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My grandfather was a Marine in Korea and moved up the ranks from enlisted to officer very quickly. When I asked him once how he got to be an officer so fast he joked (I *hope* he was joking, anyway) that any Marine who could read and write was immediately promoted to officer. On the other hand, considering the level of discourse on most social networks, maybe modern Marines are better off not refining their writing skills there anyway.
However, it does seem bizarre that guys who are entrusted to carry loaded automatic weapons around (and use them), aren't trusted to write a tweet to their buddies back home. A guy is given the power to shoot people, but not to blog or buy a beer (if he's under 21). Seems like a mixed message.
A guy is given the power to shoot people, but not to blog or buy a beer (if he's under 21). Seems like a mixed message.
They're only allowed to shoot people on command.
A guy is given the power to shoot people, but not to blog or buy a beer (if he's under 21). Seems like a mixed message.
They're only allowed to shoot people on command.
-Soldier! Get down and give me 20 twits!
It wouldn't be hard to find 20 twits in the Marines.
They're only allowed to shoot people on command.
In a war zone? They give the command "fire at will" maybe once. Maybe. Usually if there's jihadist waiving a machine gun around and coming at you, you fire, command given or not. I know of no soldier who has ever been criticized for defending himself and his platoon.
For each assignment, there will be very specific rules of engagement covering when you can and cannot fire your weapon.
A local approaching you with a visible weapon would certainly be one of the times you are allowed to do so, under almost all circumstances.
A car approaching a checkpoint and not stopping when ordered to do so would be another.
But no, no marine (or soldier, or sailor, or airman) is just given orders to fire at will when they arrive in country.
Neal Stephenson puts it like this:
This "sir, yes sir" business, which would probably sound like horseshit to any civilian in his right mind, makes sense to Shaftoe and to the officers in a deep and important way. Like a lot of others, Shaftoe had trouble with military etiquette at first. He soaked up quite a bit of it growing up in a military family, but living the life was a different matter. Having now experienced all the phases of military existence except for the terminal ones (violent death, court-martial, retirement), he has come to understand the culture for what it is: a system of etiquette within which it becomes possible for groups of men to live together for years, travel to the ends of the earth, and do all kinds of incredibly weird shit without killing each other or completely losing their minds in the process. The extreme formality with which he addresses these officers carries an important subtext: your problem, sir, is deciding what you want me to do, and my problem, sir, is doing it. My gung-ho posture says that once you give the order I'm not going to bother you with any of the details-and your half of the bargain is you had better stay on your side of the line, sir, and not bother me with any of the chickenshit politics that you have to deal with for a living. The implied responsibility placed upon the officer's shoulders by the subordinate's unhesitating willingness to follow orders is a withering burden to any officer with half a brain, and Shaftoe has more than once seen seasoned noncoms reduce green lieutenants to quivering blobs simply by standing before them and agreeing, cheerfully, to carry out their orders.
They're aren't banned completely, the military just doesn't want it being done on their computers.
I think that's completely understandable, those sites are very attractive vector for exploits.
I'm not sure why this is even a news story - plenty of employers, my own included, don't want their employees using company hardware or infrastructure to surf Facebook, et al. And they're well within their right to impose those restrictions.
When you're on the job, you're on the job. Unless you're a professional blogger or some kind of pop culture researcher, chances are Facebook and Myspace aren't part of your job.
Here's a theoretical tweet: "I have to leave at about 10PM to go on recon in Fadullah. Most of the guy in the platoon doing the patrol are okay, but Lt. Jones is incompetent."
So anyone following the tweet knows the time of the patrol, the strength and the name of one officer in the platoon. I was in army intelligence and getting just that much during an interrogation might take hours. To have someone simply give it to you is a dream come true. Some group picks up on this, knows that a platoon is doing recon and when, it is simple enough to set up an ambush, booby trap or whatever.
This is a smart move.
Mod parent up, this is exactly the reason for doing this.
I was in Communications in the air force for a couple years too. Out in the field, social networking sites are one of the biggest security risks in existence. I imagine it would be even worse for Marines.
I'm a bit confused. Can't they just train them to NOT put certain information on public sites?
I'm a bit confused about the need for tech support, can't we just train users to NOT do stupid things that crash their computers?
There's always that guy that ends up making a mistake anyways. Except, as pointed out above, mistakes over what information is and isn't safe to share over the public internet don't just crash computers. They can, potentially, cost lives.
Define "certain information". I am really not trying to be insulting, but that is a very naive question. Each person would have to carry a 1000 page volume of the things not to talk about. You could TRY to generalized it by saying "no sensitive information", but just what is "sensitive information"? Is the fact your platoon leader is a jerk "sensitive information"? Well, it could be used as a means of gaining your trust when you "just happen" to get in a conversation with one of
At this point, service in Iraq has become very, very different from 5 years ago. At this point, most servicemen who are not specifically combat arms are likely to have their own laptops. Even a few years ago, people plugging their personal laptops into the network was becoming a problem.
And no, these days, most of the personnel over there are not "on" 24/7.
The guy who used to work here with me was basically fired for screwing around on that crap all day.
I don't know the particulars of the situation, but I think an employee should be gauged by their productivity and not just acting busy. If people get their tasks done, then go ahead and check your e-mail, play on facebook, read slashdot *whistles* . .
If there's not enough work to do and he's got time to play on the Internet all day, then your manager sucks at delegating work or you have more staff than you
Does your employer frequently take you to foreign countries for extended periods of time? Where there are no computers other than those owned by the company? Where there is no internet access other than what's provided by the company?
I didn't think so.
When someone is deployed to a combat zone (Iraq, Afghanistan) they should be able to keep in touch with their friends and family. It's a mental health issue. Twenty years ago soldiers/sailors/marines would write letters (delivered by the Post Office) and make an infrequent phonecall to their parents, spouse, or significant other. Those days are gone.
People now expect to be updated via blogs, social-networks, and to a lesser extent email. That's the world we live in and those expectations (social needs) don't go away just because someone's deployed.
When you're on the job, you're on the job. Unless you're a professional blogger or some kind of pop culture researcher, chances are Facebook and Myspace aren't part of your job.
The military is slightly different than your job. We are often "at work" 24/7 in places far far from home. Contact with the "real world" is one of the things that keeps us sane. That said, in my service branch, the Air Force, these sites have been banned from the official work network for at least 5 or 6 years. However, at deployed locations, there is almost always MWR computers for this purpose.
There are some indications its having the opposite effect though. The constant lesser contact causes feelings of homesickness and isolation to persist, and prevents that same time from being spent bonding with the other soldiers on deployment.
The military is slightly different than your job. We are often "at work" 24/7 in places far far from home. Contact with the "real world" is one of the things that keeps us sane.
Your job is different from my job in many respects. I and many others appreciate your service.
None of that changes the fact that your employer is still able to make policy on how the hardware it owns is used. More below.
Does your employer frequently take you to foreign countries for extended periods of time? Where there are no computers other than those owned by the company? Where there is no internet access other than what's provided by the company?
I didn't think so.
When someone is deployed to a combat zone (Iraq, Afghanistan) they should be able to keep in touch with their friends and family. It's a mental health issue. Twenty years ago soldiers/sailors/marines would write letters (delivered by the Post Office) and make an infrequent phonecall to their parents, spouse, or significant other. Those days are gone.
People now expect to be updated via blogs, social-networks, and to a lesser extent email. That's the world we live in and those expectations (social needs) don't go away just because someone's deployed.
I've been sent out of town for up to two weeks at a time for business, and my work computer still blocks Myspace and Facebook. Instead of going on about how it's my God-given right to use the company's computer however I damn well please to keep in touch with my family, I did things that were within the bounds of what my employer requires; I used email, instant messaging, my cell phone, and/or my own computer.
I wouldn't have any intention of forbidding deployed military personnel from keeping in contact with folks back home. I do, however, support their employer's right to maintain their own hardware and networks as they see fit. As far as I'm able to tell, the Marines' policy doesn't prohibit email, phone calls, texting, instant messaging, or other means of contact.
Citing security concerns, the United States Marine Corps has issued an order banning access to social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter on its network for the next year.
They're only blocking it at the office, not banishing the marines from using it when they're off duty. Myspace is blocked at a ton of offices, but nobody cries foul. Working for the marines for 9 out of 10 people, is a normal office job, you show up to work, sit in your cube, and do what needs to be done. After that, you go home and can do whatever you want when you're home. This isn't a big deal, they're just trying to keep the marines from twittering their day away.
For the remaining 1 out of 10 who are stationed "over there," they may rely on the military for network access, but unless things have changed from 3 years ago, if you wanted internet over by baghdad, you had to arrange for your own satellite hookup and use your own computers. This connection was shared amongst a group of guys and was not managed by the military. These small hookups also wouldn't be influenced by the pentagon's orders either.
As a former Marine, I think that your numbers are way off. While for many in the Corps, when they are not forward deployed, they may be able to 'go home' at night (or for most the barracks). I do not think that more then a third would confuse their job with that of a traditional cubical dweller even when off deployment.
Please note that in addition to current combat zones such as Iraq, and Afghanistan, many jar heads are working on deployments to other locations such as Japan and Cuba, where they are likely to be isolated from friends and family.
Such Battlefield promotions are very rare outside of major theater combat wars. They generally occur when a unit has lost so many officers that it cannot function well. Usually the men (or women now I suppose, though that hasn't happened to my knowledge. No women have been allowed close enough to combat in any of the wars where such things occurred) are expected to complete all the schooling and training that would normally be required for their rank after things settle down. My wife's grandfather had t
Such Battlefield promotions [from enlisted to officer] are very rare outside of major theater combat wars. They generally occur when a unit has lost so many officers that it cannot function well.
Yep yep. Lots of them during WWII and Korea. The men who did so were called 'Mustangs'.
Thinking about this some more I think there are two reasons you don't see it as much anymore. First, and most obviously, you're not seeing anything like the kinds of casualty rates you saw in WWII and Korea. Units are not losing have or more of their junior officers, and being reduced to ineffectiveness thereby. Second though, they just don't need junior officer like they used. Don't get me wrong, junior officers are important part of unit function as a group, and you wouldn't want to eliminate them or
Well, the joke is that an infantry Lieutenant is just a guy who's in training to be a Captain. The Army's not going to let you make real decisions before then, because let's face it, you're kind of a moron.
That said, yes and no to the parent poster.
I've lead platoons where I had an administrative function more than anything else, for the simple reason that my platoon sergeant was much more tactically and technically proficient than me. Even better, my squad leaders knew their roles and were a pretty good
Like I said, I wasn't implying that junior officers could just all go away, and life would move on (after all where else would we all learn how to be captains
Yeah, apparently, I missed a huge chunk of your point when I read it. Gotta work on that reading thing.
Honestly, I'm of two minds of this concept of junior officers. On the one hand, it's kind of a vestigial concept from the days of guys running around with swords. You ever wonder why we had to buy our own uniforms? No good reason other than that's the way we've done it for hundreds of years. Holdover from the days when officers brought their own horses and clothes because nobility had money.
On the oth
(Disclaimer: I served in the Corps)
The funny thing about all this location secrecy is that the majority of the time, if anyone wants to know where (for example) a particular Expeditionary Unit (MEU) is, all they need to do is read one of the trade rags that follows the Corps.
Seriously, my family knew where I was deploying to before I did.
But yeah, this is a non-issue, this is regarding only DOD computers.
Mini-rant: Back in my day, on board ship we barely had email access, and it was used strictly for ship
It is very easy to accidentally "tweet" some information that can be used to infer your location.
The simple fact that you are "tweeting" implies that you are in front of a computer, and not out doing other things.
> any Marine who could read and write
> was immediately promoted to officer.
These days, though, Marines are different. Check out the Marine Corps reading list [militarypr...glists.com], especially the "Private to Lance Corporal" section. "Ender's Game", "The Ugly American", etc...
It's about judgment, not power. Deciding whether or not to shoot someone might not always be easy, but at least the short-term consequences are clear: they die. (And it hardly ever starts World War 1.) But when you tell your girlfriend exactly when you'll be coming back from your Daiquiri storage depot bombing run (coming in from the north below their radar), you might not realize that she might mention your return time to someone, with the info eventually getting back to the enemy.
And that's just the co
I suspect that if the second half were the case they'd have done this a couple years ago. The military doesn't actually NEED what we'd consider a good excuse to put a gag order on those in their service.
When I asked him once how he got to be an officer so fast he joked (I *hope* he was joking, anyway) that any Marine who could read and write was immediately promoted to officer.
Don't know about during Korea, but these days the Corps has one of the higher testing/education level requirements for enlistment. http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/genjoin/a/asvabminimum.htm [about.com]
We just like to joke about strong back, weak mind sort of things.
"A guy is given the power to shoot people"
They're given orders, and they're expected to follow them.
Other posts address different parts of your question - some are good, others are ignoramus comments made by people without a clue. I'll address more directly the difference between a firearm, and social networking.
The uses of firearms are covered extensively in boot camp, again in advanced training, and almost daily after a soldier joins his command. Firepower is what the Marines are all about. Or, more accurately, firepower, and it's lawful, efficient use. "Every Marine is a rifleman" There is no aspec
I lived on a USMC base overseas for a number of years. Overseas, most US Service members live on the actual base. But they can buy internet, cable tv, and telephone service from private ISPs. The private ISPs, generally, don't block anything and the logs are not usually reviewed by US Government representatives.
However, when the Marines are at work, they login to a US Government network. This network is firewalled and proxied at the base level. Base leaders decide what gets filtered here. Outside of the Base proxy, there is usually another Command level proxy or firewall. This is managed by (in the case of the USMC), the MC NOSC.
So, at work, twitter and facebook are directed to be blocked. However, I've never seen a military network where facebook and twitter were allowed. So this order is nothing new; just codifying curreny, unwritten, policy.
It's blocked on their network. Let me just tell you the kind of Hell you'd get if you plugged your personal laptop into a DoD network. Twitter will be the least of your worries. Since most DoD networks port lock all access (if no computer is currently authorized for that port, it's turned off. When a computer is authorized for that port, its MAC is registered at the switch and no other machines will work) it wouldn't much matter any way. You couldn't go anywhere even if you did plug in your laptop, but
Internet in barrack, apartments, and base housing is normal ISP provided Internet with no funky DoD stuff involved. That is not blocked in any way (unless, you know, your ISP is blocking p2p or something). We even had satellite service set up in our housing in Baghdad to give us unfettered civilian access to the 'Net during downtime. We paid for it from a local company and split it among enough people to make it reasonable. I would not have wanted to play WoW across it, but it did fine for IM, web browsing, and e-mail.
Thanks for that. I have a friend that may go back overseas, and his most used point of contact with friends is facebook. I was wondering if this could eventually effect him. He is Air Force, but I am betting the other branches will follow suit if this works well.
I wonder if Slashdot counts as a social networking site. We have profiles and links to friend's profiles.
Unless that laptop has its own dedicated satellite uplink, it has to send its traffic through some local infrastructure. Probably the local Marine provided infrastructure. A private machine can have any number of malware threats on board. Which means either: 1. setting up some sophisticated VPN to isolate that machine, or 2. just taking a chance the private laptop won't scan/infect/blab about the local Marine infrastructure, or 3. just banning them. Which is most secure for the Marines?
Where is that?
Next to "Iram".
One of the more fascinating things coming out of intelligence circles today is how much we are learning from those minute details, and how much of that data we are releasing to the press. Things like being able to tell how old video of Kim Jong Il is by looking at foliage in the background, or what time of day a Bin Laden tape was filmed (notice that those videos are all against a white sheet, or in windowless rooms now). I bet you could even identify a particular camcorder model (or even unit) by the noise it introduces into a tape.
And then proceed to say that they include
Though it seems that even sites like slashdot could be grouped under that definition. For that matter other sites like wnd.com or the Huffington post could potentially be grouped similarly.
I publish www.eDodo.org a humor site for Air Force Academy graduates and cadets. Of course, the Academy blocks us. It's a tricky issue, but the bottom line is that the cadet dorms are gov't property and they use a gov't network, so USAFA gets to filter them.
The original Dodo magazine was an uncensored cadet publication. When the administration started censoring it, eDodo.org was born. I'm hoping more and more cadets get internet enabled smart phones to access the "free" internet.
Back to the topic: The
The ironic thing is just last week we had a military official do a keynote address at Blackhat, and they stressed how important the internet was to the morale and effectiveness of their troops, and not just for operational needs, but social ones.
The official said, (paraphrasing) that they had talked to a carrier Captain and asked him what the most important system on the ship was. He said the internet, and pointed out that the average age of his sailors was 18.5.
I find it ironic that on the heels of this t
"Not only will we keep you in a baking hot desert for years on end, but you won't be able to chat with any of your friends back home."
I guess they are pretty confident they don't need any more troops. They can stop recruiting at high schools then, right?
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Nigel Clough is staying positive after Derby's run of defeats
Derby boss Nigel Clough remains upbeat despite the setback of successive Championship defeats.
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The Rams have lost at Millwall and Crystal Palace in their last two outings after a run of only one defeat in eight league matches.
"We look at the overall picture after 17 games and we have had a good, steady start," said Clough. "We should have a few more points on the board but there has been no ranting and raving at the players.
"Yes, we can play better than we did at Palace but generally over the last two or three months we have been very pleased with the players and we think they will improve. The youngsters will get better.
"The lads' heads really shouldn't drop because on the whole, we've had a good start to the season. We have a young group and they are learning all the time."
However Clough will be without the injured forward Jamie Ward who is likely to remain absent for Derby's next two matches.
He said: "Jamie has hardly done anything at all in terms of joining in training. He has been doing the one-to-one stuff but it will be a risk to play him on Saturday," said Clough. "If he trains [before the end of the week], then we might put him on the bench on Saturday but that is a long shot.
"Of course we would like him available, but generally in home games we have been creating things and we hope we can get away without Jamie in the next couple of matches - if we have to."


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The show's core relationship is appealingly relaxed. It dares to suggest successful coupledom lies less in heated passion than in being able to dress down and screw up and know you're still loved.Newsday Full Review
It all makes for a promising start on a network whose best comedies invariably wind up on Thursday nights. Whitney is already there, and looks as though it just might belong.Uncle Barky Full Review
Eventually the mood relaxes, even as the slapstick amps up, and what may prove to be a charming comedy begins to emerge.Los Angeles Times Full Review
Whitney is funnier than "2 Broke Girls," probably because the humor seems more idiosyncratic.The New York Times Full Review
It's really one lonnnnng sex joke. That said, some of the punch lines are pretty funny.Miami Herald Full Review
The characters are all caricature-y stereotypes and the jokes are of the ba-da-dum! variety, but the pilot made me laugh more than some other new comedies, mostly due to the performances.Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Full Review
The show largely treads disappointingly familiar territory.Slant Magazine Full Review
D'Elia sparks well off Cummings, but this show demonstrates her true talents lie offscreen.Boston Herald Full Review
The relationship jokes come off stale and cliched (men can't be monogamous!), and you're left feeling like you watched a raunchier--and less funny--version of "Friends."Chicago Sun-Times Full Review
Problem is both series [2 Broke Girls and Whitney] are hit-you-over-the-head until you laugh or else.New York Post Full Review
The main character is too loud, too dominant and far too central; the lines all sound as if they were written to be delivered by a performer rather than spoken in conversation; and the supporting characters are ciphers who exist merely to reflect or foil the star.USA Today Full Review
The sitcom, premiering Thursday night, is perfectly adequate, but only that, and it doesn't compare well to the show Cummings co-created, "2 Broke Girls," which premiered Monday on CBS.San Francisco Chronicle Full Review
Other than Cummings' slightly off-kilter view of relationships as writer and star, Whitney as a construct is more spindly than her legs.Variety Full Review
It's D'Elia and the other cast members who rescue the show from a wretched Whitney overload.Washington Post Full Review
Although there aren't any Carrie Bradshaw-esque puns on this show, nor ethnic stereotypes, the comedy feels more frantic and desperate.Hitfix Full Review
Standup comic Cummings has potential, but no one could overcome these dated relationship cliches.Boston Globe Full Review
Instead of an entertaining half-hour to ease our wait for the return of "30 Rock," the network has given us another "Outsourced."Zap2it (Inside the Box) Full Review
A lot of the success of Whitney may hinge on whether people find her likeable or not. But there are fundamental issues holding back the show as well--beyond the multi-camera fakeness of it all.The Hollywood Reporter Full Review
It also has hints--just hints--of a fascinating show about the implications of technology and the limits of knowledge. But I don't know if it really wants to, or will be allowed to, become that more interesting show.Time Full Review
Collectively, then, Whitney often feels like a series of standup jokes broken up by snippets of dialogue.New York Daily News Full Review
Not only are Whitney's jokes a little musty, the multi-camera format seems like the wrong choice for this comedy.The Huffington Post Full Review
The problem is that Whitney is a terrible show, though in ways that resonate with our culture's debates about women and humor.The New Yorker Full Review
Relying heavily on sex talk and slapstick, Whitney is the kind of show where less funny people surround the star, always commenting on her zany actions.TV Guide Magazine Full Review
If you caught a snippet of Whitney unawares, you would be forgiven for assuming that it's one of those shows-within-a-show that exists to caricature bad television.Slate Full Review
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Overcoming Arsenal strikers Nicklas Bendtner and Gervinho appear to be on the brink of transfers away form the North London club according to the Daily Mail.
Both strikers slipped down the pecking order last season, with Bendtner loaned out to Juventus and Gervinho used very sparingly by Arsene Wenger.
The Mail online is speculating that Gervinho could be on the way to Roma in Italy, intially on loan, with a view to making the transfer permanent.
If Gervinho was to move to the Italian capital, he would be reunited with his former manager Rudi Garcia, who was in charge of Lille before the rangy striker earnt his big money move to the Emirates.
It is believed Garcia wants Gervinho on loan for the first season, with the new Roma manager prepared to pay £7million should everything go according to plan in the Ivorians first season at the Stadio Olimpico.
Bendtner on the other hand appears to be on the brink of making a £4million switch to Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Bundesliga.
The Danish striker has also interested Malaga but is thought to prefer a move to Germany rather than Spain.
It is believed that Bendtner and his representatives are in Frankfurt at the moment attempting to put the final touches on the transfer.
It would end a turbulent spell for the Denmark international at Arsenal where he never really convinced Wenger of his qualities as a striker.
Bendtner has scored a total off 22 goals for the Gunners in 99 appearances.
Gervinho came with high hopes after coming off a title winning season with Lille back in 2011 but has largely been a disappointment for Arsenal, culminating in a meagre nine goals in 45 appearances.
Wenger would look to use the money to help finance some of the moves he is planning in the transfer window, with several big name stars, such as Gonzalo Higuain and Luis Suarez consistently linked with possible moves to North London.
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- to host Struts extensions and utilities, and
- to put the code out where the Community can use it, fix it, and maintain it
The Struts Applications Project currently consists of the following sub- projects:
- AppFuse - A baseline Struts application to be used for future web applications
- Polls - A survey-management Struts application
- Struts Action Invocation Framework (SAIF) - Adds features like Action interceptors and Inversion of Control (IoC) to Struts.
- Struts BSF - A Struts Action implementation that uses BSF-compatible scripting languages.
- Struts Cocoon - Integrates Struts and Cocoon, using Cocoon for the presentation layer
- Struts Dialogs - Implements event handling paradigm, state management, provides simplified control flow and facilitates component development.
- Struts Flow - Brings Cocoon's Control Flow to Struts
- Struts Resume - An application written using AppFuse as a foundation.
- Struts Spring - Integrates Struts and the Spring Inversion of Control (IoC) framework.
- StrutsDoc - A JavaDoc-type documentation tool for Struts and Struts-related configuration files
- AjaxTags - A modified version of the Struts HTML taglib that adds AJAX functionality in a purely declarative fashion (please see the important note about this project on the AjaxTags page)
- AjaxChat - A Struts-based chat application utilizing AJAX techniques. This is meant to serve as an example for those wondering how to use AJAX within a Struts app.
An application for starting your Struts-based applications. Checkout from CVS and execute "ant -Dapp.name=yourApp -Ddb.name=database" to instantly be up and running with a Tomcat/MySQL app. Uses Ant, XDoclet, Hibernate, JUnit, Cactus, StrutsTestCase, Canoo's WebTest, Struts Menu, Display Tag Library, JSTL and Struts (including Validator and Tiles). Features include CMA, Remember Me, Self Registration, Password Hint. The fuse to start your apps.
A simple survey application. Deploy the .war file on your servlet container to see it running. Read the instructions provided to see all the options available. Uses Hibernate, Struts, and JSTL.
Struts Action Invoocation Framework (SAIF)
A set of Struts extensions to improve how Struts handles Actions adding features like Action interceptors and Inversion of Control (IoC).
Struts BSF
This project allows Struts Actions to be written in the scripting language of one's choice rather than as Java classes. It uses the Beans Scripting Framework to allow scripts to be written in any language BSF supports like Perl, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, and BeanShell.
Struts Cocoon
This is a Struts 1.1 plugin that integrates Cocoon into the Struts framework. Struts forwards are passed to Cocoon to be rendered in Cocoon XML pipelines. Struts is a familiar and proven application framework and Cocoon is a very powerful and flexibile XML presentation technology. The project includes both the plugin and a slightly modified Struts example web application to show how easily Cocoon can be added to an existing Struts application.
Struts Dialogs
This Struts library allows building stateful web components using Struts and JSP. Do you like JSF component model or portlet visual integration, but want to leverage your knowledge of Struts and JSP? Do you want to get rid of double submit problem? Do you want to create robust multi-page wizards? Do you want to simplify your source code? Try Struts Dialogs!
Struts Flow
Struts Flow is a port of Cocoon's Control Flow to Struts to allow complex workflow to be implemented using continuations-capable JavaScript. The code is based on a proof-of-concept Dave Johnson put together to show how the Control Flow could be extracted from Cocoon.
Struts Resume
An application written using AppFuse as a foundation. Future plans include the ability to create an online resume and render it's contents with XSL/XML or Velocity.
Struts Spring
This project integrates the Spring Framework's Inversion of Control (IoC) into Struts 1.1+. It allows a Struts application to take advantage of IoC with little or no references to Spring. Now, instead of relying on singletons and static factories, Struts actions can have their dependencies automatically resolved.
A JavaDoc-type documentation tool for Struts and Struts-related configuration files. Extensive use of Xalan to transform Struts-related configuration files into text-based documentation.
This project is a modified version of the Struts HTML taglib that adds AJAX functionality. It is a declarative approach, i.e., a developer doesn't have to write any AJAX code themselves, although it is flexible enough to allow you to do so if you wish. At present, any Struts version in the 1.2.x branch is supported (1.2.0 through 1.2.7 at present). All the planned standard handlers are not done yet (read the readme for what that means!), but it is quite useful in it's current form. If you are a Struts developer and want to jump on the AJAX bandwagon with little or no effort, this might be just the ticket! (please see the important note about this project on the AjaxTags page)
We've all heard the buzz about this AJAX thing, and over and over there are questions asked on the Struts mailing lists about how to use AJAX in a Struts app. Well, now you have what is, hopefully, a good real-world example of doing just that! This is your typical chat application ala Yahoo! Chat, built on Struts and utilizing AJAX techniques. It is hoped that this shows how to meld the two together to produce applications that might not otherwise be possible.
Anyone Can Participate
The struts.sf.net Project is composed of developers from all around the world, both individuals and engineers from major corporations. All interested developers are welcome to join and participate. Learn more about how to get involved.


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By Lin Noueihed and John Irish
(Reuters) - The first of the wounded and sick women and children trapped in the besieged Baba Amro district of Homs were evacuated on Friday as international pressure mounted on the Syrian government to call a cease fire and allow in humanitarian aid.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said the Syrian Arab Red Crescent initially brought out seven women and children and took them to a hospital in Homs.
A further 20 uninjured women and children were evacuated later and taken to "a safe area," ICRC chief spokeswoman Carla Haddad said. Foreign journalists trapped in the area were not among them.
"It's a first step forward," Haddad told Reuters. "The priority now is evacuating the seriously wounded or sick.
"We are continuing discussions to resume the operation tomorrow morning."
The evacuation began as Western and Gulf Arab nations met in Tunis to escalate pressure on President Bashar al-Assad over his crackdown on 11 months of protests.
The Local Coordination Committees, an opposition activist group, said Assad's forces killed 103 people in the bombardment of Homs and in attacks on the countryside of Hama and the east and north of the country on Friday.
Speaking at the Tunis meeting, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Feisal said he supported arming the rebels.
"I think it's an excellent idea," he said at the start of a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who warned Assad would pay a heavy price for the violence and said he must allow in urgent humanitarian relief.
"If the Assad regime refuses to allow this life-saving aid to reach civilians, it will have even more blood on its hands," Clinton said. "So too will those nations that continue to protect and arm the regime."
President Barack Obama, speaking in Washington, said: "It is prime time to stop the killing of Syrian citizens by their own government."
"All of us seeing the terrible pictures coming out of Syria and Homs recently recognize it is absolutely imperative for the international community to rally in sending a clear message to President Assad that it is time for a transition."
Clinton appealed to Syrian security forces to disobey orders from their commanders to carry out acts of violence.
"Their (Syrian security forces) continuing to kill their brothers and sisters is a stain on their honor," Clinton said.
"Their refusal to continue this slaughter will make them heroes in the eyes of not only Syrians but people of conscience everywhere. They can help the guns fall silent."
With the bombardment of opposition-held neighborhoods in Homs entering its fourth week on Friday, the ICRC has been negotiating with the Syrian government and opposition forces to bring out the sick and wounded from Baba Amro.
But foreign journalists trapped in Baba Amro, two of them badly wounded, refused to leave the besieged neighborhood without an ICRC and foreign diplomatic presence, and a commitment to a full humanitarian ceasefire, it said.
Two of the journalists, Edith Bouvier and Paul Conroy, need urgent medical care. The bodies of slain journalists Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik, killed this week, remain in Baba Amro.
A Syrian Foreign Ministry official, quoted by the state news agency, said attempts to bring the journalists out of the area had been obstructed by opposition groups.
"Authorities in Homs sent a number of notables of the city and ambulances from the Syrian Arab Red Crescent to receive the foreign journalists who had entered Syria illegally," the official said.
"Despite continuing this effort for several hours with armed groups in Baba Amr, these groups refused to hand over the wounded and the bodies - putting the life of the wounded French woman in danger and hindering the return of the bodies (of the two dead journalists) to their respective countries."
A French and ICRC plan to get international medical teams in to extract the foreign journalists and tend to the neighborhood's most badly wounded was rejected by the Assad government, activist group Avaaz said.
With the wounded being taken only as far as a hospital in Homs, it was unlikely men would agree to leave the area for fear of falling into the hands of Syrian security forces.
"Baba Amro is being hit with 122mm artillery directed at it from surrounding villages. A father and his 14-year-old son were among those killed. They were trying to flee the shelling when shrapnel hit them in the street," resident Mohammad al-Homsi said.
Activists also said Syrian security forces lined up and shot dead at least 18 people in a village in the central western Hama province. A video uploaded by activists showed people wrapping the bloodied bodies of children and at least four adults. Several had been shot through the head.
After the talks in Tunis, Tunisian foreign minister Rafik Abdessalem said the meeting of more than 50 western and Arab countries had backed an Arab League demand for a joint Arab and United Nations force to help end the violence in Syria. However, this point was not included in the meeting's final communique.
Abdessalem, who chaired Friday's inaugural "Friends of Syria" meeting, said western and Arab powers would probably recognize the opposition Syrian National Council as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people during their next meeting in Turkey.
"We have gone half the way and we will probably do the other half in Turkey," he said.
The communique called on Syria to "immediately cease all violence" to allow the United Nations access to Homs, and to let agencies deliver aid to civilians affected by the violence.
The Friends of Syria also pledged to deliver humanitarian supplies immediately if Syria's government "stopped its assault on civilian areas and permitted access."
Moves for tougher action against Syria have been stymied by Russian and Chinese vetoes in the U.N. Security Council and a lack of appetite for military action along the lines of the NATO bombing campaign that helped force out Libya's Muammar Gaddafi.
The head of the Syrian National Council expressed disappointment in the Tunis meeting. "This conference does not meet the aspirations of the Syrian people," SNC chief Burhan Ghalioun told Reuters.
But in a sign the international community is seeking ways around the Security Council deadlock, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he would dispatch former U.N. chief Kofi Annan to Syria as a joint U.N.-Arab League envoy.
And in a blow to Assad, the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas turned publically against their long-time ally on Friday. "I salute the heroic people of Syria who are striving for freedom democracy and reform," Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said.
The exiled political leadership of Hamas, based in Damascus for over a decade, quietly quit the Syrian capital recently but had tried to deny their absence had anything to do with the revolt.
Western and Arab nations are also trying to enforce sanctions, which include travel bans, asset freezes, a halt to purchases of Syrian oil, ceasing infrastructure investment and financial services relating to Syria, reducing diplomatic ties and preventing arms shipments to the Syrian government.
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said the European Union, which has already imposed sanctions on Syrian officials, businesses and oil exports, would freeze assets of the Syrian Central Bank from Monday.
Analysis & Opinion
Talk for now in Syria, but prepare to arm
The downside of arming Syrian rebels
"Friends of Syria" to push for ceasefire
Ochlik's last moments captured
Injured British photographer appears in video
Reuters Today: "Friends of Syria" to demand a ceasefire
A journalist's plea from Syria
(Additional reporting by Stephanie Nebehay in Geneva, Dominic Evans in Beirut, Khaled Oweis in Amman and Arshad Mohammed in Tunis; Writing by Myra MacDonald; Editing by Dominic Evans)
Related News
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"Friends of Syria" condemn Assad but see more killing
5:28pm EST
Opposition SNC disappointed with Syria conference
1:09pm EST
Timeline: Crackdown on protests in Syria
6:40am EST
Obama says time for killing of Syrian citizens to end
4:14pm EST
Assad's forces kill 103 in Homs, rest of Syria: group
6:55pm EST
Talk for now in Syria, but prepare to arm
The downside of arming Syrian rebels
"Friends of Syria" to push for ceasefire
Ochlik's last moments captured
Injured British photographer appears in video
Reuters Today: "Friends of Syria" to demand a ceasefire
A journalist's plea from Syria
(Additional reporting by Stephanie Nebehay in Geneva, Dominic Evans in Beirut, Khaled Oweis in Amman and Arshad Mohammed in Tunis; Writing by Myra MacDonald; Editing by Dominic Evans)
Related News
U.N.-Arab League Syria envoy Annan has near-impossible job
4:54pm EST
"Friends of Syria" condemn Assad but see more killing
5:28pm EST
Opposition SNC disappointed with Syria conference
1:09pm EST
Timeline: Crackdown on protests in Syria
6:40am EST
Obama says time for killing of Syrian citizens to end
4:14pm EST
Assad's forces kill 103 in Homs, rest of Syria: group
6:55pm EST


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Helio Castroneves was aquitted of most of the charges that he attempted to evade more than $2.3 million in income taxes.
He was aquitted of six counts of tax evasion, but the jury hung on one count of conspiracy. Similarly, the jury aquitted Castroneves' sister of the counts of evasion and hung on one count of conspriacy.
Alan Miller, an attorney for Castroneves, was aquitted of tax evasion and conspiracy. Jimmie Johnson testified on his behalf during the trial. Johnson has received financial guidance from Miller.
Prosecutors will now decide the best way to proceed with the conspiracy charge.
Now, Castroneves will return to Team Penske, and Indy Racing League. The team replaced Castroneves with Will Power, pending the outcome of the race.
Castroneves plans to drive in this weekend's Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.


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So here is my current sentence I am having problems with (from D'ooge, #428):
Hostes sciebant Romanos frumento egere et hanc rem Caesari summum periculum adlaturam esse.
The enemies knew that the Romans were in need of grain...
hanc - I assume it is a form of hic - 'this' but I don't have it in my group, I have hunc (ACC Masc) or hac (ACC Fem) or haec, but no hanc
I'm guessing hanc rem is 'this thing'
adlaturam esse - this exercise is for dative compounds- about to report?
summum periculum - at the most danger
....and were about to report this greatest danger to Ceasar. ???
I seemed to have missed something because that doesn't make sense


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Ive been thinkin Why is everyone against a CB in the 1st round
We have really no great CBs but we got solid LBs coompared to are CBs
Ive been thinkin Why is everyone against a CB in the 1st round
We have really no great CBs but we got solid LBs coompared to are CBs
ok, don't post no more
our linebackers are the reason our corners weren't so good, i know you allow espn to form your opinion, but you need to stop that.......our linebackers sucked last year, they couldn't get to the qb for ****, which made it worse for our secondary
ike is solid, and could be a pro bowler type player
mcfadden is up and coming
townsend is nice depth
we do not need a corner in the first
"SA, it's more than a FEVER it's an ADDICTION" -BlacknGold Bleeder
"Give me a 6 pack, half hour of rest and lets go play them again....We can beat them."
--Jack Lambert
"They say that when you're the champs, everybody will try to beat you. Well, I'm glad we're the champs, so bring 'em on, bring 'em all on. If we die, we ain't gonna die running. It's gonna be a fight."
--Joe Greene
we have 2 solid CBs, Mcfadden has been a beast in the limited time hes played, Ike isnt to blame for last year, how could you give up on him already?
whos good enough to take in the first round?
Hughes-Has slipped alot
Ross-good size, but not 15th pick material
Revis-Probably a fan favorite
Mcauley-I dont really care for him, has some upside though
Houston might be worth it, but its not a need that we have, your going with the mocks if your saying we need a CB in the first
you have no faith in ike??? i bet you loved him in 2005......... cowher didn't allow him to get better, cowher kept ****ing with his head......tomlin will bring the real
townsend is solid as a backup not a starter
do you actually follow the steelers??? or are you like the espnews commercial?? talking out your a.....ignorance, ignorance
"SA, it's more than a FEVER it's an ADDICTION" -BlacknGold Bleeder
blitz i'll bet you 100k we dont take a corner in the first round
Hey K Train, can we say chicken **** on this little pud?
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Veteran Member - Level 12
This article was originally pitched
to Cracked.com. It was on its way to publication when I accidentally
insulted the senior editor, who booted the pitch in retaliation.
Needless to say, I was mad. But, there's no point in letting a
good idea like this go to waste. I'm republishing it because the
article was already in decent shape. As a side note, I didn't spend
two weeks of intensive editing on this article like I did for my last
one for Cracked... but whatever. It's still pretty interesting. At
least I think so.
Reasons China Won't Destroy the World
These days it seems like you can't
go ten minutes of watching the news without hearing about how awesome
the Chinese are and how their economy is growing to approximately the
size of Godzilla. Shockingly, people are freaking out about China's
newfound power. However, what they tend to forget is that the global
economy is not simple and that if anything, China is in some pretty
deep sh*t. They too exist in the real world, and reality always comes
with problems. The media never likes to talk about things
#1- Their tsunami wave of old people
"Oh my god! China has so many people and they all
want to work hard! They're INVINCIBLE!!!"
China has a lot of people. When your population is
over a billion strong, that means you have plenty of people to work
the factories making DVD players and toxic kids' toys. However, all
of those people will get old and retire one day. Other then raising
an army of Wal-Mart greeters, what do you do with them? China clearly
has no idea, because they lack
any kind of Social Security or retirement system. And of course,
that's the one thing they really, really need because a third of all
Chinese people will be over sixty by 2050. In the United States, it's
Plus, with the one child per family policy, that means the next
generation of Chinese workers will have to support both their parents
by themselves on a tiny salary. That's a lot of old Chinese people
who are going to be more screwed than the space program.
The guys aren't getting any
The Myth:
has their population under control. That one child stuff is pretty
rough, but it works, right?"
The Reality:
that one child per family policy I mentioned? When some Chinese
families heard that news, their first thought was "Oh sh*t, we'd
better get a boy." Boys can carry on the family name and care
for their parents more than girls, who are supposed to raise the
children. Sexist, yes, but that's how they think over there. The
result is that China has an awful gender imbalance and has some 32
million more boys than girls. Although the practice is illegal
over there, some Chinese families use ultrasounds to determine their
baby's gender and selectively abort until they get a boy. Thus the
current gender imbalance. And of course, Chinese women are only
getting pickier about marriage- they're focusing on their careers
because they have parents to support.
"Marriage? Bahahaha! Seriously though, my family doesn't eat without me."
OK, so the guys might
have to go without getting some action. What's the big deal? Fewer
ladies who are less inclined to get married means that they won't
have as many kids. Fewer kids means that the Glorious People's
Republic will have fewer workers in the future. And then where
will the world get its supply of acidic flip-flops?
They don't actually control the US through debt.
"Oh my God, the Chinese own us! If they stop buying
our bonds, then we're f*cked and the government will explode because
they own all our debt! Their leader dude is going to start dictating
our laws and he's going to KILL US ALL!!! Run for the bunker!"
According to the US Treasury website, the total debt
of the United States is not owed entirely to China. In fact, they
only own about 7.8%
of all our debt. Who owns the rest? Most of it is owed to...
ourselves, aka the Federal
Reserve. No, I have no idea how the government is allowed to lend
money to itself. Foreign ownership includes a lot of countries
you wouldn't necessarily expect, like Japan, the United Kingdom,
Brazil, and Lichtenstein. You probably can't even find Lichtenstein
on a map.
For reference, this is it.
But what if China starts selling off the debt they
own? We're screwed, right? Not exactly. China's economy strongly
relies on exports ($155
billion a month). Chinese goods are popular because they're cheap
to make. The exact reasons why they can crank out DVD players and recycled condoms so cheaply get technical, but are due largely to
their currency's low value. Because of economic differences between
their money (the renminbi) and our money (the dollar), anything the
Chinese sell in America automatically makes a nice profit. How do
they keep their money (and export cost) so low? By buying sh*tloads
of US Treasury bonds, aka our
debt. If they want to keep making all that money exporting sh*t,
they have to keep their currency low. If they want to keep their
currency low, they have to buy our debt. The Chinese don't get a
#4- They won't reach Godzilla-height
"China has been growing for years! Soon enough
their economy will surpass America's and they'll be the new
superpower! Then they'll challenge us to a war and then we'll fire
nukes and we're doooooooooooomed!!!"
growth rate over the years has been pretty impressive, but the
problem is that it's too big to continue. Seriously, even their
leader, Premier Wen Jiabo, said that China's growth was "unstable,
unbalanced, uncoordinated and unsustainable." The Chinese
are pretty worried about it too, as their insane growth may have
caused their own housing bubble, complete with 800%
real estate price inflation and everything.
$95,000. Hey, it's in a good school district.
The problem is
that China has grown by 8% every year. That's pretty awesome for a
whole country, except for the fact that it's not entirely legit.
Turns out that a lot of that growth was based off the Chinese
government investing in itself. It basically started public works
projects (roads, bridges, ports, etc) to boost national growth. You
invest in a road because it will hopefully pay itself back in
economic growth (people travel faster, cut prices, make more money,
pay more taxes). However, some Chinese economists estimate that these
little projects China is so fond of haven't helped the economy at
all, but have left them with up to 50%
losses. Thy built all this cool *** like airports and roads but
they actually have too
much stuff for anyone to use.
Their growth is reliant on
investment in public works. The Chinese government invested too much
(seriously, 50%
of their GDP). Not enough people use the stuff. If the stuff (bridges
and sh*t) doesn't get used, economic growth doesn't happen. Thus,
China invests in nothing. And of course it's predicted to seriously
them in the ass.
#5- Chinese people drink water
"Man, Chinese people are
organized. I wish America had their logistical skills. China's
One of the rather serious downsides
of having a massive population and 40% of your people in dry northern
China is that there's a pretty
huge demand for water. Unfortunately, China can't get enough
water fast enough to their people for stuff like household use and
agriculture. They're trying, though... and by that I mean they're
damming up so many rivers that countries downstream of them aren't
getting enough and the environmentalists are getting seriously
pissed. Without water, what happens to all the people that need
it? Do you cut off household use? Stop farming? Tell the dolphins to
swim through air? They better figure out the answer quickly, because
the World Bank says it'll f*ck
over millions of Chinese if they don't do something soon.
Your account balance is zero
China isn't real big on actually
sharing their information, but from what we can gather, their banks
have been kinda f*cking
with us. Chinese banks lend out money, just like every other
bank. However, they might have accidentally lent out too much. If a
person can't pay back a bank loan, the loan is considered
because the bank doesn't get anything back. Loans, like strippers,
are considered useless if they don't put out. China's banks lent out
so much in the last couple years that although they admit to having a
low rate (5%)
of loans that don't get paid back, outsiders estimate that the real
number is somewhere around 30%.
"Screw you guys over? Never."
some Chinese people can't pay back their loans. What's the worst that
could happen? Nothing, as long as thirty percent of the country is
fine with losing their money, which they so diligently store
in the central banks. But hey, it's just their life savings.


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Magnalight Adds Dimmable LED Spotlight
Operators can use this dimmable LED spotlight to create the light intensity that best allows them to see their target work area without sacrificing their eye's ability to adjust to the area around them. Larson Electronics' mangalight.com revealed the latest addition to an extensive line of LED spotlights. The HL-85-10W1-D http://www.magnalight.com/p-46791-handheld-led-spotlight-with-inline-dimmer-800-lumens–800-foot-beam–9-32-volts-dc–coil-cord.aspx [dimmable LED spotlight] features a magnetic base, 16 foot detachable coil cord, cigarette plug and an inline PWM for dimming the LED light output. The new LED handheld spotlight operates on 9-42 Volts DC and draws less than 1 amp. Weighing less than 1 pound, the pistol grip style spotlight enables operators in hunting or work applications to adjust the intensity of the LED light output to best suit their requirements.
"Whether someone is hunting or working, this dimmable LED spotlight enables the operator to find the light output that doesn't just illuminate the immediate area, but also allows their eyes to continue to adjust to the darkness around them," said Rob Bresnahan with Larson Electronics' magnalight.com.
"Sometimes you need power and distance to identify objects at distance, but if you use that intense light on a nearby work area, your eyes lose their ability to see anything around you. So the key to this dimmable LED spotlight is that the operator can adjust the http://www.magnalight.com/c-140-led-lights.aspx [LED light] output to the level that allows their eyes to adjust to the immediate work area and the surroundings. The time of night, cloud cover, the operator's eye condition and other factors make the level of LED light dimming vary all the time. The operator can simply adjust the dial to create the appropriate level of light for their particular needs. Many operators use red filters or red light to achieve this same effect, but they lose intensity, distance and color correct object identification."
Larson Electronics' magnalight.com offers a wide variety of LED lighting, including explosion proof LED lights, LED hunting lights, LED boat lights and http://www.magnalight.com/c-186-infrared-led-lights.aspx [LED infrared lights]. You can learn more about Larson Electronics at magnalight.com or 1-800-369- 6671.


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STATELINE (WIFR) -- A company that was very much a part of our childhoods is going out of business. Hostess, the makers of Wonder Bread, Twinkies, and Ho-Hos, will close its doors for good after 82 years.
The company claims striking workers crippled its ability to keep making baked goods. Union workers were protesting cuts in wages and benefits. Now, all 18,500 of them will be out of a job. We're told Hostess will attempt to sell their iconic brands including Wonder Bread to other companies. The company's CEO says there are no buyers waiting in the wings but that there has been interest in some of the Hostess brands.
Loves Park is home to one of 500 Hostess outlet bakeries. Dozens of people are now stocking up on the sweet treats at stores across the Stateline.
The shelves are starting to clear out at the Hostess Outlet Store on North 2nd Street as shoppers fight for every last crumb of a snack that could be going extinct.
The company's roughly 500 bakery outlet stores will stay open until the shelves are wiped clean, which, could mean the business could close at any minute. That's why shoppers are filling their carts with dozens of boxes of the cream filled snacks.
"We bought 18 boxes of Twinkies at the Wal-Mart," said one shopper. "I am trying to collect what I can and freeze what I can right now," said another.
Cake lovers say they're not only stocking up on the snack, they're trying to preserve a childhood memory.


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Green Grass and High Tides. If those words send a chill
through you, then at some point we shared a great trial – beating Rock Band's
guitar career on Expert, and confronting the nearly ten-minute long odyssey
that was The Outlaws' 1975 song by that name. Even if you did manage to cross
the finish line, it was only an entryway into yet more challenges ahead. Rock
Band's escalating difficulties, regular sequels, and endless downloadable
content added up to an incalculable breadth of game time – and I loved every
second of it.
Most Rock Band faithful were already familiar with the
fundamentals of gameplay after two years of playing the various incarnations of
Guitar Hero. With the original developer of Guitar Hero at the helm for Rock
Band, expectations among music game faithful were high. Harmonix did not
Rock Band offered everything that Guitar Hero had already
succeeded at, but expanded the concept to bring in new instruments and a long-term
vision for delivering ongoing content. For my part, I instantly fell for Rock
Band's many approaches to play, and began to split my time between conquering
the guitar career and an equal effort at trying the drums for the first time.
My dedication to Rock Band traces back to two sources: a
love of music, and my fascination with challenges in which it's always possible
to improve. Rock Band taps both by providing top notch tunes and an array of
ways to improve one's skill at the game.
The first installment of Rock Band features a surprising and
eclectic song list. Classics like Iron Maiden's "Run to the Hills" and Rush's
"Tom Sawyer" sit alongside tracks from The Killers and Queens of the Stone Age – and those songs can keep a player
busy for months. However, it's the long term approach to the music that really
floored me, and kept me involved in the Rock Band franchise for years to come.
Subsequent installments of the franchise offered opportunities to draw earlier
song lists into the new sequels, resulting in an ever-growing catalog of music
to play. Plus, in what remains the single most impressive approach to DLC yet
attempted by a game developer, Harmonix rolled out over 4,200 songs (including
the brilliant indie-style Rock Band Network entries) in an uninterrupted streak
of 280 consecutive weeks of new content, giving players a smorgasbord of their
favorite songs to purchase and play. Over the years, more than any game I can
recall, I found myself returning to Rock Band and its sequels again and again.
Even when I stopped playing for a month or two, I'd hop back in for several fevered
days of playing old favorites, and downloading newly released tracks.
(Thanks to YouTuber JPrez44)
Beyond the ever-expanding palette of songs to play, Rock
Band offers a challenge that is hard to put down. Though "Green Grass and High
Tides" was perhaps the most memorable stretch of hours I poured into a song, I
love the way the game constantly throws new surprises at me. Learning the drums
demanded that I teach my legs to pedal tap with the same precision I'd taught
to my arms and fingers when playing guitar. Later, the addition of the keyboard
brought yet another twist in the knot, and another variation on watching those
endless note-highway streams. In every case, the ramp up from medium, on to
hard, and the final summit of expert feels rewarding and engaging, and provides
a sense of improvement and mastery that few other games can match.
After all these years, Harmonix halted their seemingly
endless stream of new DLC a few months ago. Even so, I still find myself coming
home at the end of a long day and popping in Rock Band from time to time.
Inevitably, when I do, I begin with the plan to just play a couple of songs.
However, when all is said and done, I don't end up surfacing for air until a
couple of hours later. The sheer joy of interacting with the music and testing
my (now sometimes rusty) skills has endless appeal. Rock Band remains one of my
favorite titles, and it's also undoubtedly one of the franchises I've invested the
most effort and time in over my many years enjoying games.
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Is it just me or are those towels the most annoying thing that the national media have rammed down our throats?
Reds fans: PLEASE JUST SAY NO!
How about we rally to help the baseball world to stop the stupidity?!
Is it just me or are those towels the most annoying thing that the national media have rammed down our throats?
Reds fans: PLEASE JUST SAY NO!
How about we rally to help the baseball world to stop the stupidity?!
I want it loud all game and BOOMING every out of the 7th-9th
No way to hear the idiotic and embarrassing howling.
Toweling and howling. I can do without either.
The stadium crew put up a message on the scoreboard "Reds take the field: NO TOWEL ZONE!" People were still waving them. They waved them more when the Reds were pitching than hitting.
At least the crowd was loud enough to drown out the majority of the howling. It really only took off once while Marshall was pitching, for about ten seconds.
The towel thing is getting pretty tired. If it must be done, the towels should be Red so they are not as distracting to the outfielders.
The white towel waving goes back to a 1982 NHL game when Vancouver manager Roger Nielsen (rest his magnificent soul) tied a white towel to a Hockey stick and waved it in a mock surrender to protest lousy officiating during Western Conference Finals game with the Blackhawks. Vancouver fans started waving towels in support of Nielsen and the phenomenon kind of took off from there.
Of course, we all know that the whole towel thing actually started with Myron Cope and the Steelers fans back in '75. And we have the Twins' Homer Hanky starting in '87.
Knowing is half the Battle - YouTube
That Joey Votto is some kind of Man Candy!
"For them to boo me like that, it lets me know they dream about me at night. -- Brandon Phillips on Cards fans.
The Towels should be White and the fans should be smart enough at the game to know when to and when NOT to waive those towels. This is the Home field advantage, like cheering when your Defense is on the field in football to make it harder for the Offense to audible.
Wave them when the Reds are at bat, DO NOT wave them when the Reds are in the field.
While we're at it, stop cheering. It would also be nice to see some color in the stands other than red. What's with all the red? We should make the reds assign colors for each section, like a rainbow and paint pretty unicorns everywhere.
Go watch golf
Go Reds!!
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball." - Pete Rose
It primarily happened with 2 outs and 2 strikes while the Reds were on defense. That's not different than any other game. Everyone cheers in that situation, it feeds the pitcher and intimidates the batter.
There are only two seasons - Winter and Baseball.
i hate everything about fan towels. maybe i just associate them subconsciously with the football team from pennsylvania. i just about puked when i saw reds fans using them..
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Individuals with Disabilities and Veterans Career Fair in Washington, D.C.
Monday, March 11, 2013, 10 am to 3 pm
400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C.
Current Students
in The U.S. Department of Education will host the 2013 Career Fair for Individuals with Disabilities & Veterans, in Washington, D.C.
To participate, you must show proof that you are a Veteran and or an individual with a disability eligible for a noncompetitive appointment.
Required documents must be submitted in advance, no later than February 25, 2013.
Required documents will be used to determine your eligibility to participate.
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Joe Flacco connected with Anquan Boldin on a touchdown pass early in the first quarter as the Ravens took a 7-0 lead on the 49ers Sunday in Super Bowl XLVII.
Video coverage of Super Bowl XLVII
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: The Standard & Poor's 500 index closed above 1,500 on Friday for the first time since the start of the Great Recession in 2007, lifted by strong earnings from Procter & Gamble and Starbucks.
TURNAROUND AT WORK: Procter & Gamble, which makes a host of consumer products including Tide detergent and Gillette razors, gained $2.83 to $73.25 after reporting that its quarterly income more than doubled. P&G also raised its profit forecast for its full fiscal year.
NEW LEADER: Exxon has once again surpassed Apple as the world's most valuable company after the iPhone and iPad maker saw its stock price falter. Exxon gained 38 cents to $91.73 for a market capitalization of $418 billion.


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text: Tahera Ahmed speaks on Post-Modern Feminism in Islam, Wednesday March 26 at 7:30pm, Bobbitt Auditorium, Room 113. Tahera Ahmed is the Associate University Chaplain at Northwestern University. She is a dynamic young female scholar, and native of the Chicago land Muslim community. She regularly hosts young Muslim art stages, open mics, and counsels young Muslims through study circles that promote balanced Mulin life-style. She has recieved graduate certifications in Arabic from Al-Diwan, Cairo, Ijaazaat (certification) in Tajweed (art of Quranic recitation) and traditional Islamic sciences from various institutions in the USA and abroad.


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I've been writing about Enterprise 2.0 and social business topics off and on for almost four years. That's a long time in business.
Every business idea has aspects that are faddish and aspects that are substantial. As an idea evolves through its hype cycle, the noise eventually dies down and substance gets incorporated into "business as usual." And within a few years, nobody is able to imagine doing things differently. The E 2.0 and social business conversation has now evolved to a point where we can take many things--employees blogging, for instance--as part of the definition of business as usual.
So in one sense, the revolution is over. Many individual threads of the broader conversation have hit diminishing returns.
[ Social/mobile, cloud, and big data—successful enterprises must be prepared to adopt all three. Read more at Embrace Enterprise 2.0 Trifecta. ]
But in another sense, the revolution is just beginning. This is a time of radical change in the very design of corporations, the likes of which have not been seen since the late 1800s. That revolution, triggered by the telegraph, didn't fully play out until the mid-1950s, when thinkers such as Peter Drucker and Alfred Chandler were able to describe the mature, classical form of the Industrial Age corporation. By that time, a few generations of the model had come and gone.
We're now at the threshold of a similar long plateau of maturation for the post-Industrial, Internet Age corporation. The basic ideas have been identified and the big changes have been set in motion. But it will be a few decades before the ideas become embodied in every aspect of business. When the logic of forces now in motion works itself out, we will be in an unrecognizable world. From work chairs (which may not exist if standing desks flood the information worker culture) to tools (what comes after tablets?) to the definition of leadership to the very legal definition of a corporation, everything will have been transformed.
Like many of you, I have moved on to more specific interests within the emerging business landscape. Among my current interests are the future of data, the Internet of Things, and the future evolution of the larger business landscape. Many of these interests are informing my second book project, Game of Pickaxes, which I'm beginning to work on now.
So for now, I will be signing off from The BrainYard. I'll resume my writing here once I find a new theme that grabs my interest and seems like it would be worth exploring. In the meantime, you can keep up with my thinking at my personal blog, Ribbonfarm.
So I leave you with what I hope is an appropriate conclusion to four years of writing about E 2.0: a "backlog" (in the sense of agile software development models such as Scrum) of 100 items to get you thinking creatively as you begin the execution phase of this long journey. You can also get the list in spreadsheet form here and edit and modify it for your own needs.
You can also find all of my writing on E 2.0 and social business (including this column) collected into a quick-and-dirty PDF eBook here. It weighs in at about 29,000 words/100 pages, so it should be a fun, light read for your next flight.
Au revoir, folks!


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A current report on Form 8-K was just filed with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosing receipt of a notice of delisting, the failure to satisfy a continued listing rule or standard or the transfer of a listing. Details of the current report are:
8-K/A – ITRON INC /WA/ (0000780571) (Filer)
Filed: 2016-09-07 AccNo: 0001157523-16-006669 Size: 25 KB
Item 3.01: Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing
Item 9.01: Financial Statements and Exhibits
Filing Date: 2016-09-07T16:30:50-04:00
This is a breaking news story. You can access the complete current report through the SEC's Edgar system: http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/780571/000115752316006669/0001157523-16-006669-index.htm


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Rants on Cycling and on Life:
Photos of people and bicycles that pass in front of my camera
Way to lay the hammer down! You're the only DCMTB to top the podium this year!!! Maybe you should be racing expert there, slim?
Congrats! You look good on top of that #1!!
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IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for Java - Garbage Collection and Memory Visualizer (GCMV) has been able to load, graph, and carry out leak detection for "native" memory on AIX and Linux for some time. With the newly released version 2.3, it will now also do so for Windows as well!
What is "native" memory and why monitor it?
Java applications run in a virtualized Java Runtime Environment (JRE), which provides the Java heap that is commonly associated with Java memory usage as it is where Java objects are created and managed for the application.
The JRE process itself is a native process running on the Operating System (OS), in the same way as any other native process would. As such it consumes native resources, including memory. This "native" memory consumed by the JRE process includes all of its allocations, for example: the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), Just In Time (JIT) compiled code, Java Native Interface (JNI) allocations used to back Java objects, as well as the Java heap itself.
The main reason for monitoring "native" memory usage is the same as for Java heap memory: should the available memory become exhausted, an OutOfMemoryError will be generated. In addition, it's useful for understanding whether of not it's possible to increase the Java heap size should you want to. As the Java heap is one of the constituent parts of the native memory usage, increasing the Java heap size will increase the native heap usage and will lead to an OutOfMemoryError due to native heap exhaustion if it is increased to the point that the native memory usage exceeds the limit of what is available.
An excellent discussion on this topic, which includes what the OS memory limits are, is available from Andrew Hall's article "Thanks for the memory"on developerWorks.
Monitoring native memory usage in GCMV
GCMV can load and parse native memory usage data generated using svmon on AIX, ps on Linux and perfmon on Windows. Full instructions on how to generate the data are provided in the "Help" information provided by GCMV in ISA in the following section:
Tool: IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for Java - Garbage Collection and Memory Visualizer > Using Garbage Collection and Memory Visualizer > Supported data types > Native memory
Once loaded in to GCMV, the memory usage data is available as raw, structured and tabbed data, graphed to produce a line plot, and a report provided that does statistical analysis and looks for potential memory leaks.
You may have realised that, as GCMV is graphing native memory, it's not specific to Java applications so can be used for any process. In fact, the output above is from the web browser running on my desktop.


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LEWISBURG, Pa. — The Jerry Granelli Trio will perform in concert Wednesday, March 6, at 8:30 p.m. in Bucknell Hall at Bucknell University.
The trio includes Jerry Granelli, drums; J. Anthony Granelli, bass; and Briggan Krauss, saxophone.
Jazz Times magazine calls Granelli "one of those uncategorizable veteran percussionists who's done it all. A veteran of the San Francisco jazz scene, Granelli's recent flourish of recordings has documented remarkable collaborations between the generations."
Born in San Francisco in 1940, Granelli spent a day in 1948 with legendary drummer Gene Krupa. Later he worked with Dave Brubeck's drummer Joe Morello before playing, recording and touring with the Vince Guaraldi Trio, providing the steady swing beats for the classic "Charlie Brown "Peanuts" theme song," and with the Denny Zeitlin Trio.
In the early '80s, Granelli played in a trio with Ralph Towner and Gary Peacock after which he began recording as a leader, first for the label ITM, and then for Intuition. By 1987, he was directing the Jazz and Popular Music Department at a Canadian conservatory. He has released 16 recordings.
The concert, which is free and open to the public, is part of the ongoing Jazz at Bucknell First Wednesdays series.
Jazz at Bucknell is a chamber series conceived to present international modern masters and young visionaries, showcasing the entire tradition of jazz, from standards to the Avant-Garde, with an eye on artists who continue the innovative tradition of the music with their personal approaches to sound, style and composition.
Upcoming concerts include the Art Lande Quartet on April 3, and the Jazz Standard featuring Gary Thomas on May 1.
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The 8X's camera is a respectable 8MP shooter that is serviceable in every respect. It lacks the special features of the Lumia 920 and the stellar quality of the iPhone 5, but it's a strong shooter. The tone of mediocrity in this text is more a testament to how spoiled we are rather than any true fault in the 8X. The only neat photography feature on the 8X is actually on the front-facing camera. The 8X's 2.1MP front shooter module has a wide-angle lens that makes Skype or quick group photos a much better experience than on most.
It's a pyrrhic victory for HTC to have the better of the two front-facing cameras though. The 8MP shooter on the rear of the iPhone 5 outclasses that of the 8X. The fact of the matter is the rear camera is the more important one. Point to Cupertino.


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2004-05 Men's Basketball
Weekly Recap Jan. 11
Beavers defeat No. 9 Hanover and lose close match up to Manchester
By Ben Risinger, sports information director
January 11, 2005
The Bluffton University men's basketball team (7-5, 1-1 HCAC) defeated No. 9 Hanover
College 59-55 on Jan. 8. The Beavers then traveled to Manchester College for another
HCAC contest and dropped a nail biter 63-61. This week the men's team will travel
to Franklin College on Jan. 12 (7:30 p.m. start) and will be back at home on Jan.
15 when they host Transylvania. Tip off is scheduled for 3 p.m.
Bluffton University 59, Hanover College 55
The Bluffton University men's basketball team (7-4, 1-0 HCAC) defeated No. 9 Hanover College (10-3, 1-1 HCAC) 59-55 on Jan. 8.
Bluffton is now on a four-game winning streak and broke Hanover's 26-game Heartland Conference winning streak that they had carried over the past few years. The victory is the Beavers first over Hanover since Feb. 3, 2001, when they defeated the Panthers on the road 73-72.
Junior Scott Bergman (Elmore/Woodmore) led both teams and tied his career high with 29 points. Sophomore Michael Anthony (Ohio City/Delphos St. John's) posted 17 points, four steals and six rebounds. Sophomore Eric Schwieterman (St. Henry/St. Henry) ended the afternoon with six rebounds and four assists.
The Panthers led the contest for most of the first half as Bluffton tied the game
five times before taking the lead at the three minute mark 24-21. At halftime the
Beavers held a narrow lead 26-24. Bluffton came out strong in the second half as they
led until the six minute mark when Hanover's Ben Lye hit a quick jumper to take back
the game 48-46.
The Beavers would not be outdone as Bergman hit his second three-pointer in a row three minutes later (2:45 mark) to help Bluffton take back the lead for good 55-52. The final outcome would see Bluffton win their 2004 conference opener 59-55.
Manchester College 63, Bluffton University 61
The Bluffton University men's basketball team (7-5, 1-1 HCAC) was defeated 63-61 by Manchester College (7-6, 1-1 HCAC) on Jan. 10.
Leading the way for Bluffton was junior Eric Sweet (Ottawa/Ottawa-Glandorf) who posted a career-high 20 points. Sweet also had four rebounds, two assists and two steals in the game. Junior Scott Bergman (Elmore/Woodmore) connected on 14 points, nine rebounds (team high), three assists and two steals. Sophomore Michael Anthony (Ohio City/Delphos St. John's) ended the double digit scoring with 14 points.
The contest was extremely close as the teams exchanged the lead several times in the first half. The Beavers held Manchester's lead to around seven for much of the first period until late in the half when the Spartans began to dominate on the boards. At halftime Manchester led the game 37-27. The second period found the Beavers with a renewed strength as they pushed the Spartan lead to one (48-47) with 12 minutes remaining. Bluffton would then lead the game (61-60) with 41 seconds left as Scott Bergman connected on two free throws. The Spartans answered right back as Jamaal Wade hit the game-winning three pointer. Manchester would take the contest 63-61.
The Beavers shot 43 percent (23-of-53) for the contest to Manchester's 44 percent (24-of-54). Manchester led on the boards with 35 rebounds compared to Bluffton's 25.
Bergman named HCAC player-of-the-week
Junior Scott Bergman was named the Heartland Conference's men's basketball player-of-the-week for the week ending Jan. 9.
Bergman helped Bluffton defeat No. 9 Hanover College 59-55 on Jan. 8. The victory
snapped Hanover's 26 game Heartland Conference win streak and gave the Beavers their
own win streak of four games.
Bergman tied his career-high of 29 points as he went 8-of-14 in shooting from the floor. He knocked down eight three pointers, one short of the HCAC and Bluffton University single game records. For the contest he also pulled down three rebounds.
Leading the Beavers on the season
HCAC team statistics
The Beavers currently rank 5th in field goal percentage (290-of-652) in the Heartland Conference at .445 percent and rank third in 3-point field goal percentage at .374 percent (74-of-198). Bluffton ranks third in steals (102), assists (181) and assist/turnover ratio at 1.09 in the league.
Individual statistics
Scott Bergman continues to lead Bluffton and ranks second in the HCAC in scoring as he averages 19.8 points per game (237 total points). Bergman also leads the team in rebounds (63) and steals (22) as he ranks 13th in the conference in rebounding and third in steals. Eric Sweet is second on the team in points (11.5 points per game) and rebounds (60). Sweet ranks 16th in the HCAC in scoring and 14th in rebounding. He leads the team with 20 blocks for the year which places him at second in the conference. Michael Anthony ranks third on the squad in scoring (11.4 points per game) and rebounding (52). Anthony posts a .829 free throw percentage to place him at third in the HCAC. Eric Schwieterman leads Bluffton with 36 assists which is good for 10th in the conference.


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U.S. Ambassadors to Mexico: The Relationship Through Their Eyes
Sunday, March 31st, 11:00am (EST)
This Sunday on Wilson Forum three former U.S. ambassadors to Mexico sit down with author and journalist Dolia Estévez to discuss her latest book, U.S. Ambassadors to Mexico: The Relationship Through Their Eyes. The book offers a first-hand account of how U.S. ambassadors see their own role in this vital relationship. Panelists include John D. Negroponte, Former United States Ambassador to Mexico; James Jones, Mexico Institute, Advisory Board Member and Chairman, Manatt Jones Global Strategies; Jeffrey Davidow, Senior Counselor, Cohen Group.
Watch live stream here.
TV Broadcast: Washington, DC and national.