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It might be a good idea to make sure that when you link to articles from headlines that link to your blog (which is a whole other matter entirely, also having issues commenting on your stories, can you look into it) that the links actually link to an article. I have had to fix this up a number of times and would have thought a wiki user of your length of time would make sure this sort of issues do not occur. [[User:Dvergne|Dvergne]] 08:14, 28 April 2013 (EDT)
It might be a good idea to make sure that when you link to articles from headlines that link to your blog (which is a whole other matter entirely, also having issues commenting on your stories, can you look into it) that the links actually link to an article. I have had to fix this up a number of times and would have thought a wiki user of your length of time would make sure this sort of issues do not occur. [[User:Dvergne|Dvergne]] 08:14, 28 April 2013 (EDT)
Revision as of 09:50, 4 May 2013
--Joaquín Martínez 00:22, 31 December 2009 (EST)
Talk to me! Am I right? Wrong? Any suggestions? --TerryH 18:24, 5 March 2007 (EST)
- 1 Administrative Office
- 2 Templates
- 3 126.96.36.199
- 4 Jesse MacBeth
- 5 Reply
- 6 Examples of Bias in Wikipedia
- 7 Schlafly
- 8 Help!
- 9 CreationWiki
- 10 Headline text
- 11 Hai
- 12 CreationWiki
- 13 Io
- 14 Comment
- 15 The horror...
- 16 Oops
- 17 Opinion requested
- 18 bamboozled
- 19 quick note
- 20 Regarding removal of my articles
- 21 Redheads
- 22 Principal's Resignation?
- 23 Aggrieved's Talk Page Debate
- 24 Hi
- 25 Delete and protect
- 26 My talk page
- 27 Looks like someone had a friend show up
- 28 Lsit
- 29 Wikiproject:News/Suggestions/Archives
- 30 News suggestions
- 31 rhea article
- 32 A. Schlafly's talk page
- 33 Parolees
- 34 Slightly amused but no offense meant...
- 35 Don't get it....
- 36 New wave
- 37 Navboxes
- 38 Recent Vandalism
- 39 The Simpsons
- 40 Thanks!
- 41 AddisonDM block
- 42 Happy New Year, Terry!
- 43 Help
- 44 Subacute myelo-optic neuropathy
- 45 please check your email
- 46 Vandals
- 47 help would be appreciated
- 48 Music article talk page
- 49 Guard Dog
- 50 Help needed
- 51 Great start!
- 52 Reply
- 53 Great block and revert!
- 54 Thank you!
- 55 Must be doing something right
- 56 Genesis
- 57 Ephesians
- 58 Romans 9-16
- 59 Wow, inspiring achievement!
- 60 a proposal
- 61 Touching base
- 62 Please let me know if you want to serve on a blocking policy refinement panel
- 63 Request for Admin assistance
- 64 Your articles
- 65 What is the difference between global atheism and the Question evolution! campaign?
- 66 Ragnar Danneskjöld
- 67 Question Evolution! Campaign is achieving its goal - people are questioning evolution!
- 68 Vandalism
- 69 CNAV account
- 70 Interesting news
- 71 Go Question Evolution! USA! USA! USA! USA!
- 72 A serious Biblical matter
- 73 "Obamacare Dead on Arrival" -- very poor judgment in my opinion
- 74 Boston
- 75 Good Idea
- 76 Homosexuality article and General protection idea/proposal
- 77 Issues with your blog
Administrative Office
The door is always open. Please place questions, suggestions, complaints, et cetera, here.--TerryHTalk 13:50, 6 April 2007 (EDT)
- I think you're right and glad you ain't left. --Ed Poor 15:56, 18 April 2007 (EDT)
Instead of typing out <nowiki>{{Essay}}</nowiki>, you can instead type {{tl|Essay}}. This is less effort and produces a similar result, except that it includes a link to the template: {{Essay}}.
Philip J. Rayment 23:18, 18 April 2007 (EDT)
In response to Terry's statements concerning Jesus and how he might live today I feel it is quite simple. The best teachers lead through example and Jesus was sent here to, 'teach', to show us the way to God, so what better way to get there? The most practical of lessons are learned an enacted through specific actions, therefore to follow Christian doctrine and to live the life of a true Christian is to walk, talk, and act as Jesus did. So if we are to attempt to live as Jesus did we are by definition living the life of an extreme liberal. So if you want to get closer to God and be promised eternal salvation you should watch your step and begin as they say to, 'Walk the Walk and Talk the Talk'. copyright 2010, ©baltimoremd
As wordnetweb.princeton.edu/ defines 'liberal',
-broad: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions" -having political or social views favoring reform and progress -tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition -a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties -big: given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather" -a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets -free: not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"
I may be wrong about this, and this may be encyclopedia policy, but I noticed you banned User:220.127.116.11 for an infinite period of time. It seems somewhat illogical to ban an IP address infinitely, because somebody else may end up with that IP and be unable to create an account.--Tmcfulton 20:37, 13 November 2007 (EST)
- That's not how IP addresses work. A little probabilistic math ought to convince anyone that the hazard you describe is a virtual non-issue.--TerryHTalk 20:46, 13 November 2007 (EST)
- You're correct, I guess. I was thinking of the way they do it on Wikipedia, but I guess Conservapedia isn't popular enough for this to be an issue.--Tmcfulton 20:50, 13 November 2007 (EST)
Jesse MacBeth
The phony soldier himself. All we need is a pic. Karajou 06:04, 25 December 2007 (EST)
Capitalism essentially becomes the practice of making the rich richer and the poor poorer. I do not see why the failure of one or two states that pretended to be communist so they could garner the support of the masses makes capitalism any less abhorrent. And Terry, spouting the occasional occasional fragment of fortune-cookie wisdom does not improve your argument, nor does it compensate for the unequivocally unamicable tone of your response. I mean no offense, I simply didn't expect to be greeted with such open hostility in response to what was intended as a partially fatuous comment. --AngryCommunist 23:03, 4 January 2008 (EST)
- You are too late. My opinion of Communism is obviously widely shared. And if it is "unamicable" to say that Communism is bad, then you will see in me the least amicable person you are likely ever to meet on the Internet. Let that suffice.--TerryHTalk 07:27, 5 January 2008 (EST)
Examples of Bias in Wikipedia
I know I'm new here and I haven't made many edits, but could you please give me an explanation for reverting my edit to Examples of Bias in Wikipedia? I didn't delete that example just because I felt like it. One of the sources in the Wikipedia article really does mention something about extrapolation, making our allegation false. I'm not trying to censor anything, I just don't want this site filled with the same kind of lies and inaccuracies that pervade Wikipedia. Best, Gillespie 22:36, 9 January 2008 (EST)
- Explain what? Do you deny it?
- Do you deny that Wikipedia is six times more liberal than is the American public?
- In fact, Jimbo Wales is proud of that statistic. Proud! He seems to think that we "Yanks" are too busy playing cowboys and Indians to be truly enlightened.
- If you are prepared to show that that entry is in error--show me. Do it on the Talk page of the article in question, so that everybody who takes as active an interest as I do, will see it as well.--TerryHTalk 23:29, 9 January 2008 (EST)
You objected to speculation, I removed it. Now you are censoring my opinion in violation of the Conservapedia Commandments. MatthewHopkins 11:35, 2 February 2008 (EST)
Hey Terry - I hate to have to ask - but I saw that your online and you had just done a template a bit ago, so I assume you're good with templates. Would you mind helping me out on Template:USState? I can't get it to work properly - I think the problem is {{!-}}. Thanks--IDuan 16:38, 9 February 2008 (EST)
Oh hey - I figured it out! It was just a weird thing with the spacing - I'll fix it now--IDuan 16:49, 9 February 2008 (EST)
- Well now the only problem is that there's a ton of spaces under "capital" if the parameters aren't filled in - but hopefully I can figure out how to fix this - thanks for your help--IDuan 16:52, 9 February 2008 (EST)
Is there something wrong with CreationWiki right now? That seems to happen a lot; it's been going on for several weeks in a row now. I try to access the site and it always tells me "Internet Explorer Cannot display the webpage". I figured you'd know something since you're an admin, please help me out here ScorpionVote for Pedro 09:52, 14 February 2008 (EST)
- Thanks! I was getting kind of worried there. I Pray it's up again soon. ScorpionVote for Pedro 21:18, 14 February 2008 (EST)
- I'm hearing a lot of crap about the God of the OT being infanticidal. How should I respond? ScorpionVote for Pedro 10:00, 16 February 2008 (EST)
- Yeah, they're talking about God's directives for the Israelites' enemies. "Why would God command them to kill the babies too?" (God tells them to kill the men, women and children and animals) ScorpionVote for Pedro 10:12, 16 February 2008 (EST)
- For questions such as this, a good site is http://www.tektonics.org. You can search for keywords (as you can on many sites), or you can look up particular verses. With a quick look I found this page that touches on your question. I also found another page that pointed to a different site with this article, which I haven't read, but I think might be quite useful to you. With a better search, you might be able to find more. Philip J. Rayment 17:24, 16 February 2008 (EST)
Headline text
Terry, it's a lot quicker to go look at my contributions, hit the "rollback" button, then hit "back" on your browser and go up the list. By the way, ask Andy if he got my email yet! --HelpfultipsforTerryH 12:00, 15 February 2008 (EST)
Those last two ethereal apparitions of vandals were not me, but I totally endorse what they did. Seems as though I have some admirers!
In regards to the second vandal's tips, it's sound advice. I'd feel sorry for you (that's a lie - maybe a small bit of pity, of definitely not sorry) if one of those WillyOnWheels vandals from last year showed up when you were the only sysop on patrol. Advice is advice, take it from where you can. But, in your defense, it is hard to teach an
old dog dinosaur new tricks.
Also, consider archiving those two pages.
You should be looking forward to the next RDubya project - It's an article which systematically compares Conservapedia to your very own definition of extremism! I can't wait for it to be the shining gem of the internet.
By the way, please tell Andy to check his email - I have an important message waiting for him.
Please feel free to email me, the link on my deleted userpage should still be active.
Regards, -Hojimachong
Re-install MediaWiki. I use PHP5 on my Mac with Apache2 to run the software for my personal use, and have never had a problem. I understand the base is heavily hacked, but that's life. Alternatively, you might want to consider replacing all of the
include directives with
include_once directives. --MakeTomorrow 10:17, 16 February 2008 (EST)
Wow, Terry, amazing job!--IDuan 22:53, 18 February 2008 (EST)
In my short time here I've noticed two blocks, one with an accompanying IP block. I understand that IP blocks are good site policy for persistent vandals, but absent a showing that the targeted vandal is in fact a persistent, repeat offender, is there any reason to block permanently, other than to suppress dissent? Isn't it conceivable that you just blocked a public computer, or a public WiFi net, meaning now legitimate users can't visit? Seems to me like a poor compromise between security and freedom.-PhoenixWright 14:07, 3 March 2008 (EST)
- Hmmm, I appreciate your reasons, although I continue to think they're overbroad. I guess we disagree, but you're free to run your own site (into the ground...?). Further, I did not appreciate the threatening tone, here. In fact, I think it's counterproductive. I was not aware that wikis were autocracies. My experience at (dare I say it? - Wikipedia) was different. I see you're different from them, though, in many significant ways, this not the least. Cheers nonetheless.-PhoenixWright 22:19, 3 March 2008 (EST)
The horror...
Hey, are you online? Could you please block ZebraSofa? I think I'm the only one who noticed his recent vandalism rampage. He seems to have sort of cooled down, but he could just be regrouping on the savannah. Thanks.Jellyfish 12:27, 30 March 2008 (EDT)
I second to that, look at Recent Page. Someone stop the idiot that living his own shell
Edit- By the way, good job for defense, Jellyfish. --TagoPagdaluhong 12:33, 30 March 2008 (EDT)
(blush) Philip J. Rayment 11:20, 14 April 2008 (EDT)
300.2 million > 3.2 million [1] --Ed Poor Talk 22:22, 21 April 2008 (EDT)
Opinion requested
Could you please weigh in on the discussion here? We're looking for more opinions and hope to arrive at some sort of style definition. Thanks. Jinkas 19:42, 25 April 2008 (EDT)
Why don't you think Fox News is a major media organization? --DeanSa 17:38, 3 May 2008 (EDT)
- The edit isn't about size - it is about liberal bias. 10px Fox (talk|contribs) 17:39, 3 May 2008 (EDT)
quick note
I replied to your planet suggestion and would be most happy to review the material and provide any input that I think I would be beneficial. I also sent you an important email. I am hoping to get things rolling as soon as possible and would appreciate your input in regards to my proposal. Conservative 15:27, 15 May 2008 (EDT)
Regarding removal of my articles
Is there any person I can contact regarding removing my articles? I see you reverted my deletion notices. Regards. LChriosa 10:22, 16 May 2008 (EDT)
- No need to spam the wiki like this. You are heard.
- They are not "your" articles; you donated them without any strings attached.
- I deleted a couple already. Your article on Machiavellianism was worthless drivel. I can't believe a professor would use such material as course notes.
- If (by some awkward chance) you are really a professor, email me your credentials and we can talk by phone. --Ed Poor Talk 11:02, 16 May 2008 (EDT)
- They weren't course notes; they were introductory articles. Quite a difference. I have nothing to prove to you, I don't care if you think I am a professor or not (I amn't by they way, I was a lecturer who taught in England and Ireland for many years, and never attained the title of 'professor') and am not going to Email you and am most certainly not going to let a random person on the internet ring me. What aspect of the Machiavelli article didn't you like? Was it above you? LChriosa 11:39, 16 May 2008 (EDT)
Why does it need to be deleted? Sure, the first article I posted was intended to be sarcastic (not against Conservapedia, but against the cruel views with which Redheads are looked upon in England (a trend that stems from bigotry against the Scots, Irish, and Scandinavians).
This has manifested itself in the following forms:
-The Chapman family in Newcastle was forced to move MULTIPLE TIMES due to taunts directed to both parents and children
-We have been beaten up, and one man was stabbed in an alley
-Skinheads are organizing against us
-A waitress was harassed on multiple occasions
-Some of us (though not me, personally) are brought to indignation upon hearing the word "ginger", which isn't much when compared to things like "Firecrotch"
-Countless men, women, and children have been taunted, often resulting in suicide attempts
-Over here in Texas, I, along with a few people I know, have also been the target of obsceneties
-This issue has gained the attention of the press from Austin to Aberdeen, along with being the focal topic of an episode of Southpark, along with countless British media and recent literature.
(pardon my bad spelling; I'm only 16)
My second post sought to explain this. It did not have any liberal bias- only pro-ginger bias (my own). It does not concern conservatism or liberalism*. Besides, I thought this is the place to be biased... isn't it?
*Liberalism traditionally refers to free-market capitalism and relaxed social restrictions similar to Libertarianism. Only in recent years has it been misconstrued to refer to left-wing politics.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by GLA (talk)
Why did you revert my edits? The article that's cited as a source explicitly states that it has not been conclusively proven that Gardasil caused or was even implicated in those deaths. -- Aaronp
Principal's Resignation?
Thought you might be interested in this story.
--Benp 22:49, 22 May 2008 (EDT)
Aggrieved's Talk Page Debate
Terry, you came to my Talk page and demanded that I "had better: 1) Provide a citation for your allegation that a significant proportion of Guantanamo detainees have turned out to be innocent of the war crimes imputed to them; 2) Retract your last comment and apologize to me; and 3) Prepare to face blockage for contempt of the administration."
My response:
1) - Multiple citations provided. It is duly noted you never provided a single citation to back up your own false claim; 2) - Not a chance; 3) - No problem. This dialog will be in the record and your willingness to disregard fact, remain uninformed about current affairs, and aggressively police your own mistruths will be duly noted. Martyrdom in the name of truth can be my legacy.
In response to your failure to prove your case, and my success in proving mine, I now demand you: 1. Withdraw your claim on Main:Talk Page that "to a man, every one of those released detainess has turned up doing exactly the same thing again", publicly. 2. Apologize to me, publicly, for your aggressive tone and ill-informed opinion.
Thank you. Aggrieved 21:04, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
Just pointing out, you accidentally blocked Leda for a month instead of a day. Wandering 16:39, 15 June 2008 (EDT)
- No accident, neighbor. She'd already been blocked a number of times before, so she rated what she got.--TerryHTalk 16:58, 15 June 2008 (EDT)
Delete and protect
I believe the new policy/custom is to use actual salting instead of using some "deletedpage" placeholder. You should be able to protect non-existent pages (or specify protection during deletion, I don't know for sure). See also Special:Protectedtitles for a list of what has been salted already. --KevinM 15:12, 23 June 2008 (EDT)
PS: Thanks a lot for the unblock. I'm still struggling with the mail confirmation, so I had to rely on somebody seeing my block. :) --KevinM 17:13, 23 June 2008 (EDT)
My talk page
Thanks for sweeping up around my castle when the moat overflowed. ;-) --Ed Poor Talk 19:53, 1 July 2008 (EDT)
Looks like someone had a friend show up
- shrug* Thanks. Jinxmchue 22:44, 26 July 2008 (EDT)
Thanks for the correction. Memory 15:31, 29 July 2008 (EDT)
Terry, Thanks for contributing news items. When your suggested news items have been completed, they will be archived under your name so we can keep the suggestions page clear for new items. --DeanStalk 11:10, 25 August 2008 (EDT)
News suggestions
Terry, since you post to the "In the news" section of the Main page, I'm requesting your help with the News suggestions. So far, 54 of these suggestions have already been posted to the Main page and moved to the suggestion archives. With your help, we can continue to receive and post positive suggestions from our editors.
Please review the suggestions. If you like one (or more of them), please post the article(s) on Template:Mainpageright and add a note that you posted their suggestion. If you don't like a suggestion, add a comment and the suggestion will be moved to the suggestions talk page. I will take care of the rest (archiving, updating counts, etc). Thanks for your assistance. --DeanStalk 11:20, 18 September 2008 (EDT)
rhea article
Hi, great article. Now the bad news :) I came across this as a Random page search and I noticed the first bit with the picture is spread beyond the normal article edge on the left. It would be a bit neater if it could be sized a fraction narrower. I have no idea on how that would be done. If you disagree thats fine ;-) Markr 18:11, 17 October 2008 (EDT)
- The problem was with the template that puts a box of information on the right. Somebody duplicated the size, and that duplicate size was uninterpretable and thus the image came through at its original size, which was not what I intended. You'll notice that the images are back to the proper size now.--TerryHTalk 18:19, 17 October 2008 (EDT)
- yes thats even better Markr 18:37, 17 October 2008 (EDT)
- That error was in there since July last year! Obviously the previous version of MediaWiki somehow coped with it, but the latest version is stricter. It would also explain why the info box in the Earth article was so big the other day. And there's another size duplication in the template, which I'll fix now. Philip J. Rayment 21:42, 17 October 2008 (EDT)
- yes thats even better Markr 18:37, 17 October 2008 (EDT)
A. Schlafly's talk page
Could you repair it, too? I couldn't do so. Thanks --BRichtigen 08:54, 24 October 2008 (EDT)
I noticed we had a category:Parolees a few weeks ago when I was browsing the Conservapedia:Maintenance page. Since User:Saxplayer is now on parole, I thought I'd use that as a chance to revive the formal parole system. Please let me know if you object. If you don't, how long is Saxplayer's parole for? -Foxtrot 20:46, 27 October 2008 (EDT)
Slightly amused but no offense meant...
I'm sorry for bugging you, if you don't write Guard dog, but this block reason just cracked me up:
- Blocked for vandalism with assistance of Conservapedia:Guard dog
Can you tell whoever writes it they probably ought to reword that summary? When I first saw it, before I clicked the link to the page about Guard dog, I thought you were saying that the vandal was using Guard dog to vandalize.
Again, sorry for bugging you, but I saw you using it, and I don't know who develops it.
Thanks, and have a good day!
Samd 10:37, 1 November 2008 (EDT)
- Hmmmm, I wrote that. Now that you point it out, I see your point. I wonder what would be best: A comma after "vandalism"?
- And just to be overly pedantic, why would you think that the vandal was using Guard Dog to vandalize when it actually says "vandalism"?
- Philip J. Rayment 11:00, 1 November 2008 (EDT)
- Because I'm a stupid American? :P I don't know. I've always spelled it like that. Why do I spell my name s-a-m? (pedantics in calculus class - uuggghhhh...) A comma would probably be good. Samd 11:25, 1 November 2008 (EDT)
- I won't make any nasty cracks about "stupid American" containing a redundancy. I provided the default text, but TerryH will have to change it on his settings if he wishes. Philip J. Rayment 07:34, 2 November 2008 (EST)
- Because I'm a stupid American? :P I don't know. I've always spelled it like that. Why do I spell my name s-a-m? (pedantics in calculus class - uuggghhhh...) A comma would probably be good. Samd 11:25, 1 November 2008 (EDT)
Don't get it....
From now on, I'll have to trust you implicitly. DO NOT ABUSE MY TRUST.
Thanks for your trust? Don't shout at me? --BRichtigen 06:34, 9 November 2008 (EST)
Please, believe me, a block-notice is enough to get my attention :-) I was editing Philipp Lenard, when this bizarre Hitlermania started. I got a little bit annoyed as I'd thought that the guard-dog would act a little bit earlier - and without biting me ;-) But I fully understand that you had no time to check my contributions to see that I'm a legit editor --BRichtigen 06:42, 9 November 2008 (EST)
New wave
Thanks for this, although I am faintly disappointed that you beat me to it. :-) --Ed Poor Talk 15:02, 18 November 2008 (EST)
Terry, I think that the text in the navboxes would look better if it was centered. BrianCo 16:10, 1 December 2008 (EST)
Recent Vandalism
I'm not sure how to undo a page back 2 edits, but in the most recent vandalism spree, ForReal edited Talk:Main Page twice and Talk:Barack Obama was edited by ForReal and then another user just after that. When you undid that last edit, it took it back to ForReal's 'contribution'. Could you take care of this, or I can do it if shown how. Thanks! WesleySHello! 19:46, 10 December 2008 (EST)
The Simpsons
Should we provide a conservative analysis of the characters on the Simpsons? --Ed Poor Talk 10:08, 16 December 2008 (EST)
Looks like BrandonF was going to be persistent with his idea of "humor." I was going to revert him again, but you beat me to it. Thanks! --Benp 14:25, 28 December 2008 (EST)
AddisonDM block
TerryH, I was given just now a 5 year autoblock by the Guarddog attributed to you, for suspected vandalism. I was actually installing a new template approved by Mr. Schlafly called Template:Bible Versions on all the Bible pages. I was told this was a good thing to do. Please immediately unblock me, and for proof I am not a vandal, see the 10+ new pages I have added at User:AddisonDM. 29 December 2008
Happy New Year, Terry!
Glory to God in highest heaven,
Who unto man His Son hath given;
While angels sing with tender mirth,
A glad new year to all the earth.
~Martin Luther
--₮K/Talk! 23:38, 31 December 2008 (EST)
Hi, thanks for helping out with that other editor earlier. I was just wondering how/where I can suggest new articles for creation? Many Thanks. --JamesDW 22:49, 11 January 2009 (EST)
Subacute myelo-optic neuropathy
Would you mind taking a look at this and see what the "big dispute" is? Thanks! --₮K/Admin/Talk 16:24, 12 January 2009 (EST)
please check your email
Please check your email conservative 17:06, 17 February 2009 (EST)
It seems that there have been a lot of vandals with "bob" in their name. Could you edit the software to autoblock anyone with "bob" in their name for at least the next month? Thanks, JY23 13:47, 25 February 2009 (EST)
help would be appreciated
Any help you could offer as far as this article Creation vs. evolution debate would be appreciated. conservative 01:56, 1 March 2009 (EST)
Music article talk page
Hi TerryH! I've left a long, substantial review of the popular vs. classical issue on the music talk page. I'd appreciate starting a constructive dialogue about this issue in order to strengthen this aspect of the article. Thanks! JDWpianist 07:28, 8 April 2009 (EDT)
Guard Dog
The bot is going berserk. Corry 11:59, 15 April 2009 (EDT)
Help needed
As the editor of many Bible persons, could you weigh in on a problem mentioned here: http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:RJJensen#Persons_in_the_Bible (the Hoshea to Joshua issue has been fixed) ThanksDaniel1212 08:46, 10 August 2009 (EDT)
Great start!
Your edits to Epistle of Jude (Translated) are a great start to this week!--Andy Schlafly 10:44, 19 October 2009 (EDT)
Thanks Terry (sorry for the late reply),
I have an interest in ancient Greek, daily access to a large academic library and, like everyone else, the resources of the Internet. You could describe me as an enthusiastic amateur. Luke has always been my favorite Gospel, containing the best versions of the Parables. I have no particular plans to translate Acts, though I would welcome the opportunity. It would probably be best to regard my edits as first drafts, and I have tried to update the language and convey the intent of the verses.
JohnFraiser 18:58, 19 October 2009 (EDT)
Great block and revert!
Great block and revert, Terry!--Andy Schlafly 08:30, 15 November 2009 (EST)
Thank you!
and Marry Christmas!
--Joaquín Martínez 08:29, 26 December 2009 (EST)
Must be doing something right
Do I have the honor of attracting the most user page vandalism? Anyway, thanks for watching out for me, Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year! :-) --Ed Poor Talk 11:42, 26 December 2009 (EST)
Congrats on finishing Genesis! It'll be good to add to the ongoing CBP compilation. If you have input or recommendations for the compilation's design and layout, please bring them forward! DouglasA 12:09, 4 January 2010 (EST)
Well done powering through Ephesians! Here I'd planned to come home and translate a chapter, and you've finished the whole letter. DouglasA 19:07, 30 March 2010 (EDT)
Romans 9-16
Sorry for tripping over your work there, I figured I'd work a chapter ahead to avoid edit conflicts with the one you were working on. I'm out of time for today, so feel free to go ahead without me getting in the way, and have a great Easter. --ChrisY 19:39, 3 April 2010 (EDT)
Wow, inspiring achievement!
Wow, Terry, what an inspiring achievement! Now there are only 5 unfinished books. I'll hurry up with the Letter of James!--Andy Schlafly 21:21, 3 April 2010 (EDT)
- Scratch that - I see you're working on the Epistle of James. I'll work on the Epistle to the Hebrews now.--Andy Schlafly 21:28, 3 April 2010 (EDT)
a proposal
Would you be interested in writing the following articles:
The reason I ask is that I think it would be a good idea for Conservapedia to launch a Conservapedia: Anti-Evolution Project down the pike. conservative 21:43, 3 May 2010 (EDT)
Touching base
Hi Terry,
Rob encouraged me to stop by and try to mend fences, as it were. I'm sorry for the differences we've had in the past, probably not here, but now that I am back I wanted to get off on the right foot and I hope we don't bump heads... good luck and Godspeed with your works.
Peace, Huw. Human 02:06, 2 August 2011 (EDT)
Please let me know if you want to serve on a blocking policy refinement panel
Please let me know if you want to serve on a blocking policy refinement panel. I invited someone to edit Conservapedia and they were blocked and they should not have been. I got the block overturned. So I think there is room for improvement in Conservapedia's blocking policy. You can sign up HERE. I invited active Syops/Admins plus people with blocking rights who might wish to be Sysops. If I left anyone out, please let them know about the panel. The people with blocking rights can sign up HERE. The panel will probably convene when Iduan is back from his summer vacation or fairly soon afterwards. Conservative 13:47, 13 August 2011 (EDT)
Request for Admin assistance
To all senior admins and sysops. I am being repeatedly abused by user:conservative who, among other things, accuses me continuously of being an atheist simply because I point out some of the holes in his articles. See here for the latest accusation. I have asked him numerous times to desist with his sneering name calling as I find it offensive to have my faith questioned and nothing is ever done. He state's I am atheist because I don't agree with some of his ridiculous contentions. In actual fact it isn't even that I disagree with him it is that I point out his shoddy research, poor scholarship and his berating, insulting and sarcastic behaviour towards others. I am of the opinion now that he is purposely calling me names because he knows I don't like it which is unchristian, impolite and, above all, insulting. Is anyone going to teach this man some manners? Has Conservapedia become a place where Conservative is allowed to behave this way without any warning or comeuppance but all other editors and warned and blocked for minor infractions. He is in continual violation of the commandments yet NOTHING is done whereas people like myself are always watching out to avoid being banned. Well, fine, ban me if you like. I probably will be after this posting and no doubt Conservative will cackle with glee at "winning" again. But laugh Conservative, you win nothing. I post this is full knowledge that I might be blocked banned and insulted by you in my absence and I have always remained polite and civil plus I can hold my head up high. Hopefully one of you will take a stand and insist on standards of civility. But I don't hold out much hope. Thanks, many of you were kind, decent people whom I enjoyed working with and I pray for you. MaxFletcher 19:22, 5 October 2011 (EDT)
Your articles
I am rather impressed with the articles you have written. I was reading the one you were working on and thought it was superb. That is a good book, too. Good job!
What is the difference between global atheism and the Question evolution! campaign?
Terry, I have a question for you.
Question: What is the difference between global atheism and the Question evolution campaign?
Here is the answer: The Question evolution campaign is growing and global atheism is currently shrinking by about 300 atheists a day![2] :) Please pay special note to the words currently shrinking by about 300 atheists a day. :)
Question evolution! campaign community
A Question evolution! campaign online community is forming.[3] Creation Ministries International's Question evolution! campaign is about to break the sound barrier! Volunteer recruiting is picking up steam! Click HERE for details.Conservative 07:03, 22 November 2011 (EST)
Ragnar Danneskjöld
I posted on the talk page but thought this might get to you sooner.
There's a messed up wikilink in the 3rd paragraph of the background section. Ayzmo :) 18:28, 17 February 2012 (EST)
Question Evolution! Campaign is achieving its goal - people are questioning evolution!
American young earth creationism increased in the last two years - Gallup survey. Question evolution! campaign and other efforts of creationists are working!.[4]
It is so good to be a Bible believing creationist! It is so easy to crush the pseudoscience of evolutionism. It merely takes getting the anti-evolution message out there.[5][6] Conservative 07:34, 2 June 2012 (EDT)
Could you please check Category:Speedy_deletion_candidates? Thanks. AugustO 12:56, 18 June 2012 (EDT)
CNAV account
Sorry if this is a bit off-topic for Conservapedia talk pages:
I have tried to create a CNAV account with the username GregG. I was told that my password would be sent to the e-mail address I provided on the registration form, which is my e-mail address. I never got that message. I also tried to have a new e-mail sent at least once (yesterday), but still I received nothing. Could you take a look into this? GregG 11:51, 28 July 2012 (EDT)
- I just sent a message to the e-mail I have on you. Now so far I haven't gotten any delivery-failure notices. But if you don't get a message within the next three hours, then you must have put in the wrong e-mail address.
Interesting news
http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&oldid=997411#ArbCom_bans_the_chairman_of_Wikimedia_UK – This news might interest you. --Michaeldsuarez 15:03, 31 July 2012 (EDT)
- http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/08/01/50-shades-wikipedia-uk-head-banned-after-bondage-porn-ties/ – Fox News is now paying attention. --Michaeldsuarez 14:02, 1 August 2012 (EDT)
Go Question Evolution! USA! USA! USA! USA!
Creationist benchmark is hit and exceeded in the United States
Creation Ministries International breaks through key USA key benchmark! The first Question evolution! sound barrier has been breached. Watch the campaign grow faster and faster and faster. USA! USA! USA! Conservative 05:19, 8 September 2012 (EDT)
A serious Biblical matter
Aschlafly wrote the essay Mystery:Did Jesus Write the Epistle to the Hebrews?. This wouldn't have been to problematic, but now he puts his outlandish idea into an article in the main space (Epistle to the Hebrews). First he wrote:
|"The Epistle to the Hebrews is the nineteenth book of the New Testament, and one of the greatest mysteries in all of intellectual history: the authorship of this brilliant work is unknown, and the most plausible theory is that Jesus himself wrote or dictated it."
User:Iduan toned this down somewhat, so that we read at the moment:
|"The Epistle to the Hebrews is the nineteenth book of the New Testament, and one of the greatest mysteries in all of intellectual history: the authorship of this brilliant work is unknown, and one plausible theory is that Jesus himself wrote or dictated it."
I couldn't find any Biblical scholar who shares this idea, I couldn't find any authorative figure who promotes this - and this isn't much of a surprise if you read the epistle for yourself! The only "scholar" who has proposed this "theory" in the last 2000 years is Andrew Schlafly.
I tried to delete this sentence, and then I tried to make it clear that this idea is a personal insight by Andrew Schlafly. My edits were reverted: any reader of this encyclopedia gets the impression that this theory is something commonly known or well discussed. That's utterly untrue.
I tend to be quite strict on Biblical matters - I'm often accused of being nitpicky. As one of the sysops of Conservapedia who was active in 2012 I ask you to weigh in on this problem: maybe it is just me and most of the of you and your fellow sysops think that it is acceptable to present an insight of a single person in a Biblical matter (an insight shared by virtually no one) as a plausible theory. But - as the title of this section indicates - for me this is a very serious matter.
--AugustO 19:24, 25 November 2012 (EST)
"Obamacare Dead on Arrival" -- very poor judgment in my opinion
Please see Talk:Main Page#"Obamacare Dead on Arrival" -- very poor judgment in my opinion. Thanks, GregG 20:10, 2 January 2013 (EST)
Really think boston story should be on top. Dvergne 07:52, 19 April 2013 (EDT)
Good Idea
It might be a good idea to make sure that when you link to articles from headlines that link to your blog (which is a whole other matter entirely, also having issues commenting on your stories, can you look into it) that the links actually link to an article. I have had to fix this up a number of times and would have thought a wiki user of your length of time would make sure this sort of issues do not occur. Dvergne 08:14, 28 April 2013 (EDT)
Homosexuality article and General protection idea/proposal
The homosexuality article seems to be a bit broken. The table of contents is in the wrong position. Could you or another sysop please fix this ? Also I had an Idea re article protection. Would it be possible to protect some article so that only those users with edit and sysop rights edit them. This would allow those pages to be edited and improved by trusted and known users whilst stopping liberal trolls and thugs pushing their POV and vandalizing them. I think that something like this would help improve the quality and accuracy of the encyclopedia as it would allow for updates, improvements, tweaks and general formatting improvements to be made to our most popular articles Dvergne 10:45, 4 May 2013 (EDT)
Issues with your blog
I have been having a few issues with leaving comments on your blog, could you please look into it ? Dvergne 10:50, 4 May 2013 (EDT)


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- Core Enhancements
- Security
- Incompatible Changes
- Deprecations
- Performance Enhancements
- Modules and Pragmata
- Documentation
- Diagnostics
- Utility Changes
- Configuration and Compilation
- Testing
- Platform Support
- Internal Changes
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perldelta - what is new for perl v5.15.0
This document describes differences between the 5.15.0 release and the 5.14.0 release.
If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.12.0, first read perl5140delta, which describes differences between 5.12.0 and 5.14.0.
Some of the changes have been included in Perl 5.14.1. These are indicated with a "(5.14.1)" marker.
Core Enhancements
CORE:: works on all keywords
CORE:: prefix can now be used on keywords enabled by feature.pm, even outside the scope of
use feature. Relevant documentation files CORE, feature, perlfunc, perlsub, and perlsyn have been updated.
continue no longer requires the "switch" feature
continue keyword has two meanings. It can introduce a
continue block after a loop, or it can exit the current
when block. Up till now, the latter meaning was only valid with the "switch" feature enabled, and was a syntax error otherwise. Since the main purpose of feature.pm is to avoid conflicts with user-defined subroutines, there is no reason for
continue to depend on it.
$$ can be assigned to
$$ was made read-only in Perl 5.8.0. But only sometimes:
local $$ would make it writable again. Some CPAN modules were using
local $$ or XS code to bypass the read-only check, so there is no reason to keep
$$ read-only. (This change also allowed a bug to be fixed while maintaining backward compatibility.)
Features inside the debugger
The current Perl's feature bundle is now enabled for commands entered in the interactive debugger.
\N{...} can now have Unicode loose name matching
This is described in the
charnames item in "Updated Modules and Pragmata" below.
Breakpoints with file names
The debugger's "b" command for setting breakpoints now allows a line number to be prefixed with a file name. See "b [file]:[line] [condition]" in perldebug.
No changes since 5.14.0.
Incompatible Changes
Tying scalars that hold typeglobs
Attempting to tie a scalar after a typeglob was assigned to it would instead tie the handle in the typeglob's IO slot. This meant that it was impossible to tie the scalar itself. Similar problems affected
tied and
tied $scalar would return false on a tied scalar if the last thing returned was a typeglob, and
untie $scalar on such a tied scalar would do nothing.
We fixed this problem before Perl 5.14.0, but it caused problems with some CPAN modules, so we put in a deprecation cycle instead.
Now the deprecation has been removed and this bug has been fixed. So
tie $scalar will always tie the scalar, not the handle it holds. To tie the handle, use
tie *$scalar (with an explicit asterisk). The same applies to
tied *$scalar and
untie *$scalar.
IPC::Open3 no longer provides
xclose_on_exec() and
All three functions were private, undocumented and unexported. They do not appear to be used by any code on CPAN. Two have been inlined and one deleted entirely.
$$ no longer caches PID
Previously, if one embeds Perl or uses XS and calls fork(3) from C, Perls notion of
$$ could go out of sync with what getpid() returns. By always fetching the value of
$$ via getpid(), this potential bug is eliminated. Code that depends on the caching behavior will break. As described in "Core Enhancements",
$$ is now writable, but it will be reset during a fork.
There have been no deprecations since 5.14.0.
Performance Enhancements
There are no benchmarked enhancements since 5.14.0.
Modules and Pragmata
New Modules and Pragmata
Updated Modules and Pragmata
charnames has been updated from version 1.18 to version 1.22
charnames can now be invoked with a new option,
:loose, which is like the existing
:fulloption, but enables Unicode loose name matching. Details are in "LOOSE MATCHES" in charnames.
constant has been updated from version 1.21 to 1.22.
Archive::Extract has been upgraded from version 0.48 to version 0.52
Includes a fix for FreeBSD to only use
unzipif it is located in
/usr/local/bin, as FreeBSD 9.0 will ship with a limited
Attribute::Handlers updated from version 0.88 to 0.91
B has been upgraded from version 1.29 to version 1.30.
B::Deparse has been upgraded from version 1.03 to 1.05. (Perl 5.14.1 had version 1.04.)
It addresses two regressions in Perl 5.14.0:
Deparsing of the
globoperator and its diamond (
<>) form now works again [perl #90898] (5.14.1).
The presence of subroutines named
::::::no longer causes B::Deparse to hang (5.14.1).
Plus a few other bugs:
Deparsing of handle
valuewith a scalar argument now works [perl #91008].
readpipefollowed by a complex expression (as opposed to a simple scalar variable) now works.
It now puts
CORE::in front of overridable core keywords if they conflict with user-defined subroutines.
Deparsing assignment to an lvalue method specified as a variable (
$obj->$method = ...) used not to work [perl #62498].
CGI has been upgraded from version 3.52 to version 3.54
The DELETE HTTP verb is now supported.
Compress::Zlib has been upgraded from version 2.033 to version 2.035
Compress::Raw::Bzip2 has been upgraded from version 2.033 to version 2.035
Compress::Raw::Zlib has been upgraded from version 2.033 to version 2.035
CPAN::Meta has been upgraded from version 2.110440 to version 2.110930
CPANPLUS has been upgraded from version 0.9103 to version 0.9105
Now understands specifying modules to install in the format 'Module/Type.pm'
CPANPLUS::Dist::Build has been upgraded from version 0.54 to version 0.56
Data::Dumper has been upgraded from version 2.128 to 2.131.
DB_File has been upgraded from version 1.821 to version 1.822
Warnings are now in sync with perl's
Digest::SHA has been upgraded from version 5.61 to version 5.62
No longer loads MIME::Base64 as this was unnecessary.
Devel::Peek has been upgraded from version 1.07 to 1.08.
fill_mstatsfunction no longer refuses to write to copy-on-write scalars.
Encode has been upgraded from version 2.42 to version 2.43
Missing aliases added, a deep recursion error fixed and various documentation updates.
ExtUtils::CBuilder updated from version 0.280203 to 0.280204.
The new version appends CFLAGS and LDFLAGS to their Config.pm counterparts.
Filter::Util::Call has been upgraded from version 1.08 to version 1.39
decryptfixed to work with v5.14.0
Filter::Simple updated from version 0.85 to 0.87
FindBin updated from version 1.50 to 1.51.
It no longer returns a wrong result if a script of the same name as the current one exists in the path and is executable.
JSON::PP has been upgraded from version 2.27105 to version 2.27200
incr_parsedecoding string more correctly.
I18N::LangTags has been upgraded from version 0.35_01 to version 0.36.
Fix broken URLs for RFCs.
IPC::Open3 has been upgraded from version 1.10 to version 1.11.
Fixes a bug which prevented use of
open3on Windows when
*STDERRhad been localized.
Fixes a bug which prevented duplicating numeric file descriptors on Windows.
Math::BigFloat has been upgraded from version 1.993 to 1.994.
numifymethod has been corrected to return a normalised Perl number (the result of
0 + $thing), instead of a string [rt.cpan.org #66732].
Math::BigInt has been upgraded from version 1.994 to 1.995.
It provides a new
bsgnmethod that complements the
It fixes the internal
objectifyfunction's handling of "foreign objects" so they are converted to the appropriate class (Math::BigInt or Math::BigFloat).
Math::Complex has been upgraded from version 1.56 to version 1.57 and Math::Trig has been upgraded from version 1.20 to version 1.21.
Fixes include: correct copy constructor usage; fix polarwise formatting with numeric format specifier; and more stable
Module::CoreList has been upgraded from version 2.49 to 2.51.
Updated for v5.12.4, v5.14.1 and v5.15.0
mro has been updated to remove two broken URLs in the documentation.
Object::Accessor has been upgraded from version 0.38 to version 0.42
Eliminated use of
existson array elements which has been deprecated.
ODBM_File has been upgraded from version 1.10 to version 1.11.
The XS code is now compiled with
PERL_NO_GET_CONTEXT, which will aid performance under ithreads.
PerlIO::encoding has been upgraded from version 0.14 to 0.15
PerlIO::scalar has been upgraded from version 0.11 to 0.12.
It fixes a problem with
open my $fh, ">", \$scalarnot working if
$scalaris a copy-on-write scalar.
It also fixes a hang that occurs with
<$fh>if a typeglob has been assigned to $scalar [perl #92258].
Pod::Perldoc has been upgraded from version 3.15_03 to 3.15_05.
It corrects the search paths on VMS [perl #90640]. (5.14.1)
Storable has been upgraded from version 2.27 to version 2.28.
It no longer turns copy-on-write scalars into read-only scalars when freezing and thawing.
Sys::Syslog has been upgraded from version 0.27 to version 0.29
Large number of Request Tickets resolved.
Time::HiRes has been upgraded from version 1.9721_01 to version 1.9722.
Portability fix, and avoiding some compiler warnings.
Unicode::Collate has been upgraded from version 0.73 to version 0.76
Updated to CLDR 1.9.1
Unicode::Normalize has been upgraded from version 1.10 to version 1.12
Fixes for the removal of unicore/CompositionExclusions.txt from core.
XSLoader has been upgraded from version 0.13 to version 0.15
Removed Modules and Pragmata
As promised in Perl 5.14.0's release notes, the following modules have been removed from the core distribution, and if needed should be installed from CPAN instead.
Devel::DProfhas been removed from the Perl core. Prior version was 20110228.00.
Shellhas been removed from the Perl core. Prior version was 0.72_01.
New Documentation
Changes to Existing Documentation
Added portability caveats related to using
killon forked process.
Documentation for
usenow includes a pointer to if.pm (5.14.1)
defaultare now listed in perlfunc (5.14.1).
The examples for the
selectfunction no longer use strings for file handles.
Some of the function descriptions in perlguts were confusing, as it was not clear whether they referred to the function above or below the description. This has been clarified [perl #91790].
perllol has been expanded with examples using the new
push $scalarsyntax introduced in Perl 5.14.0 (5.14.1).
perlmod now states explicitly that some types of explicit symbol table manipulation are not supported. This codifies what was effectively already the case [perl #78074].
The explanation of bitwise operators has been expanded to explain how they work on Unicode strings (5.14.1).
The section on the triple-dot or yada-yada operator has been moved up, as it used to separate two closely related sections about the comma operator (5.14.1).
More examples for
m//ghave been added (5.14.1).
<<\FOOhere-doc syntax has been documented (5.14.1).
The tips on which formatting codes to use have been corrected and greatly expanded.
There are now a couple of example one-liners for previewing POD files after they have been edited.
The "Lvalue subroutines" in perlsub section has been amended to reflect changes and bug fixes introduced in Perl 5.15.0.
(*COMMIT)directive is now listed in the right section (Verbs without an argument).
perlrun has undergone a significant clean-up. Most notably, the -0x... form of the -0 flag has been clarified, and the final section on environment variables has been corrected and expanded (5.14.1).
Documented the required syntax for tying handles.
The documentation for $! has been corrected and clarified. It used to state that $! could be
undef, which is not the case. It was also unclear as to whether system calls set C's
errnoor Perl's
$![perl #91614].
Documentation for $$ has been amended with additional cautions regarding changing the process ID.
The invocation documentation for
WIFSTOPPED, and
WSTOPSIGhas been corrected (5.14.1).
The following additions or changes have been made to diagnostic output, including warnings and fatal error messages. For the complete list of diagnostic messages, see perldiag.
New Diagnostics
New Warnings
- Useless assignment to a temporary
Assigning to a temporary returned from an XS lvalue subroutine now produces a warning [perl #31946].
Changes to Existing Diagnostics
Utility Changes
Configuration and Compilation
regexp.h has been modified for compatibility with GCC's -Werror option, as used by some projects that include perl's header files (5.14.1).
USE_LOCALE{,_COLLATE,_CTYPE,_NUMERIC}have been added the output of perl -V as they have affect the behaviour of the interpreter binary (albeit only in a small area).
The code and tests for IPC::Open2 have been moved from ext/IPC-Open2 into ext/IPC-Open3, as
IPC::Open2::open2()is implemented as a thin wrapper around
IPC::Open3::_open3(), and hence is very tightly coupled to it.
The magic types and magic vtables are now generated from data in a new script regen/mg_vtable.pl, instead of being maintained by hand. As different EBCDIC variants can't agree on the code point for '~', the character to code point conversion is done at build time by generate_uudmap to a new generated header mg_data.h.
PL_vtbl_fmare now defined by the pre-processor as
PL_vtbl_regexp, instead of being distinct C variables.
PL_vtbl_sighas been removed.
Building with
-DPERL_GLOBAL_STRUCTworks again. This configuration is not generally used.
Perl configured with MAD now correctly frees
MADPROPstructures when OPs are freed.
MADPROPs are now allocated with
There have been no significant changes to the process for testing a newly-built perl.
See the source code commit history for changes to individual test files.
Platform Support
New Platforms
Discontinued Platforms
Platform-Specific Notes
No longer overrides possible extra $ccflags values given to Configure on GNU/Hurd. C.f. Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/587901
Mac OS X
Clarified Apple Developer Tools requirements in README.macosx
Mac OS X specific compilation instructions have been clarified (5.14.1)
Supplied makefile.mk patched to support gcc-4.x.x and README.win32 updated accordingly. [perl #91354]
Updated the list of required packages for building perl to reflect Solaris 9 and 10 in README.solaris [perl #90850] (5.14.1)
Ubuntu Linux
The ODBM_File installation process has been updated with the new library paths on Ubuntu natty [perl #90106] (5.14.1)
h2ph now gets the include paths from gcc correctly. This stopped working when Ubuntu switched to a "multiarch" setup [perl #90122].
Internal Changes
The compiled representation of formats is now stored via the
mg_ptrof their
PERL_MAGIC_fm. Previously it was stored in the string buffer, beyond
SvLEN(), the regular end of the string.
SvCOMPILED_{on,off}()now exist solely for compatibility for XS code. The first is always 0, the other two now no-ops. (5.14.1)
Some global variables have been marked
const, members in the interpreter structure have been re-ordered, and the opcodes have been re-ordered. The op
OP_AELEMFASThas been split into
When empting a hash of its elements (e.g. via undef(%h), or %h=()), HvARRAY field is no longer temporarily zeroed. Any destructors called on the freed elements see the remaining elements. Thus, %h=() becomes more like
delete $h{$_} for keys %h.
Boyer-Moore compiled scalars are now PVMGs, and the Boyer-Moore tables are now stored via the mg_ptr of their
PERL_MAGIC_bm. Previously they were PVGVs, with the tables stored in the string buffer, beyond
SvLEN(). This eliminates the last place where the core stores data beyond
Simplified logic in
Perl_sv_magic()introduces a small change of behaviour for error cases involving unknown magic types. Previously, if
Perl_sv_magic()was passed a magic type unknown to it, it would
Croak "Modification of a read-only value attempted" if read only
Return without error if the SV happened to already have this magic
otherwise croak "Don't know how to handle magic of type \\%o"
Now it will always croak "Don't know how to handle magic of type \\%o", even on read only values, or SVs which already have the unknown magic type.
Selected Bug Fixes
Regular expressions and character classes
The new (in 5.14.0) regular expression modifier
/awhen repeated like
/aaforbids the characters outside the ASCII range that match characters inside that range from matching under
/i. This did not work under some circumstances, all involving alternation, such as:
"\N{KELVIN SIGN}" =~ /k|foo/iaa;
succeeded inappropriately. This is now fixed.
5.14.0 introduced some memory leaks in regular expression character classes such as
[\w\s], which have now been fixed (5.14.1)
An edge case in regular expression matching could potentially loop. This happened only under
/iin bracketed character classes that have characters with multi-character folds, and the target string to match against includes the first portion of the fold, followed by another character that has a multi-character fold that begins with the remaining portion of the fold, plus some more.
"s\N{U+DF}" =~ /[\x{DF}foo]/i
is one such case.
\xDFfolds to
"ss". (5.14.1)
A few characters in regular expression pattern matches did not match correctly in some circumstances, all involving
/i. The affected characters are: COMBINING GREEK YPOGEGRAMMENI, GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA, GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON, GREEK PROSGEGRAMMENI, GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH DIALYTIKA AND OXIA, GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH DIALYTIKA AND TONOS, GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON WITH DIALYTIKA AND OXIA, GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON WITH DIALYTIKA AND TONOS, LATIN SMALL LETTER LONG S, LATIN SMALL LIGATURE LONG S T, and LATIN SMALL LIGATURE ST.
Fixed memory leak regression in regular expression compilation under threading
A number of edge cases have been fixed with formats and
formline; in particular, where the format itself is potentially variable (such as with ties and overloading), and where the format and data differ in their encoding. In both these cases, it used to possible for the output to be corrupted [perl #91032].
formlineno longer converts its argument into a string in-place. So passing a reference to
formlineno longer destroys the reference [perl #79532].
Copy-on-write scalars
Copy-on-write scalars were introduced in 5.8.0, but most Perl code did not encounter them (they were used mostly internally). Perl 5.10.0 extended them, such that assigning
__PACKAGE__ or a hash key to a scalar would make it copy-on-write. Several parts of Perl were not updated to account for them, but have now been fixed.
utf8::decodehad a nasty bug that would modify copy-on-write scalars' string buffers in place (i.e., skipping the copy). This could result in hashes having two elements with the same key [perl #91834].
Lvalue subroutines were not allowing COW scalars to be returned. This was fixed for lvalue scalar context in Perl 5.12.3 and 5.14.0, but list context was not fixed until this release.
Elements of restricted hashes (see the fields pragma) containing copy-on-write values couldn't be deleted, nor could such hashes be cleared (
%hash = ()).
Localising a tied variable used to make it read-only if it contained a copy-on-write string.
Storable, Devel::Peek and PerlIO::scalar had similar problems. See "Updated Modules and Pragmata", above.
lvalue subroutines
There have been various fixes to lvalue subroutines.
Explicit return now returns the actual argument passed to return, instead of copying it [perl #72724] [perl #72706].
Note: There are still some discrepancies between explicit and implicit return, which will hopefully be resolved soon. So the exact behaviour is not set in stone yet.
Lvalue subroutines used to enforce lvalue syntax (i.e., whatever can go on the left-hand side of
=) for the last statement and the arguments to return. Since lvalue subroutines are not always called in lvalue context, this restriction has been lifted.
Lvalue subroutines are less restrictive as to what values can be returned. It used to croak on values returned by
deleteand from other subroutines, but no longer does so [perl #71172].
Empty lvalue subroutines (
sub :lvalue {}) used to return
@_in list context. In fact, all subroutines used to, but regular subs were fixed in Perl 5.8.2. Now lvalue subroutines have been likewise fixed.
Lvalue subroutines used to copy their return values in rvalue context. Not only was this a waste of CPU cycles, but it also caused bugs. A
($)prototype would cause an lvalue sub to copy its return value [perl #51408], and
while(lvalue_sub() =~ m/.../g) { ... }would loop endlessly [perl #78680].
Autovivification now works on values returned from lvalue subroutines [perl #7946].
When called in pass-by-reference context (e.g., subroutine arguments or a list passed to
for), an lvalue subroutine returning arrays or hashes used to bind the arrays (or hashes) to scalar variables--something that is not supposed to happen. This could result in "Bizarre copy of ARRAY" errors or
@{\$_}"work". This was fixed in 5.14.0 if an array were the first thing returned from the subroutine (but not for
$scalar, @arrayor hashes being returned). Now a more general fix has been applied [perl #23790].
When called in pass-by-reference context, lvalue subroutines used to copy any read-only value that was returned. E.g.,
sub :lvalue { $] }would not return
$], but a copy of it.
Assignment to
keysreturned from an lvalue sub used not to work, but now it does.
Applying the
:lvalueattribute to an XSUB or to an aliased subroutine stub with
sub foo :lvalue;syntax stopped working in Perl 5.12. This has been fixed.
Fixes related to hashes
A bug has been fixed that would cause a "Use of freed value in iteration" error if the next two hash elements that would be iterated over are deleted [perl #85026]. (5.14.1)
Freeing deeply nested hashes no longer crashes [perl #44225].
Deleting the current hash iterator (the hash element that would be returend by the next call to
each) in void context used not to free it. The hash would continue to reference it until the next iteration. This has been fixed [perl #85026].
Other notable fixes
Passing the same constant subroutine to both
formlineno longer causes one or the other to fail [perl #89218]. (5.14.1)
List assignment to lexical variables declared with attributes in the same statement (
my ($x,@y) : blimp = (72,94)) stopped working in Perl 5.8.0. It has now been fixed.
Perl 5.10.0 introduced some faulty logic that made "U*" in the middle of a pack template equivalent to "U0" if the input string was empty. This has been fixed [perl #90160].
Destructors on objects were not called during global destruction on objects that were not referenced by any scalars. This could happen if an array element were blessed (e.g.,
bless \$a[0]) or if a closure referenced a blessed variable (
bless \my @a; sub foo { @a }).
Now there is an extra pass during global destruction to fire destructors on any objects that might be left after the usual passes that check for objects referenced by scalars [perl #36347].
This bug fix was added in Perl 5.13.9, but caused problems with some CPAN modules that were relying on the bug. Since it was so close to Perl 5.14.0, the fix was reverted in 5.13.10, to allow more time for the modules to adapt. Hopefully they will be fixed soon (see "Known Problems", below).
givenwas not calling set-magic on the implicit lexical
$_that it uses. This meant, for example, that
poswould be remembered from one execution of the same
givenblock to the next, even if the input were a different variable [perl #84526].
The "R" command for restarting a debugger session has been fixed to work on Windows, or any other system lacking a
POSIX::_SC_OPEN_MAXconstant [perl #87740].
Fixed a case where it was possible that a freed buffer may have been read from when parsing a here document [perl #90128]. (5.14.1)
studyfunction could become confused if fed a string longer than 2**31 characters. Now it simply skips such strings.
each(ARRAY)is now wrapped in
defined(...), like
each(HASH), inside a
whilecondition [perl #90888].
In @INC filters (subroutines returned by subroutines in @INC), $_ used to misbehave: If returned from a subroutine, it would not be copied, but the variable itself would be returned; and freeing $_ (e.g., with
undef *_) would cause perl to crash. This has been fixed [perl #91880].
An ASCII single quote (') in a symbol name is meant to be equivalent to a double colon (::) except at the end of the name. It was not equivalent if followed by a null character, but now it is [perl #88138].
The abbreviations for four C1 control characters
RI, and
STwere previously unrecognized by
\N{}, vianame(), and string_vianame().
Some cases of threads crashing due to memory allocation during cloning have been fixed [perl #90006].
Attempting to
gotoout of a tied handle method used to cause memory corruption or crashes. Now it produces an error message instead [perl #8611].
Perl skips copying values returned from a subroutine if it thinks the value is not in use elsewhere. Due to faulty logic, this would happen with the result of
splice, even if the result was referenced elsewhere. So
\sub { delete $_[0] }->($x)would return a reference to
$x. This has been fixed [perl #91844].
Known Problems
The fix for perl #36347 causes test failures for
Tkon some systems [perl #82542].
The changes to
tiecause test failures for the
The changes to
$$cause test failures for the
YAML::Syck has (undiagnosed) test failures.
Perl 5.15.0 represents approximatly five weeks of development since Perl 5.14.0 and contains approximately 54,000 lines of changes across 618 files from 57 authors.
Perl continues to flourish into its third decade thanks to a vibrant community of users and developers. The following people are known to have contributed the improvements that became Perl 5.15.0:
Alan Haggai Alavi, Bo Johansson, Bo Lindbergh, brian d foy, Chia-liang Kao, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Claudio Ramirez, Craig A. Berry, David Golden, David Leadbeater, David Mitchell, Dennis Kaarsemaker, Dominic Hargreaves, Eric Brine, Father Chrysostomos, Florian Ragwitz, George Greer, Gisle Aas, H.Merijn Brand, Hojung Yoon, Ian Goodacre, Jesse Vincent, Jim Cromie, Johan Vromans, John Hawkinson, John P. Linderman, Joshua ben Jore, Karl Williamson, Kevin J. Woolley, Leo Lapworth, Leon Brocard, Leon Timmermans, Louis Strous, Marcel Grünauer, Martin Hasch, Max Maischein, Michael Witten, Moritz Lenz, Nicholas Clark, Niko Tyni, Nuno Carvalho, Pau Amma, Peter John Acklam, Robin Barker, Salvador Fandiño, Samuel Thibault, Shawn M Moore, Shigeya Suzuki, Shlomi Fish, Sisyphus, Steffen Müller, Todd Rinaldo, Tom Christiansen, Tony Cook, Vladimir Timofeev, Zefram and Zsbán Ambrus.
The list above is almost certainly incomplete as it is automatically generated from version control history. In particular, it does not include the names of the (very much appreciated) contributors who reported issues to the Perl bug tracker.
Many of the changes included in this version originated in the CPAN modules included in Perl's core. We're grateful to the entire CPAN community for helping Perl to flourish.
For a more complete list of all of Perl's historical contributors, please see the AUTHORS file in the Perl source distribution.
Reporting Bugs
If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl bug database at http://rt.perl.org/perlbug/ . There may also be information at http://www.perl.org/ , the Perl Home Page.
If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the perlbug program included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down to a tiny but sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the output of
perl -V, will be sent off to email@example.com to be analysed by the Perl porting team.
If the bug you are reporting has security implications, which make it inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then please send it to email@example.com. This points to a closed subscription unarchived mailing list, which includes all the core committers, who will be able to help assess the impact of issues, figure out a resolution, and help co-ordinate the release of patches to mitigate or fix the problem across all platforms on which Perl is supported. Please only use this address for security issues in the Perl core, not for modules independently distributed on CPAN.
The Changes file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details on what changed.
The INSTALL file for how to build Perl.
The README file for general stuff.
The Artistic and Copying files for copyright information.


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Once again, HacDC is planning to launch a near-space balloon this weekend (on Saturday if conditions permit) to capture pictures of the Earth's horizon. To learn about the blimp's behavior and to assist in the recovery, the payload sends packets of sensor data through the Automatic Packet Reporting System, a quite interesting amateur-radio-based system to distribute real-time information through a repeater network. This time, however, we are parsing this data to send it through a number of useful communication channels.
One of these includes a voice phone number, 202-559-1100, powered by Twilio's phone application API. By calling this number during the day, people will have the opportunity to listen to the current data about the blimp's status and location and to receive SMS messages with the same information, including direct links to Google Maps. The flight team will also have the option of recording updates into the phone menu system. And there will be a Twitter feed with the data at @hacdcspaceblimp.
Unfortunately, however, the recovery team is capped according to the "Hackerspaces in Space" contest rules, so we do have to warn against any enterprising people from taking this information and tracking the payload down themselves. However, if you are interested in being involved, there may be opportunities to observe the launch and recovery this weekend.
We also will update this blog with details on the final launch time!


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We left Gondar in the early morning on Monday, awakening to a multicolor sunrise and roosters crowing. We said goodbye to this lovely city and our driver Amara safely drove us three hours to Bahir Dar, a resort town on Laka Tana and the capital city of the Amhara region. Before reaching the city we passed five hippos bathing in the Nile!
We checked into the hotel and found our beds had mosquito nets, the first we had seen here. Bahir Dar is warmer and has lower elevation than both Gondar and Addis, so malaria can be a concern.
We first had two meetings to visit the regional storage facility and the research lab. Then it was time for lunch and relaxation.
The ladies in the group took nice long naps, while the guys explored and walked around in the hot sun. From our group's exploration we found that Bahir Dar seems more middle class than other places we have visited in Ethiopia thus far. All the streets we saw were paved (rather than dirt roads), many people were riding bicycles, and there were few beggars. There was also a lively downtown area with many shops and cell phone stores.
Most of the team decided to go to the Kuriftu Spa, an upscale resort providing spa treatments like massage, pedicures, waxing, etc. Most of us took advantage of different treatments, which were awesome quality and super low prices. I paid the equivalent of about $3-4 for one of the best eyebrow waxes of my life.
Relaxed and content, we reclined at the Kuriftu cafe with fried ice cream, coffee, veggie wraps and other treats. We had a lovely view of Lake Tana.
It was a well-deserved day of relaxation.


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1. In 2008, our chapter formed with members of the former Charlotte, NC chapter: Thomas J. Holt (Michigan State University), Gail Ahn (Arizona State University), and Max Kilger. We also added Lance James to this new chapter to get his unique insights.
2. This is also the current roster of members in our chapter.
1. Our chapter is somewhat unique in that we are interested in understanding the attacker community using both social science research practices and information technology. To that end, Tom created an open-source research laboratory at Michigan State to examine the global hacker community staffed by students and faculty. At this point we are attempting to establish and deploy Honeynet infrastructures at Arizona State University and Michigan State University.
2. Thus far, we have identified over 50 websites involved in the sale and distribution of malware and stolen data across the globe using the open source laboratory. We are beginning to develop research reports on these various communities across the globe and better understand how they intersect.
1. Max Kilger and Tom Holt are currently working on a project to examine the attitudinal and behavioral predictors for participation in political attacks against their home country and foreign governments using college samples. We are also developing relationships with the Taiwan and Italian Chapters to create a truly international sample of participants. Anyone interested in joining this project should contact either Tom or Max for further detail.
Tom Holt also received a grant from the National Institute of Justice to examine the market for stolen data using a sample of Russian web forums. This project is designed to understand the current market for and operating practices of the carding community.
2. We have not developed any distinctive analysis tools at the moment.
3. We are very interested in developing collaborative research relationships with any chapters interested in examining both the social and technical aspects of cyberattacks.
4. Specifically, we are interested in expanding and testing various theories with international samples and would like to develop collaborative projects with various chapters to examine the hacker communities in their nations using data from forums, blogs, and other on-line communications tools.
1. We identified the network structure of the Russian hacker community using data generated from LiveJournal blogs, and found that the most skilled and proficient actors were centrally located and distributed throughout the larger network of peers. This may account for the rapid dissemination of ideas across the community. In addition, there appear to be few ways to statistically identify high skilled actors based on expressed interests in malware or hacking concepts. The preliminary findings were presented at Defcon 17 and the presentation can be viewed or streamed from http://www.defcon.org/html/links/dc-archives/dc-17-archive.html
2. In addition, we have identified a wide range of malware and carding sites and have begun an analysis of various sites to understand the economics, subculture, and social organization of the underground. For an example of some of this research, you can stream presentations by Tom Holt on the economics of cyberattack or Max Kilger's thoughts on the underground from the 2011 Cyber Infrastructure Protection conference in New York City at http://www.totalwebcasting.com/view/?id=ccnygsoe
3. Thus far, we are seeing some interesting changes in the quantity of malware, including exploit kits available on-line, and an increase in the amount of dumps and account data sold.
4. We are using social science research techniques and tools, including SPSS for quantitative analyses and grounded theory analysis techniques for qualitative analyses of data.
5. Our analysis techniques are generating interesting findings from a social science point of view, though we need to establish our Honeynet infrastructure.
1. We have published and presented various academic papers, and are preparing a presentation for the Defcon 2011 conference on our preliminary findings of the unique predictors of civilian participation in attacks against government targets.
2. If any chapters are interested in expanding their analyses through the use of social science research principals, we would be happy to collaborate.
3. Selected Presentations/Publications
Holt, Thomas J. 2011. "Examining the Language of Carders." Pp. 127-143 in Corporate Hacking and Technology Drive Crime: Social Dynamics and Implications, Thomas J. Holt and Bernadette Schell, eds. Hershey PA: IGI-Global.
Holt, Thomas J. and Bernadette Schell. Editors. 2011. Corporate Hacking and Technology Driven Crime: Social Dynamics and Implications. Hershey, PA: IGI Global Publishers.
Holt, Thomas J. Editor . 2010. Crime On-Line: Correlates, Causes, and Context. Chapel Hill, NC: Carolina Academic Press.
Taylor, Robert W., Eric J. Fritsch, John Liederbach, and Thomas J. Holt. 2010. Digital Crime and Digital Terror, 2nd Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Holt, Thomas J., and Eric Lampke. 2010. "Exploring stolen data markets on-line: Products and market forces." Criminal Justice Studies 23: 33-50.
Holt, Thomas J. 2010. "Leveraging Open Source and Unclassified Research For Tactical and Strategic Applications." Invited presentation at the U.S. Department of Defense European Command Information Assurance Conference, Stuttgart, Germany, February 24, 2010.
Chu, Bill, Thomas J. Holt, and Gail Joon Ahn. 2009. "Examining the creation, distribution, and function of malware on-line." National Institute of Justice.
Holt, Thomas J. 2009. "Understanding the Market for Malware and Stolen Data." Invited presentation at John Jay School of Criminal Justice, October 16, 2009.
Holt, Thomas J., Max Kilger, Deborah Strumsky, and Olga Smirnova. 2009. "Identifying, Exploring, and Predicting Threats in the Russian Hacker Community." Presented at the Defcon 17 Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Holt, Thomas J. 2009. "The Attack Dynamics of Political and Religiously Motivated Hackers." Proceedings of the Cyber Infrastructure Protection Conference, City University of New York. June 4-5, 2009.
1. To establish a Honeynet infrastructure for malware analysis at ASU and MSU.
2. Develop a truly international research project examining the factors affecting individual participation in attacks against nation-states through the "cyberwarrior project."
3. In the next year we hope to publish several articles and books based on our research.


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Hello guyz,
We're going to do a bouldering trip to South Africa & Namibia next august. We will begin our trip from Cape Town. We will rent a car in CT to go to the Rocklands, and finally go to Namibia in the Spitzkoppe.
I would be happy to know the best place to camp out in rocklands.
If any climber here has experienced the Spitzkoppe or more generally the Namibia, is it a good place to climb ??
Apparently it seems to be a GREAT area for bouldering http://www.udini.de/gallery/SA/Klem_2005/
http://www.namibia-travel.net/centralna ... zkoppe.htm
At this time we are only two guyz to do this trip so it would be a pleasure to meet any local climbers so you can contact me if you want to join us in rocklands or in namibia.
thanks a lot
Trip in rocklands from france
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The TX39XX series processors are based upon Toshiba's TX39H 32-bit RISC cores. There are actually 3 cores: TX39H, TX39H+ and TX39H2. These have mostly been utilized in printers, copiers and PDAs like the Philips Nino and Velo.
According NetBSD/hpcmips, The Sharp Mobilon HC-4600 uses a 74MHz TX3912. Maybe it is compatible.
http://www.semicon.toshiba.co.jp/eng/prd/micro/td/td_all.html#tx39 has some additional datasheets, which seem to be very complete.


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Pediatric surgeons specialize in the surgical care of children. They are surgeons who, by training, are oriented toward working with children (babies on up to teenagers) and understanding their special needs. In addition to completing training and achieving board certification in general surgery (which normally takes five to six years of post-medical school training), pediatric surgeons complete two additional years of training exclusively in children's surgery. They then receive special certification in the subspecialty of pediatric surgery. Pediatric surgeons are primarily concerned with the diagnosis, pre-operative, operative and post-operative management of surgical problems in children. Neonatologists, pediatricians and family physicians will recognize conditions that need surgery. Pediatric surgeons then work with them, cooperate with all of the specialists involved in a child's medical care, to determine whether surgery is the best option for the child.
Pediatric surgeons use their expertise in providing surgical care for all problems or conditions in children that require surgical intervention. They also specialize in the following areas:
The Surgery team manages all neonatal and pediatric surgical disorders including:
Many times, laparoscopic surgery can be utilized. Laparoscopic surgery refers to any surgical procedure using a fiber optic device that allows the surgeon to operate without the use of an open incision. Instead, the surgeon makes several small incisions through which the instruments are passed. This minimizes scarring for the child and helps to speed recovery.
In addition to the pediatric surgeon, there are a number of dedicated professionals that will help care for your child. Each member of the team has special training in pediatrics--whether they're the surgeon, radiologist, nurse or anesthesiologist.
Sam Smith, M.D., attending surgeon:
Dr. Smith was born and raised in Magnolia, Arkansas, completing his undergraduate work at the University of Arkansas. He entered medical school at UAMS after his third year of college and graduated with honors in Surgery in 1980. He completed his General Surgery Residency at UAMS with one year spent in Boston Children's Hospital as an Assistant Resident in Pediatric Surgery. He completed his Pediatric Surgery Fellowship and Critical Care Fellowship at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh in 1989, and stayed on as attending staff at the University of Pittsburgh and the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, serving as Director of Nutritional Support Service and Co-Director of the Surgical Research Laboratory.
Dr. Smith rejoined the UAMS Department of Surgery in 1992, as chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery. He serves as Chief of Surgery and Director of the Trauma Program at Arkansas Children's. He was promoted to full professor in Surgery and Pediatrics and has been Vice Chairman of the Department of Surgery since 1997. He is also the Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Program Director at Arkansas Children's.
Dr. Smith's clinical interests are newborn and trauma surgery. His principal research interests are the role of bacterial attachment in the prevention of infections in the premature infant.
Richard Jackson, M.D., attending surgeon:
Dr. Jackson received his medical degree at West Virginia University School of Medicine in 1983 and completed his general surgery residency at West Virginia University, Morgantown. He then completed his Pediatric Surgery and Trauma/Surgical Critical Care fellowships at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, PA, and is board certified in General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, and Pediatric Surgery. His clinical interests include general pediatric surgery, trauma, critical care, newborn surgery, ECMO, and Robotic surgery. His research interests include mucosal gut barrier in the neonate, small bowel transplantation, and multi-organ system failure.
Sid Dassinger, M.D., attending surgeon:
Dr. Dassinger received his B.S. at Birmingham-Southern College and a medical degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine (UAB). He completed his general surgery training at Vanderbilt University and pediatric surgery fellowship at LeBonheur Children's Hospital/ St Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN. His interests are congenital diaphragmatic hernia, resident education, and minimally invasive surgery.
Todd Maxson, M.D., Chief of the Trauma Program
Dr. Maxson is a board certified pediatric surgeon. He completed his undergraduate work at Texas A&M University and attended medical school at the University of Texas Medical Brach in Galveston. He completed his general surgery residency at the University of Arkansas, and then went on to finish a pediatric surgical residency at the Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Maxson is nationally known as a traumatologist, serving in many national and local expert capacities, as well as an actively practicing pediatric surgeon at Arkansas Children's and in previous states. He also serves as the State of Arkansas consult on trauma for the Department of Health.
Darlene Houser, surgery scheduler: Darlene is the surgery scheduler for the Department of Pediatric Surgery. She has worked at Arkansas Children's in multiple roles since January 1989 and has been a part of the Pediatric Surgery team for 15 years. Darlene will assist your family with its scheduling needs, and you may meet her in the outpatient clinic at the time your child's surgery is planned.
The night before surgery, be sure to give your child a bath and shampoo to reduce the risk of infection. It is extremely important that your child follows the feeding schedule given to you prior to your child's surgery.
Same Day Surgery is located on the 2nd floor of the main hospital. Enter through the front doors of the main hospital building and take either the elevator or stairs to the 2nd floor and follow the signs for Same Day Surgery. Patient parking is free and available directly in front of the main hospital.
The Pediatric Surgery clinic is in Clinic #3, located on the first floor of the Sturgis Building Specialty clinic center. The Sturgis Building directly adjacent to the main hospital building. Patient parking is free and available directly in front of the main hospital.
You or your child may have additional questions about his or her condition before, during, and after he or she is scheduled for surgery. The links listed below may help your family find answers to commonly asked questions about pediatric surgery diagnoses and/or procedures:
The Pediatric Surgeons are not only highly trained surgeons, but researchers as well. They are supported by the ACRI and work in conjunction with UAMS researchers. Our team is currently involved in many areas of research, which includes projects about:
We encourage you to contact our surgery nurses at (501) 364-4852 with any questions about your child's condition that is currently being treated by our team. This is the fastest way to receive information about your child's condition or problem.
If you are uncertain if your child has a condition that needs to be evaluated by the Pediatric Surgery team, please visit your pediatrician first, and they will determine if a referral to our team is appropriate. If your child has been seen in the Pediatric Surgery clinic or treated in the hospital by our team, and you need more information, we are available to you either by phone.
Call us: 501-364-4852 *
* We encourage you to contact our surgery nurses at (501) 364-4852 with any questions about your child's condition that is currently being treated by our team. This is the fastest way to receive information about your child's condition or problem.


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It was a magnificent day: wonderful temperature, beautiful blue skies and billowy white clouds.
A few minutes before 9 a.m. I was working in my office in Philadelphia's City Hall, when one of my staff came in to say that a plane had hit one of the World Trade Center twin towers in New York. I immediately thought of the accident involving the plane that flew into the Empire State Building.
While watching the news coverage, we saw another plane strike the second tower, and everyone knew that it was an attack – not an accident. I called my mother at home in Chestnut Hill and told her to put on the news. She asked, "Which channel?" I said, "It doesn't matter – every news station will be covering the attack."
About an hour later, reports followed about the attack on the Pentagon, and then about Flight 93 crashing in Western Pennsylvania. There were also reports about a car bomb outside the State Department in Washington, D.C., and a plane crashing on the Mall in Washington – both of which were unconfirmed and later reported to be untrue.
Then, the South Tower fell. A half-hour later the North Tower fell. The images of jumpers and trapped office workers signaling for help in the Towers was awful, followed by the flow of pulverized concrete and dust down the streets of lower Manhattan. It all seemed surreal.
Commentators suggested that the plane that went down in Western Pennsylvania had been headed for either the White House or Philadelphia. I figured that was possible since the targets had been selected for their symbolic significance: New York as a financial center and Washington for its political/military significance. Philadelphia could have been selected for its historic/cultural significance: Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell.
All flights were grounded, and Philadelphia International Airport had been closed. Around noon, Mayor Street declared a state of emergency. He closed the schools and city offices. All the high-rise buildings were evacuated. I closed our office and sent my staff home.
Before I left, I called my mother again, telling her not to worry. I said that while I would be heading home later, I'd wait to see if anything happened in Philadelphia, and if it did if I could be helpful.
I stood in Dilworth Plaza outside City Hall, watching and waiting for whatever might – and hopefully would not – happen.
People poured into the streets, heading home. Essentially, it became a mid-day rush hour that extended well into the afternoon. The trains had been shut down for fear of terrorist activity. Everything was eerily quiet and orderly, as commuters found ways to get home. People were nervous but respectful and helpful to those around them.
Extraordinarily, the daily newspapers put out extra editions later in the afternoon. I'd never seen that before.
But everyone knew this was an extraordinary time. You knew this would be one of those historic moments that people will indelibly remember where they were when it happened, like Pearl Harbor, the Kennedy assassination or the Challenger explosion.
I tried unsuccessfully to use my cell phone to call my brother in Michigan, and then, unsuccessfully, tried to reach my mother again. The cell phone system was overwhelmed and stopped functioning.
Center City was deserted. It became apparent that nothing more was going to happen. I figured it might take me four hours to walk home to Chestnut Hill, so I determined to leave by 3 p.m. That was unnecessary, however, since rail service had resumed by then.
I got home, found my mother relieved, and then we monitored the news. Prayer services were organized simultaneously throughout the City that evening. Mother and I went to St. Paul's.
It was an infamous day that made us all feel more vulnerable. It was bad, but it could have been worse. Given what I saw happening in Manhattan, I can't believe there weren't more deaths. I thanked God that it wasn't worse. But I was heartened by the support, sympathy, generosity and heroics demonstrated by firefighters, police, medical personnel and ordinary people that day and thereafter.
Also, I remember finding hope in the notion that our predecessors had faced a seemingly unsolvable problem with the Anarchists a century earlier … and succeeded. I was confident that with the terrorists, we would, too.
Stewart Graham, a former president of the Chestnut Hill Community Association and former Community Manager, is Councilman Frank Rizzo's chief of staff.


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By Anne Tergesen
When should you claim Social Security? If you are single, new research can help steer you towards the best times to begin getting benefits – and away from some financially punitive "rat holes."
According to numbers crunched by Baylor University professor William Reichenstein and published recently in The Retirement Management Journal, the optimal time to start receiving Social Security benefits depends on two factors: The age at which you are entitled to a full Social Security benefit–which varies according to your birth year—and your life expectancy. (While it's impossible to know the latter, you can weigh factors including the longevity of your ancestors; you can also take into account statistics that indicate the average 60-year-old American male will live to age 81, while the average female will reach 84.)
If you are entitled to receive a full Social Security benefit at age 66, for example, the optimal age at which to claim benefits rises steadily from 62 to 70 as your estimated life expectancy increases (see the adjacent table). Someone with a life expectancy of 86 and five months or longer, for example, can maximize the present value of his or her benefits by claiming at age 70, the research indicates. But with a life expectancy of 76 and 10 months or less, the optimal age at which to claim is 62. (These figures assume you do not earn enough money to trigger the so-called earnings test, which results in a temporary reduction in benefits.)
While crunching the data, the researchers discovered a funny thing: There are two periods during which single individuals "should never claim benefits," says Reichenstein's co-author, William Meyer, CEO of SocialSecuritySolutions.com, a web-based tool that identifies the claiming strategy likely to yield the most over your life span.
Meyer terms those two periods "rat holes." For those entitled to full Social Security benefits at age 66, one rat hole occurs between ages 62 and 63 and 11 months. The other is between ages 65 and four months and 66 and eight months. For younger savers who will be eligible to receive a full Social Security benefit at age 67, the rat holes occur later — between 62 and 11 months and 65, and between 66 and four months and 67 and eight months.
What causes rat holes? Meyer says it has to do with the way Social Security calculates the additional benefits that accrue to those who delay filing claims. The system increases your monthly benefit for each month that you wait after age 62, and those individual increases get bigger the longer you wait. But because these increases are not uniform, the calculations create two gaps — the rat holes—where in practice, "you will get no extra benefit for having delayed."
The result, says Meyer, is that contrary to what one might assume, single people should never claim benefits at their precise full-retirement age. And you are better off claiming before or after a rat hole than while you're in one.


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by Matthew Dalby, sports information graduate assistant
AIKEN, S.C. - The Georgia College women's basketball team (22-6) beat all odds, winning the Peach Belt Conference Championship 62-49 over host No. 12 USC Aiken Sunday afternoon. Georgia College head coach Maurice Smith becomes the only first year head coach to win a PBC Championship.
The Bobcats received another outstanding performance from senior Chimere Jordan (Gray, Ga.), who scored 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. It was her sixth double-double of the season, two coming in the PBC Tournament as the guard picked up Tournament MVP honors.
Fellow classmate and All-Tournament Team selection Dominique Huffin (Tucker, Ga.) was limited to just six points, but they could not have been more important as they all came within the last two minutes of the game.
Despite fouling-out, freshman Krysta Lewis (Woodstock, Ga.) continued her solid play off the bench, scoring 11 points in just 21 minutes for the Bobcats.
Georgia College jumped out to an early 15-4 lead at the 9:58 mark in the first half behind some excellent defense and a patient offensive attack.
The Pacers would cut into the lead, trailing the Bobcats 28-20 at the half. Jordan and Lewis led the Bobcats, scoring 22 of their 28 first half points.
USC Aiken would storm back to tie the game 45-45 at the 6:28 mark, eventually grabbing the lead 47-45 on a jumper from freshman Kayla Harris (Raleigh, N.C.).
The Pacers run was fueled by Harris, who finished with 11 points on 3-of-7 shooting, while bringing down eight rebounds. Junior Hannah DeGraffinreed (Raleigh, N.C.) also scored in double-figures with 10 points on 3-of-4 shooting.
Trailing by two, 47-45, the Bobcats would go on a 17-2 run to end the game and claim the 62-49 victory.
The GC defense was spectacular early on, limiting a typically potent USC Aiken squad to just 21 percent (4-of-19) shooting from the field for the half. The Pacers would shoot much better in the second half, going 40 percent (11-of-27) from the field.
Georgia College and USC Aiken await their seeds in the NCAA Southeast Regional Tournament to be announced Sunday, March 6 at 9 p.m. on www.NCAA.com.
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