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My Nonprofit Reviews
Review for Christian Relief Services, Alexandria, VA, USA
Christian Relief Services alleviates poverty throughout the world, regardless of religious affiliation, race, or political status. The charity was founded on the ideal that each of us has a Christian duty to serve one's fellow man.
CRS identifies, qualifies, and supports local organizations, who don't have the resources to carry out their missions.
Review for Bread and Water for Africa, Alexandria, VA, USA
Bread & Water for Africa has a long history of providing assistance to children in some of the poorest regions on the planet. From food to medicine to education, the organization supports its local partners in providing sustainable solutions to poverty. One of the core strengths of the organization is its ability to identify, qualify, and monitor local organizations to ensure that donations get used as they are supposed to be used.
When the TV reporters are gone, Bread & Water for Africa is still around.
Review for Americans Helping Americans, Alexandria, VA, USA
American Helping Americans is dedicated to helping low income Americans survive in some of the most economically challenging times in recent memory. The organization provides basic support for the poor in Appalachia and throughout the country. They provide warm clothing for children as well as basic family support to help children find better futures.
The organization provides support year in and year out even when the cause isn't the cause of the month advanced by national media.
Review for Americans Helping Americans, Alexandria, VA, USA
AHA has consistently stood for meeting the needs of Americans even when meeting those needs has lost its popularity. The Organization works with and through other local organizations to distribute goods and services on a national basis.
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Review for American Indian Youth Running Strong aka Running Strong for American Indian Youth, Alexandria, VA, USA
Running Strong is an organization with a great reputation among Native American organizations for stepping in to deliver when people are in need. The Organization respects the autonomy of and works closely with many Native American groups. The Organization has a long history of getting the most bang for donor dollars. I am beyond proud to be associated with the Organization.
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[(Hat tip to "M." over at OffGuardian)
Source: Moon of Alabama]
Why North Korea Needs Nukes – And How To End That
[by b.]
(Updated below)
Media say,
the U.S. may
or may not
kill a number of North Koreans
for this or that
or no reason
but call North Korea
'the volatile and unpredictable regime'
Now consider what the U.S. media don't tell you about Korea:
BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) — China proposed "double suspension" to defuse the looming crisis on the Korean Peninsula, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Wednesday.
"As a first step, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) may suspend its nuclear and missile activities in exchange for the suspension of large-scale U.S.-Republic of Korea (ROK) military exercises," Wang told a press conference on the sidelines of the annual session of the National People's Congress.
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Sadly, the truth is much less thrilling than any of that. The truth is that I turned 40 this year. Yep, the big 4 0. It is no longer possible to deny that I am middle-aged. But all in all, that hasn't bothered me too much. After all, my experience has shown me that each decade of my life is better than the previous one.
Some of this is to be expected after all, because we do have earthly bodies that are already in a state of decay and dying to this life. There is no fountain of youth, magical pill, or expensive surgery that will grant us immortality. Unless we meet our demise early in life (which is always possible), old age will creep upon and overtake us. That is merely biology.
But one day, our bodies will last, and we will be pain and illness free. God has prepared for us an eternal and glorified body, to be dwelled in when this fleshly body wears out. One day the aches will be gone, a distant memory of a time when things weren't perfect and pure. I love the hope, assurance and comfort I get from the following passage of Scripture:
"For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands. We grow weary in our present bodies, and we long to put on our heavenly bodies like new clothing. For we will put on heavenly bodies; we will not be spirits without bodiesWhile we live in these earthly bodies, we groan and sigh, but it's not that we want to die and get rid of these bodies that clothe us. Rather, we want to put on our new bodies so that these dying bodies will be swallowed up by life. God himself has prepared us for this, and as a guarantee he has given us his Holy Spirit." ~ 2 Cor. 5:1-5
Until that time comes, however I intend to do what I can to be, and live, healthy. Simple activities like eating well, stretching, strengthening, and getting enough water and sleep are great ways to put off the inevitability of old age. Yes, it will come, but I'll not just sit back and let it overtake me. I am reminded of one of the few poems that I actually like. I first heard it in high school and it struck a chord with me even then. I hope you enjoy it too.
Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night
By Dylan Thomas
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.


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As a beer lover, I've always looked forward to the fall. It's the time of year when I put down the light, crisp German lagers I drink during the summer and reach for something richer, spicier and heartier—ale. Specifically, Belgian ale.
A radical departure from any other style of beer in the world, the ales that emerged from Belgium roughly 1,000 years ago are all about aroma, sourness, texture and fat. Not the kind of fat found in a pulled-pork sandwich, mind you, but the light, rich fat of a freshly plucked avocado.
American beer aficionados (a.k.a. nerds), tired of lighter, mass-market lagers and/or the overly hopped microbrewer's darling IPA, have long delighted in attempting the near impossible—replicating 10 centuries of European tradition by brewing Belgian-style beers on U.S. soil (an example of American hubris at play even behind the bar). Goose Island Brewing in Chicago and New Belgium Brewing in Colorado were the trailblazers, producing the first domestic Belgian-inspired beers roughly 20 years ago. Today, however, a number of other U.S. beermakers are following suit. And while none of them possess the experience of their Belgian counterparts, their innovation puts them in the same company.
Four in particular stick out—in other words, I will be drinking each frequently over the next few months:
THE BREWERY: New Glarus Brewing (est. 1993), a pioneer of Belgian-style fruit beers in America
THE NON-BELGIAN LOCALE: New Glarus, Wisconsin
TASTING NOTES: Brewed with Montmorency cherries from Door County, Wisconsin, a brilliantly bright beer, with sour stone fruit, hops and oak, followed by leathery tannins and crème fraîche.
THE BREWERY: Allagash Brewing Company (est. 1995), arguably the country's most authentically Belgian beermaker
THE NON-BELGIAN LOCALE: Portland, Maine
TASTING NOTES: A stout ale that has been aged for a year in used bourbon casks. The sweetness of the bourbon and warm oak notes temper the bitter dark chocolate.
THE BREWERY: Russian River Brewing Company (est. 1997), one of the most well-respected microbreweries in the world
THE NON-BELGIAN LOCALE: Santa Rosa, California
TASTING NOTES: A dark ale aged with black currants in used cabernet sauvignon casks. Initial aromas of leather and bourbon are followed by a rich sourness that's surprisingly buttery on the palate.
THE BREWERY: Commons Brewery (est. 2011), until recently a homebrew garage operation
THE NON-BELGIAN LOCALE: Portland, Oregon
TASTING NOTES: Sour, crisp and lightweight yet with a medium body. At the same time, the local hops give it a beautiful, floral tone.
Jeffrey Morgenthaler is the bar manager at Clyde Common, the acclaimed gastropub at the Ace Hotel in Portland, Oregon.
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The prejudices betrayed by what we say and write
Sometimes, when reading non-related items in the news, the mind can suddenly identify a common denominator. Since it happened today, I'll celebrate the event with an opinion piece. It seems there's a self-published book called The Pearls: Defending Eden by Victoria Foyt and Weird Tales, under its new management, has tied itself in a knot over whether it should reproduce the first chapter of this book in its magazine. Also in America, I note that Todd Akin has refused the demands of his political party to withdraw from the election to represent Missouri in the Senate — as an aside, the drunken skinny-dipping episode in the Sea of Galilee may suggest other members of the same party can act in a debauched way. For the record, Akin distinguished between legitimate and other types of rape, asserting the belief that women could control their bodies to ensure they could not become pregnant if unwillingly impregnated. On our side of the pond, George Galloway offered the opinion that Julian Assange was not guilty of rape as he understood the word. Rather it was a case of bad manners or poor social etiquette. This on the day the Augusta National Golf Club ended its eighty-year single-sex membership rule and admitted its first two women members. It seems Darla Moore and Condoleezza Rice are now lining up as many of the male members as possible in friendly competition on the golf course with a view to demonstrating they are better players of the game (the ambiguity is deliberate).
The lives we lead as social beings inevitably involve the use of signs and symbols to transmit meaning to each other. We talk, we write, we draw, and we use body language and facial expressions to package the meaning and send it to others. This means our society must agree what meanings are to be given to combinations of letters or symbols, and to lay down rules for the interpretation of what we see. As you might imagine, this would appear to be an immensely complicated communication system to learn if you saw it all written down. But we assimilate it as part of the socialisation process. Growing up, we listen to authority figures and interact with our peers. When we say and do things meeting with group approval, we're rewarded. When the group disapproves, we may suffer social penalties or more formal punishments. This stick and carrot approach throughout our formative years teaches us how to conform or, at least, how to appear to conform.
As adults, we're the sum of all our prejudices and beliefs. Everything we see and hear is filtered through the lens of our personal sensibilities. If input matches our prejudices, we applaud. If input fails to match our prejudices, the reaction can range from simple dismissal to an angry physical retaliation. In my early schooling, we were taught self-reflection, to look with some degree of honesty at what we believe and decide whether those beliefs are "legitimate". Today, no-one in the schooling system is taught critique whether for self-reflection or the assessment of others. People unthinkingly communicate with the world not realising how they reveal themselves in what they say and do.
So what would happen in a book written by a homophobe? Well, early on, the previously well-regarded A is outed as gay. Suddenly, all his co-workers stop co-operating with him and his employment is terminated because he can no longer perform his job effectively. His reputation follows him so no new employer will offer him a post. He ends up losing his home when he cannot pay the mortgage and, in the final pages, is beaten to death when found begging on a street corner. This would conform to the prejudices of many readers and they would buy the book. What might a gay author write on the same subject? When A is outed and suffers discrimination, he takes his employers to court and gets substantial damages for wrongful dismissal. He uses this money to establish his own business which supplies goods and services first to the gay community, and then more generally. When the opportunity arises, he offers employment to gay and straight people, making no secret of his own sexuality nor of his policy for equal treatment. He becomes a multimillionaire and buys the company that fired him. In a management evaluation exercise, he reallocates all the homophobes who abused him to work under managers who are openly gay.
Both books would be considered parables, expressing different points of view to appeal to niche groups of buyers. In other words, authors don't suddenly stop being prejudiced when they write. They write about what they believe and express opinions about what they think is right and wrong. Fueling this process, organisations exist to make awards, but their criteria for deciding who deserve the awards represent their own prejudices. So, for example, The Libertarian Futurist Society makes an annual Prometheus Award to the books best demonstrating what it means to be free. The Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Awards are given to outstanding works of fiction and nonfiction by African American authors. There's no overlap between the award winners.
In an election, voters look for candidates holding opinions similar to their own. If they are anti-abortion, they will vote for candidates who deny abortion no matter how the woman became pregnant. If the political tide is turning against overt sexism or racism, people and organisations can trim their sails to move elegantly into line, or they can try to swim against the tide. So Augusta can, with whatever grace it can muster, offer membership to two token women of high status. The blogosphere can turn on Weird Tales for offering support to a book the commentators have labelled as racist. British George Galloway feels free to comment on the Swedish laws as they define rape. All these events mean we live in a society where we value free speech. For better or worse, people can say what they want to get elected to high political office and publish what they think will sell. Looking back this year, I've read books that suggest grooming young women to be sex slaves is OK, that killing illegal immigrants is OK although, if you want to be kind, you could intern them and then deport them by sending them out to sea to become someone else's problem, or that trying to depose a military leader because he's gay is always justified even if the country's defence is then put at risk, and so on. There are as many opinionated authors as there are books published. It's sad so many of them have no idea that what they write can seem [insert word]ist to others not sharing their beliefs. Or perhaps they are aware and actually want to offend those who don't share their beliefs. Whatever the truth of the matter, it doesn't really matter because the alternative of censorship is not in the public interest. We should all be allowed to make fools of ourselves or become heroes in the eyes of others for saying what needs to be said. As an elderly, white, male atheist, I'm no exception since I frequently hold opinions at odds with the rest of the world and assert my right to publish them.
A Companion to Wolves by Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear
So let's get the obvious out of the way first. Conventional wisdom always seems to think that two (or more) people cannot co-operate to produce a single coherent piece of writing. Supposedly, the professionalism that writers routinely bring to bear when they write on their own deserts them when they write in a team. This is an intensely annoying assumption. It completely ignores the reality that many writers do actively collaborate. Further, many more may actually assist a writer to produce a work. There are these teams of "helpers" who are thanked on acknowledgement pages of novels for reading and commenting on early drafts. Then there are the agents and those mysterious people called editors who also seem to get involved. Adding more people on to the byline (where journalists insist on their multiple acknowledgements) is neither here nor there.
So here is yet another example of a seamless piece of writing by two (youngish) writers. If you gave this text to anyone, they would never know that two (more more) people had been involved.
And the book itself? Well, we are back in the symbiotic relationship between "man" and "his" animals. One of the more detailed examples of this theme is the accumulated work of Anne McCaffrey in the Pern novels, but Monette and Bear avoid the somewhat saccharine approach and deal with pack animals rather than lone dragons. Both rely an early imprinting system where relatively newly born dragons/wolves are paired with young apprentices. After that, they diverge somewhat dramatically.
However, to be convincing, a culture must be reasonably coherent. Here we have an essentially human-based society living in small settlements that is threatened by trolls and (their familiars) the wyverns. The defence is to build fighting teams of men and wolves that, acting with intuitive or telepathic mutual understanding, produce co-ordinated attacks of fang, claw and axe usually accounting for their enemies. For this to work, there has to be a steady feed-through of young apprentices who fill out the ranks of these teams, bonding with newly born wolves as and when they are born.
The leader of one settlement, Lord Gunnar, is deeply prejudiced against the way in which the packs live their lives. This is a man who is dependent on the packs for the survival of his small community, yet is fundamentally opposed to their lifestyle. This does not ring true. This is a vertical pre-feudal society in which the military literally and metaphorically are the top dogs (sorry, couldn't resist working that in). When the wolfless are always under the protection of the packs, their status would be high and nothing would be allowed to disturb the smooth flow of new recruits. Their "street cred" would be high and their reputations impeccable. For a leader with the power to shape opinion and potentially undermine public support for the packs to be so deeply prejudiced is not sustainable.
Every generation of every human community would be reared to venerate the packs and to long for the chance to be picked as an apprentice. Nothing would be allowed to interfere with this. The youngsters would play the local equivalent of "cowboys and indians" with all of them longing to feel some of the telepathic ability so critical to the success of the pack. It seems that every human has the potential for this telepathic linkage, but some are better at it than others. All leaders would always have to be seen to support the system. This whole element feels like a random plot device to allow the authors the chance to explore the theme of homophobia. It is too artificial and, in my view, actively detracts from the flow of the novel.
Now we come to the "controversial" part of the book. Socially, the packs are matriarchal, the svartalfar have gender equality, and the wolfless human communities are those scenarios much beloved of authors where the men are the figureheads and women have influence behind closed doors. The effect of the bonding between man and cub is to produce a form of telepathic link between the two. Thus, when the wolves get interested in sex, the linkage so convenient to co-ordinate battles, becomes inconvenient for the men paired with the rutting wolves. They find it difficult if not impossible to avoid sexual activity of their own. This is actually quite interesting but, again, all the punches are pulled. This is all written as a novel of discovery. The young Njall comes over as completely naive (in part explained by the homophobia of his father Lord Gunnar) and no-one really prepares him for what is to come. Then, it is so repetitive. None of it reads true as the men find themselves thrown into and out of relationships depending on the preferences of their wolves.
Then we have all this unexplained telepathy and other magical abilities in the novel. Njall turns out to be an ace telepathist and can transmit over major distances to warn the pack of danger. He also seems to have interspecies powers of communication as well. But here we come to yet another serious problem. The trolls are obviously intelligent and live in well-organised communities of their own. This is not a clash between humans and an unthinking enemy. It is the equivalent of prehistory's supposed war for dominance between the Cro-Magnons and the Neanderthals. Yet no-one seems to try talking to them. Their immediate reaction upon meeting is to kill each other. Assuming that Njall's ability is not uncommon, why is there no curiosity about the enemy? Why is there no attempt to negotiate some kind of truce? Why must everyone fight aiming for the extinction of the other all the time? It is all the more strange because there is the usual oral history tradition passed down through the songs/sagas. There are all kinds of interesting snippets of information about some things, but very convenient gaps about others.
I could go on but you've already realised my poor reaction. I grew really bored as this went on. Instead of developing the characters and exploring the cultures in a credible way, I was left with the feeling that these two ladies had decided to write a book to provoke and offend Americans (who generally seem less tolerant of sexual diversity than the rest of the world) and threw in lots of perverse sex and a few random battles as the sticks and carrots to get their readers to the end. It's a real shame because, with more intelligence, this could have been a good book.
The real story is about gender not sexual roles. These are culturally defined. So young boys growing up in the settlements would want the glory of defending the community and be prepared to pay the price required. This would all be documented within the pack culture. There are too many men and wolves wounded or killed in these sessions as it is. Unless there was some form of training, management and accommodation between the species, this could never work over the longer term. It is only written this way because the writers want a shock quality to the narrative. They have subordinated the exploration of gender roles for the purposes of what — titillation, provocation?
Then we come to conventional human sexual politics. Njall finds an accommodating local girl in his own settlement and produces a daughter. The status of his partner within the community is never mentioned. One view would be that she gains in status because she beds a wolfman. If they produced a son, he could join the pack and both partners would gain status as adding to the defensive wall. That they produced a daughter is inconvenient because girls don't do any of the fighting. What would the status of such female offspring be in the community? Would they be more desirable as adults because they carried the genes of a wolfman?
Presumably the telepathic linkage that is so strong wolf to human is less strong human to wolf because the wolves are only in heat (and so interested in sex) at certain times of the year. Whereas humans are fertile all year round. Interestingly, the village girl is not unhappy to give up her daughter to be raised as Njall directs (so much for the maternal bond). This is thematically mirrored by the reproductive cycle of the trolls which appears to be hivelike, and the lack of specific gender roles in the svartalfar. Motherhood is treated rather dispassionately in this book which is slightly odd because it is written by two women. The extent to which the wolves are jealous of the human partners is also not really explored. Or perhaps that explains why there are no women around the pack camps.
In our own culture, men only really talk about what it means to be a man when something goes wrong. There is a considerable volume of fiction and non-fiction dealing with erectile dysfunction and its consequences. Men, its seems, are poor fragile beings that collapse emotionally when their sexual abilities fail. They stop being proper men. This is the "macho" culture. In the wolfworld, men are required to swing in a number of different ways, so exploring their sexuality would be interesting. I found Ursula K. LeGuin's "The Left Hand of Darkness" particularly illuminating. It's a shame women with more modern sensibilities are not prepared to confront the same kind of issues today.
For the sequel, see The Tempering of Men. My other reviews of work by Sarah Monette: Corambis, The Bone Key, a joint review of Guild of Xenolinguists and The Bone Key and Somewhere Beneath Those Waves.
For three novelettes in the New Amsterdam series by Elizabeth Bear, see Seven for a Secret, The White City and ad eternam. The books in a new trilogy are Range of Ghosts, Shattered Pillars and Steles of the Sky with Book of Iron an associated novella. There's an excellent collection Shoggoths in Bloom.


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Mumble is a leading open source VoIP solution for social gamers. Our primary design goal is that you should be able to talk as if you were in the same room; this means high quality compression, noise filtration, echo cancellation and no delay. Reproducing human speech without any of the artifacts associated with recording and playback equipment is hard, and doing so without any delay at all is even harder. Judging on the feedback we get, we have succeeded.
Mumble also has an in-game overlay; this works in full screen games, and shows you a graphical representation of who is in the same channel (virtual room) as you, and who is talking right now. We also have positional audio for supported games; the voice of your friends will sound like it comes from the same direction their in-game avatar is.
Why and how did you get started?
I was tired of listening to background noise from the people I was gaming with, and the high latency meant communication was usually walkie-talkie style. It doesn't really help to hear your friend yell "watch out" just after you die.
At the same time, I had a videochat application I'd developed for playing tabletop RPG with my friends, so I knew that with proper signal processing, you can get very high quality, natural audio. Splitting out the audio part of that into a separate application was the next logical step and, according to sourceforge, this was done 2005-08-31.
Who is the software's intended audience?
Gamers; both overly chatty and social people who like to talk and have fun while playing video games together, and also fast and efficient command structures for more hardcore gaming.
What are a couple of notable examples of how people are using your software?
Most of our users are gamers, using it to connect with their friends to do gaming. However, people also use it to life-size simulators, podcast, do interviews, classroom education, research collaboration and development; none of which we originally intended or thought of when we wrote this. It seems once you provide high quality basic functionality, people are happy to adapt.
There are now a lot of commercial hosters, some of which service thousands of simultaneous users from a single machine.
What are the system requirements for your software, and what do people need to know about getting it set up and running?
For the client a modern PC and a microphone. Officially, we support Windows, OSX and Linux, but people have used it successfully on BSDs and even on small embedded devices. On the server side we require good connectivity and network hardware that is able to cope with our high packet rate, but murmur (which is what the server component is called) scales well to thousands of simultaneous users. Administration of the server is not as easy as we'd like it to be, but this is improved greatly in 1.2.0 and there are also several 3rd party interfaces for controlling the server (which is fully programmable).
What gave you an indication that your project was becoming successful?
The first indication was third-party patches and our first few commercial hosters, and being nominated for community choice awards also helped. The biggest indication was still to be contacted by several different companies that wanted to buy the project :)Â
What has been your biggest surprise?
Being contacted by venture capital.
What has been your biggest challenge?
Supporting low level interfaces on three relatively different platforms, each with their own set of quirks. While there are audio abstractions for all platforms, we need to get as close to the hardware as possible to push latency low, which means native support for multiple generations of audio APIs on each platform. Another challenge is the overlay; while it is relatively straightforward to create an overlay that works with most games, it's rather hard to create one that works with other overlays as well.
Why do you think your project has been so well received?
We have superior voice quality and offer a lot of features competing programs don't have, all in a open source package. We do regular releases, and actively invite our users to help and comment on our development process.
What advice would you give to a project that's just starting out?
Do something you have a passion for; if you have only a casual interest in the subject, you will burn out pretty fast. Make sure you are an active user of your own software. Be aware that you won't get thousands of users immediately; most people are adverse to change and will not start using your software until there is peer pressure to try it. Don't be disheartened by bug reports, they mean someone cared enough about your project to file them, and it means they want them fixed so they can continue using it.
Where do you see your project going?
I see it going places I don't foresee; one of our most requested features for 1.2.0 was to replace all mentions of "player" in the GUI with "user", so it would more natural to use in other environments than gaming. I also see parts of Mumble going into commercial projects; I chose the BSD license so that it can be used in other projects, open or closed.
What's on your project wish list?
First, in-game video; let your friends see you as well as hear you. The basic proof of concept has been done for some time, there's just a lot of practical problems that need to be solved.
Next, more game plugins. Right now, these require us to track the game process, which breaks whenever the game updates. However, a lot of open source games explicitly support Mumble, giving us all the data we need through our Link system, and it seems a few commercial games might start doing so as well.
More short term, we have a lot of requests on our feature request tracker that we haven't gotten around to yet. It pains me a bit that some of them just sit there, but there just hasn't been enough time to implement them all, and we have to prioritize.
What are you most proud of?
Our audio engine, which produces low-latency audio on a number of platforms.
The number of users we have that use Mumble each day. That people choose Mumble when there are quite a few alternatives really is a clear indicator that we're doing something better 🙂
The ever increasing number of third party tools for controlling the server, and the number of skins for the client.
If you could change something about the project, what would it be?
With the upcoming 1.2.0, we're changing the protocol, which unfortuantely breaks compatibility with existing clients and servers. I really wish we had done so much earlier, before we had so many users.
How do you coordinate the project?
Assignments are usually handled on IRC, and goes in the form "I want to
How many hours a month do you and/or your team devote to the project?
More than I'm comfortable admitting.
What is your development environment like?
slicer: Most of my server development is done on a Dell PowerEdge running RHEL5 with quite a few custom packages. Most of the client development is done on a Dell XPS M1730 with Windows 7 (cl, Textpad and cmd) and Ubuntu (g++, joe and bash). All sourcecode is maintained in git.
mkrautz: Most of my development happens in Mac OS X, running on my white MacBook, but occasionally I'll do some work on Windows (where I use Windows 7), or on Linux (Ubuntu). I like to treat OS X as a 'shiny' version of Unix, so I usually have tons of terminals open with many tabs in each. Text editing is done with MacVim. As far as compilers and debuggers go, I simply use the Xcode-provided versions of gcc and gdb.Â
|Version / Date
|0.9.0 (Sep 05)
|This was the first release that had proper grouping of users into channels, with a permission system. While voice alone had always worked, this version had most of the features our competitors did.
|0.9.1 (Oct 05)
|First version with our ingame overlay.
|1.0.0 (Jul 07)
|This was the end our our alphas and betas; it was the first release to recieve proper polishing, including updated translations and even a small testing period prior to the release.
|1.1.0 (Oct 07)
|From this version forward, all communication has mandatory encryption.
|1.2.0 (Nov/Dec 09)
|New audio codec (CELT) and new extensible protocol.
|2.0.0 (?)
|Multiuser videochat.
How can others contribute?
We're always looking for more people. Codewise, we welcome patches, and all current developers started out by submitting a few patches to the project. We are desperate for documentation writers, but I think that's common for opensource projects these days. We also have a need for more translators; we have quite a few quality translations already, but could use a few more. This is just the tip of the iceberg though; our current list of requests is far longer than we can handle, so we welcome any help we can get 🙂
Project name: Mumble
Date founded: August, 2005
Project page: http://mumble.sourceforge.net/
Project Leader
Thorvald Natvig (slicer)
Occupation: Right now; PhD Student
Location: Trondheim, Norway
Education: Almost a PhD
Team Members
Stefan Hacker
Location: Germany
Mikkel Krautz
Occupation: Student
Education: Undergraduate
Location: Esbjerg, Denmark
Why did you place the project on SourceForge.net?
Everyone else seemed to do so, and you offered the services we needed. SourceForge was "the" place to be if you hosted an open source project, so I just went with the flow.
How has SourceForge.net helped your project succeed?
In addition to the direct services offered, being hosted on sourceforge means you get automatically indexed by a lot of software sites; our news and file releases are automatically propagated, and the ".sourceforge.net" ending gives a certian legitimacy to the project as "open source". You're a recognized name, and we're leeching on your fame.
The number one benefit of using SourceForge.net is:
That we can focus on the code, and not worry about the support infrastructure.


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Mr Murdoch conceded that Gordon Taylor, chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association, was paid around £700,000 in 2008 in return for signing a confidentiality agreement.
However, the chairman of News International continued to deny he authorised the payment after being warned the case could expose further phone hacking at the News of The World if it became public.
The admission that money was paid to ensure Mr Taylor's silence is likely to exacerbate claims that News International tried to cover up the scale of phone hacking at the News of the World. Mr Murdoch also admitted that News International paid a convicted criminal almost £250,000 after his employment was terminated.
Clive Goodman was given £90,503 in April 2007, three months after he was jailed for his part in tapping the phones of the Royal family. He was later given a further £153,000 and £13,000 for legal fees. Tom Watson, one of the members of the culture, media and sport select committee, said MPs were "genuinely shocked" by the scale of the payment to Goodman.
In July, when Mr Murdoch appeared alongside his father Rupert before MPs he strongly denied that News International had increased the size of the payment to Mr Taylor to maintain silence.
When asked by Adrian Sanders, a Liberal Democrat, whether News International was advised by lawyers that "a high payment would ensure the matter was kept confidential" Mr Murdoch insisted that this was "not at all" the case.
The Conservative MP Louise Mensch asked whether an "inference could be drawn that silence was being bought by the presence of the confidentiality clause". Mr Murdoch said "that inference would be false".
But in a subsequent letter to MPs, Mr Murdoch admitted that "since I gave this response, I have been informed that confidentiality was a factor in determining the amount of the settlement payment".
He insisted that "I did not know at the time or when I gave my evidence that any part of the amount of the Taylor settlement specifically related to the confidentiality aspect of the settlement".
He said he "was not party to those discussions nor was it my motivation in agreeing to settle the case".
The settlement was agreed shortly after Max Mosley, the Formula One executive, was awarded only £60,000 for a privacy case, also involving the News of the World.
Part of the Taylor settlement covered legal fees, but the payout was inflated to include an extensive confidentiality agreement.


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When you perform a tarot reading, do you light incense and arrange sacred gems? Do you wear a turban as low-volume sitar music plays and spread your deck out on a majestic, hand-painted sari? While you do not want to be over-the-top, setting the mood for your reading will make it more powerful and meaningful for everyone involved. Of course it is important to study each card's meaning, but here are some hands-on steps you can take right now to bring out the magic of tarot in your readings.
First off, the beginning of your tarot reading sets the mood for the rest of the experience. People say first impressions matter, and they do. Ancient Egyptian magic rituals often began with ceremonies summoning muses or powerful creatures then channeling that strength into the magic feat they hoped to perform.
In your tarot reading, begin with a simple ritual such as reading a few lines of an enigmatic poem aloud. If you are performing the reading for someone else – let us call this person the listener – you might gently hold hands. You might also ring a bell or hold a moment of silence. This gives you an air of mystery and sets a serious tone for the reading which makes you trustworthy.
Next, if you are doing the reading for a listener, get them involved. You can ask the listener to shuffle the tarot deck for you, funneling energy into the cards. This makes the listener personally invested and more willing to share personal information later on. If you are performing the reading on yourself, lay out some intimate objects of yours such as a photo of a loved one, diary, or item of clothing.
At this point, ask the listener to think of three questions or wishes, to tell you two of them, and keep one private. Questions keep readings focused, and if you run out of things to talk about, you can always ask the listener to reveal the third question. It also helps you put an interesting spin on each card pulled and personalizes the reading.
Often people want the medium to do all the work, but this is a mistake. Do not be afraid to ask the listener to expand on personal issues in a gentle manner to help you unfurl an accurate and more detailed reading. Just as a doctor inquires about a patient, a medium gains important information by being sensitive to the listener's needs and state of being, as well as any thoughts on the listener's mind that could be important to address.
As you reach the end of your reading, treat the closing with just as much importance as you did the opening. Vulnerable energy surfaces during divinations, and if it is not channeled in a careful manner, it could cause disturbances to either party involved. To close the reading, transform negativity and anxiety that may have arisen into positivity. Successful methods include bowing, blowing out candles, silent reflection, or even something as simple as a hug can do wonders!
Editor's Note: This is a guest post by Charmaine Frapp. Known as Chimmi, Chazzi, Mai-mai, or just Charmaine, Charmaine Frapp is a fourth generation tarot reader and astrologer. She reads tarot online and writes a horoscope on her website, Tell My Tarot.


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DIY Coffee Mugs for Mother's Day Gifts
Mother's Day is almost here and you need a gift again. Maybe you should get coffee mugs for mom. Its hard to say. You might find yourself getting stressed out once again, but this is not the time for that. Mother's Day is the opportunity get something to make your mom happy. Try to focus on this thought and everything will be fine. Most moms don't want something expensive anyway. You can get them something simple like a coffee mug or a big I love you letter. Relax and get then a gift that shows you love them. That's all that really matters.
You probably want to make your own coffee mug this time around. Money might be a issue this year. You got to look back in the couch and do things crazy again. Well, the process to make a coffee mug is not too difficult. All it takes is a little bit of this and some love. Find a up that looks like a coffee mug to start. Then,use materials you can afford to make a coffee mug for your mom. The materials can be things you find int he house or at your local grocery store. Moms are not picky creatures. Just breathe in and follow these little steps to get coffee cup ideas.
Ideas to Make Your Own Coffee Mug
First, find a cup laying around the house or make a cup
Make sure the cup looks like the coffee mugs for mom you usually get. Now, making your own cup requires you to make one from clay, so you should pick a cup you already have. But, if your feeling artistic, then ignore what I just said. Whatever cup you find, make sure it can be decorated easily.
Use sharpie pens or permanent markers to decorate the coffee mug
These materials work best when trying to decorate a home made cup. You can also use paint if you want some. Take the material you chose and write something. I suggest you write something with love or write something you mom likes. The gift is for your mom remember.
Put your finger print on the mug
Its not mandatory, but it lets your mom know its personally made. The fingerprint touch is very old school. Most people don't do it. But, You mom might appreciate the realness.
Put some decorations on the mug
You can put glass, paper, or other objects that can stick with glue. Your not making a kindergarten sundae. Try to find some things that make the coffee mug look cool and enjoyable. Don't put something on there that will embarrass your mom.
Pick some stickers to put on the mug
Not interested in gluing things to a cup? You should just put stickers on it. Its a homemade cup and stickers tend to stick if they are not messed with. Your mom won't mind the simple art. She might even think your being smart for saving time.
Put a family photo on a mug
Putting family photos on things is nothing new. But, you putting a family photo on a cup is something rare. Most people don't want people on their cups. Put one on your mom's cup and see what happens. Maybe things will be good.
Make the mugs match two people
The two people can be you and your mom. You two will drink from the same coffee mugs and people will know. They will know you two show a connection that is connected to love or friendship.
Feeling like adding some sparkles to your coffee mug?
This might seem a bit out of place, but you can put glitter on your coffee mug. The mug will feel and look like a child did it. But, the face reaction your mom will give you will tell you if its worth it. Glitter tends to brighten up the day and remind you of the good times. Remember its the thought that makes the best gifts.
Wrap the coffee mug up with colorful tape on the outside
The tape will look like a kid's toy. The cup will still look cool and interesting. People will come to visit your mom and say "who made that." That will insist her to mention you. If you want to be remembered for being the most creative, then you should get pieces of different color tape and put it on the outside of the coffee mug.
Turn the coffee cup into a flower pot
Moms like flowers. Your mom is the one who hates coffee. That is understandable. You can get her a cup and turn it into a flower coffee cup. It will save you money and make her happy. Hey, who feels like getting a refund for something that was suppose to be a gift for someone else?


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GENEVA, Switzerland – Canton Geneva is set to build a new reception center for asylum-seekers near the airport said this week Swiss radio chain, RTS.
The center which will host around 250 persons is expected to be built in the Grand-Saconnex area by 2019, in what is now the Foyer de Tilleuls. Currently, the shelter hosts about 160 persons.
French-speaking Switzerland is to build three new reception centres, one in Fribourg, one in Geneva and one in canton Vaud— where opposition has been fierce.
This week SwissInfo reported how Switzerland has for two decades, successfully and quietly enacted a measure that is now causing stir in Denmark: confiscating cash and valuables from asylum seekers as they arrive to the country.
Switzerland not only confiscates money from newly-arrived asylees and refugees that "are in a measure to do so," but once these persons begin working, also keeps 10% of their wages as reimbursement for their care. Up to CHF15,000 are set to be paid back to the Confederation within a 10-year period.
According to a source that I interviewed in reference to another story about asylum in Switzerland, these petitioners also receive better and longer benefits than in other European countries.
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Feri For All? – Site of initiates who take issue with public Feri, worth reading.
Feri Trad Teachers – A list of people who teach publicly. Not exhaustive, not necessarily endorsed by me.
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(TT) – As a doctor who has seen his fair share of appendectomies, this isn't surprising- Trevor Noah, great comedian and host of the daily show, presented to an emergency with severe right lower quadrant tenderness.
Found to have appendicitis, the decision was made to go to surgery, emergently.
In his return, Trevor Noah shares his day in surgery, his one day off, and how evolved our healthcare system has become-sarcasm about the evolved part.
His experience is kind of funny, the way it is portrayed on Comedy Central, but something tells me he really feels some type of way about our healthcare system.
Thankfully, the surgery was successful. Listen to what he goes through. It's actually a very funny, but there is always some truth said in jest.
Why is Our US Healthcare System so bad?
… Or do you think it's great? Obamacare, Medicare, Medicaid- all I hear is the Charlie Brown noise whenever this comes up.
Obviously, it should be about treating people, but it always ends up being about money- the American Dream.
Trevor Noah
Signs to watch out for appendicitis:
- Right lower sided pain that doesn't really get better. Sometimes pain meds can make it better but it usually doesn't fully resolve.
- Fever
- Loss of appetite
- Not wanting to move because of pain, which includes pain when jumping, standing or if someone taps your heels