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November 19, 2012
After the president's re-election, a slew of racist comments appeared on Twitter and Facebook. Guest host Celeste Headlee discusses some of the legal and privacy issues raised when people vent online. She speaks with Rey Junco of Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society and The Root's Political Correspondent Keli Goff.


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Reaching for Resilience
When the rain finally comes to Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, Papa Bear worries that his half-built cistern will cave in. It's a muddy pile of bricks at the moment that will eventually provide water for two family households. Ali, sitting next to him on a sofa in the Common House, looks gratefully through the window at the half-mist of spring droplets, thinking of a thirsty patch of vegetables outside her miniature house. In the hall, another resident adjusts the color on the energy board from green to yellow–a code that limits electricity use in the solar-powered Common House during days of foggy rain.
There's little cushioning from the rhythms of nature in this Northeastern Missouri intentional community, where more than 50 residents share 280 acres of forest, meadows, and lakes.
Founded in 1997 on the principles of respect for the land and one another, what was once a fledgling group of eco-pioneers, encamped on land that hummed with wildlife but little else, has grown into an eclectic mash-up of architecture– and people–that takes advantage of what that land provides.
Though the community has proven its resilience for 13 years, residents recognize the need to fortify already existing social, economic, and ecological systems so that they can continue to stand when times get stormy.
Take a tour through 10 ways that "Rabbits" reach for resilience: View the slideshow.
Photos by DéSha Metschke and Brian Liloia
- Photos, videos, articles, and more from A Resilient Community, the Fall 2010 issue of YES! Magazine.
- A Hand-Built House
No fortune? No skills? No problem. How a Dancing Rabbit novice builder used mud–and teamwork–to make a house from scratch.
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We can strengthen our communities and ourselves to prepare for the uncertain world of failing economies, climate change, and oil depletion.
- Visit Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage's website.

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This practical challenge invites you to investigate the different
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This activity investigates how you might make squares and pentominoes from Polydron.
If you had 36 cubes, what different cuboids could you make?
Play the game below a few times with a friend.
Now begin to think about your strategy, in other words, how you can make sure you win.
If the first player takes the middle counter from the first column on the left, how could the second player make sure he or she wins?
If the first player removes the middle counter in the second column to start with, what should the second player do to win the game?
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The ambitious timetable for moving forward with Farmers Field -- and in turn bringing the NFL to LA -- is running into obstacles, officials in Los Angeles City Hall and developer AEG acknowledged.
But they reject the notion that "The Downtown LA Stadium Project Looks Like a No-Go for the NFL," as the headline reads on a Yahoo sports article posted late Monday.
"I don't think it's dead. I think there's still negotiations. I think the sale of AEG has slowed things down," said Jan Perry, member of the LA City Council and mayoral candidate. Perry chaired the adhoc committee that reviewed the Farmers Field project for the city.
By now, AEG -- the Anschutz Entertainment Group -- had previously hoped to have an agreement with an NFL team, the lynchpin for proceeding with groundbreaking.
AEG is the sports and entertainment behemoth that owns both Staples Center and LA Live and would build Farmers Field adjacent to them on the site of the Convention Center's West Hall. A new convention center hall would be built as part of the project.
But just days before the City Council signed off last September, AEG's billionaire owner Philip Anschutz created uncertainty by putting the company up for sale.
At the time, Tim Leiweke, AEG's president and CEO, acknowledged ownership needs to be settled before the NFL and a team will sign on.
Leiweke is currently in London on business and could not be reached for comment, according to his office.
A bidding process is under way among AEG's suitors, with the second round recently being completed, according to a source of NBC4's Fred Roggin.
Potential buyers include billionaire M.D. Patrick Soon-Shiong, and the Guggenheim group that last year bought baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers and Dodger Stadium.
AEG is not commenting on the bids nor revealing whether any meet the expectations of Anschutz.
Beyond the Farmers Field delay that hinges on resolving AEG's ownership, the Yahoo Sports article contended there is concern about adequate revenues from the Farmers Field business plan.
"The numbers just don't work, no matter how you look at the deal," the article attributed to an unnamed "league source."
AEG has proposed buying a minority stake in whichever NFL team would agree to move to the Southland.
Except in the case of privately owned stadiums, the NFL traditionally prefers to have the stadium and team under the same ownership, said David Carter, executive director of USC's Sports Business Institute.
It seems clear the Farmers Field project would grow more profitable over time, but "It would be a razor-thin margin at first," Carter said.
"I think it really boils down to economics and what's the structure of the deal. And those may be some of the things getting in the way at this point," he added. "But again, it's too early to tell whether that's legitimately in the way, or if it's more of a smokescreen."
Depending on the needs of the NFL and the incoming team, AEG has indicated a willingness to negotiate the sharing of such revenue streams as concessions and luxury boxes, according to an AEG source.
AEG would also consider buying a team outright, if the opportunity presents, the source said.
But with it approaching two decades since the now-Oakland Raiders left Los Angeles without an NFL team in 1994, City Hall is becoming philosophical about the prospect of the NFL actually returning this time.
"The NFL decides where they want to be," said veteran councilmember Tom LaBonge.
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Primal Pastures in the heart of Wine Country was expecting an intimate gathering Saturday, a "potluck" luncheon to introduce their farm to that niche community of people who prefer to eat free-range, all-natural meat products.
Then 150 people showed up.
"This just confirms what I already knew," said farm owner Tom McDaniel, who about a year ago started a chicken-and-egg operation with his family on one acre wedged in the hills between wineries. "There's a tremendous market for people who want to know where their food is coming from."
Saturday's event offered tours of the ranch, including a show-and-tell of the equipment used to "process" the chickens, as McDaniel likes to call it. The ranch features three fenced-in, relocatable coops that offer small chicks, the larger "meat birds" intended for food, and egg-laying chickens fresh plots of grass to feed on.
All was on display as attendees sat in chairs along folding tables in the grass, the aroma of a charcoal barbecue mixing with that of livestock.
"This is the way people used to live," said Tom McDaniel's son Rob, or "Farmer Rob," as he likes to be called.
He said he takes time between his college studies to help on his father's new farm.
"We got so used to processed foods that we forgot that this is how it used to be," he said.
As Rob McDaniel spoke of the importance of knowing where one's food comes from, his brother-in-law Paul Greive, or "Farmer Paul," told an all-ages audience of his own experience with learning how optimal health and unprocessed foods go hand-in-hand.
Greave looked around and added: "It's awesome where this revolution is going."
And a revolution it is, according to Kathy Lynch, Temecula chapter leader of the Weston A. Price Foundation, a nonprofit co-founded by Sally Fallon Morell and nutritionist Mary G. Enig. That nonprofit, which sponsored Saturday's potluck lunch, tries to teach others about the importance of healthful eating, Lynch said.
"An event like this helps build a community and to teach people about farming," she added.
Hoping to pick up a lesson or two was Ted Knight, 68, a Big Bear resident who drove down from the San Bernardino Mountains to find out more about chickens and eggs.
"We're thinking of getting about six chickens at home to lay eggs," he said.
Knight said he had a heart attack three years ago and hasn't eaten a cheeseburger since.
"I met a holistic doctor who showed me how to eat," he said, carrying a plate piled high with colorful, aromatic side dishes featuring vegetables such as kale, artichokes, tomatoes and more.
"This is home cooking to me," he added.
Nearby, Anne-Emilie Gold, six months pregnant, fed her 22-month-old son, Theo, bits of banana bread that were "paleo-style" — free of grains.
The family, of Solana Beach, tends to eat all organic and grass-fed, and she buys as much as she can from local farmers markets. A day at an actual farm was something she and her husband, Steve, looked forward to.
"Something like this lets me know that I am not alone," said the expectant mother. "I like to know there's a community that thinks the way I do."
Meanwhile, those who run Primal Pastures see that community growing beyond the supply. The operation started as an idea one year ago.
"We were just sitting around on Easter and thought, 'Let's do this,'" Rob McDaniel said.
Fast-forward a few months, and the McDaniels didn't have enough chicken to serve guests Saturday because what was in their freezer was already sold.
They said they intend to expand the ranch to include locally raised beef, lamb, pork and turkey as soon as they can relocate to 40 to 80 acres of irrigated land.
Tom McDaniel said he is considering property in Hemet.
"Marketing is not a problem because we know that in Southern California, people want the healthiest food possible," he said.


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- Stylish design
- Great screen quality
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BlackBerry has been up against it recently, its handsets really only holding their own based on people's love of the form factor and their abilities at basic phone duties. When it came to apps, web browsing, and other smartphone fripperies, though, they lagged well behind. Research In Motion hopes to change all that with its latest handset, the BlackBerry Bold 9900. Available now for around £415 SIM free, it's not cheap but is just about on the money for a premium handset.
RIM has made some interesting design decisions with the Bold 9900. Gone is the leatherette back, replaced by a carbon fibre panel. The shiny chrome strip of old has been replaced by an iPhone 4-aping stainless steel band that no longer loops round the front and back like on its predecessor, the BlackBerry Bold 9780, but harks back to the original Bold 9000 by only encircling the front. The edges of the back have also been bevelled and given a soft touch matt black plastic finish. The result is a phone that looks at first glance very familiar but up close retains a modern vibe – the carbon fibre is a particularly nice touch.
The design changes haven't affected the phone's build quality either – this is possibly the best-built BlackBerry yet. Everything just fits perfectly, with no hint of wobble anywhere. There's a little flex in the carbon fibre panel but this doesn't concern us. It also remains very comfortable and secure, the bevelled edges allowing the phone to nestle, rather than dig, into your hand. The lock button that sits on the top edge is a bit of a stretch, though, and is recessed a little too much, making it a little awkward. This is a little annoying as it's a function you use everyday.
Otherwise the general layout and selection of buttons and other external features is excellent. On the right edge you have volume buttons flanking a play/pause button and a camera button. That play/pause button allows you to play or pause your music without unlocking your phone, which is immensely useful – this is even more convenient than the iPhone, and much more than most alternatives offer. The camera button is also very handy as it will launch the camera app when pressed, enabling you to get to taking a photo with just two button clicks – unlock then camera button. It's not quite as convenient as just holding down the camera button as on Windows Phone handsets but it's just as speedy.
On the left edge is the microUSB socket, which is used for data transfer and charging, and – rather annoyingly – the headphone jack. Having the socket here means that your headphones stick out at an awkward angle, making it a pain to get the phone in your pocket, unless you have an angled headphone jack.
Get through the challenge of prising the back plate off and you can access the rather modest 1230mAh battery or add a microSD card to bolster the phone's 8GB of inbuilt storage with up to 32GB more (40GB max total). You can't swap either the SIM or microSD card without removing the battery, though. Above the back cover is the camera, along with its LED flash.
A nice bonus is the decent leatherette case included in the box, along with a modular charger (UK and AU plugs), a separate USB cable and a headset with inline mic and remote – for answering calls and play/pausing music – and an angled jack.
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This week in fashion law: Céline Dion = IP bully?, Forever 21 sued (again) for knockoffs, and the fashion copyfight turns nasty
Without further ado (actually, without any ado at all), this week in fashion law:
Smells like a bully
Céline Dion's team has launched a PR blitz for her latest scent, "Signature." In yesterday's WWD, a representative from Céline's perfume supplier waxed poetic: "The fragrance category is all about dreams, and Céline Dion has shown repeatedly that she is an icon who touches people."
The latest person touched by Céline, or at least by her lawyers, is Nick Angiolillo, the creator of the blog "Ridiculous Pictures of Céline Dion", which
is was exactly what it sounds like...
One week ago, Angiolillo received a cease-and-desist letter demanding that the entire blog be taken down. Angiolillo did not reveal the specific legal claims made in the letter, but they're likely to be claims for copyright (which fail on various grounds, including that the photographers who took the photos, or their media outlet employers—and not Céline—own any relevant copyrights) and for "right of publicity" (which fail because some commercial use is virtually always required for such a claim—not to mention the First Amendment limitations on the right.) The blog's final post also laments, insightfully, that its content might very well have been "within the realm of 'fair use,'" but explains that there wasn't time or money to respond to
the IP bullies Céline's people through an attorney.
After hearing the news, IP activist blog techdirt asked, rhetorically, "how thin skinned and vain a celebrity must you be to shut down a blog showing funny pictures of you?" My guess: this has less to do with vanity and more to do with the estimated $40 million in revenue generated by Céline's seven existing fragrances this year alone—along with the rest of her even more lucrative empire.
Wait, does this episode remind you of anything? Like, say, a recent dustup between Forever 21 and another harmless parody blog created by a onetime fan?
Forever infringing
Speaking of Forever 21 and intellectual property, the company was in the news yet again this week for ripping off others' designs. The latest victim: Feral Childe, which has sued Forever 21 for reproducing FC's hand-drawn "Teepees" print to the, well, Tee. (Fabric patterns, unlike fashion design in general, are protected by copyright under existing law.)
Why does this keep happening, you might wonder? In connection with a probing article published on Sunday, The Guardian interviewed Forever 21's founder and determined that the company's intellectual property policy sounds something like this: "[F21's] buyers simply trust their vendors not to copy other labels' designs." Naïveté aside, it's important to point out that this policy is legally ineffective: civil copyright and trademark infringement are "strict liability" offenses, usually requiring no knowledge on the part of a direct infringer—as Forever 21 should have learned over the course of the 50+ infringement lawsuits brought against it in the last decade. But it's quite possible that money, not stupidity, is the main determinant here: as Professor Susan Scafidi speculated in an interview with Jezebel on Wednesday, this might all be part of the company's business model—and the strategy could even be cheaper than a hypothetical approach that included paying for licenses.
The fashion copyfight takes a nasty turn
You might remember that the CFDA and some of its more loyal members headed down to D.C. last week for a House subcommittee hearing on the latest legislation that would grant additional intellectual property protection to unique fashion designs. (Afterward, the consensus seemed to be that there was not much new to say, and thus not much new said, on either side of the issue.) The bill has been controversial ever since it emerged in a broader form four years ago, but since last week's hearing, the debate has turned downright nasty.
Steven Kolb, Executive Director of the CFDA, the bill's biggest champion, tweeted on Wednesday that he found it "[a]stonishing how some academics claim knowledge of how an industry works just to make a name for him her self." Presumably, Kolb was referring to Christopher Sprigman of the University of Virginia, who testified in opposition to the bill at last Friday's hearing. Sprigman first entered the copyright-for-fashion fray in 2006 when he co-authored a provocative paper titled "The Piracy Paradox" (the paradox being that the fashion industry arguably benefits from piracy by virtue of the "induced obsolescence" it causes, which speeds up the production and consumption cycle.)
But barbs have been coming from the other side of the debate, too, with academics targeting academics. An anonymous blogger known as "untenuredcolleague," who has written that "[t]he campaign to enact copyright protection for fashion is looking more and more like a rat's nest of corruption," followed up the hearing with accusations of plagiarism against academics who have advocated for increased protection against knockoffs.
This can only get uglier.
And in other news
- David LaChapelle's copyright case against Rihanna for allegedly lifting imagery from his photographs for her "S&M" music video will move forward, albeit with LaChapelle's trademark and unfair competition claims dismissed. Rihanna's attorneys apparently failed to persuade the court that the singer had only used LaChappelle's ideas and not his expression.
- A court win for Crocs reminds us that patents, though infrequently discussed in the context of apparel, can be useful. Unfortunately, the ruling likely indicates that some people are still wearing Crocs.
- The vagaries of this deal-driven, licensing-mad fashion world might lead the "Joseph Abboud" label right back into the arms of… Joseph Abboud. And it could be a chilly reunion.
- A Florida school board has voted to ban "extreme hairstyles," "unnatural hair colors," and "disruptive makeup" from its district. This falls on the heels of another constitutionally questionable policy choice, in the form of a bill that would ban "saggy pants" throughout the
PoliceSunshine State.
- In the case that everyone who can afford $800 shoes is watching, Christian Louboutin filed its reply brief on Tuesday, claiming that Yves Saint Laurent's only excuse at the end of the day is that "fashion made them do it." The briefing culminated in a showdown in Manhattan federal court on Friday, which LOF summarized here; though the judge expressed serious concerns about Louboutin's position, he reserved judgment on Loub's requested preliminary injunction pending further reflection.
Tune in next week for my roundup of colorful fashion law news -- and remember, as always, that you can get the scoop one day sooner by reading my Friday CATWALK JUSTICE column on Styleite.com.
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ITHACA, NY — Ithaca College's Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF) will bring Enrico Aditjondro, the Southeast Asia editor of "EngageMedia," one of the most influential social media projects in the Asia-Pacific region, to campus for a four-day residence. From Oct. 5 through 8, Aditjondro will visit classes; meet with faculty, staff and students; and conduct a discussion-oriented workshop entitled "EngageMedia: Social Justice and Environmental Issues in the Asia Pacific." Free and open to the public, the workshop will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 6, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Park Hall 220.
Using the power of video, the internet and free software technologies to create social and environmental change, "EngageMedia" works with independent filmmakers, video activists, technologists, campaigners and social movements to generate wider audiences for their vital messages about social injustice in the Asia-Pacific region.
"We aim to demystify and provide access to new video distribution technologies, create an online archive of independent video productions using open content licenses and form a peer network of video makers, educators and screening organizations," Aditjondro said.
Aditjondro started his journalism career in 1998 with "The Maritime Workers' Journal" in Sydney, reporting on labor issues and the shipping industry. Two years later he moved to Jakarta, joining the Southeast Asia Press Alliance while also traveling and working in Timor-Leste with UNESCO and UNTAET. In 2005, he served as the Southeast Asia Representative for the International News Safety Institute and also cofounded and became managing editor for "Paras Indonesia," a bilingual social-political website. Having joined "EngageMedia" in 2009, he is now based in Jakarta, writing, producing films and maintaining the Southeast Asia content for "EngageMedia."
More information on "EngageMedia" is available at http://www.engagemedia.org. For more information on FLEFF, visit htpp://www.ithaca.edu/fleff.
Aditjondro's visit is sponsored by FLEFF and the Departments of Politics, Health Promotion and Physical Education, with additional support from the Society for the Humanities at Cornell University.
Launched in 1997, the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival was an outreach project from the Center for the Environment at Cornell University. In 2005, the festival moved permanently to Ithaca College where it is housed in the Division of Interdisciplinary and International Studies as a program to link intellectual inquiry and debate to larger global issues.


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The Bluffton High boys basketball team routed rival Hilton Head Island 67-45 in non-region play Friday night.
The host Bobcats got 14 points from Demetrius Smalls and nine apiece from C.J. Frazier, Marquis Webber and Harlan Kendrick.
Bluffton (3-1) beat the Seahawks 48-33 in their first meeting Dec. 7.
Hilton Head won the girls game 45-37. Bluffton fell to 0-4 for the season.
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Jurgen Braehmer remains on course for a long-awaited showdown with Nathan Cleverly after claiming a contentious points victory over Edward Gutknecht in Berlin.
Braehmer came out on top against the European champion, who made a strong start to the WBO light-heavyweight eliminator but was worn down by the German's power from the midway point of the fight.
With both men flagging in the late rounds there was some surprise when Braehmer was awarded the fight by unanimous decision after fielding some heavy blows from Gutknecht, though the penalty handed to the younger man for using his forearm in the ninth round may have played a role.
The judges scored the fight 117-110, 116-11 and 114-113 in favour of the former WBO champion, who could now fight Cleverly should the Welshman beat Robin Krasniqi in his upcoming mandatory defence.
Braehmer's own hold on the belt ended in 2011, when an eye injury forced him to withdraw from a mandatory defence against Cleverly, who was installed as champion.
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The University of Mary Washington women's lacrosse team used a balanced attack in defeating Wesley College, 19-6, on Wednesday at the Battleground. UMW improves to 11-4 overall, and 4-2 in Capital Athletic Conference play.
The Eagles jumped ahead on a score from Corinne Wiederkehr in the opening minute, and led, 5-0, with 10 minutes elapsed, as Jenna Petrucelli scored twice, and Ashlyn Dacey and Mo Sunderland each added goals.
After a Wesley goal, UMW answered with the next six goals. Angela Sperbeck scored with 16:52 left, and was followed by Kara Hogan at 14:07. Emily Atkinson scored the next two goals, and Lauren Clipper and Dacey closed the half scoring for UMW. Wesley added the final goal of the half, and the Eagles led, 11-2, at intermission.
In the second half, Katie Williams and Wiederkehr started the half scoring, but Wesley answered two of their own to cut the deficit to 13-4. Megan Gersbeck and Paige Thumel upped the lead to 15-4, and Kara Hogan scored four minutes later to move the score to 16-5. Freshmen Maiah Bartlett and Kate Smucker each scored, followed by sophomore Jamie Dillon to cap the scoring at 19-6.
The Eagles led in shots, and both teams grabbed 22 ground balls. The Eagles held a 17-10 advantage on draw controls. Wiederkehr had two goals and four assists to lead the offense, while Hogan, Petrucelli and Dacey each had two goals and two asists.
Taylor Paige had four saves and Kelly Dean two for the Eagles, while Jordyn Miller had three ground balls. Petrucelli scored seven draw controls.
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The International Kiteboarding Association (IKA) announced today, that following a decision of the IKA Executive Committee, the PKRA Freestyle Tour will exclusively lead towards the 2010 Freestyle World Title.
This is following discussions about a clear structure in world wide freestyle competition kiteboarding. Thus the PKRA tour is awarding the Freestyle World Championship Title in 2010, while the continental titles for Asia and Europe are awarded through the Asian and European Continental Tours.
The IKA freestyle world ranking system will still combine all world ranking events into one united ranking, including national, continental and world tour events. Competitors thus find a clear pathway from their local and national events up to the world tour stops.
"We ultimatively achieved our goal to unify the various freestyle rankings into a clear structure. The PKRA tour offers great venues, good organization and has undisputable the best riders. So the logical step was to award their tour the freestyle world title", Richard Gowers from the British Kitesurfing Association and freshly elected chairman of the class, stated.
Executive Secretary Markus Schwendtner added, that "the plan was to bring all international competition together under one unified set of rules and judging guidelines, which we now already achieved in 2010. This season was a transition period, and 2010 will be great."
Mauricio Toscano, PKRA tour manager, also commented on this. "The cooperation between PKRA and IKA has been a great success. Continuous exchange of ideas between the organizations and the implementation of them, has resulted in better structure of kiteboarding competitions worldwide. This could only lead to a better understanding and acceptance of the sport at the international level, and therefore a healthy development of the sport in years to come." he said.
The Asian Continental Tour is continuing with three more events in the first half-year 2010, while the details of the upcoming European Continental Tour are exepcted to be published in the next weeks.
The complete 2010 Point and Ranking System will be available during the next days on the class website together with further information.


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JohnT sent us an aerial view of part of Gee Cross with Dowson Primary School, on York Road Fields, central. Gower Hey Woods are to the right of the picture.
It is pre 2003.
Dowson Primary school pre 2003
It just reminds us how much lovely open space we have in the area!
Many Thanks, John!
Thursday, 3 November 2011
Aerial View
Posted by Hydonian at Thursday, November 03, 2011
Labels: Aerial view, Dowson Primary School, Schools
2 comments:
- Tom said...
Thank you John...I can see the house I was bought up on this picture.. I have enjoyed picking out certain houses and streets... :O)
- Thursday, 03 November, 2011
Its such a shame it doesn't look like that now.... horrible 8 foot black iron railings around the school and a horrible monstrosity of a building which is a nursery on the lovely green field in front of the school
- Thursday, 21 February, 2013
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1. Introduction to Printing in the Oracle Solaris Operating System
2. Planning for Printing (Tasks)
3. Setting Up Network Printing Services (Tasks)
4. Setting Up and Administering Printers by Using Oracle Solaris Print Manager (Tasks)
5. Setting Up Printers by Using LP Print Commands (Tasks)
6. Administering Printers by Using LP Print Commands (Tasks)
7. Customizing LP Printing Services and Printers (Tasks)
8. Administering the LP Print Scheduler and Managing Print Requests (Tasks)
9. Administering Printers on a Network (Tasks)
10. Administering Character Sets, Filters, Forms, and Fonts (Tasks)
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12. Printing in the Oracle Solaris Operating System (Reference)
Oracle Solaris Print Manager and Special Characters
Functions of the LP Print Service
LP Print Service Configuration Files
Printer Names in the terminfo Database
Required terminfo Items For a Printer
Support for the Use of PPD Files To Set Up Printers
Raster Image Processor Support
Support for PostScript Printer Description Files
Where to Find Information About Supported Printers and Available PPD Files
Description of the Printer Driver Field in Oracle Solaris Print Manager
Description of the Command-Line Options for the ppdmgr Utility
How the PAPI Is Implemented in the Oracle Solaris OS
13. Troubleshooting Printing Problems in the Oracle Solaris OS (Tasks)
A. Using the Internet Printing Protocol
This section describes the directory structure, files, and logs of the LP print service.
Note - The LP Print Service client commands have been modified to be a consumer of the FSG OpenPrinting Open Standard Print API (PAPI). These print commands are layered on top of the PAPI. See How the PAPI Is Implemented in the Oracle Solaris OS for more information.
The following table lists frequently used LP print service commands.
Table 12-2 LP Print Service Commands
For information about print commands that have been modified for use with the PAPI, see How the PAPI Is Implemented in the Oracle Solaris OS.
The LP print service performs the following functions:
Administers files and schedules local print requests
Receives and schedules network requests
Filters files, if necessary, so they print properly
Starts programs that interface with the printers
Tracks the status of print jobs
Tracks forms that are mounted on the printer
Tracks print wheels that are currently mounted
Delivers alerts to mount new forms or different print wheels
Delivers alerts about printing problems
The /usr/lib/lp directory contains daemons and files used by the LP print service, as described in the following table.
Table 12-3 Contents of the /usr/lib/lp Directory
The files of the LP print service are distributed among the directories that are shown in the following table.
Table 12-4 Directories for the LP Print Service
The lpsched daemon stores configuration information in the /etc/lp directory, as described in the following table.
Caution - The configuration files listed in this table are private interfaces. These files are subject to change in future releases. You should not build software that relies on these files being in their current locations or that relies on the data being in the format currently used.
Table 12-5 Contents of the /etc/lp Directory
These configuration files serve a function similar to the /etc/printcap file on LPD-based print servers.
Note - You can check the contents of the configuration files, but you should not edit these files directly. Instead, use the lpadmin command to make configuration changes. Your changes are written to the configuration files in the /etc/lp directory. The lpsched daemon administers and updates the configuration files.
The /etc/lp/printers directory has a subdirectory for each local printer that is known to the system. The following example shows the /etc/lp/printers subdirectories of printers sparc1 and luna.
$ ls -l /etc/lp/printers drwxrwxr-x 2 lp lp 512 Jan 23 23:53 luna drwxrwxr-x 2 lp lp 512 Jan 11 17:50 sparc1
The following table describes the files within each printer-specific directory.
The configuration file for the printer luna, /etc/lp/printers/luna/configuration, would typically appear as follows:
Banner: on: Always Content types: PS Device: /dev/term/b Interface: /usr/lib/lp/model/standard Printer type: PS Modules: default
The /usr/share/lib directory contains the terminfo database directory. This directory contains definitions for many types of terminals and printers. The LP print service uses information in the terminfo database to perform the following tasks:
Initializes a printer
Establishes a selected page size, character pitch, line pitch, and character set
Communicates the sequence of codes to a printer
Each printer is identified in the terminfo database with a short name. If necessary, you can add entries to the terminfo database, but doing so is tedious and time-consuming. For more information, see Adding a terminfo Entry for an Unsupported Printer.
Information about each printer type is stored in the terminfo database (/usr/share/lib/terminfo). This information includes the printer capabilities and initialization control data. The printer you install must correspond to an entry in the terminfo database.
$ pwd /usr/share/lib/terminfo $ ls 1 3 5 7 9 B H P a c e g i k m o q s u w y 2 4 6 8 A G M S b d f h j l n p r t v x z $
Each subdirectory contains compiled database entries for terminals or printers. The entries are organized by the first letter of the printer or terminal type. For example, if you have an Epson printer, look in the /usr/share/lib/terminfo/e directory to find your particular model of Epson printer.
$ cd /usr/share/lib/terminfo/e $ ls emots ep2500+high ep48 ergo4000 exidy2500 env230 ep2500+low epson2500 esprit envision230 ep40 epson2500-80 ethernet ep2500+basic ep4000 epson2500-hi ex3000 ep2500+color ep4080 epson2500-hi80 exidy $
The entries for Epson printers begin with epson.
If you have an NEC printer, look in the /usr/share/lib/terminfo/n directory for your NEC printer model.
$ cd /usr/share/lib/terminfo/n $ ls ncr7900 ncr7900iv netronics network nuc ncr7900-na ncr7901 netty netx nucterm ncr7900i nec netty-Tabs newhp ncr7900i-na net netty-vi newhpkeyboard $
The nec entry in this directory is for the NEC printer.
The following three tables list the terminfo items that are required for a printer.
Table 12-6 Required terminfo Items for a Printer (Booleans)
Table 12-7 Required terminfo Items for a Printer (Numbers)
Table 12-8 Required terminfo Items for a Printer (Strings)
The LP print service maintains two sets of log files that are described in the following table.
The scheduler for each system keeps a log of print requests in the /var/spool/lp/tmp/system and /var/spool/lp/requests/system directories. Each print request has two files, one file in each directory, that contain information about the request. The information in the /var/spool/lp/requests/system directory can be accessed only by superuser or lp. The information in the /var/spool/lp/tmp/system directory can be accessed only by the user who submitted the request, superuser, or lp.
The following example shows the contents of the /var/spool/lp/tmp/starbug directory:
$ ls /var/spool/lp/tmp/starbug 5 5-0 # cat 5-0 C 1 D print1 F /etc/profile P 20 T /etc/profile t simple U root s 0000 v 2
These files remain in their directories only as long as the print request is in the queue. Once the print request is finished, the information in the files is combined and appended to the /var/lp/logs/requests file. This file is described in the next section.
Use the information in the /var/spool/lp/logs directory if you need to track the status of a print request that is currently in the queue.
The LP print service records a history of printing services in two log files, lpsched and requests. These log files are located in the /var/lp/logs directory. You can use the information in these log files to diagnose and troubleshoot printing problems. An example of the contents of the /var/lp/logs directory is as follows:
# cd /var/lp/logs # ls lpsched.1 requests requests.2 lpsched lpsched.2 requests.1 #
The two most important log files for troubleshooting are the following:
The lpsched log file – Contains information about local printing requests.
The requests log file – Contains information about print requests that are completed and no longer in the print queue.
The requests log file has a simple structure so that you can extract data using common UNIX shell commands. Requests are listed in the order they are printed. They are also separated by lines showing their request IDs. Each line below the separator line, the line that starts with =, is marked with a single letter that identifies the kind of information contained in that line. Each letter is separated from the data by a single space.
The following example shows the contents of a requests log file:
# pwd /var/lp/logs # tail requests.2 = print1-3, uid 0, gid 1, size 206662, Wed Mar 14 08:56:30 MST 2003 z print1 C 1 D print1 F /usr/dict/words P 20 T /usr/dict/words t simple U root s 0x0014 v 2 #
The following table shows the letter codes and the content of their corresponding lines in the requests log file.
Table 12-9 Codes in the requests Log File
The following table shows the outcome codes in the LP requests log file and their descriptions.
Table 12-10 Outcome Codes in the requests Log File
Files queued for printing are stored in the /var/spool/lp directory until they are printed, which might be only seconds. The following table shows the contents of the /var/spool/lp directory.
Table 12-11 Contents of the /var/spool/lp Directory
Print filters are programs on the print server that convert the content of a queued file from one format to another format.
A print filter can be as simple or as complex as needed. The Oracle Solaris OS provides print filters in the /usr/lib/lp/postscript directory that cover most situations where the destination printer requires the data to be in PostScript format. If you need filters for non-PostScript printers, you have to create the filters and add them to the systems that need filters.
A set of print filter descriptor files are provided in the /etc/lp/fd directory. These descriptor files describe the characteristics of the filter (for example, fast or slow filter). These description files point to the filter program (for example, to /usr/lib/lp/postscript/postdaisy).
The LP print service interacts with other parts of the Oracle Solaris OS. The print service uses a standard printer interface program to do the following:
Initialize the printer port, if necessary. The standard printer interface program uses the stty command to initialize the printer port.
Initialize the printer. The standard printer interface program uses the terminfo database and the TERM shell variable to find the appropriate control sequences.
Print a banner page, if necessary.
Print the correct number of copies specified by the print request.
The LP print service uses the standard interface program, found in the /usr/lib/lp/model directory, unless you specify a different program. You can create custom interface programs. However, you must make sure that the custom program does not terminate the connection to the printer or interfere with proper printer initialization.


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Rep. Paul Ryan on Tuesday blasted President Barack Obama's "straw man" attack on the Republican Party over entitlement programs.
The Wisconsin Republican told "The Laura Ingraham Show" that Obama's second inaugural address demonstrated the president does not understand the Republican position on entitlements such as Medicare and Social Security. Ryan responded to Obama's line that these programs "do not make us a nation of takers; they free us to take the risks that make this country great," telling guest host Raymond Arroyo that the president's take on the issue entirely missed the mark.
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Ryan said earned entitlements such as Social Security — where you pay your payroll taxes during your working life to get a benefit when you retire — are "not taker programs."
"When the president does kind of a switcheroo like that, what he's trying to say is that we are maligning these programs that people have earned throughout their working lives," he said. "So it's kind of a convenient twist of terms to try and shadowbox a straw man in order to win an argument by default."
( Also on POLITICO: Obama goes on the offense for liberalism)
Tuesday's radio show kicked off with a clip from Ryan that made headlines during the 2012 campaign, featuring the House Budget Committee chairman saying that "right now about 60 percent of the American people get more benefits in dollar value from the federal government than they pay back in taxes. So we're going to a majority of takers versus makers in America."
After playing the clip, Arroyo said during the Inauguration the president "implicitly" mentioned Ryan, and the congressman responded that the reference was a "switcheroo" by Obama.
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And, as shown by the second inaugural address, the president will keep taking that line in his dealings with Republicans, Ryan said.
"I understand the president will continue to use straw man arguments — affix views to your political adversaries they do not have in order to try and win an argument by default," he said.


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Restoration of Rolling Stone Tomb
A few years ago I posted a photo comparison of one of the best rolling stone tombs in Israel - before vandals destroyed it and after. For convenience, here are those pictures of the Khirbet Midras tomb again.
A friend visited recently and passed on a few photos. It looks like the tomb has been partially restored. You might want to stop by next time you're in the area. Khirbet Midras is east of the road going from Azekah to Bet Guvrin.
View from inside tomb; rolling stone is on the right side
Burial niches (aka loculi, kokhim)
Thanks to A.D. Riddle for sharing these photos.
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MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. – The UMBC women's basketball team hung around with NEC pre- season favorite Robert Morris for 30 minutes, but the Colonials used a late run to pull away and defeat the Retrievers 51-39 at the Sewall Center on a snowy Saturday afternoon in western Pennsylvania.
UMBC (1-4) limited the hosts to 29.5 percent shooting in the game, but were out- rebounded 48-29, including 22-3 on the offensive glass. The Colonials (3-1) also forced the Retrievers into 17 turnovers - which led to 25 points.
The Retrievers were once again led by freshman Sara Tarbert (Delta, Pa./Kennard- Dale) who had eight points and seven rebounds, while classmate Taylor McCarley (Bowie, Md./Academy of Holy Cross) posted a team-high nine points.
Robert Morris senior forward Artemis Spanou recorded her 28th consecutive double-double with 13 points and 20 rebounds. Senior Kelly Hartwell chipped in with 10 points and four steals while freshman Anna Niki Stamolamprou added 11 points.
Robert Morris took a 9-2 lead five minutes in before the UMBC offense got started. Tarbert made a layup and sophomore guard Liz McNaughton (Fairfax, Va., Fairfax) answered two Colonial free throws with a three-pointer to trim the RMU lead to 11-7.
The Retrievers would pull as close as two, at 16-14 with 7:30 left when freshman guard Emily Russo (Woodbine, Md./Glenelg) hit a three-pointer. Two McNaughton free throws with five seconds remaining in the half cut UMBC's halftime deficit to 23-19.
The second half was back and forth for the first 10 minutes. Sophomore center Bridget O'Donnell (Belle Mead, N.J./Montgomery) hit a jumper that brought UMBC to within 31-27. However, the Colonials would go on an 18-5 run over the following seven-and-a-half minutes to take a 17-point lead late that gave them control.
The Retrievers return to action on Tuesday when they travel to play cross-town rival Towson in the first game of a Towson-UMBC double-header. Tip-off for the women's game is set for 5 p.m. while tip-off of the men's game is set for 7:30.
Game Notes:
-Eight of the nine Retrievers who played scored and made a basket.
-Robert Morris evened the all-time series with UMBC at 6-6.
-Freshman Abbie Hein (Fridley, Minn./Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran (Wis.) started and scored her first career basket on jumper with 17:16 remaining in the 2nd half.


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New documents have come to light as part of the dozens of sexual abuse cases within the Catholic Church.
In 2007, the Catholic Church transferred $57 million into a trust fund to provide "improved protection" for the church against court action.
Former Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy Dolan wrote the transfer was to protect the funds from any legal claim or liability, and the Vatican approved the transfer one month later.
Four years later, the Milwaukee Archdiocese filed a petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The judge overseeing the case ordered the documents revealing the transfer to be released. The documents say the church granted then-Archbishop Timothy Dolan permission to move the money from a cemetery fund into a trust.
Dolan's 2007 letter and the response from the Vatican were included in the documents, which were released as part of a deal with in the federal bankruptcy court between the archdiocese and clergy sex abuse victims suing the archdiocese for fraud.
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In religious debates and the like, the word "supernatural" is often used. But I'm not sure that all parties are going by the same criteria for when something qualifies as "supernatural" or what it means to be "supernatural" so I'm forwarding how I define it in terms of the common debate here. I think a very pertinent qualifier for "supernatural" is "that which is not accounted for by current scientific understanding" (that's not necessarily a complete definition but I very much hold that that is a pertinent part of the definition and likewise the focus here).
But of course as time goes on we learn more and more so some of what's currently not accounted for by current scientific understanding could be accounted for in the future.
So let's say that hypothetically that what we consider as ghosts actually exist - there ARE disembodied consciousness that sometime reside in particular locations. And let's also say hypothetically that in twenty years science will confirm that this actually exists and the existence of ghosts becomes an accepted scientific reality.
So in that scenario, it seems clear that ghosts would no longer be considered "supernatural". And likewise because ghosts currently fit the definition of "supernatural" does not mean that they don't actually exist (since what is unaccounted for now might be discovered later). That's not to say that one can't successfully argue that ghosts don't exist but I hold that one can't successfully argue that they don't exist just because they fit the definition of "supernatural".
Anyway, I'm posting this in part to forward how I define supernatural in terms of the debate. While one can certainly argue that a certain supernatural something does not exist, it is not an accepted premise, going by the definition of "supernatural" I'm using here, that it doesn't exist just because it's qualifies as supernatural.
And btw, if you (whoever you are) are using a different definition of "supernatural" in your arguments, feel free to argue for that definition.


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Cliff deal includes farm bill extension
The giant New Year's tax package rushed through Congress Tuesday includes a nine-month farm bill extension that forestalls any immediate spike in milk prices but also represents a bitter blow for farmers who had hoped for long-sought changes in the dairy support program.
In the final hours, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) found herself pushed aside in favor of legislative language generated by the office of Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), a bit player and frequent "no" vote when the Senate adopted a more comprehensive five-year farm bill last June.
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McConnell's role in the tax talks gave him immense leverage, while Stabenow was hurt by committee infighting over her efforts to write a more comprehensive farm bill extension that included changes in the dairy program.
The upshot is a victory for Southern agricultural interests with the greatest stake in a costly system of direct cash payments to often already profitable producers. In the dairy arena, giant processors like Dean Foods Co. come out ahead while the outcome is a major blow for the National Milk Producers Federation, which watched with disbelief from the sidelines on New Year's Eve.
"The deal is blatantly anti-reform," said Ferd Hoefner, policy direct for the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. "Many smaller, targeted programs to fund farm and food system reform and rural jobs … were left out completely."
"The message is unmistakable — direct commodity subsidies, despite high market prices, are sacrosanct, while the rest of agriculture and the rest of rural America can simply drop dead."
After a long day of wavering, House Republicans approved the tax package Tuesday night — and the farm bill extension as part of it. Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) — a strong ally for the processors and critic of the proposed changes sought by dairy producers — had to be pleased with what McConnell has delivered. And while upset with the process, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla. ) said it was "the best way" to deal now with the milk crisis.
All sides had their eye on a 1949 farm law that, without an alternative in place, would kick back in, effective Jan. 1.
Under the '49 law, the Agriculture Department is required to begin buying up dairy products at a rate of $38.54 per hundredweight, more than double the prevailing price today. No one truly knows the immediate impact, but the threat of $6 to $7-a-gallon milk prices brought President Barack Obama off the sidelines last week and helped to drive the last-minute dealing alongside taxes.
Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson, the top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee, had warned the White House that it must tread carefully on the dairy and farm bills issues or risk a backlash. And Peterson didn't hide his anger with the administration for helping to roll Stabenow and the agriculture committees.
"Upset is an understatement," Peterson told POLITICO. "I'm not going to talk with those guys. I'm done with them for the next four years. They are on their own. They don't give a sh-it. about me, anyway."
"This is crazy, " Peterson said of the tax package itself. "The farm bill is one thing, but there's just no way I'm going to add $4 trillion to the deficit. … We're not doing anything. We're making it worse."
Beyond dairy, the outcome is a wake-up call to the entire farm lobby of its weakened political standing in Washington and need to avoid so much infighting.


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How to Make an Amazing Scorpion Cocktail
A while back one of my friends on Facebook, Elliot, asked how to make a good Scorpion, because the ones he makes don't turn out all that great. We've all been there. I've poured some absolutely horrible cocktails. So, I thought I would finally do some taste testing and provide some tips.
The Scorpion was invented by Trader Vic and is normally served in in a scorpion bowl (above). A scorpion bowl usually serves more than one person.
First, I tried the classic Trader Vic's Scorpion recipe. It has silver rum, brandy, orange juice, lemon juice, and orgeat syrup. For my taste test I decided to try the single serving recipe that I found in the book Trader Vic's Tiki Party!: Cocktails and Food to Share with Friends. This was a mighty strong concoction. The rum and brandy comes through really strong. There is a lot more brandy and alcohol in general in this version compared to the full scorpion bowl. The orange and lemon gave a nice citrus flavor and the orgeat syrup helped cut down on the boozy taste. I realize it is a Scorpion and needs to have a sting, but the whole thing seemed a bit off balance. I can't say I have a new favorite here.
Next, up was the Luau Scorpion. This recipe hails form the Luau of Beverly Hills, and dates back to 1958. I found the recipe in Beach Bum Berry Remixed. This version has gold rum, gin, brandy, orange juice, lime juice, orgeat syrup, and sugar syrup. This scorpion is far superior to to the first. The gin adds an interesting level of complexity to the drink. It isn't overpowering, but blends well with the rum and citrus. The lime juice seems to work better versus the lemon juice in the first recipe. There is a little more syrup in this version, but it isn't too syrupy or sweet. It really is the perfect balance, and it still give a fun little sting. The Luau Scorpion is going to be the standard scorpion served in my Tiki bar from now on.
Tips for an Amazing Scorpion
As always for Tiki cocktails, use fresh juice.
Buy the fruit and juice them yourself. It's amazing what a difference that makes!
Use Quality Booze
Again, this can make a big difference. I used Korbel Brandy, and Rehorst Gin. Rehorst is a Milwaukee Gin, but any quality Gin will do. Different brands of Brandy can be very different. So be sure to stick with a good one. You can't go wrong with Korbel.
Watch Your Measurements
With a lot of classic Tiki cocktails sloppy measuring can change the drink significantly. So if it isn't tasting good make sure you are measuring correctly.
It's not difficult to make great Tiki cocktails. Give the Luau Scorpion a try. Now, you are probably looking for the recipe. I don't think it's right for me to give all the recipes out of these books. People worked hard to put them together. So if you want the recipes buy the book and support Tiki culture. I have links to them on Amazon over on the left side of the page. If you really don't want to buy the book I'm sure Google will help you find the recipe.
I hope this helps Eliot! If you have a Tiki cocktail question let me know. I'll do my best to answer it.


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Charli XCX Performs Breathtaking Version of 'Boom Clap' on 'Late Night With Seth Meyers' [VIDEO]by Maggie Malach | PopCrush
We've had Charli XCX's infectious hit 'Boom Clap' on repeat for weeks, and last night we got a special treat via 'Late Night With Seth Meyers.' The singer stopped by to perform her track from 'The Fault in Our Stars' soundtrack and, of course, it was as amazing as we'd hoped it would be.
The studio version of 'Boom Clap' has a youthful, lucky-in-love energy that's a perfect fit for 'TFiOS,' but this performance has a smoky, more mature vibe that we're totally digging.
Charli, who was recently on 'Late Night' to perform 'Fancy' with Iggy Azalea, sounds incredible as she belts out the lyrics and enraptures her viewers. Whether you're a fan of Charli's, a fan of 'The Fault in Our Stars' or just love a fantastic live performance, this version of 'Boom Clap' is perfect for you!
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