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Hamas leader's office hit
Israel has continued its aerial bombardment of Gaza with a direct strike on the office of the Hamas Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyeh, who is not believed to have been in the building in the Nasser neighbourhood at the time.
A police station in Gaza City and the headquarters of the Ministry of Interior were also destroyed, along with a weapons store in Rafa, the Israel Defence Forces spokeswoman, Lieutenant Colonel Avital Leibovich, said on Twitter.
In Jabalya rescue crews were battling to rescue up to 27 people trapped in a house that Israel later confirmed was the house of a Hamas commander in northern Gaza.
The Israeli air assaults on Saturday killed 15 Palestinians, lifting the toll since Wednesday to 45, Bloomberg reported. Three Israelis have been killed by rockets launched from Gaza.
Israel had struck almost 1000 targets in the Gaza Strip, with 300 air strikes on Saturday, an army spokesman said. The army said more than 640 rockets, missiles and mortars had been fired into Israel since the conflict started, of which more than 240 were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defence system.
Israel's government has approved the mobilisation of as many as 75,000 army reservists after a long-range missile fired from Gaza landed in an outlying Jerusalem suburb, setting off air raid sirens across the holy city but causing no casualties.
The Israel Defence Forces confirmed that a rocket struck an area on Jerusalem's outskirts - believed to be the Gush Etzion settlement. It is the first Palestinian-fired missile to land near the city since 1970.
More tanks and armoured personnel carriers were seen moving towards Israel's southern border with Gaza, and Israel closed the main highway to the Gaza Strip and the two roads bordering it.
The Israel Defence Forces chief of staff, Lieutenant-General Benny Gantz, addressed soldiers massed in the country's south: ''We are here tonight on the eve of a possible ground operation. This is not our first time in Gaza. We have been through a few days with very significant attacks on the scale of hundreds of daily targets and, have struck with great force and precision.''
Late on Friday Israel announced it had targeted two more senior Hamas operatives: Muhammad Abu-Jalal, a Hamas commander in Al-Muazi, and Khaled Shah'yer, a senior operative involved in the rocket launch array.
As the conflict rode out a third day, Israel said about 550 rockets had been fired from Gaza since the start of its military offensive on Wednesday, while Israel had hit more than 600 targets in the same period.
Hamas claimed responsibility for the missile that landed on the outskirts of Jerusalem, which it described as ''an improved Qassam'' called an M-75.
Israeli defence officials said the only rockets in Gaza that could reach as far as Tel Aviv or Jerusalem were the Iranian-made Fajr-5 missiles, thought to be part of a supply of weapons from Libya smuggled across the Gaza-Egypt border. ''We believe we have caused severe damage to the Fajr-5 capabilities,'' an Lieutenant Colonel Leibovich said.
Jerusalem, which both Israelis and Palestinians consider their capital, is holy to the Islamic, Jewish and Christian faiths, and lies about 80 kilometres from Gaza, the maximum reach of the militants' most powerful missiles.
Despite Israel's promise of a lull in its air strikes during Friday's visit to Gaza by the Egyptian Prime Minister, Hesham Kandil - if Gaza's militants suspended their rocket fire - the truce did not take hold.
Militants in Gaza fired at least 165 rockets into southern Israeli towns - 99 of them reportedly intercepted by the Iron Dome defence system. Israel responded with a series of airstrikes in central and southern Gaza.
It said it had prepared the residents of Gaza for a renewed onslaught with text messages and the distribution of leaflets throughout the strip warning them to say away from known Hamas-associated buildings.
''For your own safety, take responsibility for yourselves and avoid being present in the vicinity of Hamas operatives and facilities and those of other terror organisations that pose a risk to your safety,'' the leaflets read.
Sirens sounded in Tel Aviv for a second day and city authorities announced they were opening bomb shelters.
In Kibbutz Re'im, just 4.7 kilometres from Gaza, community leaders were urging families with young children to find a safe haven, said Micky Keidar, who left with his wife and two children on Friday. ''The day after the Hamas military leader was killed … we knew all hell was going to break loose,'' he said.
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Oct. 25, 2011
BOSTON, Mass. - On an extremely cold and windy afternoon, women's soccer (12-6) recorded a hard fought 4-0 non-conference win over the visiting Rams of Framingham State University (8-7-1) Tuesday afternoon on the Clark Athletic Center Field.
Three different players found the back of the net in the 4-0 win. The fourth goal of the afternoon was an own goal. After a slow start, the Beacons finally got on the scoreboard late in the first half on a Kellie Gomes (Halifax, Mass.) blast to the near post. Setting-up the game-winner was Sam Cristoforo (Rockland, Mass.), who played a ball into Gomes, who then ripped the shot through the Framingham State goalkeeper's hands.
The Beacon's next goal came just moments later as Krista Ledin (Bridgewater, Mass.) picked-up an unassisted score to make it 2-0. The goal marked the 18th of the season for the freshman, which moved her to second all-time for most goals in a single season. After the break, it was senior Kristin Mulry (Holbrook, Mass.) who secured the Beacons non-conference win, with her ninth goal of the season in the 61st minute. Tayla Andrews (Plymouth, Mass.) set-up the goal after battling a defender right outside the goal box. Once she got the ball on her foot, Andrews laid it off to Mulry who quickly put it away.
Tuesday's shutout victory marked the eighth of the year for goalkeeper Dani Perkins (Murietta, Cali.), who ties the record for most shutouts in a single season. As a team, the Beacons have now shutout 10 opponents this season, which breaks the program record of nine set in 2010 and 2009.
Combined the Beacons outshot the Rams 14-8, and held a 2-1 advantage in corner kicks, both of which were taken in the first 45 minutes of play. Framingham State goalkeeper McKenzie Vershon totaled four saves in the loss.
Women's Soccer returns to action on Friday when they travel to Plymouth State University for a Little East Conference match, scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.

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By Noelle Clemente
The midterm elections have garnered international attention fueled in no small part by the widespread interest in the Tea Party movement. Editor-in-chief of National Journal's Hotline, Reid Wilson and Vice President of Government Relations for The Heritage Foundation, Mike Franc looked beyond November 2 in a discussion with foreign media lead by Tim Chapman, Chief Operating Officer for Heritage Action for America.
Many people worry that "America is at the edge of something very catastrophic," and they fear, "we can't afford to get it wrong anymore," according to Franc. Wilson points out, "This is our third straight angry electorate."
Fueling this fear and anger is a federal government that has a hand in nearly every decision Americans make, from health care options to what kind of light bulbs they can use. "The government is getting involved in areas they never thought," Franc said.
Earlier this week, Franc coauthored a WebMemo for Heritage which "makes specific recommendations for party-level reforms within the House of Representatives to bring that body closer to its constitutional design." House members have handed their authority over to committee officers preventing representatives from doing just that, representing.
These new Tea Party candidates have "a certain level of independence we haven't seen before," Franc says. Of course Washington is a much different playing field than Tea Party rallies.
Franc suggests that in order to survive in DC they will need to "find a way to channel that passion in an ongoing way." Wilson warns, "Republicans run the risk of making the same mistake Obama did," assuming that the election is a referendum in their favor.
Foreign media and voters alike want to know who this Republican Party is that they are electing. Wilson poses an interesting question: "Who is to say [John Boehner] is really going to be in charge when he is speaker?"
Tea Party supporters have based their campaign on anti-establishment sentiment and Wilson comments that Boehner is, "more a creature of Washington, DC," referencing a certain Italian restaurant Boehner frequents with his staffers.
One thing is clear: whoever voters choose to support must have a "demonstrated track record of success of doing something," asserted Franc.
Noelle Clemente is currently a member of the Young Leaders Program at the Heritage Foundation. For more information on interning at Heritage, please visit: http://www.heritage.org/about/departments/ylp.cfm
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CORBIN, ky. (WYMT) - The Golden Alert for Homer and Jeanette Martin was cancelled Sunday morning October 14th.
Inside the Martin home, family members are preparing for a homecoming.
Jeanette and Homer Martin were found safe Sunday morning in St. Marys, Georgia.
Local police say the couple stopped at a gas station for gas, but had no money and were disoriented.
"I got to talk to mom briefly this morning, she said 'well I got to thinking this morning that you all might be worried,' I was like ok," said daughter Billie Lancaster
Yet, no matter the reason their children say they're just happy to hear the good news.
"It was a thrill to get to call my family, all the siblings and say they're safe we know where they're at," said Lancaster.
In order to make sure something like this doesn't happen again the Martin's children have picked up things like organizers and new address books to help with their daily tasks.
They say that no matter what the next step for them may be, it's worth having them home.
"I can't wait to see them. I'm anxious to be with them and spend time with them, and talk all of this over," said daughter Karen Salmons.
Due to flight delays the couple was not expected to get home until late Sunday night.


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The folks who deal with waste and recycling for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection work quietly, but their mill grinds on, cranking out plans to reduce Massachusetts' mountains of garbage.
The state's landfill space has shrunk to nearly nothing—the Northampton landfill, for example, which at one time took waste from many towns in the Valley, is due to be closed by May—and proposals for incinerators always meet opposition from environmentalists and prospective host communities.
So the DEP carries on with the thankless but increasingly pressing business of chipping away at the rubbish, trying to divert portions of it through recycling, packaging reduction and manufacturer takebacks. The agency thinks big: its goal for 2050 is an 80 percent reduction in waste volume from 1990 levels.
To that end, the state plans to take a step next year that's revolutionary in its way, though many won't be aware of the change it will bring about when it goes into effect. If the DEP has its way, beginning in 2014, Massachusetts will be the first state in the country to require all kinds of establishments that generate a ton or more of food waste per week—restaurants, hospitals, hotels, universities, grocery stores and food producing plants—to compost their food waste instead of just tossing it.
So where will the leavings end up? Meet the anaerobic digester. It will soon be eating the food they throw out the back door at your favorite eatery.
Currently, the model working digester in Massachusetts is the silo-shaped processor at Jordan Dairy Farms in Rutland. But others are in the works. In the Valley, two will be running by the end of this year, one at Barway Farm in Deerfield and one at Long View farm in Hadley.
A note on anaerobic digesters: there are some 2,000 working anaerobic digesters in the U.S.—about 200 on farms, the rest scarfing up sludge at wastewater treatment plants. The DEP envisions more food waste digesters in Massachusetts. In Europe, there are some 10,000 anaerobic digesters, 6,800 of which are in Germany; the European Union has encouraged subsidies for them because they are renewable energy producers.
At Jordan Dairy Farms, food waste is brought in in a specially designed tank truck and converted to methane that, in turn, generates electricity. The farm presently takes in waste from a small number of food companies, and the methane the digester produces generates enough electricity each day to power a typical house for 134 days, the operators say. Fertilizer is a byproduct of the digester's process.
In Massachusetts, food waste makes up roughly 15 percent of the waste stream by volume and even more by weight, because much of it is wet. Add in yard waste and total organic waste adds up to 25 percent of the stream.
Massachusetts generates 1.4 million tons of organic waste per year; the state hopes to get a third of it into digesters. Among the benefits are savings on disposal space and reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, since less food will be rotting in landfills.•


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A Reno firm has been selected to design a $4 million public plaza at the former downtown site of the historic Mapes Hotel.
The city council on Friday unanimously selected SVWB Architects from among three finalists to design the project for the prime riverfront property.
The company has proposed a saucer-like, tilting canopy that would shade an ice rink in the winter and a special events arena in summer.
Its plans also call for historic markers, a fountain, steps leading down to the Truckee River and a pedestrian bridge.
"Our intention was to create a design and a place that would become Reno's new postcard," SVWB architect Angela Bigotti told the Reno Gazette-Journal.
Mayor Bob Cashell said he hopes construction can start in the spring. He thinks the project will heal wounds stemming from the January 2000 implosion of the Mapes.
Historic preservationists fought the city's decision to demolish the 12-story art deco structure, and residents grumbled after various plans for the site later fell through.
"This council is very dedicated to healing that sore point," Cashell said. "It's a great day for Reno, Nevada.
"It's going to be the focal point of downtown and the city," he added.
Other finalists were Peter Walker and Partners of Berkeley, Calif., and San Francisco-based Sasaki Associates.
Built in 1947, the Mapes ushered in the modern era of gambling. It was the first building in the nation constructed to house a casino, hotel and live entertainment under one roof.
Entertainers such as Mae West, the Marx Brothers and Sammy Davis Jr. performed in its top-floor Sky Room during its heyday in the '50s and '60s.


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If you put a poor driver behind the wheel of a brand new car, would he be transformed into a good driver?
If you put a good driver behind the wheel of a jalopy, would she be transformed into a poor driver?
Obvious answers, of course.
If you put a poor driver behind the wheel of a brand new car, would he be transformed into a good driver?
If you put a good driver behind the wheel of a jalopy, would she be transformed into a poor driver?
Obvious answers, of course.
But that is what Gov. Jindal, state Education Superintendent John White and the majority of state legislators try to sell us.
That is the theory they use to try and decimate Louisiana's already-underfunded public schools with their open voucher system.
Fortunately the courts are taking a look at the monster created by these Drs. Frankenstein.
Jindal and his lackeys and cronies want us to believe that a poor student will miraculously become a good student by just being seated in a different building.
Never mind that the "different" building is often a start-up housed in a temporary metal structure, not a brick-and-mortar building that has been around several decades with all the resources.
Never mind that the "different" building has no resources such as library, science lab and gymnasium.
But I am open-minded. You never know.
It may work — though no great transformation has happened anyplace else vouchers have been tried.
But there is a question gnawing at me.
Where are the new teachers coming from to staff these "different" buildings that will bring about these miraculous transformations?
Are a group of new teachers going to drop in from Mars?
Or is Jindal going to buck his party and open Louisiana borders by recruiting immigrants to teach?
Oh? What is this you say?
The teachers will come from the empty classrooms of the brick-and-mortar schools caused by the vouchers?
Wait a minute.
Aren't these the "terrible" teachers from whom the vouchers are supposed to rescue the children?
So you are telling me that the building will be different, but the teachers will be the same?
There you go with that bad driver, new car thing again.
So it isn't the teachers after all; it is the building?
And all the while we have been told that vouchers will give children new and better teachers.
There are a lot of people who have taught me a lot of things, none more valuable than the late Edwin Robinson, former city manager of East Cleveland, Ohio.
Eddie made me understand that people don't automatically know how to handle improvement.
People have to be taught to handle improvement.
Eddie made me understand that taking a person from a negative environment and putting him or her into a positive environment will make no difference unless you educate the person first.
Otherwise, the same habits that created the negative environment will surface in quick fashion to overcome the positive environment.
And this is the underlying fallacy with any open voucher program.
Poor students will bring their environment with them, an environment that lacks appreciation for education by parents. An environment that lacks educational encouragement by parents. An environment that lacks parental active involvement and support in the student's education. And most importantly an environment that lacks the developmental work parents should do before the child starts school.
That developmental work is instilling the value of reading and reading skills. When is the last time you heard of a parent reading a bedtime story to a child? When is the last time you saw a child being read to on a parent's lap?
If the proof of the pudding is in the eating, then the proof of the voucher program is in the standardized test results.
Based on the first year of test results, the pudding hasn't gelled.
Charles Mosley, a former head of the Lafourche NAACP, lives in Thibodaux. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Kejriwal's allegations aimed at maligning my family: Robert Vadra
Even as Robert Vadra today described allegations of having received "undue favours" from reality major DLF as "entirely baseless" and aimed at maligning his family, Arvind Kejriwal stuck to his charges.Vadra has not replied to 'DLF' questions: Kejriwaldelhi Updated: Oct 07, 2012 22:50 IST
Even as Robert Vadra Sunday described allegations of having received "undue favours" from reality major DLF as "entirely baseless" and aimed at maligning his family, social activist Arvind Kejriwal stuck to his charges and said he was prepared to face a legal battle.
The Congress Sunday continued to target Kejriwal and his associates in India Against Corruption (IAC) over allegations against Vadra while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said the Congress should "clear the situation" instead of trying to run down the activists.
Vadra, who is married to Priyanka, daughter of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, said he was a private, law-abiding citizen who has been engaged in business over the last 21 years.
"The allegations levelled against me by Shri Kejriwal and Shri Bhushan are utterly false, entirely baseless and defamatory. My business transactions are fully reflected in financial statements filed before appropriate government authorities in compliance with the law," Vadra said in a statement to a news channel, which was posted on its website.
He said the statements were available in the public domain to anyone interested in knowing the truth.
"I am saddened by the attempt of Shri Kejriwal and Shri Bhushan to deliberately misrepresent numbers contained in my financial statements, manufacture lies and malign my family in order to gain cheap publicity for them and for the launch of their political party," Vadra said.
Following allegations by Kejriwal and Bhushan, Vadra had Saturday posted on his Facebook page that he could handle all negativity.
"Thanks for the concern, I can handle all the negativity. I have lost people I loved. What can be worse than that," Vadra had posted.
Kejriwal said Sunday: "He (Vadra) is hiding behind DLF and the Congress and questioning our motive. He should come in the open and clarify charges against him as he has not yet responded to specific questions asked by us," Kejriwal told reporters.
The activist said he was ready for any action including possible defamation case.
"We all live in a democracy and some genuine questions are raised by us. The son-in-law of the most powerful person in the country should address the issue and he is not doing it and is shooting the messenger," Kejriwal said.
BJP vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said: "Instead of hurling allegations and defending (Vadra), the Congress should make the picture clear. It is no more the issue of an individual as the Congress is defending him. If the Congress party thinks the allegations are baseless, appropriate legal steps should be take."
"Appropriate legal option is there for both the parties," Naqvi added.
Congress spokesperson Raashid Alvi defended Vadra and accused Kejriwal of trying to malign the entire system. He said Kejriwal and his associates wanted cheap publicity.
"Whatever they say, is it true? DLF has issued a clarification but they are not ready to accept," Alvi said. He alleged that activists were not ready to go to court and had apprehensions about a legal verdict and work of investigative agencies.
"It is unfortunate to talk like this, raise questions on the entire system. What do you want. Is it jungle raj," Alvi asked.
He said if IAC members have proof, they can go to court or ask for inquiry but cannot make baseless allegations.
Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan Friday alleged that Vadra had bought properties worth over Rs. 300 crore between 2007 and 2010 with an interest-free unsecured loan of Rs. 65 crore provided by DLF.
They claimed that the properties were given at undervalued rates in exchange of favours allegedly received from Congress state governments in Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi.
DLF Saturday refuted the charge. The company said it had business dealings with Vadra's companies and denied there was any quid pro quo.
Sources said the IAC is likely to respond to clarifications sought by DLF Monday.


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Developer Infos
Netatalk source code is now hosted in a shared git repository to which only Netatalk Team members are allowed to push into.
Links to Developer Ressources
- AFP Programming Guide
- AFP Reference Guide
- Inside Macintosh: Macintosh Toolbox Essentials Chapter 7 - Finder Interface
- Finder Interface Reference
- Technical Note TN1150 HFS Plus Volume Format
- CarbonHeaders source
- Mac OS X 10.6.2 source
- AppleSingle and AppleDouble v1 format internals
- AppleSingle/AppleDouble Formats for Foreign Files Developer's Note (version2)
Git Installation
- The git source code is available from http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/.
- The project home page is located at http://git.or.cz/.
- You should probably familiarize yourself with the Git tutorial.
The examples in the following sections are based off of the tools and syntax used by git v1.5.3 or later. Either apt-get, yum, or make install the tools. See Git documentation for more details on this part. Note that under Debian or Ubuntu, git is distributed in the git-core package. The git package contains the "GNU Interactive Tools".
Branching model
- the "master" branch is where development on new features is taking place
- branches named "branch-netatalk-x.y" for stable releases
- currently stable release branch branch-netatalk-3-1
- commits go to master (after a review, more on that below)
- commits can only go into a release branch if a bugreport exists
- the bugreport must be referenced in the commit message
- no branch merges
Review process
We now require formal review of all patches.
The author of patch should add a signed-off tag and the reviewer adds a reviewed-by tag. Very formal, but it encourages better coding and documentation.
This means every commit in master should have been reviewed by two team members (if the author is a team member, only one review by another team member needed).
This is the same process used in Samba
Commit messages
Commit messages should have a short, descriptive first summary line that begins with the affected component, eg
afpd: new options "force user" and "force group"
This is helpful when browing a git log in oneline mode.
Then the commit message should explain what the change is about, the more, the better.
At the end the author adds his signed-off tag.
Basic Netatalk Git
The master git repository is located at git://netatalk.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/netatalk/netatalk. There is also a GitWeb installation.
Step Zero is to set your name and email address for commits:
$ git config --global user.email firstname.lastname@example.com $ git config --global user.name "Your Real Name"
Next, clone the repository:
$ git clone git://netatalk.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/netatalk/netatalk Initialized empty Git repository in /home/frank/test/.git/ remote: Counting objects: 31503, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (11427/11427), done. remote: Total 31503 (delta 24830), reused 25450 (delta 19869) Receiving objects: 100% (31503/31503), 6.52 MiB | 2.38 MiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (24830/24830), done. $ cd netatalk
List local and remote branches:
$ git branch * master $ git branch -r origin/branch-netatalk-2-0 origin/branch-netatalk-2-1 origin/branch-netatalk-2-2 origin/branch-netatalk-3-0 origin/branch-netatalk-3-1 origin/master
Creating your own working branch from master:
$ git checkout -b my_branch Branch my_branch set up to track remote branch refs/remotes/origin/develop. Switched to a new branch "my_branch"
Do your own local work:
$ mkdir git-test $ echo "hello" > git-test/README
View status of changes
$ git status # On branch my_branch # Untracked files: # (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) # # git-test/ nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
Add our new file to the local branch index:
$ git add git-test $ git status # On branch my_branch # Changes to be committed: # (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage) # # new file: git-test/README #
Commit changes
$ git commit -m "Example file for HOWTO" Created commit ad9a1eb: Example file for HOWTO 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 git-test/README
Do some more work and commit local changes....
Now fetch the remote branch history:
$ git fetch
To present your patchset properly to other developers, please rebase your patches against the branch you are developing against:
$ git rebase origin/master
Obviously replace "origin/master" by whatever branch you are developing against. If you have created a mess in your local patch queue, "git rebase -i" might help you out.
Creating patches
Assuming your patches are the last three commits on your current local git branch, this is the easiest way to create patches from them:
$ git format-patch -3
This will create three patch files in your current directory that you can then send to the samba-technical mailing list.
Note that if you have a number of patches against a specific branch and don't feel like counting them, the following works as well (e.g. against the develop branch):
$ git format-patch origin/develop
This will create one patch file for every patch that is in your local branch but not in origin/develop.
If you have more patches which belong together it's sometimes useful to export them into one file:
$ git format-patch --stdout origin/develop > develop-featureX-01.patches.txt
Debugging process crashes
We need a stack-backtrace (SBT) from a corefile with debugging symbols.
- Compile Netatalk with debugging symbols and without optimizations, eg for gcc
CFLAGS="-g -O0" ./configure ... && make && make install
- Enable global corefile generation (Linux, Solaris)
- Enable corefile generation for Netatalk by adding
ulimit -c unlimited
at the beginning of the Netatalk start script and restart Netatalk.
- Reproduce issue
- Get SBT (example for a crash of afpd and gdb):
$ gdb path/to/afpd path/to/corefile (gdb) bt full ... (gdb) exit
ABI checking
Since libatalk is now a shared library the autotools build system has been extended to do some ABI checking. A helper script abigen.sh is used to generate a symbol file containing all exported symbols of the dynamic libatalk library. These symbol files are named libatalk-VERSION.abi and are stored inside the libatalk source directory.
Every time make runs inside libatalk a symbol file libatalk.abi.tmp is autogenerated and checked against the current copy of the file matching the configured VERSION (as contained in the file VERSION). If there are any differences found, make aborts and the developer must update the symbol file and libatalk/Makefile.am library version info accordingly.
Making a release
Developers doing releases are expected to have a working understanding of the ABI checking infrastructure and must use the --enable-developer configure option.
- Bump VERSION
$ vi VERSION $ git commit -a -m "Bump version to x.x.x"
- Update NEWS as necessary:
$ vi NEWS $ git commit -a -m "Update NEWS"
- Re-run configure so the VERSION bump gets passed to the build system
$ ./configure ...
- Run make, this will create library ABI files
$ make clean && make ... make[3]: Entering directory `/home/frank/netatalk/develop/libatalk' ********************************************************************************************************** created ABI file libatalk-3.0beta2.abi check https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/netatalk/index.php?title=Developer_Infos#ABI_checking ********************************************************************************************************** make[3]: *** [all-local] Error 1 ... $ git status # On branch release-3.0beta2 # Untracked files: # (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) # # libatalk/libatalk-3.0beta2.abi nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
- Add ABI file to git and appropriate Makefile.am (eg libatatalk/Makefile.am for libatalk) ABI files
$ git add libatalk/libatalk-3.0beta2.abi $ git commit -m "Import libatalk-3.0-beta2 ABI file" $ emacs libatalk/Makefile.am ... $ ./bootstrap && ./configure ... (ensure the Makefile.am change takes effect) && make
This make run should now pass without error.
- Compare the ABI file to the previous version, verify VERSION_INFO, update Makefile.am version history
Update VERSION_INFO as necessary, update libatalk/Makefile.am version history. Note that VERSION_INFO info might already have been updated by the ongoing ABI checks by a developer when working on develop.
$ git diff @@ -28,6 +26,7 @@ VERSION_INFO = 1:0:0 # 3.0.0-alpha2 0:0:0 # 3.0.0-alpha3 0:0:0 # 3.0.0-beta1 0:0:0 +# 3.0.0-beta2 1:0:0 SUBDIRS = acl adouble bstring compat cnid dsi iniparser tdb util unicode vfs @@ -85,3 +84,4 @@ all-local: .libs/libatalk.so EXTRA_DIST = \ libatalk-3.0beta1.abi \ + libatalk-3.0beta2.abi
If you have to update VERSION_INFO again, commit the change, rebootstrap and configure.
- Run make distcheck, fix any errors
- Regenerate manpages from XML sources
$ make html $ git commit -a -m "Generate manpages from XML"
- Update and upload release notes:
$ cd doc/ doc/ $ vi www/ReleaseNotes doc/ $ git commit -a -m "Update release notes" doc/ $ USER=netatalk-sourceforge-adminuser make upload-release-notes
- Tag, release and roll tarballs
$ git tag TAG $ git push SOURCEFORGE-GIT-REPO TAG $ make dist $ make dist-bzip2
- Upload updates online manual:
$ cd doc/manual/ doc/manual/ $ USER=netatalk-sourceforge-adminuser make html-upload
- Reset VERSION to eg 3.0.8dev
Q. How do I revert a commit?
A. The "git reset" command allows you to reset the HEAD of the branch to any given point in history. To go back one commit, run "git reset HEAD^". This will keep your local changes and you can make any additional changes before re-commiting the new work. Also see the "git commit --amend" command and the "git reset" man page for other examples.
Q. How can I maintain a feature branch against the upstream Netatalk branches?
A. You clone the Netatalk repository as per the instructions above. Then you make a new feature branch:
$ git checkout -b feature_foo master
Now you do your development in your feature branch. Any time the master branch gets too different to the code in your feature branch you should rebase your feature branch. The rebase rewinds your feature branch to the point there it was branched. Then it updates you feature branch to the HEAD of the master branch and re-applies your changes.
$ git rebase master First, rewinding head to replay your work on top of it... HEAD is now at 357f003... Add WERR_SERVICE_ALREADY_RUNNING. ... Wrote tree 02299ef7c1cfa093248bfd9c6e3812805718845e Committed: e20a8c521d7860d9b7bd724ed5ea19c7306530ab
Rebase works best when you use it for local branches that are never pushed to a public repository, see Why won't "git push" work after I rebased a branch?.


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By Leonard Baron
Condo Purchase Cannot be Financed
Q. I'm trying to buy a condominium and my lender is saying that some of the projects I like are not approved for financing. Why aren't some condo projects financeable and is there anything I can do to work around this issue. Melissa P. Yonkers, N.Y.
A. Major lending institutions have learned over the years that certain condominium projects have characteristics that lead the project to a higher risk of default. For example, if there is a lawsuit that the homeowner's association (HOA) is involved in, that can lead to trouble for the owners and the HOA, and often more units in that type of project default on their mortgages and then the banks lose money because they have to foreclose. So those characteristics, which also include too many renters in the community, too high a non-collection rate on HOA fees, one owner controlling too many units, etc., are higher risk and the banks are basically saying, 'No thanks, we'll pass on financing those because we feel it is more likely we will lose money financing those types of communities.'
Instead of trying to work around this issue, you should realize that if you buy into one of these communities, you are taking on that risk that the lending institution rejected. And you'd better make sure you have a full understanding of the problem and what could go wrong. In most cases, I would recommend buying a property in a project that is already approved for financing and that way you will avoid many of those potentially financially painful issues.
Investment Returns on Real Estate
Q. I am considering buying real estate and trying to determine how to calculate my investment returns so I can find a good deal. Can you explain a few of the calculation options and which one is best? Robert. N, Philadelphia, PA
A. There are many ways to calculate investment returns on real estate and the best way is the one that you feel is appropriate for your decision making. There is Cap Rate, Cash on Cash, IRR (Internal Rate of Return), and several others.
I use the simple Cash on Cash return. It's easy to calculate and I feel gives you the most accurate view of how a property investment will perform. Plus it's pretty close to directly comparable to a cash yield on a bond, CD, or dividend yield on a stock. This way you can compare it to other investments. You take the rental income, subtract a vacancy percentage, subtract your conservatively estimated operating expenses, and the mortgage payment and what is left over is your monthly cash flow. Multiply that by twelve and divide it by the amount of cash you invested to buy the property and that's your cash on cash yield.
For example, if rents are $1,500, all expenses are ($1,200), that leaves $300 per month or $3,600 per year. If your cash equity invested was $48,000 (downpayment + closing costs + rehab costs), you have a 7.5% net rental yield ($3,600/$48,000) and that's a really good deal. So compare that to yields on other assets to get a picture of which would be a better investment.
You also get a little bonus on real estate because you are paying down your mortgage with each payment and hopefully the value will increase over time. Google how the other investment return measures work; each has its advantages and disadvantages. Pick the one that works for you. Good luck.
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DEKALB - Northern Illinois University will mark next week's sixth anniversary of a campus shooting that killed five students with a moment of reflection and a bell-ringing.
The (DeKalb) Daily Chronicle reports the school will ring five bells next Friday.
School president Doug Baker says the DeKalb university "is committed to remembering and honoring the spirit" of those who were killed on Feb. 14, 2008.
That's when a former student opened fire in a lecture hall, killing five and injuring others. The gunman also died.
Last year, Gov. Pat Quinn attended a special memorial wreath-laying ceremony to mark the fifth anniversary of the shooting.
Administrators say this year's event will be more subdued and only include the bell-ringing.
The school will also announce the recipients of a memorial scholarship.


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Several hundred US agents raided Oklahoma and New Mexico stables this week and arrested seven members of Mexico's Zetas cartel for laundering drug money through the horse tracks. A total of 14 defendants were charged with conspiracy to use horse racing and breeding to launder more than 20 MUSD of the cartel's drug money.
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Despite shooting 58 percent and racing out to a 10 point first half lead, the Greenville women surrendered another tough SLIAC contest on Wednesday night as they fell 73-65 to Fontbonne University in St. Louis.
Juniors Ieisha Adams and Katelyn Wise led the women in the heartbreaker, each posting 14 points and five boards. Adams also added five assits and two steals to stuff the stat sheet in Wednesday's conference duel.
Heading into the second period GC held a 38-28 lead, but the host Griffins used a 26-4 run over the next 10 minutes to take a 52-42 lead with 9:25 to go in the game. After a poor shooting first half, Fontbonne shot 47 percent in the second half including 3-6 from behind the arc. The Griffins sealed the game at the free throw line making 16 of their 23 second half attempts.
"Foul trouble cost us in a big way Wednesday night," commented head coach Roy Mulholland. "We had key players play cut minutes, and in a conference dogfight that can really hurt. We also struggled again to put a full game together, and second half play continues to be our undoing."
Greenville cut the second half deficit to within three with four minutes to play, but an overall 26-4 run by FU proved to overwhelming to overcome.
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PORTLAND - Harvest View Greenhouses, 21 Brix Winery and The Cakery are coming together to 'Get A Taste of Spring.'
The event will take place Wednesday, March 6 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Harvest View Greenhouses, 4936 W. Main Rd., Route 20, Fredonia.
Come and relax with friends while creating a hanging basket or planter and enjoying 21 Brix wine as well as desserts from The Cakery. Beyond making flower arrangements, Harvest View will provide information about various flowers and plants to help the planter bloom all season long. All flower arrangements will be available for pick-up in early May, just in time for Mother's Day.
The price for this event is $50 per person, which includes a choice of a hanging basket or planter, plant materials, three wine tastes, one glass of wine and desserts. All reservations must be made before Feb. 27 by calling Harvest View at 672-4822. Space is limited, so be sure to make a reservation soon.
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By Brendan Conway
My colleague Beverly Goodman takes a look at "hidden" mutual-fund investing costs in the weekend's print edition of Barron's, such as wide bid-ask spreads, the market impact of the fund's buying and selling, and commissions. "Hidden" may be an overstatement: These costs simply are less obvious than a stated expense ratio.
But they're no less real. Per a study by Roger Edelen, a finance professor at the University of California, Davis, cited in the article:
Particularly problematic, says Edelen, is that the nearly 1,800 funds he and his co-authors looked at had an average expense ratio of 1.19%—yet trading costs the average fund 1.44%. "The expense ratio is itemized," he says, "but trading costs are just a bleeding of assets. Investors think they know their funds' expenses, but they're really only seeing half the picture."
Turnover often is used as a proxy for gauging both trading costs and tax efficiency, since frequent trading increases both. But it doesn't capture all the trading that goes on, nor does it account for the type of stocks being traded, which relates to market impact, which Edelen says is the biggest driver of trading costs. "If a fund is buying or selling Microsoft or Joe's Pizza, there's not going to be the same market friction," he says. Instead, he advises investors to assess what he calls the position-adjusted turnover: Divide the fund's total assets by the number of its holdings, for a dollar average of its holdings. "A fund with a lot of big positions tends to do poorly in terms of trading costs," Edelen says. A small-company fund with $2 billion in assets in 100 stocks, for instance, will incur more trading costs (primarily in the form of price impact) than a fund with $300 million in 100 stocks.


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SARANAC LAKE - Hungry Bear Publishing Feb. 17 released an eBook on Amazon.com's Kindle platform titled "New York's Adirondack Park: A User's Guide," by local author Andy Flynn and friends from the Adirondack Forest Preserve Education Partnership.
The "User's Guide" answers the question - "What is the Adirondack Park?"
Using the Adirondack Park's leading government, not-for-profit and historical organizations, the "User's Guide" gives the public - residents and visitors - a reference guide from respected sources that helps them responsibly use the Forest Preserve while giving them informational links to community assets, such as attractions, special events, communications, transportation, tourism organizations, and recreational opportunities. There are also helpful tips on using the Forest Preserve, hiking, camping, fishing, horseback riding, bicycling and more.
The book includes 13 of Flynn's stories from the "Adirondack Attic" book series to help illustrate the "how-to" aspects of using the Forest Preserve and give a historical perspective.
"The stories complement the resource information and educational components of this book by humanizing the 6-million-acre Adirondack Park," Flynn said. "After all, it's the people who live in Adirondack communities that make this protected place so special."
In addition to Flynn's stories, officials from the New York State Adirondack Park Agency and Department of Environmental Conservation contributed to this book, along with members of the Adirondack Forest Preserve Education Partnership: the DEC, Adirondack Regional Tourism Council, Adirondack Mountain Club, Wildlife Conservation Society, Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program, and Leading Edge.
The eBook is available for $6.99 on the Kindle platform at www.amazon.com. download.
A print version of the book is expected to be released in the summer of 2013. For more information about the "User's Guide," visit www.hungrybearpublishing.com.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 2nd Jun 2009 21:00 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
Microsoft's original plan was to release Windows 7 three years after Windows Vista, which would put the release date somewhere in January of 2010. Microsoft already made it clear that it would ship sooner, before the holiday season, but we've now got what is most likely the official release dates. Windows 7 will be released to manufacturing at the end of July, with the actual release date being set for October 22 - 2009, that is.
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So this was Forks Washington? The websites were right, it was a beautiful gloomy place. Sure I liked the rain but I needed sunshine. I was always in the sun. No I was not from Arizona or Texas, just a little town in South Carolina. Now here I am coming to live with a new family. The Cullens. They are well known and rich. I hate being a foster-child.
I sighed and walked off the plane, my bags in hand and my hood pulled up. Little Judi Kinion had to be smart and turn people in for abusing her. Why couldn't I have waited a little while longer? I was nearly at graduation. Only had my last semester to go. My smart act had led me into foster care. Yay me!
I climbed down the steps on the small plane, careful to watch my feet on the slippery surface. It would be just my luck if I got a concussion now.
A Yellow Porsche was parked some hundred feet away from my stopping point. A small girl with a pixy face and spiked hair stood leaning against the hood, running her hand lovingly over the structure. She looked up and I was startled by her eye color. It was a deep violet. A gorgeous color.
The girl jumped away from the car and danced (there really was no other word for it) her way over to me. "Hi," she greeted in a musical voice. "You must be Judi."
Was Forks full of people as beautiful as this girl?
She reached forward, pulling me into a hug. I nearly had a heart attack when she touched my skin. She was freezing. A result of the gloomy weather perhaps.
"I'm so glad you're here. Maybe I actually found someone to appreciate my shopping habits."
"I heard that," came another musical voice, this one also female.
I looked up to see another beautiful person walking towards me. She was average height, with long brown hair and an even more beautiful color of eyes. Beside her stood a small child with long bronze locks. She was adorable in so many ways.
"I'm Alice," the girl who had first greeted me said. "This is my sister Bella, and her daughter Renessmee."
Bella smiled and Renessmee copied her. I hated to admit it but Renesmee's smile was more beautiful than her mothers. I was surprised to see that she had a mouthful of teeth.
"Come with us," Alice instructed. "We'll take you home and get you something to eat. I am sure you're starving."
I nodded and handed my bags over to Bella who had suddenly appeared at my side. Maybe I wasn't paying too much attention.
I followed them all to the Porsche. "This car is---Not what I would expect to find in a town like this."
"You'll see more," Bella told me. "The Cullen family likes fast cars. This car is Alice's. We'll be more than happy to get you your own."
My cheeks burned. "Oh, I don't know about that. I couldn't inconvenience my new family with that."
"It's no inconvenience," Alice chimed from behind the wheel. "It won't even take a dent out of our money supply."
"Uhm-"I said. "OK."
"Now," Alice said. "Let's get you home so you can meet the rest of the family."
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Ottawa, ON (SportsNetwork.com) - The Ottawa Senators revealed that dynamic forward Bobby Ryan will have season-ending surgery to correct a sports hernia.
The procedure will be performed on Thursday in Montreal.
"Bobby has been dealing with the discomfort of this injury since it was sustained in November," said Senators GM Bryan Murray. "Both Bobby and our medical staff were hopeful that we could hold off from having surgery until the completion of the season, but he aggravated the condition last Saturday in Dallas to the point that surgery is now the only option.
"Bobby has worked hard to play through this injury to help his team and his teammates, and had yet to miss a game this season prior to the injury progressing to this point, so we're obviously disappointed that we won't have him available to us for the rest of the season. We're confident that he'll recover in time to have a full summer of training that will allow him to be back in our lineup and help this team be successful next season."
Ryan, brought in from Anaheim in an offseason trade to replace the offense lost when Daniel Alfredsson signed with Detroit, finished his first season in Canada's capital with 48 points along with a team-best 23 goals in 70 games.


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He's game.
That was my answer recently when trying to pinpoint the appeal of Justin Timberlake for someone who had escaped the former boy-bander's magnetic pull.
Yes, the Tennessee native developed fans for his music, both with 'N Sync and then on his subsequent solo albums, showing off a fizzy, dirty, pop-soul charm. And he has garnered some good notices for the work he has done as an actor in the last few years in films like "The Social Network" and "Black Snake Moan," digging in and trying to find characters and not simply coasting on his charisma.
But Timberlake may have broadened his fan base — and you don't get as popular as he is without both men and women in your corner — most successfully by being himself.
Or at least the version of himself that we have seen much more frequently than the actor or the musician in the last six years. The guy who, in his numerous stints on "Saturday Night Live" is unafraid of donning a goofy omelet costume, or putting his sensitive bits in a box and sending up his own image, only to turn on a dime and go toe-to-toe with Jay-Z as a swellegant crooner.
The guy who mixes it up with former "SNL" buddy Jimmy Fallon on his late-night talk show, giddily, breathlessly breaking down the history of rap with a fan's enthusiasm, a pro attitude, and an appreciation of how sloppiness and precision can complement each other.
Or the guy, who in his tour de force stint hosting the ESPY Awards in 2008, managed to razz everyone from the Celtics to Brett Favre to his own unfortunate sports blooper in 2004.
(That he was able to joke at the ESPYs about the Super Bowl halftime controversy — "I wanted to be the only dude at a football game to get to second base" — may be the best barometer of how widespread the collective good will is toward Timberlake. You will rarely see an article about Janet Jackson that doesn't mention the infamous "wardrobe malfunction" or one about Timberlake that does. And it was his song they were singing. Yes, there's a whole other conversation there about gender and race politics; but still, that's pretty impressive Teflon.)
In every instance, Timberlake exhibited a let's-go-down-swinging willingness to toss vanity aside.
He's got natural gifts and that ineffable star quality, sure, but you can tell he also believes in the power of sweat equity — of perfecting the "History of Rap" raps or his Michael McDonald impression — until they seem effortless.
Most important, he's having fun and wants you to have fun. There's an inherent invitation to what Timberlake does as opposed to a sense of pure ostentation. It's not just "Look at what I get to do!" It's "Look at what I get to do! Come along for the ride with me!"
And if you scroll back to the beginning, it was always there. You can see it in his eyes during a spoof ad for "Velmeata" ("the liquid meat that's neat to eat"), or a radically reworked version of Prince's "I Feel for You" ("It's plainly a mystical thing") with former paramour Britney Spears on the new Mickey Mouse Club, his pre-"SNL" training ground. Or in early interviews as, under a tuft of bleached curls, he managed both earnestness and goofiness in the space of a few minutes.
That Timberlake is unafraid of being the straight man as well as the butt of the joke makes him feel like a more accessible figure than stars who've ascended to his particular level in the skies.
Finally, perhaps part of the attraction is that Timberlake managed a difficult transition — boy-band teenage heartthrob to solo superstar to successful actor to name brand — not only with nimbleness and seeming humility, but without any side trips to rehab or anger management. Whether it's true or not, we get the sense that Timberlake's success is that of a nice guy finishing first. And that's an easy idea to root for.Sarah Rodman can be reached at srodman@


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Arsenal are reported to be considering a move for Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder Granit Xhaka during the January transfer window, while Manchester United have also been linked with the Swiss youngster.
Xhaka was frequently linked as a target for Arsenal and Manchester United during the summer, but Monchengladbach beat the Premier League duo to his signature when the 20-year-old joined from Basel.
But, according to Blick, Arsenal are ready to reignite the interest they had previously shown in Xhaka, and launch a move for the Switzerland international only six months after he joined Borussia Monchengladbach.
Arsene Wenger is reported to be after another creative midfielder to improve his Arsenal squad, even though the Emirates Stadium club already boast the likes of Santi Cazorla, Jack Wilshere and Mikel Arteta in that department.
Whether, like his Arsenal counterpart, Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson decides to revive his interest in Xhaka remains to be seen, but the Red Devils could do with reinforcements in midfield.
Manchester United have still yet to sign a long-term successor to Old Trafford legend Paul Scholes, who is set to retire again at the end of the season, although much is hoped of academy product Tom Cleverley.
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"It was a big eye sore," says Vicky Carter, who has lived in the Woodhill neighborhood of Lexington for more than four decades.
Nobody wants to live near a community eyesore but for years now, Carter hasn't had a choice. She's witnessed the vacant Pennington Place Apartments fall apart.
"You had fires in there, you had homeless people, teenagers, " says Carter.
But, all of that is expected to change. Signs of progress are popping up on the property with construction crews demolishing the run-down down buildings.
The Barrington Group out of Florida bought the property for $2 million dollars in January.
The President of the group says that the new apartments will be called, 300 at the Circle. There will be 300 units. The complex is designed to feel more like a home atmosphere rather than apartments.
Carter says seeing the construction trucks pass by her home is a welcome sign, "Finally, yes. I'm glad they're finally doing something with it."
People that live nearby hope that once this property is taken care of and new neighbors move in, it will help turn the reputation around here.
"In the long run, it should pay off pretty good. As long as they put it back. If they're going to put apartments back in there then they're going to be doing the landscaping so that would be good for it," Carter says.
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Lady Raiders move into first place
With a victory over Oroville last Friday, the Lady Raiders moved into first place for the Central Washington North. The victory also extended their win streak to four games.
In a rematch with Liberty Bell on Jan. 15 at home against the winless Mountain Lions, LR put on an early press which quickly led to points, but kept Liberty Bell scoreless until the last three minutes in the first quarter, which ended 25-4 for LR.
The Lady Raiders led at half 42-12 and racked up a 40-plus point lead by the quarter four, when they set the cruise control, subbed in all the non-starters and finished with a convincing win, 68-22.
"The Epperson twins are starting to pick their game level up and (Johnny) McCraigie really stepped up to fill in for Keya Fast Horse," Head Coach Wallace Pleasants noted. Katelyn Schilling took the game honors with 20 points.
Friday night was tougher. Oroville challenged Lake Roosevelt right away and took the lead in the first quarter, 15-14.
But the Lady Raiders allowed only seven points in the second to take the lead at halftime, 28-22. Oroville outscored LR 12-10 in the third quarter to cut the Lady Raider lead to 38-34.
Lake Roosevelt shut down the Hornets in the fourth, allowing only three points to the Lady Raiders' 12 and securing the 50-37 win.
The Lady Raiders looked to continue their win streak this week in two home games. They faced Bridgeport last night, and will play Manson Friday at 6 p.m. at Gailord Nelson Gym.
The Lady Raiders have a previous victory against Manson.
Central Washington 2B Standings
White Swan 10-5 4-0
Riverside Christian 7-5 3-0
Oroville 7-7 3-2
Manson 2-8 1-3
Kittitas 3-7 0-2
Bridgeport 3-9 0-3
Liberty Bell 0-12 0-4
Liberty Bell
Canedo 1, Duguay 4, Watson 0, Williams 8, Chavey 0, Darwood 0, Krumme 0, Klein 9.
Lake Roosevelt
R. Epperson 5, A. Epperson 4, Sam 10, Chaney 7, Palmer 0, Wilson 0, McCraigie 5, Laramie 13, Stanczak 4, Schilling 20.
B. Moralez 8, M. Moralez 0, Barker 9, Tietje 2, Jewett 0, Arrigoni 2, Hilderbrand 16.
Lake Roosevelt
R. Epperson 4, Sam 6, Chaney 6, Fast Horse 10, McCraigie 1, Laramie 9, Stanczak 10, Schilling 4.


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Louie talks with Harry Meeuwson, director of CETaL (Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning); and Karla Ramirez, program director of CETaL. Meeuwson & Ramirez talk about how CETaL focuses on improving teaching skills for UTEP faculty and graduate student instructors.
CETaL will be sponsoring the upcoming International Sun Conference on Teaching & Learning, February 28 & March 1, at the Tomas Rivera Conference Center in the UTEP East Union Building. Guest speakers at the conference will be Richard Pineda of the UTEP Department of Communication, and Marsha Lovett, co-author of "How Learning Works." Advance registration available at http://cetalweb.utep.edu/sun; registration also available on site the days of the conference. More information: 915-747-8793. (The deadline for submitting papers for the conference is Jan. 3.)
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Indian tourist visa in Colombo, Sri Lanka (cheaper)? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Indian tourist visa in Colombo, Sri Lanka (cheaper)? Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> India View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message sarenJoined: 19 Nov 2007Posts: 70 Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 5:35 pm Post subject: Indian tourist visa in Colombo, Sri Lanka (cheaper)? Indian tourist visa in Colombo, Sri Lanka (cheaper)? I know India needs visas for both Norwegian and Canadian nationals, and I've heard they hand out wonderfully long six-month visas. Of course, purchasing a visa in either Canada or Norway would prove expensive, maybe more than 50 euro. My question is, since I am going to Sri lanka first (and spending 10 or so days), should I apply for an Indian visa in Colombo the first day, have a look around, wait for the visa to clear, and stamped in the passport, then catch a cheap flight to Kerala, South India, just over the water? How much would an Indian visa (tourist status) cost in Colombo? Are there are special requirements needed, for example I heard applying for an Indian visa in Sub-saharan Africa requires an additional Yellow Fever vaccanination certificate, regardless of your nationality. Does India require similar paperwork from Westerners arriving via Sri Lanka as well? Thanks Back to top squindiaJoined: 13 Jun 2007Posts: 38Location: Bangalore, India Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 2:25 pm Post subject: hello I don't have personal experience getting an Indian visa outside of my home country (USA) so can't answer many of your questions. However, I have friends (Canadians) that have received their Indian visas in Sri Lanka easily. This was a few years ago and rumors are that it is getting more and more difficult to obtain a visa for India outside of one's own country. If you are able I'd say get the visa in your country to be on the safe side. squid Back to top Stephen JonesJoined: 21 Feb 2003Posts: 4124 Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:43 pm Post subject: It's normal to wait in a queue outside the Indian Embassy in Colombo for hours. That is presuming you can get past the police and army checkpoints to get onto Galle Road in the first place. The price of visas in most countries in the world is based on reciprocity. That is to say a British national will pay for an Indian visa what an Indian national pays for a British visa (and government policy over the last thirty years has meant that visas for Brits have gone from being the cheapest in the world to the most expensive). So there will probably be no saving getting the visa in Sri Lanka as opposed to getting it elsewhere. That said it's well worth taking a couple of weeks in Sri Lanka just to see the place. Back to top sarenJoined: 19 Nov 2007Posts: 70 Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:59 pm Post subject: What can I see in Sri Lanka that I can't in Southern India (Kerala), as far natural, scenic landscape photography is concerned? Back to top jivendostJoined: 09 Oct 2008Posts: 4 Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 1:18 am Post subject: Generally, I believe you must pay the visa fee based on the passport of the country you have. So since you don't have a Sri Lankan passport, you wouldn't be able to pay the same amount as a Sri Lankan national. As far as what you could see in terms of natural beauty in Sri Lanka that you can't get in India?...I haven't been to SL so I can't answer that question but I suspect that there are some naturally beautiful parts of SL that you may not be able to access because the LTTE (Tigers, for short) may get in your way. Instead of trying to beat the system, I would definitely stay on the safe side and pay the full fee especially given everyone's reaction to the recent attacks in Mumbai (if you haven't left and/or come back yet). Back to top Tiger BeerJoined: 08 Feb 2003Posts: 778Location: Hong Kong Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 3:41 pm Post subject: squindia wrote: This was a few years ago and rumors are that it is getting more and more difficult to obtain a visa for India outside of one's own country. Seriously? Is it still the case? Hard to believe, as I'd think most people going to India would be backpacking already, and may not be planning to go back home before entering India. Is that just a rumor, or any truth to that? 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I have two pumps... Medela Freestyle bought through some FSA money I needed to burn, and an Ameda Purely Yours sent by the insurance company. I was using the Freestyle, but once I came back to work last week it seemed like I got less milk every day. So, yesterday I broke out the Purely Yours to give it a shot.
I just used it for the fourth time... The diaphragm in one flange sometimes collapses a bit more with each pump until it is completely collapsed. Most of the time the diaphragms only collapse a little and then fully expand again before the next pump... but twice now it one side has done the thing where it collapses more and more until all the air has been sucked out of the diaphragm. I tried swapping the diaphragm out for a new one, and reseating the hard plastic cap thingie. I didn't try switching the valve that sits in the bottle opening because I didn't want to mess with the milk in the middle of pumping, but other than that I am not sure what else to try.
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Submission + - Devs Flay Microsoft for Withholding Windows 8.1 RTM (computerworld.com)
CWmike writes: Windows app developers are taking Microsoft to task for the company's decision to withhold Windows 8.1 until mid-October. Traditionally, Microsoft offers an RTM to developers several weeks before the code reaches the general public. On Tuesday, however, Microsoft confirmed that although Windows 8.1 has reached RTM, subscribers to MSDN will not get the final code until the public does on Oct. 17, saying it was not finished. Antoine Leblond, a Microsoft spokesman, in a blog post, 'In the past, the release to manufacturing (RTM) milestone traditionally meant that the software was ready for broader customer use. However, it's clear that times have changed.' Developers raged against the decision in comments on another Microsoft blog post, one that told programmers to write and test their apps against Windows 8.1 Preview, the public sneak peak that debuted two months ago. 'In an world inhabited by pink unicorns and pixie dust, the advice in this post would be sufficient,' said 'brianjsw,' one of several commenters. 'However, we live in the real world last time I looked out the window. In the real world, developers must have access to the RTM bits before [general availability]. The fact that Microsoft no longer seems to understand this truly frightens me.'


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Submission + - A Third of US Teenagers Text or Send Emails While Driving (cdc.gov)
SmartAboutThings writes: "The study reveals that almost a third of the US teenagers (32.8%) are texting or sending emails while driving. The guys are a bit more confident they can handle both activities, as a 34.9% percentage of the students revealed. The young ladies were a little more cautious, but not by much, as 30.4% of them are still willing to send SMSs or emails and drive at the same time."


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Sept. 11, 2010
WELLESLEY, MA -- Sophomore Megan Turchi (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA) launched a direct kick from 25 yards out into the back of the net to propel Wellesley College past the University of Massachusetts Boston, 2-1 in double overtime this afternoon on the Wellesley College campus.
After the first overtime ended without a winner, Turchi's goal came 1:39 into the second overtime period, following a UMass Boston foul that resulted in the free kick. The goal was the first of the season for Turchi, who finished second on the Blue in scoring in 2009.
Wellesley got on the board first, as freshman Ariel Chao (Carlsbad, CA) continued her three-game scoring streak with a goal in the 17th-minute of play. Chao was assisted by classmate Ava Mokhtari (Eden Prairie, MN).
The Blue's early lead would stand until the Beacons knotted the game at 1-1 in the 59th minute of play. Freshman forward Ally Modzelewski (Newtown, CT) tallied the equalizer for UMass-Boston after finishing a through-ball from freshman forward Tayla Andrews (Plymouth, MA).
In the first overtime period, Wellesley recorded a 3-1 shot advantage, but neither team could find the back of the net. For the game, the Blue out-shot the Beacons, 24-8.
UMass-Boston keeper Katie Coscia (Pittsfield, MA) played a solid game, tallying a career-high eight saves. Wellesley netminder Sarah Gray (Montclair, VA) picked up two saves on the afternoon.
The victory sends the Blue (3-1) to tomorrow's championship game of the Wellesley Invitational to face St. Lawrence at 1:30pm. UMass-Boston (2-1) will play Simmons in the consolation game at 11:00am. St. Lawrence earned a 5-0 victory over the Sharks in first game of the day to advance to the title game.
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WCSU campus bells to toll 26 times on Friday morning
DANBURY, CONN. — In response to a proclamation signed by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy declaring Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, a "Day of Mourning," Western Connecticut State University will ring the bells atop Alumni Hall on the Midtown campus 26 times to commemorate the students and teachers whose lives were taken at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The bells will begin to chime on White Street at 9:30 a.m.
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The odds are firming that Daniel Geale's next defence of his IBF world title will be against Victorian challenger Sam Soliman.
Geale had talks with his manager Bill Treacy and US-based promoter Gary Shaw earlier this week and an announcement on his next fight is expected within a few days.
``A fight with Sam Soliman was one of the things we discussed and there were a few other options as well,'' Geale said.
``There are still a few things to work out, but we're moving along.''
Soliman earned the right to fight Geale when he scored a unanimous decision over former WBA middleweight title holder Felix Sturm in Germany.
Soliman claimed on his return to Australia that a world title fight with Geale had already been locked in and he was just waiting for the date.
He indicated the fight would be in his home city of Melbourne sometime in May.
But yesterday Geale discounted Melbourne as the venue if the fight did go ahead.
``It won't be in Melbourne, I prefer Sydney, but there are a couple of other places as well including Brisbane,'' he said.
Geale fought Anthony Mundine at the Sydney Entertainment Centre last month before a crowd estimated at 9000.
``I haven't heard what the official crowd was but the suggestion was about 9000 which was good''.
Geale has the option of either defending his title in the US or Europe but said one of the lures in taking on Soliman was that he wouldn't have to relinquish his IBF belt.
Under IBF rules Geale has 90 days to fulfil a mandatory defence and Soliman became the number one challenger after his defeat of Sturm.
``I don't want to be stripped of another belt by not fighting him.''
Geale unified the middleweight division when he defeated Sturm last September to hold both the WBA and IBF titles, but was later relieved of the WBA belt when he decided to fight Mundine in preference of Russian challenger Gennady Golovkin.
Geale said he was ready to return to full training after his January 30 demolition of Anthony Mundine.
In the meantime he has had early starts each morning accompanying his youngest daughter Lilyarna to her first kindergarten classes.
``I'm getting used to getting up early,'' he said.


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GIO FragFest: Camaraderie through digital bloodshed
Because I was in a hurry before, I put the wrong date in the title. And I guess forum posts can't be edited? >_>
Date: Sept. 08, 2012
Time: 5pm PST / 8pm EST
Platform: Xbox 360
To Join: Just send a friend request to "Xscapist" with the words "BrinkFest" and what name you go by on GIO here, and I'll add you to the list. Since the largest size match is 8-on-8, we'll probably be limited to 16 slots...but I don't really expect that many people to turn out, so it shouldn't be a problem.
I'm severely tempted to get it, but unfortunately I'm not going to be home Saturday.
I picked up my copy through the Best Buy deal, but opted for delivery so, still waiting on it to show up. Should be here today or tomorrow though so I think we're good.
If you don't have it by Saturday, I can push the date back...there could be others who might be waiting on shipping as well.
Tracking projects Monday (9/10) as the delivery date >:/ perhaps another week would be good though, see if we can't rouse a bit more interest in the mean time.
If we do it a different day I'll be much more likely to be able to join.
Not necessarily a different day of the week, I'll just be at a festival Saturday.
Next Saturday sound good then? I'll make a blog post tomorrow morning with the new date, and restating the case for Brink.


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PHOENIX (AP) — Jodi Arias' effort to get the death penalty option in her murder case temporarily set aside was met Friday with a swift rejection from the Arizona Supreme Court in a one-sentence response denying the motion filed just hours earlier.
Arias is charged in the June 2008 stabbing and shooting death of her lover in his suburban Phoenix home. She claims self-defense, while authorities say she planned the attack in a jealous rage. Testimony has been ongoing since early January.
After failing to win a mistrial or stay of the death penalty option in the lower court earlier this year, her defense attorneys sought relief Friday from the state's highest court, which quickly rejected it. Her trial is set to continue Monday with the death penalty still on the table if prosecutors can secure a first-degree murder conviction.
Arias' attorneys argued in early January before Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens, who is overseeing the trial, that the lead detective on the case perjured himself during a pretrial hearing aimed at determining whether the death penalty should be considered an option for jurors.
Mesa police Detective Esteban Flores testified at the hearing that based on his own review of the scene, and a discussion with the medical examiner, it was apparent that Alexander had been shot in the forehead first. Arias then repeatedly stabbed and slashed him 27 times and slit his throat, he said.
However, shortly before the trial began, the prosecution changed its theory of how the killing occurred, stating that Arias first stabbed Alexander, slit his throat and in a final savage salvo, shot him in the head. Their story aimed to undercut Arias' claim of self-defense by noting the sheer brutality of the attack.
Arias' attorneys claim she shot Alexander first to fend off his attack on her, but the bullet didn't stop him, forcing her to continue to fight for her life by stabbing him, which they are hoping could lead to a conviction on a lesser second-degree murder charge or even an unlikely acquittal.
Contrary to Flores' testimony at the previous hearing, a medical examiner later told jurors the gunshot probably would have incapacitated Alexander. So given his extensive defense wounds, including stab marks and slashes to his hands, arms and legs, it wasn't likely the shot came first.
The detective later acknowledged that he misunderstood the medical examiner in his mistaken testimony, but he never admitted committing perjury.
Stephens denied the mistrial motion and testimony continued.
Prosecutors declined comment Friday. Defense attorneys have not responded to a telephone message from The Associated Press.
Arias, 32, has been on the witness stand for nine days, describing in painstaking detail specifics of her life in the years leading up the killing — from an abusive childhood to dead-end jobs. Yet when asked to detail events from the day she killed Alexander, Arias drew a blank, noting there were "huge gaps" in her memory from that day.
She has said she only remembers shooting at him, putting a knife in the dishwasher and disposing of the gun in the desert as she drove from Arizona on her way to Utah to see a friend. And she immediately began planning an alibi "to "throw the scent off for a little while."
Arias' grandparents reported a .25 caliber handgun stolen from their Northern California house about a week before the killing — the same caliber used to shoot Alexander — but Arias claims to know nothing about the burglary. She says she brought no weapons to Alexander's home on the day she killed him, again attempting to undercut the prosecution's theory of premeditation.
During her cross-examination Thursday, the exchanges grew so heated that the judge admonished Arias and prosecutor Juan Martinez to stop talking over each other. Arias smirked at times, while Martinez stammered in frustration.
"Do you have memory problems, ma'am?" Martinez asked.
"Sometimes," Arias replied.
Martinez hammered back, noting it's puzzling that she can't remember such crucial details to the case, yet "can tell us what kind of coffee you bought at Starbucks sometime back in 2008."
Arias first told authorities she knew nothing about Alexander's death. She later blamed it on masked intruders before eventually settling on self-defense. She now says she remembers Alexander in a rage, body slamming her and chasing her around his home.
She said she grabbed a gun from his closet, and fired it as they tussled. She had no explanation for the multiple stab wounds and slit throat.
However, according to court records, she previously told police before her trial began that Alexander was unconscious after she shot him, but then "crawled around and was stabbed."


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Think about this: In his last 55 games, Mike D'Antoni is 22-33 with Carmelo Anthony, Amare Stoudemire, Tyson Chandler, Kobe Bryant, and Dwight Howard.
Mike D'Antoni is quickly becoming the Eric Mangini of the NBA. "My way or the highway" ineptitude. Who looks at Dwight and Kobe - the quinetssential half-court NBA players - and says "gee, can't wait to run a 7 second offense with these guys!"
If I'm Mitch Kupchak I fire Mike D'Antoni today.
Think about this: In his last 55 games, Mike D'Antoni is 22-33 with Carmelo Anthony, Amare Stoudemire, Tyson Chandler, Kobe Bryant, and Dwight Howard.
Got through the obvious trap game with a win last night.
Bring on the Linsanities
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Lin showed tonight he was no fluke. 22-8-4 in a convincing win over the Knicks. I'm a die-hard Knicks fan but I love this guy.
Knicks beat Nets again. Fluid passing, excellent D - did any of us ever think we'd see this again in our lifetimes after the Layden/Isiah years?
How'd it feel for Nets fans in the 3rd Q?
Was like a Globetrotter / Generals game for a bit
So happy Melo played and was healthy. Excellent bounce back win.
Melo and Tyson bring it every night. It seems that if a third player plays well then the Knicks win by double digits.
Lol at Knick fans beating their chests in Dec. I have never met a fanbase or organization that acts so arrogant yet have won jack in their franchise history. The Knicks are almost as bad as the Jets as a franchise. Funny chants at the garden? How about the "Fake NYer" chants Melo got at Barclays? Now THAT's funny...


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Jenkins sparks Maiden to first home win
Searching for a boost against St. Stephens, Maiden turned to Will power.
Senior Will Jenkins, who had 243 yards on the ground coming into Friday's game, rushed for 157 yards on eight carries and returned a kickoff 94 yards for a score. That performance helped surge the Blue Devils (2-2) to their first home win of the season, 36-10, against the Indians (0-4).
"It was a good win," said Blue Devils coach Brian Brown. "We needed it. Will is playing as good as anyone that we've got. He is a playmaker. We've got to get the ball in his hands in different ways. We did a little bit tonight. He's a good player, a senior and has been on the varsity three years. We expect that. It's no surprise to us. It may be to other people."
Jenkins, who was involved in a car accident earlier in the day with four other Blue Devils, credited his teammates for his performance.
"Our line blocked really well tonight," Jenkins said. "They gave me some good holes to run through. Especially on the kickoff returns. They blocked well. I just used my speed and ran it back. I just made some plays."
Maiden struggled early. A promising first drive stalled and the Blue Devils had to settle for a 28-yard field goal from Ian Oliver.
St. Stephens also struggled offensively against the Maiden defense in the first half, netting 22 yards of offense, including -26 yards by quarterback Ky'rawn Whitfield (-7 passing, -19 rushing).
"Defense played well," Brown said. "Every day at practice, it seemed like we had a different set of linebackers in there. We still have people out and people dinged up. We are moving people around, trying to find the right pieces to the puzzle. I think they played well tonight. I think our defensive coaches did a great job."
After getting the ball back for their second possession, Maiden's drive again stalled. The Blue Devils settled for a 40-yard attempt by Oliver, but the try was missed on fourth down.
The third drive was the charm for the home-standing Blue Devils. Following a 32-yard field goal by St. Stephens' Nick Bryant, Jenkins took the ensuing kickoff 94 yards for the score.
Jenkins continued to spark his team two possessions later, when Maiden took the ball 49 yards in three plays. Included in the drive was a 31-yard run by Jenkins and a 7-yard touchdown run by Caleb Ikard, to put the Blue Devils ahead 17-3 at halftime. Jenkins finished the half with 72 yards of total offense, including 65 rushing yards on four carries and one catch for 12 yards.
"We challenged our kids," Brown said. "We felt like we have good character kids that aren't going to lay down on us. We had our backs to the wall, came and played tonight. I know St. Stephens hasn't won a game, but they aren't a bad team. They haven't given up a lot of points and have played people close. I thought we played well tonight after the loss last week."
The Indians offensive outlook changed in the second half. Quarterback Matt Williams delivered a 38-yard pass to open the half, but the drive led to no points. The team's second drive of the half worked to perfection.
St. Stephens drove 80 yards in 13 plays, including 52 rushing yards from Jon Sweet. He finished the drive with his longest run — a 13-yard scamper — to cut the Blue Devil lead to 23-10. Sweet finished the game with 26 carries for 100 yards and a touchdown.
Answering back immediately, the Blue Devils put the game away by scoring on consecutive drives, going 51 and 47 yards for scores. Ikard rushed for a 19-yard score, his second of the game. Grant Yowe added a nine-yard touchdown run. Ikard finished with 10 carries for 50 yards and two touchdowns.
"I thought we played really hard," said Indians coach Fred Whalen. "I thought we actually came out with a little more fire than last week. It's tough to lose a game when Maiden is ramming it down our throat with our offense, which we see every single day. Offensively, we got in the red zone five times and got 10 points. We've got to score when we get down there."
The Blue Devils will try to use the win going into next week's conference opener and annual rivalry against Newton-Conover.
"It was really big win," Jenkins said. "It's a good momentum swing. It just gives us momentum going into the conference. Newton-Conover is a big rival. We just want to beat them."


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Call it "Something for Everyone."
The second annual Mt. Hood Independent Film Festival runs Nov. 8-10 on five screens at four locations in downtown Hood River, and will present short and full-length films from Hood River to Iran, with student, experimental, adult and adventure films filling the fare. A family-themed segment has been added this year.
Admission runs from $15 for daily passes to VIP passes for $100. "Rush" tickets for individual shows are made available for $10.
(See columbiaarts.org to order and for details.)
Saturday's slate of 3-D films and a workshop and presentation on the art of 3-D will be one highlight of the festival, this year with more than 100 films. A jury chose from nearly 300 films submitted to MHIFF. MHIFF is one of only five in the U.S. with a 3-D component, according to festival director Catherine Butler.
"We have more films this year, and some really strong short films," Butler said.
The films run the gamut of genres, interest areas and appeals; on the other end of the spectrum from the family films in the library are Student Adult Themes, which include sci-fi and other genres not appropriate for young people to see. The Adults Only segment features mature films, NC-17 among them, and horror.
Local films include "Jordan's Watch" and "Libel" by Zach Zoller, and Dan McCabe's "7 Minutes of Heaven," shot for the Hood River 48-Hour Film Festival last summer. It shows at 7 p.m. Sunday at Skylight.
"It's such a fun movie, all done in one shot," Butler said.
Other local films are "Rainforest Waters," by David Saget, who also did "Ghostfish," shown in the family films; and "Stroker," by Manny Marquez.
The three-day festival includes "Curfew," which won the Oscar for Best Short Live film in 2012, a narrative about an uncle and niece, being made into full-length film.
Kicking off the festival on Friday at Columbia Center for the Arts are three films including "Walking the Camano," by Lydia Smith, which won Best Documentary at Ashland Film Festival. It is about the pilgrimage to the famed shrine in Spain, and a group of people who have just finished hiking the Camano are scheduled to speak. They are friends of Arlene Burns, a film festival supporter.
The kickoff starts with a 6 p.m. reception, and the first screening at the arts center at 7 p.m., rounded out by "Je Veux," ("I Want,") which documents a French pop singer climbing with her band to the top of Mount Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps, and performing from the peak; and "Avery Hill," a 3-minute film about the singer by the same name. Hill is scheduled to perform in the lobby during the kickoff.
Filmmakers are expected at 13 of the segments, and several segments include Q-and-A discussions.
Films are presented in thematic segments including "Empowered Women," "Connect to Nature," "Church of Music," "Profiles of People," "Adults Only" and "Power Shorts." The segments generally reflect common themes or similar styles.
"I try to give them a name so people have some idea," Butler said.
"Rocking Docs" is a segment featuring one of the festival's strong suits: documentaries.
Some of the intriguing titles include "High and Hallowed," (83 minutes) about the 1963 first ascent of Mount Everest by an American mountaineering team; filmmaker David Norton will be present.
"Duk County" tells the story of doctors who went to the new nation of South Sudan to help a village cure blindness. "More Than Two Hours," a 15-minute film from Iran, shown at Cannes, showcases a couple trying to get medical treatment, by pretending they're married.
"Not Anymore" documents a Syrian woman's efforts to photograph, wearing a bullet-proof vest and her helmet, the civil war raging in her country.
The Saturday 3-D segment features Jesse Blanchard, who invented the Roberts rig 3-D camera. He chose Springhouse Cellar as venue for the 3-D segment, because the audience needs to only face forward.
On Saturday, representatives of the Portland animation studio Laika ("Coraline," the upcoming "Box Troll") will give a 5 p.m. presentation followed by Blanchard's 6:30 p.m. workshop. Butler said the sessions will focus on how you make a 3-D film, including animation, and how to project in 3-D.
A selection of short 3-D films will start at 7. The films will include "Shine," screened in 2-D at the Portland Film Festival.
The same venues as 2012 are to be used this year: Springhouse, Skylight Theatre and the main theatre and studio at CCA. Added this year is Hood River Library, where a group of family films will be shown on Saturday at 1 p.m., for discounted $5 admission.
Butler said there are eight local films this year, fewer than last year, but they include a workshop by Hood River's Manny Marquez, who will present his documentary "Stroker," on cartoonist Tom Medley, whose work was well-known in Hot Rod Magazine for many years. Marquez works for About Face Media, which does commercial documentaries.
Marquez will give a workshop on Saturday on making music videos, of which he has made more than 40.
Festival co-director Dan McCabe selected a variety of films for one segment, "Dan's Potpourri."
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