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To "promote" a build, means to copy it from the build machine to the download machine. This happens, of course, after a build has been deemed promotable ... passed smoke tests or whatever other criteria there are for that build.
Why doesn't the build script just put every build on the download server? There are a couple of reasons. First, the build machine's files are not mirrored, which turns out to be much more efficient for day-to-day continuous build. Since not many people download those, we would trigger a great deal of of unnecessary activity in the Eclipse.org infrastructure if we put every build on download server. The second reason is that this makes it a little more apparent which build consumers and early testers can pick up. We produce many builds throughout a given week, some of them have never even been downloaded or looked at by anyone so we don't want innocent users or testers downloading a very bad build.
There's basically two things that have to be done. One, copy the files. In our current setup, this is accomplished by copying a directory from the build machine somewhere in the /shared/webtools/committers directory to its download location, somewhere on ~/downloads/webtools/downloads/drops. The other thing that has to be done is that a few files have to have some URLs updated to reflect the new location (most URLs are relative, though, so are valid no matter what the top level directory is). Besides these main things, there's also cleanup to do. On the build machine, any builds during the week that are not promoted should be deleted. It is a good idea, though, to leave the build directory that is being in place, partially to give time for any downloads from users or testers to complete, if they happen to be getting the latest at the same time you promote. Plus, downloads from the build machine are faster or more available for many committers, since once copied to the download server, it can take 10 to 30 minutes (or more) to "show up" by the time it replicates. To actually start showing up on mirrors takes several hours (and usually overnight). There is another type of cleaning not really addressed here (that is, by the automation described below) and that is cleaning up old builds on the download server itself .... this happens when we "change types" of builds. For example, when we promote a Milestone build, then shortly after that we should remove the I-builds that led up to that milestone.
The Promote Automated Script
There is a script (a bash script) in the
releng.control project called
promote.sh that automates the tasks mentioned above: copies the most recent build in what ever project is named, fixes up the URLs, and removes all but the most recent build.
Note that "most recent" is something to be careful of. While it does not happen often, occasionally we'll do a "final" build, only to discover it didn't go well, and decide to promote some previous build instead. In those cases, you'd have to "manually" delete any build directories that were more recent than the one you wanted to promote, and then use the scripts.
The script can be ran with something like
./promote.sh -[vcd]p build-project
where build-project is one of the projects such as wtp-R3.0-M, wtp-R3.1-R, etc.
The options are all singe letters and technically optional (though not much is done if there are no options.
v verbose: provides more output about what it's doing c copy: actually does copy the most recent version from the specified project. If 'c' is not provided, no copy is done but the most recent one it detects is listed to console. This is one way to 'sanity check' that the one that will be copied matches up with the one you think it is. d delete: deletes the previous, older builds from the same project that is being promoted. p project: the 3-part name associated with any CC projects, such as wtp-R3.0-M, wtp-R3.1-R, etc.
So, for example, the command to promote a weekly M build on the 3.0 branch would be
./promote.sh -dcp wtp-R3.0-M


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App Review: Fruit Ninja by Halfbrick Studios
May 26, 2010 by dermot
Filed under Daily App Reviews, Games
When i saw the title of this game while reading an article immediately knew what it would entail, however i thought the novelty value would run out after a play or two and that would be that. To my surprise the game has depth and keeps me coming back for more.
If you don't know already the game sees you as a ninja training his skills on unsuspecting fruit, as you start to slice through the colored assortment the speed and frequency increases giving you more of challenge. Not only do you have to be nimble to slice each fruit but you have to be careful not to slice bombs which you will see more often as your score rises.
Not only do i enjoy the game itself but also the overall experience that Halfbrick has worked so hard to achieve. In menus you navigate chopping revolving fruit and when you run out of lives you are shown quick facts about fruit from the awe inspiring Sensei.
To top it all off the game supports open feint which brings replay value such as challenging your friends and unlocking achievements.
Overall id give this game 8/10 as the fun game is well worth the 99c
Editor's note: Dermot is new to AppChatter.com and this is his first post and review.

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Krugman: Truth is, Romney has no plan to create jobs
Mitt Romney talks a lot about jobs. But does he have a plan to create any?
You can defend President Obama's jobs record - recovery from a severe financial crisis is always difficult, and especially so when the opposition party does its best to block every policy initiative you propose. And things have definitely improved over the past year. Still, unemployment remains high, and a candidate with a real plan to make things better could make a strong case for his election.
But Romney, it turns out, doesn't have a plan; he's just faking it. Romney's campaign is telling lies by claiming that its numbers add up when they don't, claiming that independent studies support its position when those studies do no such thing.
Before I get there, however, let me take a minute to talk about Romney's claim that he knows how to fix the economy because he's been a successful businessman. That would be a dubious claim even if he were honestly representing his business career, because the skills needed to run a business and those needed to manage economic policy are very different. In any case, however, his portrait of his own experience is so misleading that it takes your breath away.
For Romney, who started as a business consultant and then moved into the heady world of private equity, insists on portraying himself as a plucky small-business man. I am not making this up. In Tuesday's debate, he declared, "I came through small business. I understand how hard it is to start a small business." In his speech at the Republican convention, he declared, "When I was 37, I helped start a small company."
Ahem. It's true that when Bain Capital started, it had only a handful of employees. But it had $37 million in funds, raised from sources that included wealthy Europeans investing through Panamanian shell companies and Central American oligarchs living in Miami. Hey, doesn't every plucky little startup have access to that kind of financing?
But back to the Romney jobs plan. As many people have noted, the plan has five points but contains no specifics. Loosely speaking, however, it calls for a return to Bushonomics: tax cuts for the wealthy plus weaker environmental protection. And Romney says that the plan would create 12 million jobs over the next four years.
Where does that number come from? When pressed, the campaign cited three studies that it claimed supported its assertions. In fact, however, those studies did no such thing.
For the record, one study concluded that America might gain 2 million jobs if China stopped infringing on U.S. patents and other intellectual property; this would be nice, but Romney hasn't proposed anything that would bring about that outcome. Another study suggested that growth in the energy sector might add 3 million jobs in the next few years - but these were predicted gains under current policy, that is, they would happen no matter who wins the election, not as a consequence of the Romney plan.
Finally, a third study examined the effects of the Romney tax plan and argued that it would lead to a large increase in the number of Americans who want to work. But how does that help cure a situation in which there are already millions more Americans seeking work than there are jobs available? It's irrelevant to Romney's claims.
So when the campaign says that these three studies support its claims about jobs, it is, to use the technical term, lying - just as it is when it says that six independent studies support its claims about taxes (they don't).
What do Romney's economic advisers actually believe? As best as I can tell, they're placing their faith in the confidence fairy, in the belief that their candidate's victory would inspire an employment boom without the need for any real change in policy. In fact, in his infamous "47 percent" remarks, Romney himself asserted that he would give a big boost to the economy simply by being elected, "without actually doing anything." And what about the overwhelming evidence that our weak economy isn't about confidence, it's about the hangover from a terrible financial crisis? Never mind.
The true Romney plan is to create an economic boom through the sheer power of Romney's personal awesomeness. But the campaign doesn't dare say that, for fear that voters would (rightly) consider it ridiculous. So what we're getting instead is an attempt to brazen it out with nakedly false claims. There's no jobs plan; just a plan for a snow job on the American people.
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Bipartisan group of senators unveils gun trafficking bill
WASHINGTON Gun trafficking and purchasing firearms with the intent of transferring them to someone else would become federal crimes under bipartisan legislation announced by five U.S. senators Monday.
Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy, a Democrat, said the bill would establish tough penalties for those who buy a firearm or ammunition with the intent of transferring it to a criminal or a person barred from gun ownership, known as a straw purchase. The measure would also make it a crime to smuggle firearms out of the United States.
- Gun control fight entering final round in Senate
- Father of slain Sandy Hook child pleads for gun control
The Judiciary Committee has taken a lead in considering the gun violence issue following the shooting massacre last December at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, that left 20 children and six educators dead.
Leahy said there is no federal law now that defines either gun trafficking or straw purchasing as crimes.
"Instead of a slap on the wrist or treating this as if it were simply a paperwork violation, these crimes under our bill would be punishable by up to 25 years in prison," he said Monday on the Senate floor.
The legislation will be taken up by the Judiciary Committee on Thursday as part of a package of four bills aimed at reducing gun violence. The others involve regulating assault weapons, enhancing school safety and requiring background checks for all firearm sales.
The proposed legislation would make it a crime to transfer a weapon when a person has "reasonable cause to believe" that the firearm will be used in criminal activity. It contains exemptions for the transfer of a firearm as a gift, or in relation to a legitimate raffle or contest.
While existing law makes it a crime to smuggle firearms into the United States, the Senate proposal would also ban the smuggling of weapons out of the United States. That provision is specifically aimed at the trafficking of arms across the Mexican border.


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Yesterday the Bulgarian government announced the results of its investigation into the July 18, 2012 bus bombing that killed 5 Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian bus driver in the city of Burgas. At least two members of what appears to have been a three-man team belong to Hezbollah. More specifically, explained Bulgaria's interior minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, they were part of Hezbollah's "military wing"—a peculiar turn of phrase that hints at the political implications of the Bulgarian investigation, which may have a major impact on European Union foreign policy as well as Hezbollah's ability to operate on the continent. And yet the most serious repercussions may be felt inside Lebanon, where Hezbollah is already feeling the pressure.
Even as late as the night before the announcement, says Matthew Levitt a former Treasury Department official and now a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, "U.S. officials didn't know if Bulgaria would go ahead and name Hezbollah. The Israelis seemed more confident, but remained tight-lipped about it." And the Bulgarians, Levitt told me, "spoke truth to power. They made it clear these were Hezbollah operatives, funded by Hezbollah in a Hezbollah plot."
It would be hard to overstate the resolve the Bulgarian government showed in making the announcement. "Sofia came under enormous pressure from among others the French and Germans to 'nuance' the report and avoid antagonizing Hezbollah," says Omri Ceren, a senior advisor at The Israel Project. "That Bulgarian officials were willing to let the evidence guide them and expose who was behind the attack, even at this very delicate time for the European Union and for Bulgaria's place inside of it, took genuine political courage."
There had been some speculation that the Bulgarians might hint at Hezbollah involvement without naming the group and likely inviting further attacks from an outfit that has picked up the pace of its terrorist operations abroad in the last three years. As Levitt shows in his new study, "Hizballah and the Qods Force in Iran's Shadow War with the West," since January 2010 the Lebanese group and its Iranian partners have plotted numerous attacks throughout Europe and the rest of the world, targeting Israeli embassies and Jewish communities in, among other places, Cyprus, Turkey, Thailand, Kenya, India, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.
The operation at the bus station in Burgas was one of Hezbollah's few successes, and Bulgaria's response comes in stark contrast to the decision recently taken by the Argentinean government to form a "truth commission" with the Islamic Republic of Iran to investigate the 1994 bombing of the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. The purpose of the agreement is to bury the case and whitewash Hezbollah's role in killing 85 people and wounding hundreds, exactly 18 years to the day before the Burgas bombing. Bulgaria chose instead to underscore Hezbollah's bloody career.
The Obama administration and other U.S. officials greeted the Sofia report with enthusiasm. The White House's counterterrorism adviser John Brennan commended "its friend and NATO ally." Obama's nominee for CIA director has in the past indicated he's somewhat confused about Hezbollah, recommending for instance that Washington should seek to empower the terror group's so-called "moderates." But regarding the Burgas bombing, Brennan was clear-eyed. "Bulgaria's investigation exposes Hizballah for what it is," Brennan said in a released statement, "a terrorist group that is willing to recklessly attack innocent men, women, and children, and that poses a real and growing threat not only to Europe, but to the rest of the world."
New Secretary of State John Kerry also weighed in, urging "other governments around the world – and particularly our partners in Europe – to take immediate action to crack down on Hizballah. We need to send an unequivocal message to this terrorist group that it can no longer engage in despicable actions with impunity."
Kerry is referring to the ongoing debate within the European Union whether or not to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. France and Germany are against listing Lebanon's Islamic resistance, and led an aggressive campaign to convince the Bulgarians not to name Hezbollah as the culprit. The Netherlands, on the other hand, has been pushing for designation and has blacklisted Hezbollah separately from any EU actions. The UK meanwhile has designated Hezbollah's "military wing," an action taken largely because of Hezbollah fighters that squared off against UK troops in Iraq, and intended to distinguish it from the outfit's "political wing," a distinction that the Bulgarian report made implicitly.
In a statement following the report, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu argued against this idea, saying that "there is only one Hezbollah, it is one organization with one leadership." As it turns out, Netanyahu's interpretation is backed by Hezbollah itself. "All political, social and jihad work is tied to the decisions of this leadership," senior Hezbollah official Naim Qassem told the Los Angeles Times in 2009. "The same leadership that directs the parliamentary and government work also leads jihad actions in the struggle against Israel."
The distinction between the two "wings" is simply a convenient fiction invented by European policymakers. No one is fooled against his will, and the reality is that the Europeans aren't even fooling themselves with their hairsplitting. The effect of separating the two "wings" is to give Hezbollah some wiggle room. If only the "military" side is listed then the "political" group can still raise money on the continent. The purpose of the distinction is to give European diplomats an advantage over their American counterparts. Because U.S. officials are not allowed to deal with a designated foreign terrorist organization like Hezbollah, the Europeans are able to step in and fill the gap. But if Hezbollah is designated as a whole, and not simply its "military" wing, then the Europeans will lose one of the few cards they have to play in their Middle East policy.
Spilling blood on European soil should make it much more difficult for the French and others to avoid designating Hezbollah, but "we're not at a place yet where designation is certain, there's a lot left to be done. There is no longer a debate over the facts," according to Levitt. "The debate now is over policy—is it a smart move to list them?
Indeed, the Europeans were already pushing back even before the report. EU counterterrorism official Gilles de Kerchove argued the day before the announcement that there "is no automatic listing just because you have been behind a terrorist attack… It's not only the legal requirement that you have to take into consideration, it's also a political assessment of the context and the timing."
If de Kerchove seems to be making room for some sort of justification that Hezbollah might offer for the attack, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton was even more mealy mouthed. "The EU and Member States will discuss the appropriate response based on all elements identified by the investigators," said Ashton, noting "the need for a reflection over the outcome of the investigation."
The Europeans are primarily worried about losing their diplomatic prerogative, but are also, understandably, concerned about winding up in Hezbollah's crosshairs. Hezbollah and Iran were effectively at war with France in the 80s, often in Paris itself, and with French troops and civilians filling the UNIFIL ranks in southern Lebanon, they'd prefer to avoid shaking the hornets' nest. However, the fact is that Hezbollah has already targeted French UNIFIL troops, and those of other EU members, including Spain and Italy.
Finally the Europeans reason that designating Hezbollah might destabilize the Lebanese government. This is a particularly odd rationale given that Hezbollah controls the government and destabilizing it, or forcing Lebanese parties to abandon their alliance with the party of God, would serve the interests of Beirut's pro-Western parties. Already the announcement seems to be having an effect inside Lebanon.
"It will be hard for Hezbollah's allies to back it when Europe turns against it," says NOW Lebanon's managing editor Hanin Ghaddar. "Yesterday, Prime Minister Mikati said he condemns Bulgaria bombing, and the Lebanese government is ready to cooperate." Mikati is not affiliated with the pro-democracy March 14 forces but was handpicked for the premiership by Hezbollah. "If you support them on the bombing then you'll have problems in Europe," says Ghaddar. "Mikati has business in Europe so he's going to be very careful with this."
According to Ghaddar, the Bulgaria report is as significant as the special tribunal for Lebanon that named four Hezbollah members guilty for the assassination of former prime minister Rafik Hariri. "Nasrallah has a speech in ten days," says Ghaddar, "and everyone is saying that Hezbollah will have no comment before that, but I think they don't know what to say. Again Hezbollah is in big trouble."
It seems that the party of God is fighting on every conceivable front, and not faring well on any of them. In Syria, it's sided with Bashar al-Assad's besieged regime, sending forces to take on a Sunni-majority rebellion that will in time inevitably take its revenge on the Shiite militia. Its terrorist operations around the world are proving failures, except for the one in Bulgaria, which may in time turn Europe as well as its Lebanese allies against it.


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It takes a big man to admit that he made a mistake, or an even bigger company. Sony execs have been pretty candid about the missteps made in the early life of the PlayStation 3 lately, and now SCEE's David Reeves admits that the development of Home was hindered by too big of a focus being placed on non-gaming applications, such as getting together sponsors.
"In that sense we were deserting gamers. So, we're concentrating on the gaming by launching games in Home, and attracting people who are into gaming in first - instead of the Nike people, or Adidas people who are into fashion and not necessarily into gaming."
Good show! The honestly pouring out of the company has me feeling all warm and fuzzy for Sony as of late, and it's good to see they're on the right track as far as Home is concerned. Now if I could only get my PS3 working again.


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The Salem witch trials were a series of trials held through 1691 in Salem, Massachusetts, during a period when individuals were persecuted for the alleged crime of "witchcraft".
The Megans, a group of aliens from Megas-Tu who tried to help Humans with the art of wizardry, settled in Salem after realizing that Humans only wished to use them to serve greed and lust. They chose to live their lives there as "normal men" to avoid the accusations of being "devils, warlocks and evil sorcerers." Unfortunately, while living in Salem, several of the Megans made mistakes and used their powers, and were "burned for it as witches."
Those Megans who escaped the witch trials were forced to leave Earth and return to their homeworld, where they remained bitter and fearful of Humans.
In 2269, the USS Enterprise made contact with the Megans, but due to the Megans distrust of Humans, the Enterprise crew was placed in a recreation of a Salem witch trial. (TAS: "The Magicks of Megas-Tu")


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A risk factor is something that increases your likelihood of getting a disease or condition.
It is possible to develop rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with or without the risk factors listed below. However, the more risk factors you have, the greater your likelihood of developing RA. If you have a number of risk factors, ask your doctor what you can do to reduce your risk.
RA can develop at any age, but it usually appears between 30 and 50 years of age. RA is more common in women, and it appears later in life for men.
Other factors that may increase your chance of RA include:
- Genetics—Some people with RA have specific genetic variations that are associated with abnormal immune response.
- Smoking—Current or past smoking may nearly double the risk of RA. Smoking is considered an environmental risk factor and is associated with chronic inflammatory reactions throughout the body. Tobacco use in combination with genetic factors has the most impact on risk.
- Infection—Bacterial and viral infections cause an immune response. Inflammation stimulates a process to rid the body of infection. In some people, this inflammation and tissue building doesn't stop. Negative immune responses increase the risk of RA.
- Obesity —Some evidence has made associations between obesity and an increased risk of RA in women.
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Jessica Marie Tohlen and Timothy Sheldon wed
TRUCKEE, Calif. – Tim and Cindy Tohlen of Truckee are proud to announce their daughter Jessica Marie Tohlen, a Truckee High School and Sacramento State graduate, married Timothy Sheldon, of Walnut Creek, Calif., son of Linda and Wayne Sheldon. Jessica and Tim were married on the afternoon of September 15, 2012 surrounded by family and friends overlooking the Pacific Ocean near Patrick's Point in Northern California. The service was performed by Guia Heigert at the Lost Whale Inn. Attending the couple were: Maid of Honor Alma Jiminez; Bridesmaids Melanie Wildeman and Julia Tohlen; Best Man Robert Sheldon and Groomsmen Daniel Tohlen and Benjamin Tohlen; with Flower Girls Savana Tohlen and Alexandra Dabe-Leung. The couple honeymooned in Montreal and are now at home in Walnut Creek.


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An Islamic Revolution?
On January 28, 2011, in speaking to a crowd of worshippers, Iranian cleric Ayatollah Seyyed Ahmad Khatami declared: "Incidents that are happening in the Middle East and the Arab world should not be regarded simply," further addressing "those who do not see the realities I clarify that an Islamic Middle East is being created based on Islam, religion, and democracy with prevailing religious principals."
The Ayatollah went on to issue a proclamation to Western leaders "who still do not want to see the realities that the political axis of the new Middle East will soon be Islamic ruler-ship and a democracy based on religion."
Khatami continued, likening the 2011 Middle Eastern Revolutions to the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran: "All these protests in Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan and Yemen are inspired by Iran's Islamic revolution and these countries are de facto rocked by the aftershock of the Iranian revolution."
The concept of an Islamic Republic of Egypt is one shared with Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood.
On October 11, 2007 the Associated Press reported that "The Muslim Brotherhood has laid down its first detailed political platform, which would bar women and Christians from becoming Egypt's president and establish a board of Muslim clerics to oversee the government, reminiscent of Iran's Islamic state." (Emphasis added).
The article states that in September 2007 the Muslim Brotherhood produced and circulated a blueprint platform for the creation of a Muslim Brotherhood political party — a proposal that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has vowed to never permit.
Among the people who got access to the draft platform was Abdel Moneim Said, head of Al Ahram Center for Strategic Studies.
"It establishes a religious state… It's an assassination to the civic state," Abdel Said said.
According to The Associated Press, which obtained a copy of the platform, it "calls for the formation of a commission of senior religious scholars, chosen in national elections, to advise parliament and the president."
In addition to their vision for an Islamic Egyptian republic, the Muslim Brotherhood has unsurprisingly taken advantage of the revolution in support of it.
In a post written by Zeinobia, an online writer for IKHWAN, the Muslim Brotherhood's Official English website, he credits BBC World Affair correspondent Paul Reynolds for having "made a wonderful handbook for overthrowing governments and regimes like the one in Burma."
Zeinobia finds the handbook to be "interesting because some factors are the key for any successful revolution that wants real change with historical examples from around the globe."
He outlines the following key factors:
- Widespread public protests, bringing in many different social and economic groups
- An opposition leadership with clear ideas around which people can rally
- The ability to use the media in some form to get a message across
In mentioning the organization's goals it is imperative that one be aware of its history and affiliations in order to better understand the nature of the revolution.
The following video depicts Communists demonstrating in the Middle East during this past weekend:
Muslim Brotherhood: History and Communist Affiliations
The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in March 1928 by Hassan al-Banna, an outspoken Egyptian schoolteacher and imam who, among many topics, openly discussed Marxism.
Originally established as an Islamic society, the Muslim Brotherhood soon attracted many individuals including Sayyid Qutb.
Born on October 9, 1906 in Musha, Egypt, Sayyid Qutb would go on to become one of the leading Islamic theological scholars for the Muslim Brotherhood. His writings have been credited as the main ideological inspiration for Islamic terrorism.
In his book Social Justice in Islam Qutb discussed a range of issues, including Communism of which he wrote:
Similarly we have no good grounds for any hostility between Islam and the struggle for social justice, such as the hostility which persists between Christianity and Communism. For Islam prescribes the basic principles of social justice and establishes the claim of the poor to the wealth of the rich; it lays down a just principle for power and money and therefore has no need to drug the minds of men and summon them to neglect their earthly rights in favor of their expectations in heaven.
In discussing the connection between the economic ideals of Communism with his views on Islam, Qutb wrote: "…while Communism is compelled to oppose religion in order to safeguard the rights of the workers, we have no need of any such hostility to religion."
Qutb found validity in Communism's economic criticism of capitalism, which he equated with Christianity. Its inherent atheism aside, Qutb was in agreement with Communism's secular goals, though he believed that Communism lacked the spiritual aspect that he saw as fulfilled through Islam.
Qutb's writings have resonated with many of his disciples, including Fathi Yakan — a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood.
In the 1960s, Yakan wrote: "The groundwork for the French Revolution was laid by Rousseau, Voltaire and Montesquieu; the Communist revolution realized plans set by Marx, Engels and Lenin. . . The same holds true for us as well" (Emphasis added).
The Muslim Brotherhood is not oblivious to Qutb's Leninist influences. In an article, entitled "Four Decades After Sayyid Qutb's Execution," Ibrahim al-Houdaiby of the Muslim Brotherhood wrote:
In "Milestones" Qutb presents a manifesto for change, one heavily influenced by Lenin's "What is to be done," with the clear Islamization of its basic notions. He argued that society was suffering from "jahiliyya" (a state of ignorance which preceded the revelation of Islam) and that consequently, there is no room for middle ground between Islamists and their societies. (Emphasis added).
In a 2006 briefing paper — The Roots of Islamist Ideology — published by the Centre for Research into Post Communist Economies, Robert R. Reilly makes note of the fact that Qutb had attended the Communist International, as the principle liaison for the Muslim Brotherhood.
This Qutbo-Leninist factor was just one facet of the Muslim Brotherhood's linkage to Communism.
The Muslim Brotherhood's unholy alliance with Communism stretches as far back to the 1940s and '50s during the early days of the Cold War, when Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin had his eyes set on the Communist takeover of Egypt.
"In such countries as Egypt or China, the Communists must pass from the policy of a United Nation front to the policy of a revolutionary bloc of workers and petty bourgeoisie. A party with such a dual composition is both necessary and expedient as long as it facilitates the actual leadership of the revolutionary movement by the Communist party," Stalin said.
In November 1951, in an article entitled "Detailed Stalin Plan is Coming True," AP foreign news analyst William L. Ryan noted in The Telegraph-Herald: "Communists have infiltrated heavily in the Moslem brotherhood, now in the forefront of the chaos in Egypt after having been suppressed for some time."
In October 1954 upon the signing of the Anglo-Egyptian agreement on Britain's troop withdrawal from the Suez Canal zone, Communist and Muslim Brotherhood protestors took to the streets of Cairo inciting acts of violence as they celebrated.
The subsequent year, in Aleppo, Syria, students with Communist, Socialist and Muslim Brotherhood affiliations violently demonstrated against the visit of Turkish Prime Minister Adnan Menderes and his proposal for a Middle East Treaty Organization (METO; latter renamed the Central Treaty Organization — CENTO) with Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Britain.
The Islamist and leftist students were heard shouting "Syria refuses imperialist pacts." Although Syria never did join CENTO, the demonstrations in Aleppo resulted in twenty students and four policemen sent to hospitals — a story all to similar to the events transpiring in Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia now.
In an interview on January 14, 2011, Salah Adly of the Communist Party of Egypt (CPE) referred to the Muslim Brotherhood as "the maximum right" and although he claimed "we do not ally ourselves with them," he nevertheless said, "but we are coordinating some of the issues of democracy and an end to a state of emergency against the practices of torture and to guarantee free elections." (Emphasis added).
In discussing some of the problems the Communist Party has had with the Muslim Brotherhood he admits to "alliances made with them in recent years."
Regardless of how Islamic the Muslim Brotherhood would have one believe it is, it's communist heritage remains undeniable and worth noting as the dominoes fall throughout the Middle East.
The most significant part of the interview, however, was what it revealed of the CPE's role in the orchestration of the current revolution in Egypt.
In speaking of the 2011 Alexandria bombing, in which a group of Coptic Christians were killed a few minutes into New Year's Day 2011, Adly condemned the attack and predicted "that the growing sectors of the Christians may join in the coming stage to protest movements demanding democracy, equality and change the conditions prevailing dictatorship." (Emphasis added)
What did he mean by "coming stage"? Was he alluding to the current revolution? If so, then how could he and the CPE have known of the protests, over a week before they started, unless they were key in its inception?
Although some members, including elder leaders, of the Muslim Brotherhood have been arrested, the truth of the matter is that they have been playing the role of catch-up — initially taking no side in the conflict — eventually joining in on the side of the masses already in revolt.
This would largely seem to discredit many commentators and pundits who regard the Egyptian revolution as a purely Islamic one or one helmed by the Muslim Brotherhood.
Regardless of the outcome of the revolution, even if it results in a Bolshevik-style takeover by the Muslim Brotherhood installing an Islamic theocratic government akin to that in Iran, or even a benign social democracy led by Mohamed ElBaradei, it should be noted that it was not the Muslim Brotherhood that played a significant role in the revolution's inception.
Historically, as mentioned before, the only other large group to have organized mass protests and demonstrations in Egypt, aside from the Brotherhood, has been the Communist Party, which in turn leads to its role in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution.
Communist Party of Egypt
The CPE was founded in 1942 by Henri Curiel, an Egyptian Jew of Italian ancestry who funneled money, arms and documents to left-wing transnational terror groups in the 1970s.
Among Curiel's clients were Basques' ETA, Spain's Maoist terror group GRAPO, the German Red Army Fraction, the Japanese Red Army, two Israeli Communist parties, the then-outlawed Communist Parties of Iraq, Haiti, Morocco, and Sudan, and five Latin America guerilla forces — including the left-wing Tupamaros in Uruguay.
Another of Curiel's clients was Sadegh Ghotbzadeth, the spokesman for Ayatollah Khomeini in Paris and following the Islamic Revolution became the Ayatollah's foreign minister in Teheran.
Curiel's tie to the Islamic Revolution and governing regime in Iran gives further credence to the connection between radical Islam and Communism.
Today the Islamo-Communist connection in Egypt is observed in their joint coordination, as noted above by CPE spokesman Salah Adly.
The role of the CPE in the events in Egypt is revealed in the website '21stcenturymanifesto,' which admits: "The Egyptian Communist Party is deeply involved in the current struggle against the continuation of the Mubarak dynasty."
This claim is vindicated by the CPE's on its website, openly admitting to having participated in the revolution claiming:
Hundreds of patriotic and democratic forces and cadres of our Party in the Cairo district of Abidin and in other places in the capital as well as other demonstrations in Port Said and Alexandria against the inheritance of power to Gamal Mubarak, or an extension for Hosni Mubarak…
Our party has participated in the demonstration raising banners of the Communist Party Banners to fly the red in the field of Abdeen and confirm the position of the Communist Party of rejection of this system. (Emphasis added).
In addition to being active the CPE also expressed its support of the student protesters.
"Hundreds of students of the Egyptian universities have already been attacked; additional to tens who have been prevented from examining, as well as having had their right of expression and demonstration abolished," the CPE stated.
These remarks are then followed by a call to action: "Thus we demand you to stand in solidarity with us against the arbitrariness and repress, practiced by the authority and the university against the students."
The CPE called for the adoption of the following demands:
- dismissal of Habib Adli and all the security leaders and officials of agencies entrusted with protecting the country as they claim, which left Egypt for taking advantage of prey and prey to terrorism, it turned out real role in guarding the forces of exploitation and plundering of the poor but generally insist
- accountability of all those responsible for claims broadcast of hatred and violence against the sons of the homeland and approval of alternative policies in the media and education allow for freedom of expression, thought and belief structures of the country and established the existence of a civil state is real.
- accelerate the implementation of laws would solve the problem of the crisis in Egypt, which refers to the likelihood of a real disaster tunnel using sectarianism as one common places of worship.
- provide an opportunity for the public to express its rejection of terrorism and sectarianism, because it is a guarantee to protect the country from disaster of sectarianism.
In addition to Egypt's Communist Party, Socialists and Communists from around the world have joined in pledging their solidarity.
The Global Socialist Left and Egypt
In an article posted by World Socialist Web Site – a subsidiary of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) – they reveal the purpose of the Egyptian revolution as follows:
The aim must be to replace the existing state with a workers' government, controlled by new institutions of popular democracy. Such a government will be the basis for carrying through socialist measures, including the nationalization of all major corporations and banks.
The ICFI openly declares that the purpose or "aim" of the revolution is to supplant the existing government with one of "socialist measures."
Another view of the forces at play can be observed by the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI), which expressed its support of the revolutions stating:
The removal of Mubarak would be a great success for the mass movement on the streets. But Egyptian workers and youth can have no faith in any 'national unity' or 'national salvation' government, which would most likely involve remnants of the Mubarak regime and would be dominated by other pro-bourgeois 'opposition' forces…
The Tunisian revolutionary movement is spreading across the Arabic world, from Yemen to Jordan and now most spectacularly to Egypt. Every rotten regime in the region is threatened, sooner or later, with mass street protests and their removal.
The CWI has called for the following demands to be met in Egypt:
- End police repression and brutality - For international solidarity with the Egyptian masses
- For mass workers' action, including a general strike, to overthrow Mubarak and the whole rotten, brutal regime
- For full democratic rights immediately, including the right to assemble, to strike and to organize democratic independent trade unions
- For the creation of democratically elected committees of mass struggle, and defence against state repression, in the workplaces, communities, schools and colleges, linked on local, regional and national scale, to spearhead the resistance
- For rank and file committees of police and soldiers - Side with the masses & purge the officers and hierarchy
- No to sectarianism - For the unity of all workers across religious lines
- No trust in any new 'national unity' regime based on the interests of the ruling class and imperialism
- For immediate and free elections to a revolutionary democratic constituent assembly - For a majority workers' and rural workers' government
- For a living minimum wage, guaranteed jobs, a massive programme of house building, education and health
- End the Egyptian blockade of Gaza - For self-determination for Palestine and for workers' unity and mass action to overthrow dictators across the region
- For the nationalisation of Egypt's big corporations, the banks and large estates and their democratic planning to meet the needs of the masses not an elite
- For a socialist Egypt and a socialist confederation of the region, on an equal and voluntary basis
With the Fifth Column in full force in Egypt, it is likely that the revolution will not rest until a number of its demands are satisfied. When the revolution concludes, despite who comes to/stays in power, it would be wise to look back at the parties involved, such as the Muslim Brotherhood but principally the role of the Communist Party of Egypt and its international Socialist and Communist cadres in order to examine the extent of its influence.
Photo: Demonstrators in support of the violent protestors in Egypt brandish Communist flags in the streets of Amman, Jordan.


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Creating Keepsakes Shares Creative Ways to Preserve Memories
Megan Hoeppner shares creative ways to preserve memories on KSL's Studio 5.
The 365 Concept
In the January 2009 issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine, we introduced a concept called "Project 365," which is all about capturing the true, day-to-day moments of your life by taking a single photograph every day for a year. This idea was hugely successful and is now in use worldwide. Today, there are several places where this concept is applied, complete with fun product offerings that can be combined with the photos to create memorable projects. For products designed with this concept in mind, check out:
1. Project Life by Becky Higgins
2. Creating Keepsakes has compiled a list of "Ten Can't-Miss Photos to Take Each Month." With it, you'll add fresh vantage points to your photo collection and tell a deeper story.
Documenting Photos
Once you've taken your photos, don't leave them on memory cards. Instead, print them and jot down the details of the event on the back using our photo labels. This free download is designed to work with 2" x 4" Avery 5263 Labels, making this a very easy and effective way to remember the moment when it comes time to scrapbook the image.
Writing 365
Another concept gaining popularity is the idea of 365 Blogging. This doesn't have to include photographs or even long entries. Instead, it can just be a short snippet, whether that's a thought, a quote, a silly conversation you've had with your child, or statement of gratitude.
• Choosing the Blog Size that's Right for You
Just like clothing, blogs come in different sizes—small, medium and large. Find the size that's right for you, based on the descriptions below:
Small: Things like updating your Facebook status and tweeting on Twitter are known as micro blogging. These are bite-size thoughts you post to an online audience, complete with a character limit.
Medium: Tumble blogging is the next step up from micro. Also short and sweet, this mid-size venue allows you to post a thought, link off to favorite sites and share photos. The main difference between tumble and micro is that you're without character limits. Tumblr.com is a great place to get started.
Large: For those who have the time and interest in sharing more in-depth thoughts with the e-world will most likely want to go with traditional blogging. There are a number of free and low-cost blogging options out there (Wordpress, Blogger, Livejournal, Typepad, etc.) where you can post as many pictures and words as you'd like as often as you'd like.
Creative Ways to Bring Your Photos and Words Together
You don't have to share your thoughts with the entire electronic world. If you're interested in the 365 concept but want to keep it more personal, create a photo-album scrapbook or catch-all journal. With just a few scrapbooking supplies, you can preserve your memories in fun, bite-size ways and really get a beautiful picture of what your life is all about.
• Photo-Album ScrapbookingPhoto album sleeves are for more than just pictures. As our special issue, Quick & Easy Photo Albums, illustrates, you can also use them to hold patterned paper, written notes and fun accents. This album, created for Creating Keepsakes magazine by well known scrapbooker Stacy Julian, is a beautiful example of how a standard photo album can transform into a colorful book of memories and moments.
• Journal Scrapbooking
Notebooks and journals can be for more than just shopping lists and the written word. Don't be afraid to staple photos in and add memorabilia. Transforming a standard notebook into a colorful journal is easy with scraps of paper. Simply staple in or glue patterned paper to some of the pages for quick, cute pockets that will hold your treasures.
Daily, Weekly or Monthly - It Matters! Whether you choose to join the daily memory-keeping crowd or decide that once a month is more your style, these approaches are easy to do and completely worthwhile. Scrapbooking doesn't have to mean full-on albums, loaded with 12 x 12 pages. It is simply a way of capturing your life instead of letting it pass you by without even taking time to recognize its beauty. Snap pictures, share your thoughts and put those bits together in a way that works for you. You'll be glad that you did, and those in your life (including the many generations to come), will adore you for it.
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Beginner harper, very late starter!
Posted 18 November 2018 - 09:54
I've chosen to play Pampuch's arrangement of Pachelbel's Canon, and Betty Paret's Berceuse de Noel for my entry into the solo world!!
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Posted 18 November 2018 - 10:20
Choir conductor: "Dorfmouse, do you think you could accompany one of the carols in the Advent concert?"
"Yes, just make up a simple accompaniment! And it'd be silly to have the harp there for just one song wouldn't it - the audience would love to hear a couple of short pieces! Not many harps round here."
Guess what I'm doing in a couple of weeks. Not one to be called chicken, me. Gulp!!
Just seen this! That's wonderful! They'll love it and it'll be soooo much fun preparing, I'm sure!
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Sounds great, Dorfmouse, congratulations with your entry in the solo world.
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Well, my solo debut was a real roller coaster. The Pachelbel went completely off the rails and only got back on to the right chord on the last bar. I exaggerate not! The Berceuse was super and I really enjoyed playing it. The carol accompaniment was OK, but the choir went so flat I didn't feel comfortable. No way of tuning down to match them!
So onwards and sideways. I'm having a go at harmonics as I seem to produce some nice ones accidentally in the right hand when crossing under .... !
Am continuing with my resolve of lots of "simple" pieces that can sound beautful and Irish slow airs are great for this. I'll revist some of the pieces that I gave up on previously that were just a bit too much e.g. a couple of Bernhard Andre's Ribambelles. Unfortunately there's not enough time and energy in the week to do as much as I like, what with piano, choir and (aarrrgh!) preparing for a flute exam.
But I decided to definitely retire at the end of this academic year, which will free up the daily 2-3 hours of terror on the Autobahn. So I'm glad to have made a head start on this lovely instrument.
Would love to hear about other people's progress!
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dofmouse - you so inspire me but sadly, I got a little way and then damaged my hand badly... so the harp fell by the wayside yet again!!! I'm sure you're right about getting some pieces you feel good about - I'm sure that will build confidence. I'm not saying, I'll never learn the harp but I think it's parked for a bit! I do wish you all the best with retirement. It was the best thing that ever happened to me because without it other wonderful things would never have happened. I hope yours is joyous too!
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I bent some fingers backwards on my right hand as I did a handstand from tripping over the flex on an electric blanket around November 1st! The two worse joints (3 and 4 on the harp) have just now started to work properly. The harp is still on the agenda but not until I recover my recorder position as I have a recorder teacher now!!! dorfmouse - you really are inspirational. And I love your optimism! It's a joy! I don't regret for one moment the time I spent with my harp; I will do so again! Happy Harping New Year!!!
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It's always important to keep our skin well hydrated, but now that the weather is turning cooler for many of is, it's especially important (and challenging) to keep dry skin away.
Here are a few of my absolute favorite body moisturizers. I now have my sister in love with the Shikai Gardenia lotion too. Are you a fan of any of these or do you have some other natural favorites?
Shikai (around $7.99)
I especially adore the Gardenia (it truly smells JUST like the flower), but there also a lot of other fun scents (yuzu, honeysuckle, etc)
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Dr. Hauschka (around $12.99)
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I have recently been having problems with my Samsung Epic 4G crashing to the point where I need to remove the battery to reboot. This would happen every couple of days.
I uninstalled everything and the hanging has gone away.
Since then I have started reinstalling items trying to determine what causes the problem.
Once I installed Akimbo and Presto the hanging returned again. I uninstalled both and reinstalled Akimbo and have not had the crash since.
It has only been a couple of days but it seems pretty likely that it has something to do with Presto.
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Director Luc Besson's company EuropaCorp announced today that they have acquired the rights to Aventures Extraordinaires d'Adele Blanc-Sec, a French graphic novel series that's been published since 1976. Adele Blanc-Sec, a popular novelist turned journalist, investigates mysterious happenings as a sort of one-woman X-Files unit who wasn't afraid to "drink, smoke, and shoot like a man."
Jacques Tardi illustrated Adele's adventures, although he had to find a way to move her from the 1910s and out of World War I where "Her feisty nature made it impossible to provide her with a place in the war. She would not have been allowed to fight, and could no more have settled for being a nurse, than she could have remained home rolling bandages." So, he had her get stabbed through the heart, and then frozen until World War II, when she could have a much larger role.
Adele frequently had run-ins with prehistoric creatures, mad scientists, and conspiracy theories. She also wasn't afraid to dish out both bullets and fisticuffs, and she was sometimes aided in her escapades by a resurrected mummy which was brought back from the Middle East by her great grand-uncle. EuropaCorp is planning a three movie Aventures series to begin hitting theaters in 2009, and we wouldn't mind seeing a gun toting Audrey Tautou go head to head with a pterodactyl and Adele.
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At a claimed 20x speed, many modern drives appear to destroy the barriers put in front of them by physics.
NEC's low-cost attempt, rated only at 18x, certainly has a go, but falls marginally short of shattering any barriers. Burning onto 16x certified media, it never quite hit the mark, topping out at 15.92x only briefly at the end of the burn, and averaging out at a languid 11.72x.
We would have expected a little faster push as the spindle speeds increased, but this didn't transpire. At least you can be comforted by the black fascia included in the box; perfect for hiding the common beige drive in a media centre, although you may find, as we did, that the fastening method leaves the drive front suspiciously loose.
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Possibly Joe Hoy, left, and unidentified Chinese man holding Sai Gai newspaper; circa 1910.
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A Compilation of Environmental Education News from Across Louisiana.
EPA's 2012 Environmental Education Grant Program (Deadline: November 21, 2012)
This grant program funds environmental education projects that enhance the public's awareness, knowledge, and skills to make informed decisions and take responsible actions towards the environment. http://www.epa.gov/education/grants/index.html
NOAA Teacher at Sea Program Call for Applications (Deadline: October 31, 2012)
Are you an educator interested in doing research on a ship? Apply for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Teacher at Sea program giving teachers the opportunity to learn about maritime work and increase environmental literacy by fostering an interdisciplinary research experience. http://teacheratsea.noaa.gov
USM's Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Teacher Opportunities
Explore a Seashore, a new program for adults and children over the age of 12, is sponsored by Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium and provides GCRL scientists with an opportunity to share their research with members of the public during lab and field experiences with intriguing themes. They have requested CEUs for all programs; CEUs for teachers are paid by the grant. Programs usually take place for 2 hours on Friday evening and 8 hours on Saturday. These programs fill quickly, so sign up soon. Registration forms and specific information about each program are available on the web: http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/mec/explore.a.seashore.php. For more information contact Shamika Harris-Richardson at 228-818-8833 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
2012-2013 Programs
Sharks, Shores and a Whole Lot More, $20; 0.8 CEUs; 5/11-12/2013
Art and Science on Horn Island (in cooperation with Walter Anderson Museum of Art), $50 members WAMA/$65 non-members WAMA; 0.8 CEUs; 4/13-14/2013
Human Diseases from the Coastal Ocean, $20; CEUs requested; 10/12-13/2012 and 3/9-10/2012 (spring date is tentative)
Insights into Parasites of the Sound, $20; 0.7 CEUs; 10/26-27/2012
Weathering the Storm, $20; 0.5 CEUs; 11/17/2012
Call for Presenters…Call for Exhibitors!
On February 22-23, 2013, the LEEC and the LEEA will host the 16th Annual Louisiana Environmental Education Symposium – "Our Environment…Our Future" at the Marriott Hotel in Baton Rouge. This year we are placing emphasis on the concept of sustainability – understanding, key practices, implementation, and more. The theme for this upcoming conference, therefore, is "Build a Sustainable Future"!
Exhibitors: Our target audience will include classroom teachers, pre-service teachers, business and industry representatives, non-profit organizations, state and local officials, and non-formal educators.
Presenters: Do you have a hands-on workshop, lesson activities, or exemplary program that you would like to share with other educators? Particularly one that incorporates the concept of sustainability?! Consider presenting at the upcoming 2013 Louisiana EE Symposium! Help teachers by giving them the tools necessary to conduct quality environmental lessons! Also, teachers love presentations made by fellow teachers so if you are a classroom teacher with an innovative lesson, please consider using the symposium as a way to ultimately reach a larger audience of students!
Postmark deadline for exhibitor registration and presenter proposals is November 30, 2012. Please see attached forms and informational flyers below.
For more information: Venise Ortego, EE Coordinator, 337-948-0255, email@example.com, or Juliet Raffray, EE Assistant Coordinator, 225-765-0124, firstname.lastname@example.com
BatsLIVE Webinar: A Distance Learning Adventure (October 11, 7:00-8:30 PM, EDT)
BatsLIVE, in partnership with the National Wildlife Federation, is hosting a free webinar for 4-8th grade teachers and students. Learn about cave and karst topography in this interactive program and submit your questions to experts: Cynthia Sandeno, National Cave and Karst Coordinator for the USDA Forest Service; Carol Zokaites, Chief of Environmental Education for Virginia State Parks and National Coordinator of Project Underground; and Dr. Rick Toomey, director of the Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning. http://online.nwf.org/site/Calendar?id=105903&view=Detail
Exploring Landscapes through Project Based Learning (October 24, 2:00 PM EDT)
Understanding our landscapes - where we live and how we interact with our natural resources - is a critical part of understanding natural resource issues. Webinar presenters Breanna Trygg and Erica Baker will introduce the Project Based Learning Model (PBL). In PBL, students explore their local landscape by structuring and organizing an action project and sharing what they have learned. This webinar covers information from two CE Strategy resources: Landscape Investigation Guidelinesand Project Based Learning Model. Breanna Trygg is Environmental Education Program Coordinator for the Pacific Education Institute. Erica Baker is Educational Consultant. Space is limited so be sure to register soon.
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Evolutionary Strategies in Marine Phytoplankton: Interrelated Influence of Nutrients, Cell Size, and Grazing Defense
October 04, 2012, 11:00-12:00 PDT
Oysters' Contribution to Water Column Filtration
October 04, 2012, 12:00-12:30 EST
Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane in Freshwater Wetland Ecosystems
October 04, 2012, 12:30-13:00 EST
What Pirates Can Teach Us About Integrated Decision Support
October 05, 2012, 12:00-13:00 EST
Reprise: Collaborating with Friends - Creating Intranet Sites with Google Sites
October 09, 2012, 14:00 - 15:00 EST
Make Coastal Changes Come Alive with CanVis Visualization Software
October 10, 2012, 14:00-15:30 EST
Sandlance, Sharks and Sticky Fish - Inspiration for New Materials and Biomimetic Solutions to Unusual Problems
October 11, 2012, 11:00-12:00 PDT
NOAA Monthly Climate Webinar Updates
October 18, 2012, 11:00 - 12:00 EST (times may vary)
Marine Genomics and the Evolution of Body Plans
October 18, 2012, 11:00-12:00 PDT
Introduction to Great Lakes Climate Education Resources
October 19, 2012, 10:00-12:00 EST
Using Cost Effectiveness Analysis to Select Salmon Recovery Measures: A Practical Approach with Some Difficulties
October 25, 2012, 11:00-12:00 PDT
EcoChallenge: Change Begins With You (October 1-15)
The EcoChallenge is an opportunity to change your life for good. Common wisdom says it takes two weeks to change a habit. Choose one action to reduce your environmental impact and stick with it for two weeks. As an individual or with a team, you pick a category and set a goal that stretches your comfort zone and makes a difference for you and the planet. http://www.ecochallenge.org
Volunteers Needed to Assist with a Coastal Forest Restoration Project near Chalmette (October 16)
The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL) and the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation are looking for volunteers to participate in a coastal forest tree restoration project near the Caernarvon Diversion Outfall Canal in Plaquemines Parish, LA (near Chalmette, LA) on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. to no later than 4:00 p.m. Directions and additional information will be provided to registered volunteers via e-mail. All planting equipment (gloves, shovels, etc.), lunch, and refreshments will be provided. Volunteers will be planting 300 cypress trees and wrapping the trees with protectors to shield them from predators. Volunteers will be transported to the planting site by boat. This will be a muddy day with strenuous and dirty activity, so physical fitness is required. Please register online atthe www.crcl.orgor call the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana at 1-(888)-LACOAST for more information.
Chasing Water
Bullfrog Films has just released Chasing Water, a documentary that follows the Colorado River, source to sea, with photographer Pete McBride who takes an intimate look at the watershed as he attempts to follow the irrigation water that sustains his family's Colorado ranch. This visual journey is both revealing and alarming as it highlights the state of the river and the Southwest's drying future. http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/chasw.html
Ecoliterate: How Educators Are Cultivating Emotional, Social, and Ecological Intelligence
Ecoliterate offers an exciting new model of education that advances academic achievement; protects the natural world upon which we depend; and fosters strength, hope, and resiliency. It tells stories of activists, educators, and young people who are creatively addressing issues related to oil, coal, food, and water in places ranging from the Arctic to Appalachia and New Mexico to New Orleans. The secret to their success? Bringing some emotional intelligence to their ecological goals. Ecoliterate is the result of an innovative collaboration between Daniel Goleman (author of Emotional Intelligence) and Lisa Bennett and Zenobia Barlow of the Center for Ecoliteracy. http://www.amazon.com/Ecoliterate-Educators-Cultivating-Ecological-Intelligence/dp/1118104579
How to Develop Effective Leadership in your Community
How do you empower leaders in your community to stand up and get involved in environmental justice issues? Watch EPA's newest video in their 20th Anniversary video series, featuring Teri Blanton, the former Chair for the citizens' group Kentuckians for the Commonwealth. Teri describes the lessons learned from helping local residents take ownership over the decision-making processes, and how to train leaders to advocate for healthier communities. http://blog.epa.gov/ej/2012/09/809/
LPB, in Partnership with CWPPRA, Releases Turning the Tide Curriculum for Educator
Teachers and students have a powerful new resource for studying the environmental and economic crisis unfolding at the mouth of America's largest river delta along Louisiana's Gulf Coast. Turning the Tide, an award-winning LPB documentary, takes an in-depth look at the proposed solutions, proven strategies, and bold engineering that can "turn the tide" on Louisiana's coastal erosion problem. New! Turning the Tide: A Companion Teaching Guide and the companion video clips encourages students to ask questions about the environmental, cultural and economic crisis resulting from land loss along Louisiana's Gulf Coast and to explore how choices made today will affect their future. It is available free at lpb.org/turningthetide and http://lacoast.gov/new/Ed/Curriculum.aspx. This guide was developed by LPB, CWPPRA's Educational Outreach program and the region's top environmental science educators, with funding from the McKnight Foundation. Targeting middle and high school teachers and students, the resource provides lessons in Economics, Math, Science, English, Social Studies, Art and Geography that are aligned to state and national standards. Creative teaching strategies for using the guide will be demonstrated at the Louisiana Science Teachers Association conference in Shreveport on November 12-14, 2012. Registration information is available at http://www.lsta.info/index.php. For questions about the documentary Turning the Tide contact Christina Melton at firstname.lastname@example.com and/or about the teacher guide contact Susan Testroet-Bergeron at email@example.com.
NEW Ranger Rick Jr. Magazine from National Wildlife Federation
A brand new magazine from the publishers of Ranger Rick® targeting ages 4-7. For more information: http://www.nwf.org/Kids/Ranger-Rick-Jr.aspx
Find out about wetland outreach activities including symposiums, conferences, meetings, educational opportunities, volunteer opportunities, and related support material at the Louisiana Unified Coastal Community Calendar at http://lacoast.gov/calendar/
Louisiana Environmental Education Commission (LEEC) – www.wlf.la.gov/eec
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- Summary
Made to the exacting standards of Japanese professional chefs, Global's award-winning knives are prized for their perfect balance, light weight and sleek, seamless construction. This set includes three fundamental pieces of kitchen cutlery, so you can enjoy the performance of Global knives every day.
- Set includes a 7" Asian chef's knife, a 5" hollow-ground santoku and a 4" paring knife.
- Stamped blades are made from exceptionally hard Cromova 18 high-carbon stainless steel, ice tempered and hardened to resist corrosion.
- Prominent 1/4" edges are visible to the naked eye and ground straight to a point rather than beveled, resulting in impressive sharpness and edge retention.
- Stainless-steel handles are seamlessly constructed and textured for a good grip.
- Crafted to professional standards, these knives are lightweight yet perfectly balanced.
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- Asian chef's knife: 7"-long blade, 4 3/4" handle, 6 oz.
- Santoku knife: 5"-long blade, 4 1/2" handle, 3.75 oz.
- Paring knife: 3 1/2"-long blade. 3 1/2" handle. 2 oz.
- Made in Japan.
- Use & Care
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- Avoid cutting on hard surfaces such as stone, metal or glass.
- It is not advisable to use any knife but a meat cleaver to cut through bone or frozen food, as the blade can be easily damaged.
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Love means never having to say that you're ugly in the extravagant fantasy film Enemy Mine. Earthling Dennis Quaid is Davidge, one of many space warriors engaged in a bloody extraterrestrial battle against the Draconians. Crash-landing on a faraway planet, Davidge is forced into an "up close and personal" with the Drac (Lou Gossett Jr.), a repellant, reptilian creature. Evidently a bivalve, the Drac gives birth to a baby Drac just before...more
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By Bhuchung K. Tsering
International Campaign for Tibet
April 10, 2012
Although NASA or any other space organizations have not announced any fresh attempt to send another human being to the moon, there is a man on the moon, and this has become an issue for China. Yes, China has lunar ambitions, but that is not the reason why it sees this report of a man on the moon as a problem. The issue is literally something beyond our world; power of faith over which China's space research laboratories (or the politburo) do not have any control.
I am referring to the report from Tibet that an individual has sighted an image resembling that of His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the moon. According to the Central Tibetan Administration's website, www.tibet.net, the individual – 20 year old Phurbu Namgyal—residing near Lhasa reportedly told his friends "that if someone gazes at the night sky one can see His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the moon."
Now, the moon is not just a beautiful object to behold on a clear bright night, but for someone with a bit of imagination it can also be a source of fascination. The rabbit on the moon is a universally accepted image, but there are those who see images of other things or people. As a child I used to partake in a harmless ritual where we children would stand and stare intensely at our shadows on a moonlit night. Then if we look up to the sky suddenly we would even "see" the form of a human being there.
More to the point, we Tibetans are from a cultural environment in which we can see visions in lakes or locate spirits in trees. Therefore, the idea of someone seeing an image on the moon did not come as a surprise to me. In fact, it seemed logical that given the Tibetan people's faith in His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the lack of opportunity for them to see him in person (or even in portraits), his is the image that people will project on the moon, a virtual presence, if you will.
Of course, those who do not believe in religion will see such things as superstition and even objectionable. One might conclude from this that since the Chinese Communists do not believe in religion, it is from this angle that they have the problem with 'backward" Tibetans seeing stuffs on the moon. But of course that is not the reason. I have no hesitation in saying that the Chinese authorities would not have cared a wee bit if this same Tibetan reported seeing a Yak, Steve Jobs or even the Apple logo on a waxing or a waning moon (or a partially-eclipsed moon). I think they would even have welcomed if this person had reported seeing the four leaders of modern China, the same people whose portraits have been made obligatory decoration in Tibetan monasteries.
But the issue of course is that it is none of these images that the Tibetan reported seeing. It was the image of the Dalai Lama and therein lay the problem. Seeing an image on the moon could be ordinarily ascribed to eye fatigue and blurred vision that could be corrected by a good night's rest. But the Comrade who reportedly detained the individual seeing the image knew that for a Tibetan to see the image of the Dalai Lama on a heavenly body has much greater significance.
The crux of the matter is this: China has been trying for so many decades to win over the Tibetan people through economic incentives and political coercion. In the process they have been making the case that the Communist Party is the Tibetan people's new deity. "Thou shalt have no other gods before me" sort of commandment. Unfortunately for China, what they could not achieve, the power of faith of the Tibetan people, combined (I think) with some atmospheric disturbance on the surface of the moon, made it possible for the Dalai Lama to land on the moon. I guess that just as the Chinese people had to "Learn from Lei Feng" at one time, now they should "Learn from the Man on the Moon."
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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Voice building
Re: Voice building
From: Peter Herngaard <pethern_at_email.dk>
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 00:11:31 +0100
It is said that you can do it from the Control Panel, but my own tested method uses the rate property from within the script.
Best Wishes,
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Hi again Peter so where would I have to adjust this rate? From within the script or is it from the speech properties of the control panel?
Hello Hamish
No, the rate adjustment in SAPI5 is slightly different but similar from the method used in SAPI4.
In SAPI5 use the rate property to change the rate. I can't remember whether the rate adjust refer to the number of spoken words per minute.
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Hi Peter
Would inserting that line also work for a SAPI 5 voice such as scansoft lee and would the figure of 360 work for a scansoft voice or does it need to be adjusted and is the 360 a words per minute speed?
Hello Grant
From my own makevoices.vbs file
In order to adjust speech rate insert the following line after BDone = false.
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----- Original Message -----
What is the optimal line to insert into the MakeVoices script for building a voicefile with the Reed voice, which is SAPI4? Thanks.
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Harvard's Tony Grillo and Mark Pollak earned spots on the 2010 All Ivy League Men's Golf team in an announcement from the league office on Monday morning.
The members of the 2010 Men's Golf All-Ivy teams were determined by virtue of their individual finish in the Ivy League Men's Golf Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J., which took place on April 23, 24 & 25. All-Ivy first team includes the competition's top-five finishers, while the second team is comprised of sixth-place through tenth-place.
The Ivy League Player and Rookie of the Year Awards were voted on by the eight head men's golf coaches.
First Team (5)
Scotty Williams, Penn (So., Orinda, Calif.)
Clark Granum, Columbia (Jr., San Diego, Calif.)
Tom McCarthy, Yale (Jr., Tolland, Conn.)
Bernie D'Amato, Princeton (Fr., Weston, Pa.)
Peter Williamson, Dartmouth (So., Hanover, N.H.)
Second Team (7)
Tony Grillo, Harvard (So., Vineyard Haven, Mass.)
Brendan Doyle, Columbia (So., Beverly Hills, Calif.)
Chance Pipitone, Penn (Sr., Houston, Texas)
Michael Yiu, Columbia (Fr., Laguna Hills, Calif.)
Robert Cronheim, Cornell (Sr., Watchung, N.J.)
Brad Kushner, Yale (Fr., Mendham, N.J.)
Mark Pollak, Harvard (So. San Antonio, Texas)
Player of the Year
Tom McCarthy, Yale (Jr., Tolland, Conn.)
Rookie of the Year
Colin St. Maxens, Penn (Fr., Washington, D.C.)


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DWTS Pros Peta Murgatroyd, Maks and Val Chmerkovskiy Attend Maxim Hot 100 Party
Pictured above is Peta Murgatroyd, and brothers, Val and Maks Chmerkovskiy. The three pros of Dancing With The Stars attended the Maxim Hot 100 Party at Dream Downtown on May 24th in New York City. A few other stars to attend the event was Bar Refaeli, Paula Garces, Jessica Rafalowski, Rebecca Mader, and Jenni Farlay. You can view more pictures of them in a fun new album at Zimbio Pictures.