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And yet another one from Meganisi, this time Pholidoptera fallax (I think)
According to Willemse Pholidoptera fallax is only known from Thrace in Greece. I think this is Eupholidoptera again.
Thank you again for your help. Might it be
The only Eupholidoptera recorded hereabouts are leucasi and megastyla*. I can't see it as either of those. Might it be a Pholidoptera? I'll try and get a voucher specimen next time I'm there. They are very common – a good half of all the crickets you see.
*Battal Ciplak, Fer Willemse, Dragan Chobanov and Klaus-Gerhard Heller (2007) Systematic status and distribution of Eupholidoptera (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) in the Balkans (north of Central Greece) Articulata 22 (1): 33–46 (link: http://www.dgfo-articulata.de/articulata/2007_22-1/Articulata_22-1%20Ciplak%20et%20al.pdf)
My only source for information on Greek orthoptera is Willemse (1984). According to him E.chabrieri is present in north-western Greece, but only on the mainland and Corfu. The only Pholidoptera to come anywhere near Meganisi is P.femorata, and I am familiar with that, and have never seen one like your specimen. As you say, the answer is to collect a voucher. Thanks for that reference.


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Cobham Opens New Hampshire Aerospace/Defense Cable Systems Plant
Cobham has opened a new facility in Exeter, NH, that will immediately accommodate 80 new jobs related to the manufacture of cable systems sold to the US Government and major aerospace and defense companies.
"This is the second 80,000 square foot Cobham facility at Exeter," said Steve Schaefer, President of Cobham Sensor Systems. "These 80 new jobs will expand Cobham's Sensor Systems employment base in New Hampshire to 350 staff members."
Cobham Sensor Systems products manufactured at this facility support electronics warfare and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) applications, as well as a wide variety of major airborne, shipboard, ground-based, space-based and homeland security-related radar platforms.


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Hi, I did alot of reasearch ( lots of google ) to understand how WPA-PSK works and I seems to be stuck, I know that its something like PMK = PBKDF2(passphrase, ssid, ssidLength, 4096, 256) and that PTK is something like HMAC-SHA1(PMK(2-MACS from 2 first handshake packets, 2-NONCES from 2 first handshake packets))...
I'm kinda confused as how does this works and I'd like some help to understand it better.
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SSID: co-public
Hex: 5B45A05E645C40311BC77F299F4B424C03C41A9094B90A2DD6 7473B9D4850511
as the WPA-PSK hash, how would someone go from the 4-way handshake to get to the WPA-PSK hash? I looked on google alot and can't find anything good ( they only refer to wpa-psk crackers). If you could explain what is taken from each packet and what algorithm is done on the essid, macs, nonces and mic it would greatly help. *Would gladly accept pseudo-code*


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What the Fluke
I will swim with a humpback whale some day.
It's at the top of my bucket list for sure.
I actually planned a vacation to Costa Rica several years ago for the opportunity to swim with the whales in Drake Bay, but sadly, no whales were in the area during my stay.
I have, however, had the opportunity to swim with wild dolphins, sea turtles, sea lions, rays, black tip reef sharks, and manatees. Each of those experiences are kind of sacred to me. All are moments that I will never forget.
While swimming with wild marine life may not be everyone's cup of tea, if you haven't been on at least one amazing whale watch, you are missing out. We are incredibly fortunate to have whales not far off our coast for a good part of the year. I, all kidding aside, sometimes find myself laying awake at night thinking, "I wonder what the whales are doing right now?" Freak meter rating high, I realize, but true nonetheless.
So, today, knowing that the whales have been plentiful for the past several days, we went for a trip with Cape Ann Whale Watch. How do I know they've been plentiful you may ask? I follow their blog.
I had the opportunity to speak with both long time owners, Nick Danikas and Jim Douglass, in the parking lot prior to the trip. Both are great guys who are pretty passionate about offering trips that leave guests with memories to last a lifetime.
Likewise, the crew and the naturalists are phenomenal and beyond highly educated on the matter of whales and sea life indigenous to our waters. Their enthusiasm was contagious. Even the captain, John Karvelas, was excitedly pointing out bubble clouds as they formed on the surface of the water. Bubble clouds are a method that whales use to trap krill and sand eels in a tight school so that they can emerge, mouths open, and swallow up a giant meal.
Today's trip was nothing short of amazing. To begin, we only had to head 11 miles off the Dog Bar Breakwater, which was a treat in itself. After a short steam, we were literally surrounded by humpback whales. I've been on many whale watches. Both on local whale watching boats and on smaller private boats. Today's trip was one for the record books.
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March 18, 2011
(ORLANDO, FL) March 18, 2011 - Dr. Donald W. Sweeting (pictured left), president of Reformed Theological Seminary's (RTS) Orlando campus, was elected as a new board member to the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) on March 10 in Park City, Utah, at the NAE board of directors meeting. The NAE also approved a new mission statement: "The mission of the National Association of Evangelicals is to honor God by connecting and representing evangelical Christians."
The NAE, which today represents more than 45,000 local churches from more than 40 different denominations, has spoken as a united voice for millions of American evangelicals since 1942. The organization serves to make denominations strong and effective, influence society for justice and righteousness and gather the voices of evangelicals to be more effective for Jesus Christ. Sweeting is one of 100+ directors for the NAE. For more information on the NAE, visit their website: www.nae.net.
Sweeting, who was just inaugurated February 10 as RTS Orlando's 4th president and named the James Woodrow Hassel professor of church history at that time, has this to say about his appointment to the NAE board of directors: "Both churches that I pastored- one independent, the other EPC- were members of the NAE. I have always valued this connection to the wider evangelical movement, and have benefited from the resources and perspectives of the NAE."
Sweeting recalls that it was theologian Carl F.H. Henry (to whom Sweeting is related) who first told him about the NAE when Sweeting worked in Washington, D.C. Sweeting said the NAE fascinated him because it was one of the early evangelical voices calling Christians to care about culture and politics.
RTS Chancellor Ric Cannada commented on Sweeting's appointment: "Because Don is such a natural leader among evangelicals, RTS was pleased to call him as president of RTS Orlando. Now we are just as pleased to share Don's leadership abilities, vision, and wisdom with NAE. All of us at RTS want to support the partnerships of evangelical Christians such as NAE as we seek to spread the gospel of our Savior, Jesus Christ."
Sweeting, the son of Moody Bible Institute's Chancellor-Emeritus Dr. George Sweeting, pastored two churches over a period of 22 years before becoming RTS Orlando's president June 1, 2010. He is passionate about preaching the Word of God, teaching seminary students church history and mentoring them as the future leaders of the church.
Whether you're a prospective student, current student, alumnus, donor, or friend of RTS, we would love to hear from you.


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A Thomasville man avoided an active prison sentence Thursday after he pleaded no contest in the 2011 death of a 4-year-old girl.
A Thomasville man avoided an active prison sentence Thursday after he pleaded no contest in the 2011 death of a 4-year-old girl.
John William Patterson, 51, of 2127 Upper Lake Road, received a suspended sentence from Superior Court Judge Mark Klass of between one year, eight months and three years, six months of electronic house arrest and three years of probation. The sentence came after more than a hour's worth of testimony regarding Patterson's character.
Patterson pleaded no contest on the charge of felony death by motor vehicle in Leala Hardy's death Dec. 26, 2011. The incident occurred when Patterson and Hardy were riding on a tractor on Albeck Drive, a state-maintained gravel road that runs off of Upper Lake Road west of Thomasville. The tractor overturned down an embankment into a small creek, and Leala was pronounced dead at Thomasville Medical Center.
Initially, Patterson was charged with driving while impaired. That charge was upgraded to felony death by motor vehicle. Thomasville attorneys Bill Mills and John Hauser represented Patterson.
Ina Stanton, Davidson County assistant district attorney, said Christina Hardy, Leala's mother, and her daughter went to visit the child's grandmother, Sherry Alford, who was living at Patterson's residence. They arrived about 11 that morning.
"Sometime that afternoon, the defendant came in asked to take Leala on a tractor ride," Stanton said. "According to the grandmother, that was a common occurrence, and they didn't think anything of the defendant taking the little girl off on the tractor ride. Both Christina Hardy and Sherry Alford deny any knowledge that the defendant had consumed any alcohol during the period of the time prior to the defendant taking the child off on the tractor."
Forty-five minutes after Patterson and the girl departed, they became concerned and started looking for her, Stanton said. A neighbor who lives on Albeck Drive left his residence to do some hunting when he discovered the overturned tractor. He ran back to his home and had his wife call 911.
Stanton said a trooper's first contact with Patterson was at the scene as the defendant was being "wheeled away." The investigating trooper responded to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, where he observed signs of impairment with Patterson.
"He was able to do some altered field sobriety tests since the defendant was on a hospital bed with a neck collar on," Stanton said.
The prosecutor said a cooperative Patterson failed the sobriety tests and submitted to a blood test. The results were returned from the State Bureau of Investigation and revealed a .15 blood-alcohol level. In North Carolina, a resident is considered impaired if he has a .08 or higher blood-alcohol level.
"If calculated back to the time of the wreck … that would place the defendant's blood alcohol at the time of the wreck at .19," Stanton said.
Patterson told investigators that he hopped on the tractor with Leala to ride around the neighborhood, allowing her to steer the tractor.
"She would turn and he would correct her steering," Stanton said. "They were going approximately 20 to 25 miles per hour when the tractor went off to the left. More importantly, the defendant's statement indicates that he began drinking about 11 that morning, about the same time that Leala and her mother arrived at the home and he stopped 45 minutes before the wreck. … The evidence would indicate that this defendant only stopped drinking once he got on the tractor with that little girl."
Matthew F. Altamura, an Asheboro civil attorney representing Christina Hardy and Alford, said his clients have had a tough time dealing with the loss of Leala. The attorney said the grandmother was in the hospital Thursday as she's been suffering with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder since her granddaughter's death.
Altamura read a statement on the mother's behalf.
"Your honor, Leala was the most precious thing to me," the attorney read.
Hardy, wearing a shirt identifying her as Leala's mother and holding a pink stuffed animal, showed emotion several times in the court proceeding, which included once having to walk out of the courtroom, moments of crying and an outburst at the end of the hearing.
Patterson's attorneys argued their client was entitled to a suspended sentence because he had no criminal record, was a person of good character, accepted responsibility for his actions and entered an alcohol and drug program.
Richard Adams, the defense's first witness, is state director for Smart Start Inc. The company's technologies focus on ignition interlocks for vehicles as well as home alcohol monitoring devices. Patterson voluntarily began submitting to one of Smart Start's home alcohol monitoring device Jan. 11. Since being tested three times a day, Adams explained that four of Patterson's tests showed the presence of alcohol.
The defense's witnesses included members of Patterson's family, neighbors and coworkers. Patterson is a longtime employee of Old Dominion Freight Line's Maintenance Facility in Greensboro. Jeffery Hylton, an Old Dominion supervisor, testified that Patterson was a "top-notch" employee and is "very well" respected by his colleague.
"He is very dependable," Hylton said.
Amber Michelle Jenkins, Patterson's neighbor, said Patterson has always been willing to help his neighbors. She explained Patterson was like a grandfather to Leala. Patterson's daughter, Jennifer Patterson Woods, said she and her father have an extremely close relationship.
"He is sad," Woods said as she explained her father's mental state. "He does not eat. He has lost weight. He is not taking care of himself, and it's like he is sulking."
Mills said the grandmother and mother must have known Patterson's physical and alcoholic condition with the amount of time they had been at the residence. He said the grandmother placed Leala in front of Patterson on the tractor.
"He was not on any big four-lane highways or some place to that affect," Mills said in the courtroom. "He was on a back-country road. … We think he wasn't highly deliberately, carelessly or recklessly riding around town, going to a party, coming back or anything to that effect. We hope your honor will take that into consideration in so far as we hope giving him a suspended sentence."
Mills said his client let Leala steer, but he would have to correct her. The attorney said she steered too much and before Patterson could regain control they went into the ditch.
Klass gave Patterson the opportunity to speak.
"If I could take it back, I would," he replied to the judge. "… It's something I will suffer for all my life."
As Klass read his decision regarding the sentencing, the mother broke into tears and had to be restrained by a woman sitting beside of her.
"I'm going to kill him," she said.
The woman continued to restrain the mother. As she left the courtroom, she continued to appear to be visibly upset.
"It's worth it, it's worth it," she could be heard saying outside of the courtroom. "He got away with murder."
Altamura said after Thursday's proceeding that the family would not be commenting further at this time. He said a civil lawsuit regarding the case had yet to be filed in Davidson County. Stanton declined to comment on the outcome of the case.
Darrick Ignasiak can be reached at 249-3981, ext. 217, or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I have a feeling Colin Cowherd is on most lists. But I have yet to find anyone more annoying than ESPN's Freddy Coleman. I don't know if it's his cadence or his use of WAY too many pronouns, but he is one fellow I can't stand to listen to for more than 5 minutes.
It probably wouldn't bug me so much if it wasn't for the fact that he is on for what seemingly appears to be 9 hours a day.
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'Missed Connection: Saw you at SDCC this year. I was Wonder Woman, you were Green Lantern. Come close so I can put my magic lasso around you.' Meet up with the people behind the masks.
just seeing if anyones going but there arnt many cosplayers here.
I'm a Legendary GI member.
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
A Good Investment
We started cloth diapering when our daughter was 1 month old. We would have used cloth sooner - but we moved when she was only 11 days old; disposables were much simpler for that first month with all the transitions). I loved not having to buy disposables all the time, as we did the first month. We have since moved on to the premium sized prefolds and we're already in Medium sized Thirsties diaper covers now!
In March 2009, I won the How Green Are You? contest from The Cloth Diaper Whisperer - and won a Limited Edition Fleece bumGenius One Size 3.0 pocket diaper in Ribbit Green, a bumGenius All-in-One One Size diaper with snaps in Grasshopper Green, a Blueberry Deluxe One Size diaper with Aplix in Green Diaper, and a pair of bumGenius Babylegs in Sweet Greens. I like the one size diapers because they always fit. I have had pilling issues with the fleece diapers because I wash them with my prefolds, however, they still hold in the mess!
I continued entering cloth diaper giveaways at The Cloth Diaper Whisperer and was surprised to discover I won again in October 2009; a Baby Beehinds One Size Hemp Diaper, a Baby Beehinds One Size Bamboo Diaper, and Baby Beehinds Wool Cover. I love these for overnight because they are much trimmer than doubling up on prefolds or even a fully stuffed pocket diaper. I'm slowly using fewer inserts to see just how trim I can get it without leaking.
Since receiving my pocket diapers, my husband has told me that he'd help out with changing diapers more if we had more of "those that go on like 'regular' (disposable) diapers." My sister loved using the pocket diapers when we were home for Thanksgiving. In her words, she called them "cheater diapers" and said she might consider cloth diapers when she has kids, now that she's tried more than just my prefolds!
In total, we've spent a little over $450 on cloth and only $175 on disposable in the last 19 months since my daughter was born. Considering we won't have to spend much more on cloth for another baby, I'd say it's well worth the investment, both the time entering giveaways and the money spent!
By Heather R.
10 comments:
- Amanda said...
I was opposite. Pre-folds are one of the last diapers added to my stash and they are the ones I'm currently showing the most love & wishing I had more than 12. I got the Bummis Organic toddler sized pre-folds and I'm just AMAZED that my daughter can go nearly 4 hours w/out leaking. Because she is SO tall for her age the rise on her BG Organics has gotten so low that she wont even last an hour in them anymore. I find the pre-folds super easy to use w/ a good cover like Flip or Blueberry one size but, like your hubby, my hubby still grabs for the BG Organics first. LOL
Amanda G.
- February 2, 2010 at 8:04 AM
- Megan said...
I hope it eventually pays off for me to enter giveaways....I keep thinking, "Someday it'll be me."
- February 2, 2010 at 9:55 AM
- pala9801 said...
I couldn't agree more about the value and investment. We moved when I was 38 weeks pregnant, and between the pregnancy and move, I just didn't have time to investigate cloth diapers. I had thought about it, but that was it. My dd was born three days after we moved (yikes!) and after buying disposables for her first month or two, we just couldn't stand the though of our hard-earned money just being pooped on and thrown in a landfill! We went to cloth and haven't turned back! I think we've spent a total of $350 on cd's, and are all set for the next baby, too!
- February 2, 2010 at 10:25 AM
- The Smith Family said...
prefolds sounded scary from the get go to me - now that I've tried pockets and aios, i think I'm ready and may supplement our stash with some. :)
- February 2, 2010 at 10:54 AM
- Sisrea said...
that is a considerable amount of savings in cloth, and what a way to score free diaper swag!! Love It!
- February 2, 2010 at 12:55 PM
- Michele said...
I too have been really blessed with winning a few cloth giveaways - which has really helped to build our stash. we've also purchased one small order as well and plan on adding to it a few diapers at a time.
right now we have 12 prefolds and today was our first day trying out everything that we have on hand. The few AIOs that we have I loved. The prefolds are proving to be a little more challenging for me to get onto our 3 month old - I'm going to have to work on my folding technique.
- February 4, 2010 at 1:47 AM
- natalie said...
My hubby also prefers the ones that are "like disposables", except he is referring to all-in-ones. I've added a few more to our stash of primarily pockets just for him.
- February 4, 2010 at 11:26 AM
I waited until my DD was 3 mo old before starting cloth since I wanted to make it past that "poop every diaper" phase. Way to go for starting so early, and not long after a move! I started with some prefolds too, but now I love my Flip collection and still find they offer a great cost savings.
aboverubies15 at yahoo dot com
- February 4, 2010 at 6:41 PM
- Lil Mouse said...
I have won a couple of giveaways and I agree that the time invested in doing the little entries is worth it to try out a new brand or product!
- February 5, 2010 at 2:02 PM
- Jess said...
I started with a few pocket diapers, some made by wahms that i bought off ebay, and some prefolds and fuzzibunz. I never use the 2 wahm diapers, they came with cheap inserts and leaked like crazy. the pockets and fuzzi bunz I LOVE! so simple to use. I find prefolds to be a pain to get on a 1 yr old who hates diaper changes, so it's really hard to do the origami they require plus getting used to a snappi. It's a mission. I prefer to just fold them in thirds and place in my bummis diaper covers. Oh and gussets are the best! My fav's are the Bumgenius, no leaks, trim fit, cute colors, love them. So much cuter then disposables.
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separating your nads with your boxers, creating an effect that, well, looks like a fly. Then you chase any unsuspecting friends/family/colleagues/children with. May result in jailtime.
by Pete-ay and Jimmy smooth. October 21, 2008
A classic science-fiction/horror film about a scientist's "teleport" machines, which dissolve atoms in one place to recreate them in another. When the scientist unwittingly shares the machine with a common housefly, he turns into a hideous hybrid of man and insect--and begins to literally bug out. The scientist wants to reverse the process, but first he must catch that fly.
HHHHHHHHEEEELLLLLLLPPPPP MMMMEEEEEEE!!!!! Please!
by creepy July 11, 2004
Similar to the "Beans above the Frank", when one exposes his genitals and twists them so that the balls are above the penis. Only applies when there is a significant amount of pubic hair, to give it that fly look. A prank of the nut game or fag game
Guy 1: "Dude, it got really bored at work so I got Charlie with the fly."
Guy 2: "Dude, that guy is such a fag."
Guy 2: "Dude, that guy is such a fag."
by mykullzero October 21, 2008
The Fly's vomit on there food to help predigest it. Some women "crack whores" will do anything for a buck or two.
by Chakku Norisu December 25, 2009
In New Orleans, the public park area between the Audubon Zoo and the Mississippi River. This area once featured a garish example of low-budget 1960's kitsch architecture that resembled an abstract angular fly and was last used to rent roller skates. While the building was destroyed long ago, the locals still refer to the park as "The Fly".
"Dude, I can't believe they put a curfew on The Fly."
"I totally fingered Sheri at The Fly last night, Brah."
"I totally fingered Sheri at The Fly last night, Brah."
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Thank you FreeBSD, for having a useful ZFS implementation. Countless devices around the world exist because of you.
That's my use case as well. I gave them some cash, lord knows I've used their efforts enough.
My surprise when setting up the ZFS server was in how well everything has worked so far. ZFS has also caught corruption a few times, so I'm going to give it props. It has me wondering if it is possible to get the same kind of data integrity on Mac or Windows. As a stopgap, I sync everything important with Unison so that I can see bitrot on the Mac/PC side. I once caught a really nasty corruption in the middle of my Photos directory that rendered several jpegs useless. More recently I caught another, though this time it was just in the preview image so it wouldn't have been a big deal. It makes me wonder what is going on in the directories that I don't sync!
For Mac, try the free Zevo ZFS from Greenbytes: http://www.getgreenbytes.com/ZEVO [getgreenbytes.com]
For Windows, if you are willing to use NTFS on an iSCSI volume hosted on ZFS by a FreeBSD NAS, you could still benefit from the checksumming provided by ZFS. See the comments by 3dinfluence here: http://serverfault.com/a/122408/79266 [serverfault.com]
Or you could run a ZFS NAS in a FreeBSD VM on Windows, of course, and use it via SMB from Windows.
It's filesystems all the way down!
For Windows, there is the promise of ReFS, but for now I just don't keep anything irreplaceable on there.
I'll have to give Zevo a spin. I played with the old MacZFS several years ago and decided it wasn't quite ready for prime-time, but I might give it another go. For now, I just end up backing up certain important things to ZFS, and because I use Unison, I have a very high chance of catching corruption as long as the backups are frequent enough. Unison does a two-way sync, but I use that aspect to detect c
Seconded. I bought another 8 drives at black friday prices and doubled my RAIDZ2 to 18TB. There just is no alternative to the functionality provided by ZFS. If you need big storage on an open source platform, you either pay a ton for fancy controllers or use ZFS. I've used FreeBSD for over 12 years now and there was only a brief time when I considered an alternative (Dragonfly), but ZFS has me locked in now. I wish the linux guys had gone for it instead of relying on btrfs.
ZFS has me locked in now. I wish the linux guys had gone for it instead of relying on btrfs.
Do you mean you wish Linux used a more broadly compatible license than the GPL so it wouldn't have had problems figuring out how to directly support ZFS without violating either license?
I have to admit that it is a little bit funny that the GPL conflicts with a license that differs from public domain only by requiring attribution.
Ahh, you are right - I was thinking about the BSD. I'll go back to keeping my mouth shut
ZFS has me locked in now. I wish the linux guys had gone for it instead of relying on btrfs.
ZFS was patented by Sun and the license they released it under was incompatible with the GPL.
ZFS does work under Linux - my understanding is that the only reason you don't find it in the main repositories (Ubuntu has it in a PPA) is a licensing issue. Or is there some technical issue I'm missing?
Unless you're playing tricks with shims and wrappers, such as by running ZFS in userspace somehow, or forcing end users to do all the work of setting up ZFS rather than making it quick and easy to set up, you're probably violating the CDDL and GPL by distributing ZFS with a Linux distribution.
The official position [zfsonlinux.org] is that the license conflict just means you can't compile it into the kernel, not that you can't publish it as a kernel module.
I acknowledge that there is some controversy over whether kernel modules are considered derivative works, but the fact that proprietary drivers do exist and are often available in the non-free sections of repositories contradicts the idea that the licensing issue alone is enough to stop it. Furthermore, Linus' opinion on the matter seems to be that modules dev
If the driver needs to be integrated into a monolithic whole with the code that makes it compatible with something distributed under the GPL (such as the Linux kernel), there's some danger of being liable for license violation if someone wants to make a stink about it -- and it's not just the GPL that may be the problem, remember: Oracle is the owner of the ZFS copyrights, and the ZFS is distributed under the terms of a copyleft license.
How you go about getting the pieces of software to play well with each
Is ZFS on OpenIndiana not feature comparable? I thought OI was a few versions of ZFS ahead of FreeBSD?
Nevermind, as of April FreeBSD caught up and now they're both on ZFS28.
ZoL is why I moved to OpenIndiana. The performance was terrible, even without dedupe or compression turned on I was getting maybe 10MB/sec writes. Same pool under OI runs at an appropriate 120MB/sec, no changes other than OS. Mind you, this was over a year ago, so maybe they've fixed the performance issues.
With the departure of the lead OI dev [openindiana.org], I may have to start looking for a new ZFS capable OS.
In college I had some fun running OpenBSD [openbsd.org] on a Sun Sparc Classic [wikipedia.org]. Mostly used that machine as an SSH gateway.
I did check that page and investigated a bit and found out that the page hasn't really been updated in a while since NetBSD 6.0 has been out for a few months already, and if we check the money gauge image, we get:
Last-Modified: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:30:05 GMT
They probably have gone above the ~$13k the image shows. It just hasn't been updated in three years, for whatever reason.
Maybe the Linux Foundation (or someone else, they're the first that come to mind) could do a similar thing to raise money for improving the Linux graphics and wireless stacks? How much improvement could we get for a million USD? Or perhaps there are individual developers out there who would do what Poul-Henning Kamp [freebsd.org] did? I'd be happy to contribute to such an initiative. Kickstart it?
Linux is backed by corporations that sell per-seat licenses.
Linux was just a pawn to drive Sun Microsystems out of business.
Ask Red Hat to do it.
I donate (small amounts) to FreeBSD almost every year, and I don't even use their software currently. They have an important place in the history of Unix-like operating systems, and I have used their software for some great projects in the past.
Wikipedia is so obnoxious with their fundraising, I've stopped donating. The local news recently reported that the most visited page on Wikipedia was "Facebook", and I rarely use it. I did get a kick out of their previous campaign where the staffers photos were ab
may I see your RAW thistle cheese?
>> There's no inherent bias in "This is a picture of milk thistle"
Sorry but there is. What format is the image stored in?
Wow, just wow
Your statement pretty much proves why wikipedia shouldn't even be allowed anywhere near school research. No bias? Are you 8?
Told ya so! [slashdot.org]
But this doesn't mean you shouldn't still donate!
And also to haiku OS. They all were useful or fun' and still are.
Did you hear that two rabbits escaped from the zoo and so far they have only recaptured 116 of them?


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The snow Friday night led to some slipping and sliding on the roadways in the Town of East Hampton.
Carlos Barros of East Hampton had his 2005 Toyota slide off Abraham's Path a little after 9 p.m. The rear passenger side of the car struck a tree. Mr. Barros was unhurt and able to drive away.
Earlier Friday, a 1999 Mitsubishi being driven by Vicente Vargas-Chinchilima of Springs slid off Route 114 near Goodfriend Drive in East Hampton, crashing grille-first into a telephone pole. The car, which had extensive front-end damage, had to be towed away, but Mr. Vargas-Chinchilima and his passenger were unhurt.
Nineteen ninety-nine Mitsubishis were having a bad day Friday, as a second one, driven by Osbourne Palmer of Provincetown, Mass., slid off Montauk Highway near Beech Street, a bit east of the overlook in Montauk, hit a guardrail, then careened back across the road, hitting the rail on the other side. The car was towed. Mr. Palmer walked away.
It was about 3:30 in the afternoon when Mr. Palmer's car went askew, as the snow began to pile up on the road. At the same time, just a few miles east, another 1999 vehicle, this one a Land Rover, skidded off the road into a guardrail along Montauk Highway. The driver, William Martinez of Springs, was unhurt and able to drive the damaged car away.
There were seven more accidents on Friday during the storm, according to the East Hampton Town police logs, but the reports themselves had not been released as of Tuesday.
A Painter, Va., woman, Irene A. King, was taken to Southampton Hospital on Feb. 6, complaining of leg pain after having crashed into some trees off Shore Road near Old Lazy Point Road on Napeague. She told police that the car had slid off the road. The police report notes that the road was indeed slippery.
On the evening of Feb. 5, a deer dashing onto Flamingo Avenue in Montauk slammed into the side of a 2004 BMW being driven by Caroline Whelan of Sag Harbor, damaging the front quarter panel but leaving Ms. Whelan unhurt.
An icy School Street led to a three-car fender-bender in the early evening of Feb. 6 in Springs. Ashley Silvertsen of East Hampton was driving a 1995 Jeep toward the stop sign at Springs-Fireplace Road. There were two cars there already, waiting to turn. Ms. Silvertsen pressed on the brakes, but the Jeep slid on the road, which police described as slippery. The Jeep rear-ended Wilson Garcia-Rodriguez's 2003 Ford, which in turn rear-ended Laura Stone's 2012 Ford.
All three drivers were unhurt.


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The First Sunday of Advent, Nov. 27, signals a great time for renewal for the Church. For some, Advent represents a time of frivolity and merry making. We often forget, however, that, like Lent, Advent is also a time for introspection, prayer and fasting — a time to prepare ourselves for the perfect gift of Christ to humanity.
Senior writer Tim Drake's page-one story on Catholics Come Home illustrates the need for all baptized Catholics — whether fallen-away or not — to renew themselves in Christ. And, as has been our custom in the past, we offer on page B1 our handy clip-out, pass-on and copy guides for Advent: "How (and Why) to Return to Sunday Mass" and How (and Why) to Return to Confession." (More to come in upcoming issues.)
Amid the hustle and bustle of the so-called "holiday season," let's remember that Christ is the central figure of the narrative, and he calls us to renewal — this Advent and always.
God bless you!
Oh thank you Michael for your beautiful words of encouragement.


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Cristiano Ronaldo scored his second hat-trick in four days as Real Madrid brushed aside Ajax in the Champions League last night – and has now set his sights on gunning down Barcelona.
The Portuguese winger helped himself to his 6th goal in under a week as Madrid run riot against Ajax, with the Spanish side securing a 4-1 win in Amsterdam.
His exploits rounded off an exceptional week for the 27-year-old, who also took home the match ball following Madrid's 5-1 romp against Deportivo La Coruna last weekend, and now Ronaldo is aiming for success in El Clasico against Barcelona on Sunday.
"It is important for me to score goals, but the most important thing is the team." Ronaldo said of last night's win. "[Barcelona] will be a difficult game, but I believe we are playing well and are confident we can get a good result.
"They have a very good squad and there is not much difference between the teams, but we have confidence," he added.
Madrid's win against Ajax last night confirmed their position as the team to beat in Group D, a fact helped by a 1-1 draw between group rivals Borussia Dortmund and Manchester City.
Jose Mourinho's side now have two wins from two in European competition this year, although the Portuguese coach wasn't entirely satisfied with his team's performance.
"I liked Madrid a lot for 75 minutes, the first 45 and the second half after Ajax's goal," he told reporters.
"We had total control of the game against an opponent far from their philosophy, defensive, with their lines very deep.
"With their goal, we lost control and the game became dangerous. Then we scored the third and they knew they game was over."
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Skip to comments.Lady Gaga: Bullying must become illegal
Posted on 09/27/2011 1:40:39 AM PDT by jmcenanly
Performance artist Lady Gaga is calling on the government to make bullying a federal offense.
Reacting to the recent suicide of bullied gay Buffalo teen Jamey Rodemeyer, the 25-year-old New Yorker tweeted Wednesday, Jamey Rodemeyer, 14 yrs old, took his life because of bullying. Bullying must become be [sic] illegal. It is a hate crime.
Linking to the late boys It Gets Better YouTube video, which encourages viewers to love themselves and ignore the haters, Lady Gaga said shes been sobbing, musing, and shouting since the tormented 14-year-olds Sunday death.
The past days Ive spent reflecting, crying, and yelling, Lady Gaga tweeted. I have so much anger. It is hard to feel love when cruelty takes someones life.
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With a name like Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , I don't blame her for calling herself "Lady Gaga", I am sure she was bullied aplenty over that name.
The problem these days is that kids aren't allowed to solve their own bullying problems. If you kick the bullies butt you are tossed out of school. What use to be the schoolyard fights that were forgotten minutes after it was over , has now become a federal offense, for which suspension or expulsion is the punishment.So now parents do the kids fighting for them, whining and crying to the principal over things the kids used to solve.
The Federal government outlawing bullying??? They'd have to arrest themselves...
Hey Big Brother!
How about we outlaw ugly bottle blonds at the same time.
literally a meat head
funny thing is that while bullying takes on many forms, they pay lip service to most orms of bullying, and only focus on bullying of homosexuals.
people who are bullied because they are short, fat, stupid, weak, etc. need not feel protected. only gay children.
(How does a child who shouldn'e beh avign sex know that they are gay?)
I agree. On the other hand, if a student says, "I think homosexual behavior is a sin, and not only that, your clothes and makeup are absurd," the "victim" should be able to respond, "Who cares what you think?" and get on with his life.
Bullying is now a code word for protecting gay kids from being taunted in schools.
Hollywood Bullies Against Bullying?
CNN's "Larry King Live" brought on the antonym of human dignity, Kathy Griffin, who quickly inflamed the Clementi moment by charging "the blood's on their hands" of our "so-called leaders."
Let's put aside that ridiculous "connecting the dots" charge for a second. Larry King should have been asked: Given that Griffin regularly takes to the stage and television to viciously attack other people, is she really the kind of personality that can plausibly pose as the guardian of empathy and the role model for anti-bullying behavior? This year, she made the rounds of talk shows laughing up the controversy she created when she said Sen. Scott Brown's daughters were "prostitutes." One daughter, Arianna, is a freshman at Syracuse University — the same age as the boy who took his own life. Griffin's even wished violence on people. She recently told a Playgirl magazine writer, "I'd like to push Sarah Palin down the stairs." Now she's CNN's anti-bullying poster child.
Fighting a bully is often quite effective, especially when in school. I was in a high school metal shop when a would-be bully slapped me hard against the back of my head. I turned and rushed him, sending him tumbling in a mass of desks (which were unanchored). The teacher, in his fairness, after hearing my accurate account, sent the culprit to the vice principal (the enforcer). The apprentice bully challenged me to a fight after school, which I ignored. He never bothered me again.
Why does Charles Atlas (he was an Italian immigrant) have a 10-pack? Count them.
That policy is widespread. I was defending myself after a bully suddenly jumped on my back, slapping my shoulders hard. He was not a friend and had attempted bullying me verbally before. I was sent to the principal's office for fighting. The principal said the bully said he was only joking and warned me not to fight again. I replied that I wouldn't fight again if he left me alone. I have no doubt he was doing it for his own amusement but not mine.
We're being bullied by a circus freak about bullying... I don't want to live on this planet anymore...
Kids will gang up and pick on others for a variety of reasons; you're too tall, too short, too light, too dark, too fat, and on and on.
I was short, skinny with a big head and a fro. That went over real well in school.
I lifted weights, learned to box and fight and stayed out of the sun so I didn't get darker. After my initiation into the pecking order, I've never lost a fight and I've never started one.
And I'm still short... head hasn't gotten any smaller either
It can actually speak.
Will wonders never cease?
She sounds mentally ill.
I'm being bullied by all this anti-bullying.
Speaking of illegal, this ho would never have a career in a million years if anti-trust laws were enforced. Listen to Top 40 radio today, almost all of the music they play is catered to the gay community, gay discoteque dance music, even though homosexuals make up a small percentage of the population. The left is doing this exclusively to cram the homosexual agenda into kids minds. If you're in a band today you have absolutely no hope whatsoever of being heard on the radio today, no matter how many records you sell unless you promote the gay agenda or other leftist views.
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- Thinking about my mom, like really thinking about all the things I missed out on with her. The things I should have had - she should have been at my wedding, she should have helped me move into my house, shoulda, shoulda, shoulda. I cry when I think about the other things I have lost, what she smells like and what her voice sounds like. Her laugh, man, we did laugh...
- Staring at pictures of old Kasha girl and thinking about her swimming with me all those summers.
- Losing my dad. He's the last bit of immediate family I have, he's all I got. Just me and him, him and me, we are the end of the family line.
- The beginning of the animated movie - UP. OK, this is a kids movie and I'm sure they didn't get it but that little old guy losing his little old wife who couldn't make babies. That killed me. I know, animated.
- A bike ride after 2 hours with bad - old shorts. That can bring a tear, fo' reals.
- When I had a level 4 (?) sprain on my right ankle two years ago. I was running on New Years Eve 2008. It was my first, easy, post Ironman run and I rolled on this rock. I still have it. It was a clear day, perfectly clear. I was looking up for cars not down for rocks. I rolled, it popped, I cried, I pulled of my shoe and threw it, cried some more, ran into the middle of the street to get this daYum rock. Little Bitch.
- That ASPCA commercial with all the homeless dogs. I got to flip it.
- When I get overwhelmed by life - looking at my training schedule in the month of April, that makes me cry or it will make me cry. I'm not there yet but I will be - the kind of day that starts at 345-4am, deal with dogs and puppy (yay), get in a long run, home, shower, eat, work all day, swim, home, kiss husband, kiss a dog and go to bed. It's those kinds of days that make me cry. Pure exhaustion.
- I can laugh so hard that I cry. This does not happen often. I actually made someone laugh so hard at work that they cried today. That brings me joy like you can't imagine.
- Yeah, I think think that's all I got, I only got nine...I guess that's a good thing!
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"
Friday, March 5, 2010
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24 comments:
- Chloe said...
Why have you not thrown that rock through a window yet!?!? :) That homeless dog kills me as well. Whenever I hear 'in the arms of an angel' I have to turn the freaking channel. And to think I used to actually like that song.
- March 5, 2010 at 6:24 AM
- Big Daddy Diesel said...
Kids movies rock!!
I love your list
Stop by and read todays post, I am looking for opinions on a project I am thinking of.
- March 5, 2010 at 6:25 AM
- Diana said...
Great list.
The thing with your Mom and missing her voice, I got lucky with that. When I was a kid we used to send a cassette tape down to my grandparents in TX of just everyday things in our lives and then they would send one back of their lives. I had those tapes put on a CD and I listen to the voices of my Mom and her parents whenever I want! It's SO, SO awesome and brings a frickin' tear EVERY time! I have a huge keepsake in those CD's and they are stored very carefully!!!
On another note...your April looks absolutely sick!
- March 5, 2010 at 6:36 AM
- Keith said...
Nice list. It's good to sometimes let the taps open and cry. And to cry after laughing so hard you have to cry is wonderful. Especially when you do it with or to someone else.
- March 5, 2010 at 7:49 AM
- SWTrigal said...
Ditto on the parents (it really sucks to lose a mom) and yea that ankle thing.....I've had that too..
- March 5, 2010 at 8:03 AM
- Runner Leana said...
UP, oh my goodness. That movie makes me cry too!!!! And in the firt 11 minutes?! I think that has to be my favourite Disney/Pixar movie.
- March 5, 2010 at 8:29 AM
- Barehanded Matt said...
Great list!
I have to agree about UP. I watched it the first time a couple weeks ago, thinking that this would be the one where Pixar starting going downhill. Wow! It ranks up there with all the other Pixar movies.
- March 5, 2010 at 9:04 AM
- Diana said...
Your post inspired me for one today-gave ya a shout out-thanks for making me think of my Mom!
- March 5, 2010 at 9:05 AM
- skierz said...
half of those brought a tear to my eye(not literally) great post! Have a super weekend!
- March 5, 2010 at 9:17 AM
- Amanda said...
Love the list!
Putting "Up" in the Netflix cue pronto.
- March 5, 2010 at 9:26 AM
- Velma said...
Up is fantastic in so many ways. Your list is so thoughtful - thanks for sharing. Enjoy the weekend and get some rest - it looks like you are going to need it!
- March 5, 2010 at 9:31 AM
- kristen said...
This *list* almost made me cry! That's a beautiful picture of your mom. I've seen it before and I swear she gets more beautiful every time. Your dad is a very handsome one too! You obvioulsy hit the jackpot in the gene pool.
UP - havn't seen, but I really want to. Damn animated movies. They always make me cry. Finding Nemo. Ugh!
- March 5, 2010 at 9:34 AM
- Maryland Girl aka Michelle said...
The last object that caused me to roll my ankle was a piece of tree limb that looked like an innocent leaf... bastard...I threw it while screaming after I fell!
That ASPCA commercial gets me too. I always hug my furry ones when it comes on.
Have a great weekend!
- March 5, 2010 at 9:35 AM
- Julie said...
That is so hilarious you have kept that rock!!! Hahahahahah!!! You are so awesome!!! :) :)
- March 5, 2010 at 9:38 AM
- Judi said...
oh #1 makes me feel guilty about what i wrote on my blog today.
- March 5, 2010 at 10:30 AM
- aron said...
#7 - every single time. my husband and i HAVE to change the channel.
- March 5, 2010 at 11:36 AM
- Marci said...
I really love the list... real moving... so inspiring! Thanks for sharing!
- March 5, 2010 at 12:05 PM
- Pete32 said...
Great list, thanks for sharing it! I too fell hard in the first 11min of UP. Not a sigle word was spoken, yet it carried soo much emotion.
- March 5, 2010 at 12:31 PM
- Alisa said...
I'm with you on the ASPCA commerical---can't deal.
- March 5, 2010 at 4:42 PM
- MCM Mama said...
My kids couldn't understand why I was bawling at the beginning of UP. I'm lucky to have the two I have, but it killed me to remember the ones we lost.
I'm totally a laugh till you cry kind of girl. I'm sadly also a laugh till you pee your pants kind of girl. I thank my kids for that.
- March 5, 2010 at 8:55 PM
- Mel-2nd Chances said...
Awwww, your post is gonna make me cry! Damn rock!!! Have a great weekend :)
- March 5, 2010 at 9:35 PM
- D said...
Is it just me or is the point of those heart-wrenching SPCA/Human Society commercials sort of a waste tears... I mean, the only people who are really moved by these commercials are those of us already doing everything we can for animals - we don't need commercials to make us cry in order to help! /rant off lol I just hate seeing these commercials :(
- March 6, 2010 at 12:27 AM
- KK said...
That is a very thought provoking list. I didn't realize you had lost your mom. I am so sorry. She looks like she has a great laugh.
On a different note, keeping that rock is hilarious.
- March 6, 2010 at 11:24 PM
- theloosemoose said...
Would it make me a heinous monster if one or two of the things that make you cry make me LAUGH?
Alrighty, then. No laughter here, then. Not so much as a chuckle.
- March 7, 2010 at 5:19 PM


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DETROIT >> Jonas Gustavsson has a chance to add more controversy to the goalie situation in Detroit.
Gustavsson will take over the role as the starter with Jimmy Howard sidelined 2-4 weeks with a grade 1 medical collateral ligament in his left knee.
Gustavsson has just one loss in regulation this season in 12 appearances.
"He looks extremely good this year, obviously," Daniel Alfredsson said. "He's been healthy for a stretch again and at the right time. He's off to a good start and playing with some confidence. He's playing poised, he's aggressive when he needs to be and it looks like he's comfortable."
Gustavsson, 28, is 8-1-2 this season and lowered his goals-against average to 1.93 after Thursday's 2-1 shootout loss to Tampa Bay. His save percentage is .933.
"He's played the way we hoped he would when we signed him," Wings general manager Ken Holland said. "Last year was rough for him. He was injured and then when he got healthy it was a must-win every night and we rode Jimmy Howard every night."
Howard, who was injured late in practice Wednesday, has struggled winning games this season, dropping to 6-8-7 after a 3-2 shootout loss to Florida on Tuesday.
"He's been a big story for us this year," Holland said of Gustavsson. "He gives us a chance to win every night. You have to have two goalies going because the days of one guy playing 70 games are over."
Howard has a 2.65 goals-against average and a .910 save percentage.
The injury may put in jeopardy Howard's chance of being between the pipes when the Wings host the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium on Jan. 1.
It could also hinder his chances of being named to Team USA for the Winter Olympics.
Howard was battling for one of three spots on the team, along with Jonathan Quick, Ryan Miller, Cory Schneider and Ben Bishop. Quick is also injured, but expected to be ready for the Olympics.
The USA roster will be unveiled during the Winter Classic.
Mrazek will continue to serve as the backup to Gustavsson.
"With the two of them we believe they can give us the type of goaltending that gives us a chance to win," Holland said.
Mrazek, who is 10-2-1 this season with the Griffins, made 14 saves in a 5-0 win at Edmonton in his lone appearance this season on Nov. 1.
Gustavsson has battled groin injuries during his two seasons in Detroit, beginning the year on injured reserve because of it.
He appeared in just seven of the 48 games during the lockout-shortened year last season, making just four starts. He didn't play over the final 27 games of the season, which included the playoffs.
Ins and outs
The Wings also have recalled forwards Patrick Eaves and Luke Glendening from Grand Rapids and reassigned Cory Emmerton back to the Griffins.
In eight games with the Griffins this season Eaves has four goals and two assists, while Glendening has three goals and seven assists in 17 games.
Both have yet to record a point in limited time this season in Detroit.
Holland said they're shooting to have Darren Helm and Danny DeKeyser, both out with shoulder injuries, back for the game Dec. 28 against the Florida Panthers.
They both could return earlier, but with a four-day break between games they're hoping to give them more time to heal.
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Unarmed Guards Coming To Wall Schools
Each of Wall Township's seven schools will soon have a pair of unarmed guards posted at the entrances.
That was one of the provisions that came out of last night's emergency meeting after a 5th grader had been arrested for making threats of a Newtown-style attack. Security cameras will also be installed but no time table was given.
The Wall Patch reports over 100 people attended the two-hour meeting which was led by Wall Police Chief Robert Brice. "I have children in the (school) system and I know a lot of children in the system,'' Brice told the meeting. "We take this very seriously. I can tell you the principals and the school staff take it seriously."
The guards will be paid by the district and will apply for state funding to pick up the cost. Other ideas that came out of the meeting: a "fast pass" that would scan the drivers license of visitors and encouraging students to tell a teacher or administrator when they see or hear of something unusual.
Wall Township Police headed off a possible "elaborate" attack on students at the Central School made by a student according to a letter posted by interim Superintendent of Schools Stephanie Bilenker on the school department website at the beginning of the school year which they initially compared to Columbine and Newtown.
Police later said the plot had "fantasy elements" and the unidentified student could not have carried out his plan.


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Shake off the Winter Blues
Shake off the Winter Blues
General Stage Office, Chenango House. Greene, New York, 1840-1841.
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Repurposed as an invitation to a February dance party, this 1840 circular letter promotes an inn and tavern near the Chenango Canal, which began seeing freight traffic in 1837. The appended invitation indicates a bit of cabin fever, not uncommon in the snowy Southern Tier region of New York. "At the unanimous request of the Young Men of Greene, Mr. H. Curtis has determined to give a cotillion party …" Perhaps the canal was frozen and business at the tavern was slow!


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At the risk of sounding like an extremist, I'm going to lay an idea out for your consideration.
For the last few weeks, the new catchphrase coming out of our nation's capital has been "Sequester." Now, I admit, for a long time, I thought a sequester was what was done to a jury in a trial, keeping them in a hotel, away from outside influences, while they deliberated a verdict.
Alas, time has passed me by on that one, apparently.
Anyhow, all we've heard over the last few weeks is how if a deal isn't reached by our federal lawmakers by today, (Thursday, Feb. 28) then $85 million in across-the-board spending cuts will kick in on Friday, March 1. Those cuts lead to a total of $1 trillion in cuts scheduled to go into effect over the next 10 years.
Getting to this point has been the typical "they said and we said" argument in Congress. At this point, it really doesn't seem relevant to figure out whose fault it is, rather, it should be a concentrated effort to avoid the problem. But then, that all just rolls right back around into the same old "they said and we said" game that our Washington politicians play day in and day out.
I read a great question and answer piece on what the sequester was all about last week online by the New York Times, which explained a lot of the how and why of the whole mess. Unfortunately, there are no easy answers, just like a lot of the political gridlock that seems to have overtaken our capitol.
There are many dire warnings being bandied about on how these looming cuts will affect the "middle class" which to me, seems to mean everyone other than those working in Washington DC.
For instance, cuts imposed by the sequester would cut back on federal meat and poultry inspection services, which could impact the health safety of the population. Sequester cuts could affect air traffic control services at our nation's airports. There's a safety concern for the public using air travel both nationally and internationally.
Taking that a step further, there would be cuts to the Transportation Safety Administration, or those wonderful folks who screen passengers at the airports. You think you stand in line a long time now try that with half as many TSA screeners on the job and also think about the possibility that someone with illicit intentions might be able to slip something onto a flight
There's a potential for national security, just like 9/11, all over again.
Oh, and if someone you know receives unemployment payments, those payments would see almost a 10 percent cut as well due to the sequester cuts. Talk about kicking someone when they're down
I don't want to be the fear monger, but these are just some of the possible cuts that could affect every one of us here in our own communities far removed from Washington DC.
The frustrating thing about all of this is that our lawmakers continue to play their playground games of "yes you did" "no I didn't" as the clock ticks down, and if the cuts go into effect, their attitudes will be, "Well, we did what we could. Sorry about that."
So, let me be the radical to propose this: Instead of cutting from governmental services like food inspectors and air traffic controllers, for instance, let's cut the salaries and perks of the lawmakers themselves. How about a pay cut of $25,000 for each lawmaker in the House and Senate as an incentive for them to get off their flat bottoms and get to work representing the people who elected them?
One thing is for sure, and I know I'm not alone in feeling this way our federal lawmakers' job is to represent us not their own personal interests. As it is, our government is spiraling out of control - Nothing gets done until it is an absolute crisis and the public is sick and tired of it.
There, I've said my piece, for what its worth. I feel better about it, but I continue to be worried about the direction of my country like many of us are.


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It's that in-between time of year: too late for football-season finger foods, but too early to break out the barbeque.
Solution? Use this game-day inspired recipe to tide you over. It's quick, it's simple and it's just the right amount of spicy.
Bacon-wrapped jalapenos
10 large jalapeno peppers
2 8-ounce packages cream cheese
10 strips thick-cut bacon
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cut washed peppers in half, remove seed and stem. Spoon a generous amount of cream cheese in each pepper, around 2 or 3 tablespoons, depending on its size. Press halves together, wrap with a full piece of bacon and insert a toothpick to secure. Line a baking sheet with foil and bake until crisp, about 25 to 30 minutes.
You can use a mesh oven tray or broiler pan to cut down on the grease, but you'll sacrifice some flavor.
Quick tip: Modify this recipe to a more mild heat by leaving the peppers in half when you wrap them. Best part? It will give you an excuse to add more bacon. You can also mix shredded Colby into the cream cheese for a less-threatening flavor.


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Teatro Real, Madrid, 2009
Ivor Bolton, Stéphane Braunschweig, Amanda Roocroft, Miroslav Dvorský, Nikolai Schukoff, Deborah Polaski, Mette Ejsing, Marta Ubieta, Károly Szemerédy, Miguel Sola, Marta Mathéu, María José Suárez
Opus Arte
One of the composer's earliest works, from 1904, Janáček's Jenůfa is a wonderful piece of work with a melodramatic but gritty story that has its roots in realism and traditional popular folklore, and it has music to match with a lush sweep of Wagnerian Romanticism, the punch of Slavic dance arrangements and a modern Strauss-like sensibility that ties the nature of the characters and their actions to identifiable but complex modern musical and speech tone patterns developed by Janácek. Unfortunately, this particular performance, recorded at the Teatro Real de Madrid in 2009, is for the most part not the most impressive means of experiencing one of the greatest operas of the early twentieth century.
It's difficult from this production to grasp any sense of time, location or community sensibility that is so important in identifying the nature of Jenůfa's dilemma. Jenůfa is in love with Števa and engaged to be married to him, despite his half-brother Laca being more devoted to the young woman, and perhaps a better match. When her stepmother Kostelnička publically delays the marriage until Števa gets his act together, she is unaware that Jenůfa is pregnant. The secret birth of a baby outside wedlock makes the marriage to Števa and the fate of Jenůfa more complicated to arrange, as does the scar on the young woman's face accidentally left there by the jealous Laca, and despair over the turn of events drives Kostelnička to take matters into her own hands.
Although it does seem to improve considerably by the time we reach the powerful and climactic third act, the whole sense of fluidity and rhythm of the work and the all-important speech tones seem to be lost in the uneven tempo of Ivor Bolton's conducting. It seems to limp from one scene to the next somewhat disjointedly, and it's not until quite late in the performance that the conductor manages to bring the precision and dramatic tone required out of the orchestra. The staging by Stéphane Braunschweig is also inadequate and it's not so much that the set is minimalist – each scene consisting of bare walls and one significant object in a spotlight to indicate location – as that there is little here to support mood or the dramatic action. Up until the final act, it's a fairly anonymous staging, dark, with stark lighting on the characters, that doesn't have the requisite impact and fails to draw the viewer into what is very much a story related to the community, as well as an interior journey.
The singing is good in all the principal roles, if not outstanding. There's nothing here, for example, to create the kind of impression or investment in the roles that Elisabeth Söderström and Eva Randová achieve in their incredibly passionate and chilling renditions of Jenůfa and Kostelnička for the classic Charles Mackerras recording of this opera (although it is perhaps unfair to expect any live performance to match this). Amanda Roocroft however is a fine Jenůfa and Deborah Polaski an excellent Kostelnička, both of them growing into the roles (or perhaps it just took me a while to acclimatise to them), gathering intensity as the opera reaches the third act. Nikolai Schukoff and Miroslav Dvorský as rival half-brothers Števa and Laca, also give fine performances. None of them however are helped by the inadequacy of the staging or by the mediocre playing of the orchestra.
Something close to the real impact of the work is achieved by the time we get to the remarkably beautiful and poignant duet at the conclusion of the opera, but otherwise, this production succeeds only as far as making Jenůfa sound like an ordinary opera, when it's really a work that has so much more to offer and deserves a lot better than this in terms of staging and performance. It's not helped at all by the inadequate video transfer on the Blu-ray. The extremely dark stage (as is often the case in Teatro Real productions in my experience) scarcely looks better than standard-definition, with little detail and a highly contrasted image that exhibits lighting fluctuation and exposure variations. The image is somewhat juddery, and this isn't helped by jerky camera work. The disc contains only a Cast and Synopsis, but there is a more detailed examination of how the music works alongside the drama in the accompanying booklet.


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Insightful article by John Gruber.
So the irony here is that iOS vs. Android (or, if you prefer, iPhone and iPad vs. commodity smartphones and tablets) is in fact a replay Mac vs. Windows - but not in the way that most who make the comparison would have you believe. Judging by its actions, Apple is keenly aware of the lessons to be learned from 20 years ago. To wit, this has nothing to do with focusing on raw market share, and everything to do with keeping the pedal to the metal on design and quality. If Apple maintains a lead over its rivals in those regards, the Mac suggests that Apple can occupy a dominant, stable, long-term position as the profit leader in the mobile market as well - a market that is already bigger than the PC market ever was, and unlike the PC market, is still growing.
As insightful as the article is, it does pivot on the assumption that Apple does, indeed, "[maintain] a lead over its rivals" in design and quality. Design is largely a matter of taste, but as far as quality goes, Apple has, in my view, been surpassed in almost every aspect by Android - at least, when it comes to software. And let's not even get started on internet services, where Apple is a complete and utter joke compared to its competitors. As far as hardware goes, however, Apple's supposed lead is harder to debate - I've held a lot of phones and tablets in my hands over the years, and while many come close to Apple's, I've never held anything that outright surpassed it (save for maybe the HTC One which no one is buying).
Unsurprisingly, Gruber believes Apple does maintain that lead, and as such, arguing his point becomes relatively easy. However, if you ascribe to the view that Android has surpassed iOS in quality (and certainly in design, in my view), it becomes a lot harder to accept that Apple can, this time, avoid the trap it fell into in the '90s.
Now, before people will twist and turn this into me saying Apple is doomed - I don't believe for a second that it is. However, that doesn't mean a repeat of the '90s is somehow magically off the table - Apple has a lot of work to do in order to avoid it. As Tom Dale stated so aptly almost a year ago, "Google is getting better at design faster than Apple is getting better at web services". With Motorola and the Moto X, design might not be the only thing Google is getting better at faster.
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Maybe not, but you're missing the point. Most people don't want to install custom roms. They wouldn't even know what that meant. Tech lovers like us get a lot out of that, but the iPad isn't targeted towards us. It's targeted at those who want a no fuss tablet, and who are willing to accept a few restrictions in order to have it. Remember, these are the kind of people that often think clicking on everything that jumps out at them is a good idea; the kind of people, in short, that can't even keep their laptops running smoothly for a month. This is the market Apple targets with the iPad, though it has found success among some segments of power users as an auxiliary device.
Couldn't agree more with the sentiment about the masses not being interested in installing custom roms.
I've been in the Software Development game for more than 40 years and I found it incredibly easy to brick my Android phone when trying to install one of these magical custom roms. Think about the carnage that would happen in the average user tried to do it... (shudder)
As a result if that somewhat sobering experience I decided that for devices that my business depends upon, I am just not going to fiddle with their innards any more than I have to. I exclude RAM and HDD upgrades to laptops from this but for phones and tablets.... Nope. not going to risk it.
I'm typing this on a 2009 13in Macbook. I use it for all my personal computing. I upgraded the Ram to 4Gb and the HDD to an SSD and I see it lasting for several more years yet. I got fed up with 'fiddling' with windows 5-6 years ago and switched to OSX. It works and does the job I want it to in the way I want it to.
The question is, would I replace it with another Mac? Yes I would. Windows has gone off into the world of LA-LA land. I write software for Linux servers every day and use RHEL/CentOS all the time. I know that that could provide me with a decent environment for my personal needs apart from one thing. Photoshop/Lightroom.
If however the next best thing comes along and sweeps all aside then I might consider it as long as that happens in the next 48 months. Then it is retirement and doing non IT stuff. Bring it on.
It was late when I wrote my post, so maybe I wasn't all that clear on what my point was, so here goes.
I wasn't trying to suggest that an average user install a custom ROM, I was saying that hardware that is 2.5yo runs incredibly well on a newer version of Android (BTW, it was painful to use on ICS or Honeycomb). Android made a great deal of progress with versions 4.2 and 4.3, to the point that it's as smooth as the iDevices (provided you go with a Nexus or a Google Experience phone or tablet, or you are tech savvy enough to install a custom ROM).
Android is really a mixed bag in terms of quality and experience - there are some great devices which offer a similar experience to Apple + freedom + interoperability between apps and devices (if that's interesting for you) and there are some really horrible devices (*cough* Samsung *cough*), bloated to the point that they barely function. The trick is to choose right. The bottom line is that it's unfair to issue a blanket statement about Android tablets like ze_jerkface did - it shows either ignorance or malevolence.


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Grey's Anatomy Caption Contest XXIISteve Marsi at . Comments
Another Insider Caption Contest in the books. This week's contest features the newest full-time member of the Grey's Anatomy cast, Dr. Callie Torres (played by Sara Ramirez). A lot of fans have strong opinions about Callie, as evidenced by your replies.
M.D.E. was all about O'Callie love. E.M. ripped Callie's sanitary habits (and residence). Allison lamented the lack of Emmys won by Grey's Anatomy. Brianna alluded to next week's season premiere, while Katt also took a shot.
Ultimately, however, we're going with Emerson. Congrats, and thanks to all who participated! The winning reply appears below. Thanks for playing and good luck this week!
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"No, George, I will not give you Meredith's black panties! [thinking] Besides, I already put them up on the bulletin board."
Steve Marsi is the Managing Editor of TV Fanatic. Follow him on Google+ or email him here.


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The Department of Natural Resources is the state agency primarily responsible by statute for regulating activities related to "water quantity."
Water quantity can be:
too much water-as during a flood.
too little water-as during a drought.
The governing statutes also consider adverse affects to public health, public safety, or the environment that can result from construction along rivers, streams, and lakes. Together, DNR's responsibilities are described as the regulation of lakes, flood plains, and water management.
In determining licensing and enforcement questions, professional and technical expertise is usually required. Principles of engineering, geology, hydro-dynamics, biology, navigation safety, and historic preservation may be considered. DNR's responsibilities are sometimes closely related to those of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management for water quality, and of the Department of Homeland Security for storm-related emergencies.
With the complex nature of these responsibilities and their broad public significance, it is probably to be expected that disputes would be common. The greatest share of cases litigated by the Natural Resources Commission, and reported in CADDNAR, arise from DNR regulation of lakes, flood plains, and water management.
Responsibilities for the regulation of lakes, flood plains, and water management are assigned by the Indiana General Assembly in statutes and implemented largely through rules. The Natural Resources Commission adopts permanent rules, and the DNR Director adopts temporary (or emergency) rules. Rules have the force and effect of law.
Indiana statutes have created several programs for lakes, flood plains, and water management. In most instances, the DNR's Division of Water is the lead division for the programs, often with the support of other DNR divisions. Rules and nonrule policy documents help refine the implementation of some programs.
Flood Hazard Areas: There are two related regulatory programs for (1) construction within the floodway of a river or stream; and, (2) construction within a flood plain but outside the floodway (sometimes called the fringe). The DNR is the licensing agency for floodway construction. IC 14-28-1 and 312 IAC 10. Construction activities in the floodway fringe are regulated at the local level, with minimum standards set by NRC rules. IC 14-28-3 and 312 IAC 10.
Lakes Preservation Act: The best-known statute protecting Indiana's inland lakes is sometimes called the "Lake Preservation Act" and is supplemented by rules. IC 14-26-2 and 312 IAC 11-1 through 312 IAC 11-5.
Several other statutes offer protection to lakes and associated streams. These are set forth by statute in IC 14-26-3 through IC 14-26-8. There currently are no rules directly applicable to these statutes.
Lake Michigan and Other Navigable Waters: Provides a discussion of programs directed to navigable waters. The most notable statutes are IC 14-29-1 and IC 14-19-1-1(9). Rules are provided at 312 IAC 6.
Dams and Dam Safety: The DNR is the state agency primarily responsible for dam safety. IC 14-27-7, IC 14-27-1, and IC 28-1. In 2007, rules were adopted at 312 IAC 10.5 to assist with implementation of the responsibility.
Water Wells and Groundwater Rights: A cluster of related statutes and rules supplement and modify the common law that determines groundwater rights.
IC 14-25-4 provides the legislative structure for emergency relief to small domestic well owners. Minimum well construction standards to qualify new wells for that protection are provided by rule at 312 IAC 12. For wells constructed from 1986 through 1991, those standards had been set forth in Recommended Guidelines for the Construction of Wells.
Water well drilling contractors: The statutes governing water well drilling contractors and the proper plugging of abandoned water wells are set forth at IC 25-39. Well drilling and plugging standards are found at 312 IAC 13.
The common law of groundwater rights is supplemented and modified by IC 14-25-3. No rules are directly applicable to this legislation.
Surface Water Rights: Multiple statutes and rules also modify the common law of riparian rights.
IC 14-25-5 provides the legislative structure for emergency relief where a freshwater lake suffers harm because lake levels are lowered by the activities of a "significant water withdrawal facility." Rules to help implement this statute are set forth at 312 IAC 11-6.
IC 14-25-1 considers surface water rights. Within this statutory chapter, IC 14-25-1-11 addresses water diversions from the portion of Indiana located within the Great Lakes Basin. In 2005, rudimentary procedural rules were adopted at 312 IAC 6.2 to assist with Great Lakes Basin Water Management.
IC 14-25-2 considers minimum stream flow and water sale contracts. There currently are no rules directly applicable to these statutes.
Significant Water Withdrawal Facilities: Facilities with the capacity to withdraw 100,000 gallons a day must be registered under IC 14-25-7. The Commission has approved Registration of Significant Water Withdrawal Facilities to assist with this responsibility.
Conservancy Districts: A conservancy district may be developed for local resource management of any combination of nine different purposes. Prominent among these are flood control, water supply, sewage collection and treatment, and water erosion control. Both the Natural Resources Commission and DNR's Division of Water play important roles relative to conservancy districts. The governing statutes are included in IC 14-33. The Natural Resources Commission has approved a Conservancy District Policy to assist in the administration of these statutes.
The DNR's Division of Water maintains a substantial website dedicated to its regulatory responsibilities, as well as its engineering and planning functions. The text of several key statutes is also included.


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Learning to improve software processes: making sense of practice. (International Information Management Association (IIMA) http://184.108.40.206/CIIMA/5%20CIIMA%206-1%2017-28%20Allison.pdf, 2006)ALLISON, I. and MERALI, Y., 2006. Learning to improve software processes. Communications of the IIMA, 6 (1), pp. 17-28.Software Process Improvement (SPI) programs are frequently considered to be planned in nature. However, there is recent evidence to suggest that SPI can be understood as a form of learning. Drawing on the organizational ...


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There will be a live blog right here and, yes, starting right now. Go to the comments section and that is where you'll be able to comment on the goings-on of today's game versus the Texans. I'll be right there with you.
The inactives are out: Roberto Wallace, Chris Clemons, Charles Clay, Ike Alama-Francis, Ryan Cook, Tony McDaniel, Will Yeatman.
What it means: Lex Hilliard starts at FB for Clay, whose NFL career will have to wait at least another week. Reshad Jones starts at free safety for the second week in a row. Marlon Moore is active for the first time this season.
The matchup I'm most worried about? Mario Williams vs. Marc Colombo and Co.:
Williams is probably the best pass-rusher the Dolphins will face this season. He is playing a position that DeMarcus Ware and Bryce Paup turned into stars or bigger stars as soon as they started working under under Wade Phillips. Phillips is the new defensive coordinator in Houston. The Dolphins must, must, must help Colombo with either a tight end or a back on passing downs.
The matchup I like most for the Dolphins?
Brandon Marshall vs. Kareem Jackson: Marshall seems more than ready for a big season. He had a fine game last week. He seems to be on the same page with quarterback Chad Henne. And the Houston defensive backfield, although remade for this season, is still suspect until proven otherwise.
The Dolphins are wearing their white jerseys and white pants today. Looks sharp.
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The Trayvon Martin case is bringing conversations about race to the front pages, the airwaves, and dinner tables. Even the president weighed in on the shooting last week. But freelance journalist Reniqua Allen writes in The Washington Post that having a black president is making those conversations harder to have, not easier.
With A Black President, Harder To Discuss Race?
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Well, it's official: 2012 was a good year for employment in the Savannah metro area.
Of course, while last year was a good year for local jobs, it wasn't good enough to make up for all the bad years preceding it.
If it didn't feel like a good year, you might work in one of the fields that is lagging the recovery such as construction or financial activities.
Or you might be one of many jobseekers who can't get your resume noticed in a crowded field of applicants.
Or you might be getting pinched by several years of stagnant wages.
Or you might have adopted the deep cynicism encouraged by some media outlets and doomsaying politicians.
If you fall into the last camp, it's also likely you will simply reject the economic data released by the Georgia Department of Labor and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
But keep in mind that those agencies are staffed by career civil servants from across the political spectrum. They've been using the same methodology for many years, in good times and bad, to produce monthly estimates of employment and unemployment.
The data are often confusing, however, because officials conduct two different surveys each month. Employment is tracked by surveying establishments with payrolls. The unemployment rate and other details about the labor force are estimated from a survey of households.
The two surveys don't always seem in sync, and the household survey is especially noisy month to month. That survey also uses a broader definition of the word "job" and counts workers that the payroll survey will miss.
But over time the two surveys give us a good picture of job growth and unemployment.
According to December payroll data released by the Georgia Department of Labor two weeks ago, the Savannah metro area (Chatham, Effingham and Bryan counties) added 5,100 nonfarm payroll jobs in 2012. That's an increase of 3.4 percent, more than twice as fast as population growth.
Private-sector employment was up 3.8 percent in December compared to a year earlier.
The gains were particularly pronounced in the final months of the year, with December showing an annualized rate of 6 percent job growth.
The sectors that lagged were predictable ones: construction, financial activities and government.
Just a few days ago, the Georgia Department of Labor released details from the household survey. That survey always shows a higher level of employment because it might include folks who don't show up on payrolls - unpaid interns, the self-employed, folks working off the books and so forth.
The local unemployment rate in December jumped to 8.2 percent from 7.7 percent in November. But an increase was to be expected because of a variety of seasonal factors.
More importantly, the Savannah metro unemployment rate was down half a point from December 2011.
That's a solid decline, but it misses some of the vitality of the local job market last year.
The number of area residents reporting themselves as being employed increased by 3.9 percent in December compared to a year earlier. That's even better than the payroll estimates.
And the civilian labor force - the combined number of all those both employed and unemployed - grew by 3.3 percent last year. Again, that's considerably faster than the rate of population growth.
Many of us have been expecting a rebound in the labor force participation rate as the economy recovers. With hiring picking up, some discouraged jobseekers will start looking more actively.
By the way, in many parts of Georgia, the growth in the civilian labor force did not keep pace with population growth in 2012. I'm not sure whether to see that as good news for us or bad news for other areas.
Employment is considered a lagging indicator of economic activity. Employers are generally slow to fire when times are bad and slow to hire when times are getting better.
So the surge in commercial investment in recent months will likely yield some strong employment estimates at least through the spring.
In a few weeks, we'll get some numbers for January, and they'll look bad. January is a lousy month for employment, even during boom times.
So don't be fooled by expected seasonal patterns. The Georgia Department of Labor adjusts most of its statewide estimates for seasonality, but that's not done at the local level.
And don't be fooled by all the doom and gloom on Facebook or on some media outlets.
Yes, we're still struggling through a long recovery from a deep recession and perilous financial crisis, but Savannah's job market is improving steadily after several years of decline and stagnation.
City Talk appears every Tuesday and Sunday. Bill Dawers can be reached via firstname.lastname@example.com and http://www.billdawers.com. Send mail to 10 East 32nd St., Savannah, GA 31401.


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DAMASCUS, Syria — President Bashar Assad vowed Friday to "wipe out" Muslim extremists in Syria, blaming them for a suicide bombing at a mosque that killed dozens of people, including a top cleric who supported the embattled regime in the civil war.
The death toll from Thursday night's bombing — the first suicide attack on a mosque in two years of violence in Syria — rose to 49 after seven of the wounded died overnight, the Health Ministry said.
Sheik Mohammad Said Ramadan al-Buti, a top Sunni preacher, was killed as he was giving a sermon in the mosque in the heart of the capital, Damascus. The blast, which also wounded nearly 80 other people, was one of the most brazen assassinations of the civil war, which has seen a number of suicide bombings blamed on Islamic extremists.
Al-Buti, 84, was the most senior religious figure killed in the civil war, and his slaying was a major blow to the president.
The preacher supported the regime since the early days of Assad's father and predecessor, the late President Hafez Assad, providing a Sunni cover and legitimacy to their rule. Sunnis are the majority sect in Syria while Assad is from the minority Alawite sect — an offshoot of Shiite Islam. Al-Buti's grandson was among the dead.
In a statement on Syria's state-run SANA news agency, Assad said al-Buti represented true Islam in facing "the forces of darkness and extremist" ideology.
"Your blood and your grandson's, as well as that of all the nation's martyrs will not go in vain because we will continue to follow your thinking to wipe out their darkness and clear our country of them," Assad said.
Syria's main opposition group, the Syrian National Coalition, condemned the blast and expressed solidarity with the Syrian people, hinting that the bombing was the work of Assad's regime.
The Assad regime doesn't "hesitate to bomb mosques, universities, bakeries and residential areas with Scud missiles," said an English statement by the group. "This regime is not deterred by anything to carry out bombings, killing the Syrian people without guilt."
Syria's crisis started in March 2011 as peaceful protests against Assad's authoritarian rule. The revolt turned into a civil war as some opposition supporters took up arms the fight a harsh government crackdown on dissent. The U.N. says more than 70,000 people have been killed since.
In Geneva, the U.N.'s top human rights body on Friday extended its probe into suspected abuses in Syria. By a vote of 41-1, the 47-nation U.N. Human Rights Council reauthorized the investigation, which is being conducted by a panel of four independent experts, until March 2014, a half-year longer than originally proposed.
Those in favor of the extension included the United States, Germany, Libya, Pakistan, Qatar and United Arab Emirates. Only Venezuela was opposed. Abstaining were Ecuador, India, Kazakhstan, Philippines and Uganda.
Earlier this month, the panel, which began its work in August 2011, said it was collecting evidence on 20 alleged massacres in Syria, a reflection of the civil war's growing brutality.
An official at the ministry of religious affairs said al-Buti's funeral was scheduled for Saturday after the noon prayers. The government declared Saturday as a day of mourning and state-run Syrian TV halted its regular programs on Friday to air readings from the Muslim holy book, the Quran, as well as speeches of the late cleric.
In a speech earlier this month, al-Buti had said it was "a religious duty to protect the values, the land and the nation" of Syria. "There is no difference between the army and the rest of the nation," he said at the time — a clear endorsement of Assad's forces in their effort to crush the rebels.
The mosque bombing also was among the most serious security breaches in Damascus. In July, an attack targeting a high-level government crisis meeting killed four top regime officials, including Assad's brother-in-law and the defense minister.
Last month, a car bomb that struck in the same area, which houses the headquarters of Syria's ruling Baath party, killed at least 53 people and wounded more than 200.
Elsewhere in Syria, activists reported shelling and clashes in the northern province of Aleppo, the suburbs of Damascus and the southern province of Daraa, where the uprising against Assad began.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 15 people, including 11 rebels, were killed in the fighting in the Daraa region that borders Jordan. It added that three paramedics who work with the rebels were killed when their vehicle was hit in the provincial capital of Daraa that carries the same name.
In neighboring Lebanon, pro and anti-Assad gunmen fought in the northern port city of Tripoli leaving six people dead and more than 20 wounded, according to state-run National News Agency. The clashes between the Sunni neighborhood of Bab Tabbaneh, which supports Syria's rebels, and the adjacent Alawite neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen, which supports Assad, have repeatedly occurred in the past months.
Also in Tripoli, the Lebanese army said a soldier was killed and several others wounded when troops conducted a raid and captured several gunmen.
Lebanon is particularly vulnerable to getting sucked into the conflict in Syria. The countries share a complex web of political and sectarian ties and rivalries that are easily enflamed. Lebanon, a country plagued by decades of strife, has been on edge since the uprising in Syria began, and deadly clashes between pro- and anti-Assad Lebanese groups have erupted on several occasions.
Mroue reported from Beirut. Associated Press John Heilprin contributed to this report from Geneva.


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Derick Rethans has two blog posts for us today, the first details a patch he created which allows us to use type hints for all variable types in PHP.
Derick himself admits that its probably not the best approach:
The patch is most likely not the best way of implementing this either, and I am also not sure if this patch should be applied to PHP's CVS at all.
He offers the following as an example of how this would be used:
function foo2( integer $i, float $f, bool $b ) { }
foo2( 'string', 42, 49.9 );
The example above should show:
Catchable fatal error: Argument 1 passed to foo2() must be of type integer, string given, called in /tmp/test.php on line 16 and defined in /tmp/test.php on line 12
Derick also posted his Database Design Slides from his talk earlier this year at php|architects php|tek


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WARRENSBURG, MO (May 23, 2013) – More than 2,000 middle school and high school students from the United States and five continents will converge on the University of Central Missouri beginning this weekend for the 41st annual International Student Convention (ISC) of Accelerated Christian Education (ACE).
ACE's International Student Convention begins Saturday, May 25, with opening ceremonies planned for
6 p.m. Sunday May 26, in the Multipurpose Building. Three days of events will begin Monday, May 27 in various campus buildings and athletic facilities, and the convention ends Friday, May 31 with an awards rally at the Multipurpose Building.
Each year ACE, a premier starter of Christian schools, has a constituency of 145 countries; it hosts 19 Regional Student Conventions across the U.S. and 39 National Conventions around the globe.
The convention features more than 140 areas of competition designed to help students identify their talents. Students compete in areas such as academics, athletics, music, platform, and art. The Regional Conventions lead up to the premier event, the International Student Convention, where students and staff hope to fulfill the ISC motto, "Where else can one week last a lifetime?"
The theme for this year's convention will be "Stay the Course," based on the Biblical verse, II Timothy 4:7. The highlight of the convention is evening rallies that are open to the public.
ACE, which is based in Nashville, Tenn., publishes a K–12 Christian curriculum that is used by schools around the world. They rotate the location of the International Convention each year. This is the fourth time UCM has hosted this event. Recent hosts have included James Madison University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Northern Arizona University, and Western Kentucky University. This is the second time UCM has hosted the convention.


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Feeling Thorny: Cactus Themed Designs
June 9, 2011
It's hot outside! Let's bring the the outdoors inside. I've stumbled upon quite a few cactus-inspired designs that prick my funny bone.
Sitting on thorns? Maurizio Galante's Canapé Cactus for Cerruti Baleri, above, is a grouping of cactuses that … Read More...