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Technical Division
The Technical Division performs a range of tasks. Amongst other things, it stimulates research and development and promotes the transfer of technology and training to modernise olive growing and the olive products industry and to improve product quality. But its job does not stop there. It also recommends the application of standards for the physical, chemical and organoleptic characteristics of olive oils and olive-pomace oils and table olives and the harmonisation of methods of analysis.
How does it do all this? By implementing R & D projects, convening meetings and seminars, publishing guides and practical handbooks, organising training activities and providing technical assistance.
This spectrum of activities is planned and monitored by the Olive Oil Chemistry & Standards Setting Unit and two departments (for R&D + environment and training & technical assistance) which make up the Technical Division.
This unit's name gives a clear idea of what it does. It is responsible for drawing up standards for olive oils and table olives and management guides for industry as well as for developing chemical and sensory testing methods for the same products and for running a recognition scheme for testing laboratories and tasting panels wishing to prove their proficiency in applying recommended methods of analysis by participating in regular check tests. Other features of its work include organising the IOC Mario Solinas Quality Award to reward the best in extra virgin olive oil production and coordinating the quality control programme for olive oils and olive-pomace oils sold on import markets.
Organising multi-tiered courses to update the knowledge of technical officers from IOC member countries is one facet of this department's job.
Several types of courses are held: international university training, national seminars or courses, organoleptic assessment courses, field trips and inhouse training opportunities.
The department also arranges for expert assignments to the member countries to provide them with technical assistance.
This department looks to promote the use of modern techniques in the olive orchard and later at the olive oil mill and table olive processing facility, all with the aim of increasing production, lowering costs, upgrading quality and protecting the environment. Its interest spans every area of olive growing: from breeding to propagation, from pest and disease control to irrigation, from pruning to harvesting, from olive oil production to by-product recycling, … Each question may be approached in different ways, for instance through projects carried out in the member countries, technical publications and guides and occasionally international seminars.


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with sensory processing disorder have difficulty processing information
from the senses (touch, movement, smell, taste, vision, and hearing) and
responding appropriately to that information. These children typically have one
or more senses that either over- or underreact to stimulation. Sensory processing disorder can cause problems with a child's development and
autism and other
developmental disabilities often have sensory processing disorder. But sensory processing disorder can also be
associated with premature birth, brain injury, learning disorders, and other
exact cause of sensory processing disorder is not known. It is commonly
seen in people with autism,
Asperger's syndrome, and other developmental
disabilities. Most research suggests that people with autism have irregular
brain function. More study is needed to determine the cause of these
irregularities, but current research indicates they may be inherited.
Children with sensory processing disorder cannot properly process sensory stimulation from the
outside world. Your child may:
health professional, often an occupational or physical therapist, will evaluate
your child by observing his or her responses to sensory stimulation, posture,
balance, coordination, and eye movements. While many children have a few of the
symptoms described above, your health professional will look for a pattern of
behavior when diagnosing sensory processing disorder.
Sensory integration therapy,
usually conducted by an occupational or physical therapist, is often
recommended for children who have sensory processing disorder. It focuses on
activities that challenge the child with sensory input. The therapist then
helps the child respond appropriately to this sensory stimulus.
Therapy might include applying deep touch pressure to a child's skin with
the goal of allowing him or her to become more used to and process being
touched. Also, play such as tug-of-war or with heavy objects, such as a
medicine ball, can help increase a child's awareness of her or his own body in
space and how it relates to other people.
Although it has not
been widely studied, many therapists have found that sensory integration
therapy improves problem behaviors.
Last Revised:
April 3, 2012
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Course issues have led to major changes for IRONMAN Japan.
Issues in establishing a suitable alternative bike course have led organisers to announce that IRONMAN Japan in Hokkaido will be discontinued.
The race based around the stunning Lake Toya has proven popular as one of the toughest yet enjoyable IRONMAN tests over the last three years.
This year major course changes were required following the collapse of a bridge on the bike course. While this temporary change allowed for the 2015 race to continue, there are no viable options available for the foreseeable future with the ongoing bridge repairs.
Accordingly IRONMAN and its event organizers have decided that it is no longer feasible to produce a race that meets their required high standards. READ MORE >
The 2016 Cairns Airport IRONMAN Cairns, taking place on June 12, has recently been appointed the IRONMAN Asia-Pacific Championship event, will become the official IRONMAN destination event for Japanese athletes and will offer 30 exclusive qualifying slots to the IRONMAN World Championship event in Kona, Hawaii. FIND OUT MORE >


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This past weekend, I went on a one-man coding sprint. I spent 15 hours hacking away on my favorite open-source project. In part, I was driven by the recognition that giving an hour or two here and there to the project made it impossible to do much more than attend to details, minor issues, housekeeping, and documentation (all of which are valuable but don't move the product forward in the necessary ways). As I am currently blocked by the need to rewrite parser code, there was no way to get this done without putting aside several big blocks of undisturbed time. Hence, my one-man hackathon.
Because I wanted to gain the maximum benefit from the effort, I carefully laid out things ahead of time. This mise en place consisted of creating a wiki page, selecting and opening the tasks from the JIRA defect/task tracker instance hosted at Atlassian, and going over the changes I intended to make. Then, as part of the final preparations, I generated a batch of project metrics so that I could compare before and after stats. As I sat down to begin working in the first hours of the sprint, I did something else that I've been meaning to do for a while on an extended coding run: I opened a spreadsheet in Google Docs to record the design decisions I made as I coded.
I've done this exercise before, but not over as long a stretch as this. Each time I had to pause and decide which of two paths to take in the design of the implementation, I made a descriptive entry in the spreadsheet to record my choice. Now, as I look over the final list, I've become convinced that noting the many small design decisions I made is a uniquely valuable discipline. For the 15 hours of coding, I noted a total of 8 decisions. In past iterations, I used to write down lower level micro-design issues. This time, however, I captured only the ones that were likely to have an effect beyond this coding session.
With the benefit of hindsight, I can assess the notes and determine their value. The most evident benefit is that I can add the notes to the documentation (both user and technical), especially about decisions that impose small limitations. For example, while working on the handling of block comments in the input, I realized that I relied on the fact that the closing symbol for a block comment could not occur inside a line comment. There was a point where I had to decide to whether to parse line comments for end-of-block comment symbols. I decided not to. I noted this small decision. (For bonus points, do you know for certain whether the line comment or the end-of-block comment has primacy in your principal language? Most developers I ask guess on the basis of what makes the most sense to them. They actually don't know.)
My documentation now states clearly how we handle overlapping line and block comments, because I captured this note. I probably won't put this in the user docs (really, what are the odds this will hang up a user?), but I will definitely put it in the developer docs. Moreover, I've tagged the comment with the words "block comment" and "line comment," so that in the future, I can gather up all minor decisions on these topics should it become necessary to revise how we do things. Such a set of bread crumbs is not always necessary in straight-ahead code, but in parsers, it can make all the difference in the world.
As I captured these decisions, I started wanting to elaborate them with small explanations. These extra comments frequently referred to constraints in other parts of the code that made x, y, or z difficult to do or unnecessary. These notes will also be super helpful when I jump into this code in the future.
A small part of me suspects that some of my notes arose from decisions I should have foreseen before coding had I spent more time on design. It's hard to tell this early. And ever since "big design up front" has fallen out of favor, the world seems to move increasingly to depending on developers to make these small decisions based on their domain knowledge, familiarity with requirements, and awareness of the design/architecture.
As I do this more now that I'm convinced of its value I expect correlation between design and the mini-decisions made in the heat of battle will become salient. When it does, I'll report on it in this column or in a blog post.
Before signing off, I should note that the idea to do this is not mine. Like many good practices, its inspiration was Kent Beck. In a keynote at the late Enterprise Software Development Conference in 2010, he suggested this practice in passing. His larger point was that by writing down these decisions, we'd quickly become aware of how very many design choices are made while coding. He was right. When I first tried this exercise, I scribbled lots of small things of no particular importance. After a while, I got the hang of writing down only decisions that had the potential of effects outside the immediate code I was writing. And from there, I was able to secure the benefits I've been discussing. I hope you'll find them useful, too.
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The Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology (JASCA) invites anthropologists from around the world to our 50th Anniversary Conference to be held jointly with IUAES Inter-Congress 2014.
The conference aims to attract over 250 international delegates to Chiba City in Greater Tokyo. The theme will be The Future with/of Anthropologies. The language of the conference will be English.
The conference will take place from 15th to 18th May 2014.
The Call for Papers is now open until January 9, 2014 . Please visit the website to view the list of accepted panels and propose your abstracts directly to specific panels.
All proposals must be made to specific panels via the 'Propose a paper' link found beneath the panel abstract on that panel's webpage. Proposals should consist of:
•a paper title
•a short abstract of fewer than 300 characters
•a long abstract of fewer than 250 words.
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At The Collective - Green Seersucker Suit
This is this gentleman's second time on The Sartorialist (I also featured him during Fashion Week back in Feb, he was wearing a great bowtie then also) I love that his style is just this side of Dandy. The cut and shape and quality are all very respectable but he makes this look outstanding by choosing a reasonable shade of green and then pairing it with high-quality, serious accessories.
In the wrong hands this could have gone clownish but he really pulls it off.
He has also created a signature for himself with his elegant bowtie. if you think about it most guys with great style have something that is their signature, (a color or brand or an accessory) it may be subtle but it is always there. Do you know what your sartorial signature is? Mine is always having a camera stuck to my hand!
He really could have messed up the whole look with the pocket square choice but instead of going outlandish he went subtle and choose an edging that complimented the tone of the green and even compliments the tone of his shoe color.
Very Well Done - and a nice way to advance seersucker past just blues and tans.


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Sugar Stamp Blue Pattern Strips - B34
Sugar Stamps are the cutest way to dress up meringues! Simply bake your meringues directly on your Sugar Stamp sheet and pull away when finished to reveal your design. Gluten free and Kosher.
You can also use your Sugar Stamps on chocolate, marshmallows, or royal icing transfers as long as there is a slight wet - to dry heating process involved. Experiment and have fun! Do not bake in an oven exceeding 200F.
Sugar Stamp sheets have a fine layer of sugar, starch and coloring on acetate. The design will transfer and melt into your dessert with gentle heat.
Your Sugar Stamps will come with the Sugar Stamp recipe and tips.
Price is for one sheet. Sheets with individual designs have 54 per sheet. Yield of sheets with overall / background designs will depend on the size of your meringue or other use.
*First picture shows a close-up of the design. Second picture shows the full sheet.


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SubdivisionVILLAGE SQUARE CONDO
Listing Date11/17/18
Year Built1982
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ParkingUnassigned, Underground
Property Description
1 Week Ownership Opportunity - Week 10 in this 2 bedroom/2 bath Lock-Off is right in the MIDDLE OF MARCH during SPRING BREAK SKIING time at Copper Mountain Resort. Rent this time out in years you can't make it, and with the 1 bedroom + hotel room "Lock-Off" configuration(s), this home makes a great ski getaway AND a good rental investment. Dues cover literally everything (including housekeeping) and Village Square is only steps away from ALL Copper has to Offer. Don't wait on this one!
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Assassin's Creed: The Fall is a 2010-2011 comic book by Cameron Stewart and Karl Kerschl split into three separate issues, initially published by WildStorm Comics and later by Ubiworkshop.
The comic book, consisting of three issues, followed the journey of the Russian Assassin Nikolai Orelov during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, whose genetic memories were viewed by his present-day descendant Daniel Cross.
A sequel comic book entitled Assassin's Creed: The Chain, again following the lives of Daniel Cross and Nikolai Orelov, was released in Summer of 2012.[1]
Issue #1
At an unspecified time, two scientists working in an Abstergo Industries laboratory prepared to insert a newly acquired test subject captured by the Lineage Discovery and Acquisition department into the Animus.
The scene then changed to St. Petersburg, Russia in 1888, showing Nikolai Orelov in his home, where he lived with his partner Anna, who was carrying his child. It is revealed that Nikolai was currently a member of the Narodnaya Volya, the Russian branch of the Order of Assassins.
Having previously failed to prevent the execution of Aleksandr Ulyanov, Nikolai worried about his coming mission, but Anna urged him to succeed for Ulyanov's brother, Vladimir, as well as their unborn child.
These moments were then revealed to be memories experienced in 1998 by a man named Daniel Cross, who had been diagnosed with an unspecified psychological disorder, and was under court order to attend psychiatric sessions. At his latest session, Cross admitted to experiencing unclear visions of a woman in Europe, but refused to continue taking his medication.
Upon being reminded of the death of his former girlfriend, Kelly, Cross reluctantly took the prescription from his psychiatrist, but later discarded it in a nearby trashcan. Upon visiting a bar, he attempted to proposition several women, before becoming sick and stumbling into the bathroom, where he began to experience another vision of his ancestor.
In late October 1888, Nikolai was tasked with assassinating Tsar Alexander III by the Mentor of the Assassin Order. Having previously assassinated Alexander II, and prevented further Templar gains in the country, the Assassins had hoped for a period of liberalization under Alexander III. However, the Tsar's actions had convinced them otherwise, leading the Assassins to attempt his assassination.
Following this, Nikolai boarded the train returning the Tsar and his family to St. Petersburg from the Crimea. After dispatching several guards, he burst into the dining car of the train to find the stunned Royal Family. As the Tsar grabbed him from behind, Nikolai stabbed him with his Hidden Blade, though this only wounded him. The two men then brawled in the car until a malfunction derailed the train.
Leading his family out of the wreckage, the Tsar saw Nikolai lying nearby. After striking him, the Tsar retrieved the Staff from the wreckage, believing that Nikolai had been sent to retrieve it. He then tossed the Staff to Nikolai, who unsuccessfully attacked the Tsar with it.
After this, the Tsar disarmed him, and took back the Staff, telling him that he would build a new Eden in Russia with the help of his "friends." However, the Tsar refused to kill Nikolai in front of his children, and allowed him to leave.
Back in the present day, while he was still disoriented from his visions, Daniel was kicked out of the bar onto the street. A passerby asked him if he needed help, but Daniel accused him of being a Templar, and pulled out a knife.
Before he could attack the man, Daniel was stopped by a woman, who threw him into her car and left before the police arrived. She then berated him for breaking cover, and almost violating the first rule of the Creed, believing that Daniel was an Assassin like her.
Issue #2
At an unspecified time, a couple driving down a road in a forest saw a young boy walking alone. Concerned, they stopped to talk to him, when they saw bruises on his face and body. As they asked him his name, he only replied in Russian that he wanted to go home.
Daniel was woken up by the woman from the bar in an unknown room. The woman asked him how he knew about the Templars, but he didn't understand what she was talking about. She then introduced herself as Hannah, and showed him around the Assassin camp.
She explained that though they had believed Daniel to be an Assassin, no one could recognize him, and he wasn't a known member of any camp.
Issue #3
The streets of Petrograd were filled with the color and noise of revolution – the Bolsheviks had taken control of the country, but there was still conflict within the ranks. Assassin Nikolai Orelov confronted the abdicated Tsar Nicholas II to learn the final location of the Staff.
In the present, Daniel Cross completed his pilgrimage to find the elusive Mentor of the Assassins, a quest that changes the Order forever. He took the life of the Mentor, and dove out of the window to escape, where he later made his way to an Abstergo building and demanded to be put back in the Animus.
Special editions
Deluxe Edition
The Fall Deluxe Edition was a softcover special edition that brought all three issues of the The Fall, plus an exclusive 10-page epilogue, which would also act as transition towards the next comic saga, Assassin's Creed: The Chain.
This edition had a total of 128 pages, including the exclusive epilogue and a making-of section.[2]
It is also included in the Assassin's Creed Red winter bundle (containing the deluxe edition and a hoodie featuring the Russian Assassin insignia) in Ubiworkshop.
Subject 4
Assassin's Creed: Subject Four is a compilation from UbiWorkshop, which comprises both the complete issues of The Fall, as well as its sequel, The Chain.[3]
Behind the scenes
The series was initially planned as an expansion of the travels of the Assassin Ezio Auditore, but it was moved to an entirely new setting and character to provide greater artistic freedom to the writers. Despite this, the comic still utilized the long-standing feud between the Assassins and Templars for the basis of its story.[4]
Inspiration for The Fall came from the book The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon. The main character, Captain Bennett Marco, was brainwashed by the Communist Party to act as their sleeper agent, acting on their orders whenever he saw the Queen of Diamonds playing card. In The Fall, Abstergo programmed Daniel Cross to kill the Mentor when the moment of opportunity presented itself.[5]


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AMC Hamilton 24
325 Sloan Avenue,
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Opened in May 19, 1999, this theater, along with the Cherry Hill location, has the most number of screens (24) in the Garden State.
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What's the theater like compared with other AMC theaters?
Small box like theaters just like practically all theaters built in the late 1990s.
The AMC Hamilton 24's set up is different from the AMC Neshaminy 24. The big 4 theatres at AMC Hamilton 24 (Houses 11 to 140 are in the middle of the complex, which is typical AMC megaplex setups. AMC Neshaminy 24's big 4 theatres are at the entrance to the complex.
According to an IMAX website, this theatre is scheduled to add on an IMAX screen by the end of 2008.
IMAX now at theater near you
Times of Trenton 9/27/08
HAMILTON — The future is here. In fact, you can practically be surrounded by it.
Central New Jersey has its first IMAX theater at the AMC Hamilton 24 on Sloan Avenue.
The theater, known for its giant, curved screen and surround-sound system that gives the viewer the feeling of being in the middle of the action, marked its turf with a splash yesterday with the opening of the high-tech, high-octane thriller "Eagle Eye."
The IMAX theater in Hamilton is part of a partnership between the nation's second-largest movie theater chain and IMAX Corp. to install digital IMAX systems in 33 markets nationwide through 2010. It was installed over the summer along with IMAX systems at AMC multiscreen theaters in Neshaminy Mall in Bucks County, Pa., and in Cherry Hill.
"We looked at some of the top-performing theaters across the country and made the selections based on where we thought the auditoriums would be a good fit," said AMC spokesman Justin Scott, who would not disclose further box-office details.
The digital system differs from the earlier-generation IMAX, which utilizes multiple reels that need changing; the new system has no reels.
The IMAX theater at the Hamilton complex can accommodate 375 people.
Each IMAX screen and digital sound system is customized to the theater in which it will be placed, according to Scott.
The screen at AMC Hamilton is 58 feet wide by 33 feet high, whereas the screen at Neshaminy is approximately 59 feet by 27 feet, he said. "What generally happens is the screen is about 25 percent bigger than in regular auditoriums," Scott said.
Part of what is driving this explosion of IMAX screens around the nation is content.
"IMAX is putting out more first-round Hollywood movies in the IMAX format," Scott said.
Future digital IMAX offerings will include the animated "Madagascar 2: Escape to Africa" in November; "The Day the Earth Stood Still" in December; "Night at the Museum 2" in May; and the next installment of the Harry Potter movie series in July.
Moviegoers who get motion sickness from the "you are there" sensation of IMAX can opt to view the same movie in a regular theater of the complex, Scott said.
Tickets for the IMAX version cost $3 more than regular prices, which range from $5 to $9.75.
The presence of an IMAX system can be an attraction for theaters, especially in a year when attendance has declined.
According to the California-based box-office tracking service Media By Numbers, attendance for the lucrative summer season — from the first weekend in May to Labor Day weekend — was down 3.5 percent from last year, with 586.8 million tickets sold compared with 608.1 million last year. For the year to date, attendance is down approximately 5 percent from 2007.
However, in terms of pure dollars, this summer season was the best ever, with films such as "Iron Man" and "The Dark Knight" helping the industry pull in $4.2 billion compared with $4.18 billion last summer, a minimal increase.
The economic downturn is part of the reason attendance is down, said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Media By Numbers.
"It's definitely taking a hit on attendance right now," he said. "Typically, we believe the movie industry is recession-proof. … In these times people are not hesitating to spend $10 on 'Dark Knight,' but they might become a little more selective with how they spend money on films in general.
"When people are worried about their mortgage payments," he said, "they may not see as many movies as before."
But although regular theaters may be putting fewer people in the seats, the IMAX theaters are still doing well.
"They have so distanced themselves from that notion that they are just about documentaries," Dergarabedian said.
"Regardless of the overall market, their attendance is up," he said. "The kinds of film in IMAX, they will pay a premium for those kinds of event movies," he said of moviegoers.
"It's that giant-screen experience."
avatar special edition 3d in imax and 3d this weekend.
opened in May 1999.
May 19th, 1999 grand opening ad from the Philadelphia Inquirer in the photo section.
Dolby cinema coming soon per amcs website.
It's now open.
Just login to your account and subscribe to this theater


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A study by researchers from Duke University and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and published in PLoS Medicine has found that upon infection "three lines of attack by the immune system are quickly neutralized by HIV," findings they hope "will provide a better understanding of how to develop a vaccine to protect against the virus," the Raleigh News & Observer reports. The study, lead by Duke's Barton Haynes, showed that HIV, "once considered a slow if stealthy invader, actually works incredibly fast at disarming key immune fighters in the body." Haynes said scientists still have a difficult task in developing a vaccine, adding, "It would have to be different than any other vaccine made" (Avery, 7/7).
This information was reprinted from kff.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily U.S. HIV/AIDS Report, search the archives, and sign up for email delivery. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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During last Friday's weekly foie gras protest of Quinn's in Capitol Hill, NARN returned a donation check from the owner of the pub, Scott Staples.
Quinn's has displayed a banner advertising that 10% of foie gras sales will be donated to NARN (see picture below).
The NARN board of directors unanimously rejects any such donations. It would show neither consistency nor integrity for an animal rights organization to benefit from animal cruelty – especially by profiting from foie gras, a product we're actively campaigning against.
After the check was returned to him, Mr. Staples replied that he would "never take [foie gras] off the menu", but that he was "proud of [NARN]" for rejecting the donation. I'm sure he's happy we won't accept money for what he considers our "support".
We will not be swayed. The demonstrations will continue, and perhaps one day this so-called "delicacy" will be a thing of the past in Seattle eateries.
Remember, if you want to help us stop restaurants from serving this inhumane dish, we need you to contact them and politely request that they remove it from the menu. While the protests keep pressure and attention on them, they will ultimately only listen to public pressure. So drop by, call, or send e-mail to Quinn's and Lark and ask them to remove foie gras from their menu, and make a difference for the ducks.


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Expert Reviews
2007 Hyundai Accent
Hyundai vehicles have been dramatically improved over the past few years. The Hyundai Accent sedan was redesigned for 2006, and this past spring an attractive coupe joined the lineup, adding style, sophistication, and content than ever before.
While the sedan brings some suave to the entry-level family segment, the coupe is clearly seeking street cred, offering hip accessories ranging from a strut-tower brace to faux carbon-fiber trim. Think of it as inexpensive canvas for the Fast & Furious.
This latest generation of Accents is built on a more substantial platform. They are slightly larger and are notably better cars than the previous generation. Hyundai is clearly moving up-market, and the Accent is a viable alternative to the recently introduced Toyota Yaris, Honda Fit, and Nissan Versa subcompacts.
Power comes from a clean and sophisticated 1.6-liter double overhead-cam engine, featuring variable valve timing and delivering more power than the Chevrolet Aveo or Scion xA. The environmentally friendly Accent is an Ultra Low Emission Vehicle, or ULEV, and rates 37 mpg on the EPA Highway scale.
What's more, Accent delivers a generous list of safety features. Six airbags (front, seat-mounted side-impact, and side-curtain) are standard on all models; antilock brakes with electronic brake-force distribution are optional on the sedan and standard on the sporty SE coupe. The Accent and the related Kia Rio are among the least expensive cars on the market with these important safety features.
Based on our impressions, the Hyundai Accent should be considered alongside models from more established players. A generous five-year/60,000-mile basic warranty with roadside assistance and a 10-year/100,000-mile powertrain warranty make the Accent a good deal for anyone who does not want to buy a used car and intends to keep the vehicle for an extended period of time.
Model Lineup
Hyundai Accent GS coupe ($10,415), automatic ($11,415); GLS sedan ($12,565), automatic ($13,565); SE coupe ($13,915), automatic ($14,915)
Walk AroundThis latest Hyundai Accent looks more elegant than the previous-generation model did. It starts at the front with integrated 5-mph bumpers and large aerodynamic headlight enclosures that wrap around the front fenders. It has a high roofline defined on either side by black rubber rain gutters, while the windshield blends into the front of the roof without any visible trim. A bold character line originates just behind the front wheel opening and slashes boldly across the doors, fading again just short of the taillights.
The back of the sedan roof sweeps toward the trailing edge of the trunk lid, giving it almost a coupe-like appearance. Unlike many modern cars, Accent has a generous greenhouse with big windows; blacked-out trim both defines and unifies the side-window opening. This, coupled with a long wheelbase with relatively short overhangs, makes the sedan appear a tad bigger than it actually is.
Overall, the Accent has a pretty, if somewhat ordinary look to it that should not offend anyone. As part of Hyundai's plan, the Accent sedan is more buttoned-down conservative than the bolder Kia Rio, with which it shares its basic construction. We see a hint of Volvo in its nose and maybe a dash of Honda in its rear three-quarter view.
The Accent coupe has a look all its own, though it shares its front fenders and defining character line with the sedan. The differences begin with the bolder two-slot air opening that replaces the sedan's fine-lined horizontal grille and ends with a rounded tail that takes the tentative reverse curve at the base of the sedan's roof, boldly widens it, and fuses it with the horizontally curving quarter panel. The two-door Accent is unashamedly a hatchback, and makes no pretense to a separate trunk lid.
Not surprisingly, then, the coupe is as tall and wide as the sedan, and shares the sedan's 98.4-inch wheelbase, but at 159.3 inches overall it has shed a significant 9.2 inches of rear overhang. The result is one of the cutest little rears we've seen anywhere lately, and a short, sassy profile that looks like it should cost more than it does.
On both coupe and sedan, a roof-mounted micro-antenna is aerodynamic, flexible, and said to improve signal strength.
InteriorPerhaps more than anything it's the interior of the Hyundai Accent that has been improved over the pre-2006 models. For starters, there's a much better view out. The hip point in the driver's seat is two inches higher than in older Accents, giving the driver a better view of the road. The Accent cabin has a conservative two-tone interior color scheme reminiscent of larger cars, and it's trimmed out quite nicely, helping it avoid the feeling of an econobox.
The dashboard wraps around to the door panels and the center stack is nicely integrated, with large, well positioned climate control knobs. The big speedometer and tachometer are located in a nicely contoured instrument pod in front of the steering wheel. Smaller fuel and coolant temperature gauges are set inside, along with a small LCD readout for the odometer and trip meter as well as an indicator of the selected gear.
The seats are contoured and finished in a classy cloth material that feels high quality. The driver's seat is eight-way adjustable on all models.
We noticed several nice touches that kept our sedan from feeling like a cheap econobox. Among them: dampened grab handles, a thick roof lining, center folding front and rear armrests, a tilt steering wheel, a micro roof-mounted antenna, driver and passenger side-illuminated vanity mirrors, cabin air filtration, remote trunk and fuel cap releases, and a windshield shade band. There are decent size pockets with a cup holder in each door. In addition there are other storage places and a big glovebox.
The rear seat splits 60/40 for additional storage capacity. For better rearward visibility, the three rear-seat headrests slide down shingle-style into the seatback when not needed. A fold out center armrest with two cupholders is provided for rear-seat passengers.
Rear-seat leg room and headroom is not too bad unless the car is full of six-footers. Getting into the back seats is made easier by locating the rear wheels farther back, so the wheelwell does not intrude into the sedan's door opening as much.
Compared to the sedan, the coupe surrenders less than a half inch of hip room up front, and less than an inch in the rear; otherwise its passenger-comfort dimensions are identical to those of the sedan. Both models qualify as compact cars by government interior-volume standards, while the competing Toyota Yaris and Scion xA are classified as subcompacts.
Trunk volume in the sedan is a very respectable 12.4 cubic feet. Despite its shorter length, the hatchback coupe expands this to 15.9 cubic feet with the rear seats in place. Folding the back seats flat in either car greatly increases the total cargo volume and makes room for long and bulky items.
Driving ImpressionsNobody buying a Hyundai Accent will expect sizzling performance, yet the 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine is surprisingly snappy, even with the automatic transmission. An Accent GLS automatic has no problem keeping up with traffic as long as you stomp on the gas pedal, and it's more than happy cruising at speed on the freeway. We have not had a chance to check out an Accent with a manual transmission but expect it to be more fun to drive.
Hyundai's 1.6-liter four-cylinder is a modern, sophisticated engine with dual overhead camshafts and continuously variable valve timing. This DOHC/CVVT combination helps give the engine a broad power band with high fuel efficiency and low emissions.
EPA-estimated City/Highway fuel economy is 32/35 mpg with the manual, 28/36 mpg with the automatic. The engine produces 110 horsepower at 6000 rpm and 106 pound-feet of torque at 4500 rpm.
The sedan's ride is on the soft side, softer than the Kia Rio, which gets sportier settings. The power assisted rack-and-pinion steering provides reasonable feedback and the handling proved to be acceptable on some winding mountain roads near San Diego. Our GLS automatic had the optional 15-inch alloy wheels with the sportier P195/55VR15 tires. We did not try a base model with the skinny 14-inch tires and steel wheels, but suspect it would not handle as well.
Overall, the driving characteristics and performance make this a commuter car rather than a long distance cruiser.
The SE coupe is more stiffly sprung than the GS coupe or GLS sedan (by 24 percent up front and 11 percent in the rear). Its suspension struts are valved tighter, and its front anti-roll bar beefed up to 24 mm, vs. the 21 mm bar on the GS/GLS. And the SE's V-rated tires have stiffer sidewalls and wider treads, which makes for a firmer ride.
The steering ratio is the same (15.5:1) in all three models, but Hyundai says all three racks are tuned differently for different levels of sporty feel, while the SE's suspension upgrades make it 70 percent more resistant to body roll so it leans less in corners than the other models.
Braking systems differ as well. The coupes come with 10.1-inch ventilated discs all around, but the SE adds four-channel, four-sensor ABS with Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD); this feature isn't even offered as an option on the GS coupe. The sedan makes do with solid rear discs, with ABS/EBD as an option. The sedan we drove seemed to stop efficiently. It was equipped with the optional ABS, which allows the driver to maintain steering control in an emergency braking situation by preventing wheel lockup. EBD improves stability in hard braking situations by balancing brake force front to rear.
The Hyundai Accent is a competent subcompact car that's big inside and sprightly underway. It includes an impressive array of standard safety features and is certainly worthy of being considered alongside more expensive models from other manufacturers. The new hatchback coupe adds a strong dose of sporty styling, plus more cargo-hauling versatility, with no significant loss of passenger space.
NewCarTestDrive.com correspondent John Rettie filed this report from San Diego.


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The 21-year-old and 19-year-old women say they were working on a college project Saturday at Colonel Denning State Park in Newville.
Trooper Eric Keebaugh told PennLive.com that the hikers reported getting unnerved and disoriented after seeing a bear. He also says it got dark more quickly than the women had expected.
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We're back with another round of exciting literary news from around the globe. This week's dispatches take us to El Salvador, South Africa, and Tunisia.
Nestor Gomez, Editor-at-Large, reporting from El Salvador:
It was announced in early June that Centroamerica Cuenta awarded writer and LGBT+ activist Alejandro Córdova the 6th annual Central American Prize for the Short Story. At 24 years old, Córdova is the first Salvadoran to win the prize for the Central American region. His short story "Lugares Comunes" ("Common Places") took him 2 years to finish and is narrated from the perspective of a son attempting to reconstruct the events of how his parents met during the Salvadoran Civil War. Córdova was born just at the end of the war but commented in an interview with InformaTVX that fiction was a marvelous way of trying to comprehend a history that was not his. Córdova also comments on the status of Salvadoran literature and how it is alive and well, not necessarily because of support from the state or from various literary circles, but due to the collective suffering of a complex society in El Salvador. Those complexities can be seen in the country's literature, which Córdova likens to a strange flower born in the desert, a type of rarity that makes Salvadoran literature even more alluring than other Central American regions.


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Assess your Linux Knowledge.Submitted by masinick on Tuesday 9th of October 2018 07:27:50 AM Filed under
This Linux testmight help to check your personal knowledge of the various topics discussed in the Linux/UNIX fundamentals courses, in order to find out assess your Linux skills.
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Find Us and Follow on Diaspora and MastodonSubmitted by Roy Schestowitz on Friday 24th of August 2018 05:14:24 AM
For those who do not favour RSS feeds and are not using Twitter, the Free/Open Source federated social network services are also an option (and have been for quite some time). We're adding to buttons to the site now (they are also clickable above) █
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UnixstickersSubmitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Tuesday 19th of June 2018 10:47:18 AM Filed under
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Tux Machines Turns 14Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Sunday 17th of June 2018 10:28:10 AM Filed under
IN JUNE 2004 Tux Machines was registered, which makes this site nearly a decade and a half old. Running this site is more than a full-time job; it's not just a hobby but more like a 24/7 duty, not even with holidays or weekends off. But as long as people find the site useful, it makes all the work worthwhile. RIanne and I will keep refreshing our RSS feeds and keep this site abreast of the news. █
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GitHub as the Latest Example of Microsoft Entryism in Free/Libre SoftwareSubmitted by Roy Schestowitz on Saturday 16th of June 2018 05:08:17 PM Filed under
"This is in effect the very same trick they did/pulled with Novell and SUSE (where Nat Friedman came from after his Microsoft internship) about a decade ago."
THE recent GitHub takeover, which has not formally been approved just yet (although there are no foreseen barriers to it), is definitely bad news; it is a lot of things to Microsoft however. It is good news only to Microsoft and GitHub shareholders, who basically sold out many developers without rewarding/compensating them for this unwanted (to them) takeover.
There are many aspects to it: First of all, it helps paint Microsoft as "open source" and it helps Microsoft gain leverage over developers, e.g. their choice process of framework/s and licence/s (Microsoft still dislikes copyleft); by leverage over platform they can suggest Azure, for example, or create bindings to it; they gain leverage over projects tied to governments, including some of our clients at work; Microsoft can vainly tell them, i.e. the governments and their developers: "look, you want FOSS? We're FOSS" (so they effectively become their own competitor!). In fact, there's so much more and I could easily name a couple dozen examples, but I know people pursue/need concision here. For an analogy, in politics this concept or strategy is known as "entrism" or "entryism".
Microsoft also uses patents to blackmail FOSS; there's that element too, albeit many people conveniently choose to forget it. Microsoft is sending patents to patent trolls, then offers "Azure IP Advantage". This is in effect the very same trick they did/pulled with Novell and SUSE (where Nat Friedman came from after his Microsoft internship) about a decade ago.
There are many other angles to it, including programming languages, frameworks (e.g. proprietary IDEs like MSVS), code editors and not just bindings to Microsoft as a host and API provider. People, especially developers of software, generally know how E.E.E. works; the basic precondition/premise is that you gain controls/leverage over that which threatens you (Nokia: Elop, Novell: Mono and lots more examples). So that's kind of a way of getting inside, gradually forming a partnership and then shutting down or sidelining whatever threatens you. Like Xamarin did to RoboVM, in effect killing it under Friedman's leadership. Friedman is going to be the chief of GitHub.
Microsoft can direct the opposition's decisions and its fate. Sadly, they already do this inside the Linux Foundation, where Microsoft staff already has chairs in the Board.
From what I can gather, developers ditching GitHub is becoming a fairy common thing this month. I already see the 1) active 2) large 3) non-Windows ones leaving, but it can take time; some told me they still rely on open bug reports and other 'vendor lockin'; that needs some work before they can migrate; the real alternative is self-hosted git. █
"Sadly, they already do this inside the Linux Foundation, where Microsoft staff already has chairs in the Board."
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Olinux- Everything about LinuxSubmitted by masinick on Monday 28th of May 2018 03:36:21 PM Filed under
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In Memoriam: Robin "Roblimo" Miller, a Videographer and Free Software ChampionSubmitted by Roy Schestowitz on Friday 25th of May 2018 06:01:58 AM Filed under
Robin "Roblimo" Miller was a clever, friendly, and very amicable individual who everyone I know has plenty of positive things to say about. I had the pleasure of speaking to him for several hours about anything from personal life and professional views. Miller was a very knowledgeable person whose trade as a journalist and video producer I often envied. I have seen him facing his critics in his capacity as a journalist over a decade ago when he arranged a debate about OOXML (on live radio). Miller, to me, will always be remembered as a strong-minded and investigative journalist who "did the right thing" as the cliché goes, irrespective of financial gain -- something which can sometimes be detrimental to one's longterm health. Miller sacrificed many of his later years to a cause worth fighting for. This is what we ought to remember him for. Miller was - and always will be - a FOSS hero.
May everything you fought for be fulfilled, Mr. Miller. I already miss you. █
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Tux Machines Privacy StatementSubmitted by Roy Schestowitz on Friday 25th of May 2018 04:59:49 AM Filed under
Summary: Today, May 25th, the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into full effect; we hereby make a statement on privacy
AS a matter of strict principle, this site never has and never will accumulate data on visitors (e.g. access logs) for longer than 28 days. The servers are configured to permanently delete all access data after this period of time. No 'offline' copies are being made. Temporary logging is only required in case of DDOS attacks and cracking attempts -- the sole purpose of such access. Additionally, we never have and never will sell any data pertaining to anything. We never received demands for such data from authorities; even if we had, we would openly declare this (publicly, a la Canary) and decline to comply. Privacy is extremely important to us, which is why pages contain little or no cross-site channels (such as Google Analytics, 'interactive' buttons for 'social' media etc.) and won't be adding any. Google may be able to 'see' what pages people visit because of Google Translate (top left of every page), but that is not much worse than one's ISP 'seeing' the same thing. We are aware of this caveat.
Shall readers have any further questions on such matters, do not hesitate to contact us. █
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Orangutans are some of the most solitary animals critically endangered as human consumption grows; Ban Palm oil Industry.Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Thursday 7th of December 2017 06:46:07 PM Filed under
Orangutans are some of the most solitary animals critically endangered as human consumption grows.
Orangutans are currently only found in the rainforest of Borneo and Sumatra where both species are endangered. The orangutans' habitat has decreased and is rapidly being devastated by loggers, palm oil plantations, gold miners, and unnatural forest fires.
Watching videos of orangutans over hundreds of times is nerve-wracking, seeing them in distress and in great trauma as babies watch their mothers hacked and killed by poachers. They are using their machete which is so inhumane, as many of these infants die without the help of their mother and some other infants are sold as pets, ending in the hands of their 'owner', maltreated and malnourished, making their situation even worse. This happened because of the humongous demand and consumption of humans. Guilt is creeping on me; while enjoying my food and applying all the cosmetics for vanity it is like slaughtering an innocent and beautiful primate slowly and accurately. I wasn't thinking at all; I'm closely blinded of my needs, having never bothered to think that somewhere out there someone is tormented. I can't let this happen any longer. I must act and make a stand and be the voice of orangutans. I'm calling for everyone to ban and stop buying palm oil products. We must stop deforestation and the palm oil industry, strongly and swiftly before orangutans and all other animals sail into extinction. █
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VAR-SOM-MX7 is now available with Certified 802.11ac/a/b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.2 supportSubmitted by Variscite on Thursday 23rd of November 2017 09:42:04 AM Filed under
Variscite Announces the Upgrade of its VAR-SOM-MX7 SoM with Bluetooth 4.2 and the Launch of its New VAR-SOM-MX7 Variant with Improved Dual-band 802.11ac/a/b/g/n Certified Wi-Fi Module.
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Variscite Launches New Variants for the DART-6UL SoM with Improved Certified Wi-Fi/BT Module with 802.11 ac/a/b/g/n SupportSubmitted by Variscite on Thursday 15th of June 2017 03:27:17 PM Filed under
In a matter of only two months, Variscite has announced the launch of an additional enhancement for the DART-6UL System on Module (SoM) product line based on the NXP Cortex-A7 i.MX6 UltraLite family.
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Beijing Zoo is No Place for PandasSubmitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sunday 23rd of April 2017 07:59:48 PM Filed under
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I am a Panda lover. I work as a support engineer in an I.T company here in the United Kingdom. Most of my spare time is spent watching different Panda videos -- both old and new videos. Basically, it is my therapy; a 'stress release' for me. I find them to be adorable and precious creatures. As a matter of fact, I would like to volunteer to come to Sichuan. I want to experience and feel what it's like to be a Panda keeper, to be able to interact with them for real. The Panda is China's National Treasure, so it's a shame to watch the Panda videos from Beijing zoo, as the place is disgusting and not ideal for Pandas to live in (and for sure for all the rest of the animals who unfortunately got stuck in this prison cell).
The place looks like a ghost town. Lifeless and languished. Knowing that Pandas wear a thick fur on their body, can you imagine what it feels for them in 30C or 35C (summer temperature)? What it probably feels like all the time? Come on, if you really care, you must do something now, otherwise these Pandas will die. Please bring them back to their sanctuary where they really belong. █
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Tux Machines is Now on MastodonSubmitted by Roy Schestowitz on Friday 14th of April 2017 05:21:50 PM Filed under
Summary: We can now be found in Mastodon too
A FOSS and decentralised Twitter alternative has received plenty of media attention/traction lately, so Tux Machines belatedly joins in and we invite readers to follow us there if they wish to create an account. The popularity of the platform exploded (number of users quadrupled so far this month). █
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We've Made It! 100,000 NodesSubmitted by Roy Schestowitz on Friday 31st of March 2017 06:38:16 PM Filed under
Summary: Another milestone for Tux Machines, which will turn 15 in a couple of years
100,000 nodes in Tux Machines will have been published later tonight. This one will be assigned node ID/#99995. Earlier today someone anonymous told us, "I just wanted to say thank you for all the work you've done and new information updates at tuxmachines.org."
That's what we are here for -- to help spread information. We don't profit or gain anything from this site, but it's our way of giving back to the Free/Open Source software community.
On to 200,000 (this may take another decade or more). █
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Translation of the Latest 'Microsoft Loves Linux' Charm OffensiveSubmitted by Roy Schestowitz on Thursday 17th of November 2016 01:07:08 PM Filed under
QUITE a few additional articles -- mostly puff pieces (below is a complete/exhaustive list) -- have been published since yesterday's blog post, which was followed by a short article from Techrights. There is a lot of Microsoft PR inside the news/media right now (more and more by the hour) and it's coordinated (sometimes in advance, based on what we learned yesterday) by Microsoft. Here is a quick rebuttal to the 4 strands of news:
- The Linux Foundation joins Microsoft (not a slip): Microsoft paid half a million dollars for over a hundred puff pieces (in English alone) and lots of leverage over Linux, including a distraction from the patent wars it wages.
- The GNU/Linux crowd gets a proprietary software database it neither wants nor needs: This might be useful when Microsoft tries to infiltrate GNU/Linux deployments like the one in Munich, later boasting better integration with Windows than with GNU/Linux (same for running Bash/Ubuntu under Windows 10).
- Google and .NET: Microsoft accepts that it lost the mobile wars and also lost developers, so it tries ever more desperately to spread .NET and/or Mono.
- Tizen/Samsung and .NET: As above.
That's about all it means. Below is the raw PR, which is intended to sometimes (it doesn't always work) mislead the reader, having misled the writers/journalists. █
Related/contextual items from the news:
Microsoft demonstrates its commitment to open source by joining Linux Foundation [Ed: Microsoft advocacy sites (often paid-for nonsense) like to pretend to themselves that Microsoft is now a good citizen, not racketeer. iophk: "You've probably seen links about LF joining Microsoft so I won't add them. It would have been news if Microsoft joined OIN."]
Microsoft joins The Linux Foundation as a Platinum member [Ed: How MS advocacy sites put it; the larger payment (like political 'donation') was inevitable. To quote Benjamin Henrion, "Microsoft depends so much on taxing Linux via its dubious software patents that they have decided to join the Linux Foundation #corruption"]
Microsoft now a Platinum Member at Linux Foundation and .NET foundation has Google onboard
Microsoft joins the Linux foundation and blows everyone's mind
Microsoft And Linux Working On Advance Open Source Project Development, SQL Server And Azure App Service
Microsoft and Linux Collaborates For Open-Source Game; As Rivals Unite, How Could Linux Benefit From This?
Microsoft joins Linux Foundation as it continues to embrace open source
Microsoft join hands with Linux Foundation as platinum member
Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation as a Platinum member
Microsoft Becomes a Member of The Linux Foundation
Is Google crashing the Microsoft open source party?
Microsoft: SQL Server for Linux is the real deal
Microsoft doubles down on Linux love, joins foundation
Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation, launches test build of Visual Studio for Mac
Microsoft makes open source commitment with new partnerships involving Google, Linux, Samsung
Microsoft joins Linux Foundation as a Platinum Member
Microsoft joins Linux Foundation, Open-Source development to get major boost
Microsoft joins Linux Foundation at Platinum Partner
After OpenAI Partnership, Microsoft Joins The Linux Foundation To Dive Deeper Into Open-Source Code
Microsoft is joining the Linux Foundation
Microsoft Joins Linux Foundation, Bets on Open Cloud Computing
Microsoft Shows Linux Love by Joining the Linux Foundation
Loves spreads, new Microsoft SQL Server now previewed on Ubuntu
Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation, no really
Linux Academy Partners with Microsoft Visual Studio Dev Essentials Program
Microsoft Becomes Linux Foundation Platinum Member, The Last Leaf has Fallen
Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation, confirms commitment to open source development
Microsoft has joined the Linux foundation
Microsoft Joins Linux Foundation, After Calling Linux a 'Cancer'
Microsoft Drops Tech Bombshell As It Joins Linux Foundation
Microsoft partners with the Linux Foundation
Microsoft and Google bury the hatchet in one small way
Microsoft Joins the Linux Foundation As Everyone Now Loves Open Source
Microsoft is the Platinum member of Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation Gets a Surprising New Member: Microsoft
SQL Server joins the Linux party, new preview comes to Linux and Docker
Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation as a Platinum member, Google joins .Net community
Microsoft joins Linux Foundation that promotes open-source technology
Microsoft SQL Server Supports Linux
Cricket Australia to adopt Microsoft's team and player performance platform
Microsoft announces association with Linux Foundation with Platinum membership
Microsoft joins The Linux Foundation at highest membership tier
Microsoft Joins Linux Foundation As Platinum Member And Releases Ports
Microsoft Embraces Open Source, Joins Linux Foundation
As Microsoft joins Linux, Google shakes hands with the .NET Foundation
Microsoft joined the Linux foundation as a platinum member because of Cloud Services
Microsoft, Google, and Samsung Bury the Hatchet with New Partnerships
Microsoft, Google, Samsung Team Up In Open Source Development
Microsoft surprises by joining Linux, 15 years after calling it a 'cancer'
Microsoft joins Linux Foundation in another nod to open-source code
Microsoft officially joins the Linux league of open source contributors
After Microsoft joins Linux, Google Cloud joins .NET Foundation
Google signs on to the .NET Foundation
Microsoft Joins Linux Foundation
Microsoft's .NET Foundation Now Includes Google
Microsoft Joins The Linux Foundation In Latest Open Source Commitment
Microsoft joins The Linux Foundation; takes on Oracle
Microsoft Joins The Linux Foundation to Boost Open Source Software Ecosystem
Microsoft has officially joined the Linux Foundation
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Linux Foundation Commits Suicide as Microsoft E.E.E. Takes a Leap ForwardSubmitted by Roy Schestowitz on Wednesday 16th of November 2016 08:49:17 PM Filed under
I have covered Microsoft's interference with FOSS for over a decade and carefully studied even pertinent antitrust documents. I know the company's way of thinking when it comes to undermining their competition, based on internal communications and strategy papers. Even days ago we got this in the news.
The pattern of embrace and extend (to extinguish) -- all this while leveraging software patents to make Linux a Microsoft cash cow or compel OEMs to preinstall privacy-hostile Microsoft software/apps with proprietary formats (lockin) -- never ended. What I see in the Linux Foundation right now is what I saw in Nokia 5 years ago and in Novell 10 years ago -- the very thing that motivated me to start Boycott Novell, a site that has just turned 10 with nearly 22,000 blog posts.
It is a saddening day because it's a culmination, after years of Microsoft 'micro' payments to the Linux Foundation (e.g. event sponsorship in exchange for keynote positions), which will have Microsoft shoved down the throats of GNU/Linux proponents and give an illusion of peace when there is none, not just on the patent front but also other fronts (see what Microsoft's partner Accenture is doing in Munich right now). The links below are a complete list of the bad (in my view very bad) news. █
"We need to slaughter Novell before they get stronger….If you're going to kill someone, there isn't much reason to get all worked up about it and angry. You just pull the trigger. Any discussions beforehand are a waste of time. We need to smile at Novell while we pull the trigger."
--Jim Allchin, Microsoft's Platform Group Vice President
In the news today:
Microsoft Steps Up Its Commitment to Open Source
Today The Linux Foundation is announcing that we've welcomed Microsoft as a Platinum member. I'm honored to join Scott Guthrie, executive VP of Microsoft's Cloud and Enterprise Group, at the Connect(); developer event in New York and expect to be able to talk more in the coming months about how we'll intensify our work together for the benefit of the open source community at large.
Microsoft Joins The Linux Foundation As A Platinum Member
Microsoft's Linux love affair leads it to join The Linux Foundation
No, this isn't The Onion and it's not April Fool's Day. Microsoft has joined The Linux Foundation.
Microsoft announced that it was joining forces with The Linux Foundation at the Microsoft Connect developer event in New York.
Microsoft announces the next version SQL Server for Windows and Linux
Microsoft joins The Linux Foundation as a Platinum member
Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation
Microsoft—yes, Microsoft—joins the Linux Foundation
THE END TIMES ARE HERE: Microsoft embraces Google, Apple, Samsung and even Linux in one go
Microsoft's open source love fest continues as it joins Linux Foundation
Microsoft Goes Linux Platinum, Welcomes Google To .NET Foundation
Microsoft joins Linux Foundation in another nod to open-source code
Microsoft Is Joining the Linux Foundation
Microsoft Joins Linux Foundation
Microsoft joins Linux Foundation in another step toward greater openness
Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation, 15 years after Ballmer called it 'cancer'
Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation as a Platinum member, Google joins .Net community
Microsoft is now a Linux Foundation Platinum Member
That's an expensive Linux install! Microsoft gives the Linux foundation $550000
Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation because 2016 isn't weird enough already
Microsoft just got its Linux Foundation platinum card, becomes top level member
4 no-bull takeaways from Microsoft joining the Linux Foundation
Microsoft announces the public preview of the next release of SQL Server on Linux and Windows
Microsoft Joins Linux Foundation, Google Joins .NET Community
Microsoft just joined the Linux Foundation as a Platinum member
Linux has won, Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation
Microsoft is joining the Linux foundation as a platinum member
Microsoft joins Linux Foundation, Google added to .NET community
Microsoft seeks to grow Azure platform with products, partnerships
Microsoft Joins Linux Foundation As Platinum Member
Microsoft Fortifies Commitment to Open Source, Becomes Linux Foundation Platinum Member
Microsoft contributes to open ecosystem by joining Linux Foundation and welcoming Google to the .NET community
Linux Academy Partners with Microsoft Visual Studio Dev Essentials Program
Microsoft Joins the Linux Foundation as the World Remains the Right Side Up
Hell freezes over as Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation
Microsoft Joins Linux Foundation as a Platinum Member
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Microsoft is hosting its annual Connect(); developer event in New York today. With .NET being at the core of many of its efforts, including on the open-source side, it's no surprise that the event also featured a few .NET-centric announcements...
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Record-Breaking TrafficSubmitted by Roy Schestowitz on Sunday 30th of October 2016 11:32:20 AM Filed under
Summary: Quick report about site traffic
Tux Machines has been enjoying growth in recent weeks, though it's hard to attribute it to anything in particular. The following are the past 4 weeks' logs (we delete all logs after 4 weeks, for privacy reasons, assuring no long-term retention).
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 389699117 Oct 9 04:40 access.log-20161009 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 454715290 Oct 16 03:46 access.log-20161016 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 478747167 Oct 23 03:12 access.log-20161023 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 499911551 Oct 30 03:40 access.log-20161030
We recently quadrupled the servers' CPU capacity.
The above is not the complete picture. That's omitting all the Varnish activity, which handles the majority of the traffic but simply cannot cache all pages. We are still trying to reduce the frequency of spam incidents (some of the spamy submissions manage to inject JavaScript very briefly).
We'll soon reach the 100,000-node milestone of this Drupal site. █
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Winner: Triathlon in The Spa At The MidlandSubmitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Monday 10th of October 2016 09:02:59 PM Filed under
I never thought I could win in a challenge of 3 events.
I guess age is not an excuse for giving up... more so in physical fitness; as the saying goes, health is wealth.... consequently, I'll keep doing my routine and even yoga. It is extremely relaxing!
Motivation, hard work, discipline. By-product is triumph...
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GNOME Release Party ManchesterSubmitted by Roy Schestowitz on Friday 23rd of September 2016 09:19:56 PM Filed under
Summary: Today's party celebrating the release of GNOME 3.22
RIANNE AND I both attended today's GNOME release party in Manchester. It was a good opportunity to meet some geeky people, including a few from Codethink, which organised this event. █
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Web Site Traffic GrowingSubmitted by Roy Schestowitz on Saturday 3rd of September 2016 08:41:27 PM Filed under
The Linux Foundation recently added the Platform for Network Data Analytics (PNDA)
Summary: Network/traffic analytics for Tux Machines
ULTIMATELY, here in Tux Machines we strive to include every bit of relevant news (standalone pages for more important news, clusters of links for the rest, grouped by topic). We rarely blog although sometimes we add an opinion (marked "Ed", shorthand for "Editor").
It has been a long time since we last wrote about statistics. As readers may know by now, we only retain logs for up to 4 weeks (security/diagnostics purposes), then these get deleted for good so as to maintain privacy (we cannot be compelled to hand over data). Those logs show only direct hits, they don't include pages served through the cache* (Varnish) and here is the latest, where the date stands for "week ending":
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 224439408 Aug 7 03:17 access.log-20160807 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 310050330 Aug 14 03:22 access.log-20160814 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 343901488 Aug 21 03:17 access.log-20160821 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 344256886 Aug 28 03:15 access.log-20160828
The above indicates that, judging by the back end (not cache), traffic continues to increase. Over the past week the site was sometimes unbearably slow if not inaccessible. In the worse case we'll upgrade the server for extra capacity, assuring decent speed. Worth noting is that in the latest log (ending August 28th) less than 1,000 hits came from Edge, so very few among our visitors use the latest and 'greatest' from Microsoft. █
* The cache server services several domains, notably Tux Machines and Techrights, and it averages at around 1.5 GB of traffic per hour.
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The exciting thing about open source is that nobody needs permission to try something new. That's a formula that allows new ideas to emerge all the time. Here are three open source projects that are still in their early stages but show real promise. This Linux is utterly unapologetic in catering to technology hobbyists, enthusiasts, and power users. It's for the amateurs, in that best and most original sense of the word—those who love what they do. Awesome. So isn't Endeavour the perfect name? If what you want is to roll your sleeves up and level up while still enjoying a gentle start and a friendly community, this could be a great way to go about it.
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This is a weekly blog about the Raspberry Pi 4 ("RPI4"), the latest product in the popular Raspberry Pi range of single-board computers. Last week's blog looked at whether the RPI4 cuts the mustard as a desktop web browser. It does although with a few reservations. This week's blog focuses on another absolutely essential desktop activity. Managing your email. My email requirements are very simple. I use Gmail for my personal email. It offers ample storage, threads, rich text features, useful keyboard shortcuts, and more. It gives me access to my email whatever device and platform I'm using. For the RPI4 to replace my desktop, I need quick and easy access to Gmail.


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As a medical esthetician, Monica Klocksieben has forgotten more about making skin look great than most of us will learn in a lifetime. At Aqua Medical Spa, her magic touch -- along with the latest in esthetic technology -- leaves her clients looking positively radiant. We sat down with this expert to get her top tips for smart summer skincare, plus a couple of great product recs that'll keep you glowing 'til fall (and beyond).
Five rules for smart summer skincare:
1. "The most important thing you can do for your skin in the summertime is wear sunblock."
Monica adds to this rule by setting the record straight on the two types of damaging rays you'll encounter under the sun: UVA rays contribute to aging, while UVB rays are responsible for burns. She points out that SPF numbers only measure the burning UVB rays, and for that reason, she stresses the need to choose a product that protects against both major offenders. Lightweight, oil-free Aquavedic SPF 40 sunblock, which features broad spectrum UVA and UVB protection is this expert's choice.
2. "The second most important step is using an antioxidant."
"Sunscreens only block 55 percent of free radicals," Monica explains. This discrepancy leaves a gap in protection which can lead to sun damage, fine lines and wrinkles. Monica likes CE Ferulic and Phloretin CF by SkinCeuticals, two Allure "Best of Beauty" winners.
3. "Choose a mineral makeup."
For on-the-go summer days, Monica recommends mineral makeup over traditional creamy foundations. She emphasizes that it allows skin to breathe and won't clog pores -- both excellent qualities this time of year.
4. "Exfoliate your skin from head to toe."
As we age, the rate at which our skin cells shed slows down dramatically. Monica favors all-over body polishes like Body Coffee brand scrub to speed the process along, and she promises, "Your skin will be glowing after sloughing off all those dead skin cells!" …A little icky, but definitely worth some extra effort in the bare-est months of the year.
5. "Hydrate."
One word says it all: Inside and out, keep the fluids and moisturizers flowing throughout the summer to combat dryness, flaking and wrinkles.


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DOJ Gives Its Opinion On SOPA By Unilaterally Shutting Down 'Foreign Rogue Site' Megaupload... Without SOPA/PIPA
from the screw-you-all----we're-the-doj deptIf you've been paying attention to the MPAA/US Chamber of Commerce/RIAA claims about why they need PIPA/SOPA, a key argument is that they need it to go after these "foreign rogue sites" that cannot be reached under existing US law. Among the most prominent sites often talked about is Megaupload -- which accounts for a huge percentage of the "rogue site traffic" that the US Chamber of Commerce and other bill supporters love to cite. However, it certainly appears that the US Justice Department and ICE don't think they need any new law to go after people in foreign countries over claims of criminal copyright infringement. As lots of folks are currently digesting, the Justice Department, along with ICE, have shut down the site and arrested many of the principles (with the help of New Zealand law enforcement) and charged them with massive amounts of criminal copyright infringement.
Of course, just last week, we had noted that Megaupload was immune from SOPA/PIPA because it doesn't apply to dot coms -- but this is still interesting and crazy for a whole variety of reasons:
- ICE and DOJ have a pretty freaking dreadful record so far in bringing these kinds of cases for online copyright infringement. It's kind of amazing that they did this so soon after they totally screwed up and had to give back Dajaz1 (without an apology, by the way). Megaupload may be a different type of site... but, still...
- Similar cyberlockers, like RapidShare, have already been declared legal in both Europe and the US. I don't know the details of Megaupload's situation -- and certainly its founder has a... um... colorful history... but it seems pretty extreme to totally shut down the site prior to any adversarial hearing.
- In the last few days and months, Megaupload had announced plans to help artists make more money... and had announced that very successful and famous music producer Swizz Beatz had become CEO of Megaupload. Beatz is also married to recording superstar Alicia Keys and was responsible for getting all those RIAA artists to endorse Megaupload. All indications were that the company was clearly building a legitimate system for artists to make money and fans to get content. And it seemed that many artists clearly supported the site.
- So why do we need SOPA/PIPA again? It seems like the DOJ/ICE just undermined the key argument of the MPAA/RIAA/US CoC for why they need these laws. After all, Megaupload was one of the key examples used for why the law was needed.
- At the same time there are huge questions about why the government is involved here. Megaupload is currently engaged in a lawsuit in the US -- and contrary to claims of SOPA/PIPA supporters, the company seemed more than willing to appear in court to deal with civil copyright claims. Why leap to criminal claims?
- Is this really the message the US DOJ and White House want to be giving the day after mass, widespread protests happened concerning a fear that this new law would be used to take down websites? Honestly, this is a big "fuck you" to the protestors, showing that the government already has this power thanks to the last law they passed: ProIP (which they promised they'd never abuse).
- The indictment itself -- embedded below -- is so full of hyperbole ("Mega Conspiracy") it sounds like it was written by the entertainment industry itself...
Filed Under: copyright, criminal copyright, cyberlockers, doj, fbi, foreign rogue sites, ice, indictment, kim dotcom, pipa, protect ip, seiruzes, sopa, swizz beatz
Companies: megaupload


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kd304 describes the most likely reason for "Community ♦" getting involved. Just for completeness, there is another purpose that you don't want to see on your posts... it is "Community ♦" who gets the blame if your post is obliterated as spam/offensive. Of course, you'd probably need > 10k rep to see the remains of such a post...
Community user is an automated process to stirr up some old and unanswered question. Actually, the user page belonging on the Community user describes its purpose.
There's another reason for a question appearing to have been modified by the Community user - when a question is migrated, it's shown as edited by the Community user on the target site.
When this is happening it is just the Community user making an "edit" (even though nothing is changed) to a random older post, to give it a bump (keeps the homepage fresh and helps questions that might have been missed get more attention).