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I mean, what in the world are the school administrators thinking? That parents are not going to care if they force their daughter to give them their log in information to their personal accounts?
Yeah, but this isn't even about that. A school isn't a court. If she'd refused to give them any information, what could they do - jail her for Contempt of Principal?
dunno.. call the deputy? that's what they did anyways? and the deputy promptly went and gave access to the school "officials" to those accounts.
the deputy should be fired and the school staff too. they fucked up.
the deputy should be jailed
EFA. I mean, after a fair and impartial trial, which is more than this girl got.
And then they could be rightfully sued for any of those punishments as well. The issue in dispute here is whether a school administrator has the power to punish speech which is engaged in outside of a school-controlled environment.
If they have the legitimate power to punish this then students have no other rights either, whether at school or not. Since speech and behavior codes in a school do not distinguish between staff, students, and visitors, it means they are claiming the authority to punish a student
Don't be silly. The speech and behavior rules in a school certainly DO distinguish between staff, students, and visitors. And the staff part usually differentiates further, between those who hold professional certification and those who don't (i.e., teachers and custodians).
IANAL, but in case anyone cares, courts have already ruled on this quite a few times, and the most common test on whether the school can discipline students for out-of-school acts is: whether the act could be reasonably expected to ca
I had something similar happen to me in... 6th or 7th grade? Might have been 8th. (So we're talking late 90s, early 00s.)
I was doing arts and crafts at some... library thing. Might have been boy scouts. The point is, it was also an out of school function. We were making our own bookmarks and then laminating them. I made one that said something like "Some people are nice..." on one side and "...and I'm not one of them!" on the back. Just something silly and teenage-y.
I go to school the next day, and I find out that I had left my stupid little bookmark there. The person running the class (who also happened to be my school's art teacher) showed it to my teacher, and my teacher talked to me and stated how it was inappropriate. I replied with it was none of her business at it had taken place outside of school. I suppose she was power tripping or one of those "think of the children" people, but she was really fishing for me to apologize or admit guilt or something. She threatened to escalate it to the principal. I said "Go ahead," sat down, and went back to my schoolwork.
Still have that bookmark somewhere...
Long story short, make sure you teach your kids how to deal with authority figures who are asshats. Teach them to say no to the authority when they make an unreasonable request. Teach them to stand up for themselves like my parents did.
Yeah, but this isn't even about that. A school isn't a court. If she'd refused to give them any information, what could they do - jail her for Contempt of Principal?
Nothing, but it is a 12-year old girl. If they had invited one of her parents (in addition to the sheriff's deputy), the parent would certainly tell them to shove it. A 12-year old girl is easy to intimidate.
I think every administrator involved should be re-purposed to janitorial duty as a more appropriate venue. I do hope ACLU includes that in their lawsuit demand.
I send my kid to private school, there school explicitly states that they will not let anyone police included speak with my child without first contacting me for my approval. This should be a basic rule, these guys should be canned and sued for such idiocy.
At least in the USA police are typically not allowed to interview minors without at least notifying the parents, so it wouldn't surprise me if either department policy or state law was broken during these proceedings. However, it's hard-to-impossible to get abusive officers (or departments) disciplined for anything unless there is video and a willing district attorney (something of a rarity in itself), so it probably doesn't matter much if the former is the case.
I send my kid to private school, there school explicitly states that they will not let anyone police included speak with my child
I see that you, yourself, went to a public school...
Free speech aside, don't you USAns have a constitutional right to not incriminate yourself ?
Yes, that twelve year old girl folded like a little girl. She's a wimp. That's mostly the parents fault of not training her properly. When I have kids, they'll be able to survive police intimidation and interrogation techniques by the time they're three years old. In fact, the first word they'll learn won't be "Mama" or "Papa", it will be "IwantMyLawyerImNotTalkingToYouPigs".
This. A thousand times this.
At my son's school they have a student code of conduct regarding technology which both the children and their parents are supposed to sign. One of the more egregious clauses gives the school permission to seize and search through students cell phones, laptops, MP3 players, etc, if they believe there is some incriminating evidence contained within. I struck that clause out and wrote a note saying if they had any problems with that to contact me, not a peep.
If the school has any co
If they want to search anything your son has, they will completely ignore your note. Afterwards, they will completely ignore your protests. They may give you the feel good measure of letting you talk in front of a review board if they think it might shut you up, but you may as well talk to your wall at home. The ONLY way you will get ANY satisfaction is to have deep pockets, and the willingness to give it to lawyers.
Trust someone who has been there. These people are practiced at screwing over parents.
I hope to everything holy that you never have an issue, but if you do, you will see how badly the cards are stacked against you.
They will first suspend your child. My boy was suspended for "intimidation" for drawing a "racist" cartoon that he saw on a BET comedy show (Dave Chapell). The four black guys that he was trying to get away from in the lunch room apparently were not "intimidating" anyone.
You will get a chance to go before a board, comprised of the people that suspended your child, set for a month
It's funny, but my father (ex-hippy, anti-establishment guy that he is) taught me from about that age about my rights as concerns police and how to handle myself around them. Granted, when he was not much older than I was at that age he was getting his head cracked by baton-happy riot police in one protest or another, so that probably has a lot to do with it.
It's important to teach our kids their rights, especially these days with all the bullshit surveillance, monitoring of online accounts, "enhanced secu
Ambassador Londo Mollari: My shoes are too tight and I have forgotten how to dance.
I believe that quotes sums it up. The people involved have committed a great evil to someone less powerful than themselves, preying on the very being they were charged to protect; but it doesn't matter to them, because they've already forgotten what it was like to be a child.
No doubt the kid will continue to be ridiculed and besmirched for some time, and the wounds will heal, leaving only scars. A few decade's time, she will want to become a teacher / administrator, so she can right the wrongs of her predecessors; and after many years of being pushed around by a system that frankly doesn't care about her now anymore than it did when she was a child, the light will go out in her soul at an inopportune time, during which she will commit a similar act to some young thing, and the cycle will begin anew. She will realize her mistake all too late to correct it, and spend the rest of her life trying to come to terms with an opportunity come and gone.
I wish I had advice to dispense here, but I haven't found any that works in circumstances like these. I'd like to say that something will come from this, that there will be no scars, that good will triumph over evil, that everyone will learn some sort of valuable lesson, and that it will be the right one, but experience has taught me that good only triumphs over evil in fairy tales.
Well here is your counter story. When I was all over 9 years old I suffered from bad handwriting called by small-muscle coordination problems. I still haven't got great handwriting to this day.
But with teachers lumping me under "doesn't bother to be a neat writer" there came a day when I had to erase something (at that stage we only wrote in pencil). The eraser I used had, unbeknownst to me gotten some pencil soot on it and left a big black mark in my book. Like a good little boy I went to my teacher to ask for advice. Instead of advice I was shouted at for making a mess in my book before I even finished my sentence... then sent to the teacher next door to be further ridiculed.
A ridicule process that continued for some time all the way back to my own classroom where she then proceeded for the first time to ask my name. I told her my name
The nickname stuck with me until I finally left for highschool - I got into fights all the time against kids calling me that, but nonetheless made it onto the student council in my final year of primary school and ended it as one of the top-scorers - but make no mistake that my social life was irreperably harmed and my ability to make friends suffered greatly.
Like most kids in such a situation, I felt ashamed and didn't tell my family, big mistake, I told my dad some 4 years later (just before I would leave primary school) and then he was furious and told me if I had told him the story on the day he'd have had that teacher fired.
That message changed my life... for the first time I understood that shit happens, but you don't have to be a victim - you can make bad people pay, you can hold people to account for their actions - even if they are authority figures. I went through high school a great deal happier, and made some real friends. I went to University where I was very successful and today I am 32 and I can say that I earn more money in a day than that teacher likely earns in month.
There's a last little tail to the story. Just before I left primary school I bumped into that teacher one day, and she spoke to me, and talked of how "you don't like me because you're afraid of me"
The thing is - your fairytale happened. I'm a happy and successful person. I remember these events, but they didn't define me - except to give me a perpetual soft spot for the underdog. The good guys won - even if the bad guy wasn't punished, it was the LAST teacher who did something wrong to me and didn't get in deep shit.
There is a massive culture of power-abuse by teachers who think discipline is their job. I don't agree. Their job is to educate. Discipline is at best an evil they require to do their jobs and should be minimized not maximized. Their power, like that of any authority, should be the LEAST amount with which they can do their jobs, not the most.
But don't think she's doomed. Her parents are doing exactly the right things. She may suffer a while but don't be surprized if she comes out stronger - and with a lifelong belief in being a champion for those who are stepped upon.
Accessing computer systems with stolen passwords is a crime.
Everyone that thought it was a good idea to try and extract passwords from the girl should be fired and permanently banned from taking any tax payer money, for the rest of their lives. The people that hired them, should be fired and banned for 3 years. I bet, in a very short order, we could put an end to this foolishness.
I hate Anonymous Cowards. Also, the fucking mods are mean to me.
Tee hee.
Sometimes the ACLU's actions make me roll my eyes, but on this one, they're right. Seems to me the school's personnel took their petty authority way too far. Off school property, on a website not controlled by the school. GET 'EM, ACLU! Give 'em HELL!
I take it you don't have much experience talking to the police?
In a perfect world, I'd agree with you. In the real world, it's fairly rare for an on-duty cop to be anything resembling "the voice of reason" when it comes to someone showing the slightest defiance to an authority figure. Whether that defiance is warranted or not is usually not ever something that would even cross the mind of most cops I've met.
You do realize that the courts have decided that the police in the US are not required to know anything about the law. Right?
Makes me cry blood every time I think about it.
Sometimes the ACLU's actions make me roll my eyes, but on this one, they're right.
Why is it that so many posts praising the ACLU in any way contain this kind of ritual disclaimer? Can you give actual examples of some of the eye-roll-inspiring things the ACLU has done, or is it just "I've heard they're a liberal organization, and liberals are icky"?
How about the ACLU opposing the CAN-SPAM act on the grounds that this incredibly weak law was actually too restrictive? And the statements by an ACLU representative that people who are spammed should just press delete?
Also see http://techliberation.com/2008/08/07/anti-spam-laws-and-the-first-amendment/ [techliberation.com] . Do a google search for "aclu" and "anti-spam".
The very blog article you have linked has an "update" at the bottom wherein the writer also says he thinks that CAN-SPAM might be too restrictive! His exact words are "too broad", but his description of the broadness is actually criticising the broadness of the restrictions. (ie. "criminalize the sending of "multiple" deceptive emails or the creation of more than five separate email accounts for sending commercial emails.").
Anyhow, even if your description of the ACLU's position was true (which your reference does not seem to support), don't you think it more credible to give the ACLU the benefit of the doubt that they may have a point, given the vast amount of experience, expertise and examples of them standing up for freedoms?
What has CAN SPAM done to SPAM? Still exists right? So why should we tolerate that restriction on free speech? It's not doing anyone any good, and just sitting there waiting to be abused.
Here's what the ACLU was actually saying in this particular case.
"The law is overly broad, criminalizing not only commercial SPAM but also anonymous non-commercial bulk emails containing political and religious messages"
http://www.acluva.org/docket/jaynes.html [acluva.org]
So the complaint here is Virginia's own anti-SPAM legislation was written to also penalize anonymous non-commercial free speech which is a violation of the first amendment. This is different from the federal CAN-SPAM law that specifically mentions that emails need to be commercial in nature to apply.
I also find it very funny that you pick this particular case because the Virginia supreme court eventually sided with the ACLU that the Virgina law was overly broad. Like most people that criticize the ACLU, I feel like you don't understand the issue they were trying to address.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/151014/court_overturns_virginia_spam_law_conviction.html [pcworld.com]
In this regard (free speech being regulated by schools, universities, employers, etc) the US is starting to look a lot like former Eastern Germany. I mean, like in this movie http://imdb.to/2fC1aE [imdb.to] I find it really hard to understand how the US justifies this spying on each other's thoughts.
US citizens seem to be conditioned to be cattle today. And while there is the occasional resistance, as in this story, most seem to be willing to just take it.
Freest country in the world... Whenever I hear Americans make that claim, I don't know whether to laugh or to cry.
I fail to see your point. This was a shitty thing that someone did and they will be smacked down by ACLU. Your comment would be appropriate if this was an accepted behavior with no recourse.
Exactly. The US is not free because no one tries to curtail our freedoms. The US is free because when people try to curtail our freedoms we have strong recourse. Now, in recent times our recourse has been more and more restrained, but there are two boxes left that we haven't been using very much: jury and ammo. The US needs a larger, more concerted push at jury notification.
Exactly. The US is not free because no one tries to curtail our freedoms. The US is free because when people try to curtail our freedoms we have strong recourse.
You actually believe this?
A strong recourse would be the school admin losing his job and the cop going to jail. Please post back to let us know when this happens.
We have no recourse. If there were recourse in the US we'd have never have gone to Iraq, our jails would be stuffed with bankers, and we'd all be buying pot OTC. What we have instead is tyranny.
This is disturbing not necessarily because of the password coercion, but because of the entire premise. What are the school administrators, the parents, and the entire adult community *thinking* when they make such a big friggin deal about "I hate you" comments that are clearly just juvenile emoting? Why are they getting involved in such petty hall locker politics to begin with?
Did they never mature past a high school emotional age?
Were they itching to make an example of someone?
Do they have some policy or quota that they need to demonstrate compliance with?
In other words, it's just like when my wife flips out after I leave dirty socks on the floor. The socks aren't the real problem; something else is. She's been bottling it up, and the socks were just the trigger for some other pent up stress... it may or may not be something I did, but it certainly means there's something I need to fix. In the same sense, something else is going on in Minnewaska... something else that needs fixing. And it's not middle school drama.
They are thinking that the columbine kids said they hated people too. And that the admins from that school have a terrible reputation for failing to pay attention to a serious problem.
The mind well and truly boggles as to why they didn't contact the parents. School punishment is pretty much limited to detention and even that has to be with parental consent. Beyond that, it really is impossible to imagine what got into those idiots heads. This is what happens when you have county rather than state managed schools. Lack of reasonable sensible management principles across the whole state. Tiny nothing local admin drunk on their own power over children.
The ultimate punishment by a school
State or county, it doesn't matter. The school is run by a principal, and that person often believes they are king and ruler over all they behold. It is their school and they get to decide what goes on. The parent is a bother to them. I've had to deal with enough bastards to know. Unless you have deep pockets for lawyers, or the backing of the ACLU, they can basically jack around with your child's education however the damn well please, and they believe that give them total license over the child's lif
I don't like Mondays...
Ah yes. If only someone had forcibly corrected the writings of Harris and Klebold.
Too many parents think that their child is a special snowflake. They must protect their snowflake from having any negative experiences, like having another kid dislike them. Their special snowflake is not supposed to grow up, and not excepted to actually be able to cope with such traumatic thins as having some other kid actually disliking them.
Of course, it goes without saying that no one else's kid is as special a snowflake as your own - it's absolutely fine to traumatize other kids, in order to protect your own.
The next generation of Americans will have a huge challenge to overcome their upbringing...
Years and years of political pressure for "zero tolerance," a.k.a. "zero intelligence." The idea that most of the things kids get up to are individual incidents and should be dealt with on a case-by-case basis is anathema to this mentality. But it sells well to parents (until their kids get caught up in it, anyway), to legislators, and to voters in school board elections.
They can force somebody (does not matter whether it is a child) to hand over credentials without a court order? Sounds like any totalitarian regime out there. This should get those responsible into really hot water, including criminal penalties.
Welcome to the New American Nanny State.
Right now, schools are under heavy pressure to reduce "bullying". The politicians and money groups have seized on an issue that is easy to win over the hearts of American voters and donors. That's why "bullying" is such a hot issue right now and gets tons of media coverage.
Kids talking about sex, something mentioned in the article as being another reason why the police and school went after this student, is another always hot issue especially with American "conservatives". We must avoid talking to children or exposing them to sex at all costs.
So we have a school where a kid is accused of bullying, and also talking about sex, on Facebook. The school knows if it does nothing they'll get blasted by moms, and the media, about how they failed to protect other children from bullies and perverts. They let a student make hate speech and promote sex talk amongst pre-teens or whatever. But if the school acts then they'll get blasted by people who think that the schools should mind their own business and let the parents handle things. And we know how well parents handle things in modern America.
Instead of finding a middle ground, the school feels the pressure from all sides and.....calls the cops. Huge overreaction in hindsight of course but they must have felt at the time that it was warranted.
But seriously? A kid can't say that they hate their teacher anymore? A kid can't talk about sex with another kid? When I was in school it didn't matter if a kid said he hated a hall monitor or a teacher. Most of the teachers had been around long enough to recognize which kids disliked them. And most of my teachers could tell which boys and girls had started puberty earlier than others because we behaved much differently around the opposite sex. Times have changed.
The school should have just called the student's mother or father and said "some kid tattled on your kid, it's not a big deal, but you should monitor your kid's facebook and just check to see if they are doing anything that is inappropriate". No cops. No teachers. No detention even. Let the parents do their jobs.
+1 for a think of the children post done right. People, this is what thinking of the children is all about. If you want to know what it's like when someone really thinks of the children, here it is.
Someday we'll end up with this. Keep in mind shit like this has happened before:
A few years after the WW-II a young teenage girl called Erika Riemann defaced the moustache on picture of Stalin at school in then soviet occupied Germany. She got ratted out and then they sent her to Sachsenhausen, a nazi concentration camp the soviets had reactivated. She spent 8 years there where she was continously brutally raped by the guards who knocked her front teeth out in one episode.
No idea who modded the parent down. Of course, maybe his problem was that he posted some long ago, far away scenario that could "never" happen in the US, right? Right?
Unless you're in Texas. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Youth_Commission#Child_sexual_abuse_scandal [wikipedia.org]
"You will not share your password, (or in the case of developers, your secret key), let anyone else access your account, or do anything else that might jeopardize the security of your account."
It's not ideal. The administration shouldn't ask in the first place, but it's a means you can employ to protect your privacy.
Rational adults know that just because a kid says something bad about a teacher doesn't mean the student's out to do the teacher harm. So why do most school policies nowadays attribute any attitude short of sunshine and happy unicorns to be evidence of mental problems worthy of nuke-it-from-orbit 'solutions'? The most obvious conclusion is that it's the school trying to save face when the student gets too close to the truth for their comfort, so they play out the zomg-columbine excuse. The fact is, the teachers that get the majority of the jeers from students often deserve it, and since most often the student complaints get buried under piles of bureaucratic and jingoistic fallacy (arg from authority usually) whether they're legitimate or not, students resort to other means of expression. In many ways, this is the equivalent of employers using the law (and contracts) to dictate more and more of what employees may do outside of work..
I swear, it's like every institution in this country is looking to get their hands on as much of everyone's freedom as possible, with the schools becoming the front lines for indoctrination. Too bad. I guess expression is only to be tolerated when authority has the mouthpiece most of the time and gets to set the politically correct boundaries for everyone else. It's truly a shame how hard and how fast liberty has fallen in this country. The stipulations for when and where we may exercise our rights have become more and more byzantine and the fine print is getting ever more fine as the power hungry chip away..
It's all about the fear. Something has changed, and we as a society are suddenly willing to do anything to keep that fear away.
Couple of kids go nuts with guns? Take all the kids rights away.
Terrorists attack? Take all the rights away, period.
What causes this willingness to give into fear is another matter. I think it's complex, but probably has its roots in the fact that even if we don't generally acknowledge it, there's a widespread awareness that Bad Things are probably going to happen given that the
You know, police officers used to be looked up to back in the day. Now they are just hired thugs to be feared. How big of a man do you have to be to intimidate and coerce a little girl? What a piece of shit
Nowhere in the article was there a complete quote; there was only single words. There have been a number of posts here that assume all she said was "I hate you". It is not clear from article that those were the word she used. maybe they were stronger like "I hate him because he was mean to me and he should have the crap beaten out of him". This is yet another article with enough detail to get the "free speech" brigade up in arms without giving enough information to make a logical conclusion about the issue.
There are many schools that "regulate and monitor" speech off school property. Those kids who use bullying speech off school grounds are the same ones who use physical bullying on campus. A target can avoid bullying off campus but when they have to be in the same hallways, change rooms and classrooms as their bullies it becomes impossible. Freedom of speech does not mean freedom to threaten or bully. Would you rather the school handle it or the youth court system? Perhaps if the school did it a bully will learn before he/she get a juvenile record. The juvenile court system is burdened enough as it is without having to deal with issues that could be handled in a much simpler way.
To those who think that anti-bullying campaigns are "nanny brigade" I say you have never been bullied. Personally I got beat up by the entire soccer team I was on because a few bullies started it. Stand up for yourself does not work when it is five to one. You have never had to walk down a hall when you never know when you will be body checked into a locker, have your books slapped out of your hands, be elbowed in the head, etc. Bullies are smart they know where the teachers are and will not be seen.
I have to disagree a bit here. I had similar issues and I was jumped by five boys after school one day. I fought back out of sheer terror and ended up putting two of them in the hospital.
They nor anyone else in the school ever bothered me again.
The only way to deal with bullies is to hurt them badly enough that they're too afraid to come back.
It's a violation of the terms of services, and violation of federal law:
18 USC Â 1030 - Fraud and related activity in connection with computers.ahref=http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030rel=url2html-19895 [slashdot.org]http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030>
Cops need a warrant to obtain a password. Even if the person is a child. Schools are forbidden from doing so even with a warrant.
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EDIT: Update on my pregnant 15yo DSD / added link to Kensley update post
I made a new post titled Update on baby Kensley and DSD. Not really sure how to make this clicky or if I even can...
Things have really turned sour over here. My DSD got put in the hospital after her first doctors appt because she was 4 cm dialated. They said they were going to keep her for 7 weeks but yesterday morning she delivered a 1 pound 2 ounce baby girl. She named her Kensley Nicole. Kensley is currently in nicu. She had to have a blood transfusion due to infection and the odds are really not in her favor. All we can do is pray for her. My heart breaks for DSD...
Thanks everyone for your prayers and support. Some of the people on cafemom can be cruel and heartless but for every one person that is like that there are 5 others who aren't.
A little more information for those who have missed my previous posts...
DSD got pregnant and knew since November but didn't tell anyone because she was afraid her BM would make her have an abortion. She finally told us about 2 weeks ago. We booked her a doctors appt and that was the day she got put in the hospital. She was 23 weeks when she delivered.
We are not on PA and do not plan on seeking PA. Her dad and I both work 40+ hours a week and also have a 9 month old. We do well for ourselves and I am very proud of my family. If infact we were poor, we would still be happy about the new addition and probably would get PA. It is there for people that need it.
Oh sorry to hear that, positive thoughts and prayers go out to your DsD and her baby.
Quoting Anonymous:
How far along was she?
I am so sorry:(
Quoting DeathGoddess:
Good luck mommas...how early was she?

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Elizabeth Parnell became Thomasville Medical Center's first oncology program coordinator this past October when TMC created the position.
The journey through cancer treatments just became a bit more forgiving.
Thomasville Medical Center has initiated a program with the patients' peripheral needs in mind, which consists of a plethora of items — from wigs to on-call counseling.
Elizabeth Parnell became the hospital's first oncology program coordinator this past October when TMC created the position.
"A lot of times people going through treatment feel fragmented," said Parnell, who previously served at Forsyth Medical Center, a Novant Health facility like TMC. "We're here to pull it together, help them understand the treatments and get them the information and resources they need."
Parnell emphasized that she serves as a resource support rather than a clinical support. She is capable of both, however, having worked as an RN and earning two master's degrees. At Forsyth she worked as director of student programs and also headed up a similar oncology program there.
"We are extremely proud to have Elizabeth join the team at Thomasville Medical Center to coordinate our oncology program," said Kathie Johnson, president and CEO of Thomasville Medical Center. "As a part of her role, Elizabeth will also work as a patient navigator. A patient navigator serves as a compassionate and knowledgeable guide, helping to assist the cancer patient through the medical process and provide patients with resource information. Her goal is to make sure that people are not only well cared for, but that they also feel cared about.
"Elizabeth has set up a cancer resource library with a large selection of publications and information on various types of cancers and treatments. She has also launched a monthly program for cancer patients and a favorite caregiver, Feel Good Friday, and she is helping to coordinate the American Cancer Society's program, Look Good Feel Better."
The Feel Good Friday program began Jan. 18 and provides community professionals who volunteer their various services to those suffering from cancer or who have survived the disease. They may indulge in such things as manicures, hair care, massages and even making crafts. It is offered from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every third Friday each month at TMC. The free program is for cancer patients, caregivers, cancer survivors as well as for the participants' favorite caregivers.
"Feel Good Friday is not just for women, it's for men, too," Parnell notes. "The surrounding counties have been very gracious with helping us."
Some of the resources available through Parnell's program include: Carolina Cancer Services, Pastor's Pantry and Letter to Lindsey, which offers wigs to patients going through chemotherapy treatments. In addition, there are resources for dignity garments and information available through Hospice of Davidson County and the American Cancer Society.
The Look Good, Feel Better program is for women and offered through the American Cancer Society at TMC from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. the fourth Tuesday in each month. The program provides makeup, creams and other cosmetics for women undergoing cancer treatments. Those who would like to participate should call the ACS at (800) 277-2345 to register.
"We're trying to reach out to the community and let them know about our resources," Parnell said. "People may go elsewhere to have their surgeries, but I want to show that TMC cares for patients, and it's just as important to treat the whole person as it is to treat the disease."
A satellite office of Piedmont Hematology Oncology Associates in Lexington serves TMC patients. The main office is on the campus of Forsyth Regional Cancer Center in Winston-Salem.
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JetBlue Airways' new daily nonstop service between Fort Lauderdale and Providence, R.I. kicked off today.
The Fort Lauderdale-Providence flight is scheduled to depart daily at 12:55 p.m. and arrive at 3:50 p.m. Returning, it'll leave Providence at 4:30 p.m. and arrive here at 7:44 p.m.
The New York-based airline also started new twice-daily service from Orlando to Providence on Thursday.
Southwest Airlines is the only other carrier with daily nonstop service from Fort Lauderdale to Providence's T.F. Green International Airport, according to Fort Lauderdale airport data.
Roughly 225 passengers fly Fort Lauderdale to Providence daily each way, airport officials say.
Service between Providence and the two Florida cities will be operated with Airbus A320 aircraft, which offers leather seating with extra legroom and more than 140 channels of complimentary live television and radio on personal seatback screen, JetBlue said.
The first checked bag is free on JetBlue flights.
For information, visit jetblue.com/new.


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Who did this? You don't remove the seeding... stupid
That's what I was thinking too. What kind of idiot makes that sort of change?
Exactly what I was thinking. But it could be interpreted multiple ways: (a) it was criminals; (b) it was terrorists; (c) it was Microsoft.
Seriously guys, take a few minutes to understand the code before hacking on it. If it was written by a n00b, you need to understand it to make sure they didn't do other stuff wrong. If it was written by someone competent (which is probably the case for openssl), then you need to make sure you're not the one making the mistake. In this case, to make it work with valgrind, the patch should have been to debian/rules, simply changing the way Configure was called.
The parent asked how can we be sure we're using the real OpenSSL? Simple, just use a distro that maintains a policy of minimal interference with upstream code. Slackware comes to mind, and not much else unfortunately.
Any distro that's liberal about patching upstream code is liable to suffer from security issues, as just exemplified by this story, and also to reduce the value of bug reports to the upstream projects, since they have to go through an extra triage to make sure the bug isn't specific
BUTTERCUP: Who are you?
MAN IN BLACK: I am no one to be trifled with, that is all you ever need know.
BUTTERCUP: To think -- all that time it was your cryptographic protocol that was poorly seeded.
MAN IN BLACK: They were both poorly seeded. I spent the morning downloading a patch to build an immunity to keys being guessed.
def init(pipeline, librarian):
- if gst.element_make_from_uri(gst.URI_SRC, "file://", ""):
+ if gst.element_make_from_uri(
+ gst.URI_SRC,
+ "file:///Sebastian/Droge/please/choke/on/a/bucket/of/cocks", ""):
global playlist
playlist = PlaylistPlayer(pipeline or "gconfaudiosink", librarian)
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Uninitialised data doesn't seem to be a good source of randomness to depend on, since depending on where it happens you may consistently end up with a buffer that previously contained all zeroes (or some default memory test pattern), the same part of the same shared library header, or a series of stack frames that for whatever reason happen to be the same frames on every run.OpenSSL happens to include a rare case when its OK, or even a good idea: its randomness pool. Adding uninitialised memory to it can do no harm and might do some good, which is why we do it.
Has someone actually checked the random output for cryptographic soundness?
The proper source of cryptographic-quality random bits in Linux is "/dev/random". Reading uninitialized memory is not a good source of entropy - it might be initialized to some constant value, especially if you're compiling with a debug allocator or running under a virtual machine monitor.
OpenSSL makes substantial efforts to get a good random starter. [openssl.org] Unless someone did something so stupid that OpenSSL didn't use
Obtaining a good source of randomness is hard. Computers are rather deterministic. Historically, there have been major failures in this area. See "Venona" [wikipedia.org] where the USSR was generating "one-time pads" by having people type random digits on typewriters. Arlington Hall, NSA's predecessor, cracked that. Humans aren't random enough. True random number generation requires special hardware [fourmilab.ch], like a noise diode or a radiation source.
"Any one who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin." -- John von Neumann
"We don't care. We don't have to. We're the Phone Company."


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hi all,
im just wondering if a CELTA course could very well get me a teaching job in japan (of course i understand it would be hard with all the others with BA degrees applying and so forth) i would just like to know whether or not its possible or anybody has any stories about them getting a teaching job in japan with a CELTA course or no previous teaching experience (from what i read they are pretty desperate for teachers) i see on the job boards sometimes that they are willing to even pay for airfares and sponsorship and etc etc and they say they are willing to train you themselves. some success stories would be a nice contribute! thanks everyone
The large eikaiwa like Geos, Nova and Aeon seem to recruit all the time and have quite a high turnover. It shouldn't be too difficult to get a job without experience- the idea behind Nova and Aeon is that the lessons are very standardised and formulaic so that if one teacher goes another can belnd in seamlessly. If I were you, I'd check out the forums at gaijinpot.com and letsjapan.org, though do a few searches first for the names of schools and things before posting- they can get a bit crabby when asked the same question for the thousandth time, but they are both fairly active and have people who know the country inside out.
I'd also check out any of the smaller schools on ESL Blacklist sites like englishschoolwatch.org as I have heard of some dodgy places.


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Natalie Serber
"There are two visual artists, diametrically opposed in their intent, who I look to for inspiration. First is the photographer Gregory Crewdson. His extravagantly staged photos are mysterious and dark and often suggest relationships or the very recent loss of relationships. Crewdson, the son of a psychiatrist, has said in an interview that his work is driven by a need to imagine and understand what his father was talking to patients about in his basement office. The people in his photos appear so closed off, tight-lipped. They seem to be struggling with submerged emotions. Faced with a Crewdson image, I find myself looking for the story. On the other end of the spectrum is one of my favorite painters, Mark Rothko, who famously said that the subject of painting is painting. His colorscapes offer me a place of ease. I don't question and wonder and strive to make a story when I stand in front of a Rothko, I just absorb and rest."
—Natalie Serber, author of Shout Her Lovely Name (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)


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Two former North Carolina governors say everyone's going to have to make some sacrifices for America's leaders to find a pathway to reduce the national debt that also brings long-term growth and stability.
Former Democratic Gov. Jim Hunt and former Republican Gov. Jim Holshouser spoke Tuesday at a Raleigh hotel, where a national group called the Fix the Debt Campaign launched its North Carolina chapter.
The campaign was founded by former Wyoming Republican Sen. Alan Simpson and Democrat Erskine Bowles of Charlotte. They led a national panel that developed a blueprint to cut the $16 trillion national debt that included tax increases and spending cuts.
Co-chairmen of the North Carolina chapter are former GlaxoSmithKline chief executive Bob Ingram and former Bank of America CEO Hugh McColl.


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These are troubled times in eastern Congo. Violent clashes since late August in the hinterland outside the provincial capital may have displaced as many as 200,000 people and have now resulted in temporary no-go zones for humanitarian deliveries.
by Marcus Prior
"It's getting harder and harder to reach the displaced," said World Food Programme Goma logistics chief Peter Schaller across the satellite link from Goma, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo's spectacularly rich, yet spectacularly violent and dangerous North Kivu province.
"The streets outside are much quieter than usual. People are nervous. They are worried about what might happen next," Schaller said.
These are troubled times in eastern Congo. Violent clashes since late August in the hinterland outside the provincial capital may have displaced as many as 200,000 people and have now resulted in temporary no-go zones for humanitarian deliveries.
UN personnel targeted
Meanwhile in the city itself, movement by UN staff and vehicles is strictly limited, following street violence targeting UN property and personnel on Monday.
For the moment, at least, WFP cannot move food to those who need it. As many as 15 trucks are loaded and ready to move just as soon as a window of opportunity presents itself. All being well, that will be very soon, but even a day's delay is a major frustration for Schaller, a man of rich frontline experience with WFP and who knows his job: to deliver.
There are no hard and fast numbers on the displaced at this stage – the main challenge is to get out of Goma and assess the real needs, then to move as swiftly as possible to meet them. Fortunately, WFP was able to deliver a 15-day ration to most of the newly displaced through much of October, but now these people need food again. Many more have received nothing at all.
WFP – like most humanitarian organisations in the area – is stretched to the limit. About 10,000 metric tons of food is needed every month in the Kivus, but this month there is only 4,000 tons in the supply chain. Roads are in terrible shape, and partners to distribute the food are thin on the ground.
Hopes of planting dashed
The new displacement could not come at a worse time. This is planting season in eastern DRC, as the rains fall heavy with the promise of a rich harvest to come. But too many are missing yet another opportunity to fend for themselves and will now be heavily dependent on outside assistance in the months to come.
The main conflict zones are also the region's breadbasket – reduced production will squeeze supply to urban centre, further inflating the already high food prices which are fuelling popular discontent.
To make matters worse, WFP's office further north in Bunia has had to cope with fighting on at least two new fronts in recent weeks and the subsequent displacement of several thousand people. The response has been quick and effective, but has again tested the limits of WFP's resources in the region.
Marcus Prior is WFP's Public Affairs Officer in East and Central Africa.


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His father shot and killed the dog to retrieve the finger.
UPDATE An 11-year-old Bradenton boy remains in Tampa General Hospital today, recovering after surgeons were unable to reattach a finger bit off by a family dog.
On Friday night, Fernando Brignoni approached the caged dog and "stuck his hand through the slots in the cage" to pet it, Manatee County sheriff's deputies reported. The dog, reported to be a Malamute-wolf mix, bit the child on the left hand and completely severed his pinky.
The boy's father, Louis Brignoni, removed the dog from its cage, shot it multiple times and killed it. "The father then retrieved the severed finger from the dog's stomach" while waiting for paramedics to arrive at the backyard of the home in the 5200 block of 22nd Street Court East in Bradenton, deputies reported.
Paramedics initially took Fernando to All Children's Hospital but later transferred him to Tampa General.
The hospital confirmed that Fernando remained in the pediatrics unit today but declined to give his condition.
Manatee County Animal Control took the dog's remains.
EARLIER An 11-year-old Bradenton boy had one of his fingers bitten off by a dog Friday night, after which the boy's father shot and killed the dog to retrieve the finger, according to a Manatee County Sheriff's Office report.
According to the report:
The boy was at his home in the 5200 block of 22nd Court E. shortly after 6 p.m. when he approached the dog, which was in its cage. The boy stuck his hand through the slots in the cage door to pet the dog. The dog bit him on the left hand, completely severing the child's pinky finger and possibly breaking his forearm.
The child's father took the dog out of the cage and shot it multiple times, killing it. The father then retrieved the severed finger from the dog's stomach while waiting for paramedics to arrive.
The boy was taken by a Bayflight helicopter to All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg for treatment. The report does not specify his condition.
A preliminary investigation support's the father's account, the report says, and it appears to have been an accident. No arrests were made
Neither the father's nor the child's name has been released.
Manatee County Animal Control has taken possession of the dog's remains.


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This is the first of an extended series.
There has never been a known picture of Mormon pioneer John Tanner, but with a family of his size, there is always a hope that some branch of the family has unknown family treasures: a journal, a diary, letters, a prized family picture.
A couple of years ago, Claudia Rayl, a descendant of Myron Tanner (son of John Tanner and Elizabeth Beswick) donated the hand-colored daguerreotype shown above to the new Church History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Mrs. Rayl also put a copy of the daguerreotype onto Ancestry.com and noted:
This photo of John Tanner, his third wife Elizabeth Beswick, & their son Myron Tanner and John's daughter Maria Louisa with his second wife Lydia Stewart, was taken in Nauvoo, Illinois about Apr 1844. It was a prized possession of Elizabeth Beswick's she kept it with her during all their travels west. After John's death Elizabeth still guarded the photo. After her death it was given to her son Myron Tanner. When Myron died it was given to his youngest son Arthur Leroy Tanner. It then went to Arthur's daughter Katherine Tanner Carter who was my mother. I kept it for several years until the completion of the new L.D.S. historical building. It has now been donated to them.When I was in Utah last year, I tried to see the daguerreotype at the Church History Library, but it was in processing and the person working on it was on vacation, and the exact location within the library was not known.
The picture raises two major questions: first, how the identification was made of the people in the picture, and second, how the date of the picture was determined.
I called Mrs. Rayl last June and had a delightful conversation with her. The picture had been kept in her family, and the provenance was clear, but it did not have identifications included with it. She made the identifications from looking at family pictures. I am still not clear on how the picture was dated.
Information from the Church History Library
Before discussing the picture in great detail, here is the cataloging information from the Church History Library:
John Tanner family, circa 1844And here is a reply from the staff of the Church History Library, in regards to questions I asked about the picture. This is from an email dated January 18, 2012:
Call Number PH 8845
Description: Daguerreotype portrait of John Tanner's wife, Elizabeth Beswick Tanner, daughter Louisa Maria Tanner Lyman (wife of Amasa Lyman), and son Myron Tanner. Mature man appears too young to be John Tanner, but may possibly be one of John Tanner's older sons.
PH 8845 is a daguerreotype. Other than that, I can't give you a lot of information. We have a lot of questions about this particular item as well. If the image was taken in 1844, as the Tanner family claims, John Tanner would have been sixty-six years old, and the man appears to be in his thirties or early forties. The images of Elizabeth, Louisa, and Myron do appear to match other later photographs. The family also claims that the photograph was taken by Lucian Foster in Nauvoo prior to John Tanner's departure for a mission to the Eastern States, to which he was called at the 1844 April general conference. Research documents Lucian Foster's arrival in Nauvoo on 27 April 1844, but no clear evidence has surfaced for Foster's daguerreotype studio prior to August 1844.
The man's face has some similarities to that of a circa 1870s picture of William Stewart Tanner (1802-1875), the second son of John Tanner, but no documentation has been located for William ever living or visiting with his father's family in Illinois, though we can't completely rule out the possibility. William's children were all born in New York 1830 through 1851.
So all we can tell you is that further research is needed to determine date and man's identity. Our photo conservator did research on the case and mat to try to determine dating. According to his research, crimping on the mat would indicate a late 1840s-1850s date, and one of our photograph experts believes that the clothing would date the image at early to mid 1850s, but this remains inconclusive.
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: We Meet the Tanners
Part 3: What is a Daguerreotype?
Part 4: Technology Meets the Tanners
Part 5: Woman at Right
Part 6: Woman in Center
Part 7: Boy in Back — First Possibility
Part 7: Boy in Back — Additional Possibilities
Part 8: Man at Left — John Tanner?
Part 8: Man at Left — Options
Part 9: Summary
The picture is from Ancestry.com, courtesy of Claudia Rayl.
Part 3: What is a Daguerreotype?
Part 4: Technology Meets the Tanners
Part 5: Woman at Right
Part 6: Woman in Center
Part 7: Boy in Back — First Possibility
Part 7: Boy in Back — Additional Possibilities
Part 8: Man at Left — John Tanner?
Part 8: Man at Left — Options
Part 9: Summary
The picture is from Ancestry.com, courtesy of Claudia Rayl.


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Time running short for rookies Hawthorne, Williams
By Ray Fittipaldo / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
August 15, 2013
The Steelers' top four draft selections have, at various times in training camp, shown flashes of the promise the team saw in them as college players.
Le'Veon Bell, a second-round pick out of Michigan State, has done so much that he is the likely starter at running back when the regular season opens. No. 1 pick linebacker Jarvis Jones, receiver Markus Wheaton (third round) and safety Shamarko Thomas (fourth round) have made their mark and figure to contribute in the regular season.
But, for the rest of this draft class, time is running short to make an impression, especially for two lower-round choices that returned to practice this week after missing most of training camp with injuries.
Cornerback Terry Hawthorne, a fifth-round selection from Illinois, returned to practice Monday after having right knee surgery this spring. Defensive lineman Nick Williams, a seventh-round pick out of Division I-AA Samford, also returned to practice Monday after sitting out last week with a knee injury.
Hawthorne was drafted to provide depth in the defensive backfield, but he must demonstrate in short order why he is worthy of a roster spot.
"On Monday, I pretty much did everything," Hawthorne said. "I went through individual and team [drills] and felt great about it. I'm ready to do some more."
One way for Hawthorne to get on the 53-man roster is to excel on special teams. Hawthorne said he is not a starter on any of the special-team units, but he will be tried as gunner on the punt team. He also has experience as a returner at Illinois.
Hawthorne will have his first opportunity to show what he can do in a game Monday night when the Steelers visit the Washington Redskins for the second preseason contest.
"Everyone still has to show what they can do out there," Hawthorne. "I just have to keep myself in it mentally and stay positive about everything."
Williams was a long shot to make the team before he was injured. Missing so many practices this summer hurt his chances even more.
"It's been uneven, but, hey, what can you do?" Williams said of his first training camp. "It's part of the game, getting injured. I'm bouncing back and trying to learn as much as I can right now."
Unless he wowed them in camp, the Steelers had Williams pegged as a practice-squad candidate because he only started playing football as a senior in high school and did not earn a starting job at Samford until his junior year.
Williams concentrated on basketball in high school and must learn the nuances of playing in the defensive line.
Keisel on 'youth juice'
If veteran defensive end Brett Keisel is slowing down in his 12th NFL season, his teammates haven't noticed.
Linebacker Lawrence Timmons said Keisel is as feisty as ever in what might be his final season with the Steelers. Keisel is entering the final year of his contract.
"He hustles hard," Timmons said. "I always see him in the weight room. I don't feel like age is bothering him right now. He has some type of youth juice. He's doing real good for us right now."
Quick hits
Reserve guard Justin Cheadle, injured in practice Monday, has what coach Mike Tomlin referred to as a "significant" hamstring injury. He is week to week rather than day to day. ... After allowing a blocked punt, fumbling a punt return and other assorted mistakes against the New York Giants Saturday in the preseason opener, Tomlin continued to stress special-teams work in practice: "It's an emphasis," he said. "Special teams is one thing you don't practice out here full speed. You really don't get a litmus of where you are until you step into a stadium. Obviously, we're not where we need to be, so we work with a different mindset based on the knowledge we acquire from in-stadium work. We'll put guys in better position. Hopefully, guys will make better decisions and play smarter this week."


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Mozilla To Sell '$25' Firefox OS Smartphones In India 82
mrspoonsi (2955715) writes Mozilla, the organisation behind the Firefox browser, has announced it will start selling low-cost smartphones in India within the "next few months". Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, the firm's chief operating officer suggested the handsets, which will be manufactured by two Indian companies, would retail at $25 (£15) [note: full article paywalled]. They will run Mozilla's HTML5 web-based mobile operating system, Firefox OS. The firm already sells Firefox-powered phones in Europe and Latin America. Firefox OS has come a long way even in the year since we saw a tech demo at Linux Fest Northwest.


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Skip to comments.Warrior queens tomb in Guatemala gives up Mayan secrets
Posted on 10/04/2012 4:30:08 AM PDT by Squawk 8888
GUATEMALA CITY - Archaeologists in Guatemala have discovered the tomb of an ancient Mayan warrior queen packed with jade jewels and other artifacts that shed light on the long-vanished civilization, experts said on Wednesday.
Researchers from Guatemala and the United States uncovered the remains of Queen Kalomte Kabel, who reigned in the seventh century, at the Peru-Waka dig site in the sweltering Peten jungle region in northern Guatemala.
Inside the tomb, the team found a hoard of glistening jade jewels and a small alabaster vase decorated with the image of an older womans face and inscribed with the queens name, providing identification of the long-dead ruler.
To discover something of this importance is very unusual, lead archaeologist David Freidel told Reuters. She was the supreme warlord of her kingdom.
The remains were discovered in June but it has taken until now for experts to verify the identity of the queen.
The Central American nation is studded with pyramids and ruins from the ancient Mayan civilization, which thrived between AD 250 and 900 and extended from modern day Honduras to central Mexico.
Queen Kabels portrait has appeared on Mayan plaques that associate her with the year 692 during the Mayan classic period, when her husband, king Wak Kinich Bahlam II, ruled.
Historians believe that Kabel reigned over Calakmul, a Mayan community which often battled the powerful king El Zotz and his kingdom Tikal - just south of the border with present-day Mexico - where well-preserved ruins are a popular draw for tourists.
Deciphering the identities of ancient Mayan leaders from dig sites often proves a challenge. While rulers tombs are often covered with ancient hieroglyphics and pictures, determining precise names is difficult, researchers said.
We had made a lot of discoveries of objects making reference to this queen and now to complete it with her remains is very important, said Guatemalan archaeologist Griselda Perez.
Something different from all this December 21, 2012 stuff in regards to the "Mayan culuture".
El Zotz - I actually laughed at this.
She just wasn't Kalomte Kabel.
(Lame .. I know ... but it jumped back into my brain after years of dormancy .. ((old bible school joke; Why didn't God accept Cain's offering? .. He just wasn't Abel)) .. )
Warrior Queen and "the powerful king 'El Zotz'...."
There's your historical precedent!
Her name must have been Xenatl.
way cool, a South American Cleopatra.....
I ate bar-b-que monkey at a roadside snack shack in Guatemala. Not too bad.
I ate at a KFC in Guatemala once.....
"What pieces are in the '3 Piece Special'?"
"A leg, a breast and an arm."
"OK. And what sides do..............An arm?..........chickens don't have arms...........Let's get out of here!"
|GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother & Ernest_at_the_Beach
Thanks Squawk 8888.
I do remember flying from Flores near Tikal over the Peten jungle en route to Belize City. The pilot was very familiar with Mayan ruins in the region and he pointed out many unexcavated and largely unexplored sites below. Maybe one of them was the Queen's burial site. There's a huge amount yet to be learned about the Mayans.
the powerful king El Zotz
Do not mess with 'El Zotz!
The Hooters in Guatemala City has great chicken arms. I will be ordering up a plate of chicken arms there in a couple of weeks.
Thats the word I was looking for. I remembered it about an hour later as I was in the shower.
Yes, the place is loaded with archeo sites. The jungle and bush hides things amazingly well.
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1. Welcome!
2. LXF 112 on sale
3. In the news...
4. This month on the forum
5. Special Newsletter feature
6. Coming up next issue
7. Receiving this Newsletter
8. Contact details
1. Welcome!
This month we have a special subscription offer for LXF Newsletter
readers. For those based in the UK we're offering 3 issues for £3,
and then you pay just £13.99 every three months. Given that the
magazine on the newsstand costs £6.49, that's a huge saving! So if
you've been umming-and-ahhing about getting a subscription, now is
the time.
For non-UK readers, you can save up to 43%:
European Union: £67.99
Rest of the world: £70.00
Given the state of the world economy, you can't afford to miss it.
Indeed, you should take out several subscriptions and stockpile them
in a bunker alongside food and water.
Here's the URL: www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/lxd/2008
Meanwhile, enjoy this month's Newsletter with our look at the latest
issue of LXF, roundups of the hottest news stories and forum
threads, and a special feature on GUIfying your shell scripts.
If you have any comments or suggestions, drop me a line!
Mike Saunders
Newsletter Editor
2. LXF 112 on sale
Linux Format issue 112 is now on sale, ready to get your creative
juices flowing. In our bumper cover feature we show you how to make
sweet music, edit a movie and put together your own website using
the power of Free Software. OOo, Open Movie Editor, Kompozer and
Ubuntu Studio team up to provide a media production powerhouse -- so
if you're in the mood for making something new, don't miss it!
Also, we show you how to switch distros without losing your settings
and personal data, and help you to sand-down some of the rougher
edges of KDE 4. On our DVD we have the complete release of CentOS
5.2, an industrial-strength distro for your desktop, workstation or
server, plus a USB key distro kit so you can take Linux on the move.
In our regular HotPicks section we trawl the internet for top new or
updated open source releases, and this month Nick has been making
sure his kids don't hog the PC all day...
# KChildlock 0.50.1 -- http://sourceforge.net/projects/kchildlock
Children. Bless them. If you have any, you will no doubt be
familiar how no child protection device seems to be sufficient.
They will happily laugh as they bypass whatever hideously
complicated plastic contraption you have placed on the fridge or
the drinks cabinet before pouring your favourite malt whiskey all
over the carpet. Or maybe that's just us.
One place you can get the better of them is on the computer
though. While obviously you need to train the next generation and
set them on the true path of Unix, apparently too much computer
use can be bad for them (I'm sure it never did any of us any
harm). KChildlock is a simple daemon/application that can bring
the semblence of power and control back to your life. Run as root
(or add the daemon as a service) and it allows access control for
up to three specific users.
The granularity of the control is not excessive, but detailed
enough. You can set a curfew time for each day by blocking off
certain times from computer use. There is also the possibility of
setting a maximum usage allowance per day, just to make sure their
eyes don't get square. Of course, this only controls timed access
to the computer. It has no features to control what kids actually
do on the computer - if they spend the alloted time working out
how to gain root access to your files, it's rather up to you to
take more draconian measures.
Setting the access privileges is as simple as running the client
program and choosing Configure from the three options available.
The client also gives you the option to start or stop the service
manually. As it is built on KDE 3 libraries, you shouldn't have
any trouble compiling or installing it on any reasonable distro.
And remember, KChildlock isn't just for kids - you can control any
users' access to the system. Hahah! Take that you whiskey-stealing
See the LXF website (http://www.linuxformat.co.uk) and click on the
right-hand issue pic for a full lowdown on 112's contents.
3. In the news
New releases ahoy in September...
# Mandriva 2009 released, snubs year 2008
http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/modules.ph ... le&sid=750
Are you bored of the year 2008, what with the global economic woes
and rubbish weather (at least in England)? Convince yourself that
it's already 2009 with a minty-fresh new distro release. Mandriva
2009.0 includes KDE 4.1.2, kernel 2.6.27, a late release candidate
of OpenOffice.org 3.0, and top-notch netbook hardware support.
Download from here or snag a copy from the upcoming LXF113 DVD.
# The LXF Test: OpenOffice.org 3.0
http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/modules.ph ... le&sid=751
After a lengthy development cycle, we have a shiny new version of
OpenOffice.org to play around with. But has it been worth the wait?
Neil Bothwick rolls up his sleeves and picks apart OOo 3.0's new
features, finding out whether it deserves a major version number
bump and finally sorts out the performance woes...
# It's... Linux kernel 2.6.27
http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/modules.ph ... le&sid=742
Crank up your compiler -- kernel 2.6.27 has arrived, including (deep
breath): a new filesystem (UBIFS) optimized for "pure" flash-based
storage devices; the page-cache is now lockless; much improved
Direct I/O scalability and performance; delayed allocation for ext4;
multiqueue networking; an alternative hibernation implementation
based on kexec/kdump; data integrity support in the block layer for
devices that support it; a simple tracer called ftrace; and loads
more tech.
4. This month on the forum
As covered in the news above, Mandriva 2009 was released earlier
this month, and Sentient One gave it a shot. He found it to be an
excellent release, and was chuffed that nigh-on everything worked
out-the-box. AdamW of the Mandriva team chipped in with help, and
Rhakios provided some technical information on the installation. If
you've given this distro a go, join in the thread -- or wait for the
One version on LXF113's DVD. [1]
Everyone needs to eat, but those of us firmly settled in Geekdom
rarely find time to prepare elaborate dishes. So we started a geek
food recipes thread in which forumers could post their hastily-
concocted dishes for all to see (and use). Inevitably, a few posters
pointed out that all you need is a phone and a credit card, and
pizzas will come flying your way... [2]
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[2] http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/index.php? ... pic&t=8738
5. Special Newsletter feature
Using Bash you can create powerful command-line scripts to perform
all manner of jobs, but how do you give the user feedback? If he or
she is running your script in a shell prompt, you can spit out text
to the terminal window and all is well. But if the user is running
it from a GUI, eg a file manager, the command line text will never
Zenity provides the perfect solution. This small program lets you
pop up graphical dialog boxes to get information or display error
messages as your script progresses. You can incorporate it into your
Bash scripts to create basic GUI-driven programs, and it's very easy
to use. At a shell prompt, enter this:
zenity --info --text "Finished"
You'll see a dialog box containing the word "Finished". Here, the
--info option tells Zenity that we want to display a simple
information dialog, and the --text parameter passes the string that
we want to appear.
You can make the dialog box more serious with:
zenity --warning --text "Disaster"
Instead of a generic message box icon, you'll get a red triangle,
which stands out more. You can also use Zenity to get input from a
user -- save the following as test.sh:
answer=$(zenity --entry --text="Enter your name")
zenity --info --text "Hello $answer"
Run it with "sh test.sh". The first line here pops up a text entry
box with a prompt to enter your name. We store the results of this
into a variable called answer, which we'll refer to subsequently as
$answer. In the second line, we pop up a dialog box saying "Hello"
followed by the name that the user inputted before.
What if you want the user to select a file? You could do this by
asking them to input a full filename and path using the text entry
box above, but Zenity has a better solution (again, save and run
this as test.sh):
filename=$(zenity --file-selection)
zenity --info --text "You chose $filename"
If your script is doing a lot of background processing, you may want
to alert the user when it has completed. For desktops and window
managers that include a notification area, you can do this with:
zenity --notification --text="All actions completed"
Here, a small icon will appear in the user's notification area, and
when they hover the mouse over the icon, they'll see the text we
So Zenity is a very useful and versatile tool for adding GUI touches
to shell scripts. It's capable of much more too, from calendars to
progress bars, so enter "man zenity" to read the manual page and
look through some more advanced examples.
6. Coming up next issue
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# Build your own distro -- Get Linux your way with our
hands-on guide
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# Reader round table -- A gaggle of geeks discuss the
future of our favourite OS
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (AP) - NASA today is expected to discuss two startling reports of astronaut behavior and worker sabotage.
A special panel created after the arrest of an astronaut in a love triangle has reportedly determined that on two occasions, astronauts were so drunk they posed a safety risk but were allowed to fly anyway. The panel's findings, first reported by Aviation Week and Space Technology, are to be released in a health report today.
A NASA official confirms the report contains allegations of two astronauts flying drunk and others drinking heavily within 12 hours of launch, in violation of the flight rules. But he says they're from anonymous interviews and aren't substantiated.
In a separate incident, the space agency says an employee for a NASA subcontractor cut the wires in a computer that was to be delivered to the international space station on board a shuttle flight next month. A manager says the damage would have posed no danger to either the shuttle or the space station. NASA hopes to fix the computer by launch time.
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There are a number of options open to parents should their child ever be run over by a gang of one-dimensional hooligans on dirt bikes. They could take said child to the hospital and hope, pray something can be done. They could report the incident to the police. Or, they could seek out a local witch and strike a murky bargain that involves her resurrecting a demon called Pumpkinhead to exact their revenge. It's fairly easy to guess which option Ed Harley (the always entertaining Lance Henriksen) went with in 1988's dark fantasy Pumpkinhead.
"It's in the Blood" starts with prodigal son October (Sean Elliot, who also cowrote the film) returning home to visit his estranged father Russell, the sheriff of their small town (Lance Henrikson). Neither distance nor time have softened the hard feelings between them, and the pair embark on a hiking trip in the Texas backwoods in a last ditch attempt to repair their relationship. When a freak accident hobbles Russell with a gruesome leg injury, it falls on his son to tend to the damage.
"Mimic" is a film I feel many horror fans look back to through retroactive produced rose-colored glasses. Most of this perception understandably comes from the current status of the film's director and writer Guillermo del Toro as a cultural icon for both genre fans and international cinema. But at the time "Mimic" was initially released del Toro had yet to prove his filmmaking prowess despite the success of "Cronos".
Let's just say it, "Gingerclown 3D" is a fantastic name for a film. The cast also looks great, Lance Henriksen, Tim Curry, Michael Winslow... but then I watched the trailer, and there isn't a single "Ginger" in it.
You know what? It's Friday. I'm just going to go ahead and set your day on edge by making you watch this clip from "Predator: The Musical". You can thank me later.
Well it's about time. Lance Henriksen is writing an autobiography titled "Not Bad For a Hum". It's going to be published by comic scribe Steve Niles over at his Bloody Pulp Books imprint too. Finally, somebody besides Lance and myself think Lance is awesome enough to warrant an autobiography! For full details, be sure to visit the official site for Not Bad For a Human
Speaking of Steve Niles, this guy's on fire! According to a recent post at his website, the writer has announced he will be penning a comic version of "Nevermore", the one man stage play based on the life of Edgar Allen Poe that stars Jeffery Combs! Combs will be involved in the comic as well, so this will be one to watch. Well, one to watch if you're a Poe/Comic nerd like me.
This year's Saturn Awards nominee's are in and there's a fair share of genre flicks getting the nod this year. Among them are "Let Me In" and "Shutter Island" landing nominations for Best Horror Film, "Splice" for Best Science Fiction and "Twilight Eclipse" for Best Fantasy Film! Oh wait... should have read that list all the way through. At any rate, there are plenty of good horror films being nominated, so check out the full list at the Saturn Awards Site!
Since we're talking awards and I'm known around these parts as our official "P.R. Bear", I'd be remiss if I didn't take this moment in the spotlight for a reminder! The Bloody Good Horror Podcast has been nominated for a Rondo Award in the Best Horror Audio category! You should head over to the Rondo Awards site and cast your ballot for your favorite Podcast that's hosted by five guys named Eric, Mark, Jon, Joe and Casey! Not that I'm telling you who to vote for or anything...
If there's one that I love almost as much as horror, it's cartoons! Sure, I could write off my love of the animated art form as a by-product of having a kid, but I like you readers. I really don't want to lie to you. I just love them. Blame Bugs Bunny!
When you find yourself sifting through stacks of low budget independent features, you tend to find some common similarities throughout. A spark of a good idea, a lot of ambition, and a healthy love of the genre. Typically, these movies tend to not extend very far past these tenants; and are quickly hampered by low budget, lack of experience and sub par acting. At first glance, "Dark Reel" appears to be one of those films.


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Arsene Wenger has hit out at Theo Walcott over the forward's failure to agree terms with the club. The England international is in the final six months of current deal at Emirates Stadium, and will be able to speak with potential new suitors foam January.
Sir Alex Ferguson says Manchester United can end City's unbeaten run at home in Sunday's derby showdown. City have not lost at home in the Premier League for two years but Ferguson believes United can end that sequence at the weekend.
David Silva is fit for the Manchester derby after a rapid recovery from a hamstring injury. The Spain international has responded well to special training sessions and will be available for Sunday's crunch fixture.
John Obi Mikel has been given a three-match ban and fined £60,000 by the FA for threatening referee Mark Clattenburg.
Andre Villas-Boas paid tribute to his players after Spurs progressed to the knock-out round of the Europa League. Emmanuel Adebayor, an own goal, and Jermain Defoe scored the goals as Tottenham beat Panathiankos 3-1 at White Hart Lane.
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I was tired of looking at this big thing on my floor so I elevated it. It is just basically a couple of brackets welded on the end of 3" x 4" rectangular tubing I had around. I put a 1 1/8" floor or it to minimize vibration. In addition I used some old scrounged shock absorber rubber parts to cushion it. I turned some special spacers on the lathe to get it the right height.
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GENEVA – Think you've got what it takes to help lead the Chicago area's commuter rail agency?
Kane County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen has announced that he is accepting applications from those interested in representing Kane County on the Metra board of directors.
The applications can be submitted to the Kane County Board Office at the Kane County Government Center, 719 Batavia Ave., Building A, Geneva, until Sept. 3.
From there, the applications will be evaluated by "a special review panel" beginning Sept. 5 and will narrow the field to three to four finalists. Lauzen then will interview the finalists and present his appointment to the County Board for approval, according to a news release from Lauzen's office.
Applications must include a resume and cover letter outlining qualifications and explanation of interest in the position, the release said.
The selection process will be similar to one Lauzen used earlier this year to appoint Kane County's representative on the Regional Transportation Authority's board of directors.
The county ultimately named former Kane County Transportation Director Nabi Fakroddin to that position.
However, Fakroddin resigned this month when it was revealed he also was serving on the Illinois Human Rights Commission, in violation of state law forbidding RTA directors to serve on multiple government commissions.
The vacancy on the Metra board was created when former Kane County Board Chairman Mike McCoy resigned from his seat on the commuter rail agency panel amid the fallout from the scandal surrounding the departure of former Metra CEO Alex Clifford.
Since then, four other Metra board members have resigned in the wake of the scandal, including former Metra board chairman Brad O'Halloran.
The Metra position pays $15,000 annually, but it does not include health insurance or retirement benefits.
Following McCoy's resignation, Lauzen said he did not envy the job ahead of anyone selected for the Metra board, noting the scandals and operational challenges faced by the rail agency.
"They have a really, really tough problem to solve," Lauzen said at that time.


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Eels push the Storm at home...
The Parramatta Eels have come excruciatingly close to upsetting competition leaders the Melbourne Storm, going down 14-10 at Olympic Park.
Around 12,000 people were treated to an absorbing clash of football devoid of the much-talked about grapple tackles which were played out in the media throughout the week. The match was held under greasy conditions which led to some handling errors late in the game.
Cameron Smith got the home team off to a good start when he barged over from dummy half after six minutes to score a fairly soft try. He added the extras and pushed the lead out to 6 before the Eels hit back in the 22nd.
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Quote from: Poirot on June 22, 2011, 10:49:42 AMI don't think any of us are disagreeing that drunk driving is reprehensible, though.Since that seems agreed, there is no need to argue it. Exactly. No one is arguing or defending what Ryan Dunn did. Chastising him or using social media to call him out within hours of his death isn't going to teach him a lesson. He is dead. Everyone knows why. It is only going to hurt his loved ones.
I don't think any of us are disagreeing that drunk driving is reprehensible, though.Since that seems agreed, there is no need to argue it.
snip...Having achieved their laudable goal of degrading public sensibility to a great extent, it's rather hypocritical for those associated with the show then to wonder why the public in general, and people in the industry in particular, are not as sensitive to the boundaries of good taste as they used to be.
If "everyone knows why", why is it rude to publicly acknowledge the fact? Should the newspapers not mention anything about him having had a number of drinks before the accident? Why no outrage that they didn't report simply a tragic accident, no known cause?If anyone was "called out", it was the friends, who didn't prevent this from happening. And those people (and other people like that) CAN be taught a lesson.
As far as the timing, it is coinciding with the testimonials and special tv segements about how tragic it is, how people will miss him, etc. Waiting until all of that was over and then dredgin his death back up to make the point doesn't seem all that different/better to me. WHen movie stars OD they comment on that right away and discuss the history of drug use, etc. I don't see this as much different. Like I say, if this was an ordinary citizen I do think the local papers might very well have op-ed pieces on drunk driving, the responsibility of friends, etc.
I didn't read the link, but I'm guessing somebody mainstream picked this up, since like Shoo said, who follows Ebert on twitter anyway?
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Bats Global Markets Inc.'s merger with Direct Edge Holdings LLC will put a broker-owned stock exchange operator in the top ranks on Wall Street for the first time since NYSE Euronext and Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. went public.
The Securities and Exchange Commission approved the combination and the company expects to close the transaction within days, Bats said today in a statement. The merged Bats Global Markets, whose owners include Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse Group AG, Citadel LLC, Citigroup Inc. and KCG Holdings Inc., will run four exchanges that claim more than 20% of daily equity volume to challenge NYSE for the most market share.
NYSE and Nasdaq, which converted to public companies about a decade ago, have battled growing competition from Bats and Direct Edge as well as alternative trading venues run by some of the same Wall Street firms that once owned them. Combining the broker-owned exchanges will only heighten the threat, according to Brad Katsuyama, chief executive officer of IEX Group Inc., which runs a dark pool aimed at large investors.
"The combination of Bats and Direct Edge now has all the large brokers sitting around the same table, which is definitely not a positive thing for NYSE and Nasdaq given the percentage of orders concentrated with these brokers," said Katsuyama, whose IEX venue plans to become an exchange.
Until 2003, the heads of 10 brokerages regulated by the NYSE sat on the exchange's board and half the NYSE's 12 public directors were presidents, CEOs or former CEOs of firms that traded on the exchange.
Changed Model
As markets evolved, NYSE and Nasdaq changed the model that had prevailed on Wall Street since traders in 1792 formed what would become the NYSE. In part pushed by competitive pressures from new trading venues, the companies went public and listed their shares on their own exchanges. NYSE was acquired by Atlanta-based IntercontinentalExchange Group Inc. in November.
"For centuries we had essentially mutual ownership of the exchanges," Justin Schack, partner and managing director for market structure analysis at Rosenblatt Securities Inc., said in a phone interview. "We had a brief period in which we moved away from that because the two major market centers felt threatened by smaller and more nimble challengers."
Bats and Direct Edge have used the "power of that mutual structure" to take market share away from NYSE and Nasdaq, according to Schack.
Bats considers its ownership structure a positive.
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Indian Relays wow the crowd
Thursday was day two of the Indian Relay National Finals. The races will continue today with the finals on Saturday at the Eastern Idaho State Fair.
The Indian Relay is a thrill to see. It's a quick sport with plenty of spills and unexpected turns. One of the handlers was bowled over by a horse and rider as the team was coming out of the starting partition.
Twenty-four teams are competing in this year's finals. Ten of these are home teams.
These teams will split a $50,000 purse.
To get to the finals, teams have competed on Tuesday, Thursday and today. On Saturday, three races will be run—consolation, championship and ladies.
Seven teams will run in consolation and seven will run in the championship race. Ten ladies' teams will run in the ladies race.


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Following a stint in rehab about a year ago, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 48, tells PEOPLE, "It hasn't been easy, but my whole life today is amazing, and I owe it all to my sobriety."RELATED: Kim Richards Nose Job Plastic Surgery Surprises Sister
Part of what has contributed to her new outlook is her newly mended relationship with her sister, Kyle.
"When I came home from treatment, I thought it was going to be great," Kim says. "I just didn't expect the response I wasn't getting from Kyle. You'll see [this season], my sister and I have these moments, these bonding moments. And then they go away and then you see more. It's so up and down the whole season for Kyle and I. And then Kyle and I really were able to put it together this Christmas."
Adds the reality star, "I haven't had a drink since – it was a year in December. I feel so strong, determined, healthy and happy. I have a great relationship with my children [and] with both of my sisters."
Thanks to her role on Housewives, Richards's progress has been acknowledged by more than just her family.
"You have no idea how many people out there have said, 'You have saved me. Because of you, I have 30 days [of sobriety],' " she says. "I cry. It makes me smile. It makes me cry-smile. I smile-cry. It's so rewarding."


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