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Finals week is here for students at Chapman University in Orange. And with it comes stress, study sessions and long sighs of frustration.
The solution: 10 puppies.
Maltese, Yorkie, pug and dachshund pups will be stationed outside the university's library on Wednesday. Students can pet and play with the animals to relieve stress in the middle of "Cram Week."
It's called "Furry Friends for Finals." Members of the university's Active Minds Club are behind this brilliant idea.
"It has been proven that having a dog helps relieve stress, so we thought it would be a cute idea if we brought some furry friends on campus," Jennifer Heinz, a sophomore and integrated educational studies major who helped organize the event, told The LA Times.
Heinz should know. Her poodle-and-Maltese mix, Bindi, helps her deal with stress.
Active Minds will also have pamphlets and resources available on how students can reduce stress and take care of themselves during finals, Megan Brown, the group's advisor and a counselor for Student Psychological Counseling Services, told the newspaper.
"Research has shown that animals can reduce anxiety and stress," said Brown, who is also a licensed marriage and family therapist.
She said many students miss the pets they left behind at home.
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As clients get closer to retirement, advisors need to turn their attention to not just accumulating and protecting assets, but helping them transition into a new phase of their life.
"Retirement is just like your health as you go into your 50s and 60s. You need to have a physical every year," John Bucsek, managing director of MetLife Solutions Group, told ThinkAdvisor on Friday. "You need to see what you've done and where, assuming a very acceptable, conservative growth rate, that is taking you."
For clients close to retirement, there's a significant mindshift that occurs. "We're talking about that year while making that transition from working to retirement," Bucsek said. "One of the biggest changes is as an investor. There's a certain psyche when you talk about being in the accumulation phase, and there's a different way that you look at your investments. When I retire, now I'm in a distribution phase, so some of the variables that didn't really affect me in the accumulation phase certainly could affect me in the distribution phase."
One of those variables is sequence of returns, Bucsek said. "Over the last 25, 30 years, the S&P has averaged around 10%, but very rarely has it gotten 10% in any particular year. If I'm up 18% one year and down 20% the next, then up 30%, if I'm accumulating money, it doesn't really matter because I'm averaging 10%. In the distribution phase, there are two things I know … I know we're going to have another bear market. The other thing I know is that I don't know when that's going to occur."
Another variable is longevity. "One of the cool statistics I heard the other day is that the person who's going to live to 150 has already been born. Longevity is really a factor in retirement," Bucsek noted. Here, planning for retirement doesn't just involve accumulating assets, but preparing for what life will look like in retirement. "It's understanding the three stages of retirement: my very active stage. That's when I could have a part-time job, do charitable work, that's when I'm going to go on that vacation around the world," Bucsek said. "In the next stage you start to slow down a little; you're more tied to your residence and you see your family a little more often. The third stage is the stage when you're very inactive, and statistics are showing that the need for expensive personal care is of great likelihood for everybody."
Before clients commit to retiring, make sure they understand how it will affect their Social Security benefits, Bucsek said. Between the minimum age a client can retire and the maximum age, "my benefit will grow with an imputed rate of return of over 8%. Where else can I get a guaranteed rate of return of 8% today?"
Furthermore, even if a client delays taking Social Security for a couple of years, life expectancies being what they are, that client could still be taking benefits for 20 years, according to Bucsek.
Bucsek also suggested advisors look at their clients' "sequence of money," which can introduce a lot of variables to where their income comes from in retirement. "Most people have money that's liquid—it could be a money market account, a CD. Then they'll have money that's tied up a little bit more, like an IRA," he said. "I could defer my IRA to 70 1/2, then at 70 1/2, I have to take minimum withdrawals out of there. Today a lot of people have a qualified plan. The most popular one is a 401(k). Some options are you can take it and roll over the principal to an IRA, or if you leave it here, we'll annuitize it. You give up your right to principle, but you have an income that we're going to guarantee for your life or a minimum certain amount of time."
Bucsek added that it's never too early to start talking about retirement. Advisors can leverage that principle into gaining new clients as their current clients enter retirement, too. Younger generations are having children later in life, he said. "That means your children are going to college later in your life, and that means the time frame that you had to save between the children getting out of college and retirement is reducing."
He said, "We need advisors to talk to [clients] and to their clients' children who are in their 20s. We need them to understand that the money the save in their 20s is going to be the most valuable money they have in their 60s."


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(Phoenix, AZ—July 15, 2003) Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard is warning Arizona residents to be wary of home repair scam artists offering their services to consumers who have lost their homes in wild fires.
Unlicensed contractors offering inexpensive home repairs and improvements are scamming many residents who have been victims of the recent fires. Many of these contractors stop by unexpectedly and say they have extra supplies they want to use up or claim they have been working in the neighborhood and have time to fix your home. These contractors demand cash payments for their services and often charge far more for their work than originally agreed upon.
"It's unfortunate that there are people who profit from the misfortune of others," Goddard said. "If consumers do their homework before hiring a contractor, they can protect themselves against these types of scams."
Here are some red flags to look for:
- Repair people who claim they are working in the neighborhood and have time to fix your house or have left over supplies they would like to use up.
- Repair people who offer to do a 'free' safety inspection of your home.
- Repair people who demand payments in cash only.
- Repair people who are unable or unwilling to provide references.
- Repair people who take a 'quick look' around your property then say you need a major repair.
- Repair people who can not provide a local address or telephone number for their company.
Consumers can protect themselves by asking for the contractor's license number and calling the Registrar of Contractors for information. All contractors who charge more than $750 are required by law to be licensed by the Arizona Registrar of Contractors.
Consumers should also check the identification of all repairmen and inspectors to make sure the company or contractor that was hired employs them. Before hiring anyone, ask friends for recommendations, get several estimates, compare prices and check references.
Once repairs are underway, arrange to make payments in installments and pay the last installment only after the job is completed to your satisfaction. Most important, always get a receipt.
If you are not satisfied with the work or if the contractor is not responding to your requests to fix something call the Registrar of Contractors. The Attorney General's Office has a Consumer Information and Complaints line available at 1-800-352-8431 or (602) 542-5763 to answer any questions.


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Lloyd and Miguel are teaching everyone what starts beef between R&B artists and apparently that is copying another's hairstyle. Yes, two grown ass men are arguing and "taking it to the streets" over a hair cut.
Yesterday Lloyd made an appearance on 106 & Park rocking this ridiculous new hair style, which he explained to Rocsi and Terrance that his cut was a tribute to his grandfather who died July 4th of last year and the guns and roses were significant because his grandfather was a walking contrast (okay?)
Well Miguel was not having that and took to his twitter to send a not so subtle message…
Of course Lloyd needed to defend himself and his hair, so when he spoke with L.A. radio personality Devi Dev he sent Miguel his own message saying , "I'll see him when I see him."
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A wide variety of clubs and organizations provide Ursinus students with a political voice, creative outlets, networking opportunities, religious community, and entertainment. Photos from this year's Activities Fair show the range of options for involvement outside the classroom.
Ursinus students can select from some 75 clubs and activities, among them a forensics club; a magic club; a capella, dance and music groups; fencing, rugby and other club sports; political action organizations; Greek organizations, community service groups and much more
The USGA (Ursinus Student Government Association) kicks off the year with an Activities Fair featuring student clubs and organizations eager to recruit new members and inform the campus community of the varied events and activities.


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Mini Chocolate-Meringue Cupcakes are light and airy — a chocolate lover's dream!
I don't know about you, but when it's late at night, dinner's been cleared away, and Ben and I have settled in to watch our "programs" for the evening, sometimes I get a hankerin' for something sweet that only chocolate can satisfy.
Sure, a juicy orange, cold Peach Pop, or a swipe or seven of hummus occasionally quiets the beast but, as my fellow chocolate devotees out there can attest to, nothing quite cuts it like chocolate.
I hate when we're out of chocolate. I stomp around the kitchen staring into cupboards packed with everything except what I'm looking for, then dig around the freezer for that last chocolate-covered Red Velvet Cake Ball I know I saved for dire circumstances such as these. When I come up empty I'll ask Ben if knows what could have possibly become of it??
Uhhh, I think I ate it.
You think you ate it, or you ate it?
I definitely ate it.
At this point, I'll usually resort to snagging a small handful of chocolate chips to satisfy my sweet tooth, or better yet, a spoonful of peanut butter studded with the chocolate chips.
Thankfully these dreadful circumstances can all be prevented if Mini Chocolate-Meringue Cupcakes are in da house!
Mini Chocolate-Meringue Cupcakes have two types of chocolate in the batter and are lightened with an easy meringue (fancy talk for whipped egg whites with sugar) so they're light and airy on top, but dense and brownie-like in the center. Drizzled with melted chocolate, they are a feast for us chocolate lovers. Fist bump!
(PS: could you not just scream over this itty-bitty cake stand I found at BB&B last month?! Squee!)
The recipe for these Mini Chocolate-Meringue Cupcakes comes from my girl Giada de Laurentiis. I saw her adorable self making these adorable mini cupcakes on the Food Network several months ago, and have been waiting for the perfect time to make them.
Since all the holiday chocolates have finally been eaten, and seriously, my last chocolate-covered Red Velvet Cake Ball was recently devoured by Ben, I thought this would be the perfect time to break the recipe out. Perfectly portion controlled, packed with chocolate, light and crispy yet dense and gooey, these mini cupcakes have everything I look for to satisfy a sweet craving!
Start the Mini Chocolate-Meringue Cupcakes by beating together 2 egg yolks, 1/3 cup sugar, 1/4 cup canola oil, 2 Tablespoons cocoa powder, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, and a pinch of salt, in a large bowl until smooth.
Next add in 1/2 cup melted chocolate chips, then beat until smooth again!
In a separate bowl, make the meringue that we'll fold into the chocolate batter. The meringue makes these cupcakes light as air on top, but super dense on the inside. First beat 3 egg whites on high until they've reached "soft peak" stage, about 3 minutes. This basically means you can lift the beater out and the egg whites will create a little spike but then fall back over on itself.
With the beaters still running, gradually add 1/3 cup sugar into the egg whites then let 'em go until they reach "stiff peak" stage, about 2 more minutes.
At this point the egg whites should be white, glossy, and stand up straight when you lift the beater up!
Stir 1/3 of the egg whites into the chocolate batter, then fold the rest in gently with a spatula.
Sift in 1/4 cup cake flour (here's how to make your own at home >) then you're set!
Use a cookie scoop or piping bag to fill lined, mini muffin tin cups up to the top, then bake for just 12 minutes at 350 degrees or until they've puffed up. So cute!
After the cupcakes have cooled for 15 minutes, drizzle melted chocolate over the top, and prepare. to. SWOON.
Mini Chocolate-Meringue Cupcakes
Mini Chocolate-Meringue Cupcakes are light and airy — a chocolate lover's dream!
- 2 egg yolks (save egg whites)
- 1/4 cup canola or vegetable oil
- 2/3 cup sugar, divided
- 2 Tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
- 1/4 cup cake flour
- 3 egg whites
- For the chocolate drizzle:
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
- 1 Tablespoon canola or vegetable oil
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees then line a 24-count mini muffin tin with liners.
- In a large bowl, beat together egg yolks, oil, 1/3 cup sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt until smooth, about 2 minutes. Pour in melted chocolate chips then beat until smooth.
- In a separate, large bowl, beat egg whites on high until they reach soft peaks, about 3 minutes. While still beating on high, slowly add remaining 1/3 cup sugar then beat until they reach stiff peaks, about 2 minutes. Stir 1/3 of the egg white mixture into the chocolate mixture. Batter will be slightly lumpy. Add remaining egg whites then fold with a spatula to combine.
- Sift flour into batter in two batches, folding until just combined before adding the next batch.
- Use a cookie scoop or piping bag to fill mini muffin tin liners to the top with batter. Bake for 12 minutes, rotating pan halfway through, until mini cupcakes are puffed on top. Remove and let cool in muffin tin for 15 minutes then remove to a cooling rack over waxed paper.
- Combine melted chocolate chips and vegetable oil in a small bowl then drizzle over mini cupcakes with a spoon. Let rest until chocolate is hardened then serve. Store in an airtight container on the counter.
Barely adapted from Giada de Laurentiis
This recipe is courtesy of Iowa Girl Eats, http://iowagirleats.com.
Store these babies in an airtight container on the container, or better yet, take to friends and family to share the love. These mini chocolate-meringue cupcakes are so unique and satisfying!


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Leisure guests appreciate that we're just minutes from the most popular attractions, such as downtown Wilmington, Screen Gem Studios and the USS NC Battleship. Families love our playground, video arcade, sports court and the KidSpree activity center that features an interactive gaming system and year-round fun. Visitors can rent bikes to ride along beautiful Wrightsville Beach, NC.
Corporate guests are pleased to know we offer a complimentary 24-hour Business Center and free Internet access throughout the hotel. Quintiles, Coldwell Banker, General Electric, UNCW, and Corning are all conveniently near our hotel in Wrightsville Beach. And our event facilities not only offer lovely rooms but ocean views.
When you stay here, you'll experience great amenities. Our concierge can schedule a massage, or you can take advantage of our multiple pools, Fitness Center, sundecks and beach access. You can choose al fresco dining at our full-service restaurant, Oceans Restaurant, room service or the fabulous view of the Atlantic Ocean at Gabby's Lounge. We offer a free area shuttle to shops and restaurants, as well as the Wilmington airport. Call today to reserve a room with a breathtaking view at our superb Wrightsville Beach hotel.
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Applying cognitive adjustment theory to cross-cultural trainings for global virtual teams.. Human Resource Management. 48, 341-353.(2009).
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This is one of my favorite activities that I created to open a talk, conference, workshop or seminar. It is energizing and sets a tone for a leadership development session.
Facilitator Says:
I need you to stand up where you are. (I usually stand on a chair, unless I'm on a stage).
Now I need you to put your thumbs and index fingers together to make little circles. Put them up to your eyes (I demonstrate). Don't worry about looking foolish . . . because you do. These are your new eyes, but you don't get them for free. You have to repeat an oath. (you might have to remind them to keep their new eyes up to their face). For this to work, I need to hear you repeat this loudly. Ready?
Today I have a new pair of eyes.
Eyes that will help me see my role in (leadership) differently.
We have great potential, and . . .
Now is the time
To share ideas, dreams, and strategies
And in collaboration with each other . . .
We can make a difference.
(Facilitator Note: Any topic or organization name can go in the parentheses.)
Now sit down! (Usually some laughter at this point.)
You know the great thing about these new eyes you just got? They are portable. You can put them in your pockets, take them to the shower with you . . . However, if you are going to make a difference you have to consciously put them on.
Think about it this way. Imagine your bedroom, and the pictures you have on the wall. My guess is that if you have lived in this place for over six months, you don't even see the pictures any more. And the reason is that you've walked by them so many times that they don't click up here (point to your head). It is the same in our personal or professional lives; if we don't look at the world in a different way, we will not be able to make a difference.
Today, I urge you to keep the new eyes on. Challenge yourself to be a little vulnerable, and intentionally look at the world differently. Hopefully during our time together, we will be able to appreciate and use our new pair of eyes.
Excerpted from The Complete Idiots Guide to Enhancing Self-Esteem by Mark J. Warner
Mark Warner is co-author of the book Inspiring Leadership: It's Not About the Power and author of The Complete Idiots Guide to Enhancing Self-Esteem, now in its ninth printing. Mark is Professor and Senior Vice President of Student Affairs and University Planning at James Madison University as well as an active speaker and consultant in business, government, education, not-for-profit, and religious sectors. He can be contacted by phone at (540) 568-3685 or by email email@example.com.


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text: WARNING: Rooting (and related processes) can be dangerous if you do not understand the concepts, risks and procedures involved. Although we are often at hand to help, you will receive much better help if you have read the FAQ's and guides several times before undertaking the task of rooting. Not only will you understand the possible causes and fixes for issues you encounter, it will also help you to give US the information we need to help YOU! Contents What is rooting? OK Great, but what does it get me? Anything else? What is recovery? Whats it for? How do I get to recovery? Is rooting easy? How will I know if it has worked? Tried using unrevoked, but it failed "is your software version too new?" Other UnrEVOked errors... Is rooting risky? What's not safe about flashing radios / what are Radios? Do I need to flash a radio though? What about HBOOT? I have an SLCD, should I be worried? What about Gold Cards? Do I need one? Why should I make a Goldcard? I can't boot into recovery, there is no RUU for my carrier and I don't have a gold card Where do I check for RUU's? I need to send my phone back, should I return it to Stock with an RUU? How do I know which RUU is right for me? Does rooting void my warranty? Whats the best Custom ROM to flash? Whats types of custom ROM are there? ROM Manager looks good, should I use that? How do I flash a custom ROM? Do I NEED S-Off? Rooted and/or custom ROM installed. Now what? What else can I do? What is a Kernel? What is Nandroid Backup? What other back up options have I got? So what is all this about wiping? Do I need to? Tell me more about Bricking? Can I still receive OTA updates? What is rooting? Rooting is the process of gaining root access to Android. Android is based on the Linux operating system. Root access is superuser permissions (SU), much like an Administrator in Windows. Back to Top OK Great, but what does it get me? Well, it gives you more control over your phone essentially. You can run full backup of your entire phone, control how the CPU is used by Android, save internal memory to name but a few. See this list by Usta, made for your convenience: Fix the low internal storage problem Remove carrier/manufacturer bloatware To get the latest OS updates Ability to make a true backup of your phone as a complete image (nandorid backup). Ability to use some great applications that are only available for rooted phones. A good example is Titanium Backup. The fun to try new ROMs that can completely change the look and feel of your phone. For example, ASOP ROMs make my Desire look like a Google Nexus phone, while MIUI ROMs make it look like an iphone. Added features and functionality - some ROMs can enable HDMI output, enable ad-hoc WiFi connectivity, enable 720p video recording, enable WiFi tethering, be very battery efficient with adjusted kernels, ability to overclock/underclock your phone, etc. Back to Top Anything else? If you use the unrEVOked or revolutionary methods, they also flash (installs onto flash memory) a custom recovery (Clockworkmod recovery). Back to Top What is recovery? When you turn on your phone, the phone's bootloader loads 1 of 2 things. Android or recovery. When you flash a custom recovery using unrEVOked, revolutionary or fastboot commands the HTC recovery is replaced. The 2 main recoveries that we used to recommend here are clockwork mod 18.104.22.168 and AmonRA 2.0.1. Now though, 4ext is our favoured recovery Note* there are other versions of both amonra and cwm but we strongly discourage any other version than the above. Back to Top Whats it for? Booting into the custom recovery gives you the ability to flash custom roms, take backups, clear data etc. UnrEVOked flashes this AND roots your existing Android OS. You do not have to use a custom ROM to be rooted using this method. Back to Top How do I get to recovery? From off, Hold Volume down and press Power. This boots you to the Bootloader. There is a recovery option here. You need to use volume up and down to navigate the menu, then power to select the recovery option. This then loads your custom recovery. Now you can use the track ball to navigate the recovery menu Back to Top Is rooting easy? It can be, Using the unrEVOked tool makes it straight forward. My compiled guide for using this is here: [GUIDE]Rooting HTC Android 2.2.1 or lower with UnrEVOked - Windows UnrEVOked only works for 2.2.1 or lower however. Any 2.2.2 or 2.3.3 GSM ROM must use revolutionary. Also, any hboot 1.02 or higher needs to use revolutionary too. Please see Mattb81's Guide: [GUIDE]S-OFF and Root HTC Android 2.3 with revolutionary - Windows Revolutionary is a joint project between Alpharev (responsible for S-off on 2.2 devices) and unrEVOked. Revolutionary doesn't actually root the phone in itself. It S-off's the device, which then allows you to fastboot flash a custom recovery - see the adb and fastboot FAQ here (Skip the adb section). Once you have flashed a recovery, you can either: 1) Flash a zip to root your current ROM (if you do not plan on flashign a custom one) or 2) Jump straight to flashing a custom ROM (As root is not needed to flash a ROM, only custom recovery) Back to Top How will I know if it has worked? UnrEVOked creates an application called "superuser" within your App Drawer. This is the application that manages requests from applications for Root/SU/Superuser privileges. If using Revolutionary, your Hboot version will now start with a 6.x Back to Top Tried using unrevoked, but it failed "is your software version too new?" There are 2 reasons for this. 1) Your firmware IS too new. Check your version. The ARA 2.32.415.x is now rootable. Ensure you are using the 3.32 version of Unrevoked if you are on an ARA build - 3.32 For other versions, 3.21 is best - 3.21 2) If you forced all apps to SD card, this is impairing the installation of the superuser app. Go back through the guide and substitute "pm setInstallLocation 2" foir "pm setInstallLocation 0" and try it again Back to Top Other UnrEVOked errors... There are other errors involving "failed to unlock NAND" or containing "MISC" or "backup CID". Although there are lengthy ways to overcome these which often will not work, it may just be as well to downgrade using teppic74's downgrade tool (GSM ONLY), to 2.1 and try with an older unrEVOked version. [HOWTO] Downgrade Froyo (2.2) to Stock 2.1 (ANY HBOOT | WIN/LINUX/MAC | ROOT) - xda-developers Another error received is "Internal error: installing package failed." This can sometimes be down to there not being enough space on the device in "internal storage". You can delete some apps or even wipe as a possible work around. It is also worth noting that hboot 1.02 and over are not supported by Unrevoked. You may get "Waiting for root" errors with unrevoked. Back to Top Is rooting risky? Flashing anything is never without risk, however providing you don't disconnect cables or power down devices whilst the process is taking place, it is fairly safe. Flashing Radio's however, is not. Back to Top What's not safe about flashing radios / what are Radios? Radio is the software required to run the physical radio which sends / receives voice and data from your phone. Its like the driver for the part of the phone that makes it a phone. Flashing Radio's is risky because it can result in permanent brick (dead and unrepairable phone). CDMA phones do not have flashable radios. If you see a radio released, its for GSM and flashing it can perm-brick your phone Back to Top Do I need to flash a radio though? Not really, You already have one. The radio is in a different part of the memory of the phone, so flashing a ROM will not over write your radio, unless the ROM includes a radio which is quite rare. This said, certain functionality of a ROM may not work if the recommended radio is not present. I would suggest reading up on the ROM you are thinking of installing and checking your radio version from the About Phone menu. For example, 2.2's camera won't function with a pre 2.2 radio Back to Top What about HBOOT? HBoot is the Bootloader Some older guides refer to specific Hboot versions. Where as the HBoot version itself does not matter using unrevoked, before rooting -check if the Hboot states "BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-ON", where PVT4 is the bit we are concerned about. If you do have PVT4, you then need to check if your erase size is 40,000. To check erase size, you can simply download "terminal Emulator" from the market and type: Code (Text): cat /proc/mtd (And press enter) - This should work on non-rooted devices If it is NOT 40,000 - ignore the rest of this section. If it IS 40,000 you need to use the latest Amon-RA recovery image (rather than the standard supplied) with unrevoked when rooting. Use Unrevoked 3.21 if you can. You can get it here: [Recovery] [14-Nov-2010] RA-desire-v2.0.0 [GSM] - xda-developers However, 2.0.1 is deemed to be better (Thanks @Rastaman-FB). This is a test image, available HERE When using unrEVOked, whilst it is on the "Waiting for device" screen, go to FILE > Custom recovery - Choose the Amon-RA image you downloaded. If you want Clockworkmod recovery, once rooted and flashed Amon RA, if you run the latest Alpharev S-OFF, you can flash a modified clockworkmod recovery using that AlphaRev 1.8 (Sometimes S-OFF has been known to fail on some (AOSP) roms. If this happens, take a backup and flash a rooted stock sense rom.) ***Caution, I have had a report that one member was struggling to partition his SD card using Gparted whilst this modified CWM recovery was installed. Reflashing the Amon-RA resolved this. If you have already rooted with unrevoked and have no desire to S-Off, re-run unrevoked and select amon RA as recovery. Make sure once booted into android though, you clear data on the superuser app - Settings>applications>manage Applications If you are on Android 2.3.3 RUU or hboot 1.02 or over, You HAVE to S-off to do what you previously could do before simply by rooting with unrEVOked. More information about Hboots in I need to send my phone back, should I return it to Stock with an RUU?section. Back to Top I have an SLCD, should I be worried? When the SLCD was new, things like RUUs, recoveries and ROMs didn't support it. This would cause the screen to not work. This should be rare now its been around a while. Just be careful not to flash anything old. Start current and don't go backwards. Back to Top What about Gold Cards? Do I need one? The below statement is not necessarily true anymore. The Android 2.3.3 RUU from htcdev.com debrands (works on branded handsets without goldcards) and is still aceppted for warranty by HTC. However, this RUU doesn't work on all branded phones (theres a list somewhere of which work). In the case that your phone is not supported, see the below answer: For rooting itself, no. However, if your phone is branded, you should definitely make one. Here is the Goldcard Tool To use: Format your SD card to FAT32 by going Settings > SD Card & Phone Storage > Unmount SD Card then Format SD Card Launch the goldcard tool as admin by Right click on App > Run as Admin Connect your phone to your PC and make sure USB debugging is enabled (Settings > Applications > Development > USB Debugging) Click get CID (Try clicking MMC0 if MMC1 fails) Click the link to open the goldcard generator, copy the CID from the tool into it. You will get an email.***** Enable USB Mass Storage on your phone. Click 'Refresh' in the app and select your micro SD card. Click 'Load goldcard.img' and select the file you received by email. Click 'Patch MMC' You now have a goldcard! **** If the site in the goldcard tool is not available, use this: http://psas.revskills.de/?q=goldcard Credit to the author of this article Back to Top Why should I make a Goldcard? Branded phones need a gold card to de-brand. The goldcard Hides the true identity (branding) of the phone, allowing non-branded official roms to be installed. From time to time, flashing a ROM goes wrong. You can't get into recovery, you have no option but to download an official RUU (Rom upgrade utility) and restore it to stock. Some branded RUU's simply do not exist, so you need a gold card to install a generic one. Please note by many it was believed the goldcard must be made on your working phone and would only work on that phone. We now know this to be inaccurate. The goldcard tool uses the CID from the SD card (not phone) so the goldcard should be universal across android devices. The Image the goldcard creates however, can only be used on the card it was created for. Back to Top I can't boot into recovery, there is no RUU for my carrier and I don't have a gold card If your phone works with the 2.3.3 releas eon htcdev.com, it doesn't matter. Just use that, otherwise: Crying and pleading to your gods may well be your only chance now. Actually as the gold card does not need the phones cid to create, just the sd, you can make using a card reader. This does ruleout using goldcard helper from the market though, incase goldcard tool can't get the cid Back to Top Where do I check for RUU's? Shipped ROMs Back to Top I need to send my phone back, should I return it to Stock with an RUU? Yes. An RUU will take it completely to stock, as if it were brand new. No root, no custom recovery, no data. ***Be aware, if you are S-off with an R2 hboot (example: CM7 r2), this has Write protection on it. This means that an RUU will NOT overwrite it. The hboot will remain and may effectively void warranty. It ia also worth noting that if you don't want to overwrite the hboot (remainign s-off) you must ensure that the /system size of the hboot will fit the RUU in it. CM7 is 145MB, which is much smaller than the stock 250 MB, so a sense RUU's system will NOT fit. You need to fastboot flash the downgrade.img If you RUU whilst on such a hboot that is too small, you will get an error stating that system [fail]. If you boot into recovery, hboot or fast boot, you will see a screen with 4x ! (1x! in each corner). Fear not, Fastboot still works. Boto into fastboot and you will see this screen, connect usb and fastboot flash the downgrade.img then run the RUU again Back to Top How do I know which RUU is right for me? Each RUU in its file name has the software build version in the format of x.xx.xxx.x (eg 2.29.405.5). All android 2.1 eclair versions start with a 1. All Froyo start with a 2. You can get your phone's current version from settings>about phone as long as you have not flashed a custom rom. You should make a note of this before rooting. Back to Top Does rooting void my warranty? Tough one, there is some debate on that. If you return it to a generic Stock if it was originally branded, provided it is official, you may be able to get away with it. HTC will know if it is the right ROM or not, but they may still fix it. ~ Has anyone any first hand experience on this? ~ Back to Top Whats the best Custom ROM to flash? That is too subjective a question to ask. Narrow down what you want. Do you want something familiar but with more options? If so get a Sense ROM. Do you want something as far from familiar as possible? Get a Vanilla AOSP ROM. Narrow down that Choice, then we'll talk some more. Back to Top Whats types of custom ROM are there? There are 3 main categories of custom ROM: Sense - ROMs based on HTC sense roms. These ROMS give you a stock feel. Based on official or leaked HTC sources, these are guaranteed to work well. You can also get sense roms ported from other devices such as the Desire S or test builds featuring sense 3.0 AOSP - These ROMS are built from google's open source project. These ROMS are build by the development community from 100% google code. They are vanilla (pure android - no Manufacturer user interface (such as sense). These ROMS are often very fast and with the correct choice of ROM and Kernel, very stable. Miui - Miui originated as a Chinese Development project, but many deelopers around the world have picked up this innovative rom (based on AOSP, but with an innovative User interface) and modified it. There are now many different versions of Miui ROMs available See: "How do I flash a custom ROM?" for ROM links Back to Top ROM Manager looks good, should I use that? As easy as it looks to use ROM manager, it has caused many issues for people either flashing, backing up or restoring. We recommend you don't use it. It takes away a need for knowledge of the process and makes you dependant on your SD card, which if it breaks, we will have to spend a long time helping you fix. Please learn to do the process manually. Back to Top How do I flash a custom ROM? First, find a rom that you want from here: XDA Developers - Desire Index It lists all the good roms. Be aware that you already need to be rooted. If you want to use apps2sd+, you will also need to have partitioned your card first. See the apps2sd+ FAQ in my signature. Be aware that you may need to wipe. However, for stock / HTC sense based roms for the desire (not including ports such aas the desire HD ports), you MAY get away without doing a data wipe. AOSP (vanilla) roms will definitely need a wipe Its always best to take a nandroid backup of your existing rom. See the Nandroid section further on in this FAQ. Also you should backup your apps and data. Titanium Backup is a great app for this. However, I also use mybackup pro for sms and call logs, but there are alternatives out there. If you have to wipe, this is due to an incompatibility with system settings from your old rom. See the wiping section, also further on in this FAQ. So (based on clockworkmod recovery): 1) download you chosen ROM onto SD card 2) Do all your backups 3) Boot into recovery manually (see recovery section earlier) 4) Choose "wipe data / factory reset" 5) Choose "Install zip from SD card" 6) Once complete, choose "reboot system now" It can take 10 minutes to boot up first time, so give it this long before taking further action. If it still has not booted, pull out the battery, but ONLY when the boot animation is on. NEVER during a flashing process. If you can obviously see the boot animation looping, this may be due to the lack of wipe. Pull the battery and boot into recovery and perform the wipe. Once booted, if you wiped, set up the phone with network and market access and download Titanium again and whatever data restore app you used for sms (if desired). If you wiped, be careful which option you choose to restore. You dont want to restore system settings, so "restore missing apps with data" is a good one to choose. Now, enjoy setting up and playing with your phone. Back to Top Do I NEED S-Off? Well, it depends what you want to do, but for most things you do not need it. The HTC Desire has a security flag contained within the radio's NVRAM. S-Off flashes a custom HBoot which ignores this security flag. Note CDMA desires are s-off by default if rooting via unrevoked, providing unrevoked supports the radio version of the desire Some custom ROMS suggest you flash a particular partition table via S-Off (HBoot with new partition layout) which will change the size of your /system, /cache and /data partition - giving more space for "internal storage". Other advantages are being able to replace the splash screen and deleting apps whilst Android is running. For the latter, there are other, easier methods. AlphaRev 1.8 (Sometimes S-OFF has been known to fail on some (AOSP) roms. If this happens, take a backup and flash a rooted stock sense rom.) Back to Top Rooted and/or custom ROM installed. Now what? Get Set CPU. You can create profiles to change how your CPU acts. You can save battery this way. Get AutoKiller. This is NOT a task killer. It clears EMPTY apps from memory. These are not apps that are running in the background or doing anything. Android does itself kill these, but this application allows you to change the thresholds of memory to do this. Get Autostarts. Each android app listens to certain events that occur on your phone. Some apps listen to events that they do not require. This app allows you to prevent some apps listening to some events. For example, I don't want photo bucket to listen for an event based on my location. I don't need it to know where I am. TuneWiki does not need to know if I have installed an application. Have you got enough space on internal memory? If not, you could flash a ROM with A2SD+ Support. FAQ here - http://androidforums.com/desire-all-things-root/220627-faq-apps2sd.html Back to Top What else can I do? Well with custom ROMS, you may have the choice of installing a custom Kernel, which will run the CPU at the same speed as standard (998Mhz) but using less voltage (saving battery). This is called Undervolting. At the same time, if you have SetCPU, you can overclock a kernel (if it permits) to run at a faster speed than normal, but at the same voltage as 998Mhz. You can compromise between the two. Back to Top What is a Kernel? It's the heart of the operating system (hence the name, like the kernel of a nut, the most important part of anything). It provides the environment for the phone's software to work, including access to the hardware. [Teppic74] Back to Top What is Nandro]id Backup? Nandroid backup is a backup that takes an entire snapshot of your phone as it is. This can be done from clockworkmod recovery, under the backup menu. It is not referred to as Nandroid in clockworkmod. It can be restored at any time, over any ROM and will restore your phone to be EXACTLY as it was when the backup was taken. Always take this backup before flashing a ROM. **Note, there is a known issue whereby you can sometimes get into a bootloop after your first Nandroid backup if you rooted using unrEVOked 3.21 (or later) due to corruption of the NAND. Booting back into recovery and restoring the backup you have just taken should resolve this Back to Top What other back up options have I got? Titanium Backup is good. It backs up your applications, their data and settings plus system settings. Unlike Nandroid, it does not back up the ROM. Settings between ROMS can differ, so if you over write new ROM settings with older settings backed up with titanium, some functionality can be lost. If you factory reset and it fixes it, try to restore as little as possible with titanium. Factory reset is the same as a wipe. titanium backs up what is wiped. As we are not wanting to restore data for system apps, it is best to make provision for your contacts, sms, call logs if required. If you have google contacts, nothing is needed. I personally use sms backup+ which backsup to my gmail account. I can restore or leave. Also I can browse the SMS via gmail. Great. Back to Top So what is all this about wiping? Do I need to? Maybe. If you go from one stock ROM to a custom ROM, or one Custom ROM to another, the settings may not be compatible. You can wipe from ClockworkMod Recovery. - Wipe data/factory reset. If the ROM is stuck in a boot loop for more that 10 minutes, you may have to back to recovery and do a wipe of the Data partition Back to Top Tell me more about Bricking? A bricked phone is a dead phone. You can not recover it. It is very rare a true brick has happened. If you flash a dodgy ROM (by that I mean if you have a corrupt download or make a mistake), you can 98% of teh time recover it. Maybe with a Nandroid restore, an RUU or something. During your rooting and flashing career, you will experience plenty of things you think are a brick. They are not. You just need to calm down, research, ask questions and get help. Flashing corrupt or incorrect radio files is the most common form of permanent / true brick. As I said before, take care. Back to Top Can I still receive OTA updates? No. Most custom ROMS block out this feature, but if you have rooted your existing rom, you may still get the option to install OTA. PLEASE DO NOT!!! You need to disable the setting that checks for updates. OTA updates often cannot be installed, but sometimes they appear to work. However this can lead to huge issues in the future so I beg you, please do not try to install one. Back to Top *thanks to everyone for your input in this, past or future.


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LeftHand refreshes iSCSI SAN software
Version 7.0 of LeftHand's iSCSI SAN software contains dozens of new features, including support for four-way replication and brushed-up thin provisioning.
LeftHand Networks Inc. announced version 7.0 of its SANiQ iSCSI SAN software, which according to the company contains dozens of updates, including performance boosts, new data replication and failover options, and more efficient thin provisioning.
The most popular updates with LeftHand users are the new features around geographically distributed clusters and replication for disaster recovery. In particular, the ability to have LeftHand's clustered storage nodes within the same logical system but operating on separate Ethernet subnets has users interested.
"That's a big issue for us," said Bob Lamb, general manager of hosting services for Strategic Business Solutions Inc., a managed service provider and a LeftHand customer since February. Lamb said that being able to isolate domains belonging to different clients on shared storage will allow his company to pack in more clients on the same box without worrying about data security.
Other features highlighted by users revolve around more efficient use of capacity, including what LeftHand is calling "Thin Provisioning 2.0" and the ability to share unused direct attached storage (DAS) space on VMware Inc. ESX servers.
Previously, LeftHand's thin provisioning worked by "stairstepping" additional capacity for the thin-provisioned volume when new data reached its previous threshold, growing the volume in preset chunks. This new version shows new allocation in smaller intervals closer to the actual allocation, resulting in a more efficient use of space, the company claims. The new software also adds more automation to provisioning, including automated detection of space and thresholds, rather than relying on asking the administrator to set levels at startup, automated alerting for capacity management and the recommendation of provisioning options based on LeftHand's historical experiences with other customers when alerts are issued.
"We're constantly shifting volumes around and adjusting thresholds" when it comes to provisioning as it is now, Lamb said. "This will take several hours per month in management time off our plate."
The ability to fold unused DAS on physical hosts running VMware, according to Reid, "is going to be huge for us. There's almost 2 terabytes (TB) that we can immediately start using that's sitting empty in our environment."
More updates -- 'Self-healing,' performance, Windows Solution Pack
In addition to the updates flagged by users, LeftHand is publicly announcing about a dozen more features.
"Proactive Self-Healing" introduces a new data integrity check/disk scrubbing feature that reads every block of data on each of the LeftHand iSCSI SAN nodes once a month in the background. The goal is to identify bad read errors before they happen. If an error or bad sector is identified on a particular drive, LeftHand will restore it from a mirrored copy of the data on one of the other nodes in the system. If an error happens between checks, this same rebuild mechanism can be started manually to fix the error.
Also in the background, the new software will perform a variation on its standard defragmentation algorithm to optimize volumes within the system, the better to free up more empty sequential pages for better overall performance.
The company is claiming an increase in sequential throughput for both read and write operations by using larger stripes in its network RAID system, as well as performance improvements for snapshots, especially during the deletion and cleanup process. LeftHand said this is thanks to a new metadata layout within the software. A new software wizard, contained in a virtual machine residing on the LeftHand storage area network (SAN) and replicated with the rest of the data, guides administrators through the failover/failback process when recovering from snapshot backups at a secondary site.
In addition to the Multisite HA/DR Solution Pack, LeftHand is coming out with a Windows Solution Pack that also requires a separate license and includes plug-ins for Virtual Disk Service (VDS), Volume Shadow Copy Service(VSS) and support for Windows Multipath I/O (MPIO). The company said it's still finalizing pricing on the HA/DR pack, but the Windows pack will cost $500 per server.
Other updates are focused on simplifying management of the system. A global configuration feature allows users to create settings for users and groups once, and then all the nodes in the system will inherit the settings, including newly added nodes later on. Snapshots can now be recovered through the self-healing system even if there's a double error between overlapping snapshots. RAID 6 is now supported on Hewlett-Packard Co.'s (HP) DL320 server hardware (one of the packaging options with LeftHand's meet-in-the-channel sales program). The software now contains awareness of the hot-swap process after a disk failure, support for multiple iSCSI targets and sessions per volume, a "pause" and "resume" button for snapshot schedules and a more detailed reporting interface.
Users and analysts want better application integration
According to Tony Asaro, an analyst with the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), one area where LeftHand lags behind competition from legacy and emerging competitors alike is in its integration with popular applications, from VMware to Oracle and Exchange.
"I'd like to see them integrate the way NetApp has with SnapManager, for example," he said. He added that LeftHand could also use its virtualized management layer to pack in more features down the road, including inline data deduplication for primary storage.
The University of Maryland's Reid said application integration is also on his wish list for the product. "I'd like to see a common management interface for my LeftHand SAN and VMware."


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Just as I reached for another bite of this pickled red cabbage (with pickled red carrots mingled in there), I had a memory. Pale February light might have jolted me back, or maybe it was merely the puckery taste of red cabbage.
Seven Februarys ago, I wrote a piece about the pickled red cabbage Danny had made for me at his restaurant a few days before. Loving a chef who works in a restaurant means never going out for Valentine's Day. Instead, we fed each other pickled red cabbage in bed the next morning, in our apartment on the top floor of a house in Seattle.
I wrote about how I took a bite and immediately wanted him to dictate a recipe so I could put it up on this site. He shushed my over-active mind and reminded me to simply enjoy the sweet acid taste in my mouth, squeak the cabbage between my teeth, and lay back on the pillows and relax.
Seven years later, almost everything has changed. We live out in the country now, in a two-story house with our daughter. There are few long, lingering mornings anymore. Her joyful stories wake us up early, bleary-eyed and smiling as she dances in front of us. Danny no longer works in a restaurant. I'm no longer a high school English teacher. Instead, we work together on cookbooks, recipes for other places, and the endless spin of new ideas that form between us.
The person I was seven years ago didn't see any of this coming.
Right now, I'm sitting in our kitchen studio, pale February light falling on the new table finally in place here. Our work life happens here now, not on the line surrounded by chefs in a hot kitchen or in a quiet room alone with a computer. More and more, our work is centered in this physical space and our small home town, instead of online. We work together. We're still madly in love, more every day. I just don't write about it as openly as I did then. Some people have told me they miss that. I know more now. Our full lives are no longer for public consumption.
But he still knows how to calm my over-active mind. And there is still the food. There are the cauliflower fritters with cumin, shallots, and almond flour that Danny just imagined. There are dates and buckwheat groats to bake. There are grain-free hoagies and sourdough starter and hash brown waffles to play with next week.
My friend Molly gave a wonderful talk at Food Blog South, a talk I wish I could have heard in person. Like me and so many of us with this weird habit of keeping public spaces with food stories, she has struggled to figure out what she's doing, exactly. I love this idea from her:
"The reasons why I keep blogging are different from the reasons why I started, and believe me, I've thought many times about stopping. I mean, let's be real here. I am not the same person I was when I started Orangette, and the energy that drives me in doing it isn't the same energy. What I'm interested in is different. I fought that realization for a long time, because, hey, my blog was succeeding; I shouldn't change it! What kind of crazy person would change something that was succeeding?"
Honestly, I think about quitting this site sometimes. Many times. (Don't worry. I'm not going to, yet. And I don't tell you this to have you rush in with what this place means to you. We're good.) As soon as the story of our lives — and our food — changes, someone shouts, "What? I thought I knew this place." (Danny started doing the dance from Talking Heads' Once in a Lifetime after I read this.) And as soon as I try to keep things the same, I start to feel stifled. And the writing dies.
I started this site to write. I'm going to keep going.
As Molly wrote: "I want my blog to keep me excited about writing. I want it to be a place that forces me to keep writing and practicing, and to be a cattle prod to me to keep cooking and working. I want my site to reflect what I'm excited about. We expect to change; why shouldn't we expect our work to change? I have this conversation with myself all the time. And I try not to think of it as, What do I stand to lose by following my nose? Instead, I try to ask, What do I stand to lose by NOT following my nose? I try."
I'm trying, too.
So seven years of living — some hilarious, passionate, falling-down-making-mistakes living — were all telescoped together with one bite of pickled red cabbage.
And then I remembered: I never did give you that recipe.
Here it is.
Pickled Red Cabbage
This recipe is only a template, a path to finding your own pickled red cabbage, if you don't already have a recipe. Maybe you like white vinegar, or a full-bodied red wine, or sherry vinegar in your pickled cabbage. Throw in a cinnamon stick for a tiny bit of heat and sweetness in here. If you're anything like us, you might not be able to stop pickling once you start.
- Put the red cabbage into a large bowl. Sprinkle the salt over the cabbage and massage it into the cabbage. Let the cabbage sit for 4 hours.
- Meanwhile, put the red wine vinegar, champagne vinegar, black peppercorns, bay leaves, and clove into a pot. Set the pot on medium-high heat. Bring the vinegars to boil, then turn off the heat. Let the spices infuse the vinegar while the cabbage rests.
- Rinse off the cabbage. Put the shredded cabbage into clean, dry jars.
- Set the pot of vinegars and spices back on medium-high heat. Add the sugar. When the sugar has dissolved into the vinegar, turn off the heat. Pour the hot vinegars over the cabbage in the jars. Seal the jars and let them overnight in a cool place.
- You could eat the cabbage the next day, if you wish. The flavors will intensify over time, so you'll find your own favorite length of time before you start eating.


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Book recommendations: Space Exploration
A Man on the Moon by Andrew Chaikin
If you only ever read one book on the Space Race, this must be it, the book that was the basis for the award-winning HBO series From the Earth to the Moon. Chaikin explains the events and difficulties of the Apollo project with such detailed understanding that one might think he was himself one of the astronauts, except that no astronaut ever had such a gift for storytelling. Both the exhilirating highs and the disastrous lows will bring tears to your eyes.
Countdown: A History of Space Flight by T. A. Heppenheimer
Just a fantastic overview of every aspect of space history: from the early theoretical days, through the German A-4 program, and beyond to both American and Soviet sides of the Space Race, unmanned missions and satellite development, and even the CIA's satellite programs (see Corona). It benefits greatly from newly released Russian information, and includes commentary on the future of space exploration and the human role in it.
Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles by Roger E. Bilstein
Part of the NASA History series, this is an excellent technological history of the development of America's moon rocket, the Saturn V. This gigantic booster was the tallest rocket ever built, produced over 7.5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, and was built by hundreds of contractors from nearly all fifty states. Huge leaps in engineering, metallurgy, computers, and myriad other fields were necessary to fly the Saturn V and its smaller sibling, the Saturn I-B. This book is unapologetically technical, but sparks the imagination as well. By the time I finished it I couldn't look at any major construction—the Sears Tower, the Hoover Dam, the Golden Gate bridge—without thinking, "compared to the Saturn, that was easy to build." (Reissued in its entirety, including all photographs and diagrams, by the University Press of Florida. Order it today at Amazon.com.)
The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space by Eugene Cernan with Don Davis
A brilliant and entertaining read, the best astronaut autobiography I have read to date. Eugene Cernan, veteran of three space flights including two trips to the Moon, infuses his memoir with wit, humility, candor, and fascinating detail. Geno's occasional use of blue language, a habit that got him into trouble during Apollo 10, makes it read like you're sitting on his back porch listening to old war stories, and doesn't seem at all out of place. (Who wouldn't use the s-word if they thought their spacecraft was about to sink in the ocean?) And the events he lived through, such as the near-disastrous third spacewalk in history, make me wonder how he ever managed to cram his big balls into the Gemini capsule in the first place.
Unlike many in the genre that ignore the human element, the book details the strain borne by the family of an astronaut. Geno has nothing but praise for the difficult and untrainable role his gorgeous wife Barbara (now divorced) played as "Mrs. Astronaut." It drives home the fact that Cernan's career was, like most, really a team effort.
He doesn't have much nice to say about Buzz "Dr. Rendezvous" Aldrin, though.
Carrying the Fire by Michael Collins
A refreshingly candid and insightful autobiography, and surprisingly so considering it was written in 1974, just five years after Collins' flight aboard Apollo 11. By that time, he had severed his ties with NASA and was beholden to no one, a fact made clear by some of his frank comments regarding his former employer and some of his former fellow astronauts.
Collins affects a humble, gee-I-hope-I'm-good-enough tone through much of his book, particularly during the astronaut selection process. This is a common theme of astronaut autobiographies, and one begins to wonder if this is because there really is rampant humility in the ranks of the crème-de-la-crème of test pilots, or instead because the authors intentionally tone down their egos so as not to sound like total assholes when writing for posterity. I suspect the answer is somewhere in between. After all, these are certainly incredibly skilled, competent, intelligent men in a highly competitive line of work that must require powerful ego and strength of will to succeed; likewise, that competition, among a tightly knit group of similarly qualified individuals, would make even the most vainglorious egotist doubt his abilities.
He appears to have fared the transition from astronaut to historical figure in better form than his crewmates: Neil Armstrong actively sought a life outside the public eye and now lives quite reclusively on his farm in Ohio; Buzz Aldrin, according to Collins, tried to return to his Air Force career, found that having walked on the Moon doesn't carry the cachet to write one's own ticket in the service, and wound up in a state of clinical-grade depression. Collins, on the other hand, played the game with the cards dealt him, went to Washington, and joined the State department for a year as a foreign liason. He then became, appropriately enough, Director of the nascent National Air and Space Museum, which at the time of his writing had not yet opened to the public.
Perhaps the most interesting and intriguing idea in Collins' book is the notion that photographing the Earth from space is a double-edged sword. Yes, pictures of Earth provided fuel for the understanding that our planet is a tiny, fragile place without the arbitrary boundary lines that we impose on it and fight over; the environmentalist movement especially was spurred by Apollo photos of what Carl Sagan called our "pale blue dot." However, Collins contends that these pictures—of the Earth and the Moon, and humans voyaging in between—breed a sense of complacency, of having "been there, done that," of believing that we know all there is to know about the Earth, the Moon, and travelling in space. Of course, he was writing this during a time when we were turning inward again: Apollo was over, the unused Saturn V rockets were left to rot on the ground, and the public looked at Skylab with an attitude of "ho-hum, why bother?" Collins attributes some of this lack of vision and expectation for the future to people getting the sense that they've been there because they've seen the pictures. But as Michael Collins himself states,
"Seeing the earth on an 8-by-10-inch piece of paper, or ringed by the plastic border of a television screen, is not only not the same as the real view but even worse—it is a pseudo-sight that denies the reality of the matter. To actually be 100,000 miles out, to look out four windows and find nothing but black infinity, to finally locate the blue-and-white golf ball in the fifth window, to know how fortunate we are to be able to return to it—all these things are required, in addition to merely gauging its size and color. While the proliferation of photos constantly reminds us of the earth's dimensions, the photos deceive us as well, for they transfer the emphasis from the one earth to the multiplicity of reproduced images. There is but one earth, tiny and fragile, and one must get 100,000 miles away from it to appreciate fully one's good fortune in living on it."
Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth by Andrew Smith
A different take on Apollo: rather than ask "What was it like to walk on the Moon?", the author asked the nine remaining Moonwalkers, "What was it like to return to Earth afterward?"—and finds that they experienced a wide range of emotions and results. In the meantime, Smith ponders what Apollo means today—to him personally, and to human society at large. His conclusions are thought-provoking and, to some extent, iconoclastic. Here's a further review.
First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong by James R. Hansen
A fine biography of the first man to walk on the moon. This book benefits greatly from the fact that Armstrong himself authorized its writing, granted numerous interviews, and provided unprecedented access to his personal papers, yet did not edit nor censure the final product beyond simple fact-checking. Parts of it are almost dull, though appropriately so—Armstrong was, after all, an engineer, not a risk-taker or glory-monger. Hansen gently tears open the hero-worshipping mythology that has accumulated over the past few decades to reveal the genuine human being within, putting Neil's life in perspective and explaining how a cautious attitude toward his fame could be misconstrued as being anti-social or reclusive. He even pokes holes in the various urban legends, both humourous (the Mr. Gorsky story) and pernicious (the ludicrous notion that the moon landing never happened), that never cease to find traction among the ill-informed. Recommended.
Failure Is Not An Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond by Eugene F. Kranz
We know Gene Kranz from the Hollywood portrayals—Ed Harris in Apollo 13, Dan Butler in From The Earth To The Moon. He's a hard-edged, crew-cut, steely-eyed missile man. With this book, we find he's also an excellent storyteller. Kranz was instrumental and present at many of the most momentous events of Gemini and Apollo (including the Eagle's landing and 13's "we have a problem" moment). With his experience, he could have freewheeled this book and filled it with off-the-cuff anecdotes, but instead took the time to research his subject deeply and conducted dozens of interviews with his fellow flight controllers. The result is a book that chronicles with terrific detail and good character development the never-routine day-to-day life of Mission Control. Gene Kranz, Sabre jet pilot in Korea, Langley test pilot, and 24-year veteran of NASA, is an American hero, yet he never aggrandizes his role in history, referring at all times to the team effort and giving credit by name whenever it's due. Without the apparent help of a ghost writer, this aeronautical engineer has given us an historic tale with a great sense of the human element that made it all possible. His book is well worth a read.
Dragonfly: NASA and the Crisis Aboard Mir by Bryan Burrough
A fascinating chronology of the Shuttle-Mir program, during which seven NASA astronauts spent extended periods aboard the Russian space station. Most importantly, this book details the behind-the-scenes politicking that led to the program. NASA Administration, concerned over the survival of the International Space Station if Russia's space industry went bankrupt, worked out a plan to send Americans to Mir and American dollars to Moscow. Sadly, ground support for the missions was barely an afterthought, leaving several of the astronauts high and dry in space. Some, like Shannon Lucid and Michael Foale, managed to thrive. Others did not fare as well.
Lost Moon by James Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger
I read this book before seeing Ron Howard's movie based on it, Apollo 13. So when the actors deliver lines which are layman's explanations of technojargon someone else just said, it sounds redundant to me because Lovell explains it all in his book: GUIDO, FIDO, TLI, Main Bus B, and so on. Howard understood that the true story of the mission had plenty of drama, yet his movie still succumbed to Hollywood aggrandisement. The book sticks to the facts, and even without an all-star cast it is gripping, frightful, and entertaining. (Reissued in mass-market paperback as Apollo 13.)
Angle of Attack: Harrison Storms and the Race to the Moon by Mike Gray
By the screenwriter of The China Syndrome. Harrison Storms led North American Aviation to build both the Apollo spacecraft and the Saturn V rocket's giant and innovative S-2 second stage. Beating overwhelming odds, the company was ultimately successful, but at the cost of Stormy's health and career. Somebody should make a movie out of this inspiring but tragic tale, and have James Rebhorn reprise the role he played as Storms in HBO's From the Earth to the Moon.
Korolev by James J. Harford
Deke Slayton puts it well in Deke! when he says that Sergei P. Korolev was the Soviet Union's "Wernher von Braun and Robert Gilruth and James Webb all rolled into one—not only a great engineer but a hell of a politician. He was good at zigging this way and zagging the other to get what he wanted, which was to go to the moon." Korolev was a brilliant man who was kept a state secret until long after his death. This book is an excellent narrative of his life's work, marred only by the author's obsession with the fact that Korolev's associates have grown old.
Managing Martians by Donna Shirley
Donna Shirley was in charge of the development team that created Sojourner Truth, the Mars rover that captured the American imagination in July of 1997. She later became head of the Mars Program Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the acme of a career that had been her calling since childhood. With an innovative management style she became the first woman to direct the production of a successful piece of space flight hardware, and was able to make more friends than enemies in the process. Part autobiography, part anecdotal management handbook, Ms. Shirley's book dishes some interesting dirt about the politics involved in this sort of enterprise, and only lacks the Oklahoma twang I found so endearing on CNN.
Deke! (U.S. Manned Space: From Mercury to the Shuttle) by Donald K. "Deke" Slayton with Michael Cassutt
Astronaut Deke Slayton, one of the original Mercury Seven, was Chief of the Astronaut Office throughout the '60s and was the man primarily responsible for crew selection. This book has far more character than Moon Shot (by Alan Shepard and Slayton), and allows Deke's no-nonsense manner and individuality to shine through. Especially fascinating are descriptions of the logistical juggling of Gemini and Apollo crew assignments caused by changing mission expectations, hardware failures, and deadly accidents. A nice touch are the "Other Voices" blurbs, which add perspective from Deke's family and colleagues.
At the Edge of Space: The X-15 Flight Program by Milton O. Thompson
Milt Thompson piloted the experimental X-15 rocket airplane on fourteen flights from October 1963 to August 1965, making him one of only a dozen men uniquely qualified to tell the story of what continues to be the world's fastest aircraft. Thompson, later to become chief engineer at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, is admittedly not a professional writer nor historian, and sometimes this shows through, especially in the book's occasional repetition. (In fact, in an afterword he implies that he only wrote the book because it appeared that no one else involved with the program was bothering to do so.) However, not only does he do an excellent job of describing the systems of the plane and conveying the challenges of the endeavour, he adequately captures the pride and camaraderie of the people involved as well. He also has a deep trove of humourous tales. The X-15 program was the pinnacle of flight research and Milt Thompson pays it a much-needed tribute. Includes a complete log of all 199 flights and 32 pages of photographs.
Chariots for Apollo: The Untold Story behind the Race to the Moon by Charles R. Pellegrino & Joshua Stoff
The tale of Apollo, told from the prespective of the people of Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation of Bethpage, New York, who built the Lunar Modules (LMs). Pellegrino is deeply immersed in LM history and thus his book is chock full of interesting and little-known facts, and worth a read on that basis alone. Unfortunately, I found the writing style annoying. It frequently makes use of repeated phrases, taken out of context and italicized, as if we're hearing the echoes of someone's memory. The intent seems to be to create drama, but the result is forced, reminiscent of a film treatment, and ultimately unnecessary since the events (such as the Apollo 1 fire… "problems waiting to hatch out" is such a poor play on words) have enough inherent drama as it is. I was also surprised that the authors glossed over the computer overload errors during the Apollo 11 landing, errors that brought a scramble of activity in Mission Operations and which were important events in LM development. Finally, the book is rife with typographical errors—"Wernher von Bran" and "Lenoid Brezhnev" are two of the more glaring examples—and for this reason the book makes the Shut List. Not to be confused with NASA SP-4205, Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft by Brooks et al.


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Ms. Liza Graves - Lead Vox and Guitar, Suzi Homewrecker - Guitar and sometimes Vox
Visit : Official Band Site ,
LA rock band Civet's brand new album Love & War is out now! Fans can order the album online at iTunes, Interpunk or the Epitaph Store. The album will also be available on vinyl at a later date.
Civet - "Summer Of Hate
Civet - "L.A. Nights"
Led by provocative sisters Liza Graves and Suzi Carmichael, Civet hold the torch once held by such groundbreaking female-fronted bands as The Runaways, Bikini Kill, L7, Hole and The Distillers, with the release of their fearless new studio album Love & War.
"Recording the new record was very liberating; we knew what we wanted and went for it!" says Graves. "Our choruses are bigger and badder than the last record, coupled with blazing guitar solos & raw vocals everyone has come to love; that combination of Motörhead grit and '77 raw power. There are various influences that can be heard on all the songs, so the whole record doesn't reflect one particular era or genre. We weren't afraid to pull from all scopes of the musical spectrum when writing this record."
After their Hellcat debut, Hell Hath No Fury, in 2008, Civet took the world by storm, touring Europe, Japan and North America extensively with such greats as Flogging Molly, H20, The Adicts, Dropkick Murphys, The Pogues and the Vans Warped Tour. The album received rave reviews from critics and fans and created a whirlwind of press for the band, and anticipation for their follow-up has been mounting ever since.
Civet spent the last several years on the road refining the band's direction, and when it came time to record their follow up to Hell Hath No Fury decided to forgo an outside producer and record the album themselves. "We knew the vision we had for this record better than anybody, so we decided to go for it!" says Carmichael.
And the result is Love and War, 14 daring and unapologetic tracks about relationships gone wrong, shattered dreams and their journey to where they are today. With a matured sense of reality, the girls dug deeper than ever have before and translated their experiences over the past few years into soul wrenching lyrics and choruses on the new album. "On this record, Suzi and I not only found our voice, but we rediscovered our punk rock 'n' roll roots," says Graves.
Armed with Graves' trademark deep raspy vocals and Carmichael's incendiary lead guitars, Civet bare their teeth on songs like the brash party anthem, "L.A. Nights" and the angst fueled "Summer of Hate," and sink their claws into fans with feverous deploy on one of the band's best written albums yet.
Love & War
- 01 Can't Go Back
- 02 L.A. Nights
- 03 Love & War
- 04 Come On (I Wanna Be Your Girl)
- 05 Sunset Strip
- 06 Summer Of Hate
- 07 Deadbeat
- 08 Buy My Love
- 09 Cryin' Wolf
- 10 It's The Truth
- 11 I'm Not The One
- 12 Go Underground
- 13 Reap What You Sow
- 14 You Get What You Pay For
- No: #80520
- US Rel. Date: 02/22/2011
- EU Rel. Date: 02/21/2011
- Type: Full


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That might mean you can play through with other charactes like Barry or Nicholi (can't spell it)
Or it could mean a new mercenaries style minigame.
But awesome none the less
That might mean you can play through with other charactes like Barry or Nicholi (can't spell it)
Or it could mean a new mercenaries style minigame.
But awesome none the less
not sure if this has already been said but on a uk website called www.play.com, which is a reliable site to trust. There stating that Resident Evil 5 is coming out on ps3 & xbox 360 on the 28/3/08. So this is pose to come out around Metal Gear Solid 4 and maybe Silent Hill 5. If this is true i'm shocked because i thought R.E 5 was still 2009 away. But the site might just be doing this to get preorders then come march, push back the date etc.
Just letting you know, if this is true Jap and USA would have the game a tad sooner.
Play.com also says Manhunt 2 is out on 30/11/07 so unless it's an official source it's best to regard it as an estimation on their (play.com's ) part . . .
Play.com are wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. It's that simple.
Japan has an "Expert Package" on the way...
The game, the Zapper, a sticker, and a 28-page book. Not exactly "Expert", but i do like that packaging!
thanks, i hope this comes out in the US id be all over it!
yeah i know play.com is prob wrong, just letting ppl know
And is that wii zapper coming out in a double pack with the game in U.K
On Capcom's official site
There is a cryptic countdown telling us to Prepare Ourselves
The countdown is counting down to Tuesday.
This is Capcom so we have to entertain the thought of it being Resident Evil related.
I wonder what it is
Wow, I want it bad! I really hope they do the same with the pal release.Japan has an "Expert Package" on the way...
The game, the Zapper, a sticker, and a 28-page book. Not exactly "Expert", but i do like that packaging!
Interesting... I was hoping it might be the new trailer for RE5 but I doubt it. The 'space' theme makes it look unlikely. But who knows... maybe Chris dons a spacesuit and takes off in a rocket at some stage?On Capcom's official site
There is a cryptic countdown telling us to Prepare Ourselves
Dino Crisis went into space but I wouldn't like to see RE do the same... I guess it may be in reference to 'the world' getting shocked at how kick ass our new RE5 trailer is! Time will tell...
maybe capcom know that umbrella are going to lunch a nuke
R.E in space lol is a big no, i would hate that. i bought dino crisis 3 but never clocked it because i couldn't get into the thing. You don't think the prepear yourself is stating that they would be making the new aliens v.s predator game. Because the new AVP movies is coming out soon and they have a game on the psp, but maybe capcom are taking over the main console based game. That's it Capcom are going to lunch AVP i know it.
btw do you think the actual game might be called "prepare yourself"?
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I'm sure it's RE5
Did you see what region the camera is over? Central America.
Where is RE5 rumored to take place? Haiti
Huh, that's wierd. The thing was gone and had an RE4 page saying, "This is a dead end! Turn back before it's too late" which I assume is Capcom's typical deadlink page.
i bit of gd news would be for the old games to come out on DS. or even dead rising 2 would make me happy.
Missed from this week's Weekly Famitsu, probably due to all the Wesker goodness
Top10 mobile games of the month. #3, Biohazard Episodes. Pictured, Jill & Carlos VS Nemesis, in the street infont of the RPD.
Main news. Some amusement park has opened a Biohazard Nightmare style attraction. I'll try find more info. I really want to see it.
Sorry I don't have a scanner, just a digital camera.
Not sure if this is really newsworthy, but has anyone else seen these rendered artworks supposedly from Umbrella Chronicles?
It's definitely newsworthy. Ran a translation of the site and apparently they came directly from Capcom...i wouldn't consider them official just yet though, might just be scrapped renders...
Looks very interesting though...not quite sure what they've done with the Mr X!
Perhaps we'll get more news on Wednesday's Gamers Day.
Last edited by Stu; 10-15-2007 at 05:31 PM.
hell yea Hunk better be back, the most secret agent of Umbrella, wonder if he has wesker powers some how
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Vahakn Dadrian, The Role of Turkish Physicians in the World War I Genocide of Ottoman Armenians, reprint from HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE STUDIES, Volume 1, no. 2, pp. 169-192, 1986 (Pergamon Press, Oxford, England).
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OCEAN CITY – A major riot involving hundreds at a downtown underage nightclub on the Fourth of July provided fireworks of a different sort as 15 arrests were made and three Ocean City police officers were injured in a fight attributed to gang activity.
Around 9:20 p.m. last Friday, as thousands of vacationers and residents scrambled to safety from a severe storm after the fireworks display downtown concluded, OCPD officers responded to the H20 underage nightclub on Worcester Street for a reported fight in progress. Before police were able to gain control of the scene, several more fights broke out in the area.
Initially, there were nine OCPD officers trying to control a fight involving over 75 people inside the nightclub. After club management was forced to close the establishment and OCPD officers began to remove the combatants, several more fights broke out both inside the club and outside. According to police reports, roughly 300 to 400 people were involved in the various fights in and around the underage club and 63 OCPD officers were brought in to attempt to bring order back to the area.
After about 40 minutes, police were able to clear the area and restore some semblance of order. After interviewing several of the suspects, resort police determined the fight was started by member of rival gangs based out of Salisbury.
Three OCPD officers were injured during the melee and had to be treated at Atlantic General Hospital. Officer Chris Reichard suffered a broken nose and Officer Kevin Dagstani was treated for a knee injury. In one instance of friendly fire, Pfc. Mike Richardson was treated for bite wounds after his K-9 dog became agitated by the crowd. One suspect was treated for a cut on his arm.
All in all, 15 arrests were made.
For all the week's news, see The Dispatch on Friday morning.