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Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
Edith Umugiraneza on the Interahamwe Militia
Language: English
Rwandan Tutsi Genocide survivor Edith Umugiraneza describes her first contact with the Interahamwe militia, which was threatening violence against Tutsis.
Genocide: Live Wesige on Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
Language: English
On April 6, 1994, an aircraft carrying Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana was shot down by a surface-to-air missile as it was about to land in Kigali airport. Everyone aboard the plane was killed: Habyarimana; president of Burundi, Cyprien Ntaryamira; and a three-man French crew. While it remains unclear who fired the missile, the event is viewed as having ignited the 1994 Rwandan Tutsi Genocide.
Live Wesige remembers hearing the news about the president's death and describes the violence that ensued in his neighborhood the next day, April 7, 1994.
Rose Burizihiza on the Beginning of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
Language: Kinyarwanda
Rose Burizihiza describes how the Hutu leaders in her town met to plan how they would kill the local Tutsis.
Roméo Dallaire on the 1994 Rwandan Tutsi Genocide
Language: English
Roméo Dallaire describes how quickly violence escalated in Rwanda in 1994 and his disappointment in the lack of support from the international community.
Valerie Nyirarudodo on forgiveness
Language: Kinyarwanda
Valerie Nyirarudodo says she has forgiven the perpetrators of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda who have asked for it, and encourages others to follow the same path.
Alphonse Kabalisa on anti-Tutsi propaganda
Language: Kinyarwanda
Alphonse Kabalisa recalls listening to anti-Tutsi propaganda on the radio with his father, after the death of Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana. Alphonse's testimony is featured in the IWitness activity, Information Quest: The Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda
Carl Wilkens on neighbors speaking up
Language: English
Carl Wilkens, an aid provider during the Rwandan Tutsi Genocide, describes the courageous acts of his neighbors.
Kizito Kalima on the importance of learning the lesson
Language: English
Rwandan Tutsi Genocide survivor Kizito Kalima shares his hope that people take action to prevent future genocides. He vows to do anything necessary to ensure the world is a safe, peaceful place.
Edith Umugiraneza on the Interahamwe Militia
Language: English
Rwandan Tutsi Genocide survivor Edith Umugiraneza describes her first contact with the Interahamwe militia, which was threatening violence against Tutsis.
Freddy Mutanguha on saying goodbye to his mother
Language: English
A series of clips featuring survivors recalling the difficulties of voting before and during the war in Europe and how it impacted their appreciation of the importance of participating in the democratic process.
A collection of Jewish survivors and other eyewitnesses to the Holocaust describe watching the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. In preparation for the start of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, the Nazis in power decided to minimize the presence of anti-Semitism in the city.
USC Shoah Foundation presents 24 stories of genocide survivors who recall their experiences as refugees in their testimonies preserved in the Visual History Archive. Each clip of testimony to inspire, inform and shed light on the impact of war, genocide and massacre forcing individuals from their homes.
A collection of testimony clips from WWII liberators who served in the United States Armed Forces.
Special thanks to Ford Motor Company for their support of our World War II Veterans and Liberators collections.
From April to July 1994, one of the most brutal genocides in human history occurred in Rwanda. It claimed the lives of 800,000 men, women, and children, most of whom were of Tutsi descent. Kwibuka, the official anniversary of the Rwandan Tutsi Genocide, is observed every year on April 7. Explore this selection of testimony clips of survivors and eyewitnesses to the genocide from the Visual History Archive.
At the end of each interview the Institute recorded for the Archive, the interviewer would ask the interviewee if he or she had a special message for future generations watching the interview. The survivors and other witnesses often spoken about such themes as forgiveness, the importance of individual action, and the need to teach children tolerance. Here are a few messages from the Institute's Archive.
Several people responded to active discrimination by helping the victims in different ways. This is a collection of clips highlighting testimony from survivors and aid givers themselves. One question that sometimes emerges in these clips is "what made you stand up to discrimination and racial intolerance?"
A series of clips from survivors speaking about their experiences with personal as well as institutional forms of discrimination. These clips include testimonies from the European Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, and the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda collections.
A collection of clips from the Institute Archive that focus on interviewees describing particular feelings and emotions they experienced, such as fear, gratitude, and attitudes about others.
Possibly the most well-known example of these rescue operations involved individual British families agreeing to "host" children from Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic through a program known as Kindertransport. Through this program, organized by Sir Nicholas Winton, an estimated 10,000 refugee children, most of them Jewish, were housed in the United Kingdom during the war. These children were able to avoid ghettoization and camp experiences; in many cases, they were the only members of their families to survive the Holocaust.


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iPhone is a powerful name. It conjures up a the vision of a meticulously crafted phone, something that's a pleasure to hold and pleasant to look at. Most of all it makes you think of an Apple device. Well in Brazil, that's not necessarily the case. The "iphone" that came out there this week rocks Android 2.3.
The phone comes from a Brazilian electronics company called Gradiente secured exclusive rights to the "iPhone" name in the country back in 2008, rights that it will continue to hold until 2018. As such, the new Brazilian iPhone is very much the opposite of the one you usually think of. In addition to running Gingerbread, it boasts a 320-by-480 pixel display, a total lack of multi-touch functionality, a 700MHz single-core ARM processor, and 2GB of storage. One more key difference: it has no capital 'P'. Sounds enticing, no?
According to the Associated Press, Gradiente says they're only using the name now because they were busy trying to "conclude a corporate restructuring process that ended earlier this year." And they have no plans on stopping if they can avoid it. In a statement the firm said:
"In Brazil, Gradiente has the exclusive right to use the iPhone brand. This company will adopt all the measures used by companies around the world to preserve its intellectual property rights."
So far, Gradiente claims to have heard not a peep from the real iPhone people regarding the use of the name, and there's no doubt they'll continue to use it as long as they can, probably hoping their stylization of the name as "iphone" can buy them some time if nothing else. Deceptive use of name aside, one thing is for sure; you won't mistake this for the genuine article if you so much as catch a glimpse of it. [AP via The Register]

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North West Bomber's, Camp out and summer trip 08-04
In early August of 04, the "Northwest Bomber's" our diesel truck club held it's 2nd. annual Camp-out, in the pan handle of northern Idaho. We had a great time riding bikes and quads off road, boating on the river,eating great food and just enjoying each others company. On the way home from the camp-out Donna and I visited several Washington State Parks, explored a cave, dug fossils and relaxed. Life is good.Read More


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Amber Alert: Man, teen carjacked outside Oakland Safeway
An Amber Alert was issued Tuesday after witnesses reported seeing a knife-wielding shoplifter jump into an SUV outside a Safeway store in Oakland, before the vehicle drove off with an elderly man and a 13-year-old girl inside, police said.
The incident happened at 12:50 p.m. in the parking lot of the store at the Lincoln Square Shopping Center at 4100 Redwood Road, northeast of Highway 13 at the edge of the Redwood Heights neighborhood.
Officer Johnna Watson, an Oakland police spokeswoman, said the man had caused a disturbance inside and tried to steal items from the store, but he did not appear to know the victims.
Police said the assailant threatened to stab a witness with a knife that had a green handle. The witness told police that the occupants of the vehicle yelled that they didn't know the man and that the assailant forced the driver to pull away.
The vehicle was described as a red 2001 Infiniti QX3 with California license plate No. 6JFM648, which was last seen driving southbound on Redwood Road. On Tuesday night, police said the plates may have since been placed on a red four-door sedan, the make and model unspecified.
The kidnapping suspect was described as a 35-year-old black man, 5 feet 7 and 165 pounds, with salt-and-pepper hair. He reportedly wore a green shirt, blue jacket, blue jeans and headphones.
Police said they had to assume the incident was a stranger abduction. But they said none of the victims - potential or otherwise - or their family or friends had come forward to police.
"The information that we have received is that the occupants do not know this suspect," Watson said.
Police set up a command post at an adjacent church. An Oakland police helicopter flew in the area, searching for the sport utility vehicle and giving information over a loudspeaker.
Chronicle staff writer Will Kane contributed to this report. Henry K. Lee is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @henryklee


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Six men were sentenced on April 23 for hunting deer illegally on Kisatchie National Forest (KNF) by the 10th Judicial District Court in Natchitoches Parish.
Robert L. Belsha, 37, Jeremy C. Martin, 23, John D. Redden, 31, Michael L. Sanders Jr., 23, John H. Saucier III, 27, all of Leesville, each pled guilty to possession of an illegally taken deer. George F. Sheppard, 45, also of Leesville, pled guilty to not abiding by commission rules and regulations.
The men were charged following an investigation into illegal deer being killed during the bucks only segment of deer season on KNF. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division agents began the investigation after receiving information that a doe deer had been killed on KNF during a deer hunt with dogs on Dec. 22, 2009.
As a result of the investigation, agents were able to document six doe deer that were killed illegally by the men using deer dogs from Dec. 19 through Dec. 26, 2009, on KNF. LDWF agents seized three illegal deer and an antlerless deer tag.
Judge Dee Hawthorne accepted the guilty pleas and issued a suspended sentence of six months in jail to each man. Martin was fined $600 plus court costs, with each of the others fined $500 plus court costs. Redden, Sanders, and Sheppard were each ordered to pay LDWF restitution in the amount of $524.54 for their illegal deer. Belsha was ordered to pay LDWF restitution in the amount of $1049.08 for two illegal deer.
All six men were also placed on supervised probation for one year or until their fines and restitution are paid in full. In addition, Judge Hawthorne suspended the hunting privileges of Martin, Sheppard, Redden, Sanders and Belsha for one year.
Lt. Bill Tyree, Sgt. Curt Belton, and Senior Agents Russell Brack, Scotty Delaney, and Eric Droddy participated in the case.
The case was prosecuted by Natchitoches Parish District Attorney's Office.
For more information, contact Capt. Peter Oliver at firstname.lastname@example.com [3] or 318-487-5634.


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Portsmouth Public Library, 175 Parrott Ave., Portsmouth. Call 427-1540 or visit www.cityofportsmouth.com/library.
Portsmouth Public Library, 175 Parrott Ave., Portsmouth. Call 427-1540 or visit www.cityofportsmouth.com/library.
Sunday, June 8, at 10:30 a.m.: Dr. Anna Ornstein Delivers first Shura Levenson Memorial Lecture. The lecture series is titled "Remembering the Holocaust: the Importance of Religious, Social and Cultural Tolerance." Everyone is invited to attend this free lecture and to begin a community-wide discussion of inclusion for any marginalized group in society. Shura Levenson was a Holocaust survivor and long-time Portsmouth resident who had a deep appreciation for education and learning. Framing the discussion will be Rabbi David Ross Senter, who is new to Temple Israel. Refreshments will follow the lecture. For information, contact Mary Ann List at the library at 427-1540 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon: Learn and Play Mah Jongg, the ancient Chinese game of tiles. It's fast, free and fun for all ages. Contact: Dawn Carswell at firstname.lastname@example.com. Offered in the Hilton Garden Room. Film begins at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to noon: The Sit 'n Stitch (formerly the Knit-Wits) meet in the Hilton Garden Room on the second floor. All needle crafters welcome. Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Drop-in chess. Players of all ages and levels are welcome to come practice your game on library chess sets. Eight chess boards will be set up on the first floor of the library. Weather permitting; the courtyard may even have a set placed out there.
Mary E. Bartlett Library, 22 Dalton Road, Brentwood. 642-3355 or www.brentwoodlibrary.org.
Preschool Story Times: Every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.; Tuesdays at 2 p.m. Ladies' Movie Night: Third Thursdays at 7 p.m. Friday Family Flicks: Once a month. Check Web site for details. Adult Book Group: The last Monday of each month at 7 p.m. Copies of monthly titles are available at the library.
Berwick Public Library, 103 Old Pine Hill Road, Berwick, Maine, (207) 698-5737
Dover Public Library, 73 Locust St., Dover, 516-6050
Durham Public Library, 7 Mill Plaza, Unit H, Durham, Call 868-6699.
East Kingston Library, 47 Maplevale Road, 642-8333
Hampton Falls Free Library, 7 Drinkwater Road, Hampton Falls, 926-3682, www.hamptonfallslibrary.org
Harvey-Mitchell Public Library, 151 Main St., Epping. 679-5944.
Ongoing: Preschool story hour. Free play time to explore the library, songs and fingerplays with Miss Tracie, age appropriate stories and a hands-on activity or craft that relates to the stories read that day. Registration is not required. Storyhour meets three times each week: 10:30 a.m., Wednesdays and Thursdays and also 1:30 p.m., Thursdays.
Exeter Public Library, 4 Chestnut St., Exeter. 772-3101.
Monday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.: Open Art, a weekly craft project designed for adults and children to complete together. Tuesday and Thursday at 10 a.m. or 2 p.m.: "Story Times," for children 3 and older. No registration is required, just drop in and listen. These programs are open to Exeter residents and members of the library.
Weeks Public Library, 36 Post Road, Greenland. Call 436-8548, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.weekslibrary.org
Cribbage Night: Mondays at 5 p.m. Cribbage Night is a night of friendly competition and fun for all. New players welcome. Story Time: Thursdays at 10 a.m. Enjoy new and classic picture books, action songs, and a related craft. All ages welcome, no registration required. Friday Morning Group: Fridays at 11 a.m. Need a break from your usual routine? Looking for a fun morning out? Join the Friday Morning Group any Friday at 11 a.m. Must love card games, laughter, and conversation. Don't miss the fun.
Kensington Library, 126 Amesbury Road, Kensington. 772-5022
Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. and Thursdays at 1 p.m.: Preschool Story Times. Enjoy new and favorite picture books read by Miss Lindsey along with a craft. Monthly Tuesday Night Adult Book Discussion at 6:30 p.m.: Adult Book Discussion Group. Led by library staff. Copies of monthly titles are available from the library. Ongoing: Children's Story & Craft Time at 10:30 a.m., Tuesdays and Wednesdays with Ms. Lindsey. Also a special Saturday story time on the first Saturday of the month at 10:30 a.m.
Lane Memorial Library, 2 Academy Ave., Hampton. 926-3368. To register for children's programs, call 926-4729.
Saturday, June 5-7: Summer Book Sale. Available for sale will be thousands of titles, including fiction, history, biographies, cookbooks, sports, self-help, humor, decorating, religion, children's and more. There will also be a selection of books on CD, music CDs and movies on DVD. This three-day event, which is open to the public, will be conducted from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Shoppers have the option to purchase a Friends book bag for $6 (or two for $10) and fill it once for free during the sale on Saturday. Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m.: Wiggles and Giggles with Miss Wendy (For ages 15 months to 3 years). Sessions last about 20 minutes with stories, finger plays, and snacks. Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.: Bookworms with Miss Paulina (for 3-year-olds). Thursdays at 10 a.m.: Reading Roundup with Miss Paulina (for 4-5-year-olds). Each session lasts about 35 minutes. Space is limited, so please sign up. Fridays at 10 a.m.: Drop-in story times. Spend half an hour hearing fun stories, singing songs and doing fingerplays. Finish up with our traditional ring-around-the rosy, hokey-pokey, and maybe even Elefun. This story time is geared toward children ages 3-6, but all youngsters are welcome.
Lee Public Library, 7 Mast Road, Lee. Call 659-2626 or visit www.lee.lib.nh.us
Thursday and Friday at 10:30 a.m.: Story Time. All welcome, no registration needed. Stories, songs, crafts and more. Second Monday of the Month: 7 p.m. Book discussion. Pick up copies of book at the library. April's title is "The Orphan Master's Son," by Adam Johnson.
Langdon Library, Newington, http://www.langdonlibrary.org/
Phone: 436-5154
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Paul Memorial Library, 76 Main St., Newfields, 778-8169 or firstname.lastname@example.com
Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.: Baby Lapsit "Mother Goose on the Loose." For babies to age 2 and their caregivers, a fun program of music, nursery rhymes, and stories.
Ongoing: Adult Book Club - meets the third Monday of every month at 6:30 p.m. Children's afterschool activities: Meets monthly from 3:15 to 4:30 p.m. - Games on the first Thursday, Crafts on the second Thursday and Lego Club on the third Thursday.
Newmarket Library, 1 Elm St., Newmarket, 659-5311
Thursdays at 10:30 a.m.: Story hour. School is back in session, and so is story hour for the preschool set. Stop by for a story and a craft.
North Hampton Public Library, Atlantic Ave. 963-6326.
Tuesday, June 3, from 6 to 7 p.m.: Money Matters FinancialWorkshops: Take Stock in the Market. Each class includes a participant workbook. No fee. Registration appreciated. Join the North Hampton Public Library Book Group the second Thursday of every month at 2 p.m.
Rye Public Library, 581 Washington Road, Rye, 964-8401, www.ryepubliclibrary.org.
Ongoing weekly:
Mondays, 9:30-11 a.m.: Chair Yoga. Practice a fitness and stretching routine right from a stable chair. Volunteer instructor Amelia McKenney guides the sessions. Mondays, 2 p.m.: Senior Visits via Senior Serve van: Rye seniors are invited to the library for coffee, cake, and conversation. Transportation is available to and from your door. Call a day in advance if you need a ride. Mondays, 9:30-11 a.m.: Computer Tutor. Register for 20 min sessions: your specific objectives. Tuesdays, 10-11 a.m.: Drawing Together Sketchbook Group. Artist led drawing sessions. Tuesdays, 12:30-2:30 p.m.: Mah Jongg. Join other adult players for this fun and informal games session. All levels interested in American style Mah Jongg. . First Tuesdays, 1 p.m.: Generations Genealogy Club. Learn about RPL resources. First Tuesdays, 6:30-7 p.m.: beginning in January: Pajama storytime hosted by the Teen Advisory Board. Second Tuesdays, 6-7 p.m.: Friends of Rye Public Library meeting. New members welcome! Second Tuesdays, 7 p.m.: YAttitudes Young Adult group: Join this energetic parent/teen discussion group. Each month we read a book and talk about it ... and we snack on delicious treats. Third Tuesdays, 2 and 7 p.m.: Adult Book Discussion Group: Join fellow readers for a lively discussion led by library staff, now in two convenient sessions. New titles monthly. Third Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m.: Y-LA Teen Advisory Board. Wednesdays, 11 a.m.: Storytime: Preschool/kindergarten storytime. Join us for great books, finger plays, songs and a fun craft! No sign-up required. Wednesdays, 1 p.m.: Movies at Rye Public Library: Join us for a movie and popcorn. Popular films weekly. Wednesdays, as scheduled monthly, Tech Talk Computer Classes. Call for schedule. Second Wednesdays 3-4 p.m.: Teen crafts. Second and fourth Wednesdays, 6-7 p.m.: Seacoast Chess Club. All ages. Third Wednesdays 3:15-4:15 p.m.: Book Bites, book club for grades 3-5. Fourth Wednesdays, 3-4 p.m. beginning in January: Cupcake craft for teens. Thursdays, 10 a.m.: Knitting with Mary. Join other adult knitters for a fun and informal instruction session. All levels. Thursdays, 1-3 p.m.: Mah Jongg! Join other adult players for this fun and informal games session. All levels interested in American style Mah Jongg. First Thursdays, 6:30 p.m.: Military Book Group. Topical book discussion group. Fridays, 9:30-11 a.m.: Device Advice. Register for 20 min sessions: e-readers and downloads. Fridays, 10-10:30 a.m.: Mother Goose Storytime: For babies and toddlers. First and third Fridays 3-4:30 p.m.: Sew What? Youth Crafts with Pam and Lisa. Second and fourth Fridays, 3:10 p.m.: Family Flick: Join us for a movie and popcorn. Intended for the family, but be sure this film is appropriate for your child.
Seabrook Library, 25 Liberty Lane, Seabrook. 474-2044
Wiggin Memorial Library, 10 Bunker Hill Ave., Stratham. www.WigginML.org, 772-4346.
William Fogg Library, State and Old Road, Eliot, Maine, (207) 439-9437 or www.williamfogglibrary.org.
Tuesdays from 9:30 to 10 a.m.: Lap Sit, Squirm or Wiggle for ages six to 18 months. This lively lap sit program provides one-on-one interaction between caregiver and child. We'll share books, learn rhymes and enjoy music, movement and toys. Tuesdays from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m.: Toddlers for ages 18 to 36 months. This program encourages children and their grownups to actively participate in stories, songs and finger plays and simple crafts. We'll work on our toddler skills: counting, color recognition and taking turns, while having lots of fun. Tuesdays from 1:30 to 2:15 p.m., Thursdays from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m.: Preschool for ages 3 to 6 years. Each story time is based around a theme and includes picture books, flannel board stories, finger plays and crafts. Parents/caregivers are welcome to join their children or make it an independent activity (please do not leave the library). Wednesdays at noon: Yoga for Restoring Your Health. Join Sallie Sharpless of River Road Yoga in Eliot for a series of gentle one-hour yoga classes offered at the library. These classes are specifically designed for those who don't attend regular yoga classes because of body problems, illness, or treatment programs.
Rice Public Library, 8 Wentworth St., and 2 Walker St., Kittery, Maine. (207) 439-1553.
Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m.: Storytime With Miss Jenny. Join Miss Jenny for stories, a craft and a yummy snack.
Jackson Library, Berwick Academy, 31 Academy Street, South Berwick. (207) 384-2164 or www.berwickacademy.org.
South Berwick Public Library, 27 Young St., South Berwick, Maine 03908, Phone and fax: (207) 384-3308
Tuesdays at 9:10 a.m.: Laptime for Twos and Threes is for children ages 2-3 years with an adult. An interactive program of songs, stories, finger plays, flannel board activities, snack and social time is offered. Tuesdays at 10:10 a.m. and Fridays at 1:30 p.m.: Preschool Storytime is for children ages 3-6 and includes stories, finger plays, songs, flannel board activities, and a related craft project to take home each week. Thursdays at 10 a.m.: Baby Storytime is for infants 0-2 and their caregiver for brief program of rhymes, songs, books, and sign language followed by playtime.
York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Road, (207) 363-2818 or www.york.lib.me.us.
Tuesday, June 3, at 7 p.m.: Home brewing. David Rowland, owner/brewer of York's SoMe Brewing Company, will demonstrate how to brew your own beer. Learn about equipment and ingredients, the process of brewing, and beer styles you can make at home. He will discuss costs and resources both local and Internet based. Whether you are a beginner or have been brewing for a while, Rowland will offer advice and answer questions. Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.: Infant Lapsits (infants to two years old). Come for a program of stories, songs, fingerplays and rhymes. Thursdays and Fridays at 10:30 a.m.: Stories, songs, fingerplays, and crafts. These story hours are designed for ages 3-5.


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If you missed our recent webinar about financial aid award letters, don't worry! It's now available to view on demand. You can access the recording and slides here.
We're also recapping some of the highlights in this post to give you a basic overview of award letters and what was covered in the presentation.
Important definitions:
Award Letter – An offer sent from a college or university to the student that details how much financial support the student is eligible for. The award letter is sent following the student's submission of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and application to attend a college or university.
Cost of Attendance (COA) - A figure provided by colleges and/or college financial aid offices that estimates the total costs of attending that particular school for a period of one year. Included in the estimate are all reasonable expenses such as tuition, room and board, books and supplies, personal expenses and transportation.
Expected Family Contribution (EFC) - This is the number that's used to determine your eligibility for federal student financial aid. This number results from the financial information you provide in your FAFSA. Your EFC is reported to you on your Student Aid Report (SAR). It is the amount of money that a student's family is expected to contribute to college costs for one year. The EFC considers family income, assets, size of current household and the number of family members currently enrolled in college.
What's included in an award letter?
Types of Financial Aid Offered:
Can I appeal the decision for my financial aid package if I have special circumstances?
The answer is yes. The following situations can be taken into consideration:
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Overlooked no more, Florida State dominates Clemson
- Hearkening to the their program%27s peak%2C the Seminoles rout their ACC Coastal division rival
- Redshirt freshman QB Jameis Winston passes for 444 yards and three touchdowns
- The victory could place Florida State as high as No. 2 in the initial BCS standings released Sunday
CLEMSON, S.C. — They had stacked elite recruiting classes on top of one another, re-established their identity as a dominant defense and even won an Atlantic Coast Conference title last season. And still, Florida State had been the forgotten program in the national title chase the first half of this year.
After spending more than a decade out of the discussion, after building a well-earned reputation as perennial underachievers, it was easy to dismiss what the No. 5-ranked Seminoles had accomplished. But that all changed Saturday night, when Florida State went into Memorial Stadium as a question mark and emerged as a legitimate national title contender.
Never have the Seminoles looked more like the 1990s, Bobby Bowden-era version of themselves than in a 51-14 waxing of No. 4 Clemson, which is to say they looked like a team that would stack up very well against the Alabamas and Oregons of the world.
BOX SCORE:No. 5 Seminoles 51, No. 4 Tigers 14
"We definitely are the best team in the country," receiver Rashad Greene said, moments after leaving the tomahawk-chopping party of players, coaches, boosters and fans that made their way onto the field after the final buzzer and lingered for nearly 10 minutes, snapping pictures and hugging as if they had won a championship.
The Seminoles, of course, have fooled their fans before into believing they're "back," but there's something palpably different this time. While the Seminoles have rarely lacked talent in Jimbo Fisher's 3 ½ years as head coach, he has never had such a combination of offensive playmakers, defensive studs and a quarterback who can both process a gameplan and execute under pressure.
"They're mature, they're growing, they're getting older," Fisher said. "This is a very, very tight group of guys. They really care about each other. They don't worry about style, substance is what matters and they understand the power of preparation and they feel prepared when they're going into games so they're confident and once you get there and know you can do it you don't have to tell everybody. I love coaching this football team."
Although there certainly were signs of what was to come Saturday, including a 63-0 victory against Maryland two weeks ago, few could have expected Florida State (6-0, 3-0 ACC) to handle Clemson (6-1, 4-1) as easily as an ACC also-ran.
After all, this was the same Clemson team that had been on an epic roll dating back to the Chick-fil-A Bowl last season when it beat LSU, spent all offseason preparing for a national title run and beat a full-strength Georgia in the opener. This was an offense led by senior quarterback in Tajh Boyd, who will end up as the conference's second-leading passer of all-time, and an array of playmakers who had always shown up in big moments. And this was an environment with more than 82,400 full-throated Clemson fans, desperate to see their program take the next major step toward championship contention.
But none of that mattered to Florida State or redshirt freshman Jameis Winston, who was once again spectacular with 444 passing yards and three touchdowns on 22-of-34 completions. As Winston said, "We weren't playing noise, we were playing Clemson."
Neither one proved to be a difficult opponent. With a lot of help from the Tigers – who dropped passes, fumbled at inopportune times and missed a boatload of tackles – the game was never competitive, sending Clemson fans to the exits en masse halfway through the third quarter.
"They're a great team, but at the same time we knew what we came to do, and we weren't leaving without dominating this ballgame," linebacker Telvin Smith said. That's what we're trying to get this program back to. We want to play for the national championship, but it starts in the ACC and that's where this game is taking us."
After the season-long buildup to this game, it was undoubtedly a letdown. But in terms of the sheer display of power by Florida State against a quality opponent, nobody in the country has looked better.
In the game's opening 12 minutes, the Seminoles rattled off a 17-0 lead off two turnovers, forcing a fumble on Clemson's first play from scrimmage that they converted for a quick touchdown and then returning a fumble 37 yards for a score off a vicious hit by cornerback Lamarcus Joyner, who blitzed from the blind side and knocked the ball loose from Boyd with a vicious hit.
Though Clemson had a window of opportunity to get back in the game in the second quarter, cutting the lead to 17-7 and twice getting the ball back with good field position, Florida State's defense was simply too fast for Boyd, who struggled with accuracy all night and made mistakes when he forced throws into tight windows. Clemson's playmakers simply couldn't get open, and the constant pressure snowballed into a 17-of-37 performance from the senior quarterback. The Tigers finished with just 326 yards.
Florida State took a 27-7 lead into halftime, scored again on the first possession of the second half and then kept scoring mercilessly, making a strong statement about its national aspirations.
"In my four years here I think this was the first brotherhood I've been a part of to embrace that challenge because of the tradition and history we have here, there's a lot of pressure to pick that back up," Joyner said. "This is the first team to embrace that and we're doing a pretty good job with it. It was something we needed to show everyone. We believe as an organization but does the world? I doubt it."
There's reason for that.
A year ago, the Seminoles looked capable of making a BCS title run in early October but suffered a stunning defeat at North Carolina State, the latest in a string of losses to unranked teams that has plagued the program in recent years. This, however, is a much different group. The Seminoles lost 11 players off last year's team to the NFL Draft, but somehow, this version seems even more talented and harder to stop.
"You look at last year you have a bunch of talent but you have talent with no belief," Joyner said. "We lacked leadership. No one embraced leadership."
Winston does, and the Seminoles all believe in him. But it's also true that Florida State's talent pipeline on both lines of scrimmage and the skill positions hasn't run dry. With Winston's accuracy and poise, he seems able to utilize weapons like Greene (eight catches, 146 yards), Kenny Shaw (five catches, 64 yards) and Nick O'Leary (five catches, 161 yards) in a way that predecessor E.J. Manuel was not.
There are no gimmicks with Florida State, no systems and apparently no weaknesses. It's just a complete team built in the image of Alabama, and as it showed Saturday night, the gap to the top may not be all that wide.


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The initial days at school, especially if it's a new school, can test students and parents alike. Authors and publishers of an assortment of books about going back to school aim to assist families with their school experiences — elementary school, high school, college.
"Unless you're somebody like Huckleberry Finn, the first day of school isn't too bad," wrote Barbara Robinson in her book "The Best School Year Ever."
"Most kids, by then, are bored with summer and itchy from mosquito bites and poison ivy and nothing to do. Your sneakers are all worn out and you can't get new ones till school starts and your mother is sick and tired of yelling at you to pick things up and you're sick and tired of picking the same things up.
"Plus, the first day of school is only half a day for kids."
When you put it Robinson's way, going back to school isn't so bad.
But it can be trying. The initial days at school, especially if it's a new school, can test students and parents alike.
Authors and publishers of an assortment of books about going back to school aim to assist families with their school experiences — elementary school, high school, college.
Both fiction and nonfiction, here is a sample of those volumes — selected by store manager Kim Borcoman of Borders Books, Music, Movies & Cafe at The Strip in Stark County, Ohio — to help readers get ready for the classroom.
"The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson (softcover, HarperCollins, 155 pages, $5.99).
The author, a former Ohio resident who now lives in Pennsylvania, is the author of several children's books, including "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" and "My Brother Louis Measures Worms."
In "The Best School Year Ever," Robinson teaches, through the fictional Herdman family, the lessons of social interaction in classrooms.
"The Herdman kids are the outlaws of Woodrow Wilson Elementary School," explains the publisher in promotional information. "They smoke cigars, lie, and set fire to things — and that's only when they bother to come to school.
"Then a school project forces the students to think of compliments for their classmates — all of them. Is it possible that behind their outrageous pranks there might be something good about this crazy clan after all?"
This Harper Trophy reprint of a book published in 1994 won state reading awards in nine states. "As wild as ever," the New York Times reviewed.
"Ruby and the Booker Boys" by Derrick Barnes (softcover, Scholastic, 130 pages, $4.99).
Illustrated by Vanessa Brantley Newton, Barnes' book follows the further school adventures of Ruby Booker, a third-grader who has an iguana named Lady Love and whose "absolicious color is purple."
"And the most important thing you need to know is that today I have a chance to make a name for myself," Ruby tells readers. "It's my first day at Hope Road Academy. All three of my older brothers already go there, but I'm my own Booker — and this booker girl has big, big plans!"
Suddenly, with the start of school, as Ruby says, "it's showtime."
"Biscuit Goes to School" by Alyssa Satin Capucilli (softcover, Harper Collins, 32 pages, $3.99).
Pat Schories provides artwork for Capucilli's book about the little dog, Biscuit, who wanted to go to school — and does. Biscuit attends gym class, listens to storytelling in the library, eats lunch and even takes in a class. Part of HarperCollins Harper Trophy "I Can Read" series, the book is written in simple sentences for new readers.
"S is for School" by P.J. Shaw (softcover, Dalmatian Press, 20 pages, $3.50)
This Sesame Street book, written by P.J. Shaw and illustrated by Joe Mathieu, includes all the familiar characters of the children's television program. The book is designed to introduce kids new to school to things they'll find after getting off their buses.
"Cookie Monster, don't eat the alphabet!" Miss Piggy advises the big blue creature on one page picturing a party in a classroom. "Eat the snacks!"
"Okay, okay, okay. But it very tasty. Num num!"
All right. Maybe you have to be 4 or be the mother of a 4-year-old to appreciate that kind of humor.
"The Night Before Kindergarten" by Natasha Wing (softcover, Grosset & Dunlap, 32 pages, $3.99)
A lot goes into getting ready for school, as author Natasha Wing and illustrator Julie Durrell show.
The book is written to the pace of the poem "Twas the night before Christmas" — "Twas the night before kindergarten, and as they prepared, kids were excited and a little bit scared."
"It's almost the first day of school, and kids all over town are getting ready for it," explains the publisher's promotional material. "What will kindergarten be like? Will the teacher be nice? Will they still get to play? Anticipation and excitement are in the air as they head off to school, where they discover just how much fun kindergarten really is!"
"1001 Things Every College Student Needs to Know" by Harry H. Harrison Jr. (hardcover, Thomas Nelson publisher, 302 pages, $9.99)
What do students need to know before they head off to school?
"Like Buying Your Books before Exams Start," begins author Harry Harrison Jr. in his subtitle.
Advice is divided up into sections. "You Need to Know How to Prepare for College," the entries in one chapter explain. "You Need to Know the First Two Weeks Help Determine the Next Four Years," adds advice in another chapter.
Chapters cover such topics as adjusting to roommates, choosing classes, attending classes, taking notes, working in groups, writing papers, studying, taking exams, the avoiding the consequences of cheating, handling money, going to parties, abstaining from drinking and drugs, "handling" parents, and eventually getting out of school.
"You need to know that if you keep remembering why you're doing all of this," the book concludes, "you'll graduate."
"How to Survive Your Freshman Year" edited by Frances Northcut (softcover, Hundreds of Heads Books, 302 pages)
"This book proves that all of us are smarter than one of us," reviews John Katzman, founder and CEO of The Princeton Review.
"How to Survive Your Freshman Year" is the collection of advice by hundreds of college students who made it through their years of education — "and some things to avoid, from a few dropouts who didn't," the book's subtitle adds.
"Good advice about saying good-bye to your parents, dealing with homesickness, making new friends, and getting around campus," the publisher promises. "What activities will fit you? What about a roommate? Is it really necessary to attend class? Oh, yeah, and what about studying? These questions and lots more (money, laundry, food, sex, parties, time-management, etc.) are addressed with honesty and humor."
"It's Back to School Charlie Brown!" by Charles M. Schulz (softcover, Ballantine Books, 160 pages, $11.95)
The publisher calls it "a collection that makes the grade — featuring Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the whole Peanuts gang."
When the kids are gone or the studying is done, both parents and students are bound to enjoy the wit and wisdom of these comic strips about Charlie and Linus and Lucy and the rest getting back on the bus and heading back to the classroom and playground.
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I adore Opera.
By the way, this isn't a blog post expounding the beauty of lyrical librettos or the wonders of The Marriage of Figaro. I am referring to Opera, the underdog's browser. Sure, it might not fire up as swiftly as Google's Chrome tenderfoot and it might not enjoy as much love as Mozilla's foxy browser. Still, I have my reasons for standing by the Presto powered platform.
Years ago, I was guilty of making the jump from Internet Explorer (IE 6) to Opera 9 without giving much thought to the rest in the browser league. First impressions were, wow, this thing is going to change the way I navigate the web. More importantly, Opera offered features which Microsoft could only dream about. Aspects such as tabbed browsing, mouse gestures, crash recovery, and more importantly, the duplicate tab function. I never looked back since.
Today, Opera has grown into their 10.50 instalment. Indeed, they've since improved and worked upon the various attributes I've listed above. With 10.50, developers have also made tweaks to its Carakan JavaScript engine as well as added support for HTML5 elements, aka the Flash killer.
On the upside, Opera has reaped profits from Microsoft's recent skirmish with the EU Commission as well. Based on various news sources, Opera Software claims it has seen a three-fold increase in downloads ever since Microsoft rolled out the "ballot screen" to European folks running Windows. If you're unaware, the web browser ballot allows Windows users to select their default browser of choice, instead of having to rely on a force-fed IE. That's one up for democracy. For the record, these spike in Opera downloads were most prevalent in Spain, Belgium, France, Poland and the UK, according to Rolf Assev, Chief Strategy Officer for Opera.
I am not claiming Opera is perfect. For some time, Chrome appears to be more Facebook-friendly than IE or Opera, based on a shard or two of personal experiences. However, most of the aforementioned issues seem to have evaporated with Opera's latest iteration on the PHP and MySQL laden site. I can only hope that stays. That said, I'd like to leave you with a symbolic quote from Austrian conductor Franz Schalk. "Every theater is an insane asylum, but an opera theater is the ward for the incurables".
Incurable, I am. Have a spiffy weekend.
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- Summary
Classic dinnerware like this is popular in Parisian bistros and brasseries. Made of fully glazed porcelain, the pieces are larger and heavier than standard tableware and are sturdy yet stylish.
- Made of high-fired porcelain.
- Microwavable and dishwasher safe.
- Set of four.
- Made in Bangladesh.
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- 4" high.
- 13-oz. cap.
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Rated 4 out of 5 by Patricktweed from Nice but a little awkward to hold. Really nice mugs and worth the cost. Very good quality, but a little difficult to hold securely. With the curve of the handle you need to support the mug with a finger under the handle and two two fingers inside the handle. My partner has the same feeling about the handle. The mugs we replaced could be held securely with two fingers inside the handle without supporting it with a third. It may just take a little getting used to.Date published: 2015-03-26Rated 5 out of 5 by Cookingmore from Hubs favorite Mugs These mugs are perfect. They match fine with our other white porcelain. The Brasserie mugs are generously sized at 13oz., have a flat stable bottom and are excellent quality. My husband likes to perch his coffee mug on the small table attached to the side of his favorite chair and these mugs are ideal for that, not tippy at all. They also fit well in the single serve coffee machine. They tick every box in this household. I would have loved it if this item was carried in our local store. We had to order it to see what it was like. There was not a mug in the store we would have preferred over this one.Date published: 2015-03-11Rated 5 out of 5 by VACustomer from perfect mugs! These mugs really are perfect, pure white, simple and even elegant. They hold a generous amount, but are not bulky to hold. I have bought them repeatedly for my own use and for gifts.Date published: 2013-10-10Rated 3 out of 5 by HilaryT from Nice mug, but not for me I may be too picky when it comes to mugs, but I was disappointed to find the handle was too small. I could only fit 2 fingers through the handle, and I guess I'm accustomed to putting 3 fingers through, because these felt strange to me! The quality was good, size was right, and these would be really versatile, but I had to return them in search of a bigger handled mug!Date published: 2013-03-18Rated 5 out of 5 by Brasserieforlife from Long-time fan We've had these mugs, and just bought more to have on hand. Perfect size and shape for enjoying coffe, tea, and broth. Handle size and shape is perfect for the entire family.Date published: 2012-09-19Rated 4 out of 5 by Lola from Excellent mugs I needed stackable mugs to go with my Coupe dinnerware. After trial and error (Tuileries' were too small, Tradition's handle was too clunky), I branched out to Japanese porcelain- and these are just right! They don't nest securely on top of each other, but they're perfect in all other regards- I am very happy with them.Date published: 2012-02-06


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Saturday, August 27, 2011
A Letter to the Person Who Donated a Pot with a Hole in the Bottom
Dear Sir or Madam,
Firstly, let me commend you on your donation to charity. Giving away things you no longer use, or which have cluttered your side table for too long, or which you bought because - well, they seemed perfect at the time - is not only good for charity, but good for you and good for the environment, too.
(And you thought you were just helping out an organisation with a good heart.)
Most of us have more things than we need - things that clutter and collect dust and make our lives more difficult and worrisome. Paring back to what we truly need or love makes our houses tidier and our lives simpler. But, you knew that.
And, donating usable or interesting things means less goes into the landfill. Plus, someone like me with a healthy appetite for thrifting walks in, finds your discarded treasure, and goes home a very happy girl indeed.
Please check your items before you donate them. Because it appears as though you mistakenly donated a beautiful stainless steel pot with a minute - microscopic, nearly - hole in the bottom. You would have noticed it, because it slowly-but-surely spouts water out. Water you might (hypothetically) be trying to boil pasta in. Now, I'm not averse to giving $8 straight to the Salvation Army; but if I pay that for a secondhand pot and (this is an important detail) am so excited about my new item that I get rid of my old large-pot with the burnt bottom, I am not going to be happy to find that hole.
So next time, please don't donate stuff that doesn't work. It makes me sad.
and without pasta,
15 comments:
- Jem said... [Reply to comment]
Oh no!! :-( What a disappointment!! Best of luck with finding a new pot minus the hole!
Jem xXx
- August 27, 2011 at 10:13 PM
- Easy peasy organic said... [Reply to comment]
@Jem I take it as justification to shop at the Le Crueset outlet next time I see one ... ;)
- August 27, 2011 at 11:55 PM
- Cathy said... [Reply to comment]
oh darn! I bought a plastic 8 cup measuring bowl thing that had a hole in it. ARGH!
- August 28, 2011 at 12:10 AM
- Easy peasy organic said... [Reply to comment]
@Cathy I believe ARGH is Canadian for sh*t, right?
- August 28, 2011 at 12:19 AM
- Lucent Imagery said... [Reply to comment]
What a shame? Perhaps it has a new destiny to be plant pot? Would that work? Or a holder of garden tools? Lovely blog. It's been great to go back through some of your older posts. And respect to you for your openness about your cancer battle and win.
- August 28, 2011 at 1:48 AM
- Max said... [Reply to comment]
Such a polite request, how could anyone refuse to heed?! I'm a magnet for kids clothing with press-studs that don't work. As they say in Canada, and in sympathy, argghhh!
- August 28, 2011 at 3:19 AM
- Easy peasy organic said... [Reply to comment]
@Lucent Imagery LI - Thanks for having a browse! I had a look at your lovely blog, too ... and I see now why you can associate with my openness about cancer. Your photography is inspiring!
PS. Love the plant pot idea!!
- August 28, 2011 at 7:22 AM
- Easy peasy organic said... [Reply to comment]
@Max You should've seen the first draft. It was called 'why the f**k did you donate a f**king useless pot?' hee hee
- August 28, 2011 at 7:23 AM
- Lea said... [Reply to comment]
Oh bummer! Great post tho;)
- August 28, 2011 at 8:00 AM
- Tammy at Tammy Loves Dishes said... [Reply to comment]
Ouch. That stinks.
I did thoroughly enjoy reading your post, though.
- August 28, 2011 at 3:05 PM
- Paula said... [Reply to comment]
Pardon my crudeness but having thrown out your old burnt pot and being left with this useless one with a hole in it, I venture to say that not only are out $8.00 but left with (as my Mom used to say) not even a pot to pee in :(
Hope you do a post on what you did make for dinner instead of pasta ;)
- August 28, 2011 at 3:45 PM
- Easy peasy organic said... [Reply to comment]
Aw, thanks everyone for the sympathy! And Paula, I love your take on the situation :)
- August 28, 2011 at 6:28 PM
- pepper said... [Reply to comment]
that is awful, but made me laugh. so I feel bad for you but good for laughing at the same time. it is a confusing feeling.
I hope your pasta needs are met very soon.
Pepper x
- August 29, 2011 at 6:37 PM
- Small Things Simple Pleasures said... [Reply to comment]
That's annoying, but a small price to pay for such post material!
- August 29, 2011 at 9:55 PM
- Unknown said... [Reply to comment]
I just bought a stainless steel pot with a strainer (with no hole) but it needs a lid - do you still have the lid - I'll send you the pot and strainer! It looks about the same. I picked it up for a steal at $2 and thought my friend needed one - but didn't.
- September 5, 2011 at 8:43 AM


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USC vs. Oregon State: Trojans end Corvallis drought; Lee scores in return
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CORVALLIS, Ore. — Finally winning at Reser Stadium after a long drought, the USC Trojans lifted interim coach Ed Orgeron to their shoulders in celebration.
Southern California defeated Oregon State 31-14 Friday night in Corvallis for the first time since 2004, and in the process became bowl eligible after a rocky start to the season.
Javorius Allen ran for 133 yards and three touchdowns and Marqise Lee returned from a knee injury and had five catches for 105 yards and a score for Southern California (6-3, 3-2 Pac-12. ) Cody Kessler threw for 247 yards and a touchdown and Silas Redd ran for 140 yards.
It was the third win in four games under Orgeron, who took over when the Trojans dismissed Lane Kiffin on Sept. 29 after opening the season 3-2.
"Great job of coming into a hostile environment and really never letting it affect us as much as it has in the past," said Orgeron, who also took a turn conducting the USC marching band after the victory. "There was a belief in the locker room, at halftime, during the game."
Oregon State's Sean Mannion threw for 277 yards and a touchdown, but also threw three uncharacteristic interceptions in the loss, the second straight for the Beavers (6-3, 4-2) after a six-game winning streak.
Two of Mannion's interceptions came in the red zone, and Oregon State had a field goal blocked and missed another.
"That's too much," coach Mike Riley said of the errors. "You're not going to overcome that."
Mannion, who went into the game leading the nation with an average of 408 yards passing, looked slightly off against the Trojans. He was sacked eight times last weekend in the Beavers' 20-12 loss at home to No. 6 Stanford.
Mannion hit favorite target Brandin Cooks with a 43-yard pass on the opening series and the Beavers were helped by a pass interference call, but Trevor Romaine's 46-yard field goal attempt was blocked.
The Trojans took over on the 29 and, on the first play from scrimmage, Kessler hit Lee with a 71-yard touchdown pass to put USC up 7-0.
Lee, last year's Biletnikoff Award winner as the nation's top receiver, was questionable going into the game because of a left knee injury that has sidelined him for two of the last three games.
The Trojans went up 14-0 on Allen's 9-yard scoring run late in the first quarter.
Oregon State closed the gap with Mannion's 27-yard touchdown pass to Cooks. On the next series, Ryan Murphy intercepted Kessler's pass and ran back 41-yards to even it at 14 with 9:29 to go in the half.
Allen, a sophomore who had scored two touchdowns this season going into the game, put USC back on top with an 18-yard run and the Trojans led 21-14 at halftime.
Southern California opened the second half with Andre Heidari's 34-yard field goal. Oregon State had a chance to pull closer, but Romaine's 26-yard attempt went wide left.
Allen added a 52-yard touchdown run with 3:25 left in the third quarter to give USC a 31-14 lead for the final margin.
"That's the way the game should be played," USC linebacker Hayes Pullard said, "just being able to go out there, execute the plays and just have fun."
The Trojans were coming off a 19-3 victory over Utah last Saturday.
Already depleted because of NCAA sanctions that have cost the team a significant number of scholarships, the Trojans have been stung this season with numerous injuries that have forced them to shift players and use walk-ons. Right tackle Kevin Graf (ankle), safety Su'a Cravens (groin), linebacker Morgan Breslin (hip), tight end Randall Telfer (knee) and cornerback Anthony Brown (knee) were among the players who did not play.
Oregon State was notably without senior receiver Kevin Cummings, who injured a wrist sometime during the first half of the loss to Stanford and required surgery. He could be back for a bowl game.
The Beavers also were hit on the opening kickoff when linebacker Joel Skotte collided with a USC player and lay still for several moments before he was helped off the field by trainers. Riley did not have a specific injury report but said Skotte was alert and talking.
The Beavers are known for their success against some very formidable Trojans teams. In 2008, the Beavers were 26-point underdogs when they knocked off then-No. 1 USC 27-21 on a Thursday night in Corvallis. Two years earlier, Oregon State topped then-No. 3 USC at Reser 33-31.
The two teams hadn't met since 2010, when the Beavers downed then-No. 20 USC in Corvallis. Ryan Katz threw for 154 yards and two touchdowns while Jacquizz Rodgers rushed for 128 yards and another score in the 36-7 victory.
USC's last win in Corvallis was a foggy 28-20 victory in the 2004 season when the Trojans went undefeated and beat Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl for the national championship — which was later vacated by the NCAA sanctions over improper player benefits.
"One of the main things we really focused on was that Oregon State beat our No. 1 team a couple of years ago," Lee said. "We had a lot on the line here. Our main focus was to come out here and execute and that's basically what we did."


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Kate & Alex: it's done
On his part, anyway. For her... well... she doesn't let go easily.
Here's another thing all gossips agree on, and what we discussed one night during dinner: this bitch is crazy.
So Us Weekly is reporting that after two years, Kate Bosworth and Alexander Skarsgard are done. According to their source, it was "very mutual". According to mine, he said he was done and she tried to accept that and still can't.
Which may be why she set up Orlando Bloom a couple of weeks ago. Click here if you missed my last post yesterday. Doesn't matter to her that he has a wife and kid. Somehow she ended up at a friend's house when he was also scheduled to stop by – just, you know, with a pap across the street. Coincidence or conspiracy? Or a desperate play for Alex's attention?
Celebrities would NEVER set up other celebrities! This is all bullsh-t! And Kate isn't like that! It was a total accident!
You're right. They would never. And it is. And she isn't. And it was. (Why are you reading my blog?)
So now that Us Weekly's reporting it, does that mean Kate's finally ready to let go? Well, I've also heard from multiple and varied contacts that she keeps stalking his hangouts, just, like, dropping by the gym/cafe/whatever to see if he's around, front like it would be an unplanned encounter, make him realise he misses her and wants her back. Apparently this has worked once. And he didn't change his mind.
Kate and Alex first hooked up on the set of Straw Dogs. At the time, he had just started seeing Evan Rachel Wood. This is never a deterrent for Kate. She tried so hard to become Jim Sturgess's girlfriend when they were shooting 21 together but he remained solidly committed to Mickey O'Brien. And of course, um, Kate and Chris Martin never, ever, ever crept around behind Gwyneth Paltrow's back.
Needless to say, it was a big win for her when Alex bit. Now it's time to start looking around for a fresh situation. How about Justin Timberlake? I would not be sorry to see those two together.
As for Alex, I saw him on Thursday night at a party at Comic-Con – click here for details. Us Weekly says he left with that gorgeous brunette I was telling you about.
Does the expulsion of Bosworth change my mind about him? Not really. Sorry?
Attached – Alex and Stephen Moyer at the True Blood panel the other day and the reason I've selected these shots in particular is because Moyer just looks so weird puffing his chest out like that with his lame ass fringe. There's a way to make yourself more attractive: stand next to Vampire Bill.
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It has been a relaxing month, taking time for holiday decorations, spending time with my husband, my family, baking, making, shopping and just enjoying just being home.
I hope everyone found some time in their own way to make their own holiday magic and also take special time for themselves!
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year to you


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If Goldman Sachs' PR nightmare of recent years hasn't quite abated, here's the perfect counterbalance: They love women! So much!
Perhaps it's a coincidence that Fortune has posted this video interview with its "head of global human capital" (is that HR?), pegged to "The Best Companies To Work For" package, around the same time that its chief strategist, Abby Joseph Cohen, gave an interview to the habitually combative Deborah Solomon in the Times magazine. (Perhaps it's also a coincidence that Goldman co-sponsors Fortune's Most Powerful Women conference.)
The tagline for the Fortune video is "Goldman Sachs' head of global human capital says there's still a lot of work to do in gaining equality for women on Wall Street." But most of the interview is spent talking about how awesome it is now compared to how it was before.
That's not to discount this woman's individual experience, or any work she might be doing to advance the female variety of human capital. But the whole thing comes off as a rehearsed public relations gimme.
Not so much at the Times magazine. Even by the standards of a Solomon interview, things got kinda awkward with Goldman's Cohen. Solomon began by asking Cohen about numbers that belie the rosy picture painted above.
But if women make up 30 percent of M.B.A. programs, as has been reported, why do they represent only 12 percent of the current partners at Goldman Sachs?
I don't think that we are proud of it, and I think we do have aspirations of improving the numbers.
Then it got rougher.
Do you feel any responsibility for the economic meltdown of 2008, which you failed to foresee?
That's an odd question to be asking me.
I did not think that was part of what we were going to be talking about.
The question is, what did she think they were going to be talking about? There doesn't seem to be any particular time-peg for an interview with Cohen — she has no book, hasn't herself been featured in some recent event. Business blogs have been wondering why she's back in the spotlight after years of avoiding it when her bullish predictions started to look wrongheaded. But the first three questions in the interview were about women. Even allowing for the feature's avowed "condensing" and "editing," it's reasonable to wonder whether Cohen was offered to Solomon as a way to highlight a high-ranking woman. Goldman already has its admirable 10,000 Women project to provide business educations to women in the developing world.
It's not that we think Goldman shouldn't be spotlighting the work of women in its ranks, or spreading around its considerable wealth to create more of them. It's just that it all seems like a rather convenient way to distract from that whole "vampire squid" thing. Or that sex-discrimination lawsuit, for that matter.
Questions For Abby Joseph Coen [NYT]
Being A Female Partner At Goldman [CNN]


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Corn and wheat closed higher while soybeans were lower, basically the opposite of yesterday's market action. December corn settled at $5.47 which is up 5 ¾ cents from yesterday. November soybeans were 10 ½ cents lower at $12.13 and July wheat 7 ½ cents lower at $13.82 ½.
Weather is still playing a major role in price as many acres of corn are expected to switch to soybeans from delayed planting. The corn to soybean ratio is down to 2.22, tying the low from late March just before the stocks report rocked the markets.
Corn-Bean Ratio for 2013
I have also included a chart of the new-crop corn-bean ratio for 2008 since this was the last year we had a true spring planting problem only that year it persisted all the way into late June. Obviously we got below 2.0 for much of that spring and early summer as massive flooding prevailed across the Midwest. To put that into perspective, that ratio would equal corn getting back above $6.06 ½ while November soybeans remained flat. That price is a long way off from here but we have recommended purchasing some relatively inexpensive short-dated July corn calls to protect our hedges just in-case the planting problems persist far longer than what is forecasted. I can also see the very plausible scenario where the ratio falls into line with 2008 but it's because of a falling bean market, not from strong corn. A lot of that may depend on old crop soybean tightness from export demand. Either way it is still only April 19th, there is plenty of time for the weather to improve and for both markets to "unprice" this weather premium. We recommend staying with the current EHedger sale levels. For more details on our current hedging strategy, please sign up for our newsletter absolutely free using the link at the top. Have a great weekend!
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A new study shows that holding planes at their gates for just a few extra minutes will cause a substantial reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
According to the study, which tested various ways of speeding up airplanes in Boston's Logan International Airport, simply holding a plane at the gate for an average of around four minutes speeds the process up, which in turn reduces the use of fuel. In fact, the study showed that fuel use was decreased by an average of 75 liters per plane.
"There is going to be a significant decrease in greenhouse gases from this," MIT researcher Hamsa Balakrishnan told New Scientist. Balakrishnan also explained that, when combined with optimized arrival paths for planes, this technique could reduce carbon emissions by millions of tons on an annual basis.


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Homeless Mom who sent 6yr old son to better school in the Wrong town jailed for 5 years
A mother who pleaded guilty to fraudulently enrolling her six-year-old son in the wrong school district has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Tonya McDowell sent her son to an elementary school in Norwalk, Connecticut, instead of her home city of Bridgeport.
The 34-year-old, who was homeless when she was charged with felony larceny last year, said she wanted the best education possible for the boy.
Jailed: Tracy McDowell pleaded guilty to fraudulently enrolling her six-year-old son in the wrong school district and has been sentenced to five years in prison
McDowell last week entered her plea at Norwalk Superior Court under the Alford Doctrine, which means she does not admit guilt but concedes the state has enough evidence to convict her.
Authorities told the hearing that she used a babysitter's address to enroll her son in kindergarten in Norwalk when he should have attended schools in Bridgeport, her last permanent address.
Her case drew national attention and support from civil rights leaders and other advocates who wanted the charge dismissed.
Good intentions: The 34-year-old, who was homeless when she was charged last year, said she wanted the best education possible for her son
McDowell told police she was living in a van and occasionally slept at a Norwalk shelter or a friend's Bridgeport apartment when she enrolled her son Norwalk's Brookside Elementary School.
Police said McDowell stole $15,686 worth of 'free' educational services from Norwalk.
She also pleaded guilty to four counts of sale of narcotics, which will be included in her prison sentence.
In a separate case, she pleaded guilty on February 7 to selling drugs.
Sign: The school in Norwalk, Connecticut, at the centre of the controversy
School: Brookside Elementary, where Ms McDowell 'illegally' sent her son
McDowell's lawyer, Darnell Crosland, said she agreed to accept a plea bargain rather than continue fighting the charges even though she insists she is not guilty.
Mr Crosland said: 'You shouldn't be arrested for stealing a free education. It's just wrong.'
McDowell was sentenced to 12 years in jail, suspended after she serves five years, and five years probation.


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In Batman and Robin, the disastrous film that almost killed Batman, a lot of people criticized director Joel Schumacher's fetishization of the bat icons over basic storytelling elements such as character or dialogue. In particular, people pointed to the "bat nipples" on the costume as representative of everything that was wrong with Schumacher's vision. Sucker Punch, the latest film from Watchmen and 300 director Zack Snyder, is all bat nipples.
Institutionalized by her abusive stepfather, Baby Doll (Emily Browning, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events) discovers the only way she can fight back against the evil orderlies is to escape into a fantasy world inside her mind. She's joined in this endeavor by Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish, Limitless), her sister Rocket (Jena Malone, Donnie Darko), Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens, High School Musical), and Amber (Jamie Chung, Sorority Row). They're guided in their fantasies by The Wise Man (Scott Glenn, The Silence of the Lambs) , whose dialogue appears to have been written by Steve Jobs (all of his speeches end with "One more thing..."). The girls have to hurry if they wish to escape a traveling doctor coming to perform a lobotomy on Baby Doll.
Sucker Punch did not look like a good movie. The ads were loud, brash, and obnoxious. Word from test screenings was also not positive. But director Snyder swore that the finished product would be something we've never seen before, a whole new vision for a new decade. What Snyder neglected to mention is that this "new vision" is actually nothing but images purloined from the last 25 years of pop culture. Almost every scene features elements taken whole cloth from other movies, TV shows, anime series, or video games. Of course, artists take ideas from other artists all the time. Some directors make their whole careers off of recombining old elements into new stories; just look at Tarantino for proof. But what Tarantino does, and Snyder noticeably does not, is to take those old elements and reconfigure them, creating relationships where none existed before. In that way, they make a film that feels new and fresh, even if you can name every reference. Sucker Punch simply lifts things from other, better artistic works, and it does it so earnestly that you get the sense that Snyder thinks he himself is being original.
This alone would not ruin the movie, but Snyder isn't done. His treatment of the women in the film is downright despicable. Now, I'm just about the last person to call something sexist, and quite often argue against such claims, but damn it, Sucker Punch is downright sexist. Snyder's treatment of his female characters is salacious and creepy, like he's making the movie just to put these girls in skimpy clothes and then have them molested or raped. The film opens with an attempted rape of a young girl, and the sense of sexual predation never fades. Someone suggested to me that the movie is akin to fan service in anime, but those are cartoons, and generally are just shown fleetingly (and often with a great deal of humor) in any given episode of an anime series. At least fellow action buff Michael Bay pulls no punches and uses women in his films as the sex objects he perceives them to be. By pretending this is a story of female empowerment, Snyder's fetishization of the girls crosses the line into truly offensive territory. I mean, hell, the main character is named Baby Doll, and the other main character Sweet Pea. Tell me you can't see Snyder drooling over the actresses as he directs them.
Sucker Punch doesn't even satisfy on the level of basic filmmaking. The dialogue is trite and often I slapped my forehead in disgust. The acting is perfunctory and one note. Scott Glenn is particularly bad, phoning in his performance so completely that I'm amazed my cell company didn't charge me for going over on my minutes. And the real crime is that the action is simply boring. I hate to use a cliche, but more than any other movie, this felt like watching a video game, even more than movies actually based on video games. I'm positive I've played some of the sequences in the film at home on my TV, and those were much more fun. Watching these girls slicing and dicing their way through a series of visually frenetic but pointless tableaus is tiring, and, when combined with Snyder's creepy eye, uncomfortable.
More than anything, I simply didn't care about anyone. No matter how much Snyder might try to cram things into the frame, it wouldn't matter, because at no point did I care about the fate of anyone on screen. Snyder needs a crash course on basic storytelling. Relatable characters and smart dialogue trump fancy slow-motion shots any day of the week. He should take notes from fellow WB golden child Christopher Nolan, who always puts his characters before anything else. Had Snyder done that, Sucker Punch might have felt like something other than absolute masturbation on every conceivable level. On the other hand, I'm sure this will move plenty of product at Hot Topic.


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Islamist and Secular Demonstrators Clash in Cairo
Demonstrations outside the Egyptian Presidential Palace in Cairo turned violent as Islamist demonstrators supporting president Mohammed Morsi clashed with secular protesters who oppose him. Video by WSJ's Matt Bradley via #WorldStream.
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Picking up the wave double elimination where it was left off, six more heats were completed before the waves backed off.
On form players
Robby Swift (JP, NeilPryde) killed it in his heat against Kevin Mevissen (RRD, RRD, MFC). In a return to form for the Brit, Swift dominated the heat with a precision display of huge backloops, a tabletop pushloop and a mad double forward loop.
Complimenting his aerial acrobatics, Swift also notched up one of the day's highest scoring rides, picking off a set wave out the back, and mercilessly ripping it apart with powerful front and backside smacks.
Vidar Jensen (North Sails) gave a taste of things to come in his heat against Boujmaa Guilloul (Starboard, Severne, MFC). Unphased by the monstrous 50-knot gusts, Jensen landed all his jumps, and incredibly most were one handed.
Close calls
Teammates Julien Taboulet (F2, Naish) and John Skye (RRD, Naish) had one of the closest battles of the day. Gathering momentum from victory in his previous heat, Skye entered the tussle with Taboulet on a high, but Taboulet was ripping.
The heat culminated with a both Taboulet and Skye throwing double forward loops to decide upon the winner. Taboulet touched his down with a cleaner landing, edging him ahead on the judges' score sheets, and securing him the victory.
Another close call was Horrocks (JP, NeilPryde) versus Siver (Quatro, NeilPryde, MFC, Dakine). Siver held onto a marginal lead for the entire heat aided by huge back loops and tabletop forwards, only losing his grip on things when Horrocks landed a super clean double forward loop towards the end of the 12 minute bout.
Horrock's double would prove to be controversial though, as he fell moments after landing it. Unsure if the move would count himself, Horrocks proceeded to pull another double out the bag. Sailing away from the move, this time Horrocks had done enough to sneak past Siver, and take the win.
Swift's Crazy Heat
Taking on Alex Mussolini (RRD, NeilPryde) in heat 39, Robby Swift took part in the day's most dramatic clash.
A poor sail size decision by Swift meant he had to change down a rig during the heat, leaving Mussolini free to rack up the points. Returning to the water, Swift then threw a huge double loop, snapping his mast on the landing.
Again, Mussolini was left to capitalize on the situation with some solid riding and jumping. When Swift finally got another board and rig, he was only left a small window of time in which he had to score a waveride to defeat Mussolini. Here's the account from the man himself.
Robby Swift: "I went out for the heat on a 4.0 thinking that I would be able to jump higher than Alex with that sail, but it was way too big, so I wasted the first few minutes on too big a sail. I came in and changed to the 3.7, which was much better, and allowed me to do a decent pushloop table top and a nice backloop.
I also got a fairly solid waveride in, and then went for a double that I landed well, but broke the tip of the mast. Ross Williams came out to rescue me, again on my 4.0, and with all his clothes on, plus the car key in his pocket, which he lost!
I will forgive him though, as I managed to get one more crucial wave ride, which allowed me to get through the heat. Alex was unlucky, he did 2 push table tops and 2 forwards, so he needed another jump to get through the heat."
After six heats, the waves backed off, placing competition on standby for the remainder of the afternoon, and eventually postponing things until day eight.
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Important dates for the fall 2013 Colorado prep sports season
Here are key dates to keep in mind:
Boys and girl cross country — Regular season begins Aug. 29; regionals to be completed by Oct. 19; state meet Oct. 26 at Norris Penrose Events Center, Colorado Springs.
Field hockey — Regular season begins Aug. 29; and runs through Oct. 15; quarterfinals Oct. 19; semifinals Oct. 23; championship Oct. 28, All-City Stadium.
Football — Regular season began with Zero Week last week, Week 1 across the board begins Aug. 29; playoffs begin Nov. 2; finals — 6-man Nov. 16; 2A, 1A and 8-man Nov. 23; 3A at home site, 5A and 4A at Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium, Nov. 30.
Girls gymnastics — Regular season begins Aug. 29; championships Nov. 1-2, Thornton High School.
Boys golf — Regular season began Aug. 8; regionals Sept. 16-20; state tournament Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 5A at Common Ground G.C., 4A at Hiwan C.C., Evergreen, 3A at Pueblo C.C.
Boys soccer — Regular season begins Aug. 29 and runs through Oct. 19; championships after rounds of 16, Nov. 9, Dick's Sporting Goods Park.
Boys tennis — Regular season runs through Sept. 26. Regionals released on Sept. 27, to be completed by Oct. 6. State tournament is Oct. 10-12, Class 5A at Gates Tennis Center; 4A at City Park, Pueblo.
Softball — Regular season begins Aug. 16 and runs through Oct. 5; regionals are Oct. 12. State tournament for 5A-3A is Oct. 18-19 at Aurora Sports Park.
Volleyball — Regular season begins Aug. 29; district Oct. 21-26; regionals Nov. 2; championships Nov. 8-9, Denver Coliseum.


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Cheyenne, WY - (Wyo. News Service) - Almost five million toys have been recalled this year, and yet, the dangers are still lurking on toy shelves in Wyoming as holiday shoppers fill their carts this week.
This year's "10 Worst Toys" report from World Against Toys Causing Harm -- or WATCH -- finds it's been an active year for toy recalls, with a lot of focus on lead and toxic risks. But attorney James Swartz says the 2009 WATCH list mostly involves strangulation, choking and projectile hazards for toys - some of them sold as "appropriate for all ages."
Some toy companies have responded to the listing with updated safety information, and other toys listed in previous years have resulted in safety recalls. Swartz says he's encouraged by new policies being considered at the Consumer Product Safety Commission that would give the agency more "teeth" to go after companies selling dangerous toys.
A Curious George counting book, X-Men action figure and a Disney rocket launcher also made the "Worst Toys" list. Swartz says familiar names on toy packaging can mislead consumers who perceive those products to be safe. The Consumer Product Safety Commission recorded 10 deaths over the past two years of children who choked on toy parts.


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As a lifelong Georgia resident, I can verify the state is relatively sedate for most of the year. However, this week, Winter Storm Leon blew into town and threw a monkey wrench in the lives of metro Atlanta residents as well as its myriad outlying cities/suburbs, which include Marietta, location of the editorial office of Top Shelf Productions.
As Publisher Chris Staros wrote on his Facebook page, he found himself amid the Interstate-75 chaos of gridlocked people trying to get home on Tuesday afternoon. To a certain extent, he considers himself one of the lucky ones, as he was able to exit the interstate and make his way down non-pretreated back roads to Marietta's Hilton Hotel. That's where he hunkered down for the next two days.
"A 2-day survival party commenced at the bar, and a good time was had by all my new friends who weathered the storm with me," he wrote. "My heart goes out to all the people who had to sleep in their cars over night, or abandon them, or who got in wrecks, as it was a cold cold night, and a disaster all around. In any event, home safe and sound ... and if you ever want to know what it's like to ride a glacier, you can ask me. As, now I know!"
ROBOT 6 contacted Staros to make sure it was OK to recount his experience for readers. While catching up with him, it also proved a good chance to find out what's on the horizon for the ever-busy publisher.
Staros noted that Feb. 5 marks the release of Liz Prince's Alone Forever, a 104-page softcover graphic novel about her single life. Top Shelf has posted an eight-page preview of the book.


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Israelis and taxis in New York — not exactly news, except that this story is not about Israelis driving taxis, but offering a hi-tech solution to taxi-starved New Yorkers.
On Thursday, GetTaxi Ltd. announced the launching of its new taxi hailing app in New York City, after many delays, partly due to resistance from the taxi union and the Taxi and Limousine Commission. The company now serves busy urbanites in London, Moscow, Tel Aviv and New York, Globes reports.
"We realized that we might not be necessary," says GetTaxi VP marketing Nimrod May. "It's easy to hail a cab in Manhattan. You stand at the curb and hundreds of cabs are driving around to pick you up. In contrast, at rush hour, when you need a cab, it's hard to find one. This is where we enter the picture."
Smart man. Anyone who spent quality time fighting over a cab at a Manhattan street corner should grab the new app.
GetTaxi, which was banned from using the noun Taxi in NYC, will operate under a special label, "G-Car," offering a reservation service for limousines in collaboration with the city's current fleet operators.
"When we founded the company, we dreamed of offering our users an app that would work in every territory and in every language in the world, and we're pleased to see our vision materializing. We're pleased to bring GetTaxi's innovative technology and good, convenient, and state-of-the-art user experience to the residents of and many visitors to New York," GetTaxi cofounder and CEO Shahar Waiser told Globes.


text: Hi Mauro, Mauro Carvalho Chehab schrieb: > Hi Marcel, > > On Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:22:59 +0200 > Marcel Siegert <mws at linuxtv.org> wrote: > >> hello mauro, >> >> Mauro Carvalho Chehab schrieb: >>> Hello, Manu, >>> >>> On Sat, 30 Aug 2008, Manu Abraham wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Mauro, >>>> >>>> Please pull from http://jusst.de/hg/multiproto_api_merge/ >>>> to merge the following Changesets from the multiproto tree. >>> The need for supporting newer DTV protocols increases day by day, since when >>> the first multiproto proposal started to be discussed, about two years ago. >>> >>> At the end of the last year, Steven send one email to the ML with a different >>> API proposal. Yet, people decided to wait for your work to be done. People then >>> pinged you, from time to time, asking about the completion of multiproto. All >>> the times, your answer were that multiproto were not ready yet for production. >>> >> how is the actual state of his proposal? > > Steven can explain the details. Basically: it works, it is simple to > understand and to work with, and it seems to be flexible enough to support all > current needs and seems to be flexible enough to support future protocols. It is > currently under review based on community feedback. > > I didn't have time yet to do carefully inspect the latest version of the > multiproto. I suspect that nobody did it yet, since I didn't see any technical > analysis of the current proposal. > > I'll carefully review multiproto proposal during my trip, and compare it > with the Stoth's proposal. > >>> I'm aware that your solution seems to be more code-complete than Steven's >>> proposal. >>> But the recent activity on the mailing list regarding his idea (and its, >>> so far, positive feedback) and the fact that I was anyway planning to >>> have a discussion about the future of the DVB-API at the Linux Plumbers >>> Conference 2008 are supporting me in my idea of post-poning such a pull to >>> a point in time shortly after this event. >> with whom? the linuxtv developers or with an attending audience? > > We'll have some sort of panel or speech for the attending audience of the Video input > infrastructure miniconf. The API analysis will happen with the Linuxtv > developers that will be there. > >> i havent been on the list and that active since the "nearly two years war" begun, >> thus i am not the one to ack or nack in this pull request. >> >> what i did in the past was just watching what was happening and what was taking >> progress - even if it is slow. >> >> users on the linuxtv list started to ask over and over again, when multiproto is >> going to be merged. vdr started to support it in a kind of experiment. >> >> due to the lack of spare time and devices :) i do not actually know how productive >> the vdr multiproto implementation is, but we should not start the whole discussions again. >> >> if we do not merge multiproto now, we will never do it, i am afraid. >> >> for the future of this project it is more than neccessary to get some progress. >> >> if there are no serious objections to multiproto, mauro, please pull/merge it >> within the next few days. to wait until the end of september is time spending without >> any sense. > > As I've already explained, merging today or after Plumbers won't make any > practical difference. The upstream merge will only happen after 2.6.27 being > released, due to the next kernel window for merging patches. This is a major > change at API and claims for a carefully analysis. > > Cheers, > Mauro > as you told us, you wanted to have a look at manu's patchset during plumbers. any news on this topic? regards marcel