in the flour, baking powder and nuts/almonds, combine. (If the mixture is on the dry side, add a spoonful or two of cold water)*.
Take a heaped teaspoonful of the mixture, roll into balls and place onto the baking sheet. Gently press with a fork to flatten the cookie dough balls a little.
Bake for 15-20 minutes in the preheated oven until the cookies are light golden.
Let cool for about 5 minutes, then transfer onto the metal rack to cool completely.
* I've also used a different method - combined all the dry ingredients (buckwheat flour, sugar, baking powder), added the grated softened butter and the egg, and simply mixed everything and rolled into walnut-sized balls.
More buckwheat inspiration here on Nami-Nami:
Buckwheat with leeks and soy sauce
Buckwheat with beets and dill
Cabbage and buckwheat kasha
Buckwheat kasha with mince
Warm buckwheat and mushroom salad
Buckwheat with beef liver
Buckwheat and mushrooms casserole
More buckwheat cookies by other bloggers:
Buckwheat chocolate chip cookies by Karina @ gluten-free goddess
Multiseed buckwheat cookies by Clotilde @ Chocolate & Zucchini
Nibby buckwheat butter cookies by Heidi @ 101 cookbooks
Buckwheat sugar cookies @ LA Times
Buckwheat chocolate chip cookies by Garrett @ Vanilla Garlic
Buckwheat chocolate chip cookies by Alanna @ The Bojon Gourmet

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A zero-day PDF vulnerability in Adobes Acrobat Reader has come to light that can lead to Windows boxes getting taken over completely and invisibly, according to a security researcher.
"All it takes is to open a [maliciously rigged] PDF document or stumble across a page which embeds one," said researcher Petko D. Petkov, aka pdp, in a blog posting on Sept. 20.
Petkov said hes closing the season with this highly critical flaw—a season thats included, at least in the past two weeks, his discovery of a slew of serious vulnerabilities in meta media files: a QuickTime flaw that can be used to hijack Firefox and Internet Explorer; a simple method of loading HTML files into Windows Media Player files; and an easy, six-step method by which to penetrate Second Life accounts with an IE bug.
This PDF vulnerability is even worse than the QuickTime flaw, Petkov said. Mozilla provided a Firefox workaround for the QuickTime flaw earlier the week of Sept. 17, but it can still be used to compromise Internet Explorer, as security researcher Thor Larholm demonstrated in a posting on Sept. 19. Apple hasnt yet released any details on the status of a QuickTime fix.
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Paul Henry, vice president of technology and evangelism at Secure Computing, based in San Jose, Calif., said in an interview with eWEEK that PDF vulnerabilities have a strong advantage when it comes to users being tempted into opening them, giving this vulnerability the potential to become a "huge" attack vector. "From a social engineering standpoint, its easier to attach a PDF to e-mail and assume [the target will] open it. If youve got a request to launch a video conversation from someone you never heard of, chances are you wont do it. Or you wont click on a video online if you dont know where its from. But from a social engineering point of view, this is deeper."
For its part, Symantec, based in Cupertino, Calif., on Sept. 20 warned customers using its DeepSight Alert Services that Adobe Acrobat is subject to "an unspecified vulnerability when handling malicious PDF files," allowing remote users to take over targeted machines.
The scenario is that an attacker rigs a PDF file designed to exploit the flaw. He or she distributes it via e-mail or through other means, or hosts it on a Web page. When a user opens the rigged PDF file with a vulnerable application, the users machine can be loaded with malware that makes it open to a takeover.
Symantec said its not aware of any working exploits out yet.
Still, Henry warned, the PDF threat is real. "The ability to use PDFs to install malware and steal personal information from remote PCs is here," he said in a statement. "Readers should be cautioned to only open PDF files from senders they explicitly trust."
Given that this latest meta media file flaw with PDF documents is so critical, given also that PDFs are used throughout the business world, and given the fact that he expects Adobe will take a while to fix its closed-source product, Petkov said hes refraining from publishing any POC (proof-of-concept) code.
"You have to take my word for it. The POCs will be released when an update is available," he said.
This has miffed some. "If you have nothing else to publish than Please dont open PDF Docs, but I cant tell you why, it would be a better choice [to] shut up instead [of] bringing no information," wrote somebody with the handle of Jan Heisterkamp.
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USC started its season as the nation's top-ranked team and finished it with pundits asking if the Trojans were the most disappointing team in college football history.
With a 21-7 loss to Georgia Tech in the Sun Bowl on Monday, USC lost five of its final six games and finished with a 7-6 record, the first preseason No. 1 in The Associated Press poll to finish unranked since 1964.
Perhaps equally distressing, USC coach Lane Kiffin is 0-11 in games the Trojans trailed by seven points or more in the second half.
Wide receiver Marqise Lee overcame these issues to win the Biletnikoff Award as the nation's top receiver. He finished the regular season leading the nation in receptions (9.3) and was second in receiving yards (140), highlighted by a Pacific-12 Conference single-game record 345 yards receiving against Arizona.
On defense, junior-college transfer Morgan Breslin proved a revelation with 13 sacks while senior safety T.J. McDonald led the team in tackles for the second time in three years. The Trojans defense could return eight starters next season but the biggest question is who replaces defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin.
Here's a look at who's coming and going for USC:
Who's going
Matt Barkley, quarterback – Barkley set 20 USC and 10 Pac-12 records – most notably the conference leader with 12,327 passing yards. Despite an up-and-down career and 15 interceptions this season, Barkley was the face of the program the past four years.
Robert Woods, wide receiver – Woods will forego his senior season to enter the NFL draft but was the Trojans' classiest player the past three years and became USC's all-time receptions leader with 252. Woods ended his career with seven individual school records and is probably the best route runner in USC history.
T.J. McDonald, safety – McDonald had a career-high 112 tackles this season, two interceptions, one sack and one blocked kick. He moved closer to the line of scrimmage this season and acted like a defensive end on some plays, which helped him record 6 1/2 tackles for loss.
Khaled Holmes, offensive lineman – Holmes was credited by his teammates for his leadership and ability to call signals for the offensive. When USC lost to Stanford, Kiffin cited Holmes' absence as a key. Who replaces him will be a big question next season.
Wes Horton, defensive end – Horton was a mainstay on the Trojans' defensive line for four years and started at least part of every season. He had 5 1/2 sacks, 43 tackles, deflected two passes and recovered two fumbles.
Jawanza Starling, safety – Starling deserved a medal for his resilience. Every training camp Kiffin tried to take away his starting job and he always won out in the end. His fumble recovery and 80-yard touchdown return against Notre Dame in 2011 was the biggest play of his career.
Who's on the bubble
Nickell Robey, cornerback – Robey will decide by next week whether to return to go pro. His size (5-7) hurts his draft stock but his athleticism often makes up for it. He was frustrated teams often refused to throw at him this season. This was one reason he intercepted a career-low one pass in 2012. He made 52 1/2 tackles but his missed tackle in the Sun Bowl allowed a touchdown.
Who's on the rise
Morgan Breslin, defensive end – Breslin was almost an afterthought in the recruiting class but quickly claimed a starting spot and was probably the Trojans' best defensive player. He led the team with 19 1/2 tackles for loss to go with his 13 sacks, was a finalist for the Hendricks Award and an honorable mention All-American. Not bad for someone who originally committed to California.
Leonard Williams, defensive tackle – Williams showed up from Florida and immediately cast aside any thoughts of redshirting. He was one of the few bright spots at the Sun Bowl with a career-high 14 tackles. If anyone wants to make a case USC will regroup next season, Williams is part of the case. He weighs 270 pounds but is agile enough to play either defensive tackle or end.
Nelson Agholor, wide receiver – It was hard to make an impression when you are behind Marqise Lee and Robert Woods but Agholor offered glimpses of his ability, notably against Oregon when he caught six passes for 182 yards, including a 76-yard touchdown. His job is simple next year: replace Woods.
Max Tuerk, offensive tackle – True freshman offensive linemen usually redshirt but Tuerk forced his way on to the field. He even started the Sun Bowl at left guard despite playing left tackle all season. Tuerk's play caught Kiffin's eye early because he changed his number to 75, previously worn by All-American Matt Kalil.
Who's on the way
Max Browne, quarterback – He is the Gatorade National Player of the Year and top-rated quarterback in the nation. It makes sense he will enroll next week and compete for the starting spot especially after Max Wittek's poor performance in the Sun Bowl. The challenge will be how quickly Browne learns the offense but Kiffin wants to give him an opportunity.
Su'a Cravens, safety – Cravens is ranked the No. 2 safety in the country and one of the top 10 players in the nation. He should start because USC loses T.J. McDonald and Jawanza Starling. Like Browne, he enrolls next week and will participate in spring practice. That should raise morale following this subpar season.
Kenny Bigelow, defensive tackle – Bigelow is considered the top tackle in the nation. He is trying to enroll next week but USC has not confirmed he is eligible to sign scholarship papers.
Ty Isaac, tailback – This season proved USC needed at least two tailbacks and with Curtis McNeal leaving, Isaac will provide competition for Silas Redd. Fellow recruit Justin Davis will also be part of the mix and enrolls early unlike Isaac.
Jalen Ramsey, cornerback – USC clearly experienced problems at cornerback this season and Ramsey would be an immediate contender to start. The only issue is that he still could decommit and the Nashville native could go elsewhere.


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The latest buzz on insomnia
We're publishing the shortlisted entries to the 2012 Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize. In this piece, Elizabeth Hull describes how experiments in fruit flies are uncovering the genetics of sleep.
Bed at 11, up at 6, that's seven hours. Plenty of sleep.
1am. Ok, five hours now but I can still manage. Just need to fall asleep.
3am. Yes, 3am. Both clocks in the room are glaring with 3am. Still no sign of that sleep.
4am. Why do I waste time even trying?!
Sound familiar? Whether it's that presentation on Friday or spending too much time at the computer, one in ten Britons can't fall asleep at night. Stress and worry are often considered the main causes of sleepless nights. However, the clue to why some of us struggle with sleep could be in our genes.
Scientists at Rockefeller University, New York, have revealed that a genetic mutation in fruit flies can prevent them from catching forty winks. This mutation, aptly named insomniac, was discovered by monitoring the sleep patterns of over 20,000 fruit flies. Measuring this is now an everyday science: a fly is placed into a sealed tube and an infrared beam directed down the centre. Each time the fly crosses the beam, an 'activity event' is recorded. Through collection of this information over several days, the fly's activity can be monitored.
What makes a fly an insomniac? In this study, the average fruit fly was found to sleep for 927 minutes a day. Insomniacs and jealous types look away now – that's over 15 hours! The insomniac flies did not sleep so well, dozing off for a mere (though still enviable) 317 minutes, just a third of the normal average time. Each period of sleep for these flies was also reduced, averaging 12 minutes of solid sleep in comparison to 48 minutes for the regular fly.
So how does this help us in our search for some shut-eye? Evidence strongly suggests that sleep is an ancient evolutionary behaviour, with the mechanisms of sleep being shared by mammals and invertebrates such as fruit flies. Two mechanisms called homeostatic and circadian processes control our sleep. Homeostatic regulation relates to our need for sleep. With this mechanism alone, we would feel at our brightest immediately after waking and get progressively sleepier as the day went on. The circadian mechanism, more commonly known as our 'biological clock', is responsible for those highs and lows of alertness we experience throughout the day. It controls the timing of sleep, and it is thanks to our circadian regulation that you still feel alert for a precious few hours even after little to no sleep. Given these shared mechanisms, it is anticipated that the study of fruit flies and their sleeping habits should help us to better understand the fundamentals of human sleep regulation.
So what is the effect of the insomniac gene? The evidence suggests that the circadian clock is intact in our sleepless flies; like all animals, they show the greatest propensity for sleep just after darkness, and this sleep drive reduces as the night goes on. However, the insomniac flies show a general reduction in sleep during the day and night, suggesting their homeostatic regulation has been affected. It is proposed that the insomniac gene destroys proteins important in the control of sleep and wakefulness in animals.
This is not the first time that proteins in the brain have been associated with restless nights. Researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Pennsylvania, identified a gene in fruit flies essential for sleep and the recovery from sleep deprivation. Mutations in this gene, dubbed sleepless, resulted in flies that slept for as little as one hour a day. Sleepless is responsible for a protein believed to reduce the excitability of nerve cells in the brain. In these sleep-deprived flies, less of this protein was produced and so the brain stayed active, promoting wakefulness. This finding, like that in insomniac flies, links our homeostatic sleep drive to brain activity.
Does this mean genes could be the answer to your insomnia? The night is still young for the science of sleep. Several genes have now been implicated in sleep regulation and, although the fruit fly is a simple model, it is hoped that the identification of genes in these restless critters will assist in the discovery of human equivalents. If our genes are found to be responsible for that 3am clock-watching, they may prove to be the key to treating insomnia.
Learning that your insomnia could be genetic might not be the cure you were hoping for, but spare a thought for the insomniac flies. At least we have long hot baths and a cup of warm cocoa to fall back on!
Elizabeth Hull
This is an edited version of Elizabeth's original entry in the professional scientist category. Views expressed are the author's own.
Find out more about the Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize in association with the Guardian and the Observer and read our 'How I write about science' series of tips for aspiring science writers.
Over the next couple of months, we're publishing the shortlisted essays from the 2012 competition. Read them all, and the 2011 essays, in our archive.
Image credits: Cartoon Church (top); Wellcome Images (left)
2 Feb, 2013 3:48 pm
This is a really well written article – wouldn't it be great if when they do get to the bottom of genetic reasons for sleep problems, they eventually find a way to do something about it!
Micky permalink18 Jul, 2014 4:55 pm
Very nice article by the trust…. Some more case studies and research can throw a deeper light on the above said Insomnia Causes and therefore more people can benefit and enjoy a good night's sleep…


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Researchers found giant filamentous (strand-forming) bacteria living in oxygen-deficient, high-sulfur sediments of the eastern South Pacific. This new species may use chemicals as an energy source. (Photo by Carola Espinoza, Universidad de Concepción, Chile.[ MORE ]
Tiny drifting crystalline globes are colonial forms of single celled organisms called radiolarians, collected deep in the Celebes Sea off the coast of the Philippines. White individual cells dot the outer surface of the colonies' geodesic dome-like structures made of glassy slivers of silica.[ MORE ]
First seen in 2002, a foot-long 'comb-jelly,' or ctenophore, clings to the floor of the ocean's abyss by one stretched tentacle. Comb-jellies are fragile gelatinous animals found in all oceans. Photographed by a remotely operated vehicle at a depth of 7,217 meters (4.[ MORE ]
48 miles) in the Ryuku Trench off Japan, this new species holds the record as the deepest living ctenophore. (Photo courtesy of JAMSTEC-CMarZ.) [ LESS ]
What appears to be a delicate pink flower is instead a carnivorous animal that catches prey with stinging cells. A relative of jellyfishes, Athorybia rosacea is only an inch wide.[ MORE ]
It was collected near the sea surface by SCUBA divers on a Census of Marine Zooplankton cruise in the Sargasso Sea. (Photo by Larry Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.) [ LESS ]
Researchers surveying marine life of the Arctic Ocean were surprised to find a completely unknown but abundant species of jellyfish, at depths below 1000 meters (3,280 ft). Hundreds of the new species Bathykorus bouilloni were observed with a remotely operated vehicle.[ MORE ]
(Photo copyright of Kevin Raskoff, Monterey Peninsula College.) [ LESS ]
In 2007, scientists using a remotely operated vehicle to explore the deep Gulf of Mexico sea floor below 1,000m (3,280 ft) observed this spiral sea-whip coral, located in an area named Coral Garden. This single coral harbored several other kinds of organisms living in association with it.[ MORE ]
(Image courtesy of Aquapix and Expedition to the Deep Slope 2007.) [ LESS ]
This worm, a new species, was collected on a whale fall, 925 meters (3,035 feet) deep in Sagami Bay, Japan. A "whale fall" is a whale carcass that has sunk to the ocean floor, serving as a source food for deep-sea species, including some of the same animals found at chemical seeps.[ MORE ]
(Photo by Yoshihiro Fujiwara/JAMSTEC.) [ LESS ]
In 2007, U. S. and Filipino scientists searching the deep water of the Celebes Sea for new species discovered this unusual 4-inch worm swimming 2,800 m (1.7 miles) down. They nicknamed the new species "Squidworm" before it was given its scientific name: Teuthidodrilus samae.[ MORE ]
A snail whose shell is completely covered in rows of hair-like projectons was collected at a deep hydrothermal vent at Suiyo Seamount off Japan. The specimen is probably a new species, and is the only one of its species found thus far.[ MORE ]
Like many animals living at vents, the snail harbors chemosynthetic bacteria in its tissue. (Photo by Yoshihiro Fujiwara/JAMSTEC.) [ LESS ]
Scientists collected this six-inch squid at depths near 1,000m (3,000 ft) in the Sargasso Sea during a landmark Census of Marine Zooplankton expedition to identify and analyze genetic material of planktonic animals in the Atlantic Ocean.[ MORE ]
Its two eyes are of different sizes, and it is covered with pigment-bearing spots that enable it to change its color and appearance. (Photo by Larry Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.) [ LESS ]
A red shrimp-like animal, one of several species called krill, was collected on a Census of Marine Zooplankton expedition to the Sargasso Sea to survey, identify, and genetically "barcode," or type, animal plankton.[ MORE ]
Krill are critical links in ocean food webs, eaten by animals from fish to whales. (Photo by Nancy Copley, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.) [ LESS ]
In the inhospitable, chemical-laden environment of a hydrothermal vent in the deep southeast Pacific near Easter Island, Census of Marine Life explorers discovered a new species of crab covered with long white fur.[ MORE ]
Soon nicknamed the Yeti crab, the six-inch Kiwa hirsuta belongs to a new family, genus, and species. (Cindy Van Dover, Duke University Marine Laboratory.) [ LESS ]
A new species, a blind lobster with long, oddly-shaped claws, was collected on the seafloor at about 300m (984 feet) during the MNHN/USNM/BFAR AURORA 2007 expedition off the Philippines. Its scientific name is Dinochelus ausubeli - derived from the Greek dinos, meaning terrible, chela, meaning claw, and ausubeli, honoring Jesse Ausubel, a co-founder of the Census of Marine Life.[ MORE ]
(Photo by Tin-Yam Chan, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung.) [ LESS ]
Copepods are tiny swimming animals that reach great abundance seasonally in the ocean and are a main source of food for many fishes and marine mammals, including whales. Census researchers in the Arctic Ocean found this bright orange copepod, Lucicutia aurita, below 1000m (3,280 feet) depth.[ MORE ]
(Photo by Russ Hopcroft, UAF/NOAA/CoML.) [ LESS ]
Called "sunflower stars," three bright blue sea stars Pycnopodia helianthoides crawl over the green seafloor in shallow waters off Knight Island in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA.[ MORE ]
These large, fast-moving sea stars can grow to a meter across and can have as many as 24 arms. (Photo by Casey Debenham, University of Alaska Fairbanks.) [ LESS ]
A team of U.S. and Filipino scientists captured this transparent swimming sea cucumber over 1.5 miles down in the Celebes Sea. After eating bottom mud, it swims up into the water by undulating the frilly collar around the top of its body.[ MORE ]
Scientists surveying deep-sea life on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and using a remotely operated vehicle to explore depths between 700 meters (2,296 feet) and 3,600 meters (2.24 miles) collected several new deep-sea species of a little-known animal called "acorn worms" (or enteropneusts).[ MORE ]
Acorn worms lack a brain, eyes, or organs, but have a head and tail end, and worms may be transitional between invertebrates and backboned animals. The scientists discovered three distinct species, colored pink, purple, and white, and saw the animals feeding, moving, and leaving characteristic spiral traces on the sea floor. (Photo courtesy of David Shale.) [ LESS ]
Snaking through the upper levels of the ocean, a long chain-shaped colony of linked one-inch-long animals called salps swims by jet propulsion—each animal takes in water at the front and forces it out the back, causing forward motion.[ MORE ]
This chain of Salpa aspera was captured by SCUBA divers, then identified and genetically typed by researchers on a Census of Marine Zooplankton cruise in the north Atlantic. (Photo by Larry Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.) [ LESS ]
Exploring deep seamounts and ridges, a June, 2003 expedition north-west of New Zealand captured this fish, called a "fathead" Psychrolutes microporos, between 1013 meters (3,323 feet) and 1340 meters (more than 2 miles) deep on the Norfolk Ridge.[ MORE ]
(Photo copyright NORFANZ Founding Parties, Photo by Kerryn Parkingson, additional thanks to Peter McMillan and Andrew Stewart.) [ LESS ]
Census of Marine Life researchers surveyed and tracked large predatory fish that are declining in population, such as these Bluefin Tuna Thunnus thynnus. (Photo courtesy of Richard Hermann-Galatée Films.[ MORE ]
During the ten-year Census of Marine Life, other agencies and partnerships also carried out explorations of Earth's oceans and helped document the seas' biodiversity. For example, a 2010 joint U.S.-Indonesian expedition, supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric administration Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, surveyed and made video records of species in a part of Southeast Asian waters known as the "Coral Triangle" that is considered the most diverse ecosystem in the world.[ MORE ]
Seen at 704 meters (2,310 feet) depth on a newly-mapped seamount, this crab with 8-inch arms is a species only observed living on soft coral. (Image courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, INDEX-SATAL 2010.) [ LESS ]
In the waters of the "Coral Triangle," region of Southeast Asia, researchers on a joint U.S.-Indonesia expedition to survey marine life in this richly diverse area observed this sea lily (a crinoid, related to sea stars) at 1,876 meters (1.[ MORE ]
17 miles) deep on the Kawio Barat submarine volcano. With its arms pointed in the direction of the current, a sea lily captures food particles drifting by. The image was captured by the Little Hercules remotely operated vehicle. (Image courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer program, INDEX-SATAL 2010.) [ LESS ]
In 2010, as the United States conducted its latest decadal population census, marine scientists completed their first census to discover the abundance, diversity, and distribution of organisms living in Earth's oceans. Launched in 2000, the Census of Marine Life evolved into a $650 million project involving more than 2,700 researchers from 670 institutions and 80 nations. Some 540 expeditions assessed different slices of the ocean—from polar seas, coastal zones, and the open ocean to seamounts and other seafloor habitats—and recorded life ranging from large fish to bacteria.
Nearly 30 million observations of thousands of species were made and archived in the newly created Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) database, the world's largest open-access, online repository of marine life data. At least 1,200 new species were discovered; some 5,000 other potentially new species remain to be studied and officially named.
The idea for the census germinated in a discussion at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in the summer of 1996 between Fred Grassle, a biologist formerly at WHOI and now at Rutgers University, and Jessie Ausubel, vice president of programs of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and adjunct scientist at WHOI. The Sloan Foundation provided $75 million to launch the program, and scientists specializing in diverse marine animals organized themselves into subgroups, using a broad range of methods and technology to carry out the census work.
WHOI scientists were key contributors, helping to guide explorations of life in various ocean habitats. WHOI biologists Peter Wiebe and Larry Madin, for example, were on a steering committee for the Census of Marine Zooplankton (CMarZ), a project aimed at assessing the diversity of zooplankton from seafloor to surface, including tiny shrimplike crustaceans, swimming snails and worms, and gelatinous animals that spend their lives drifting through the water, often far from shore. Estimated to total more than 7,000 species, zooplankton are vital parts of ocean food webs.
CMarZ was co-led by Ann Bucklin, a biologist at the Marine Sciences and Technology Center at the University of Connecticut and a visiting investigator at WHOI. WHOI researcher Nancy Copley coordinated the CMarZ effort among different countries.
Scientists confirmed 66 new species discovered during CMarZ, and many more collected animals await analysis to determine if they also are new species. Scientists collaborating with CMarZ participated in more than 80 research cruises from 2004 to 2009, funded by agencies in their respective countries. Using techniques that ranged from scuba diving and nets to technologically advanced deep-diving remotely operated vehicles, they collected, photographed, and identified the animals.
Wiebe co-led a landmark cruise across the tropical Atlantic Ocean, during which researchers collected more than1,000 kinds of zooplankton, including many species never seen before. While at sea, taxonomists identified the organisms under microscopes while other researchers sequenced their genes to create unique DNA "bar codes" to identify species.
"Genetic bar codes are a big step forward," Wiebe said. "We are providing the stepping-stones so future generations can use the results of this project as a benchmark to measure at a glance how ecosystems are changing in the future."
Madin led a 2007 expedition to explore the Celebes Sea, east of Borneo, and collected samples of what turned out to be a new genus of animals nicknamed "squidworms."
Meanwhile, another group of scientists, called ChEss for "chemosynthetic ecosystems," focused on seafloor animals that obtain energy from chemicals rather than sunlight. Such ecosystems exist at hot geysers of chemical-laden water called hydrothermal vents, as well as other locations where chemicals seep from the seafloor, and whale falls, or remnants of whale carcasses slowly releasing chemicals.
The ChEss project focused on setting up web-based data pages for species from deep-water chemosynthetic systems and developing a long-term international field program for exploring vents and seeps, said WHOI marine geochemist Chris German, head of the National Deep Submergence Facility and co-leader of ChEss.
"We selected priority sites for exploration on the seafloor and mid-ocean ridge," German said. "We came up with a plan for about a half a dozen sites around the planet where it would be really interesting to know what was living around the hot springs."
Using remotely operated and autonomous underwater vehicles and advanced imaging systems, ChEss scientists explored Earth's hardest-to-reach places. German led an expedition in 2010 to the Mid-Cayman Rise, using WHOI's hybrid robotic vehicle Nereus to explore the region for the first time and finding evidence for the deepest-known hydrothermal vents.
Since 2002, scientists have logged information on more than 500 species and described more than 200 new deep-sea species. In 2005, scientists diving in the WHOI-operated submersible Alvin found a white crab with long, hairy arms on the seafloor 1,000 miles from Tahiti, which they dubbed the "yeti crab." It turned to out to be not just a new species but part of a new family on the tree of life.
"I think the biggest result was that we got researchers together, to communicate and examine holistic problems," said WHOI deep-sea biologist Tim Shank, who is a member of the ChEss International Steering Committee. "That has given us leaps in understanding."
Shank was also part of the secretariat for Global Census of Marine Life on Seamounts, or CenSeam, which began in 2005 to gather existing information from the international community of scientists studying life on undersea mountains.
Seamounts are common around the globe, yet fewer than 200 of the estimated 100,000 seamounts have been studied. Many support productive ecosystems in less productive regions of the ocean. They also are also highly vulnerable to overexploitation and physical damage by fishing and mining practices.
Shank said that much of the information already collected on seamounts was scattered in different places. "For seamounts, a lot of international work was being done, and species being collected in different ways and species lists being made," he said. "So the first goal of CenSeam was to pull information from old data, to get it together and translated. For our group, there were so many nations, so diverse, and so many back collections."
Data analysis and standardization are large parts of the program, and the integrated seamount database CenSeam established will help to align research done in different places and make possible comparisons of biodiversity at seamounts in different regions.
Other CenSeam goals were to learn what factors drive the species diversity on seamounts and how the communities function, and to delineate the impacts human activities have on seamount communities. Rather than try to sample all the world's seamounts—an impossible task, given the resources available—CenSeam scientists want to guide future seamount sampling to fill gaps in knowledge of regions and types of seamounts.
"The Census of Marine Life means different things to different people," said Shank. "While a species list was something we did for the ChEss project, we didn't have that for seamounts, and didn't try to do it. We had so many diverse researchers all over the world, and it was our goal to enable them to be connected and exposed to each other, to be open and informative."
"The scientific community now knows it can work together internationally, and there is little doubt that future collaborations will follow," said Paul Snelgrove of Memorial University of Newfoundland, who is leader of the Census Synthesis Group. Scientists involved in the Census feel an urgency about continuing this work, he said, since global climate change may be causing declines in some species and altering ecosystems.


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Following the recent success of their "Tribute to Loren Eiseley" program, the Chestnut Hill Book Festival is offering another community participation program with a Valentine's theme.
This time the program seeks people who would like to stand up and declare their love (or its opposite) for any person, place, thing, concept or traffic jam they feel strongly about.
Originally conceived as an evening where community members would publicly read their favorite love poem or valentine aloud – ideally to their beloved – the program expanded to include love of dogs, cats, goldfish, weasels, skunks and politicians or whatever else moves the human heart.
It expanded further when the committee decided to allow cranks to speak up and wax eloquently about some things they definitely do not love.
It's all in the spirit of fun. The community is invited to come see what turns on (or off) their friends and neighbors. Special prize to the "funniest valentine."
The "Love for Sale" theme arises from the fact that the cost of coming to the microphone is $1 per poem, song, joke, statement, or loving smile at the world. One dollar buys one minute of love. Proceeds will go to our favorite charity, the John Story Jenks Elementary School's reading program.
The committee needs to know how many speakers to expect. If you think you're coming, please call or write Kate O'Neill, coordinator of the Valentine Program for the Chestnut Hill Book Festival, at 215-247-6696., or email her at email@example.com
The program will take place on Wednesday, February 13, at 7 p.m. at the Chestnut Hill Hotel's Bombay Room, 8229 Germantown Avenue. The program is free and will last about an hour. Wine and cheese will be served.


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Tulsa, Oklahoma –– Dr. Derrick Gragg has been selected as The University of Tulsa's vice president and director of athletics, TU President Steadman Upham announced today.
Gragg has spent the past seven years as the Director of Athletics at Eastern Michigan University, where he has been responsible for an intercollegiate athletic program with 21 teams, 550 student-athletes and 80 staff members. Gragg has spent the past 20 years in progressively advanced roles at the universities of Arkansas, Michigan, Missouri and Vanderbilt.
Gragg will be introduced to the Tulsa community during a news conference at 2 p.m. Friday at the Donald W. Reynolds Center President's Suite.
"We are extremely pleased to announce that Dr. Derrick Gragg will be joining TU as our new director of athletics. Our search committee was presented with an impressive field of applicants for this position, and Derrick stood out as an exceptional candidate," Upham said. "TU has seen several key changes in the past year, and a handful of questions remain with regard to NCAA compliance and conference realignment. We feel that Derrick's history of integrity and excellence is well-suited to manage those issues and keep our university and its athletic program moving forward. He will be an enthusiastic and dedicated leader for Golden Hurricane student-athletes and their coaches."
"I am very excited to accept the position of director of athletics at TU. It is a wonderful opportunity to lead a program of this caliber," Gragg said. "The university's combination of academic and athletic success dovetails perfectly with my own personal and professional core values. My family and I are eager to become an integral part the Tulsa community and the TU family."
Under Gragg's leadership, Eastern Michigan has enjoyed successful campaigns not only on the field, but also in the classroom. EMU athletic teams have accumulated 22 Mid-American Conference (MAC) championships in that time. Meanwhile, Eastern Michigan's Academic Progress Rate (APR) reached 969, while the Graduation Success Rate (GSR) was at 74 percent, far exceeding the four-year student body rate.
Eastern Michigan has seen its athletic fundraising levels reach new heights with four of the top five funding years occurring under Gragg's tenure as athletic director. He has been responsible for oversight of all facets of athletics, including athletics development, financial affairs and budgeting and compliance. As EMU athletic director, he hired 10 head coaches. In 2009-10, he spearheaded the construction of EMU's $3.9 million multipurpose indoor athletic practice facility. He also has been nationally recognized for his leadership, earning the Black Coaches & Administrators (BCA) Administrator of the Year Award in 2008-09.
During his career, Gragg has published several articles and editorials on intercollegiate athletics as well as a nationwide study on sports-related gambling. He has been a presenter and panelist at events such as the NCAA Presidential Summit, Future Coaches Academy, Champions for Athletic Directors and Football Coaches, and the NCAA Annual Convention. Gragg also authorized two Title IX studies while demonstrating continual improvement in Title IX compliance and gender equity issues.
He is a former member of the NCAA's Minority Opportunities & Interests Committee, having served as co-chair of the committee in 2004-05. Gragg also served as a member of the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Northwest Arkansas Board of Directors and as a member of the American Heart Association, Northwest Arkansas Board of Directors. He currently serves as a member of the NCAA's Legislative Council and is a member of the NACDA Division I-A Athletic Directors Scholarship Ad Hoc Steering Committee.
A former collegiate wide receiver, Gragg lettered four years at Vanderbilt while earning his bachelor's degree in human development in 1992. He earned his master's degree in sports administration from Wayne State University in 1999 and has since served as an adjunct faculty instructor at both Wayne State and Eastern Michigan. Gragg earned his doctorate in higher education administration from the University of Arkansas in May of 2004 and also taught two undergraduate courses during his tenure there as an athletic administrator.
A native of Huntsville, Ala., Gragg was inducted into the Huntsville-Madison County (Ala.) Athletic Hall of Fame in 2010. He is a member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and the Black Coaches and Administrators (BCA).
Gragg, 43 (11-16-69), and his wife, Sanya, have a daughter, DeSha, 19, and two sons, Avery, 16, and Phillip-Raymond, 12.


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At least 4.1 percent of defendants sentenced to death in the United States are innocent, according to new research published in theProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
As a result, the study's authors note, "it is all but certain that several of the 1,320 defendants executed since 1977 were innocent."
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One hundred and thirty eight prisoners sentenced to death since 1973, or 1.6 percent of the total, have been exonerated and released because of innocence. But many other innocent capital defendants are missed, according to the study's authors.
"The great majority of innocent people who are sentenced to death are never identified and freed. The purpose of our study is to account for the innocent defendants who are not exonerated," said Professor Samuel R. Gross of the University of Michigan Law School, the lead author of the study.
The researchers employed a statistical technique called survival analysis, producing an estimate of the percentage of death-sentenced defendants who would be exonerated if they remained indefinitely on death row.


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BenCohen needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 49 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
We're about free or half price food during the credit crunch (or credit munch). Can you convey to our visitors the essense of the site?
We are looking for a stylish, bold logo that will be clearly understood and read by the visitors to our website- you chose the colour scheme.
The logo should have a connection with food- perhaps a chef's hat, a plate of food, a group of diners...
- Bold
- Clear
- Stylish
- Our full web address (both .com and .co.uk)
- A connection with dining and food
- It could contain the tag line- "fighting the credit munch"
Anything tacky or hard to read- simplicity is the key (and why we haven't written very much)
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The University is committed to achieving equality of opportunity in education, professional training, career advancement, and university employment. Specifically, the University's Equal Opportunity and Diversity Regulation, 1.0040R, prohibits discrimination or harassment against any individual for reasons of race, color, religion, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, or veteran status in any educational, employment, social or recreational program or activity offered by the University. The principle of equality is provided by law and is consistent with the ideals and mission of the University. Equal opportunity in employment is assured all candidates when the search, screen, and selection process is uniform and nondiscriminatory.
The University will continue to promote and provide equal opportunity in education and training programs, employment, admissions, and all other activities for faculty, staff, and students. All personnel actions, such as hiring, compensation and fringe benefits, promotion, transfer, terminations, and layoffs, as well as all university-sponsored social and recreational programs, will be administered in accordance with the University's Equal Opportunity and Diversity Regulation.
Responsibility for communicating, interpreting, and monitoring the University's Equal Opportunity and Diversity Regulation rests with the Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity. This office has developed and maintains an Affirmative Action Plan, which is composed of specific results-oriented procedures designed to achieve equal employment opportunity. The Plan is available for inspection by faculty, staff, students, and members of the public. The Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity is located in J.J. Daniel Hall, suite 1201; (904) 620-2507.
It is vital that hiring officials and members of university search committees embrace the University's effort to create a diverse and dynamic workforce, as they are the key persons, here at UNF, whose decisions actually implement the hiring goalsdetailed in the University's Affirmative Action Plan.
The University's established policies and procedures associated with the search and screen process are set forth and fully detailed in the Search and Screen Procedures Manual. The information contained in this manual is intended to assist hiring officials and university search committees in conducting employment searches which meet the requirements of federal nondiscrimination legislation, state laws, the University Affirmative Action Plan, and the spirit of the UNF Constitution.
In part, the University's Affirmative Action Plan requires the following actions with regard to the employment process:
a) any qualifications, skills, and experience associated with a particular position vacancy must be job-related and necessary for achieving successful performance;
b) any and all announcements of position vacancies must be disseminated among recruitment sources oriented to under-represented groups: i.e., minorities, women, veterans, and persons with disabilities;
c) all advertising media and job announcements shall contain the following language: "UNF is an equal opportunity/equal access/affirmative action institution. Individuals who require a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application and or selection process must notify (person) at (address and telephone number), a minimum of five working days in advance." In addition, Section 12.2 of the BOT-UFF Agreement specifies that announcements for faculty positions shall include a statement that the salaries of University faculty are public record and that such information is available in the UNF Library;
d) special recruitment and hiring efforts should be undertaken by departments/units where minority and female representation is less than their availability in the labor market;
e) only job-related questions should be asked during employment interviews;
f) records denoting "applicant flow" data must be maintained throughout the process and retained by the University for two years. Information on all applicants including reasons why they were not considered for employment, must be recorded and retained by the University for two years following any given search.
Additional information regarding the search and screen process at the University may be obtained from the Office of Equal Opportunity Programs.
(For in-unit faculty, refer to the BOT-UFF Agreement, Article 12)
All appointments are made on a University employment contract and signed by the University President or designee and the faculty member. The regular faculty appointment is for the fall and spring terms. Supplemental contracts for the summer term are available but subject to department bylaws, budgetary restrictions, and student demand.
The professional obligation of faculty is comprised of both scheduled and non-scheduled activities. It is a part of the professional responsibility of faculty members to carry out their duties in an appropriate manner and place. For example, while instructional activities, office hours, and other duties and responsibilities may be required to be performed at a specific time and place, other non-scheduled activities are more appropriately performed in a manner and place determined by the faculty member, in consultation with his/her supervisor.
A non-unit faculty member shall, at the beginning of employment and each year thereafter when a change occurs, be apprised in writing by his or her departmental chair or other appropriate University administrator of the duties and responsibility in teaching, research/scholarship and other creative activities, services, and any other specific duties and responsibilities assigned for that year. Assignments for in-unit faculty member are made in accordance with Article 14 of the Agreement.
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It's not just that Mason Cox is 211 centimetres – 211.4 to be precise. It's not that he can jump higher than any AFL wannabe the league has ever tested, and it isn't that he can cover 20 metres in three seconds flat. What makes the American most interesting is that five clubs really want to sign him, and that they're spending this week trying to convince him to choose them.
For Cox, it has all been a little confusing. Two months ago he was at college in Oklahoma, and had never heard of Australian Rules football, let alone picked up a Sherrin. At the end of April he was in Los Angeles at the third US combine, to run, jump and (try to) kick in front of recruiters from six AFL clubs. On Saturday the 23-year-old graduated from his engineering course and by Sunday he was on his way to visit Collingwood, Port Adelaide, North Melbourne and Richmond.
"It just kind of got thrown at me randomly," he said. "It's been crazy, you know, absolutely insane. But that's just how life goes, and you've got to make the most of every chance."
This is a big one, and the competition for his extremely raw services means Cox isn't like Shae McNamara, whose YouTube clip caught Collingwood's attention, or like Mike Pyke, who had a DVD sent Sydney's way while he was still playing rugby in Canada six years ago.
Collingwood took him to the MCG and asked him to imagine it full of fans. Port Adelaide had promised tickets to Adelaide Oval for Saturday's match against Hawthorn. He was due to meet recruiters, coaches, football managers and anyone else who could convince him that their club could develop him best, with Fremantle also lining up a meeting. Others were keen to have a chat too, but the AFL limited his visits to those clubs who had flown over to see the combine.
Whichever club gets him will have to pay – Cox has a job as a mechanical engineer at ExxonMobil waiting for him back home – but the money doesn't matter as much to him as the chance to be a professional sportsman and to master the strange game he has spent the past three weeks researching like mad, with the help of his older brother Nolan, who has become his accidental agent as the clubs have started calling, wanting to know even more about him.
"Obviously you look for the best opportunity out there to, you know, develop my game and go from there," said Cox, who grew up playing soccer, rollerblade hockey and whatever else was going until he grew more than 20 centimetres as a 17-year-old and found that basketball suited him best. "It's whoever has the best resources to get me where I want to be. It's a new sport and I have a lot of things to work on, so that's going to be the biggest thing for me.
"Everyone's giving their pitch and you've got to take what you can from it and make the best decision."
Cox was invited to the combine by Jonathan Givony, a professional talent scout who has strong contacts in the college system and has been able to sell the idea of a possible career in football to basketballers likely to miss out on NBA or European league contracts. Nineteen athletes attended the recent combine and there were more on a waiting list.
The AFL wants to encourage clubs to look outside Australia to expand the talent pool – and considers the American basketballers an obvious fit for the ruck – but not at the expense of young players closer to home. The question of how to create more and better opportunities for kids living in remote communities, and new Australians, is a key part of the league's talent pathway review that is now well underway.
Cox has figured some things out already. That you either love or hate Collingwood. That kicking is the hardest part of the game to pick up. Followed by bouncing. And handballing. That he really wants to pick it all up, that he's willing to keep practising and that it doesn't matter where in the world you are, people love to talk footy.
"The first day I was here I was recognised by someone and got a picture with them," he said, smiling. "Before I even got on the plane, we were in LA and we ran into two guys that played basketball in the States and they'd looked it up on the AFL website and said, 'we actually know who you are but we didn't want to be rude about it.'
"It's been kind of crazy, but it's like a religion out here, it really is, and that's awesome for someone like me. Coming out here and having an opportunity to do something like this is something that's a once in a lifetime opportunity."
Emma Quayle joined The Age as a cadet journalist in 1999 and has been covering football since 2001. She has won awards from the Australian Football Media Association and AFL Players Association for her feature writing, and specialised for many years in covering junior football and the AFL draft. Emma's two books - The Draft and Nine Lives (the story of former Essendon wingman Adam Ramanauskas' battle with cancer) - were published in 2008 and 2010.


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Discussion in 'General' started by erkan, Sep 2, 2012.
Will ISPConfig 3.0.5 be released soon?
Yes, it will be released soon. WE will release a first alpha version of 3.0.5 next week.
Nice! It will be great to finally be able to use PHP-FPM on Apache!
With Software Installer???
Yes, with software installer.
Awesome, Thank you!
will it be save to update from 184.108.40.206? Or should I update to 3.0.4. now instead?
you should not skip a major release.
Update to 126.96.36.199 now so you have the best basis for 3.0.5
Why did you not update to 3.0.4.x in the past?
If you are concerned with problems in the first release of a major version step you could wait for a 188.8.131.52 but if the build is as good as I aspect it to be it might take some time until a fix release .1 is released
ok, thanks, I will update to 22.214.171.124. first.
Is it good idea to let the updater to reconfigure services during update? I did some tweaking in mysql, apache etc settings in /etc manually. Will updater respect my settings, or will it rewrite that completely to default? thanks
I do not really know what has changed between 3.0.3.x and 3.0.4.x but I would not reconfigure the services is you have changed the config files manually.
But please wait for someone else to correct me or back me on this
Any news on version 3.0.5?
3.0.5 is pretty complete but will take at least until the end of September to get finalized.
If you have not tested the SVN version you can look forward for a big leap forward It is worth the wait.
Any NEW news on version 3.0.5?
Beta is out.
No big issues - as expected.
I do not know how many are testing the beta but it looks good...
Is that developer speak for "It is awesome and will be released as stable by Christmas" ?? lol
I know its gonna "look good". I know its gonna "rock AND roll". I was more looking for a release date without actually having to whine about asking for one lol
Due to some time issues I was not able (and am not yet either) to be as involved in the development of 3.0.5 as I would have liked.
Till is the maintainer and the only one who can give you a correct estimate on the release.
Beta means that there are no features missing. Everything needs work smoothly.
If no errors will be found the beta could even be released as the as the stable version but...
Because no one wants to run a beta version in production it takes some time and testers to check everything for issues.
I am as crazy for the release as you ;-)
Paging Dr. Till......
So Till,
Tell us. Are you gonna give us the stable release of 3.0.5 as a thanksgiving gift, a Christmas gift, or a New Years Gift (thats 11/22/2012, 12/25/2012, and 01/01/2013 respectively)
Now those are USA holidays, I would be equally happy to receive 3.0.5 as a gift on:
Nikolaustag day
Heiligabend night
Weihnachten day
Silvester night
If you get it finished after Nikolaustag day hell I'll even take Mariä
Empfängnis day gifts too
Happy Holidays!!
P.S. If I have inadvertently butchered German Holidays, the blame solely lies at the feet of Larry Page and google
There is no release date yet for ISPConfig 3.0.5. We are curently testing the beta and fix the remaining issues that are listed in the bugtracker, when the issues are fixed, then I will release a 3.0.5 RC.
ISPConfig versions get released when we feel that they are stable enough for production use, it will help nobody if we will release unfinished software just because we set a release date on day X.
If you want to use 3.0.5 right now, the download it from svn 3.0.5 stable branch and install it, this would be the same as if we said release date is today. You get the software will all issues that are not marked as closed in the bugtracker at the given date.
Manual Update
Hola folks,
I know you are working your tails off getting 3.0.5 out the door stable. But a new question popped into my head today.
How long after 3.0.5 is released as stable do you think it will be before the manual is updated and then some new "perfect server" tuts come out?
Wishing everyone a happy and joyous holiday season!!
Thanks all,
I'm currently working on the updated manual. I hope to have it ready when 3.0.5 is released.
The latest "Perfect Server" tutorials for Ubuntu 12.10 were written with 3.0.5 in mind.
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Perhaps it was being born and growing up in Singapore that gave John Kampfner insight into the dangers inherent in a social compact that gives citizens economic prosperity (and cleanliness!) at the sacrifice of some significant civil liberties. But certainly concerns about the nature and protection of freedom have been at the heart of much of his subsequent activity as a journalist, editor and former head of Index on Censorship. This evening, at a Pizza and Politics held immediately after the AGM of Holborn & St Pancras Liberal Democrats, he highlighted some of his concerns about some of the measures being considered by the Coalition government — not just the so-called Secret Courts but also proposals for greater surveillance of our emails and other communication traffic. As a convert from Labour to the Liberal Democrats (for which he has received much stick from earstwhile colleagues) John stressed how important it is for the Party to stick to its civil liberties beliefs. The records of both Conservative and Labour governments have been pretty dire in this regard, so the implication is that if LibDems don't make a stand on freedoms then we risk losing our political soul. Nonetheless, we should take the findings of Lord Leveson seriously when they are published on Thursday. A totally unfettered Press can wreak havoc, as I would argue Fox News in the United States is doing. As always it is a matter of balancing freedom with responsibility, but for me that is very much what Liberalism is all about.
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marowi needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 241 designs submitted by 63 freelance designers.
TVfacts.de is a german online portal with news, trends and articles about televisions, new display technologies, home cinema and high definition television (HDTV). The site also contains practical guides how to find right consumer electronics, general information about the technologies, special offers and in future also a community. http://www.tvfacts.de/
People (mostly men) who are interested in TVs, home cinema and HDTV, but also people who are willing to buy new consumer electronics.
The logo will be used as a trademark of our company - on top of our website, invoices, biz cards etc.
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Naturalism states that we are all completely natural human beings, that there is no immaterial god "out there" and there is no immaterial soul "in here". It also states that freewill is an illusion, that we are as individuals who we are because of our genetics, environment, and culture.
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That's right. I think you should take a listen to Ramesh Balsekar, he goes into questions like the ones you're asking here. A suggestion:
Well, y'ever heard of Bell's theorem or "nonlocality" in quantum physics?
Perhaps it is the very assumptions of naturalism that create this false dichotomy. In the deterministic view, you extrapolate Newtonian physics and take it to its furthest rational conclusion which leaves you with a fatalism or what's also called "hard determinism." Everything being predestined as though, metaphorically, the entire universe is something akin to a movie burnt to a DVD, and the entire movie has already been burnt. On the other hand, you have "free will" which says that no moment is determined, that it's rather not random, but "indeterminate" as a free willy might say.
If you take into account an eastern perspective, for instance, the insight of the yin-yang which says that all opposites compliment each other so where one thing appears to be is only in relation to another thing. So, that you couldn't have black without the white, and vice versa, they are interconnected opposites. And the illusion involved in this is that you can have one without the other. And this applies to every conceivable duality; good and evil, light and dark, "free will" and "predestination," etc.
So, as Robert Anton Wilson says, if you look it this through the eyes of Aristotelian logic, where things are either "a" or "not a," then you will have miss the eastern perspective where things can be both "a" and "not a" at the same time.
So, a way I've sort of come to think about this, and I'm going to take a quote from Terence McKenna on the topic of "Philosophy of Mind." He said, "The way I think of mind is as a 4th dimensional organ of your body, you can't see it, 'cause it resides in a higher dimension, but you experience a sectioning of it in the phenomenon of consciousness, but that is only a partial sectioning of it in the same way a plane is a partial sectioning of a cone when it transects it."
I don't even know if I truly understand that quote, but I manage to squeeze some sense out of it in my own interpretation. Assuming that consciousness does reside in a "higher dimension," this could account for our imagination. In other words, consciousness draws from infinite possibilities that, in some sense, "already exist" in a higher dimension. Meaning that wherever imagination flows, the potential for it to go there was always there. And if it draws from, another assumption: "infinite possibilities." Then, in some existential sense, you do have "free will," because the imagination entertains infinite possibilities.
However, despite this spontaneity, the caveat in all of that is that it is all predetermined. So, if you take account that eastern perspective, where things are both "a" and "not a," then it is a subtle realization, as Adyashanti says (if you clicked that YouTube link) to see that "free will" and "no free will" are ultimately one and the same thing.
That was a whole mouthful, but I appreciate the effort. Unfortunately, I mostly disagree with everything you've said here. I do not buy into logical contradictions, so I am an Aristotelian in that sense. Often there is a way around a dichotomy, which is why we recognize many dichotomies as false, and if you are able to take a subtler view of the matter at hand then you can get a result that basically says, "yeah, it's both". I strongly doubt this applies here.
As for consciousness, our brains are by far the most complex apparatuses (apparati?) that we are aware of, so we can get consciousness and imagination without having to go to such great lengths.
As for determinism, I take a subtler approach. before I was aware of quantum effects, I was content with being a hard determinist. As you rightly, I think, point out, hard determinism doesn't hold up to the evidence. But i do not believe that leaves us with only soft determinism, i.e. a world which is deterministic in some areas and not in others, leaving open the possibility of free will. What I now call myself is a causalist, which is to say just that all events have a prior cause. This leaves open no room for free will, but allows for a view which takes into consideration quantum effects in which events are not completely predetermined. So, one could not look at the way the world is and, having complete knowledge of the state of the universe as it is and the laws governing it, make absolute predictions of the future. But on this view, quantum effects merely add randomness to the equation - they do not add "fourth dimensions" or "emergent properties" which are somehow not caused by the prior states of the universe. This is bad news for the idea of free will, because adding randomness only makes it even more difficult to ascribe any sense of control over the causes of our behavior. For more on this read some Sam Harris, I have posted links to his articles on free will on both the Sam Harris and Free Will DNE (does not exist) groups.
Well, String Theory posits 10 dimensions or 11 (it's always 10 or 11 that these string theorists or M-theorists put this theory on). What's meant by "mind or consciousness resides in the 4th dimension" is that all the possibilities that consciousness draw from, the potentiality in some sense is "already there," and assuming that consciousness draws from infinite possibilities, then this could account for a kind of "freedom." But however, I did mention that the caveat in that description is that this seemingly infinite potential to draw spontaneity from to entertain the vast array of permutations is all pre-determined. Did you, by any chance, take a listen to that Adyashanti video I posted? He goes into this idea a bit.
The emergent properties, in other words, are intertwined somehow with these "higher dimensions," however vaguely defined. Have you ever heard Michael Hoffman's take on this, he expounds thoroughly at EgoDeath.com…
Matt, if I may comment on your thoughts. They are interesting for sure!
I have heard of the non-locality theory and was forced to do research on it when opposed with an argument that it disproved Aristotelian logic. I am no quamtum physicist, I'm a philosopher, so the research was as informed as you can imagine me to be. However, as with every theory, especially when based on an experiment, there are alternate opinions and ways of looking at things. I can't site them at the moment, but can if need be.
Most of what you've spoken of sounds like phenomenal logic, are you familiar with this? I can't stand it personally, too many assumptions. The quote concerning the mind for example is based on unseen, pure speculation. I can not believe in such a thing any more than I can believe in a God. So can you extrapolate on your thoughts concerning your theories a little more? If you will and don't mind!
Well, I'm not sure what you'd like me to expound on. I'm actually not familiar with phenomenal logic or maybe I am, I just haven't heard it phrased like that.
But my take on the whole free will/no free will thing is basically an eastern take, and I did suggest a video, a talk by Adyashanti, here it is again, that goes into this maybe in a way that 's more easily understood than the way I threw it out there.
By the way, I should mention that I've been heavily influenced by people like Alan Watts, Terence McKenna, Ramesh Balsekar who all spoke heavily on this very topic.
Sounds wonderful to me.
I guess I'm a naturalist, I have always thought that my human made surroundings (books, cars, buildings, etc) were products of evolution.
I believe you should apply the rules of objectivity vs. subjectivity. This is best explained by Loren Miller fron the following post: http://www.atheistnexus.org/forum/topics/a-christian-that-seems-int... It is the second post in the discussion. It is very well explained there.
With this in mind nothing is real and everything is nothing. That would be like you don't exist! How can you prove that you are real? The same principals you apply to prove your existence is the same principals used to prove that God does not exist. Because, God is actually idealism created in the mind of man can't be proved to exist; except in the minds of delusional people!
By your definition -- the total absence of free will? -- you had no choice but to write this posting, just as I had no choice but to respond. This has been proposed both by religion -- predestination -- and by science. I find neither argument compelling; if I did, I'd have to ask why we go on playing by a script over which we have no influence. Absence of free will would, to me, make life pointless.
We go on playing by a script over which we have no influence because we have no choice.
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When April Ross walked onto the runway Sunday night, she showed swagger as she pulled out a camera to take a photo of her friends behind her, that would be Misty May-Treanor and Steve Timmons.
May-Treanor followed with a silly bit, too. She danced like Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta did in "Grease," and swirled her make-believe lasso.
Timmons had a little breakdance move, it appeared, as he also modeled on the runway.
It was all silly and fun, and to raise money for their favorite high school sports program at the OC Mix in Costa Mesa.
Newport Harbor alumni Ross, May-Treanor and Timmons were a part of "Style in Sports," a fundraiser fashion show for the Newport Harbor volleyball teams. Boys and girls from the teams also showed their personality as they modeled fashion from special sponsors during the night.
"It was amazing," Ross said of the event. "When I was in high school we never had anything close to this happening for fundraising. It was really fun to be a part of. It's a perfect event for volleyball."
Ross said she had a lot of fun, mainly because of May-Treanor.
"It's hard not to have fun," Ross said. "Misty kind of raises the bar on the fun. I know she's going to be super goofy so I have to do something too."
Ross, May-Treanor and Timmons are volleyball royalty at Newport Harbor. They were introduced at a red carpet as they came out of convertible luxury cars.
Timmons, also known as "Big Red," who graduated from Newport Harbor in 1979, won two Olympic gold medals and a bronze for the U.S. men's indoor volleyball team.
May-Treanor is also legendary, as she won three straight Olympic gold medals in beach volleyball.
Ross won the silver medal at the London Olympics, and she's on a quest for gold at the 2016 Olympics with May-Treanor's former teammate Kerri Walsh Jennings.
NHHS Coach Dan Glenn, a friend of Timmons', certainly sported a smile at the event and beamed with pride when he talked about the alumni who give back to the program.
"I'm just really proud of them," Glenn said. "The greatest thing for me, is that they all give back. None of them have forgotten where they are from as far as their roots."
Glenn said May-Treanor showed up to support the Sailors at Newport Harbor's season-opener at Long Beach Poly earlier this month. Ross attends Newport Harbor's matches, too. She even drove all the way to Goleta to watch Newport Harbor's match at Dos Pueblos in the state playoffs in 2009. Glenn likes to tell that story.
"Misty talks to the team before the CIF finals," Glenn said. "I had a clinic for kids, call Misty and she's there. These guys just do so much and they have never forgotten their roots. I just love them all."
Glenn also thanked Evelyn Yardley, who was the chair of the event, which also took place last year, but without Ross, May-Treanor and Timmons because of their schedules.
"For us to compete at a high level we have to do events like this," Glenn said. "It's a fundraiser but it's also a celebration of April and Steve and Misty, Cinnamon [Sary] and Mackenzi [Campbell], there's a lot of state championships with that group right there."
The event also featured Newport Beach Mayor Keith Curry and Newport Harbor's new principal Sean Boulton.
"I just think we are lucky at Newport Harbor High School to have three Olympians who went to Harbor who are willing to come back and give back to the place where they got their start," Boulton said. "They model for everybody how important it is to come back to the community where they came from and give back."
Curry posed for a photo with the three Newport Harbor Olympians at the red carpet.
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On the court, Newport Harbor looks to improve, as it is 3-11. The Sailors play host to rival Corona del Mar Saturday at 7 p.m.
"We're pumped and excited for the Battle of the Bay match," Bell said.
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Announcements of a well-funded research project at a major university often elicit, welcome or not, professional and amateur advice. But those messages usually don't recount a dead cat's spirit flitting into the afterlife.
UC Riverside philosophy professor John Martin Fischer has been besieged with hundreds of such unusual missives for the last few months as word spread that he had won a $5-million grant to study something that, in the end, is probably unknowable: immortality.
Under his direction, scientists and theologians will be digging into such mysteries as whether humans should even aspire to eternal life in this world or another — and whether everlasting might just prove to be ever-boring.
Plenty of non-academics think they have at least a glimmer of the truth. One man emailed Fischer to describe how his late feline seemed to move on to "another plane of existence." One man recalled how, near death after a motorcycle accident, he felt he "could walk forward to warmth and eternal comfort." Someone else contended that reincarnation can be "based on the laws of physics."


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Terry Hudson's 1937 Chevy coupe
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Year: 1937
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After having started Hudson's Rod & Customs almost 10 years ago, Terry and Will Hudson (a father and son team) have been receiving more and more recognition for the cars that have come out of their business, which is located in Strawberry Plains, just outside of Knoxville, Tennessee.
Folks may remember Will's two-tone brown 1950 Ford sedan, or the two-tone 1962 Impala they built for Billy Morgan (a STREET RODDER feature car and Top 100 winner in 2010), but their latest ride carries on the look that is specific to the cars that come out of their shop.
A great hot rod stance, big-inch wheels, a unique interior design, and many one-off fabricated parts are just some of the qualities you'll note on Hudson-built hot rods. The shop's latest effort, a 1937 Chevy coupe, was originally a customer's car in for a redo. But the owner wanted to bail on the project and eventually made a deal with Terry (aka "Homer") to purchase it.
Soon the Chevy would become another canvas for what artwork the Hudsons create, and something of a shop car as well.
Will contacted Carter Hickman Designs to get some illustrations done using the ideas he had for the Bow Tie. Hickman delivered, and soon the build was on its way. Typically the Hudson method involves using what is already there and then redefine a lot of the styling cues. For the chassis, a Mustang II frontend with 2-inch dropped spindles was installed, and a four-link out back centers the Chevy 12-bolt rear. RideTech airbags are found on each corner, as are 11-inch disc brakes. The engine is subtle in its appearance (a simple GM 350 crate engine backed to a B&M-equipped TH350 transmission) as the block and intake manifold painted maroon and everything else (including all the bolt-on accessories) painted a flat black. About the only custom work done on the engine is the air cleaner, which Will fabbed himself.
Along with shaving most of the car's bumps (door handles, bumpers, and so on), the Hudsons decided to fix the hood sides so they don't come off. The smooth look continued with the choice of wheels: a smooth, brushed aluminum Centerline disc topped with a custom chrome hubcap and Chevy logo. A special gray blend of PPG paint was then made up before Hudson's sprayed it over the entire body.
The interior of any car from Hudsons is always a focal point, and Homer's 1937 is a great example of that. A heavy stitching is used on the burgundy leather bench seat (which uses a Bowen Foam & Frame seat frame base), and the material is also used on the door panels. Instead of having pockets in the door panels, Hudson's added small saddle bags to carry whatever is needed. Up on the driver kick panel is a small flask secured by a leather belt—something the Hudsons felt would have been appropriate if the original owner of the car was a traveling salesman and needed a quick nip to stay awake on long drives.
The dash is custom built, too, and features a single Haneline gauge in the middle of the dash; wiring for the car started with a Painless Performance kit. Below is a chromed vent used in conjunction with the Vintage Air climate-control system, and a Lecarra four-spoke steering wheel mates to an ididit column to handle the steering. The trans cover, attached to the floor with visible screws, is home to the long shifter from Ginnie.
Once the car was finished, the Hudsons debuted it at the 2012 Goodguys PPG Nationals in Columbus, Ohio, where it won a Painless Performance/STREET RODDER Top 100 award and, at the NSRA Nationals in Louisville, it also picked up a Pro's Pick award.
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Robbery is a serious offense commonly associated with crimes of violence by the FBI. According to the agency, there were 447,403 robberies during 2006, a 7.2 percent increase over the previous year. In terms of dollars and cents, this represents a loss of $567 million.
Electrical contractors (ECs) that install and service holdup and panic alarms should be extra careful because of the added liability. If the system fails to work properly during a real holdup, your customer could hold you responsible, and the consequences can be serious.
Just for clarification, according to the FBI, robbery is "the taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear."
Getting immediate help
Holdup and panic alarm systems allow people to summon help when a burglary attempt takes place. When used in a commercial setting, this special alarm system is called a holdup system, and when used in a residential application it is referred to as a panic alarm.
With a holdup system installed, for example, it's possible to summon help at the first sign of trouble. Common commercial applications for holdup alarms include convenience and grocery stores and general office settings. Other examples of holdup system applications include credit unions, banks and stores where people go to cash their paychecks.
When used as a holdup system, activation usually is silent, so as not to provoke the perpetrator. In homes, panic alarm systems usually are audible. Audibility, in this case, is needed to warn neighbors and to frighten the perpetrator(s) off.
But the biggest issue surrounding holdup and panic alarm systems is that robberies are unpredictable. A robber can attack anyone at any time.
In residential settings, the panic alarm function is commonly integrated with the keypads the EC installs in a home. These are the same interface devices the homeowner uses to arm and disarm the burglar alarm system.
Most modern keypads include a panic function, using two designated buttons. To activate the panic feature, it is necessary to press both buttons simultaneously, holding them down for a predetermined period of time. The dual-button activation feature is intended to prevent false alarms. A police shield usually identifies the two buttons used for panic.
Because these buttons are part of the burglar alarm system the home-owner uses on a daily basis and because both adults and children use it, the installer should take sufficient time to train all potential users.
Another popular method of panic alarm activation is a portable, wireless button that can be carried. Some panic buttons take the form of a pendant that can be placed around the neck. Others take the form of a keyfob that attaches to the homeowner's key ring. It is common for keyfobs to include one or more buttons that will arm, disarm and turn a light on to show the homeowner's way inside or outside the home.
Commercial/retail holdup systems
Holdup alarm systems are popular in commercial and retail settings where there is the likelihood of robbery. In this case, the equipment is more application specific, which means it is important to know what is available on the market. It also is important to know how to install the various holdup devices and to devise an action plan for central station operators whose job it is to respond.
In the holdup application, it is important that the perpetrator feels he is in control, which means silence is a must when an employee triggers a holdup device. The perpetrator must not see or hear anything that would alert him that authorities have been notified. This is critical in retail facilities, such as convenience stores.
For example, when a holdup signal is received, the central station is supposed to automatically call the police dispatcher for immediate response. In a panic alarm function, the central station would call the premises for a password. Of course, panic alarm systems also come with a duress function. When triggered, the central office wastes no time calling the premises and calls for help instead.
Common holdup alarm hardware includes money clips in cash drawers, dual-action holdup buttons under countertops and desktops, and foot rails under desks and counters. In many instances, grocery and convenience stores and banks will use a combination of holdup devices.
Planning central station response is an important part of what the installing company does when installing holdup and panic alarm systems. This is especially true, since it is important to solicit the help of local law enforcement authorities as quickly as possible when an employee or homeowner is threatened.
COLOMBO is a 32-year veteran in the security and life safety markets. He currently is director with FireNetOnline.com and a nationally recognized trade journalist located in East Canton, Ohio.