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Date: Sun, 01 Feb 1998 21:43:23 -0800
From: Bradley Akey, firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: Creative Labs SB-16 & Sony CDU76E-S
I am attempting to install RedHAt Linux ver 4.2 from a Sony CDU-76E-S CD-ROm connected to a Sound Blaster 16 via an IDE interface at base io 0x1E8, IRQ 15. Waht is the correct boot parameter to get this CD-ROM to function properley
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 08:25:32 -0500 (EST)
From: Michael Stutz, email@example.com
Subject: Help Wanted: recording audio data
Is there any way to read and save the data that is currently being played by the soundcard, regardless of the sound source?
(There is a program in alpha which does this called paudio, at http://web.syr.edu/~jdimpson/proj/. It creates a readable /proc/audio -- but I haven't yet gotten it to work with the OSS-compatible driver produced by the Linux Ultrasound Project which I use.)
Michael Stutz
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 14:18:49 -0500
From: Todd Blake,
Subject: Help Wanted
I like most people am the only person to use my linux system at home. What I'd like to do is when my system is done booting to have me automatically login as my main user account(not as root though) on one virtual console(the first) and leave all other consoles and virtual consoles alone, so that someone telnetting in will get a login prompt like normal, just that I won't. I'd still like the other vc's have login's for others to login and other reasons. I've tried just putting /bin/sh in /etc/inittab and that didn't work, and I'm stumped. Does anyone have any ideas on this?
Todd Blake
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 17:47:08 -0600
From: peter smith,
Subject: Problems with Linux through Wingate Socks
I'm having a few problems accessing the internet through Wingate v2.0 on my Windows95 machine using my Linux Redhat 4.2 installation. I've had this SOCKS server set-up for quite some time on my internet dial-out machine and have previously had no problems accessing the internet through this server via my second machine's installation of Windows95 or even WindowsNT. The problem is directly related to DNS lookups. If I access a domain-name from my Linux machine that seems to get redirected, I will receive an error that the DNS address does not exist. For instance, if I attempt to open the web page http://www.kernel.org (which gets redirected to http://linux.kernel.org) my browser (Netscape v4.04 for Linux 2.0* i386 rpm) reports a DNS error. However if I instead attempt to open the redirected web page http://linux.kernel.org my browser will open it ok, without error. I'm baffled by this behavior and have tried a number of different things! I can provide more detailed information if needed. Thanks in advance to any who try to help! ;)
I love Linux Gazette and have a great time browsing all the cool suggestions and tips! Keep up the ideas and info!
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 19:04:42 -0500
From: Melmac88, email@example.com
Subject: Shadow passwords
Can someone do a clear explanation on how to set up a shadow password file, and exactly how it works? I've seen this recommended for security purposes in many books and articles, but there never seems to be an explanation on how to do this.
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 04:38:06 -0900
From: David Lev, firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: my dual pentium
My name is David Lev, I have a problem with my second CPU.
I am currently using a Caldera OpenLinux Standard with Kernel (2.0.29-2). After I install the system I try to enable the 2 CPU and my computer FREEZE or I loss my DeskTop and it takes for ever to do one process. but with one CPU the computer work fine no problems at all. I ask for your help. If you can help me also on how to enable 2 modems and run them as one.
My computer content:
ATX Dual Motherboard - GA-586DX with SCSI on board Adaptec 7880 CPU - 2x 233MMX Pentium 128M RAM EDO 2x 3.1G HDD - W.D - IDE 2x 8X CD-ROM - IDE 2x 56K Modem ESS Sound card
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 15:00:34 EST
From: Andreas M. Weiner,
Subject: Linux and AMD K6 Processor - any Problems?
This is my hardware configuration. Support answered that there would be problems with using the K6 with Linux; for instance a crash.
What dou you know about this problem ?
Could you send me a some informations to solve this problem ?
Are there Kernel patches available ?
I'm looking forward of getting the answers from you
Andreas M. Weiner
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 10:26:36 -0800
From: David, firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: X without a Mouse?
Been searching around the net and ldp, and can't seem to find anything on this one. Trying to be able to use X WITHOUT a mouse. Yes, I know, it works bets with a mouse, but I'd like to be able to get at least limited x funcationality without it. Any help is greatly appreciated, and being waited. Also, is there any was to do mouse emulation without a mouse? I found a program that translated ps/2 to a standard serial mouse, for before x supported ps/2, i assume... anyone know if a program has been written to allow the keypad to do mouse, ie, translate keypad input to /dev/mouse? Thanks for your time, hoping some kind linux guru's out there can help. :)
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 21:59:04 -0700
From: Todd Jamison,
Subject: Help with Sound Card
I currently am running RedHat 5.0 on a Pentium 150 W/48 MB Ram. I = cannot get my ESS ES1868 plug and play sound card to work. I am very = new to linux and am still learning. If anyone can help me i would = really appreciate it.
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 16:41:49 -0600
From: John Gorman,
Subject: HP4 & font
I just installed a HP LaserJet 4L on RedHat 4.2 Intel and when I print postscript (from emacs, etc), it prints at about a size 24 font. How to I set my font where I want it.
John Gorman
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 08:46:12 +0100
From: Jeroen Bulters,
Subject: Changing XDM windows
Can I change the XDM login window/screen? I have a cool house logo so i want to use it in my own Home Network. And at my school they want to know to so. Is it possible. If yes, how? If no, WHY NOT.
Jeroen Bulters, The netherlands
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 01:36:30 +0000
From: Mackenzie St. Louis,
Subject: New Motherboards
A lot of motherboards have been coming out lately with built in graphics and sound. Any plans to cover them. I just bought a TX-Pro-II board with graphics and sound. However I think I will be returning it since I can't get the sound to work. It has a SoundPro chip. Can not also get XFree 3.3.1 to run properly. It will only come in 8 bit 320x200, even though the graphic chip is supposed to be AGP. If you could point out where I can get some info. I would gladly write an article for the Gazette in case any else comes across this same problem. Please email me with any info or questions.
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 16:28:09 -0800
From: chewey nougat,
Subject: HELP-Installing Linux on a FAT32 Drive
I'm interested in installing linux on a machine I built recently, but = when I installed Win95(b), I idiotically opted to format the drive using = FAT32, which in a 95-only environment is great, but linux can't read it = for greek.
I've looked around for utilities to effectively un-FAT32 the drive, = which I will then partition with Partition Magic to use the freespace as = a native ext2 partition, etc., but am having little luck. Reformating is = a disheartening prospect I would rather not face, but am fully prepared = to do so if I don't find any help here.
much thanks,
nate daiger
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 13:47:06 -0500
From: Brian O. Bush,
Subject: question on motor control
Does anyone know how to interface and control two motors from a Linux box? I am looking for a simple solution (in circuit at least).
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 98 14:16:13 -0500
From: Bill R. Williams,
Subject: Wanting HELP!
First off: I can *not* believe I am the only one bitten by this.
In the process of getting a System installed I upgraded from the original CD-ROM install of (Intel) RedHat 4.2 to the new RedHat 5.0 CD-ROM. One of the significant items on this system is the mars-nwe Netware emulator.
Under the RedHat 4.2 with mars-nwe 0.98pl8-1 the mars package ran fine, but logged copious errors about there being "too many connections -- increase the number in config.h". But it ran, and I *liked* the way it happily did Netware duties! (Especially the printer part.)
The *new* RedHat 5.0 with mars-nwe 0.99pl2-1 offered some very desirable abilities, not the least of which is the move of some items (such as number of connections) to the run-time config file (/etc/nwserv.conf under RedHat, probably nw.ini on other distributions.) Now the bad news...
Of lesser, but still irritating, importance is the fact that the mars package won't shutdown without some hard kills. This may be related to the really important problem which is:
This new package spawns out nwconn processes with an empty parenthesis as the last token instead of the USERID ('nwconn ... ()') until all connection slots are eaten, and then, of course, will not recognize any new attempts. Any users already logged into the nwserv(ice) are Ok.
Since I am neither a Netware guru nor a mars guru I can only hazard a guess, but since the nwconn(s) are children of the ncpserv daemon I suspect that ncpserv is the source of the troubles.
I have tried every combination of parameter twiddling in the run-time config file that can think of, but to no avail.
One thing I have noticed, the 2.0.32 linux kernel /usr/src/linux/.config no longer has the 'CONFIG_IPX_INTERN' setting (should be unset according to mars-nwe docs) which existed in 2.0.27. This may or may not have anything to do with the problem. Checking the kernel sources, it appears that the RedHat rpm of the 2.0.32 kernel has the mars patches incorporated into the source.
Anyone who has solved this problem, please share the secret.
BTW: I attempted resolution through the RedHat Support system as a registered RedHat customer, and if anybody wants a good laugh I'll be happy to share the "circle of correspondence" from RedHat support. I did learn from the attempt that no *human* at RedHat actually ever sees the E-Mail to the support team or 'Bugs' team. (The "auto answer" mechanism will get right back to you, though, and tell you not to expect an answer.)
As I said, I can *not* believe I am the only one bitten by this, because I've looked on the news groups and seen several posts with "Mars and RedHat 5.0" in the Subject fields. These were all on the French os.linux.... lists, and unfortunately I do not read French!
Sorry for the rambling on...
Bill R. Williams
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 1998 13:03:24 +0100 (CET)
From: Manfred Lemke,
Subject: Support for IBM Ethernet card?
I'm frantically searching for some kind of support for IBM's LAN Adapter/A for Ethernet. Does any of you know of a driver in the Linux Kernel that works?
Best regards and thanks in advance,
Manfred Lemke
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 00:09:33 +0100 (MET)
From: Radoslav Dejanovic,
Subject: Linux Journalists International
Linux Journalists International is an effort to make a meeting point for journalists who use Linux or simply write about it. It is also a place where other journalists and other people can take a look what is going on with Linux and media that supports it. There will be info pages about magazines/media and journalists who use Linux and/or write about Linux & related software.
I am editor in one croatian computer magazine (http://www.pcchip.hr) and this is my effort to give the Linux community something that lacks: popularity in media and a chance to boost media coverage of Linux. The homepage is at http://www.purger.com/~rado/lji.html - please take a look at it. LJ and LG are the strongest "Linux inside" media :), so your support in this project is essential.
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 10:02:08 -0500 (EST)
From: Paul Lussier,
Subject: Retraction Re: Linux and routing
It was just called to my attention that this came across a little to strongly and I'd like to clarify what I had previously written.
On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, I wrote:
Some words of caution. DO NOT HAVE YOUR LAN CONNECTED AT THE TIME OF THE CABLE MODEM INSTALLATION!!!! [Comapany names removed], and most of the other cable companies (we deal with them all here) will refuse to connect a LAN to their broadband network. Simply remove your hub or coax cable from view, and let them do what they need to do, then connect everything else up after they leave.
This was probably a little of an overstatement. I know only of 1 company that has this as a policy, but have heard of people having problems with some of the others. I have even recently been informed of one company that is *quite* Linux friendly and will "encourage the use of Linux as firewall/routers" as well as "allow and assist individuals & companies to setup there own Web servers, either at their permises or ours. We offer web hosting and will assist in registering a domain name". So, I obviously made an improper, blanket statement which does not represent the attitudes or policies of all companies.
Some other interesting tidbits of information about cable modems and cable companies:
1. Do not expect support for running a LAN over the cable modem from the cable company. They don't want you to do it, they won't help you do it.
2. Do not expect to put up a web server to be accessed by from the internet. You are a client, not a server. This technology,though fully capable of performing in this manner, is not being deployed for use this way.
Again, this is a blanket statement that *does not* apply to all cable companies. There is a good reason for those companies who do hold this policy, and perhaps I should have gone into more detail. When you get a cable modem from a cable company, *typically* you are agreeing to lease the equipment from them under similar agreement as you rent the TV set top box for cable television reception. The agreement typically states that you are not allowed to run the cable to any other TV for which you do not rent a box. The same goes for the cable modems. They are agreeing to lease you 1 modem for 1 computer. Setting up a firewall/proxy server to enable other systems access is exactly like placing a diplexor on you TV set, and running the cable to another television. That is a violation of the agreement, and is illegal, immoral, and unethical; it's stealing. And again, I re-iterate, this is not true for *all* companies. Check with your cable company, they should be happy to explain their policies to you.
I don't really think you *should* expect to be able to do either of these though, unless the cable company has provisions in place. You are agreeing to connect one computer to their network as a client. Anything more, you should expect to pay more, as they are providing you with increased capabilities. Just like the phone company charges more per added service (*69, caller ID, etc) so should the cable companies. Personally, I think that average rate of US$40-$50 a month for the equivalent of a T1 to my house is an awesome deal. If I want more capability, I should expect and be willing to pay more.
Cable companies WILL shut you down for running a server of anykind on your end of the network, and it can be *forever* :(
Again, I spoke without clarification. Obviously it depends upon the policies of your local cable company. I know of 2 or 3 instances where this has been the case. By stating the above, I was trying to warn of the possible consequences of violating the contract with the cable company. If the cable company specifies in the contract what you are allowed to do and what you are not allowed to do, you should expect to deal with the consequences of violating the agreement.
Spammers love cable/broadband networks. There have been several cases where a broadband network customer has been used by spammers and were subsequently shutdown for life by the cable company. What happens is the person decides to connect their private LAN to the cable modem but sets the firewall up incorrectly. Spammers search cable/broadband networks for proxy servers/firewalls (Usually Win95/NT) that allow incoming connections and then use that system to spam the entire cable/broadband network making the spam appear as if you sent it.
Spammers love any insecure system or network. Broadband Technology though, for the first time has allowed people more extensive and closer contact with other people on the internet. When you dial into an ISP with a normal modem, it's a little more difficult for devious minded people to take advantage of other users. But with cable modems, you now have hundreds and/or thousands of people all on the same private network, all with similars IP addresses, many of whom, now leave their systems connected for much longer periods of time. This makes it much easier for crackers, and other mischievous people, to take advantage of anyone who isn't running a properly secured system.
Usually you will be given 1 warning by the cable company, but there have been cases where none was given and the customer was completely shut down.I have heard of this happening on several occasions, where usually the person was running an improperly configured firewall, and spammers used their system to launch e-mail to thousands of people connected to cable companies' private broadband networks. If I'm paying $40 or $50 a month for this service, I, as a paying customer do not want to receive solicitous e-mail (spam) from some one else, especially if they are on the same broadband network as I. I would complain to my cable company about it and expect them to do something. It was these exact circumstances that has led to several people having their cable modems permanently removed.
Current modems are capable of transmitting at 10Mbs in both directions, but are usually deployed throttled back to a trasmit speed of 300Kbs and a recieve speed of 1.5Mbs. You want more bandwidth, they'll be happy to charge you more money :)
Personally, I think this is very fair. The cable companies are providing us with a service. We, as consumers, have to pay for this service. Just like my electric bill, if I use a lot of electric service, I pay a lot of money; or like the telephone company, if I have more features or want a T1, I pay more money than if I only had a normal telephone line. It's the same with cable modem technology, the capability is there for 10Mbps bandwidth in both directions. The technology is also there to regulate that flow. I expect the cable companies to use that technology. If I want LAN speeds to my house, I should expect to have to pay for it.
Again, I want to apologize for not clarifying my previous statements a little more. Please check with your local cable company before you do anything like connecting your private LAN to theirs. There are as many different policies as there are cable companies, so make sure to explicitly ask if what you want to do is permitted. This is a great technology and has tremendous benefits. Playing by the rules that the cable company has put in place will only help the technology spread. By violating the rules, you run the risk of losing access to it, as well as making it more difficult for the cable comapanies to contiue selling this service. Like any other market driven product, if there's no money in it, or it costs too much to implement, it will fall by the wayside, and no one benefits. By not folling the rules, we as customers can make it cost prohibitive for implementation, and conversely, by following the rules, we create more market demand, which in turn, continues pushing the technology forward, and everyone benefits.
#include <std_disclaimer.h>I don't pretend to know all the policies of all the cable companies. I don't assume to speak for any of the,, nor do I tell them how to operate. My opinions are my own, and no one else's. Dammit Jim, I am a Unix sysadmin, not a sales rep :)
Please feel free to send me questions, comments, criticisms, etc.
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 15:01:30 -0500
From: Jack Chaney,
Subject: New Direction
I heard on the radio last night, an announcement that IBM has just successfully masked, produced and tested their newest piece of silicon. The processor is based on the PowerPC design and is reported to run at 1000MHz. Knowing what I know about the PowerPC and its various flavours, I think it would do to examine the idea of porting Linux in a native coded version to this processor platform. The pricing of this chip with a heavy duty operating environment could give the Alpha a real run for its money.
The PowerPC (for those who don't know) is a RISC based processor with three major operation blocks, each capable of independent operation. This enables the instruction flow to become parallelized so as many as three instructions can be done simultaneously, and because it is a RISC processor the instructions have been optimised so most occur in only one or two cycles. The other element of the design is to have an extremely large cache memory on-board the processor to reduce fetch time for instructions. To give an idea of the improvement in speed realised by this method, a PowerPC emulates the Intel part by keeping an interpreter block in the cache memory of the chip and interprets the Intel object code at comparable speeds of the Intel parts. The lure of creating a native Linux for this processor has crossed my mind on a number of occasions prior to the IBM announcement, and now I hope with encouragement this can move from fantasy to fact.
Jack Chaney
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 08:50:00 -0500
From: Hampton, Mike,
Subject: Picking a nit
Maybe I should have called the subject of this "pet peeve" or something like that. What I am writing about is a simple grammatical error that I have seen many people make, but one that shouldn't appear in the Gazette or any published effort and that is the incorrect use of "it's" when the author should have used "its." An example is in the following sentence from a recent issue:
"This was necessary in order for a *nix version to behave to applications like it's counterparts so applications could run everywhere."
If you take the "it's" and expand it, the sentence would read:
"This was necessary in order for a *nix version to behave to applications like it is counterparts so applications could run everywhere."
The sentence no longer makes sense. Authors should remember that "it's" is a contraction of "it is." If they want a possessive of "it," they should use "its." I have also seen instances of authors using the apostrophe-s when they intended to form a plural but made a possesive instead (for example, using menu's, a possesive, instead of menus, the proper plural form). Like I said before, these are very simple and common errors, but ones which I feel can hurt the author's credibility.
Before anybody gets too defensive, let me say that as an employee of a major defense contractor, I have made the above error and have had it pointed out to me. Maybe that's why it stands out so much when I see it now.
Now I'll put down my pen and let others point out my errors.
Mike Hampton
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 08:12:09 -0600
From: Tyree Gwyn,
Subject: love your site!!
i very much enjoy the information found on LG!! even though i am posting from a windows machine, i use linux(redhat 5.0) the majority of the time. i just happen to be at work, at this time.
anyway, being a newbie to this whole linux scheme, i have used your site, dejanews, oreilly books, and many howto's to get my system up to my specs. linux is very exciting, and has alot of promise. please keep up the good work.
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 98 17:34:41 -0500
From: Leon C. Isaacson,
Subject: Incomplete Book Reviews
In Linux Gazette 25, the review of "A Practical Guide to Linux" , by Mark Sobell, fails to supply the publishers name, publication date, and price. I enjoyed the review, but surely this information should be included as a matter of course. Given your reviewers laudatory comments, how or where can the rest of us hope to acquire this book?
(I agree. He should have included that information. Here's what I know:
Publisher: Addison Wesley Longman, firstname.lastname@example.com, http://www.awl.com/
Price: $38.00 US
-- Editor)
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 18:59:53 -0500
From: Timothy D. Gray, email@example.com
Subject: Getting Linux to the public...
Has anyone noticed that when your friends see your neat-o Linux system with the nice 17 inch monitor, high quality video card, and fast computer that when they say, "Wow! that is nice, and you can do almost anything on that!" you cringe with the fact that they are going to want you to put it on their system? now mind you, I dont cringe on sharing the best O/S on the planet, In fact I want everyone to use Linux. It's just that almost all X windows software is written for 1024 X 768 or higher resolution video screens and that 99% of those wanting to use Linux and X windows only have a 14" monitor that can barely get past 640X480 at 256 colors. I tried several times to get friends into Linux and X but to no avail because the software developed for X is for those that have Gobs of money for good video boards and humoungous monitors. It's not a limitation of Linux or X, it that the software that is developed for these platforms are by professionals or professional users that can afford that new 21 inch monitor at the computer store. We as a group might want to see software scaled back to the 640X480 crowd.. then Linux would take the world by storm.. Until then It's going to be limited to us pioneers and Scientists...
Tim Gray
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 15:42:09 +0000
From: Jaime E. Villate,email@example.com
Subject: uptime record
In Issue 25 (February 98) Sean Horan wrote about a Linux system that ran continously for 274 days. Here is a quote from Bruce Perens (president of Debian, works at Pixar) that I took from http://www.debian.org
"I thought three months without a reboot was a big deal. When I mentioned it to our developers, one of them showed me details about his system. It was up for 458 days, and was halted to move it to another floor. The network and disk device drivers had handled tens of millions of interrupts in that time."It would be interesting to know what the record is for other operating systems older than Linux.
Jaime Villate, University of Porto, Portugal


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January 19 and 20, 2011
Hosted by Amy Rudersdorf and Lisa Gregory
This free e-forum email discussion on digital preservation (DP) will challenge your perception of DP in the library. You may not think so, but DP touches all areas of library services. Incorporating this ever-expanding area of responsibility leads to challenges in resource management, as well as change management. But what is digital preservation and why do people from acquisitions to reference need to care? This e-forum will explore how digital preservation impacts each department, and will ask participants to discuss what policy and technology steps their library has taken to steward digital objects over time.
- How do you define digital preservation? Does that definition differ in other units of your library, especially IT departments, administration, and public services? How can you bridge that gap between what you know to be true and what others think to be true?
- Digital preservation is a relative newcomer to library's responsibilities. Are your libraries addressing it? How? To what extent is their commitment? Think resources (people, funding, space, technology), buy-in (passing phase or programmatic change), administration (change is happening at the top or the bottom or somewhere in between)? Can you think of other areas where commitment is needed? If your institution is not committed to DP, any ideas for how to get commitment?
- Do you feel professionally prepared to deal with digital preservation? How so? If not, what do you think you need to better prepare for this challenge?
- Do you think digital preservation is something you, in your particular position, need to care about? If you say no, we think we can convince you otherwise.
- We're currently introducing video preservation and have found there is a steeper learning curve than expected. What types of digital files do you feel are the most challenging for preservation and why?
- How do you think cloud computing will impact digital preservation? Or will it?
- Are you employing preservation metadata? If so, how and what kind? Why do think this is an important aspect of long-term management of digital files?
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- When does preservation begin? End?
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Prospective students have to decide by tomorrow whether to come to MAPH. I've always thought it is a useful exercise (whether you're a current student just finishing up the first draft of your thesis, or an alum from the class of 1997) to think about the reasons why you came to MAPH in the first place. Thinking back to my own experience, I came to MAPH frustrated by the PhD application process, pretty panicked about my life, and very disappointed about my inability to make a decision about what I wanted "next." MAPH settled me down and made me think clearly about what a PhD would entail (and why it might not be a good fit for me). Here's an excerpt from my piece "Why a Terminal Master's?" Full text can be found here.
What were your reasons for coming to MAPH? Are they the same now? MAPHCentral would love to hear your comments.
Over the course of the past year working with MAPH I have spoken with a lot of our 1500 alumni. Our graduates live around the world and work in diverse fields—everything from non-profit management to hedge fund risk management. They find jobs in development, investment banking, law, journalism, advertising and public relations, corporate finance, secondary education, and curatorial research. One alumnus ran the 2008 Obama campaign's finances in Florida. One is studying to be a veterinarian. Others are administrators at charter schools, English teachers, guidance counselors, and of course, professors.
We have no astronauts. Yet.
Why has a program that focuses so tightly on the development of humanistic skills produced successful alumni in diverse fields? It can't just be that we leave the University with a healthy understanding of the classics and wind up running creative departments at advertising agencies. Rather, the breadth of success serves as compelling evidence that graduate work in the humanities can be (don't laugh) integral to one's long term career satisfaction. Graduate work in the humanistic disciplines improves one's ability to engage in most activities that characterize the professional world.
That said, no one should trivialize the financial commitment of student loans that are associated with graduate school. I certainly don't. My loans are growing, even as I type. And they're not going away any time soon. But I don't cower in fear of them, and I certainly don't dodge my statements when they arrive. The important thing to think about when considering whether to take the plunge (ie: take out huge loans) is that any graduate work should be seen as an investment in oneself, and an opportunity for self-enrichment that will accrue benefits in the long run.
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OAKLAND, CA—Communities of color could see significant improvements in their health through strategic use of emerging technologies in health care, according to a new report, Equity in the Digital Age: How Health Information Technology Can Reduce Disparities. The report was released today by health and consumer advocacy organizations at a White House Summit on Achieving eHealth Equity hosted by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Office of Minority Health, and ZeroDivide.
Over the last four years, there has been an effort to dramatically improve the nation's health care system through technological advancements. Beginning with the 2009 federal stimulus package and continuing with the landmark 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), the federal government has placed a tremendous emphasis on utilizing new technologies to improve efficiency and care in our health care system. The report by the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN), the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), Consumers Union, and the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), offers policy recommendations for how advancements can best improve health in all communities and highlights the importance of improving access to new technologies in underserved areas to avoid exacerbating existing disparities.
"We have a great opportunity to improve quality of care, enhance patient participation and understanding, and reduce health disparities nationwide through the use of HIT," said Ellen Wu, Executive Director of CPEHN. "As we embrace a comprehensive strategy to bring our health care system into the Digital Age, we must acknowledge that technology gaps exist for communities of color, immigrants, and people who do not speak English well. If we are not careful, we risk widening the gulf between the haves and have-nots in our health care system."
According to the report, one area where HIT holds the potential for dramatic improvement is in data collection and analysis, where enhanced demographic information could help pinpoint disparities and lead to a more culturally and linguistically appropriate workforce and provision of services.
"Gathering data on race/ethnicity and language needs at enrollment, combined with a robust system of electronic health records, has the potential to change the health care experience in our communities," said Kathy Ko Chin, President & CEO of APIAHF. "For example, detailed demographic information on Asian American and Pacific Islander patients and their language needs can help hospitals determine staffing needs such as the number of interpreters and what languages they speak and make translated materials available much more easily."
The report cautions that while electronic portals for enrollment in public programs like Medicaid should improve program participation, it is important to construct these portals in a way that avoids creating additional barriers for some populations.
"Technologies must account for the needs of those most vulnerable to enrollment challenges and barriers, including mixed status families," said Jennifer Ng'andu, Director of Health and Civil Rights Policy Projects from NCLR. "With two laws and significant resources devoted to bringing more of health care online, we have a major opportunity to narrow insurance gaps, simply by reshaping the technology in a manner that recognizes that one size does not fit all in a country where the American family is increasingly diverse."
The report also discusses the need for security to prevent the misuse of health data. It references a set of principles developed by a cross section of California consumer, patient, and civil rights organizations in 2010 to maximize the benefits of health information exchange while assuring the privacy and security of electronic records.
"We must be careful that new technologies preserve the privacy and security of patients' health information and avoid any misuse of data collected," said Mark Savage, Senior Attorney for Consumers Union, the policy arm of Consumer Reports. "Communities of color, people who use languages other than English, and immigrants comprise at least 30 percent of our nation's population. We need to make sure that the critical benefits of HIT reach all consumers and patients and that these systems are designed to garner their trust and meet their diverse needs."
This report comes at a time when HIT is a key issue in the national health care discussion. With the ACA and other legislation, the federal government has emphasized the importance using technology to improve health outcomes.
The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) influences policy, mobilizes communities, and strengthens programs and organizations to improve the health of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.
The California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN) works to eliminate health disparities by advocating for public policies and sufficient resources to address the health needs of communities of color.
Consumers Union the advocacy division of Consumer Reports, works for health reform, food and product safety, financial reform, and other consumer issues in Washington, D.C., the states, and in the marketplace.
The (National Council of La Raza)[http://www.nclr.org/ "National Council of La Raza") (NCLR), the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans.


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This graph is from a new paper by Frank Levy and Tom Kochan, showing trends in labor productivity and compensation since 1980:
Labor productivity increased by 78 percent between 1980 and 2009, but the median compensation (including fringe benefits) of 35-44 year-old males with high school (and no college) education declined by 10 percent in real terms.
Women have done in general better, but two-thirds of women still have seen their pay lag behind productivity.
Levy and Kochan call for a Social Compact to reverse these trends, and outline some of the steps necessary to get there. The paper is very well worth reading.


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The story of the Covington boys is that the left saw some boys wearing Maga hats, wanted to murder them, and then felt there must be something or other justifying their desire, and therefore confidently announced that something or other had happened justifying murder on every news medium – which announcements continue in spite of the fact that the entire incident is on video showing no such thing. This is similar to what happens with rape or sexual harassment charges – a woman is sexually attracted to some man, being sexually attracted gives him a brutal and difficult to pass fitness test. He fails his fitness test, so she feels creeped out, so rapidly comes to confidently believe that some socially acceptable reason for her feeling creeped out must surely have happened. It is a manifestation of an increasingly feminine and female dominated left.
Eventually they are going to start large scale actual killing, and we are going to have to actually start organizing large scale defense. This will be easier than it sounds, because they are going to start killing each other. On the other hand, history is that the left usually wins until it self destructs, so maybe we will just have to flee and hide till its over, which may take a while. On the other hand the left does not always win, Sulla being the most famous counter example.
At almost the same time as Covington Boys incident, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces that climate crisis is "the existential threat of our time … end the inaction and denial of science that threaten the planet and the future."
In actual fact, of course, any warming that has happened, if any warming has happened, is humanly imperceptible, indistinguishable from recent variations in climate for warmer or cooler, and smaller than variations in climate over the past few thousand years. In the past, sometimes you could sail the Northwest passage, and sometimes you could not, and today sometimes you can sail the Northwest passage, and sometimes you cannot. Past variations in climate are recorded in the δ18O levels of ice cores, and if you look at any ice core that runs from near the present to the ancient past, there is nothing out of the ordinary about recent variations, nor any clear trend. If warming is happening, you have to squint sideways at the ice core data to see it, and when you do see it, looks underwhelming compared to the Medieval Climate Optimum and the Little Ice Age.
Global Warming is just an excuse for hating on the civilization, the race, and the sex that created technology and industry, and any plan that purports to be a solution to global warming has nothing to do with Global Warming, is in fact a plan to end that civilization, end those people, and end science and industry.
The Nancy Pelosi statement on global warming comes from the same roots as the lies about the Covington boys. They want to do something monstrous, horrifying, terrifying, abhorrent, and enormously destructive, so feel that reasons must exist justifying the actions that they intend to take.


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EVERYBODY Should Read Black Children's Books
Yup, I admit it: For years, I've been on a secret mission to integrate the bookshelves and toy chests of a bunch of my daughters' white friends. Every time Mari and Lila were invited to a birthday party, I'd send them with fancy gift bags full of copies of Debbie Allen's "Dancing in the Wings," bell hooks' "Home Made Love," and Faith Ringgold's "Tar Beach," plus a chocolate Barbie for good measure.
Subversive? Yes.
Necessary? Very.
See, the majority of the parents of my daughters' friends, no matter how kind and smart and sweet they are, didn't buy black books, dolls, or movies for their children. I don't think they were being racist or striking out against diversity, by any stretch; it just never seemed to really occur to them that maybe, just maybe, their daughters would identify with the pretty, round-faced girl pie in "Home Made Love," or Sassy, the talented but shy ballerina in "Dancing in the Wings" — or that there would be value in letting their daughters read their sweet, insightful, beautifully human stories.
Indeed, one of my mom friends, the mother of three boys, recently confessed to me that she'd gotten into a nasty argument with her mother and sister when she gave her niece a black doll for her birthday. The store, see, had run out of the white version of the doll, which her niece really wanted, and so my friend just went on ahead and bought the brown version. Well what did she do that for? "My mom and sister were livid," she said. Two weeks later, they were still speaking to her only when spoken to.
To my friend's credit, she couldn't understand what the big deal was. And the fact of the matter is, it shouldn't be. It's not like the black doll is going to jump out of the toy chest and go "boogedy, boogedy boo" at the first kid who finds it, or that a black children's book is going to be chock full of stereotypical Ebonics and rated "R" storylines ready to turn out the innocent ears of the babies. But this, it seems, is how all-too-many white parents treat them.
I speak from experience, you know. I'm the co-author of a three-book teen series called "Hotlanta," and I've stood by and watched white teenage girls excitedly read the back jacket, only to have their moms literally wrestle the book out of their hands and lead them to white books. A fellow author, Derrick Barnes, recently told me that books four and five in his brilliant children's book series, "Ruby and the Booker Boys," will likely never make it to bookshelves if sales for the first three in the series don't pick up — a problem that could be remedied easily if black moms weren't the only ones shelling out $5 a pop for Derrick's books. Hell, the black Barbie dolls that were priced to move in Louisiana last week — they were being sold for nearly half the price of the white dolls — are there not just because black moms aren't buying them, but because white moms pass them up for the white ones.
I get it: I want my daughters to play with dolls that look like them, too, for all the obvious reasons. But when my friends gifted "Good Night Moon" and "Eloise" and countless "Junie B. Jones" books to my babies, I didn't have a conniption. When they served up blonde Barbies to my girls, I didn't take them out back and burn them in effigy. I simply added them to the collection. My girls have a literal rainbow coalition of doll babies chocolate brown ones, Asians, Latinas, white with blonde hair, red-haired, olive-skinned ones. We bought some of them. Some of them were gifts. Neither their bookshelves nor their toy chests discriminate: Indeed, my girls' toys reflect the truly diverse world they live in, where the kids who fill their school rooms and playgroups speak different languages and come from different countries and backgrounds and income levels and aren't necessarily a bunch of frilly little tea-toting girls.
My hope is when I pass along a black children's book or a black doll baby to my daughters' friends, that they get the same subliminal lessons — that brown children matter. Books like "Ruby and the Booker Boys" speak to our experiences and show both our differences and our commonalities with white culture. Introducing books like these to white children is the most simple, basic way to introduce a child to another race in a positive, thoughtful way. A white child introduced to Ruby may not necessarily say, "Oh look! A black girl is the star of this book!" when she reads it. She might not notice the character's color at all. But she just might decide to make friends with a little black girl out on the playground because she looks like the character in the book she liked. And since she really liked that book, she'll probably really like that little girl, too.
Children really are that simple. That uncomplicated.
My prayer is that we moms get a little of that act right in us, too.
In the meantime, if you want to make a difference, pick up one or all of these beautiful books for your child (click on the titles to purchase them online):
The Ruby and the Booker Boys series, by Derrick Barnes
Tar Beach, by Faith Ringold
Homemade Love, by bell hooks
We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past, by Jacqueline Woodson
The Gospel Cinderella, by Joyce Carol Thomas
Olu's Dream, by Shane Evans
Precious and the Boo Hag, by Patricia McKissack
Whistle for Willie, by Ezra Jack Keats
A Chair For My Mother, by Vera B. Williams
>The Willimena Rules! series, by Valerie Wilson Wesley
NOTE: This piece originally was written for my column at Parenting.com's The Parenting Post. To see the rest of my columns there and to enjoy great mom-to-mom advice on raising children, CLICK HERE.
(And um, since there are a few moms over there acting like my request that they let their children read black children's books is tantamount to me asking them to grill their children and eat them for Sunday dinner, maybe you could go on over there and add to the conversation in the comments section. I'd greatly appreciate that.)
(Even more importantly: I'm asking each of you to show Scholastic that we love Derrick Barnes' Ruby and the Booker Boys series and want it to continue by BUYING THE BOOKS. You can get the first four in the series for $20 very reasonable considering the gift you'll be getting in this beautiful series. Buy the books as a gift for a lucky little girl in your life or your local library or a local community center or a church playroom or your doctor's office. Every book sold is a vote in favor of authors like Derrick and me, who spend every waking moment of our working lives dedicated to telling beautiful stories for and about our children all children. Please: Support Ruby!)


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A zoning permit is typically required for any construction, addition or alteration of any structure, within the County's jurisdiction, including but not limited to:
A structure is defined as anything constructed or erected. Single Family Residences or other principle structures on a parcel, additions, roof alterations, accessory structures (greater than 100 square feet in size), and signs are included.
In addition, in the shoreyard (75 feet from a lake or stream) permits are required for:
Please contact our office for an explanation of these regulations relative to these types of uses with the County's zoning jurisdiction.
A Zoning Permit is typically required even if the structure exists and the person is replacing it.
A zoning permit application form must be completely filled out and a plat of survey (prepared by a registered land surveyor showing all existing and proposed structures) shall be attached to the permit application, including the required fee (Zoning Fees (PDF)). Any construction started without permit approval will be charged a double fee. Additional supporting materials may be required for certain projects such as building plans, grading plans, existing and proposed contours, etc. Zoning permits are valid for two years.
If your zoning permit is denied, the applicant has 30 days to appeal the denial to the Walworth County Board of Adjustment (Variance Application (PDF)). Depending on the request, additional reviews of the proposed project may be required by the:
No, a zoning permit is not required from Walworth County, provided the fence does not exceed 6 feet in height. A fence is required to be located at least 2 feet from the right of way, at least 75 feet from a waterbody, and is not permitted to be greater than 2.5 feet in height in the vision triangle of an intersection (Fence Regulation Diagram (PDF)). Please contact the appropriate Code Enforcement Officer for further guidance and explanation of these regulations.
Yes. Many construction and related activities require some type of permit from the Zoning, Sanitation and Land Conservation Division if the property is located with the County's zoning jurisdiction. Please contact our office for an explanation of these regulations relative to these types of uses with the County's zoning jurisdiction.
The Walworth County Zoning and Shoreland Zoning Ordinances regulate land use and setbacks from property lines to structures. The Building Inspector at the Township level reviews and inspects construction relative to compliance with the State of Wisconsin Uniform Dwelling Code. Simply stated, the Zoning office and the Building Inspector regulate two distinctly different regulations, therefore, different conditions of approval are required.
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If your property is within the County's zoning jurisdiction, it has been designated by a particular zoning district. Each district outlines the zoning requirements (example: Permitted uses, conditional uses, setback requirements, lot area and width requirements, etc.) that are applicable to each zoning district. There are 31 different zoning districts in Walworth County ranging from:
You will need to have the tax key number of the property to determine the location of the property thereby determining the zoning district designation.
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Maps are available in our office to assist in determining the zoning classification on your property. Call our office 262-741-4972 for assistance.
Walworth County jurisdiction includes all, or portions of, the 16 Towns in the county. The County's jurisdiction does not include non-shoreland extraterritorial zoning around the city of Elkhorn, Village of Williams Bay, and Village of Fontana. The County's jurisdiction does not include non-shoreland areas in the Town of Bloomfield. The County's zoning jurisdiction does not include cities or villages. You should contact the appropriate municipality for their zoning requirements.
A zoning permit application, which regulates where the residence is placed on the property. A sanitary permit, which regulates where, what type and size of septic system is being installed on the property. An erosion control permit, which regulates what land will be disturbed, for how long and how will it be stabilized during construction. The Walworth County Land Use and Resource Management Department reviews and issues all three permits together to assure fewer problems in the construction process. Once the County permits are issued the applicant shall contact the appropriate Town for the applicable Town Building Permit.
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The Walworth County Land Use and Resource Management Department has office hours on Monday though Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Permit applications can be submitted in person or by mail. If the applicant would prefer a zoning staff member's time to look at the application prior to submittal, appointments are recommended, but walk-in hours are also available. The phone number for the Walworth County Land Use and Resource Management Department is 262-741-4972.
The office is located at the:Government Center (Old Courthouse)100 W Walworth Street2nd FloorElkhorn, WI 53121
The reception area is at the top of the central stairway on the second floor.
Your tax key number can be found on your Real Estate Tax Bill.
The legal description can be found on a copy of the plat of survey for the property, or a less descriptive legal description can be found on a copy of your property tax bill.
Yes, the County has regulations regarding tree/vegetation that can be removed and how much vegetation can be cut in the Shoreland and Floodplain jurisdictional areas, (1,000 feet from a lake, pond or flowage, and/or 300 feet from any other navigable body of water or in its floodplain whichever is greater). Please contact our office for a determination as to whether or not any of the above regulations apply to your property prior to removing any vegetation on your property.
No, the Walworth County Code of Ordinances strictly prohibits the storage of more than one unlicensed and/or inoperable vehicle on properties within the County's zoning jurisdiction. Please contact our office for an explanation of these regulations relative to these types of uses with the County's zoning jurisdiction.
Yes, Walworth County requires filing as a minor home occupation or conditional use review and approval (Conditional Use form). Please contact our office for a detailed explanation of these regulations prior to commencing a home occupation or professional home office.
In general, more than one dwelling unit on a property is not permitted. The zoning ordinances provide for this type of use under limited circumstances based on the zoning district the property is located in. Please contact our office for an explanation of these specific regulations.
In general, more than one dwelling unit on a property is not permitted. The zoning ordinances provide for conditional use review of planned residential developments in certain zoning districts based on minimum lot area requirements. Please contact our office for an explanation of these specific regulations.
The mobile home would have to have at least 22 by 22 feet minimum core living area and be placed on an enclosed foundation to be permitted in an area that would permit a single-family residence. Please contact our office for an explanation of these regulations relative to these types of uses with the County's zoning jurisdiction.
No, the County does not issue permits for private piers. Contact the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources at 262-574-2100 and/or the Town for any permit requirements. The Commercial use of a pier may require Walworth County review and approval.
The Shoreland Zoning Ordinance permits boathouses provided it is not a wet boathouse. The boathouse shall be located to as to minimize earth disturbing activities and shoreland vegetation removal, shall be designed exclusively for the storage of watercraft and related marine equipment and shall not be used for human habitation or commercial purposes. A boathouse with rooms above or within, used for purposes other than the storage of watercraft and related marine equipment, shall not be deemed to be a boathouse. Features inconsistent with the use of the structure exclusively as a boathouse are not permitted in or on boathouses such as:
The boathouse shall not be closer than three feet to any side lot line. Railings are not permitted on top of the boathouse, nor shall roofs be designed to provide general outdoor living space, i.e. as a deck. Only one boathouse is permitted on a lot. Please contact our office for explanations of other size and location regulations.
Walworth County zoning does not limit the number of accessory structures but limits the total square footage of all accessory structures on a parcel. The square footage limitations are based on lot area. Please contact our office for an explanation of these regulations.
No. Only Agricultural zoned land can have agricultural-related structures on a parcel without a residence. Please contact our office for further explanation of these regulations.
Walworth County Zoning permits horses on lands zoned A-1, A-2, A-3, A-5, and C-2. Any building that has animals in them is required to be 100 feet from all side and rear property lines. Please contact our office for further explanation of these regulations.
If you have a lot or structure that is sub-standard, please contact our office for an explanation of the regulations that may apply to your particular situation.
Walworth County has plat review authority for land divisions in Walworth County. The County also administers the Walworth County Subdivision Control Ordinances. Please contact our office for an explanation of these regulations and the County's subdivision review authority prior to commencing any land division.
Yes, a County Zoning Permit and a County-approved Land Disturbance and Erosion Control Plan and Permit are required for any pond construction project in Walworth County. Pond construction must meet County Conservation Standards and County Zoning Standards.
County Pond Standards specifically restrict the construction of location and dimension of ponds in wetlands. If a pond is permitted in a wetland, it can not impair the functional values of the existing wetland. Only shallow wildlife ponds can be constructed in wetlands. Other standards apply for any pond construction in wetlands.
A permit or plan approval must also be obtained by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for pond construction connected to or near other bodies of water or in wetlands.


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Lilacs. The word evokes memories of promising spring days and visions of colorful, perfumed blooms. Lilacs have long been well-loved staples in America's yards and gardens, and have played a storied role in U.S. history.
Native to East Asia and Southeast Europe, lilacs were brought to North America by the first settlers and were sold in American nurseries as early as 1800. The oldest living lilacs in North America may be those at the Governor Wentworth estate in Portsmouth, N.H., believed to have been planted around 1750. In 1767, Thomas Jefferson recorded his method of planting lilacs in his garden book, and in 1785, George Washington noted that he had transplanted lilacs in his garden. Today, over two million lilacs are sold annually in the U.S., accounting for over $13 million in wholesale sales.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently developed and introduced three new cultivars of lilacs. Honoring the patriotic role lilacs have played in U.S. history, the new shrubs have been dubbed 'Betsy Ross', 'Old Glory', and 'Declaration'.
Dr. Margaret Pooler, a research geneticist at the USDA's Agricultural Research Service and U.S. National Arboretum, published a report in the April 2008 issue of HortScience, announcing the release of the new lilacs. According to Dr. Pooler, The National Arboretum's lilac breeding program was started in the 1970s to develop lilacs that were adapted to warmer climates, had good mildew tolerance, and a showy, fragrant floral display. 'Betsy Ross', boasting pale cream buds that emerge into pure white flowers, was released in 2000. 'Old Glory', and 'Declaration' were introduced in 2006. Both of the newer lilacs came from the same controlled hybridization, but have markedly different traits.
'Old Glory' was selected for its abundant fragrant bluish-purple flowers, rounded growth habit, and disease-tolerant foliage. According to Dr. Pooler, "In the Washington, DC, area, 'Old Glory' reaches a mature size of approximately 12 feet tall by 13 feet wide, and shows good tolerance to Cercospora blight and Pseudomonas syringae in warmer climates where these diseases are a problem."
'Declaration' was selected for its large, fragrant, dark reddish-purple flowers and open upright growth habit. In Washington, DC, its mature size is 8.5 feet tall and 7 feet wide; however, it performs best in traditional cooler lilac-growing regions. The names of all three cultivars were selected as part of a "U.S. Flag" series of lilacs from the National Arboretum. Both 'Declaration' and 'Old Glory' were tested by growers throughout the U.S. and are currently being propagated and should be available at retailers this year.
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The three Great Horned Owl nestlings came into the humane society's care on April 12, when a ranger in a San Mateo County park fond them at the bottom of a tree, humane society officials said.
While it is widely believed that birds will reject their young if they can smell humans on them, this is generally not true and re-nesting birds where possible provides the best possible care, humane society spokesman Scott Delucchi said.
Volunteers placed the three owlets in a nest near where they were found on Thursday April 17 and played recordings of owlets' cries on a loudspeaker, Delucchi said.
The parents were seen flying around the tree that night, and by the following day volunteers had confirmed they were actively caring for the owlets again.
Great Horned Owls hatch in March and April, and tend to stay with their parents until they are ready to start breeding, around December. Caring for them by hand in a rehabilitation facility requires months of intensive effort, Delucchi said.
The PHS has also re-nested other birds this season including wrens, hummingbirds, a European starling and a house finch, he said.
Residents who find an animal and are wondering if it needs human help should call (650) 340-7022 x314.


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Bucks Rally For 91-88 Victory Over Celtics
Scott Skiles wanted to insert Larry Sanders into the Milwaukee Bucks' starting lineup for Saturday night's game against the Boston Celtics. The coach relented when the high-energy forward said he preferred a reserve role.
It sure looks as if Sanders knows what's best for him.
He had a career-high 18 points and 16 rebounds to go along with five blocked shots, and the Bucks rallied for a 91-88 victory after the Celtics scored the first 17 points of the game.
"I embrace that role, coming off the bench and trying to provide energy, whether we are down or whether we are up. That's where I plan on staying," Sanders said.
Sanders' performance impressed his coach.
"He was doing everything he does when he plays well," Skiles said. "He was blocking shots, he was running the floor, he was on the boards and got some baskets around the goal. He played really well."
Boston coach Doc Rivers also took notice.
"He was terrific. I thought he changed the game in a lot of ways with his effort," he said. "He blocked a lot of shots and he made a lot of shots, too."
Monta Ellis had 17 points and seven assists for the Bucks, while Ersan Ilyasova added 15 points and five rebounds. Brandon Jennings made a big 3-pointer in the fourth quarter.
"The play wasn't for a 3," Jennings said. "The play was for me to come off a pick with Larry (Sanders). If I had an open lane, of course take it to the hole. But we just moved the ball around and we were able to get an open shot."
Jennings also had praise for Sanders, who had 10 points, 12 rebounds and 10 blocked shots in a loss to Minnesota on Friday.
"Larry Sanders is on his way to being player of the week if he keeps this up. I'm really excited for him," Jennings said.
Paul Pierce paced the Celtics with 19 points, and Kevin Garnett added 17 points and seven rebounds.
"I thought both teams were going back and forth," Garnett said. "They made some shots and we made some shots. I thought Brandon Jennings' shot was possibly the biggest shot of the night."
Boston played without point guard Rajon Rondo, who served the second of his two-game suspension for his role in a scuffle during a game against the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday. Courtney Lee, who started in Rondo's place, had 13 points, and Jason Terry finished with 15 points and 11 assists.
Jeff Green and Pierce hit back-to-back 3-pointers to give the Celtics an 88-85 lead with 1:44 left. Sanders then had a dunk and Jennings drained the crucial 3 to get the lead back for Milwaukee.
Another missed shot and a foul by Boston put Sanders at the line. He hit one of two free throws to make it 91-88 lead with 11 seconds remaining. Pierce and Terry missed 3-point attempts in the waning seconds as the Bucks held on for the win.
Boston was 6 for 19 from beyond the arc for the game, including a 2-for-9 performance by Terry, who shouldered the blame for leaving Jennings open for the late 3.
"Being a 14-year veteran, I can't make that crucial mistake on leaving Brandon Jennings," Terry said. "I told everyone that I'll put that one on my shoulders. That's the most frustrating thing about this loss. It hurts to be in that position and to not even make a shot or the defensive play, that's on me."
The Celtics opened the game with a 17-0 run. Milwaukee missed its first six shots from the field. The drought ended when Ilyasova sank a jump shot with about 6:30 remaining in the quarter. The Bucks' problems in the opening minutes included an air ball at the line by rookie forward John Henson.
"Our rhythm was great and then we started subbing and our rhythm gets upset," Rivers said. "We weren't going to keep the shutout. As some point you knew they were going to make a run and they did. At 17-0 they could have easily thrown in the towel. They made some big shots and we missed some."
Sanders stressed the importance of the victory for Milwaukee, which had lost five of six games.
"We've been kind of in a slump and searching," Sanders said. "Today, everyone fought and I'm glad we came out with this win."
Boston led 27-11 after one, but the Bucks rallied in the second quarter and trailed 48-47 at halftime. The teams were tied at 69 after three.
Skiles juggled his starting lineup, inserting Marquis Daniels and Ekpe Udoh. The Bucks also played without key reserves Beno Udrih and Mike Dunleavy, both of whom sustained injuries in Friday night's loss to Minnesota. Udrih is expected to miss one to two weeks with an ankle injury, and Dunleavy attempted to play against the Celtics but couldn't due to lingering knee soreness, according to Skiles.
NOTES: Bucks forward Luc Richard Mbah a Moute appeared in his first game of the season after rehabilitating from offseason knee surgery. He finished with eight points and six rebounds in 14 minutes. ... Jennings jumped over the scorers' table chasing a loose ball and nearly landed in the lap of former Green Bay Packers wide receiver Antonio Freeman, who was sitting courtside.
This program aired on December 2, 2012. The audio for this program is not available.


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Installing Progressive Web Apps
When I was testing the dConstruct Audio Archive — which is now a Progressive Web App — I noticed some interesting changes in how Chrome on Android offers the "add to home screen" prompt.
It used to literally say "add to home screen."
Now it simply says "add."
I vaguely remember there being some talk of changing the labelling, but I could've sworn it was going to change to "install". I've got to be honest, just having the word "add" doesn't seem to provide much context. Based on the quick'n'dirty usability testing I did with some co-workers, it just made things confusing. "Add what?" "What am I adding?"
Additionally, the prompt appeared immediately on the first visit to the site. I thought there was supposed to be an added "engagement" metric in order for the prompt to appear; that the user needs to visit the site more than once.
You'd think I'd be happy that users will be presented with the home-screen prompt immediately, but based on the behaviour I saw, I'm not sure it's a good thing. Here's what I observed:
- The user types the URL
into the address bar. - The site loads.
- The home-screen prompt slides up from the bottom of the screen.
- The user immediately moves to dismiss the prompt (cue me interjecting "Don't close that!").
This behaviour is entirely unsurprising for three reasons:
- We web designers and web developers have trained users to dismiss overlays and pop-ups if they actually want to get to the content. Nobody's going to bother to actually read the prompt if there's a 99% chance it's going to say "Sign up to our newsletter!" or "Take our survey!".
- Because the prompt now appears on the first visit, no trust has been established between the user and the site. If the prompt only appeared on later visits (or later navigations during the first visit) perhaps it would stand a greater chance of survival.
It's still possible to add a Progressive Web App to the home screen, but the option to do that is hidden behind the mysterious three-dots-vertically-stacked icon (I propose we call this the shish kebab icon to distinguish it from the equally impenetrable hamburger icon).
I was chatting with Andreas from Mozilla at the View Source conference last week, and he was filling me in on how Firefox on Android does the add-to-homescreen flow. Instead of a one-time prompt, they've added a persistent icon above the "line of death" (the icon is a combination of a house and a plus symbol).
When a Firefox 58 user arrives on a website that is served over HTTPS and has a valid manifest, a subtle badge will appear in the address bar: when tapped, an "Add to Home screen" confirmation dialog will slide in, through which the web app can be added to the Android home screen.
This kind of badging also has issues (without the explicit text "add to home screen", the user doesn't know what the icon does), but I think a more persistently visible option like this works better than the a one-time prompt.
Firefox is following the lead of the badging approach pioneered by the Samsung Internet browser. It provides a plus symbol that, when pressed, reveals the options to add to home screen or simply bookmark.
I don't think Chrome for Android has any plans for this kind of badging, but they are working on letting the site authors provide their own prompts. I'm not sure this is such a good idea, given our history of abusing pop-ups and overlays.
Sadly, I feel that any solution that relies on an unrequested overlay is doomed. That's on us. The way we've turned browsing the web — especially on mobile — into a frustrating chore of dismissing unwanted overlays is a classic tragedy of the commons. We blew it. Users don't trust unrequested overlays, and I can't blame them.
For what it's worth, my opinion is that ambient badging is a better user experience than one-time prompts. That opinion is informed by a meagre amount of testing though. I'd love to hear from anyone who's been doing more detailed usability testing of both approaches. I assume that Google, Mozilla, and Samsung are doing this kind of testing, and it would be really great to see the data from that (hint, hint).
But it might well be that ambient badging is just too subtle to even be noticed by the user.
On one end of the scale you've got the intrusiveness of an add-to-home-screen prompt, but on the other end of the scale you've got the discoverability problem of a subtle badge icon. I wonder if there might be a compromise solution — maybe a badge icon that pulses or glows on the first or second visit?
Of course that would also need to be thoroughly tested.
This was originally posted on my own site.


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Right now there is an opportunity at US Airways to save money on an international trip. Through April 15, 2012, if you buy up to 50,000 US Airways Dividend miles, US Airways and Points.com will double your miles. Thus, 50,000 miles becomes 100,000 miles. (See also: 6 Ways My Family Scores Free Travel With Credit Cards)
Each mile typically costs 3.5 cents each. With the bonus you can get miles for 1.75 cents each.
Obviously, if you were going to consider this, you'd need to be buying tickets that are more expensive than the cost of the miles. The best way to do this is to buy miles to use for business class tickets. To be clear, this would typically not be a good deal on most domestic itineraries, but it could be a great deal for international flights.
For example, let's look at flying from the United States to Australia. Depending on your departure city from the U.S., an economy class ticket to Australia could be around $2,000. However, through this promotion you can buy 75,000 miles for $1,330 (plus tax). That's a decent price. But, to make the value even better, you can buy 100,000 for $1,750. A round-trip ticket to Australia requires 110,000 points. As long as you have at least 10,000 miles in your account, you can turn that $1,750 purchase into a business class ticket to Australia.
Best of all, if you book travel through Asia, you can add on an Asia stopover at no extra charge. Destinations that could be valuable include China, Hong Kong, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macau, Mongolia, S. Korea, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. These cities in Northern Asia require 90,000 miles for business class and 60,000 for economy.
First of all, there are a couple of things you should keep in mind. One is that when you fly on miles, you won't earn miles. A factor in the price difference calculation should include the miles you could have earned if you purchased a ticket instead of miles. Also, some destinations (like Australia mentioned above) are hard to get with miles. I had to book 11 months in advance to find availability. Other less competitive destinations could be booked closer to six months in advance.
Here's what to do.
1. Search for Mileage Availability
Before you get too excited, you need to be sure there is availability around your dates.
You can use your Dividend Miles for Star Alliance airlines that have "Saver Awards" availability. The simplest and most comprehensive way to search availability is at United.com. Just type in your trip information, and click on "Award Travel." Look for the "Saver Awards," as those are eligible flights to use with Dividend Miles.
Typically, you can expect to find a couple of business class seats far in advance, but don't expect to find enough business class seats for your family of six.
2. Call US Airways
If you see flights you are interested in, call US Airways Dividend Miles (you can't book international award flights online), and ask them to put the the flights on hold (which they will do for three days). Technically, you need the miles to do this, but usually they will hold them even if you don't have enough miles. If they say you don't have enough miles just tell them you are planning to buy the miles.
3. Buy Your Miles
Once you have tickets on hold and you've calculated the taxes and fees into the equation, then buy your miles.
When you make your purchase, 25% of the miles you buy don't post automatically. Thus, this method works best if you already have some miles in your account and buy enough miles so that 75% of what you purchase will cover what you need.
Finally, consider signing up for the US Airways Dividend Miles credit card. This card can give you 40,000 bonus miles plus a 5,000 mile discount when booking award tickets.
I would almost never suggest buying miles on speculation only. However, if you have an upcoming international vacation or trip, you may find that you can lock in some seats for less than by buying miles instead of tickets.
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The family of a Los Angeles student who was among 10 people killed when a FedEx truck collided with a charter bus in Northern California is suing the shipping company.
The wrongful death lawsuit filed Tuesday blames the April 10 crash on the FedEx truck, its manufacturer, Volvo, and its driver Timothy Evans, who was among those killed. The charter bus company, Silverado Stages, is also named in the suit.
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The suit was filed on behalf of the late 18-year-old Ismael Jimenez, who was part of a group heading north for a free tour of Humboldt State University. Jimenez broke out a window and helped others to safety, but was unable himself to escape, the lawsuit says.
"Honestly, that's amazing to me that he did that," Ismael's sister Evelin said during a conference announcing the lawsuit. "I mean, he could have saved his own life, but he did it for others, and that's amazing to me."
Jimenez was among the five Los Angeles-area students killed when their tour bus was hit by a FedEx truck on the way to Humboldt State University.
The lawsuit is the third to be filed after the crash.
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The mother of 17-year-old honor student Jennifer Bonilla sued FedEx in April, alleging that its trucks have a history of catching fire. That negligence suit is seeking $100 million in damages.
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Crash survivor Miles Hill and his family filed a negligence suit May 6 which named FedEx Corp. and Silverado Stages. Miles' father said that because of the trauma, his son can only attend school for four hours a day.
The Hill lawsuit, which seeks unspecified compensatory damages and compensation for medical expenses, alleges the FedEx driver negligently crossed from the southbound lanes of the freeway into the path of the northbound bus.
FedEx issued a statement in response to the first lawsuit that said the company was "focused on providing support to those affected and cooperating with the authorities as they conduct their investigation. This is not the time for us to discuss potential litigation."
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Patrice Bergeron had just arrived in Boston in 2003, a French-Canadian rookie with big expectations and little English. He would sit in meetings, lost and confused, a shy teenager trying to learn hockey while barely understanding his coaches.
The demands pressed on him - stick work, goal scoring, speed, English.
He's not alone, then or now. Nine languages are spoken in the Bruins locker room: English, French, German, Slovak, Czech, Serbian, Russian, Finnish, and Swedish. And that doesn't even count the Italian that defenseman Zdeno Chara - who can speak six languages - is learning for fun through Rosetta Stone.
Theirs is a multilingual locker room. To make the communication go smoothly, to make sure no one is left out, there is only one universal language in the locker room. That's English. It's why it was so crucial for Bergeron to learn it. It's why the French Canadians might speak their native tongue amongst themselves but switch to English the moment a non-French speaker approaches.
That doesn't mean there aren't some stumbles along the way. Not every player comes in knowing English.
"You don't want to mess it up, at the same time you weren't sure what was going on,'' said Bergeron, who arrived as an 18-year-old and is now an established veteran of eight NHL seasons. "But when you're thrown in there you've got to pick it up. It's like throwing a little kid in the water - he's got to find a way.''
Bergeron did. And now he's gotten to the point where he thinks in English. His teammates say he's in danger of losing his French accent. It's a point the Bruins hope every player reaches, while fostering an atmosphere of respect for the diversity of the spoken word.
"I think we have an unwritten rule, and it's based on respect, that when there's people around you that don't understand the language, you speak English,'' Bruins coach Claude Julien said. "I can be talking French to one of the players and if somebody comes in and we're chatting, we'll switch over to English.''
But language can become a barrier as easily as it can become a common bond.
"I think maybe there are more cliques just because of nationality,'' forward Chris Kelly said of other locker rooms. "You tend to gravitate toward the people that speak the language you're comfortable with.''
For instance, Kelly said he could go out to dinner with Chara and David Krejci, and the Czech and Slovak languages would be put away in favor of English. That helps eliminate some of the issues that can arise.
"You wonder if they're talking about you,'' Kelly said. "I've heard of some guys that talk about their linemates that don't speak the language that maybe they do. It's tough. But I don't see it happening in this locker room. I think if someone has something to say, they'll say it to their face.''
That's partially because of the leadership role wielded by the captain, Chara, he of the six-plus languages. There are still things that get lost in translation, still moments when young French-Canadian forward Jordan Caron might turn to Bergeron or Julien, his eyebrows raised in confusion. (Chara said "The bad words and jokes are the very first things that everybody learns.'')
When there are issues, Chara said, they talk about it. Or Chara might step in and ease the tension, make the translation.
"I think it's very important that when you do speak different languages than English, it's not making fun of some other people or players,'' said Chara, who learned English in high school. "Because it's good to have a joke and everybody has a laugh, not just some of the guys.''
Tough transition
Not everyone thrust into that situation can make the transition. If Krejci did not have a close friend from the Czech Republic with him in Canada his first year in juniors, he might not have made it to the Bruins.
"My first year I was homesick so bad,'' Krejci said. "If it wouldn't be for my best friend, who also played there with me the first year, I don't know if I really would have gotten through a year there.''
He had known what to expect, had been warned by friends, had understood there would be a new language and a new culture. It still took him months to learn the basics, to advance from not knowing how to answer the simplest questions to having a conversation.
Now? After eight years in Canada and in the United States, Krejci is among the best on the team at the iPhone game Words with Friends. He's got down "za'' and "qi,'' and rarely comes across a word or an expression he doesn't understand.
But a quick adaptation to English isn't always the case. Chara recalled Anton Volchenkov, a teammate with Ottawa who now plays for the Devils. Volchenkov came to the NHL from Moscow. He was a nice guy, Chara said, willing to do whatever was needed. But he couldn't speak English, and he struggled to fit in.
"You felt bad for the guy because he probably didn't have a chance to learn any English in Russia,'' Chara said. "You also can't blame them for not knowing English. For some guys it's quicker, some guys it's a slower process.
"It really comes down to how much you want it. If you really want to stay, if you really want to learn, then you do whatever it takes - take lessons or hire a tutor or whatever that might be.''
The players aren't the only ones affected, though. It's their wives or girlfriends, their children. For some, it's hard to leave on the road because their families can't speak the language.
"If you're not able to adapt, it's going to be hard to survive hockey-wise,'' said Bruins minor leaguer Josh Hennessy, who made the transition from Brockton to juniors in Quebec, learning French in the process. "I think somebody who is having such a hard time picking up the language has to do with them maybe being so homesick that they're not trying hard enough, that they just have a personality that lends itself to being way more comfortable at home.
"They're the type of players that come over here for a year, maybe two, then get out of the NHL more quickly because of the language barrier. Very rarely do you see a guy three or four years into his North American hockey career who's not comfortable with English.''
Words of advice
Bergeron sees himself in Caron, though the 21-year-old arrived knowing less English than Bergeron did. Caron actually had picked up English playing in Saskatchewan for a season when he was 14, but he lost it upon returning to Quebec.
When he arrived at the Bruins' American Hockey League affiliate in Providence, nothing came easily. Caron had to rely on his teammates' aid with seemingly simple tasks - "Stuff like getting my license and my bank account. It's pretty hard when you don't speak the language,'' said Caron, now nearly fluent in English.
Bergeron helped, paying it forward as Martin Lapointe had done for him. Bergeron remembered what it was like to understand only a few words out of every meeting.
"I think the first thing that happens is you become comfortable talking about hockey,'' Hennessy said. "The hardest thing to do, at first, is when somebody asks you a non-hockey-related question and you have to explain yourself. That comes a lot less natural. That takes time.''
Caron's biggest strides were made in the playoffs last season, when he was left off the roster, left to fend for himself with other teammates in the same situation - none of whom spoke his language.
"No French at all for like two months,'' Caron said. "Two months.''
He improved. He had to.
Despite the loneliness and the isolation, there were positives. Like when Milan Lucic spied an attractive woman in Montreal and, being surrounded by some of his French-speaking teammates, tried out his 11th-grade language skills.
"Elle est chaude,'' he said, a translation for "She is hot.''
Bergeron's response, at first, was only confusion. And then there was laughter.
Like other similar moments, it brings the Bruins together. For Chara and Bergeron, an assistant captain, that's important to building the team, it's important to their leadership, to a group that needs to function as well linguistically as it does on the ice.
It doesn't stop there for Chara. He tries to connect through language outside of the locker room, too. He spots the Swedish waitress in the Tampa restaurant, talking to her in her native language, spots the pair of lost tourists asking for directions in Boston, answering them in Russian.
He'd like to learn more languages, to be able to make others at ease, no matter the situation, no matter the location.
"I think it's something that helps not just in the hockey world, but outside of hockey, as a human being,'' Chara said. "Because I know how much it helps, how much it can connect people.''
Amalie Benjamin can be reached at email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @amaliebenjamin.
Correction: Because of an editing error, Martin Lapointe was incorrectly identified in an earlier version of this story.


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October 1, 2012 (Vol. 32, No. 17)
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Giving up grains threatened a years-long tradition of Thursday Pizza Night at my house… until my friend Dian shared her recipe for Cauliflower Crust Pizza.
(I think angels may have sung, I was so excited to find a way to make my favorite food work without wheat.)
I've now made her cauliflower crust pizza a handful of times and other than my notoriously picky four year-old, it has been universally liked by young and old. I've tweaked it, of course, since I can never leave well enough alone!
If you want to make this (and I definitely recommend it), I want to give you a few pointers before setting you loose with the recipe.
1. The crust is not as durable as a wheat crust – so I find that plain cheese is the best way to go for toppings. When I loaded it up with veggies, the whole thing kind of fell apart and I had to eat it with a fork and knife.
2. The crust is still going to be on the soggy side when it comes out of the oven. Let it cool for a good 10 minutes before you try cutting and serving it.
3. The recipe recommends baking just the crust for 10 minutes, but be sure to check your crust, as ovens really vary. I suggest making sure that your crust is browning around the edges and bottom before putting sauce and cheese on it.
Cauliflower Crust Pizza Recipe
- 1 head cauliflower – cleaned and broken into pieces (here's a great tutorial on how to do it in under a minute)
- 2 egg whites
- 1/2 t garlic powder
- 1 t Italian seasoning blend
- 1/4 cup shredded mozzarella
1. Pulse cauliflower in your food processor with the S-blade until it resemlbes grains of rice. You will need to do this in several batches. Place grated cauliflower in a microwave-safe glass bowl and cover with dish cloth. Microwave on high for 5 minutes.
2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
3. Let the cauliflower cool for 10-15 minutes. Dump it into the middle of your clean dish towel and squeeze out the liquid. I am able to get at least 1/3 of a cup of water each time. The drier your get yours, the crispier your crust will be.
4. Mix wrung-out cauliflower with remaining ingredients.
5. Cover pizza pan (or plain cookie sheet) with parchment paper. Or, you can use tin foil and spray with vegetable spray.
6. Mound cauliflower mix in middle and press out with your hands into a round dough shape. It should be just a few millimeters thick.
7. Cook crust only in oven for about 10 minutes, or until sides and bottom are starting to brown. Remove from oven and top with sauce, cheese and other toppings (keeping my above advice in mind).
8. Return to oven and cook for another 13-16 minutes until cheese is bubbly and starting to brown.
9. Let cool for 10 minutes and enjoy!
With the Nine Days starting tomorrow, this is a great recipe to add to your vegetarian menu plan! By the way, I usually make one of these pizzas for me and my husband – and a regular crust pizza for the kids.
You can see all my recipes, including the vegetarian ones, at the Kosher Recipe Index.